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New York State 2011 Cancer Plan News Conference: Public Health Education on POPs Exposure Reduction
May 3, 2011, 9:54 a.m.
Unedited Recording of a Cancer Action NY Tele News Conference: Creating a 2011 New York State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan for Action on Major Groups of Pollutant Carcinogens Starting with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Exposure Reduction Education
Monday, April 18, 2011, 4:00 PM
Interested members of the news media are invited to participate in the news conference via conference call.
Information for accessing the conference call follows.
dial-in number: (712) 432-0080
participant access code: 625163#
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) are in the process of creating the 2011 New York State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan (CCCP). The 2003 NYS CCCP (currently in effect) included a goal for reducing exposure to pollution. However, no pollutant carcinogens were named in the 2003 Plan. Considering the large number of chemical carcinogens that exist in every New York State resident's body and the high cancer rates experienced in our state, it is critical that New York State government take action on reducing exposure to the most significant of these body burden substances. Three groups of pollutant carcinogens are major contributors to cancer causation for the general public: (1) persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including, dioxins, PCBs, PBDEs, and many less studied chemicals (2) exhaust constituents, including, benzene, formaldehyde and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and (3) carcinogenic metals, including, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel and lead.
âCancer is almost always caused by exposure to environmental chemicals. If we want to reduce rates of cancer we must target reducing exposure to those chemicals best known to cause human cancer. In my judgment POPs are the most dangerous contaminants and there are clear steps than can be taken to reduce exposure.â-David O. Carpenter, MD (Dr. Carpenter endorses this event but will not be on the conference
call due to another obligation.)
"The DOH does not target specific carcinogenic pollutants for exposure reduction efforts because the choice of substances would spark a considerable amount of controversy. Designating POPs exposure reduction for immediate action will bring family farms and the food
production corporations to Albany in protest of potential damage to their sales of animal fat containing products. Commerce has traditionally been given top priority over all other matters. We are facing a situation where this paradigm must be changed. The public health is more important than commerce. State government must use
scientific knowledge to reduce cancer risk now."-Donald L. Hassig
May 3, 2011, 9:14 a.m.
Fondé lors du 11e Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal en 2010, le Bloc des auteurEs anarchistes a comme objectif de promouvoir la théorie et la pratique de l'anarchisme à travers la littérature, la poésie, le théà tre, le scriptage, etc. Nous collaborons ensembles à des projets divers, comme des anthologies, des soirés de Cabaret anarchiste. http://awb.daemonflower.com/
Lancement de l'anthologie de fiction anarchiste Subversion le 5 mai à Montreal et le 7 mai a Quebec.
L'entrevue est suivie de la chanson "Nous aurons nous" du groupe de musique Des Ãbauches qui sera présent lors du lancement à Montréal.
Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal
May 3, 2011, 9:07 a.m.
Le Salon du livre anarchiste de Montréal (ainsi que le Festival de lâAnarchie) rassemble les idées et pratiques anarchistes, par les mots, les images, la musique, le théâtre et les luttes quotidiennes pour la justice, la dignité et la libération collective.
Le Salon du livre anarchiste sâadresse aux anarchistes, mais également à celles et ceux qui ne se considèrent pas nécessairement comme anarchistes mais qui ont développé une certaine curiosité vis-à -vis de lâanarchisme. Le Salon est un espace où les anarchistes peuvent se rencontrer et échanger dans un esprit de respect mutuel et de solidarité. Tous et toutes y sont bienvenu-e-s.
Le Salon du livre anarchiste est organisé dans un esprit dâouverture vis-à -vis des différentes traditions, visions et pratiques de lâanarchisme. Nous cherchons à promouvoir lâanarchisme en mettant en pratique des valeurs comme lâentraide, la démocratie par la base, lâaction directe, lâautonomie et la solidarité, et en nous opposant à toutes les formes dâoppression.
Les 21 et 22 MAI, 10h-17h
Au CEDA, 2515 Delisle
(tout près du métro Lionel-Groulx)
GRATUIT. Bienvenue à toutes et tous!
