HHeights

Highland Heights ranks 75th on CNN Money Magazine's 2007 best small cities to live.

The rankings, which came out this week and reviewed cities with 7,500 to 50,000 residents, used indicators such as median family income, housing prices, education, cultural activities, weather and racial diversity, among others.

Scholarship Judges

Looking for Scholarship Judges
By Jeanette Evans

If anyone is interested in volunteering to be a scholarship judge, we will soon be recruiting, looking for judges who have at least three years in the field and not affiliated with any learning institution or programs.

As to other academic relations committee news, we were fortunate to have recruited a new volunteer, Sarah Burke, to co-chair the academic relationship committee. Throughout the summer Sarah and I worked on the scholarship application and related materials. We also began developing an academic program contacts database.

In the upcoming year, we hope reach out to area technical communication-related programs to introduce them to STC and our chapter. Learning more about the CSU certificate programs in science writing and technical writing and Kent State’s information architecture and knowledge management program is another goal. This is in addition to working with other area programs.

If you have ideas on how to encourage students to apply for the scholarship and/or enhance our academic relations work, please let us know.

During our last board meeting, several people mentioned they are interested in going to an area high school to make a presentation about technical communication as a possible career interest. If anyone has done this and would like to share experiences, please let me know. If you are interested in doing this, we would like to share your experiences and look forward to hearing from you.

Cipro, Aug.7

Information about the antibiotic prescribed for urinary tract infections, prostatitis, cystitis, bacterial infections, and infectious diarrhea.

19 years ago, Bayer Pharmaceuticals introduced the first broad spectrum oral fluoroquinolone, Ciprofloxacin (Cipro®, Ciproxin®). The intravenous formulation of Cipro was introduced in 1991. Cipro is available in more than 100 countries and has been approved for the treatment of 14 types of infections, especially urinary tract infections (UTIs) such as acute uncomplicated cystitis, pyelonephritis, and chronic bacterial prostatitis.

Cipro is considered the "gold standard" therapy for many types of Gram Negative infections, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and has maintained a high level of activity against Escherichia coli compared to other agents used for UTIs.Cipro's 19 year history includes:

Extensively studied and documented in over 37,000 publications
More than 100,000 patients enrolled in double blind trials around the world
Prescribed for more than 340 million patients worldwide

Extensive and unprecedented safety profile

The major adverse effect seen with use is gastrointestinal irritation, common with many antibiotics. Because of its general safety, potency and broad spectrum activity, ciprofloxacin was initially reserved as a drug of last resort for use on difficult and antibiotic-resistant infections. As with any antibiotic, however, increasing time and usage has led to an increase in ciprofloxacin-resistant infections, mainly in the hospital setting. Also implicated in the rise of resistant bacteria is the use of lower-cost, less potent fluoroquinolones, and the widespread addition of ciprofloxacin and other antibiotics to the feed of farm animals, which leads to greater and more rapid weight gain, for reasons which are not clear.
In cell culture it is used to treat infection with mycoplasma.


It is used in lower respiratory infections (pneumonias), urinary tract infections, STDs, septicemias, Legionellosis and atypical Mycobacterioses. Dosage in respiratory infections is 500-1500 mg a day in 2 doses.
It is contraindicated in children, pregnancy, and in patients with epilepsy. Dose adjustment or avoidance may be necessary with liver or renal failure.
Ciprofloxacin can cause photosensitivity reactions and can elevate plasma theophylline levels to toxic values. It can also cause constipation and sensitivity to caffeine. Ciprofloxacin is also known to cause swelling of certain joints and cartilage.

Quercetin, a flavonoid occasionally used as a dietary supplement may interact with fluoroquinolones, as quercetin competitively binds to bacterial DNA gyrase. Some foods such as garlic and apples contain high levels of quercetin. Whether this inhibits or enhances the effect of fluoroquinolones is not entirely clear.


Metal cations such as aluminium, magnesium, calcium, ferrous sulphate, and zinc are thought to form chelation complexes with fluoroquinolone antibiotics and prevent the drugs from being absorbed. Because of this, avoid taking ciprofloxacin with antacids which contain aluminium, magnesium or calcium. Sucralfate, which has a high aluminium content, also reduces the bioavailability of ciprofloxacin to approximately 4%Ciprofloxacin may be taken with meals or on an empty stomach. Ciprofloxacin should not be taken with dairy products or calcium-fortified juices alone, but may be taken with a meal that contains these products.

Heavy exercise is discouraged, as achilles tendon rupture has been reported in patients taking ciprofloxacin. Achilles tendon rupture due to ciprofloxacin use is typically associated with renal failure.

German holidays/time

Oct 03 Wednesday Day of German Unity

Oct 31 Wednesday Reformation Day

Nov 01 Thursday All Saints Day

NY Germany
6am 12noon
8am 2pm
12noon 6pm
6pm 12midnight

7/29 Sac

Alexandra was the wife of the wicked Emperor Diocletian and was a Christian, but secretly. While Diocletian was having Saint George tortured, the Empress went to the arena and bowed before St. George and professed her faith openly.

