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Tooling Article
White-Light Scanning Captures, Catalogs New Die and Part Surfaces
Whether called on to reverse-engineer a stamping die, digitize and inspect stamped-part surfaces, or capture the measurements of perishable die components to enable speedy machining of replacement parts, Atlas Tool Inc. has come to rely more and more on its white-light scanner. It's used to inspect, measure and capture part and die dimensional data. Installed in 2006, the scanner, a Cognitens (Hexagon Metrology) Optigo, has proven to be ten-times more efficient than coordinate-measuring machines, according to Atlas quality manager John Watson.
The firm, primarily a designer and manufacturer of medium- to large-sized dies to automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers, took white-light scanning (WLS) to a new level in 2010 when it retrofitted its scanner with the Cognitens RE (reverse engineering) upgrade.
"The upgrade," explains Watson, "captures two images with each snapshot and averages out the data to filter out much of the noise. We find that the images are extremely accurate and useful particularly when capturing measurement data at radiuses and complex curved surfaces. It triangulates everything and, rather than scanning and creating a lot of flat spots, it creates nice, continuous surfaces. And, also beneficial: it reduces the time to process cloud data by 30 percent or more."
The RE model allows Atlas to operate the scanner in two modes—the more traditional dimensional-measurement mode, and the reverse-engineering mode. According to Hexagon Metrology literature, here are the overall benefits of the RE camera upgrade to its Optiva system:
• Offers adaptive point-cloud spacing for improved geometrical tracing in curved areas;
• Provides improved surface-data quality, creating smoother and cleaner 3D surfaces;
• Captures finer details and geometrical shapes on the target objects;
• Integrates measured feature dimensions into the generated 3D model.
Better Scans of Holes and Trim Edges
Along with its RE camera upgrade to its white-light scanner, Watson also notes software updates provided in recent years. "The most obvious benefit to the updated software," he notes, "has been the system's ability to process holes and trim edges when we're scanning stamped parts to check dimensional accuracy. Triangulation during scanning can make it difficult to image features such as holes or trim edges, so oftentimes the WLS system operator would have to capture these features using several shots from different angles to gather enough data. Newer software versions have made this process much more efficient."
"Cloud data is very accurate, sometimes too accurate," says Watson. "It picks up every little ripple and lump, too much detail for practical machining. So, our cad operators will manipulate the scan data and smooth it out to create die-machining programs."
Machining Perishables from Scan Data
Atlas Tool works out of a 250,000-sq.-ft. building in Roseville, MI, and employs 170 people (130 on the shop floor) to turn out dies to 236 in. long that weigh as much as 140,000 lb. Asked to note any new trends in die build, Atlas vice president John Haas points to increased use of steel in new automotive dies, at the expense of iron.
"Subcomponents like posts and pads, which we used to machine from gray cast iron, now often are specified as steel," Haas says, noting an uptick in the amount of dies being built to tackle advanced high-strength steel stampings. "Steel die components are more robust and easier to weld-repair."
Many of the subcomponents Haas speaks of are among those typically white-light scanned, their measurement data archived.
WLS is "Game Changing"
The firm first learned of WLS technology in 2005 when it joined a research consortium to investigate springback analysis on advanced high-strength steels. Along with Ford, General Motors and others, Cognitens also participated in the project. "We got to know them and once we took a look at their WLS technology, we knew it was game-changing," says Haas. "We immediately decided to invest, and now we're close to purchasing a second system to further expand our scanning capacity."
While Atlas doesn't scan every die, the practice is becoming more and more popular. "A few years ago we scanned maybe 30 percent of the dies we either built ourselves or maintained for other stampers," says Haas. Today we're scanning more than half of the dies that come through here, and I can imagine that climbing to 80 percent or more in the next few years."
General Motors started the recent trend toward more white-light scanning of dies, say Haas and Watson, then Chrysler and Ford followed suit. Nearly every day Watson or the four other Atlas technicians trained to operate the scanner will scan stamped panels and dies.
Scanning finished stamped parts allows Atlas to capture design modifications on current programs made to improve fitup on the assembly lines. "Typically for current automobile models, when we need to tweak a die to improve panel fitup," Watson says, "once we get the panel to spec we'll run a five-panel CMM study, then create a color map of the panel with the scanner. And we capture the new die surfaces as well."
We watched Watson run a white-light scan a stamped frame rail. Prior to conducting the scan, he wiped the surface with a nonreflective coating to optimize light absorption by the scanner's three synchronized 1.3-megapixel cameras. He then applied dozens of magnetic reflective dots to the entire workpiece surface. These serve as reference points so that the accompanying metrology software can stitch together the series of images created. Each scanned image covers a maximum area of 500 by 500 mm of the workpiece surface, comparable to some 400,000 CMM data points.
A New Application
Describing a whole new application for WLS technology, Watson describes how some customers have begun to ask him to scan the raw castings before beginning the machining process. Scan data tells them if there's sufficient material to make the die or part.
"We find this practice becoming common when die parts have been weld-repaired," says Watson. "The white-light scan will tell us if there's enough weld metal there to machine the detail back to spec, or if there's too much weld metal in an area. This situation would then prompt us to rough-machine that particular area prior to finish-machining."For example, in a die crash recently experienced by a customer, a wear plate fell off of the die and, when the press stroked, the plate went clear-through the pad," Watson shares. "They weld-repaired the pad and brought it to us to machine. We scanned it first, to ensure they had deposited enough weld metal. Sure enough, we found that they needed to add another 10 mm of weld in some areas. A lot of time would have been wasted had we not done the scan and started machining immediately." MF
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Osama bin Laden is dead. 9/11 was ten years ago. So it's not the most obvious time for a key congressional panel to expand the war on terrorism.
But that's exactly what a section of the fiscal 2012 defense bill proposes to do. The so-called "Chairman's Mark" of the bill, currently before the House Armed Services Committee, wants to update the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force, to reflect that the al-Qaida of the present day is way different than the organization that attacked the U.S. on 9/11.
While the original Authorization tethered the war to those directly or indirectly responsible for 9/11, the new language authorizes "an armed conflict with al-Qaida, the Taliban, and associated forces," as "those entities continue to pose a threat to the United States and its citizens."
To its supporters, the proposal catches Congress up to the reality of today's war. There aren't many al-Qaida members in Afghanistan, but the war there rages onward. Meanwhile, the Obama administration wages a series of secret wars against al-Qaida entities in Pakistan and Yemen. Since last fall, Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the committee, has argued that Congress, which hasn't voted on the war in a decade, needs to go on record approving or disapproving of the 2011-era war. Essentially, his proposal would bring the secret wars in from the cold.
But some counterterrorism analysts are worried that there's no way to win a war this broad – only a way to expand it.
"Associated forces" could place the U.S. at war with terrorist entities that don't concern themselves with attacking the United States. Think Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani terrorist group aligned with al-Qaida that pulled off the Mumbai bombings of 2008. Under the House language, there's nothing to stop Obama or his successors from waging war against them. It comes close to "terrorism creep," says Karen Greenberg, the executive director of the Center for Law and Security at New York University.
Greenberg doesn't dispute that the war on al-Qaida goes far beyond bin Laden. But before voting on an expansion of the war – beyond al-Qaida – "we need to absorb first what the death of bin Laden means," she says. "We need to stop and think and re-think. The idea that we're going to keep reacting and not have a thoughtful time out is just unacceptable."
The proposal is a big expansion of executive authority, giving the president the ability to "use all necessary and appropriate force" against those terrorist groups he decides are U.S. enemies. So it's an additional irony that the Obama administration isn't wild about it.
Jeh Johnson, the Pentagon's top lawyer, argued before the committee in March that the 2001 authorization is "sufficient to address the existing threats that I've seen." Johnson's resistance to a renewed authorization disappointed the panel's leadership. Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Texas Republican who chairs a panel subcommittee, argued that a deficit of congressional approval for actions like drone strikes in Pakistan makes it "incredibly difficult for you to authorize the actions most of us agree we need to take."
