Imperial Valley News Center
December is Farm to Food Bank Month
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- Written by CDFA Secretary Karen Ross & Bryce Lundberg
Sacramento, California - Over the years more than 200 California farmers and ranchers have contributed more than one-billion pounds of food to the California Association of Food Banks’ Farm to Family Program. This is just a small accounting of the many generous donations individual farmers make within local communities to charitable organizations, faith-based groups and schools.
From Libya to Syria, Iraq, US Navy Fights ISIL from the Mediterranean
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- Written by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa
Mediterranean Sea - The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (Ike CSG) resumed support of Operation Inherent Resolve, December 6, launching sorties from the Eastern Mediterranean.
Energy Department Launches Zero Energy Schools Accelerator
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- Written by Green Liver
Washington, DC - As a part of the Obama Administration’s effort to cut energy waste in America’s buildings, today the Energy Department launched the Better Buildings Zero Energy Schools Accelerator. Six school districts, two states and several national organizations are working collaboratively to develop zero energy design that is cost-competitive to conventional construction in the education sector and in local communities across the nation. A Zero Energy Building is an energy-efficient building, where on a source energy basis, the actual delivered energy is less than or equal to the onsite renewable exported energy.
New NIST Report Offers Approaches for Creating Safer, Less Vulnerable Code
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- Written by NIST
Washington, DC - We can create software with 100 times fewer vulnerabilities than we do today, according to computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). To get there, they recommend that coders adopt the approaches they have compiled in a new publication.
Recent spam attack offers sign of newer types of spam
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- Written by Brian L. Huchel
West Lafayette, Indiana - An influx of spam invitations to Apple iPhone users is an indicator for future spam onslaughts, a Purdue University professor said.
Crop futures rally drives large increase in producer sentiment
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- Written by Jennifer Stewart-Burton
West Lafayette, Indiana - Agricultural producer sentiment about the industry's economy improved substantially in November, in part because of soybean and corn futures price rallies, according to the December 6 report of the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.
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