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This is a guest post by Peter Bell, the executive vice president for programs and services at Autism Speaks. He oversees the foundation's government relations and family services activities and also serves as an advisor to the science division.
I couldn't be happier to share once again the news that we all had been waiting for…the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act is on its way to President Obama. Late Monday night, the U.S. Senate passed HR2005, the same bill that passed the House of Representatives last week.
For those who followed the chain of events during the past week, the band of four Senators who had placed a "hold" on the bill agreed to allow CARA to pass the Senate under the Unanimous Consent procedure. Their only condition was a request to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake an investigation on the federal funding of autism research, a request Autism Speaks has long supported to ensure our scarce federal research funds are spent wisely.
So now we have a law…well technically it becomes a law once President Obama signs it later this week! $693 million in authorizations for autism research for the next three years.
Our success in the Senate this week and the House of Representatives last week was the result of a rare show of bipartisan leadership in today's Congress. In the Senate, we thank our two original sponsors, Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mike Enzi (R-WY), along with the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee chairman, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also earn our thanks by enabling our bill to move through a crowded agenda and on to the Senate floor for a final vote. In the House of Representatives, a team effort between Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the prime sponsor of HR.2005, and Mike Doyle (D-PA) was assisted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) who expedited consideration of the bill.
But this team effort extended well beyond the Beltway. The tens of thousands of Autism Speaks grassroots supporters and advocates across the United States who we called upon time and time again to make their voices heard played a central role in this success. A special thanks goes out to the entire Autism Speaks Field team for its incredible responsiveness and for rallying the troops from Maine to Florida, Texas to Minnesota and from Washington to the Tijuana border. Our grassroots efforts have never been better! And our thanks must also go to our partner organizations in this effort, the Autism Society of America, the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Easter Seals, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities.
The final enactment of CARA will be of enormous benefit to the autism research community that is making advancements on an almost daily basis. Because of CARA, the research enterprise will be able to continue to grow, without interruption, to find the answers our community so desperately needs and deserves.
On behalf of the 3 million Americans who wake up every day with the challenges of autism, the professionals who work daily to care for them, the scientists who are dedicating their careers to finding the answers and all of those who are committing their lives to improve the futures for those living with autism, thank you! Today is a better day because of what WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER.
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Bravo!!!!! Thank you Autism Speaks!
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Citizens can and do make a difference! Thanks to those in DC who chose to listen and do the right thing!!
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Fantastic! Thank you to all involved for your hard work and dedication.
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This is great news for autism and one step forward in the law. Lets make every dollar given spent wisely towards the cause.
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It's good to hear some bipartisan support for a change on CARA. However, what I would like to see the public and private sector to work together to provide job opportunities for adults who have autism, like myself. Like I explained in a few posts ago, the employment rate for those who have autism is very sobering.
Finally, are you folks at Autism Speaks going to hold a weekly summit on Autism come let's say the first week in April of 2012, considering the fact that Bob Wright's former company, NBC, is currently holding a summit called Education Nation.


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When you piss on someone.
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The first round of me trying resulting in realizing with equal plates to the 99/00, it would never compete with it. I advised SMAC to raise plate 2mm ( which wasn't enough but closer) and sold car as I did not want to compete with a car that I played a major part in adding plate too and still was not competitive with top 99/00 cars.
FF to last year, I tried another.. It was a very good car, but sold it before I ever raced it. I think it was one of the best 01+ cars, still not as good as our good 99's
I have one under construction now, I think it will be a very good car, I may race at Mid Ohio in NASA champs, but at the end of the day, i feel pretty confident i will be racing a 99 again at Road America in Sept.
On paper, the 01+ looks like a clear winner.. reality, not so much. The 01+ plus car is far better than the 99/00 from 0-5000 rpm, from 5,000-6000 they are similar, from 6000 on, the 99/00 destroys the 01+. The VVT is tuned for street driving and car does feel great on the street. There are several illegal ways to try and copy the 99 cam timing, none remotely legal and all easily detectable. Even if you get the 01 cam timing where you want it ( I have done this with an adjustable intake gear we had made) it is still not as good as a 99. If you adjust the cam timing illegally and put a 99 intake manifold on the car ( also illegal) you have a car that is as good or better than a good 99. I found 4-6 HP by changing intake alone..
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Did you notice a handling difference with your 01+ builds do to chassis redesign or is it a moot point with a good cage?
