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In this week’s issue:
* Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile Cathy Panzica of the Beta Strategy Group
* Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile David Moss, director of CIA’s FUTURE program
* Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile Sage Lewis of SEO firm SageRock
* Voices and Choices Profile Chief Rocka Entertainment
* Voices and Choices Profile Fund for Our Economic Future chairman Rob Briggs
* Voices and Choices Profile Voices and Choices project director Shara Davis
* RoldoLINK Editorial Wallop of Political TV Ads
* Cool Cleveland Sounds So Nice from 4 Degrees by Sunday
* Cool Cleveland Eats Quick & Healthy Takeaway
* Cool Cleveland Previews Cleveland Wine Festival & Heartbreak House
* Cool Cleveland Kids podcast click here, CC podcast click here, CC Blog click here

Clicking is everything It’s our radical goal at Cool Cleveland to provide you with only the bestest links you need for a satisfying week in Northeast Ohio. Do that every week, and you’ll have a wicked fly life. In this issue, we focus on some of the most critical issues and events our region faces: the upcoming arts levy Issue 18, the stunning growth of our high tech industry, the groundbreaking Voices and Choices community discussion, and a sizzling fall season of special events. Check out the Orchestra’s opening weekend at Severance Hall, the Akron opening of the world-class Guzzetta Hall for dance, and the breakthrough Materials, Medicine and Nanotechnology Summit. And don’t forget to let us know how we’re doing. If you love Cool Cleveland, pass on all our great links to a friend, and possibly win yourselves an iPod. If not, let us know at Letters@CoolCleveland.com. As they say: help us help you have a great week. Click away, Cleveland. –Thomas Mulready

Tech:Cleveland

A hot and heavy collection of smokin’ tech and business news & events from around Cleveland and around the region. Send your business news and events to: EVENTS@CoolCleveland.com

BizTECH NEWS

• Rather earn $200K in NYC or $100K in Cleve? The answer may surprise you Read
• Women’s President org opens in Cle for Cos over $2 million Read
• Nominate your head tech guy for NEOSA’s CIO of the Year award Info
• Casinos a gamble Experts question economic impact Read
• Big companies more gay-friendly Corporate domestic partner benefits go up Read

BizTECH EVENTS

• Business Wine Tasting and networking @ Lockkeepers Thu 9/28 Call 771-5182 for more info.
• Materials, Medicine and Nanotechnology Summit by ASM International. Oct 2-5 Register
• NEO Energy Mgm’t Conf, Tradeshow, and Wkshps in Akron, sponsored by CES/MAGNET Tue 10/3 Register
• FastTrac Tech Education Program for Entrepreneurs Wed 9/27 Register at 987-5815.
• Identifying Marketplace Opportunities by “Going Global” Fri 9/29 Register

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Now is the Time to Protect our Arts & Culture! Fact: Cuyahoga County’s Arts & Culture assets have brought world-wide recognition and economic strength to our region for generations. Our music, art, theater, dance and museums are part of what makes this region so vibrant. This issue will raise a critical $20 million annually for Cuyahoga County’s Arts & Culture organizations. With just six weeks left until Election Day, your participation matters more than ever. Join the Issue 18 Campaign this Fri 9/29 at 8:30AM and find out how you can make a difference. The meeting will be held at the Cleveland Play House at 8500 Euclid Avenue, Rehearsal Room A, enter by MOCA. Please RSVP to Erin Kaminski at ekaminski05@gmail.com or 216-479-0555. Thank you for your continued and enthusiastic support! The Issue 18 Team Issue18.org.
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Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile
Cathy Panzica
Beta Strategy Group
Movies Behind the Scenes

Cathy Panzica is restless. While anxious to make the Cleveland area a tech powerhouse, she’s savvy enough to know where to place her bets. Over the past year, with partner Ted Theofrastous, she has invested in a half-dozen early stage tech companies in the region, from business communication innovator Antepo to The Northern Ohio Children’s Technology Workshop, featured at the recent Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology. Now they’ve formed Beta Strategy Group to further their mission of promoting technology in the region, both through strategic investment, and through public programs such as the Red Room Revolution, and the recent TechSync week, during which Panzica invited Silicon Valley guru Guy Kawasaki to speak. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready caught her right after she addressed the CEO Forum on leadership at The Q during TechSync, and they discussed how leaders can drive change to inspire, transform and deliver by listening to their customers. http://www.BetaGroup.us

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Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile
David Moss
FUTURE
Movies Behind the Scenes

David Moss is making art work. His FUTURE program at the Cleveland Institute of Art connects students with technology businesses in an effort to both spin out great tech ideas (tech transfer) provide services to the community, and offer students real-world experience. That they happen to be art and design students is exactly the point. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready snagged Moss at the CEO Forum and they talked on camera about the potential of good tech design and Cleveland’s potential to become a gaming center. http://www.cia.edu/academicResources/future.php

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Cool Cleveland BizTech Profile
Sage Lewis
Sage Rock
Movies Behind the Scenes

Sage Lewis is an expert on SEO- Search Engine Optimization. In fact, Cleveland has become a hotbed of SEO expertise, with a handful of top-notch firms. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready nailed down Sage long enough for him to explain what SEO is (getting your web site to appear higher in search results), why SEO is so important (it complements your marketing and advertising), and what the average web site administrator can do to make simple improvements (focus on your keywords). http://www.SageRock.com

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Cool as ICE? On Tue 10/24 check out a research consortium of industry/university leaders in the Instruments, Controls & Electronics industries, a.k.a. Ohio “ICE” at the Martin Center, University of Akron. Join 100+ attendees and experience sessions that will focus largely on sensors, covering such technical subjects as Novel Control Algorithms, Packaging Sensor Devices, Networking and Communication, Sensor Systems Diagnostics, Architectures for Sensor Systems, Innovative interfaces to Sensor Devices and Performance Evaluation of Sensor Systems. Speakers include Joe Keithley, Keithley Instruments, Dr. Luis Proenza, University of Akron, Dr. Frank Samuel, Science and Technology Advisor to Governor Taft, Paul McManamon, Chief Scientist, Air Force Reseach Laboratory, Dayton, Fred Discenzo and Ken Hall of Rockwell, Bob Schmidt of Cleveland Medical Devices, and Fred Lisy from Orbital Research. For more info go to www.ohio-ice.org or call 216-687-6950.
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Issue 18 NewsLINKS

