From hattieshalom at verizon.net Wed Sep 1 03:23:08 2010 From: hattieshalom at verizon.net (Hattie Nestel) Date: Wed Sep 1 03:23:14 2010 Subject: [Sage] Olkiluoto blockade/Finland - a total success-NO nukes-yall] References: <4C7D8007.2050709@nukebusters.org> Message-ID: <0EAB5F2C-CCAB-4698-99AA-4D782AF3EFFE@verizon.net> ____ Hattie Nestel hattieshalom@verizon.net > > > > All, > > > Thought people might want to see news from this past weekend?s > blockade of the Olkiluoto reactor under construction in Finland?. > > > > Michael > > NIRS > > > > From: Ulla Klotzer [mailto:ullaklotzer@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:19 AM > To: Jan Beranek; Jan verkamp; Roland Egger; Urgewald Regine Richter; > Urgewald Heffa Sch?cking; mark.johnston.esq@gmail.com; no-nukes > Subject: [no-nukes] Olkiluoto blockade/Finland - a total success > > > > Hello friends all over Europe! > > We want to thank all the foreign organisations and movements that > supported the Olkiluoto Blockade in Finland! > > Some 100 - 200 persons took part in the blockade, but despite the > rather small number it was a total success. 42 different > organisations/movements supported the blockade. 28 foreign and 14 > Finnish. GREAT COOPERATION! > > We were main news on the radio and television the whole day on all > possible channels. > Most Finnish newspapers have been writing about the blockade. Most > of them also with a picture/pictures. > > Here is a television channel sending news in Swedish. At this > channel you can also see/hear comments in English from Falk Beyer/ > Germany and Andrey Ozharovskiy/Russia. > > http://areena.yle.fi/video/1234978 > > (you have to open the window by the small text "avaa ikkuna") > > At the homepage below Falk has written a comment on the blockade and > there are great pictures. Have a look! > > http://de.indymedia.org/2010/08/288679.shtml?print=on > > The nuclear waste seminar on Sunday was also a success. > > Professor Nils-Axel M?rner (geologist) from Sweden spent 2 days in > the Olkiluoto surroundings measuring and photographing the rock > formations, faults etc. He came up with interesting new findings > showing that the Olkiluoto region is not suitable for a waste > repository for spent fuel. > > The sad fact, however is that it is already under construction and > will according to Posiva (the waste company) be taken into use 2020. > So much work ahead to stop this project! > > > At the seminar also Jean-Yvon Landrac/France talked about the French > situation. Andrey Ozharovskiy/Russia talked about problems with > Leningrad nuclear power plant (Sosnovy Bor) and uranium transports > in the Baltic. Maria Nuutinen/Finland talked about the waste problem > of the EPR reactor. > > THE FIGHT GOES ON - THE SPIRIT IS HIGH! > > Ulla Kl?tzer, Women Against Nuclear Power - Finland > > > > Tarna Kannisto, coordinator Olkiluoto blockade > > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New > Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > RECENT ACTIVITY: > Visit Your Group > MARKETPLACE > Hobbies & Activities Zone: Find others who share your passions! > Explore new interests. > > Get great advice about dogs and cats. Visit the Dog & Cat Answers > Center. > > Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're > on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. > > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use > . > > __,_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100901/5531dee1/attachment-0001.htm From hattieshalom at verizon.net Wed Sep 1 04:28:47 2010 From: hattieshalom at verizon.net (Hattie Nestel) Date: Wed Sep 1 04:29:40 2010 Subject: [Sage] Fwd: Anti nuclear delegation meets with Congressman Olver References: <183FED7D-E97A-4792-A5F0-77A0BD58CB81@verizon.net> Message-ID: > Subject: Fwd: Anti nuclear delegation meets with Congressman Olver > > > ____ > Hattie Nestel > hattieshalom@verizon.net > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Marcia Gagliardi >> Date: August 31, 2010 1:39:26 PM EDT >> To: Politics Media Releases >> Subject: Anti nuclear delegation meets with Congressman Olver >> >> For immediate release >> With photo, from left, of Beth Adams, Jeff Napolitano, Hattie >> Nestel, U S >> Representative John Olver (D-MA), Ruth Hooke, and Marcia Gagliardi >> contact: Marcia Gagliardi, 978 249 9400 >> >> A delegation from the central Massachusetts Nuclear Free Future >> Coalition >> met Wednesday, August 25, with U S Representative John Olver (D-MA) >> in his >> Holyoke office to commend the Congressman for his activities >> associated with >> efforts to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in >> Vernon, >> Vermont, where radioactive leakages threaten the Connecticut River. >> The >> delegation also urged Congressman Olver to vote against all future >> subsidies >> to the nuclear power industry. The delegates represent organizations >> including American Friends Service Committee, Citizens Awareness >> Network, >> Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the Shut It >> Down >> Affinity Group. >> -- >> >> -- >> Marcia Gagliardi >> Haley's, a mile west of Athol center on Route 2A >> 488 South Main Street >> Athol, MA 01331 >> 800.215.8805 >> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/mixed From pdatimcarpenter at gmail.com Wed Sep 1 10:07:54 2010 From: pdatimcarpenter at gmail.com (tim carpenter) Date: Wed Sep 1 10:08:03 2010 Subject: [Sage] Have lunch to create good jobs Message-ID: [image: Forward this newsletter to a friend] * * *You can't eat if you can't find work * Dear Friend, This month's *Brown Bag Lunch Vigils*(BBLV) are about *working in the USA*. September 15 is the day for most BBLVs. This is also the date for *Jobs with Justice's Jobs Emergency Day of Action* . Corporate interests do not want Americans to ?make a living? that allows them to support themselves and their families. *People who feel secure in their jobs and are paid fairly for their work are better able to participate in American society.