Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Weekly 2/15/07 - 5
Judy Cirillo writes:
Hi Ellen,
Come and support Jennifer, hear about her program next Wed. at the Salon! ellen
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................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader
beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the Table on Wednesday, 2/14/07, Valentine’s Day:
Mary Biehn, Kati Krome, Judy Cirillo, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Bill Messer, Ellen Bierhorst. (Welcome Kati, our new Lloyd housemate!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS;
BILL: by weight, how much water is required to produce how much food. Gallons per pound. Veg. diet- under 1,000 gal per lob. Chicken: 1,000 gal. per pound. Beef: 18,000 gal. per pound.
Marvin: you are assuming a water shortage.
Ellen, Bill: world wide, yes.
Ellen’s topic: What is your “higher Power”? today in my meditation book for 14 February, the topic was defining your own H.P. I wrote:
“There is Love, and there is spiritual Light (that dawning understanding, clarity, peace) and this is the pole to which I orient my life. Doing this, I am given meaning, consolation and joy. It is like sunshine: available, nourishing, but completely non demanding. Always with us, though sometimes obscured, only remembered, yet warming still.”
Bill: no, I don’t subscribe to a deity.
… the only thing that is the same anywhere I have been in the world. Everybody who eats something good says, “Mmmmm!”
… when you talk about the recitation of a formula prayer, it sounds like a mantra. … I believe that prayer has some power. I don’t believe that people I n a stadium praying for victory ….
Mira I have always been jealous of people who have deep faith and found comfort in that. I have deep beliefs, values. I don’t believe in destiny. Some day I may have some connection to a H.P. … A Catholic woman I know was deeply practicing, not sure she ever did enough. I was surprised to find her very upset one day in the nursing home, she was afraid of dying, of not getting to heaven, feeling she was not good enough. I tried to help her see she didn’t need to be perfect. … I have helped people say the Lord’s prayer. … I t hink Jesus was wonderful, and I wish he were here today. Would march with Martin, and Susan B. Anthony…. Her birthday is tomorrow.
… digression…
E: Kati, in Germany the head of state is a woman.
Bill in certain parts of Switzerland women still do not have the vote.
…
Mira part II: unsure I could do the job I had… counselor at summer camp. 8 – 10 year olds. I was there in the cabin in the woods the night before the kids were to arrive. I had a sudden attack of indigestion, and I was relieved to think, “they’ll have to take me to the Dr. and I won’t have to take the kids tomorrow.” After the mteenth trip to the out house, I took a w rong turn and found myself in the meadow. Stood there and felt the trees in a circle around me, feeling the sky above and the stars. A sense of awe, comfort, wonder… not attached to any notion. I felt better immediately.
Gerry and you don’t attribute it to some higher being.?
Mira no
G: there’s no percentage in not believing…
Marvin What made your feet go towards the meadow rather than back to the cabin?
Mira don’t know.
Bill sounds like the illness was pure stress and fear. I think you took the path to the feel because of your connection to humanity
Mira I have not had the belief in angels or God. I have had energy work, but not “gotten it”. I am thrilled at Muse concerts, … nature, art. Wonder, Awe, possibilities for people. And I know that everyone has a treasure in them. People can touch me with their caring and I come away feeling more powerful, loved, talented, capable. I have had that happen too. Where my brilliance shone forth without hesitation, but I can’t initiate that myself. Once in a while I can do the great stuff, but … I am named after a star… with a fluted spectrum. It wanes and waxes.
Bill Are you yearning for that connection, for a moment when you do believe, do accept a divine presence?
Mira I yearn to have it, but I don’t know how to get it without letting go of my doubt about it.
Marvin and yet you went into that field instead of the outhouse? So what’s your complaint? When you went into the field you experienced something very meaningful. How many people do you think have experienced that even once?
Judy I think I have. Pregnant with my first child, I was not happy to be preg. I remember going down by the water (long island) sitting there stunned. The sea gulls came over, calling, and it dawned on me that “this is going to be ok.” And I felt calm after that. It made me feel at peace.
Bill many people would interpret that story as God telling you it will be all right.
Judy I believe God lives within us.
Gerry Martin Luther said, I think, that everyone has the divine spark.
Marvin In 1976 the law firm I was in decided to close. We had planned on taking a ski vacation in New Mexico. I said, “How can we go, not knowing where our next dollar is coming from?” But we went anyway. Gerry said, we should go anyway. So we get out there and we go to this mountain. There was no snow. Taos. 7,000 feet and no snow. Then at 9,000 feet a big sign, “Entering Taos ski valley” and we turned the bend and everything was white with snow. 12,000 ft. mountain. Up the ski lift. Beautiful. Pine trees. White. Peaceful. This is just absolutely marvelous! … Here was this world! What more do you need? You’ll work it all out. Now was God in there somewhere?
Florence Nightingale: I am supposed to be finishing a master’s thesis. One day driving along I just got this blinding flash that I would finish it. It felt real. I don’t know where it came from. No, I didn’t hear a voice. Enormous relief. …I was in traffic, driving. For one instant I wondered if I were going to have to pull over to digest what had happened.
(topic?) Wrong site surgery.
Bill Initially I thought it is impossible to tell an anecdote like this, because they happen too frequently. … not all of them are positive. Sometimes scary. Mostly unexplainable; supernatural? I think they are all natural, but I don’t understand them. They are not drug induced, although you can get there that way… or fasting, or the runner’s high. … here’s one. Amusing. Comes closest… it is the reason I came vegan. I had been veg. because of being in love with a vegetarian in the 60’s. … I used to love meat.
About six years ago, I had been having gall bladder problems. One day the frig door was open and noticed I was out of milk. I love milk, at least 1 qt a day. Then I noticed I was out of eggs, butter , cheese, I have to get more. And a voice in my head said, “No you don’t.” I responded, “But I am out, I need more.” And it said, “No you don’t.” I was insistent. It persevered. Then I came around, and decide that I wouldn’t get any more milk, butter, cheese… And for the next five years I no longer had the problem with my digestion. So I realized my gall bladder was talking to me. It found a way to talk to me.
…the inventor of the benzene ring; for years a persistent image of a snake biting its tail. Finally realized that it was the solution to the model of the benzene structure that he had been working on for years.
Gerry I don’t recall a specific incident of a thunderbolt, or “eureka” but I have a sense of feeling good about life. “Who put me on this earth in the form of me, to think the way I think…my unique life. There must be some higher being that did it.” Makes me feel good to know we are living in t his wonderful world. I could have been born a different time…could have been living in Europe in WWII. Must be some higher spirit guiding my life. In Boston where I was from, they would never consider moving to the Midwest.
Judy I have the theory that people who have faith grew up with it.
Gerry it was not true in my case.
(digression)
Bill I was going to ask Kati. How long in this country?
Kati two weeks.
Bill something I brought tonight …
Mira I try to comfort myself with the thought: some believes say God never gives you more trouble than you can handle. But what about the people who die terrible deaths, innocent people.
Ellen (I too struggled with this … came to the belief that they were all given some consolation…)
Mira If I could accept that I guess the fear I have of being given something I could not handle,… I could imagine that somehow I could get through …
Gerry take the 23 psalm. “the lord is my shepherd… I will fear no evil…”
Bill it has been proven that people who believe in prayer do live longer. They are comforted. I feel envy of that, but it doesn’t speak to me.
Bill I was going to ask Kati. Somehow this is one of the most religious countries in the world. Europe is going in another direction, yet in the US 40% people believe in the literal truth of the bible, many believe in angels …
Gerry does religion have a major role in Germany today, Kati?
Kati In some families it is important, others it is not. (?) Not more religious now than previously.
Bill the Moyers’ quote. “the delusional is no longer marginal”. Ends with, “the news is not good these days … the news is never the end of the story … the will to fight is the antidote to despair … act as if the future depends on you. Believe me, it does.”
Gerry Amazing, that ever since the election, the environment is being talked about by everybody.
Bill for me the most wonderful change, is that Fundamentalists are starting to think that the planet is “creation” and is holy, and must be taken care of. A very hopeful sign. If they can marginalize the Revelationists …
(Sang “Come follow follow follow”… “All you need is love” and “Yellow Submarine”.) ~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
From IJPC:
FEB 17
CELEBRATION OF LIFE /vIGIL FOR JUSTICE
Dashawn Myers
4:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Corner of Central Parkway & Linn Street
West End
In the early hours of Sunday, January 14, 2007, fourteen-year-old Dashawn Myers and a sixteen-year-old friend were shot at the corner of Central Parkway and Linn Street.
Please join Justice Watch/Garden Street Transitional Home, Center for Peace Education, Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Community Church of Cincinnati, Woman�s City Club, and Dashawn�s family in a celebration of his life and a vigil for justice in his death and for peace in the West End.
There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for his death.
Contact Crimestoppers @ 513-352-3040 with information
For info on the event, contact Jane Rega at (513) 221-4863
FEB 17
EXCITING PEACE STRATEGY PLANNING DAY
Would you like to advance the work of peace?
We thought so! And your ideas, energy, and perspective matter. Please join us for a one-day workshop to identify the key issues IJPC & the Cincinnati peace movement are facing and stretch together the muscles of strategic perspective.
Matt Guynn, an experienced trainer with Training for Change and On Earth Peace will facilitate the much anticipated, fun, and interactive day.
Please join us as we seek to become more effective and strategic in our anti-war organizing and peace work. This is an awesome opportunity for the local peace movement to grow and become more powerful & successful in bringing about social change.
We hope you can make it!!
I celebrate Black History Month by honoring the memory my three great
grandfathhers who fought and bled in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-65: Evan
Hughes Jones, 118 OVI, Theodor E. Burr, 11 Ky OVI, Van Hartness Bukey,
Brigadier General, Army of the Potomac. Each sustained severe wounds,
each survived (one barely), each contributed to putting an end to the
curse of Slavery.
EB
Gotta love it. Ellen.
From: Collette [mailto:cert@fuse.net]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:15 AM
To: jereisch@fuse.net
Subject: A Small Group News!!!
Announcements in this email are-
Upcoming ASG gatherings!!!
·
· Next Civic Engagement Series- Hosted by Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday, February 20 & 27 from 6:00-9:00PM. Sign up on-line today at www.asmallgroup.net (I took this two part half day seminar with Peter and it is wonderful! Ellen)
NEXUS for Change Conference
NEXUS for Change www.nexusforchange.org is two months away and there have been over two hundred people in conversation regarding our coming together to explore how to leverage the power of participatory methods to more powerfully address local and global challenges. I hope you will schedule this extraordinary event into your calendar. The pioneers of many of today’s change methods will be in attendance. Conference is March 21-23rd, 2007 at Bowling Green University.
Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses Administrative Assistant Position
If interested email resume to: tbrundage@7hillsnh.org
Service Travel Trips!!!
QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM TRAINING- One by one…street by street
Speed Networking
Leadership Positions (Higher Ed)
For complete information, including application instructions, please
visit the link below each listing. To see all listings visit:
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/index.asp
Assistant Professor
International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY Closing Date: Until Filled
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=316
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies
Leadership & American Studies, Christopher Newport University Newport
News, VA Closing Date: 3/1/2007
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=315
Director, Leadership Rice
Center for Civic Engagement, Rice University
Houston, TX USA
Closing Date: Until Filled
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=278
Collette Thompson
A Small Group/ Peter Block's Office
215 East 14th Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513-451-0166 office
513-607-8346 cell
www.asmallgroup.net
Have you said something great about Cincinnati today?
(end of A Small Group Newsletter.)
Hi Ellen,
Judy
Jennifer Williams, of Out of the Crossfire, the program to provide services and guidance to the young men who have been shot and are in Univ. Hospital, can come (to the Salon) on Wed., February 21st to present info about her program. I hope this date works for you. She will need about 30 minutes.
Come and support Jennifer, hear about her program next Wed. at the Salon! ellen
Salon Weekly
~ In 4 Color-Coded Sections:
- Table Notes
- Announcements
- Articles
- Books, Reviews, Films, Magazines
A Weekly Email Publication of The Lloyd House: Circulation: c. 600. Growing out
of the Wednesday Night Salon . For info about the Salon, see the bottom of
this email. Join us at the Lloyd House every week of the year at 5:45 for pot
luck and discussion. 3901 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio. To Submit events
for the Weekly, send (not attachment) me email, subject line
"Weekly-Events:(description)", in Times New Roman font, Maroon color. FOR ARTICLES, send me, in Times New Roman, Navy color. to
ELLENBIERHORST@LLOYDHOUSE.COM,. Saves me a
lot of work that way. Send submissions by Wednesday evening.
