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Colloquia are 11.30-12.30pm Fridays during term time (40 mins talk + 20 mins questions).
Venue: School of Computing Staff Room (Level 9 EC Stoner)
Fri 24th Oct James Charles, Artificial Intelligence Research Theme
Title: Upper body pose estimation for sign language recognition
Abstract: There is growing evidence that large-scale weakly supervised learning can contribute to sign language recognition. Using the correlations between subtitles and signers in signed TV broadcasts it is possible to train a sign language classifier. However, current research is held back by the difficulty in obtaining a sufficient amount of training video with the position of upper body parts, such as arm and hand, of the signer annotated. This is a great pity because there is a practically limitless supply of such signed TV broadcasts. In this talk I will present a very fast computer vision algorithm which we have developed to automatically annotate the position of the upper body parts. This method can be applied to hundreds of hours of signed video footage, and frees up large amounts of video data for use in improving sign language classifier performance.
Fri 31st Oct Tim Yang, Computational Science and Engineering Research Theme
Title: Multigrid solution methods for nonlinear time-dependent systems
Abstract: An efficient, accurate and reliable numerical solver is essential for solving complex mathematical models and obtaining their computational approximations. The solver presented in this talk is built upon nonlinear multigrid with the full approximation scheme (FAS). Its implementation is generally discussed, which includes using a complex, open source software library PARAMESH, and the resulting numerical solver, Campfire, also combines with adaptive mesh refinement, adaptive time stepping and parallelisation through domain decomposition.
There are three mathematical models considered in this talk, these models consist of nonlinear, time-dependent and coupled partial differential equations (PDEs). The first model is a droplet spreading model with precursor film and moving contact lines. The second model is for fully-developed flows. The final model is a multi-phase-field model which is used to study the growth of tumour.
Fri 7th Nov Richard Emes, Advanced Data Analysis Centre (ADAC), University of Nottingham
Title: Bioinformatics, bugs and big data.
Abstract: Generation and analysis of large, complex data underpins modern biological research, often driving discovery. The successful interpretation of these data is essential to their appropriate and comprehensive use. Recent advances and reducing costs mean that "next generation" sequencing is now the method of choice to investigate biological systems. I will describe recent research using sequencing technologies to understand pathogen biology. Richard Emes is Associate Professor and Reader in Bioinformatics and Director of the Advanced Data Analysis Centre University of Nottingham.
Fri 14th Nov No colloquium
Fri 21st Nov Jie Xu, Distributed Systems and Services Research Theme
Title: Computing at Scale
Abstract: My talk will address some of the unique challenges of systems with hundreds of thousands of server nodes, including 1) performance interference, 2) bottleneck of resource allocation, 3) "long tails", and 4) efficient error recovery. We have analysed such large-scale systems using real-world tracelogs, from Google, AliCloud and Adapt, demonstrating both analytic and experimental rigor in investigating systems' behavioural characteristics, actual resource consumption, and overall system dependability due to scale and virtualization. I'll discuss the solutions we have developed so far and outline the way forward.
Fri 28th Nov Margaritis Voliotis, School of Mathematics, University of Bristol
Title: Information transfer by leaky, heterogeneous, protein kinase signaling systems
Abstract: Cells must sense extracellular signals and transfer the information contained about their environment reliably to make appropriate decisions. To perform these tasks, cells use signal transduction networks that are subject to various sources of noise, such as cell-to-cell variability in the componentry of the network and basal activity (the propensity for activation of the network output in the absence of the signal of interest). Basal activity is widespread in signaling systems under physiological conditions, has phenotypic consequences, and is often raised in disease. We combine theory and experiment to study how basal activity and heterogeneity of network componentry affect information transfer by cell signaling systems. First, using theoretical models of protein kinase signaling, we show that negative feedback makes information transfer by the system robust against the combined effect of the two types of noise. We verify our theoretical predictions in an experimental study of ERK signaling by single cells with heterogeneous ERK expression levels. In particular, we find that negative feedback substantially increases information transfer to the nucleus by (i) preventing a near-flat average response curve due to basal network activity and (ii) reducing sensitivity to variation in substrate expression levels. Our results reveal an important role for negative feedback mechanisms in protecting the information transfer function of saturable, heterogeneous cell signaling systems from basal activity.
Fri 5th Dec Dave Westhead, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Title: Computational methods in biology and medicine
Fri 12th Dec Andy Bulpitt, Artificial Intelligence Research Theme
Title: Towards Automatic Assessment of the Standard of Orthodontic Treatment
Previous events
Fri 17th Oct Peter Garraghan, Distributed Systems and Services Research Theme
Title: Big Data, Machine Learning and Energy-efficiency in Cloud Computing
Abstract: Big Data, Machine Learning and Energy-efficiency: Three research domains which have gained huge momentum within the past couple of years. Researchers, providers, and pundits alike have claimed that these will be instrumental in solving the research and technical challenges of the 21st century. This is especially true for Cloud datacenters, a multi-billion dollar industry which continues to grow rapidly in terms of consumer uptake, technical innovation and system size. This presentation discusses the experiences and findings from working with commercial Cloud datacenters such as Google (USA), Alibaba (China), and Adapt (UK) to outline common research challenges, current industry practise, and bleeding-edge research innovations developed by Leeds University. These innovations include advanced system analytics for decision support, fault-tolerance for massive scale systems, and practical energy-efficient resource management. We also present a vision for the future of distributed systems research, and discuss a number of problems which are currently unsolved within industry and academia alike.
Fri 10th Oct Peter Bollada, Computational Science and Engineering Research Theme
Title: Phase field modelling
Abstract: I will attempt to explain to a general audience the essence of this subject as applied to the solidification of metals and metal alloys. See the following link for pictures of the sort of solidification I have in mind: http://math.nist.gov/mcsd/savg/vis/dendrite/
Research Colloquia:
Agile Development at Songkick
Dr Dan Crow, Chief Technology Officer at Songkick
Active Learning Lab, School of Computing, (9.30a)
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm, Friday 3 October 2014
Abstract: Songkick is one of London's original tech startups. Over the past seven years, we've used a number of Agile development techniques. We've evolved a software development process that works for us and lets us move fast.
We use Kanban and continuous delivery to push 10 releases a day. We use feature flippers to control and aggregate changes and to run extensive multivariate tests on new features. Most importantly, we have a product development culture that is inclusive, devolved and very effective.
I'll talk about how Songkick's software development works, the results we've achieved, and the lessons we learned - the hard way. This talk focuses on the practicalities of building software and the solutions we use every day.
There will be a reception later on in the day at 4pm in the School of Computing's Longroom.
Research Colloquia: Twitter: metrics, models and data
Jonathan Ward, School of Mathematics
School of Computing Staff Room (E.C. Stoner level 9)
11.30am, Friday 13 June 2014
Abstract: The widespread adoption of the social media platform Twitter has created an unprecedented volume of data concerning peoples' communication patterns, their social networks and also their attitudes and opinions towards current events. This has proved valuable to media agencies, who use data analytics and social network analysis to provide insights to clients by, for example, identifying influential consumers that can be engaged in real-time. Evolving graph centrality metrics are particularly suitable for this task since they account for the effects resulting from the rapid pace of communication in Twitter. In this talk I will give an overview of one such metric, known as `communicability', with examples of applications to Twitter data. I will also discuss a simple model of Twitter user behaviour that illustrates how the content of some tweets can become extremely widespread.
Research Colloquia: Mobility diversity for robots
Daniel Bonilla Licea, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
School of Computing Staff Room (E.C. Stoner level 9)
11.30am, Friday 6 June 2014
Abstract: Communication systems are a very important part of mobile robots. By using communication systems robot can explore areas which are dangerous or inaccessible to humans and send to a base station (BS) sensors measurements and other relevant information. Another popular application is the surveillance of a place by a robot it can patrol some area and send periodically photographs and videos to a surveillance center.
