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Category Archives: CCP
Wed, Dec 11, 2013 | 22:19 GMT
World of Darkness project sheds more staff, no update on MMO
EVE Online and DUST 514 developer CCP has confirmed 15 job cuts, all from the World of Darkness development team.
Wed, Dec 11, 2013 | 16:15 GMT
Twitch support added to EVE Online, players raise $190,890 for Philippines typhoon relief
EVE Online players can now use Twitch to stream their gameplay sessions. The streaming service has been integrated into the Neocom panel and proper overlay support and the ability to delay the stream is being looking into, providing the initial launch proves popular. Meanwhile, the EVE Online community has raised $190,890 in PLEX donations for Philippines typhoon relief, after an eight hour livecast featuring members of the EVE development doing odd things such as shaving each other and getting inked. One of CCP's developers even promised to be shot by a paintball for every $2,000 raised. Ouch. Hit up the links for more information. Thanks: D'toidand Eurogamer.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 16:37 GMT
DUST 514: Uprising 1.7 adds new weapons, overhauls vehicles
Dust 514 developer CCP Games has outlined the MMO's Uprising 1.7 update, which adds new weapons and vehicle enhancements into the mix. Get the skinny here.
Sat, Nov 23, 2013 | 19:36 GMT
DUST 514 update 1.7 developer diary details Caldari Rail and Minmatar Combat rifles
DUST 514′s Uprising update 1.7 arrives on December 10, and CCP has posted a developer dairy introducing the Combat Rifle and the Rail Rifle for the Minmatar and Caldari factions, respectively. These new weapons join the Gallente Assault Rifl and Amarr Scrambler Rifle, rounding out the first set of racially aligned weaponry as each race favors a particular weapon archetype. Check out the blog post through the link, and have a look at the what you'll be wielding.
Mon, Nov 18, 2013 | 10:06 GMT
Eve: Rubicon sets up CCP's greatest mystery yet – interview
Eve: Rubicon is the devilishly clever 20th expansion to CCP Games' sprawling MMO sandbox. VG247′s Dave Cook quizzes the studio about how the race for new frontiers is only just beginning.
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 | 11:36 GMT
Eve Online: Rubicon cinematic trailer builds up to new expansion
Eve: Online's 20th free expansion Rubicon is going to be a real game-changer. Developer CCP Games has posted the update's cinematic trailer online, leading up to its November 19 launch.
Thu, Nov 07, 2013 | 20:34 GMT
EVE Online: Rubicon developer video features deployable structures, new ships, more
EVE Online: Rubicon has a new developer video available discussing features such as deployable structures, new ships, assessing "progression" in piloting and more. It's the first video in a series of two and is below the break. Rubicon releases November 19.
Thu, Oct 24, 2013 | 20:51 BST
EVE: The Second Decade Collector's Edition commemorates ten years of EVE Online, now available
CCP Games has announced the availability of EVE: The Second Decade Collector's Edition, a limited-edition box set containing various items to commemorate ten years of EVE Online and the latest release, DUST 514.
Wed, Oct 23, 2013 | 17:29 BST
Dust 514: meet the man who aims to take CCP's shooter into a new age
Dust 514 is a long-term project and CCP Games has just employed its new steward. VG247′s Dave Cook meets executive producer and veteran of the free-to-play scene Jean-Charles Gaudechon to talk about what happens next.
Sat, Oct 12, 2013 | 20:39 BST
EVE Online sourcebook and graphic novel series to release in 2014
EVE Online will be getting a four-part series of graphic novels titled EVE: True Stories. It will contain artwork from artists who worked on 28 Days Later, Daredevil Noir, Star Wars: The Old Republic and more. Wolverine: Origins writer Daniel Way will be penning the story which is based on actual player events from the EVE universe starting with the fall of the Band of Brothers in 2009. The first issue will be available on February 19, and it will run through April. A hardback anthology of the series will release on June 4. A guide for EVE Online and DUST 514 will also be released called EVE: Source and will release on March 5. Thanks, Shack.
Thu, Oct 10, 2013 | 10:55 BST
Eve Online dev CCP hosting training sessions for newcomers, starting tonight
Eve Online is a bloody minefield to wrap your head around, but so utterly brilliant once it all clicks. That's why developer CCP Games is holding training sessions in-game to help newcomers learn the ropes.
Tue, Oct 08, 2013 | 20:56 BST
CCP Games hires former Battlefield Heroes executive producer to head up DUST 514 team
CCP Games has hired former Battlefield: Play4free and Battlefield Heroes executive producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon as the executive producer of DUST 514.
Tue, Oct 08, 2013 | 19:07 BST
DUST 514: Update 1.5 – Uprising released for PS3
DUST 514′s update 1.5, titled Uprising, has been released by CCP. Uprising 1.5 focuses on new and expanded Corporation Roles as well as a revised New Player Experience and the Squad Finder. New Corporation Roles have also be added so now corporation CEOs and directors can distribute specific roles to other members within the corporation such as: Accountant, Personnel Director, Terrestrial Combat Officer and Terrestrial Logistics Officer. Full patch notes are available here.
Wed, Oct 02, 2013 | 09:14 BST
Dust 514′s Uprising 1.5 update: how objectives will help new players stick around
DUST 514 developer CCP Games is introducing a new objective system in its Uprising 1.5 update with a little more hand-holding than before. It is hoped that by better sign-posting the shooter, new players will stick around for longer.
Wed, Oct 02, 2013 | 00:12 BST
DUST 514: nothing preventing PC, Xbox ports
There's no reason why CCP couldn't bring PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter DUST 514 to other platforms – except that it doesn't want to.
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 | 21:52 BST
EVE Online: Rubicon – 20th free expansion to the MMO set for release in November
EVE Online: Rubicon will be the 20th free expansion to the MMO and is set for release in November.
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 | 20:35 BST
EVE Vegas event will be held October 18-20
CCP has announced its EVE Vegas event will be held October 18-20 at the Rio Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas. Along with various tournaments and developer sessions attendees will be able to try out EVE Valkyrie for Oculus Rift. Also, the first 500 through the door will each be handed one of the few remaining original, solid resin-cast, battleship models, discontinued for some time now and originally sold for around $124 each. Those who like all things inebriation, will be happy to know the firm is also hosting a pub crawl. Sounds like fun. Ticket information can be found through the link.
