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Matt, thanks so much for joining us this week! It's always great talking with you! Stay warm there in South Carolina this week, alright? |
Frankel: Same to you up there! |
Moser: Thanks, buddy! As always, people on the program may have interest in the stocks they talk about, and The Motley Fool may have formal recommendations for or against, so don't buy or sell stocks based solely on what you hear. This show is produced by Austin Morgan. For Matt Frankel and Philip Swicegood, I'm Jason ... |
Michael Muchmore Microsoft Invite (for iPhone) Invite offers iPhone users a simple way to agree on the best time to meet, but it could be a lot more automated. |
Clear, simple interface. Easily schedule meetings at mutually convenient times. Shows times in local time zone. |
Doesn't automatically find optimal time. Still some growing pains, with inadequate server resources. |
Invite offers iPhone users a simple way to agree on the best time to meet, but it could be a lot more automated. |
During the episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver unpacked the horrible work conditions faced by wrestlers in the WWE under the reign of McMahon, who is seen as a villain during telecasts of WWE events. |
With Wrestlemania happening next Sunday, Oliver encouraged fans in the audience to make their voices be heard via signs and chants during the event so that McMahon can give these wrestlers better working conditions. |
Watch Oliver’s takedown of the WWE above. |
The expanded list of statistical leaders in Austin-area high school baseball. An abbreviated version was published in print Wednesday in the American-Statesman. |
These numbers, which cover the recently concluded regular season, were supplied by area coaches or team statisticians. The stats are through games of May 1. |
Hagerstown Community College is offering a comprehensive 50-hour course to prepare students to take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board's exam. It will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6 to 9:30 p.m., March 4 to April 29 on the Hagerstown Community College campus. |
Technicians work in various health care settings under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. The course covers medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Students will learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compound... |
The course fee is $200, with a material fee of $794. It does not include national certification exam fees. To register or learn more, contact HCC at 301-790-2800, ext. 236. |
THE NORTHWEST FLOWER & Garden Show gives gardeners a chance to break out of winter for five days and shop for the coming season. Tools, accessories, furniture and plants, plants, plants are to be had, and here's where you can find them. |
Garden accessories and decor are for indoors and out, helping to bring a bit of the natural world inside. At Wilburton Pottery (booth 1202), clay tiles are made from molds with designs that reflect plants, animals and other designs, often with an ancient quality. A small square tile with pinecones, berries or leaf moti... |
The ovenproof pottery from Off the Walz Studio (420) adds color and life to the table. The gourmet salad set includes a platter, serving bowls, condiment dishes and more, and all fit together in an ingenious way to create one large, leafy head of lettuce ($399-799). Smaller single pieces are available, such as the aspa... |
English Bridgewater pottery in all its flora and fauna glory is found at the Country Garden Antiques booth (204). Eggcups ($16), baby mugs ($23), cat and dog dishes ($28, $48) are only a few of the delightful pieces. For car enthusiasts, there's a Mini Cooper mug ($28). |
At Lucca Statuary (1313), you can save 30 percent on special orders at the show. That would put that great set of lion bookends at just $34.30. Pick up a coupon to use at their Fremont store. |
Decorative glazed tiles (starting at $12) at Convergence (616) and patterned mosaic vases ($99) at Artcycle Mosaics (614) add color to the garden, wall or table at any time of year. |
The show is the place to compare hand pruners, loppers, pruning saws and weeders, to learn which one feels best in your hand. Lee Valley Tools (500) carries high-quality English spades and Fiskars (2244) -- directly across the aisle from the P-I booth -- has a new line of hand tools at special show prices. The Power Pi... |
Look for nitrile gloves for $7 a pair at Seed Ballz (312) and Wildflower Seed Co. (411). The material is tough but thin, so you can even pick up seeds, and a breathable knit backing keeps your hands cool. |
You can read about and look at pictures of greenhouses, but at the show you can walk inside. Check out the display models from SunGlo (2127) and Charley's Greenhouse & Garden (202), and talk with the experts about what you need your greenhouse to do. |
I dare you to walk past the Chocolate Flower Farm booth (2430) without following your nose to the chocolate-scented candles -- in various sizes, starting at about $8.50. |
Here's a great opportunity for all of us who love own-root roses: you can order from Heirloom Garden Roses at its booth (2309) and get a discount. |
