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The Most Incredible Thing: Amy Sedaris Did a Video For Marcel Dzama's Ballet - Bedford + Bowery
The New York City Ballet drew a decidedly downtown crowd to Thursday's performance of The Most Incredible Thing, an adaptation of the Hans Christian ...
Letters: International interference in the EU debate reeks of hypocrisy - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
SIR – Barack Obama, the American President, and Wayne Swan, the former deputy prime minister of Australia, have both made comments in support of Britain remaining in the EU. Their views are mostly centred on economics, while proposing that, ...
Cycling tour postponement costs city's cafes and motels - Toowoomba Chronicle
Toowoomba Chronicle
Toowoomba Chronicle
This year's event was postponed until 2017 due to financial pressures. The cancellation is expected to have an impact on motels, restaurants and shops. Toowoomba Cycling Development president Mac Sterling said research had shown the economic benefit ...
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AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol: Odds favor machine over man in $1 million Go match - GeekWire
GeekWire
GeekWire
Next month's match against Sedol could be as big for fans of Go (and followers of AI research) as IBM's Deep Blue victory over chess champion Garry Kasparov was in 1997. The match will be streamed live from Seoul via You Tube from March 9 to 15.
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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginners lessons ... Marblehead: Free Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Boston Scholastic, 165 Pleasant St. For all ages. Free and open ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
The Salem News
Middleton: Genealogy Class: Part 2, 6 to 7 p.m., Flint Public Library, 1 South Main St. Learn about research tools and facts about ancestors. For adults. Register at 978-774-8132. www.flintlibrary.org. Marblehead: Poetry Salon, 2 to 4 p.m., Abbot ...
AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol: Odds favor the machine over the human in $1 million Go match - GeekWire
GeekWire
GeekWire
Next month's match against Sedol could be as big for fans of Go (and followers of AI research) as IBM's Deep Blue victory over chess champion Garry Kasparov was in 1997. The match will be streamed live from Seoul via You Tube from March 9 to 15.
Celtic ask the question once more of Aberdeen after perfunctory win over County - Herald Scotland
Herald Scotland
Herald Scotland
THIS was the equivalent of advancing your chess piece up the board then hastily slapping the clock. Your move. In beating Ross County with a performance that was more routine than remarkable, Celtic moved three points back in front at the top of the ...
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Do it: Your guide to entertainment and events in Northeast Pa. - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
570-969-1040 or artistsforart.org. 2016 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: through Wednesday. .... CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org.
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Calendar: Week of February 15 - CBS News
CBS News
CBS News
Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice, February 16; Watch live webcast, beginning 8:30 a.m. ET; Complete CBSNews.com coverage: Zika virus. Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of world chess champion Garry Kasparov's ...
Berlin: James Schamus Says This Election Season Echoes 1950s "Xenophobia" and "Slut-Shaming" - Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
Magnus, a feature documentary on Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, has been snatched up by multiple buyers in Berlin, one of several strong sellers from Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk. Magus sold to NFP for Germany and Austria ...
Who needs faster computers? - The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian
Remember the fable about the emperor and the man who invented chess. When asked to name his reward, the inventor requested that one grain or rice be ... But that's about to become history, he says. The industry road map to be released next month will ...
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Do it: You guide to entertainment and events in Northeast Pa. - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
570-969-1040 or artistsforart.org. 2016 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: through Wednesday. .... CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org.
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South Korea Film Studios Are Finding a Place for "Interesting Female Personas" - Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter
Magnus, a feature documentary on Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, has been snatched up by multiple buyers in Berlin, one of several strong sellers from Scandinavian sales outfit TrustNordisk. Magus sold to NFP for Germany and Austria ...
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An uninspiring mindset unmasked - Independent Online
Independent Online
Research on perceptive threat' highlights the way in which an external stimulus can provoke the application of a pre-existing belief or a pre-existing group attachment. This interaction between people and situations provides a compelling view of the ...
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Why Scalia's death could turn the the 2016 election upside down - Fox News
Fox News
LBJ, ever the great congressional chess master, figured the move would calm down the Senate's conservative southern Democrats. However, Johnson's scheme soon fell apart. Fortas was roughed up by the Senate Judiciary Committee – the first sitting ...
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Stop power struggle over photonics now - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
While Morelle's bill does not specifically reference Kaloyeros by name, it reads, "...no president of any SUNY or CUNY university shall receive annual compensation from any state agency, including the SUNY Research Foundation, which, in the aggregate ...
Community Calendar - Sandusky Register
Sandusky Register
Sandusky Register
... Countryside Park Main Office. Join Tom Kashmer in winter bird population research. ... Registration, 419-547-7174. Huron Public Library: Valentine Chess Tournament: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Two divisions - Middle School (grades 5-8) or High School (grades 9-12).
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Chess players score with home court advantage - Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona Daily Sun
Arizona Daily Sun
Four students from the Kinsey Chess Club tied for first at the Kinsey Inquiry and Discovery School's inaugural chess tournament. All four had 4 out of 5 points in the K-5 section of the tournament. They are all considered co-champions. Using tiebreak ...
Places to go and things to do in Northeast Pa. - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
570-969-1040 or artistsforart.org. 2016 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: through Wednesday. .... CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org.
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