To: Friends on our Pot Luck Salon list (c. 600)... Now in our
sixth year),
(to unsubscribe see below, bottom of page).
................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader
beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the Table on Wednesday, 2/14/07, Valentine’s Day:
Mary Biehn, Kati Krome, Judy Cirillo, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Bill Messer, Ellen Bierhorst. (Welcome Kati, our new Lloyd housemate!)
ANNOUNCEMENTS;
BILL: by weight, how much water is required to produce how much food. Gallons per pound. Veg. diet- under 1,000 gal per lob. Chicken: 1,000 gal. per pound. Beef: 18,000 gal. per pound.
Marvin: you are assuming a water shortage.
Ellen, Bill: world wide, yes.
Ellen’s topic: What is your “higher Power”? today in my meditation book for 14 February, the topic was defining your own H.P. I wrote:
“There is Love, and there is spiritual Light (that dawning understanding, clarity, peace) and this is the pole to which I orient my life. Doing this, I am given meaning, consolation and joy. It is like sunshine: available, nourishing, but completely non demanding. Always with us, though sometimes obscured, only remembered, yet warming still.”
Bill: no, I don’t subscribe to a deity.
… the only thing that is the same anywhere I have been in the world. Everybody who eats something good says, “Mmmmm!”
… when you talk about the recitation of a formula prayer, it sounds like a mantra. … I believe that prayer has some power. I don’t believe that people I n a stadium praying for victory ….
Mira I have always been jealous of people who have deep faith and found comfort in that. I have deep beliefs, values. I don’t believe in destiny. Some day I may have some connection to a H.P. … A Catholic woman I know was deeply practicing, not sure she ever did enough. I was surprised to find her very upset one day in the nursing home, she was afraid of dying, of not getting to heaven, feeling she was not good enough. I tried to help her see she didn’t need to be perfect. … I have helped people say the Lord’s prayer. … I t hink Jesus was wonderful, and I wish he were here today. Would march with Martin, and Susan B. Anthony…. Her birthday is tomorrow.
… digression…
E: Kati, in Germany the head of state is a woman.
Bill in certain parts of Switzerland women still do not have the vote.
…
Mira part II: unsure I could do the job I had… counselor at summer camp. 8 – 10 year olds. I was there in the cabin in the woods the night before the kids were to arrive. I had a sudden attack of indigestion, and I was relieved to think, “they’ll have to take me to the Dr. and I won’t have to take the kids tomorrow.” After the mteenth trip to the out house, I took a w rong turn and found myself in the meadow. Stood there and felt the trees in a circle around me, feeling the sky above and the stars. A sense of awe, comfort, wonder… not attached to any notion. I felt better immediately.
Gerry and you don’t attribute it to some higher being.?
Mira no
G: there’s no percentage in not believing…
Marvin What made your feet go towards the meadow rather than back to the cabin?
Mira don’t know.
Bill sounds like the illness was pure stress and fear. I think you took the path to the feel because of your connection to humanity
Mira I have not had the belief in angels or God. I have had energy work, but not “gotten it”. I am thrilled at Muse concerts, … nature, art. Wonder, Awe, possibilities for people. And I know that everyone has a treasure in them. People can touch me with their caring and I come away feeling more powerful, loved, talented, capable. I have had that happen too. Where my brilliance shone forth without hesitation, but I can’t initiate that myself. Once in a while I can do the great stuff, but … I am named after a star… with a fluted spectrum. It wanes and waxes.
Bill Are you yearning for that connection, for a moment when you do believe, do accept a divine presence?
Mira I yearn to have it, but I don’t know how to get it without letting go of my doubt about it.
Marvin and yet you went into that field instead of the outhouse? So what’s your complaint? When you went into the field you experienced something very meaningful. How many people do you think have experienced that even once?
Judy I think I have. Pregnant with my first child, I was not happy to be preg. I remember going down by the water (long island) sitting there stunned. The sea gulls came over, calling, and it dawned on me that “this is going to be ok.” And I felt calm after that. It made me feel at peace.
Bill many people would interpret that story as God telling you it will be all right.
Judy I believe God lives within us.
Gerry Martin Luther said, I think, that everyone has the divine spark.
Marvin In 1976 the law firm I was in decided to close. We had planned on taking a ski vacation in New Mexico. I said, “How can we go, not knowing where our next dollar is coming from?” But we went anyway. Gerry said, we should go anyway. So we get out there and we go to this mountain. There was no snow. Taos. 7,000 feet and no snow. Then at 9,000 feet a big sign, “Entering Taos ski valley” and we turned the bend and everything was white with snow. 12,000 ft. mountain. Up the ski lift. Beautiful. Pine trees. White. Peaceful. This is just absolutely marvelous! … Here was this world! What more do you need? You’ll work it all out. Now was God in there somewhere?
Florence Nightingale: I am supposed to be finishing a master’s thesis. One day driving along I just got this blinding flash that I would finish it. It felt real. I don’t know where it came from. No, I didn’t hear a voice. Enormous relief. …I was in traffic, driving. For one instant I wondered if I were going to have to pull over to digest what had happened.
(topic?) Wrong site surgery.
Bill Initially I thought it is impossible to tell an anecdote like this, because they happen too frequently. … not all of them are positive. Sometimes scary. Mostly unexplainable; supernatural? I think they are all natural, but I don’t understand them. They are not drug induced, although you can get there that way… or fasting, or the runner’s high. … here’s one. Amusing. Comes closest… it is the reason I came vegan. I had been veg. because of being in love with a vegetarian in the 60’s. … I used to love meat.
About six years ago, I had been having gall bladder problems. One day the frig door was open and noticed I was out of milk. I love milk, at least 1 qt a day. Then I noticed I was out of eggs, butter , cheese, I have to get more. And a voice in my head said, “No you don’t.” I responded, “But I am out, I need more.” And it said, “No you don’t.” I was insistent. It persevered. Then I came around, and decide that I wouldn’t get any more milk, butter, cheese… And for the next five years I no longer had the problem with my digestion. So I realized my gall bladder was talking to me. It found a way to talk to me.
…the inventor of the benzene ring; for years a persistent image of a snake biting its tail. Finally realized that it was the solution to the model of the benzene structure that he had been working on for years.
Gerry I don’t recall a specific incident of a thunderbolt, or “eureka” but I have a sense of feeling good about life. “Who put me on this earth in the form of me, to think the way I think…my unique life. There must be some higher being that did it.” Makes me feel good to know we are living in t his wonderful world. I could have been born a different time…could have been living in Europe in WWII. Must be some higher spirit guiding my life. In Boston where I was from, they would never consider moving to the Midwest.
Judy I have the theory that people who have faith grew up with it.
Gerry it was not true in my case.
(digression)
Bill I was going to ask Kati. How long in this country?
Kati two weeks.
Bill something I brought tonight …
Mira I try to comfort myself with the thought: some believes say God never gives you more trouble than you can handle. But what about the people who die terrible deaths, innocent people.
Ellen (I too struggled with this … came to the belief that they were all given some consolation…)
Mira If I could accept that I guess the fear I have of being given something I could not handle,… I could imagine that somehow I could get through …
Gerry take the 23 psalm. “the lord is my shepherd… I will fear no evil…”
Bill it has been proven that people who believe in prayer do live longer. They are comforted. I feel envy of that, but it doesn’t speak to me.
Bill I was going to ask Kati. Somehow this is one of the most religious countries in the world. Europe is going in another direction, yet in the US 40% people believe in the literal truth of the bible, many believe in angels …
Gerry does religion have a major role in Germany today, Kati?
Kati In some families it is important, others it is not. (?) Not more religious now than previously.
Bill the Moyers’ quote. “the delusional is no longer marginal”. Ends with, “the news is not good these days … the news is never the end of the story … the will to fight is the antidote to despair … act as if the future depends on you. Believe me, it does.”
Gerry Amazing, that ever since the election, the environment is being talked about by everybody.
Bill for me the most wonderful change, is that Fundamentalists are starting to think that the planet is “creation” and is holy, and must be taken care of. A very hopeful sign. If they can marginalize the Revelationists …
(Sang “Come follow follow follow”… “All you need is love” and “Yellow Submarine”.) ~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Announcements
Ellen Bierhorst, Ph.D. Is a holistic psychotherapist with over 35 years experience. Specialty area: Optimizing Mental Health ~ “Better than well”. Also: healing trauma, strengthening families and relationships, alcohol and other addictions including food, and weight management, EMDR, GLBT, chronic pain and physical illness. Clifton. 513 221 1289 www.lloydhouse.com
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(From IJPC): CINCINNATI CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION OPPOSING ESCALATION IN IRAQ!!!
Good news! On this snowy, icy Feb 14, Cincinnati City Council passed the Resolution Opposing Additional Troops in Iraq 5-4 !!!!!! Again, thanks to Council Member Crowley for introducing it and for all the folks who ventured out in this inclement weather to go to City Hall in support. Thanks, too to all of you who took a moment to email or call the council members with your thoughts! A large article complete with large pictures appeared on the front page of the local section of the Enquirer appeared on Feb 13 after it passed the finance committee! Scroll down to bottom of email for link to article along with links to other media coverage .
WAYS TO MAXIMIZE EFFECTIVENESS OF RESOLUTION
Thanks for all you do to keep the cost of war in the spotlight and for helping to make visible the increasing public opposition to the Iraq war !
*CONSIDER WRITING A LETTER to THE EDITOR IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL PASSING RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE ADDITIONAL TROOPS
On Feb 14, a number of letters to the editor critical of Council's action appeared. Please consider taking a moment to write a letter to the editor expressing your thoughts about the surge, council's action, and the war in Iraq in general. Letters or notes can be sent to letters@enquirer.com.
*CONSIDER CONTACTING CONGRESSPEOPLE & CITE RESOLUTION
Another way to increase impact of the resolution, could be citing it when you contact local Congresspeople about your sentiments about ending the war. Contact info:
Rep. Steve Chabot (513) 684-2723 local office, (202) 225-2216 DC office
Rep .Jean Schmidt (513) 791-0381 Cinti office, (202) 225-3164 DC office
Sen. Sherrod Brown (202) 224-2315
Sen. George Voinovich (202) 224-3353
*PLEASE THANK THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO VOTED TO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE ADDITIONAL TROOPS
*Vice Mayor James R. Tarbell
Phone: (513) 352-3604
james.tarbell@cincinnati-oh.gov
*Y. Laketa Cole
Phone: (513) 352-3466
laketa.cole@cincinnati-oh.gov
*John Cranley
Phone: (513) 352-5303
john.cranley@cincinnati-oh.gov
*David Crowley
Phone: (513) 352-2453
david.crowley@cincinnati-oh.gov
*Cecil Thomas
Phone: (513) 352-3492
cecil.thomas@cincinnati-oh.gov
**********************************
SAMPLING OF MEDIA COVERAGE -fEB 14
ENQUIRER:Council Opposes Bush's Iraq Policy (Note: It appeared on front page of local section with large pictures)
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070212/NEWS01/302120055/-1/all
CITY BEAT: Bringing the War Home
http://citybeat.com/current/porkopolis.shtml
WVXU: Cincinnati Council to vote on resolution opposing additional troops in Iraq http://www.wvxu.org/news/wvxunews_article.asp?ID=3452
MEDIA COVERAGE -Feb 15
ENQUIRER: Council to Bush: Stop the surge
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS01/302140034/-1/all
SUNDAY OPEN SAUNA AT THE LLOYD HOUSE
New wintertime practice at the Lloyd House! Come join in. Fire laid at noon; lit at 1:00. Set up at 2 or 2:30; sweat starts at 3. Takes about an hour. Please come, try to arrive by 3 at the latest. Bring towel... See below. If you like, bring food to share afterwards. . Pot Luck at 4:30. Drumming about 5:30 Clean up at 7:00. Ellen
Lloyd House Sauna-
Sweat Lodge
Protocol
Mission and Spirit
A good sweat is deeply cleansing of body and purifying of spirit. We reverence the Finns and the Native Americans for this practice, and each other for joining in. Finns first sweat, rinse with cold water (screaming allowed), wash (each other) with soap (you may use warm shower in sink room); Sweat again, splash with cold water, scrape or scrub or beat the skin; Sweat yet again, then final rinse with cold water. … The rattle in the sweat room is for chanting, singing, story telling. After sauna, rest, drink water, then feast and party.