• Stay in the loop Join the list and receive hot-off-the-press info on Issue 18 and all the exciting things going on with the campaign that will transform the cultural life of Cuyahoga County. Click here: http://www.CuyahogaArtsAndCulture.org
• Even curmudgeons like Issue #18 See Dick Feagler’s backhanded endorsement here. How about you? Letters@CoolCleveland.com
• Public radio reports on the arts levy Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready is quoted, among others, in this report from the front lines of the Issue 18 campaign by WCPN’s Mark Urycki. Click here to listen.
• Arts success stories We’d like to give your arts organization some publicity. Send us your personalized case studies and success stories showing how your non-profit arts group has changed the lives of children and citizens through your educational and enriching arts programs. You and your arts group may be featured in a future issue of Cool Cleveland as we examine the impact of public funding for the arts on the well-being of our community. We’re looking for specific examples of how your arts programs have an effect in the community, and how support of the upcoming Issue 18 arts levy will have a positive impact on the economic and cultural development of the region. Send your success stories to: Letters@CoolCleveland.com

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Like You’ve Died and Gone to Heaven Question: What’s better than immersing yourself in the exceptional kaleidoscope of fall foliage at Holden Arboretum? Answer! Sharing it with friends while relaxing with live music by Blue Lunch (an 8-piece blues band), and partaking in over 40 flavors of beer at Beer!Garden, Sat 10/7 from 3PM to 6PM. Tip and sip tasty brews like the Brooklyn Pumpkin, Shakespeare Stout and Hop Devil from master meisters like Rogue Ales, Victory Brewing, Young’s, Thirsty Dog, and many more. Tickets are $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers. Only 30+ minutes from Cleveland, at 9500 Sperry Road in Kirtland. See directions: www.holdenarb.org/directions For info contact www.holdenarb.org or 440-946-4400.
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Cool Cleveland NewsLINKS

• Your restaurant here It’s a regular North Shores Collinwood renaissance. What do you get when you start with a renovated Croatian Hall that turns into one of the country’s leading indie music clubs (Beachland Ballroom), add a new/used vinyl goldmine (Music Saves), then throw in a new arts collective (Arts Collinwood), a new alternative artspace (True Art), and a soon-to-be-open coffeehouse? You’ve got a thriving little arts district in North Collinwood, ready for your unique, chef-driven restaurant to open in an historic bakery building with attached garden. Interested? Call BB’s Cindy Barber at 702-8358. Tell her CC sent you.
• To ensure you receive Cool Cleveland every week, take a moment now and add CoolCleveland@CoolCleveland.com to your address book, trusted sender list, or corporate white list.
• $3.5 million for CIA The George Gund Foundation has jump-started the Cleveland Institute of Art’s campaign to raise money to consolidate their two locations around their Factory, at E. 116th & Euclid, to anchor University Circle’s new “University Arts & Retail District” from there to Mayfield Rd. They will build a new 4-story, 80K sf classroom, and dorms for 220 students. Read and Read. Your thoughts? Letters@CoolCleveland.com
• Cool Cleveland Kids Your kids are cool. Why not take them to some cool events this week, recommended by 10-year-old Cool Cleveland correspondent Max. Listen now on your computer by clicking here. Add the CC Kids Podcast to iTunes using this link. Adding this link to your program that catches podcasts, will keep you up-to-date on the latest audio.
• Spirit of ’76 Catch the 1970s coffee culture flashback happening this week at independent coffeehouses around Cleveland. Catch the vibe here.
• Cool Cleveland Podcast Cool things to do this week in Cleveland, at the click of a button. http://www.coolcleveland.com/files/audio/CoolCleveland09.29.06.mp3. Add the CC Podcast to iTunes using this link. Don’t forget, you can subscribe to this podcast by saving this link in your favorite program that catches podcasts.

Cool Cleveland This Week
9.27-10.4

Send your cool events to: Events@CoolCleveland.com

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WED

• HOT Degrees of Frank Group show of work by Cleveland artists examines how as a community their common past informs their present work. On exhibit through 10/21. www.ArtsCollinwood.org.
• The Definition of Crazy is running the same local advertising over and over, even though it doesn’t yield desirable results. For fast, effective relief, try advertising in Cool Cleveland. Our customers are happy and we have measurable results.

THU

• Ten Thousand Villages Birthday Celebration Celebrate the staying power of the Downtown and Rocky River stores which support the work of artisans in Africa, Asia and Latin America with fair wages during this event on Thu 9/28. Enjoy birthday treats, fair trade coffee and 20% discounts. http://www.Cleveland.TenThousandVillages.com.
• Sex, Lies and Transvestites M4M is an erotic, humorous and streamlined all male version of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. Attend the preview on Thu 9/28 at 7:30PM or see schedule through Sat 10/14 at www.cptonline.org.
• HOT Cleveland: Confronting Decline in an American City New documentary, recently premiered at Chataqua, featuring UCI’s Chris Ronayne, Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready and others, examines Cleveland’s problems, but offers little insight into our efforts towards solutions. Watch it on WVIZ/PBS ideastream this Thu 9/28 at 8PM, then again on Sun 10/1 at 11AM. Watch for community screenings around town this fall & winter with Mulready and other guests to stimulate discussion. And solutions. http://www.LincolnInst.edu.
• Listing Tip of the Week We’re a fun-loving group at Cool Cleveland – but one of our least favorite games is Find the URL. Ya’ know, surfing endlessly for website information that may or may not exist on your event submission. We’re already sporting eyeglasses as thick as Coke bottles – so show your favorite, visually-challenged event listers a little love and include your URL with your event submission. Optometrist orders. Put the spotlight on your great event by sending it, with URL, to Events@CoolCleveland.com.

FRI

• HOT Cleveland Wine Festival Get ready because the wine is going to flow…over 150 varieties from 20 exhibitors at the first ever Cleveland Wine Festival on Fri 9/29 and Sat 9/30. Vino experts and this town’s finest chefs will be on hand with demonstrations and wine pairing tips as local bands play the evening away. Get the latest details at http://www.clevelandWineFestival.com. Voinovich Park (adjacent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame).
• HOT Thomas Quasthoff and Leif Ove Andsnes will perform solos with the Cleveland Orchestra on Fri 9/29 at 11AM and Sun 10/1 at 3PM, respectively. Get tickets at http://www.ClevelandOrchestra.com.
• Guzzetta Hall Come celebrate the dedication of this new, world-class dance center on Fri 9/29 at 11:30AM. Enjoy complimentary dance, theatre and music performances, a campus picnic, demonstrations by regional dance companies and more. Learn more at www.uakron.edu. Get tickets for the Parsons Dance Company performance at www.ejthomashall.com.
• HOT Hypnotica Don’t miss this expansive solo exhibition inspired by rave culture. Jen Omaitz creates stunning visions that exist between the realm of representation and abstraction. A live DJ will set the mood at the opening reception on Fri 9/29 at 6PM. http://www.egordongallery.com.
• Dana Schutz New exhibit kicks off with a pre-opening talk with the artist on Fri 9/29 at 6PM. More info at www.MocaCleveland.org.
• Treasures Exhibit preview & cocktail, hors d’oeuvre reception on Fri 9/29 at 6PM. Call 721-5722 x283 for tickets. Download your invite at wrhs.org.
• HOT Action Visit a familiar yet frightening world, inhabited by seemingly familiar yet strange people when New World Performance Laboratory performs Sam Shepard’s existential short play on Fri 9/29 at 6:30PM at the University of Akron Campus. http://nwplab.tripod.com/id14.html.
• A Journey to India Hear stories and see photos from Karen Allgire’s trip to India at an evening gathering at Green Tara Yoga and Healing Arts, at 2450 Fairmount Boulevard on Fri 9/29 at 7PM. http://www.GreenTaraYoga.com.
• Peter Ostroushko One of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in today’s acoustic music performs along with the Heartland Band on Fri 9/29 at 8PM. http://www.TriCPresents.com.
• Eddie Gale and Dick Griffin Now Band Two brass masters and legends of jazz team up with four well-established Buffalo improvisers to form the Now Band for an evening of high energy creative improvised music on Fri 9/29 at 8PM. http://www.PassportProject.org. www.EddieGale.com. http://www.DickGriffin.info.
• Lounge Kitty Think of it as an enema for your ears. Lounge Kitty abuses some of the worst songs ever written, and the smile won’t leave your face all night. Velvet Tango Room Fri 9/29 at 10PM. Reserve at 241-8869. http://www.VelvetTangoRoom.com
• WCLVnotes This Sun 10/1 at 3PM, WCLV 104.9 airs live, from Severance Hall, the opening concert of the 2006-2007 season. The “Best Band in the Land” and Franz Wesler-Moest, just returned from a fabulously successful European tour, and will play the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 with piano super star Leif Ove Andsnes and the Dvorak Symphony No. 5. Also, on Sunday afternoon, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra broadcasts return to the WCLV airwaves at 1PM. For decades WCLV has not only carried the Detroiters but has distributed the concerts to other stations throughout the country. Among the conductors scheduled during the season are Charles Dutoit, Sir Roger Norrington, James MacMillan, Mark Wigglesworth, Hugo Wolff, Nicolas McGegan, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Peter Oundjian, Itzhak Perlman and, of course, Neeme Järvi. Complete program details at www.wclv.com..

SAT

• Stockyard Stampede Sat 9/30 the 5th Annual Stockyard Stampede takes place at St. Boniface School (3545 West 54th Street) at 8:30AM. Register at www.HermesCleveland.com or call 961-7687 x. 202.
• Women’s Health Fair on Sat 9/30 from 9AM to 2PM. Visit www.lgsc.org for all the details.
• CC KIDS Teddy Bear Day at the Zoo Teddy needs his ticker checked? Bring Teddy to the Zoo on Teddy Bear Day – Sat 9/30 at 10AM – when both button-eyed and fish-chomping bears will get some tender lovin’ care. Kids with a teddy bear (or plush animal of any species) receive complimentary Zoo admission with a paid adult and there are loads of fun activities planned. Call 661-6500 for info or visit www.CleMetZoo.com. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way.
• CC KIDS Fallfest at the Square at Shaker Square, complete with candy-apple making, stilt-walkers, strolling entertainment, drumming, bluegrass music, and food samples from Square restaurants. Sat 9/30 from nooon-5PM. http://www.ShakerSquare.net
• Support Independent Bookstores They may not be whales or tamarins, but indie bookstores are endangered species nevertheless. Support a worthy cause, enjoy fab food, music, poetry and exciting books on Sat 9/30 from 1 – 8PM at The Bookstore on West 25th (1921 West 25th Street). Call 566-8897 for info.
• HOT Severance Hall 75th Anniversary Gala Help kick off the 2006-07 season of the Cleveland Orchestra on Sat 9/30. Start off with cocktails at 6PM then hear the concert, featuring music by Mozart, Mahler and Strauss at 7PM. Call 231-7547 for ticket and table info. www.ClevelandOrchestra.com.
• Sweet Honey In the Rock A Cultural Exchange, a literacy-based, non-profit multicultural arts organization for children, presents Sweet Honey In the Rock on Sat 9/30 at 7:30PM as part of its 15th Anniversary Celebration. Call 229-8300 or get tix here.
• Planning Your Escape? If you hate your job, your boss, your spouse or all three, and Cool Cleveland is your weekly escape because Maui is too expensive, help a frustrated friend (or several) and pass this on. Forward this issue to a friend who needs a getaway. http://www.CoolCleveland.com

SUN

• HOT The Real Kings of Gypsy Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy real Gypsy folk music with artists direct from Hungary and Romania on Sun 10/1 at 7PM during the presentation of Gypsy Fire with The Carpathian Folk Quartet. Lakewood. http://www.BeckCenter.org.

MON

• HOT Materials, Medicine and Nanotechnology Summit Point of Intersection for materials engineers, clinicians and researchers on Mon 10/2 to Thu 10/5. http://www.NanoMedicineSummit.org.
• Jim Brickman & Gerald Levert Two Shaker Hts-based hitmakers come together with a single, My Angel, and a record release party at the House of Blues on Mon 10/2 at 8:30PM. Receive Brickman’s new CD Escape with your show ticket. A stranger combination would be difficult to imagine, but somehow (their Cleveland roots?), it might just make sense. Tickets

TUE

• 2006 Northern Ohio Energy Management Conference Energy conference featuring expert speakers such as Bruce Johnson, Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor, Anthony Alexander, President of FirstEnergy Corp and many others on Tue 10/3 and Wed 10/4 from 8AM to 5PM. Call 361-3100. John S. Knight Convention Center, 77 East Mill Street, Akron. Info.
• CC KIDS Blast off to a World of Fun during this after-school program on Tuesday afternoons in October, beginning Tue 10/3 at 3:30PM. Register at www.ClevelandChildrensMuseum.org.

WED

• Brownbag Concerts Pack a sandwich and enjoy the Trinity Chamber Orchestra on Wed 10/4; The Jackie Warren trio performing Latin jazz on Wed 10/11; organist Aivars Kalejs on Wed 10/18 and baritone, José Gotera, performing Bach with the Trinity Chamber Players and Daniel Hathaway on harpsichord on Wed 10/25 – all at high noon. http://www.mandpa.org.
• Ragged Obsessions A solo exhibition of collages by veteran artist and educator George Schroeder of Hiram opens on Wed 10/4. Opening reception on Thu 10/5 at 5PM. Show runs through 11/4. Kent. http://www.kent.edu/art.
• Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, former Prime Minister of Belgium and one of Europe’s leading politicians, will address the role integrity and innovation will play in Europe’s future on Wed 10/4 at 7:30PM. Baldwin Wallace Campus. Download your invitation here.

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Support the Arts in Our Region with Issue 18! Fact: Arts & Culture keeps our economy strong, generating over $1 billion in annual economic activity and 10,000+ good-paying jobs. Our region’s A&C draws visitors/tourists to Cleveland who bring money into our economy and helps attract the creative workers we need to keep and grow businesses. This issue will raise a critical $20 million annually for Cuyahoga County’s Arts & Culture organizations. Participate by signing up at our homepage www.Issue18.org and click “volunteer.” Make some phone calls, distribute literature or staff an event. Join us on Wed 10/18 for “Arts Around Cuyahoga County” day featuring dozens of A&C organizations, showing how they make our community vibrant and unique. Contact the Issue 18 campaign at 216.479.0555 to find out how you and/or your organization can take part.
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Voices and Choices Profile
Chief Rocka Entertainment
Voices and Choices poet slammers
Movies Behind the Scenes

Voices and Choices is our region’s big bet. The foundations, through the Fund for Our Economic Future, are betting millions on this 18-month-plus community engagement, which has brought over 20,000 people together to coalesce around a common agenda. So far, the process has turned up these 6 issues: public school funding, training workers, racial & income equality, attracting & growing jobs, government fragmentation, and urban sprawl. As part of the Regional Town Hall at Rhodes Arena on 9/9, while over 900 people discussed, diatribed and decided, the slam poets of Chief Rocka Entertainment were asked to spontaneously combust a few lines and shout it out to the assembled masses. Poets Q-Nice, Just One, Chris Webb, and One Truth took a stand at the podium and it was caught on camera by Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready. Listen up, Northeast Ohio. http://www.ChiefRocka.com

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Voices and Choices Profile
Rob Briggs
GAR Foundation president, Fund for Our Economic Future chairman
Movies Behind the Scenes

Rob Briggs has a lot on his plate. In Akron, he heads up the $180 million private GAR Foundation, giving away millions for the arts and civic and health services, with a large and increasing emphasis on education. Regionally, he heads up The Fund for our Economic Future, a multi-year ad hoc coalition of 85 foundations raising $30 million, convened to advance a highly focused regional economic development agenda. Their signature effort was in hiring AmericaSpeaks to administer Voices and Choices, an 18-month (and counting) project designed to engage tens of thousands of Northeast Ohioans across 15 counties to develop consensus around a common agenda. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready spoke with Rob at the recent Regional Town Hall at Rhodes Arena about how GAR and the Fund are transitioning from “spectator piggy banks,” the Fund’s dashboard of economic indicators, and why the economy of NEO is “in the dumper.” http://www.GarFdn.org, http://www.FutureFundNEO.org

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Voices and Choices Profile
Shara Davis
Voices and Choices project director
Movies Behind the Scenes

Shara Davis pulls it all together. She was brought in to coordinate what has turned out to be the largest community conversation ever, anywhere. Over 20K people across 15 NEO counties have participated in Voices and Choices, and Shara has been there for most of it. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready corralled her at the recent Regional Town Hall at Akron’s Rhodes Arena, and slowed her down long enough for her to explain how the interactive touch pads work, how the “Theme Team” collects data from laptops at each table, and how concise input from over 900 people is instantly fed back onto giant screens for more discussion. http://www.VoicesChoices.org

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Rollover: Ludwig Revealed Come experience Red’s “Assembling Beethoven” and hear Beethoven’s masterful Seventh Symphony on Sun 10/8 at 3PM at the Masonic Auditorium, downtown. Compare John Cage’s Credo in Us during the remarkable first half, followed by the twentieth century orchestral showpiece Fantasia on an Ostinato by John Corigliano (The Red Violin), which explores the famous theme from the second movement of Beethoven’s symphony. Finish with Ludwig’s original. For more info and good tickets while they last, contact www.RedAnOrchestra.org or 216-361-1733. Tickets start at $15. The Masonic Auditorium is located at Euclid and E. 36th, downtown.
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RoldoLINK
Editorial Wallop of Political TV Ads
By Roldo Bartimole

Maybe you have to give the Columbus Dispatch, the Dayton Daily News and the Plain Dealer credit for trying something new.

I am speaking of the three newspapers “Teaming Up,” as the PD says, to “address problems facing the state of Ohio and its gubernatorial candidates.”

However, I view it more as an attempt to do what the candidates aim to do. Try to convince the public that they are doing something about Ohio’s problems without really doing much at all. The newspapers are marketing to the public that they are responsible citizens with ideas.

It’s really being done on the cheap.

The three papers are advertising “responsibility” just as the candidates they want to influence do.

I do not think this pleading is the job of the newspapers or its commentators. I also don’t believe that they have the expertise to give such advice. Certainly, they do not have the power to make any of it happen…
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Emissions from the blogsphere
Sage Lewis has videos (and transcripts) on search engine optimization at the SageRock blog. Check out area events via the Cleveland Metro RSS feed from newly updated Upcoming.org. Jack repeats the koan Does a dog have buddha nature? Katherine digs the Happy Dog. Ed Morrison blogs “Casinos are a twenty year old economic development strategy that does not work very well.” Norm Roulet reposts the invite to Meet.The.Bloggers* interview with Issue 18 campaign director Eric Fingerhut. (Ed. All MTB interviews are free and open to the public). Check the Cool Cleveland weblog here, where Peter Chakerian talks about the second round of ABJ cutbacks, NCB/Key Movements and CPD’s not-so friendly parking ticket campaign. When you’re through, add your own comments, questions and attitude. Letters@CoolCleveland.com.

Cool Cleveland Sounds
So Nice
4 Degrees by Sunday
self-released

When I first discovered 4 Degrees by Sunday (4DBS), they were describing themselves as “Counting Crows meets Dave Matthews at an Eagles concert!” I think that description is not only misleading in terms of their sound, but it does them a great disservice by setting the expectation level extremely high.

After years of musical collaboration Tony Colon, Art Koch and “Weedge” seem to have narrowed their focus, focusing on the architecture of jangly pop. All that said, there’s not a whole lot of Crows, Matthews or Eagles here. What’s more, 4DBS is perhaps best served by the addition of Cami Negret on keyboards and backing vocals; her mellow and shimmering counterpoint adds greatly to the band’s musical fullness.

4DBS are a fun, bar-rockin’ band, and their Adult-Alternative Americana sound has a whole lot more in common with Sister Hazel and Ryan Adams’ Gold pop-styled tracks than it does with just about anything else. Lyrically, the songs come off like scrapbooking exercises from “The Wonder Years” television show, which, depending on your view, could be good or bad.

In my opinion, it’s not necessarily a bad thing. “Where Does It Go” waxes for simpler times, “Can’t Live Without It” refers to love in all its splendor, and “Time To Readjust” seems to angle for the same thought process that Will Kimbrough’s “Grown Up Now” does. Sadly, it’s just not as clever. On the positive side, these are perfectly capable musicians and I can see where all of their tunes would benefit in the live setting. You will, too.

4 Degrees by Sunday celebrate their CD with a release party Friday, September 29 at the Jigsaw Stage in Parma. Visit http://www.4degreesbysunday.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/4dbs for more information.

From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com

Cool Cleveland Eats
Quick & Healthy Takeaway

This might sound like something you would read in January, during the New Year surge of “Let’s go on a diet” and “Eat healthy” stories. But you know those vacation outfits didn’t fit the way you wanted. The time to start is now. But you’re constantly on the go. Meetings here, meetings there. Busy people tend to know it, but that won’t stop ’em from making extremely poor gastronomic choices in a weak moment with car keys, a lean wallet and an hour. Left to our own devices, most of us will lean on a Chinese carry out, deluxe pizza, sub sandwich or anything from the battery of fast food joints with oh-so-convenient drive-thru windows will often suffice.

If you’re out east and looking for a bite, check out Bix Foods—the mother of all take-aways in Beachwood. They offer a huge selection of fresh, nourishing and delicious take-outs for any meal of the day. Best of all, they do dinner on-the-go, in case you’ve got too much on “your plate” later. Daily specials and the never ending list of tasty dishes including glazed salmon, latkes and Jamaican jerk chicken wraps (pictured) are all made on the premises, completely from scratch. No fries with your sandwich, people. You get raw carrots or low-fat pita chips. And you get a nice selection of juices and waters (sparkling and still) instead of sickeningly sweet soda. Bix also has great coffee and delivers on orders 20 bones and up at no cost. They cater as well, in case you’ve had enough of your employer’s in-house catering. Locally owned and operated, the expansion potential for Bix Foods reminds me of Prêt a Manger in New York and London. With a little luck, Bix will someday occupy every major intersection in Northeast Ohio.

On the south side (and also eastward, in Solon) Mustard Seed Market & Café is also an incredible option. They focus their efforts on organics, fresh seafood, all natural beef, chicken and both vegan and vegetarian cuisine. Their Southwest Chipotle Bean salad is a knockout and incredibly zippy; they are the only game in town for a tasty “Macrobiotic Meal” plate to go, at least since the Red Star Café in Lakewood closed. Their Macro is hardly Micro, either. It features miso soup, whole grains, greens, proteins, vegetables & a macrobiotic cookie for dessert. Skip the cookie and hit their wicked juice bar.

