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Signpost Corporation is mainly engaged in the information service industry. The Company operates in three business segments. The Consulting segment is engaged in the planning of information organization strategies, system concepts, business improvement, the planning, design, development and operation of information tec...
That technology is evolving before his very eyes. The RepRap Project aims to produce free and open source software for 3D printers, including software that allows the printer to produce its own parts. Two years ago RepRap allowed printers to create tiny plastic parts for small motors as well as circuit boards for compu...
I’m in favor of tighter gun control and a ban on weapons that are unnecessarily powerful but I’m afraid that technology will soon make any legislation that limits the availability of any kinds of guns ineffective.
Using either free or low cost computer aided drafting software you can create digital 3D models of pretty much anything you can think of and, with hardly any fuss, your 3D printer will render them as physical objects.
What’s particularly worrisome is that the capability to print metal and ceramic parts will appear in low end printers in the next few years making it feasible to print an entire gun and that will be when gun control becomes a totally different problem.
It is just a matter of time before these three-dimensional printers will be able to replicate an entire gun. And that firearm will be able to be brought through this security line, through the metal detector, and because there will be no metal to be detected, firearms will be brought on planes without anyone’s knowledg...
Israel sports just an 11-percent Freedom Index rating and a zero-percent rating from both the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America, while enjoying a 100 percent rating from both the Brady Campaign and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. And so while his rant against guns pushes the envelope of believabi...
All of which brings back the main point made in the original “frivolous” comments made by this writer earlier: Without such tracking, how can the government enforce its increasingly onerous and draconian attempts to regulate and eventually confiscate weapons from law abiding citizens? Will it want to register 3D printe...
A total of 10 pilot whales have died and another 41 remain stranded in a remote area of Everglades National Park, officials said Wednesday afternoon.
A team that arrived on the scene Wednesday morning found six whales dead, and they were forced to euthanize four through sedation as a humane option, NOAA Fisheries Southeast marine mammal stranding coordinator Blair Mase said.
Rescue workers who are trying to herd the whales out of shallow waters suspended their efforts after dark, but planned to return Thursday morning to resume the effort, according to NOAA Fisheries spokeswoman Kim Amendola.
Necropsies were being conducted Wednesday on the beached whales as scientists sought to determine their cause of death and find clues on why they ended up beached in the area.
The swimming whales do not show any signs of injury or trauma, but there is not a lot of time to save them, Mase said. The whales are out of their normal home range, and they may be dehyrdrated or malnourished, she added.
They are in Monroe County near Highland Beach, which is the western boundary of Everglades National Park. The closest deep water is about 20 miles west. In between are sandbars and channels that would be very difficult for the whales to navigate on their own.
But efforts to herd the close-knit animals out of the area, which is about an hour from the nearest boat ramp, have not been successful so far.
“They’re freely swimming about. They’re a species that likes to stay together, and we’re just not able to get them to move away,” Everglades National Park spokeswoman Linda Friar said.
There will be a multi-day effort to rescue the animals that would last at least through Thursday and possibly Friday, Mase said. But she tried to set expectations low, saying that the goal was to save the whales, but most mass strandings do not have a successful outcome.
The goal is to keep the whales alive during low tide, and then when high tide comes in, crews will try to get them back into the sea, Friar said.
The whales are slightly larger than dolphins, Friar said.
Mase said that when the team returned from the remote location, its members would brief National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials on how to move forward Thursday.
“So we are going to explore options for these animals. We are going to work hard to try to find out if we can save any, but we want to set the expectations low because the challenges are very, very difficult – the environmental challenges, the resource challenges, the location of the whales,” Mase said.
Officials are also talking with experts from different countries that have experience with herding, she said.
“The outlook does not ultimately look good for the remaining live whales,” Mase said.
The whales, who scientists say appeared confused, were originally spotted around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday near Highland Beach, according to Friar.
Friar said rangers and workers from NOAA responded and found 10 beached whales and the others in shallow waters nearby.
