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News and recent developments
- August 2013: Uganda NGO with proven profitability plans for expansion at new location - Henk Crietee, from Solar Cooking Netherlands, was in Uganda for two weeks in early August to evaluate Solar Connect Association (SCA) project activities. During Crietee's visit, a piece of land was secured in Mbarara, on which SCA will construct a building to house a new Renewable Energy Center. Integrated solar cooking appliances will be produced, advertised and sold from this new location, which will offer better exposure for their products to local residents, tourists, and political opinion leaders. While SCA has shown itself to be relatively self sufficient in terms of covering operation costs, through the sales of solar cookers, hay baskets and rocket stoves, they cannot afford yet to construct a new building. Participation by Solar Cooking Netherlands with help in securing the land has been appreciated. Donors wishing to help contribute to the building construction can contact Solar Cooking Netherlands. This fledgling effort is another example that demonstrates solar cooking, and related integrated cooking methods, can be a successful business by incorporating local manufacturing, sales, and long term consumer support.
- February 2013: Solar Connect Association has made a lasting impact on people's lives in Uganda - They have a production facility for solar cookers, hay baskets and WAPIs, as well as a retail outlet, in the Mbarara district of western Uganda. The facility in Mbarara is now self-sustaining financially, after years receiving support from donors, by being able to sell their products for a modest profit. Solar Connect Association has now opened a new distribution center in Kampala. The Kampala distribution center will help reach the rest of the country, South Sudan, Eastern Congo, as well as Rwanda and Burundi. They still need some logistical support from any donor, in the form of a distribution van/pick-up vehicle for this Kampala Distribution Center. Selling from nine store in various villages, the association has sold 770 solar panel cookers, 770 WAPIs, 301 hay baskets, 37 solar box cookers, 846 Rocket Stoves, and 42 parabolic solar cookers in the second quarter of 2012. They seek collaboration with stakeholders worldwide, who share the dream of making the 3-stone cooking fire a thing of the past in Eastern Africa. Read more at Solar Connect Association: Integrated Cooking in Uganda 2012
- June 2012: Last year was the first year that the Mbarara Production and Distribution Centre, designed by Solar Connect Association, operated independently without financial and operational support from Solar Cooking Foundation The Netherlands. A resounding success and exactly what we at SCN as well as our Solar Connect friends had and have in mind.
The objective was to realise the sustainable introduction of energy-saving cooking techniques and methods with financial and operational support from SCN of limited duration and aimed at reaching a cost-covering activity after three years. This goal has now been reached in Mbarara! The necessary production, information and training by local female instructors, marketing, sales and business volume, have been realised and will provide a positive and sustainable contribution to the socio-economic development of women and families in the region. In this first year of autonomy, CooKit sets were produced, demonstrated, sold to and used by almost 3000 households. SCA targets for the next few years aim at a further increase in production and distribution in the region.
- April 2011: The project initiated by Ron Mutebi to manufacture solar cookers in Uganda is moving forward. Hopefully, production will begin this April. In a recent interview with The EastAfrican Mutebi revealed that he has more than 1,000 prospective buyers for his product. "The Ultra Sun Cooker is designed to meet up to 70 percent of the cooking needs of a typical family, entirely using the power of the sun," he says. Uganda's dependence on forest resources for the domestic energy needs of most families continues to deplete the forest cover, a problem other East African countries are also battling with. It is estimated by the Food and Agricultural Organization that Uganda is currently losing almost 2% of their forested areas annually. More Information...
- July 2011: Light Gives Heat on their solar cooking workshop in Uganda: "We have given up any notions that we can bring about health simply by stumbling upon it in the same way that we stumbled upon destruction. There must be changes in the way that we think and live. To bring about these changes we teamed up with Solar Cookers International (SCI). With the help of SCI we are enabling the SUUBI and EPOH artisans to cook their food and boil their water with the free power of the sun. This reduces the emissions of charcoal that the women would normally use, benefiting the women monetarily and environmentally. One artisan reported that she spends $5 a week on charcoal. With the help of LGH, she can make a one-time purchase of a solar cooker for about $5, and save on the weekly expense of charcoal." Read more...
- April 2011: Europastry is working with Sol Solidari to reduce poverty and desertification in Africa (English, español)
- April 2011: Solar cooker manufacturing business in Uganda is moving forward - Hopefully, production will begin this April in Uganda. In a recent interview with The EastAfrican Ron Mutebi revealed that he has more than 1,000 prospective buyers for his product. "The Ultra Sun Cooker is designed to meet up to 70 percent of the cooking needs of a typical family, entirely using the power of the sun," he says. Uganda's dependence on forest resources for the domestic energy needs of most families continues to deplete the forest cover, a problem other East African countries are also battling with. It is estimated by the Food and Agricultural Organization that Uganda is currently losing almost 2% of their forested areas annually. More Information...
- March 2011: Light Gives Heat visits Solar Cookers International demonstration in Kisumu, Uganda - Light Gives Heat is a non-profit promoting grass-root economic sustainability and creative endeavors in Africa. Ugandan Director, Amberle Reyes and a staff member recently visited a demonstration of sustainable cooking methods sponsored by Solar Cookers International. It included traditional fixed and portable earthenware stoves, called upesi in Kiswahili, which more efficiently use charcoal or wood as fuel, CooKit solar panel cookers, and Heat-retention cooking baskets. They were most interested in solar cookers and fireless baskets. Locals were initially attracted to solar cooking not because of the possibility of saving money by buying less fuel, or the health benefits of indoor smoke reduction, but because solar cookers can bake cakes. Cake is seen as a "rich person food", and LGH saw an entrepreneurial opportunity: Cakes are sold for weddings and birthdays. Most people cannot make high quality cakes because of the irregular temperatures of charcoal and wood stoves, but solar cookers bake perfect, moist cakes with very little worry of burning or overcooking. At the end of March, SCI staff will bring CookIts and fireless baskets to Jinja and demonstrate first-hand their effectiveness to all their employees. Light Gives Heat has received an 8,000 USD grant to supply their Uganda Artisans with these solar cookers. More Information.
- December 2010: Ron Mutebi returned to Uganda in November to check progress on the new solar oven assembly plant, and reports it is scheduled to open in January, with oven sales beginning in the new year. Mutebi says that at least 1,000 individuals in Uganda have expressed interest in purchasing the ovens. "Everyone who has seen the performance of the Sun Oven wants to get one," Mutebi told Ugandans Abroad. "This is regardless of gender, class, or educational background." During his trip, Mutebi did a demonstration of the solar oven to Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya. "In a few minutes of seeing the oven cook and the temperatures that it was accumulating, he literally pulled out his wallet and paid in U.S. dollars for four ovens to be delivered to his country home." - Ugandans Abroad
- December 2010: Mbarara project has nearly reached break-even status. The Solar Connect Association, Uganda, had the ambitious objective to sell 3400 cooking sets in the Mbarara region in 2010. That is 60% more than the previous year and it achieved close to a 100% success rate! The objective to continue under its own steam in 2011 is now within reach. By now, approx. 7,600 households in the Mbarara region cook with solar energy techniques (approx. 45,000 people). Sales for 2011 are anticipated at 6,000. The number of villages served grew from 10 to 15, the number of female instructors increased, training and information meetings through women's circles increased steadily as well as the production of CooKits, hay baskets for heat-retention cooking and Lorena Stoves (a fuel-saving stove). Quality of products and services improved and was closely monitored by means of consumer evaluations. Next to financial support, Solar Cooking Netherlands provides project support, professional expertise and consultancy and helps finding operational partners and donors. A lot of attention was devoted to marketing and sales training, the business approach to production and the strengthening of the financial administration.
