Imperial Valley News Center
Reward Offers for Information on al-Shabaab Key Leaders
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice program is offering rewards for information leading to the identification or location of six key leaders of the Somalia-based terrorist organization al-Shabaab. The U.S. Secretary of State has authorized rewards of up to $6 million for information on the whereabouts of Abu Ubaidah (Direye), up to $5 million each for information on Mahad Karate, Ma’alim Daud, and Hassan Afgooye, and up to $3 million each for information on Maalim Salman and Ahmed Iman Ali.
Woodland’s California Ag Museum in an exciting time of transition
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- Written by Jenny Lester Moffitt, CDFA Deputy Secretary
Woodland, California - In unassuming warehouse space nestled along I-5 in Woodland, a stone’s throw from the region’s famed rice fields and nut trees, something’s up. Change is afoot. If you’re an aggie, it’s all kind of exciting…
Kathy Cannon Wiechman, Winner of the Grateful American Book Prize
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- Written by John Grimaldi
Washington, DC - The historical novel, Like A River by Kathy Cannon Wiechman, is the 2015 recipient of the Grateful American Book Prize. Kathy is a prolific writer but her civil war novel is the first to be published, but not the last. She is hard at work producing new works with the goal of encouraging young readers to study American history. In an interview shortly after receiving her Prize she said: "I attempt to slip in historical details in a way that doesn't shout, "History lesson here!" If a reader is engaged with a character and a story, lessons will be learned, though inadvertently." Here is the interview:
Turkey prices up but rest of menu stable
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- Written by Chelsea Clodfelder
West Lafayette, Indiana - Consumers can expect below normal increases in the price of food for Thanksgiving dinner this year, with one exception: turkey.
Hydrogel superglue is 90 percent water
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Nature has developed innovative ways to solve a sticky challenge: Mussels and barnacles stubbornly glue themselves to cliff faces, ship hulls, and even the skin of whales. Likewise, tendons and cartilage stick to bone with incredible robustness, giving animals flexibility and agility.
Algorithms could offer new tools for graphics software or reveal structural defects
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - At the Siggraph Asia conference this week, MIT researchers presented a pair of papers describing techniques for either magnifying or smoothing out small variations in digital images.
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