Money, voting, investigative reporter, politics and Santa Fe Complex
This has become a vital, exciting, and savvy group! I may not be able to make the workshops, so the rest of you can get a headstart on me! Wish they’d create an ebook for me. I barely get around to reading the ones I’ve collected. How about you?
Today, a lady called me from California to encourage me to volunteer for Obama this Tuesday and Thursday at 6PM. They are working toward getting 18,000 volunteers out on those days. I think it would be great fun to pack those offices. Come join the work party or send food. In Santa Fe they would be overwhelmed to see so many Moveon folks. Send friends. Let’s really give the campaign a boost big time. See you there. Ditto for other communities.
This Week @ sfX:
Savvy Voting;
Scanning Reality,
Single String Concert
Santa Fe Complex · 632 Agua Fria · Parking via Romero St. For more information, call 505/216.7562 or visit sfcomplex.org
A Full Week at Santa Fe Complex
Political Horseraces
Water & Whiskey, Again
Symphony on a Single String
Handicapping the Horseraces
Learn what is really going on in this fall’s political races while supporting Santa Fe Complex in a special, three-part workshop on how you can be your own investigative reporter. Hosted by journalist and journalism professor Tom Johnson, the sessions will show you how to get ready for that special Tuesday in November by using the growing number of web-based tools available to the serious journalism and the ordinary citizen. < --more-->
Schedule Change: Mixing Whiskey & Water, Again
This week’s water resource blender has been rescheduled to October 15 to make way for the 3D scanning program described in this newsletter.
Santa Fe Complex practitioners Paul Paryski and Kim Sorvig will be joined by RiverSource’s Rich Schrader for an examination of the social and physical dynamics of water in the arid Southwest. More information will be posted soon.
Santa Fe Complex is located in the Railyard Art District within walking distance of the hotels, restaurants and shops at the plaza downtown. While there is parking at 624 Agua Fria, the Romero Street parking lot is more conveniently located for the 632 facility.
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3D Scanning for Historic & Cultural Studies
A 3D scan of the Palace of the Governors
Three-dimensions are the rage in this fall’s movie line-up. They’re also increasingly important in historical, archeological and paleontological research, as we’ve seen in three prior blenders at Santa Fe Complex. We continue our series on Stereo-Computational Photography with an in-depth look at 3D laser scanning in modern research. Our look includes demonstration courtesy of Faro Technologies, a global leader in 3D scanning technology, and discussions on the use of 3D scanning for preservation. The blender will continue on Wednesday with follow-up work at the Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos and the ArtsLab at UNM. The blender begins at 6:00 at Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria St. (Parking via Romero Street.) A $5.00 donation is encouraged.
Ralph Chapman (formerly of the Smithsonian and the Idaho Virtualization Laboratories) will introduce the speakers and say a few words about his own use of laser scanning in paleontology and virtualization of artifacts. Wednesday night’s speakers include:
Paul Oberle of FARO Technologies who will demonstrate the use of their Photon 80/20 scanner including a presentation of a scan he will be taking at the Palace of the Governors earlier in the day.
Tom Pederson, a local GIS expert, will describe his use of laser scanning technology for historical preservation.
Tim Thomas (UNM/HPC) and Catherine Baudoin (Maxwell Museum) will speak briefly about their work in distributed digital archives for virtualized cultural artifacts.
Patrick French will discuss the creation of 3D models of objects from photographs using readily available software.
The 3D work will continue on Thursday in Los Alamos and Albuquerque. From 10:00 am to noon, the discussion will continue at Fuller Lodge with archivists and preservationists from Los Alamos Historic Preservation Societyand the LANL museum
The discussion continues with a demonstration of 3D scanning for staff at the UNM ARTS Lab in Albuquerque followed by a discussion with Kevin Cain, director of InsightDigital, the Institute for the Study and Integration of Graphical Heritage Techniques. Cain is collaborating with UNM and others on the Maya Skies project.
For more information, please contact Steve Smith or call 505/920.0252.
Richard Bassara Concert Kicks Off Occam’s Razor Festivities
Party time folks.
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