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His Excellency Dr. Hanif Hassan, the UAE Minister of Health and the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, said that he is
proud to see this meeting being organized in the UAE; this being the first time an HGM is being
hosted in an Arab State.
He also praised the generous support provided to HGM 2011 by H. H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance and the patron of the Award, and his
eagerness to provide all possible facilities for the conference and the delegates.
He said that holding this conference in conjunction with the 4thPan Arab Human Genetics
Conference is a fruit of constructive cooperation between the Human Genome Organisation and the
Award's Centre for Arab Genomic Studies.
H.E. Dr. Hanif Hassan, UAE Minister of Health, referred to HGM 2011 as a reflection of a new world's
era of applying advanced human genomic technologies in the diagnosis and treatment of many
disorders, in order to reduce the spread and control of inherited disorders and many chronic diseases
with genetic backgrounds such as cancer, diabetes and hypertension that exhaust economic
resources and productivity worldwide.
He added that the participation of 1,200 doctors and geneticists in this meeting is a strong indicator
for the potential success in issuing realistic recommendations that would certainly help support the
global health system.
H.E. Dr. Hanif Hassan added that he is proud of the strategic partnership that exists between
SHAMS, the Dubai World Trade Centre, and the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce
Marketing. The conference also received strong support from various official departments in the UAE
including the UAE Ministry of Health, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai Police, General Directorate of
Residency and Foreigners Affairs, and Emirates' Transport.
"The coordination of these various institutions allows us to anticipate a successful organization of this
conference and emphasize the leading role of UAE in supporting scientific research locally and
globally", the Minister said.
On the other hand, Prof. Najib Al Khaja, Secretary General of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, President of the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies (CAGS),
and the President of HGM 2011, said that the conference will discuss 480 research papers authored
by 1700 researchers from 66 countries around the world.
"India has topped with 58 research papers, followed by the United States of America with 44 papers,
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with 36 papers and the United Kingdom with 30 research papers among
other 66 countries", he added.
"The UAE is also represented in the conference through 22 submitted research papers. In addition,
there also 21 submitted research papers from Singapore, which hosts the current international
headquarters of HUGO", he referred.
Prof. Najib Al Khaja, said that starting from the second day of the conference more than 100 lectures
will be distributed on 3 parallel unprecedented concurrent symposia on each day.
These lectures include 75 invited keynote speeches and 26 submissions that were selected among
405 abstracts received during the last four months of 2010 through the conference's website.
The remaining 379 submissions will be presented during the conference in traditional and electronic
poster formats.
The conference will also include a major exhibition of more than 30 global companies displaying the
latest in genomic technologies and services.
Prof. Al Khaja added that, since the first call to organize this meeting, HUGO and CAGS have
provided all possible measures to attract contributions from the largest possible number of young
scientists and to present a suitable platform to improve their knowledge in the field.
Senior world geneticists are expected to participate in the event. At the forefront is Prof. Edison T
Liu, President of the Human Genome Organisation and Executive Director of the Genome Institute in
Singapore (GIS), a biomedical research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and
Research (A*STAR).
Also among the conference participants is Prof. Sydney Brenner, President of Okinawa Institute of
Science and Technology and Nobel laureate for Medicine in 2002.
Among prominent Arab participants is a member of the Saudi Parliament, who will be discussing a
number of draft laws on human genome applications in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
"It is time for emerging countries to benefit from developed genome applications in disease diagnosis
and treatment", Prof. Edison T Liu said in a statement by HUGO.
He added that the main objective of establishing HUGO in 1988 was to map the human genome,
which was successfully completed in 2003 and caused great global impact.
"Objectives of HUGO have been recently developed with a new manifesto, declaring that HUGO will
champion the adoption of genomics into human health and sustainability equally among emerging
and developed states", he referred.
He said that HUGO would dedicate itself to encourage and assist the rise of genomic sciences in
emerging scientific nations.
Speaking about the reasons for choosing the United Arab Emirates to host HGM 2011, he said that
UAE is an exceptional country with a strong infrastructure and a strategic location in addition to a
central role to play in supporting scientific research in the region.
"Among the main topics that will be discussed during the conference are the next generation of
genomic technologies and their impact on heritable disorders, stem cell therapy, and diseases with
genetic ramifications such as cancers, metabolic disorders, deafness, and neurological disorders",
Prof. Liu said.
The conference will also discuss the global economic effects of genome applications and their related
ethical and legislative challenges. Among the discussed subjects is the use of developed algorithms
to read human genome maps and allow the discovery of disease-related loci.
As a satellite event, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, a non-profit organization supporting
genome research, will organize a 3-day workshop between the 19th and 21st of March at the
American University in Dubai. The workshop aims at training 30 geneticists on how to use
bioinformatics tools freely available on the internet, focusing primarily on the Human Genome data.
During the conference, the HUGO Council will conduct several closed meetings to discuss its future
strategic plans; the details of the forthcoming HGMs; its publications, in particular, The HUGO
Journal; and the goals and directions for its various sub-committees.
The Executive Board and Arab Council of CAGS will also hold a number of important meetings to
evaluate their achievements during the past years and discuss future projects.
During HGM 2011 a daily "Meet the Professors" networking session will be held, during which
selected members from HUGO and CAGS will meet with young and aspiring scientists to discuss
their potential future roles in the domain of genomic sciences.
Prof. Edison T Liu will also chair several significant meetings on the sidelines of the conference with
representatives of international participating organizations to discuss ways of cooperation aiming to
reinforce HUGO's role in the realm of human genomics and genetics.
About the Human Genome Organisation
The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is an international organisation formally established in
1988 to foster collaboration between genome scientists around the world. It is entering its 21st
year of history by making an inflection in its direction. Now that the human genome has been sequenced, we
are seeking the biological meaning of its information content. To this end, it is focusing on the medical
implications of this genomic knowledge. Moving forward, HUGO is also working to enhance the
genomic capabilities of the world's emerging countries. The excitement and interest in genomic
sciences in Asia, the Middle East, South America, and Africa are palpable and the hope is that these
technologies will aid in national development and improved health.
Media Contacts:
Ms. Diana Hon, Human Genome Organisation, (Tel) 65-6808-8192 (Fax) 65-6808-8297, (Email)
Conference Website:
HGM 2011 – www.hgm2011.org


