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Airlines Canceling Flights to Destinations Including Italy and Japan as Coronavirus Outbreak Spreads
British Airways and EasyJet are among the first airlines to suspend flights to Milan
By Georgia Slater
In January, all three major U.S. airlines — Delta, United and American — suspended flights to mainland China amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Now, dozens of carriers, both domestic and international, are suspending or reducing the number of flights to affected areas outside of China, including Italy, Japan and South Korea, where cases of the virus are increasing rapidly.
Notably, British Airways and U.K. low cost carrier EasyJet have canceled flights to Milan, multiple outlets have reported, making them some of the first airlines to change routes to Italy after more than 800 cases were confirmed in the country's northern Lombardy region, as of Friday.
Delta has canceled service on its Minneapolis to Seoul route and made other flights from the U.S. to the South Korean capital less frequent. Hawaiian has also suspended flights to Seoul.
United has suspended select routes to Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, according to Business Insider.
In the Middle East, Emirates has canceled flights to Tehran (Iran experienced a spike in coronavirus cases this week) and Bahrain.
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United stopped flights to mainland China on February 6 and suspended them through March 28, the airline announced in January.
"In response to the continued drop in demand for travel to China and the U.S. Department of State's decision to raise its China travel advisory to a Level 4, we have decided to suspend operations between our hub airport cities and Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai beginning February 6 until March 28," wrote the airline in a press release. "Until that date, we will continue to operate select flights to help ensure our U.S. based employees, as well as customers, have options to return home.
Delta said that they would be temporarily suspending all flights from the U.S. to China between Feb. 6 and April 30 .
"The last China-bound flight departing the U.S. will leave on Monday, Feb. 3 with the last return flight back to the U.S. departing China on Feb. 5," the airline wrote in a press release. "The airline will continue to monitor the situation closely and may make additional adjustments as the situation continues to evolve."
American Airlines said they would be halting all U.S.-China operations through March 27.
"Based on the U.S. Department of State's recent increase of the China Travel Advisory to a Level 4 (Do Not Travel), American is suspending its operations to and from the Chinese mainland beginning today through March 27," the airline wrote in a press release. "Our teams are contacting affected customers directly to accommodate their needs. We will continue to evaluate the schedule for March 28 and beyond and make any adjustments as necessary."
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Earlier this week, health officials urged Americans to start preparing for the likelihood that coronavirus will spread in the U.S. as the number of cases continue to rise nationally and in countries outside of China.
During a press briefing on Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control said that a bigger outbreak in the U.S. is imminent.
"It's not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country anymore but a question of when this will happen," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC. "We are asking the American public to prepare in the expectation that this could be bad."
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Coronavirus is a blanket term for several respiratory illnesses, ranging from the common cold to more severe viruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Symptoms typically include fever, cough, trouble breathing, headache and sore throat. For people who have severe cases, it can turn into pneumonia, SARS, and kidney failure and can result in death, according to the World Health Organization.
The first U.S. case of the coronavirus, which doesn't have a known treatment, was reported in January. A man in his thirties who had recently traveled to Wuhan, China, and returned to the U.S. on Jan. 15 was diagnosed.


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$1 Million TechStart Fund Launched to Spur Technology Innovation and Business Formation
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state's quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced that it has launched the TechStart Fund, which was created to spur technology innovation and business formation at an early stage. The TechStart Fund is one of several new initiatives slated to be launched under CI's recently announced plan to deploy $250 million over the next five years.
The TechStart Fund provides initial capital so that startup teams can determine the viability of a technology business and whether funding would be available to launch the new business. Supporting the TechStart Fund is a 10-week pilot program during which teams approved for funding will be provided with mentors and professional resources offering strategic guidance in launching a new business.
"We look forward to working with a wide range of high-tech entrepreneurs under the TechStart Fund," said Peter Longo, president and executive director of CI. "We've had great success in supporting student-led ventures in recent years and hope to encourage more students, as well as other entrepreneurs, to test the waters with new business concepts through TechStart."
The pilot program supporting the TechStart-funded teams will be directed by CTech@Science Park at Yale in New Haven and begin in March 2012. The application deadline for that initiative is February 22, 2012.
At the conclusion of the program, participating teams should be ready to make a pitch to investors and launch a company.
Longo added, "The TechStart Fund will complement and support programs to be offered under the state's exciting, new Innovation Ecosystem initiative. Entrepreneurial teams participating in any technology business accelerators started within the ecosystem's innovation hubs will have the opportunity to obtain critical startup funding through the TechStart Fund. In many cases, this will be the very first funding received by these emerging ventures."
About Connecticut Innovations Inc.
Connecticut Innovations (CI) is a quasi-public organization dedicated to driving a vibrant, entrepreneurial, technology-based economy in Connecticut. CI stimulates high-tech growth by investing in early-stage Connecticut technology companies, university/industry research collaborations and technology transfer and collaborating with government, business, nonprofit and academic organizations to advance technology growth and promote public policies consistent with CI's mission. For more information on CI, please visit www.ctinnovations.com.
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Connecticut Innovations Announces Approval of Plan to Deploy $250 Million in New Funding
CI to Expand Programs for Entrepreneurs and Recruit Out-of-State Startups
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the state's quasi-public authority responsible for technology-based economic development, today announced board approval of a plan to deploy $50 million per year, over five years, consisting of $25 million per year from the state of Connecticut, along with a matching $25 million per year over the same period from CI itself. The plan calls for CI to recruit early-stage, high-potential companies from other states, leverage its knowledge of the technology industry and investment community to attract outside investment to match CI funds, and utilize its expertise to expand existing initiatives and launch new initiatives to invigorate Connecticut's emerging technology sector, bolstering further CI's record of success.
$125 million in new funding from the state was included in Governor Malloy's jobs bill, which was signed into law in October 2011. CI's plan is to match this state funding for each of the next five years with its existing cash and funding from its investment returns.
