Check out the Juneteenth events in Eden Park this weekend... Celebrating the emmancipation of the slaves. See events under Tri-State Treasures.
And Happy Father’s Day! A devoted Mother is a phenomenon of nature; but a loving and involved father is a work of art ... and heart. E.B.
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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
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At the Table on Wednesday 6-13-07:
Barrie Konicov, Janet Kalven, Mary Biehn, Gerry Kraus, Ginger Lee Frank, Elaine Urbina, Steve Sunderland, Marvin Kraus, Spencer Konicov, Mira Rodwan, Ellen Bierhorst, Chris Metzger
Before we started, conversation: the jail issue, immigration issue, fringe festival, faith based supreme court. Genetic testing—eradicate all children with Down’s syndrome.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Barrie: Leonard Orr, I have known 30 yrs, is coming to town, 6:00 at Lloyd House, discussing the 5 most impt. Ideas. I assure you you will enjoy yourselves, he will prick your balloon of cherished beliefs. I urge you to gather friends and come. $10. Leonard is the father of rebirthing, so it is fitting he should be here.
Rebirthing: Leonard hit upon a process, hyperventilating for 40-50 minutes with a helper; your mind will take you back to your birth. You will encounter your greatest illusion, that of separation, which you take as cornerstone of all beliefs, until you get it healed. … He greatly influenced me in a v. positive way.
Steve: I am privileged to help lead a conference for handicapped students at the college level, e.g. Down’s syndrome student I met with today… wonderful!
Students will come for a week. They are the most discriminated against group re. college education. June 25,28 and July 27-29, different g roups. Also a program at X.U.
Ginger: EarthSave has a raw food author this Sunday also. Mt. Airy Forest across from the new Tree house. “Raw spirit Raw Food” by Matt Monarch. 2 pm.
TOPICS
Antioch College Closing
Marvin: Antioch… has been in the process of closing for 4 years. They are no broke. They have 40 students. Have 30 million endowment.
Steve: the universities in Ohio are bursting at the seams. Antioch is a pioneer in progressive education… co-op, grade free …
Their grad. Business school is healthy, but the central liberal arts campus is closing.
Ginger: do we have enough info about this to discuss it?
Steve: they lack leadership. I used to teach there. … many grads. Became change agents. It’s a sad day.
Attitudes about People with Disabilities
Discussion of Steve’s announcement about the handicapped students’ conference this summer at U.C.
Gerry: I read in a review of a new book about Einstein that many people thought he was retarded.
Steve: the law is clear that once they are admitted, they must be given reasonable accommodation. The pressure is on re. admissions policies.
Mira My impression of people with Down’s syndrome is that they are not feisty. Don’t seem to become angry, aggressive, violent.
Gerry neighbor 16 has Down’s, is on the feisty side.
Elaine 50% of children with Down’s have some form of heart disease.
Steve I have never met a feisty person with Down’s syndrome. … she made the point that everyone should have the courage to make the kid of art they want to make.
Mira re. the Kraus’ neighbor: often people who make assessments forget that there can be more than one problem, more than just Down’s syndrome, for example. I expect there are studies that show this pacific tendency in Down’s people.
Ginger I always felt everybody is disabled to some degree, always a compensation that is made. Einstein may have been in way functionally retarded.
Steve the question is why are people with difference so demonized? Are we afraid? At the university we have only two models: the lecture and the seminar. Period. We know a lot about different modalities… pictures, sound, movement, etc.
I can say that the system is not working. We have A students coming to UC who have no idea where Indonesia is, no idea how the government works, never met an Arab…
Antioch emphasized meaning, like Sarah Lawrence, like Goddard. But we have given that up in higher ed.
In the honors program at UC, the assumption is that if a student can’t get it, they shouldn’t be in honors.
Ellen everybody is peculiar… fear of discovering it, fear of others’ discovering it.
Marvin Group membership issue.
Elaine evolutionary advantage of being in a group. Fear of being outside the group.
Ginger if you are in the water and someone else is drowning… conflicted impulses: to save, or to risk being pulled under. … Lily Tomlin in “Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe”. … “Reality is a giant collective hunch.”
Steve: there are no people with open disabilities here… why are we chronically uncomfortable around people who are different. Dare we ask each other how we are unique? How do I learn? … A whole lot of disabilities might be going on in this group.
