(Good News!... Roxanne Qualls,
former mayor of Cincinnati, will be joining us on June 6. She will join us as a regular participant, not to make a presentation. May she come back often! I understand she is looking to fund a public policy think tank at NKU. Just needs $$ to set that up. Roxanne is the best! ellen)
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At the table Monday May 23: Spencer Konicov, David Rosenberg, Roy Euvrard, Neil Anderson, Dan Hershey, Mira Rodwan, Leslie Goldman, Steve Sunderland, Henry Brown, Elizabeth Brown (Welcome Henry and Elizabeth!) Pete Altekreuse, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Mike Murphy, Vlasta Molak, Alan Bern, Robyn Repasky, Ellen Bierhorst.
Last Monday at the table we had a lopalooza discussion on disciplining children / corporal punishment, and on Sunday we had the annual meeting for the Environmental Community Organization (ECO) with a good talk by Mike Freemont of "Rivers Unlimited", excerpted below. ... but first... tidbits:
Dan Hershey who watches right wing talk radio reports the Rush Limbaugh has made a great discovery: Women who have sexual orgasm are generally liberal democrats.ECO, the local group with the Kraus's and Karen Arnet working hard on issues like UC's power plant air pollution, and the Garbage Transfer Station license on Este Ave near Winton Place, etc.... a marvelous group, with a focus on Hamilton county issues, just 9 years old. Thanks also to Marilyn Wall and to Jim Lowenburg, Eileen Frechette, Carl & Marjorie Everet and many others for supporting ECO. Their web page: http://www.env-comm.org
Mike Murphy touts new book by Amy Chua: World on Fire showing how economic globalization causes ethnic hatred, racism, and world instability.
Neil Anderson recommends a real blockbuster experience, the movie "Enron: the smartest guys in the room", at the Esquire. Alan Bern saw it too, and says these guys--Kenneth Lay and co., are unbelievably mean and unprincipled in their exploitation of any and everybody. An eye-opener for anyone who thinks corporations more or less behave themselves.
Marvin Kraus recommends the exhibit at the Cohen Center (go to X.U., Cintas Center...on the hill behind the Cintas is the Cohen Center). Rabbi Abbie Ingber of U.C. Hillel and X.U. got this together on Pope John Paul II and the Jews. Open 7 days a week.
Mira Rodwan heartily recommends the movie "Off the Map" at the Esquire, about a family who lives off the power grid an alternative lifestyle, seen through their 12 year old child.
Make a contribution! ... The featured talk was by Mike Freemont, founder of Rivers Unlimited project, working to safeguard and protect our beautiful rivers. See http://www.riversunlimited.org
Mike is quite a dude. Just ran the Boston Marathon (you have to qualify to enter! Means you not only have to run 28 miles, but run it fast. Mike is over 70 years old.) In addition, he is a seasoned paddler. Go Mike! Told us that on their webpage at rivers unlimited is reprinted an article titled "The Death of Environmentalism" by Ellenberger and Nordhaus originally printed in the NY Times, this year, making the point that environmental groups have not done a good job, and that it is because they have concentrated on presenting the science behind issues like global warming, rather than focusing on the politics. Of course... the Bush Administration are claiming that the science for global warming is insubstantial (!)
Mike wants a solid study run by economists that will demonstrte the benefits of environmental policy. He, a vegan, believes that a big part of the solution to cleaning up the earth is for us to change our diet. Some of h is points:
- Do we want to keep the "creative class" of people, young smart folks, here in our area? Then must clean up our environment.
- Mike's survey of the economic benefits to a corporation following the environmental standards are 40 times the cost of implimentation. Now, with the new tighter regularions, it is less overwhelming, but still comes out at four times the cost.
- fully 2/3 of the nation's crop land is used to produce feed for animals. wow.
- of all the oil imported, fully half of it is used in connection with animals (feed, fertilizer)
- If we changed our national died away from meat only one percent, it would be enormously beneficial, bringing savings in land use, lowered costs of health care, savings in fuel and energy cost, and savings in water used.
- EarthSave International is a group promoting the change to vegetarian diet for the purpose of helping the planet. We have a local group h ere with monthly pot luck programs. In Northside at Off the Ave. Studios on Knowlton.
- If you want to report Smelly Air, you can call ECO at 513.761.6140. AND Hamilton Co. Dept. of Environmental Services: 513.946-7777.
- The Cinergy Miami Fort Coal Burning Power Plant in North Bend Ohio (upwind from most of us) emits Six Million, three hundred seventeen thousand pounds (6,317,000 pounds) of Toxic Air Pollutants yearly! What's that doing to your asthmatic child?
- Cognis, a chemical plant on Este Ave. emits five hundred thirty eight thousand one hundred twenty-seven pounds per year.
Child Discipline is a hot topic this week, due to councilmember Sam Malone's arrest for child abuse. Steve Sunderland suggested that we avoid talking about the Malone family misfortune, since we can't possibly know in justice what really went on. At the suggestion of Alan Bern we had a show of hands at the table, learning that fully 2/3 of us had, as children, received formal whippings as punnishment. But only four of us (less than a quarter) had practiced formal physical punnishments with our children. Alan pointed out that in several countries in Europe, Germany included (where he has lived for the past 17 years) it is illegal for a parent or anyone to strike a child. He also cited the book by Jean Amarie (sp?) who fought in the French Resistance in WW II. Amarie wrote about his experience being tortured by the Nazzis. Profound experience of helplessness. With the first slap that his interrigator dealt, he knew that they could do absolutely anything to him. Alan said that while he has no children of his own, and so might be disqualified by some, he believes that physical discipline of children is always wrong and that it causes a wound in the soul. Alan also talked about the SS Guards beating Jews in prison camps; their postures and language were just like those of an angry parent or teacher, claiming, "I am doing this for your own good." He believes these saddistic behaviors were unconscious recapitulations of parental abuse typically and customarily practiced by German parents on their children. (P.S. Alan sends this: Thou Shalt Not Be Aware by Alice Miller, Just a reminder to the Salon about the title of the Alice Miller book I referred to. It would be great if some or all of us could take a look at it before the next discussion on child discipline. Best, Alan )
Steve Sunderland spoke of his sense of disturbance at seeing a young father, 19 years old, strike his two year old. Alice Miller's book about Hitler, who was beaten by his father daily as a boy.
Mira Rodwan mentioned the amazing and effective non-physical child management techniques seen on the reality TV series "Supernanny".
Some of us at table clearly believe that context is important, that for some children, in some circumstances, it is appropriate to deliver physical punishment. I remember my policy as a mother never to strike my child when I was angry. Of course, that's not the same as planned, formal whipping, as in "meet me in the woodshed". I am also mindful of the fairly recent study that showed that young humans' rational brains (frontal cortext) does not reach ascendency until the surprisingly late age of 24!
