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Wait,,,u were there?!?!? courtside? ATL wins!! Back to Bean-town and more rest for the cavs!

yeah I just axed them...heading out the door right now

Since tip off is in about 40 minutes..here are some pics I promised from last game, before they become too outdated...man I'm still pissed... Arriving at the game Wonder Bar! Just about gametime... Pregame! And hopefully tonight.... Here's to a new night! Go Cavs!

PD, where u at?? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Greater Cleveland's Sports Commission best in country CLEVELAND--The Greater Cleveland Sports Commission has been named "2007 Sports Commission of the Year" by the National Association of Sports Commissions. The award was chosen by a national panel of Sports Commission executives and was presented at the 2008 NASC Sports Event Symposium held in Omaha. David Gilbert, President and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission said, "This recognition belongs to everyone who continues to play a role in allowing the Sports Commission to do its work." More at http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=88345

FYI to everyone: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Vatican Splendors' coming to Cleveland Sunday, April 20, 2008 About 200 rare objects will be on display as part of the "Vatican Splendors" exhibit at Cleveland's Western Reserve Historical Society from May 31 to Sept. 7.If you've been enthralled by Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States, mark your calendars for a Vatican exhibit coming to Cleveland at the end of May... The Western Reserve Historical Society is at 10825 East Boulevard in Cleveland's University Circle district. For directions, go to www.wrhs.org or call 1-216-721-5722. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08111/874333-37.stm

He's really learned his role in the past 4-6 months. All postive reviews for him.

Here's a cool link on Cleveland's old streetcar system from a PBS interview: http://www-tc.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/pdf/410_electric_car.pdf

I have a friend who moved to this country and bought a home in Tremont for about $15,000 around the late 1980's. He fixed it up and sold about 10 years later for under $100,000. Last year, he saw it was sold again for $300,000+. Although the people in this article aren't reselling, similar type of story here: NOTE: Should there be a OC thread in City Discussion?? Maybe even a "Cleveland: Ohio City and Tremont Discussion" to help with articles not quite construction-related like this?? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique restoration on display in home tour Thursday, May 01, 2008 Melissa Hebert Plain Dealer Reporter Pioneers still exist. Bob Harris and Michael O'Connor are two of them. In 1989, they rolled their covered wagon -- all right, their car -- into Ohio City and bought a 140-year-old Italianate home for $500 three days before it was scheduled to meet with the wrecking ball. They may have overpaid. The house had been converted into a two-family home back in the 1950s and had been abandoned eight years before Harris bought it. The neighborhood was overrun with drugs and crime -- Harris described it as "a war zone." Nineteen years and a lot of work, creativity and purchasing of neighboring lots later, Harris and O'Connor have turned the house into a colorful home with Ohio City's only residential in-ground pool. They're showing it off on this year's Ohio City Home Tour on Sunday, May 18. Their home is one of nine on the 20th annual tour... http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1209630838298850.xml&coll=2

^^well, I meant CLEVELAND as his current home. Just my own humor as the reason why Cleveland came up on the company's radar....besides the obvious healthcare powerhouse aspect.

["And is the current home of Anderson Varejao"]

I just got off the phone with my friend from Minnesota, where he currently just moved to Fargo. I've never heard "yaw know" so much in my life. I think it's a rule you have to say it after every other sentence! Great pics by the way!

He rested the beginning of the second quarter like he usually does....i think about 4-5 minutes of the game Those decisions cost us the game....not to mention Jamison and Butler each had 4 fouls by the last few minutes and neither were attacked. Get either of them to pick up a 5th, and they become shy all of a sudden.

I did take a few pics...I will post them later.