Thu, Sep 26, 2013 | 11:47 BST
EVE Online winter announcement set for 9pm GMT tonight
CCP games will be announcing their plans for the winter expansion of EVE Online tonight at 9pm UK time live on their Twitch channel. It'll be the 20th free expansion for subscribers.
Wed, Sep 11, 2013 | 14:47 BST
Mirror's Edge producer Owen O'Brien joins CCP to work on EVE: Valkyrie development
Mirror's Edge producer Owen O'Brien has joined CCP as the executive producer on the firm's Oculus Rift game, EVE: Valkyrie.
Fri, Sep 06, 2013 | 21:24 BST
EVE Online lead designer joins Riot Games to work on League of Legends
EVE Online's lead designer Kristoffer Touborg has announced on his Facebook page he is leaving CCP to join Riot Games to work on League of Legends development.


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From the American Animal Hospital Association
March / April 2012
If your houseplants are looking a little ragged or your cat shows symptoms of illness, interaction between them could be the cause. Houseplants may be good for the health of a home but can be dangerous for our feline friends. It is possible, however, to create a level of détente between them.
Although cats aren't herbivores (their teeth aren't designed for grinding plant matter), they do like plants as both toys and snacks. "I haven't seen any consensus or definitive answer on why," said Pam Johnson-Bennett, CCBC, owner of Cat Behavior Associates in Nashville, Tenn., who is a former veterinary technician and author of the recently released Think Like a Cat. "Chewing greenery may help with digestion, or something may be lacking in their diet. Boredom can do it; plants become something dangling and irresistible to bat and play with, and the next step is to chew on them."
The problem is that "plants are either deadly or, at the very least, toxic to cats," Johnson-Bennett said. "If they don't kill your cat, at least it will experience intestinal disorders. Even the most basic houseplant, such as philodendron, is toxic, and toxicity can be extremely painful. Dieffenbachia can cause the cat's tongue to swell, which affects breathing."
Signs of TroubleIt's fairly easy to tell if your cat has chewed on or swallowed a plant; the symptoms are vomiting, difficulty in breathing and lethargy. "If you see bits of plant matter in the vomitus or stool, there's a good chance" the cat has snacked on your plants, according to Johnson-Bennett. Be sure you know the names of plants in your house, because knowing what plant your cat has eaten can affect treatment; inducing vomiting is sometimes the right move, but that can sometimes make matters worse.
If you notice these behaviors, call the veterinarian right away. "I don't wait," Johnson-Bennett said. "If I think my cat has ingested something poisonous, I am on the phone to the vet right away. Don't have a wait-and-see attitude."
The Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' poison control center (aspca.org/Pet-care/poison-control/plant-list-cats.aspx) may be able to help, but nothing replaces getting to the vet right away.
Creating a Safe HarborA big believer that cats can be trained, Johnson-Bennett said that cats can be discouraged from eating houseplants if you apply bitter antichew spray made specifically for plants to the tops and bottoms of leaves. "You have to use it a couple of times at first, and reapply it on occasion." (Be sure to wear gloves and a mask when using such a spray, and to wash your hands immediately after using it.)
Give cats a safe alternative that fulfills their apparent need for greenery; grass is the best bet. "You can grow cat grass in a place away from your plants; there are kits at pet stores and organic food stores. Wheat grass is very safe," Johnson-Bennett noted. This may cause vomiting as well in some cats as a natural reaction when eating grass.
The best way to encourage cats to leave plants alone is to make sure they have enough play time, activities and toys to distract them from the plants, she said.
By the way, cats aren't the only animals to pose a threat to houseplants; dogs may also nibble on houseplants when bored or lonely. "Dogs are chewers, so that problem can be solved by providing chew toys—something that is self-soothing, encourages comfort behavior and reduces separation anxiety," Johnson-Bennett said.
Even better than training your cat to stay away from your plants is to "train the plants":
Ruth E. Thaler-Carter is a contributing writer to AAHA periodicals.


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The most recent results only confirmed the public's approval of the pair. Neither member of the duo has had difficulty keeping their jobs.
Eric Watson faced opposition in name only in the 22nd District and, as it turned out, challenger Jack Epperson, who mounted an aggressive campaign in the 24th District, did not fare any better against 24th State Rep. Kevin Brooks, whom Cleveland Mayor Tom Rowland has dubbed, "Mr. Perfect."
Watson collected 5,675 votes to easily dispatch the almost invisible David Kimbro who garnered 856 votes in the three-county district. Watson will have another challenger in Democrat Jonathan Gladden, of Ocoee, in the Nov. 6 General Election. The lone Democrat captured 1,530 ballots district wide.
With 86.9 percent of the total votes cast by Republicans, Watson received the nod from 4,098 in Bradley County, 149 in Meigs and 1,428 in Polk County. Kimbro received 636, 25 and 195 in Bradley, Meigs and Polk counties respectively.
Watson thanked voters and reminded them the 22nd District ranks as one of the best districts in the state to operate a business and grow jobs. "We've led the way by welcoming new manufacturing and supply businesses to set up shop here and we have been at the forefront to keep taxes low and harmful regulations away," he said.
"As we move forward together, we must continue our fight to ensure government stays within its constitutional boundaries. We must continue to find government waste to cut and we must continue being vigilant to ensure our state's unique heritage is respected. I am confident we will be successful in this endeavor due to your unwavering commitments to faith, family, and freedom."
Brooks thanked his family and "extended family" of supporters and voters for their continued support since he first ran in 2006.
"I am thankful we have this primary race behind us so we can focus on the future. We've got a lot to work on," he said. "We've got to invest in our education. This is our future workforce. The Volkwagens, Wackers, Amazons and Whirlpools are looking at this next generation we are graduating, that are commencing into our workforce. We've got to look at it (education). Neither race was ever close with Brooks winning 3,458 (80.1 percent) to Epperson's 848 (19.67 percent) of the early votes. The percentage of ballots cast in Brooks' favor never changed throughout the evening. Brooks won by a count of 5,737 to 1,424. Watson won 84.93 percent (2,102) of the early votes to Kimbro's 14.91 percent (369) of the votes.
Epperson said he enjoyed his first political race and knew when he entered it would be difficult to unseat Brooks.
