User talk:Synchronism

New conversation about issue with the dyslexia articles

Hi, there.

I noticed that you have made changes to the dyslexia article in the not-too-distant past and would like to solicit your input.

I just started a new conversation on the Wikiproject dyslexia talk page about our attempt to provide a worldwide view in these articles. We could use as many people providing feedback as possible. Please read and respond, if you can.

Thanks!

Rosmoran (talk) 22:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

ITE District 6 - Speed Limits - When and why the 85th percentile, how it relates to safety, enforcement and our laws.

Unique Application of Federal Supremacy; few know that a Speed Limit Sign is a federal device and most installations are not compliant with governing law. Compare our federal law to the ad hock system documented here, in Nation that requires one system and no two are the same in practices or the exercise of police powers. Speed Limit Sign (R2-1): Not only is the shape, size, color, placement, hardware, reflective backing quality and the breakaway post design set by federal regulations, the practices and procedures to determine the safety value of the number on the sign and the exercise of police powers thereof SHALL also be fact based and uniformly applied regardless of state lines, entity type or classification on any public or private roadway, pedestrian facility or bikeway open to the public within the U.S. and its territories. Setting speed limits is one of those hot button issues where the science and our practices couldn’t be more at odds. Regardless of the widely held myths that permeate this issue, the job of an engineer is to make our road safer applying their professions empirical body of knowledge. Safety can only be achieved when the practices are based on fact. When and how to determine the 85th percentile speed is only the starting point. The “Why the 85th percentile” will be an enlightening tool for the practitioner that will make us all safer. We cover everything from the Montana Paradox when speed limits where removed altogether, urban freeways and surface streets and how it relates to the MUTCD, our laws and what speed limits can and cannot do. Reinforcing the engineering axiom that roadway design and environment determine safety and travel speeds, not the number on the sign. With advent of automated enforcement, some jurisdictions are now writing more that 2 citations a year per licensed driver therefore it’s an imperative we make sure that the foundations of the enforcement action, be it red light or speed camera, is based on best practices, not the absence of them. Basic Tenets of Speed Laws: Laws protect the public by regulating unreasonable or unsafe actions. Actions of a reasonable person should be legal. Most people drive in a safe and reasonable manner. Laws cannot be effectively enforced without the public consent and voluntary compliance. http://www.bhspi.org/documents/BHSPI_ITE6_Denver090715f.pdf When you look at the the requirements of the law and enforcement we have not found a single entity in the US in conformance. Here is how it was argued in a California court... if read it will provide a much better understanding of US laws regarding traffic control. http://www.bhspi.org/files/CA_09_cooper_pleadingf.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cdornsife (talk • contribs) 13:18, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

thank you for maths correction

You made the change back to the Alamogordo article. Thank you. My arithmetic is not so good so I did not see that the percentages added up to more than 100%. It seems that there are Hispanic whites and non-hispanic whites. I don't think there are too many Hispanic Asians though and no Hispanic Martians (or non-Hispanic Martians or Native American Martians). Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 15:24, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Have you ever heard of Alberto Fujimori? I assure you there are Asian Hispanics (Asian Latin American. I'm sure you have heard of the Phillipines. The census questions that generate those statistics are like this: What is your race? (Hispanic is not an option, "other" is however). What is your ethnicity? (White is not an option). Here is a decent article on the subject: Race and ethnicity in the United States Census.—Synchronism (talk) 11:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Albuquerque history/cultural timeline info

After reading your comments on Albuquerque, I thought you might enjoy browsing http://tommilesabq.com

This is a blog I put up recently covering aspects of a 600 year historical and cultural timeline I created for the Tricentennial Celebration in 2006. The timeline has been installed in the east wing of the Convention Center since April 2006, and a sister copy installed at the airport in 2008. A YouTube video "5 Perspectives on Albuquerque" describing the timeline in detail is linked to the blog.

Hoping you find this of interest,

98.230.194.12 (talk) 18:23, 18 November 2009 (UTC)Tom Miles, Albuquerque

Thank you, I like blogs about Albuquerque.Synchronism (talk) 09:20, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Chili Line DYK

Great job expanding the article! I like your hook, and I will stay on the nomination (I wrote a decent stub, and that was a redlink on the WikiProject Trains requested article list since June 2008, so I can take some credit). It's great to see that become a decent article now though - I expected it to be a stub for a lot longer considering how long it was a redlink. Again, great work! TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 23:57, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I agree that you deserve credit for the article ( I rarely take the initiative to start articlesl), the stub that you wrote summarized the main points about the railroad nicely and most of that text forms the article's intro now. 'Great work' to you too! Synchronism (talk) 00:26, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Chili Line

On December 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chili Line, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:15, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Albuquerque, New Mexico edits to Art and Culture section

Thanks for putting the Arts and Culture section back in the Albuquerque, New Mexico article. As a disinterested editor I was so angry at the removal, I found I couldn't say anything civil about it. Should I fix up the references there that need reference tags, or wait for the dispute to end? (The editor in question has not yet learned about Talk pages, I suspect.) —Aladdin Sane (talk) 06:14, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

The section definitely needs to be trimmed but not to just a few sentences. The ref fix would be a good start to getting that section up to par, no matter what happens with ZekeW.Synchronism (talk) 06:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

ABQ Skyline

Well, I can't seem to figure out why it came out that way, I knew someone was going to question me on that, It must be a mistake with the camera or the computer? I no longer have that camera. ZekeW (talk) 07:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)