Good afternoon. I have a post on my other blog about mean "gotcha" questions for the debates.
- Streetlights and trail lights could soon stay dark because of a dispute over the streetlight maintenance contract.
- The GenOn power plant in Alexandria, which the Mt. Vernon Trail runs along side of, is now closed. This could lead to some major changes to the trail in that area, and it could make the rail spur to it available for trail conversion.
- Research shows that "wearing a helmet can substantially reduce (by up to 87%) the acceleration experienced by the skull during an impact and can aid the skull in resisting forces up to 470 pounds in a crush accident." I don't doubt that helmets can help reduce forces and accelerations and such. But this line kind of undermines their objectiveness: "The objective of this benchmark investigation was to provide scientific validation for an educational "Children's Bicycle Helmet Campaign" ..."
Love the gotcha questions. Its sad that these are considered "gotch"
I wish we had Parliament Question time like the UK and Australia, where the leaders and the loyal oppositon get to be asked all of these uncomfortable truths and have to reply in the open.
Posted by: SJE | October 02, 2012 at 05:22 PM
The rail line continues down to the waterfront though to those warehouses just south of Pendleton. Are we sure enough about our post peak oil future that the Alexandria waterfront will never be used for cargo activity again?
(I can't remember if the waterfront plan takes out these warehouses or the ones further down (or both). If so nevermind)
But anyway the grounds of the plant itself make a better path to get back up to Slater's Lane than the rail bed (which crosses in the middle of the parkway at an angle, then back across Slater's at another angle until looping back behind Buzzes and the dog park). And I think that is the plan anyway, to put a path through whatever redevelopment goes there. It was in the strawman provided by that gas company at least.
Posted by: Kolohe | October 02, 2012 at 09:51 PM
"The objective of this benchmark investigation was to provide scientific validation for an educational "Children's Bicycle Helmet Campaign"...by providing precise and quantifiable measurements of the protection afforded by bicycle helmets."
"The authors report no potential conflict of interest because no funding was received from any helmet manufacturer and no author has a business or professional affiliation with any entity related to the bicycle industry."
They measured just how badly a kids' skull could be crushed without a helmet. Not much more to be said about that.
Posted by: mole | October 03, 2012 at 11:16 AM
mole, but if you go into an experiment hoping for an outcome it can change the results. It's the reason we do double-blind experiments.
Posted by: washcycle | October 03, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Good point Washcycle. Even if they do not work for a helmet manufacturer,
people have interests in protecting their turf and previous positions. Why would a bureaucrat go out on a limb and challenge the consensus that helmets are necessary.
Neil DeGrassi Tyson said that the problem is not what you don't know, but what you think you know.
Posted by: SJE | October 03, 2012 at 03:09 PM