- September 2010: An immigrant from Uganda, now residing in Chicago, USA, has used the first portion of a $100,000 business competition prize to begin setting up an operation in his homeland to produce and distribute solar ovens. Ron Mutebi won his prize at the African Diaspora Marketplace competition in Uganda in Washington in January. Mutebi arranged to ship from Chicago the components for 365 solar ovens and tools to assemble them in July. The shipment is scheduled to arrive in Uganda in October. In November, Mutebi will travel to Uganda to oversee the completion of an assembly plant and the training of staff to produce, distribute and service the cookers, made by Sun Ovens International in Elgin, Illinois. The ovens will appear in Ugandan markets in January 2011.
- July 2010: Hans Le Noble reports record CooKit sales. For the third year running, Solar Cooking Netherlands (SCN) has worked together with Solar Connect Association (SCA) in Uganda. In addition to information delivery about and lobbying for the use of solar energy and wood-saving cooking techniques in Uganda, SCA produces and sells the complete range of related cooking appliances. SCA also takes care of the requisite training for the users, mainly women, in the Mbarara district in southern Uganda, close to the borders with Rwanda and Tanzania. SCA is by now active in 10 rural villages and has a smoothly running shop plus information centre in the town of Mbarara. In the past 2 years, nearly 4,200 households (about 25,000 people) switched to solar energy and wood-saving cooking techniques. It is expected that in the current year another 2,200 households will follow. A household thus saves on average €0.50 per day or €180.- per year, a considerable amount for "low-income" households! Millions of kilos of charcoal and firewood are saved annually! Hence less deforestation! The Mbarara programme is supposed to reach its break-even point by the end of 2010 and will from on then continue to operate as an independent and self-supporting unit. Energy-saving cooking will then become an accepted and sustainable alternative for a large part of the Ugandan population and will reduce its need for development aid. In November 2009, Hans Le Noble paid a working visit as (PUM) Netherlands senior expert to the SCA Mbarara project. Improved or new production and marketing techniques such as direct selling, market expansion, production outsourcing and attention to quality and design were recommended, discussed and implemented. All this has contributed to the record sale of 750 CooKits in the 4th quarter of 2009! Two instructors/marketers work fulltime in Mbarara together with 14 female instructors and 1 instructor (indeed, one man!) on a commission basis, plus another saleswoman/instructor in the shop. Demonstrations and training meetings were organised every day in villages as well as in town. To promote even further 'integrated solar and fuel-saving cooking', a sales and distribution centre is to be opened in the Kampala region, hopefully as early as in 2010. This centre will buy the solar CooKits from the Mbarara production centre, which will create a sounder production basis. Financing discussions are under way with other NGOs. The objective is to distribute 2,200 CooKits in the first 12 months of 2010.
- June 2010: The Obia Solar CooKit Group sprang from the project started by 13-year-old Max Ozimek in Obia in 2008. Since that time a group of men and women (calling themselves the Obia Solar Cookit Group) has continued to use the cookers and is now (June 2010) working to train others in the village and surrounding areas.
- April 2010: CEDESOL was nominated for the Global Leadership Award at the March 2009 meeting of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air(PICA), which took place in Kampala, Uganda. The 262 partners of PICA made the gathering one of the largest of its kind so far. More Information on PICA
- August 2009: Sport solar ovens from the Solar Oven Society (SOS) were launched at the Vegetable Oil Development Project (VODP) offices at Nakasero recently. Read more.
- August 2009: Karyn Ellis' blog about her trip the Obia village on the Uganda - Congo border: http://solarmoxie.blogspot.com/2009/08/follow-up-plans-for-ug-tz.html.
- May 2009: Over the weekend United Religions Initiative visited the Bufuula community in eastern Uganda in the jinja district and carried out an awareness campaign with the local community in a bid to make them aware of solar cooking, cooker adaptation, and production.
- March 2009: Indiana native Dusty Breeding first visited Africa in 2006, working with orphans and other malnourished children. He was so moved by the heartbreaking conditions he experienced that he decided to put his culinary arts background to use to help the children learn to bake bread for their own nourishment and to help lift themselves out of poverty. The nonprofit organization Breeding founded, LifeBread, Inc., is dedicated to empowering the people of impoverished nations through nutritional education and food preparation training as a means to curb the severity of world hunger. Breeding is enthusiastic about the use of solar ovens in his programs, and hopes to eventually equip an orphanage with a large commercial model capable of baking 400 loaves of bread daily. During one trip to Uganda, Breeding planned to use a solar oven made out of a 50-gallon drum to help students bake rolls for 200 campers.
- November 2008: Solar Cookers International's (SCI) recent collaboration with Uganda's Solar Connect Association (SCA) was inspired by 13-year-old Max Ozimek, an 8th grader from Ohio, USA. Last year, Max researched solar cookers for a science fair project, and learned how the simple devices can make a huge difference for people that lack cooking fuel. Max volunteers at a hospice, where he befriended Father Alexander Inke, a priest from Obia, Uganda. While listening to Father Inke's stories of life in Obia, Max was reminded of the African communities he had learned of while researching solar cookers and SCI's projects abroad. Max thought solar cookers could help the women of Obia, many of whom must walk several miles to gather cooking fuel and household water. Max felt the need to help the small village of Obia, so he and his mother, Mary Lou, began raising funds and contacted SCI about how to proceed. Per SCI's suggestion, Max and Mary Lou contacted SCA, which has promoted solar cookers in Uganda since the mid-1990s. SCA agreed to provide a five-day integrated cooking training for 22 women that Father Inke identified as community leaders capable of teaching others. Kawesa Mukasa and Olivia Kanyesigye instructed the group (and dozens of onlookers) how to build and use solar cookers and how to cook effectively with the least amount of fuel possible by supplementing solar cookers with fuel-efficient stoves and Heat-retention cooking retained-heat devices]] when the sun isn't shining. Longtime SCI friend and supporter Mark Cotham volunteered his time to assist with this effort, and also provided a much-needed vehicle to be used for further trainings in Uganda. Max and SCI staff tested five local water sources in Obia. Participants were shocked to find that most of their water sources were contaminated with Escherichia coli and unsafe to drink. SCI taught them how to cheaply and effectively pasteurize the water with a solar cooker and a Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI). Some of the new solar cooks had already initiated small trainings in their regions just weeks after the workshop. Max is working to ensure these efforts continue by raising funds to purchase materials for extended trainings in Nebbi district, and keeping in close contact with SCI and SCA for follow-up visits over the next few years. SCI and SCA plan to team up again on an integrated cooking and safe water workshop in 2009.
- August 2008: Max Ozimek, a 13 year old boy from the Cleveland area, won a science project on solar cooking last year. Doing some volunteer work at a local hospice he met Father Alexander Inke. Father Inke grew up in the village of Obia in the Nebbi District of Uganda, near the Congo border. Max learned about the hardships in Obia and deduced that solar cooking could help Obia in many ways. Rather than let her son's dream languish, Max's mom, Mary Lou, set about with extreme determination and the assistance of Solar Cookers International's (SCI) Karyn Ellis, SCI's Director of International Program Development, to make an Integrated Cooking Method training project happen in Obia. The training course in Obia occurred from June 10th through June 15th. The course was primarily taught by Solar Connect Association (SCA) of Uganda with Kawesa Mukasa and Olivia Kanyesigye teaching solar cooking principles, CooKit construction, Solar Water Pasteurization, Fuel-Efficient Stoves and Hay Basket use. Aid Africa representatives from nearby Gulu assisted in demonstrating a 6 Brick Rocket Stove made from adobe bricks and local materials. The CooKits, Hay Baskets and Rocket Stoves make Integrated Cooking possible, using the least amount of fuel and labor possible no matter the weather. Water Testing with SCI's Portable Microbiology Laboratory (PML) was conducted by Miss Ellis as well; results of E-Coli presence in 5 local water sources was portrayed and the participants were taught to treat contaminated water with a CooKit. The 36 class participants were selected by Father Inke based on background, diversity, locale and leadership skills, and showed justifiable pride as the village and Chief watched them graduate from the training workshop on June 15th. The potential difference this project can make in the lives the people of Obia and surrounding environments can hardly be overstated. It is projected that class participants will teach others in surrounding villages how to construct and use CooKits, Hay Baskets and Fuel-Efficient Stoves to cook food and pasteurize water, as well as save the precious wood of their diminishing forests. Ways that Uganda's SCA can build on its successful training and further Integrated Cooking in the area are being actively investigated. All this, because a mother believed in a son's dream to help a priest's far away village.
