Day: December 28, 2016

Dylann Roof won’t work to spare his life in church massacre

Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof says he won’t call any witnesses or present evidence while representing himself during the punishment phase of his death penalty trial, but he is working hard to keep secret potentially embarrassing evidence about himself and his family. Just exactly what that evidence is remains a mystery.

Oil IPOs Seen Ready to Bloom Across U.S. as Crude Heads Higher

Rising crude prices and a deregulatory push in Washington may spur as many as 40 companies to hold initial public offerings over the next two years, potentially tripling 2016’s activity, according to Maynard Holt, chief executive officer at Houston-based investment bank Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. After a year in which explorers in the Permian shale basin straddling Texas and New Mexico dominated the business, interest in new oil-industry offerings is likely to spread wider.

invoice2data 0.2.40

Tested on Python 2.7, 3.4 and 3.5 – extracts text from PDF files – searches for regex in the result – saves results as CSV – optionally renames PDF files to match the content With the flexible template system you can: – precisely match PDF files – define static fields that are the same for every invoice – have multiple regex per field – define currency Go from PDF files to this: “` {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘30064443’, ‘amount’: 34.73, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 30064443 from QualityHosting’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘EUVINS1-OF5-DE-120725895’, ‘amount’: 35.24, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice EUVINS1-OF5-DE-120725895 from Amazon EU’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘42183017’, ‘amount’: 4.11, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 42183017 from Amazon Web Services’} {‘date’: , ‘invoice_number’: ‘12429647’, ‘amount’: 101.0, ‘desc’: ‘Invoice 12429647 from Envato’} “` ## Installation 1. Install pdftotext If possible get the latest … (more)

China aims to be on Mars by the end of 2020

China is aiming to own the race for space in the next decade, the country’s space agency has said. China’s ambitious and fast-growing space programme is targeting a landing on the dark si China is aiming to own the race for space in the next decade, the country’s space agency has said.

Asked about Russia sanctions, Trump says ‘we ought to get on with our lives’

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that the United States and Russia lay to rest the controversy over Moscow’s computer hacking of Democratic Party computers, saying, “We ought to get on with our lives.” Trump has cast doubt on the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russian hackers took information from Democratic Party computers and individuals and posted it online to help Trump win the election.

Playbook: Crowdsourcing for modern day packaging innovation

In the field of packaging, crowdsourcing, the process of seeking contributions from a large pool of online community for services or ideas, rather than using traditional means, is being used extensively for graphic designs and logos. The big breakthrough is coming in the use of crowdsourcing for packaging innovation.

San Jose: Work begins on Midtown project with 800 housing units

This rendering shows what the mixed-use project that began construction last month at the corner of Auzerais Avenue and Sunol Street in San Jose will look like. After a decade-long planning process that weathered neighborhood resistance and the economic recession, local developers recently broke ground on the first phase of a large residential mixed-use project in Midtown San Jose.

El Granada man pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges

A 20-year-old El Granada man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he tried to force his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend to have sex with him at a San Mateo County beach, according to prosecutors. Erick Mendez-Corona is charged with one felony count of assault with intent to commit rape, one felony count of attempted sexual battery and one misdemeanor count of completed sexual battery.

BRIEF-Hanmi Semiconductor signs contract worth 3.52 bln won

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

BRIEF-Systems Technology to buy facilities for 6.71 bln won

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S. political institutions and individuals and leaking information in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates, two U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

Finally, a robot vacuum you can control with Amazon Alexa

Samsung’s robot vacuums, which go by the name “Powerbot,” are learning new tricks faster than much of their peers, and now you can even control the autonomous beasts with your voice, thanks to new compatibility with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. The Powerbot VR7000 is Samsung’s the newest top-of-the-line robo-vac, and it’ll work with Amazon’s Echo devices right out of the box.

Dark Skies for International Copyright: 2016 in Review

It’s hard to imagine that a year ago we were celebrating “positive movement” towards reforms to European copyright law, expecting that the European Commission would be soon proposing new copyright exceptions and other measures to modernize Europe’s aging copyright regime. Instead, what we got was a proposal to force user-generated content websites to do deals with copyright holders to scan and filter users’ uploads , along with a proposal to give news publishers the power to impose a link tax on third-party websites such as news aggregators.

Does This Amazon Prime Offer Even Make Sense?

Prime membership programhas become something of the industry gold standard for retail loyalty programs. For $99 a year, members receive free two-day delivery on virtually everything they purchase on the site, including groceries, plus get access to movies, musics, e-books, and more.

Analysts’ Updated EPS Estimates for December, 28th (ACFC, ADVOF,…

According to Zacks, “Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation, formerly known as Atlantic Coast Federal Corporation, operates as a savings bank through its subsidiary Atlantic Coast Bank, a federally chartered and insured savings bank serving northeastern Florida and southeastern Georgia markets. The products offered by the bank includes checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, demand deposit accounts, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, family residential first and second mortgage loans, home-equity loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial and residential construction loans, land and multi-family real estate loans, commercial business loans, and automobile and other consumer loans.

