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  • U.S. swells to 312 million as births outpace deaths, migration adds others: Sunday’s Numbers

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    pdstock-census.jpgLisa DeJong, Plain Delaer fileMigration is one reason why the U.S. population continues to grow.

    312,780,968: Estimated population of the United States on New Year’s Day with the addition of 2.3 million residents in the past year and slightly more than 4 million since Census Day on April 1, 2010.

    8 seconds: One birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in the United States during January.

    12 seconds: One death is expected to occur every 12 seconds.

    46 seconds: Net migration is expected to add one person to the United States every 46 seconds.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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  • BCS national championship game links: LSU Tigers and Alabama Crimson Tide kick off on Monday night

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    les-miles2.jpgAssociated PressLSU coach Les Miles graduated from Elyria High School in 1972.

    CLEVELAND, Ohio — LSU’s Tigers, the nation’s first-ranked college football team, play the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night in New Orleans, Louisiana.

    The teams’ coaches — LSU’s Les Miles and Alabama’s Nick Saban — have strong ties to northeast Ohio and the Buckeye State, as detailed by cleveland.com in a Nov. 2, 2011 Starting Blocks story.

    Three days later, on Nov. 5, LSU defeated Alabama, 9-6, on the Crimson Tide’s homefield in Tuscaloosa.

    Louisiana State is 13-0; Alabama, 11-1.

    Al.com, the website for several newspapers in Alabama, and nola.com, the website for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, are sister publications of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.

    AL.com covers Alabama and the lead-up to the championship game, just as nola.com reports on LSU and the build-up to the game.

    The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com, of course, cover Ohio State Buckeyes sports and other news in college football. Plain Dealer Ohio State beat writer Doug Lesmerises writes about the Louisiana State vs. Alabama game.

    Jim Kleinpeter writes for the (New Orleans) Times-Picayune and nola.com that Tigers coach Les Miles works to maintain a strong family life instead of letting football dominate:

    Team and family go hand in hand.

    Rather than keep the two separate, Miles, 58, has sought to join the forces since his early days as a husband and father.

    Shortly after she was born, Kathryn “Smacker” Miles made regular trips to Les’ coaching office with her mom, Kathy, even for something as simple as a hug and a kiss at dinner time. As the family grew to include Ben, Manny and now Macy Grace, 8, Kathy and the kids always were a part of the scenery wherever Les hung his whistle.

    Miles learned he didn’t have to choose between loved ones and a profession known for long hours and a grinding pace.

    “He saw it as such a benefit for our kids, he thought it would benefit the other coaches,” Kathy Miles said. “It just evolved. It wasn’t a specific plan.”

    Building a family atmosphere by making wives and children welcomed around the football team is part of Miles’ philosophy as much as a crunching ground game. He left it as a legacy at Oklahoma State and the tradition has been carried to places such as Northwestern State, where former LSU assistant Bradley Dale Peveto is the head coach.

    “I couldn’t do this without them (family), and I don’t think there’s a guy back there that’s any different from me,” Miles said, waving his hand toward the assistant coaches’ offices.

    Kevin Scarbinsky writes for the Birmingham News and al.com that this will be a different type of game than the one in the regular season, when Louisiana State edged Alabama, 9-6.

    Scarbinsky writes, referring to Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart:

    Before and after that first game, Smart said, “both teams probably felt they had the better team.”

    Smart football people, like Kirby Smart, expect Alabama-LSU II to be different. They expect more shots downfield in the passing game. They expect more points.

    Smart, of course, expects a different outcome. So do I. Call it a gut feeling. Or a memory. The last time Alabama played for a national championship in the Superdome, Alabama wasn’t the better team – except on that night. That night, against fast-talking Miami, Alabama was the superior team because of the superior execution of a superior plan.

    Tonight, we’ll see two great teams with two great plans. We’ll see two teams that, unlike the 1992 Miami team, won’t buckle if they fall behind or get knocked down. We’ll see, as Miles said Sunday, “big-boy football.”

    We’ll see the most physical game any of us has ever seen. We’ll see a clinic in blocking and tackling. We’ll see the better blockers and tacklers get it done in the end, and we’ll see Alabama win 17-16.

