tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58046622024-03-07T02:28:28.024-05:00Dan Hanson's BlogReflections and Rants from the Entreprenerd, Dan Hanson - the Great Lakes GeekDan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.comBlogger2927125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-30445245551321962962023-09-29T10:07:00.001-04:002023-09-29T10:07:14.973-04:00Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Plaza Dedication<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Jesse Owens was a true hero disproving Hitler’s Aryan myth and one of the greatest athletes of all time. Not only the 4 golds in Berlin but perhaps the best 45 minutes in history when he set 4 world records at a track meet in Ann Arbor in that short time frame. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdq-xWxRW08HxLYcIgKj3kqSS9ej2fQSKq0XitzeRFPtIbFtGwhuOyaYWG3KBPYZCqorc005LaZ0Y9x018y4h9e2heRPEbhsElfzHIt7gy_S_BFuPyQdtWr1b0-y38dP3kkRELMsryQ_HO1jDZ03vzJjDSspz7SPL-8ocEqOQhIEUfTUIb9GqpA/s549/track-sign-friendships.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdq-xWxRW08HxLYcIgKj3kqSS9ej2fQSKq0XitzeRFPtIbFtGwhuOyaYWG3KBPYZCqorc005LaZ0Y9x018y4h9e2heRPEbhsElfzHIt7gy_S_BFuPyQdtWr1b0-y38dP3kkRELMsryQ_HO1jDZ03vzJjDSspz7SPL-8ocEqOQhIEUfTUIb9GqpA/w582-h640/track-sign-friendships.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Cleveland played an important part of Jesse's life. At the age of nine, Jesse and his family moved to Cleveland from Alabama and first came to national attention when he was a student of East Tech and practiced at Rhodes High Schools in Cleveland and later attended Ohio State University. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/africanamerican/2023/jesse-owens-plaza.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Pictures and videos of the Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Plaza dedication </span></a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">How far could you jump? In this video we see Jesse Owens’ Gold Medal, world –record long jump length of 26 feet and 5” marked on the track. It’s amazing to think he jumped/flew that far. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dl2u6r-VklE?si=8W4B898WIEMWpdzk" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-62551572995515316972023-05-26T11:57:00.000-04:002023-05-26T11:57:09.408-04:00Cleveland Asian Festival 2023<p> Over 45,000 people attended the Cleveland Asian Festival (CAF) on Saturday May 20 and Sunday May 21, 2023. The AsiaTown neighborhood was packed with families and people of all ages to enjoy the annual festival that kicks off summer in Cleveland.</p><p>Since inception in 2010 the Cleveland Asian Festival highlights Cleveland’s AsiaTown, Diversity, and Asian Culture in Northeast Ohio. It was organized in 2010 by volunteer community leaders to celebrate Cleveland’s diversity and Asian Pacific American Heritage month (May). This signature event defines AsiaTown and brings tens of thousands, including many first-timers, to the neighborhood. </p><p>Surveys show that a large percentage of visitors will return to AsiaTown to shop, dine and enjoy the neighborhood. By being in AsiaTown, CAF has led to the creation of new businesses in the area as well as neighborhood beautification with arts and cultural displays and decorations throughout the district.</p><p>Attendees enjoyed two stages of performances that featured traditional and modern music and dance as well as martial arts. The Asian Pop Dance competition was especially popular with the younger attendees. The Trivia Contest had an Asian theme.</p><div>Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is an important recognition of the contributions of the AAPI community and a chance to stand together against recent anti-Asian sentiments. CAF attracts the Asian community but also groups representing the numerous diverse ethnic heritages of Cleveland. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/stellar-acrobatic-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="500" height="612" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/stellar-acrobatic-14.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;">The CAF team is already working on plans to celebrate Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month at the Cleveland Asian Festival next May 18 and 19,
2024.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div><div>Here is our coverage of CAF in case you missed any.</div><div>
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<div>The main page is at <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023.htm</a></div>
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<div>That branches to 3 photo pages:</div>
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<div><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023p2.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023p2.htm</a></div>
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<div>and <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023p3.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian/2023/caf-2023p3.htm</a></div>
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<div>Kwan Lion Dance <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/kwan-family-lion-dance.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/kwan-family-lion-dance.htm</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/kwan-family-lion-dance-team-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="500" height="672" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/kwan-family-lion-dance-team-37.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<div>Stellar Acrobatics <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/caf-stellar-acrobatics.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/caf-stellar-acrobatics.htm</a></div>
