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Well.... you did say that you "went in the medicine cabinet and found some NyQuil." I suppose you were using NyQuil as just a generic term for "baby cough medicine".... but how are we supposed to know that. And, to gotribe's response, I am not sure if I agree with the ibuprofen thing either but to each his own. I have found that infant's tylenol is the best at breaking fevers (which my kid gets no matter what their sickness is.... self-defense mechanism his doctor tells me) and help them get a good night's rest. For the teething thing, try freezing a towel and letting them chew on it... but there is really no way to totally avoid the misery you will feel as a parent during that stage.

I'm not so sure. It is not like the Cavs can treat him like some rookie and make him bust his chops to stay in "game shape". He will have to do so on his own and considering this ring is simply "one for the thumb", I don't know if he has that burning desire which will be needed.

If you are clear in your cover letter that you are willing to accept an unpaid position, you will get some bites from employers. If you take a gopher position, you might actually make some money with mileage reimbursement (I think the IRS rate now is 44 cents a mile). No shite.... I bought my wife her engagement ring with mileage reimbursement checks from my first job out of undergrad. Then, as the poster above said, you will get your foot in the door and the next time that company/agency/whatever hires, you will be in the "who you know" category of applicants. Good luck.

Surgery was successfull. The team is saying 8 weeks he will be out. Back in time for 2nd round of playoffs worst case scenario.

There's better ways to handle this. I certainly hope that was children's nyquill you gave them. You have to be careful with cold medicines and children, especially the younger ones. Some of those ingredients can be dangerous. Like go to sleep and don't wake up dangerous depending on dose size and body weight. Let me offer this pointer. You have to understand that kids often get one last "wind" before they crash at night. One minute they are bouncing off the walls and the next they are out cold. The trick is just getting them to lay still. A bedtime book usually does the trick. Movies, not so much (unless it is a movie the kid has seen 100 times before). Try and find a book that has more than 4 words on a page so you are not constantly flipping to new pages and, consequently, stimulating them with new pictures. The best bed-time books have a higher text-picture ratio than, say, the average Dr. Suess book. I have this great disney book which has about 20 bedtime stories in it, all the classics (Peter Pan, Snow White, Aladin, Little Mermain, Jungle Book, etc.). I think it cost me about $15 at Toys R Us and has been worth every penny.

Thanks. That makes sense. I like the idea of incorporating natural light into the underground facility.

^Correct me if I am wrong, but when people (including banks) sell real estate at a loss, that loss can be used as a tax write-off. I get the argument though. The bubble really got ridiculous. Even neighborhoods that were not "in demand" in the past decade or so, saw the home prices nearly double.

CVS and all of those types of stores are a rip-off IMO. If you plan your shopping accordingly, you can save mucho dinero cutting out CVS, Wallgreens, etc. and using Costco, Dollar Store, Marc's, etc. instead. I try to only use the CVS around me for its 24 hr operation.

Questions: Did LMN's original design envision the creation of a Mall D? Also, I see what looks like glass in the roof... would they really create something that would render the Malls above useless for recreational purposes?

At the moment, there might be some massive bargaining power on the buyer's side of any deal to purchase at the Avenue District. They are under a lot of pressure to sell. I don't know if you could get it under $200,000, but it never hurts to make an offer.

Windy is saying that Shaq is going to have surgery tomorrow on his right thumb. Normal recovery time is 6-8 weeks. Probably won't be back until the end of the regular season or the beginning of the playoffs. Good thing Z will be well rested when he comes back. I truthfully don't know that this is going to negatively impact our W-L in the regular season. We signed Shaq for the playoffs. I hope he stays in shape. Tell the chef at Lago to use the fat-free cheese I guess.

Ernst & Young has a significant presence in Cleveland. Other firms are downtown too, such as Smith Barney but maybe on not such a large scale. Morgan Stanley employs quite a bit.

Gorgeous shots of a neighborhood I seldom make it over to. I love, love, love the victorians. Stunning. But can we all agree that nothing is worse than chain link in the front yard?

