Over 450 people attended the Cleveland International Hall of Fame inductions.  There are 6 pages of photos of attendees here. 

Who do you recognize?

Mother Teresa - bringing people together

Long after death, Mother Teresa is still bringing people together.

An intercultural group of people came together on May 30th to raise funds for the Mother Teresa statue in the Albanian Cultural Garden as well as to meet new friends and have some fun.

The event was created by immigration attorney and author Richard Herman, City Councilwoman Dona Brady and Federation Of India Community Associations of NE Ohio (FICA) president Asim Datta.

Over $70,000 has already been raised. The group joined forces to raise some additional funds to finalize the bronzing of the statute of Mother Teresa -- the most famous Albanian to touch the hearts of so many around the world.

 Pictures and videos

Great Lakes Geek Contest

The 10' guitars were back at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum - at least for a few days.

As you watch the following two videos that show all the guitars at Guitarmania, pay close attention for a mispronunciation error by the Great Lakes Geek. For an average person, the mistake would be no big deal but for the Geek it stands out. Be the first to identify the mistake and win a cool prize.
 



Did you catch the non-Geeky mistake? The first one to let us know wins.

Senior Softball

Did you know that Senior softball is currently the fastest growing senior activity in the world?

Two huge tournaments are coming this June to Barberton Ohio. 

Eighty-two senior softball teams ranging in age from 50 years to 75 plus will be visiting Barberton, Ohio in June to participate in a pair of Softball Players Association (SPA) national senior softball tournaments.

More details on the Senior Softball Tournaments

Asian Festival this weekend

This weekend May 19-20 is the 3rd annual Asian Festival. This has become a must-do event with activities, fun, entertainment, food and more for all ages. Bring the entire family (except the dog or other pets). The event is free and open to the public.

Visit the Cleveland Asian Festival website for more details and to get more information. Download the 80 page Program Booklet now and make your plans for the weekend in advance. There is something for everyone.

Don’t miss the Cleveland debut of Instant Noodles Dance Crew from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew who will be performing both days.

Parking is easy (around the event or at the CSU lot at East 24th street.) The weather is supposed to be beautiful so come be a part of Cleveland history as 50,000 people are expected over the 2 days.

ClevelandPeople.Com is a proud media sponsor of the Asian Festival.

See you there!

Free Laplink Software today

Tuesday May 15th Laplink Software is celebrating its 29th year of creating quality software. For 29 years, Laplink has proudly led the charge in developing new migration and syncing software. But we wouldn’t be where we are now without the help and support of our loyal customers and fans, some of whom have been with us since 1983.


We’re not just commemorating our 29th birthday as a company, but also the people that have made Laplink what it is. That’s why we are giving away PCmover Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant for FREE.


And Laplink’s birthday celebration doesn’t end there. Throughout the month of May, Laplink is offering special daily deals, weekly prize giveaways – and one lucky winner will bring home a Lenovo laptop on June 1. Entering to win is easy; check out our Laplink Turns 29 page for more details.

Diversity Center 10th Annual Walk, Rock & Run!

The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio held its 10th Annual Walk, Rock and Run on Saturday May 5, 2012.

Walk, Rock & Run unifies communities across Northeast Ohio while raising awareness of diversity issues.

The event started and ended at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Participants chose either a 3 mile walk or a 5k run. Then they enjoyed a big party with music, prizes and food at the Rock Hall.  Check out photos. 

Lithuanian Scouts

The Catholic Lithuanian community welcomed Bishop Rimantas Norvila of Lithuania to their parish, St. Casimir during their annual Scouts Festival.

Booths at the craft fair sold everything from beautiful hand carved crucifixes to baravykai (mushroom cookies).

The riestainiai (roughly translated to "little bagels") were very popular and worn around the neck.

More from the Lithuanian Scouts Festival and Bishop Rimantas Norvila visit

Cleveland International Hall of Fame

Last chance to get tickets for the induction dinner for the 2012 Cleveland International Hall of Fame.

The induction dinner ceremony will be held Wednesday May 9, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott at Key Center.  More info.

 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum President and CEO Terry Stewart will give the keynote address.

 Learn more about the inductors and inductees

 Almost 90 people were nominated for this honor. Congratulations to the Class of 2012! (alphabetical order)

•  Jose Feliciano Inducted by Alex Machaskee 
•  Ken Kovach Inducted by Dick Russ
•  Milton Maltz Inducted by Sam Miller
•  Mary Rose Oakar Inducted by Dr. Wael Khoury 
•  Fr. Jim O'Donnell Inducted by Jack Kahl 
•  Vlad Rus Inducted by Councilman Joe Cimperman
•  Dr. Jaya Shah Inducted by Ratanjit Sondhe 
•  Anthony Yen Inducted by Margaret Wong

Computers Assisting People Work Session

We had a good work session at Computers Assisting People (CAP) today.

Dan McMillan brought his son Liam and some students from John Marshall High School who helped us with some heavy lifting.

And the usual crew of CAP volunteers helped get PCs out to the community.

In this photo, 4 CAP volunteers pose with a Pastor of a Cleveland Church. CAP is providing PCs, printers, etc for a PC lab at the Church.

