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05.19 How the Conservative Worldview Quashes Critical Thinking -- and What That Means For Our Kids' Future
05.19 As Schools Crumble: Quiet Call for Revolution in Philly
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05.22 A Fine Brine: New Desalination Technique Yields More Drinkable Water
05.22 Only renewables - not nuclear - could be too cheap to meter
05.21 Health Bargain Hunters Use Websites To Cut Doctor Bills
05.21 Rapid Climate Changes Turn North Woods into Moose Graveyard
05.20 Collateral Damage in the Marcellus Shale
05.18 Apple to Use Only Green Power for Main Data Center
05.18 New law makes Vermont the first state to ban fracking
05.18 Department of Energy Pretends that Low Levels of Radiation Are Safe
05.17 Only biofuels will cut plane emissions
05.17 Australasia has hottest 60 years in a millennium, scientists find
05.15 Horrific Injuries Linked to BP Dispersant Corexit
05.15 'Last Call at the Oasis': Why Time Is Running Out to Save Our Drinking Water
05.14 German Government to Oppose Fracking
05.11 Petition calls on Brazilian president to veto 'catastrophic' forest code
05.11 Bans on School Junk Food Pay Off in California
05.11 When half a million Americans died and nobody noticed
05.10 Game Over for the Climate
05.10 Pollution: the great leveller
05.10 New study: Amish prove raw milk promotes health in children
05.10 Big Agriculture's Big Secrets: 9 Things You Need to Know About the Food You Eat
Ref. High health-care costs: It’s all in the pricing - graphic
Ref. Dollars for Doctors - How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
Ref. 2010 Comparative Price Report Medical and Hospital Fees by Country - Graphics
Ref. Health at a Glance 2011 - OECD Indicators
Ref. : Why is Healthcare Absurdly Expensive in USA (Part 2) [Graphics] (Part 1 is here)
Video Health Care Systems in Less Corrupt Countries
05.22 It’s Official: Watching Fox Makes You Stupider
05.20 Corporate Media: Dan Rather on Real Time with Bill Maher [video]
Daily The Daily Howler
05.22 How America's death penalty murders innocents
05.17 Federal court enjoins NDAA
05.16 Is the filibuster unconstitutional?
05.15 MONEY UNLIMITED
05.11 How the Corporate Right Hijacked America's Courts to Enrich the Top 1 Percent
05.22 Krugman: Romney ‘really does not understand the economy at all’ [video]
05.22 Is Texas Waging War on History?
05.22 Today's GOP: Worst Political Party Since the Civil War
05.21 The Rise of the New Economy Movement
05.21 Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrong
05.16 5 Ways Conservatives are Destroying the Institution of Marriage
05.16 Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds Of Millions In Taxpayer Dollars
05.16 The Economic Case for Same-Sex Marriage
05.16 If Information Is Power, What Is Lack Of Information? [video]
05.15 IMAGE: It doesn't have to be true, just credible...
05.15 WEDDING BELLS
05.15 Memo to Mitt: Time to Fess Up on Bullying
05.14 “The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.”
