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I started by meeting the original Executive Director and friend of Khalid Shams - Md. Imamus Sultan and then the current Executive Director - M. Wahidun Nabi in the Grameen Bank Buidling in Dhaka. I then traveled five hours ride away to Bogra where I met Engr. Probir Kr. Sarker - Plant Manager of Grameen Danone.
Grameen Danone (GD) is going through early struggles and challenges and is working to learn through experience, adjust to conditions both within and outside their control, make modifications and emerge successfully as many other of the Grameen businesses, starting with what Grameen Bank itself has done
Keeping costs down and prices at a level that the poor can afford has been a major challenge. The cost of milk, which is nearly 60% of the overall cost of the product, has nearly doubled in the last year. Labor costs - which represents 30% of the overall costs has also increased significantly.
Attempting to adjust to these cost increases - Grameen Danone increased the price from 5 taka to 8 taka for an 80 gram container of Yogurt and the poor could/would not absorb this increase and sales volume, which never achieved planned volumes, went down. GD has come out with a 60 gram, 6 taka version which has increased nutrient fortification so that a child still gets 30% of the necessary daily requirements from one cup of yogurt - which is now more affordable for the poor. An 80 gram, 8 taka cup is also being sold - primarily into shops.
Another major challenge is the lack of reliable refrigeration due to lack of refrigerators by most of the poor and numerous power blackouts for those that do have electricity. Currently, the yogurt has a 72 hour shelf life, which is proving to be inadequate in many cases - which has also negatively impacted sales. Danone has been tasked with the challenge of increasing the shelf life to 7 days and is working on it.
The original yogurt formula was not as thick as that desired in the Bogra area and the formula has been modified for the local desires for a thicker yogurt.
The factory is working wonderfully well
Sales/Distribution has been the key challenge. The yogurt ladies are women who are already Grameen Bank borrowers who are then trained two days to sell yogurt. They are often widows. Each lady is assigned a territory which typically includes two village organizations (50 - 80 Grameen borrowers in each village organization.) The yogurt ladies pick up their yogurt early in the morning (it was delivered in insulated containers earlier in the morning) from the bank branch. They load 48 containers of 60 grams of yogurt into an insulated carrying case and head off by rickshaw or foot to the villages. They do this four days a week and it typically takes them two hours to visit a village meeting, sell what they can in that meeting and then sell whatever is left (if any) door to door in the village. The yogurt lady buys and pays cash each day at wholesale - 5 taka, then sells at retail - 6 taka and keeps the 1 taka difference - meaning that she grosses 288 taka a day, pays 240 taka when she picks up her 48 cups of yogurt and keeps 48 taka. She typically pays 10 taka for the rickshaw to the village and then walks back - so she nets/keeps 38 taka a day times 4 days a week, times 4 weeks per month for a total of 608 taka or $9.50 per month
Yogurt is being distributed through five bank branches, each having 35 or so yogurt ladies or a total of 175 yogurt ladies through the branches. Closer to the factory, the factory manages 70 additional yogurt ladies. Sales are also made through local shops. Grameen Danone is looking at expanding the model and trucking yogurt to other cities - including Dhaka.
The Yogurt Lady I followed is a widow who took her yogurt to the village organization that she is already a member. She sold all 48 containers that she had in less than five minutes and the kids were scoffing down the yogurt in no time. She could have sold more yogurt had she had more stock with her - and she certainly did not need to go door to door. She carries a smaller amount of yogurt, as the program would rather have her have less to sell than more than she can sell - otherwise, the excess would have to be scrapped due to lack of refrigeration and short shelf life. Witnessing firsthand the incredible reception of the yogurt was very amazing and gave me hope that this program will eventually work.
A study to determine the nutritional impact on the kids began in August and will be completed after six months and one year
The plant has a capacity of 83,000 cups per day and is currently working at 1% of capacity. Break even is 45,000 cups per day. They are currently loosing around 1.5 taka per cup or a net loss of 25% per cup.
Not only was I amazed at the wonderful reception the borrowers and particularly the children have for the yogurt - even more amazing is that I am one who has never liked yogurt - and I found this yogurt delicious and scoffed down two cups quickly.
Back in Dhaka at Grameen Bank I met with Emmanuel Marchant - Deputy General Manager of Danone Communities which oversees the Danone Social Business projects. He serves on the Board of Directors of Grameen Danone. Emmanuel had not had a chance to review my observations but provided me his insights into this business
Emmanuel feels that the greatest challenge has been the issue of Governence and working out the roles of Grameen and Danone and particulary the direction and culture that would emerge in managing Grameen Danone. Although Grameen and Danone were very compatible with and committed to doing social good - there individual approaches and cultures are quite different which has caused significant challenges and kept the program from moving forward at an optimum rate.
