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So, have revenues gone down, or have expenses gone up? Or have we been running a deficit all along? It seems hard to understand how we could afford things during the riot-torn, post 9/11 recession years that we can't afford now...

Just beautiful! What great colors, and so well captured! Thank you so much for posting these!

It was a bad call, but at least it wasn't a foul where it actually mattered - if that guy hadn't bumped TJ, he still wouldn't have made that catch. But yeah, the only offensive touchdown the Ravens scored was on a very short field in the first drive of the game. It was really a very encouraging game, far as I was concerned. When you lose by a couple mistakes, and nearly overcome them against a tough team, that's good news. Well, not as good as a win, but still, I'm not very down about this one. And Pittsburgh lost - always a good day when that happens!

I think it's kind of funny how the responses have morphed on this posting. Why are we discussing Muslims in Paris? It's almost like we (Cincinnatians) no longer know how to take some really good news and actually crow about it. Lets face it, this report of our city's population numbers turning around are in fact what we have been looking for to validate what we've known all along, that this is one of the countries premier cities in which to live. The person who brought up France is from Toledo. And he said something so utterly wrong, foundationless and just off-the-wall that I discussed it with him. The Muslims thing was a joke. I don't think you can read this board for any length of time and think there's a "crowing about Cincinnati" deficit - we're all huge, huge lovers of this city. If there's any hesitancy to embrace this whole "Cincinnati gains population" thing, it's probably because that statement is most likely false. It's probably a mirage created by two different measuring criteria. We are confident that there are millions of reasons to crow about Cincinnati - the last thing I want to do is invest that energy in a reason that's false.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Following preOhio's links, I hit this story, which explains it: http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arc_news_2006/081006.htm Historical Society Plans Demolition of Historic House Story by Margaret Foster / Aug. 10, 2006 Image: The Alva N. Myers House in Ashland, Ohio (Kyle O. von Kamp) Instead of campaigning to save a colonial revival house built in 1892, an Ohio historical society wants to tear down the landmark. Last week, however, the Ashland County historic preservation board voted 3-1 to reject the county historical society's June 19 request to demolish the Alva N. Myers house, located in a National Register-listed historic district in Ashland, Ohio. ...

Super Joe Charbeneau and Cory Snyder, baby...and Len Barker and Rick Manning... You know how kick-ass it is that Julio Franco was still playing last year? And that he stole a base off of us! I really hope the Mets keep him next year...dude's amazing...

Er...welcome to the forum? It's always encouraging when someone's first post explains how ignorant and emotional and uneducated we all are, then asks us to stay above crass name calling. Yes, we've discussed the census data quite a bit in this thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=10935.0

Wow - didn't know we'd be getting two in one night! Just wonderful! Did you by chance go up above at that flying pig thing and see the Ohio River reproduction?

Wow...far, far superior to my recent shots of that park...I hadn't gotten around to posting them, and I'm glad I didn't! Really nicely done... In your favorite shot, see those little metal clips spaced along the edge of the low wall? I was talking with Lisa from the Parks Planning Department a couple years ago, and she said the question she was asked most frequently was what those things are. Turns out skateboarders were using the park, and their wheels ground something into the stone that is extremely difficult to get out, so they installed those skate blocks to stop them. She said most folks think it's an asthetic piece, but it's just to keep the skateboarders out. For reference, here's our thread discussing the erosion issues at this park from last year...

Ran across this one and had to bump it...what a fantastic set of photos you found, kendall!

Wow - that's great! Growing up in Cleveland, he was one of my favorite players. There were years when he was about the only good thing going for the Tribe...not a great hitter, mind you - not much power most years, not a lights-out average (he only hit .300 one year, career average of .270), struck out a lot, but he always seemed like a bright guy and a solid gamer...

And actually, First Fisher has a couple other contiguous properties there: 2220 and 2222 St. James and 2219 and 2223 Kemper are all contiguous, plus they own 2233 Kemper...hmm...perhaps something interesting is in the works?

Demolition looks to be about complete on 2219 Kemper Lane - shots from this morning (sorry about the quality): ...and here's a map of the property: It's too bad about 2223 - that's a pretty-looking house. It's 3154 square feet, built in 1885, and although it's busted up into multiple units (it's listed as "4 to 19 rental units"), it seems like a good rehab, single-family type place...but considering it sold for $80K, it must be in pretty bad shape. So 2219 and 2223 are contiguous properties...makes you wonder what they might have planned there...

Very cool find!

Oh, Jesus, no...I've had two indoor cats escape before, and it's horrifying...we found both of them, both in less than an hour, but god, that's awful...I'm sure if I had kids and one got lost, my brain would explode.

Oh, that's awful...I couldn't imagine that...I'm so sorry. Did he get out during Trick or Treating? Or was he an indoor/outdoor cat regularly?

Well, I'm glad they can finally move on to hiring his replacement, because while Seg does some stuff well, his call-in show is just unlistenable...props to him for stepping up and filling in, but it's really bad radio...

Lovely! Beautiful city, and it's great to see it all lit up!