Chris I am reminded, when I was in school, 5th grade, class taken to a Ford plant. End of tour, assembly line. Workers installing the “loop”, plugs to give different options like power steering. The men had sheets telling which options to plug in. It occurred to me, “I’ve got the loop but they didn’t put in the algebra plug!” I took comfort.
Mira Here at the salon every once in a while we get very personal, self revelation, unguarded.
I think people who are unsure of themselves in a group find it is helpful to be in a group that looks down on others. It’s a desperate thing. “I’m not ok unless I am in a ‘superior’ group.” Think about the Nazi phenomenon.
Elaine in a diversity class, a film. Experiment: blue eye people are “good”, brown eye people are “bad”. Terrific.
Marvin in 10th grade in a h.s. fraternity, a freshman made a comment, “the trouble with all you guys is that you have inferiority complex as manifested by a superiority complex.” That’s the crux of the problem.
So encourage everyone to recognize that being different is fie, being unique is fine. How then do you feel secure?
Spencer we live in a culture. You are not supposed to stare. Except that young children may stare and they do. Anything that is unusual. According to Montessori, the child is trying to “order” the world. … Not supposed to stare at mongoloids. Allowed to stare at beautiful people, however.
Gerry everybody, even those the most self confident, feel insecure at some point.
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Steve people can cluster together not on the basis of feeling the same as others in the group, but rather on the basis of what is feared.
Barrie about 13 mos ago, a Wall St. Journal article; 479 studies conclude.. a leader, designated superior group, designated inferior group. Even when the subjects are mice! The belief of the experimenter determined which mouse did best in the study.
… If you think someone of a certain race has certain characteristics, then they will exhibit those.
… birth trauma, separation anxiety at moment of birth cut off from oxygen supply when deprived of enough time to make the transition from water environment to air…
my eyes have changed from brown to hazel or grey or blue in the last ten years.
The issue of separation is a major theme, acted out in Genesis, Adam and Eve story. Women are not inferior, but actually superior. Actually, the story tells that if Eve had not taken the risk, Adam would still be a schnook. … Until we change the very premise of what we are dong,
Ginger how can we trust Genesis when it says Eve was created from Adam, when clearly the reverse is true.
Barrie Eve was not created, she was taken from Adam. “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep (tardema= a mystical sleep) to fall upon man, and he took one of his ribs… What is missing is “And the Lord God woke him up.” Most people are in trance.
Janet I was just in San Diego. Much better climate. Why am I living in Ohio? … my old Aristotelian training, the different levels of live: vegetative level, grow and reproduce. Animals have also locomotion and sensation. Human beings add reason. Some do and some don’t.
Elaine some people never leave concrete thought for the abstract.
Mira before I moved, I always reassured myself, “If things don’t work out I’ll just find modern dance people and live near the university,” so I felt safe. Do other feel that way
Janet when younger, I was ready for anything. Now however, I want to know there will always be someone I know.
Ginger … each one could teach the rest of us something.
Ellen in answer to Mira’s question: when I relocate to Denver, I feel comfortable because I know I can find fellowship and inclusion with the Jews, the queers, and the recovering people.
Barrie Adam and Eve story is so important… we are all in a trance from which we must awaken ourselves.
Spencer Steve, you are talking a lot about people with Down’s syndrome people gong to university. I know of a Down’s syndrome girl who was “mainstreamed”. Kids were initially uncomfortable, parents were uncomfortable, … she was there for 2 years. Years later the teacher ran into her, and she had no memory of the teacher, her name, or the fact that she had been there for two years. So there is a wide variety among Down’s syndrome people.
Steve I agree. I have met many others with Down’s syndrome who were not of college potential, only this one. But I do see that I have prejudice.
Not so long ago we thought that Black people couldn’t be lawyers, doctors… Jews could not be anything but criminals.
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
Don’t miss Leonard Orr at the Lloyd House! Father of “Rebirthing”, a psychotherapeutic technique wildly popular in the late 80’s and 90’s; an unforgettable character; thought to be a creative genius by many. Sunday, 17 June at 6 pm. He will talk on “The Five Greatest Ideas”. The session will be 1 to 2 hours long. This guy is fascinating. Only $10 (instead of the usual $35 since I am putting him up and he is doing us a favor.)
