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I just hope that K&D manages this property better than Reserve Square. The service has been nothing short of abysmal. Although at the same time, I'm sure RS ranks pretty low on their list of important properties. It has a large amount of built in turn over due to CSU tenants, so the impetus isn't there to turn it into a long-term residential solution for people.

what would a great lakes-only aquarium feature? some perch/walleye and zebra mussels..haha

^Very nicely put.^ The idea of Peak Oil is helpful in that the notion could move us off of our fossil fuel dependency much more quickly, something that is obviously very beneficial to society on a whole, but the reality is that we need to temper our expectations of this happening anytime soon.

Here's another good read Market Scan There's Still Oil In Them Hills Lionel Laurent, 04.15.08, 8:25 AM ET LONDON - Oil is trading once again at record levels, but the doomsday scenario of peak oil does not yet seem to be upon us. Crude oil prices hit a record high of over $112 a barrel during early trading on Tuesday, but supply concerns again seemed to take a back seat to wider macroeconomic issues. The greenback is currently trading at $1.58 to the euro, only slightly below the record $1.59 level reached at the end of March, and safer commodities like oil are attracting dollar investments. http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/04/15/oil-dollar-brazil-markets-commodities-cx_ll_0415markets07.html

Thanks to our efforts through global warming the arctic ocean polar ice caps are melting away revealing the potential for 800 billion barrels of oil. This, by your math, would allow for 110 years of American consumption. THAT, is not a drop in the bucket by any means. Source: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=7534c4de-0c21-4653-a06b-112bc96b2708&k=6345

Look for Borowski to go on the DL. My guess is that Kobayashi will have first crack at the closers role. He was signed explicitly for this reason. Betancourt/Perez/and even Lewis are much too valuable as set-up/6-7-8th inning men. Shappie/Wedgie both subscribe to the thought process that you use your best, most dominant pitchers early, so that you CAN be in a save situation.

rumor has it that the reserve was found by one Jed JD Clampett who was: A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, Then one day he was shootin at some food, And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea

is that the imagery we want visitors to come away with of our city?

"if it were not in Cleveland would be worth 10 times what Westcore paid for it" excuse me? how can such a blanket statement like this be made? I find it hard to believe that placing it ANYWHERE besides Cleveland greatly enhances its worth.

another blow to peak oil? Billions of gallons of oil in North Dakota, Montana Geological Survey calls find largest reserves outside Alaska Posted: April 13, 2008 10:31 pm Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2008 WorldNetDaily A shale formation stretching North Dakota and Montana may have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil, according to a U.S. Geological Survey assessment. Known as the Bakken Formation, this find would make the recoverable oil in North Dakota and Montana the largest United States oil reserves outside Alaska. Map of Bakken Formation in northern United States, courtesy Grand Forks Herald The recently released assessment shows a 2,800 percent, or 28-times increase in the amount of oil recoverable from the Bakken Formation, compared to the agency's 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels of oil. According to the USGS, the dramatically increased estimate of recoverable oil in the Bakken Formation results from new geological models, advances in drilling and production technologies, and recent oil discoveries. By the end of 2007, approximately 105 million barrels of oil have been produced from the Bakken Foundation. "The Bakken Formation estimate is larger than all other current USGS oil assessments of the lower 48 states and is the largest 'continuous' oil accumulation ever assessed by the USGS," said a news release making the announcement. The Bakken Formation lies in "Williston Basin," a geological formation in the north central United States, underlying much of North Dakota, eastern Montana, northwestern South Dakota, and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, according to the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy. The EIA attributes the success of horizontal drilling and fracturing efforts in Montana as the reason a decision was made to re-evaluate the 1995 USGS Assessment of Resources that had estimated only 151 million barrels were technically recoverable from the Bakken Formation. Lynn Helms, the director of the oil and gas division of North Dakota's Industrial Commission told the Grand Forks Herald the USGS announcement had prompted new interest from investment bankers and the oil industry. (Story continues below) "We have had contacts from Scotland and Australia today," Helms told the newspaper. "And of course, lots of Canadian interest, and contacts from across the United States, both from the media and the oil industry. And banks. I think they are looking for a place to invest venture capital." The USGS announcement should give "a significant boost to North Dakota's already-booming oil industry," according to a news release from the office of North Dakota's Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan. "The oil industry in North Dakota has already seen substantial growth," Dorgan said, "but this report is important because it gives oil companies another set of eyes." "The Bakken Shale should attract significant new investment to this region," he continued. "This is an exciting time for North Dakota's oil industry. We're going to see new growth that will boost our economy and help our country shed its dependence on foreign oil." The USGS report increasing the estimate of oil recoverable from the Bakken Formation supports the arguments of Shell Oil's president of U.S. operations, John Hofmeister, who has recently questioned the validity of the assumptions behind "peak oil." As WND reported last month, Hofmeister told CNBC's national Squawk Box morning show audience that peak oil theorists, such as Matt Simmons, have dramatically underestimated the amount of non-conventional oil economically recoverable with oil prices hovering at $100 a barrel. WND also reported that Simmons, a Houston-based oil industry investment banker, also appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box show to defend his peak oil position, arguing that diminishing oil flow is an irreversible worldwide "grim reality," regardless what new oil resources are discovered. Peak oil theorists maintain that oil is a finite resource and analysis of depleting oil fields demonstrates the world has either already reached or is nearing maximum oil flow. Non-conventional oil reserves include a variety of oil reserves, including the oil tars in Alberta, Canada, which present technology allows to be converted economically into oil through well understood synthetic chemical processes. http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61488

