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Western think tank getting flak for escaping Russian ban - Chicago Tribune

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 13:26

Western think tank getting flak for escaping Russian ban
Chicago Tribune
Its target was Moscow Carnegie Center, a subsidiary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a 105-year-old think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its Moscow office is tiny with just 10 senior researchers, but it's influential; Michael ...

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Robots can kill but they do not understand us - Financial Times

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 12:09

Financial Times

Robots can kill but they do not understand us
Financial 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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This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms - Gizmodo

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 10:31

Gizmodo

This Hololens Tech Brings Us One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms
Gizmodo
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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Stateless South Asians finally get identity under landmark deal - Qantara.de

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 09:26

Livemint

Stateless South Asians finally get identity under landmark deal
Qantara.de
According to folklore, the enclaves resulted from a series of chess games played between two maharajahs centuries ago. But research by Australian geographer Brendan Whyte showed the enclaves were created after peace treaties between the local ruler ...
Enclave residents finally get identityGulf Times

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Community briefs for July 29 - Republican Eagle

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 08:16

Community briefs for July 29
Republican Eagle
Research has shown practicing yoga can help reduce symptoms of chronic health conditions, improve sleep, increase energy and improve balance. Cost for 6 sessions is $45 individuals, $80 couples. All ability levels are welcome. Socialize while playing ...

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Leonid Bershidsky: Putin hurts think tank by not banning it - Bradenton Herald

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 07:09

Bloomberg View

Leonid Bershidsky: Putin hurts think tank by not banning it
Bradenton Herald
Its Moscow office is tiny with just 10 senior researchers, but it's influential; Michael McFaul, U.S. ambassador to Moscow at the time of the ill-fated "reset" of the U.S.-Russian relationship, once worked there. ... Former chess champion Garry ...
Putin Hurts a Think Tank by Not Banning ItBloomberg View

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Martyr Baljit Singh cremated with full honours - The Statesman

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 06:31

The Statesman

Martyr Baljit Singh cremated with full honours
The Statesman
Especially the wait for the school bus in Asiad Village, south Delhi's clean and green locality where Dr.Kalam stayed at a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) guest house for years before he became the president of India.

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Fees: Time to budget for the school year - FH Times

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 02:00

Fees: Time to budget for the school year
FH Times
Co-curricular Fees- These include: a $25 fee for academic decathlon, choir, band, Research Club, Robotics and Yearbook. Extra-curricular- These include: a $50 fee for Art Club, Band Guard, Chess Club, Falcon Leadership, Jazz Band, STUGO and Teen Court ...

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Top 100 College Players - Sports On Earth

Wed, 07/29/2015 - 00:11

Sports On Earth

Top 100 College Players
Sports On Earth
Hours upon hours of research went into each of those articles, and given that not much has changed over the last couple months, the top 100 generally holds true to the position rankings from those articles. There are a few small exceptions, mostly ...

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Bulletin board July 28, 2015 - The Keene Sentinel

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 16:44

Bulletin board July 28, 2015
The Keene Sentinel
Chess Club, learn the basics of chess or enjoy a challenging game, all levels welcome, 2-4 p.m., Rockingham Free Public Library, Bellows Falls. 802-463-4270, anne@rockinghamlibrary.org. Click Clack ... Author Sy Mongomery, delivering a PowerPoint ...

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Persian fantasies and the path to war - Asia Times

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 14:24

Asia Times

Persian fantasies and the path to war
Asia Times
It already has sufficient radioactive material for numerous radiological weapons, or “dirty bombs,” that can be delivered by its existing missile force, as John R. Haines of the Foreign Policy Research Institute noted in a July 4 report. Dirty bombs ...

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We can improve our performance in Rio: Anand - Deccan Herald

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 13:04

Deccan Herald

We can improve our performance in Rio: Anand
Deccan Herald
Chess ace Viswanathan Anand is one of the very few active sportsperson on board Olympic Gold Quest, powered by legends Prakash Padukone and Geet Sethi. Associated with ... Viren and his team does a lot of research and then take them in. If an athlete ...

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Putin Hurts a Think Tank by Not Banning It - Bloomberg View

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 11:24

Bloomberg View

Putin Hurts a Think Tank by Not Banning It
Bloomberg View
On Monday, the first organization -- the National Endowment for Democracy, which has funded human rights groups and research programs in Russia -- was banned under the "undesirables" law. Former chess champion Garry Kasparov, a fierce anti-Putin ...

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Playing with Words as a Celebration of the Natural World - WCAI

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 11:11

WCAI

Playing with Words as a Celebration of the Natural World
WCAI
In fact the urge to play is universal in children – and, as recent scientific research is showing us, it's universal in many other species as well. I always loved playing games, making things up, juggling, playing music, play-acting, and so on. I think ...

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Booker Prize winners list: a history of winning authors - Telegraph.co.uk

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 11:06

Telegraph.co.uk

Booker Prize winners list: a history of winning authors
Telegraph.co.uk
In the Acknowledgments she credits a squad of three researchers. To have enlisted .... Vernon and Clive have intimations of mortality and make a euthanasia pact; the maestro frets over his Millennial Symphony, which must set the seal on his genius ...

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Antiquities Found on Shipwreck That Carried Elgin Marbles - Discovery News

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 10:56

Discovery News

Antiquities Found on Shipwreck That Carried Elgin Marbles
Discovery News
Carried out with the support of the Kytherian Research Group, an Australian foundation, and under the direction of archaeologist Dimitrios Kourkoumelis, the excavation concentrated on a 17 by 17-foot area. Poorly preserved wood fragments, possibly ...

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Inside Rand Paul's downward spiral - Politico

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 09:21

Politico

Inside Rand Paul's downward spiral
Politico
Those tasked with crafting Paul's schedule say the process is like playing a game of three-dimensional chess. Rather than ... At one point, Stafford talked to Danny Diaz, a hard-charging operative with a knack for digging up opposition research. (Diaz ...

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How to memorise an entire foreign dictionary (and become a Scrabble world ... - Scroll.in

Tue, 07/28/2015 - 06:10

Scroll.in

How to memorise an entire foreign dictionary (and become a Scrabble world ...
Scroll.in
In one study in the 1970s, William Chase and Herbert Simon at Carnegie Mellon University had world chess experts recall the configuration of chess pieces on a chessboard. When the chess experts were shown an actual chess positioned board, their recall ...

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Shigeko Kubota, a Creator of Video Sculptures, Dies at 77 - The New York Times - New York Times

Mon, 07/27/2015 - 19:59

Shigeko Kubota, a Creator of Video Sculptures, Dies at 77 - The New York Times
New York Times
When the show attracted little attention, she headed off to New York, where she studied at the New School for Social Research and at the art school of the Brooklyn Museum. She was briefly married to the experimental composer David Behrman. In 1968 she ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Mon, 07/27/2015 - 19:06

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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