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Thanks AJ. "Um, sir. The best explanation I can offer is that people in Cleveland reaaly really don't like Pittsburgh." I also think the way that the FED hung Nat City out to dry left a bad taste in people's mouth when PNC used TARP money to do the deal. Ironically enough it looks like a good chunk of the money ended back in Oh or Cleveland banks. The pittsburgh aspect shouldn't be overlooked either. I actually had a friend go off on the Heinz Red Zone when we were on his porch listening to one of the Browns pre-season games this summer. We are sitting on his porch drinking a beer and watching the kids play in the yard, then all of a sudden he says, " I hate that" "Hate what?" "The heinz red zone" "huh?" "Heinz is a pittsburg company. the Steelers play at Heinz field. Heinz should have nothing to do with the Browns." "Um-Ok, would the Bertman Yellow Zone be Ok?" "Sure..."

Holy Crap (pun intended). I got 15/15. I quit going to CCD at 10 and never was confirmed. The only one I punted on was the "great awakening" question.

AJ perhaps you can answer this question, how much does a bank's deposits reflect it's net worth or value? I know that if I was on the due diligence team, I would probably account for withdraws after the merger, even in addition to the CD maturity issue they mention in the article. But 75% reduction in Ohio and a $10 billion reduction out of $35 B ish total deposits, seems steep to me. I would hate to be the one who has to explain that discrepancy to management.

Doc it's unclear to me from your post, did you ever determine if it was the county that screwed up your bill or somebody at PNC fat fingered your bill when enetering it in the system? Either way that sucks big time.

No that is what I get in roughly the same time period. I just reread your post. That is just piss poor customer service on PNC part. BTW which amount shows up under Taxes due on the auditor site for your property? The whole amount or the abated amount?

Yeah, usually a month or so before it goes into effect. They show the yearly projections with the monthly outlays and projected balance in the escrow account.

I always get a work sheet from Citi and Huntington when they are recalculating my escrow amount. They do a review annually to see if there is a projected shortfall/or over collection. I have a mortage on both my house and rental incase you are wondering.

Jerry Reed. "Eastbound and Down" and "She got the goldmine (I got the shaft)" not really my favorite right now, just what's playing on my ipod.

I came painfully close to having a brother-in-law that I hate. Luckily they broke up when it got to the point of sh!t or get off the pot in their relationship. As of right now both of my siblings are still single. On the other side of family I like all of wife's step-siblings spouses a lot more than the actual step-siblings.

Let it out Doc. Let it out.

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2010/10/korean_reporter_apologizes_to.html Best part of the story, "If South Korea wins the gold medal in baseball at the Asian Games, the South Korean government may excuse Choo from his two years of required military service." Korean reporter apologizes to Cleveland Indians for story about Shin-Soo Choo Published: Friday, October 15, 2010, 10:42 AM Updated: Friday, October 15, 2010, 11:30 AM Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Korean Times reporter who wrote a story quoting Indians right fielder Shin-Soo Choo as saying he preferred to "transfer' to a winning team has apologized to the Indians for mistakes in the story. Yoon Chul wrote the Indians and said editing problems, which omitted information, caused the confusion. Chul said Choo had "no idea' about the author's use of the word "transfer." Another Korean journalist Tweeted the Indians giving his version of what Choo said Sunday at the Los Angeles Airport before leaving for South Korea to prepare for the Asian Games in November....

I found this interesting. I am sure the merger team didn't anticipate a drop this big. Sorry if this was posted before. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/pnc_loses_75_percent_of_deposi.html#incart_mce PNC loses 75 percent of deposits, drops to No. 4 in size in Greater Cleveland Published: Friday, October 08, 2010, 5:53 PM Updated: Friday, October 08, 2010, 11:35 PM Teresa Dixon Murray, The Plain Dealer View full sizeAP filePNC headquarters in Pittsburgh. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- PNC Bank has lost three-fourths of its local customer deposits in the past year, dropping it from Greater Cleveland's biggest bank to No. 4. The revelation that local deposits dropped to $5 billion came in the latest annual report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., one of the regulators of the nation's 8,000 banks. The exodus of deposits from PNC pushed KeyCorp to No. 1 in Greater Cleveland, with nearly 22 percent of local deposits, even though Key lost more than $1 billion in local deposits in the past year. Key hasn't ranked in the top slot since 2004. PNC also slipped from the No. 1 position in Ohio, allowing Fifth Third Bank to become the largest bank operating in the state. PNC last year had nearly $35 billion in deposits statewide and 15 percent of the market share. It now has about $26 billion and 11 percent of the Ohio market. PNC bought National City at the end of 2008, but the lost deposits could reflect changes that occurred only in the past year. That's when the bank changed to the PNC name locally and converted customers to new account numbers and new types of accounts......

