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Crassidis, J.L, “Attitude Determination Methods,” book chapter in Aerospace Handbook, edited by Robert H. Bishop, in progress. |
Crassidis, J.L., and Markley, F.L., “State Estimation Techniques,” book chapter in Spacecraft Orbit and Attitude Systems, edited by J.R. Wertz, in progress. |
Jay Leno has concluded his run as host of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” by delivering the show’s biggest overall audience in more than 15 years, since May 1998. |
Leno averaged 14.637million viewers overall and a 3.8 rating in adults 18-49 in fast-official “live plus same day” ratings from Nielsen Media Research, representing the biggest “Tonight” overall audience since May 14, 1998, the night of the “Seinfeld” finale when Jerry Seinfeld appeared as a guest on the show (14.962 m... |
The average audience of 14.6 million is the fourth biggest ever for a “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” The top four telecasts in total viewers are May 20, 1993 (“Cheers” finale, 22.4 million), May 25, 1992 (Leno’s debut, 16.1 million), May 14, 1998 (“Seinfeld” finale, 15.0 million) and Feb. 6, 2014 (Leno’s final telec... |
The final “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” was up 283%, nearly tripling the show’s season average in total viewers, 3.822 million (“live plus same day”) heading into this week, and last night’s 3.8 rating quadrupled the show’s season average in adults 18-49 (3.8 vs. 0.9, L+SD). |
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” followed last night’s “Tonight Show” with 6.014 million viewers overall, the show’s biggest audience since a special 11:56 p.m. ET telecast on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, which averaged 6.087 million viewers. |
Counting just regularly scheduled weekday telecasts of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” the 6.0 million is a series record and is the biggest overall audience for the “Late Night” franchise since June 25, 1993 (the final David Letterman-hosted episode, 7.521 million). |
Fallon’s 2.0 more than tripled the show’s 0.6 season average in adults 18-49 heading into this week and last night’s telecast was up 215% versus the “Late Night” season average of 1.909 million in total viewers (L+SD). |
Guests on “Tonight” Thursday included Billy Crystal and Garth Brooks, with appearances by Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, Carol Burnett, Sheryl Crow, Jim Parsons, Kim Kardashian and Chris Paul. Appearing in taped messages were Jimmy Fallon, Bob Costas, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Sheen and President Barack Obama. |
The Feb. 6 edition of “Late Night” featured Colin Farrell, Chris Pratt and musical guest 2 Chainz. |
PICO RIVERA – Councilman Ron Beilke considers himself as patriotic as the next guy. |
He just thinks money the city will use to put on this year’s Fourth of July fireworks show could be better spent elsewhere. |
Although three City Council members last month approved spending nearly $40,000 for the fireworks show at Smith Park, Beilke says he will continue to fight the decision. |
Mayor Pete Ramirez and council members Carlos Garcia and Gregory Salcido voted for the event. |
Beilke said he will try to bring the issue back to the council for reconsideration, but he also wants residents to join him in his opposition. |
He also is worried the fireworks show will burden the Sheriff’s Department with extra duties and will distract deputies from their regular assignments. |
Beilke’s concerns are shared by Councilman David Armenta, who believes the money should be saved for Pico Rivera’s 50th anniversary in two years. |
Ramirez says he understands why the two councilmen are unwilling to spend the money. But, he added, as far as he is concerned, it’s a done deal. |
“The bottom line is the money could be spent on something tangible, but it’s a time to be patriotic and remember how lucky we are to live in this country, and I believe the residents want it,” he said. |
Several residents interviewed for this story had mixed feelings about funding the celebration. |
His wife, Alice Aguilera, was undecided. While she would like to see the money spent on programs for youth, she also believes celebrating the Fourth of July is important. |
“A lot of people take this country for granted, so the Fourth is a day to show respect,” she said. |
Resident Natasha Noble, a mother of two, said $40,000 sounded like too much money to spend on a one-day event. |
“I think they should look at ways to reduce what they spend and still have a nice Fourth of July for people,” she said. |
A new Pentagon report reveals that some remains of Sept. 11 victims from the Pentagon attack and crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania were cremated at the Dover Air Force Base mortuary and then dumped in a landfill, Craig Whitlock at The Washington Post reports. |
