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5.5 games up! :-D

Hey, there's a website where you can bet on when Brady Quinn will start! http://www.gambling911.com/Brady-Quinn-Starting-for-Browns-091307.html

From USA Today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cocaine flow to 26 cities curbed By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY ... Police and local officials in some cities, such as Cleveland and Nashville, say they have noticed a cocaine decrease in their neighborhoods as well. ... In Cleveland, police noted a contraction in drug markets in January. Homicides are up as local drug organizations vie for the shrinking cocaine supply, says Mayor Frank Jackson, who lauds a six-city, federally led task force for cracking down on local traffickers. "It does create more violence, but that's a short-term thing," Jackson says. "That's the natural outcome of 20 years of crack cocaine and 30 years of powder." He says neighborhoods will be able to rebuild if decreases in availability continue. "Now we have an opportunity, if we continue this interdiction, to put in some economic development, some treatment, some prevention, that will turn things around," Jackson says. "Interdiction isn't the cure-all. The police cannot solve this problem. It's one leg on the stool." http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-12-cocaine_N.htm

Volume 15, Issue 19 Published September 12th, 2007 Fall Arts Guide Set The Music Free Many Classical Performances This Season Will Cost Less Than Cab Fare By Michael Gill John DE LANCIE Performs with the Cleveland Orchestra. One way to get some perspective on the depth of the coming musical season in Cleveland is to take out one narrow slice and consider what you find there. Look for baroque music, and find it played on period instruments in mock competition - Bach against everyone else - as Apollo's Fire gets its year started October 3-7. Or you could hear Bach played against the 20th century Russian composer Alfred Schnitke in Red {an orchestra}'s first concert of the year Saturday, October 20. Or you could hear the acclaimed small ensemble Le Concert de Nations play works by a handful of less-known baroque composers in the Cleveland Chamber Music Society series October 30. But style is just one way to define your search. Just to show that classical music isn't just for people who wear ascots, let's consider the concerts you can hear for free. Having three conservatories in Northeast Ohio, plus a multitude of professional musicians looking for something to do, Cleveland has a plethora of opportunities to hear professional performances that cost nothing at all. Take for example CityMusic Cleveland, led by James Gaffigan. Here's a company that is bending over backwards to give anyone who wants to hear live performance of great works a chance to do so, to the point of offering free childcare during concerts to those who call ahead and reserve space. CityMusic begins the season with a program that spans the classical, impressionist and early modern periods with works of Mozart, Ravel, Mendelssohn and Samuel Barber October 10-14. Soloists are violinist Jinjoo Cho and soprano Angela Mortellaro. The Cleveland Chamber Symphony is back in action for another season in residence at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, and continuing to weather change with a new board president, principal oboist David McGuire, and a concert season yet to be finalized. The first concert, however, is slated for October 7, in B-W's Gamble Auditorium, and has a program featuring works by John Cage, John Adams and a world premiere by Michael Leese called "In Memoriam: David Lelchook: For the Victims of War." The Rocky River Chamber Music Society continues to offer free concerts at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church in Rocky River, kicking off the season September 24 with a performance by violinist Diana Cohen, with violoncellist Tanya Ell and pianist Renata Guttman, performing works by Debussy, Mendelssohn and Beethoven. The motherlode of free performances, though, is found at the conservatories, and Northeast Ohio has three - Oberlin College Conservatory, Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory and the Cleveland Institute of Music - all offering busy schedules of performances. As it happens, the Cleveland Institute of Music offers a couple of the most prominent landmarks of the musical season. First comes the debut of its new Mixon Recital Hall (see "Boom Town," page 17) which opens to the public with a day of tours, talks and recitals November 11. Next comes the December 14 broadcast of From the Top, a radio show that shines the spotlight on top young performers - in this case from Northeast Ohio. But with about 440 students and a faculty heavily populated by players in the Cleveland Orchestra, CIM's