Oklahoma education notes

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Jun 2016
The teams competed with their rovers May 24-26 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. "The winning team displayed incredible innovation," Pat Troutman of NASA's Langley Research Center, said in the announcement ... Oklahoma City Public Schools is participating in the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's summer feeding program ... The Regional Food Bank also ......

Banking Trojans Take Backseat to Ransomware

Edit TechNewsWorld 05 Jun 2016
The banking trojan -- a type of malware used to steal credentials for bank accounts -- has been a staple of cyberthieves for years ... In a typical banking trojan attack, a robber mounts a phishing campaign to entice a target to open an attachment containing the malware, or to click on a link that triggers its surreptitious delivery to the victim's computer ... ILEC Conference Center, 47 Lillie Rd., London SW6 1UD, UK....

Palestine: ICC Should Open Formal Probe (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Jun 2016
(New York) - As the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza entered its 50 year, Human Rights Watch called today on the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to open a formal investigation into serious international crimes committed in Palestine by Israelis and Palestinians ... Since it occupied the West Bank in 1967, Israel has actively facilitated the movement of its citizens into settlements there....

MATCH DAY LIVE | Spring Season Week 10 (NASL - North American Soccer League LLC)

Edit Public Technologies 05 Jun 2016
(Source. NASL - North American Soccer League LLC). Photo credit. Matt May/Tampa Bay Rowdies. All five contests in Week 10 of the Spring Season kick off on Saturday night. The New York Cosmos are on the verge of being crowned Spring Season Champions, if they can find another win. Follow aong with all of the action tonight through various platforms. ... 7 p,m. ET ... MATCH CENTER ... MATCH CENTER ... MATCH CENTER ... Ocean Bank Field ... MATCH CENTER ... MATCH CENTER....

Hernandez, Joseph homer, but Phillies lose 8th in 9 games

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Jun 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pete Mackanin saw 160-pound Cesar Hernandez hit a 418-foot homer to center field and figured his Philadelphia Phillies were on their way to a big offensive day ... "I couldn't believe Cesar hit that ball out to dead center," Mackanin said ... Joseph homered to straightaway center to tie it at 1 in the second ... He had two homers in 51 games before arriving at hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park on Thursday night....

Santana, Villar hit homers, Brewers beat Phillies 6-3

Edit The Miami Herald 05 Jun 2016
Villar had three hits and two RBIs. Will Smith (1-0) tossed a perfect seventh to earn the win ... Joseph homered to straightaway center to tie it at 1 in the second ... After Tyler Goeddel tripled off the wall in left-center, Hernandez drove his first homer of the season out to deep center to give the Phillies a 3-1 lead ... He had two homers in 51 games before arriving at hitter-friendly Citizens Bank Park on Thursday night ... STARTING TIME ... ....

Domingo delivers: HR leads Crew over Phils

Edit MLB 05 Jun 2016
PHILADELPHIA -- Domingo Santana led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run and Scooter Gennett delivered insurance in the ninth, as the Brewers overcame an early deficit to beat the Phillies, 6-3, on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park ... Gennett's two-run single to center field opened a more comfortable, three-run lead for closer Jeremy Jeffress, who has yet to surrender a run on the road this season in 11 innings....

Joseph, Hernandez go yard; Phils fall to Crew

Edit MLB 05 Jun 2016
PHILADELPHIA -- Domingo Santana led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run and Scooter Gennett delivered insurance in the ninth, as the Brewers overcame an early deficit to beat the Phillies, 6-3, on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park ... Gennett's two-run single to center field opened a more comfortable, three-run lead for closer Jeremy Jeffress, who has yet to surrender a run on the road this season in 11 innings....

Paris death toll rises to 4, Seine water levels recede

Edit Deccan Chronicle 05 Jun 2016
Paris ... He also urged Paris visitors and residents to “take care to observe safety precautions” since many have been walking along the river banks to observe the rare phenomena ... Authorities have shut the Louvre museum, the national library, the Orsay museum and the Grand Palais, Paris’ striking glass-and-steel topped exhibition center ... ....

Reeling Phillies fall to Brewers, 6-3

Edit The Miami Herald 05 Jun 2016
The rally included a pair of homers in the same inning for the first time this season, and the wind was blowing out of Citizens Bank Park. The offense, Mackanin predicted, was starting to roll. The manager was wrong. The Phillies did not score again ... Tommy Joseph led off the second with a home run to center ... Andrew Bailey was a strike away from pitching a scoreless ninth, but he was tagged for a two-run single to center ... ....

Philippines Clamps Down on Money Changers, Boosts Cyber Security

Edit Bloomberg 05 Jun 2016
Philippine central bank will tighten rules and strengthen its online security unit to combat money laundering and cyber crimes, Governor Nestor Espenilla said Saturday ... thieves hacked into Bangladesh Bank’s account at the U.S....

App for banking on low-cost phones soon

Edit The Hindu 05 Jun 2016
Union Bank of India is developing an app that can enable banking in low-cost phones ... He told The Hindu that they were developing in-house the system which would enable banking transactions on even phones available for just Rs.500 in three to six months. He said they did not want banking restricted to only smart phones ... He said their bank won the best ......

Elizabeth Banks says parental duties kept her from directing 'Pitch Perfect 3'

Edit Boston Herald 05 Jun 2016
Elizabeth Banks said her parental duties drove her decision to leave the directing gig for "Pitch Perfect 3.". "My parental responsibilites are the reason why," said Banks on Saturday at the Producers Guild's Produced By conference on the Sony lot ... Banks and spouse ... Banks indicated Saturday that her departure as director was amicable. Variety first reported Banks had departed "Pitch Perfect 3" on Friday....
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