The Lloyd House Wednesday Night Salon WEEKLY
(See at end of this email for introductory material)
(See at end of this email for introductory material)
SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES
David, Marguerite, Viddle, Mira, (Mr. G.), Alan, Lauren, Jason, Scott, (not pictured: Julia, Marvin, Gerry, Sophia)
David, Marguerite, Viddle, Mira, (Mr. G.), Alan, Lauren, Jason, Scott, (not pictured: Julia, Marvin, Gerry, Sophia)
At the Table: David Rosenberg, Margueritte, Viddle, Alan Weiner, Lauren Hanisian, Jason Manny, Scott Seeborg, Ellen Bierhorst, Mr. G, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus Mira Rodwan, Julia Yarden, Sophia Yarden
Mira: still looking for my July Funny Times...
Margurite: a gathering Sat 2-4 in Washington Park protesting the theft of the park , protesting the city's plans for redoing the park. They want to tear out trees, build parking lot. Give it to 3CDC. No swim pool, no basketball courts.
Gerry: They are redoing the whole thing as part of the renovation of that section. It is for the people who are going to live there. Posh. Up-scale. Will have a dog run. Make the park less intimidating for people going to the Music Hall. Also better for the SPCA school. They will keep the band stand/gazeebo. Some people think it will inhibit the homeless from using it. There will be more trees, flowers. It sounds nice.
Margurite: the current residents are opposed. Wanted to keep the pool, the basketball courts. We need to consider income and class issues. Is it going to be friendly for both low and high income folks. ?
THE WATER WORKS SALE PLAN
Margurite: technically it is not "privatization" but ... (amounts to the same thing.ellen)
Gerry: the proponents claim that they won't privatize it, but Barbara Wolf's video documentary explains that this could be changed. See her video: http://vimeo.com/13379237
David Barbara Wolf is a brilliant video journalist. We are so lucky to have her here.
Gary: I switched to the Duke offer, "Duke Retail" for guaranteed lower electricity prices. I researched it, and there didn't seem any reason not to take it.
David: a Barbara Wolf story. In the late 70's or early 80's, Winton Place Civic club meeting. It was a conservative blue collar neighborhood. They send a rep from a garbage incineration company, wanting to build an incinerator at Este and Center Hill, right near Winton Place. They sent a slick salesman. "We will have jobs... No pollution... Contribute taxes..." We were skeptical, and I convinced everyone to be skeptical. I said, "We need a professional helper. ... Hire an environmental coordinator." The motion carried. Whoo to hire. I called Roxanne Q who was running Citizen Action. She recommended Barbara Wolf, and she became our environmental action coordinator and we beat the pants off the slick incinerator guys. A wonderful ending. She learned the facts and communicated them well. ... She also has a partner, Michael Burnam, one of Cinti's great story tellers, is at CCM.
SCOTT SEEBORG: Democrat Political Organizer
Scott:
Still tired from election of 2008; why is this election important;
how effective can our efforts be;
how is the campaign organized;
What is the strategic importance of this race;
Obama's positions.
Myself:
Grew up Portland, OR. Loved camping. I ran a record lable there. 911 shut off my business. Moved to Philadelphia. I had worked for liberal candidates in OR. I answered an ad in Philly "We are looking for environmental superheros", and worked for a water protection non profit. 2003, worked for the Clean Water Act. I did 30,000 door to door calls. Left me with a sense of power, an American, ... To make people's lives better.
Money is more valuable when seen as a tool for people. Human life comes first. I cannot stand putting money above life. ... E.g. Pittsburg; a steel town, high cancer rates. Many polluting industries along the river. So much soot in the air, my knuckles turned black knocking on doors. The regulatory agencies looked at polluters one by one w/o noticing the concentration of polluters in this one area.
An individual citizen took videos of smoke coming out of chimneys, showing color. His efforts enabled us to blow the whistle on polluters. We won... The Bush administration tried to destroy the Clean Water Act.
It was an amazing time for me. ... The night the Iraq war started I was canvassing, people invited me in to see the war on TV. Blew me away. ... In 2004 I worked hard for Kerry. We lost, and I was discouraged.
So we started organizing against US Senator Rick Santoro for 2006. He had less than an F record with the League of Conservation Voters. Worked for 13 months. In 2006 an event that changed my life. Was traveling all over the country, working on election. Ended up in Chester Co Pennsylvania. Curt Weldon had held power a long time, great conservative voter, terrible on environmental issues. We succeeded in unseating him from the US House of Rep. ... On election day, 2006, we had had 300 canvasers... Were really tired at 7:30, but polls didn't close until 8. Decided to get another half hour... The election was so close there had to be a recount; the Dem won by 23 votes. I believe that was the work of that small group of committed individuals.
From '06 to '08 I got involved trying to get young people into environmental action. Citizens' Campaign Network. ...
Now working for the Democratic party.
My wife's family are all from Cincinnati. She grew up here. She is at UC in grad school gender studies.
And I wanted to be in Ohio, a battleground state.
Look back to 2004. The Bush Administration doing egregious things. Civil Liberties. Fear strategy. Scare people into things .... They had a Grover Norquist (economist) alpproach. "Make gov't so small it can be drowned in a bathtub." I was alarmed by that. It was terrible. Enormous anti war demonstrations did not thing to curb the war...Over a million people dead in Iraq. (Lauren: and we spent a trillion dollars on that war.)
I felt responsible.
I personally have arthritis of the spine (ankylosing spondalitis). I wasn't able to get meds I needed because it was "pre-existing condition"... Huge run around, red tape.
In the future I might have a shot at getting health insurance because of the reforms. That was not possible back in 2008; if McCain had won, it would not be happening either.
In PA they were spraying pesticides on school yards during school hours... We got involved... Asked them to spray in the evenings, weekends. They refused. But in 9 years of work we got a bill passed, finally. Protects kids in schools from those pesticides. So government takes a long time.
Jason Manny: Scott is paid, but I am a volunteer. Cincinnati almost all my life. ... I got involved in the Article 12 repeal campaign, that was successful. Since then in organizing. Obama in 2008.
Young people, LGBT, Blacks, Hispanics were targeted by the campaign, and is a big reason why we won.
Republicans have controled Ohio for 20 year, and controlled the reapportionment board. (Gerrymandering of districts). In 2008 we won only because we had so many volunteers. We want to control the reapportionment board for the next ten years so we don't have to do so much heroic volunteers work. Governor, Sec-y of state, State Auditor. Very important, key.
Ted Strickland, D. is up for re election.
Marilyn O'Shaugnasee, D. is running for Sec'y of State.
Rich Cordray is running for Att'y Gen.
David Pepper is running for State Auditor.
Scott:
Why is this election so important?
Redistricting is going to happen next year. If the Republicans are in control of those key posts (gov, Secy state, State Auditor) it will be very bad for us. Gerrymandering. See the graph athttp://hamiltoncountydems.org/ showing democrat/republican voting in Hamilton Co.
