~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #77
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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:00:39 -0600
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #77
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (1/19/2004)
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-- no comments.
(Awaiting the .US Supreme Court ruling on release
of .US Energy Task Force documents to the public.)
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01) --top stories--
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// regarding the .US Energy Task Force investigation:
// after falling off my chair reading this, it was thought
// this surprise gift from the news could be shared to
// offer some context to the invisible goings-on of the
// .US Energy Task Force process and papers which
// are going to be up-for-review by the Supreme Court
// of the United States of America, at the same time the
// related events of Enron's role in designing this public
// policy (and, possibly, much more) with Ken Lay's role
// as an unprosecuted figurehead of three years now to
// be brought into relation to Andrew Fastow's plea deal
// for 98 counts of fraud, which may get to bigger fish in
// the Enron events yet dealt with-- that the story below,
// and VP Cheney's intimate role in all things energetic,
// to be meeting with a Supreme Court Justice (Scalia)
// while the .US Energy Task Force is up for review in-
// front of the .US Supreme Court to release papers,
// and that this 'hunting trip' which produced little fowl,
// was held on the lands of an 'oil-services company'
// friend, also potentially related to .US Energy Task
// Force conflicts of interest, is- to be generous- totally
// outlandish to give further benefit of the doubt of no
// improprieties to influence process in such maneuvers.
// The only thing that could be done, it would seem, is
// that Justice Scalia recuses himself from the review
// and decision over the .US Energy Task Force issues.
Scalia trip with Cheney raises eyebrows
Justice to hear case of energy task force
<http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/01/18/
scalia_trip_with_cheney_raises_eyebrows/>
'The pair arrived Jan. 5 and were guests of Wallace Carline, the owner
of Diamond Services Corp. an oil services company in Amelia, La. The
Associated Press in Morgan City, La., reported the trip on the day the
vice president and his entourage departed.'
Toles cartoon on Enron, Fastow, Lay, Skillings, Cheney bunkerology
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/comics/images/Toles/
20040116.gif>
// distributed decentralized redundant diverse efficient => security
Power blackouts likely: Electricity systems are becoming ever more
vulnerable, and there's no quick fix. // there's no fix like no fix.
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/040119/040119-3.html>
'Two groups of researchers have independently brought forward evidence
of intrinsic weaknesses in the North American power grid. Their
analyses both conclude that massive power blackouts such as the one
that took out New York last summer are likely to happen again.' ..
'Last week, John Kappenman, a US Government advisor from the
California-based company Metatech Corporation, told the annual meeting
of the American Meteorological Society in Seattle, Washington, that
geomagnetic storms could cause much larger blackouts. And, he warned,
the way the grid is growing only makes it more vulnerable. "The threat
is greater than anyone had previously thought," says Kappenman.' ...
'As the grid grows, and more inter-connecting wires are added to the
system, it actually becomes more vulnerable to such storms, says
Kappenman. "It lowers the total electrical resistance of the system,
effectively making a bigger antenna for picking up induced current," he
says. Over the last 50 years, there has been a tenfold increase in the
lengths of power lines in the US. "The power companies have unwittingly
built risks into the grid, and the risk is spiralling out of control,"
he says.' ... 'To model [the] process, the team constructed a map of
the US containing over 14,000 generating, transmission and distribution
substations, and 19,000 connecting power lines 1. They conclude that
the US power grid is a so-called 'exponential network', in which most
of the network functions without giant hubs that connect large sections
of the network together. However, the few well-connected hubs that do
exist are crucial to the power distribution. If those transmission
substations that bear the highest power loads are the first to break
down, failure of just 4 % of them leads to a break-up of around 60 % of
the network, they found.'
Waste Motor Oil Management May Pose Threat To Health And
The Environment // .US = 'one billion gallons of used oil' each year
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040115074647.htm>
'The results provide further incentive for citizens and policymakers
to encourage alternative used oil management strategies, possibly
through incentives for treatment and by supporting markets for
processed oil products, according to Boughton. But he is quick to point
out what he considers the best option of all: use less oil in the first
place.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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Spam E-Mail Plays on Men's Deepest Fear // spam-envy...
