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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 2/6/08
Spencer Konicov, Caeli Good, Mary Biehn, Bob witanowski, Clarence Graves, Mr. G., David Rosenberg, Elaine Bradford, Roger Pomplas, Rob Nendahwaab, Ellen Bierhorst, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus, Mira Rodwn, Carolyn Aufderhaar, Chris Metzger, Ginger Lee Frank
Ellen: read the preamble.
Announcements at table
Ellen:
Marvin Sat, the Neighborhood Summit. Free. Opportunity to connect with city officials, department heads, etc. (see announcement below.)
Caeli: on Mar 15 a permaculture workshop ... Will send details to the Weekly. On a weekend.
Bob there was an article in the paper about GM having half its vehiicles on ethanol by 2012. But when a veh. Runs on e85 (15% gasoline only) the mileage computation figures are based on the amount of gasoline, not the total fuel. But I have read that this will have a bad effect on the environment ... Corn for ethanol. But there is a better technology for making ethanol from cellulose rather than grain, sugar. Be aware of the difference.
Clarence I continue to support Clinton. Those who abandon Clinton shall be forgiven...
Gerry starting tomorrow at 9 am to 9 pm the Obama for America office will be open E Walnut Hills at DeSales corner, new business building. 1524 Madison Rd, across from former Kerry HQ. On CNN last night Obama spoke in Madison WI, was mesmerizing.
Mr. G. just learned there is a 20 million dollar prize for the invention of a process to extract or eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
David Two: museum center now has formerly live bodies from China for us to gawk at. Two: The Ohio Organic Farming Conference this weekend in Granville OH. Two interesting keynote speaker... One has experience in local food dist. Systems. The other has helped farmers market their clean animals by inventing a mobile slaughterhouse that is USDA certified.
Elaine life may not be the party you thought it would be but let’s dance while we are here.
Roger: I too am still for Hillary. Obama is a great orator but I am looking for substance.
Mira documentary film towards a nuclear free future, at Pilades Loft 1940 Dana ave. Sat 16 Feb, 7 pm. Music by Jamie Fota, Paulette Meier, Len Webb.
Rob: now the auto manufacturers are being paid 2k per vehicle to make flexible fuel (e85) vehicles, yet most drivers do not have access to flex. Fuel.
This weekend a workshop on how to run a political campaign; for activists. Dem party. At Planned Parenthood.
Caeli: Dennis Kucinich ... Needs support to be re elected in Cleveland. Give money.
Spencer: On Feb 24 I will climb the carew tower for the amer. Lung association. Make a check, sponsor me. This is one org. that reallyis putting out info on not smoking! Also clean air.
Ginger: the climate protection steering comm. Public hearing at Cinti State Mon Feb 25 at 6 pm. Main buildg, conference center. The mayor launched this. A lot of big wigs. Head of Sierra Club. David Pepper. Public will have a chance to speak up as well. 3 minutes.
TOPICS
Museum Center “Bodies” show (See re. 20/20 exposee on Bodies exhibit airing Friday, tomorrow. In maroon section. Also read What Jolly Li MD has to say about it, and also my comments. In Articles section.)
Pres. Race
Valentine’s Day
Process for selecting the dem. Party’s pres. Nomination... Superdelegates
Bill of Rights. I believe the administration is violating it. ... Can come into your home without warrant.
Clarify ethanol.
Mr. G. on Ethanol: my opinion has come to be that ethanol is a bad thing. I here that some people think it a good thing.
Gerry in the last week. It will increase the CO2 because corn and soy for ethanol will cause felling forests to make ethanol. Bad for the environment. Opinion of some scientists on NPR.
Bob yes. One of the ways to produce ethanol is through grasses, cellulose. At first there was a rush to produce it from corn, which consumes a lot of petroleum in fertilizer, tractors, etc.
Roger: China is growing more sugar cane than US, flooding our market with cheap sugar. Our sugar growers are therefore at risk. So congress is looking into helping our sugare cane growers make cane for fuel.
David this has to do with getting rid of dependence on foreign oil. If that is your goal, bio fuel is a good idea. But it just buys time. Let’s talk about how carbon ccles through the earth. It is in high energy form: in carbohydrates like starches, cellulose. Low energy form : carbon dioxide gas. The biosphere keeps the ratio of high to low energy carbon in balance. By photosynthesis and animal metabolism. The only true energy input into this system is solar. The biosphere captures solar energy by raising the energy level of carbon. The only way to keep balance is to only use what you are given each day. If you use more (burn more) carbon in high energy fuel than shines down on us that day, then you disrubpt the balance. When we bur petroleum or coal or gas we are using high energy carbon tht has been ceposited in the earth and putting it into the atmosphere as CO2. So the only useful answers to the energy crisis is not switching fuels, it is rther to live within your means, i.e. The solar budget. The way to do that is to consume less, to be more efficient. In transportation use mass transit, do not have an automobile economy. And use local produced products that don’t have to be trnsported. The biggest bang for your buck is conservation. The second, is to stop eating meat. The meat industry produces a larger carbon footprint than the entire transportation industyry!
Gerry if you want to understnd, read the omnivore’s delima. The reason meat creates so much CO2 is because the animals are boxed in these prisons and eat grain... Free range meat is not so bad.
Bob one fifth the electricity produced gets to it (the other gets lost in the system). Conserving electricity in our homes is also impt. Solar panels is impt too.