CWRU--World Champions! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 15, 2008 Case Western Reserve University Law School moot court team wins world championship Team bests nearly 600 opponents in world's largest and most prestigious moot court competition For the first time in its history, Case Western Reserve University School of Law won the Phillip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition Saturday, April 12, in Washington, D.C. The Jessup Competition, now in its 49th year, is the world's largest and most prestigious Moot Court tournament. This year 598 schools from 98 different countries competed. Case Western Reserve's victory marked just the second time in 14 years—and third since 1990—an American team was crowned world champion. The coveted Jessup Cup will reside at the law school for the next year. "The Jessup team's historic accomplishment speaks volumes about the quality of our students and our international law program," said Michael Scharf, professor of law and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center. "Everyone I spoke to said it was the best Jessup finals in 20 years." The tournament victory was the most recent accolade for the international law program at Case Western Reserve, which two weeks ago earned a top 20 national ranking (16th) in a U.S. News and World Report national survey of law professors. The team consisted of third-year law students Zachary Lampell, Alex Laytin and Brianne Draffin and second-year law students Margaux Day and Patrick Dowd. Day and Latvin argued in the final round, representing the applicant, with Day winning the award as best final round speaker. The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. Representing both sides of the argument, each Jessup team is required to prepare oral and written pleadings. This year's problem concerned issues related to the tension between respecting human rights and effectively countering a clear and present terrorist threat. The Case Western Reserve team was undefeated during the week-long competition, beating DePaul University, Koc University (Turkey), Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), and Boston College in the preliminary rounds April 7-9. The team then defeated Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), University of Singapore and University College London (United Kingdom) in the elimination rounds before besting University of New South Wales (Australia) in the championship round Saturday. Earlier this year, the Case Western Reserve team won the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Super Regional to advance to the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds along with the winners of the other U.S. super regionals and the national winners from 98 different countries, the most ever to compete in the Jessup Competition. It was the third time in four years that Case Western Reserve won its regional and advanced to the International Rounds. The International Rounds were held concurrently with the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law, which was co-chaired this year by Scharf. The Case Western Reserve team was coached by Beth Young, a former national rounds champion from the School of Law and currently a judicial clerk for a federal district judge and adjunct professor at the school. More than 20 law school faculty and local practitioners helped prepare the team by judging practice rounds. http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2008/04/15/jessup

And of course, we can't forget: ExxonMobil profit grows 17% in Q1 HOUSTON (AP) — ExxonMobil (XOM), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said Thursday record crude prices helped its net income grow 17% in the first quarter, but the results came in below Wall Street forecasts. As expected, margins at the company's refining operations dragged heavily on the bottom line as the big jump in prices on refined products such as gasoline failed to keep pace with the rapid increase in crude prices. Lower production to start the year hurt, too. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/earnings/2008-05-01-exxonmobil_N.htm

Well, heading off to the game. Let's go cavs! Stopping at Wonder Bar is now on my list!

Anyone know when zoning was created?? That definitely is a major difference between fabric of the suburbs/"newer" parts of the city. IMO thats the main reason we do not have neighborhoods like Little Italy from 1940ish to about the late 1990's (counting the recent re-emergence of mixed-use)....thus FUELING sprawl.

Too bad the PD did so much negative press, especially since NC was able to gain a profit from last year....first time this has been mentioned in a PD story... Unfortunitely, the early damage may have been done with the negative news, which does effect people to pull their money out/not put money, making the situation even worse. I know news was needed...but half the sh!t they put out was merely speculation, only adding to the bombardment. I've even been contemplating opening up an account to show for my Cleveland support...although it would be moral support! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareholders crowd into National City to hear turnaround plan Posted by Teresa Dixon Murray April 29, 2008 09:36AM More than 100 shareholders crowded into an auditorium at National City Corp. this morning for the troubled bank's annual meeting. An overflow crowd streamed into National City's Cleveland headquarters to hear executives explain their plan for turning the company around. After announcing a $7 billion infusion from private investors last week, the bank can now focus on restoring investor confidence. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/04/national_city_corp_investors_w.html

