~e; Electromagnetic News & Views #117
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:58:38 -0500
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Electromagnetic News & Views -- #117
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00) Electronetwork.org Commentary (6/14/2004)
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-- (keywords: Cheney, nuclear, corruption, war)
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01) --top stories--
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// there may be one other thing worth considering in terms of nuclear
diplomacy:
// change. it is almost inevitable that nuclear technology will
transform and it
// may already have done so in some .gov labs and, this future
(cleaner, better,
// etc.) nuclear technology may not be as available given decisions
made today.
// that future could reasonably be jeopardized if nuke weapons
surprises arose.
Iran Rejects Restraint on Nuclear Program // continuing international
concern...
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040612/D835OR1G0.html>
'Toughening its stance in advance of a meeting of the U.N. nuclear
watchdog agency, Iran on Saturday said it would reject international
restrictions on its nuclear program and challenged the world to accept
Tehran as a member of the "nuclear club."' .... 'Kharrazi warned that
failure in settling the debate over Iran's nuclear dossier will be a
"failure for all," including Iran, Europe and the IAEA.' .. 'The
minister confirmed Iran's efforts to buy 4,000 magnets needed for
uranium enrichment equipment, saying the issue was blown out of
proportion. He did not say where the magnets were bought.'
[and] Iran rejects curbs and demands to join the 'nuclear club'
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/13/
wiran13.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/06/13/ixworld.html>
[and] Iran holding back over nuclear programme, UN says
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=531660>
'Iran is not fully co-operating with UN inspectors and must come clean
about the full extent of its nuclear programme, the head of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said yesterday, a warning
echoed by the United States.'
[and] U.S. Urges Iran to 'Come Clean' on Nuclear Program
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5419535>
'State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said it was clear from
recent Iranian statements that Tehran "is pressing ahead in its
program to produce fissile material," and that a "troubling lack of
cooperation with the IAEA continues."' .. 'Boucher called on the IAEA
board of governors this week to adopt a "strong resolution that calls
on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA and to resolve all the outstanding
issues regarding its nuclear program."' .. 'But U.S. officials stopped
short of calling for the matter to be referred to the U.N. Security
Council.' .. '"It's clear that the agency's investigation and
verification work in Iran must continue for the foreseeable future,"
Boucher said.' .. '"As long as the process at the (IAEA) is moving
ahead, as long as they're continuing to bring information to light and
find out new things ... we think that's the appropriate way to
proceed at this moment," he said.'
Alive and well - the radio star helping Iraq to find its voice // ***
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1237713,00.html>
'In the studio in a Baghdad compound protected by armed guards,
Mudarris presides over a discussion on whether women should be
government ministers in Iraq.' .... 'They call in from Kirkuk in
Kurdistan and from Qam on the Syrian border; from the vast sprawling
Shia slum of Sadr City; and from Baghdad's wealthiest neighbourhoods.'
.. Largely members of the educated elite, all said their piece - most
favouring a strong role for women - and through it all Mudarris charmed
her Iraqi listeners, dispensing her views and joking with her
listeners.' .... 'Callers simply phone in and say what they think,
several hundred vying to get on the air each day. Mudarris asks them
what kind of future they envisage for Iraq, a question which in the old
days would have delivered her to the same fate as her sister-in-law.'
.... 'When I test this claim around Baghdad, I find that Mudarris has a
remarkable following. In his electrical goods store on Karrada Street,
Nadir Adman Abdul Massi, a Christian merchant, says: 'She is respected
because she has the real Iraqi mentality. She doesn't spice things up.
She just asks it straight.''
Cheney firm is investigated // SEC, Cheney, corruption, natural gas
project...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/524616.html>
[and] PROCUREMENT -- White House Officials and Cheney Aide Approved
Halliburton Contract in Iraq, Pentagon Says // ~the oil strategy~
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/politics/
14PROC.html?ei=5062&en=e52208c20470d767&ex=1087790400&pagewanted=print&p
osition=>
'The newly disclosed details about Pentagon contracting do not suggest
improper political pressures to direct business to Halliburton, the
Houston-based company that Vice President Dick Cheney once led.' ..
'But they raise questions about assertions by Mr. Cheney and other
administration officials that he knew nothing in advance of the
Halliburton contracts and that the decisions were made by career
procurement specialists, without involvement by senior political
appointees.' .. 'Kevin Kellems, a spokesman for the vice president,
had no immediate comment on the new disclosures.' .... 'In a letter
faxed Sunday to Mr. Cheney and given to reporters, Representative
Henry A. Waxman, the minority leader of the panel, asked him for all
records of his office's communications on the oil contracts and for
records of Deputies Committee meetings where the Halliburton deals had
been discussed.' .. '"These new disclosures appear to contradict your
assertions that you were not informed about the Halliburton contracts,"
Mr. Waxman, Democrat of California, wrote. "They also seem to
contradict the administration's repeated assertions that political
appointees were not involved in the award of the contracts to
Halliburton."'
