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Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on promoting your transferable skills. Also, don't be afraid to list family caregiver as a career / fill in your resume gaps. It's perfectly understandable that someone may have to exit the traditional workforce to care for a loved one for an extended period. That can teach you a whole new skill set that employers value.

I'd say your next task would be to start networking to get conversations with people who currently work at companies you are targeting. I'm a fan of what was Jim Grant's group, which became https://www.northcoastjobseekers.org/. It's a free career networking group that meets regularly and focuses on networking, promoting yourself, etc.

Jim wrote a book that's a very good guide to searching for a job, https://www.amazon.com/Get-Job-Compensation-You-Want/dp/143921249X. It was very helpful to me last time I was in between roles.

If you want to discuss more, feel free to PM.

In the summer you can literally go any day to a free music performance (Mentor Rocks Tuesday, Wade Oval Wednesday, Edgewater Live Thursday, Euclid Beach Live Friday, etc.). They may not always be rock bands, but often are. In addition to the Porchfest, Hessler Street Fair is going on this weekend.


The Grog Shop, Beachland, Agora, etc. are smaller concert venues that have concerts year round in addition to concerts at the Q, House of Blues, Nautica, Blossom. This is a much larger number of live venues than cities of comparable size (and even more than larger cities, such as in Houston). Historically there were underground/smaller concert locations such as Speak in Tounges, Barking Spider, Euclid Tavern (the latter two being recent RIPs in University Circle).


The history of rock in Cleveland also includes the market serving as a test ground for tracks in the USA before doing a nationwide release. This book has a great history of WMMS - voted the best rock station for 9 straight years by Rolling Stone (when radio and magazines still mattered) - https://www.amazon.com/Buzzard-Inside-Cleveland-Radio-Memoir/dp/1598510517 Wish that WMMS wasn't a bought out, generic, I heart radio crap station now


I agree w/ @richard_cranium - that the average Clevelander doesn't know this history. And likely doesn't go out to concerts of underground/local bands at the grog that much. But rock has a history here and still lives on.

If you are really anti-medication, then look into cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Both are counseling techniques that are clinically proven to be effective against depression. Regular exercise (ideally at least 30 minutes most days of the week) is also clinically proven to be effective for depression. You might find that to be enough and you may decide that you don't want medication. If not, you'll still have medications as an option.

There are various physical problems that can manifest as depression. You may want to talk to your doctor about those just to rule those out.

Here are a couple good books that explain the counseling techniques listed above.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0380810336?pc_redir=1411719113&robot_redir=1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1609618955/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1411750842&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40

If one of those techniques appeals to you more than the other, be sure to ask the therapist you choose if that's part of their practice.

Keep in mind what you want when looking for a practitioner. Psychiatrists are medical doctors who have taken some counseling classes. They are going to strongly prefer medication. Psychologists are completely different. They have a doctorate in psychology and are very good at talk therapy. They can't write prescriptions but can refer you for that if needed. Some work in a practice with a psychiatrist so this referral may be pretty simple. Social workers may not have as much formal education as a psychologist when it comes to talk therapy, but they tend to be cheaper and they also tend to have a lot of good practical experience. They're the best choice if you want practical advice from someone who has probably seen just about everything.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Bullet three is exactly backward. Shaker Heights high school used to be ranked in the 90th percentile, but as the mix changed to the one you quote, the Percentage of Students Passing All Four Parts of the Ohio Graduation Test dropped to 67.4%, the high school stopped being one of the most desirable, and white flight has and is occurring.

I agree with you that Clevelanders do NOT fear integrated education, but people value education and will chase these rankings. So if an influx of black students changes a highschool's pass rate, you will see white flight based on the change in status of the highschool. It's also worth noting that the high desirability of these schools is a draw which creates demand for real-estate and as the rankings decline, people will abandon the community as it is a precursor to declining home values, which is where most of the middle-class has the majority of their wealth, exasperating the "white flight" scenario.

There was a Black American Students in An Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement written about the phenomenon.

The author John U. Ogbu was ostricized by the black community because of it.

Yeah, I'm not sure that Cleveland is ready yet unfortunately. Even in Ohio City - right on the Rapid, across the bridge from downtown, etc - people still want cars. Like others have said, public transport to the suburbs is abysmal so you can't even get to inner ring places like Brooklyn or Linndale without a hassle. I hope one day it'll get better though. It's slowly getting better in Pittsburgh but I still get people who ask how my husband and I can get around with only one car.

PS if you haven't read Jeff Speck yet, you'll like him ;)

Check out this book

Cleveland On Foot 4th Edition: 50 Walks and Hikes in Greater Cleveland https://www.amazon.com/dp/1886228841/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_VS-2AbM840QSS

Also the buckeye trail in the CVNP is great. Once they complete the bridge rebuild the Old Carriage Trail is my favorite.

seems kind of morbid, but a fascinating book that gives lots of insight into Cleveland history and a deeper understanding of how certain things are today is "They Died Crawling"...

https://www.amazon.com/They-Died-Crawling-Other-Cleveland/dp/1886228035

Great read.

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The book link is http://www.amazon.com/Clevelands-Finest-Vince-McKee/dp/1492973750/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381762480&sr=1-1&keywords=Vince+McKee

I opened this thread thinking it would be about 1970's era WMMS. This is a great book about that time.

eerily similar to Ann Rule's true crime book "If You Really Loved Me". i wonder if he ever read that one.

There's this book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1938441079/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr1_1?qid=1449372861&sr=8-1-fkmr1&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70&keywords=damn+straight+im+from+cleveland) which they also sell at the clevelsbd store downtown, that's fun.

I'm reading The Windup Girl right now, and the shipping docks and nearby warehouse/industrial area are featured prominently. In the post-apocalyptic landscape (after "the Expansion") moving goods by sailing ship is once again the dominant form of global trade. I like that your idea of using the flats and up the Cuyahoga river a bit. Maybe also that section of abandoned "subway" under the Veterans Memorial bridge.

Get this book: https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Guide-Cuyahoga-Valley-National/dp/1598510401

I recommend the Ledges and Brandywine Gorge.

This is a recent Burmese cookbook by the co-author of Hot Sour Salty Sweet which is probably the cookbook I've cooked more things from than any other.

http://www.amazon.com/Clevelands-Finest-Vince-McKee/dp/1492973750/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382351706&sr=8-1&keywords=cleveland%27s+finest

Dragons of the Cuyahoga!

With halloween around the corner you'll start noticing more and more posts about Helltown and "the road to the end of the world" and things like that. The parks there revamped that area years ago and most of the things you'll see in pictures aren't even there anymore. If you're considering driving out to check it out its not what it used to be and you'll most likely leave disappointed. Enjoy the storied from people who got to experience it. I drove out there once before they locked it all down and it was fun but when I went back to do it again it was a major bummer. Heres a book that has some other strange and unusual findings in ohio:

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UHF antennas do the trick usually. i knowWOIO is VHF but it wasnt until i got a UHF antenna did it actually reliably show up for me. it's weird.

try this antenna

i had trouble getting 19.1 for a really long time before someone told me i needed a UHF one.

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