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North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn - Sydney Morning Herald

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 21:25

Sydney Morning Herald

North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn
Sydney Morning Herald
The regime needs the nuclear program to preserve its legitimacy internally, said Michael Raska, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. "Everything that is tied to the Kim family is tied basically to that nuclear program ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 20:24

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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North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn - Sydney Morning Herald

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 18:53

Sydney Morning Herald

North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn
Sydney Morning Herald
The regime needs the nuclear program to preserve its legitimacy internally, said Michael Raska, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. "Everything that is tied to the Kim family is tied basically to that nuclear program ...

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North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn - The Age

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 18:52

The Age

North Korea: the problem child of Asia refuses to learn
The Age
The regime needs the nuclear program to preserve its legitimacy internally, said Michael Raska, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. "Everything that is tied to the Kim family is tied basically to that nuclear program ...

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Grunt's Eye View - Wall Street Journal

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 15:28

Wall Street Journal

Grunt's Eye View
Wall Street Journal
Far rarer are stories told from the point of view of the chess pieces, the men who, somehow, have to fight through the horror, blood and dirt of battle and hope, somehow, to come out alive and intact even as they see their buddies killed and maimed ...

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Taiwan in need of friends as China flexes muscle in the Pacific - Windsor Star (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 13:52

Windsor Star (blog)

Taiwan in need of friends as China flexes muscle in the Pacific
Windsor Star (blog)
In the high stakes geopolitical chess game that has opened up on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. has pointed to erratic North Korea to justify talks on arms trade and missile defence systems with its Asian partners. China's response has ...

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Roger Burbach, Presente! - Upside Down World

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 13:01

Upside Down World

Roger Burbach, Presente!
Upside Down World
“Roger played quite a chess game with death. For every piece he ... Despite being in a wheelchair with blood cancer and Parkinson's — of which he was also diagnosed — he made long trips to Chile and Cuba, to carry out research for the book. His ...

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Nigerian immigrant learns to love baseball with sponsor family - The Denver Post

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 12:08

Nigerian immigrant learns to love baseball with sponsor family
The Denver Post
It's a sport where they can strive and a sport that's fun. It's kind of like chess. It's strategy. It gets the kids thinking.” And so, the Jennings family has taken care of Obie as if he's one of their own. For six years, they've paid for his team ...

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The Pentagon's Robotic Warfare Arsenal - Center for Research on Globalization

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 11:37

Center for Research on Globalization

The Pentagon's Robotic Warfare Arsenal
Center for Research on Globalization
He's an avid chess player. What he said was, “It used to be a matter of faith that a machine would never beat a human,” because a machine would not have the intuitive cognition. You know, it just wouldn't be able to have the intuitive spark to think ...

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Club Notes: June 21 - News & Observer

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 10:40

Club Notes: June 21
News & Observer
The Western Wake Republican Club will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, June 22, at Danny's Bar-B-Que, 311 Ashville Ave., #G, Cary. Jim Duncan and Frank Roche, who are both challenging U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers in North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, ...

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A German Writer Translates a Puzzling Illness Into a Best-Selling Book - New York Times

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 10:05

New York Times

A German Writer Translates a Puzzling Illness Into a Best-Selling Book
New York Times
... decided to take matters into her own hands. Convinced that the illness was somehow associated with her intestines, she pored over gastroenterological research, consumed various probiotic bacterial cultures meant to aid digestion, and tried out ...

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What is Google DeepMind? - TrustedReviews

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 09:18

TrustedReviews

What is Google DeepMind?
TrustedReviews
It was formed by Demis Hassabis, a former British chess prodigy turned games developer turned neuroscientist; New Zealander Shane Legg; and British entrepreneur Mustafa Suleyman. Even prior to Google's acquisition, DeepMind was known as a formidable ...

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Doom, or the Future - A Look at the State of Artificial Intelligence - AusGamers

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 07:03

PC Authority

Doom, or the Future - A Look at the State of Artificial Intelligence
AusGamers
... for kids, and we've got a product for people who are blind or vision-impaired so they can read the newspaper and access media and entertainment, and it's all done through Interactive Spoken Compensation,” Nick reveals of his company's less ...
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clubs - Naples Daily News

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 03:07

clubs
Naples Daily News
Coastal Chess clubs in Naples and Marco Island are very active. Play casual chess at all meetings and occasionally there are tournaments. Chess in Marco Island meets each Monday from 9 a.m. until noon at the Lutheran Church, 525 N. Collier. Chess in ...

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Not quite human: the future of intelligence - PC Authority

Chess Research - Fri, 06/19/2015 - 02:04

PC Authority

Not quite human: the future of intelligence
PC Authority
Chappie, The Terminator, The Matrix; these films and more are among the most famous examples in our lives that have predictions about the outcome of future advancements in science, namely in AI research and robotics. Given the recent ... We've created ...

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South Asians dominate spelling bee circuits - Daily Democrat

Chess Research - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 18:10

South Asians dominate spelling bee circuits
Daily Democrat
Excellence has always had cultural influences: consider the dominance of Russians in chess, Dominicans in baseball, East Africans in marathons, West Africans in sprinting events and Jews in violin playing. ... and others wanted to emulate this ...

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Saving the marshes: 'It's a chess match' - The Port Arthur News

Chess Research - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 15:07

The Port Arthur News

Saving the marshes: 'It's a chess match'
The Port Arthur News
During his 25-year tenure, Sutherlin said, the Murphree area has expanded to cover 24,500 acres of coastal wetlands. “We do a lot of public hunting, research, weather restoration,” Sutherlin said in his office Thursday. “We support and provide guidance ...

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Rev. Brown Chess team competes in tourney - The Advertiser News South

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 13:43

Rev. Brown Chess team competes in tourney
The Advertiser News South
SPARTA — The Rev. Brown School Chess Team won second place in the Northwest N.J. Scholastic Team Tournament on Monday, June 1, at Lake Mohawk Country Club. Fifthy teams participated. Jersey Chess instructor Marty Sobin has taught chess at ...

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Shelburne resident brings chess camp, tournaments to town - Shelburne News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:28

Shelburne resident brings chess camp, tournaments to town
Shelburne News
“He was so well received, that this summer he will offer two summer chess camps and two United States Chess Federation rated scholastic chess tournaments,” she said enthusiastically. In fact, Jenkins has helped organize both activities. “Interested ...

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Who owns the future? How the prophets of Silicon Valley took control - New Statesman

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 06/18/2015 - 11:01

New Statesman

Who owns the future? How the prophets of Silicon Valley took control
New Statesman
Compared to the ideological wars of the mid-20th century, present-day debates seem like scholastic hair-splitting. While one needed a telescope to follow the visions of a Lenin or a Hitler, today, when it comes to the basic outlines of human ... Only ...

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