Thursday, May 31, 2007

Weekly 5/31/07 - 5

Next Week, 6 June, we will have a special presentation by  the Salon’s Swami, Himavat Ishaya.  He is a midwesterner (he’ll tell  you about changing his name) and  his main profession is Teacher of Enlightenment (my term).  I believe his lineage is vaguely Hindu.  Himavat is an extremely loveable guy, profoundly sincere, highly entertaining.  He is going to talk about his journey and about the method he teaches.  Should be a rousing good time. (see excerpt from Himavat’s writing in Articles section.)

Salon Weekly

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          • Table Notes
          • Events & Opportunities
          • Articles, Letters
          • Books, Reviews, Films, Magazines


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Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers.  Reader
beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations.  E.B.)
At the Table on  Wednesday,5/30/07:
Llee Sivitz, Mary Biehn, Acela Baladad,  Guy Binns, Chris Metzger, Mira Rodwan, Mike Murphy, Spencer Konicov, Barrie Konicov, Charles Griffin, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Ellen Bierhorst, DALLAS FISH, SHARI ABLE.  (Welcome Llee, Acela and Guy!)  (computer crash deleted the attendees list...hope I have not forgotten anybody.  Also lost the announcements.  Fix is on its way.)

PRESENTATION BY LLEE SIVITZ ON JUICE PLUS AND YOUR NUTRITION


(Llee opened by expressing pleasure at the warm spirit in the room at our Salon.)

Reasons for poor health:  lousy diet, little exercise, not enough water, stress, environmental pollutions,  attitude of treatment rather than prevention.
 
Faygo orange drink: nutrition facts. 20 teaspoons sugar .  sugar suppresses immune system.  Lasts 6 hours.  
Ave. American child eats ¾ lb / day or 5 lb/week.  Adults eat ¾ that amount!
Trans Fat:
A man made fat. Crisco, 1911.  Takes 100 days for it to go thru your body. It gloms onto things, .. This is banned in Europe, also in NY.  
Labels can say “0 trans fat per serving” but if ingredients have hydrogenated oil, that’s trans fat. FDA  can let them get away with saying 0 trans fat by having small serving size.
 
If you eat 1 – 2 gm. Trans fat per day you increase your risk of heart attack by 20% that day.
 
There are trans fats in all sorts of surprising foods, like Seasoned Salt.
 
In Dec. 2006 I bought a Happy Meal.  It has been on the floor of my office since then.  It looks today the same as it did when new.  No mould.  
 
Here is an apple I bought a week ago.  It starting to get a little brown spot.  If it doesn’t rot or sprout, throw it out!  
 
WATER:
Take weight in lbs, divide by 2, that’s the no. oz of water you should drink in a day.  (a little over 2 quarts.)  
In China, the physician is fired if someone gets sick.  They get paid if family is well.
Quote: “we are not a vitamin deficient n ation.  We are a whole food deficient nation.”  We need whole food nutrition.
 
Apple: 400 micro nutrients in an apple.  So vitamin supplements don’t supply all that.
Amer. Cancer Soc poster talks about fruits and veg.  (passes out mag. Articles on diet.  )
All say “fruits and vegetables”.  Why?  
Anti-oxidants. Fresh produce is only food containing them.
Web: www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines   : 9 servings/day fruits, veg.  
Movie “body guard” with Whitney Hueston who is being stalked.  Anti oxidants are like Kevin Kostner taking the bullet.  
 
WHAT I AM DOING ABOUT THIS FOR MYSELF
Food is my body’s medicine, key to good health.  But I can’t get those 9 – 13 servings.  Juice Plus: 17 raw, fresh fr. And veg. in a capsule.  The most researched nutritional product in the world. Shown to balance immune system, promote cardiovascular health.  I take daily for 10 years.  Awesome health.
Studies in J. of Nutrition.
Dr. Wm. Sears, pediatrician is on board.  If parent takes Juice Plus, the child gets it free.  
lleesivitz@hotmail.com
 
$1.33/day. About $40/month.
“virtual franchise”, not pyramid.  
 
Juice plus is the whole food with the water, salt, sugar removed.  Vitamins are not.  
It is live food. Some people say, “I’d rather eat veg. and fruits directly.”  Problem is most people don’t.  Even if they intend.  
Has not been heated. Naturally dehydrated.  
(organic?)  no, as much as they can.  
 
Also avail: meal replacement product for weight control.  
Many of my clients who are extremely health conscious still take Juice Plus.  
I have noticed that taking Juice plus makes me have increased appetite for fruits and vegetables.  Also many people have a new desire for exercise.  
 