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<div>Rosa Lee group <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/chinese-instruments.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/chinese/2023/chinese-instruments.htm</a></div>
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<div>Yume Daiko <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/japanese/2023/caf-yume-daiko.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/japanese/2023/caf-yume-daiko.htm</a></div>
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<div>Sho-Jo-Ji <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/japanese/2023/caf-sho-jo-ji.htm">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/japanese/2023/caf-sho-jo-ji.htm</a></div>
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<div>Indian dance <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople">https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/asian-indians/2023/caf-indian-dance.htm</a></div><div><span> </span><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/indian-dance-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="500" height="702" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/asian/2023/caf/indian-dance-3.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><br /></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-36585752668088377352023-02-27T15:30:00.002-05:002023-02-27T15:30:14.825-05:00Henry VIII Book Collection at Cleveland Museum of Art<p> This was a very intersting exhibit. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">As a mathematician (and geek), I was very interested in the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> </span><b style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Astronomicum Caesareum</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">books. Henry VIII had a large and impressive book collection</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="from Henry VIII’s astronomy book collection " border="0" height="321" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/british/2023/cma-tudors/astronomy-book-1.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><img alt="from Henry VIII’s astronomy book collection " border="0" height="325" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/british/2023/cma-tudors/astronomy-book-2.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /></div><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/british/2023/tudors-cma.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;" target="new">Photos and videos of the Tudors Exhibit at CMA.</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-25019867180720272272023-02-27T15:27:00.006-05:002023-02-27T15:28:19.098-05:00Geek Font Humor<p> </p><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/fun/font-joke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="500" height="608" src="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/fun/font-joke.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-67224788833411283322023-02-27T15:26:00.000-05:002023-02-27T15:26:00.346-05:00International Mother Language Day<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">A ceremony was held in the Rotunda of Cleveland City Hall on February 24, 2023 to commemorate and educate.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="International Mother Language Day in Cleveland" border="0" height="294" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/bangladesh/2023/city-hall-language-event/mother-language-day-slide.jpg" width="500" /><br /></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">We have coverage (video and pictures) of the entire event spread over 3 pages</span><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/bangladesh/2023/mother-language-day.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">International Mother Language Day Main Page</a><br /><br /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/bangladesh/2023/mother-language-day-2.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">International Mother Language Day Page 2</a><br /><br /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/bangladesh/2023/mother-language-day-p.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">International Mother Language Day People Page</a><br /><br /></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Martyrs of Bangla" border="0" height="418" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/bangladesh/2023/city-hall-language-event/first-song-martyrs-slide.jpg" width="500" /></div><div><br /></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-62857203433473751572023-02-27T15:24:00.005-05:002023-02-27T15:24:47.998-05:00The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England - Cleveland Museum of Art<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">The </span><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/tudors-art-and-majesty-renaissance-england" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;" target="new">Cleveland Museum of Art</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> opened a new exhibit - The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England - which is the first exhibition in the US to trace the transformation of the arts in Tudor England.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="The Tudors exhibit at Cleveland Museum of Art" border="0" height="323" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/british/2023/cma-tudors/opening-image.jpg" width="500" /></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">It includes huge tapestries that fill entire walls, suits of armor, sculptures, portraits and more.