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UHNJHL4NRCNWGCRBAELCFEY?type=ourWorldNews&s
toryID=4139869>
'According to Wired magazine, some 6,000 people ordered pills from
Goringly.biz through the Amazing Internet Products Web site over a
four-week period, spending on average $100 each for two bottles. Wired
traced the ownership of AIP to a 19-year-old New Hampshire chess whiz,
Braden Bournival, who shied away from a reporter for the magazine who
approached him at a chess tournament last summer.'
Infrared Brain Stimulation // post from bioelectromagnetics-list...
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bioelectromagnetics/message/2182>
Evidence That Memories Are Consolidated During Sleep // slow-wavesleep
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040119081420.htm>
// example of dual-use benefits developed for space exploration...
Space Technology In New Technique To Fight Breast Cancer
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040116074620.htm>
'This innovative system will offer cancer patients a new non-invasive
treatment option that is more patient-friendly and without the negative
side effects associated with chemo and radiation therapies.' ..
'"Benefits will also include savings to the public health care sector
because it is an outpatient treatment," adds Brunsveld van Hulten.' ...
'ESA's expertise in wave propagation modelling has been essential in
getting the two MRI and HIFU technologies to work optimally together.'
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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Burning Fossil Fuels Has A Measurable Cooling Effect On The Climate
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040119082910.htm>
'Atmospheric researchers have provided observational evidence that
burning fossil fuels has a direct impact on the solar radiation
reflectivity of clouds, thereby contributing to global climate change.'
... '"This study is important for two reasons," Penner said. "First, it
provides evidence that there is some cooling of the climate due to
anthropogenic aerosols. Second, the simulation model we used has been
shown to be a valuable tool in determining more directly the impact of
aerosols on the climate."'
Why Hubble is being dropped
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3406079.stm>
'Left alone, Hubble will fall back to Earth sometime in 2012 and it is
big enough not to burn up completely.' .. '"Its main mirror, and its
titanium support ring, will survive and reach the ground," Steven
Beckwith told BBC News Online.' .. 'It is estimated that left alone
there is a one in 700 chance of human casualty being caused by an
uncontrolled Hubble re-entry. That is, everyone agrees, unacceptable.'
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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Fingerprint Identification Door Lock // at Consumer Electronics Show
<http://www.arrowvision.us/>
<http://www.arrowvision.us/DL210.htm>
<http://www.cesweb.org/attendees/awards/innovations/2004/
default.asp?boi=1>
'Shepherd 210 Fingerprint Identification Doorlock verifies pre-stored
fingerprint. Only the persons with matched fingerprints are allowed
open the door. Up to 50 persons can store their fingerprints to the
lock.'
Paedophile gets five-year net ban // versus life-term...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34931.html>
'This laudable initiative is, sadly, symbolic. Detective Sergeant
Diane Davies, who worked the case, noted that "police could not stop
him using the equipment".'
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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EM-quote: Putin Asks Saudi Arabia's Help to Rebuild Chechnya
<http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=CC98AA80-FCC8-484A-
81A1E3120B382135>
'The Chechen leader says Saudi officials agreed to provide financial
assistance to help rebuild Chechnya, which has been devastated by
nearly a decade of conflict between Russian troops and Chechen
separatist fighters.' .. 'Relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia
were given a major boost last September when the crown prince visited
Moscow. The visit was made largely to discuss commercial relations
between two of the world's leading exporters of oil.'
Iraq Oil Abuses Alleged
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/17/politics/17FUEL.html>
Oil Prices Jump 5 Pct on U.S. Deep Freeze
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=21MXM4K2RWPIUCRBAEOCFFA?type=businessNews&s
toryID=4148974>
// curious to know where the political use of 'flip-flop' arose from,
// as there is a circuit event called a 'flip-flop' in electronics...
Iraq oil deals go to KBR and Parsons // flip, flop, flip, flop, flip.
<http://www.reuters.co.uk/
newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=440567§ion=financ
e>
[related] definition of term flip-flop:
<http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/f/flip_flop.html>
'flip-flop (n.) Also referred to as a bistable gate, a type of circuit
that is interconnected with like circuits to form logic gates in
digital integrated circuits, such as memory chips and microprocessors.
The name "flip-flop" comes from the circuit's nature of alternating
between two states when a current is applied to the circuit (for
example, 1 to 0 or 0 to 1). A flip-flop will maintain its state
indefinitely until it receives an input pulse, called a trigger, which
forces it to alternate its state. Once the circuit changes state it
remains in that state until another trigger is received.'
