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http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2009/0005028164&EDATE= AIRMALL® at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is Ready to Rock with Opening of New Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store CLEVELAND, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- From Chuck Berry and James Brown to U2, R.E.M., and Madonna, the legends of rock and roll have established a new home at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE). BAA Cleveland, developer of the AIRMALL® at CLE, is pleased to announce the opening of the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store, a signature retail unit that is part of the concessions transformation at CLE. Located just beyond the Concourse B Security Checkpoint, the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store includes a wall-sized graphic on the outside of the unit that depicts a timeline of major rock-and-roll events. Inside, travelers will find clothing for men, women and children; Hall of Fame memorabilia; and many gifts and accessories. The side of the store features seven plasma screens that will pulsate with the sights and sounds of famous rock moments and favorite rock videos. The AIRMALL® at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, a project of BAA Cleveland, is a product of the City of Cleveland's 10-year contract with BAA Cleveland to develop and manage concessions at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The city anticipates the AIRMALL® will double the current participation rate of local and minority-owned companies, double the number of concession jobs, and double retail sales figures during the next decade. When complete, the AIRMALL® at CLE will occupy 76,000 square feet of retail space. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Store is open Sunday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information on the AIRMALL® at CLE, visit www.baausa.com.

^^That's not punch. haha And c'mon tedders, you should know what's there, that's you're avatar!! Developers have to be salivating at that corner parking lot across from Flannery's too...who owns it?

From IDEASTREAM: http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/news/26250/ Replace a Toilet Flapper Lately? New NE Ohio Company Has a Product to Make that Job Obsolete Northeast Ohio has given birth to many inventions over the years, but here's one with the potential to be well, very practical. ideastream®'s Mhari Saito spoke with the inventors of a product that claims to solve the age-old problem of leaky toilet flappers. Entrepreneur Wally Berry’s career has come a long way..... from running insurance companies… to showing people how many golf balls his new invention can flush down a toilet. Wally Berry: On Sept. 1st, the new requirement is going to be 350 grams of matter. So twelve golf balls is 2, 4,… Berry is standing with Dave Pierson, an engineer from the nonprofit manufacturing advocacy group, MAGNET. These two people have completely reinvented the toilet flapper. Their version looks like a hamburger-bun sized balloon stuck to an accordion-like hose. Wally Berry: Twelve, that’s what the government requires. So, fourteen, sixteen… Berry’s product uses air to seal the hole in the tank that water moves through when you flush. The expandable hose creates a vacuum so it uses less water per flush and can’t leak. There’s really nothing else like it on the market. Wally Berry: Ah, let’s do twenty-four and see what happens… Inspiration came after a leaky flapper in Berry’s vacation home led to a shocking water bill. Berry got a loan from Cuyahoga County for new product development; that along with another $250,000 of his own savings and help from MAGNET engineer Pierson, led to the Siphon Flush. They debuted the product at a conference last fall. Pierson noticed it was a hit among municipal water districts who say leaky flappers can waste tremendous amounts of water. Dave Pierson: Everybody that came up to it, looked at it and you could see, they’d look at it for about 5 seconds and then, you could see the light bulb go on: ‘Oh, I see how that works.’ Oh, boom, and then they are in the booth and they want to know how much it is, they want to know when they can get it, they want to know everything. The Cleveland-based company has 17 thousand orders before production has even begun. Shaun Rydell, water conservation coordinator for the city of Prescott, Arizona purchased several siphon flushes to test for her community. She says she’s seeing lots of new companies bringing products and services to help conserve water. Shaun Rydell: I think that there are some really good opportunities to work with large commercial water customers as well as residential water customers including municipal governments to design incentive programs that put people to work in their own community. There’s another really interesting twist to this story. Back in Northeast Ohio a manufacturing plant full of people waiting to work sit at tables. These are workers of SAW Inc. an employer of people from Cuyahoga County’s program for the mentally and physically challenged. I asked SAW’s Marilyn Jares how important it was to get work with Wally Berry’s Siphon Flush. Marilyn Jares: Extremely important because we’ve had so many wonderful customers that worked with us for years either go to China or actually, physically move to Mexico. It’s had a real impact on our sales. 2008 was the first year we didn’t offer a bonus at the end of the year. We couldn’t. Jares says as many as three dozen SAW workers will start assembling Siphon Flushes this week. She’s hoping to hire more workers if demand grows. One of the conditions for the Cuyahoga County loan is that Siphon Flush employ local residents. A local auto parts maker and a polymer manufacturer are also working on the water-conserving flapper. They are all entering the green market world - a world Colette Chandler knows well. Collette Chandler: It’s a $209 billion marketplace and it’s positioned to grow to $425 billion next year so there’s lots of opportunity to get market share. Chandler’s firm is one of several companies working with MAGNET to help manufacturers find ways to become more environmentally conscious: from processing and packaging to product development. Chandler says companies have the potential to not only find new customers and markets, but to improve efficiency and save money. Siphon Flush founder Wally Berry is banking on the belief that there’s still plenty of business to be found in the green marketplace despite the economic recession. Wally Berry: I think the timing is just perfect for this product. Everyone’s looking for ways to save money, looking for ways to conserve and this product does both. Berry says most municipalities will test the device first, and then he hopes, the orders will come flowing in.

