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Occupy Protester Hands President Obama a Note

Wed, 2011-11-23 21:35 — admin

submitted by Theresa Bernardo

news.yahoo.com - by Holly Bailey - November 22, 2011

      

(Charles Dharapak/AP)

The Occupy movement trailed President Obama to New Hampshire today, where protestors briefly interrupted his jobs speech at a Manchester high school.

Using the so-called "human microphone" method, protestors shouted Obama down just minutes into his speech, calling attention to the arrest of peaceful protestors at Occupy movements around the country.

They were quickly countered by students, who began chanting, "Obama! Obama!"

But after the speech, a member of the movement got close enough to Obama as the president was shaking hands with members of the audience pass him a note, which was photographed by the Associated Press' Charles Dharapak:

Mr. President: Over 4000 peaceful protesters have been arrested. While bankers continue to destroy the American economy. You must stop the assault on our 1st amendment rights.  Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable. Banks got bailed out. We got sold out.

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Supply Chain Resilience Project Seeks Input

Wed, 2011-11-23 21:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Samuel Bendett

Supply Chain Resilience Project Seeks Input
The Mid-Atlantic Supply Chain Resilience Project cultivates private-public involvement to enhance regional readiness for a catastrophic event in Washington D.C. or surrounding states. This group has identified several key strategies necessary for supply chain resilience. The current working draft of the Strategic Playbook is scheduled to be finalized by Dec. 16, 2011 and is currently open for review.

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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010

Sat, 2011-11-05 20:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

 

U.S. Census Bureau - Income

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010    (95 page .PDF file)

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Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease (2011)

Sat, 2011-11-05 02:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Public Health Workbook to Define, Locate and Reach Special, Vulnerable, and At-Risk Populations in an Emergency

Mon, 2011-10-31 00:10 — Kathy Gilbeaux

OVERVIEW

Following disasters in the United States, public health and
emergency planners have assessed human service needs and
issues that were met or unmet before, during, and after the
crises. A primary lesson learned in the aftermath of 9/11, the
anthrax attacks that followed, widespread power outages in the
Northeastern United States, hurricanes in the South, mudslides
in the West and diseases such as SARS and West Nile Virus is that
traditional methods of communicating health and emergency
information often fall short of the goal of reaching everyone in
a community. Those with the greatest needs and greatest risk
often are outside the channels of mainstream communication.

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Follow-Up from Resiliency SLA Talk by McDonald Last Thursday

Sat, 2011-10-29 23:58 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Maine Congresswoman Unveils Bill to Support Small Farms

Wed, 2011-10-26 01:28 — JRees

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME) announced Monday she will introduce bail that would "significantly change the nation's food policy" by supporting local and regional farmers. The package of reforms and new programs, dubbed The Local Farm, Food, and Jobs Act, would encourage the production of local food by helping farmers and ranchers and by improving distribution systems, building on the success of farmers markets across the country.

Source: Food Safety News  Author: Helena Bottemiller | Oct 25, 2011

"This is about healthy local food and a healthy local economy. When consumers can buy affordable food grown locally, everyone wins," said Pingree, who owns an organic farm in North Haven, Maine. "It creates jobs on local farms and bolsters economic growth in rural communities."
Pingree tied local food system growth to creating jobs all over the country.
"We've seen explosive growth in sales of local food here in Maine and all across the country. This bill breaks down barriers the federal government has put up for local food producers and really just makes it easier for people to do what they've already been doing," the congresswoman said.

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Feeding America - Hunger & Poverty Statistics

Tue, 2011-10-25 23:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Hunger & Poverty Statistics, although related, are not the same.  Unemployment rather than poverty is a stronger predictor of food insecurity. Below are important hunger facts and poverty statistics from Feeding America.

Poverty 

  • In 2009, 43.6 million people (14.3 percent) were in poverty.
  • In 2009, 8.8 million (11.1% percent) families were in poverty.
  • In 2009, 24.7 million (12.9 percent) of people ages 18-64 were in poverty.
  • In 2009, 15.5 million (20.7 percent) children under the age of 18 were in poverty.
  • In 2009, 3.4 million (8.9 percent) seniors 65 and older were in poverty.

Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security[2]

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The Power of the Strategic 21st Century Librarian - Methods for Engaging the Full Power of Knowledge Science for Resilience

Thu, 2011-10-20 15:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Resiliency Networks - October 20,
In the context of increasing real-time information abundance, librarians face new opportunities to contribute to a more resilient public health by applying long-held skills and values to social media content and intelligent social networks.

Join your colleagues on Thursday, October 20, 2011 from 5:00 to 6:30 (Eastern) for a very informative presentation and a lively discussion that is being cosponsored by DUSLA where Dr. Michael D. McDonald will engage in a discourse as to how the strategically oriented librarian can invest a new dimension of power and responsibility in their professional role by contributing to the management of this new information sharing environment in the prevention and management of large-scale social crises (e.g., disease outbreaks, terrorism, natural disasters, economic and social discontinuities) at the global, national, regional, and local levels.
Attend virtually via webcast or access recording: Registration - Simulcast Webinar  http://www.icebrrg.com/Public/ViewForm.aspx?formID=76478

Simulcast Webinar Link  http://bit.ly/DUSLAtalk

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