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The key has a chip in it, you have to change with computer and immobilizer.
Can you expand on this? Ignition Key? or fob? Immobilizer? I have a 01 parts car...If certain parts need to be kept together...what are they?
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Keep the key, ignition, computer and immbolizer ( small box under steering column about the size of a pack of cigarettes) it mounts on lower column cover
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The local weather conditions and temperatures are such that Fish & Game is stocking both catfish and trout at many of the local urban lakes. This influx of fish is stirring up all kinds of fishing activity. For most of us brownliners that's about as close to winning the lottery as it gets.
A quick stop at or even a drive-by past many of the local waters will easily confirm this and will attest to the fact that while we may not be a lot of things, we urban anglers are apparently quite literate, at least as far as fishing news is concerned and we apparently follow the stocking schedules the way blue-haired heiresses consult astrological charts — that is, frequently and faithfully.
This past week, for example, Sean and I managed to connect for about an hour and a half between appointments to squeeze in some fly-fishin'. We expected to find a couple of guys soaking bait but instead the lake we choose to hit was packed with a horde of fellow anglers catching everything from Bass to Trout to Catfish to Crappie on just about every kind of rig imaginable.
It was, as is often said in fishing circles, "wide open" and the local angling community responded accordingly and enthusiastically.
We found some decent and promising looking shoreline and I began tossing Sean's variation of a bead head wooly bugger that I call "Fenner's Phat Fly". It's olive green and black, has a little bit of flash in it (appropriately "ghetto" enough for the urban fly fishing environment) and it has been catching me a whole boatload of fish for the last three weeks. Sure, it is getting a little ratty looking and I've had to re-bend and re-sharpen the hook after snagging it in a bush and what not but, I gotta say, I'm lovin' this fly.
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Perhaps because of the frequency and relative ease of actually catching fish or maybe due to the density of fisherfolk or possibly even because of the crisp freshness of the air but whatever the reason, there seemed to be an overall congeniality at this lake that went beyond the norm. Don't get me wrong, SoCal anglers are almost always cordial even if we don't speak the same native tongue, which is highly likely since, according to linguistics experts, there are something like 224 different languages spoken in SoCal, not counting variations in dialect. This just seemed to go beyond mere courtesy and I ended up in several conversations including one that led to an invite down to the casting pond at Recreation Park in Long Beach from a member of the Long Beach Casting Club.
The LB Casting Club has night sessions and informal casting clinics every Tuesday and Thursday in addition to a whole bunch of other activities throughout the year ranging from rod-building clinics to multi-day excursions. I'll have to check my calendar and go check it out. We will be sure to post the outcome when we do.
Anyway, as I made my way around the lake, I got pointers on the best fly lines, the best flies, the best fly rods to use on urban lakes and so on and so on which was rather amusing since Sean and I were the only ones actually fly fishing. Still it was all good-natured and sincere and considering that I was consistently bringing in a few decent fish under an amazing sunset, it was a pretty good day.
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I just love AMD. They never get things right for Linux. I just love them.
FromAlthough AMD works with Microsoft to provide OpenCL support in Windows 8, Neal Robinson, senior director of Consumer Developer Support at AMD told The INQUIRER that the firm has "more work to do in the Linux environment".
Robinson said, "The Linux environment is much more complex because you've got so many different distributions, so trying to get a single development environment is a bit more challenging than on [Microsoft] Windows where you have a little bit more uniformity. We are currently talking to some of our Linux partners to make sure that OpenCL performance especially with our drivers is fully enabled on those platforms. Then they will be able to take advantage of all of this open source work, whether it is Windows or Linux."
I just love AMD. They never get things right for Linux. I just love them.
Hm, witha monthly release, at least we knew for every X release, AMD would let distros use a beta driver. This was being followed up by a proper release the next month. I wonder how this is going to work now.
By the way, isn't that mean beta builds with new kernel and xserver support will be available earlier for testing?
Isn't that people asking for? Then why same people complain right now?
Last edited by RussianNeuroMancer; 05-31-2012 at 04:57 PM.
Yawn.. another thread with more people whining and crying about dropping support for old hardware that didn't learn from the last time AMD did it.
As for the move away from monthly releases, I like it as long as the quality of driver releases goes up and new hardware is still supported quickly.
