White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday announced the Trump administration will be cracking down on states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Here is the key portion of his remarks from the White House transcript: Q. I have a question on medical marijuana. Our state voters passed a medical marijuana amendment in […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) on Thursday endorsed a bill introduced in the South Carolina Legislature which will help combat the growing threat of anti-Semitism on state college campuses. The South Carolina bill follows similar efforts at the federal level and in Virginia and Tennessee. In January, Virginia
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThree of them may be habitable NASA/JPL-Caltech Seven Earth-size exoplanets orbit the star TRAPPIST-1. Three orbit very close to the star and may be too hot to sustain liquid water on the surface; one may be too cold. But the three planets in the middle may be juuuust right. Planet-hunters are always on the lookout
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — Just the other day, I was explaining the term “spoiler” to my ESL students. If you wrote a who-done-it called “The Butler did it,” no one would read it because it’s the mental gymnastics it takes to untangle a web of intrigue that makes it worthwhile. Now at
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eric George Tauber, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationJERUSALEM (Press Release) – It doesn’t happen very often that an EMT can be called to one medical emergency and save someone involved in another that takes place at the same location. That is exactly what happened to EMT Aaron Lopiansky last Friday. Lopiansky was making final preparations for Shabbat when the United Hatzalah dispatch
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBecause Everett Botwright has autism, the 6-year-old recently started refusing to eat anything if it wasn’t the meal that stole his heart: Star Wars themed Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners. Everett’s family became especially distressed when – after they had already bought all of the boxes that they could carry – their local Walmart discontinued
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)– Magen David Adom, with the coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been flying blood units to Lima, Peru, in order to save the life of Zohar Katz, an Israeli traveler who is hospitalized there in severe condition. On Thursday, MDA paramedic Yonat Daskal took 100 blood units and
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I always figured if I ever developed a fondness for members of the Scripps family it would be because of their historic contributions to newspaper journalism, or perhaps to oceanography, but as it turned out I thank them for their philanthropic interest in health care. I was a
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ellen Hershkin NEW YORK — Women are the heartbeat and lifeblood of America. As mothers, wives, and daughters, we are caregivers and decision makers — not only nurturing our families, but strengthening the economy and future of our nation. Women are 10 times more likely to die from a heart attack than from breast
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release)—Masa Israel Journey, the leader in immersive international experiences in Israel, announced Tuesday that it will double the number of participants in its flagship Masa Israel Teaching Fellows program, beginning this coming school year. The expansion will bring 300 young professionals into classrooms across Israel to teach English as a Second Language. It is
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationENCINITAS, California (Press Release) –The Leichtag Foundation, in partnership with a growing consortium of funders that care about deep, multi-faceted education about Israel, has launched a new collaborative, the Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative, announced Charlene Seidle, Executive Vice President. “Murray Galinson was a cherished leader and philanthropist in the San Diego community,” said Seidle.
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)— Albert Einstein considered the origin of the Earth’s magnetic field one of the five most important unsolved problems in physics. The weakening of the geomagnetic field, which extends from the planet’s core into outer space and was first recorded 180 years ago, has raised concern by some for the welfare
BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — “BGUSAT,” the first nanosatellite for Israeli academic research, is being launched Wednesday, February 15 as part of a collaboration between Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. It will provide researchers with data on climate change, agricultural developments and other
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Two weeks ago, on Saturday night at 11:30 PM, Daniel Klughaupt had just gone to sleep when he received an urgent alert about a woman who had collapsed in his own building! Literally jumping out of bed, Daniel, while still in his pajamas, rushed to the 8th-floor apartment, arriving in 60 seconds! He
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