Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Robert Cook
Computer Science > Robotics
Open datasets describing human behavior in environments shared with mobile robots remain limited, particularly for retail activities that combine locomotion, reaching, object handling, and robot guided movement. This paper introduces OHRID Retail, an open, human centered multimodal dataset collected from 16 healthy adults performing a simulated shelf picking task under three within participant conditions: no robot, low speed robot guidance, and high speed robot guidance.
What Is SCP-1678? Everything You Need to Know
Download Article Horror expert Robert Cook explains UnLondon & the dangers that lurk there Download Article SCP-1678, also known as UnLondon, is one of the strangest SCPs because so little of it has been explored. This underground city appeared one day underneath London, and the SCP Foundation still hasn’t been able to figure out the exact reason why. We partnered with a horror expert to help us learn more about SCP-1678, like what it is, what entities live there, , and .
Letter: City ratepayers first, not Project Blue
Thank you Mayor Romero for realizing there are still many unanswered questions regarding the Project Blue proposal. One big question for Tucson Mayor and City Council this week is: Why should Project Blue get the nod to receive massive amounts of clean, renewable electric power when residential and business ratepayers have been denied this request for many years?
Local opinion: 50 ways to leave Project Blue
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: Honorable Mayor Romero and Tucson City Council members, The community urges you to pause the decision on Project Blue’s annexation. This moment represents a pivotal opportunity for the long-term future of Tucson, a moment when several key regional decisions remain clouded by a lack of transparency and careful planning.
Letter: Kevin Dahl, not Sadie Shaw my pick
For me, the choice of best candidate for Ward 3 is Kevin Dahl. So who is best qualified to bring heart and mind together to help lead and manage this vitally important public process in perhaps the most challenging period ever for state and local governments? Sadie revealed her priorities in May by voting against funding the youth-led TUSD Climate Action Plan, a first in the nation.
Local opinion: Tucson's energy study: An $800 million opportunity we're ignoring
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: You’d think a credible study showing how Tucson could save residents and businesses 10% on electricity bills while generating $800 million in local revenue over a decade would be front-page news. You’d think elected officials would champion the opportunity. You’d think the business community would be demanding action.
Do Front Height Speakers need to Tone and Timber Match L/C/R?
#1 · I think everyone agrees except for muti-channel music you dont need to timber / tone match your surrounds... But I am contemplating eventually having a 7.1 or 7.2 system. It seems that you get more "bang" out of going with front height channels vs. second set of rear channels... So the question emerged...do I need to tone / timber match the front heights.
Letter: Reply to Tucson car dealers on 414
Well Neil, there’s a simple solution; move out of the City where “many” of your customers live. Tucsonans vote for sales taxes to improve our quality of life and become a smarter, more economically vibrant City. By passing Prop 414 and defeating RTA Next we keep our tax rate at 8.7% and generate $800 million to fund a comprehensive list of municipal projects that leverage even greater participation from the non-profit sector.
Letter: Reply to Tucson car dealers on 414
Well Neil, there’s a simple solution; move out of the City where “many” of your customers live. Tucsonans vote for sales taxes to improve our quality of life and become a smarter, more economically vibrant City. By passing Prop 414 and defeating RTA Next we keep our tax rate at 8.7% and generate $800 million to fund a comprehensive list of municipal projects that leverage even greater participation from the non-profit sector.
Local opinion: The strange case of No on Prop 414
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: Tucsonans are understandably confused about Prop 414 and how support and opposition are stacking up. Conservatives and liberals alike are lining up to complain how the tax would hurt working families. On closer inspection however, there is plenty of hypocrisy to go around. During the last three Tucson mayors’ tenures, voters have shown confidence in approving sales taxes which improve the community’s overall quality of life.
A Scoping Review of Observational Research on Cannabis Use for Symptom Management in HIV and Cancer: Implications for Cannabis Nursing
Data Availability Statement The authors confirm that the data supporting the findings of this study are available within the article and its Supporting Information.
Local opinion: For future’s sake, vote Democratic
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: The moment of choice is here and the outcome of this election has unprecedented consequences. You don’t have to agree with everything Democratic to see that the current version of the Republican Party is unhinged from reality and threatens our future. At all levels, Republicans have long blocked attempts to create majorities interested in working on our critical challenges.
Local opinion: TEP, Tucson leadership, more history, better solutions
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: Re: the Aug. 11 article “TEP, Mayor and Council, and a little history.” Tucson needs all of its leaders to step up to today’s challenges. So it was both surprising and sad to read Steve Auslander’s diatribe against our Mayor and Council. Auslander and his late wife Edith have been legendary among Tucson’s leaders over the past 50 years.
