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Please add new incident reports at the BOTTOM of this page. Don't forget to sign your post with "~~~~", which translates into a signature and a time stamp automagically.
User:FleurIsabelleDelacour has consistently vandalized Luna Lovegood's page today, and has continued to do so after being warned. Additionally, she (assuming she, anyway) has had an additional warning for vandalism in the past. -- 1337star (Owl Post) 21:52, January 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Blocked for all time. - Cavalier One(Wizarding Wireless Network) 00:12, January 4, 2012 (UTC)
Since September of last year, 188.8.131.52 has been repeatedly vandalising Dan Seekings, despite two warnings. ProfessorTofty 00:42, January 6, 2012 (UTC)
User:Hoomer15 appears to have created account solely for the purpose of uploading fanon images, and has also added other fanon to pages. Has been warned thrice regarding this today. -- 1337star (Owl Post) 19:57, January 24, 2012 (UTC)
User:Yellowdragon1020 is using account almost solely for user page vandalism. Has not only done so after being warned on their talk page, but has gone so far as to attempt to remove said warning from the page twice as of this posting, and was warned that this is not acceptable the first time this occurred. -- 1337star (Owl Post) 02:49, February 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Blocked. - Nick O'Demus 07:08, April 22, 2012 (UTC)
18.104.22.168, keep screwin' with the Harry Potter page. Derpherpherp 12:27, March 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Blocked. - Nick O'Demus 07:08, April 22, 2012 (UTC)
I informed User:Alex789 yesterday evening that fan-edited images are unacceptable for the mainspace, and reminded them to watch how they insert images into articles. Failure to do the latter contributed to a previous block to this user. Since this warning, this user has uploaded at least two blatantly fan-edited images, and placed at least one image incorrectly (you can see an example of such conduct here). This, I feel, is unacceptable. -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 17:31, May 25, 2012 (UTC)
Miah5072 and King Monday
User:Miah5072 has continuously added a fanon incantation to the bluebell flames page, and has continued this conduct after being warned. -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 22:22, June 10, 2012 (UTC)
EDIT: Additionally, User:King Monday, obviously affiliated with the site that is in relation to this issue, has attempted to remove a valid notability tag from the page MyHogwarts.co.uk (article in question, being a fansite that has been around for less than one year, does not satisfy the notability guidelines) multiple times. I fear there may be a communication issue here, however; I have informed this user of why said article is up for deletion, but they claim in this edit summary (made after said message) to have not received an explanation of this fact. -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 00:00, June 11, 2012 (UTC)
Photo used witout consent
(6/29/12) Hi, I'm a cosplayer who stumbled upon this site via a google no-text image search. I don't know how to really work this site, but User:Lavender_Loriante is using a photo of me as her profile picture and I would like it removed, if possible. Apologies if I am not following the correct channels, but this seemed the easiest way for me, as a non-member of the community, to get my issue heard. 22.214.171.124 19:54, June 29, 2012 (UTC) Gale
Need a block on 220.127.116.11 - is repeatedly vandalising another user's page. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:35, June 30, 2012 (UTC)
- Taken care of. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 01:45, June 30, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks! But they're back at it, under another IP. ProfessorTofty (talk) 12:07, June 30, 2012 (UTC)
- The user 126.96.36.199 makes similar vandalisms as the blocked user. I've rolled back but thought I should tell here. I would not be surprised if it's the same user. Words are too similar.
Harry granger Talk contribs 15:19, June 30, 2012 (UTC)
- The user 22.214.171.124 makes similar vandalisms as the blocked user. I've rolled back but thought I should tell here. I would not be surprised if it's the same user. Words are too similar.
Done. Also blocked. - Nick O'Demus 16:19, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
Abusive photo
Look at this photo. I have no words for that. It should be speedily deleted: File:7SEz6.jpg Harry granger Talk contribs 16:08, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
Done. Deleted and banned. - Nick O'Demus 16:19, July 1, 2012 (UTC)
A user from a number of addresses in the above IP range keeps making the same type of edit to Educational Decree articles, despite those same edits having been reverted by both myself and an admin and several requests to stop. ProfessorTofty (talk) 21:51, July 6, 2012 (UTC)
SanderPostema continues to post images in violation of the image policy despite three previous requests to stop. He or she seems to be completing ignoring all given warnings. ProfessorTofty (talk) 16:44, August 18, 2012 (UTC)
Vandalising and blanking pages wildly; swift action needed. ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:33, September 19, 2012 (UTC)
Anton Potter
User:Anton Potter has shown clear disregard for rules, removing warnings from his talk page (including one from an administrator) multiple times, well after being informed in both edit summaries and directly on his talk page that this is not acceptable. -- 1337star (Drop me a line!) 22:16, September 22, 2012 (UTC)
Not my daughter you bitch!
