Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts
—The New York Times
On supporting basic human rights & the US Constitution:
For:
Justice Kennedy
Justice Breyer
Justice Ginsburg
Justice Souter
Justice Stevens
Against:
Chief Justice Roberts
Justice Alito
Justice Scalia
Justice Thomas
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Malfunctioning Traffic Signals :: realHow
Call your state/county DOT and/or city Public Works Department and tell them to fix the broken signal.
If you live in Greenville, NC call:
COG :: Public Works Department
(252) 329-4522 Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
(252) 329-4300 after hours
NC DOT District / County Maintenance Engineers Directory
District Engineer
Elwood Jarvis
(252) 946-3689
(Washington, NC)
County Maintenance Engineer
Jeff Cabaniss
(252) 830-3142
(Greenville, NC)
NC DOT Division of Highways
Highway Maintenance - Pitt County
104 W Belvoir Rd
(252) 830-3142
Traffic Engineer
1704 N Greene St
(252) 830-3146
Traffic Services Dept.
1712 N Memorial Dr
(252) 830-3493
If you live in Greenville, NC call:
COG :: Public Works Department
(252) 329-4522 Monday - Friday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm
(252) 329-4300 after hours
NC DOT District / County Maintenance Engineers Directory
District Engineer
Elwood Jarvis
(252) 946-3689
(Washington, NC)
County Maintenance Engineer
Jeff Cabaniss
(252) 830-3142
(Greenville, NC)
NC DOT Division of Highways
Highway Maintenance - Pitt County
104 W Belvoir Rd
(252) 830-3142
Traffic Engineer
1704 N Greene St
(252) 830-3146
Traffic Services Dept.
1712 N Memorial Dr
(252) 830-3493
Malfunctioning Traffic Signals
Basically all "demand-actuated" traffic signals.
This example is about a year old, but is typical:
The whole quote is in an article here :
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/072007/07162007/298724
(would be nice if more news organizations had a transportation reporter)
"Dear Kelly: I ride a motorcycle and have frequent problems with traffic lights not working correctly. One example is the intersection of State Route 205 and U.S. 301 in King George ....
The Virginia Department of Transportation sent a traffic signal unit to inspect the signal at State Route 205/U.S. 301. ...
The signal unit found the sensor to be working properly, [VDOT] said. ... Contact Tina Bundy at 540/899-4560 ..." [to tell them otherwise]
—Kelly Hannon's on-line column Getting There in the Fredericksburg, VA The Free Lance-Star
Unfortunately a typical response from a DOT — "We checked it and it works ..."
NO, it DOESN'T work!
If a bicycle or motorcycle doesn't trigger it, then it doesn't work.
That is the definition of it working (both a bicycle and a motorcycle should trigger it), as a rule if something doesn't meet the definition of it working then it is considered to not work, duh‽
Further typical DOT responses along lines of "Well we don't have anything to check it with, why don't you bring your (bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, fill in the blank)".
Maybe if you need to test it to work with a bicycle or motorcycle, you should have a typical bike available for testing instead of using your DOT TEN TON TRUCK!
This example is about a year old, but is typical:
The whole quote is in an article here :
http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/072007/07162007/298724
(would be nice if more news organizations had a transportation reporter)
"Dear Kelly: I ride a motorcycle and have frequent problems with traffic lights not working correctly. One example is the intersection of State Route 205 and U.S. 301 in King George ....
The Virginia Department of Transportation sent a traffic signal unit to inspect the signal at State Route 205/U.S. 301. ...
The signal unit found the sensor to be working properly, [VDOT] said. ... Contact Tina Bundy at 540/899-4560 ..." [to tell them otherwise]
—Kelly Hannon's on-line column Getting There in the Fredericksburg, VA The Free Lance-Star
Unfortunately a typical response from a DOT — "We checked it and it works ..."
NO, it DOESN'T work!
If a bicycle or motorcycle doesn't trigger it, then it doesn't work.
That is the definition of it working (both a bicycle and a motorcycle should trigger it), as a rule if something doesn't meet the definition of it working then it is considered to not work, duh‽
Further typical DOT responses along lines of "Well we don't have anything to check it with, why don't you bring your (bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, fill in the blank)".
