~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #107
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Mon, 17 May 2004 23:36:54 -0500
thought i sent this to the list but sent it to myself, so
resending although many links will be privatized if
with newspapers. it is a difficult and somber post.
that is why it is being resent, also, to document it.
brian
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #107
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (5/13/2004)
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-- beyond words...
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01) --top stories--
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Arab Media Play Down, Ignore Beheading // .gov by media-representation
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-arabs-
american-beheaded,0,3515189.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
// note: there has been follow-up on the story above which does have
groups
// and several countries now condemning the actions, for the media
record.
[and] Berg video website shut down // em-media. rest in peace.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3710709.stm>
'Though the decision to close the website was a technical one, he said
the company would have acted earlier on moral grounds if it had known
the site's contents.'
// have heard of 'tower guys' often associated with mast antennas atop
very
// large buildings, like skyscrapers, where they have to change bulbs
and to
// do so requires climbing hundreds of feet up, with very large wind
sways.
// never imagined the other "tower guys" who also do radio/telecom
towers,
// too. and to read of the background of a 'tower guy' makes a lot of
sense.
EM-quote: Details of Berg's detention remain murky
<http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/world/
8653148.htm>
'As an independent telecommunications contractor, Berg was in a field
of business that, after 35 years of isolation under Saddam Hussein, is
just beginning to take root. He shimmied up radio, television and cell
phone towers, installing data communications systems and cell phone
transmitters.' .. '"For a `tower guy' this was the golden age," said
Duke, who estimated Berg made about $70,000 in the few months he worked
in Iraq. "Saddam only allowed hard wire, which is easiest to bug, so
there was lots of work. Tower guys are a rare breed, very well paid."'
.. 'Even when he wasn't climbing towers, acquaintances said, he often
wore the safety belt he used to attach himself, like a mountain
climber, to the towers' steel ladders.'
[and] More than work drew him to Iraq- Berg took risks around the world
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-
te.berg13may13,0,1712176.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines>
'[Berg found] his niche - rigging and repairing telecommunications
equipment, some of it hundreds of feet above the ground.' .. 'In 2000,
he helped set up the electronics equipment at the Republican National
Convention in Philadelphia.' .. 'Two years ago, he formed a small
company in Pennsylvania, Prometheus Methods Tower Service, named after
a character from Greek mythology who stole fire from the gods and
brought it to mortals for their use.' .. 'Acquaintances describe Berg
as equal parts entrepreneur and good Samaritan. He liked lifting
weights, enjoyed comedy and had a passion for taking modern technology
to Third-World countries. Friends and family say Berg did volunteer
work in Kenya and Ghana, where he taught villagers how to make bricks
and drill for water.' .. '"He was an adventurous sort. You kind of have
to be if you're going to be climbing these big towers 500 to 1,000 feet
up in the air, hanging only by a sling," said Walt Billings, a
colleague of Berg's...' ... '"He wasn't attached to any particular
company. He was there on his own," Billings said. "But it's not like he
was bumming around looking for a job. He was a specialist in tower
work, and one of the first contracts being released was for rebuilding
of the radio station infrastructure. He wanted to be in the country, on
the ground, when that work started to take off."' ... '"About Iraq ...
I am taking photos - where allowed," he wrote during his trip in
January. "It's actually pretty sad - I just got off one of two 320
meter monster towers in Abu Ghraib (also home to the main political
prison) which use[d] to support most of Baghdad area's VHF and UHF.
Both have been badly looted. ... "I'll definitely share some of these
pix with you and others next time I'm in the area - I'd love to put
together a little presentation for SBE [Society of Broadcast Engineers]
... in about six months after I've been on every site and fixed some of
them."'
Iran Warns Israel of Nuclear Retaliation // doomsday...
Iran on Tuesday warned it would retaliate against Israel
if the Jewish state attacked Tehran's nuclear facilities.