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Star Fox Adventures
Review by MSuskie
"A game 65 million years in the making."
I can easily admit that I'm a Rare fan. Their N64 games are some of my favorites of all time, and such classics as Goldeneye, Banjo-Kazooie and even Conker's Bad Fur Day are held dearly to my heart. So, you can imagine that I was quite disappointed when Nintendo announced that they were selling Rare to one of their biggest opponents Microsoft! Still, Rare was to release one more game on a Nintendo system before they left. That game was, of course, Dinosaur Planet or, at least, that was what it was called in the N64 days. After countless delays, Rare finally moved it to GameCube with the Star Fox license attached to it, dubbed Star Fox Adventures.
Now, I've been a fan of the Star Fox franchise for a while now. The original Star Fox on SNES was absolutely amazing, as the first game on the system to take advantage of polygons. Star Fox 64 was a very fun 3D shooter on the N64. But, really, Star Fox Adventures really has little (if anything) to do with the Star Fox series. It's still got the same characters, but as the name implies, instead of being a shooter, it's an action/adventure title along the lines of the Zelda games. The story is that a planet simply named Dinosaur Planet is under attack by its own ruler, General Scales. It's up to Fox and team to check out the situation and deal with it in the most appropriate way possible (in other words, without blasters or ships dang).
Okay, so the story in Adventures is pretty shall we say, ordinary. That's okay, right? Right, because a game can have a mediocre plot and still come out on top in terms of gameplay. So, let's put all traces of story behind and focus on the gameplay. As I mentioned before, Adventures has a design very reminiscent of a Zelda title. It has a targeting-based battle system. You'll trek through several dungeons with Zelda-like puzzles. When Fox runs off of a ledge, he'll automatically jump. It's very clear that the Adventures team got much inspiration from Nintendo's beloved franchise, and that's in no way a bad thing Especially since there was no Wind Waker at the time of Adventures' release.
The Adventures weapon of choice is a magical staff that Fox inherits early on in the adventure. This can be used to attack in the heat of battle, cast magical spells used to kill enemies and solve puzzles, defend yourself Fox even uses it to flip switches and open compartments such as boxes and crates. It's Fox's main tool since he won't be using his blaster this time around. Fox also gets to befriend a little dinosaur named Tricky, who becomes Fox's sidekick and is a necessity in solving puzzle and gaining access to new areas. He can hold switches, distract enemies, start fires, dig up treasure, and plenty more.
All of Fox's actions, items, spells and commands and enter through the convenient and innovative C-menu that Rare has incorporated. At any given time during the game, you can use the C-Stick to scroll through a small menu in the upper-right portion of the screen, select a command and use it by pressing A. This is a nice little addition that prevents the tedium caused by Zelda games when you have to enter a pause menu every time you want to use a new item. Now, since the C-Stick can't be used for the camera, this means that the only camera option you have is to straighten it with the L shoulder button. This sounds limited, but as a matter of fact I've never really had any problems with the game's camera, so Rare did a fine job in that regard.
Before we get into any more details about gameplay, I would like to briefly rave about Adventures' graphics. I'm writing this review at the end of summer 2004 and this is still the best-looking game I've ever seen. The lighting effects are phenomenal Fox and all of the other characters in the game are light-mapped to perfection. Rare has put an insane amount of detail into the character models. Zoom up close and you'll see thousands of tiny individual hairs on Fox's body, or hundreds of scales on the skin of a dinosaur. I initially thought that the water effects in Super Mario Sunshine were the best we'd see this generation, but Adventures proved me wrong. Animation, art direction and shading are all top-notch and display the best of GameCube's capabilities. As I said, the best-looking game I've ever seen.
But that's to be expected from a Rare game, right? No, what really disappoints me about Adventures is the gameplay itself. It was a thrill at the time my original score for Adventures here on GameFAQs was a 9/10, and because on GameCube this was, at the time, the closest thing we had to Zelda. However, now that Wind Waker had come and gone it's far easier to see through Adventures' concept and into its deepest flaws.
For one thing, Adventures is way too easy. Whereas The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on the N64 constantly had me stuck with the latest puzzles, but Adventures just doesn't try hard enough to challenge the player. The puzzles themselves are usually just some sort of target-shooting exercise or obstacle course, and I can only remember one moment in the game when I was truly stumped. And even then, I figured it out eventually. To make things worse, the battles are far too easy as well. The battle system is pretty simple, with a few combos and dodge maneuvers. Most of the enemies are very similar, and boss battles are too few and far between (and lack imagination).
Another thing, Adventures is fairly short and very linear. Before release, I heard somewhere that Adventures would be on two discs with over eighty hours of gameplay. Whoever said that was a dang liar. Adventures takes roughly 15-20 hours to complete on your first run, and possibly less than that if you've played through before. That's a pretty decent length, but the Zelda games are longer. What's more, Adventures had few (if any) side quests to engage on outside of the main adventure to extend the life span of the game. Once you've beaten Adventures, there's little reason to come back and play it again.
On occasion, Adventures tries to mix up the gameplay by adding something different. Every time you travel off of the planet, you'll play through a stage that goes back to Star Fox's roots in a space shooter sequence. As fun as these levels are, they're very brief and feel as if they're only there to provide some nostalgia for fans of the franchise. There are also a few race sequences in the game, plus the ability to ride animals, play mini-games, etc. However, as with the shooter levels, all of these elements don't really tie in with the rest of the game and feel as if they're only there to mix up the gameplay a bit.
+ This remains the best-looking game I've ever seen.
+ Zelda-like gameplay design (dungeons, puzzles, battles, etc.).
+ Intuitive C-menu makes selecting actions a snap.
+ Easy-going battle system.
+ Much variety in the design of the game.
+ Camera, though limited, never gets in the way.
+ Nice soundtrack, and the voice acting is for the most part good.
+ Widescreen support!
- It's a very linear game.
- Shorter than expected.
- Story is pretty bleak, especially with such a boring antagonist.
- Puzzles are too easy and lack imagination.
- Battle system is almost too simple, and enemies are too similar.
- Bosses are infrequent and pretty boring to battle.
- The musical score can occasionally be a bit over-the-top.
- Shooting missions are too short.
- Voice acting occasionally takes a dip in terms of quality.
- Lacks that Rare charm.
Overall: 7/10
As a whole, it feels like Star Fox Adventures was simply a holdover until Zelda: Wind Waker arrived, and now that that time has come and gone, I'm not as overwhelmed as I used to be. Adventures is still a good game, and any and all Zelda fans should definitely check it out if they haven't already, but there are certainly better action/adventure games out there. There are still plenty of compelling reasons to pick this up. As I said, Adventures is the best-looking game I've ever seen, and it has widescreen and Dolby support. It's also less than twenty bucks, so I don't see how you could go wrong with this.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 03/03/03, Updated 08/22/04
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Permissive building codes, industry inertia, and market demands — like clients clamoring for floor-to-ceiling views — have widened the discrepancy between the kind of buildings cities say they want and what they actually allow. So while the industry inches towards better environmental performance, buildings in Boston and other cities still fall short of the sustainability goals that everyone claims to embrace.

Courtney Humphries of Boston Globe argues that the current trend for extensive use of glass in buildings contradicts today's strive for sustainability and "green building." When New York started tracking energy use by skyscrapers, the gleaming 7 World Trade Center — one of that city's more efficient glass towers — scored worse than the 1930s-era Empire State Building."

Taking a lot of energy to heat and cool, glass buildings do not fit well with most climates. "Unlike opaque walls, glass allows heat to pass in and out easily. A 2014 report from the Urban Green Council in New York found that glass buildings have insulation values equivalent to medieval half-timber houses." As the author adds, "Transparent walls also limit privacy, and sunlight can create glare. Reflections on glass buildings can also be a problem; one London skyscraper infamously melted cars parked outside. The Urban Green Council has found that occupants of glass buildings often cover their views with shades and cur...
 https://archinect.com/news/article/150016755/google-s-dandelion-startup-wants-to-make-geothermal-energy-more-affordable-for-homeowners Google's Dandelion startup wants to make geothermal energy more affordable for homeowners Alexander Walter 2017-07-10T14:49:00-04:00 >2017-07-11T09:23:18-04:00
Google parent Alphabet is spinning off a little-known unit working on geothermal power called Dandelion, which will begin offering residential energy services. [...] Dandelion chief executive Kathy Hannun said her team had been working for several years "to make it easier and more affordable to heat and cool homes with the clean, free, abundant, and renewable energy source right under our feet," and that the efforts culminated with the creation of an independent company outside of Alphabet.

