~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #71
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Date
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:56:13 -0600
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #71
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (12/28/2003)
01) Top Stories of Electromagnetism
02) Electromagnetic health & safety
03) Electromagnetic trash & treasure
04) Electromagnetic security & surveillance
05) Electromagnetic power & energy
06) Electromagnetic current & human affairs
07) Electromagnetic transport & communication
08) Electromagnetic matter & information
09) Electromagnetic trends & inventions
10) Electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
11) Electromagnetic business & economics
12) Electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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00) --commentary--
Wm. Safire of the New York Times is trying to conflate and sow
confusion with Howard Dean's challenge to the Bush team
to open .US energy task force records. Maybe there is an
Enron-subsidiary or something. OK. Let's open up Dean's
campaign records and find out, alongside whatever is to
be egregious in the .US task force records, if that is what
is needed to bring sunshine into the process. The stronger
truth will withstand, the weaker will collapse. Mr. Safire has
placed a bet, or better, a threat, that such an open record
is bad for business. It is instead possible that it would be
great for business, getting this out of the way, moving on.
The Supreme Court is supposed to take on this case, and
it will be a total abdication of its responsibility if it does not
make public the .US Energy Task Force records, no question.
This issue is a little bigger than a presidential campaign, even,
it is the integrity of the entire governmental system in a time of
near total corruption, and how this came about. Gambler's ruin.
These records are crucial to the successful development of the
very technologies and cultures in this newsletter, for if energy
planning fails to provide future security, all this can go away.
It is therefore without question a little bigger than just politics.
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01) --top stories--
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// the difference between Dean's task force and the .US Energy
// Task Force run by Cheney is that the business person is a
// certain Ken Lay and Enron is one of the businesses, one of
// the biggest business and industry scandals of all time...
// this is one of many many reasons there is much difference,
// including the relations of mideast oilfields as part of the
// .US energy planning, via James Baker and the Sec. of Commerce.
// Kathleen Hall Jamieson's remarks are based on total absurdity
// if one does not take into account illegality that is at issue,
// and has yet to be prosecuted or dealt with by the .US .gov...
// Jamesien, not taking this into account is dealign in absurds.
// Safire, in the op-ed tries to equate this as a 'mroe egregrious
// refusal' at 'covered-up advice' than that of 'good guy' Cheney.
// must say matters of national security and governmental integrity
// may trump that of a challenger to today's political-powerhouses.
Dean Vermont Energy Group Met in Private // with sunshine....
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031228/D7VNLUIG2.html>
'In an interview with The Associated Press, Dean defended his recent
criticism of Cheney's task force and his demand that the administration
release its private energy deliberations even though he refused to do
that in Vermont.' .. 'Dean said his group developed better policy, was
bipartisan and sought advice not just from energy executives but
environmentalists and low-income advocates. He said his task force was
more open because it held one public hearing and divulged afterward the
names of people it consulted even though the content of discussions
with them was kept secret.' .. 'The Vermont task force "is not exactly
the Cheney thing," Dean said. "We had a much more open process than
Cheney's process. We named the people we sought advice from in our
final report."' .. 'Dean said he still believes it was necessary to
keep task force deliberations secret, especially because the group was
reviewing proprietary financial data from Vermont utilities. "Some
advice does have to be given in private, but I don't mind letting
people know who gave that advice," he said.' ... 'In September, Dean
argued that the task force Cheney assembled in 2001 and the Bush energy
policy that were unduly influenced by Bush family friend and Enron
energy chief Kenneth Lay.' .. '"The administration should also level
with the American people about just how much influence Ken Lay and his
industry buddies had over the development of the president's energy
policy by releasing notes on the deliberations of Vice President
Cheney's energy task force," Dean said Sept. 15.'
// sometimes hope and encouragement is needed more than criticism
// that certain .US commentators are slathering on recent changes
// via nuclear diplomacy. two amazing things to remember, that it
// was Iran who started a dialogue, and now Libya is calling on
// North Korea (in addition to Israel, as are others) to denuke.
// it is not reported this way, but it should be acknowledged that
// these developments in nuclear diplomatic efforts are innovative,
// especially compared to nations threatening nuclear war instead.