Local opinion: How a grassroots movement brought forth Tucson’s Modern Streetcar
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writers: A small group of committed people can indeed create change. It may take decades, but it can happen and did happen here in the case of our streetcar. It happened because that small group grew to a large and diverse group throughout the region. Ultimately, it takes all of us. Here is our story.
Letter: PAG/RTA House of Cards poised to Fall
Pima Association of Governments’ leaders are hurrying to draft an appealing new 20-year Regional Transportation Authority plan for taxpayers to review. But PAG/RTA history belies their recent statements about regional cooperation, success, and vision.
Letter: Renewable energy/pumped storage is no scam
Re: The Jan.10th letter, “Pumped storage hydropower is a scam” Perhaps, the Star opinion page motto should be changed to, “ Diversity of thoughtlessness is a threat to democracy.” This letter writer claims pumped hydro storage is backward, upside down, in short a scam. I doubt that northern European countries considered it a scam when they built major pumped hydro facilities to store the vast solar and wind capacity they implemented twenty years ago.
Colorado Court Decision Defies Due Process, Party Process, and Electoral Process
On December 19th, The Colorado Supreme Court decided to bar former President Donald Trump from the Republican Party Ballot. While the decision was a shock for most of the nation, the biggest concern is how it ignores several central constitutional processes. First, the State court cited section 3 of the 14th Amendment, while ignoring key provisions of the 5th Amendment, denying Donald Trump Due Process.
Letter: Carbon fee and solar public transit
Re: the Oct. 25 article "A carbon fee and dividend must be adopted by the U.S.." Thank you Mike Carran for educating Tucsonans about the imperative of pricing fossil fuels at their true cost to society. The carbon fee is a direct way to correct this longstanding failure of our economy while creating healthy demand for goods and services using clean, renewable energy sources.
Letter: How many extreme weather summers will it take?
Thanks Curt Lueck (Tucson Opinion 8/6) for your comprehensive assessment of the Regional Transportation. Authority. Your suggestion that a Regional Transit Authority would be more appropriate aligns with our two urgent challenges of building climate-friendly mobility and electric power infrastructure within this decade.
Seminal Graphics Papers: Pushing the Boundaries, Volume 2
Abstract When we began planning how to celebrate 50 years of SIGGRAPH Conferences, there was unanimous agreement that one of the projects should be publishing a second volume of Seminal Graphics Papers. The first volume was published in 1998 as part of the celebration of the 25th SIGGRAPH conference.
Overnight at San Diego's Full Gospel Rescue Mission
Death at San Diego Detox, bounty hunters, very early years of San Diego rowing, life at the unemployment office, James Copley's widow takes over U-T, flamenco guitarist Dave Cheney Carlos Bey, Paul Krueger, Steve Esmedina, Steve Sorensen Death at San Diego Detox, bounty hunters, very early years of San Diego rowing, life at the unemployment office, James Copley's widow takes over U-T, flamenco guitarist Dave Cheney Carlos Bey, Paul Krueger, Steve Esmedina, Steve Sorensen Scalding shower,...
Beware Prop 412 is premature Vote No!
Tucson Electric Power wants voters to quickly, quietly approve a 25-year agreement for electricity distribution in Tucson. Their campaign signs for the May 16 election promise "clean reliable energy." We wish it were so but after 25 years, the facts are TEP continues to source 90% of its energy from climate changing fossil fuels, a third from coal.
Support fare-free transit & affordable housing
Fare-free public transit benefits the community in so many ways.. One important social and economic benefit is that it contributes directly to affordable housing. Both increased transit use and transit-oriented development (TOD) significantly lower household costs when families can reduce the need for one or two cars. According to the American Automobile Association, the annual cost of owning and maintaining a car is $10,728 and rising.
Energy fusion is no breakthrough
The Holy Grail of limitless energy is here again. The "Energy fusion breakthrough" story misses a fundamental point. We don't have several decades or more to develop and scale up an uncertain energy technology that looks to drain more energy and resources from the economy than it produces. Let's not waste more time, There are already sufficient renewable energy technologies which yield output many more times than the total energy needed to produce it.
Local Opinion: The RTA is not the city’s only option
Local Opinion: The RTA is not the city’s only option Robert Cook Robert Cook Special to the Arizona Daily Star The following is the opinion and analysis of Robert Cook, a longtime member of regional planning committees: It’s time for Tucson’s mayor and council to decide the city’s future participation in the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). On the face of it, the choice of staying in another 20-year regional sales tax transportation program would seem clear.
Sarah Chadbourne Treats Every Kitchen Project like It is for Her Family
Sarah Boynton Chadbourne worked at her father’s Sunoco station in downtown Kennebunk when she was a teenager. She spent countless hours every summer pumping gas, changing tires, and building relationships with customers. Sometimes it was as simple as helping elderly drivers adjust their seat or giving a visitor directions, she says the most important thing she learned was that hard work and great customer service are the keys to success.
