The Lloyd House Virtual Salon: Weekly 1/24/08

DOUBLE FLASH! Save the date. Lloyd House party Saturday 2/2/08, 6 pm. See below for details.

Salon Weekly

~ In 4 Color-Coded Sections:

Table Notes
Events & Opportunities
Articles, Letters
Books, Reviews, Films, Magazines
Tri-State Treasures: events compiled by Jim Kesner

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................................................... Section One: Table Notes ............................................................................ (Note: these notes were taken at the table and have NOT been approved or corrected by the speakers. Reader beware of inevitable misunderstandings and misrepresentations. E.B.)
At the table Wednesday 1/23/08
Ginger Lee Frank, David Sher, Steve Sunderland, Ellen Bierhorslt, Mary Biehn, Elaine Bradford, Neil Anderson, Spencer Konicov, Bill Limbacher, Mira Rodwan, Mr. G.

Ginger: read the preamble.
Announcements at table
Alt. healing stories from around the world ... Elaine.
Spencer Sunday Jan 27, a chicken soup cook off at Wise Temple, over 30 entries. Only $5. Also an auction ... Including an enamel bowl by Vivien Klein; also a hand crafted woven basket, “hen basket” Starts 12:15. Ridge Rd. in Amberly Village.
Ellen: Issues seminar sponsored by Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (Sr. Alice Gerdeman) on important political issues of this year, starting with Health Care seminar this Sunday at Unitarian Church at Reading and Linden in Avondale
Bill a toast to Heath Ledger. Actor in BrokeBack Mountain, died yesterday.
Steve Next Tuesd. At Freedom Cntr at 5:30. Free dinner. Talk at 6:30. Family and Community Violence: preventing them in Cinti.

TOPIC
Elaine. It is a lifetime journey for me to visit healers around the world. Katmandu, where I had an uncle, an educator, who invited several family members, when back in 1973. It was a shock for this teenage girl from cincinnati. I got an appreciation for this whole other world. Before I had only been to Canada and Mex. ...we met the “living goddess”. I witnessed shamans at work, got respect for that sort of thing.

One of my fav. are the Incan shamans in Peru. Late 90’s.   Rubin Orieana, the original Machu Picchu curator. Showed us how to do energy healing work at night.
That whole mountain is quartz crystal. When th lights are out I have good balance and peripheral vision, though poor at day.

Later went to Amazon basin ... Plant medicine doctor. Showed us our blockages. I have gifts of energy that come through physical incapacities. I had a serious chronic disease. The healer showed me many things about myself; through a living dreaming state. He was a shape shifter. He showed me my history. ... In Amazon jungle in a wooden hut, screens on it. Flocks of beautiful birds flying by. ...Pirana only swim in the shadows of the water, so stay in the light. ... Always was terrified of spider. The shaman called the spider. ... In Peru the ancient temples, crop plantings, relating to the earth energy. It is shifting from the male Himalyas to the female Andes

Most recent trip was to John of God in Brazil. He channels dead healers. Does psychic surgery. I witnessed him perform a surgery on somebody; he channels through a lot of concentration, different medical people e.g. St. Ignatius. It was fascinating. ... All comes back to disese as an imbalance in your energy field. He goes into trance, and the channeled healer does the proceedure. ... Saw a leper restored to use of her arm.
(?) are you freer of physical and emotional blockages as a result of your journey? Yes, I do.

I had been blind and unable to walk. I just failed to accept the fatal diagnosis.
Now I can see, but also I have vision. Can see energy, my hands are sensitive. But I don’t talk about it too much. I have an active Reiki practice.
(? Do you consider yourself a healer?) No I channel the healing. (? Phone?) ekbradford@fuse.net. Cell 513 310 9441.

I have known since childhood that I was “different”. I consider it a gift. ...People lie down on my massage table. I stand for an hour or hour and a half. I am channeling unconditional love and energy. It energizes me whle I am doing it. I am happy. By choice.

(?) 28 years ago. During a pregnancy, second child. Had spinal tap.

(?) I went back to Nepal again in ‘03.
(? Is it safe to travel there?) Depends on your travel skills. E.g. You should avoid gun shot.
(? Ginger: I was in early 80’s treated at UC for diving accident. ... Was on Machu Picchu at night in 76. The guide said the gods do not allow people here after sun set. You were working at night?

Elaine yes, we had special permission. ... In Bolivia the female shamans don’t make a lot of money, contrary to the Peruvian male shamans. ... The shamans didn’t want a certain member of our party do come, so there was a blizzard.

Steve in Ojibwa healing ceremony, the women on their period were not welcome either.

Elaine: native shamans have interesting traditions.

Steve the justice dept. authorized medicine people to be paid. Back in Nixon era.
Sweat lodges are amazing. The shaman brings in a gigantic eagle... We thought we had lost our minds.

Elaine I would like to see the two modalities balanced. John Uri Lloyd was an herbal doctor. Naturopathic pharmacist.

Mira I have a friend who thinks she has Lime Disease ... Could I get her together with you?
Elaine I would be very honored.

Mira I think she would be open to your heart.

~ End of Table Notes~

Hugs to everyone,
Ellen

Section Two: Events & Opportunities

This is about warrantless wiretapping, and immunity of the telcom industry:

Dear ellen,

John Edwards should challenge his rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to go back to Washington, DC and fight against retroactive immunity for the telecoms.

The Republicans are not going to let Harry Reid punt and extend the Protect America Act for another 18 months so it looks like the FISA bill is going to come back up again on Monday. Chris Dodd's objection to Unanimous Consent still stands, so they will pick up in the middle of the Motion to Proceed debate.

Without the help of the presidential candidates, we are doomed to lose this fight. And all their calls for change will ring hollow if they allow George Bush to railroad this bill through a supine Democratic-controlled Senate because of their absence.

You can email Senator Edwards directly at john@johnedwards.com.

Cheers,

Jane Hamsher & Glenn Greenwald

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Tell the Senate: Protect us, not AT&T

Dear Ellen,

Broad New Wiretapping Powers for President Bush?
This may be our last chance to stop warrantless wiretapping and retroactive immunity. Please take action today.

This one is worth a call too
Please call Senator Brown at (202) 224-2315 and Senator Voinovich at (202) 224-3353 to tell them: protect us, not AT&T.
Yesterday we wrote you and asked you to contact the three Senators currently running for President so they could return to Washington and defend our rights to privacy and the rule of law in the debate over wiretapping.

We've just learned that Senate leaders are now rushing to pass bad legislation -- legislation that gives retroactive immunity to telecom companies that helped the Bush Administration break the law and spy illegally on Americans. Will you contact your senators today and urge them to stop this legislation immediately?

Tell your senators to uphold their oath of office: no retroactive immunity and no warrantless wiretapping.

CREDO members have already sent over 68,000 emails to Senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama this week, asking them to say no to retroactive immunity and any laws that make it easier for the government to invade your privacy.

But now the fight is moving to the Senate floor. Bush and his allies have made it crystal clear that they will allow legislation designed to allow surveillance of terrorists to die unless that bill protects AT&T and Verizon. We need every senator possible to stand up against the Bush Administration and the telecom companies. Remind them once again to do their jobs, before they cravenly throw the rule of law out the window just because they're afraid of what their opponent's next attack ad will say.

