The Lloyd House Wednesday Night Salon WEEKLY
(See at end of this email for introductory material)
(See at end of this email for introductory material)
SECTION ONE: TABLE NOTES
Around the Table: Gerry, Alan, Scott, Ellen, Joe, Viddle (behind Mira), Marvin. (Not pictured: Mr. G.)
Around the Table: Gerry, Alan, Scott, Ellen, Joe, Viddle (behind Mira), Marvin. (Not pictured: Mr. G.)
At the Table: Viddle, Mira, Joe McMillan, Mr. G. Ellen Bierhorst, Scott Gabbard Seeborg, Alan Weiner, Gerry Kraus, Marvin Kraus
THE WATERWORKS meeting last Wed?
Mira: It was packed at the Cintas Center to hear the presentation. ... The speakers were the business people in faver of the sale of the water works. They kept saying it would remain in the public sphere. Water works employees were in favor of the sale. 90% of the speakers were in favor of sale. The meeting went late. Most of the opponents had to speak at the end, e.g. Julie Murray, Nancy Dawley, Alan Weiner.
Alan: there were objections to the format disallowing direct questions of the presenters. ... My favorite comment was a woman who said, "If you need help balancing the city check book, come into my kitchen and I'll help you."
... The sale would encourage urban sprawl. The city is on record as opposing sprawl.
... Many municipalities get their water from the underground aquifer, like Indian Hill.
Mira: Gail Miller asked if the board meetings would be open to the public. It was not answered.
Julie Murray said she regretted the format, no questions. Why sell the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Tonight,
Special presentation by Scott Gabbard Seeborg on the election campaign.
Marvin: Both Gov. Strickland and the president Obama are having birthdays today. Strickland is about 65. Obama is 49.
Scott: You are at the top of my priorities. People who have some political acumen need to cut through the mire surrounding things like the president, the deficit, the... And find out the facts.
A principle for voter contact and basic human interaction:
We are not about persuading people's brains about policy. I love policy and issues. But when talking to voters what is paramount is that I need to use my heart and speak to values. You can tell someone all the info about the policy, but until you reach them on the values, ... Let the know we care about people. That's not the GOP's prime value.
If a person feels their life is not as good today as it was 2 years ago, how can we talk to them about the Dem. Program.
So to talk to voters, speak from your heart. Address their values.
ACCOMPLISHENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
(In New York Review of Books article about the Obama presidency they quote an organization that watches campaign promises and checks up on whether they were fulfilled. Obama gets an unbelievably high 20 out of 25 for "fulfilled" or "in the works". See the article at:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/aug/19/why-has-he-fallen-short/
"For all the President's travails, his approval rating, somewhere between 45 and 50 percent depending on the poll, still made him the most popular national politician in the country." ....
"PolitiFact.com, a database of the St. Petersburg Times that won a Pulitzer Prize for its fact-checking of the 2008 campaign, had catalogued 502 promises that Obama made during the campaign. ... PolitiFact selected 25 as Obama's most significant. Of those, an impressive 20 were "kept" or "in the works."
Ellen)
Obama has delivered during this last 1.5 year:
I have my own preexisting condition, spinal arthritis, and have struggled with the insurance companies. The M.D. Wanted me to be on one drug Embril, , the insurance co. blocked. I fought them for 8 months.
While they delayed me, my disease moved from hips into spine and got much worse... Needlessly.
Now, since the health reform bill I have more power. If I had gone through all that today, since the new health bill, it would have been a different story.
7 previous presidents had tried to get a health care reform bill passed and failed.
This is the biggest social reform bill since social security.
It includes a mandate for preventive medicine.
New bill requires 80% of premium money to go to care, not overhead.
Middle class tax cut... NO denial of care.
Reform protects subscribers against the abuses of the insurance cos.
Economic crisis; we were teetering on huge depression when Obama took office.
Sweeping economic recovery act. 2million jobs created so far, more to come.
College students get more in Pell grants...
Keeping firefighters and police employed.
Health insurance for low income children. Bush vetod it twice.
Jobs: tax cuts to small businesses for hiring workers.
Credit card reform: stops unfair, confusing credit card company practices. E.g. Before, Offering zero % interest for a year, then in tiny print, they'd raise it to 23% compounded monthly.
There is a new department for consumer advocacy.
Tobacco Legislation:
President pushed through "family smoking prevention and control act" regulates the marketing of tobacco products. Before they marketed heavily to teens.
Equal Pay for equal work
For men and women. Bill was passed.
Community Service Opportunities
Under Bush, these programs were de-funded. E.g. Volunteers for America.
Bush's strategy was to make gov't so small "it could be drowned in a bathtub"; make gov't inefficient and bad so that people would not want to fund it and it would get smaller; then "free enterprise" = corporate rich cats would have more freedom to get even richer without any public oversight or regulation.
Education:
Under Bush, "no child left behind" policies favored the better off schools, left poorer schools in the dust. Obama's principle is to equalize the educational opportunities for all.
STATEWIDE CANDIDATES
Driehaus: supported health care reform. ... Insurance co can no longer drop a subscriber who becomes sick. ... Free preventive care for medicare patients. Closes the donut hole for seniors in drug coverage.
An ally of Obama.
Chabot who wants to take back Ohio District I, would block everything coming out of the White House.
Gov. Strickland:
Directed 4.1 billion $ into schools that met Leed standards for energy efficiency.
Created highest number of green jobs than any state in 2009 using recovery money.
Supported renewable and advanced energy standards; by 2025 20% of all energy must be from renewal sources.
Advocacy for disabled Ohioans. Widened the eligibility for Medicaid to include more people.
Lee Fisher
(running against Rob Portman) for U.S. Senate.
Very interested in education.
Is committed to getting us off fossil fuels.
Thinks clean energy will bring economic growth. Wants Ohio to be a hub for this.
REAPPORTIONMENT
Governor (Ted Strickland, incumbent)
David Pepper, ( dem. Candidate for State Auditor)
Mary Ellen O'Shaunnessey (dem. Incumbent and candidate for re-election, sec'y state)
Kevin Boyce (incumbent and dem. candidate state treas. )
House leader (will be a Rep. because the House is dominated by the GOP.)
Together the Governor, State Auditor, Sec'y of State, State Treasurer and the leader of the House of Reps. make the reapportionment board. The redrawing of the districts will tip the state towards the party of those on the board.
Happens every ten years after the census. Very important.