- July 2008: Karyn Ellis of Solar Cookers International (SCI) writes, "In early June I set out to Uganda to assist with an Integrated Solar Cooking workshop in the small town of Obia, on the border of Congo. This project was initiated by Max and Mary Lou Ozimek of Ohio, and started with 13-year old Max winning a science project with a solar cooker last year. Max volunteers for a hospice where he met Father Alexander Inke, who made an impression on Max and quickly became a close family friend. As a result of many conversations with Father Inke about his village of Obia in NW Uganda, Max correctly deduced that solar cookers could make a substantial impact on a small village like Obia with very few resources. Max and Mary Lou contacted me at SCI, and Kawesa Mukasa at Solar Connect Association (SCA) and an integrated solar cooking workshop project was born. For those who don't know, Integrated Cooking is a fusion of solar cooking, along with hay baskets and fuel efficient stoves. The combination of these cooking techniques assure an 85% reduction in the amount of fuel used in any given area ~ an impact that helps considerably in areas where fuel resources are dwindling at a disconcerting rate. Needless to say, our 5-day workshop was a resounding success, supplemented nicely by a surprise visit from Aid Africa who put on an informative and educational demonstration on the fuel-efficient 6-Brick Rocket Stove. We are already receiving reports back that a good number of the 36 participants are reaching out to nearby communities and organizing demonstrations and workshops on their own. That's what it's all about! SCI and SCA will work together to provide adequate follow up as well as materials to ensure that future endeavors are productive and effective in the Obia area and Nebbi district". See the Photo Blog for the Uganda Integrated Cooking Workshop here: http://www.solarcookers.org/news/2008/06/uganda-integrated-cooking-workshop.html
- April 2007: In the last six months of 2006, the Solar Connect Association (SCA) distributed 300 solar CooKits in rural areas of western Uganda, including the villages of Kikokwa and Ruharo, as well as in the Orukiga refugee settlement. With support from its new partner the KoZon Foundation, the SCA plans to disseminate an additional 2000 solar cookers in the western areas by the end of 2007. The SCA has worked with Project Environmentale de Virunga in the eastern Congo, near the habitat of the mountain gorillas, and with the Association Burundais pour la Protection des Oiseaux in Bunjumbura-Burundi. Both of these neighboring organizations reportedly need sources for low-cost aluminum foil and other materials. Contact: Solar Connect Association
- February 2007: Email report from Kawesa Mukasa: Since last July, we have made some progress in disseminating solar cookers in rural areas of western Uganda. Some three hundred CooKits have have been distributed in the villages of Kikokwa, Ruharo and Orukiga Refugee Settlement in Mbarara District found in western Uganda. Our association is partnering with the KoZon Foundation and we are to disseminate two thousand solar cookers by 30th December 2007 in the above mentioned villages. We now use cassava paste as glue on aluminium foil for Cookits. We make the glue ourselves. The idea is from the KoZon Foundation. We had the previledge to receive Mrs. Clara Thomas and Mr. Henk Crientee from Holland last December (2006) on a solar cooker field visit to our project. They were able to see a clusters of over 70 CooKits from three villages and they were only limited by time, they could have seen many more. One organisation we supported to introduce solar cookers in Eastern Congo called Projet Enviromentale de Virunga (Pevi) is now producing solar cookers independently from the Solar Connect Association but they lack materials. This is the same thing with another one in Burundi called Association Burundais pour la Protection des Oiseaux (ABO) in Bunjumbura-Burundi. They too need cheap aluminium materials and support. We shall be grateful to hear news about your projects and activities. Let us share information actively so as to contribute in our own small way to mitigation of climate change and conservation of our beautiful forests and savannah woodlands.
- February 2007: The GEF Small Grants Programme funded a project by the Happy Childhood Foundation: The purpose of the project is to improve the tree cover in areas along River Malaba in Chawo parish. This will in the long term conserve the water catchment so that it contributes to the maintenance of the water quantity and quality. Trees are cut at a high rate by community members who make charcoal for sale. Most of the charcoal is used by households in urban centers for cooking and it is their main source of fuel. The project will work with up to 40 households in Busia town and provide them solar ovens at a subsidized price so that they can eventually stop using charcoal for cooking. In addition, the project will target the charcoal makers and involve them in alternative income-generating activities. Furthermore, community members will be involved in tree planting, especially indigenous tree species, along River Malaba in Chawo parish to improve tree cover.Mbarara
The History of Solar Cooking in Uganda
A number of small and medium scale projects have been initiated in Uganda, a country frequently touted as making good development progress, economically and politically. Interestingly, several of the small projects have been undertaken by organizations serving disabled persons. One, led by Amos Byakagaba, coordinator of the Welfare Society for Disabled People, demonstrates a range of solar cooker types in many public venues. They have targeted 23,000 families in Uganda as appropriate for training in the use of solar cookers (Solar Cooker Review, November 2001). A similar organization, Disabled Technicians of Uganda, also demonstrates and promotes solar cooking (Solar Cooker Review, September 1997).
Another project includes UltraTech, which is a company selling Global Sun Ovens, with plans to collaborate in manufacturing when demand is sufficient. An active organization, The Creative Center of Mbale, has taught many people to make and use solar cookers in the Mbale Solar Cooking Project
Substantial momentum appears to have occurred in this country, with the creation of a national promotional group, the Solar Connect Association(SCA), headquartered in the Kampala area. This group has been in existence for nine years, and reports that they have taught 20,000 persons to solar cook, and have produced 10,000 solar cookers in that time. They even have recruited and trained employees of the Virunga National Park Environment Project, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home of the famous mountain gorillas.
SCA has utilized solar box cookers and also has assisted in the distribution of the parabolic cookers of EG Solar in Germany. The most commonly used, the real "workhorse", is the inexpensive cardboard CooKit that can be made by individuals for an expenditure of 60 cents. In 2004,1,161 new trainees were reported, with 1,354 various types of cookers made.
The solar devices are not only used to feed households, they are also employed in income generating activities, including baking cakes and bread, canning fruits, and pasteurizing water. The group's leader, Kawesa Mukasa, credits the work to his meeting Ulrich Oehler, a legendary figure in solar cooking and the founder of the ULOGgroup, in Switzerland, then researching many sources for additional information. One person can truly make a huge difference.
A rather unusual project has also been reported in Uganda. The Health Technology Development Centre of the Ministry of Health of that nation reports successful use of solar cookers as sterilizers, as well as preparers of food in hospital and health centres. They have also developed a pasteurizerforuse in purifying water for hospital use. Attempts to disseminate solar technologies have been slower than desired, and therefore they have also attempted to analyze barriers and consider methods to eliminate those barriers. Those methods have included collaboration with various international/national institutions, use of local materials that fosters job development, and the development of local standards for construction and installation of the technology.
This group believes in the technology and suggests that creative means to disseminate solar cooking more broadly will be needed, including demonstrations and multiple training opportunities.
It has been recently noted that in the villages of Kikokwa, Ruharo, Biharwe and Orukiga Refugee Settlement in Mbarara in Western Uganda, women trained by th Solar Connect Association use solar cookers quite frequently in the dry season and even in the rainy season when the sun comes up. The total number of participating households in these four villages will reach over 2000 by the end of 2007.