(Dallas) I have friends who do this… they are very healthy.   
If someone wants to start I can give  you a 5 day free supply.  I also have CDs, brochures.  
During that five days they ship to you.  
 
If  you find 7 people who go on Juice Plus, this will pay for your product.  You have a party, I’ll make a presentation.  
 
Cost Analysis: cost more to buy all those fruits and vegetables.  Aprox. $16/day.  
 
(What is the process for removing the sugar?)  I don’t know what the process is.  
 
Dr. Santello originated … started with raw food juicing but found that people didn’t continue to use their juicers.  
 
Shari: how are the sugars removed.  
Charles: do they use the super critical extraction process.  
Llee: I will find out.
Guy: why do you refer to yourself as a distributor?
Llee: the co. has been around 35 years.  I joined in ’94, water and air filtration products.  Now we are representatives, not really distributors.
(do you take vitamins also?)  No.  I get my minerals from my food and juice plus.
You can order on my website: http://juiceplus.com/+ls02753

BARRIE KONICOV
Reading from Handbook for the New Paradigm.  

~ End of Table Notes~

Hugs to everyone,
Ellen




Section Two: Events & Opportunities


SWAMI HIMAVAT TO PRESENT AT SALON JUNE 6
Swami Himavat, Ishaya monk, Teacher of Enlightenment, (and salonista!)
will present at the Salon Table on June 6, on "Calm in
the Face of Stress; Clarity in the Face of Tension"  
It is your birthright to be enlightened. This
translates into having more of what you truly want in
your life.  Come listen, ask questions, laugh
together, and share energy.

Please Telephone or Email Displaced Salonista:


Alan Scheidt
1949 W. Davis
Phoenix, AZ  85023
(602) 358-7242  home
(602) 618-0540  cell
alanlivesarts@yahoo.com

 
PS: Tell ANYONE to call; I have tons of free long distance on my cell and can call them back if they're worried about long distance charges. And e-mail is FREE!

Love,
Alan



In Northside: Dharma Talk and pot luck This Sunday – June 3rd

 
Meredith Jones, a newer member of our Sangha, will give the Dharma talk on June 3
rd.  Her topic is “A Beginner’s Observations”.  Meredith will share why she meditates and what things help her to be mindful.  All of us will be able to empathize because we have all been beginners at one time or another, and Suzuki Roshi tells us to always sit with “beginner’s mind.”
 
We welcome regular sitters, newcomers, family and friends to attend the talk (whether or not you attend the entire morning service).
 
Services will begin at the regular time, 10 am.  The sitting and walking periods will be a little shorter than usual and the service itself will be over at 11 am.  That’s when the Dharma talk begins.
 
If you or someone you know would like to attend only the talk, arrive at 10:55.  A greeter will meet those arriving then, and make sure they find a comfortable seat.
 
The dharma talk and subsequent dharma discussion will last about 30 minutes, ending at around 11:30.  There will be a potluck at that time.  Stay with us for good food and good conversation.
Hope you can make it.
 
For directions, etc see<cincinnatidharma.org>
 
In the Dharma,
Bonnie



NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY EVENTS:


Yard Sale and Bake Sale
Date:
Saturday, June 2
Time: 9A.M. -2 P.M. ($2.00 bag sale 1:00- 2:00 P.M.)
Place: The Gardens at Village Green
1415 Knowlton St.
Cincinnati, OH 45223

The Northside Art Sale will take place on
Saturday, June 9, 2007 from 11-5.
This event is a great time for artists to display and sell their original artwork. The avenue should be bustling that day as it is also Pride Fest! Please come and support local artists, and don't for get to tell your friends!
Check out the details at northsidearts.org.
For all you artists out there, if you would like to participate, go to northsidearts.org to register.


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Subject: Help stop summer gas price gouging

(This is from
MoveOn.org.  I love them.  Very sane.  Smart.  Reliably well informed.  Ellen)

Hi,

Can you face another summer where a day trip to the lake or the beach costs you an arm and a leg? It's shaping up to be just that if we don't ask Congress to stand up to Big Oil now.

But there is a bill in the House this week that could make gas price gouging a federal crime, so we don't pay more while the oil companies rake in record profits. I signed a petition to urge my representative to pass this bill this week -- can you join me at the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/stoppricegouging/

Thanks!


Salonista Scott Dominion passes: Memorial to be here Sunday, June 3.  Pot luck, 4 pm, bring vegan dish to share and your own utensils, cups. Park on Lafayette Ave.
This is the very funny youngish white man with the “dreds”, aka Yogabare.  Click on myspace link to read testimonials and add  yours.  E.

