Re: nettime Re: Images and Official Language: The Gap or How not to Know
Thanks for responding, Alan. I was hoping that someone would remark on the intentionally naive questions i asked at the end of my post. But I must confess that I don't understand what your response is about, sorry for being horribly circular here, but you did bring up the dread ghost of deconstruction. 'About' implies cause and effect and representation - this painting is 'about' the natural order of things, this war is 'about' oil. And such is a peculiarly occidental approach, I believe, this aboutness which insists on causation in relation to ethos, which insists on origin insead of, perhaps, taint. The war is unjustifiable, cruel, and in many ways 'about' America, in the sense of implication. America is responsible; reasoning and reasons are left in the shadows, and there are as many as there are shadows and they are as indistinct as shadows are. The darkness of the photographs throw a little light on the subjects: it's the captors who stand out, who make sure they are _named_ and _visible,_ while the prisoners are hidden, faceless bodies, hooded. I want to thank you for pointing out the oddness of the word about, which in the phrase this war is about oil surely implies oil is a concern if not outright cause of this war, which it surely is. Political commentators on the right were quick to point out that the war was not about oil because it is the rest of the G7 that are much more dependent on Middle East Oil than the U.S. Obviously, the war is not simply about oil, as if oil were ever a simple thing itself, but it just as surely concerns oil, and the markets in oil, both official and black. Your pointing out that an attempt to understand more structural causes and reasons for this extremely bold gambit on the part of a particular U.S. administration, is occidental in its concern for cause and effect seems to me without meaning. Surely, you must think that the policy makers and war planners had reasons for taking what even they knew was an extreme gamble. The point of the naive questioning was to begin to look at what the interests of both global capital more largely and american empire in particular were and are that are at stake in invading and occupying Iraq. And to begin to ask those questions, I think it does help to clear the air of such psuedo causes as daddy, or wmd, or even that the war was and is about particular individual idiosyncracies. But I don't think it helps to throw out the very idea of interest or cause. It's not like pointing out the history of the failure of the sanctions process, and the growing black market in oil flowing out of Iraq, is some search for a lost or trascendental origin. It is more humbly, getting at the story. Which, by the way, I don't think I have, yet. And this reference to the notion of cause and effect as merely occidental seems to me at least to invoke some chimera of an east or an outside of global capital, as if there were a part of the globe that was not subject to the laws of capital or cause and effect. Finally it might even be added that 'about' implies some justification, however minimal. If this is 'real'ly 'about' oil, perhaps the oil will save lives elsewhere, But there is none of this, no balance, no reason. I would counter that we should be willing to ask the about question, not because we risk justification, but to attempt to understand precisely the reasons and reasoning of those in power, and not just in the United States, but in the entire G7. We can also ask how the populations in those countries more or less are complicit in what their governments are doing. But to say that all this is without reason is in my opinion to let the policy makers, global capital, and the citizens of the putative democracies off the hook. Thanks again, I found your post poetic is not quite comprehensible. On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 04:55:10PM -0400, Alan Sondheim wrote: I think to be fair here, that there is a process of contamination going on, which is becoming more and more evident; that the images by their very overdetermined nature, are a form of speeage that will not be contained, will not be defined by any particularization, whether it be a group of seven soldiers or the prison system itself. Hopefully the contamination will spread. Even so I agree, and what is appalling to me, even more, is the over two million in the US prisons today - a system where in Jeb Bush's Florida, there is a 30 percent incarceration rate for black males. Returning briefly to Iraq, I think stating what the war is 'about' misses the point - that the word 'about' must be deconstructed, that there is no 'about' - which 'systemics' perhaps implies as well. The war is not 'about' Daddy nor 'about' oil nor 'about' jeffersonian democracy' nor 'about' Saddam nor 'about' torture etc. etc. It certainly isn't 'about' 9/11. One might say it is 'about' those who ordered the war and managed it, but this hits a psychoanalytical deadend. 'About'
nettime International Support Letter for Steven Kurtz / CAE