The transmission of the data from the robot to the BS will suffer from the impairments of the wireless channel. Among these impairments we have the small scale fading. Since the robot may operate indoors or in places with rich scattering the small scale fading will affect the robot's communications. It is therefore very important that the robot's communications systems include some form of diversity techniques to combat fading. To solve the problem we could just apply all the classical theory for diversity, select one of the many techniques presented in the literature (e.g., selection combining, maximum ration combining, etc.). Nevertheless, robotic communications are not a classical problem, the key differences of robotic communications with all other wireless communications areas are that the transceiver knows its physical position and can control it, i.e., it can move to wherever it wants. These particular abilities and the fact that the small scale fading differ from position to position enables the use of a new diversity technique.
The mobility diversity is a new kind of diversity still in an early stage of development. This class of diversity consists in moving the robot (and in consequence its transceiver) to different locations (which experience different fading) in order to find a position with high channel gain. This kind of techniques presents a compromise: the more the robot moves the more it improves the channel gain but it also expends more mechanical energy. Therefore, smart algorithms are required.
Research Colloquia: User interfaces for navigating gigapixel images
Roy Ruddle, Applied Computing in Biology, Medicine and Health research theme, School of Computing
School of Computing Staff Room (E.C. Stoner level 9)
11.30am, Friday 30 May 2014
Abstract: In many disciplines people need to navigate large visualizations to analyze data, and our work focuses on a specific aspect of this – visualizing gigapixel medical images. In this talk, I will describe the design and evaluation of user interfaces for navigating such images. The interfaces are novel because they exploit a gigantic 'thumbnail' overview that breaks existing design guidelines to let users navigate gigapixel images quickly and accurately. Our evaluations involved images that are orders of magnitude larger than those used in any previous study.
Fri 23rd May No Colloquium
Research Colloquia: Cartographic Information Visualization
Jason Dykes, School of Informatics, City University
School of Computing Staff Room (E.C. Stoner level 9)
11.30am, Friday 16 May 2014
Abstract: Work at the giCentre at City University London creatively explores interactions between Cartography - the development and study of symbolised depictions of geographical settings, and Information Visualization - the use of physical space in graphics to represent non-spatial relationships.
This seminar will focus on recent work in which we develop novel maps and graphics by adding structure to geographic representations to help with comparison and geography to non-spatial representations to reveal geographic relationships.
These partial geographies are used amongst other things to track 21st century bicycles and 19th century migrants, present the UK census on a single page, provide an exploratory public-facing interface to data on local government service provision and reveal bias in London's local elections as giCentre ideas and applications for making sense of masses of data are showcased.
Research Colloquia: Characterizing and Exploiting Heterogeneity for Enhancing Energy-Efficiency of Cloud Datacenters
Ismael Solis Moreno, Distributed Systems and Services research theme, School of Computing
School of Computing Staff Room (E.C. Stoner level 9)
11.30am, Friday 9 May 2014
Abstract: Cloud Computing environments are composed of large and power-consuming datacenters designed to support the elasticity required by their customers. The adoption of Cloud Computing is rapidly growing since it promises cost reductions for customers in comparison with permanent investments in traditional datacenters. However, for Cloud providers, energy consumption represents a serious problem since they have to deal with the increasing demand and diverse Quality of Service requirements. Contemporary energy-efficient Cloud approaches exploit the advantages of virtualization to maximize the use of physical resources and minimize the number of active servers.
A major problem not considered by current Cloud resource management schemes is that of the inherent heterogeneity of customer, workload and server types in multi-tenant environments. This is an issue when improving energy-efficiency, as co-location of specific workload types may result in strong contention for the physical resources. This then affects the resource consumption patterns and therefore the energy-efficiency of virtualized servers. In addition, because of the on-demand self-service characteristic of the Cloud model, different types of customers tend to highly overestimate the amount of required resources. This creates a non-negligible amount of underutilized servers that affects the energy-efficiency of the datacenter.
This thesis analyzes a production Cloud environment to determine the characteristics of the heterogeneous customer, workload and server types, and proposes a novel way to exploit such heterogeneity in order to improve energy-efficiency through two mechanisms. The first improves energy-efficiency by co-locating diverse workload types according to the minimum level of produced interference in a heterogeneous pool of servers. The second mitigates the waste generated by customer overestimation by dynamically overallocating resources based on heterogeneous customer profiles and the levels of produced interference. The evaluation of the proposed mechanisms demonstrates that considering the heterogeneity of elements in a Cloud environment supports the effective improvement of the datacenter energy-efficiency and the performance of individual workloads.


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2013 FIRST Robotics Competition Kicks Off
Current FIRST Mentor and former Student (64 comments)
The object of the game (and I know it sounds cheezy) is not to win, its to learn. When I was a student, the mentors let US do the programming, designing, etc. While the robot wasn't as good as the adviser-bots; when your in the pit and YOU'RE working on the robot...well I wouldn't have traded it for anything in the world. You might not have a full practice field (hell I don't think we ever had the robot WORKING in time to practice anything!), but it really is fun no matter what place you finish in.
Now as an adviser, it drives me nuts when the students don't want to take the path I think is best. But FIRST is about experience, it shouldn't be a classroom where students sit down and watch engineers build things. Let the students make the mistakes (to an extent) and of course let them to ALL the work.
If your looking for good mentors, ask around the local college (if there is a engineering/technical minded college around your area). I know after I graduated from high school, I was eager to come back and work with the team as an mentor.

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Tue, Jan 14, 14 at 15:39
Hello everyone! I just joined this site after searching the web in concern of my plant... my mom bought me this around Christmas time from a Korean restaurant, the lady only told her that its easy to care for and likes alot of light. Being a gift from my mom and the price made me want to take care of it exceptionally well!! So the blooms look like tiny orchids and the plant itself is fat and bulby at the bottom so I guessed it is some type of succulent, can anyone confirm this? Also maybe the name of it would be great too!! I have only watered it twice using a shot glass of warm water. In the last few days all of the blooms have dropped off and the bulby bottom area is looking kind of like a prune, like its shriveling :( Im not sure if it needs more or less water or how to care for it. Any help or info will be greatly appreciated!! :) |
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Kind of hard for me to tell what the flowers look like as they blend right into the wall.Could you hold something dark behind the flowers so the picture of them shows up better.I kind of think it's an orchid of some kind though. Kathi |
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This is an Oncidium orchid, I have one myself. This type likes a lot of light. The bulb is shriveling either because it is too dry, or it has received too much water in the past, and the roots are dead. Only way to tell is to check the roots. If they are viable, I would water it thoroughly and see how the plant responds. For more specific advice, check the Orchid Forum. Christopher |
Thanks everyone for your help! I searched the orchid name Christopher mentioned and got some great plant care tips. It did mention that the shriveled bulbs indicates not enough water so I will give that a try...here is the link if anyone else is interested :) http://www.proplants.com/guide/oncidium-orchid-care-guide |
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WCHA Awards Announced
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) announced league honors today. The Huskies earned a few big titles this season including WCHA Player of the Year, Student Athlete of the Year and Defenseman of the Year awards. Sixteen Huskies were also members of the All-Academic team.
Senior, co-captain, Drew LeBlanc skated away with the league's highest honor, the Player of the Year. He was also named the Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year and is a member of the All-WCHA First team. It's the first time in league History that the same player has earned both the Player of the Year and Outstanding Student-Athlete award. LeBlanc is one of the 16 members of the Huskies squad who was named to the All-Academic Team. It's his fourth time as a member of the Academic team and fourth time receiving the WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award.
