The Social Sciences Department of the Cleveland Public Library is facilitating a non-fiction book club.  Our discussion will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM in the Social Sciences Department.  We will discuss the book entitled, "Teacher Man," by Frank McCourt.  Frank McCourt's critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller is about how his 20-year teaching career in the public schools of New York City shaped his

 A great loss for the working man...

Ted Kennedy always supported what was morally right as a public servant. 

In both areas of Cleveland's West Side where I've lived, I knew there were chickens and roosters nearby (some I saw, and some I heard), but I haven't come across any fowl life on the East Side of Cleveland, or in East Cleveland. I wonder if there are any other chickens in my part of town? There certainly were chckens on every property back when this was farmland, 100+ years ago.

--funny - sad - true -

this is how  "they" react about "us" - when they are behind closed doors and in bomb proof shelters

....4 mins   Angry Hitler ...reacts to news of the "Jamaican one"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUS30-RFf0

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Pontoon-pedal the Cuyahoga...

By KIMBERLY HEFLING (AP) – 6 days ago

WASHINGTON — Outside the Veterans Affairs Department, severely wounded veterans have faced financial hardship waiting for their first disability payment. Inside, money has been flowing in the form of $24 million in bonuses.

Times Online- One of the youngest and most controversial prisoners in Guantánamo, Mr Jawad is now finally a free man after being flown back to Kabul on Monday and reunited with his family and friends.

But after seven years in custody - six of them in Guantánamo - he faces a long struggle to pick up the pieces of his lost childhood and teenage years, and to build a future for himself in a country still at war.

I didn’t really know until today that the Pee Dee endorsed torture.

This image is a follow-on to the Microsoft Polish photoshopping discussion.  I have another US Navy Mom's image I am checking for in my external Hard Drive. Found it:

Where were these signs located? Was racial demographics a consideration/factor their creation/location?  If so, are such considerations negative/racist?

It(legacy industrial sites becoming parks) will never happen in the US because of insurance, TV distraction, and corporate sports competition, but still, this event in an old East side Cleveland mill building is a push...in the right direction.  Please click on the link and read about the Ruhr experiences of Clevelander's which motivated this event.

I’ve been stirring memories as I look through memorabilia as I near 50 years of news reporting. I came across two long interviews with Dr. Benjamin Spock from 1967.

"what we feared most was disclosure"  "hide the truth and the truth becomes your enemy - disclose the truth and it becomes your weapon" -- col. philip j. corso,
ret., united states army)

Pandemic influenza can be battled with vitamin D throw away your sun screen.

Dr. John Cannell on vitamin D

Swine Flu, the common cold and Vitamin D [sunlight] A true wonder drug?

A good diet of fresh foods will provide you with most of the nutrients you need.

But it takes special effort to get Vitamin D and Vitamin D is essential for health especially for boosting your immune system.

Getting Vitamin D from sunlight and/or supplementation is infinitely safer and more effective than getting the "flu shot."

President Barack Obama to me show details 11:27 PM (25 minutes ago) Sudhir -- Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, Senator Ted Kennedy. For nearly five decades, virtually every major piece of legislation to advance the civil rights, health and economic well-being of the American people bore his name and resulted from his efforts.

city cleveland license div. made a mistake -  great joe cimperman council advocated for us - so we don't have to supply a letter from the irs - for our food permit for the tremont arts and cultural festival - see below post email-

also jeff s. argues the other side and thats why genita loves him and we all love jeff because he loves us- jeff s. lives with a gorgous african american goddess - do you

Many companies especially social institutions that deal with the public require representatives, staff and employees to take periodic drug tests.  With the many CDC's and non profit community organizations in the City of Cleveland,  why have they been skipped over when it comes to peeing in a cup.  

Certain recognizable actions are tale tale signs that drug usage could be on the rise inside some of these establishments throughout the city.  

Microsoft's U.S. version of the ad:

Microsoft's Polish version of the ad:

I am very excited that Cleveland Public Library is participating in the National Endowment for the Humanities Picturing America program.  I have always felt more comfortable explaining concepts visually and, lo and behold, today--a wonderful man contacted me today with a visual explanation of Web 3.0.  Enjoy.  Transform.

Edward Kennedy (1932-2009): Veteran Senator Championed Civil Rights, Healthcare, Working Poor in 46-Year Career

Democracy Now! - Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts died last night in his home in Hyannis Port after a bout with brain cancer. He was seventy-seven years old. Kennedy served in the Senate for forty-six years and was known by some as the “liberal lion” for his steadfast advocacy of progressive causes.

And what do you do with your dryer when it don't work no more?

Here's one way to keep your chickens dry. Pete Betchik of Madison on the Lake, Ohio built a chicken shelter using found materials. "The frame is made from wooden pallets, the roof also is pallet wood. The sides are old steel shelves. The inside is lined with old pizza boxes, the nest box was once used to ship fresh fish to market, and the front door was an industrial clothes dryer front."

In checking the Court Docket today, it seems that several new foreclosure cases have been filed by National City Bank against Tremont's Lori Properties, Inc., (West 6th and West 5th Street high-end condos owned by developer Sammy Catania and built by Sutton Builders).  CV-09-686026 - $91,811.51

TWDC's own Development Director, Roberta Rocco and Catania Investments, Inc., will be spending time before Judge Joan Synenberg since National City Bank is taking back the West 6th Street vacant lot property too, to the tune of $85,869.51 - filed 8/13/09.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die"

reference:the tremont arts and cultural festival-food permit- for quest, ministries-

hi scott - all-

The violence in our neighborhood in East Cleveland is definitely escalating, as the community is neglected, summer lingers on, and temperatures rise.

This morning, East Cleveland Mayor Brewer spoke at a Neighborhood Stabalization Program Key Stakeholder meeting about how his administration has reduced crime, through doubling of the number of police officers in East Cleveland.