An immersive installation of light and art, ‘solarise’ to be on display from September 23, 2015 through September 22, 2016 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Park District General Superintendent and CEO Michael P. Kelly yesterday announced a new temporary art installation will be coming to the Garfield[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces Investments In New Engineering Partnerships At 7 Chicago Public High Schools
Top Corporations Partner with High Schools as Part of City-Wide Goal of Increasing Opportunities to Prepare Students for 21st Century College and Career CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Mayor Emanuel joins corporate engineering partners and CPS leadership in touring a new engineering lab at Westinghouse College Prep, made possible with support of[Read More…]
Rosetta’s Big Day in the Sun
Approaching perihelion EU–(ENEWSPF)–13 August 2015. ESA’s Rosetta today witnessed Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko making its closest approach to the Sun. The exact moment of perihelion occurred at 02:03 GMT this morning when the comet came within 186 million km of the Sun. In the year that has passed since Rosetta arrived, the[Read More…]
‘Melanoma Detection’ App Sellers Barred from Making Deceptive Health Claims
FTC Charged Mole Detective Sellers with False Advertising Earlier this Year Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. The final defendant remaining in a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit challenging false or unsubstantiated claims for a set of purported “melanoma detection” apps is barred from making any further deceptive health claims about his products[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Addresses Top Peacekeeping Officials Amid Allegations of Sexual Abuse by UN ‘Blue Helmets’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (top right) convenes a video conference with his Special Representatives, Force Commanders and Police Commissioners in all UN peacekeeping operations. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 August 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has conducted an urgent video conference with the heads of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Force Commanders,[Read More…]
Secretary General Ban Addresses Top Peacekeeping Officials Amid Allegations of Sexual Abuse by UN ‘Blue Helmets’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (top right) convenes a video conference with his Special Representatives, Force Commanders and Police Commissioners in all UN peacekeeping operations. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 August 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has conducted an urgent video conference with the heads of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Force Commanders,[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Users Less Likely To Be Obese, Possess Lower Diabetes Risk
Quebec, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. A history of cannabis use is associated with a lower likelihood of obesity and diabetes, according to population-based data published in the journal Obesity. Investigators from the Conference of Quebec University Health Centers assessed cannabis use patterns and body mass index (BMI) in a cohort of[Read More…]
Study: Adolescent Marijuana Use Not Associated With Health Problems In Early Adulthood
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. Marijuana use by adolescents, including self-reported chronic use, is not associated with adverse health effects later in life, according to an assessment of longitudinal data published in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. Investigators from the Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Rutgers University prospectively examined whether[Read More…]
National Conference Of State Legislatures Resolves To Let States Set Their Own Marijuana Policies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. States and localities should possess the legal authority to establish marijuana policies that are divergent from those of the federal government, according to a resolution enacted last week by the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures. The resolution affirms that states and local communities “should be[Read More…]
Federal Partners Continue to Take Action to Support Firefighting Efforts in the West
Cable Crossing fire, Roseburg, Oregon. Source: www.nwcg.org WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–August 13, 2015. In light of the severity of current fire activity, the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group (NMAC) has raised the National Fire Preparedness Level (PL) to 5 – the highest readiness level for wildland fire operations. With more than 60 large,[Read More…]