Will CES 2017 bring the Mac accessories Apple can’t be bothered to make?

CES 2017 is almost upon us, and while the annual Consumer Electronics Show will be dominated by vast televisions and, increasingly, car tech, it’s the smaller gadgets I’m most looking forward to. If there’s one thing 2016 has taught us, it’s that we shouldn’t get too attached to our favorite celebrities; if there’s a second thing, though, it’s that the brave new dongle world we live in is surprisingly poorly populated.

Cyber-Security Consultant Will Review Data Security at DHHS Following Breach

Governor Maggie Hassan says a cyber-security consultant will evaluate the Department of Health and Human Services’ computer network following a data breach that compromised personal information for as many as 15,000 DHHS clients. Hassan says the cyber-security consultant will join a broader effort by her office to get to the bottom of this latest large scale data breach, made public this week.

The Search for a Provider of Digital Marketing Services Has Now Come to an End

Good news for businesses that are looking for ways to do online marketing and to reach top position in search engine rankings. Smartways Marketing, a web design company in Melbourne, that was founded a decade ago, is offering exquisite services in the field of web development, search engine optimization, social media marketing, content marketing and other services related to digital marketing.

The meteorite that still is fascinating scientists

It may be nearly half a century since the Murchison meteorite fell over the small town in northern Victoria, but it continues to dazzle scientists around the world. Cattle were scared but fortunately no-one was injured when the meteorite broke up and landed over a 13 square kilometre area in the farming district on September 28, 1969.

Alexa, can you help with this murder case?

Amazon is pushing back against an Arkansas prosecutor’s demand for information from a murder suspect’s Echo smart speaker, setting up another legal battle over investigators’ quest for technology-based evidence and American privacy rights. Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Nathan Smith hopes the voice-activated Echo — which answers users’ questions, plays music, reads news and connects to other smart devices — will provide information on how a man came to be found dead in 31-year-old James Bates’ hot tub.

Fortress Biotech Announces Publication on MB – 101 (IL13R 2 -…

Fortress Biotech Announces Publication on MB-101 for the Treatment of Glioblastoma in New England Journal of Medicine NEW YORK, Dec. 28, 2016 — Fortress Biotech, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical and biotechnology products, today announced that a patient case study from the Phase 1 clinical trial of MB-101 for the treatment of glioblastoma will be published in the December 29 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. MB-101 is the lead development candidate of Mustang Bio, Inc., a Fortress Company.

Hidden Figures’ Star Janelle Monae on Playing NASA…

“She wasn’t trying to be the first African-American female engineer,” the actress says as part of “Close Up With TheWrap” video series presented by 20th… “Hidden Figures” star Janelle Monae was one of the people who didn’t know about the three female mathematicians who helped catapult U.S. astronaut John Glenn into space in the 1960s – but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t going to get the story heard. “I had no clue who Mary Jackson was, but I made it a personal responsibility to portray Miss Mary Jackson because I didn’t want any other girl, any other human being, any other American, to not know about this history,” Monae told TheWrap about her role in the film as Jackson, the first African-American female aerospace engineer.

The real story of Sea Monkeys

Harold von Braunhut was the inventor/marketer behind X-Ray Specs and Amazing Sea-Monkeys. Above is the story of von Braunhut’s magical brine shrimp that sold themselves through illustrator Joe Orlando’s wonderful comic book illustrations of unreal humanoid sea creatures living the life of Riley.

Chinese Traders Charged With Insider Trading on Hacked Information

Chinese traders hacked into the computer systems of U.S. law firms that handle mergers, then used the data for insider trading that generated more than $4 million in illegal profits , federal prosecutors and regulators charged Tuesday. From a report on USA Today: The suspects in the alleged criminal marriage of cyber-hacking and securities fraud targeted at least seven law firms and other entities that handle the sensitive and often lucrative legal work of advising companies pursuing mergers and acquisitions, according to a 13-count superseding indictment unsealed in New York.

This is astronaut Piers Sellers’ last message before his death

Piers Sellers, former astronaut and climate change scientist, passed away on December 23, 2017, from pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Before his death, though he recorded this short video message, reaching out to the global community as a scientist concerned about these changes and their largest cause: humanity. Throughout his career, Sellers focused on characterizing and understanding changes in the Earth’s climate system.

District Court Dismisses USPTO December 2015 Holidays Case

On December 2, 2016, Judge O’Grady of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the USPTO’s motion to dismiss the complaint brought by Elm 3DS Innovations, LLC over the “holidays” declared December 22-24, 2015 when the USPTO experienced a power outage that impacted its electronic filing systems. The decision may leave other stakeholders wondering whether Elm was not the best party to challenge the USPTO’s action, or whether the action is simply unreviewable under the APA.