Thursday, August 19, 2010

Weekly 8/19/10 - 12

Phone Bank for the election campaign ~ here, every Wednesday 7:30 – 8:15.  Bring your cell phone.  We'll have call lists and scripts.  Important service!

On Wed. 25th Vlasta will give a power point presentation on sustainability and her plan for downtown restoration.  30 minutes.  
The Lloyd House Wednesday Night Salon WEEKLY 
(See at end of this email for introductory material)


SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES 


Around the Table: Mr. G., Lauren, Vlasta, Ellen, David, Viddle, Mira (taking the picture: Alan)
At the Table:  Alan Weiner, David Rosenberg, Viddle, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G., Lauren Hanisian, Vlasta Molak, Ellen Bierhorst, 

Mira: Katsura, our Japanese salonista, reads our Weekly from Japan ...
She works with deaf children...cochlear implants... 

Ellen: next Tuesday we have at 6 pm a Driehaus meeting here.  Come!

Mira: I have 
heard Denise Driehaus speak (Steve's sister), and she was heckeled by tea baggers and she was poised and smooth and gave excellent answers.  (see http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=31  )

Ellen looked up who is our Ohio House rep:  Dale Mallory, includes zip codes 45220, 45117, 45223, 24, 25, 32...

Reading Behind the Scenes: 30 years a slave, 4 years free by Eliz. Keckley.  Fascinating.  She was dressmaker and confidant to Mary Todd Lincoln.

David:  This is the Transition Handbook, the case for why we need transition to sustainability and how to do it in your neighborhood.  I am reading it.  

Mira (told of her job with the African American adult day care center in Evanston ill.)
vlasta: I agree with Sarah Palin on something!  I don't think they should build the Islamic Center in NY. 

Mr G: I agree with Obama    I don't want any religion at ground zero.  I have to accept that Islam in this country is not seen as another religion.  It is not at ground zero, but two blocks away.  I don't feel the gv't should have power over private property  Only if public safety or stability is threatened...  My opinion is that it is an ethical issue.  Obama said "Of course they have the right:" but then he came back and said "That doesn't mean I think they should do it."

David  I think Obama was right; what makes us great is that we are tolerant of other faiths.  ....I can't believe that all Muslims are intolerant.  

Mr. G what % of Pakistanis would rather have US military out?  
...
David I  heard on the radio that there are various Taliban sects, and some are more humanistic.  

Vlasta they enslave women.  Horrendous!

David quoting from the Transition Handbook:  for e 10 cents invested in Nuclear could produce one kilowatt of nuclear energy.  Wind power a dime invest gives 1.7 kilowatts... Small cogeneration (small generators, lie houses, grid together) for every dime invested, 2.2 to 6.5 kilowatts of energy.  
Or for a dime invested in energy efficiency like insulation, we can SAVE ten kilowatts.  

Energy return for energy invested for various sources.  
E.g. Energy required to build a wind farm that produces so much energy.
Ratios:  one of the worst is biodiesel, ethanol.  2::1.  Clean coal 2.5:::1.  Heat pumps, nuclear are 3::1.
Geothermal 7::1.  Conventional coal 8::1.  Solar PV 8:1.  Solar thermal 9::1.  Concentrating solar energy 18::1.  Large hydroelectric 22:1.  Small hydroelectric 32::1.  On shore wind 28::1.  Off shore wind 35::1.
Sewage and landfill gas 40::1.  Tidal range 87::1.  

I like this book, they ask good questions.

Mr. G I am now against wind power because of the bird problems.  




~ end of table notes ~

Hugs to all,


Ellen


SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES


DRIEHAUS Campaign House Meeting
Lloyd House
Monday 23 August
6-7:30

Park on Lafayette Ave.  Leave shoes in foyer.  

Meet Steve, hear his stump speech, see the Lloyd House, meet Ellen, have snacks, meet nice people.  Come!
IT IS IMPORTANT TO RE-ELECT STEVE TO THE HOUSE!  Good man, right votes, Democrat, support Barack.  