performance schedule must be the busiest in Cuyahoga County. By spring, spokesperson Susan Schwartz says the new Mixon recital hall will play host to as many as seven performances a day. The season gets underway this Sunday with a faculty recital featuring quadruple double basses (that's four of them) worked by Jeff Bradetich, Maximilan Dimoff, Charles Carleton and Scott Dixon, with pianist Pi-ju Chiang. The CIM Orchestra opens its season with a free concert at Severance Hall next Wednesday, September 19 with Carl Topilow conducting works by Rossini and Bartok, and Rachmaninov's concerto no. 2 for piano, with Chaoyin Cai at the keys. SPEAKING OF SEVERANCE HALL, the Cleveland Orchestra will make the place swell with sound starting September 20 when music director Franz Welser-Möst leads a little bit of almost everything: the classical Mozart's Symphony No. 28, the romantic Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" symphony, and the US premiere of Mathias Pintscher's "Five Orchestral Pieces." The season continues September 27-29 with Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting performances of Eduard Grieg's luxurious Peer Gynt, and no stingy selection of highlights, but the whole thing, with soprano Inger-Dam Jensen and narrator John deLancie, each performing with the orchestra for the first time, and the Oberlin College Choir. The orchestra's weekly schedule doesn't let up until Welser-Möst takes the show on the road, a tour comprising three performances at Carnegie Hall, one at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and 10 concerts in a European tour, with stops in England, Wales, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Vienna, Austria. The tour program includes performances of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, which will be recorded for television broadcast and DVD release, all the pieces from the season-opening concert, plus Adams' Guide to Strange Places, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Debussy's Ibéria, and Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony. They return to Severance Hall, performing Mozart and Brahms, November 8. Just as most musical organizations are getting their seasons underway, Opera Cleveland brings its post-merger, inaugural season to a close with a return to the State Theater on Playhouse Square and a production of Giacomo Puccini's beloved Tosca. Performances are October 19, 21 and 27. Other highlights of the fall include that cellist (what's his name, again?) Yo-Yo Ma, performing with pianist Kathryn Stott as part of Akron's Tuesday Musical Society series November 2 at E.J. Thomas Hall. They'll play works of Schubert, Shostakovich, Piazzola, Gismonti and Franck. Oberlin College Conservatory's Artist Recital Series opens with the familiar men's chorus Chanticleer October 3, but a fall highlight for that popular series will be the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds, a quintet of African-American and Latino players whose name comes from the Swahili word for faith. Their program is yet to be announced, but their repertoire - bringing percussion and folk influences to the traditional wind quartet sound - inspired someone to coin the term "urban classical music." They perform November 6. If you go for the greatest hits of inspirational sports movies, you won't want to miss Carl Topilow leading the Cleveland Pops Orchestra October 12 at Severance Hall in a program he's calling "Music of Champions" because it includes music from such sports gems as Chariots of Fire, Rocky, The Natural and Field of Dreams. Apollo's Fire 216.320.0012 Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory 440.826.2369 Cleveland Chamber Music Society 216.291.2777 Cleveland Chamber Symphony Clevelandchambersymphony.org Cleveland Institute of Music 216.791.5000 Cleveland Orchestra 216.231.1111 Jinjoo CHO - Soloist with CityMusic. Cleveland Pops Orchestra 216.765.7677 Oberlin College Conservatory 440.775.8169 Opera Cleveland 216.575.0903 Rocky River Chamber Music Society 440.333.2255. Tuesday Musical Society of Akron 330.972.2342 [email protected]

Indians are not talking about the postseason - yet By ANDY CALL, GateHouse Media

I wasn't sure if this was posted yet --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/19/boom-town Boom Town If You Want To See Cranes Over Cleveland, Look To The Nonprofit Arts Sector By Michael Gill The CMA rotunda - Art will be installed starting this winter. If all you had to go by was the city's arts organizations, you'd never guess that Cleveland is an impoverished place. The cigarette tax shows one kind of support for the Northeast Ohio arts community, but a better expression comes from patrons' and foundations' support of capital campaigns paying for a wave of construction projects that has washed over the cultural landscape in the last few years...

