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The purpose of life is to be happy. — Dalai Lama

Observed at Cleveland Clinic Beachwood

"To Life" (L'Chaim)

“To Life” L’Chaim by © David E. Davis in the lobby of Cleveland Clinic facility at Beachwood, Ohio.

The double-helix (DNA), symbol of life’s secrets; the sphere, life’s source;  the figures, growth by care and medicine bind patient and doctor in mutual support, like the spirals, –recalling the caduceus, symbol of medical profession.

Rising out of water, where life began, to a height of eighteen feet.  Eighteen is

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Review-Best park and beach in Cleveland area-Munroe Falls Metro Park

Munroe Falls Metro Park

The 13 acre Munroe Falls lake is dedicated exclusively to swimming, features diving boards, a large wading area, and a central swimming area and is surrounded by lawn and sand beach.  The lake is located in a valley and this adds to its appearance.  Munroe Falls Metro Park is one of the 13 developed parks within Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, a metropolitan park district, that serves

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Flooding Issues in Cleveland Suburbs

Rainfall Map for Cleveland Suburbs. Map source: A public agency.

Click to enlarge this rainfall map of the June 22-24, 2006 storm.  This massive storm event caused some flooding issues in Broadview Heights, Brecksville, Solon, Sagamore Hills, Bainbridge, Twinsburg, Independence, Glenwillow, Oakwood, Bedford, Garfield Heights, Valley View etc.

100 Year Storm: A storm of a certain intensity and length of time that has a 1% probability of occuring each

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City of Middleburg Heights Community Center playground rocks

Park sign in Middleburg Heights

Installing a sign like the one above, near the area of the playground equipment at the the City of Solon Community Park might provide high benefit for the small cost.  Its likely that it won’t put an end to the rough play by younger and older teenagers.   This inexpensive park sign will serve as a helpful reminder to some of the playground equipment users.

The

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Cleveland Institute of Art

Photographs of art work by students of Cleveland Institute of Art on display at Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo.

President Obama visits Cleveland Clinic

President Obama considers Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic as role models.  He said “You know, I’m going to be visiting . . . the Cleveland Clinic to show — to show why their system works so well.  And part of the reason it works well is because  they’ve set up a system where patient care is the number one concern, not bureaucracy, what forms have to be filled out, what

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Nightmare on the way to Cleveland Clinic

Hillcrest Hospital-A Cleveland Clinic Hospital

We decided to visit a friend’s father who was admitted and had been undergoing treatment for several weeks at Cleveland Clinic for a serious illness.

We were driving on the four lane Carnegie Avenue on our way to Cleveland Clinic.  We stopped at a traffic signal.  There was one more car ahead of us at the traffic signal.  A man started started crossing Euclid avenue.  After

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2,700

The number of empty buildings in City of East Cleveland!

Best park and beach in Cleveland area-Munroe Falls Metro Park

Map of Munroe Falls Metro Park

Click on the location map of Munroe Falls Metro Park to enlarge it. Munroe Falls Metro Park in City of Munroe Falls is the best family park in the Greater Cleveland area. The highlight of the park is the gently sloping kid friendly beach. Life guards are on duty. Munroe Falls Metro Park has an artificial lake that is is

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Dr. Roizen's Presentation in City of Solon

Included below are images from Dr. Michael Roizen’s presentation at Solon High School Auditorium in City of Solon, Ohio.  I took these photographs with a $100 point and shoot digital camera with a tiny sensor.  With the flash off, of course.  I have a video file from the presentation.  I plan on uploading it in the coming days.

Dr. Roizen is the Chief Wellness Officer of Cleveland Clinic.   Dr. Roizen

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How to hire a real estate agent

I set up an appointment with a seller’s real estate agent for a residential property.   She was representing a major real estate brokerage in the Cleveland area.

I drove up to the house at the scheduled time.  The real estate agent stepped out of the house and introduced herself.  She was dressed formally and made a good first and impression that lasted approximately 2 minutes.  One of her first comments

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City of Cleveland

Public Square of City of Cleveland as seen from Renaissance Cleveland Hotel.

Walden of Aurora, Ohio

Manny Berholz's Walden of Aurora

Walden includes Walden Golf and Tennis Courts, Inn Walden, Spa Walden, Club Walden

A few years back I watched an interview of Mikhail Kalashnikov on the History Channel.  Mikhail Kalashnikov is the designer of the famous (and also the infamous since it is also used by terrorists) AK-47 (stands for Automatic Kalashnikov 1947) rifle also known as the Kalashnikov.  The main advantages of the Kalashnikov

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Cleveland Foreclosure Auction

Cleveland Area Foreclosed Property Auction

Curiosity took me to a real estate auction for properties in foreclosure in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.  It was held on November 8, 2008 at the Holiday Inn in Strongsville.  I had received an email from Joseph Kutina about this auction.  Joseph Kutina is with Reo Property Consultants in Strongsville, Ohio.

Each property that came up for bid was put up on the

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Emerald City Jewelers, Brookpark

Christmas 2008

I took this photograph around the time of Christmas 2008 in Brookpark, Ohio.

This store is located not too far away from a stamping plant of General Motors.  I have a friend who is a supervisor at General Motors or is it Generous Motors.  From what I have heard from my friend, its difficult to believe how things have gotten to where they are at Generous Motors.  Its not

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