<http://7am.com/cgi-bin/wires02.cgi?1000_2004051101.htm>
N.Korea, U.S. Tougher at Nuclear Talks - Russia
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5116303>
'Neither North Korea nor the United States, the two protagonists in
the standoff, have shown any willingness to budge from their positions
during the inaugural working-level talks that are intended to pave the
way for higher-level meetings.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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Cheney gets good news in heart exam
<http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/ny-
nachen0512,0,4704760.story?coll=ny-top-headlines>
'Cheney has had four heart attacks and a pacemaker was placed in his
chest in June 2001. The checkup determined that the pacemaker, called
an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, was working fine and never
had to be activated. The device is designed to activate automatically
if needed to regulate the patient's heartbeat.'
// immediately two repercussions come to mind: one for people with
seasonal-
// lighting issues, so possibly more natural/full-spectrum lightning
products.
// the other thing being- more darkness requires more artificial
lighting, in
// that more power is needed to keep the lights on for a longer time,
thus the
// demand may be going up, it would seem to indicate, by a certain
percentage.
Globe Grows Darker as Sunshine Diminishes 10% to 37%
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/science/13DARK.html>
'... the dimming trend — noticed by a handful of scientists 20 years
ago but dismissed then as unbelievable — is attracting wide attention.
Research on dimming and its implications for weather, water supplies
and agriculture will be presented next week in Montreal at a joint
meeting of American and Canadian geological groups.' ... 'Pollution
dims sunlight in two ways, scientists theorize. Some light bounces off
soot particles in the air and goes back into outer space. The pollution
also causes more water droplets to condense out of air, leading to
thicker, darker clouds, which also block more light. For that reason,
the dimming appears to be more pronounced on cloudy days than sunny
ones. Some less polluted regions have had little or no dimming.' ...
'Since the 50's, hundreds of radiometers have been installed from the
Arctic to Antarctica, dutifully recording sunshine.'
// there's several dimensions related to electromagnetism and the body
that it
// is hoped someday will enter the realm of more common knowledge, such
as how
// the body functions, creates and uses fuel, and the nervous system
and brain
// work in relation to chemical and biological aspects related to EM,
such as
// with certain minerals and interactions, or environmental factors and
health.
EM-related quote: Lack Energy? Maybe It's Your Magnesium Level
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040510011303.htm>
'After each 81-day diet phase, magnesium concentrations were measured
through blood tests. The scientists also wanted to evaluate the
characteristics of electrical impulses that provide pumping
instructions to the heart. Electrocardiograms were taken at the end of
each phase to measure volunteers' heart rhythms.' .. 'When the women
ate a diet containing just 40 percent of the RDA for magnesium, they
showed signs of magnesium depletion in their blood serum, red blood
cells, and urine. At the same time, they experienced small increases in
heartbeats that arise in abnormal areas within the heart, which are
called ectopic heartbeats. They indicate increased myocardial
irritability.' .. '"These changes indicate that 130 mg of magnesium is
too little and that the RDA may be correct," says Klevay. "People who
live in soft-water areas, who use diuretics, or who are predisposed to
magnesium loss or ectopic beats may require more dietary magnesium than
would others."' .. 'Perhaps not surprisingly, people who live in areas
where the water is hard—and therefore contains more minerals, including
magnesium—have been found to have a reduced risk for heart disease.
Magnesium is sometimes provided intravenously to people shortly after
they've had a heart attack, though at least one study showed no
evidence of a "survival benefit" from the practice.'
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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EPA Aims to Cut Pollution From Equipment
<http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-diesel-
pollution,0,5327370.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines>
'The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule Tuesday
that requires refiners to remove nearly all the sulfur in diesel fuel
used by these [mentioned] off-road engines. The rules are aimed at
cutting their tailpipe releases of smog-causing chemicals and fine soot
by more than 90 percent.' ... '... environmentalists on Monday
applauded the EPA's diesel fuel requirements.'
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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// one of the many interesting things about exploring electronics is how
// 'sound' is so closely linked with electronics, and advances in one
field
// can be overlapped in another, say with synthesizers and building
circuits.
