Imperial Valley News Center
Release of Pardoned Prisoners and Disappearance of Gambian Journalist
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Washington, DC - The United States notes President Jammeh’s decision to pardon and release at least 200 prisoners and welcomes, in particular, his decision to release, after a lengthy period of detention without charge, family members of the December 30, 2014 coup plotters.
Secretary of State John Kerry on the Passing of Samuel Pisar
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Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: " Teresa and I were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Samuel Pisar, the stepfather of Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, and a man of enormous resilience and inspiring courage. A native of Poland, Samuel's parents and younger sister were killed during the Holocaust while he survived imprisonment in Auschwitz, Dachau and other concentration camps before escaping what his Nazi captors intended to be a death march.
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Partners for Breakthrough for Sharing Cancer Data
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Sacramento, California - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith announced today that the Department is participating in a historic pilot project with St. Joseph Health to better understand cancer trends in California. This partnership is the first in the United States in which a health system collects and securely sends structured pathology cancer data directly to the California Cancer Registry (CCR).
White House Launches American Business Act on Climate Pledge
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Washington, DC - Today at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials will host 13 of the largest companies from across the American economy who are standing with the Obama Administration to launch the American Business Act on Climate Pledge: Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Cargill, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, PepsiCo, UPS, and Walmart. The companies making pledges as part of today’s launch represent more than $1.3 trillion in revenue in 2014 and a combined market capitalization of at least $2.5 trillion.
Assemblymember Garcia To Award $541,976 to Womanhaven
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El Centro, California - Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia will be in El Centro as he will be presenting an Emergency Solutions Grant from the California Department of Housing & Community Development to Womanhaven for rapid re-housing, homelessness prevention and emergency shelter efforts in the area.
Twin discoveries, 'eerie' effect may lead to manufacturing advances
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West Lafayette, Indiana - The discovery of a previously unknown type of metal deformation – sinuous flow - and a method to suppress it could lead to more efficient machining and other manufacturing advances by reducing the force and energy required to process metals.
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