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15-year-old chess prodigy is U.S. Junior Grandmaster - CanIndia News
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CanIndia News
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis (CCSCSL) Executive Director, Tony Rich (left), and Assistant Manager, Mike Kummer (right), award Grandmaster Jeffery Xiong, 15, of Coppell, Texas (center). Age is only a number – and it's certainly true ...
Pokémon Go May Not Truly Be Augmented Reality, and That's OK - Undark Magazine
Undark Magazine
Undark Magazine
But another expert, Ronald Azuma, currently the principal engineer and research manager at Intel Labs, has a much stricter definition of augmented reality. In 1997, he wrote that a true AR application must have three ... So Pokémon Go may not be true ...
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ALL-SCHOLASTICS: Softball - The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger
Two-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic. ... Three-time Patriot League All-Star. ... Said coach Tony Pina: “Her game management from behind the plate has been vital to the success of our team.” ... Plays club softball for Mass. Drifters. ... Chess club ...
Free throws are easy when there are no consequences for failing - ABC News
ABC News
ABC News
However, research guru Michael Beuoy, of Inpredictable.com, found some other possible explanations for poor free throw shooting aside from hand size. A deep dive into SportVU-generated granular data revealed to Beuoy that tall players tend to have ...
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Drowning in a sea of bricks: Why NBA bigs struggle at the line -- and always will - ESPN
ESPN
ESPN
However, research guru Michael Beuoy, of Inpredictable.com, found some other possible explanations for poor free throw shooting aside from hand size. A deep dive into SportVU-generated granular data revealed to Beuoy that tall players tend to have ...
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Exploring the Uncharted World of Artificial Intelligence - Zacks.com
Zacks.com
Considering the game of Go is exponentially more complicated than chess, a game that AI has already mastered, this victory demonstrated that AI has become significantly more intelligent, and is only continuing to advance. Researchers at MIT's Computer ...
Google Sprints Ahead in AI Building Blocks, Leaving Rivals Wary - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg
s research lab. "There is a network effect, and it's a really excellent system." Google initially used TensorFlow internally for products like its Inbox and Photos apps. The company made it available for free in November. Technology companies like ...
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Driveways That Go the Extra Mile - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Last year, 670 million square feet of residential driveway was laid for new homes in the U.S., according to Home Innovation Research Labs, an independent subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders. That figure is up nearly .... Mr. Levin ...
Musk Reveals Four New Vehicles and a Forecast for Tesla's Future - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Tesla's original Master Plan called for plowing all free cash flow (and then some) into research and development of ever-cheaper electric cars. .... The king's pawn, as it's known, was the preferred opening by the American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer.
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Patents, Not Sexism, May Be Reason Women Lag in Venture Capital - Bloomberg
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Bloomberg
Maybe not, according to a new study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research, which found that the lack of funding may be partly explained by what it calls a gender patent gap. For entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, patents are a bellwether of ...
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Fatwa No. 21758: Saudi clerics ban Pokemon Go - Redding Record Searchlight
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Redding Record Searchlight
The decree was issued by General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars on the website of the General Presidency for Scholarly Research and Ifta, Arab News reported Wednesday. The edict actually updates an existing ban on the Pokemon card and ...
Fatwa No. 21758: Saudi clerics ban Pokemon…Huewire News
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Art Berlin Contemporary Reduces Exhibitor Numbers for Its 2016 Edition The non-conformist fair has some exciting ... - artnet News
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artnet News
... of Monika Sosnowska and Pieter Schoolwerth at Capitan Petzel, Berlin; Laure Prouvost at carlier gebauer, Berlin, Secundino Hernández at Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt; Erwin Wurm at König Galerie, Berlin; and Marcel Dzama at Sies + Höke, Cologne.
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A Whole New Works - Tucson Weekly
Tucson Weekly
Tucson Weekly
While his project is still in its very formative stages, Mackey plans to walk, drive and talk his way down the road, supplemented by some solid library research days, to grow his concept. The New Works grant pushed him to commit to a project after a ...
Plano's Jeffery Xiong Takes First at Chess Championship in St. Louis - Dallas Observer
On Chess: Junior Closed Championship had unexpected excitement - St. Louis Public Radio
Chess Player Jeffery Xiong Won in St. Louis and Will Compete Against World's Best in September - Dallas Observer
Local teenage chess prodigies Jeffery Xiong and Ruifeng Li straightened their pieces and set their minds to the task of winning during the opening round of the ...
Art Berlin Contemporary Reduces Exhibitor Numbers for Its 2016 Edition - artnet News
The Berlin-based art fair is back for its ninth edition with only 60 exhibitors, and some exciting changes in store.
Art Berlin Contemporary Reduces Exhibitor Numbers for Its 2016 Edition - artnet News
Returning for its ninth edition from September 15-18, Berlin's homegrown art fair abc (Art Berlin Contemporary) has announced a considerably reduced list of ...
Accepting the Unique Temperament of Your Child - Jewish Link of New Jersey
Jewish Link of New Jersey
Drs. Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas conducted research which contributed to the field of temperament, child development and parenting practices. In their studies of infants, Chess and Thomas discovered even from birth the temperaments of infants ...
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Children's theater, Kids/teens free lunch, Classical/jazz concerts, Botanic Garden tours, Gargoyle tour, cemetery ... - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess for kids Weekly instruction for all ages of children who want to learn how to play the game or play with better strategy in tournaments, chess instructor teaches how to think, plan your next move and use your brain power to win, made possible by ...