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Erie PA News and Events for Tuesday July 25, 2006
Posted by Dennis on July 25, 2006
The review of 74 cases from the Erie County Office of Children and Youth was turned over to the county. Retired Erie County Judges Michael Palmisano and Fred Anthony conducted the review and wrote the report. It would be a shock if many of these cases weren’t repoened due to mishandling by the Office of Children and Youth.
The Episcopal Church of Northwestern Pennsylvania Bishop, the Rt Rev Robert D Rowley Jr, will take early retirement with a terminal sabbatical commencing immediately.
Nancy Milkowski has been named new Executive Director of the Greater Erie Area Habitat for Humanity. Nancy was formerly Program Coordinator at MECA United Cerebral Palsy.
NanoLogix (OTC Pink Sheets: NNLX), a nano-biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of technologies for the creation of hydrogen bioreactors, announced that it has retained OTC Financial Network for a comprehensive investor relations campaign. This is a step by the company to get listed on NASDAQ. The company has two working hydrogen bioreactors in the Erie area - at the Erie Wastewater Treatment Plant and at the Welch’s plant in North East, PA.
Former VP and sel-proclaimed inventor of the internet Al gore spoke yesterday at the Chautauqua Institution. Gore spoke on global warming so people with hybrid cars drove from hundreds of miles around to hear him speak. A high level smug alert was in effect throughout the day.
Investment banking boutique and investment firm Evercore Partners announced today that Gil Ha has joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director. Ha holds a BS in Physics from Allegheny College and an MBA and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Blog aggregator and blog search engine Technorati relaunched its popular site on Monday on their 3rd anniversary. Technorati tracks 49.5 million blogs with ErieBlogs ranked 25,750.
The Akron Aeros rallied from a seven-run deficit to defeat the Erie SeaWolves, 9-8. Jair Jurrjens is expected to get the start for Erie on Wednesday. He missed his last scheduled start on Friday with neck stiffness from a car accident he had that day.
The American Indoor Football League announced a Wednesday press conference to intorduce the owner of the new Tupelo, MS franchise. The league also said it’s having it’s is having the first owners meeting for the 2007 season on Saturday August 12th, and Sunday August 13th in Canton OH.
Trey Bennett of Walsh Jesuit High School (Akron OH) signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball career at Mercyhurst College in Erie.
The Yardbirds and Thirst ‘N’Howl will perform at the Liberty Park Pepsi Amphitheater tonight for 8 Great Tuesdays. Admission is free for the Eight Great Tuesdays Port Erie concert series.
The Yardbirds and Thirst ‘N’Howl will perform at the Liberty Park Pepsi Amphitheater tonight for 8 Great Tuesdays. Admission is free for the Eight Great Tuesdays Port Erie concert series.
Tennessee Back Porch will perform from 6:30 pm to sunset on Wednesday July 26, 2006 for this weeks < a href="http://www.discoverpi.com/content/blogcategory/50/91/">Sprint Sunset Concert Series at Presque Isle State Park Beach 1.
The summer sky will be the topic of the next Summer Open House Night in Astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Roger Knacke, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the college’s School of Science, will present “Summer Stars and the Milky Way” at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building. This Summer Open House Night in Astronomy is free and open to the public. It is a non-technical presentation for ages 6 and older. For more information, call the School of Science at 814-898-6105.
Peccadillo’s will host this weeks Thursday night Erie Downtown block party on July 27. Tenth Street between State and French will be closed for the event. Nerds Inc will perform. There is no charge to attend. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Sam Hyman and Otis James will perform a free concert at 7 pm in the Patricia McCain Amphitheater at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park on Thursday July 27.
Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre presents the 3rd Annual Shakespeare Summer Nights. “The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be performed on July 28 at 7 pm, “Romeo and Juliet” will be performed July 29 and 30 at 7 pm, and “Words, Words, Words” by David Ives, based on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” will be performed July 28 and 29 at 6:30 pm preceding the mainstage productions. All performances are FREE and open to the public. Performances are outdoor in A.J.’s Way on the campus of Gannon University (between West 7th and West 8th and Peach and Sassafras Streets, just south of the Gannon arch over West 7th Street).
Here’s some info on a great new Erie area event. The Guelcher Film Series at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park, aka Movies in the Park - The Biggest Stars Under The Stars. Movies will begin at 9 pm. Here is a tentative list of films.
July 28, 2006 The Black Stallion (1979)
August 4, 2006 Stormy Weather (1943)
August 11, 2006 Waking Ned Devine (1998)
August 18, 2006 CelebrateErie Week, That Thing You Do (1996)
August 25, 2006 Triplets of Belleville (2003)
September 1, 2006 Half Way to Saint Patrick’s Day,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
Scooters is hosting the 1st annual Motorcycles 4 Meals poker run to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA on August 12, 2006. Registration starts at 9 am at the Food Bank, 1703 Ash Street with the first bike leaving at Noon. There will be FREE food, FREE music, Chinese auction and a 50/50 raffle at Scooters (last stop). First place winner gets $200, 2nd place $100 and 3rd place $50. For more information visit the link above or call Michele King at 459-3663.
Posted by Dennis at July 25, 2006 7:05 AM
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"self-proclaimed inventor of the internet" Really? http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
Incidentally, the Smug Alert was greatly overshadowed by the Miasma of Pretension. And "drove from hundreds of miles around" - on what do you base that assertion?
Posted by: Emma at July 25, 2006 9:12 AM
Al Gore - "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Even to an ALCU lawyer that sounds like he said he he invented the internet.
And "drove from hundreds of miles around" - on what do you base that assertion?
That fact that cars have license plates. The name of the state they came from is on the plate. And since cars can't fly, I'm assuming they drove from the state named on the plate.
Posted by: Dennis at July 25, 2006 11:24 AM
Interesting. Doesn't sound like he said "I invented the internet" at all. Yet that's how it's been spun you bought right into it.
I counted 14 Prius and two of them were from states other than NY and PA. Perhaps you were in a different parking lot. But still, better to drive a hybrid "from hundreds of miles around" than one of the plethora of gas guzzlers filling the parking lot and driveways on the grounds.
Posted by: emma at July 25, 2006 12:09 PM
I have to disagree, Dennis. He did not invent the network that DARPA created. Rather, he helped to make the Internet what it is today.
The Snopes article says it better than I can:
"Clearly, although Gore's phrasing was clumsy (and perhaps self-serving), he was not claiming that he "invented" the Internet (in the sense of having designed or implemented it), but that he was responsible, in an economic and legislative sense, for fostering the development the technology that we now know as the Internet."
And this is true. Gore gets alot of negative comments thrown his way, but he's truly a good man who works for the common good.
Posted by: Ron at July 25, 2006 1:10 PM
Dennis, go back and read the Snopes article. As the article points out, the words "create" and "invent" mean different things. Eisenhower played a crucial role in the interstate highway system. so even if he didn't personally devise a system of roadways, it is meaningful to credit him with helping to bring it into being by virture of encouraging legislation.
As I recall, G.W. Bush in his second debate referred to "the Internets", so say what you will, at least Gore can use the term correctly. ;)
If you browse to http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/27/gore.science.ap/, climate experts agree that Gore is indeed getting the science basically right.
Hmm, Bush still hasn't managed to find those weapons of mass destruction that was supposedly the catalyst for rushing over to Iraq. So, I guess I find the implication that Gore is somehow being alarmist or silly about what is well-supported fact is a rather curious contrast to a claim about weapons that have cost US taxpayers billions of dollars and over 2500 lives.
Posted by: Michael at July 25, 2006 2:49 PM
Dennis - what did you think of his speech in Chautauqua?
Posted by: Mark at July 25, 2006 4:23 PM
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