"Connecticut Innovations has a proven ability to accurately assess the needs of entrepreneurs, and to respond to those needs with programs that reflect today's economic challenges and opportunities. CI's capabilities are essential to the success of the technology sector in Connecticut," said Governor Dannel P. Malloy. "Adding to their tool kit and providing more funding will allow the organization to accelerate its success in creating jobs and growing Connecticut's economy."
Included in the plan is:
$4 million per year for CI's pre-seed program, which offers loans to support the formation of new Connecticut technology companies.
$22 million per year for seed stage and Series A investments, which help entrepreneurs grow existing businesses, and for follow-on investments in CI portfolio companies.
$6.5 million per year for a newly developed loan program, which provides growth and working capital for technology companies.
$7 million per year for the aggressive recruitment of emerging technology companies nationally and internationally. CI plans to work with the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and other state agencies to design a relocation incentive package, similar to the governor's "First Five" initiative.
$4 million per year to help Connecticut companies capture more of the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds each year, as well as increase industry partnerships and the state's technology talent pipeline.
$4.8 million per year to establish technology business accelerator hubs, which will provide support services to startups, and to create a corporate technology transfer initiative.*
"This new funding will allow CI to continue to spur new innovation and startup business in the state as well as step up our recruitment of out-of-state companies to Connecticut," said Catherine Smith, DECD commissioner and CI chair. "We're excited about these new initiatives and we're eager to get the program underway."
In the past three years alone, CI investments have leveraged $74 million in private capital investments for Connecticut companies. Through the Small Business Research Innovation (SBIR) program, small Connecticut technology firms captured $35-$38 million per year in federal funding in recent years and have generated $20+ million more per year in revenues directly attributed to those awards. CI's investments add, on average, 1,600 Connecticut jobs per year.
*Revised as of January 12, 2012
Ownership of IP is a Key Strategy of Innovative Firms, According to WIPO
Ownership of intellectual property (IP) rights has become central to the strategies of innovating firms worldwide, according to The Changing Face of Innovation, a new report from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Researchers contend that rapidly growing global investments in innovation and the globalization of economic activities are key drivers of this trend. Between 1980 and 2009, global patents rose from 800,000 applications to 1.8 million. During this time, international royalty and licensing fee revenue increased from $2.8 billion in 1970 to $27 billion in 1990, and to approximately $180 billion in 2009 outpacing global gross domestic product (GDP). These results have led to the emergence of new market intermediates (e.g., IP clearinghouses and brokerages). The researchers also contend that this trend will move IP policy to the forefront of innovation policy.
Evidence indicates that knowledge markets enable firms to specialize, allowing them to be more innovative and efficient at the same time, according to the report. However, globalization of the knowledge market also places a greater emphasis on innovative firms to decide which knowledge to control and safeguard from domestic and international competitors and which to share for the purpose of increasing the general knowledge base. Rapid innovation in select sectors (e.g., telecommunications, software and audiovisual technology) has led to significant increases in the number of patent applications of complex technologies — technologies consisting of many separately patentable inventions where patent ownership is often widespread.
To keep up with this growing trend, well-functioning patent institutions have become a cornerstone of successful innovation systems. They must perform several tasks including ensuring the quality of patents granted and providing balanced dispute resolution. However, they are facing increasing pressure due to the significant number of applications they receive each year. This has lead to a significant number of national patent offices facing severe backlogs. In 2010, the number of unprocessed applications worldwide stood at 5.2 million.
The report highlights several different national policies to harness public research for innovation, including polices to incentivize patenting and commercialization of products by university and public research organizations (PROs). These programs have seen significant results over the past several decades. University and PRO filings under the WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) have grown from almost zero in the 1980s to more than 15,000 in 2010 with most of the growth coming from advanced economies (e.g., Germany, France, Japan and the U.S.). The report concludes that policy reforms aimed at promoting patent-based university technology transfer have multifaceted effects on research institutions, firms, the science system and national economies.
Highlights from the rest of the report's finding include:
Global R&D expenditures almost doubled in real terms from 1993 to 2009;
Clear evidence that innovation is increasingly international with increases in the share of peer-reviewed articles with international co-authorship and a rising share of patents from international collaborators;
Evidence to support the idea that innovation has become more collaborative and open; and,
Evidence showing that society usually benefits from research collaboration due to enahanced efficiency and effectiveness of the innovation process.
WIPO also released its World Intellectual Property Indicators 2011, a report that contains detailed statistical information on national and international IP filing data. IP filings worldwide rebounded strongly in 2010 after a considerable decline in 2009, according to the report. During that period, the recovery in IP filings was stronger than the overall economic recovery. While global GDP grew by 5.1 percent, patent filings grew by 7.2 percent in 2010. Data shows that China and the U.S. accounted for nearly four-fifths of worldwide growth in patent filings. After two years of near zero growth, the U.S. patent office saw 7.5 percent growth in 2010 and received the largest total number of applications worldwide (490,226). Mirroring wider economic trends, the patent office of China (391,177 filings) overtook the office of Japan (344,598 filings) to become the second largest recipient of patent applications.
The report also analyzes the numbers of filings by resident applicants. During this time, Chinese residents overtook Japanese residents by 2,985 applications to become the most active patent filers in 2010. Residents of Japan (172,945 applications) and the U.S. (178,355 applications) filed the largest number of patent applications outside their own country. Residents of Canada, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland filed more than 80 percent of their total applications abroad. Read the report...
Attributed to: State Science and Technology Institute
January 10, 2012 in Resources for Emerging Companies | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tech Companies: Line up your Spring and Summer interns now!
CTC has had great luck with interns from area universities and technical high schools. Hiring an intern can provide your company with a cost effective means of completing projects along with a boost of ideas and energy that can benefit your entire company!
How to find interns:
Visit Internhere.com - a service of the Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership aimed at connecting students with internship opportunities. They offer both High School and College intern matching, statewide. Create a profile and watch the terrific applications come in!