This may be our last chance to stop warrantless wiretapping and retroactive immunity. Please take action today.

The big telecom companies are giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to Senate reelection campaign coffers. They want their get-out-of-jail-free card in the form of retroactive immunity. President Bush has indicated that he will refuse to sign a FISA law that does not include amnesty for AT&T and Verizon, making it clear that he cares more about protecting his cronies from prosecution than securing Americans against the threat of terrorism.

Click here to send a message to your senators today.

Now is the time for us to make our voices heard in the halls of the Senate. Please take a few minutes to contact your senators today.

Thank you for working to halt the big telecom companies' assault on our Constitution.

Michael Kieschnick, President and Co-Founder
CREDO Mobile / Working Assets

LEARN ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE MORRASS, THIS SAT.

Are you vexed that you are not well informed about the important political issues today?

You are not alone. Sr. Alice Gerdeman and the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center has organized 6 free public information sessions.

WHERE: First Unitarian Church, corner Linton St. and Reading Rd. in Avondale. Free parking. Opposite old Sears store.

WHEN: Saturday, 9 to noon
Health Care, 26 Jan
Economic Deelopment 15 March
Education 17 May
Immigration 19 July
Campaign Finance Reform 27 Sept
Foreign Policy Oct 25

Saturday, 9 to noon

Open to the public. RSVP 513 579 8547
http://www.ijpc-cincinnati.org

I am sending this out widely to my email contacts that I think would want to
be part of this event. Julie Murray

8 powerful organizations in the city are sponsoring an event featuring Dr.
Deborah Prothrow-Stith - associate dean of public health at the Harvard School
of Public Health as the keynote speaker - She will describe "the Boston
Miracle" and help us as citizens formulate a plan to address together the problem of
violence in our city.
Because I believe the more of us that are present and hear and are heard, the
more likely it is that something different will happen, I am trying to make
sure that everyone I know, knows about this. PLEASE consider bringing your
precious presence!!!
There are several toher important events that same evening - a dialogue on
health care reform at XU etc.... but if you can, please be part of the movement
to change something very important right here in our city. Please send this
email out yourself widely....

Tuesday, January 29th Free at the Freedom Center
5:15 pm - "finger food supper"
6-9 pm program
National Undergound Railroad Freedom Center - Harriet Tubman Theater

RSVP - 361-2141

Food Not Bombs serves a free meal every Saturday down town at Maine and 5th at 2:30.

The Lloyd House is having another of it’s wonderful parties. Come! All ages.

Lloyd House Hosts: Ellen Bierhorst, Debra Martin, Carolyn Aufderhaar, Kati Krome, Derek Lester

FABLOUS LLOYD HOUSE IMBOLC/BRIGID/CANDLEMAS PARTY~

Saturday 2 February 2008
6:00 pm – 10 pm
Pot luck. Main course, vegetable dish, salad, starch, wine, beverage, desert, crackers/chips, ... Bring just enough so that if you and your party only ate that for the meal you’d have just a tad left over.

Live Band: “the Dial Tones” with Mike and Karen Radeke, Jelly Roll and the band
$5 – 10 band donation requested Tip bucket will be circulated
DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING ..... DANCING .....

Park on Lafayette Avenue, unless physically handicapped. We have space in driveway for one handicap vehicle. Please remove shoes in the foyer (we have a number of pairs of slippers in the back hallway. Feel free.)

In celebration of the goddess Brigid (pagan holiday of Imbolc, high winter) we will sweep away our old encumbrances from the previous year (and life?) and burn them up in the fire, making way for new things to arrive and grow. It’s Candlemas (Groundhog Day), in dark of winter when soulfire burns brightest. Perhaps we’ll have a bonfire, weather permitting. You might reflect on what you want to “sweep away” in order to make way for the new... Habits or patterns that are holding you back from realizing your goals and dreams? Hurt, resentment or trauma that is darkening your spirit? Fears of people or of economic insecurity? It is neat to write them down on little scraps of paper and at the right moment, toss them into the flames, burning up the old, making way for new energies to come into your life. You don’t have to be a pagan to get off on this.

Lloyd House parties are characterized by extremely diverse guest list, jolly silliness, joviality, and fun. Did I mention dancing?
“There’s never been anything but fabulous parties at the Lloyd House!” The ghosts love a party.

3901 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati 45220
Map to the Lloyd House:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=3901+Clifton+Ave.&city=cincinnati&state=oh&zipcode=45220

Dr. Vlasta Molak offers 2 day workshop, Feb. 7, 8, 9 *
(On the evening of Thurs 2/7 will be a 3 hour overview for only $60. Contact her to get more info: mailto:DrMolak@email.com )

Sustainable Cincinnati:

Aiming for a TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE (Economic Development, Environmental Protection and Solving Social Problems)

By Dr. Vlasta Molak, staff, and invited national experts in sustainable development and re-development, GAIA FOUNDATION, Inc.,
Web: http://www.GaiaFoundation.net <http://www.gaiafoundation.net/> E-mail: DrMolak@gmail.com <mailto:DrMolak@email.com> or tel. 513/521-9321

This is a 2- days workshop, starting on a Thursday evening, and ending on Saturday afternoon is designed to enable the participants maximal interaction and problem solving for creating sustainable Cincinnati

PLACE: Gaia Feast and Sustainable Living Center, 806 Plum Street, Cincinnati 45202 across from Cincinnati City Hall

DATE: Feb 7-9, 2008.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Our workshop is particularly designed for the City Council (and staff), Hamilton County Commissioners (and staff), and members of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County business community, developers and other VIPs, and Northern Kentucky equivalents, since they are the citizens with the most power to affect positive (and/or negative) changes in our community of Greater Cincinnati. Other citizens involved in development and redevelopment and/or who are concerned about environment and future of our community may also find our seminar very useful.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this condensed workshop is to teach a new paradigm in dealing with urban and suburban environmental, occupational, and social problems, by integrating science and technology with the social sciences and applying them to sustainable development of the Greater Cincinnati Community. Sustainable development is defined as “integrated strategies that would halt and reverse the negative impact of human behavior on the physical environment and allow for a livable environment for future generations on Earth.” Sustainable Cincinnati is linked to our work in Over-the-Rhine, in which we are starting to apply a systemic approach, in contrast to a “business as usual” band-aid approach, to solve multiple urban problems of Cincinnati (poverty, homelessness, racial tensions, drug dealing, crime, etc.).

We are connecting sustainable development of Greater Cincinnati with the sustainable redevelopment of the urban blight areas in Cincinnati, according to the vision stated in our SEARCH (Sustainable Development and Advanced Renewal of Cincinnati Heart) in addition to Sky Gardens, our vision of the Banks, which will house a totally sustainable Rainbow Town and will not require ANY tax money from the citizens to built and maintain, see our Web site. According to our calculations, when we complete those two major projects, the tax-paying population of the city will increase and the social ills will decrease.   Indeed, both of these projects will increase the wealth and the tax-base of our city and restore its glamour of the past as the QUEEN CITY.