It took them a considerable amount of time to recruit an Executive Director that was neither from Grameen or Danone - but has the business sense of Danone and the social - heart felt passion of Yunus/Grameen.
Emmanuel feels that being able to lower the costs to allow a profit at a price that the poor can afford as well as extending the shelf life are both quite doable in the future - whereas the challenges will primarily be working through the governence issue and expanding the distribution through the yogurt lady program.
Emmanuel indicated that Yunus' book "Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism" coming out in paperback (January 2009 according to Amazon.com) will have updates on what has been happening with Grameen Danone since Yunus wrote the original hardback book a year ago
I appreciate Grameen Danone management for sharing the challenges faced in such a first of a kind start up as this. There openness will aid others as they may face their own challenges in creating a Social Business - a business to do good - while not losing money - rather than a business to make a profit.
Professor Yunus Update – written approximately September 2008, Published January 2009. Afterward in the paperback version of Creating a World Without Poverty – Social Business and the Future of Capitalism
Page 253 – "Grameen Danone, the yogurt business we created in partnership with France's Groupe Danone to bring nutritious, affordable food to the poor villagers of Bangladesh, is up and running with our first plant in Bogra in full operation. Around four hundred small milk producers and 250 'Grameen ladies' have been employed to supply the raw materials for the yogurt and to sell the product in the surrounding villages.
The growth of the yogurt business, while steady, has been slow. Owing to the current global food crisis, which has sharply increased the prices of all food production inputs, from milk to the electrical power, costs have increased and the spending power available to the rural poor has fallen. As a result, it has been difficult for the members of our target market, the rural poor in Bangladesh, even to buy essentials. Consequently, sales of yogurt have fallen below the levels that we had hoped for. Nonetheless, yogurt remains quite popular, especially among schoolchildren. We are confident that our product – Shokti Doi – will have long-term appeal for children in rural areas and a beneficial effect of their health, and we are going ahead with ground-breaking on a second yogurt plant. Ultimately, our dream of a network of up to fifty such plants around Bangladesh remains achievable, although it will take longer to realize than we'd expected."
January 2009 Update - Grameen Danone enters Dhaka Marketplace
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Until my early 30s, I was happy to step on an airplane. Life stretched out before me. I didn't think of my own mortality as the engines roared and the plane began rumbling down the runway.
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Our plane began shaking violently. Flight attendants were sent crashing to the floor. People started screaming and crying. A young girl next to me grabbed my hand. An older woman on my left made the sign of the cross – several times. The turbulence lasted 15 minutes before the plane went into a dramatic nosedive. We all thought we were dead.
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So do several glasses of wine.
What brought all this to mind was a story about the newest plane from Boeing – the Dreamliner.
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Someone once said that aviation itself isn't inherently dangerous. It's just terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. And that is as true today as it was in 1903 when Orville Wright made the first powered flight.
Yes, planes are built better today. And they're unquestionably safer. But if there's a problem and the plane goes down, the result is merciless. It's a terrible way to go.
So for $32-billion, I was looking for something more. Like maybe the first parachute-equipped jetliner. I've been thinking about this for years and here's how it works: The plane gets in trouble at 30,000 feet. It's going down. Everyone aboard is sure to die. Except, at 10,000 feet, a gigantic parachute is activated and the plane floats to safety.
Genius, right?
Friends say the idea is stupid. That even if it were possible, it would cost a fortune to develop. But I say there are enough people who hate flying that would pay a premium – a big premium – to fly on what I'm tentatively calling the Parachute Plane.
I admit I've had all sorts of crazy ideas associated with my fear of flying. Here's another one: a pill that puts you out instantly so you don't feel it when the plane crashes. I'm serious. The pill doesn't kill you, just puts you into a deep sleep so you aren't wakened by the screaming around you. If, somehow, the plane doesn't crash, you wake up later and are obviously thrilled.
There are hundreds of millions of people just like me out there, people constantly thinking of ways to make getting on a plane easier. Someone on the Internet had the idea of putting parachutes under everyone's seat. How brilliant is that?
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I really like Weev after this trolling. He is playing a cliche, over-the-top caricature of a Hollywood Nazi and it is hilarious! At first I thought he was serious and I blocked him on Twitter after he made a tweet about fertilizer bombs. But now I realize he is just doing the 1488 routine tongue in cheek.
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The movie Courageous came out a bit ago and our family hadn't seen it yet so I picked it up on Friday to watch in the evening. The girls had their first snow day of the year and bball games were cancelled for the night. So, movie night!
I really can't seem much about the movie other than WATCH IT. I finished watching and could have right then watched again. In fact, we did rewatch a few parts. Probably only twice ever watching a move that has happened.
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Category: Faith | Family | Personal
Interesting conversation tonight at dinner. My middle daughter opens up with...
"Dad, you know when someone asks you who do you know that has a cool job? Well, I don't ever say you because I think your job is boring. So, I pick Aunt Tara because she works with Passports and everyone understands what they are. She can stop you from being able to go on a vacation!"