Modesty
· As the Finns say, "We see but we don't look."
· Feel free to use bathing suit or towel
You will need
· Water bottle
· Towel
· (lotion)
· (shampoo)
· (slippers)
Contributing … please help
· build fire, 2 hours before
· clean benches
· split wood -- any time
· bring firewood in dressing room
· haul 3 buckets of water from sink room
· contribute $ -- look for jar in dressing room -- Suggest $5
From IJPC:
FEB 17
CELEBRATION OF LIFE /vIGIL FOR JUSTICE
Dashawn Myers
4:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Corner of Central Parkway & Linn Street
West End
In the early hours of Sunday, January 14, 2007, fourteen-year-old Dashawn Myers and a sixteen-year-old friend were shot at the corner of Central Parkway and Linn Street.
Please join Justice Watch/Garden Street Transitional Home, Center for Peace Education, Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Black Lawyers Association of Cincinnati, Community Church of Cincinnati, Woman�s City Club, and Dashawn�s family in a celebration of his life and a vigil for justice in his death and for peace in the West End.
There is a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/s responsible for his death.
Contact Crimestoppers @ 513-352-3040 with information
For info on the event, contact Jane Rega at (513) 221-4863
FEB 17
EXCITING PEACE STRATEGY PLANNING DAY
Would you like to advance the work of peace?
We thought so! And your ideas, energy, and perspective matter. Please join us for a one-day workshop to identify the key issues IJPC & the Cincinnati peace movement are facing and stretch together the muscles of strategic perspective.
Matt Guynn, an experienced trainer with Training for Change and On Earth Peace will facilitate the much anticipated, fun, and interactive day.
Please join us as we seek to become more effective and strategic in our anti-war organizing and peace work. This is an awesome opportunity for the local peace movement to grow and become more powerful & successful in bringing about social change.
We hope you can make it!!
Saturday, February 17th, 2007
9am-6pm
Peaslee Neighborhood Center
215 E. 14th St.
Cincinnati, OH 45202
*Breakfast, lunch, and snack will be provided
**The event is free of charge
Please RSVP to Kristen at 513-579-8547 or kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org
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WANT AN OIL BURNING, BIODEISEL “VEG CAR”?
Joy Lohrer sends this on:
Hey Ellen,
Saw this and wondered if you looking. I think seller lives in Northside.
Seller's email is sarahbrookw@gmail.com
I'm selling my car... The time commitment has proved too much for me
after a few years.
2002 Volkswagen Golf TDI- black interior and exterior
Manual transmission & windows, auto locks, cruise control.
Veggie system already installed- 6.5 gallon tank, coolant heated
system from Greasel, aux. filter in trunk, VegTherm heater in engine
(price includes jerry cans and filters for grease).
New timing belt and water pump in December, oil change and tire
service last week. I kept all service records.
I've put a lot of time into this car. Unfortunately, it's more of a
commitment than I can take anymore. I've taken care with upkeep,
services are up to date except it needs new brake pads & wiper blades.
I've taken care of the exterior best I can without a garage and it
looks pretty good on the outside. Problems I've run into consistently
have been regular Volkswagen issues- lights, brittle plastic crap,
stripped threading for the most part. I almost always run on Lykins'
bio blend.
I'm selling the car AS IS, $8,000 firm.
Let me know if you're interested and we'll continue the dialogue from
there. sarahbrookw@gmail.com
John Edwards: “Stop Bush’s Iraq War Escalation”
2/14/07
Dear Ellen,
President Bush's disastrous plan to escalate the war is no longer just a plan: it's a reality.
While the Senate was tied up in knots, President Bush extended tours of duty for thousands of our troops, transferred new brigades into the Middle East and ordered more soldiers into Baghdad: The surge has begun.
Bush has escalated the war - now we must escalate our efforts to stop it. Congress must force a change of course by capping funding to stop the surge and mandate a phased troop withdrawal within 12-18 months. We don't need endless debate; we don't need non-binding resolutions; we need to end this war. Only Congress has the power to do it, and only you can make Congress act.
Please take a minute today to call your senators and representatives. Ask them to take real, binding action to block the escalation and bring our troops home. Please call the capital switchboard right now at:
(202) 224-3121
Last month I called for Congress to stop the president's escalation before it began, and nearly 100,000 Americans have since added their name to that call. But now we need to go beyond addressing Bush's latest misstep and use all the power we have to bring this conflict to a close.
So today, I announced a comprehensive proposal to enact my plan to end the war and I'd like to share the key points with you. I believe Congress must:
Stop the escalation and force an immediate withdrawal by using funding caps to restrict the total number of troops in Iraq to 100,000, which would require an immediate drawdown of 40,000-50,000 combat troops without stranding or underfunding a single soldier still in Iraq. Any troops beyond the 100,000 level should be redeployed immediately.
Block the deployment of troops that do not meet readiness standards and that have not been properly trained and equipped. American Tax dollars must be used to prepare and supply our troops, not escalate the war. It is simply wrong to send our troops into harm's way without all the training and equipment they need.
Make it clear that President Bush is conducting this war without authorization. The 2002 authorization did not give Bush the power to use U.S. troops to police a civil war. President Bush exceeded his authority long ago. He now needs to end the war and ask Congress for new authority to manage the withdrawal of the U.S. military presence and to help Iraq achieve stability.
Require a complete withdrawal of combat troops in Iraq within the next 12-18 months without leaving behind any permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.
Today, all of us who believe this war is wrong have a profound obligation to speak out. We are still in the early days of an historic new Congress and real change is still possible--even under this president.
But history teaches it will not be the politicians or the pundits who drive the real change - only the people themselves can do that. So let's get busy.
Please call the Capitol switchboard and ask to speak to your senators and representatives today: (202) 224- 3121
Sincerely,
John Edwards
Alan Hundley: wonderful healer, massage therapist etc. ellen
Alan Hundley is a licensed Massage Therapist specializing in the Aquatic
Bodywork practice of Watsu. Relax and unwind and move into deeper
levels of consciousness while being floated in 96 degree water. Year
round. Table sessions are also available by appointment. Hour long
sessions are $70.
Alan also teaches Tai Chi and Qigong for Health at Shine Yoga in Hyde
Park on Wednesdays at 10:45 am and at Hands of Light Chiropractic near
Lunken Airport, Wednesdays at 12:30 pm and Thursdays at 5:45 pm. This
style of Tai Chi is very accessible and easy to learn. Tai Chi for
Health is taken from Sun Style Tai Chi and includes Qigong (chi kung).
A new class will start at Gratitude in Motion in Clifton on Thursdays at
Noon Mar. 29. Classes are about 1 hour in length.and usually taught in
6 or 8 week segments for around $12 per class.
Alan also co-directs a Retreat Center in the foothills of the
Appalachians called Three Waters Sanctuary. The 2007 Sacred Weekend
retreat schedule is out and can be viewed by going to
www.threewaters.com or feel free to contact Alan directly at
ahundley@fuse.net or at 513-281-8606.
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Boys Hope Girls Hope Cincinnati: Their mission is to help academically capable & motivated children-in-need meet their full potential & become men & women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities & education through college. The organization operates in 16 U.S. cities, Brazil, & Guatemala; there are 3 homes in Cincinnati. While the boys & girls they work with are often coming from difficult circumstances, they are not 'problem' kids. Each has great potential & a strong desire to excel. Boys Hope Girls Hope is committed to providing opportunities needed to realize their full potential. The boys & girls attend excellent Catholic schools in the Cincinnati area & are cared for & encouraged by live-in staff & volunteers in the homes. Boys Hope Girls Hope is a non-profit org that operates entirely upon the generosity of local supporters. You're encouraged to contact them if you would like to donate time, money, or skills (vehicle repair, house maintenance, meal preparation, & tutoring are always needed & appreciated). More info @ 513.721.3380, 877.878.HOPE, kallen@bhgh.org, www.boyshopegirlshope.org.
Open Painting Studio [every Monday @ 9:30 AM-Noon]: Bring your art "stuff" & create in community with Marion Corbin-Mayer. $10 per session or $75 for 10-session card. Reservations Required. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
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Lecture by Dr. Wlodzislaw Duch: "I Do Care" [Thursday 15 February @ 6 PM ]: Professor Wlodzislaw Duch will talk about his work on how to monitor & reach full potential of the baby's brain. Newborns have the potential to learn anything that humans may learn. This includes basic perceptual level, learning spoken & sign languages & learning other higher cognitive functions. While the ultimate level of competence achievable by a child is probably determined by the genes, the full potential for development is rarely achieved. Professor Duch is a scientist, educator, poet, & professor of theoretical physics and informatics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. His interests include creating artificial minds; data mining & data understanding methods; development of neural, machine learning & neurofuzzy systems; development of a general theory integrating machine learning & neural networks; application of neural & machine learning systems. Presented by the Polish Art Society of Cincinnati. At the St. Monica - St. George Parish Newman Center, 328 W. McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info @ 513.458.5244 ext 121, jbarankiewicz@mrcgene.com, www.pasc.us, www.fizyka.umk.pl/~duch/, http://home.fuse.net/StMonica-StGeorge/directions.htm, www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ASWDuch/cv/cvitl.html, & www.fizyka.umk.pl/~duch.
Film Screening [Thursday 15 February @ 7:30 PM]: Presentation of 2 juried films - a short & a feature. "Green Meadow" was created by Jamaican artist Oneika Russell, who uses mixed-media drawings to illustrate a fantastic, haunting dreamscape of floating bodies & scintillating meadows (2006; 2 minutes). This short film is followed by "The Guatemalan Handshake." Pieces of the mystery begin to come together as Turkeylegs sets out to find her missing friend. Cars drive circles in the dirt, a woman attends her own funeral, the sun rises sideways, & an orange vehicle trades hands again & again. Everything eventually culminates in a massive demolition derby that throws all of the characters into different directions. Todd Rohal has written & directed 4 short films before completing this, his 1st feature-length production (2006; 96 minutes). Free; donations encouraged. Seating limited to 16. Manifest is accepting entries for Moving Pictures; works of art & design on film. At Manifest Gallery Drawing Theater, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info & RSVP @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, www.oneikarussell.com, www.ghandshake.com, www.manifestgallery.org.
The Road I’ve Traveled Lunch Series with Carl Westmoreland [Thursday 15 February @ noon]: FreedomYP sponsors Carl Westmoreland, Senior Advisor to the Freedom Center & Curator of the Slave Pen, speaking about his experiences with race & diversity. Free with lunch provided. Space is limited to 35. RSVP to klinkugel@nurfc.org. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Romantic Shorts - It’s All About L-O-V-E [Friday 16 February @ 8:30 PM]: This is the rescheduled screening of this uniquely romantic cinematic treat. Anyone with tickets will be able to use them during this single showing; tickets still available. Cincinnati World Cinema has hand-picked a selection of short animated & live-action films (total run-time of 80 minutes) for a Valentine's Day tribute to love. The films are heart-warming, quirky, & funny from New York City, California, Germany, the Netherlands, & Norway; "short takes" on the peaks & valleys of romance, love & relationships. $8 for adults; $6 for CAM members & students. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, Mt. Adams, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, 877-548-3237, worldcinema@fuse.net, & www.CincyWorldCinema.org.
Master Harold & the Boys [Friday-Sunday 16-18 & 23-25 February @ 7:30 PM; & Sunday 18 & 25 February @ 2 PM]: Enjoy Athol Fugard's play, "Master Harold and the Boys," a largely auto-biographical piece that addresses the genesis of bigotry & hatred, & how it insidiously poisons entire cultures. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, www.newedgecliff.com, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Calligraphy Winter Workshops [Saturday 17 February @ 9:30 AM & 1:00 PM]: Greater Cincinnati Calligraphers' Guild welcomes you & your friends to a "fun" draiser that offers workshops in two calligraphy styles & two paper-altering crafts. Foundation Hand or Walnut Ink is offered @ 9:30-AM - Noon. Script or Paper Coloring is offered @ 1:00-3:30 PM. Cost is $20 per workshop or $35 per day. Pay at the door. Registration is required. More info @ 513.791.8100.
