Imperial Valley News Center
2018 increase for Social Security beneficiaries
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- Written by John Grimaldi
Washington, DC - The good news is that Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2% boost in their checks in 2018 compared to the stingy three-tenths-of one-percent increase awarded in 2017, according to Dan Weber, president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. "And, of course you will recall that in 2016 the Obama Administration saw fit to skip paying out a cost of living raise completely."
Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Delbert D Black
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- Written by Department of Defense
Washington, DC - The Navy will christen the newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), Saturday, during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony at Huntington Ingalls Industries Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Compromised Code Signing Certificates Aiding Hackers Spread Malware
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- Written by HashedOut
Washington, DC - Hackers are using compromised code signing certificates to sign malware. This, in turn, tricks antivirus programs into thinking the malware has come from a trusted source. The antivirus program doesn’t flag the software as being untrusted or malicious, a user downloads it and suddenly their computer is infected.
California WaterFix
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - The California State Board of Food and Agriculture will hear about federal and state resources available to communities impacted by the October wildfires in Northern California at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November 7th.
Brain’s alertness circuitry conserved through evolution
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- Written by Jules Asher
Palo Alto, California - Using a molecular method likely to become widely adopted by the field, researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have discovered brain circuitry essential for alertness, or vigilance – and for brain states more generally. Strikingly, the same cell types and circuits are engaged during alertness in zebra fish and mice, species whose evolutionary forebears parted ways hundreds of millions of years ago. This suggests that the human brain is likely similarly wired for this state critical to survival.
This National Diabetes Month, be the center of your diabetes care
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- Written by Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers
Washington, DC - More than 30 million people in the United States have diabetes – and each one is the most important member of their diabetes care team. This National Diabetes Month, I urge everyone with diabetes to make your care a joint effort between you, your loved ones and your health care team.
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