~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #113
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Tue, 1 Jun 2004 20:52:12 -0500
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #113
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (6/01/2004)
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--
(Cheney, Nuclear, Oil, Corruption, Enron, Halliburton, Terrorism.)
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01) --top stories--
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Enron Traders Caught On Tape // *** if broadband, free video...
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/01/eveningnews/main620626.shtml>
'Officials with the Snohomish Public Utility District near Seattle
received the tapes from the Justice Department.' .. '"This is the
evidence we've all been waiting for. This proves they manipulated the
market," said Eric Christensen, a spokesman for the utility.' .. 'That
utility, like many others, is trying to get its money back from Enron.'
.. '"They're f------g taking all the money back from you guys?"
complains an Enron employee on the tapes. "All the money you guys stole
from those poor grandmothers in California?"' .. '"Yeah, grandma
Millie, man"' .. '"Yeah, now she wants her f------g money back for all
the power you've charged right up, jammed right up her a------ for
f------g $250 a megawatt hour."' .. 'And the tapes appear to link top
Enron officials Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling to schemes that fueled the
crisis.' .. '"Government Affairs has to prove how valuable it is to Ken
Lay and Jeff Skilling," says one trader.' .. '"Ok."' .. '"Do you know
when you started over-scheduling load and making buckets of money on
that?' .. 'Before the 2000 election, Enron employees pondered the
possibilities of a Bush win.' .. '"It'd be great. I'd love to see Ken
Lay Secretary of Energy," says one Enron worker.'
Kerry: Nuclear Terrorism Is Gravest Threat to U.S. // via
drudgereport.com
<http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/381249%7Ctop%7C06-01-
2004::02:05%7Creuters.html>
'"The greatest threat we face today (is) the possibility of al Qaeda
or other terrorists getting their hands on a nuclear weapon," Kerry
said. "Osama bin Laden has called obtaining a weapon of mass
destruction a 'sacred duty."'' .... 'Last week, he outlined four
"imperatives" -- [...including...] freeing the United States from its
"dangerous dependence on Middle East oil.'
Cheney Office 'Coordinated' Halliburton Deal -Time // Judicial Watch
+Task Force
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=5296176>
'A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Dick Cheney's office
"coordinated" a multibillion-dollar Iraq reconstruction contract
awarded to his former employer Halliburton, Time magazine reported on
Sunday.' .. 'The e-mail, sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official on
March 5, 2003, said Douglas Feith, a senior Pentagon official,
provided arrangements for the RIO contract, or Restore Iraqi Oil,
between Halliburton and the U.S. government, Time said.' ... 'Time said
the Pentagon e-mail was located among documents provided by Judicial
Watch, a watchdog group.'
// it is scandalous if the GOP refuses to conduct 'public' hearings, as
it is
// ethically identical to Judge Scalia's refusal to recuse himself as a
judge
// from .US Energy Task Force hearings... this would indict the GOP
leadership
// for obstruction of justice to protect private interests while people
die...
[and] Democrats want Cheney-Halliburton probe // *** oil and war
connection...
Republicans dismiss questions about contract // GOP refuses "public"
hearing?
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/01/cheney.halliburton/>
'"It's a legitimate question," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, the ranking
Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. "It raises the real
question, can the American people trust their government to do the
right thing? We have very real rules here."' .... 'John White, a
Pentagon appointee in the Clinton and Carter administrations, said the
e-mail suggests an "unprecedented" level of involvement by senior
Pentagon officials in the awarding of contracts.' .. '"I've never seen
of anything like this -- never heard of anything like this," White told
reporters in a conference call with Leahy. "I think the vice
president's office has a lot of questions to answer, as does the
Pentagon."' .... 'With both houses of Congress controlled by President
Bush's fellow Republicans, the prospect of any Cheney-Halliburton
hearings appears unlikely.' ....
