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Chess tournaments for children begin in November - Greenwich Post

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 10:50

Greenwich Post

Chess tournaments for children begin in November
Greenwich Post
Since 1990, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation has organized an annual 'Grand Prix' chess tournament series. This year will be no exception, as the foundation has officially announced their 2015-16 chess competitions for children. The 20 ...

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Chess Tournaments for Children Begin this November in Westchester County, NY ... - PR Web (press release)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 06:03

PR Web (press release)

Chess Tournaments for Children Begin this November in Westchester County, NY ...
PR Web (press release)
Since 1990, the National Scholastic Chess Foundation has organized an annual 'Grand Prix' chess tournament series. This year will be no exception, as the foundation has officially announced their 2015-16 chess competitions for children. The 20 ...

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Syrian allies unleash kamikaze drones vs. forces tied to al-Qaeda but backed by US - ChristianToday

Chess Research - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 04:33

ChristianToday

Syrian allies unleash kamikaze drones vs. forces tied to al-Qaeda but backed by US
ChristianToday
The group is linked to al-Qaeda but is seen by Western nations as the best hope for negotiating a government if President Basher Assad is ousted, The Washington Times reported, citing the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) as source. ... "It ...

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America's Best Set to Compete in Exhibition Games in Saint Louis - PR Newswire

CCSCSL News Feed - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 02:00
America's Best Set to Compete in Exhibition Games in Saint Louis  PR Newswire

SAINT LOUIS, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American chess is getting stronger and is on the rise. This fall, Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano ...

America's Best Set to Compete in Exhibition Games in Saint Louis - PR Newswire

CCSCSL News Feed - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 02:00
America's Best Set to Compete in Exhibition Games in Saint Louis  PR Newswire

SAINT LOUIS, Oct. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American chess is getting stronger and is on the rise. This fall, Grandmasters Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano ...

District 51 sorting out issues of new start time - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Chess Research - Wed, 10/28/2015 - 00:41

District 51 sorting out issues of new start time
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
“We've been studying changing the start times for quite some time, especially considering the research that's come up with how secondary students perform with later start times,” said Superintendent Steve Schultz. At the Oct. 27 school board meeting ...

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Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Shannon Bailey - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 21:39

St. Louis Public Radio

Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess
St. Louis Public Radio
Shannon Bailey with the Hall of Fame is curating the show. Of the artists, she said, “They all have a very unique interpretation of the game that they're trying to give, or a unique message they're trying to stress.” A video and stills by chess ...

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Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess - St. Louis Public Radio

Shannon Bailey - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 21:39

St. Louis Public Radio

Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess
St. Louis Public Radio
Women may not rule the world of chess but they do dominate an upcoming art exhibit around the game. The World Chess Hall of Fame in the Central West End opens “Ladies' Knight: The Female Perspective on Chess” Thursday evening. It includes the work ...

Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 21:39

St. Louis Public Radio

Art exhibit aims to encourage girls and women to play chess
St. Louis Public Radio
Michael DeFilippo. Women may not rule the world of chess but they do dominate an upcoming art exhibit around the game. The World Chess Hall of Fame in the Central West End opens “Ladies' Knight: The Female Perspective on Chess” Thursday evening.

Opponents: Wildlife Initiative Would Come Down on Antiques - Centralia Chronicle

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 20:48

Centralia Chronicle

Opponents: Wildlife Initiative Would Come Down on Antiques
Centralia Chronicle
“But my in-depth research and understanding of how and why elephant poaching for ivory is motivated and driven has led me to believe that a 'prohibitionist' approach is the wrong one,” he said in comments to the National Fish and Wildlife Service. He ...

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Singularity or Civil War? The Future of Artificial Intelligence - Breitbart News

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 20:07

Breitbart News

Singularity or Civil War? The Future of Artificial Intelligence
Breitbart News
Kurzweil predicted that by the early 2000s, internet use would be widespread (correct), and that by the late 1990s, a computer would beat a grandmaster at chess (correct – IBM's “Deep Blue,” a predecessor of Watson, defeated Gary Kasparov at chess in ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 19:50

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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The Big Bang Theory season 9 episode 6 review: What's a Mexican standoff? - Digital Spy

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 18:41

Digital Spy

The Big Bang Theory season 9 episode 6 review: What's a Mexican standoff?
Digital Spy
All of this raised the question of whether they were willing to get involved in dodgy deals to further their research, even if it meant that an evil Swedish team were trying to steal their limelight. The arrival of super-douche Barry saw them take the ...
Leonard and Sheldon Engage in Shady Behavior on 'The Big Bang Theory' RECAPCDA News

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Why wage-law 'turnaround' is a more of a beat-down for the economy - Chicago Tribune

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 17:33

Chicago Tribune

Why wage-law 'turnaround' is a more of a beat-down for the economy
Chicago Tribune
But a substantial body of research suggests that the hoped-for virtuous cycle sparked by a repeal of prevailing wage laws is more likely to become a death spiral. "Eliminating prevailing wage would have broad-reaching negative impacts across the ...

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Valeant's sales network: Deciphering a complex web of companies - The Globe and Mail

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 17:12

The Globe and Mail

Valeant's sales network: Deciphering a complex web of companies
The Globe and Mail
A web of companies tied to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s controversial mail-order pharmacy sales network is as complex as a high-level chess match. In fact, many of the companies involved in the sales network are named after chess terms ...

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Defense rests in Severance murder trial, closing arguments set to begin - WTOP

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 16:25

Defense rests in Severance murder trial, closing arguments set to begin
WTOP
He crafted rules and concepts for card, dice and chess games. He wrote lists of words and word ... He simply went to visit a friend and to conduct more historical research after he was kicked out of his girlfriend's house. Throughout the trial ...

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Parent-teacher conferences forthcoming for District 90 - Belleville News-Democrat

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 15:38

Belleville News-Democrat

Parent-teacher conferences forthcoming for District 90
Belleville News-Democrat
In total, the students and staff raised $892.50 for cancer research. As a bonus incentive, .... 18: New Edline event; 7:30 a.m. Student Council meeting; 3-4 p.m. Chess Club; 3-4:30 p.m. Cheer practice; 3-5 p.m. Robotics in library. ▫ Thursday, Nov. 19 ...

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Why a Little Narcissism Can Be Healthy - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 15:29

Huffington Post

Why a Little Narcissism Can Be Healthy
Huffington Post
John had a habit of getting lost in his hobbies, whether he was reading his chess books, burying himself in blogging, or taking long walks alone. “She says I shut everyone .... Cross-cultural research has shown that describing, in detail, how you ...

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Making Sense Of The Dell-EMC-VMware Deal - Forbes

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 12:15

Making Sense Of The Dell-EMC-VMware Deal
Forbes
Jefferies' research also suggests a fairly aggressive debt/EBITDA ratio: 4.1x–6.0x (3.1x–4.4x net EBITDA), which makes the cash aspect of the deal a balancing act between reducing debt right now versus over time… while also trying to build a newly ...

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Climate change could soon push sun-baked cities of Persian Gulf into temps too ... - National Post

Chess Research - Tue, 10/27/2015 - 11:07

National Post

Climate change could soon push sun-baked cities of Persian Gulf into temps too ...
National Post
Rising global temperatures could soon push the sun-baked cities of the Persian Gulf across a threshold unknown since the start of civilization: the first to experience temperatures that are literally too hot for human survival. A scientific study ...
Future temperature in southwest Asia projected to exceed a threshold for human ...Nature
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