But the administration's stated antipathy to the new authorization makes sense when considering a major chunk of the proposal would keep Guantanamo Bay open practically forever. It reestablishes military assessments on the continued danger from detainees at Gitmo, outside of the military commissions that try suspected war criminals. It restricts the resettlement of detainees into the U.S., even if that panel says they pose no threat, and makes it harder to transfer detainees to foreign countries. And it prevents the administration from building or upgrading any domestic detention facility to house Guantanamo detainees – a provision Obama bridled at in last year's bill, but ultimately signed into law.
It's an open question whether Obama will fight the committee on the new authorization provisions. It doesn't want a second grueling fight over the defense bill this year – which gives McKeon an advantage. Josh Gerstein reports at Politico that the Obama team hasn't made up its mind whether to embrace or oppose the proposal. Chances are, some aides would simply prefer to avoid a congressional debate that's sure to split its liberal base.
And that indecision stretches to other areas of the war as well. Obama said last Sunday that the war won't end because bin Laden's dead. But aides like John Brennan optimistically forecast that bin Laden's death and the reformist Mideast revolts are the beginning of the end for the terrorist group. In between, the administration is ratcheting up its drone war and withdrawing only about a third of the surge forces from Afghanistan. And now Congress would essentially give Obama a big encouragement to escalate the war instead of spooling it back.
"At a time when most Americans want the country to start pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan and limiting use of the military, the new declaration of war would give the president unchecked authority to use the military practically anywhere and everywhere," says Chris Anders, a top lobbyist with the ACLU (which, full disclosure, employs my fiancee). "Congress should certainly exercise far more care and caution when turning over so much war authority to the president."
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See Also:
- Pentagon Isn't Hot for New Law to Bless Al-Qaida War
- Cut the Defense Budget? Over My Cold, Dead Gavel
- U.S. Forces Kill Osama bin Laden
- In Wake of bin Laden Kill, Congress Smooches Spec Ops
- Shadow Wars Get Big Bucks in Last-Minute Defense Bill
- Shadow War in Yemen Could Heat Up After 'Printer Bomb' Scare ...
- First Drone Strikes Since bin Laden Raid Hit Pakistan, Yemen ...

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Flourless Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake
This flourless gluten-free chocolate cake recipe includes a delicious gluten-free glaze with chocolate chips, melted butter, honey, and vanilla. This recipe uses a 10-inch springform pan; you'll also need parchment paper and heavy-duty aluminum foil.
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Cooking time: 60 minutes
Yield: 16 servings
Two 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped
Two 1-ounce squares semisweet chocolate, chopped
One 12-ounce bag dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup water
1 cup butter, cut into pieces
1 teaspoon espresso powder
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
6 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup white chocolate chips, finely ground
1 cup milk chocolate chips
3 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
Grease a 10-inch springform pan with unsalted butter and line the bottom with parchment paper. Grease the parchment paper with unsalted butter. Wrap the outside of the pan with a large single sheet of heavy-duty foil (to prevent leaks) and set aside.
Place the chocolate in a medium, microwave-safe bowl. Add the water, butter, and espresso powder. Microwave on high for 1 minute and then remove and stir.
Continue microwaving for 1-minute intervals, stirring after each interval, until the mixture is melted and smooth, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Beat in the sugars and cocoa powder and then let cool for 15 minutes.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla and ground white chocolate chips.
Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, or until a thin crust forms on the top and the cake is just barely firm in the center.
Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
Run a knife around the sides and invert onto a serving plate. Remove pan sides and pan bottom. Cool completely.
To glaze, combine the milk chocolate chips, butter, and honey in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook and stir until smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla; let cool for 15 minutes.
Stir and pour the glaze carefully over the cake.
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- History repeats itself... well, almost. Last season the Golden Eagles came out firing against the Cougars, but took a backseat in the second half as SIU Edwardsville pulled off two wins last season, one in overtime. Tech again entered the Vadalabene Center with cannons blazing, and again, the Cougars entered the second half ready to take over the game, but unlike the past, the Golden Eagles parted the Red Sea and picked up a huge 66-56 road win.
The Golden Eagles shot 51 percent from the floor, and dished out 18 team assists, tying a season high. The Purple and Gold were led by Jala Harris who put up 26 points tying her career high at Tech. Harris dished out seven assists of her own, and committed just two turnovers in 33 minutes of play. Lashay Davis gathered four steals for the Golden Eagles and countless loose balls. Davis added six assists and 10 points along with four rebounds.
Defensively, the Golden Eagles blocked three shots, a season high, and forced 12 SIUE Turnovers. SIUE was held to 31.5 percent from the floor, andwas allowed just one three point shot. The key to the Cougars game was 25 trips to the charity stripe.
The Cougars were the first to draw blood, but the Golden Eagles came right back with a three-pointer by Katherine Barker as the shot clock expired. The Purple and Gold never trailed for the remainder of the half. Thanks to quick ball movement, Tech found their teammates wide open for shots under the basket. SIU Edwardsville attempted to make adjustments, but as they packed the paint, Harris drained a wide open three showing Tech's strength behind the perimeter The Golden Eagles shot 51 percent in the half.
SIU Edwardsville was able to remain in the game thanks to Raven Berry. The 6-0 sophomore far out-sized the Golden Eagles in the paint, and her body underneath the hoop helped her to collect five offensive rebounds in the first half, and 10 points in the paint.
At a media timeout, the crowd sat silenced having just witnessedHarris scoring her ninth point of the game after driving through three defenders. Coach Davis preached to his team the need to get physical on the boards, and the game changed. For each rebound, the Golden Eagles surged to the hoop, and found themselves bumped, bruised and battle scarred, but in control of the ball. Candace Parson came into the game and made her presence known. Posting up against Berry Parson, she scored sparking a 3-0 run with just under 10 minutes to play.
Tech continued to run away with the game, thanks to precision shooting and went into the locker room with a 36-25 lead over the Cougars at half-time.
Davis drained a long three to open the half extending the lead to 14, but after a few shot exchanges the Cougars went on an 11-3 run pulling within six points thanks to Tech fouls. SIUE came into the game as one of the worst free throw shooting teams in the conference, shooting just 62 percent from the charity stripe. In Saturday's game, they shot 70.6 percent, close to a season high.
As the game appeared to get tight, Tech forced four turnovers in four possessions thanks to Davis. She found her teammates for four points off turnovers. The Cougars would inch closer, but Tech pushed the tempo of the game and kept a 10 point cushion until 4:39 left. SIUE again benefited from Tech fouls. Berry found her way to the free throw line, marking the 17th time the Cougars made an appearance at the charity stripe with over four minutes to play.
The Cougars would continue to pressure Tech, but the Golden Eagles remained unphased holding a nine point lead with 1:19 remaining in the game. SIUE would employ a press, but Tech would breeze through triple coverage and find Parson wide open for a fast break giving Tech a 63-52 edge.
With just over 30 seconds to play, SIUE's Jazmin Hill sunk a three, and the Cougars appeared to be in the hunt for another comeback, but the Golden Eagles stifled any chance of an SIUE win.
Tech held the Cougars to just eight field goals in the second half, and a 31 percent field goal percentage.
Tech, the only remaining undefeated team in the Ohio Valley Conference, returns to action Jan. 14 at Eastern Illinois. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The Panthers sit atop the West Division. Monday's contest will be a battle of the best, certainly one for the record books.


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How To CASTLE
Castling In Standard Chess
The king moves two squares toward the rook he intends to castle with (this may be either rook). The rook then moves to the square through which the king passed. If the king castles queen-side the rook must move four squares. However on the king-side the rook only moves three squares.