Child raising is a wilderness of difficult situations and trying circumstances. I always remember my mother's telling how when she was a young mother, she wailed to her own mother, "What do you Do!?" (about some situation with one of the children), and her mother saying, "Honey, you just love 'em and try!" That was always my bottom line principle... just keep on trying until eventually something works. It's hard, God knows.
My heart goes out to the Malone family, and even more, to the nice Hyde Park family with the tragic family murder this week.
Hugs,
ellen
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Announcements:
6/2- 6/11
Irreverent, talented Doc. Debbi Silverman
presents musical show on health care at
GABRIEL'S CORNER, 1425 SYCAMORE (at Liberty).
Our five performances are:
- Thurs. 6/2 at 7:30 pm
- Mon. 6/6 at 7:30 pm
- Weds. 6/8 at 9:00 pm
- Fri. 6/10 at 7:00 pm
- Sat. 6/11 at 4:30 pm
I hope to use the show as a platform to educate the public (a little bit!) about some of the issues; & if time allows, as a springboard for discussion, to initiate dialog after the show. Hope to see you there!
- "Dr. Debbi" Silverman
Tri-State Treasures
Tri-State Treasures is a compilation of unique local people, places, and events that may enrich your lives. These treasures have been submitted by you and others who value supporting quality community offerings. Please consider supporting these treasures, and distributing the information for others to enjoy. And please continue to forward your Tri-State Treasures ideas to jkesner@nuvox.net.
Sincerely, Jim
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Tri-State Treasures - General:
The James Hart Trio: Featuring Camille "Saba" Smith vocals, Don Gauck on drums, and Jim Hart on piano & left hand bass - the James Hart Trio appears at the Palm Court of The Hilton Netherland Plaza Hotel (formerly The Omni) on Friday & Saturday evenings from 9 PM - 1 AM. They offer an eclectic mix of musical styles including jazz, standards, R & B ballads, and occasional pop favorites. The group is highly dynamic & engaging, performing in the city's most elegant room. Come for drinks or a bite to eat, and stay for the entertainment. Request to receive occasional emails about the trio's performances by emailing Jim Hart at jhartmuse@aol.com.
Lucie M. Rice Illustration: Whimsical & contemporary illustration & designs created by local artist Lucie Rice. Her portfolio includes work for book & institutional publications, advertising, poster design, portraiture, editorial illustration, to name a few. The art of Ms. Rice is regularly featured in Cincinnati CityBeat. Her work is currently on worldwide tour as part of an international children's book illustration exhibition within the Circus Competition (www.teatrio.com). Ms. Rice's portfolio is available online at www.luciemrice.com & also featured at the www.rischgallery.com Store. To obtain an existing print or learn more about commissioning an original illustration or design, please contact the artist @ luciemrice@yahoo.com.
Yellow House Illustrations: Recently launched by local sisters Sarah Rice Habegger & Lucie Rice, Yellow House Illustration specializes in unique & clever cards & invitations for all things wedding or baby related. All cards feature a hand-painted accent & can be customized. Online portfolio available at www.yellowhouseillustration.com. Contact Lucie Rice @ luciemrice@yahoo.com.
Position Available - Executive Director for Imago, Inc.: an education organization focusing on Ecology & Spirituality. While salary is nominal, the work is important & exciting with a magnificent staff & council/board. Located in a 16-acre nature preserve. Send cover letter & resume by Friday 17 June to: Jim Schenk, 700 Enright Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45205, or to jschenk@imagoearth.org. More info @ www.imagoearth.org.
Tri-State Treasures - Specific:
Huck-A-Buck and The True Awakening @ Sunday Jazz Brunch @ The Parktown Café [Sunday 29 May @ 4-8 PM]: Huck-a-Buck & True Awakening consists of 5 musicians: trumpeter Louis "Huck-a-Buck" Ware (74), saxophonist Donald "Snooky" Gibson (75), pianist Sam Jackson (70), bassist Ed Conley (76), & drummer Phillip Paul (79). These musicians & friends "have played in various combinations for more than 50 years & possess almost 300 years collective musical experience." More info about the group @ www.challengernky.com/articles/2005/05/05/freetime/entertainment/doc4270f6e706e39756184882.txt. Enjoy the best jazz in town with friends - old & new - in a comfortable, relaxing, authentic West End environment. $5 admission buys the jazz & buffet. Parktown Café, 1726 Linn Street near Findlay Market, Cincinnati, OH, 45214. More info at 513.621.5683 & www.jazzincincy.com.
Media Skills [Thursday 2 June @ 7-9 PM]: Tired of bias in the media? Learn how to be a change. Speaker: Mr. Byron McCauley, Cincinnati Enquirer. CAIR Office, 2938 Vernon Place. More info @ 513.281.8200 & Cincinnati@cair-ohio.com.
HUGE O'Bryonville Animal Rescue Garage Sale [Friday-Sunday 3-5 June @ times listed below]: A huge, multi-donor garage sale with tons of great items available: furniture, paintings, CD's, DVD¹s, video games, movies, antiques, small appliances, jewelry, toys, assorted knick-knacks & gadgets, sports & fitness equipment, tons of great bake sale items, & so much more. The O.A.R. Garage Sale is one of the most important fund raising events of the year for this organization that has helped save & find good homes for more than 1000 cats & kittens. They will have an info at the sale about the organization. Please consider attending, volunteering, and/or donating items. Donations should be received by May 31 to allow time to price items. Friday 3 June @ 9AM-1PM, Saturday 4 June @ 7AM-4PM, & Sunday 5 June @ 9AM-2PM. At 8041 Startinggate Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45249. More info about donating items & baked goods, volunteering, & general info @ 513.871.PAWS, bjohnston@fuse.net, & www.theanimalrescue.com/sale.html.
Saved! - Spiritual Cinema [Friday 3 June @ 7-10 PM]: Mary is a good Christian girl who attends a Christian high school in Baltimore. When she learns her boyfriend, Dean, might be gay, Mary offers her virginity to turn him straight, and becomes pregnant. While this comedy derives many of its laughs at the expense of evangelical stereotypes, Saved! offers some spiritual warmth & insight. Discussion leader: Greg Loomis. Directed by Brian Dannelly; rated PG13. At the Friendship Hall, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ LouFreeman@ntunity.org & www.savedmovie.com/.
Jazz in the Garden [Saturday 4 June @ 7 PM]: Music is back @ Mecklenburg Gardens. Join Billy Larkin (keyboards & vocals) & Eugene Goss (vocals & percussion) as TRIAGE performs on selected nights; check the website for dates & times. Triage is a musical journey through sonic landscapes. Performing original music through composition, improvisation, & imaginative arrangements, Triage re-invents itself with every song. Enjoy the unique musical experience that is Triage in a remarkable setting under the vines & the moon & the stars. More info @ 513.221.5353, bilarky@fuse.net, & www.billylarkin.com.
