$100/day, every day, per employee for each Catholic, Lutheran, 7th Day Adventist, etc. institution in taxes if they refuse to violate their religious beliefs. How long will we have religious schools, hospitals, food pantries, clinics, job programs, nursing homes, etc. under Obama's idea of "fairness." This, my Democrat friends, is "statism" where the state doesn't create or own the businesses, it just totally controls them through over regulation, taxes, and lies. It's the "total transformation" Obama told us about in 2008. In the Soviet Union (Communism), the government owned everything. In Nazi (National Socialist) Germany the state ran everything.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
Friday Family Photo-Old Friends
Tina moved to Florida in 1956, but has returned to Mt. Morris for class reunions where we saw each other for our 55th. She met her husband in high school in Miami, and they've been married I think, 54 years. We met for lunch in Mt. Morris.
Week 3 at Lakeside, 2012
The week (always on Saturday) started out in the breathless heat. I wondered how I would enjoy the wonderful program planned for the Hoover, but around 7 p.m. the wind picked up and the temperature dropped at least into the 80s. I managed a trip to the laundromat on Saturday afternoon (our washer started smoking on the 28th and is no longer usable).
The Osmond Brothers, Merrill, Jay and Jimmy, performed Saturday night. Wow. What amazing, accomplished musicians, but then they’ve been performing together over 50 years, having had their 50th anniversary as a family group in 2008. Seven of the nine Osmonds are musicians and/or actors--one brother who used to perform with these three in recent years in Bransom, MO and on tour has had a stroke and another has M.S. Donny and Marie still perform together occasionally. All the Osmonds use their many talents in other areas of show business. They did a lot of interacting with the audience, and one more row and I would have been able to shake Merrill’s hand. The audience at the end (about 2-3 encores) rushed up to take photos, and they obliged. Some performers are very stingy with their time, but not this group. They also called Shirley Starey (who is program director) to the stage because it was her birthday.
The Archives and Heritage Hall has a new director of operations, Gretchen Curtis, who did our educational programming for years. Keith Addy gave some “behind the scenes” stories about the days he was in charge of the Hoover entertainment, 1988-2004. My neighbor provided a few additional ones. He said his wife was the driver from the airport when the Osmonds (5 of them) appeared here in 1985. Also he said when the Lennon sisters appeared here (1960s?), they took a break after about 30 minutes. The audience waited and waited, but they never came back on state. They’d left during intermission!
On Monday and Tuesday Frank Deaner, retired Ohio Newspaper Association, talked about future of newspapers and the sunshine law. He was hopeful about the future of newspapers, although the dailies are down (1902, 2600; 2009, 1392), many people report using a newspaper daily (59%) or on Sunday (53%). News websites get 113 million adult visitors. E-content (tablet, etc.) readers are increasing readership. Many websites are going “hyper-local.” I learned that the Cincinnati Inquirer is getting out of the printing business, and will be printed by the Columbus Dispatch. Also new is a less than 7 day schedule, like publishing 4 days, and the current stories appear only on blogs or the website. Lots of multi-media cross digitization--Scripps Howard now owns Food Network (cable), for instance.
On Wednesday and Thursday Meghan Harper, Assoc. Prof., Kent State talked on the future of libraries. She was very upbeat and positive. Two of my library friends, Andrea and Marian, and I compared notes at the Wednesday picnic. Our view from the trenches was not quite so positive. Of course, none of us were as enamored of technology as Ms. Harper.
A great genealogy workshop this week, 5 days at 3:30, by Derek Davey, who is an instructor in genealogy, and a private, for-hire, genealogist. Many of the points I knew (although I don’t always follow). Met a woman who also has a Church of the Brethren background and I told her about the Brethren genealogy listserv that has been so helpful for me in finding Wengers, Danners, Geigers, and Fetters. Because maiden names were often not included in older records, it is nice to have such a helpful group.
Thursday night was The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Powerful performance. The leader said they tour 48 weeks a year, 4-5 performances a week! This also included a seminar in the afternoon, although I didn’t attend. After all, one has to preserve some nap time!