05.14 Hedges: How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane
05.11 Why Atheists Have Become a Kick-Ass Movement You Want on Your Side
05.11 Fixable Error, New Insight, and Social Security
05.10 Ballot Access
05.10 Christian Conservatives vs. Sex: The Long War Over Reproductive Freedom
05.22 Today Germany Is the Big Loser, Not Greece
05.22 Europe is driving full-tilt, foot on the pedal, into a brick wall
05.21 Heist of the century: Wall Street's role in the financial crisis
05.21 MANIPULATIONS: FACEBOOK is a fiat stock, its valuation is no different than fiat money...
05.21 Obama pledges tough enforcement of Wall Street reforms
05.18 Barack Obama tells EU: boost growth now or face a global crisis
05.18 Bank runs intensifying in the Euro zone
05.18 The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Obama on JPMorgan
05.17 Inside Job, Narrated by Matt Damon (Full Length HD Documentary)
05.17 Nurses vs. High-Speed Traders
05.17 Paul Krugman’s Economic Blinders
05.16 “What Scares Me Isn’t $2 Billion Loss JP Morgan Made, What Scares Me is the Record $19 Billion in Profits” [video]
05.16 Republican Party suckles at the breast of Big Business
05.16 Weisbrot and Krugman are Wrong: Greece cannot pull off an Argentina
05.15 Greek deadlock heightens fears of full European economic crisis
05.14 Why We Regulate
05.11 Indentured Servitude for Seniors: Social Security Garnished for Student Debts
05.11 Breaking Up Four Big Banks
05.11 Wall Street’s immunity
05.11 How Wall Street Killed Financial Reform
05.10 Real Estate 4 Ransom -- locking up the Great American Dream
05.10 Quelle Surprise! Fed Defends Incompetent Bank Management Against Investors
05.10 Europe’s Problems Multiply
Ref. Nurses vs. High-Speed Traders
Ref. Inside Job, Narrated by Matt Damon (Full Length HD Documentary)
Ref. We’re More Unequal Than You Think – Graphic: Unequal rise in income
05.22 The Soviets showed the way to leave Afghanistan
05.21 US war veterans tossing medals back at Nato was a heroic act
05.21 Israeli settlers filmed firing guns at [unarmed] Palestinians
05.17 South Sudan slides towards destitution amid border conflict with Sudan
05.15 IDF closes Palestinian school to make way for West Bank training zone
05.14 Noam Chomsky on:
• WikiLeaks, Obama’s Targeted Assassinations and Latin America’s Break From the U.S. [video]
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Occupy Wall Street "Has Created Something That Didn’t Really Exist" in U.S. — Solidarity [video]
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Palestinian Hunger Strike a Protest Against "Violations of Elementary Human Rights" [video]
05.14 INFOGRAPHIC: Gas Spending Around The World
05.14 Graphic: Products of Slavery
05.14 Israel warned of volatile situation as Palestinian hunger strikers near death
05.14 How Right-Wing Extremists and Islamists Are the Same
05.14 Guatemala's land grab and massacre
05.11 U.S. Military Taught Officers: Use ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics for ‘Total War’ on Islam
05.11 Thousands of British police join anti-austerity protest
05.10 China Investment Corp. Stops Buying Europe Government Debt on Crisis Concern
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Public Service Announcements
• The Twelve Step Recovery Workshop hosts a weekly meetings• Special Advocates For Children Needed
• Family to Family Education Program Starts Sept. 29
• “Road to Recovery” Volunteers Needed
• Study Group on Single Payer Health Insurance meets First Mondays of Every Month @ 7:30pm
• Baltimore Green Forum meets the last Sunday of every month in Towson
• Meals on Wheels Volunteers Needed
• State Bar Assn. Offers Free Legal Guide on Foreclosure
• Maryland Science Center Seeks Volunteers
• Become a Tutor of Adults
• Lawyers available to speak on 41 legal topics
• Maryland State Bar Association Offers Free Consumer Legal Guides
• Help for Young Adults with Cancer
• Parents Without Partners Meetings at White Marsh Public Library
• Volunteer to be an advocate for children
• Twelve Step Recovery Workshop
• Health Care for Uninsured Baltimore City Residents
• Help for osteoarthritis of the upper spine
• Power wheelchairs available The Twelve Step Recovery Workshop hosts a weekly meeting, free of charge, for people suffering from any addictive or compulsive problem, including compulsive eating, anorexia-bulimia, codependency, alcoholism, emotional or behavioral compulsions. The Workshop meets at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7601 York Rd., Towson, 21204, every Thursday at 7 p.m. (410) 880-2439; www.12steps-recovery.org Thousands of Baltimore City children are not safe living with their families. Members of the public are invited to volunteer to serve as their Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Volunteers, who must be at least 21 years old, will be professionally trained and supervised. Attend the next information session to learn more about Court Appointed Special Advocates of Baltimore on April 6, 2010 from 6:30-8:00 PM at the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations, 19 West Ostend Street, Suite 201, Baltimore, MD 21230. For information, call Phyllis Kolman at 410-244-1465, ext. 103. Family-to-Family is a 12-week course for close relatives of individuals with severe brain disorders (mental illnesses). Trained family members teach the course. All course materials are furnished to participants at no cost. The curriculum discusses the clinical treatment of major mental illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members need to cope more effectively. The commitment is two and one half hours per week for twelve weeks. It is essential that participants attend all 12 classes because each class builds on the prior class. Starting date is Tues., September 29, 2009 from 7pm to 9:30 pm. The last session will be held on Tues., December 15, 2009. The location is Govans Boundary United Methodist Church, 5210 York Road. The sponsor is NAMI-Metropolitan Baltimore. Call 410-435-2600 about this course, and about other dates and locations in the region when this course will be offered this fall.