I appreciated the frankness of the conversation and it started me thinking. Later this evening I found myself working in the office with the same daughter and was helping her with an Excel/graph project. She asked me if I knew what I was doing and I said no, but we'll figure it out. Literally, 2 minutes later all was done and on the printer. It struck me at that moment that God has truly blessed me with an uncanny gift of figuring things out and that's what I spend most of my day getting to do.
I asked her to come over to my computer so I could show her exactly what it is that I get to do every day. I shared with her..
That I get to be creative every day. Discovering new ideas. Figuring out processes and workflow. Inventing and re-inventing web and software applications that help both businesses and individuals live better, happier lives. I showed her ideas I'm working on and those that are being worked on now.
The best part was that I think she at least has a much better understanding of what I 'do' and that it's really not boring, she just didn't understand.
I LOVE these moments with my girls!
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There's a story. Of a man named Kevin. Who was busy buying a new car for his wife. He found one and it was perfect. He put a large sum of money down and financed the rest through his credit union. While at the car dealership, he was finishing the paperwork with the 'finance and insurance specialist' and he was presented with an extended manufacturer's warranty. Having purchased one on a previous vehicle years ago and it not working out so well he passed on the opportunity. However, the 'finance and insurance specialist' was clever and then offered a money back guarantee if the warranty was never used during the warranty period. WOW, what a great offer. So, Kevin purchased the extended warranty for $2,800.
Side Note: Did you know that in most cases you can cancel any warranty purchase within 60 days without penalty. Did you also know that the warranty companies typically don't send you your paperwork with all the details until about 45 days, long after you've lost that … why did I buy that warranty feeling.
45 days or so later this man named Kevin receives his warranty papers with all the details. Low and behold there is a catch. Not a deal-breaker catch, but a catch none the less. The money back guarantee on the warranty (if no portion of the warrant is used) can only be claimed for a refund at the end of the 36 months (3 years) … and Kevin only has a 30 day window in which to claim the refund or else no money coming back to Kevin.
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Kevin thinks to himself … this is too important to forget. He starts thinking to himself .. "if I don't need to use the warranty in the next three years and I want $2,800 back … how much would it be worth for me to remember?"
Side Note: Whether you agree with purchasing extended warranties is not the point. The point is many people do have situations in their lives where they would consider it very important to be reminded of certain things.
So, Kevin searches for an online service that can help him remember at just the right time. However, there isn't one that he feels confident he can trust. Maybe there's an opportunity here with an 'upscale reminder service' who's responsiblity is to MAKE SURE the reminder gets through. Maybe it's phone, email, text, snail-mail, a visit to my door? Ok, a visit to his door might be extreme, but you get the point. Would Kevin pay $50 for this service ... you bet.
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As we all know business models and service strategies can evolve over time, and at the end of the day is it about the almighty dollar or the greater good?
You can swing to the almighty dollar and service begins to stink. Or you can focus on the greater good and not making any money. I think there is a middle ground and to be successful you have to find it and stick with it.
InteractRV, the rv website design company I co-founded in 2003, has used Rackspace.com as their hosting partner for years. In the beginning they were a smaller, privately held company bending over backwards to make sure things were right and easy to use. Then a couple of years ago they went public and they just didn't focus on the fantastic service any longer. The account managers began treating us as a number and their product/service offerings began evolving into a one-size fits all approach.
I'm not sure if they did it for the dollar, but my gut tells me as much. What the whole process did do for me was open my eyes to make sure that as InteractRV grows servicing more customers that we are sure to maintain our premier level of service.
We will learn lessons and products/services will continue to evolve. Some may make sense and we'll continue and some may not. But at the end of the day we need to be available, listen to our customers, and help each one be successful in the best way for them.
Topics: thinking, rules
Category: Business
I discovered this pretty cool new reminder service out there for husbands called HubbyMinder. Looks like there site is still in progress but from what I read about it ... way cool. Keep an eye on it at HubbyMinder.com
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They are located around the Minneapolis area. Has anyone been there? Wondering what they are like.
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They are located around the Minneapolis area. Has anyone been there? Wondering what they are like.
It takes a lot of patience to find the "good stuff" because there is so much fabric, but if a person is persistant and patient, there are bargains to be had. Sometimes I have respiratory problems in the store. piecefully, the old one
Depends on the one you go to, I've been to the one in Eden Prairie alot and it's a nice large facility, the one in Burnsville, It's ok but I would rather go to the other, some are very cluttered and small,
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i'd like to hear about those kind of places in other states--esp PA! sounds like a great source for scraps!
There is nothing like that in my neck of the wood's.....GEESH!