Chris somewhere there must be a calculation of the max no. of humans we can have. Ugly topic. Nobody wants to discuss.
David extremely complex calculation.
Mira: a lot of these hopeful ideas, throwing money at the energy problem so we can go back to ignore the interdependence of all creatures... Is a way of fooling ourselves into thinking we can be irresponsible.
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PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE DEM. PRES. NOMINEE (see Richard Blumberg’s announcement below in maroon Announcements section and consider signing the online petition. E.)
Marvin: what I have read and heard and fantacized. Starting at the end. On election day, what will I see? A Republican and a Dem. Candidate. Here are these names. This is a democratic society. How did these names get there? Did we pick these names? How democratic is it?
We have now some states with “caucus”. What the heck?
In other sttes there is a party primary. Soe states have primaries where anybody can vote ; others you have to declare your party affiliation.
Each state does it differently. When we are all done, how many delegates votes does anybody have? Are those delegates committed to a certain person? What happens if their candidate is dropped.
then, what is a Superdeligate? But it is not just the elected officials, but also the head of this and that. “They are only 20% in Ohio.”
then, is it appropriate for the superdeligates to announce their preferences now or should they wait?
So here is Ellen, with her ballot for the primary. How can they know who to put on the ballot.
Gerry acording to Diane Rehm’s show, if the delegates get to the convention, john edwards’ delegates can vote for whomever they choose since edwards has withdrawn. They are free.
Caeli I’ve been listening to Randi Rhodes on potcast a lot. I understand that re. superdelligates: this is so troubling because ... Superdel. Were created to restore “balance” in the Dem party because the operatives felt the populus had too much power and were vcoting for unelectable candidates. They were disturbed by Jimmy Carter’s election... But superdel. Have 9 to 10 thousand votes plus their individual votes. So every cogressman is a superdel. Every dem. Chairman is a superdeligate. There is a 20 year old superdeligate, a college student, got involved at the state level with the dem. Party. Bill Clinton is a superdel. Dennis Kucinich is a superdel... The concern is whether the will of the people will be heard. If the people want Barak Obama, but the superdeligates broker ...
Chelsea Clinton has been campaigning for her mom with all the superdeligates. How many people understand these rules?
People are concerned that it is not right. The call is out to contact Howard Dean and demand that the superdeligates acceede to the will of the people. Barbara Boxer said she will feel obligated to vote the way of my district, for instant.
Clarence I like the idea of not changing the. Superdeligates. You should not change the method in the middle of a campaign.
Gerry does Clarence also agree that Fla and MI candidates don’t get to vote at all? They bucked the system.
Ginger is there anybody who can articulate the purpose of the superdeligates?
The Republican system is winner take all and that is evenless fair
Spencer: superdeligates were put in place, and they are democrats who are active in politics more than just at election time. ... Because the party decided they wanted a means to eliminate ballot after ballot at the convention, because that weakens the party. Superdel. Makes it only one or two ballots before the selection of the nominee.
Gerry I heard that the problem was that the convention deligates were “liberals” of the party, and they picked bad candidates like Dukakas. Needed to have some experienced people like elected officials to bive balance. Unfortunately there are always unintended consequences. Now we have these; we have a close race between two viable candidates and now it leaves it up to the superdeligates. Suppose one candidate is ahead by 5 points, but if you add the superdeligates, the one behind might actually be chosen. They didn’t figure on close races.
David What intreigues me most about the primary is anybody with ideas on the democratic side has dropped out. I can understand why from a couple perspectives. Money. Shameful that whoever can raise the most can buy the office. Hillary and Barack have a golden opportunity tomorrow tossay “we are going to stop spending millions on this election” and to call the broadcasters to inform the public and the candidates shouldn’t apy for it. So this election is about money , not ideas. The diff. betweenn Clinton and Obama is only cosmetic. Same mold.
The big problems in this country are not just that ther eis a Republican in office. We have a horrible war. Both candidates are going to have army there for next ten years. Need to change the frame of the debate, like Kucinich did. We have sold the presidential debates to the same networks who are stealing us blind ...
can’t understand why Edwards dropped out.
We’ve really sold our power down the river.
Roger we are at a apont with two candidates, and the superdel. Will prob. Make the decision . ... Re selling out. When the primary system is dependent on corporate money that’s when we have sold out.
Marvin Ellen’s ballot is here. Choice for the second district congressional rep. can vote for ... People in Dis. 2, there will be a choice between Wulson, or Black. The one with the most votes will run against Jean Schmidt in Novmber. However, in the case of president, you have 4 choices, Edwards, Kucinich, Obama, or Clinton. I picked Obama. What does that mean? If he gets the most votes on these ballots, does that mean he will be the nominee? No. Why not?
Re.congress, whoever gets the most votes is the candidate. But not re. president.
Caeli re.the rules of the party... The thing we have to ask ourselves What is important? OK, don’t change the rules in the middle of the process. ... I think people will feel disenfranchised. I think Hillary and Barack are both qualified. A woman! A Black person! Incredible. But there are issues that are not being addressed. How much of a voice do we actually have?
David I don’t think a third party is the answer... If we don’t have campaign finance reform we have no democracy. We have no one running on that idea.