The castling move has some fairly rigid restrictions:
1. It can only occur if there are no pieces standing between the king and the rook.
2. Neither king nor the rook to be castled with may have moved from its original position. (The other rook may have already moved.
3. There can be no opposing piece that could possibly capture the king in his original square, the square he moves through or the square that he ends the turn.
Castling In Chess 960
the basic requirements before 960 castling are:
1.neither your king nor castling rook have moved
2.there are no pieces between your king and castling rook
3. your king does not pass through check on the way to its final square
4.your king is not currently in check
5.there is space for your king and castling rook to land in their final castled positions - for kingside castle: that is F1 (rook) and G1 (king) for white and F8 (rook) and G8 (king) for black, and for queenside castle: that is C1 (king) and D1 (rook) for white and C8 (king) and D8 (rook) for black.
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- Welterweight
Mayweather may scupper Brook's title shot
Floyd Mayweather Jr's announcement that Devon Alexander is the front runner to fight him on May 4 in Las Vegas has been met with outrage by UK promoter Eddie Hearn.
Hearn's client Kell Brook was slated to fight Alexander as a mandatory challenger to his IBF belt on February 23 - until the American pulled out of the fight with a bicep injury on Monday.
Yet one day later Mayweather, 35, tweeted that his next fight would probably be with the 25-year-old Alexander.
"The negotiations for my fight are almost done," Mayweather wrote. "The front runner is IBF Champion Devon Alexander. It'd be a unification bout at welterweight."
Brook had said his bout with Alexander was one he had been waiting his whole life to contest while Alexander was open about his view that the Sheffield fighter was simply a stepping stone to bigger bouts.
Given the timing of the American's bicep injury and Mayweather's tweet, Hearn has questioned Alexander's real reasons for pulling out of the fight - one which had already been postponed once, by Brook.
But Hearn also said that the chances of Mayweather putting his WBC title on the line and Alexander chancing his IBF belt were slim, even if the fight does go ahead.
"Number one, we have a signed contract to fight Devon Alexander for the IBF title," Hearn said. "Number two, If they want Alexander v Mayweather to be a unification - they would have to ask for an exemption from the IBF which is very unlikely, given we already have signed contracts and any exemption would have to take place within 90 days of last bout.
"We questioned the injury and now we await news from Golden Boy which, given the news that they are looking to enter the UK promoting market, should be interesting. We will fight tooth and nail for Kell Brook and thanks for your support."


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A former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was charged of insulting the judiciary on Saturday, Egyptian officials said, the latest move by prosecutors to bring to trial leading members of the former president's group.
Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief journalists, they said 85-year-old Mahdi Akef was referred to a criminal court in Cairo but no date had been set for his trial.
Akef's arrest came as a part of the interim government's wider crackdown on Islamist leaders and Brotherhood supporters following the July 3 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. Akef, along with other top leaders of the Brotherhood, is also accused of inciting violence in a court case that will resume later this month.
Around 2,000 members of the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups are also being held in prison pending investigation on a variety of accusations, mostly involving inciting violence.
Meanwhile, interim authorities moved ahead with their plans for their post-Morsi political transition plan, calling on Egyptian voters living abroad to start registering in preparation for an expected referendum on constitutional amendments, parliamentary and presidential elections.
Egypt's state news agency MENA said Egyptians living abroad, estimated at around eight million, can begin registration starting Saturday. It was unclear how many of the eight millions are voters.
The timetable announced by the interim president, appointed as part of the military-backed transition plan, did not specify dates for the elections, but it is estimated that all the votes will be done by spring of 2014.
A 50-member appointed committee of mostly liberals is currently amending the Islamist-drafted constitution which was passed in a much disputed referendum last year, and was suspended after Morsi's ouster.
The committee amending the constitution said it expects to end its work by next month and put the charter to a public referendum, marking the first step of the roadmap laid out by military-backed interim authorities.
Under the fast track timetable, parliamentary elections would be held within two months after the referendum. Once the new parliament convenes, it would have a week to set a date for the presidential elections.
The new trial referral for the Brotherhood's Akef stems from statements he made in April, when he called the judiciary "sick" and "corrupt" during the height of a power struggle between Morsi and the courts.
At the time, Akef defended an Islamist-backed draft law that could have forced out 3,500 of Egypt's approximately 13,000 judges and prosecution officials by lowering the retirement age to 60 from 70. He was one of the first Brotherhood leaders to state that the new law could force out such a large number, about a third of the sitting judges and prosecutors, in what many saw as a deliberate threat leveled by the group.
Islamist backers accused the judiciary of being dominated by former regime loyalists, while liberals saw the draft law as an attempt by Islamists to pack it with their allies in place of the retiring judges.
Akef later tried to distance himself from the remarks, saying the recorded media statements were edited. He later said he respected the judiciary.
Morsi, detained in an unknown location since his ouster, is himself being investigated and could face trial on accusations of insulting judges. In a public speech during his term in office, Morsi accused a few judges by name of taking part in election rigging under the previous regime.
The judiciary had dealt the Islamist camp several setbacks before Morsi's ouster. Courts dissolved the Islamist-majority lower house of parliament last year, saying the law governing its election was invalid. This year, a court forced a delay in elections for a new parliament when it ruled that a new election law had to be reviewed by the Supreme Constitutional Court.
On the other hand, Morsi infuriated many in the judiciary in November by issuing decrees that made his decisions immune from judicial challenge for a time, protected a constitutional assembly from being dissolved by the courts and unilaterally installed a new prosecutor, seen as a loyalist.
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On 2002-04-03 20:23, Dennis K wrote:
After the defeat of Balthazar Angel Grove remained relatively calm, and Tommy and Kat once again retired, for reasons I have yet to flesh out to make sense (^_~)
On 2002-04-04 23:43, Dennis K wrote:
You're missing the point actually. ^_^;
Dennis will be the only character from the first "movie", as he is me and therefore I can play him easily, and I don't feel like having unknowns play famous actors roles. (I would never desecrate the character of Billy by having someone other than David Yost play him).
The story starts with Dennis at his new college, the whole spiel with Kat and Tommy leaving was just backstory to set up where the film begins. Why Dennis is no longer in Angel Grove, and why he has the red and yellow neomorphers in addition to his own.
On 2002-04-04 23:43, Dennis K wrote:
I would never desecrate the character of Billy by having someone other than David Yost play him
I'm very tempted to do the entire thing in japanese dialouge, and then subtitle the sucker. Why? Because Japanese voices are fun to listen to.
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- ITV Report
Kean in Allardyce clip storm
Steve Kean is at the centre of an internet storm after a video emerged which appeared to show the Blackburn manager making disparaging remarks about predecessor Sam Allardyce.
The clip, which appeared on YouTube and on the website of Rovers fan group BRFC Action Group, was apparently filmed during a tour of the far east last summer.
As well as the remarks about Allardyce, the video also appears to show Kean predicting Rovers will finish in the top half of the Barclays Premier League table and win the Carling Cup. Rovers finished second-bottom and were relegated to the Championship.
Attempts made by Press Association Sport to contact Rovers were unsuccessful.
Kean and Blackburn owners Venky's were this season the targets of sustained protests from the Rovers fans unhappy at the running of the club.
Kean was appointed manager as a replacement for Allardyce, who was sacked in December 2010.
Allardyce has since led West Ham to the final of the Championship play-offs.
Rovers officials are expected to hold talks with Kean in the coming days, but have so far shown no signs that their loyalty to their manager is running out.


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Sunday, June 3, 2012
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IN CONVERSATION / James Richards & Steve Reinke
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Join us at The Power Plant for a discussion between London, UK-based artist James Richards and Chicago-based artist Steve Reinke about their ongoing collaboration, and the confluence of their video practices. This dialogue is part of our 25th anniversary programming.