For Hartford Area Interns: Pathways to Technology Magnet High School is looking for (primarily summer) openings for their very tech savvy high schoolstudents. Contact Kim Bennett, Internship Coordinator at 860-695-9495 or capok001@hartfordschools.org
About Pathways:
Pathways to Technology Magnet High School is one of hundreds of Academy programs established in high schools across the country by the National Academy Foundation (NAF). NAF's mission is to sustain a national network of career academies to support the development of our students toward personal and professional success in high school, in higher education and throughout their careers. It is an Academy of Information Technology (AOIT) and some of our classes include Programming, Computer Information Systems and Networks, Web Design, Film/Video, and Sound Production.
The IT program consists of a rigorous academic curriculum taken over three or four years of high school, and includes a student internship, after the end of the junior year. Our academy approach focuses on long-term goals and successfully bridges the gap between the classroom and the workplace.
From Kimberly Bennett, College/Career Specialist and Internship Coordinator:
We are seeking meaningful internships for our students where they can take the knowledge and skills they have learned in the classroom and apply it to the work environment. Through my contact with employers, we have been told by some supervisors that our students are even more prepared than college interns! As previously stated, we are seeking meaningful internship opportunities for our students to gain real world experience. I have attached our Internship Brochure for Employers.
Pathways to Technology Magnet High School, 184 Windsor Ave, Windsor, CT
Kim Bennett, Internship Coordinator at 860-695-9495 or capok001@hartfordschools.org
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CORE strategically supports companies to develop their approach to corporate responsibility. CORE is based on Business in the Community's Corporate Responsibility (CR) Model. This model details the main corporate responsibility issues under the themes of People, Planet and Place alongside an additional three essential requirements that businesses must consider in order to be truly responsible: Marketplace Responsibility, Stakeholder Engagement and Responsible Leadership.
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ServiceMark is a national standard, independently recognising an organisation's achievement in customer service and its commitment to upholding those standards ServiceMark is awarded based on customer satisfaction feedback and an assessment of employee engagement with your organisation's customer service strategy. It helps organisations understand the effectiveness of their customer service strategy and identifies areas for improvement.
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Staff from Co-Ownership have recently taken part in JAM Card awareness training which provided them with the knowledge they need to ensure that users of the JAM Card feel welcome in their establishment. The JAM Card, which stands for Just A Minute, is a social innovation from NOW Group an organisation that supports people with learning difficulties and autism into employment. It was their service users who said they would like a discreet way of telling people that sometimes they need a little extra time and patience.
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The NI Environmental Benchmarking Survey scores organisations on the measures they take to improve and better manage their environmental impacts. Co-Ownership has achieved Bronze status in this year's Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.


These two had *the best Easter ever*!!!
I'm apologizing now for the photo-heavy post, but these really describe our Easter. We got to go kayaking, yes, kayaking on Easter, in April!
Let me tell you how absolutely excited it was. We kayaking all the time, but never this early in the season. Usually mid-may or June is the earliest we can go out.
But, an almost 80-degree day in the Adirondacks meant we hit the water with our paddles.
Toby was having a blast. He even chases his toy in the water, which he never does. Maddux, was a bit freaked out, despite kayaking regularly for the past two years.
There was a storm coming in later in day, and I think he was weird because of that.
My dad was out kayaking with us and I got some great photos of him and Toby!
Oh, we did take a few real Easter photos today, too!
Hope your Easter was as awesome as ours!


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Emergency services – including police and paramedics – rushed to the double roundabout near the Ipswich Novotel shortly after 7pm today.
Police confirmed officers were called to the scene and were being assisted by an ambulance crew.
A Suffolk Constabulary spokesman said a man had been arrested on suspicion of drink driving in connection with the incident.
He has been taken to the Martlesham Police Investigation Centre where he will be questioned.
No one was seriously hurt in the incident and a car has been seized by police, the spokesman added.
Part of the roundabout – close to the Punch and Judy – has been cleared after it was coned off while investigations took place.


8 different BCS churches were represented during the outreach.
3 "Back to School" lists were completed for three of our dancers' children.
August has been a month filled with transition and opportunity. With so many moving pieces, it's been difficult to organize plans and strategies.
As we entered the club, we quickly realized that the room held double the usual number of dancers...but no patrons. This allowed each JSL volunteer extra time for conversation with several new dancers! Most of these were totally new to the industry and heard for the first time the heartbeat of Jesus Said Love.
August was my first outreach as a part of the Waco team! It was an honor to do ministry beside our Waco team- they are incredible! Each one of them is full of love and compassion. They have powerful testimonies and clear calling.
Our Friday night was filled with honest and vulnerable dialogue with the women. Money was low, fear was high, and all of the women were looking for a way out. Many phone numbers were exchanged, and so many of the women are meeting with us outside of the clubs.
A few weeks ago, I met with one of these women. She recently decided to make the brave decision to leave the industry and transition into the unknown...but because of her lifestyle, she felt like God may not want to take her back.
In the middle of a coffee shop, I shared the story of the prodigal son, which she had never heard before. When I described the Father's open arms in response to his son's return, she began to weep. She finally said in between sobs, "That is the most amazing story I have ever heard." Hope was awakened in her, and she became convinced all over again of God's incredible love! Pray for our dear friend as she applies at other jobs this month.
August outreach was incredible! The ladies were excited to see us and welcomed us with open arms. "I missed you guys!" and, "Where have ya'll been?" were common phrases in each club we visited.
For one dancer, it was her first night in the clubs after a three-year absence. She had secured a secretarial job that she loved...but her boss sexually harassed her, so she hit him. She feared she would be arrested, so she left and never returned. To pay the bills for her and her six-year-old son, she returned to what she knew: dancing. She invited me to sit and talk with her as she was packing her things to leave. She said, "I'm about to pay to leave because I know now that this isn't the life for me." I was able to pray for her and encourage her in her decision to leave it behind!
Another amazing woman sang for me as I encouraged her to follow her passion for music. She had been singing in her church choir until they recently discovered she was a dancer and asked her to step down. She explained that she understood and wasn't bitter at all with the church's decision. When she sang, there was a peace in the atmosphere.
