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This story can go a few places....Let's give CWRU the shout out: ------------------------------------------------------------ http://blog.cleveland.com/medical/2008/08/cwru_clinical_research_managem.html CWRU, Clinical Research Management land spots on seven-year drug-testing contract Posted by Joan Mazzolini August 06, 2008 17:51PM Case Western Reserve University is part of a group that has won a seven-year contract to test new drugs to fight emerging infectious diseases and common ones that are becoming resistant to current medications...

Write up for the new play this month: http://raveandpan.blogspot.com/2008/08/god-of-hell-bang-and-clattercleveland.html Sunday, August 3, 2008 The God of Hell, Bang and Clatter/Cleveland If you’ve ever wanted to scream, and not stop screaming, at this beautiful country’s drift (some might call it a march) towards fascism, then you need to see The God of Hell now at Bang and Clatter’s Cleveland venue. This is a heartfelt screed, wrapped in a polemic and stuffed into a snarl. And it should be music to the ears of those who feel abused by the Bush administration and their agenda of preemptive war, torture, lying, and other assorted affronts to the constitution. Written by Sam Shepard, this play isn’t exactly polished. But it doesn’t want to be. And the B&C folks give it an essentially flawless performance that ripples with the muscularity of outrage and helplessness that so many have felt in the past seven agonizing years. The entire 80-minute one-act takes place at a small family farm in Wisconsin, where Frank tends to his new heifers and Emma fusses over a profusion of indoor plants in the front room. They seem as normal as two cheese-heads ever could, until we learn that Frank’s “old friend” Haynes is staying in the basement, and won’t even come out when the morning bacon is served. The reason for that is eventually revealed after the doorbell rings and a pushy traveling salesman named Welch arrives, peddling American flag cookies and other patriotic claptrap. But his sales pitch soon evolves into a series of questions, and he seems particularly interested in the basement and who might be down there. From that point on, the startling transformation of all four characters is enacted in scenes that snap and sizzle with the kind of energy you just don’t see very often. Once Welch reveals his true intent as a government operative, and forces the others to “get in step” by leading his guinea pig Haynes around by an electric cable attached to his cock, a cold chill should run down your spine. And if it doesn’t, you’d better check for a pulse and read this. The splendid cast includes Joseph Milan as unsuspecting Frank, spooling off farmer references so easily you’d think he just meandered onto the set from a nearby barn. And Jen Klika is superb as Emma, her dead eyes and deadpan delivery registering nothing—and yet everything—as she putters about. John Busser is a righteous and appropriate mess as Haynes, who shakes every time a place called Rocky Butte is mentioned and who is beset with a cataclysmic case of static electricity every time he touches someone. But the most fascinating performance is handed in by Daniel McElhaney, who smears the smarm when Welch is in salesman mode, chuckling eerily at the tag end of his sentences, and then morphing into a Donald Rumsfeld/Dick Cheney wet dream as a righteous torturer without remorse. Director Christopher Johnston gets the lion’s share of credit for ratcheting up the tension in this piece and blending Shepard’s black humor with his bleakly dystopian view of the current government. The point of all this is given an icy sheen when Welch confronts Emma and asks, “You didn’t think you were going to get a free ride on the back of democracy forever, did you?” And that is the essential value of the new fascism: Democracy as a weapon, meant to be wielded by the super-wealthy and the powerful to keep everyone else under their collective heel. The God of Hell August 1 – August 23 The Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company 224 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland 330-606-5317 www.bnctheatre.com EDIT: can we still continue to post news/info on E. 4th street neighborhood even though it's not technically construction related???

The homepage of CWRU appears to have an image of Wind Turbines along Lake Erie. There's a ton of traffic through the site, obviously, so it's interesting to see the message/"renderings" being subliminally portrayed: http://www.cwru.edu/

LBJ is on the cover of TIME this week. http://www.newsnet5.com/sports/17036077/detail.html Also, he's getting a lot of international press lately because of his olympic play --"Lebron James of the Cleveland Caveliers"

http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/07/cleveland_grows_into_investmen.html Cleveland grows into investment research hub Posted by Steven Overly July 27, 2008 04:30AM Categories: Economic development, Impact, Small business Chagrin Boulevard is Ivy Zelman's Wall Street. The top-ranked analyst established her firm Zelman & Associates in Beachwood last year when she left financial giant Credit Suisse, opting to stay in the area where she and her husband are raising three children. "I've got a pretty good gig here relative to what I'd have in New York," she said. "You can have a great office here and an easy commute. The quality of life is just ten times better than I could ever have in New York.