Friday night Judy Collins is scheduled. She is my age and still does about 100 performances a year. So I guess I can walk 3 blocks to hear her. She is multi-talented, and is also an author.
The Osmond Brothers, Merrill, Jay and Jimmy, performed Saturday night. Wow. What amazing, accomplished musicians, but then they’ve been performing together over 50 years, having had their 50th anniversary as a family group in 2008. Seven of the nine Osmonds are musicians and/or actors--one brother who used to perform with these three in recent years in Bransom, MO and on tour has had a stroke and another has M.S. Donny and Marie still perform together occasionally. All the Osmonds use their many talents in other areas of show business. They did a lot of interacting with the audience, and one more row and I would have been able to shake Merrill’s hand. The audience at the end (about 2-3 encores) rushed up to take photos, and they obliged. Some performers are very stingy with their time, but not this group. They also called Shirley Starey (who is program director) to the stage because it was her birthday.
The Archives and Heritage Hall has a new director of operations, Gretchen Curtis, who did our educational programming for years. Keith Addy gave some “behind the scenes” stories about the days he was in charge of the Hoover entertainment, 1988-2004. My neighbor provided a few additional ones. He said his wife was the driver from the airport when the Osmonds (5 of them) appeared here in 1985. Also he said when the Lennon sisters appeared here (1960s?), they took a break after about 30 minutes. The audience waited and waited, but they never came back on state. They’d left during intermission!
On Monday and Tuesday Frank Deaner, retired Ohio Newspaper Association, talked about future of newspapers and the sunshine law. He was hopeful about the future of newspapers, although the dailies are down (1902, 2600; 2009, 1392), many people report using a newspaper daily (59%) or on Sunday (53%). News websites get 113 million adult visitors. E-content (tablet, etc.) readers are increasing readership. Many websites are going “hyper-local.” I learned that the Cincinnati Inquirer is getting out of the printing business, and will be printed by the Columbus Dispatch. Also new is a less than 7 day schedule, like publishing 4 days, and the current stories appear only on blogs or the website. Lots of multi-media cross digitization--Scripps Howard now owns Food Network (cable), for instance.
On Wednesday and Thursday Meghan Harper, Assoc. Prof., Kent State talked on the future of libraries. She was very upbeat and positive. Two of my library friends, Andrea and Marian, and I compared notes at the Wednesday picnic. Our view from the trenches was not quite so positive. Of course, none of us were as enamored of technology as Ms. Harper.
A great genealogy workshop this week, 5 days at 3:30, by Derek Davey, who is an instructor in genealogy, and a private, for-hire, genealogist. Many of the points I knew (although I don’t always follow). Met a woman who also has a Church of the Brethren background and I told her about the Brethren genealogy listserv that has been so helpful for me in finding Wengers, Danners, Geigers, and Fetters. Because maiden names were often not included in older records, it is nice to have such a helpful group.
Thursday night was The Glenn Miller Orchestra. Powerful performance. The leader said they tour 48 weeks a year, 4-5 performances a week! This also included a seminar in the afternoon, although I didn’t attend. After all, one has to preserve some nap time!
Friday night Judy Collins is scheduled. She is my age and still does about 100 performances a year. So I guess I can walk 3 blocks to hear her. She is multi-talented, and is also an author.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
It's only the largest tax increase in our history. . .
"There is no mandate, here, folks. There is only a tax. So don’t worry your little heads about our Constitutional structure, limited government, or individual liberty. As Roberts breezily puts it, “if one chooses to pay [the “tax”] rather than obtain health insurance, they have fully complied with the law.” We all pay taxes, after all, so we all should understand that the federal government gets to tax whatever it wants to tax, and in whatever manner it sees fit. Another tax, while we might not like it, raises no constitutional concern for any but crazy people."