This type of approach has not yet been used anywhere else! Why not start with Cincinnati? Perhaps we can finally dispense with Mark Twain's assertion that everything in Cincinnati comes 10 years after it arrives anywhere else!

PERSONAL RETREAT AND HEALTHY LIVING STYLE: It turns out that sustainable living is also good for personal health.   “Walking lightly on your mother Earth” also involves eating lower from the food chain, i.e. decreasing a consumption of foods derived from animals (meat and meat products and milk and milk products). It also involves avoiding the most inefficient mode of transportation -a single driver car, which is 60 fold less efficient than bicycle. Walking, biking, and other body movements not only decrease our personal CO2 emissions, but also improve our personal health. Therefore, what is good for the Earth is also good for our personal health. In our workshop we will also include healthy nutrition.

PRICE:

$ 360 if registered and paid before January 9, 2008. Price includes meals, desserts, and drinks, a manual, and a high-quality tea-shirt with the Gaia Foundation logo. $ 410 after January 9, 2008

Gaia Foundation, Inc., which is sponsoring this course and is developing the SEARCH and Gaia Oasis project, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promotion of sustainable development of communities and environments for improved quality of life. Results are achieved through multiple means, such as educational programs, demonstrations of sustainable technologies, providing consulting to non governmental and governmental organizations, developing policies on local, state, national and international levels, and/or getting involved with practical projects within communities. Guidance and support is provided to volunteers and professionals who are dedicated to the improvement of local, national, or international living conditions and environments. The headquarters of the GAIA FOUNDATION are at 8987 Cotillion Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45231

Dr. Vlasta Molak is an international expert in sustainable development and had taught courses in this and similar topics in many venues. In 1993, she has taught a one-day course on Use of Risk Analysis in Sustainable Development at then newly formed Division for Sustainable Development at the United Nations in New York. She had also taught the old City Council (1990) on Fundamentals of Environmental and Occupational Risk Analysis and Management. Roxanne Qualls was one of the lecturers.   In addition, Dr. Molak has taught numerous environmental risk analysis courses in Brazil, Russia, Check Republic, Croatia and others.   Her book on Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management (see amazon.com) is used as a reference book and text book in graduate courses on risk analysis.

In 1999, Dr. Molak served as a Congressional Fellow in the Office of the Ohio Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, working primarily on all aspects of sustainability under the Kyoto Protocol. All other environmental issues were also under her domain.

REGISTRATION FORM
register and pay on the Web site with Pay Pal.

There is now every Sunday morning an open weekly Tai Chi practice session at the Lloyd House in the third floor zendo at 10:15 am. Everyone welcome. Group is led by Jackie Millay (sp?) and I finally made a class last week. It was excellent! Only three of us. Come join us. Raise the chi, warm yourself up this winter. ellen

From Fanchon:

Pure Movement: Dancing With Gods and Goddesses [Four week Monday night series Jan. 28 - Feb. 18, 2008 at 6:30- 8pm]
Heat up, recharge, and awaken your spirit by dancing from eternal energies, archetypes, gods and goddesses. Fanchon Shur a dancer/ choreographer, Dr. Susan Crew a psychologist/ diviner , and Bonia Shur a composer will join together to allow an ancient sacred myth to come alive in us. Classes will be fueled by live music (piano, guitar and drums) performed by Bonia Shur and additional musicians. $240 for all four classes, you can pay what is right for you.
Where: 4019 Red Bud Ave. Cinti, OH 45229. More info: click here to go to website! <http://www.growthinmotion.org/images/uploaded/gods&goddessflier2.gif> To register email fanchon@ growthinmotion.org or 513-221-3222.

Thank you
Fanchon Shur

(See Tri-State Treasures, the compilation of cultural events by Jim Kesner, at the bottom of the entire weekly. It’s juicy! E.)

Section Three: Articles

Contents:

Is Hillary electable? Ellen
Dan Labotz has studied Cincinnati: conclusion is “oligarchy”
Hello from Shari Able
Voting Records of the various candidates for pres. Thanks to Caeli Good for these links.
Consumer Strike for Health Care
Etiquette for Emails: read this
“Edwards, not Hillary!” from Huffington Post via David Rosenberg
Cincinnati praised for keeping Drop In Center open

Hillary:
A smart friend said there are too many people who would vote for any jackass just to avoid voting for a woman. Does this mean the Democrats would be shooting themselves in the foot to nominate Hillary? My brother Gene says electability is the only criterion he is interested in for a Democratic nominee. Thinks someone from the East is not electable, and a woman is not electable.
    So why is Roxanne Qualls for Hillary? Why is David Pepper for Hillary? How in heaven’s name is she doing so well in this race?
    think about it: wouldn’t it be thrilling to have a female head of state in this country? Wouldn’t THAT feel like new and different?
    Then there is David Rosenberg’s position that the Clintons have always been in the pocket of Big Business. But Edwards has courageously taken on corporate power. Hmmm. Ellen

New study of Cincinnati by Dan La Botz

Dear Ellen,

    I would appreciate it if you could call to the attention of the Lloyd House group the publication of Who Rules Cincinnati? at http://www.cincinnatistudies.org/studies.html
    I would be happy to come talk about this study to a Lloyd House meeting.
     Warm regards,
     Dan La Botz
(Dan is a smart fella’; has always been on the right side of issues like Health Care, Capital Punnishment, etc. I am looking forward to his presentation. Ellen)

Who Rules Cincinnati? by Dan La Botz

SEVEN CORPORATIONS DOMINATE CINCINNATI’S ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND POLITICS LEADING TO “DISTORTED DEVELOPMENT,” POVERTY

“Who Rules Cincinnati?” argues that seven corporations have dominated the City of Cincinnati’s economy, society and politics leading to “distorted development” and “grotesque contrasts between rich and poor” with “a particularly damaging impact on the African American population.”

The study, a compendium of information on Cincinnati-based corporations, their revenues, profits and the salaries of their officers, and their political contributions, also describes the role of corporate coalitions such as Cincinnati Business Committee (CBC), Downtown Cincinnati Incorporated (DCI), and Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC).

The study also found that two families, the Lindners and the Peppers, the first associated with American Financial Group and the second with Procter and Gamble, play an inordinate role in the financing of local political campaigns and candidates.

This is the first such study of wealth and power in Cincinnati since Polk Laffoon IV wrote “Who Runs Cincinnati?” published in the former Cincinnati Post in the 1980s.

The principal findings of the study are are:

Seven corporations, by virtue of their enormous wealth and power, dominate the economic and social life of Cincinnati – 1) Procter & Gamble; 2) Kroger, 3) Macy’s/Federated Department Stores/; 4) Fifth Third Bancorp, 5) Western and Southern Financial, 6) American Financial Corp, and, 7) E.W. Scripps. They can be said to rule Cincinnati and among them, Procter & Gamble plays the predominant role.

In Cincinnati the seven dominant corporations and some other companies guide all the important civic, cultural, and social organizations of the city. They influence or control the boards of directors of foundations, universities, museums, and social welfare organizations. They sit on boards while community members and working people are virtually excluded from participation. Middle class and working class people have almost no role in these organizations or at best have token representation.