Thanks to Obama, we have a wonderful organization here. He got more % of the vote in to turn out to vote, than any president in history. Did it by using the snowflake model. Neighbors talking to neighbors. Around each neighborhood team leader are volunteers who manage phone bank, etc. etc.
(What is the GOP's model?) In my experience the GOP has maintained a centralized get out the vote effort, centered on religious institutions. Not as grass roots. Not a neighbor to neighbor volunteer operation.
I get paid, but I work 7 days a week, 80+ hours.
David: I think the Republicans out message the Dems and get the average person to vote against their interests time and again.
Scott: we need to turn Ohio blue or else lose all our hard work from 2008. In addition to reapportionment issue, if we can get new voters to vote again for the dems, they will stay dem all their lives.
In '08 we did tremendous new registered voters. We need to keep those new voters voting.
We can be as effective now as we were in 2008. It's all about people volunteering.
Phone banking, canvassing: the crux of any organizing work. When people are face to face it is qualitatively different from media messaging. The big money pays for media. Face to face voter contact is the premier way to win elections.
What would volunteers do in this campaign? Spend a few hours talking to neighbors, ask others to get involved.
It might come down to 23 votes.
Jason: historically the mid term election sees loss of seats for the White House party.
We want to win Voinovich senate seat. Lee Fisher.
We want to keep Driehaus. The alternative is super conservative Chabot again.
Scott: ohio going blue in 2008 was a really big deal. When you have a democratic governor and senators, the president does better on re election. If we hold Ohio now, it will be great for Obama's reelection in 2012.
Every strategist and analysis say that if the Republicans are to regain control, they must get Ohio. So Ohio is THE key battleground state.
Mira:
Many people like me are disappointed with Obama's playing ball with Geithner and Sommers. I am an independent. I am on the left fringe of this group.
David
Why vote Democratic? What are the issues.
Scott:
I am from the left, from Oregon.
There would not have been movement on "don't ask don't tell"
Mountain coal removal... Halted by Obama. Environmental impacts are being studied.
Draw down of military action in Iraq. Eventual draw down in Afghan.
Student loan reform; a massive impact. Graduates to pay only a % of their income in debt repayment; and if they go into public service you may be allowed to pay less than the full amount of your loan. There is a point at which the debt is forgiven.
Mr. G. we would love to have some details about these points. It is hard to get information. What concrete things have been enacted? Especially contrasting points: Bush did X, Obama did Y. Concrete facts.
Scott: that is important. I agree. Want to get these facts.
David: to me Obama squandered the first year in office; didn't point out how awful things really were under Bush.
When I try and assess where we are at in the electorate by feel it is dismal! Media is saying "Dems will lose the house" and "Dems might lose the senate".
I sure don't buy the argument that "the media is controlled by money alone". I think good information is not getting out there.
Scott: we will be talking door to door about these issues.
Gerry: I am in Jean Schmidt's district... Her dem opponent is Surya Yalamanchili "Chili"...
http://votechili.com/
Not Kirkorian. I don't think he has a chance. I don't feel like working for him. Why did the local Dems put up Chili instead of Kirkorian?
Margurite: you can donate $50 to the campaign of a candidate for state office and deduct it from your Ohio tax bill. You can spread it out over governor, sec'y of state, reps etc.
Yes, there is plenty Obama has done that disappointed me, but you still want to put your energy in the campaign this year. There are all these different jobs...it might be volunteering for the Dem party, or for a candidate, or from the League of Women Voters, or taking people to the polls. Everybody can find a job.
Mr. G. Think of this as campaigning against Sarah Palin, the tea party... We've seen how bad things can get. Even if Obama isn't so great...
Ellen: I am very strong for Obama... Reading the biography The Bridge
Marvin: Obama promoted the 700 billion bail out for the banks, but the little businesses can't borrow money. Big banks get the money ... They are keeping it. They make their money from credit cards.
The 700 billion could have been put to better use, given to little businesses.
Obama's advisors were never little people.
What do I tell people when I ask them to vote for Democrats.
Jason: the 700 billion was proposed by Bush. The stimulus Obama passed was for job growth. Most of the 700 billion has been paid back by most of the banks.
They haven't made small business loans; disappointing; so now there is planning to divert the money that has been repaid towards small businesses...
Marvin: the administration has real power in the regulations that really control who gets the money, enforcement, oversight...
The regulations say, "You hae to have so much in reserves..."
Scott: as Obama was being elected we saw the economy spiraling downward. The Bush administration did the TARP program. Unleashed a massive amount of money. Obama had to deal with that as he came in ...
I think they could have done a better job with the financial bail out; now the reforms that are being passed are edging us back towards ethical responsibility in banks.
The health care reform bill also edging us back towards towards ethical responsibility ...
Children can remain on parents' policy until age 26...
Stem Cell research opened up ...
Mr. G. There was a NYTimes article this week. Health Insurance companies now threatening to limit your choice of docs and hospitals.
Re. Ellen's loving Obama: many people have a worse life in the last year and a half. What are you going to say to them?
What can we say to support Strickland, Fisher, the others.? Under Strickland many jobs were lost.
Gerry: Strickland's opponent Kasich,
Scott: Kasich came from wall st. where he made a lot of money. ...
Strickland: He passed landmark education reforms; lowered senior citiz. Tax; created 50,000 new jobs by a legislation. Lowered tuition for college.
Kasich worked for the rich, against the poor. ... http://www.ohiodems.org/
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
Mira: still looking for my July Funny Times...
Margurite: a gathering Sat 2-4 in Washington Park protesting the theft of the park , protesting the city's plans for redoing the park. They want to tear out trees, build parking lot. Give it to 3CDC. No swim pool, no basketball courts.
Gerry: They are redoing the whole thing as part of the renovation of that section. It is for the people who are going to live there. Posh. Up-scale. Will have a dog run. Make the park less intimidating for people going to the Music Hall. Also better for the SPCA school. They will keep the band stand/gazeebo. Some people think it will inhibit the homeless from using it. There will be more trees, flowers. It sounds nice.
Margurite: the current residents are opposed. Wanted to keep the pool, the basketball courts. We need to consider income and class issues. Is it going to be friendly for both low and high income folks. ?
THE WATER WORKS SALE PLAN
Margurite: technically it is not "privatization" but ... (amounts to the same thing.ellen)
Gerry: the proponents claim that they won't privatize it, but Barbara Wolf's video documentary explains that this could be changed. See her video: http://vimeo.com/13379237
David Barbara Wolf is a brilliant video journalist. We are so lucky to have her here.
Gary: I switched to the Duke offer, "Duke Retail" for guaranteed lower electricity prices. I researched it, and there didn't seem any reason not to take it.
David: a Barbara Wolf story. In the late 70's or early 80's, Winton Place Civic club meeting. It was a conservative blue collar neighborhood. They send a rep from a garbage incineration company, wanting to build an incinerator at Este and Center Hill, right near Winton Place. They sent a slick salesman. "We will have jobs... No pollution... Contribute taxes..." We were skeptical, and I convinced everyone to be skeptical. I said, "We need a professional helper. ... Hire an environmental coordinator." The motion carried. Whoo to hire. I called Roxanne Q who was running Citizen Action. She recommended Barbara Wolf, and she became our environmental action coordinator and we beat the pants off the slick incinerator guys. A wonderful ending. She learned the facts and communicated them well. ... She also has a partner, Michael Burnam, one of Cinti's great story tellers, is at CCM.