[Information for the above section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
The Nyanya-Kentale Kukama Butonde Group, based in the Rakai district in southwestern Uganda, is an environmental group who's activities include the promotion of solar cooking. They have been involved with distribution of the Global Sun Oven. David Sentongo, the group's chairman states, "Demand for the ovens is steadily increasing as the communities come to know about its benefits. We got fifteen ovens, which we distributed to a first group of our members. Out of the fifteen, we gave two to some people in the communities who are not our members, just to show those Sun Ovens are for everyone." The group would like to acquire an industrial-size unit that could be used as a community oven for baking.
Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations
Solar Cookers International has rated Uganda as the #8 country in the world in terms of solar cooking potential (See: The 25 countries with the most solar cooking potential). The estimated number of people in Uganda with fuel scarcity but ample sun in 2020 is 7,500,000.
In rural areas, access to energy services remains very poor as the appropriate mechanisms are still missing. Only 5% of the rural population is connected to an electricity supply and 93% still rely on biomass for cooking.[1]
See also
- Discussion of eastern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Uganda
- Micro Credit for Development and Transformation SACCO (MCDT SACCO)
- Pearl Microfinance Limited
- BRAC Uganda
- See also general guidance on raising funds through grants and donations
- March 2010: Evaluation of Integrated Cooking by SCN, Uganda, 2008
Articles in the media
- August 2011: Uganda: Invest in Renewable Energy - allAfrica.com
- April 2011: Uganda opts for solar cookers to boost energy and conserve forests - The EastAfrican
- April 2011: Uganda: Sun Smiling on Renewable Energy Initiative - Inter Press Service
- November 2010: African diaspora increases investments at home - Business Daily
- November 2010: Uganda to get solar oven plant early next year - Daily Monitor
- November 2010: WESTERN UNION CO : Diaspora Small Business Solutions Seen as Key to Development in Africa - 4-Traders
- January 2010: U.S. program helps African entrepreneurs - Reuters
- August 2009: Uganda: Solar Oven Launched - The New Vision
- April 2009: VENTURE: Integrated Solar Cooking - genV Campaigns
- April 2009: Kiwatule Rotarians donate solar oven to women inmates - The New Vision
- June 2008: Uganda: Let the Poor Have Their Own Energy Sources - The Monitor (Kampala)
Audio and video
- January 2014: Make a solar cooker from a used tire.
Manufacturers and vendors
Government agencies
Educational institutions


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"Captured Creatures" is a model of an interdisciplinary seminar that utilizes one or more campus collections as the catalyst for both academic and curatorial learning. Using a thematic approach and selected works of art and material culture, students explore a body of knowledge, and use it to curate an exhibition. In this case, the subject was animals and the focus collection was the Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College Art Collection. Students learned different disciplinary ways of seeing, brought their training to share with the class through co-teaching, investigated animals through various disciplinary lenses, and created a multidisciplinary exhibition.


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The diagram below shows a CoreLink DMC-400 in a CoreLink 400 system:
There are also controllers for the ARM AMBA AXI and AHB bus protocols, providing interfaces to the dynamic and static memories used in AMBA3 AXI and AMBA AHB designs.
CoreLink Memory Controllers:
- Deployed by more than 70 licensees into a wide range of applications including mobile, consumer, networking and embedded products.
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- Service requests from multiple low-latency and high-bandwidth masters in conjunction with AMBA Interconnect to ensure Quality of Service
- Order memory transactions to maximize utilization of the memory bus
- Manages memory accesses and power modes to provide optimal energy efficiency
4th Generation DMC-400 Interfaces to LPDDR2 and DDR3
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3rd Generation AXI Memory Controllers Interface to DDR2, LPDDR, DDR, NAND Flash, NOR Flash and more
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Eddard Stark
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- "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword."
- ―Eddard Stark
Eddard Stark, also known by his friends and family as Ned, is a major character in the first season. He is played by starring cast member Sean Bean, and debuts in the series premiere.
Eddard is the head of House Stark and Lord Paramount of the North. He is a dedicated husband and father, a loyal friend and an honourable lord. He becomes Hand of the King to his lifelong friend, Robert Baratheon, when the previous hand dies in suspicious circumstances. He follows his predecessor's footsteps and uncovers an incestuous relationship between Queen, Cersei Lannister, and her brother, Ser Jaime Lannister. Robert dies after being injured while hunting and Eddard challenges the legitimacy of his successor, Joffrey Baratheon. Eddard is betrayed by his political allies and arrested for treason. He confesses to the crime to protect his family, but is nevertheless executed. The conflict between House Stark and House Lannister sets the stage for the War of the Five Kings.
Eddard Stark is the head of House Stark and Lord Paramount of the North. The North is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Stark is one of the Great Houses of the realm. House Stark rule the region from their seat of Winterfell and Eddard also holds the title Lord of Winterfell. He is also the Warden of the North.[1]
Eddard is married to Lady Catelyn of House Tully. Though they barely knew one another when they wed they have formed a strong and loving marriage.[2] They have five legitimate children: Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran and Rickon. Eddard also has an illegitimate bastard son, Jon Snow, reportedly by a common serving girl named Wylla. Jon's presence at Winterfell is a source of friction between Eddard and his wife.
Eddard is the second son of Lord Rickard Stark. Lord Rickard served King Aerys II Targaryen as Warden of the North. Eddard's older brother Brandon was Rickard's heir. Eddard also has a younger sister Lyanna and a younger brother Benjen. Eddard is a stoic, dutiful and honorable man and is considered to embody the values of the North.[3]Eddard is a trusted, close friend and counselor of King Robert Baratheon.[3] He supported Robert's play for the throne by acting as a general in several major battles. Eddard's sister Lyanna, who was betrothed to Robert, was kidnapped by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, sparking the war. Brandon protested the kidnapping but his attempt to bring Rhaegar to justice failed. Lord Rickard was summoned to court in King's Landing by Aerys and both Brandon and Rickard were executed by the Mad King.[4] Their deaths left Eddard to inherit Rickard's responsibilities, serving King Robert instead. Brandon had been betrothed to Catelyn and Eddard also inherited his brother's bride.[5][2] Lyanna died in Eddard's arms during the conflict.[6] Eddard's other younger sibling, Benjen, still lives and is a member of the Night's Watch, an institution of which Eddard is a keen supporter.[7] Eddard wields a Valyrian greatsword named Ice (an heirloom of House Stark) which he uses on ceremonial occasions.
