Imperial Valley News Center
NIST Announces Winners of Its First-Ever App Challenge
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- Written by Jennifer Huergo
Gaithersburg, Maryland - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners of the Reference Data Challenge, the agency’s first-ever app development competition. The contest was intended to spur the development of new ways to use NIST Standard Reference Data (SRD) with mobile devices. SRD are scientific and technical databases that cover a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines.
Consumer Reports: Meats Produced Without Antibiotics Harbor Fewer “Superbugs”
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Washington, DC - A review of a series of in-depth studies conducted by Consumer Reports show that, in general, meat, poultry and shrimp from animals raised without antibiotics are less likely to harbor multidrug-resistant bacteria than conventionally-produced meat from animals that get the drugs routinely.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Leaders Statement
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Washington, DC - We, the Leaders of Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam, met today to mark the conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. We congratulate our Ministers and negotiating teams, after more than five years of negotiations, on delivering a result that achieves the goal set out in 2011 of a comprehensive, balanced, and transformational regional agreement – one that spans the Pacific, touches three continents, and unites 800 million people.
Upcoming Guidance for First Lady Michelle Obama
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Hampton Roads, Virginia - Friday, November 20, 3:30 PM ET: First Lady Michelle Obama will join the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) for FNV Live!, an event featuring live musical performances and celebrity appearances – including Jordin Sparks, Gabrielle Union, Ashanti, Estelle, Jessica Alba and more – as well as stunts and challenges led by some of the nation’s top social media creators from Whistle Sports Network.
America Cannot Take Chances
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- Written by Glenn Mollette
Washington, DC - We know our world is filled with evil people and ISIS proved it again in Paris. The radical Muslims associated with ISIS are unable to do anything but kill and destroy. They are a cancer to any country and to all good people. Christian people of America would love to think we could simply just send more missionaries with Bibles to Syria and try to convert them all to Jesus.
Governor Brown Issues Statement on CalPERS Vote
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Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement in response to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration action this morning to adopt a new policy regarding its assumed rate of investment returns:
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