</span><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">The <b>Tudor dynasty</b> ruled for only three generations but it transformed England from a land devastated by the War of the Roses to a major player in Europe and eventually the rest of the world. This exhibit covers the larger than life personas of Henry VII, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Tudor Family Tree" border="0" height="353" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/british/2023/cma-tudors/tudor-family-tree-cma.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Tudor Family Tree</b></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/british/2023/tudors-cma.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">Photos and videos of the Tudors Exhibit at CMA.</a></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Watch my video walkthrough of the exhibit.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5ktCAvdkDA" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-67391839154676068522023-02-27T15:22:00.003-05:002023-02-27T15:22:33.301-05:00Another Syrian Garden Vigil<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="10" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; height: 100%px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="subHead" style="color: #bb0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">Syrian Garden Vigil</td></tr><tr><td class="subHead2" style="color: #5c5c5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></td></tr><tr><td height="5" nowrap=""></td></tr><tr><td class="subContent" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" valign="top">As of February 21, more than 50,000 deaths had been reported and hundreds of thousands displaced and injured. It is a tragedy of immense proportion. As a gesture of support and reflection, the Board of the Syrian Cultural Garden endorsed holding a vigil event at the Garden on February 19, 2023. A list of active civic organizations that are involved in humanitarian relief efforts were provided to the attendees.<p></p><p></p><div align="center"><img alt="Reading the poem" border="0" height="260" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/syria/2023/syrian-garden-vigil/reading-poem.jpg" width="500" /></div><br /><br /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/syrian/2023/syrian-garden-vigil.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">Watch a video and see photos from the Vigil</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-67918226606906422352023-02-27T15:21:00.004-05:002023-02-27T15:21:35.613-05:00Ceata Romanian Folk Ensemble<p> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Ceata Romanian Folk Ensemble</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> is a cultural dance group led by founder and director </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Mariana Somogyi</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> and dance instructor and choreographer </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Ovidiu Ghioda</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">. They performed three dances from the </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Fagaraa</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> region in </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Transylvania</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> Romania at the annual Slovenian Kurentovanje Festival in the Slovenian National Home in Cleveland Ohio.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Ceata Romanian Folk Ensemble dancers at Kurentovanje" border="0" height="384" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/slovenian/2023/kurentovanje/dancers-1.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Ceata Romanian Folk Ensemble dancers at Kurentovanje</b><br /><br /></div><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/romanian/2023/ceata-romanian-folk-ensemble.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">See photos and videos of the Ceata Romanian Folk Ensemble performance</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-63965209734706300462023-02-27T15:20:00.005-05:002023-02-27T15:20:42.759-05:00Kurentovanje Festival<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">The annual Cleveland version of the most popular carnival in Slovenia - Kurentovanje - was a week long event featuring cooking demos, language instruction, a dance party, fun run and more. But the highlight was the annual Kurentovanje Parade followed by the festival celebration on Saturday February 18, 2023.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Kurentovanje Queen Eva Ozbolt Kisley and Prince Blaz" border="0" height="418" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/slovenian/2023/kurentovanje/queen-prince.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Kurentovanje Queen Eva Ozbolt Kisley (born in 1921!)<br />and Prince Blaz Vavpetic</b></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/slovenian/2023/kurentovanje-2023.