User:Not my daughter you bitch! has an unacceptable username. Corymach7 (talk) 21:59, October 25, 2012 (UTC)
- Worthwhile contributor since 2011, the username is a line from one of the books. Sorry, but won't be blocked. ProfessorTofty (talk) 03:52, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
- I'd just like to add a linguistic note: although generally used as an insult, "bitch" is also the correct technical term for a female dog, and in that context is a neutral term. Offensiveness is more about the intent of the usage than about the actual words used; something which is too-often forgotten, and is why I for one reckon that "political correctness" is a contradiction in terms. -- RobertATfm (talk) 06:58, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
Persistent vandalism, particularly to the House point hourglasses page (which I've reverted twice in the past three hours). -- RobertATfm (talk) 05:15, November 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Another apparent vandalism-only account is Special:Contributions/ProfessorLongbottom. More subtle, things such as removing spaces between words (a lot of vandals on this wiki do that), inserting obvious nonsense into pages (if an enchanted bicycle is only kept and never ridden, how do Muggles become aware of it to report it to the police?), and signing article pages. -- RobertATfm (talk) 18:05, November 7, 2012 (UTC)
The above page has been vandalised by several IPs (in edits removing nearly all the contents) several times in the past couple of weeks. Perhaps it should be semiprotected for a month or so. — RobertATfm (talk) 02:16, December 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Agree, very troublesome pattern of editing and it looks like at least one user engaged in a number of bad edits and was never blocked. I'll take care of this. ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:20, December 20, 2012 (UTC)
Dumbledore jr. from 18.104.22.168
Careful with this user. He has vandalized in the German Harry-Potter-Lexikon, where I am admin. I warned him. He did not stop his behaviour, so I blocked him for a week and now that page (deleted in the meantime). I thought I should warn you. Harry granger Talk contribs 22:59, December 23, 2012 (UTC)
This user has today made several vandal edits to Tom Riddle (since reverted, of course), including changing the infobox image to one of two images he uploaded; both of which appear to be the box art for some fantasy game with no connection to the HP canon (I've flagged both of these images for deletion). — RobertATfm (talk) 14:56, December 30, 2012 (UTC)
- Warned, images deleted. ProfessorTofty (talk) 15:28, December 30, 2012 (UTC)
This user has today vandalized the user page of Hunnie Bunn and despite my warning - or because of my warning - he made insultings against me on my talk page. He should either be warned by an admin or blocked. His own talk page is also very interesting. Harry granger Talk contribs 21:38, January 3, 2013 (UTC)
This above mentioned user was again on my user talk page - Fuck word is now F word, but is that better?
Harry granger Talk contribs 22:38, January 3, 2013 (UTC)
- Blocked for a period of one month - obviously not here to build an encyclopedia. If you want to just remove the message they left, feel free. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:40, January 3, 2013 (UTC)
Has blanked three pages (since restored), even claiming in one case to have made the page "more intelligent"[sic] — I suppose that's for all values of "e intelligent" equalling "onic". Why this user hasn't yet been slapped with a block of at least one month, I don't know. — RobertATfm (talk) 21:31, January 7, 2013 (UTC)
- The user in question has only made those edits, back on January 3, and hasn't been back since. They were duly warned and if it's done again, a block will be made. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:39, January 7, 2013 (UTC)
Is here only to spam acne products, has posted a spam video. Clearly no interest in Harry Potter or in building an encyclopaedia. — RobertATfm (talk) 19:27, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
- Video deleted and user blocked. ProfessorTofty (talk) 19:45, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
- User:Cavite was also adding spam.
