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THE SPIKE AND FOOTBALL CONCUSSIONS.
THE SPIKE AND FOOTBALL CONCUSSIONS. This article entitled “Football helmets are creating more problems than they solve” by Todd Halslop on the Sporting News website from May of 2015 identifies an important aspect of football’s concussion problem. Halslop begins his … Continue reading
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THE SPIKE COMES TO OUR FAMILY CAR.
THE SPIKE COMES TO OUR FAMILY CAR. There are news reports now about auto accidents where the airbags “launch metal shards into car occupants”. Here, for example, is a story in the Washington Post by Drew Harwell and Michael A. … Continue reading
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REVISITING THE CHICAGO SPIKE.
REVISITING THE CHICAGO SPIKE. I posted about Caltrava’s proposed Chicago Spike here in August, 2007. The Chicago Spike was influenced by Calatrava’s Turning Torso in Malmo Sweden. The twisted spire (described as similar to a drill bit) would reduce the … Continue reading
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THE SPIKE AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE.
THE SPIKE AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE. This article in the New York Times (February 16) reports that: “Although some safety advocates call for head protection in women’s lacrosse, almost everyone involved in the sport has said that its current ban on … Continue reading
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THE SPIKE.
THE SPIKE. Benefit-cost studies show the enormous value of getting people to wear seat belts by mitigating the consequences of accidents.. Economists will point out, however, that wearing a seat belt will tend to make a driver less careful because … Continue reading
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A BASEBALL POEM BY OGDEN NASH.
A BASEBALL POEM BY OGDEN NASH. Here is a link to: “Line-Up For Yesterday, An ABC Of Baseball Immortals”. It was published by Sport Magazine in January, 1949. The link is to the Baseball almanac website, which points out that … Continue reading
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FOOD CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUALS VERY DIFFERENTLY.
FOOD CAN AFFECT INDIVIDUALS VERY DIFFERENTLY. Matthew Ainslie called attention on Facebook to this article on the Meta science news site about “a stunning paper providing startling new insight into the personal nature of nutrition.” The paper, by Eran Elinav … Continue reading
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MINOSO, SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL.
MINOSO,SLAUGHTER, AND INTEGRATING BASEBALL. Although Minoso was a little better player than Slaughter, the major difference between them was in their roles in the integration of baseball. Slaughter, as this wikipedia entry says, was known “as one of the leaders … Continue reading
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WHAT DO FAT TAILS LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DO FAT TAILS LOOK LIKE? Kids, I have posted about Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s assertion that people mistakenly assume that the probability of most events is described by the usual normal or “bell-shaped” curve. Taleb thinks—as did Benoit Mandelbrot—that rare … Continue reading
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RUNNING INTO A TREE.
RUNNING INTO A TREE. If being knocked out indicates a concussion, I probably had one playing touch football in our yard with three or four other kids. I have reminisced that we had two large maple trees in the middle … Continue reading
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