"In the U.S., buildings account for 39% of all carbon emissions, mostly from the combustion of fossil fuels for heating and cooling," Dandelion CEO Kathy Hannun explains on the company's blog. "In the Northeast, heating and cooling is particularly carbon-intensive due to the relatively high use of fuel oil or propane as a heating fuel. This also leads to unpredictable costs for homeowners; if fuel prices rise during a particularly long and cold winter, their wallets take a hit."

Hannun describes how designing a better drill was the key to reducing cost, time, hassle, and environmental impact of the drilling process: "After months of testing, we hit upon a design for a fast, slender drill that hit our objectives. It could drill just one or two deep holes just a few inches wide, and compared to typical installation rigs, it produced less waste and took up much less space as it operated. It left a typical suburban backyard relatively undisturbed, so we could minimize landscaping costs ...
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The days of having to purchase astonishingly expensive replacement charging plugs accidentally left behind on trips, or for that matter of lugging around charging plugs in general, may be over. At this year's CES in Las Vegas, licensing company Ossia is unveiling a drop ceiling tile that purports to wirelessly charge a variety of devices, depending of course on how close the device is to the tile. The more tiles, the chargier: up to four Cota Tiles can be combined to provide the maximum radius and charge to those battery-draining devices. As the press release explains:

Each Cota Tile contains Ossia's wireless power smart antenna technology that automatically powers Cota-enabled devices — from tablets to smoke alarms. Cota Tile has proven safe for operation around people, pets and plants. It is environmentally friendly and does not interfere with Wi-Fi or other wireless technologies while continuously streaming power to multiple Cota-enabled devices, even as they move around a room. C...
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Driverless cars will trundle around the UK in their first public trials today. The demonstration of the autonomous electric vehicles is going to take place on the pavements of Milton Keynes. These tests will be the culmination of an 18-month research project which involved virtually mapping the town and updating regulations for driverless vehicles.

For the latest on advances in self-driving cars:

Uber lets you hail its self-driving cars in Pittsburgh later this month

How autonomous vehicles will accelerate suburban sprawl

This startup hopes to bring autonomous campus shuttles to colleges by 2017

 https://archinect.com/news/article/149938451/new-nevada-solar-plant-can-store-heat-from-the-sun-for-up-to-10-hours-with-molten-salt New Nevada solar plant can store heat from the sun for up to 10 hours – with molten salt Alexander Walter 2016-04-05T13:50:00-04:00 >2016-04-05T22:38:11-04:00
Renewable energy like solar and wind is booming across the country as the costs of production have come down. But the sun doesn't always shine, and the wind doesn't blow when we need it to. [...] A company called SolarReserve may have found a solution: It built a large solar plant in the Nevada desert that can store heat from the sun and generate electricity for up to 10 hours even after sundown.

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Denver selected to host the 2017 Solar Decathlon

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 https://archinect.com/news/article/149512391/us-government-agency-develops-new-batteries-that-could-revolutionize-energy-infrastructure US government agency develops new batteries that could revolutionize energy infrastructure Nicholas Korody 2016-03-03T16:46:00-05:00 >2016-03-16T00:41:04-04:00
A US government agency says it has attained the "holy grail" of energy – the next-generation system of battery storage, that has has been hotly pursued by the likes of Bill Gates and Elon Musk. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (Arpa-E) – a branch of the Department of Energy – says it achieved its breakthrough technology in seven years.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (Arpa-E) was founded back in 2009 as part of President Obama's economic recovery plan. So-called "moonshot projects" are often too risky for private investors, but this state-run initiative may have unlocked a new technology that others, from Elon Musk to Bill Gates, have been chasing after for years.

"I think we have reached some holy grails in batteries – just in the sense of demonstrating that we can create a totally new approach to battery technology, make it work, make it commercially viable, and get it out there to let it do its thing," said Ellen Williams, Arpa-E's director.

The projects that Arpa-E has developed involve faster superconductors and new materials besides lithium-ion. Williams said that their projects could transform utility scale storage.

For the US to switch from a fossil-fuel economy to one based on renewable energy sources like solar and wind, it's essential to create more efficient large-scale energy storage systems...
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According to a team of researchers at MIT, both scenarios may be possible before long, thanks to a new material that can store solar energy during the day and release it later as heat, whenever it's needed. This transparent polymer film could be applied to many different surfaces, such as window glass or clothing. [...] the new finding could provide a highly efficient method for storing the sun's energy through a chemical reaction and releasing it later as heat.

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The rainy season coincides with summer in Dakar, which means it's the power-cut days. The heat goes up, A/Cs kick into gear and the power utility, Senelec, cannot cope. [...] Enter solar. This potential renewable savior is a latecomer to Dakar because until recently solar power was banned in cities, as it was considered what the French pointedly call "compétition déloyale" – unfair competition. But under pressure from Dakar's own citizens, the ban was lifted under the last government [...].

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China has announced plans to ban the use of coal in its smog-plagued capital by the end of 2020, as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially in major cities. Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau posted the plan on its website on Monday, saying the city would instead prioritize electricity and natural gas for heating. The Chinese central government recently listed environmental protection as one of the top criteria by which leaders will be judged.

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There are more than 3,000 active oil and gas wells in Los Angeles County. Almost 4,680 new wells were drilled in 2012 across the state, bringing the total number to 210,000, according to the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources of the California Department of Conservation [...] Oil industry officials argue that drilling in California provides many economic benefits, and they downplay any potential health hazards.

If you want to explore the wells yourself, take a look at this map by the California Department of Conservation (via CurbedLA).
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The world will face "insurmountable" water crises in less than three decades, researchers said Tuesday, if it does not move away from water-intensive power production. A clash of competing necessities — drinking water and energy demand — will cause widespread drought unless action is taken soon [...] "There will be no water by 2040 if we keep doing what we're doing today," researcher Benjamin Sovacool, director of the Center for Energy Technology at Aarhus University said... Tuesday.

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Modernist houses from Asheville to Wilmington received top honors last week in the third annual George Matsumoto Prize for Modernist residential design across the state, sponsored by the award-winning non-profit organization North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH).

The houses submitted had to be in North Carolina but the designers could be based anywhere. All submissions were capable of winning in two, or both, categories: the Jury Awards and the People's Choice Awards.

During a special ceremony that NCMH held at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh, sponsored by CAM, Foundation bar, and Palette & Parlor, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, announced the winners of the Jury Awards category, which were chosen by a team of professional architects from California, Massachusetts, and New York, and included cash prizes. The 2014 Jury Award winners were:

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For a kid, a lifesize light-up spinning top that you can play in right in your neighborhood sounds like a dream come true -- and such is the case in Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

The Energy Carousel by Madrid-based firm Ecosistema Urbano is a play structure that is both engaging and educational. As kids grab onto one of the structure's hanging ropes, the kinetic energy released by their movements is stored in a battery, which later serves as supply to light up the structure at night. The carousel's LED lights shine in various colors depending on how much energy was stored during that day.

