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  • Autopsy: Animal Fatally Mauled Slipper Rock Native In Alaska

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    12 Mar 2010 | 5:13 am

  • Childhood obesity: It's a family affair

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    2 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm

  • Those Trail-blazing Friends of the Riverfront

    Pop City
    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm

  • Dinnerviews Links Employers with Fresh Talent

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    bikenerd
    11 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am
    Duquesne University and Agilent Technologies Inc. established a Center of Excellence (COE) for mass spectrometry at the university. The facility enables a wide range of research in the life sciences and environmental analysis, including: metabolomics and trace lipid analysis, the effects of chronic exposure to heavy metals; how residues of some veterinary drugs affect the food chain; analysis of toxins in food; identifying biomarkers for autism; factors affecting the immune system; researching inherited “knock-out diseases” like Fabry’s disease; and an area of study called…

  • Izzazu Salon moving to Piatt Place

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    11 Mar 2010 | 10:01 pm
    Izzazu Salon, based in Downtown Pittsburgh, is moving from its location on the Boulevard of the Allies, but will stay Downtown, the company announced Tuesday.
 
 
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  • Rivers Casino Prepares For Flooding

    12 Mar 2010 | 5:37 am
    Overnight rain and the melting snow is expected to cause a rise in the rivers around Pittsburgh and flood concerns are growing. The Rivers Casino is wasting no time in taking precautions in the event it gets to flood stage in the coming days.

  • Water Level Rising Near Mon Wharf

    12 Mar 2010 | 5:28 am
    Overnight rain in the area is just an early warning of what can be expected over the weekend. Officials are keeping an eye on the three rivers knowing that as more water comes in, the flooding problems will grow.

  • Towns Upstream Facing Imminent Flood Threat

    12 Mar 2010 | 5:15 am
    Flooding concerns are not just being felt around the city of Pittsburgh, as towns upstream are facing an imminent threat.

  • NWS Forecasts 'Moderate' Flooding In Areas

    12 Mar 2010 | 4:23 am
    Releasing its official flooding forecast for the weekend, the National Weather Service predicts that several area communities will see moderate flooding over the next few days; but Hydrologist Bill Drzal warns that a number of variables could change that forecast.

  • Police Recount Murder Suspect's Calm Demeanor

    12 Mar 2010 | 3:41 am
    A 9-year-old boy took the stand today in court testifying about what he saw the night his little sister went missing back in 2007.
 
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  • Is your site a ‘source’ or a ‘resource’?

    Andy Quayle
    10 Mar 2010 | 10:26 am
    I had an interesting conversation recently about a local newspaper and why it should have a web site. The argument was that the average reader age of this publication is possibly just a little less than 200 years old. No reader is going to stop using the paper and get online and look at the site instead. Of course, I argued that the current readership doesn’t have to drop their newspaper and take up reading online. This is what prompted this post The first thing I ask my clients is, “why do you want a web site?”. This is a question that either prompts a puzzled, perplexed or thoughtful…

  • Sneak Peek – Woopra iPhone App

    Andy Quayle
    10 Mar 2010 | 9:45 am
    If you know me, you’ll know that I’m a big Woopra advocate, I love my iPhone too. Wouldn’t it be great it there was some way to bring the two together? There soon will be! The fine folks at Woopra are developing a Woopra iPhone app. I use Woopra as one of my main analytics engines and have done since it was in private beta. As it stands, the app looks really great – giving you a live look at visitors to your site on an animated screen with the ability to look at what individual users are doing on your site. There’s way to much to go into in a post so watch the video below to see how…

  • Free Wordpress Theme: Stormy City Black

    Andy Quayle
    10 Mar 2010 | 8:53 am
    A quick, simple , one column Wordpress Compatible theme. Black and grey with a text only menu under the header image. Click here to download Digg this! Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Facebook Email this to a friend?

  • What is the next evolution in Internet Search?

    Andy Quayle
    9 Mar 2010 | 6:29 pm
    This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of LeapFish Inc. All opinions are 100% mine. I came across this terribly dramatic video about where Internet Search has been and where it might very well be going. We live in a society of instant everything, and although it’s close, web search isn’t quite instant.  Web search isn’t live, it’s not quite…. real time. We need it all now. It’s been proven time and time again. Celebrity deaths, natural disasters, man-made emergencies and more. We want all the information, we want “live on the scene” we want people tweeting, we…

  • GlobalListings.org Targets craigslist, Offers Better Classified Experience

    Andy Quayle
    8 Mar 2010 | 3:11 pm
    NEW YORK, March 5, 2010 — Let’s face it: craigslist’s heyday as a vital and useful marketplace is past. These days, nearly all that remains is a haven for spam, a mass of confusion and red tape for legitimate users, and a fading realm of influence. It’s high time for some improvements on the "community marketplace" theme to make it more suited to today’s truly global community and economy. That is the perspective of http://www.GlobalListings.org, a new forum specializing in global, national, or multi-area classified ads that says it has arrived to fill…
 
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  • AP: Woods Likely To Return At Masters

    ThePittsburghChannel.com
    12 Mar 2010 | 4:40 am
    Tiger Woods intends to remain out of golf at least until the Masters, two people with knowledge of his plans told The Associated Press on Thursday.

  • Details Emerge In Lohan, E-Trade Feud

    ThePittsburghChannel.com
    12 Mar 2010 | 4:39 am
    More details are emerging about the E*Trade commercial that spurred actress Lindsay Lohan to sue the financial company for $100 million.

  • Watch The Latest Flooding Forecast

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    12 Mar 2010 | 4:29 am
    Watch the latest forecast from Channel 4 Action News' Erin Kienzle.

  • Reid's Wife, Daughter Hurt In Va. Crash

    ThePittsburghChannel.com
    12 Mar 2010 | 2:57 am
    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an highway in suburban Virginia.

  • Ark. Tornado Levels House, Kills Woman

    ThePittsburghChannel.com
    11 Mar 2010 | 11:56 pm
    An Arkansas tornado destroys a house and leaves one woman dead.
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  • Pennsylvania sent more goods to Canada than any other country in 2009

    12 Mar 2010 | 4:58 am
    Between 2005 and 2008, the total dollar value of goods exported from Pennsylvania to other countries throughout the world rose rapidly, from $22.3 billion in 2005 to $34.6 billion in 2008.

  • Pittsburgh ranks No. 8 on Green City list

    12 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am
    That Pittsburgh has worked to shed its smokestack and soot-filled reputation for a greener Steel City is not new to folks around here, but the results of a survey of 43 cities has at least one of our neighbors to the west looking at Pittsburgh as an example to emulate.

  • Hillman, Scaife on Forbes' billionaires list

    11 Mar 2010 | 11:50 am
    Two Pittsburghers are among Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s billionaires, released Thursday.

  • Randy McCombs joins Grant Street Associates

    11 Mar 2010 | 11:46 am
    Randy McCombs, laid off recently as an executive vice president and managing director of GVA Oxford, has joined the leadership of Grant Street Associates, Inc., a Downtown commercial real estate firm, where he will serve as executive vice president and principal.

