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The stipulation should be that they have to rename it the Cincinnati Lager instead of the Boston Lager, since they make 75% of it in Cincinnati, anyways.

I find the comments on some papers amusing, the New York Post for example is full of a-hole commenters, but they are at least clever and witty. The Enquirer commenters lack that, even.

I don't think facts are part of the repertoire sfbob brings to the table here. Approval ratings for individual members of the House are amongst the most useless statistics out there. Their job is to represent the people of their district, what someone in California or even Cleveland things of Boehner doesn't matter, at all. They're actions can affect everyone, but the only people they have to answer to are the ones in their district.

There was a shooting Saturday in broad daylight on Vine St. near Schwartz's Point. It's sad that this is a sign spring has arrived...

I should make some sort of comment about federalism here, but I'm too pleased by the previous two comments to be serious here.

The whole thing is very civil, after all "This is a big f*cking deal!" in the words of our VP. You do know that the "Hell no, you can't" is in reference to writing bills behind closed doors and completely ignoring the promises of transparency? But, apparently, "Yes, they can!"

I'm going to interject and say yes, I for one would be very annoyed at anyone blaring Avril Lavigne.

It's all public record, why should anyone take it down?

A new crime related website/blog is out in Cincinnati: http://cincymugshots.com/

Making our embassy blast proof and a massive fortification is not being a slave to terror and fear, its a show of force and ingenuity. This is an interesting design in that it is both one of the most fortified buildings built in modern times, but it doesn't look like it.

I would argue against closing roads to cars on almost all occasions. Even the previously mentioned closed sections of Broadway in New York suck. It makes the street seem too sterile. Part of the attractiveness of urban areas are the bustling nature of them. We shouldn't be striving to make our city streets look like Disney World or the inside of a mega mall. Just an opinion though. I lived in NYC for a year, before and during the time they proposed to close bug chunks of Broadway. Before, it was an interesting mix huge pedestrian crowds and cars all trying to squeeze together. It forced people to slow down and enjoy it. Now it seems exactly like walking through Disney World feels, and I'm not a big fan of that.

It is much more common to just go through layoffs, which is why I'm suggesting another strategy. Here's an example of it happening in South Korea: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123603944366614685.html I'm suggesting it because a) the city probably needs the amount of workers it has and b) we don't need more unemployed in Cincinnati. It's simple my opinion, whether you think it's valid or not, that most unions in the US wouldn't agree to something like across the board pay cuts. It isn't suggested enough to find an instance of it happening, though. The companies I mentioned before aren't big enough for their actions to be reported anywhere, either, so again you can believe me or think I'm lying, I don't really care... Really all I want to get across here is that I'm suggesting across the board pay cuts as a means to curtail spending rather than layoffs. The evidence I have is anecdotal because it's not commonplace enough to have any sources to cite.

I'm curious if you have any examples of companies that actually did this. It's generally pretty hard for companies to cut wages as well, since an experienced employee is much more likely to leave for another company if he finds his pay slashed. I won't name names either, but I worked for one that did, and know of a few others. They were all architecture firms or something closely related. These weren't just frozen pay or furloughs, they were actual salary/wage cuts of a few percent. I was surprised when it happened, and was telling a really good friend from South Korea about it. She told me that was commonplace there, and that people would rather lose a bit of their own pay than lose a coworker. I guess that's a cultural thing!

Aroma in Kenwood, Wild Ginger in Hyde Park, Green Papaya in Hyde Park, Maki Express in Clifton Hts, Blue Elephant in Hyde Park. All open for lunch. Thanks! I don't go out for lunch much, usually just dinner, so I'm always at a loss when it comes to lunch choices.

Was the $700m figure just the bridge? The project bounds are 8 miles worth of interstate reconfiguration, which has added to the cost of the overall project.

I agree.. Cincinnati has one of the lowest Hispanic populations of any major city in the country, and an even smaller amount who speak only Spanish. It's not unlike Qualls to do something solely in the name of being progressive in the larger sense, rather than actually serving the people. Signs in Spanish aren't going to attract new residents, and my guess is that they would serve less than half of a percent of the population. Even at Cincinnati's day labor offices (which are usually geared towards immigrant workers) the signs are in only English.

^ You can focus on new income, but you also need to cut spending. Many private companies, when in the red, cut employee pay across the board. It's a shame unions stand in the way of this practice in so many places.

Poor people do have to live somewhere, but that doesn't necessarly mean affordable housing has to exist in places with extreme property values, or places where other uses could better contribute to society, or in the form of new construction. This location is far too prime to exist as such horribly conditioned apartments. Anyways, with regards to this location specifically, it's a moot point. 3CDC owns the property and can do as they please with it.

I'd imagine it was a pretty hot and shocking feeling.

I shoot digital and unless it's only going to be displayed online, I always crop to a traditional size. Here's an example, these were all cropped to 8x10 for printing: http://zfein.com/photography/exhibit/ I've slowly gotten used to the fact that I'm going to have to lose an inch on either side of the long side of the photo, and shoot accordingly. As for frames, Micheal's seems to have a sale every other week as well. I've gotten simple black wood 11x14 frames with white matting to 8x10 for $5, and 14x18 fames matted to 11x14 for $10.

Anyone know of a good sushi place open for lunch on Saturdays? My favorite (Dancing Wasabi) isn't open until 5. I was going to try Mr. Sushi but it's only open for dinner as well. I second that Sung is pretty good. I was spoiled by working in Koreatown in NYC for a year though, Korean became one of my favorite types of food very quickly.

My question is this: from the streetcar, will Queen City Square appear taller than the flag pole on Carew Tower?

I think if you get within a 10 foot radios of Price Hill Chili the search team alarm warning goes off. Keep that in mind.

A friend of mine was on the competition jury for this project. As I understand it, it's a good design in terms of the requirements it had to meet. It's attractive and can still take a few tons worth of explosives driving into it without falling down. Take a look (or try to take a look) at the Baghdad embassy to see what most buildings that can withstand that kind of brunt force attack look like.