Texas Hold'em Tournament Benefit [Saturday 17 February: Register @ 4 PM; Play @ 5 PM]: $100 buy-in with no re-buys, 50% payout to top 10%. Cash games, blackjack, food & beverages. Proceeds benefit the Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church. At Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, 2710 Newtown Road, Anderson Township, Cincinnati, OH 45244. More info @ huuc.poker@fuse.net & www.thewiredpair.com.
Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2007 [Tuesday-Thursday 20-22 February; read below for schedule]: What has become an annual tradition, Cincinnati World Cinema presents all the films nominated for Oscars in the Short Animated & the Short Live-action categories. This year the films are from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Norway, Spain, & the USA, & you'll be able to see them before the televised Oscar Awards program. The Oscar Shorts will be presented as two distinct programs: the Live-Action Shorts (5 shorts, 99 min program) & the Animated Shorts (5 nominees plus 5 bonus shorts, 83 min program). A ticket is needed for each program. The Live-Action Shorts will be shown Tue 20 Feb @ 7 PM & Wed 21 Feb @ 6:30 PM. The Animated Shorts will be shown Wed 21 Feb @ 8:45 PM & Thu 22 Feb @ 7 PM. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Eden Park, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Tickets: $8 for adults; $6 for Art Museum members & students; online (www.CincyWorldCinema.org), by phone (877.548.3237), or @ local outlets. More info @ 859.781.8151, worldcinema@fuse.net, & www.CincyWorldCinema.org.
This Little Light of Mine [Wednesday 21 February @ 7 PM]: This Cincinnati Opera & Freedom Center collaboration presents “This Little Light of Mine,” a musical tribute to Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price, two African-American opera icons. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513. 241.2742, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Shrines [Wednesdays 21 February & 21 March @ 6-10 PM]: Create a personal shrine with Glenda Miles using our unique supplies. $30; reservations required. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
Hamlet [Thursday 22 February – Sunday 18 March @ 8 PM, except Sundays @ 4 PM]: World premiere. If you like films like Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo & Juliet and Brazil... In an epic flashback, Hamlet's tale of sex, lies, ghosts, & murder will be brought to the stage through a mix of live action, music, & original video designed by Big Bang Productions. By William Shakespeare. Adapted & directed by Jason Bruffy. At Know Theatre of Cincinnati, 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.621.ARTS, info@knowtheatre.com, & www.knowtheatre.com.
Must I Quit My Job To Be Happy? [Thursdays 22 February & 15 March @ 7-9 PM]: Five secrets for being happier at work. With Polly Giblin, Life Coach. 1st series: $75; when repeated: $120. Reservation required. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.305.0401.
Race & the Media during the Civil Rights Movement [Friday 23 February @ 6:30 PM]: This panel discussion will feature local media personnel from multiple media along with prominent national author Hank Klibannoff of the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Klibanoff co-authored Race Beat. Book signing & reception follows. Free & open to the public. In the Grand Hall, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, cincinnatiabj@yahoo.com, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Folk Artist & Political Activist Emberswift [Friday 23 February @ 8 PM]: Award winning talent from Toronto. Presented by Women Out Front. At Union Station Club Crush, 825 Vine Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ events@womenoutfront.com, www.emberswift.com & www.womenoutfront.com.
Tibetan New Year Dinner Party [Saturday 24 February @ 6:30 PM]: The Gaden Samdrup-Ling Buddhist monastery invite you & your family to join them as they celebrate the Tibetan New Year 2007 - the year of the Fire Pig 2134. At their new home in Colerain Township, 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45251. More info & RSVP for dinner @ 513.385.7116, gsl@ganden.org, & www.ganden.org.
Brigid's Bonfire Ball [Saturday 24 February @ 6:30 - 10:30 PM]: Song & music will be provided by Cincinnati's Silver Arm. Irish stepdancing performances by the Erickson Academy of Irish Dance. Ceili dancing for all in attendance. Snacks & beverages. Irish Raffle. Tickets are $8 per person; children under 4 admitted free without tickets. Open seating around a centrally located dance floor. Table rounds accommodate 8-10 people. Sponsored by the Erickson Academy of Irish Dance. At the Starlite Ballroom, 5994 Linneman Street, California, Cincinnati, OH 45228. More info @ 513-232-1366 & www.silverarmmusic.com.
Be More Creative in 2007 [Tuesdays 27 February; 6 & 27 March @ 7-9 PM]: What do you want to create in your life? Committed & fun group coaching with Marion Corbin-Mayer, MA/RMT. $25 per session, $80 for series of 4 sessions; ongoing group, join any time. Space limited to 8; reservations required. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
Open Collage Studio with Glenda Miles [Wednesdays 28 February; 14 & 28 March @ 6:30-8:30 PM]: Learn collage techniques. Bring whatever you would like to embellish. $12 per session, supplies included, reservation required. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Italian American Film Festival [Wednesdays thru 25 April @ 7:30 PM]: Sante Matteo, Prof. & Coordinator of Italian Studies in the Department of French & Italian @ Miami University presents his Annual Spring Semester Italian American Film Festival. Free & open to the public. Feb. 21: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), Robert Wise; Feb. 28: Rocky II (1979), Sylvester Stallone; Mar. 7: Cobra (1925) with Rudolph Valentino; Kiss Me, Guido (1997), Tony Vitale; Mar. 21: Robin & the Seven Hoods (1964), Gordon Douglas, with Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack; Mar. 28: Saturday Night Fever (1977), John Badham; Apr. 4: Scarface (1932), Howard Hawks; Apr. 11: The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola; Apr. 18: Mafia! (1998), Jim Abrahams; The Sopranos, 1st TV series episode; Apr. 25: The Sopranos, episodes from the TV series. In Room 46 Culler Hall, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056. More info @ 513.529.5932, matteos@muohio.edu.
Observatory University - "Galaxies & Cosmology" [2nd & 4th Sundays thru 27 May @ 7-9 PM]: Richard Hamilton, Cincinnati Observatory Center Staff Scientist & Xavier University Visiting Professor teaches how the Universe works. College-level astronomy courses for inquisitive members of the general public, amateur astronomers, & science educators (credit available through Xavier University). Tuition: $150 for general public, high school students (non-credit), Friends of the Observatory members, & PDU; $300 for 1 graduate credit hour & high school students for undergraduate credit (ask your school about financial support). Tuition includes 1-year individual new or renewal membership to the COC. At Cincinnati Observatory Center, 3489 Observatory Place, Cincinnati, OH 45208. Register with Nancy Downing @ 513.745.3477. More info @ 513.321.5186, Observatory@fuse.net, & www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.
Media Production 101 [Fridays thru 4 May @ Noon-2:30 PM]: Media class for undergraduate college credit; this foundation course introduces students to the fundamentals of media arts & visual literacy – light, color, composition, perspective, time, motion, sound. The course covers all the basic production techniques including scripting, lighting, shooting, producing, editing, & directing. Technical operation & understanding of all portable production & editing equipment are stressed. Students apply their skills in individual production assignments & through the creation of a larger group project. Projects will we evaluated by the class & aired on Media Bridges' Cable Access Channels. 3 college credits. For credit: $840; audit: free. Sponsored by Media Bridges Education Department & Chatfield College. 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Ronda Tuggle @ 513.921.9856 & ronda.tuggle@chatfield.edu or Sara Mahle @ 513.651.4171 x11 & sara@mediabridges.org.
Courage Under Fire: The 1961 Burning of the Freedom Riders' Bus [thru Sunday 25 March]: This collection of photographs offers an opportunity for reflection on the roles of personal courage, violence, law enforcement & the press in the Freedom Rides of 1961. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Resonse to table talk: Black History Month, from Prof. Evan Bukey (WHHS ‘58)
- More response: re. keys lost in snow (Sean Mullaney)
- Tom Payne article link from Karen Vossler
- Newsletter from (Peter Block’s ) A Small Group
- Jeanette Raichyk sheds light on the Ohio Elections Officials Conviction
I celebrate Black History Month by honoring the memory my three great
grandfathhers who fought and bled in the War of the Rebellion, 1862-65: Evan
Hughes Jones, 118 OVI, Theodor E. Burr, 11 Ky OVI, Van Hartness Bukey,
Brigadier General, Army of the Potomac. Each sustained severe wounds,
each survived (one barely), each contributed to putting an end to the
curse of Slavery.
EB
Gotta love it. Ellen.
Faithful Lurker Sean Mullaney:
Dear Ellen, Thank you so much for the Salon Weekly. I would love to come one Wednesday but that is a booked night. First for the person with the missing keys, find someone with a metal detector. Secondly, on the Mapplethorpe issue I thought that there were a lot of other cities that passed on the exhibition for fear of prosecution. It was obviously a very bold move for Dennis Barrie and the CAC to go ahead with the exhibition. I think of it more as a feather in Cincinnati’s hat. If you want to see more great contemporary art come to Cincinnati then go the the CAC and become a member. Ps. I do not work for the CAC.
Sean Mullaney, lurker
Ellen,
This is a good article. May our representatives rise to the occasion to
end this sensless war!
Karen vossler
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/02/02/how_to_end_the_war.php
Jym Reischman sends Newsletter from A Small Group
Hi Ellen,-----Original Message-----
Thanks for the the great Yoga happening and Sauna last week, and of course all that you do for the People here in Cincinnati. Here is the latest e-mail from the ASG folks.
Peace and Love
Jym Reischman (my favorite Rolfer and husband of my esteemed homeopath Shirley R. Ellen. )
From: Collette [mailto:cert@fuse.net]
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:15 AM
To: jereisch@fuse.net
Subject: A Small Group News!!!
Announcements in this email are-
- ü Upcoming ASG Gatherings
- ü NEXUS for Change Conference
- ü Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses Administrative Assistant Position
- ü Service Travel Trips
- ü Quality of Life Team Training
- ü Speed Networking
- ü Leadership Positions
Upcoming ASG gatherings!!!
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· Next Civic Engagement Series- Hosted by Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services on Tuesday, February 20 & 27 from 6:00-9:00PM. Sign up on-line today at www.asmallgroup.net (I took this two part half day seminar with Peter and it is wonderful! Ellen)
NEXUS for Change Conference
NEXUS for Change www.nexusforchange.org is two months away and there have been over two hundred people in conversation regarding our coming together to explore how to leverage the power of participatory methods to more powerfully address local and global challenges. I hope you will schedule this extraordinary event into your calendar. The pioneers of many of today’s change methods will be in attendance. Conference is March 21-23rd, 2007 at Bowling Green University.
Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses Administrative Assistant Position
Job description: General Office Management ~ Compose quarterly news letters and annual reports ~ Maintain personnel files ~ Compile Annual Report ~ Coordinate in house campaigns ~ Assist with management of special events ~ Produce marketing materials ~ Maintain data tracking system including donor database ~ Project Management ~ Mediate incoming calls ~ Serve as agency’s volunteer coordinator ~ Meet and greet visitors ~ Oversee building maintenance and supervise building maintenance staff ~ Prepare office for meetings ~ Schedule, coordinate and prepare for meetings ~ Coordinate and attend all Board of Trustee meetings ~ Represent agency in community meetings
Qualifications: Associate or Bachelor degree preferred in social services or related field. Five years experience in management and/or supervision. Excellent writing and typing skills. Good oral communication with strong interpersonal skills. Proven track record of being a team leader with strong customer service. Exceptional computer technology skills and maintenance of office equipment. Must have experience in computer technology, preparing and operating power point presentations, emailing, database, excel, publisher and Microsoft word applications.
If interested email resume to: tbrundage@7hillsnh.org
Service Travel Trips!!!
Learn about Service Travel trips to New Orleans and the Dominican Republic with Katrina Collaboration, Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity Young Professionals, and Give Back Cincinnati. Click on a link below to RSVP for one of the Info Sessions:
· Wed. Feb. 7th – 6-8 PM – Contemporary Arts Center – 6th & Walnut St., Cincinnati
· Sat. Feb. 10th – 12-2 PM – Newport on the Levee Community Room – 2nd Floor
· Tues. Feb. 13th – 12-1:30 PM – McCormick & Schmick’s Private Room – 5th & Vine St., Fountain Square
· Sun. Feb. 18th – 4-6 PM – Kona Bistro - 3012 Madison Road, Oakley Square
QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM TRAINING- One by one…street by street
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 20076:30 – 8:30 PM
Madisonville Community Center
5320 Stewart Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45227WHY should your community council have a Quality of Life Committee?