NAMI also offers a Peer to Peer Recovery Education Course on Thursdays at Govans Boundary United Methodist Church, same hours as above, starting Oct. 8 and continue until Dec. 17.
Imagine being diagnosed with cancer. Imagine being told that you have two scheduled surgeries, six months of Chemotherapy, and an uncertain amount of radiation therapy. Now imagine that your most pressing concern is how you will get to this life-saving treatment. Many Baltimore area residents who have recently been diagnosed with cancer face this same uncertainty every day and they need your help.
"Road to Recovery" is an American Cancer Society service program that provides transportation for cancer patients to their treatments and then back home. Transportation is provided according to the needs and available resources in the community.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer driver, please call 410-933-5130. The American Cancer Society will provide a simple training program and an opportunity for you to meet other volunteers throughout the year. Whether you can drive on a regular basis or only have a few hours a month to donate, the American Cancer Society will appreciate your help.
All meetings are held at St. John's United Methodist Church, St. Paul St. at 27th St., Baltimore. According to the group's organizers, a "single payer" system means that only one agency would pay for medical services—in contrast to the roughly 1500 insurance companies now operating in the US. The rough model is the Canadian system. It is suggested that participants read basic introductory material that includes the "Executive Summary" of THE LEWIN REPORT, a 2000 study of the prospects for reform in Maryland.Meetings on this topic are held on the first Monday of every month. The convenor is Bill Harvey, who has been active on this issue since 1989 and works with HealthCare Now of Maryland (formerly Maryland UHCAN: Universal Health Care Action Network. For more information, call or e-mail Bill Harvey at 410-467-7756 or bharvey@smart.net.
The Baltimore Green Forum, a monthly environmental and discussion forum, is usually held on the last Sunday of each month. Its events are open to the public, free of charge, but donations to Maryland Presbyterian Church, where the meetings are held, are appreciated. Address is 1105 Providence Road, Towson, MD 21286 (just north of the Beltway). For questions, to co-sponsor, or to RSVP, contact http://baltimoregreenforum@gmail.com , e-mail baltimoregreenforum@gmail.com, or call 301-345-2234.Co-sponsors of Forum events include Simplicity Matters Earth Institute, Baltimore Climate Action Network, Green City Baltimore, Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network, Hooked on Nature, Parks & People, Network of Spiritual Progressives in Maryland, and MD League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Inc.
The South Distribution Site for the Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland program is in need of volunteer drivers and visitors to deliver meals to homebound residents in the area. The Distribution Site is located at Christ Lutheran Church, 701 South Charles Street. Meals are picked up by volunteers at the site and delivered between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.To volunteer, contact Dejanelle Peterkin at 443-573-0926 or e-mail peterkin@mowcm.org.
With 25,000 foreclosures expected in Maryland this year, and one in every 200 homes now in some stage of a foreclosure proceeding, many families across the state face losing their homes. To help these thousands of people, especially in light of new state foreclosure laws, the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) has just released a newly revised foreclosure proceeding legal information guide and is giving it away free to Maryland consumers as a public service.
MSBA’s "Foreclosing Proceedings in Maryland" public awareness brochure offers assistance to consumers facing or fearing a foreclosure. This free pamphlet provides legal information to help the public better understand the new foreclosure law, effective April 4, 2008, which offers new protections for homeowners. It explains the new law in basic terms and outlines the steps of the revised foreclosure process, including new notice requirements and extended time periods for foreclosure sales, so consumers know what to expect when facing a foreclosure situation.
"Foreclosing Proceedings in Maryland" is one in the series of 24 legal information guides offered by MSBA’s Public Awareness Committee; all are free to the public.
"Foreclosing Proceedings in Maryland" is also available online or in print; to obtain print copies of the brochure contact Jason Zeisloft, Communications Assistant, jzeisloft@msba.org or call (410) 685-7878 x 3028.
The Maryland Science Center seeks volunteers to serve as greeters, assistants in exhibit areas, science demonstrators, and IMAX Theater ushers.