They're not supposed to work with your 4850. RTFA. Also, given that the file is in zip format, it's probably a Windows driver.Well, they do not work with my HD4850. Buying nvidia next time.
I switched to Linux ~8 months ago now. Love Linux, hate my AMD+ATi (Radeon HD 4870) setup. Everything runs great on Windows, but on Linux Catalyst is complete crap and xf86 is much worse (but I support it's development). My OpenGL program runs tree times slower on my Linux boot that it does on Windows. I tried the OpenGL test on a dual-booted nVidia rig with OLDER hardware than my ATi setup, and it runs faster on Linux than it does on Windows (In both OpenGL and DirectX)... seems nVidia can make their drivers work just fine on Linux and *older* hardware. In fact, the older nVidia card out-performs my much faster ATi card on Linux.
I'm all for phasing out old hardware, but my ATi card is not that old, and there are some seriously outstanding issues on Linux. I might upgrade the card, but now I don't feel like giving ATi my money.
One thing's for sure, I'll never buy AMD again, not if they're going to make crap for Linux, and then drop support all together after only ~3 years.
I think the disappointment is mostly due to deprecating r600 and r700 GPUs.
Other than that, I welcome a change of the release cycle.
But we have yet to see what that actually means.
p.s. The new support page http://www.amdsurveys.com/se.ashx?s=5A1E27D20B2F3EBB
does not even feature the option to specify GPUs prior to 5000 HD. This should be a clear hint that
we won't see any new Catalyst for r600/r700 (this includes a potential legacy driver with bug fixes).
These chipsets are dropped by now.
maybe Michael should stop posting huge articles based on some hearsay from other OS websites.
People are speculating that there might be some changes for WINDOWS drivers.
And he makes some big headline for linux users.... if that is not questionable I don't know what else is.


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I would LOVE Razz & Broom to add to my collection.
Well now that the Filmation characters are available I think it's time for the good ol witch to get her own thread!
Can't wait to get her! Maybe she can come with the 3 main twiggets as accessories? and broom of course. She will need a new sculpt so I hope they don't delay her too much.
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Top wants: 3 main Twiggets, Red Knight, Granita, Hunga the Harpy, Dylamug, Vultak, Enchantress, Kothos, General Tataran, Evil Seed (Filmation), Masque, Sybiline (pack-in Gorgon), Melaktha, Despara, toy Catra, Master Sebrian, Andros, Sorceress NA comic, Kex Queen, Lodar, Green trap Jaw, Pink tri-Klops, pale monkey feet Stratos, Orange Ram man, Pale Man e Faces
I would LOVE Razz & Broom to add to my collection.
Please i want her!!!!!!!
I'd love Madame Razz and Broom! Bring'em on!
I'd love to see her as soon as possible.
One request: the pinwheel on her hat must spin!
More Vintage NA for MOTUC in 2016!!
MOTUC wants: KAYO, Perfuma, Darius, Drissi, Sebrian, Crita, Hoove, Staghorn, Crystoll, Quakke, Nocturna, B.H., Lizzor, Lord Masque, Chef Allen, Clawdeen, Granita, Hunga, Kothos, Admiral Scurvy, Red Knight, Vultak, King Ahgo, the Twiggets, Meteorbs
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Now that Sorceress and Shadow Weaver have been confirmed, Madame Razz is my next most wanted Filmation female figure.
Broom should come with a flight stand so they can be placed in a flying pose.
Madam Razz is up there on my most wanted Filmation characters list.
Oh yeah, definitely!
Top wants: 3 main Twiggets, Red Knight, Granita, Hunga the Harpy, Dylamug, Vultak, Enchantress, Kothos, General Tataran, Evil Seed (Filmation), Masque, Sybiline (pack-in Gorgon), Melaktha, Despara, toy Catra, Master Sebrian, Andros, Sorceress NA comic, Kex Queen, Lodar, Green trap Jaw, Pink tri-Klops, pale monkey feet Stratos, Orange Ram man, Pale Man e Faces
There were only two Filmation characters that mattered most for me.... one was revealed today (Shadow Weaver) and number two is Madame Razz (okay, three if you count Broom lol). Now as cool as a lot of the one-shot characters are that people keep mentioning, to me Razz is a must as she was a regularly featured and main character.
I would buy a three pack with them two and Kowl in an instant!
Madam and Broom are absolute must-haves!
