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Game around DC

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‘DC Meetups – 09-03-22 – Your Move’
courtesy of ‘mosley.brian’

It’s been going on a year since the Metro was festooned with ads for Fallout 3, a post-apocalypse game set in the DC region. Apparently The Conduit doesn’t have the same sort of ad budget since it released a few days ago without any sign of it around our mass transit. But if you want to run around a digital District looking for information about an alien conspiracy and happen to own a Wii perhaps you want to pick this one up.

It’s presumably less depressing than Fallout 3 since everything isn’t a destroyed wasteland. As a bonus, the enemy is named the Drudge. It’s unclear if there’s another group in the game called the Politico that runs around desperately trying to get the Drudge to link to them. I’m hoping that the Drudge wear a silly hat, at least.

If you’ve played the game please chime in and let us know how it is as a representation of DC. You know how much we love to drone on about representations of our fair city.

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Green Line Rail Cracked, Metro Delays


Holding Pattern
Originally uploaded by Samer Farha

Metro discovered a cracked rail on the Green Line near the West Hyattsville station, which is going to result in single tracking around the exposed area until they can repair it. Metro will also be inspecting all 3,000 signaling relays as part of their crash response, which may contribute to system slowness. Until all the relays have been checked, the system will continue to operate in the slower Manual mode.

Update [2:37pm]Metro has announced a second rail crack this time on the Red Line at Medical Center. The Red Line will now be single-tracking between Grosvenor/Strathmore and Friendship Heights.

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Metro crash lawsuit #1

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‘Supreme Columns’
courtesy of ‘Carla Jones (Gen-esis Photography)’

WTOP reports that the first lawsuit has been filed by a crash victim. Davonne Flanagan, 15, received a broken leg in the crash, where he was riding in the rear of the first car of the striking train. The family is seeking $950,000 in pain and suffering as well as actual injury and expected rehabilitation. The victim’s family hired this subway accident lawyer in new york to handle the case.

A personal injury lawyer knows your rights and also knows how much your claim is worth. They also know that their success determines how much money you will pay them. Insurance claims come with so many uncertainties, and most times, insurers always try to find a way of denying claims. They keep tabs on timing and procedures to make sure things happen within the stipulated time limits. This will help keep your compensation claim on the right track. According to the San Bernardino accident lawyer, this is vital for ensuring fast settlement of your claim.

Personal injury lawyers tend to charge on a contingency basis. This means they receive a percentage of the settlement if and when a settlement is reached. A client does not pay out of pocket. Personal injury lawyers‘ fees can range from 33 to 45%.

Attorney Lawrence Lapidus explains the prompt filing with the statement “My clients wanted to file early because the Transit Authority is known not to settle cases without filing suit.” Lapidus has apprently been a plantiff’s attorney against WMATA several times in the past.

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Stumble Safely

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I’m not one to harp on crime statistics as a governing behavior for where I do my socializing, but this one’s too beautiful not to share. Check out Stumble Safely, which maps together a street map of DC, some delightful night spots, DC Metro station maps, and DC Crime Data. It even has settings so that you can filter by time of day or evening. It’s a gorgeous part of Apps for Democracy, a locally-organized contest for putting together a bunch of publicly available data into useful applications for the public.

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Jackassery in the Wake of Tragedy

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‘Underground’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’

I know that most of you are burnt out by all the reporting on the metro crash, but this is something that I just couldn’t let lie.  The family of one of the victims, Ana Fernandez, a Salvadorian immigrant and mother of six, has received calls from “concerned citizens” questioning the legality of their residence.  Apparently, upon hearing of Ms. Fernandez nationality, these people took it upon themselves to leave her grieving family hateful telephone messages giving their thoughts on illegal immigration (there is nothing suggesting that Ana Fernandez was in the country illegally, by the way).  As much as I would love to rant, I think that the shear callousness of these fearless border protectors speaks for itself.  Jackasses.

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Fedorov Signs With Metallurg

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‘Fedorov’ courtesy of ‘borman818’

Russian news outlets are reporting that Caps forward Sergei Fedorov has signed a two-year contract with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). There, he’ll be reunited with his younger brother Fedor.

Fedorov, 39, was reportedly negotiating with several NHL teams besides the Caps but decided in the end to return to his native Russia. His decision ends an 18-year career in the NHL, including three Stanley Cups with the Red Wings.