Sustainable Environment & Advanced Rebirth of Cincinnati Heart*

Dr. Vlasta Molak, President, Gaia Foundation, www.gaiafoundation,net,   
DrMolak@gmail.com
We will demonstrate a practical application of the sustainability concepts in the Cincinnati Heart*, a run-down area consisting of seven distinct neighborhoods, adjacent to each other and forming the inner city of Cincinnati. This includes renovation of houses using maximal energy efficiency in design, in addition to passive and active solar collectors, rainwater collection on the roofs for use in the apartments, and total recycling of waste.  Also, we are designing a practical public transport system using a fleet of electric battery powered small buses (with solar panels on roofs), which will gradually eliminate car traffic from the area. A long range plan includes community gardens for growing food and local work for the area residents, such as non-polluting factories and other sustainability promoting businesses. We will preferentially employ the people living in the area in order to promote walking and biking to work and thus eliminating the need for car use, resulting in drastic decreases in CO2 emissions from transportation (biking is ~60 times more efficient than driving a car, and thus compared with fossil fuel-driven conventional cars, creating 60 times less CO2 emissions). Our ideas differ from the unsuccessful trials in the past by its integrated systemic approach and seeking cooperation of all the current residents and organizations active in this area. We are listening to all the actors and shareholders in the communities where we want to implement our
 Sustainable Environment and Advanced Rebirth of Cincinnati Heart* (SEARCH), and are finding optimal solutions that will satisfy all the people who will live with the consequences of our work. Only an approach where people living in a run-down area are included into the renewal project, can enable a change to be lasting and sustainable.   Rather then classical gentrification, we will train and employ currently unemployed poor people in the area and help them transition into contributing members of our society (see the slide show).


* Cincinnati Heart includes neighborhoods of Over-The-Rhine, West End, Pendleton, Mt. Auburn, The Heights, Fairview, University Heights, Clifton Heights and Corryville. Together they resemble a human heart, which we believe is quite appropriate symbol for our project.



Dems. Campaign Office Open Now at Knowlton's Corner

4015 Hamilton Avenue, Northside (Knowlton's Corner)  formerly Shoetopia location.  Right at the corner of Blue Rock. (Across the st. from old Crazy Ladies' Bookstore)

After the Grand Opening last week  we hope to have regular hours from 1 PM to 9 PM, Monday through Saturday. Right now, we don't have the phones set up so we're using Scott's number 614-477-6835 as the "office number." Our biggest need right now is to get volunteers to staff the office, so we have to call lots of people to get them to come by and sign up. 

Thanks for your interest,

Mary-Pat Hester

Want to do a terrific service?  Stop in the HQ at Knowlton's Corner between 1 and 8 pm, help them make calls. Fun and important.  Ellen

ALSO
We will be having phone banking here at the Lloyd House (3901 Clifton Ave. 45220) after the Salon for 45 minutes starting next week.  Come to the Salon pot luck at 5:45, or just come at 7:30 for phone banking.  Bring your cell phone.  There will be call lists and scripts. Ellen



Our Band "The Dial Tones" 
Will be playing at Venice on Vine restaurant on Friday 8/27 from 5:30 – 6:30.  Check them out.  Then the next day they will play our Beach Party.  Come!  (see invitation below).


For Transition Town newsletter of the Greater Cincinnati group click here:
http://www.transitiongreatercincinnati.org/content/current-newsletter

There is now a "Play me I'm yours" piano at the CCAC  (Clifton Cultural Arts Center) (old Clifton School on Clifton Ave at Woolper, by the fountain) by the entrance on McAlpin Ave.  Sponsored by the Cincinnati Public Radio, pianos all over town.  Go up and play!







This coupon is worth $5.  Print out and bring to the store.


Cool Summer Stuff at Park + Vine
(Eco Friendly Grocery etc. ~ Corner Central Pkwy and Vine street in OTR)

Following is a list of upcoming events at Park + Vine. An American
Sign Language interpreter is available upon request for store events.
If you have questions, let us know

Thank you for your support

UPCOMING EVENTS

Park + Vine at Northside Farmers' Market: through Oct. 13
Look for supplies–and vegan baked goods from Grateful Grahams and
Sweet Peace Bakery–from Park + Vine alongside locally-grown produce,
handcrafted products, music and art, "green" experts, bread, plants,
soap and ready-to-eat food at the Northside Farmers' Market 4 to 7:30
p.m. every Wednesday through Oct. 13 at Hoffner Park, 4104 Hamilton
Avenue, Northside.