Dear friends, Is anybody already working on a support letter for Steven Kurtz? Maybe we orverlooked the most obvious way to help at this point, which is to provide an international letter, signed by a list of internationally acclaimed curators, writers, critics, artists, and anybody else out there who has a direct and professional relationship to the work of Steven Kurtz and the Critical Art Ensemble. More information on the support campaign can at this point be found at the following web page: http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ How do we write the letter - do we circulate a draft letter publically, or in small committee? Best wishes, Eric Kluitenberg De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam http://www.debalie.nl -- May 25, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism Grieving Artist Denied Access to Deceased Wife's Body DEFENSE FUND ESTABLISHED - HELP URGENTLY NEEDED Steve Kurtz was already suffering from one tragedy when he called 911 early in the morning to tell them his wife had suffered a cardiac arrest and died in her sleep. The police arrived and, cranked up on the rhetoric of the War on Terror, decided Kurtz's art supplies were actually bioterrorism weapons. Thus began an Orwellian stream of events in which FBI agents abducted Kurtz without charges, sealed off his entire block, and confiscated his computers, manuscripts, art supplies... and even his wife's body. Like the case of Brandon Mayfield, the Muslim lawyer from Portland imprisoned for two weeks on the flimsiest of false evidence, Kurtz's case amply demonstrates the dangers posed by the USA PATRIOT Act coupled with government-nurtured terrorism hysteria. Kurtz's case is ongoing, and, on top of everything else, Kurtz is facing a mountain of legal fees. Donations to his legal defense can be made at http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ FEAR RUN AMOK Steve Kurtz is Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the State University of New York's University at Buffalo, and a member of the internationally-acclaimed Critical Art Ensemble. Kurtz's wife, Hope Kurtz, died in her sleep of cardiac arrest in the early morning hours of May 11. Police arrived, became suspicious of Kurtz's art supplies and called the FBI. Within hours, FBI agents had detained Kurtz as a suspected bioterrorist and cordoned off the entire block around his house. (Kurtz walked away the next day on the advice of a lawyer, his detention having proved to be illegal.) Over the next few days, dozens of agents in hazmat suits, from a number of law enforcement agencies, sifted through Kurtz's work, analyzing it on-site and impounding computers, manuscripts, books, equipment, and even his wife's body for further analysis. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Health Department condemned his house as a health risk. Kurtz, a member of the Critical Art Ensemble, makes art which addresses the politics of biotechnology. Free Range Grains, CAE's latest project, included a mobile DNA extraction laboratory for testing food products for possible transgenic contamination. It was this equipment which triggered the Kafkaesque chain of events. FBI field and laboratory tests have shown that Kurtz's equipment was not used for any illegal purpose. In fact, it is not even _possible_ to use this equipment for the production or weaponization of dangerous germs. Furthermore, any person in the US may legally obtain and possess such equipment. Today, there is no legal way to stop huge corporations from putting genetically altered material in our food, said Defense Fund spokeswoman Carla Mendes. Yet owning the equipment required to test for the presence of 'Frankenfood' will get you accused of 'terrorism.' You can be illegally detained by shadowy government agents, lose access to your home, work, and belongings, and find that your recently deceased spouse's body has been taken away for 'analysis.' Though Kurtz has finally been able to return to his home and recover his wife's body, the FBI has still not returned any of his equipment, computers or manuscripts, nor given any indication of when they will. The case remains open. HELP URGENTLY NEEDED A small fortune has already been spent on lawyers for Kurtz and other Critical Art Ensemble members. A defense fund has been established at http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ to help defray the legal costs which will continue to mount so long as the investigation continues. Donations go directly to the legal defense of Kurtz and other Critical Art Ensemble members. Should the funds raised exceed the cost of the legal defense, any remaining money will be used to help other artists in need. To make a donation, please visit http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/ For more information on the Critical Art Ensemble, please visit http://www.critical-art.net/ Articles about the case: http://www.rtmark.com/CAEdefense/news-WKBW-2.html
Re: nettime Re: Images and Official Language: The Gap or How not to Know
The Iraq war, I have thought all along, was begun by Bush as a matter of spin, chiefly to look good (ie.e. successful and tough) and manly. Iraq is far away, and still confused in the American mind not only with bin Laden but with Iran. Recall that the last real photo op was supposed to be Bush prancing in his flight suit. When that wasn't enough, we got Bush in Iraq with a cardboard turkey (not the best possible metaphor) and then a bedraggled, confused-looking Saddam, hardly the scowling villain Rove would have ordered. The Abu Ghraib images were unwelcome because unplanned, with low production values, etc. Had they been spun right, surely they would have been touted as showing the pluck and ingenuity of American GIs up against dastardly terror suspects. But it turns out the best spinners in the world can't spin an entire war and occupation of real people with real feelings and desires. They did come scarily close, however. Michael H. Goldhaber [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.well.com/user/mgoldh/ Alan Sondheim wrote: Returning briefly to Iraq, I think stating what the war is 'about' misses the point - that the word 'about' must be deconstructed, that there is no 'about' - which 'systemics' perhaps implies as well. The war is not 'about' Daddy nor 'about' oil nor 'about' jeffersonian democracy' nor 'about' Saddam nor 'about' torture etc. etc. It certainly isn't 'about' 9/11. One might say it is 'about' those who ordered the war and managed it, but this hits a psychoanalytical deadend. 