Members of the NAACP stand at the Civil Rights Garden during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day walk and commemoration Monday, Jan. 16 2017, in Atlantic City, N.J. As Americans celebrate the legacy of King, civil rights leaders and activists are trying to reconcile the transition from the nation’s first black president to a president-elect still struggling to connect with most non-white voters. CORRECTING DATE TO JAN 16 – Reina club attacker after being caught by Turkish police in Istanbul, late Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.
Month: January 2017
Trisha’s mother Uma Krishnan seeks police protection for daughter
Chennai: Actress Trisha’s mother Uma Krishnan has lodged a complaint with the city police commissioner’s office seeking protection for her daughter and action against those who hacked into her Twitter account. Trisha’s long association with PETA, which is aggressively campaigning against Jallikattu, has earned her the wrath of the supporters of the ancient and popular bull-taming sport.
Gold Burnishes Haven Credentials Ahead of Brexit Speech, Trump
The new year has been kind to gold. Prices have advanced every day apart from a single session this month on a reappraisal of political and economic risks as the U.K. gets to grips with the Brexit process and investors await Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Last astronaut to walk on the moon dies at 82
Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon – an experience that he said made him “belong to the universe” – died on Monday at the age of 82, Nasa said. Cernan, who was also the second man to walk in space, died surrounded by his family, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement without providing details.
Hundreds of Xilinx Space Grade FPGAs Deployed in Launch of Iridium NEXT Satellites
Iridium NEXT is the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, replacing and enhancing its existing network of low-Earth orbit satellites spanning the entire globe i 1 2 the largest commercial satellite constellation in space.i 1 2The inaugural launch of the first ten Iridium NEXT Satellites occurred on As an integral component to the Iridium NEXT satellites, Xilinx maintains a strong heritage in the Space products industry with its Space Grade Virtex-5QV devices.
Columbus celebrates King’s contributions with march, breakfast
More than 1,000 people were on the East Side late Monday afternoon for a short march on the streets surrounding East High School, where the city of Columbus’ official MLK Jr. Day celebration program was held afterward. The march was celebratory and festive, quite unlike the tense and violent confrontations that many civil rights advocates experienced during the 1950s and 1960s.
2017 MacBook Pro might finally have 32 GB of RAM
MacBook Pro owners might have something to really look forward to this year if Ming-Chi Kuo is on the mark. The renowned analyst from KGI is predicting that this year’s generation of MacBook Pros will finally break through the 16 GB RAM limit.
GSM/LTE contact antenna signal boost pad
Is there such a thing? I’m thinking like the oldschool glass mounted contact antennas that you could attach to a car kit cradle and get an incling of better reception from towers. Are these a thing, I realise a yagi and bare cable would do jack all unless there is a method of passing that signal directly to the handset hardware – and possibly dreaming there was a glimmer of hope of a flat pad capable of doing similar with a correctly positioned antenna away from it.
Last man to walk on the Moon dies, aged 82
The connection between humans and the Moon is a little more distant today, with the death of the last man to have walked on the Moon. Astronaut Eugene Cernan travelled to space three times, including on the last Apollo mission. Featured: Eugene Cernan, astronaut
US Astronaut Gene Cernan, the Last Man to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 86
Former Apollo astronaut Capt. Gene Cernan attends a special screening of “The Last Man On The Moon” in New York, Feb. 18, 2016.
Naperville turns to students to help redevelop train station area
Before Naperville entertains developer proposals to revitalize the area around the 5th Avenue Metra station north of downtown, officials are seeking ideas from students. Roughly 45 high schoolers in architecture classes at Naperville North and Naperville Central will compete in teams to come up with the best redevelopment plan for roughly 8 acres of city-owned property near the train station and 5th Avenue Station office and apartment building.
bitarray_ph4 added to PyPI
This module provides an object type which efficiently represents an array of booleans. Bitarrays are sequence types and behave very much like usual lists.
15 Views from a Silicon Summit | EE Times
Semiconductor advances could continue through 2025 with extreme ultraviolet lithography coming online in 2020, said tech experts at the annual Industry Strategy Symposium . Market watchers shared long-term forecasts for mid-single-digit growth, with this year performing above average.
Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82
Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday, his family said. He was 82. Cernan was with his relatives when he died at a Houston hospital following ongoing heath issues, family spokeswoman Melissa Wren told The Associated Press.
