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In 'Chess Capital' of St. Louis, Game Takes Root in Poor Districts - Education Week

In the News - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 02:00
In 'Chess Capital' of St. Louis, Game Takes Root in Poor Districts  Education Week

Dozens of new after-school chess clubs have recently launched in the St. Louis region's most challenged schools.

Amy Sedaris' newest character? An artist from Winnipeg - CBC.ca

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 02:00
Amy Sedaris' newest character? An artist from Winnipeg  CBC.ca

Amy Sedaris is Marcel Dzama in a new digital installation created for the New York City Ballet's Art Series by, well, Marcel Dzama. Watch a preview!

Amy Sedaris' newest character? An artist from Winnipeg - CBC.ca

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 02:00
Amy Sedaris' newest character? An artist from Winnipeg  CBC.ca

Amy Sedaris is Marcel Dzama in a new digital installation created for the New York City Ballet's Art Series by, well, Marcel Dzama. Watch a preview!

Nerd is the Word: Tablets aid development in children - Northern Star

Chess Research - Tue, 01/12/2016 - 01:14

Northern Star

Nerd is the Word: Tablets aid development in children
Northern Star
Research has found skills kids learn when they play a game or use an app on a tablet are seamlessly transferable to real life. For example, if a child can play a game of chess or complete puzzles on a device, they can simply transfer those skills to ...

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Artificial Intelligence: Friend Or Foe Of The Middle Class And The Knowledge ... - Forbes

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 15:51

Forbes

Artificial Intelligence: Friend Or Foe Of The Middle Class And The Knowledge ...
Forbes
Musk, in an effort to help ensure that AI remains beneficial to mankind, has donated $10M to the Future of Life Institute to fund research into, among other things, existential threats, the alignment of AI and human values, AI-relevant policy, and more ...

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Playboy Mansion for Sale—With One Tenant for Life - Realtor.com News

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 14:26

Realtor.com News

Playboy Mansion for Sale—With One Tenant for Life
Realtor.com News
“Life estates go way back to the earliest roots of the common law, and they are great for providing for someone to live in his or her own home until death,” says David Reiss, research director at the Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship at ...

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UnCommonwealth: Catching up with three standout Lexington children - Lexington Herald Leader

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 13:35

Lexington Herald Leader

UnCommonwealth: Catching up with three standout Lexington children
Lexington Herald Leader
Zach will start another drug trial in 2016. He takes an art class and recently painted a piece that was auction at a fundraiser for the Progeria Research Foundation; Zach loves art. Zach's older sister, Brittany, recently graduated from the University ...

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Local chess community comes together for one of its own - Fairfaxtimes.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 13:04

Fairfaxtimes.com

Local chess community comes together for one of its own
Fairfaxtimes.com
... of players in Virginia and among the top 5 percent of all female players in the country, according to the U.S. Chess Federation, while Andrew helped the Greenbriar West K-5 team win a team title at the 2014 Virginia Scholastic Chess Championships.

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Fauquier County community events - Washington Post

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 11:43

Fauquier County community events
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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Can the Great Powers Maintain Their Grip on Global Affairs? - World Politics Review

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 07:55

World Politics Review

Can the Great Powers Maintain Their Grip on Global Affairs?
World Politics Review
Wherever you look these days, unhappy regional powers and even some weak states are demonstrating a startling degree of contempt for the supposed masters of the international system. In the past two weeks, Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies have ...

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Mercedes Got An MIT Prof To Explain Why Intelligent Cars Won't Take Over The World - Jalopnik

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 07:31

Jalopnik

Mercedes Got An MIT Prof To Explain Why Intelligent Cars Won't Take Over The World
Jalopnik
Mercedes really doesn't want you worrying about their new Car-to-X technology on their E-Class, so they brought in a researcher from MIT to tell the rest of us that robots won't take over the world and enslave mankind. I attended the U.S. debut of the ...

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2016 winter-spring movie sneak previews - Miami Herald

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 07:05

2016 winter-spring movie sneak previews
Miami Herald
April and the Extraordinary World. Ten years after her scientist parents were abducted, a Parisian woman carries on their secret research and gets pulled into a vast conspiracy. With Marion Cotillard. Directed by Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci ...

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Grandson of Vilna Rabbis Wins Prestigious Science Award - Haaretz

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 05:09

Forward

Grandson of Vilna Rabbis Wins Prestigious Science Award
Haaretz
In one part of his research, Golomb's work underlies the process called CDMA, or Code Division Multiple Access, which allows hundreds of thousands of cell phones in the same city to communicate at the same time. Among “recreational mathematics ...
Math Genius Grandson of Vilna Rabbis Gets Major Science AwardForward
Grandson of Vilna rabbis honored for scientific workThe Times of Israel

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12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 15 - Observer

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 02:00
12 Things to Do in New York’s Art World Before January 15  Observer

What to do in the art world this week, from Marcel Dzama to William Kentridge.

Will robots knock out Israel's best jobs? - The Times of Israel

Chess Research - Mon, 01/11/2016 - 01:10

The Times of Israel

Will robots knock out Israel's best jobs?
The Times of Israel
Just as a computer can beat the best human at chess, algorithms can now drive cars, do your taxes and even diagnose cancer more successfully and with fewer errors than humans. Even though Internet theorist Jaron Lanier has argued in the past that ...

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Will the Middle East Crisis Worsen in the New Year? - Antiwar.com

Chess Research - Sun, 01/10/2016 - 23:01

Center for Research on Globalization

Will the Middle East Crisis Worsen in the New Year?
Antiwar.com
The Times, which opposes Assad, had to be aware of the higher estimate before it decided to rely on its own research. (2) Long-term religious and political differences between Iran and Saudi Arabia escalated significantly after the Saudi kingdom ...
Fear And Loathing in the House of SaudCenter for Research on Globalization

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Take A Long Look At IBM And You'll Understand The Importance Of Focus - Forbes

Chess Research - Sun, 01/10/2016 - 21:36

Forbes

Take A Long Look At IBM And You'll Understand The Importance Of Focus
Forbes
Why Mission Drives Strategy. All too often, strategists see their job as a game of chess. They think that by making all the ... After things go awry, the chess masters sadly lament that “we had a great strategy, but fell down on execution.” Recommended ...

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