NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2011. Nelson Mandela in February 2005 To mark the second annual Nelson Mandela International Day, the United Nations is encouraging people around the globe to perform 67 minutes of public service – one minute for every year of the South African leader’s own service to humanity.[Read More…]
Day: July 15, 2011
Indiana: State To Study Sentencing Reforms For Marijuana
Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. A special General Assembly committee is slated to hear testimony this summer regarding whether state lawmakers should significantly liberalize criminal penalties pertaining to the possession of marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes. Members of the interim study committee on Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy will review[Read More…]
Philadelphia: City Saves Millions By Ceasing Criminal Marijuana Prosecutions
Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2011. The city of Philadelphia saved an estimated $2 million last year by ceasing criminal prosecutions for minor marijuana offenses, according to comments made last week by District Attorney Seth Williams to the Philadelphia Daily News. In April 2010, Williams publicly announced a citywide policy change whereby[Read More…]
NATO Remains Committed to Protect the Libyan People
ISTANBUL–(ENEWSPF)–15 July 2011. The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Istanbul on 15 July 2011 and attended the meeting of the International Contact Group for Libya. During the meeting, the Secretary General said that NATO NATO is supportive of all efforts to find a political solution to the Libya[Read More…]
Illinois & Iowa Delegation Members to General: Any Proposal to Relocate JMTC Would Face Bipartisan Resistance in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 14, 2011. The bipartisan, bi-state delegation that represents the Rock Island Arsenal today made clear to General Ann Dunwoody, the Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, that any proposal to close or relocate Rock Island Arsenal’s Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) would be met with strong[Read More…]
NASA: New Ways to Measure Magnetism Around the Sun
By analyzing the size and shape of the bow shock on this March 25, 2008 coronal mass ejection (the loop extending to the left) scientists have devised a technique to measure magnetic fields near the sun. Credit: SOHO/LASCO (ESA & NASA) NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center-(ENEWSPF)- Those who study the[Read More…]
120 Park Forest Youth Help Plan the Future of Their Village
Youth from Park Forest work with CMAP to plan for the future of their town. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski – More photos available here.) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- They numbered six score. One hundred twenty young people, full of energy and ideas, took advantage of the opportunity on Tuesday, July 12, 2011,[Read More…]
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