NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011 – Occupy Wall Street is calling upon you to participate in a national day of direct action on November 17 in celebration of the the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Occupy Wall St 7:00 Shut Down Wall Street 3:00 Occupy the Subways 5:00 Take[Read More…]
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Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, November 16, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. Second Japanese Utility Submits Stress Test Results to Regulator Industry/Regulatory/Political Shikoku Electric Power Co. has submitted the results of first-phase stress tests for its Ikata Unit 3 reactor to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. The results show Ikata 3 could withstand an earthquake with ground[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Marching Band Seizes Opportunity
Marian’s band presents The Crucifixion. (Photo Supplied) Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- “Having established a pattern of excellence year after year can be both a good thing and a bad thing,” said Greg Bimm, Director of Bands at Marian Catholic High School. “Any time a group repeatedly achieves at an extraordinary level, the[Read More…]
FBI Releases 2010 Hate Crime Statistics
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released Hate Crime Statistics, 2010 based on information submitted by law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. These data indicate that 6,628 criminal incidents involving 7,699 offenses were reported in 2010 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation,[Read More…]
CooperVision Announces Expanded Recall of Avaira Line of Contact Lenses
PLEASANTON, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. CooperVision announced today that it is expanding its worldwide recall of the Avaira brand product line of contact lenses to include a limited number of lots of Avaira Sphere contact lenses. In continued collaboration with the United States Food and Drug Administration, CooperVision is expanding the[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago to Participate in National Day of Action Thursday, November 17
3:30 pm: Occupy Chicago joins StandUp! Chicago to “demand jobs, not cuts, from our government!” Rally at the Thompson Center (100 W. Randolph St), followed by a march. 5:30 pm: Occupy Chicago engages in a mass action at Jackson and LaSalle CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. As part of a national day[Read More…]
EPA Releases Pyrethroid Risk Assessment, Ignores Numerous Health Effects
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. On November 9, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its cumulative risk assessment for the pyrethroid class of insecticides, concluding that these pesticides “do not pose risk concerns for children or adults,” ignoring a wealth of independent data that links this class of chemicals[Read More…]
Wake Up, Congress: Create Jobs, Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg The Outpost Observer It wasn’t that many years ago that “infrastructure” wasn’t a part of our everyday vocabulary. As the nation grew, government put more and more money into roads, bridges, water and sewer lines, school buildings, parks, and other public facilities. The need was[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for November 16, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
University of Toronto’s Rotman Faculty Named Among the Top Ten Management Gurus in the World
ORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Two members of the faculty at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management were named to the list of the top fifty management thinkers in the world at an awards ceremony held on London on Monday. Dean Roger Martin placed sixth on the list while[Read More…]
