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☆ Latest Updates: NASA Astronauts Prepare for First Launch on Boeing Starliner
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-06 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are the NASA astronauts set for Boeing’s flight test of the Starliner spacecraft. She was a test pilot in the U.S. Navy and has more than 3,000 hours flying 30 different aircraft. Mr. Wilmore, a native of Tennessee, was also a Navy test pilot, and he flew combat missions over Iraq and Bosnia in the 1990s. After a glitch-filled test flight in December 2019 with no crew aboard, delays shuffled the astronaut assignments. Indeed, none of the astronauts that NASA named in 2018 to fly on the test flight are on the upcoming test flight.

Persons: Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Ms, Williams, Wilmore, Mr, ” Organizations: NASA, Boeing, U.S . Navy, Navy, Station Locations: Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Iraq, Bosnia

☆ Former Lululemon employees call the company's response to founder Chip Wilson's comments on DEI 'a slap in the face' to people of color
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lululemon founder Chip Wilson criticized the company's 'whole diversity and inclusion thing.' Former Lululemon employees of color said Wilson's remarks and the company's response failed its mission of increasing diversity. AdvertisementLululemon's employees of color are making their voices heard after the company's founder blasted its diversity initiatives. In January, Lululemon founder Chip Wilson told Forbes that he doesn't agree with the company's "whole diversity and inclusion thing." "The company has failed all Black employees and employees of color," Michael Collins, a former Lululemon store manager, told Business Insider.

Persons: Chip Wilson, —, Forbes, Wilson, You've, Wilson's, Michael Collins, they're, women's, Lululemon, Collins, Miya Dotson, Dotson Organizations: Service, Business, Fashion, Equity

A number of companies have recently demanded that antitrust enforcers pay default interest on fines in annulled antitrust cases. Deutsche Telekom challenged the fine at the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second highest, which cut it to 19 million euros in 2018, forcing the EU competition enforcer to repay the difference. Deutsche Telekom returned to the court after the EU competition enforcer refused to pay interest for the period between the payment and the reimbursement and got judges to back its fight. The Commission then appealed to the Luxembourg-based EU Court of Justice (CJEU). The case is C‑221/22 P European Commission v Deutsche Telekom AG.

Persons: Fabian Bimmer, Deutsche, Anthony Michael Collins, refunding, Foo Yun Chee, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Deutsche Telekom, ITS, REUTERS, Companies Deutsche Telekom AG, Intel, Deutsche, European Commission, EU, Court of Justice, Deutsche Telekom AG, Thomson Locations: Hamburg, Germany, Slovakia, Luxembourg

☆ SpaceX Starship: What’s next for the most powerful rocket ever built
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Mere moments after SpaceX’s Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — was lost in a test flight Saturday, a somewhat complicated narrative around the vehicle began to emerge. “What we did today will provide invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship,” SpaceX said Saturday in a statement. SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday, November 18, 2023. The Starship spacecraft was then able to ignite its own engines and break away from the Super Heavy rocket booster to continue the mission. SpaceX's Starship rocket prototypes are seen at the SpaceX Starbase in Brownsville, Texas, on August 19, 2023.

Persons: CNN —, Artemis III —, Bill Nelson, SpaceX, —, Eric Gay, John Insprucker, Elon Musk, Jim Watson, Wayne Hale, they’ve, ” Hale, “, They’ve, ”, SpaceX’s, Christina Hammock Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Wiseman, Glover, Hammock Koch, Hansen, Artemis, Bill Ingalls, Hale, Jeff Bezos, Lakiesha Hawkins, ” Hawkins, NASA isn’t, Apollo Hale, Neil A, Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E, Aldrin Jr, ” What’s, Veronica Cardenas, Reuters It’s Organizations: CNN, SpaceX, NASA, China, Super, International Astronautical, Getty, FAA, CSA, Canadian Space Agency, Orion, Planetary Society, SLS, Origin, Blue, Kennedy Space Center, Saturn, Earth, ” CNN, Reuters, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Starbase, Boca Chica , Texas, Baku, Azerbaijian, Boca Chica, South Texas, AFP, Texas, Washington, Florida, “, SpaceX’s, Brownsville , Texas