Exploring the Book: Innovative Structures with Book Artist Peter Thomas [Sunday 5 June @ 10 AM - 4 PM]: This class will teach basic bookbinding skills while introducing participants to new & innovative book structures which have been developed or explored by the instructor. All projects will have handouts with complete directions on how to make the book structure, taken from the instructor's book "More Making Books By Hand." Morning coffee will be available; bring your own lunch or use near-by fast-food restaurants. Sponsored by Book Works 6 the Cincinnati Book Arts Society. Class Fee (includes $10 materials): CBAS members $55; non-members $65. In room the Dorothy Meyer Ziv Art Building, room 106, College of Mt. St. Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45233. Peter's work can be found on his web site: peteranddonna@cruzio.com. More info and registration @ 859.269.6057 & bookhart@insightbb.com. More info about the instructor @ http://members.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/.
Jesus & Nonviolence - a Film & Discussion Series [Sunday 5 June @ 7 PM & the following 5 Sundays]: This 6-film series will illustrate how the nonviolent teachings & life of a first century Jew influenced the nonviolent actions of the 20th century, & how we can follow the path of nonviolent action. Each Sunday will feature one of the 30-minute films followed by discussion, and readings for the next week. The series tells one of humanity's most important & least understood stories - how, during a century of extreme violence, millions chose to battle brutality & oppression with nonviolent weapons - and won. "These are powerful stories, about truth overcoming lies, love dissolving evil, and life eclipsing death," said former president Jimmy Carter of the documentary. The films draw on stunning archival footage and interviews with witnesses, survivors, & unsung heroes who contributed to these century-changing events. The stories: 1) The 1960 Nashville, TN, campaign to desegregate the city's downtown district, which was emblematic of the American civil rights movement & became what Martin Luther King Jr. called "the model of the movement." 2) Mohandas Gandhi's Salt March of 1930 during which he enjoined Indians to protest the British salt monopoly - a turning point in the movement that paved the way for India's independence from Britain. 3) The consumer boycott campaign against apartheid in the black townships of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa in the mid 1980s, led by the young activist Mkhuseli Jack. 4) The courage & endurance of Denmark's citizens resistance movement during the 5-year Nazi occupation of World War II to commit sabotage and stage general strikes and rescue nearly all the country's 7000 Jews from the Holocaust. 5) The 1980 Gdansk Shipyard strike that won Poles the right to have free trade unions, launched the Solidarity movement & catapulted Lech Walesa, on a path to leadership, a Nobel Peace Prize, and the fall of communism in Poland. 6) The national protest days led by Chilean copper miners in 1983, which overcame a decade of paralyzing fear, showed that public opposition to the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet was possible, and signaled the start of a nonviolent democratic opposition. Free & open to all thoughts & ideas; local leaders from all faiths have been invited. At All Saints Episcopal Church, 6301 Parkman Place, Pleasant Ridge, Cincinnati, OH, 45213. More info & directions @ 513.531.6333, therevken@yahoo.com, www.allsaintscincinnati.org, & www.pbs.org/weta/forcemorepowerful/.
Molecular & Cellular Cognition Studies of How We Learn & Remember [Thursday 9 June @ 4 PM]: You are cordially invited to attend a free lecture by Alcino Silva, Ph.D., from the Department of Neurobiology, UCLA Medical Center. The SilvaLab is studying the molecular, cellular, & circuit processes that underlie the encoding, storage, & recall of information in the brain. They are interested in understanding the mechanisms which underlie cognitive deficits, such as those associated with aging, schizophrenia, & Neurofibromatosis type I. This field of study is called Molecular & Cellular Cognition. This annual lectureship series is Sponsored by the D.L. Kline Neuroscience Fund [www.dlkneuroscience.org] created support the interdisciplinary approach to the study of the brain. At Rievescel Auditorium in the Vontz Center, University of Cincinnati, 3125 Eden Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45267. More info @ 513.556.6336, bicklejw@email.uc.edu, www.silvalab.com.
Paint the Town [Saturday 11 June @ 8 AM - 4 PM]: Have a good time while helping others; a 4-year-old organization helps needy families when 100s of volunteers scrape & paint the outside of their houses. This is the 4th installation of Paint the Town, Give Back Cincinnati¹s largest annual event, which has increased the stakes this year by selecting more than 20 wonderful homes. As in previous years, they will update the exterior of the home with a fresh coat of paint. It's amazing what a dedicated group of volunteers can accomplish in one afternoon. Go to www.givebackcincinnati.org/events_details.asp?EventID=1005 to RSVP for this event. More info @ www.givebackcincinnati.org.
Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade [Sunday 12 June starting @ 1 PM]: The 2005 Parade - Pride is Alive - will start at 1 PM at Burnet Woods, travel down Clifton & Ludlow Avenues into Northside, continue up Hamilton Avenue through the heart of the Northside business district, and turn onto Chase Avenue to end at Chase Elementary School. Parade organizers hope the extended route will benefit Northside businesses. No fee for Marching Units. Bring family & friends to join the community in thanking the City of Cincinnati for repealing Article XII. Experience the fun & friendship, the serious & silly, the music & mayhem. More info @ 513.362.2811, rrigby@lascinti.org, www.prideisalive.com.
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June 1
Paul Ravenscraft and Kate Kelly send along the following re. tantrika etc.
Deva Premal and Miten Concert
Wednesday June 1, 2005 at 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Rd
Cincinnati, Ohio
Details on the concert:
Wednesday June 1, 2005 at 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Rd
Cincinnati, Ohio
Concert at 8:30 pm, Dinner at 6:30 pm
-- 350 concert tickets will be sold, with 100 capacity for dinner
-- Event includes concert, cash bar, tables for sponsor information, and optional dinner
-- Concert-only tickets are $25, Concert/dinner tickets are $50
-- Attendees will be yoga practitioners & teachers, Ipsalu Tantrikas, and those interested in chant/kirtan from the Tristate region
-- Sponsors at $300 or more can display their business information at the event
June 3,4
Art Walk at the Essex Art Studios
Friday and Saturday 6-11 pm
Corner Essex Ave. and E. McMillan near Union Institute (where McMillan crosses Reading Rd.)
Call 244-3375
Free, o pen to the public.
scores of artist's studios displaying a lot of terrible art and some really good stuff.
Happens every even number month except not August
6/10
Gay Pride Events in June
June 10, 11, 12
Rally at Hoffner Park, Northside
and at Fountain Square
And Parade.
