Study Confirms Medical Marijuana Pain Relief
April 17, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) A clinical trial conducted at the University of California at Davis and just published online by the Journal of Pain has demonstrated significant relief of neuropathic pain (pain caused by damage to nerves) stemming from a variety of causes. This is the second study in just over a year to show that […]
Dowling College Holding Two Ongoing Cell Phone Drives
April 17, 2008
(Oakdale, N.Y.) The Office of Public Relations & Communications is collecting cell phones to be donated to VIBS, the Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk. VIBS is a non-profit Family Violence and Rape Crisis Center in Suffolk County. VIBS accepts cell phones for distribution to our clients or recycling. All cell phones are accepted. Broken, outdated […]
Barney Frank Introduces Bold Reform of Federal Marijuana Laws
April 17, 2008
(Washington, D.C.) Officials of the Marijuana Policy Project praised the “Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act of 2008,” introduced today by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), as an important step toward bringing federal law into line with scientific fact, practical reality and public opinion.
“Congressman Frank’s bill represents a major step toward sanity in federal […]
Bar Brawl Drives R&B John Legend and Entourage to Flee Moomia Lounge in SOHO New York City
April 17, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) American songwriter and R&B Recording Artist John Legend who is a regular at Moomia Lounge in Soho at 157 Lafayette Street pulled up to the glamorous famous nightspot with his entourage in a champagne tinted Cadillac Escalade on the evening of Saturday, April 12th. Before leaving abruptly Legend and clubbers witnessed a […]
Dowling College Roundtable Hosts Congressman Israel, LIPA, Empire State Development Corp., and U.S Green Building Council
April 16, 2008
(Oakdale, N.Y.) In announcing the April 18, 2008 Long Island Economic and Social Policy Institute Roundtable, LIESP Director Martin Cantor said, “alternative energy solutions have become more vital than ever to the region’s energy policy, now that Governor Paterson has announced his opposition to Broadwater’s Liquid Natural Gas initiative in Long Island Sound.”
Cantor said that […]
Native Long Islander In American Idol Songwriter Finals
April 16, 2008
(Long Island, N.Y.) Scott Sheets, who grew up in Garden City, Long Island, is one of 20 finalists in the American Idol Songwriters Competition with his song “Fly Me Away”. If it gets the most online votes it could be performed live on American Idol’s Finale. Voting ends April 23rd.
Sheets is not new to the […]
GSA Focused on Stretching Tax Dollars
April 16, 2008
(Washington, D.C.) Bargains from Washington must seem rare. When was the last time you read a positive story about the federal bureaucracy? Or an agency that saved taxpayer dollars by improving programs or making tough business decisions?
Such agencies exist, and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) is among them. GSA was created in 1949 to […]
Informative Health and Wellness Fair Held at Dowling College
April 15, 2008
(Oakdale, N.Y.) Dowling College Continuing Education recently held a Health and Wellness Fair at the Rudolph Campus in Oakdale that was free and open to the public. This informative event hosted various informational booths featuring chiropractors, massage therapists, nutritionists, acupuncturists and herbalists.
Good Samaritan Hospital representatives were also present at the event, including the departments of […]
Medical Marijuana Advocates Announce TV Ad Campaign Featuring Seriously Ill Patients
April 14, 2008
(Minneapolis, M.N.) Advocates announced the first in a new series of TV ads today featuring seriously ill patients asking Minnesotans to urge Gov. Tim Pawlenty not to veto a bill to protect suffering Minnesotans from arrest for using medical marijuana with a doctor’s recommendation.
The ad, which will begin running on broadcast and cable stations throughout […]
Senator Schneiderman, Innocence Project and Others Champion Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations
April 14, 2008
(Stony Brook, N.Y.) On Friday, April 11, State Senators Eric Schneiderman (D-Manhattan/Bronx), Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), John Sabini (D-Queens), John Sampson (D-Brooklyn), Eric Adams (D-Brooklyn) and Bill Perkins (D-Manhattan), Assemblymember Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), and leading criminal justice advocates took part in a public forum to address wrongful convictions and Mandatory Electronic Recording of Interrogations.
At the […]
