For the past couple of months, I have been indulging my inner ‘Francophile’. Over the course of a number of visits to the National Gallery of Australia’s summer exhibition, “Versailles: Treasures from the Palace” , I have fallen in love with more than just one of the 130 treasures entrusted to the care of the Gallery.
Month: February 2017
Cisco helps businesses eliminate performance and protection…
Cisco takes on security bottlenecks, with the introduction of the Cisco FirepowerA 2100 Series Next-Generation Firewall . The 2100 series is designed for businesses that perform high volumes of sensitive transactions, such as banking and retail, and supports their need to maintain uptime and protect critical business functions and data.
Dubai Customs showcases its innovations at Cargo and Personnel Screening Conference
The Cargo and Personnel Screening Conference concluded yesterday in Dubai with recommendations from participants to give more focus on better cooperation between customs administrations and more technology to be involved in the screening process. The event ran for two days at the Dusit Thani hotel in Dubai, and was organized by International Quality & Productivity Center in strategic partnership with Dubai Customs.
NHIAA Boys’ Hockey: Goffstown nudges Windham in key Division II battle
With 3:43 remaining in overtime Saturday, Goffstown forward Max Lajeunesse out-dueled Windham defensman Robert DiCicco one-on-one down low before slipping a backhanded shot past goaltender Max Daly to give Goffstown a 4-3 victory inside Thomas F. Sullivan Arena.
R Aravamudan, writes on the first success of ISRO launched satellites
Last week, ISRO launched a record-breaking 104 satellites in orbit. Its former director, R Aravamudan, writes of its first success in a new book Finally D-day arrived on 10 August 1979, a good five years after the date that Sarabhai had originally proposed.
Picatinny event encourages girls to consider engineering
Photo by Bruce A. Scruton/New Jersey Herald – Kristen Smith, a sophomore at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta, and her father, Rick Smith, center, listen as Tony Farina, senior aeronautics engineer at Picatinny Arsenal, talks about the field of aeronautics on Thursday at the arsenal’s fifth annual “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event. Photo by Bruce A. Scruton/New Jersey Herald – Morgan Medunick, an eighth-grader at Halsted Middle School in Newton, and her father, Jim Medunick, center, listen as Tom Hunt, a logistics integration chief at Picatinny Arsenal, explains a technical manual for a handgun on Thursday during the arsenal’s “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event.
How to Build An Astronaut
In December 2015, Major Tim Peake will become Britain’s first man to live on the International Space Station. With exclusive access to his training, Horizon finds out what it takes to become an astronaut.
Four Takeaways from Our Exclusive Benchmarking Survey
Our cover story in this issue reports on the results of our latest World Class Processors benchmarking study, our second in what will be an annual research project. The intention of the survey is to shine a light on best practices in the industry at a time when more and more processors are competing globally for business.
A Simpler Way to Calculate Shot Size vs. Barrel Capacity
Like many “crusty” veteran processors, I do not like admitting my mistakes. Yet, in a column in wrote in October 2011, I tackled the topic of calculating shot size vs. barrel capacity and – upon further review – concluded the article had some flaws.
World-Class Processors: Meet Plastics’ Preeminent Processors
Plastics Technology’s second annual benchmarking survey is back with a new honor roll of companies from across the industry. One of the ties that binds these progressive processors is their reliance on data.
Decking Producer Becomes Supplier of Recycled Pellets
While Trex salvages PE material to create its decking, it was still left with excess material, which planted the seeds for a new business venture in merchant pellet sales. Chances are you’ve seen Trex Company Inc.’s composite decking at your local Home Depot.
JCPenney to close more than 100 stores
JCPenney Co. Inc. announced it will close 130 to 140 stores in the next few months, but repeated efforts to contact the company, Salmon Run Mall and store employees have not revealed whether the Watertown store will be among those closing its doors.
The Concorde is dead. Long live the Concorde
The Concorde jet dazzled when it began hurling passengers from Washington to London at twice the speed of sound in 1976. The most fortunate air travelers – be they wealthy or upgraded from first class – could depart the nation’s capital around lunch and touch down in time for a late dinner.
This Ping Pong-Playing Robot Makes Forrest Gump Look Lazy
If you’re interested in learning how to play table tennis, a robot in Japan is up for the coaching job, and the bot has even earned a Guinness World Record for its tutoring skills. The robot, called FORPHEUS, was named the “first robot table tennis tutor” for its ability to play and teach the sport.
CHS robotics team takes 2nd, advances to super-regional
Cartersville High School’s robotics teams didn’t win a state title this year, but one of them did advance to the super-regional. The 15-member Fortissimus team and its robot, Johnny, came in second place at the FTC Georgia State Championship Feb. 18 at Clayton State University and was one of seven teams to qualify for the super-regional competition March 23 at the Classic Center in Athens.
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Customers enter the J.C. Penney at the Grand Teton Mall on Wednesday afternoon. J.C. Penney announced Friday it plans to close between 130 and 140 stores nationwide.
Trump Says He Won’t Attend White House Correspondents Dinner
President Donald Trump said he won’t attend this year’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 29, following weeks of attacks on news organizations that included calling them “the enemy of the American people.” “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year.
Wondering what Austin looks like from space? Check out this photo | All…
If you’ve ever lay in the grass at Zilker Park staring up at the sky thinking, “I wonder what Austin looks like from space,” wonder no more. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough shared a photo of Austin from the International Space Station on Twitter Saturday, writing, “Good morning USA! Austin Texas looking good from @Space_Station.”
By blacklisting Natural News articles on holistic health and cancer…
The page you’re viewing now, as well as 140,000+ other pages from Natural News, have all been CENSORED by Google due to a “human decision” to silence this entire website and “memory hole” all its content from the ‘net. Google’s abuse of monopoly power to suppress human knowledge must be stopped.