Her husband was so outraged by this and by so many people being converted by witnessing George's miracles and patient endurance, that he ordered both of them beheaded.

Alexandra quietly accepted her sentence and prayed as the guards walked her to the place of execution where she quietly gave her soul to God. She reposed in 303. Two days later, St. George was beheaded. They are commemorated at the same time along with Anatolios, Protoleon and the 630 others who were martyred for professing faith while witnessing George's martyrdom.

7/26 Barb

Barbara was beautiful and intelligent. Her wealthy father kept her like a treasure in a tower, in Heliopolis, Egypt.

One time, when her father was out of town, she ventured out of the tower and met some Christians. She immediately embraced the Christian faith.

When her father found out about her faith, he turned her over to the governor of the city to be tortured. Barbara took her stand for Christ and was tortured and killed by her own father.

The same day, lightning struck her father's house, killing both him and the governor. She suffered in 306.

Prius plug in

Toyota unveiled plans for a plug in hybrid Prius. This is a first for the industry. Toyota is testing the vehicle on public road.

It is called the Tyotya Plug-in HIV. Plug in cars are designed to enable short trips powered entirely by the electric motor. The batter is recharged via an electric socket at home.

Many environmental advocates see them as the best available technology to reduce gasoline consumption and global-warming greenhouse gas emissions, but engineers say battery technology is still insufficient to store enough energy for long-distance travel.

"It's difficult to say when plug-in hybrids could be commercialized, since it would depend largely on advances in battery technology," said Executive Vice President Masatami Takimoto, in charge of Toyota's powertrain technology, told a news conference.

The Toyota Plug-in HV, which is due to be tested also in the United States and Europe, has a cruising range of just 13 km (8 miles) on one charge, even with its trunkful of batteries.

GM in January showed a concept version of the plug-in Chevrolet Volt that would be powered by a lithium-ion battery. It has set 2010 as a target for production.

Ford this month partnered with No. 2 U.S. electric utility Southern California Edison for real-world testing of a fleet of up to 20 rechargeable vehicles to be based on the Escape Hybrid SUV. Ford has said plug-ins could enter showrooms in five to 10 years.

Toyota, which launched the world's first mass-volume gasoline-electric hybrid car, the Prius, in 1997, said it would test eight prototypes of the plug-in hybrid to gather data on real-life driving over the next three years after gaining government approval on Wednesday.

Many automakers including Toyota, Nissan Motor Co. (7201.T) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (7211.T), are working with Japanese battery makers to develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries with improved capacity to store energy.

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You tube debates, L. Moore UH

It was the first time ever in presidential debate history that user-generated video drove the debates. CNN and YouTube featured a live forum with questions submitted. They were broadcast live for the Democrats from Charleston, SC at the Citadel.
The Republicans get their chance as well on Sept. 17, in Florida.
Questions raised included a lot on health care and the war. Global warming and a woman president also came up.

L. Moore UH

Tschakovsky's Fifth Symphony

Sunday, July 22Tschaikovsky Symphony No. 5,
Andrew Grams Conductor

The weather was near perfect for the 7pm concert. The orchestra worked its magic especially during the second movement. The liner notes explained very well how the piece jumps from happy to sad. But, the ending is happy. Two Prokofiev pieces including his "classical" symphony preceeded.

Enjoying that Cleveland orchestra from the lawn on a beautiful summer's night with food is almost too much enjoyment. Tonight was no exception.

(From wikipedia)

Russian folk music elements run through Tschaikovsky's works. His earlier symphonies are generally optimistic works of nationalistic character.

The later symphonies are more intensely dramatic, with the Fourth a breakthrough. The most famous of these is the Sixth.

The 5th and 6th are recognized as highly original examples of symphonic form.

Nighttown

http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/ Dublin Lawyer $22.95 The House specialty of lobster meant sauteed in a mild cayenne butter cream sauce with mushrooms, scallions & Irish whisky served with rice pilaf

No wonder this place is so popular and has been around so long. Brunch was great. I ordered the crab on a bed of lettuce with haricots verts and boiled potatoes on the side. Rick ordered the crab sandwich with potato salad. Barb ordered the veggie kebbobs with goat cheese. Sacha ordered the eggs benedict-type dish. Alex had the Dublin Lawyer. Nighttown and Dublin Lawyer, our waiter said after we asked, refers to James Joyce's Ulysses.

NEWS FLASH: Nighttown is the new home of The Press Club of Cleveland, The Press Club's Hall of Fame & Visual Archives.

In My Country

Starring Julliette Binoche and Samuel L. Jackson, this is a 2004 film based on the novel Country of My Skull (Krog). Set in South Africa, the story is of an Afrikaner poet (Anna Malan - played by Binoche) and American journalist (Langston Whitfield - played by Jackson). They cover the South African hearings on what happened during apartheid in South Africa (Truth and Reconciliation Commission held in the 1990's).

