Maxpak demolition to begin

[pjmorgan.livejournal.com]

KSS dropped a letter in my mailbox announcing the demolition of the Maxpak site, including the rail tracks, to start today.   
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reminder (ds_meetup)

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Our next DS meetup is going to take place on Tuesday the 10th. As usual, we will be meeting in the back room of the Burren starting at 7pm. Open mic night starts at 8pm and you can stick around to hear the music. I know some of you are musically inclined, so anybody want to get up and perform?

Somerville election results

[ron_newman]

Mostly incumbents won: Ward 6 alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, Ward 5 School Committee member Mark Niedergang, and all four Aldermen-at-Large. Gewirtz and Niedergang won by huge margins. At-large challenger Luis Morales made a good try, but he was unable to overcome the overall boringness of this election.

One non-boring election result: challenger Christine Rafal beat incumbent James Norton (editor of the Somerville News) for the Ward 4 School Committee seat.

Unofficial results, on the city website

Just for some perspective...

[turil.livejournal.com]

Joe Curtatone, while winning the election for mayor, was voted in by less than 8% of Somerville's human population.

Harvard/Alewife red line problems

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

After reading the MBTA report, I got a bit worried, since I take the red line between Davis Sq and Harvard Sq a lot...  Page 26 of this report (www.boston.com/multimedia/2009/11/04mbta/mbta_review.pdf) talks about it.

The Boston Globe has an article on the report (www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/11/04/report_finds_ts_riders_at_risk/ ) saying: "One delayed project highlighted in the report, which has been deemed critical to public safety, involves repair of a water leak on the Red Line between Alewife and Harvard stations. The $80 million project would replace a system of slabs and disks, designed to absorb train vibrations, that has been damaged by water leaks. In some areas, fasteners are corroding and the tracks are moving out of alignment, the report states, presenting “the possibility of train derailment.’’

If it's critical for public safety, does it mean it's not safe, currently?

Tufts Global Lens Film Series -- This Weekend

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

The Tufts Global Lens Film Series picks up after a week off. The films are top notch, free, open to the public and you won't have to fight a crowd (I got a private screening last week). The movies are the type you won't get an easy chance to see again.

http://ase.tufts.edu/ir/eventsGlobalLens.htm

Here's the schedule for this weekend:

Those Three (Iran) - 8 pm, Thurs., Mugar 200 (Cabot/Fletcher)

Sleepwalking Land (Mozambique) - 8 pm, Friday, Mugar 200

Getting Home (China) - 8 pm, Saturday, Mugar 200

Song from the Southern Seas (Kazhakstan) - 2 pm, Sunday, Mugar 200


Also this weekend at Tufts: State of Play and The Hurt Locker. Part of Tufts Film Series.

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Seeking practice clients for Rubenfeld Synergy training

[mattlistener.livejournal.com]

I'm coming up on two of four years complete in my Rubenfeld Synergy training, and am in need of more volunteers to work on. If you're interested or have questions after reading the below, please drop me a line!

Practice clients will receive relaxing and self-awareness-enhancing sessions that include gentle hands-on and dialogue about what you're experiencing in your body, but do not (at this point in my training) explore deep emotions or life issues. The client is always fully clothed and is welcomed to stop or modify the session at any time if they feel uncomfortable.

My own background includes a Diploma in Counselling from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland (which teaches Client-Centered Therapy, aka Rogerian), as well as a 2-year program at the Muscular Therapy Institute in nearby Cambridge. Today I'm a Licensed Massage Therapist with a private practice based in my home office. My intention is to practice a healing discipline that makes use my talents both for "talking cure" therapy and for bodywork -- and Rubenfeld Synergy is definitely the most well developed discipline in that space.

Sessions at this point in my training are free of charge. Sometime in 2010 I will be able to get certified as a "Level 1" practitioner of Rubenfeld Synergy enabling me to set my own professional rates -- they're still working out the timeline.

To be eligible to be a practice client, a person:
- Can't be a "good friend". (eg one of us has visited the other's home, or we're on "hugs hello" terms.)
- Can't have seen me before in either my Massage Therapy or Counselling practices.
- Has not been hospitalized for a mental health issue or recent major injury.

My home office is near Ball Square in Somerville, a 12 minute walk east up the bike path from Davis. Please send an email to [mattryan at pobox dot com] if you'd like to discuss more. Or feel free to comment here if you'd like to post your questions publicly.

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Diligent davis_square readers may recall a similar post from dietrich back in June -- we're in the same training program together. :-)