* They develop a sense of community, bringing the awareness of what our society needs and the desire to take action. *But corporations haven't given millions of dollars to members of Congress so that the people can decide what's best for the country.* The jobs being ?created? now leave few with anything but unease about the future. Go to your BBLV and tell Congress, *?We need good jobs now!?* They need to pass *HR 4812: the Local Jobs for America Act* . The BBLVs are still concerned with ending the wars, achieving healthcare for all, saving our environment, and protecting our precious and hard-won social programs?Social Security and Medicare. But *without good jobs, we can't move forward*. 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URL: http://lists.gaiahost.coop/pipermail/sage/attachments/20100901/28587621/attachment.htm From stokingthefires at riseup.net Wed Sep 1 21:20:45 2010 From: stokingthefires at riseup.net (Ben Grosscup) Date: Wed Sep 1 21:21:08 2010 Subject: [Sage] HOME FOOD PRESERVATION WORKSHOP IN NORTHAMPTON -- September 18, 2010 (please forward) Message-ID: <4C7EFBED.2020502@riseup.net> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * September 1, 2010 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BEN GROSSCUP ben.grosscup@nofamass.org 413-568-5374 Register here: www.nofamass.org *HOME FOOD PRESERVATION MAKES A COMEBACK IN NORTHAMPTON, ELSEWHERE ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS * NORTHAMPTON, MA ? The Northeast Organic Farming Association/ Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass) is holding a hands-on workshop on how to preserve food from the fall harvest on *September 18 from 9:00am to 3:00pm* at St. John's Episcopal Church on 48 Elm Street in Northampton. The event is part of the Massachusetts Food Preservation Workshop Days. Similar events will be held in 8 other towns and cities throughout the state in September, including *Ashland, Brookline, Shirley, Groton, Winchendon Springs, Barre, ** Princeton*, and Great Barrington**. Registration cost is $50; $5 discount for NOFA/Mass members. ?Every year people are planting more and bigger backyard gardens and enjoying the tremendous wealth of produce available from local farms in the fall. To enjoy this bounty throughout the winter, it?s helpful to re-learn some techniques for preserving food at home that our grandparents probably used but that many of us haven?t learned yet,? said Ben Grosscup, the event organizer. ?With this event, we're offering the public an opportunity to learn basic skills they need to get started from experienced food preservation educators.? The workshop in Northampton will be taught by Kathy Harrison who is author of "Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Happens," a mother of seven and an avid food preservationist. She lives in Cummington. ?When I put food on the table, it matters to me to know where it came from,? said Harrison. ?I preserve food because it is the easiest way to be able to know this. Every meal at our home, we remember specifically where each ingredient came from. Each jar of peaches served has a name of a person who grew them or a memory of how we grew them ourselves during the previous season. We also talk about what we could do next year to be able to grow more of certain things we like on our own land.? Harrison says workshop participants should be prepared for an intense schedule and learning about a variety of new techniques. A few highlights of the workshop will be learning how to use a dehydrator to put by vegetables, can sauces and preserves using water bath canning, pickling techniques for delicious condiments that can complement the main meal, ways to safely can meat using a pressure cooker, as well as cold storage for root crops. Workshop participants will receive hand-outs on what different techniques are ideal for various crops, and list of the top resources available for learning more details about food preservation. Workshop participants are encouraged to bring their own questions to the workshops. "Incorporating these food preservation techniques into your life helps you save money, lessen your dependence on industrialized agriculture, and provide wonderful flavor and nutrition all year round for your family,? said Grosscup. ?The best time to preserve food is the same as when backyard gardens and local farm stands reach the height of the season?s harvest. Savoring fresh summer flavors is an enjoyable way to make it through the winter.? For information on how to register, visit www.nofamass.org , or contact Ben Grosscup 413-658-5374, >. The workshop cost is $50, and there is a $5 discount for membership in NOFA/Mass. Pre-registration is requested, but on-site registration is available for an extra $5 charge. If you plan to do a walk in registration, please call Ben Grosscup in advance to find out if there is space availability. A potluck lunch will be shared at the event, and registrants are invited to bring something to share or bring their own lunch. About NOFA/Mass NOFA/Mass (Northeast Organic Farming Association, Massachusetts Chapter) is a community including farmers, gardeners, landscapers and consumers working to educate members and the general public about the benefits of local organic systems based on complete cycles, natural materials, and minimal waste for the health of individual beings, communities and the living planet. 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