{ 800+ .US soldiers dead, (how many died protecting Halliburton
contractors?) tens of thousands of Iraqi's dead, and then this quote
from VP quarters.... }
'"This is a politicizing of Halliburton, which is a shame," said
Mary Matalin, a former Cheney aide now working as a senior Bush-Cheney
campaign adviser.' .. '"Halliburton itself has lost close to three
dozen workers over there in Iraq," Matalin told NBC's Today show. "I
mean, just let it go."'
CHENEY coordinated Halliburton Iraq contract: report
Channel News Asia - Singapore
PENTAGON email reveals Cheney, Halliburton link
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
CHENEY office denies role in Halliburton deal
CNN - USA
ALLEGED Halliburton ties haunt Cheney
Al-Jazeera - Qatar
REPORT: Cheney in on Halliburton deal
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
CHENEY greased big contract: email evidence
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
HALLIBURTON was helped by Cheney, Time says
International Herald Tribune - Paris,France
CHENEY denies co-ordinating Iraq contract for former firm
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Email shows Cheney 'link' to oil contract
Guardian
CHENEY Linked To Halliburton Deal
CBS News - USA
E-MAIL Revives Calls to Probe Halliburton, Cheney
Reuters - USA
CALLS for inquiry into Cheney's contracts link
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
CHENEY'S connection to Halliburton revived
Bizjournals.com - USA
[related to] The Paper Trail- Did Cheney Okay a Deal? // e-mail...
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1101040607-
644111,00.html>
[reference] The Master Builder *** Halliburton knows the business of
war.
But can it pull off the Iraqi job when it's under fire in Iraq and at
home?
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040607-
644193,00.html>
'The reconstruction of Iraq, that grand effort of goodwill intended
to win over the hearts and minds of Iraq's citizens, is America's
other war, and it is not going quite according to plan. You could say
that Halliburton, which holds an exclusive deal to support U.S.
soldiers and by far the largest share of contracts for rebuilding
Iraq's crippled infrastructure, is command central in the battle to
rebuild the country. But the firm has become a lightning rod for
criticism of the U.S. presence in Iraq. Thanks in part to Vice
President Dick Cheney's five-year tenure as the company's CEO,
Halliburton's contract with the U.S. government has been unable to
escape the whiff of cronyism — even though Cheney says he has no
connection to the company today other than the $178,437 he received
last year, one of five annual deferred-compensation payments (see
box). The firm is a constant target of violence and the subject of
persistent rumors of corruption. As the June 30 handover to an Iraqi
government approaches, Iraq's citizens are beginning to question why
American companies like Halliburton are still running the show.
Halliburton's role in Iraq is much more than just chief cook and
bottle washer for the troops. In fact, the success of the whole U.S.
enterprise in Iraq depends in many ways on how well Halliburton does
its job.' .... '...[there is a] widespread sentiment in Baghdad, among
ordinary Iraqis, that the reconstruction process has become another
murky theater of corruption.' .... 'To the Iraqis, Halliburton and the
military are virtually synonymous — they are simply "the Americans."'
The oil connection // .SA demanded the .US leave .mil bases there...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1228163,00.html>
'The Saudi Arabian authorities made two pledges yesterday immediately
after the conclusion of the terrorist attack in the eastern oil city of
Khobar. The first, issued by the country's de facto ruler, Crown Prince
Abdullah, was to eliminate the Islamic militants "with an iron fist".
The second, delivered at an emergency meeting with Western oil
executives, was to continue to "provide a reliable supply of oil to
meet world energy demand". Whether the royal regime can deliver on the
first promise is open to doubt, and the very fact that the second one
needs to be made is a confession of uncertainty....' .... 'Beyond the
immediate effect on foreign confidence, the most important effect is to
raise a much larger question about the long-term viability of the Saudi
regime. In a situation where no one has the slightest idea what might,
or should, replace that regime, who can guarantee that the tap will
always be turned on for 8m barrels a day?' .... '... It is also time to
reconsider the West's oil-driven diplomacy - and not only because it
provides an open target for terrorism by making Saudi Arabia the
guarantor of stable prices at the pump. By focusing less on energy
supplies and more on energy saving, we might begin to convince the
people of the Middle East that it is not "all about oil".'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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California considers program to measure pollutants in people // via
wired...