Ellen: the difference between the Republicans and the Democrats: The Republicans (GOP) think we should contain government, and that a lot of the problems we have could be reduced by cutting back government powers and programs. They feel safer with the business sector and want it more unregulated. The Democrats believe that we cannot trust the business sector; after all, it is in business to make money not to protect us or look out for our interests. Business must be regulated so that it doesn't abuse us, as for instance the health insurance industry has badly abused us, taking our premium dollars and finding every way they can to deny us the coverage we need. I like freedom of all kinds, but I recognize that business, especially Giant Corporations can abuse us people, and our ally is the government. After all, I can vote for the government. The government is us. I sure can't vote for the board of trustees of Wal-Mart! (any comments to this?)
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
THE WATERWORKS meeting last Wed?
Mira: It was packed at the Cintas Center to hear the presentation. ... The speakers were the business people in faver of the sale of the water works. They kept saying it would remain in the public sphere. Water works employees were in favor of the sale. 90% of the speakers were in favor of sale. The meeting went late. Most of the opponents had to speak at the end, e.g. Julie Murray, Nancy Dawley, Alan Weiner.
Alan: there were objections to the format disallowing direct questions of the presenters. ... My favorite comment was a woman who said, "If you need help balancing the city check book, come into my kitchen and I'll help you."
... The sale would encourage urban sprawl. The city is on record as opposing sprawl.
... Many municipalities get their water from the underground aquifer, like Indian Hill.
Mira: Gail Miller asked if the board meetings would be open to the public. It was not answered.
Julie Murray said she regretted the format, no questions. Why sell the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Tonight,
Special presentation by Scott Gabbard Seeborg on the election campaign.
Marvin: Both Gov. Strickland and the president Obama are having birthdays today. Strickland is about 65. Obama is 49.
Scott: You are at the top of my priorities. People who have some political acumen need to cut through the mire surrounding things like the president, the deficit, the... And find out the facts.
A principle for voter contact and basic human interaction:
We are not about persuading people's brains about policy. I love policy and issues. But when talking to voters what is paramount is that I need to use my heart and speak to values. You can tell someone all the info about the policy, but until you reach them on the values, ... Let the know we care about people. That's not the GOP's prime value.
If a person feels their life is not as good today as it was 2 years ago, how can we talk to them about the Dem. Program.
So to talk to voters, speak from your heart. Address their values.
ACCOMPLISHENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
(In New York Review of Books article about the Obama presidency they quote an organization that watches campaign promises and checks up on whether they were fulfilled. Obama gets an unbelievably high 20 out of 25 for "fulfilled" or "in the works". See the article at:
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/aug/19/why-has-he-fallen-short/
"For all the President's travails, his approval rating, somewhere between 45 and 50 percent depending on the poll, still made him the most popular national politician in the country." ....
"PolitiFact.com, a database of the St. Petersburg Times that won a Pulitzer Prize for its fact-checking of the 2008 campaign, had catalogued 502 promises that Obama made during the campaign. ... PolitiFact selected 25 as Obama's most significant. Of those, an impressive 20 were "kept" or "in the works."
Ellen)
Obama has delivered during this last 1.5 year:
I have my own preexisting condition, spinal arthritis, and have struggled with the insurance companies. The M.D. Wanted me to be on one drug Embril, , the insurance co. blocked. I fought them for 8 months.
While they delayed me, my disease moved from hips into spine and got much worse... Needlessly.
Now, since the health reform bill I have more power. If I had gone through all that today, since the new health bill, it would have been a different story.
7 previous presidents had tried to get a health care reform bill passed and failed.
This is the biggest social reform bill since social security.
It includes a mandate for preventive medicine.
New bill requires 80% of premium money to go to care, not overhead.
Middle class tax cut... NO denial of care.
Reform protects subscribers against the abuses of the insurance cos.
Economic crisis; we were teetering on huge depression when Obama took office.
Sweeping economic recovery act. 2million jobs created so far, more to come.
College students get more in Pell grants...
Keeping firefighters and police employed.
Health insurance for low income children. Bush vetod it twice.
Jobs: tax cuts to small businesses for hiring workers.
Credit card reform: stops unfair, confusing credit card company practices. E.g. Before, Offering zero % interest for a year, then in tiny print, they'd raise it to 23% compounded monthly.
There is a new department for consumer advocacy.
Tobacco Legislation:
President pushed through "family smoking prevention and control act" regulates the marketing of tobacco products. Before they marketed heavily to teens.
Equal Pay for equal work
For men and women. Bill was passed.
Community Service Opportunities
Under Bush, these programs were de-funded. E.g. Volunteers for America.
Bush's strategy was to make gov't so small "it could be drowned in a bathtub"; make gov't inefficient and bad so that people would not want to fund it and it would get smaller; then "free enterprise" = corporate rich cats would have more freedom to get even richer without any public oversight or regulation.
Education:
Under Bush, "no child left behind" policies favored the better off schools, left poorer schools in the dust. Obama's principle is to equalize the educational opportunities for all.
STATEWIDE CANDIDATES
Driehaus: supported health care reform. ... Insurance co can no longer drop a subscriber who becomes sick. ... Free preventive care for medicare patients. Closes the donut hole for seniors in drug coverage.
An ally of Obama.
Chabot who wants to take back Ohio District I, would block everything coming out of the White House.
Gov. Strickland:
Directed 4.1 billion $ into schools that met Leed standards for energy efficiency.
Created highest number of green jobs than any state in 2009 using recovery money.
Supported renewable and advanced energy standards; by 2025 20% of all energy must be from renewal sources.
Advocacy for disabled Ohioans. Widened the eligibility for Medicaid to include more people.
Lee Fisher
(running against Rob Portman) for U.S. Senate.
Very interested in education.
Is committed to getting us off fossil fuels.
Thinks clean energy will bring economic growth. Wants Ohio to be a hub for this.
REAPPORTIONMENT
Governor (Ted Strickland, incumbent)
David Pepper, ( dem. Candidate for State Auditor)
Mary Ellen O'Shaunnessey (dem. Incumbent and candidate for re-election, sec'y state)
Kevin Boyce (incumbent and dem. candidate state treas. )
House leader (will be a Rep. because the House is dominated by the GOP.)
Together the Governor, State Auditor, Sec'y of State, State Treasurer and the leader of the House of Reps. make the reapportionment board. The redrawing of the districts will tip the state towards the party of those on the board.
Happens every ten years after the census. Very important.
