We’ve all heard the scam before. A person calls your home line or cell phone, claiming that a bill hasn’t been paid or that you owe back taxes.
Day: March 4, 2017
It’s time for NASA’s annual spinoff parade
If you use technology, chances are some of it came from NASA. These technology transfers from NASA to the public are known as spinoffs and are highlighted annually in a NASA-produced publication titled “Spinoff.”
[slides] Bimodal Digital Future | @CloudExpo @Interoute #DigitalTransformation
Traditional IT, great for stable systems of record, is struggling to cope with newer, agile systems of engagement requirements coming straight from the business. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo , William Morrish, General Manager of Product Sales at Interoute, outlined ways of exploiting new architectures to enable both systems and building them to support your existing platforms, with an eye for the future.
An Investor’s Guide to the Collapse of the European Union
While Trump’s tweets grab the headlines, Europe’s perils are becoming harder to ignore. Greece’s fiscal follies have surfaced once again , but that’s not the EU’s biggest threat at the moment.
NASA’s women space pioneers to star in new Lego set
Five women scientists will receive the rare honor of being immortalized as inch-tall plastic figures with claws for hands. Lego announced Tuesday that a new set will feature some of the pioneering women who played vital but sometimes under-appreciated roles in the U.S. space program.
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Claire Brynteson had a house, a job and a dining table that was empty once she got her three children out the door every morning. When she received a flier telling her she could make money by renting seats at the table to people looking for short-term office space, she jumped at the chance to list its virtues on the Spacehop website – where Airbnb meets the laptop entrepreneur.
Starmobile Play Five Review – Perfect for the Tight Budget?
Looking back at the previous unboxing article, the Starmobile Play Five first gave me the impression that despite the super low price, you may not get bang for your buck. The question is, would this smartphone still be worth it? The outer build isn’t the best.
Digital days ahead for B.C. film business
Heart, humour and spectacle. That’s the holy trinity production designer Tyler Harron says is key to success in the locally-shot DC comics universe shows The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.
NASA almost had a huge disaster
NASA almost had a disaster on its hands recently in space, but fortunately, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is a vital instrument orbiting Mars, but it had to make a sudden maneuver to avoid smashing into Mars’ moon Phobos recently, NASA said in a statement.
Stroller: Audition time for TheatreWorks, Cheese Doodle Day
TODAY’S WORD is gaffe . Example: When “La La Land” was mistakenly named the Oscar winner for Best Picture, it was probably the worst gaffe in the history of the Academy Awards.
Autonomous Cars: Future Mobility & Market Growth
Aimed at those searching for the latest automotive news delivered in a timely manner, the news category reports about new car releases and brings exclusive stories from the automotive niche. Car news are delivered every day and focused on those in need of the newest from the automotive world.
Heston Blumenthal on his over-active mind
Heston Blumenthal’s head-spinningly exotic dishes have made him the nutty professor of British gastronomy. Now the inventor of snail porridge tells Event how his over-active mind has driven him to boiling point Heston Blumenthal just can’t sit still.
The world’s smartest book club
Whether you’re enjoying John le CarrA ‘s latest thriller or Sebastian Faulks’ new heart-wrenching novel, do you ever wonder what the writers are reading as you’re poring over their latest classic? There’s a new app called Alexi to tell you just that, and it also provides a digital library curated by some of our finest authors. Subscribers receive a selection of six or seven titles a week.
High school students compete in robotics
Anthony Arroyo, a junior at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, tightens the motor on his robot before competing in The VEX Robotics Competition. Anthony Arroyo, a junior at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, tightens the motor on his robot before competing in The VEX Robotics Competition.
Tiburon-Belvedere library sheds (LED) light on programming for girls
Judy Zhang, center, the facilitator for the Girls Who Code Club, shows a talk during a gathering at the Belvedere-Tiburon Library in Tiburon on Saturday. Eight girls worked away at their laptops with ferocious concentration Saturday, sitting in a high-ceilinged room in Tiburon reminiscent of a tech firm.
Pence demands apology from AP for releasing wife’s email address
Vice President Mike Pence took to Twitter on Saturday to demand an apology from the Associated Press after it published his wife’s private email address earlier this week. Pence demands apology from AP for releasing wife’s email address Vice President Mike Pence took to Twitter on Saturday to demand an apology from the Associated Press after it published his wife’s private email address earlier this week.
Hundreds gather to support, protest Trump in dueling San Diego rallies
Hundreds gathered beside San Diego Bay Saturday to support President Donald Trump , one of several “March 4 Trump” rallies that spanned the nation in a show of solidarity to counter the numerous anti-Trump marches that have filled streets since the election. As many as 500 people attended the rally at Embarcadero Marina Park South, according to estimates by San Diego police and organizers.
Your family robot may be teaching your kids bad manners
Emerson and Asher Labovich play with “Alexa,” an Amazon Echo voice assistant, while their mom, Laura Labovich, looks on. As millions of American families buy robotic voice assistants to turn off lights, order pizzas and fetch movie times, children are eagerly co-opting the gadgets to settle dinner table disputes, answer homework questions and entertain friends at sleepover parties.
2017 Jeep Compass Aims To Satisfy All SUV Drivers
Aimed at those searching for the latest automotive news delivered in a timely manner, the news category reports about new car releases and brings exclusive stories from the automotive niche. Car news are delivered every day and focused on those in need of the newest from the automotive world.