Orientation will be provided. Benefits include free parking, a 30% discount in the Science Store, a 25% discount in Beakers Café, and free admission for volunteers and their families to the St. John Properties IMAX Theatre and Davis Planetarium.
Volunteers must be at least 14 years of age and available to work a minimum of one four-hour shift per month for at least three months.
For more information, call Tony Washington at (410) 545-5894 or email twashington@marylandsciencecenter.org.
30% of Baltimore City Residents can’t read but you can help! The Greater Homewood Adult Literacy Program is seeking volunteers to tutor adults in math, reading, and/or writing. Free training and materials. Located across from JHU in Charles Village. Call (410) 261-0022 for more details.
What is the punishment for drunk driving? What happens during a divorce? Why do you need a will?
If your group would like a lawyer to discuss these or other legal issues, the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) will provide a lawyer as a free service to the community. MSBA Speakers’ Bureau is a collection of over 200 volunteer attorneys, throughout the entire state, who are willing to speak to the public about numerous legal issues. The Bureau’s 41 topics range from adoption, bankruptcy, wills and estate planning to taxes and the legal needs of senior citizens. MSBA attorneys are willing to speak and inform the public about the law.
Any group interested in having a member of the Speakers’ Bureau visit their organization should contact Jason Zeisloft of the MSBA at jzeisloft@msba.org, or 410-685-7878. For more information on the MSBA or the complete listings of topics, visit the MSBA website, msba.org.
Maryland consumers seeking basic information about the law--wills, bankruptcy, nursing home admission, automobile accidents, divorce, child custody, etc.--should call the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) at (410) 685-7878 or (800) 492-1964. Twenty-four legal information pamphlets are available free of charge as a public service. They are also available online at msba.org, by clicking on public resources.
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults is presenting a six-week series of educational topics and conversations for young adults affected by cancer. Professional speakers, community educators, and young adult survivors will discuss issues that young adults living with cancer face today. All sessions will be held at the Ruscombe Mansion Community Health Center in Baltimore, MD, and are free of charge. Registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Esther Ehrmann, Volunteer Coordinator, at 410-964-0202. Visit this webpage for more information.
Parents Without Partners, a non-profit, non-sectarian, volunteer educational organization of single parents who are bringing up their children alone, offers a balanced program of educational, family and social /recreational activities for both adults and children. Orientations are held on the second Thursday of every month at the White Marsh Public Library, 8133 Sandpiper Circle, from 7 to 8pm. The registration fee is $28. Please direct questions to Jeff Newberry 410-667-0275 or Ben Hall 410-282-0655.
8000 children in the city of Baltimore are in and out of home placements each year because of abuse and neglect. Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) provides a voice for these children, ensuring their placement in safe, permanent homes. CASA's trained advocates inform the court regarding the child’s placement as it pertains to their educational, medical and mental health needs and overall well being.
Volunteers are trained and supervised to advocate for the best interests of the child. An advocate must be at least 21 years of age, attend 30 hours of training, have a background check, and make a commitment for a period of at least one year.
Please visit http://www.casabalt.org or call 410-244-1465 and ask for Cindy.
The Twelve Step Recovery Workshop is an open meeting, free of charge, for people suffering from any sort of compulsive problem, including alcoholism, compulsive overeating, anorexia-bulimia, codependency, emotional compulsions, etc. The meeting is at Ascension Lutheran Church, 7601 York Rd. (Towson), every Thursday at 7 p.m. Call (410) 880-2439.
Adult residents, ages 18-64, without health insurance, can gain access to health care through a grant program in the Baltimore City Health Department. Seven federal and one state Community Health Centers in the City are accepting patient referrals. Clinic fees are based on a sliding scale. Residents should call 410.396.9996 to get an appointment at a health center.
Approximately one million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis of the upper spine, which causes severe pain attacks and slowly decreases neck mobility. In the new magazine Arthritis Info, the American Arthritis Society has compiled practical tips from spinal experts. For a free copy, visit americanarthritis.org or write: American Arthritis Society, 28 State Street, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02109 (please enclose a 37-Cent stamp for return postage).
Wishes on Wheels makes available power wheelchairs for non-ambulatory senior citizens (65 years old & up), usually at no cost if they qualify. No deposit required. This service may also be available to the permanently disabled of any age.
Call 1.800.823.5220, or visit threewishes2.com