SCOTT SEEBORG: Democrat Political Organizer
Scott:
Still tired from election of 2008; why is this election important;
how effective can our efforts be;
how is the campaign organized;
What is the strategic importance of this race;
Obama's positions.
Myself:
Grew up Portland, OR. Loved camping. I ran a record lable there. 911 shut off my business. Moved to Philadelphia. I had worked for liberal candidates in OR. I answered an ad in Philly "We are looking for environmental superheros", and worked for a water protection non profit. 2003, worked for the Clean Water Act. I did 30,000 door to door calls. Left me with a sense of power, an American, ... To make people's lives better.
Money is more valuable when seen as a tool for people. Human life comes first. I cannot stand putting money above life. ... E.g. Pittsburg; a steel town, high cancer rates. Many polluting industries along the river. So much soot in the air, my knuckles turned black knocking on doors. The regulatory agencies looked at polluters one by one w/o noticing the concentration of polluters in this one area.
An individual citizen took videos of smoke coming out of chimneys, showing color. His efforts enabled us to blow the whistle on polluters. We won... The Bush administration tried to destroy the Clean Water Act.
It was an amazing time for me. ... The night the Iraq war started I was canvassing, people invited me in to see the war on TV. Blew me away. ... In 2004 I worked hard for Kerry. We lost, and I was discouraged.
So we started organizing against US Senator Rick Santoro for 2006. He had less than an F record with the League of Conservation Voters. Worked for 13 months. In 2006 an event that changed my life. Was traveling all over the country, working on election. Ended up in Chester Co Pennsylvania. Curt Weldon had held power a long time, great conservative voter, terrible on environmental issues. We succeeded in unseating him from the US House of Rep. ... On election day, 2006, we had had 300 canvasers... Were really tired at 7:30, but polls didn't close until 8. Decided to get another half hour... The election was so close there had to be a recount; the Dem won by 23 votes. I believe that was the work of that small group of committed individuals.
From '06 to '08 I got involved trying to get young people into environmental action. Citizens' Campaign Network. ...
Now working for the Democratic party.
My wife's family are all from Cincinnati. She grew up here. She is at UC in grad school gender studies.
And I wanted to be in Ohio, a battleground state.
Look back to 2004. The Bush Administration doing egregious things. Civil Liberties. Fear strategy. Scare people into things .... They had a Grover Norquist (economist) alpproach. "Make gov't so small it can be drowned in a bathtub." I was alarmed by that. It was terrible. Enormous anti war demonstrations did not thing to curb the war...Over a million people dead in Iraq. (Lauren: and we spent a trillion dollars on that war.)
I felt responsible.
I personally have arthritis of the spine (ankylosing spondalitis). I wasn't able to get meds I needed because it was "pre-existing condition"... Huge run around, red tape.
In the future I might have a shot at getting health insurance because of the reforms. That was not possible back in 2008; if McCain had won, it would not be happening either.
In PA they were spraying pesticides on school yards during school hours... We got involved... Asked them to spray in the evenings, weekends. They refused. But in 9 years of work we got a bill passed, finally. Protects kids in schools from those pesticides. So government takes a long time.
Jason Manny: Scott is paid, but I am a volunteer. Cincinnati almost all my life. ... I got involved in the Article 12 repeal campaign, that was successful. Since then in organizing. Obama in 2008.
Young people, LGBT, Blacks, Hispanics were targeted by the campaign, and is a big reason why we won.
Republicans have controled Ohio for 20 year, and controlled the reapportionment board. (Gerrymandering of districts). In 2008 we won only because we had so many volunteers. We want to control the reapportionment board for the next ten years so we don't have to do so much heroic volunteers work. Governor, Sec-y of state, State Auditor. Very important, key.
Ted Strickland, D. is up for re election.
Marilyn O'Shaugnasee, D. is running for Sec'y of State.
Rich Cordray is running for Att'y Gen.
David Pepper is running for State Auditor.
Scott:
Why is this election so important?
Redistricting is going to happen next year. If the Republicans are in control of those key posts (gov, Secy state, State Auditor) it will be very bad for us. Gerrymandering. See the graph athttp://hamiltoncountydems.org/ showing democrat/republican voting in Hamilton Co.
Thanks to Obama, we have a wonderful organization here. He got more % of the vote in to turn out to vote, than any president in history. Did it by using the snowflake model. Neighbors talking to neighbors. Around each neighborhood team leader are volunteers who manage phone bank, etc. etc.
(What is the GOP's model?) In my experience the GOP has maintained a centralized get out the vote effort, centered on religious institutions. Not as grass roots. Not a neighbor to neighbor volunteer operation.
I get paid, but I work 7 days a week, 80+ hours.
David: I think the Republicans out message the Dems and get the average person to vote against their interests time and again.
Scott: we need to turn Ohio blue or else lose all our hard work from 2008. In addition to reapportionment issue, if we can get new voters to vote again for the dems, they will stay dem all their lives.
In '08 we did tremendous new registered voters. We need to keep those new voters voting.
We can be as effective now as we were in 2008. It's all about people volunteering.
Phone banking, canvassing: the crux of any organizing work. When people are face to face it is qualitatively different from media messaging. The big money pays for media. Face to face voter contact is the premier way to win elections.
What would volunteers do in this campaign? Spend a few hours talking to neighbors, ask others to get involved.
It might come down to 23 votes.
Jason: historically the mid term election sees loss of seats for the White House party.
We want to win Voinovich senate seat. Lee Fisher.
We want to keep Driehaus. The alternative is super conservative Chabot again.
Scott: ohio going blue in 2008 was a really big deal. When you have a democratic governor and senators, the president does better on re election. If we hold Ohio now, it will be great for Obama's reelection in 2012.
Every strategist and analysis say that if the Republicans are to regain control, they must get Ohio. So Ohio is THE key battleground state.
Mira:
Many people like me are disappointed with Obama's playing ball with Geithner and Sommers. I am an independent. I am on the left fringe of this group.
David
Why vote Democratic? What are the issues.
Scott:
I am from the left, from Oregon.
There would not have been movement on "don't ask don't tell"
Mountain coal removal... Halted by Obama. Environmental impacts are being studied.
Draw down of military action in Iraq. Eventual draw down in Afghan.
Student loan reform; a massive impact. Graduates to pay only a % of their income in debt repayment; and if they go into public service you may be allowed to pay less than the full amount of your loan. There is a point at which the debt is forgiven.
Mr. G. we would love to have some details about these points. It is hard to get information. What concrete things have been enacted? Especially contrasting points: Bush did X, Obama did Y. Concrete facts.
Scott: that is important. I agree. Want to get these facts.
David: to me Obama squandered the first year in office; didn't point out how awful things really were under Bush.
When I try and assess where we are at in the electorate by feel it is dismal! Media is saying "Dems will lose the house" and "Dems might lose the senate".