August Ice Cream Special
It's hot out there. The average August high is 87°F around these
parts. Chill out and take $1 off a pint of coconut, hemp or soy milk
ice cream in August at Park + Vine. Indulge in a variety of dairy-free
flavors from Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss, Tempt Hempmilk and Turtle
Mountain.


Homemade Salsas with Green Eats: Aug. 28
With an abundant supply of fresh tomatoes, peppers and corn, learn new
ways to make delectable salsas 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 at
Park + Vine. Join Chef Krishna of Green Eats as she shows you how to
make homemade salsas using the summer's bounty. Recipes include
roasted tomato, roasted pepper and garlic, and black bean and corn
salsas. Registration is $20 per person and includes food samples,
recipes and educational materials. Space is limited to 20 seats.
Students receive a Park + Vine discount after the class. RSVP
513-885-2822 or 
krishna@localgreeneats.com before Aug. 26.

Cloth Diapering Cuteness: Sept. 5
Park + Vine hosts an informal class on all aspects of cloth diapering
the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. One of our in-house mamas,
Elizabeth Whitton, tailors each discussion to the specific questions
of present parents. Afterward, browse the best selection of cloth
diapers in Cincinnati and take advantage of Park + Vine's package
discounts. Pick up our new Cloth Diapering Guide, designed by the
awesome Chris Heckman, while you're at it!

Celebrate Celeriac Five Ways: Sept. 25
Join Melt owner Lisa Kagen and chef Melissa Fairmount for a cooking
class on preparing Celeriac (celery root) 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 25 at Park + Vine. Those attending will observe prep techniques,
find out where to purchase products, and learn how to transform this
versatile vegetable five delicious vegan ways. Recipes and ample
servings included. Registration is $25 and limited to 25 people. RSVP
info@parkandvine.com or 513-721-7275 before Sept. 23.

Park + Vine at the World Peace & Yoga Jubilee: Oct. 21-24
Join Park + Vine and other eco-minded folks at the World Peace & Yoga
Jubilee Oct. 21-24 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, just
outside Cincinnati. This weekend-long conference features yoga
teachers, musicians, authors, artists and chefs unfolding the path to
world peace.

-- 
Dan Korman
Park + Vine
1109 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH  45202
513-721-7275
www.parkandvine.com
10-7 Monday-Saturday + 11-5 Sunday

If you've ever wanted to join a vibrant choral community, now is the time. MUSE Cincinnati's Women's Choir invites you to audition with us and come celebrate our 28th Season in song!
On Saturday, August 28th, 2010auditions will be held at our rehearsal
 
home, St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church - 3
20 Resor Ave, Cincinnati, OH(Clifton) from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Click here for the audition form. Walk-ins will not be able to be accommodated due to the nature of the audition process.

Do you have questions about the audition process? Click http://musechoir.org/contactlinks/auditions

MUSE is dedicated to musical excellence and social change. We are women of diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives awakening awareness with our voices. Y
our talent, enthusiasm and presence are welcome! Come harmonize for peace and justice. Join MUSE for a season of fun, friends and most of all music!




New CPR Method: Easier, no training required...just watch this
Very important and interesting information on the new method of CPR.
 This video lasts 6 minutes; it's worth watching. 

Click the link below.

http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59 

<http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59
 
 
Thanks to Salonista Bob Wittanowski!




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I am having a
 
blast here in my first year of teaching the Alexander Technique! Unbelievably, a full calendar since the launch of my practice in late June  2009.   This winter I was having so much demand for my lessons that I had to stop advertising and ask some well-progressing students to drop back to twice a month instead of weekly lessons.  

    Fantastic fee deal (limited time only):  First lesson free; second through 4th lessons only $10.  After that, only $50/lesson if you buy a package of 4 at a time, prepaid. *   The "real fee" is $78 per lesson.  I am interested in "turning on" as many people as possible to this wonderful learning.  Good for pain, for performance improvement in the arts, atheltics, ... And finally, good for personal development.  It has definite geriatric benefit as well.  

