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After upgrading and organizing I was able to really gain control of my physical desktop. I still need to work on the wires, but it's a great start.

I don't have all of my apps open at the moment, but typically I have Thunderbird open for email, and Firefox with a bunch of tabs to Google Reader, wikipedia, and Google Calendar.

The desk is really old and used to be my grandparents'. It's solid wood and incredibly heavy. I like it, but find it to be a little small.

Recent additions include a Microsoft Lifecam that I still need to get to work properly.

UFO

Fully/Avers

Thx goes to RIK89 once again...

pantry organization on a budget

Organization for Bat Conservation director and bat expert Rob Mies (blue shirt) leads a night bat walk and talk discussion about bat myths, benefits of bats, threats to their sustainability, bat houses and how to spot flying bats and likely natural living spaces they are attracted to at the Pollinator Week festival at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market in Washington, D. C. on Friday, Jun. 19, 2015. The group is looking for big brown bats that are native to Northern America and eats insect pests at a rate of 1,000 - 2,000 per night. Mies uses a special microphone and app on a smart tablet to detect bats and identify them by the sounds they emit. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Chad's current closet in the loft needs to be paired down a bit to fit into the 100K House.

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Craft room desk organization - making the space my own. More details at www.cookcleancraft.com/2013/01/craftoffice-desk-organizat...

It all hides neatly behind the mystery wall

Blogged

...IMAGINE TO BE HERE....

Digital ID: 435622. Organization. Ashokan reservoir. Group of visitors on top of Olive Bridge dam at celebration of the storag of water in Ashokan reservoir. Contract 3. October 11, 1913.. [1918?]

Notes: Acc. Hdq. R. 480

Source: [Photographs of the Catskill water supply system in process of construction.] (more info)

Repository: The New York Public Library. Science, Industry and Business Library. General Collection Division.

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The annual Holiday Tour sponsored by the United Service Organizations made a stop in Vicenza, Italy on December 8th. This year's tour featured Dianna Agron, Doug Fister, Meghan Markle, Kellie Pickler, Rob Riggle, and Brian Urlacher. Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E Dempsey was also part of the tour to greet and thank the Soldiers for their service. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Graham)

To learn more about U.S. Army Africa visit our official website at www.usaraf.army.mil

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the top drawer of the hemnes dresser (which will serve as the changing table, as you can see)

via Instagram Exploiting Desperation Not only has #Israel reaped the economic benefits of exploiting cheap #Palestinian labor, they have also extracted additional revenue through the taxation process. "Kav Laoved, an Israeli worker at a human rights organization, estimated that between 1984 and 1992 Israel took various wage-additions from the Palestinians that amounted to 800 million NIS. Stanley Fischer, Economist and the current Chairman of the Central Bank of Israel, and Thomas Shelling said that between 1968 and 1993 Israel took NIS 1.125 billion from social security taxes collected from Palestinians, the collected taxes were fake as social security funds were never allocated to Palestinians." - Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) Your tangible contribution is act of justice and hope. Be the change in the world. Make a difference, click here: http://bit.ly/Pics_For_Peace #Jerusalem #StreetPhotograpy #israelioccupation #freepalestine #peace #love #apartheid #israel #Hebron #Bethlehem

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Deputy Administrator Stan Meiberg (right) will join with private industry and charitable organizations represented by City Harvest Executive Director Jilly Stephens, Food Marketing Institute President and CEO Leslie Sarasin (left); and Feeding America Chief Supply Chain Officer Bill Thomas, to announce the United States’ first food waste reduction goals at City Harvest’s food recycling facility in Long Island City, N.Y., on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The announcement occurs just one week before world leaders begin to gather at the United Nations General Assembly in New York to address sustainable development practices and goals, including sustainable production and consumption. City Harvest rescues excess food using a fleet of 19 refrigerated trucks, three cargo bikes, over 150 full-time employees, and more than 8,000 volunteers. In fiscal year 2015, they will collect 50 million pounds of food, greater than the total amount of food collected in its first 14 years combined. Seventy-five percent of this total will be comprised of nutrient dense foods, including fresh produce, meat and dairy. - See more at: blogs.usda.gov/2015/01/07/new-yorks-city-harvest-wins-u-s... U.S. Food Waste Challenge. Beginning in August 2014, food banks across the country competed to see who could sign up the most food donors to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge. From among the 200 food banks in the Feeding America network, the champion was City Harvest for signing up 114 donors to the Challenge. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