184.108.40.206, 18.104.22.168, 220.127.116.11, 22.214.171.124, 61.170.84, 18.104.22.168, 126.96.36.199
Please warn or block the first five users for removing the whole Harry Potter page, and adding in random information. The sixth user made a page, which cursed. Thanks for looking. Yugimuto1 Talk 63 edits 21:08,1/11/2013
- I'm on it, now. Thanks. ProfessorTofty (talk) 22:06, January 11, 2013 (UTC)
==File:Lyra belacqua by aerie faerie-d4ydl2t.png Apart from the fact that this image is misnamed (on the HDM Wiki this character is called "Lyra Silvertongue" because that's what she's most often called in the series), and the fact that it doesn't really belong here (except possibly as a user-page image — the uploader is called "Lyra888"), this image is a clear copyright violation; a watermark in the middle shows that it was copied from Deviant Art, so unless it was copied from the uploader's own Deviant Art account (and there's no evidence of this), the uploader had no right to copy it here. On this basis, I've already deleted this image from the HDM Wiki (where, even if there's no copyright violation, it doesn't belong because of the "no fanon" policy there). — RobertATfm (talk) 21:36, February 25, 2013 (UTC)


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Generation VI is the first generation of the Pokémon series to be exclusively 3D, meaning it is the first in the series to ever require a Nintendo 3DS system. Not very much else is known about it except that the first set of games are known as Pokémon X and Y version. They are set to release worldwide in October 12th, 2013. This Generation also introduces the 18th Pokemon type, Fairy.
The generation features many changes such as 3D cel-shaded graphics, more in depth battle scenes and a brand new camera view. The new region's name is Kalos, which draws inspiration from the continent of Europe. This is suggested from similarities of the tower that the male player is skating away from in the trailer, and the Eiffel Tower which is the main monument of the city of Paris, France. Also, a bridge that may be based on the popular London Bridge has also been seen in the game, as seen in the trailer with the female player running over it. Near the bridge stands a large statue of Golurk, that's something important to the town.
The only known new Pokémon are the starters Grass), Fennekin (Fire), and Froakie (Water). The mascots have been shown and their names are Xerneas (Exclusive mascot to Pokemon X Version) and Yveltal (Exclusive mascot to Pokemon Y Version), however their types are currently unknown. A new Eeveelution, Sylveon, and thirteen Pokemon whose English names are: Gogoat, Fletchling, Talonflame, Pancham, Helioptile, Noivern, Scatterbug, Spewpa, Vivillon, Skrelp, Clauncher, Litleo and Flabébé are also added to gameplay.
Before Release Confirmed Pokémon
- ChespinGrass-type The Shelled Chestnut Pokémon (January 8, 2013)
- Fennekin Fire-type The Fox Pokémon (January 8, 2013)
- Froakie Water The Bubble Frog Pokémon (January 8, 2013)
- Xerneas (Legendary) (January 8, 2013)
- Yveltal (Legendary) (January 8, 2013)
- Sylveon Fairy-type The Interwining Pokémon (February 12, 2013)
- Fletchling Normal/Flying-type The Japanese Robin Pokémon (May 11, 2013)
- Pancham Fighting-type The Naughty Pokémon (May 11, 2013)
- Helioptile Electric/Normal-type The Generating Pokémon (May 11, 2013)
- Gogoat Grass-type The Ride Pokémon (May 11, 2013)
- Vivillon Bug/Flying-type The Scales Pokémon (June 11, 2013)
- Noivern Flying/Dragon-type The Sonic Pokémon (June 11, 2013)
- Talonflame Fire/Flying-type (Fletchling's evolution) The Deterioration Pokémon (June 11, 2013)
- Skrelp Poison/Water-type The Pseudo Seaweed Pokémon (June 11, 2013)
- Clauncher Water-type The Water Gun Pokémon (June 11, 2013)
- Scatterbug Bug-type (Vivillon's 1st Pre Evo) The Powder Blowing Pokémon (June 12, 2013)
- Spewpa Bug-type (Vivillon's 2nd Pre Evo) The Powder Blowing Pokémon (June 12, 2013)
- Litleo Fire/Normal-type The Young Lion Pokemon (June 12, 2013)
- Flabébé Fairy-type The Single Flower Pokémon (June 12, 2013)
Also, Mewtwo's Awakened Form will be added to the gameplay.