Get ready for summer -- buy your begonia tubers now. Antonelli Brothers (2414) sell basket or upright tubers at $4 each, six for $22.50 or -- the show special -- $45 for a dozen (plus a bag of fertilizer). |
Lily bulbs abound at B&D (401, 2320) and at the Lily Pad (2230), which has a three-pack of the fragrant crimson-and-white Oriental lily 'Starfighter' for $8.99 and a three-pack of the Oriental hybrid 'Serrano,' a soft yellow and fragrant, for $15.99. |
Emery's Garden (2305) brings back a popular item -- you-pick 'Stargazer' lily bulbs for $2 each, three for $5, or 'African Queen' bulbs for $4. Plus stick plants -- my favorite way to buy. You'll find small Japanese maples, including 'Butterfly' and 'Sango Kaku,' for just $10 each. |
Dormant perennials in bags of cedar shavings or sawdust are hot tickets at the show. You can find an enormous range of plants, and at great prices. Sundquist Nursery (2316) has an unusual gold-leaved Clematis alpina cultivar called 'Stolwijk Gold' for $20, and deep red Alstroemeria 'Inca Adore' for $10. It's not invasi... |
Far Reaches Farm (2110) offers the beautiful peony with the unpronounceable name: Paeonia mlokosewithschii, better known as molly-the-witch. It's an incredible deal at $10. Sweet pink Rhodohypoxis is $8, and there are lots of kniphofias. |
Lots more great dormant perennials can be found at Woodland Gardens (2120) and Naylor Creek Nursery (2220). |
If I could buy an entire booth, I'd take Killdeer Farms Geraniums (2204), full of all the fancy-leaved pelargoniums I love. 'Frank Headley,' 'Happy Thoughts,' Mrs. Cox' and more -- $3 and up. |
Many will find homes in my pots this year. |
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Googlers are signing their real names to a new letter protesting Project Dragonfly, and the number of signatures is growing quickly. |
In a letter published Tuesday morning, Google workers, along with the human rights nonprofit Amnesty International, openly asked their bosses to cancel a project called Dragonfly, a controversial censored search app for the Chinese market. |
“Our opposition to Dragonfly is not about China: we object to technologies that aid the powerful in oppressing the vulnerable, wherever they may be,” the Google employees said in their letter. |
Most Google employees only learned of the secretive program Dragonfly when the Intercept reported it in August. Leaked information about the ongoing project prompted a backlash within the company’s rank and file — and it wasn’t the first time. After Google’s contract with the Pentagon’s Project Maven was revealed in Ma... |
Months ago, hundreds of Google workers had already signed their names to a letter demanding more transparency about whether their work was being put to use in an ethically acceptable way. But this time, Googlers are attaching their real names to the new letter — a remarkable decision in an industry where workers public... |
At the time the letter was published, 12 Googlers had signed their names to the letter; the workers said they would be updating their post with additional signatures as they come in. By Tuesday afternoon, nearly 200 employees had signed the letter. The number of signatures is growing fast, and at one point appeared to ... |
We are among thousands of employees who have raised our voices for months. International human rights organizations and investigative reporters have also sounded the alarm, emphasizing serious human rights concerns and repeatedly calling on Google to cancel the project. So far, our leadership’s response has been unsati... |
*We will be updating this post with additional signatures as they come in. |
See the original Medium post for an updated list of Google employees signing the letter. |
This post has been updated with the final wording of the Google workers’ statement. |
This post has been updated with a response from Google. |
The bill from Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) calls for a herd of no more than 130 free-roaming wild horses and the introduction of some horses from another herd to introduce genetic viability. |
The Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act, H.R. 1206, will also get a vote in the House. This bill would make federal duck stamps available for purchase online. |
Duck stamps are federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps that were first authorized in 1934. They used to be federal hunting licenses and are now used to help fund conservation efforts. |
"The sale and distribution of the federal duck stamp is a critical part of conserving vital waterfowl habitat across this nation," said bill sponsor Rob Wittman Robert (Rob) Joseph WittmanWhy block citizenship to immigrants who defend America? Virginia reps urge Trump to declare federal emergency ahead of Hurricane Flo... |
The House approved a similar bill in the last Congress. |
The third bill is S. 622, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act. This legislation is aimed at expediting the approval process for animal drugs by reauthorizing a user fee program that helps pay for the federal approval process at the Food and Drug Administration. |
Similar user fee programs help fund the approval process of drugs for humans and are usually endorsed by the industry as a way to ensure speedy inspections and approvals. The Senate approved this bill, from Sen. Tom Harkin Thomas (Tom) Richard HarkinStop asking parents to sacrifice Social Security benefits for paid fam... |