Ellen: the difference between the Republicans and the Democrats: The Republicans (GOP) think we should contain government, and that a lot of the problems we have could be reduced by cutting back government powers and programs. They feel safer with the business sector and want it more unregulated. The Democrats believe that we cannot trust the business sector; after all, it is in business to make money not to protect us or look out for our interests. Business must be regulated so that it doesn't abuse us, as for instance the health insurance industry has badly abused us, taking our premium dollars and finding every way they can to deny us the coverage we need. I like freedom of all kinds, but I recognize that business, especially Giant Corporations can abuse us people, and our ally is the government. After all, I can vote for the government. The government is us. I sure can't vote for the board of trustees of Wal-Mart! (any comments to this?)
~ end of table notes ~
Hugs to all,
Ellen
SECTION TWO: ACTIVITIES, OPPORTUNITIES
Dems. Campaign Office Open Now at Knowlton's Corner
4015 Hamilton Avenue, Northside (Knowlton's Corner) formerly Shoetopia location. Right at the corner of Blue Rock. (Across the st. from old Crazy Ladies' Bookstore)
After the Grand Opening this Wednesday evening, (last night) we hope to have regular hours from 1 PM to 9 PM, Monday through Saturday. Right now, we don't have the phones set up so we're using Scott's number 614-477-6835 as the "office number." Our biggest need right now is to get volunteers to staff the office, so we have to call lots of people to get them to come by and sign up.
Thanks for your interest,
Mary-Pat Hester
Want to do a terrific service? Stop in the HQ at Knowlton's Corner between 1 and 8 pm, help them make calls. Fun and important. Ellen
ALSO
We will be having phone banking here at the Lloyd House (3901 Clifton Ave. 45220) after the Salon for 45 minutes starting next week. Come to the Salon pot luck at 5:45, or just come at 7:30 for phone banking. Bring your cell phone. There will be call lists and scripts. ellen
Subject: Tell Target to stop trying to buy elections
Target just gave over $150,000 to buy ads supporting state Rep. Tom Emmer, a far-right Republican candidate for governor. This makes Target one of the very first companies to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision allowing unlimited corporate cash in elections.
Target must think customers won't care. They're wrong: We do care, and we need to let them know that we want Target -- and all corporations -- out of our elections. Can you join me in sending a message to Target's CEO at the link below?
http://pol.moveon.org/state/target/?r_by=-1331624-NClvEgx&rc=paste
... Post this on your facebook page; send it to your friends. This is big. ellen
On Stage in August
(this weekend and next)
Riding Shotgun
WHAT:
Drama, World Premiere:
Writer/director Greg Newberry's new two-act play starts out about four men in their late forties who agreed, while high school friends, to reunite 30 years after graduation for a road trip to the Golden Gate Bridge.
If that tag line has you thinking "buddy-bonding road-trip bromance," think again.
The content is far more complex and rewarding than the wrapper implies.
As an experienced writer, Newberry has a penchant for wry, deceptive twists, and he excels at creating characters who, like peeling back an onion, are revealed a layer at a time.
WHERE & WHEN:
The Corbett Theatre, NKU
Highland Heights KY.
4 performances only, all at 8 pm:
Friday August 06
Saturday August 07
Friday August 13,
Saturday August 14
INFO:
Tickets and complete details at www.ridingshotguntheplay.com .
Director Greg Newberry's comments on the process and the production: http://worldcinema.posterous.com .
Salonista Charles Griffin, master gardener/farmer to teach
Wed, Aug 11, 6 –8 at Civic Garden Center
Dear Gardeners:
Below is information on the Fall Vegetable Gardening class being taught by Charles Griffin, Farmer and Director of Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage CSA.
To register please call 513-221-0981 extn 18 or email thouston@civicgardencenter.org
Best wishes,
Peter
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Wednesday, August 11, 6-8pm
Instructor: Charles Griffin, Director of Enright Ridge Urban Ecovillage CSA
Cost: $10 (free for CGC Volunteers)
Most of us think that spring is the time to pour all our energy and resources into the garden – but the fall garden offers a bounty that can take you into winter and even into the next year! Come to explore the crops that are suitable for fall planting and harvesting, crops for overwintering, season extension methods and how these crops fit into a rotation planting schedule. You'll also get some great tips for making fall planting more successful and storage methods for your late season produce. Fall Vegetable Gardening 8/11 6-8pm Price: $10.00
Cool Summer Stuff at Park + Vine
(Eco Friendly Grocery etc. ~ Corner Central Pkwy and Vine street in OTR)
Following is a list of upcoming events at Park + Vine. An American
Sign Language interpreter is available upon request for store events.
If you have questions, let us know
Thank you for your support
UPCOMING EVENTS
Park + Vine at Northside Farmers' Market: through Oct. 13
Look for supplies–and vegan baked goods from Grateful Grahams and
Sweet Peace Bakery–from Park + Vine alongside locally-grown produce,
handcrafted products, music and art, "green" experts, bread, plants,
soap and ready-to-eat food at the Northside Farmers' Market 4 to 7:30
p.m. every Wednesday through Oct. 13 at Hoffner Park, 4104 Hamilton
Avenue, Northside.
August Ice Cream Special
It's hot out there. The average August high is 87°F around these
parts. Chill out and take $1 off a pint of coconut, hemp or soy milk
ice cream in August at Park + Vine. Indulge in a variety of dairy-free
flavors from Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss, Tempt Hempmilk and Turtle
Mountain.
Babywearing Bliss: Aug. 8
Park + Vine hosts Babywearing Bliss, a free workshop on safely and
comfortably carrying a baby from birth through toddler years, the
second Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. Sara Danks and Jamee Steele
Diver take turns facilitating this fun monthly exchange. Experiment
and ask questions about the different kinds of carriers (wraps, ring
slings, pouches, mei tais and soft-structured) and browse our
selection after the class.
Canning Basics: Aug. 14, Sept. 11
Figure out what to do with the food you've grown, while getting the
basics on canning, from Gretchen Vaughn of Greensleeves Farm 11 a.m.
Aug. 14 and Sept. 11 at Park + Vine. Safety issues and more are
covered with a water-bath canning demonstration and a discussion on
pressure canning. Seating is limited. RSVP Gretchen at
greensleevesfarm@gmail.com.
A Day in the Raw: Aug. 14
Discover the pleasures of simply delicious and healthy raw foods noon
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 at Park + Vine. Join PraniLove's Peter
Cunningham and Majida Al-Husaam as they introduce your palate to a
plethora of flavors, your body to a spectrum of nourishment and your
mind to… a whole new way of thinking about health and food. Tapa-sized
menu includes super-food smoothies and a warm miso-chia porridge;
hearty salads and homemade dressings; creamy corn soup and veggie
filled nori rolls; and PraniLove's famous chocolate truffles.
