Should MetroAccess Users Be Worried Over This Weekend?

Dec 112009
 

Disclosure: I’m one of the founder members of DC ParaTransit Info, which has monitored and reported on MetroAccess and related accessible transportation issues in the DC Metro Area for many years.

Updated: 4:46pm 12/12/09
The Washington Post has reported on who it says the reorganization affects. and it won’t affect MetroAccess.  Yay! (Heads-up courtesy of the Greater Greater Washington blog)

It’s all over the news this evening.  After Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) tore into Metro this past week over safety concerns, DC Council Member and Metro board Chairman Jim Graham stepped up and announced he was working with General Manager John B. Catoe Jr. to, as Councilman Graham stated, “change Metro, and it’s going to happen very rapidly”.

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 Posted by on December 11, 2009 Disability , ,  No Responses »

A Blast From The Past – Literally

Dec 082009
 

To be honest, I wasn’t sure if this is a “What the Frak??” post, or simply a humorous one – which do you think it comes under?

On tonight’s news, there was a segment about a firearm found inside the D.C. Jail.

It was about 30 seconds into the segment when I cracked up totally in uncontrollable laughter as our local newsdrone Derek McGinty, with a perfectly straight face, mentioned that the firearm was related to an incident in the D.C. Jail from 2003.

Why was this funny?  I’m glad you asked me!

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 Posted by on December 8, 2009 WTF?  No Responses »

Lest We Forget

Dec 082009
 

This coming Saturday morning, December 12th, several thousand people won’t be home in the warm, cuddled up in their beds all comfy and toasty.

Instead, they’ll have made their way early that morning to Arlington National Cemetery, as well as other locations spread out across the United States, Iraq, and other foreign locations.

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Silent Rest - Arlington 2008

This will see the final phase of the annual Wreaths Across America project to completion for the 18th year.

The trucks, carrying over 150,000 donated wreaths, are in transit as I write this entry, escorted by the Patriot Guard Riders, and many others – organizations and individuals.

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 Posted by on December 8, 2009 Patriot Guard Riders, Veterans , , ,  No Responses »

Perfect Bodies Revisited

Dec 072009
 

In Perfect Bodies Only, Please, I wrote a piece on how people with disabilities aren’t entirely welcomed within mainstream professional sports, instead in many cases effectively being forced into segregated participation by being barred from using those tools that give them the same level of participation able-bodied players have.

In it, I noted that professional sports seems to focus on appearances.

Today I watched a segment on CNN’s website that I think shows just how far professional sports can go to maintain those appearances and continue to make money1.

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 Posted by on December 7, 2009 WTF?  No Responses »

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-07

Dec 062009
 
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Perfect Bodies Only, Please

Dec 062009
 

Golf isn’t a sport you usually associate with doping scandals, the use of performance-enhancing drugs, but that’s now changed with the news of Doug Barron, a PGA Tour player who has been suspended for a year.

His offense is to have taken beta blockers and artificial testosterone.

Artificial or natural testosterone has been used by other athletes because it preomotes muscle mass, and strength.

Beta blockers help enhance focus and concentration.

So, it looks like a slam dunk case of trying to cheat, right?

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 Posted by on December 6, 2009 Disability  No Responses »

The UK’s Digital Economy Bill – Money Talks

Dec 032009
 

The UK is all in a flutter over the Digital Economy Bill that’s currently going through the House Of Lords, one of the final steps before it becomes law.

On first blush, the Bill really reads like a version of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in the US, in many respects.  It doesn’t have a “Takedown Notice” per se, but the process for filing a claim of infringement seems similar.

OK, and … ?

Most people so far have been objecting to the disconnect provisions and the burden the Bill places on ISPs.  Enough has been said on those topics that there’s no need to go over them again here.

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 Posted by on December 3, 2009 FUD Factor No Responses »
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