In some cases, to help your community to survive in this transition time, in other cases, keep your community viable as it faces future changes. Create a sense of pride and community ownership while holding City services accountable for action.
WHAT would we do? Identify any properties and property owners that are in non-compliance of any City ordinance that is causing disorder in your community, follow an established process and be persistent in resolving the issue.
WHERE do we start? Come to this presentation for one process that has been used in College Hill effectively for the past three years to deal with many issues in an organized, persistent, and accountable way.
WHO will do it? It only takes you to get it started. Bring a neighbor!
Presented by College Hill Forum Quality of Life Committee & Councilman Chris Monzel
Please RSVP by March 16th to 513-352-3640 or christa.criddle@cincinnati-oh.gov
Speed Networking
Are you looking to expand your network or find agencies with whom to partner? Then look no further! Come and experience 'Speed Networking' for non-profit organizations!
The FreestoreFoodbank and Project Connect Homeless Children's Fund are pleased to announce the third of a series of events geared toward building a network of referring and collaborating agencies in Southwest Ohio. Based loosely on the concept of "Speed Dating" among single individuals, this interactive method of meeting other agencies and developing contacts is designed to assist in creating better and more comprehensive service delivery among non-profit organizations in this region.
Think about it... if we all knew what our neighbor organizations were doing and how they do it, our clients would benefit immensely and more easily sail through a network of connected agencies to receive comprehensive services.
This exciting FREE service is being provided at Central Parkway Ministries (3220 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, 45225). There will be several sessions held to accommodate those interested in attending. We plan to have this become a monthly event with the goal of connecting organizations throughout the region. Our first confirmed date for this series is:
Thursday, February 8, 2007 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
*Please sign up.
All you have to do is fill out the attached registration form and the informational sheet (which will be sent in a confirmation email), make copies for 25 attending agencies, and show up. We will provide a binder to keep your information safe.
If you or another organization may benefit from this opportunity, please join us or spread the word. We hope to accommodate 50 participants at each session, with two individuals from each organization represented (25 organizations total). Sessions will fill up quickly, so be sure to reserve your spot!
Please feel free to contact our office with any questions. We look forward to seeing you in the future.
Thank you,
Deanna Campbell, Administrative Training Associate
Tele: 513-482-4537 Fax: 513-482-7532
dcampbell@freestorefoodbank.org
Leadership Positions (Higher Ed)
For complete information, including application instructions, please
visit the link below each listing. To see all listings visit:
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/index.asp
Assistant Professor
International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo State College
Buffalo, NY Closing Date: Until Filled
http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=316
Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies
Leadership & American Studies, Christopher Newport University Newport
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Jeanette Raichyk sheds light on the Ohio Elections Officials Conviction
This AP release below may help... the reported version of the tactic of non-random selection of precincts in the test to determine the need for a recount -- which is the basis for this conviction -- seems strange. Not only was this not the place where a recount would have upset the outcome statewide since the area and individuals are both Dems, but if they had rigged the elections I'd have thought that they would have KNOWN which precincts to use in the 3%-test and not have had to scour the test data for three days behind closed doors, but who knows what chaos was involved in Cleveland.
But are you aware that the top management of the Clermont county elections board was completely replaced after 2004's election began making the news nationally and was done just as charges were filed in US District court against many Ohio elections officials? (The allegations in that case before the US District Court -- Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division Case No. C2 06 745 -- also included the charge that the ‘bi-partisan chain of custody of the ballots’ was intentionally broken -- which oversight/custody is the operation that ensures that what the machine has produced is faithfully guaranteed to the voters). At election time 2006, the US case -- against Blackwell 'and 101 John Does' -- was still pending. The Cleveland case doesn't seem to be part, but the AP writer's coverage is seriously deficient.
In 2006 (as part of an election coverage story for a Brown county newspaper), I interviewed the new second-in-command in Clermont County and she was credibly rigorous IMO and later -- immediately post election -- I downloaded the election data from Clermont county and did the sort of spreadsheet analyses that looks for consistency in voter opinion (comparing the precinct tallies for the hotly contested Schmidt-Wulsin and Brunner-Hartmann races) and saw no signs of trouble as were easily visible in the 2004 elections.
However, some very interesting 'short cuts' in maintaining the required bi-partisan chain of custody of ballots emerged in the research on Brown county -- questionable practices but maybe due to a lack of timely interest by voters. And/but (?) the newspaper editor declined to print the story saying the coverage 'editorialized' and she wanted that cut (which I declined to do). If you'd like to see the article, I'd be happy to relay it. Insight into typical local elections operations as well as citizen access to election data/operation was my goal in writing about these processes so the article may be useful for other activists. By all means, ignore the newspapers.
Jeanette
By M.R. Kropko
ASSOCIATED PRESS
3:08 p.m. January 24, 2007
CLEVELAND – Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review in Ohio's most populous county.
Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They also were convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty.
Prosecutors accused Maiden and Dreamer of secretly reviewing preselected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16, 2004. They worked behind closed doors for three days to pick ballots they knew would not cause discrepancies when checked by hand, prosecutors said.
Defense attorney Roger Synenberg has said the workers were following procedures as they understood them.
Ohio gave President Bush the electoral votes he needed to defeat Democratic Sen. John Kerry in the close election and hold on to the White House in 2004.
Special prosecutor Kevin Baxter did not claim the workers' actions affected the outcome of the election – Kerry gained 17 votes and Bush lost six in the county's recount.
Maiden and Dreamer, who still work for the elections board, face a possible sentence of six to 18 months for the felony conviction. Sentencing is on Feb. 26.
A message left for Elections Board Director Michael Vu was not immediately returned Wednesday. The board released a statement that said its goal is to restore confidence in the county's election progress and pursue reforms in addition to those made since 2004.
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Rushed this week. Truncated Weekly.
Get this, new Salonistas David Loy and wife Linda Goodhew lived in Tokyo for... Was that 12 y ears? And before that Singapore for along time as well before coming to Cinti. Last year. Linda is a Brit. Let’s get them to share at length about their Oriental years.
Another preview: Lloyd House housemate Debra Martin spent 6 years in the ashram of Swami G. something, an akolite of Swami Muktananda, predecessor of Guru Mai. He does a form of Siddah yoga. The guru is your avenue to God. Fascinating experience. In Portland. She will be talking about it at Salon the first Wed. in April. Stay tuned!
We talked about the snow at the tab le this week, and also about cincinnati and it’s inferiority complex, and it’s various talents and assets. Enjoy. Ellen
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beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the Table on Wednesday, Table 7 Feb ’07.
Marvin Kraus, Gerry Kraus, Janet Kalven, Judy Cirillo, David Rosenberg, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G., Himavat Ishaya, Linda Goodhew
goodhewlinda@yahoo.com, David Loy, Bill Messer, Ellen Bierhorst, Chad Benjamin Potter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mira: I would like info. On the Council recent vote on human services programs budget vote.
This is Black History Month. Some wonderful things on TV including how the slaves from Africa adapted their religions. Wonderful pictures. On PBS.
Judy see program about Percy Julian, the Black chemist. Amazing. Work on soy. Cortisone. Worked for Glidden paint co. because he was Black. Then quit and started his own co.
Dav id R: old high school friend, recently seen first time in 40 years; high up in the Sierra Club. Wants to talk here. Gail.
In the spirit of New Deal Politics, Wal-Mart is encouraging Universal Health Care. [Bill: they have always encouraged it by not giving health coverage to their employees.]
David L: clearly universal care is coming. Only issue is what type.
David L: the Mass. System is not people friendly… favors the insur. Co.
Bill : is the Slavery Today program still at the Freedom Center. (Yes).
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. I want to help found a chapter here in Cinti. They will stand up and litigate. www.AU.org
The ACLU backs away from a lot of these things. They seem to support “ceremonial deism” that has crept in to American politics, government. They pick their battles elsewhere.
Also thinking of starting a new radio program, “In Us We Trust”. On Church State separation.
David L: tomorrow on WAIF at 4:00 I will be interviewed. 88.3. On socially engaged Buddhism. (David is a Buddhist scholar and prof. at X.U.)
Ellen L.H. meditation M W F 6:30 – 7:00.
TOPICS NOMINATED
Chad: why not celebrate Black History all year long?
Mr. G: Hillary Oil, does anybody know about it? Hillary Clinton has a proposal to end America’s addiction to foreign oil or something. Did anyone hear more? \
David R Hillary is against the Iraq War now.
Gerry Talk about Hillary. Someone is trying to make her the f ront runner. The Republicans want to put up the most defeatable Democrat.
Bill The polls put her in front.
Mira update on Council.
Marvin Shared experiences of yesterday’s snow. I hear tales like “4 hours to get home”.
Ellen: story about Clifton Avenue.
Marvin A friend of mine, a one car family. The man dropped his keys in the snow. Couldn’t find his keys. Now they have to wait until the snow melts. Any suggestions.?
Bill Blow the area with a leaf blower. … powdery. Wonderful.
Linda Very satisfying walking faster than the cars on Ludlow.
Marvin our no outlet street was ploughed. And they pushed out all the snow to the end of the street…very intelligent and considerate. Another reason why people should move to Cinti.
Linda when do they put down all this salt.
David R they have started using a liquid that sprays on the street and stays several days. You see stripes on the road, faded pink.
Mira Water main breaks, notably Middleton and McAlpin.
Regarding the inferiority complex of Cinti. David L. Linda and I lived Japan 21 years, before Singapore. I am very impressed by Cinti. I find many wonderful things about Cinti. Linda I love the hills. David the incredible architecture, this incredible house, … churches. Rich tradition. And culture. Trees.
bill the greenest city of America.
David L: music, theater, art, rich tradition.
Gerry I agree. A few years ago people always brought up Marge Schott…owned the Reds, a bigot. Also bill.
The only city in American History who prosecuted the museum
David L: the two huge stadiums on the river, a disaster. Destroys the city architecturally.
Bill: I was running a photography gallery during Mapplethorpe era. When this Finnish artist was to come exhibit and teach here his students begged h im to not come, fearing he would be jailed.
… the press is depressing here. A lot they should report but don’t.
Judy lot of things I love here. I have been working with Ceasefire, also CPOP. Very impressed. Instead of running to the suburbs, people are working . … Great program in Boston. Jennifer Williams is coming to present at Salon, out of the Crossfire.
Ceasefire is in Avondale right now. Taken this model used in Boston, Chicago, other cities. They are saying the problem is widespread as to cause, so get everyone in the community involved. When another person is shot, email goes out and there are vigils, people involved.
Then they are going to the kids involved in the s hootings etc., and saying, “We will help you turn your lives around.”
Marvin David L, after 21 years in Japan. I understand they have a very very low murder rate. Why?
David L Homogeneous culture; no r ace problems. No gap between rich and poor. More of a group consciousness. The gap between rich and poor is increasing now, but still more cohesive society.
Linda police on patrol, a box with an officer in every neighborhood. They know everyone in the neighborhood.
Mira there was a story on biological warfare. Before the end of WWII in Japan, not only were we doing these things, but also in Japan. They dropped some of the pellets over China. This was a shock because only a few knew about it.
David L once the Americans took over they wanted that research, so they did not prosecute the war crimes…
Gerry One of the anomalies in the local police situation is rather than have the same officers in the same neighborhood, they are switched frequently. I don’t know what the rationale is. In Forest Park the police are stationed in one district. Their crime rate is much lower than ours.
Bill percent of police in City African Amer.
Marvin: aprox. 30%.
Gerry:
There is a law city workers must live in the city. Somehow, the police don’t adhere. I think that’s another problem. The employees of the city don’t have the same interest they used to have.
David R the entire suburban population sponges off the city.
Bill and we have islands, like Norwood, St. Bernard, etc. that are independent cities.
Marvin in Avondale, bordered by St. Bernard and Norwood, is a successful integrated neighborhood. Partly because of St. Bernard and Norwood. Blacks were afraid to go into St. Ber. Or Norwood. Of course, now that is a bit different. But when the neighborhoods were changing, it really helped N. Avondale integrate.
Bill about self depreciation in Cinti. There are two Cincinnaties: past and present. *** (the facts shared below turned out to be inacurate... Please see Bill’s email “Stop the press” below in Articles section. E.B.) In 1900 we were the 4th largest city in U.S. NY, Phil, Boston, Cinti. Also a very German city; 11 German language newspapers. Breweries. We were the Western Queen.