EM quote from: Libya accepts snap nuclear inspections
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/
newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=429300§ion=news>
'ElBaradei said after talks in Tripoli that Libya had promised to
dismantle all of its weapons of mass destruction programmes --
chemical, biological and nuclear.' .. '"These are weapons that the
international community has agree have no place in our 21st century."
he told reporters at a the joint news conference with Chalgam.' ...
'Chalgam said the decision to scrap banned weapons was voluntary,
indirectly dismissing the suggestion that the war in Iraq had scared
Tripoli into coming clean about its WMD.' .. '"Our decision was taken
by Libya -- without any pressure," he said.' .. 'Gaddafi said this week
other nations suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction, such
as North Korea, should follow Libya's lead.' .. 'Israel has not signed
the NPT and has never officially acknowledged having atomic weapons.'
[and] German entrepreneur plans to bring Internet to N Korea
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1016713.htm>
CIA gadget-museum: Robot fish, pigeon camera, jungle microphones
<http://www.detnews.com/2003/technology/0312/27/technology-19627.htm>
Brazil Resists Plan to Allow Spot Inspection of Nuclear Site
<http://nytimes.com/2003/12/28/international/americas/28BRAZ.html>
'This month Mr. [Roberto Amaral, the minister of science and
technology in the left-wing government that took office in January...]
publicly criticized the I.A.E.A.'s position on spot inspections as
"idiotic" and "foolish."'
// at least in the .US, a story such as below is relatively
// invisible - part may be knowledge of other cultures, another
// may be lack of travel, another leading to this 'invisibility'
// also could be that the .US has very little geographic literacy.
// it is inspiring to read of 'transparency' as a goal, yet then
// to have opaqueness in covering such issues is hard to reconcile.
// failure of balance, stability, is going to affect all societies...
Pain or Gain? Crunch Time Looms for Sao Tome Oil // shared goals
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=ADNPAE1AGSNGECRBAEZSFFA?type=ourWorldNews&s
toryID=4044543>
'The government says it is in control and preparing to manage the
inflow of money, but the next few months may yield clues as to whether
Sao Tome is ready for a better life or will succumb to the curse of so
many oil-rich African states.' ... 'Civil wars have wrought havoc in
oil exporters Angola and the Congo Republic, while Nigerians --
jointly managing Sao Tome's exploration zone -- blame oil as the
source of much of the corruption blighting their country.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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In Asia, Pollution Spreads as Economies Boom
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=OVHCX11GMEQKECRBAEZSFFA?type=ourWorldNews&s
toryID=4050047>
Scientists begin measuring pollution in human bodies // via drudge
<http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8009659p-8946009c.html>
'For decades, researchers have sampled the air, land and sea to
measure pollution from power plants, factories and automobiles.' ..
'Now, in a process called biomonitoring, scientists are sampling urine,
blood and mother's milk to catalogue the pollutants accumulating in
humans. They call the results "body burden."...'
Parents' brains tuned to babies' tears
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/031215/031215-13.html>
'Crying may open up the noise filter in the prefrontal cortex, so that
a woman interprets the toddler's sounds as important. Electrical
impulses are then relayed to other brain areas, triggering strong
emotions, as well as caring behaviour such as feeding or cuddling.'
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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Caution over 'computerised world'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3340491.stm>
'In 10 years' time, predict the researchers, a trillion objects all
linked electronically could be available to a billion people.'
Report finds record amount of 'clutter' on TV // via drudgereport.com
<http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/
story.jsp?id=200312232144000233895&dt=20031223214400&w=RTR&coview=>
iPod a throwaway? Fans demand Apple face music
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/
2001824165_ipodsecret27.html>
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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Tips for Traveling With Tech Gear
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1093&ncid=1093&e=3&u=/
pcworld/20031223/tc_pcworld/114022>
'Marty maintains that the scanners at the security gate will not harm
film, hard drives, or digital cameras. The stronger scanners for
checked baggage, on the other hand, run the risk of causing damage to
any of these items.' .. 'Pegoraro's advice for tech-inclined vacation
travelers is that less is more.'
Building Better Bomb Resistance // non-nuclear blast assessments...
