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News and Information.... -- - Summer chess camp gets started (News 10 Now Syracuse) Summer camps often offer kids plenty of exercise and one camp in Syracuse offers just that, but it's the brain not the legs that is getting the workout. - Receiver Report: Young hands on deck (FantasyGuru.com via Yahoo! Sports) The second and third year of a receiver's NFL tenure can bring with it a dramatic jump in production. - Community News (Westminster Community Times) Three northwest corridor online students of University of Phoenix graduated over the weekend along with more than 3,000 others, including 75 from Maryland. Some grads traveled to Arizona to attended ceremonies at University of Phoenix stadium. - Chess kings and queens get new castle (South Side Journal) Local chess fans will soon be making a move. Fans who now play chess in coffeehouses, bars and restaurants will soon be checking opponents at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center, located at 4657 Maryland Avenue in the Central West End. The club is set to open July 17th. - How to Practice (Backstage.com) Most singers realize practice should be a part of their routine, but questions arise: What to practice? And just as important, how to practice? Improper practice can prevent a singer from improving and can even be harmful to the voice. - Arts, chess part of plan to boost school scores (Lexington Herald-Leader) The Fayette County school board has chosen two downtown Lexington schools to receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art instruction. The extra funds will go to Harrison and the newly built William Wells Brown elementaries to improve test scores at two schools that have struggled. .I'm extremely excited because for once I think we can ... - Aging Gracefully Inside and Out (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Whether you've noticed the signs of aging in family and friends, or acknowledged how it affects your own mind and body, getting older is an unavoidable part of life. - Michael Lombardi: What we learned in Shockey trade (Sports Illustrated) A few weeks ago, I wrote in one of my columns that I would never want to trade a second-round pick, as they are like "gold." With second-round picks, a team gets a four-year contract for a potential starter at a very modest price. What is not to like about that? So, naturally this week, two teams traded second-round picks for players: the Redskins got Jason Taylor from the Dolphins and the ... - Teen's star rises in world of chess (The Wichita Eagle) Andover teen among top players in U.S. Conrad Holt and his father, Keith, sit at the family dining room table, a chess board between them. As they take turns moving pawns and knights, they call out each move. It looks like any game of chess, but Conrad is blindfolded. His chess skills rank Conrad among the top players in the country at age 15. "It wasn't until I started in tournaments for a ... - A flick and a glance keeps rookies on the ball (Outlook India) For some, a carrom board to improve mind-eye-body coordination beats a snack on the grapevine any day. So does a chessboard that hones one's powers of strategem analysis.
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