During the early 20th cent there were many innovations here. Color TV. Crosley broadcasting. Innovative, forward thinking, progressive. All that architecture.
I think WWI was hard, WWII might have been the death knell. Hurt our sense of who we are.
The railroads and the meat packing went to Chicago. The river ceased to be as important.
Gerry the machine tool industry used to be great.
Bill I love to bring people people here, like from NY. We have a little Brooklyn bridge… but I am really embarrassed about who we are as a society; the only city to vote for a referendum denying civil rights to homosexuals.
David L how did that happen? Got so conservative.
Mr. G. I wondered how the issue of the Chicago river factored in. I heard it was they reversed the direction of the Chicago river.
Janet made it a sewage canal running away from the lake. … If you didn’t have an “in” with city hall, beware. Alderman system.
Bill Cincinnati, Simon Lies.
Mr. G. this town that hates homosexuality and sex, why is it that it has a large gay community.
Ellen As a member of the homos. Community, it is not my perception that it is a large community.
Marvin How has it been for you?
Ellen no perception… I let them know right away, so I don’t hear…
Mira Lesbians have better rates of orgasms than heterosexual women … women
Marvin: Cincinnati has the highest rate of lesbian orgasms of all American cities…Mira quoted the stat.
Mr. G. tell us about Simon Lies…
Bill Simon L. wasn’t as bad a problem as the Keatings, Bill who ran the Enquirer, and Charlie who founded Citizens for Decent Literature (CDL). Citizens for Community Values started by ministers when Charlie moved to Arizona and got into Savings and Loan (yes, THAT Keating).
… Charlie Loeb said, “We did not lose the case… we succeeded in intimidating them. The museum will never do it again.”
… for forty years now, we have had here a crusade, anti porn. A lot of Cincinnatians are in the Bush administration. Just before 9/11 the administration was just about to launch their big “war”, it was to be a war on porn, not on terrorism.
Mr. G. Bush really wants war on Iran.
Gerry Bob Taft from Cinti. Mr. Republican.
Bill Theo. Dreiser was convicted on either obscenity or sedition … the first artist to be prosecuted by the feds. For porn. Was baited by a Cincinnatian.
Gerry… so that is why we have an inferiority complex.
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
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Greetings, all.
Please consider my up and coming workshop with Vickie Fairchild:
Coming up in February, a chance to explore not only the physical benefits but also the system of mindfulness and awareness which is the foundation of the greater System of Yoga which incorporates those postures and which is designed to hasten the dawn of Enlightenment for all of us:
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When: Sunday, Feb. 11, 1:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $95.
Where: Vickie's Home Studio, 7425 East Aracoma Drive, Amberly Village, OH 45237
To Pre-register: either call Vickie Fairchild, 513- 257-1057 or email Himavat Ishaya: pathfinders108@yahoo.com
(Vickie is an extraordinarily accomplished physical therapist/body-mind-centering practitioner/yogini/etc. Etc. This will be good! Ellen)
of an exhibition at the CAC. I was so impressed, I took copious notes.
But it must have been a fake. Here’s what I found on the web tonight,
which makes more sense. Should never believe what I read in an art
gallery, even if it apprears to be an actual newspaper contemporary to
its time.
BIll
“[Cincinnati] is considered to have been the first major American
"boomtown", rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early
nineteenth century to rival the coastal metropolis in size and wealth.
As the first major inland city in the country, it is sometimes thought
of as the first purely American city, lacking the heavy European
influence that was present on the east coast. However, by the end of the
century, its growth unexpectedly stopped and it was surpassed in
population by many other inland cities.”
One article I found says that after the Civil War Cincinnati was the
largest city in America (by area, presumably). In actual population,
Cinainnati was in the US top 10 from 1830 through 1910, but never higher
than 6th although in 1850, it was just 6,000 people short of the 4th
spot (Philly) Here are some comparrison stats:
1900
1.New York, N.Y. 3,437,20
2.Chicago, Ill. 1,698,575
3.Philadelphia, Pa.1,293,697
4.St. Louis, Mo. 575,238
5.Boston, Mass. 560,892
6.Baltimore, Md. 508,957
7.Cleveland, Ohio 381,768
8.Buffalo, N.Y.352,387
9.San Francisco, Calif.342,782
10.Cincinnati, Ohio 325,902
1890
1 New York city, NY *................ 1,515,301
2 Chicago city, IL................... 1,099,850
3 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 1,046,964
4 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 806,343
5 St. Louis city, MO................. 451,770
6 Boston city, MA.................... 448,477
7 Baltimore city, MD................. 434,439
8 San Francisco city, CA............. 298,997
9 Cincinnati city, OH................ 296,908
1860
1 New York city, NY *................ 813,669
2 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 565,529
3 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 266,661
4 Baltimore city, MD................. 212,418
5 Boston city, MA *.................. 177,840
6 New Orleans city, LA *............. 168,675
7 Cincinnati city, OH................ 161,044
1850
1 New York city, NY *................ 515,547
2 Baltimore city, MD................. 169,054
3 Boston city, MA *.................. 136,881
4 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 121,376
5 New Orleans city, LA *............. 116,375
6 Cincinnati city, OH................ 115,435
1840
1 New York city, NY *................ 312,710
2 Baltimore city, MD................. 102,313
3 New Orleans city, LA *............. 102,193
4 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 93,665
5 Boston city, MA *.................. 93,383
6 Cincinnati city, OH................ 46,338
Rushed this week. Truncated Weekly.
Get this, new Salonistas David Loy and wife Linda Goodhew lived in Tokyo for... Was that 12 y ears? And before that Singapore for along time as well before coming to Cinti. Last year. Linda is a Brit. Let’s get them to share at length about their Oriental years.
Another preview: Lloyd House housemate Debra Martin spent 6 years in the ashram of Swami G. something, an akolite of Swami Muktananda, predecessor of Guru Mai. He does a form of Siddah yoga. The guru is your avenue to God. Fascinating experience. In Portland. She will be talking about it at Salon the first Wed. in April. Stay tuned!
We talked about the snow at the tab le this week, and also about cincinnati and it’s inferiority complex, and it’s various talents and assets. Enjoy. Ellen
Salon Weekly
~ In 4 Color-Coded Sections:
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- Articles
- Books, Reviews, Films, Magazines
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To: Friends on our Pot Luck Salon list (c. 600)... Now in our
sixth year),
(to unsubscribe see below, bottom of page).
................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader
beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the Table on Wednesday, Table 7 Feb ’07.
Marvin Kraus, Gerry Kraus, Janet Kalven, Judy Cirillo, David Rosenberg, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G., Himavat Ishaya, Linda Goodhew
goodhewlinda@yahoo.com, David Loy, Bill Messer, Ellen Bierhorst, Chad Benjamin Potter
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mira: I would like info. On the Council recent vote on human services programs budget vote.
This is Black History Month. Some wonderful things on TV including how the slaves from Africa adapted their religions. Wonderful pictures. On PBS.
Judy see program about Percy Julian, the Black chemist. Amazing. Work on soy. Cortisone. Worked for Glidden paint co. because he was Black. Then quit and started his own co.
Dav id R: old high school friend, recently seen first time in 40 years; high up in the Sierra Club. Wants to talk here. Gail.
In the spirit of New Deal Politics, Wal-Mart is encouraging Universal Health Care. [Bill: they have always encouraged it by not giving health coverage to their employees.]
David L: clearly universal care is coming. Only issue is what type.
David L: the Mass. System is not people friendly… favors the insur. Co.
Bill : is the Slavery Today program still at the Freedom Center. (Yes).
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. I want to help found a chapter here in Cinti. They will stand up and litigate. www.AU.org
The ACLU backs away from a lot of these things. They seem to support “ceremonial deism” that has crept in to American politics, government. They pick their battles elsewhere.
Also thinking of starting a new radio program, “In Us We Trust”. On Church State separation.
David L: tomorrow on WAIF at 4:00 I will be interviewed. 88.3. On socially engaged Buddhism. (David is a Buddhist scholar and prof. at X.U.)
Ellen L.H. meditation M W F 6:30 – 7:00.
TOPICS NOMINATED
Chad: why not celebrate Black History all year long?
Mr. G: Hillary Oil, does anybody know about it? Hillary Clinton has a proposal to end America’s addiction to foreign oil or something. Did anyone hear more? \
David R Hillary is against the Iraq War now.
Gerry Talk about Hillary. Someone is trying to make her the f ront runner. The Republicans want to put up the most defeatable Democrat.
Bill The polls put her in front.
Mira update on Council.
Marvin Shared experiences of yesterday’s snow. I hear tales like “4 hours to get home”.
Ellen: story about Clifton Avenue.
Marvin A friend of mine, a one car family. The man dropped his keys in the snow. Couldn’t find his keys. Now they have to wait until the snow melts. Any suggestions.?
Bill Blow the area with a leaf blower. … powdery. Wonderful.
Linda Very satisfying walking faster than the cars on Ludlow.
Marvin our no outlet street was ploughed. And they pushed out all the snow to the end of the street…very intelligent and considerate. Another reason why people should move to Cinti.
Linda when do they put down all this salt.
David R they have started using a liquid that sprays on the street and stays several days. You see stripes on the road, faded pink.
Mira Water main breaks, notably Middleton and McAlpin.
Regarding the inferiority complex of Cinti. David L. Linda and I lived Japan 21 years, before Singapore. I am very impressed by Cinti. I find many wonderful things about Cinti. Linda I love the hills. David the incredible architecture, this incredible house, … churches. Rich tradition. And culture. Trees.
bill the greenest city of America.
David L: music, theater, art, rich tradition.
Gerry I agree. A few years ago people always brought up Marge Schott…owned the Reds, a bigot. Also bill.
The only city in American History who prosecuted the museum
David L: the two huge stadiums on the river, a disaster. Destroys the city architecturally.
Bill: I was running a photography gallery during Mapplethorpe era. When this Finnish artist was to come exhibit and teach here his students begged h im to not come, fearing he would be jailed.
… the press is depressing here. A lot they should report but don’t.
Judy lot of things I love here. I have been working with Ceasefire, also CPOP. Very impressed. Instead of running to the suburbs, people are working . … Great program in Boston. Jennifer Williams is coming to present at Salon, out of the Crossfire.
Ceasefire is in Avondale right now. Taken this model used in Boston, Chicago, other cities. They are saying the problem is widespread as to cause, so get everyone in the community involved. When another person is shot, email goes out and there are vigils, people involved.
Then they are going to the kids involved in the s hootings etc., and saying, “We will help you turn your lives around.”
Marvin David L, after 21 years in Japan. I understand they have a very very low murder rate. Why?
David L Homogeneous culture; no r ace problems. No gap between rich and poor. More of a group consciousness. The gap between rich and poor is increasing now, but still more cohesive society.
Linda police on patrol, a box with an officer in every neighborhood. They know everyone in the neighborhood.
Mira there was a story on biological warfare. Before the end of WWII in Japan, not only were we doing these things, but also in Japan. They dropped some of the pellets over China. This was a shock because only a few knew about it.
David L once the Americans took over they wanted that research, so they did not prosecute the war crimes…
Gerry One of the anomalies in the local police situation is rather than have the same officers in the same neighborhood, they are switched frequently. I don’t know what the rationale is. In Forest Park the police are stationed in one district. Their crime rate is much lower than ours.
Bill percent of police in City African Amer.
Marvin: aprox. 30%.
Gerry:
There is a law city workers must live in the city. Somehow, the police don’t adhere. I think that’s another problem. The employees of the city don’t have the same interest they used to have.
David R the entire suburban population sponges off the city.
Bill and we have islands, like Norwood, St. Bernard, etc. that are independent cities.
Marvin in Avondale, bordered by St. Bernard and Norwood, is a successful integrated neighborhood. Partly because of St. Bernard and Norwood. Blacks were afraid to go into St. Ber. Or Norwood. Of course, now that is a bit different. But when the neighborhoods were changing, it really helped N. Avondale integrate.
Bill about self depreciation in Cinti. There are two Cincinnaties: past and present. *** (the facts shared below turned out to be inacurate... Please see Bill’s email “Stop the press” below in Articles section. E.B.) In 1900 we were the 4th largest city in U.S. NY, Phil, Boston, Cinti. Also a very German city; 11 German language newspapers. Breweries. We were the Western Queen.
During the early 20th cent there were many innovations here. Color TV. Crosley broadcasting. Innovative, forward thinking, progressive. All that architecture.