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In 1998, Brian Bethel, a struggling journalist at the time, had a strange encounter with something nearly unexplainable. Brian was sitting in his car in a parking lot when he was approached by two boys. They looked younger than the average teenager, but too mature to be thought of as kids. They were wearing normal clothes and had olive colored skin. Brian later stated, I could feel fight-or-flight responses kicking in. Something, I knew instinctually, was not right, but I didn't know what it could possibly be.
The boys claimed they were on their way to see a movie and had accidentally left their money at home, and they asked if Brian would give them a lift back to their house. Following his instincts, Brian denied to help them. Immediately, the kids became annoyed and agitated, demanding that Brian let them into his car. For some reason, Brians surmounting anxiety and fear led way to actually wanting to let the kids into his car, as if his thoughts were being controlled by someone other than himself. With his heart pounding in his chest, Brian then noticed the coloration of the kids eyes: completely black, like pure coal, lacking pupils or irises.
Sensing that he was dealing with something otherworldly, Brian immediately reversed his car and drove away. Recounting the event, Brian said, I noticed the boys in my peripheral vision, and I stole a quick glance back. They were gone. The sidewalk by the theater was deserted. Where exactly the boys went, no one will ever know. But, one thing is certain: this is the first piece of documentation involving the Black Eyed Kids.
They approach quietly, yet boldly. They're young, usually teens or slightly younger. They insist on coming inside your house to use the bathroom, the telephone or just for a drink of water. But for some reason you're afraid. Why? They're just kids. Then you notice their eyes black, as if the pupil had poured over its banks.
No one really knows anything about the Black Eyed Kids. Some say they are the ghastly reanimation of murders, sufferers, or sinners; however, others claim they are demonic in nature. Regardless of their origin, Brian Bethels interaction with them is not a singular case.
Stephen Wagner, a marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, experienced a similar encounter to Brian Bethels. He was watching a movie at home when he heard a knock on the door. Upon opening it, he was greeted by two kids matching the same description as Brians. When asked later to comment on the event, he said, "I couldn't take my eyes of their pitch-black eyes; it was like they were sucking me in. I felt horrible and was suddenly frightened for my life, like I needed to immediately take cover. They just stared at me, with those goddam eyes."
As stated, no one knows the purpose of these Black Eyed Kids. If you have had an encounter with one, let us know about it. Or, you could dress up as one for Halloween and really freak some people out.


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- February 2013: Gnibouwa Diassana reports that World Vision Mali continues to be committed to training members of the community in Bla, including children, to solar cook. Instruction involves using various types of solar cookers. Besides being introduced to the technology, workshop participants practice local food recipes, bake cakes and bread with papaya, and learn to use their solar cookers to can mangos. He reminds us that solar applications are a simple solution for a complex problem.
- November 2012: A successful project on integrated solar cooking in Ségou - In 2009, KoZon, a Dutch NGO promoting solar cooking in the Sahel, and AFIMA, a Malian NGO promoting the development of rural women, began a joint project in Ségou, a region of Mali where solar cookers had not been introduced. In five villages (Dioro, Babougou, Koila Bamanan, Kominé, Soké), they trained four groups of 25 women (selected by the village chiefs) in the practice of integrated cooking. They received kits containing: two CooKits, to cook meals when the sun shines; a fuel-efficient woodstove, for use when there's no sun; and a heat-retention cooker to allow even more food to be cooked in the first two. In addition to a short hands-on training workshop, the project ensured that all participants were visited several times after the course to solve problems, and provide extra tips, and encouragement. In the final evaluation, in May 2012, external experts established that more than 80% of the participants--in some villages nearly 100%--used these technologies daily. As intended, they are now saving some 1,800 tons of fuel wood per year. The evaluators also found that many women appreciate having more free time each day, since they do not have to tend a fire when solar cooking or using the heat-retention cooker. They use their time for other activities including running small businesses. Buying less firewood also saves them a lot of money. It's no surprise that the evaluators spoke of integrated cooking as a great means of relieving poverty!
- February 2012: Women engineers promote low-carbon cooking across Mali - AlertNet
- December 2009: Emancipated from the Smoky Kitchen by the Power of the Sun. Deborah Dao cooks her family three square meals a day - a responsibility which in this economy requires nearly constant preparation and cooking. Most women spend all day pounding millet, mixing the batter, chopping firewod and fanning the flames to cook their family's toh, but here there is no burning hearth, no fire, no smoke. On a closer look, you can see that Deborah is cooking with a solar oven - a wonderful appliance made by local carpenters with their own wood and just a few imported materials which harnesses solar radiation to collect heat energy.