I can't speak for the other big two, but Cleveland (the City itself) is just lacking in those "balanced" neighborhoods IMO. There are a few on the west side like West Park and Old Brooklyn, but those are just as far out, geographically, as the East Side's inner ring and it is hard for me to consider them as being within "the core." What I am talking about is core neighborhoods that strike that balance between "concrete jungle" and (what most non-UO Americans would consider) a "family" neighborhood. There are plenty of families who find raising their families in apartments and townhomes stacked one on top the other works just fine for them. But there are many, many others that want something different for their kids and themselves. My Dad's neighborhood in the City of Charlotte (Dilworth) is a pefect example of a walkable neighborhood, within spitting distance of the central business district (Uptown), with (now) easy access to light rail, but still has that feel of an inner ring suburb like Shaker Heights. 30 yrs ago, some Clt residents considered it somewhat of a slum. Now, it is one of the most in-demand neighborhoods in the entire country. The success of that neighborhood also shows that modern-day families who move out to Solon aren't doing so to distance themselves from the core, it is just that their options are limited, if you could say they have any options at all. I mean, where in the City of Cleveland does a family looking to spend $400,000+ on a 4+ bdrm 3000+ sq ft single family home find their dream home? The options are just too limited and it is a missing piece in the market I am surprised Developers have not aggresively attacked, considering the success of those types of neighborhoods (whether they be newly built or gentrifications) in other cities around the country. My Dad's house on Dilworth Rd West in Clt strikes the ideal balance for me. It is within a 5 minute walk to the new light rail, 2 grocery stores, all types of retail and restaraunts on East Blvd or South Blvd, and within a 10 minute bike ride of Uptown. Yet, the streets and homes are just like anything you would see in the nicer parts of the Heights. And since he bought his house in the late 1990's, it has tripled in value and did not decrease in that respect at all during the recent housing slump. People are still buying these houses and, in many instances, sinking as much or more $$ than they bought the house for on renovations. For Cleveland, the question is where can we make such a transformation. The manufacturing history of the City certainly throws up some roadblocks considering how the City was originally constructed with so many industrial zones surrounding the core. But areas like Tremont and Ohio City are showing promise and I hope that momentum keeps up. But those neighborhoods are not quite what I am talking about... they are more on the concrete jungle side of the balance to make most families interested in Solon and Strongsville consider the City instead. The area that I see as having the real potential for a Dilworth-esque turnaround and becoming an in-demand family neighborhood within the City proper is Wade Park and the areas surrounding Rockefeller Park. The infrastructure is already there. The houses are absolutely gorgeous with solid bones. Fixed up appropriately, they could easily sell for @ several hundred thousand a pop. The neighborhood can play off the strengths of CWRU and UC, with all the amenities that come along with those areas and would inevitably increase with a stronger residential base. Some people may say it is too close to the ghetto but, using Dilworth as a sample again, if you cross over South Blvd (just a few mins from my Dad's house) the ghetto begins and that fact has not frustrated Dilworth's resurgence one bit. Re-creating these types of neighborhood - and that is all it would be, a "re-creation" of something we had in the past, would give families who truly want to live in the City options other than the concrete jungles we already have.

NYC has the biggest. And it's not even close. Philly, I think, would be next in line on the East Coast. San Fransico ans Seattle I believe rule the West Coast in that field. Charlotte and Atlanta in the Southeast. I would imagine one of the Texas cities has a decent sectors. Chicago of course in the Midwest. Cleveland and Cincy are nothing to thumb your nose at.

This is the second recent expansion of Engine Plant No. 1 I believe. Just last year they started building that eco engine of the Taurus, no?

Good analysis. But you have to realize that some people just like their "space" more than others. They don't want their neighbors right on top of them. There are many, many reasons certain people just don't like "urban" living in their family raising years. It doesn't really say anything bad about them in my mind. I am kind of between. I like a walkable neighborhood, but I am one of those people who don't want my neighbor's house within an arm's reach of mine. I also have a very large dog who would be severely pissed off with a typically small city yard. While I don't absolutely love my house, I do find its setting ideal for me. Walkable neighborhood where I can walk to about anything I want. Nice family street without much traffic, and it is horseshoe shaped so the backyards (especially mine being on a curve) fan out and are much bigger than the front. My back yard is wooded with a creek running behind it. Very natural looking.

Powe is a lot like AV. They have different styles of play. But you can't measure the value of either of them by looking at the stat sheets. He is the type of "scrapper" that good teams need.

I am more worried about Shaq staying in "game-shape" while he is sitting out. He is too much of a veteran for the Cavs coaching staff to babysit him and make sure he is running every day and keeping his cardio up. On the other hand, the rest will do him some good. It has to be hard for a man of that size and age to play of full 82 game season. And this also opens up a spot in the rotation for us to get a good look at Leon Powe and what he may be able to offer come playoff time.

I think another concern with the cables is whether they would place a weight restriction on Mall B and Mall C. We have had some events there in the past where the malls are jam-packed with people, shoulder to shoulder. But I have to think that such concerns would be more than accounted for in the design.

He apparently loves Jamison more than he despises Cleveland. He has been all over our jock ever since the trade. Windy is saying that Shaq will be out 2-3 weeks if it is a partial tear.... 6+ weeks if it is a full tear.

Especially in that particular area (CMA, Severance Hall, CWRU Business school, etc) I do not think of Cleveland's architecture as "bland"..... but I get your point. I like the design too. Something different.

Or if it would keep the height of the ceiling down and preserve the sight lines to lake Erie. Best we could hope for is it diminishes the thickness of the ceiling, but it couldn't be drastic enough to meaningfully preserve any sightlines. The original cable design was done when everyone was working under the assumption that digging out the "tub" would not be cost-prohibitive. As it is, with the original tub being used, there is nothing about not using the cables that is causing the ceiling to have to be raised. The raising of the ceilings is being done to create ceiling height within the exhibit halls at or > 30 ft, which the current structure does not have.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but they are probably budgeting a decent chunk of that investment for the downtown Vegas site, no? With regard to the parking garage, I never complain when the Clinic wants to build a garage.

Z did go to Washington. But it was more of a formality to take the league required physical. I think he was only gone one day.