2 new Clubs Team members entered the clubs for the first time.
Our Security Team met and began a relationship with 2 new security guards.
The evening of outreach collided with the first night of the Exxxotica Convention in Dallas, meaning each club was packed...some almost double the amount of dancers. We met new dancers, a new manager, new security guards, and spoke with a few patrons seeking to understand what we were doing there. Eight new phone numbers were exchanged between dancer and club team, and the relationships outside the club began a few days later.
We could not have been more thankful for the reception we received. One house mom in particular teared up as we walked through the door. The busyness of the summer did not allow our schedules to stay in touch. The month away from the club had been a rough one for her, and she hugged my neck tightly. We spent the next 40 minutes catching up like old friends and she would not let anyone interrupt the conversation.
Our time in the clubs felt like a new start. Although relationships were already formed, it was like the Lord was telling us that amazing things are to come this Fall!
For discernment and wisdom for our Club Team as they love these women beginning to transition from the industry.
When we arrived in the club, we saw several familiar faces! The girls who have been consistently working in the club have begun to see us as a regular occurrence and look forward to our presence there. The dressing room was a bit of a different story. We are almost always bombarded with new names, new faces, and new stories.
One of our regular women made us aware of a friend of hers who recently took custody of 11 children in her home after both of her sisters were tragically killed. We were able to provide her with gift cards to buy the children school supplies, and a local church gifted her with diapers and grocery store gift cards. Would you pray we are able to make connections for her with a local church, and that this would be seen as an act of trustworthiness for the dancers?
- Church partnerships. We would love to see more churches in the Houston area who want to see their people invested with with Jesus Said Love!
- Clarity. There are a handful of clubs in the southwest corner of Houston that I am praying for. I am continually asking God for clarity and direction about which specific club/clubs He wants us to be in. Will you pray for this with me? I am confident God will make it clear!
- Our women. Pray for the women, managers, and staff who we will meet! Pray that God will begin preparing their hearts. Pray for favor.
- Finances. When you partner with Jesus Said Love financially, it is just that - a "partnership". When you give, you love and care for women in an industry where there is no hope. When you give, it allows our teams to go into dark places and build relationships with women who need friendship. We're then able to connect them to community and spiritual resources as they express needs.
We still need funds to run the ministry at full capacity here in Houston. Would you pray with me that churches, organizations, and individuals would partner with us financially?
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer or give, please e-mail me at sally@jesussaidlove.com.
Praying with hope and confidence!


Luke Combs' double platinum single, "Beautiful Crazy," continues to burn up the charts! The song is still Number One on Billboard's Country Airplay chart for the seventh-straight week! And his Tour - coming here in November! - is burning up the road!
Dan + Shay are cleaning up at all the awards shows, and it's all thanks to Tequila. The song that is, not the agave juice.
Dan+Shay are having an incredible year, and I predict they will clean up at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday, April 7th, at 8 p.m. on KIRO 7 Seattle.
Thomas Rhett has released the details on his upcoming album and it's special Guest Stars and you gotta check this out right now!!
Take a look at the new Tunnel replacing the Viaduct!


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This took place in the season 6 play-in game between STR and MNC.
riku confirmed for bfc hof?
I wish that we still had videos back from the Warzone and SA days and the first few seasons of BFC back in 2007/8.
We have the 4v4 CS tournament video somewhere still...right Kratos?


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An Illustrated Guide to the Swamp Creature Who Could Be the Next Interior Secretary
How David Bernhardt became "the guy doing the dirty work."
While Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke grabbed headlines for a dubious land deal and ethically questionable private plane trips, his unobtrusive deputy, David Bernhardt, was hard at work remaking the department that oversees the nation's public lands and parks. Now that Zinke has succumbed to ethics challenges and will retire from Interior at the end of the year, Bernhardt is perfectly positioned to take his slot. For 17 months now, he's worked quietly behind the scenes as what the director of the Sierra Club's public lands program calls "the guy doing the dirty work."
In the tank
Bernhardt got his start in the swamp, working as a Washington, DC, lobbyist representing a range of fossil fuel clients, including Cobalt International Energy, Delta Petroleum, and Freeport LNG.
Frack, marry, drill
As a senior official in President George W. Bush's Interior Department, Bernhardt helped craft plans to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling, keep snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park, and exempt frackers from certain clean water regulations.
After returning to lobbying during the Obama years, Bernhardt briefly headed President-elect Donald Trump's Interior transition team and was then named Zinke's No. 2 in April 2017. He recused himself from handling business involving his old lobbying and consulting clients, at least in theory. But he's known for covering his tracks, limiting the paper trail showing his exact role in decisions that benefit his former clients.
Since 2017, the Interior Department has reassigned dozens of high-level staffers. Bernhardt oversaw the transfer of Yellowstone's veteran superintendent, who said the shake-up was meant to signal "there's a new sheriff in town."
Opening the floodgates
In August, Zinke issued an order to "maximize water supply" for agribusiness in California's Central Valley—a move that happens to help a powerful water district Bernhardt once represented.
Go faster, bureaucrat! Drill, drill!
Bernhardt, who repped Alaska in its bid to expand oil exploration in ANWR, has taken steps to speed up the environmental reviews for oil projects in the refuge.
Bah, wilderness
Bernhardt is taking aim at the Endangered Species Act and protections for the greater sage grouse—goals of his former clients at the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Safari Club International.
The muck stops here
Federal investigators, including the Interior Department's inspector general, have opened multiple probes of Zinke's conduct, including his role in a questionable land deal involving Halliburton's chairman. With Bernhardt's star rising, environmental activists now want the inspector general to take a closer look at his possible conflicts of interest. A few of his subordinates have already been investigated. The person usually responsible for giving teeth to the IG's findings? Bernhardt.
Zinke or swim
What's next? Possibly a promotion. With Zinke moving on, Bernhardt is ready to step in, whether it is as acting secretary until a new leader is confirmed or permanently. As Joel Clement, an Obama-era Interior official, observes, "Bernhardt knows where all the skeletons are and the strings to pull."