SunHerald reporter hops on a float at Krewe of Gemini parade
Video footage of wild pigs romping on the salt marsh at the Jacobs Entertainment site in Diamondhead became part of the record during the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s hearing on casino site approval. Robin Roberts and sister Sally-Ann Roberts returned to the Coast Saturday to accept an Heritage Award from Mississippi Power that honors the lives of their parents.
I Was Wrong About Wal-Mart, But It Doesn’t Matter
I’d argue that WMT’s comp sales success doesn’t matter and wonder what the point is of chasing sales that don’t translate into profits. I haven’t exactly been a big fan of Wal-Mart over the past several quarters as I’ve thought the company was given way too much credit for what little fundamental progress it was making.
‘Booming’ artificial intelligence and robotics sector in line for A 17m boost
Artificial intelligence and robotics which can “transform how we live, work, travel and learn” are in line for a boost in the Government’s digital strategy. Artificial intelligence and robotics which can “transform how we live, work, travel and learn” are in line for a boost in the Government’s digital strategy.
NASA to do feasibility study on manning Orion Spacecraft’s first flight
Days after the US President Donald Trump promised to “unlock the mysteries of space”, Nasa has kicked off a study to assess the feasibility of adding a two-member crew to the first unmanned flight of the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft called Exploration Mission-1 .William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of NASA’s human explorations and operation mission directorate in Washington, said they would be looking at a “big, crisp list of all the things we would physically have to change” on the vehicle in order to accommodate astronauts.
Trump to skip White House Correspondentsa Association dinner
President Donald Trump, who has been criticizing the news media and is famously thin-skinned, says he won’t be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner – sparing himself the dubious honor of being an in-the-house target of jokes. The annual fundraiser for college scholarships and venue for reporting awards mixes politicians, journalists and celebrities and is typically attended by the president and first lady.
Multiple Python Files Structure
I have a question on how to organise files in Python – I’m trying to build a text based game. all was going great with using import stuff, room2 into room1 – however when I then got to programming room2, and the facility to go back to room1 (thus requiring an import of room1.py to enable its function call – I get errors.
Weekend Edition: The week’s best reads
“I wanted to really hate the people and the country and I couldn’t bring myself to hate them. Not even dislike them.”
Octosonar is 8X Better than Monosonar
The HC-SR04 sonar modules are available for a mere pittance and, with some coaxing, can do a pretty decent job of helping your robot measure the distance to the nearest wall. But when sellers on eBay are shipping these things in ten-packs, why would you stop at mounting just one or two on your ‘bot? Octosonar is a hardware and Arduino software library that’ll get you up and running with up to eight sonar sensors in short order.
Another Late-Session Surge Salvages a Friday for S&P 500 Bulls
For the second time in two weeks, a final-hour ramp in the S&P 500 turned the index green for bulls, with the benchmark equity gauge jumping 6 points in a little over 30 minutes to close with a 0.1 percent advance and help preserve a fifth straight weekly gain. A similar spike salvaged gains seven days earlier.
HealthStream, Inc. (HSTM) Rating Reiterated by Needham & Company LLC
‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC in a research note issued on Thursday. They presently have a $28.00 target price on the stock.
Blackberry revives classic keyboard phone
The company now licenses the brand for its devices, after Blackberry decided to outsource the development and manufacture of its smartphones. TCL’s Nicolas Zibell told the BBC’s Chris Foxx that he hoped to revive the brand with “strong products”.
Health warning as immersive virtual reality craze linked to vision problems
The problem with VR headsets, which have been linked to eye strain and dry eye problems, relates to what eye specialists call the “convergence-accommodation reflex”. Photo / 123RF Optometrists have issued a warning that virtual reality could be damaging people’s eyes as a new study shows that Australians are on the cusp of a VR revolution.
20 Years After Dolly the Sheep, Potential of Cloning Remains Unclear
On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on. More than seven months earlier, on July 5, 1996, they had aided a Scottish Blackface sheep in giving birth to a Finn Dorset lamb codenamed 6LL3.
Mission to metal: Team targets unique asteroid
Space Systems Loral’s satellite production facilities are on site in Palo Alto. The spacecraft that will be used for the Psyche mission will be built in a high-bay facility – 165,000 square feet – like this one.
Investors pour $2 million more into booze marketplace Drizly
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How to find all hard links in a directory on Linux
How do I find out all other hard links to the /etc/passwd in /backups/ directory? How can find all hard links to a given file using Linux or Unix command line option? You can use the find command on Linux, Apple MacOS, FreeBSD and other operating systems to find out all hard links. A hard link is nothing but the specific location of physical data.
BlackBerry KEYone price and release date
The camera sensor will be an IMX378 12MP sensor which is the same one found in the Google Pixel, also as previously rumored, and there’s an 8MP front facing sensor . It comes with a 4-row QWERTY keyboard and is manufactured by the Chinese company, TCL.
IMPINJ Inc (PI) Earns Overweight Rating from Analysts at Morgan Stanley
The brokerage set an “overweight” rating and a $40.00 price target on the stock. Separately, Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of IMPINJ from $32.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 17th.
NVIDIA Co. (NVDA) Rating Lowered to Reduce at Instinet
A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on NVDA. Mizuho boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 10th.
NVIDIA Co. (NVDA) Rating Lowered to Reduce at Instinet
A number of other brokerages also recently issued reports on NVDA. Mizuho boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $115.00 to $130.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 10th.
From RFID implants to genital yogurt, Epicenter is the future’s awesomely odd office
There’s no bouncer out front or PIN pad at the door. All Piglet has to do is stand near the cat flap and voilA , a sensor picks up the radio-frequency identification from a microchip between her shoulder blades to unlock the latch.