For details: http://www.prideisalive.com
Fanchon and Bonia Shur
at the Aronoff
June 10, 11
We invite you to join us:
http://www.growthinmotion.org/html/growthPerformances.html
Choreographers Without Companies Concert
Presented by: Contemporary Dance Theater
Jarson Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center
June 10 & 11, 2005
8:30pm
For more information on the piece, go to:
To purchase tickets, go to:
http://www.cincinnatiarts.org/tickets/results.php
For any further questions or if you would like to donate, sponsor or support this piece, please reply to this email address:
fanchon@fuse.net
6/11
Thanks, Heather Sturgill, for sending this:
Northside Art Sale
On or Off the Avenue
Sunny- On Hamilton Ave. in the Northside Business District
Rainy- at Off the Avenue Studios on Knowlton (Just off Hamilton behind the Provident Bank)
June 11th 10am - 4pm
Featuring work from Cincinnati area artists.
Painters, Photographers, Jewelry, Pottery, and Much More!!!!!!
This event leads into Pride Festival at Hoffner Park June 11th and 12th. As soon as the Art Sale ends - events, music, food and more great vendors will open up at Hoffner Park. Make a day and night of it in Northside!!!!
Artists interested in showing work please contact Leslie or Kate at 513-591-2547, visit the web at www.northside.net , or e-mail alis_boutique2@fuse.net
5/28
Four Winds Academy Summer Intensive
(That's the local Alexander Tech. school plus more)
Summer Residential
June 10 - 12 , 2005
* Support FourWinds Academy : Thanks to donors, Shiva Lingam Raffle
* Summer Residential June 10-12, 2005
* Featured Sponsors
* Midwest Crystal Conference Featured Presenter: Melody.
This year at the Summer Residential, we will be raffling a Shiva Lingam valued at $450.00. Raffle tickets are $5 each. Get yours now only 200 are available!
View the Shiva Lingam
2005 Summer Residential ³Healing From The Heart²
On June 10-12 th , 2005, FourWinds Academy will host its 3 rd annual Summer Residential. This year some of Cincinnati 's finest healers and intuitives will bring you a weekend of healing for your heart and soul.
The Grailville Conference Center site of this year's Residential provides a soothing and beautiful atmosphere in which to learn and grow . The Center features:
* 300 acres of farm-fresh air, organic gardens, hiking trails, woods, pastures, ponds, creeks, and solitude;
* The Grailville Store, featuring fair-trade items, unique gifts, and specialty items from Grailville and Grail artists;
* Two outdoor labyrinths for prayer, rituals, and meditation
Whether you are an interested beginner or an advanced practitioner, the 2005 Summer Residential is designed to provide a powerful personal experience.
Registration has been made very flexible to fit anyone's schedule: 3-day, 2-day, 1-day and half-day options are available. Come for the whole weekend, or pick a day and time that works for you:
See details of the Summer Residential
BONUS! Sign up for the Summer Residential before May 20 th and receive a $30 coupon for your next FourWinds Academy course!
Featured Sponsors.
FourWinds Academy could not exist without generous support from the many practitioners in the community. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with them:
HOMEOPATHY:
Shirley A. Reischman, LLC
Homeopathic Consultant
Dr. Jim's Naturally Well
4889 Smith Road
West Chester , OH 45069
Work: (513) 942-3226
Home: (513) 531-3060
http://www.optionshealthstore.com/
REFLEXOLOGY:
Jacquilyn Drake, C.R.
Sole to Soul Reflexology
3197 Linwood Ave
Mt Lookout Square
Cincinnati , Ohio 45208
Phone: 513-304-3475
RELAX from the soles of your feet to the soul of your heart! Reflexology is a natural healing art, based on the principle that there are reflexes in the feet and hands which correspond to the internal organs of the body. It is great for circulation, back pain, stomach problems and much more!
If you would like to become a Featured Sponsor in an upcoming newsletter, please contact us at 513.542.4400 or at info@4windsAcademy.org for details.
Midwest Crystal Conference Save the Date March 25 & 26, 2006 Featured Presenter: Melody.
FourWinds Academy will be holding the first Midwest Crystal Conference next year, March 25 & 26. Melody, international crystal expert and best-selling author of Love is in the Earth A Kaleidoscope of Crystals will make a rare public appearance, to share her love of crystals, here in Cincinnati . Melody will also be teaching a master class (numbers limited) and unveiling her new, comprehensive reference book, due to be released in January 2006. In addition to Melody, the acknowledged world doyenne of crystals, we have other nationally renowned teachers coming in for this event. Our conference will feature classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced practitioners of crystal and vibrational healing. More information to follow ... but save the date now ... you won't want to miss this event!
If you would like us to include information about your book, class or upcoming event please contact us at info@4windsacademy.org . We reserve the right to select material on the basis of relevance to FourWinds Academy 's mission and vision.
FourWinds Academy admits students of any race, color, and national of ethnic origin.
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5/21
Sacred Retreat Weekend
June 17-19
At Three Waters Sanctuary
(at Natural Bridge/Red River Gorge, Slade, KY)
with Alan Hundley and friends
Take a weekend escape from the demands of daily life.
Realign with your inner self.
Celebrate the sacredness and majesty
of the natural world.
Three Waters Sanctuary is a retreat center for small intimate groups.
Surrounded by national forest, it is situated in the foothills
of the Appalachian Mountains across the road from
Natural Bridge State Park. Travel time from Cincinnati or Louisville
is a little over 2 hours, and just one hour east of Lexington.
€Meditation & Qigong with Alan Hundley
€Anusara-inspired Yoga with Karen Berger
€Circle Council and Fire Ceremony led by Kathleen Matthews
€Evening Soaks in the Cedar Hot Tub and/or Sauna
€Guided hikes
€Time for reading, relaxation, swimming in the pond
Fee for the weekend:
$235
(if we receive your non-refundable deposit of $50 before June 1. $250 after June 1.)
To reserve a spot, please mail a check payable to
Three Waters LLC for $50 to:
Three Waters LLC
Sacred Retreat Weekend
12 Burton Woods Ln.
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Weekends are limited to 10. Please register early to insure your spot.
Fee includes all of the above and all delicious organic meals prepared on site.
Meals provided include Friday dinner, Sat. breakfast/lunch/dinner and Sunday breakfast/lunch.
Questions about registration or the facility
can be directed to Alan Hundley
(513) 281-8606
ahundley@fuse.net
Lodging off-site at surrounding locations. Very reasonable rates.
Contact Alan Hundley at (513)281-8606 for more information.
Private sessions available for an additional fee:
Massage with Brenda Ghantous
Acupuncture with Kathleen Matthews
Integrative Body Work with Alan Hundley
Private Yoga Sessions with Karen Berger
Treat yourself. Please join us.