'About' implies cause and effect and representation - this painting is 'about' the natural order of things, this war is 'about' oil. And such is a peculiarly occidental approach, I believe, this aboutness which insists on causation in relation to ethos, which insists on origin insead of, perhaps, taint. The war is unjustifiable, cruel, and in many ways 'about' America, in the sense of implication. America is responsible; reasoning and reasons are left in the shadows, and there are as many as there are shadows and they are as indistinct as shadows are. The darkness of the photographs throw a little light on the subjects: it's the captors who stand out, who make sure they are _named_ and _visible,_ while the prisoners are hidden, faceless bodies, hooded. Finally it might even be added that 'about' implies some justification, however minimal. If this is 'real'ly 'about' oil, perhaps the oil will save lives elsewhere, But there is none of this, no balance, no reason. Stare into the face of evil, and there's surprisingly little detail. Evil manages the news. - Alan http://www.asondheim.org/ http://www.asondheim.org/portal/.nikuko http://www.anu.edu.au/english/internet_txt Trace projects http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nettime fmedia forum
Meeting of European Free and community Media initiatives in Prague (Cz) and Freistadt (A) Press Conference: Monday, June 7th, 13.00h. NoD. Experimental Space, Dlouha 33, Praha The accession of ten further states to the European Union on the 1st of May is a significant historical moment. With the enlargement of the EU a picture of a coalescending Europe, a place of peace and cooperation is evoked. But intercultural exchange and cross-border communication between citizens of neighbouring regions still lag behind the general developments. Free independent media initiatives - radio, TV, internet, press, publc campaining, cultural, human rights, environmental, etc-particularily foster communication in local frameworks, but also between and within various societal and linguistic communities. In the time between the 10th and the 13th of June the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forum in Prague and Freistadt wants to bring forward the exchange and collaboration of various community media between East and West including also regions beyond the borders of the enlarged EU. Free, independent community media complement and correct information which is produced by mainstream media. Nowadays, they constitute an essential component in the democratic develpment of our societies. Between the various regions of the new Europe the working conditions for independent media vary substantially on the political, economic, legal and societal defaults. The [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forum shall assist in developing strategies, which support a general appreciation of Free Media and secure their involvement in the policies of the European Union. The expected participants of [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Prague and Freistadt come from very different media spheres and sectors of cultural, social and civic societal dedication. On the first two days an analysis of the developments of the national and European media landscapes, the composition of a survival kit for independent media and reflections towards sustainable exchange of programmes and content will be on the agenda. In Freistadt, on the 12th of June the significance of cross border media activism as a contribution to autonomous regional developments will be discussed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an open forum for the formulation and discussion of strategies for a European network of Free Media. More information about [EMAIL PROTECTED] is available on http://fmedia.ecn.cz online broadcasting: www.radiojeleni.cz/live Venues:Prag: NoD. Experimental Space Dlouha 33 Praha 1, Old Town http://www.roxy.cz/nod Freistadt: Salzhof 4240 Freistadt Salzgasse 15 Organised by: European Civic Forum, Austria Federation of Austrian Free Radios Radio Jeleni, Prague Radio Corax, Interaudio, Halle Econnect, Prague Radio Z, Nurenberg Center for Contemporary Art, Prague NoD. Experimental Space, Prague Radio FRO, Linz Supported by: sterreichisches Kuratorium fr Presseausweise Grne Bildungswerkstatt, Austria Renner Institute, Austria RTR Broadcast- and Telecom Regulation ltd., Austria European Cultural Foundation Austrian Cultural Institute, Prague Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology Ecconect s.r.o.Prague British council Bratislava Organiser - Contact: Verband Freier Radios Osterreich c/o Thomas Kreiseder Kirchengasse 4 4040 Linz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0043-650-7904281 Local coordination: Prague: Milos Vojtechovsky (Center for Contemporary Art, Radio Jeleni, Prag) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freistadt: Otto Tremetzberger (Radio Freistadt) [EMAIL PROTECTED] list of participants: Participants