After a few days I decided it was best to get some containers and start organizing my fridge. This will really help to cut down on my fridge clutter and my prep time.

www.justonjuice.com

20170516GraduationCapGownFrederickRoyster

Major: Interdisciplinary Studies, Concentration in Education, Minor in Special Education

Henderson Nc

What is your best memory of WSSU?

My best memory of WSSU would be Homecoming! All the support, love and positive energy from alumni, students, faculty and staff is amazing! Seeing thousands of people coming together, bring their kids and relatives to brag about how awesome WSSU is priceless. To celebrate this wonderful institution through donations, attendance at athletic events as well as fellowshipping on the yard is phenomenal!

What do you love about WSSU?

The one thing I love about WSSU is the family oriented vibe I receive from not only the faculty and staff, but also from the students? There is not a moment that goes by each and every day where I do not see the genuine vibe and care our students have for one another. Wither it is student leaders encouraging other students to get more involved with student activities or students coming together to walk to the football or basketball games to support athletics or senate meetings, together we act as one.

What do you plan on doing after you graduate?

My plans after graduation are to further my education to receive my masters in the field of education. With this goal I plan to teach at a Title 1 school in the Forsyth County region to help leave a legacy in the community of Winston Salem and embrace my love and the importance of my HBCU.

How has WSSU prepared you for the future?

Being that WSSU is a Liberal Arts Institution is has prepared me with the knowledge and skill set in different content areas where I will be able to use that background knowledge and the fundamental skill set to adapt to any job I come across in the future in life.

How has WSSU made a difference in your life?

WSSU has made a huge difference in my life. Getting involved in different organizations such as Greek Life, Housing and Resident Life and Student Government Association has taught me to believe in myself. Getting involved in campus life has developed my communication and social skills. It has taught me how important your personal brand is and taught me the importance of networking and getting out of my comfort zone. If I did not have individuals at this this institution to push and help motivate me, I would have never revealed my full potential. And for that I am proud to be an alum of the Winston Salem State University!

scrap glass organized in plastic containers, by color shape and size.

okay, some of the containers in the front of the shelf are simply full of BS (bad habit of mine to clean up my area by just sticking the scrap pieces in a container and put them on the shelf)

In September 2001 the international memorial to the world’s seafarers, past, present and future, was unveiled at IMO Headquarters.

August 23, 2018

How PM is embedded in the organization.

Source:

On Twitter, I've mentioned I'm cleaning out files. This is what the recycling piles looked like before I started today's cleaning. And I'm still not done. A lot of it is now digitized, so I don't need the paper copies. And a lot is just not as relevant to my life anymore. Out with the old and in with the new!

The 10-point program of the Patriot Party, a white left-wing revolutionary organization aligned with the Black Panther Party, was published in October 1969..

The Patriot Party was initially formed as the Young Patriots Organization in Chicago and later expanded nationwide as the Patriot Party. It was one of the component organizations of Black Panther Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition in Chicago.

They rejected white supremacy but wore a confederate flag patch on their shirts.

They organized in the Washington, D.C. area 1970-71 out of the Panther office and the Panther’s Community Center focusing on far southeast Washington where working class whites still lived and the inner suburbs of Prince George’s County.

The Patriots struggled in the D.C. as Arthur Turco, one of the leaders of the national organization, was indicted in May 1970 for ordering the killing of Baltimore Black Panther suspected of being an informant. The indictment of Turco and a number of Baltimore Panthers consumed much of the effort by Patriot organizers in the Washington area.

The organization was not related to the later right wing organization of the same name.