Ryan Zinke Out as Interior Secretary
"The Guy Doing the Dirty Work" at Trump's Interior Department is an Ex-Oil Lobbyist Straight Out of the Swamp


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No school wants to take in stateless child
Hannes Kruger, Netwerk24
School desks. (Duncan Alfreds, News24)
Public steps in to help 8-year-old who was told to take her shirt off in class
Poor pupil allegedly made to take non-regulation shirt off in class
School shortage is department's fault – report
Johannesburg - The 8-year-old girl who was forced to take off her shirt in front of all her classmates because her mother couldn't afford the prescribed shirt, hasn't been able to go back to school yet.
No schools want to accept her because she is stateless, Netwerk24 reported.
She was born in South Africa, but isn't registered because her mother is stateless.
Her father, however, is a South African.
"No one has the child's interests at heart," said Sophia Welz, who employs the girl's mom.
According to Welz an independent school had accepted the youngster after she'd been taken out of The Metropolitan College in the Johannesburg CBD because of the shirt incident.
"When she wanted to enrol for Grade 3, the principal of the new school informed us that she couldn't attend because she didn't have a birth certificate and the school could lose its Education Department grant."
The girl's mom says she's been trying for more than a week at both the Department of Home Affairs and the Children's Court to register her child, so that she can go to school.
According to Liesl Muller, a lawyer at Lawyers for Human Rights who specialises in statelessness, a person is stateless when no country recognises him or her as a citizen "in terms of the law or in practice for various reasons".
'Everyone should have access to education'
Muller, who is handling the case, said the child should at least be allowed to attend school while the registration process is under way because it could take months and even years to be completed.
"In terms of the law, the Education Department should give everyone access to basic education, even if they are stateless and do not have the necessary documentation.
In terms of Education Department policy, she said, three important documents had to be submitted before a child could attend a school – a birth certificate, an immunisation card and a transfer card.
"However, the department's policy does allow for pupils who don't have the documents to be registered while the parents or guardians get the necessary papers. This must be done within a reasonable time."
Despite the law and policy, Welz said, the Education Department wouldn't admit the girl to any school.
"She's a clever child and she's falling behind with her school work while we wait. I don't understand why she can't go to school while the documentation issue is resolved."
Oupa Bodibe, the Gauteng Education Department's acting spokesperson, said the department didn't have a policy with regard to stateless children.
"The department only places children in schools if they have the necessary and legal documentation."
Bodibe referred the matter to the Department of Home Affairs and said "foreigners who are finding it difficult to place their children in South African schools because of outstanding documentation, should contact their nearest embassy for assistance".
The department is expected to comment on Tuesday about the claims that it is acting illegally and against its own policy by not allowing the child admission to a school.
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After 22 years of teaching the Martial Arts, AJ Buehler fulfilled his dream of becoming a Massage Therapist. AJ brings 20 years of experience as a Licensed Massage Therapist and is continuing another dream: his love of teaching. AJ feels that by teaching others, it helps him to be a better massage therapist.
AJ owns Therapeutic Massage in downtown Bend and specializes in Deep Tissue, Sports, and Swedish massage. He also works with clients in pain management and teaches them stretching techniques to help them with their ongoing rehabilitation. AJ likes to incorporate humor into his lessons as well as creative Power Point demonstrations to keep students engaged and learning.
AJ lives with his wife, two young daughters, and their Shlab (Siberian-Husky- Lab) in Bend, and enjoys hiking, camping, and Aikido. AJ enjoys the fact that he is a life long learner!
Bonnie graduated from Seattle's Brenneke School of Massage in 1995 and began a private massage therapy practice in Bellingham, WA. After moving to Bend in 1997, she started her private practice and taught at the former Central Oregon School of Massage. In 2000 she began teaching in the Massage Therapy Program at Central Oregon Community College, where taught kinesiology, massage, and introduction to massage therapy as a career, a course she designed and developed. Bonnie has been teaching at Sage School of Massage & Esthetics since the school opened and is passionate about sharing her skills and real world experiences with each new class.
Bonnie has taught infant massage at the Athletic Club of Bend and in private classes. She loves her profession and is committed to the field of massage, and massage education. Bonnie believes massage can be of benefit to every body, and has a passion for offering excellent skills to her clients. Her continuing education courses have covered a wide range of techniques, including myofascial release, treatment of whiplash injuries, cadaver anatomy, and cranial sacral therapy. She has studied deep tissue massage with Bill Musser, LMT, and has assisted in workshops on whiplash treatment, and SOAP charting with Diana Thompson, LMT.
As avid dog lover, she taught dog training at Dancin' Woofs Compassionate Dog Training Dog Training and worked at doggie daycare. Bonnie has raised three potential service dogs for Canine Companions for Independence and always lives with at least one doggie companion.
Deby has 35 years of teaching experience and 24 years as a licensed massage therapist. She has developed successful private practices in Portland and Bend Oregon. Her primary focus is treating chronic pain conditions, auto injuries, and stress management.
She loves to teach because she loves to learn. Deby often says, "Teaching makes me a better therapist and my private practice makes me a better instructor". She enjoys inspiring and motivating students to believe in themselves and their abilities to be the best massage therapist they can.
Her desire is to give the knowledge and skills she has learned in a fun, creative, learning environment. Students say she communicates the main objectives of a lesson clearly, so that they can understand the importance, for their own massage careers.
Diane attended massage school at the Healing Arts Institute in Fort Collins, CO while finishing her Bachelor of Science at Colorado State University. She graduated in 1996 and opened a private massage practice. After practicing for about a year, she decided to further explore her interest in the healing arts by spending fi ve years studying at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine. After fi nishing school in 2002, she moved to Bozeman, MT to open a practice. Before long, Diane met and fell in love with her husband and moved to Sisters, OR to marry him.