Registration is $20 per person and includes food samples, recipes and
educational materials. Space is limited. Students receive 10 percent
off any Park + Vine items used in the class. RSVP Peter at
513-404-3669 or sufijanprani@gmail.com before Aug. 13.
Homemade Salsas with Green Eats: Aug. 28
With an abundant supply of fresh tomatoes, peppers and corn, learn new
ways to make delectable salsas 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28 at
Park + Vine. Join Chef Krishna of Green Eats as she shows you how to
make homemade salsas using the summer's bounty. Recipes include
roasted tomato, roasted pepper and garlic, and black bean and corn
salsas. Registration is $20 per person and includes food samples,
recipes and educational materials. Space is limited to 20 seats.
Students receive a Park + Vine discount after the class. RSVP
513-885-2822 or krishna@localgreeneats.com before Aug. 26.
Cloth Diapering Cuteness: Sept. 5
Park + Vine hosts an informal class on all aspects of cloth diapering
the first Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. One of our in-house mamas,
Elizabeth Whitton, tailors each discussion to the specific questions
of present parents. Afterward, browse the best selection of cloth
diapers in Cincinnati and take advantage of Park + Vine's package
discounts. Pick up our new Cloth Diapering Guide, designed by the
awesome Chris Heckman, while you're at it!
Celebrate Celeriac Five Ways: Sept. 25
Join Melt owner Lisa Kagen and chef Melissa Fairmount for a cooking
class on preparing Celeriac (celery root) 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 25 at Park + Vine. Those attending will observe prep techniques,
find out where to purchase products, and learn how to transform this
versatile vegetable five delicious vegan ways. Recipes and ample
servings included. Registration is $25 and limited to 25 people. RSVP
info@parkandvine.com or 513-721-7275 before Sept. 23.
Park + Vine at the World Peace & Yoga Jubilee: Oct. 21-24
Join Park + Vine and other eco-minded folks at the World Peace & Yoga
Jubilee Oct. 21-24 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, just
outside Cincinnati. This weekend-long conference features yoga
teachers, musicians, authors, artists and chefs unfolding the path to
world peace.
--
Dan Korman
Park + Vine
1109 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
513-721-7275
www.parkandvine.com
10-7 Monday-Saturday + 11-5 Sunday
New CPR Method: Easier, no training required...just watch this
Very important and interesting information on the new method of CPR.
This video lasts 6 minutes; it's worth watching.
Click the link below.
http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59
<http://tinyurl.com/2fx8r59>
Thanks to Salonista Bob Wittanowski!
Advertisement: Try the Alexander Technique
FREE Alexander Technique Practice session every Sunday 3:00 – 4 at the Lloyd House. Open to all.
Ellen Bierhorst Ph.D. ~ Alexander Technique ~ http://www.lloydhouse.com ~ 513 221 1289 ~ Cincinnati
I am having a blast here in my first year of teaching the Alexander Technique! Unbelievably, a full calendar since the launch of my practice in late June 2009. This winter I was having so much demand for my lessons that I had to stop advertising and ask some well-progressing students to drop back to twice a month instead of weekly lessons.
Fantastic fee deal (limited time only): First lesson free; second through 4th lessons only $10. After that, only $50/lesson if you buy a package of 4 at a time, prepaid. * The "real fee" is $78 per lesson. I am interested in "turning on" as many people as possible to this wonderful learning. Good for pain, for performance improvement in the arts, atheltics, ... And finally, good for personal development. It has definite geriatric benefit as well.
You can read about my own experiences and find links to other sites here:
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Call and make an appointment or to discuss it with me. 513 221 1289.
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* However, it is my commitment to adjust fees for anyone truly wanting lessons who cannot afford even this modest fee. Try it and see. Ellen
FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READING
AQUARIUS & OM CAFE
329 Ludlow Avenue (across from Esquire Theatre) Cincinnati
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 7:30 PM
MADELEINE CROUSE
BARBARA BONNEY
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 7:30 PM
VICKIE CIMPRICH
BARBARA GUTTING
POETRY READING ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 7:30 PM
MARY ANNE REESE
GWYNETH STEWART
If a nightingale sings with her breast against a thorn, why not we?
Susan Gilbert Dickinson to Emily Dickinson in 1861
Will be vacant and available again come 1/1/11
Third floor two room suite, has own bathroom. Monthly house dues: $460 includes all utilities plus high speed wireless internet. Kitchen shared with two others. Wonderful space! Please call Ellen: (513) 221 1289 Available June 23 to Sept 15.
Must be rock solid financially, over 25, non smoker, homo sapiens only.
Very jolly, juicy multicultural household in Victorian Castle. See www.lloydhouse.com
"In my life I have had no other dance experience that involves me so completely. It is so organic that every learning is a gold mine of self discovery.
No one else in town has studied with all the somatic masters of our time.
The classes are unique because she integrates all her wisdom to reach each student where they are."
-- Karen Wissel
Growth in Motion Classes
Our classes have amazing effects on
alignment, fluidity, range of motion, creative expression, fitness and healing.
Growth in Motion classes are open to all types of movers and non-movers. Work-scholarships available if you cannot afford the full tuition.
Please speak with me personally, Everyone is welcome.
Monday night at 6:30pm
Wednesday morning at 9:30am
Classes meet in Fanchon's beautiful home studio in North Avondale at 4019 Red Bud Ave., 45229 (Map)
Registration: 513-221-3222 or classes@growthinmotion.org
$48 for 4 classes or $20 per class
The benefits of your classes are never temporary--they never get washed away by life.
Instead, each class plants a powerful seed of personal growth that stays forever. I now have an entire forest.
- Alok Narayana
ARTICLES AND LETTERS
- Bentley Davis' helpful political information; Bentley on Water Works proposal
- Alan Feibelman on Kangen Water Ionizer (I have not checked out this product. Ellen)
- Chad Benjamin Potter, newsy letter
- News links on Washington, from Atia Huff:
- 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions
- 2. http://mediamatters.org/ (this one is a watch on the Right Wing press)
- 3. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/ (This one looks like general political news with Progressive bent.)
(Bentley will be sending us her talking points on Driehaus and Fisher for our next week's edition. Stay tuned. Ellen)
Bentley's excellent explanation of the Water Works proposal to sell
The city manager wants to sell Cincinnati Water Works to an as of yet uncreated regional water district. He believes that to do so will create a new revenue stream for the city (for 75 years.).
Here is some background:
- Cincinnati Water Works is owned by the City of Cincinnati
- The water works provides water for the city as well as for several communities throughout Hamilton County and surrounding counties -- including KY.
- Rates are currently cheaper for city residents than for residents outside the city for city water.
