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Spinning or Sailing?: The Boat Models from Eridu
Bourriau, Janine, Oates, Joan, Antiquity
A sceptical view of received wisdom is much to be encouraged, and in that sense we welcome Thomas Strasser's reinterpretation, in the December ANTIQUITY, of the so-called boat models from Eridu. There are, however, strong arguments for rejecting his spinning bowl hypothesis. The known spinning bowls from Egypt and Palestine are massive and heavy, in order to provide tension against which to pull and ply or twist the fibres being prepared. (Technically these bowls are not for spinning per se: Barber 1992: 72.) They must be sufficiently stable to stay in place and not overturn. Barber suggests that they are also used for 'wetting' and that these bowls were associated specifically with the production of linen (Barber 1992: 72). The eastern Mediterranean examples have heavy handle-like loops within the base which show thread wear on the undersides. The Eridu vessels are far too fragile for such usage and the Eridu 'thwart' is not sufficiently heavy to have survived the necessary tension: nor would the boat-shape itself have been stable (see illustration in Safar et al. 1981: 227). Strasser also suggests - on the model of Aztec spinning bowls - that the socket, preserved in one of the boats and previously assumed to have held a mast, in fact held a rotating spindle from which the thread was drawn. However, the surviving socket is off-centre, which would have produced an unreliable wobble, as would the shape of the vessel itself.
The Eridu 'boats' date from the early 5th millennium BC, a time when no spinning bowls are attested anywhere. They are found, moreover, within a culture in which yarn and thread are traditionally produced by the use of handheld spindles (widespread by the time of the Neolithic villages of the 7th millennium BC and more suitable for wool). Unlike Egypt, no spinning bowls are illustrated even in later periods, nor have they been found, whereas the use of hand-held spindles continues (for example, the 3rd-millennium BC spinning ladies of Mari: Parrot 1962: plate 11). The only Mesopotamian bowls with 'inner handles' are a small number, largely from the Early Dynastic period, with interior clay 'flaps', originating at the rim and usually isolating a central area in the bowl. Their purpose is not clear; the three- and four-flapped varieties have been interpreted as pot-stands, possibly for collecting seepage from the supported vessel (cf., inter alia, Abu Salabikh: Moon 1987: 43; the Nuzi 'goose neck potstand': Starr 1937: plate 95B; Tepe Gawra Level IV: Speiser 1935: plate 29b; and the massive single-strap example from Habuba Kabira Sud: Strommenger 1970: figure 24). These show no sign of having served as spinning bowls, nor would their design have been efficient for such a purpose (see now Allen in press). In the eastern Mediterranean the earliest spinning bowl would appear to be that from Myrtos, illustrated by Strasser (Early Bronze Age): such vessels are not attested in Egypt before the Middle Bronze Age (12th Dynasty, with a single model dating to the 11th Dynasty), and appear later still in Palestine. Strasser suggests that the boat interpretation is 'precocious' and 'incongruously early'; the same can be said of the spinning bowl hypothesis.
Nor has Strasser read carefully the Roaf & Galbraith article (1994) which is said to 'cast doubt on' the neutron activation analyses of 'Ubaid pottery from sites along the Arabian Gulf with which the Eridu boats have been coupled. Roaf & Galbraith suggest more sophisticated statistical techniques and point out several regrettable errors, the most serious of which involves the attribution of the same data to two sites. The original computer data are now lost, but the first print-out, at which time only the Arabian sherds had been analysed, shows these data to be correctly attributed to the Arabian site of Dosariyah, so it is the Eridu results that should be ignored (Oates et al. 1977:226-7 and figure 2; Roaf & Galbraith 1994: 773). This unfortunate error in no way invalidates the overall results which are further supported by Kamilli's thin-section data. …


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Somewhat of an agreement, anyway. Mallory said that the city and Duke will go before a judge in Common Pleas court, who will make the final decision as to who should pay for the utility relocation. According to the agreement, Duke Energy will begin moving its utilities in the next few weeks, and the court decision will determine cost responsibility later. The city and Duke are expected to file in Common Pleas court within the next few weeks, although the court decision could take years to finalize.
Roxanne Qualls, city council member and Democratic mayoral candidate, has long been a supporter of the streetcar project, which she values as an indispensable economic investment for the city of Cincinnati. Yesterday, Qualls announced her request for the city to ramp up the streetcar construction timeline in order to have the project completed in time for the All-Star Games, which will take place in Cincinnati July 2015. Her announcement came just weeks after the city revised its timetable to delay project completion until April 2016.
In a letter from Qualls to Mallory and Dohoney, she explains: "This may present a
challenge, but it is one I am sure the administration is capable of
meeting. The streetcar will serve a critical role in efficiently and
effectively moving visitors to and from Great American Ballpark and
allowing them to conveniently visit other venues such as Fountain
Square, Horseshoe Casino, Over-the-Rhine, Washington Park, etc."