Season 1
Eddard Stark executes a deserter from the Night's Watch named Will. Will tries to warn Eddard about the return of the White Walkers, but Eddard dismisses him as a madman. Eddard's sons Robb, Bran and Jon accompany him to the execution. Eddard makes a point of telling Bran that the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword and take responsibility for his own decisions.[8]
On the way back to Winterfell, the party finds a dead stag and a dead female direwolf. The direwolf was survived by her litter of six pups. Eddard's first instinct is to kill them, but Jon argues that as the direwolf is the sigil of House Stark, this may be an omen. Eddard agrees to let his children look after them on the condition that they clean, raise and feed them with no help from the servants.[9]
A raven bears news of the death of Jon Arryn, Eddard's childhood mentor, to Winterfell. The missive also states that King Robert and much of the royal court is on their way to the castle. Eddard realizes that Robert means to name him as Hand of the King to replace Jon. He ponders refusing, but when Robert arrives he makes it clear that he badly needs Eddard's help in King's Landing. He also sweetens the deal by offering to betrothe his son and heir Joffrey to Eddard's daughter Sansa. Eddard remains uncertain until a secret letter from Lysa Arryn, Catelyn's sister, implicates the Lannisters in the death of Jon Arryn. Eddard decides to accept to investigate both Jon's death and a potential plot against the king. He decides to bring both of his daughters to introduce them to the court.[10]
Bran is found comatose at the base of a disused tower following an apparent climbing accident. Eddard reluctantly decides to leave as planned, to his wife's distress. Eddard, Arya, Sansa and the royal party head south to King's Landing. At their parting Eddard tells Jon that, though he does not have Eddard's name, he has his blood. He also promises Jon to tell him about his mother the next time they meet.[11]
On the Kingsroad south to the capital, King Robert calls a halt to discuss troubling news from Essos. Robert's spies have learned of Daenerys Targaryen's marriage to Khal Drogo, whose khalasar is reported to number over one hundred thousand warriors. Eddard points out that the Dothraki cannot cross the Narrow Sea, as they have no ships, but Robert is concerned that the Seven Kingdoms will soon face another war. Robert also asks about, Wylla, the mother of Jon Snow, but Eddard quickly deflects the line of questioning.[12]
Joffrey is mauled by Arya's direwolf Nymeria after he attacks Arya. Arya then forces Nymeria to flee and hides in the woods. Arya is found and Eddard is brought before the King and instructed to punish Arya. Joffrey lies about the cause of the incident and Sansa supports him, enraging Arya. Queen Cersei insists that a direwolf must be punished and Robert orders that Sansa's direwolf, Lady, must be killed in Nymeria's place. Eddard attends to the matter himself, to Sansa's anger.[13]
On his arrival in King's Landing, Eddard is immediately summoned to a small council meeting and finds the capital immersed in political intrigue. Members of the King's small council are at the heart of these machinations: Petyr Baelish, the master of coin, known as Littlefinger; Varys, the master of whisperers; Pycelle, the Grand Maester; and Renly Baratheon, the master of laws and Robert's younger brother. Eddard learns that the crown is six million gold dragons in debt with half of it owed to Lord Tywin Lannister. Robert has ordered a lavish tournament to celebrate Eddard's appointment regardless. While acclimating to the political manoeuvring, Eddard also tries to repair the rift between Sansa and Arya, with mixed results. Sansa rejects his gifts, but Arya is delighted when he hires a swordmaster, Syrio Forel, to train her.[14]
Littlefinger tells Eddard that Catelyn has followed him to the city. Eddard is furious when Littlefinger brings him to a brothel, believing he is being made to look a fool. Catelyn intervenes as Eddard attacks Littlefinger. She tells Eddard that she has traveled south to report that an assassination attempt against Bran. The assassin was killed but was carrying a Valyrian steel knife. Littlefinger identifies the blade as one that he lost in a bet with Tyrion Lannister and they conclude that the Lannisters were also behind Bran's original injuries. Eddard agrees to try to expose the truth and Catelyn urges him to trust Littlefinger, her childhood friend. Eddard reluctantly agrees, though he finds Littlefinger obnoxious and dishonorable.[15]
Eddard's investigation reveals that Jon Arryn took an interest in Robert's numerous bastard children, including his son Gendry. He learns that Jon borrowed The Lineage and Histories of the Great Houses of the Seven Kingdoms from Pycelle. Eddard reads the book but cannot determine why Jon wanted it. Eddard discovers that soon after Jon's death his squire, Hugh, was knighted. Eddard sends the captain of his guards, Jory Cassel, to investigate but Hugh refuses to talk to Jory. Hugh is killed by Ser Gregor Clegane - a noted servant of Lord Tywin Lannister - in an apparent tourney mishap before Eddard can talk to him.[16] As the tourney continues, Eddard discusses the death with Lord Commander Barristan Selmy of the Kingsguard, one of the most decorated and honorable knights in Westeros. They cannot ascertain if Hugh was killed deliberately. Eddard convinces King Robert not to fight in the tourney, bluntly calling him too fat. Robert reluctantly agrees.[17]
Yoren of the Night's Watch arrives in the city and tells Eddard that he witnessed Catelyn arresting Tyrion Lannister. This allows Eddard to claim that he ordered the arrest. Varys visits Eddard and warns him that there is a conspiracy, saying that Jon was poisoned and that King Robert may also be killed if Eddard cannot unearth and stop it.[18]
A rift is opened between Eddard and Robert when Eddard refuses to sanction the assassination of Daenerys. Eddard resigns as Hand and prepares to return to Winterfell. Littlefinger gives Eddard another lead, keeping him in the city. Eddard finds another of Robert's bastards, a baby girl named Barra in one of Littlefinger's brothels. As Eddard leaves the brothel, he is confronted by Ser Jaime Lannister over Tyrion's capture. Jaime kills Jory and Eddard's other bodyguards and engages Eddard in single combat. A Lannister guardsman interferes and stabs Eddard in the leg, angering Jaime. He tells Eddard that he wants his brother back and leaves.[19]
An injured Eddard wakes up in the Red Keep to be confronted by Cersei and Robert about the fight with Jaime and the abduction of Tyrion by Catelyn. Cersei is enraged that Eddard will not be punished. Robert tells Eddard that he is like a brother, and he refuses to accept his resignation as Hand. Robert commands Eddard to take back the badge and to make peace with the Lannisters, as he will not risk another civil war. Eddard reluctantly agrees. Robert goes on a hunting expedition, and Eddard receives word that Ser Gregor Clegane is leading a series of pillaging raids on the Riverlands, possibly at Lord Tywin Lannister's command. Despite his order to make peace with the Lannisters, Eddard commands Lord Beric Dondarrion to carry out an order of execution on Gregor, whom he strips of all rank and title. Eddard also orders that Tywin present himself in the capital to explain his vassal's actions.[20]
Despite being restored to the King's favor, Eddard worries that the situation may yet come to war. He orders Sansa and Arya to return to Winterfell. A chance comment by Sansa that golden-haired Joffrey is a lion, not a stag, and is "nothing like" his old drunk of a father, makes Eddard realize the truth. He consults The Lineage book and sees that in every match between a Baratheon and a member of another house, the Baratheon black hair always dominates. He realizes with shock that this means that Joffrey and the other royal children are not Robert's and have no claim to the Iron Throne.[21]
Eddard confronts Cersei and warns her that he knows that her three children are the product of her incestuous relationship with Jaime. He warns her to flee into exile before Robert returns from his hunt, when he will tell Robert the truth. Robert is mortally wounded whilst on the hunt. Wishing him a peaceful death, Eddard withholds his discovery. Robert names Eddard Protector of the Realm, to rule until Joffrey comes of age. Eddard transcribes the command as referring to Robert's rightful heir, not mentioning Joffrey by name.[22]
Eddard writes to Robert's brother and true heir, Stannis, urging him to take the crown. He dispatches his guardsman Tomard to deliver the letter. He tells Littlefinger the truth of the matter, but rejects Littlefinger's suggestion that they take advantage of the situation to increase their own power. Reluctantly, Littlefinger agrees to recruit the City Watch to Eddard's cause. Renly also offers Eddard the use of soldiers in securing Cersei and her children, but Eddard refuses to dishonor Robert's last few hours by spilling blood and frightening children. Renly flees the castle fearing that the Lannisters will show no such respect.[23]
Robert dies and Joffrey takes the throne. Cersei tears up the letter proclaiming Eddard as Protector of the Realm. Eddard tells Joffrey that he has no right to the Iron Throne and commands the City Watch to take him and his mother into custody. Instead, the City Watch turns on Eddard's men and kills them. Littlefinger holds a knife to Eddard's throat, telling him that he shouldn't have trusted him.[24]
Eddard is incarcerated in the black cells under the Red Keep. He is visited by Varys who is disguised as a gaoler. Varys is bemused by Eddard telling Cersei that he knew about the parentage of her children and adds that his mercy is what killed Robert. He also informs Ned says that Catelyn no longer has Tyrion in custody. Eddard asks if he will be killed and Varys replies, "Not today."[25] Varys returns to urge Eddard to confess to treason in exchange for exile in the Night's Watch. Eddard refuses until Varys elucidates that the Lannisters still have Sansa as a hostage - Arya has escaped. Varys adds that the Lannisters need him alive so they can bargain with his son Robb, who is leading an army to confront them in the Riverlands.[26]
Eddard is taken to the front steps of the Great Sept of Baelor. He spots Arya crouching beside the statue of Baelor the Blessed and signals Yoren, who is also present amidst the gathered crowd. Having relented to Varys' request, Eddard confesses that he intended to seize the throne for himself and recognizes Joffrey as the rightful king. Joffrey, however, ignores his mother's counsel that Eddard be exiled and orders his immediate execution. Before Ser Ilyn Payne swings the Lord of Winterfell's own sword Ice, Eddard notices that Yoren has taken Arya. Sansa watches as Payne decapitates Eddard before the shocked Cersei and council can intervene, as the baying crowd cheers.[27] Yoren is able to smuggle Arya out of the city.[28]
Eddard's head is placed on a spike above the Traitor's Walk in the Red Keep. Joffrey torments Sansa by forcing her to look upon it as well as the other slain members of her household. She overcomes her revulsion and is able to maintain her composure, preventing his satisfaction at seeing her upset. Eddard's death launches the Seven Kingdoms into the devastating War of the Four Kings, with the North and the Riverlands seceding from the authority of the Iron Throne and Robb Stark proclaimed as the King in the North.[29]
Season 2The return of his father's remains for proper burial is one of the demands that his son Robb Stark, the new King in the North, tells Alton Lannister to deliver to Queen Cersei Lannister in King's Landing.[30] Cersei scoffs at Robb's declaration of independence when his demands are read to the Small Council, but Tyrion insists that they should at least return the bones of Robb's father.[31]
When Catelyn Stark and Petyr Baelish both approach the army camp of Renly Baratheon in the Stormlands for negotiations, Baelish delivers Ned's bones to Catelyn, in a box escorted by a pair of Silent Sisters. The delivery was a gesture of goodwill by Tyrion, in the hope that this would smooth the way to achieving the liberation of his brother Jaime from Stark captivity. Catelyn mourns over Ned's remains.[32]
Season 3
Bran stark has a dream at one point where he hears his father's voice, repeating his previous words of encouragement that Bran will become a better archer with practice, and scolding Jon and Robb for laughing at him.
