Delegation of Nurses to Deliver Supplies Tonight at 8 p.m. Nurses Support Efforts to Hold Wall Street Accountable for Devastation Caused on Main Street MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. Nurses, who every day care for the casualties of the economic crisis driven by Wall Street greed, are standing in solidarity with and[Read More…]
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RNs Defend their Ground at First Aid Station in Occupy NY, Oct. 18, 2011
As NNU Sets Up More Medical Aid Tents for Protests; Los Angeles Tent Today, SF, Washington Later This Week New York–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. Legendary civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson joined with nurses from National Nurses United and Occupy Wall Street volunteer medics Monday night to defend, for the second[Read More…]
Love in Action Crunch Time For Occupy Wall Street
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011, 2:06 pm A prophetic sign from Occupy Boston (albeit with a mispelling of Gandhi). Remembering the agonies I went through when the tanks moved in on Tiananmen Square in June, 1989, I was relieved that most (I wish it were all) of the protestors who make[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago After Arrests: We Will Re-Occupy
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011, 12:54 pm “Bring five friends with you next time,” announced Ashley Bohrer, 23, beaming with pride at Occupy Chicago’s Monday afternoon General Assembly (GA), “and have them bring five friends with them!” This is how Occupy Chicago (or perhaps better recognized by its Twitter hashtag #OccupyChi) is[Read More…]
New Research Aims To Reduce Deaths Caused by Indoor Air Pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting the development and evaluation of behavioral approaches to tackle household air pollution. Half of the world’s population cooks with solid fuels on poorly functioning stoves or open fires, primarily using wood or other biomass. Nearly 2 million[Read More…]
Kirk Joins Wyden as Cosponsor of Digital Surveillance Legislation
The GPS Act Provides Needed Legal Clarity for Use of Geolocation Information “It’s time our digital privacy laws go ‘Back to the Future’ for a sorely needed update.” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. Surrounded by technology that was considered cutting edge when major digital surveillance laws were written, U.S. Senator[Read More…]
Kirk Releases Video on Haqqani Network
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released a video report on the Haqqani network and its ties to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (I.S.I.). Sen. Kirk’s video comes following his third two-week reserve assignment in Afghanistan and amid growing concerns that Pakistan’s I.S.I. supports Haqqani attacks against[Read More…]
Yemen: UN Human Rights Office Condemns Latest Killing of Unarmed Protesters
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–18 October 2011. The United Nations human rights office today strongly condemned the reported killing of a number of largely peaceful protesters in Yemen in recent days, and urged that those responsible for the death of hundreds of people since the protest movement began be brought to justice. Hundreds of people[Read More…]
‘A Lawn Renovation’ from The Organic Lawn Care Manual
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. The No-So-Instant Makeover: A Lawn Renovation As much as a complete new lawn construction removes much of the mystery from the process, a renovation is the ultimate horticultural puzzle. Finding the solution begins with a big multi-pronged question: What is it about your current lawn that[Read More…]
Obama Administration’s Regulatory Reductions to Save Health Care System Nearly $1.1 Billion
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2011. New proposed rules released today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would reduce unnecessary, obsolete, or burdensome regulations and save hospitals and healthcare providers nearly $1.1 billion each year and over $5 billion over 5 years. The new proposals regarding the rules for hospitals[Read More…]