I've been to the one in Eau Claire and the one in Rochester. They are great if you if you like Batiks and marbles like I do. I wait until I get one of their regular coupons for 60% off and buy what is left on a bolt. Was just there last week and got great marble for under $3 a yard!
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Beautiful. It would look great in my new house. Thanks for sharing!
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Beautiful. It would look great in my new house. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! that is stunning.. I have a friend I wnat to make a quilt for and that would be a great one! Thanks for sharing
love it ~ love the colours... well done!
That's beautiful! I just bought that pattern and I'm glad to see how lovely it is!
Absolutely beautiful.
WOW, that is one outstanding quilt. Lucky him.
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Age: 21
When did you begin CrossFit: July 2015
Favorite WOD: haven't found a favorite yet as every WOD is still new to me
What WOD sucks: Farmer carries for 600m
Why did you start: I wanted to get into shape
What changes have you encountered mentally: feeling scared before attempting a heavy lift
What changes have you seen physically: my endurance has gotten significantly better
What were you hoping for in CFNB-How did you start: I started with the World's Best Boot Camp at CFNB and went straight into CrossFit. I am hoping to not only get familiar with all the movements but become a part of the CFNB family.
Why CFNB: I love the family atmosphere, I feel comfortable here and everyone is very welcoming
Two Goals for the year: lean out with an overall healthier me and gain more confidence in all the different movements and lifts.
Age: 34
When did you begin CrossFit: March 2015
Favorite WOD: atlas stones & running
What WOD sucks: Murph
Why did you start: After two WBBCOC's I needed a greater challenge
What changes have you encountered mentally: CrossFit is like running in the fact that it is very mental, you have to keep pushing yourself.
What changes have you seen physically: my husband noticed muscles in my back and I
can also lift weight without back pain.
What were you hoping for in CFNB-How did you start: I wanted to run faster and feel
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In the modern, digital economy, there are a whole lot of things you buy but still technically don't own. Nearly all entertainment, for example: digital books, video games, music, and so on. Other software, too. But as basically everything continues to become some kind of computer in a specialized body, plenty of other goods are starting to be subject to licensing, copyright law, and non-ownership problems, too. Like tractors.
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Disney Channel's Good Luck Charlie is building up to the birth and naming of the latest Duncan family member, with the episode "Name That Baby" airing at 7:30 p.m. tonight, and followed by a special one hour show at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 24th, in which the baby finally arrives.
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Disney Channel offered me an inside look at the show this month in preparation for the new episodes. Last week, I talked to the actors playing the parents, Leigh-Allyn Baker and Eric Allan Kramer. This week, the co-creators of the show talked about why they created the show, why it's so personal, and how their kids are involved.
Drew Vaupen and Phil Baker have been working together for over twenty years, a creative partnership that Vaupen joked was "like a long marriage without the sex." Originally a pre-med student, Vaupen graduated from the University of California, Berkley, but moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles to pursue writing instead of science. He said he's always written and was encouraged to make it a career when a writing professor sent a short story to Hollywood.
Vaupen said they met when they were working at Warner Brothers, both as assistants. "I would call Phil to set up meetings with his boss for my boss," Vaupen said. They eventually began talking about their writing, finished a script together and have worked as co-writers/co-producers ever since. Their other television credits include Pig Sty, Suddenly Susan, Almost Perfect, Common Law, Rodney and Sonny with a Chance.
Baker said Good Luck Charlie was born when they were developing ideas for the Disney Channel and loved the idea of how a baby changes the family dynamic, especially with older kids. As Baker put it, "the target demo for the show is living in my house." This is the first family show they've done and they felt like there was a purpose in it, in entertaining kids and their families.
The most important part to making the show fun for families, they agreed, starts on the set. "The best way to create this kind of show is to have a family atmosphere on the set." They praised the young stars of the show as "poised and professional" from very stable families and said brothers and sisters of the cast members are often on set as well.
And their kids, as well as the children of the show's staff writers, often contribute to the show as their real lives inspire events on the show. The eldest daughter on the show, Teddy, is named after Baker's daughter, Teddy, who was in turn named after his wife's late father. Baker said he receives a real sense of accomplishment because, in many ways, he's doing the show for her.
Vaupen is married with two sons, Max, 13, and Alex, 11, who he said frequently contribute ideas to the show. He said Max was with him when he was reviewing footage one day and "he was telling me to edit out some of the footage because it was too slow." And one incident on the show, where one of the kids ask their father to lick his armpit actually happened to Vaupen, when one of his sons asked him if it was possible to lick an armpit.
Vaupen's sons are named after paternal and maternal grandparents. Not so the case on Good Luck Charlie, where the new baby will be named by the fans. Twenty-five million of them from around the world voted on the internet to select the baby's name. Interestingly, the votes were event split between boy's and girl's names.
If the child is a boy, he'll be either Noah, Jonah, Toby, Bobby Jr., or Bo. If the child is a girl, she'll be Sydney, Erika, Mallory, Talia, or Jenny.