For a PDF of this 1-page flyer, see washingtonspark.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/1969-10-patri...

For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsjBUuu3J

Donated by Robert “Bob” Simpson

www.nonprofitlists.com/ - For tiny organizations and nonprofit organizations that don't have the spending budget, making a fan page is a excellent way to get their name out there.

August 23, 2018

Sons of Liberty, secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765). They took their name from a phrase used by Isaac Barré in a speech against the Stamp Act in Parliament, and were organized by merchants, businessmen, lawyers, journalists, and others who would be most affected by the Stamp Act. The leaders included John Lamb and Alexander McDougall in New York, and Samuel Adams and James Otis in New England. The societies kept in touch with each other through committees of correspondence, supported the nonimportation agreement, forced the resignation of stamp distributors, and incited destruction of stamped paper and violence against British officials. They participated in calling the Continental Congress of 1774. In the Civil War, the Knights of the Golden Circle adopted (1864) the name Sons of Liberty.

For the American "armchair historian," this American Revolutionary organization conjures up a myriad of confusing images. But, what of this "secret" organization that played such an integral part in advancing the idea of American independence from Great Britain? What were the Sons of Liberty? Who were its members and how widespread was its support among the thirteen colonies comprising British America? What was the ideology and degree of political affiliation within the organization?

Shrouded in secrecy, the origins of the Sons of Liberty are in dispute. Some historical sources claim that the movement began in New York City in January 1765. A more popular claim is that the movement began in Boston, Massachusetts through the leadership of one Samuel Adams (a well known American Revolutionary firebrand) in early 1765. It is quite likely that the Boston and New York City chapters of the Sons of Liberty were organized and developed simultaneously. Tradition has it that the Boston chapter gathered beneath the Liberty Tree for meetings while the New York City chapter met beneath the Liberty Pole for its meetings. For reasons of safety and secrecy, Sons of Liberty groups tended to meet late at night so as not to attract attention and detection of British officials and the American Loyalist supporters of the British Crown.

This secret patriotic society had its roots in the Committees of Correspondence. The "Committees" were colonial groups organized prior to the outbreak of the American War for Independence and were established for the purpose of formally organizing public opinion and coordinating patriotic actions against Great Britain. These original committees were loosely organized groups of private citizens formed in the New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island colonies from 1763-1764.

It was the Boston Committee of Correspondence that directed the Boston Tea Party action of December 16, 1773.1 Upset with the lack of redress concerning the new tax on tea established by the British government for importation of tea to Boston, a small band of the Boston Committee of Correspondence members (approximately fifty in number) lead by Samuel Adams, proceeded to empty three ships worth and 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest.2

Was this an early terrorist action or a patriotic action. Surely, the answer lies with perspective. If you were a British official, this action was treasonous and punishable by death. If you were an American colonial citizen, this event would be seen as a glorious action of the freedom fighters worthy of praise, pride, and acclaim.

Essentially, the Sons of Liberty organized into patriotic chapters as a result of the Stamp Tax imposed by the British government on the American colonists in 1765. As a result of the heavy debt incurred from the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and the resulting burden of increased British possessions in the Americas gained as a result of victory in the war (Canada, Louisiana land area known as "New France," and several former French islands of the West Indies), British Parliament decided to station British "regular" troops in the American colonies to keep the French from attempting to recapture Canada and to defend the colonies against the Native American Indians.3 It should be noted that the vast majority of Native Americans sided with the French in the North American Theater of the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and had a notorious record of carrying out terrifying raids against British colonists in the frontier regions of the New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, and Carolina colonies dating back to the middle seventeenth century.

The Stamp Act of March 1765 was instituted to help defray the costs of maintaining British troops in the American colonies by issuing tax stamps for a wide range of public documents including: customs documents, newspapers, legal papers, and licenses. The British government believed that this stamp tax passed specifically for the American colonies was quite fair and just as a means to help pay their share of the huge national debt incurred from the Seven Years War. After all, reasoned Parliament, had not the colonies directly benefited from the war and the expulsion of the French threat from Canada? While Parliament felt that the American colonies should pay their fair portion of the war debt, the colonists responded with outrage and indignation.

