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Super Bowl 2016 Ads: CBS' Jo Ann Ross On Why Advertisers Pay $5 Million For 30 Seconds (Internet Not Included) - International Business Times
International Business Times
International Business Times
Estimates from research firm Kantar Media put the network's probable haul at $400 million, though CBS wouldn't confirm that number. Last year ... Ross: It's sort of like a chess game, or checkerboard, fitting everyone in where they want to fit in. The ...
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The Most Incredible Thing, New York City Ballet — 'A flop' - Financial Times
Financial Times
... adorable tots); first commissioned score (and first ballet for composer Bryce Dessner, better known as guitarist with the indie rock band The National); first use of international art star, Marcel Dzama, as costume designer; and, most daunting ...
New research course helps Paco sixth-graders master needed skills - Tampabay.com
Tampabay.com
Tampabay.com
... noted this research model gives students more opportunities to delve into topics of interest they've chosen, work collaboratively and improve on other high-level abilities. The class offers lessons once provided through extras, such as debate and ...
A look at this year's Lehigh Valley high school football scholar-athletes set to be honored on March 6 - Allentown Morning Call (blog)
Allentown Morning Call (blog)
Allentown Morning Call (blog)
He participates in varsity wrestling, the school newspaper, SADD, Odyssey of the Mind, Scholastic Scrimmage, the EPC Student Athletic Character Council, and serves as School Board Student Representative. He volunteers with the NJROTC Color Guard ...
Bi-Cultural Chess Team Wins National Awards - Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut
Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester and Connecticut
Bi-Cultural Day School's newly-formed travel chess team has earned its first trophies since the team's creation. More than 85 participants competed in the four-match National Scholastic Chess Foundation Grand Prix Tournament, held on January 10 at ...
Weekend: Your guide to area entertainment and events - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
2016 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: through Feb. 17. Mahady Gallery at Marywood University, .... CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org.
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On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio
The Most Incredible Thing, New York City Ballet — ‘A flop’ - Financial Times
On Chess: The story of Nona Gaprindashvili, an inspiration in Georgian chess - St. Louis Public Radio
Diverse new RISD exhibits feature nature, women's attire - The Brown Daily Herald
The Brown Daily Herald
The Brown Daily Herald
“Drawing Conclusions,” which can be found in The Linda and Vincent Buonanno Works on Paper Gallery, features prints, photographs, paintings and drawings from various artists including Larry Day, Marcel Dzama, Faith Ringgold and Kara Walker.
DC community calendar, Feb. 4-11, 2016 - Washington Post
Washington Post
202-939-5946. Free. Chess for kids Master chess instructor guides you from learning the basics to advancing your level of skill. Thursdays at 5 p.m. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut Ave. .... Lunchtime conservatory tour Guided tour of a jungle ...
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Teen brings smiles, joy and hope by painting faces - fox4kc.com
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fox4kc.com
When Hofen launched Braden's Hope, a non-profit foundation named for her son who has cancer to raise money to fund childhood cancer research and treatment, Lauren jumped into volunteering for that. Her contributions on behalf ... in the school,” said ...
Google AI program taps deep learning to master go - Nikkei Asian Review
Nikkei Asian Review
Nikkei Asian Review
TOUGHER THAN CHESS The go board is larger than that used in chess or shogi, with total possible gameplay scenarios numbering 10 to the 360th power. Anticipating and solving all possible board combinations is impossible even for today's most ...
Google search is about to get a lot smarter - CNET
CNET
CNET
Google, already deep in AI research, looks set to further apply the technology to the one product we all touch every day. "Search has transformed people's lives; over a billion people rely on us," wrote Singhal, 48, ... Last week, the company announced ...
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Google search is about to get a lot smarter - CNET
CNET
CNET
Google, already deep in AI research, looks set to further apply the technology to the one product we all touch every day. "Search has transformed people's lives; over a billion people rely on us," wrote Singhal in a ... Last week, the company announced ...
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Northern-area Community Events Calendar, Feb. 4-10, 2016 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
6 at the Research Center & Demonstration Orchard, 4600 Horse Drive, for residents in the north valley, and 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 13 at the ..... Events include swimming, softball, chess, basketball, fencing, archery, volleyball, golf, tennis and poker ...
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VIDEO: Lucas Zwirner on the Unlikely Collaboration Between Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon - artnet News
artnet News
artnet News
In that regard, David Zwirner has gone above and beyond with “Marcel Dzama and Richard Pettibon: Forgetting the Hand,” currently on view in New York. The show is a complete collaboration between the two artists—a series of drawings and collages ...
Behind the Scenes at This Season's Most-Talked-About New Ballet - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
He developed this piece in “intense collaboration,” he says, with the artist Marcel Dzama, who designed the costumes, and the composer Bryce Dessner (also of the indie-rock band the National), who wrote the music. The three elements were built in ...
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Board game bar coming to OTR - Cincinnati Business Courier
Cincinnati Business Courier
"We originally thought about building a library with board games that people can rent out, but then we started doing research and saw other board game bars and board game cafes," Zack Leopold said. The name "The Rook" comes from the chess piece, but it ...
Review: 'The Most Incredible Thing' Brings Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tale to Life - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
(There are dozens of elaborate costumes, none of which I long to see again.) Mr. Peck's artistic associates — Bryce Dessner (composer), Marcel Dzama (designer), Brandon Stirling Baker (lighting designer) — are part of the problem. So, unfortunately ...
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