From christy L.
Here is the myspace page for Scott. The nice thing about myspace is that people can upload photos and write things in the comments section so it can be like a community board.

www.myspace.com/4yogabare <
http://www.myspace.com/4yogabare>  

Christy
Support Green School Buildings, Practices
Ginny Frazier is an awesome woman and wonderful singer and Jeanne Nightengale’s home in Price Hill is really exciting to see...  Magnificent view from W. of Cinti. Skyline.  Ellen

Hi, All:
    ALLY, co-founder of the Growing Green and Healthy Schools Network, plans to produce a curriculum guidebook that "uses the school as a tool" to teach environmental stewardship and healthy living. The guidebook will be based on Ohio standards with 12 sample lesson units accompanied by a music CD.
    We are having a House Concert: Sing-a-Long the Ohio River fundraiser on
Saturday, June 9th at Jeanne Nightingale's lovely riverview home in Price Hill. Please see attached flyer. (not shown but emal ginny
circles_and_arrows@yahoo.com)
Please spread the word! Hope to see you there!
  Ginny Frazier
circles_and_arrows@yahoo.com
 Executive Director
  ALLY


“A Closer Look”                
A Collection of (Art)Works
by
Acela Baladad (new Salonista)
showing June 2007

Sitwell’s Coffeehouse
324 Ludlow Avenue
(next to the Esquire)

Artist’s Reception
Thurs. June 7th
6:00-8:00pm

 
Tri-State Treasures
 
Tri-State Treasures is a compilation of unique local people, places, and events that may enrich your lives.  These treasures have been submitted by you and others who value supporting quality community offerings.  Please consider supporting these treasures, and distributing the information for others to enjoy.  And please continue to forward your Tri-State Treasures ideas to jkesner@nuvox.net.
 
Information about Tri-State Treasures and how to submit Tri-State Treasures is at the bottom of this email.  Please help me by providing all basic information and formatting your submissions as described below.