I sure don't buy the argument that "the media is controlled by money alone". I think good information is not getting out there.
Scott: we will be talking door to door about these issues.
Gerry: I am in Jean Schmidt's district... Her dem opponent is Surya Yalamanchili "Chili"...
http://votechili.com/
Not Kirkorian. I don't think he has a chance. I don't feel like working for him. Why did the local Dems put up Chili instead of Kirkorian?
Margurite: you can donate $50 to the campaign of a candidate for state office and deduct it from your Ohio tax bill. You can spread it out over governor, sec'y of state, reps etc.
Yes, there is plenty Obama has done that disappointed me, but you still want to put your energy in the campaign this year. There are all these different jobs...it might be volunteering for the Dem party, or for a candidate, or from the League of Women Voters, or taking people to the polls. Everybody can find a job.
Mr. G. Think of this as campaigning against Sarah Palin, the tea party... We've seen how bad things can get. Even if Obama isn't so great...
Ellen: I am very strong for Obama... Reading the biography The Bridge
Marvin: Obama promoted the 700 billion bail out for the banks, but the little businesses can't borrow money. Big banks get the money ... They are keeping it. They make their money from credit cards.
The 700 billion could have been put to better use, given to little businesses.
Obama's advisors were never little people.
What do I tell people when I ask them to vote for Democrats.
Jason: the 700 billion was proposed by Bush. The stimulus Obama passed was for job growth. Most of the 700 billion has been paid back by most of the banks.
They haven't made small business loans; disappointing; so now there is planning to divert the money that has been repaid towards small businesses...
Marvin: the administration has real power in the regulations that really control who gets the money, enforcement, oversight...
The regulations say, "You hae to have so much in reserves..."
Scott: as Obama was being elected we saw the economy spiraling downward. The Bush administration did the TARP program. Unleashed a massive amount of money. Obama had to deal with that as he came in ...
I think they could have done a better job with the financial bail out; now the reforms that are being passed are edging us back towards ethical responsibility in banks.
The health care reform bill also edging us back towards towards ethical responsibility ...
Children can remain on parents' policy until age 26...
Stem Cell research opened up ...
Mr. G. There was a NYTimes article this week. Health Insurance companies now threatening to limit your choice of docs and hospitals.
Re. Ellen's loving Obama: many people have a worse life in the last year and a half. What are you going to say to them?
What can we say to support Strickland, Fisher, the others.? Under Strickland many jobs were lost.
Gerry: Strickland's opponent Kasich,
Scott: Kasich came from wall st. where he made a lot of money. ...
Strickland: He passed landmark education reforms; lowered senior citiz. Tax; created 50,000 new jobs by a legislation. Lowered tuition for college.
Kasich worked for the rich, against the poor. ... http://www.ohiodems.org/
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES
This is the Barbara Wolf documentary mentioned at table: (it is about 30 minutes long.)
Our Water Works! (If it aint broken or broke, don't fix it.)
http://vimeo.com/13379237
About this video:
"There's talk afoot about "regionalizing" Cincinnati's Water Works. Make no mistake, we're not talking about water here, we're talking about money and what it gets spent on. Right now, the Greater Cincinnati Water Works provides some of the cleanest water in the United States and the world to its customers (the citizens of Cincinnati, and several surrounding counties including some in northern Kentucky). Our water is not only very clean, it is very cheap. In part, that's because all the revenues our Water Works takes in must be spent on our water and the infrastructure that supports and delivers it. The City is now suggesting we should regionalize our water system so that they can release that designated-for-water money to pay for other things. Meanwhile, the City refuses to raise taxes on the richest citizens and corporations because those people and corporations are their major donors. We must say NO to their plan or we will literally be forced to buy our Water Works from ourselves so it can be put under the control of a board made up of those same richest citizens and corporations. (This video was made to perform as one of two characters in THE WATER DRAFT, a live theatre piece about protecting things we hold in common. We think it also speaks just fine by itself.)"
Premptive Forgiveness
My friend Elizabeth Dolma passed along to me as a 70th birthday present a morning spiritual practice: you forgive in advance each morning anyone and everyone, including yourself, who will possibly offend you in any way during the day. This morning I realize it is a stretch to forgive the national and international energies of greed and war that cause so much suffering around the world... And yet I see that this is precisely what stands between me and serenity. What would it be like to forgive humanity for its humanness... really? Ellen
P.S. ...maybe I need to ask for help to forgive... From the Wellspring of life and Light.
.......................................................................
... And incidentally,
Intuitive Readings with Elizabeth Dolma
Elizabeth gives really wonderful Tarot Card readings. Clifton. Call: 861-0712. Let her know I sent you. Ellen
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Midnight Rose Trio (Celtic Harp + Flute)
Hello Dear Friends,
Just a note to let you know that we will be playing from 8:30 - 10:30 at Marty's
Hops and Vines on Hamilton Avenue on Friday, July 23rd.
Hope you can stop by! We'd love to see you!
Pam, Laurie and Rose
PUBLIC MEETING ON PROPOSED PUBLIC REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT
(see Barbara Wolf's documentary explaining this at: http://vimeo.com/13379237 )
The Kraus' have explained to us that this is actually the short-sighted plan to sell off the water works in order to raise money for the city to pay operating expenses. It is like eating your seed corn in lean times; then you have nothing to plant come spring.
The issue is that revenue from the water works, which has always been owned by the city, may not be used for anything but the utility itself, by state law. As councilwoman Leslie Ghiz has said, a solution would be to change that state law! (We don't often agree with Ms. Ghiz.)
The public meeting will be Wed. July 28 at 6 pm in the Cintas Center, XU(1624 Herald Ave). Details: http://www.cincinnatiwater.org
We urge you to attend and speak out against selling the water works. It is like killing and eating the goose that lays golden eggs!
Spiritual Cinema proudly presents
AVATAR
This Friday Evening, July 23, 7:00pm
Unity Church on McMillain near Woodburn: Friendship Hall
Love Offering (means you can give what you want for admission)
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Tom Sylvester facilitating the discussion.
This Friday
Good People,
This coming Friday, you get another fix of Poetry & Pinot. As if the event wasn't already hot enough...we have moved it to a new location this month. That new location is at Beluga in Hyde Park. You were already getting free wine, spoken word from Lady J and friends, a great band (Shades of J), me of course :), and great sounds (this month from DJ Prolifik). Now I have added 1/2 price sushi and a book signing from author John Harshaw in the equation.
Let's do a recap...
Spoken Word 10pm-12am
Free Wine Tasting 10pm-11pm
Half Price Sushi 11pm-2am
DJ Prolifik 12am-2am
Book Signing from John Harshaw
and you get me all NIGHT!
That is alot of bang for your buck...
For more info call/text 513.293.3515
Sincerely Yours,
Donny Young aka One Bad Mutha(shutyourmouth)!
CELTIC ROSE Free Concert
(harp and flute music. Gorgeous!)
Hello Dear Friends,
Three new concerts to tickle your ears and get your Celtic toes a-tapping!