Ni dieu, ni maître; ni frontière, ni patron!
http://www.salonanarchiste.ca/
Lancement de la Media Coop de Montréal
May 3, 2011, 9:01 a.m.
Avec des associations locales à Halifax, Toronto, Vancouver et maintenant Montréal, le réseau Coop média est un projet d'actualités ouvert, participatif et de base. En accédant à http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/ vous pourez lire, visionner et commenter les actualités et les opinions en provenance de Montréal, du Québec et du Canada. Vous pouvez même publier vos articles, photos, événements, communiqués et vidéos. Le toute première association bilingue du réseau Coop média - la CMM - travaillera de concert avec les organisations sociales, les résidents d'ici et d'autres médias indépendants afin de diffuser les histoires que les médias commerciaux se plaisent à ignorer.
May 3, 2011, 8:40 a.m.
Spécial mois de mai, moi de l'Anarchie:
Salon du livre anarchiste et festival.
Lancement de la Média coop de Montréal.
Bloc des auteurs anarchistes et lancement du receuil de nouvelles 'Subversions",
May 1 - Labor Day? no....Loyalty Day!
May 3, 2011, 7:19 a.m.
You may know that May 1st is traditionally celebrated as Labor Day in practically every country of the world except the United States, Canada and South Africa, but did you know that America specifically declared May 1st, a âloyalty dayâ in an effort to offset Labor day celebrations elsewhere?
May 3, 2011, 2:25 a.m.
Hell yeahs! We had a blast and raised some money for WRIR a thoroughly solid series of sets by Richmond's own Herschel Stratego, and some other fine tunes. It was the greatest moment in live radio history.
May 2, 2011, 10:51 p.m.
Plunder News is a weekly, one/two hour live alternative news program/broadcast on CKLN 88.1 FM in Toronto, Sundays 8:30 to 9:30 am.
Exposing The Globalist NWO, and Corporate agenda from a Canadian Working Class Prospective.
Produced and Hosted by Shannon Reiner.
Blues in the Land of Big Happy
May 2, 2011, 7:24 p.m.
A 30minute collage not about official birth certificates, not about bin Laden and not about our grand economic recovery. Rather a piece that showcases three socio-ecological conscious artists with the words of Carl Sagan thrown in at the end to place all in context. With some appropriate music to help weave it all together
Court decision opens floodgates to corporate spending on electoral campaigns
May 2, 2011, 6:55 p.m.
Last year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people, giving them the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. This decision lifted a 63-year-old ban on private financing of elections. Kaya Rebane is with Wisconsin Move to Amend, one of the groups oranizing at the local level to fight this decision.
May 2, 2011, 6:18 p.m.
The Canadian folk band Twin has done a whole tour using canoes and playing shows along the way. They decided to take this idea to the LA river. This brought a large amount of attention to the issue of the LA River. What did they encounter while traveling the LA River?
Chekc out Twin on Myspace-http://www.myspace.com/twintwa
Friends of the LA River-http://folar.org/
Private money funding public universities
May 2, 2011, 5:58 p.m.
The chairman of a the world's largest pure gold mining company donated twenty million dollars to the University of Toronto to fund the construction of the Munk Centre of Global Affairs. Peter Munk heads up Barrick Gold and the new building named after him will house a right-wing think-tank. Students at U of T are concerned about what they see as the corporatization of their university.
May 2, 2011, 4:49 p.m.
This week on Solidarity Journal, it's May Day, and we go to the 125 th Anniversary Celebration of Hay market in Chicago. We speak to a local women who has spent 6 months in Pakistan helping flood victims. Locally AFTRA rally in East Peoria, and we'll introduce you to a new Carpool Project. Earth day, Solidarity and much much more.
May 2, 2011, 3:55 p.m.
Pirate Radio Song
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This Week In Palestine for April 23-27
War Update for May 2: Bin Laden killed, US should quit wars now
Between the LInes:Protests, Sadr in Iraq demand US honor troop withdrawal deadline
Desertion Song (clip)
Code Pink chases Rupert Murdoch(FOX)into White House Corrospondant's Dinner
What if Army ads had health warnings?