Langston works for the Washington Post who sends him to South Africa to cover the hearings where perpetrators of atrocities during apartheid come forward and confront their victims. The idea is that by telling the truth, they will be granted amnesty and wounds can heal.

Binoche meets Langstong (Jackson) as she is covering the hearings for radio. As a native white South African, she suffers greatly as during the hearings she hears the stories of atrocities performed by her fellow citizens.

The movie deals with cruelty and forgiveness. I'm not sure how a movie could ever do the subject justice, but I'm happy that someone tried. On Rotten Tomatoes, criticism exists. John Boorman directed.

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CM: A Case Study

Content Management: a Case Study

We started planning our content management (CM) program over two years ago and are progressing by carefully implementing each step. Work is proceeding primarily through the effort of teams that provide deliverables. In earlier phases, teams put into place the foundation for future work and did pilot work. In later phases, teams put into reality the plans.

Phase I: Pilot Teams and Individuals Plan the Program

Over two years ago, teams looked at how best to proceed with a content management program at our organization. The various teams gathered information looking at web sites, literature such as Ann Rockley's Managing Enterprise Content, and other sources. The topics the teams looked at included:

What do groups who have successfully done this say works best?
What tools are available?
How much time should we give ourselves?
What should the budget be?
What are the best processes for a CM program?

Our technical communication organization supports Rockwell Automation, a supplier of industrial automation control and information solutions. We provide print documentation such as installation instructions and user manuals, plus online help. Our CM effort would include not only our own publications but those of the marketing communications group as well as the rest of the enterprise.

Phase II: Teams and Individuals Continue Planning

Teams met as needed to complete the process of tool selection, process planning, and related activities. For example, one team on controlled language looked at how best to tackle this issue in the context of a CM program. A style guide/editor team also met to discuss best practices. Information architecture issues were also addressed, with reuse and best practices in mind.

The style guide/editing team concentrated on issues of reuse and best practices and process. The style guide and checklists that emerged were distributed to information developers to follow. The style guide and editor and information developer checklists were some of the deliverables.


Phase III: Teams and Individuals Imnplement the Plans

As we entered this phase, information developers wrote to the latest style guide and followed templates developed by the information architects and their teams. Information developers coded the publications, which were in Adobe Framemaker, in a way that would translate to the new CM tools. This labor intensive process also involved tracking the hours involved in reformatting publications to the new formats and codes.

Arbortext was selected by the team as the tool as teams continued to meet to develop style guide improvements, editing process improvements, and architecture changes.

Phase IV: Future Plans

With a Go Live date in the future, teams that have not yet completed their deliverables continue to meet. The hope is that with all this careful planning, Go Live will be smoother and CM program success is more likely.


(graphic) The Editor Checklist helps editors with their process.
(graphic) The Developer Checklist helps information developers as they develop content.
(graphic) The editor process helps keep terms the same for reuse.

A Note on Managing Enterprise Content


This book was given to various team members to provide a foundation in content management. The author specializes in enterprise content management (ECM) and related processes and methodologies. The intended audience for the book includes content managers, information architects, and authors who are responsible for creating enterprise content. The book covers:



* The basis of a unified content strategy
* Performing a substantive audit: Determining business requirements
* Design, tools, and technologies
* Moving to a unified content strategy
* Checklist for implementing a unified content strategy
* Writing for multiple media
* Vendors and tools checklist


What is ECM and How Does Tech Com Fit In?



Wikipedia helps to show how the overall definition of ECM fits in with the concept and scope of the book. ECM is called "any of the strategies and technologies employed in the information technology industry for managing the capture, storage, security, revision control, retrieval, distribution, preservation and destruction of documents and content."


Concerning the business purpose of ECM, Wikipedia states that "ECM systems are designed… so that an organization… can more effectively meet business goals (increase profit or improve the efficient use of budgets), serve its customers (as a competitive advantage, or to improve responsiveness), and protect itself (against non-compliance, lawsuits, uncoordinated departments or turnover within the organization)." This statement comes from a an Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM) document(1).



On the essential nature of ECM, the AIIM document says " … for a large enterprise, ECM is not regarded as an optional expense, where it is essential to content preservation and re-usability, and to the control of access to content, whereas, very small organizations may find their needs temporarily met by carefully managed shared folders and a wiki, for example. Recent trends in business and government indicate that ECM is becoming a core investment for organizations of all sizes, more immediately tied to organizational goals than in the past: increasingly more central to what an enterprise does, and how it accomplishes its mission."




By writing this book, the technical communication author involves herself in the discourse on this important subject, especially on how to approach content development. Both the tools used for ECM and the content itself are critical to the definition and success of an ECM endeavor. Ann Rockley is concentrating in her book on content. Is content the most important element to the success of an organization’s ECM effort? You could make a case for that or at least state that content is undeniably a major element and worthy of discussion as tackled in this book.




What is the Challenge?




Imagine an organization with many information products in many languages using multiple media. How can you keep all this content accurate and current? How can you use current tools best to achieve the goal of providing customers with accurate and current information? That is the challenge.