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FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READING
AQUARIUS & OM CAFE 
329 Ludlow Avenue (across from Esquire Theatre) Cincinnati



POETRY READING ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 7:30 PM
VICKIE CIMPRICH
BARBARA GUTTING

POETRY READING ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 7:30 PM
MARY ANNE REESE
GWYNETH STEWART

If a nightingale sings with her breast against a thorn, why not we?     
Susan Gilbert Dickinson to Emily Dickinson in 1861

Ecological Retreat Sept 17-19 near Hillsboro, Oh (45 min?)
Bill Cahalan is a friend of mine.  I recommend this.  Ellen
                   
  LIVING WITH ECOLOGICAL VISION
                        
                                                                                A retreat
 
We live in a time when Earth's life is unraveling, spurred on by our ever-growing economy and ecologically blind culture.  But increasingly people are waking up to the beauty and complexity of nature, creating new ways of living which harmonize with nature's wisdom.
 
In our retreat at beautiful Highlands Nature Sanctuary, we will seek to be part of this awakening by exploring an ecological way of seeing.  Drawing on the science of ecology, we will reflect on Earth's cycles and rhythms to help understand our global crisis.  This knowledge, integrated with native, Quaker and Buddhist perspectives, will then help us see reality with new eyes, becoming sensuous participants rather than mere observers.  We find ourselves within nature as living body or system, rather than viewing it as outside of ourselves, mere resource or scenery.
 
Friday evening we share our intentions for the retreat, and get oriented to the local landscape and retreat plan.  Saturday morning we take part in a guided experience and hear two presentations to prepare for an experiential focus the rest of our time.  Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning each person walks on a silent, solitary journey into the local woodlands.  On these walks we practice sensing relationships and patterns more than things, opening to immersion in places and beings we resonate with.  Returning to a sharing circle, we harvest our experiences by means of talking and writing. 
 
Come enjoy this late summer weekend in Highlands' marvelous woods, streams and landscapes.  Sample understandings and practices which may help ground and guide your day to day living as you face both everyday stresses and new global challenges.
 
Dates:            September 17 – 19, 2010.
Times:            Friday 8:00 PM (arrive any time after 5) to Sunday 2:00 PM.
Meals:            3 meals Saturday & 2 meals Sunday are provided.
Lodging:         Beechcliff Lodge (see photos at www.highlandssanctuary.org/lodging).
Cost:               $160.00 covers all.  Check due by Sept. 10.  Limited to 10 participants (5 rooms).
Questions:     Contact Bill Cahalan at 513-251-2558 or 
awakentoearth@gmail.org.
To register:    Mail check, name, phone # and email to Bill at 601 Enright Ave.
                           Cincinnati OH 45205.
 
 Facilitators:    
      Bill Cahalan-- is a psychotherapist, organic gardener, and local food activist who loves wandering in wild places and has worked to preserve and restore them.  Since 1983 he has helped people, at retreats and in therapy, to ground their lives in the natural world.
     Craig Goodworth -- is an artist/writer and a pilgrim from the desert, having lived in various places in the American Southwest.  His graduate work as well as his practice have involved the relationship between art, nature, spirituality and sustainable community. 
    Debbie Miller-- is a longtime volunteer retreat organizer and nature guide at the Sanctuary.   She is our liaison with this unique place, and will prepare meals and help with logistics.






Lloyd House: Will be vacant and available again come 1/1/11
Third floor two room suite, has own bathroom.  Monthly house dues: $460 includes all utilities plus high speed wireless internet.  Kitchen shared with two others.  Wonderful space!  Please call Ellen: (513) 221 1289  Available June 23 to Sept 15.
Must be rock solid financially, over 25, non smoker, homo sapiens only.  
Very jolly, juicy multicultural household in Victorian Castle.  See www.lloydhouse.com













ARTICLES AND LETTERS


  • Vegans' bodies have less pollution!  Sent in by Ginger Lee Frank
  • Important movie about scientist with now-vindicated cancer cure hounded by FDA: http://www.burzynskimovie.com/
  • Letter from Jody Grundy, Weekly lurker.  