- December 2009: Mali: Solar cooking revolutionizes womens' lives in the kitchen - Deutsche Welle
- March 2008: The Association of Handicapped Women of Mali (AMAFH) continues to arrange solar cooker training for its members in Bamako, with organizational support from the Association of Women Engineers (AFIMA) and financial assistance from Dutch KoZon Foundation. In 2006, AMAFH taught 60 deaf and hard-of-hearing women how to use a CooKit solar cooker during a 2-day training. In a follow-up visit months later, at a school for deaf children, the women cooked a delicious solar feast. Fifty women with leprosy were trained in early 2007. With the loss of nerve sensation caused by the disease, traditional open fire cooking can be dangerous for these women because they can unknowingly get burned. Another benefit is that the women have increased status in the community because they now know something that most don't: how to cook food with the sun. They said that with the CooKit they can prepare special recipes for their husbands, prepare groundnuts for their children, and even sell solar-cooked meat in the market. One remarkable woman, Mariam Toure, has lost all but one finger. Yet, she already has plans to lead a training early this year for another group of women with the disease. AMAFH also led a 2-day solar cooking workshop for 20 mentally disabled women in late 2007, which was well received. Source: Wietske Jongbloed
- March 2008: Longtime solar cooker builder and promoter Gnibouwa Diassana reports that 40 solar box cookers have been assembled and distributed to villagers in Nioro du Sahel, near the border with Mauritania. Nioro du Sahel suffers from an acute shortage of firewood for cooking. Diassana says that a special cooking vessel has been made to accommodate the local staple of couscous with millet or corn.
- September 2007: Zeneb Guisse, a handicapped woman, reports that most people in Mali know about the solar CooKit. Since 2001 the the Foundation has financed more than 14 Cookit trainings. Handicap International has conducted one training and the UN Environment Program has also conducted one. A team from the national television is invited at every training (always on the budget and rather expensive) and broadcasts it then mostly the same evening with the news. This does not mean that it is being used by all the women who saw the broadcasts. Fifteen dollar for a CooKit and a pot is for a lot of women too expensive. Another big problem in Mali is the large families of 12 to 20 persons for whom the meals have to be cooked. Their pots are far too big to be used in the CooKit. It was first tried to solve the problem by using two CooKits. But that was not a solution, except for bachelors. With large hay baskets and hay bags (thanks to the model of David and Ruth Whitfield), in which the big pots can be put, integrated cooking is now being introduced.
- April 2007: Gnibouwa Diassana of W.V.I. International reports on a project designed to improve the lives of women in the village of Nara in the west of Mali, not far from Mauritania. His organization brought 40 cookers to this area is in the deep Sahel with acute shortage of firewood. They report designing a special cooking vessel for couscous made with millet or corn, which is the local staple.
- November 2006: J.P. Martin-Vallas of Montpellier, France recently traveled with his partner to Mali. They took two solar cookers — a box-type cooker based on a design by Gnibouwa Diassana of Bla, Mali and an SK-14 parabolic-type cooker. Bernard Ledea Ouedraogo of Burkina Faso, who assembles SK-14s; and Maï Kamate, who works with carpenters to make solar box cookers based on a Bolivia Inti design. They also met with solar cooks and led a few solar cooking demonstrations at hotels and markets they patronized. Martin-Vallas saw several locally made and imported solar cookers, but many were in poor condition or seldom used. During the trip, Martin-Vallas inquired how much people spent on firewood. Prices from one city to another varied greatly depending on scarcity. Free firewood collection is still possible in some rural villages, particularly in the north. Contact: J.P. Martin-Vallas
- Summer 2006: Solar Household Energy's first bulk delivery of HotPots arrived this summer in Mali, West Africa. The container of 1,000 cookers was purchased by a Malian energy services company which has promoted solar cooking in Mali for a number of years and will be a regional distributor of HotPots. To learn more about our West Africa programs, go here.