The Energy Carousel was one of the winning designs in a 2010 invited competition by Carve, an Amsterdam design group that specializes in developing and engineering public spaces for children. Carve asked 10 European firms to design a multi-age sustainable "unconventional play object" to complete the Governeursplein public square in Dordrecht.

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Oyster Creek, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Atlantic City, generates 630 megawatts (MW), or enough electricity to power 600,000 households. Situated about a mile inland from the brackish inlet of the Atlantic Ocean known as Barnegat Bay, it shares the same design as Japan's tsunami-crippled coastal nuclear plant, Fukushima Daiichi.

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... a cache of biological samples appeared through the criminal networks of Mumbai, in the vain hope that it might provide new marketable narcotic opportunities. The collective drive and expertise of the refugees managed to turn theses genetically-engineered fungal samples into a new type of infrastructure - providing heat, light and building material for the refugees. Dharavi rapidly evolved it's own micro-economy based around the mushrooms.

 https://archinect.com/news/article/48459191/understanding-the-resource-intensity-of-cities Understanding the Resource Intensity of Cities Archinect 2012-05-14T17:24:00-04:00 >2012-05-15T12:50:31-04:00
Urban planning has focused on identifying many important questions about the formation and functioning of our cities. However, there is a lack of understanding about the spatial patterns related to material and energy use in cities. This work attempts to address this knowledge gap.

 urbmet.org is a web-map that illustrates data on material and energy use in cities. The goal is to provide an intuitive way of understanding this complex problem using an interactive interface. We have analyzed 42 cities and estimated material and energy intensities.

 To make this work as useful as possible, we are interested in examining whether this information is presented in such a way that it builds intuition about the functioning of cities.
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If you designed or built a home that met energy code just a few years ago, that same home will probably not be legal to build just a few years from now. Some might say it's about time, while others may think it's not a good idea to increase code requirements during a depressed housing economy.

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OriginOil, a start-up based in Los Angeles, CA., has begun a pilot of its urban algae farm concept at the La Défense complex near Paris. Wastewater from buildings nourishes algae growth; algae is processed to make heat. The company is attempting to prove that integrating algae production into large building complexes will help bring them closer to net zero.

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It is no design flaw: encapsulated within the walls and ceiling panels is a gel that solidifies at night and melts with the warmth of the day. Known as a phase change material (PCM), the gel will help reduce the amount of energy needed to cool office space in the building - scheduled to house the molecular engineering department when completed this month - by a whopping 98 per cent.

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On Wednesday Lord Foster announced a plan so big that even Burnham would have been impressed. The Thames Hub, a £50bn project devised by architects Foster and Partners, planners and builders Halcrow and Volterra, a consultancy group of British economists, aims to revolutionise Britain's often creaking and largely inadequate national transport and energy infrastructure.

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"In the same way that we have backup batteries for our cameras and computers, the Japanese government has recently unveiled plans to develop a whole new city that will act as a backup for Tokyo in the event of another crippling earthquake."

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Google, the investor in this case, will technically own the solar panels, while the maintenance and upkeep responsibility of the solar panels stays with the installer and Clean Power Finance. The homeowners, who are essentially giving roof space in exchange for a chance to buy solar-generated electricity, will pay a monthly fee. Google's return on investment comes via the electricity that is generated by the solar panels and sold to customers.

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Swiss design firm RAFAA has shared with us their entry to the invited competition for Ivanpah, a 392-megawatt solar thermal power facility currently being built by BrightSource Energy Inc in the Californian Mojave Desert. The project - which counts NRG Solar, Google and BrightSource as equity investors - is currently the largest solar plant under construction in the world.

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When I first came to Japan a quarter decade ago, toilets were in unheated spaces, and it was sometimes a shock to sit. About 20 years ago, leaders in the industry came up with a nifty solution: a small heater in the seat. Over time, more and more features were added: massaging and bidet features are common, newer ones have a little air fan for deodorizing,... play music, and light the inside of the bowl. Somewhere along the line, the original reason for the heater itself became less important

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Tickets are on sale now for the 45th Annual CSUB Athletics Spring Barbeque scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at the Icardo Center.
The event is once again presented by North Bakersfield Toyota Scion, Bill Wright Toyota Scion and Kern Schools Federal Credit Union. Dinner will be served from 5:30 to 9 p.m. featuring top-quality Harris Ranch Beef Steak or teriyaki chicken, from head chefs Gary and Adam Icardo. This year's event chairman is John Giumarra Jr., who along with the Icardo family has been working this event since its inception.
Live music will be played on the KUZZ Stage to entertain during dinner. As one of the premiere social events of the year, there will also be a great selection of beer and wine.
You can save $5 off of the price by purchasing your tickets in advance for just $30. Tickets can be purchased by calling 654-BLUE or by emailing email@example.com. Tickets will also be available at the gate the night of the event for $35. CSUB students can purchase advanced tickets at the cashier's window on campus.
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CASTAIC — The Grapevine section of the I-5 freeway has just been reopened, but only with California Highway Patrol escorts, after having been closed about 4 p.m. Thursday because of snowy conditions, according to Caltrans.
Heavy snow and icy roads had stranded thousands of motorists on the freeway north of Castaic Friday morning.
Heavy snow fell in the area late Thursday, and I-5 was closed between Parker Road and Grapevine Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The closure remained in effect overnight and the roadway was reevaluated Friday morning, according to the CHP.
The freeway was first closed at around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos.
One alternative route for northbound travelers was the 14 freeway north to State Route 158 west toward Bakersfield, Villalobos said.
There were reports of snowy conditions in the high desert, however, so a second alternative was to head north on the 101 freeway and travel to the Santa Maria area before heading east on State Route 166 toward Bakersfield, he said.