I use his affirmations technique consistently in my own life and teach it to my clients all the time. I have never met Leonard in person but I can’t wait. I’ve heard some marvelous stories. E.B.
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Plein-Air Landscape Painting [Saturdays 23 June - 25 August @ 10 AM - 1 PM]: Experience the pleasure of painting "in the open air,” of self-expression, of seeing the world in a new way in scenic parks around Cincinnati as you learn to sketch & paint with oils. No experience necessary. Instructor Richard Luschek studied classical painting with Boston painter Paul Ingbretson for 3 years after earning his BFA in the UC DAAP program. In addition to working as an artist & maintaining his art studio, Richard has taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati & teaches private classes in his studio. View his work @ www.richardluschek.com & his blog http://richardluschek.blogspot.com. First class meets at artist's Eden Park studio, then at parks. $199 for the 10-week class; supplies not included; a list will be sent with enrollment confirmation. Details & directions to the locations will be given in class. More info @ 513.479.3322, richard_Luschek@yahoo.com, & www.uc.edu/ace/noncreditreg/browseclasses.aspx?classid=_xx1.
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Labrador Bath & Brush [thru Monday 18 June]: Get your Labrador clean & fresh for the summer, while saving 50%. All labs - all sizes - only $37.95. Your dog will receive a gentle bath with organic shampoo, a painless nail clip, thorough ear cleaning, & a soothing brush-out that will make your dog look & feel his/her very best. At 7466 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45255. More info @ 513.231.7297 & margospawspa@zoomtown.com, & www.margospawspa.com.
2007 Best of the Bottoms Art Show & Auction [Friday 15 June @ 6-9 PM]: The evening will feature artwork created on the Valley View property. Music, drinks & light appetizers. Many of the artists will be present. Tickets are $50 per person; all proceeds benefit the Valley View Foundation. At the Cincinnati Nature Center's Krippendorf Lodge, 4949 Tealtown Road, Milford, OH 45150.
More info @ 513.831.1711, Abrewer1@cinci.rr.com, www.valleyviewcampus.org, & www.cincynature.org.
Tiger Lily Press - Printmakers' Show [Friday 15 June @ 6-8 PM]: Exhibition opening of local print makers. Tiger Lilly began at the YWCA in 1979 & comes back to its roots with this show that includes works by current print makers as well as founding members. Unique works on paper. Free. At the YWCA, 898 Walnut Street, downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.241.7090 & www.tigerlilypress.org.
The Bruce Menefield BAM-TET @ Friday Jazz at the Hyatt [Friday 15 June @ 8:30-12 PM]: One of the country's best tenor/alto/soprano players perform with his interesting group. If you want to join the Jazz Club or it's time to renew, do so before July 1; after July 1 the price increases to $100. The good news is the Jazz expands to 2 nights a week starting July 11; details to follow. $10 cover; free for Jazz Club Members & under 18; $5 for CCM & NKU students. Sponsored by National City Bank. At the Sungarten Room, Hyatt Hotel Cincinnati, 151 West 5th Street, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.579.1234, waltb31@fuse.net, & www.jazzincincy.com.
Picnic Under the Pines & Open House [Saturday 16 June @ 5-7 PM]: Teachers & students of GSL Monastery invite you to try some traditional Tibetan dishes like momos (like Chinese fried dumplings or pot stickers, but better) or just grab a burger, potato salad and some chips. Invite your friends & family if they are curious about the Tibetan Buddhist monks teaching in Grosbeck. Please RSVP. At 3046 Pavlova Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45251. More info & RSVP @ 513.385.7116, gsl@ganden.org, & www.ganden.org.
OUTReels [Saturday 16 June @ Noon–10:30 PM]: Cincinnati’s only Gay Lesbian Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival will screen 8 films showcasing gay romantic comedies, documentary profiles of pioneering lesbian activists, a long-term male couple & a 70s iconic personality, & a shilling portrait of gay men & meth addiction. $25 Full Festival Pass available online; $8 single tickets at the door. Both sold at the Pride Festival June 9-10 at Northside’s Hoffner Park. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mt. Adams, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info, tix schedule & descriptions @ outreels@glbtcentercincinnati.com & www.outreels.com.
