Month: October 2012

DOD Releases Military Intelligence Program Appropriated Top Line Budget for Fiscal 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  The Department of Defense released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for fiscal 2012.  The total request, which includes both the base budget and Overseas Contingency Operations appropriations, is $21.5 billion.  The department determined that releasing this top line figure does not[Read More…]

Update on the DoD and National Guard Response to Hurricane Sandy, October 30, 2012

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta has directed that the Department of Defense provide any available disaster response resources requested by Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies as affected states respond to Hurricane Sandy.   We continue to support FEMA and our Federal partners, with[Read More…]

How the Brain Controls Our Habits

MIT neuroscientists identify a brain region that can switch between new and old habits. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  Habits are behaviors wired so deeply in our brains that we perform them automatically. This allows you to follow the same route to work every day without thinking about it, liberating your[Read More…]

More than 7,400 National Guard members responding to Hurricane Sandy

ARLINGTON, Va.–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  More than 7,400 Citizen-Soldiers and –Airmen had been mobilized in 11 states to respond to Hurricane Sandy by 4:30 a.m. today and more were on the way. National Guard assistance to local first responders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency included support at evacuation shelters, route[Read More…]

Common Food Preservative May Slow, Even Stop Tumor Growth

  Top control group shows growth of tumors that weren’t treated with nisin. Bottom group shows growth of tumors that were treated with nisan. Those tumors are significantly smaller.   ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2102.  Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a[Read More…]

New Procedure Helps Patients with Severe Asthma Breathe Easier

Northwestern Memorial offers first non-drug, FDA approved therapy for severe asthma  CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  Nearly 24 million people in this country suffer from asthma. For most of them, avoiding allergens and taking medications help keep their asthma under control. But for a small group with severe persistent asthma, frequent hospital[Read More…]

United Auto Workers: Romney Doubles Down on Jeep Lie

Romney continues misinformation and hypocrisy on Chrysler DETROIT –(ENEWSPF)–October 30, 2012.  Even after Chrysler Corp.’s Gualberto Ranieri, vice president of communications, said Friday, “Let’s set the record straight: Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China,” the Romney campaign put out[Read More…]

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