I asked Vaupen and Baker if they had a favorite among the names but they declined comment, afraid of spoiling it. They said from among the names, they each had a favorite but it was not the chosen one, and that was as far as they were willing to go.
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Though no one diagnosed with cystic fibrosis has ever been cured, new research by Justin Hanes and his colleagues offers a potential solution to one of the biggest obstacles impeding treatment of this devastating and chronic illness—getting past the mucus barrier.
"The gene that could cure cystic fibrosis has been known since 1989. However, the disease hasn't been cured because no one knows how to deliver the curative gene to cells lining the airways of the lungs," says Hanes, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and an executive committee member of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology. "A major change in the next decade will be an increased focus on delivery technologies."
Mucus, that sticky and highly viscous substance that lines the lungs, eyes, the gastrointestinal tract, and female reproductive tract is proficient at blocking particles from penetrating the body. This is a good thing when those particles are bacteria or viruses but bad when they are vehicles for life-saving therapies.
Hanes and fellow researchers are finding ways to get drug-delivering particles past those sticky mucus linings. Most importantly, they're discovering how to get higher density nanoparticles through mucus at a faster pace, thereby beating the body's speedy attempts to flush its contaminated mucus away.
In a paper published in the January 2007 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hanes' team reported that a coating of polyethylene glycol (PEG) keeps particles from sticking to mucus. PEG had previously been reported as highly adhesive to mucus, but the team showed that PEG molecules with low enough molecular weight (i.e., smaller versions of the molecule) were not.
In one of the most surprising and important findings, the researchers, including first author Samuel K. Lai (PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering), demonstrated that particles coated with PEG moved through human mucus almost as fast as they move through water; particles without the coating had previously been shown to be completely immobile in human mucus.
The team also reported that openings in the mucus mesh lining are much larger than previously thought. This, in turn, means that much larger particles than once believed possible have the potential to pass through the protective mucus barrier, Hanes says. Larger particles are desired for commercial products since they are easier to efficiently load with drugs and are capable of sustaining the release of drug molecules for longer periods of time.
"These findings set the stage for a new generation of nanomedicines that can be delivered directly to affected areas to treat a host of important diseases, such as lung, colon, and cervical cancer, asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, and more," says Hanes.
The preceding article was adapted from "Bypassing the mucus barrier: a "Slick" Answer" by Angela Roberts in Johns Hopkins Engineering: The Magazine of the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, Summer 2007.
To read the full text of this article: Lai, S.K., O'Hanlon, D.E., Harrold, S., Man, S.T., Wang Y., Cone, R., Hanes, J. (Jan. 23, 2007). Rapid transport of large polymeric nanoparticles in fresh undiluted human mucus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 1482-1487, please click here.
To read the abstract in PubMed, click here.
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Super Aguri announced today that it would immediately be ending its participation in Formula 1 after funding for the team has all but dried up. The news comes not long after Super Aguri was denied access to the Turkish Grand Prix paddock area due to its mounting financial issues.
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Honda has been Super Aguri's main source of funding, but is apparently tired of diverting money from its own F1 team despite pronouncing as recently as last December that it would fund the Honda "B-squad" through the 2008 season. The Japanese automaker also wasn't keen on an 11th hour buyout offer for Super Aguri from German automotive firm Weigl. The team hasn't been on sound financial footing for some time, and the breakdown of negotiations with the Dubai-based Magma Group in April certainly didn't help matters. This leaves Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato without cars to drive for the rest of the season and narrows down the starting grid for the Turkish Grand Prix this weekend to ten teams and 20 vehicles.
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We are pleased to announce that Apache Pig 0.10.1 was recently released. This is primarily a maintenance release focused on stability and bug fixes. In fact, Pig 0.10.1 includes 42 new JIRA fixes since the Pig 0.10.0 release.
Some of the notable changes include:
- Source code-only distribution
In the download section for Pig 10.0.1, you will now find a source-only tarball (pig-0.10.1-src.tar.gz) alongside the traditional full tarball, rpm and deb distributions.
- Better support for Apache Hadoop 0.23.x/2.x
Starting with Pig 0.10.1, the Pig team will now publish Maven artifacts for Hadoop 0.23.x/2.x ( PIG-2907 ). Note that if you are using Hadoop 0.23.x/2.x, you will need to get different Pig Maven artifacts than from Hadoop 0.20.x/1.x. Here is the information to retrieve the Pig Maven artifacts for Hadoop 0.23.x/2.x:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.pig</groupId> <artifactId>pig</artifactId> <version>0.10.1</version> <classifier>h2</classifier> </dependency>
In addition, the Pig team fixed a number of bugs specific to Hadoop 0.23.x/2.x (including PIG-3035 , PIG-2783 , PIG-2761 , PIG-2912 , and PIG-2791 ).