At the meeting, Mallory announced that the city would shoot for construction to be completed prior to the games, but there were no guarantees. The streetcar builder will ultimately set the timeline for the project, according to Jason Barron, Mallory's director of public affairs.
CityBeat recently covered the streetcar project's delays and how the 2013 mayoral race could affect its progress here.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls is asking the city administration to complete construction of the streetcar in time for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be hosted in Cincinnati. A letter from Qualls to City Manager Milton Dohoney and Mayor Mark Mallory explains her reasoning: "This may present a challenge, but it is one I am sure the administration is capable of meeting. The streetcar will serve a critical role in efficiently and effectively moving visitors to and from Great American Ballpark and allowing them to conveniently visit other venues such as Fountain Square, Horseshoe Casino, Over-the-Rhine, Washington Park, etc." CityBeat covered the streetcar's delays and how the project relates to the 2013 mayor's race here.
Gov. John Kasich will reveal his plan for funding Ohio schools today. The plan is expected to include a $300 million "innovation fund" to support school initiatives that improve teaching and learning. In a previous interview, Rob Nichols, Kasich's spokesperson, explained the troubles of establishing a plan: "Many governors have tried before. Many states have been sued over their formulas. It's something we have to take our time with and get it done right."
City Council passed a resolution urging Kasich to expand Medicaid. Qualls explained the need for the resolution: "Expanding Medicaid will create a net savings to the state over time, allow the City's health department to improve access to health services at lower costs, and most importantly, provide health care coverage for thousands of Cincinnati residents who need it most." A study from the Health Policy Institute of Ohio found a Medicaid expansion would save the state money for the first few years. Previous studies also found correlations between improved health results in states and a Medicaid expansion, and a study from the Arkansas Department of Human Services claimed Arkansas would save $378 million by 2025 with the Medicaid expansion.
A new report found poverty is increasing in Ohio. About one in six Ohioans are below the federal poverty line, according to the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies report.
About $100 million in development downtown is kicking off today. City officials and business leaders are gathering for the groundbreaking this morning of a lot at Fifth and Race streets that has idled for nearly 30 years. The lot will host the new four-story headquarters for DunnhumbyUSA.
Kasich says Ohio will continue taking Ky. jobs in the future. The rough words are Kasich's interesting approach to encouraging Ky. legislators to support the Brent Spence Bridge project.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine issued a scam alert telling businesses to be wary of emails claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission or FTC.
Miami University broke its application record.
A Wright State professor saved Cincinnati-based Kroger more than $170 million with his work on more accurate pharmaceutical predictions. The professor, Xinhui Zhang, is now one of the six finalists worldwide for the Franz Edelman Award.
Ohioans now have a phone number to report cases of child abuse or neglect: 855-O-H-CHILD, or 855-642-4453. Reports can be anonymous.
Humanity is one step closer to the inevitable robot apocalypse. GE's hospital robot can sort scalpels, sterilize tools and prepare operating rooms for surgery.
Council Member Chris Seelbach says he's getting impatient with streetcar delays. During a series of complaints aired on Twitter, Seelbach wrote the deadline for streetcar operation should be the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2015. This week's CityBeat cover story explains some of the delays and how the streetcar relates to the 2013 mayor's race.
The Pentagon is planning to lift the ban on women in combat situations. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the decision came after a recommendation from his Joint Chiefs of Staff. Between the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and this decision, President Barack Obama's administration has been one of the most inclusive when it comes to the military.
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case questioning the constitutionality of JobsOhio. Policy group ProgressOhio says it might be illegal to use state liquor profits to fund JobsOhio, a private nonprofit organization Gov. John Kasich set up to drive economic growth in the state.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game could bring $60-$80 million to Cincinnati, according to Julie Heath, director of the University of Cincinnati's Economics Center. It was recently announced Cincinnati will host the game in 2015.
Gov. Kasich said he won't oust State Board of Education President Debe Terhar after she made a Facebook post comparing Obama to Adolf Hitler. Kasich is happy she admitted it was a mistake, and he said he will leave it at that. Democrats called for her ousting Tuesday.
American Military Partner Association, a national organization that supports LGBT veterans, endorsed FreedomOhio's same-sex marriage amendment. If voters approve the amendment this November, gay marriage will be legalized in Ohio. CityBeat wrote more about FreedomOhio's ballot initiative here.
Cincinnati Public Schools is piloting an after-school program focusing on the arts. The high-energy sessions are apparently proving to be a hit among students so far.
U.S. Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from West Chester, says President Barack Obama is out to annihilate the Republican Party. I'm not seeing the problem here.
Moody's doesn't have confidence in U.S. nonprofit hospitals.
