Blogs from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, North America - page 4

1st of November: We walked from the IICD Campus to the close by road M-62, from where we started Hitchhiking towards Cleveland, so our goal was app. 420miles. The first ride we got from an afro-american lady, who spends her time with lots of volunteer work to Elkhart, INDIANA. From there we have been picked up by a guy named Hans Heintzelman, who has Irish forefathers. He and his little son took us to Angola,IN. Kent, who was driving us to Oakshade,OH gave us the experience of driving in and old big american Buick. After we got stuck for a while in front of a little house, a women living in that house gave us together with her husband a ride to Toledo, where from we got our last ride that day to Cleveland. A Bosnian ... read more

8:00am - Planned departure time 9:05am - Actual departure time 9:07am - Second official unplanned scenic detour So we are finally back on the right road (thank goodness for iPhones!). Our ultimate destination for the day is Rochester MN with a couple fun stops in between. We are hoping to get in about 11 or 12 hours of driving and at least a few chapters of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. More later and hopefully some pictures at some point. ... read more

Hey gang! The Travel Blog is back! :) I'm not going to be on the other side of the globe this time (though that trip does need to be repeated eventually...), but I'm going to have a completely different cultural experience this summer. (For my new readers: During Summer 2007, I chaperoned for the Oberlin Choristers trip to Sydney and New Zealand... and played the piano in the Sydney Opera House (AMAZING.) ... those entries are still attached, if you're interested...) My graduate program here at KSU requires several internship experiences before graduation; we are also encouraged to get an internship position for the summer. Much to my father's excitement, I'll be spending June and July at the University of Florida working in their Career Resource Center... learning how critique resumes and host mock interviews... I'll ... read more

This past Wednesday, Somali pirates captured the Mearsk-Alabama; the ship carries the flag of the United States. The ship, which was carrying twenty crewmembers, is now a FBI crime scene as a result of the ordeal. Apparently the courageous crew risked their life and limbs by fighting back; one crew member successfully stabbed a Somali pirate with an ice pick. The heroic captain selflessly gave himself over to the pirates so that his crew would be left unharmed; the pirates left the ship to the crew and boarded a covered lifeboat with their captive. This brave soul, Captain Richard Phillips, also attempted an escape on Friday, but was recaptured by the armed pirates. After days of being held captive at the whim of the pirates, the Captain was rescued after President Obama authorized the use of ... read more

Obama is asserting his strength to the automakers with a push to make changes in the auto industry in exchange for bailout funds. The automakers would have to agree to make big changes in their industry in order to benefit from billions more in bailout funds. With bankruptcy looming over their heads, company leaders may have little choice in the matter. This comes after the ousting of GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner this past weekend. Experts say that if bankruptcy, which is a last resort option, does occur, court proceedings could be used to separate the automakers’ failing ventures from successful ones. The successful ones would be made into separate corporations, which would either go on as usual or be sold; failing assets would be dropped like a bad habit. One major announcement is ... read more