Cincinnati does a nice job of not knocking down old buildings. I often wonder what some Cleveland streets would look like if we had not been so eager to take down many buildings and neighborhoods.

I'm planning on dining at Zocalo this evening. Hopefully, I'll have a positive experience to report since they've already been open for two weeks or so. Also, if anyone cares...it sounds like La Strada plans to open before the end of this year (overheard conversation down the street...) But I'm not keeping my fingers crossed yet.

If anyone needs any of my skill (or lack of) let me know. Besides, I think MayDay is the matter of design around here anyway.

I hardly took any pictures since I was working 14-16 hours everyday, but here are a few for those who missed it. I asked my best friend to take pictures but he only came back with drunken pictures of girls. Thanks to the great weather and promoting, huge crowds this year. Any one else make it out this year??

REMINDER: Two more days! Parking is always a problem. I'd recommend taking the redline to Euclid and E.120.

The black is trolley tracks, right??

^^Small town...I was there last night as well. I did not bother them with any suggestions. (happy with the prices, music, etc)

Just a reminder of this year's fun. If you have never been to one, I highly recommend seeing one of Cleveland's best festivals of the summer.

From SI: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where's Brady? Browns QB blowing his chance The other day at Browns camp in Berea, Ohio, I kept hearing over and over from fans and people in the organization: Where is Brady Quinn? It's a good question. Every year, holdouts are a way of life in the NFL, particularly with the rookies in the first round. My theory is we spend far too much time on a story that never goes away and never interests anyone. But the Quinn story is a little bit different because, after he was drafted 22nd overall by Cleveland, it was widely assumed his experienced agent, Tom Condon, would want the Notre Dame quarterback to get paid far better than the slot for the No. 22 pick. There's some logic there because Quinn performed better his last two years at Notre Dame than a guy who you'd normally see get taken in the 20s. But the slot is the slot. And the Browns are not paying him like the No. 11 pick just because they had him graded far better than No. 22. It isn't just the front office that's frustrated with Quinn. Players are usually business-will-be-business guys, but I got a sense a few of his teammates think Quinn is out of mind for not being in camp. And he shouldn't expect a welcome mat whenever he arrives. After one minicamp practice in the spring, veteran nose tackle Ted Washington, whose role, in part, is to put rookies in their place, yelled at Quinn for being such an attention magnet. "Remember, you ain't done nothing yet," Washington hollered. Spirit of the team stuff, yes. But pointed and with meaning. I'm told the Browns and Condon are extremely close on the dollar amount in the contract, with only structure and early guaranteed money now standing in the way. It's at times like this when an intelligent player such as Quinn needs to make a call to his agent and say: "Whatever we're arguing about right now in terms of structure isn't worth it. I need to be in camp and I need to be in camp yesterday." Compounding the problem is that Quinn did an autograph show in Cleveland earlier this summer and charged $75 per autographed photo. Talk about rubbing the locals the wrong way. That, combined with this ill-advised holdout, led one Browns insider to tell me the team wouldn't be surprised when Quinn finally reported to training camp. There would probably be a segment of fans on hand that would boo him. It's absolutely amazing that Quinn, who could have run for mayor in May, now would be lucky to get elected dog-catcher. Bottom line: The Browns would love to serve up on a silver platter the quarterback job to this Ohio golden boy, but he's probably within two or three days of getting so far behind, it would be hard for him to catch up and earn the starting job before midseason.