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"Joseph - Mary mother of God!" He said, taking Grace's hand quickly and pulling her from the trailer. He shouted for someone to go see to her aunt, and a few of the older men and women scurried into the trailer worriedly. Grace was struggling against Mickey to go back in after them, but he held her wrists tightly in his hands.
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she shook her head and wept, her thin body shaking. "She can't be.. it isn't fair.." She kept saying under her breath as she fought against him. Mickey took a deep breath shook his head as he and tried to ease her emotions, as well as his. He felt immense sympathy for the poor girl who had already lost so much..
He pulled her into him and put his arms around her small frame, "Grace, quiet." Grace's hands pushed against his chest in a slight resistance, but she gave in and put her head against Mickey's chest as silent tears flooded down her flushed face.
Mickey pressed his lips together tautly as he wrapped an arm around her and rubbed her back with the other. He rested his chin on top of her head and closed his eyes as he worried for the child who'd just lost the last of her family..
"Ssh, it's gonna be alright.. Grace come with me.." He told her quietly, still holding the her against him but beginning to walk towards his mother's trailer. Mickey's mom stepped out of their trailer and looked towards Grace's curiously.
"Mickey, what's goin' on?" She asked.
Mickey shook his head and gave her a look. "Not now, ma," he said. "You see to it fer yerself.. I'm takin' her in.." And with that, he opened the door to the trailer and helped Grace inside.
When Mickey's mom returned to her trailer, she found Mickey sitting on the couch with Grace, who was curled up asleep under a blanket. Her head was resting on the pillow in Mickey's lap. Under the pillow, Mickey had applied an ice pack to here Grace had kneed him earlier..
Mickey ran a hand through her hair just as his mother used to do to him when he was younger.. He looked up to her and rose his eyebrows questioningly.. But he didn't have to ask.. He could tell by the way she was looking at Grace and from the redness in her eyes that her aunt had passed away.
He let out a long sigh and shook his head slowly.
"It ain't fair, ma," he said quietly as he shook his head, his words contradicting himself from earlier.. His mother nodded slowly and went to sit across from Mickey in her large rocking chair.
"I know, Mickey. But you know that isn' the way that life is. She'll find some good from it.." She watched the sleeping girl fondly before looking back up to Mickey with a smile. "I want her t' live wit us," she told him quietly. Mickey rose his eyebrows and looked to his mother surprised.
"What?" He whispered.
His mother frowned and told him sharply, "You heard me, boy! Where else does the child have t' go? You tell her when she wakes that I'll make up yer old bed for her." And with that, she got to her feet and crossed her arms as she awaited his response.
"I will, ma," he said. His mother nodded and went to the back to make up the bed. Mickey sighed and looked back down at Grace, his finger traced her brow gently as he watched her sleeping quietly.. at least she could find some peace in that.
When Grace woke up, Mickey too had fallen asleep. His arm was now wrapped around her, his head tilted back against the wall, and he was snoring quietly. Grace's eyes grew round as she looked up at for a moment as bit her lip lightly and she tried to sit up without waking him.
Mickey grunted and twitched slightly, his grip around her tightened.. Yet he still did not wake. Grace's eyes grew wider at this and she rose her eyebrows and leaned back against him, and his grip relaxed. She furrowed her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes slightly, but have a soft sigh and reluctantly closed her eyes, trying to fall back to sleep.
Moments later, Mickey opened his eyes and looked around. He glanced down at Grace and let out a soft sigh. His back arched slightly and he yawned and shook the sleep from his mind. He glanced at the clock on the wall and his eyes grew wide - he'd been asleep for nearly two hours.
He looked back at Grace, wondering if he should wake her and tell her about her aunt.. He winced and bit his lower lip lightly.. if she hadn't already put it together yet he certainly wouldn't wake her to give her the news.
Mickey sighed and put his legs out in front of him, one of them stinging slightly from being in the same position for too long. "Ah, bugger," he muttered as he shifted from beneath Grace's dead weight. He picked her up easily in his arms and walked her to the back room as best he could with his one leg still tinging. He shifted one of his arms out from under her to pull back the sheets quickly. He then laid her gently down upon the bed and pulled the covers up over her.
Grace stirred and gave a soft sigh as her eyes opened slightly and she looked around. She looked up and spotted Mickey standing above her. She began to sit up as she suddenly became aware that she was no longer on the couch.
"Me mam made me old bed for you," Mickey explained. "She wants you t' stay wit' us.."
Grace pressed her lips together, a part of her was still angry with Mickey. She wanted to argue with him and insist that she would be fine by herself.. But she knew very well that she wasn't.. so she nodded reluctantly.
"That's very kind of her.." Grace said softly.
"Get some sleep, Grace," Mickey told her quietly. Grace nodded, looking up at him sheepishly. This roused a smile from the gypsy, and he tousled her hair gently before shutting the door quietly behind him.
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The 2003 Chevrolet vehicle selection consists of several products gaining a facelift. Styling of the Chevrolet Cavalier has been retuned with improvements such as a revised front and rear end with a more prevalent upper grille. The 2003 Chevrolet Impala sedan also features a slightly altered rear appearance. Recognizing the changing shape of vehicles, Chevrolet is imagining the future of performance with styling from the past in one new product. An extraordinary design experiment, the all-new 2003 Chevrolet SSR is a two-door pickup truck with a power-retractable hardtop. Along with the SSR, Chevrolet demonstrates the performance potential possible in a full-sized Silverado pickup truck with the introduction of the 345-horsepower Silverado SS. The TrailBlazer line-up grows in more ways than one with the introduction of the EXT model. On the 2003 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, StabiliTrak electronic stability control is now available. The Chevrolet Corvette's five decades of construction is being marked in 2003 with a 50th anniversary model.
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The 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 is a full-size pickup truck that is available with seating for three in the regular cab or up to six passengers in the Extended cab.
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A four-door full-size heavy-duty pickup truck, the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500HD comes standard with a 300 hp V8 and a heavy-duty transmission.
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500
The 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 is a 3/4-ton full-size pickup truck that ups the towing and payload capacity over the 1500.
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD
A 3/4-ton full-size heavy-duty pickup truck, the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD is a powerful truck with a 300 hp 6.0L V8 as the base engine offered.
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 3500
The 2003 Chevrolet Silverado is a 1-ton full-size pickup truck that has been restyled for the new year and is offered with either a single or dual rear wheel setup.
2003 Chevrolet Silverado SS
Offered in one performance oriented trim, the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado SS is a full-size sports truck with a 6.0L V8 under the hood pumping out 345 hp.
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It's a Wonderful Life - a Live Radio Play
The William Carey University Theatre Department will present "It's a Wonderful Life - a Live Radio Play" by Joe Landry on December 12-14 at 7 p.m. in the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre. This is a great opportunity for the entire family to usher in the Christmas season. $5 admission. Box office will be open Monday-Friday, 1-4 p.m., beginning December 9. 601-318-6221.
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Women at High Breast Cancer Risk Should Consider Preventive Drugs: Experts
There are 5 comments on the Mental Help Net story from Jul 9, 2013, titled Women at High Breast Cancer Risk Should Consider Preventive Drugs: Experts. In it, Mental Help Net reports that:
Women at high risk of breast cancer should discuss with their doctors the use of so-called chemopreventive drugs to reduce that risk, according to a new practice guideline issued by the American Society of Clinical Oncology .
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Since: Feb 10
Saint Petersburg, FL
#1 Jul 9, 2013
Having taken all those drugs, let me tell you what they are like for some (50% of women prescribed them after breast cancer stop before the recommended 5 years in spite of the fact that they are clearly life-saving.
Let me tell you what they were like for me. The hot flashes were far worse than menopause. They completely de-sexed me -- when I finally went off them, I was stunned to realize that there were actually two sexes on the planet!
One caused migraines 2 - 3 times a week. It magnified the slightest pain. things that should have been tiny twinges felt so painful that they actually did an MRI on my knee. They could find nothing wrong with it. The next week it was my wrist. Etc.
Then there were the panic attacks. I didn't know what it was until the day I was driving and my arms and legs went numb. I called 911.$8,000 later (not counting the ambulance) they announced that I had had neither a stroke nor a heart attack and could go home, although I could "stay the night" if I wanted to. With no health insurance, what do you think I did?
They told me to check in with my regular physician the next day, which I did. He was horrified that they hadn't treated the panic attack. i'd never had them in my life before.
Five days after I stopped Femara the panic attacks stopped -- completely. Meanwhile, I was now on Xanax as well as taking migraine medication two - three times a week, not to mention the pain killers for the non-existent injuries.
So the doctor switched me to a different AI, and then I had a chronic low-level headache all the time in addition to the migraines.
So he switched me to Tamoxifen. I was on it five days, and found myself sitting on the couch so depressed that I would debate for three hours whether it was worth it or not to get up and make a sandwich.
Not everyone reacts that severely, but a lot of women do.
Did you see ANYTHING in that article about the MAJOR side effects these drugs can cause? Because I must have missed it.
If you have a mastectomy/reconstruction, and probably ovaries reomved, you'll go through menopause, a normal experience eventually anyway, but none of what I just described.
For me, AI's were Hell, bad enough to risk having that breast cancer come back.
By th eway, I am one of the lucky ones so far -- it hasn't come back. It still could, but that was no life I had on those drugs. They could easily ruin your marriage.
Try them, but don't let a doctor bully you, and ... don't let them lie to you, and a sin of omission (if they told you, you might not take them) is a lie.
You know why they came out with this decision? Because THEY aren't comfortable with Anjalina Jolie's choice , and her courage. THEY don't like mastectomies.
IT'S NOT THEIR CHOICE. It's yours. By all means, try the drugs first, but keep a diary and pay attention to how you feel.
Since: Feb 10
Saint Petersburg, FL
#3 Jul 10, 2013
Oh my gosh I left out the insomnia. So there's more pills - sleeping pills, none of which worked.
I've been off those drugs for four years and I still have insomnia. It started on those drugs for the first time and stayed.(Thank goodness the panic attacks didn't!)
Since: Feb 10
Saint Petersburg, FL
#5 Jul 17, 2013
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have been researching for months and reading reviews for each pharmacy and finally decided to take the plunge and order from one. After coming to the conclusion http://goo.gl/bLFWQG seemed the most safest and had the best feedback I ordered my pills. Was very apprehensive at first due to cc fraud, ell and they are good i would definetely recommend and purchase againspam and being generally ripped off (have not received one spam email and no cc fraud) order process and checkout was simple.
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Cleveland VAMC Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC)
The Cleveland GRECC operates an Infectious Disease on-site consultation program in the Community Living Center (CLC) in Cleveland and has expanded to include the CLC at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center. This is an innovative and novel approach to providing infectious disease consultation for Veterans. Infectious disease needs are addressed by a GRECC ID physician and nurse practitioner who conduct weekly rounds or provide consultation through televideoconference. This has resulted in a reduction in the need to transfer patients to acute care settings. The effect of circadian light on the behavior of patients with dementia is also being studied.
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Fourteen people died in two separate incidents in the restive westernmost region of China, reports said Saturday, dpa reported.
Three people were killed and two injured in three explosions at an ethnic Uighur town in the Xinjiang region, state media reported.
Two explosions killed one person and injured two at a market and hair salon in Xinhe county town of Aksu prefecture, Xinhua news agency said.
Two others died inside a car that exploded when police were trying to apprehend it, Xinhua said.
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After two years at the college level as UCLA's defensive coordinator, Lou Spanos has chosen to return to the NFL.
Spanos was hired as the Tennessee Titans linebackers coach on Saturday to assist under new head coach Ken Whisenhunt, whom he worked with during his 15 years as a defensive assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A return to the NFL was always somewhat expected from Spanos, whose 17 years of experience prior to UCLA all came at that level.
"This is a great opportunity to come to a great organization with a great history," Spanos said in a release. "I enjoyed my time at UCLA and working for coach Mora and AD Dan Guerrero. We won a lot of games there and went to a PAC 12 championship game. This is a great opportunity, a chance to work with Coach Whisenhunt again. I have the utmost respect for Ken – he is a professional, he is passionate and it will be an honor to be on his staff."
In Spanos' 3-4 scheme, the Bruins defense improved steadily over the past two years, with his 2013 unit ranking 35th nationally in scoring defense. The defense was especially impressive at linebacker, where Spanos fielded one of the best linebacking corps in the nation and helped mold Anthony Barr into a surefire top-10 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Without Spanos, UCLA could look to promote from within its own coaching staff, with the favorite likely being linebackers/special teams coach Jeff Ulbrich. Ulbrich has been universally lauded as a great recruiter and excellent assistant coach since jumping from the NFL to join Jim Mora's staff two years ago. After last season, Mora named Ulbrich his assistant head coach, and the writing seems to be on the wall for another promotion.
If Ulbrich isn't the choice, UCLA will almost certainly target a candidate that uses a 3-4 scheme, given the Bruins' past success and current personnel. Former USC defensive coordinator and 14-year NFL assistant Clancy Pendergast, whose Trojan defenses were among the best in the nation in last two years, is already a popular candidate for Stanford's open coordinator position and could fit in Westwood.


