The Dayton Art Institute continues its long-standing tradition. Afternoon Musicales are presented on Sunday afternoons in the fall, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the NCR Renaissance Auditorium. Admission is free for museum members and $5.00 for non-members (unless otherwise noted). Children under 12 are admitted free. Group rates are available by calling Mary Eberle, at 937-512-0152. This month, The Hofeldt-Phillips Trio (violin, cello and piano) will be playing music of Beethoven ("The Ghost" trio), Schoenfield (American composer with touches of ragtime and jazz influence) and closing with the toe tapping Brahms Piano Quartet.
Program Offers Hiring Incentives to Area Businesses
Dayton-area businesses in targeted growth industries may be eligible for financial assistance in employing dislocated workers.
Project Hire, a State of Ohio program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, may provide stipends of up to $6,000 per hired employee to assist with training expenses.
The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Montgomery County, will hold a workshop on Tuesday, December 1, to help employers determine their eligibility. It will be held at Sinclair Community College's Building 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
To register for the December 1 event, visit www.daytonchamber.org.
For more information on Project Hire, contact Chris Wimsatt at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce at 226-8293 or .
In June of 1985 Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence was established as Artemis House. Founded by six women, often working without pay, Artemis was to provide services beyond the traditional housing and safety offered by shelters.
It was the experience of the founders that victims fleeing domestic violence, in addition to needing a safe place, also need help and guidance through the often confusing and sometimes intimidating legal system. They also need information about domestic violence, how it functions and how it affects the individual and children in a household. And, because many victims of domestic violence are isolated, the agency also provides information about and referrals to other community services able to assist victims in getting safe. By providing this information and support, Artemis empowers victims to make decisions and choices which will establish and maintain safety for themselves and their children.
In addition to helping people in crisis, Artemis has become a community resource for creating a coordinated response to domestic violence. Because all systems must work in concert to protect victims and hold batterers accountable, Artemis and the YWCA joined together to form The Family Violence Collaborative in 1993. This Collaborative has brought together law enforcement, criminal justice, child protection and health care professionals to develop protocols of response.
Local Dayton act Sleepybird is releasing their third CD tomorrow night at South Park Tavern. From personal experience, I'll attest that while their music is... eclectic ... when recorded, they are an absolutely awesome act to catch live. You can catch a writeup of the performance over at the Buddha Den (along with a sample track) and more of their music at the band's MySpace page.
We'll pose questions, tackle problems, and toss around ideas and possible solutions for issues affecting our region. Get involved from your own desktop! Or join us on campus at one of the brainstorming kiosks available in the Student Union Atrium.
An expert on the relationship between human beings and technology, Peter Hancock, D.Sc., Ph.D., heads the Minds in Technology/Machines in Thought (MIT²) laboratory at the University of Central Florida. Hancock studies how humans shape technology, and how technology shapes us. He poses that technology “is the gatekeeper that acts to decide who shall have and who shall have not…. Whatever we are to become is bound up not only in our biology but critically in our technology.” The possible future of this symbiosis is the subject of his latest book, Mind, Machine and Morality: Toward a Philosophy of Human-Technology Symbiosis.
They don't stop him "because" he IS black (and they hate black people) they stop him because he is identified by his skin color as being a member of a culture that has a higher tolerance for irresponsible behavior and there is a greater possibility that the car is not being driven with the owners permission. It is less likely they would stop an Asian or an Oriental youth and more likely if the person looked like a punk rocker, regardless of skin color. This is called racial profiling. It isn't necessarily right but it isn't racism.
I have my reservations about Leitzell's conservative streak. The deregulation championed by his political heroes Regan and Thatcher are largely responsible for the world's current economic woes. Typically, when deregulation happens, the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker. A free market economy is a great ideal - but is as utopian of an ideal as a communist one....[R]ace issues in this area have affect me... particularly in my career as a graphic designer. At this point, it has even gotten to the point where I have lost all desire to [work in my field] professionally. I don't mind doing freelance projects here and there, but I get a lump in my stomach every time I think about what I would have to deal with if I again attempted to make room for myself professionally (full time) ... in this area. Ugggh!!! Still, [despite finding alternate jobs,] I have been giving serious thought lately to moving out of this area hoping to open up opportunities for myself within areas where I would be more accepted.
JD Talasek is the director of cultural programs of the National Academy of Sciences, a program that is focused on the exploration of intersections between science, medicine, technology, and visual culture. Talasek holds an M.F.A. in studio arts from the University of Delaware, an M.A. in museum studies from the University of Leicester, and a B.S. in photography from East Texas State University. He is currently on the faculty at The Johns Hopkins University in the Museum Studies Master’s Program. Talasek has curated several exhibitions at the National Academy of Sciences, and is the art advisor for Issues in Science and Technology magazine. A native of Dallas, Talasek serves on an advisory panel that is exploring the creation of an art exhibition program at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
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