List Marc Gruber, Fr,International Journalist Federation Europe) http://www.ifj.org Marius Dragomir, Cz,(Open Society Institute, Budapest) http://www.eumap.org Ales Ancipienka, Belarus (Belaruskie Kolegium) http://baj.ru/belkalehium/ Robert Horvitz, Prague (Internet policy) http://www.internetpolicy.net/ Ricardo Feigel (Medienkompetenzzentrum, Sachsen Anhalt, D) http://www.lra.de/index_mkz.htm Eva Thun, (Civil Radio, Hu) http://www.civilradio.hu Agnese Trocchi, (Candida TV, Italia) http://www.telestreet.it Menno Grootveld,(Proxivision N5M, NL) http://www.n5m.org Antonio De Michele (PARK 4DTV, NL) http://www.parktv.nl Helmut Peissl, (European Civic Forum, Federation of Austrian Free Radios) http://www.civic-forum.org, http://www.freie-radios.at Eric Kluitenberg, NL (DeBalie) http://www.debalie.org Mihai Pedestru, Andrei Costina, Joanne Richardson (Romania) http://www.d-media.tk Elina Racholova, Bulg (Bluelink) http://www.bluelink.net Ivan Vesely, (Sdruzeno Dzeno, Cz) http://www.dzeno.org Iveta Demeterova (RadioRota, CZ) http://www.radiorota.cz Norbert Brazda (Changenet.sk) Slovakia http://www.changenet.sk Pierre de Jaeger, Belgium (Radio SWAP) http://www.radioswap.net Guy van Belle, (Society for Old and New Media, dewaag, NL) http://www.dewaag.org Danijela Babic, Koraljka Dilic, Sandra Oskorus, Toni Gabric (ZamirNet, Cro) http://www.zamirnet.hr Saul Albert,(UK) Michael Weinkove (UK)
nettime PAPER: Portugal, colonial laws, and today's reality
THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A RECENT SEMINAR IN GOA, INDIA: Indo-Portuguese History and Global Trends Seventh Century Portuguese Legal Regime and Twenty First Century Global Trends: A Comparative Analysis By Carmo D'Souza Introduction: There is a close resemblance between the Sixteenth-Seventeenth century problems faced by the Portuguese power in the Indian Ocean and the present day problems faced by US and allied powers post 11 September events 1in the international field. Strangely there is some parallel between the measures that the Portuguese power adopted in order to keep its hold, and the measures adopted by US and its allies especially in the wake of Afghanistan and Iraq wars2. It appears that History has repeated itself on the failure of international community to realize the importance of having binding international documents and authorities with moral and legal power. The world is still struggling within the tight jacket of National Sovereignty.3 The same blind race that was witnessed in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the Indian Ocean is taking place today at a global basis, amidst criticism and counter criticism, with public opinion wavering as per events. There is even lack of proper criteria to enable the international community to objectively assess the political situation. The international law seems to be nascent at present to some extent, as it was when the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope. The present paper will concentrate on this dimension of international relations. Indian Ocean in Sixteenth -Seventh Century: The Sixteenth century changed the existing situation in the Indian Ocean on the wake of the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope by the Portuguese. The existing Arab trade stood threatened with the presence of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, thus giving rise to conflict. Conflict resolution strategies had not been enunciated then as they are today. The Portuguese on the other hand claimed the right to free trade in the East. The Portuguese felt that a threat lay to their trade from the Arabs as well as the pirates. Thus the positioning of the opposite powers and subsequent rearrangement of other powers aided with religious misunderstandings gave rise to stress and tensions in international relations. Mutual distrust led to local flair ups, which in turn led to greater conflicts. The Portuguese with their firepower, realized in the sixteenth century that they could control to some extent the trade on the spice route. So naturally all policies as well as the legal concepts and regime developed was to safeguard the defacto position acquired thus far through the barrel of the gunboats4. A very similar positioning is noticed in the twenty first century with a mention of a war between civilizations. However to a great extent the policy is to hold to economic and political power, which is threatened due to changing circumstances. The Portuguese Sea Power5 There were favourable conditions in the Indian Ocean that helped the Portuguese to build their maritime power on their entry in the Indian Ocean. C. R. Boxer among other things mentions the following points as regards Portuguese Sea Trade: a) The Emperor of Egypt, Persia and Vijayanagar had no armed shipping in the Indian Ocean b) Wealthy entrepots of Ormuz and Mallaca did not possess Ocean going vessels. c) The Arabs, Gujerathis , and other Muslims who dominated the trade of the Indian Ocean had large ocean going vessels as well as small coastal ships, but even the largest were not provided with artillery and no iron was used in the hull construction. d) Portuguese took control of the strategic points in the spice trade routes. They controlled , Goa, Ormuz, Mallaca and these were supplemented by many other fortified coastal settlements and trading posts (feitorias ) from Sofola in north-east Africa to Ternate in Moluccas. e) The domination of the seaborne trade of the Indian Ocean , first by the Arabs and later to a large extent by Muslims of Indian