Commentary By Gary Kopycinski eNews Park Forest is poised to enjoy its first-ever 100,000+ visitor month after an article by Dahr Jamail went viral this week, thanks to a link from an evidently busy Web site. Readers may have noticed that ENEWSPF was heavily-trafficked on December 26 and 27 as[Read More…]
Year: 2010
UN Soldier Injured as Crowd Attacks Peacekeepers in Côte d’Ivoire
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 December 2010 – A large crowd today attacked a three-vehicle convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d’Ivoire in the commercial capital of Abidjan, slashing one soldier with a machete and setting one of the vehicles on fire. The attack happened in the Yopougon neighbourhood of[Read More…]
Sudan: UN Delivers Ballots for Independence Referendum in South
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 December 2010 – The United Nations has delivered ballots for more than 4 million voters in Southern Sudan for next month’s independence referendum, culminating a six-year peace process that ended two decades of civil war between the north and south. Each ballot carries two pictures: one hand, signifying[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Marine Casualty, December 28, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 28, 2010. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Garrett A. Misener, 25, of Cordova, Tenn., died Dec. 27 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd[Read More…]
When the black hole was born
TAU astronomers identify the epoch of the first fast growth of black holes University of North Texas-(ENEWSPF)-Most galaxies in the universe, including our own Milky Way, harbor super-massive black holes varying in mass from about one million to about 10 billion times the size of our sun. To find them,[Read More…]
Comprehensive report on sudden oak death
10-year cooperative research effort provides basis for containment ALBANY, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Synthesizing more than 10 years of cooperative research on the exotic invasive, quarantine sudden oak death pathogen, the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) recently published "Sudden Oak Death and Phytophthora ramorum: A Summary of the Literature." This 181-page[Read More…]
Researchers: Pay more attention to epilepsy
ST. PAUL, Minn.-(ENEWSPF)- Epilepsy, a common and serious neurologic disorder that affects millions of people, is not getting the public attention and funding for research it deserves, according to an editorial on a study published in the January 4, 2011, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of[Read More…]
Newborns with low vitamin D levels at increased risk for respiratory infections
Boston MA -(ENEWSPF)- The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk of developing asthma. Results of a study in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics support the theory that widespread vitamin[Read More…]
Not all infant formulas are alike: Differential effects on weight gain
Philadelphia, PA-(ENEWSPF)- New findings from the Monell Center reveal that weight gain of formula-fed infants is influenced by the type of formula the infant is consuming. The findings have implications related to the infant’s risk for the development of obesity, diabetes and other diseases later in life. "Events early in[Read More…]
Statement by White House Press Secretary Re: Verdict in the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev Case
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 27, 2010. We are deeply concerned that a Russian judge today has indicated that for a second time Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev will be convicted. We are troubled by the allegations of serious due process violations, and what appears to be an abusive use of the legal[Read More…]
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