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">See lots of photos and videos from Kurentovanje</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-73264373927204550122023-02-27T15:19:00.007-05:002023-02-27T15:19:57.632-05:00Paczki Day - and Favorite Paczki in Cleveland<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent which is 40 days of fasting. That used to mean only one meal a day and full fasting on Friday. (It's been greatly relaxed in modern times but Fridays are still meat-free). Rich foods were not allowed. So the Tuesday before Lent, people of Poland used up their eggs, butter, sugar and fruit by treating themselves one last time before Lent began. Ash Wednesday is on February 22 this year. That means February 21st is Mardi Gras or </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Fat Tuesday</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> - and Paczki Day! Another popular Polish-American tradition is celebrated the week before (February 16 this year) with Fat Thursday or </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Tlusty Czwartek</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> (pronounced Twoosti Chvartek).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">But Paczki (punch-key) Day has become much more than a Polish-American tradition. And nobody does it better than Rudy's Strudel in Parma where lines will form early and continue all day. People will ask for paczkis, not realizing that paczki is already the plural of paczek (punch-ek).</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Dozen paczki from Rudy's" border="0" height="334" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/polish/2023/rudy's-strudel/packzki-dozen-box.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Our website visitors voted for Rudy's Strudel as having their </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Favorite Paczki in Cleveland</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">.</span><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Lidia Trempe - Favorite Paczki Award" border="0" height="546" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/polish/2023/rudy's-strudel/lidia-fav-packzi.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Lidia Trempe - Favorite Paczki Award</b><br /><br /></div><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/polish/2023/rudy's-paczki.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">Photos and videso of Rudy's Favorite Paczki and Paczki Day</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-78784960395293559432023-02-27T15:18:00.008-05:002023-02-27T15:18:48.804-05:00Kurentovanje Parade<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">The annual Slovenian Kurentovanje Parade in Cleveland Ohio was held Saturday February 18, 2023. The large Kurents (kurenti) are there to scare away winter and usher in spring. Thousands lined the street near the Slovenian National Home at 64th and St. Clair to watch the Parade and then have music, food, dancing, drinks and lots of fun with the Kurents and thousands of people of Slovenian heritage - at least for the day.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Here are some video highlights from the Parade</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xPN9FL1BZ5g" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/slovenian/2023/kurentovanje-parade-2023.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">See more photos and video from the 2023 Kurentovanje Parade</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-40986660643573999402023-02-27T15:17:00.004-05:002023-02-27T15:17:51.006-05:00Prayer Vigil for Turkey and Syria<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="10" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; height: 100%px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="subHead" style="color: #bb0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">Prayer Vigil for Turkey and Syria</td></tr><tr><td class="subHead2" style="color: #5c5c5d; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></td></tr><tr><td height="5" nowrap=""></td></tr><tr><td class="subContent" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" valign="top">Members of the Turkish and Syrian communities in Cleveland Ohio gathered with family, friends and supporters in the <b>Syrian Cultural Garden</b> on MLK Blvd. on the evening of Friday February 10, 2023. <b>Leena Zahra</b> from the Syrian community and <b>Mehmet Gencer</b> from the Turkish community spoke at a prayer vigil lit by candles.<p></p><p>One young lady holding a picture of her best friend who was killed in the earthquake told how her friends and family back in Syria were reporting that dozens of family members had been killed. The crowd learned of suggested places to donate funds and foods and prayed for the victims.</p><p></p><div align="center"><img alt="Mehmet Gencer and Leena Zahra speaking" border="0" height="308" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/syria/2023/syrian-garden-earthquake-vigil/mehmet-gencer-speaking.jpg" width="500" /></div><br /><br /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2023/syria-turkey-vigil.htm" style="color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-weight: bold;">Photos and videos from the vigil</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-86669716503946668592023-02-27T15:16:00.006-05:002023-02-27T15:16:59.579-05:00Fun with Maps - Carpathian Mountains and Rusyns<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">In this episode of Fun with Maps, host Dan Hanson looks at the Carpathian Mountains. The </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Carpathian Mountains </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">are in Eastern Europe and form an arc through several countries including Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Czech Republic, Austria, and Serbia. Important cities such as Kraków (Poland), Bratislava (Slovakia) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania) are in or near the Carpathians.