Sincerely,  Jim

~~~~~
 
Rolando Matias & the Afro-Rican Ensemble @ Friday Jazz at the Hyatt [Friday 1 June @ 8:30-12 PM]: Eddie Bayard & Mario Abney will be in the group. $10 cover; free for Jazz Club Members & under 18; $5 for CCM & NKU students. Sponsored by National City Bank. At the Sungarten Room, Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati, 151 West 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.579.1234, waltb31@fuse.net, & www.jazzincincy.com.
 
Park + Vine Grand Opening [Friday 1 June @ 11 AM-10 PM]: Dan Korman, a Cincinnati native, returns to open a green general store in the new Gateway Quarter section of historic Over-the-Rhine. Park + Vine is among a wave of stores nationwide focusing on ecologically friendly & environmentally sustainable merchandise. Korman is offering high quality merchandise that minimizes use of natural resources, toxic materials, & animal by-products. Products range from accessories, apparel & footwear, to personal care, home furnishings & home improvement supplies. The opening will feature art by Jim Guthrie & Cory Shafer, & appetizers & drinks from City Cellars, Embrace Sweets, & Madison's of Findlay Market. The David Lloyd String Quartet performs @ 6:30-9:30 PM. Enter a free drawing for a Dahon Mariner folding bicycle from Newport's Reser Bicycle Outfitters all weekend; participate in product demonstrations from Alternative Motive & Green Cauldron on June 2. Customers who bike, walk or Metro to the grand opening, or bear a Fringe Festival button receive 10% off their purchases. Korman plans creative programming such as art installations, lectures & film screenings on sustainable living. Take the customer survey at www.parkandvine.com & get 10% off your 1st purchase. Grand opening festivities continue Saturday 2 June @ 11 AM - 7 PM & Sunday 3 June @ 12-5 PM. Beginning Monday 4 June, regular store hours are 11 AM - 7 PM Monday - Saturday. Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.373.5785, dan@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.
 
College Hill Community Yard Sale [Saturday 2 June @ 9 AM - 2 PM]: Don't want to miss the big Community Yard Sale in College Hill. This annual event gets bigger every year. Sponsored by the College Hill Forum with your bargain-hunting pleasure in mind. There are 2 ways to take advantage of the community-wide savings & sales. Many College Hill residents will set up shop at College Hill Presbyterian Church in the parking lot on Hamilton Avenue at Llanfair Avenue. Stop there first to see table-after-table of merchandise. Then make your way through the neighborhood to sample all the private sales at 6090 Belleair, 6035 & 5646 Belmont, 6308 Cary, 1631 Harbeson, 1332 Hollywood, 5631 Meryton, 1560 Reid, & 1506 & 1541 Teakwood. A map of all locations is at the church. More info @ 513.542.3338 & anitatriggs@fuse.net.
 
An Evening In Paris: A Gala Benefiting the Matt Dolan Service Fund [Saturday 2 June @ 6 PM]: York St. Café will transform into a glittering, glamorous version of the world's most romantic city - Paris, France - complete with the Eiffel Tower & Arc de Triomphe. Gift bags will be given to the first 100 attendees. The evening will feature a silent auction with items contributed by merchants including EDB Diamond Showrooms, Dewey's Pizza, Michelle Connley & Company Salon, Laura Mercier Cosmetics, The Mustard Seed Boutique, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics & many more. Live music entertainment by CCM students. Delectable Parisian food. The event features a Rock show: Vitriolic fan-favorites MOTH & the Turnbull AC's. All proceeds will benefit the Matt Dolan Service Fund, a non-profit org that helps persons with disabilities by providing shelter, scholarships, medical equipment, supplies, & care, founded in 2004 in memory of Matt, who suffered from Cerebral Palsy but whose spirit was never affected, but who passed away after only 30 years. Tickets are $10. More info about the fund @ www.mattdolanservicefund.org. At York St. Café, 738 York Street, Newport, KY 41071. More info about the event & tix @ 513.288.7904 & www.yorkstonline.com.
 
Celluloid Fringe Video Art & Series of Shorts [Saturdays 2 & 9 June @ 2-4:15 PM]: This year, Celluloid Fringe encompasses regional, national & international pieces with submissions from as far as Japan & as local as Cincinnati’s urban core. For the last 3 years Celluloid Fringe has grown as a mini-festival within the Fringe Festival, attracting fans of experimental film & creating cross-over audience fans of theatre & dance. Celluloid Fringe screenings are free with your Official Fringe Festival Button. At Know Theatre, 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.300.5669, info@knowtheatre.com, www.cincyfringe.com/Shows/LineUp/CelluloidFringe.shtml.
 
Over-the-Rhine Summer 2007 Tour of Homes [Sunday 3 June @ 12-5:30 PM]: This is the first Tour since 2005 that will include new properties on Main & the opening of the Gateway Quarter, providing an exciting opportunity to view a new style of living in Over-the-Rhine. Volunteering includes 2 tickets to tour the properties & an Appreciation Reception immediately following the Tour. See CityBeat & Downtowner for brochure listing tour properties & map. More info @ 513.721.1317 & www.otrchamber.com.
 
3rd Annual Magnitude Seven Exhibit of Small Art Works [Opening Friday 8 June @ 6-10 PM]: Juried, 50 small works by 30 artists from 14 states & the UK. Works in a wide variety of media including sculpture, fibers, printmaking, photography, painting, drawing, mixed media, & collage. Small works are very portable & fit well into many spaces. They evoke a sense of one's own physicality, in a completely different way than larger works. Small works are intimate; inviting approach & inspection. Like short poetry, they are a challenge to craft with the same presence of their larger counterparts. The exhibit consists of works no larger than 7 inches in any dimension. Exhibit runs thru Friday 6 July. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
 
