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Can't blame the defense for this one.

Speaking of execution, the past two seasons we've seen some real garbage plays. Each time we see it I wonder, "what gave Stefanski the idea that this would work?"

Leaving New York for Cleveland? Here’s How Far Their Money Went. By Debra KaminOct. 13, 2022 Until Cleveland called, Sarah Scaturro thought she had it all. Ms. Scaturro had a plum position at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was renting a parlor-floor apartment in a brownstone in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. And she was a year into a blossoming relationship with a fellow art enthusiast, Chris McGlinchey, a former conservationist at the Museum of Modern Art who now works remotely as a consultant. But just as the pandemic was gaining speed in 2020, Ms. Scaturro, who was the head conservator at the Met’s Costume Institute, was offered the role of chief conservator at the world-renowned Cleveland Museum of Art. It was a dream job, but it would mean moving to Northeast Ohio, an unfamiliar area. Mr. McGlinchey had been to Cleveland only once, years before. But the city, with its affordable housing and walkable inner-ring suburbs within a short drive of the Museum of Art, drew her. “People in the museum world know Cleveland, and know the Cleveland Museum of Art’s quality of programming,” said Ms. Scaturro, 46. “I was immensely intrigued, and I just decided to make the jump.” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/13/realestate/cleveland-ohio-suburbs-houses.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20221015&instance_id=74733&nl=the-morning&regi_id=102158875&segment_id=110083&te=1&user_id=c9e72708f4bc66e6d64b23c3b36509c8

crosspost from Emerald Necklace thread: I was praying they would choose an engineer with actual coastal experience. Seems like a huge firm. Here's a couple of articles that are a good sign they know what's up: https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/coastal-cities-and-the-blue-economy The term ‘blue economy’ seeks to promote economic growth, responsible production and consumption, social inclusion, and the preservation or improvement of livelihoods from ocean resources, while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability of oceans, coastal areas, and other waterfront spaces.... https://www.arup.com/news-and-events/arup-supports-natural-resources-wales-with-launch-of-new-guidance-to-improve-coastal-biodiversity The newly published guidance promotes ecological enhancements, which reintroduce some complexity to coastal structures to improve biodiversity. These enhancements can include creating microhabitats such as rock pools and textured surfaces on structures to help them to function more like natural reefs. Arup’s multidisciplinary team of maritime engineers, ecologists and consultants...

I was praying they would choose an engineer with actual coastal experience. Seems like a huge firm. Here's a couple of articles that are a good sign they know what's up: https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/coastal-cities-and-the-blue-economy The term ‘blue economy’ seeks to promote economic growth, responsible production and consumption, social inclusion, and the preservation or improvement of livelihoods from ocean resources, while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability of oceans, coastal areas, and other waterfront spaces.... https://www.arup.com/news-and-events/arup-supports-natural-resources-wales-with-launch-of-new-guidance-to-improve-coastal-biodiversity The newly published guidance promotes ecological enhancements, which reintroduce some complexity to coastal structures to improve biodiversity. These enhancements can include creating microhabitats such as rock pools and textured surfaces on structures to help them to function more like natural reefs. Arup’s multidisciplinary team of maritime engineers, ecologists and consultants...

Not sure if that's been talked about but yep, I too had noticed Garrett looking like he's about to throw up. Your Q4 theory is indeed an interesting one that I've not heard.

Does anyone have any coherent theories as to why the Defense is ranked around #7 for Q1-3 and dead last in Q4?

FYI I totally resisted the strong temptation of posting Al Gore throwing a football.

This is "mistake on the lake" era level of incompetence.

Not saying you're incorrect, but we just saw that defense held the Chargers on 4th down and handed over a very winnable scenario to the Browns offense. If the Browns defense was consistently terrible that would be one thing. It's really hard to understand the inconsistency with not just the D, but on both sides of the ball this season.

FYI California currently has a budget surplus of almost $100 Billion. Even with all the headache this thing is gonna get built.

The Chargers were absolutely begging the Browns to win today lol.

