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Zim's commitment to wealth control - The Herald

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 17:13

Zim's commitment to wealth control
The Herald
For this reason US-EU imperialism's illegal and racist regime change agenda has taken on the character of a game of chess, which has resulted in the Obama and Cameron administrations attempting to coerce neo-colonialist governments in Africa who they ...

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Cambridge Central School District announces top 10 students for the class of 2016 - Bennington Banner (subscription)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 16:59

Cambridge Central School District announces top 10 students for the class of 2016
Bennington Banner (subscription)
A four year varsity soccer player, Digby has also been actively involved in Book Club, Ski Club, Chess Club, Yearbook Club and Boy Scouts. Digby was a founding member of the "Man 'O War" robotics team. His extensive work as an actor, instructor and ...

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Cheshire valedictorian headed for Chinese hedge fund, Harvard, and research - Meriden Record-Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 15:44

Cheshire valedictorian headed for Chinese hedge fund, Harvard, and research
Meriden Record-Journal
... a neuroscientist, studied brain aging. Xu started at Dodd Middle School in Cheshire. He's involved in a host of clubs and programs at Cheshire High School including Young Democrats, National Honor Society, chess club and math club. He also plays ...

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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 15:40

Things to do in and around Greenwich
Greenwich Time
On Friday at 7 p.m. at Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., will be Friday Night Chess. National Master Rich Jackson will provide instruction, supervise games, and play occasional matches with ... On June 6 at about noon at the Stanwich Club, the ...

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Awesome advice for UNC System President Margaret Spellings - Chatham Journal Weekly

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 15:34

Awesome advice for UNC System President Margaret Spellings
Chatham Journal Weekly
She is twelve chess moves ahead of the “We Hate Spellings/BOG” Gang on this one. Trust me. She can out maneuver those galoots “with half her ... Either Downtown Raleigh or Research Triangle Park will suffice. There are advantages to either scenario.

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Teaching a Stone to Play Chess: The Potential Multi-Faceted Dangers of Artificial Intelligence - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 14:25

Teaching a Stone to Play Chess: The Potential Multi-Faceted Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Huffington Post
AI's impact on how scientific research is conducted has yet to be determined. Certainly researchers use computers heavily in their work to analyze data and, in some cases, create virtual scenarios to test various hypotheses before time and money are ...

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On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square - KBIA

In the News - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 14:23

KBIA

On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square
KBIA
At the beginning of many prestigious chess tournaments, players sign their name on particular light squares of commemorative chessboards, often with no intent beyond the thought, “On which square will my signature appear most elegant?” or, “Which ...

On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square - KBIA

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 14:23

KBIA

On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square
KBIA
This work was featured in the World Chess Hall of Fame's show, Ladies' Knight: A Female Perspective on Chess. We used the game Marcel Duchamp – E.H. Smith as a text for the piece, which Hackney also used for one of his chess paintings. The most ...

On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square - KBIA

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 14:23

KBIA

On Chess: Memoirs of a chess square
KBIA
At the beginning of many prestigious chess tournaments, players sign their name on particular light squares of commemorative chessboards, often with no intent beyond the thought, “On which square will my signature appear most elegant?” or, “Which ...

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Donald Trump's Nomination Showed a Problem With How America Votes. Maine Thinks It Has the Solution. - TIME

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 11:52

TIME

Donald Trump's Nomination Showed a Problem With How America Votes. Maine Thinks It Has the Solution.
TIME
... second- and third-choice votes from their opponents. And there's research to back that up: political scientists have found evidence that voters think ranked-choice elections are less negative. It may also affect who wins. ... “Rank choice voting ...

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CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting - Cornell Chronicle

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 11:22

CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting
Cornell Chronicle
The workshops open with the annual CHESS Users Meeting, June 7-8. This meeting brings together CHESS users, scientists and staff to discuss research taking place at the facility, as well as the ongoing upgrades to both CHESS and the Cornell Electron ...

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CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting - Cornell Chronicle

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 11:16

CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting
Cornell Chronicle
The workshops open with the annual CHESS Users Meeting, June 7-8. This meeting brings together CHESS users, scientists and staff to discuss research taking place at the facility, as well as the ongoing upgrades to both CHESS and the Cornell Electron ...

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FAA Steps Up Research of Drone Countermeasures - Aviation International News

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 10:26

Aviation International News

FAA Steps Up Research of Drone Countermeasures
Aviation International News
The second-generation system integrates Blighter Surveillance System's Ku band electronic scanning radar; Chess Dynamics' stabilized electro-optic director, infrared and daylight cameras and target tracking software; and Enterprise Control Systems' ...
British Counter-UAV Technology (AUDS) Selected by FAA for US Airport TrialsPR Newswire (press release)
British counter-UAV technology selected by FAA for US airport trialsFinancialNews.co.uk (blog)

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Grandmaster Maurice Ashley on chess and mentoring: 'It matters that I'm black' - St. Louis American

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 08:51

St. Louis American

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley on chess and mentoring: 'It matters that I'm black'
St. Louis American
Ashley spoke to The St. Louis American about chess and mentoring at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center, 4657 Maryland Ave. in the Central West End. The St. Louis American: When did you first take an interest in chess? Maurice Ashley: I ...

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Who needs No Man's Sky? May was an incredible month for games - Zam News

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 07:03

Zam News

Who needs No Man's Sky? May was an incredible month for games
Zam News
The game's mechanical conceit -- where time only advances when the player moves -- simultaneously turns it into a tactical chess match and a heart-pounding shootout generator. It's like the true Matrix game we never got, or a John Woo gunfight run ...

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For IBM, the answer is Watson. But what is the question? - ComputerWeekly.com

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 06:10

For IBM, the answer is Watson. But what is the question?
ComputerWeekly.com
IBM is promoting its Watson natural language processing analytics technology as it tries to move its core business beyond technologies that it pioneered, but which have become commoditised. Will it fly?

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How walking from John o' Groats to Land's End became a philosophical experience - The Independent

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 05:17

The Independent

How walking from John o' Groats to Land's End became a philosophical experience
The Independent
Every End to Ender who's done even a modicum of research knows that it's long, it's tedious, and it's tough on your feet. So the best .... I had recently learned how to play, and had borrowed a bunch of chess books from the library, but I had no one to ...

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These thoughts were made for walking - The Independent

Chess Research - Thu, 06/02/2016 - 05:09

The Independent

These thoughts were made for walking
The Independent
This especially true of the A99/A9 section between John o'Groats and Inverness. Every End to Ender who's done even a modicum of research knows that it's long, it's tedious, and it's tough on your feet. So the best thing to do is to accept it; roll with ...

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