I think WWI was hard, WWII might have been the death knell. Hurt our sense of who we are.
The railroads and the meat packing went to Chicago. The river ceased to be as important.
Gerry the machine tool industry used to be great.
Bill I love to bring people people here, like from NY. We have a little Brooklyn bridge… but I am really embarrassed about who we are as a society; the only city to vote for a referendum denying civil rights to homosexuals.
David L how did that happen? Got so conservative.
Mr. G. I wondered how the issue of the Chicago river factored in. I heard it was they reversed the direction of the Chicago river.
Janet made it a sewage canal running away from the lake. … If you didn’t have an “in” with city hall, beware. Alderman system.
Bill Cincinnati, Simon Lies.
Mr. G. this town that hates homosexuality and sex, why is it that it has a large gay community.
Ellen As a member of the homos. Community, it is not my perception that it is a large community.
Marvin How has it been for you?
Ellen no perception… I let them know right away, so I don’t hear…
Mira Lesbians have better rates of orgasms than heterosexual women … women
Marvin: Cincinnati has the highest rate of lesbian orgasms of all American cities…Mira quoted the stat.
Mr. G. tell us about Simon Lies…
Bill Simon L. wasn’t as bad a problem as the Keatings, Bill who ran the Enquirer, and Charlie who founded Citizens for Decent Literature (CDL). Citizens for Community Values started by ministers when Charlie moved to Arizona and got into Savings and Loan (yes, THAT Keating).
… Charlie Loeb said, “We did not lose the case… we succeeded in intimidating them. The museum will never do it again.”
… for forty years now, we have had here a crusade, anti porn. A lot of Cincinnatians are in the Bush administration. Just before 9/11 the administration was just about to launch their big “war”, it was to be a war on porn, not on terrorism.
Mr. G. Bush really wants war on Iran.
Gerry Bob Taft from Cinti. Mr. Republican.
Bill Theo. Dreiser was convicted on either obscenity or sedition … the first artist to be prosecuted by the feds. For porn. Was baited by a Cincinnatian.
Gerry… so that is why we have an inferiority complex.
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Announcements
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
LAST SUMMER I had the first and second Weight Management Seminar, growing out of my 30 years plus experience (and success!) with the weight/food issue. That was such a success it is being offered again this winter.
Sunday 11 February 3:00 – 6:00 P.M.
At The Lloyd House 3901 Clifton Ave. Parking on Lafayette Ave.
This is a small group seminar (limited to 12 participants) presenting psychological tools for victory in understanding and managing your life with food and weight. This seminar is for you if you have tried dieting, Weight Watchers, etc., and lasting success has eluded you. Many people are bedeviled by this epidemic problem, and yes, there are clear principles that can help you understand it and master it once and for all. Worth many times more, the tuition is only $50. What wouldn’t you give for a real, significant “leg up” on this problem?
Call me: Ellen Bierhorst 221 1289 to reserve your place now.
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Ellen Bierhorst, Ph.D. Is a holistic psychotherapist with over 35 years experience. Specialty area: Optimizing Mental Health ~ “Better than well”. Also: healing trauma, strengthening families and relationships, alcohol and other addictions including food, and weight management, EMDR, GLBT, chronic pain and physical illness. Clifton. 513 221 1289 www.lloydhouse.com
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SUNDAY OPEN SAUNA AT THE LLOYD HOUSE
New wintertime practice at the Lloyd House! Come join in. Fire laid at noon; lit at 1:00. Set up at 2 or 2:30; sweat starts at 3. Takes about an hour. Please come, try to arrive by 3 at the latest. Bring towel... See below. If you like, bring food to share afterwards. . Pot Luck at 4:30. Drumming about 5:30 Clean up at 7:00. Ellen
Lloyd House Sauna-
Sweat Lodge
Protocol
Mission and Spirit
A good sweat is deeply cleansing of body and purifying of spirit. We reverence the Finns and the Native Americans for this practice, and each other for joining in. Finns first sweat, rinse with cold water (screaming allowed), wash (each other) with soap (you may use warm shower in sink room); Sweat again, splash with cold water, scrape or scrub or beat the skin; Sweat yet again, then final rinse with cold water. … The rattle in the sweat room is for chanting, singing, story telling. After sauna, rest, drink water, then feast and party.
Modesty
· As the Finns say, "We see but we don't look."
· Feel free to use bathing suit or towel
You will need
· Water bottle
· Towel
· (lotion)
· (shampoo)
· (slippers)
Contributing … please help
· build fire, 2 hours before
· clean benches
· split wood -- any time
· bring firewood in dressing room
· haul 3 buckets of water from sink room
· contribute $ -- look for jar in dressing room -- Suggest $5
Advertisement:
Beautiful and Charming, spacious first floor office space at the Lloyd House, fully furnished including bodywork table, chairs, love seat, rugs, armchairs, wood burning (gas ignited ) fireplace. Rookwood even. Available by the hour. Share waiting room. Powder room. Outside entry. Terms: contribute 20% of gross to the house. Call Ellen 221 1290
Salonista and Swami Himavat Ishaya sends notice of special yoga seminar with himself and Vickie Fairchild:
Greetings, all.
Please consider my up and coming workshop with Vickie Fairchild:
Coming up in February, a chance to explore not only the physical benefits but also the system of mindfulness and awareness which is the foundation of the greater System of Yoga which incorporates those postures and which is designed to hasten the dawn of Enlightenment for all of us:
Deepen and Enliven Your Yoga Practice
Through: The Philosophy of Yoga, that is: Raja Yoga, and Meditative Techniques taught by Himavat; and,
Yoga Asanas and Pranayama taught by Vickie.
When: Sunday, Feb. 11, 1:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $95.
Where: Vickie's Home Studio, 7425 East Aracoma Drive, Amberly Village, OH 45237
To Pre-register: either call Vickie Fairchild, 513- 257-1057 or email Himavat Ishaya: pathfinders108@yahoo.com
(Vickie is an extraordinarily accomplished physical therapist/body-mind-centering practitioner/yogini/etc. Etc. This will be good! Ellen)
NPR Threatened!
THIS TIME IT IS FOR REAL...NOT A HOAX: FROM RICHARD BLUMBERG
President Bush has just proposed drastic cuts to government support
for PBS and NPR. This time the threat is real.
We need to press the Democratic Congress to pass legislation that
will ensure permanent funding for these vital public media. MoveOn
has a petition site where you can make your voice heard; this is what
I typed into the comment box:
> NPR and PBS are the only media that speak to our intelligence, our
> good will, and our genuine love of country, rather than to our
> materialistic greed, our sexuality, our prejudices, our smug
> superiority. Our public media speak to our hope, and they speak for
> our future as a nation. Please pass powerful legislation that will
> free them from the demeaning processes of politics and ensure their
> survival
I encourage you to add your voice to the petition, and to contribute
your own statement about why you feel it is important to protect NPR
and PBS. Here's the link to the MoveOn petition:
http://civic.moveon.org/publicbroadcasting/?
referring_id=9851-1288944-LVresno.K9EGbc9L7auiWw
Thanks!
Richard
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.
Information about Tri-State Treasures and how to submit Tri-State Treasures is at the bottom of this email. Please help me by providing all basic information and formatting your submissions as described below.
Sincerely, Jim
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Richard Muhammad Memorial Fund: On 29 December 2006, Richard Muhammad became the 84th homicide during Cincinnati's deadliest year. Ironically, "after his own arrests in earlier years, Muhammad had become a community advocate who worked to stop shootings & help promote peace. Muhammad was a youth street worker for the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission & an outreach worker for CeaseFire Cincinnati, a campaign to stop shootings. He was praised for his work & trying to halt the very thing that killed him." http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070101/NEWS01/701010331/-1/back01. Now, The Richard Muhammad Memorial Fund has been established at the Fifth Third Bank (acct. # 702 350 8026) to help Richard's widow, Sharon Muhammad & his family in the wake of his murder. Please consider making a contribution at any Fifth Third Bank branch.
Art Studios for Rent: In the heart of the Historic Arts District of Covington (41011), spaces in the Passionate Art Center @ 31-33 West Pike Street are available to rent for studios/galleries. Beautifully renovated building presently houses 9 working artists. Spaces individually available range from 70 - 375 square feet. Spaces can be combined or modified to suit needs. Rent from $75 - $400/month. Rent includes use of 1st floor store front for occasional classes, exhibits, openings, etc. More info from Jim & Barbara Ruh @ 859.341.5227 & 859.393.8358.
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Human Rights Traveling Film Festival [Thursday 8 February @ 7 PM]: The last of the four documentaries focusing on human rights violations around the world. Winter In Baghdad (Invierno en Bagdad): Filmmaker Javier Corcuera brings his gift of storytelling to this beautifully crafted film, allowing viewers to integrate the political with the personal in the tragedy of Iraq that has emerged since the war began in March 2003. Corcuera spent months in Baghdad in the winter of 2004 interviewing Iraqi families who were trying to continue daily life despite constant violence, black outs, & lack of basic necessities. As beautiful visually as it is deeply emotional. Winner Best Documentary at the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival. (Directed by Javier Corcuera; Spain; 2005; 78 min; in Arabic with English subtitles.) Free. Sponsored by Student Activities & Leadership Development. At Mainstreet Cinema Tangeman University Center, University of Cincinnati, 45220. More info @ 513.556.6115, ahoo.tabatabai@uc.edu, & http://hrw.org/iff/2006/traveling/titles.html#17.
Freedom of Celebration [Thursday 8 February @ 5:30 PM]: The first 2007 “Freedom of…” event, a Mardi Gras & Hurricane Katrina tribute. Sponsored by FreedomYP. $7 admission, with a portion going to Hurricane Katrina relief; free for Freedom Center members. RSVP to Kelly Linkugel at klinkugel@nurfc.org. At the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Leapin Lizard Gallery Grand Opening [Friday 9 February @ 6-10 PM]: As Covington experiences its art renaissance, Leapin Lizard Gallery celebrates its grand opening with "Fine art, functional works & frivolities." One-of-a-kind clocks & hand-blown glass, outdoor sculpture, unique furnishings, & a huge range of gifts both practical & fanciful. Featuring new work by: Diane Komater (wire sculpture), Ramsey Ford & Greg Kornbluh (narrative graphics), Lizz Godfroy (mixed media paintings & collage), Greg Kandis (paintings), plus work by over 150 national & regional artists. Enjoy live rhythm & blues by II Juicy & Fathead Davis, fantastic canapés by Jean-Robert's PhoParis, spiced hot chocolate by MainStrasse's Bean Haus, & a renovation slideshow presentation. Celebrate what 9 months of renovations have delivered: the 1880's Methodist Church at 8th & Main in MainStrasse has been converted to an industrial-looking loft-style gallery. At Leapin Lizard Gallery, 726 Main Street, MainStrasse, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.581.2728, leapinlizz@mac.com, & www.leapinlizardgallery.com.
Rachel Z & Her Trio @ Friday Jazz at the Hyatt [Friday 9 February @ 8:00-12 PM]: She will be playing music from her new album that will be released in March. World Class Music at a Cincinnati price. $15 cover; $10 for Jazz Club Members; $5 for CCM & NKU students; under 18 free. At the Sungarten Room, Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati, 151 West 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. $1 parking across street at 5th & Race. More info @ 513.579.1234, waltb31@fuse.net, www.rachelz.com, & www.jazzincincy.com.
I Know A Lot About Art But I Don't Know What I Like [Saturday 10 February @ 10 AM]: Owen Findsen, retired art critic for the Cincinnati Enquirer will discuss "what is art?". Free. Presented by Association for Rational Thought. Molly Malone's Restaurant, 6111 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge, OH 45213. More info @ rrdavis@fuse.net & www.cincinnatiskeptics.org.
Lesbian Tubing Adventure [Saturday 10 February @ 3-5 PM]: A great way to meet other women in a fun environment. We will introduce you to other women. $20 for 2 hours. Presented by Women Out Front. At Perfect North Slopes, 19074 Perfect Lane, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025. More info @ 513.381.7517, events@womenoutfront.com, www.perfectnorth.com & www.womenoutfront.com.