The review, led by retired Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, did not quantify how many human remains from Sept. 11 were disposed of in this manner. It said the remains "could not be tested or identified," apparently because they were too small or charred to allow for DNA analysis. |
Last November, the publication discovered that the same mortuary had dumped partial remains of dead soldiers in a Virginia landfill between 2003 and 2008. This practice spurred a wider investigation, which brought this incident to light. |
Enjoying the world game: Golden Boot 2018 recipient Eleanor Coventry, Firebirds' captain Lucy Scott, and new signing Shauna Wetherell. The Firebirds will clash with Wanneroo City on April 28. Photo: Supplied. |
The South West Phoenix Firebirds will get their title defence under way when they host last season's runners-up, Wanneroo City, next week. |
Following a four-and-a-half month pre-season, the Firebirds are looking forward to the new season. |
The Firebirds will join in round three, following a bye in round one and a postponed fixture against Joondalup. The side will soon be playing catch-up on the league table. |
They started training in January, before joining the six elite teams in the Premier League Night Series. |
It proved a tough initiation, with the Firebirds scoring three goals but conceding 17 across the three games. |
The Firebirds lost 6-1 to Fremantle City, before falling to Queens Park (also 6-1) in round two. The side went on to suffer a 2-6 loss to NTC Women. |
February, however, saw the Firebirds claim a 6-2 win over South West All-Stars. |
The experience was always likely to be difficult, with less than a handful of Firebirds' players having ever been exposed to the state's highest level. |
Lessons were learnt and the players' development was fast-tracked. |
The team will begin the season as one of the State League Division One's favourites, in what's expected to be a more even competition compared to 2018. |
Firebirds' starting line-up is stronger than it was twelve months ago, all thanks to the experience gained in 2018 and the retention of ten players. |
The big addition is Shauna Wetherell, who has re-located to the South West from South Australia after playing National Premier League there for several years. |
Wetherell brings experience, quality, and professionalism to a young squad, which has also added three players aged 16 or under. |
Also returning is 2018 Golden Boot winner Eleanor Coventry, who impressively scored a goal in each Night Series match - against three of WA's best teams. |
Coventry will look to strike fear into the hearts of opposition defences, once again. |
Captain Lucy Scott and WA Schoolgirl Representative Asha McClurg have also returned to the side. |
The Firebirds will look forward to a positive and challenging year - starting with a tough clash against Wanneroo on Sunday, April 28 - and will hope to build on the success of 2018. |
See details of sold houses in and around Lancaster. |
A total of 1037 streets were found in Lancaster. Click on a street name to see full details of sales in that street. |
The Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships on the changing face of the apprenticeship system. |
The Shadow Minister for Higher Education, Further Education and Skills argues that apprenticeships must be viewed as equal to university degrees. |
Current trends in executive pay leave little room for upskilling other employees. |
The Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Education says the UK has a duty to invest in its FE colleges. |
While Brits watch their libraries disappear, Helsinki’s radical new library combines reading, skills and recreation. |
The reform of Britain's schools has been controversial and extensive, but has it succeeded in making education better? |
The chief Inspector of Ofsted discusses the government watchdog’s changing approach to assessing schools. |
An NASUWT survey suggests schools are not using funding as intended. |
Participating museums are emulating the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission every day. |
The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum is offering free admission on Saturday (Sept. 22) to those who download a ticket as part of Smithsonian magazine's 14th annual Museum Day. |
Saturday's event is part of "an initiative in which participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington DC-based facilities, which offer free admission every day." |
Smithsonian recognizes the extraordinary power of museums, and other cultural institutions, to provide visitors with insight and inspiration. The event represents a nationwide commitment to boundless curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge wherever you are. Over 200,000 people downloaded tickets for last year’s event, a... |
The Reds Hall of Fame & Museum will be able to utilize the Smithsonian material-based lesson plans to enhance the Museum Day experience. |
