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NASA has awarded a contract extension to TRAX International Corporation of Las Vegas for the Goddard Logistics and Technical Information II (GLTI II) services contract. GLTI II is a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract extension including technical performance incentive fees with a six-month base beginning Jan. 31, 2024, and three one-month options. The total potential award if all three options are exercised is about $46,760,000. The current contract, originally awarded in 2017 and extended in 2023, is valued at $419,869,000. Under this contract, TRAX will provide logistics support, technical information management and other services at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,…

The Old Bailey heard how Constance Marten and Mark Gordon got to Sussex after getting a taxi from Whitechapel to Newhaven on January 8. Marten, 36, and Gordon, 49, are on trial over the death of their baby Victoria who was found dead in a disused shed in Brighton on March 1. Last January 12, Marten was captured on film at a Texaco garage in East Sussex, jurors were told. After that the “trail went cold” until February 20 when they were spotted near Hollingbury Golf Course, John Smith, prosecuting, said. Read more: Updates as witnesses tell of seeing Constance Marten…

Location : The M6 northbound between junctions J6 and J7 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 23:00 and 23:15 on 30 January 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 20 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is grieving the loss of his wife, Melinda Kae Ledbetter, whom he married in 1995. The iconic pop star took to Instagram on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, to pay tribute to Melinda and remember her as his “savior.” “My heart is broken. Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning,” Brian, 81, captioned a black and white portrait of Melinda, along with a photo of the couple together. “Our five children and I are just in tears. We are lost.Melinda was more than my wife. She was my savior. She gave me…

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca flew solo with Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, the co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a digital media company delivering news through newsletter targeted at millennial women. Zakin and Weisberg talked about what market gap they wanted theSkimm to fill. They also talked about: Riding the bumpy rollarcoaster of the digital media landscape over the past decade. What it was like pitching a milenial women-focused product to male VCs. Why they decided to be co-CEOs and why they think the strategy works for them. Subscribe to…

Spam calls are a big issue for today’s companies. Robot callers and bad actors waste your time and cost you money. Business telephone systems offer security features as a first line of defence, but call screening is the best way to reduce the impact on operations.Call screening describes certain dedicated checks that include caller ID, which helps verify genuine incoming queries. In short, your service desk can sort the wheat from the chaff and prioritise actual, valuable customers.Call screening is a smart idea for any business; whether you run a large call centre or a mobile phone side hustle. Below,…

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Credit: NASA, ESA/Andreas Mogensen This high exposure photograph revealed Earth’s atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International Space Station on Jan. 21, 2024. At the time, the orbital lab was 258 miles above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Papua New Guinea. The Nauka science module and Prichal docking module are visible at left. Since the space station became operational in November 2000, crew members have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of…

Jes Hooper, from Brighton,  a former animal management lecturer at Plumpton College, and Lucy Newton, a Plumpton College graduate from Uckfield, set up the Civet Project Foundation with experts to stop civets being exploited. Expensive civet coffee is made using pre-digested cherries eaten by civets and then the beans are picked from their faeces. However, these civets are often captured through what campaigners say are inhumane practices, leading to injuries including loss of limbs, and forced into small cages to produce coffee beans. Civets are small, four legged mammals native to Asia and Africa. Ms Hooper, currently studying towards a…

Location : The A46 southbound at the junction with the A607 Syston North. Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 21:30 and 21:45 on 30 January 2024. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link