Kinda low res but gets the point across.
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Diego sent this my way. Pretty interesting read -- and I'd like to see the day when taking public transit is commonplace even outside of NYC. But we've got a long way to go towards making that a reality -- namely building the PT infrastructure that would make this possible.
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A new poll by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reveals that the more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of prisoners.
What in the world is going on?
According to the survey, 54 percent of Americans who attend church at least once per week said the use of torture against suspected terrorists is “often” or “sometimes” justified, while only 42 percent of Americans who “seldom or never” attend church services agreed with that viewpoint.
Wow.
So is that would Jesus do?
Torture helpless prisoners?
WTF, Jesus?!
Anyone who runs needs to step back and ask themselves why they're buying shoes that force them to strike on their heels. The idea of landing on your forefoot is foreign to most only because shoe companies are invested in your believing you run as the result of their technology and products; the longer you believe this the longer you'll buy their shoes...
via online.wsj.com
Are american's too attached to their cars to give high speed rail a fighting chance in the States?
According to this article, before the AVE was built in Spain, it was thought Spaniards were too disinterested in travel for HSR network to ever amount to anything more than a waste of money...
via whitehouse.gov
Hells yes.
Just read this great blog article (http://www.inter-sections.net/2009/02/21/destroying-the-world-of-warcraft) that does a great job at describing the affects of gaming addiction and the steps this writer took to confront and end it. I’ve always known I’ve had an addictive personality when it comes to imagination driven pastimes (reading and gaming mostly). It’s been a long time since I last felt truly addicted to a game (it was also WoW for me – back in 2004) but reading this blog reminds me of my struggle with the balancing of life and the game. Back when I played, the lvl cap was 60 which I never reached. But it took a herculean effort to step out of the world and I was only able to accomplish it because finals were approaching and I knew I needed a solid week of studying to prepare for my physics exam. After the test was over, I logged back in and strangely found I no longer had the desire to play. Instead I tried to force myself back into the gaming groove and when after a week I still wasn’t enjoying it like I had, I cancelled my account. I still have fond memories of the game – blizzard created an amazing world in this game – but I’m happy with the use I’ve put to my free time since then.
(Reality by ~pyxelated: http://pyxelated.deviantart.com/art/Reality-1440x900-78861805)
You probably saw a couple headlines last week about how Lance Armstrong’s TT bike was stolen. The bike was later delivered to the Sacramento Police (though I’m not sure his teammates who lost bikes were so lucky). Anyway, if you paid attention to the Tour of California, you’ll recognize Dave Zabriske as the eventual 2nd place finisher – 30 seconds or so behind Levi Leipheimer. Zabriske, it seems, finally made it home today from the race only to discover that his house has been ransacked. This gives “bike thief” a whole new meaning…