    Tigers vs. Crimson Tide

    Morris Claiborne and Tyrann Mathieu give Louisana State uncommon excellence at cornerback, Stewart Mandel writes for Sports Illustrated’s SI.com.

    An LSU-Alabama rematch might be the right game for the championship, but it also shows what’s wrong with the BCS, Dennis Dodd writes for CBSSports.com.

    Alabama’s kickers could get a second chance against Louisiana State, Stewart Mandel writes for Sports Illustrated’s SI.com.

    LSU would not be in the championship game if not for quarterback Jarrett Lee, now the backup to starter Jordan Jefferson. By Gene Wojciechowski for ESPN.com.

    Alabama running back Trent Richardson must come through for the Crimson Tide to defeat LSU, Bill Vilona writes for the Pensacola News Journal.

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  • Cleveland Browns P.M. links: One week later, after all the analysis, it’s still a 4-12 season

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    browns-steelers2.jpgJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerThe Browns’ season of futility ended with yet another futile play — Pittsburgh’s secondary breaks up a Seneca Wallace pass into the end zone, clinching the Steelers’ 13-9 win at Cleveland on Jan. 1.

    CLEVELAND, Ohio — It’s been one week since the Cleveland Browns finished their 2011 season with a 13-9 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Browns Stadium.

    And, after the press conferences with team president Mike Holmgren, general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur; the opinions of players old and young; the “what-could-have-beens” and “silver-lining-in-a-dark-cloud” rhetoric, nothing has changed.

    The Browns went 4-12 this season with a roster needing help at numerous positions. They have won 68 games and lost 140 (141 counting their one playoff game) since returning to the NFL as a franchise in 1999.

    Plain Dealer and cleveland.com Browns coverage includes Tony Grossi’s review of the season; his ranking, in order, of 53 Browns players’ performances in 2011; four observations of Grossi’s regarding the Browns; four other observations by Mary Kay Cabot regarding the Browns; Grossi’s five reasons for optimism regarding the Browns; and much more.

    Goal to goal

    In his review of the Browns’ season, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal addresses several topics.

    One of his observations about the Browns’ offense:

    Biggest disappointment: Holmgren let Shurmur juggle the roles of a first-time head coach and an offensive coordinator. It proved to be a huge mistake. Shurmur was often in over his head, and his version of the West Coast offense didn’t do much to inspire confidence moving forward. The Browns have vowed to hire an offensive coordinator in the offseason, and Shurmur has suggested he would relinquish play-calling duties if the right candidate comes along. The Browns better hope they find him.

    What the Browns could do in the draft, and other observations, by Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon Journal.

    Why the Browns should trade down in the first round of the draft, by Brian Murtaugh for the Bleacher Report.

    NFL notes, featuring a look at how drafting a quarterback early often works out, by Jeff Schudel for the News-Herald and Lorain Morning Journal.

    The Browns own the fourth pick in the draft. Steve Doerschuk of the Canton Repository reviews how some fourth picks have fared.

    Offseason predictions for the Browns. A Bleacher Report slideshow.

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  • New York Giants rout Atlanta Falcons, 24-2, in NFC wild card playoff game

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    mario-manningham.jpgAssociated PressNew York’s Mario Manningham catches a 27-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning during the Giants’ 24-2 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

    EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey – Even Eli Manning’s feet are dangerous.

    Manning punctuated his best pro season Sunday by throwing for three touchdowns and scrambling for a 14-yard gain that woke up New York’s offense. He sparked the Giants to a 24-2 rout of the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC wild-card game, their first postseason victory since their Super Bowl upset of undefeated New England four years ago.

    Next up is just as big a challenge for the Giants (10-7): the defending champion Packers in Green Bay next Sunday. New York lost 38-35 to Green Bay in December.

    The team that couldn’t run the ball will be sprinting there, bringing along a defense the Packers (15-1) actually might fear.

    And an offense led by Manning, who hooked up on a 72-yard catch and run by Hakeem Nicks in the third quarter that put away the inept Falcons (10-7). Manning also connected on a 4-yard TD with Nicks in the second period, and a 27-yard TD throw to Mario Manningham in the fourth quarter that finished it off.

    The Giants head to Green Bay with more balance on offense and more stinginess on defense than they’ve displayed most of the season. Their last postseason trip to Lambeau Field was a 23-20 overtime victory for the NFC championship two weeks before they upset the Patriots.

