Mr Sparkle

This link still allows the rotate-able 45 degree views https://www.google.com/lochp

Semis are allowed to use the Lytle Tunnel. Only Hazmats are detoured

This link takes you to the classic maps https://www.google.com/maps?output=classic [edit - the link worked yesterday, now it does not --- sheesh] (I agree, none of the changes in the new Google Maps are good)

I looked at a map to see it was larger. I looked it up to say it was a ~ 10X larger. Apology accepted. Yes, but the vast majority of that 10x is sparsely populated

related? http://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/01/21/rebuild-brent-spence-go-around/22117547/

Streetview: http://goo.gl/maps/hBVpX

From a purely financial/investment perspective, it does not make sense to spend the money on Xavier. Now these are aggregate values that take in the whole school, while different majors/colleges may give you more or less ROI. While Xavier is geared to liberal arts, UC offers degrees in a number of high paying fields in Majors that Xavier doesn't even offer.

Not sure if this has ever been posted here, ROI per education dollar spent (higher rankings mean more value in the job market for education dollars spent): http://www.payscale.com/college-roi/ Some highlights: 58 - CWRU (Highest Ranking Ohio college on the list) 159- Cincinnati (instate) # 2 in Ohio 189 - Miami (instate) # 3 in Ohio 224 - Dayton # 4 284 - OSU (instate) 336 - OU (instate) 369 - Cleveland State (instate) 834- Xavier

Maybe they were counting on a future permitted access off the main road when they designed and build the complex which was later denied by the agency?

Come to SW Ohio, its a different Climate! http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=32172&view=findpost&p=1975089

yeah, I realized that after that post was made. I never would have imagined that they were beams from span 1 that essentially flipped over the pier and landed laterally along the pier

Contractor was being fined liquidated damages for every 15 minutes I-75 was closed (Possibly every minute depending on the time of day)

If you study the photos of the collapse, you will see the remains of a temporary support used to support the joint on the east side of the bridge (left shoulder) after the first span was removed...It appears to have been made of salvaged beams from another bridge demolished for the project.

The western side broke off where there was a pin connection on the beams and a joint on the bridge. In other words, the beams were not continuous along the structure. At that time, complex geometry bridges were constructed of simple beam segments connected together because that is only what the calculation methods permitted (could only compute and analyze simple beam segments 'on the board').

Madtree's proposed expansion ---- Checkitout http://www.hamiltoncountyohio.gov/pd/boards_commissions/pdfs/RZC/2014/packet.pdf

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^The new ramp will allow access to both I-74 and I-75 NB. The ramp to I-75 will be very long, it will merge in with the existing ramp from I-74 WB to I-75 NB (In front of Cincy State). I-74 will be accessed from that ramp by veering off to the left to connect to the I-75 NB to I-74 WB ramp.

http://www.vice.com/read/new-hampshires-libertarian-beer-renaissance-129 And that in a nutshell is how our federal, state and local governments are run. (Argue all you want about D's and R's and where Obama was born - it makes no difference the real lawmakers are the Lobbyists)

The NYT articles says 38 teams 'likes' were used ---- it could be that Cincy was not one of them Check this out: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/11/11/facebook-fandom-map-suggests-college-football-is-a-bigger-deal-in-virginia-than-maryland/

You repeatedly type stuff off the top of your head before actually checking first..... http://www.cincinnati.com/story/blogs/2014/12/08/bengals-marvin-lewis-johnny-manziel-midget/20124173/ http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/12/marvin_lewis_calls_johnny_manz.html http://www.wtam.com/onair/mike-trivisonno-2339/bengals-coach-marvin-lewis-called-johnny-13045545/ http://www.newsnet5.com/sports/browns/bengals-coach-calls-johnny-manziel-midget http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12002151/marvin-lewis-cincinnati-bengals-coach-calls-john-manziel-midget http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/bengals-coach-marvin-lewis-calls-johnny-manziel-a--midget-020421771.html http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/12/marvin-lewis-johnny-manziel-midget BTW, that took me the grand total of 30 seconds to compile. And it's not like Marvin is all that tall. I couldn't find out how tall he was, but he's shorter than his 6-foot-2 QB Andy Dalton, who's only an inch taller than 6-foot-1 Johnny Manziel..... Maybe he meant he was a mental midget

According to this, Cincy is in the top 25 of CFB television ratings (its dated from 2011 - but I think is relevant). http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/08/college-footballs-top-25-highest-rated-markets-birmingham-oklahoma-city-columbus-top-three-in-2011/ My gut is that while OSU has a following down here, they do not dominate the television ratings as much as the other 2 C's and Dayton. Notre Dame and the SEC has inroads here. On paper, it makes sense for the BIG 12 to want this market. I wonder how well the BIG12 ratings are when the games are carried on Fox Sports 1?

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/07/opinion/sunday/exposures-detroit-by-air-alex-maclean.html?action=click&contentCollection=Theater&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article

Wow, you actually bothered to look that up?? Must've been a real slow Saturday at the Sparkle household! Actually it was quite EZ; goto Google Image Search and drag the saved image onto the search location, it will search for all instances of that same image and similar images on the Internets

http://www.onthesnow.com/gallery/p/photo/982/nassfeld-in-feb-2014-id157733#content_pos

For some reason, that looks like the mountains somewhere and not western NY (Large pine trees)