As stated in Rockley's book "too often, content is created by authors working in isolation: …too often walls are erected among content areas: … which leads to content being created, and recreated, and recreated, often with changes or differences at each iteration: … with a unified content strategy] organizations can rely on content being the same wherever it appears."




Is It All About Reuse?




Yes. Reuse is a key element as shown by the statement in the book that "content reuse is fundamental to a successful unified content strategy" and the example in the book about how the same content, in this case on the subject of time tracking, can go into three information products: training, user documentation, and help. The book has another example on reusing the same product description in a brochure, operations guide, and e-commerce site. It is easy to relate to these examples and see how reuse would be the ideal way to go.




Noting that reuse in not a new concept in the business world, the author points out that many industries have been using reuse to improve quality and consistency as well as realize reduced development time and maintenance costs. The books shows how models identify what type of reuse is appropriate. Reuse can take on these forms: opportunistic, systematic, locked, derivative, nested. The Web site and book provide theoretical examples of how reuse could work. Real world examples would be welcome at a future date.




What Are the Significant Concepts?




On the Web site are examples of these significant concepts:

* Analyzing your content — The example shows an analysis of information products that span an owner’s guide, quick reference card, quick start guide, press release, Web site, brochure, product package, and label package insert. The analysis shows what pieces can be reused including the company logo, contact information, product description, setting up the equipment, testing, and solving problems.

* Sample model — The sample model gets into the granular analysis to include semantic, element type (container and element), base element (XML, Word, FrameMaker), and architectural (product sheet, brochure, Web site, e-catalog).

* Separating content from format — The Web site shows an information model for a product description to span a show catalog, brochure, press release, and Web site.

These concepts are key to an understanding of the unified content strategy proposed.




An Overview on Developing the Strategy




Implementation of the unified content strategy covers these phases:

*Analysis: Involves identifying the pain in an organization, analyzing ccontent life cycle and performing a content audit, and envisioning the unified content life cycle.

* Design: Covers design of information models, definition of metadata, design of dynamic content and workflow and plan for change management processes.

* Tools and technologies Selection: Involves picking the tools that is best for your organization and your authors’ abilities in terms of what you have established during your design phase.

* Development: Revolves around changing the way you work, providing help to authors on how to collaborate and write in the same way.




Writing for Multiple Media




This appendix on writing for multiple media includes material that holds special relevance and interest to anyone going through a content management initiative. The appendix is also a summary or refresher of good technical writing approaches. Ideas about how to implement the author’s unified content approach across multiple media appear in this part of the book. There is not anything surprising here. Instead, there is support for the idea that classic technical writing approaches work best for managing content in presentations such as online documentation, the Web, wireless devices, and paper. As an example of an approach that would work, one table in the book covers online documentation and the Web where these apply.

* Write succinctly.
* Make information easy to scan.
* Layer information.
* Write useful titles.



A Book for Multiple Audiences




For a technical communicator audience this appendix provides reinforcement for a classic and conservative approach to writing for reuse and multiple media. If, on the other hand, this book is read by a different audience not familiar with basic technical writing principles, this appendix would be a great treatment of the subject.



Author: Ann Rockley, with Pamela Kostur and Steve Manning. 2003. Indianapolis, IN : New Riders Publishing. ISBN 0-7357-1306-5. 565 pages, including a glossary, bibliography, five appendixes, and an index. $39.99 USD (softcover).

(1) AIIM Industry Watch: State of the ECM Industry ©2006 AIIM The ECM Association, Moving from Why? To How?: The Maturing of ECM Users

Summary of proposed article

Content Management: a Case Study

We started the plans for our content management (CM) program over two years ago and are progressing by carefully planning and implementing each step. Work is proceeding primarily through the effort of teams that provide deliverables. In earlier phases, teams put into place the foundation for future work and did pilot work. In later phases, teams put into reality the plans.

Phase I: Pilot Teams and Individuals Plan the Program

Over two years ago teams looked at how best to proceed with a content management program at our organization. The various teams gathered information looking at web sites, literature such as Ann Rockley's Managing Enterprise Content, and other sources. The topics the teams looked at included:

What do groups who have successfully done this say works best?
What tools are available?
How much time should we give ourselves?
What should the budget be?
What are the best processes for a CM program?

Our technical communication organization supports Rockwell Automation, a supplier of industrial automation control and information solutions. We provide print documentation such as installation instructions and user manuals, plus online help. Our CM effort would include not only our own publications but those of the marketing communications group as well as the rest of the enterprise.


Phase II: Teams and Individuals Continue to Lay the Foundation

Teams met as needed to complete the process of tool selection, process planning, and related activities. For example, one team on controlled language looked at how best to tackle this issue in the context of a CM program. A style guide/editor team also met to discuss best practices. Information architecture issues were also addressed, with reuse and best practices in mind.

The style guide/editing team concentrated on issues of reuse and best practices and process. The style guide and checklists that emerged were distributed to information developers to follow. Additional details are available from Lisa Adair.


