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Huei Peng, University of Michigan Mcity Director, at Autonomous Car Detroit
Tech

What Cities Need to Know about Consumer Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles

March 30, 2018 Dell Deaton

Last month, Wired magazine published its “Guide to Self-Driving Cars.” If that article doesn’t make this subject just that simple and straightforward, it must go a long way to reinforcing the idea that autonomous vehicles ….

Minutes before opening of Saline Craft Shows March 2018 event
Four Ps

There’s a Formula to Saline Craft Show Success and Community Value

March 29, 2018 Dell Deaton

Now almost two weeks after the Saline Craft Shows spring event, the time seems right to reflect back on what these attractions mean to our local community. Not just this year, but as a culmination ….

Experimental Ford Fusion Hybrid self-driving car used for Domino's Pizza deliveries
Tech

Arizona Uber Incident Will Affect Local Autonomous Vehicle Industry

March 21, 2018 Dell Deaton

Last August, Domino’s Pizza deployed a Ford Fusion Hybrid on the streets of Ann Arbor in partnership with Ford Motor Company. It had the goal of “gauging customer reactions to self-driving delivery vehicles.” [1] Based ….

Jeff Shields of General Motors subsidiary Maven, speaking at Autonomous Car Detroit
Tech

Autonomous Vehicles Promise to Solve Downtown Parking Problems

March 19, 2018 Dell Deaton

Imagine suggesting this as a solution to one of the top concerns of Saline main street businesses: Eliminate all parking spaces and look for patrons to drive their cars more often. [1,2] According to the ….

Emagine Entertainment lighting at Emagine Theatre in Saline Mich
Serendipity

Hitchcock Classic “Virtigo” Returns to Big Screen for Limited Showings

March 12, 2018 Dell Deaton

The original 1958 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Virtigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak is scheduled for a limited engagement return at Emagine Theatre in Saline. [1] March 18 (Sunday), with shows starting at 2:00pm and ….

Howard J Reeves Woodstock typewriter
Serendipity

Welcome to the Pre-Launch of Saline Journal Online Metro Magazine

March 5, 2018 Dell Deaton

From the Editor— Although I’ve been providing local news content through a variety of outlets since 1984, my work here with Saline Journal is new, and “officially” launches on Monday April 2, 2018. [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] Saline ….

Rentschler Farm barn after March snowfall
f/ Stops

Morning Is Best Time to Photograph the Rentchler Farm Barn in March

March 2, 2018 Dell Deaton

Historic Rentschler Farm Museum is a popular attraction for the sampling it provides of rural life in Michigan during The Great Depression. Easily visible from Michigan Avenue, its impressive red barn structure makes a great ….

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  • via Samaritan's Purse (March 28, 2022)— "Franklin Graham Meets with Samaritan's Purse Team in Ukraine": Work continues as fighting rages in eastern Europe. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse, traveled to Ukraine this past weekend to meet with our teams who have been at work there since the early stages…

    – April 3, 2022

  • via Samaritan's Purse— "Samaritan's Purse is operating multiple medical facilities in various parts of Ukraine and providing food and non-food relief items through church partners in both Ukraine and Moldova": Samaritan's Purse continues to provide medical relief to displaced Ukrainians, serving them at our Emergency Field Hospital on the outskirts…

    – March 13, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (May 2, 2022)— "Be the Church in the marketplace" by Coye L Bouyer, founding pastor of Kingdom Life Church, in Lansing, Michigan: This is a classic story of what God can and will do when lay people begin to take seriously the Lord’s call on their life to…

    – May 15, 2022

  • re United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization— On May 3, 2022, Heather Riggleman addressed the question "What Does the Bible Say about Abortion?" on Christianity website. "Every year, over three million women ... in the US will face an unplanned pregnancy and of those pregnancies,…

    – June 24, 2022

  • via Lifeway Research (April 6, 2021)— "Americans' Views of Life's Meaning and Purpose Are Changing," by Aaron Earls: As Americans attempt to move past the life-altering effects of 2020, their perspective is shifting on some of the most significant questions facing humanity. [Compared] to a decade ago, U.S. adults today are…