Fellow Russian Viktor Kozlov left the Caps last month and signed on with this year’s KHL champs Salavat Yulaev Ufa in May. With the two forwards now having moved on and relieving some salary cap space, tomorrow’s NHL Draft and the upcoming July 1 UFA “open season” will prove most interesting for the team. We’ll have a Draft roundup on Monday.

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Fenty on the Death Toll Count Problems

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Mayor Fenty, in the Tuesday morning news conference at the site of the Metro crash, cited a figure of 7 dead, a number that had been reported by all the media earlier in the morning as 9 dead. Now, we have an explanation from the mouth of the Mayor, saying that all of the media was wrong, and that only he could’ve known the truth. I’m not sure that I believe him here. If the media had been reporting 10 dead, and only 7 ever died in the incident, perhaps, but with 9 being the final death toll, and the media got 9 from somewhere, this seems a little odd to me.

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Zagat talks to Roberto Donna about Galileo

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‘Fixed with duct tape’
courtesy of ‘nicolasnova’

Zagat has a little interview with Roberto Donna about his plan to finally re-open Galileo this fall. It’ll be in the old Butterfield 9 spot.

Interesting questions about his plans for the layout and events, though nothing about whether the black duct tape on the front doors will return. I’m guessing “not right away, but eventually.”

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Faulty Computer Circuit May Be Cause

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’emergency only – push to talk’
courtesy of ‘nevermindtheend’

Preliminary reports coming from the NTSB investigation of Monday’s Metrorail crash are indicating they’ve located a faulty computer circuit along that particular stretch of track. While the officials are reluctant to say it’s broken, they have indicated there were several “anomalies” coming from one particular circuit. According to a WTOP report on the air this morning, an internal WMATA memo indicated that the computer system may have sent the “all clear” signal instead of a “train ahead, all stop” one. An “all clear” signal would accelerate the train to the track’s top speed; in this area, it’s 59 mph.

When at that speed, the operator may not have seen the stopped train ahead in time for the emergency brakes to stop the six-car train. Fully loaded trains of that length weigh around 300 tons and need a good distance to brake.

Metro is still running trains on manual control, which gives the operators greater control over their cars. They will be working in such a mode for the foreseeable future.

The NTSB continues to stress their investigation may take over a year before arriving at a conclusive result and that the anomalies are only one discovery so far in their preliminary work.

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DC Freaking <3s Top Gun

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‘TOP GUN (Blu-ray)’
courtesy of ‘cinz’

Seriously, it has become clear that this town can’t get enough of Top Gun. I’m being bombarded with requests to love Goose and Maverick and say douchebaggy things such as “I feel the need…. for speed.” If you love Top Gun, you best flee your cubicle RIGHT NOW and head to one or both of the following:

Summer Movies at Stead Park, Dupont: Top Gun
Movies every Wednesday under the stars. 1625 P St, NW., starts at 8:30 p.m.

Polyester Totally 80s Top Gun Night
Starting at 9, get your 80s on at Tattoo Bar, 1413 K St. NW. Open bar for the ladies between 10 and 11.

And for those of you who are, like, totally the Ice Man but can’t make it tonight zomg you have to work/have dinner with your parents/have invasive surgery, there’s more!

Capitol Riverfront Presents: The Best of the 80s
Top Gun will be screened on July 23. “Wear your Sunglasses at Night.” Off of New Jersey, near Navy Yard Metro. Between now and then, Riverfront will screen classics Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Caddyshack and The Breakfast Club.

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Panic and vigilante behavior now easier than ever

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‘spooky execution room shadows’
courtesy of ‘Jeremy Burgin’

WaPo reports that the D.C. police department has pushed out an upgrade to the online tool for scrutinizing the sex offender database. Now the tool has even greater granularity, allowing people to search for every single registered offender within a 0.25 mile radius of a given address, an upgrade from the previous system which required someone searching to know what police service area they were in.

WaPo erroneously claims that the database does not list what crime they were convicted of, but clicking through to the “more details” page includes that information. That page also states “Abuse of this information to threaten, intimidate, harass, or harm registered sex offenders, their families, or their property will not be tolerated and is subject to prosecution” which no doubt explains why the offender’s picture and work address is prominently displayed in the main grid but not their offense or how long ago it was.

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Steny Hoyer Asks for $3B for Metro

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‘House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Failed Conservative Policies’
courtesy of ‘Center for American Progress Action Fund’

If Metro wants to live up to their responsibilities, Councilman and Metro Chairman Jim Graham says Metro will need approximately $1 Billion to do it. Today, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has petitioned Congress for $3 Billion. I’m not sure why the figure mis-match, perhaps it’s to negotiate down from, perhaps it’s to replace every 1000-, 2000- and 3000-series cars, but there it is, clear as day.