Phase III: Teams and Individuals Implement the Plans

As we entered this phase, information developers wrote to the latest style guide and followed templates developed by the information architects and their teams. Information developers coded the publications, which were in Adobe Framemaker, in a way that would translate to the new CM tools. This labor intensive process also involved tracking the hours involved in reformatting publications to the new formats and codes.

Arbortext was selected by the team as the tool as teams continued to meet to develop style guide improvements, editing process improvements, and architecture changes.

Phase IV: Future Plans

With a Go Live date in the future, teams that have not yet completed their deliverables continue to meet. The hope is that with all this careful planning, Go Live will be smoother and CM program success is more likely.

Lisa’s article

xx

Mein Blog

http://sacha-evans.blogspot.com/

August 1, 2007

I am staying at Zuzana's home. Zuzana is from Slovakia. She is very nice. She is about my age too. She has been working for Media Tenor for about 3 years. She will be in town until Thursday, then she goes on a 3 week holiday!!! and she said I can stay in her house. It is really nice.

Yesterday I toured around Bonn on my bike. It is a very nice, clean, well maintained and safe town. All of it is consistently nice.

Wow. I have a lot of funny stuff to blog about. Zuzana and I went to a German toy store, and then had a section of figurines from actual wars. They had russian winter soldiers, as well as American special forces from Vietnam and Vietcong! They advertised the skin color as a feature of the toy.

I also bought yeast from the grocery store thinking it was cheese. Have you ever seen creamy yeast? It is gray in color.

About the trip to Russia, I will first look into this in a very nice travel book that Karin and Asa bought me. It has a lot of practical information about obtaining visas, etc. If necessary I will visit the US embassy. Online research is also good. I mean gut.

Everyone in my office speaks german. They all say SHIEZER! a lot!!!!

Today I am training with Ralph Winter. He is very nice. I also have my own desk.

German puns, flights

Q: Did Herr Beethoven write ten symphonies?
A: Nein. - Means "No," but sounds like "nine" (9)

Q: According to Sigmund Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
A: Fünf.

Before the Battle of Normandy, two German spies have infiltrated theAllied Headquarters.
Before they can retire and radio to Berlin, theyhave to attend the officers's cocktail.
One of the two spies goes tothe barman and asks, in perfect English:"Two whiskies, please."
"Dry?"
"Nein, zwei!"

Flight: Cleveland to Washington DC Traveler name: Alexandra Evans Cleveland to Washington DC 7/24/07 6:55 pm - 8:12 pmContinental

Flug 1:

Mo 30 Juli 07

Leave 17:18
Mo Washington, USA

Arrive 31 Juli 07 07:10 Di Terminal 1, Frankfurt, Deutschland
Duration Flugdauer: 07:52 United Airlines (UA 916) Flugzeugtyp - 744Economy (Sondertarife)

Flug 2:

Mi 07 November 07

Leave 22:30 Mi Terminal 1, Frankfurt" (FRA), Frankfurt, Deutschland

Arrive 09:50 Do Terminal A, Johannesburg, SüdafrikaDuration Flugdauer: 10:20 Lufthansa (LH 572) Flugzeugtyp - 744 Economy(Sondertarife)

Flug 3:

Mi 19 Dezember 07, 2 Stopp(s)Leave18:15 Mi Terminal A, Johannesburg International" (JNB),Johannesburg, SüdafrikaArrive 06:00 Do Washington, USADuration

Flugdauer: 22:34 United Airlines (UA 4591) Flugzeugtyp - 346Ausgeführt von South African Airways Economy (Sondertarife) 06:00, Do - 08:30, Do -Dauer des Zwischenstopps: 2h30Leave 08:30

Do Washington, USAArrive 09:49 Do Cleveland, USA Flugdauer: 22:34 United Airlines (UA 7159) Flugzeugtyp - CRJ Economy(Sondertarife)

RA Komen, top 10

Quick Stats:
Number of Participants: 3,789
Number of Teams: 292
Top Team Standings:

1 - Biggsie and Friends ($1,735.00)
2 - SHER- Will Find A Cure ($1,690.00)
3 - Team River ($1,000.00)
4 - Janie Can ($980.00)
5 - Flight Options ($960.00)
6 - GEWN ($900.00)
7 - RA (Rockwell Automation) ($875.00)
8 - Cleveland Clinic-MainCampus ($830.00)
9 - Team Willie ($830.00)
10 - Ben Venue Labs ($814.00)

Inge's Third Calf

Baby Rhino born

http://www.clemetzoo.com/podcasts/

Girls

Ebony
Fluffy
Noir
Onyx
Ronnie (or Ronny or Rhonnie or Rhonda)
Rose (or Rosie)
Sarah (or Sara)

Blossom, Potter

Sunday, July 22
Tschaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Andrew Grams Conductor

Saturday, July 21
Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore Conductor

Number 1032 on the waiting list for the new Harry Potter
book. Just over 900 were ordered. Will be interesting
to see how long the wait will be.

