[ShareTompkins] Yoga Event to Benefit Ithaca Health Alliance, 6/21 9:30am

Fri Jun 6 12:09:18 UTC 2014

For immediate release:

*Join the Finger Lakes Yoga Alliance
<http://www.fingerlakesyogaalliance.com> *and yoga teachers from around the
region in the annual 108 Sun Salutations event to welcome the Summer
Solstice and support the *Ithaca Health Alliance
<http://www.ithacahealth.org>.*

Students will be guided through the sun salutes by certified yoga teachers.
The Sun Salutes will be followed by some cooling counter poses, and a long
Sivasana (corpse pose).  Kids activities will organized during the Sun
Salutes by Anna from Anna's Movement Arts.

*Date and Time:* Saturday, June 21st, 9:30am
*Donation: *Suggested $25, donate day of or online
*Location: *DeWitt Park, Ithaca

Bring a mat * (or practice on the grass),* water bottle, props if
desired.  *Snacks
and refreshments will be available thanks to GreenStar Oasis.*

*Want to sponsor or teach? Please contact astridjirka(at)gmail.com
<http://gmail.com>.*

*Partnering Organizations and Sponsors:*
• Finger Lakes Yoga Alliance <http://fingerlakesyogaalliance.com/about/>
• Ithaca Health Alliance <http://www.ithacahealth.org/> – Facilitates
access to health care for all, with a focus on the needs of the uninsured.
• Anna’s Movement Arts <http://www.annagoehner.blog.com/> – will provide
kid’s yoga during the event
• Ithaca Downtown Alliance
<http://fingerlakesyogaalliance.com/www.downtownithaca.com/%E2%80%8E> – A
not-for-profit organization charged with the revitalization, development,
promotion, and management of downtown Ithaca.
• Greenstar Oasis

Contact Name: Astrid Jirka

Contact Email: Astridjirka(at)gmail.com
 Web Site:  FingerLakesYogaAlliance.com

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> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 12:19:18 -0400
> Subject: [ShareTompkins] DATE CHANGE for June Listening Workshop
> Turns out IC3 is not available on the 21st new date is* June 28th *
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> From: A Wilson <a.wilson at bioscienceresource.org>
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> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:37:49 -0400
> Subject: [ShareTompkins] Genetic Testing of Citizens Is a Backdoor into
> Total Population Surveillance by Governments and Companies -- new on
> Independent Science News
>   New on ISN: Genetic Testing of Citizens Is a Backdoor into Total
> Population Surveillance by Governments and Companies
> Published: June 5, 2014
>
> *Independent Science News* has just published: “*Genetic Testing of
> Citizens Is a Backdoor into Total Population Surveillance by Governments
> and Companies
> <http://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/genetic-testing-of-citizens-is-a-backdoor-into-total-population-surveillance/>*”
> by Helen Wallace, PhD, Executive Director of GeneWatch UK.
>
> Why is Britain’s Health Service (the NHS), which is legendarily short of
> money, nevertheless willing to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to
> collect and store DNA, and build electronic health databases? The official
> answer is that these databases will benefit population health and reduce
> costs in the long term. Yet this official explanation has negligible
> scientific support. Ongoing research indicates that genetic inheritance
> plays only an occasional role in health outcomes and is largely irrelevant
> to common diseases. Nor, even when such groups can be identified, are there
> benefits in separating populations into high and low genetic risk groups.
> So, are Britain’s gene database projects attributable to common
> misunderstandings about the power of genetics to determine disease risk? Or
> are they stealthy attempts to partner with pharmaceutical giants and
> genomics companies? Or even attempts to complement surveillance information
> gained in other ways?
>
>
> Read the complete article on *Independent Science News*: *Genetic Testing
> of Citizens Is a Backdoor into Total Population Surveillance by Governments
> and Companies
> <http://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/genetic-testing-of-citizens-is-a-backdoor-into-total-population-surveillance/>*
> .
>
> For scientific references relevant to this topic visit the Bioscience
> Resource Project’s resource page: *Human Genetic Predispositions – the
> hidden politics of genomic science*.
> <http://www.bioscienceresource.org/resources/human-genetic-predisposition/>
>
> *GeneWatch UK <http://www.genewatch.org/>* is a not-for-profit that aims
> to ensure genetic technologies are developed and used in the public
> interest — so that they promote human health, protect the environment, and
> respect human rights and the interests of animals. Genewatch covers human
> genetics, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and biological weapons.
> They also monitor research agendas (including DNA databases and biobanks)
> and patenting. GeneWatch UK plays an essential role in keeping scientists
> and the public informed on key genetic issues.
>
>
>
>
> Allison Wilson, PhD
> Science Director
> The Bioscience Resource Project
>
> phone: 1 (607) 319 0279
> a.wilson at bioscienceresource.org
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