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.

Live Science - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.

What happens to Mr. Wiggin's Garden?  Mr. Wiggins died this year.

why don't you help me when we give so much to you - firefighters

THE GOLDEN RULE -

"DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU'

 ME AND YOGI WOULD GIVE OUR LIVES TO SAVE  A FIREFIGHTER

SO THAT FIREFIGHTER COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE  - WOULD YOU-

WE MUST MASS PROTEST AGANIST FIRE STATION 21 FROM CLOSING- (sent on 08)

I BEG YOU TO VIEW THESE VIDEO'S OF FIREFIGHTERS-

THE FIRST ONE IS PERFECT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO TREMONT AND CLEVELAND-

THE CLEVELAND FIREFIGHTERS BAG PIPERS-

Anne Trubek for Good Magazine - Civic leaders and artists are coming up with some interesting ideas, and often the line between the two groups is blurred. The perfectly-named Unreal Estate Agency in Detroit is aimed at showcasing “new types of urban practices (architecturally, artistically, institutionally, everyday life, etc) that came into existence, creating a new value system in Detroit,” including helping people purchase and rehab a home for under $5,000.

Max Eternity - Today, just after the announcement by President Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder that a special prosecutor had been appointed to investigate crimes [torture] committed at Guantanamo Bay's Camp X-Ray, U.S.

Max Eternity - Remember Monkey Pox and Avian Bird Flu?  And what was the name of that flesh eating bacteria that was supposed to sweep the nation a few years back.  Oh yea I remember now--Ebola...remember that one?

It's all too bizarre.  And where do all these so-called diseases come from anyway?  But never mind that, because I've got an even better question to ask you. 

Where will your apple sauce come from, this winter? How about your canned tomatoes, beans and corn? Catchup... salsa... pickles? What about those foods that will be served to inmates in our Cuyahoga County correctional facilities... where will they have been grown and what labor will have processed the food, packaged it, and handled it through the supply chain?

Check out Cleveland blogger Erin O'Brien's post, A beautiful comeuppance, on a Manhattan Supreme Court judge's decision to require Google to reveal the identity of a [previously anonymous] blogger found guilty of defamation, having called a semi-famous fashion model a “a psychotic, lying, whoring, still going to clubs at her age, skank.”

See The First Amendment rights of anonymous defamers for a bit more on the legal precedents involved.

Millions face shrinking Social Security payments

 

The demolition of the historic Midland Terrace Rowhouses on Denison is probably occuring either today or tomorrow--See Denison Senior NRP housing posts here and here.

The rich are no longer getting richer, and some have gotten much, much poorer. » How one lost $96 million

Super-rich are getting poorer

 Rise of the Super-Rich Hits a Sobering Wall

The Huffington Post - New York Congressman Jerry Nadler, a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told the Huffington Post that he believed that President Obama would be breaking the law if he decided to oppose launching investigation into the authorization of torture.

"If they follow the law they have no choice," Nadler said in an interview this past weekend.

Great stuff!  Bountiful harvest! Meats, fruits, vegetables, bread, Cuban food, Amish farmers!