Dava Davin, Owner of Portside Real Estate Group: ‘It’s Never Too Late to Live Your Best Life’
Dava Davin has never been afraid to take risks if she believes that is what it takes to be successful on a personal and professional level. Intuition is the GPS of the soul, and when Dava went soul-searching for a new direction in 2012, she found it. Nine years later, as the founder of Portside Real Estate Group in Falmouth, a 100-percent women owned company, Dava has built the fifth largest real estate agency in Maine.
Upper Crust Pizzeria Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Upper Crust Pizzeria's parent company in Boston filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after facing a $3.4 million debt, and the future of its downtown Portsmouth restaurant on Congress Street is uncertain.
Iowa Legislature sets its sights on curtailing religious freedom
Religious freedom is under attack in the Iowa Statehouse. Christian theocrats control both the House and Senate and they gained seats this last election. Judging from their actions so far this session, what they want is to push their Christian beliefs into Iowa laws, at everyone else’s expense, demolishing the wall of separation between church and state.
Cook: Calls For Freedman Memorial Removal Is a Rejection of Our Founding Ethos
By Robert Cook This past week protesters in Washington D.C. called for the removal of the Freedman’s memorial. This week, the city of Boston capitulated to protestors and decided to remove their own replica from public view. In addition, we have seen vandalism and destruction against monuments and memorials depicting our founding fathers, Christopher Columbus, and Jesus Christ.
Cook: The GOP Clearly Supports Peaceful Assembly and Law and Order
By Robert Cook With the outbreak of protests with pockets of rioters and looters after the brutal death of George Floyd, most news coverage pits President Trump and the GOP against peaceful protesters. ABC and CNBC cited the President’s use of the words “overwhelming force” and “domination,” and his photo-op in front of St. John’s church, to paint him in opposition to those outraged over the death of George Floyd.
Cook: The Electoral College is a System Based on Trust, Discernment, and Ideals
By Robert Cook During the past general assembly session Democrats, through HB 177 and SB 399, aimed to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This compact, as its supporters claim, would use the national popular vote to choose a member state’s electors instead of the state vote, thus turning the electoral college into a popular vote system.
As an atheist, I find my hope in the amazing things our Iowa neighbors are doing
Robert A. Cook, Iowa View contributor Published 6:00 a.m. CT May 7, 2020 Lori drove all over Georgia to surprise her 10 grandchildren who she was missing during quarantine. She gave window kisses to granddaughter Shepard, 2. USA TODAY If I respect my neighbors and help them out when they need it — then they will return the favor. It is a moral calculation based on reason, empathy, and our shared experiences. No Gods required. I am an atheist. I have been an atheist almost my entire adult life.
The Human-Animal Link
By William B. Karesh and Robert A. Cook July 1, 2005 Courtesy Reuters ONE WORLD, ONE HEALTH In recent years, outbreaks of diseases such as avian flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Ebola virus, and mad cow disease have frightened the public, disrupted global commerce, caused massive economic losses, and jeopardized diplomatic relations. These diseases have also shared a worrisome key characteristic: the ability to cross the Darwinian divide between animals and people.
"How Much Are You Paying To Teach?" by Robert W. Cook Jr. and Robert C. Dolan
Abstract Those of us who have the good fortune to be married to a member of the teaching profession share a common bond; the depressing, from the educator's viewpoint, state of teacher salaries is a frequent topic of conversation in our homes. These discussions usually begin with our mate bemoaning the fact that his or her income lags far behind this or that other occupation.
Cook: I believe in the intrinsic potential of people
Education: Bachelor of Science, Business Management/Health Sciences, Liberty University, 4.0 GPA, Grad May 2015; MBA-Project Management, Liberty University, 3.91 GPA, anticipated graduation May 2019 Employment: Jan 2016- Present: Montana Army National Guard, Recruiting and Retention NCO, Bitterroot Valley;Oct 2010-Jan 2016 North Carolina Army National Guard, Recruiting and Retention Section Chief, Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill; Feb 2013- May 2014 NCARNG, Company 1SG, HHC 1st Bn, 120th Inf Rgt;...
Book Review Roundtable: Has the Presidency Become Impossible to Manage? - Texas National Security Review
Can Donald Trump handle being president? This is a question that has been on the minds of many in Washington, the mainstream media, and perhaps some world leaders, since the 45th president took office. The question re-emerges with striking frequency, usually in the wake of the president’s latest tweet, questionable claim, or impolitic remark.
Column: Search for new Rush-Henrietta superintendent underway
Robert L. Cook, president, Rush-Henrietta Board of Education Dr. Ken Graham, longtime superintendent of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District, has announced his retirement effective July 2018.
