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General: Air Force has appetite for technology By John Nolan, Staff Writer 10:29 AM Tuesday, July 14, 2009 DAYTON — Businesses wishing to serve the government got plenty to think about from the Air Force and NASA as the United States Air, Trade and Technology Expo opened, Tuesday, July 14. More info at: http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/general-air-force-has-appetite-for-technology-204292.html

Agreed. E.12 and W.6th in the same year--catering right to downtown residents! I feel like the DCA has had a lot to do with all this momentum. (on top of it all, Euclid Ave of course!)

I wouldn't mind Asher making a phone call.

Shaq in China right now...I wonder if it has anything to do with the new proposed Chinese management, or simply more promotion in the China market...or both. Written from the Chinese perspective. NBA star feeling 'Buddha blessed' By Chen Xiangfeng (China Daily) Updated: 2009-07-14 07:36 Comments(0) PrintMail Martial arts have been an interest of Shaquille O'Neal, and he paid an emotional visit Monday to the Shaolin Temple in Henan province. "I've been a lot of places but being at the Shaolin Temple has brought a tear to my eye. Buddha blessed," the NBA superstar center wrote on his blog. More info at: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-07/14/content_8423655.htm

Keller Williams Realty Greater Cleveland looks to boost presence downtown Posted by Michelle Jarboe/Plain Dealer Reporter July 13, 2009 11:12AM Keller Williams Realty Greater Cleveland is looking at ways to boost its visibility and drum up business in downtown Cleveland. The real estate office, which currently represents condos and single-family homes throughout Cleveland, has been growing in recent months with an eye on expanding in the center city. Agents Mark Lastition and Scott Phillips Jr. have moved over to Keller Williams from Howard Hanna Real Estate Services. They've joined forces with agents including Janis Wirt, Jake Lohser and Bob Zimmer. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/cribnotes/2009/07/keller_williams_realty_greater.html

Some more info: http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=117696&catid=3 Food Network star featuring Cleveland restaurants in upcoming episodes Posted By: Updated: 7/14/2009 8:10:32 AM Posted: 7/13/2009 5:15:52 PM Read Comments (8)Recommend Print Article Email Article Larger Smaller CLEVELAND -- What's the one Cleveland spot that makes the best burger or best pizza? That special restaurant off the beaten path that you tell all your friends, they've got to try? Monday, Guy Fieri, the host of the Food Network's popular show, "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives", was in town at Geraci's learning how their famous pizzas are made. ....... As it turns out, Chef Fieri has roots here in Cleveland. He has family in town and he's friends with Cleveland celebrity-chef, Michael Symon.

Cleveland is a finalist and still confident it can win 2014 Gay Games: Whatever happened to ... ? Posted by The Plain Dealer July 12, 2009 19:07PM Categories: Real Time News, Whatever Happened To... Since March, when Cleveland was named a finalist for the international games -- along with Boston and Washington, D.C. -- local organizers have lined up endorsements and honed their pitch. The Cleveland Synergy Foundation, formed last year to attract the games, is preparing a major welcome for a site selection committee due to arrive in town July 30. More from Cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/cleveland_is_a_finalist_and_st.html