Cincinnati corporations and wealthy families play an inordinate role in financing and shaping local politics. Corporate Political Action Committees or PACs, such as the P&G PAC, and corporate families loom large in local, regional and state politics.The Lindner family (American Financial Group) and the Pepper family (Procter & Gamble) make large financial contributions to political candidates and ballot issues. These firms and families contribute significant funding to local Republican, Democratic, and Charter candidates in order to shape the city’s government and the educational and judicial systems.

To achieve their goals, Cincinnati corporations have created a series of private organizations—CBC, DCI, 3CDC—which have usurped democratic control from the city council, from city agencies and from the public. Creation of the “strong mayor,” abolition of the planning department, and handing over public planning functions to private organizations have all worked to the detriment of public discussion, debate and democratic control.

Control of the city’s economic and political life for profits and the accumulation of corporate wealth and property has made Cincinnati the third poorest mid-sized city in the United States. Social and economic indicators in areas of unemployment, health care, segregation and education reflect devastation from corporate priorities. Cincinnati’s middle class and working class neighborhoods have declined while corporations focused on downtown development. The inevitable growth of crime out of poverty further degrades the lives of all working people in Cincinnati while also imposing the heavy costs of the police and judicial apparatus.

Corporate control of Cincinnati’s economic and political life has preserved and sometimes deepened patterns of racial segregation, discrimination and outright racism. The focus on downtown development and emphasis on expensive entertainment and luxury consumption, redefining the city in terms of the interests of white suburban visitors, and creation of a climate of fear of African Americans have all worked to the detriment of the city’s black population.

The study’s recommendations call upon Cincinnati’s citizens to organize in social and political movement to change the city’s direction. “ Cincinnati’s priorities need to change from development that favors narrow corporate objectives to development that strengthens neighborhoods, creates industrial, technical and service jobs with high wages, and that favors a green, sustainable economy,” writes the author.

© 2008 Cincinnati Studies

Shari Able, erstwhile salonista, writes from LA:

on 1/23/08 9:19 PM, Shari Able at shariablenow@yahoo.com wrote:

hi ellen thank you for keeping me plugged in and inviting me to another of your wonderful dance parties. i will miss not being there as i miss sorely not being at weds salon, getting set up here has taken more effort than i anticipated, especially since my lap top needed a new hard drive etc. etc. it's funny 5 years ago i had no use for the machine now i'm lost without it. please send my love to all and tell them i'd love to hear from them, the weather here was warm and in the 70's but for the past 2 days it's been raining and chilly oh how quickly one can expect good weather all the time, i've joined a singing group that meets weekly its the first time i've allowed myself to sing with others and its lots of fun--god i miss you guys you're all welcome to come and visit and stay on my extra bed luvya shari

Claire Bierhorst (my niece in New York City): Consumer Strike for Sane National Health Care

I’m going to spend as little as possible this year. I
refuse to be bullied into spending money on junky
goods that I don’t need. Our economy has been terribly
managed. I AM ON STRIKE.

I will continue to spend as little as possible, until
a universal healthcare system has been instituted.

Just this week, I cancelled my gym membership. I’m
going to take walks and do Pilates at home. On Sunday,
I cooked lunch for a friend who visited me, rather
than go out to eat. I am mastering the art of applying
beautiful eye makeup to attract men. I’m not buying
anymore designer junk clothes. Not when friends and
family die because they can’t go to the doctor.

A 59 year-old friend died last month, because she
could not go to the doctor. Enough is enough.

Don’t spend until we have our health care! Invite
friends over for dinner or go for a walk. Play games
with your kids or read them books from the library.
Claire

Etiquette for Emails: Read this.

This is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures.

Do you REALLY know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% DO NOT.

Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses and names. As the messages are forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every E-mail address that has come across his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he will make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a few cents! How do you stop it? Well, there are several easy steps.

Try the following if you haven't done it before:

(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second. You MUST click the 'Forward' button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on 'Forward' first, you won't be able to edit the message at all.

(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the BCC:(blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC: option click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to BCC: your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients in the 'TO:' field of the people who receive it.

(3) Remove any 'FW: in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix spelling.

(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading. Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it?

By Forwarding from the actual page, you wish someone to view; you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to see what you sent.

(5) Have you ever gotten an email that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The email can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addresses. A FACT: The completed petition is often actually worth a couple of bucks to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and email address on a petition. (Actually, if you think about it, who's supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports? And don't believe the ones that say that the email is being traced, it just ain't so! Totally impossible!)

(6) Don't send emails with a blank subject line.

(7) Dont forget to wipe the anti virus messages and lines at the end also..

Some of the other emails I hate include:

1. The one that says something like, 'Send this email to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen.” Or sometimes they'll just tease you by saying 'something really cute will happen.’ IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!!!!! (Trust me, I'm still seeing some of the same emails that I waited on 10 years ago!) I know some of the mail is cute etc.. but I usually delete the part where it says forwatd to x amount of people

2. I don't let the bad luck ones scare me either, they get deleted. (This could be why I haven't won the lottery...!)

3. Before you forward a 'Virus Alert', or some of the other emails floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an email that is in question can be checked out a Snopes. Just go to www.snopes.com. It's really easy to find out if it's real or not. If it's not, please don't pass it on.

So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses.

Finally, here's an idea!!!

Let's send this to everyone we know (but strip my address off first, please).

This is something that SHOULD be forwarded, so do it please.

I noticed you were straying to the dark side. Here’s some food for thought.

Much love,

David Rosenberg

NOT HILLARY... EDWARDS!