Hope you can join us!
Thanks so much,
Pam Jurgens (Ellen's dear friend, harpist), Rose Reidmiller and Laurie Phenix
Friday, July 23 8-10 p.m.,
Marty's Hops and Vines
6110 Hamilton Avenue
681-4222
Memorial for Joan Friedland (February 6, 1936 to June 20, 2010) will be held onSaturday, July 31, 2010, 2pm at Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Avenue (45220).
Beloved daughter of the late Isidore & Esther Friedland, she is survived by loving family, friends and colleagues. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the charity of one's choice would be appreciated.
Joan Friedland had a PhD in biochemistry and taught at the State University of New York in Brooklyn before making a mid-life career change to public health. After receiving a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to work at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Joan was one of the pioneers in the NIOSH worker notification program, where she developed notification materials for industry-wide studies. She also collaborated on studies on biological markers and occupational cancer.
Despite a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer shortly after her 1998 retirement from NIOSH, Joan continued her lifelong work for a better world and contributed substantially, both financially and actively, to many causes such as EarthSave Cincinnati; the ENVIRONMENT: Sierra Club, Imago, Environmental Community Organization (ECO), Union of Concerned Scientists; HEALTH: Action on Smoking and Health, Breast Cancer Action, The Wellness Community, UCLA School of Public Health; COMMUNITY: League of Women Voters, Woman's City Club; NATURE: Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Highland Cemetery Nature Trails, Western Wildlife Corridor, ORGANIC GARDENING/SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: Grailville Community Supported Agriculture Project; PEACE/JUSTICE: Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center; VEGAN FOOD: The Loving Café, Love Force Raw Foods, World Peace Jubilee; ANIMALS: Animals, People and the Earth (APE), Cincinnati Zoo; WOMEN: Older Women's League; WORKERS: American Federation of Government Employees Local 3840; and YOUTH: Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Easter Seals Work Resource Center; MUSIC: Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet. Despite her quiet demeanor, Joan was passionate about her causes. She initiated a successful campaign to ban smoking in Cincinnati outdoor stadiums years before the Ohio ban on smoking in public places.
Joan attributed her remarkable 12 year breast cancer survival to her vegetarian diet and exercise. Her friends, who are grateful for those extra years, remember her love of music, her joy in sharing limericks, and her delight in her feline companions. In her last months, Joan enjoyed the Cincinnati Ballet, asked about tickets to La Boheme, and collected signatures for a state ballot initiative to protect farms animals. Joan practiced tai chi faithfully and went to her tai chi class the day she entered hospice care. Joan's friends and colleagues will miss her lovely smile, her gracious manner, and her dauntless spirit.
If you have any questions, please phone 513-591-3003 any day before 7pm.
The issue is that revenue from the water works, which has always been owned by the city, may not be used for anything but the utility itself, by state law. As councilwoman Leslie Ghiz has said, a solution would be to change that state law! (We don't often agree with Ms. Ghiz.)
The public meeting will be Wed. July 28 at 6 pm in the Cintas Center, XU(1624 Herald Ave). Details: http://www.cincinnatiwater.org
We urge you to attend and speak out against selling the water works. It is like killing and eating the goose that lays golden eggs!
Spiritual Cinema proudly presents
AVATAR
This Friday Evening, July 23, 7:00pm
Unity Church on McMillain near Woodburn: Friendship Hall
Love Offering (means you can give what you want for admission)
A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Tom Sylvester facilitating the discussion.
This Friday
Good People,
This coming Friday, you get another fix of Poetry & Pinot. As if the event wasn't already hot enough...we have moved it to a new location this month. That new location is at Beluga in Hyde Park. You were already getting free wine, spoken word from Lady J and friends, a great band (Shades of J), me of course :), and great sounds (this month from DJ Prolifik). Now I have added 1/2 price sushi and a book signing from author John Harshaw in the equation.
Let's do a recap...
Spoken Word 10pm-12am
Free Wine Tasting 10pm-11pm
Half Price Sushi 11pm-2am
DJ Prolifik 12am-2am
Book Signing from John Harshaw
and you get me all NIGHT!
That is alot of bang for your buck...
For more info call/text 513.293.3515
Sincerely Yours,
Donny Young aka One Bad Mutha(shutyourmouth)!
CELTIC ROSE Free Concert
(harp and flute music. Gorgeous!)
Hello Dear Friends,
Three new concerts to tickle your ears and get your Celtic toes a-tapping!
Hope you can join us!
Thanks so much,
Pam Jurgens (Ellen's dear friend, harpist), Rose Reidmiller and Laurie Phenix
Friday, July 23 8-10 p.m.,
Marty's Hops and Vines
6110 Hamilton Avenue
681-4222
Memorial for Joan Friedland (February 6, 1936 to June 20, 2010) will be held onSaturday, July 31, 2010, 2pm at Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Avenue (45220).
Beloved daughter of the late Isidore & Esther Friedland, she is survived by loving family, friends and colleagues. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the charity of one's choice would be appreciated.
Joan Friedland had a PhD in biochemistry and taught at the State University of New York in Brooklyn before making a mid-life career change to public health. After receiving a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to work at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Joan was one of the pioneers in the NIOSH worker notification program, where she developed notification materials for industry-wide studies. She also collaborated on studies on biological markers and occupational cancer.
Despite a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer shortly after her 1998 retirement from NIOSH, Joan continued her lifelong work for a better world and contributed substantially, both financially and actively, to many causes such as EarthSave Cincinnati; the ENVIRONMENT: Sierra Club, Imago, Environmental Community Organization (ECO), Union of Concerned Scientists; HEALTH: Action on Smoking and Health, Breast Cancer Action, The Wellness Community, UCLA School of Public Health; COMMUNITY: League of Women Voters, Woman's City Club; NATURE: Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Highland Cemetery Nature Trails, Western Wildlife Corridor, ORGANIC GARDENING/SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: Grailville Community Supported Agriculture Project; PEACE/JUSTICE: Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center; VEGAN FOOD: The Loving Café, Love Force Raw Foods, World Peace Jubilee; ANIMALS: Animals, People and the Earth (APE), Cincinnati Zoo; WOMEN: Older Women's League; WORKERS: American Federation of Government Employees Local 3840; and YOUTH: Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, Easter Seals Work Resource Center; MUSIC: Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet. Despite her quiet demeanor, Joan was passionate about her causes. She initiated a successful campaign to ban smoking in Cincinnati outdoor stadiums years before the Ohio ban on smoking in public places.
Joan attributed her remarkable 12 year breast cancer survival to her vegetarian diet and exercise. Her friends, who are grateful for those extra years, remember her love of music, her joy in sharing limericks, and her delight in her feline companions. In her last months, Joan enjoyed the Cincinnati Ballet, asked about tickets to La Boheme, and collected signatures for a state ballot initiative to protect farms animals. Joan practiced tai chi faithfully and went to her tai chi class the day she entered hospice care. Joan's friends and colleagues will miss her lovely smile, her gracious manner, and her dauntless spirit.
If you have any questions, please phone 513-591-3003 any day before 7pm.
