Friday, July 6, 2007 The International Olympic Committee awarded the XXII Winter Olympics, to be held in 2014, to Sochi, Russia, a resort city near the Black Sea, in Guatemala City yesterday defeating Pyeongchang, South Korea, by just four votes. Salzburg, Austria, was eliminated in the first round by 25 votes. According to the Associated […]
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Computer professionals celebrate 10th birthday of A.L.I.C.E.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005 File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human […]
Bat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan
Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery […]
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By Chris Cosby The 1940s was a time for changes in the jewelry industry which were a direct result of changes in world events. The first part of the decade demonstrated a slow down in jewelry production due to the war outbreak in Europe. There was a scarcity of precious metals and importing precious gemstones […]
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US state of Kansas in battle over “Intelligent Design” in education
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 Tempers are flaring in the U.S. state of Kansas, where a school board may be on the verge of passing a measure to require that Intelligent Design be taught in public school science classes. Christian political activists such as Reverend Jerry Johnston of First Family Church in Overland Park Kansas are […]
Philippine Foreign Secretary Del Rosario to visit China amid South China Sea territorial dispute
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Claudio Bravo signs Manchester City
Sunday, August 28, 2016 On Thursday, Spanish football club FC Barcelona announced their first-choice goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo, was sold to English club Manchester City F.C. for €18 million on a four-year deal. Manchester City is obliged to pay €2 million as add-ons. 33-year-old Claudio Bravo joined the Catalonians in the 2014 summer transfer window from […]
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Click Here To Know More About: Retirement Village Nsw Lifestyle Retirement Villages Submitted by: David Haigh If you haven t yet been convinced how important it is to have a home inspected before you purchase it, here s one key reason: Chinese drywall. You may have heard about it on the news, but how serious […]