New science makes it possible to detect brain damage in football players that previously couldn't be seen until a victim was dead. CityBeat covered how head trauma relates to former Bengals players' workers' comp claims here.
Popular Science explains how to make the perfect snowball.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Cincinnati streetcar is being delayed until 2016. The streetcar has been delayed time and time again, much to the cheer of opponents. Some opponents have taken the delay as yet another chance to take shots at the streetcar, but the city says a lot of the delays have been due to factors out of the city's control, including ballot initiatives, the state pulling out a massive $52 million in funding and a dispute with Duke Energy.The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 7.8 percent in December, with November's rate being revised upward to 7.8 percent as well. Employers reported adding about 155,000 jobs last month, but about 192,000 entered the labor force, meaning the amount of people joining the labor force outmatched the newly employed. The unemployment rate looks at the amount of unemployed people in the civilian labor force, which includes anyone working or looking for work.
U.S. Speaker John Boehner was re-elected U.S. House speaker. Just moments after securing the top House seat, Boehner said he will make the U.S. debt a top priority. But continuing to make the debt and deficit top issues could hurt the economy, as the fiscal cliff and recent developments in Europe have shown.
Uncle Sam is helping out Cincinnati firefighters. The Cincinnati Fire Department will be getting $6 million in federal grant money to hire 40 additional firefighters. The money will be enough to fund salaries for two years.
Cincinnati's biggest cable provider dropped Current TV after it was sold to Qatar-based Al Jazeera. The Pan-Arab news network has had a difficult time establishing a foothold in American markets, largely because of the perception that it's anti-American. But Al Jazeera has put out some great news stories, and some of the stories won awards in 2012.
If anyone is planning a trip through New York City's LaGuardia Airport, Dayton International Airport now has that covered.
A small town in Ohio is being accused of covering up an alleged gang rape to protect a local football team. But KnightSec, a hacking group affiliated with the organization Anonymous, is fighting back by releasing evidence related to the case.
Despite a solved fiscal cliff deal extending emergency unemployment benefits, Ohio's unemployed will soon be getting less aid. The decrease was automatically triggered by the state's declining unemployment rate.
Ohio's universities are adopting more uniform standards for remedial classes.
The newest Congress is a little more diverse.
In what might be the worst news of the century, the Blue Wisp Jazz Club could close down. The club, which has the greatest spinach-and-artichoke dip in the universe, is facing financial problems.
People who recently obtained gift cards for Rave Motion Pictures may want to get a move on. The theater is being sold to AMC Theatres.
A new theory suggest Earth should have been a snowball in its early days, but it wasn't due to greenhouse gases.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is proposing training school staff and teachers to be first responders in the case of an attack. The news comes in the wake of the massacre in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which caused the deaths of 20 children and six adults. CityBeat proposed its own solution in this week's commentary: Make this time different by focusing on mental health services and gun control.
Cincinnati will lease Music Hall for 75 years to the Music Hall Revitalization Company (MHRC). The lease is part of a plan to renovate the iconic building to include more comfortable seating, extra restroom capacity, heating, air conditioning, improved plumbing and new escalator models. During the renovations, Music Hall will be closed for 17 months.
City Council passed a resolution promising not to use Metro bus money for the streetcar. The supposed conflict between the city of Cincinnati and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) is being drummed up by the media, but it's really much ado about nothing.
Metropolitan Sewer District rates will go up by 5 percent in early 2013.
The Cincinnati Health Department is pushing
recommendations from a lead hazard study. The recommendations would
prohibit lead-based paint hazards and require all properties to be free
of lead-based paint, dust and soil. City Council is asking the health
department to carry out the regulations, and it expects from a plan and
timetable from regulators within 60 days. One study found getting rid of lead would do wonders for school performance
A Brookings Institute ranking placed Greater Cincinnati among the worst areas in the country due to falling home prices.
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank agreed to a $16 million settlement in a securities fraud case. The four-year-old lawsuit was brought in the onset of 2008's financial crisis, when the bank's stock plummeted as it took several large writedowns.
Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino still needs to fill 450 positions in food and beverage, marketing, finance, security and more. A Washington Post analysis found casinos tend to bring jobs, but they also bring crime, bankruptcy and even suicide.
As expected, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is helping Ohio's economy. The state has 39,000 jobs attached to oil and gas this year, and the number is expected to triple by the end of the decade. To take advantage of the boom, Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he will push his oil-and-gas severance tax in 2013. But the plan faces opposition from liberals and conservatives.
If Ohio Republicans tried to push "right-to-work" legislation, it would lead to a very nasty public fight, The Plain Dealer reports. Kasich and Republican lawmakers didn't rule out using ballot initiatives to push conservative ideas like right-to-work in a press conference yesterday, but he did say he's like a horse with blinders on, focusing on job creation.
