CAR FREE - Why Health Requires Car Free Communities

Continuing the drafting of the forthcoming Kindle book CAR FREE 71 Aphorisms
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Public health will improve if retrograde forces do not hamper current efforts to improve it But as long as the car and highway culture rules we will have a society that tends toward the obese and indolent Car free communities would largely eliminate both obesity and indolence Car free communities would enable travel everywhere by foot For most walking unimpeded with no traffic to deal with is a pleasure For those who wish to prolong life it approaches the necessary A half hour walk daily is the new apple a day
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I envision communities on four levels in an eco-sufficient structure somewhat like a stadium It would contain all elements of a community residences workplaces shops businesses piazzas squares multiple kiosks Life would be structured to make the outside as enjoyable as one's own private spaces One could walk unimpeded for miles along interesting byways teeming with life but not over-crowded There would be places to sit and rest or recreate every 300 feet It would be a walkers' paradise And all because in a single square mile of God's earth cars if needed at all would be relegated to the periphery This is but one of the public health ramifications of living car free

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"Sto Perigiali" One of the Surpassingly Best Tunes Theodorakis Has Written

A Setting for a Poem "Denial" Beloved by the Greek People by the Nobel Prize Winning Poet Giorgos Seferis

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The remarkable video at the link above is of a performance of "Sto perigiali" Mario Frangoulis and Mikis Theodorakis in 2001.

Frangoulis and Theodorakis are joined by musicians, including two bouzouki players, and a very large audience that is completely familiar with the words. The audience joins in at Frangoulis' prompt.

This is my very favorite Theodorakis melody. Those who know Theodorakis only for his "Zorba" music are in for a treat. When I was in Athens in 1966, for a short period of study with Constantinos Doxiadis, I knew nothing of Theodorakis. But about five years later, my friend Irene Vassos sang "Sto perigiali" to us. I have never gotten the tune out of my mind.

Later, when Irene joined our group to form a travelling company performing "New Rain", I learned to pick out a …

Obama Ads Should Be Grass Roots Cinema Verite

ShortFormContent at Blogger: How President Obama Can Win Christian Conservatives:

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To counter the invidious efforts of Karl Rove and the Brothers Koch, simple videos of everyday people expressing gratitude for specific results from specific things that the President has achieved will create a signature response that will turn the tables on the Super PACs.

There could be an intro that flags lies distortions and anonymous attacks as unreal and even criminal and a cut to what is real, recognizable and not anonymous I am (name). I have lived here in (name) for (time). Thanks to (President Obama's (name) Act ... and so forth for ten seconds. Close with a continuation of the story narrated over evocative images and simple acoustic music.

This would be a fantastic way to counter the attacks on the President. For every specific attack, a video that shows the truth. And grass roots people who intend to vote for the President.

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