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is most interesting about the Carpathians are the people who come from there. You may hear them called <b>Rusyns</b>, Rutheni, Ruthenes, Carpatho-Rusyns or another variation but basically they are an East Slavic ethnic group from the Eastern Carpathians in Central Europe. They speak Rusyn, an East Slavic language variety, treated variously as either a distinct language or a dialect of the Ukrainian language.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Rusyns are inexorably linked to the Carpathian Mountains and vice versa. The Rusyns do not have a specific country to call home. The traditional homeland of the Rusyn people, Carpathian Rus', lies in the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, on the borders of modern-day Ukraine, Poland, and Slovakia. Today, approximately three-quarters of Rusyns reside within Ukraine, specifically the geographic region known as Transcarpathia (historic Subcarpathian Rus') The United States holds the largest population of Rusyns outside of Carpathian Rus', mostly within the former industrial centers of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States like Ohio and Pennsylvania. At the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, approximately 225,000 Rusyns immigrated to the US. This video also covers Aleksander Dukhnovich who is a sort of 'George Washington' of the Rusyns. He is famous for saying "I was, am, and always will be a Rusyn."</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This part of Europe has had tremendous geopolitical changes over the years even through the 20th century with the world wars and the forming of Czechoslovakia and dissolution of Yugoslavia and other factors. You will see why Carpatho-Ukraine has been called The One Day Republic. The Republic of Carpatho-Ukraine existed for just one day on March 15, 1939, before it was occupied and annexed by Hungary. The most famous Carpatho-Ukrainian might be Andy Warhol, the pop artist who pioneered the concept of 'fifteen minutes of fame'.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W3btlxPG8BE" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/fun-with-maps.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">See more Fun with Maps episodes</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-10196801074478645072023-02-27T15:15:00.000-05:002023-02-27T15:15:17.793-05:00Black History Month Flag Raising Celebration<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">For 50 years the City of Cleveland has celebrated </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Black History Month</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> with a Flag Raising Celebration.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="African Flag over Cleveland City Hall" border="0" height="376" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/africanamerican/2023/flag-raising-city-hall/flag-over-city-hall.jpg" width="500" /><br /><b><br />African Flag over Cleveland City Hall</b></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Despite brutally cold temperatures the crowd marched outside singing and chanting "Ashay". Joining in were </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Mayor Justin Bibb</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">, Community Relations leader </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Angela Shute-Woodson</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> and</span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> Khalid Samad</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"> from Peace in the Hood. After witnessing the flag raised above Cleveland City Hall the crowd went back inside for the rest of the program which included music, speeches, poems, food, community resources and more.</span><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"></p><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="Khalid Samad speaks at Flag Raising" border="0" height="374" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/africanamerican/2023/flag-raising-city-hall/flag-raising-angela-khalid.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Khalid Samad speaks at Flag Raising</b><br /><br /><img alt="Mayor Justin Bibb with Buffalo Soldiers MC members" border="0" height="557" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/africanamerican/2023/flag-raising-city-hall/mayor-bibb-buffalo-soldiers.jpg" width="500" /><br /><br /><b>Mayor Justin Bibb with Buffalo Soldiers MC members</b></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;" /><a class="mainlink" href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/africanamerican/2023/bhm-flag-raising.htm" style="background-color: white; color: #025db2; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">See photos and videos of the Flag Raising Event</a>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-40053833572606330142022-12-24T11:20:00.001-05:002022-12-24T11:20:06.736-05:00Fun with Maps – Condominiums all over the Globe<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> In this episode of Fun with Maps, host Dan Hanson explains a new meaning of a common word that applies to maps and international law – condominium. (No, it's not what you think)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">He looks at maps of Antarctica, Pheasant Island, Sudan, the Gulf of Fonseca and Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, Colombia, Jamaica, Andorra, Cyprus, Bosnia, Croatia, New Hebrides – Vanuatu, Hans Island, Togo and even the Oregon Territory in the US.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">He also looks at some proposed new condominiums that would involve Australia, England, Spain, Gibraltar, Israel, Palestine and Northern Ireland. He predicts that you will never again hear the word ‘condominium’ again and just think of a building with shared units.