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Rosalie Bertell - `Right Livelihood` Award Winner

"For raising public awareness about the destruction of the biosphere and human gene pool, especially by low-level radiation." Rosalie Bertell (Canada) Joint Award with Alice Stewart (1986)

(ARCATA, Calif.) - "NUCLEAR FIGHTER"... Dr. Rosalie Bertell maintains the nuclear industry and military policy makers are the world's main polluters.

Anti-nuclear nun an environmental epidemiologist Dr. Rosalie Bertell, a Grey Nun for half a century, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of radiation. neither a recluse nor a denizen of the Ivory Tower. She is an activist and whistle blower.

If Your Dad is Around, Tell Him `Happy Father`s Day`

Give your dad a hug for me.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I lost my dad very quickly three summers ago and incredibly, my mom died the same day. I can try to communicate in a few words what kind of people they were.

I was born when my parents were in their 40's, so they had been at this 'life' thing for quite a while before I came along. For this reason I didn't have them as long as most people (hopefully) have theirs. My dad was 46 when I was born, and I was 45 when my dad died.

Corporations Have Redefined Food as `Stuff`

Countries define food as "any item that is to be processed, partially processed, or unprocessed for consumption."

(LONDON) - While the ICESCR recognition of the human right to food remains in place, the definition of food itself has been hollowed out.

Some countries have created a new legal definition of food.

El Grito de El Paso (The Cry of El Paso)

Defending Mexican refugees has emerged as a big issue in El Paso and other places.

(EL PASO) - On Memorial Day, Albuquerque resident Michael Brown embarked on a run of more than 260-miles to the US-Mexico border.

The long-distance runner began his marathon at the spot where the bodies of 11 murdered women were found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa back in February 2009. Headed south, the US Navy veteran stopped at a grave site to honor his fallen military brethren and then visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Truth or Consequences, NM.

Love, Struggle and Memory in Ciudad Juarez

Magdalena Garcia, widow of disappeared architect Ricardo Gatica, said: “I want justice!”
“You are not alone!” the crowd roared back.

(CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico) - Completing an epic journey across Mexico, the Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity arrived late last week to a tumultuous welcome in Ciudad Juarez.

It's the place where the beleaguered border city poet and caravan organizer Javier Sicilia calls Mexico’s “epicenter of pain.”

Foreclosure Rates in Salem Increase

The mortgage delinquency rate in Salem has increased.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Foreclosure rates in Salem have increased for the month of March over the same period last year, according to CoreLogic.

Foreclosures for the Salem area, the rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans is 2.65 percent for the month of March 2011, an increase of 0.60 percentage points compared to March of 2010 when the rate was 2.05 percent.

Senate Approves Bill Outlining Critical Services to Oregon Seniors

HB 3037 revises coverage under Oregon Project Independence.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Senate passed a bill this morning that specifies that services provided through the state’s Oregon Project Independence (OPI) program.

HB 3037 clarifies that eligible seniors in the program can receive in-home and community-based home care, health promotion services, information on immediate and long range options counseling, and transportation services through OPI.

Mother`s Day Manifesto 2011-2012

We the people of America who pay taxes are culpable for most all of the world's manufacturing, use of, and exporting of weapons of all degrees of destruction.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - A year ago I published Mother's Day Manifesto 2010.

With great sorrow, I report that the only change has been more death and destruction:
Iraq Coalition Military Fatalities from 2003-2011 total: 4,770
Afghanistan Coalition Military Fatalities from 2001-2011 total: 2,445

I Have a Dream

Shouldn't everyone have a chance to reach theirs?

(LONDON) - No human beings should ever be exposed to military and political violence.

The idea of children bearing witness to man's hardest and cruelest side is unbearable as a thought.

`Strange, isn`t it? Each Man`s Life Touches so Many Other Lives.`

Title is a line by Clarence the Angel from "It's a Wonderful Life"

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - As any parent who has lost a child knows, the anniversary of the death of the child is a reminder of the hole we carry in our hearts every day. My daughter, Jill died nine years ago on April 29. I was fortunate to be Jill's mommy (she never called me mom) for 29 years on earth.

I continue to be her mommy while she is in heaven and loving her and keeping her memory alive -- until we are reunited.