    The tempo in the first playoff game at MetLife Stadium was set by New York’s defense, which never allowed Atlanta to get going, and by the league’s lowest-ranked rushing game, which ran for a season-high 172 yards, 92 by Brandon Jacobs and 63 by Ahmad Bradshaw. The Giants averaged 5.5 yards a carry, 2 yards more than in the regular season.

    For all of Jacobs’ and Bradshaw’s success, it was Manning’s escape and 14-yard dash on third down in the second period that got the Giants rolling. Jacobs soon broke a 34-yard run, and Manning hit Nicks on a post pattern to put the Giants up 7-2.

    They never really had to look back as the Falcons bumbled their way to their third straight playoff loss under coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan.

    New York was aided greatly by Atlanta’s penchant for gambling on fourth downs — and failing. Twice the Giants stymied the Falcons on fourth-and-1 as Ryan’s sneaks went nowhere. The defense also stopped Michael Turner, supposedly the most effective runner on the field, on a third-and-inches late in the third period.

    Atlanta missed on a fourth-down try in overtime that cost the Falcons a game against New Orleans during the season. While they negated New York’s recently revitalized pass rush for much of the day, the Falcons couldn’t gain any traction on the ground, being held to 64 yards rushing.

    Both offenses sputtered in the first half with an assortment of penalties, drops and poor throws.

    When the Falcons wheeled out the no-huddle offense, though, they marched from their 10 to a fourth-and 1 at the New York 24. On the first play of the second quarter, Ryan was stacked up on his sneak.

    But it turned out positively for the Falcons anyway.

    Giants guard Chris Snee was called for holding, and, from his 13, Manning was pressured back into the end zone by James Sanders. He threw the ball away to avoid the sack, resulting in a safety.

    New York had its own fourth-and-inches run on its first touchdown drive. Jacobs ran over safety Thomas DeCoud on the play from the Atlanta 6.

    Nicks caught his post pattern over Dominique Franks, the fill-in for injured cornerback Brent Grimes, to make it 7-2.

    The Giants’ most recent home playoff victory was a 41-0 rout of Minnesota for the 2000 NFC title.

    Atlanta’s last playoff win was in 2005 over St. Louis when Michael Vick still was the Falcons’ quarterback.

     

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  • Hockey trivia in honor of Ohio State-Michigan faceoff Jan. 15 at Progressive Field

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    St. Ignatius beats St. Edward, 4-2, at Progressive Field hockey matchEnlargeJohn Kuntz, The Plain DealerSt. Edward and St. Ignatius High Schools battle on the Progressive Field ice during the first period Jan. 5, 2012, during The Frozen Diamond Faceoff in Cleveland. The Wildcats went on to win the match, 4-2. (John Kuntz / The Plain Dealer)St. Ignatius beats St. Edward, 4-2, at Progressive Field hockey match gallery (11 photos)CLEVELAND, Ohio — Did you hear the one about the hockey game breaking out during a boxing match? Now for something completely different: a hockey game in a baseball stadium. Hence the Frozen Diamond Faceoff.

    The reason I never followed hockey as a kid in the 1960s was because it was impossible to see the puck on our fuzzy black-and-white television. You could barely tell the players apart.

    Things have changed with the advent of high-definition television. Hockey is so vivid on TV, you need to wear a cup. But if you don’t know the finer points of the sport, read on. We offer some random info and trivia about college, professional and Olympic hockey.

    (One last hockey joke. What did the referee say to the hockey-playing leper? “Faceoff in the corner!”)

    History

    • Ice hockey originally was played with a ball. It was like soccer on ice with sticks. The problem was the ball was always flying off the ice. That’s when the puck, a disc of vulcanized rubber, was developed. Today, pucks are frozen before games to keep them from bouncing too much.

    • On March 3, 1875, the first regulation indoor game was played at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink.

    College vs. pro

    Two differences between college and pro rules:

    • In college, face masks are required. College players have more teeth, eyes and straighter noses than pros.

