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Getting it right in the Queen City

The Architects Newspaper Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Meet Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory. His mid-sized city is currently engaged in building three important, interconnected urban projects, which could bring a real spark to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. One project will create a new mixed-use neighborhood in between the city’s riverfront stadiums, along with a generous new waterfront park.

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Daily Candy names ChoreMonster app of the day

Daily Candy Tuesday, May 22, 2012

You play the do-you-want-dessert card to get your little excuse-maker to help around the house.

When he starts to call your bluff, look to ChoreMonster. The free web-based tool (soon to be released as iPhone and iPad apps) motivates kids to do everything from clean their bedrooms to feed the dog with interactive checklists and graphics.

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Opera News interviews Cincinnati Opera's Porgy and Bess star Measha Brueggergosman

Opera News Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Measha Brueggergosman's disarming candor is just one indication of why the Canadian soprano, who this month makes her return to the opera stage as Bess in Cincinnati Opera's Porgy and Bess, has become a certifiable mainstream celebrity on her native soil as well as perhaps the most engaging, amiable ambassador the spheres of classical voice and opera have seen since Beverly Sills. Brueggergosman's instrument? A gleaming, vernal lyric soprano with an appealing duskiness around its edges and an adaptable vibrato

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Salon highlights Cincinnati's Community Entertainment Districts

Salon Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Salon.com writes: A great example of urban entertainment is Cincinnati, where, rather than busting in with relocation plans and a branding scheme, the city has designated five neighborhoods Community Entertainment Districts where aspiring restaurateurs can simply get a liquor license directly from the state for about $1,500, rather than on the open market where they cost up to $30,000.

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Eli's BBQ named best in Midwest

Food & Wine Magazine Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Food & Wine Magazine knows where to find the best BBQ—Cincinnati's Eli's BBQ. After selling his signature pulled-pork sandwich at local markets, Elias Leisring opened this bare-bones spot. His signature move: using a pizza cutter to chop the pulled pork extra-fine.

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US News ranks Walnut Hills High School top in Ohio

USNews.com Tuesday, May 15, 2012

US News ranks Cincinnati Public Schools' Walnut Hills High School first in Ohio and 90th in the country.

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Cincinnati success studied by Toledo

Toledo Blade Tuesday, May 15, 2012

As Toledo Public Schools finds itself in the midst of a political battle over who should run the federally funded Head Start program, it also finds itself in uncharted waters and is looking to Cincinnati Public Schools for inspiration.

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Cincinnati venture powers corporate creativity

Yahoo! Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Batterii, a Cincinnati-based open-collaboration innovation software venture, has raised $800,000 in seed-stage funding, hired a seasoned West Coast technology executive as its CEO and added six other key executives to its management team.

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Cincinnati: the greenest city in America

CleanTechnica.com Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Many cities trumpet their sustainability initiatives to claim the title of “greenest” city in America, but it’s hard to argue with the ongoing turnaround from brown to green in Cincinnati.

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Real estate news: A mushroom sprouts in Cincinnati

MSNBC.com Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Located amid Colonials, Cape Cods and ranch homes in Cincinnati is a home that may have you asking yourself, "What is that?"

"That" is the "Mushroom House" — a home built over a 10-year span by architect Terry Brown. In Hyde Park, across from a restaurant and surrounded by more "traditional" looking homes, Brown's creation stands out as a one-of-a-kind art installation.

Now it's up for sale.

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Middletown business community key to college's success

Chicago Tribune Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Cincinnati State's investment is in downtown Middletown, but the school's president wants the entire city involved to help get people jobs and provide training.

"We exist for you" is the message Cincinnati State Technical & Community College President Dr. O'dell Owens wants delivered to the business community.

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NKU student nabs innovation in philanthropy prize

BrandeisNow Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Darnell Wilson, a junior at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) is the winner of the third annual Sillerman Prize for Innovations in Philanthropy on College Campuses this year, a $5,000 award. Wilson conceived of “Norse in Need” to boost student retention by helping peers in need of emergency aid.

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Cincinnati offers Toledo a model in crime fight

Toledo Blade Tuesday, May 08, 2012

University of Cincinnati Journalism alum Taylor Dungjen, a cops and crime reporter for the Toledo Blade, returned to her college home town to report on an innovative initiative that is having an impact in Northern Ohio.

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'Godzillus' fossil found in Cincinnati

International Business Times Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Scientists are baffled after an amateur Kentucky paleontologist discovered a 150-pound mystery beast nicknamed the 'Godzillus' fossil in Cincinnati.

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Cincinnati dumps Duke Energy

Huffington Post Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Today, Duke Energy found out that more than 50,000 commercial and residential electricity users in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, are dumping Duke and shifting to 100 percent clean energy. Cincinnati is a trendsetter: it is the first city in Ohio, and the first of its size in the nation, to go 100 percent green.

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