College Wide Open House and ‘Pokémon Go’ Campus Lure Party SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Players of the popular virtual reality mobile game “Pokémon Go” will have the opportunity to try and “catch ‘em all” at South Suburban College (SSC). A lure party will coincide with our 3rd[Read More…]
Day: August 1, 2016
Trading Changes How Brain Processes Selling Decisions
Market experience leaves people less susceptible to economic bias, study finds A UChicago study found experienced traders had reduced activity in an area of the brain often associated with pain and negative emotions, thus mitigating the role of bias in economic decision-making. Copyright: M. Spencer Green/Associated Press CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016[Read More…]
Research Reveals Cancer Pathway to Spreading Through the Body
Johns Hopkins scientists lead experiment showing role oxygen plays in cell movement MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Cancer cells need oxygen to survive, as do most other life forms, but scientists had never tracked their search for oxygen in their early growth stages until now — a step toward deeper understanding of[Read More…]
CAIR Demands Apology from Donald Trump for Disparagement of Muslim Gold Star Family
Civil rights group joins #CanYouHearUsNow social media campaign by Muslim women activists WASHINGTON -(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump apologize for disparaging the parents of a Muslim who died while[Read More…]
CDC Issues Travel Guidance Related to Miami Neighborhood with Active Zika Spread
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. New assessments of mosquito populations and test results this past weekend by Florida public health officials, as part of a community survey in the Miami neighborhood where several Zika infections were recently confirmed, have found persistent mosquito populations and additional Zika infections in the same area.[Read More…]
Hampton Creek Issues Voluntary Recall of Mixes Containing Native Forest Coconut Milk Powder Because of Possible Health Risk
San Francisco, CA. -(ENEWSPSF)–August 1, 2016. Out of an abundance of caution, Hampton Creek is undertaking a voluntary recall of 6 SKU’s of baking mixes that contain the Native Forest Coconut Milk Powder. The ingredient, which makes up less than 1.31% of the mixes, tested positive for Salmonella in a[Read More…]
VFW Supports Gold Star Families
To ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds, said the new national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars[Read More…]
VoteVets Releases Gold Star Family Members Letter to Trump, Demand Apology for All Gold Star Families
“Ours is a sacrifice you will never know. Ours is a sacrifice we would never want you to know.” WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Family members of twenty-three fallen service-members are writing to Donald J. Trump today, expressing their dismay at his treatment of the family of CPT. Humayun[Read More…]
Getting Youth Outdoors in 50 Cities Across the U.S.
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Youth are more disconnected from nature than ever before. To help change that, Interior is leading a nationwide movement to inspire millions of young people in urban areas to play, learn, serve and work in the great outdoors. The Let’s Move! Outside program, started by First[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Nearly 50% Decline in Veteran Homelessness
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) today announced the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has been cut nearly in half since 2010. The data[Read More…]