Clarence After an election is over is the time to change rules. During the campaign is time to work for a candidate ... Need changes, espe. In the White House. If we keep squabbling, we’ll put a Republican int he White House we’ll regret it. Got to stop fighting within ourselves.
Gerry go to websites of Clinton and Obama, you’ll find they do have positions and you can find them out. If you want to donate online you have to say you do not represent a PAC or a lobbiest. Obama is not getting big corp. money. I urge you all to go online and see what they be,jeve.
Spencer: ifyou are concerned about the Superdeligates... You only know about it because the media has held this up as a hot issue. Don’t worry about this. The primary will be over, and we’ll
Ellen it is imy understanding that the Ohio primary on arch 4 will be very important in showing whether the Obama groundswell phenomenon is going to carry the day or not. If Ohio goes heavily for Obama, he will be the nominee.
Mr. G. it bothers me that there seems to be the idea that bickering in the Dem party weakens us for the election. I remember there was no bickering in the Republicans in 2000 and look what we got!
Ginger: Edwards still controlls his deligates. Maybe he has more power at the end here because he has done what he did. Also, for those concerned about how the media silenced Kucinich, he is in the fight of his life to keep his congress seat. He needs help.
I had wanted ot say about ethanol. Using corn to produce it , probably worse. Sugar beets is better; switch grass is probably the best. Best to do with corn is to eat it by humans.
It is unfair to say neither candidates have addressed issues of concerns ... Obama has ecoomic plan today. ... I am torn between these two. Dem. Countries around the world have shown it is possible to elect a woman, but we are the only place where we could elect a black person, and one named Barack Hussein Obama. Can’t imagine a more powerful thing for us to do. Something very hopeful there, larger than just America.
Marvin thank everybody for each contribution. End with this prediction: either Obama will get the pop vote and Clinton will get the nom, or else Clinton will get the pop vote and Obama will get the nomination. And in the end, we will see that the system must change.
Closing song “Building Bridges”
~ End of Table Notes~
Hugs to everyone,
Ellen
Section Two: Events & Opportunities
Dear Ellen,
PLEASE JOIN
MICHELLE OBAMA
WIFE OF SENATOR BARACK OBAMA
FOR A CAMPAIGN RALLY
IN CINCINNATI
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, AT 6 P.M.
MUSIC HALL BALLROOM, 1241 ELM ST.
ADMISSION FREE
DOORS OPEN AT 5:15
______________________________________________
Mike Radeke (Dialtones band leader, tree surgeon, painter, etc.) needs work. Has a broken down van, not enough cash flow this winter to fix it. Help needed. Any kind of heavy, “I’ll do that later” work, Mike can do. Cheap rates. You have to go get him in Paddock hills (off Paddock near Tennessee). This is a great guy, fabulous bargain. Really needs work. Call him at 203 6567. Mention my name. Ellen
Salonista fine art painter Yvonne VanEijden has a marvelous big show up at Weston gallery in O’Brianville (Madison Rd. at Grandin). Fabulous large and small works. Must be seen. Deeply moving psychological/introspective/metaphysical works. Theme is interpersonal communication. Show is up thru March 8 only. Hours: Tuesday thru Sat 11-5 or by appointment: westonbollinggallery.com 321 5200. Bring your Rembrandt eyes and heart.
Food Not Bombs serves a free meal every Saturday down town at Maine and 5th at 2:30.
Music with Betsy Lippitt. Friday, February 15th from 7:30pm-9:30pm at the College Hill Coffee Company; 6128 Hamilton Avenue (45223). Come celebrate Valentine's Day with espresso, good food and sweet music. Hope to see you then. Questions? Call Betsy at 542-1577.
Democrats forum
tues 19 Feb. 7 pm
20th Century Theater on Oakley Square
Free
Representatives of Obama and Clinton, [and in person---Wulsin and Black who are competing for the Dist. 2 congress run] will speak and answer questions from a panel.
Cash bar.
I plan to be there. E.
Richard Blumberg on Superdelegates: Please sign online petition
Friends,
There have been a number of disturbing stories breaking over the past several days concerning the Clinton campaign's determination to woo enough superdelegates to get the nomination even if she trails badly in both the popular vote and the polls. Here's one from the Boston Globe <http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/clinton_counts.html> . Perhaps the most disturbing thing about these stories, to me, is the campaign's insistence that Florida and Michigan votes be counted for Hillary, even though both candidates agreed to ignore those primaries, and even though Obama, following the wishes of the party leadership, withdrew his name from the race in Michigan, so that Hillary's name was the only one on the ballot.
If the race is genuinely close, then I have no problem with the superdelegates determining the outcome; that's what they're there for. But if it's not close; if Obama does very well in the upcoming primaries but still falls short of enough pledged delegates to take the nomination on the first ballot (and that outcome is very likely), then if we permit a return to the smoke-filled rooms conventions of the past and the party hacks hand the nomination to one of theirs, then I'm afraid that the Democratic party will be irretrievably damaged.
There are several petitions floating around the 'net asking that the party leadership pledge itself to respect the will of the voters. The one that I think has the best shot at attracting enough signers to make a difference is the one that MoveOn is sponsoring <http://pol.moveon.org/superdelegates/?rc=homepage> .
I've signed that, and I urge you to do as well.
We've come too far to blow this now.
Thanks.