The animal and robot takeover have been merged in the BigDog robot. It can now obey voice commands, follow and roll over.
In hopes of quashing rumors, City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution promising not to use Metro bus money on the streetcar.
The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit authority had voted Tuesday on an agreement with the city that contained a provision saying money from the $42 million transit fund that pays for bus operation can't be used on the streetcar.
The agreement needs to be signed by the city as well in order to release millions of dollars in federal grants to help fund the streetcar. The city has pledged to match those grants with local funds. SORTA wants to make sure the transit fund isn't used for that purpose, but the city wants to have the freedom to use that money on any transportation project.
At least one council member questioned the necessity of passing the resolution.
Chris Seelbach said that nobody on council or in the city administration had proposed or would propose using transit money on the streetcar.
"I don't understand why we would need a provision in any contract that would make us not be able to, when nobody's proposing that we do it," he said.
The resolution has no legal standing preventing council from later coming back and using transit funds for the streetcar, but Qualls said she hoped it put citizens' minds at rest regarding their intentions.
Mayor Mark Mallory on Monday published an editorial in The Enquirer promising that the transit money wouldn't be used for the streetcar.
He went further on Wednesday and said during council's meeting that he as mayor would never approve the use of transit money for the operation of the streetcar.
Council also passed a one-month budget for SORTA, requiring that they come back next month to pass another one.
Councilman Chris Smitherman accused Mallory of trying to flex political muscle in the budget to strong-arm SORTA into taking out the provision disallowing the use of transit funds for the streetcar. He questioned the timing of passing a SORTA budget the day after the transit authority voted to prevent transit funds being used for the streetcar.
Councilman Charlie Winburn — council's sole Republican — walked out of a Budget Committee meeting in advance of the vote.
However Councilwoman Yvette Simpson said it made sense to pass the one-month budget because it forbid SORTA from using taxpayer money to sue the city.
City Solicitor John Curp said it was SORTA's position in the lawsuit that it should be the one deciding how transit funds are used, not the city.
In the past few days, local media outlets have reported heavily on a supposed conflict between Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) and the city of Cincinnati. Essentially, SORTA wants the transit fund limited, while the city government says it doesn't want to "undermine the city charter" with limitations.
At its heart, the argument is a political back-and-forth with little consequence. It's two government agencies at a small divide over legalese in an intergovernmental agreement about how the streetcar will operate and how it will be funded.
The specific issue is SORTA, which runs the Metro bus
system and will operate the streetcar, wants to include phrasing in its
agreement with the city that makes it so the transit fund can't be used
for the streetcar. In a 7-6 vote Tuesday, SORTA's board pushed its preferred wording along with an application for an $11 million federal grant that will help fund the streetcar.
But the city government claims the limitation would go against the spirit of the city charter, which says the transit fund can be used for "public transit purposes generally and without limitation."
UPDATE: City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution promising not to use Metro bus money on the streetcar, although it has no legal standing preventing council from later coming back and using transit funds for the streetcar.
Still, Mayor Mark Mallory's office has insisted time and time again that funding for the streetcar's construction and operation is already allocated, so taking any money from the transit fund will be unnecessary. Specifically, the city will tap into casino revenue to operate the streetcar, on top of the $11 million federal grant.
In an op-ed for The Cincinnati Enquirer Monday, Mallory said the real issue goes back to an ongoing lawsuit between SORTA and the city. In 2010, the city diverted money from the transit fund to pay for street lights. That prompted a lawsuit from SORTA, asking the courts to define the limits of the transit fund.
The mayor's office sees the wording from SORTA as an attempt from the transit agency to score a minor victory in the legal battle. If the city government accepted the wording, it would be agreeing to a limited transit fund, which is essentially what SORTA wants.
SORTA's wording also makes it so all transit fund money will continue going to the Metro bus system, which is the agency's sole service today.
But even SORTA says the disagreement is getting blown out of proportion by media outlets and public officials. Sallie Hilvers, spokesperson for SORTA, says the wording in the approved agreement was the board's attempt to ensure the transit fund isn't used for the streetcar, but, for the most part, it's "really just procedures."
Hilvers insisted the disagreement over wording has plenty
of time to be worked out, and it will not hinder collaboration between
the city of Cincinnati and SORTA.
The agreement will need to be worked out before summer 2013 for the streetcar to stay on track.
Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland, who rose to the governorship with the help of the National Rifle Association, says gun rights and gun control can co-exist. The claim is in light of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., which killed 20 children and six adults. Many have called for stricter gun control in light of the past year's bouts of gun violence, but Republicans are typically opposed to such proposals. A recent poll from The Washington Post and ABC News found 59 percent of Americans support banning high-capacity ammunition clips, much like the ones used in the Newtown shooting. Another 52 percent back the ban of semi-automatic handguns.
