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Software-Based “Robot” CTAs Bounce Back In July - ValueWalk

Fri, 07/31/2015 - 09:20

ValueWalk

Software-Based “Robot” CTAs Bounce Back In July
ValueWalk
Computers can already play most games, including chess and poker, better than humans. Moreover, it's starting to look like computers can make some types of investments better than humans can. According to recent data from Hedge Fund Research, commodity ...

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Russia's UN Security Council Veto on MH17 Resolution to Establish and Ad Hoc ... - Center for Research on Globalization

Fri, 07/31/2015 - 08:41

Center for Research on Globalization

Russia's UN Security Council Veto on MH17 Resolution to Establish and Ad Hoc ...
Center for Research on Globalization
The Russian veto was harshly criticized by the nations that backed the Malaysian-drafted resolution, resulting in blame-games, political posturing and positioning at the UN and among top-diplomats, and the very “geopolitical chess-games” that the ...

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Will Workers' Party redeploy its A-team from Aljunied? - Channel News Asia

Fri, 07/31/2015 - 08:32

Channel News Asia

Will Workers' Party redeploy its A-team from Aljunied?
Channel News Asia
Dr Gillian Koh, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, said WP faced a similar dilemma in 2011. ... Political scientist Alan Chong of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies said moving high-profile Aljunied MPs to ...

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Italian man killed Dublin landlord and ate his body organ in chess row - Irish Independent

Fri, 07/31/2015 - 00:31

Irish Independent

Italian man killed Dublin landlord and ate his body organ in chess row
Irish Independent
Saverio Bellante (36) denies murdering Thomas O'Gorman Open Gallery 1 Saverio Bellante (36) denies murdering Thomas O'Gorman. An Italian man admitted killing his landlord after a row over chess, and told gardaí that he ate what he believed to be a part ...

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Italian man killed Dublin landlord and ate his lung in chess row - Irish Independent

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 20:30

Irish Independent

Italian man killed Dublin landlord and ate his lung in chess row
Irish Independent
... denies murdering Thomas O'Gorman. An Italian man admitted killing his landlord after a row over chess, and told gardaí that he ate what he believed to be a part of the deceased's heart. .... Renewed calls for greater research in pancreatic cancer ...

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Today's talent, tomorrow's stars - Daily News & Analysis

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 20:10

Today's talent, tomorrow's stars
Daily News & Analysis
Dev had also won gold in the Under-10 category at the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Glasgow last year. He now holds the title of 'Candidate Master', awarded by FIDE, and has an ELO rating of 1468. There is a long way to go for Dev, who aspires ...

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Divers find more artifacts at wreck of the Mentor, which sank carrying the ... - Ancient Origins

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 18:50

Ancient Origins

Divers find more artifacts at wreck of the Mentor, which sank carrying the ...
Ancient Origins
Divers exploring the Mentor ship that wrecked off the southern coast of Greece in 1802 while carrying the Parthenon marbles to England have found other antiquities at the site. Greek Culture Ministry archaeologists and divers have been exploring the ...

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Robots can kill but they don't understand us - The Straits Times

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 16:03

Robots can kill but they don't understand us
The Straits Times
Artificial intelligence researchers do not see the barrier in principle to robots developing higher reasoning powers, or the kind of physical dexterity that humans possess. The last remaining workers on car assembly lines are people who can attach ...

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ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2015 - MarketWatch

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 15:13

ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2015
MarketWatch
Research and development expenses were $28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, or 6.3 percent of revenue. R&D expenses decreased by 10 percent (a 5 percent increase on a ... Holders of Chess Depositary Instruments trading on the ...

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What a game of chess can teach you about networking - Fortune

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 14:31

Fortune

What a game of chess can teach you about networking
Fortune
It's important to do your research on who's attending the networking event beforehand, but it also helps to dig a little deeper. Discover what their interests and passions are and find some common ground. Connecting beyond a strictly professional level ...

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Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 13:51

Is artificial intelligence really an existential threat to humanity?
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
While policymakers ought not lose sleep over the technically implausible menace of “superintelligence,” they have every reason to be worried about emerging AI applications such as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's submarine-hunting ...

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Man who admitted killing journalist Tom O'Gorman and consuming organ stopped ... - Irish Independent

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 12:56

Irish Independent

Man who admitted killing journalist Tom O'Gorman and consuming organ stopped ...
Irish Independent
Two consultant psychiatrists have told a murder trial jury that an Italian man who admitted killing his landlord in Castleknock last year fulfils the criteria for a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

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Can Moscow bet on 'Trump card' in U.S.?; Obama takes Africa for a tango ... - Russia Beyond the Headlines

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 10:16

Russia Beyond the Headlines

Can Moscow bet on 'Trump card' in U.S.?; Obama takes Africa for a tango ...
Russia Beyond the Headlines
Andrei Urnov, ex-Russian ambassador to Namibia, and head research fellow at the Institute of African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, made this comment for Troika Report: “I can say that he has been trying, quite persistently, from the very ...

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Italian man has admitted killing his landlord and eating body parts, jury hears - Irish Independent

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 09:17

Irish Independent

Italian man has admitted killing his landlord and eating body parts, jury hears
Irish Independent
They were acquaintances with "common interests." On the evening of January 11 2014 both men were playing a game of chess. The court heard the first unusual thing to happen was an unusual phone call made by Mr Bellante which suggested there was a ...

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This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer To Star Wars Holograms - Gizmodo Australia

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 01:34

Gizmodo Australia

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer To Star Wars Holograms
Gizmodo Australia
But one piece of future that wormed its way even deeper into my brain was the Millennium Falcon's holographic monster mash chess game, aka Dejarik. ... We release several datasets with calibrated inputs and processed results to foster future research.

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Engineering a scholarly summer; Two AHS seniors participate in collegiate program - Andover Townsman

Thu, 07/30/2015 - 01:06

Andover Townsman

Engineering a scholarly summer; Two AHS seniors participate in collegiate program
Andover Townsman
This six-week summer session allows students to conduct research with faculty from the university's College of Engineering in the Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering departments. Founded in 1989, this program seeks to increase the number of ...

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The story of Sikkim's last king and queen reads like a fairy tale gone wrong - Spectator.co.uk

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 22:48

Spectator.co.uk

The story of Sikkim's last king and queen reads like a fairy tale gone wrong
Spectator.co.uk
Duff has undertaken diligent research in diplomatic archives across the world and it is hard to imagine there is much information about this small place in those decades that has escaped his attention. Just as he finished his first draft, Wikileaks ...

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Green djinns and a green boy: the best summer reading for children - Spectator.co.uk

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 22:48

Spectator.co.uk

Green djinns and a green boy: the best summer reading for children
Spectator.co.uk
Through the Looking-Glass is a challenge for children who don't know the first thing about chess. Take the little incident that precedes the Caucus race, when the creatures who have been ... His latest book for children, The Astounding Broccoli Boy ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 20:41

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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Think Like a Hacker: At the High-Stakes Junction of Humans and Computers, a ... - Valley News

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 14:32

Think Like a Hacker: At the High-Stakes Junction of Humans and Computers, a ...
Valley News
S ean Smith, the research director of the Institute for Security, Technology , and Society at Dartmouth College, likes to holds office hours at Umpleby's Bakery in downtown Hanover. .... “Chess has rules and at every step you know what the rules are ...

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