Richard
Judy Cirillo (salonista regular) attended the Obama kickoff last night:
Hi Ellen,
As promised, here's some info about the Obama kickoff tonight. The Friendship Baptist Church on Reading Ave. was Packed! There was even a traffic jam in front of it. I arrived a few minutes before it began and had to sit in the last row of the balcony. There was a nice mix of Afr. Amer and white folks in the audience. Kearney spoke, as did Paul Tsongis's daughter and John Crowley. It goes without saying there was a lot of enthusiasm. Women were urged to contact women friends and get them to support Obama.Also, we're all being encouraged to go on line to get the absentee ballot from Ham. Cty Board of Elections and vote early. Urge your Friends to do so. Then you're available to work "bringing out the vote" on election day. Check out his website. Ohio.BarackObama.com. Write letters to the editor.
Obama's headquarters, as of tomorrow, is in the empty pharmacy, in the little shopping center at De Sales corner.( Madison and Woodburn) It's just across the street from the former Kerry headquarters.
Saturday at 10:00AM is the first Canvass. Stop at headquarters, pick up signs, buttons, etc. and sign up for phone banks, canvasses, organizing, etc. Take nothing for granted!
That's it for now.
Judy
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 the website ofContents:
www.investinneighborhoods.com <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/>
2008 6th Annual Neighborhood Summit at Xavier University
Free event......community connections
CLEAN, GREEN and SERENE
"Mark the Date
It's Clean, Green and Serene:
It's the Neighborhood Summit 2008.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at Xavier University's Cintas Center. To read about it, please go to our Activities <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/activities.html> page, or go directly to the registration <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/register.html> page.
Dr. O'dell Owens, our coroner is the guest speaker at the kickoff dinner on Friday evening. You can reserve a space at dinner here <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/dinner.html> .
Use the above connections, or the connections that follow at the Invest In Neighborhood website to register for the following:
Friday night dinner with speaker Dr. O'Dell Owens.......
http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/dinner.html <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/dinner.html>
Saturday activities and free lunch (see the list of sessions and topics below that appear on the site):
http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/register.html <http://www.investinneighborhoods.com/register.html>
CHOOSE ONE FROM EACH SESSION TIME FRAME:
- Session 1: 9:30am-1040am
Reducing Gun Violence: Two Approaches
Pitch in - Recycle
Fighting the Affects of Foreclosure
Grant Writing
Session 2: 10:45am-11:45am
Hamilton County and Crime Preventiuon: What Now?
Building Green to Renew a Neighborhood
Schools as the Center of Community
Liquor Licenses from the Bottom Up
Session 3: 12:45pm-1:45pm
Developing a Neighborhood Safety Plan
Preventing Crime by Changing the Environment
Zoning as a Neighborhood Revitalization Tool
City Budget Basics and Community Priority Requests
Session 4: 2pm-3pm
The Role & Power of Communities in Fighting Crime
Community Gardens
Engaging Officials at the State and Local Level
Engaging New Groups in Community Life
See you at the 2008 SUMMIT!
Section Three: Articles
- Steve Sunderland on Obama
- Public TV has Wilbeforce documentary
- Local physician appalled at the Bodies exhibition
Steve Sunderland: Why I am for Obama
My short answer is: Obama and his family have the courage and
intelligence to make a different turn in American life on so many
levels. First, as community organizers, he and his wife made a
commitment to see what works at the basic level of this democracy. He
rose through the ranks of local and state and now federal politics to
make a difference. He is proud of his mother and her role in his
development, proud of his name, and proud of being Black. Finally, I
have not heard a speaker that has roused me from my coma about the
presidency like Obama.
In peace,
STeve
NEW YORK, NY. An inspiring, new one-hour television documentary, "THE BETTER
HOUR The Legacy of William Wilberforce,"(www.thebetterhour.com) is now
appearing nationwide on public television. The film was produced to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the 1807-1808 abolition of British and
American slave trade in a 20-year heroic effort led by British
Parliamentarian William Wilberforce. (Effective date of U.S. legislation was
January, 1808.)
"Let no man forget the name of William Wilberforce," said abolitionist
Frederick Douglass. "Every school boy knows the name of William
Wilberforce," said Abraham Lincoln, a quarter-century after Wilberforce's
death. "Yet today few Americans understand why, or even know Wilberforce's
name," explains 'THE BETTER HOUR' executive producer Cullen Schippe.
Shot in high definition and funded by the John Templeton Foundation
(www.templeton.org), "THE BETTER HOUR: The Legacy of William Wilberforce"
is an engaging documentary, rich with content and commentary, that is
inspiring people with the remarkable story of the character, faith, and
leadership of William Wilberforce. Not only did Wilberforce use his position
as a British parliamentarian to lead the 20-year fight to end the slave
trade, and later for full emancipation, but Wilberforce helped establish 69
philanthropies which changed the culture of 19th century England. Many of
his efforts remain in force today-education for indigent children, child
labor laws, prison reform, the first society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals, Bible societies, and mandatory small pox inoculation, among many
others.
"Our world needs a new generation of people like Wilberforce," writes Rick
Warren in the foreword to a related study guide for small groups, 'CREATING
THE BETTER HOUR: Lessons from William Wilberforce'. "I hope Wilberforce's
example will compel people to work together with others to defeat the evil
giants that loom over the twenty-first century," writes Warren. This book,
edited by Chuck Stetson, contains discussion questions for small groups and
chapters by Os Guinness, Chuck Colson, Baroness Caroline Cox, and others.