Still, Gov. John Kasich isn't changing his mind on the Second Amendment. He says he will sign a bill that allows guns in the Ohio Statehouse parking garage. The bill will also change the definition of an unloaded gun, allowing gun owners to carry loaded clips in their vehicles as long as they are in a separate compartment from the gun, and make concealed carry permits from other states easier to validate in Ohio.
Despite denials from city officials, mayoral candidate John Cranley and Councilman Chris Smitherman insist city government is trying to use the transit fund to fund the streetcar. But Mayor Mark Mallory in an op-ed for The Cincinnati Enquirer said it will not happen. Mallory said the dispute dates back to a lawsuit filed by Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), which runs the Metro bus system. The lawsuit demands transit funds be solely dedicated to SORTA.
Cincinnati's U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot has vowed to continue trying to kill the streetcar. Even though voters have approved of the streetcar twice, Chabot, who also represents Warren County in district boundaries that were redrawn by Republicans, says he would rather focus federal funding on other projects, like the Brent Spence Bridge.
A conservative northern Kentucky lawmaker is supporting a bill that expands prisoners' rights to DNA testing. The bill would allow a Cincinnati man to push for DNA testing that he claims will exonerate him of a 1987 rape and murder in Newport. Ky. Sen. John Schickel argued, "If DNA testing is good enough to send you to prison it should be good enough to get you out of prison."
Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank bought another $100 million in stock from Credit Suisse International. The deal is part of a larger program to buy back 100 million shares.
Cincinnati State is in line to obtain $123,000 from the state government. The funding could create 51 new or expanded co-op jobs.
The United Way of Greater Cincinnati announced $50.7 million in investments for 2013, a slight increase from 2012. The increase will help boost funding to prepare children for kindergarten by 5 percent. It will also fund 288 programs at 146 agencies, with seven becoming new United Way agency partners.
The Prince Hall Shriners, which describes itself as "the world's oldest African-American fraternal organization," is returning to Cincinnati in 2015. The convention was in Cincinnati in 2011.
Duke Energy's local management is being shaken up. Jim Henning will take over as president for Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky.
Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Jim Petro is retiring.
Did you know our solar system is sort of like a phoenix? It apparently rose from the cumulative ashes of countless stars, not one supernova.
A local conservative group is making a lot of use of member and lawyer Chris Finney. The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST) was involved in two lawsuits filed this week: one regarding the Blue Ash Airport deal and another regarding Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS).
Criticism of the Blue Ash Airport deal is not new for COAST. The group has repeatedly criticized the deal, largely because as much as $26 million from the deal will be used to fund Cincinnati's $110 million streetcar. In the past, COAST has repeatedly characterized the streetcar as a "boondoggle."
The deal between Blue Ash and Cincinnati is not new, but it did get reworked earlier this year. In 2006, the $37.5 million deal had Cincinnati selling Blue Ash some land on the Blue Ash Airport property, which Blue Ash would then use to build a park. Blue Ash voters approved the deal, which contained a 0.25 percent earnings tax hike, in a two-to-one margin.
When Cincinnati couldn't get a $10 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the city stopped working on the airport as it became too costly. The city then tried to shift the proceeds from the deal to the Cincinnati streetcar, but the FAA said funding must be used for airports since the property is classified as an airport.
Eventually, Cincinnati asked Blue Ash to rework the deal. The plan was Blue Ash would rescind the deal, and then Cincinnati would officially close down the airport and resell the land to Blue Ash while it's no longer classified as an airport.
At first, city officials said $11 million of the opened-up money would go to the streetcar and $26 million would go to municipal projects. Since then, the city has shifted $15 million of that municipal project funding — supposedly temporarily — to help Duke Energy move underground utility lines from the path of the proposed streetcar route, at least until the city and energy company can work out an ongoing feud.
The reworked deal, which was approved by Blue Ash City Council in a 6-1 vote on Aug. 9, seemed like a win-win for both sides. Cincinnati would get more funding for ongoing projects, and Blue Ash netted $2.25 million from the deal — $250,000 to cover fees for Blue Ash's new park and $2 million was subtracted from the deal since Blue Ash would no longer have to match the FAA grant.
But COAST does not approve. The organization doesn't want any funding redirected to the streetcar, and it claims the reworked deal is not allowed. The lawsuit filed by Blue Ash resident Jeffrey Capell and Finney cites a section of the Blue Ash City Charter that disallows some contracts: "No contract shall be made for a term longer than five years, except that franchises for public utility services and contracts with other governmental units for service to be received or given may be made for any period no longer than twenty years."
Mark Vander Laan, Blue Ash's city solicitor, says the city charter section the lawsuit is referencing is irrelevant. He argues the deal is not a contract as the city charter defines it; instead, it's a mortgage and debt instrument. In the Blue Ash City Charter, there's another section that deals with debt instruments, and that's what the rescinded deal falls under, according to Vander Laan. He says the city would not function as it does today if the lawsuit's claim was correct: "If that were the case, all the bonds we've ever issued would have been incorrect."