The Stamp Act like the Sugar Act before it, reasoned the colonists, was yet another example of Parliament trampling on the colonial legislature's right to tax their own people. Actions and attitudes of colonists regarding perceived British monetary atrocities against their well being formed the foundation for the rallying cry of American patriots across the land namely, "no taxation without representation." The American colonists had no physical representation or voice in London Parliament, nor did they ever wish to, assert many historians. With actual American representation in Parliament, there would be no need for seeking independence.4

The Sons of Liberty organizations responded to the Stamp Act of 1765 in various ways. The New York Sons of Liberty declared in December 1765 that they would "go to the last extremity" with their lives and fortunes to prevent the enforcement of the Stamp Act. This declaration included the use of violence if necessary. Acts of rebellion against the Stamp Tax in New York City included an incident from January 9, 1766 in which ten boxes of parchment and stamped paper were delivered to City Hall and immediately confiscated, unpacked, and burned by secret leaders of the New York Sons group.5 Some merchants simply refused to pay the stamp excises. Printers, lawyers, laborers and small shopkeepers simply ignored paying the duty and carried on business as usual.6

Sometimes, the actions and reactions of the Sons of Liberty to the Stamp Act took a violent turn as recorded in a local New York City merchant's diary in April, 1765. Violence broke out with the arrival of a shipment of stamped paper to the Royal Governor's residence. Cadwallder Colden, the acting Royal Governor of the New York colony and scholarly correspondent of Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Samuel Johnson, was extremely frightened of the patriotic group and so locked himself up securely inside Fort George immediately after he received the stamped paper from British officials. A few hours after receiving the official papers, a raucous mob captured the governor's gilded and spectacular coach and reduced it to a pile of ashes. From here the mob (consisting largely of extremist elements of the New York Sons of Liberty) raced uptown to the home of Fort George's commander, smashing numerous windows and breaking into the wine cellar to sustain their "patriotism" before descending on the rest of the house in a convulsion of vandalism.7 Tarring and feathering Loyalists-- those individuals who sympathized and were supportive of the British Crown, royal tax collectors, and other officials-- was a common practice carried out by the more radical elements of the organizations.

Ironically, the Sons of Liberty ultimately took their name from a debate on the Stamp Act in Parliament in 1765. Charles Townshend, speaking in support of the act, spoke contemptuously of the American colonists as being "children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence...and protected by our arms." Isaac Barre, member of Parliament and friend of the American colonists, jumped to his feet in outrage in this same session to counter with severe reprimand in which he spoke favorably of the Americans as "these Sons of Liberty."8 American colonists had several friends supportive of their views on the tax situation including: William Pitt (the Elder), Charles James Fox, Edmund Burk, and others.

The two original Sons of Liberty organizations (New York City and Boston) quickly established correspondence and communications with ever emerging Sons of Liberty groups in New England, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia. Typically, members of this organization were men from the middle and upper classes of American colonial society. Although the movement began as a secret society, for reasons of safety and anonymity, the organization quickly sought to build a broad, public base of political support among the colonists. Frequently, cooperation with undisciplined and extralegal groups (city gangs) set off violent actions. Even though the Sons seldom looked for violent solutions and eruptions, they did continue to elicit and promote political upheaval that tended to favor crowd action.

While British officials accused the Sons organizations of scheming to overthrow the true and legitimate government of the American colonies, the Sons of Liberty viewed their official aims in more narrow terms, organizing and asserting resistance to the Stamp Act. Outwardly, the Sons of Liberty proclaimed their unfaltering loyalty and allegiance to King George III of Great Britain and emphasized their support of the English Constitution against the usurpation of royal officials.9 For eleven years, 1765 to 1776, American colonists saw British Parliament as the collective "bad guy," not the king!

