Imperial Valley News Center
Secretary of State John Kerry to Host C5+1 Foreign Ministerial
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Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State Kerry will host the foreign ministers from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan on August 3, 2016, at the Department of State, for the second ministerial meeting of the C5+1 diplomatic platform.
FTC Approves Fiscal Year 2015 Hart Scott Rodino Premerger Notification Report
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission, together with the Department of Justice Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, released the 38th Annual Hart-Scott-Rodino Report. The report presents fiscal year 2015 data on the HSR Premerger Notification Program, which is key to alerting the agencies to transactions that may substantially lessen competition in violation of federal law.
Women’s Body Armor: Staying Ahead of the Curves
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- Written by Jennifer Huergo
Washington, DC - As I peer into the cardboard box NIST researcher Amanda Forster holds out for me, I can’t help thinking that this mild-mannered materials scientist has an impressive collection of shivs. The handmade prison weapons include a ballpoint pen with a razor embedded in the shaft and a toothbrush — originally designed to be gentle on your gums — that’s been re-engineered to easily puncture flesh. They are vivid evidence of a scary fact of prison life: anything can be turned into a weapon.
Bringing More Irrigation and Climate-Smart Farming to Guatemala
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- Written by Brenda Dawson
Davis, California - An international team led by UC Davis is working to connect 9,000 rural households in Guatemala with improved water management and climate-smart agriculture strategies, to increase food security and reduce poverty.
English Bulldog’s Gene Pool May Be Too Small to Heal the Breed
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Davis, California - The popular but characteristically unhealthy English bulldog may have been bred into a corner, now lacking the diversity in its gene pool to make much-needed health improvements, reports a team of University of California, Davis, researchers.
USDA Begins Second Year of National Project to Quantify Effects of Agricultural Conservation
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service is contacting 25,000 farmers and ranchers through August to take part in a national survey that will more accurately measure the environmental benefits associated with implementation and installation of conservation practices on agricultural land. The results of the National Resources Inventory Conservation Effects Assessment Project (NRI-CEAP) survey will help further develop the science-based solutions for managing the agricultural landscape to improve environmental quality.
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