Thursday 13 September 2012

Re: {PBJFlorida} Digest for pbjflorida@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 3 Topics

AA brothers and sisters for peace and community - my apologies not making it Saturday, my other half has to be out of his house this weekend and we are no where close. I read the info on the farm workers, though, and pray Brown signs it. Even if they do not get all the inspections they want, it is a step in the right direction. I grew up during the days of Caesar Chavez and truly respected him, we had migrant workers that always worked our orchards during harvest, and my parents always paid them well and fixed them meals and we could not have survived without them, they were respected members of our farm.  It is appalling in this day and age that workers can not even get water in over 100 degree temps.

I can tell you from growing up farming that the 8 hour rule will never pass.  That is not the schedule farming works on, especially field crops. They do need to do something fairer than what is done, however, that is not disputable, but trying to put farming into a cubie schedule is not realistic.  Calves do not wait til the next shift to be born and neither does ripening produce.  Increasing piece work minimums, etc. would be greatly helpful, and BANNING child labor, period, and mandating child care and head start, etc. in those situations needs to be done!

Also, Jim, loved the comments yesterday or day before (I have gone back to work and 17-18 hr days this week are killing me already...)about community. I grew up in an old world community, and while certainly not perfect, it was closer than anything I have seen elsewhere in the US to what you talked about. My other half is from the high Atlas in Morocco, and he still is very much "village" mentality in many things, and my, are there differences. We truly could learn a lot from a "village".

Sr.Amira
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    Lariza Garzon <lariza.garzon@gmail.com> Sep 12 06:01PM -0500  

     

    Nico Gumbs <ngumbs@nfwm.org> Sep 12 05:12PM -0400  

    Hey all!
    Take the time to help out the UFW and farm workers across California!!
     
    Also, check out this article by UFW's president, Arturo Rodriguez on the
    heat safety bills in Cali!
     
    Thanks e'erbody
     
    **
     
     
    Subj: Farm worker heat safety bills go to CA Gov. Jerry Brown. Send an
    email NOW!
    [image:
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    [image:
    http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c5d/14568e79/474f0972/2b460f4b/3835188166/VEsE/]<http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c5d/14568e79/474f0972/2b460f4b/3835188166/VEsE/>
     
    September 7, 2012
     
    *Farm worker heat safety bills go to CA Gov. Jerry Brown.*
    *Send an email NOW!* <http://action.ufw.org/heatfb>
     
    Dear YOU!
     
    *Tell California
    Governor Jerry Brown
    to sign the UFW's bills.* <http://action.ufw.org/heatfb>
     
    [image:
    http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c5d/14568e79/474f0972/2b460f48/3835188166/VEsD/]<http://action.ufw.org/page/m/3bed9c5d/14568e79/474f0972/2b460f48/3835188166/VEsD/>
     
    [image: http://action.ufw.org/heatfb] <http://action.ufw.org/heatfb>
     
    *http://action.ufw.org/heatsafety* <http://action.ufw.org/heatfb>
     
    We have good news and bad news to share with you regarding the California
    Assembly votes last week.
     
    The good news is the two critical UFW Heat Safety bills have passed the
    Assembly and are now on California Governor Brown's desk.* AB 2346
    (Butler), The Farm Worker Safety Act of 2012, will allow farm workers to
    sue employers who repeatedly fail to comply with mandatory requirements for
    shade and drinking water.* It would make growers and the farm labor
    contractors they hire jointly liable if contractors fail to supply farm
    workers with shade and water under California's hot summer sun.
     
    *AB 2676 (Calderon), the Humane Treatment of Farm Workers Act, says
    agricultural employers must treat farm workers at least as well as animals,
    by providing shade and water or face the same criminal
    penalties--punishable by jail time and fines.*
     
    On the other hand, the California Assembly rejected AB 1313 (Allen). The
    measure would have given farm workers the right to receive overtime pay for
    working more than eight hours in a day or 40 hours in a week. Sadly, 16
    Democrats chose not to vote on this critical bill leaving it to die on the
    floor and two Democrats even voted against it. One wonders how many of them
    gave speeches about workers' rights this past Labor Day weekend.
     
    *This pretense of support serves to remind us how critical it is for each
    and every one of us to send CA Governor Jerry Brown a message
    today<http://action.ufw.org/heatfb>asking him to sign these lifesaving
    bills.
    * *We can't assume he will sign the bills. We have to remind decision
    makers what is at stake.*
     
    Farm worker lives rely on these bills because the state just doesn't have
    the resources to adequately enforce its heat standards. According to an
    August 22, 2012, editorial in the Desert Sun, "Last year only 1,090 heat
    inspections were conducted on California's 81,500 farms. At that rate, many
    violations could go unnoticed."
     
    *Since California issued its 2005 regulations to keep farm workers from
    dying of extreme heat, preventable farm worker deaths have continued to
    occur at a similar pace.* In most of these cases where a farm worker has
    died, the employer deprived the farm workers of adequate water and shade
    multiple times. This summer, state regulators are again investigating two
    possible heat-related farm worker deaths.
     