The Great Baking Powder War [Saturday 9 June @ 10 AM]: From 1890 to 1925 numerous law suits were filed over the supposed safety of baking powder made using sodium aluminum sulfate or SAS. The story of these suits forms a prototype for similar law suits today over the safety of various consumer products & raises interesting issues concerning the abuse of science, the inherent conflict between scientific versus legal proof, & the questionable motives which sometimes underlie such legal activism. William B. Jensen is Oesper Professor of the History of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati & Curator of the Oesper Collections in the History of Chemistry. He is a frequent speaker at both ART & FIG on a variety of topics related to both the history & philosophy of science. Free. Association for Rational Thought. Molly Malone’s Restaurant, 6111 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513-533-8142, rrdavis@fuse.net, & www.cincinnatiskeptics.org.
 
C.R.E.A.T.E. You Teen Week [Monday-Friday 11-15 June @ 10 AM - 4 PM]: Designed especially for girls ages 12-16, take a week to explore who you are now & who you are becoming. Art, crafts, journaling, yoga, photography & more. No experience required or expected. $245 includes supplies; bring lunch each day; reservations plus $50 required by May 15. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
 
Au Hasard Balthazar [Tuesday-Wednesday 12-13 June @ 7 PM]: Often praised as one of the greatest films ever made, but long unavailable in the U.S., Au Hasard Balthazar combines spiritual allegory with a naturalistic, austere, & minimalist aesthetic style. The film tells the story of Marie, an unlucky farm girl, & her beloved donkey Balthazar. Years pass, the pair become separated, & the now-teenaged Marie drifts into increasingly destructive situations, while Balthazar moves from owner to owner. But "this is the story of a donkey in somewhat the way that Moby Dick is about a whale." The film traces both their fates as they live a parallel existence. Marie & Balthazar become martyrs, eventually taking on the sins of others & finding transcendence in the process. In a body of work known for its purity & transcendence, Au Hasard Balthazar is perhaps the most wrenching & astute of Bresson's visions. Post-film discussion with Paul Clark (Cincinnati Enquirer Arts & Entertainment Editor) & Mendle Adams (Pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Pleasant Ridge). France, 1966, Black & White, 95 minutes. French with English subtitles. New print & new subtitles. Not rated, suggest nominal PG-13 for occasional violence. Tickets are $8, or $6 for Art Museum members & students with valid ID. Presented by Cincinnati World Cinema. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mt. Adams, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info, tix, trailer @ 859.781.8151, worldcinema@fuse.net, & www.cincyworldcinema.org.
 
 

Ongoing Tri-State Treasures

 
Cincinnati Fringe Festival [Wednesday 30 May - Sunday 10 June]: The Festival is a collaborative organization striving to provide opportunities & exposure to artists who are willing to take a risk. During the festival hundreds of local, regional, national & international artists invade downtown Cincinnati for 11 days of artistic celebration in both traditional & non-traditional spaces. These artists represent a variety of media including theatre, dance, music, poetry, visual art, film & everything between & beyond. More info @ 513.300.5669, info@knowtheatre.com, & www.cincyfringe.com.
 

1st Bi-Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit & Indoor Art Gallery [thru September]:
Explore the newest art at Historic Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. For centuries, the cemetery has showcased artisans' monuments, mausoleums, & stained glass. Now stroll the outdoor Garden Courtyard to see art from local artists tucked among the Arboretum's spectacular horticulture. Plus, several local artists contributed oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, & other art forms to the Indoor Art Gallery. Ten of the paintings are by local artist Richard Luschek. The artists used the beauty of Spring Grove as inspiration for their creations; each work of art representing a facet of the cemetery's grandeur. The Indoor Art Gallery is in the Historic Office Building, just inside the cemetery main entrance; a map of the sculpture exhibit is available at the Customer Service Center or the Indoor Art Gallery inside the Historic Office. Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5PM, Saturday 8:30AM-4PM, Sunday Noon-4PM. Co-sponsored by Spring Grove & Summerfair Foundation. At Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45232. More info @ 513.681.7526,
richard_luschek@yahoo.com, & www.springgrove.org/SG/CALENDAR/EventCalendar/SculptureExhibit.shtm.

 
Business As Unusual: Heroes of the Holocaust [thru July 29]: This exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler & his actions to protect Jews during the Holocaust which have earned him a special place among honored rescuers. Woven into this well-known story of courage is the story of a Cincinnati family that followed this same difficult path & the positive role of corporate social responsibility in fighting injustice & social crisis today. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.

 
Collecting a Legacy: The Bernard Kinsey Collection [thru June 3]: This exhibition offers a roadmap to the cultural journey & transformation experienced by African American art collectors as they embrace & acquire art & artifacts.  Within the context of their own history & the past that speaks to them, we discover how the Kinseys are changed & nurtured by what they chose to collect. Ranging from painful-to-see slave owner’s documents, to brilliantly fiery expressions in sculpture, to private glimpses into thoughts of the ancestors, the Kinsey Collection reflects a rich cultural heritage which they have been driven to capture, inspire & sustain for future generations. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.

 