Nick Jensen, junior and alternate captain was named the Defensive Player of the year. He is also a member of the All-WCHA First team. Jensen is a leader on the blue line for the Huskies, playing in 113 consecutive games. He ranks eighth nationally among Division I defensemen with 28 points this season. Jensen is also on the All-Academic team and is a Scholar-Athlete for the second time.
Click here for a complete look at the leagues award honors this season. The Huskies that earned academic award honors include: David Morley, Brooks Bertsch, Brandon Burrell, Joey Holka, Tim Daly, Joe Rehkamp, Jarrod Rabey, Andrew Prochno, Nic Dowd, Kevin Gravel, Ryan Faragher, Ben Hanowski, Drew LeBlanc, Nick Oliver, Nick Jensen and Joe Phillippi.
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"These would be extremely good, BUT there is one critical flaw in this recipe. There is no mention of baking soda/powder and based on looking at other brownie recipes there absolutely needs to be!
I was really surprised to find this major error in a recipe published by the Food Network."


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The AP's Trenton Daniel reported over the weekend on the rise in cholera cases that have been seen since heavy rains hit Haiti early in June. Daniel reports:
The number of new cases each day spiked to 1,700 day in mid-June, three times as many as sought treatment in March, according to the Health Ministry. The daily average dropped back down to about 1,000 a day by the end of June but could surge again as the rainy season develops.
According to data from the Health Ministry, over 5600 people have now died from cholera, while over 380,000 have been sickened. In addition, throughout June, on average 8 people were dying each day, up from an average of 3.5 in May. As Daniel points out, however, "[t]he precise total is unknowable since many Haitians live in remote areas with no access to health care."
Yet despite the renewed strength of the epidemic, there are signs that the health sector is being stretched thin:
The disease faded in winter and spring, when rain is less frequent, and many aid workers moved on. U.N. troops in Haiti turned their attention to the country's many other pressing problems.
Now there is a fear among aid workers who remain that there won't be enough resources if the latest surge gets much worse.
"If the cases continue on the same path we could see a lot of health-worker fatigue," said Cate Oswald, a Partners in Health co-ordinator. "The health care force is already stretched thin."
After heavy rains hit Haiti last month, the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), among others, issued statements saying they would be reopening cholera treatment centers (CTCs) in the capital to respond to the renewed outbreak. Updated lists released in late June by the Health Cluster, however, reveal that the decline in the number of CTCs has continued throughout the beginning of the rainy season. Table 1 shows the evolution of CTCs in each department over the last four months. The only department that saw an increase in the number of CTCs was the Ouest department, and even there it was only by one. While more than one CTC was reopened in the Ouest, nearly the entire gain was offset by the closing of other centers. Although the number of CTCs has fallen, the total capacity of cholera facilities (including CTUs) seems to be holding steady, according to partial numbers from the Health Cluster. This may be further evidence that those health providers that have continued to operate have been forced to stretch resources to make up for the exit of other organizations.
Last Thursday, in the Dominican Republic, every westbound bus traveling on the transportation artery Autopista Las Américas (The Americas highway) was stopped upon its arrival in the capital city of Santo Domingo between 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., according to Listín Diario. A joint operation between immigration officials, the National Police and the Dominican Army set up checkpoints, which led to the detainment of "dozens" of "illegal Haitians."The sugar-producing East, from which the buses came, is a hub for thousands of Haitian migrants working under brutal conditions cutting cane. As was reported by Dominican Today, "When inspectors entered the buses and asked the Haitians for their ID, if they were in order, they weren't bothered, but dozens of them that didn't [have appropriate documentation] were escorted onto buses to clearing centers."This description gives a good idea as to how Dominican authorities ascertain whether or not one is in the country illegally—by targeting those who appear to be Haitian. Summary detentions and mass deportations of Haitians amount to a longstanding and ubiquitous dynamic in Dominican law enforcement. The seemingly straightforward protocol of asking for proper identification quickly becomes an exercise in discrimination, as many Dominican nationals also have difficulty obtaining valid documentation. A 2006 survey by the Dominican government's National Office of Statistics found that 22% of children born during the previous five years did not have birth certificates, "and thus," Unicef noted, "legally, did not exist." The crackdown against illegal immigration is closely linked to efforts to remove those of Haitian descent from the country.The human rights community has strongly opposed mass repatriations to Haiti. Earlier this year, Amnesty International demanded that the D.R. "immediately halt the mass deportation of Haitian migrants." Last month, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights appealed to all governments to "refrain from conducting returns to Haiti" [PDF]. Given the "current situation prevailing in Haiti," the High Commissioners also asked governments to "renew, on humanitarian grounds, residence permits and other mechanisms that have allowed Haitians to remain outside the country." Similarly, the ACLU, along with more than 50 other groups, has called on the U.S. to stop deportations to Haiti.
The Associated Press reports that Martelly has officially announced that Bernard Gousse will be his nominee for Prime Minister. As the AP notes, Gousse was "justice minister under the interim government that took power in 2004 after former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted. Critics accused him of persecuting supporters of Aristide." Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald reported today on Gousse's "rocky past" noting his "god awful" reputation as Justice Minister. Charles reports that his nomination "has sparked outrage among some parliamentarians, who repeatedly warned Martelly in meetings this week that Gousse was an unacceptable choice and his nomination would be rejected." While the Miami Herald article scratches the surface of Gousse's "rocky past", one could go even further. The government and its supporters after the coup, while Gousse was justice minister, were responsible for some of the worst political violence in the hemisphere. The medical journal The Lancet estimated in 2006 that the dictatorship installed after the 2004 coup murdered around 4000 people in the greater Port-au-Prince area alone. At the same time the government jailed hundreds of Lavalas supporters and officials from the ousted, democratic government – sometimes for years, and often without charge, or on trumped-up charges that were later thrown out. Under Gousse, some media outlets that opposed the coup, such as Radio-Télé Ti Moun, were shut down, and some journalists arrested. Gousse's record as Justice Minister led 10 members of the US Congress to write to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in 2005:
First, it is obvious that interim Justice Minister Gousse must be removed immediately. He has clearly demonstrated that he is unwilling to conduct his duties in an objective and responsible manner. His continued presence in the government eliminates any chance that elections planned for later this year will be free and fair. Put simply, both his attitude and his actions have actually increased Haiti's instability and have guaranteed that Haiti will remain volatile even after the elections.
Revelations about MINUSTAH are in the news again. First, a new study published in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journal affirms that a MINUSTAH camp was the origin of the cholera outbreak which has killed over 5,500 people so far.
As AP reports:
"Our findings strongly suggest that contamination of the Artibonite (river) and 1 of its tributaries downstream from a military camp triggered the epidemic," said the report in the July issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The article says there is "an exact correlation" in time and place between the arrival of a Nepalese battalion from an area of its South Asian homeland that was experiencing a cholera outbreak and the appearance of the first cases in the Meille river a few days later.The remoteness of the Meille river in central Haiti and the absence of other factors make it unlikely that the cholera strain could have come to Haiti in any other way, the report says.
As we described in detail when suspicions first arose that Nepalese blue helmets had brought the cholera strain to Haiti, MINUSTAH rejected the claims and showed little interest in uncovering the truth about the cause of the epidemic. Cholera, meanwhile, continues to spread, recently increasing with the heavy rains:
The UN Special Envoy for Haiti has released updated numbers on international aid pledges from last March's donor conference, showing just a minor increase since the last update in early April. Although many donors claimed they were waiting for the new government to take power before releasing aid disbursements, the recent analysis shows that so far at least, little new aid money has been forthcoming from Haiti's largest donors. In a statement released today, the Special Envoy reported that 37.8 percent ($1.74 billion) of the $4.6 billion in aid pledges had been disbursed through June, up from just 37.2 percent ($1.71 billion) through March. The United States has disbursed just $120 million of the over $900 million appropriated for Haiti, a disbursement rate of just 13.7 percent. This is lower than what had previously been reported.
