“Correct Principles are LIGHTHOUSES...
They will not move, they are not odds, you cannot break them; We can only Break Ourselves against them.... These are self-evident principles, perhaps not yet habits. We already know them, but what is Common Sense is not Common Practice.”
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
By NCPSSM | September 19, 2011
South Bank Equality Union
“For too long, Washington’s fiscal hawks have co-opted the deficit conversation suggesting the only way to restore our nation’s fiscal balance is to slash Social Security and Medicare. At the same time many of these “safety net” opponents were signing pledges to protect tax breaks for millionaires and corporations. That is not fiscal responsibility. Our National Committee members understand this and, thankfully so does our President. The White House has given us a desperately needed reality check offering a deficit plan providing the common-sense balance most Americans know is necessary. President Obama has flatly rejected conservatives’ calls to cut Social Security since this program did not create our deficit crisis. In fact, Social Security has a surplus of $2.6 trillion in its trust fund and can pay full benefits for at least 25 more years. Added to that good news is that the President will not recommend raising Medicare’s eligibility age – safeguarding healthcare access for millions of future retirees.Unfortunately, the President’s other proposals on Medicare are more of a mixed bag offering increased cost-shifting to seniors rather than continuing the work begun with healthcare reform. Medicare is affected by the same rising costs experienced by the rest of our healthcare system. We need to tackle the true problem, not just pass those costs on to seniors. That’s why the National Committee supported health care reform as the best way to bring spending under control, though cost savings have not yet been fully realized since many provisions are still being implemented. Raising premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs for seniors doesn’t address the real challenge facing our nation but merely shifts costs to retirees who are losing an increasing share of their Social Security checks.”…Max Richtman, President/CEO
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THE NEW REGIONALISM: CINCINNATI POACHES HUNDREDS OF JOBS FROM COVINGTON by Michael Monks
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The long rumored move of Omnicare from Covington's riverfront to that of Cincinnati is now the reality. A press conference Monday afternoon sealed that deal as Ohio Governor John Kasich, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and Omnicare CEO John Figueroa shook the hands of one another and smiled for cameras and reporters on a high floor of Atrium One, Omnicare's new home, that offers a view of Covington, the city on the other side of the river, and on the other side of this "good news".
"This was an easy decision because it does involve a national headquarters and a great number of people," Kasich said. "It represents a company that has a great growth potential." The pharmaceutical giant was looking for new digs to accomodate a planned move to bring all of its area employees under one roof. Though Omnicare was courted by Covington and Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear with a hefty incentive package to stay, Kasich's offer was higher and more aggressive.
"We are very proud of our Kentucky roots," Figueroa claimed, adding that seven hundred Omnicare jobs would remain in Louisville, where in the last month the company has spent a lot of time courting a buy of its nearest competitor, Pharmerica.
"I declare today to be 'Omnicare Day' in the City of Cincinnati," boasted a glowing Mayor Mallory. When questioned if Cincinnati's bullish grab of hundreds of jobs from Covington would have an effect on regionalism, the mayor responded, "I spend lots of money in Covington."
"We're gonna be talking about the (Brent Spence) bridge this week, we're working with officials in Northern Kentucky on this bridge," Mallory continued. "We've worked on a lot of issues and initiatives in a regional basis. This is not going to stop this process."
"When you have a press conference and you're jumping up and down for pulling away a significant company from a town that is smaller and relies more on the income than Cincinnati, it affects regionalism," said Covington City Commissioner Shawn Masters. "But if this is how they are going to play the game, we have to show our cards and we have to do it soon."
"We do not try to steal companies," said Steve Stevens, President of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. "We've always had that truce. I don't feel like these guys were trying to poach these companies locally. Kasich called us and every other surrounding state 'the enemy' and said he was going after us."
Stevens agreed that the loss to Covington will be greater than the gain to Cincinnati. "Losing five-hundred white collar jobs, Covington is in bad shape as it is," he said.
