For A Better Buckeye

February

Chad W. Lutz

Attention Athletes! Who doesn’t love a good run or bike ride? It’s the month of Love and to celebrate AltOhio brings you For A Better Buckeye February. This month features two virtual runs, 5k races, 10k races, a 6-mile trail series, 2-milers and a tower climb in the heart of downtown Cleveland. Brace yourselves; spring is on the way. Keep those winter workouts going with a cycling, running, or multi-sport event. Your body will love you for it.

Whether you’re a full-time pro or just getting into the swing of things, these events offer a wide variety of competition for every age and every level of athletic ability.

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Yellowtail Japanese Sushi Buffet Restaurant

Akron

Chad W. Lutz

Elegant, classy, ornate; these are probably the last descriptive adjectives on your mind as you wrap up yet another gut busting meal at Joe Shmo oriental buffet.

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Green Adventures in Boating

Tony Parete

Remember your grandfather’s old boat? Smelly, oily, rotten, and parked behind the garage under a tarp for ten years? As they used to say in those Virginia Slims cigarette ads, “we’ve come a long way, baby!”

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Get High - Fly!

Tony Parete

I fly, and I love it. Wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s beautiful up there, all by yourself at the controls…no cops, no IRS, no hatred, no prejudice…when you look down, there are no borders…you get the idea.

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Breakneck Gallery

An Interview W/ Kristen Burns

Matt MacDonald

Art is perhaps one of the more subjective things in life. What is art to one person may be garbage to another.

At Breakneck Gallery, owners Sean & Kristen Burns aim to do something extraordinary: they are bringing fine art to real people.

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The Glass Is Half Full

A Lesson In Hydration

Chad W. Lutz

While most people probably think hydration is only important for those crazy athletes they see on TV running hundreds of miles a week and performing at elite levels, hydration is about as key to life as protons and neutrons are to the average atom.

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Peruasion in Advertising and Informational Campaigns

Matthew MacDonald

Billboards, radio shows as well as radio advertising, even loud signage on the front of some retail stores: all of these are examples of someone trying to persuade an individual to do something. Even when we are in the safety and comfort of our own home, that level of persuasion slips in through television, internet usage and on a smaller level, postal mail.

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Occupy This

Chad W. Lutz

Meanwhile, or so it seems, an “elite group” of individuals dubbed, “The 1 Percent,” control the majority of this nation’s wealth. While some might dismiss this as a blatant fallacy and hasty generalization, statistics from many credible survey agencies and leading economists suggest a top tier of elite Americans controlling the majority of wealth and power in this country.

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Winter Blues

Have No Fear, Spring Fest Is Just Around the Corner

Hallie Witwer

Just to get our blood pumping again...

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Nami Walks Preview

All He Heard Was Music

Dawn Tucker

Like many new mothers I cried the day my son was born, but they were tears filled with sadness and fear. I knew there was a fifty-fifty chance my son would be afflicted with a genetic anomaly. Afflicted...why that word?

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Sitwells

Cincinnati

Chad W. Lutz

Their menu was simple and eclectic all at once. Sitwells Coffee House offers a wide array of sandwiches and pastries perfect for a quick bite or an afternoon lunch with friends. I wasn’t in the mood for a full meal, but desperately needed to try their coffee.

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