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RTI Presents “How to Develop Mission-Critical Avionics and Defense Systems with Ada and DDS” Complimentary Webinar

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What: “How to Develop Mission-Critical Avionics and Defense Systems with Ada and DDS” complimentary webinar
When: Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 12, 2015) – Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) connectivity platform company, today announced it is hosting a complimentary webinar, “How to Develop Mission-Critical Avionics and Defense Systems with Ada and DDS,” in partnership with AdaCore.
RTI was named “The Most influential Industrial Internet of Things Company” in 2014 by Appinions and published in Forbes.
RTI provides the leading implementation of the Object Management Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard.

Private firms question California high-speed rail funding

So the California High-Speed Rail Authority asked firms to suggest how to reduce costs, speed up construction and attract outside money.
Officials with the rail authority called the receipt of 36 responses a sign that the private sector is very interested.
The rail authority released the documents to The Associated Press under a Public Records Act request.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Businesses that might bid to build a high-speed rail network across California are questioning whether there will be enough government funding to complete the complex and ambitious project.
In response it received 36 submissions from firms including global construction and engineering giants AECOM, Siemens and Parsons.

Drone Oversight Is Coming to Construction Sites

For some construction workers, any thoughts of slacking off could soon seem rather quaint.
Monitoring activity across a large, complex construction site is particularly difficult because there are so many moving parts, and because the jobs being performed change frequently.
Once per day, several drones automatically patrol the Sacramento work site, collecting video footage.
The software developed by the University of Illinois team can show how different subcontracting teams are working together.
At the Sacramento project, video is being captured by a drone-operating company called ImageInFlight.

Construction adds 6000 jobs in July; unemployment falls to 8-year low

The US economy added 215,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.3%, meeting expectations.
Health care added 28,000 jobs in July and has added 436,000 jobs over the year.
Some commentators have asserted that the unemployment rate is a misleading measure because the post-crisis decline in the labor force reflects more than demographic factors.
Friday’s report means “it will be hard to justify delaying an initial Fed rate hike”, said Scott Anderson, chief economist of Bank of the West in San Francisco.
Economists had expected employment to climb by about 223,000 jobs, which would have matched the increase originally reported for the previous month.

COS accepting architect students for fall semester

With the start of College of the Sequoias’ upcoming fall semester, comes the return of its many academic programs, including the school’s architecture program.
COS also opened the Tulare College Center, which operates agriculture programs and other programs.
The architecture department is located at the COS Tulare Campus, 4999 E. Bardsley Ave.
On Aug. 17, new and returning students will have the opportunity to join the program, which offers seven main courses.
Since 2000, the department has assisted in helping more than 100 students successfully gain employment in architecture, and 48 to attend four-year universities pursuing bachelor degrees, said Rolando Gonzalez, architecture professor.