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/fun-with-maps.htm" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">See more Fun with Maps episodes </a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pkgoK1eZbyc" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-79698143089330573432022-12-19T14:57:00.007-05:002022-12-19T14:57:51.994-05:00Annual Magnum Holiday Lunch<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Each year we like to gather an eclectic group of friends and business associates for a holiday lunch. Media, non-profits, politicians, business and, of course, lots of our ethnic cultural friends were all represented.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The food and atmosphere at <b>Emperor's Palace</b> in Old Chinatown is always terrific and they opened up just for our 70 or so guests.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2022/magnum-holiday-party.htm" target="_blank">See lots of photos of attendees</a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who do you recognize?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/margaret-wong-speak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="500" height="584" src="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/margaret-wong-speak.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Margaret Wong</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/dawn-kendrick-ingrida-bublys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="500" height="435" src="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/dawn-kendrick-ingrida-bublys.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawn Kendrick and Ingrida Bublys</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/dick-pogue-alex-machaskee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="500" height="422" src="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnum-holiday-lunch/dick-pogue-alex-machaskee.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Dick Pogue and Alex Machaskee</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-42434708782812541262022-12-19T14:53:00.004-05:002022-12-19T14:53:34.472-05:00Nela Park GE Lighting Holiday Light Display 2022<p><span style="font-size: large;"> Nela Park is the headquarters of GE Lighting, located in East Cleveland, Ohio. Nela Park was the first industrial park in the world and was home to most of the lighting breakthroughs of the last century.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Thomas Edison</b> was a founder. <b>Albert Einstein</b> and other notables visited. Dan Hanson was raised in East Cleveland and his family visited the world-famous Christmas lighting display every Christmas season. You used to be able to drive through the campus but in recent years the display is all along Noble Rd.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He takes us on a video tour of the 2022 display.</span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bjOA5FwcdIE" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.clevelandseniors.com/cleveland/2022/nela-park-lights-2022.htm" target="_blank">See more photos from the NELA Park Christmas Display</a></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-27994360560182573032022-12-04T12:12:00.003-05:002022-12-04T12:12:52.652-05:00Fun with Maps - The Underground Railroad<p><span style="font-size: large;"> In this episode of Fun with Maps host Dan Hanson looks at a very special map – a map that wasn’t recorded because it was dangerous to do so. It’s the map of the Underground Railroad. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early 1800s to help slaves escape into free states and Canada. It was run by abolitionists and others sympathetic to the cause of the escapees. Ohio had many stops on the Underground Railroad. Canada was an ultimate destination since they had abolished slavery in 1793. The short distance across Lake Erie from Cleveland to Canada made the city a popular destination. Cleveland was codenamed Hope on the Underground Railroad and the ultimate destination was Port Stanley in Ontario Canada which was codenamed Praise the Lord. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> We recorded this episode at the <b>Cozad-Bates House</b> at the corner of Mayfield and East 115th Street in University Circle (just north of the Little Italy Neighborhood) in Cleveland. It is the only surviving pre-Civil War building in University Circle. The house has been restored by a non-profit called Restore Cleveland Hope and we spoke with board members and docents Kevin Cronin and Kathryn Puckett to examine the maps. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We began with a map of Cleveland Ohio in 1957 and then widened to a map of the Western Reserve which shows how close (50 miles!) Canada is to Cleveland. Then we looked at Underground Railroad maps in Ohio. Experts say there were more routes to Canada through Ohio than anywhere else. This included the town near Cincinnati which was the setting for the book which influenced Abraham Lincoln, <b>Uncle Tom’s Cabin</b>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We looked at St. John’s Church, still in existence at West 28th and Church in Cleveland. This Church has been documented as a site that house slaves on the Underground Railroad. We heard about John Brown the black barber who operated on Cleveland’s Public Square. And Kathryn reminded us that where her family came from in Oklahoma was very different than in Ohio because Ohio was a free state and Oklahoma wasn’t a state until 1907. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Finally we see how the geography played a role. The slightly elevated terrain let people spot slave catchers and the location on Doan Brook which emptied into Lake Erie was ideal for escaping. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/fun-with-maps.htm" target="_blank">See more Fun with Maps episodes</a></span></p>
<iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lvS7hXb-Uj8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-39232382391571263932022-11-16T13:17:00.006-05:002022-11-16T13:17:41.825-05:00Fun with Maps - Greenalnd<p><span style="font-size: large;"> The story is that <b>Erik the Red</b> named the ice covered <b>Greenland </b>and the green covered <b>Iceland </b>that way to attract settlers to Greenland and dissuade them from coming to Iceland. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> In this episode of Fun with Maps host Dan Hanson looks at that story about naming the largest island in the world, Greenland. (Isn’t Australia bigger? Watch and find out). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Many are surprised that Greenland is part of North America and part of the Kingdom of <b>Denmark</b>. Greenland is 80% covered with ice and has historically, and currently, been affected by changes to the climate. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">After the US bought Alaska from Russia in the 1860’s, Secretary of State William Seward tried to buy Greenland and Iceland. Congress voted it down. Other attempts by the US to buy Greenland have also been rejected. </span></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ge8U618jO34" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/fun-with-maps.htm" target="_blank">See more Fun with Maps episodes</a></span></p>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-73612720350842241832022-10-30T15:35:00.004-04:002022-10-30T15:35:51.118-04:00 Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) Open House<p><span style="font-size: large;"> For more than 30 years, the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET) has been providing Northeast Ohio manufacturers with the guidance they need to achieve long-term success. They service 18 counties in Northeast Ohio and consult on a wide range of manufacturing needs to create jobs and drive change by collaborating with manufacturing CEOs, governments, community leaders and educators to solve problems and build opportunities.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnet-open-house/magnet-outdoor-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="500" height="295" src="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/images/2022/magnet-open-house/magnet-outdoor-sign.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The grand opening was October 27, 2022 and the next day Great Lakes Geek Dan Hanson took a walk through the amazing new facility. As you will see, there are robots, arc welders, tools for forming metal, grinders, vacuum lifts, 3D printers, injection molding, die cutting and much more. Plus state of the art classrooms and information showing the well-paying job and career opportunities in manufacturing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Watch the quick walk-through.</span></p><p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T4FZgpJLnTM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/events/2022/magnet-open-house.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">More pics and video of the new MAGNET</span></a></p>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-71663889059169678662022-10-30T15:32:00.008-04:002022-10-30T15:32:56.417-04:00What happens when liquid nitrogen and boiling water are combined?<p><span style="font-size: large;"> A team from the Great Lakes Science Center was on hand at the MAGNET open house in Cleveland. MAGNET is a non-profit consulting group focused on growing Northeast Ohio's manufacturing industry and they have a great new facility at 63rd and Chester in Cleveland. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">In this demo liquid nitrogen at -320 degrees Fahrenheit was poured into a container and then boiling water at 212 degrees was poured in. Watch the cool (or hot?) reaction. </span></p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmdtMiC4Jso" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-75661092630408459892022-10-30T15:30:00.004-04:002022-10-30T15:30:40.770-04:00MAGNET Community Playground<p><span style="font-size: large;">For more than 30 years, the <b>Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (MAGNET)</b> has been providing Northeast Ohio manufacturers with the guidance they need to achieve long-term success. The grand opening of a new facility was October 27, 2022 and the next day Great Lakes Geek Dan Hanson took a walk through. This included the very cool playground for the community.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYgpmsMx5vx3eUOdT3m6GKhkDtO1CWhZVPHDqbglNtXWiYmhJtTPAVB8CmRHB1GWd0VKH7c3fo_gexGM4QBXyEuXztL2WoWag1r7E6OOLgWr_lpmq3AMjYm0OMzMTEbgXgXcVO_uyMIAFuoJKLA8YdTG3x5b3Ocbj6jN-6SGQjKYNsDWb8aQ/s500/magnet-playground-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="500" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYgpmsMx5vx3eUOdT3m6GKhkDtO1CWhZVPHDqbglNtXWiYmhJtTPAVB8CmRHB1GWd0VKH7c3fo_gexGM4QBXyEuXztL2WoWag1r7E6OOLgWr_lpmq3AMjYm0OMzMTEbgXgXcVO_uyMIAFuoJKLA8YdTG3x5b3Ocbj6jN-6SGQjKYNsDWb8aQ/w400-h286/magnet-playground-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">While the kids are having fun and getting exercise they are also learning. For example they can ride the seesaw but adjust the weights on either side and see what happens. Or they learn that a swing is really just a pendulum. They can try to lift the heavy container of bowling balls by pulling on ropes and can determine if the closer or farther ropes work better. There is a zip line and great things to climb on and more. Take a look in this video.