I apologize, my intention was definitely not to demean or belittle Chicago. I felt that the Chicago strong points were already inherently well-known by most. As I prefaced my post, there really is no true comparison between the two cities. Some of what I did like: downtown architecture - blending of new and old diversity cultural institutions entertainment options ease of transportation - with regard to getting from Point A to Point B

I agree that the El takes you where you need to be in a much more direct manner. I guess by poorly conceived I meant more of the design itself, at the very least the Loop should have been buried, while the various 7 spindles remained above ground.

Obviously it is very difficult to compare a city like Chicago, with one that is a a fraction of its size, Cleveland, but I would like to make some general observations, not an apples-to-apples comparison. :-D I've been to Chicago about half a dozen times now, but until this week did not have the freedom to really explore the entire city at all hours and all times of the week. I was there Wednesday through Friday night at a seminar downtown off of Wabash which afforded me much downtime to do just this. Previously, I viewed Chicago as somewhat of an urban lovers wet dream. A sort of urban Shangri-la. Now after this last visit, my opinions of the city changed a lot. 1. Everyone says that downtown Cleveland is a ghost town after business hours. Well I have to say that outside of certain areas, Chicago could be viewed as much the same. Michigan Ave's Magnificent Mile, Viagra Triangle areas withstanding, only a short walk would place you in areas that had very little pedestrian traffic and almost vacant bars and restaurants, even on a Friday night! I went to a pizza/bar joint right next to DePaul's campus and it was practically empty. The Rascal House on Euclid by CSU on a Friday night would have more people. 2. Riding the El around the entire city, I was shocked to see how many empty floors in buildings there are in a city of 3 million. This isn't as noticeable on street level, but taking the El around the Loop many times over the 3 days, showed that it is a problem just a few floors up, even in the heart of the city. 3. Speaking of the El, my next opinion will surely upset many on here, but I believe the El, outside of the obvious benefits that come from a mass transit system, has absolutely zero aesthetic qualities to it and appears very poorly conceived when compared to other inner city transportation systems I've experienced personally including, New York, Boston, Wash. DC, and even Cleveland's. It is loud, ugly, disrupts city sight lines, obscures some great architecture, etc. I know that going underground is much more expensive, but they could have most certainly in some areas left it at street level, esp. on Wabash which would appear to have enough room. Plus, there are other streets which also seem to have enough room to keep it at street level and instead imposed one way traffic. I'm sure a lot of careful planning went into the initial grid system, but the finished product leaves a lot to be desired. I know many will say that the El adds to the city's character, and it does, but it really looks bad in certain places. Other systems, Cleveland's RTA especially, does a much better job of fitting well within the existing urban fabric. 4. Every city has their fair share of transients/bums/homeless, but they were seemingly everywhere in Chicago. I live in downtown Cleveland and I am usually only approached at certain times and during special events. i.e. East 4th or on Huron after an Indians game, or on East 9th walking to tailgate for a Browns game, etc. In Chicago I was approached at least 2-3 times a day. In addition, they were sleeping/loitering at places like the inside of a McDonalds, at El stations, public parks. 5. Cost of living examples. Outside of the Wyndam Hotel and adjacent to a hospital (forget which one), a parking garage was charging $33/hour. $33/an hour! Downtown retail, while certainly in great abundance, was overpriced versus what I'd pay here in Cleveland. Food/drink was also exorbitantly priced depending on the area, although cheaper alternatives certainly existed. This all makes me think that I would need to earn maybe as much as 2x more as I do now to maintain same quality of life that I currently possess in Cleveland. 6. Again, once off of the beaten path and less tourist-centric areas, the city was dirty. With an urban area the size of Chicago I understand how difficult it must be to keep everything spic and span, but I saw buildings/public infrastructure consistently tagged with spray paint only a few El stops from Trump Tower/Wrigly Building area. To me this would be like seeing spray paint on/around Avenue District, CSU Wolstein center area, Stonebridge, etc. While examples exist I'm sure, they are not pervasive in Cleveland. lastly.... 7. Downtown surface parking lots exist even in Chicago! I saw more than a couple examples. :-o All of this illustrates why I feel I have a much more pleasing urban experience in Cleveland. I know it sounds cliche b/c it is used so often, but truly Cleveland offers big-city appeal, without many of the big-city problems/issues. And with all of the projects in the works/near completion, ECTP, Avenue District, Flats East Bank, Stonebridge, East 4th, KD Amtrust/Breuer Building, I can envision an even greater downtown in only a few short years time. Who knows, maybe in a few years Euclid Avenue (Cleveland's Culture Corridor) will take on a new meaning and be talked about in the same breath as Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile! :clap: :wave:

you need to channel your inner field of dreams..if you build it, they will come. oh yes pope they will come

AGREE 110% THE WORST!! my car loan is through 5/3, they actually charge extra for making an online payment. wtf

in 5 years downtown population will be 50,000

Gotta like the contract makeup of the "core". Payroll flexibility, while also sustaining a certain level of security. Carmona controlled thru 2014 (terms undisclosed; $7 million average yearly payout) Hafner controlled thru 2013 ($13million final year) Sizemore controlled thru 2012 ($10.5 million final year) Peralta controlled thru 2011 ($7 million final year) Betancourt-closer controlled thru 2010 ($5 million final year) Lee controlled thru 2010 ($8 million final year) Martinez controlled thru 2010 ($7 million final year) Westbrook controlled thru 2010 ($11 million final year)

well that article certainly casts some significant doubt on peak oil's supposed imminent arrival.

looks like Wasserman's exorbitantly high salary is worth it after all!

they should have it tied in with the Great Lakes Science Center

New aquarium backers still swimming upstream to reach their goal Monday, April 07, 2008 "Whatever happened to . . ." is a weekly series updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting stories covered in The Plain Dealer. Have a suggestion on a story we should update? Send it to John Kuehner at [email protected], or call 216-999-5325. What happened to plans for a new Cleveland aquarium? The plans remain afloat, though little progress has been made since a nonprofit group called Cleveland Aquarium Inc. was formed in 1999. Christopher Bonar, the group's president, said many people are still enthusiastic about the idea of building an aquarium in downtown Cleveland... more at: http://www.clevelandaquarium.org/downloads/PD_Swimming_Upstream_Apr7-2008.pdf

In 5 years, downtown population will be approaching 50,000...

Welcome and thank you. It is commitments from individuals such as yourself that will lead to an even greater Cleveland!

Did you also see that their Feb results were revised to being up by 160,000? It seems you can't put too much stock in these numbers until after some time has gone by....I'll wait for a few months of consistent falling production levels before I start to panic.

cool..it sounds as though they are running 2-3 months behind schedule....at least based upon the initial timeline