Vander Laan says the real issue here is disapproval of the streetcar, not any legal technicalities: "They may have a complaint about the streetcar, but that's not the city of Blue Ash's issue at all. We don't think it's even an appropriate basis to challenge this."
He added, "Frankly, if somebody had an issue with (the deal), they should have taken that issue back in 2006 and 2007." That's when Blue Ash voters first approved the airport deal, but back then, the money wasn't going to the streetcar, which didn't even exist at the time.
In another legal battle, COAST filed a lawsuit against CPS over staff allegedly campaigning for Issue 42, a ballot initiative that will renew a CPS levy voters approved in 2008. The case goes back to 2002, when Tom Brinkman, chairman of COAST, sued CPS for "illegal and unconstitutional use of school property for campaign purposes," according to the lawsuit. That case ended in a settlement, which forced CPS to enter into a "COAST Agreement" that says, "CPS will strictly enforce a policy of preventing … Other Political Advertisements on CPS Property."
But COAST now says that agreement has been broken, and the
lawsuit cites emails as evidence. The emails show staff promoting voter
registration drives, which aren't directly linked to Issue 42, and
staff offering to contribute and volunteer to the campaign. In the
emails, there are a few instances of Jens Sutmoller, Issue 42's campaign
coordinator, asking CPS staff to give him personal emails, which shows
he was trying to avoid breaking any rules.
In CityBeat's experience, CPS officials have been pretty strict with following the settlement with COAST. In a Sept. 20 email, Janet Walsh, spokesperson for CPS, told CityBeat she could not provide some levy-related information during work hours: "Yes, but due to constraints about doing levy-related work on work time (we can't), it may have to wait until I can get on my home computer."
COAST has endorsed a "No" vote on Issue 42. In CityBeat's
in-depth look into CPS and Issue 42 ("Battered But Not Broken," issue
of Oct. 3), Brinkman defended COAST's position by saying they're not
necessarily against the school getting funding. COAST is more
interested in holding the school accountable: "It's a five-year levy.
The reason we have five-year levies is so the public can gauge after
four or four and a half years how the entity where the taxes are going
to is doing with the money." In that sense, for COAST, it's important to
bring the levy renewal to voters as late in the game as possible —
November 2013 in this case. CityBeat this week endorsed a "Yes" vote on Issue 42 here.
Criticism of CPS levies is also not new for COAST. The group campaigned against last year's new, permanent $49.5 million levy, which CPS said it needed to meet new technology needs and keep some buildings open.
In an ad accusing Josh Mandel, a Republican, of lying, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown's campaign team may have lied, according to PolitiFact. The U.S. senatorial campaign for Ohio's senate seat has been filled with dishonesty, but it usually comes from Mandel. The dishonesty seems to be hurting Mandel more than Brown; Mandel is currently down 7.5 points in aggregate polling numbers.Mandel is being taken to court by liberal blog Plunderbund. The blog claims Mandel has made it extra difficult to get public records.
Preliminary data for Ohio schools was released yesterday. Some data is still being held back while an investigation into fraudulent reporting from some schools is finished, but the data gives some insight into how schools performed during the 2011-2012 school year. The data can be found here. From a local angle, the data shows Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) did not meet "adequate yearly progress," a federal standard that measures progress in student subgroups, such as minority groups; but CPS did meet standards for "value-added growth," which measures the expected progress in state testing for all students between the third and eighth grades.
City Council approved the $29 million financing plan for the streetcar yesterday. The plan will use $15 million from the Blue Ash airport deal to move utility lines and pipes. The city claims the $15 million, which was originally promised to neighborhood projects, will be reimbursed by Duke Energy once the city settles a conflict with the energy company. Duke and the city are currently arguing over who has to pay to move the utility lines and pipes.
An Ohio state representative is asking the federal government to monitor the election more closely. Rep. Alicia Reece, a Cincinnati Democrat, is asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to send monitors to the state to ensure no funny business goes on in voting booths on Nov. 6. The request is partly in response to a recent court ruling that forces Ohio to count provisional ballots if the ballots were brought around by poll worker errors.
