Source: pinterest.com Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — My Grandmother said that you know you’re getting older when a year flies by in an instant. Now that I’m officially a Senior Citizen, I realize what she was saying. Let one of your 2017 resolutions be to appreciate every day and spend more[Read More…]
Day: December 24, 2016
‘O Holy Night’—A Gift to Us From a Christian, a Jew and an Abolitionist (Video)
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016 By Denise Oliver Velez Detail from Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s “Adoration of the Magi” Source: Google Art Project Every Christmas Eve, as our family gathered together around the tree we would sing carols. My mom’s contribution was to sing “O Holy Night” in French, which she had learned at[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Merry Christmas from the President and the First Lady, Dec. 24, 2016 (Video)
Source: whitehouse.gov Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016 THE PRESIDENT: Merry Christmas everybody! One of the best parts of the holiday season is spending time with the special people in your life. And for me, that means getting some help from my best friend for our annual Christmas Weekly Address. THE FIRST[Read More…]
FDA Approves First Drug for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
New therapy addresses unmet medical need for rare disease Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Spinraza (nusinersen), the first drug approved to treat children and adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare and often fatal genetic disease affecting muscle strength and movement.[Read More…]
Governors State University Professor is Chicagoan of the Year in Film
Filmmaker, Daniel Nearing- Source: govst.edu University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–December 24, 2016. Daniel Nearing, filmmaker and founder of the Independent Film and Digital Imaging MFA program at Governors State University, has been named Chicagoan of the Year in Film by the Chicago Tribune. Announced December 22 and calling his work “supple, hypnotic”[Read More…]