“In a vast, cold universe we aren’t just “Keepers of the Sacred Flame” of life, we are the bloody flame. So if our microbes spread life, are we committing a sin or a brilliant blessing?”
The Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study (DTOGS) released a press release outlining a plan to secure federal funds to build a light rail transit system along the Woodward corridor in Detroit. The rail system would be a starter line for a more regional transit system. Imagine going from Pontiac to Birmingham, to Royal Oak and Ferndale, and all the way down to Detroit’s New Center, Wayne State University, and Fox Town all on light rail?
The initial line would run up Woodward Avenue starting next to Comerica Park, Ford Field and the Fox Theater, and run up to the State Fairgrounds at 8-Mile road. The idea is that Oakland county would be able to extend the line further up Woodward and into the surrounding cities. This is definitely something the region needs.
Here’s a demonstration of what it might look like:
At an initial cost of $371 million, the DTOGS Project, led by the Detroit Department of Transporation (DDOT) is looking to secure up to 60% of the funds from the Federal Transit Administration. The remaining funds would come from “other Federal, state and local funding sources”. DDOT is working with the URS Corporation, a consulting firm with previous success in helping cities through the Federal review process.
Construction on Woodward Avenue could begin as soon as 2011. Finally! Mass transit in Motown!
Arrogance might not be such a bad thing afterall…
From Little Bites of Point:
When a person asks if they look fat, the answer is always yes. People who are fit, know they are fit. It’s perhaps unfortunate, but common sense requires that you acknowledge that people who look good know they look good, even if well advised politeness or political correctness causes them to suppress any expression of that which is plain to see.
He goes on:
Instead of suppressing the best among us with guilt, jealously and socialist policies, imagine a world in which all extraordinary people were deluded into believing they are average, then realize how grateful you are the world has not been deprived of the benefits derived from their contributions.
Jim Jubak writes:
The taxes you paid on your recently filed 1040 included roughly $4,300 to cover your household’s annual share of the interest payments on the $9.4 trillion in public debt owed by the U.S. government.
David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States:
The most serious threat to the United States … is our own fiscal responsibility.
I actually started to recognize one of the numbers. At 9:00 PM on a Sunday night, the phone rang. “Who could that be”, I thought. The number 877-303-8757 “TOLL FREE CALL” showed up on the second ring. I picked up, but there was nobody on the other side. We’ve been getting all sorts of random calls lately. They seem to come through at random throughout the day, but Sunday night? That’s a little rediculous. I looked up the number on several reverse phone number lookup sites such as:
Some of the reports claim the number belongs to “GC Services”. I finally just called the number back. A woman answered “GC Services how may I help you”. I reported the many calls. She asked if I had a Capital One card. I do not. She then asked for my phone number. I reluctantly gave it to her… I figured I was already getting several calls a day from this number. How much worse can it get? She said she couldn’t find the number in the system, but that she would remove it from their call list.
Is it just me or does that not make any sense? If my number isn’t in their system, why am I getting calls? Nevertheless, if the calls stop, I’ll be happy. Wasn’t the National Do Not Call Registry supposed to prevent calls like this? I think I’ll file a complaint.
It actually tasted quite good!
Microsoft’s next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, has arrived. In a surprising move, after the demo of IE8 and its new features at today’s session of the MIX08 conference. I hope the direction that the IE team has been able to go (as far as standards compliance) is an indication of the direction Microsoft will be headed in the future.
A year after his high school shut down his charity Halo 2 tournament because police said the game was too violent, Zach Wigal is hosting a Halo 3 tournament that could raise $7,500 for local autism charities.
Why don’t we want National Healthcare?