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Snapshots of India - Budapest Times
Budapest Times
Budapest Times
2015 was the year when India emerged as the fastest-growing large economy, despite 12 months of negative export growth, another bad monsoon and roadblocks to the far-reaching goods and services tax regime. Positives were global crude oil prices at ...
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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
On Sunday at the Greenwich Academy, 200 N. Maple Ave., the 2016 Greenwich City Scholastic Chess Championship will be held. Registration is now open to all students from kindergarten through high school. Divisions will be arranged based on grade.
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Terminally-sick young man makes creative bucket list - Toowoomba Chronicle
Toowoomba Chronicle
Toowoomba Chronicle
He wants to raise $10,000 for cancer research by shaving his best friend Melissa Hollman's head. The 22-year-old also wants to complete 100 good deeds. "It was hard to pick a favourite of all of the things we have done and places we've been but white ...
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. Beginner ...
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New Chess Program Begins in Ferguson-Florissant District - CBS Local
CBS Local
CBS Local
All 20 elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant District have an after school chess program called “Your Move Chess.” The “Your Move Chess” program is a partnership between the school district, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St.
CROSS-COUNTRY: Middlesex School standout Viraj Deokar honored by Gatorade - Boston Herald
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
Boston Herald All-Scholastic Viraj Deokar of the Middlesex School was named the Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year for Massachusetts. The 5-foot-8, 127-pound senior raced to a New England Preparatory School Track Association Division III ...
How to Take The Fear Out Of Share Trading - Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
Daily Reckoning - Australian Edition
I avoided it whenever possible. Speaking in front of a group of people would fill me with dread. The thought of being a lone voice on stage was petrifying. For years I mostly sidestepped public speaking. But I could only do this for so long. My career ...
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Human Brain's Memory Capacity Higher Than Originally Thought - Ubergizmo
Ubergizmo
Ubergizmo
It has been said that the human brain is a truly powerful computer of its own, and it performs logical decisions that eliminates nonsensical options unlike a chess computer that will take into consideration of even the most impossible moves for a human ...
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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
On Sunday at the Greenwich Academy, 200 N. Maple Ave., the 2016 Greenwich City Scholastic Chess Championship will be held. Registration is now open to all students from kindergarten through high school. Divisions will be arranged based on grade.
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Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess - Yahoo News
The Times of Israel
Yahoo News
In the late 1950s, the Soviets banned chess in Antarctica after a scientist at one of their research stations killed his colleague with an axe after he lost a game of chess. In 1966, chess was banned in China as part of the Cultural Revolution. In 1994 ...
Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbiddenThe Times of Israel
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Why the Grand Mufti's fatwa gambit is unlikely to checkmate chess - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
In the late 1950s, the Soviets banned chess in Antarctica after a scientist at one of their research stations killed his colleague with an axe after he lost a game of chess. In 1966, chess was banned in China as part of the Cultural Revolution. In 1994 ...
Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbiddenThe Times of Israel
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak Review - GameSpot
GameSpot
GameSpot
Like others of its sort, you gather resources, conduct research, and build out units, turrets, and weapons of mass destruction to field against your opponents in battle. The campaign ... The catch there is that it resembles a fusion of the King and ...
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Vanquish winter inertia with worthy local events: Sun Messages - cleveland.com
cleveland.com
cleveland.com
Regular events include: Open Mic; Poetry; Coffee & Conversation, Chess Night and Live Entertainment. Coffees include locally roasted Berardis Fresh Roast, prepared daily from Guatemalan, Peru, French, Italian, ... Kowalski will present research-based ...
Supporting America's Educators to Expand Opportunity - U.S. Department of Education (press release)
U.S. Department of Education (press release)
The new law has the exciting opportunity to build on recent research and evidence about the importance of socioemotional learning and skills, like perseverance, resilience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with peers. In implementing ESSA, we ...
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Knighthawks win chess league finals - taosnews
taosnews
taosnews
He raised his rating to now place eighth in the state of all active scholastic players, of any age, although he's only in seventh grade.” Also helping out were Nitis Morgan and Orion Joseph. All four players received extra chess instruction over the ...
Premature Birth: Depression In Both Mothers And Fathers Can Increase Likelihood, Study Says - Headlines & Global News
Headlines & Global News
Headlines & Global News
Researchers at the Centre for Health Equity Studies in Stockholm (CHESS) have discovered that depression can increase the risk of premature birth when experienced in both mothers and fathers. While depression in women during pregnancy has long been ...
Paternal Depression During Pregnancy Increases Risk for Very Preterm BirthPsychCentral.com (blog)
Depression in expectant father linked to premature birthBusiness Standard
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Massachusetts Boys Cross Country ROY: Viraj Deokar - USA TODAY High School Sports
USA TODAY High School Sports
A 2015 Boston Globe Boys' Cross Country All-Scholastic Team selection, Deokar also took sixth at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional championships, crossing the line in 16:03.1. He went on to compete at the national Foot Locker Cross Country ...
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Smart robots divide opinion in Davos - swissinfo.ch
swissinfo.ch
swissinfo.ch
Smart systems already exist that can outperform, or even out-think, humans – such as chess programmes or GPS devices that can find uncongested routes from one point to another. One panel discussion in Davos this week heard about an artificial ...
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