Ways of Giving

"There are those who give with pain little of the much that they have, and that pain is their cleansing. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. And then, there are those who give without being mindful of giving, they give just as they walk and they breathe. Through the eyes of those the heavens smile on Earth".
-The Prophet

Pride of Jesse Hallam

Filmed in Kentucky and Cincinnati in 1980, this is a great made-for TV movie. There are lots of good shots of Findlay Market and different places around town, like the produce docks on the riverfront and some Clifton apartment buildings. Apparently you can watch the whole movie below.




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Does This Building Stay or Go

I've heard that this building may be demolished for a new development on Vine. Is that true?
 

A drawing on 3CDC's website seems to show it missing:
 

Non-profit corporations are allowed an exemption to the Historic District guidelines which prohibit demolition, but so far as I know 3CDC has not used this exemption much, if ever. In another drawing, it looks like the building will remain:
 

[where: 1314 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202]

The Value of a Good Teacher

A teacher one standard deviation above the mean effectiveness annually generates marginal gains of over $400,000 in present value of student future earnings with a class size of 20 and proportionately higher with larger class sizes.

-Quote from article in the Economist. Referenced NPR podcast here