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Princeton Public Library announces upcoming events - NJ.com
NJ.com
NJ.com
Chess. Children can learn to play and practice chess at these weekly drop-in sessions led by Princeton High School Chess members. ... Tully has conducted research at CERN for over 25 years and was a member of the team that discovered the Higgs boson.
5 Things To Know About President Obama's Budget - WAMU 88.5
WAMU 88.5
President Obama unveils his 2017 budget proposal today. It's an aspirational blueprint that details how he would set priorities if he controlled the government's checkbook ... which he doesn't. "This budget is not about looking back at the road we have ...
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St. Louis Exhibit Highlights the Legendary Women of Chess - Tablet Magazine
St. Louis Public Radio
Tablet Magazine
If you're ever in St. Louis, visit the World Chess Hall of Fame and the attached Chess Club and Scholastic Center, where the U.S. Chess Championships are now held (April 13). Come for the giant king piece outside the building—a Guinness World ...
Board of Sexism in Chess? Check Out These New ExhibitionsSmithsonian
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chessSt. Louis Public Radio
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St. Louis Exhibit Highlights the Legendary Women of Chess - Tablet Magazine
Tablet Magazine
If you're ever in St. Louis, visit the World Chess Hall of Fame and the attached Chess Club and Scholastic Center, where the U.S. Chess Championships are now held (April 13). Come for the giant king piece outside the building—a Guinness World ...
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Sochi still basking in Olympic afterglow - Olympic
Olympic
Olympic
Sochi has been transformed since the Games, which took place between 7 February and 16 February, 2014, and now has international standing as a major centre for sports, events, health and business tourism according to research conducted by the Russian ...
Fallout From Grand Jury Decision Energizes Abortion Rights Opponents - WAMU 88.5
WAMU 88.5
"At the time he appeared green, naïve, about research protocol and regulations, but we know now that he was trying to scam them." ... Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, 20 inmates are engaged in a fierce chess tournament in a secluded prison. The ...
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Can a computer write a hit musical? - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
Long able to master logic, beating the best human players of board games such as chess and Go, they can now create artworks and lifelike animations. Key to this is the extent to which creativity is actually built on a large degree of skill and rules ...
St. Louis Exhibit Highlights the Legendary Women of Chess - Tablet Magazine
So WTF Are The Okoboji Winter Games? - The Post Game
The Post Game
The 36th annual Winter Games are put on by the fictional University of Okoboji. That sets the tone for what you'll find here, in a lake community tucked into Iowa's northwest corner: A weekend festival that has divorced itself from reality. Some cues ...
The Math Revolution - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
... girls are getting involved in increasing numbers, and making their presence felt. Kids blow off steam by playing strategy board games like Dominion and Settlers of Catan, or “bug house” chess, a high-speed, multiboard variation of the old standby ...
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From Superhero Icons to Black Superpowers: Talking with "BLACK's" Creators - Comic Book Resources
Comic Book Resources
Comic Book Resources
Better to spend that energy on re-evaluating what's missing from your business. We've seen the clumsy manner in which "diversity" has trended, anything other than supporting or complimenting "BLACK" would be playing checkers instead of chess. .... Any ...
Study: Nobody Wants Social Robots That Look Like Humans Because They Threaten Our Identity - IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum
There's been a bunch of research into just what it is about such androids that we don't like (watch the video below to get an idea of what we're talking about), and many researchers think that we get uncomfortable when we begin to lose the ability to ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Free Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Boston Scholastic, 165 Pleasant St. For all ages. Free and open to ..... Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginners ...
North Shore Community Calendar - 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 ...
Board of Sexism in Chess? Check Out These New Exhibitions - Smithsonian
Smithsonian
Both exhibitions are part of a larger initiative by the World Chess Hall of Fame to get women interested in chess. It's an uphill battle: The game's reputation of sexism has been underscored by incidents like grandmaster Nigel Short's incendiary claims ...
Energy Transfer Equity CFO Departure Rattles Investors, Raises Merger Questions - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Finance chiefs rarely depart while a merger is pending, but Energy Transfer Equity LP shares plunged 42% Monday on news CFO Jamie Welch would leave the natural gas and oil master limited partnership, in the midst of its merger with Williams Cos.
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Berlin: Chess Doc 'Magnus,' Sells For Germany, Hong Kong - 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 ...
Large local insurer getting closer to making decision on new HQ - Philadelphia Business Journal
Philadelphia Business Journal
Philadelphia Business Journal
Filled with "must read" stories, industry news and reporter insights, exclusive interviews with local business leaders, and expanded Top 25 Lists. Exclusive Online Tools. Research the 3+ year digital archive, and People on the Move leads database download.
Artificial Intelligence Uses Smartphone Photos From All Over the World to Track Pollution - Mic
Mic
Mic
Jedi Pan Zhengxiang, the research scholar behind AirTick, said putting up a bunch of air sensors is too costly a prospect and inefficient. ... But it does want you to play a somewhat clandestine game of chess with your friends in its chat messenger app.
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Fauquier County community events - Washington Post
Washington Post
Genealogical research help Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Trust volunteers help visitors. Mondays 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesdays ... Chess Club Mondays 6:30-8:30 p.m. Warrenton Library, 11 Winchester St. Chessboards appreciated. 540-422-8500. Free.
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