In a conversation with Lady Olenna Tyrell, Varys states that he admired Lord Eddard, and Lady Olenna retorts that Lord Stark had many admirers, none of which came to his rescue, not knowing that Varys had tried and failed to have Ned spared. Varys replies that he regrets that he was unable to save Ned from his execution, and that he wishes to help Sansa as a means of restitution for this failure.
During her time with the Brotherhood Without Banners, Arya stark learns from Thoros of Myr that they were indirectly created by her father to bring justice to Gregor Clegane. She also learns that their leader, Beric Dondarrion, greatly admired Ned, and regrets the necessity of holding Arya for ransom.
Theon Greyjoy, after reflecting on his betrayal of the Starks and his abandonment by his father, comes to the conclusion that Ned Stark was the closest thing to a father he ever had, realizing that his "real father died in King's Landing". The realization that he had betrayed Ned's memory and the only people who ever truly treated him like family moves Theon to tears.
Shortly before they are massacred at the wedding of Edmure Tully and Roslin Frey, Robb and Talisa consider naming their unborn child after Ned if it is a boy. Catelyn also reveals to Roose Bolton that at their wedding Ned forbade the traditional bedding, fearing it would be bad luck if he punched a man on their wedding night.[33]
See Also Eddard and Catelyn Stark
|Season One appearances
|Winter is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
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- "I don't fight in tournaments because when I fight a man for real, I don't want him to know what I can do"
- ―Eddard Stark to Jaime Lannister
- "I grew up with soldiers. I learned how to die a long time ago."
- ―Eddard Stark to Varys
- "You think my life is such a precious thing to me, that I would trade my honor for a few more years...of what? "
- ―Eddard Stark to Varys
Behind the scenes
Despite the death of Eddard Stark being a key event in the novels, the decision to do so in the TV series adaptation generated considerable media interest as it's considered rare for a lead character to be killed off so quickly in American television. Reaction ranged from outrage[34] to shock.[35] In an interview with the periodical Entertainment Weekly, actor Sean Bean wryly suggested viewers complain to George R.R. Martin about it.[36]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Eddard Stark is in his mid-thirties when the story begins. He has a reputation for chivalry, honor, honesty and command, but can also sometimes be remote. He has a frosty relationship with Ser Jaime Lannister, believing that the latter should have been, at the very least, stripped of his rank in the Kingsguard for his murder of the former king. A stoic yet fair and caring man, Eddard puts a great deal of importance on his family.
King Robert traveled to Winterfell to ask Eddard to replace Arryn as Hand of the King, the monarch's closest adviser. Ned wanted to decline, but went south at his wife's urging to investigate Arryn's death. He eventually discovered that Cersei and Jaime were lovers and Cersei's three children were Jaime's, not Robert's. Ned warned Cersei to flee the city, but instead she remained while Robert was mortally wounded on a boar hunt. When Ned attempted to expose the truth of Joffrey's parentage, his men were executed and he was captured due to the treachery of Littlefinger. He was executed on the order of King Joffrey.
Eddard Stark is a skilled and dangerous warrior, ranking among the likes of Barristan Selmy, Jaime Lannister, Gregor Clegane, and Loras Tyrell. While he is not as young or as fast as he was during Robert's Rebellion, Eddard compensates with increased experience. Eddard is also an accomplished battlefield commander, leading armies in Robert's Rebellion and the Greyjoy Rebellion.
See also
- Eddard Stark at A Wiki of Ice and Fire(major spoilers from the books)
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark entry
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Catelyn Stark entry
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Eddard Stark entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Rickard Stark entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Brandon Stark entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Lyanna Stark entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Stark - Benjen Stark entry
- ↑ "Winter is Coming"
- ↑ "Winter is Coming"
- ↑ "Winter is Coming"
- ↑ "The Kingsroad"
- ↑ "The Kingsroad"
- ↑ "The Kingsroad"
- ↑ "Lord Snow"
- ↑ "Lord Snow"
- ↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
- ↑ "The Wolf and the Lion"
- ↑ "The Wolf and the Lion"
- ↑ "The Wolf and the Lion"
- ↑ "A Golden Crown"
- ↑ "A Golden Crown"
- ↑ "You Win or You Die"
- ↑ "You Win or You Die"
- ↑ "You Win or You Die"
- ↑ "The Pointy End"
- ↑ "Baelor"
- ↑ "Baelor"
- ↑ "Fire and Blood"
- ↑ "Fire and Blood"
- ↑ "The North Remembers"
- ↑ "The Night Lands"
- ↑ "Garden of Bones"
- ↑ "The Rains of Castamere (episode)"
- ↑ Bonnie Says: How Dare 'Game Of Thrones' Kill OFF Ned Stark, The Heart & Soul Of The Series!, Hollywood Life, June 14, 2011; accessed May 14, 2012
- ↑ Producers react to Games of Thrones Shocker: They Killed off Who?!?, TV Fanatic, June 13, 2011; accessed May 13, 2012
- ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/12/sean-bean-game-of-thrones Sean Bean talks 'Game of Thrones' Episode 9], Entertainment Weekly (insidetv.ew.com), June 12, 2011; accessed May 14, 2012
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|Brandon the Builder · Brandon the Breaker · Dorren Stark · Rodrik Stark · Karlon Stark · Osric Stark · Torrhen Stark · Cregan Stark
|Current members:
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|Rickard Stark · Brandon Stark · Lyanna Stark · Eddard Stark · King Robb Stark · Talisa Stark · Catelyn Stark · Jon Snow
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1. As I had mentioned previously, it slews smoothly and is very quiet. It is fairly lightweight. I can carry the mount and tripod out to the backyard without too much trouble.