In an accompanying report, looking at aid to Haiti both before and after the earthquake, Dr. Paul Farmer writes:
After the earthquake, the international community pledged significant financial resources for both the relief and recovery efforts. Yet many of us have been frustrated with the transition between the two phases. Over the past year, donors have disbursed over $1.74 billion for recovery activities, but over half—$2.84 billion—of what was pledged for 2010 and 2011 remains in donors' hands. And yet disbursing funds is only part of the aid picture. We know from our shared experiences in Haiti and elsewhere that the way aid is channelled matters a great deal, and determines its impact on the lives of the Haitian people. For example, with over 99 percent of relief funding circumventing Haitian public institutions, the already challenging task of moving from relief to recovery—which requires government leadership, above all—becomes almost impossible. …
We have heard from the Haitian people time and again that creating jobs and supporting the government to ensure access to basic services are essential to restoring dignity. And we have learned that in order to make progress in these two areas we need to directly invest in Haitian people and their public and private institutions. The Haitian proverb sak vide pa kanpe—"an empty sack cannot stand"—applies here. To revitalize Haitian institutions, we must channel money through them.
As we've previously described, State Department cables Wikileaked last year revealed a State offensive against unfavorable media coverage of the U.S. role in the aid effort, with Hillary Clinton instructing all embassies to "push back" against "inaccurate and unfavorable international media coverage of America's role and intentions in Haiti."
A newly released cable, made available through Wikileaks' partnership with Haiti Liberté and The Nation, reveals in detail how such "push back" worked, in one case at least.
Diligently following up on Secretary Clinton's instructions, the U.S. Embassy in Doha, Qatar noticed that "On Sunday, January 17, Al Jazeera's English (AJE) news channel, headquartered in Doha, began running inaccurate coverage of U.S. and international relief efforts in Haiti." In response, the Embassy took actions resulting in a State Department spokesperson appearing on Aljazeera English in Washington "within hours"; called Aljazeera English Director Tony Burman ahead of another call by Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, and made sure Burman "understood the serious concerns that the Undersecretary would convey"; and, after said "flakking" took place, monitored Aljazeera coverage, which it noted with satisfaction became "less and less" "inaccurate and confrontational", "evolv[ing] markedly" "with reporting focused on the work being done by U.S. military forces - particularly airdrops - and 50 orphans who had been sent to the United States on an expedited basis." The coverage now included more context, the Embassy noted, including regarding logistical obstacles to U.S. efforts at aid distribution.
Heavy rains dumped up to six inches of rain across Port-au-Prince and throughout much of Haiti Monday night. Continued rain is predicted through Thursday. The storms left 23 dead, injured many and left thousands more displaced. A damage assessment by the Département de la protection civile and the IOM found that 32 of 187 camps were flooded and that nearly 500 families were affected in Cite Soleil, one of the worst hit areas. Some camps were under up to four feet of water. The assessment also noted an increase in the number of cases of cholera, and that "latrines have been reported to overflow in some camps." The deadly storm comes just a week into the Atlantic hurricane season and less than a week after the UN's Nigel Fisher proclaimed that Haiti was better prepared than last year. Following the storm, Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald spoke with Elise Young of ActionAid:
ActionAid called for better coordination between the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Haitian government and nongovernmental organizations to prevent further disaster this hurricane season. The new devastation, ActionAid said, highlights the need for newly elected President Michel Martelly to immediately implement a long-term housing strategy for Haitians, hundreds of thousands of whom remain under flimsy tents and tarps nearly 17 months after a catastrophic earthquake. "Disaster mitigation must be prioritized not only in Port-au-Prince, but in vulnerable communities throughout the country that are at risk of severe flooding,'' Elise Young, an analyst with ActionAid, told The Miami Herald.
Mellicker said that reality makes "this year much more complex because of the migration patterns to unrepaired homes that are either red or yellow.'' A home designated as red is one that should be demolished and the yellow label means in need of repair. A controversial USAID-commissioned report said that 64 percent of red homes have been reoccupied in the Greater Port-au-Prince area.
It is now officially hurricane season. Rains have picked up over the previous weeks and this is already causing a surge in the number of new cholera cases. The most recent data from the MSPP (Ministere de la Sante Publique et da la Population) show that there have been over 320,000 cases, 170,000 hospitalizations and that 5,337 people have died as a result of the disease. In a statement on June 1, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) noted that:
During the last days the MSPP and PAHO/WHO have observed an increase in the number of alerts of cholera cases, mainly in the Departments of South-East, Grand-Anse, South, Center and West. New cholera cases have been reported in IDP camps.
The current cholera outbreak in the Carrefour area is far worse than the one registered in November. At that time, there were a maximum of 900 reported cases of cholera per week. Now, over 300 new cases are registered every single day. However, the number of casualties is far lower than we saw in November as people are able to get help faster.
A draft report produced for USAID has been circulating online and has generated controversy as a result of its estimates of the death toll numbers from last year's devastating earthquake in Haiti which don't match up with previously published figures. While media outlets have latched onto this sensational story and tied it in to the discussion over continued assistance to Haiti, there are other aspects of the paper that appear much more relevant to the current situation of relief efforts in Haiti.
To begin with, the report – even if its results are only partially reliable – makes it clear that there are an extremely large number of people living in damaged and dangerous housing. According to the report, many people have returned to housing once slated for destruction, a phenomenon we have written about previously.
As Timothy Schwartz, the lead author of the study, writes:
It means that as many as 570,178 people (114,493 residential groups or families) are living in 84,951 homes that may collapse in foul weather or in the event of another tremor. That's yellow buildings. For Red buildings it means that 465,996* people (100,430 residential groups) are living in 73,846 buildings that might collapse at any moment. Discussing the growing problem of people returning to unsafe yellow and red buildings, Dr. Miyamoto emphasized the gravity of the situation,
"Occupied yellow and red houses are extremely dangerous since many are a collapse hazard. People occupy these houses despite communications and warnings from MTPTC engineers since they have nowhere to go but the camps. People do not want to stay in these tents. Security is poor and they are exposed to diseases. I see little children sleeping next to the heavily cracked walls every day."
As we previously mentioned, last week the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the independent government agency tasked with evaluating the performance of the federal government in selected areas, released their assessment of U.S. efforts in Haiti. The report – which bears the less-than-optimistic title "Haiti Reconstruction: U.S. Efforts Have Begun, Expanded Oversight Still to be Implemented" – offers more a description of the general framework of the relief effort than a critical examination of its results to date. For those not aware of where and how hundreds of millions of dollars of federal funding are being channeled in Haiti, the report has a number of useful pie charts, flow charts and bar graphs that provide a clearer picture of where U.S. funds are being spent, and where they aren't. Although the report offers no examination of whether the programs implemented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are actually effective, it does shine a light on some of the structural problems affecting the international relief mission.
The four broad sectors receiving U.S. funding are 1) Infrastructure and Energy (46% of total funds); 2) Governance and Rule of Law (16%); Health and other basic services (13%); and Food and Economic Security (7%). The breakdown of spending within each sector provides evidence of misplaced priorities. For instance, while significant funds are being channeled towards improving Haiti's energy infrastructure, roads and permanent housing, only a comparatively small amount of allocations are going to rubble removal ($25 million), although the continued presence of rubble throughout Port-au-Prince remains the biggest obstacle to the reconstruction of Haiti's devastated capital city.
Though the U.S. has allocated over $98 million to health care, only $10 million is being channeled to education (or approximately 1% of total U.S. spending on Haiti's reconstruction). Haiti's education sector was in crisis well before the earthquake – with over 60% of students dropping out of school before the sixth grade and the literacy rate hovering around 50%. There are now heaps of rubble where many schools stood and the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of children in tent camps have no access to any form of education. Given the crucial role that education must play in Haiti's reconstruction, it's difficult to understand why this "sub-sector" is receiving so little funding.