// 'music' also seems conceptually rich in the same way
'electromagnetism' is.
Computer chip noise may betray code
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994979>
'The noise emitted by computer chips could help code breakers decipher
encrypted messages, according to preliminary research carried out at
the Weizmann Institute in Israel.' .. 'Adi Shamir and Eran Tromer
sampled the high-frequency audio produced by computer central
processing units (CPU) - the highly complicated devices that perform
the majority of calculations inside computers - in a recording studio.'
.. 'They discovered that they could distinguish between different
cryptographic keys being processed by the chip, according to the
frequency of the sound emitted. They also found they could determine
the length of a string of characters by measuring the duration of
certain sounds. This is because these correspond to the amount of time
taken to process the key.' .... [note] 'In March 2002, Kuhn
demonstrated that indirect light from a computer monitor, reflected on
a wall for example, could be used to reconstruct a monitor image.'
EM-related: Spy catcher focuses on economic espionage // via TSCM-L...
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/2004-05-10-espionage_x.htm>
Tiny Eyes in the Sky // microstory. via macsurfer.com
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1573035,00.asp>
US criticised over web controls-- The US should reopen most of the sites
shut down after September 11 because of terrorism fears, a report says.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3703559.stm>
'In the aftermath of September 11, the US authorities shut down some
36 sites and more than 600 public databases.' ... 'In only four cases
was there an argument to restrict prevent public access. These four
databases had details about pipelines, nuclear reactors and dams.' ..
'The report appears to justify those who accused the Bush
administration of acting rashly due to terrorist fears.' .. '"It was a
gigantic mistake, and I hope the study brings some rationality back to
this policy," said Steven Aftergood, director of the Federation of
American Scientists' project on government secrecy.'
Taming the Wild West of viruses // via macsurfer.com
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3703589.stm>
'Although the worms are complex and sophisticated, their authors often
are not, [Mr Cluley] said.' .. '"These guys aren't geniuses and their
downfall is the fact that they like to brag."' .. 'Like the murder
mysteries of old, the codes written for the viruses offer tantalising
clues about its author.' .. 'The writers, generally teenagers, often
embed their nicknames in the virus.' .. 'Coupled with the fact that
they tend to be veracious surfers, posting messages to online chat
groups, it becomes clear that the search for them would not exactly tax
Hercule Poirot.' ... 'Ego tends to be the single biggest factor which
allows virus writers to be caught.'
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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Electricity scheme lights up the lives of rural residents //
mini-hydropower
<http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/12/content_329879.htm>
Drivers cruise Net for gas price relief
<http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5210553.html?part=dtx&tag=nhl>
Fuel cells face challenge on way to mainstream // microfueled laptops...
<http://news.com.com/2100-7337-5211153.html?part=dtx&tag=ntop>
National electricity policy soon: Shahi // rural electrication in
India...
<http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/may/12power.htm>
'"Very soon we would be bringing out a rural electricity supply policy
in pursuance of the responsibility cast upon us under the Electricity
Act," Power Secretary R V Shahi said...'... 'On the issue of rural
electrification, he said as much as 56 per cent of rural households do
not have access to electricity with six major states including Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Assam accounting for a large portion.'
Moscow 'has most billionaires' // oil wealth
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3710977.stm>
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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Vajpayee Made India a Military Power // legacy of nuclear diplomacy...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-india-
vajpayee-profile,0,453.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'He came to power brandishing Hindu nationalism in a country that
previously professed nonsectarian values. He set off an arms race with
rival Pakistan with nuclear tests in 1998 -- then declared he would
make India a developed nation by 2020.' .. 'Negotiating from a position
of strength, he excelled as a diplomat and forged close ties with
Washington and two longtime foes, Israel and China.' .. 'If Vajpayee's
overtures to Pakistan result in lasting peace, that would be his
greatest legacy.'