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Didn't want to rant about random customer service experiences on here, but hey, I want to prevent anyone else from falling foul of using this god awful website called Intomobilephone.co.uk
Stupid me – I though I had found a great deal for my mama and placed an order 11 days ago. Entered all her card details (she was sat next to me, oh internet police!) even though she was tentative about sharing card details (I will never ever ever hear the end of this) – don't worry I said, look at how reputable this company is!
Now – next thing that happened was a blank page, saying she needed to call the next day to check with T-Mobile about the status of the order and further checks needed to be made.
That was it. No confirmation, no emails, nothing. Just nothing.
Next day we call back to check…now, this was the moment when the penny dropped!
Here is the page:
See the two phone numbers – the customer care one is a cancelled line and sure enough, when you call this premium rate number, it tells you to call another number. Ok, called this number and the people who answered were…Travel Insurance Folk. Yes, really. (By the way – I have since informed them of this indescrepancy, so they may change or remove the number asap – but thank god for print screen, eh?).
So I call the sales line and luckily it wasn't a 12 year old in his playhouse, it was an adult.
Call one to the people at intomobilephone.co.uk
"I was told to call. What's up with the order"
"T-Mobile declined you application" (this is a mystery – my mama doesn't owe a penny to anyone but ok, if they say so)
"Ok fine. Can you confirm nothing will be taken from my card?"
"Of course"
Next day – of COURSE there's a £59.99 charge for the phone. We call back
"You said you wouldn't charge me and I've been charged"
"Oh yes its automated"
"You said I wouldn't be charged"
"Yes, well its automated"
"But it didn't go to a confirmation page or a final sale page or anything – it was in limbo, unconfirmed"
"Well its automated"
Oh ok then. Next day my ma calls me up, cos they have added a nice little £2 charge.
At this point, I can't tell you how close I am to calling the fraud line at her bank.
So I call back again.
"It's a charge for a credit check"
"Because you need a credit check"
"It doesn't say on the payment screen there will be a £2 charge for this" (I have always had charges quite clearly marked when buying phones in the past)
"Well, sorry, we will refund this"
"It will be with you in 5 – 7 days"
Forward EIGHT working days later – not including the weekend, just EIGHT full working days. Intomobilephone.co.uk still haven't refunded. My mother, understandably now thinks the internet is the spawn of the devil and I will never ever live this down.
We call back. This time we speak to "Brenda" a "Team Leader" (this was her response when I asked for a manager). Ooh Brenda is hard-core so it ends in a screaming match.
It kind of went like this.
"Why has a refund not be processed when it takes 5-7 days" (Riddle me this, I usually get refunds in 3 days)
"It's all automated"
"But it's impossible it would take this long"
"Its automated. Did you check you bank?" (No I used my psychic powers)
It goes on and on, and all Brenda can tell me is that its AUTOMATED, don't you know its AUTOMATED and if its AUTOMATED that means there's nothing anyone can do about it.
I start to lose my temper as I ask her about the £2 charge too (it's the principle, isn't it?)
She says
"Actually we don't get that back, we are refunding this to you out of our own pocket"
Me, in the style of a crazed woman
"SO YOU SHOULD! Where was the bit that CLEARLY that told me that I would be charged twice?"
"It's in the Terms & Conditions"
"What, that you will charge me for a phone won't be sent to me – surely you need to do your checks and make sure I can have the phone before just slapping on fees to my account?"
Turns out, not only am I "lucky" to get the £2 charge returned, I also have to wait "a while" to get it because the company puts these manual refunds on to a sheet to be processed and this can take "any time".
I then also tell her about the fact the other number on her site goes to a Travel Insurance company (she sounds incredulous and slightly annoyed with me – so much so that she gets another team member to call the number to check whilst I am still there as if no company can be stupid enough to allow this to happen. Well, duh you're company IS. And, I don't give to sh*ts about your stupid phone number I am just pointing out its yet another reason why you are just all out unprofessional idiots!).
I get shaky, angry – Brenda keeps talking over me – did she go to call centre school 1010 – it's called shut the f**k up and listen – and then I think what's the point its lunch in 10 minutes
I say to our Brenda
"I will go and check again with the bank (we already did but I am going to double check and if they can't see any returns I am going straight to the fraud department) and will be writing to Trading standards"
"Please don't" says Brenda
Says it all, eh.
intomobilephones.co.uk are part of a larger company – which I don't know but its clear from the way they run their site and customer services they don't have the foggiest. Steer clear.
So in summary, here is what I got from intomobilephones.co.uk:
No phone
Two charges
An irate mother who will never ever let me forget about this
Hives from arguing on the phone with Brenda
So here it from me girlies – if you are buying a phone, go to the BIG phone companies (I tend to go direct to the company like Orange) – Carphone warehouse etc. etc. They are all dodgy bas*ards but at least go to one where you can go into the shop and throw things at the sales assistants head.


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What month is this? Well hell, it seems as if my college football addiction has led to me neglecting lists. What's sad about it is the fact that I actually outsourced this entry and STILL am only just posting it. That's what happens when the one team I root for above all others is doing better than they have in my adult lifetime. Enough football talk here is a list Bess came up with:
- When I got to be Zorro – good thing, too because until this point, I'd only had two costumes: a witch, and tinfoil (I was a baby. My dad wrapped me in it and told everyone I was a left over).
- When mom and I had "the talk" – Mom: Honey, I think you're too old to go trick-or-treating this year, but we can still have a party.
Me: But all my friends who would come to the party will be trick-or-treating.
Mom: You're not everybody else.
Me: Well, yeah. everybody else probably had this talk NOT two days before halloween.
That last bit is probably an exaggeration. As much as my mom hates being the bearer of bad news, she wouldn't wait until the last minute to tell me, basically, "nobody will ever give you free candy again just because you're dressed weird."
- When Karen and I made a haunted house – It consisted mostly of black shower curtains taped together and hung in zig-zaggy rows. We put them up in Karen's basement, and at one entrance we made this chute called 'the crypt.' It was a cardboard box we painted black and wrote "crypt" in silver on the sides. Guests were supposed to get in the box, slide down the stairs, and crawl through those fabric and wire collapsible tube things to get to the maze (there was slime and fake spiders and things all along the tube). We dressed in costumes and jumped out and scared people and it was fun. The only really scary thing that happened was when this choad Brock flipped out of the crypt and broke his glasses. I think he may have cried. Probably. He was a choad.
- When I went to a dance – I think I was in the 7th or 8th grade. it was also the only Halloween where I rented my costume (a court jester). Unfortunately, nobody told me that middle school are the years when girls start using Halloween as an excuse to dress like sluts. I looked cute, but showed absolutely no skin. Probably why the guy I had a crush on was caught making out with Caroline something-or-other in the boy's bathroom and not me.
- My nephew's first this year – My brother's favorite character is Batman. His son's favorite thing is a doggie. Sam buys his son a Batman costume. Sam Jr. thinks Batman is a doggie. Everybody wins.
What are some of my favorite Halloween memories?
2003 – I met Karen and Dillon out after leaving work when I was told I would have to come in 4 hours earlier than I had planned. How did I respond? By getting so drunk I couldn't tell people where I lived, had Josh and Liz come and pick me up at 2 in the morning, threw up on the side of my jeep, threw up blood in a bowl at their place, missed work, and eventually ended up in NY that week. Needless to say that was my last day working that job, and the funny part is that Josh and I worked together at the time. Everyone asked him where I was and he played dumb even though I was passed out drunk on his couch.
