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No; not by lottery. Historically, they admitted fairly liberally, and the students who couldn't keep up would transfer out. Attrition rates had been in the 25% to 30% rate, but over the last ten years they have reduced the attrition rate to about 5%. My understanding is that this was done through extra tutoring, etc., not by adjusting the admissions.

Some interesting thoughts on population density: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/random-density-facts/

These enrollment figures can be very misleading. There are a lot of one-course-a-term students that count just as much as a full timers. This is especially true at the urban schools. I wish they'd publish an FTE (full time equivalents) number.

No. Actually, I just checked the list and it lists number 65 as being: 65 Walnut Hills Cincinnati OH 4.644 19 84. It makes sense, Walnut Hills (Cincinnati Public) is always really high on these lists. Why would you flat out say no if you don't have a clue what you're talking about? Huh? You asked "Did the list misprint Walnut Hills Cincinnati as Walnut Ridge Columbus?" I said no. You checked the list and said that it said Walnut Hills. Thus not Walnut Ridge. So that is why I "would you flat out say no." So I don't have a clue what you're talking about?

No.

That's because it should read: 65 Walnut Hills Cincinnati OH 4.644 19 84

Talk about uninformed: he says "We face the same problem with unsustainable pension schemes on a federal level as we do municipally." Except the federal government's defined benefit pension plan only applies to federal employees hired before 1986. Everyone hired in the last 24 years has been covered by a defined contribution plan (similar to a 401K.) There is no "unsustainable pension schemes on a federal level."

March photos: http://www.cmw.osfc.state.oh.us/guest/ProjectPhotos.cgi?1003814+2010-03+

^But it still costs less then we sold the old one for: "the embassy was still sold for more than $1 billion to a Qatari company that plans to turn it into a luxury hotel."

Interesting collection of data about Cincinnati high schools (but ugly bar charts!) http://gerberanalytics.com/index_files/ogt_other/large_school_districts.html

^I think the net has made it easier to be an independent hotel (or a small group of hotels). You used to need to be part of a big chain to help get reservations.

Are there any plans to tear down that delightful addition on the front of Cleveland Heights? What were they thinking?

I didn't know you're from Europe!

And now, some bull riding!

The DC Museums feed off each other's traffic, which doesn't exist for the Freedom Center. Seems you could get some traffic from those Bengals games though. Maybe they should try opening on those Sundays.

Not sure what you mean by "cities like DC", but when I moved from Atlanta to DC in the late 70's, I was amazed how few federal dollars when to DC Metro compared to Atlanta's MARTA.

If you look at Cincy, it seems they have realized that the old (pre WW II) high schools were much better, and more worth saving, then the post-war stuff, but still seem to be building mostly desposable schools. Cincy schools, year built, and desposition: SPCA, 1908, New construction/ new site (but plan to preserve the old building) Hughes, 1910, Renovation Withrow, 1919, Renovation (1974 addition torn down) Western Hills, 1928, Renovation Walnut Hills, 1931, Renovation (1959 addition torn down) Woodward, 1951, Demolish & replace/ existing site Taft, 1954, Demolish & replace/ existing site Schroder, 1956, Demolish & replace/ new site Aiken, 1960, Demolish & replace/ existing site Clark, 1970, Demolish & replace/ existing site

For the past decade I’ve lived in an old, somewhat decaying, but still beautiful city, whose residents seem to have a love/hate relationship with it. Recently, a proposal was made for a streetcar running four miles from downtown, through a historical registry neighborhood, with a large minority population and a high crime rate, up to our public university and hospital center. Sound familiar? Well, for the past decade I’ve lived in tiny Ogden, Utah (pop 70,000) in Weber County (pop 200,000) which is currently reviewing the three possible streetcar route options before moving to the construction phase. This in a very conservative, ani-government spending state that is heavily Republican (Clinton actually finished third here in 1992.) The only opposition to the streetcar is the Mayor and his developer cronies who would prefer an urban gondola (don’t get me started!) Ogden is smaller than Cincinnati, less dense than Cincinnati, more conservative than Cincinnati, and actually flatter than Cincinnati. And we think it will work here.

Flashback to last year: If Utah were to make it to the Sugar Bowl could they compete with Alabama...probably not. Spanked 'em though, didn't they.

I read this differently: that a group of entrprenueurs (who happen to be black) are raising money to buy the property after its renovated. I didn't see anything about "special interests groups."

I heard that the inclusion of the stands on the west side is so the practice field can be used by local high schools (Hughes, Purcell) that don't have stadiums. Anybody know?

I found the "slide show" feature annoying. So much so, that I closed the site without reading much.

How do you think South Bend got it from Mason?

33 looks like a good reuse of an old firehouse.

http://www.historicaerials.com/ has added 1932 for Cincinnati: <a href="http://www.historicaerials.com/?poi=7300"><img src="http://www.historicaerials.com/featuredPOIImage.aspx?poi=7300" /></a>