From My Bottom Step

The Problem Isn’t the Deer, It’s Us

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 20094Two years ago, when we were being told that deer are “a menace to drivers,” I said that we are the menace. At yesterday’s ETC meeting, three of the four … Continue Reading

LTC 2010 Health & Safety Update

Includes issues like in-bus cameras, protective barriers for operators, mental wellness, near-collisions, etc. #LTC [video]

Volvo’s Pedestrian Protection

Volvo’s S60 sports a “millimeter-wave radar” safety system that the company calls Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake. It’s purpose is to can detect obstructions (inc. pedestrians) in the path of the car and to automatically apply the car’s full braking power if the driver doesn’t respond quickly enough.

It’s claimed that the system can avoid any collision below 25km/h and “lessen the risk” at higher speeds.

Volvo has been attributed as saying that its ultimate goal is to build a car that cannot crash. Continue Reading

2009 John H. Robinson Award

The London Coordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse (LCCEWA) is holding an awards ceremony tonight. #LDN

Protection of Deer and Birds

This small tidbit of interesting information comes from the minutes of the 2009/04/28 Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) meeting:

The AWAC suggested that City Planners consider reviewing all Environmentally Significant Areas (ESA) and neighbourhood planning developments to protect the wildlife such as deer and birds. Continue Reading

Other Animals Deserve to Live Also

2009/04/06 City Hall Demonstration

The Corporate Graveyard

The following is a brief moment of irony, brought to you by the global marketplace:

As billions of taxpayer dollars flow into Citibank, I couldn’t help but appreciate the irony of this quote made in 1981 by Walter B. Wriston, the brilliant banker and former chairman of Citicorp:
The philosophy of the divine right of kings died hundreds of years ago, but not, it seems, the divine right of inherited markets. Some … Continue Reading

It Belongs to Them

A ClimateCartoons present (published with permission ).

Safety of Plastics and Alternatives

“Some scientists are concerned that a chemical found in some plastic products, such as water bottles and children’s sippy cups, could make you very sick and possibly cause cancer.” 01
“Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic — a sturdy, hard plastic found in all sorts of consumer goods, including some nondisposable water bottles, baby bottles, sippy cups and can liners…In a variety of … Continue Reading

The MPP Holiday Is Finally Over

Pigs at the TroughPoliticians finally return to Queens Park on Monday, but you haven’t heard a peep from the local media about this absentee problem have you? Why not? It’s the first time that our elected ‘representatives’ have been in session this year. 01 In actual fact, the legislature has sat only two weeks in the past nine months! 02 It’s the first time that they’ve been in the legislature since pocketing another automatic salary increase which kicked in as fast as the new year began. Too bad that they couldn’t move as fast to get back to work. Nice gig if you can get it.
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