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I don't see it as a money issue. There are plenty of impovershed places in the world where students, many of whom are probably starving or at the very least malnourished, still make every attempt to receive an education. As bad as inner city ghettos are, I'm sure many of these kids' neighborhoods are 10x worse, yet they still persevere and do their best to receive an education. You ask yourself why are so many of those kids are committed compared to American students. I'm sure there are numerous reasons, but money cannot possibly be one of the main ones, since these kids are doing a hell of a lot more with a hell of a lot less.

Chrsity's Cabaret is pretty wild, if you're into that kind of thing

For the love of...... These teachers and administrators can have as many discussions and conferences they want. It ALL comes down to active parenting. Nothing else, at least not at that level of importance

I've always felt we ignore the Filipino massacres due to some kind of American guilt. We weren't yet Americans when the Europeans slaughtered the Indians, but considering the Filipino-American War occurred at the turn of the 20th century, then that was "us" without any question. Hell, some of our great great grandparents were probably around then. I know one of mine fought in the related Spanish-American war

^Not sure I follow, Dan. German kids are ingrained with stories and lessons of the holocaust, even though they obviously can't change the past. Why is Germany more insistent on teaching its schoolchildren what they did but not America

Does anyone consider what we did to the Native Americans and/or the Philippinos genocidal acts? And if so, why do our school texts virtually ignore these actions, whereas in countries like Germany and Cambodia, their respective holocausts are a major part of their schools' curriculum. edit by Robert Pence: fixed typo in title

Could've been my buddy. He was openly a little pissy about the service since he's a diabetic and was getting really lightheaded during our wait.

I went with some friends to Sergio's Sarava (a Brazilian restaurant) in Shaker Square on Saturday night for dinner. The service was absolutely terrible (over 2 hour from when we entered to when the entrees arrived) but the food and ambiance were great! Also, Wayne Henry (is that his name? African-American Channel 8 anchor, grey hair, mustache) sat right by us, so that was kinda neat. The prices were also pretty reasonable, but man oh man was the service terrible, especialy since it wasn't all that crowded.

I care a bit. I mean, the guy is a well known figure and he seems to go out of his way to knock us.

Say what you will about Frank but he certainly has made numerous attempts to involve Cleveland in the international markets. London, Paris, Costa Rica, now this!

Seriously, what the hell is Barkley's problem with Cleveland? Is it something to do with him getting arrested in the Flats?

The only thing worse than treadmill calorie counters are what the elpiticals tell you. Good god, what a scam that is. ALSO, I've drastically altered my workouts. Jogging has been replaced with sprinting and now I focus on one muscle group a day

This and the news of that Ford plant reopening have brightened my morning!

Maybe Carl Monday can do an expose of immoral, disloyal, scumbag journalists who sit on important information for weeks instead of behaving like responsible citizens and immediately informing the proper authorities. I'm thinking about the Euclid Corridor here.

Ah, my response to your response:) 1. Ah, you know what I mean:) By bringing back the flats, I mean bring back all the clubs and bars from the glory days. Bring back Riverfest. Bring back afterhours bars. And have a large police/deputized volunteers presence. Make the bars hire more security for indoors and outdoors. Build relatively inexpensive apartments in the area so the Flats can be more than just bars and clubs. 10. I want my hockey! 12. I forgot to finish my thought here, my bad. All "bad kids" who get kicked out of school will have several options. First, they, depending on their ages, can voluteer to work in the army in noncombat areas, yet will be trained and treated like an privates in bootcamp. Second, they can seek voluntary rehabilitation and reapply for school a year late. Three, they can stay in prison indefinitely until they get their act together. 13. I presume that a lot of the 'bad kids' are more likely to have some contact with their moms than dads. There might be stats that disprove this presumtion, of course. 14. Tricky? How so? 17. The garages don't bother me since at leas the land is being used for something positive and necessary

I'm not sure if I'm a developer, mayor, benevolent dictator or whatever but here goes: 1. Bring back the Flats 2. Legalize gay marriage provided that the couple agrees to live in the city limits for no fewer than 1 year (credit Green Arrow for that idea) 3. Legalize all narcotics 4. Legalize prostitiution 5. Prohibit adults from having more children than they can afford. Penalties will range from fines to prison time to sterlization 6. Regionalize the damn area and get read of some useless city governments 7. Develop 1 bedroom apartments all over the fine city 8. Have police/deputized volunteers/deputized militias walk the streets at night 9. Legalize gambling 10. Steal the Bluejackets from Columbus 11. Accelerate all rumored/semi-started development projects with financing 12. Expel all bad kids from public schools 13. Penalize all father who do not raise or at least contribute to their childrens' wellbeing 14. Knock out enough taxes to become desirable to companies 15. Bulldoze all crackhomes/complete disrepaired foreclosed homes 16. Do away with the silly sentence differences of attempted vs completed crimes. In other words, if you TRY to rape someone, then the court should penalize you as though you succesfuly did so. 17. Begin negotiating with the CC/UH about revoking their nonprofit status. Perhaps offer something they want i.e. more land. 18. Find that awesome CSU Dean and pay him to return. ...just some unedited ideas of the top of my head