For more information about Three Waters, check out the website at
http://www.threewaters.com/retreat_center.htm
June 25 Sat.
Free Talk: Introduction to Homeophthy
Shirley Reischman
Cincinnati's only Classically Trained Homeopath
Saturday, June 25 1:00 - 3:00 pm.
Wild Oats Market
Rookwood Shopping Center, Edwards and Madison Road
Hyde park/Norwood
Pre registration is necessary as seating is limited. Call 531 8015 to register, or you can sign up at Wild Oats.
Shirley's talk is fascinating, informative, clear, authoritative. AND if you attend the lecture, she will give you a $100 discount off an initial consultation (such a deal!).
I have been under Shirley's care since July 2004 and I am thrilled with the results. Am jogging again after arthritic knees told me fifteen years ago that I would never jog again. Much peppier and happier this winter. This is the berries! ellen
7/8
Paddlefest 2005
The largest canoe and kayak festival in the Midwest,
On the Ohio River
Friday July 3:00pm (four Seasons Marina, Kellogg Ave.) Free Admission, Saturday 8:30 - 1:00 pm 6 mile paddle race
http://www.OhioRiverWay.org
Register to race, or just come and watch. You can rent a canoe, but reserve it at website above. Hundreds of canoe and kayak paddlers. See you there!
July 8 - 10, 2005
EarthSpirit Rising:Summer Conference
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
(This is a national, important Eco Conference put on each year by our own IMAGO, that fab. movement up on Enright in Price Hill founded decades ago by the Shenks, Jim and Eileen. Last year it was in the Carolinas. This year it is right here. I will be leading one of the discussion groups on Saturday evening on how to build community in your own locale. See, people will be coming from all over the country and abroad for this. I will talk about building the salon. So this is a great opportunity to attend a great conference. Check out the stars who will be giving keynotes! See below. ellen)
EarthSpirit Rising:
A Conference on Ecology, Spirituality, and Community
All the details are on the web at: http://Earthspiritrising.org
A Council of Earth Elders follows the conference
All the details are on the web at: http://Earthspiritrising.org
For a conference brochure, registration or more information:
E-mail - earthspiritrising@imagoearth.org
Phone - 513-921-5124
Mail - EarthSpirit Rising 700 Enright Ave Cincinnati Ohio 45205
July
A fascinating spiritual journey in Israel this summer: Rabbi Natan Ofir is a marvelous teacher of Kabbalah. Met him in Jerusalem in '96. ellen
Dear Ellen,
Here is yet another reason to visit Israel this summer.
Enclosed is a description of a program slated to take place in Jerusalem at Yakar (where I direct my Beit Midrash Meorot Program). Do you think that your friends would be interested?
Natan
Jerusalem Summer Intensive
Kabbalah & Mystical Experience in Judaism
July 3-22, 2005
Sponsored by Tiferet Institute for Integral Kabbalistic Spirituality and
Ruach: A New Center for Spirituality and Learning, Siegal College
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Two Core Courses & Special Evening Programs
Kabbalah & God: A Text-Based Introduction
Rabbi Yakov Travis, Ph.D.
Director, Ruach: A New Center for Spirituality and Learning, Siegal College
Mystical Experience in Judaism: Techniques & Testimonies
Rabbi Eliezer Shore, M.A., Doctoral Candidate, BIU
Each Course includes thirteen sessions comprised of a 2 hour academic seminar and 1.5 hour ³Beit Midrash² session devoted to studying the primary sources necessary for the seminar, in English translations, with original Hebrew/Aramaic texts for advanced students. Participants are expected to take both courses, but may enroll in only one, with permission.
Special Evening Programs include lectures by leading scholars, meetings with spiritual guides and mystics, experiential workshops, and evenings of spiritual music and song. Several day-tours to relevant sites will also be offered.
· Six transferable credits (Graduate & Undergraduate Level). Non-credit option.
· Different tracks for students of varying Judaica knowledge and textual skills.
· Open to men and women of all ages.
LOCATION: Yakar Center, Rechov HaLamed Heh 10, Jerusalem
COST: Program $750 Academic credit $500 (per credit hour)
Room and board provided upon request for additional fee.
· Scholarships and financial aid available to qualified students.
For more information, list of speakers, or to apply, visit www.siegalcollege.edu/spirituality
Accredited by Siegal College - an emerging leader in Judaic Studies, with over 100 students enrolled in graduate degree programs. Siegal College is chartered by the State of Ohio to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Universities and is a member of the Association of Institutions of Higher Learning for Jewish Education.
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005
Huge March in Washington
against war in Iraq
Sept. 24
ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005
END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools
Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience
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More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic needs. ....
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5/28 Alan Bern sends this:
Bush's war comes home
His dream of dominating every government institution in tatters, the US president is already plotting his revengeSidney Blumenthal
Thursday May 26, 2005
Guardian
President Bush's drive for absolute power has momentarily stalled. In a single coup, he planned to take over all the institutions of government. By crushing the traditions of the Senate he would pack the courts, especially the supreme court, with lockstep ideologues. Sheer force would prevail. But just as his blitzkrieg reached the outskirts of his objective, he was struck by a mutiny. Within the span of 24 hours he lost control not only of the Senate but temporarily of the House of Representatives, which was supposed to be regimented by unquestioned loyalty. Now he prepares to launch a counterattack - against the dissident elements of his own party. .... (read the rest at:)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1492436,00.html
5/28 Caeli Good sends us this:
Published on Thursday, May 26, 2005 by Guerrilla News Network
Time for Progressives to Grow Up
Beyond Lakoff¹s Strict Father vs. Nurturant Parent, A Strong Community Manifesto
by Frances Moore Lappé
George Lakoff¹s new best-seller Don¹t Think of an Elephant has been heralded as the ³bible² for battered progressives searching for direction in the post-election doldrums. Lakoff himself has become the Left¹s answer to Frank Luntz, the focus-group genius behind the branding of Bush¹s ³death tax,² ³Clear Skies² and ³Healthy Forests² initiatives.
³Frames,² according to Lakoff, are the key to understanding how political ideas are received. Human beings don¹t absorb information as raw material; we sift input through frames of meaning carried in the language we use.
Lakoff¹s central idea is that conservatives see the world through a ³strict father² frame emphasizing discipline, self-reliance, forceful defense, while progressives see the world through a ³nurturant parent² frame‹supportive, nourishing, emphasizing mutual responsibility. Lakoff claims that thirty-five to 40 percent of Americans fall into each camp, although most are some sort of mix.
The Right, Lakoff points out, is extremely good at selling their policies in clear, easy to understand ³strict father² frames. Progressives, on the other hand, too often seem to offer laundry lists of issues lacking any overarching moral framework.