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,61737,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2>
'Researchers at the University of California at San Diego announced
last week that they are working with government counterterrorism
agencies to build what they say is the world's first full-scale bomb
blast simulator.' ... 'When it is completed in late 2004, the simulator
will be used to test how well columns, walls and other structures stand
up to terrorist bomb attacks, like the ones that destroyed Oklahoma's
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995 and U.S. embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania in 1998.'
Federal surveillance technology to be tested at T.F. Green
<http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2003-12-26-airport-security_x.htm>
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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EM-related quote from The New Republicans // .US energy policy...
<http://nytimes.com/2003/12/28/opinion/28SUN1.html>
'The last Bush energy bill, which passed the House but died in the
Senate, seems likely to be remembered most for the now-famous subsidy
for an energy-efficient Hooters restaurant in Louisiana.'
Wind Energy Not Limited By Technical Barriers // says simulation...
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031222072010.htm>
50-Year-Old Magnetic Mystery Solved // quote relates to Cr8 findings
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031223071101.htm>
'Normal electronics encode computer data based on a binary code of
ones and zeros, depending on the presence or absence of an electron
within a material such as silicon. But in principle, the direction of a
spinning electron -- either “spin up” or “spin down” -- can be used as
data, too. And other directions of spin in-between up and down could
theoretically provide further information, so a single electron could
store many different pieces of data.'
Kerry's Call for Energy Independence // defining the new policies...
<http://nytimes.com/2003/12/26/politics/campaigns/26ADBO.html>
'THE SCRIPT Mr. Kerry says: "For nearly 30 years, we've talked about
reducing America's dependence on Mideast oil. And here we are today,
more dependent on foreign oil than ever. It's time to make energy
independence a national priority, and to put in place a plan that frees
our nation from the grip of Mideast oil in the next 10 years. Because
no child growing up in America today should ever have to go to war for
oil. I'm John Kerry, and I approved this message."'
U.S.-Russia Team Seizes Uranium At Bulgaria Plant
Material Was Potent Enough for Bomb // via drudgereport.com
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25861-2003Dec23>
'U.S. authorities have begun stepping up such joint operations with
the Russians. In August 2002, a team from the two countries retrieved
100 pounds of weapons-grade uranium from an aging reactor in
Yugoslavia. The second seizure of uranium took place three months ago,
when 30 pounds was removed from a facility in Romania.'
// prior to the Iraq war, one .UK wind energy plann was going to
// be developed, yet then it did an about-face with regard to new
// conflicts with military radar systems, not sure if this is it...
UK's largest wind farm approved // via drudgereport.com
<http://www.thisislondon.com/til/jsp/modules/Article/
print.jsp?itemId=8316552>
'A spokesman for Friends of the Earth said: "This is great news for
the people of Ayrshire and great news for the environment.' ..
'"Scotland's energy future lies in tapping into its natural resources
such as wind, wave and solar.'
New Strides in LED Technology Could Be a Sign of Things to Come
<http://ecmweb.com/ar/electric_new_strides_led/index.htm>
Gas Hydrates – Will They Be Considered
In The Future Global Energy Mix?
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031223075212.htm>
Solar Comes to (Part Of) The Earth
<http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17416>
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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Man With Gun Threatens To Kill Others, Self
If More Sims Expansions Made
<http://www.macgamer.com/news/item.php?id=8016>
'"They're all the same frikkin' game!" Jesperson screamed at terrified
shoppers while waving his firearm in the air "Don't you see that?
What's wrong with you people?"'
What We Said and What We Meant, A to Z // much is EM-related...
<http://nytimes.com/2003/12/28/weekinreview/28tkun.html>
'K is for knee-mail - religion's computer-age, tongue-in-cheek word
for prayer, often seen on signs outside churches: God answers
knee-mail.' ... 'Y is for yottabyte - or a million trillion megabytes,
a term likely to become more popular as online data and computer
memories expand in coming years to fill that amount of storage space.'