Tschaikovsky's Fifth Symphony

Tchaikovsky is well known for his ballets, although it was only in his last years, with his last two ballets, that his contemporaries came to really appreciate his finer qualities. Russian folk music elements run through his works.

Tchaikovsky's earlier symphonies are generally optimistic works of nationalistic character. The later symphonies are more intensely dramatic, with the Fourth a breakthrough

The most famous of these is the Sixth. The Sixth and Fifth are recognized as highly original examples of symphonic form and are frequently performed.

In the 10 years between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies, Tchaikovsky also wrote four orchestral suites. He originally intended to designate one or more of these as a "symphony" but was persuaded to alter the title. The four suites are nonetheless symphonic in character.

Nighttown, 7/26and7/29

http://www.nighttowncleveland.com/
Dublin Lawyer $22.95 The House specialty of lobster meant sauteed in a mild cayenne butter cream sauce with mushrooms, scallions & Irish whisky served with rice pilaf

NEWS FLASH: Nighttown is the new home of The Press Club of Cleveland, The Press Club's Hall of Fame & Visual Archives.

1997 Oldsmobile (photo)

1997 Oldsmobile Regency Sedan 4D
only 26,000 miles!

$4950 Exc $4535 Good $4030 Fair

In great condition, just under 30,000 miles
Teal color
V6 3.8 Liter Engine
Automatic Transmission
Cream-colored
Leather Interior
Cruise Control
ABS (4-Wheel)
Power Steering
AM/FM Stereo Power

Olds,UNHCR,Avanti

1997 Oldsmobile Regency Sedan 4D only 26,000 miles!
$5800 OBO

Reply to: sale-368053163@craigslist.org

In great condition, just under 26,880 miles
Teal color
V6 3.8 Liter Engine
Automatic Transmission
Cream-colored Leather Interior
Cruise Control
ABS (4-Wheel)
Power Steering
AM/FM Stereo Power Windows/locks/seat Cassette Dual Alloy Wheels Tilt Wheel Dual Front Air Bags

xx

http://www.unhcr.org/pictorial/index.html - Avanti, July 17

reflexology sandals

http://www.okabashi.com/

Rhinos

Boys
Ira, Puff
Rinaldi
Ronnie (or Ronny or Rhonnie)
Ross
Russ (or Rusty)
Sam
Sir Galahad

Girls
Cher
Ella (or Elle)
Fluffy, Hermione
Noir, Onyx
Ronnie (or Ronny or Rhonnie or Rhonda)
Rose (or Rosie)
Sarah (or Sara)

Rhinoceros

Meet Azizi, the Zoo's Black Rhino Baby
Born August 31, 2000

After a 15-month gestation period, Inge (pronounced Ing' ah), Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's 7-year old African black rhinoceros (Diceros biocornis michaeli), delivered a female calf at 5:57 p.m. on Thursday, August 31, 2000. The baby, Azizi, is growing rapidly from her birth weight of approximately 80 pounds to 1500 pounds at 16 months of age. Inge arrived at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in 1997 from South Africa. Her transfer was the result of a cooperative effort between Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa, the International Rhino Foundation and the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. The reason for the transfer: to introduce Inge to the Zoo's male black rhino, Spike. After the carefully planned introduction, which included close monitoring of behaviors and hormone levels, Inge's pregnancy was confirmed in the spring of 1999.

Black rhinos are a highly endangered species due primarily to illegal hunting. In 1970, the world population of black rhinos was 65,000. By 1980, this number dropped to 15,000, and today, it is thought that less than 3,000 black rhinos remain.

Concessions

Food Court and Roaring Lion Cafe (located in the Welcome Plaza):
Safari Snacks: Deli sandwiches, hot dogs, brats and Italian sausages, nachos, popcorn, pretzels, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, beverages. Open year round 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Pizza Hut: Personal pan pizzas (cheese, pepperoni, supreme), breadsticks, beverages. Open year round 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

The Crocodile Cafe in The RainForest: deli sandwiches, salads, hot dishes and more. Open year round, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

McDonald's: Extra Value Meals, Happy Meals, Apple Dippers, McFlurries, Shakes, Cones, Milk, Juice. Open 10 a.m. to close, April 1 through October 31.

KFC Express: Chicken Strips, Sandwiches & Wraps, Potato Wedges, Cole Slaw and cold beverages. Open 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Treetops Cafe (near the Primate Cat & Aquatics Building): offers fresh made to order deli sandwiches, Pizza Hut personal pan pizzas, hot dogs, brats and Italian sausages, chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, fries, nachos, popcorn, pretzels, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, beverages. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Matilda's Grill in Australian Adventure: deli sandwiches, hot dogs, brats and Italian sausages, nachos, popcorn, pretzels, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, beverages. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Wilderness Grill: hot dogs, brats and Italian sausages, nachos, popcorn, pretzels, Ben & Jerry'sice cream, beverages. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Grin N Bear Eats (in Northern Trek): hot dogs, brats and Italian sausages, nachos, popcorn, pretzels, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, beverages. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Wade Hall (near Waterfowl Lake): Ben & Jerry's ice cream. Open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Savanna Watering Hole (near Giraffe Exhibit): domestic and imported beer, nachos, cotton candy, pretzels, soft drinks. Closed until summer.

