WILMINGTON, Del.—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Dmitry Ustinov, of Moscow, Russia, 53, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 18 months in prison and 3 years supervised release, for conspiracy to export high-tech military technology, in violation of federal law, including the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the International Traffic in[Read More…]
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White House Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, Oct. 9, 2014
En Route Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014 – 1:01 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Good afternoon. Welcome aboard. Are we ready? Thank you for joining us on the trip. This afternoon the President will hold a town hall at Cross Campus in Los Angeles where he will speak directly to millennials[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Donates Books to Marian Catholic High School
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly personally delivered nearly 150 books to Marian Catholic High School as part of the Library of Congress Surplus Book Program. “Books open young minds to new worlds and possibilities,” Congresswoman Kelly said. “A book we donated may be the reason a student chooses[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Survey Federal, State Electoral Candidates Ahead of November Elections
Surveys seeking positions on medical marijuana are widely disseminated in first-of-its-kind voter education campaign Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) has produced a new 30-second online advertisement to launch its survey drive for for this year’s election-cycle educational campaign. The ad will[Read More…]
Horizons Conference on October 11 and 12 to Present New Research on the Medical and Psychological Applications of Psychedelic Drugs
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. The eighth annual Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics conference will be held at Judson Memorial Church and The New School in Greenwich Village, NYC on October 11th and 12th. Horizons focuses on contemporary research into the applications of psychedelics, providing an invaluable forum for experts to share[Read More…]
National Association of Social Workers Oregon Chapter Supports the Public Health Approach of M91; Recommends Strong Legislative Oversight
NASW-OR believes the “new approach” is better than the current approach on the use of marijuana Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2014. The NASW Oregon Chapter’s Social Workers Political Action Committee has met with both sides of the Measure 91 ballot measure campaign to weigh the issues carefully. As social workers, our mission is to[Read More…]
Lutetia’s Dark Side Hosts Hidden Crater
Tracing Lutetia’s grooves EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 October 2014. Grooves found on Lutetia, an asteroid encountered by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, point to the existence of a large impact crater on the unseen side of the rocky world. Rosetta flew past Lutetia at a distance of 3168 km in July 2010, en route to[Read More…]
Satellite Data Shows U.S. Methane ‘Hot Spot’ Bigger than Expected
The Four Corners area (red) is the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this map showing how much emissions varied from average background concentrations from 2003-2009 (dark colors are lower than average; lighter colors are higher). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. One small “hot[Read More…]
NOAA Sea Grant Awards $15.9 Million for Projects to Build Resilient Coastal Communities
Federal grants leverage $7.9 million nonfederal match, for total of $23.8 million Sea Grant is supporting research at the Oregon State University’s Molluscan Broodstock Laboratory pictured here to develop oysters that are more resilient to ocean acidification. (Photo: Pat Kight/Oregon Sea Grant) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2014. NOAA Sea Grant announced today[Read More…]
FTC Settlement Bars WordSmart from Deceiving Parents With Unsupported Claims About its Education Products
Defendants Claimed Learning Program Would Improve Students’ Grades, Test Scores Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2014. Educational services company WordSmart Corporation and its president have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed the company’s programs to the parents of school-age children in advertising that included a television infomercial[Read More…]