    – January 9, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (February 2, 2022)— "Treasures in the darkness," by Karen Blanchard, women's life group leader with Lakepointe Church in Shelby Township, Michigan: Having been in this pandemic for two years now, we face days that seem uncertain and difficult to navigate. Yet through all the darkness and confusion,…

    – March 6, 2022

  • via Baptist Beacon (April 1, 2022)— "Inwardly strong, outwardly focused," by Mike Durbin, State Evangelism Director for the Baptist State Convention of Michigan: Legendary football coach, Vince Lombardi, started the first day of the Green Bay Packers training camp in 1961 with a football in his right hand and these words:…

    – April 10, 2022

  • via Lifeway Research (February 22, 2022)— "Most Open to Spiritual Conversations, Few Christians Speaking," by Aaron Earls: Americans are curious about the religious devotion of others and are willing to discuss the topic, but most say they rarely have conversations about faith with their Christian friends .... Half of Americans (51%)…

    – March 20, 2022

  • Maundy Thursday— "On this Thursday before Good Friday, Christians of all colors and stripes celebrate three events on the last night our Lord spent with his apostles before the Crucifixion: the washing of the disciples’ feet, the suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane and the betrayal of Judas Iscariot. "The…

    – April 14, 2022

Past Spotlights

Douglas C-47 Skytrain from World War II

“Air Adventures” set to resume for 2021 flight season, with options to book on Yankee Air Museum planes this Saturday

April 28, 2021

Bygone Features

Actual Breitling for Bentley James Bond watch worn by Jeffery Deaver

An Original James Bond Watch Was Displayed in Ann Arbor Last Month

December 3, 2011
Truly unique wristwatches, distinguished by the individual stories behind them, attract increasing collector attention. There’s a National Watch & Clock Museum dedicated to such things in Pennsylvania, housing the largest collection of timepieces outside of Switzerland. Three years ago, its special exhibit of watches worn by U.S. Presidents commanded some of the largest visitor numbers it had ever seen. [1,2] Outside of this world, it’s been more than four decades since the first moon landing. ....
Senator Gary Peters and 2019 Earth Day climate change summit panel

Senator Gary Peters uses Earth Day to spotlight climate change issues with summit held at Michigan State University

April 22, 2019
The first “Earth Day” is generally recognized in the United States as having been organized in response public concerns that had reached a tipping point in the wake of specific, highly visible environmental assaults during the closing year of the 1960s. These ranged from industrial contamination of waters off Lake Erie to unbridled whale hunting to near extinction. [1] That recognition is credited to Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and dates to April 22, ....

Findings from Dodge Brothers Club trip to Detroit this week, connecting with earliest founders-produced car(s): Part II

June 25, 2022
Brothers John and Horace Dodge were a formidable force as backbone to the nascent American automobile industry when they advertised the first car that was to carry their own name, in the August 29, 1914, edition of Saturday Evening Post. [1-5] Part I of this two-part series provided an introduction to the history that substantiates the above summary. That reporting set out a sequence that necessarily passed through the Ford Motor Company Piquette Avenue plant ....

“Everybody Isn’t Cut Out for Trade Work,” Advises Dr Rose Bellanca, Washtenaw Community College President

May 21, 2018
Parents of Saline High School seniors set to graduate on June 3 are likely to remember the career aspirations given voices by their own classmates a generation ago. [1] Circa 1994, Bill Clinton was early in his first term and it was exciting to think about work in the political arena. NASA was safely thirty-five shuttle missions post-Challenger, “the Internet was the next big thing in technology,” and “Y2K” had yet to justify massive increases ....

Mackinac Policy Conference 2019, Part 1: The need for “civility” in political discourse – and how to make it work

May 29, 2019
During his appearance this past January as part of a five-person panel providing a “Sneak Peak” of the 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference, WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson spoke disparagingly of Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of The Detroit News. Repeatedly. [1-4] Every so often he’d look out into the crowd consipiratorially, as if to suggest it obvious that nothing written by Mr Finley was worth reading. Awkward, like any of the felt-too-close-to-the-truth-to-come-across-as-engagingly-funny verbal jabs ....
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