THE CONVERSATION — Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do. And this is true in financial markets as much as in sectors like health care, manufacturing and pretty much every other aspect of our lives. I’ve been researching financial markets and algorithmic trading for 14 […]
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Just a Little Old: On transgender athletes competing
I played No. 1 on the Mount Pleasant High School (Delaware) golf team over 60 years ago. (People who see me play today won’t believe that piece of trivia.) In the fall of 1959, our team played a match against A.I. DuPont High School. I had to play against their No. 1 golfer, a girl […]
UCC in Bath invites community to groundbreaking of native garden
After installing solar panel in 2021, The Neighborhood United Church of Christ in Bath is now turning its attention to what lies under its feet — the barren asphalt parking lot that surrounds the building. The asphalt will soon be removed, and a native landscape planted in its place. As the garden project gets underway, […]
From the Chocolate Church: Bringing music to Maine Maritime Museum
The sounds of bluegrass and folk music will fill the outdoors on the grounds of the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on June 11 when the Chocolate Church presents Erica Brown and The Bluegrass Connection. This marks the third year concerts have been held outside on the grounds of the museum, thanks to a partnership […]
‘Everybody loved Sam’: Bath police mourn beloved K-9
Bath police dog Sampson, who served on the department for 10 years with his handler, Deputy Police Chief Michelle Small, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.
Freeport students recognized for ‘life-saving’ artwork inspiring organ donation
New England Donor Services was joined by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to award five Freeport students for their artwork encouraging others to register as organ donors on Wednesday at Freeport Town Hall.
Maine high school basketball coaches puzzled by rule change affecting free throws
Changes to national high school rules include the elimination of 1-and-1 free throws, and resetting team foul counts after each quarter.
Bath Iron Works lays keel for latest destroyer
The USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. is Bath Iron Works’ first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
Jase Graves: How to ‘un-dorm’ a college student
Every year in late spring, parents of college students all over America travel to university campuses with stylish IKEA storage bags or (in our case) cardboard boxes that once held bulk orders of toilet paper and tortilla chips. When the parents arrive, they joyfully greet their academically hungover children and start the arduous and sometimes […]
The Maine Idea: On economic issues, progressives missing in action
By most measures, a new progressive movement in Maine ought to be taking hold. Democrats control the Blaine House, the Senate by a robust margin and the House by a comfortable one – as they have now for three legislative terms running. The LePage years of acrimonious divided government are fading into the past. Yet […]
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