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Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Week 1 - FantasyPros

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 11:20

Fantasy Football Start/Sit: Week 1
FantasyPros
It has felt like an eternity, but Week 1 is finally here and it is time for you to scramble all of your research together and set your lineups. .... With both teams loaded with playmakers on the defensive side this game will be more like a chess match ...

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Indian American Chess Whiz Akshat Chandra from NJ wins the US Junior Chess ... - The Indian Panorama

In the News - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 11:10

Indian American Chess Whiz Akshat Chandra from NJ wins the US Junior Chess ...
The Indian Panorama
The nine-round tournament was held at the prestigious Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis from July 6 to July 15. The tense race for first place remained undecided until the final round when International Master Akshat Chandra emerged ...

First in Fox News First: Hillary finds new low on favorability - Fox News

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 11:04

First in Fox News First: Hillary finds new low on favorability
Fox News
Iran deal remains unpopular as vote looms - Pew Research Center: “As Congress prepares to vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, public support for the deal has declined. Currently, just 21% approve of the agreement on Iran's nuclear program reached ...

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Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization - Wicked Local North of Boston

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 08:32

Wicked Local North of Boston

Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization
Wicked Local North of Boston
As MACA's president, Smolensky coordinates major adult and scholastic chess competitions across the state; oversees the Living Memorial Chess Foundation fund, which provides chess sets and boards to schools, libraries, junior chess clubs and community ...

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Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization - Wicked Local North of Boston

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 08:32

Wicked Local North of Boston

Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization
Wicked Local North of Boston
While pursuing his business of sports management degree at BC, Smolensky took an independent study course during which he devised his own version of a playoff system for the NCAA Football championship, based on his research and analysis.

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Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization - Wicked Local Medford

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 08:30

Wicked Local Medford

Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization
Wicked Local Medford
As MACA's president, Smolensky coordinates major adult and scholastic chess competitions across the state; oversees the Living Memorial Chess Foundation fund, which provides chess sets and boards to schools, libraries, junior chess clubs and community ...

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Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization - Wicked Local Medford

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 08:30

Wicked Local Medford

Medford resident Nathan Smolensky leads state chess organization
Wicked Local Medford
While pursuing his business of sports management degree at BC, Smolensky took an independent study course during which he devised his own version of a playoff system for the NCAA Football championship, based on his research and analysis.

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Art-In-Relation Produces Rarely Staged Classic 80's Musical 'Chess' in a ... - Send2Press Newswire (press release)

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 06:00

Send2Press Newswire (press release)

Art-In-Relation Produces Rarely Staged Classic 80's Musical 'Chess' in a ...
Send2Press Newswire (press release)
9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It's the early nineteen eighties and the radio is blasting a catchy tune about a Chess game in Bangkok, "One Night in Bangkok." The song sounds part disco and part "I have no idea." With further research we find out it ...

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Why practice doesn't make perfect: Rote learning has limited uses in the world ... - City A.M.

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 05:17

City A.M.

Why practice doesn't make perfect: Rote learning has limited uses in the world ...
City A.M.
Performing meta-analysis of 88 studies of deliberate practice across fields including music, sport, education and games like Scrabble and chess, the study found that practice accounted for 12 per cent of individual differences in performance overall ...

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Ground Floor Gallery Presents “Give And Take” By Visual Artist Ian Trask - Park Slope Stoop (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 09/09/2015 - 00:24

Park Slope Stoop (blog)

Ground Floor Gallery Presents “Give And Take” By Visual Artist Ian Trask
Park Slope Stoop (blog)
Hungry Chess Set, 2012 by Ian Trask. Stainless ... Ever since I worked as a hospital groundskeeper in Massachusetts years ago while transitioning from a career in science research to art, I've taken a bit of a “freegan” approach to sourcing my art ...

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Will AI become a threat to future white-collar workers? - The Japan Times

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 19:52

The Japan Times

Will AI become a threat to future white-collar workers?
The Japan Times
To answer this question, the Tokyo-based National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan's only general academic research institute for informatics, launched a 10-year project in 2011. Collaborating with various companies and institutions, the project ...

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Obama calls for more icebreakers despite lack of funds - Washington Times

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 17:23

Washington Times

Obama calls for more icebreakers despite lack of funds
Washington Times
Mr. Obama, in a game of polar ice chess with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his 40-plus icebreakers, made the gap one of his themes as he toured Alaska last week. Officials say the U.S. needs to keep pace in the face of an ... The current budget ...

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Obama calls for more icebreakers despite lack of funds - Washington Times

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 17:21

Obama calls for more icebreakers despite lack of funds
Washington Times
Mr. Obama, in a game of polar ice chess with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his 40-plus icebreakers, made the gap one of his themes as he toured Alaska last week. Officials say the U.S. needs to keep pace in the face of an ... The current budget ...

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Films from life - Jewish Journal

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 16:37

Jewish Journal

Films from life
Jewish Journal
Trank said that, in conducting his research, he was surprised to learn how much Begin and Rabin respected each other and found ways to work together despite their glaring differences. “Yitzhak Rabin was the prototypical Sabra, the Israeli-born Jew ...

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Films from life - Jewish Journal

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 16:37

Jewish Journal

Films from life
Jewish Journal
Trank said that, in conducting his research, he was surprised to learn how much Begin and Rabin respected each other and found ways to work together despite their glaring differences. “Yitzhak Rabin was the prototypical Sabra, the Israeli-born Jew ...

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Why Facebook's $2 Billion Bet on Oculus Rift Might One Day Connect Everyone on ... - Vanity Fair

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 13:11

Vanity Fair

Why Facebook's $2 Billion Bet on Oculus Rift Might One Day Connect Everyone on ...
Vanity Fair
Then he added, helpfully, “There's a lot of interesting research into that, where people have some band on their head…. You can look into it if you're interested.” It sounded a little bit insane, but Zuckerberg wasn't joking. “There are ..... we're ...

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Why Tech Giants Are Not Pursuing “Intelligent” AI – interview with Dr. Robert ... - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 12:12

Why Tech Giants Are Not Pursuing “Intelligent” AI – interview with Dr. Robert ...
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
The first boat navigates by attempting to pre-program the thousands (if not an exponential amount more) of possible scenarios and related actions that a machine might encounter when playing a game of chess. The second boat treads a very different path ...
Finding Artificial Intelligence Through Storytelling — An Interview with Dr ...Lifeboat Foundation (blog)

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Does brain training really work? - UC Berkeley

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 11:55

Does brain training really work?
UC Berkeley
Swartzberg, who serves as chairman of the editorial board of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter and berkeleywellness.com, analyzes all the latest research and comes up with the consensus advice for people worried about losing their mental acuity with age ...

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20 Non-Awkward Ways to Meet People While Traveling Solo - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 11:03

20 Non-Awkward Ways to Meet People While Traveling Solo
Huffington Post
Research a potential homestay beforehand to make sure that it includes people around your own age, who share some of your interests, and who will actually hang out with you. (In other words, make sure it's not the elderly couple who's just renting a ...

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Fall SPICE Chess Classes - Webster University Newsroom (press release) (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 09/08/2015 - 11:02

Webster University Newsroom (press release) (blog)

Fall SPICE Chess Classes
Webster University Newsroom (press release) (blog)
Classes will be held in the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE), located inside the Luhr Building, 475 E. Lockwood Ave., in Webster Groves. Registration fee is $149 and ... This class is for scholastic tournament players. Lessons will ...

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