Dear Friends and Members of EarthSave Cincinnati,
 
We are having our
annual EarthSave Cincinnati membership drive and would like to encourage and help you renew your membership.  Memberships are the main method of funding our programs and events.  So we really need your help.  If you join before June 30th, EarthSave Cincinnati will win a large bonus from EarthSave International. We need at least 50 renewals and 50 new memberships.  If you join as soon as possible those of us who are working on membership will be able to turn our attention to working on so many other EarthSave endeavors such as our next exciting program/ potluck.  (See below.)  Can we count on you?

About EarthSave: EarthSave, a grassroots movement with over 40 chapters around the world, educates people about the powerful effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth, and encourages a shift toward a healthy plant-based diet.
 
Membership in EarthSave Cincinnati is a wonderful way to continue making a significant contribution toward helping and healing the Earth and its inhabitants.  In Cincinnati we have had over 140 programs and potlucks, and helped thousands of people achieve a more conscious, healthy lifestyle.  We need your support in order to continue this exciting and gratifying work.
 
Benefits of Joining EarthSave:
1.
   Developing valuable friendships and affiliations with like-minded people.
2.
   Satisfaction of making meaningful contribution to the EarthSave mission locally and internationally.
3.
   Voting and running for office locally.
4.
   Quarterly magazine from EarthSave International, filled with informative topics and useful ideas.
5.
   Free subscription to Vegetarian Times.
 
Membership Dues:
$20     Students, seniors
$35     Individuals  
$50     Family  
$100   Patron
$500   Sustainer
$1000  Lifetime
(Additional donations also great.)

You can join EarthSave in any of three ways:
1.   With a credit card over the phone. (Call Mary Ann at 513-591-3003)
2.   Online with a credit card.  Go to
http://www.earthsave.org <http://www.earthsave.org/>  
3.   Mail a check to EarthSave International, PO Box 96, New York, NY 10108.  Make the check payable to EarthSave International.

Help us win that large bonus from EarthSave International by joining by June 30.  In fact please do it now while you’re thinking about it.  For more information call Mary Ann at 513-591-3003.

By the way the next EarthSave program/ potluck will be held on June 17th at 2:00pm at the new tree house in Mt. Airy Forest. Enter the park at Colerain Ave. and Trail Ridge Rd., 45223.  We have an extraordinary speaker, Matt Monarch, author of Raw Spirit. See www.rawspirit.org <http://www.rawspirit.org/>  . Bring a vegan dish to share (vegetables, fruits, grains, beans, seeds, nuts -  no animal products, no dairy, eggs, casein, honey)and  your own plate, cup & utensils).

You don’t need to be a VEGAN to join us!  Bring a Friend! Everyone Welcome!


FYI.  I’ve done some work with Radiant Research and they are a really good group of people to work with.
 
Yours,

Shirley Reischman (our b eloved homeopath)


-----Original Message-----
From: lindabrotherton@radiantresearch.com [mailto:lindabrotherton@radiantresearch.com]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 10:58 AM
Subject: New Cold Sore Study at Radiant Research


       Is it possible to "zap" away a cold sore?

Radiant research is conducting a clinical study to determine if an investigational device that uses non-invasive drug delivery method called "iontotherapy" and an investigational medication, safely and effectively reduces healing time, severity and pain of cold sore.

To qualify for this study you must be 18 to 75 years of age and have a history of recurrent cold sores in the past year.  (You do not need to have a cold sore right now to be eligible to participate).

Compensation up to $750 is available for time and travel.

Call Mon-Fri for more information

1-800-949-8295

We Can't Do It Without YOU!

Radiant Research
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Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
www.radiantresearch.com




Section Three: Articles


Contents:
  • Shirley Reischman supports Ohio State Bill HB148 re. medical care
  • Enquirer article on Memorial for Scott @ Lloyd House.
  • Evan Bukey, Weekly lurker and WHHS ‘58, historian, on Memorial Day
  • YouTube video of the year: “Free Hugs”
  • Himavat teaches enlightenment: excerpt from his ‘e-column”.
  • U.C. Nuclear Engineering Prof Ivan Maldonado on safety of Nuclear power.  

This will allow alternative practitioners the freedom to practice in Ohio and allow consumers to choose which type of health care they want based on what they think will best serve their needs.
 
Yours,

Shirley


-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio Health Freedom [mailto:carrie@healthfreedom.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:58 AM
To: Shirley Reischman
Subject:
Please tell your rep to support HB 148!

Do you want the state telling you what type of health care you can access? Do you want the ability to choose your own health care? TELL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE!
  
It is imperative that your representative know that our bill is supported by citizens in their district.  Without district support, most members will not support this bill!  
 
We are encountering opposition from within OUR OWN MOVEMENT from people who are well intentioned but do not have a good understanding about how the legislative process works! Our opposition has sent HUNDREDS of form letters. WE NEED WRITE MORE THAN THEY DO!

You can write to your state representative by simply clicking the link below and following the instructions.? Feel free to personalize the letter!