So, it¹s easy to see why progressives are rallying around Lakoff¹s call to arms. Since polls show majorities actually agree with the progressive agenda on many key issues, including corporate power, the environment and abortion, focusing on ³framing² issues in ways that Americans can understand them seems like the answer they¹ve been praying for. Certainly, much of Lakoff¹s advice about communicating progressive ideas is powerfully insightful and right on target.
But two big dangers loom.
First: Too narrowly focusing on getting the frame right might delude progressives into believing that¹s all they need to win, since we all share a common, democratic playing field.
No. The radical Right plays by different rules. In this, David Brock¹s book Blinded by the Right was my wake-up call. Because Brock was not so long ago a radical right-wing insider himself, his experiences inside this mean-spirited, ends-justify-means mindset of this group is chillingly and convincing. He depicts people willing go to any lengths, including lying (as did Brock himself in his character assassination of Anita Hill) in order to vanquish enemies. (See his new book: The Republican Noise Machine)
In 2000, leading Republican Congressman, Majority Whip Tom DeLay distributed a pamphlet to all his Republican colleagues entitled The Art of Political War: How Republicans Can Fight to Win. Its author David Horowitz writes, ³Politics is war conducted by other means. In political warfare you do not fight just to prevail in an argument, but to destroy the enemy¹s fighting abilityŠIn political wars, the aggressor usually prevails.² (Read more in Banana Republicans)
On his final episode of Now, Bill Moyers spoke with Richard Viguerie, a founding father of the modern conservative movement and author of America's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power. Viguerie couldn¹t have described the Right¹s Machiavellian outlook more succinctly, speaking about the vicious pre-election attacks on Kerry:
³I just wish he [Bush] could have done a little bit more [against Kerry]. I thought it was just great. And we¹re not gonna play, Bill, by the liberal establishment¹s rules. They say, ŒThis is acceptable and this is not acceptable.¹ Those days are gone and gone forever.²
I got my own taste of Viguerie¹s anything-goes world, where the facts are irrelevant and, as he told Moyers, all journalism ³is opinion.² Campaigning in late October for Lois Murphy, who challenged incumbent Republican Congressman Jim Gerlach in Pennsylvania¹s 6th district, I experienced the power of a lie. Gerlach campaign telephone message ads linked Murphy to the Taliban (MoveOn supports her, MoveOn ³supports² the Taliban, ergo Murphy = Taliban-lover). Who would swallow that, I thought, especially since Murphy is a feminist? ButŠit worked. ³Are you with the Taliban lady?² said a potential voter when I approached his door. He threatened to set his dog on me.
Most Americans would be appalled if they knew: There¹s no evidence the majority of Americans approve this ends-justify-means, destroy-the-enemy approach.
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0526-28.htm
So here¹s one point progressives might want to savor as they think about frames: A broad swath of the American people may share the ³strict father² frame just enough to be vulnerable to manipulation; but this does not mean Americans broadly, deeply share the worldview of those in power. The Left must get much better, not just at placing its issues in a compelling moral frame, but at exposing and holding the radical Right accountable for its lies and deception without, and here is the tricky part, making those who have been manipulated feel ridiculed and put down.
Time to grow up
Second, the frame Lakoff identifies with progressives ³nurturant parent² itself needs critical thought.
Nurturant parent what could be worse for progressives?
They¹re already stereotyped as coddlers of the lazy poor; dubbed ³bleeding hearts² who refuse to require people to take responsibility for themselves. A nurturant parent framing may confirm the caricature. Lakoff is careful to distinguish his parent model from ³mother,² but I fear it is too easily received as a soft mother alternative to strict father.
The question few seem to be asking is: Are ³strict father² (Right) versus ³nurturant parent² (Left) our only choices, or can we move beyond the nuclear family metaphors?
If the Left is indeed stuck with nuclear-family metaphors, they¹re seriously out of luck; in scary times like these ³strong father² will win out over what is seen as ³soft mother² every time. Thankfully, the narrow, Western psychoanalytic, nuclear-family frame itself is becoming dated.
Maybe we¹re entering a new stage that has much in common with eras before the invention of the nuclear family. Maybe, in many respects, we¹re moving beyond hierarchy, which any parent-centered frame necessarily must be. Big shifts are underway:
5/28 Alan Bern sends article on torture at Guantanamo from The Guardian.
Guantánamo is gulag of our time, says Amnesty
Richard Norton-Taylor
Thursday May 26, 2005
Guardian
Britain and the US are betraying the cause of human rights in pursuit of their "war on terror", Amnesty International says in its annual report published yesterday. ....(see wh ole article at:)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1492350,00.html
5/28
This Morning in India: Harsh Oppression of Women
by Joyce Kahle
Saturday 5/28/05 (Joyce, a parrish nurse here in Cinti. is doing three months of relief work in Tsunami torn India. She writes from an Internet Cafe.)
Hello again from India!
Margo and I had a fun weekend in Pondicherry last weekend and survived the long bus trip back to Agastiyampalli on Monday. And I do mean survived‹bus trips here remind me of Guatemala with people packed in the aisles like sardines. Fortunately we arrived at the bus station early so we got seats. Along the way, Margo held a little girl about 9 months to a year old who was sleeping in her sister¹s arms (the sister was standing in the aisle) and I held a little boy who was standing by the seat in front of me but fell asleep propped up by the seat and all the people around him. When he was awake, he had refused to sit on my lap, but when he fell asleep he didn¹ t even know that I put him on my lap. Fortunately the bus kept moving except to pickup new passengers and let out others, so that there was enough air circulating through the open windows to keep us from becoming puddles in the seat! But the weekend was well worth the trials of the bus trip.
While in Pondicherry we purchased some books that both of us wanted to read. The one I¹m reading, May you be the mother of a hundred sons, was written by Elisabeth Bumiller, a journalist who grew up in Cincinnati and spent four years in India exploring the lives of women here. Although the book was written in 1990, the situations of oppression that she describes still exist. The title kind of tells it all: unless you are married and have at least one son, you are as much as cursed. Often if it is learned by ultrasound that the wom an is pregnant with a girl, the child will be aborted. Sometimes if the child born is a girl, she will be killed shortly after birth. Although the dowry was declared illegal many years ago, many of the lower castes (and the caste system is also illegal but still very much in effect), have used the dowry as a way to try to get ahead financially. If you have a daughter, you know that her husband¹s family will demand a payment of some sort, money, car, jewelry, animals, etc. as part of the marriage agreement. If you are poor, you can¹t afford that. Bumiller interviewed many women who shared their stories of pain, guilt and oppression.