- Better support for Oracle JDK 7
All unit tests for Pig 0.10.1 now pass with Oracle JDK7 ( PIG-2908 ).
- End-to-End (e2e) tests and unit tests fixes
We continue to improve Pig e2e testing. With the latest enhancements, we are able to significantly reduce runtime for Pig e2e tests ( PIG-2711 ). We are trying hard to make e2e tests pass on all platforms ( PIG-2859 , PIG-2783 , PIG-2745 ).
We have also included some fixes for unit tests ( PIG-2908 , PIG-2650 , PIG-3099 , PIG-2960 ) to make sure unit tests pass on all currently supported platforms.
- Other fixes
There are a number of other important bug fixes in the core Pig code, UDF and documentation. Details can be found in this document .
Special thanks for the Apache Pig community for doing all of this great work to make these improvements happen!
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Not gonna lie: We love the whole old school cucumber-slices and chilled-tea-bags-on-the-eyes thing. Problem is, who has time to lie back for half an hour with their eyes closed? That's what makes these eye gel patches so perfect. Made with cactus collagen, they have the same soothing, cooling effect, but stick fast to your skin and only cover the undereye area. So while you rid yourself of wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness, you can also watch TV, send emails, and do just about anything else. As an added bonus, the gels are reusable up to three times, making undereye treatment an easy regular component of your regimen.
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Theatre Three gives the area premiere of Lucy Prebble's play Enron, which tells the story of the Houston company's infamous downfall and how it set us up for the recession of the late 2000s. Catch it at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29. It continues through May 25. 2800 Routh St., Suite 168, Dallas. $22-$50. 214-871-3300; www.theatre3dallas.com.
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Artisan Center Theater presents one of the stage productions adapted from a Hollywood musical that actually works: 42nd Street. Catch a performance at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 29. 418 E. Pipeline Road, Hurst. It runs through May 25. $7-$18. 817-284-1200; www.artisanct.com.
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If you do adopt a different lifecycle or development methodology, make sure your team members understand how the components fit together, the rationale behind each element, and the types of projects for which the methodology is appropriate. For example, incremental delivery approaches are often ill-suited for embedded systems but work well for rapidly changing Internet projects. Do you want to fly in an airplane whose avionics were written by an Extreme Programming team or by a CMM Level 5 shop? I'll take Level 5 every time.
Set clear expectations that your projects will follow a structured, yet flexible, approach that will enable timely delivery of high quality, customer-driven functionality. Your product doesn't disappear after its release date and developers often change jobs, so write enough documentation to let future maintainers efficiently adapt the system to meet new business needs.
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Developed by Jorge Zuniga and his research group at Creighton University, the Cyborg Beast is one of e-NABLE's most popular designs. Among its features are textured finger tips for improved grip, Chicago screw joints, protected cable routing through the body of the palm, and integrated tensioning system in the gauntlet. The Cyborg Beast is licensed under the Creative Commons-Attribution-Non-Commercial license.
All files for this design can be found on Thingiverse, HERE. For detailed instructions on which files to download and print, see below.
Cyborg Beast Instruction Manual: HERE
Assembly tutorial by Jeremy Simon of 3D Universe:
Tips for installing the tendon lines from Jeremy Simon of 3D Universe:
Which Files Should I Download and Print?
The latest version of the Cyborg Beast can be downloaded here. When you open this ZIP file, you will find the following files inside:
- Instructions_Cyborg_Beast_Updated.pdf
- Start here. The instructions have detailed information about sizing and assembly.
- Scaling_Chart.pdf
- This chart will help guide sizing.
- L_One_Hinge_Gauntlet.stl
- Gauntlet for thumbless left palm.
- Normal_Gauntlet.stl
- Gauntlet for either right or left full palm.
- L_No_Thumb_Palm.stl
- Palm for users with a left hand with a thumb.
- Finger_w_Bumps.stl
- Distal finger with bumps on the finger tip for better gripping (fingers only).
- Thumb_Finger_w_Bumps.stl
- Distal finger with bumps on the finger tip for the thumb.
- Right_Palm.stl
- Standard palm for a right-hand version.
- R_One_Hinge_Gauntlet
- Gauntlet for a thumb-less right palm.
- Finger_Phal.stl
- Proximal phalange for the four fingers that interfaces with the palm.
- Thumb_Phal.stl
- Proximal phalange for the thumb that interfaces with the palm.
- Finger_wo_Bumps.stl
- Smooth-tipped finger tips for the four fingers.
- Thumb_Finger_wo_Bumps.stl
- Smooth-tipped finger tip for the thumb
- Left_Palm.stl
- Standard left palm.
- R_No_Thumb_Palm.stl
- Palm for users with a right hand with a thumb.