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THOMASTON — First Selectman Ed Mone is basing some of his campaign for a third term on past achievements. Democratic challenger Kristin Mosimann hopes voters look to the future.
"One of our goals is to bring a long-term strategic plan to every decision we make in town," Mosimann said. "I think we make quick snap decisions that come back to bite us."
Mosimann, 45, has served on the Board of Finance for eight years. She said she has been an advocate and educator of changes the board has made to prepare for the future. During her tenure on the board, she fought for the pension reforms and the changes made to retiree medical benefits. The pension reforms switched from traditional pensions to 457 plans, which are similar to a 401k. The board also changed the medical benefits for retired town employees.
Mosimann said the town would have owed $21 million in retiree medical benefits and nothing had been saved for that. Now, the board has set up a trust fund.
If elected, she said, she wants to create a long-term strategic plan to keep the tax rate in check.
Mone, 63, said his record speaks for itself. He served two terms as first selectman, has 10 years experience on the Board of Finance and seven years on the Inland and Wetlands Conservation Commission. He said financial responsibility in town government was a goal from his last campaign and that was achieved.
"We became fiscally responsible and allocated the proper finances to the capital improvement projects we needed," Mone said.
Mone said he understands the needs of the town, especially in the difficult economic times.
The tax rate in 2009-2010 stayed at 26.98 mills, but grew to 32.83 mills after the town was revalued in 2011. The current tax rate is 33.13 mills.
"We're all still feeling the pinch," he said, "and we in government need to be cognizant of that and run lean and mean."
Mone said the future goals for Thomaston have to shift toward economic development.
Both candidates would like to see more businesses move to existing structures in town. Mone said the tax assessment abatements for new businesses will help give incentives to new businesses. The policy, he said, precedes his terms in office, but five businesses have since applied for abatements.
"That's the area that needs to be energized," he said. If reelected, he said step one is talking to business owners to see what they need. "It's not my ideas that really matter, it's theirs."
Mosimann said she would focus on a new marketing strategy for the town to bring in foot traffic and businesses.
"I see this town as a gem and I think we have an awful lot to offer," she said. "I truly believe that we can preserve the small town charm and leverage history that we have and use that to bring visitors and new businesses to town."
"Imagine if all historical aspects were being marketed collectively and working with state, I truly believe we have something to sell here."
Mone has plans set to develop the downtown business district. He said he has compiled information to apply for a grant that would expand municipal parking at Reeves Field. "That's obviously just the beginning," he said. If the business district had more parking, he thinks it would give more room for businesses to come in or expand.
Mosimann suggested meeting with town business owners and developing a collective marketing strategy to make Thomaston a destination town.
Mosimann said marketing goes hand in hand with her plan to better communications among committees, town employees and community members.
"I don't think we do a very good job of communicating with the public," she said.
Both candidates said they are concerned with the school system as well. Mosimann has three children, one in each school.
Both said if elected, they want to work closely with the Board of Education to assist in dealing with the declining enrollment rate and upkeep of the buildings.
"I was born and raised in Thomaston, I love it here," Mosimann said. "I think I could be that leader to bring the committees and community together."
Mone said his record shows achievements in the town and the future will continue.
"It's like the old saying goes, if it isn't broke, don't fix it."
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8:05 pm
February 7, 2012
The printer arrived Monday and I haven't tried to use it yet. I will say that it came in a sturdy box and it was very well protected by foam. Its "fit and finish" also looks excellent.
I'd like to get a small group together at my house soon to learn how to use it and to start writing a simple users manual for it. The instructions on their web site are good, but not great.
I've also read reviews that weren't very favorable, but I've also read some very positive ones. We'll find out for ourselves soon.
6:37 pm
December 8, 2012
What is the status of the order?
Several personal review links don't look promising.
Michael Slade
3:19 pm
February 7, 2012
This video shows a exoskeleton that was made for a little girl who does not have the strength to raise her arms. It was made with a professional 3D printer but it could probably be made with our hobbyist-class 3D printer.
We probably won't be making exoskeletons with it. But our maker space is going to have wide variety of tools along with many smart creative members with all kinds of knowledge and skills. And that combination could result in a some truly amazing inventions or ideas.
Just curious of the focus of the organization is going to be on 3D printing in the short term? While I know that the technology is cool, I also know that the reason that Sally got involved (and thus, my connection) was for woodworking, cabinetry, possibly doing some garden container building, and eventually (if things go her way), she wants to see a commercial kitchen (but probably not any time soon) that can be used for people to make things that they can sell (you typically can't sell something made in your home kitchen).
So I'm just curious if 3D printing is going to be the main draw in the short term.
11:17 am
February 7, 2012
John, it might be prudent to wait but I ordered one anyways. I trust your judgement and I think the risk in being an early purchaser is small because of its low price. Replacement parts are also very inexpensive compared to the Cube and its open construction and standard components should make it easy to fix if we need to.
I ordered the "Expert" model which comes with a heated platform and a full enclosure, along with a reel of black filament. I was going to buy more filament but I didn't know what colors to get. Unfortunately, the deliver time is 8 to 10 weeks (wait time for the 3D Cube is 6 weeks).
Can I get you or someone else to write a blog post about our new asset?
8:55 pm
I have spent a lot of time reviewing this but the $549 Solidoodle pro model is hard to beat for your 1st unit Rob. The material is also the low priced at 2lb for $43.
Take the time to read this link... http://reviews.cnet.com/3d-pri.....88066.html
But, no one has received their units yet so it may be prudent to wait until the buzz gets out on the internet when people actually get these in their hands.
When I have more time I am going to read your whole post John because I am really interested. I read Lifehacker.com everyday and a couple weeks ago they had a whole series of 3D modeling "classes". Link
John, out of those which do you think are the best? Does bigger size = better?
10:10 pm
February 7, 2012
We don't need a lot of people involved but I'd like to see a group recommendation. I may make some suggestions but I'm not going to second guess its decision unless I think it hasn't been well researched or thought out. The group is also going to need to figure out how to charge for the filament that's used.
I may not have made this clear at breakfast but I'd also like someone to take charge of training, reserving library meeting rooms or finding other spaces to use it in.
A 3D printer could be so popular that we might need more than one soon. So I'd like to suggest thinking a little about what we might want to build or buy after we get our first printer.
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February 7, 2012
I'll let you decide what to buy but I want to give my two cents about the $1300 3D Cube. I've been really intrigued by it but I haven't found any customer reviews of it yet. I've also been wondering if it has been designed so you have to buy filament from them. They've also got an "Activate" button on their web site and that makes me wonder if they've limited the use or installation of the software.
I also think it would be good if you pick something that is self-contained, rugged and easy to transport if we're going to be using it in libraries or other borrowed spaces for a while.
And I have concerns about the quality of the objects that some printers can produce. I've seen some hobbyist class printers make objects that could politely be described as blobs of plastic not worth making.
Finally, I saw a list somewhere with the price of raw material for many printers, including the professional quality ones, and some of them were incredibly expensive to operate. Material cost was sometimes over $10 per ounce.
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Makerbot, PrintrBot, Fab@Home and more -- where does one begin in the universe of personal 3D printer (P3DP) choices? Given the exponentially growing number of additive manufacturing (AM) systems targeted directly to consumers, you definitely have a few decisions to make.
Established systems and crowd-funded start-ups now number in the dozens, and are getting more exciting by the week. From total-do-it-yourself to assembled-but-needing-attention to almost-completely-out-of-the-box, the variety of choices dictates you do your homework. DE gives you questions to consider and resources to read or view for sorting out the best fit for your interests, skills and budget.
