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Comment on 36 views of Euphoria by Meridith

Meridith — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:35:36 +0000

This project sounds euphoric! best of luck!

Comment on Till, signaling Future North by 36 views of Euphoria | FOP

36 views of Euphoria | FOP — Fri, 03 May 2013 00:18:02 +0000

[...] Till, signaling Future North [...]

Comment on Overlooked Worlds Unfolding Concurrently by Swemorph

Swemorph — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:35:55 +0000

Re: “Wicked Problems”, we thought that you might like to know about this:

“Wicked Problems – Social Messes: Decision support Modelling with Morphological Analysis”. Springer, 2011.

You can see a description at Springer here:

http://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/technology+management/book/978-3-642-19652-2

Regards,

Tom Ritchey
SweMorph

Comment on Next Five Years: Passing Through by Erika Osborne

Erika Osborne — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:00:22 +0000

I love this statement. The interesting thing here is that the act of your “making” or “tracing” brings back in the “Anthro”, but imbues it with new meaning.

Comment on MAKING THE GEOLOGIC NOW: NOW IN PRINT by JAN K

JAN K — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:53:15 +0000

Finally…. Just ordered 2 copies!
Thanks!
#1 FOP Supporters

Comment on Terrains of Uncertainty by Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:48:20 +0000

Hello and good morning,Quick question: Is it possible for FOP to post a job opening announcement (geoarchaeologist)?Best and thank you.Mike

Michael McFaul Principal Geoarchaeologist LaRamie Soils Service 307-742-4185 (o) 307-760-0088 (c)

Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:25:12 +0000 To: laramiesoilsservice@msn.com

Comment on Learning Directly from the Event by making the geologic now. « a dark precursor.

making the geologic now. « a dark precursor. — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:33:55 +0000

[...] event of Sandy was very much a participant in the workshop, and Liz and Jamie asked what we might learn directly from the event. Their discussion of imbrications between the human and the geologic were quite timely and [...]

Comment on Amulets for Infrastructure Project by making the geologic now. « a dark precursor.

making the geologic now. « a dark precursor. — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:33:53 +0000

[...] to meet Liz and Jamie a month ago at a workshop on Emotional Elements, where they presented their Amulets for Infrastructure project. The amulets are designed to be material acknowledgments of the fragility of bridges, [...]

Comment on SAVE THE DATE: MAKING THE GEOLOGIC NOW by Geologic Now: Responses to Material Conditions of Contemporary Life « Faculty Blog

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:01:19 +0000

[...] From the launch invite: [...]

Comment on Staten Island’s tainted edge (Geologic City report #3) by Rich Melnik

Rich Melnik — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:37:48 +0000

I worked for the NYC MTA and I believe this looks like the same site that NYC Transit Authority used this lot as a parking vacility for it’s buses in the 1970′s. Supervisors and security guards worked at that location in 8 hour shifts, 7 days a week. I wonder how their health is today.

Comment on SAVE THE DATE: MAKING THE GEOLOGIC NOW by Making the Geologic Now

Making the Geologic Now — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:14:29 +0000

[...] LAUNCH EVENT: Dec. 4 @Studio-X NYC [...]

Comment on Living the Geologic Turn in NYC by FOP

FOP — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:14:17 +0000

The architect and landscape designer Kate Orff based her plan to shield the Red Hook and Gowanus neighborhoods of Brooklyn on the outsize powers of the oyster. “The era of big infrastructure is over,” Ms. Orff said. By placing her faith in a palm-size bivalve to reduce the effects of surging storms, Ms. Orff said, she is “blending urbanism and ecology” and also “looking to the past to reimagine the future. … “This is infrastructure that we can do now,” she explained. “It’s not something we have to think about and fund with billions of dollars 50 years down the road.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/nyregion/protecting-new-york-city-before-next-time.html?pagewanted=2

Comment on Transmission Power: Finding North in NYC’s Electricity by 1989 Blackout Landscape | landscape archipelago

1989 Blackout Landscape | landscape archipelago — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:52:22 +0000

[...] the Friends of the Pleistocene has noted before the electrical infrastructure of northeastern North America is a bewildering network of twentieth [...]