Will WMATA get the money? I don’t know. If there was a way to make sure that it was spent properly, I’d endorse that, since I trust Metro to manage its money about as much I trust your average quasi-governmental organization to spend its money well: Not. At. All.

So, will this help? Or will Senator Coburn strike it down, yet again?

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Slam Dunk Contest

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‘Slam dunk’
courtesy of ‘cruffo’

DC basketball is like a wave rising and falling.  Teams like the  ’07 Hoyas raise our hopes, while the Wizards make a yearly attempt at breaking our spirits. On Saturday, Sprite and the NBA will give locals a chance to show what DC is really about.  The Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown, an amateur dunk competition, will be held on that day at 4pm at an outdoor court between 9th and 10th streets on Pennsylvania Ave NW.  Admission is $10 and attendees will be able to vote on their favorite dunks via text messaging. Thanks to Wendy for giving us the heads up!

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ESPN notices DC

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‘we feel fine’
courtesy of ‘brains the head’

Or maybe we finally bought enough chicken wings at the ESPN Zone. Something, I dunno. I’ll confess that my interaction with ESPN is pretty much limited to watching the crawl when I’m at the bar – I get my updates straight from NHL.com or the iPhone SportsTap application.

However Ric tells us that the ESPN instant poll results used to lack any sort of breakout for the DC area but he’s started seeing results from the District and the map has been updated to allow for displaying them. Older polls use the new map with DC but don’t have any results, like this Blazers-Rockets poll.

For non-DC-related fun, plug random numbers into the poll results link. Here’s one that apparently never ran… for good reason. Looks like a test setup of a tv show bracket: Project Runway vs Dancing with the Stars. Weird.

Entertainment, Essential DC, Fun & Games, Night Life, Special Events, The Daily Feed, The District
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It’s Our Party, We’ll <3 DC If We Wanna

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‘Hearts on Yellow Wall’
courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’

Hey! The coolest people in DC all have plans on Wednesday night, July 1st. They’ll all be hanging out at the Science Club, celebrating the first birthday of this here blog. And you’ll be there, right? Of course you will, cause you’re a mighty cool kid!

In addition to some cheap libations, you’ll get to pose in our hawt photo booth, donate to Bread in the City, and scarf the unofficial food of We Love DC, the veggie burger. You’ll also get to meet our super cool authors (most of whom will be rocking a color variation of this tee shirt so you can find us in the crowd) and chat with us about anything you want. More than anything, though, you’ll get to celebrate your love of our fine District.

So sharpie that onto your calendar. 7 p.m., one week from today. Make it happen!

Science Club
1136 19th St NW
Washington DC

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ZOMG, A BUG!


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Originally uploaded by mikehill33

Continuing in our proud tradition of blogging about amusing license plates, I present this one, found by Friend-of-We-Love-DC Mike Hill. There are so many possible applications of this:

ZOMG! That jackass just cut me off!

ZOMG! I just spilled my coffee in my lap!

ZOMG! I missed my exit!

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Red Line Returning

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‘Empty Ride’
courtesy of ‘Samer Farha’

WUSA 9 reports that WMATA reopened the Ft. Totten and Brookland-CUA stations this morning, showing signs that the situation on the Red Line is returning to normal.  At present, the Takoma Park station remains closed as crews work to remove the wreckage from Monday’s crash. WMATA has not provided a time table for when the metro system will be completely back up to speed.

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Virgin Mobile Fest Moves to Merriweather, Drops Ticket Charge

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Yes, that’s right, the Virgin Mobile Festival is now a free ticket. The event will be a one-day gig, instead of two, and now has moved to Merriweather Post Pavilion, down from Pimlico in Baltimore. The headliners of this year’s fest, dated August 30th, are Weezer and Blink-182, with Franz Ferdinand, Jet, The National, The Bravery, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, Taking Back Sunday and Wale warming them up.

Why free? Virgin’s saying because the economy is down, we all deserve a free show. Hot damn. Thanks guys. Public tickets go up for grabs on Saturday morning, and they’re free except for Ticketbastard’s pesky service charges, unless you hit the box office at Merriweather or 9:30 club. If you’ve gone in the past, watch for an email this morning or tomorrow, for an early free-sale opportunity.