  • Markets finish Thursday on up note

    11 Mar 2010 | 9:14 am
    After a woozy start Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pitched upward during the final hour of trading and finished at 10,611.84, up 44.51 points, or 0.42 percent. Nasdaq rose 9.51 points or 0.40 percent to 2,368.46. (WCC) (AA) (AYE) (ATI) (AEO) (BK) (CNX) (DKS) (FII) (HNZ) (KMT) (KOP) (PNC) (PPG) (X) (WAB)
 
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  • Business news briefs for 03/12/10 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...

    unknown
    11 Mar 2010 | 11:50 pm
    Business news briefs for 03/12/10 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Posted by on Mar 12th, 2010 and filed under Business News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry ...

  • Harangody, Notre Dame hold off Pittsburgh 50-45 « Artesia News

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    11 Mar 2010 | 7:44 pm
    Notre Dame's Tim Abromaitis, center, goes to the basket between Pittsburgh's Dante Taylor, left, and Gilbert Brown in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament, Thursday, ...

  • 2010 Mock NFL Draft: Pittsburgh Steelers | NFL News, Rumors ...

    Shadyplayz
    11 Mar 2010 | 9:36 am
    Pittsburgh's biggest positions of need are in this order: CB, DL, OL, ILB, RB, S and this draft addresses those needs to the strength of the positions. Round One: Dan Williams / Rolando McClain / Kyle Wilson -Dan Williams is a ...

  • BREAKING NEWS: Confirmed: Betty White Headed To 'Saturday Night ...

    pittsburghbusiness
    11 Mar 2010 | 8:22 am
    BREAKING NEWS: Confirmed: Betty White Headed To 'Saturday Night Live'. Facebook users have been granted their wish – Betty White is headed to “Saturday Night Live.” The 88-year-old actress will host the show on May 8, where she will be joined by a slew of six former female late night players: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch, Access Hollywood has confirmed! Huge Furniture Sale in Pittsburgh this Saturday ...

  • South News Briefs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) | Bethel, Pennsylvania ...

    unknown
    11 Mar 2010 | 4:44 am
    Bethel Park: Roadwork contract granted Council has awarded an $834000 contract to El Grande Industries in Donora for roadwork. The vote Monday was unanimous.
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    Pop City

  • Those Trail-blazing Friends of the Riverfront

    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm
    If there's one defining feature of Pittsburgh, it's our rivers and specifically, our glorious riverfronts. Meet the group that pioneered efforts in creating trails and outdoor recreation along our waterways: Friends of the Riverfront.

  • Pittsburgh B.C: Celebrating Brian Cohen, Pop City Photographer

    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Don't miss the celebration this Thursday as our gifted photographer is feted in his first gallery exhibit. James Gallery will display dozens of  Pop City masthead photographs, beautifully framed and available for sale. The show premieres March 11, continuing through April 17. And tomorrow night Pop City will be there celebrating Brian as well as our fourth birthday. Hope to see you there but first, please R.S.V.P here.

  • Pop Star: Vivian Loftness

    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Vivian Loftness blazed a green trail in Pittsburgh when she arrived at Carnegie Mellon a few decades ago and she continues to be on the forefront of architecture and building performance.  Read about a leader in her field then watch her inspiring TEDxLP video about our mortal imperative to preserve the earth for our children and how we can do it.

  • Women's Health & Environment Conference returns and "Beyond Paper & Recycling"

    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Two highly informative, popular and free environmental programs are on tap this spring."Beyond Paper and Plastic: A Closer Look at Recycling and Environmental Toxins" will be held at the Carnegie Science Center on March 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join a stellar panel of experts who will discuss the latest on recycling and toxic exposure, safe product alternatives, reuse and disposal. "When it comes to recycling, so many people simply think about newspapers, cans and bottles," says Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, recently appointed executive director of Women for a Healthy Environment. "In reality,…

  • Making EcoCents, Pittsburgh's green guide to living

    9 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm
    Sustainable living is a life choice that is becoming an integral thread in the (organic!) fabric of our region. Now there's a roadmap to the lifestyle. Megan Cook and Corinne Bechtel, two enterprising women who love Pittsburgh, have published a colorful paperback on earth-friendly living. EcoCents: Pittsburgh's Green Guide 2010 offers a comprehensive look at everything from car-free survival in the city to farmer's markets, public transportation maps, bus routes to yoga classes, big fat green wedding planning and more than $1000 in coupons to environmentally conscious businesses and…
 
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    That's Church

  • You learn something new every day …

    Virginia
    11 Mar 2010 | 1:34 pm
    For instance, thanks to my subscription to ESPN Magazine, I learned that Tyler Kennedy once licked his hockey stick and became a YouTube sensation because of it. While hunting the video down, I expected to see Tyler perhaps surreptitiously giving his stick a small flick of the tongue (yes, I’m aware of how dirty this is all sounding. Duty.), what I was not expecting was to see Tyler Kennedy licking his stick like he’s a stripper bathing down her pole in the hopes of securing some bonus singles. Click here to view the embedded video. I bet this is one of the posts my mother and…

  • Digging for Fug

    Virginia
    11 Mar 2010 | 12:07 pm
    While the situation isn’t amusing at all, I must admit I’m finding it a bit amusing how, particularly in light of the latest news that Ben told investigators he did have sexual contact with the accuser, but not intercourse, and that she fell and hit her head and that’s why she has a head injury, media outlets appear to be on the hunt to pair any story about Ben Roethlisberger with the fuggest grossest pictures they can find. Cases in point: Sporting News: Huffington Post: New York Post goes the Chunk from Goonies press conference pic route: This one is a favorite of several…

  • In which I can never speak badly of Vista again.

    Virginia
    10 Mar 2010 | 12:01 pm
    Your eyes are not deceiving you.  Me, the blogger who once wrote, “Vista causes cancer,” is vowing to never, ever speak badly of Vista again.  I don’t care if Vista shoots my eye out with a BB gun.  I will get a sexy eye patch.  I don’t care if Vista deletes every picture I’ve ever taken in my life.  I will make new memories.  I don’t care if Vista begins breeding pigeons.  I will simply up my pigeon-murder rate accordingly. Why you ask?  Why this virtual hugging of that which I previously wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole slathered in…

  • Random n’at

    Virginia
    10 Mar 2010 | 7:30 am
    1.  Last month, in a flash of mommy brilliance, I mixed Flavor Blasted Pizza Goldfish with Parmesan Goldfish, gave it to my son for an after school snack and said, “No applause necessary.” Then, last week in Target, I spy, what’s this here?  Goldfish Mix-Up Adventures!  Flavor Blasted Pizza Goldfish mixed with Parmesan Goldfish. I’m pretty sure Pepperidge Farm owes me a couple million dollars. 2. Yesterday, thanks to hot bats and a homer from Garrett Effin’ Jones, the Buccos of Suckitude beat the World Champion Yankees.  Add this to the many many reasons you…

  • Dear Benny,

    Virginia
    9 Mar 2010 | 7:16 am
    Oh my God, I can’t believe I’m writing you another freaking letter about a sexual assault allegation. What in the hell is wrong with you? And please, I don’t mean that as, “What in the hell is wrong with you that you sexually assaulted a young college student,” which, if you did, may your penis shrivel up and fall off.  No, I mean, “What in the hell is wrong with you that you do not take a stronger hold on the charmed life you have, but instead seem content to let it slip away as a result of your vices and/or gross stupidity?” Am I saying you…
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  • Who’s the daddy?

    ijustine
    11 Mar 2010 | 3:36 pm
    Ha! I had fun making these photoshops for this epsidoe. Which youtuber daddy belongs to which baby?