Diane now has a private massage practice in Sisters where she focuses primarily on injury treatment and rehabilitation. She continues to practice massage because of the benefi ts that her clients experience, the fulfi llment that she feels, and the fl exibility that it affords as she raises three children. Diane also loves to run, mountain bike, rock climb, and occasionally compete in adventure racing.
Diane has taught in a number of settings in the past, and is very excited about teaching massage. Her main goal for teaching is communicating information that will be relevant to practice in the "real world" while having fun and cultivating a passion for massage.
Like so many people drawn to the practice of massage therapy, Kelly started out as just another massage junkie. It was after years of receiving body work that Kelly finally sent himself to massage school to learn the craft. Educated at Utah College of Massage Therapy in Salt Lake City Utah, Kelly's career path has taken him to spas in Utah, Idaho, California and currently Shibui Spa in Sisters Oregon. Kelly brings 14 years of spa management and massage experience to our staff.
Kelly has been teaching Swedish massage, hydrotherapy and deep tissue classes since 2007. Before becoming an educator, Kelly has spent the bulk of his career as a lead massage therapist, a job description that includes, hiring and training massage staff as well as the concept and design of body treatments.
Lindsey started her career in the health and wellness industry as a massage therapist. She graduated from the International Professional School of Bodywork in San Diego in 2004, with an Associate's Degree in Holistic Health and Bodywork. As much as she loved practicing massage, it led her to her ultimate passion, which is skin care. Lindsey graduated from Poway Beauty Academy in June 2006, and has over 11 years of experience as an esthetician, working in many different capacities as a lead esthetician at a spa, as well as a spa director.
She has recently branched out on her own with her twin sister, and created her own business, Twincare Skincare. She loves making people feel good and helping people age gracefully, naturally. Her motto is healthy, beautiful skin at every age! Lindsey has a lot of experience as a lead trainer for massage and esthetics, which led her to her position at Sage. She enjoys creating a solid foundation for student estheticians, and giving them the confidence and inspiration they need to go out there and follow their passions in this industry.
In her free time, Lindsey enjoys spending time with her friends and family, exploring the beauty of Central Oregon, reading a good book, and taking her two small dogs to the park.
Lisa, a resident of Bend for over 20 years, is a licensed massage therapist with a B.S. in biology/pre-physical therapy from Washington State University. She also attended Yakima Valley Community College where she earned an Associated of Arts in radiologic technology. Prior to becoming a massage therapist, Lisa was a registered radiologic technologist (RT) for 17 years. During her last 7 years as an R.T., she was trained as a medical assistant where she assisted internists and doctors of osteopathic medicine. Lisa later studied massage therapy at Sage School of Massage and earned her license in 2009.
From a young age, Lisa had a keen interest in the mechanics of the body. She began her athletic career in middle school which fueled her inspiration to later become a personal trainer. Today, Lisa is an avid runner, weight trainer and loves to be on her bike.
Lisa's passion for health, wellness and nutrition combined with genuine caring for others led naturally to her career path as a therapist. As a facilitator in the healing process, she finds great reward in helping her clients learn how they can make profound changes in their bodies and lives.
Marijane started her career as a Licensed Massage Therapist in 2010 after graduating from Sage School of Massage. As soon as she received her license she started working for a chiropractor, a spa, and an athletic club. Working in diverse environments helped her discover her passion in CranioSacral Therapy which is the primary modality she practices.
Having a strong desire for learning and the learning process, Marijane joined the faculty of Sage after several years of working as a teaching assistant in several classes. She enjoys being in the classroom and identifies with the students because she has been a student herself, and understands the journey well.
Raising four children as well as building a practice gives Marijane a wealth of experience to inspire and mentor her students.
Matthew has specialized in therapeutic structural bodywork and soft-tissue injury treatment since graduating in 2000 from the 1000-hour professional licensing program at the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle WA. He went on to work at several world class spas in Sedona, Arizona including Mii Amo at Enchantment Resort.
In 2005 he completed the Kinesis Myofascial Integration (KMI) training with Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains. After this 500-hour advanced training he passed the rigorous BCSI exam to become the first Board Certified Structural Integrator (BCSI) in Central Oregon.
train the students to see into bodies in a new way. Matthew uses Thomas Myers "Anatomy Trains" as a map to show where common compensations and dysfunctions develop. When you can SEE an imbalance within a structure it becomes much easier to work with it.
Renee Iverson has been a licensed Aesthetician since 2007 practicing esthetics in Kirkland, Washington and Bend Oregon. From 2007 to 2015 she was co-owner of Mountain Sun Massage and Skin Care in Kirkland Washington where she created and managed the esthetics portion of the spa. In 2015 she and her husband moved to Bend to enjoy everything Central Oregon has to offer! She currently works out of her home, giving facials with a focus on anti-aging treatments and modalities.
In addition to tradition esthetics school, Renee has many hours of continuing education from UCLA extension in skin care ingredient chemistry, skin physiology and advanced skin care ingredients for specific conditions. She is certified in Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage for the face and neck as well as Microcurrent Muscle re-education techniques and LED light therapy. She is excited to bring her in-depth knowledge of the science of skincare to the esthetics students at Sage School. Skincare science is the foundation of the entire practice of esthetics. Once all that primary knowledge is "in the bones", students will be able to recognize what is happening within the skin and what ingredients and treatments are necessary to achieve balance and skin rejuvenation.
Like so many people in our part of the world, Renee has lots of irons in the fire! She has a B.S. Degree in Textile Design from UC Davis and she has done a ton of theatre including acting, singing, set painting, teaching and costume design. When not giving facials or teaching skincare science, you will find her walking the local trails with her husband and dog or in her art studio messing with her paints.
Mai has a long background in Speech Communication, as well as, International Sales and Marketing. She believes in the healing power of touch and wellness from within.
Mai changed careers and received her Esthetic and Nail Technician license from the state of Oregon. She loves working with facial clients to promote skincare to radiate their healthiest glow. She is a creative spirit who enjoys working with color and texture. She appreciates the diverse umbrella of esthetics to nurture her natural curiosity and imagination.
She finds great pleasure in sharing her work and experience with estheticians in training.