</span></p><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="https://www.greatlakesgeek.com/events/2022/magnet-playground.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Pictures and video of the new Magnet playground</span></a></p>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-25883900110816582052022-10-24T13:56:00.001-04:002022-10-24T13:56:04.798-04:00Direct flights between Cleveland and Dublin Ireland on Aer Lingus<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <b>Paula Svadlena </b>is <b>Aer Lingus</b> Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest USA and Canada. She sat down with Dan Hanson and told about Aer Lingus (www.aerlingus.com) which took its first flight in 1937 and started transatlantic flights in the 1960’s. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The big news for people in Cleveland and NEOhio and nearby is that Aer Lingus is launching 4 weekly non-stop flights from Cleveland to and from <b>Dublin </b>Ireland starting in May 2023. Paula told us the details and the great ease of making the trip (including clearing international customs) between the two cities. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In addition, travelers can fly to Dublin and spend some time in Ireland before continuing on their final destination in Europe such as London or Paris without additional fees. Plus travelers from Europe and Ireland now can visit Cleveland quickly and easily. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S6hcv6RDMWo" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-59443479080422840992022-10-24T13:54:00.001-04:002022-10-24T13:54:09.362-04:00Hopkins Airport Chief talks about the new flights<p><span style="font-size: large;"><b> John T. Hogan</b> is Deputy Chief, Marketing and Air Service Development, for the <b>Cleveland Airport System</b> which includes Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He sat down with Dan Hanson and told about how both leisure and business travel are picking up since the pandemic with about 9 million passengers per year, almost back to the normal 10 million passengers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> For the 300+ people who travel from Cleveland to Europe each day they will be able to fly direct to Dublin, spend some time in Ireland if they choose, and/or continue on to Paris or Frankfort or Amsterdam or wherever. Plus, with a US Customs Office in Dublin they can clear customs there and when they arrive in Cleveland they can leave right away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> Chief Hogan said this direct flight is an opportunity for Europeans to visit Cleveland and the surrounding areas. He credits several organizations for making this happen. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Watch the video.</span></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1Mzu92MaNJs" title="YouTube video player" width="500"></iframe></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5804662.post-45690356176659209502022-10-24T13:51:00.005-04:002022-10-24T13:51:55.104-04:00Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland's Ambassador to the US, in Cleveland<p><span style="font-size: large;"> What a weekend it was. The new Ambassador of <b>Ireland </b>to the United States of America - <b>Geraldine Byrne Nason</b> came to Cleveland for the weekend.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Ambassador just completed five years as Ireland’s Ambassador to the <b>United Nations</b>, most recently during Ireland’s term serving on the Security Council as an elected member, working for international peace and security.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Before the reception she joined former US Ambassador to Ireland <b>Ed Crawford</b> at the <b>Irish Cultural Garden </b>in Cleveland.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/irish/2022/ambassador-irish-garden/irish-ambassador-cultural-garden-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/irish/2022/ambassador-irish-garden/irish-ambassador-cultural-garden-13.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">She was then the guest of honor at a reception in the Rotunda of <b>Cleveland City Hall</b>. </span><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/irish/2022/ambassador-city-hall/p-city-hall-irish-mayor-council.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="500" height="407" src="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/images/irish/2022/ambassador-city-hall/p-city-hall-irish-mayor-council.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px;">Blaine Griffin, Brian Kazy, Chris Ronayne, Ambassador Byrne Nason,<br />Mayor Bibb, Kerry McCormack and Ambassador Crawford</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><div style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">On Saturday she gave a powerful keynote address at the Irish Network USA annual conference. IN-USA is the national umbrella organization integrating the Irish Networks that exist in various cities across the United States. </span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">Of course she visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and other sites.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.clevelandpeople.com/groups/irish/irish.htm" target="_blank">See lots of photos and videos from the Ambassador's visit to Cleveland.</a></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Dan Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14491264173936389795noreply@blogger.com0