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Phone Bill Reduction:
I just called up Time Warner and got the cost for my same services that Bell provides, and then called Bell and told them, and they reduced my bill more than 50% to match Time Warner's deal! I was paying $170/month for business line, zoomtown, voice messaging... and now it is something like only $70. ellen
(Valerie says you can join late... Contact her.)
WRITING CLASSES
Eight Thursday Mornings: July 8-August 26 9:30-11:30 AM
Eight Monday Nights: July 12-August 30 7-9 PM
Cost: Donation
Location: Finneytown
Teacher: ValerieChronisBickett@gmail.com (513.681.9252)
One room schoolhouse: All levels of confidence from first time journalers to published writers welcome.
Men and women, high school age and up, welcome to join us up to the second class.
HAMILTON COUNTY OPENS CITIZEN SURVEY
Hamilton County Administration is seeking input from county residents as
part of the development
of the 2011 budget. The survey is available to all Hamilton County residents
and will be posted on
the county website at www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov from July 8 through August
8, 2010.
Questions are on 12 distinct policy issues- some issues are listed below:
. stadium fund revenue shortfall
. 911 call center consolidation
. drug incarceration policies
. election policies
. Sheriff's road patrols
. approaches to public health
. mass transit
. overall county government reform
County administration anticipates releasing the survey results in
mid-August, along with revisions
to the 2011 budget forecast, and department responses to the current
forecast budget. The survey
responses may impact budget decisions and engage discussion during budget
hearings between
county officials and the Board of County Commissioners during September.
Hamilton County residents will also have an opportunity to express their
views at public budget
hearings to be scheduled in October.
The 2011 citizen survey was developed entirely through the use of existing
county resources, and
entails no new expenses for county taxpayers. Over 2,000 citizens
participated in last year's
survey. Take the survey here:
http://www.hamilton-co.org/hc/default.asp
Advertisement: Try the Alexander Technique
FREE Alexander Technique Practice session every Sunday 3:00 – 4 at the Lloyd House. Open to all.
Ellen Bierhorst Ph.D. ~ Alexander Technique ~ http://www.lloydhouse.com ~ 513 221 1289 ~ Cincinnati
I am having a blast here in my first year of teaching the Alexander Technique! Unbelievably, a full calendar since the launch of my practice in late June. This winter I was having so much demand formy lessons that I had to stop advertising and ask some well-progressing students to drop back to twice a month instead of weekly lessons. Now that spring is finally here I am feeling more energetic and again am daring to reach out to more folks.
Fantastic fee deal (limited time only): First lesson free; second through 4th lessons only $10. After that, only $40/lesson if you buy a package of 4 at a time, prepaid. * The "real fee" is $78 per lesson. I am interested in "turning on" as many people as possible to this wonderful learning. Good for pain, for performance improvement in the arts, atheltics, ... And finally, good for personal development. It has definite geriatric benefit as well.
You can read about my own experiences and find links to other sites here:
http://www.lloydhouse.com
Call and make an appointment or to discuss it with me. 513 221 1289.
........
* However, it is my commitment to adjust fees for anyone truly wanting lessons who cannot afford even this modest fee. Try it and see. Ellen
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READING
AQUARIUS & OM CAFE
329 Ludlow Avenue (across from Esquire Theatre) Cincinnati
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 7:30 PM
MADELEINE CROUSE
BARBARA BONNEY
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 7:30 PM
VICKIE CIMPRICH
BARBARA GUTTING
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 7:30 PM
MARY ANNE REESE
GWYNETH STEWART
If a nightingale sings with her breast against a thorn, why not we?
Susan Gilbert Dickinson to Emily Dickinson in 1861
Upcoming SUMMER Vacancy at the Lloyd House
Third floor two room suite, has own bathroom. Monthly house dues: $460 includes all utilities plus high speed wireless internet. Kitchen shared with two others. Wonderful space! Please call Ellen: (513) 221 1289 Available June 23 to Sept 15.
Must be rock solid financially, over 25, non smoker, homo sapiens only.
Very jolly, juicy multicultural household in Victorian Castle. See www.lloydhouse.com
Fw: Get Green, Get evolutionary, Study Permaculture this Fall
Posted by: "Caeli" caelimg@fuse.net caelimg
Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:34 pm (PDT)
Salonista Caeli Good forwards this from Salonista Braden Trauth, Permaculture Guru
This is a GREAT course!
Subject: Get Green, Get evolutionary, Study Permaculture this Fall
Howdy Folks
We here at OM Valley Permaculture and the Cincy Permaculture Guild are proud to announce our first Fall Permaculture Design Certification kicking off October 1st. There has been such positive support and interest in these classes that we have decided to embellish the beautiful season of fall with the joys of awakening to the evolutionary and regenerative science of Permaculture.
This class will kick off October 1st and continue through November 21st(Oct 16,31 & Nov. 13,14 will be off). It will be hosted at OM Valley Permaculture's urban demonstration sites in Northside, Cincinnati as well as a couple of weekends hosted by Wind Dance Farm, Greensleeves farm and several other locations to be announced. The cost of this course will be 550$ with scholarships available. We are also proud to announce that Locally grown lunch from our host farms will be available for purchase.
It will be taught by Grailville's Mary Lu Lageman,
Sakina Grome (formerly of Permaculture Research Institute Australia),
Greensleeves Farms' Gretchen Vaughn,
Wind Dance Farms' Ande & Lauren Schewe,
TreeYo Permacultures' Doug Crouch,
Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillages' Suellyn Schupe (salonista),
Om Valley Permaculture's Salonista Braden Trauth,
Along with Kat Grover (Formerly at Growing Power, Milwaukee & The Farm in TN), Amanda Nash (Transition Town Norhtside),
Patrcik Sherwin (Solar Engineer) and many others to be announced.
For more info please visit OMValleyPermaculture.wordpress.com or for questions or to Register please contact Sakina at OMValleyPermaculture@gmail.com or via phone at513-746-5149
We hope you can join us for another wonderful course and if you've already had the good fortune to take the course please pass on the word.
Thanks for your time & Keep on Growin'!
Braden Trauth
OM Valley Permaculture
"Evolving Humanity through Natural Design"
OMValleypermaculture.wordpress.com
513-569-2579
(Rec'd 7/20/10. ?? Have not checked.)
The outrageous announcement that 46 US warships and 7000 Marines are heading for Costa Ricato "fight drugs" should alert all peace and justice organizations to the real significance of this action. Such a move will raise legitimate alarm in the Caribbean, Central and Latin America of the real intent of the United States and react accordingly.
Regardless whether this was done with the connivance of the Costa Rica government or not, as peace and justice activists, we are opposed to the extension of US military force, especially, at these times, when our Brothers and Sisters in the South are moving forward in their struggle for national sovereignty and independence from US influence.
Endorse the "Declaration Against US Military Forces in Costa Rica, the Declaration against Invasion and Military Impunity":
- We the undersigned and organizations of our support network, categorically reject the U.S. military ships entering Costa Rican territory, as well as any further increase of militarism to attempt to solve conflicts in global politics.
