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NHS's McBride soars in Congressional Debate - The Port Arthur News

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 16:10

The Port Arthur News

NHS's McBride soars in Congressional Debate
The Port Arthur News
Participants in the mock legislative assembly competition draft legislation, research bills and dockets and prepare speeches in affirmation or negation of issues. NHS's first Congressional Debate Team did well at district competition and McBride earned ...

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Ilya Ponomarev: Opposing Putin's empire of swindlers and thieves - rabble.ca (blog)

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 13:00

rabble.ca (blog)

Ilya Ponomarev: Opposing Putin's empire of swindlers and thieves
rabble.ca (blog)
Ponomarev later spearheaded various high-tech projects in the information technology and energy sectors, founding companies like the Siberian Internet Company while to foster technological innovation and research and development. ..... CGM: In the ...

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Fauquier County community events - Washington Post

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 11:03

Fauquier County community events
Washington Post
Genealogical research help Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Trust volunteers assist 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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Young players join chess challenge at Lewis Middle School - Paso Robles Daily News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 10:34

Paso Robles Daily News

Young players join chess challenge at Lewis Middle School
Paso Robles Daily News
–Daniel E. Lewis Middle School in Paso Robles was Saturday's location for the San Luis Obispo Chess Club's 2015 Scholastic Fall Fiesta. This chess tournament was one of three annual scholastic tournaments held by the chess club. Tournaments are held ...

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Elaine Paige On Piaf, Lloyd Webber & the Gays - Out Magazine

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 09:33

Out Magazine

Elaine Paige On Piaf, Lloyd Webber & the Gays
Out Magazine
For an English actress to play that role, a lot of research was involved. I didn't understand a lot of the references in the song. I had to google everything to find out what various things were. They were like the social history of America and it didn ...

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As I See It: 'Spotlight' shines on importance of investigative journalism - Main Line

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 09:10

As I See It: 'Spotlight' shines on importance of investigative journalism
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 ...

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BKT's Buhj Factory to Change the Off Highway Tire Game - Tire Review

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 08:30

Tire Review

BKT's Buhj Factory to Change the Off Highway Tire Game
Tire Review
If the off-highway tire market were a chess game, BKT would be preparing to declare checkmate and claim its place as a global leader. “In the game of chess, ... Part of BKT's vision to position itself as a leader in the off-highway tire market not only ...

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Muddy Waters: An Appreciation - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 07:49

Muddy Waters: An Appreciation
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Muddy Waters' headstone claimes he was born in 1915, but subsequent research points to 1913 as his actual birth year. So his centennial year has ... His first formal recording for Aristocrat, the label that evolved into Chess Records. The guitar is ...

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HOW CAN GEORGIA RAISE A CREATIVE GENERAT ... - The FINANCIAL

Chess Research - Mon, 12/07/2015 - 04:11

HOW CAN GEORGIA RAISE A CREATIVE GENERAT ...
The FINANCIAL
The FINANCIAL -- The discussion about nature vs. nurture is over. Neuroscience shows that, while the genes supply the basic blueprint, it is experience and the social environment to which a child is exposed in her early life that determines her brain ...

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What is the Best Way to Fight Poverty? - The Jewish Press (blog)

Chess Research - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 22:32

What is the Best Way to Fight Poverty?
The Jewish Press (blog)
2015 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Professor Angus Deaton, author of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, provides some interesting answers. Professor Deaton describes his research about poverty, helping the poor, and the ...

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Clubs & Meetings: Week of Dec. 7 - The Daily Courier

Chess Research - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 20:05

Clubs & Meetings: Week of Dec. 7
The Daily Courier
Northern Arizona Genealogy Society free assistance with genealogy research, 1 to 3 p.m. the 2nd and 4th Thursday by appointment at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1500. Occupy Prescott, in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, meets 5 ...

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On Campus - The Hindu

Chess Research - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 18:06

On Campus
The Hindu
... joint secretary, offered felicitations. S. Appavu, co-convener, proposed a vote of thanks. Participants from different institutions from all over the country presented 175 research papers at the conference. ... A district-level chess tournament was ...

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How Watson, descendent of Big Blue, is learning medicine instead of chess - Business Insider Australia

Chess Research - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 16:32

Business Insider Australia

How Watson, descendent of Big Blue, is learning medicine instead of chess
Business Insider Australia
“So we started down that path in research.” It was a big project. First they built a platform which could understand the English language, a complex system in itself. IBM gathered a group of linguists to teach the computer how to read. The platform was ...

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The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London - Business Insider

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 10:51

Business Insider

The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London
Business Insider
I spoke to Kasparov around the time of the Sinquefield Cup — named for retired financier Rex Sinquefield, who is almost singlehandedly transforming St. Louis into a global mecca for chess — and he seemed delighted at how the Tour was coming together.

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The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London - Business Insider

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 10:51

Business Insider

The most important chess tournament in decades is happening right now in London
Business Insider
Over the summer, the tour pulled into St. Louis and the center of American chess, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center, for the Sinquefield Cup, won by Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian. Going into London, no obviously winner for the Big Title has ...

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Chess world plunged into crisis as FIDE president 'withdraws' to fight Syria ... - Telegraph.co.uk

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 10:22

Telegraph.co.uk

Chess world plunged into crisis as FIDE president 'withdraws' to fight Syria ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Kirsan playing chess with Col Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. Ilyumzhinov, who also visited former Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi shortly before he was deposed, won re-election as Fide president last year after defeating chess legend Garry Kasparov in an ...

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Justice delayed: The double-murder case against Daniel Wozniak nears trial - OCRegister

Chess Research - Sun, 12/06/2015 - 02:05

OCRegister

Justice delayed: The double-murder case against Daniel Wozniak nears trial
OCRegister
And second, when they became pawns in a legal chess match that has stalled the march of justice. “We know Julie and Sam were murdered,” says Julie Kibuishi's mom, June Kibuishi. “It's clear-cut. Everything is ... Sanders' research into Orange County's ...

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Chess notes - The Boston Globe

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/05/2015 - 23:00

Chess notes
The Boston Globe
The MACA Fall Scholastic Team Tournament was held this past November in Boxborough. In the K-12 section, the team from Newton South (Alan Sikarov, James Rao, Nicholas Komarovsky, Samuel Burnham) managed a clean sweep of the field with a 4-0 ...

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Heather Hardy Doesn't Back Down from Any Fight - VICE

Chess Research - Sat, 12/05/2015 - 18:35

VICE

Heather Hardy Doesn't Back Down from Any Fight
VICE
Hardy has wondered if her rapist ever attacked anyone else—and yes, she knows about the research that says it's likely he has—but after two decades, reporting it is something she isn't prepared to do. (New York State does not have a statute of ...

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