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Seeing Shapes: Figure Drawing with Brian Flowers - Webster Kirkwood Times
Webster Kirkwood Times
Webster Kirkwood Times
Seeing Shapes: Figure Drawing with Brian Flowers will be held Wednesday, May 16, 6 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Learn how to draw gestures and identify basic shapes from a live, nude model. This introductory class is ...
Coffee with the Curators - Webster Kirkwood Times
Webster Kirkwood Times
Webster Kirkwood Times
Coffee with the Curators will be held Wednesday, May 16, at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Ave. Enjoy a behind the scenes look at the current exhibitions. Light breakfast and coffee at 7:45 a.m.; tour begins at 8 a.m. For more information ...
DTA to work on blockchain prototype for welfare payment delivery - Computerworld Australia
Computerworld Australia
Computerworld Australia
Brugeaud noted the work that the ASX has done on developing a blockchain-inspired distributed ledger system that it will use to replace its existing CHESS system. CHESS provides clearing, settlement and other post-trade services for the Australian ...
Chess, Poker and Section 100: Carving the anti-corruption notches - Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick
Daily Maverick
Similarly, Section 139 of the Constitution has seen 74 local governments put under administration by their provinces from March 1998 (starting with the collapse of Butterworth municipality) to September 2015, according to research by Wynand Greffrath ...
Free summer STEM camp for teens begins July 30 - IU Northwest (press release)
IU Northwest (press release)
IU Northwest (press release)
“Last year's camp was a roaring success with 45 students participating in Chess, the Chemistry of Smells, the Biology of Smells, Mystery Architecture, and Computer Coding,” said Bhaskara Kopparty, director of the STEM Summer Camp. “This is a tremendous ...
Namangale pledges more support for youth chess - Nyasa Times
Nyasa Times
Nyasa Times
Namangale said this at Katoto Secondary School in Mzuzu at the end of the schools chess tournament. The S & S & Mhone Geniuses, which she has co-sponsored with renowned Malawian writer and newspaper columnist Stanley Onjezani Kenani and ...
Machine learning hits the big screen - Chemistry World
Chemistry World
Research papers and patents contain huge numbers of molecular structures and experimental data that could be used in virtual screening programs, but getting it out of the documents is laborious. 'First you have to identify what compounds in the ...
How to explore AI for IT infrastructure automation - TechRepublic
TechRepublic
TechRepublic
Artificial intelligence, which some companies may call cognitive software or machine learning, goes back to research on chess-playing computers of the 1950s; now it's best known for powering virtual assistants through your smart device. AI really earns ...
Does LeBron James really have a photographic memory? - BBC News
BBC News
BBC News
"The original research was with master chess players in the 70s, looking at how they can recall or recognise patterns of play," he says. "And then sports expertise researchers caught on to that and moved it into the sporting domain to see if ...
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Machine learning hits the big screen - Chemistry World
Chemistry World
Research papers and patents contain huge numbers of molecular structures and experimental data that could be used in virtual screening programs, but getting it out of the documents is laborious. 'First you have to identify what compounds in the ...
Water-powered spacecraft displayed at NASA Tech Day - Cornell Chronicle
Cornell's CubeSat, a water propelled spacecraft weighing less than 25 pounds, was on display May 9 at NASA's Technology Day on Capitol Hill.
Commentary: True grit is a key predictor of success - Channel NewsAsia
Channel NewsAsia
Channel NewsAsia
In the chess club, status is earned, and only by a high average score. If my friend ... In her 2016 book of the same name, Professor Angela Duckworth, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, set out a popular-science theory backed by solid ...
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Jean McClelland: Knowing where a chess set is from can help determine its current value - Huntington Herald Dispatch
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Huntington Herald Dispatch
For example, right now an organization in St. Louis - The World Chess Hall of Fame - is offering an exhibit called "The Staunton Standard, Evolution of the Modern Chess Set." This would be a great way to gain some background information on a chess set ...
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 25000 Shares - Macon Daily
Macon Daily
Macon Daily
Jefferies Group lifted their price objective on shares of Nektar Therapeutics from $2.12 to $88.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Nektar Therapeutics from a ...
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Black Educators Share Success Stories at the 2018 National Title I Conference in Philadelphia - charlestonchronicle.net
charlestonchronicle.net
charlestonchronicle.net
Edison was the only school from Delaware competing in the National Tournament, but persevered to bring home Delaware's first National Scholastic Chess Championship, the school's website said. “Thomas Edison is the home of one of the most-fierce, ...
Black Educators Share Success Stories at the 2018 National Title I Conference in Philadelphia - Black Press USA
Black Press USA
Black Press USA
Edison was the only school from Delaware competing in the National Tournament, but persevered to bring home Delaware's first National Scholastic Chess Championship, the school's website said. “Thomas Edison is the home of one of the most-fierce, ...
CrocoChess Announces Launch of Their New Indiegogo Campaign - Digital Journal
Digital Journal
Why teach young children with chess? Studies by Dianne Horgan, Ph.D., dean of the graduate school of counseling, educational psychology, and research at the University of Memphis, has found that chess is immensely helpful in brain development, ...
Bronxville Chess Team Takes Second In National Championship - Pelham Daily Voice
Pelham Daily Voice
Pelham Daily Voice
“Bronxville's success at the national championships was truly a team effort,” Sunil Weeramantry, team coach and executive director of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, said. “Several players opted to compete in a higher section and were willing ...
Scholastic Team Chess Tournament gets going next month - Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer
Registration is now underway for the 19th Annual Scholastic Team Chess Tournament taking place on June 2 and 3 at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology, Jamaica. The two-day event brings together the nation's best young players ...
Scholastic Team Chess Tournament gets going next month - Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer
Registration is now underway for the 19th Annual Scholastic Team Chess Tournament taking place on June 2 and 3 at the Alfred Sangster Auditorium at the University of Technology, Jamaica. The two-day event brings together the nation's best young players ...