Imperial Valley News Center
Economists conduct survey on expected holiday spending
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- Written by Keith Robinson
West Lafayette, Indiana - Most people who responded to a Purdue University survey expected to spend about the same or more on holiday meals, gifts and travel this year compared with last year.
Ways to a Waste-Free Thanksgiving
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- Written by Danielle Nierenberg
Washington, DC - Thanksgiving is a good time to remember to be grateful for farmers, farm laborers, cooks, and food service workers. Unfortunately, while we are giving thanks for the harvest, we are also wasting massive amounts of food. Between Thanksgiving and the New Year, the United States will waste about five million tons of food. In one year, Americans alone waste about 34 million tons. That's a lot of turkey, pie, and Christmas cookies ending up in the trash instead of in our stomachs.
Navy Training Announces Community Service Award Winners
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- Written by Naval Education and Training Command
Pensacola, Florida - Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) announced the winners of the 2014 Health, Safety, and Fitness Flagship Awards today, recognizing eight commands for their outstanding community service.
National Grid Makes Recommendations, Supports EPA Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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- Written by Green Liver
Washington, DC - National Grid filed comments today on the EPA’s Clean Energy Power Plan and issued a statement supporting the proposed regulations, which aim to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants.
Americans would sacrifice Football, Facebook and Sex to Save on Holiday Shopping
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- Written by IVN
Boston, Massachusetts - BeFrugal.com today released survey results that revealed most Americans will make significant sacrifices to save stress, time and money on holiday shopping.
Clandestine Messages Found in Mona Lisa and Hundreds of Other Masterpieces
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- Written by IVN
Toronto, Canada - The first hint of hidden transcripts in the old masters came in 2012, while the author was examining Michelangelo’s 'Creation of Adam’ on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. He saw in the gap between those most famous of fingers something that - according to traditional theory - should certainly not have been there. It was the word ‘chiave’, Italian for ‘key’. And it was this that opened the door to an amazing new world.
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