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Playwright, Neuroscientist, RADIOLAB Host Set for MTC's INCOGNITO Panel Tonight - Broadway World
Broadway World
Schiller has been the recipient of several awards, including the New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists, and the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in the Neurosciences for her research on how to rewire the brain to ...
Blair High School Wins Fefferman Award for Excellence in Math and Science Education - Pasadena Now
Pasadena Now
Pasadena Now
His work includes research mathematics, teaching, and service to his University and to the community at large including the Chicago Public Schools. He is an inspiration to many, including the donor who named the award in his honor. ... Mr. Mulfinger ...
David Spade took the time to succeed, no matter how slowly - Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)
“I was always in chess clubs, and spelling bees,” he says. “I was a nerdy numbers guy that could have gone on to be a .... “If you look at the research, heavy metal has the most loyal fans,” he says. Filter rocks Brooklyn Bowl Wednesday with Orgy ...
'I taught a girl to play when she was two' - Courier Mail
Courier Mail
Courier Mail
While there is no formal research into the benefits of chess to children under the age of eight, numerous international studies show the game significantly improves concentration and memory, enhances reading and maths skills, and fosters logic ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Volenteer teams walk along outdoor track all night in support of cancer research. carly.blau@gmail.com. DANVERS: “We .... MARBLEHEAD: Children's Chess Club Tournament, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Open to all children.
Daily Planner calendar for May 16 - Poughkeepsie Journal
Poughkeepsie Journal
Presented by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Free. 845-473-0940. Millbrook Rotary Club meeting ... Chess club — Cross Room, East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction. 1:30-4 p.m. Tuesdays. This is a group for adults ...
Weedkiller debate rages on with Europe to vote this week - POLITICO.eu
POLITICO.eu
POLITICO.eu
Another WHO body, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has said the chemical is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” while the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the EU's food safety agency, said this can't be verified. NGOs have ...
Ukraine GDP shows slight rise in 1Q - State Statistics Service - Ukraine Today
Ukraine Today
Ukraine Today
... to small companies, because... ruble devaluation and inflation will nullify the credit pretty soon. The only solution is to buy dollars and sell it later making enough profit to pay back the credit and also increase the pressure on ruble. Russian ...
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Technique improves the efficacy of fuel cells - Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have found a way to harness the quantum behavior of these fuel cells to make them even more efficient and robust. In doing so, they've observed a new type of ...
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Technique improves the efficacy of fuel cells - Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have found a way to harness the quantum behavior of these fuel cells to make them even more efficient and robust. In doing so, they've observed a new type of ...
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Rise, Long-Term Robots. Rise! - Institutional Investor (blog)
Institutional Investor (blog)
Register today for inside access to our thought-provoking coverage of the global financial markets! Interactive Digital Access; Research & Ranking Summary Results; Monthly Magazine*; Daily eNewsletters. Register Today *For qualified registrants only ...
Lake Highlands Finds the Secret to Great Public Schools: Getting Rid of Poor Kids - Dallas Observer
Dallas Observer
Dallas Observer
Years later, parents say Estrada's complaint forced White Rock Elementary to end all after-school activities on campus, up to and including the chess club. (Those charges are off-base, RISD spokesman Tim Clark said in an email. He couldn't speak to ...
Gamification leads to era of armchair scientists - MedCity News
MedCity News
MedCity News
Following the practice rounds, I found myself a little freaked out that I was contributing to scientific research, but the game prompts tell you that it is OK to make mistakes. Players are scored for accuracy and speed. Accuracy is determined by how ...
New Deloitte Research Highlights Need for Dynamic and Holistic Fraud Prevention Strategies to Address $137 Billion ... - PR Newswire (press release)
PR Newswire (press release)
"Because fraud is dynamic and always changing, government agencies can think of the fight against fraud as a chess match -- always anticipating and planning for the next move." To defend program integrity successfully, agencies should consider an ...
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Victims' families still seeking closure over 1998 tragedy - Jakarta Post
Jakarta Post
Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Mon, May 16 2016 | 07:43 am Remembrance: Kusmiyati, the mother of one of the victims of the May 1998 tragedy, holds a picture of her son Mustofa to commemorate the incident that marked the end of the New Order regime. Families of are still ...
Nigeria: Politics of Fuel Subsidy - AllAfrica.com
AllAfrica.com
General Sani Abacha played chess with it. First, he reduced it from N5 to N3.25 in 1993, pushed it ... all it takes to do it with the wild West behind him. Sunday John is a social commentator and research fellow in Mass Communication at Amity ...
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How Hero taught itself to stay high without Honda - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
In March, Hero MotoCorp's chairman and CEO Pawan Kant Munjal was showing a bunch of journalists around at his research and development centre in Kukas, near Jaipur, in Rajasthan. Standing atop a ... “It was like a chess game, calculating every move…
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Community calendar from May 16 - Troy Record
Troy Record
6:30 p.m. or 7:30 p.m., Chess Club. Try your hand at chess at the library. All experience levels welcome. Sign up for only one session per week. For school-age kids. 7 p.m., Zentangle. Draw beautiful images using patterns and a method that is relaxing ...
Manage for a Successful Investment - South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
To provide evidence on the relation between economic freedom and corporate investments and shareholders' returns, Chen and his research team employ a real options based valuation model. The model ... “Managing a balance sheet is like playing chess.
Clubs & Meetings: May 17-23 - The Daily Courier
The Daily Courier
The Daily Courier
Drop-in Chess 2 p.m. Saturday at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1526. Drumming Circle, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays on the square, downtown Prescott. Dawn Gilbreath Whitehawk, 928-830-9482; email ... Northern Arizona Genealogy ...
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