Women here are still looked upon in many areas, especially the rural villages, as property. This was brought home to me in a very real way this week when a young woman who lives in the house across the yard from the church came to see us one evening. She had a headache, which was her excuse to come see us, but she really just needed to talk. She had completed the equivalent of high school, which for a girl is a major accomplishment, and wanted to continue her education but her parents told her it was time for her to get married. So she got married (very possibly arranged by the parents) and went to live with her husband¹s family. (That is also a tradition, which is one reason a girl¹s parents don¹t want to put money to ward an education she won¹t be living with them and so won¹t be bringing in an income that will be of any help for them.) Fortunate for her, she did give birth to a son. (Sometimes if a woman doesn¹t have a son, she is blamed for that and there have been cases here in which the husband and/or his family have poured kerosene over the woman and set her on fire.) But at the time of her marriage, her husband¹s parents demanded more dowry than her family could afford, and ever since then, her husband and his family have been angry and taking it out on her. Her parents come from a village several hours away to visit her occasionally, and after their visits, the tension and anger is even worse. She is rarely permitted to go visit her parents. It seems that when the son was born, her family was expected to give very expensive gifts again, and only gave a portion of what her husband expected, so that has added even more problems. As she sat there crying and sharing her story, her husband came to the porch of the church (our house) wondering why she was taking so long. Her headache was a great cover, and I had taught her some acupressure techniques and had done some healing touch with her, so hopefully that gave her an acceptable explanation. She stopped by today to say hello out in front of the church when she was going to collect drinking water at the faucet up the road, and seemed to be better. Her husband and his family watch our every move, though, so I know she would have to be careful not to show that there was any problem. Needless to say, the women in this country have it much harder than I could ever tolerate, but I know that God gives us the grace to handle whatever comes in life. The women here are saints!
Margo and I are cooking both lunch and supper tomorrow and have to do some shopping for items we need yet. So far, one meal will be some combination of chicken and fried rice, and one will be Italian spaghetti and sauce. The chicken will have to be at lunch since there is no refrigerator we¹ll buy it on the way home from church in the morning from a place in the market where they take the live chicken, put it on a scale, then kill and de-feather it for us. We were going to do the spaghetti sauce from scratch but when we saw a jar of Prego sauce in a store in Pondicherry, we decided to give ourselves a break. Besides, you have to find a lot of juicy tomatoes to make sauce and that might be a challenge. So off to the market!
Know that I remain ever grateful for the love and support of each of you. I wish I could write individually to all of you, but given this computer keyboard that seems to omit most of my spaces if I type too fast, that could never be possible here. I love you and continue to hold you all in my prayers. Blessings to you and much peace!
Love,
Joyce
5/28
The following is from the Save Darfur Coalition:
Due to a large amount of recent news, this week's update is particularly long and divided into the following sections:
Action Alert, Legislative Update, International News, News in Sudan, Opinion Pieces, Activism, and Divestment Efforts. (read them at www.saveDarfur.org.)
Save Darfur Coalition
Action Alert and News Updates
ACT NOW: Send a message to urge stronger action on Darfur
The Save Darfur Coalition joins 80 prominent advocacy groups across the nation representing millions of Americans in sending a letter outlining the steps that President Bush must take to stop the genocide in Darfur. You can send the same message. The letter, which highlights the urgency of the genocide in Darfur, calls for immediate US action through the United Nations to strengthen the mandate of the African Union (AU) force on the ground and to augment their mission to protect civilians.
By clicking (at their website: http://www.SaveDarfur.org ), you can join this effort to contact President Bush and other elected representatives to tell them you care about the people of Darfur and call for strong action to protect them. When our leaders understand that their constituents want them to act, they will.
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Please visit (the Save Darfur coalition) at www.SaveDarfur.org.
5/28
Librarian Speaks Out on Role of Libraries
by Caeli Good
(See article below in Friday's Cincinnati Enquirer... Caeli Good.)
As a librarian.. I am a traditionalist. I see the library serving a more important function than just being a local video distributor. The fact that our society doesn't value libraries like they once did and instead criticise them for somehow wasting taxpayers money is a very scary sign that our civilization is on the decline.
How quickly people forget. Sometimes there are things in a society that have far more value than what their bottom line profit margin is. It is the signs that your community is strong.. that your children are well educated, that the people are empowered and are involved.
Libraries once served that purpose.
Now, our society is fully engaged in the Capitalistic Corporatistic model of FOR PROFIT only. Everything around you is up for commodifcation. IF something cannot be bought, sold and turn a profit.. it is valueless. We can all see the results of that in our society. Look at television. No longer is there quality programming.. it is just filled with the cheapest form of entertainment that supposidly the people want. "REALITY Television"... But it is instilling negative values in our society that are already having a damaging effect on how we relate to one another.
There are some things in our society that should be above that. Furthermore.. we should be committed to preserving them. Not for nostalgia.. but because they have worked in the past.. and they can work in the future. It is all about which paradigm you choose to adopt in your life.
If you truly believe freedom is somehow attached to a market based economy.. that your freedom is defined about how much stuff you can buy or sell.. then you will get a society that will not neccessarily see intrisic value in providing information for free and things like libraries will die. But if you believe that freedom is more about freedom of thought, empowerment, knowledge, etc.. then societies access to information at low cost or free will be something you will strive for.
It would be nice if everyone had the same income and could afford to go into a bookstore and buy whatever book they want.. But they don't. Amazingly, our market economy still has not been able to produce a society where there is no poverty. Even myself.. not exactly "poor" but now a homeowner and no longer having discretionary income.. I will lean on libraries more and more to be able to get my books. My taxmoney is worth knowing that I am supporting an institution that was created by one of our Founding Fathers.. Benjamin Franklin.
Overall, I think it is sad that Libraries somehow have to 'compete" with business. That they are no longer able to stand alone as being intrinsically valued for what they provide to the community at large...
Anyway....
Peace
Caeli
Friday, May 27, 2005
Libraries turn the page
Big demand for music, films raises questions
By Cindi Andrews
Enquirer staff writer
For traditionalists, the library is a temple to the preservation and appreciation of books. It's a place for meandering down rows of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and reading in a quiet corner.
For busy families, it's a bustling spot to pick up the latest hit movies, CDs and audio books, and even surf the Internet - all for free.
Will the real library please stand up.
What is a library supposed to be?
It's not merely an academic question.
Continuing budget problems have forced libraries locally and nationwide to make tough choices about their priorities, especially in the kinds of materials they offer.
The public has increasingly turned to libraries for popular movies, such as "Spider-Man 2" on DVD, but some library leaders are rethinking their role in providing entertainment and whether to charge for it.
The answer is obvious to Charles Lindberg, a trustee of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County since 1982: Don't carry movies less than a decade old.
Libraries, he argues, should not be in the business of competing with Blockbuster or other video stores.