The news of a major corporate departure like Omnicare could not come at a worse time for Covington, just two months removed from a contentious budget debate that resulted in the elimination of several public jobs and the early retirements of many long-serving employees. The budget hole then for the fiscal year was projected at around $4 million. The loss of Omnicare and the likely loss of AC Nielsen in the coming weeks will result in more than a million dollars more that will need to be replenished.
"Probably within the next few weeks we'll be working on the second round of a contingency plan," said Masters. As far as layoffs, "we haven't gotten that far into it, but that's certainly something that's going to have to be put on the table."
Both Stevens and Masters remain optimistic about Covington and the region following Omnicare's departure. "We've got to keep sharpening pencils and working on tax reform," Stevens said.
"I think this is a chance for the Commission to begin to restructure community development where we're more focused toward a sales mentality rather than a reactive one," Masters said. "We have to be out there looking for business."
Omnicare's CEO stated that employees will start moving across the river from RiverCenter in December and should be completely moved to Cincinnati by April, though some jobs would remain through June. The move to Downtown Cincinnati also affects the Omnicare employees who work at a facility in Ft. Wright.
On my way to the MACC for the Monday Night Community Prayer Meal, I came across a B&W Typewritten Flyer stapled to a tree. As I had noticed the same on vehicles and rolled into fencing in my neck o' the woods, I retrieved it...
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness (NHAAA)
www.theaidsinstitute.org
The purpose of the webinar is to discuss the complexities and issues related to HIV/AIDS and older adults. First, The AIDS Institute will provide a brief overview of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day and the ongoing educational campaign as well as emphasize the need for increased HIV awar...
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD) is commemorated annually on September 18. This year's theme for NHAAAD: "Aging is a part of life; HIV doesn't have to be."
But since it already is in my case, I think I'll take a stroll through The Village to show that I'm Still Here!
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As usual; after the reading, dinner was served by the Monday night crew with Lori from Walgreens leading the charge! After everyone present is served accompanied by the normal griping and entree sharing, dessert (the delicious danish & donut trays) are served to those who have finished eating. And then the rude, ungrateful, selfish vultures circle and swoop in when the left-overs are left out... On my way out I stopped when I noticed plates, drinks, etc left on the front of the church & policed the area as I disposed of the trash. Wouldn't want any neighbors to complain to the City like they used to about White Castle trash! Oh wait, they didn't; understanding that it comes with close proximity to a food service location. Unfortunately, they didn't grant MACC Community Meals the same understanding and compassion for feeding "them damn homeless & hungry". I've been aware of and used these community resources since the 6 months I was homeless and worked with Welcome House to secure my current Home HIVe.
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"If YOU Build IT, THEY will come..."
The South Bank EQUALITY UNION
Working to create A Synergistic South Bank CommUNITY where “ WE seek and value opinions, viewpoints and perspectives from others to create solutions that are better than those that would have been created on our own”
True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
- Clarence Darrow
I like to think that I am not so extraordinary that I am going to have a life experience that no one after me will also experience. That was the basis of "The AIDS Benefits Handbook" which was my bible as I began the journey 20 years ago. Unfortunately there was no similar Guidebook for Coming Out back in the early 70's. My calling is to education and my talent is to write. I've lived in this area, on both sides of the river, all my life...
- The perspective from this view is: If it is true that indeed, whatever is good for the Queen City is, indeed good for the whole region; does it then not follow that what is shameful for the Queen also sheds shame on her whole realm??
"A Good Place to Live!"
Housing Quality Standards & Inspection Criteria
Housing Quality StandardsHousing quality standards help to ensure that your home will be safe, healthy, and comfortable. In the HUD Housing Choice Program there are two kinds of housing quality standards:
Things that a home must have in order to be approved by the HA, and Additional things that you should think about for the special needs of your own family. These are items that you can decide.The Housing Choice Program
The Housing Choice Program allows you to choose a house or apartment that you like. It may be where you are living now or somewhere else. The must have standards are very basic items that every house or apartment must have. But a home that has all the must have standards may still not have everything you need or would like. With the help of the Housing Choice Program, you should be able to afford a good home, so you should think about what you would like your home to have. You may want a big kitchen or a lot of windows or a first floor apartment. Worn wallpaper or paint may bother you. Think of these things as you are looking for a home. Please take time to read the following information. If you would like to stay in your present home, use this booklet to see if your home meets the housing quality standards. If you want to move, use it each time you go to look for a new house or apartment. Good luck in finding your good place to live.