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Between the Lines:Sierra CLub on 1 yr anniversary of BP oil spill
Power Shift returns tarballs to BP headquarters in DC
Between the Lines: New offshore oil drilling permits issued
Reclaiming Power storms Dept of Interior over coal, oil,gas leasing
HLS protesters assaulted at Nomura protest April 26
West End Library closing alert-Suddenly it's 2007?
Keep DC Wal-Mart free anthem
Bin laden killed, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan continues-when will it end?
May 2, 2011, 3:52 p.m.
Pakistan, yesterday: US troops, two helicopter loads of US Navy SEALS to be exact, cornered and killed Osama Bin Laden just 40 miles outside Islamabad in a mansion. President Obama claims he was killed "after a firefight," which sounds to me like cops saying someone "was killed while resisting arrest." It is impossible to determine from this statement if Osama Bin Laden fought to the death, or was executed on the spot. Certainly a trial would have offered Obama a choice between a circus trial in New York and a military commission before an internationally-condemned kangaroo court at Guantanimo Bay.
Afghanistan, 27th of April: An Afghan military pilot opened fire on US troops, killing 8 US soldiers. News reports that an Afghan pilot started shooting after a "dispute" in an area of Kabul airport for afghan military pilots. The shooter was killed in the incident. This incident had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden, and everything to with the effect of occupation on day to day life. Although the Taliban claimed responsability for the attack, the Afghan Ministry of Defense dismissed that claim as a hoax, pointing out that the shooter, a veteran Afghan pilot and military officer "opened fire on foreigners after an argument."
Afghanistan, First of May: The Taliban announced the start of their Spring Offensive. So much for US claims that they are on the ropes. Bin Laden or not, warfare in Afghanistan will continue so long as any nation's foreign troops continue to occupy the country. This has been so since the days of Alexander the Great. Continued occupation will follow up the US victory over Bin Laden with a US defeat in Afghanistan.
Seven and half years ago, US troops captured Saddam Hussein in Iraq. US occupation troops stayed-and seven and a half more years of war have been fought since that time. The bloodiest part of the fighting, the beheadings, the Abu Graib prison scandal-all of those were months or years in the future and could have been avoided. Mr Barrack Obama, don't repeat in Afghanistan and Pakistan the mistakes of George W Bush in Iraq.
Iraq, last Friday: Xinhuanet news is reporting the death of a U.S. soldier during "operations" in an undisclosed location in southern Iraq on Friday. April 29th.
Iraq, last Wednesday: Multinational Forces-Iraq, meaning the US military,is reporting the death of a U.S. service from a "non-hostile incident" in an undisclosed location in southern Iraq on Wednesday, April 27th.
Mosul, Iraq, First of May: A suicide attack on an Iraqi army patrol kills 7 people, 4 soldiers and 3 civilians, and injures 15.
Taji, Iraq, the 30th of April: A judge's house was bombed with multiple devices, killing him and wounding members of his family. A security source told Alsumarianews that unknown armed men wearing military uniforms attacked many houses belonging to members of the awakening councils in a village situated in Taji region north of Baghdad. The attacks killed one of the armed-men who was wearing a majorâs costume and wounded two of awakening council members. The "Awakening Councils" are former Resistance fighters who turned coats to side with the US in 2007, and are regarded by many in the country as traitors for so doing.
Iraq, ongoing: Protests throughout Iraq are demanding that US troops honor the Dec 31 deadline to leave the country. Moqtada al-Sadr warns that his followers will take up arms against US troops once again if the US does not leave. In recent weeks US officials have been discussing continuing the occupation of Iraq beyond the year-end deadline.
Mr Barrack Obama, you caught and killed Bin Laden. The United States got what it came for in Afghanistan-soldiers will be asking "Can we go home now?" The people of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq are asking "Can you go home now?" Now's the time to declare victory and bring all the troops home from all three countries-TODAY!
If Music Could Talk - Afghan Music - special guest DJ Kairshma!! (and spring fund drive)
May 2, 2011, 3:19 p.m.
