JOINT PAIN RELIEF

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Joint pain: it throbs, aches, and hurts. Quite likely, it makes you think twice about everyday tasks and pleasures like going for a brisk walk, lifting your grandchild or some grocery bags, chasing a tennis ball across the court, or driving a golf ball down the fairway. Sharp reminders of your limitations arrive thick and fast, practically every time you move.

What causes joint pain?

Very often, the culprits behind joint pain are

osteoarthritis
old injuries
repetitive or overly forceful movements during sports or work
posture problems
aging
inactivity

AMNESTY GOING BANANAS IN NYC

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Amnesty International USA claims it's easier to trade weapons around the world than it is to trade bananas.

This statement about bananas suggests how easy it could be for brutal dictators and armed groups to buy weapons and use them against civilians.

Amnesty plans to stage a huge event in New York City to educate the public about irresponsible arms trades.

World leaders are meeting to negotiate an arms trade treaty in July, so now is the perfect time to demand an arms trade that protects human rights.

A bulletproof arms trade treaty will:

Outer Borough Commuters

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NYC Council Member James Vacca, Chair of the New York City Council Transportation Committee sponsored an oversight hearing to discuss the transit needs of outer borough commuters.

Bartow Pell Mansion Museum Lecture Series

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Tonight, award winning journalist, Guy Gugliotta, a former national reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, talks about his recently published book.

Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War.

Freedom's Cap "In this splendidly researched and engagingly written new book, Guy Gugliotta deftly tells the intimately connected stories of the construction of the Capitol and the destruction of the Union. This is an original and compelling tale of how history really happens." -- Jon Meacham, former editor of Newsweek and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Asian Arrivals Surpass Hispanics

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The year was 1900. Over three years after fire had destroyed the buildings on Ellis Island, a brand new station was built at the end of the year. Between then and the end of the decade, over six million immigrants were processed in that three acre island now known as The Gateway to America. The largest group was processed in 1907 with more than one million immigrants passed through.
Since then, there have been endless amounts of immigrants wishing to live in the land of freedom and justice for all. Europeans, Africans, Hispanics, Asians...etc..

6/19/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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G-20 GROUP PRIORITIES. Creating Jobs and Economic Growth.
The world's largest economies support increased government spending for these countries to achieve complete financial stability, as they wrap up in Los Cabos, Mexico.

RUTGERS WEBCAM CONVICT. Released For Good Behavior.
Dharun Ravi ordered released from NJ's Middlesex County jail after serving 20 days of his 30-day sentence for spying on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi later committed suicide.

ROMNEY RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS. Where His Father Ruled.

800,000 REFUGEES WORLDWIDE

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Ahead of World Refugee Day, the United Nations refugee agency reported today that a record 800,000 people were forced to flee across borders last year, more than at any time since 2000.

The new refugees are part of a total of 4.3 million people who were newly displaced last year, owing to a string of major humanitarian crises that began in late 2010 in Côte d'Ivoire, and followed by others in Libya, Somalia, Sudan and elsewhere, according to Global Trends 2011, issued by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

ASSORTED EVENTS

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Event: Freelance Writers Meetup
When: June 19, 2012
Where: Foursquare HQ, 568 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY

Outer Borough Commuting

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Tomorrow, June 19, 2012, Council Member James Vacca, Chair of the New York City Council Transportation Committee, will hold an oversight hearing to discuss the transit needs of outer borough commuters. This hearing comes in response to a report, published in June of 2011 by the Center for an Urban Future, which showed job gains for the outer boroughs in spite of the ongoing recession and highlighted a need for better transit services to job centers outside the Manhattan core.

6/18/12 News & Information Service 24/7

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ISLAMIST EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT? Presidential Race Ends With Military Rule.
There are confrontations ahead with the country's military as generals exercise control declaring martial law.

G 20 SUMMIT. Dissecting The European Financial Crisis.
A key point to be discussed by leaders will be the fate of Greece and the election as part of the Eurozone.

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS. With Six World Powers.
With previous talks having gone nowhere, many hope today's meeting will move forward from the deadlocked negotiations.

RODNEY KING DEATH. Drowning Probe.

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