Not to sound like a creepy cheerleader for Uki, but it's nice to know there is at least one person on this forum who is extremely positive & friendly all the time. I don't think I could be that nice even if you paid me. If we ever give out awards for "forum member of the month", Uki gets my vote. -Mr. Shokoti
Yes please!
The rebellion couldn't be complete without her!
my feedback thread:
Madam Razz and Broom are very important POP characters, and so is Kowl. They should be released as soon as possible !
absolutely needed, her and seahawk need figures as soon as possible, fill out the ranks of the great rebellion.
I"m so very on board here.
I still cant believe FILMATION IS REALIZED! it really feels like a dream come true.
Oh sure, I was certain that they'd eventually spring it to reinvigorate the line, like say in 2014 or something but WOW!
I hope this doesnt show they need that reinvigoration NOW!
I can wait for her, but I am glad to have her. HOpe broom is a cool accessory, and no, I dont need much in the way of articulation for him. Bendy arms would probably bee fine, but I'll take arm articulation. Flying broom arms straight out capabilities, just standing around arms relaxed capabilities.
As for Razz, I trust the boys to do it right.
Like Shadow Weaver I think Razz is long over due to be made as a figure. I would love to see her and Broom in this awesome line up of action figures!
Wow, I must really be tired. At first glance I read this as "I´m so very bored here", which made me wonder how that was possible with after the big reveals today. That´s probably a sign that I should go to sleep instead of trying to keep reading all these ongoing threads.
I was thinking what if she would be a con exclusive with her broom and Kowl being all three would be a lot of new tooling. One way we get Razz packed out the other way we get Kowl.
Now that Sorceress and Shadow Weaver have been announced, Madame Razz is my #1 wanted figure! PLEASE make it happen sooner rather than later Matty!
What if they do a sexy Madame Razz with the new female buck. Would you guys go for that?
Planet Claire has pink air
All the trees are red
No one ever dies there
No one has a headThe B-52's
seeing as she is smaller and a different bulid from the other characters, I'd love to see her in a special pack, ala the star sisters, with possibly twiggets, lookee and kowl.
call it "etherian creatures" or "friends of the great rebellion" ??


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Still getting cursor corruption on dual monitor
Still getting cursor corruption on dual monitor
Still can't resume from sleep on my E-350 laptop. This is ridiculous there is not a fglrx release that has managed to resume correctly since the original 11.4. I thought fglrx was supposed to support workstations? Well, this is a workstation so where is the support?
Moreover, how come the open-source drivers can resume from sleep, are more stable and have faster 2d to boot? Add power management and there would be little reason to use fglrx anymore.
A very frustrated workstation customer.
I didn't think we had a workstation (eg FirePro) product based on E-350 or any of the Fusion parts yet. Doesn't mean we don't want fglrx to work on your laptop, but it's when we say "workstation" we're talking about FirePro etc...
I'm actually a bit surprised that suspend/resume is working with the open drivers. The feedback I had heard was more the other way round, that we had a known issue with the open drivers but that fglrx worked. Will ask around.
I haven't had a chance to search through the unofficial bug tracker but if there isn't a similar ticket on there already it would be great if you could add one with system details. Suspend/resume is relatively more system specific than most functionality so a problem on your system may not mean the functionality is generally broken.
One advantage that the open source drivers have had is that relatively more of the development has been done on real production systems (after launch) whereas most of the Catalyst work has to be completed well before production hardware is available. This advantage may go away a bit as we try to do the open source development work earlier and provide support closer to launch -- we'll need to figure out the best balance.
Last edited by bridgman; 08-19-2011 at 07:53 AM.
I guess HP "business" notebooks don't qualify then, even though they list linux support.
(Edit: just visited the page above and, to my surprise, they've removed "SUSE Enterprise Linux 11" reference from the 3105m notebook - the one with the E-350. Not all that surprising, given my recent experience, but unfortunate nonetheless. That's one of the reasons I originally bought this).
Please do. I haven't tested open-source suspend on Ubuntu 11.04 (uses 2.6.38 kernel so E-350 doesn't really work correctly - needs 2.6.39, IIRC) but suspend works perfectly on 11.10 (3.0.0-8 kernel, works even after multiple suspend/resume cycles). Fglrx has never worked on either (there's a ~50% chance of a hardlock during suspend and another 50% during resume).I'm actually a bit surprised that suspend/resume is working with the open drivers. The feedback I had heard was more the other way round, that we had a known issue with the open drivers but that fglrx worked. Will ask around.
