Month: January 2017

TPPA can proceed without the US’

GEORGE TOWN: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement can still carry on even without the United States provided that the remaining 11 countries agree to continue with the pact, said International Trade and Industry Minister II Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan. “We can’t foresee the real outcome.

Messing about on the riverside: an enjoyable luxury lodge break in Stratheck Holiday Park, Argyll

TO lifeforms of microscopic scale, water has the consistency and texture of sand – with countless billions of miniscule creatures burrowing though every single drop with no obvious purpose or plot. Pondering such matters with two friends as we fizzed away in a hot tub on the banks of Loch Eck, we concluded it was a blessing these wee beasties lacked the optic nerves to perceive three flabby Bermuda-shorted gods wreaking havoc upon their ecosystem.

The news organization attributed the story to “three Republicans familiar with his thinking.”

Politico said the 49-year-old Thiel, a San Francisco resident who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, has been discussing a prospective bid with a small circle of advisers, including Rob Morrow, who Politico said “has emerged as his political consigliere.” Morrow has worked at Clarium Capital, the San Francisco-based investment management firm and hedge fund founded by Thiel.

Genome Engineering Staff Researcher – Hsu Laboratory

Research in the Hsu lab takes place at the intersection of bioengineering, genomics, and neuroscience to develop novel genome engineering technologies and uncover biological mechanisms behind neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. The Hsu Lab is recruiting to develop and apply novel technologies for precise and efficient manipulation of genetic and cell states.

Tricolour doormat row: ‘Respect Indian sentiments’, Centre warns Amazon

New Delhi , Jan. 14 : In the wake of the tricolour doormat being sold on Amazon that raised a furore across the nation, the Indian Government on Saturday called on the online shopping giant to respect Indian sentiments while providing a platform for third party vendors. [NK India] As a follow up to the matter regarding the sale of doormats with the Indian flag on Amazon, the Ministry of External Affairs has instructed Indian Ambassador in Washington Navtej Sarna to convey to Amazon that while providing a platform for third party vendors, they should respect Indian sensitivities and sentiments.

SpaceX launches 10 satellites aboard Falcon 9 rocket

SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., January 14, 2017. REUTERS/Gene Blevins A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 10 satellites was launched into orbit Saturday morning and landed its first-stage booster on a drone ship in its first launch since a September explosion.

Panasonic demonstrates the Autonomous Delivery Robot at Narita Airport and Hotel.

Panasonic Corporation will begin its demonstration experiments with the Autonomous Delivery Robot, ‘HOSPI ,’ from mid-January 2017 in cooperation with the Narita International Airport Corporation and the ANA Crowne Plaza Narita. Based on preprogrammed map information and using high performance sensors and advanced collision-avoidance algorithm, the robot can move about while staying aware of its surroundings, enabling it to deliver items safely and efficiently without colliding into passersby or various objects along its route.

SpaceX Returns to Flight With Successful Falcon 9 Launch

SpaceX ‘s Falcon 9 returned to flight, launching successfully from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California today, just four and a half months after a fiery explosion destroyed Facebook’s AMOS-6 satellite. An investigation conducted by SpaceX concluded that the September 1 explosion was likely caused by a failure of a pressurized second-stage tank.

SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.

giveaway: MikroTik RB3011UiAS-RM router

The MikroTik RouterBOARD RB3011 is a new multi port device, running an ARM architecture CPU for higher performance. The RB3011 has ten Gigabit ports divided in two switch groups, an SFP cage and a Superspeed full size USB 3.0 port, for adding storage or an external 3G/4G modem.

Hidden figures: What Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions wants to keep in the shadows

As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie “Hidden Figures,” which my wife Judith and I saw three days earlier. The film is based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly about three African-American women in the early 1960s who lived in the segregated South while working on NASA’s first manned space missions.

.com | SpaceX launches, lands rocket for first time since Sept blast

SpaceX blasted off its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, marking its first return to flight since a costly and complicated launchpad explosion in September. “Liftoff of the Falcon 9,” a SpaceX commentator said as the tall white rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 09:54 , carrying a payload of 10 satellites for Iridium, a mobile and data communications company.

Dorrance dances the night away at Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre

With tap dancer extraordinaire Michelle Dorrance, everything old seems new – really new – again. In her company’s program over the weekend, presented by World Music/CRASHarts at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, Dorrance created the first half’s “SOUNDspace” in 2012-13 as she was considering her “influences, lineage, legacy.”

SpaceX Launches First Rocket Since Explosion

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.

What Do You Know … About Preserving Knowledge?

In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored a plan to preserve all of human memory , America’s immigration history , how microbes spread through hospitals , the planet that could have been Earth , the evolutionary quirk that whales share with humans, and more. Can you remember the key facts? Find the answers to this week’s questions in the articles linked above-or go ahead and test your memory now: In this week’s Atlantic coverage, our writers explored the history of the sharing economy , how to measure the American Dream , why Trump might be thinking about a moon base , how to choose a reliable hedge-fund manager , problems with the Paleo diet , and more.

Way found to reprogram mouse embryonic stem cells

This undated photo provided by animal clone scientist Zhou Qi of the Institute of Zoology in Beijing shows the mouse Xiao Xiao or “Tiny” from the induced pluripotent stem cells in its three-month old. Two teams of Chinese researchers have created live mice from IPS cells, answering a lingering question about the developmental potential of the cells, according to a press release published online by Nature on July 23, 2009.