- August 2006: Gnibouwa Diassana of Bla won a "2006 Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy" worth 2,500 pounds sterling. The funds will enable his project Sun for All to increase production of cookers and to reach out to more women's groups and other community organizations. Diassana has built a variety of solar cookers, plus a solar food dryer and solar water heater. Most of the 95 solar cookers he has built are of the box type with three reflectors, based on a design by the Swiss organization Group ULOG. He has found homes for most of the cookers with organizations of artisans, nonprofits, women's groups and individual families. He reports that the cookers have been adapted for Mali and can be constructed with locally available materials and tools, even in remote areas. To facilitate getting cookers into the hands of people who need them, Diassana has sold cookers at half price or on credit. He has been able to follow up directly with most of the users and observes that they are using less conventional fuel. He estimates that about 950 people have directly benefited from his cookers, while 10,000 more have witnessed solar cooking at his exhibitions and demonstrations. Radio and television coverage has spread the word further. Diassana reports that the effects of deforestation have become increasingly visible near Bla in the past few years, and that his work with solar cooking is meant to address this problem while also helping women save money and time and reduce their exposure to smoke. His project has received some outside support, but his personal donations have sometimes exceeded 40% of the project's budget. He credits Roger Bernard of France and Angela Calvo of Italy as his main solar cooking influences. With his new funds from England to promote Swiss-designed cookers, Diassana illustrates the international connectivity in solar cooking.
The History of Solar Cooking in Mali
The Sahelian nation of Mali is the site of several solar cooking projects. Desertification is of course an immense problem in this part of Africa. Only 10% of the land has any forest cover, and deforestation continues to occur. As in other areas, clearing land for agriculture and grazing is assumed to be the principal reason for the forests' decline, but there is also recognition that over 70% of wood production is used for cooking. Solar cooking offers one way to stem this unwanted development in Mali.
Researchers at the University of Torino, studying the problem, have experimented with a wide range of fuel-saving devices, dryers, water heaters, solar lighting panels, and solar cookers. (As one researcher said-, "Every day when I get up (and look at the sun), I see all that energy going to waste.) Considerable study done under the auspices of the University, with joint efforts of the Faculty of Agricultural Science and the Interdepartmental Centre of Women's Studies, has included surveys, interviews, and field analyses of both problems and some suggested solutions. Local associations promote various fuel saving devices, such as metal stoves or parabolic cookers; other promote solar cooking (see below for an example). But in a nation without adequate communication channels (television or daily newspapers) and a population with only a 35% literacy rate, spreading new technology is difficult. Radio broadcasting is thought to be the most promising dissemination media. Most important in this situation is the awareness of the problem and the willingness to seek solutions.
One single person, Gnibouwa Diassana, long committed to solar cooking, has managed in these circumstances to make and sell around 50 cookers of the wooden box type. He does this on his own, without assistance even from the NGO for which he works on other kinds of projects. This sole person, working only with a son, has a promotion plan for an energy week and even a business plan that would permit expanded production of solar box cookers. He hopes to find partners among women's organizations but knows that resistance to change, and rigid gender based roles, make it difficult for women to pursue the purchase of cookers. He is however a determined man and perseveres in his work. (Pictures and story, Solar Cooker Review, March 2003).
Another project created by an individual is the work of Lanseri Niare, who has been introducing box cookers, both by teaching people how to build their own cooker and how to use the box when built. Major problems encountered in this project have been glass breakage, termites if the box is used on the ground, and the Harmattan period (a severe windy season) which brings much dust, so that even when sunny, cooking is difficult) (Solar Cooker Review, Dec. 98).
One other project, which has proven successful in Mali, operates under the auspices of the KoZon Foundation, a Dutch organization that works through the western African Sahelian nations. From a beginning in Burkina Faso (see above), the efforts of KoZon and its dedicated volunteer Wietske Jongbloed, have introduced CooKits in Mali since 2001. Wietzke operates at a very grassroots level, taking cookers (mostly using CooKits made in the Sahel to keep cost low) to marketplaces for demonstrations. The CooKits themselves were initially imported from abroad, and then purchased from Burkina Faso. This operation, relatively new, has not yet been evaluated by KoZon, but is gradually moving forward, in cooperation with the Association des Femmes Ingénieurs du Mali.