    • In pros, fighting and using players as enforcers are part of the game. In college, the penalty for fighting is a one-game suspension on your first offense. This is much more effective at discouraging fisticuffs than the NHL’s laughable five-minute penalty. This lack of fighting makes the college game move much faster and more family-friendly. But that means there are fewer breaks during college games (during fights) to go into the kitchen to get a sandwich.

    At the movies

    One of the most popular hockey movies is the 1977 comedy “Slap Shot,” starring Paul Newman and directed by George Roy Hill. It’s about a losing team that begins to win. Comic relief is provided by a bevy of players, including the glasses-wearing, thuggish Hanson brothers.

    Top moment

    Sports Illustrated has called “The Miracle on Ice” the top sports moment in the 20th century. During the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., the U.S. team, mostly made up of college players, defeated the Soviet Union, then considered the world’s best team. The U.S. team went on to win the gold medal.

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  • Jobless rate lowest in three years; but people who have quit looking for work add to decrease

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    jobs3years.jpgView full sizeA construction worker installs trusses on a new addition at Chardon Hills Elementary School in Euclid. Hiring in December pushed the national unemployment rare to its lowest level in nearly three years.

    The national unemployment rate fell in December to its lowest level in nearly three years, sparking elation over job expansion but also warnings that the country has a long ways to go.

    The jobless figure dropped to 8.5 percent, down from 8.7 in November, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. The figure, the lowest since February 2009, marked the fourth straight month the rate had declined.

    Employers added a net 200,000 jobs in December. For the last six months, the economy generated at least 100,000 jobs each month. That hasn’t happened since April 2006.

    Figures for Ohio will not be released until Jan. 20. Ohio’s unemployment rate was 8.5 percent in November.

    While the improvement was welcome, George Zeller, an economic research analyst in Cleveland, said the data still show that the economic recovery is weak.

    Since December 2007, the start of the national recession, the economy has lost more than 6.8 million jobs, Zeller said. That means the economy must create 570,000 jobs a month in 2012 in order to recover all of those lost during the recession, which technically ended in June 2009.

    “We are getting a recovery, but it is very, very slow,” he said. “It is barely noticeable.”

    Another sign of the struggling economy is that the size of the workforce shrank because of discouraged workers, those without jobs who are not counted as unemployed because they have given up looking for work. December showed 945,000 discouraged workers, with the total unemployed at nearly 14 million.

    Zeller said about half of the drop in the unemployment rate in December was caused by a decrease in the workforce. Joel Elvery, assistant professor of Urban Studies at Cleveland State University, who specializes in labor economics, agreed about discouraged workers but said the actual increase in jobs shouldn’t be overlooked.

    Three of the industries that our region specializes in had strong growth in December, he said.

    Those industries included fabricated metals manufacturing and machinery manufacturing, which increased by a combined total of 11,000 jobs. Health care increased by 23,000 jobs.

    Greg Krizman, spokesman for the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network, or MAGNET, said many of the group’s members have been hiring because they have seen an uptick in business.

    “Manufacturing is leading the recovery here in Northeast Ohio,” he said.”You can see it the want ads in the employment section to the companies that make shipping boxes and containers. They are one of the indicators of a solid uptrend in manufacturing, and they are going full blast.”

    Trucking also is a frequent indicator, said Annalee Cooper, who owns Cooper Brothers Trucking in Akron with her husband, Tim. The company, which opened in 2009, added 13 positions in 2011, bringing its staff to 43.

    The company doubled its revenue to $6 million last year and expected to double again this yeawr.

    But not everyone is benefiting. Underemployment — part-time workers who want full-time jobs — remains high at 15.2 percent, though it has dropped three straight months. And nearly 43 percent of all unemployed workers are among the long-term jobless, those without jobs at least 27 weeks.

    Duane Morris of Northfield Center, a certified public accountant, was laid off from the city of Cleveland in October 2010.

    “Few are serious about hiring, even though there is a lot of talent out there,” he said. “I have had only about two face-to-face interviews and about four to six phone interviews, despite sending out many, many resumes.”

    Albert Green, chief executive officer of Kent Displays in Kent, said his company is serious about hiring. The company hired 24 employees last year, bringing the total workforce to 110. He hesitates to attribute the brisk hiring to the economy and more to the popularity of the company’s products. Kent Displays manufacturers the Boogie Board, an LCD writing tablet, introduced about two years ago.