The Housing Choice Program allows you to choose a house or apartment that you like. It may be where you are living now or somewhere else. The must have standards are very basic items that every house or apartment must have. But a home that has all the must have standards may still not have everything you need or would like. With the help of the Housing Choice Program, you should be able to afford a good home, so you should think about what you would like your home to have. You may want a big kitchen or a lot of windows or a first floor apartment. Worn wallpaper or paint may bother you. Think of these things as you are looking for a home. Please take time to read the following information. If you would like to stay in your present home, use this booklet to see if your home meets the housing quality standards. If you want to move, use it each time you go to look for a new house or apartment. Good luck in finding your good place to live.
"A Good Place to Live" is divided into six sections and a summary. In each section there is a picture and an explanation of the items that a unit must have. There are also suggestions of some things you should think about. At the end of each section, think about whether or not the unit has everything it must have and everything it should have. Sections include:
Living Room
Kitchen
Bathroom
Other Rooms
Building Exterior, Plumbing, and Heating
Health & Safety (in the home, yard, and neighborhood)
Summary
Living Room Kitchen Bathroom Other Rooms Building Exterior, Plumbing, and Heating Health & Safety (in the home, yard, and neighborhood) SummaryRead each section carefully. After your find a good place to live, you can start the Request for Lease Approval process. You may find a place you like that has some problems with it.
The Requirements
Most houses or apartments must have at least a living room, kitchen, and bathroom. A one-room efficiency apartment with a kitchen area is all right. However, there must be a separate bathroom for private use of your family. Generally, there must be one living/sleeping room for every two family members.
Most houses or apartments must have at least a living room, kitchen, and bathroom. A one-room efficiency apartment with a kitchen area is all right. However, there must be a separate bathroom for private use of your family. Generally, there must be one living/sleeping room for every two family members.
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- Oh, about the message I retrieved from the tree; to Covingtonians from THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE:
- "...We are the National Alliance and we think it is important that white people know all the things the Anti-White Media is hiding from them. The media wants you to digest their propaganda about non-white Immigrants being beneficial to Our Country, they want you to believe that people who could not build their own countries will add something positive to ours... REMEMBER, the word "RACISM" was Invented to wage psychological war against you, to remove your will to resist the invasion of your lands... there can be no more toleration for the demented ideology that says that nothing can be done because it might be seen as Politically Incorrect. We need to tell them to take their diversity and shove it... IF YOU are ready to STAND for The Truth and Your People and AGAINST the Liars and INVADERS then contact us.
You and I want our lives to matter.
We want our lives to make a real difference
- to be of genuine consequence in the world.
We know that there is no satisfaction in
merely going through the motions, even if those motions
make us successful, or even if we have arranged to make
those motions pleasant. We want to know we have made
some impact on the world. In fact, you and I want to
contribute to the quality of life.
merely going through the motions, even if those motions
make us successful, or even if we have arranged to make
those motions pleasant. We want to know we have made
some impact on the world. In fact, you and I want to
contribute to the quality of life.
We want to make the world work. -Erhard
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"The opposite of love is not hate,
it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness,
it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy,
it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death,
it's indifference." -- Elie Wiesel
it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness,
it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy,
it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death,
it's indifference." -- Elie Wiesel
???Covington!!!
“Winners (?)
don’t like to do!”
" I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished. The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." F.D.R.-1937
Showdown in Covington
"ROCKtober on The South Bank"
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...HRC's "National Coming OUT Day"
Computer Learning Month
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