Imperial Valley News Center
Secretary Kerry to Deliver Remarks at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit
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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks at the Opening Plenary of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at 9:00 a.m. PDT on June 23, 2016, at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.
State Department Settles With Microwave Engineering Corporation Regarding Export Violation
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Washington, DC - The State Department has concluded an administrative settlement with Microwave Engineering Corporation (MEC) of North Andover, Massachusetts, to resolve an alleged violation of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq., and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130. The agreement was reached pursuant to ITAR § 128.11 and addresses the alleged unauthorized export of technical data to a foreign person employee of MEC from the People’s Republic of China, a country against which the United States maintains an arms embargo.
Tool for virtual and augmented reality uses ‘deep learning’
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West Lafayette, Indiana - Future systems that allow people to interact with virtual environments will require computers to interpret the human hand’s nearly endless variety and complexity of changing motions and joint angles.
Enabling the future of making
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Washington, DC - During the 2016 Week of Making, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five, new, early-concept grants to enable the future of do-it-yourself technological innovation known as making, and to catalyze new approaches in STEM learning.
Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield To Travel to Uganda, Zambia, Botswana, and Malawi
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Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield will travel to Uganda, Zambia, Botswana, and Malawi, June 23-July 1. In Uganda, June 23-24, she will have meetings with government officials, civil society representatives, and youth leaders.
FTC Returns More Than $6 Million to Consumers Who Bought Infomercial Marketer Kevin Trudeau’s Weight-Loss Book
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission is mailing checks totaling approximately $6.3 million to consumers who bought Kevin Trudeau’s book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.” In 2009, a federal judge ordered Trudeau to repay millions of dollars to consumers after he violated a 2004 FTC stipulated order by misrepresenting the book’s content.
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