2006 – Went with Karen and Dillon to a party at her former employer's house. Before going I checked with Dillon to make sure that it was a costume party. He assured me that I wouldn't be the only person dressed up. Two round trick or treat buckets on my feet, solid black clothing and shoes, and my head and arms punched through a white kitchen trashbag made up the bulk of my costume that year; however, my headgear is what really brught everything together. It was a skullcap underneath a softball helmet that had a ziploc bag full of handsoap that would ooze out of one of the openings when I would pull it down on my head. All together it made a pretty convincing broken condom. While I was far from the only person dressed up that night, what Dillon failed to tell me was that this wasn't an adults only party. Fortunately most of the kids had already left by the time I arrived so I didn't have to explain that I was dressed as they reason some of them were there.
2007 – Hung out with Theresa and went to several different parties. It was pretty relaxed but extremely fun.
2008 – This year I stayed home.
List 5 Halloween memories of yours.


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By Vanick Der Bedrossian, KF12 – Armenia
"What in the world is a diesel earth tractor doing in my MFI's office!", I thought to myself as I walked into Nor Horizon Credit Organization's central office here in Yerevan, Armenia. Being a bit nervous on my first day at work, I did not ask.
My morning went along smoothly as I met Khoren, the organization's friendly CEO, loan officers, financial analysts and so on. Soon my Kiva contact showed me to my desk so I could start working.
After a couple minutes two gentlemen came in. They spoke with a loan officer and made their way to the band-new shinny earth tractor sitting in the middle of the office, right beside my desk. I was curious to understand what was happening, so I listened in on their conversation while pretending to read an email.
Suddenly I was jolted out of my chair from the sudden roaring sound of the motor coming to life right beside me. Black fumes billowed from the exhaust, quickly clouding up the room with smog. After a couple minutes they turned the engine off and left.
I asked my neighboring loan officer to explain what just happened. He laughed and answered that many of Nor Horizon's borrowers are farmers. The company recently began offering tractor rentals to their clients who want to more effectively work their land. In essence, a farmer who already has a loan can now also rent a tractor to make farming work a little easier. These machines mechanically till the earth, relieving farmers from having to plough their land by hand. I had witnessed a "test drive"…
Nor Horizon leases the tractors to borrowers for 1 to 3 years, charging a monthly fee. The rental comes with a full warranty and standard insurance in case of damage or theft.


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Well gentlemen, I must sincerely thank you for this much needed comic relief. I couldn't help but wonder if this was just some gag going around when I first saw this. I'm tempted to see if I can find a person who believes this. But I probably won't.
Anyhow, it's Absolutely priceless!
Wowsers! At 9 miles high, it would have to continue upwards how many miles exactly to enter the vacuum?
Yes their psychotic numbers are Everywhere!! It's basically a signature I guess.
I also can't help but notice them.
And Hoi,
Yes I saw the swan (with nuts, it would appear). I didn't catch the Swan Song, but that's a funny observation.
Hopefully I'll survive this busy season and be around more often- soon. I've missed this place. Hope you are all doing well.


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I thought there was already a thread for this, but I couldn't find it.
WGA on verge of deals with United Artists, Lionsgate, Weinstein Co.
looks like the WGA strike could be the best thing that could ever possibly happen to Hollywood. lots of new blood, smaller productions, independent films, no outrageous actor-whoring, etc. sure, it will also mean a lot more really bad duds. but on the plus side, I don't have to watch michael bay rape my childhood while rolling in millions of dollars from a characterless, ill-conceived plot with incompetent "choreography" and a "script" pieced together by 10 "producers."
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'IPhoneography' breaking into mainstream
Many have trivialized Apple's iPhones and iPads as mere "consumption" devices, great for reading or viewing, but a pain for producing anything more complicated than an e-mail.
Try telling that to the hundreds of Macworld/iWorld attendees who eagerly participated in some of the more than a dozen workshops dedicated to improving shooting and editing photos on the devices at the trade show last week. Try telling that to the more than a dozen exhibitors at Moscone Center West showing off lenses, tripods, apps and other gear designed to produce higher-quality images.
The term "iPhoneography" has been floating around niche circles for the past few years, but the mobile photography movement is breaking into the mainstream, as hobbyists and professionals alike come to realize what can be done on the devices. The relatively low price, high image quality, editing ease and instant distribution have enabled a burst of creativity in the field, altering approaches from photojournalism to fine art to film.
Some see it as nothing less than a revolution in photography.
"It's not too dissimilar from when film went from black and white to color, or when Kodak first brought the camera to the masses," said Dan Marcolina, author of "iPhone Obsessed" and organizer of the Mobile Masters workshop on the opening day of Macworld.
Simple advantage
Technically speaking, iPhones and iPads are far from the best cameras in the world. Ditto for their various Android, Windows and BlackBerry counterparts.
Tiny lenses squeezed into smartphones aren't great in low lighting conditions and generally can't capture scenes with rich depth of field, those gloriously blurry foregrounds or backgrounds that allow photographers and cinematographers to draw your eye to the subject.
The devices also can't shoot in the superhigh video frame rates or resolutions of modern cinema cameras, which improve the clarity of images and allow for super slow motion.
But mobile photography devotees say there are distinct advantages that more than make up for the devices' shortcomings.
One of the biggest is simplicity. Mobile shooters don't have to think about f-stops and ISO ratings and other technical considerations, and can just concentrate on composing and capturing the moment.
"Camera phone technology has more to do with your heart than your head," said Jack Hollingsworth, the opening speaker at the Mobile Masters event, who has increasingly incorporated the iPhone into his commercial photography work.
Then, of course, there is the seemingly infinite array of cheap and easy-to-use apps, allowing users to filter, crop, combine, tint, scratch up and write across their images.
Until recently, most of these tricks required uploading images into expensive desktop software that took a considerable amount of time to learn, such as Adobe Photoshop. The mere fact that images can now be edited easily, across multiple apps, on the same device on which they're taken, makes it simpler to try new things. It invites the user to play around.
Wide distribution
"I feel like I got my box of crayons back," said Richard Koci Hernandez, who grew up coloring action figures until he graduated to shooting wannabe Ansel Adams photos in his early teens. He's now an assistant professor of new media at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a veritable Instagram celebrity. His gritty, black-and-white street photography has earned him more than 162,000 followers and counting.
For Koci Hernandez, this is the real advantage of mobile photography - immediate distribution.
He doesn't have to wait for magazines or newspapers to curate, print and ship his photos, he presses 'share' in Instagram and they instantly reach a community of tens of thousands around the world. Building up his name by giving away his work generates regular paid gigs as well.
Indeed, mobile photography has already escaped the confines of social networks in many ways.
Included in exhibitions
The artwork is regularly exhibited in blogs like LifeInLoFi.com, tablet magazines like Snap, e-books like Marcolina's just released "Mobile Masters" and even brick-and-mortar galleries.
Knox Bronson of Oakland curates the Pixels at an Exhibition blog and organizes the Third Wave, an annual gallery exhibit of iPhoneography at the Garden Gate Creativity Center in Berkeley.
Damon Winter of the New York Times won third place in the feature picture story category of the prestigious Pictures of the Year International competition, for a series on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan created with the Hipstamatic app.
A handful of short films and commercials also have been shot with iPhones. In fact, one of Friday's final scheduled sessions at Macworld was the iPhone Film Festival, which included the premier of "Departure," a movie shot by three different directors in three locations, all on iPhones.
Array of opportunities
The emergence of mobile photography obviously creates opportunities for businesses, including the startups behind popular apps like Camera+, Filterstorm, ProCamera and others.
Adobe has been creating new versions of its popular image-editing software specifically for phones and tablets, but which can easily trade files with its full-fledged software package.
Meanwhile, exhibitors at Macworld were pushing an array of accessories of widely varying utility, including stabilizer devices to reduce camera shakiness, eyepieces to avoid screen glare and a mirror attachment that allows users to discretely snap pictures while the phone is facing down.
Schneider Optics of Van Nuys, a division of respected German lens company Schneider Kreuznach, was showing off its system of fish-eye, wide angle and telephoto options for the iPhone. The lenses have earned relatively high marks among reviewers within a category largely dominated by cheap optics to date.