[Information for this section was taken originally from State of the Art of Solar Cooking by Dr. Barbara Knudson]
Climate, Culture, and Special Considerations
Based on knowledge gained from visiting solar cooking promoters and appropriate technology organizations, J.P. Martin-Vallas has developed some recommendations for solar cooker dissemination in Mali:
- Target cities where firewood is quite expensive, such as in Kayes, Niafunke, and Tombouctou;
- Encourage dissemination by women;
- Focus on durable box-type solar cookers that accommodate large cooking pots;
- Engage local carpenters to make the cookers; and
- Provide a five-year guarantee for each cooker sold.
J.P. Martin-Vallas concluded that imported parabolic-type solar cookers are currently too expensive for most Malians. One way to lower prices, he says, would be to import bulk aluminum sheets and cut panels on site.
The following chart shows some sample annual firewood expenditures for households of 10 people. (Note: 500 CFAs is approximately US $1.)
Annual Firewood Expenditure
Northern part of the country: Desert (Sahel). Southern part of the country: Sunny, little firewood, and populated. (Source: Juan Urrutia Sanz, 2010-Feb-25)
See also
- Discussion of northern Africa's suitability for solar cooking
- Solar cooker dissemination and cultural variables
Possible funders for solar cooking projects in Mali
- February 2009: Rapport d'activité sur la cuisine solaire au Mali-2008-2009
- February 2008: Rapport d'activité sur la cuisine solaire au Mali-2007-2008
- February 2007: Rapport d'activité sur la cuisine solaire au Mali-2006-2007
- February 2006: Rapport d'activité sur la cuisine solaire au Mali-2005-2006
- July 2006: Use of the CooKit by Handicapped Women in Mali - Wietske Jongbloed
- March 2006: Rapport d'activité sur la cuisine solaire au Mali-2005-2006
Discussion groups
Articles in the media
- February 2012: Women engineers promote low-carbon cooking across Mali - AlertNet
- July 2004: "Cooking in a piece of cardboard … you have to see it to believe it" - Wietske Jongbloed
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Tech Lighting 700UCFDW3093B-LED-OCS
Black Unilume LED 30" 18 Watt Direct Wire Under Cabinet Light Bar with Occupancy Sensor - 1098 Lm / 3000K
Item # BCI2361700 | Model # 700UCFDW3093B-LED-OCS | Unilume LED Direct Wire Collection
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Tech Lighting's Unilume LED Lighting Systems are designed specifically to address the shortcomings of existing LED solutions. By utilizing tightly clustered blue LEDs, optimized light mixing chambers and Intematix ChromaLit™ remote phosphor, the result is incredibly consistent illumination and high efficiency within an ultra-low profile.Features:
- Ideal for under cabinet and under shelf installation
- Integrated On / Off switch
- Maximum run length of 70 feet
- Includes occupancy sensor
- Commercial-grade construction
- Tool-free wiring access with magnetic lid
- Dimmable to 5-15% with electronic low-voltage dimmer (Sold Separately)
- 5 Year manufacturer warranty
- ETL Listed
Most white LEDs are actually blue LEDs with a phosphor coating. The phosphor absorbs the blue light and re-emits the photons at longer wavelengths which we perceive as white light. In most lighting applications, the phosphor is directly on the LED chip; and this is the right approach for many applications. However, by utilizing a remote phosphor solution – a linear phosphor lens that sits above the LEDs – we are able to achieve performance levels and consistency not possible with traditional LED linear solutions. This new technology offers the following benefits:
- A consistent and even wash of light that is both attractive and easier on the eyes than traditional under cabinet LED lights
- Eliminates distracting multi-shadows produced by individual, fixed phosphors
- Creates a wider beam, which produces more light with a more compact fixture
- Color remains consistent over time rather than degrading like standard LED lighting
- Increased efficiency in the form of higher lumen output per watt
- Number of Bulbs: 1
- Bulb Type: LED
- Bulb Included: Yes
- Wattage: 18
- Voltage: 120
- Color Rendering Index (CRI): 90
- Color Temperature: 3000K
- Lumens: 1098
- Dimmable: Yes
- Height: 1.3"
- Length: 30"
- Width: 3.7"
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STMicroelectronics to Webcast Investors & Analysts Day
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced that it will webcast live its 2013 Investors & Analysts meeting from London, UK, on Thursday, May 16, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm CET (9:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT).