Kathy became a licensed Esthetician in 2016 and a Certified Advanced Esthetician in 2017 she worked for a short time as a Laser Technician in a local Medi Spa and an Advanced Esthetics Instructor before coming aboard as in instructor for Sage.
Kathy is not only a licensed Higher Education Instructor for the State of Oregon but has been a public-school educator for more than 20 years. She always works hard to connect with her students and to strive to show how the curriculum is relevant in everyday life.
For almost half of the years that Kathy has been sharing her love of learning and educating others, she and her family lived and work overseas. She has been very fortunate to have experienced other cultures, customs, and many wonderful places in the world. She came back to Bend with a greater sense of respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human. She raised two young girls overseas and they also have returned with a great love for adventure and travel.
Like many, Kathy juggles much in a day from raising and keeping track of two high school girls, helping her husband with starting a custom leather business, working part time for HDESD, riding her motorcycle on warm days and keeping her two dogs busy with hiking as much as she can in the beautiful outdoors of Central Oregon.
Tim has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1999, starting his career in Northern California. He moved to Bend in 2005. His specialty is in NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT) which is an integrative muscle testing technique designed to evaluate and correct imbalances and compensation patterns of the body. He incorporates NKT with numerous other techniques to provide the best treatment for each client.


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[ January 17, 2021 ] Six Entrapped Manatees at Pine Island Conservation Area Rescued By Florida Fish and Wildlife and Partners	Brevard News
VIDEO: Brevard County Sheriff's Office Holds September 11 Remembrance Event
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff // September 12, 2015
honored Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers
Sheriff Wayne Ivey spoke at three separate events on September 11 that honored the memory of 9/11, including the Remembrance Event at Port Canaveral. The events were held to honor Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers and members of the U.S. Armed Services who put their lives on the line every day to protect our community. (BCSO image)
BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – On September 11, I had the honor of speaking at three separate events that honored the memory of 9/11.
The events were held to honor Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, and the members of our Armed Services who put their lives on the line every day to protect our community.
In honor of our Fallen Heroes we must always remember the sacrifices that our first responders made on that day and also everything our military has done to protect this great country.
It is our job as citizens and patriots to never let their memory and sacrifices be forgotten.
I would like to personally thank everyone who allowed me to speak at the various events and also thank everyone who came to the various events today to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great nation.
ABOVE VIDEO: The Brevard County Sheriff's Office held a September 11 Remembrance Even at Port Canaveral to honored the memory of 9/11. The event was held to honor Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers, and the members of the U.S. Armed Services who put their lives on the line every day to protect our community.
ABOVE VIDEO: Lee Hathaway, who was an attendee during the Brevard County Sheriff's Office's 9/11 Remembrance Speech, tells Space Coast Daily what this day means to him.
The Brevard County Sheriff's Office held a September 11 Remembrance Event that honored the memory of 9/11 and to honor Firefighters, Law Enforcement Officers and members of the U.S. Armed Services who put their lives on the line every day to protect our community. (Rhett Lighthall image)
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor's Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey's background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
Sheriff Wayne Ivey
Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country's first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft. That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today. The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.
Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim's rights and protection.
Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.
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Wyoming enacts texting ban
Wyoming is the 20th state to enact a statewide ban prohibiting drivers from texting while behind-the-wheel.
Beginning July 1, the new ban will allow Wyoming law enforcement officials to ticket anyone caught texting while driving in the state.
"Wyoming has taken an important step to eliminate distracted driving," said U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "Texting while driving, like talking on cell phones while driving, is dangerous to the driver doing it and all of those around them."
According to the National Highway Traffic Administration, nearly 6,000 people died and more than half a million were injured in 2008 in crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver.
In 2009, more than 200 distracted driving bills were considered by state legislatures and legislative activity is expected to remain strong this year, according to the DOT.
The DOT has unveiled sample legislation developed by NHTSA to be used as a starting point for writing new state laws to prohibit texting while driving.
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This was supposed to be a roundup of the places I dined at while in Virginia, but I needed to go with something simple. My body needed it, too. Heavy restaurant eating and not enough outdoor exercise make me feel blah and yuck and argg. I did finally get back to Colorado with nary a hitch if you ignore that it was 24 hours later. And while I do miss my parents, I'm also ecstatic to be back to my life of thin air, simple mountain living, Jeremy, and American West sensibilities.
So today you get salad, or rather, salad dressing. I always say a homemade salad dressing is ten times better than any store-bought dressing, because it's true! And it is only slightly more work. My favorite default dressing is a squeeze of lemon juice, some good olive oil, salt, and pepper. Good stuff and super simple. Of course, we like to change things up around here with different kinds of dressings or salad ingredients (see the links below the recipe for some of my favorites). I thought it would be good to revisit an oldie, but goodie – something that graced every salad bar of my youth in the 70s and 80s – green goddess dressing.
I was planning to have a recipe for you, but USAirways didn't want that to happen and managed to botch every possible way for me to get home to Colorado. All I have on my laptop are a bunch of photos from my extra long weekend in Williamsburg, Virginia. Jeremy joined us for the actual weekend between meetings and talks in Charlottesville (Virginia). So enjoy the photos and I'll talk about great places to dine around here in the next post if I ever get home!
When I left my house early yesterday morning, the predominant color of my neighborhood was white. The snow has steadily deflated and melted, but it's still there. Within 25 minutes, we were zipping through Boulder's streets where trees dripped with the confetti of springtime: bright yellow greens, pinks, whites, purples. My head hurt because it was early and because I had gone to bed late. This always happens when I travel – it's the "wrapping up of things the night before" and the "catching a flight the following morning" head hurting thing.