To quote myself, here's a reminder:

suburbanohio.com again...

From the Free Times: To many Clevelanders, Aaron Sanchez is one of the guys who lost to Michael Symon in the Next Iron Chef competition. To most New Yorkers, he is the celebrated chef and partner of Paladar and Centrico, two popular restaurants that showcase the chef's trademark take on Latino cooking. Now, the El Paso-born chef, cookbook author and television personality has been brought in by Trifecta Management Group to improve the quality, consistency and accuracy of the food at Zocalo Mexican Grill (2071 E. Fourth St., 216.781.0420). "Mexican food should be simple, but fresh and good," Sanchez told a group of new-menu guinea pigs. "I want to bring honesty and authenticity to the food." The chef's recent stint in Cleveland was designed to teach the local kitchen crew how to apply contemporary technique to authentic regional Mexican recipes. Sanchez vows to return monthly to fine-tune the operation. If you'd like to catch Sanchez in the flesh (and who wouldn't - he was voted one of People en Español's "50 Most Beautiful"), he'll be doing a live cooking demo on East Fourth Street at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 25. http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/60/felice-urban-caf-aaron-sanchez-viva-barcelona

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=93043&catid=3 (VIDEO) Investigator Exclusive: Many downtown panhandlers have homes, criminal records Susan Vinella 1 hr ago CLEVELAND -- If you've been to downtown Cleveland, chances are you've been hit up for money by a street panhandler. Perhaps you've dropped a quarter into his paper cup, sympathetic to what you believe is his plight as a homeless person. But a Channel 3 News review of hundreds of court records for the past three years found that many of the more than 375 people cited for aggressive panhandling in Cleveland listed home addresses -- some in suburbs such as Lakewood, Maple Heights, Warrensville Heights and Brook Park. © 2008 WKYC-TV

Cleveland Alternative Fuel Technology Company Completes Series A Financing Biofuels Equipment Company Establishes Independent Operations, Seeks New Office Space CLEVELAND, Jul 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Arisdyne Systems, an alternative fuel, cavitation technology and equipment company headquartered in Cleveland, recently raised $5.3 million in new equity financing to facilitate research on biofuel production methods. The completed financing confirms Arisdyne's initial success, and augments previous funding from the core group of investors. Capital was raised as part of the restructuring that established Arisdyne as an entity independent from parent company Five Star Technologies. "This equity financing transaction represents a strong endorsement from the board and investors and will permit the management team to focus more aggressively on clean energy resources and biofuel technology," said Fred Clarke, President of Arisdyne Systems. "We are honored to receive such a vote of confidence and look forward to establishing Arisdyne as a leading alternative fuel technology equipment company." The Five Star board of directors decided to establish Arisdyne Systems as an independent entity after seeing the results of cavitation research in a wide range of biofuels applications and concluding the technology was a viable and underfunded investment. Arisdyne Systems will now report to its own, newly formed board of directors, and will license cavitation technology from the recently formed Cavitech Holding Company (CHC), which will own the Intellectual Property. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cleveland-alternative-fuel-technology-company/story.aspx?guid=%7B1C1ED7EF-02B8-45C1-ADD6-5E791FEE0F4C%7D&dist=hppr

I sent my CWRU friend some information on the Warehouse district proposals, and his response was: "That's some good stuff, thanks. If that AND the Flats gets done within the next 5 years, heck I may stay. I never thought I'd be saying that. Hell, maybe the Browns might even win a superbowl." Slowing spreading the word right now.

They're taken off two pieces as of lunchtime today...unvieling a well-preserved archway. Very excited that 1007...looks to be about equal to 1015 (if not a little better?). Here's to unwrapping christmas presents in July!