"It adds options for your creativity and enhances your camera," spokeswoman Vika Safrigina said.
And it should: The set of three costs just a little less than the iPhone itself.
James Temple is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @jtemple
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Toronto Neighborhoods • Dundas Square
Dundas Square Pictures
Yonge-Dundas Square (commonly called Dundas Square) is a public square in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeast corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street. It was opened to the public in November 2002, and a "grand opening" concert was held on May 30, 2003. Until the late 1990s, the Yonge-Dundas Square site was occupied by a block of retail stores, and considered by many to be a "seedy" or dangerous corner. In 1998, as part of its Yonge Street Regeneration Project, Toronto City Council approved the expropriation and demolition of the buildings on the site, and the construction of Dundas Square. The square is opposite the Toronto Eaton Centre and just south of the Ryerson University campus, and is part of a historic revitalization effort by the city, residents and the Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area, an association of local businesses. In late 2007, the Toronto Life Square entertainment complex opened across the street from the square.
How to get to Dundas Square Neighborhood
Dundas subway stop.
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Neighborhoods Nearby Dundas Square - Pictures by Parent
Financial District Neighborhood by Parent. The Financial District is a business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, within the downtown core. It is the main financial district in Toronto, and is the financial heart of Canada. It is bounded roughly by Queen Street West.. Distance from Dundas Square: 0.7km S, 16 pictures.
St. Lawrence Neighborhood by Parent. The St. Lawrence neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada although still part of downtown Toronto, was the actual downtown centre and city hall location during the late 18th and entire 19th century. The first parliament.. Distance from Dundas Square: 0.9km SE, 9 pictures.
Discovery District Neighborhood by Parent. The Discovery District is an area of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada that is noted for its concentration of hospitals and scientific research facilities, particularly in biotechnology. The district is roughly bounded by Bloor.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.1km NWW, 28 pictures.
Queen`s Park Neighborhood by Parent. Queen's Park is an urban park in the Downtown area of Toronto. Opened in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales, it was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The park is the site of the Ontario Legislature, which houses the Legislative.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.2km NW, 8 pictures.
Entertainment District Neighborhood by Parent. The Entertainment District is an area in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada with about 300 night clubs. Located immediately west of University Avenue, the majority of the night clubs can be found on Richmond Street West. The.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.2km SW, 35 pictures.
Chinatown Neighborhood by Parent. This is one of the largest Chinatowns in North America. It is centred around the intersection of Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue, and extends outward from this point along both streets. It has grown significantly over the.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.4km SWW, 12 pictures.
Kensington Market Neighborhood by Parent. Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The Market is one of the city's oldest and most famous neighbourhoods, and in November 2006, it became a National Historic Site... Distance from Dundas Square: 1.6km W, 15 pictures.
Yorkville Neighborhood by Parent. Founded in 1830 by entrepreneur Joseph Bloor (after whom Bloor Street, one of Toronto's main thoroughfares, is named), the Village of Yorkville began as a residential suburb. Its Victorian-style homes, quiet residential streets,.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.8km NNW, 30 pictures.
Harbourfront Neighborhood by Parent. Harbourfront is a waterfront tourist, residential and cultural real estate development on the northern shore of Lake Ontario within the downtown core of the city of Toronto, Canada. Harbourfront extends west from Yonge Street to.. Distance from Dundas Square: 1.9km S, 16 pictures.
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The Biggest Loser Recap Week 4: Reaching a Turning Point in the Competition
Ali Vincent won the fifth season of NBC's The Biggest Loser, and she's sharing her insider perspective with us through season twelve! This week, she talks about the importance of week four, a major point in the competition.
Week four is a great time to be able to get reinforcement and refocus on what has been working and what hasn't. This is typically the week that the contestants on campus either really get it or the doubt and home sickness sets in. During my fourth week, not only was I saying that I was going to be the first female Biggest Loser, but I absolutely knew it with every pore of my being. I then was eliminated that same week. Being eliminated could have been a breaking point but I allowed my support system to take care of me while I regained composure and recognized that I could really do what I had set out to do, regardless of what road blocks came my way. This week our contestants got to experience a little of what that felt like by being supported by some incredible examples of what it means to be a Biggest Loser.
Bonus: 18 Secrets of the Super Motivated
Hannah from The Biggest Loser season 11 came to surprise the black team to inspire them through this very instrumental week on campus. Not only did she cook one of her favorite healthy meals, she hit the gym to push them there, too. Bob made a point to sit with the team and talk about how important nutrition was going to play a part in this week if they want to continue to stay out of the elimination room. I think that it was one of my favorite parts of this week. Bob hit it right on the nose when he called how so many of us hide because we are afraid of what our friends and family might say about what we are eating. As a heavy person who is trying to lose weight we know there are certain foods that we are not suppose to eat so when we do eat them we become so afraid that we hide. Hiding then leads to secrets and distrust and the cycle starts all over again. In order to truly be a successful Biggest Loser you have to be able to handle any situation without letting the fear stop us or cause us to want to hide.
Bonus: 6 Secrets of Healthy Eaters
The turning point for week four is being able to get past these fears. The fear of not knowing enough. Fear that you will be eliminated. Fear that your kids won't understand why you are gone. Fear that maybe you really can do this. The problem is, as long as we allow fear to stop us, we learn nothing and stay stuck. My mom use to say that those popular "No Fear" t-shirts should say "Know Fear."
Adam from season 10 surprised the red team while Dolvett took them on a hike. The red team is really feeling a little vulnerable since last week was the first time they had to say goodbye to one of their teammates. Dolvett really wanted to challenge them and asked them to do a 5-mile hike while carry 50 lb sand bags. The catch? The 50 lb sandbags must make it to the top and can only be in each players hands once so they had to work as a team. Ramon, after making the difficult decision to vote off Patrick from his team, took it as a sign for him to step up and become the team leader. With this in mind he grabbed the sand bags and took the lead. Ramon managed to carry the weight the entire hike, proving to himself that he can do what it takes to lead his team and himself. Adam was able to really connect and touch Vinny in particular, sharing the loss of his mother at such a young age due to obesity and diabetes. Since being on campus, Vinny discovered that his weight led to a diabetes diagnosis. Adam really inspired the team to take this Biggest Loser opportunity to live the life of their dreams. I think that we will see a lot more of the red team to come!
Bonus: Challenge Yourself with Three Crossfit Workouts
The group, in my opinion, that could really use some words of wisdom and encouragement would be the blue team (they're all over age 50) and who better to represent what's possible than Marcie from season 11. I think that she probably got the biggest welcome when the blue team saw her running across the sand! It is the turning point week for so many. It is so important to not only realize that they can survive their killer workouts and can actually still, even at their age, change their life.
As the case in almost every season the reward for the week four challenge is that the winning team will receive letters from home. This week truly represented the challenges that each and every contestant will have to weather once they leave the safety of The Biggest Loser campus. Real life happens and you have to figure out how to manage each new challenge while still staying focused on the goal at hand. The black team won the challenge, as has been the case all season, but this week felt different--- each group was more worried about their own performance then the other teams'. It was so exciting that all of the contestants got the reward of receiving letters from their family and friends.
I am so glad Anna is a trainer on The Biggest Loser and grateful that the blue team got her. I don't think the other trainers would have been able to give that particular group the creativity and understanding that they need. To see her and her team on the tennis court was really fun to watch and I personally took notes so that I can do the Anna Kournikova tennis cardio workout. It looked like so much fun!
I hope that the blue team will not have to see the elimination room again. I think it's time to shake it up and balance the teams. The only problem with that would be that both the Bonnie and Becky might be considered disposable if they were put on other teams. I would love to see a final three of one from each age group. I hope you're training for the marathon, Coach Mike!
xo - Ali Vincent
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This special Earth Day post is by the Chair of the AAA Task Force of Global Climate Change, Shirley Fiske.
