Imperial Valley News Center
Do What You Enjoy
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- Written by Glenn Mollette
Washington, DC - I started out thumping on a mandolin and then a guitar when I was child. My brother had a mandolin and so I learned a few chords and then eventually learned a few chords on a guitar. My first cousin James Webb across the road where I was raised in Stidham, Kentucky taught me G, C and D, E and A and I was on my way. I played music and basketball as a kid and not always in that order. Music was something I could do regardless of the weather and basketball was just great exercise and fun. I only had one television channel and watched plenty of TV but my hobbies of music and ball were clean and entertaining. My father found things for me to do to like mowing lots of grass with a push mower and cutting bushes on hillsides. Life was good.
Kavanaugh likely to be confirmed as Associate Justice Kennedy’s successor on the Supreme Court
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- Written by John Grimaldi
Washington, DC - Senate Democrats seek to put up a united front against President Trump’s selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. But, political analysts - Democrat and Republican - seem to believe it is a losing battle, says Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens.
Carla L. Provost Named Chief of the US Border Patrol
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- Written by Imperial Valley News
Washington, DC - On Thursday, Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan announced the selection of Deputy Chief Carla L. Provost as the 18th chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. Chief Provost has served as acting chief of the U.S. Border Patrol since April 2017.
Border Patrol Agent Assaulted by Group during Attempted Arrest
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- Written by Ralph DeSio
Calexico, California - A U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Calexico Border Patrol station was assaulted while attempting to arrest a group of suspected illegal immigrants around 10 p.m., Tuesday evening.
Notification of patient overdose deaths reduces clinician opioid prescriptions
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- Written by Barbara Cire
Washington, DC - Clinicians were more likely to reduce the number and dose of opioid drugs they prescribed after learning that one of their patients had died from an overdose from a controlled substance than those not notified, according to a recent study appearing in the August 10 issue of Science. The study was funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health.
NIH researchers discover highly infectious vehicle for transmission of viruses among humans
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - Researchers have found that a group of viruses that cause severe stomach illness - including the one famous for widespread outbreaks on cruise ships - get transmitted to humans through membrane-cloaked “virus clusters” that exacerbate the spread and severity of disease. Previously, it was believed that these viruses only spread through individual virus particles. The discovery of these clusters, the scientists say, marks a turning point in the understanding of how these viruses spread and why they are so infectious. This preliminary work could lead to the development of more effective antiviral agents than existing treatments that mainly target individual particles.
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