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On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.
On Chess: Who is coming to St. Louis for the U.S. championships? Some are set - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis, as the chess capital of America, is duty-bound to host the most important national event of the year: the U.S. Championship and the U.S. Women's.
Selling Feminism One Box at a Time: The serious business of Girl Scout cookies - Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
As a reified symbol of American-ness – one that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in sales every year – Girl Scout cookies are often, as Graue says, "used as symbolic chess pieces in games of personal politics." Among the most immediate ...
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DC community calendar, Jan. 21-28, 2016 - Washington Post
Washington Post
“Sculpting the Human Figure: The Female Form in Ancient Greek Sculpture” and “The Male Form in Ancient Greek Sculpture” Documentary films by Panos Pappas. 10:30 a.m. National Gallery of Art, West Building, Lecture Hall, Sixth Street and Constitution ...
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Education Briefs - Salisbury Post
Salisbury Post
Salisbury Post
In addition, students can participate in Book Club, Chess Club, Children's Choir, Geography Bee, History Bee, Spelling Bee, Bible Bowl, Science Fair, Master Gardener Program, Lego Robotics, Baking Club, Dolphin TV, Literary Magazine, Beta Club, Student ...
The National's Bryce Dessner Scores Ballet The Most Incredible Thing - Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
The Most Incredible Thing premieres at the New York City Ballet on February 2. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1870 fairy tale, it's a collaboration with choreographer Justin Peck and visual artist Marcel Dzama. Hear some of Dessner's music in the ...
Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than Most Realize - Government Technology
Government Technology
Government Technology
The millions of buildings that were treated with lead paint before it was outlawed in the U.S. in 1978 make prevention an onerous task, said Rayid Ghani, research director at the University of Chicago's Computation Institute and director at the Center ...
2014 Bill Wright Saint Louis Open - Chess.com
Wild West Novels Have Suddenly Gotten A Whole New Exciting Lease on Life - Gizmodo
Gizmodo
Gizmodo
In Gemma Files' Hexslinger series, a Pinkerton agent named Ed Morrow infiltrates a gang of outlaws that's led by a rogue “hexslinger” named Asher Rook and his lover, Chess Pargeter. The Hexslinger books have won lots of praise for their protrayal of ...
Review: New York City Ballet's Winter Season Blends Movement and Music - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
... the auditorium (the new music director, Andrew Litton, was conducting a program of American scores, admirably) and new aspects of design around the theater's other spaces (Marcel Dzama redecorated the main upstairs foyer with ostentatious triviality).
Investors now exploring 3D printing and scanning startups - Economic Times
Economic Times
Apoorv Ranjan, founder of Venture Catalysts, a seed investment platform, along with investor Samir Somaiya, president of Somaiya Group, plan to invest in Chess Automate, a chess board game whose 3D-printed hardware system will be used for creating a ...
Holy Cross Elementary wins at Chess Championship - Dover Post
Dover Post
Dover Post
Holy Cross Elementary School's Chess Team won first place in the third-grade division and second place in the fourth-grade and kindergarten/first-grade divisions Jan. 16 at the Greater Baltimore Scholastic Chess Championship. Holy Cross players ...
Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
24 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. Prizes are ...
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 ...
Community calendar - The Marysville Advocate
The Marysville Advocate
Chess Club, adults and youngsters, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Astro 3 Theatre, Marysville. Family story time ... “Ride Into History” historical research workshop, free, sponsored by the Marshall County Railroad Historical Society, from 9 a.m. to 6 ...
Fintech: Search for a super-algo - Financial Times
Financial Times
Financial Times
Advances in AI research have triggered immense interest in the industry, where some believe a thinking, learning and trading computer will make even today's superfast, ultra-complex investment algorithms look archaic — and possibly render human fund ...
Practical Applications Of Risk Parity Optimality – Gerstein Fisher - ValueWalk
ValueWalk
ValueWalk
A risk-parity portfolio will beat actively or passively managed portfolios more than 50% of the time, according to this research. The authors explain how a risk-parity asset allocation strategy—which ignores expected returns and correlations—actually ...