[and] Pakistan Confident on India Peace Process // nuclear diplomacy.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-pakistan-
india-elections,0,5135259.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Pakistan and India said Thursday the peace process between the two
nuclear-armed rivals would continue despite the surprise defeat of
India's ruling party in parliamentary elections.' .. 'Sonia Gandhi,
leader of the winning Congress party and the likely next prime
minister, vowed at a news conference in New Delhi Thursday night that
peace efforts would be continued "absolutely."'
WWII Code-Breakers Tackle Inscription // great story...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-cryptic-
carving,0,2917493.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'The experts who cracked Nazi Germany's secret codes are tackling a
10-letter enigma that has stumped fine minds for more than 250 years --
D.O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V.M.'
How Info-Overload Experts Unwind // countering toxic t.e.d.
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63434,00.html>
'... a novel Seattle conference this week devoted to technology
overload and its impact on our lives. The overwhelming aspects of
technology inspired Levy, a professor in the information school at the
University of Washington, to organize the meeting, titled Information,
Silence and Sanctuary.' .. 'Funded by the MacArthur Foundation and the
National Science Foundation, the slate included computer and technology
experts, an Episcopal minister, a Zen teacher, a cardiologist, a
Benedictine monk and a calligrapher.' ... 'Together, the group tackled
issues and ideas related to the physiological and psychological effects
of stress created by the speed of modern life. It also explored
theories on how society has gotten to this point.'
// read an intriguing newsstory about an automobile plant full of
robots, have
// yet to visit one though it is of high-interest as the scale of
robotics seems
// to have a dividing line where humans watch over robots, some
relationship of
// a kind that is hard to imagine without the scale and context, at
least here.
// Toffler recommended taking such tours as learning experiences, and
to add it
// would be great if schools were taking these tours to learn and
discuss what
// is going on in society, following up with studies and people's
viewpoints of
// what is important to be considering, if this world is arriving day
by day. if
// Bruces wrote any encyclopedic work in non-fiction it would be of
interest as
// the scope of observation is unique and these columns are looked
forward to,
// in the sense oftetimes many issues (geopolitics, energy, etc) are
networked.
Robots and the Rest of Us // roboethics
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.05/
view.html?pg=4?tw=wn_tophead_7>
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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Oil price rises hit airline fares // British Airlines. videocom,
telecommute?
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3702687.stm>
New Undersea Cable Projects Face Some Old Problems // .IN .BD .QT .OM
.KW .BH
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/10/business/10cable.html?8hpib>
'... announcements came in February and March that two new large
cables would be built under the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf and the
Mediterranean Sea to connect East Asia with Europe via the Middle
East.' ... 'The cables, which were several years in the planning, will
stretch more than 9,300 miles, touching some of the more underserved
parts of the globe...'
// .US domestic airlines are bankrupting: 'wanna buy a cheap
ticket-to-Mars?'
// ironic, isn't "looking back" exactly what the Hubble is designed to
do?
EM-related: Exclusive: New Bush space speech planned //
macroscopic-reflectivity
<http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040510-125812-6719r%20>
'NASA has become increasingly optimistic that some form of robotic
rescue is possible for the aging Hubble Space Telescope.' ... 'Later,
during a briefing by NASA officials following the public outcry over
the Hubble decision, Bush simply said, "Never look back," and added,
"Go forth every single day and do the best job you can."' ... 'Along
those lines, NASA management is said to be going "back and forth" on
the issue of when, in the process of assembling the International Space
Station, to launch the Japanese Kibo research module. Current plans
call for its flight to the station to come late in the assembly
sequence.' .. 'The late scheduling has been strongly criticized by the
Japanese government, to the point where some officials have suggested
canceling the project and putting the laboratory "in a science museum,"
according to a source who has worked with Japan on the issue.'
[followup] Great Wall Of China Seen From Space // photo.
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040512042526.htm>'
'... according to American astronaut Eugene Cernan, speaking during a
visit to Singapore: "In Earth's orbit at a height of 160 to 320
kilometres, the Great Wall of China is indeed visible to the naked
eye."'