"We're going to back Kevin now. He's going to be our representative," he said. "It won't be my last time in politics. You'll see my name on another ballot in Bradley County pretty soon."
Watson was a political novice in 2005 when he entered his first race in November 2005. He gained much election experience by winning four elections within a year before he finally earned the 22nd District seat for a full term in November 2006. His string of election victories included the Republican Primary in November 2005 in which he defeated Dan Howell, Elizabeth Kalabus, Alexander Mosely and Fred Wilcoxon. He then won the Jan. 6, 2006 special election over Democrat Sally Love. The Polk County Commission appointed Love to the seat on Sept. 15, 2005, on an interim basis to fill a midterm vacancy left by the resignation of former state Rep. Chris Newton.
Watson was unopposed in the August 2006 Republican Primary. He easily beat Democrat Casey Stokes by a near 3-to-1 margin in November 2006 to win his first full term in office. He was unopposed in the 2008 and 2010 elections.
Brooks won the August 2006 Republican Primary to earn the right to represent the city of Cleveland in the General Assembly. Brooks came out on top in his first race that included Garry Moore, Hal Roe, Michael Willis and Greg Cain.
Brooks replaced Dewayne Bunch, who jumped from the House to the state Senate after former state Sen. Jeff Miller opted not to run.
Cain returned in 2008 as an Independent, but presented only token resistance. Brooks was unopposed in the 2010 election cycle.


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You haven't heard of El Fuego Fiasco restaurant or catering company — because there isn't one.
This year's Grand Champion barbecue team is made up of three buddies from Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach who smoke meat in their backyards and for a handful of competitions, hoping to make enough money to pay for the next one. Three others contribute to the competition team off the cookers.
"Everyone asks us, 'Oh, do you sell your stuff?'" said second-in-command cook Josh Baker. "No, we're just guys that all have jobs and like getting together and doing barbecue."
It's the team's second year competing at Stagecoach. Last year, they took home third place in ribs.
This year, in addition to winning Grand Champion — which means best overall in pork shoulder, chicken, ribs and brisket — the El Fuego Fiasco crew took home first place for its pork shoulder.
"We've been on a high," Baker said.
It just shows that anyone can make a mean plate of barbecue meat with a little sweat, passion and online research, they said.
With food-grade 55-gallon drums that they've transformed into smokers for between $100 and $200, they went up against teams with professional-grade smokers that can cost $10,000, head cook Mike Weiss said.
"We can compete against the Tiger Woods of barbecue," Weiss said.
The ugly drum smokers, as they're called in the biz (I'm told), burn slow and could cook for close to 24 hours.
Another memorable detail of the operation is the team's "loco sauce." If you've had it you know it's hard to forget. It contains extract from ghost peppers, which pack a million Scoville units.
So the sauce, too, burns slow and long.
Catch them next:
Que'n For Kids competition during the Orange County BBQ Festival June 9 and 10 in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Ribs, Pigs and Watermelons Summer Festival and Pro BBQ Competition August 17-19 in Westminster, Calif.
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Emke, Landmark among top global retailersTwo UAE-based retailers - Emke Group and Landmark Group - have been named among the world's fastest 50 growing retail chains by auditing and research firm Deloitte. Emke Group, which operates the region's largest retail ch More… |
Dubai forum to boost retail networkEquipping retailers with the best infrastructure backend support and systems to give more in terms of pricing, quality and reach to the region's consumers will form the agenda for an upcoming forum in Dubai. Over 150 leading More… |
Emke flagship store opens in Abu DhabiEmke Group has launched 96th outlet of its flagship LuLu Hypermarket chain in Abu Dhabi. It will be part of one of the landmark shopping destinations of Abu Dhabi city, Madinat Zayed Shopping Centre and Gold Centre, which got a major facel More… |
LuLu Hypermarket opens Saudi outletThe 89th outlet of LuLu Hypermarket was opened yesterday in Riyadh, the second in the city. The new store is located in Riyadh Avenue Mall, which is also owned and managed by LuLu's parent company, the Emke Group. Located in th More… |
New LuLu hypermarket opens in Abu DhabiThe LuLu Hypermarket chain, the number one local player in the region, has further expanded its presence by opening the 88th branch in Baniyas, a bustling town just off the city limits of Abu Dhabi. The new LuLu Hypermarket was inaugurated More… |
EMKE chief makes it to Gulf elite listEMKE Group, which owns LuLu supermarkets across the region and in Bahrain, has seen its managing director Yusuffali MA named the 10th most influential expatriate in the Gulf. He made this year's top 10th place in the Arabian Business E More… |
Fujitsu solutions power 86 Lulu ME retail outletsEMKE group, which operates the popular Lulu chain of Hypermarkets, supermarkets and department stores, has selected a Fujitsu solution to run its point-of-sale POS systems across 86 stores in the Middle East. The applications driving the F More… |
LuLu hypermarkets set to go greenLuLu Hypermarkets all over the region will start going green from November, it was declared on Wednesday. LuLu owner Emke Group managing director M A Yusuffali said the company was making a concerted effort to get rid of plastic bags More… |
EMKE Group to create 800 jobsAbout 800 jobs for Bahrainis are to be created by Middle East retail giant EMKE Group within two years, it was revealed. Plans to employ more Bahrainis were unveiled by the group managing director M A Yusuffali, on the eve of the opening o More… |
Lulu Hypermarket set to open in BahrainMiddle East retail giant Emke Group is to open its Lulu Hypermarket chain's first store in Bahrain on Monday. Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro will open the multi-million dinar hypermarket at Dana Mall, Sanabis. Lulu More… |


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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction is the highly anticipated sequel in the multimillion-selling Splinter Cell series and one of the most critically acclaimed franchises of all time.
An investigation into his daughter's death unwittingly leads former agent Sam Fisher to discover he's been betrayed by his prior agency, the Third Echelon. Now a renegade, Fisher finds himself in a race against time to thwart a deadly terrorist plot that threatens millions.
Uniting revolutionary gameplay enhancements with a high octane, no-holds-barred storyline, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction arms you to the teeth with all the high tech weaponry and lethal skills of an elite operative and invites you to enter a dangerous world where justice means making your own rules.
