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Ottawa must press Iran to release Canadian professor: Editorial - Toronto Star
Toronto Star
Toronto Star
In what appears to be an international chess game between Iran and Canada, a 65-year-old Canadian-Iranian anthropology professor at Montreal's Concordia University seems an unlikely and unfortunate pawn. Homa Hoodfar, who was in Iran on a personal ...
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Bringing an Untitled Hassidic Film to the IFP Narrative Lab - Filmmaker Magazine
Filmmaker Magazine
Our entire team, one which included producers Alex Lipschultz (Computer Chess, Entertainment), Traci Carlson (Hits, The Dream is Now), Daniel Finkelman (The Last Survivor), Yoni Brook (Valley of Saints) who is also the co-cinematographer, co-producer ...
What's Happening | Saturday, June 11 through 15 - Blue Springs Examiner
Blue Springs Examiner
All monies raised go to melanoma research. Register at www.mamkc.com. • Animals Best Friends Annual .... Chess Free Play, 1 p.m., Raytown Branch of Mid-Continent Public Library, 6131 Raytown Road. Play chess, learn the basics, brush up on your chess ...
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Redemption of the Victorian boy who killed his mother - Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk
Express.co.uk
There were cricket matches with the attendants (never guards), orchards and orchestras – Robert learned to play the cornet and to play chess. He worked as an apprentice to the in-house tailor, thus gaining a trade. And rather than ... There the author ...
Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...
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Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...
Area Parkinson's patients reflect on Ali - Oneonta Daily Star
Oneonta Daily Star
Oneonta Daily Star
Ali — whose June 3 death brought fresh attention to Parkinson's — was an advocate for raising awareness, lending his name and wealth to research, according to The Associated Press. He was 74 at the time of his death. Dr. Michael Okun, medical ...
Check Mate! Paris Grand Tour streaming at the Chess Club - fox2now.com
fox2now.com
And today, some of the world's best and brightest chess players are competing in a world class competition. The 2nd annual Paris Grand Chess Tour kicked off this week and the international broadcast is streaming from the Chess Club and Scholastic ...
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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Standout Donna Lynne Champlin Is Back On Stage - Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
For years whenever any theater person talked about wanting to break into television, I referenced Sara Ramirez. Because, well, I knew her for a while, and also she has a great success story. Shonda Rhimes, seeing her onstage in Spamalot, basically said ...
Why Singularity University's CEO Believes Blockchain Has Gone 'Exponential' - CoinDesk
CoinDesk
Based in NASA's Research Park, Singularity University has been preparing its students to challenge the traditional concepts of technology growth since it was founded by Google's director of engineering and the founder of the XPrize eight years ago ...
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Here be dragons, maps and a 'fantasy' St. Louis - STLtoday.com
STLtoday.com
STLtoday.com
Emir Kalkan, in blue, and Elvedin Mujkic work on a 75X25- foot map of St. Louis in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library, Central branch on Thursday, June 9, 2016, in downtown St. Louis. The landmark illustrations were created by Matt Reedy ...
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Inside the 'world's first HoloLens class': UW computer science students show mixed reality projects - GeekWire
GeekWire
The energy inside the UW CSE building was buzzing as attendees tested out an array of fun and entertaining futuristic applications that ranged from making spring rolls to playing chess to learning piano to flying paper airplanes to destroying giant ...
Keene High names top 10 students - The Keene Sentinel
The Keene Sentinel
The Keene Sentinel
She attended the Cornell University Research Institute in Engineering in 2014 and the Harvard Summer School program in 2015. She received ... He was a member of chess club, math team, National Honor Society and Boy Scouts of America. He attended ...
Ancient game used to understand U.S.-China strategy - DVIDS (press release)
DVIDS (press release)
DVIDS (press release)
Braun, a retired Army colonel and research professor at the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Institute, led a discussion on U.S.-China strategy at the National Press Club here, May 24. ... Braun compared and contrasted Go to the Western game of chess.
What's Happening | Friday, June 10 through 14 - Blue Springs Examiner
Blue Springs Examiner
All monies raised go to melanoma research. Register at www.mamkc.com. • Animals Best Friends Annual .... Chess Free Play, 1 p.m., Raytown Branch of Mid-Continent Public Library, 6131 Raytown Road. Play chess, learn the basics, brush up on your chess ...
Racing with Mr. Death: A tabloid guy's approach to his cancer - Philly.com
Philly.com
Philly.com
The Jefferson team (from left): Dr. Joshua Palmer, chief resident; Dr. Maria Werner-Wasik, director of clinical research and assistant director of the Department of Radiation Oncology; Anthony Roberts, clinical research coordinator; Dr. Lyndon Kim ...
Asheville area community calendar - Asheville Citizen-Times
Asheville Citizen-Times
Presentation about exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars): 7 p.m., Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, 1 PARI Drive, Rosman. Includes tour of campus .... Learn to play chess: 2 p.m., Metro Wines, 169 Charlotte St., Asheville. Chess offers skills ...
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Central Oregon Volunteer Search - Bend Bulletin
Bend Bulletin
CHESS FOR SUCCESS seeks volunteers to assist in classroom chess clubs throughout the Bend and Redmond area. Chess experience is not necessary. Volunteers will help take attendance and assist the coach with lessons. Chess clubs meet twice a week ...
After-work chess group checks all the right boxes - AsiaOne
AsiaOne
AsiaOne
The 33-year-old, who works at the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise within University Town at the National University of Singapore (NUS), was taught by his father to play chess when he was just three or four years old.