All I have is a damn cell phone camera...I'll see what I can do later today

Yep. there are two building renditions currently in the window...one is sort of a rounded glass top about 18-25 stories and the other one is about the same height as rockefeller. I didn't want to report it two days ago in case the images would disappear again... The first building would add a great shape and of course some more height to the skyline. It will be interesting to see if these will be the first built in the project.

check it! (sorry, taken by cell phone)

^^Here's a video link to the story above http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3104606n

whoa, another positive article from the national media. Again, Cleveland architecture seems to be the main draw along with the ethnic appeal. The article does a decent job, but I'll take it (plus they forgot Little Italy!). From CBS news: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cleveland Rocks As A Tourist Destination Or Hometown, This City Has Rebounded From The 'Burning River' Days By Marianne Goldstein CLEVELAND, July 27, 2007 (CBS) Once upon a time, Cleveland was a punch line. That came about because of a nasty fire on — that's right, on — the Cuyahoga River. These days, though, most people associate the phrase "burning river" with a popular local light ale. Cleveland has cleaned up its act and is now considered one of the 100 most livable cities in the world. It's also got enough attractions to qualify it as a popular and worthwhile tourist attraction. That's right — a tourist attraction. Things have certainly come full circle for this Ohio city... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/26/earlyshow/series/summer_concerts/main3102561.shtml

Reserve Square charges $10 per night and is only a 2 minute walk. EDIT: The entrance is between E.12 and E.13 on Chester Ave.

From the Akron Beacon Journal: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland schools ready to open academy for struggling boys http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/17536129.htm Associated Press TED GINN'S ACADEMY: It's not football. Coach Ted Ginn's concept of an academy for high school boys at risk of dropping out of the Cleveland schools will focus on academics and urge them to go on to higher education or get a job. WHO'S IN?: Initially, 50 boys in the 10th grade and 100 9th graders. COACH GINN'S MOTIVE: "I wanted that responsibility of training our young people in the Cleveland system so they can become premier men in the country."

Also from cnn: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LATU01525072007-1.htm Continental Airlines Announces New Service to Ottawa from Cleveland Complements existing service to Ottawa from New York July 25, 2007: 10:32 AM EST CLEVELAND, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continental Airlines , today announced new nonstop service between the airline's Cleveland hub (CLE) and Ottawa International Airport (YOW) beginning Sept. 30. This will be the fourth Canadian city and the seventh international city served by Continental from Cleveland. The twice-daily service, operated with 37-seat Embraer 135 regional jet aircraft, will provide connections via Continental's Cleveland hub, which offers 240 daily departures to 80 destinations. The weekday schedule for the new flights is as follows: Cleveland to Ottawa Ottawa to Cleveland Departure Arrival Departure Arrival 3:25 p.m. 4:59 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:04 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 7:22 p.m. Weekend timings vary slightly. "The new direct flight to Cleveland links two strong markets. It also means more options, better frequency and even greater opportunities for connections between Ottawa and the mid-western and western U.S.," said Paul Benoit, Ottawa International Airport Authority President and CEO. "We look forward to working with Continental to make this route a success." Continental partner ExpressJet Airlines will operate the flights as Continental Express. Continental Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Continental, together with Continental Express and Continental Connection, has more than 3,100 daily departures throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, serving 144 domestic and 138 international destinations. More than 400 additional points are served via SkyTeam alliance airlines. With more than 45,000 employees, Continental has hubs serving New York, Houston, Cleveland and Guam, and together with Continental Express, carries approximately 67 million passengers per year. Continental consistently earns awards and critical acclaim for both its operation and its corporate culture. For the fourth consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Continental the No. 1 World's Most Admired Airline on its 2007 list of World's Most Admired Companies. Continental was also named the No. 1 airline on the publication's 2007 America's Most Admired airline industry list. Additionally, Continental again won major awards at the OAG Airline of the Year Awards including "Best Airline Based in North America" for the fourth year in a row, and "Best Executive/Business Class" for the fifth consecutive year. For more company information, visit continental.com.