2. I have yet to get a good polar alignment using the polar scope. Most of the offset has been in azimuth (almost up to a degree in one case). The best I have done so far is a 6' in elevation and 18' in azimuth offset which is not too bad. Still even with larger offsets, I can get objects within the FOV of a C-8 using a 32mm Plossl although they may be close to the edge.
a. Does anyone know what the large circle in the middle of the reticle represents in arc-minutes or degrees? I have used the clock position of Polaris that the hand controller gives you, but I am not sure how large a distance from the NCP that circle represents.
b. I do have some cone error issues with my scope, so using the 3-star alignment did increase my alignment accuracy. It cut the offset in half or better.
c. I have not tried the new "All-Star" polar alignment feature. Hopefully that would improve things even more.
3. The polar scope LED lights up the entire reticle view, not just the circles and lines on the reticle, so you are looking at a big red FOV. I had to turn the brightness down about as low as I could to see Polaris well.
4. The mount sometimes seems to loose where the "Home" position is especially if you swing the scope around to open the polar scope and then try to align the scope. After manually changing off polar north, I found myself having to reestablish the "Home" position before doing an alignment. Maybe I am doing something wrong?
5. When I tell the mount to return to the "Home" position, the declination value that it returns to is not the same as from where it started. I line up the mount mark with the declination setting circle at 90 degrees, go through and alignment, slew to some objects, and then return to home, and the declination circle can be off by as much as two degrees. I am wondering if there still is a firmware issue with the controller?
I have not tried Alt-Az mode yet. I will give that a shot soon.
Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:17 PM
You probably know this but, you must align the polar scope with the mounts polar axis and, I believe the procedure is described in the manual. The polar scope does not come pre- aligned from the factory (at least mine didn't). After I got the polar scope aligned, it provided a very good polar alignment. I don't know the answer to your question about the "large circle" in the polar alignment scope but, that is where you want to put Polaris once you have the hour angle. There has been some talk in the past about the handset hour angle not being correct. They may have updated that on the new mount but, mine was off on my Atlas so, I use the polar finder program that is free on the web to give me the correct clock position for Polaris, Then, I just put Polaris on the that clock position and on the large circle in the polar scope. I drift align from there but, I don't have to make much adjustment.
My setting circle do not hold position very well either unless I really tighten the screw down. Even then, they can come loose easily. I just marked the casing of the mount with some glow in the dark tape to define the home position on both axis so I don't have to rely on the setting circles.
You might be well advised to look into using EQMOD software to control your new mount. It has some very nice features if you use a computer when you observe or, if your into astro-potography. Congratulations on your new mount!
Posted 29 December 2012 - 07:52 PM
The weather here in Louisiana has been very unpredictable. When I think it is going to be clear and drag out a scope, then it clouds up. Hopefully I will get a chance to actually use mine outside rather than inside.
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I wish they had put at least hour tic marks on the polar scope circle. It would have made it easier to determine where to set Polaris although, since that circle is very small, the marks may have ended up very close together. I will take a look at the secondary polar setting circles to see how well that works. I don't know if I want to try the "All-Sky" alignment process again. I also still need to try Alt-Az mode to see how that works.
Posted 06 January 2013 - 06:35 AM
1. Setup you mount normally and use the polar scope to just put polaris in it's field of view. There is no need to be very precise here. If it is easier for you you can even center polaris in the field of view of the polar scope.
2. Make 3-star alignment. Try to center the stars as precise as possible. I recommend to use camera or live view of dslr with grid to assist that. Reticle eyepiece should also do the trick but live view grid of dslr gives best results for me.
3. After 3-star algnment is complete select the polar align routine. It will ask you to select star. Use one of the suggested by the hand controller. It will slew to this star and will ask you to precisely center it using the hand controller's arrows. Do it. After doinf it the mount will slew to where the star should be if your polar alignment was perfect. When this is complete you should recenter the star using ONLY the AZ/ALT adjustment bolts of the mount. Once done your polar alignment will be good. Press ok to confirm and continue working normally with the mount.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 01:22 AM
I do use a 12mm reticle eyepiece to center alignment stars. Regarding item#3, I started the procedure as the manual stated. I had put the scope back to Home position after the 3-star alignment. The manual did not really specify where to start that step. Do you leave it at the last alignment star and start the All-Star from that point? I did let it go to the first star, but when I centered that and then proceeded, the mount rotated the scope towards the ground. It ended up hitting the mount because the "Esc" key did not stop it and I had trouble finding the power switch. I have the latest v3.32 firmware version. I don't know if there is an issue with that version.
Posted 07 January 2013 - 03:36 AM
As i understand you unlocked RA and DEC and moved the mount back to home after completing the 3-star alignment and after that started polar align procedure. This should not be done.
About the firmware - i personally have still not used the final 3.32 version although my controller is updated to it because of bad weather in the last month. but i have tested the last 3.32 beta before that final version and did not find any problem with the polar align so i doubt that this is firmware problem. Try my procedure and tell me if it works correctly for you.
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 12:11 AM
I will give that a try when the weather permits.
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I did retry the "All-Star" alignment process, this time starting from the last alignment star I used instead of going back to Home. It gave me "Sirius which was in the south near the meridian. After aligning it with the hand controller, it rotated the scope 180 degrees and I adjusted the Alt-Az knobs to center Sirius again. However, it did not give me any better numbers. I guess you can repeat this several times, but I gave up after one try. The first attempt moved Polaris quite a bit off in Az. I will have to try multiple iterations.
I then reset Polaris and went through numerous alignment procedures, mostly 3-star. The numbers seemed to get worse as I went along. The 3-star alignment did 2 stars in the west and one in the east. When I slewed to objects after alignments, the ones in the west were good, but those in the east were mostly off. For instance eastern objects M81 and M65 were not close but M3 was in the eyepiece. I was really getting frustrated. As a last resort I tried a 2 star alignment using the alignment stars suggested by a little iPhone/iPad app named Alt Az Align instead of those suggested by the hand controller. Although the resulting NCP offset was not much better than what I was getting before, when I started slewing to objects, every one was in the FOV whether north, south, east, or west. I am beginning to wonder if this Synscan firmware version still has goto issues. It makes no sense what was going on. If I have some time Sunday evening, I will try the Alt-Az setup. Hopefully I can get better goto results.
Posted 21 January 2013 - 07:56 AM
thanks for the info
Posted 21 January 2013 - 08:42 AM
I was out for about 5 hours Saturday evening trying various alignment procedures.
I did retry the "All-Star" alignment process, this time starting from the last alignment star I used instead of going back to Home. It gave me "Sirius which was in the south near the meridian. After aligning it with the hand controller, it rotated the scope 180 degrees and I adjusted the Alt-Az knobs to center Sirius again. However, it did not give me any better numbers. I guess you can repeat this several times, but I gave up after one try. The first attempt moved Polaris quite a bit off in Az. I will have to try multiple iterations.
I then reset Polaris and went through numerous alignment procedures, mostly 3-star. The numbers seemed to get worse as I went along. The 3-star alignment did 2 stars in the west and one in the east. When I slewed to objects after alignments, the ones in the west were good, but those in the east were mostly off. For instance eastern objects M81 and M65 were not close but M3 was in the eyepiece. I was really getting frustrated. As a last resort I tried a 2 star alignment using the alignment stars suggested by a little iPhone/iPad app named Alt Az Align instead of those suggested by the hand controller. Although the resulting NCP offset was not much better than what I was getting before, when I started slewing to objects, every one was in the FOV whether north, south, east, or west. I am beginning to wonder if this Synscan firmware version still has goto issues. It makes no sense what was going on. If I have some time Sunday evening, I will try the Alt-Az setup. Hopefully I can get better goto results.
