Thursday, February 15, 2007

Weekly 2/15/07 - 5

Judy Cirillo writes:
Hi Ellen,

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.
Judy
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


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

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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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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
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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
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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
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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]: Prese
ntation 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 Februa
ry @ 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


Prof. Evan Bukey (history, U. Ark.) writes:
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,

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.  )  
-----Original Message-----
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!!!
·       

·
      
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, 2007

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Madisonville Community Center

5320 Stewart Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45227

WHY 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
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.)




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.






Section Four: Books/Magazines/Reviews
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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.





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