  • Cruise day 4

    ijustine
    8 Mar 2010 | 10:36 pm
    I PROMISE THIS IS THE LAST VIDEO FROM THIS TRIP!! lol

  • Cruise day 3

    ijustine
    7 Mar 2010 | 7:53 pm
    Here’s day 3! This was probably the most fun

  • cruise day 2

    ijustine
    7 Mar 2010 | 8:15 am
    Oh here’s day 2 of the cruise. I think being on this boat was one of the most awkward things I’ve ever done. lol Feel free to skip to 2:30 if you don’t want to watch the hairy chest contest. It gets a little old. Bleh!

  • Cruise day 1

    ijustine
    5 Mar 2010 | 11:55 am
    Here is a really long video of day 1 on the cruise.. get ready, cuz I probably have another 5 videos to post from the trip!
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  • Central Valley Principals Will Split Duties

    12 Mar 2010 | 4:02 am
    The Central Valley school board is set to solve its two-principals-for-one-high-school problem by splitting the job in two. Monaca High School and Center Area High School will become Central Valley H...

  • Bid Date Delayed For High School Project In Montour

    12 Mar 2010 | 4:02 am
    The Montour school board is pushing the bid date for its high school renovation project to March 30 and will delay its official meeting until March 31. "That will keep us in March, which was our goal...

  • The Keystone State Backs The Filipino Phenom To Stop Clottey

    12 Mar 2010 | 3:40 am
    Exoect scenes like this again on Saturday (AP Photo) Having spoken to a lot of local fight fans in the build up to 'the event', there were a lot of different answers as to how the fight would go.Most ...

  • Larry Foote And Fraley Party Acknowledge Steelers Interest

    12 Mar 2010 | 3:40 am
    AP FILE PHOTO PITTSBURGH - Remember Jerry McGuire? You know the movie where the line "Show me the money" became iconic?The fictitious player was an Arizona Cardinal.So where are we going wit...

  • Pittsburgh Ranks No. 8 On Green City List

    12 Mar 2010 | 3:24 am
    That Pittsburgh has worked to shed its smokestack and soot-filled reputation for a greener Steel City is not new to folks around here, but the results of a survey of 43 cities has at least one of our ...
 
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  • Bald Heads, Shamrocks, Doga and More – Radio Round Up – March 12, 2010

    Lindsay
    12 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am
    Image by talkradionews via Flickr Here are the links for this weekend, you can listen to us most friday mornings at 6:45 am – we catch up with with Jim and Randy on WDVE about things to in Pittsburgh!  A thanks to the kind folks at Oh Yeah! Ice Cream (follow them on twitter @oysocial) for coffee and brainstorming on this weekends list. St. Baldrick’s Day and I Shamrock PGH T-shirts To help raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation which supports kids with cancer – Bill Toland will be shaving his head Make a donation or post a tweet about the event and win an I…

  • Shamrocks and Bald Heads for St. Baldrick’s Foundation (and I Shamrock PGH T-shirt Giveaway)

    Lindsay
    11 Mar 2010 | 7:13 am
    The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a foundation that supports children with cancer.  Each year they have a fundraiser where individuals volunteer to raise money and shave their heads – it is fun and it is a show of solidarity with kids who lose their hair to chemo and radiation treatments. A felllow Pittsburgher, Bill Toland,  has volunteered his head to the cause and could use your help in meeting his goal of raising $3000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.  Click here to go to Bill Toland’s fundraising page and support the cause.  (Help us track donations from…

  • 3 Neighborhoods and 3 Blogs – IheartPGH talks Pittsburgh Neighborhoods with AOL’s Rented Spaces Blog

    Lindsay
    10 Mar 2010 | 8:53 am
    Last week we had the opportunity to suggest some Pittsburgh neighborhoods and blogs for a post on AOL’s Rented Spaces about top housing markets in Pittsburgh and Louisville. AOL’s Rented Spaces – “Insiders’ Tips on Top Housing Markets” - March 5, 2010 by Katie McCaskey Pittsburgh Searching for a hot neighborhood in the Steel City? Popular Pittsburgh blogger Lindsay Patross of IHeartPGH.com offers three recommendations: downtown adjacent East Liberty (recently profiled in The New York Times), South Side, and Mount Washington. She recommends a few hangouts,…

  • Links Worth a Look – March 10th

    Lindsay
    10 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am
    Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look: From Glamour Magazine – "These Sisters Rescued 54 Orphans" – Katie Couric interviews Ali and Jamie McMutrie for Glamour magazine about their work in Haiti Another "Tale of Two Cities": Ontario city finds parallels in Pittsburgh revitalization – Carl Kurlander is taking his Pittsburgh documentary around the country. Check out this article from Ontario and look for a screening of the film "My Tale of Two Cities" in Washington, DC in the near future Venture Outdoors offers a new bike…

  • Where Are You Celebrating After the St. Patrick’s Day Parade?

    Lindsay
    3 Mar 2010 | 6:57 am
    Image by ccs-pics via Flickr We have recieved numerous emails asking what to do after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.  As you may know, Market Square is under construction (check out these articles on the impact of the construction on the Market Square businesses – Post-Gazette 2/5/2010 and Tribune Review 2/26/2010).  We are very sad to see another local business close and there are many Pittsburghers who are sad about the lack of a place to celebrate after the parade. From The Pittsburgh Channel.com Because of ongoing construction, the typical outdoor celebration with open…
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  • Inside one of my favorite coffee shops at the Gristill at Saint Vincent

    Mike
    9 Mar 2010 | 1:49 pm
    Inside one of my favorite coffee shops at the Gristill at Saint Vincent, originally uploaded by Mike @ pittsburgh.metblogs.com.

  • Construction at Penn Station

    Mike
    8 Mar 2010 | 2:18 pm
    Construction at Penn Station, originally uploaded by Mike @ pittsburgh.metblogs.com.

  • The irony of Flag Plaza

    Mike
    27 Feb 2010 | 1:49 pm
    The irony of Flag Plaza, originally uploaded by Mike @ pittsburgh.metblogs.com. Flying above Flag Plaza on Thursday (the morning after Canada beat Russia), the flag in the monthly rotation was Russian American Company.  Oh the irony.  Also it’s taken me about 10 minutes to add this sentence.  The WiFi here at Barnes and Noble is soooooo slow.  Probably going home to work, which is the opposite of what I wanted to do.  Oh well.

  • Inside Penn Station

    Mike
    26 Feb 2010 | 2:52 pm
    Inside Penn Station, originally uploaded by Mike @ pittsburgh.metblogs.com.

  • Pittsburgh International After Hours

    Mike
    24 Feb 2010 | 9:48 am
    It’s been floating around the web for a bit now, yesterday was featured on PG+ and today is featured on The Consumerist: If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe.
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    PGH is a City

  • Check Your Water Bills

    11 Mar 2010 | 9:38 am
    It seems like every month lately, there are new shenanigans from PWSA.In January, we had the mistaken decimal point water bills where consumers ended up with bills up to 100 times what they owed. The entirety of PWSA's customers also were notified that they were signed up for Utility Line Security. Now, it's March. The latest twist? Probably due to the previous month's snafus, the billing period has been adjusted every month. I received my January bill on February 18. I paid it before its due date of March 10, but February's bills were sent out a scant 11 days later on March 1 and included a…

  • Flood-pocalypse?