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Sunday, July 08, 2012
Transfer of health
President Bush is in Zambia this week. The photos of him and Laura with adorable babies are very touching. Not sure, but I think they are there to support a cervical cancer clinic. PEPFAR, a Bush program to save people with AIDS, was probably the single most successful program for Africa since the days of DDT. When Obama came to office he decided to tweak it by expanding it to TB and malaria, which are bigger killers than AIDS, but with not enough funding to do all 3 major killers. And now even the modest increase it got from the U.S. in the early Obama regime has been frozen for 2013. Even JAMA, or at least its writer on global issues, is calling it a crisis. Diseases, researchers, doctors, nurses, clinics, medications, etc. are not mix and match. Each is very special. By spreading the wealth, he didn't spread the health.
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Diet and exercise myths and studies
Diet and exercise. Everyone seems to be over weight these days, including me. If you pick up a consumer magazine or health journal, obesity (or obesity links to poverty and crime) seems to be the meal ticket (pardon the pun) for social workers, nutritionists and medical writers.
Losing weight is no problem. Maintenance is. Most medical reports only go to 18 months for “success” stories. I lost 20 lbs. In October 2006-March 2007. Travel is broadening, and in 2006 we went to Finland, Russia, California, an architectural tour, and to Michigan. We ate a lot of good food. I gained a few pounds back in Ireland that fall, a few pounds in Italy the next year, and a few in our Holy Land tour in 2009. Since 2010 it’s been a hopeless climb back to my 2006 weight. In fact, I’d be happy to weigh what I did in 2009.
The June 27 issue of JAMA has another comparison of plans, and STEP, or a stepped care weight loss program does better than the standard behavior mod plan. However, “The findings do not answer the question of how to achieve weight loss in a manner that will be appealing enough to the participants in long term sustained weight loss." (p. 2641). Really? Who knew?
Eat less, move more. It always works.
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Losing weight is no problem. Maintenance is. Most medical reports only go to 18 months for “success” stories. I lost 20 lbs. In October 2006-March 2007. Travel is broadening, and in 2006 we went to Finland, Russia, California, an architectural tour, and to Michigan. We ate a lot of good food. I gained a few pounds back in Ireland that fall, a few pounds in Italy the next year, and a few in our Holy Land tour in 2009. Since 2010 it’s been a hopeless climb back to my 2006 weight. In fact, I’d be happy to weigh what I did in 2009.
The June 27 issue of JAMA has another comparison of plans, and STEP, or a stepped care weight loss program does better than the standard behavior mod plan. However, “The findings do not answer the question of how to achieve weight loss in a manner that will be appealing enough to the participants in long term sustained weight loss." (p. 2641). Really? Who knew?
Eat less, move more. It always works.
.
Diet and exercise myths and studies
Diet and exercise. Everyone seems to be over weight these days, including me. If you pick up a consumer magazine or health journal, obesity (or obesity links to poverty and crime) seems to be the meal ticket (pardon the pun) for social workers, nutritionists and medical writers.
Losing weight is no problem. Maintenance is. Most medical reports only go to 18 months for “success” stories. I lost 20 lbs. In October 2006-March 2007. Travel is broadening, and in 2006 we went to Finland, Russia, California, an architectural tour, and to Michigan. We ate a lot of good food. I gained a few pounds back in Ireland that fall, a few pounds in Italy the next year, and a few in our Holy Land tour in 2009. Since 2010 it’s been a hopeless climb back to my 2006 weight. In fact, I’d be happy to weigh what I did in 2009.
The June 27 issue of JAMA has another comparison of plans, and STEP, or a stepped care weight loss program does better than the standard behavior mod plan. However, “The findings do not answer the question of how to achieve weight loss in a manner that will be appealing enough to the participants in long term sustained weight loss." (p. 2641). Really? Who knew?
Eat less, move more. It always works.
.
Losing weight is no problem. Maintenance is. Most medical reports only go to 18 months for “success” stories. I lost 20 lbs. In October 2006-March 2007. Travel is broadening, and in 2006 we went to Finland, Russia, California, an architectural tour, and to Michigan. We ate a lot of good food. I gained a few pounds back in Ireland that fall, a few pounds in Italy the next year, and a few in our Holy Land tour in 2009. Since 2010 it’s been a hopeless climb back to my 2006 weight. In fact, I’d be happy to weigh what I did in 2009.
