What I am about to tell you is something you've probably never heard or will ever read in history books.

One of my favorite songs, "Truckin", is snapshots from on the road by the Grateful Dead, which are not unlike snapshots in all our lives. Great early European video recording here, showing even the greatest performers make mistakes.

It has been exciting to watch, over the past week, as this beautiful video clip of my beautiful wife Evelyn giving birth to our beautiful daughter Clara has been viewed by nearly 6,000 people on YouTube - a companion video clip of my wife in hypno-birth, water-birth labor has received nearly as much global attention... in a week. In a week, those two clips attracted around 10,000 unique viewers... about as many unique viewers as come to our REALNEO community, in a week. The value of sharing these videos on YouTube is obvious - that is a good distribution channel to teach people about childbirth. So is REALNEO.

There is a very disturbing article in today's Cleveland Plain Dealer, written by their urban-planning-master-in-training at Cleveland State University, that is so full of conflicts-of-interests and halftruths it will take weeks to dismantle the mess.

 the 16th annuel hooper farm winter party. feb 20th 10 am til close? arrive early to help out on long term projects lunch will be served. pot luck after 4pm byob, grills available. If you have a drum we have a circle& wood. this years theme is wood & water . solor baked veggies chicken. Art therpy by kristen s boyesen.

Question of the Day: What does the Lucas County Educational Service Center have in common with the Intergenerational School???

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...and here is an article from USA Today on the new UK Feed In Tariff Program:

Feb 02, 2010

Go green, earn green: U.K. pays people for wind, solar power (from USA Today)

 impact was so massive it broke windows in homes many kilometers from the epicenter and people reported buildings swaying and mass confusion.

You may have missed, as I did, an important profile of Martin Zanotti one of the leaders in the Cuyahoga County reform saga. Damian Guevara of the Scene gave us a revealing picture of the guy who has taken a lead in the transition stage for the new county government.

Dolph Norton, whose obituary ran in yesterday’s Plain Dealer, was the “liberal” face of the Cleveland Foundation during the late 1960s when corporate leaders needed to deal with, for them, new and scary urban problems.

I just received this email for cat lovers, from Iams Cats - the Iams cat lovers email newsletter - and thought I would share these tips with the community. Obviously, there are product promotions here - perhaps some useful information as well. This is not an endorsement of Iams, although I endorse their use of the Internet to serve their customers well... a best performer with ICE - Internet Communications Excellence.

Winter Weather Tips For Cat Owners

Winter is here - and so are snow, ice, and a biting wind. And even though your cat might not go outside, some do. So here are things people do to insure their cat’s safe and warm out there. Read on to learn more.

 This farm field on Plank Road in Elgin near

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New Mexico saying 'adios' to big banks - New Mexico's state legislature is moving quickly to move its money out of big financial institutions and turn it over to credit unions and community banks.<

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Sgt Dave Heyhoe with explosives dog Treo in the Afghanistan desert Photo: PA - Treo, an eight-year-old black Labrador, saved countless lives in Afghanistan last year by locating hidden roadside bombs.Treo will be the 63rd animal to receive the medal, following in the footsteps of 26 other dogs, 32 Second World War messenger pigeons,t

 The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned," Khamenei, who is also Iran's commander-in-chief, told a gathering of air force personnel.

with a german accent "your papers please " - laura and all -  be clever as a serpent = hid camera = take photos + people - you have been admitted with hidden camera - now with the people around you you can take photos - because security and the powers to be know the law and won't grab

AP – Fristmer Alexi, 40, carries his daughter Rosemita, 10, to the General Hospital after she fell ill over …Haiti health emergency persists; death toll rises to 230,000

 The Least-Trusted Banks in America

In honor of dbra's new chicks ...

Melchoir d' Hondecoeter is one of the best painters of chicks and chickens in all of art history.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School Board District distributed the Working Draft Revision of the "Transformation Plan." 

As expected--Tremont and GINN/Spellacy were taken off the table.

I will let the Plain Dealer do their job and report the details tomorrow, which I will link to here when available.