Here's a non Sir Charles related preview/news article: Kobe-LeBron final could get derailed by Michael Rosenberg The four best teams in the NBA are the last four left in the playoffs. This is how it is supposed to work. The two biggest stars in the NBA are staring at a championship showdown. This is how the NBA wants it to work. We are eight wins away from a battle between LeBron and Kobe — two men who, according to informed sources, do have last names. LeBron vs. Kobe would be the biggest, most exciting mano-a-mano matchup in the history of hyperbole. Read more at http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9585908/Kobe-LeBron-final-could-get-derailed

From the NY Post: SORRY, KNICKS, BUT LEBRON SHOULD NEVER LEAVE HOME MAYBE this doesn't matter. Maybe it shouldn't matter. In sports, there's no such thing as a guilty conscience if you're a fan, no such thing as feeling badly for coveting thy neighbor's franchise player. We have become steeled to all of it, after all. I do not recall all that much hand-wringing for the fair baseball fans of Milwaukee when the Yankees blew CC Sabathia out of the water with $161 million. I do not recall many Mets fans wracked with remorse for the poor folks of Houston (or Kansas City) when they bestowed $119 million on Carlos Beltran. This is the big leagues. Guys get paid. Guys switch cities. They switch uniforms. New York, Chicago and Los Angeles are what they are, and one thing they aren't is Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis. For better and for worse. Still . . . Full story at http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172009/sports/knicks/sorry__knicks__but_lebron_should_never_l_169712.htm?page=0

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/05/the_east_is_set_cleveland_cava.html TNT visiting: As part of their coverage of the Eastern Conference finals, TNT will be bringing its popular "Inside the NBA" show to The Q to do live shows before, at halftime and after all games played here. That means host Ernie Johnson and analysts Kenny Smith, Chris Webber and Charles Barkley will be on hand. Marv Albert and Doug Collins will call the games.

Whatever happened to plans of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland to leave downtown for the suburbs? Plain Dealer file The recession has slowed the Jewish Federation of Cleveland's move to the suburbs. The leadership of Cleveland's Jewish community still plans to empty the downtown flagship and sail most of the troops out of the city, just not so fast. The recession is slowing a controversial move. The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, the chief planning and fund-raising arm of the region's Jewish community, is feeling the effects of the recession. After recent layoffs, about 95 people work in its landmark building on PlayhouseSquare. On Sept. 11, 2008, federation trustees voted to move the bulk of the staff and operations east, to where its members are concentrated, ending a 105-year tradition of calling Cleveland home. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/lebron_james_mansion_in_bath_t.html

Does Nashville even compare to Cleveland in the medical realms??

Some good reviews so far too: http://ramblingsofarunningaddict.blogspot.com/2008/05/race-review-cleveland-marathon.html

Marathon Insider: Chilly morning welcomes a record field of running enthusiasts by Bill Lubinger and Pat Galbincea/Plain Dealer Reporters Sunday May 17, 2009, 6:31 PM CLEVELAND -- Jack Staph, executive director of the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, said the event set a record with about 12,400 runners and walkers who registered for Sunday's marathon, half-marathon and 10K and Saturday's first-ever 5K. According to the event's Web site, the number of actual finishers was around 10,000: 416 for the 5K and 9,500 for the other three races combined. More at Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/recreation/index.ssf/2009/05/marathon_insider_chilly_mornin.html

We also have this thread too: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,11907.60.html

Also 19 News is located right downtown on E.12th St. I think it's more than fair for them to do more reporting outside their window. EDIT: on that same note...I am VERY nervous about what restaurants they name/show! http://www.woio.com/global/story.asp?s=10356010

Well here's one from Crain's I can see: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20090515/FREE/905159973 Cleveland auto parts firm to put wind power to use By JAY MILLER 8:47 am, May 15, 2009 Though a Cuyahoga County task force has been grabbing headlines for its long-range, multimillion-dollar plan to put wind turbines on Lake Erie, a West Side auto parts firm decided to makes its own small advancement in wind energy generation. Pearl Road Auto Parts and Wrecking has broken ground for a $295,000, 140-foot tall wind turbine on company property at 5000 Pearl Road. The turbine is expected to provide nearly 100% of the companys power needs. The company claims to be the first business in Cleveland to use wind power. A demonstration turbine sits on the grounds of the Great Lakes Science Center along Lake Erie. ......