13 Dead in Algerian Gas Explosion
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-algeria-gas-
explosion,0,838641.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Refinery officials said the blast was under investigation but early
indications were that it was accidental.' .. 'More than 12,000 people
work in the port's industrial zone. Algeria, which has been struggling
for more than a decade to end an Islamic insurgency, is one of the
world's largest exporters of natural gas.'
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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CALLS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF CHENEY AT GEPHARDT EVENT // .US energy/war
<http://drudgereport.com/flash1.htm>
New Black Cable Channel Debuts on MLK Day
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/breaking_news/7735558.htm>
'"There should be more than two cable channels that aggressively
target African-Americans in a universe of more 200 channels," said
Jason Helfstein, a media analyst with CIBC World Markets Corp.'
The cyberbrains behind Howard Dean: Just one year ago,
few Americans had heard about an obscure governor who
happened to want to be president of the United States.
<http://news.com.com/2008-1028_3-5142066.html>
[related?] Study: Network news criticizes Dean most // media-state
<http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/01/16/dean_media/>
'More than three-quarters of the coverage of Dean's foes by the
nightly news programs was favorable, while a majority of attention to
Dean was negative, the Center for Media and Public Affairs found.'
Battle over 'dirty bomb' suspect
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3405239.stm>
Red Sea crash recorder found
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3404977.stm>
Killer uses Internet to revel over crimes, taunt victim's kin
<http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2357669>
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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EM-related quote from: War of Ideas, Part 4, Thomas Friedman
<http://nytimes.com/2004/01/18/opinion/18FRIE.html>
'... three dangerous trends are converging around Israel. One is a
massive population explosion across the Arab world. The second is the
worst interpersonal violence ever between Israelis and Palestinians.
And the third is an explosion of Arab multimedia — from Al Jazeera to
the Internet. What's happening is that this Arab media explosion is
feeding the images of this Israeli-Palestinian violence to this Arab
population explosion — radicalizing it and melding in the heads of
young Arabs and Muslims the notion that the biggest threat to their
future is J.I.A. — "Jews, Israel and America."'
The FCC History Project // via TSCM-L...
<http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/>
'In recognition of the social and economic importance of communication
technologies, the FCC has undertaken a history project with the purpose
of reminding those who either visit or work in FCC headquarters of the
rich technological heritage that underlies today’s vibrant
communications marketplace.'
How Caching Works -
<http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cache.htm>
Linux TV-- The world's top electronics makers are
rallying around an operating system--and it's not Windows.
<http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2004/0202/092.html>
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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How USB Ports Work -
<http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/usb.htm>
Java runs remote-controlled Mars rover:
The same piece of software that lets people around the world play
video games on their cell phones is now letting scientists drive
the ultimate remote-controlled car across the surface of Mars.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1007_3-5142220.html>
Robots to gain eyes in the back of their heads // all seeing eyeball
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/30/science.robots.reut/>
'The new "eye," named the Argus Eye after the all-seeing Greek god,
passes the images to a computer which works out the direction in which
the robot is pointing and heading.' .. 'While humans can rely on
sensors in their ears to navigate themselves, many robots have to rely
solely on their single eye.'
To Be in Sync With Mars, Team Resets Body Clocks // plus MarsDial...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23624-2004Jan16.html>
'Accurate timekeeping is also crucial because of the extreme daily and
seasonal swings in temperature, winds, atmospheric pressure and frost
on Mars, scientists say. They are careful to note when measurements are
taken, local time.' .. 'The good news for the humans who must match the
rover cycle, Squyres likes to quip, is that "you get to sleep in 39
minutes later every day."' .. 'The bad news is that the amount of
offset with Earth time is constantly sliding.'
Rover takes microscopic images of Mars
<http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/01/17/mars/>
Camera Phones Help Buyers Beware // thanks *. local e-surplus CueCats
<http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/
0,1377,61936,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5>
'The CueCat -- that pesky bar-code scanner from Digital Convergence --
may be dead, but its spirit is finding new life in the form of a camera
phone.' .. 'During the past six months, no fewer than four software
firms have released applications to help consumers turn their
camera-equipped mobile phones into personal bar-code scanners.' ..