Other food concessions throughout the Zoo: sno cones, icees, coffee kiosk. Weather and patronage traffic will determine exact closing times at some locations.

* Tip for parents with young children: concession areas do not provide straws or lids for animal safety so you might want to bring "sippy cups" or other non-spillable containers from home.

http://wksu.org/support/vehicledonation/

Here’s how it works: Just call Toll-Free 1-877-897-9578 to speak to a WKSU Vehicle Donation representative to arrange a convenient pickup time. Or, you can submit the form below at your convenience

How does the new law effect my tax deduction?
Donors are no longer responsible for determining the deductible value of their donation. Instead, they will receive IRS Form 1098-C, Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats, and Airplanes if the proceeds from the sale exceed $500, stating the amount of the gross proceeds from the sale of the donated vehicle. The amount listed on IRS Form 1098-C, Contributions of Motor Vehicles, Boats, and Airplanes will be the gross proceeds of the deductible donation.

Cain/Nine/Aug 2-9
Aug. 2 to 9
Based on Fellini's classic film 8 1/2, NINE is the story of a famous film director and his attempts to come up with a plot fir his next film as he is pursued by hordes of beautiful women, all clamoring to be loved by him and him alone. Critics have praised this multiple Tony Award winner as 'a true original, brilliant, daring, innovative and divine.' Directed by Victoria Bussert. Music direction by Nancy Gantose-Maier. Choreography by Martin Cespedes.

Totsi
Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader (Chweneyagae).
Won Oscar.
Tsotsi tells the story of a tiny fraction of current township life, contrasting to a pretty normal upper middle class family in SA. It's a story about people, love, life, the choices we make, and situations we are sometimes pushed into. The combination of Kwaito and Score was masterfully put together. Though sad, it is full of hope as well. Proudly South African.

Belief systems

Christianity 2.1 billion
Cath 1 billion E Orthodox 240 million

Pentecostalism: 105 million
Anglicanism/Episcopal Church: 77 million
Reformed/Presbyterian/Congregational/United: 75 million
Baptist: 70 million Methodism: 70 million
Lutheran: 64 million
Jehovah's Witnesses:14.8 million Latter-day Saints: 12.5 million
Adventists: 12 million Apostolic/New Apostolic: 10 million
Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement: 5.4 million
New Thought (Unity, Christian Science, etc.): 1.5 million
Brethren (incl. Plymouth): 1.5 million
Mennonite: 1.25 million Friends/Quakers: 300,000

Islam: 1.3 billion (Began: ca. 610 AD/CE), with major branches
Sunni: 940 million
Shia: 120 million
Ahmadi: 10 million Druze: 450,000

Secular/irreligious/agnostic/atheist/antitheistic/antireligious: 1.1 billion
Category includes a wide range of beliefs, without specifically adhering to a religion or sometimes specifically against dogmatic religions. The category includes humanism, deism, pantheism, rationalism, freethought, agnosticism, and atheism. Broadly labeled humanism, this group of non religious people are third largest in the world.

Hinduism: 900 million (Began: approximately 1500 BC/BCE or 15th century BC/BCE however some aspects of it trace its history to 2600 BC/BCE or 26th century BC/BCE), with major branches as follows:
Vaishnavism: 580 million
Shaivism: 220 million
Neo-Hindus and Reform Hindus: 22 million
Veerashaivas/Lingayats: 10 million
Chinese folk religion: 394 million
Not a single organized religion, includes elements of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and traditional nonscriptural religious observance (also called "Chinese traditional religion").

Buddhism: 376 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE), with major branches as follows:
Mahayana: 185 million
Theravada: 124 million
Vajrayana/Tibetan: 20 million
Primal indigenous: 300 million
Sikhism: 23 million (Began: 1500s AD/CE)
Spiritism: 15 million (Began: mid-19th century AD/CE)
Not a single organized religion, includes a variety of beliefs including some forms of Umbanda.


Judaism: 14 million (Began: 13th century BC/BCE), with major branches as follows:
Conservative: 4.5 million
Unaffiliated and Secular: 4.5 million
Reform: 3.75 million
Orthodox: 2 million
Reconstructionist: 150,000

Bahá'í Faith: 7 million (Began: 19th century AD/CE)
Jainism: 4.2 million (Began: 6th century BC/BCE), with major branches as follows:
Svetambara: 4 million
Sthanakvasi: 750,000 Digambar: 155,000
Shinto: 4 million (Began: 300 BC/BCE)
Cao Dai: 4 million (Began: 1926 AD/CE)