[and] Pentagon Auditors Criticize Halliburton Billing // ***
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=5419372>
'Pentagon auditors have found "deficiencies" with Halliburton's
billing system for billions of dollars of work in Iraq, according to a
military audit released by a Democratic lawmaker on Monday.' .. 'The
audit on Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), the U.S.
military's biggest contractor in Iraq, was released by California Rep.
Henry Waxman to back up claims of misuse of U.S. taxpayer funds in
Iraq by the Texas firm, which was run by Vice President Dick Cheney
from 1995-2000.' .... 'Waxman's office released statements from five
former employees of Halliburton and one sub-contractor who complained
of waste, fraud and abuse by the company in Iraq.' .... 'In a related
development, New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg called for U.S. Attorney
General John Ashcroft to appoint a special counsel to investigate
whether Cheney helped Halliburton get deals in Iraq.'
Saudi Oil Crown Slipping Away? By Peter Zeihan // Jun 08, 2004
<http://www.stratfor.com/corporate/index.neo?page=basicsample>
'Attacks against expatriates working in the Saudi Arabian oil patch
have accelerated in tempo and intensity during the past several months.
If this trend is not reversed -- which is not likely -- Riyadh will
slowly fall from its current position as the kingpin of global energy
markets. Oil prices will be both higher and more volatile, Saudi social
stability far less guaranteed and OPEC less a force to be reckoned
with.'
// fascinating report of how electrical engineering differs in .US/.IQ
...
// note: without electrical power the ability to pump oil is
problematic.
In Race to Give Power to Iraqis, Electricity Lags // ***. No. 1 goal
missed.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/international/middleeast/14POWE.html>
'Tripped up by problems ranging from sabotage to its reliance on
by-the-book engineering, the United States has failed by a wide margin
to meet its long-stated goal of reviving Iraq's electricity output for
the start of the searing summer.' .. 'The American-led occupation
missed its goal by as much as 30 percent, starving air-conditioners,
lights, factories and oil pumps. That has damaged the occupation's
efforts to foster stability and good will among a populace already
traumatized by the failure to guarantee their security.' .... 'The
reasons for the shortfall are both obvious and subtle. They include
insurgents' attacks on plants and power lines, the harassment and
killing of engineers, pullouts by companies doing repair work, and
problems finding spare parts for outdated Iraqi equipment.' .. 'Some
Iraqis also complain that Western engineers have been unable to grasp
the complexities of a creaky electrical grid that is a patchwork of
ancient Russian, German, Yugoslavian, Chinese and American equipment.
The Iraqis say that the engineers, often Americans, reflexively reach
for fancy new gear costing tens of millions of dollars that can take
months or years to order, ship and install.' .... 'According to an
internal Iraqi government report obtained by The New York Times last
week, more than 100 of the main electrical lines and nearly 1,200 of
the towers supporting them have been damaged or destroyed since the
invasion.'
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02-- electromagnetic health & safety
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Being Bilingual Could Protect Your Brain
<http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2004/06/14/
hscout519459.html>
Providing Electricity // *** using home generators during power outages
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/realestate/
13HOME.html?ei=5062&en=563c1fb916de0fde&ex=1087704000&pagewanted=print&p
osition=>
[followup] Mammogram wait times can often exceed three months // .US
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-06-13-mammogram-delays_x.htm>
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03-- electromagnetic trash & treasure
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04-- electromagnetic security & surveillance
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// note: newspapers provide long-term daily trends of readers for
marketers...
// both filling out the forms and matching mandatory cookies for
data-mining.
Online News Registration May Not Deliver // with disinfo margin of
error +/- 65%
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=6&u=/
ap/20040613/ap_on_hi_te/newspapers_online_registration>
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05-- electromagnetic power & energy
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// such solar developments could be replicated all over the world
someday...
Shell Solar to bring electricity to more remote Chinese villages // **
<http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=6914>
'The 26 villages, which have a total of about 1,300 households, will
have a total installed solar power capacity of 200kWp.' .... 'In China,
Shell Solar has also provided cost-effective and reliable solar power
solutions for telecommunications, pipeline cathodic protection, water
pumping, traffic signalling and grid-connected rooftop systems in more
than 50 projects. This adds up more than 5,000 kWp of installed solar
power.'
Balance of Power | A Smokescreen called Electricity Reforms // .IN
<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/736434.cms>
'Of the total energy generated, barely 40 per cent is billed, while 20
per cent is lost in theft and another 20 per cent in technical losses.'