Carpet bagger Dolan is out for me. So I am down to Lanci and Fitz, Lanci intiques me but I hate to vote for someone because he is not somebody else (except in the case of Kucinich). I live in Lakewood and have friends that are closely involved in city politics. Fitzgerald (whole I voted against at the time, unaware what a fool Tom George was) had a plan for a pretty messy situation, and he made it work. Lots of budget cuts and trimmed a lot of fat.Overall conditions in lakewood, even with the housing crisis seemed to have improved, or at least lost the sense of impending doom that I felt during the late George adminstration, the planning is better, cops are responsive and visible. I think he is perfectly capable of doing a good job as county executive..but he is highly ambitious and I am mostly worried that he sees this position as a stepping stone for a higher office in the state, or even congress. I would much rather see somebody who is 80% as compotent willing to serve 3 or 4 terms in order to see Cuyahoga County through this time of transition, instead of jumping ship half way through. What are Lanci's biggest strengths besides being sincere and not being Dolan or Fitz?

Seems kind of like a 2-D Gehry effect. It's definately a cost effective whay to build some visual tension and dynamic into what is basically a big box. Scale seem right for the mall, too. I am also digging the all glass first floor. I am interested in the interior renderings with the ground floor open to the convention center floor below. I think the interior has the potential to very interesting.

Ok huge hole was probably an exegeration but he picks up at least 3 or 4 yards if he doesn't trip. Does anybody know anything about Mike Bell?

I think he was done when he tripped over Steinbach's feet last week because he wasn't pumping his legs and lifting his feet. If you are going to take the close cut off your guard in a big hole you need to know where he is at. just saying.

You can't make this stuff up... Link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/10/13/eagles.browns.trade.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc Posted: Wednesday October 13, 2010 3:41PM ; Updated: Wednesday October 13, 2010 3:41PM Eagles, Browns swap running backs BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- The Cleveland Browns have traded disgruntled running back Jerome Harrison to the Philadelphia Eagles for running back Mike Bell. Harrison, who rushed for 561 yards in Cleveland's final three games last season, has been upset with his role this year. He ran for just 6 yards on six carries last week in a loss to Atlanta. One week earlier, he didn't carry the ball in Cleveland's win over Cincinnati

I just went by it on my lunchtime run and Cozumel in Lakewood is finally open after months of taunting me with their Opening Soon sign!!!!

KJP= The eternal Browns realist. Cleveland Frowns had a good piece a few days ago on the rash of ankle sprains points to a problem with strength and conditioning....mostly having to do with lack of proper streching regiments.

Let's just hope bizzaro Joe Thomas doesn't show up again or Colt will be toast. I was listening to Terry Pluto's podcast and he was asked about Joe's performance. He said that he basically doesn't handle heat well and gets dehydrated really easily and he lost 20 lbs during the hot ass training camp. Then the Tampa game was a scorcher and the KC game was hot too. Then he bounced back for Cincy when it cooled down. Terry however had no clue what was his problem last week. I also heard Grossi say that Joe has a sore elbow that he is limiting him a bit. As far as Steinbach goes, those two are a team so if Joe is struggling Steinbach can't pick up the slack by himself.

Nice coverage. Overall I would say the comments were Pro-Cleveland.

Florida is being developed by aliens? (and not the illegal kind) Sort of makes sense....

They are running Win XP on that machine? :? Even if it's Win XP 64-bit (which was more unstable than the 32-bit) that's like sticking my Grandma behind the wheel of the of Porsche. Looks like the IT dept budget strangled another good computer.

Congrats!

Peter King likes the Browns again.... 1 p.m. ET (Fox) Atlanta Falcons (3-1) at Cleveland Browns (1-3) Eric Mangini on this generation's Norm Bulaich, Browns jumbo back Peyton Hillis: "Even I avoid him in the hallway.'' I say Hillis eats enough of the clock against the Falcons to make this my upset special. Browns 23 Falcons 21 Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/10/07/weekend.pickoff/index.html#ixzz11hrZ26ox