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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Epic trip for 'alternative' car : The car is named Apollondine after
Greek gods of sun and water A car that runs on just hydrogen and
solar power has completed a journey through Australia - the
first crossing of a continent for a car of this type.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3350715.stm>
New-generation Autonomous Helicopter To Create New Era Of Human Safety
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031219073554.htm>
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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Low-cost, Digital Displays Through Ink Jet Printing
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031222065531.htm>
China Plans to Launch Research Satellite // earth's magfields...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-china-
satellite,0,7659060.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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10 technologies to watch in 2004 // note: LED lightbulbs....
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/23/bus2.feat.tech.towatch/
index.html>
Invasion of the Centibots // distributed robotics...
ARMY OF TEST ROBOTS DRILLS FOR MILITARY DUTY
<http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7539292.htm>
'DARPA wanted machines that could coordinate with each other to create
a map of an area. The Centibots communicate with a human commander who
tells them where to search and reviews the information they send back.
However, the commander doesn't need to give detailed instructions to
each machine.' .. '"They autonomously decide where to go," said Regis
Vincent, a computer scientist who helped build the Centibots. "Nobody
is controlling them."'... 'The Centibot researchers claim the maps the
robots create are correct within a couple of centimeters. The robots
can also find and identify an object, recognize each other and spot an
intruder by separating moving objects from stationary ones.'
I4U Top 10 Gadget Trends 2003
<http://www.i4u.com/article976.html>
Smaller, Lighter Power Adaptors Take The Weight Off Laptops // piezo-e
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/12/031223065915.htm>
'Transformers are needed to convert the 115-volt, 60-cycle power
available from a standard U.S. wall receptacle to the 13 to 14 volts
direct current used by laptops.'
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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// .UN satellite imagery on .il architectural isolation...
Eyeballing the Israeli West Bank Separation Wall
<http://cryptome.org/wall-eyeball.htm>
12 Reasons to Pixelate the Internet
11. How to build and detonate a dirty radiological bomb.
<http://cryptome.org/pixel-net.htm>
// Pakistan is a nuclear state, and therefore its nuclear stockpile
// falling into a state of militant chaos is of everyone's interest.
Pakistani President Escapes New Death Plot // em-related (nukes)
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031225/D7VLG2O80.html>
// diplomacy efforts from the nuclear neighborhood community...
[related] Iran condemns attempt on Musharraf's life
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/26/content_1248578.htm>
Vital infrastructure may be terror target
<http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-12/
1072250069132840.xml>
U.N. Nuclear Experts Arrive in Libya
<http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20031227_721.html>
EM-quote: Quick-Hitting Brigade Test-Drives a New Army Vehicle in Iraq
<http://nytimes.com/2003/12/28/international/middleeast/28TROO.html>
'The Stryker, supporters contend, also fits the new American blueprint
for war: use an array of sensors to pinpoint an enemy, share that
information through satellite links, and quickly direct precision
firepower on that target.' ... 'Soldiers spend a lot of time inside the
vehicles, and many have customized their cramped interiors with coffee
pots, stereo systems and even small television sets to watch DVD's
during lulls.'
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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China's rise on world stage no cause for worry in US // good to read
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-12/22/content_1242180.htm>
"... the unprecedented changes in today's world that lead to
co-operation instead of conflict between great powers...' ... 'First,
symbolized by computers, electronics and space exploration, the third
technological revolution ascended after World War II. And mankind has
entered a new era of information technology since the mid 1980s.' ..
'The rapid advancement of science and technology has greatly improved
productivity, to the point where powers no longer need resort to the
traditional colonial expansion to grab interests.' .. 'China, as a
developing country, thus will not rival the United States in those
areas, the article said.' .. 'China is a peace-loving country and the
Chinese people long for a peaceful international environment to
nurture their domestic economic development. There is no social basis
for Sino-US conflict.'
If He's So Smart...Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of Innovation
<http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/78/jobs.html>
'If Apple teaches us anything, it's that effective innovation is about
more than building beautiful cool things.'
Amazon.com Wraps Up Its Ninth Holiday With Busiest Season Ever
<http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=40082119>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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Archaic Electrical Instruments // gallery...
<http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/instruments/archaic/>
Electrochemical Instruments // gallery
<http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/instruments/electrochemical/>
Electronic Test Instruments // gallery
<http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/instruments/test/>
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