☆ Ed Dwight was NASA's first Black astronaut candidate in the 1960s. A new documentary tells his forgotten story.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Two decades before Bluford's flight, Ed Dwight was an Air Force pilot who trained to be the first Black astronaut. Whitney Young of the National Urban League urged Kennedy to push the Air Force to find and train the first Black astronaut. Dwight said the famed pilot felt slighted and not being included in the decision to train a Black astronaut. "All of a sudden we were able to hire astronauts who didn't look like the classic NASA astronaut," Bolden said. During his flight, Glover had a group call with Dwight, Bluford, Bolden, and other Black astronauts.

Persons: Ed Dwight, Robert Lawrence, NASA didn't, —, Guion Bluford, Bluford, Dwight, Lisa Cortés, hadn't, John F, Kennedy, Whitney Young, Cortés, Dwight wasn't, Chuck Yeager, Yeager, Frederick Gregory, Frederick Douglass, Rosa Park, Ella Fitzgerald, Martin Luther King, Craig F, Walker, Ed, Leland Melvin, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Bernard Harris , Jr, Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, Ron McNair, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Charles Bolden , Jr, Tamayo Méndez, Gregory, Bolden, McNair, they'll, Charles Bolden, Melvin, de Mendoza, Katherine Johnson, Ed's, kickstart, Victor Glover, George Floyd, who's, Leland D, Victor, Glover Organizations: NASA, Service, Air Force, Black, Atlanta Constitution, National Urban League, Bettmann, Denver's, Denver, Getty, Soviet Union, Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Station, NASA’s Office, Education, Geographic, Disney Locations: Atlanta, Rosa, Cuban, Cuba, United States, Soviet Union

☆ 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' lives on, 20 years later
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

That was like queer eye for the straight guy!”Carson Kressley, left, in "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy." “And of course as luck would have it, ‘Queer Eye’ was our very first attempt at a reality show,” he added. It’s not that they’re bigger, they just became louder,” said Rob Eric, “Queer Eye” executive producer and longtime associate and friend of Collins and Williams. They’ve also enjoyed seeing the legacy they’ve created evolve and grow to new heights with Netflix’s gender-neutral and more succinctly titled “Queer Eye” – which wrapped its seventh season earlier this year. “The new ‘Queer Eye’ wouldn’t happen without these guys,” Collins said.

Persons: Guy ”, Ellen ”, Ellen DeGeneres, David Collins, QEFTSG ”, –, Carson Kressley, Jai Rodriquez, Thom Filicia, Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, groomer, ” Rodriquez, Kressley, “, ‘, “ Gay ”, Michael Collins, ” Kressley, you’ve, Collins, Michael Williams –, ” Collins, ”, Michael, Shutterstock Collins, Williams, David, ” Williams, ’, Rodriguez, Filicia –, you’re, ” Rodriguez, ” Filicia, ‘ You’ve, we’re, Barbara Walters, “ I’m, Filicia, Anita Bryant, Rob Eric, We’ve, It’s, foodie Allen, Ted, ” What’s, They’ve, we’ve Organizations: CNN, Bravo, NBC Universal, Scout, Netflix, NBC Locations: Boston, Los Angeles

☆ What would a federal expansion of deposit insurance look like?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

That’s the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s standard limit, meaning any bank deposits up to that amount are protected by the independent government agency. But now there’s growing support for raising that insurance cap. A higher insurance cap doesn’t automatically mean banks will be subject to tighter regulations, Dollar noted, but there could be some call for it. The FDIC insurance limit has been raised seven times since 1950 — and $250,000 also isn’t a calculated number, Collins said. In 2008, the FDIC used the same system for temporary unlimited deposit insurance guarantee on certain accounts.

