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There was a lot going on in Baltimore last week and of course our tweeps had plenty to tweet about it...


Since October means Breast Cancer Awareness,  @insidecharmcity wants to get the vote out for the 5th annual  "Bra Art Contest Online Voting October 5 � 23 http://bit.ly/19HkKJ"

The 11/5 conference is just around the corner and things are shaping up according to @danieldubya, who says "the new @TEDxMidAtlantic page looks really sweet! Check out the speaker lineup: http://tedxmidatlantic.com/speakers/"

Sometimes you just get to wondering and for @nancypub, "Random question of the day: How much would the Six Million Dollar Man cost in today's money?"

According to @threestonesteps, the answer is "@nancypub The answer is $24,070,706.32, at least according to CPI calculator. (Yes, last title on my business card was "labor economist!)."

@buskerdog, needs your support and asks you to, "Please vote for me in the Baker Artist Awards! http://www.bakerartistawards.org/nomination/view/gil_jawetz"

Many Twitterers were surprised by the announcement Friday that President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize Friday...

@webbmedia notes that "From MSNBC's Chuck Todd: Obama could not have been nominated later than the 12th day of his presidency."

@AbayKamau posted this helpful bit of info, "In case you were uncertain -- Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace Prize http://bit.ly/46iPI9"

and @basseyworld says, "Mr. Pres., I'm happy for you and I'm gonna let you finish but Nelson Mandela was the best Peace Prize winner of all time."

NASA's attempt to discover if there was ice on the moon by bombing the celestial sphere caught some twitters attention as well...

@Baltimanda thought "Today is like the weirdest day ever and I'm pretty sure it's because we smacked the moon: HBD to John and Sean Lennon"

While @officialtavo says "Dear NASA, I'mma let you finish, but Dr. Evil had one of the best plans to blow up the moon of all time! (via @kelsdw)"

@BOTeleprompter, had this to say about the day's two historic events, "Big Guy says he's really lucky to win peace prize on day we declared war on moon people with surprise missile attack."

@NatlAquarium asks this, "Let's play some trivia today. How much water does the Chesapeake Bay hold?"

Travel writer Joshua Kurlantzick spends 36 hours in Baltimore trekking down the Jones Falls Trail, eating at Woodberry Kitchen and Petit Louis, took in a show at the Creative Alliance, did some antiquing and a much more.

Here's an excerpt:

If you watchHBO's police drama "The Wire," you might think that Baltimore is filled with drug dealers and crime ringleaders. But in truth, the city has attracted a different breed of misfits: artists. Lured by cheap rents and warehouse spaces, artists and photographers have flocked there to claim the city as their own. Once rough neighborhoods like Hampden and Highlandtown have been taken over in recent years by studios, galleries and performance spaces. Crab joints and sports bars now share the cobblestone streets with fancy cafes and tapas restaurants. But against this backdrop, there are still the beehive hairdos and wacky museums that give so-called Charm City its nickname.


Read the full article here.

Baltimore's Woodberry Kitchen earned top honors in Gourmet Magazine's October issue. The mag for serious-minded foodies named Spike Gjerde's restaurant one of the "Restaurants Worth the Money: Northeast."

Here's an excerpt:

Eleven great places to spend your hard-earned cash in Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania...What could be more enticing than a stylishly rustic farm-to-table restaurant in a rehabilitated foundry with a chef named Spike?

Read more here.

Woodberry Kitchen has been on a roll recently. This is the second month in a row that the Hampden area restaurant has received national recognition. In September, Bon Appetit, selected Woodberry Kitchen as one of it's "Top Ten New Restaurants in America."

Here's an excerpt:

Today's most exciting restaurants have a lot in common. They represent the new standard: simple, satisfying local food�all served with zero pretense. They support local farmers, sustainable agriculture, and regional cuisine. For a taste of our ten favorite new restaurants, cook these delicious recipes...In the early 1990s, long before sustainable, local, and organic became the calling cards of chefs everywhere, Spike Gjerde was showcasing the abundance of the Chesapeake Bay.

Read more here.

In her latest monthly "Letter from Baltimore," Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson takes readers on a tour of some of the city's design studios housed in interesting spaces.

Here's an excerpt:

In recent years, I've noticed more designers setting up shop in Baltimore in a variety of building types, from the archetypal Baltimore row house to the massive mills erected in the boom years of the Industrial Revolution.