The important thing is not to just choose the first stars the HC comes up with. Sometimes good, sometimes not so good. While this has been improved in the most recent firmware, YOU ARE WELL ADVISED TO FOLLOW THE ALIGNMENT STAR CHOICE ADVICE IN THE MANUAL. If I do this, the Atlas EQ-6 will put anything I request anywhere in the sky in the field of a medium power eyepiece. A decent polar alignment helps as well, with the best star for AllStar being the one closest to the intersection of the Celestial Equator and the Meridian.
Finally, I am not sure why you expect--if I am understanding what you are writing--the NCP numbers to get better after a go-to alignment. Only changing the polar alignment will affect that.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 04:15 AM
* I reconfigured the mount from EQ to Alt-Az with the scope and counterweight off the mount. I remounted the scope and counterweight and pointed the scope north although according to the manual it is only necessary to point the scope north if you are going to use the 1-star (Brightest Star) alignment method.
* I turned on the mount, selected the "Az Mode", entered the date and time, and then went into the Alignment Setup and chose 2-Star. The first star it gave me was the usual Sirius which was about 200 degrees in Az.
* At this point you have to "manually move the mount to the first alignment star by using either the hand controller or declutching the RA and Dec clutches and moving it by hand. I chose the second method although using the hand controller probably would not be too bad since it sets the speed to maximum (9).
* Once at Sirius, I tried switching between a 32mm eyepiece and my 12.5mm illuminated reticle eyepiece. The mount at this point was not tracking very well so when I switched eyepieces, Sirius had already moved out of the FOV of the 12.5. I was finally able to allow for the movement and got it to align.
* It then gave me Arcturus, which was low in the eastern sky, as the second star. Upon hitting "Enter", it automatically slewed to the area of Arcturus. It was about a degree off. I centered Arcturus and I received the "Alignment Successful" message.
* The first object I tried was M3 which is fairly close to Arcturus. It ended up dead center. I then chose M51 which was in the neighborhood of 45 degrees to the left of Arcturus. Instead of rotating counter-clockwise to M51 (the short way), it rotated all the way around clockwise to it. Apparently this is an anti cord wrap feature so the power cord does not get tied up in knots. I looked in the eyepiece and M51 was also dead center.
* I then chose in sequence (rotating counter-clockwise starting from M51): M36, Jupiter, M42, M41, M47, M46, and M65. They were all dead center.
I am happy. I will have to play some more with EQ Mode to get it to work a little better.
Another question:
I wanted to use the mount for solar viewing, but the Sun is not in the object list. How do you use it for solar? Just manually move it to the Sun? It seems that you need to do some sort of alignment process to get proper tracking?
Posted 01 February 2013 - 08:28 AM
I have the same praise for my az eq6 in alt az mode
Love this mount
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Posted 01 February 2013 - 01:38 PM
In alt-az, most mounts don't track at all before alignment, and if they do, it will not be very good. They don't know _how_ to track for a particular spot in the sky until they are _aligned_.
That is what I suspected was happening. At least I know what to expect now.
Posted 01 February 2013 - 08:18 PM
With the LX80 someone on that group said to level the mout in AA, do a one star alignment and no matter where the mount ends up, tell it that the star is centered. Then go to the Sun and it should track fairly well.
Posted 03 February 2013 - 12:01 AM
I played with this for a while this afternoon. In Alt-Az Mode, there is no one-star alignment under the current Synscan version (v3.32). There are two alignment methods: (1) Brightest Star and (2) 2-Star. The Brightest Star method still involves a two star alignment. The first object can be a planet but you still have to align with two stars after that and the Sun does not appear in the list of possible stars. Since either Alt-Az alignment method requires you to manually locate the first star, you have to guess where it is although it does give you the Azimuth and Altitude of the star or object. When I did a first object guess at Mercury and got to the next step, the list of 2nd alignment stars it gave me was only Sirius and Arcturus, neither of which were up at that time. So I am at a loss as to how to get it to work.
I did try just manually moving the mount to the Sun and selecting "Solar" as the tracking method. That sort of worked, but it required recentering every few minutes. When I checked where it thought it was using the "Show Position" option, it showed numbers indicating that it thought it was looking at a terrestrial object. It needs to align to something, but it is beyond me how to go about it. I cannot understand why Synta does not include the Sun as an object. On the Celestron mounts, it does not show up as a default object, but has to be enabled. That is fine, at least it is in there. If Synta had a one object align in Alt-Az for quick viewing of solar system objects which included the Sun, even if you would have to enable it, that would be a great help.
I suppose the "User Object" option could be used if you know the current RA/Dec or Alt/Az position of the Sun, but it still needs a starting point as a reference as Uncle Rod mentioned. I don't see any way to define that. I can try that but I am not hopeful.
Posted 03 February 2013 - 03:29 AM
1) Moved the mount to AZ Mode Home position (pointing North with telescope level: 0 Az, 0 Alt)
2) Turned on the mount and selected AZ Mode.
3) Enabled the Auxiliary Encoders.
4) In the Utility menu, set Home to "Current Position". (Not sure if this is necessary but I did not think it would hurt.)
5) In the Utility menu, I went to "Show Position". It displayed "0-Az, 0-Alt".
6) I then moved the mount manually pointing to the southwest at about 40 degrees up.
7) I again checked the "Show Position". It gave me the approximate Az and Alt of where I was pointing.
So if I get the coordinates of the Sun at the time I set up for solar viewing, it looks like I will be able to move the scope to that position, turn on "solsr" tracking and hopefully it will track properly. Keeping my fingers crossed.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 06:26 PM
1) It does not look like you need to set the Home position in the Utility menu. AZ Mode defaults to 0-Az 0-Alt when you turn it on. Just make sure the scope is pointing true north and is parallel to the ground before you turn the mount on.
2) VERY IMPORTANT: Do not set the Tracking Rate to "Solar" until you have aligned the scope to the Sun. When I set the rate first, position numbers were changing even though the mount was not moving.
3) You probably could use the hand controller directional arrows (with or without the Auxiliary encoders enabled) to move the scope to the Sun. The default slew rate is maximum (9). I find moving the mount manually easier.
Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:49 PM
Thanks for testing this out. I will have to give it a try - maybe this weekend when I go camping.
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25 comments:
- My Scrambled Style said...
I'm blown away too. She looks great!
- August 3, 2012 at 2:38 AM
- Misfits Vintage said...
Yeah, she is GORGEOUS. LOVE the beautiful jewellery and the glasses are fab. Sarah xxx
- August 3, 2012 at 2:52 AM
- Tamera said...
I am blown away too! She's awesome!
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- Becky said...
What fantastic style! The thing I like about this the most is that she is rocking a style that was at its peak during her lifetime.
I wonder if she dressed like this in her youth or if she's making up for time that she didn't?
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- illusion by elcin said...
she is super. Super girl
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- Faygie Fellig said...
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- monique brouns said...
i love all of your work!!
older people are so interesting and you show the world how gracious one can be!
(what about men?)
- August 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- Zoé said...
She looks beautiful - so beautiful. I love the contrast colours of the accessories with the simplicity of the black top - chic and stylish, with the glasses and lipstick topping it off perfectly. I hope this is how I look at this age. :)
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It's my friend, the always lovely and stylish Pearl Harbor! How I adore her.
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I think she looks wonderful! But...I don't get how you could call this "Rockabilly". It's not really.
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Sieht die Dame jung aus! Nach einiger Abstinenz von diesem Blog....ich muss mir diese tollen Frauen doch immer wieder anschauen. Vorbilder. So möcht ich aussehen, wenn ich alt bin. Gruss von Cosmee nee am besten jetzt schon. Sehr attraktiv.
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Women out West seem to be more interested in wearing something Southwest than ladies here in Illinois. There's more emphasis on fantastic hair too. It's almost a requirement in LA.
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Rockabilly by way of Santa Fe.....
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She looks wonderful! I hope to incorporate such a powerful, sexy, awesome attitude into my style as I turn 50 & beyond...
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