    “There has got to be some impact, but I’m not sure how much,” Green said, adding that the company is in the process of hiring five employees. “Most of our growth happened over the tough economy.”

    One person who didn’t hesitate to draw the connection between the economy and job growth was President Barack Obama. He knows that a steadily dropping jobless rate will be key to his re-election

    “We’re starting to rebound,” Obama said, also calling for Congress to extend tax cuts to the middle class.

    Ken Oppenheimer, who owns Sushi on the Roll in Medina, said an improving economy is why he has hired 10 employees in the past two weeks. His 24-employee company had focused on wholesale sales. In December, he opened a restaurant.

    Oppenheimer said he was surprised by the high demand, which he believed would be limited until the economy strengthened.

    “Finding people was pretty easy,” he said. “A lot of people were out of work. We were flooded with resumes.”

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  • Job help, networking events: Business calendar

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    JOBS HELP

    TUESDAY

    LinkedIn 101 for Job Seekers: 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Maple Heights Branch, 5225 Library Lane. Go to tinyurl.com/7727edm to register.

    WEDNESDAY

    40 Tips for a Successful Job Search: 7 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Bay Village Branch, 502 Cahoon Road. Go to tinyurl.com/7gwlfqj to register.

    SATURDAY, JAN. 21

    Career Development, Job Seekers Seminar, “New Year, New You”: 9 a.m. to noon at the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, 8001 Brecksville Road, Brecksville. Free. Registration required. Go to tinyurl.com/35s9h2e to register.

    New Job Search: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, North Royalton Branch, 14600 State Road. Go to tinyurl.com/7k5dy6k to register.

    MONDAY, JAN. 23

    Behavior-Based Interviewing: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Maple Heights Branch, 5225 Library Lane. Go to tinyurl.com/6p386vp to register.

    TUESDAY, JAN. 24

    Online Job Applications: 10 a.m. to noon at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Maple Heights Branch, 5225 Library Lane. Go to tinyurl.com/c79yfyr to register.

    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

    Over-40 Job Seeker: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cuyahoga County Public Library, North Royalton Branch, 14600 State Road. Go to tinyurl.com/ccxa7wv to register.

    CALENDAR

    TUESDAY

    Greater Cleveland Mortgage Bankers Association, “The Economic Outlook for Commercial Real Estate”: 11:30 a.m. at Thompson Hine’s Lakeview Room, 127 Public Square, 3900 Key Center, Cleveland. $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers, $25 for students with ID. Add $5 if you register at the door. $12 for parking. Go to tinyurl.com/ce3kg3c to register.

    WEDNESDAY

    CFA Society of Cleveland: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Sammy’s Metropolitan Restaurant, 925 Euclid Ave., 21st Floor Huntington Building, Executive Room, Cleveland. Free for members, $40 for nonmembers, $10 for students. Register by Jan. 9. Go to heisler-eorg.eventbrite.com/ to register.

    Business Basics seminar: 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the Akron Global Business Accelerator, 526 S. Main St., Ninth Floor, Conference Room 904, Akron. Free. Registration is required. Email info@akronsbdc.org or call 330-375-2111.

    THURSDAY

    APICS, the Association for Operations Management, “Exports and Foreign Trade Zones – Opportunities and Basic Requirements”: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Cleveland State University, Student Center, Room 313, 2121 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. $30 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Register by Wednesday. Go to apicscleveland.org/?q=node/898 to register.

    FRIDAY

    Small Business Administration seminar: 10 a.m. to noon at SBA’s Cleveland District office, Suite 211, 1350 Euclid Ave. The seminar will explain government-contracting opportunities available for small businesses. Free. Seating is limited. Call 216-522-4180.

    SATURDAY

    Lake County Tea Party, County Commissioners Candidates Forum: 2 p.m. at the pavilion at Mentor Beach Park.

    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18

    Women’s Leadership Council, “The Mentor/Mentee Relationship: Navigating for Success — Part II”: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at VNA / Cuyahoga Community College Facility, 2500 East 22nd St., Cleveland. $20. Go to tinyurl.com/6swu8g8 to register.

    Annual Economic Forecast meeting: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence. $15 in advance or $20 at door. Send registration and check, payable to Northeast Ohio Chapter/NAIC, to P.O. Box 248126, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124. For information call 216-291-2207 or 440-449-1427.