☆ EU top court adviser backs FX borrowers, Polish bank stocks fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Anna Koper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The country's KNF financial watchdog has warned that the banking sector could face a 100 billion zlotys hit in case of an unfavourable ruling. He added that if Polish courts grant remuneration to consumers the additional cost would be similar in the worst case scenario. Hundreds of thousands of Poles took out mortgages in foreign currencies, mainly in Swiss francs, attracted by lower interest rates. Many mortgage holders took banks to court, while banks started offering settlements to find an out-of-court solution. The total stock of foreign currency mortgages in Poland stood at almost 79 billion zloty in December based on the latest available KNF data, with Swiss franc mortgages accounting for over 52 billion zloty.

☆ Astronautul american Michael Collins, care a participat la misiunea Apollo 11, a murit la vârsta de 90 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Americanul Michael Collins, membru al echipajului Apollo 11, prima misiune spaţială care a transportat un echipaj de astronauţi pe Lună, a murit miercuri la vârsta de 90 de ani din cauza unui cancer, a anunţat familia sa într-un comunicat, informează AFP, citat de agerpres.ro. Pilot al modulului de comandă, Michael Collins a rămas pe orbita Lunii în timp ce colegii lui din echipajul misiunii, Neil Armstrong şi Buzz Aldrin, au devenit primii oameni care au păşit pe Lună. Născut pe 31 octombrie 1930 la Roma, fiu al unui diplomat de carieră, Michael Collins a devenit pilot de teste în armata americană. La fel ca Buzz Aldrin şi Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins a părăsit foarte repede NASA după revenirea triumfală pe Terra şi şi-a construit apoi o bogată carieră publică. În anii care au urmat, Michael Collins a devenit consultant şi a scris mai multe cărţi despre misiunile spaţiale.

Persons: Americanul Michael Collins, Apollo, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Gemini, Richard Nixon Organizations: Muzeului, Aerului Locations: Washington, Roma, americană

Astronautul american Michael Collins care a făcut parte din prima misiune pe Lună a decedat în vârstă de 90 de aniAstronautul american Michael Collins, membru al Apollo 11, prima misiune cu echipaj pe Lună, a decedat miercuri de cancer la vârsta de 90 de ani. Michael Collins a fost pilotul care a rămas pe orbită, în timp ce colegii săi de misiune Neil Armstrong şi Buzz Aldrin deveneau primii oameni care păşeau pe Lună. În ciuda vârstei sale, Michael Collins a rămas în ultimii ani cel mai activ veteran al misiunii Apollo şi cel mai poetic pentru că şi-a evocat amintirile sale de pe Lună. La fel ca Aldrin şi Armstrong, Collins a părăsit rapid NASA după întoarcerea triumfală pe Pământ şi a avut o bogată carieră politică. A fost numit secretar de Stat adjunct pentru Afaceri publice de preşedintele Richard Nixon, apoi a coordonat construirea Muzeului Aerului de la Washington, asumându-şi funcţia de preşedinte (1971-1978).

Persons: Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Aldrin, Apollo, Armstrong, Collins, Richard Nixon Organizations: Apollo, Gemini, NASA, Muzeului Aerului Locations: Roma, Washington

☆ (video) 10 filme din toate timpurile despre proteste pe care să le vizionezi
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-13 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

(video) 10 filme din toate timpurile despre proteste pe care să le vizioneziÎn contextul mitingului organizat astăzi, 13 septembrie, în Piața Marii Adunări Naționale din Chișinău, unde cetățenii s-au adunat pentru a lupta contra corupției și nedreptății din țară, sperând să obțină un trai mai bun, iată o listă cu 10 filme din toate timpurile care abordează tema protestelor. „Viva Zapata!” (1952)#4. „Land and Freedom” (1995)#5. „Good Night, and Good Luck” (2005)#9. „Che: Part one” (2008)„Che: Part two” (2009)

Persons: Viva Zapata, Michael Collins, Rosa, Che Organizations: Rosa Luxemburg Locations: Chișinău

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