Poland’s plastic sector growing steadily
Economic growth in Poland is resulting in the production of more plastic and, ultimately, the availability of more plastic scrap to recyclers serving that nation. The publisher of a newly available database that lists plastics processors in Poland describes that nation as “the only country in Europe which did not technically go into recession” in 2008 and 2009, and says it sees further growth in Poland’s plastic sector “projected up to 2019.”
Gene Cerman, last astronaut on the moon, dies aged 82
Former astronaut Gene Cernan, the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon who returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” has died aged 82. Cernan died on Monday following ongoing heath issues, his family said in a statement released by Nasa spokesman Bob Jacobs. Nasa said Cernan was surrounded by his family.
Wilcon Plans to Wire Downtown Los Angeles to Aid Increased Cell Demand
To serve growing bandwidth demand from wireless phone companies, telecommunications firm Wilcon announced plans to expand and then connect its fiber-optic network to hundreds of small cellular sites in downtown Los Angeles. By further integrating into various cell networks, the company is aiming to provide greater bandwidth capacity to wireless providers who are burdened by requests for more data from their users, particularly users viewing videos.
9 prominent early astronauts carrying on US space history
Early U.S. space history is fading with the deaths of Gene Cernan , the last man to walk on the moon, John Glenn , the last of the Mercury 7 astronauts, and Neil Armstrong , the first man to walk on the moon. But others survive, veterans of a time when Americans were glued to their television sets to watch their heroics, from fiery Saturn V launches to ocean splashdowns.
Global Market Study on Smart Machines: Owing to Increasing Need for…
Global Market Study on Smart Machines: Owing to Increasing Need for Improved Data Accessibility by Manufacturing Industries to Drive Market Growth By 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Persistence Market research offers a nine-year forecast for the global smart machines market between 2016 and 2024. In terms of value, the global smart machines market is expected to register a CAGR of 18.8% during the forecast period .
Over-The-Top (OTT) Content Market: Video Content Type Segment to…
Over-The-Top Content Market: Video Content Type Segment to Remain Dominant Through 2026: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2016-2026 Over-The-Top Content Market: Video Content Type Segment to Remain Dominant Through 2026: Global Industry Analysis and Opportunity Assessment 2016-2026 /PRNewswire/ — Over-the-top content is the delivery of audio, video, images, and other media over the internet and bypasses traditional content distribution services. OTT services are mostly related to communication and media and are generally lower in cost than the traditional method of content delivery.
The SON (Self-Organizing Networks) Ecosystem: 2016 – 2030 -…
SON technology minimizes the lifecycle cost of running a mobile network by eliminating manual configuration of equipment at the time of deployment, right through to dynamically optimizing performance and troubleshooting during operation. This can significantly reduce the cost of the operator’s services, improving the OpEx to revenue ratio.
Global Over The Top Market By Content Type, By Platform, By…
Global Over The Top Market By Content Type, By Platform, By Deployment Model, By Service Type, By User Type, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2011-2021 /PRNewswire/ — Over The Top is a solution that enables an individual or an enterprise to transfer content such as audio, video, text and images over the internet, without the involvement of any system operator or provider for distribution of content. Rising penetration of telecom network providers across the globe, improving broadband network infrastructure, growing number of platforms to access online content such as smartphones & tablets, desktops & laptops, smart TVs and gaming consoles, are driving global over the top market.
NRF 2017: Staples’ Easy Button and Watson help office managers get down to business
I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.
Last Man To Walk On The Moon Dies At 82
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in this July 20, 1969 NASA handout photo. The photograph is one of more than 12,000 from NASA’s archives recently aggregated on the Project Apollo Archive Flickr account.
Autonomous Delivery: Your Impulse Buys Will Still Be Safe
I heard a “Year in Review” program the other day on NPR with a BBC World Service panel discussion of what’s ahead for 2017. One prediction was that UAV delivery of packages would be commonplace this year, and as proof the commentator reported that Amazon had already had a successful test in the UK.
Gene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, has died
The U.S. space program lost another towering figure today as astronaut Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the moon, died at the age of 82 on Monday. “Even at the age of 82, Gene was passionate about sharing his desire to see the continued human exploration of space and encouraged our nation’s leaders and young people to not let him remain the last man to walk on the Moon,” Cernan’s family said in a statement.