Getting Started
P3DPs are the man-in-the-street response to commercial AM systems whose prices have, until recently, started above $20,000 and often run to $100,000 and more. Emerging from both university-based and individual efforts, the P3DP movement began in 2004 with the open-source RepRap Project at the University of Bath, England.
Invented by engineer and mathematician Adrian Bowyer, RepRap stands for Replicating Rapid-prototyper, a Tinker Toy-looking structure that builds parts layer by layer by extruding melted plastic filament such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA). (This approach is often compared to Fused Deposition Modeling, or FDM, the approach Stratasys invented in 1989.) In addition to its simplicity, the radical aspect of a Rep Rap system is that its software, documentation and designs are distributed at no cost under the open-source GNU General Public License. Further, a driving philosophy and primary feature is that the system can build 50% of the parts needed to build another identical system -- thus, the term replicating.
Glacier Steel, a sturdy, steel-frame RepRap printer from The Future is 3D. Image courtesy The Future is 3D. |
The Cannonball Allstar from iPrint Technologies is a RepRap-based 3D printer, available assembled or in a kit. Image courtesy iPrint Technologies. |
Dozens of companies have since sprung up that sell RepRap part kits and fully assembled models. In addition, in 2006, a new evolutionary branch of the P3DP concept began with the introduction of the Fab@Home system. Developed by Hod Lipson and Evan Malone of the Cornell University Computational Synthesis Laboratory, the Fab@Home project replaces the filament and nozzle of RepRap with a syringe feeder for material placement. This latter design allows the use of any semi-solid material of a consistency that will feed through the syringe -- supporting 3D printing in silicone, cement, frosting, chocolate and more.
This fast-paced subculture has already created multiple printer generations, and inspired dozens of straight-talking blogs, forums and user groups. Some online communities focus on a single brand, while others discuss and compare systems, software, materials and the personal-printing universe in general. To ensure a good fit, minimize frustration and get totally psyched, you could, and should, spend hours learning from these experienced users.
What's Your Type?
Where do your interests lie?
- Does opening a box filled with nuts, bolts, rods, plates, motors and gears just make your day? Do you push the operational limits of every piece of hardware that comes your way? Is there anything in your shop that you haven't modified in some way to improve its performance? Then you're the classic kit customer, well suited to the assembly, calibration, repair and tweaking often required to get the most from your system. Kits start at $549 (PrintrBot).
- Are you a hands-on person with a streak of geekiness who doesn't mind fine-tuning a device to make it work its best? Do you want to spend more time designing and printing objects than dealing with the printer itself? Then you'll probably be happiest buying a fully assembled model from a company that provides strong online support. Just announced, the assembled RepRap-style Solidoodle starts at $499.
- Have you been waiting for a P3DP that eliminates the whole wires-and-struts look and might have more in common with your coffeemaker? Even you can join the P3DP revolution, though currently you'll pay more for the opportunity. Bridging the office-desktop and kitchen-counter, these more productized systems range from $1,299 to $19,900, but can create pieces with quality rivaling those from production AM equipment. (3D Systems has made quite a splash entering this market with its new Cubify Cube.)
You'll find many details to keep in mind as you compare systems, so don't choose by price alone. Basic differentiators are build envelope (the cubic dimensions of the largest part you can build), part smoothness (mostly affected by layer thickness and build speed, which can vary greatly), and available materials. Most systems are driven by computer (PC vs. Mac), but some read files directly from an SD card. Verify whether all electronics -- and possibly a heated build-platform -- are included.
The 3D Systems Cube 3D printer creates parts from a filament of ABS plastic, available in many colors. Image courtesy 3D Systems/Cubify. |
The ABS filament Up! V1.1s printer; the extruder moves in the x-axis only, while the build platform moves in the y and z directions. Image courtesy Delta Micro Factory. |
Think, too, about multiple-color (dual/triple head) printing, delivery cost, lead time and whether you care if your system can use any supplier's materials (you could be locked into those sold only by the system manufacturer).
Dozens of RepRap Choices
ABS plastic part created on a BotMill (RepRap style) system. Image courtesy BotMill. |
RepRap.org offers instructions for building its Prusa Mendel, MendelMax, Wallace, Original Mendel and RepRapPro Huxley models. A number of companies sell kits and/or assembled units based on these designs; representative models with build volumes and pricing are as follows (see company websites for additional models and specifications):
- BitsfromBytes (a 3D Systems company): RapMan 3.2 (270x205x210mm, kit $1,390); 3DTouch (275x275x210mm, assembled, single-head version $3,490).
- BotMill (a 3D Systems company): Axis (200x200x140mm, kit $1,065), Glider (same, assembled $1,395).
- Buildatron: Buildatron 2 (200x200x140mm, kit $1,599; assembled $2,500). You can send Buildatron pictures of problem builds, and the company will help diagnose what went wrong and how to fix it.
- Delta Micro Factory: UP! v1.1s (140x140x135mm, assembled $1,499); Up! Mini (enclosed structure, just going into production, 120x120x120mm, assembled $899). Extruder moves in x-axis only, while platform moves in y and z directions.
- The Future is 3-D Inc.: The company builds RepRaps for you, no money down. Mendel Basic comes in three sizes: smallest build 300x300x240mm, assembled $2,100; largest build 406x406x292mm, assembled, $2,300. Glacier Steel, with one-piece-metal construction, has a largest build of 406x406x445mm, assembled, $2,800.
- iPrint Technologies: Prusa Explorer (200x200x100mm, DIY kit, $595; semi-assembled, $795, assembled, $995); Cannonball Allstar (200x200x120mm, DIY kit, $1,195; assembled, $1,595).
- Leapfrog: Creatr (hobbyist, 300x250x260mm, assembled $1,635); Xeed (business, 370x340x290mm, assembled $6,438); robust laser-cut aluminum housing.
- Makerbot Industries: Thing-O-Matic (listed here for completeness, but no longer available); Replicator (225x145x150mm, assembled single head $1,749); Dualstrusion ($1,999).
- MakerGear: Mosaic, for people primarily interested in printing (127x127x127mm, kit $899; assembled $1,299); Prusa Mendel, for the true build/mod/maintain user (203x203x203mm, kit $825).
- Mauk Custom Creations: Cartesio M(edium) VO.5, a desktop computer numerical control (CNC) machine with a 3D print extruder (200x200x200mm, kit $2,256).
- PrintrBot: funded through Kickstarter.com, just started shipping kits in March (152x152x152mm, kit $549).
- Robot Factory: 3D ONE (245x245x245mm, assembled $3,926).
- Solidoodle: Solidoodle 3D printer (152x152x152mm; assembled $499 Base Model; Pro Model with heated platform, $549).
- SUMPOD: SUMPOD BIG (300x250x150mm, kit $718); SD card-reader included.
- Ultimaking: Ultimaker, described as having very simple electronics (210x210x220mm, kit $1,562).
An example of a classic, open-source RepRap Mendel 3D printer. Image courtesy RepRap. |
Choc Edge 3D edible chocolate printer (Fab@Home style) system, showing extruder syringe dispensing melted chocolate. Image courtesy Choc Edge. |
The World of Fab@Home
The Fab@Home project includes hundreds of engineers, inventors, artists, students and hobbyists across six continents -- all with broad production goals ranging from food to toys to replacement parts to buildings. Its roots were in the design of a robot that could "evolve" by reprogramming itself and producing its own hardware; the project quickly became much broader. One of its key elements is the openness to use multiple materials, such as edible ingredients or a two-part epoxy.
Compared to RepRap designs, Fab@Home systems are still much more DIY projects, with numerous parts suppliers listed on the project's website. The original Fab@Home Model 1 has a build volume of 203x203x203mm; Model 2 has the same build volume, but has been redesigned to perform better and be easier to assemble, particularly with respect to the electronics.
- Essential Dynamics: Imagine 3D Printer (203x203x203mm, assembled $2,995).