    9 Mar 2010 | 10:22 am
    Flooded Fifth & Liberty St. intersection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1907, originally uploaded by trialsanderrors.The picture above is from downtown Pittsburgh in 1907.Rain and mild temperatures are predicted for the rest of the week. Will we get new opportunities to take pictures of a flooded downtown?"The National Weather Service forecast calls for rain and highs approaching 60 degrees from Wednesday through Saturday. Snow in the Laurel Highlands, more than 4 feet deep in spots, has not begun to melt appreciably, but will on Wednesday, said hydrologist Bill Drzal. Rainfall from Thursday…

  • West Carson Street and Beyond

    3 Mar 2010 | 9:53 am
    West Carson Street has been in the news a lot lately. Last week, community groups were protesting the site of a proposed Strip Club on West Carson Street. They object to its location directly adjacent to the Onala Club, an alcohol and drug recovery center.Early Tuesday morning, a mere 0.3 miles away along Carson Street, a warehouse suspicously caught fire. Arson investigators were trying to determine the fire's cause, terming it "suspicious," but unsafe conditions kept them from examining where it started. Fire officials said interior floors collapsed. The building, thought to be empty for 20…

  • Snow Shoveling is Not a Minor Thing

    2 Mar 2010 | 5:07 am
    While most of us rejoiced when the city announced that after 3 weeks it was resuming its enforcement of the snow shoveling ordinance, Public Works Director Rob Kaczorowski has this to say:"It's a minor thing to me," he said.I wonder if that's what Mr Kaczorowski would say to Ernestine Ross who as of last week remained in a coma because she was walking in the street due to un-shoveled sidewalks and got hit by a car. This has been a tough couple years for Ms Ross whose husband was killed in late 2008 on the North Side while working in his store. I think the city owes it to her family and the…

  • Shovel Like Your Life Depends on It

    24 Feb 2010 | 6:46 am
    Like most people, I let out a sigh of relief when the city publicized a post-snowmageddon reprieve for parking tickets and shoveling fines. There was just too much snow too quickly for most of us to keep up with it.After two weeks of reprieve, this Monday February 22, meter maids were back out in full force. Of course, it's going to take a lot more time to get fully up-to-speed in areas like Allegheny Center where many meters have fallen over victims of over-ambitious snow plows.I can't find official word on the shoveling fines being re-instated.On Sunday, Ernestine Ross was walking in the…
 
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    The Pittsburgh Comet

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  • Coordinator: PIRC to Hit Streets in 1st Half of Year

    29 Jan 2010 | 1:50 pm
    Jay Gilmer, the coordinator for the Pittsburgh Initiative to Reduce Crime (PIRC) who operates out of the mayor's office, assured the Comet reading audience this week that the long-awaited anti-violence strategy would be ready to roll out in the first half of 2010.Prof. David M. Kennedy of John Jay College in New York had returned to Pittsburgh this last October to "jump start" the program, 13 months after its initial announcement in 2008."He was there to make sure we were proceeding properly," Gilmer testified. "You have to cook this cake properly -- not add anything that doesn't belong, not…

  • Government by Press Release Does Pittsburgh a Substantive Disservice

    29 Jan 2010 | 7:21 am
    This sounds like a wise move:Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's administration does not intend to create a Stimulus Oversight Committee called for in City Council legislation, a spokeswoman said Thursday. (P-G, Team Effort)Oh, sure! Why do that which is called for in legislation which you signed. Especially considering you have been doing such a good job collecting stimulus funds without any input from the rest of the government, or the public at large, or grown-ups of any kind.[Doven] added that the mayor's Move PGH panel, announced this week, would help put the city in position to win more…
 
 
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  • Roethlisberger, not free agents, is the key for Steelers

    10 Mar 2010 | 8:07 pm
    Four points need to be made after the Steelers had a busy Monday, re-signing safety Ryan Clark to quarterback their secondary, bringing back Super Bowl XL star Antwaan Randle El as a fourth wide receiver and likely punt-return specialist, and bringing in wide receiver Arnaz Battle, safety Will Allen and offensive tackle Jonathan Scott to provide depth and special-teams help.

  • Ravens, fans likely enjoying Roethlisberger's mess

    8 Mar 2010 | 9:00 pm
    You know what they're saying about you in Baltimore, don't you? "You people in Pittsburgh really have a lot of nerve calling us 'Baltimorons' ... " They're right.
 
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    Yahoo! Sports: Pittsburgh Pirates

  • Navarro leaves wild Rays win with injured thumb (AP)

    11 Mar 2010 | 3:11 pm
    Dioner Navarro and the Tampa Bay Rays were hoping for the best after a simple pickoff play in the third inning. Navarro was struck by a pickoff throw during the Rays' 16-15 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday and departed with an injured left thumb. Navarro was hit when Jack Taschner threw over to first.

  • Blanton shuts down Tigers in Phillies' 4-0 victory (AP)

    11 Mar 2010 | 1:49 pm
    Joe Blanton used a mix of fastballs and changeups to shut down the Detroit Tigers, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 4-0 victory Thursday. Blanton has focused solely on the fastball-changeup combination in his first two spring starts before he incorporates breaking pitches into his repertoire. So far the results have been promising: Blanton held the Tigers to three singles in four innings of...

  • Scott helps Orioles beat Pirates 3-2 (AP)

    10 Mar 2010 | 7:51 pm
    Zach Duke found a silver lining in his rough start Wednesday night. Duke settled down after allowing three runs in the first and pitched 2 2-3 innings in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. "My stuff was definitely good," he said "But I was falling behind with my sinker, and I need that pitch to be effective.

  • Pirates Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

    10 Mar 2010 | 5:20 pm
    Paul Maholm pitched one scoreless inning to start the Pirates' exhibition season and pronounced that the left knee injury that had an impact on his 2009 season was no longer a factor. "Actually, it wasn't as much of a big deal last season as some people are making it out to be," Maholm said. Maholm went 8-9 with a 4.43 ERA last season after straining a ligament in his left knee during his final start in spring training. However, the injury was never made public until he admitted he had pitched hurt when asked by reporters during the final week of the season. "I just don't think it was that…

  • Johnson homers twice, Sabathia rocked by Pirates (AP)

    9 Mar 2010 | 3:18 pm
    Nick Johnson is working on a new hitting philosophy this spring. CC Sabathia is trying to refine his pitching motion. Their results couldn't have been more dissimilar Tuesday. Johnson pulled homers to right in each of his at-bats, while Sabathia was rocked for five runs in two-plus innings in the New York Yankees' 12-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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    Pittsblog

  • Spring Means Gardening

    Mike Madison
    3 Mar 2010 | 9:54 am
    I saw a note recently about a resource for urban gardeners in Pittsburgh called Grow Pittsburgh, which is offering courses in growing vegetables in an urban setting, among other things. Here's a link to GP and their programs.Grow Pittsburgh is a private non-profit organization. There are also some terrific if underpublicized public resources for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County gardeners, supported through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Penn State University.I posted a note about a bunch of these things -- the Cooperative Extension Office in Pittsburgh, and the Allegheny County Master…

  • So Long 'Sliberty

    Mike Madison
    3 Mar 2010 | 5:26 am
    Chris's digital media filter beat my analog media filter, so he posted first about today's NYT relatively upbeat story about commercial redevelopment in East Liberty. For real estate developers and the companies than afford their space, the neighborhood is on a modestly upward trajectory.I liked the story, but as someone who has heard and read the history of Pittsburgh but not lived it, I didn't come away feeling all rosy about the result. Virtually all of the good news about contemporary East Liberty, at least the good news reported in Times, conveys the impression that the area is being…

  • The Arts in Pittsburgh: A Review

    Mike Madison
    2 Mar 2010 | 6:35 am
    Let's suppose that I wanted to assemble a comprehensve post on the arts "scene" in Pittsburgh, featuring links to and very brief descriptions of the leading arts organizations and related infrastructural resources in the region, including arts initiatives, policy proposals, funding sources, and service providers. Let's suppose that I didn't want to highlight the work of individual artists, but I want to be inclusive as to the arts represented: music, visual arts (film and video, photography, painting, sculpture), craft, dance, literature, conceptual art, fine art, popular art, public art. And…

  • Hipsters in Pittsburgh?

