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Competing with California is tough, says North Bay native Hector Levesque, a leading researcher in artificial intelligence
Competing with California is tough, says North Bay native Hector Levesque, a leading researcher in artificial intelligence

Competing with California is tough, says North Bay native Hector Levesque, a leading researcher in artificial intelligence

Date5/15/1987
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He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
He wants money: Dr. Mario Piacenza of the southern Italian town of Altomonte is in Toronto lookin for funds to build a school for peasant children. He's hoping to get it from the parents of the children he's leading here - natives of Alomonte who left their home town for North America. So far, he's visited 7 cities on a 3-month North American tour but has raised only $2,000 of the $20,000 he needs. He's had a picnic with Altomonteans here and plans another one.
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Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient
Academic Huck Finn: Zoology researcher Peter Fetterolf, who is studying gulls on the Leslie St. split, wears feathers in his cap to protect himself from dive-bombing gulls guarding their turf. They attack the feathers and miss your head, says the scient
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Perfect hash: Researcher Derek Robinson, of Tesserverse Processor Technologies Inc, has made a computer breakthrough that 'means a quantum jump in performance on today's hardware, says Bill Clement
Perfect hash: Researcher Derek Robinson, of Tesserverse Processor Technologies Inc, has made a computer breakthrough that 'means a quantum jump in performance on today's hardware, says Bill Clement
4/26/1990
Alan Bernstein: We would have to face genetic music eventually, researcher says.
Alan Bernstein: We would have to face genetic music eventually, researcher says.
12/15/1992
Director of the Bureau of Municipal Research, Charles Bens, handing files to researcher Anne Golden, says it has a good batting average.
Director of the Bureau of Municipal Research, Charles Bens, handing files to researcher Anne Golden, says it has a good batting average.
4/22/1974
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
Lignin researchers: Dr. Steven Strasberg and Ruth Kaye of Toronto Western Hospital have been working for four years to find a non-surgical treatment or prevention ofr gallstones. Stasberg says women seem to be more susceptible to them because of hormonal differenes.
7/14/1981
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
Eye operation: Eye surgeon Dr. Lionel Chisholm of Toronto Western Hospital says a research clinic here would provide a centre where he and other doctors could share information on eye treatment techniques with researchers. Because there is no eye research institute in Canada, those with disease or injures often travel to the U.S., the site of the nearest eye centres.
2/4/1986
Christopher Cusing, researcher for the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies, has found celebrity as a war expert, but he worked summers in the box office at Stratford. He was never, he says, into war toys.
Christopher Cusing, researcher for the Canadian Institute for Strategic Studies, has found celebrity as a war expert, but he worked summers in the box office at Stratford. He was never, he says, into war toys.
1/24/1991
Perfect fit: Dr. William Sauter, head of the Hugh MacMilan Medical Centre program invesigating the use of muscle impuses to power artifical limbs, checks out young Jackie Nickel's artificial arm. He says, we have 2,000 to 3,000 visitors a year coming through here, looking at what we're doing.
Perfect fit: Dr. William Sauter, head of the Hugh MacMilan Medical Centre program invesigating the use of muscle impuses to power artifical limbs, checks out young Jackie Nickel's artificial arm. He says, we have 2,000 to 3,000 visitors a year coming through here, looking at what we're doing.
5/26/1985
Leading protest: In a drive to prove unfair pricing in Canada, Janis Mierins, retired Ottawa Mercedes dealer, went all the way to his native Latvia to buy a Lada
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Exotic Don Mills: David Graham, a banker by day and car builder by night, says his California-designed Gatsby is a great car.
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10/9/1986
Adam and eve were real, says Lane P. lester, a member of the staff of Creation Research in California, who spoke at a Toronto meeting last week.
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