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Opinion
Larry Abrams Thu Jan 3, 12:38 PM ET
Hillary Clinton: Center-leftist?
In its recent Election '08 issue, The Nation magazine offers this assessment, "Hillary Clinton has proven herself a dedicated centrist and when the center moves left, she has shown she can move too."
The Nation is certainly not wrong about Hillary, but their evaluation brought to mind an encounter of my own from thirty-five years before.
I was sitting at a McDonald's--eating a fish fillet--when a friend and fellow activist proposed "a game." He wanted to create an absolute political scale from left to right and place various national and local political figures ideologically along its' grid. The point of the game, according to my friend Roger, was to determine who was the most liberal politician, with the unspoken implication being, that the most liberal politician was "the best" politician. For those of you who didn't live it, this was a real early 70's state of mind.
I was about seventeen at the time but even then there was something about this exercise that struck me as wrongheaded. I may have even told my friend Roger, the erstwhile President of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate Students Association, that I thought he was barking up the wrong tree.
I might have told him that there was no absolute political scale of Right to Left, and that "who was the most liberal" was the wrong question to ask. The better question, then as now, would have been "Which side are you on?"
It's been a long time since this question has been relevant to any American election cycle, but remarkably, with so many candidates claiming the mantle of change, it has become so in this one. However, to understand who is the real candidate of change, it's necessary to understand just what needs changing.
Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980, as a new kind of Conservative, one who turned liberal politics on its head by proclaiming himself the heir of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. In Reagan's world it was the Democrats who had betrayed FDR's legacy, turning the latter's party into a haven for appeasers, druggies and perhaps most damningly, elitists, out of touch with the lives and concerns of every day Americans.
The attack on the supposedly liberal elites, echoing older Republican attacks on the so-called "pointy headed liberals," was the opening salvo of a broader attack in what came to be known as the culture wars.
In the Reagan years we got the War on Drugs and the rising influence of evangelical Christianity on American politics. We got Lynne Cheney, in her role as head of the National Endowment for the Humanities, attacking new history textbooks of the period for supposedly over emphasizing slavery and genocide against Native Americans, while not sufficiently emphasizing "what was good about America." We got the War against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the arming of death squads all through Central America as a bulwark against communist subversion in our hemisphere.
However perhaps more important than the cultural and political Reaction of the Reagan years was the rediscovery and aggressive application of the free market economic theories of University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman.
It was Friedman's contention that if the government would just take the shackles (excessive regulation, trade protectionism, worker and union rights etc) off industry and business, then the gusher of ensuing economic growth would lift all of society's boats together.
Under Reagan, Friedman's principles were applied not just domestically, leading to the loosening or abandonment of regulation in most sectors of the economy, but internationally.
US development agencies together with the US controlled International Monetary Fund and World Bank began to link promises of aid with demands for the nation-states of the developing world to convert to Free Market principles. This forced economic conversion of the developing world, eerily paralleling the rise of Islam a millennium before, was called "structural adjustment."
The application of Friedmanomics also coincided with the long-term decline of American manufacturing. With the rationalization of the world economy, it no longer made economic sense for manufacturing to be done in the high wage, developed world when it could be done more cheaply elsewhere.
The new economy of the developed world was instead supposed to be based on brains rather than brawn. The West and America in particular were now to be powered by the new technology revolution and by the rise of Wall Street and the Financial Markets, by the business of Money itself.
The totality and seamlessness of the Reagan Revolution led some exultant neo-right wingers to proclaim, and not for the last time, the beginning of a thousand year Republican Reich. However it was not to be.
It turned out that there was a key political contradiction between the Reaganite emphasis on values and its rationalizing economic engine. The decline of manufacturing was felt disproportionately by the "Reagan Democrats," mostly blue collar and working class whites who had cheered on Reagan's appropriation of the cultural mantle of FDR. These Democrats, the ones who had responded to Reagan's evocation of the optimism of post World War II America, of the shining "city on the hill," now saw their jobs being shipped overseas. They saw themselves being phased out, marginalized by the rise of the new technological and financial elites.
By 1988 the table had clearly been set for a Democrat to address the rising political- economic dislocation and inequality of Reagan's America. Almost any Democrat could have won that election, but especially a Democrat with working class roots, who addressed the epic political-economic hypocrisy and dishonesty of the Reagan regime.
Instead we got Michael Dukakis who stressed "leadership and management."
When a Democrat finally was elected in 1992, in response to the economic failures of the first Bush administration, there was hope that there might finally be a pushback, politically, economically and culturally, against the excesses of what still was (and truthfully, still is) the Reagan era.
Instead we got William Jefferson Clinton, a sort of Rabellaisian figure, Michael Dukakis on steroids.
Chief among the failures of the Clinton years, beyond his seeming inability to keep his thing in his pants, was the failure to address the legacy of Reagan and Reaganism. Rather, in the economic sphere, Clinton, through his extraordinarily able Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, furthered the Reagonian rationalization of the economy. The success of the Clinton era economy is often looked back on now as his great achievement but its long-term consequences for the country and the world have proved disastrous.
The difference between Clinton, Reagan and for that matter, the Bushes, was that under Clinton, we were actually told that yes, we were going to lose our manufacturing jobs, but it was going to be alright. In the future, they told us, we would all be going to college to get better jobs in the new economy, and jobs that paid more to boot.
A full economic cycle later we can see that this was not the case. The jobs that replaced the lost manufacturing work were largely service jobs, shit jobs, non-union jobs. We see that the only way many Americans are able to keep their heads above water is by going so deeply into debt they never expect to get out of it. And we begin to sense that Ross Perot was right and Robert Rubin was wrong, that a great power cannot survive the loss of it's manufacturing base.
Meanwhile the financial, business and tech sectors of the economy continue to boom, creating not only a two-tier economy, but a level of class stratification previously unknown in modern America.
The failure of the Clintonites to address the rise of debt as the engine of American prosperity set the template for the speculative frenzy that has ultimately led the country and the world to the brink of a catastrophic financial collapse. Further, their inclination to allow Wall Street financial empires to dictate government economic policy has created a de-facto permanent government; an interface of the large Investment houses and the State complete with a well known cast of characters--like Robert Rubin and Henry Paulson--continually passing through the revolving door from one branch of the permanent government to the other.
The final failure of the Clintonites to roll back the Reagan legacy is perhaps the most damning. It was the acceptance of the commodification of every day life; what the kids see when they watch The Matrix. It's what happened to us in the 70's and 80's when the market realized it could sell anything to anyone; that the only bad drugs were the ones that made us not want to shop. It was and remains the real deal death of values that the Christian value voters never seem to address: the concept that nothing has an inherent value of its own, only what it can fetch on the market. It's the primacy of style over content where all the best stuff has a continual if impermanent sheen.
It is within this world without memory that the current election cycle takes place. In this world we are told that all the problems of America are the fault of the second George Bush, the stupid one, who actually believed that Jesus was going to bail out his sorry ass.
This is certainly the dominant narrative of Hillary Clinton's campaign. Get rid of Bush, we get rid of the plague that is sickening America and we can all go back to business as usual. And certainly Bush has been the worst President that I can remember, probably the worst of the modern era. But Bush didn't create the current structural problems of the country.
Getting rid of Bush will be a good and great thing, but it doesn't make the case for Hillary Clinton as President. The problem with Hillary is that she doesn't really fit the political moment. Hillary's politics are essentially an enlightened business-as-usual and it's not clear the world can survive too much more of that. It also appears as though Hillary feels she is the carrier of her husband's legacy and as we have seen, that legacy is part of the problem.
The final element of "the problem with Hillary" is that, as many others have said, she might not be electable, even against a Republican field that ranges from laughable to delusional. Can a Batman villain like Rudy Giuliani actually get elected? Can a John McCain, who thinks we are winning the war in Iraq--a war that wouldn't exist if we weren't in it--actually get a day pass out of the asylum where he must spend the nights? It's hard to say, but certainly any Republican's chances--or for that matter Michael Bloomberg's chances--are greatly enhanced by a projected match up against Hillary.

As contrasted to Hillary, Barack Obama does fit the political moment but not in a good way. The problem with Obama's politics is that they are, like the culture, cosmetic. Rather than run as an actual change candidate, Obama has chosen to run as a symbolic change candidate, a charismatic young bi-racial man as a symbol of change. However it's hard to say what change Obama actually represents beyond his assurances of it.
And then there's John Edwards. Edwards is not a perfect candidate, but Edwards is running a transformational political campaign, and in doing so, is addressing the real issues and challenges we face as a people and a species. Edwards is attacking the collusion of the investment banks, the insurance companies and your government. He's calling those trade deals rammed through by the last Democratic President what they are, a sell out of the American working class to international Capital. Edwards is naming the system, the first viable Democrat in a Presidential campaign to do so in a long, long time.