.... 'In the case of the Enron project, the MSEB was forced to pick up
Dabhol power at Rs 7 a unit, while being denied any leeway in raising
consumer tariffs.' .. 'SEBs have not covered themselves with glory, but
they should not be made to perform the dirty task of subsidising
inefficient private players.'
Power struggle plays out on electricity grid
Angry Iraqis facing summer swelter as occupiers unable to keep lights on
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/
20040612/IRAQPOWER/TPInternational/Africa>
'Before the war, Baghdad residents enjoyed about 20 hours of
electricity a day. Today, they're lucky to get eight, usually broken
into runs of two hours or less.' .... 'For most, the power shortages
are baffling, and they blame the U.S.-led coalition.'
Multi-billion dollar development boom lights up electricity sector
The development boom under way in the Middle East, particularly
GCC states, is presenting massive business opportunities
for lighting and electricity sectors in the region.
<http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/41004.html>
Utility Rejects Pay for Rehnquist Flight // .US Supreme Court Judge
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4198846,00.html>
Lines of the Paterson, Passaic, & Rutherford Electric R'y and the
Jersey City, Hoboken & Rutherford Electric R'y, and the Paterson
Central Electric Ry., Charles A. Johnson, president, James A. Morrisse,
vice president. // 1894 map
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:1:./temp/~ammem_5Y7c::>
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06-- electromagnetic current & human affairs
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'Star Trek' got it right on computers // interesting...
<http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/4823301.html>
<http://www.startribune.com/viewers/
story.php?template=print_a&story=4823301>
'_Information is universal_ -- "Star Trek's" IT has clearly solved a
problem that corporations struggle mightily with in the present:
integrating information companywide so it can easily be exchanged
regardless of the technology platform.' .. 'On "Star Trek," databases
connect with each other seamlessly, both at the technical (messaging)
level, and semantically. The Enterprise can download information from
an alien computer, or even an ancient civilization, and analyze the
information immediately. In current jargon, they have achieved true
"open systems."' .. 'Unlike artificial intelligence, this is a
realistic goal. The barriers to seamless connectivity between different
systems depend on the maturation of computing as a process discipline,
rather than fundamentally new scientific discoveries.' .. 'Compare this
with the history of electricity. Imagine if each electrical appliance
required a unique electrical outlet, rather than a uniform one. This
was computing until recently, where each application had to be tailored
to the system it was running on.'
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07-- electromagnetic transport & communication
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Telegraph stations in the United States, the Canadas & Nova Scotia.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:60:./temp/~ammem_tE6T::>
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/
gmd:@filreq(+@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Telecommunication++United+States++Maps++
))+@field(COLLID+trnsmap))>
Telegraph chart, America and Europe.
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:64:./temp/~ammem_tE6T::>
NASA Reveals 'Spectacular' Images of Mysterious Saturn Moon
<http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=AA797BF4-47EB-4F59-
9627AFDEC8241381>
Australia's lifeguards go hi-tech // **
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3798705.stm>
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08-- electromagnetic matter & information
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A Ridiculously Brief History of Electricity and Magnetism // thanks *
<http://maxwell.byu.edu/~spencerr/phys442/node4.html>
IAGA Paleomagnetic Databases // GIS...
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/paleo.shtml>
1. Global Paleomagnetic Database - Ver. 4.5 (Gpmdb97 or Gpmdb00)
2. Archeomagnetic directional database (Archeo97 or Archeo00)
3. Magnetostratigraphy Database (Magst97 or Magst00)
4. Paleointensity Database (Pint97 or Pint00)
5. Paleosecular Variation for Lavas 0-5 Ma - Ver. 4.1 (Psvrl97 or
Psvrl00)
6. Secular Variation from Lake Sediments (Secvr97 or Secvr00)
7. Polarity Transitions Database (Trans97 or Trans00)
Magnetic Field of the Earth // see map on the right...
<http://www.esri.com/mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume16/geology2.html>
Geomagnetic Data Home
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geomag/>
US/UK World Magnetic Chart -- Epoch 2000 // map...
<ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/Solid_Earth/Mainfld_Mag/images/WMM-00Xs.gif>
<ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/Solid_Earth/Mainfld_Mag/images/WMM-00Fs.gif>
<ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/Solid_Earth/Mainfld_Mag/images/WMM-00Z.gif>
<ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/Solid_Earth/Mainfld_Mag/images/N_magpl.gif>
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/cdroms/grav99v1/data/global/haxby/
haxby.gif>
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/cdroms/grav99v1/data/global/sandwell/
ww_grav.gif>
[and] Isostatic Residual Gravity of Nevada...
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/cdroms/grav99v1/data/grids/eros/nevada/
neviso.gif>
Surface Gravity Prediction in the Conterminous USA // about, images...
<http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/TOOLS/Gravity/gravcon.html>
<http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/gravity/document/html/tablegeo.shtml>
// curious about the icon on the website below, which looks like an
e-pole.