Global Shoes [June 16- July 11]: This exhibit encourages children & their families to explore global cultures within the context of a fantasy shoe store & factory. The exhibition incorporates intriguing collections objects & a variety of hands-on & feet-in activities. Visitors are encouraged to explore how shoes are clues to people & places through try-on, role-play & investigative activities. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
Juneteenth Festival [Saturday 16 June @ Noon - 9 PM]: Cincinnati's 20th annual celebrate of the end of slavery in 1865. Festival includes children's activities, food, arts & crafts, music, health pavilion, & history re-enactors. At 12:30, a parade of children carrying flags of 74 countries with historical ties to the slave trade & the African diaspora. At 1:30, an authors' forum. At 3:30, writers' workshops. Veteran's Pavilion: military veterans (& their families) of all generations are invited to contribute to the Cincinnati Library’s oral history project & add their own history to the Veterans’ Commemorative Quilt; exhibits by local Tuskegee Airmen & historical actors from Camp Nelson & the James Ramage Civil War Museum. History Pavilion: exhibits & demonstrations including the Maysville Underground Railroad Museum, the American Saddlebred Museum (featuring the history of black horsemen from the late 1800’s), the National African American History & Cultural Center, & the Shakers of Pleasant Hill. Free. At Mirror Lake, Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Lydia Morgan @ 513.631.7289, lydiajm@fuse.net, & www.juneteenthcincinnati.org.
A Memorial for Dr. Jean Rothenburg [Sunday 17 June @ 11 AM]: A pioneer in assisting the hearing-impaired in Cincinnati, & a personality extraordinaire. In lieu of flowers, make contributions to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Jean W. Rothenberg Fund for Better Hearing, 200 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Memorial is @ Hebrew Union College Chapel, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220.
June Fest Father’s Day Concert [Sunday 17 June @ 2-6 PM]: The Cincinnati May Festival is Juneteenth Cincinnati’s partner in presenting this revival of annual concerts that began in the days when Cincinnati music was racially segregated. The Father’s Day concert offers families a relaxing afternoon of inspirational music, including performances by talented young classical musicians, liturgical dancers, several outstanding church choirs, & the Charles Folds Singers. Free. Seasongood Pavilion, Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info from Lydia Morgan @ 513.631.7289, lydiajm@fuse.net, & www.juneteenthcincinnati.org.
Leonard Orr [Sunday 17 June @ 6 PM]: Father of “Rebirthing,” a psychotherapeutic technique wildly popular in the late 80’s & 90’s; an unforgettable character; thought to be a creative genius by many. Leonard will talk on “The Five Greatest Ideas.” The session will be 1-2 hours. This guy is fascinating. $10. At the Lloyd House, 3901 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info from Ellen Bierhorst @ 513.221.1289, ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com, & www.lloydhouse.com.
C.R.E.A.T.E. You Teen Week [Monday-Friday June 18 - 22 June @ 10 AM - 4 PM]: Designed especially for girls ages 12-16, take a week to explore who you are now & who you are becoming. Art, crafts, journaling, yoga, photography & more. No experience required or expected. $245 includes supplies; bring lunch each day; reservations plus $50 required by May 15. At Creative Catalysts, Studio #231, Essex Studios Complex, Cincinnati, OH. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.
O'Bryonville Animal Rescue Annual Garage Sale - Donations Wanted [Friday-Sunday 22-24 June]: They are currently seeking donations of items for the sale; no clothing or old books, please. If you have items, contact Beth Muccillo at bjohnston@fuse.net. They have limited pickup ability or can arrange a time to drop your items in Madisonville. All proceeds benefit feral & stray cats in Cincinnati. At 5619 Orlando Place, Madisonville, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info @ 513.871.PAWS, info@theanimalrescue.com, & www.theanimalrescue.com.