For a standard Cyborg Beast, you'll need to print the following:
- 4 x Finger_w_Bumps.stl or Finger_wo_Bumps.stl
- 1 x Left_Palm.stl or Right_Palm.stl
- 4 x Finger_Phal.stl
- 1 x Thumb_Finger_w_Bumps.stl or Thumb_Finger_wo_Bumps.stl
- 1 x Thumb_Phal.stl
By accepting any design, plan, component or assembly related to the so called "e-NABLE Hand", I understand and agree that any such information or material furnished by any individual associated with the design team is furnished as is without representation or warranties of any kind, express or implied, and is intended to be a gift for the sole purpose of evaluating various design iterations, ideas and modifications. I understand that such improvements are intended to benefit individuals having specific disabilities and are not intended, and shall not be used, for commercial use. I further understand and agree that any individual associated with e-NABLE organization shall not be liable for any injuries or damages resulting from the use of any of the materials related to the e-NABLE hand.
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How could l make some like this ? I would like help people who needs a hand.. Im from Mexico, and I would like be a volunter, congratulations for your work
Hello Isaura! Please email our matcher team at email@example.com and they can help find someone near you that may be able to help!
Thank you very much, I hope I can help, I am a student of bionics engineering in Mexico, I hope to help in the future in a more direct way, for now I'll find a way to help as you and again, congratulations for your work!
Hola Isaura donde estas en Mexico yo estoy en Tepoztlan Morelos tengo una impresora, tu imprimes? a mi también me interesa ayudar , y estoy mas que dispuesto a poner tiempo de mi maquina y material para esto . quizás podamos ir juntando fuerza aquí en mexico también .
Hola, espero que podamos unir fuerzas aquí en México en donde lo que más necesitamos es ser solidario, ojalá podamos ponernos de acuerdo.
Soy de Morelos, pero actualmente estoy en Puebla, ojala podamos ponernos deacuerdo
Hola a todos, yo también estoy en México tengo 2 impresoras, este proyecto es realmente apasionante he estado imprimiendo algunos de estos modelos, ojala podamos estar con contacto para hacer crecer esta comunidad en México realmente hay muchas personas que tienen impresoras en nuestro país creo que todos podríamos aportar.
I'm also located in Mexico City and just joined the community. I have a 3D printer and would love to both print and design.
Thank you Alejandro!
If you can fill out the intake form and get yourself on the map for us – we can start sending you some people in need!
Here is the form!
Feel free to join our Google+ Group too!
how can we order cyborg hand?
If you have someone that is in need of a device who is missing fingers – please send an email to our matcher team at firstname.lastname@example.com and they can help find someone near you to help! It may take a few days for them to get back to you as we are all volunteers and do this in our free time so please give them some time to get the info to you!
My name is Spiro. Im a 25 year old man from Greece now living in the UK.
First of all i would like to congratulate you on such a wonderful achievement! I myself was born with missing digits on my left hand due to congenital amniotic band syndrome. Its where the amniotic sac constricts a part of the body and prevents it from developing when in the womb. I have coped without any prosthesis or support whatsoever my whole life because of the cost of having something like this done. It is absurd and ridiculous to price a prosthetic at such a high cost as 35k and over! But thanks to people like you there is hope for someone like me. What would it take to possibly get a hold of one of your devices?
Best wishes,
Spiros Pouliasis
Hello Spiros! We would be happy to help find someone near you! Please email our matcher team so they can get you the intake form and get you started on finding someone near you that can get some parts printed! Please email: email@example.com
Also – feel free to join the Google+ Group and introduce yourself! 😀
Hello I'm Jeff and I live in the Philippines. Would you know anyone in this area who can help me have this hand… I lost my right hand due to an accident but I still e my carpal and wrist intact… My dad lives in LA in the united states maybe I can have one shipped to him then he can send it to me here in the Philippines… I really appreciate all these things your doing for people like me.. All the best.
Hi Jeff! We would be happy to help find someone that can do that for you!
Please email our matcher team at email@example.com 🙂
My husband lost his arm to the shoulder. Are these a possibility for him? He has had the same prosthesis for 37 years because of cost.
Hi Jo – we currently do not have a device that would work for him but hope to in the future. Feel free to fill out the intake form and get on the list so that if we do come up with a design – we can match him to someone that can make it. 🙂
Here is the form!
Feel free to join our Google+ Group too!
is there a way it can be used if missing part of the arm? have a couple inches after elbow and missing the rest…
Jesus – we now have an arm design – it is here: http://enablingthefuture.org/upper-limb-prosthetics/rit-arm/
Is an "arm" available my uncle is missing hand and part of his arm still has a couple inches after elbow
Hi Jesus! We do have an arm design now!
Email us at email@example.com and fill in the intake form and then feel free to join the Google+ community too! 🙂 Thank you!!
(Community page is here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102497715636887179986 )
Hi Jesus! We do have an arm design now!
