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Alabama professor: There's a lot more skill than luck in fantasy sports (opinion) - Yellowhammer News
Yellowhammer News
As a sports media scholar who has conducted research on fantasy sports play, I find myself fielding quite a few questions from a variety of constituencies relating to the rapid explosion of daily, weekly and season-long fantasy games. Usually, it's the ...
Prince George's County community calendar, Dec. 10-16, 2015 - Washington Post
Washington Post
Chess club Eagle Chess Academy leads this class for all ages to learn or improve skills. 4 p.m. South .... 8:15-10:15 a.m. Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract, Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32, Laurel. 301-497-5887.
News in the Humanosphere: Air pollution brings China to a grinding halt - Humanosphere
Humanosphere
Humanosphere
Growth in global carbon dioxide emissions is expected to slow for a second year running in 2015, in spite of economic growth, after typically rising by around 2 to 3 percent since the turn of the century, according to research. (Reuters http://yhoo.it ...
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Air Pollution Brings Beijing to a Halt - UN Dispatch
UN Dispatch
Growth in global carbon dioxide emissions is expected to slow for a second year running in 2015, in spite of economic growth, after typically rising by around 2 to 3 percent since the turn of the century, according to research. (Reuters http://yhoo.it ...
Why I think these 3 blue-chip shares are great buys now - Motley Fool Australia
Motley Fool Australia
CSL is a world-leader in the research, development and marketing for blood plasma products. Its products are used to prevent and treat complex disorders affecting many people throughout the world. ResMed Inc. (CHESS) (ASX: RMD) is also a leader in its ...
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'Big picture guy:' Late CPD founding director remembered - The Herald Journal
The Herald Journal
The Herald Journal
What started as a school for elementary-age children with disabilities would evolve into what it is today, blossoming from Fifield's leadership — a research center that provides resources to people with disabilities and their families and trains ...
How Australians Are Helping Computers Become Conscious - Gizmodo Australia
Gizmodo Australia
Gizmodo Australia
The chess-playing feats of Deep Blue are long outdone, replaced by the likes of IBM's WATSON, the world's best Jeopardy player, and Deepmind's deep Q-network, brain-inspired software that teaches itself to play computer games, so well in fact that it ...
The West Can Defeat ISIS – but What Comes Next? - Family Security Matters
Family Security Matters
Family Security Matters
French President François Hollande is making the rounds of the world's capitals, jet setting between London, Washington and Moscow with several meetings in-between. He is engaged in a full-throttle effort to convince leaders of a plain and simple plan.
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Williamsburg Student Places at National Chess Competition - ARL now
ARL now
ARL now
Chess prodigy Sam Schenk tied for 10th place in his division at the National K-12 Scholastic Championship chess competition in Orlando, Fla. He competed against 127 other players in his grade group to earn the ranking. The annual competition is hosted ...
Chess camp offered over holiday break - Davis Enterprise
Davis Enterprise
John Langreck is offering a chess camp for players of all ages and abilities from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 21-23 in the New Harmony Community Room, 3030 Cowell Blvd. “We have run a successful scholastic program at Birch Lane and Pioneer elementary schools ...
Food Cities The search for America's best food cities: - Washington Post
Washington Post
Washington Post
A surprise only to those who haven't tried it, the finest Indian food in the country seduces with its spices in a city that's home to just over 650,000 residents — and 2,000 restaurants. Downtown, the most daring example of avant-garde cooking this ...
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As I See It: 'Spotlight' shines on importance of investigative journalism - Main Line
Main Line
The Spotlight team uncovered a longtime practice by church leaders of simply moving around these men to other parishes like chess pieces instead of punishing them. But getting to the truth in a predominantly Catholic city was met with roadblocks every ...
Tribute to TV Padmakumar - Kaumudi Online
Kaumudi Online
Recently Mcgill University in Canada, which is rated as 21st among the best Universities in the world and 1st in Canada reviewed his book `Number Theory and Magic Squares` and awarded Ph.D for a research work on the game of Chess based on his ...
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Tribute to TV Padmakumar - Kaumudi Online
Kaumudi Online
Recently Mcgill University in Canada, which is rated as 21st among the best Universities in the world and 1st in Canada reviewed his book `Number Theory and Magic Squares` and awarded Ph.D for a research work on the game of Chess based on his ...
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Searching for Eureka: IBM's path back to greatness, and how it could change ... - Quartz
Quartz
Quartz
IBM spent $5.5 billion on research and development in 2014 alone, and unlike with some of the modern tech giants, there's no pomp and circumstance around each newly launched “project,” no elevation of designers to the status of demigods, no race to ...
The West Can Defeat ISIS – but What Comes Next? - The Fiscal Times
The Fiscal Times
The Fiscal Times
We need to think of this as a game of chess in which leaders strategize three to four steps ahead into a future without ISIS. Current decisions will ... on Terrorism. Clare M. Lopez is the Vice President for Research & Analysis at the Center for ...
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'Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise,' by Oscar Hijuelos - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
The men spend their first hours talking about the origins of chess, the mechanics of pocket watches, the mysteries of the universe. They share a passion for books and an ambition to be ... With all the research Hijuelos clearly did, he must have known ...
Vishwanathan Anand Opens His Doors To Flood-Hit Slum Dwellers In Chennai - Indiatimes.com
Indiatimes.com
Indiatimes.com
With Chennai reeling under the impact of the floods, Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand, in a wonderful gesture, has thrown open the doors of his house for flood-affected people from neighbouring slums. Vishwanathan Anand Open His Doors For Flood Hit ...
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Heslam: A lesson in giving - Boston Herald
Boston Herald
Boston Herald
HELPING OTHERS: Naesoj Ware, 11, of Mattapan has taken part in numerous charity projects. Her latest endeavor involved writing a letter, above, detailing her proposal to start the charity event 'Freestyle Fridays' at her school.
Brain gym and its benefits - The Hindu
The Hindu
A Brain Health Research study released in 2014 by AARP found that those questioned believed maintaining mental acuity (37 per cent) was second only to a healthy heart (51 per cent) in sustaining a healthy lifestyle. While many people are attracted to ...