The June 27 issue of JAMA has another comparison of plans, and STEP, or a stepped care weight loss program does better than the standard behavior mod plan. However, “The findings do not answer the question of how to achieve weight loss in a manner that will be appealing enough to the participants in long term sustained weight loss." (p. 2641). Really? Who knew?
Eat less, move more. It always works.
.
Friday, July 06, 2012
Week 2 at Lakeside--hot in so many ways
The storm that blew through the mid-west to the Atlantic coast leaving millions without power on June 29, missed Lakeside. Our daughter called us from our Columbus home describing the downed trees and wind where she took refuge in our basement. Saturday evening Lakeside hosted the Coasters, Drifters and the Platters, but the lead singer for the Platters didn't get to the airport until 5;15 because all flights out of DC had been grounded. Fortunately, he had time to change clothes and make it to Hoover Auditorium for a great Show. Many years ago my nephew David was in the band that travelled with the Platters. Of course, the performers in these groups change and evolve depending on age and abilities.
We left early Sunday morning for Illinois, arriving in time for our family reunion, so I can't speak to the programing on Monday and Tuesday except it was on art and literature. I know on Monday night there was a lovely theater production at the hotel because Bev, who was attending our cat, said it was great. Thursday night's Hoover program was "The Magic of John Denver" performed by Rick Schuler. In the middle, he told us about archealogy digs in Israel he's participated in, and sang the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew.
Tuesday and Friday are farmer's market, so I'd better hurry. Saturday (week 3) is the Osmond Brothers--the real thing.
Update: Friday's program, Rhythmic Circus, a group of tap dancers and ensemble musical group, was outstanding. I've never seen anything like it--although they were here last year (I must have not attended, because you'd remember these folks). My feet, knees and calves were aching in sympathy after the first number, yet they continued until 10:30! Hoover was packed--unusual for a non-name group, so they must have a following. The new "cooling" system, huge ceiling fans, couldn't make a dent in the heat, and at intermission many left to go get ice cream. But, oh my, they were fabulous.
We left early Sunday morning for Illinois, arriving in time for our family reunion, so I can't speak to the programing on Monday and Tuesday except it was on art and literature. I know on Monday night there was a lovely theater production at the hotel because Bev, who was attending our cat, said it was great. Thursday night's Hoover program was "The Magic of John Denver" performed by Rick Schuler. In the middle, he told us about archealogy digs in Israel he's participated in, and sang the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew.
Tuesday and Friday are farmer's market, so I'd better hurry. Saturday (week 3) is the Osmond Brothers--the real thing.
Update: Friday's program, Rhythmic Circus, a group of tap dancers and ensemble musical group, was outstanding. I've never seen anything like it--although they were here last year (I must have not attended, because you'd remember these folks). My feet, knees and calves were aching in sympathy after the first number, yet they continued until 10:30! Hoover was packed--unusual for a non-name group, so they must have a following. The new "cooling" system, huge ceiling fans, couldn't make a dent in the heat, and at intermission many left to go get ice cream. But, oh my, they were fabulous.
Small business waits . . .and so do we
Fox News is running a series on how small businesses (both under 50 and over 50 employees) are responding to the SCOTUS decision that Obamacare is a legal tax. Doubt. Uncertainty. Fear. Not a good attitude for recovery. No one wants to expand; some are considering dropping their excellent health care plan and opting for the $2,000 penalty which is cheaper. However, no matter who is in charge, the federal government can always change the rules.
Meanwhile in Ohio, a swing, critical state, we are inundated with 2 Obama ads; 1) Romney outsourced jobs, 2) Bain Capital (when he was no longer an owner) which created thousands of jobs and businesses (Staples, 92,000 alone) caused a woman to lose her job. How about the government EPA requiring us to buy energy efficient light bulbs made in China. How about those wind towers that dot the Illinois prairies which are made in China? What about Obama off-shoring our oil wells to the waters outside Brazil? These ads are so easy to refute, where are the Romney writers? They are certainly collecting enough money--it's time to call out Obama on his lies.