    Northeast Ohio Health Underwriters Association, “What Does Leadership in This Current Insurance Environment Look Like?” and “Key Elements in Healthcare Reform”: 8 a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence. Free for members with reservations, $35 for nonmembers. Registration is required by Jan. 16. Go to neohuajanuary2012.eventbrite.com to register.

    THURSDAY, JAN. 19

    A “Finding Grants for Business — Workshop I”: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, 2930 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. $20. Check or money order must be received by Jan. 14. Call Gwen Solomon at 216-622-0999, Ext. 232 to confirm.

    Business Volunteers Unlimited, “RevU@BVU: Identifying and Evaluating New Revenue Streams” (3 courses): 9 a.m. to noon at the Penton Media Building, First Floor Conference Center, 1300 East Ninth Street, Cleveland. Also held Feb. 9 and March 8. Optional two-hour organization-specific follow-up session is included in the course fee. $495 for members, $595 for nonmembers. Go to tinyurl.com/7u4kom5 to register.

    Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, “Engaging Next Generation Donors and Board Members”: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza, 5300 Rockside Road, Independence. $25 for members, $40 for nonmembers. Register by Jan. 16. To register, go to www.afpcleveland.org or email admin@afpcleveland.org or call 216-696-1613.

    Lake/Geauga Area Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, “Annual Legal Update 2012″: 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Dino’s Restaurant, 4145 Ohio 306, Willoughby. $20 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Add $5 if registered after Jan. 14. Go to tinyurl.com/4uyyfy8 to register.

    SATURDAY, JAN. 21

    Computer Assisted Genealogy Group, Cleveland Area Meeting: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fairview Park Regional Library, 21255 Lorain Road, Fairview Park. Morning Program: “Bringing Your Ancestor to Life”; Afternoon Program: Local Library Databases. For more information, go to www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/3/8ohcagg/ or call Bill Frank, 440-734-2021.

    TUESDAY, JAN. 24

    Minority Business Enterprise/EDGE Certification: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, 2930 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. $15. Check or money order must be received by Jan. 19. Send to the Urban League, 2930 Prospect Ave., Cleveland. Call Gwen Solomon 216-622-0999, ext. 232.

    Behavioral Interviewing: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ERC Workplace Center, Third Floor, 6700 Beta Drive, Mayfield. $250 for ERC members, $300 for nonmembers. Must register, go to web.ercnet.org/events.

    WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25

    “” American Payroll Association and the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center’s Adult Education Department, “PayTrain Fundamentals” (11-week course): 6 to 9 p.m. at the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center, 8001 Brecksville Road, Brecksville. Held Wednesdays through April 4. $899 for district residents, $909 for nondistrict residents, $625 for district seniors citizens. To register, call 440-746-8230.

    THURSDAY, JAN. 26

    Cuyahoga Valley Chamber of Commerce, Impact Awards: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Holiday Inn, 6001 Rockside Road, Independence. $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers. RSVP is required. Email cvcc@cuyahogavalleychamber.org or call 216-573-2707.

    FRIDAY, JAN. 27

    Business Volunteers Unlimited, “Strategic Planning Implementation: Have Your Intentions Come to Life?”: 9 a.m. to noon at the Penton Media Building, First Floor Conference Center, 1300 East Ninth St., Cleveland. $65 for members, $95 for nonmembers. Go to tinyurl.com/bpk7who to register.

    WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1

    “First Hand Experiences from Executives of Local Manufacturers on How to Grow Export Sales”: 8 to 10:30 a.m., Valley View. $15 for International Business Network members, $20 for nonmembers. To register, email admin@neoibn.org or call 216-771-1200.

    TUESDAY, FEB. 7

    Supervisory Series I (five-part series): A.M. session – 9 a.m. to noon; P.M. session – 1 to 4 p.m. at the ERC Workplace Center, Third Floor, 6700 Beta Drive, Mayfield. Also held Feb. 14, Feb. 21, Feb. 28, and March 6. $450 for ERC members, $600 for nonmembers. Must register. Go to web.ercnet.org/events to register.