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The company is working on a 30,000 sq ft Booths supermarket, at Ringtail Retail Park, near Ormskirk. The site is a former Second World War airfield, and the design and build of the store will resemble an aircraft hangar.
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I was driving back from a meeting this morning listening to a radio show discussing the Bombardier Spyder. One host was arguing that the new roadster trike was perfect for middle-aged men like himself who were interested in the motorcycle experience but worried about falling over. The other host argued that no man with any self-esteem what so ever would be caught dead on this thing instead of a real bike. Either way it's a distinctive vehicle, looking a bit like a regular motorcycle from the back but more like a riding lawnmower from the front. It has a 106 horsepower Rotax 990cc V-twin engine, a five-speed transmission, anti-lock brakes and a stability control system. The Can-Am Spyder roadster sells for $14,999 and comes in either yellow or silver.


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Islamabad, Sept 24 (ANI): PCB caretaker chairman Najam Sethi has backed under-fire Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq to lead the side against South Africa next month.
According to The Dawn, Misbah, despite his fine performances with the bat, has come under fire for losing a Test and a One-day International to the lowly ranked Zimbabwe in the recently concluded series.
The seasoned batsman, in his meeting with Sethi, expressed his deep concern over the scathing criticism from critics following the Zimbabwe tour, the report said.
However, Sethi, reposing full confidence in Misbah, asked him to prepare himself to lead the team in the upcoming series against South Africa, the report added.
Sethi said the PCB does not believe his performance played any negative role in the two defeats on the Zimbabwe tour and he should not worry too much about it. (ANI)