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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Parasitic invasion credited with evolution of sex //
(matter.energy.information)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994960>
'Some time between 2000 million and 700 million years ago, bacteria
entered into an uneasy truce with larger cells. These cells were the
precursors of complex eukaryotic cells, that eventually evolved into
today's multicellular animals and plants.' .. 'The bacteria wound up
losing around 90 per cent of their genes to the host nucleus and became
mitochondria - the energy-generating components of complex cells. But
modern mitochondria are so intimately involved in sexual reproduction
that one scientist thinks they may even have been responsible for the
evolution of sex itself.' ... 'If they can pick up and transfer host
genes, then perhaps this also happened in the earliest eukaryotes. So
did early mitochondria set our distant ancestors on the route to males
and females? The jury is out.' ... 'Lynn Margulis of the University of
Massachusetts in Amherst, who revived the 19th-century idea that
mitochondria are descended from bacteria, is reluctant to go that
far...'
[and] Quantum trick may multiply CD capacity // entanglement
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994988>
'A fundamental law of classical physics has been broken by two teams
of physicists who have linked particles of light together in a way that
enhances its normal properties.' ... 'A physical principle called the
diffraction limit says that light cannot be used to see or inscribe
features that are smaller than half its wavelength. This limits the
density of data on a CD, for example, and the size of the circuits that
can be carved into microchips.' .. 'But now researchers have got round
this limit by "entangling" the photons that they use. This process
leaves the particles of light sharing a single quantum state, which
makes them behave like a single photon with a shorter wavelength and
higher energy.'
// this might be considered a type of information archaeology of
sorts...
// libraries becoming databases, layers, even trash-heaps of cultural
info.
From nukes to Sarbanes-Oxley // digital storage management.
Richard Reese has plenty of experience managing paper records, and
he's trying to bring that know-how to keeping track of electrons.
<http://news.com.com/2008-1015_3-5211442.html>
Einstein Defiant: Genius versus Genius in the Quantum Revolution
Edmund Blair Bolles Joseph Henry Press // free e-book. via STS-L
356 pages, 6 x 9, 2004, ISBN: 0309089980
<http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089980/html/>
// not sure where William Safire etymologized the political flip-flop
yet
// there is a ubiquity to electrical terminology in politics that its
use
// would be hard to detach from 'charged atmosphere', 'it was an
electric
// event' and the rest, such as VP Cheney as a 'lightning rod' etc. etc.
Flip-flop tag is well-worn -- if not worn well
Bill Adair, St. Petersburg Times
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/4769222.html>
How Removable Storage Works
<http://computer.howstuffworks.com/removable-storage.htm>
U.S. to Build Fastest Civilian Computer // not-a-cluster vs.
vector-based race.
<http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?story=41365558>
'The project submitted by Oak Ridge scientists envisions a computer
capable of sustaining 50 trillion calculations per second.' .. 'The
Energy Department project will involve Cray Corp., IBM Corp. and
Silicon Graphics Inc., all private companies that have been deeply
involved in high-performance computing research.' .. 'The program will
attempt to develop a computer that will surpass Japan's Earth
Simulator, built by NEC in 2002 and capable of sustaining nearly 36
trillion calculations per second. Some computers have reached many
times that speed, but not on a sustained basis.' .. 'With the NEC
computer in 2002, Japan became the world leader in having the most
powerful computer for civilian research.'
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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Blackout Baby Boom A Myth, Duke Professor Says // Ignoble Prize...
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040512044711.htm>
'Nine months ago, a massive blackout darkened homes and businesses
from Michigan to New York to Canada, affecting 50 million people. So it
stands to reason that maternity wards should be bracing for a
post-blackout boom, right?' ... "The Aug. 14 blackout may have
encouraged some couples to have sex. But the absence of electricity
could have had the opposite effects for others, Morgan said..."