'Like the CueCat , the applications automatically trigger the download
of coupons, reviews and other information about a given product
whenever a user takes a photo of its bar code.'
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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Gillette: New disposable razor hums, makes hair stand on end //gizmodo
<http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/01/16/gillette.newrazor.ap/
index.html>
'Gillette rolled out a new high-tech, premium razor Thursday, a
souped-up version of the Mach3Turbo featuring 62 patents and a tiny,
battery-powered motor that emits pulses that work on the skin to prop
up hair so it can be lopped off more easily.' ... 'The M3Power comes
with a Duracell battery -- also manufactured by Gillette and lasting
three to six months under normal use -- that fits in the handle and
powers a small motor that generates what Pesce described as a "gentle
hum." That energy increases the tension in facial skin, and essentially
props up hairs, which can otherwise lie flat.'
Gamepad aims to build up muscle // Kilowatt gaming system...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3399533.stm>
'The Kilowatt gaming system is a life-size controller that forces
gamers to use their muscles to play.' .. 'The traditional thumb sticks
and buttons on a gamepad are blended into a single shoulder-height
joystick.' .. 'The controller is attached to an alloy steel resistance
rod and a sensor array.' .. 'The sensors measure the microscopic flex
in the rod as a gamer pushes and pulls on it.' .. 'This is translated
into data for the game console, as well as calculating the amount of
force used.' ... 'The system works on the principle of isometric
exercise, which contracts the muscles without moving any joints.' ..
'After just a couple of minutes of playing Gran Turismo with the
joystick, you can feel the strain in your upper arms and shoulder
muscles.' ... '"With the Kilowatt, you are expending calories and you
are breaking a sweat. It is actually physically difficult."'
Headlights Get Their Moment in the Spotlight // xenon bulbs and LEDs
<http://nytimes.com/2004/01/16/automobiles/16LITE.html>
'Beyond style, practical reasons have spurred car companies to focus
on lighting. In Europe, there are strict regulations on lights'
brightness and height levels as well as the kinds of lights used. As
European cars find their way to the United States, so do the innovative
light designs. Then there are the aging baby boomers with diminishing
vision who demand brighter and better lighting.'
Image drives fate of flash memory cards:
The digital home is here, and the early beneficiaries are the
makers of removable flash memory cards. // cellphone cameras...
<http://news.com.com/2100-1041-5142021.html>
Robot belly-dancer shakes her stuff: A computer program
that mimics fish nerves creates the perfect wriggle. // CPG...
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/040119/040119-1.html>
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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Weapons experts arrive to begin disarming Libya // good news...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/20/
wlibya20.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/01/20/ixworld.html>
Notes on accuracy, warfare, and representation // outstanding.
<http://jordancrandall.com/underfire>
// what is the public science on this? the statements are from the
// Fusion Institute which obviously has some special interest in it.
// it is also a good argument for doing nothing, strategically, to
// change current patterns of energy infrastructures, then to go for
// another 'big gamble' that this monopoly game will just work out...
U.S. Eyes Space as Possible Battleground // highly suspect.
<http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/379850%7Ctop%7C01-18-
2004::11:27%7Creuters.html>
'"I think the new initiative is driven by a desire to beat the Chinese
to the moon," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense
and space policy research group.' ... 'The moon, scientists [what
scientists? -Ed] have said, is a source of potentially unlimited energy
in the form of the helium 3 isotope -- a near perfect fuel source:
potent, nonpolluting and causing virtually no radioactive byproduct in
a fusion reactor.' .. '"And if we could get a monopoly on that, we
wouldn't have to worry about the Saudis and we could basically tell
everybody what the price of energy was going to be," said Pike.' ..
'Gerald Kulcinski of the Fusion Technology Institute at the University
of Wisconsin at Madison estimated the moon's helium 3 would have a cash
value of perhaps $4 billion a ton in terms of its energy equivalent in
oil.' .. 'Scientists reckon there are about 1 million tons of helium 3
on the moon, enough to power the earth for thousands of years. The
equivalent of a single space shuttle load or roughly 30 tons could meet
all U.S. electric power needs for a year, Kulcinski said by e-mail.'
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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PC viruses spawn $55 billion loss in 2003 // says anti-virus co.
