Friday, September 15 2017

Chicago to Columbus in under 30 minutes just got one step closer. 🚄

September 15, 2017

Welcome to Friday. It's James.

Chicago to Columbus in under 30 minutes just got a step closer to reality as the Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh route was named a top 10 finalist worldwide.

Anything this bold is still quite far away from even being viable for testing, but it's great to see this route continuing to move through the ranks for further investment. And looking at the top 10 it certainly looks as viable as any of the others listed.

Weather 🌡77 - Mostly cloudy. ☁️

Navigator Originals ✏️Don’t Get Lost! The 14 Best Corn Mazes In Ohio [Wiley]Chelsea has compiled the 14 best corn mazes in the state of Ohio. Some are a bit of a drive but when you see how elaborate they are I'm sure you'll agree they might be worth it.  I've got my eye on the Young's Dairy maze in Yellow Springs.Hidden Away Inside Forgotten Eastland Mall Is The Most Japanese Fan Boy Arcade Ever [Miller]Dying malls tend to become wonderfully weird. Zoey takes a visit to a Japanese arcade hidden away in Eastland Mall.Glacier Ridge Metro Park Will Receive New Obstacle Course, Dog Park [Wiley]Glacier Ridge Metro Park is seeing some serious new investments, with over a half million dollars being spent on a new obstacle course and dog park.Columbus Symphony Announces A Show That The Whole Family Will Enjoy [Stuber]The Columbus Symphony is putting on a Beethoven show for the kids October 22nd - parents take note.Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien Seems To Have A Ted Cruz Problem [Miller]Ted Cruz could at least blame this on a staffer, but is Ron O'Brien outsourcing his social media?Navigator Weekender: The 13 Best Things To Do Including The Country Living Fair, IDX, And Arts In The Alley [Wiley]It's not officially fall yet, but the activities are starting to feel awfully fall like. Check out what Chelsa has rounded up for the to do list this weekend.

Around Town 🏘A local father is offering free classes on how to do hair for their daughters. Mike Sherron and his six-year-old daughter Adeline have been running the classes for the last 18 months. [WOSU/Namigadde]How about those Indians? 22 wins in a row, a Major League Baseball record, after Jay Bruce walked them off last night. [LetsGoTribe]A Columbus police officer has been put on desk duty after his body cam picked him up saying "I’m going to for real arm bar you, and then when that still doesn’t work, I’m going to choke the life out of you. Then while you’re drooling on yourself, I’ll handcuff you." Tensions between Columbus police and the public are escalating, and it seems like every week or two something new happens to ramp things up even further. [Dispatch/Burger]The state of Ohio wanted to modernize software to help it collect tax debts, but after spending $12 million the system still can't import data from the old system. Now it's going to court. You have to wonder how much more effective this system would have made tax collection before it would have paid off, even if it had worked. [Dispatch/Ludlow]

Longread 💰Credit monitoring in the U.S. is a nightmare. It only took a massive public data breach to make that clear.Bloomberg: Thank You for Calling Equifax. Your Business Is Not Important to Us

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