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• A NEW LEVEL OF IMMERSION : A revolutionary new graphic direction delivers an utterly seamless gameplay experience that'll keep you totally engrossed in the story of Sam Fisher.
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SYRACUSE -- Syracuse football offensive tackle Justin Pugh will forgo his final season of eligibility, as he declared for the 2013 NFL Draft today.
Pugh was a team co-captain and a 2011 and 2012 All-Big East First Team selection. He has already completed his requirements in finance at the University.
"Coach Marrone and Coach Adkins have been great throughout my career, including through this process," Pugh said. "I wanted to be honest with everyone as I made this decision and they were the same with me. My Syracuse career was the best four years of my life."
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+ | *'''Technical testing standards for solar cookers updated''' - The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), based in St. Joseph, {{state|Michigan}}, [[USA]], has revised its solar cooker [[testing]] standard. The organization is recognized worldwide for developing voluntary standards for food, agricultural, and biological systems. Often sited in technical reviews, the updated version will replace the current standards established ten years ago. The goal is to promote uniformity and consistency in the terms and units used to describe, test, rate, and evaluate solar cookers, solar cooker components, and solar cooker operation. However, it is outside of the scope of the standards to factor in cost, durability, and user satisfaction. Review the new standards: [[Media:S580.1.pdf|ASAE S580.1 NOV2013 Testing and Reporting Solar Cooker Performance]] |
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− | *'''Regional Solar Food Processing Network to be established in India''' - [[Rolf Behringer]] reports that the German NGO [[WISIONS]] has agreed to support the establishment in [[India]] of the first regional [[Solar Food Processing Network]]. A workshop to inaugurate this effort will take place in early 2013 ([[Events|date and location to be announced]]). The aim of the Solar Food Processing Network (SFPN) is to establish a global network of interested parties (NGOs, governments, farmers, and manufacturers) to develop and promote efficient methods of solar food processing and conservation. These are intended to help reduce poverty, improve local economic opportunities and health, and decrease environmental damage. In countries with high solar insolation, effective solar thermal production technologies will contribute to the sustainable development of small rural communities. SFPN is managed by the German NGO [[Solare Zukunft]] (Solar Future). It is financially supported by WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy to foster practical sustainable energy projects. |
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− | [[File:Louise_Meyer_and_Regina_Benjaminto_2,_SHE,_11-21-12.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Louise Meyer]], of [[Solar Household Energy]], demonstrates solar cooking to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjaminto.]] |
+ | [[File:Matthew Rollins CooKit variation (assembled), 2-21-12.jpg|230px|thumb|An early prototype of the [[CooKit]] [[solar panel cooker]] variation designed by [[Applied Green Technology]].]] |
− | *'''Global advocate for solar cooking increases awareness''' - [[Solar Household Energy]] (SHE) has again had a busy summer and fall. [[Louise Meyer]] provided solar cooking demonstrations, including to the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjaminto, and assisted the [http://nature.org Nature Conservancy] in [[Haiti]] to teach the [[Integrated Cooking Method]] as part of its larger reforestation program in the region. It is exciting and encouraging to see organizations such as SHE taking the promotion of solar cooking the next step, to increased global awareness. [http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=153 Read more about their efforts...] |
+ | * '''Lady Fatimah Trust finances several thousand solar cookers for Iraq, Lebanon, and Africa''' - A.G. Karim, chairman of The [[Lady Fatemah Trust]], based in the [[United Kingdom]], has agreed to finance several thousand solar cookers designed by [[Matthew Rollins]] of [[Applied Green Technology]], to be delivered to [[Africa]], [[Iraq]], and [[Lebanon]]. Matthew has also arranged for [[Andreas Fasoulides]], living in [[Cyprus]], to visit [[Pakistan]] to lay the groundwork for future solar cooking training workshops there where 100,000 solar cookers are currently on provisional order. Applied Green Technology is close to releasing their new solar cooker design developed from the basic [[CooKit]] solar panel cooker. Matthew states that the improved design will be able to be adjusted to suit sun orientation at any latitude location on the globe, and the added power boost allows for cooking to be done often without the need for a cooking bag. |
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+ | [[File:UCI_students_receive_Gates_Foundation_grant,_11-26-13.jpg|thumb|250px|UCI students receive a Gates Foundation grant to help develop their design for a [[heat storage]] solar cooker able to cook in the evening when the sun is down.]] |
+ | *'''The Gates Foundation recognizes solar cooking''' - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $100,000 to the University of {{state|California}} Irvine, [[USA]], for its development of a solar stove that allows people to cook without carbon emissions. The grant to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UCI is one of more than 80 awards the foundation announced Wednesday, according to a news release. The awards are being given to institutions that foster forward-thinking solutions to persistent global issues. The stored-energy solar stove, which permits carbon-free cooking indoors and at night using phase-changing nitrate salts for [[heat storage]], was designed by a group of senior mechanical engineering students at UCI. [http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/30368 Read more...] |
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+ | *'''More Indian schools to get solar cookers ''(The Hindu)''''' - After experimenting with solar power in cooking the noon meal for students in a corporation school, the Coimbatore Corporation has decided to provide them to a few more schools. In August, Coimbatore installed two [institutional] solar cookers at the North Coimbatore School at Rs. 68,000. ...The civic body was keen on tapping alternative sources of energy to bring down reliance on conventional sources of energy and provide a friendly kitchen environment for workers, who had been struggling with using firewood. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/more-schools-in-coimbatore-to-get-solar-cookers/article5367329.ece Read more...] |
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+ | *'''Solar cooking receives a new platform to speak from''' - The second edition of ''Sun Focus'', a quarterly magazine devoted to concentrated solar heat has just been released. The new publication from [[India]] was founded by Dr Farooq Addullah. He explains that the magazine will focus on off-grid applications of concentrated solar technologies (CSTs) for the purpose of saving fuel oil, firewood, and LPG in industrial and commercial establishments using heat between 80 °C and 250 °C. Solar cooking plays a major role in the content. This latest edition's cover article is devoted to the latest developments of the [[Scheffler Community Kitchen]], written by noted solar cooking designer and advocate for solar cooking education in public schools, [[Ajay Chandak]]. Read his article on page 11. [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3LcTeALQ3GJNXlDR01EMjRWcEk/edit?pli=1 Scheffler Solar Concentrators in India] - ''Sun Focus'' |