Four of the whales died but the workers were able to get six back into the water, Friar said.
"It's so shallow at low tide for such a long distance it makes it more difficult to get the whales to an area where they can swim away," Friar said.
It's not unusual for the whales to end up in the shallow waters, which stretch for hundreds of yards, Friar said.
"The thing about these whales, as the day heats up they'll have to keep them wet," she said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Marine Mammal Conservancy and Marine Animal Rescue Society are assisting the rangers and NOAA Fisheries in the rescue effort.
The Gulf of Mexico has a very strong pilot whale population and this pod is very far from where they normally would be. They are very far from their deep water habitat and this makes it difficult for rescuers to "push" them back out to sea, Mase said.
"If we did push the healthy ones out, if they see one dead one they will come back again," Mase said.
She said a mass stranding occurred in Fort Pierce in 2012.
July 12 (Reuters) - Australia’s main stock index bounced back on Thursday, led by gains in bank and healthcare shares, but miners and oil producers fell on fears that a rapidly escalating U.S.-China trade dispute will slow global demand.
The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.7 percent or 42.90 points to 6,258.50 by 0200 GMT.
The benchmark had dipped 0.8 percent on Wednesday, after Washington’s threat to impose tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese imports rang alarm bells across financial markets.
China has accused the United States of bullying and warned it could hit back, although it was unclear how it would retaliate.
“The news of extra tariffs dominated the global markets... and clearly our markets priced it in,” said James McGlew, Executive director of corporate stockbroking at Argonaut.
Banks led the recovery in local stocks on Thursday, with the financial index jumping 0.8 percent.
Australia’s banking watchdog on Wednesday said its intense crackdown on risky mortgage lending was largely complete, as higher lending rates were also helping cool the country’s housing market.
“The APRA comments put a bit of momentum back into a sector that’s been well and truly beaten up through the process of the Royal Commission here,” said McGlew.
Top lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia climbed 0.9 percent, while Westpac Banking Corp rose 1 percent, its biggest intraday percentage gain in nearly three-weeks.
Health care stocks also advanced, propping up the benchmark.
CSL Ltd, the country’s fifth largest firm by market value, firmed 1.7 percent, while hearing aid maker Cochlear Ltd strengthened 2.3 percent to a more than one-week high.
However, a slump in oil and commodities prices drove down energy and materials stock, capping the benchmark’s rise.
Global benchmark Brent crude oil had its biggest one-day drop in two years on Wednesday, putting pressure on oil-focused firms.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd dipped 1.5 percent, while Oil Search Ltd fell as much as 4 percent to a more than two-week low.
A plunge in base metal prices on Wednesday, lead by a three percent drop in London copper pushed materials stock, especially miners lower.
Index heavyweight BHP Ltd slipped 0.8 percent, while its spin off South32 Ltd slid 1.1 percent.
Meanwhile, New Zealand shares edged lower, with the benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index slipping 0.1 percent or 4.78 points to 8,996.61.
Health care stocks underpinned the bearish trend, with Ryman Healthcare Ltd and EBOS Group Ltd dipping 0.9 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.
Elsewhere, A2 Milk Company Ltd reversed from losses earlier in the session to rise 0.3 percent.
The dairy product maker said annual revenue grew nearly 70 percent to around NZ$922 million ($622.26 million) and flagged higher costs going forward to ramp up its China business to compete in the dairy-hungry market.
Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) and quarterback Cam Newton (1) celebrate after connecting on a touchdown pass against the Redskins in the first half Sunday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton threw a career-high five touchdowns passes, and the Carolina Panthers improved to 10-0 on the season with a 44-16 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday.
Newton completed 21 of 34 passes for 246 yards and threw TD passes to five different receivers as Carolina stretched its regular-season win streak to 14 games, including eighth straight at home.
