A cube;
Green Energy Technologies unveiled a new type of wind turbine Monday that will generate power for business park resident Crown Battery.
This is the first commercial installation of the WindCube in the country. The concept was introduced to the public in May at the Windpower 2009 Conference and Exhibition in Chicago.
This blogger knows that blogger. That blogger is Cleveland's Jill Miller Zymon. {Her blog is Writes Like She Talks}
Interesting stuff...Jill is one of two bloggers that was chosen by CNN to weigh in on Sarah Palin's sudden resignation.
From Cleveland.com and COSE;
COSE's "I Buy NEO" program is a local version of a grassroots movement in cities and small towns across America that has been gaining momentum for more than a decade. Merchants and consumers from Maui to Rockland, Maine, have banded together to promote local merchants and preserve what makes their communities unique.
"Numerous studies have demonstrated that dollars spent at independent, locally owned businesses generate more than three times as much direct return to the local economy as dollars spent at chains or other absentee-owned businesses," said Jeff Milchen, co-founder of the American Independent Business Alliance in Bozeman, Mont., a national hub for such efforts around the country.
From the "I'm surprised and shocked" file;
The U.S. Census Bureau will announce today that Cleveland lost nearly 10 percent of its population this decade, the fastest rate of decline of any major American city except New Orleans, which weathered a hurricane and is bouncing back.
I'll bet you have a theory or 20 about the reasons why...
Comment area is open!
Happening now in Youngstown;
Ohio's unemployment rate was 10.4 percent in May. Trumbull County's rate was 14.3 percent, and in Warren, the rate reached 15.3 percent. Mahoning County was not far behind with a 12.2 percent unemployment rate, which includes a Youngstown unemployment rate of 13.7 percent.
Read about area pawnshops, and what is really going on with people, nowadays...
Right now, students all across America are preparing for their summer vacations. Unfortunately their minds might be going on an extended vacation. Extensive studies by Johns Hopkins University have shown that kids can lose up to two months or more of math and reading skills each summer. Those same studies have shown that two-thirds of the 9th grade achievement gap between low and high income students is due to a lack of adequate summer learning activities. Many teachers have to spend at least 4-6 weeks of each school year re-teaching the previous years material.
All of this frustration led to the creation of the Knowledge College Community Corporation (KCCC). A non-profit organization whose mission is to close the achievement gap that exists in urban public schools, and to prepare up and coming college grads for a career in the public school system.
The non-profit was formed in the fall of 2008, and will provide a FREE 8-week tutoring program at the MLK Civic Center in East Cleveland starting June 16th. In preparation for their careers, several college students and recent grads will be conducting math and
reading lessons for kids in grades K through 8. In addition, several local Shaw High School football players will also be volunteering their time to help assist Knowledge College tutors each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm ending August 6th.
Registration will be limited to 30 kids this summer. For more information about the program, visit the summer camp page on www.knowledgecollegeinc.com or call 216-771-1428. You can also call the MLK Civic Center for more information on programming
before and after tutoring at (216) 681-2434.
Dear Mayor Jackson,
There is a problem at the City Of Cleveland's Division Of Water. A big one.
I am not sure if you read The Plain Dealer or not, but no less than 8 articles documenting customer service issues and unexplained spikes in your customer's water bills {Some as high as 800%} have been written in the last 6 months.
The TV stations are just warming up. Tom Meyer is on deck, and Joe P. is really getting pumped up for this one, Mayor..
Your customers are really angry, and it is just not getting better, Mayor Jackson.
Current issues now include;
Mayor, it is time for you to step in. You are the Mayor of The City Of Cleveland, and this is your utility. 6 months of this is way too long for you to not get involved in this confusing fiasco. {And it is a fiasco}
Did you know that some of your angrier, tech savvy customers, have even set up websites to document what your water company has been doing. {Or not doing}
Here is what you need to do, please.
There are thousands of customers who have been affected and aggrieved by this situation. If this situation is not remedied, this story could become a national one, and the Cleveland jokes will start flying, once again.
Sincerely,
A City Of Cleveland Division Of Water Customer
Because of a strong editorial from it's publisher, Terrance CZ Egger
"I'd like to set the record straight. There is no doubt that our business is facing a significant challenge; we're like every individual, household and company coping with the toughest economy most of us have ever experienced. That's why we've undertaken difficult measures -- including pay cuts for our management and staff -- to help weather the storm."
Egger continues;
"But the next time you hear someone say that The Plain Dealer is irrelevant in the Internet age, please join with me in informing them of the facts:"
Continue reading this over at Cleveland.com
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