Day: October 27, 2011

A Solar Cycle Primer

Eleven years in the life of the Sun, spanning most of solar cycle 23, as it progressed from solar minimum (upper left) to maximum conditions and back to minimum (upper right) again, seen as a collage of ten full-disk images of the lower corona. (NASA) NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center-(ENEWSPF)- Telescopes[Read More…]

GSU Physical Therapy Faculty Member Honored

(PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Robin D. Washington, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at Governors State University (GSU), received the Sylvia Walker Education Award from the National Association of Multicultural Rehabilitation Concerns (NAMRC).  The award is named after the late Dr. Sylvia Walker, a professor, researcher, and director of[Read More…]

Libya: UN Security Council Ends Mandate for International Military Operations

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2011.  The Security Council today ordered the end to authorized international military action in Libya, more than seven months after allowing United Nations Member States to take “all necessary measures” to protect civilians during a popular uprising against the country’s former regime. The 15-member UN body unanimously passed[Read More…]

Rep. Schakowsky Participates in National Food Stamp Challenge

WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) joined other members of Congress, national religious leaders and current Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients at a Safeway supermarket to kick off the week-long national Fighting Poverty with Faith  Food Stamp Challenge. For a week Rep. Schakowsky will live on[Read More…]

Wells Enterprises Issues Allergy Alert and Voluntary Recall of some Blue Bunny® Personals® Ice Cream

Le Mars, Iowa–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  Wells Enterprises, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is voluntarily recalling a limited number of packages of its Blue Bunny® Personals® ice cream 5.5 fl oz. because it was mispackaged and contains undeclared wheat. People who have an allergy or[Read More…]

Hand Trucks Recalled by Harper Trucks Due to Injury Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]

AARP Statement on 2012 Medicare Part B Premium Increase

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Octobr 27, 2011.  AARP Legislative Policy Director David Certner released a statement following today’s announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on 2012 Medicare Part B premiums. The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $99.90 in 2012, a $3.50 increase over the $96.40 that most[Read More…]

Human-Caused Climate Change a Major Factor in More Frequent Mediterranean Droughts

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011 Winter precipitation trends in the Mediterranean region for the period 1902 – 2010. High Resolution (Credit: NOAA) Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute[Read More…]

NOAA Finds Bacterial Infection as Cause of Death for Five Northern Gulf Dolphins; Investigation Continues

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2011.  Pathology experts contracted by NOAA have identified the bacteria Brucella in five bottlenose dolphins that died in the northern Gulf of Mexico. These five are among the 580 dolphins in higher than expected strandings that began in February 2010 and are continuing. NOAA has declared it[Read More…]

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