VIRGIN ISLANDS–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The U.S. Virgin Islands are a tropical oasis, drawing visitors from all over the world looking for an escape from daily life on sandy beaches and in crystal clear waters. Yet climate change is putting this paradise at risk. A gorgeous picture from Little Cinnamon Beach at Virgin Islands National[Read More…]
Day: April 1, 2016
South Suburban College BCI Presents Elevation Leadership Summit on April 25
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI) presents an Elevation Leadership Summit: Taking Faith-Based and Non-Profit Leadership to Loftier Heights! on Monday, April 25th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. This conference will be held in the South Suburban College Performing Arts[Read More…]
South Suburban College To Host Art Exhibition Graphic Designers Collaborate: Attention to Detail Featuring the ‘Iowa Insect Series’
SOUTH HOLLAND –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. South Suburban College’s Dorothea Thiel Gallery will host an exhibition of 10 large-scale digital montage images from the “Iowa Insect Series,” a collection of artworks created in collaboration between graphic design professors Roy R. Behrens and David M. Versluis. The exhibit, Graphic Designers Collaborate: Attention[Read More…]
South Suburban College Foundation Seeks Support For Scholarship Fundraiser Gala on April 29
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Each year the South Suburban College Foundation (SSCF) has an annual spring gala from which all proceeds benefit scholarship programs. The SSCF is now seeking support from local residents, friends and partners for Showcase 2016: Dreams & Destinations, to be held on April 29,[Read More…]
South Suburban College to Host Live First District Court Oral Arguments at 3rd Annual Law Day on April 29th
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The South Suburban College Legal Studies Department will host their third annual Law Day on Friday, April 29, 2016. This year’s event will feature a special live court case. Oral arguments for a real criminal First District Appellate Court case will be heard in[Read More…]
New NARAL Video Hits Trump For Series Of Piggish Comments
Follows Trump’s Comments He Would Punish Women Who Have Had Abortions, And Standing By His Campaign Manager Who Was Arrested For Assault A Woman https://youtu.be/Jc-iA5Uc1wE Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new video yesterday, which will be part of an online ad campaign in Wisconsin ahead of[Read More…]
AP Poll: Over Six In Ten Americans Support Legal Marijuana Use
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Over six in ten American adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to nationwide polling data provided by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By contrast, only seven percent of respondents supported the legalization of other illicit substances, such[Read More…]
Medical Cannabis Access Decreases Opioid Use In Chronic Pain Patients
Ann Arbor, MI–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Chronic pain patients with legal access to medicinal cannabis significantly decrease their use of opioids, according to data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Pain. Investigators at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor conducted a retrospective survey of 244 chronic pain patients.[Read More…]
UN Refugee Agency Urges Safeguard Compliance Before Any Returns Begin Under EU-Turkey Deal
Newly-arriving refugees wave as the large inflatable boat they are in approaches the shore, near the village of Skala Eressos, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2016 – The United Nations refugee agency today urged parties to the[Read More…]
Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of themselves and four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday to force it to act on a petition to ban perchlorate in food packaging. The groups filed the[Read More…]