The Sons of Liberty as a viable movement first broke up with the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766. However, the organizational network was revived in 1768 in response to the Townshend Acts (a series of excise duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies.) From 1768 until the end of the American Revolution, Sons of Liberty groups remained in active correspondence with one another throughout the thirteen American colonies and each group took charge of organizing and effecting resistance movements against what they perceived as unfair British taxation and financial strangulation within their respective colonies. The Sons of Liberty as an active movement disbanded in late 1783.10

In the end, no universal conclusions, judgments or definitive statements can be made about the Sons Of Liberty. Were they a terrorist organization? The British certainly believed they were. After all, the Sons were advocating overthrow of the status quo government and independence for the thirteen colonies. Were they a patriotic organization? Many American colonists certainly believed they were. The Sons represented to them the American freedom fighter personified, fighting for their rights and ultimate independence. It should be noted that the Loyalists also had their version of Committees of Correspondence and Sons of Liberty namely: the United Empire Loyalists.

One thing is certain about the Sons of Liberty organization: it gave American colonists a voice and vital chance to actively participate in the independence movement.

Finally, the decision on the Sons of Liberty comes down to a variation on an old saying "one man's terrorist is another man's patriot." The ultimate conclusion must be left to the individual.

Everything is basically in place. It is a lot smaller than what I had before, but I'm actually liking it better. It is organized better and I think the small area will keep me focused. Not so much wasted space that is better served as a bedroom for Alex.

The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Kitack Lim, has urged Member States to seize the opportunity to set bold and set ambitious goals, when they adopt an initial strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping in 2018.

Speaking at the opening of the Organization’s 30th Assembly session, Secretary-General Lim told delegates the whole world would be watching IMO in 2018, looking for something of real substance.

“Next year really will be a time when the world will expect IMO Member States to deliver a clear vision as the first stage of the approved roadmap. I urge you, be bold; set ambitious goals that really will make a difference. You have a real opportunity here to do something of lasting significance. Make the most of it,” he told the packed plenary hall at IMO Headquarters in London. IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) is set to adopt an initial GHG strategy in April 2018.

More than 1,500 delegates from IMO Member States, international governmental and non-governmental organizations have registered to attend the 30th session of the IMO Assembly meets from 27 November to 6 December.

Mr. Lim outlined the key elements of the new “Strategic Plan for the Organization” for 2018 to 2023, which is expected to be adopted by the Assembly.

“The seven strategic directions point us now towards more effective rule-making and implementation processes by integrating new and advancing technology to respond to our challenges, among others, to increase ship safety, including addressing new emerging technologies such as autonomous vessels, our contribution to combat climate change, engagement in ocean governance, mitigation of cyber-crimes, and facilitation of international trade, whilst continuing to take due consideration on the human element factor,” Mr. Lim said.

He outlined his ambition to transform IMO into a “knowledge based Organization”, with appropriate analysis to support and improve the already effective rule making process and enhance implementation.

The rapidly increasing pace of change in every sphere raised a fundamental issue, since technology will move far quicker than the regulatory process, he said.

“Digital disruption will arrive in the shipping world very soon; and, when it does, IMO must be ready,” Mr. Lim said. “For me, this means the regulatory framework for shipping must be based firmly around goals and functions rather than prescriptive solutions. This is the only way to ensure that measures adopted by IMO are not rendered obsolete by the time-lag between adoption and entry-into-force. I know we have already made good steps in that direction but we must go further and faster in the coming years.”

The Organization as a whole needed to become more effective, more nimble and more adaptive, Mr. Lim said, drawing attention to his determination to push forward a "Knowledge based Organization" concept, embracing data in the Secretariat’s work and in the decision-making processes.

“We are in the era of digitalization and at the United Nations level we are already looking at frontier issues that include emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and the benefits they could have in society as a whole, and to remain relevant,” Mr. Lim said.

“For IMO, we need to have more detailed and deeper analysis of statistics and data so that we can really understand underlying trends and causal factors behind shipping casualties; and we must make sure that additions and amendments to the regulatory framework are also based, wherever possible, on relevant statistics, studies and analysis. This would pave the way for better regulation, one that not only takes into account the work carried out to reduce administrative burdens, but to avoid disproportionate requirements, as well as addressing obsolete and unnecessary ones.”