The annual tradition of honoring Planet Earth is coming up again on April 22nd. Even though the founders of Earth Day claim international reach and support, it seems to me its essence is quintessentially American. Earth Day as a custom embodies the Western world view of the environment as the "other." On Earth Day we tend to objectify and celebrate our Environment Earth and do green things for a day, like recycling. One of you (us anthropologists) out there has probably done a study of it Earth Day in its cultural context.
Knowing that I was going to do a blog spot on Earth Day for the AAA, I found myself musing about what Earth Day means to us with my friend Fani – also an anthropologist. Nowadays musing over coffee really means Skyping, because she is in Georgia. But we mused nonetheless.
We discovered that neither of us has ever been to an Earth Day event, even though they are ubiquitous over the years. I worked for the federal government, and every single agency has special events and activities devoted to Earth Day – of course in concert with their mission, whether it's housing or clean oceans. Why haven't we been to any Earth Day celebrations and how broad is that experience?
After all, Earth Day will be celebrating its 42nd anniversary this year, the first one being April 22, 1970. On its web site, Earth Day organizers link the event to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970. In fact the 1970's were marked by bipartisan support for far-reaching environmental laws, in part due to Rachel Carson's book The Silent Spring but also growing awareness of human's impact on our streams, rivers, and air. 1970 marked the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A whole raft of environmental management laws were passed in the 1970s. The National Environmental Policy Act was passed in 1969, the Clean Air Act in 1970, the Coastal Zone Management Act and the original Clean Water Act in 1972, the Endangered Species Act in 1973, the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 1976, and 1976 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act for solid waste management.
Arguably the 1970s were the last time we were able to agree as a civic society and body politic on the importance of the environment in multifaceted and sweeping way. Certainly the attempt to deal with climate change policy—another opportunity to affect sweeping environmental changes—ended in a dismal failure (but how that happened in the topic of my next blog).
Why haven't we been engaged? My friend Fani opined that she never felt motivated to go to Earth Day events. She grew up absorbing all this stuff. She and her progressive parents were already "there" living in an earth-friendly way. I grew up in a conservation-minded household in California where water was more valuable than gold and all God's creatures had a place in our homestead ecology.
So we mused about whether Earth Day has been effective and reaches out to people who don't ordinarily think about things like renewable fuels, waste, wastewater, and solid waste disposal. We suspect that it does reach people at some level – it works as environmental education, in a way, especially for children in schools where teachers can package Earth Day with other earth science topics and get kids outside to experience Earth. There are more kids nowadays that don't get outside than ever before – that don't experience the environment. The "no child left inside" movement is evidence of this.
Perhaps, we thought, it's a generational thing – and that now there's a generation of people who grew up with it. Is it still relevant now? Do we need a wholly different concept to re-direct peoples' attention to the complex of phenomena that cause climate change? As the Chair of the newly formed AAA Task Force on Global Climate Change, I am constantly musing with friends and task force members about the phenomenon of climate change and all its human dimensions and impacts. It is the next environmental and humanitarian crisis, it's not limited to the U.S., and it's happening now across the globe. Earth Day came from a time in our social history when we had bipartisan support and social momentum for widespread environmental change within the U.S.. We are now at a different point in our social history with highly polarized views on climate change and the environment. We need now a fundamentally different way of thinking about ourselves as part of the environment rather than the environment being "out there" where we can "fix" the problems with technology. It is fundamentally more complex than the problems of the 1970s, which could be regulated in (for then) typical top-down, command and control regulatory policy. New ways of envisioning ourselves as part of the climate machinery are needed for the future. I invite you to follow and comment on these blog postings surrounding this Earth Day.


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Note that this technically -- does not satisfy associativity, but it does with respect to -- 'flatten' which is what we really care about. @mconcat@ is -- specialized to put all the trees under a single parent. instance (Action d u, Monoid u, Monoid d) => Monoid (UDTree u d a) where mempty = Branch mempty mempty [] t1 `mappend` t2 = branch [t1,t2] mconcat = branch -- | Construct a leaf node from a @u@ annotation and datum. leaf :: u -> a -> UDTree u d a leaf = Leaf -- | Construct a branch node with an explicit @d@ annotation. branchD :: (Action d u, Monoid u) => d -> [UDTree u d a] -> UDTree u d a branchD d ts = Branch (mconcat . map getU $ ts) [d] ts -- | Construct a branch node with a default (identity) @d@ annotation. branch :: (Action d u, Monoid u, Monoid d) => [UDTree u d a] -> UDTree u d a branch ts = Branch (mconcat . map getU $ ts) [] ts -- | Get the @u@ annotation at the root. getU :: Action d u => UDTree u d a -> u getU (Leaf u _) = u getU (Branch u ds _) = foldr act u ds -- | Get a particular component from a the @u@ annotation at the root. -- This method is provided for convenience, since its context only -- requires an action of @d@ on @u'@, rather than on @u@ in its -- entirety. getU' :: (Action d (u' ::: Nil), u :>: u') => UDTree u d a -> u' getU' (Leaf u _) = get u getU' (Branch u ds _) = hd $ foldr act (get u ::: Nil) ds where hd (u' ::: Nil) = u' hd (Missing _) = error "Impossible case in UDTree.getU' (hd)" -- | Add a @d@ annotation to the root, combining it (on the left) with -- any pre-existing @d@ annotation, and transforming all @u@ -- annotations by the action of @d@. applyD :: Action d u => d -> UDTree u d a -> UDTree u d a applyD d l@(Leaf {}) = Branch (getU l) [d] [l] applyD d (Branch u ds ts) = Branch u (d : ds) ts -- | Add a @u@ annotation to the root, combining it (on the left) with -- the existing @u@ annotation. applyUpre :: (Monoid u, Action d u) => u -> UDTree u d a -> UDTree u d a applyUpre u' (Leaf u a) = Leaf (u' <> u) a applyUpre u' b = Branch (u' <> getU b) [] [b] -- | Add a @u@ annotation to the root, combining it (on the right) with -- the existing @u@ annotation. applyUpost :: (Monoid u, Action d u) => u -> UDTree u d a -> UDTree u d a applyUpost u' (Leaf u a) = Leaf (u <> u') a applyUpost u' b = Branch (getU b <> u') [] [b] -- | Map a function over all the @u@ annotations. 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Cats - Basic health and care
5 tips to protect your cat in spring
Spring can pose a few problems for our feline friends. At this time of year there's an increase in pollen and pests and, with many of us spring cleaning the house or out weeding the garden, there's also an increase in the presence of chemicals.
A tail through time: Hairballs
The classic story of the incessant battle between 'cat versus hairball' has been one told through centuries. When we notice our cat trying to vomit out a hairball, it can be quite a sight to see and it can be stressful as we cannot help them.
Allergy season is here
With a spring in our step, there is a new found feeling of motivation to get back into being active. We all know what comes with this change in season… hay fever.
Bringing home your new pet
Bringing a new family member into the home is often a much awaited event for existing members of the family. However, there are many factors that need to be considered to ensure your new pet settles in to the family including introducing existing pets, house and toilet training and healthcare.
Can you bath your cat?
The grooming process is an important part of the day for cats and most are able to keep themselves very clean without a bath. Unless there is a medical need to, you do not need to bath your cat, but
Can you hear me?
Our pets can hear sounds at a much higher frequency than us mere humans and rely on this ability for different needs. Therefore, it is important as pet parents that we familiarise ourselves with their ears so that we can notice any changes as well as prevent any infections that may develop.
Caring for your cat - vaccinations, fleas, worms, feeding, general care
The following information is provided to help you with all the necessary health care your new cat will require, including check ups, vaccination, desexing, worming, fleas, heartworm prevention, nutrition, dental care, microchipping, bathing, socialisation, house training, home environment, fauna, pet insurance and travelling.