Maybe if you need to test it to work with a bicycle or motorcycle, you should have a typical bike available for testing instead of using your DOT TEN TON TRUCK!
Monday, June 09, 2008
Careful With That Axe Dr. Eugene
Be careful if you're taking a hospital visit : "... 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die each year ... from preventable medical errors.". — http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/500_err.html
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Modern Times :: The Golden Rule
Be fair with others;
then keep after them until they're fair with you.
Alan Alda. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.
New York: Random House, 2007.
then keep after them until they're fair with you.
Alan Alda. Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.
New York: Random House, 2007.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Uncle Billy Roberts' Nickle
My mother's proudest possession.
Her favorite Uncle gave her
Before crushing logs
Shifted.
Her brother thought it would be good
To buy a coat for his intended girlfriend.
Her favorite Uncle gave her
Before crushing logs
Shifted.
Her brother thought it would be good
To buy a coat for his intended girlfriend.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Lawrence at Home
Long straight road
round corner
Parker's house
Over shoulder,
"Hold tight!"
Watching Honda's speedo climbing.
Superior 750 power bro'.
100, 110, 120
How far would it go?
Home no more,
road ends.
round corner
Parker's house
Over shoulder,
"Hold tight!"
Watching Honda's speedo climbing.
Superior 750 power bro'.
100, 110, 120
How far would it go?
Home no more,
road ends.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Your Turning Intentions
What you intend - does not exist
What your tyre does - is
If the top of your front tyre is still
you are good
If the top of your front tyre is turning
it is a matter of great concern.
What your tyre does - is
If the top of your front tyre is still
you are good
If the top of your front tyre is turning
it is a matter of great concern.
Think Effects Affects Me
Could not care less
what you think
Only care
what you do
Unfortunately
What you think
effects
what you do
what you think
Only care
what you do
Unfortunately
What you think
effects
what you do
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Found On Road Dead
Cold metal brush
Explorering crosswalk
Rubbering me the wrong way
Must you need kill me
to reach a red light‽
Explorering crosswalk
Rubbering me the wrong way
Must you need kill me
to reach a red light‽
Monday, May 05, 2008
Calvin
An old man
helped my other mother
with her yard and gardening
He must have been
thirty, maybe forty
Beside him I rode in his old pickup truck
To a cabin on Pea Ridge
Gravel beside the road
Land sweeping down to the distance
Neatly swept floor
Hard packed
Chickens
roam the yard
Children
I could play with
Cornbread
I could eat
Water magically flowing
just by moving a handle
up and down
A special house
out back
for restroom
Later he drove me back.
helped my other mother
with her yard and gardening
He must have been
thirty, maybe forty
Beside him I rode in his old pickup truck
To a cabin on Pea Ridge
Gravel beside the road
Land sweeping down to the distance
Neatly swept floor
Hard packed
Chickens
roam the yard
Children
I could play with
Cornbread
I could eat
Water magically flowing
just by moving a handle
up and down
A special house
out back
for restroom
Later he drove me back.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Celina Branch
Willow dropped her broken limb
in shallow branch
water tugging down
flowed by wrist full
my toy boat caught there
momentum in time
yearning to be passed
pushing past,
forking past,
down stream.
in shallow branch
water tugging down
flowed by wrist full
my toy boat caught there
momentum in time
yearning to be passed
pushing past,
forking past,
down stream.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Early Mourning
Through mist i
Thought I saw you standing by the river
Watching geese
Paddling & swiming
Noisily living
Eating & honking
Waddling up the riverbank
Mist cleared, you're gone.
Thought I saw you standing by the river
Watching geese
Paddling & swiming
Noisily living
Eating & honking
Waddling up the riverbank
Mist cleared, you're gone.
Friday, May 02, 2008
The Seventh Commandment
I find it hard to resist breaking the seventh commandment sometimes. How about you‽
7. Do not mix sacrificial blood with leavened bread.
7. Do not mix sacrificial blood with leavened bread.
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