- The Next Fab Store: Fab@Home v1 (203x203x203mm, kit $1,950; assembled, single syringe $3,300); v2 (203x203x203mm, kit, single syringe $2,125; double syringe $2,500)
More Recent P3DP Activity
There seems to have been an explosion this past year in the P3DP development field. 3D Systems' new Cubify Cube certainly elevates the legitimacy of this market. The sleek, fully assembled ABS-filament-fed unit features a build volume of 140x140x140mm and was specifically designed for home use. It employs USB and Wi-Fi connectivity and costs $1,299.
Websites and Blogs to Follow in the Personal 3D Printer World Most personal printers have a corresponding forum or blog, such as forums.reprap.org, bitsfrombytes.com/forum, forum.ultimaker.com, makerbot.com/community and pp3dp.com/forum/ (for the Up!). It's definitely worth your time to read these to learn what real users think. General online communities include the 3D Printer Forum (around for about 18 months), CubifyFans.blogspot.com, FabAtHome.org/?q=forum, and 3D Printer Users (which relates an excellent step-by-step experience of building a RapMan 3.2). Here are a number of additional sites that are all worth an extended read, plus an e-report:
Many more systems are in the works, including those launching via the new wave of crowd-funding online communities such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Makible. An extremely hot topic is the development of a personal, high-resolution ultraviolet (UV)-cure-resin printer; several are for sale, while some are just at the prototype stage:
- Veloso: high-resolution 3D printer based on TI's digital light processing (DLP) projector and liquid photopolymers; Indiegogo crowd-funded (150x112x200mm, Basic Kit I without projector, motors or linear guides, $599; Basic Kit II without projector, $1,999; Full Kit $3,999).
- MiiCraft: DLP pico-projector-based system with open-source software (43x27x180mm, kit with projector approximately $2,000).
- LemonCurry: UV photopolymer DLP 3D printer; Google open-source project.
- ScribbleJ on Thingiverse: DLP-based resin printer (prototype, used parts purchased for less than $200).
- Vienna University of Technology: LED-cured resin ("milk-carton sized," possibly $1,570).
Building on the RepRap design:
- Makibox: Makible crowd-funded (kit listed at $350).
- Maxifab: 3D Printing Framework (203x203x203mm, looking for funding on Kickstarter).
- SUMPOD: Aluminum Small (120x120x100mm, assembled $653, Indiegogo pricing).
New in the Fab@Home world is the Choc Creator chocolate extrusion-printing machine from Choc Edge (175x175x70mm, assembled $3,256). In addition, a P3DP based on sintering powders is under development: Check out BluePrinter ApS' selective heat sintering (SHS) thermal print-head printer for plastics (160x200x140mm, assembled $13,079).
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text: Vilnius Cathedral was first built as a Christian church on the site of a pagan temple in 1251, although the current church dates mainly from the 18th century. It was closed by the Soviets in 1950 and intended to be used as a garage for truck repairs, but in 1956 it opened as a picture gallery. It was returned to the Catholic Church in 1989 and reconsecrated a year before Lithuanian independence.


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The Chicago business is still a healthy one: like The Beach Boys, they tour every year to large crowds. But also like The Beach Boys, reuniting with their ex-frontman would be a huge event that would get the band more media attention than they've had in years, and would probably be a big enough deal to lead to a tour headlining the venues where they usually split the bill.
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Boxing Correspondent's Review of 2009
When 2009 began, no one could have forecast the momentous events of the year – Amir Khan's first world title belt at light-welterweight (140lbs), David Haye claiming a portion of the world heavyweight title by defeating 7ft Russian Nikolai Valuev, and Carl Froch making two dramatic, yet starkly contrasting, defences of the WBC supermiddleweight crown.
The greatest fall from grace in 2009 was Ricky Hatton's brutal knockout on May 2 in Las Vegas, at the hands of stone of the Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao. I had the privilege to spend three separate periods around Pacquiao in 2009, and each time, he looked more like the fighting machine trainer Freddie Roach had predicted he would become. The first visit to the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood where Pacquiao trains, for four days in April, convinced me that Hatton was facing someone exceptional, yet more brutal than Floyd Mayweather, the only fighter to have beaten the Mancunian.
Hatton refuses to acknowledge that his time at the very highest level was up, and few around him will tell him so in clear terms. Instead, Team Hatton paid Floyd Mayweather Snr 1 million US dollars to train him. But they left it to Pacquiao to deliver the message – leaving Hatton like a slab on the canvas in Las Vegas.
In the summer, just after boxing lost out with the demise and collapse of Setanta Sports, which had become a home for prize fighting, Khan captured his world title.
Khan defended the title in 76 seconds in December, but he will have far tougher nights ahead.
One moment I will never forget, is sitting three feet from Wladimir Klitschko, interviewing him at his training camp in Austria, the moment his manager Bernd Bonte interrupted to inform him that David Haye had withdrawn from their fight, through injury. It was 11 days before the contest. There was a depth and thickness to the heavy silence and expression on Klitschko's face which were unforgettable. They will meet at another time, in another place.
Boxing lost a few of its protagonists in 2009, but not passing gently into their eternal moment. The deaths of boxers Darren Sutherland, found hanged in his flat in Bromley, London, Arturo Gatti, found dead in a hotel room in Brazil, Vernon Forrest, shot dead at gunpoint during a gas station robbery, and Alex Arguello, found shot dead in Managua, were reminders of the ephemeral nature of life, and arguably, boxing itself. Once they were kings. In the case of Sutherland, I'm sure he would have been. The boxing world mourned.
Later in the year, there was an ease to Floyd Mayweather's return after 21 months retired to defeat (a much lighter) Juan Manuel Marquez, which some mistakenly held as genius. What was mesmeric, however, was the manner in which Manny Pacquiao dismantled Miguel Cotto to capture a record-breaking seventh title in seven weight divisions. The Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown, in 2010, if it happens, will generate more money than any other contest in history – most likely more than $200 million. It will be THE boxing event of 2010.
There are more British fighters on the world title horizon for 2010. Matthew Macklin, the Irish Brummie who left his Law degree for a career as a pugilist could well fight for the world middleweight title. Kevin Mitchell defeated Khan nemesis Breidis Prescott in a thrilling 12-rounder in December to show he could be a world-class lightweight, and I would venture to suggest watching out for British fighters Rendall Munroe, Kell Brook and Nathan Cleverly. In the US, supermiddleweight Andre Ward looks a very promising newcomer.
Best moment in 2009: Being proved wrong by David Haye when he stuck rigidly to his game plan in Nuremberg and made 'Russian Giant' Nikolai Valuev look like a puppet on a string to become WBA heavyweight champion.
Worst moment in 2009: Darren Sutherland, the Ireland Olympic gold medallist, with a bright future ahead of him, found hanged in his south London flat by promoter Frank Maloney.
Looking forward to in 2010:
Any Haye fight; the pomp and ceremony and hype and bluster of Pacquiao v Mayweather. The super-fight to define a generation.
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Kat Von D Shows Off Engagement Ring
Kat, 28, reportedly had the ring specially made by jeweler-to-the-stars, Neil Lane. The ring is described at a four-carat-plus platinum and diamond ring from Neil's archival collection.
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Hors d'oeuvres for 4 people, ages 12 and older
- 8 slices white sandwich bread (which should be soft and buttery, not dry)
- 8 tablespoons foie gras mousse, at room temperature
- Coarse sea salt
- 4 tablespoons berry jam (preferably tart berries, like cranberries, blackberries and currants)
1. Lay the slices of bread on a breadboard. Spread the foie gras mousse on four of the slices. Sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Spread the jam on the other 4 slices of bread. Join the jam slices with the foie gras slices to make 4 sandwiches.