    Mike Madison
    24 Feb 2010 | 6:41 am
    Years ago, a California dairy called "Berkeley Farms" ran radio advertisements with the tag line, "Cows in Berkeley? Mooooooo!"I thought of those ads this morning when I saw Pop City's latest feature, "The Hip Guide to Pittsburgh." Hipsters in Pittsburgh? Mooooooo!Seriously, it's neat that there are enough self-conscious hipsters in the Burgh that there is a kind of a "scene" here, even if it feels forced to call it that. Lower Lawrenceville as LoLa? Somewhere, Ray Davies is giggling. Pittsburgh has the potential to be a lot of things, including home to a lot of cool art and artists, and some…

  • Innovation and Investment Notes

    Mike Madison
    22 Feb 2010 | 11:52 am
    At dinner last week, I heard an interesting exchange concerning the local climate for start-up investment.On the one side was what I might call the "traditionalist" view: tech start-ups in Pittsburgh struggle to find local financing, because local early stage investors are much more cautious than their coastal counterparts. Start-ups that are any good can find coastal financing, but that puts pressure on the founders to relocate to the coasts.On the other side was what I might call the "revisionist" view: Quality tech start-ups in Pittsburgh can find local financing - if they know where to…
 
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  • Rustbelt Radio for March 01, 2010

    Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti
    1 Mar 2010 | 5:28 pm
    On today's show: The Pittsburgh Public Schools are proposing more building closures and consolidations. We'll bring you voices of concerned residents and parents, as well as school representatives. Local music artist Jasiri X uses hip-hop as an organizing tool and more in our local and global headlines.

  • Rustbelt Radio for Feb. 15, 2010

    Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti
    15 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    On today's show: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling may take place minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, UPMC Braddock has officially closed. We'll bring you a local reporter's insight into what's next for the facility, A prominent and contentious far right Israeli general and politician speaks at the Hillel Jewish University Center, The Olympics kick off in Vancouver to protests, increased border controls at both sides of the border, and the independent media finds itself under an uncomfortable spotlight, and more in our local and global headlines

  • Rustbelt Radio for Feb. 01, 2010

    Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti
    2 Feb 2010 | 12:07 pm
    On today's show: Israel issued its response to the UN Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead in Gaza this week. Tree sitters halt mountaintop removal mining operations in West Virginia, New details emerge in the october FBI killing of Detroit Imam Luqman Abdullah, A feature length 2.3 Million and Rising interview with Linn Washington about the new developments in Mumia Abu-Jamal's case and more in our local and global headlines.

  • Rustbelt Radio for January 18, 2010

    Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio Collecti
    18 Jan 2010 | 4:40 pm
    On today's show: UPMC Braddock's closure looms on the horizon, Queer activists target a local donut shop owner who made homophobic remarks online, A look at the healthcare debate and what it will mean for Pennsylvanians, One year after Israel's attack on Gaza, aid and solidarity convoys find Egypt barring access to the region, And more in our local and global headlines.

  • Rustbelt Radio for Jan. 04, 2010

    Pittsburgh Indymedia: Rustbelt Radio
    4 Jan 2010 | 5:38 pm
    On today's show: A special 2.3 Million and Rising about mental illness inside of prison, Indigenous Lakota activist Canupa Gluha Mani visits the University of Pittsburgh, A look at the proposed anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda.
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    Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

  • Can Daryl Metcalfe get any wingnuttier?

    Sue
    12 Mar 2010 | 5:10 am
    As you recall, Metcalfe is running for Lt. Governor. In spite of his lofty looney ideals, he's also pragmatically running for his House seat, too.  Cause powerful is as powerful does.  Something like that. Metcalfe told the Post-Gazette that he isn't about to be some namby-pamby Lt. Governor. He'll govern like a man, for God's sake (literally).  God help the gays, women, immigrants, veterans, environmentalists, poor people, and pretty much anyone who isn't a god-fearing, sermon-swallowing, blue eyed blond haired, baby popping patriot. Amen. Mr. Metcalfe shrugged off…

  • Enough is enough. Tell the PA Senate to put a stop to discrimination.

    Sue
    11 Mar 2010 | 2:28 pm
    I don't often pull over in the middle of the work day to make a phone call, but today was an exception.  When I received an email about a potential vote on the so-called "Marriage Protection" amendment, I dialed fellow blogger Maria Lupinacci of 2 Political Junkies and asked her to help me organize a blog swarm on the topic.  Within minutes, she agreed and a few hours later, had a logo in my inbox.  See earlier post for that!  We have a chance to "make some history" folks, according to the ACLU.  Twice this amendment has come up in the Senate and both times it was…

  • Blog for Equality 2010 - Stop the Discrimination, Join the Blog Swarm

    Sue
    11 Mar 2010 | 1:33 pm
    Back in 2008, 14 Pittsburgh blogs participated in our first Blog for Equality event to speak out against the attempt by the Pennsylvania Senate to amend our constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, the so-called "Marriage Protection" Amendment.  The "blog swarm" as it is sometimes described was successful, albeit not singlehandedly responsible for the failure of that legislation to make it out of committee.  Still, you might like to revist what the 14 bloggers had to say in 2008. Fast forward two years.  The Senate is once again discussing this issue and we…

  • Virginia? Yeah, I'm sending my lunch money to Joe Hoeffel - lessons for Pennsylvania

    Sue
    11 Mar 2010 | 6:08 am
    What a bizarre twist of events. Virginia does not include sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression as protected classes in the state's anti-discrimination laws.  Some Universities, Colleges and private employers in Virginia do include some or all of these classes. Recently, the Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) issued a legal opinion aka warning to the public academic community (recipients of state funding) that they could not unilaterally broaden the protected classes, something many students have worked tirelessly to accomplish.  Response from the…

  • Attention Pgh Area LGBT Executives

    Sue
    10 Mar 2010 | 8:18 am
    This caught my eye ... Out & Equal Workplace Advocates invites emerging LGBT business leaders to apply for its 2010 Executive Forum, set for April 19-21 in New York City March 10, 2010 Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is inviting qualified applicants to take part in the 2010 Out & Equal Executive Forum’s class for emerging lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender business leaders.Set for April 19-21 at the Le Parker Meridien in New York City, the Executive Forum will bring emerging executives together for a unique, two-day experience that is designed to enhance participants’…
 
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  • Thank GAWD-OH-MIGHTY!