This is a very dense article...the bold sums it up. Too bad a conference like this couldn't be held here in Cleveland. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0282169.htm cnn.com Cleveland BioLabs to Present Protectan CBLB502 at 2007 BARDA Industry Day Department of Defense RFP Decision Expected in Late 2007 July 25, 2007: 08:15 AM EST Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLI) (BOST: CBLI) today announced that it will present its Protectan CBLB502 at the 2007 Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Industry Day, on August 3, in Washington, DC. Cleveland BioLabs Director of Business Development, Alan Wolfman PhD., will give a presentation discussing Protectan CBLB502 as both a protectant and treatment for acute radiation syndrome (ARS) stemming from radiation exposure. The presentation will focus on the most recent research progress demonstrating CBLB502's effectiveness in treating both hematopoietic and gastrointestinal syndromes. The presentation will also highlight developmental aspects of Protectan CBLB502 indicating that it can be rapidly produced and stockpiled as the most versatile compound addressing ARS. Earlier this year, Cleveland BioLabs submitted Protectan CBLB502 to the Department of Defense (DoD) in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) for medical radiation countermeasures to treat gastrointestinal effects of ARS. The DOD RFP award would provide funding for development of the countermeasure through FDA approval, as well as a commitment to purchase up to 500,000 doses, thereafter.

This is also from the Case website...similar story though: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19, 2007 Village at 115 earns high marks for 'best practices' in design, planning Case Western Reserve University's Village at 115 continues to draw accolades. And not just from the undergraduate students who live in the two-year-old residential housing complex on the northeast end of campus. The Society for College and University Planning has awarded the university and its architect and design planner, Goody Clancy of Boston, its 2007 Honor Award for Excellence in Planning for a District or Campus Component. The national award is one of several the organization gives out to recognize best practices in planning for colleges and universities. Planning can entail academics, campus or master facilities, budget and financial resources, infrastructure or strategic initiatives. "It is an honor for the university to receive this prestigious award from the Society of College and University Planners recognizing the planning and design of the Village at 115," says Ken Basch, vice president for campus planning and operations. "This is truly a tribute to the hard work, commitment and vision of everyone who contributed countless hours to making the Village at 115 a reality." The vision for the Village at 115 required much commitment from all who signed on to the project, in part, because of its ambitious goals: to create a exciting new academic residential village for 740 students, based on a new mixed model of student life to reconnect an isolated area of the campus and the city of Cleveland. University officials and planners also wanted the project to energize the surrounding neighborhood, create a sense of place and destination, provide a thriving student community and increase student interaction. They also felt it imperative for the project to incorporate as many energy efficient and sustainable resources as possible. Basch added that it was important for the project to serve as a means to strengthen the relationship between academic, residential and social function while setting a new standard of excellence. The resulting project included seven individual theme-based, apartment-style housing units with bridges and archways that connect them. An athletic stadium and playing field are at the core. The housing units create a type of courtyard that overlooks the field and forms gateways to encourage pedestrian travel. In addition, two public streets were reopened to connect the neighborhood to the campus. In terms of best practices, the organization cited the collaboration among university and Goody Clancy officials, city leaders and others to develop a comprehensive vision for student life. The design considered on- and off-campus housing built upon the understanding of the social dynamics of the students who lived there. Glenn Nicholls, vice president for student affairs, credits Goody Clancy with helping the university create a sense of community in that area of campus plus an environmentally healthy living space. These improvements increased admission applications by 40 percent, and the energy efficient buildings used 40 percent less energy than conventional buildings. Having the athletic field and stadium at the center of the housing complex has boosted school spirit and attendance at games. It also has attracted fans and observers from the adjacent neighborhoods. Nicholls adds that these combined efforts have made the Village at 115 a landmark on campus. The Village at 115 project also earned the 2007 Ohio Area Golden Trowel Award, Best in Category—Education: Colleges/Universities/Trade Schools, recognizing outstanding achievements in masonry design and construction. Read more about the SCUP and Golden Trowel honors.