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Each of the four teams that played in the NCAA first- and second-round volleyball matches hosted last weekend by the University of Minnesota had at least one player of color: Cheyanne James (Radford), Alexis Austin (Colorado), Victoria Hurtt and Erin Taylor (Iowa State), and two Puerto Rico-born players: Iowa State's Neira Ortiz Ruiz and the Gophers' Daly Santana. James was second on her squad in kills — one of a school-record five players receiving all-conference honors. Hurtt thrice led Iowa State with 20-plus kills. Colorado Coach Liz Kritza called the sophomore Austin "team-oriented."
While seeing a low single-digit number of players of color at a volleyball match, even a post-season match, wasn't that surprising, discovering that one of the schools was coached by a Black female was a surprise, especially since, unlike the other three schools, her photo was not included in her school's pre-game notes. Marci Jenkins last weekend completed her sixth season at Radford (Va.) University, which won the Big South conference this year. Continue Reading →


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In written English (mainly online) I often come across sentences ending with a question or an exclamation mark with a space before it. Is it always just an error or a typo? Or there are cases when it is a correct English, for example after closing parentheses or some other punctuation marks?
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In English, it is always an error. There should be no space between a sentence and its ending punctuation, whether that's a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. There should also be no space before a colon, semicolon, or comma. The only ending punctuation mark that sometimes needs to be preceded by a space is a dash.
I see this error most often with people who never really learned to type. In handwriting, spacing is more, um, negotiable and subject to interpretation.
The best, perhaps only, reason for one space between end of sentence and its punctuation is for the !, following upright fonts resembling too closely the ! itself. Only other occurrence would be typographical error. Readability trumps convention.
Written language convention mutates. Consider Webster. Allow brief, supporting narrative: I'm a journalist and an English teacher who now abides my students using ONE space between manuscript sentences--not the conventional, PROPER, two. I don't expect generations born into texting, IMs, emails, all things digital, to embrace tradition. With discussion and exposure, on-line users might accept an intentional, rare space before the !. Now, I'll go read "tips on writing great answers." No, we don't always read manuals before assembly . . . .
This has come into common usage because of text messaging. Whenever you end a sentance with an exclamation mark or a question mark, the space is automatically inserted. Doesn't say a lot for the British education system, or for the standards of certain other people. I do believe in change, but not just for the sake of change - if the English language hadn't moved on, we would still be speaking and writing as they did at the time of Shakespeare. Goodness knows what it will be like in 50 or 100 years time - imho of course...
In many cases, it is essential for readability to put a space before an exclamation mark! Not there but here's an example: lol ! Due to the font, the space is in fact not needed there, but many fonts leave an L looking too much like an ! to be readable.
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"GNOME 3 is an easy and elegant way to use your computer. It is designed to put you in control and bring freedom to everybody. GNOME 3 is developed by the GNOME community, a diverse, international group of contributors that is supported by an independent, non-profit foundation." GNOME
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Weiser Lock warranty
Weiser's Welcome Home Series® products provide a "Lifetime Mechanical Warranty" that covers all defects in material and workmanship. This warranty excludes locks that have been damaged by installation contrary to our written instructions or modified with non-Weiser components. Effective December 1, 2001 Weiser extends a "Lifetime Finish Warranty" against corrosion, tarnishing or discoloring on its Welcome Home Series products. This warranty excludes scratches or abrasions, misused or abused products or products used in commercial applications. In order to qualify for the Lifetime Finish Warranty, purchaser must have a proof of purchase dated no earlier than 12/1/2001 or the product in question must have a production date stamp of 12/1/2001 or later. As an exception, the Lifetime Finish warranty applies to all Welcome Home Series® products with a Brilliance® finish (Bright Brass, Bright Chrome or Satin Chrome) regardless of purchase or production date. These warranties last while the original purchaser lives and owns the lock. Incidental or consequential damages are excluded. (Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion may not apply to you). To register a warranty claim in the USA, please return the product, freight pre-paid to: Customer Service Weiser 19701 DaVinci, Lake Forest, CA 92610. To register a warranty claim in Canada, please return the product, freight pre-paid to: Customer Service Weiser , 3980 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, BC V5J 5K5. Weiser will repair or replace the lock, or refund the purchase price (if it is not practical to repair or replace). You will be responsible for the removal of the old lock and reinstallation of the new one. This warranty provides you with specific legal rights and you may also have other rights that vary from state to state.
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