The Museum Day ticket is available for download at Smithsonian.com/MuseumDay. Visitors who present the Museum Day ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues on September 22, 2018. One ticket per email address is permitted. |
Aside from PESO Fund contributions, SSS earlier allowed the use of Globe GCash in paying premium contributions, salary loans and real estate loans. |
MANILA, Philippines — State-run Social Security System (SSS) has forged a partnership with mobile wallet GCash to provide members of its Personal Equity and Savings Option (PESO) Fund another channel for the payment of their contributions, a top official said. |
In a statement, SSS acting president and chief executive officer Aurora Ignacio said more than 17,000 members of the SSS PESO Fund may now pay their contributions via Globe GCash. |
“Acceptance of PESO Fund payments were included in the Globe GCash facility so that members can regularly remit their contributions, thereby securing an extra layer of protection for their future needs,” Ignacio said. |
Dubbed as the second savings for pension, the SSS PESO Fund is a voluntary provident fund which offers an additional layer of social security protection to actively-paying members, on top of their regular SSS benefits. |
The provident fund offers three types of accounts, including retirement and disability; medical expenses; and other financial needs, such as business capital and tuition fees, among others. Enrollees also have the liberty to select their beneficiary. |
Furthermore, the state fund said business and household employers could use Globe’s virtual wallet facility in paying their employee’s contributions using the system-generated Payment Reference Number. |
“This is to encourage our paying members to use Globe GCash for a more convenient, easier, and safer means to pay their obligations with SSS,” Ignacio said. |
From December 2015 to present, the SSS said 1,424 members used Globe GCash, with the average monthly collections amounting to P1.5 million. |
The SSS is continuously automating its services for the convenience of its members. |
Last year, the state fund started the implementation of the real-time posting of contributions system. |
This allows the instant validation, transmission and acknowledgement of SSS contribution data between the payment facility and the SSS system, and subsequently, the immediate posting of a member’s contribution record. |
The system seeks to address delays in the posting of contribution payments, which results in ineligibility to SSS benefits and loans, and delays in the processing of claims. |
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Anthony Torres, the man who was mocked across the Internet for lathering up and shaving on a New Jersey train, says he has gotten several offers for job interviews — including, perhaps fittingly, from New Jersey Transit. |
Torres told The Washington Post that he is not able to work because of medical conditions, including pneumonia and a work-related injury from several years ago. But he has been touched by the invitations. |
“I fee so happy. I feel like a new man,” said Torres, 56. |
His turn of fortune has been swift and decisive, as he went from being a homeless man who was a laughingstock last week to today having more than $38,000 in donations from GoFundMe — and the roaring support of the Internet, which felt a collective shame for briefly kicking a man when he was down. |
The other day we saw the dark side of social when someone uploaded video of Anthony Torres shaming him for shaving on NJ Transit. |
“Before, I was scared to show my face,” he said. |
In the weeks before that train ride, Torres said, he slept in homeless shelters and beneath bridges. He was mugged and scared. He phoned one of his brothers for help, and the brother sent Torres money for a train ticket to visit another brother. |
On the New Jersey Transit train out of Penn Station, Torres said, he felt hungry, dirty and downtrodden. He wanted to clean up to look presentable for his brother’s family. So he pulled out his razor on the train. |
Another passenger on the train took a video of Torres shaving and posted it to social media, where it was viewed more than 3 million times in the first few days. The reaction was quick, with tens of thousands of negative comments, many of them unsparing. People called him gross, an animal and worse. |
When a niece showed Torres the video, he was embarrassed. He told his family he’d never ride a train again. |
But then the tide started to turn. People started defending him and telling the haters to back away. Soon, there were more people sticking up for him than shaming him. Jordan Uhl of Washington started the GoFundMe page that raised more than $38,000 for Torres in two days. |
Torres welcomes the help and says he’s glad he’s no longer being publicly ridiculed. |
“Now people know the real story,” he said. |
Joan Mckinnon Notice: Joan Mckinnon’s Obituary by the The Sydney Morning Herald. |
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