I'll search the bug tracker.
Edit 2: it's been reported as http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=153
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I'm surprised suspend/resume didn't work if you bought the laptop preloaded with Linux. Normally preloads get system-specific qual and then either drivers or OS image will be tweaked to make everything work together.
If you buy the same laptop with Windows and then install a generic distro image you don't get the same benefit -- you'll probably get the driver tweaks but not the OS image tweaks.
FWIW, when I'm talking about market segments I usually use :
- consumer client (desktop/laptop/all in one)
- enterprise client (your business laptop fits here)
- workstation
- server
- embedded
- mobile (essentially tablet)
Thanks !
Last edited by bridgman; 08-19-2011 at 01:56 PM.
So close, yet no cigar. 11.8 still suffers from the same "100% CPU hogging per OpenCL app" bug introduced with 11.7, but the corner mouse wedge was definitely gone. Didn't see any other issues during the time I was testing.
Unfortunately the busywait on a cpu core per OpenCL app is more of a showstopper for me and I had to revert to 11.6. I think that got fixed on Windows with 11.8, but I could be wrong. I have high hopes for 11.9, unless of course AMD decides to pack in a whole bunch of new weird regressions.
Performance is getting there. 5830 crossfire frame rates felt pretty close to an 8800GT and way faster than a 9500GT in the windows titles I briefly played with on a 3.6ghz i7, so we're talking about 1/4 of NV performance with wine 1.3 today. I'll definitely give ATI another shot in another 5 years.
Resizing of windows got extremely sluggish again with Ubuntu 11.04. Has somebody experienced similar issues?
On my 5770 still the same extreme lag when scrolling chromium, and firefox maximized on my 1080p display in ubuntu 11.04. This is with tear free enabled, which really needs some performance improvements, at the very least when it comes to 2D rendering, which for non gamers is 99% of what they are using, and even gamers are probably using 2d rendering most of the time they are on there computer anyway.
Anyone using chromium I found a workaround for the terrible scrolling lag I just described, type in about:flags into the address bar, and enable the the option: "GPU compositing on all pages". This works very well other than some very occasional very minor rendering mistakes that comes with it being an experimental feature of the browser (I'm using the dev build of chromium and it has the option, not sure how long its been there and what releases its in).
Personally I went back to the free drivers using oibaf's ppa, which work perfectly for 95% of the tasks I ever do on this box......the experience is seriously so much less of a headeache than dealing with catalysts constantly changing issues. If dynamic power clocking worked right, there would really be no reason to ever go back to catalyst
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Although Solar Cooking Netherlands (SCN) started in Eritrea in 2004, since 2007 SCN is also active in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Somalia/Puntland and contributes with the projects to 5 of the 8 United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
[show]The introduction of the CooKit has been the start of the SCN projects. The weather conditions seemed to be changing and gradually it became clear the CooKit has to be combined with other wood saving technologies, such as hay basket, heat-saving ovens, the more expensive solar box and the parabolic cooker for collective use. Together with water pasteurization we call this: Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking (ISSC) [aka Integrated Cooking Method]. Solar Cooking NL is involved as well in the development of a high temperature cooker to bake injera (type of pancake).
In addition to the CooKit we also provide information about the use of a hay basket in which the cooking process can be finished. Although wood-saving stoves are not really part of solar cooking, we do provide information about them where relevant. The term Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking (ISSC) refers to a combination of the three elements, CooKit, hay basket and wood-saving stove.
After more then 4 years of experience with our projects, Solar Cooking Netherlands adjusts its vision and points of departure. The most important points out of our report Integrated Solar cooking and Water Pasteurization a Conceptual Framework, introduced by the foundation Solar Cooking Netherlands in December 2008 [Thomas et al]:
- SCN will stimulate quality of life for poor African women and
- In the same time contribute to environmental protection
- SCN will create possibilities for local initiatives and entrepreneurship through introduction of solar cooking and other sustainable resources of energy for cooking, food cultivation and water purification for mother and child
- With this all SCN give support to diminish the deforestation in this African countries.