− | * '''TanzSolar wins the Green Africa Award for Business''' - In June of this year the annual [http://www.earthmauritius.org/#!__green-awards Green Africa Award] for Business was awarded to [[TanzSolar]] for championing environmental change in Africa. TanzSolar received the Award for bringing clean, renewable solar energy and electric lighting to villagers in Tanzania. TanzSolar received the Green Business & Environmental Management Award, one of ten categories. "We are thrilled and this is an enormous honor to receive such an award. It's nice to be recognized for our hard work in solar energy in Africa," said [[Marianne Walpert]], Founder and Director of TanzSolar. |
− | *'''South Dakota foundation makes plans to have more solar cookers available in Haiti''' - [[Haiti Solar Oven Project]] board members and partners met the last weekend in October to set goals for 2013. In the next fiscal year, Haiti Solar Oven Partners will provide 2,280 units to families in [[Haiti]] participating in training and ownership of a solar oven. |
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+ | [[File:PICT2221.jpg|thumb|300px|Women prepare a farewell dinner for the international team that had been evaluating their solar cooker project.]] |
− | *'''Former SCI board member Pat McArdle is interviewed on Emerald Planet''' - During the interview [[Pat McArdle]] discusses the history and mission of [[Solar Cookers International]], the importance of increasing access to solar cooking technology, Bob Metcalf's [[Portable Microbiology Laboratory]] for testing water in remote locations, the work of [[Jewish World Watch]] in [[Chad]], and more. |
+ | *'''Only solar cooking makes something like this possible''' - In 2009 several hundred women from [[Chad|Darfur refugee camps]] gathered together, each carrying a pot of raw food and a folded 12" x 12" cardboard and aluminum foil [[CooKit]]. They were preparing a farewell dinner for an international team that had been evaluating their solar cooker project. The women opened their CooKits and left their pots of food to cook unattended for 90 minutes while they sat in the shade. The result was a banquet for hundreds of people. If each of these woman had been required to haul a fuel-efficient stove and a bundle of wood to this location along with her pot of food, she would have had to stay out in the sun, along with the other women, to tend her fire through the cooking process. Imagine hundreds of fires burning in the desert sun to cook what the ladies in this photo cooked with no fuel and no fire at all. |
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+ | [[File:Philippines_storm_damage_2013.jpg|300px|right]] |
+ | *'''URGENT Appeal: Partnering for Haiyan storm relief needed''' - Are there any groups or individuals working in this region that are able to provide solar water pasteurization and cooking technology, and other resources to those affected by Haiyan? Please contact [http://www.solarcookers.org/contact Solar Cookers International Worldwide Office]. |
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+ | [[Image:Wapi-before-after.jpg|150px|thumb|The WAPI on right shows that pasteurization temperatures have been reached.]] |
− | *'''Recent natural disasters show need for emergency cooking and water pasteurization''' - [[Bangladesh]] floods and landslides, June 2012; [[India]] floods July, 2012; [[Haiti]] floods and mudslides August, 2012; More India floods September, 2012; [[Vietnam]], [[Philippines]], Southern [[China]] typhoon, October 2012; Eastern [[United States]] hurricane October, 2012. All of these natural events disrupted people's lives, even changing them forever. In the recovery stages after natural disasters, people's basic needs don't change: they still need clean water, food, safety, and shelter. In the bleakest situations, solar thermal power can begin to meet two important needs: a solar oven can [[pasteurize water]] and cook food. If you are an experienced solar cook, please contact people in your circle of influence in these affected areas. Share your knowledge of solar cooker construction and use with people who need it most. This YouTube video shows solar cooking done in the snow after power was lost in northern Virginia in a February 2010 storm. |
+ | *'''Study of water treatment in Kenya demonstrates the effectiveness of the WAPI''' - Dr. [[Robert Metcalf]], research microbiologist, and [[Dinah Chienjo]] of [[FOTO]] worked together on a study to compare the results of various water treatment chemicals to the [[WAPI]] water pasteurization indicator used with a [[CooKit]] solar cooker. One finding of note is that "when treated with WaterGuard (3 drops/liter), subsequent Colilert and Petrifilm tests most often were negative for E. coli, except with highly turbid water sources....When water was heated in a CooKit solar cooker to melt the WAPI wax, all subsequent Colilert and Petrifilm tests were negative for E. coli." Read the study at: [[Media:Eliminating_Water-bourne_Disease_Lower_Nyakach_Kenya_2013.pdf|The Goal is Zero: A Strategy to Eliminate Water-bourne Disease in Lower Nyakach, Kenya]] |
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+ | [[File:SunFire_Stove_Project,_11-5-13.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Crosby Menzies]] of [[SunFire Solutions]], attends a solar cooking demonstration as part of the [http://beyond-carbon.com/projects/africa-2/sunfire-stoves SunFire Stoves Project] in South Africa.]] |
− | *'''Parabolic solar cookers delivered to Afghanistan's remote Wakhan Corridor''' - The Kirghiz tribe live at the end of this slender finger of land in northeastern [[Afghanistan]]. Their primary fuel source for cooking has been dried yak dung, creating smoky conditions in their yurts. The buffalo-like yaks are used for most of their transportation needs. In June, [[Jeff Waalkes]] in [[Kirghizstan]] and [[Grace Magney]] with the [[Global Hope Network]] in Kabul were able to deliver ten [[parabolic solar cooker]]s to the tribe. Grace organized the procurement and had the cookers loaded onto a truck. Jeff's responsibility was to get the truck into the Wakhan Corridor, and where the road petered out, strap everything including the solar cookers to the backs of yaks to deliver them to the Kirghiz. Initially hesitant, members of the tribe were soon cooking food and boiling water. See more of Jeff's [[Global_Hope_Network_International#News_and_recent_developments|photos of the delivery]]. |
+ | *'''SunFire Solutions partners with Beyond Carbon to promote local solar cooking businesses.''' - [[SunFire Solutions]] and [http://beyond-carbon.com Beyond Carbon] recognize that long-term solutions need to include local business communities with shared sustainability objectives. Their current [http://beyond-carbon.com/projects/africa-2/sunfire-stoves SunFire Stoves Project] joint venture is based in [[South Africa]]. The project's goal is to protect the area around Kruger National Park from deforestation through the implementation of solar cookers. Three hundred [[parabolic solar cooker]]s were initially purchased for the project, and 213 have already gone into households as of fall 2013. With access to the solar cookers, more than ten new locally owned enterprises have been created. |