- Current law does not allow CWW to build water treatment facilities outside the city -- a regional water works would.
- Cincinnati Water Works already creates a profit for the city from its business outside of the city.
- The plan to create a revenue stream from the sale of the water works requires more communities to abandon their current water works and switch to the new regional water works. That is, the plan assumes an expansion of business that might not happen.
- There are serious issues as to what will happen to the employees pensions should a water district be created. The workers are currently city employees and are paying into the city pension. If they are moved, they will no longer be city employees paying into the city pension, but will still be owed city pension for the years already worked. This could put a further strain on an already troubled pension.
- If the Water Works is sold to a regional water district, the city will lose most of the control of the operation. People in the communities being served by the district will want a say.
- It is likely that the cost of water for city residents will eventually rise as right now other areas being served by the district pay a higher rate.
- Cincinnati has among the best water in the country. It is unclear if quality will remain as high.
- Along the lines with loss of city control, one can look to MSD for an example. The Sewer Department is not a city department, but a combination of city and country control. It has been my observation that no one really has the final say over the MSD.
- If a water district is to be created, the first step is city council would have to vote. Then, city voters would have to give their approval.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Bentley
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What is the DLCC?
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Ellen Bierhorst <ellenbierhorst@lloydhouse.com> wrote to our policy wonk Bentley Davis:
I just got phone solicited from the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee DLCC... they claim to work with state legislators in all the states. Why do we need this when we have the Ohio Dems? Should we support them? They asked for money, of course.
Ellen
Hi Ellen,
They are the arm that works with state legislators. There is also the DSCC which is US Senate, the DCCC which works on congressional races, and the DGA that is charged with governors. They all overlap with state parties, just as state parties overlap with county parties. State legislatures are a priority for many people on both sides this year because of their impact on redistricting. The Ohio Dems are heavily focused on the statewide candidates (though they are helping some state house races too).
I can say that the DLCC works in the exact area where we develop a field team for national and state-wide races. State government is also where decisions that most directly effect our lives tend to be made -- from school funding to road repair to the prison system. Because they aren't as sexy, they are more often overlooked than the other arms of the Democratic Party.
I can't tell you who to support, but I can tell you they are legitimate. Their website isdlcc.org
Best,
Bentley
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Ellen Asked Bentley Davis: Where Should I volunteer to help the fall election most?
Ellen,
Below is an answer to your question. And, yes, you may publish my response.
There are three ways a progressive can volunteer to help win the fall elections:
- volunteering for an individual candidate,
- volunteering for the party,
- or volunteering for a progressive organization that is doing electoral work.
The most effective means of volunteering would be canvassing (most effective) or phone banking (2nd best) for an individual candidate or through a progressive organization. This is not to discount volunteering for the party. Let me explain:
When canvassing or making calls for a candidate, you are giving that specific candidate your endorsement. People find it persuasive that you are willing to give your all for a specific candidate.
When volunteering on behalf of a progressive organization and talking to people who are sympathetic to that organization, people are more apt to be motivated to support the candidates the organization is endorsing. There are also progressive organizations that don't endorse, but canvass or phone bank to encourage people to vote.
I have been very active in party politics in the past, and they need volunteers too. But people are less apt to be persuaded by a purely party message unless they already identify with the party.
Depending upon the hours one has to give, it is possible to do volunteer work for more than one candidate or for an organization as well as a candidate or the party.
Finally, don't forget letting your social networks (twitter, facebook) know who you are supporting and why. When talking to your own friends, you can be profoundly effective.
If you have any other questions at all, please feel free to contact me.
Best,
Bentley
Health and Wellness Fantasy
What would your ideal health product be? It would be nice if it was inexpensive enough to give to the entire family, and to give away to friends and neighbors. It would be nice if it supported the work the body does in each of its 75 or so trillion cells, helping unwind stresses the body had been accumulating for a very long time, then allowing the body to heal itself. It would be nice if it was medically recognized in a country with a great health record, and if people there used it widely in hospitals, doctors' offices and homes. Maybe it would have several different features, some familiar ones like being chockfull of antioxidants, and some not as well known but highly beneficial with solid, mainstream research behind them. Maybe it would taste great, and be a joy to consume.
Hey, if I'm really dreaming, let's have it do a few other things too.
How about a totally safe detergent water that is strong enough to emulsify vegetable oil and to clean a dirty oven but so safe I don't have to wear gloves. Even safer. So safe I can rinse my produce with it to really rinse off toxic pesticides and fungicides. And I want the food service industry in its home country to use the detergent water to clean the worst grease, ovens and oven hoods, in large, commercial kitchens. Wouldn't it be great if I could go online to youtube and watch objective stories, let's say from their national news, about high end restaurants using this product to wash their greasiest ovens and hoods?
I'm dreamin'... let's have the product make something that doctors in its home country use to treat atopic dermatitis and today's methicillin-resistant staphylococcus. And, heh, it should be used to sterilize skin, surgical instruments and operating theaters, but I don't want to have to wear gloves when I use it. How safe do I want it? Gargling sounds good, and maybe a few squirts to slow down or stop a sore throat. Sterilize my counters, bathrooms and cutting boards. I'd like something to soak my meats and seafood in to bring the bacterial count down to zero. It would be great to be able to go to youtube and watch some objective videos, national news from its home country would be nice, with nice restaurants sterilizing countertops and expensive meats and seafood.
It'll make my food taste better, and cook more quickly. My coffee will require less grounds to brew, and my tea less leaves. My hot stuff should be less bitter and have a richer flavor.
It should just have come to the US in the last few years, and maybe there aren't but a few of them in Cincinnati. I'd want a bunch of them to be in use somewhere in the US, maybe on the coasts.
Why stop there. It's only imagination. For the lovely ladies, and all us guys who want to age well, it should make a beauty water that is equivalent to organic toner at 100 dollars for a pint. But I want to make it by the gallon, just because, but for only pennies. Horses and other pets should just love it, and I want studies to show that animals thrive on it. It would be convenient if it was both a fertilizer and a fungicide for plants. I would like objective, reputable online videos to see how this is used in agriculture and landscaping.
I like to workout sometimes, and I am nearing my semicentennial. I'd like it to reduce the aches and pains and muscle soreness after workouts. I'd like major sports teams to use it, oh, let's say the New York Yankees and the LA Dodgers. It would be great if world class athletes said it is better than all their expensive supplements. There ought to be some physicians who use it in the US with their patients. I want case studies. People who own this product should be very grateful and appreciative to have it, and they should have a lot of meaningful, life-changing experiences with it.