Email us at email@example.com and fill in the intake form and we will get started helping you get something printed!
I have a daughter who has one finger. She has seen on the internet hand and would love to have one. Only handmade for someone who has no fingers. Is there a possibility that someone can customize the file for her. There is a 3D scan of her hand made so it might change what is easy.
Yours sincerely
Hello Johan! We can certainly try!
Please email us at email@example.com and fill out the form, send in the measurements and photos and our matcher team will help you find someone that can print and rework a design for you. 🙂
Acabo de leer un articulo en la revista city energy en Chile, se me llena el corazón con la forma como desarrollo su proyecto, sus objetivos, los logros y el tiempo invertido. Me queda claro que con perseverancia y su objetivo, a logrado su fuerza. No tengo impresora, ni grandes recursos, solo cuento con mis manos y mi creatividad. Nose como pero quiero ayudar, soy Diseñadora industrial, mi correo personal firstname.lastname@example.com
Hi there-my new born is due in April and I've learned he will not have a left hand. There is no limb difference otherwise, he has everything up to his wrist but I've been advised that the sooner you introduce children to prosthetics the better. Is there a size available for children 6 month olds? Additionally we don't have a 3D printer. Is there a way we can order one? Thank you so much and this is amazing!!!
Hola quisiera saber si uds pueden mandarme los archivos de los diseños para imprimir una mano derecha para una mujer de 41 años, es delgada y bajita. firstname.lastname@example.com
Desde ya muchas gracias.
Hi there, I've trying to make a hand for some time now, but ran into a few problems. There seems to be multiple variations of the gauntlets; where can I get access to the gauntlet with the slits for the velcro as well as the twisting type tensioner mounting?
Hello, I am in your database download images seem to be is incomplete, I am very urgently need to know the method of making 3 d prosthetics, I come from China, this technology is not here, I'd like to cooperate with you, and popularized in China, looking forward to cooperating with you!
Hi guys, yesterday a man of 35 years wrote me to my email asking for my help , he told me he had lost an arm , he is Cuban and I wondered if there would be someone to help you , your email is email@example.com Thanks for your attention.
Hi everybody,
Sorry for posting this here but I didn't found any user forum or so. I am having issues printing the gauntlet for the cyborg beast hand : http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/ad/f9/52/34/ba/Normal_Gauntlet_w_Tensioner_preview_featured.jpg
In fact, the contact with the printer plate is too small and is not flat, and the printing always ends up as a big mess. Also, at some point, the printer tries to print in a point of space corresponding to the gauntlet tips, and it's the least to say that it doesn't really work. I've tried to rotate the 3d model so the gauntlet tips touch the printer's plate, but yet the surface contact is still too small, and the printer starts printing wires that detach from the model.
Do anybody ahad issues with it too ? Or are you all succeeding in printing it without any problem.
I am thinking of printing this modified gautlet instead : http://3dprint.nih.gov/discover/3dpx-001011
Or maybe flattening the original model by myslef.
Thanks for your help,
Hi Jen, thanks for your answer. I've just sent the mail.
Hello ,
I printed the cyborg beast and the gauntlet does not have a place for the tendons to be inserted, also the Instruction Manual is not opening. Is there a way I could get the Instruction manual for the Cyborg Beast to be sent to my email or access it in any other way because I tried multiple times to open it but failed. It says this "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
The specified bucket does not exist
The project is very good and to become more comfortable and not hurt the boy's hand and I think a glove with specific material and whistled his hand would be an idea to be considered.
What about a soft silicon like substance to help in pain and adjustment? Or maybe make it longer in the arm to increase the strong and stability of arm?
Hi there,
First of all thank you so much for doing such a noble work. I am a senior Electrical and Computer Engineering students and fr my senior design project I am working on a EMG Controlled Forearm Prosthesis. I would like to use this design for the actual hand, and my question is if is possible to fit servo motors inside the hand to actuate the tendon lines? I would also love to shared my project with this community so more people can be benefited by this technology. Email me at email@example.com


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Ballet dancers aim for glory at Moscow competition
By James Kilner
MOSCOW (Reuters Life!) - One of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions opened in Moscow's Bolshoi Theater on Thursday, with dancers hoping to pirouette their way to fame.
Held every four years since 1969, this is the 11th international Moscow ballet competition and about 120 of the top aspiring ballet dancers from across the world are in competition for the gold medals.
Andrey Pisarev, 23, who dances at Ukraine's national ballet had finished practicing his moves in a rehearsal room.
"For me, this is the biggest and most important ballet competition in the world," he said.
"It's like the World Cup of ballet."
His father, Vadim Pisarev, won the competition in 1985.
"He became famous around the world after that win," Pisarev said.
On Thursday, dancers as young as 14 glided and jumped across the stage of the Bolshoi's second theater -- the New Stage -- where the competition was being judged. Continued...