My own office occupies a small but sunny corner of one of those converted mill buildings. Once a manufacturing center for the sailcloth that fueled Baltimore's famous clipper ships, this mill is now home to some 90 businesses�art galleries, publishing companies, artist and graphic studios, a postproduction space for filmmakers. I've got hardwood floors, exposed brick, a view of trees, and an easy walk from my home. The price tag: less than $250 a month.

This fall, I've been touring the studios of local designers to see inside their work spaces and get a glimpse into their creative processes. Here are a few highlights.


Read more here.

Dave Troy's non-prof co-working space, Beehive Baltimore reached its 9-month milestone.

Here's an excerpt:

Beehive Baltimore celebrates nine months of coworking

Director Lamar Tyler is bringing his independent film, "Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage," to Baltimore. The movie from the creators of the award-winning website Black and Married With Kids.com comes is a ground-breaking documentary set to challenge negative stereotypes surrounding marriage and parenting in the black community. Couples and experts discuss topics such as the image and portrayal of black marriages and families, the effect the Obamas will have on marriage in the black community and the importance of parenting.

Here's an excerpt:

Baltimore Get Ready!!! We're coming to town on Thursday, October 29th 2009 to screen the hottest independent film on the Net - Happily Ever After: A Positive Image of Black Marriage. The screening will take place at the historic Senator Theatre which was rated one of America's 10 best places to watch a movie. This film is perfect for singles, teens\young adults, newlywed couples, engaged couples and married couples. If your church has a singles or marriage ministry they need to be there.

Read more here.

On its blog, Preservation Nation, The National Trust for Historic Preservation, has singled out Baltimore's $15 million weatherization program as a good use of federal stimulus funds citing the city's decision to use the money for everything but replacement windows.

Here's an excerpt:

There's encouraging news for advocates of historic windows, energy efficiency, and sustainability from the City of Baltimore. The city is helping qualified residents with high utility bills save on energy through a federally funded weatherization program. Baltimore projects that the $15 million in weatherization funds will help 700 families per year lower their monthly energy bills. The program provides energy audits as well as building improvements such as fixing malfunctioning furnace and water heaters and adding insulation to areas where energy is commonly lost like attics. Baltimore's program is using stimulus dollars to support preservation objectives, create jobs and save energy � a central message of the ongoing Perfect Storm effort .

Importantly� what the program will not do is use the funds for replacement windows. The city has found the energy saving benefits of replacement windows to be misleading. Michael A. Lafferty, a city Department of Housing and Community Development buildings superintendent, says, "It takes 90 years on average to pay back the cost of a replacement window."

Read more here.

First there was Beer and Bacon, now Baltimore's beer-guzzling connoisseurs will have a week to partake of their favorite hoppy beverage during Bmore's first annual Beer Week. Local pubs, bars and other purveyors of local, national and international brews will host a wide array of events from Oct. 8 to Oct. 18. We know -- technically that's longer than a week...but if you've got your beer goggles on it might sound just right.

Here's an excerpt:

The inaugural Baltimore Beer Week will take flight starting on October 8th, 2009 with 10 full days celebrating "All things beer in the Land of Pleasant Living" and will include over 300 separate events with something for everyone - who loves beer!

The event will begin with a cask- tapping ceremony on October 8th and will conclude on October 18. The week will feature beer dinners at area pubs and restaurants, appearances by noted brewers, and sipping events at the area's many historical sudsy sites.

Read more from the official Baltimore Beer Week site here.

Here's an excerpt from Beer in Baltimore:

*It appears the magic number of events in the official calendar has become 333 335. Other events may pop up--I was fielding frantic e-mails yesterday from potential participating venues that wanted to add an event or three--but since the official print deadlines for the official programs, etc. have passed, it looks like we're stuck with a nice, round, "lucky" still adding events to a number that is over twice what we in the committee had originally hoped for. Not bloody bad for a first year!
There are a couple events that are officially sold out--among them the Clipper City beer brunch and tour on Sunday the 11th and the Red Brick Station Brew With The Brewer Day on the 16th. A couple events are reportedly under threat of cancellation due to low sales, such as the Red Brick Station Brew Day on Tuesday the 13th and possibly Mahaffey's bus trip to Flying Dog's shindig on the afternoon of the 13th. If you really want to see certain events come off, don't wait until the last minute!

Read more here.

Baltimore native Angel McCoughtry, a forward with the Atlanta Dream, has been named the WNBA's Rookie of the Year 2009. McCoughtry, a Saint Frances Academy alum fought through a tough start on the season on the way to earning the award.

Here's an excerpt:

Angel McCoughtry wasn't having much fun during the first half of her rookie season. She wasn't playing a lot and was struggling on offense.