Cleveland State Basketball Squad Releases 2009-2010 Schedule Submitted by Eugmc on July 13, 2009 - 4:28pm. Basketball Cleveland Teams NCAA News Sports November Opponent Location Time TV Mon. 9 JOHN CARROLL (EXHIBITION) Wolstein Center Fri. 13 at St. Bonaventure Olean, N.Y. Mon. 16 WILMINGTON Wolstein Center 11:30 a.m. EST Cancun Challenge Thurs. 19 FLORIDA A&M Wolstein Center Sat. 21 SAM HOUSTON STATE Wolstein Center Tues. 24 vs. Kentucky Cancun, Mexico Wed. 25 vs. Stanford or Virginia Cancun, Mexico Sat. 28 WICHITA STATE Wolstein Center 2:00 p.m. EST December Thurs. 3 at Wright State * Fairborn, Ohio Sat. 5 at Detroit * Detroit, Ohio Sat. 12 WILBERFORCE Woodling Gym Tues. 15 ROBERT MORRIS Wolstein Center John McLendon Scholarship Classic Sat. 19 WEST VIRGINIA * Wolstein Center Tues. 22 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Tues. 29 at Kansas State Manhatten, Kansas January Sat. 2 at Youngstown State * Youngstown, Ohio Thurs. 7 LOYOLA * Wolstein Center Sat. 9 UIC * Wolstein Center Thurs. 14 at Butler * Indianapolis, Ind. Sat. 16 at Valparaiso * Valparaiso, Ind. 7:05 p.m. CST Fri. 22 GREEN BAY * Wolstein Center Sun. 24 MILWAUKEE * Wolstein Center Sat. 30 YOUNGSTOWN STATE * Wolstein Center February Thurs. 4 at UIC * Chicago, Ill. Sat. 6 at Loyola * Chicago, Ill. Thurs. 11 VALPARAISO * Wolstein Center Sat. 13 BUTLER * Wolstein Center Tues. 16 at Green Bay * Green Bay, Wisc. Thurs. 18 at Milwaukee * Milwaukee, Wisc. Sat. 20 ESPNU BRACKETBUSTERS Wolstein Center TBA Thurs. 25 DETROIT * Wolstein Center Sat. 27 WRIGHT STATE * Wolstein Center March 2010 Horizon League Championship Tues. 2 First Round at Campus Sites 7:00 p.m. EST Fri. 5 Second Round Site TBA TBA Sat. 6 Semifinals Site TBA TBA Tues. 9 Championship Site TBA TBA * Denotes League Play More at: http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/10657

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/07/cleveland_doctors_appear_often.html Cleveland doctors appear often on MSNBC's new 'Dr. Nancy' show by Kaye Spector/Plain Dealer Reporter Tuesday July 14, 2009, 6:43 AM Healthy Cleveland / Vital Signs Doctors from University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic have been all over the new MSNBC show "Dr. Nancy," which began airing June 30. In the first 10 days of Dr. Nancy Snyderman's show on health-care issues, show, Cleveland-area doctors appeared seven times...

PD's top ten new restaurants: http://www.cleveland.com/goingout/index.ssf/2009/07/tasty_10_a_quick_guide_to_the_2.html

Wow...the current city leaders should be cherishing these buildings...it doesn't even look blighted in that picture...but maybe that's my Cleveland perspective. Seriously, if some landscaping work was done around it, I don't even see the blight.

A little blurb from a Blog I found: http://greenopolis.com/goblog/follownathan/follow-nathan-cleveland-a-bit-greener-than-i-thought Follow Nathan: Cleveland... a Bit Greener Than I Thought Submitted by follownathan on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 10:02am. When in Cleveland I was lucky enough to meet, chat and interview a few different impressive people starting with Meagan who has spearheaded a very cool project known as Gather ‘Round Farm. This was the first “urban farm” I have visited on this journey and I am certainly glad I made the visit. I never thought I would find myself conducting an interview in a chicken coop on a parking lot right next to fast food joints and a funeral home. But hey… this is America and with American comes urban environments and there certainly should be no reason as to why people cannot grow vegetables and raise chickens in a city landscape and as a matter of fact I encourage more city dwellers to do the same. At the end of the day this was one of the more interesting stops on this journey and the vivid contrast between farm and city life was completely unfolded right before me. As lower income families passed by with smiles and laughter while enjoying a meal from Wendy’s I realized that this urban farm has great potential to make a connection between the youth in the local community and where their food actually comes from. These are the types of people and organization that local communities and government need to support. I wish the people at Gather ‘round Farm the best in their mission and I hope their crops grow healthy and strong! If you know me well you are aware that one of my favorite things to see and do after a long ride is visit a local micro brewery and this was of course on the radar in Cleveland as well. I had put a feeler out to my twitter community letting people know that I was looking for and sure enough my someone came through! @Merehithmo who grew up in the Cleveland area and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY had guided me to the Great Lakes Brewing Company. I was honestly shocked to see and hear that sustainable business practices were one the very top of the priority list. It was a shock to find out that A. A brewery was environmentally driven and B. It was based in Cleveland Ohio. Two bullet points I would have least expected to see combined. In fact I am so impressed with the zero waste initiatives at Great Lakes I thought I would share a few with you here in my blog.