Faking History To Make The Black Kids Feel Good
A known quantity in the faking department is Rev. Al Sharpton. In a video that gets considerable play on TV, Sharpton informs a rapt audience that “white folks” were cave dwellers when blacks were building empires and pyramids; teaching philosophy, astrology and mathematics.
Chicago-Born Gene Cernan, Last Man On The Moon, Dies At 82
Cernan was one of only three men to have flown twice to the moon. He did so as a crew member of Apollo 10 and 17, the latter of which he also commanded.
At The Movies, Technology Isn’t Everything
There’s no surer way to be reminded of the formulaic nature of even good Hollywood filmmaking these days, and the dearth of original ideas, than to sit through several consecutive previews for similar films. Naturally, whenever you go to a movie these days, the studios ensure that you seea several consecutive previews for similar films.
Intel Wants To Make Shopping A Hi-Tech Experience
Grocery shopping has typically been very straightforward, and perhaps one of the more hi-tech advancements in the experience has been the introduction of using our phones to make payments, or at least that was until Amazon decided to come along with their Amazon Go shopping technology . However as it turns out, Amazon isn’t the only ones who are interested in making shopping a more hi-tech experience.
macOS Beta Warns If Display Brightness Affects MacBook Battery Life
It goes without saying that for any mobile device, the brightness of your display no doubt affects the battery life of your device, whether it be your phone, tablet, laptop, smartwatch, and so on. However this is something that Apple wants users to be more aware of as discovered in the fourth beta of macOS 10.12.3 .
Level 3 beefs up APAC security with three new DDoS scrubbing centers
Level 3 is making an appeal to the security concerns of multinational companies located in the Asia-Pacific region by offering a set of new distributed denial of service mitigation solutions. The service provider has set up new DDoS scrubbing centers in three locations-Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore-where it will offer layers of defense through enhanced network routing, rate limiting and filtering that can be paired with cloud-based scrubbing.
Raspberry Pi shifts upmarket as it targets Pi Compute Module 3 at industrial systems
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is focusing a new option, called the Pi Compute Module 3, at industrial systems as it eyes a shift upmarket and away from its core in the education sector. The modules, however, will remain low cost and are the combined effort of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and its hardware partner, Farnell element14.
Integration of Molecular Networking and In-Silico MS/MS Fragmentation …
Dereplication represents a key step for rapidly identifying known secondary metabolites in complex biological matrices. In this context, liquid-chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry is increasingly used and, via untargeted data-dependent MS/MS experiments, massive amounts of detailed information on the chemical composition of crude extracts can be generated.
Dyson launches search for 110 new software engineers
Vacuum and electronics giant Dyson is expanding its pool of software engineers, with the “majority” of its recruits set to work in the UK. Vacuum and electronics giant Dyson is expanding its pool of software engineers, with the “majority” of its recruits set to work in the UK.
This super bowel ad will show you surgery happening live – CNET
British charity Cancer Research UK is preparing to show a live TV advert of a colonoscopy procedure to highlight the simple ways you can look out for and prevent cancer. Doctor Sunil Dolwani will talk viewers through the procedure, broadcast live in a commercial break, as the surgical team removes polyps from the bowels of patient Philip McSparron at Cardiff and Vale University hospital.
Donald Trump says he will keep personal Twitter account – CNET
Yet Trump has shown that his morning Twitter missives can stir his supporters and shake the world. Every day, it’s worth turning to @realDonaldTrump to see what is on the president-elect’s mind.
Augmented Reality Market to Grow at 65% CAGR Through 2021, Reports Technavio
This research report titled ‘ Global Augmented Reality Market 2017-2021 ‘ provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends. This report also includes an up to date analysis and forecasts for various market segments and all geographical regions.
The Amazon Effect: Store Closures Everywhere
Brick-and-mortar retailers are increasingly losing foot traffic and sales to online retailers as consumers increasingly shift to online shopping, either by desktop or mobile device. Two weeks ago, I argued that traditional retailers need to evolve their stores into one-of-a-kind ” destination venues ” to create a unique experience for the customer, one that they can’t get from an online retailer.
Brokerages Set $6.00 Target Price for Athersys, Inc.
Shares of Athersys, Inc. have earned a consensus broker rating score of 1.00 from the two brokers that provide coverage for the stock, Zacks Investment Research reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a strong buy rating.