<http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5142144.html?part=dtx&tag=nhl>
'"The spam threat will increase exponentially, and will become the
hideouts for viruses and hacking programs trying to gain an entry into
the network," [Lionel Phangm Trend Micro's managing director] added.'
.. '"Blended threats also will remain the standard way to attack
networks, where one virus file will create four to five different
activities within the system."' .. 'Phang offered the following example
of a blended threat: A spam-generating virus causes a surge in the
company's network traffic and prompts its network administrators to
block the junk e-mail, and while technicians try to fix the spam
problem, the virus drops a program into the system that monitors
keystrokes and steals company passwords and user IDs.'
// Hotwheels toys made earlier mars probes, likely collectors items.
Mars Mania hits toy shop shelves : The current fascination
with Mars is giving a stratospheric boost to more
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3410453.stm>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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Toward a Cybernetic Pedagogy: The Cognitive
Revolution and the Classroom, 1948-Present. John M. Heffron
<http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/Educational-Theory/Contents/
45_4_Heffron.asp>
'Cybernetics marks, as Henry Adams said of the electric dynamo almost
a century ago, a distinct rupture with the past, with all of our old
ideas of force and matter, cause-and-effect, the human and the
mechanical—"a sudden irruption of forces totally new," wrote Adams in
"The Dynamo and the Virgin" (1898), referring to the technological
wonders on display at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, although he
could just as easily have been referring to the cybernetic revolution
of recent years. Compared to the values of technique and control
embodied in the dynamo, the Virgin Mary represented for Adams an
earlier and more sympathetic force in human affairs, a time when the
limitations of human existence were the sign of a higher moral and
spiritual grace, not an obstacle to be overcome in the interest of
greater industrial growth and stability.12' .. 'Norbert Wiener, whose
work established the parameters of this new field, is not alone
responsible for this dramatic shift in the relations between the human
"animal" and the dynamo, Adams's new "symbol of infinity."13'
1958: The Integrated Circuit is Invented by Jack Kilby // image...
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/integrated-circuit-1958.html>
Pictorial History of Media Technology
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/>
1950: Simon Electromechanical Personal Computer // image
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/simon-personal-computer.html>
1955: TRADIC - The First Fully Transistorized Computer // image
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/tradic-transistorized.html>
1971: Intel 4004 - The First Microprocessor on the Market // image...
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/intel-4004.html>
'The 4004 contains 2000 transistors and is a 4-bit microprocessor
capable of processing 4 bits of information at a time at a rate of
about 0.06 MHz.'
1981: Osborne Portable Computer // image...
<http://www.cedmagic.com/history/osborne-1.html>
object sex // online experiment forces either-or bias...
<www.beautyinchaos.com/sex.html>
EM-related quote from article: Israeli ambassador kicked
out of Swedish museum after vandalizing art // no comment.
'According to museum director Kristian Berg, the ambassador went
berserk in front of the 400 specially-invited guests when he saw the
piece.' .. '"He pulled out the plugs and threw one of the spotlights
into the fountain which caused the entire installation to short-
circuit and made it totally life-threatening," he told TT.' ...
'"Ultimately we had to escort the ambassador out of the museum," museum
director Berg said, adding that he did not consider the artwork to be a
provocation.' .. '"It is rather an invitation to think about why such
things happen in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," he said.'
circuit board earrings
<http://www.computergear.com/greencirboar.html>
blue capacitor earrings
<http://www.computergear.com/bluresear.html>
binary code necktie
<http://www.computergear.com/binarycodetie.html>
computer keyboard necktie // wow.
<http://www.computergear.com/keyboardtie.html>
motherboard t-shirt // strange ode.
<http://www.computergear.com/1061.html>
Nuclear plant may win listed building status
<http://news.scotsman.com/archive.cfm?id=64432004>
'Mr Fraser has also recommended Torness power station, near Dunbar,
despite the building, which was designed by Howard Lobb, filling him
with dread.' .. 'Describing it as "a lump that, however it is chopped
up and buried, will be malignant for an age", he said: "I can't deny
its power and beauty...it plays huge, grey shimmering abstract tricks
with the sky, the light and the cloud."'
Designer ATM agent of change?: Bronze machine brings chic to blight
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/
Layout/
Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1074381008549&call_pageid=968332188492&col=9
68793972154>
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