IMO’s work to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the associated Sustainable Development Goals was also stressed. “Because most of the elements of the 2030 Agenda will only be realized with a sustainable transport sector supporting world trade and facilitating the global economy, aspects of IMO’s work can be linked to almost all of the individual SDGs,” Mr. Lim said.

Mr. Lim concluded by referring to the forthcoming anniversary in 2018, marking 70 years since the Convention establishing IMO was adopted in March 1948. “The theme we have selected for next year – “Our heritage – better shipping for a better future” – looks both at the past and into the next 70 years that lie ahead. It provides an opportunity to reflect and showcase how IMO has adapted over the years as a crucial player to the global supply chain,” he said.

The Rt Hon Mr. John Hayes CBE MP, Minister of State for Transport Legislation and Maritime of the United Kingdom Government, also welcomed delegates to the Assembly, as the representative of the Host State.

The outgoing President of the Assembly, Mr. Federico Trillo-Figueroa y Martínez-Conde, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the United Kingdom and Permanent Representative of Spain to IMO, and the incoming President, His Excellency Mr. Rolando Drago Rodríguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Chile to IMO, also addressed the Assembly.

Election of Officers

The Assembly elected the following officers:

Assembly President

His Excellency Mr. Rolando Drago Rodríguez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Chile to IMO.

Vice-Presidents

1st Vice-President: His Excellency Mr. Euripides L. Evriviades, High Commissioner and Permanent Representative of Cyprus to IMO; and

2nd Vice-President: Her Excellency Ms. Tamar Beruchashvili, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of Georgia to IMO.

IMO Assembly

The 30th Assembly of IMO is meeting in London at IMO Headquarters from 27 November to 6 December 2017. More than 1,500 delegates from IMO Member States, international governmental and non-governmental organizations have registered to attend the Assembly, IMO’s highest governing body.

All 172 Member States and three Associate Members are entitled to attend, as are the intergovernmental organizations with which agreements of co-operation have been concluded, and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO.

The Assembly normally meets once every two years in regular session. It is responsible for approving the work programme, voting the budget and determining the financial arrangements of the Organization. It also elects the Council.

From left to right:

Dante Negro, Director of the OAS Department of International Law

Denys Toscano Amores, Counselor, Alternate Representative of Ecuador to the OAS

Mauricio Montalvo, Undersecretary of International Superregional Organizations, Ecuador

José Miguel Insulza, OAS Secretary General

Date: December 7, 2012

Place: Washington, DC

Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS

International Maritime Organization Headquarters in London

This is the after shot of what our front closet looks like. I didn't think to take a before shot until I was about 1/2 way through emptying it out.

Earlier today, the Guardian's data store released a list showing how much different countries and organizations have pledged to the Haiti eathquake aid effort.

I built a visualization tool to turn these numbers into something real - first, I asked how much money was being spent per citizen of these countries. Then I took that figure and converted it to Avatar minutes: how many minutes of Avatar would this earthquake aid pay for?

Sweden gives up the most Avatar minutes (37 - almost a quarter of the film) while Canada donates just 3 minutes of Avatar time per citizen (which probably wouldn't even make it through the credits).

These images are a screenshot from a tool which allows you to explore the data in detail.

blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/finding-perspective-haiti-ear...

Built in Processing v.1.0

In the aftermath of yet another fire at the aging US Steel Clairton Coke Works facility near Pittsburgh, community members and organizations collaborating with the Breathe Project hosted a press event calling for clean air on June 20, 2019 at the base of the historic US Steel building in downtown Pittsburgh.

Here is a press release from the Breathe Project setting the stage for the event:

### FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 20, 2019

Contact: Debra Smit, 412-760-7677

dsmit@breatheproject.org

Clairton, Mon Valley, Squirrel Hill Residents and Environmental Activists to Hold Press Conference on the Doorstep of U.S. Steel Tomorrow

Pittsburgh, Pa. – Clairton, Mon Valley, Squirrel Hill residents and regional environmental organizations invite media to a press conference outside the USX Towers on Thursday to send a clear message to U.S. Steel that #EnoughisEnough.

