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Pittsburgh company helps teens navigate social media - wwlp.com
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Not long after the use of mobile phones was opened up in 2009, some handsets came pre-installed with games such as Tetris or janggi, a chess-like game that is popular across East Asia. As phones and to a lesser extent tablets have become more ...
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Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon collaborate for exhibition at David Zwirner - Examiner.com
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Examiner.com
The David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea is currently presenting a collection of work by Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon for an exhibition titled Forgetting the Hand. Dzama and Pettibon began collaboration last summer when Dzama would begin work on ...
Spotlight on schools - Herald and News
Herald and News
Districtwide —Monday: No school in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday; “I Have a Dream” Chess Tournament 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Mills Elementary School open to all ages. Friday: ... Wednesday: Nutrition classes presented by Klamath Basin ...
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Sinking oil price reflects broader market uncertainty - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
“This is risk aversion writ large,” said Michael Wittner, who leads global oil and gas research for Societe Generale. “We are way below market fundamentals for oil that should have created a floor (for the price).” That said, a look at trading ...
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 ...
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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
Sessions will include digital safety, file management and collaboration with Google Apps, research and personalized technology tools. Other sessions will take place on Jan. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Middle School, 9 Indian Rock Lane; Jan. 2 from 7 ...
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Chess tourney win goes to Villa kindergartner - Cincinnati.com
Cincinnati.com
Eli Dropic ranks fifth in the nation in chess in his 5-year-old age group after winning the 31st Lexington Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament at Rosa Parks Elementary in Lexington. Eli, a Villa Madonna Academy kindergartner, was undefeated in four ...
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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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands Daily Facts
At today's meeting, Kevin Grisham, assistant director of research at Cal State San Bernardino's Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, will speak on “San Bernardino Shooting Aftermath: Resisting the Call of Hate.” The meeting is open to the public ...
Can robots replace intelligence? Humanity? - Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
Both research trajectories have made significant strides. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world chess champion, and in 2011, Watson beat "Jeopardy" whizzes Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, marking significant steps on the ...
Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
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 ...
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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
Greenwich Time
Sessions will include digital safety, file management and collaboration with Google Apps, research and personalized technology tools. Other sessions will take place on Jan. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Central Middle School, 9 Indian Rock Lane; Jan. 2 from 7 ...
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Loose Lips Sink Careers, Even for CEOs - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
“This sort of becomes a chess match now of public opinion — which is sad, because ultimately it should be about the facts,” he said. Mr. Shkreli added: “I feel like I'm being prosecuted for being a jerk.” After hearing from him, I retained my ...
Here's how the best-performing hedge fund of 2016 is crushing it - Business Insider
Business Insider
Business Insider
giant chess, chess, knight Reuters/Luke MacGregorFigures from "The Tournament," a giant chess set designed by Jaime Hayon of Spain, seen by Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square in central London in 2009.
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NYCB's New Art Series Installation Looks Wonderfully Weird - Dance Spirit
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Dance Spirit
This year, NYCB has asked Marcel Dzama to create an installation. That's especially cool because Dzama is already wrapped up in the ballet world: He's also doing the sets and costumes for Justin Peck's upcoming premiere for NYCB, The Most Incredible ...
Relations Between Russia, Turkey Complicate ISIS Fight - Washington Free Beacon
Washington Free Beacon
... followed by supposed documentation released by Russian officials to Russian state media, including RT and Sputnik, and then rapidly echoed by “independent research” groups often cited by Russian state media, including the Center for Research on ...
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5 Questions to Matthew Patton (composer, curator) - I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Neil Farber, Michael Dumontier, and Marcel Dzama, Academy Award winning composer Mychael Danna (Life of Pi) is from Winnipeg and so is Neil Young. So is Douglas Rain who is the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space ...
Alexey Navalny's Very Strange Form of Freedom - The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
... in 2011 and 2012: Boris Nemtsov, the liberal, is dead, shot in view of the Kremlin in February of last year; Sergei Udaltsov, the radical leftist, is in jail, serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence for allegedly plotting to overthrow the Russian ...
77 compete in Winter Scholastic Chess - Madison Record
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Madison Record
MADISON – Students ranging from kindergartners to high school teenagers exercised their brains on Jan. 9 at the Winter Scholastic Chess Tournament. Columbia Elementary School hosted the 77 students registered to compete in both Rated and Non-Rated ...
Students to Compete in Scholastic Chess ChampionshipGreenwich Sentinel
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