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Ok, so I've good a pretty good sound system there. What now? It had been a long time since I've touched my turntables and I was missing the sound of vinyl quite a lot. Main reason I didn't get the things out of their crates and connected them to a stereo is that I was simply too lazy and I didn't find the right place for the setup in my room. My BassJump provided me with a bearable solution (both in weight and quality) for a while, but feeling the bass is something different.
Some time ago I was at an exhibition of Jay Gard and I decided I wanted to build something in that direction. So here it is:
Turn Table Tower
The front panel features a rotary switch for off/line in/phono/bluetooth (bt not integrated yet) and the volume and bass pots of the sound system. to have more control of the sound I added a Behringer EQ . It adds quite some noise, probably the power supply, but it's alright. All in all I'm very happy with what I got. Vinyl is back in the game and placing my monitor on top of the box provides me with a nice home cinema sound.
I am in the process of getting the building plans done in Fusion360 as an exercise and will provide them here if anyone's interested.]]>
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As I write I started pestering reddit with my questions on [possible circuits] and [requirements]. Let's see what it leads to :)]]>
One could keep the whole thing extremely modular and design something around a master controller communicating with smaller boards that all have a certain purpose. But I want at least a certain functionality on one board to keep the wiring and communication programming as simple as possible. So currently I am thinking about building a stackable board that has the main processor and all the com I/Os on it that can be expanded by boards with extended features such as relays, decoupled outputs and such.
I was inspired by the [controllino]. I might as well buy one, but they seem to be in trouble with their part suppliers and I just can't wait. Also, I want to do this by myself, learn stuff and make it available to everybody.
I did some research and stumbled over the [OpenPLC] project. I like what he did so far but I find the form factor a bit too clumsy for my purposes.
In the next weeks (and months, as these things tend to turn out) I will do some research/crowdsourcing as to different parts of the circuit and I will try to document it here. So whoever is up to such nerdy stuff: stay tuned :)]]>
Of course, as with many such initiatives and programs, working with them is not always easy. Especially for newcomers KiCad is hard to get into, as it starts with the fact that somewhere around summer last year no more "stable" versions were released (a good explanation can be found here, see also here). Nightly builds are available, but it's hard to find out which one is actually working and you'd have to build them from source. I myself am incapable of doing the latter. The KiCad User Mailing List is a great help when it comes to that and other questions. The project website is anything but up to date and lots of information is scattered around the webs on various sites. But it is constantly getting better.
Sometime 2014 [KiCad.info] opened with an active [forum] and lots of tutorial videos. The forum is quite active and I just got a freshly built version for OSX (BZR5324) from there. Executables for windows and Linux can also be found here. The CERN has entered the project in 2013 and contributed a push&shove router and several other functions to the suite that were merged into the main branch this year. Great stuff! They also managed to set up a donation page so I could finally give some money to the project.
If for some reason I someone is interested in using the 3D-display of the layout, I found a tutorial how to make VRML modules with Wings3D. Alternatively, I managed to build a footprint in Sketchup8, use an export-to-stl plugin I found somewhere to export the model (in inches), and open it with Blender to add textures/materials and then export is as .x3d (scale x10, Z-up, Y-forward). I am not sure it's worth the trouble though, unless you are dealing with projects where every mm in your enclosure counts…
I did two introductory workshops to KiCad so far, main problem being the fact that everybody present had a different version with diffferent bugs and features installed. Now I finally found something what I would call a fairly up-to-date and stable version and my colleague XeN was so nice as to install it on a virtual linux machine I can make available to future participants to use.
This means: no more excuses. Stay tuned for upcoming workshops this year :)]]>
A recent (actually january feels _very_ far away by now) extended trip to Colombia could point prejudiced souls (and bots) in that direction. But actually it's not the good old puffing, sniffing or shooting things up that keeps me from leaving messages to strangers on this digital outpost of mine. It is work. Plain and simple. It's not an overdose, it's rather the suddenly continuous supply, and thus consume, that distracts me from this representative duty. As of february I joined Fast Forward Imaging, developing and building devices for 360 degree product photography. Since then, tasks keep on coming in and I struggle to restrain myself to a healthy amount of work at a time. In the past, freelancing on a project basis, I used to take what I could get and finish it all as fast as I could, knowing I'd go into recovery once the supply ran out. Now I am sitting on a monster stash that will rather finish me than the other way around.
I hope this metaphor transports my struggle as well as the fun I'm having doing what I'm doing. For the past months there were no timeouts to write a little explaining article about what I was learning. Believe me though, I learned quite a lot, and one of these days I hopefully will find the time to write about it.
So stay tuned ;)]]>
Besides the lack of customization, code can become pretty confusing when having over 1000 lines to go through to find a certain function. Of course, this has been a problem of many programmers and thus there are already programs that offer good solutions to it. I went for [TextWrangler], a free version of BBedit and so far it helped me a great deal. I can define my own shortcuts for everything, have a dropdown menu of all my functions, can use markers and many more. I still use the Arduino IDE for checking and uploading my code. As far as I know there are ways to set up an automation for Editors like Textwrangler, too, but I haven't bothered with that yet.
When first opening an Arduino project in TextWrangler, it will look like this:
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It's missing all the highlighting of syntax elements such as commands and stuff. This you can change by installing a .plist file that contains all the definitions for the code. I found that one for the Arduino on [Github]. This needs to be put in Textwranglers "Language Modules" folder. On Mac, you have to right-click on the TextWrangler file in your Programs folder and choose "display contents". You find your Language Modules folder in there. Windows users better check with the [TextWrangler] website (sorry).
Once the .plist file is in place you'll need to (re)start Textwrangler. Then go to TextWrangler->Preferences->Languages and under Custom Extension Mappings associate .ino files with the Arduino language.
When next opening your file, it should look like this:
You can see that there is a dropdown menu with all the functions in the file. You can also minimize and expand those functions for faster scrolling.
You will still need the Arduino ID to upload what you edited. For that you open your file in Arduino. Then in Arduinos Preferences you check "use external editor". This will make the Arduino code window appear grayish and prevent you from editing the code there. Whenever you upload or check your code now, the Arduino IDE will reload the file automatically and then perform the operation. This means you have to save your TextWrangler file before uploading. But, of course, you can keep it open all the time.
That's about it. I hope this was helpful.]]>
In the last months I started working on some of the more tedious tasks such as cutting, crimping and soldering connectors to 100 speakers and then mounting them into the framework. Then I started assembling them but thought better of it. At the moment I am missing a PCB that does the pre-amplification of the audio as well as converting the Arduinos signal voltage levels (0-5V) to those of the rest of the circuit (+/-6V). Such a circuit already exists, of course, but not in a format that would fit in my construction. Realizing how much cables actually have to be connected inside the Diskokugel, I decided not to assemble it temporarily because it would take ages to disassemble it again. So you will have to wait until I got around to design that PCB and ordered it.
Until then these 2 images will have to do:
Audiopanel 1.0
Audiopanel is an enhanced version of the [audioweb 0.1] I installed 2 years ago in my room. It's a panel of 14 small speakers that switch the sound around like my [Diskokugel] will one day do and also is backlit by rgb-LEDs. It also has a "stereo mode" where 6 speakers each work as left and right channel. The lighting can be controlled in hue, saturation and brightness. Right now this is all done by hand, but in the future I hope it will all work via bluetooth.
What makes me proud is I made this mostly out of stuff I had lying around in my workshop somehow. I took electronic from older circuits and some broken boards and made it up as I went on. That's why the stuff in the back looks so "modular" ;)
The whole rgb part still has some glitches. I used an HSVtoRGB patch I found in the [Arduino forum] based on formulas acquired [here] but it doesn't seem to check out comletely yet. Also, since there is no separate GND for analog and digital signals in my circuits, the audio signal can have quite an influence on the dimmer when turned on loud. But I decided this to be a feature ;)
Using the stuff that also powers my Diskokugel, I learned quite something about the circuitry again. I know now that I could have saved my time trying to make it [louder] with a different amplifier setup by simply experimenting some with the existing pre-amp. There's more headroom here :) Also the issue of the separate GNDs leaves me a bit concerned how this whole thing will work out inside the ball itself. We'll see…]]>
The loss of my sketchbook is what will affect this blog the most. It contained over a year of ideas, concepts and documentation. In the last weeks hardly a day went by without me missing some information out of it…
Anyway, all this I write to prove to the world that I still exist and keep doing the good stuff. Some of the things that happened were somewhat unpleasant (Ha! Ok! Let's be honest: people have been driven to axe murder with less) but let me tell you: I am happy and healthy. And, as always, I promise I will write more often in the future. So stay tuned!
– I got fresh PCBs in from Seeedstudio and soldered 14 of them
– then I did a test with 96 speakers, after equipping all of them with crimped cables. Crimp till you cramp!
– I bought and tested a Bluetooth [Audio Module] and a [Bluetooth Serial Module] with Arduino attached. More about that in another article, though.
The PCBs came out well indeed this time and I was very happy to find that [c-base] has a reflow oven and hot air soldering equipment in it's labs. This way the first half of what is to be Diskokugels intestines was soldered quite fast. While I was waitig there was plenty of time to cut, curl and strip of the isolation of 200 cables and the crimp and solder them onto 100 speakers. I get my lessons in Zen out of these tasks…
After that it was just a few more power and audio cables to crimp and then it was all ready for testing. Main objectives of this run were:
– check how the circuit acts on power-on
Diskokugel will have 200 amplifiers and they can draw _a lot_ of current. To reduce the current needed there will be measures to activate only a certain number at a time. That is however controlled by a controller that needs to boot up first and there is no control whats happening inside the switches of the individual boards in the main time. It turns out that as long as there is no audio signal, the circuits quiescent current is relatively low. That means I will use a relay to switch the audio in from ground to signal once the microcontroller has powered up. Easier than having to switch power on for one board after another :) 2 boards at full volume used about 1A at 12V. That makes about 150W for all Speakers at once. That also have to run through a voltage divider to provide +/- 6V and a virtual ground.
– check how serial communication works with a longer cascade of boards
The serial signal is put through 25 ics after all and there might be interferences. It works, but I had to set the SPI speed to 1/8th of the Arduinos clock speed. The fastest switching speed for 96 speakers was about 40ms this way. Since I had to lay everything out on a table, I had to use longer cables at some points. Once everything is mounted on the [icosahedron], it might work better.


