Rivals

Comparing Notre Dame And Its Rivals

... of this success, along with both distant and not-so-distant legendary teams and a desirable geographic location, to land the fourth-best class in 247’s national rankings. This class is the best among Notre Dame and its rivals. Michigan, one the other hand, has the second-best class in that group. With Jim Harbaugh at the helm leading the rapid rebuilding effort following the Rich Rodriquez and Brady Hoke years, the Wolverines signed the fifth-best class in the nation. Michigan’s class is led by five-star WR Donovan Peoples-Jones, the overall 12 th best player according to 247. Often, Notre Dame and Michigan will battle over recruits, but Peoples-Jones is a Detroit kid and his recruitment was rarely in doubt. Michigan also received a late commitment from five-star DT Aubrey Solomon. Notre Dame did lose out on four-star WR Oliver Martin to the Wolverines. Notre Dame and Michigan will renew their rivalry in 2018 and 2019, so this year’s class of Notre Dame signees will get to see first hand what the fourth-ranked class at Michigan can do. The ...

Recruiting Rivals Brought Up Rutgers' Ncaa Notice Of Allegations

... Recruiting rivals brought up Rutgers' NCAA Notice of Allegations. PISCATAWAY - It's called recruiting, but sometimes it's more a game of anti-recruiting. Rutgers' recruiting rivals were given all the ammunition needed to plant a seed of doubt in the minds of prospects in December when the NCAA issued a Notice of Allegations after an investigation into violations committed in the program under former coach Kyle Flood. Hired to clean up the mess one year earlier, Rutgers coach Chris Ash made an early decision about how to approach what was happening behind the scenes: Tell the recruits so that they would  hear the information first-hand rather than from the opposition. Chris Ash addresses NCCA notice of allegations. "We actually had conversations with recruits and their families well in advance to let them know," Ash said. "There were no secrets. Our recruiting philosophy is open, honest and transparent, and we were open and honest about the things that were ongoing before ...

Libratus, The Poker-playing Ai, Destroyed Its Four Human Rivals

... two key words in the good professor's statement are "imperfect information". Libratus wasn't designed specifically to beat poker (and for that matter, the insanely high-powered computers Libratus actually runs on aren't built for that either). Instead, Libratus at its core is a series of algorithms that can interpret the rules and constraints of a certain situation and figure out a strategy when it doesn't know what the other party knows. Consider games like chess and go: if you pay enough attention, you can relatively easily understand the world of the game and the how particular board positions came to be. You'll never have that kind of understanding when playing a few hands of no-limit Hold'em, which has made it a big target for AI researchers. Speaking of, we have to wonder how a rival team of researchers from the University of Alberta and ...

When Towering Rivals Rabin And Nasser Met For Lunch

... wrote. “We were well-received. We met with the Jewish commander who said that he wishes to stop the bloodshed and that our situation is desperate. He asked for us to surrender. The Egyptian commander objected and he asked to pull out to Gaza or Rafah but the Jews refused and said they would agree on one condition: that the Egyptian army withdraw from all of Palestine. "We asked for the evacuation of the wounded to Gaza but they rejected that and said, ‘We’re willing to give you the medicine you need,’ and finally we left. They offered us orange juice, oranges, sandwiches, chocolate, candy and biscuits.”. The diaries do not mention the commander or Rabin by name, and Nasser’s daughter could not be reached this week for comment. Israel’s southern commander at the time was the late General Yigal Allon. Nasser’s successor Anwar Sadat signed a 1979 treaty with Israel. He was assassinated during a 1981 ...

India Looks At Creating Oil Giant To Take On Global Rivals

... New Delhi is struggling to raise local oil production and imports about 80 percent of its oil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 set a goal of cutting that to 67 percent by 2020. India is replacing China as the driver of global oil demand growth and the International Energy Agency expects it to account for a quarter of global energy use by 2040. "We propose to create an integrated public sector oil major which will be able to match the performance of international and domestic private sector oil and gas companies," Jaitley said in his budget speech. India has about a dozen state-run oil and gas companies - including Indian Oil Corp (IOC. NS), Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC. NS), Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL. NS). But alone they do not have the financial power to rival global oil majors in bids for overseas oil assets. Combining them "will give them capacity to bear higher risks, avail economies of scale, take higher investment decisions and create more value for shareholders," Jaitley said. It was not clear if Jaitley was talking about combining all state-run oil companies or just some of them. ...

Leader Chelsea Stays In Epl Control After Title Rivals Stumble

... just clear of the crossbar in the second half. The result was somewhat better for Sunderland, which managed to move off the bottom. Hull is now last on goal difference. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez takes a free-kick against Watford. Adrian Dennis, AFP/Getty Images. Watford Heurelho Gomes makes a save Arsenal. Frank Augstein, AP. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill jumps above Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren. Paul Ellis, AFP/Getty Images. Chelsea's Diego Costa shouts as he falls after a challenge for the ball with Liverpool's Joel Matip. Dave Thompson, AP. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill and Hull City midfielder Ryan Mason clash heads during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Hull City at Stamford Bridge. Adrian Dennis, AFP/Getty Images. Arsenal's Shkodran Mustafi protests referee Jonathan Moss over the penalty decision during ...

Getting Online With Nintendo Switch Will Cost Less Than Half Of Rivals’ Fees

... Tatsumi Kimishima, who tells the Nikkei Asian Review that Nintendo Switch owners can expect to pay an annual fee of between 2,000-3,000 yen (which equals $17.60-$26.40 USD). Even if Nintendo majorly rounds that figure up for American gamers, that cost will still likely come in at half the $60/year fee for rival services Xbox Gold and Play Station Plus. Like its rivals, the Nintendo Switch's online services will be needed to access certain types of multiplayer matchmaking and in-game voice chat. The Switch will handle this differently than other systems—through a smartphone app, which will synchronize connectivity and chat with the console. This decision may be partly due to the system's headphone jack residing in the hardware, which cannot be accessed when the system is in "TV dock" mode. Other controllers, including the Switch's "Pro" controller and its default Joy-Con wands, do not have their own headphone jacks. (Nintendo has not announced whether the ...

London's Rivals Roll Out Red Carpet For Bankers Fleeing Brexit

... to authorize Prime Minister Theresa May to start the formal process of pulling the U. K. out of the European Union. Britain's departure is likely to spark an exodus of bankers who need to move abroad in order to safeguard their European operations. Cities around Europe are welcoming them with open arms. Madrid, Amsterdam, Berlin and Lisbon have been mentioned as possible contenders, but the following five cities are the frontrunners in the quest to attract bankers. Frankfurt is a natural choice for many banks. The German city is home to the European Central Bank, the Bundesbank, as well as the European Insurance authority. The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority hosted 50 representatives from some of the world's biggest banks on Monday to explain the steps required to set up a business in Germany. Related: No Brexit shock ...