SCN tries to reach the mentioned goals through:
- to focus on the families with the lowest income
- to develop strategies and resources of Integrated Sustainable Cooking, food processing and water purification through which they become available
SCN chairwoman Clara Thomas is currently organizing follow-up meetings with new solar cooks to collect feedback and discuss challenges and success. According to Ms. Thomas, evaluation and adaptation are essential. "In this way," she says, "a tradition of thousands of years of firewood cooking can be transformed to solar cooking with purely the sun as heat source." At least one woman in the Hagaz village seems already convinced. Of her experiences thus far, she says, "We prepare goat, rice, lentils and shiro in the CooKit and the taste is excellent!"
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: SCN reports their Uganda partner, Solar Connect Association, under the direction of Kawesa Mukasa, has his promising ISC Small Enterprise, is now making a profit and is completely financially independent. Thirty people are generating income by manuafacturing, public promotion and marketing activities, all combined with intensive ISC sale programs. We are really very impressed by their work and consider this as a model for other ISC initiatives. SCA has been invited by NGOs in Ethiopia/ and Addis Ababa University to perform an ISC training to thirty young people and future small enterprise employees on the Improved CooKit, April 1-5 in Ethiopia; In Ethiopia SCN together with partner HoA-REC (Horn of Africa Regional Environment Center), twenty Renewable Energy Centers for Rural Households are being built and developed. In all the centers integrating solar cookers will be part of the small enterprise. HoA-REC and SCN assigned Fikirte Regassa Beyene being SCN representative in Ethiopia and becoming ISC expert for Ethiopia. She has an important innovative and organizational responsibility.
- December 2012: A new Solar Cooking Business is started in Awra Amba, Ethiopia an exceptional community north Ethiopia. Together with Solar Cooking Netherlands the action plan is completed and the construction of the production centre is started in the village's distinctive building style: a wooden construction finished with a mixture of available loam and soil. The production of CooKits, hay baskets and wood-saving stoves is to start next spring. Solar box cookers will be introduced and produced as well. After about three years, the project will be financially independent.
- November 2012: Solar Cooking Foundation in the Netherlands promotes the Integrated Cooking Method in Rural Ethiopia - The Solar Cooking Netherlands project in Ethiopia to promote the Integrated Cooking Method included using the Cookit, heat retention baskets, solar box cookers, solar dryers and water pasteurization indicators (WAPI). In addition to these appliances, SCN further integrates and promotes energy efficient stoves including the Mirt and Tikikil stoves. Read more at: Solar Cooking Netherlands addresses Energy Problems in rural Ethiopia.
- Febuary 2012: The first National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) organised by HOAREC/N took place in Addis Ababa. The NPSC has the overall responsibility on quality control, development and - assurance related to the objectives of the European Union RET / EE project for Integrated Solar Cooking in Ethiopia in three areas. The target group is 10,000 households. Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands (SCN) is Associated Partner in this project and member of the NPSC.
- October 2011:HOAREC/N organized an Inception Workshop for all participating partners and a launching meeting as formal kick off of the European Union RET / EE project for Integrated Solar Cooking.
- August 2011:European Union (EU) approved a large project on renewable Energy . Objective of the EU project: development of 20 Renewable Energy - and Energy Efficient Technology (RET / EE) Centres spread over three districts in Ethiopia. Integrated Solar Cooking will be integral part of the production, promotion, marketing and distribution in the different areas. Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands (SCN) is Associated partner in this project. Main responsibility of Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands (SCN) is transfer of ISC and Social business know-how.
- October 2011: Solar Cooking Netherlands (SCN) has placed second the for most sustainable project in Ethiopia in a contest sponsored by Ethiopia Projects. This is a collaboration between SEM ENNOS and ENVV. SCN is very proud to share this prize: See YouTube video with SCN in the picture.
- October 2010: Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands (SCN) restructures and makes a change to business approach.
For over 6 years, SCN has supported solar cooking projects in East Africa, i.e. Eritrea, Ethiopia (PISDA), Somalia, and Uganda (SCA). Initially, SCN projects roughly adhered to the folowing scenario: Local NGO's submitted requests to SCN. Upon approval by the Board, SCN started the fundraising process. During all these years, Wild Ganzen added a financial support of 70% gross to all donations obtained by SCN.
The woman in the projects buy CooKits, wood-saving cooking appliances, and hay baskets at subsidised prices. At the monthly cooking meetings, led by locally chosen female instructors, women learn the "new cooking methods". The NGOs handle public promotion so that support is increased in the various regions.