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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Voltage Labs. // thanks *
Applied Sciences with Military Applications
<http://www.voltsamps.com/>
Danish fishing trawler nets sub // .DE
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3702477.stm>
US powerless to halt Iraq net images
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3695897.stm>
'... of course, the real issue is not the depiction of the abuse, but
the fact that it should have happened at all.' .. '"Certainly one of
the issues that might be looked into is the use of digital cameras and
whether or not any policy might be desirable," says US Central
Command's Lt Cdr Balice.' .. '"But if there's some kind of thought that
we might introduce a policy because we fear that wrongdoing might be
exposed, then that is incorrect. In any case, the photographing of
detainees is prohibited."' .. 'Ultimately, then, the only way that the
coalition can prevent the spread of images depicting the abuse of Iraqi
prisoners is to prevent the abuse itself.' .. 'Technology may change,
but the morality of war will always pose the same dilemmas.'
Active Duty -- Armed Artists of America (AAA) // NYC
Armed with ideas and the tools to create a rapid response
to the globalprogression towards chaos and war.
<http://www.leewells.org/activeduty/>
// new types of satellites were mentionedd previsouly in news in
relation to
// issues of weaponizing space, though this may be unrelated to this
story...
// eventually it would seem these could be 'mechanical robots' just
like UAVs
// in a sense, though able to do remote repairs and other types of work
in
// orbit, such as fixing the hubble via a ground-control station and
crew...
First space tug set to launch in 2007
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994992>
'The docking process would be automated but monitored by a controller
on the ground. The tug would then use an ion-propulsion engine to
slowly move the satellite to another position. The tug would also
remain attached in order to perform further manoeuvres.'
Study Group Questions Effectiveness Of Proposed Missile-defense System
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040511040830.htm>
'Lamb believes results of the APS study "came out at exactly the right
time" – just as Congress was poised to begin the process of allocating
resources to the highly ambitious program, without access to full and
unbiased knowledge regarding the feasibility of the proposed
technologies.' ... 'In the end, the scientists concluded that "while
the boost-phase technologies we studied are potentially capable of
defending the United States against liquid-propellant ICBMs at certain
ranges of interest, at least in the absence of counter-measures, when
all factors are considered none of the boost-phase defense concepts
studied would be viable for the foreseeable future to defend the nation
against even first-generation solid-propellant ICBMs."'
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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Gasoline data send oil to new highs // note: .US driving increases.
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/
FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1083180443359&p=1012571727085>
'Oil prices stretched further into record territory on Wednesday on
higher forecasts for global demand this year and a surprise drop in US
commercial gasoline inventories, which sent US gasoline futures to a
new high.' .. 'The US benchmark crude futures contract, June Nymex WTI,
settled 71 cents higher at $40.77 a barrel. This was the highest since
October 1990 during the lead-up to the first Gulf war, and moved it
within 40 cents of its lifetime high of $41.15 on October 10 1990.' ..
'Analysts said it was highly likely that the Nymex WTI contract would
break new records this week....'
// note: although not directly em-related, an observation about the
utopian tax-
// cutting mantra of no ill-effects, others than those deserved:
everything, in
// turn, ends up costing more at its base price and with add-on costs,
it seems.
// thus, taxs may be reduced but everything costs more. (or so it
seems). thus,
// with something like broadband and limited taxation, this is easily
made up in
// surcharges, either through phone bills or hookup fees or so it seems
(OSIS).
Trade Gap Widens to $46 Billion on Oil Imports // VP Cheney's Energy
Agenda...
<http://nytimes.com/2004/05/13/business/worldbusiness/13econ.html>
'Scott McClellan, a spokesman for President Bush, said the trade
deficit underscored the need to pass energy legislation to increase
production of oil and gas and alternative fuels.' .. '"We remain in
contact with producers around the world, urging them not to act in a
way that would hurt our economy or harm our consumers," Mr. McClellan
said. "It's also important that we move forward on passing a
comprehensive energy plan so we don't run into this situation year
after year."'
Mexican Air Force Films UFOs // no comment. no speculation. visited
Iran lately.
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/
0,1282,63433,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_9>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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Lightning striking the Empire State Building.
From "A Triumph of Thunderstorm Photography" // via thingsmagazine.net
<http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00610.htm>
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