Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Read-out of Kofi Annan’s Meeting with the Secretary / International Unity and Strategy Joint Special Envoy Annan’s Report BAHRAIN Nabeel Rajab BICI Implementation DEPARTMENT Nomination of U.S. Ambassador-designate to Iraq Brett McGurk MIDDLE EAST PEACE Settlements BURMA Violence Towards Muslim Pilgrims[Read More…]
Day: June 8, 2012
Remarks by President Obama Congratulating the Super Bowl XLVI Champion New York Giants
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012 – 3:09 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Everybody, please have a seat. Welcome to the White House, and congratulations to the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. (Applause.) We’ve got some members of Congress and members of my administration who are here[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the Economy, June 8, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012 – 10:40 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I just want to say a few words about the economy, and then I will take some of your questions. Today, we’re fighting back from the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression. After losing jobs for 25[Read More…]
Guest Blog: The Horticratic Oath Says First, Do No Harm to the Soil
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. We thank our friends at Earthcare Natural Lawn and Landscapes and Purple Cow Organics of Wisconsin, one of America’s finest compost companies, for permission to republish this food for thought: Purple Cow Organics specializes in turning what would otherwise be food waste products into rich soil amendments.[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Weekly Alert, June 8, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. Wisconsin Governor Wins Recall Election but Appears to Have Lost State Senate Governor Scott Walker (R) held onto his office, but appears to have lost the state Senate, after Tuesday’s Wisconsin recall elections. Walker won his own race over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D), 53%- 46%,[Read More…]
LGBT And Medical Cannabis Activists Submit Signatures For ‘Safe Access Ordinance’ In Imperial Beach
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—June 8, 2012. Fifteen percent of registered voters in Imperial Beach have signed the initiative to overturn the city’s current ban on safe access to medical cannabis and replace it with reasonable regulations. The Safe Access Ordinance of Imperial Beach, a collaborative effort between Canvass for a Cause, a San[Read More…]
Secretary Solis, Mayor Emanuel Join Discovery en Español and AT&T to Kick Off ‘Descubre Tu Talento’
Goal is Hispanic community awareness of career resources, hands-on opportunities CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday visited the Paul Simon Job Corps Center to raise awareness in the Hispanic community about career opportunities and resources to obtain job skills and expertise.[Read More…]
NOAA Commissions High-tech Coastal Mapping Ship in Norfolk, Va.
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will support NOAA’s nautical charting mission Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. NOAA today commissioned a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel, NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, during a special ceremony at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va. The new ship’s primary mission will be to detect and[Read More…]
Teaching Self-assembling Structures a New Trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices. MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. Researchers at MIT have found a new way of making complex three-dimensional structures using self-assembling polymer materials that form tiny wires and junctions. The work has the potential to usher in a new[Read More…]
Updated Organic Standards, Including Hops and Antibiotics, Become Regulation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) has published a final rule in the Federal Register officially codifying into federal regulations changes to organic standards that were recommended by the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) over the past year and a half. The[Read More…]