2. Using a bread knife, cut off the crusts with gentle sawing motions, then cut the sandwiches diagonally into quarters, so you end up with triangles. Stack on a serving platter and march them out to the party.
Reprinted with permission from Six Foodie Memoirs by Amanda Hesser. May 2003 W.W. Norton & Co.
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- Calories332
- Carbohydrates44 g (15%)
- Fat13 g (21%)
- Protein9 g (18%)
- Saturated Fat4 g (21%)
- Sodium489 mg (20%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber3 g (11%)
- Monounsaturated Fat7 g
- Cholesterol39 mg (13%)
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Seattle's Chamber Dance Company delivers fun and finesse
Seattle's Chamber Dance Company mixes dance magic with stage illusion in a knockout lineup of works by Oskar Schlemmer, Tandy Beal, Lar Lubovitch, Llory Wilson and Alwin Nikolais.
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The Chamber Dance Company
Works by Oskar Schlemmer, Tandy Beal, Lar Lubovitch, Llory Wilson and Alwin Nikolais, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Meany Hall, University of Washington, Seattle; $10-$18 (206-543-4880 or www.meany.org).All kinds of stage-magic and movement-magic are at play in this year's program by the Chamber Dance Company.
As it does every fall, CDC has delved into the dance archives and painstakingly reconstructed classics in danger of being lost. The troupe takes meticulous care with costumes, lighting and, of course, choreography. The rigor of its art, under the direction of Hannah C. Wiley, translates into pure, buoyant delight for audiences.
This is a show that will enchant kids and adults alike.
Wiley's focus this time is the influence of German choreographer Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943) on Americans Tandy Beal, Lar Lubovitch, Llory Wilson and Alwin Nikolais.
Schlemmer's "Bauhaus Dances," dating from 1927-1929, are four brief pieces of exquisite geometric precision, successively creating ever more complex illusions. By the third piece, "Hoop Dance," Schlemmer is serving up an op-art adventure, as his dancer (Christy McNeil) handles five concentric rings to suggest everything from a peacock fanning its tail to a flamenco dancer snapping a castanet.
"Pole Dance" goes even further, transforming a scarcely visible dancer (General McArthur Hambrick — yes, that's really his name) into a 10-foot tall stick creature, sliding from one inventive angular pose into another. The percussion accompaniment to the pieces (played by Paul Moore) is as spare as can be, yet the overall effect is richly witty and fantastical.
Beal's "Heisenberg's Principle" (1982) offers another kind of fun, as Hambrick "partners" with a slow-moving, high-rising weather balloon. Sometimes he carries it, Atlas-like, on his shoulders; sometimes he lets it alight like some bright, spherical bird on the back of his hand. The unpredictability of the balloon's "performance" is part of the tease — but Hambrick knows what he's up to, right down to the gracious curtain-call he takes with his dance partner.
Wilson, formerly of Seattle, plays with a prop of another kind — a couch — in "Davenport Memoirs" (1991). The piece winds up being a total romp.
Two lovers/antagonists (Bliss Kohlmyer and Chengxin Wei on Thursday night) engage in slow-motion leanings, dips and weight-shifts that soon progress to more strenuous perches, catches and vertical lifts. As the music switches from the slow movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" to something friskier by Gottschalk, things get increasingly out of hand. The couch does its part, too, providing a reckless wild-card factor as the dancers rebound from its wobble-inducing cushions.
The highlight of the show, however, is "Pond" by Nikolais (1910-1993). CDC is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Nikolais' birth with its restaging of this 1982 dance.
A "Nikolais dance" doesn't just mean Nikolais choreography, but a Nikolais score, costume design and lighting design. The result is close to sorcery, as ten crouched dancers glide in unexpected ways, thanks to some stage props that Nikolais' lighting disguises. Their limbs extend in sometimes languid, sometimes sharp elegance, creating stage-wide ripples and crests of movement. Nikolais' parti-colored costumes play off the lights to accent the kaleidoscopic nature of the moves. "Pond" is about pattern — and about dancers as magical morphing sculptures. It was impeccably done.
Lubovitch's "North Star" was almost as pleasurable. It opened with eight dancers dressed in black, moving as a single, fleet-footed creature. One passage for a quartet of dancers — Alethea Sadie Alexander, Jim Kent, Fausto Rivera and Wei — was a special treat: a nonstop carnival ride of changing symmetries and airy kicks.
If you haven't discovered CDC, this is a first-rate introduction.
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Karnataka's stately march in the K.S. Subbaiah Pillai Trophy South Zone limited-overs tournament continued unabated as its openers Robin Uthappa and K.L. Rahul posted emphatic centuries to pave the way for another resounding victory — the team's fourth on the trot — at Hyderabad's expense.
In the other set of games, Kerala stunned Tamil Nadu by five wickets at Margao and Andhra registered a facile 170-run victory over Goa at Vasco.
The win has nudged Karnataka to 16 points atop the table but with Andhra (13) and Kerala (13) trailing closely behind, the crucial top-two slots will be decided only after Wednesday's matches.
After posting 305 for nine, Karnataka bowled out Hyderabad for 258 in 46.4 overs at the picturesque GCA Academy Ground here on Monday. The chase entirely hinged on Hanuma Vihari (84) and skipper B. Sandeep (72) and when the two added 140 runs for the third-wicket, Hyderabad was in with a chance.
However the Batting Power Play undid their efforts as the two departed while S.L. Akshay, playing instead of an injured Abhimanyu Mithun, excelled with the ball (four for 50) and Manish Pandey the fielder (three catches) reigned supreme.
Big stand
Earlier, Uthappa (103, 108b, 10x4) and Rahul (110, 107b, 9x4) shared a 206-run partnership spread over 203 deliveries that should have ideally propelled Stuart Binny's men to an even bigger score but the rest, with the exception of Pandey (42), caved in.
The openers handled the seamers M.P. Arjun, C.V. Milind and Ashish Reddy with ease as Uthappa on-drove and Rahul unerringly pulled to unsettle the opposition.
Lone ripple
The lone ripple that enthused Hyderabad was when Milind pinged Uthappa's helmet but normal service resumed as the bowler was cover-driven by the aggrieved batsman.
At the other end, Rahul mixed neat shots with impetuous ones like the reverse sweep of Amol Shinde and it was just a matter of time before the opener and his senior partner etched their respective tons. Both fell in trying to force the pace but by then they had ensured that Hyderabad would play second-fiddle.
In the Tamil Nadu-Kerala match, skipper Dinesh Karthik (73) again did the hard yards for Tamil Nadu but Sanju Viswanath's unbeaten 85 sealed the match in Kerala's favour.
For Andhra, K.S. Bharat (125) set a dominant note and Goa capitulated.
Tuesday is a rest day.
The scores:
At Porvorim: Karnataka 305 for nine in 50 overs (K.L. Rahul 110, Robin Uthappa 103, Manish Pandey 42, Ashish Reddy three for 88) bt Hyderabad 258 in 46.4 overs (Hanuma Vihari 84, B. Sandeep 72, S.L. Akshay four for 50, Stuart Binny four for 56). Karnataka 4 pts, Hyderabad 0.
At Vasco: Andhra 261 for six in 50 overs (K.S. Bharat 125, B. Sumanth 45, D.B. Prashant Kumar 37) bt Goa 91 in 25.4 overs (B. Sudhakar three for 10, K.S. Shahabuddin three for 16). Andhra 5, Goa minus 1.
At Margao: Tamil Nadu 257 for seven in 47 overs (Dinesh Karthik 73, Yo Mahesh 40 n.o., Vijay Shankar 29, S. Badrinath 28) lost to Kerala 258 for five in 46.3 overs (Sanju Viswanath 85 n.o., Sachin Baby 61, V.A. Jagadeesh 35, K.J. Rakesh 32, Rahil Shah four for 52). Kerala 4, Tamil Nadu 0.
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