- We oppose the permission granted by the Costa Rican Legislature, which allows for joint patrols against trafficking of drugs into Costa Rica with up to 46 warships, 200 helicopters, 10 AV-8B Harrier aircraft and 7,000 marines.
- With this action, the government of Costa Rica aims to join the U.S. military agenda in Latin America. The solution to drug trafficking is social, not military.
- Costa Rica, with its neutral and pacifist tradition, cannot allow its territory to be used for a military objective that violates their sovereignty. This U.S. military contingent will be able to move freely throughout Costa Rican territory with immunity for its troops. Such a military presence in a country without an army is unacceptable.
- We call on our respective governments and peoples to jointly promote all possible action to defend Costa Rican sovereignty, and to reject this military action.
Call to Action: United for Peace & Justice encourages UFPJ Member Groups and other organizations to individually endorse this declaration and communicate it to Hendrik Voss, School of the Americas Watch, hvoss@soaw.org. To support endorsement, we encourage that issue information and calls to action be forwarded to member group constituencies.
Background:
We Love Costa Rica article, 46 US Warships Plus 7,000 US Marines On Route To Costa Rica?
Global Post Article, 7,000 US Marines Landing on the beaches of Costa Rica
Thank You,
We are.... United for Peace & Justice
Help us continue to do this critical work: Make a donation to UFPJ today.
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
PO Box 607; Times Square Station; New York, NY 10108
To subscribe, visit www.unitedforpeace.org/email
Click here to edit your subscription | Click here to unsubscribe
George Lakoff: help progressives frame the message
Good example of progressive framing.
Lakoff needs to give us more such examples based on key issues.
Why do conservatives seem to frame more easily than progressives?
Is it in the nature of the frame that the punitive father is served more advantageously than the nuturing parent?
Jeanne Nightingale (and also Mr. G.)
(read Lakoff's article here:)
http://www.truth-out.org/disaster-messaging61170
Tri-State Treasures
(Why can't I receive the TST any more? Ellen)
A Newsletter published every Thursday from the Lloyd House in Cincinnati
Email subscriptions: 623+
Our Salon blog is an interactive site: http://lloydhouse.blogspot.com
If you would like to respond, amend, or correct anything in this Newsletter, please consider using that. I will receive a copy of anything posted there.
FIVE SECTIONS, including:
Table Notes of the discussion at this Wednesday night's Salon, as recorded by Ellen
Events and Opportunities
Articles and Letters
Book, Film, Theater, TV, Music, Website Reviews
Tri-State Treasures, compiled by Jim Kesner (currently we cannot receive. Sorry)
Submissions: you must have the email copy to me by Wednesday night midnight. Copy the format you see in this Weekly please. (Times New Roman font, text 14 pt, headlines 20 pt. Maroon for Opportunities and Events, Navy for articles.)
The Wednesday Night Salon has been meeting each week of the year (no break for holidays, weather) since July 2001 in pursuit of good talk. Bring a dish at 5:45 pm and join us. We are usually about 10 people of varied erudition and age. We like to talk politics, environmentalism, social issues, literature, the arts, ad any blamed thing we want. Sometimes we have a special presenter. We emphasize good fellowship and civility always. Way fun! Everyone welcome. 3901 Clifton Avenue 45220.
To unsubscribe from the Weekly, send me an email message and in the subject line put "unsub weekly - #" and in the place of "#" put the numeral (1 - 15) found on this email to you in the subject line after the date.
(Valerie says you can join late... Contact her.)
WRITING CLASSES
Eight Thursday Mornings: July 8-August 26 9:30-11:30 AM
Eight Monday Nights: July 12-August 30 7-9 PM
Cost: Donation
Location: Finneytown
Teacher: ValerieChronisBickett@gmail.com (513.681.9252)
One room schoolhouse: All levels of confidence from first time journalers to published writers welcome.
Men and women, high school age and up, welcome to join us up to the second class.
HAMILTON COUNTY OPENS CITIZEN SURVEY
Hamilton County Administration is seeking input from county residents as
part of the development
of the 2011 budget. The survey is available to all Hamilton County residents
and will be posted on
the county website at www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov from July 8 through August
8, 2010.
Questions are on 12 distinct policy issues- some issues are listed below:
. stadium fund revenue shortfall
. 911 call center consolidation
. drug incarceration policies
. election policies
. Sheriff's road patrols
. approaches to public health
. mass transit
. overall county government reform
County administration anticipates releasing the survey results in
mid-August, along with revisions
to the 2011 budget forecast, and department responses to the current
forecast budget. The survey
responses may impact budget decisions and engage discussion during budget
hearings between
county officials and the Board of County Commissioners during September.
Hamilton County residents will also have an opportunity to express their
views at public budget
hearings to be scheduled in October.
The 2011 citizen survey was developed entirely through the use of existing
county resources, and
entails no new expenses for county taxpayers. Over 2,000 citizens
participated in last year's
survey. Take the survey here:
http://www.hamilton-co.org/hc/default.asp
Advertisement: Try the Alexander Technique
FREE Alexander Technique Practice session every Sunday 3:00 – 4 at the Lloyd House. Open to all.
Ellen Bierhorst Ph.D. ~ Alexander Technique ~ http://www.lloydhouse.com ~ 513 221 1289 ~ Cincinnati
I am having a blast here in my first year of teaching the Alexander Technique! Unbelievably, a full calendar since the launch of my practice in late June. This winter I was having so much demand formy lessons that I had to stop advertising and ask some well-progressing students to drop back to twice a month instead of weekly lessons. Now that spring is finally here I am feeling more energetic and again am daring to reach out to more folks.
Fantastic fee deal (limited time only): First lesson free; second through 4th lessons only $10. After that, only $40/lesson if you buy a package of 4 at a time, prepaid. * The "real fee" is $78 per lesson. I am interested in "turning on" as many people as possible to this wonderful learning. Good for pain, for performance improvement in the arts, atheltics, ... And finally, good for personal development. It has definite geriatric benefit as well.
You can read about my own experiences and find links to other sites here:
http://www.lloydhouse.com
Call and make an appointment or to discuss it with me. 513 221 1289.
........
* However, it is my commitment to adjust fees for anyone truly wanting lessons who cannot afford even this modest fee. Try it and see. Ellen
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READING
AQUARIUS & OM CAFE
329 Ludlow Avenue (across from Esquire Theatre) Cincinnati
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 7:30 PM
MADELEINE CROUSE
BARBARA BONNEY
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 7:30 PM
VICKIE CIMPRICH
BARBARA GUTTING
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 7:30 PM
MARY ANNE REESE
GWYNETH STEWART
If a nightingale sings with her breast against a thorn, why not we?
Susan Gilbert Dickinson to Emily Dickinson in 1861
Upcoming SUMMER Vacancy at the Lloyd House
Third floor two room suite, has own bathroom. Monthly house dues: $460 includes all utilities plus high speed wireless internet. Kitchen shared with two others. Wonderful space! Please call Ellen: (513) 221 1289 Available June 23 to Sept 15.