Hidden Treasures - Gardens of College Hill Tour [Saturday 23 June @ 11 AM - 4 PM]: A self-guided tour of the landscaping of 7 large & modest sites, each with special features. Plant sale, container garden contest, light refreshments. Before June 23, tickets are $8 at College Hill Coffee Co & Casual Gourmet, 6128 Hamilton Ave. Day of tour tickets $10 at start of the tour @ First United Church of Christ, 5808 Glenview Avenue off Belmont, College Hill, Cincinnati, OH 45224. More info & maps @ 513.681.1326 or collegehillgardeners@cinci.rr.com.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
1st Bi-Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit & Indoor Art Gallery [thru September]: Explore the newest art at Historic Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. For centuries, the cemetery has showcased artisans' monuments, mausoleums, & stained glass. Now stroll the outdoor Garden Courtyard to see art from local artists tucked among the Arboretum's spectacular horticulture. Plus, several local artists contributed oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, & other art forms to the Indoor Art Gallery. Ten of the paintings are by local artist Richard Luschek. The artists used the beauty of Spring Grove as inspiration for their creations; each work of art representing a facet of the cemetery's grandeur. The Indoor Art Gallery is in the Historic Office Building, just inside the cemetery main entrance; a map of the sculpture exhibit is available at the Customer Service Center or the Indoor Art Gallery inside the Historic Office. Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5PM, Saturday 8:30AM-4PM, Sunday Noon-4PM. Co-sponsored by Spring Grove & Summerfair Foundation. At Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45232. More info @ 513.681.7526, richard_luschek@yahoo.com, & www.springgrove.org/SG/CALENDAR/EventCalendar/SculptureExhibit.shtm.
1st Bi-Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit & Indoor Art Gallery [thru September]: Explore the newest art at Historic Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. For centuries, the cemetery has showcased artisans' monuments, mausoleums, & stained glass. Now stroll the outdoor Garden Courtyard to see art from local artists tucked among the Arboretum's spectacular horticulture. Plus, several local artists contributed oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, & other art forms to the Indoor Art Gallery. Ten of the paintings are by local artist Richard Luschek. The artists used the beauty of Spring Grove as inspiration for their creations; each work of art representing a facet of the cemetery's grandeur. The Indoor Art Gallery is in the Historic Office Building, just inside the cemetery main entrance; a map of the sculpture exhibit is available at the Customer Service Center or the Indoor Art Gallery inside the Historic Office. Monday-Friday 8:30AM-5PM, Saturday 8:30AM-4PM, Sunday Noon-4PM. Co-sponsored by Spring Grove & Summerfair Foundation. At Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum, 4521 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45232. More info @ 513.681.7526, richard_luschek@yahoo.com, & www.springgrove.org/SG/CALENDAR/EventCalendar/SculptureExhibit.shtm.
Business As Unusual: Heroes of the Holocaust [thru July 29]: This exhibition tells the story of Oskar Schindler & his actions to protect Jews during the Holocaust which have earned him a special place among honored rescuers. Woven into this well-known story of courage is the story of a Cincinnati family that followed this same difficult path & the positive role of corporate social responsibility in fighting injustice & social crisis today. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info @ 513.333.7500, ETurner@nurfc.org, & www.freedomcenter.org.
3rd Annual Magnitude 7 Exhibit of Small Art Works [thru Friday 6 July]: Juried, 50 small works by 30 artists from 14 states & the UK. Works in a wide variety of media including sculpture, fibers, printmaking, photography, painting, drawing, mixed media, & collage. Small works are very portable & fit well into many spaces. They evoke a sense of one's own physicality, in a completely different way than larger works. Small works are intimate; inviting approach & inspection. Like short poetry, they are a challenge to craft with the same presence of their larger counterparts. The exhibit consists of works no larger than 7 inches in any dimension. At Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
Studio 89 Free Concerts @ WNKU [Mondays thru 27 August @ 8:30 PM]: Was once Monday night's best kept secret, Studio 89 now requires advance reservations. This year's schedule: June 18 = Xavier Rudd; June 25 = Ellison; July 2 = NO CONCERT; July 9 = Peppertown; July 16 = Swinging Steaks; July 23 = Rob Fetters; July 30 = Hobex; August 6 = Kim Taylor; August 13 = TBA; August 20 = Toby Myers & Moe Z; August 27 = Jayne Sachs Band. Seating is limited, make reservations up to a week in advance. Performances will be video taped for broadcast on WKET TV. At Studio 89, 301 Landrum Academic Center, Highland Heights, KY 41099. More info & reservations @ 859.572.6500, radio@nku.edu, & www.wnku.org/page_wnku.asp?p=0530720.
Highlights from the Cincinnati Opera Archives [thru Tuesday 2 October]: Cincinnati Opera Association began its life in 1920 as the 2nd oldest opera company in the U.S. The Opera performed at the Cincinnati Zoo Pavilion until 1972, when it moved to Music Hall. Over the years, singers who have graced the stage include Plácido Domingo, Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, James Morris, & Barbara Daniels, to name a few. The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County will now house the archives of the Cincinnati Opera, previously maintained by the Cincinnati Historical Society, exhibiting some of the Opera’s treasures as Highlights from the Cincinnati Opera Archives: photographs, programs, scrapbooks, posters, articles, publicity, & much more from 1883-1994. At Art & Music Department, Main Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.369.6959, Emily.Mueller@CincinnatiLibrary.org, & www.cincinnatilibrary.org.