// in Le Corbusier's notebooks (published as books) there were such
poles on
// the edge of his drawings of buildings and ideas, a peripheral
presence...
Xenakis // creator...
<http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/>
'"The general shape is Le Corbusier’s, while the internal structure
was developed by me, based on discussions with the monks. […] the
glass panes under the rows of cells and the church are almost
exclusively my work. The same applies to the round chapels with the
‘guns of light’ and ‘machine-guns of light’ that stick out of them. I
positioned them so as to catch the light of the sun during equinox."
(Balint Andras Varga, Conversations with Xenakis , Faber & Faber,
London, 1996, p.23)'
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09-- electromagnetic trends & inventions
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Inventor plans 'invisible walls' // 3D retro-reflectum material is
key...
The inventor of an "invisibility" cloak has said that his next project
will be to develop the technology to allow people to see through walls.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3791795.stm>
'Tachi: "My short-term goal would be, for example, to make a room that
has no outside windows appear to have a view to the outside, then the
wall would appear to be invisible."'
Are PDAs Simply Finished? // conceptual change required.
<http://wireless.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_title=Are-PDAs-
Simply-Finished-
&story_id=24850&category=sysapps,mblmd,wlsweb,wirelesssys>
Seagate to Market Mini Hard Drives
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=7&u=/
ap/20040613/ap_on_hi_te/seagate_mini_hard_drives>
'Eyeing consumers' voracious appetite for digital media storage,
Seagate Technology LLC will soon have a slew of new products to
capitalize on the booming demand for mini hard drives.'
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10-- electromagnetic weaponry & warfare
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CHENEY, in Florida visit, claims ties between Hussein, al Qaida
(6/14/04)
Miami Herald (subscription) - Miami,FL,USA
CHENEY Discusses War On Terror In Orlando
WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA
CHENEY Cites Progress in Afghanistan, Iraq
Defenselink.mil - USA
NEW Evidence Shows Cheney Continues Relationship with Halliburton ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
CHENEY claims al-Qaida linked to Saddam
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
Western Power Workers Killed in Iraq Car Blast // GE Energy Products
subsidiary.
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3063853>
'The western workers, who included two security contractors employed
to keep workers safe, were among 12 people who died when three 4x4
vehicles were blown up.' .... 'Granite Services Inc provides
engineering and technical services to the power generation industry and
is understood to have been in Iraq helping to re-establish power
turbines, which were destroyed during the war.'
Come to hell with Halliburton - the pay's good
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/
FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1086940180945>
Army Shows 1st Uniform Redesign Since '81 // .US digital. via
drudgereport.com
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20040614/
ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_new_uniform_1&printer=1>
'The pattern for the new camouflage coat and trousers is a mix of
light green, tan and gray. Moran said it was designed to allow soldiers
to blend into urban, desert and forest environments; it is similar to
the Marines' digital camouflage uniform except that it has no black in
the pattern.'
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11-- electromagnetic business & economics
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Oil Down as Shortage Fears Ease
<http://www.reuters.com/
newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5418252>
Skeptics Question Wi-Fi's Viability // dark fiber, dark wi-fi?
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&ncid=738&e=8&u=/
ap/20040613/ap_on_hi_te/wi_fi_roadkill>
'Faster than you can say "industry bubble," skeptics are asking
whether wireless Internet connections will become similar to the wired
Internet of the late 1990s — hot but rarely profitable.'
World's most and least expensive cities
<http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/popups/costofliving/popup.html>
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12-- electromagnetic artworks & artifacts
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200 LED bike helmet // image...
<http://www.buildcoolstuff.com/helmet.shtml>
242 . 055 . transfektion // bon. integrative...
<http://www.eusocial.org/nato.0+55+3d/242.ircam.html>
Diagrams by ThreeTwoOne dot org // must see...
<http://www.threetwoone.org/diagrams/index.htm>
Uncle Sam and his search light looking over the "Port Arthur route". //
1896 map
<http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?gmd:62:./temp/~ammem_tE6T::>
GALLERY OF ELECTRONIC SCULPTURE // BEAM robotics. must see....
<http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/8281/beamart.html>
<http://www.geocities.com/jvernonm/robobug.html>
<http://www.geocities.com/jvernonm/solarfly.html>
<http://www.geocities.com/jvernonm/solar_flower.html>
<http://www.geocities.com/jvernonm/octobot.html>
[and] AESTHETICS essay on robotics
<http://www.geocities.com/jvernonm/essay.html>
'How do I make my robot look good? That is a large question, and a
very subjective question at that. The following is my approach to BEAM
aesthetics. I hope that you can find some useful tips here that will
make your experience with BEAM more enjoyable. This paper deals mostly
with free formed bots, but many of these techniques are useful with you
circuit board designers out there.'
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