"A library is dedicated to the pursuit of truth. A library is for increasing our knowledge," Lindberg said. "I'm not sure that necessarily carries out the library's mission."
But Kim Fender, executive director of the library system, sees its role as "connecting people to the world of ideas and information."
"I think you can have popular materials," Fender said. "If we can get people in the door to borrow DVDs, maybe they hear about a program or they see a book they've heard about. And then, hopefully, we're in their mind as a resource for other materials, too."
Patrons - 408,000 strong in Hamilton County - have made it clear that they want movies, compact discs and other nonprint materials.
All nonprint materials combined now account for more than 41 percent of circulation, up from about a quarter of the Hamilton County library's circulation a decade ago.
Just 204,400 of the library's 9.5 million items were in DVD or video format last year.
But that 2.1 percent of the collection contributed 28.5 percent of its 14.7 million circulation.
The downtown Cincinnati library's films and recordings department is busy from open to close, librarians say, and lines are frequent at lunch time later in the week.
"I think the library is reaching out to the younger community, and (audiovisual materials) are pretty much what they want," said Charles Chappell, a library assistant.
Case in point: Tierra Frazier, a 24-year-old Colerain Township resident who checked out the children's video "That's So Raven" last week for her four children, ages 2 to 6 years old.
The main library is near Frazier's job at a downtown day-care center, and borrowing videos for free gives her more money to spend elsewhere for her four kids, she said.
Frazier thinks the first priority of libraries should be educational items - but, at the same time, she checked out "School Daze," a 5-year-old feature film, to watch after the kids' bedtime.
Allen Kremer, a Liberty Township resident, also visits the downtown library for movies because it's convenient to his job, at Western-Southern. If the library stopped carrying movies or started charging - as the Ohio General Assembly is considering explicitly allowing - Kremer said he would simply go to a video store instead.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050527/NEWS01/505270375
5/28
Think this was Bush Administration talking about
Abbugraib?
Alan Bern sends this in. Chilling.
"This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers,
stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and
later by the prisoners who were freed, were not, as some assumed,
inflicted methodically, but were excesses committed by individual
prison guards, their deputies, and men who laid violent hands on
the detainees."
-- Rudolf Hoess, the SS commandant at Auschwitz.
5/28
Roy Euvrard sends in this:
Subject: Key Guy in P.C. Revolution is African American
>http://www.research.ibm.com/people/d/deanm/
>
>You may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But
>almost everything in your life has been affected by his work. See, Dr. Mark
>Dean
>is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in the National Hall of
>Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice president
>with
>IBM. Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal
>computer. Dr. Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the
>computer
>that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr Mark Dean is an African American. So
>how is it that we can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM personal
>computer without reading or hearing a single word about him?
>
>
>
>Given all of the pressure mass media are under about negative
>portrayals of African Americans on television and in print, you would
>think it would be a slam dunk to highlight someone like Dr. Dean.
>Somehow, though, we have managed to miss the shot. History is cruel
>when it comes to telling the stories of African Americans. Dr. Dean
>isn't the first Black inventor to be overlooked. Consider John
>Stanard, inventor of the refrigerator, George Sampson, creator of the
>clothes dryer, Alexander Miles and his elevator, Lewis Latimer and the
>electric lamp. All of these inventors share two
>things:
>
>* One, they changed the landscape of our society; and, two, society
>relegated them to the footnotes of history. Hopefully, Dr. Mark Dean
>won't go away as quietly as they did. He certainly shouldn't.
>
>
>
> Dr. Dean helped start a Digital Revolution that created people like
>Microsoft's Bill Gates and Dell Computer's Michael Dell. Millions of
>jobs in information technology can be traced back directly to Dr. Dean.
>More important, stories like Dr. Mark Dean's should serve as
>inspiration for African-American children. Already victims of the
>"Digital Divide" and failing school systems, young, Black kids might
>embrace technology with more
>enthusiasm if they knew someone like Dr. Dean already was leading the way.
>
>
>
>Although technically Dr. Dean can't be credited with creating the
>computer
>-- that is left to Alan Turing, a pioneering 20th-century English
>mathematician widely considered to be the father of modern computer science
>-- Dr. Dean rightly
>
>deserves to take a bow for the machine we use today. The computer
>really wasn't practical for home or small business use until he came
>along, leading a team that developed the interior architecture (ISA
>systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and
>printers, to be connected to personal computers.
>
>
>
> In other words, because of Dr. Dean, the PC became a part of our
>daily lives. For most of us, changing the face of society would have
>been enough. But not for Dr. Dean. Still in his early forties, he has
>a lot of inventing left in him. He recently made history again by
>leading the design team responsible for creating the first 1-gigahertz
>processor chip. It's just another huge step in making computers faster
>and smaller. As the world congratulates itself for the new Digital Age
>brought on by the personal computer, we need to guarantee that the
>African-American story is part of the hoopla surrounding the most
>stunning technological advance the world has
>ever seen.
>
>
>
>We cannot afford to let Dr. Mark Dean become a footnote in history. He
>is well worth his own history book.
5/28
Ohio Progressive Alliance Launched
We are a group of independant activists devoted to restoring progressive values to Ohio politics. Our mission includes
- working to provide support for progressive candidates
- using new media to better inform the public of the actions of their representatives
- building tools and communities to facilitate grass roots participation in Ohio politics
5/28
Alan Scheidt Responds re. Racism
(Alan is one of our "invisible" members, a faithful reader of the Weekly. He writes:)
Hello, Ellen,
Your discourse is very eloquent, something I will save. Three things come to mind:
1. It drives me mad that even though I have an "I don't care who knows" attitude about being gay, George (my partner) and I still feel awkward/not safe if we hold hands while walking down the street. We do hold hands at the movies. ;-)
2. Education is key in battling bigotry/prejudices. I come from a rampantly racist/homophobic/etc. family and I'm convinced they are/were they way they are because of their overall lack of education.
3. At the beginning of "Angels in America" playwright Tony Kushner has an elderly rabbi(played in the film version by Meryl Streep!) say, "America is the melting pot where nothing melted." And there's the rub. Often, keeping one's cultural identity often means misunderstanding/not trusting others.
I've worked with the public my entire life and I've spent my lifetime trying to keep in mind: take people one at a time. And yet I still harbor all kinds of prejudices. Sad, really.
Peace,
Alan Scheidt
5/20
-- Bill Wilson, paraphrasing DeToqueville: "DeToqueville insisted that the greatest danger to democracy would always be the 'tyranny' of apathetic, self-seeking, uninformed, or angry majorities. Only a truly dedicated citizenry, quite willing to protect and conserve minority rights and opinions could, he thought, guarantee the existence of a free and democratic society."
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