Downtown, the best place for deliciously healthy nosh is at Teahouse Noodles. Pop your head in there some afternoon and you are likely to see Tribe GM Mark Shapiro or everyone’s favorite vegan congressman, Dennis Kucinich. With a line that often stretches out the door, Teahouse lunchtime is basically a “build-your-own” noodle bowl with vegetarian, chicken or shrimp options. Their miso broth and peanut sauces are highly recommended, as are the smoothies at their juice bar. And who knows, you might get to air your concerns about third base or the Capitol while you’re there. If the line is too long, Artefino (across from “Ohio’s Largest Daily”) and Tastebuds (in the 3800 building) are also fine options, as they cater to a more health-conscious crowd and feature light and delicious fare. The former offers deli sandwiches and equally-great coffee, while the latter’s veggie bolstered, health-conscious pizza will knock your socks off.

On the west side, or pretty well on any side, you’ll find an Aladdin’s. I will do a fair amount of trumpeting on their behalf in the coming weeks, so just know that their dine-in is always good, but a healthy take-out option has made this a weekly lunch/dinner in my household since 2000. Outside of that, check out the Web of Life near La Place in Westlake. The health food store has a deli that serves no meat or animal products. They’ve got a splendid array of breaded artichokes with soy cream cheese, an odd-sounding Tempeh Reuben and “Barbe-Fu” (BBQ tofu). They also have a juice bar for a quick pick-me-up and or the occasional wheatgrass shooter… in case your breakfast happened to come out of a drive-thru window.

Where do you get your fast, fresh and healthy food fix, Cleveland? Write in and tell us. Letters@CoolCleveland.com.

From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com

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Cleveland Wine Festival

Vino fans unite! The first annual Cleveland Wine Festival is setting up shop in Voinovich Park adjacent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum this weekend, September 29-30. The inaugural event is produced by Wine Festivals, LLC, whose principals include native Clevelanders Chris Previte and Gus Shimrak.

Wine Festivals, LLC has already hosted similar successful wine festival events in the Midwest, including those in Chicago (pictured) and St. Louis. Previte told Cool Cleveland in an interview last week that after those big cosmopolitan successes, bringing “an affordable, accessible, last-gasp-of-summer event” to his Cleveland hometown was a no-brainer.

“This is a perfect event for Cleveland, one we have been talking about for a long while,” Previte said. “We finally committed to the idea at the end of [last] year and have had a great deal of support from the city and sponsors. We hope this will be the first of many years.

“This is great outdoor fun where you cap off your summer, settle into the fall wine season and can learn something along the way,” he added. “We’re extremely pleased to be headquartered at Voinovich Park as well. That works out well, because it is an underutilized venue in Cleveland, in my opinion, not to mention an absolutely beautiful lakefront view!”

From Previte’s point of view, what separates the Cleveland Wine Festival from events like Vintage Ohio? “We’re really doing something different. We’re not focusing on just Ohio wine, like Vintage does, although there will be some with presence there. We have countries from all over the world represented: Spain, Italy, Australia, South Africa… we’re more international with our wine menu. Plus, the location for the event is great for accessibility, unlike Kirtland.”

And what about the World Series of Wine? “With us, it really comes down to affordability and accessibility, which in that regard, refers to a good price point. We are considerably less expensive than [World Series] is, with a much lower intimidation factor in a fun atmosphere.”

More than 20 wine exhibitors will feature samples of wine from around the world. Experts will speak on wine trends and varietals; critically-acclaimed Cleveland restaurateurs will be on site to perform cooking demos and offer wine pairings. And the proceeds for this “very affordable event” benefit a great cause, the Women’s Center of Greater Cleveland: http://www.womensctr.org

“We were really struck by [the Center]. They are doing amazing, important work, things to help women take control of their lives, like conquering dependency issues, abusive relationships, trouble finding employment… helping in all facets of their lives,” Previte finalized. “When we went to see their operation, we decided they were doing amazing, important work. Being a lifelong Clevelander and not knowing about them prior to, well, it felt good to raise awareness about their mission.”

We here at Cool Cleveland couldn’t have said that any better ourselves.

The inaugural Cleveland Wine Festival’s hours are Friday, September 29th from 4-10 PM and on Saturday, September 30th from 2-10 PM. To purchase tickets online or for more info, visit http://www.clevelandwinefestival.com or, call Previte at 233-2457.

From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com

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CASE Graduate Ensemble’s production of Heartbreak House

Had Alice fallen through the looking glass, she might well have landed at Heartbreak House. It is witty, absurdist, ‘bohemian’ comedy at its finest, demonstrated here by the great British master, George Bernard Shaw.

Set at a grand old country house in rural Sussex, England in 1914, the play is directed by Gerrold Scott. Play House regulars provide the technical aspects: Scenic Design is by Jill Davis; Costume Design by Jeffrey Van Curtis (with luscious late-Edwardian dresses in abundance!); Lighting Design by Robin Kunikis, and Sound Design by James C. Swonger. (Listen for the delightful period ‘salon’ music that leads into each act!)

The house is the residence of the elderly and eccentric retired ships Captain Shotover, who is also a frustrated inventor. Just before WWI, the daughter who lives with him, Hesione, invites a friend, Ellie, to visit. Unexpectedly, his other daughter, Lady Utterword, arrives from an unidentified place where her husband has been in government service. Nurse Guiness (a sort of one-size-fits-all servant) gets things confused with the aid of the captain, but eventually, everyone gets in and settled. Shortly thereafter, Ellie’s father, Mazzini Dunn, arrives as does his employer, Boss Magnan, to whom Ellie is somewhat betrothed. (All the details are not yet firm.)

When Ellie confesses she’s secretly in love with a mysterious gentleman from London, Hesione identifies the man as her own husband, Hector. Lady Utterword’s brother-in-law Randall arrives, adding yet another ingredient to the stew. At attempt at burglarizing the house party is made by the otherwise unidentified Burglar.

Shaw pulls out all the stops with this farce-like group, each of whom takes a turn at engaging the other members—singly or all together—in discussions of politics, social circumstances, marriages of convenience, and sexually-oriented romps as they pertain to any of these topics. Or don’t, as the case may be.