If this election is really to be about change, the question for Hillary, Obama and Edwards becomes, who's willing to take a stand against the system? Who's willing to take a risk on behalf of people who've been locked out or left behind; people without influence, people who might not even show up to vote? If this election is really to be about change, the question for Hillary, Obama and Edwards is "Which side are you on?" By that measure, I think the candidate of change is fairly obvious.

JENEFER ELLINGSTON (WEEKLY LURKER IN D.C., GREEN PARTY “MOTHER”) WRITES ON DROP IN CENTR ACTIVISM:

on 1/17/08 4:42 PM, Jenefer Ellingston at jellingston@earthlink.net wrote:

Dear Ellen,
Just a note. Here in DC, over the years, we have protested, sat down and locked arms to prevent closing of homeless shelters in Gales Schools. Franklin School and Randell school. Of course we lost.
In addition, our city gov. is aiming for more and more charter schools and fewer and fewer public schools.
I'm so proud of you if you were able to keep "Drop in center" open.

Gap between $urvival and the wealthy gets wider and wider as our economy goes down the tubes. I doubt that any of
the corporations with mailboxes in Barbadoes (or some island) will suffer more than a dent.
as ever, Jenefer

Section Four: Books/Movies/Magazines/Reviews
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I threatened to discontinue this section because so few folks were sending in the books they were enjoying or wanted to tell us about. However, I got two letters asking we continue it and promises to write in. Hey! So we’ll continue. ellen
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A team of rivals about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln is really thrilling. By Doris K. Goodwin. Am totally in love with Lincoln. Wept listening to the Gettysburg address! “Four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty....”   Unfortunately it feels to me now that government for the people, of the people, by the people is not getting a trial in America today. Feels like for big money, by big money and of big money. Hey, here’s an idea: why not try democracy? ellen

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“Afterlife” Discussion [Wednesdays - 23 January thru 12 March @ 7:00-8:30 PM]: Emanuel Swedenborg’s “Heaven & Hell” was published 250 years ago in 1758 & has been continuously in print ever since. This highly regarded work contains the essence of what Swedenborg "disclosed" of the realities of life after death & the structure of the realms which remain invisible to us while we live in our body. Swedenborg promised: “What I have been saying in this book about heaven will be clear to people who delight in knowing about spiritual truths, especially to people who love truth because it is true.” Become enriched after absorbing the lessons you will learn as a group of people read “Afterlife,” an abridged version of “Heaven & Hell,” then gathering to center, reading out loud, share, & journal. Attend any of the gatherings; "each will give your spiritual life energy & grounding." Facilitated by Clark Echols. $13 for the book. Glendale New Church, 845 Congress Avenue, Glendale, Cincinnati, OH 45246. More info @ 513.772.1478 & clark.echols@newchurch-cincy.org & www.newchurch-cincy.org.

Deathtrap [Thursday 24 January – Sunday 10 February @ 2 & 8 PM]: Sidney is a famous writer of murder-mystery thrillers suffers a string of failures & shortage of funds. Upon receiving a hit-script from his student, Sidney proposes to collaborate to perfect the play for 50% of the royalties. The young writer fails to realize his imminent mortality when he refuses the deal. Come & scream a little; it's good for you. Written by Ira Lewin. Tickets are $19 for seniors & students; $21 for adults. At Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Avenue, West Price Hill, Cincinnati, OH 45238. More info, dates & times, & tix @ 513.241.6550, jenniferperrino@covedalecenter.com, & www.cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.

Body of Work: The Human Form in Contemporary Art - Opening Reception [Friday 25 January @ 6-9 PM]: The human form has been central to artwork long before it was called "art." Artists have found infinite ways to provide forms of self-reflection to society. Body of Work invited artists to submit works in any medium or genre that investigate or incorporate the human form. Manifest received over 450 entries, from purely academic anatomical figure drawings, to conceptual & less-obvious interpretations. The exhibit includes 17 works by 12 artists from 8 states & the UK, expressed in painting, sculpture, collage, drawing, & printmaking. Refreshments will be served. Exhibit thru Friday 22 February. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.

Appetite & Consumption - Opening Reception [Friday 25 January @ 6-9 PM]: Manifest Gallery presents a solo exhibit of large-scale works on paper by Kelly Jo Asbury. An intimate drawing room experience of larger than life scale, this exhibit will present works which the artist states are intended to arouse & discomfort the viewer by means of subtly familiar imagery & suggestions of sensuality. The artist writes: "These paintings/drawings explore our primordial link to water & our relentless search for one another... The use of symbolic references to water, metamorphosis & adaptation are linked conceptually to... amphibians through various cultural views (especially Mayan) of fertility, growth & birth." Refreshments will be served. Exhibit runs thru Friday 22 February. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.

Kirtan with Mike Cohen & Friends [Friday 25 January @ 7:00-9:30 PM]: Kirtan is devotional chanting open to everyone, an opportunity to chant your heart open through sacred call & response music in a group setting. Kirtan invites you to sing, clap, dance, & drum together to create deep connection to the secret places of your soul. $15 for adults; $10 for 11-17 year-olds; free to kids under 11. At yoga hOMe, 11928 Montgomery Road, Symmes Twp, Cincinnati, OH 45249. More info @ kjohnsberger@gmail.com.

Day of Dialogue on Healthcare [Saturday 26 January @ 9 AM - Noon]: Begin with a panel sharing a variety of opinions & then move into facilitated groups of 6-8 people. The goal is to create an environment where people with different views can listen & be listened to, true learning & civil discourse. Panelists will facilitate discussion on experiences with the healthcare system & what can be done to make it better. Panelists: Peg Halpin (county employee with insurance experiencing financial hardship with healthcare costs); Dr. Molly Katz (active in American Medical Association, supports universal coverage, opposes Single Payer); Col Owens (member of Governor Strickland's health care task force); Bob Park (with Single Payer Action Network); & Matt Williams (VP of External Relations at Catholic Healthcare Partners). Health Care is the 1st dialogue in a 6-part series entitled Issues 2008: What's At Stake? Future dialogues include Economic Development (March 15), Education (May 17), Immigration (July 19), Campaign Finance Reform (September 27), & Foreign Policy (October 25). Sponsored by Intercommunity Justice & Peace Center. Reservations requested. At the First Unitarian Church, 536 Linton Road, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info & RSVP @ 513.579.8547, kristen@ijpc-cincinnati.org, & www.ijpc-cincinnati.org.