Maybe they're show your clip again in the night time news as a recap?? They sometimes do that. I was interviewed during the midday news about the Cleveland Gran Prix stopping last year, and they showed it again on the nightly news. Hell yeah!

I can't see the link. Could someone post the article? http://www.wksu.org/news/story/23389

Cleveland port takes first step toward East 55th Street by Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter Friday May 15, 2009, 11:06 AM Cleveland's port leaders signaled formal interest in moving docks and warehouses to East 55th Street, but only if the port can handle the big-ticket costs. The port authority board approved a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers today that indicates continued interest in building an estimated $300 million dike project in Lake Erie, north of East 55th Street. More at Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2009/05/cleveland_port_takes_first_ste.html

The Bang and the Clatter Theater Company (Cleveland/Akron) has a facebook! www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bang-and-The-Clatter-Theatre-Company/35413337452

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/05/15/entertainment/mj1030915.txt Hessler Street Fair Old hippies don't fade away; they just get together annually at the Hessler Street Fair, a forum for musical performances, poetry reading and the exhibition and sale of art by local artists in a one-time "flower-power" community from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The fair, free and open to the public, is one block north of the Mayfield road and Euclid Avenue intersection in University Circle, open noon to dusk Saturday and Sunday. Families will feel welcome at Harmony Park, an interactive cooperative children's play area within the fairs boundaries. Children will have the opportunity to create a project they can take home. The Hessler Street Fair is sponsored by Hessler Neighborhood Association, whose mission is to restore, preserve and improve the neighborhood it serves. Hessler Road and Hessler Court were dedicated as Cleveland's first Landmark District in 1975. For general information go to the Web site at www.hessler.org, or call 216-556-3716.

What a crazy thursday. Houston beats LA again to force GAME 7...and Orlando holds on...another GAME 7 Cavs just rest and wait

A runner's first race is memorable; the reasons and desire to run it -- more so: Cleveland Marathon by Bill Lubinger / Plain Dealer Reporter Thursday May 14, 2009, 9:50 PM They'll awake at dawn Sunday with no delusions of keeping pace with elite runners, winning prize money or setting any records. Not hardly. About a third of the 11,000 participants registered for the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon or related races are first-timers, pushing themselves to run or walk further than they've ever gone. They'll spring from the starting line in downtown Cleveland with much more at stake: To honor a father. To celebrate a milestone. For a wife and toddler. For each other. More at Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2009/05/a_runners_first_race_is_memora.html

2nd post...this Laura DeMarco really has a great series...never noticed it was all from the same writer. I'm an instant fan now: http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/

http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/index.ssf/2009/05/best_of_cleveland_books_to_exp.html Best of Cleveland: Books to explore Northeast Ohio by Laura DeMarco/Friday magazine editor Thursday May 14, 2009, 4:23 PM Looking for something else Cleveland offers? Read previous Best of Cleveland columns online. Yes, it's a clich . But its true. You really can travel between the pages of book. So this summer, why not take a trip close to home? Read on for some of The Best Local Books to Explore this Summer. Then read some more. (Most books available at area book stores such as Visible Voice in Tremont, and Amazon.com; Gray & Company books available at www.grayco.com) More at http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/index.ssf/2009/05/best_of_cleveland_books_to_exp.html

*ALERT* http://www.cleveland.com/brett/blog/index.ssf/2009/05/cleveland_youve_got_to_be_toug.html You've got to be tough, Cleveland by Regina Brett/Plain Dealer Columnist Thursday May 14, 2009, 12:17 PM Mike Polk poked fun at Cleveland with his "Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Videos" that are making the rounds in cyberspace on You Tube. I wrote about him in my column on Wednesday. He's a good sport and agreed to be my guest at 9 a.m. Friday on "The Sound of Ideas" on WCPN/90.3 FM the radio show I host every week....

Am I looking at the renderings correctly...there is no street access to the coffee shop? You have to go through the main lobby? Just checking..

Mr. Madden said MMPI’s strategy will be to subsidize the showrooms of the first 25 companies that sign on to come to the medical mart. I like this part of the article, since it shows they are aiming high right off the bat. As we all know, they are here to make money on their own initiatives...which benefits for the region and the city in so many ways.