Comment on Living the Geologic Turn in NYC by FOP

FOP — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:29:25 +0000

The list continues:

“We had prepared for an emergency,” Mr. Norich said. “The emergency we had prepared for was an act of terrorism, not this.” … The afflictions of these wounded buildings have forced major tenants like Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Oppenheimer & Company, Sullivan & Cromwell, Standard & Poor’s and The Daily News to either pursue short-term leases in alternative spaces or crowd into unaffected offices that they already lease in other parts of the city or region. – http://nyti.ms/StG9na

More broadly, officials must ask whether it is sensible to replace buildings on the Manhattan waterfront, the Jersey Shore or the Long Island coast — and continue to dare nature. After all, the waters surrounding New York have been rising an inch a decade, and the pace is picking up. – http://nyti.ms/VO6ihj

…the scene speaks to something so obvious it is often overlooked: The waterfront in New York City has never been a suitable place to live. … Despite the pervasive liberalism of New Yorkers, particularly on the issue of climate change, Tropical Storm Irene last year did not spur a radical shift in thinking among developers. The devastation of this year’s storm will force a reconsideration of certain practices … And yet the anxiety of New Yorkers is powerful, and so it doesn’t seem preposterous to speculate that no matter what sort of precautions are taken, certain people will forgo the romance of the waterfront in favor of higher ground. -http://nyti.ms/U8vHXm

Comment on Category Uncategorizable by bremnerl54

bremnerl54 — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:58:54 +0000

Political meteorology unfolding!

Comment on Zuihitsu: Look Only At the Waves by Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:49:47 +0000

Hmmm lots of good ideas!

Comment on Zuihitsu: Look Only At the Waves by heartshandsminds

heartshandsminds — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:36:52 +0000

Thank you to smudge for an incredibly fresh new perspective and tons of inspiration! You certainly have caused a giant swerve in my art processes. Your teaching approach of collaboration and of setting the stage are delightful. I am so thankful!

Comment on Pleistocene Field Trip: Conversation with Geologist Marith Reheis by Ralph Klinger

Ralph Klinger — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 04:46:41 +0000

Now hold on a minute Woodrow! I will give it to you that the Northeast cell is the “original” Friends of the Pleistocene, but the fact that other cells exist and remain active makes us all “true” Friends of the Pleistocene. I somewhat regularly attend trips in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific cells, and as Marith states in her interview, they have been held almost every year since their inception. In fact, the Pacific cell has actually run two trips in a single year several times. The informality of the organization that is implied is more about the idea that there are no elected officers or an organizational committee, at least for those cells in the western U.S. It is a glowing example of a grassroots organization that continues to function based on a mutual interest in things that are Pleistocene.

Comment on And it Moves by Meridith

Meridith — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:55:02 +0000

Thank you for posting these images and initial
reflections- I look forward to talking with you
about what you saw and experienced soon!

Comment on Transmission Power: Finding North in NYC’s Electricity by John

John — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:08:03 +0000

They replied to an email I sent actually and their chart is correct (sourced from a 2010 PlaNYC document) although with a confusing label. Basically the 80% rule is max generation capacity. If the PlaNYC chart is correct, that means that during off-peak times of year, the in-city generation drops off substantially and we use far more nuclear and hydro from upstate. In other words, if the max recorded peak is ~13,000MW and ‘normal’ is 8,000 or 9,000MW, 20% of 13,000mw is more like 30% of 9,000mw. It sounds to me like the importation capacity of the city is ~5,000MW based on some other sources which is substantially bigger than 20% of the peak MWmax. I’ve read the city is considering a 1,000MW transmission line from Quebec to Astoria Queens which would be all renewable power generation.
Interesting stuff!