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US nuke regulators weaken safety rules

Posted on June 22, 2011 by iwilder
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Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation’s aging reactors operating within safety standards by repeatedly weakening those standards, or simply failing to enforce them, an investigation by The Associated Press has found.

Time after time, officials at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission have decided that original regulations were too strict, arguing that safety margins could be eased without peril, according to records and interviews.

The result? Rising fears that these accommodations by the NRC are significantly undermining safety — and inching the reactors closer to an accident that could harm the public and jeopardize the future of nuclear power in the United States.

via The Associated Press: AP IMPACT: US nuke regulators weaken safety rules.

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DOE Must Do More to Encourage Positive, not Punitive, Discipline in the City’s Schools

Posted on June 21, 2011 by iwilder

In testimony tonight on the disciple code for New York City public schools, the New York Civil Liberties Union will encourage the Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to include positive-discipline practices in the city’s schools – but will caution that the DOE’s disciplinary code and zero-tolerance policies criminalize student discipline and discriminate unfairly against students of color and those with special needs.

“Education is a child’s right, not a reward for good behavior,” NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. “Sadly, the over-reliance on suspensions in New York City schools all too often denies our most vulnerable children their right to an education. This harsh approach to discipline, combined with aggressive policing in schools, pushes kids from the classroom into the criminal justice system. Suspension should be a last resort, and the discipline code should be revised to reflect that.”

From 1999 to 2009, long-term suspensions doubled in the city’s schools, and short-term suspensions increased by 149 percent, according to an NYCLU analysis published in the report Education Interrupted: The Growing Use of Suspensions in New York City’s Public Schools.  Read more »

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Broad Coalition Urges Suffolk County Legislators to Oppose Prepaid Cell Phone Registry

Posted on June 20, 2011 by iwilder
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A coalition more than 30 civil rights, immigrants’ rights, labor, social justice, community and interfaith organizations today urged members of the Suffolk County Legislature to oppose a bill that would mandate the creation and maintenance of a prepaid cell phone registry in Suffolk County.

I.R. 1266, which is scheduled to be voted on tomorrow, would require all potential prepaid cell phone purchasers to provide two forms of identification prior to buying a phone – representing an undue and unfair burden on consumers.  It would establish a police database to store consumers’ personal information, violating personal privacy rights and Fourth Amendment guarantees, and compel retailers to gather and maintain personal data without any training, guidelines or support. Business owners who elect not to comply with the law risk fines of up to $1,000 or a year in jail. Read more »

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Mayors See End to Wars as Fix for Struggling Cities

Posted on June 20, 2011 by iwilder
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So when downturn-weary mayors from around the country gathered here on Friday for the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, they decided to make a statement: they introduced a resolution calling for the speedy end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and calling on Congress to use the $126 billion a year the wars cost for urgent domestic needs.

via Mayors See End to Wars as Fix for Struggling Cities – NYTimes.com.

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Map Shows New York City Rooftops’ Potential for Solar Power

Posted on June 19, 2011 by iwilder
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Two-thirds of New York City’s rooftops are suitable for solar panels and could jointly generate enough energy to meet half the city’s demand for electricity at peak periods, according to a new, highly detailed interactive map to be made public on Thursday.

via Map Shows New York City Rooftops’ Potential for Solar Power – NYTimes.com.

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Kimberly’s thoughts on the Anthony Weiner incident…

Posted on June 17, 2011 by kwilder

While former Congressman Anthony Weiner and the world were deciding if he would stay, be fired, or resign, I did not want to chime in. I felt like I did not have enough information, and that most major party politicians are not worth my reflection, anyway. Also, I did not want to distract from the fact that what Rep. Weiner did was wrong, and it hurt people.

Though…

I think it is time for folks to think about what should happen when politicians face sexual scandal. It is one of the oldest political problems. And, recently, it keeps coming up. Read more »

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Everyone Benefits from CSA (via thegreenschoolhouseseries)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by iwilder
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Build a better relationship – with your produce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way for consumers to get their weekly produce fix with locally grown vegetables directly from a farmer in their community.  How it Works A farmer provides a “share” (usually a box of vegetables, but other products like fruit and dairy are sometimes included), a consumer purchases the share, and then the consumer receives the share each week during fa … Read More

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Coalition of Community and Religious Groups to Protest Rep. King’s ‘Muslim Radicalization’ Hearing with Counter-Hearing on Religious Freedom

Posted on June 13, 2011 by iwilder
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On Tuesday in Westbury, a coalition of civil rights, religious and interfaith groups, will protest U.S. Rep. Peter T. King’s upcoming congressional “radicalization” hearing targeting the American Muslim community by hosting a counter-hearing on religious freedom.

The coalition, Long Island Neighbors for American Values recently formed to promote diversity and tolerance and to counter attempts to discriminate or otherwise target individuals or groups based on religion or ethnicity.

