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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><font face="Courier" size="+1" color="#FF00CC" style="font-family:Courier;font-size:14pt;color:#FF00CC;">Greetings! See the second presentation below; all welcome; pls. RSVP of possible to Susan Dowds. </font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><font face="Courier" size="+1" color="#FF00CC" style="font-family:Courier;font-size:14pt;color:#FF00CC;">Julie</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><font face="Courier" size="+1" color="#FF00CC" style="font-family:Courier;font-size:14pt;color:#FF00CC;">BASEN (Boston Area Solidarity Economy Network)</font></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;"><b>From: </b>Susan Dowds <</font></span><a href="mailto:sjdowds@comcast.net"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;">sjdowds@comcast.net</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;">></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;"><b>Date: </b>October 9, 2010 9:21:06 PM EDT</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;"><b>To: </b>Cornerstone - Key List <</font></span><a href="mailto:KEY@cscoho.org"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;">KEY@cscoho.org</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;">></font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#000000" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;"><b>Subject: [KEY] Earth, Air, Fire and Water - Two Presentations Set</b></font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">The Earth, Air, Fire and Water series of environmental presentations at Cornerstone, sponsored by Soul Committee, has two presentations set for November and December. I hope you'll take advantage of the chance to hear from these world authorities and to ask your own questions!</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2-4 p.m., Common Room</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">PETER ALDEN, Naturalist, Lecturer, Author, Eco-Tourism Guide</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">"The Invasives Crisis in Cambridge"</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks to Mary and Mike, we are going to be treated to a wise and humorous presentation by world-renowned naturalist Peter Alden. He's the author of 15 books on North American and African wildlife, including the National Audubon Society's Regional Field Guide Series. He is considered a world authority on world wildlife, the Polar regions, invasive plants and biodiversity of the Northeast. He's a wonderful lecturer, sharp, knowledgeable, and funny! He'll have slides. I asked if he had a long enough cord for his projector--he said it would reach to Fresh Pond.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Mr.Alden was born and raised in Concord, MA, was a camp counselor for the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and studied geography and Latin American studies at the "Harvard of the Sonoran Desert," the University of Arizona. He helped created the world's first non-profit seven continent eco-tourism travel department for Mass Audubon, was vice president of Lindblad Travel, and was a pioneer in the scouting and first departures of birders and naturalists to many Third World countries. His safaris and nature tours have spanned every continent, all of the oceans, and the Polar regions, including numerous cruises on the Lindblad Explorer, Polaris, and other ships.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">In 1998, along with Dr. Edward O. Wilson, Mr. Alden created the world's first true "Biodiversity Day" at Walden Pond and ran similar events in 300 Massachusetts towns over the next four years. These have spread to 15 countries. In Concord he carried out the first ever town-wide inventory of all populations of invasive alien trees, shrubs, vines and herbs, resulting in the town's public works agency removing many of the infestations that were threatening public safety. His interests include all visible biodiversity, conservation issues, historical changes in the landscape, climate change, and the invasive alien plant and animal crisis affecting us today. He divides his time among writing books and articles, lecturing, and leading
expedition cruises and safaris throughout the world.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Mr. Alden will bring books to sell, including his now well-known New England field guide. Please bring your checkbook, as he cannot provide change and does not have a credit card apparatus. His books make great gifts, and are not expensive. Obviously no purchase is required.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">COMING SOON! </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sunday, December 5, 2010, 2-4 p.m., Common Room</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> HUBERT MURRAY, FAIA, Hubert Murray Architecture and Planning (HMAP)</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> Title of presentation still to come</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Did you know that by 2045, the water level of Boston Harbor is projected to have risen between 12 and 36 inches? Like all coastal cities throughout the world, Boston faces the sea-rise that climate change is bringing our way. Instead of reacting to disaster when it comes, Mr. Murray is urging Boston to pre-empt it. An expert on urban infrastructure, Murray will discuss expected sea-rise for Boston, and a possible flood barrier similar to the floating barriers of Venice, London's Thames Barrier, and Delta Works in the Netherlands. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Murray is a renowned architect and planner, and as Manager of Sustainability Projects for Partners HealthCare, works to protect health through greater energy, materials, and operational efficiencies; higher environmental standards in the purchase of products and materials; and safe and sustainable standards in operations such as food service, patient care, research labs, cleaning, and transportation. Educated in the United Kingdom, Hubert Murray has over thirty years experience as an architect working in the United States, Britain and East Africa on a wide range and scale of buildings and urban projects. He was Chief Architect for Boston’s Central Artery Project from 1989-98. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;margin-top:10px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Mr. Murray's presentation will include slides. He lives in Cambridge, and lectures widely on this and other topics. We are very fortunate to be able to bring him to Cornerstone. </font></span></div>
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