John Stossel's new book points out he made $11/hr, tax free, begging on the streets, and found 40 jobs in 2 hours in an area where the unemployed, collecting benefits, said there were no jobs.
Driving back to Ohio on July 4 we made record time getting around Chicago--it was a breeze. But. Oh. My. The radio talk shows. Really in the tank for Obama, plus we had to listen to an interview with Elizabeth Warren pleading for money (wampum?). Remember she's the one who has been sliding buy as a Native American, based on a family story that great great great granny or someone was an Indian. Well, who doesn't have that in their family genealogy/tree, especially if you are from an area where Indians were forceably remove. A nice gig, but isn't she smart enough and female enough to make it on some thing else.?
Allen West: "When you go back and you read the documents, the Declaration of Independence, the full declaration, the full Constitution, you’ll understand limited government, you’ll understand fiscal responsibility, you’ll understand individual sovereignty, free markets … strong national defense.
But there are people on the other side, and you can call them whatever you wish, you can call it Communism, Progressivism, Socialism, Marxism, or Statism …They believe in creating and expanding an entitlement or welfare state."
Meanwhile in Ohio, a swing, critical state, we are inundated with 2 Obama ads; 1) Romney outsourced jobs, 2) Bain Capital (when he was no longer an owner) which created thousands of jobs and businesses (Staples, 92,000 alone) caused a woman to lose her job. How about the government EPA requiring us to buy energy efficient light bulbs made in China. How about those wind towers that dot the Illinois prairies which are made in China? What about Obama off-shoring our oil wells to the waters outside Brazil? These ads are so easy to refute, where are the Romney writers? They are certainly collecting enough money--it's time to call out Obama on his lies.
John Stossel's new book points out he made $11/hr, tax free, begging on the streets, and found 40 jobs in 2 hours in an area where the unemployed, collecting benefits, said there were no jobs.
Driving back to Ohio on July 4 we made record time getting around Chicago--it was a breeze. But. Oh. My. The radio talk shows. Really in the tank for Obama, plus we had to listen to an interview with Elizabeth Warren pleading for money (wampum?). Remember she's the one who has been sliding buy as a Native American, based on a family story that great great great granny or someone was an Indian. Well, who doesn't have that in their family genealogy/tree, especially if you are from an area where Indians were forceably remove. A nice gig, but isn't she smart enough and female enough to make it on some thing else.?
Allen West: "When you go back and you read the documents, the Declaration of Independence, the full declaration, the full Constitution, you’ll understand limited government, you’ll understand fiscal responsibility, you’ll understand individual sovereignty, free markets … strong national defense.
But there are people on the other side, and you can call them whatever you wish, you can call it Communism, Progressivism, Socialism, Marxism, or Statism …They believe in creating and expanding an entitlement or welfare state."
Monday, July 02, 2012
Monday Memories--Very fresh, Blogging from Illinois
We're in Illinois for two reunions, high school and family. My sister prepared a wonderful buffet meal for a variety of relatives--my siblings, aunt and uncle (father's younger siblings), cousins from both sides of the family, niece, nephew, great nephew, and assorted favorite in-laws. I think there were over 20 of us. The recipes were all from the Corbett Family Reunion Cookbook 1993, which I had prepared. The occasion was my mother's 100th birthday (in May). She died in 2000. For "entertainment" we all took turns telling favorite "Olive" stories, and the general opinion was she was a remarkable woman. Another source of fun was a large bag of photos and mementoes from my mother's sister (died in 2011) who had saved birthday, Christmas, and get well cards, wedding announcements, graduation announcements (including my mother's 1926 8th grade commencement), newspaper stories, post cards, etc. for many years. Each family member took items precious to their own family, and I'll mail some to the Florida niece and nephew.
The ladies of the class meet this evening and then the class reunion is at the Pines State Park tomorrow evening. However, classmate Phil Egan died Saturday, and the funeral will be tomorrow, so I expect to see some classmates at the services or visitation.