Caring for your kitten - vaccinations, worms, fleas, desexing, feeding
The following information is provided to help you with all the necessary health care your new kitten will require, including check-ups, vaccination, worming, flea control, heartworm prevention, nutrition, dental care, desexing, microchipping, bathing, socialisation and training, toileting, home environment, native fauna and pet insurance.
Catnip is a perennial herb of the mint family with over 250 species in existence and cats can be quite attracted to it. The main varieties that are available are Common Catnip (Nepeta cataria) and
Collars and Harnesses - Choosing the right accessory
Collars and/or a harness are an essential accessory for every pet and a fashion highlight for some too. It is however essential that you should choose carefully as a poorly selected and fitted one may cause unnecessary injury.
Desexing - about the sterilisation procedure
Surgical desexing involves removing part of the reproductive system of an animal whilst under a general anaesthetic. There are many different names to describe this procedure but the correct word in
Desexing - the intricacies of sterilisation
Desexing and neutering are umbrella terms for the surgical sterilisation of both male and female animals. Females are 'speyed' by removing the ovaries and uterus, and males are 'castrated' by
Desexing - the medical and behavioural benefits of sterilisation
There are important medical and behavioural benefits to consider when deciding to desex your pet.
Ears - problems, cleaning and giving drops
Get familiar with your pet's ears, so that you know what they should look like. Look out for changes on a regular basis, note changes and find out what you should do, treat ear problems and learn how to clean your pet's ears
Exercise and nutrition for your cat
With over 32% of cats considered overweight or obese in this country, we often see and treat the problems associated with excessive weight.
Eye drops - administering your cat's eye drops
Administering eye drops in most cats can be tricky business. Mastering the process of holding your cat and the eye drop bottle in the correct position whilst ensuring the medication makes its way to
Feeding - food obsessions and your cat
In a natural wild environment cats are hunters, spending many hours of the day looking for and capturing food. With many more unsuccessful hunting attempts than successful, hunting is a very time and energy consuming activity. Living as part of a household, they enjoy the comfort of you doing the hunting on their behalf.
Feeding a fussy eater
There are many reasons why pet's turn their nose at the food bowl, and there is unfortunately no 'trick' to feeding a fussy pet, however here's some tips on how you can encourage eating.
Feeding Fabulous Felines
Being a pet parent to a fabulous feline can be a lot of responsibility, especially when it comes to feeding them. It all starts with proper nutrition and free, ready access to H2O.
Feeding in a Multiple Cat Household
It's no secret that we all love cats, with many households choosing to own multiple cats as their animal of choice. Despite their friendly nature, feeding time in multiple cat households can often be
Feeding treats to a pet with a prescription diet
If your dog jumps to the sound of the word 'schmako' or your cat lives for a special treat then it is likely you are one of many pet owners who are tempted to sneak their pet a snack. For most pets,
Feeding your cat
With so many brands and types of cat food available it can be very difficult to know what meal is the best one for your cat. In recent years there has been a huge amount of research into feline
Fleas - solving a flea problem
Fleas are tiny dark brown parasitic insects that infest the coat and skin of pets. Find out how to tell if your pet has fleas, how pets get fleas, prevention and why it is important all year round. The flea lifecycle and the products that can help destroy the flea lifecycle.
Focus on worms
Both dogs and cats need to be regularly treated for worms. The most common type of worms are roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms. Most of the time your pet can be infected with worms without you even knowing.
Giving your pet a tablet - hints and tips
From time to time your dog or cat will require medication such as worming tablets, or antibiotics. Giving tablets to your pet can be tricky business so here's a few tips that can help make medication time less stressful for you and your pet.
How to control the shedding
The most satisfying task to accomplish is getting the house nice and clean! We all enjoy that first sip of a hard-earnt cup of tea after sitting down and appreciating all your hard efforts. These moments are often short lived, especially with our furry friends around!
How to keep your indoor cat happy
Cats are one of the most popular pets kept as companions in Australia and NZ. They are beautiful, graceful, affectionate, but above all, highly complicated!
Indoors or outdoors? What is right for your cat
Whilst some Australians give their cats the freedom to come and go as they please there is a growing trend for cat lovers to keep their companions indoors. In a recent online poll we found over 77%
Introducing a new cat to an existing cat in the household
Bringing a new cat or kitten into the home is often a much awaited event for all family members. There are a few factors that need to be considered to ensure your new cat settles in to an existing feline family well.
It's time to visit the Vet
We have all been in that position before. Keeping a watchful eye on that one spot that our furry friend keeps itching. Then the internal fight begins on whether you should take them straight to the vet or are you just overthinking this?
Keeping away the Winter Blues in Pets
Hibernation season is upon us! As the temperature outside is dropping, all we can think about is getting cosy with our favourite winter blanket, a nice cup of tea and staying as close to the heater as possible.
Let's learn about nutrition
The world of pet food is as confusing as ever. From different brands to new and interesting treats, it is difficult and stressful to make the decision on what the best food is for our fur child.
New Year, New Vaccinations!
January is the month of motivation; we are getting everything in order to prepare for a prosperous and positive year. This new beginning is usually a reminder for most pet parents to get all their pet's vaccines updated...
Obesity in Pets
We all love our pets and without perhaps realising it we may be loving them to death. Sneaky snacks, an oversupply of food and a lack of daily exercise has made obesity the most common health issue vets see...
Plants Your Cat Will Love
With Spring upon us, some of you green-fingered folks may be starting to think about what you can plant this year. Have you thought about planting something both you and your cat can enjoy? Many
Scratching or itchy skin - does it mean fleas?
Irritated skin can be a result of many problems such as skin diseases, allergies, ear problems and other illnesses. However, it is a good idea to rule out fleas as they are extremely irritating and when left to breed and multiply, they can cause other related issues such as a flea allergy.
Surviving the spring skin symptoms
Spring can be a challenging time for pet parents and their fur babies due to a range of symptoms that can arise from the warmer weather, spring flowers and a high pollen count.
The benefits of exercise for your pet
Dogs and cats are full of energy and that energy needs to go somewhere, otherwise problem behaviours may start and your pet will become more prone to health issues.
The benefits of preventative care for your pet's health
Your vet can give you advice on how to look after your pet, but as a pet owner the responsibility is with you to make sure your pets are fit and healthy.
The importance of good nutrition for your pet
A balanced and nutritious diet equals a happy and healthy pet, but getting the right amount of nourishment can be a tricky business.
The importance of routine blood tests for your pet
Each year at your pet's annual check-up, your vet may recommend getting a blood test. Ultimately you have the final decision if you would like the test completed and that choice should be respected.
Tick Paralysis
Coming into the wet season ticks become a problem in northern NSW and QLD, and there are a number of types of ticks.
Training your kitten to use a litter tray
Whilst cats are very fussy about going to the toilet the good news is they generally learn quickly how to use a litter tray as long as it is clean and placed in the correct location.
Urine sample collection at home
Obtaining a urine sample from your pet can be tricky business. If your veterinarian or veterinary nurse has asked you to collect a urine sample from your pet at home, here are some handy tips on how to go about it.
Vaccinations and cats - the diseases explained
Chlamydophila, Leukaemia, Panleukopenia are just some of the words you may hear your veterinarian referring to when discussing cat diseases in the community.
Vital Vaccinations for your furry friend
The life of a pet parent can be summed up in three simple words: messy, stressful and (above all) rewarding. We would do absolutely anything to keep our furry child safe...
Weight - Body Condition Score
Is your pet a healthy weight? Use the visual indicators to select a Body Condition Score for your pet.
Worms and your cat
Tapeworms and roundworms are two of the most common intestinal parasites of cats and should not be left untreated. Tapeworms are long flat worms composed of many individual segments whereas round