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^^ Wasn't Gunner Kiel rated pretty high? Anyway, lots of times the recruitment ratings aren't as reliable as advertised. Much like with the NFL draft (can you say "Tim Tebow?" or "RGIII?"). Cincy has had more success than the numbers would dictate. For that matter, OSU had less recent success than you'd expect, until that former Bearcat Urban Meyer's second year. No B1G teams have been doing very well in the "year over year success" metric lately, btw. Aside from 2002, B1G didn't pull off a single title in the BCS era. Same as the Big East.

Hmm. For another $40, you can extend that 60-day pass to cover the entire Zone 1 of the Metro network. If you make just 6 round trips out of the basin per month (or if you live outside the basin), you're better off getting the regular Metro monthly pass. Not to mention you can't use these for more than a year and a half. The only reason I see these selling is to politically support the streetcar. Once the streetcar is a mundane reality, these prices won't fly. I guess it's smart to go ahead and capitalize on that support right now, while the whole thing is still abstract and ideological. I will certainly buy a card to support the streetcar, but these pass options are a little bizarre. Why not treat it like a special Metro gift card that is valid anytime after the streetcar's opening date, but dedicate all of that revenue to streetcar start-up costs? That is exactly what I thought it was going to be when "gift cards" were first announced. Since that's the way most gift cards operate -- as cash that can only be used at one company. Maybe they didn't want the PR where Cratherman/Smitherley claimed this was a sleight of hand to transfer bus fare to streetcar operations.

We kind of had the designation, then the Big East suffered death by a thousand cuts ESPN. Wouldn't it be tragic if we joined B12 and then that conference was destroyed as the others decided to go to 16 members.

Hmm. For another $40, you can extend that 60-day pass to cover the entire Zone 1 of the Metro network. If you make just 6 round trips out of the basin per month (or if you live outside the basin), you're better off getting the regular Metro monthly pass. Not to mention you can't use these for more than a year and a half. The only reason I see these selling is to politically support the streetcar. Once the streetcar is a mundane reality, these prices won't fly. I guess it's smart to go ahead and capitalize on that support right now, while the whole thing is still abstract and ideological.

Good point, could've been Yard House. The construction is more prominent there, as opposed to views of the Roebling Bridge, (completed portion of) Smale park, and the river.

I would go ahead and put Oregon in the tier with Ole Miss. In fact, if they win a couple NCs over the next few years, bump 'em up to OSU caliber. There comes a point when new success trumps traditional hierarchies, e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco. I think the city model is pretty good. Possibly the best analogous phenomenon, though obviously not flawless. If you believe there can't be a Detroit team, or there can't be a Los Angeles team, then that could be the crux of our disagreement more than which tiers are which. I believe the conference shake-ups threaten the historically quite stable status quo, certainly more than it has ever been threatened before.

It's not a very popular style with Americans. I think a lot of brewers figure they'll let Europe brew those. But milds were in a similar boat until recently, when session ales became all the rage and people stopped going as nuts for everything high ABV. Many people who started getting into craft beer early in the wave feel their tastes have evolved beyond all the hop bombs (IPA, DIPA, and a crazy amount of hops thrown into whatever style wouldn't normally get it) popular these days. I'm still a hop fiend, but I do feel a little bit of boredom creeping in. Many of them have transitioned to Belgian styles, notably sours, etc. Perhaps ales will go out of style a bit soon, and lagers will pick up. One of my favorite breweries these days is Jack's Abby out of Massachusetts. They exclusively brew lagers, though their most popular beers seem to be (unsurprisingly) their "India Pale Lagers." Edit: I think ales came to be dominant in the craft brewing scene as a reaction against bland American-style lagers which were synonymous with "beer" for too long. People haven't started exploring the richness of variety lagers have to offer. Ales are also a lot easier to brew at home, without a lot of temperature controlling equipment, so it's what many people who went on to open commercial breweries were used to brewing in their homebrew days.

Maybe you went to the Moerlein Lager House by the river ("border" lol)?

^ Statist!

Because they are newer cities that have recently attained notoriety but are still not top tier. Dayton would have been an appropriate comparison in the '90s, but that has been transcended. Austin/Seattle=Cincy are below SF/Boston=Ole Miss are below NYC/Chicago=OSU in the tier structure I'm using. A Dayton/Cheyenne program doesn't finish a season ranked 3 or 4, ever.

More like comparing Chicago and Austin. Or San Francisco and Seattle.