Each of these bills will be called up under a suspension of House rules, which means less debate and a two-thirds majority required for passage. |
CrowdOptic connects users by what they’re looking at with their phone Checking in to a location on Facebook and live tweeting from an event is common practice these days, but the latest mobile technology now allows consumers to engage and interact just by pointing their smartphone camera at an object. |
Based in San Francisco and launched last summer, CrowdOptic uses focus-based services to supply data on engagement as well as time and location. What that means, according to the company, is that venues, advertisers, and sponsors can respond in real-time to shifts in crowd momentum, enhance in-venue security, and deliv... |
CrowdOptic works with event organizers and advertisers to create specific event data for a phone app (available in both iPhone and Android devices). When the app is downloaded, users can point their mobile camera at people or things to learn more about them. Fans at a sporting event can focus their phone on a player an... |
With focus-based technology, users can also connect with other people who are zooming in on the same thing with their camera. These “clusters” can share their comments, photos, and videos with each other and with people outside the event. |
CrowdOptic recently conducted beta tests at this year’s Academy Awards in Hollywood, Calif., and Super Bowl XLIV in Indianapolis. When users pointed their phone camera to take photos, they were able to join in live online discussions with others who were pointing their phone at the same thing. |
With more reporters using mobile devices, CrowdOptic could help with breaking news stories. Journalists are also able to verify photos and tweets sent in by eyewitnesses based on the phone’s location and line of sight. Fisher said editors are able to sift through the thousand of photos submitted to a newspaper to find ... |
Fisher said there are currently two major trends: putting more enhanced technology into people’s hands and connecting people interactively. Though he said QR codes and augmented reality each have their place, he sees them as static. |
For more information, visit crowdoptic.com. |
A car, believed to have been stolen, has been left marooned on a wall in Skegness. |
Police have since arrested two people in connection with the incident. |
It is understood the blue car behind the 4x4 has no connection to the case. |
Police confirmed no-one was injured. |
This picture was tweeted out by a Lincolnshire Police inspector. |
Joseph “Stampy” Garrett is one of the big draws on day one of Minecon. The YouTube star will be joined by some of his friends (Sqaishey Quack, iBallisticSquid, AmyLee33, AshDubh and Netty Plays) to play Minecraft live on-stage from midday. |
“It’s all my friends. People on the street might not know who they are, but if you ask a fan of YouTube or Minecraft, these are superstars!” says Garrett, who says he relishes the fact that this group of creators have managed to become big stars for their viewers while remaining under the radar in the wider media world... |
“Highlights include panels and live “let’s play” sessions featuring the creators of Minecraft-focused YouTube channels Stampy, The Diamond Minecart and Captain Sparklez, as well as sessions giving a glimpse at what’s next for Minecraft. |
The latter includes members of Mojang and fellow games developer Telltale Games teaming up for a talk about their plans for Minecraft: Story Mode - a new “narrative-driven” game set in the Minecraft universe. |
Everything kicks off at 10.30am today with the opening ceremony, although Mojang has been keeping the details of its contents close to its chest. |
#minecon2015 needs a space for lost adults to just chill out in. Then kids can just dump them there and collect them later. |
Mini-Steve with his Minecon cape. Incidentally, Mattel recently launched a smartphone and tablet app for children to make their own stop-motion movies using Minecraft mini-figures. It’s officially licensed - some of the Mojang team made their own demo video for it - and is available for Android and for iOS. |
Every Minecon attendee gets a goodie bag when they register at the Excel venue. The bag itself is pretty nice, but it also includes a pen, a notepad, a lanyard, a pin-badge, a commemorative medal, and an exclusive Steve mini-figure wearing a Minecon 2015 cape. |
In 2009, games developer Markus “Notch” Persson released the first version of Minecraft. Six years on, it has sold 70m copies across computers, consoles and mobile devices, becoming a cultural touchstone for a generation of children in the process. |
Minecraft is a merchandising juggernaut; the engine driving the careers of some of YouTube’s biggest stars; expanding into the educational world; and it persuaded Microsoft to buy Persson’s Mojang studio for $2.5bn in 2014. |
But most importantly, Minecraft is a global community of players. Once a year, thousands of them come together for the Minecon conference, and this weekend sees Minecon 2015 lay down its blocks in London. |
I’m going to be here all weekend reporting on the panel sessions, exhibitors and the general sights and sounds of Minecraft culture - so check back regularly for updates from the show. |