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Section Three: Articles
Contents:
- Steve Heller, the Voting Machine whistle blower hero: Bring Back Habeas Corpus!
- RFID issue (federal I.D. For everyone): NO, says the ACLU
- David Rosenberg sends in article on the Energy Grid
- Mike Murphy sends in link to “History of Dem Party” and his comment
Steve Heller, the Voting Machine whistle blower hero: Bring Back Habeas Corpus!- Hello Friends,
I write to you today to beg you to help restore the writ of habeas corpus to American law, and to bar the use of information gleaned through torture.
Sen. Chris Dodd (D. CT) is sponsoring a bill called the Restoring the Constitution Act (RCA), and he is asking for citizen co-sponsors. The RCA would, in the words of Sen. Dodd, ensure "that suspected terrorists will be treated consistent with norms of our national law and the Geneva Conventions, to which we remain a signatory, [so that] we can protect our national security while upholding the international credibility so critical to securing America."
Please my friends, please, regardless of your political beliefs, I beg you to help your nation and yourself by helping restore the writ of habeas corpus and prevent American torture of prisoners.
Sen. Dodd has written a blog for Huffington Post in which he explains his position, gives a bit of history to put this situation in context, and asks citizens to co-sponsor the Restoring the Constitution Act. His blog is very short, it would take you less than five minutes to read it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-dodd/restoring-americas-stand_b_51114.html
And you can sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of the bill here:
http://restore-habeas.org/
Also, please, regardless of the state you live in, contact your senators and insist they join in sponsoring Sen. Dodd's Restoring the Constitution Act. You can find your senators and their contact information here: www.senate.gov <http://www.senate.gov/> Remember, your senators work for you; you're the BOSS of them, so call, write, email and tell 'em what to do!
I can think of no issue more important than restoring the writ of habeas corpus and returning America to a nation that will not torture people.
Thank you,
Steve Heller
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R.F.I.D.... The ACLU says, Hell No!- Long waits to renew your driver's license.
- $45 million of Ohio funds the first year.
- Increased risk of identity theft.
- Real ID? Worthless.
- Urge your state Representative to support HCR 18.
- Tomorrow an Ohio House committee will hold their first hearing on a bill to protect your privacy, save you money, and make Ohio safer.
- That bill is HCR 18, sponsored by Representative Diana Fessler, and it will tell Congress that Ohio rejects a costly and dangerous federal takeover of state driver's licenses.
- Contact your state Representative today and urge them to support HCR 18.
- Read more about the dangerous federal ID takeover here.
- Stand up! Get active! Make some noise! Our new website has all the tools you need to restore lost liberty.
- Check it out at http://www.acluohio.org.
Salonista, Farmer, Bridegroom David Rosenberg sends this “Interesting perspective on the energy debate”:
Adventures in the Smart Grid #1
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It's the world's largest machine -- the interconnected network of power plants, transmission towers, substations, poles, and wires that make up the power grid. When you flip the switch you expect the juice to flow and don't have much reason to think about it, except during the occasional blackout. Power engineers and energy wonks might get passionate about the grid, but for most people it's just a background fact of life.
It's time to bring the grid into the foreground, because it positions at the exact center of the world's most crucial issue, global climate change. The power grid is the source of one-third of U.S. global warming emissions. Unless we clean it up we cannot avert severe climate change. The grid is also the key to electrifying transportation and making more effective use of heat generated for buildings and industry, source of the vast bulk of remaining emissions. The grid can be the ultimate climate saver.
But today's power grid cannot do it. A system built on central generating stations, little changed from the first power grids deployed in the late 1800s, lacks flexibility and smarts. We need a new grid capable of networking millions of distributed energy devices such as solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and smart appliances. We need an internet of energy that employs the latest in digital technologies. We need a Smart Grid.