I must have been living under a rock lately, as I haven't even heard of theses videos until yesterday. Honestly, they're hillarious, in particular the first one. The tune is kinda catchy, the blurb about Mike being paid $14 million by the Cleveland Tourism board is VERY clever, and, hell, it's giving the city considerable publicity...and not even all that negative as it sparks discourse, defenders, and dialogue about our downtown. I've read a few messages here and am surprised by how some of you guys have taken offense. It's basically just a guy roasting the city, and no one ever takes those all that seriously. Or at least they shouldn't because the point of a roast is to be over-the-top, to be insulting in a friendly way, and to not REALLY offend anyone. I think part of the problem is that Cleveanders sometimes are afraid to laugh at themselves, but c'mon, "Who the f uses a phonebooth.." How can you not smirk at that tune? The line about d-bags going to West 6th? Tremendously funny too. I also think it's a little silly for Positively Cleveland to be pursuing rebutal videos. First of all, I'm guessing those videos will pale in comparison to the originality and dark humor of Mike's stuff. Second, if the new videos aren't funny, then what's really the interest? There are all kinds of tourism videos on youtube and truveo, so what's the point. And third, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. The video is just not meant to be taken all that seriously.

I don't know if this is exactly a peeve, but I hate it when patrons give waiters a hard time. Waiting is such a hard job and I really get bothered with overhearing customers' attitudes.

Looks like a lot of the older Wonder Woman comics.

Hey guys, thanks for the advice. I do have a CPA on standby, so to speak, though I will be doing all the numbers until it becomes too much a burden. Also, we will become an LLC in some time but not at the present moment. Even though forming one isn't that hard and pretty cheap (I think $125), it's not absolutely crucial at this point because with the nature of this work, I'm not really concerned with my personal assets being jeopardized. But an LLC is in the game plan, perhaps after the 2009 school year ends. To kingfish. I may take you up on that offer sooner than you think. Thanks for putting yourself out there. Regarding never investing your money, I more or less do that (email/host/domain name are nominal costs) though obviously you have to spend some to make more. I do plan on reinvesting the money we make into real advertising since all the stuff I'm doing now - networking, email solicitations to businesses, paying friends in schools via commission to promote our group and pass around advertisements - is a bit informal. Let's see...looking at other suggestions. Our website is small - http://ambink.com and it's evolving. We still need get figure out how to upload our company logo, and we do have a samples page yet to be uploaded. "Your business becomes real the moment you decide to be successful. Hopefully that decision has already been made." Well, the business is certainly a success in that regard, now my next goal is obviously for long term clients. "Get a good advisor/mentor". Well, I've been doing this on and off since '02 in college when I was working with students, but I certainly see the benefits.

Boxing is the greatest workout, save for some intense aerobics, which are far beyond me

Cardio, Chest, Triceps, Cardio Cardio, Back, Biceps, Cardio Cardio, Shoulders, Legs Optional off, optional boxing/cardio Cardio, Chest, Triceps, Cardio Optional off, optional boxing/cardio Cardio, Back, Biceps, Cardio Optional off, optional boxing/cardio Cardio, Shoulders, Legs Optional off, optional boxing/cardio Repeat step 1 Also, I stretch and do abs intermintently

So since I lost my job last month (bleh), I decided to follow my dream and head an international writing consulting company, Ambassador's Ink. Well, the website finally came up last week - http://ambink.com - and I've been busy networking and soliciting clients. Eventually we'll become an LLC (in Delaware, of course) and I'm sure incorporate somewhere, possibly Ohio, possibly somewhere with a lower tax burden, possibly who knows where. I was wondering if anyone else has a small business and what that may be. I also thought this would be a neat place to vent because I'm obviously a little nervous about this project and there are lots of thoughts running in my mind (what if it doesn't succeed, what if it does, how long do I stick with it, how do I go about hiring people, when does it become 'real', is it practical to stay in Cleveland, how can I afford a tax attorney, how much money should I borrow, how do I acquire investors, am I making a mistake, how do I find clients, how ethical is it to solicit clients with the same email message, how do I enforce contacts with international companies, yadda yadda).

This is really super awesome. First, I've never liked the fact that the Cleveland Playhouse was so apart from the other theaters. A true theater district should have all major theaters, and this will just cement the district. Second, it's about damn time the Cleveland Clinic got more involved downtown . All and all, I'd say this news is as exciting as anything else I've read about recently:)

I wonder what happened why the attitude changed