Maybe I'm missing it...what is the general timeline?

http://www.medcitynews.com/index.php/2009/07/cleveland-clinic-lou-ruvo-center-for-brain-health-opens-in-las-vegas/ Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health opens in Las Vegas July 13, 2009 by Mary Vanac Filed under Community, Top Story LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health will accept its first patients today. The highly specialized clinical center will aim at advancing research, early detection and treatment of neurological diseases, according to the Cleveland Clinic, which in February agreed to staff and manage the center. Diseases to be treated include Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease. Las Vegas businessman and philanthropist Larry Ruvo began planning the center after his father, Lou Ruvo, died in 1994, a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. Larry Ruvo wanted to create a cognitive disease centerwhere compassionate care would go hand-in-hand with cutting-edge treatments, and sophisticated research would be combined with education for caregivers...

http://www.dose.ca/tv/story.html?id=70d49e15-163b-4590-9b62-e230973dc655 Matt Damon and LeBron James Head to Entourage Kat Angus Published: Monday, July 13, 2009 Entourage has received plenty of criticism lately for recycling its storylines, but the HBO comedy isn't having any problems recruiting celebrity guest stars, as TV Guide reports that both Matt Damon and LeBron James will make appearances on the sixth season finale. Although, to be fair, Damon's guest spot serves a double purpose of providing publicity for the actor's charity. "It wasn't hard to get him," executive producer Doug Ellin told TV Guide Magazine. "Matt came on the phone with me and wanted to do something that focused on his charity, One By One, which helps kids all over the world." Damon's main role in the finale is to make Vince (Adrian Grenier) feel so uncomfortable that the latter gives a large donation to One By One. "The joke is that Matt is very passionate about his charity - almost in a stalkerish kind of way," Grenier said. "Vince becomes intimated by his intensity. He ends up bullying Vince into giving much more than he should." "More than he should," Adrian? That's not a very charitable thing to say. Damon reportedly also shares a scene with Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Lebron James, and, as Ellis claims, "they just kill it!" The season finale won't air until Oct. 4, but if you can't wait for more celeb sightings on Entourage, former Friend David Schwimmer will be showing up on the Aug. 2 episode.

Cleveland first-, second-graders by the hundreds attend summer session after reading, math skills were found lagging Cleveland district pushes summer school to boost test scores Monday, July 13, 2009 Thomas Ott Plain Dealer Reporter The Cleveland School District has shepherded a third of the past year's second-graders into summer school, trying to make good on a looming self-imposed deadline for raising their test scores. Many of the 1,144 students were voluntarily signed up by their families, at the urging of principals and teachers, after the children's reading and mathematics skills were found to be lagging by as much as one grade level. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/124747393252111.xml&coll=2