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ST. JOHN'S HS: Garnered four and a half stars from Tom Lemming, while being given three by ESPN, Rivals and Scout ... listed as the No. 9 "athlete" nationally according to Lemming and the No. 168 player overall ... Prepstar All-American as a 2010 senior ... played wide receiver and defensive end as a prep but was recruited to Cal as a tight end, where he was listed among the best in the nation by Rivals (No. 24) and ESPN (No. 34) ... checked in as the nation's No. 65 receiver according to Scout ... listed as the No. 3 player overall in the state of Massachusetts by Rivals ... a SuperPrep All-Region player who was tabbed by the media outlet as the No. 6 player in the New England area ... led all Massachusetts Division C-1 players in receiving, sacks and scoring as a senior, while also ranking No. 10 in tackles ... made 65 catches for 1,064 receiving yards and hauled in 16 touchdown grabs during his final prep campaign when he was named All-State by ESPNBoston.com ... also recorded 35 tackles, 8.0 sacks, one interception that he returned 35 yards, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries on defense as a senior for his 12-1 squad that won the state's Division IA conference with a 5-0 league mark … also contributed as a senior with seven rushes for 61 yards and a touchdown, two-of-three passing for 89 yards, a 37.2 punting average, seven punt returns for 73 yards and four kick returns for 91 yards ... had a solid 2009 junior season when he was named the Defensive MVP of the Division IA conference with 42 tackles, 3.0 sacks and four interceptions including one that he returned 75 yards for a touchdown, while also contributing 49 receptions for 800 yards and 20 TD catches on offense ... was prominent on special teams during his 2008 sophomore campaign, punting 16 times for a 35.2 average, while making 33 extra points and two field goals ... also played basketball and averaged 14.5 points per game as a junior in 2009-10.
OTHER: Full name is Richard Christopher Rodgers II … born January 22, 1992 … parents are Richard Sr. and Mindy Rodgers … father is a former Cal football player who was prominently involved in "The Play" in the 1982 Big Game (given credit for calling "The Play" and making the final of five laterals), and went on to play in the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League, had collegiate coaching stops at Diablo Valley College, San Jose State, Portland State, New Mexico State and Holy Cross, picked up professional coaching experience in the NFL's minority internship program with the Oakland Raiders and with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe, and is now the special teams coordinator with the Carolina Panthers under former Cal teammate and current Panthers' head coach Ron Rivera … intended major is American studies.
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Pardon our being suspicious of Judge Maureen Sweeney's sudden concern about the expenditure of public dollars — after she and her colleagues in the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court have demanded more than $250,000 over the $2.03 million allocated by the county commissioners.
Indeed, Sweeney's refusal to let the commissioners and the prosecutor hire a Columbus law firm to represent them before the Ohio Supreme Court in a case related to the so-called Oakhill controversy is so transparent as to be ridiculous.
In her ruling, the judge made it clear that she will determine if outside lawyers are necessary to defend commissioners David Ludt, Anthony Traficanti and John McNally, Prosecutor Paul Gains and Assistant Prosecutor Gina Bricker. And, if she concludes that such hiring is justified, she will decide who the lawyers will be.
The county officials are the defendants in a mandamus action in the Supreme Court filed by a lawyer for the Cafaro Co. affiliates over public records pertaining to the county's purchase of Oakhill Renaissance Place, the former South Side Medical Center. The purchase facilitated the relocation of the county Job and Family Services agency from the Cafaro-owned Garland Plaza on Youngstown's East Side.
Gains has said he intends to appeal Judge Sweeney's ruling to the 7th District Court of Appeals. That's the proper course of action considering the extenuating circumstances surrounding Sweeney's position.
In July, we took the common pleas court to task for being so unreasonable in its demand for more money, given the county's dire financial condition brought on by the national economic recession.
We also made it clear that a meeting being sought by the judges with the commissioners must be held in public. Residents have a right to hear how the judges justify such an eye-popping demand.
As we said in July, "It's time the private sector taxpayers of Mahoning County, who have had to deal with the reality of pay freezes, givebacks, layoffs and even job eliminations, found out just how well government employees have fared. The guarantee of a lucrative pension, complete with taxpayer-funded health care, remains intact for all public workers and has not been affected by the economic contraction."
What makes this situation even more egregious is that Sweeney and her colleagues have threatened to sue the commissioners in the Supreme Court for not caving in to their demands.
So, when the judge contends that she has the ultimate authority with regard to the hiring of outside counsel and that the hourly rate paid to the lawyers must be a consideration, we aren't impressed.
Past practice
In fact, we believe the court of appeals should explore the issue of the judge's authority, given that not too long ago Commissioner McNally, who voted against the resolution to hire the Columbus law firm, was able to retain a law firm from Cleveland — at taxpayers' expense — to defend him in an Oakhill-related action because the county prosecutor wasn't able to. The common pleas court gave permission for the hiring and did not raise the issue of fees or the selection of a local attorney. Three other county officials, Auditor Michael Sciortino, Treasurer Lisa Antonini and John Zachariah, then head of JFS, also were permitted to hire the lawyers of their choice — at taxpayers' expense.
How was that situation different from what the commissioners and Gains are now requesting?