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− | *'''Global conservation organization adopts solar cooking resolution sponsored by Solar Household Energy''' - The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has embraced a strong resolution sponsored by [[Solar Household Energy]] calling for increased support for solar cooking efforts worldwide. The measure was adopted in September at IUCN's quadrennial World Conservation Congress in Jeju, [[South Korea]]. The organization recognized the health hazards of cooking over biomass fires, and the availability of current solar cooking technologies. Efforts continue to develop solar cookers that offer increased efficiency, are cost-effective to produce and distribute, and are sturdy enough to withstand extended use. [http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=149 Read more...] |
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− | [[File:Great_picture_of_oven_activity.jpeg|thumb|300px|Students set a world record baking cookies with solar ovens to raise funds for solar cooking efforts in [[Haiti]].]] |
− | [[File:Traveling_Solar_Oven_2,_11-12-12.jpg|thumb|160px|[http://powerfromthesun.us/signup/ Sign up for the Traveling Solar Oven.]]] |
− | *'''Students set a world record and bring awareness to the benefits of solar cooking''' - Students, parents, faculty, staff and friends gathered at Miami Country Day School located in Miami, {{state|Florida}}, [[USA]] on Friday, April 20, 2012 and set the Guinness Book of World Records™ for "The Most Cookies Baked in One Hour Using Solar Ovens". Trays of unbaked cookies were placed in 40 smaller solar ovens, as well as, two [[Villager]] solar ovens. After the cookies were baked and 1225 counted....a World Record was set! The event raised over $18,000 USD, which was used to send the 40 solar ovens and a Villager oven to [[Haiti]]. The cookies baked in the event were donated to Feeding South Florida. The event was lead by [[Matthew Cohen]], a high school junior who has been actively involved in the solar oven movement for the past nine years. Cohen launched the website [http://powerfromthesun.us/ Power from the Sun] to educate people worldwide on the benefits of solar cooking and help raise money to send solar ovens to needy families in Haiti. Cohen's latest project is aptly named "The Life Of The Traveling Solar Oven" and encourages students, parents, teachers, and local businesses to sponsor a solar oven. Participants are asked to use the solar oven, document their experience with video or photos and share it on their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/PowerFromTheSun. The event will conclude on Earth Day 2013. |
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− | [[File:Solvatten.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Solvatten]] water pasteurization system]] |
− | *'''Swedish and Lutheran organizations sponsor water pasteurization efforts in Kenya''' - The Swedish Church and the aid agency Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are launching [[Solvatten]] in [[Kakuma Refugee Camp]] in [[Kenya]]. The goal of the project is to reduce environmental degradation by enabling people to use alternative sources of energy in the camp and in the host community that surrounds it.
Supply of fire wood has been a problem in Kakuma region since the camp was set up in 1992 but it has escalated in the past two years, despite that the refugees are not allowed to harvest firewood directly from the bushes. This is attributed to the continuous massive influx of people into the camp leading to the environmental degradation through the harvesting of sticks from the available vegetation for firewood. Firewood has become very expensive and the UNHCR struggles to purchase and supply fuel to the growing population of refugees in the camp. The Solvatten is a solar [[water pasteurization]] device. |
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− | [[File:Farchana_Refugee_Camp_August_2012.jpg|thumb|191px|Refugee volunteers build solar cookers as part of the [[CORD]] project at the [[Farchana Refugee Camp]].]] |
− | *'''Solar cooker project in Chad is in full swing''' - In the [[Farchana Refugee Camp]], a team of ten volunteers, refugees themselves, are putting together 2350 cookers! The cookers help prevent conflict between the Sudanese population in the camps and the local Chadian community, who are both competing for scarce firewood. Women, who traditionally collect wood to cook with, face violence outside the camps. The solar cookers need only the sun to cook food, one thing Chad has in abundance! [http://www.cord.org.uk/the-latest/latest-news/cord-latest/12-in-news-from-chad/562-solar-cooker-assembly.html Read more...] |
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− | *'''New video shows Vietnam Solar Serve's extensive solar cooking projects''' - A team of three French students came to visit [[Vietnam Solar Serve]]'s center. They had organized Global Universities Social Trip (GUST), a project that aims to raise students' awareness of social entrepreneurship in Asia. For six months they met many social entrepreneurs throughout Asia who worked on problems such as energy, communication, waste, [[water]], and housing. They created videos that presented the entrepreneurs' projects, the social issues they wanted to solve, and the challenges they had to overcome. Click the image on the right to see a video that they made on their visit to our Solar Serve Center in Danang. For more information on the Gust Project, visit the: http://www.gustproject.com or visit their [http://www.vimeo.com/gustproject Vimeo Channel]. |
− | *'''Dissertation posted:''' [[Media:Identifying_the_Barriers_to_the_Deployment_of_Solar_Cookers_in_the_Energy-Poor_Households_of_Sub-Saharan_Africa.pdf|Identifying the barriers to the deployment of solar cookers in the energy-poor households of sub-Saharan Africa]] - ''Sarah Cochetel'' |
− | *'''New video from [[Cord]] showing their solar cooking project in refugee camps in Chad''' |
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− | *'''Dr. Robert Metcalf discusses solar cooking on the Afternoon Edition (Saskatchewan, Canada)''' - [http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2254960402&position=308475&site=cbc.news.ca listen to the recording]. [[Bob Metcalf|Dr. Metcalf]] is a founding member of [[Solar Cookers International]]. |
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− | *'''Solar cooking heads to The Discovery Center''' - [[Central Valley Solar Cookers]], founded by [[Carl Peters]], is one of the most successful solar cooking clubs in the [[USA]]. Located in Fresno, {{State|California}}, the group now has 111 members. They recently had their First Annual Solar Cooking Festival, which was a huge success. They now have enough money to buy materials to build a solar cooker for use at [http://www.thediscoverycenter.net/4901/35918.html The Discovery Center], a free non-profit science education facility. The park is fully self-funded and situated on six acres. Carl thinks a [[solar panel cooker|panel]] type cooker would be the safest type. It would be a nice addition to ultimately see solar cookers in our parks instead of only charcoal and wood burning BBQs. |
