Imperial Valley News Center
Genome reveals how Hessian fly causes galls in wheat
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- Written by Natalie van Hoose
West Lafayette, Indiana - A team of researchers from 26 institutions around the world has sequenced the Hessian fly genome, shedding light on how the insect creates growth-stunting galls in wheat.
She has a heart as big as Texas
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- Written by John Grimaldi
Imperial, California - It's not often you see a teary-eyed cop in New York City, but the Big Apple was full of them when 10-year-old Texan Savannah Solis visited. The young girl has been sending hundreds of "love letters" to NYPD officers ever since the hateful, unprovoked murder of on-duty officers Ramos and Liu last December "just because they were cops," according to the Association of Mature American Citizens.
Science Envoy Travels to Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
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Washington, DC - U.S. Science Envoy Dr. Geraldine Richmond will return to Southeast Asia March 2-14 in support of President Obama’s initiative to strengthen the United States’ science and education relationships overseas. This is Dr. Richmond’s second trip to Southeast Asia as a U.S. Science Envoy. Dr. Richmond will build on her previous visit by meeting with representatives from the scientific, academic, nonprofit, and business communities to discuss ways to build and strengthen research collaboration networks between scientists and engineers in the United States, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.
Scammers Banned from Telemarketing, Selling Weight-Loss Products
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Washington, DC - The defendants in a scheme that charged Spanish-speaking consumers for unordered or defective products and made it costly or practically impossible for them to get their money back are banned from telemarketing and selling weight-loss products under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
California Ag Day is Coming
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- Written by IVN
Sacramento, California - California Ag Day is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 on the west steps of the State Capitol. Join CDFA and our partners, California Women for Agriculture and the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, for this outdoor, springtime event complete with tractors, livestock, flowers, delicious samples, educational materials, cowboy hats, charros, and more.
Remarks at the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "Let me start by thanking the Council’s president, Joachim Rucker, for convening this session. And I particularly appreciate the opportunity to be here at such an extraordinarily important time not only for the future of this body, but for human rights around the globe.
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