Jets can be seen streaming out of the nucleus, or main body, of comet Hartley 2 in this image from NASA’s EPOXI mission. The nucleus is approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) long and .4 kilometers (.25 miles) across at the narrow “neck.” Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Hartley 2’s hyperactive state,[Read More…]
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NASA Spacecraft Confirms Theories, Sees Surprises at Mercury
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA scientists are making new discoveries about the planet Mercury. Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important clues to the origin of the planet and its geological history and helping them better understand its dynamic interior and exterior processes. NASA’s MErcury Surface,[Read More…]
Model Lighting Ordinance Released to Promote Responsible Outdoor Lighting
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) announce public release of the Model Lighting Ordinance (MLO), a valuable guide for environmentally responsible outdoor lighting in North America. The MLO is an outdoor lighting template designed to help municipalities develop outdoor lighting standards that reduce[Read More…]
E Street Band Sax Player Clarence Clemons Dies (AP Video)
The day the music died.
Movie Review: Vanishing of the Bees
Only when the last tree has died, And the last river has been poisoned, And the last fish has been caught Will we realize we can’t eat money Cree Indian Proverb Movie Review By Bernie Jablonski A recent screening of George Langworthy and Maryam Henein’s 2009 documentary THE VANISHING OF[Read More…]
Negotiations Underway to Help Resolve Libyan Crisis – UN Chief
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 June 2011. While an agreement to end the crisis in Libya is still a long way off, the beginnings of a negotiation process have begun under the auspices of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. In his remarks to the third high-level meeting with regional organizations on[Read More…]
Mazda Recall of Certain Model Year 2008 – 2009 Mazda3 and MazdaSpeed3 Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2011 Summary: Mazda is recalling certain model year 2008 – 2009 Mazda3 and MazdaSpeed3 vehicles manufactured from January 7, 2008, through November 28, 2008. The ground terminal of the windshield wiper motor may have been inadvertently bent during assembly. If this condition exists then over time the[Read More…]
Secretary Clinton Supports Syrian People in Op-Ed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2011. In an op-ed in the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton condemns the violent crackdown in Syria and calls for a transition to democracy. The full text of the Secretary’s op-ed follows. “There Is No Going Back in Syria” By Hillary Clinton As[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, June 18, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation New Dawn. Spc. Marcos A. Cintron, 32, of Orlando, Fla., died June 16 at a medical facility in Boston, Mass., of wounds suffered June 6 at Baghdad, Iraq, when insurgents attacked[Read More…]
Weekly Address: Celebrating Father’s Day (Text/Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2011. Hi, everybody. This Father’s Day weekend, I’d like to spend a couple minutes talking about what’s sometimes my hardest, but always my most rewarding job – being a dad. I grew up without my father around. He left when I was two years old, and[Read More…]