"We hope this film will be used by groups across the country to host
screenings with guided discussion in order to inspire and mobilize others to
work together to improve their communities," said Schippe. The film focuses
on a politician who, over time, developed strength of character in the
service of high and seemingly unattainable goals. This film highlights
Wilberforce's drive and love for humanity and reveals how he and his
colleagues worked tirelessly to end the slave trade, even as it represented
a large portion of the British economy. In Wilberforce, we see character and
a sense of justice for all join together to bring into the world what the
English poet William Cowper described as "the better hour."
"THE BETTER HOUR" DVD is available at www.ShopPBS.org, and local broadcast
information can be found at http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/. All
information is at www.thebetterhour.com <http://www.ShopPBS.org> .
Local physician outraged at the “Bodies” exhibition.
Please read this starting from the bottom. I’ve no time to reformat it, but well worth reading. Ellen
From Jolly Li:
There is a very small group of people who are active in this. I just found out about it after I wrote my email to you. Its interesting that their concerns are almost verbatim to yours and mine, but they have been at it from the start, including meetings with the Mayor (useless), etc. This is not new, other cities have actually banned these exhibits.
Since I know the leaders of the, I am now one of the core members. Will keep you apprised of picketing activity, which this group has been doing in front of the Museum- I have personally not gotten there yet.
Would love your help. The more voices, the better.
Thanks,
Jolly
On Feb 9, 2008 6:46 PM, Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com> wrote:
Hi Jolly,Section Four: Books/Movies/Magazines/Reviews ................................... Send me a short blurb about books, magazines you are reading, or movies etc. you are seeing. We’d love to hear about it. Ellen
Yes, exactly.
I went to the exhibit before reading your letter or knowing anything about it because I was told it was reverent and beautiful and I am studying anatomy. ...and was disturbed for exactly the reasons you cite. I couldn't stop feeling bad for these people whose bodies were being used, and couldn't stop wondering about the racist ... thing. Those people were obviously Chinese people. It's one thing to display cadavers of people who have given their permission for this known purpose. It is another to take unclaimed bodies (that's what I have heard) and I suspect that somehow these were taken and used because they were "different", i.e. Chinese, and therefore more "remote". Would unclaimed bodies from American prisons, for instance, be used in this manner? We all can feel reflexively that they would not. Your point, I think.
In 1962 I saw in the Musee de l'Homme in Paris a mummified body of an African pigmy woman in a glass case labeled "The Venus of the Hottentots". As though it were a stuffed owl! I was horrified. I heard since that the body was removed and given a respectful burial.
I plan to print your letter in the next Salon Weekly. If there is a demonstration I feel I would have to join with you. Let me know.
Ellen
on 2/6/08 5:51 PM, Jolly Li at jolly@zoomtown.com wrote:
Hi Ellen,
I know that you have quite an extensive email contacts list. Please read the following and circulate if you wish.
This is a letter I have written to city leadership about the Bodies exhibit; its quick but highlights my concerns. I would like to encourage as many people as possible to boycott the exhibit , but also to add voices to this issue. Make their voices heard to especially the Museum Center. The dead cannot speak for themselves. Even in death, they should have choices.
Whatever the intended purpose of the Museum or the production company for this exhibit, this exhibit is indecent, unethical, and smacks of racial/political overtones. It is no worse than you or I opening an exhibit of unclaimed corpses from Katrina on Ludlow Ave. for "educational purposes". My question(s) to all (and I don't mean to be offensive, I apologize for being direct): Would this be allowed if these bodies were all American soldiers, or all black, or all Muslim, or all Jewish, or all ______________ (insert your group of choice)?
Also let me know if anyone wants more involvement (ie picketing Museum center)
Thanks,
Jolly
Just in case anyone asks: Medical schools in the USA do not do this. They have specific guidelines on how the cadavers are procured and treated. It is a crime to misuse/abuse a cadaver. Where I went to med school, all the cadavers were donated by the living owners. None are treated as art forms to be posed, and gawked at by the general public for admission. All were given a solemn ceremony, attended by all the students at the end of the year. The remains were all buried or cremated.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jolly Li <jolly@zoomtown.com>
Date: Feb 3, 2008 12:19 AM
Subject: The Bodies exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center is unethical
To: david.crowley@cincinnati-oh.gov, laketa.cole@cincinnati-oh.gov, jeff.berding@cincinnati-oh.gov, chris.bortz@cincinnati-oh.gov, john.cranley@cincinnati-oh.gov, leslie.ghiz@cincinnati-oh.gov, chris.monzel@cincinnati-oh.gov, roxanne.qualls@cincinnati-oh.gov, cecil.thomas@cincinnati-oh.gov, clerkofcouncil@cincinnati-oh.gov, mark.mallory@cincinnati-oh.gov
Dear Mayor, and Council members,
As a resident, taxpayer, voter and physician, I have serious concerns about the exhibit which is currently being shown at the Museum Center. As you are already aware,
this exhibit has been heavily marketed in the media as an educational experience, highlighting the wonders of the human body, and its anatomy. I find its format considering the source of these bodies to be gruesome, and medically, and morally unethical.