Cleveland is losing trees; health and environmental advocates call for planting BY MARC LEFKOWITZ OCTOBER 6, 2022 For the past four years, the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County have each allocated $1 million per year for tree planting to bring back the region’s dwindling tree canopy. Through its Cuyahoga County Healthy Urban Tree Canopy grants, Cuyahoga County funded the planting of 4,000 trees in 25 locations across the county in 2021. Yet while those numbers may sound impressive, officials at the recent Cuyahoga Tree Symposium held Friday, September 23 at Beachwood Community Center pointed out that the region is still losing trees at an alarming clip. “We’ve seen a significant decrease in canopy coverage,” Cuyahoga County Sustainability Director Mike Foley said. “Some (areas) are doing well, but others, like first-ring suburbs and the city of Cleveland, are struggling.” The City of Cleveland alone has lost half of its tree canopy since 1950, according to the Cleveland Tree Plan. The decline has left only 18% of the city covered in shade, and the losses continue to mount: According to the Cleveland Tree Coalition (CTC), at the current rate, Cleveland will lose another 4% of its trees by 2040. https://thelandcle.org/stories/cleveland-is-losing-trees-health-and-environmental-advocates-call-for-planting/

My immediate hope was that someone like Phoenix would jump into that spot.

Not good. https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/news/articles/coffee-coffee-coffee-one-of-old-brooklyn-s-few-coffee-shops-is-closing

Any idea who bought this place?

At this point open floor space would be a drastic visual improvement to this....thing.

California Just Struck a Major Blow to Car Culture By decoupling parking from new residential construction, its new law could reduce housing costs, too. ABIGAIL WEINBERG For decades, many California cities, like Los Angeles and San Diego, have been synonymous with sprawl. But by eliminating parking minimums in areas near public transit, the Golden State just took a major step to change that. Barring a few progressive exceptions, most California cities required all new construction to include a certain number of parking spaces. This didn’t just encourage people to drive everywhere—it also inflated the cost of housing, since a single parking space can cost tens of thousands of dollars to build. Yesterday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 2097, which will ban parking requirements for new housing within a half-mile of public transit, effectively eliminating parking minimums in large swaths of California’s cities. In a statement announcing the new law, Newsom linked the housing shortage to the climate crisis, noting that the farther people have to commute every day, the higher their greenhouse-gas emissions. Thanks to AB 2097, he said, “We’re making it cheaper and easier to build new housing near daily destinations like jobs and grocery stores and schools. This means more housing at lower prices, closer to walkable neighborhoods and public transit.” https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/09/california-gavin-newsom-ab-2097-housing-parking-car-culture/

^ The utter destruction of Akron's once-promising football program is just another on the big list of reasons for me to hate sports.

The last time the Browns started out 2-0 was 1993. Let that sink in for how monumentally pathetic this franchise has been.

Hahahaha what a great list of options! [edit] fun fact, all four of these songs are on the Spotify "Whitest Songs Ever" compilation. Cleveland Browns dropping third quarter 'Hang on Sloopy' tradition CLEVELAND — While "Hang on Sloopy" is typically associated with Ohio State, it's also been a staple of Cleveland Browns games. Or at least it was. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the Browns' official Twitter account posted a poll asking fans to vote on which song will be played at the end of the third quarter during Cleveland's home opener against the New York Jets on Sunday. The poll indicates that the Browns will no longer be playing "Hang on Sloopy" ahead of the start of the fourth quarter, bringing an end to one of the franchise's most polarizing in-game experiences at FirstEnergy Stadium. The four options for Browns fans to vote on for Sunday's sing-along song are as follows: "Wonderwall" by Oasis "Tiny Dancer" by Elton John "Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band "Uptown Girl" by Billy Joel https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/nfl/browns/cleveland-browns-dropping-third-quarter-hang-on-sloopy/95-c697f11f-714c-45d4-bca7-79205ff038d8

Haha, you stopped just short of suggesting Tesla's be used for transport!

In an attempt to be somewhat on topic, being an introvert doesn't necessarily mean you want to be off by yourself in some rural cornfield. People can feel completely, comfortably "alone" and introspective on the subway in Brooklyn or walking along a downtown city street.

I'm sort of glad John Madden isn't here to see what's going on right now with Brett Favre.

Not sure why Wells Fargo is hassling me to refinance right now lol. Do they think rates will be 7 or 8% I really doubt that.