Must be rock solid financially, over 25, non smoker, homo sapiens only.
Very jolly, juicy multicultural household in Victorian Castle. See www.lloydhouse.com
Fw: Get Green, Get evolutionary, Study Permaculture this Fall
Posted by: "Caeli" caelimg@fuse.net caelimg
Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:34 pm (PDT)
Salonista Caeli Good forwards this from Salonista Braden Trauth, Permaculture Guru
This is a GREAT course!
Subject: Get Green, Get evolutionary, Study Permaculture this Fall
Howdy Folks
We here at OM Valley Permaculture and the Cincy Permaculture Guild are proud to announce our first Fall Permaculture Design Certification kicking off October 1st. There has been such positive support and interest in these classes that we have decided to embellish the beautiful season of fall with the joys of awakening to the evolutionary and regenerative science of Permaculture.
This class will kick off October 1st and continue through November 21st(Oct 16,31 & Nov. 13,14 will be off). It will be hosted at OM Valley Permaculture's urban demonstration sites in Northside, Cincinnati as well as a couple of weekends hosted by Wind Dance Farm, Greensleeves farm and several other locations to be announced. The cost of this course will be 550$ with scholarships available. We are also proud to announce that Locally grown lunch from our host farms will be available for purchase.
It will be taught by Grailville's Mary Lu Lageman,
Sakina Grome (formerly of Permaculture Research Institute Australia),
Greensleeves Farms' Gretchen Vaughn,
Wind Dance Farms' Ande & Lauren Schewe,
TreeYo Permacultures' Doug Crouch,
Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillages' Suellyn Schupe (salonista),
Om Valley Permaculture's Salonista Braden Trauth,
Along with Kat Grover (Formerly at Growing Power, Milwaukee & The Farm in TN), Amanda Nash (Transition Town Norhtside),
Patrcik Sherwin (Solar Engineer) and many others to be announced.
For more info please visit OMValleyPermaculture.wordpress.com or for questions or to Register please contact Sakina at OMValleyPermaculture@gmail.com or via phone at513-746-5149
We hope you can join us for another wonderful course and if you've already had the good fortune to take the course please pass on the word.
Thanks for your time & Keep on Growin'!
Braden Trauth
OM Valley Permaculture
"Evolving Humanity through Natural Design"
OMValleypermaculture.wordpress.com
513-569-2579
ARTICLES AND LETTERS
- U.S. troops en route to Costa Rica???
- George Lakoff: framing the message
(Rec'd 7/20/10. ?? Have not checked.)
The outrageous announcement that 46 US warships and 7000 Marines are heading for Costa Ricato "fight drugs" should alert all peace and justice organizations to the real significance of this action. Such a move will raise legitimate alarm in the Caribbean, Central and Latin America of the real intent of the United States and react accordingly.
Regardless whether this was done with the connivance of the Costa Rica government or not, as peace and justice activists, we are opposed to the extension of US military force, especially, at these times, when our Brothers and Sisters in the South are moving forward in their struggle for national sovereignty and independence from US influence.
Endorse the "Declaration Against US Military Forces in Costa Rica, the Declaration against Invasion and Military Impunity":
- We the undersigned and organizations of our support network, categorically reject the U.S. military ships entering Costa Rican territory, as well as any further increase of militarism to attempt to solve conflicts in global politics.
- We oppose the permission granted by the Costa Rican Legislature, which allows for joint patrols against trafficking of drugs into Costa Rica with up to 46 warships, 200 helicopters, 10 AV-8B Harrier aircraft and 7,000 marines.
- With this action, the government of Costa Rica aims to join the U.S. military agenda in Latin America. The solution to drug trafficking is social, not military.
- Costa Rica, with its neutral and pacifist tradition, cannot allow its territory to be used for a military objective that violates their sovereignty. This U.S. military contingent will be able to move freely throughout Costa Rican territory with immunity for its troops. Such a military presence in a country without an army is unacceptable.
- We call on our respective governments and peoples to jointly promote all possible action to defend Costa Rican sovereignty, and to reject this military action.
Call to Action: United for Peace & Justice encourages UFPJ Member Groups and other organizations to individually endorse this declaration and communicate it to Hendrik Voss, School of the Americas Watch, hvoss@soaw.org. To support endorsement, we encourage that issue information and calls to action be forwarded to member group constituencies.
Background:
We Love Costa Rica article, 46 US Warships Plus 7,000 US Marines On Route To Costa Rica?
Global Post Article, 7,000 US Marines Landing on the beaches of Costa Rica
Thank You,
We are.... United for Peace & Justice
Help us continue to do this critical work: Make a donation to UFPJ today.
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
PO Box 607; Times Square Station; New York, NY 10108
To subscribe, visit www.unitedforpeace.org/email
Click here to edit your subscription | Click here to unsubscribe
George Lakoff: help progressives frame the message
Good example of progressive framing.
Lakoff needs to give us more such examples based on key issues.
Why do conservatives seem to frame more easily than progressives?
Is it in the nature of the frame that the punitive father is served more advantageously than the nuturing parent?
Jeanne Nightingale (and also Mr. G.)
(read Lakoff's article here:)
http://www.truth-out.org/disaster-messaging61170
REVIEWS: BOOKS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, WEBSITES ...
Please send me your tips...love to hear what you are reading etc. ellen
......................................
Check out review of movie about a lesbian couple and their teenage sperm-donated children meeting the donor:http://wearegoodkin.com/article/kids-are-all-right
......................................
Check out review of movie about a lesbian couple and their teenage sperm-donated children meeting the donor:http://wearegoodkin.com/article/kids-are-all-right
Tri-State Treasures
(Why can't I receive the TST any more? Ellen)
A Newsletter published every Thursday from the Lloyd House in Cincinnati
Email subscriptions: 623+
Our Salon blog is an interactive site: http://lloydhouse.blogspot.com
If you would like to respond, amend, or correct anything in this Newsletter, please consider using that. I will receive a copy of anything posted there.
FIVE SECTIONS, including:
Table Notes of the discussion at this Wednesday night's Salon, as recorded by Ellen
Events and Opportunities
Articles and Letters
Book, Film, Theater, TV, Music, Website Reviews
Tri-State Treasures, compiled by Jim Kesner (currently we cannot receive. Sorry)
Submissions: you must have the email copy to me by Wednesday night midnight. Copy the format you see in this Weekly please. (Times New Roman font, text 14 pt, headlines 20 pt. Maroon for Opportunities and Events, Navy for articles.)
The Wednesday Night Salon has been meeting each week of the year (no break for holidays, weather) since July 2001 in pursuit of good talk. Bring a dish at 5:45 pm and join us. We are usually about 10 people of varied erudition and age. We like to talk politics, environmentalism, social issues, literature, the arts, ad any blamed thing we want. Sometimes we have a special presenter. We emphasize good fellowship and civility always. Way fun! Everyone welcome. 3901 Clifton Avenue 45220.
To unsubscribe from the Weekly, send me an email message and in the subject line put "unsub weekly - #" and in the place of "#" put the numeral (1 - 15) found on this email to you in the subject line after the date.
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