U.S. Steel must stop unlawful levels of pollution at the Clairton Coke Works from making Allegheny County residents sick – and one of the worst places in the United States to breathe. U.S. Steel must also commit to reinvesting in the Clairton Coke Works and repair its reputation as a chronic polluter.

Thursday, June 20, 2019 - Noon

U.S. Steel Towers, corner of 6th and Grant streets

Speakers

Melanie Meade, life-long Clairton resident

Jaden McDougald – Clairton resident

Patricia Amstead-Daniels, a retired nurse living in the Mon Valley, Glassport, Pa.

Howard Reiger, Squirrel Hill resident, past president/CEO of Jewish Federation of Greater

Pittsburgh

Ruth Fauman-Fichman of Squirrel Hill, an anthropology professor at University of Pittsburgh

Rachel Filippini, executive director, GASP

The press event will express the lack of response from U.S. Steel and public health concerns of many in the region. “U.S. Steel has been an air pollution problem child for the past five decades—continually skirting permit requirements and failing to comply with clean air laws while posting record profits,” said Rachel Filippini, executive director of the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP). ACHD, Allegheny County Council and County Executive Rich Fitzgerald need to hold U.S. Steel accountable for the air pollution that local community members have had to endure for decades.”

“Enough is enough!” said Patricia Amstead-Daniels, a retired nurse living in Glassport. “It’s time for U.S. Steel to make an investment in the Clairton plant and fix this problem.”

“U.S. Steel is again showing the community that they have not made the proper investments in running a safe plant in Clairton. Both Allegheny County and US Steel should make cleaning up the Clairton Coke Works their number one priority moving forward. We need to hold off on any permits for US Steel to build new projects until they reduce pollution from the Clairton Coke Works,” said Myron Arnowitt, Pennsylvania Director for Clean Water Action.

On Tuesday night, Clairton Mayor Richard Lattanzi appealed to Allegheny County Council, asking for help in addressing the pollution coming from the U.S. Steel plant. Lattanzi is unable to attend tomorrow’s event, but made the following statement: “There are a lot of people in Clairton who have respiratory illnesses. I myself have cancer,” said Lattanzi. “I’m not going to blame anybody or point fingers, but statistics show that there are higher rates of cancer and respiratory illnesses in Clairton and the Mon Valley. We deserve help from county officials.”

The Breathe Project will also thank those elected officials who stand in solidarity with the residents of the Mon Valley and support action on the part of U.S. Steel to clean up the region’s air:

o Sen. Jay Costa: "The Clairton Coke Works is a known, ongoing violator of air pollution standards. The facility has been fined over $4 million, even prior to the most recent violations following the fire. While the plant has taken steps to reduce emissions violations, it must do more and quickly.

o Rep. Sara Innamorato: “Two fires in six months. Our neighbors deserve better and our workers deserve better. #EnoughisEnough: we need protections that put people first.”

o Rep. Summer Lee: “ANOTHER fire at Clairton Coke works. Another incident putting health of residents in the Mon Valley at risk. Another opportunity to pretend it’s not that bad. Mon Valley is in an environmental crisis right now! We need bold political AND labor leadership. Wonder who will stand w/me?”

o Sen Jim Brewster: “We’ve seen a recurring problem with this plant, and it’s time to address it. I have concerns about the health and welfare of the employees that work at this plant, in addition to the people who live in this region. The Mon Valley needs to be kept informed about the air quality so that our health doesn’t suffer.”

o Rep. Austin Davis: “#EnoughisEnough! Disappointed/frustrated that the efforts by U.S. Steel have again come up short! They MUST make proper investments in their existing infrastructure to bring Clairton Coke Works in to compliance with Clean Air standards!”