Want to reduce your pollution loading?  Go vegan!  
Thanks for this from Ginger Lee Frank, salonista in absentia

By Michael Greger MD, Posted August 5, 2010, Published in Health

Vegans "Significantly Less Polluted
"

Every five years, the U.S. government measures the amount of toxic waste in our food supply. Dioxins are a class of industrial pollutants spewed into the atmosphere that "accumulates in the fatty tissues of humans and food animals consumed by humans. It is generally believed that the most significant exposure to DLCs [dioxin-like compounds such as PCBs] by humans is from the dietary intake of animal and fish products." But which animal products pose the greatest risk?

According to recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency, second only to fish in terms of PCB levels: eggs. This may help explain the findings of a recent study that found that egg consumption "was associated with in increased odds of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophagus, upper aerodigestive tract (includes oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, larynx), colon and colon and rectum combined, lung, breast, prostate, bladder, and all cancers combined."

Of all the cancers, egg consumption was most tightly correlated with breast cancer risk. Those eating more than a half an egg a day were found to have nearly 3 times the odds of breast cancer compared to those that stayed away from eggs entirely.

The industrial toxins found in animal products don't just contribute to cancer risk. According to a recent commentary in the journal Reproductive Toxicology, "increasing evidence suggests that maternal exposure to toxic chemical compounds may be associated with various congenital [birth] defects, pediatric problems, skewed gender ratios, lethal cancers in children and teens, psychosexual challenges, as well as reproductive and endocrine [hormonal] dysfunction in later life." The author concludes: "I anticipate that future generations of scientists will look back with disbelief at a medical culture that permitted poisoning of reproductive aged women and ignored ramifications to unborn children."

What if one chooses not to eat meat, fish, dairy, or eggs, though? A study entitled "Impact of Adopting a Vegan Diet...on Plasma Organochlorine Concentrations" was recently published by an international team of scientists. Organochlorines "are chemical products that were widely used after World War II as insecticides and in industry. In the 1960s, their adverse effects for the environment and human health began to be known, and in the 1970s their use was banned in most industrialized countries [including the United States]. However, because they are so resistant to degradation...[they] continue to be present in most food chains worldwide....Being at the top of the food chain, man is contaminated via food, in infancy from breast milk and later from animal products such as fish, meat and dairy products."

The investigators note that studies have shown that organochlorine concentrations in the breast milk and fat tissue of vegetarians is lower than in omnivores, but no studies of "real vegans" had been undertaken. Until now. Testing a wide range of carcinogenic industrial toxins and pesticides, the researchers "found that vegans, were significantly less polluted, then omnivores...."

What surprised the research team was that vegans had as much toxic exposure as they did. The scientists offered a number of explanations. For example, the vegans "may have been breast-fed as infants, and might thus have been exposed to OC accumulated by the mother, and which are transferred to her baby at the time of lactation. Moreover, becoming vegetarian or vegan is often a decision made in adulthood." That was another problem they noted: most vegans aren't vegan from birth. "Thus, the omnivore diet followed during childhood and adolescence results in a contamination by OC that is still detectable in adults....In addition, vegans may, on rare occasions, depart from their diet and eat some animal products."

To decrease our exposure to industrial toxins in our increasingly polluted world, we need to eat as low as possible on the food chain as soon as possible: a plant-based diet.

HI Ellen,

Good to see your newsletter as always.  I was especially happy to see  you're opening your house to phone banking for the election. I read Bentley's letter and she's right on in her comments. I'm working (as volunteer as usual) for Lee Fisher. You can pass that word along and I'll get in touch with more info about SW OH organizing soon.

All the best,

Jody Grundy





Stay tuned for Bentley Davis' updates on the political scene... Bentley rocks!  Ellen










REVIEWS: BOOKS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, WEBSITES ...

Please send me your tips...love to hear what you are reading etc.  ellen
......................................
Behind the Scenes by Elizabeth Keckley... A slave who bought her freedom... Served as a free woman dressmaker to Mrs Lincoln in White House.  Wonderful!  Available at library.  Ellen

from Lee Schmidt: 
Saw _Inception_ last night. I think it's one of the best written action thrillers I've seen. Christopher Nolan wrote and directed it. I'm sure he was influenced by Phillip K. Dick. What wondrous twists and turns! I will see this again on the big screen!


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(Why can't I receive the TST any more? I can get special editions, which Jim sends from time to time.    Ellen)



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