Even though the NGOs were enthusiastic about the results of solar cooking as a solution to the consequences of deforestation, SCN gradually recognized that in no way did it produce a fully sustainable approach. Indeed, the NGO in the project country remains financial dependent. SCN faced the challenge of reaching a business approach together with its local partners. This must lead to a financial independent position. For SCN this means a change from a charitable, coordinating and counseling approach to an advisory, supporting role.
The solar cooking projects did already have quite a lot of experience with production, marketing, information and education, a sound basis for a business approach. This paved the way to integration into the local economy. Women's central position in all local economy activities grows steadily as well. This enables SCN to reduce its financial support over a period of 3 to 5 years! SCN's support for all new projects focuses on a business cost-covering developement.
- 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.
- March 2010: Besides working with their own projects, SCN has developed a relationship with the Cooking with the Sun Foundation, KoZon, to intensify their efforts to promote solar cooking in Africa. KoZon has been working since 1997 in French- speaking West and Central African countries. A demonstration of the Cookit oven in Eritrea by KoZon prompted them to begin a program there. Combined with the efforts of SCN, they have established more solar cooking educational possibilities for the English-speaking countries of Uganda, Ethiopia, as well as Eritrea.
- March 2010: A comprehensive guide to solar cooking produced by Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands is now available. Included are sections on the use of the solar CooKit oven, a water pasteurization instrument(WAPI), a heat retention cooking basket, and also information on cooking for a six person household. See more information at: Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking
- 2007 - December 2009: In Uganda, the Solar Connect Association (SCA) initiates and implements successful solar cooking projects under leadership of Mr. Kawesa Mukasa, director of the SCA. He works together with his secretary in Kampala and his project team in Mbarara, in the south of Uganada. Solar Cooking Netherlands gives know how and financial support. The project in Mbarara [since 2007] aims to reach a cost-effective and preferably profitable operating account by the end of 2011 at the latest. To succeed it is vital to arrive at a cost-effective Resource and Production Centre in Mbarara where all Integrated Cooking products are made under own control or contracted out or bought on the local market. In this manner the local economy benefits as well. In 2008 more than 4000 CooKits are sold to 3800 families. This means 20,000 people consume solar-cooked food [at a average of 6 persons per household] and a yearly saving of roughly 9000 tons of firewood. Clara Thomas, chairman of SCN, introduced a direct selling method, though which groups of women in the villages are invited to information sessions, demonstrations, cooking lessons, meal sharing, and instruction in water pasteurization and the use of the Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI). This has been very successful. To enhance durability of the Cookits, the cardboard side of is coated, the borders are reinforced with adhesive tape and the sun reflecting aluminium sheets can now be glued perfectly smoothly with new techniques. In the Kampala region another project is in preparation. The meaning is to start this project as a for-profit enterprise.
- September 2009: The outcome of the conference in March is a large scale Integrated Sustainable Solar Cooking project in 4 countries of the Horn of Africa. It is a three year plan in eight clusters: six in Ethiopia, one in Djibouti-Somalia and one in Sudan. Abiye Ashenafi [HoArec] will manage the project and SCN is cooperating partner, trainer and advisor. On this moment SCN's Jacomine Immink and Clara Thomas have designed manuals for instructors and end-users. They contain many visual materials for illiterate people. In cooperation with Wietske Jongbloed [KOZON] , a comprehensive manual for the production of Cookits and Water pasteurization Indicators [WAPis] . The expectation is that the project really start in 2010. On that moment 10.000 Cookits and WAPis will be needed. The manuals will be translated into local languages.
- March 2009: In Ethiopia the pilot project of PISDA and SCN has been very successful. on this moment 1500 households use wood-saving cookers. At the monthly PISDA meetings, participating women motivate each other to sell CooKit bread and cakes at the local market. A new production- and training centre has been opened and has been visited through representatives of Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre. The success of this project has inspired Janny Poley, the first secretary of the Embassy of the Netherlands. On her initiative a working conference with a department of the University of Addis Ababa has been organised on the 13 the and 14 the of March.
- Febuary 2009: Schenking van Entre Femmes voor Stichting Solar Cooking - Nieuwsblad voor Huizen
- 2007: This year Solar Cooking Netherland was active in Ethiopia, Uganda, Puntland/Somalia and Eritrea. There was a fruitful cooperation with lacal NGO's and women. There was a integrated approach, which included how the market works, how to fit in the local market,local production through women and to earn income for women. A save-and credit foundation has been esthablised directed on independence of all the people who are involved.
