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With an ever-increasing amount of technology intended to "improve", "augment", and/or "add convenience" to our busy lives, there seems to be less of an emphasis on creating devices to reflect or comment on our natural or built environments. Taking this challenge as a starting point with her work, Chicago-based artist, Sabrina Raaf, examines the seemingly "invisible" elements of modernized and technologically equipped spaces by re-interpreting this covert data through mechanized objects that create feedback in the form of sound or other visual outputs. From exploring live data sets in the immediate gallery space with "Translator II: Grower", a robot that measures carbon dioxide levels and draws corresponding blades of grass on the wall, to exploring the tension between humans and adaptive or automated systems with "Dry Translator", Raaf's work exposes the unspoken conflicts between society's push for technological autonomy and the struggle to retain human emotion and sensibility.
South Carolina has the 10th fastest population growth in the nation, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Upstate's housing market shows it. South Carolina and Georgia were among the top 10 fastest-growing states in terms of population change from July 2005 to July 2006, according to the Census Bureau information. South Carolina was the 10th fastest-growing state, with a 1.7-percent population increase. Georgia was the fourth fastest, with growth of 2.5 percent. Georgia also was among the top 10 states in terms of the raw number of additional people living in the state in the past year, with a population growth of 231,388. The number of Anderson County housing units grew by about 6,000, to 79,350, between 2000 and 2005. The increase presents an opportunity for reviewing whether the available housing is affordable, said Michael Cunningham, assistant county administrator.
Taking over the old tennis courts adjacent the concession stand in the park, the skate facility has been delayed because of rain. "Rain and mud have been our biggest problems," said Jeremy Stump of Suburban Rails, the company building the park. .
SAN FRANCISCO -- Martinez, California-based Altamont Homes, Inc. is introducing custom modular homes created by award-winning architect Douglas Cutler, AIA, to the California market. The "Cutler Series" provides 25 exquisite modular-homes choices. Cutler is based in Wilton, Ct. and is excited to be able to team up with Altamont Homes and to introduce his award-winning designs to the West Coast. "Cutler is one of the finest and best-known architects in the field," Eric Peterson, president, said. "And, in the modular home industry he truly stands alone." Cutler has often been recognized by the media for his outstanding work in this field. On six separate occasions, he has appeared in "Better Homes and Gardens" and has been lauded by several industry periodicals, most recently -- the September issue of "Automated Builder." He is also in an upcoming edition of Business Week.
Irish gay group the Gay and Lesbian Equality network has welcomed the news and views it as a sign that the government may approve gay marriage laws.
The cabinet is due to consider a report commissioned by Minister for Justice Michael McDowell today.
It will assess issues of tax, inheritance and social welfare, the Evening Echo reports.
Marriage is the full equality option said Keith O'Malley, chief executive officer of the GLEN, and, as well as being the fairest, most equitable way forward, it is also the easiest and fastest to enact - and the most effective.
The choice facing the government now is about what kind of society we want Ireland to be, we are working towards a situation when being LGB is no more remarkable than being left handed and when same sex relationships are acknowledged as fully legitimate.
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