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Heinrich, Fetterman, Warnock Introduce Legislation to Help End Childhood Hunger | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced the Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act, legislation to make it easier for students to access quality, nutritious school meals. The bill permanently increases the…
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Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Acquires the Papers of Distinguished Art Historian and Scholar Eddie Chambers
Eddie Chambers. Photo by Hakeem Adewumi The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) today announced that distinguished Black British scholar and art historian, Eddie Chambers, has placed his papers with the CCS Bard Archives, significantly enhancing the scope of CCS Bard’s research collections. This archival acquisition is the first in a series dedicated…
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Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Acquires the Papers of Distinguished Art Historian and Scholar Eddie Chambers
Eddie Chambers. Photo by Hakeem Adewumi The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) today announced that distinguished Black British scholar and art historian, Eddie Chambers, has placed his papers with the CCS Bard Archives, significantly enhancing the scope of CCS Bard’s research collections. This archival acquisition is the first in a series dedicated…
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How robots can learn to follow a moral code
Credit: Totto Renna A person with a burning need to know whether the video game Doom is compatible with the values taught in the Bible might once have had to spend days studying the two cultural artefacts and debating the question with their peers. Now, there’s an easier way: they can ask AI Jesus. The…
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No doubt who is Best on Far East tennis courts
<!– –> E.J. King’s Moa Best defeated her twin sister Miu 6-1, 6-4 in the girls singles final of the Far East tournament. She earlier teamed with Miu to beat Matthew C. Perry’s Nina Altig and Julie Apperson 6-1, 6-4 in the girls doubles final. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – As…
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Herd Tennis Travels to Palmetto State for Gamecock Shootout
Championship Fund HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Tennis team travels to Columbia, South Carolina, for the Gamecock Shootout this weekend beginning on Friday. The event is hosted by the South Carolina Gamecocks. EVENT DETAILSDates: Friday, October 27 through Sunday, October 29Location: Columbia, South CarolinaTeams (5): Charlotte, Marshall, SMU, South Carolina, Virginia Tech Pregame NotesThe Herd is coming off…
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How the Daughter of Sharecroppers Revolutionized Preschoolers’ Health
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Community Foundation, church offer veteran holiday food baskets
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> ESCANABA — Cheryl Andzejewski, executive director of the Community Foundation for Delta County and Robin Wycoff, food pantry director of the Seventh Day Adventist Church Food Pantry announce their Veterans Holiday Mobile Pantry collaboration. The Veterans Mobile Pantry will be held at the Ruth Butler Building at the U.P. State Fairgrounds…
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A human-machine collaborative approach measures economic development using satellite imagery
Abstract Machine learning approaches using satellite imagery are providing accessible ways to infer socioeconomic measures without visiting a region. However, many algorithms require integration of ground-truth data, while regional data are scarce or even absent in many countries. Here we present our human-machine collaborative model which predicts grid-level economic development using publicly available satellite imagery…
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New Training Method Helps AI Generalize like People Do
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