St. Kateri Teckakwitha is the first Native American to be declared a Saint. Her feastday is July 14. She is the patroness of the environment and ecology as is St. Francis of Assisi.

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin, was canonized on 10/21/2012 by Pope Benedict XVI.

And when the last Red Man shall have perished, and the memory of my tribe shall have become a myth among the White Men, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe, and when your children's children think themselves alone in the field, the store, the shop, upon the highway, or in the silence of the pathless woods, they will not be alone. In all the earth there is no place dedicated to solitude.

(could the racist billboards be tied to the latest  violence  - 3 murders - five other shottings in cleveland, ohio over the weekend) - Clear Channel Outdoor said on Saturday it will take down anti-voter fraud billboards that had come under criticism in the Cleveland area because they were placed in mostly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods.

CLEVELAND - Cleveland police are investigating another round of violence in Cleveland.

Anyone with information about any of these weekend incidents is asked to call the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit at 216-623-5464. Anonymous tips can also be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463 or by text messaging “TIP 657” plus your message to 274637.

So, regardless of whether the levy passes, we will see a state-appointed commission take the helm of Cleveland schools as soon as January.

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2012/10/throwing_money_at_sch...

IN CLEVELAND’S WEST PARK, AT ONE LOCATION, THE VOTE NO TO TAX LEVY SIGNS, ON A DRIZZLY OCTOBER 19, 2012 EVENING – OUTNUMBERED BY 5 TO 1 THE LONE SIGN FROM MAYOR JACKSON’S $1 MILLION AD CAMPAIGN FOR ISSUE 107 AT THE ENTRANCE TO FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL!

Secretary of State's Directive Allowing Early Voting During
Three Days Before Election Day Long Overdue
Lawsuits and Voter Confusion Could Have Been Avoided

This is a "back of the napkin" sketch! Honest!

I was at dinner tonight, and the lady across from me was in a conversation and I saw her writing on her napkin...

I looked closer and asked if I could take a picture.

People do get it.  

What would a map of Cleveland look like?  The image above is a map of Columbia in 2005 - since then FARC has dwindled...

If Cleveland were mapped with supporters and non-supporters of the corporate controlled status quo - would Cleveland look like Columbia?

Probably more Orange and Red in Cleveland...

ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON IDEASTREAM’S WEBSITE:
Title: Cleveland Schools Levy Campaign Tries to Ward Off Opposition
Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Here is the link to the Ideastream Article:

http://www.ideastream.org/news/feature/49653

Just a little graffic to wake up everyone's thoughts....

Back tomorrow...

Read here about the Cuyahoga County Cleveland Port Authority's new GCP clean up vessels Flotsam and Jetsam to be Christened tomorrow, October 17, 2012.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ohio's request to curtail early voting in the state leading up to the November 6 presidential election.Ohio, critical to the election hopes of Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, began early in-person voting

Mr Pope said: "We do have several prototype aircraft and drones and other weapons you won't see on the news for another 10-15 years so if we did face a threat from the unknown then even if there is no Torchwood around now, there would be something like it by then and they certainly would have some great kit to help in the fight."

MOSHAV AHITUV, Israel (Reuters) - A bicycle made almost entirely of cardboard has the potential to change transportation habits from the world's most congested cities to the poorest reaches of Africa, its Israeli inventor says.

CHEAP AND LIGHT

 Back home again, rented first floor apt. for $450 a mo, two bedrooms, one bath, totally furnished, even four place settings, blender, microwave, coffee maker, free wi-fi, cable, maid for a little over $6 a day.

People are very friendly, health care 1/3 the price of here, US trained, speak English. In fact they have "medical tourism."

 This is my front door.

Thousands of residents in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood have seen the VOTE NO TO TAX LEVY SIGNS.

Mitch Paul,  bicycle mitch -  owner of Shaker Cycle in Tremont, 2389 W. Fifth St., 216-685-2453, cleveland, ohio, 44113 is holding a fund raiser to repair the rear of building from fire damage as he had no insurance - NEEDS DRY WALL etc.- and a list of lumber etc.

INVESTIGATE!

ON OCTOBER 13, 2012, PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS REQUESTED VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO INVESTIGATE THE GROSS INJUSTICE METED OUT TO OVER 2,400 PETITIONERS IN THE $50 MILLION JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL (LOCATED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO) CONSTRUCTION PROJECT!

COPIES OF THE LETTER WERE ALSO FORWARDED (VIA CERTIFIED MAIL) TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT & FBI CLEVELAND!

IN ADDITION, THE PRESIDENT WAS REQUESTED TO

CEASE AND DESIST ORDER!

ON OCTOBER 9, 2012, GOVERNOR KASICH WAS REQUESTED VIA CERTIFIED MAIL TO PLEASE:

DIRECT OSFC (OHIO STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION) TO
ORDER CMSD (CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT)

TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM DEMOLISHING HISTORIC 80-YEAR OLD JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL (LOCATED IN CLEVELAND, OHIO) IN THE $50 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT INVOLVING

TAXPAYER DOLLARS BECAUSE OF GROSS IRREGULARITIES COMMITTED:

COLLUSIVE INACTION, VOTE RIGGING, & DENIAL OF DUE PROCESS; AND

WEST 140TH STREET IN CLEVELAND, OHIO NEAR HISTORIC 80-YEAR OLD JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION UNLESS GOVERNOR KASICH OR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INTERVENE AND ORDER THE CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM DEMOLISHING THE ARCHITECTURAL GEM!