My major objection to this exhibit is that the living owners of the bodies on display never gave consent on how their bodies and organs are being presented. All of these bodies are so called "unclaimed", and all come from China. China, as we all know, is dubious as far as its human rights concerns go. This is a country that turns the other way when endangered animals are poached to the edges of extinction for gourmet purposes. There is no way to tell how the owners of these bodies died. Ultimately, they did not give consent to have their bodies flayed open, posed in their final nudity, to be put on display in a museum for the profit of the exhibitor.
Never mind that these bodies were dissected beautifully, and posed in artistic fashion, nor that the exhibitor promises to treat these bodies well after they have made their profits. Educational, yes possibly. Ultimately, how these bodies were procured is at issue here. These people did not give consent to have their remains treated this way! I find the whole scenario unethical, incomprehensibly gruesome, and pornographically indecent.
Let me ask all of you: If these were bodies of American soldiers, or if all of these bodies were of African-Americans, instead of Chinese, would this exhibit be allowed in Cincinnati? If these bodies were of "unclaimed" homeless people, prepped and dissected by a serial killer, then exhibited as an educational-artistic forum for the public to "learn anatomy", is it any different?
Please do something about this exhibit, and please never let this happen again.
Thank you for your time,
Jolly Li, M.D.
Clifton
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I am really enjoying The Minds of Boys by Michael Gurian, about how boys, men learn differently from females, have different neurology. Important for everyone. ellen
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Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got the Will [Thursday 14 February - Sunday 2 March; Thu-Sat @ 8 PM, Sun @ 2 PM]: The Footlighters community theater presents this "comedy with meaning" set in 1986 Texas, featuring the Turnover family who fare best when apart, but are drawn together at the family farmhouse after their father's illness. Tickets are $17. At the Stained Glass Theater, 802 York Street, Newport, KY 41071. More info @ 513.474.8711 & www.footlighters.org.
Faux French Valentine Show [Friday 15 February @ 9 PM]: A very special Faux Frenchmen St. Valentine's Day Show which, in actuality, will occur the day after Valentine's day. They'll debut some special love song arrangements, feature the ever-chapeaued Troubadour Dali vocalist Annette Shepherd, & the minimal $5-per-person cover charge will include a Valentine cookie & glass of champagne. And, of course, Faux Frenchmen are at Tink's every Monday, & Troubadour Dali every Thursday @ 6:30-9:00 PM. At Sitwell's Coffee House, 324 Ludlow Avenue, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ 513.961.6500 lastbiscuit@hotmail.com, & www.fauxfrenchmen.com.
Revenge of A King [Friday-Sunday 15-17 February; Fri @ 7:30 PM, Sat @ 2 & 7:30 PM, Sun @ 4 PM]: Hip-Hop meets Shakespeare in this multicultural musical featuring original music, freestyle rhymes, an MC battle, graffiti, dance, & a live DJ. Hamlet, one of the most recognizable tragedies in Shakespeare's theatrical canon, has been transplanted from Denmark to the gritty streets of New York. This theatrical retelling of a classic is a tragic rhapsody laced with a hip-hop beat to give a new piece of theater. Conceived by Herb Newsome, the play follows the story of Hamilton L. King, an aspiring hip-hop artist, trying to overcome his father’s mysterious death while learning to accept his mother’s untimely marriage. Confusion, doubt, & thoughts of retribution take over as new elements unfold leading him down a path of self-destruction. Tickets are $20. Presented by Cincinnati Black Theatre Company & Loaves & Fish Repertory Theater Company. At The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, 1028 Scott Boulevard, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.2030, dsherman@cincyblacktheatre.com, & www.thecarnegie.com.
Calligraphers' Winter Workshops [Saturday 16 February @ 9:30-11:30 AM & 12:30-2:30 PM]: The Greater Cincinnati Calligraphers' Guild annual workshop offers topics that have been requested by Guild Members & welcomes anyone interested to a choice of workshops. Morning workshops: "Decorated Letters" presented by Holly Monroe or "Manipulated Black Letters" presented by Wesley Cavanaugh. Afternoon workshops: "23k Gold Leaf & Powder-Contemporary Applications" presented by Holly Monroe or "Pointed Pen Variation" presented by Kathryn Darling. Registration required; non-member registration is $35/workshop or $55/day. At Junior League Hall, 3500 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. More info @ 513.791.8100 & klm225@cinci.rr.com.
Greater Cincinnati's Black Citizens & the 1937 Flood [Saturday 16 February @ 2 PM]: Video documentary produced & narrated by Hasker Nelson, Jr. The 1937 flood remains the area’s greatest natural disaster. The Ohio River crested at 79.9 feet on 26 January 1937; flood stage is 52 feet. Newspapers published photographs of White citizens in scenes of rescue, homelessness, & relief. Yet, almost none of that coverage depicted Cincinnati’s mostly segregated Black citizenry, even though many thousands of Black people were also flood victims & active in rescue & relief efforts. This 43 minute video documentary features 7 African American senior citizens remembering the 1937 flood in interviews recorded in 2007; the 70th anniversary of the flood. Memories include being rescued by canoe, being sent off to relatives, stacking sandbags along the riverbank, using a railroad boxcar as a temporary home, & more. Free. In the Huenefeld Tower Room, Cincinnati Main Public Library, 800 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.369.6900 & www.cincinnatilibrary.org.