Cinema Carnegie Premiers with "Rain Man" [Saturday & Wednesday 26 & 30 January @ 7:30 PM]: Cinema Carnegie is a new film series at The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center featuring the best in independent films, documentaries, short films, art house films, repertory classics, & films with local connections (filmed locally, filmmakers with community ties, etc.). Combining the majesty of America’s grand movie palaces with a surprising intimacy that enhances the detail & nuance of film, the beautifully restored Otto M. Budig Theatre at The Carnegie is Northern Kentucky’s premier venue for captivating cinematic experiences. Cinema Carnegie is on the final Saturday & following Wednesday of every month, with cocktails, movies, & conversations with filmmakers. Cinema Carnegie premiers with "Rain Man," featuring Tom Cruise & Dustin Hoffman as unlikely brothers traveling cross country. This 1988 classic won 4 Academy Awards including “Best Picture” & was partly filmed in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, including a scene at Newport’s Pompilio’s restaurant. $8 admission. At the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.2030 & www.thecarnegie.com.

Reiki 1 & 2 [Saturday-Sunday 26-27 January @ 9 AM - 5 PM]: Marion Corbin-Mayer, MA/RMT, will help you learn this Japanese relaxation & stress reduction technique. 8.5 CNE per class. Lecture, attunement & lots of practice. Certificate awarded at the end of each day. Reiki 2 includes symbols & distance healing techniques. Reiki 1 = $127; Reiki 2 = $175. Reservations & $50 deposit required for each level; $275 for both if paid in full by 10 January. At Creative Catalysts, #231 Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.

Seeking Refuge: German Jewish Refugees in South Africa, 1933-1945 [Sunday 27 January @ 2 PM]: In observance of the United Nations Day of Holocaust Remembrance, The Center for Holocaust & Humanity Education (CHHE) will host a special lecture "Seeking Refuge: German Jewish Refugees in South Africa, 1933-1945," featuring CHHE Director of Education, Lotta Stone. Her presentation focuses on her dissertation research, which sheds new light into the lives & experiences of roughly 6,000 German & Austrian Jews who found asylum in South Africa during the Holocaust. Additionally, CHHE opens its newest, original exhibition, "The Tehran Children," highlighting the 1942 passage of nearly 900 Polish-Jewish children to Tehran, Iran. Local jeweler, Aaron Rubenstein, who was one of these lucky children, is featured in the exhibit & will be present as guest of honor to share his experiences. Free. At Mayerson Auditorium, Hebrew Union College, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ 513-487-3055, chhe@huc.edu, & www.holocaustandhumanity.org.

Dancing with Gods & Goddesses [Mondays 28 January - 18 February @ 6:30-8:00 PM]: Fanchon Shur (dancer/choreographer), Dr. Susan Crew (psychologist/diviner), & Bonia Shur (composer), will join together to allow an ancient sacred myth to come alive in participants. Explore "The Disobedience Of The Daughter Of The Sun: A Mayan Tale of Ecstasy, Time & Finding One's True Form" written by Martin Prechtel. This myth awakens creative powers & sheds brilliant light on relationships. Get your book & read about the myth (not the analysis) before the class begins. Each class will be fueled with live music (piano, guitar & drums) performed by Bonia Shur & additional musicians. Four sessions for $240 recommended; please pay what is right for you. At Growth In Motion, Inc., 4019 Red Bud Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. More info, registration, & copy of book @ 513.221.3222, fanchon@growthinmotion.org, & fanchon@growthinmotion.org.

French-US Relations Under New French President Nicolas Sarkozy [Tuesday 29 January @ 4:30-6:30 PM]: The French-American Chamber of Commerce presents a cocktail reception & two lectures on France under its new leadership. Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere (Consul General of France in Chicago) will present the official views of the French-US relations under France’s newly elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Gary M. Shubert (member of the Bars of New York & Paris & of the Board of Directors of the French American Chamber of Commerce) will share observations of the economic impact of the new government’s programs & projects on businesses. Cocktail meeting. $25 EACC member, $35 non-member, $50 at the door (space permitting); includes wine & light hors-d’oeuvres. At Twist, the new lounge by Jean-Robert, 127 West 4th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & registration @ 513-852-6510, eacc@europe-cincinnati.com, & www.europe-cincinnati.com.

Cycle of Violence Forum [Tuesday 29 January @ 6 PM]: Help to seek an end to the cycle of community & family violence & begin the Cycle of Peace. Keynote speaker Dr. Deborah Prothrow Stith, Dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health will present her strategies that have been implemented in Boston & Chicago to successfully reduce & prevent violence. Local community panelists will respond to her presentation & answer audience questions. Sponsored by the YWCA Family Violence Prevention Project & University of Cincinnati. Event is free; suggested $10 donation. At Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.361.2141, abetas@ywcacin.org, & www.embracehope.org.

Diva [Tuesday-Wednesday 29-30 January @ 7 PM]: "Young Parisian mail courier is content with his bohemian lifestyle, his circle of friends & listening to opera, particularly one exceptional American diva who refuses to be recorded. So enamored with her, he makes an illegal tape of her at a concert. But when the tape is confused with one implicating a police chief with the mob, he must use all his ingenuity to survive. Particularly notable for its stylish New-Wave production values & extended motorcycle chase scene." ~ Stewart M. Clamen. First released in 1981, enjoy this unique & exciting thriller, full of comedy, romance, opera & murder with a new 35mm print, sound track, translation & subtitles. Winner of 4 Césars: Best 1st Film, Best Cinematography, Best Music, & Best Sound. Discussion after film. Tickets are $7 & $9. Presented by Cincinnati World Cinema. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, WorldCinema@fuse.net, http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19820101/REVIEWS/201010318/1023, & www.cincyworldcinema.org.

Literary French Avant-Garde Movements of the 20th Century: Roots & Revolutions [Thursday 31 January @ 7 PM]: Alliance Française will sponsor a special lecture presented in French by Anne-Marie Mazzega-Bachelet on the Literary Avant-Garde Movements of the 20th century, i.e., Dadaism, Surrealism, Existentialism, etc. Co-sponsored by the U.C. Department of Romance Languages & Literatures. Her lecture will trace the history of the various movements in France & review the events that influenced the development of these movements & their impact on the evolution of French literature & culture. Dr. Mazzega-Bachelet, a member of the Alliance Française & a French national, received her Ph.D. from the Sorbonne with specialization in Comparative Literature. The lecture is free; $3 for parking in the adjacent Valentine House garage. Cookies & coffee will be served. RSVP requested. At the Valentine House, Language Immersion House, UC Campus, 2629 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ 513.389.9100, afpostmaster@france-cincinnati.com, & www.france-cincinnati.com.

Ongoing Tri-State Treasures

African Drum & Dance Classes [weekly on Saturdays @ Noon-2 PM]: ballet tech cincinnati will host new West Indian African Drum & Dance classes that will focus on rhythms from Nigerian & other West African traditions. The 1-hour African Drum class will present authentic rhythms, teach correct hand techniques, & provide cultural history behind the rhythms, exposing students to a wide variety of traditional Nigerian & African drums & playing styles. A 1-hour African Dance class will follow. Both classes are led by Adeleke Onanuga, a 16-year veteran of the National Troupe of Nigeria. Drum class is $10 per session; dance class is $10 per session; both classes are $15. At ballet tech cincinnati Kennedy Heights World Headquarters, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.307.6365, marvel@ballettechcincinnati.org, www.ballettechcincinnati.org, & http://dugombas.com.