On August 14, 2003, an overheated transmission line in Ohio sagged into the power grid's greatest natural enemy, a tree branch. The resulting power failure cascaded from the Midwest to Broadway in seconds. Power grid operators were quickly on the phones trying to grope through the grid equivalent of the fog of war, but it was too late. The biggest blackout in U.S. history was underway, leaving 50 million people without power.
The event underscores a crucial fact. Of all major infrastructures, the power grid is the least automated by digital technology. Contrast the big box chain which keeps a constant inventory linking checkout stand to warehouse with the utility which must send its linemen into the field to hunt out downed power lines. Or set the control room operator balancing power plants and demands against the internet, constantly rerouting information flows. Modern digital systems rely on real-time data and automated responses, while the grid functions on delayed information and human decisions.
The immediate implication is declining power reliability as demands on the grid grow. Columbia University grid researcher Roger Anderson notes that "since 1998, the frequency and magnitude of blackouts has increased at an alarming rate ... If present trends continue a blackout enveloping half the continent is not out of the question."
But the more serious long-term implication is that the grid cannot take on the tasks it needs to accomplish to reduce global warming pollution. Look on the grid of today as if it were the old computer network with a mainframe computer at the hub and terminals at the end of the spokes. The "mainframe" of the grid is the central power station. Transmitting power out the spokes to end users is a relatively simple management task compared to a system in which power generators are distributed throughout the network and power flows are many-way. Utility engineers typically resist distributed generation specifically because it makes their management task more complex. Most states have now enacted net metering laws which require utilities to interconnect small-scale distributed generators, but cap the total amount in the system to avoid destabilizing the grid.
So far solar photovoltaic panels, small-scale wind-power generators, fuel cells, and other localized generators have not penetrated far enough into the market to raise much of a challenge. But consider the moment at which breakthroughs are achieved and distributed generation experiences an explosive takeoff, as a number of observers project for solar PV power. Then power distribution systems will have to be automated. In effect, an information internet backbone will automatically route and manage the complex power flows of the energy internet.
Cogeneration is prospectively one of the largest distributed energy sources. Building and industrial heat could be recycled to generate electricity on-site. Interconnection to the grid can make the business case for a cogen unit, providing a market for surplus and a grid backup when the unit is down. But utilities discourage these kind of connections, again, because they pose complex management problems. Smart Grid systems will make cogen far more economically feasible.
In transportation, improvements in battery technology are stirring new interest in electrified options, including plug-in hybrids and pure battery vehicles. Mass-scale electrified transport will require Smart Grid systems. One function will be to match charging times to clean power availability. For example, in many regions wind power tends to be generated at night. A Smart Grid can send real-time signals to plugged-in vehicles alerting them to charge when turbine blades are turning. Another Smart Grid function will be to manage vehicle-to-grid networks in which electrified fleets supply power to the grid as well as receive power from it. Making intermittent renewables into a 24-7 power source requires energy storage, and our cars which generally sit parked 22 hours a day are an ideal match. Smart systems will manage "V2G" networks.
An energy systems revolution is upon us, and the Smart Grid is at its very center. In future installments I will drill down more into the capabilities and potentials of the Smart Grid, as well as the obstacles and challenges along the road there. Meanwhile, for those who want to read up, check out my paper, "Powering Up the Smart Grid" for one of the most complete overviews of the topic.
Mike Murphy: not so nice history of Dem. Party:
http://www.mcn.org/e/iii/books/demhist.htm
Salonistas--
The attached history of the Democratic Party, from Jackson to Clinton, by William P. Meyers seems relevant to most Salonista tendencies. Meyers shows it to be opportunistic and imperialistic, essentially corporation-serving. Which is no surprise to Salonistas, of course.
But reviewing this history might prompt us to shift our allegiances, and to begin to move away from global corporate-supporting positions and candidates, to articulating and supporting genuine people-empowering positions and candidates.
My own recommendations are the positions found in "Alternatives to Economic Globalization" [ ed. by Cavanagh and Mander], and "The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism" [David Korten], as well as positions advocated by Congressman Dennis Kucinich.
Of course, we need to correspond and dialog with such candidates, to let them know what we do favor. I just received a call from a Kucinich supporter, and recommended that Dennis have a series of 'town meetings' in order to facilitate such exchanges of views, if we are to change the direction of society from its present move toward facism.
Mike Murphy
http://www.mcn.org/e/iii/books/demhist.htm
Section Four: Books/Movies/Magazines/Reviews
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