The recent inaugural Infosecurity North America featured a pitching contest for start-up companies to a judging panel of venture capitalists. |
The winner was phishing protection solution provider Inky. The company said that it produces the Phish Fence which is built on machine learning technologies and protects users from so-called 'deep sea' phishing emails that use clever tricks and realistic looking branding elements to fool both users and traditional mail... |
CEO Dave Baggett said that winning “Cyber Start-up Company of the Year validates the work the team has been putting in to develop Inky Phish Fence“. He talked to Infosecurity about some of the key areas driving interest in the business and sector. |
Phishing is not a new concept, why has it got so dramatically worse in recent years? |
It's an ongoing arms race, and we've seen an increase in the sophistication of the attacks - so many more phishing scams are getting through traditional email protection software. These newer 'deep sea' phishing attacks use clever tricks to simultaneously hide from mail protection software and look very convincing to u... |
These attacks will take an exact email from, say, American Express and change the subject line from "American Expresss " to "Arnerican Express ". Note the replacement of lower case M in the name with lower case RN to hide from software that matches against brand names without being obvious to the user, and the use of a... |
Phishing attacks continue to succeed and are costing businesses millions of dollars, do you think this is a reason for companies like Inky gaining approval from the VCs? |
Yes, it's widely understood now that phishing is the number one attack vector for wire fraud, identify theft and installation of malware. It's also a deceptively hard problem that requires machine learning to solve, so VCs recognize that a defensible position can be established in this area by a capable startup. |
From your dealings with the VCs both at the show and generally, are they looking for products that consider human behavior like yours? |
To some extent. I think it's more accurate to say they are looking for security products that address major problems and use machine learning to do so - in other words, software solutions that combine human-level understanding with the infallibility of software. Computers never get tired and don't miss even very subtle... |
Where does a company like Inky go next with this accolade, what are your next steps? |
All startups build their market share one customer at a time, and accolades like this help immensely in both getting the word out and establishing credibility. They also help with fundraising, though we're in the somewhat unusual position of not really needing to raise money since our founders can self-fund the company... |
Inky is really entering the 'go-to-market' phase where the solution is built and the challenge shifts from a purely technical one (solve the problem) to a business one (ramp up sales rapidly and manage the company's growth intelligently). |
The venture capitalists who judged the competition included: Greg Dracon, Partner at 406 Ventures, Rick Grinnell, Founder and Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures, and Mark Hatfield, Partner & Founder, Ten Eleven Ventures. |
The FAA issued an interim cease-and-desist order on December 12 to the city of Santa Monica, California, requiring the city to stop its process of attempting to evict the two Santa Monica Airport (SMO) FBOs—American Flyers and Atlantic Aviation. The city issued notices to vacate to the two FBOs on September 15, giving ... |
On September 26, the FAA issued a notice of investigation to the city, "which included investigating the city's failure to enter into leases with aeronautical tenants," according to the order. "Grant assurance 22 requires the city to make space available for aeronautical tenants on reasonable terms based on good faith ... |
The city filed unlawful detainer actions against the two FBOs on November 4, but both continue to operate at the airport. The FAA's analysis indicates that the city has "no basis to evict" the two FBOs, mainly because the city does not plan to offer all the services that the two FBOs provide. In any case, the city was ... |
Both American Flyers and Atlantic Aviation filed Part 16 complaints with the FAA, asking the agency to block the eviction. The city did not oppose either complaint by the October 1 deadline. The city's responses to the September 26 notice of investigation, the FAA noted, "indicate the city's eviction of Atlantic is unl... |
The FAA order explained that the cease-and-desist order is not the agency's final action with regard to the city's efforts to close SMO. "This order is intended to maintain the status quo at SMO until such a time as the FAA completes its investigation under the [notice of investigation] and issues a final agency decisi... |
NBAA welcomed the FAA's action. "Today's cease-and-desist order allows these businesses to continue normal operations as the agency considers the validity of the city's actions," said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. "Although federal regulations may allow the city to operate its own FBO, the city has also repeatedly m... |
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