“Authentic” food is not what you think it is
Diners enjoy a meal at Isabelle Farms in Lafayette on July 31, 2012. The event was put on by Outstanding in the Field, a group that promotes understanding of where our food comes from.
Robot offers legal assistance in central China
The robot, FaGouGou, is backed with 30 million cases and massive legal knowledge data, covering the criminal, labor, marriage and traffic fields, said Liu Qian, a co-developer. It provides consulting service for lawyers as well as customer data mining service.
jsonfield 2.0.0
Please email bjasper@gmail.com if interested. Use PostgreSQL? 1.0.0 introduced a breaking change to the underlying data type, so if you were using < 1.0.0 please read before upgrading.
Arkansas House of Representatives Weekly Column
This session, the House has passed a number of bills aimed at not only creating jobs, but sustaining them and ensuring our workforce is ready. Act 166 creates a state matching grant for small businesses that have received a federal Small Business Innovation Research grant.
kate moss naked wedding day photos stolen
The nude snaps of the supermodel were part of a set of images Kate posed for on her wedding day in 2011. They show her in the buff getting ready for her big day, They were among dozens of private snaps she commissioned to celebrate getting hitched to rocker Jamie Hince, from whom she has since split.
Friends, strangers finish Chelsea’s 7th annual run
More than 8,000 participants gathered in Balboa Park Saturday morning for the 7th annual Finish Chelsea’s 5K Run in memory of Chelsea King. More than 8,000 participants gathered in Balboa Park Saturday morning for the 7th annual Finish Chelsea’s Run in memory of Chelsea King.
Coast Lines, March 5, 2017: Beekeeping basics offered Saturday
The Aptos History Museum presents “Transcending Kitty Hawk; The Real Story of Flight as an Intriguing Slice of Local History” 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Rio Sands Hotel community room, 116 Aptos Beach Drive. This is the story of John Montgomery whose inventions in aeronautics led to world famous aircraft flights in Aptos and San Jose in 1905.
Labor digest: Labor Department goes silent on workplace safety enforcement under Trump
Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But… At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the… Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that… In November, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced fines against businesses with workers who were killed when they were pulled into a wood chipper, burned in a refinery fire and crushed in collapsing grain bins and construction trenches.
Proximity Now The Most Important Ranking Factor for Local Searches.
Whitespark, a team of SEO experts focused on local search, has noticed something big: proximity to the searcher is now the #1 ranking factor for local search pack results. What defines a local search? Think of local searches as searches on a search engine for something you’d traditionally look up in the yellow pages, usually for a place you’d like to physically go .
UGA offers daylong conference on cybersecurity for small businesses
Experts from the FBI, the state of Georgia, Fort Benning and the private sector will come together for a daylong cybersecurity conference presented by the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center on April 6. Cyberstrength 2017 is geared toward small- to medium-sized businesses, particularly those that are vendors for the government or large corporations that are increasingly susceptible to hackers. “We’re encouraging people to anticipate ,” said SBDC State Director Allan Adams.
The Digital Transformation of Special Collections
Journal of Library Administration , Vol. 52, No. 3-4. , pp. 244-264, doi:10.1080/01930826.2012.684504 To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.
wifiphisher added to PyPI
It is primarily a social engineering attack that unlike other methods it does not include any brute forcing. It is an easy way for obtaining credentials from captive portals and third party login pages or WPA/WPA2 pre-shared keys.
paul.jhnson Actually… It does not. Smaller die size does not mean…
Actually… It does not. Smaller die size does not mean better processor nor performance.
Re: It doesn’t matter
Actually… It does not. Smaller die size does not mean better processor nor performance.
Improved cassava varieties makes a fortune for Akutu
Amidst the looming food crisis across the country, Augustine Akutu’s home is akin to an oasis overflowing with cassava tubers. When you visit his home in Amuria District you will mistake it for a rich cassava island.
Pune: 17 women honoured with Phoenix Leading Lady Awards 2017
In order to celebrate the remarkable achievements of brave and driven Indian women on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Phoenix Marketcity Pune instituted ‘Phoenix Leading Lady Awards 2017’. The aim of these awards was to encourage women empowerment and bridge the social imbalances.
Finding the hidden waterways of Los Angeles County, starting with the Arroyo Seco
A canopy of Oak trees over a group of people playing frisbee golf at Oak Grove Park. City of Pasadena contracted a tree service Thursday to cut down seven oaks trees and one Willow tree.
Oracle Intros Exadata Cloud Machine
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Friday 4 March 1663/64
Up, my eye being pretty well, and then by coach to my Lord Sandwich , with whom I spoke, walking a good while with him in his garden, which and the house is very fine, talking of my Lord Peterborough’s accounts, wherein he is concerned both for the foolery as also inconvenience which may happen upon my Lord Peterborough’s ill-stating of his matters, so as to have his gaine discovered unnecessarily. We did talk long and freely that I hope the worst is past and all will be well.
Daily API RoundUp: Oracle, Burner, Virool, Sportradar, USGS
Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs , clients , and source code samples . If you have new APIs, clients, or source code examples to add to ProgrammableWeb’s directories, we offer forms for submitting them to our API research team.
Studying TRAPPIST-1 With James Webb Space Telescope
With the discovery of seven earth-sized planets around the TRAPPIST-1 star 40 light years away, astronomers are looking to the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope to help us find out if any of these planets could possibly support life. “If these planets have atmospheres, the James Webb Space Telescope will be the key to unlocking their secrets,” said Doug Hudgins, Exoplanet Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.