The Art of Being You [Saturday 16 February @ 1-4 PM]: Artist Louise Aug of Pendleton Galleries offers a guided adventure to create a work of fine art while discovering your conscious & intuitive artistic awareness. Fee $65 includes materials; pre-register by 13 February. At Beacon of Life Spiritual Center, 5701 Murray Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info & registration @ 513.871.9343 & info@beaconoflife.org.
This Little Light of Mine [Monday 18 February @ 7 PM]: The Cincinnati Opera presents an encore performance of "This Little Light of Mine: The Stories of Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price" with soprano Adrienne Danrich, celebrating 2 African-American opera legends with well-known opera excerpts, moving dialogue, & poignant multi-media images. Both Marian Anderson & Leontyne Price overcame many racial barriers from the Jim Crow era through the Civil Rights Movement to become international opera stars. Ms. Anderson became the 1st African-American singer to perform at The Metropolitan Opera House in NY; Ms Price would take that torch & carry it to The Metropolitan Opera & the most prestigious opera houses around the world. This program is recommended for students in grades 6–12, families, & adults. Tickets are $5. Having performed nationally, Cincinnati audiences will remember Ms Danrich from her performances in last year’s premiere of "This Little Light of Mine," the 2005 production of "Introducing Margaret Garner," & as the High Priestess in the 2000 production of "Aida." In the Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Downtown Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.241.2742, JBellin@cincinnatiopera.org, & www.cincinnatiopera.org.
Red Road [Wednesday 20 February @ 7 PM]: Part thriller, part meditation on love & loss, this film galvanized audiences at the Cannes Film Festival last year with its suspense & wrenching emotional payoff. Ms. Arnold deals in dark realism, but there is a compassionate, redemptive quality to her work. "Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him." ~ IMDb. At Fath Auditorium & Reception Room, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati OH 45202. More info & tix @ 859.781.8151, WorldCinema@fuse.net, & www.cincyworldcinema.org.
Humanity Ascending [Wednesday 20 February @ 7 PM]: Conscious Choice Cinema is part of the new film series in the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center. Humanity Ascending documents the history of our evolutionary journey from the Big Bang to current times, where we find ourselves with choices that can either propel us forward or lead us to self-destruction. Noted visionary, Barbara Marx Hubbard, guides us to see through "evolutionary eyes' this universe's 14 billion year journey preparing us for a quantum evolutionary leap. Film discussion with Barbara Marx Hubbard via phone after film. Tickets are $10. In the Otto M. Budig Theatre, the Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center, Covington, KY 41011. More info @ 859.491.7885, Silvorwing@aol.com, & www.ConsciousChoiceCinema.com.
7 Things Single Women Absolutely Need To Know... [Wednesday 20 February @ 8-9 PM]: ...to make 2008 the best year ever – with or without a man. Teleseminar for "always single" & "single again" women with Dr. Karen Gail Lewis. Free; RSVP in advance. More info, details, & RSVP @ 513.542.0646, DrKarenGailLewis@msn.com, & www.DrKarenGailLewis.com.
Hamilton County Go Green Challenge Luncheon [Thursday 21 February @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM]: Network with local organizations working to reduce their environmental impact. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.946.7734, susan.schumacher@hamilton-co.org, & www.parkandvine.com.
War & Trauma [Friday 22 February @ 7 PM]: A 4-part film & book discussion series examines the psychological effects of war. The first installment is “Under Fire,” a film documenting WWII Soviet women combat veterans. Discussed by Reverend Noel Jules Dehner, the film’s producer & writer, & Joanne Lindy, PhD, LISW. Moderator will be Jacob D. Lindy, MD, Psychoanalyst, past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies & clinical professor of psychiatry at UC College of Medicine. The other 3 installments will be the novel “Coal Black Horse” [Friday 28 March], the film “Letters from Iwo Jima” [Friday 18 April], & the lecture “The Trauma of War” [Friday 30 May]. Presented by the Association for Psychoanalytic Thought. Wine & cheese reception @ 6:30 PM. Free for members, $5 for non-members. At the Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute, 3001 Highland Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info & reservations @ 513.531.0415 & assnpsathought@aol.com.
SqueezePlay Accordion Band [Saturday 23 February @ 7-9 PM]: Cincinnati's biggest accordion band will be performing at Mecklenburg Gardens Restaurant, which is over 150 years old & on the National Registry of Historic Places. They'll be playing in the back banquet room where you can help yourself to a German buffet. Spend a few hours listening to some interesting music, eating some tasty food, & drinking your favorite beverage. Reservations recommended. At Mecklenburg Gardens Restaurant, 302 East University Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. More info & reservations @ 513.221.5353, www.squeezeplaymusic.com & www.mecklenburgs.net.
Write for Rights [Saturday 23 February @ 8-11 PM]: Art exhibit & spoken word poetry, with open mic, performance, & dance. Featuring Elament & live music provided by Aalias & Souse, smooth acoustic music upstairs & fabulous jazz downstairs. A light buffet will be provided. $10 suggested donation. Provocative & entertaining. At the Greenwich, 2442 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info or to exhibit art @ 513.582.9978 & sammyike@hotmail.com.
