California Looks to Usher in SawStop Mandate for Table Saw Market
Professional tool reviews for the average Joe: Here it comes. If you can't get it passed in the federal government - just bring it to California, they'll mandate anything in the name of safety. We are just now hearing that California has taken up Steven Gass' cause to effectively implement SawStop technology in all table saws sold in California after Jan. 1, 2015. The specific law being proposed is AB 2218 Table Saw Safety Act, proposed on February 24, 2012.
The Physics of Pixar's Hair
io9.com: How is a curling hair like a long-range oil pipeline? And what two groups are working on the physics that apply to both? Learn about the science of engineering mop-tops. Over at Physics Central's podcast, there's a fascinating discussion with an MIT grad student, Jay Miller, who looks at the curve of the flagella on an amoeba, the spiral of a double helix, and the buckling of an oil pipeline.
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Disney taps director for Broadway 'Alice'
<-- Comments HereVariety: Rob Ashford has been tapped by Disney Theatrical Prods. to direct and choreograph the stage musical version of Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland." He joins a group of alumni of the pic already attached to the project, including Burton, whose aesthetic will be incorporated into the design of the show (Variety, March 13, 2011). Also onboard are Linda Woolverton, penning the book based on her screenplay, and Richard D. Zanuck, one of the producers of the film and an exec producer of the legit tuner.
Sometimes in the Arts, Impermanence Is Good
<-- Comments HereWSJ.com: George Balanchine, the greatest choreographer of the 20th century, believed that all ballets, even his, were like butterflies: "A breath, a memory, then gone." Twenty-nine years after his death, Mr. Balanchine's ballets continue to be performed throughout the world, but it's also true that the way in which they are danced today is not the way in which they were danced when Mr. Balanchine himself was around to rehearse them. The steps may be the same, but the nuances are different—sometimes joltingly so—and to compare a modern-day performance of, say, "The Four Temperaments" or "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" to an old video of a Balanchine-supervised performance by the New York City Ballet, the company that he founded in 1948, is to receive a lesson in the fundamental impermanence of dance.
Monday, March 19, 2012
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