http://ga4.org/campaign/OH_HB148

If every member of OHFC got 5 friends to join and write to their legislators- we can pass this bill!
 
Thank you for all you do to make health freedom a reality!
 
Best Regards,
Carrie
 


http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070525/NEWS01/305250028

Memorial planned for comedian
BY JENNIFER BAKER | JBAKER@ENQUIRER.COM
CLIFTON - Family and friends are gathering photos and performance tapes for a June 3 memorial here of a local stand-up comedian who died earlier this month in a Florida bicycle accident.

Scott Dominion, 42, died May 8, a day after a sports utility vehicle hit him as he rode his bike in Alachua, Fla., said one of his longtime friends, Mary Ann Lederer.

The vegan and environmentalist was known for Healthy Humor, his professional touring comedy show of all-vegetarian comedians. The show has been performed in Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Sarasota, and at the World Vegetarian Congress in Toronto, according to EarthSave's website.

OAS_AD('ArticleFlex_1'); Dominion also performed with Robin Williams, Angela Lansbury, Second City and appeared on ABC's "America's Funniest People," HBO Comedy Channel and National Public Radio.

"He was so extraordinary," said Lederer, 65, of North Fairmount. "He just lightened everything for people. He didn't try to steal the attention, just lighten the moment."

While he spent most of his time on the road working in shows and comedy clubs, he spent three months of the year - November, December and January - in Cincinnati. He grew up in Price Hill and graduated from School For Creative & Performing Arts, she said.
He performed locally in places such as Southgate House in Newport. He also taught yoga at Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Ave., Clifton,  <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=3901+clifton+avenue+cincinnati+ohio+%28Clifton+House%29&amp;sll=39.157902,-84.517844&amp;sspn=0.007288,0.009441&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=39.157902,-84.517844&amp;spn=0.007288,0.009441&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=addr&amp;o> which will host his 4 p.m. memorial.

The invitation to his memorial invites guests to bring a vegan dish and thoughts to share.

"In Scott's own words: "nudist, Buddhist, raw foodist," the invitations read.

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Evan Bukey on Memorial Day:

Sad that this day has been trivialized. In the late 40s it was a somber
day in our neighborhood. I can well recall tributes to my father's friends
who were killed or tortured to death in the Phillipines, to Tom and Sally
Roy's father who fell at the Bulge, to those who died at Iwo Jima or
liberated the Nazi camps.
EB


Free Hugs


Thanks to Lee Schmidt for sending this.
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>In this age of social dis-connectivity and lack of human contact, the
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Himavat Teaches Enlightenment

: ....
    ....  If you want a new experience, you will need to make a new choice.  The tools I teach, that is, the Enlivening Techniques, are based in the ancient Vedic tradition of Enlightenment.  One hundred per cent of the thousands of people I have taught over the last ten years have had a new experience.  The process of Enlightenment is just that: a process. People notice something, even if difficult to describe, every time they begin to use the tools of the Enlivening Techniques.
The tools are simple thoughts you introduce into your thought stream.  The experience, even if hard to describe, is real, for everyone.  It gets easier to describe over time.
And with practice.  Stresses are healed. In the healing process, discomfort sometimes shows up.  I offer FREE Introductory Lectures at Tourmaline Life Center, in Blue Ash, Cinci, every two weeks.  Come, ask questions.  Challenge the old paradigm: entertain a new possibility.  The testimonials of those people, here in Cinci, who are practicing the techniques are often most enlightening.


On Safety of Nuclear Power
By Ivan Maldonado, U.C Nuclear Engineering Prof.


(Ivan also has written in rebuttal of the charges by Jeffrey Sea and Jeanette Raichyk that his testimony at the Piketon hearing was swayed by involvement with the DOE- U.S. Department of energy— and I would like to print them later, but the following remarks are of particular interest to me now.  ellen)
Dear Ellen,

I believe that nuclear power in the Western World is safe and has historically and consistently proven to be safer than all other large-scale "base load" type of energy productions (1000 MW-electric per plant).  Some will argue that Three Mile Island was a nuclear disaster, however, I believe that it was really mostly a "financial disaster" because it actually proved that containment buildings (1 meter thick steel lined dome over the reactor) protect the public from a "meltdown."  Chernobyl, on the other hand, was a design that broke many of the Western-world practices, among them a lack of a containment building, and its outcome was surely a wake up call for everyone; engineers and public alike, especially in that part of the world.

The US nuclear power program, in particular, has shown an incredible safety record since TMI.  Their efficiency has basically increased by 30% (plant capacity/availability factors went from 60% to 90% in the past 30 years), a power output equivalent to about 30 nuclear power plants that never had to be built.  However, they cannot get any more efficient than they are and another 30 potential plant orders are looming in the horizon (about 30% increase from 103 operating nuclear power plants today in the US).  Investors, who make these things happen (at 3 to 5 billion per plant), and operators (those who run the plants) are more comfortable with the thought of profitably producing energy, so they will most likely follow through.