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− | *'''New video:''' The need for a more durable solar cooker for desert refugee camps |
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− | * '''Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 600 members''' - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16213904406 Join the discussion]. |
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− | *'''Solar Cooking Hits the Mainstream''' - ''StarTides'' ([http://star-tides.net/node/2761 Read more...]) |
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− | *'''Pat McArdle describes the top ten solar cooking projects''' - [[Media:Ten most significant solar cooking projects-McArdle-2012.pdf|Read the document]]. |
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− | [[File:16-brick_rocket_stove_Mexico_2012.jpg|thumb|Sixteen-brick [[Rocket Stove]]]] |
− | *'''Students flood southern Mexico integrated cooking class - '''Volunteers from the [[Rotary Club of Fresno]], California, led by [[Wilfred and Marie Pimentel]], teamed up with the Rotary Club of Tapachula Centenario, [[Mexico]], to host a five-day [[Integrated Cooking Method|integrated cooking]] workshop in Tapachula. This is the tenth grant project completed in Mexico by the Rotary Club of Fresno. Although only twenty students were expected to attend, ninety-one arrived on opening day to participate—a clear indication of the desperate need for affordable fuel-saving cooking devices in this region. Local instructors and expert solar cooks from Torreon and Oaxaca led the workshop. Participants learned to build three types of [[rocket stoves]]: mud and chopped grass, five gallon tin can, and sixteen brick, which were used to make tortillas. Students cut out cardboard sheets and glued them to pieces of aluminum foil to make solar panel [[CooKit]]s. A variety of meat, vegetable and egg dishes were prepared with the CooKits along with desserts like pineapple upside down cake. Students also learned how to use [[WAPI]]'s to [[pasteurize water]] with a CooKit. Finally, the instructors showed their ninety-one students how easy it is to make a [[retained heat cooker]] with a pillowcases and crumpled newspaper stuffed into a woven basket. [[Media:Tapachula Centenario - Fresno Rotary 2012.pdf|Read more...]] |
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− | *'''Deutsche Welle covers the work of [[ADES]] in [[Madagascar]]''' |
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− | * '''Solar Cookers World Network Facebook group reaches 500 members''' - [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16213904406 Join the discussion]. |
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− | *'''Alternative energy organization in Vietnam enthusiastically promotes solar cooking''' - [[Vietnam Solar Serve]] has provided a recent video tour of their production facility in Da Nang, [[Vietnam]]. The resourceful group has been adapting solar cooker designs from other countries and developing their own solar energy products since 2000. Looking at the larger alternative energy picture, they also promote photovoltaic panels made in Vietnam and are working on designs for water and wind power turbines. They manufacture a variety of [[parabolic solar cooker|parabolic]] and [[Solar box cookers|box]] solar cookers. |
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− | [[File:Golden_Temple,_Punjab,_India_3-19-12.jpg|250px|thumb|Golden Temple, Punjab, [[India]]]] |
− | *'''Solar cooking set to help preserve the Golden Temple in Punjab, India''' - To save the Golden Temple from the ill effects of pollution, the [http://www.peda.gov.in/eng/index.html Punjab Energy Development Agency] (PEDA) is developing a plan to prepare a daily meal of Langar dal with the help of a [[Scheffler Community Kitchen|solar steam cooking system]]. PEDA is the governmental agency promoting renewable energy within {{state|Punjab}}, [[India]]. To prepare Langar dal for 50,000 to 60,000 devotees daily at the Golden Temple requires one ton (909 kg) of dal to be cooked. A recent study has shown cooking dal with the help of steam will save at least 25 LPG cylinders per day and also reduce the effects of air pollution on the Golden Temple. PEDA chairman Manjeet Singh said that PEDA would bear the entire project cost. |
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− | *'''China and India lead the world in large scale solar cooking projects''' - [[Dar Curtis]] of [[Solar Household Energy]] recently researched where large scale solar cooking projects are happening around the world. The projects in African [[refugee camps]] are fairly well known, but institutional projects and the high-use of solar cookers is happening primarily in Asia. The [[Clean Development Mechanism]] (CDM) has registered eight solar cooker projects in [[China]] since 2009. A total of 207,000 [[parabolic solar cooker]]s have been distributed, serving 848,000 people. In [[India]], CDM registered a Gold Standard project in 2006. The [[Gadhia Solar]] company has created [[Institutional solar cooking|institutional kitchens]] with arrays of large [[Parabolic solar reflectors|parabolic solar concentrators]] to generate steam. Such an installation at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, can produce meals for 38,500 pilgrims per day. Read more from his well-documented report. [[Media:Solar_In_Asia_Curtis_2012.pdf|Some Big Solar Cooking Projects in Asia, December 2011]] |
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− | [[Image:Solar_Oven_Partners_March_2008_2.jpg|thumb|200px|Five {{state|South Dakota}} State University football players volunteered to help [[Haiti Solar Oven Partners]] load a container with 1000 unassembled solar box cookers destined for Haiti.]] |
− | *'''South Dakota, USA nonprofit has delivered thousands of solar cookers to Haiti''' - [[Haiti Solar Oven Partners]] passed a milestone this spring by delivering another 1000 solar cookers as part of the relief effort resulting from the 2010 earthquake. This brings the total number of cookers they have taken to [[Haiti]] to over 5000. They had begun having solar cooking workshops in the country before the earthquake and have since stepped up their efforts. Currently, they are conducting an evaluation of their Haiti projects. |
− | *'''Global conservation gathering is approached with the solar cooking option''' - The [http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org IUCN World Conservation Congress] is the world's largest conservation event. Held every four years, the Congress aims to improve how we manage our natural environment for human, social and economic development. It will take place from September 6-15, 2012 in Jeju, [[South Korea|Republic of Korea]]. Leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations will discuss, debate and decide solutions for the world's most pressing environment and development issues. The upcoming Congress has been approached by [[Solar Household Energy]] to present the case for solar cooking. Read more of their [http://portals.iucn.org/2012forum/?q=0494 proposal]. |
− | *'''Solar Cooker Review''' - The March 2012 issue is now [http://solarcooking.org/newsletters/scr_pdfs/scr_feb12.pdf available online]. |