An otherwise unidentified air raid and resulting explosions serves to entertain most of the watchers, who think it’s a grand ‘light-and-sound’ show. It leads to the final curtain, but not before Ellie and the Captain decide to marry.

It’s all great fun, and as the cast settles in, will become a very enjoyable evening in the theatre. You’ll enjoy seeing the young actors sink their teeth into this very meaty repast. Taylor Valentine is Captain Shotover; Nathan Gurr is Boss Mangan; Tom Degnan is Hector Hushabye; Deric McNish is Mazzini Dunn; Erin Bunting (a CASE undergrad) is Hesione Hushabye; Annie Paul is Ellie Dunn; Melynee Saunders-Warren is Lady Utterword; Dan Hammond is Randall Utterword; Amanda Duffy is Nurse Guiness; and Tom White (a CASE alumni) is The Burglar.

Heartbreak House opens tonight, Wednesday September 27, in Studio One at the Cleveland Play House, and continues through October 7. Curtain is at 7:30 pm, with two Saturday matinees at 4 pm, and Sunday, October 1 at 2 pm. Tickets are $15. Wednesday is also the kick-off for a campaign to raise funds to permanently fund the program. For tickets or other information, call (216) 795-7000 or visit the web-site: http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com.

From Cool Cleveland contributor Kelly Ferjutz artswriterATadelphia.net

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Rabbit Hole @ Cleveland Play House 9/20 Losing a child is absolutely the worst thing that can happen to a parent. It is a loss you never get over, although time does seem to gradually soften the severe and immediate pain caused by the death. Each person grieves differently, too, and while some folks keep it all inside where it gnaws away at you continually, others are able to share their grief and get on with the rest of their lives. There doesn’t seem to be any happy medium or balance possible; no one or right (or wrong) way to grieve.

The Cleveland Play House opened its new season with Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, which explores the aftermath of a death, and the extremely opposite reactions of the child’s parents. Unhappily, this production doesn’t really show us if the play is insufficient in content, or if the production itself is lacking. Maybe it’s a bit of both. (Or maybe it’s the immediacy of the play’s premise to this reviewer.)

CPH artistic director Michael Bloom chose this play to open the new season, so he obviously found something in it, but he doesn’t go far enough in illuminating that ‘something’ for the audience. You keep waiting for something to happen, someone to really lose their cool, but it almost never does. This ship is becalmed, floating endlessly on a voyage to nowhere. Strangely enough, one of the characters says, near the beginning ”People want things to make sense.” Indeed.

The set by Russell Parkman is superb, providing three rooms (on a turntable) of a somewhat upscale house in a New York suburb: kitchen, living room and the child’s bedroom. Lighting designed by Michael Lincoln and sound by James C. Swonger provided an absolutely livable house and ambiance for the rather static action. Beth Novak did the accurate and interesting costumes.

As the play opens, it’s been several months since 4-year-old Danny was hit by a car driven by the teenaged Jason, marvelously brought to life by Troy Deutsch, all bumbling knees, elbows, and awkwardness. Danny’s mother Becca (Angela Reed) holds onto her grief and bitterness, closing herself away from the rest of her family. Danton Stone as husband and father Howie, on the other hand, has tried to get help through support groups and by watching a video of him and his son playing ball.

Becca’s younger sister Izzy has just discovered that she’s pregnant, and Genevieve Elam imbues the character with zeal and earnestness plus a fair amount of dizzy-ness, as well. The two sisters are absolutely a reflection of their mom, Nat, who seems to work overtime at being ditzy, at least as portrayed by Kate Skinner. They seem more like a family of strangers.

Finally, near the end of the play, Jason sends Becca a letter that contains a short story he wrote for school, and is dedicated to Danny. Then, one day, near the end of an ‘open house’ when Howie and Becca are trying to sell their home, the teenager drops by to visit. Becca invites him to come back on another occasion, after Howie shows nearly the only emotion of the evening in suggesting the youngster leave the premises—now!

Becca and Jason get into a wide-ranging discussion of ‘alternate universes’ during which she claims that ‘somewhere out there I’m having a good time’. It would be nice to think so. It would be even nicer if the audience could share that opinion.

Rabbit Hole runs through October 8. For tickets or other information, call (216) 795-7000 or visit the web-site: http://www.clevelandplayhouse.com.

From Cool Cleveland contributor Kelly Ferjutz artswriterATadelphia.net

Porgy and Bess @ Beck Center 9/22 Impressive. That’s the easiest and best way to describe Porgy and Bess now on-stage at the Beck Center in Lakewood. It’s also a true evaluation of the entire production. Granted, there are a few lesser moments, but there are many, many higher ones, and taken as an entirety, the show is truly worth seeing. For a theater organization of the Beck’s size and scope to even have tackled such a production is amazing. That it comes across so well is even more so.

Artistic Director Scott Spence and Music Director Stuart Raleigh keep the action moving smoothly. There are a few draggy spots, but also necessary and calculated places for collective breathing room—both for cast and audience. This allows the violence—when it happens—to be even more explosive and the storm scenes much more realistic. The hurricane’s light and sound effects are awesome.

33 actor/singers of varying experience and expertise combine to make up the inhabitants of Catfish Row in the early 1930s, plus a few outsiders, mostly representatives of the law. They all look like ‘real’ people, which is an added benefit, and their actions are all very natural. (Caveat: I saw the show a week after it opened, which perhaps afforded the cast extra time to ‘jell’ a bit.)

There are not enough superlatives available to describe the performance of William Clarence Marshall as Porgy. He carries the entire show on his capable and broad shoulders. His voice, which needed no extra amplification (and thankfully didn’t get any, either!) is pure velvet through its complete range, and his acting skills are on the same exalted level. He might have been born to play this role; it is not to be missed!