How 'bout plenty of peer-reviewed medical research about some of its features that the distributor for this product can point me to. I might want to talk about it with my doctor. I want to be able to try it for free for awhile.
Imitation is a sort of praise, so if there's a product this good, there have to be a legion of imitations. I want to be able to see a clear difference. So, this should be the only brand that has gained medical certification in the home country. And their big physician group, equivalent to our AMA, should single out this brand to endorse. I want to see why this is a better machine – the technical reasons are clear and distinctive.
I want it robust and low maintenance, and to last a lifetime, and to have a long, bumper-to-bumper warranty. I want it to help the environment in some way. I don't want to use disposable plastic bottles any more.
I'd like it to make sense why doctors in this country aren't using it. While the Japanese have used a device called a water ionizer since the 1960's, and use it today in food service, in medicine and in agriculture for health and safety and to avoid toxic chemicals, most American doctors and scientists, along with the rest of us in grade school chemistry, are taught that water is simply H20. As long as it is adequately filtered so that it is free of heavy metals and such contaminants, most American physicians and citizens think it's just water.
Water is not just water. It can be alkaline or acid, it can have a high antioxidant value like orange juice or be highly oxidizing – free radicals in a bottle. The way the molecules are arranged in water – the structure – dramatically affects how water works in the body. When most physicians think of the acid/base balance in the body, they think of the acid/base balance of the blood which is tightly controlled in a narrow range of about 7.35-7.45 pH. If the blood pH falls below 7.35, this is an acute medical condition called metabolic acidosis. When most doctors hear someone say that the acid/base balance in the body can be influenced by diet, and that pushing it towards the alkaline (higher pH) is healthy, they hear "metabolic acidosis" and think they are hearing dangerous misinformation. However, in the past decade or so, some doctors have been exploring the notion that there is a less acute form of acidosis that can happen in the tissues in the rest of the body, that this subacute acidosis can have damaging effects on health, and that it can be influenced by diet, particularly be eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and not limiting the intake of protein. For example, one very large Italian study of 13,000 patients published in April, 2010 concludes, "The pathobiochemical effects of chronic latent acidosis can be osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, hyperuricemia, gout or restricted renal function. Recent data show that a high protein diet poor in alkaline elements (fruits and vegetables) is often associated to a low urine pH, which can lead to osteoporosis....
... a nutrition intervention with alkalizing nutrients (fruits and vegetables) or with alkalizing food supplements is necessary." (Pigoli G, Minerva Ginecologica Apr;62(2):85-90). Alkalized water as a food supplement is the most effective way of alkalizing your body. The Japanese, which have the highest average lifespan in the world and spend half of what the U.S. does per capita for health care, have been using alkaline water as a food supplement since the 1960's.
Another dietary strategy which has gained currency both in popular and in medical circles in recent years is the value of antioxidants. Antioxidants are dietary substances which, once in the body, are metabolized in such a way that they satiate electron-starved molecules associated with inflammation which would otherwise continue in a chain reaction, grabbing electrons from living tissue, including DNA, which would then try to grab electrons from other organic molecules and living molecules in an extensive process that is aging and contributes to degenerative disease. Kangen WaterTM from ionizers made by the Enagic Corporation has an extremely high antioxidant value that is several times as high as that of fresh squeezed orange juice or fresh brewed green tea.
Antioxidant values of beverages are measured in millivolts, or mV, on the Oxidation Reduction Potential, or ORP, scale. The distinction between antioxidant and oxidizing values on the scale is easy to see. A negative value, such as -100 mV, is antioxidant, and a positive value, such as +100 mV, is oxidizing. When they assess the health values of beverages, government agencies and manufacturers generally consider contaminant levels, taste and sometimes mineral contents rather than ORP. When ORP levels are not specifically manipulated, the heating and aerating implicit in modern, industrial methods of processing, packaging and transporting water and other beverages impart a highly oxidizing value to the beverage. Cincinnati tap water measures between +300 and +400 mV ORP, while Culligan reverse osmosis water from the Whole Foods in Rookwood Commons measures between +150 and +250 mV. All other filtered and bottled beverages - including sports drinks, bottled waters, distilled and RO water,and vitamin waters - have a positive, oxidizing, aging, inflammatory, immune function attacking, positive ORP.
The alkalinizer sits on the kitchen counter and, like a water filter, connects to the faucet with a diverter.
Alkalinizers are available in several brands. To gain medical certification in Japan, Enagic uses pure platinum metal to make large, solid electrolysis plates with a surface area of more than twice that of most other brands. Because the electrolysis plates of other brands are made with amalgams, or mixtures, of platinum rather than with pure platinum, other brands right out of the box will not maintain high antioxidant and high microclustering (percentage of water microclustered) values. In addition to the lower antioxidant and microclustered values, the electrolysis plates of other brands are vulnerable to becoming coated with typically hard U.S. water so that over a period of months they are prone to producing water whose pH will decline towards that of tap water. I used a Jupiter Melody for five years and saw a little benefit at first, but nothing like I saw with Kangen waterTM, and it did not last.
People who drink Kangen waterTM often report a higher sense of vitality and well-being and often find that body issues have resolved themselves. Different from a patented medicine which intervenes in specific metabolic pathways, Kangen waterTM works in all of the body's 75 or so trillion cells to get intracellular chemistry to work better so that long accumulating stresses from dehydration, stresses from the sequestering of toxic wastes in body tissue, and stresses from the general acidifying of the cellular and interstitial environments begin to unwind so the body can heal itself.
My most dramatic experience of Kangen waterTM occurred on my eighth day of drinking the water. I had been depressed because a knee injury from playing with my children nearly a year ago had not healed up despite an MRI, physical therapy, supplements, and myofascial release work. My fastest pace was to hobble quickly across a street. I first tried Kangen waterTM on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010. On my sixth day of drinking Kangen waterTM, Thursday, my knee felt different but I didn't want to get my hopes up. I didn't want to get my hopes up again on Friday when my knee still felt different. I woke up very early Saturday, at 3:45 a.m., feeling refreshed, and I started walking, then jogging, then running. I ended up sprinting. I jogged, ran and sprinted, with walking to catch my breath, for 3 ½ hours. I was very happy that my knee was functioning well.
To me, it seemed as if Kangen waterTM had relieved the inflammation in my knee, detoxed the damaged tissue, and was supporting my body to slowly repair tissue that had not repaired itself for almost a year. I am not a doctor, and I did not have a doctor look at my recovered knee. A couple of days after my exercise, Kangen waterTM had detoxed my cells of the lactic acid buildup from the anaerobic respiration in my muscles and I was no longer sore from my challenging workout. Professional sports teams which use Kangen waterTMinclude the New York Yankees and the LA Dodgers. Individual athletes who use the water include NFL players Kurt Warner and Adrian Wilson. My results from the Kangen waterTMhave lasted well, and I have since resumed occasional ice skating and taken up rollerblading. The water has also ameliorated some longstanding GI tract issues that had interrupted my sleep.