Cleveland State University includes Jewish Community Federation building in its master plan Posted by Steven Litt/Plain Dealer Architecture Critic July 08, 2008 10:12AM Categories: Architecture The Jewish Community Federation building in Cleveland faces an uncertain future because the federation may leave it. Roadell Hickman/PD file The Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland hasn't figured out yet whether it wants to stay in its downtown headquarters or move to the suburbs. Cleveland State University, however, is sending a strong signal that it wants the JCF building if the federation leaves. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2008/07/the_jewish_community_federatio.html

Very strategic journalism by the PD on RTA this week. First "RTA considers raising fares, cutting routes and jobs" then the article about cutting to services out of county, then to end with this story: EDIT: see story above story link http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/cashstrapped_rta_gives_free_ri.html

http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/07/gary_waters_building_optimism.html Gary Waters building optimism at Cleveland State Posted by Terry Pluto July 05, 2008 23:55PM Terry Pluto Plain Dealer Columnist Last summer, few area basketball fans could name a single men's Cleveland State player. As for new coach Gary Waters, he was 10-21 in his first season, and it looked like there would be no quick turnaround for a program that had averaged 20 losses the previous four seasons. When Lee Reed was in public and people learned he was CSU's athletic director, most reactions were utter apathy...

Didn't see this posted yet--from Litt: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/steven_litt/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1215160494302090.xml&coll=2 Schwartz's plan puts CSU on path to greatly improve the neighborhood URBAN PLANNING Sunday, July 06, 2008 Steven Litt It should be obvious that high-quality, forward-looking architecture and urban planning are essential to Cleveland as it retools for the 21st century. But it's not always clear that leaders of the city's big institutions get it. Michael Schwartz, the outgoing president of Cleveland State University, does. Under his leadership since 2001, CSU junked a hideous master plan devised in 1995 by his predecessor, Claire van Ummersen, and zoomed in a different, highly positive direction...

If you'd like to see a FREE concert before the Cleveland orchestra FREE concert tomorrow: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week on the Cleveland Sessions Stage: Patrick Sweany, Kristine Jackson by John Benson http://blog.cleveland.com/localbands/2008/07/this_week_on_the_cleveland_ses.html

WOW...what a set! Glad you were able to cover so much ground and you really did see some interesting spots!

Gladiators give Cleveland fans hope, advance in playoffs CLEVELAND -- For Cleveland fans desperate for a championship team, they may just get their dream. All their hopes lie with the Cleveland Gladiators, who advanced to the second round of playoffs with a 69-66 win over the Orlando Predators Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena. It was the first round of the playoffs in the National Conference of the Arena Football League. Cleveland welcomed the Gladiators to town in March of 2008 when they played their inaugural game. Now, three months later, they are in the playoffs and advancing. Right now, Cleveland is feeling like a champion as the Gladiators head to the Divisional Round at 8 p.m. next Monday against Georgia. Full story at http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=92365&catid=3

Check it out, Ferrari Club day: We had about 25-30 Ferrari and Lamborghini cars on Mayfield during lunch time.

wow, just walked past it...AMAZING

This kinda sucks....read this guys blog: http://thepastime.net/2008/06/25/in-cleveland-for-sabr-38/ I still feel like we're not doing enough

what the hell... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/60/super-pissed Super Pissed Former Chairman Of The "Superman Committee' Blasts Heat Vision (and E-mails) At Arch Enemies Unless you've been hiding in your own Fortress of Solitude, you've probably heard that this year marks the 70th anniversary of Superman, created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster inside Siegel's Glenville home. Local comic geeks have even organized an entire "Summer of Superman" to pay homage to the legendary Man of Steel. Now, however, it seems the only thing that could make the battle to celebrate the history of Superman in Cleveland more contentious is if General Zod himself managed to escape from the Phantom Zone to wage war upon our city. For more, click the link

VIDEO from WKYC http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=92171&catid=3

I'm posting this here because of WMMS. This event was packed beyond belief...anyone else get a chance to go to this madness?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RoverFest Invades Downtown Cleveland June 25, 2008 Approximately 20,000 fans of Rover's Morning Glory packed downtown Cleveland on Friday, June 20 to celebrate RoverFest 2008. The morning show, based at WMMS/Cleveland, obtained permission to shut down West 6th Street and throw a massive party. "There were no national acts, no big name draws," said WMMS PD Bo Matthews. "These people came for one reason – to party with the biggest morning show this city has ever seen. I’ve never seen a radio event like this, ever." The event began at 4 p.m. and wrapped up just after midnight with a dozen girls being chosen for the 2009 Miss Morning Glory calendar. Listeners from the other markets rover is syndicated to; Memphis, TN and Rochester, NY; also made the trip to Cleveland to participate in RoverFest. Rover said, "I’m thrilled at the support of our fans, and with everyone at Clear Channel for helping to put this amazing event together." http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=763339