    Go to cleveland.com/business for more calendar listings. Send new items at least two weeks in advance to Eileen Zakareckis, Business Calendar, The Plain Dealer, 1801 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114, or email her at bizlists@plaind.com. Include “Notebook,” “Appointments,” or “BizCal” in the subject line.

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  • North American International Auto Show in Detroit kicks off Monday

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    NAIAS.JPGAssociated PressWorkers prepare BMW’s booth at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Press preview days for the North American International Auto Show begin Monday.

    CLEVELAND, Ohio — Media days for the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit start Monday, providing as many as 5,000 automotive journalists a look at what’s going to be on the road in the next few years. The show opens to the public on Saturday. For live updates this week from the show, go to cleveland.com/autoshow.

    North American International Auto Show

    Where: Cobo Center, One Washington Blvd., Detroit.

    Open to the public: Jan. 14-Jan. 22

    Times: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., except for 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 22.

    Tickets: $12 for adults, $6 for seniors (65 and older) and children (7-12 years old). Children 6 and younger are admitted free.

    Parking: $8-$15 per vehicle, depending on where you park. You can prepurchase parking through the website, www.naias.com.

    The Cleveland Auto Show in February will have some of the concept cars and new-vehicle reveals that will debut in Detroit.

    Cleveland Auto Show

    Where: International Exposition Center, One I-X Center Drive, Cleveland.

    When: Feb. 25-March 4

    Times: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sundays.

    Tickets: $12.50 for adults (ages 13-61); $10.50 for seniors (62 and older) and children (7-12). Children 6 and younger are free.

    Parking: Free.

    For live updates during the Detroit show, you can also follow me on Twitter @Rschoenb.

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  • Ohio changes subsidized child care tracking system

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    CHILD-CARE-SWIPE-SYSTEM.JPGAssociated Press fileOhio switched this week to a system in which parents swipe cards when children enter and exit subsidized day care. Ohio issued cards for more than 100,000 children and card-readers for 12,000 care providers. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio has started using an automated swipe-card system to track attendance and payments for its subsidized child-care program.

    The state switched this week to a system in which parents swipe cards when children enter and exit day care, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Ohio issued cards for more than 100,000 children and card-readers for 12,000 care providers.

    It enables the state to pay directly, instead of waiting on county Job and Family Services departments to compile and submit local billing records to their state counterpart. Officials hope the switch streamlines the system, reducing costs and paperwork, but some users say it causes a hassle when someone other than a parent drops off or picks up a child and can’t use their card, leaving parents to catch up on the card-swiping later to make the records correct.

    “Right now, our sign-in and sign-out sheets are more accurate,” said Louanna Leonard, vice president for Creative Child Care’s area centers. “We’ve got some back-swiping to do.”

    At one point, a provider’s machine indicated Erica Gary’s two sons had been in care for 24 hours straight. The swipe system had caused some confusion because the baby sitter who watches her sons in the morning couldn’t check them into the Creative Child Care’s Westland center, and the same was true for the center.

    “No one else can use their cards,” said Lori Russell, director at the Westland center. “We cannot touch them, or even have them in our presence. That’s fraud.”

    So Gary had to go through “voiding and back-swiping” to fix the records later, Russell said.

    “It’s kind of stressful,” Gary said. “It might take 15 or 20 minutes.”

    The swipe-card method cost $6 million to develop and is expected to cost about half that much to operate each year, the newspaper said.

    Official anticipate less fraud, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services spokesman Ben Johnson said, though he couldn’t say how often fraud had occurred.

    “We don’t think that fraud is endemic, but we’re not so naive to think that it doesn’t exist,” he said. “When we do see attendance fraud, it is more commonly among providers.”

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  • Solon inmate dies this morning

    Posted on 9 gennaio 2012 by admin Comment

    Alan C. Burton.jpgSolon JailAlan C. Burton

    SOLON, Ohio — A 49-year-old Cleveland man serving weekends at the Solon jail was found unconscious and not breathing this morning.

    Corrections officers discovered Alan Burton unresponsive in his cell about 3:53 a.m. First aid was performed and he was taken to St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 4:29 a.m.

    There were no signs of foul play, Lt. Bruce Felton said. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office will perform an autopsy.

    Burton was serving 15 weekends in jail for attempted felonious assault. He was sentenced Sept. 28 in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for the offense committed March 18.

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