Russia's Nikolai Alekseev+global LGBT news+more!
May 2, 2011, 2:01 p.m.
Russian activist Nikolai Alekseev goes another round for Moscow Pride; venerable U.S. activist Frank Kameny is celebrated in two "Rainbow Minutes"; Uganda removes the death penalty from its still-harsh anti-gay bill, a South African lesbian activist is slaughtered in a "corrective rape" attack, a gay writer wins a Japanese municipal election, the Congressional DOMA defender quits his pro-LGBT law firm, and more LGBT news from around the world.
May 2, 2011, 1:52 p.m.
With Bin Laden's death, here is a repeat of the Bin Laden biographical timeline I prepared in 2007 to chart the course of the growth of his jihadist attitudes. This was done in answer to the 911Truth nonsense that he was a "CIA creation."
May 2, 2011, 10:43 a.m.
We speak with Rick Rozoff, journalist at STOP NATO. We discuss the recent developments in and around Libya and all the implications of the actions taken during the conflict. In the 2nd segment we talk about Obama's birth certificate and take a critical look at the accusations of fraud. Then live on the air we learn about the reported death of Osama Bin Laden and take calls about all the issues.
2011May02:May Day March & Burial Ground DC Recaps
May 2, 2011, 10:33 a.m.
This episode pertains to WRIR 97.3 spring May Day Fund drive taking place throughout the month of May. In this segment the trial for date of the four Richmond, VA slave burial ground activist is also discussed.
Celebrating Duke Ellington; Cool Jazz Set; 5-1-2011; Set # 1
May 2, 2011, 4:45 a.m.
Celebrating Duke Ellington; Cool Jazz Set; 5-1-2011; Set # 2
May 2, 2011, 4:32 a.m.
May 1, 2011, 11:46 a.m.
An Owsley Tribute featuring - The Grateful Dead NRPS, Old & In The Way, The Charlatans, Brave New World, Ken Kesey, & more... as broadcast live over 5110kHz shortwave 4/30/11
The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
May 1, 2011, 11:11 a.m.
Talk by Antonia Juhasz author of Black Tide: The Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil Spill
May 1, 2011, 11 a.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish and Maria Tomchick of Eat the State!
May 1, 2011, 10:51 a.m.
The ongoing adventures of the crew of the Yellow Submarine on their strange offshore / underwater pirate radio station. Mystery Science radio is a low tech homage to B Movies, obscure music, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Cinematic Titanic, Doctor Demento, shortwave, Coleman Francis, Ed Wood, lo-fi radio, and the Hal Warren cult film "Manos: The Hands of Fate"
May 1, 2011, 10:29 a.m.
David Johnson hosts weekly Labor News. This week's show features a discussion on May Day, it's origins and history. We have two special in studio guests Gene Vanderport and Germaine Light who add their thoughts to the discussion. Tom Thomas presents his weekly poem in the "Cultural Corner".
May 1, 2011, 10:16 a.m.
Bob Paleczny hosts weekly Labor News. This week's show features a discussion on the smaller turnouts at recent Tea Party rallies and the large anti-Tea Party turnout in Madison, WI. Bill Gorrell comments on "What is Fascism". Tom Thomas presents his weekly poem in the "Cultural Corner".
May 1, 2011, 8:59 a.m.
Jason Kozlowski hosts weekly Labor News. This week's show touches on a variety of issues including comments on President Obama's budget speech and a look back at the Ludlow Massacre. Bill Gorrell reads a portion of the 1956 Republican Platform pertaining to Labor. Tom Thomas presents his weekly poem in the "Cultural Corner".
Gamification and Sustainability
May 1, 2011, 12:42 a.m.
This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk to game theory expert Gabe Zichermann, about how gamification - the concept of using fun, engaging challenges to encourage certain behavior - can play a larger role in the sustainability movement. While gamification has recently risen in popularity in the business world, particularly in online marketing, Zichermann discusses with host Alex Wise how gamifiying more parts of our daily routine can play a role in helping craft better policy and how gamification can encourage individuals to consciously (and sometimes subconsciously) help themselves and the environment.