Like I stated above, I think this is a great idea with helping the university with alumni relations, school spirit, sense of idenity, and the promotiion of the newly-found CWRU Fall sports success on the National level. Hideous uniforms...but I do like the Euclid Tavern after party. http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/news/2008-09/heritageday.html HERITAGE DAY MODERN DAY SPARTANS TO REMEMBER THEIR HERITAGE... This September 5 the modern day Case Western Reserve University football team will pay tribute to the University’s gridiron history, which began in 1890, by wearing retro jerseys as part of a first ever Heritage Day. Pictured below are senior receiver Ryan Kolesar (right) and senior linebacker Jeff Brown (left). The Spartans will face Kenyon College at 12:00 p.m., but instead of wearing their usual blue and white uniforms with the Spartan logo on their helmets, Case Western Reserve will wear a red and brown jersey with white pants. Brown and white were the school colors for Case Institute of Technology (Case, Rough Riders) and red and white were the colors of Western Reserve University (Reserve, Red Cats). The Spartans will also wear Rough Rider and Red Cats logos on their helmets in place of the Spartan. Across the front of the retro jerseys is “CWRU”, paying tribute to all football players who competed when the school's second reference was CWRU. After the decision to federate in 1967, Case Western Reserve saw the continuation of the Case-Reserve series for three more seasons. In the fall of 1970, Case Western Reserve University was represented by a single team in intercollegiate football. The proposal to merge the Case and Reserve football teams was made by the Case Athletic Director Phillip K. (Nip) Heim after discussions with the players of the two football squads and the Reserve and Case athletic directors. Flory Mauriocourt, head football coach at Reserve, was named head coach of the merged University team. Ernie Green, assistant vice provost for student affairs and former Cleveland Brown, announced the appointment in February of 1970 and said that it was strongly supported by Reserve Athletic Director Ed Lewis, Heim, and Case Football Coach Doug Mooney. The new team, the Spartans, continued to play in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Case-Reserve rivalry started 78 years prior to the union. At the time, it was the oldest rivalry in the Midwest and third oldest in the country. Reserve won 49 games, Case won 18 and six ended in ties. In the early 1900’s both Case and Reserve played Big Ten teams on an even basis and both schools had winning records against Ohio State. For many years the Case-Reserve game was played at League Park on Thanksgiving Day. In 1941, a record crowd of 38,000 saw the contest in which Reserve defeated Case 26-6 and went on to beat Arizona State in the Sun Bowl. Reserve had undefeated seasons in 1894, 1935, 1936 and 1938. Case won four Ohio championships prior to 1933. From 1934 to 1942 Reserve won 65 games and lost only eight. The Case Rough Riders received their nickname during the 1930-1947 coaching regime of Ray Ride. Two of their greatest players were Bill Lund, one of the original Cleveland Browns, and Ray Mack who declined a professional football career to star with Lou Bourdeau as half of the Cleveland Indians’ second base-shortstop combination. Reserve teams were dubbed the Red Cats in the early 1930’s. Eddie Finnigan was the outstanding figure in Reserve football history. He was an all-American player in 1932. In 1951, he returned to Reserve as coach and Athletic Director. His teams won PAC championships in 1955 and 1960. The outstanding player of this era was the late Warren Lehr, who later starred as a defensive back with the Cleveland Browns. MORE FUN FACTS … The last Thanksgiving Day game played between Case and Reserve was November 26, 1953 at Clarke Field, the home field for Case at the time. Besides League Park, where they played over 10 times, the holiday game was also played several times at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The last Case-Reserve football game was played November 15, 1969 at Finnigan Field. The Red cats defeated the Rough Riders 28-14. **The above information was obtained from a "Rough Cats or Red Riders?" article printed in a Reserve alumni publication [The Men of Adelbert]. It was provided to the sports information office through the cooperation of University Archives. CALLING ALL FOOTBALL ALUMS… RSVP -- Friday, August 28 Karen Krakowiak, Athletic Department Secretary By Phone: 216.368.2420 or email: [email protected] WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT DAY… 11:00 a.m. -- Registration & Tailgate @ Alumni House -$5.00 Parking at Stadium Garage, route to Alumni House will be marked from there -$10.00 per person (includes food, soft drinks, beer, t-shirt and game ticket) -Rain Site: The Spot, located across the street from the Alumni House 12:00 p.m. -- Case Western Reserve vs. Kenyon at Case Field -Special section reserved for attendees Halftime -- Special Recognition of football alums and co-sponsors - Case Alumni Association and Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association -All Participants are asked to meet on the walkway beneath the stands at approximately the 50-yard line with two minutes remaining in the first half -Each player, who preregistered, will be announced at the beginning of the half on the field -Marching band performance Postgame -- The Euclid Tavern, located in between 115th and 118th on Euclid Ave. -There will be an informal gathering at the Euclid Tavern, a sponsor of the Case Western Reserve Athletic Department after the game -end-

The CWRU website has a story on rapid trains in America, specifically discusses Amtrak numerous times. http://www.case.edu/ I'm sure there are many students, including curious incoming freshman, who see and read about this since it's the first thing that comes up on the case website currently.