<http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/breaking_news/8804422.htm>
'Biomonitoring is an emerging science that analyzes human blood,
breast milk and urine for trace amounts of pollutants, from lead and
mercury to a host of industrial chemicals with unpronounceable names.
After decades of testing soil, water, air and food, scientists now are
scrutinizing pollution in people, cataloging chemicals that take up
residence in fat cells and body fluids in hopes of establishing links
to cancer and other diseases.'
Lightning Kills Golfer in Denver Area
Man Killed, Son Hospitalized After Lightning Strike at Denver-Area Golf
Course
<http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040529_1266.html>
'Les Wilson, of Littleton, said he was on the driving range about 25
feet from the father and son, and that the lightning came without
warning from overcast, but not threatening, skies.' .... '"I felt the
lightning bolt go through my golf club and then I hit the ground,"
Wilson said. When he was able to sit up, he said, he saw several people
attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation on two golfers who were
struck.'
This Is Your Brain on Drugs
<http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,63666,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8>
'Scientists can use at least three methods -- positron emission
topography (better known as PET), functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(MRI), or electroencephalogram (EEG) -- to study the brain and its
functions.' .... '"Our goal is to make brain monitoring as common as
heart monitoring," Devlin said.'
Mitochondrial Mutations Blamed for Aging
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=00038BF1-100F-
10B5-900F83414B7F0000>
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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System converts smokestack heat to electricity // ! Wow's CCLC propane
cogen...
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995039>
'A system designed to capture waste heat from industrial smokestacks
and turn it into electricity could significantly boost the efficiency
of power stations, drastically cutting carbon emissions, its inventors
claim. It could also reduce the amount of toxic pollution released into
the atmosphere.' .... '...fossil-fuel-powered generating stations have
an overall efficiency of only around 35 per cent.' .... 'If even 20 per
cent of industrial waste heat, say, could be converted to electricity
in this way, Stinger estimates the US alone could add over 200
gigawatts of generating capacity - almost 20 per cent of its power
needs.'
Bananas to generate electricity! // fruit2kilowatts
<http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=39602&cat=Science>
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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Email on a memory stick // removable cpu_storage-to-go. via engadget.com
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/01/email_memory_stick/>
Security-Free Wireless Networks // psychic-babel
<http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/
0,1382,63667,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7>
'Even the makers of Wi-Fi routers, access points and other gadgets
privately say that as many as 80 percent of home users don't bother to
enable basic encryption or other protections against connection theft,
eavesdropping and network invasion.'
Hacking Sparks Need for Complex Passwords // password+. via NewsScan
Daily...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5693-2004Jun1.html>
'"A password is a construct of the past that has run out of steam,"
said Joseph Atick, chief executive of Identix Inc., a Minnesota
designer of fingerprint-based authentication. "The human mind-set is
not used to dealing with so many different passwords and so many
different PINs."' .... 'With two-factor authentication, having a
password alone is useless.' .... 'Someone who steals your device won't
have your password; someone who steals your password won't have your
device.'
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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// keep thinking of a dwelling as a 'transformer'-toy (.jp) type of
machine
// in which the roof may flip and turn into solar panels on the right
days.
// micro-wind turbines may power communications, a battery backup may
be a
// way to run basic systems in power outages with wind/solar recharging
it.
// weather station at the top, central place for server for home
automation,
// sensors, data, power management. e-commerce hatch. central lighting.
etc.
// materials to limit UV and RF inside and emissions, and new e-plug
system.
A Different Era for the Alternative Energy Business // buoyant.
<http://nytimes.com/2004/05/29/business/29alternative.html>
'Alternative energy - solar, wind, geothermal and a grab bag of other
sources - is doing better than ever. But the main reason is not the
increase in oil and natural gas prices...' .... 'The public reaction to
recent price spikes in oil prices could help alternative energy by
putting pressure on politicians to maintain or even increase the vast
range of tax credits, grants, loan guarantees and other subsidies that
stimulate investment in alternatives.'