Unfortunately, there is a human price we pay to live the modern lives we lead.  I read in the paper just yesterday about 38 or so coal plant workers who died in a coal mine accident (not too long after the West Virginia and other similar type accidents).  Likewise, the millions of tons of NOx and SOx pollutants being tossed in the air daily by fossil fueled plants in an irretrievable from are basically being collected in our lungs as "filters."  Nobody really knows the long term effects of all this, and also global warming is another important aspect to consider.

Nuclear waste is a scary and toxic thought, as are many chemicals handled for so many other modern activities that support our comfortable lifestyle.  However, nuclear waste is a byproduct (inevitable with any form of energy generation) that we actually have physical control over.  We know where it is, we can monitor and manage.  The science is there to protect the public (spent nuclear fuel has been sitting at nuclear power plant spent fuel pools for 30, 40, and more years).  So, in my opinion, would we rather blow the byproducts into the air, or have them somewhere where we can physically contain it and protect it.

The GNEP idea revolves around recycling some of the components in nuclear waste, and minimizing the volume and toxicity of the waste, that is what I think.  However, it is obvious that there are many other political and financial interests involved.  There is a price we must pay to generate energy, no free lunch.  I think nuclear power gives us an option to perhaps invest our money and brains to deal with the waste, whereas fossil fuels take away that option and the sickness, disease, and global warming associated with it will just keep getting worse.

One other interesting consideration is the fact that about 80 nuclear reactors run the submarines, aircraft carriers and destroyers that protect our country.  They've been doing this safely for nearly 50 years.

I believe the experience (good and bad) acquired over the past 50 years with nuclear power has led the US and other Western countries to a safe and clean(er) way to generate very large amounts of electrical energy.  Plants and systems are getting better and safer, and more new ideas for even safer designs are being studied, including nuclear fusion.

I think you just have to look at the record and you might agree.

Have a great summer, too.  Incidentally, UC is phasing out nuclear engineering, for the time being, perhaps permanently.  I'm the only untenured nuclear engineering professor at UC, therefore, I've had to find myself another job and will be joining the University of Tennessee in the fall.  I didn't expect to have to do this, but that's the way things played out.  Luckily, I've found a very nice opportunity from which to continue my work and mission.

Regards,

-Ivan


Section Four: Books/Movies/Magazines/Reviews
...................................

Come on... send me names of books and stuff  you are enjoying.  ellen
...................................
GOOD BOOKS FROM BIRDIE FETTERHOFF:

 just wanted to tell ya of the  few of the books I like & read a little in each one!!!)( Have read the whole book  on the first two!!)( My favorites!)
 
  First:  Self_Powerment Toward A New Way Of Living By: Faye Mandell
 
  Second one: One Day My Soul Just Opened up By: Iyanla Vanzant
 
Others: Letting Go of the Person You Used To Be by: Lama Surya Das Author of Awaking
the Buddha Within
 
Next: Renewed hearts changed lives ( stories of  Faith from Everyday Women By Betsy Holt
 
Next:Remarkable Healings ( A Psychiatrist Discovers Unsuspected roots of Mental & Physical Illness)  By:  Shakuntala Modi, MD,

Now that enough email  to you I bet, for a week or two!!!  Maybe a month  or more hey!!  Stay cool!!!  You are "cool"  !! I am just referring to the weather!!!   I really enjoyed the first book !!  Birdie
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MOVIES... From Alan Scheidt (salonista recently moved to Phoenix)

Hope all of you  have seen "The Lives of Others" (one of the 25 best movies I've ever seen) and the Alzheimer's-related flick "Away from Her", a film by, about and for grown-ups. A profounf film, not at all a "disease-of-the-week" TV movie--the best film of 2007 so far.
 
My highlights so far--hearing the great Dawn Upshaw sing at the STUNNING Disney Concert Hall in LA and seeing the sunrise over the Grand Canyon--there are simply no words...except what a 2 1/2 year old Australian boy said: "It's like going to the end of the earth." Met wonderful Aussie, Indian, (ie: from India), and Asian people while at the Grand Canyon. Curiously, virtually no black people--just like when I attend the arts whether it's in Cincy, Phoenix or LA. What gives? There must be some sort of sociological discussion there...
 
Hope you are well,
Alan Scheidt
1949 W. Davis
Phoenix, AZ  85023
(602) 358-7242  home
(602) 618-0540  cell
alanlivesarts@yahoo.com




The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.

We of the
Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.  

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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site:   http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
  Also, we have an Interactive Yah
oo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon

For Pot Luck  procedures including
 food suggestions, mission and history visit
http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html   .

You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website:  http://www.lloydhouse.com


> To unsubscribe from the Lloyd House Potluck
Salon list,
send a REPLY message
> to me and in the SUBJECT line type in "unsub potluck #".  In the place of  #
> type in the numeral that follows the subject line of my Weekly email.  It
> will be 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7.  This tells me which sub-list your name is on so I can  
> delete it.  Thanks!   ellen bierhorst     

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