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I knew where you were going to fall RnR because of the weather, anybody who considers Phoenix an ideal climate probably doesn't handle Ohio winters well. I am sort of stuck now, I have gone to work as a sales rep in our family business and our territory is centered around Ohio.

I was wondering if anybody on here feels stuck, either by lack of resources or by personal obligations.

Good piece on the Atlantic Cities webpage in response to a Richard Floridia piece on mobility. So the question is are you stuck in Ohio, or are you content. I fall into the content category myself. My wife would probably say she is stuck here with me. Stuck, or Content? Julie Irwin Zimmerman Dec 21, 2011 23 Comments http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2011/12/20/Downtown_cincinnati_2010_kdh/largest.jpg[/img] Wikimedia Commons Before I moved to Ohio, I might have agreed with Richard Florida’s recent posts on the part of America that's "stuck." He wrote that: <blockquote> America can be divided into two distinct classes, the stuck and the mobile. The mobile possess the resources and the inclination to seek out and move to locations where they pursue economic opportunity. Too many Americans are stuck in places with limited resources and opportunities. This geography of the stuck and mobile is a key axis of cleavage in the United States. </blockquote> The mobile, Florida writes, live and move along both coasts and in the Rocky Mountain region. The stuck remain in a belt that extends across the middle of the country and into the South. I grew up in Silicon Valley, a highly mobile region, and spent my college and post-graduate years in Chicago, which, even though it’s located in the Stuck Belt, likely qualifies as a mobile city...... Read the complete article here: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2011/12/stuck-or-content/770/

(Crickets) Hello? Anybody still care???? Browns lost. Again. If anybody cares.

Anecdotal tidbit sort of related to the article. A few years ago my friend worked as drilling site geologist based out of Charleston, WV. He said they had a hell of a time staffing the rigs. He said the guys would come out of the hills work long enough to collect a paycheck or two and then disappear. I am not surprised that they are bringing in out of state workers.

^J, that last comment is quote worthy.

http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/too-many-kids-go-to-college/ Excellent debate on this subject, there is a link to the video or the podcast on the page. The debate sort of breaks down into what is the value of a BA as opposed to too many kids going to school. All of the debaters agree that people need secondary education but the argument turns into is the traditional 4 year college expectation good or bad? Those against, argue that it can be stifling for many or can be down right financially harmful for some.

I like the part about the working class parents telling the kids to get a degree who really had no idea why. They just saw that the people who had gone to school had good jobs. Similarly, my parents (both worked their way through school and have degrees from YSU) pushed me towards higher level schools but I don't think they really knew why. After working with executives and their high priced corporate lawyers I have a much better understanding of the networking and school connections that help your career. It doesn't just happen because you went to such and such a school. A good school can open a ton of doors if you do it right, but you can also end up with a $150k Bachelors degree teaching elementary school (not knocking on teachers by anymean, but teaching has a definate income ceiling), if you aren't careful.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-we-ruined-occupy-wall-street-generation/ This guy nails it with this blog on how the younger generation are screwed. It's very tongue in cheek but he has a ton of good points. 5 Ways We Ruined the Occupy Wall Street Generation By: John Cheese November 10, 2011 289 At this moment, a whole lot of people, most of them 15 to 20 years younger than me, are protesting in every major city. What are they angry about? A lot of things, some of which are partially my fault. See, I'm a part of Generation X, the post-Baby Boom era kids who grew up on a mental diet of Beavis and Butthead and Alice in Chains. We wrote poems about how angry we were at our fathers, wore goatees like weapons and made panties burst into flames by playing Pearl Jam's Black on our acoustic guitars. We were a bridge from the Baby Boomers to all you guys who are in high school and college now. And I'm pretty sure we fucked up that handoff pretty badly. This is not a sarcastic apology, I'm not a big enough dick to write all of this as a backhanded insult about how lazy and entitled you are. Because you're not. I'm honestly apologizing for ... Read more: 5 Ways We Ruined the Occupy Wall Street Generation | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-ways-we-ruined-occupy-wall-street-generation/#ixzz1fDido3Qq

Back then, you just followed the line of backed-up cars down the hill to any open parking space you could find, then walked the rest of the way. LOL. That's so true. BTW. My wife told me that the Aquarium is currently hiring.

MH, One more Snow Days related event at the Jake that I just got an e-mail on. Let's Move It Mondays, Free Ice Skating. Cleveland Clinic is sponsoring free Lunch time ice skating on Mondays at the Snow Days ice track, skate rental included. The first date was supposed to be yesterday. Next dates Dec 5th and Dec 12th. More info: http://www.letsmoveit.org/lets-move-it-mondays/

That is a great idea. I wonder why that wasn't addressed during the Flats peak?

^ Well said Hts.

^It's because Public schools are forced to be teaching to the proficiency tests. Especially since NCLB. Private schools have more leeway. They are introducing and tracking test concepts in my 6 YO's kindergarten class. I about fell out of my chair at Open House when I heard that. It's not that they are being taught "what to think" as much as they are spending too much time on making sure that everybody has an understanding of the bare minimums required by the tests and barely anytime on "how to think".

^ they actively encourage cheating. It helps their test scores and make them look better. LOL I bet kids today can't even memorize 20 multiple choice answers off an old test like we used to have to in the old days. They probably would have to text the answers to themselves. It's not that cheating is new. I went to a small engineering school for a year in the mid-90's, that happened to be mostly Greek, and the crib system that they had at the house I rushed was top notch. Old tests for basically anything that they would want. And if they didn't have it you could probably get it from somebody else's crib system. But seriously, there is a certain art for the instructor in crafting test question that makes sure that the students understand the concepts. I know that I was burned multiple times by test questions that had just a little nuance that changed the answer from the homework or example questions, that were impossible to solve if you didn't understand the whole concept.

^Tennis elbow.... A least it was a watchable game yesterday. That's all that I am asking for at this point.

Good to hear!

I had forgotten about the Warhol connection with the Velvet Underground (Yes I know he did the Banana screen print for the cover but you forget about when you listen to everything on an ipod)

Hmmm. I was recently listening to the Velvet Underground and Nico, and was wondering who thought it was a good idea to let her sing. Maybe we can autotune it?

One bottle for the baby, one bottle for the parent. I see nothing wrong with that....

For some reason, I find that by far the creepiest graphic you have posted on here.

Shameful. I can't imagine being that consumed by something that I neglect my child, especially when they are that young...

HHS What's going on with the car?

When I first read your title I thought it would be related to community aggregation. One more point. The three percent would only be off the Electric portion (ie Generation Rate) of the bill not the the entire bill, which also includes Transmission and Distribution charges, fees and taxes. So your savings would be more like 2% not 3%. assuming that energy charge makes up 60-70% of the average electric bil. T and D are not deregulated as they are the charges associated with the capital recover and O&M of poles, wires and equipment.