The Panthers (10-0) scored 27 points off five Washington turnovers, three of those by quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Newton became the first Carolina quarterback in franchise history to throw four TD passes in the first half as the Panthers jumped out to a 31-14 lead.
Jonathan Stewart ran for 102 yards on 21 carries and caught a 12-yard touchdown pass. Mike Tolbert, Greg Olsen, Ted Ginn Jr. and Devin Funchess also caught TD passes.
Andre Roberts had a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown for the Redskins (4-6), who've lost nine straight on the road.
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Tony Romo pulled off his latest comeback victory, returning from a collarbone injury to throw for two scores, and the Dallas Cowboys won for the first time since he was hurt in Week 2.
The Cowboys (3-7) snapped a seven-game losing streak, their longest in a single season since 1989. The Dolphins (4-6) increased the likelihood they'll miss the playoffs for the seventh year in a row.
Romo went 18 for 28 for 227 yards, and overcame two interceptions by throwing touchdown passes of 31 yards to Terrance Williams and 16 yards to Dez Bryant.
Dallas linebacker Rolando McClain scored the game's first points and his first career touchdown on a 12-yard interception return. Miami had the ball for only 21 minutes.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Datone Jones had two of Green Bay's six sacks and the Packers stopped a three-game losing streak with a convincing win over Minnesota to pull even in the NFC North race.
James Jones had six catches for 109 yards and a score, Eddie Lacy rushed for a season-high 100 yards on 22 carries and the Packers (7-3) beat the rival Vikings for the 10th time in the last 11 meetings with Rodgers at quarterback. He has thrown for 28 touchdown passes with just three interceptions in those games.
The Vikings (7-3) had their six-game winning streak shoved back in their face by a proud Packers team that clearly wasn't ready to concede a division it has won four straight times.
SEATTLE -- Rookie Thomas Rawls rushed for 209 yards and had two total touchdowns, Tyler Lockett caught pair of TD passes from Russell Wilson, and Seattle got back to .500 with the win over San Francisco.
Starting in place of Marshawn Lynch, out with an abdominal injury, Rawls posted his third 100-yard rushing game of his rookie season and the second time topping 160 yards. Rawls scored on a 2-yard run in the first quarter and added a 31-yard catch-and-run touchdown from Wilson in the fourth quarter to give Seattle (5-5...
Lockett caught a 24-yard TD pass in the first quarter and carried a San Francisco defender into the end zone on an 11-yard grab later in the first half.
Blaine Gabbert threw for 264 yards and one touchdown, but San Francisco (3-7) couldn't overcome the early 20-0 deficit.
PHILADELPHIA -- Jameis Winston tied a rookie record with five touchdown passes and Doug Martin ran for 235 yards to lead Tampa Bay to victory.
Winston completed 19 of 29 passes for 246 yards and had four of his TD passes in the first half to four different receivers. He tied Matthew Stafford's rookie mark in the third quarter on an 8-yard toss to Cameron Brate, the fifth receiver to catch a TD.
Martin had 177 yards in the first half, including runs of 84 and 58 yards. He finished 2 yards short of tying Barry Sanders' record for most yards without a TD. Sanders had 237 for the Lions against Tampa in 1994.
The Buccaneers (5-5) have won two straight for the first time in two years. The Eagles (4-6) have lost two in a row.
CHICAGO -- Brock Osweiler threw for two touchdowns while starting for the injured Peyton Manning and Denver stopped Jeremy Langford on a 2-point conversion run in the final minute to beat Chicago.
Langford scored on a 2-yard run with 24 seconds left to cap a 65-yard drive. But he ran into a crowd on a conversion attempt and the Broncos (8-2) escaped with a narrow victory.
Osweiler completed 20 of 27 passes for 250 yards with five-time MVP Manning staying back in Denver because of injuries to his foot, ribs and shoulder.
Ronnie Hillman ran for 102 yards, and the AFC West-leading Broncos (8-2) beat former coach John Fox after dropping two in a row.
