Vela C region EU–(ENEWSPF–9 July 2012. A beautiful blue butterfly flutters towards a nest of warm dust and gas, above an intricate network of cool filaments in this image of the Vela C region by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. Vela C is the most massive of the four parts of[Read More…]
Day: July 9, 2012
New Study: Leading U.S. Medical Marijuana Researcher Says Current Federal Classification ‘Not Tenable’
Director of cannabis research center says classification and political controversy are “obstacles to medical progress” San Diego, CA –(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Dr. Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR), and two other investigators published a study in the most recent issue of The Open Neurology Journal,[Read More…]
Law Enforcement Requests For Cell Phone Records At All-Time High
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. A New York Times story today revealed that telecommunications companies are receiving more far-reaching cell phone information requests from law enforcement than ever. The companies revealed they have received approximately 1.2 million such requests for customer just in 2011. The information was provided in response to letters[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton to the International Women’s Leadership Forum
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Well, good afternoon, everyone, and it’s a great honor for me to be here once again in Mongolia, and to have a chance to speak to the democratic progress that Mongolia has made and the example that has been set. Mr. President, I believe as strongly[Read More…]
Banned Pesticides Found in Connecticut Wells
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Health officials in Connecticut are telling residents who drink from private wells to test their water for the banned pesticides chlordane and dieldrin, after a study from the town of Stamford, CT found at least one of the toxic chemicals in 195 out of 628 wells[Read More…]
HHS Announces 89 New Accountable Care Organizations
2.4 million people with Medicare to receive better, more coordinated care Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today, that as of July 1, 89 new Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) began serving 1.2 million people with Medicare in 40 states and Washington, D.C. ACOs[Read More…]
Manufacturing Partnership Builds Southland’s Workforce
EAST HAZEL CREST, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 9, 2012—It could be a match made in heaven: pairing up to 131 people needing good paying jobs with manufacturers who can’t find enough skilled workers to punch-in. That’s what the Calumet Green Manufacturing Partnership (CGMP) aims to do in its Manufacturing Skills Job Training Program[Read More…]