CAAC 2007 Chinese New Year Banquet [Saturday 10 February @ 6:30-11:00 PM]: You are cordially invited to enjoy Chinese ethnic culture while celebrating the start of the Chinese New Year 4705 - the year of the pig. The evening includes social hour, community awards & meeting, 10-course Chinese sit-down banquet, all new performances, children's activities, & raffles. Sponsored by Chinese American Association of Cincinnati (CAAC) & supported by Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce (GCCCC). $21.50 for GCCCC members; $28 for future GCCCC members; discounts for seniors over 64 (25%) and children 3-12 (50%); children under 3 are free. At Jungle Jim's New Oscar Event Center, 5440 Dixie Hwy, Fairfield, OH 45014. More info & RSVP @ 513.533.6567, 513.398.5726, szavon@huff.com.
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Events [Saturday 10 February @ starting at noon]:
<> Dramatic Readings with Daryl Harris @ Noon in the Escape Gallery: Stories of freedom heroes come alive with Daryl Harris from NKU.
<> Gallery Talk @ 1 PM in the Grand Hall: Dr. Ann Butler of Kentucky State University shares the story of Oliver Louis, the 1st African American Kentucky Derby winner.
<> Meet the Author @ 2 PM in the Grand Hall: Patsi Trollinger, children’s book author, will discuss & sign "Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One Of The World’s Greatest Jockeys."
All events are at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Fine Arts Fund Sampler [Saturday-Sunday 10-11 February @ 11 AM - 3/4 PM]: Saturday, enjoy performances by the Son del Caribe, Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, Sandstorm Dance Company & Just Ordinary People. Sunday, enjoy performances by the Raison D’Etre, Na Mea Hula O Cincinnati, & the Next Generation Dance Company. Free & open to the public. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski to Speak [Wednesday 14 February @ 4-5 PM]: The Honorable Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland from 1995-2005 will speak on the topic "Transforming Central & Eastern Europe: Experiences & Perspectives." Free; no ticket required. Sponsored by the Farmer School of Business, Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies, Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Oxford, OH, & the Polish Art Society of Cincinnati. At Hall Auditorium, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. More info @ 513.458.5244 ext.121, jbarankiewicz@mrcgene.com, www.pasc.us, & www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/virtual_tour/campusmap/pdfs/campusmap_oxford.pdf.
Single Lesbian Valentines Day (couples ok too) [Wednesday 14 February @ 5:30 PM]: Don't be lonely on Valentine's Day. This Friendly group will introduce you to everyone. Appetizers followed by your own choice for dinner. Any dinner purchase includes free heart-shaped chocolate desert cake. $10 includes appetizers & goodies. Free raffle items. Music by DJ Flex & Angelicious starting at 7 PM. Followed by Karaoke. Presented by Women Out Front. At Union Station Cafe, 825 Vine Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ events@womenoutfront.com & www.womenoutfront.com.
Lecture by Dr. Wlodzislaw Duch: "I Do Care" [Thursday 15 February @ 6 PM ]: Professor Wlodzislaw Duch will talk about his work on how to monitor & reach full potential of the baby's brain. Newborns have the potential to learn anything that humans may learn. This includes basic perceptual level, learning spoken & sign languages & learning other higher cognitive functions. While the ultimate level of competence achievable by a child is probably determined by the genes, the full potential for development is rarely achieved. Professor Duch is a scientist, educator, poet, & professor of theoretical physics and informatics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. His interests include creating artificial minds; data mining & data understanding methods; development of neural, machine learning & neurofuzzy systems; development of a general theory integrating machine learning & neural networks; application of neural & machine learning systems. Presented by the Polish Art Society of Cincinnati. At the St. Monica - St. George Parish Newman Center, 328 W. McMillan Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info @ 513.458.5244 ext 121, jbarankiewicz@mrcgene.com, www.pasc.us, www.fizyka.umk.pl/~duch/, http://home.fuse.net/StMonica-StGeorge/directions.htm, www.ntu.edu.sg/home/ASWDuch/cv/cvitl.html, & www.fizyka.umk.pl/~duch.
The Road I’ve Traveled Lunch Series with Carl Westmoreland [Thursday 15 February @ noon]: FreedomYP sponsors Carl Westmoreland, Senior Advisor to the Freedom Center & Curator of the Slave Pen, speaking about his experiences with race & diversity. Free with lunch provided. Space is limited to 35. RSVP to klinkugel@nurfc.org. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Master Harold & the Boys [Friday-Sunday 16-18 & 23-25 February @ 7:30 PM; matinees Sunday 18 & 25 February @ 2 PM]: Enjoy Athol Fugard's play, "Master Harold and the Boys," a largely auto-biographical piece that addresses the genesis of bigotry & hatred, & how it insidiously poisons entire cultures. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, www.newedgecliff.com, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Calligraphy Winter Workshops [Saturday 17 February @ 9:30 AM & 1:00 PM]: Greater Cincinnati Calligraphers' Guild welcomes you & your friends to a "fun" draiser that offers workshops in two calligraphy styles & two paper-altering crafts. Foundation Hand or Walnut Ink is offered @ 9:30-AM - Noon. Script or Paper Coloring is offered @ 1:00-3:30 PM. Cost is $20 per workshop or $35 per day. Pay at the door. Registration is required. More info @ 513.791.8100.
Texas Hold'em Tournament Benefit [Saturday 17 February: Register @ 4 PM; Play @ 5 PM]: $100 buy-in with no re-buys, 50% payout to top 10%. Cash games, blackjack, food & beverages. Proceeds benefit the Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church. At Heritage Universalist Unitarian Church, 2710 Newtown Road, Anderson Township, Cincinnati, OH 45244. More info @ huuc.poker@fuse.net & www.thewiredpair.com.
This Little Light of Mine [Wednesday 21 February @ 7 PM]: This Cincinnati Opera & Freedom Center collaboration presents “This Little Light of Mine,” a musical tribute to Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price, two African-American opera icons. In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513. 241.2742, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
Italian American Film Festival [Wednesdays thru 25 April @ 7:30 PM]: Sante Matteo, Prof. & Coordinator of Italian Studies in the Department of French & Italian @ Miami University presents his Annual Spring Semester Italian American Film Festival. Free & open to the public. Feb. 14: Mean Streets (1973), Martin Scorsese; Feb. 21: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), Robert Wise; Feb. 28: Rocky II (1979), Sylvester Stallone; Mar. 7: Cobra (1925) with Rudolph Valentino; Kiss Me, Guido (1997), Tony Vitale; Mar. 21: Robin & the Seven Hoods (1964), Gordon Douglas, with Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack; Mar. 28: Saturday Night Fever (1977), John Badham; Apr. 4: Scarface (1932), Howard Hawks; Apr. 11: The Godfather (1972), Francis Ford Coppola; Apr. 18: Mafia! (1998), Jim Abrahams; The Sopranos, 1st TV series episode; Apr. 25: The Sopranos, episodes from the TV series. In Room 46 Culler Hall, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056. More info @ 513.529.5932, matteos@muohio.edu.
Observatory University - "Galaxies & Cosmology" [2nd & 4th Sundays thru 27 May @ 7-9 PM]: Richard Hamilton, Cincinnati Observatory Center Staff Scientist & Xavier University Visiting Professor teaches how the Universe works. College-level astronomy courses for inquisitive members of the general public, amateur astronomers, & science educators (credit available through Xavier University). Tuition: $150 for general public, high school students (non-credit), Friends of the Observatory members, & PDU; $300 for 1 graduate credit hour & high school students for undergraduate credit (ask your school about financial support). Tuition includes 1-year individual new or renewal membership to the COC. At Cincinnati Observatory Center, 3489 Observatory Place, Cincinnati, OH 45208. Register with Nancy Downing @ 513.745.3477. More info @ 513.321.5186, Observatory@fuse.net, & www.cincinnatiobservatory.org.
Media Production 101 [Fridays thru 4 May @ Noon-2:30 PM]: Media class for undergraduate college credit; this foundation course introduces students to the fundamentals of media arts & visual literacy – light, color, composition, perspective, time, motion, sound. The course covers all the basic production techniques including scripting, lighting, shooting, producing, editing, & directing. Technical operation & understanding of all portable production & editing equipment are stressed. Students apply their skills in individual production assignments & through the creation of a larger group project. Projects will we evaluated by the class & aired on Media Bridges' Cable Access Channels. 3 college credits. For credit: $840; audit: free. Sponsored by Media Bridges Education Department & Chatfield College. 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Ronda Tuggle @ 513.921.9856 & ronda.tuggle@chatfield.edu or Sara Mahle @ 513.651.4171 x11 & sara@mediabridges.org.
Class in Garage Band [Fridays thru 9 February @ 3-5 PM]: This program provides participants with the basic techniques necessary to create, arrange, & mix their own music for use in video productions or music demos. Using Macintosh computers & Garage Band, participants will learn the basics of how to build a song from samples, then mix it down for output to files compatible to CD, video, or the web. Presented by Media Bridges. Classes are free; classes build on each other, so attendance to all is required. At Media Bridges, 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.651.4171 & sara@mediabridges.org.
Courage Under Fire: The 1961 Burning of the Freedom Riders' Bus [thru Sunday 25 March]: This collection of photographs offers an opportunity for reflection on the roles of personal courage, violence, law enforcement & the press in the Freedom Rides of 1961. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Bill Messer... Facts about Cincinnati, corrections
Ellen.
of an exhibition at the CAC. I was so impressed, I took copious notes.
But it must have been a fake. Here’s what I found on the web tonight,
which makes more sense. Should never believe what I read in an art
gallery, even if it apprears to be an actual newspaper contemporary to
its time.
BIll
“[Cincinnati] is considered to have been the first major American
"boomtown", rapidly expanding in the heart of the country in the early
nineteenth century to rival the coastal metropolis in size and wealth.
As the first major inland city in the country, it is sometimes thought
of as the first purely American city, lacking the heavy European
influence that was present on the east coast. However, by the end of the
century, its growth unexpectedly stopped and it was surpassed in
population by many other inland cities.”
One article I found says that after the Civil War Cincinnati was the
largest city in America (by area, presumably). In actual population,
Cinainnati was in the US top 10 from 1830 through 1910, but never higher
than 6th although in 1850, it was just 6,000 people short of the 4th
spot (Philly) Here are some comparrison stats:
1900
1.New York, N.Y. 3,437,20
2.Chicago, Ill. 1,698,575
3.Philadelphia, Pa.1,293,697
4.St. Louis, Mo. 575,238
5.Boston, Mass. 560,892
6.Baltimore, Md. 508,957
7.Cleveland, Ohio 381,768
8.Buffalo, N.Y.352,387
9.San Francisco, Calif.342,782
10.Cincinnati, Ohio 325,902
1890
1 New York city, NY *................ 1,515,301
2 Chicago city, IL................... 1,099,850
3 Philadelphia city, PA.............. 1,046,964
4 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 806,343
5 St. Louis city, MO................. 451,770
6 Boston city, MA.................... 448,477
7 Baltimore city, MD................. 434,439
8 San Francisco city, CA............. 298,997
9 Cincinnati city, OH................ 296,908
1860
1 New York city, NY *................ 813,669
2 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 565,529
3 Brooklyn city, NY *................ 266,661
4 Baltimore city, MD................. 212,418
5 Boston city, MA *.................. 177,840
6 New Orleans city, LA *............. 168,675
7 Cincinnati city, OH................ 161,044
1850
1 New York city, NY *................ 515,547
2 Baltimore city, MD................. 169,054
3 Boston city, MA *.................. 136,881
4 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 121,376
5 New Orleans city, LA *............. 116,375
6 Cincinnati city, OH................ 115,435
1840
1 New York city, NY *................ 312,710
2 Baltimore city, MD................. 102,313
3 New Orleans city, LA *............. 102,193
4 Philadelphia city, PA *............ 93,665
5 Boston city, MA *.................. 93,383
6 Cincinnati city, OH................ 46,338
Section Four: Books/Magazines/Reviews
................................... Send me what you are reading, viewing, liking or not... e. ps. doesn’t have to be worthy of the Book Review section of the NY times... just send me something. e.
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site: http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
Also, we have an Interactive Yahoo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
For Pot Luck procedures including food suggestions, mission and history visit
http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html .
You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website: http://www.lloydhouse.com
> To unsubscribe from the Lloyd House Potluck Salon list, send a REPLY message
> to me and in the SUBJECT line type in "unsub potluck #". In the place of #
> type in the numeral that follows the subject line of my Weekly email. It
> will be 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. This tells me which sub-list your name is on so I can
> delete it. Thanks! ellen bierhorst
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