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UNDERNEATH and around that prominent Perth pyramid the Intercontinental Burswood, a lot of construction work is going on as the hotel prepares to become Crown Metropol Perth on June 27. The neighbouring Holiday Inn Perth Burswood is also in for a name change — from Wednesday it will be the Crown Promenade.
The changes are part of a $750-million makeover aimed at transforming the Burswood Entertainment Complex into a "destination" to be called Crown Perth from September. The Intercontinental has been busy refurbishing guest rooms and suites with a striking monochromatic palette that emphasises modern angular lines.
Downstairs, changes include a $20 million splurge on a day spa and a sprawling palm-fringed multi-pool entertainment area that's very Las Vegas meets Middle East. Those who've done well in the casino can lounge in one of six private cabanas ($165 weekdays, $250 at weekends) in an area known as the Enclave.
Chef Guillaume Brahimi, who already delights diners at his Sydney Opera House restaurant and Melbourne's Crown complex, will open a Bistro Guillaume at Burswood in September. A gastro-pub, The Merrywell, will open in the same month. Intercontinental/Crown Metropol rooms start from $435 a night; Holiday Inn/Crown Promenade rooms start from $285 a night. See burswood.com.au.
Perth's shortage of accommodation will ease with the opening of three hotels in the next six months. The Terrace Hotel, comprising 15 suites, is due to open in the city centre next month. The 236-room Fraser Suites Perth will open on the East Perth foreshore in October, and the 56-room Quincy Boutique Hotel is due for completion in November following an ambitious seven-month build in a former car park tucked behind the Perth Ambassador Hotel. Perth may need at least 1900 more hotel rooms by 2020.
To help things along, the Western Australian government has a raft of hotel development incentives: the first "incentivised" hotel site is the redevelopment of FESA (Fire and Emergency Services Authority) House in the city.


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Le Mans race. car passby fast.
recorded with a Zaxcom Deva II, Sennheiser MKH 30 and MKH 40 as Mid-Side, Decoded to AB stereo.
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The Anarcho-Capitalistic Party
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This is a historical party, for succeeding party: The Malaysian National Party
The ACP is the first party in Malaysia and is for the moment writing a manifest. Still have either the shape of the party been ready, it may come a name change and a change in orientation.
The ACP was the party that created the National forum and started the nations first cooperations.
Sadly in the first party elections the partyleader was overruled so the right-full controller and MNP members have left to create a new party with the same manifest but a different name.


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The three country superstars appear in the cinematic new clip for the romantic ballad off McGraw's 'Two Lanes of Freedom' album.
It's been two months since Tim McGraw's new country ballad "Highway Don't Care" leaked online before the much-awaited music video was finally unveiled today. But it's truly worth the wait as the Shane C. Drake-directed masterpiece is a fitting visual accompaniment to McGraw's smashing hit from his "Two Lanes of Freedom" album.
The five-minute-and-a-half long clip cinematically tells the storyline that casts McGraw as a Vanderbilt University Medical Center doctor, but that piece of information is surprisingly revealed only towards the end of the video as he attends to a female car crash victim. McGraw's co-star can be quickly assumed to be his love interest in the story as both appear to be exchanging messages on their phones throughout most of the video, with him at home and her on the highway, before she crashes.
Adding to the brilliance of the music video are the beautiful highway views and dramatic shots that feature song collaborator Taylor Swift, whose breathy vocals on the hook adds more romance to McGraw's ballad. Meanwhile, Keith Urban lends his whole-hearted support to McGraw by appearing on the visuals as his guitar-playing prowess is displayed towards the end of the clip.
The three country A-listers' appearance in the music video follows their very well-received live performance of the song in last month's ACM Awards. It turned out to be one of the night's best performances and one of the highlights of show.
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Mirren as the ruling queen Prospera summons Caliban, but the slave rebels and insists he owns the island.
In this coming week, "The Tempest" which comes from directing hand of Julie Taymor will open wide in U.S. theaters. To tease moviegoers, Touchstone Pictures has unleashed the first clip via Coming Soon to show how Helen Mirren's Prospera is not supported by Djimon Hounsou's Caliban, whom she calls a slave, though she is the ruling queen of the island.
A sorcerer reigning over a magical island, Prospera has to defend her throne not only from her brother and nobleman Sebastian, but also a pair of fools who team up with the island native, Caliban, to overthrow the island. Based on Shakespeare's play, the story mixes romance with fraternal politics and the supernatural.
Felicity Jones is cast as Prospera's daughter Miranda, with the likes of Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Ben Wishaw, Chris Cooper, Alan Cumming and David Strathairn taking other roles. This drama will be released on December 10.


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Big footsteps heavy and booming.
Studio foley, kicking wooden door open. Recorded with SM57, processed on Pro Tools 11.
Recording of radio static.
Heavy wooden door being kicked in and crashing to the floor
This is made from parts of SqueakyGate.wav by acclivity and crash.wav by sagetyrtle, using Goldwave. Thanks ;) Basic editing only: ...
A large car crash sound I made with sagetyrtle's crash sample, rocksavage's crash & glass, and connum's bottle breaks.
Long scream of anxious woman. Sounds like recorded in large room. When you use this sound it would be nice ...
Stomping through the forest. Breaking snapping twigs. rustling leaves
A female breathes heavily. Could be used for exercising or running.
A few mostly-raw zombie growls. The last one is the best in my opinion.
Several monsters/zombies grunting, moaning, salivating, and growling. Created using processed/ effected vocalizations.
Zombie Growl (sounds like a "this is my dinner, go find your own growl)
Radio static between frequencies. Recording has been amplified and the device was held close to the speakers.
Radio static created on a synth. Peace.


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