If they were committed to opening a taproom, I'd imagine an addition wouldn't be a big deal. They are used to spending millions in capital improvements for the facility, so why not? Especially since it would be a revenue generator. Having a direct quote from Koch on the topic is a good sign. He knows what's going on in Over-the-Rhine, and has enormous respect for the city and its brewing heritage (just having a facility in that location proves this, in a historic brewery no less -- and the investment predates the contemporary OTR brewing renaissance). I don't know how much his loyalty to Boston might prevent a flagship-level operation in Cincinnati. I could see Koch being concerned about that, though, and he references the lack of a taproom in Boston when addressing the possibility of one here. This could be mitigated by first opening a taproom in Boston, or perhaps doing a joint venture with a local brewery selling locally brewed Sam Adams beers alongside the other brewery's. (I believe the rare and experimental SA stuff is primarily brewed here, so this would be pretty awesome. Much more so than just having unexciting Boston Lager or Rebel IPA served next to Truth and Cougar. It could actually contribute significantly to the local scene and garner national attention, while still letting Boston indisputably claim SA's home base.) Maybe MadTree or another suburban brewer could approach SA with a proposition to jointly open an OTR taproom.

Using FirstEnergy as supplier (for city residents) is supposed to be opt-out. So Duke shouldn't be your provider unless you specifically request that they be. If this is not the case, and Duke is a default provided for some city residents, there's some kind of problem that the city should be notified of. Perhaps a previous property owner's choice rolls over? I don't think gas is covered by this. Does anyone know about alternative gas providers, if it isn't?

What you mean to say is there is no meritocracy. It's certainly against the odds, but programs can rise to prestige, especially with all the conference realignment. Maryland or Rutgers could become a powerhouse of B1G. Cincy was bullying Rutgers for most of the past decade. Momentum of the past is huge, but the idea that Cincy could only squeak out a victory against OSU once a decade is ludicrous. We would have won 3-5 times in the past decade, had we played each year. As a resident of the new C(olumbus) on the block, you should recognize that recent performance is also relevant alongside historic might. Actually, I think the "football programs are like cities" metaphor is pretty apt, albeit with less stability in specific rank order.

^ I'm certainly not bitter. Our program has 5 conference titles in the past 7 seasons, under 3 different coaches. With 9+ wins in eight of the last nine seasons, under 4 different coaches. We freakin' rock, given the cards we play with. And OSU's successful bid to get a playoff berth may be just the thing we needed to get back into one of the cool kids' conferences, since the B12 is thought to have missed out due to not having a conference championship (which would require two more members). What's good for the goose is good for the gander. (I also expect OSU fans should be happy to have another successful program in the state.) So you guys have a better team. This year. You beat us. Got a respectable win over champions of a different conference (if you have to play an unranked opponent, which everyone does, UC was ideal for strength of schedule). We played what turned out to be a national championship contender and didn't get completely blown out (cough, Wisconsin, cough, Rutgers, cough, Illinois). I wish we would play each other every year. We have to play a couple Ohio teams, and it's obvious Cincy has emerged over the past decade as the state's second fiddle. Why do both teams continue to drag down their strength of schedule by not playing each other?

Thanks, I checked it out. Can be viewed online here: http://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/mMNhMyK3d3Qkaaq15NvLHMvP2rlEMvgV/the-spill-at-dan-river/ In the segment, it is claimed that Duke Energy is the most powerful entity in the state of North Carolina. Now we have them flexing their muscle in Ohio, claiming roads made of steel are rightly treated discriminately versus concrete roads because, the better part of a century ago, steel roads (which no longer exist) were built by private businesses (which no longer exist). Perhaps this anachronism "needs more study" (as is perpetually the case with environmental issues and solutions presented in the video), but for now we should obviously act in whichever way is most fair advantageous to Duke.

Bike has right of way, absolutely. You can't just turn right in front of a bike going the same way you are anymore than you can turn left in front of a car going the opposite way. You must yield.

Everyone knows they are just puppets of Eric Holder. /s E Rocc should probably turn in his "libertarian" card at this juncture.

It's Holder. He has very little credibility on this issue. Or any other, for that matter. The "report" bears this out. A hodgepodge of politically correct doublespeak, laden with racial allusions. But not even the most oblique reference to the Ficker case. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.

If you guys get reforms without riots, consider it a good black eye (as far as black eyes go). This will be overshadowed by Ferguson and NYC. Hopefully this puts Cleveland ahead of the curve, as I don't believe this problem is confined to one, three, or just a handful of cities.

I mean, if it means that it never goes away... And spreads with ease...

Terrible precedent.

Um, what about the Steelers? Denver is better than KC (not by a lot), but that's just one game. They have us twice, we have them twice. They have the Falcons, we have the Browns. Their road is obviously harder.

Needs brick or some other special pavers for sure. And a streetcar!

8-3-1 7-5 7-5 7-5 Fantastic!