America’s Civil War Book Review: Civil War Senator | HistoryNet
Civil War Senator: William Pitt Fessenden and the Fight to Save the American Republic FESSENDEN STREET, SHELTERED among trees in an exclusive section of Washington, D.C., is the only memorial in the capital to the Republican senator from Maine whose efforts as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee helped the Union win the war. Less well known than his radical colleagues, Fessenden was a coalition-builder whose political philosophy and social vision evolved similarly to Abraham Lincoln’s.
Column: District seeks volunteers for Budget Advisory Council, other important roles
Robert L. Cook, president of the Rush-Henrietta Board of Education The Rush-Henrietta Central School District is seeking community members to serve our school district in a number of ways this year. On behalf of my colleagues on the Board of Education, I’d like to share several opportunities with you.First, residents are invited to participate on the district’s Budget Advisory Council.
Column: R-H superintendent search underway
Robert L. Cook Ken Graham, superintendent of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District, has announced his intent to retire in July 2018. Now the important work of choosing our next superintendent begins. Dan White, superintendent of Monroe No. 1 BOCES, is serving as search consultant. An explanation of this process is available at rhnet.org/superannouncement. The search committee is seeking input from all members of the community, including staff members, parents and residents.
Republican assault on separation of church and state quietly marches on
While everyone's attention has been justifiably focused on health care and Russian collusion, the Republican Party quietly resumed its assault on the separation of church and state. A House Appropriations subcommittee recently released the 2017 budget bill that includes language (Section 116) that would gut enforcement of the Johnson Amendment as it applies to churches. Churches already benefit from special perks that no other 501(c)(3) organizations receive.
Collectable and quirky cartography at the London Map Fair
The wood-panelled walls of South Kensington’s Royal Geographical Society will provide an appropriate setting for Europe’s largest antique...
Does Bible-based argument to 'obey' apply to brutal dictators, rulers too?
Arlene Kelly, in her May 26 letter to the editor, wants everyone to stop criticizing poor President Donald Trump because God Himself caused Trump to be elected [Bible instructs followers to obey the government]. As evidence of this, she quotes a Bible verse, Romans 13:1-2: "Obey the government, for God is the One who has put it there. There is no government anywhere that God has not placed in power.
Science outlets in conflict on 'life at conception'
In Rekha Basu's March 31 column “Myths like ‘life begins at conception’ don’t belong in the law," she quotes the president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Society for Reproductive Medicine as saying that the idea that life begins at conception is in the same league of “fake news” and “disinformation.” The quote goes on to say, in reference to the zygote created at fertilization, “from a biological perspective, no new life has been created because it is nearly identical to the egg.”...
Robert Cook: Pima County has better options than Monsanto
As a Pima County planning and zoning commissioner for the past 12 years, I have witnessed the county’s impressive record of sustainable land use, species protection, smart development practices and promotion of economic prosperity. Sometimes, to further the public good, the county says no to uncertain, risky projects.Like the Rosemont Mine proposal, Pima County should say no to Monsanto and reject its bid to receive Foreign Trade Zone benefits and tax subsidies.
In Sanders, a real chance for change, by Robert Cook - SentinelSource.com: Letters To The Editor
The Sentinel’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton is clearly based on the fact that she is the establishment candidate, who is guaranteed to bring us more of what we’ve already had. More horrible trade agreements that give unlimited advantage to huge international corporations. More control of our government and elections by the 1 percent who control more wealth than the bottom 90 percent. More tragic wars and drone strikes.
Cartoon: Death & Destruction, Inc.
Now that the defense industry in the United States has taken a bit of a budgeting hit at home, they’re getting more aggressive overseas. Defense contractors are opening satellite offices and selling arms as fast as they can into the chaos of the Middle East. Between the fight against ISIS and the war in Yemen, more Arab countries are getting into the act and using their arsenals.
Ernst problem: Comments don't mesh with reality
Joni Ernst has a reality problem. Last January, she told farmers a paranoid "Agenda 21" conspiracy theory that the United Nations was working with the Obama government to remove farmers from their land and force them into urban centers. Last May, Ernst said, "I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq." In all the years since we invaded Iraq, no such weapons were ever found.
Kittery woman, pets escape fire
By ROBERT M. COOK Monday Oct 26, 2009 at 3:15 AM Oct 26, 2009 at 10:27 AM KITTERY, Maine — A woman escaped a fire Sunday evening with her cat and two dogs, but is now homeless, at least temporarily. KITTERY, Maine — A woman escaped a fire Sunday evening with her cat and two dogs, but is now homeless, at least temporarily. "I was walking down the hall to go to the bathroom and I opened the bathroom door and it was like woosh," said Jane George of 7 Old Cutts Road.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Robert
Contact Robert, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack