Chicago –(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The overwhelming majority of doctors–a total of 93 percent–are concerned about the common meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy animals for growth promotion and disease prevention, according to a new poll released today commissioned by Consumer Reports and released by Consumers Union and Illinois[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
How to Safely Watch the Oct. 23 Partial Solar Eclipse
A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon obscures only part of the sun from Earth’s view. Image Credit: T. Ruen Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. During the late afternoon of Oct. 23, 2014, a partial solar eclipse will be visible from much of North America before sundown. Partial eclipses occur[Read More…]
NOAA’s New Lake Level Viewer Aids Great Lakes Community Planning
Promotes community resilience through scenarios for land use, infrastructure This visualization, using photo bars, shows impacts of rising lake levels at a set location. (Credit: Marty Drabic) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. A new NOAA online visualization and mapping tool, the Lake Level Viewer, will help communities along the U.S. Great[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Continued Funding for Resource and Information Advocates Serving Domestic Violence Victims in Court
Program Has Served Nearly 6,000 Victims, Exceeding Expectations and Serving Nearly Double the Projected Number of Clients During First Year of the Program CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced continued funding for Resource and Information Advocates (RIAs). RIAs served 5,781 victims of domestic violence (DV) in the first[Read More…]
Toyota Announces Recall of 247,000 Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. SUMMARY: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing (Toyota) is recalling certain model year 2002-2005 Lexus SC and Toyota Sequoia and 2003-2005 Toyota Tundra, Corolla, Corolla Matrix and Pontiac Vibe vehicles that were originally sold, or are currently registered, in high absolute humidity areas of southern Florida, along[Read More…]
MCC Escapee Joseph Banks Sentenced To 36 Years In Federal Prison For Armed Bank Robberies
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2014. A Chicago man who escaped from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in December 2012, just five days after he was convicted of armed robbery of two banks and attempting to rob two others in 2007 and 2008, was sentenced today to 36 years in federal prison. Approximately[Read More…]
Special University of Oregon Microscope Captures Defects in Nanotubes
University of Oregon chemists provide a detailed view of traps that disrupt energy flow, possibly pointing toward improved charge-carrying devices EUGENE, Ore. —(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 23, 2014. University of Oregon chemists have devised a way to see the internal structures of electronic waves trapped in carbon nanotubes by external electrostatic charges. Carbon[Read More…]
Prairie State College Graduate Wins Community Service Award, Oct. 23, 2014
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. May 2014 Prairie State College (PSC) graduate Natasha Wallace recently was named the 2014 winner of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. She received the award during the September meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is named after the[Read More…]
Forum on State of Middle East and ISIS to be Held October 28 at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. A forum exploring the current state of the Middle East and the U.S. response to ISIS will be held at Roosevelt University in Chicago on Tuesday, October 28. A noteworthy panel of political and academic experts from the Chicago area will participate in a discussion on “The U.S.[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Issues Recommendations to Ensure Access to Family Planning Services for All
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. A new issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress calls for improvements to the current health care system so that all women can access and receive the contraceptive services they need, emphasizing the importance of making family planning services available through a[Read More…]
