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Fifth-grader tops high school senior to capture Mayor's Cup - Santa Fe New Mexican

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 23:14

Santa Fe New Mexican

Fifth-grader tops high school senior to capture Mayor's Cup
Santa Fe New Mexican
The final match for the Santa Fe Mayor's Cup chess tournament was held at the downtown Main Library on Wednesday, when 10-year-old Asher Nathan, a Rio Grande School fifth-grader, defeated friend and rival Harsh Bhundiya, a senior at Santa Fe Prep.

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Coming Events - My Eastern Shore

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 23:09

Coming Events
My Eastern Shore
8, Tuesday - Profitability with Specialty Fruits and Vegetables - 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wye Research and Education Center, Queenstown. Info or .... Thursdays - Chestertown Chess Club - 7 to 11 p.m., Play It Again Sam, 108 S. Cross St., Chestertown. All ages ...

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On Chess: Final stage of the Chess Grand Tour is ready to start - St. Louis Public Radio

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 22:08

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Final stage of the Chess Grand Tour is ready to start
St. Louis Public Radio
Grandmasters Maurice Ashley and Yasser Seirawan will analyze the games in real time offering strategical and tactical insights to the ideas behind the players' moves from the broadcast studio at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis ...

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On Chess: Final stage of the Chess Grand Tour is ready to start - St. Louis Public Radio

In the News - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 21:58

St. Louis Public Radio

On Chess: Final stage of the Chess Grand Tour is ready to start
St. Louis Public Radio
The third and final leg of the inaugural Chess Grand Tour, the most prestigious series of chess tournaments in the world, is upon us. Beginning Friday, Dec. 4, and running until Sunday, Dec. 13, the Kensington Olympia will host the 7th London Chess ...

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Longmont-area school events for Dec. 4, 2015 - Longmont Times-Call

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 20:04

Longmont-area school events for Dec. 4, 2015
Longmont Times-Call
St. Vrain Elementary Chess Tournament is at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Red Hawk Elementary, 1500 ... The Mensa Education and Research Foundation will award scholarships from $300 to $1,000 based on submitted essays. The deadline for essays is Jan.

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Cool Jobs 3: Making a Splash - Myrtle Beach Sun News

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 15:13

Cool Jobs 3: Making a Splash
Myrtle Beach Sun News
He also got involved with a videography/grouper research project off Frying Pan Shoals in Southport, NC, and interned with Scuba Express [Express Watersports] in Murrells Inlet. Toms also worked for a time as a show diver at Ripley's Aquarium at ...

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Turin's Medieval Village - The Italian Tribune

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 14:54

Turin's Medieval Village
The Italian Tribune
... used as medication by medieval pharmacists; and the Kitchen Garden full of vegetables and fruit trees. These various plants, as well as the ornamental furniture of the three section garden, have been identified through iconographic and ...

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Panel to Highlight International Graduate Student Research - UMass News and Media Relations

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 14:50

UMass News and Media Relations

Panel to Highlight International Graduate Student Research
UMass News and Media Relations
Students' international research and training was supported through the Department of Anthropology's European Field Studies Program and the NSF-funded Culture and Heritage in European Societies and Spaces (CHESS) program in collaboration with the ...

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Industries awaiting new markets reach saturation point in Amritsar - Chandigarh Tribune

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 13:47

Industries awaiting new markets reach saturation point in Amritsar
Chandigarh Tribune
Unequal taxes across northern states, dearth of new markets, lack of research and development, “absence of support” from the state government are some of the major hindrances being faced by Amritsar-based industries. A majority of the industries ...

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EHS senior bound for NYC - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 13:05

The Edwardsville Intelligencer

EHS senior bound for NYC
The Edwardsville Intelligencer
... including playing principal viola in ILMEA All-District, All-State, winning the John and Kay Kendall junior division concerto competition, receiving best All-State string seminar award from Millikin University, and performing at the World Chess ...

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Holiday traditions play valuable role in families - The Herald Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:51

The Herald Journal

Holiday traditions play valuable role in families
The Herald Journal
As I was scanning through the posts of my Facebook friends (all 13 of you) this past week, I couldn't help but notice all the family pictures taken while hunting for Christmas trees. What a great family tradition! For some, it was their first year ...

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Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie receives state honor - Sun Sentinel

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:31

Sun Sentinel

Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie receives state honor
Sun Sentinel
•Adding programs such as scholastic chess for second- and third-graders and debate for middle schoolers. Several other initiatives were expanded including computer science, dual languages and music and the arts. •Improving management of the district's ...
Broward's Runcie named Florida Superintendent of the YearTampabay.com (blog)

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How Houston Is Redefining Learning to Prepare Its Future Workers - National Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 11:05

National Journal

How Houston Is Redefining Learning to Prepare Its Future Workers
National Journal
Ruth López Turley, a professor at Rice University and director of the Houston Education Research Consortium, a partnership between the college and the Houston Independent School District, expressed that concern and added that the district continues to ...

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Broward's Runcie named Florida Superintendent of the Year - Tampabay.com (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 10:12

Broward's Runcie named Florida Superintendent of the Year
Tampabay.com (blog)
Those include the spearheading of an $800 million construction bond program, the redesign of school discipline, and the adding of new student opportunities such as elementary scholastic chess and middle and high school debate programs. Runcie follows ...

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ASX bullish on blockchain - The Australian (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 07:17

The Australian (blog)

ASX bullish on blockchain
The Australian (blog)
COALA is a global collaboration between lawyers, academics, regulators and entrepreneurs who have been driving research, policy and infrastructure-building in the blockchain ecosystem for the past three years. ASX boss Elmer ... The ASX is already the ...

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Heads Up, Couch Potatoes: TV Really Does Rot Your Brain, It Seems - Forbes

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 03:26

Forbes

Heads Up, Couch Potatoes: TV Really Does Rot Your Brain, It Seems
Forbes
The researchers defined poor performance on the cognitive tests as scoring at least one standard deviation below the mean, which roughly means they scored in the lowest 16th percent of their peers. (In a standard deviation curve, 68% of people score in ...

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

Chess Research - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 01:11

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 and them. But getting to the truth in a predominantly Catholic city was met with roadblocks ...

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Oklahoma's top student chess players named - NewsOK.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 12/02/2015 - 00:06

Oklahoma's top student chess players named
NewsOK.com
The best of Oklahoma's scholastic chess players competed recently to determine a champion from each school grade. A total of 176 young chess players from across Oklahoma gathered Nov. 14 at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa to compete in the 16th ...

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New study suggests there may be no such thing as the female brain - The Australian (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 12/01/2015 - 23:08

The Australian (blog)

New study suggests there may be no such thing as the female brain
The Australian (blog)
Research into the human body isn't normally political. Open up a heart and you open up a heart. But open up a brain, and you open up a Pandora's box: out flies the gender pay gap; Barbies; the lack of female chess grand masters; boys' academic ...
Sex beyond the genitalia: The human brain mosaic - Proceedings of the National ...Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The brains of men and women aren't really that different, study findsScience /AAAS
Scans prove there's no such thing as a 'male' or 'female' brainNew Scientist
Los Angeles Times
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What's happening Wednesday in the north valley - Chico Enterprise-Record

Chess Research - Tue, 12/01/2015 - 20:49

What's happening Wednesday in the north valley
Chico Enterprise-Record
Based on her book, “Entry to a Life of Travel and Tourism Research.” Meriam Library ... Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center and Med Clinic: 10 a.m. Chess Club; 11 a.m. Bipolar/Depression group; noon Beginning painting; 1 p.m. WRAP workshop. 492 Rio ...

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