Mike Anderson, Pastor, Darnell Hines, Arthur Phelps and Ken Eskridge

Learn more about Computers Assisting People (CAP)

Diversity Center Walk, Rock & Run

Students and TV3's Kim Wheeler at the Launch

The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio kicked off its 10th Annual Walk, Rock and Run on Friday, March 23, 2012.

Since 2002, The Diversity Center has partnered with The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to host Walk, Rock & Run which celebrates diversity. Artists, entertainers, and community sponsors provide great music, delicious food, and other family entertainment. All participants gain free entry into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Great Lakes Science Center, and Baseball Heritage Museum.

All proceeds support The Diversity Center’s School & Youth initiatives in nine Northeast Ohio counties.

More info and pictures from the launch event

Women of Excellence

Stefani Schaefer led a panel of entrepreneur Tami Longanberger and Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor at the Corporate Club of Landerhaven.

They gave insights into subjects every woman wants to talk about like "How do you do it all?" and "How do you balance family and work?"

Photos and more from the Women of Excellence event

Paprika!

The Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel, under the leadership of its president Marika Megyimori, hosted the 22nd annual Paprika! event on March 3, 2012 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel. Ms. Megyimori and Elizabeth Papp-Taylor served as Chairs of the sumptuous event.


This year's theme was "The Global Trek" in honor of keynote speaker Albert Ratner, the force behind the Global Cleveland project.

Arriving guests were escorted into the event by young people from the Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble in traditional costumes.

The emcee for the evening was David Wittman, anchor of Channel 19 Action News. He introduced Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer of the Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Roizen then introduced the evening's honoree, Albert Ratner.

Pics and video of Paprika from the Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel

Cultural Heritage

Most ethnic and cultural communities are seeing it happen. Many of the people who have direct experience with events, formations of groups, key people and so on are aging or have passed on.

The memories and artifacts need to be captured and preserved or they could be lost forever.

In Cleveland, the Asian Indian Heritage Project is working to collect and preserve these memories and artifacts.

On a broader scale, the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA) is working on this nationally.

The Asian Indian community in Cleveland recently hosted the president of SAADA, Samip Mallick, who explained some of the archive processes.

It's something that every group should consider.


Details, photos and videos of the the Asian Indian Heritage Project event

Fabulous Food Show - Spring

Let the backyard barbeque battles begin!

The first edition of the Spring Fabulous Food Show pays homage to the masters of the flame April 28 & 29, 2012, at the I-X Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse and more.

Win free tickets to the Fabulous Food Show

NOTE - If you are a reader of this blog, type the word "blog" after your city in the form and you will double your chance to win

But Macs don't get viruses

Smarmy Mac fanboys always claimed that Macs were immune from viruses because of superior coding. In reality, virus writers chose to ignore the relatively small (4% or so) percentage of Macs and concentrated their efforts on the Windows world.

Now that the Mac is gaining some market share, they are becoming a target.

The Flashback Trojan has compromised an estimated 600,000 plus Macs, making it comparable to the massive Conficker worm botnet that affected Windows PCs.

PC World reports that "According to current data from Net Applications, Mac OS X is the number two desktop OS with 6.54 percent market share. Windows, on the other hand, accounts for 92.48 percent of the market. Based on market share, the Flashback Trojan botnet is equivalent to a Windows botnet of nearly 8.5 million PCs. That makes it an even larger threat than Conficker--just on a much smaller platform."

They continued, "It doesn’t help anything that Apple perpetuates the myth of invulnerability. It takes time to develop a patch, but as soon as Apple was aware that the threat existed, it should have proactively communicated to Mac OS X users to make them aware. In fact, it should have provided users with instructions to disable Java and mitigate the threat pending a patch to resolve the issue. The fact that it didn’t is probably a contributing factor to why the Flashback botnet is as large as it is."

Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel - Paprika 2012

The Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel recently held their annual Paprika event.

This year's theme was The Global Trek and featured MC David Wittman and speakers Dr. Michael Roizen and Albert Ratner

Paprika 2012 - Photos and Videos

Albert Belle and the Tribe

To me, Albert Belle was one of the most intimidating hitters ever. The way he snarled and grimaced at the plate had to scare opposing pitchers. And the famous photo of Albert pointing to his bicep is a classic.

He, of course, has been estranged from the Cleveland Indians but through the efforts of Carlos Baerga, Kenny Lofton, Sandy Alomar and Mike Hargrove Albert Belle visited spring training this year and the door was opened for more participation.

I am ready for it.

Watch Indians VP Bob DiBiasio tell about it.

Food at Progressive Field for 2012 Season

I am normally a hot dog and beer guy at the ballpark but when there's a Cleveland Indians media preview and you get to sample all the goodies, it can be hard to resist.

There is a new Food Network Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese at sections 121, 154, 163, and 550. As an introductory offer, the Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese will be offered for $2 (regularly $4.50) for the first home stand, while daily supplies last.




There's a decadent praline cake soaked in Jim Beam bourbon.



Some other interesting choices too.

Check out the new foods at Progressive Field this season

Cleveland Indians Experimental Wind Turbine

The Cleveland Indians continue their pioneering efforts re sustainability (solar panels, recycling, etc.) with the installation of a wind turbine at Progressive Field. Assistant director of operations Brad Mohr says they worked on the wind turbine with their neighbors from Cleveland State University. The wind turbine is located on the south-east corner of the ballpark.

See more about the wind turbine and the Cleveland Indians solar panels and other sustainability efforts.