    12 Mar 2010 | 4:10 am
    Thank God for the Itawamba County School District!A Mississippi county school board announced Wednesday it would cancel its upcoming prom after a gay student petitioned to bring a same-sex date to the event."Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events, the Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School this year," school board members said in a statement.It's only with this kind of vigilant protection of our precious liberty can we expect to save our once great and Christian Nation from the godless liberals…

  • All you need to know about Stupak

    11 Mar 2010 | 12:30 pm
    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

  • Barbara Hafer Drops Out

    10 Mar 2010 | 7:04 am
    Via PoliticsPA:“Today I am announcing I am withdrawing my petitions and will not be seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for the U.S. House in Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district. We had a spirited campaign for who would make the best nominee in the special election, but in the spirit of Jack Murtha I believe now is not the time to continue this race. I look forward to finding other ways to continue to serve the public and change this state and this country for the better.”

  • The Trib Smears

    10 Mar 2010 | 4:03 am
    In yet another bit of climate-change-is-a-hoax snark, the braintrust over at the Pittsburgh Tribune Review smears. AND they don't get the irony of that smear. Here it is:The climate science community says it's ready to fight back against the forces of truth responsible for exposing extensive fraud in global warming research, reports The Washington Times. At least one scientist involved in the fight-back campaign -- Stephen H. Schneider -- already is dropping the "M"-bomb, claiming that legitimate questions about such "settled science" amount to "McCarthyism." Which prompts only one logical…

  • For Rep. Eric Massa:

    9 Mar 2010 | 5:41 pm
    (story here)
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    Pittsburgh's Future

  • State Tax Changes Would Hurt Economic Development

    7 Mar 2010 | 4:07 am
    Governor Rendell has proposed dramatic changes in two of the state’s primary sources of tax revenue – the sales tax and the corporate net income tax. Both changes are touted as making the tax system fairer, which is certainly a desirable goal. But would the Governor’s proposals make Pennsylvania more or less competitive with other states for attracting and retaining businesses and jobs?The Governor has proposed cutting the sales tax rate by one-third, from 6% to 4%, and expanding the tax to 74 categories of products and services that are currently exempt. These categories are so large…

  • Has Our Region Lost Businesses as Well as Jobs?

    7 Feb 2010 | 4:06 am
    Over the past two years, the Pittsburgh Region has lost over 33,000 jobs, or nearly 3% of our employment base. There were fewer jobs in the region in December 2009 than in December 1998, which means the recession has wiped out more than a decade of job growth. The only good news is that things were much better here than in most other regions. Detroit has lost nearly a quarter-million jobs over the past two years, or 12% of its employment base; Charlotte has lost 68,000 jobs (7.7%), and Cleveland has lost 78,000 jobs (7.2%).The questions facing our region now are: how soon will we start adding…

  • Not Out of the Woods Yet

    22 Jan 2010 | 6:42 pm
    The preliminary jobs figures for December show that while the Pittsburgh Region is still doing better than most major regions in the country, the recession continues to have a downward pull on the local economy. The region had fewer jobs in December 2009 than it did in December 1998, the first time that the region has ever fallen below 1998 levels.There were 5,200 fewer jobs here in December than November, but over half of that decrease is a typical seasonal change – over the past 20 years, jobs have almost always decreased between November and December. What is significant is that the job…

  • Is Money from Universities and Hospitals the Solution to Pittsburgh’s Fiscal Woes?

    17 Jan 2010 | 4:27 am
    Although the short-lived proposal for a tuition tax in the City of Pittsburgh was ostensibly aimed at having students pay their “fair share” of City services, in reality it was just the latest attempt to get tax-exempt colleges and universities to help support the City’s budget, nearly a third of which comes from property taxes. Whether that makes sense depends on whether you feel that tax-exempt facilities are burdens or assets for the City.No one really knows for sure what proportion of Pittsburgh’s or any municipality’s property is tax-exempt, since there is little incentive to…

  • The Regional Economy Finally Turns the Corner

    20 Dec 2009 | 4:21 pm
    After several months of small ups and downs in regional job growth, November showed the first sign of a significant recovery in jobs for the region. Job losses declined by 5,600 between October and November. (This does not mean that total jobs increased in the region, but simply that the losses were smaller; in October, we had lost 32,200 jobs over the prior 12 months, but in November, we had only lost 26,600 jobs, comparable to where we were back in April.) The improvement parallels a similar turnaround in job losses nationally. Improvements occurred in virtually every economic sector. Only…
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  • Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-03-07

    Alan Veeck
    7 Mar 2010 | 1:59 pm
    New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-28 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-21 … http://ow.ly/16GuMu # Gift by Paul Pollastro – thanks, Paul! 2006 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Artemis – #wine http://cellartracker.com/w?616029 #

  • Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-28

    Alan Veeck
    28 Feb 2010 | 1:59 pm
    New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-21 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-14 … http://ow.ly/16D91R # Why doesn't #4sq ever show me my favorite coffee shop I have checked into 30 times?!? Always have to search… #

  • Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-21

    Alan Veeck
    21 Feb 2010 | 1:59 pm
    New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-14 – New PghVentures Post Alan’s Twitterfeed from 2010-02-07 … http://ow.ly/16zTzB # Should You Be An Entrepreneur? Take This Test: http://bit.ly/azsrkc via @addthis # New PghVentures Post Lessons in Entrepreneurship – The VC Perspective http://ow.ly/16AKU9 # “I saw an ad in the paper – it read, ‘For Sale: complete set of encyclopedias, never used. Wife knows everything.’" – Vince Lombardi # New PghVentures Post AlphaLab Accepting Applications! – Image via CrunchBase I am an advisor with AlphaLab,…

  • History Uncorked 2010: Black and Gold Celebration

    Alan Veeck
    18 Feb 2010 | 3:27 am
    Image via Wikipedia History Uncorked is Pittsburgh’s premiere event for young professionals! Now in its 12th year, History Uncorked 2010 promises to be a fun, festive evening for all. Join us for good food, entertainment, and a look at our groundbreaking exhibitions. History Uncorked is a fundraising event for the Senator John Heinz History Center. Its purpose is to generate revenue for and interest in the History Center’s exhibitions and educational programs. As Pittsburgh’s premiere event for young professionals, History Uncorked offers an opportunity for young men and women to…

  • AlphaLab Accepting Applications!

    Alan Veeck
    17 Feb 2010 | 3:53 am
    Image via CrunchBase I am an advisor with AlphaLab, our local Pittsburgh business accelerator, and if you have a killer startup idea and are looking for the motivation to just GTD, I would strongly encourage you to consider applying to be a part of the program.  I have participated on the selection committee for all the entrance classes since inception, and I expect this upcoming summer session to be very competitive and very compelling.  There are good things happening in Pittsburgh! AlphaLab is now accepting applications for its Summer/Fall 2010 session that officially starts on June…
 
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    Carnegie Mellon News Blog

  • Hopper Celebrates National Grammar Day

    2 Mar 2010 | 11:20 am
    Grammar rules can be confusing. Especially with texting abbreviations, lyrics, slogans, 140-character limits and internet slang contributing to what seems like more generally accepted flexibility in grammar. To promote awareness of proper grammar and its importance for clear communication, the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) designated March 4 as National Grammar Day. It is intended to encourage people to speak and write well and to celebrate language. Paul Hopper, the Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, doesn't need a special holiday to commemorate…

  • Helping Relief Efforts in Chile

    1 Mar 2010 | 11:45 am
    The following message is from Michael Murphy, Carnegie Mellon Vice President for Campus Affairs. Dear Members of the University Community: Another devastating earthquake has struck, this time of an 8.8 magnitude last Saturday morning in Concepcion, Chile.  Since January, the university community has rallied to support Haiti. Today, I am writing to highlight opportunities to support humanitarian relief efforts in Chile. You can help through several organizations, including the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders  and through the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother…

