SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. A new law signed this week by Governor Pat Quinn allows Illinois landowners or lessees the option of using purple paint markings on trees or posts on their property as a “no trespassing” notice. The “Purple Paint Law” is designed as an alternative which Illinois[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on $34 Million MetroLINK Transit Facility
140,000 Square-Foot-Facility Will Create Jobs, Consolidate Vehicles and Fueling Stations, and Improve Efficiency MOLINE – August 30, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn was joined by local officials today to break ground on a new MetroLINK Transit Maintenance Facility in Rock Island. The $34 million project will consolidate the agency’s administrative operations[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, August 30, 2011
En Route Minneapolis, Minnesota–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011 – 10:26 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good morning, everyone. How are you? Q Good. How are you? MR. CARNEY: I’m terrific. I’m glad you’re joining us today on our flight to Minneapolis, where the President will address the 93rd Annual Conference of the American[Read More…]
Libya: ‘Atrocious’ Abuses by Qadhafi Forces Cause for Extreme Alarm – UN
NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–30 August 2011. WFP convoy with staple food commodities including wheat flour, pasta, vegetable oil and tomato paste on the way to the Libyan capital for distribution by the Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) The United Nations voiced “extreme alarm” today at reports of “atrocious human rights violations” in Libya,[Read More…]
Company Boss: TruGreen ‘Didn’t Meet Expectations’
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. The ConsumerAffairs.com web site features hundreds of pages of complaints about TruGreen (ChemLawn) lawn care. In a surprisingly candid interview with his hometown newspaper, the Memphis Daily News, the CEO of ServiceMaster offered up yet another scathing commentary on the performance of TruGreen, the company formerly known[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Announces Sept. 10 Community Meeting in Chicago and Broader Effort to Inform Immigrants About Obama’s New Deportation Policies
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) announced plans for a September 10 Community Forum on Immigration in Chicago to disseminate information about what President Obama’s new prioritization policies mean for immigrants facing deportation. The Chicago event, which will be held at 10 a.m. at Benito Juarez High[Read More…]
Petzl America Recalls Belay Devices Due to Fall Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, 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[Read More…]
Pacific Cycle Recalls Swing Sets Due to Fall Hazard; Sold Exclusively at Toys R Us
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 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…]
Paving the Way to Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Cambridge, Massachusetts–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2011. Concrete is one of the most extensively used materials worldwide — on average, more than two tons per year of the rock-like stuff is produced for every man, woman and child on Earth, making its use second only to water. And that vast amount of new[Read More…]
Localizing Language in the Brain
New study pinpoints areas of the brain used exclusively for language, providing a partial answer to a longstanding debate in cognitive science. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—August 30, 2011. New research from MIT suggests that there are parts of our brain dedicated to language and only language, a finding that marks a major[Read More…]