- November 2007: Solar Cooking Netherlands (SCN) has teamed up with Partnership for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (PISDA), a local non-governmental organization, to introduce solar cooking in four rural villages around Debre Zeit. PISDA has worked with female heads of households on a number of projects, such as tree planting, fuel-efficient wood stoves, and savings and credit associations. SCN's Clara Thomas, along with PISDA's Ato Guillilat, left early mornings on a two-wheeled horse wagon to visit the four rural villages. They first introduced solar cookers to village elders, and then spent a week training a group of solar cooking instructors. A year-long initial program was agreed upon to ensure continued follow up in the form of monthly collective solar cooking meetings to share experiences and advice. The project will likely expand next year. A local solar fabricator in Addis Ababa — Bereket Solar — will produce CooKit solar cookers by hand for the project. Towards the end of 2007 he will transfer his experience and knowledge to the women in rural areas so that they can make their own CooKits. Injera, a pancake-like bread, is a local staple that cannot be cooked with simple solar cookers. (It requires a 60-centimeter diameter pan and baking temperature of at least 220°C.) A research program is underway to find a solar method for baking injera. The present cooking culture does not permit introducing collective solar injera baking through a large bakery or otherwise. In the meantime, injera will continue to be baked three times per week on a fuel-efficient wood stove.
- March, 2006: The Eritrea solar cooker project organized by the foundation Solar Cooking Netherlands continues to spread solar cooking knowledge in the Anseba region. As of January 2006, women from eight villages in the region, who previously purchased CooKits, attend monthly classes to further their skills and work through any issues. SCN hopes to extend these classes to 32 more villages in the region by the end of 2006. Local women are fabricating CooKits in the city of Keren. One hundred CooKits have been made, and more are in the works (pending re-supply of aluminum foil, which must be imported). According to SCN representative Janine Pater, local fabrication is important: "This is a major step forward in accomplishing the objective that now, and in the future, everyone in Anseba will be in a position to buy and/or make a CooKit without restriction."
- November 2005: An Eritrea solar cooker project organized by the foundation Solar Cooking Eritrea Netherlands (SCEN) recently edged out 300 nominees to win an award for small-scale development projects. The award, presented by Dutch organizations the National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) and the Wild Geese Foundation, carries a monetary value of nearly $6,000. SCEN won based on project quality, thoroughness of the organization, efficient working methods, financial transparency, and the "for women, by women" aspect of the project. This year SCEN hopes to enable 4,500 families to solar cook with simple panel-type solar cookers based on Solar Cookers International's "CooKit." Thus far, 1,500 women have been trained, of which 700 have purchased CooKits for about $3.50 each. A new project coordinator, appointed by the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW), will organize future workshops and follow-up activities, and supervise a store where solar cookers are produced and sold. Project beneficiaries include low-income women in the Anseba region, and internally displaced persons in the Gash Barka zone. SCEN chairwoman Clara Thomas is currently organizing follow-up meetings with new solar cooks to collect feedback and discuss challenges and success. According to Ms. Thomas, evaluation and adaptation are essential. "In this way," she says, "a tradition of thousands of years of firewood cooking can be transformed to solar cooking with purely the sun as heat source." At least one woman in the Hagaz village seems already convinced. Of her experiences thus far, she says, "We prepare goat, rice, lentils and shiro in the CooKit and the taste is excellent!"
Audio and video
- How to use the CooKit An instructional video on the use and care of a CooKit solar oven, for cooking and water pasteurization.
- Local fabrication of CooKit solar ovens.
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- March 2010: A 2009 report of work completed in the field by SCN, of solar cooking and water pasteurization projects in various African countries. See: First Recording of ISSC Project Essentials and Proceedings.
External links
Clara Thomas, Chairwoman
Solar Cooking Foundation the Netherlands
Ganzenoordstraat 17
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Tel. +31(0)355312018
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It is better to be rich & miserable than poor & miserable.
My ancestors didn't fight their way to the top of the food chain so I could be a vegetarian.
The fridge is a perfect example of what's inside is what matters.
If money doesn't grow on trees why do bank have branches?
If at first you don't succeed, see what the loser gets.
Come to think of it, when *isn't* it a good idea to go limp and play dead???
If dreams really come true, what about nightmares.
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Understanding the single-line quote is like comprehending the bulky book with its title only and correctly.
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