  • Carnegie Mellon Makes the Honor Roll

    26 Feb 2010 | 12:05 pm
    With all of the talk over the last few months about how local universities contribute to the city, Carnegie Mellon has been recognized again for its outstanding community service work. For the third year in a row, the university has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This recognition from the highest levels of the federal government acknowledges the university’s commitment to service on campus and in our nation. It also serves as a reminder of how non profits give back to their cities…

  • Carnegie Mellon To Play Key Role in New Statewide Education Network

    19 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm
    Carnegie Mellon University is expected to play a vital role in the development of a new statewide high-speed network that will reach every region of Pennsylvania, connecting colleges, universities, K-12 schools, libraries, health care and public safety organizations, and businesses. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Congressman Mike Doyle recently announced the creation of the new Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN) during a press briefing at Carnegie Mellon, a PennREN founding member. The three government officials also announced a…

  • Art Professor and Alumnae Create Urban Garden in Alabama

    16 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    Bob Bingham, professor of art and STUDIO for Creative Inquiry fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, has teamed up with Pittsburgh artists Ally Reeves (MFA'08) and Robin Hewlett (A'04) to create One Mile Garden, a community initiative in York, Ala., that provides residents with opportunities for education and better health. The artists worked through the Coleman Center for the Arts in downtown York and bicycled around town to engage residents in conversation about their relationship to the land and food. Through a series of visits and community meetings, they worked with locals to establish…
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    Burghilicious

  • Mac and Cheese with Caramelized Shallots

    10 Mar 2010 | 6:30 pm
    I may be more than six weeks late to the National Macaroni and Cheese Month party, but every month is Macaroni and Cheese Month for this girl, so I'm still celebrating. I first discovered the event via Michelle at Brown Eyed Baker - one of my must-check sites that also happens to be a Pittsburgh food blog (though clearly her appeal extends beyond the Burgh!). From Brown Eyed Baker, I went over to the official Mac and Cheese Month blog, and hoooooooeeeeeey! If there was ever a website created just for me, this is it. For proof, see the college story in this post. Seriously. Mushroom mac? You…

  • Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread, Take 2

    3 Mar 2010 | 6:44 pm
    As I mentioned previously, this year I'm working to curb my expensive bread habit by baking bread at home. My mentors and guides in this process is the King Arthur website and Peter Reinhart's magnificent book The Break Baker's Apprentice. This experiment is additionally prompted by the fact that 1. non-expensive store-bought bread - the kind from the bread aisle that I grew up on - now tastes fake and chemically to me, and 2. a house that smells like fresh-baked bread is a house I want to live in forever.So, a recap: For my last go-around, I went straight for the back of the book and the…

  • Pittsburgh Food Events - March 2010

    1 Mar 2010 | 5:00 pm
    Grow Pittsburgh: A Garden PrimerSeries of 3 classes; First session starts March 11$50I probably neglected to mention that last summer, Scheidt and I endured an epic gardening FAIL. I've always had success with herbs but lack a certain willingness to get my hands dirty, if that dirt is literal, not figurative. My hesitation notwithstanding, Scheidt convinced me that we could handle a few tomato and pepper plants. However, the tomato and pepper plans could not handle the massive herds of Beechview deer that would raze them on a weekly basis. Which makes me think I could use one of these…

  • Homemade Graham Crackers

    22 Feb 2010 | 6:40 pm
    It seems like forever ago that I made the no-bake Daring Bakers Challenge Nanaimo Bars. In my snark, I may have glossed over the fact that there was, actually, a baking element to the challenge: these graham crackers.Let me be frank: unless you need gluten-free grahams, there is absolutely no reason to spend an afternoon making graham crackers when you are just going to crunch them up and coat them with so many other ingredients that you can barely taste them.However, don't think that you shouldn't bother making homemade graham crackers, because that would be a grave loss. These were amazing,…

  • Pumpkin Rigatoni with Sausage and Mushrooms

    18 Feb 2010 | 7:15 pm
    Is it three years too late for a confession?I started cooking seriously because of Rachael Ray.Cue sound of all readers leaving.As a kid, I learned how to follow recipes from my mom. In the beginning of my adult life, I applied that skill to recipes on the bag of Lipton Noodles and Sauce and the box Rice-A-Roni. I knew how to put raw ingredients together too, but when I got home from working and wanted a quick meal, I always turned to prepackaged food.I don't remember how it started, but sometime in this period I started watching 30 Minute Meals on the Food Network. I remember it was on at 6…
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    Burgh Baby

  • It's Not Fair That There Isn't an Instruction Manual for this Stuff

    burghbaby
    11 Mar 2010 | 6:53 pm
    I have bad skin. Terrible, no-good, awful skin. I always have. I've gone through phases where I care about it and try to do whatever I can to ward off the evil skin demons, but mostly it just is. The things that sort of work tend to have worse side effects than just leaving it alone, so whatever. Call me crazy, but I tend to think acne sounds a heck of a lot more fun than, say, skin cancer. So, makeup! Makeup is good! And I'm OK with that. Since Alexis was born, I've become sort of paranoid about putting makeup on in the presence of the very impressionable short person. I just don't know how…

  • I Know I Said The Snow Needs to Go Away Once March Arrives, But . . .

    burghbaby
    10 Mar 2010 | 7:02 pm
    In what could only be described as a happy accident, I somehow managed to configure the landscaping in our front yard in such a way that we have consistently had more snow to play with than most of the other houses in our neighborhood. While we might have had two feet of snow in our back yard, at the bottom of our front sidewalk there was easily something closer to six feet of the fluffy white stuff. A quick glance through the neighborhood tonight showed that we are among the last to see our trees or shrubs. THANK GOODNESS. There are two reasons that I'm suddenly all about the snow sticking…

  • Up and Down and Up and Down, but at Least It's All Petty Stuff

    burghbaby
    9 Mar 2010 | 6:19 pm
    I first placed it in my Amazon shopping cart a little over a year ago. Every time I had a some extra money, a gift or whatever, I earmarked it as "Lens Money." Nickels and dimes and pennies slowly added up, but then life got in the way and some of those nickels and dimes and pennies fell through my fingers and into the laps of those fortunate enough to profit from our unexpected expenses. One step forward. Two steps back. Little-by-little, I inched my way towards my goal of being able to pay for that lens, but really kept getting nowhere fast. I was still a long ways from getting there when…

  • Make Room for Crazy

    burghbaby
    8 Mar 2010 | 6:16 am
    Every day, someone throws common sense to the wind and declares that This! Is! The! Year! This year the Pirates won't suck so bad! This year the Pirates will play .500 ball! This year the Pirates will make the playoffs! This year the Pirates will win the World Series! I had a really hard time typing those sentences. I was laughing way too hard. I mean, this optimism, it has to be a joke, right? RIGHT? Apparently, Ginny (my blogging hero from That's Church) isn't joking when she says that she really believes that this is the year. She has grabbed hold of the reins on that bandwagon and is…