Photo's from the Wall Street Journal: http://blogs.wsj.com/photojournal/2009/07/12/superman/ And Story...but nothing we haven't already heard: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124725829918224747.html

From the PD.....KJP, can you comment for once on Cleveland.com...? Ohio communities lobby for passenger rail stops Posted by Karen Farkas/Plain Dealer Reporter July 13, 2009 07:00AM Categories: Real Time News Grafton has joined communities across the state to lobby for a stop along a proposed passenger rail line.Communities of all sizes across the state are touting their best assets in hopes of being chosen as one of the stops for the proposed passenger rail line from Cleveland to Cincinnati. more info at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/ohio_communities_lobby_for_pas.html

I guess I'll post this here. A good interview and a good series from the PD: Architect Jennifer Coleman enjoys sharing city's heritage as head of Cleveland Landmarks Commission: My Cleveland by Sarah Crump/Plain Dealer Reporter Saturday July 11, 2009, 1:08 PM Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer Jennifer Coleman: The Fairfaix neighborhood is a "city within a city because it has almost every single aspect you'd find in a stand-alone community." Jennifer Coleman has been immersed in Cleveland history her whole life. An architect and Cleveland native who lives in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood with her husband, August Fluker, and their son, Cole, she chairs the city's Landmarks Commission. Coleman, who is in her 40s, is also the founder of CityProwl Cleveland, a collection of recorded walking tours of the city that can be downloaded free at cityprowl.com. More at http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2009/07/architect_jennifer_coleman_enj.html

Well, Forbe's has the story ..where you at PD http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/10/clear-capital-housing-index-business-wall-street-home-prices.html Good News From Wall Street's Home Price Gurus Maurna Desmond, 07.10.09, 05:00 PM EDT A new housing market index with a solid pedigree says things are looking up. While most homeowners cringe at the still crumbling Case Shiller Home Price Index, the firm that Wall Street trusts to gauge home prices has launched its own metric. And it's mostly going up. After three years sliding across the board, home prices gained on a quarter-over-quarter basis in three out of four regions during the three months ended June, according to Clear Capital, a real estate valuation firm out of Truckee, Calif., that caters to institutional clients like banks and the government. "This month's market report was both surprising and encouraging," said Kevin Marshall, the firm's president. "There are still a lot of negative economic indicators out there, and housing market is not out of the woods yet, but it is a very healthy thing to see home prices stabilize for a bit." July index, the firm's first monthly reading, showed that home prices in the Midwest and the South rose 5.3% and 2%, respectively, from the quarter before. Ohio's three largest cities lead in quarterly gains with Cleveland rising 19.6%, Columbus, 15.6%, and Cincinnati, 12.9%. The Northeast, which is just beginning to get hit with foreclosures, saw very little price appreciation, just 0.1%. A seasonal uptick, spring is a popular time for home purchases, generous first-time homebuyer tax incentives, as well as ongoing foreclosure moratoriums were all credited with bolstering home prices. Subprime-scourged Las Vegas saw the steepest decline with a 12.4% slide. However, the West showed signs of stabilizing, falling only 0.7%, after losing as much as 10.5% in a single quarter last year. Clear Capital's numbers suggest more of an improvement than the June Case-Shiller index, released last week, which showed a slowing in price declines and not an uptick (See "Prices Stabilize, But Housing Trouble Still Looms"). This is because the indicator cooked up by economists Robert K. Shiller and Karl Case in the '80s and later purchased by ratings agency Standard & Poor's, has a three-month lag and is based on data furnished by county tax offices. "If we tried to speed things up significantly, the data is not going to be as complete, and then we are going to be facing big revisions," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P index committee. "I'd like to have to have faster reporting, but it's a tradeoff."

Stunning as usual.

Cleveland Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon will not consider appeal to keep St. Patrick Church open Posted by Robert Smith/Plain Dealer Reporter July 10, 2009 20:23PM Categories: Church Closings, Real Time News CLEVELAND -- There will be no second chance for St. Patrick, a holy landmark that anchors the far West Side of Cleveland. Bishop Richard Lennon said this week that he will not consider an appeal of his decision to close the 1,100-family church, all but sealing its demise and unnerving the West Park neighborhood. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/07/cleveland_catholic_bishop_rich.html

Ok I've read this over about 7 times now, and I swear it says the "crack serving staff"......?!?!?