Sunday Jazz Jam Sessions [3rd Sunday of each month @ 6-9 PM]: ballet tech cincinnati will host monthly Jazz Jam Sessions, a unique opportunity for jazz musicians of all ages & skills to perform or observe skilled jazz musicians in action, & for music lovers to enjoy great jazz from a variety of performers in a relaxed, no smoking/no alcohol atmosphere. The House Band will provide keyboard, drum set, amplifiers, mikes, & a rhythm section for sit-in musicians. Admission is $5. Soft drinks, juices, & snacks available for purchase. At ballet tech cincinnati Kennedy Heights World Headquarters, 6543 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45213. More info @ 513.841.2822, marvel@ballettechcincinnati.org, & www.ballettechcincinnati.org.

Be Organized in 2008 [4th Tuesday of each month @ 6:30-8:30 PM]: Do you wish you were more organized in some area of your life? Whether you simply want to conquer your desk, a room in your home, or your life in general, investing in this monthly coaching circle can help you stay on target in 2008. Circle begins January 22, to occur on the Tuesday of each month, presented by Marion Corbin-Mayer & Polly Giblin. $30 per session, series of 6 for $150 (save $30); reservations & $15 deposit required. At Creative Catalysts, #231 Essex Studios, 2511 Essex Place, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.368.1994 & www.creativecatalysts.net.

Miami University Italian-American Film Festival [Wednesdays thru – 30 April @ 7:30 PM]: Curated & presented by Professor Sante Matteo. Free & open to the public. In 102 Benton Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. This venue is a newly refurbished auditorium with very comfortable seating & convenient adjacent parking. It is on the north side of High Street (Route 27 N from Cincinnati) at the intersection of Tallawanda Street. More info & map @ matteos@muohio.edu & www.miami.muohio.edu/about_miami/campusmap/.
    Jan 30: Vendetta (1999, Nicholas Meyer)
    Feb 6: Christ in Concrete (1949, Edward Dmytryk)
    Feb 13: Moonstruck (1987, Norman Jewison)
    Feb 20: Do the Right Thing (1989, Spike Lee)
    Feb 27: Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese)
    Mar 5: Rocky II (1979, Sylvester Stallone)
    Mar 12: The Son of the Sheik (1926) & “Short Subjects,” with Rudolph Valentino
    Mar 26: Robin & the Seven Hoods (1964, Gordon Douglas, with Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack)
    Apr 2: Little Caesar (1930, Mervyn LeRoy)
    Apr 9: The Brotherhood (1968, Martin Ritt)
    Apr 16: The Godfather (1972, Francis Ford Coppola)
    Apr 23: Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese)
    Apr 30: The Sopranos (episodes from the TV series, David Chase)

Manifest Offers 4 Drawing Classes [winter months]: Classical Drawing in a Contemporary World instructed by Constance McClure; classes begin Monday 14 January & Saturday 19 January (2 sections open). About Face: Approaches to Portraiture is instructed by Tim Parsley; class begins Sunday 20 January. Open Figure Sessions; 3 sessions: Tuesday & Wednesday evenings & Saturday mornings; sessions begin Tuesday 8 January. Open Critique Sessions; Thursday evenings; sessions begin 10 January. More info about all classes @ 513.861.3638 & manifest@manifestgallery.org, & http://www.manifestgallery.org/studio.

Documentary WORKS: Social Activist Documentaries of Barbara Wolf [Monday-Saturdays thru Thursday 24 January]: Films by local documentary filmmaker Barbara Wolf are screening during normal business hours as part of the film@mediabridges series. The films: "The Earth Covenant" describes a covenant being made between the peoples of the earth to take responsibility for the environment in the absence of comprehensive governmental action. "Peace March 2004" presents the Cincinnati protest as part of a larger national demonstration on the 1st anniversary of the US initiating bombing of Iraq. "Degrees Of Shame" examines the situation of adjunct (part-time) faculty teaching in America’s institutions of higher learning, suggesting they are the information economy’s migrant farm workers. "Know Theatre Corpus Christi Protests" documents protests outside the theatre during the play's entire run. "These Old Buildings Raised Our Many Children" was made in 1995 for & with long-term residents of Over-The-Rhine, looking at the effects of massive community redevelopment on their lives. "This Is My House" highlights transitional housing associated with the Drop Inn Center which was threatened by the proposed new SCPA. These films are presented by Media Bridges. Hours: Monday-Thursday: 8AM-9PM, Friday: 8AM-6PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM. Free. In the At Media Bridges front lobby, 1100 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.651.4171 & sara@mediabridges.org.

Art Opening at Redtree Gallery [thru Saturday 2 February]: An exhibition of "Beloved:" paintings & assemblages by local artists Jennifer Bortz Schneider & Janet Zack. Live music, wine, & cheese. At Redtree Art Gallery, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, OH 45209. More info @ 513-321-8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net, & www.redtreegallery.net.

Julian's Stanczak Exhibition [thru 11 February 2008]: The exhibit of work by this internationally significant artist coincides with the unveiling of his design for Fifth Third Bank's 6th Street Façade facing the CAC. In addition to the models & preparatory drawings, a collection of Julian Stanczak's work from throughout his career provide a context for his newest monumental project. Polish-born Stanczak trained under Josef Albers & Conrad Marca-Relli at Yale University's School of Art & Architecture. He brought this background to the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he taught from 1957-1964. Stanczak's work is characterized by scientific precision & the illusion of pulsating motion. Using repeated line patterns, his work studies the optical behavior of colors in close proximity to each other. His work earned him the moniker "Father of Op Art." At Contemporary Art Center, 44 East 6th Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.345.8400, pr@cacmail.org, & www.contemporaryartscenter.org.

Don Nesbitt Photo Exhibition Opening Reception [thru 15 February]: Creative photographs of Don Nesbitt, who prefers the old Black & White wet process for developing his photos. Special musical guests will provide entertainment. Free admission; donations to the Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House are appreciated. Sponsored by Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe. At the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, 2950 Gilbert Avenue @ Martin Luther King Drive, Walnut Hills, Cinicnnati, OH 45206. Off street parking available. More info @ 513.221.4586, 513.751.0651, & maloneap@att.net.

Endangered Cincinnati: Can These Buildings Be Saved? [thru Friday 22 February]: This exhibit by Cincinnati Preservation Association & Betts House Research Center focuses on endangered landmarks, their importance, & what can be done to save them. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.721.7275, dan@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.

Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption Concert Series [Intermittent Sundays thru 9 March 2008 @ 3 PM]: The Series presents instrumental & choral music from the rich traditions of western liturgy & inspired classical music, presented in a suitable visual & acoustic environment. Donations support all series expenses & costs to preserve the Historic Matthias Schwab Organ (1859). In other words, the Cathedral Concert Series combines music of extraordinary range & quality in arguably the region's most magnificent space. Concerts include Musica Sacra Chorus & Orchestra, Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati, Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols, An Epiphany Epilogue, Concert in Memory of Dr. Louis Schwab, & JS Bach's 323rd Birthday. At St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, 1140 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859-431-2060, timbrel@fuse.net, & www.cathedralconcertseries.org.

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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