If I divide the several gallons of water I produce for all purposes daily – drinking, cleaning, cooking, washing, sharing – by all the expected costs of owning a machine over thirty years -purchase price, water bill, replacement pre-filters, electrolysis enhancer solution, 15 year replacement of electrolysis plates – I calculate that Kangen waterTM costs me less than ten cents a gallon which is much less than bottled beverages. Bottled beverages, which are always oxidizing and are poorly hydrating, cost one to four dollars a gallon. Because I drink Kangen waterTM, I am not no plastic bottles are being landfilled, nor is petroleum being used on my behalf to manufacture and transport bottled beverages.
In addition to alkaline, antioxidant, microclustered drinking water, Enagic's machines make a strong acid water (below 2.6 pH) which is a strong antiseptic and supports the body in healing wounds and skin conditions, reducing oral bacteria, can be used instead of toxic cleaners, and can be used to eliminate bacteria from fresh meats and seafood. Strong acid water is regularly used by Japanese physicians to treat very tough skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis and methicillin-resistant staph infections. I used it on a painful planters wart that I had been taping for one year, and after a 20 minute soak the pain stopped and I no longer tape it. My family and I are prone to sore throats, and my wife and I spray the strong acid water on many sore throats and are convinced that we often limit their frequency and duration. Some dentists give their patients the strong acid water to take home and use as a rinse to prevent or treat oral inflammation and infection, and you can get some of this during a water trial to try. Just as some Japanese hospitals use the strong acid water to sterilize surgical instruments and operating rooms, patient rooms and entire wings, you can use it to sterilize bathrooms, sinks and cutting surfaces. You can use the strong acid water as Japanese chefs and restaurants do to sterilize seafood and meats and thus bring the bacterial count down to zero.
Enagic water ionizers also make a strong Kangen waterTM (above 11.5 pH) which is a strong, yet food-safe, detergent. Strong Kangen waterTM can be used to clean filthy ovens and also to remove petrochemical-based pesticide and fungicide residues from fruits and vegetables. Just like many Japanese food service businesses use this water to clean ovens and hoods and other greasy areas in their kitchens, I used Kangen waterTM to clean my dirty oven. Without gloves, I wiped the detergent water around my oven with a dish sponge for ten minutes and poured off several saucepans of black water. I turned my oven on 550 for 30 minutes, and my oven smelled fresh.
Strong Kangen waterTM is very effective at removing petrochemical-based pesticides and fungicides that are impervious to tap water. When you soak produce such as tomatoes, berries, and peaches, lettuce or green beans in strong Kangen waterTM, the water often discolors, a visible reminder of strong toxins which you are no longer ingesting.
Kangen waterTM makes food more flavorful and allows you to get more nutrition from it. When you remove your fruits and vegetables from soaking in the strong Kangen waterTM, many of them, particularly items with soft skins such as berries, peas and peaches, will taste better. The water hydrates the food cells and dissolves and carries more of the molecules responsible for flavor across the cell membrane to your taste buds. The water also removes the bitterness from berries and brings out their sweetness and flavor. Soups, meats, grains, vegetables and other foods that are cooked in Kangen waterTM also taste better.
All your grains and legumes will soak up more water, cook more quickly and taste richer when you cook them in Kangen waterTM. When I cook bulk organic oatmeal from Whole Foods, I add four parts Kangen waterTM to one part oatmeal. Even though my oatmeal absorbs 60 percent more Kangen waterTM than tap water to achieve the consistency I like, the oatmeal still tastes richer and nuttier, and, surprisingly, it requires a few less minutes to cook. If you brew coffee or tea with Kangen waterTM, it also saves you time and money and gives you a better tasting cup. You need a third less coffee grounds or loose tea to brew a cup of equivalent strength with Kangen waterTM, and the brewed beverage will taste richer and less bitter. If you do a water trial, you can get enough water to play with all of this.
Kangen waterTM will help you absorb more nutrients from your supplements and food. I use Standard Process supplements, and my nutritionist, who uses muscle testing to determine dosages, has lowered my dosage of several of them since I began using Kangen waterTM, and this means I am absorbing them better. Even if you are eating organic food or raw food, you are still absorbing less nutrients from your food than you would if you were drinking Kangen waterTM.
Enagic electrolyzer's makes a beauty water with a pH of 4.5 which is equivalent to organic toners which cost over a hundred dollars for a pint. After washing my hair and rinsing off after a shower with a gallon of beauty water, I feel squeaky clean and refreshed. If you use expensive toners, this feature will save you money, and you can try it for yourself during a water trial.
Here are videos by Japanese national news about how the Japanese use this water for difficult skin conditions, for food safety, for gardening and landscaping, and for diabetes:
Japanese TV News - Kangen Water & Atopic Dermatitis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl65o7yKYSg&feature=related
Japanese TV News - Kangen Water & Food Safety http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXeo6-sNqJA&feature=related
Japanese TV News - Kangen Water & Gardening, Agriculture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXeo6-sNqJA&feature=related
Japanese TV News - Kangen Water & Diabetes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRamOL0K_s&feature=related
One of the most prominent doctors in Japan, Dr. Hiromi Shinya, inventor of the modern colonoscope, has performed tens of thousands of colonoscopies, and recommends Kangen waterTM to his patients. Available on youtube is a segment of a video that he has produced showing colons from people with chronic constipation, breast cancer, prostate cancer, high blood pressure and high cholesterol turning much healthier and often pink after three to six months on a vegetarian diet and Kangen waterTM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoTlSmTVDzc&feature=related
If you would like to do a free water trial, you can pick up fresh water from me. I can set the water our for you, in a cooler if necessary, so that I do not have to be here to meet you. The antioxidant value and the microclustering value leave the water in a day, or, if you keep the bulk of your water in the fridge, two days, so please only do this if you can pick up the water at least three times a week. To have a good chance of being effective, the Kangen waterTM needs time to begin to alter your body's alkalinity, to scavenge free radicals in your cells, and to more fully hydrate and flush your cells. Many people experience significant improvements in an issue or an improved overall sense of vitality and well-being in a few weeks. If you'd like a visit and to talk more about the water, I have some meters to measure the antioxidant value and the pH, and I can come to your home and take measurements of Kangen waterTM and your tap water and your favorite beverages. I can also demonstrate some of the other features of Kangen water like how it takes toxic residues off of produce and makes it taste better. If you are a health practitioner, have a health food store, or are a businessman or office manager who is buying bottled water and would like a free supply of water to try out with your clients or employees, I am developing a water station that I can bring to you for free for a several week trial.