Chinese New Year Celebration - Year of the Rat [Saturday 23 February @ 6:30 PM]: Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce is hosting this elegant celebration, a great opportunity to network with professionals in the business community & with GCCCC members while celebrating the Lantern Festival to end the Chinese New Year celebration. The celebration will feature gourmet Chinese dinner buffet, Chinese cultural performances, exotic tea tasting, raffles for great door prizes, dragon & ballroom dancing, a pre-event VIP reception, & keynote speaker Michael R. Oestreicher (member of President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy & Negotiation). $48 members, $480 corporate table of 10; $68 future members, $680 corporate table of 10. Send reservations by 21 Feb (name, company, phone, fax, email, number of tickets) & check payable to GCCCC to: GCCCC, 2200 PNC Center, 201 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Celebration will be held at Millennium Hotel, 141 West Sixth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ 513.852.4100, 513.852.4101 (fax), & chinesechamberoffice@gmail.com.
Learn from Civic Garden of Greater Cincinnati [Saturday 23 February @ 10-11 AM]: Get the dirt on converting yard, garden & kitchen waste into soil-building compost from the CGGC staff. At Park + Vine, 1109 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info & RSVP @ 513.721.7275, info@parkandvine.com, & www.parkandvine.com.
The David Munnelly Band in Concert [Sunday 24 February @ 7 PM]: Cincinnati Folk Life kicks off the “St. Patrick’s Season” by presenting “the most exciting band to come out of Ireland in many years,” noted for their award-winning precision musicianship & for "bringing new energy to Irish traditional music." The David Munnelly Band has been making waves on both sides of the Atlantic with their exuberant style of playing traditional music, based in part on the Golden Age of Irish music of the 1920's & '30's. Led by button accordion wizard & composer David Munnelly, who toured with The Chieftains from the age of 21-25, the David Munnelly Band has been delighting audiences across America & Europe, performing at festivals & concert halls including The Kennedy Center, where families danced in the aisles to the band’s infectious music. Featured on PBS, NPR, & BBC. General admission is $25; CFL members pay $20. At 20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Road, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH 45209. More info & tix @ 513.533.4822, cfl@zoomtown.com, & www.CincinnatiFolkLife.com.
Magnify Your Personal Energy [Sundays 24 February & 2 March @ 1-3:30 PM]: Mort & Barb Nicholson lead this 2-part workshop in using the energy around you to increase your own energy level. Learn about grounding, chakras, releasing unwanted energy, connecting to unlimited universal energy & movement. Fee is $49. At Beacon of Life Spiritual Center, 5701 Murray Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45227. More info @ 513.543.6500 & http://BarbandMortNicholson.byregion.net. Register @ 513.218.2128 or info@beaconoflife.org.
Claude to Cézanne: Transformations in French Landscape Painting [Wednesday 27 February @ 7 PM]: If you are a lover of French Art or wish to learn more about French Art, this Alliance Française event is for you. Their French Art program begins with a lecture by Benedict Leca, Ph.D., the new Curator of European Painting, Sculpture & Drawings at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Using the Museum’s outstanding holdings in French landscapes, Dr. Leca will describe the remarkable transformations in landscape painting that occurred in France from the 17th century through the Impressionist & Post-Impressionist periods. $10 for Alliance Française & Art Museum members; $20 for general public. At Fath Auditorium, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202. More info @ ann.bjornson@fuse.net & www.france-cincinnati.com/af/regist_Art_Museum.htm.
Ongoing Tri-State Treasures
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.
Body of Work: The Human Form in Contemporary Art [thru Friday 22 February]: 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, ranging from purely academic anatomical figure drawings to conceptual & less-obvious interpretations. The exhibit includes 17 works by 12 artists from 8 states & the UK: painting, sculpture, collage, drawing & printmaking. Refreshments will be served. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
Appetite & Consumption [thru Friday 22 February]: 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. At 2727 Woodburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206. More info @ 513.861.3638, jason@manifestgallery.org, & www.manifestgallery.org.
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.
The Unusual Suspects [thru Friday 29 February]: Artwork by Ursula Roma. Found object wall sculptures & paintings. At St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Street, Clifton, Cincinnati, OH 45220. More info @ ursularoma@fuse.net.
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.
Redtree Gallery Art Exhibit Opening Reception [thru Sunday 9 March]: Local artists in a variety of media. Live music & food. At Red Tree Gallery, 4409 Brazee Street, Oakley, Cincinnati, OH 45209. More info @ 513.321.8733, mbusch@redtreegallery.net, & www.redtreegallery.net.
“Afterlife” Discussion [Wednesdays 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.
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/.
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)
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Fabulous Film Festival [Friday 3 May @ 8 PM]: The first & best fabulous film festival in the city of Cincinnati will present live-action, documentary, & short films. Blah, blah, blah. Presented by Flicks R Us. Tickets are $8. At The Theatre, 111 Main Street, Cincinnati, OH 45200. More info @ 513.111.2222, info@filmfestival.com, & www.filmfestival.com.
The Lloyd House Salon (usually about 12 people) Meets on WEDNESDAYS at 5:45,
EVERY Wednesday, 52 WEEKS/YEAR come hell or high water, as my mother used to say.
We of the Lloyd House Salon gather in a spirit of
respect, sympathy and compassion for one another
in order to exchange ideas for our mutual pleasure and enlightenment.
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Our Salon blog is a promising interactive site: http:lloydhouse.blogspot.com
Also, we have an Interactive Yahoo Salon group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LloydHouseSalon
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http://home.fuse.net/ellenbierhorst/Potluck.html .
You are invited also to visit the Lloyd House website: http://www.lloydhouse.com
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