Osweiler threw a 48-yard touchdown to Demaryius Thomas on Denver's first possession and a 10-yarder to Cody Latimer early in the fourth quarter.
BALTIMORE -- Justin Tucker kicked a 47-yard field goal as time expired as Baltimore rallied from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat bumbling St. Louis.
In a game filled with mistakes and penalties, one final miscue decided the issue. Rams quarterback Case Keenum fumbled when hit by Courtney Upshaw, and teammate Lawrence Guy recovered at the St. Louis 41 with 54 seconds to go.
The Ravens (3-7) moved to the 29 before Tucker delivered the game-winning kick.
St. Louis (4-6) lost four fumbles and missed an extra point. In his first start of the season, Keenum went 12 for 26 for 136 yards and fumbled three times, losing two.
Baltimore won despite committing two turnovers and being penalized 10 times for 137 yards.
The Ravens trailed 13-3 before coming back behind Joe Flacco, who went 27 for 44 for 299 yards and a score.
ATLANTA -- Adam Vinatieri kicked a 43-yard field goal with 52 seconds remaining, and the Indianapolis Colts overcame a pair of two-touchdown deficits to beat slumping Atlanta behind backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck.
With injured Andrew Luck watching from the sideline, Hasselbeck threw a pair of touchdown passes and overcame a couple of interceptions. D'Qwell Jackson tied the game with just over 10 minutes remaining on a 6-yard interception return for a touchdown.
Then, it was the 42-year-old Vinatieri who won it for the Colts (5-5), as he's done so many times in his brilliant career. In his 300th game, he came through with his 26th game-winning kick in either the final minute of regulation or overtime.
The Falcons (6-4) lost for the fourth time in five games after a 5-0 start. This one was on the offense, which totally bogged down in the second half.
HOUSTON -- DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown catches and Alfred Blue caught a TD pass from receiver Cecil Shorts to help Houston Texans to the win.
The Texans (5-5) have won three games in a row for the first time since 2012. And they did it with T.J. Yates, who threw for 229 yards in his first start since Jan. 15, 2012, in the playoffs for Houston as a rookie.
The game was tied in the third quarter when the TD pass by Shorts made it 17-10. Yates and Hopkins linked up for a 20-yard score on the next possession.
Ryan Fitzgerald, who played after having surgery on his non-throwing thumb on Nov. 13, got New York within 24-17 with a touchdown run with 4 1/2 minutes left, but was intercepted on the next two drives.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Darryl Sutter was tossing bouquets Friday. It’s a rarity because his Jolly Rancher moniker is about seldom being jolly in those monotonous media scrums. But he is a rancher and he does have a dry sense of humour. And he will praise when warranted.
Sutter lauded the rival Vancouver Canucks on how they’ve thrived under John Tortorella, but saved his biggest plaudits for Brad Richardson because he never wanted to lose the versatile forward to unrestricted free agency last summer. When the Los Angeles Kings acquired Jeff Carter in February, 2012, it forced Richardso...
Signed to a two-year, $2.3 million US contract on the first day of free agency, Richardson has been a bargain and a boon to the second-ranked penalty kill that has helped the Canucks fashion a league-leading 7-2-2 road record and 11-5-2 mark overall. He has two shorthanded goals and five overall, including Thursday’s e...
In Sutter and Tortorella, Richardson has had firm-but-fair direction and has responded the way you’d expect a 2012 Stanley Cup winner would. It wasn’t always easy with Sutter, but handling the physical and mental demands of playing — or not playing — has allowed Richardson to make a seamless transition to the Canucks.
“Sometimes, it was tough when it [ice time] wasn’t happening,” said Richardson, who faces his former team Saturday. “But I have the utmost respect for Darryl and he’s always treated me well. I did learn a lot and there are no hard feelings there but you do learn from experiences, that’s for sure. And he told me at the ...
“There’s not a guy who cares more about his players than Darryl. He can be hard on you during games, but is the first to pat you on the back.

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