In March, Congressman King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, held the first in a series of hearings on the so-called “radicalization” of the American Muslim community and its level of cooperation with government anti-terrorism efforts. King’s second such hearing will be held Wednesday in Washington, D.C. It will focus on the activities of Muslims in U.S. prisons.  Read more »

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Organic Spies Video Report Details Systemic Corruption at the Organic Trade Assn (via Food Freedom)

Posted on June 13, 2011 by iwilder
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 Why the Organic Trade Association and corporate organic food brands do NOT want labeling of genetically engineered foods: In the video we show financial evidence that the President of the Board of Directors of the OTA, Julia Sabin, VP/GM of Smucker Natural individually profits from Smucker selling GE foods. Documentary Links Proving Corruption of the OTA Board Julia Sabin’s J.M … Read More

via Food Freedom

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Is SEC reporting the key to solving the mortgage crisis?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by iwilder
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I don’t believe that we will have an economic recovery until we resolve the mortgage crisis.  The media may have moved on to congressional body parts, but the mortgage crisis is still very real and the engine of financial entropy.  In discussions with foreclosure attorneys for the banks, it seems clear to all parties involved that the mortgage servicers and investors are not motivated to resolve the problem.  They seem to have no interest in providing modifications, approving short sales or accepting deeds in lieu [DIL].  There sole concern is there stock price.  They fear the more they modify, short sale or DIL, the more they will have to write-off and the lower their stock price will go.

Therefore the answer is to change the rules of the game so that the defaulted loans are already taken into account in the stock price as if they were foreclosed.  That would remove the impediment from the servicers and investors  providing timely solutions to homeowners. The quickest way of moving this forward is to change SEC accounting guidelines so that any loan over 90 days delinquent must be written off their books in their quarterly reports as if it were foreclosed.  That would remove any financial market downside to a quick resolution of the default.

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Climbing Up Blair Mountain Again (via Autonomie Project’s Blog)

Posted on June 12, 2011 by iwilder

Climbing Up Blair Mountain Again We all know the history of the American Civil War, but did you know about the second largest armed uprising within the United States? I am probably the biggest history nerd I know and I only recently read about the Battle of Blair Mountain . Sure, I know about the struggles of the early 20th Century workers and the power of early corporations, but somehow this story circumvented my radar, or was buried in my brain caverns under all the history bo … Read More

via Autonomie Project’s Blog

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FOLK-GROOVIN’ CAFÉ 7/9/11

Posted on June 12, 2011 by iwilder
“Add a little Groove to your coffee!”
SATURDAY NIGHT – JULY 9th, 8:00pm.
@ The Conklin Barn, 2 High Street, Huntington Village
(corner of NY Avenue and High Street, next to Conklin House).
OPEN MIC – All performers welcomed and respected.
Tickets – $10 (at door).  Includes refreshments and CD raffle!
HOSTED BY :
JIM FRAZZITTA – A veteran singer/songwriter and a staple on the region’s acoustic music scene, Jim’s songs have received worldwide airplay. He was a founding member and frontman of the former, legendary band, Nylon & Steel. Read more »

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Today 6/11/11: Anti-nuke rally in NYC (and report on rallies in Japan)

Posted on June 11, 2011 by kwilder

Today, in New York City, you can attend an anti-nuke rally,
in solidarity with Japan:
June 11th, 1PM
at Tompkins Square Park
(9th Street and Avenue A, New York, NY 10009)
For more info, email: 311newyork at gmail dot com
jfissures.wordpress.com

There are lots of reports of the anti-nuke protests in Japan on Twitter. There are images from the Japanese protests at youtube. One example (in Japanese):  video here.

(excerpt from) MontrealGazette.com
Japan marks three months since tsunami with protests

TOKYO — Japan on Saturday marked three months since its massive quake-tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis, amid simmering public frustration over the government’s slow response to the catastrophe.

Thousands of people staged anti-nuclear rallies in Tokyo and other cities as radiation continued to leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, some 220 kilometres northeast of the capital. Read more »

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Z-List Summer 2011

Posted on June 10, 2011 by iwilder
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06/11 Please join NAC this Friday and Saturday for our 5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event. Observe fine painters at work along the waterfront all day on Friday and from 9-3 on Saturday. Meet the artists as they paint and choose a painting to bid on for our silent auction. Gallery reception starts at 11AM and silent auction from 1-3PM at LaMantia Gallery on Sunday, June 12th. All are welcome. Click here for a PDF http://northportarts.org/

06/13 Monday 7pm Gazebo Readings, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road, Oceanside, New York (just east of Long Beach Road).  http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2008/01/directions.html Featured Authors: Tom Phelan, Louisa Calio, Steven Schmidt, Roxanne Hoffman http:/roxanne-hoffman.blogspot.com and http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com.

06/18 Saturday 9:30 A.M.-2 P.M. Piping Plover Poetry Writing Workshop Poets , your language skills can help. They are enduring severe environmental disruption. poetry writing workshop conducted by Maxwell C. Wheat, Jr., at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Center, Jones Beach State Park. Introductory Talk & Guided Walk . To Register & for Directions Phone: 516-780-3295 Jerry Ahern, Sea Cliff, song writer, guitarist, folk singer sharing his environmental and Long Island songs. Bring Brown Bag Lunch, Pens, Pencils for Outdoor Notes, Notebook, (If Possible)—Binoculars Poems will be collected and sent with authors’ permission to organizations involved with these animals suggesting they be used for newsletters, read at meetings, etc. Newsday in spring carries frequent stories about the Piping Plover when Nature Conservation and other volunteers rope and fence off this endangered species’ ocean beach nesting territories, annoying nearby home and second-home owner residents sighting these protective efforts out their windows. These plover nest and hatch young on sandy terrain among the dunes, blocking people’s easy access to the surf. These areas thus are protected from human intrusion—hence news provoking conflicts between property owners and the plover protectors. A situation calling for poetic attention and advocacy with the words and phases of powerful verse that Paumanouk Poets can produce.  Read more »

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