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Detroit streetcar effort may piggyback off of Cincinnati – Cincinnati Business Courier

(Cincinnati does not have a lock on being silly about trying to use streetcar spin to make city “look” first class.)

A nonprofit effort to build a streetcar line in Detroit could try to piggyback off of Cincinnati’s order of five streetcars from CAF USA, according to a published report.

M1, a nonprofit consortium of Detroit businesses and nonprofit organizations building a $137 million 3.3-mile-long streetcar line in that city, is working on a request-for-proposal set to be issued in October for six streetcars, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.

Cincinnati’s streetcars are similar to the type for which M1 is looking.

“M1 took a special interest in Cincinnati’s $20 million procurement of five streetcars,” Crains reported.

M1 leaders have looked at buying six streetcars on their own or “attaching themselves to another system’s order, which is a common practice in the transit industry because it can reduce turnaround time and cost,” according to Crain’s.

via Detroit streetcar effort may piggyback off of Cincinnati – Cincinnati Business Courier.

The runaway

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At this time of year if you’re a vegetable gardener, you’ve experienced it—zucchini runaways. One day you go out and see this cute little zuke and think I’ll give it one more day and the next day you go out and it grew into a baseball bat. It’s like overnight it got on some steroids and went ballistic.  Now it’s too big so what do we do with them besides hide them under the bed in case an intruder comes in? Well you could use them as door stops or take them to the fair but here are 4 ideas to eat them!

Savory Zucchini Pancakes
Take 2 cups of grated zucchini, add two beaten eggs, 2 tablespoons of flour, and 2 teaspoons of some fresh herb you have and 1 cup feta or mozzarella or cheddar or whatever cheese you have (please, no Velveeeeeta). If you want…

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Stacey Rambold, Former Teacher Who Raped Student, Gets 30 Days Jail

Judges can be just as hateful toward women as Senators and members of the House of Representatives…

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A former Montana high school teacher convicted of raping a 14-year-old female student who later committed suicide will face only 30 days of jail time.

Stacey Dean Rambold, 54, had at least three sexual encounters with student Cherice Morales in 2008. In 2010, the student committed suicide a few weeks before her 17th birthday, The Billings Gazette reported.

Yellowstone County Judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced Rambold to 15 years prison, with all but only 31 days suspended for sexual intercourse without consent. The judge then gave Rambold credit for one day served, bringing the offender’s total jail time to just 30 days.

Auliea Hanlon, mother to the victim, testified that her daughter’s relationship with Rambold was a large factor in the teen’s suicide. As the sentence was delivered, Hanlon began to scream “You people suck!” before leaving the courtroom.

The judge said victim Morales was “as much in…

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David Ignatius: In Syria, U.S. credibility is at stake – The Washington Post

Obama needs to calibrate his military strike in Syria with two other regional players in mind: Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Iranians surely have read Obama’s caution (correctly) as a sign that he wants to avoid another war in the Middle East. Unfortunately, history tells us that an ambitious, revolutionary nation such as Iran makes compromises only under duress. U.S. action against Assad may not deter the Iranians, but it will at least make them think twice about crossing Obama’s “red line” against their acquiring nuclear weapons.

via David Ignatius: In Syria, U.S. credibility is at stake – The Washington Post.

in 2003 , Here is David Ignatius’  and, his support for the Iraq Debacle in 2003:

My own gut tells me that this is a war worth fighting. But I’m bothered that America still hasn’t had the kind of broad national debate that would provide a solid foundation of public support for sending U.S. troops into battle.