    *Let's all do our part in saving farm worker lives. Could you please send a
    message to Governor Brown today <http://action.ufw.org/heatfb> and request
    that he sign AB 2346 and AB 2676 into law?*
     
    Again, thank you and Si Se Puede!
     
    [image: sig]
    Jocelyn Sherman
    UFW Internet Communications Director
     
    P.S.: *After you take action please share this campaign with your friends
    and family. *You can send them an e-mail, post this campaign on your*Facebook
    * *and/or **Twitter* page by *clicking
    here<http://action.ufw.org/page/share/heat12>
    * or going to *http://action.ufw.org/page/share/heat12*
     
    *Tweet: Lifesaving farm worker heat safety bills go to CA Gov Jerry Brown.
    Send an email NOW! Go to:
    **http://action.ufw.org/heatsafety*<http://action.ufw.org/heatsafety>
    * #ufw*
     
     
     
     
    --
    Nico Gumbs
    National Farm Worker Ministry
    Youth and Young Adult Network
    ph: 386.801.1232
    ngumbs@nfwm.org
    www.nfwm.org
    www.nfwm-yaya.org

     

    Michael Rodriguez <fireryphoenix@hotmail.com> Sep 12 11:56AM -0400  

    KINDLY Circulate.Thank you.
    -----------------------------------------



    WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL INVITED LECTURE SERIES

    Lecture sessions open for all. No Charges. All are welcome.
    RSVP (Appreciated) to: abhinavd45@hotmail.com , sastry.bvk@gmail.com , vinod38@aol.com

    Registration: Through E-mail only – Before Noon, 05 Oct 2012.

    Lecture Theme: NEUROSCIENCE OF YOGA
    (Special Invited Lecture and Scientific findings Presentations)

    Main Speaker: Vinod D Deshmukh MD PhD, Practicing Neurologist, is an Associate Professor of Neurology (Retired) from University of Florida. He has sixty scientific articles including a monograph on Brain Blood Flow. His recent articles in circulation are: The Neuroscience of Meditation, The Multistream Self, Turiya, Prana-Dhyana, Vedic Psychology as a Science of Wisdom. His latest book is "The Astonishing Brain and Holistic Consciousness: Neuroscience and Vedanta Perspectives, published by Nova Science publishers of New York. Poetry, Photography and oil painting are his hobbies. His creative poetry collections are available in four books: Presence: the Key to Mental Excellence, The Last Leaf, A Poet's Walk and Poet's Vision. He is a resident of Jacksonville, lives a simple, creative and insightful life.

    Date –Time : Sat, 06 Oct 2012, (10.00 A.M to 05.30 P.M )
    10.00 A.M - 01.00 P.M (Part -1) A. Neuroscience of Yoga- 1; B. The Current Status of Yoga/Meditation as a Therapeutic Tool – Dr. Ram P. Agarwal.
    02.30 P.M – 05.30 P.M- (Part -2) (Closing Time is Open Ended) C. Neuroscience of Yoga- 2. D. Supplemental Responses Q/A.

    Venue : Park Square Homes Auditorium
    5200 Vineland Road, Orlando, Florida 32811; www.parksquarehomes.com/ (click on "about us" to find map/direction)

    In case you want to be a part of deliberations: If you want to be an active participant / responder in the session, please let us know in advance.

    About the Theme: What is Neuroscience of Yoga? How is it beneficial? For whom? Why explore an ancient Hindu Tradition from Modern medical perspective? - These are some of the questions that will be explored in this special invited lecture by Dr.Deshmukh.
    Yoga-sutra is a classic text of about 200 formulae in four chapters, by Patanjali (circa 200 B.C.E) on the topic of philosophy and practice of Yoga. Yoga practice guidance is for two goals: a) living a healthy stress free life (Klesha tanukarana) b) to realize an intuitive, selfless, holistic consciousness (Samadhi bhavana). The eight steps guidance ashtanga yoga provides the detailed instruction. An associated deliberation here is about Kundalini shakti – a mystic energy rising and descending in the yogi's body. The physiological imprints of Kundalini awakening have been explored in many ways in medical sciences and yoga-traditions. There is considerable symbolism in these descriptions resulting in misunderstanding, speculation and mysticism. In this lecture, the speaker brings out the neuro-scientific understanding of many aspects of Ashtanga Yoga and Kundalini- chakras –meditation based on modern neuro-anatomy, advanced brain imaging, neurophysiology and cognitive neurosciences. The speaker puts forth new hypotheses for exploratory interdisciplinary -understanding and research with a perceived benefit of practice in the field of medicine and yoga.
    ________________________________________
    Program Organized by: Dr. BVK Sastry, for: Hindu University of America, 113 N. Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando, FL 32825-3732

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    with high regards,
    Abhinav Dwivedi
    Vice President,
    Hindu University Of America
    113 S. Econlockhatchee Trail
    Orlando, FL 32825, USA
    www.hua.edu
    abhinav@hua.edu
    abhinavd45@hotmail.com

     

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