Well, cleveland.com is moving up in the world: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive: Top 30 Newspaper Sites for March By Jennifer Saba Published: April 21, 2008 10:50 AM ET NEW YORK The Wall Street Journal online and the Web site of The Dallas Morning News made big gains in March with unique traffic. Both sites saw their traffic rise at least 90% compared to the same period a year ago. The data is the latest from Nielsen Online, which ranks for E&P the top 30 newspaper Web sites by monthly unique traffic. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and Village Voice Media also pulled in some impressive gains in monthly uniques, up 89% and 139% respectively. Brand or Channel -- Unique Audience (000) -- % Change (YoY) NYTimes.com -- 18,869 --30% USATODAY.com -- 10,709 -- (-2%) washingtonpost.com -- 8,929 -- 13% Wall Street Journal Online -- 6,850 -- 99% LA Times -- 5,729 -- 22% New York Post -- 4,677 -- 31% Boston.com -- 4,184 -- (-1%) Chicago Tribune -- 3,825 -- 31% SFGate.com/San Francisco Chronicle -- 3,793 -- (-10%) Daily News Online Edition -- 3,314 -- 54% Newsday -- 3,240 -- 44% Village Voice Media -- 2,814 -- 139% DallasNews.com - The Dallas Morning News -- 2,727 -- 96% The Houston Chronicle -- 2,690 -- (-26%) International Herald Tribune -- 2,587 -- 33% Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- 2,384 -- 28% Chicago Sun-Times -- 2,206 -- 8% The Politico -- 2,095 -- 58% Azcentral.com -- 2,016 -- (-4%) Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- 1,967 -- (-8%) tampabay.com -- 1,908 -- 6% Star Tribune -- 1,763 -- 18% MercuryNews.com -- 1,662 -- 36% Orlando Sentinel -- 1,642 -- (-31%) Philly.com -- 1,554 -- (-12%) Sun-Sentinel -- 1,524 -- (-9%) Detroit Free Press -- 1,484 -- 38% Cleveland.com -- 1,460 -- 89% MiamiHerald.com -- 1,451 -- (-17%) The San Diego Union-Tribune -- 1,432 -- (-19%) More below: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003791789

So you were that caller then?? FYI: They're now making a bronze statue of him sitting on a new park bench behind Adelbert hall, which will be ready for next fall semester.

In all honesty, the Cleveland website is more focused on "shock headlines" than the PD itself. I'm guessing cleveland.com shoots for more user comments and "hits", which only amplifies any negative news stories by the paper.

Well, if anyone is interested in the history of CWRU...or learning Quantum Physics for free: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 24, 2008 Select collections go live on university's YouTube channel Case Western Reserve University is expanding its reach in cyberspace with the launch of its own dedicated YouTube channel. From "The Story of Case Western Reserve University" to President Barbara Snyder at The Spot, the university's YouTube unique playlist of news, events, stories and special interests currently includes 111 videos. The "Stuff for Your Brain" section features multi-media of more than 70 classes, public lectures and presentations. Coming soon to Case YouTube: some full courses, every session of several semester-long classes on video, online. Already available at youtube.com/case are athletic competitions and gospel concerts, center dedications and campus celebrations, research collaborations and summer reading speaker -- now with 300 times the views and visibility of previous Internet instruments. Even without an official launch announcement, the university has garnered more than 7,000 views in its first two weeks on the world's leading online video-sharing Web site. YouTube allows people to easily upload and distribute clips on youtube.com and across the Internet through other sites, blogs and e-mail. Faculty, staff and students interested in adding content to the Case Western Reserve YouTube channel should send their video clips to MediaVision. Still in its early stages, the university's full YouTube channel will officially launch this fall with increased accessibility, including opportunities to subscribe to feeds as well as upload additional video collections. MediaVision also is working on a Case iTunes University site, expected to go live around the start of the new academic year. http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2008/04/24/caseyoutube CWRU YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/case

I'm guessing we pretty much beat out the Enquirer and the Dispatch...Terry Pluto got robbed. No Dick Feagler????? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AP declares Plain Dealer best large paper in Ohio Monday, April 28, 2008 The Plain Dealer was named the best large newspaper in the state Sunday at the Associated Press of Ohio’s annual convention in Columbus. Editors from out-of-state newspapers gave The Plain Dealer the General Excellence award in its division — newspapers with circulation greater than 75,000, which included the Toledo Blade, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Dayton Daily News, the Akron Beacon Journal, and the Columbus Dispatch. more below http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news-2/120937153173430.xml&coll=2

Carved in Little Italy! Random Rd.

FYI: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Litte Italy fest to benefit neighborhood Posted by Maggi Martin April 26, 2008 13:28PM The Council of Smaller Enterprises will host the Little Italy Street Festival from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the bocce courts and Tony Brush Park in Little Italy, off Mayfield Road. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/04/litte_italy_fest_to_benefit_ne.html