In fact, she almost gave up playing basketball.

It all changed for the No. 1 draft pick when she cracked the starting lineup. McCoughtry regained her confidence and helped lead the Atlanta Dream to a remarkable turnaround, making the playoffs after winning only four games in their inaugural season.

Her play was rewarded Thursday when McCoughtry was voted the WNBA rookie of the year.

"It means so much," she said after receiving the award at U.S. women's basketball training camp. "I was just thinking back how I was really struggling, I wasn't playing a lot, I was ready to quit. That's how frustrated I was. I had lost a lot of confidence in myself. I had to mentally get myself back. When I started having fun I started playing my game.

"It goes to show you that if you keep doing something you love and stick with it through the good and the bad, good things can come out of it."

Read more here.

Gov. Martin O'Malley took his message about Maryland's burgeoning stem cell research industry to one of the Web's top sites, Huffington Post.

Here's an excerpt:

In Maryland, our commitment to stem cell research is part of our BioMaryland 2020 initiative, the largest investment any state has committed to the life sciences. Just this month we opened the Maryland Biotechnology Center to promote innovation and entrepreneurship, and we are putting a renewed priority on supporting the dreams of emerging bio-entrepreneurs. Whether it is our innovative bioinvestor tax credit, or our 23 technology incubators - one-third of which are biolab capable - we understand the challenges and unique needs of this industry because we understand the promise.

There are more than 400 bioscience companies doing business in Maryland, employing more than 26,000 people.

The Milken Institute ranks our bioscience assets among the highest in America. We lead the nation in the investments we make in the skills, talents, and ingenuity of our people - and as a return on these investments we have what Education Week magazine says are the best public schools in America, fueling one of the nation's most highly skilled workforces.

We rank first in per capita biomedical and health services workers. We have the highest percentage of doctoral scientists and engineers of any workforce in America. And we also have the second highest percentage of professional and technical workers.

Read more here.

It was another week of pithy comments, good advice and just LOL moments for our Baltimore Twibe.

@harbormagic, was jazzed by a new iPhone app, "Just downloaded Visit Baltimore's iVents app on my iPhone...have to say this is pretty cool! Definitely a handy tool! Kudos to @BaltimoreMD."

@BaltimoreMD is ready for ghosts and gobblins with a bit more culture and refinement, and says, "Ballet Theater of Maryland performs Spectors, Phantoms & Poe at the MD Historical Society, 10/30. Very Halloweeny. http://bit.ly/1k2FTv."

@bigimprov is all about big laughs up for grabs during the, "Eight days til the Baltimore Improv Festival. Improv comedy troupes from around the US are coming here! www.BaltimoreImprovFestival.org."

@davetroy has this advice, "The #1 reason your startup will fail? Your team is weak. Your idea may suck too, but focus on team first."

@walters_museum offers a bit of puzzling fun, "Have fun solving the puzzles with this interactive Ancient Greek game http://ow.ly/qTuu."

Is @brodybond prescient? Or just another Apple fanatic? Do you agree that, "Apple saved the music industry. If this is true, they'll save journalism too: http://tinyurl.com/ybxlsu5."

We may only be children once, but @PortDiscovery reminds us that, "We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing."

And, somethings are just too funny. @insidecharmcity, found this tweet and passed it on "RT @OneFineJay: Gotta love Wikipedia! "[Sheila] Dixon, a Democrat, unfortunately became mayor[...]" http://bit.ly/immOP So much for NPOV."

Finally, we all knew we'd get the love we deserved one day, @notitles says, "It's fun to have geek friends. Not only do they know all about good wine and beer but they can explain what makes them good." Go Geeks!

Baltimore took the No. 10 spot in The Daily Beast's list of "America's Smartest Cities."

Here's an excerpt:

Metro Area Population: 2,667,117

Daily Beast IQ Score: 135

Fans of The Wire may be surprised to find Baltimore, Maryland�a.k.a. Bodymore, Murdaland�so high up on this list....

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University of Maryland Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski talks to Matt Lauer about the increase in adults re-entering college during this economic depression. Hrabowski gives suggestion on what adults should look for when deciding on a college.

 

It seems that the secret is out about the beauty of Bmore in the fall season. Baltimore has been listed as one of the 14 best destination for the fall of 2009 by the MSN Travel channel.

Read more here

 

Robert A. Montgomery, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center and 11 Johns Hopkins patients, who were part of the first eight-way, multihospital, domino kidney transplant this summer, will be featured on the new Dr. Oz Show.


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