[and] Biodiesel Boom Well-Timed // latent energy...
<http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/
0,2554,63635,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1>
'Higgins said most diesel vehicles do not have to be modified to burn
biodiesel, and auto manufacturers support fueling their vehicles with
biodiesel, which burns cleaner than standard fuel.' .... '"Could we
meet that demand instantly? No," said Higgins. She estimated that the
21 existing biodiesel production plants in the United States could
produce up to 80 million gallons a year, and another 20 plants could
quickly go online. Higgins said 90 percent of today's biodiesel comes
from soy oil, and 10 percent from recycled cooking oil. Other
feedstocks, such as animal carcasses, could be used to fill any gap,
according to Higgins.'
EM-headline: Saudi horror sparks fears of oil crisis // guardian.co.uk
·Militants hold 50 hostages ·£4 gallon looms as battle rages
[and] Dead Briton was top oil executive
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,11599,1228358,00.html>
[and] Attack Increases Doubts About Saudi Ability to Pump More Oil
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/31/international/middleeast/31OIL.html>
'"The [terrorist] attack was orchestrated to display that the royal
family cannot maintain security in the heart of its own oil patch, and
in that sense they succeeded," said Jean-François Seznec, an authority
on Saudi Arabia and a professor at Columbia University.' .... 'The
State Department repeated a recommendation over the weekend, first
issued in April, that Americans living in Saudi Arabia should
immediately leave the country. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil
exporter, remains heavily dependent on American and European
contractors to maintain the smooth functioning of its oil
infrastructure.' .... 'A high-ranking official at OPEC, speaking from
Beirut, where delegates began arriving over the weekend, said that
while the group's 11 members planned to discuss the Saudi proposal as
expected at its meeting on Thursday, officials seemed more concerned
with recent rioting over fuel prices in Beirut than with the attack in
Khobar. "This is a little bit of turbulence, nothing crucial as of
yet," the official said.'
Funds released to provide electricity to 800 villages in Sindh: Sherpao
// .PK
<http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=66406>
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Speaks Out // lessons learned.
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-britain-
israel-vanunu,0,5014562.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Israel's nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu said in an interview
broadcast Sunday that the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982
influenced his decision to tell the world about his country's secret
nuclear military program.' .... 'He said he ... also influenced by the
fear of nuclear contamination shared by many people following the 1986
Chernobyl disaster, and his conversion from Judaism to Christianity.'
.... '"It's not about betraying, it's about saving Israel from a new
holocaust," he said.'
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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New 'music' chart for ringtones // via engadget.com
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3763261.stm>
'According to mobile content provider ringtones.co.uk, the
best-selling musical ringtone at present is I Don't Want You Back, the
former number one single by US singer Eamon.' .. 'Nokia's website,
however, puts Britney Spears' single Everytime at number one.'
Airports chase waiting drivers further from terminals // via
engadget.com
<http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-05-28-airports-drivers_x.htm>
'On April 20, Baltimore-Washington International Airport opened a
55-space "cell phone lot" where drivers can idle while they wait to be
called to the terminal, which is a few minutes away by car. BWI
spokeswoman Holly Ellison said customers are still finding out about
the lot, but it has already helped reduce traffic density and illegal
parking on roads that loop through the terminals.'
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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Link proved between senses and memory
Brain scans show how sights and smells evoke the past.
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/040524/040524-12.html>
7-million digit prime number discovered
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99995057>
'Prime numbers are positive integers that can only be divided
perfectly by themselves and one...' .. 'Mersenne primes are an
especially rare type that take the form 2^P -1, where p is also a prime
number. They are named after a 17th Century French monk who first came
up with an important conjecture about which values of p would yield a
prime. The new number can be represented as 2^24,036,583 -1. It is the
41st Mersenne prime to have been found.'