Very hot here. Instead of a cool walk along the lakefront, it was 77 degrees on a country road.
The ladies of the class meet this evening and then the class reunion is at the Pines State Park tomorrow evening. However, classmate Phil Egan died Saturday, and the funeral will be tomorrow, so I expect to see some classmates at the services or visitation.
Very hot here. Instead of a cool walk along the lakefront, it was 77 degrees on a country road.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Friday family photo
I found a cute pillow sham with 2 cats at Volunteers of America for 26 cents. She looked so cute on it I went back and got the other one.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
The Supreme Court's Decision
The Supreme Court gets it wrong, sometimes. And then it's really big. And hurtful. Like in 1857 when it declared blacks weren't citizens (Dredd Scott) and therefore didn't have a right to sue in the courts and in 1973 when it decided the unborn baby wasn't either a human or a citizen and didn't have a right to life.. Justice Roberts (paraphrased) said it's not the court's responsibility to protect the American people from bad laws--we need to do that at the ballot box.
I doubt that the USSR could have fallen without Pope John Paul II and his inspiration for the Polish people to fight for their freedom. Looks like the limp, spineless evangelicals need to get behind the Catholics in their battle against the HHS Mandate. It's the only power we've got who can stand up to Big Brother Barack.
"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it." --Thomas Sowell
I doubt that the USSR could have fallen without Pope John Paul II and his inspiration for the Polish people to fight for their freedom. Looks like the limp, spineless evangelicals need to get behind the Catholics in their battle against the HHS Mandate. It's the only power we've got who can stand up to Big Brother Barack.
"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it." --Thomas Sowell
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Week One at Lakeside 2012
Week 1 at Lakeside, Dr. Paul Beck of OSU was a featured speaker talking about the 2012 elections. Excellent speaker, and very informative. I had 2 take-aways after 4 sessions. This year will be a record for money spent on campaigning--$4-5 billion. But McDonald's will spend $20 billion advertising its products. Most of that goes to convince the "undecided, non-party" voter, and only a low percentage of them vote. The rest of us know who we are voting for so the ads don't affect us. Also, Columbus, OH will have more money spent on it than any other market because Ohio is a swing state. And I think Cleveland is #2. Most of you won't see what we see.
Sunday evening we went down to the park to hear a fiddle player, Krista Solars. But the weather report looked like rain, so it was moved to Hoover Auditorium She was excellent, but lost some of her audience in the shift--the people carrying lawn chairs, food and leading dogs. On Tuesday evening at Hoover a group called Blue Lunch from Cleveland played. Very interesting mix of R & B, soul, jazz, gospel and good old rock n roll. Saturday night was Mike Albert and his Big E Band (Elvis impersonator), in his 14th appearance. I think we've probably seen at least 10 of those. He always puts on a great show. Elvis and a classic car show go well together--lots of visitors of a certain age in town!
On Tuesday I also made a quick trip to Sandusky for a new pair of athletic shoes. My legs were starting to hurt, and I know that's a sign I've gone too long. I don't want to miss out on the morning walks along the lake. I noticed this morning the sun popped up at 6:01 which means the days are getting shorter!
Sunday evening we went down to the park to hear a fiddle player, Krista Solars. But the weather report looked like rain, so it was moved to Hoover Auditorium She was excellent, but lost some of her audience in the shift--the people carrying lawn chairs, food and leading dogs. On Tuesday evening at Hoover a group called Blue Lunch from Cleveland played. Very interesting mix of R & B, soul, jazz, gospel and good old rock n roll. Saturday night was Mike Albert and his Big E Band (Elvis impersonator), in his 14th appearance. I think we've probably seen at least 10 of those. He always puts on a great show. Elvis and a classic car show go well together--lots of visitors of a certain age in town!
On Tuesday I also made a quick trip to Sandusky for a new pair of athletic shoes. My legs were starting to hurt, and I know that's a sign I've gone too long. I don't want to miss out on the morning walks along the lake. I noticed this morning the sun popped up at 6:01 which means the days are getting shorter!
Monday, June 25, 2012
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