My noggin did the deep sleep bounce several times during my flight to the East Coast. It woke me with that heart-racing jolt – you know, the one that makes you instinctively touch the corners of your mouth to see if you were drooling in your sleep. Each time I peered out the window to find a sea of clouds stretched out beneath us, like a giant down comforter. I searched for signs of landforms, but the weather prevailed and so did sleep. On my connection to Virginia, our puddle jumper rose above the clouds for a mere three minutes before beginning the descent. Underneath the cloud deck, I marveled at how green the Tidewater area was. Green and flat. Flat such that the only shadows thrown in the setting sun were from the trees and not from the topography of the coastal plain. Dominated by the estuaries that branch into this green and flat land with a million brackish fingers. It's the opposite of where I make my home. And yet, I was coming home.
It's been some time since I have visited Virginia, but we have this short window to travel before The Summer of Puppy commences. Of course, Dad has planned nearly every minute of my stay with activities, meals, and wine. I expressed my doubts that it is humanly possible to consume ALL of the food he has in mind for a long weekend (he just asked me when we're going to eat soft shell crab). That's the problem with going back to a place you know – there's never enough time (or waistband). But you should save some belly room for these Korean barbecue chicken wings I tried from Irvin's beautiful food blog. They're baked, which in my opinion is far easier to make and less messy to clean up than frying, and they taste fantastic.


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Corraling Kafka: New ecosystem simplifies, democratizes event-streaming data for enterprises
George Lawton@glawton
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Aiven, a cloud-data platform based in Helsinki, has fleshed out an open-source ecosystem for Apache Kafka, a popular event-streaming platform. The new offerings promise to help enterprises consolidate their Kafka infrastructure using open-source components.
"Event streaming is transitioning toward the main stack of the IT infrastructure," Filip Yonov, director of data streaming product management at Aiven, told VentureBeat. "At Aiven, we have witnessed the fastest growth in the event-streaming domain compared to all other products."
Apache Kafka provides the infrastructure for wiring streams of data together from databases, apps, IoT devices, and third-party sources. Kafka helps organize raw data into event streams that reduce data size and are easier to integrate into event-driven apps and analytics. Enterprises use it to improve customer experiences, build the industrial metaverse and monitor patients.
However, building out a Kafka infrastructure involves a lot of moving parts. Aiven has consolidated all the necessary tooling into one place to simplify this process. Key new enhancements include support for Apache Flink and data governance. These complement existing tools for connecting services, replicating data and managing schemas for Kafka deployments.
The need for simplicity
LinkedIn originally developed Kafka to integrate data across its large microservices infrastructure and open-sourced it in 2011. Over the intervening years, large enterprises have customized the tooling for their own needs, and several vendors have rolled out proprietary enhancements to fill in gaps around governance and integration. Many organizations use Kafka for various data pipeline scenarios, such as transferring data between applications in real-time or moving data from a database to a data warehouse.
Yonov told VentureBeat that as Kafka clusters become larger and more complex, they require additional tooling and governance to ensure proper operation and management. "Unlike existing Kafka solutions, Aiven's offering does not require organizations to choose between proprietary tools and vendor lock-in or open-source technologies without support," he said.
Improving the developer experience with event streaming
One essential aspect has been to democratize the experience for working with event-streaming data. The open-source tool, Klaw, provides a self-service interface for managing Kafka clusters. Kafkawize, which develops Klaw, recently joined Aiven's open-source development office in September to help integrate their tools together. Now they are working together to improve self-service, simplify user management and enforce data governance.
Another significant development was to connect streaming data to SQL queries familiar to data engineers. The new Aiven for Apache Flink tools allows teams to process larger volumes of events and run real-time analytics using SQL. Aiven provides this as a fully managed service that reduces the complexity of deploying a Flink cluster. It also simplifies the integration with Aiven for Apache Kafka to filter, enrich and aggregate events on the fly.
Aiven hopes to replicate the success of other open-source frameworks like PostgreSQL, Kubernetes and Linux, built by a healthy mix of contributions from various communities.
"We truly believe that fostering an open-source, community-driven and inclusive ecosystem of technologies around Apache Kafka can drive further innovations and new developments in the data-streaming domain, ensuring the long sustainment of the technology in the future," Yonov said.


Romain Franck, an employee of the French consulate-general in Jerusalem, appears with co-defendants in the district court in Beersheba, Israel, March 19, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen.
An Israeli court sentenced a French citizen on Monday to seven years' imprisonment under a plea bargain in which he confessed to using a diplomatic car to help Palestinian gun smugglers.
Romain Franck, a former employee of the French consulate in Jerusalem, was arrested last year and accused by Israeli prosecutors of receiving $7,600 for transporting the contraband between the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
He was not charged with complicity in terrorism, sparing him a potentially harsher sentence. Also arrested in the case was a Palestinian from eastern Jerusalem.
Beersheba District Court said that Franck, who was 23 when indicted, would spend seven years in jail, including time already served. He also received an 18-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay a 30,000 shekel (7,420 euro) fine.
A French embassy spokesman declined comment on the sentencing.


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Ingeniux Releases Native Mac OS X Client For Web CM
Ingeniux Corporation, a provider of XML-based Web content management software, has announced the immediate availability of Ingeniux Content Management System for Mac OS X 10.2. Ingeniux CMS for Mac OS X is a native application, enabling Mac-based content contributors to create, manage, and update Web content. Early adopters of the Macintosh client include University of Virginia and Franklin and Marshall College. Ingeniux CMS is designed to provide a complete Web content management and publishing system for developing, managing, and deploying Web content throughout the enterprise. The Ingeniux CMS Client for Macintosh is supported on OS X 10.2 ("Jaguar") and works with all browsers. Key features now available to Macintosh users include the following: Editing capabilities--end-users can update text, add new pages, drag-and-drop content from common applications, spell check all content, and rollback to previous versions through the user interface. Photo gallery--users have access to a permissions-based photo gallery of thumbnail images that allows them to upload, insert, and drag-and-drop selected images into their assigned pages. Team collaboration--multiple users can safely work together on the same site. The Check-In/Check-Out feature indicates whether a team member is editing a particular page, preventing accidental overwrites. Configurable workflow--workflow tools track and manage content contributions throughout the workflow process, allowing site administrators to control how and when items get published to the Web.
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