ALPHABET TABLE
<http://www.m-w.com/mw/table/alphabet.htm>
The Competitiveness of Nations in a Global Knowledge-Based Economy
An Interdisciplinary Studies PhD Thesis by Harry Hillman Chartrand
<http://members.shaw.ca/competitivenessofnations/>
<http://members.shaw.ca/competitivenessofnations/4.%20Graphics.htm>
Brain Disease Research, Particle Physics Meet In The Middle(Ware) // NMI
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/05/040527235755.htm>
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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Online newspapers tempt readers-- The number of newspaper websites
around
the world has doubled since 1999, a study has found. // via
drudgereport.com
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3767267.stm>
'The rapid growth of broadband in many countries means people are
spending less of their leisure time watching television, preferring to
surf the web instead.' .. 'This led to more visits to newspaper web
sites, according to research by the World Association of Newspapers and
ZenithOptimedia presented at the Istanbul gathering.' .. 'The
migration of classified advertising from the print media to the web
continues slowly. Currently, just over 2% of newspaper ad revenues
comes from the web.'
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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Iran Denies Nuke Relations With N. Korea
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-koreas-
iran,0,28084.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Kharrazi said Iran's nuclear technology is self-developed, and the
international community doesn't need to worry about his country's
nuclear capabilities, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.'
[and] Kerry Vows Action on Threat of Nuclear Terrorism
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5313597>
'[Sen. Kerry] said he would call Iran's bluff by organizing nations
to offer Tehran the nuclear fuel it says it needs for peaceful
purposes and take back spent fuel that could be used to build an
atomic bomb.' .. '"If Iran does not accept this, their true motivations
will be clear," Kerry said in a speech designed to draw a sharp
contrast with President Bush on the need to reduce the chance of
terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons.' .... 'Calling the nexus of
nuclear weapons and terrorism "the greatest threat we face today," he
recommended "a layered strategy" that invoked U.S. nonmilitary
strength early enough so force did not become the only option.''
[and] Iran nuclear issues 'unresolved'
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3768371.stm>
EM-headline: Oil traders expect 'terror premium' to strike today
[and] Saudis Rush to Assure World After Qaeda Attack
<http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/333344%7Ctop%7C05-31-
2004::19:06%7Creuters.html>
'Many analysts doubt U.S. crude prices will break new ground above a
21-year peak this month at $41.85 a barrel, but say the attack serves
as a sharp reminder of the vulnerability of already stretched global
supplies.' .. 'The test will come on Tuesday (7 p.m. EDT on Monday)
when markets reopen after a long holiday weekend. The heavily protected
Saudi oil infrastructure has not been hit, but some traders fear
militants may shift from soft targets to production and export
facilities.' .... 'The militants dragged the body of the dead Briton
through the streets behind a car, witnesses said. The body of an
American suffered the same fate in an attack on a petrochemical site in
the Red Sea town of Yanbu earlier in May.'
AP: Miners Drawn to Illegal Congo Uranium
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-nuclear-
congo,0,4927220.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Business is booming in the mining zone that supplied uranium for the
atomic bombs unleashed on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- despite a decree by
Congo's president banning all mining activity here.' .... 'Today at
Shinkolobwe, some 5,500 Congolese using shovels, hoes and bare hands
haul ores overland to nearby Likasi, where businessmen from Africa,
India, China and elsewhere have set up 13 smelting mills.' .. 'The end
product, and just as often the raw material itself, known as
heteroginite, is shipped south by road to neighboring Zambia, and then
abroad.' .. 'Industry officials say the heteroginite primarily contains
high-grade cobalt. But "trace quantities of uranium are being exported
unwittingly" along with it, said Skinner, the mining engineer, a
Zimbabwean who is a longtime Congo resident.' .... 'The isotope
uranium-235 is needed to support chain reactions in nuclear reactors
and weapons. The metal must be refined first, a process called
enrichment.' .... 'Tom Cochrane, director of the nuclear program at the
Natural Resources Defense Council, a Washington-based advocacy group,
agreed.' .. 'Pre-enriched, "it's not very good dirty-bomb material," he
said.'