origin chiefly Gujeratis , was achieved in both cases quite peacefully. f) Many Asian rulers shared the conviction of Bahadur Shah, the King of Gujerat , that 'wars by sea are merchants' affairs , and of no concern to the prestige of Kings' 6. Thus there were favourable historical conditions that helped the Portuguese to a certain extent to hold a defacto control of a section of the Indian Ocean i.e. mainly the Arabian Sea.7. From the above, it can be inferred that unipolar system existed in the sixteenth century soon after the entry of the Portuguese , as far as a section of Indian Ocean was concerned. At least during the first fifty years Portuguese took control of the sea routes by taking hold of strategic positions all along the coast. As a result if one ignores the land control, we can have a model of Portuguese being unchallenged in the seas and an unipolar system developing in International field. The Portuguese lost this control on
Re: nettime R.I.P.: The Counterculture Aura of Linux
I think they're grieving an irrelevant issue here. SCO lawsuit is specked with uncertainties in regards to their claims and even motives for that matter. If they want to get properly informed they should read the May issue of Fortune, they seem to have a proper skinny on the matter. As for the counter culture aura of Linux, I truly don't understand the appeal of the counter here. Would you rather have a hacker owned system that nobody understands and pay for Windows so your kids can finish their homework? Don't forget, there are many flavours of Linux, if you feel like f***ing off just use slackware or build your own with Linux from scratch project. R -- Forwarded Message From: Martin Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Martin Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:43:28 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: nettime R.I.P.: The Counterculture Aura of Linux I was sent this article last week, it appeared in the NT Times and it may be of interest to you all. On my copy I have written - capture, control, command, constituted, external causes as notes when I go back to it to reread it and see what I can make of it... ... # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nettime linux is dead
Let's face it, when has a company that violated the GPL been properly punished? They haven't been punished because they have admitted their mistake and released the code which some might say is more valuable than money to the free software community. This has happened with every company that has been in violation that I know of. Linksys And now you have Cringely saying that WRT54G is a disruptive technology. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040527.html -- Novica # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nettime ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE
the Task Force would realize that its initial investigation of Steve Kurtz was a terrible mistake, the subpoenas indicate that the feds have instead chosen to press their case against Kurtz and possibly others. To donate to the CAE Defense Fund, and for up-to-date information on the case, please visit http://www.caedefensefund.org/ For more information on the Critical Art Ensemble, please visit http://www.critical-art.net/ To join a list about the case, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAE_Defense Articles and television stories about the case: http://www.appliedautonomy.com/cae/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8278-2004Jun1.html http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--materialsremoved0601jun01,0,3539235.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040602/1048042.asp On advice of counsel, Steve Kurtz is unable to answer questions regarding his case. Please direct questions or comments to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (MAKE SURE TO CUT BELOW LINES OFF WHEN FORWARDING, or your personal profile will become known to everyone.) ... # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nettime International Support Letter for Steven Kurtz / CAE
Hi all, Great idea Eric. It seems that word has been slow to get around. Perhaps Carla Mendes, the CAE spokesperson, already has a letter of support, or is the person to draft one? Another suggestion. Several colleagues I've talked to seem to have gotten the impression that the bio-art project 'caused' the death of Kurtz's wife. In order to prevent misunderstanding, the support letter could also reiterate a few points of clarification: - That no connection between Kurtz's wife and CAE's equipment has been established (have FBI/Homeland Security officials made this clear?); - That the CAE project in question (Free Range Grain) had, as one of its aims the creation of environmentally and medically safe testing procedures; - That CAE has consistently consulted with and collaborated with those in the scientific community; - That much of the so-called 'suspicious' equipment used by CAE can be ordered online or via telephone from life science supply catalogs (and many of them are routinely used in high school and college education) Eugene ** Eugene Thacker, PhD Literature, Communication, Culture Georgia Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/~ethacker ** Quoting Eric Kluitenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear friends, Is anybody already working on a support letter for Steven Kurtz? ... # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info nettime-l in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