  • This is Probably How Bernie Madoff Started

    burghbaby
    7 Mar 2010 | 4:20 pm
    The kid has turned to a life of crime. Once upon a time, you would never catch Alexis doing something she had been told not to do; her conscious wouldn't let her. However, it seems she has shoved her little conscious into a box and found a way to break free from the chains of guilt. She is smuggling fruit snacks to the other kids at daycare. It started out as an open request to perform an act of what could be considered kindness. "I want to bring fruit snacks to school for my friends." I told her that I appreciated that she wanted to be nice to her friends, but that it wasn't a good idea to…
 
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    TECHburgher

  • Pittsburgh World Environment Day Partnership Unveils Regional Theme and Announces Plans For More Than 65 Events And Activities

    theprossman
    11 Mar 2010 | 11:00 am
    Pittsburgh continues to attract international attention with its selection as the North American Host City for World Environment Day 2010. The Pittsburgh World Environment Day Partnership today announced plans for more than 65 regional events and activities to promote environmental awareness and action during the six weeks that “bridge the gap” between the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 and World Environment Day on June 5. “Pittsburgh is prepared to represent North America, highlight our successes, share best practices and discuss the important work that is needed for a…

  • Duquesne University, Agilent Technologies Establish Mass Spectrometry Center of Excellence

    bikenerd
    11 Mar 2010 | 7:19 am
    Duquesne University and Agilent Technologies Inc. established a Center of Excellence (COE) for mass spectrometry at the university. The facility enables a wide range of research in the life sciences and environmental analysis, including: metabolomics and trace lipid analysis, the effects of chronic exposure to heavy metals; how residues of some veterinary drugs affect the food chain; analysis of toxins in food; identifying biomarkers for autism; factors affecting the immune system; researching inherited “knock-out diseases” like Fabry’s disease; and an area of study called…

  • Dinnerviews Links Employers with Fresh Talent

    bikenerd
    11 Mar 2010 | 3:00 am
    The Pittsburgh Technology Council is debuting a new format to link tech employers with top-notch talent just entering the marketplace. Dinnerviews will allow employers and job seekers to meet over a three-course meal. Mmm, the results should be delicious! Get the full story right here.

  • CALLING ALL ARTISTS: D.A.T.A. Awards Submisssion Deadline Extended

    bikenerd
    10 Mar 2010 | 12:50 pm
    The Pittsburgh Technology Council’s The 15 Minutes Gallery is currently seeking artists, designers, musicians, filmmakers and roboticists to participate in the 2010 DATA Awards and Regional Art Exhibition. This one-of-a-kind event honors regional excellence in creativity and innovation. Let’s show the world how Pittsburgh is a leader in both of these leading-edge sectors. We can only do it with your excellent submissions. The deadline has been extended! Get all of the details right here.

  • Black Box’s Intelli-Pass Biometric Access Control awarded five stars by SC Magazine

    theprossman
    10 Mar 2010 | 9:00 am
    Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX), an industry-leading provider of voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, recently announced that Intelli-Pass™, its biometric access control system, has been awarded a five-star rating by SC Magazine. Intelli-Pass Biometric Access Control is a fingerprint identification system that uses highly reliable, accurate multistage fingerprint verification, proving irrefutable confirmation of a person’s identity when someone enters a protected area. The system features a unique two-part architecture, proprietary signal encryption, and…
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    Progress Pittsburgh

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-10

    links
    10 Mar 2010 | 5:06 pm
    RT @PittsburghPost: Hafer drops out of race to replace Murtha: State Treasurer Barbara Hafer announced this morning that she is withd…… # RT @REIHQ: Pittsburgh unveils plans for Allegheny Riverfront: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and the Urban Redevelopment Authority pre…… # Powered by Twitter Tools.

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-03

    links
    3 Mar 2010 | 5:06 pm
    anyone going to Chelsa Wagner's snow removal town hall this eve? # RT @Bram_R: My question is: were the bad checks related to the Shop N' Save or to some other property? #Dzamkogate # does anyone know who is behind this new blog about @dan_onorato "Dan's Land Of Make Believe" http://ow.ly/1dr43 # Powered by Twitter Tools.

  • The Pittsburgh Hoagie: All Meat, No Filler – Is Now All Gone

    committeegrrl
    2 Mar 2010 | 1:53 pm
    Photo from The Pittsburgh Hoagie Sidebar We were hoping that some of the usual Pittsburgh political bloggers would be following the Jeff Dzamko story. Dzamko is a good friend of Luke Ravenstahl who was just arrested on Friday for an outstanding bench warrant from 2008 on some bad checks. Former Spring Garden Activist Arrested –  Post-Gazette, February 27, 2010 Since the Pittsburgh Comet’s retirement last month – we are running out of political blogs to follow.  We stopped by the Pittsburgh Hoagie to see if Matt H had anything to say about the situation.  Matt is…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-24

    links
    24 Feb 2010 | 5:06 pm
    Increased filing fees surprise some Dems http://ow.ly/18N3m # be a fan of Progress Pittsburgh on Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/pages/Progress-Pittsburgh/315734366106 # Making Great Government Web sites – Nextgov http://ow.ly/19D4F # Powered by Twitter Tools.

  • Tweeting for Your Vote – Following Candidates for PA Governor on Twitter

    engagedcitizen
    23 Feb 2010 | 7:44 pm
    Image via CrunchBase Yesterday the Triadvocate (the blog from the folks at Triad Strategies) had a post about which of the candidates in PA is leading in tweets and followers.   They have a detailed list of candidates in PA for many offices with how many followers and tweets have been posted.  Also, Huffington Post links to a LA Times article about congressional representatives who use twitter. So we thought it might be helfpul to create a Twitter list and ticker for the candidates for PA governor. You can see all of the candidates Twitter accounts that are included below here:…
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    ...so I stabbed him in the head with a fork

  • Ahem

    22 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am
    Drink this

  • Beginnings and endings

    9 Aug 2009 | 4:54 pm
    Three and a half years after The Paperweight walked out on me, a 14 year old and a 3 year old.... Three and a half years after I started this blog.... The Thing and I got married. And yes, it was perfect. So, and you have probably seen this coming, I've decided to end this blog. While I still, on numerous occasions, want to stab The Paperweight (and many others) in the head with a fork, the original reasons for this blog's existence no longer remain. I'm sure at some point, since I still have an attitude and a big mouth, I will want to blog again. But it won't be here. And I have no idea…

  • MIA for just a little bit longer

    15 Jul 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Be patient. Good things come to those who wait. Like my wedding to The Thing. July 18, 2009 10:30am Wish us luck. :)

  • Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a butterfly

    24 Jun 2009 | 5:48 am
    Things are starting to get better. The Girl's surgery went well and without complications. Her follow up appointment is tomorrow and we are hopeful. I'm getting married in less than a month. My company had a change of heart and reduced my salary reduction from 20% to 12% - a much more bearable amount to live with. Or without, as the case may be. I'm getting married in less than a month. Girlfriend has pulled through her ordeal as well (the one she never blogged about but at least she's blogging again so yea!) and now that it seems to be over I can admit that 1) I was really really fucking…

  • I couldn't have said it better myself

    17 Jun 2009 | 5:16 am
    When it was done and you went to sleep, I lay awake and listened to the clock on your nightstand and the wind outside and understood that I was really home, that in bed with you was home, and something that had been getting close in the dark was suddenly gone. It could not stay. It had been banished. It knew how to come back, I was sure of that, but it could not stay, and I could really go to sleep. My heart cracked with gratitude. I think it was the first gratitude I've ever really known. I lay there beside you and the tears rolled down the sides of my face and onto the pillow. I loved you…
 
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