Allen Feibelman
513-375-3291
Waternurtureslife.com
Allen@waternurtureslife.com
Birthday Letter from Salonista Chad Benjamin Potter
In San Francisco studying Circus Arts
Ellen,
Thank you kindly for the shout-out.
I'm doing so very well! I finally moved back into the city. Was living in Oakland for almost 2 years. It was smothering my creativity. I live in an office loft space downtown. 432 sq ft. Lots of room to create!
Now that my commute has dropped from over an hour to 20 mins to the circus center, my energy level for training has grown! I'm taking aerial conditioning classes to prepare for trapeze work. I enjoy the idea of performing in the air. There's a nice danger to it. I'm not full time at the circus center. But I'm seeing great progress in my part-time training.
In the same instant, I'm undergoing a mid-20s questioning of career direction. Turning 26 tomorrow. What am I going to do? Circus, theater, tv, movies? I'm even considering a move to NYC or LA this winter. In my quest for direction, I'm beginning to wonder what my strength is. I want to be a performance artist, Lady Gaga style. Move people with my physical representation and music... but I may not have a choice. I'm a humorist. Comedian, clown, writer, I don't know. I love helping people laugh.
Just today, I thought about the type of humorist I am. Do people laugh because of me or because of my ideas? I'm inclined to think it is my ideas. Sure, I deliver the message in a certain way, but usually, the message could stand alone.
But while I'm waiting for that to develop, I'm working in catering. Event services and absolutely love it: Paula LeDuc Fine Catering is my main gig. They are a marvelous company to work with. I've worked several events with Nancy Pelosi as a guest. Most recently a wedding. She's an pretty good dancer.
I've also done some independent events as well. That business has been good for my artistic and creative needs. Just purchased a sewing machine. I have some new characters for the future. I'll send more info as it develops!
So, another year, another exploration...
Chad Benjamin Potter
REVIEWS: BOOKS, MUSIC, CONCERTS, RESTAURANTS, WEBSITES ...
Please send me your tips...love to hear what you are reading etc. ellen
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Check out review of movie about a lesbian couple and their teenage sperm-donated children meeting the donor:http://wearegoodkin.com/article/kids-are-all-right
Now on last chapters of The Bridge , the story of the political rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick, and I want to tell you again how great this book is. Clarifies the importance of Obama's election and how it happened... The miracle. This is a very enjoyable book... Kind of like the best New Yorker long piece you ever read. I got it from the library. Incidentally you can now renew 5 times, not just 3. I needed that for this long baby. ellen
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Check out review of movie about a lesbian couple and their teenage sperm-donated children meeting the donor:http://wearegoodkin.com/article/kids-are-all-right
Now on last chapters of The Bridge , the story of the political rise of Barack Obama by David Remnick, and I want to tell you again how great this book is. Clarifies the importance of Obama's election and how it happened... The miracle. This is a very enjoyable book... Kind of like the best New Yorker long piece you ever read. I got it from the library. Incidentally you can now renew 5 times, not just 3. I needed that for this long baby. ellen
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Basil's Caribe Carryout: Basil Balian's food carryout is establishing a foothold in Western Hills & the 2 most common comments he gets from customers is that the food is deliciously different & prices are extremely reasonable. He has now expanded the menu & changed operating hours to accommodate customers' demands. He has added a Vegetarian Empanada to the beef & pork empanadas. He has added a Citrus Chicken Stew, a Spicy Coconut Chicken Stew & a Vegetarian Black Bean Stew that his customers love. The unique Tostones (fried plantains) are still available & growing in popularity. And Basil has added Potato Cakes as an alternative. Caribe's hours are 1-8 PM on Wednesdays & Thursdays & 12-9 PM on Fridays & Saturdays. Treat yourself to an authentic Caribbean experience, & great conversation with Basil as an added free bonus. Call ahead for quick service on large orders. Sorry, no credit cards. Basil's Caribe Carryout, 1221 Rulison Avenue (visible from the Glenway & Cleves-Warsaw intersection), Cincinnati, OH 45238. More info @ 513.236.0260.
East of Eden Fest [Saturday 7 August @ 6-11 PM]: East End Garden District hosts its annual garden festival at the Veterans' Memorial Garden. Fresh organic Indian cuisine from the gardens, pig roast, live music & down-home east-end hospitality. Enjoy the beautiful nearby Ohio River, gardens & neighborhood hospitality in this district nestled between the Ohio River & Riverside Drive, between Riverside Academy & Schmidt Ball Field/Public Boat Landing. Enjoy the Pig Roast & BBQ Competition. Ice tea will be provided; you may bring other beverages. Lively music by local bands will waft thru the evening breezes. The City availed this land for green space development. Volunteers cleared & cleaned it, raised garden beds, planted fruit trees & built a living memorial to veterans, past & present. Five other gardens & back yard plots join the Veterans' Garden to make this a neighborhood project in the heart of Cincinnati's oldest community. The Project teaches Riverside Academy kids lessons in land stewardship. A park is being created where neighbors from across the city can gather to exchange produce, stories, recreation & cultures. At the Veterans' Memorial Garden, 247 Strader Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45226. More info @ 513.330.3342, capt_lu@yahoo.com &www.civicgardencenter.org/garden_files/east.htm.
World Premiere of Riding Shotgun [Fridays-Saturdays 6-7 & 13-14 August @ 8 PM]: The world premiere of award-winning writer/director Greg Newberry's new play "Riding Shotgun" is a play about 4 high school buddies who had a pact that wherever they were in their lives 30 years after graduation, they'd reunite for a road trip to the Golden Gate Bridge & take a leak off of it. The play is edgy & filled with twists as the friends commiserate on their lives & become unwitting pawns in a chilling test of loyalty & friendship. Starring Michael Bath, Nathan Neorr, Tom Menendez & Darryl Hilton. Ticket are $25 & $35; includes ticketing fees & parking. NKU Corbett Theater, Fine Arts Center-205, Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY. More info & tickets @ info@RidingShotgunThePlay.com & www.RidingShotgunThePlay.com.
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Just a quick comment/ correction in regard to the apportionment board. Mary Ellen O’Shaughnessy is the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State. She is not, however, an incumbent.
She needs all the help she can get as she is up against an incredibly well-funded Republican candidate who will take us right back to Ken Blackwell days.
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