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The finished project

August 23, 2018

April 15, 2015 - Washington DC. A high-level panel featuring prominent faith-based organizations and religious leaders and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will discuss the role of faith in combatting poverty, particularly in light of the recent launch by faith-based organizations and religious leaders of “The Moral and Spiritual Imperative to End Extreme Poverty.”

Panel (Left to Right):

Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement General Secretary Vinya S. Ariyarante; Interfaith WASH Alliance Co-Founder Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati (shown); World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim; Moderator, Voice of America Religion Correspondent Jerome Socolovsky; Islamic Relief Worldwide CEO Mohamed Ashmawey; American Jewish World Service President Ruth Messinger; Carolyn Woo, President and CEO, Catholic Relief Services. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank

Photo ID: 041515-FaithBased187F

Juba South Sudan with Directors General of the States

A simple solution to a minor problem: How to organize your Lego bricks for efficient building.

Read more here.

National Organization for Marriage (NOM) MARCH FOR MARRIAGE arrival at the US Supreme Court on First Street between Maryland Avenue and East Capitol Street, NE, Washington DC on Tuesday morning, 26 March 2013 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography

US Capitol Police / Motorcycle Unit

MARRIAGE EQUALITY OPPONENTS Counter Demonstration

Visit National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Tuesday, 26 March 2013 MARCH FOR MARRIAGE website at www.marriagemarch.org/

Visit Elvert Barnes PROTEST PHOTOGRAPHY docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/protestphotography

May 09, 2013 CSEA, UUP [United University Professions], clergy, Brooklyn community, and elected officials march and rally to save SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Press conference with Al Sharpton outside hospital; march to Mt Zion Church for church service; march back to hospital for end of day rally. Speakers Bishop Orlando Findlayter [gray shirt; white collar]; NYS Senator Daniel L. Squadron [young; red tie; beard/moustache]; pastor Shane Vidal [beret]; pastor Al Cockfield; patient Lois Cooper; pastor Dr Kevin Bond [hat]. Chris Black [NYSUT] w/ Donna A. Belgrave-Calder, wheelchair]. At church: its pastor Gilford T. Monroe; Rev Anita Burson [turtleneck; gray hair]; Dr Allen Martin [bow tie]; NYS Senator Kevin Parker [blue shirt, yellow tie]; Rabbi Michael Feinberg, executive director of Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition; Mohammad Razvi [Executive Director and Founder of Council of Peoples Organization (COPO), pink tie]; Evelyn Williams [gray suit, red hair]; Assemblyman Nick Perry [yellow shirt]. UUP: Eileen Landy [sec’y]; Philippe Abraham [Vice President for Professionals, white shirt]; Fred Kowal [pres]; Arty Shertzer [Exec Bd, chapter pres at Stony Brook; red]. CSEA statewide pres Danny Donohue and statewide sec’y Denise Berkley. Also Lester Crockett, CSEA Metropolitan Region President, Althea Green-Pruitt; Anthony Feliciano [Commissioner, Public Health System, young]. Susan Kent [Public Employees Federation (PEF); blond]. Barbara Bowen [Professional Staff Congress (PSC)]; Rowena Blackman-Stroud [UUP chapter pres, orange]..

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Agen Mohammed Ale, 30, stands by her latrine next to her house with her neighbor in Ber'aano Woreda in Somali region of Ethiopia 12 February 2014. The village is the first village declared ODF (Open Defecation Free) and All but one household has a latrine. While flags fly over each latrine. In Somali Region water supply coverage is estimated at 59.7%, lower than the national average of 68.5%. The need for water supply normally increases in the dry season, especially at the time of drought such as in recent years. However, the technical and organizational capacity of the Somali Regional State Water Resources Development Bureau (SRWDB) the government agency responsible for water supply and facilities management in the region to satisfy the water supply need is not adequate to cope with the situation. Donor agencies and NGOs are making efforts to ameliorate the situation by constructing and repairing water supply facilities across the region, supplying water by water trucks during chronic shortages, but the supply is still significantly below the demand.