Dione Parker Bennett as Bess was not quite on the same plane, but close. To me, she was more the world-weary, beaten-down, scandalous woman than others I’ve seen in the part, thus making her more believable. Her two duets with Porgy were powerful and utterly convincing–Bess, You Is my Woman near the end of the first act and I Loves You, Porgy early in the second. Her emotion in the line ‘don’t let him handle me and drive me wild’ was heart-rending.

Crown needs an actor/singer of virility, vibrancy and villainy and Brian Keith Johnson was exactly that, plus having a voice of great power and expression. I found the ‘Sportin’ Life’ of Devon Settles to be as entirely sinuous and sneaky as one could wish, especially in It Ain’t Necessarily So. (This song has some of the most clever lyrics ever written, in my opinion.) His dancing (choreography by Martin Céspedes) was effective and enticing, and it was easy to see why Bess thought so, too.

Clara and Jake were brought to charming and innocent life as the young parents by Shellie Wyatt (who glistened in Summertime) and Darryl Lewis, respectively. Karen Clark-Green turned her lush voice loose on My Man’s Gone Now and Oh Doctor Jesus. Meryl Trimble Johnson imbued Maria with a humorous bawdiness, tempered by a generosity of spirit.

All the supporting roles were well-done, and the ensemble singing was some of the best I’ve ever heard. The design staff all deserve extra kudos for their contributions to the production: the set of Don McBride, costumes by Allison Garrigan, sound of Richard B. Ingraham and lighting by Trad A. Burns.

Porgy and Bess continues through October 8 at the Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Ave., Lakewood. For tickets or information call (216) 521-2540, or visit their web-site: http://www.beckcenter.org

From Cool Cleveland contributor Kelly Ferjutz artswriterATadelphia.net

Tool @ Wolstein Center, CSU 9/25 Art-metal rockers Tool are leading a renaissance of sorts as it relates to the much-chided progressive rock genre. Fronted by Ravenna-bred Maynard James Keenan (one of the few current rock icons) Tool delivered a bunker-buster 90-minute set of tunes comprised of their hits and nearly all of their latest platinum release, 10,000 Days. From the opening chords of “Stinkfist,” through offbeat time signatures in epics like “Schism” and “Lateralus,” to the calling-out of Rupert Murdoch and L. Ron Hubbard in “Ænima,” the band never faltered. They’re also bringing spectacle back to rock shows, providing a multimedia/visual feast to accompany their intellectual (nay, geekrock) sound. As heavy and precise with performance as with multimedia, Tool’s performance made an even clearer argument for the influence of the “prog” subgenre. With bands like Tool leading the “Third Wave” charge of progressive rock (see Porcupine Tree, the Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria, System of a Down, Dream Theater, VAST, the Flower Kings, Opeth, Sigur Rós, Radiohead) and gaining popularity, there has never been a better time to get progressive rock legitimately and deservedly inducted. Just how long will our Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum deny prog rock pioneers like King Crimson, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rush, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues? Remember: noisy wheels get the grease. Thankfully, enough people complained about Black Sabbath to get them in before one of them died. Some acts out there have not been so lucky. From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com

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On Sun Ra appearing in Cleveland With great joy, I read that Sun Ra, who passed away over a decade ago, will perform Friday in Cleveland! No doubt the great man continues to travel the space waves from planet to planet — and Cleveland is a required stop on his interplanetary itinerary. Thanks for all you do, and keep those updates from Saturn coming.
from Cool Cleveland reader Lorraine Angus laATasimplemachine.com

On the arts levy (See http://www.CoolCleveland.com/ArtsLevy) Why not a tax on wine? This seems to be the drink of choice at many of these events. Doesn’t this fall under the “sin” category?
from Cool Cleveland reader Annette Anthony aanthonyATtaftlaw.com

On gaming, gambling and casinos (See Lose & Lose, Not “Learn & Earn” RoldoLINK here) Right on Roldo. Should I Stay Or Should I Go ? If the gambling issue passes I’ll be running out of town. Not only will the rich get richer but the poor will get poorer. There looking at Cleveland because it has been shown that gamblers are usually those people looking to hit the big jackpot and get the good life from it. Here we are in one of the poorest cities in the country and they know desperate people gamble. Expendable income is lost that will not remain in Northeast Ohio where most of our gamblers will come from. The trickle down effect will hit all our businesses and probably put quite a few down for the count. Below is an article on Detroit Casinos after 5 years. The entire article can be found here. The bright lights, big numbers, and empty promises of casino gambling have blinded too many local and state governments. In Detroit, the three proposed casinos were hailed as new economic engines that would revitalize the downtown area with new jobs, new buildings, and spin-off entertainment businesses. They promised new hotels, new restaurants, new entertainment, and more tourists from outside of the area. Five years since the casinos opened, the promises remain empty or broken. According to a recent Detroit Free Press article, “beyond the casinos walls, little spin-off is evident.” The Michigan Restaurant Association reported that there has been little to no new restaurants and many restaurants that were on the brink have shut down. Analysis also reveals that an overwhelming majority of the dollars spent in Detroit casinos are siphoned from individuals located within a 50-mile radius. Bankruptcy has doubled, crime has risen, and the city is running a $1.2 million budget deficit on police, fire, and gambling-related services, even after receiving their revenue sharing payments.
from Cool Cleveland reader Norman Plonski srnormATsbcglobal.net

On Voices and Choices (See Voices and Choices Profiles here) Thank you for the Voices and Choices coverage. While I was disappointed this year, this is still our best option. I still can’t identify their agenda!
from Cool Cleveland reader Larry Kendra easteconATadelphia.net

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1) Cool Cleveland Eats Dana Aritonovich’s interview with Matt Fish of Melt.
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2) Uptown is the new University Circle The Barries advises University Circle “to enliven the place and take some chances on art and architecture.”
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3) TechSync BizTech Profile Tech Czar Michael DeAloia.
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4) TechSync BizTech Profile Koyono Founder & President Jay Yoo.
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5) RoldoLINK Lose & Lose, Not “Learn & Earn”.
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