Falun Gong: official post-persecution figure as stated by Chinese Communist Party: 2.1 million; Chinese government pre-persecution figure as reported by New York Times: 70-100 million; practitioners and founder of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, often refer to 100 million* (Founded: 1992 AD/CE)
Not necessarily considered a religion by adherents or outside observers. No membership or rosters, thus the actual figure of practitioners is impossible to confirm.
Tenrikyo: 2 million (Began: 1838 AD/CE)
Neopaganism: 1 million (Began: 20th century AD/CE)
A blanket term for several religions like Wicca, Asatru, Neo-druidism, and polytheistic reconstructionist religions
Unitarian Universalism: 800,000 (Began: 1961 AD/CE, however, prior to the merger the separate doctrines of Unitarianism and Universalism trace their roots to the 16th and 1st centuries AD/CE respectively)
Rastafari: 600,000 (Began: early 1930s AD/CE)


Scientology: 500,000 (Began: 1952 AD/CE)

Cain Park

Oliver
Th - Sunday July 5 to 8

Friday, June 22, 2007 opening night, 8pmAll tickets $12.50
Saturday, June 23, 2007 8pm$12.50 all tickets
Sunday, June 24, 2007 8pm$12.50 all tickets

Based on Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist,' OLIVER! tells the tale of a boy who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. This Tony Award-winning musical features such beloved songs as 'Food, Glorious Food,' 'Where Is Love?.' 'Consider Yourself,' and 'As Long As He Needs Me' -- all gloriously performed by a live orchestra in the pit! Directed by Fred Sternfeld. Music direction by Jodie Ricci. Larry Hartzell, music consultant. Choreography by Martin Cespedes.


2007 CAIN PARK MAIN TICKET OFFICE HOURS
Open through intermission of all performances. Closed every Monday and July 4. Sat, June 2: 9am-5pmTue, June 5-Sun, June 12: 12 noon-5pmTue, June 12-Sun, Aug 19: 12 noon-9pmOpen different hours during Arts Festival ONLY: Fri, July 13, 3-8pm. Sat, July 14, 10am-8pm. Sun, July 15, 12 noon-5pm.No convenience fee is added to tickets purchased in person at Cain Park. In PERSON

At Ticketmaster outlets: Most outlets accept cash, MasterCard and VISA. Ticketmaster service charge applied on every ticket.

At Cain Park (as of June 2): At Main Ticket Office, located outside east gate to Evans Amphitheater; use Goodnor/Superior entrance. Cash, check/money order, credit card (VISA, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express). No convenience fee. By PHONE

Ticketmaster Charge-By-Phone. Credit card only (VISA, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express). Cleveland 216-241-5555. Akron 330-945-9400. Youngstown 330-747-1212. Ticketmaster service charge applied on every ticket.

Cain Park 216-371-3000 (as of June 2). Credit card only (VISA, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express). Tickets held at Cain Park for cardholder's signature. $1 convenience fee per ticket ($5 maximum). ONLINE http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/40966Credit card only (VISA, MasterCard, Discover Card, American Express). Ticketmaster service charge applied on every ticket.

4 July yoga, orchestra

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Great event at private home of Cleveland Yoga student, Tracey Newman; 33050 Cedar Road, Pepper Pike. Yoga outdoors is most enjoyable and wonderful way to start a holiday day.

Cleveland Orchestra at Public Square on Thursday, July 5 at 9 also most enjoyable. Concert included 1812 Overture, Die Fliedermouse, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Stars and Stripes Forever, Ride of the Valkyres. Dee Perry there also.

Das Boot,Scooter,health,etc.

Das Boot - What a movie! I've never seen anything like it before. It takes place on a submarine during WWII, at a time it looked like the Brits were moving ahead, as the u-boat captain said - making no mistakes - and the Germans were getting behind, about to lose the war. The movie was made in Germany, but the original actors dubbed the voices into English for the version we saw. The movie is actually very interesting. Plus, it is supposed to be an anti-war statement, which it is for sure. The captain is openly anti-Nazi which http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot notes could happen, according to some sources, as the appointment to captain was based on skill and experience, not politics.
Scooter Libby was pardoned by W.

Popular movies right now are A Mightly Heart, the Daniel Perl story starring A.Jolie and Sicko. It was interesting how in Sicko there was a man in US who could not afford to reattach both fingers he lost in an accident. In France due to an accident a man lost all his fingers which were promptly reattached without cost. It was sad to see that a child brought by ambulance to hospital not in her network and denied service as she had to go to an in-network hospital where, by the time she got there, she passed away.

Fresh Air with Terry Gross - on health care - Jonathan Oberlander, a political scientist with an expertise in health-care politics and policy, discusses problems with the U.S. health-care system and considers how other countries handle health care. He'll also give us a critique of Michael Moore's documentary Sicko. He says that Moore "gets a lot right...[but] didn't get all of it." He says there is not a wait normally in Canada for surgery but there is a wait for something like hip replacement. He says that we ration in this country already. He says it is more rationing in US than is customary in Canada.

From each according to their means and to each according to their needs is the Canadian system.

Prez debates & Tavis

PBS announced in February 2007 that Smiley will moderate two live presidential forums in 2007:

• a Democratic forum on June 28 at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and
• a Republican forum on Sept. 27 at Morgan State University in Baltimore.

Варвара и Александра (saints,etc.)