It appears that Judge Sweeney is trying to bully the commissioners because of the budget impasse. Such tactics must not go unchallenged.
the vindicator is truly out of touch
this isnt about the judges budget
they can get their budget with ease
this is about the outrageous request of tablack traficanti ludt and gains
dont include mcnally
he did the right thing for once and voted no
this is a simple public document request
lay people make these requests all the time
the prosecutor has a big staff to reply
either turn over the documents requested
or object to the request
that doesnt need $50,000 worth of outside columbus counsel
at $500 per hour no less
as an aside
if outside counsel was necessary why not local lawyers
there are good lawyers here who would work for far less then $500 per hour
how this for a tactic
the commissioners keep hiring outside counsel
they give them hundreds of thousands of dollars
for doing work a first year lawyer could do
and when traficanti runs who gets letters
for campaign contributions
those outside lawyers
for a $50,000 fee who would not give a sizable donation
the vindicator whines every day about government spending
here you have these officials trying their best to throw away $50,000 of the taxpayers money
and the vindicator says go ahead
and when the county officials were sued in oak hill and outside counsel was approved
why didnt the vindicator do a story on that
did tablack who is not an elected official have outside counsel in oak hill
check into those fees
the community will be shocked
and get back to us when you act like real reporters
davidjohn is Judge Belinky
Interesting comments from a sitting judge who isn't supposed to be making any political comments at all!
Hey Vindicator how about investigating this and exposing another public official who's breaking the rules in Mahoning County.
This public corruption case that gives the defendants secrecy while the public gets nothing is a big bad joke.
It looks like Davidjohn has a desire to create goodwill for the Cafaro's so that they can taint a jury pool.
And who would want an attorney from Mahoning Valley. They don't practice law - they practice some form of good ole boy dollar swaps with each other.
The party with the most money always wins - and guess who has the most money - CAFARO. So guess who is going to win using local attorneys?
davidjohn might be Judge Belinky, might be Don Gaudio, Jr., might be Judge Dellick, might be David Venerose - but you cant ignore a lot of the dead on questions and comments that come from his/hers comments (although the posts hurt my eyes)!
Here is my .15 cent wings on the take.
1) Sweeney excused herself (with all the other bought and sold county Judges) from hearing Oakhill Trial. Why is she allowed to rule on this issue?
2) McNally is under indictment. Why was even allowed to vote on this issue that he has been implicated in?
3) Doesn't Sweeney's husband (different last name) make a killing off the county taxpayers with a landfill he owns? Maybe david/john can help me on this. How about Burford?
Don't you love those who post as agents for the Cafaros? Like Belinky on county time. Time for the Feds to come in and clean this house once again.
not a judge
ysu alum no graduate degree
just because you criticize the commissioners gains and the newspaper
does not mean you are pro cafaro
the courts will decide the cafaros fate
not this web site
or this newspaper
that is the distraction promoted by the incumbents
just dont think the taxpayers should pay lawyers $50,000
oh my god
must be carrying the cafaros water for saying that
if anyone is on this site from the government
probably gains tablack and the commissioners
they cant stand criticism
as ronald reagan once said
are we better off today then we were four years ago
the answer is no
the cafaros must have made me type that
Sweeney has Fed problems now!


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1Gather some seeds. Decide on which fruits and vegetables you would like to grow in your garden and according to that, save the seeds of the fruits/vegetables as you eat them daily. For example, you can save the seeds of an orange while you are having an afternoon snack.
2Take some plastic cups and paper towel. We are going to use a method called "transplantation". In this, we will first grow our seeds into seedlings and then transfer them to the garden. For each seed, take one plastic cup and one paper towel.
3Fold the paper towel, and place the seed inside the folded paper towel and put it inside the plastic glass. As you are doing this, make sure to write down the seed's name on the glass so you can later put the same kinds of saplings together in the garden.
4Put just enough water on the paper towel so it is damp. Leave all paper cups with seeds in them by a place which receives plenty of sunlight.
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7As for the fertilizer, you can make your own compost by simply leaving all the kitchen's decomposable material in a bin for a few days in the sunlight and after it starts decomposing mix it in with the soil.
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The current population of Cascade County is 83,571 with the median age of 37. Cascade County's median household income is $45,571, and the average household net worth is $356,328.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Cascade County by age group. In Cascade County, the male-to-female ratio is 42,009:41,562, which is 0% higher than the ratio of Montana, which is 513,775:510,190. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Cascade County, has 56% more property crime than Montana, and is 33% above the nation's average. Cascade County, has 22% more personal crime than Montana and when compared to that of United States, Cascade County is 18% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Cascade County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Cascade County, 77% of people are married and 23% of people are single. The percent of people married is 2% lower than the ratio of Montana, which is 78%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Cascade County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Cascade County is $45,571, which is 2% lower than that of Montana ($46,725). Income data for Cascade County is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Cascade County. In Cascade County, 15% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 28% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 5% lower than that of Montana. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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