Saudi TV Features Denunciations of Terror // representing public
media-voice...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-saudi-
denouncing-terror,0,7345120.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines>
'Since car bomb attacks that killed 35 people, including nine suicide
bombers, at three Riyadh compounds housing foreigners last year, Saudi
Arabia has launched public relations campaign aimed at discouraging
Saudis from offering any kind of support to extremists.' .. 'It has
also led to an unprecedented public discussion in Saudi Arabia about
whether the austere version of Islam expounded in the kingdom might
contribute to extremist violence.' .... 'On an hour-long talk show
aired Saturday, intellectuals called upon the nation to stand up to
terrorists.'
Russia Joins Proliferation Security Initiative // WMD
<http://7am.com/cgi-bin/wires02.cgi?1000_2004053102.htm>
Computer terrorism trial goes to jury // free day-pass
<http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/06/01/computer_terrorism/>
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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Electricity sparks tiny blast at Wash. building // U.S. Commerce
Department
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N01323450.htm>
// also, it may also help traditional fossil fuel companies if
alternatives
// were developed, stabilizing demands so that natural resources can
last
// longer into the future, whereas if they are used up quickly, it would
// seem some countries whose wealth is largely derived from oil may not
be
// prepared for other economics when the oil loses its value with
changes.
// in this sense, 'less oil' may be 'more oil' for a country's
stability...
// because what happens when the oil runs out? what is to be exported
then?
Energy Gets Jolt of Venture Cash
<http://www.wired.com/news/business/
0,1367,63639,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2>
'"When you have a trillion-dollar-a-year market in the U.S. that seems
to grow at an inexorable 2 (percent) to 3 percent a year, it just begs
for innovation," said Tucker Twitmyer, a principal at EnerTech Capital
, a Wayne, Pennsylvania, venture capital firm that specializes in
energy-technology companies.' .... '"It's definitely a different game
from IT," he said. "Energy tends to take a lot more money. The markets
move more slowly." Moreover, large energy companies are generally much
less enthusiastic about trying new technologies than their counterparts
in the IT sector.' .. 'That said, VC firms have been willing in recent
months to take chances on a wide variety of new ventures.' .. 'For
Thompson [senior associate with FA Technology Ventures], key areas of
interest are in sensors, energy information and power efficiency.'
Smarter Than the CEO
<http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.06/
view.html?pg=2?tw=wn_tophead_2>
'Instead of looking to a single person for the right answers,
companies need to recognize a simple truth: Under the right conditions,
groups are smarter than the smartest person within them. We often think
of groups and crowds as stupid, feckless, and dominated by the lowest
common denominator. But take a look around. The crowd at a racing track
does an uncannily good job of forecasting the outcome, better in fact
than just about any single bettor can do. Horses that go off at 3-to-1
odds win a quarter of the time, horses that go off at 6-to-1 win a
seventh of the time, and so on. Decision markets, like the Iowa
Electronics Markets (which forecasts elections) and the Hollywood Stock
Exchange (which predicts box office results), consistently outperform
industry forecasts. Even the stock market, though it's subject to fads
and manias, is near-impossible to beat over time.'
The future is flat-screen-- Is Samsung poised to pull alongside Sony in
the race to become the leading electronics brand, asks Ashley Norris
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1227119,00.html>
'"We accept that not every home is a Sony home or Panasonic home,"
says Mr Neave. "They have a mixture of products from different brands.
What we are offering is the chance for consumers to link all the
products together. This is an attitude reflected in our key message
for 2005: 'digital unison'."' .. 'It is refreshing to hear someone
champion open standards and interoperability in consumer electronics
rather than hearing companies bang on about the delights of their
proprietary technology. It certainly has an appeal to more
sophisticated consumers. But will it give Samsung an edge over its
Japanese rivals?'
EM-headline: US oil prices break new records
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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the electromagnetic internetwork-list
electromagnetism / infrastructure / civilization
archives.openflows.org/electronetwork-l
http://www.electronetwork.org/list/