Новости за 17.04.2017

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's largest school district is the latest of six districts across the state to launch a program designed to help at-risk kids get ready for college. The West Ada School District is starting the program, called Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, in the Mountain View and Meridian high schools. The program combines instruction in organizational skills and note-taking with a rigorous curriculum and scholarship-hunting to help kids find and get into post-secondary education. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A California utility has launched unique systems combining a hybrid battery and gas turbine to produce and store electricity for use during hot summer months and other times when power demand soars. [...] the systems do not burn fuel when they're on stand-by, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The systems will help balance energy supply and demand, especially during evening hours when solar power production drops as customers return home and turn on lights and appliances.

The blockbuster video game is one of the simulations researchers and engineers increasingly rely on to test and train the machines being primed to take control of the family sedan. AI software has been playing around with games from “Super Mario Bros.” to “Angry Birds” for a while now, tackling problems in controlled environments and learning through trial and error. Last year, scientists from Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany and Intel Labs developed a way to pull visual information... Читать дальше...

(AP) — La NASA ofrecerá por primera vez un video en primer plano, de alta calidad y de 360 grados del lanzamiento de un cohete espacial. El novedoso video se podrá ver por el canal de YouTube de la NASA.

CAPE CANAVERAL — Want the world’s best, up-close view of a rocket launch without being right there at the pad? NASA will provide the 360 stream Tuesday as an unmanned Atlas rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral with a capsule full of space station supplies. “It’s great, I mean, to be able to get in there and experience that 360-degree view,” said Vern Thorp, a program manager for rocket maker United Launch Alliance. Orbital ATK, one of NASA’s main delivery services for the International Space Station... Читать дальше...

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Dunbar, whose signing was announced Monday, averaged 15.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the College of Central Florida as a sophomore. Pearl says the 6-foot-6, 230-pound Dunbar brings a physical presence that could help Auburn strengthen its defense and rebounding.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has signed legislation requiring schools to give parents two weeks' notice before teaching sex education. Republican Rep. Victoria Sullivan, the prime sponsor, says it's not intended to affect lessons beyond health or biology classes.

Trump Slams Former Presidents Clinton, Obama While Discussing North Korea Policy President Trump slammed former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for telegraphing plans instead of catching foreign leaders off guard, saying, “I’m not like other administrations.” Earhardt spoke with Trump and First Lady Melania at the White House’s Easter Egg Roll on Monday for an interview that will air Tuesday morning on Fox News. [...] he did take the time to praise Fox News’ morning show “Fox & Friends”... Читать дальше...

“Latching” featured only Hannah and Marnie, but co-showrunner clues us in on what Shosh and Jessa were doing “Girls” ended its six-season run with a series finale that was dominated by one storyline: Executive producer and co-showrunner Jenni Konner filled us in on what they were up to while Hanna (Lena Dunham) and Marnie (Allison Williams) did their best impression of an old married couple sniping at each other in the suburbs of upstate New York while raising a baby together. To end the series... Читать дальше...

ISTANBUL — A vote to grant new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sparked fresh arguments in a divided Turkey on Monday, as opposition parties called for the annulment of the referendum results and Erdogan insisted the debate over the outcome should stop. The outcome has laid bare deep political divisions in Turkey and could have wider resonance in everything from Turkey’s decades-old bid for membership in the European Union and Turkish interactions within NATO to the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State in neighboring Syria. Читать дальше...

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services received 199,000 petitions, or applications, for the next fiscal year, according to Sharon Rummery, a spokeswoman for the federal immigration agency. The H-1B visa allows foreign workers with specialized skills to spend up to six years working at a sponsor company in the U.S. Companies must file for the visa on behalf of their employees. The filing period opened April 3, and federal immigration officials stopped accepting applications five days later. Читать дальше...

According to Page Six, the drain comes nine months after Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott, were hit by a tax lien for $707,487.30 in unpaid federal taxes for 2014 alone. Back in November, Entertainment Tonight reported that American Express had sued him and Spelling for an unpaid credit card balance of over $87,000 after suing them a year prior for an unpaid balance of just under $38,000.

(AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges the U.S. Army has issued less-than-honorable discharges for potentially thousands of service members without adequately considering the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions. The lawsuit filed in Connecticut by Yale Law School Veterans Legal Services Clinic is seeking class-action status. Kennedy was later diagnosed with PTSD by the Department of Veterans Affairs, but his discharge status prevented him from receiving... Читать дальше...

CABOT, Vt. (AP) — The treasurer of a Vermont high school alumni association has been accused of taking over $10,000 from its account over several months for personal expenses. Kimberley Dwyer, of Lyndonville, was issued a citation on Monday and is scheduled to appear in Washington County Superior Court on June 15. She's the treasurer of the Cabot High School Alumni Association. Police allege the 49-year-old Dwyer used a debit card for the association's account to make the withdrawals. It wasn't immediately... Читать дальше...

Investors pushed the stock up 3 percent in the day’s trading ahead of its earnings release, anticipating another post-release surge — but that was not to be. Netflix Praised by Political, Industry Leaders for California Production Pledge Monday’s disappointing subscriber numbers came on the heels of its biggest-ever subscriber gain of 7.1 million last quarter — with most of those new additions being international customers. In its earnings release, the company reported that international net additions dipped 22 percent year over year... Читать дальше...

United Airlines’ self-induced crisis last week lost the company points on social media, and dollars in its market cap. When choosing between two identical (and hypothetical) flights, people who said they had heard about the United news in recent weeks strongly preferred flying with another airline. The online experiment was led by Kyle Dropp, the chief research officer at Morning Consult, a digital media and polling company. For a casual airline traveler with no brand loyalty, we could expect this decision to come down to a coin flip... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Indiana University will offer six weeks of paid parental leave for certain employees, both male and female, beginning July 1. Eligible will be all staff employees working at least 30 hours per week who have been continuously employed in a benefits-eligible position for at least one year prior to the birth or adoption of a child.

New Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers, a member of the council, said deep concern has spread across the state's higher education system since vetoes by Martinez resulted in the defunding of all state universities for the next year. The Republican governor and the Democratic-controlled Legislature are locked in a standoff over the state budget, which funds all levels of education and other government services. Highlands President Sam Minner and finance officials have been meeting... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Opening his first White House Easter Egg Roll, President Trump extolled the strength of America as thousands of kids, and some adults, reveled in the time-honored tradition of rolling hard-boiled eggs across the manicured lawn in his back yard. Think of it, 139, Trump said Monday, welcoming families to the annual event, which was dampened by intermittent rain. Trump’s wife, Melania, and their son, Barron, 11, and the Easter Bunny joined him on a balcony overlooking the expansive lawn... Читать дальше...

Born three years ago, with roots in a failed video game, the messaging software is now used by 5 million people. [...] while its offerings have not been viral hits, they have offered boring but important features that big companies demand, like strong data security and regulatory compliance controls. [...] Stewart Butterfield, the chief executive, said small tech companies with new ideas had long defeated larger rivals that tried to copy them. Think of Google’s beating Microsoft in search and Facebook’s crushing Google in social networks. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A group of Hmong-American undergraduates is pushing administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to hire more faculty who study the ethnic group and to launch a program through which students can earn a certificate in Hmong-American studies. University officials say it'll be hard to make the students' idea a reality as state budget cuts have led some of the university's departments to slash jobs. Greg Downey, associate dean for social sciences at the university's College of Letters and Science... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Last November, Oregonians agreed the state's low high school graduation rates was unacceptable and possible solutions being offered by a measure that required money be set aside for vocational training were worth a try. By their 2 to 1 approval of Measure 98, voters said that whenever good times in the economy generate an extra $1.5 billion-plus in biannual tax revenue, lawmakers must preserve a $300 million-chunk — less than 5 percent of the state's K-12 education budget — for mandated spending on career-technical education... Читать дальше...

A mountain lion snatched a small dog from a Pescadero bedroom in the early morning hours of April 17 after the residents reportedly left their French doors partially open, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A pro-Trump group is airing ads in a dozen Republican-held House districts aimed at drumming up support for the White House's wounded drive to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law. The $3 million campaign comes during a two-week congressional recess in which GOP lawmakers' town hall meetings have been rocked by liberal supporters of Obama's 2010 statute. Talks among White House officials and GOP lawmakers have continued during the break, but there have been no tangible... Читать дальше...