A country with a non-white/non-European population of maybe 10% tops - that's supposed to be more diverse than, say, America, with a population closer to 33% non-white/non-European? And you support this by saying it's because half their ancestors aren't native French? 99% of America is not Native American. Apples to apples, please? No, we aren't 10% Muslim (though neither is France - probably much lower). But how many black folks live in France? It's 12.8% of the US, and I believe it's less than 1% of France. How many Asians? It's 4.2% of the US, and it's probably a blip on the French radar. And do you think France is 14.1% Hispanic/Latino? Please, France is lily-white compared with the US. Lily-frickin'-white. (US stats here: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html)

Not as eloquent at Kingfish's, but you'd swear Kerry was reading this board based on the structure...unfortunately, he's a day late, which means the story will have eaten at least three days before it dies, but hopefully it will die now: As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended. It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy. I don't want my verbal slip to be a diversion from the real issues. I will continue to fight for a change of course to provide real security for our country, and a winning strategy for our troops.

From the initial story: They will be replaced - either by next year or 2008 - with wider and sturdier stairs and a larger overlook. That's all I know. I'd imaginine they're raising funds now. Absolutely hilarious comment...LOL...

I'm available for corporate events, dedications and celebrity roasts, if anybody needs me. Without a doubt, they should hire you. Why he didn't say something like this, I'll never understand...well, I'd probably have stopped at "Because they are." - the rest of it still gives fodder to a news cycle, still keeps him as the lead story - "Kerry Attacks Whatever" - but the first half, on its own, is beautiful, and would be a complete story-killer. Democrats could get back to their issues, not The Ultimate Republican Wet Dream.

Randy - when did I mention Republicans? I'm not talking about Iraq either. I'm talking about the military, which is not made up of disproportionately poor people. I think we're talking past each other at this point, but I think we're both pretty much on the same page, so I'll happily move on... John - who is upset? Where do you get that? I'm baffled, astonished and embarassed for Kerry, sure, but upset? No... You ask if I also got upset by attacks on Kerry's record - and no, I didn't. I didn't like the strategy, but he's a politician, and if you're gonna get upset every time a politician is attacked, you're gonna spend your life upset. He's a big boy, he can handle it. And honestly, the military is filled with big boys, and they can handle it as well. All I'm saying is that it's stupid. He said something extremely stupid, and instead of backing off, he came out firing. He's completely hijacked election news, so at least two news cycles have been focused on a losing national candidate who isn't even on the ballot, and his apparent attempt to defend the indefensible. Dude needs to get the hell off the stage and let the future of the party talk about what they believe are their winning issues - Iraq, the Patriot Act, Guantanamo Bay, whatever. But talking about John Kerry when you're 8 days out, and when he's the guy with the death-dealing soundbite? Just astonishingly stupid.

Alright, fine, I'll bite. The main point is, this is stupid ground to fight on. Kerry said something unbelievably stupid - so stupid that it was obvious to me the first time I heard it that he couldn't possibly have meant what he said. Of course he'd write it off as a gaffe and back away. Because what, is he arguing that the military is primarily dead-end losers who couldn't graduation from college? Is he honestly going to argue that? A week before a national election? Christ, what happens if he wins that argument, is he positioning his party as the "our soldiers are losers" party? It had to be a gaffe. I still believe it was a gaffe. And instead of backing away, dude started lashing out at Bush and Snow. Honestly, someone tell me - is he a Republican plant? Because Jesus, first off, what the hell is he doing? Kerry should be the last person on the front page of tha paper. Kingfish, this ain't turning the conversation to Iraq - it's turning the conversation to a guy who's proven he can't win a national election. And handing the Republicans a statement like this, from a guy chosen by the party to represent them two years ago - not some nutjob from an obscure district, but their last national candidate - is not driving a wedge between the military and the Democrats - Jesus, insulting the military cuts to the core of every last American. I don't believe you'll find anyone in either party who isn't proud of our armed forces as individuals, and putting the Democrat's last presidential candidate in the position of defending a statement insulting them - my God, Rove must have cancelled all his meetings for the last two days because he couldn't stop doing his happy dance. It's just unbelievably stupid, that's all. A couple asides: Randy - when you've got two conflicting sets of data, impeaching the reliability of one set is a good method for resolving the conflict. However, when you've got raw assertion on one side, and documentary evidence on the other, impeaching the source of the evidence is substantially less persuasive. The fact is, the military looks like America, except that it's underrepresented by poorer folks. You said, "I would like to see some stats on the average household incomes for the families that military members come from. I would venture to say that it is low." You were wrong. It's a losing argument. And figuring out some way to make it appear that the military is a bunch of dead-end losers with no other choices goes back to my point above - do you really want to win that argument? And do the Democrats really want to fight on that ground? JohnOSU - an anecdote from the 1970's or 1980's doesn't really tell us anything about the military today. But tell me, how exactly did they "lower their admission standards"? Do you just mean raising the maximum age for non-prior service admissions? Because I don't think that really speaks to the income/"last resort" argument...

Nonsense. http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/cda06-09.cfm t is commonly claimed that the military relies on recruits from poorer neighborhoods because the wealthy will not risk death in war. This claim has been advanced without any rigorous evidence. Our review of Pen­tagon enlistee data shows that the only group that is lowering its participation in the military is the poor. The percentage of recruits from the poorest American neighborhoods (with one-fifth of the U.S. population) declined from 18 percent in 1999 to 14.6 percent in 2003, 14.1 percent in 2004, and 13.7 percent in 2005.