− | *'''Spanish cooperative finds common ground promoting solar cooking''' - [[Sol Solidari]] was formed in 2008 by environmental and sanitation practitioners in [[Spain]] wanting to combine their expertise to help primarily rural countries in Africa. Most of their activity has centered on the promotion of solar cooking. Whenever is possible, the cookers are locally manufactured, and workshops on their use are carried out with the help of local leaders. Initially the cookers are distributed for free to create better exposure among the villagers. In the second phase, the solar cookers are sold, but mostly subsidized by Sol Solidari. Until now, the projects have taken place in [[Ethiopia]] and [[Mali]], but future plans include [[Cameroon]] and [[South Africa]]. |
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+ | [[File:Solar_cooking_training_in_Tapachula,_Mexico.jpg|thumb|300px|Solar cooking training in Tapachula, {{state|Chiapas}}, [[Mexico]]]] |
+ | *'''Mexican Rotary Club trains 44 new solar cooking trainers''' - In conjunction with the Municipal government of Tapachula in {{state|Chiapas}}, [[Mexico]], the [[Rotary Club of Tapachula Centenario]] has sponsored a number of solar cooking workshops in 2012 and 2013. Forty-four new instructors were trained in how to present solar cooking workshops back in their home communities. Restaurant staff was introduced to solar cooking in Santo Domingo, and at the Universidad Valle del Grijalva, City and Tapachula, culinary students were also introduced to solar cooking. On-site Experimental INIFAP "Rosario Izapa" trained twenty-seven people as users of alternative cooking systems. More photos here: http://tinyurl.com/kqr3fx9 |
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+ | *'''Humanitarian Innovation: What's Cooking With Solar Cookers''' - [[Patricia McArdle]], editor of the [[Solar Cooker Review]] and solar thermal cooking activist, relates the most recent reactions to solar cooking she has encountered while encouraging larger humanitarian groups to support this simple nonpolluting technology. "While 10s of millions of dollars have been invested over the past decade by international organizations, governments and corporate sponsors to develop cleaner burning biomass cook stoves, no funds have been allocated to help make the current generation of solar thermal cookers more durable, more efficient and less expensive." [http://insights.wired.com/profiles/blogs/response-to-humanitarian-innovation-the-power-to-change-the-world?xg_source=msg_appr_blogpost#axzz2dH6CQH54 Read more...] |
For older news, please see [[Solar cooking news archive]]. |
For older news, please see [[Solar cooking news archive]]. |
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Today, Microsoft Corp announced that its highly popular email service, Outlook.com, is ready for prime time. Since the release of Outlook.com last summer as a preview, millions of people have already actively started using it, making it the world's fastest growing email service, going from 0 to 60 million in just six months. A vision for modern email Email is a critical part of our everyday lives; email plays a crucial role in how we get things done. Outlook.com was designed as an email service focused on removing barriers and simply getting people going. Outlook.com gets people going in four key areas: ● Delivering a beautiful, fresh and intuitive experience on modern browsers and devices ● Keeping people connected with their friends and co-workers across the networks they really use ● Providing a smart and powerful inbox to handle today's email needs including SkyDrive for sharing virtually anything in a single email ● Putting people back in control by prioritizing their privacy More than 60 million help make the Outlook.com vision come to life Through the preview, Microsoft has heard a great deal about customers' favorite features, the way they use the product, and how well Outlook.com is delivering on the company's vision for modern email. For example, Outlook.com lets customers connect to popular social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Today, millions of people are using those features to keep up to date with friends' contact info updates, photos and Tweets. Outlook.com is also designed to make it easy to send hundreds of photos and videos in a single message – all powered by SkyDrive. After only six months, nearly half of all people using Outlook.com have already used SkyDrive to share more than half a billion photos and Office documents. A great upgrade for Hotmail customers Starting today, Microsoft will begin to upgrade every Hotmail user to Outlook.com. The upgrade is seamless and instant for Hotmail customers; everything from their @hotmail.com email address, password, contacts, etc. will stay the same. Now Hotmail customers will get all the benefits from the redesigned Outlook.com experience: a fresh and intuitive user interface, lots of new features, and better performance. Get started today Those who would like to get the new benefits of the Outlook.com experience can check it out today at Outlook.com.
Using outlook.com since beta phase months ago. Works very well on PC, but horribly on android phone when using the outlook/hotmail official application.
Pffff. I see on screenshots it has add's. I'll pass. Nothing is worse than e-mail stuffed full with add's.
I see they still haven't updated the Calendar to go with the rest of the site. They really need to hurry up on that, given that the Skydrive and Outlook site match perfectly. Then when you go look at your calendar you're brought to the old "Hotmail" style of calendar.
Most every application you have is tied to your email. Steam, Origin, iTunes, etc. If someone gets a key logger on your PC they can get to EVERYTHING and change passwords. With Step-Two verification even if they have ALL your passwords including your gmail account they cannot get in. It kinda works like the Battle.net USB dongle. Google calls your house or cell phone and gives you a unique code. They also give you 12 unique codes right to begin with to put away incase you lose your phone or something. So even if a hacker gets you password they cannot log into your email. They would need access to your home phone or cell. Follow?
Ah yes. Well I never considered Hotmail/Outlook.com a serious email address anyway, so I will never put anything important there.
IMHO Gmail is the only secure option right now unless you setup your own private email server. Using anything else other than Gmail right now is just dumb....IMO. That's why I was asking if Outlook had something like it. I would like to drop Gmail and get an Outlook account to stay within the MS ecosystem.
As mailman mentions, I do admire Gmail for their security. We use outlook here at work but its on our active directory and not accessible through the internet unless you come through our private VPN.
same here. i have pretty much everything attached to my work email. i hope i don't get fired! maybe i need step-three verification
Outlook e-mail does not have Multi-factor authentication in the strictest sense - at least when compared to GMail. However if you try to change anything "personal" about your Microsoft/Live account, then it will ask for a temp code it texts to your phone. So, yes and no in regards to your question. No, it doesn't require two-factor authentication to log-in, but if you go and try your change some "critical" account settings, it will ask you for a second step of verification. However, in regards to whether the e-mail service specifically offers two-step authentication for login; the answer would be no.
Only time I give out my work email is to company contacts LOL. I do not think brazzers needs my work email address.
I just tried it, it was amazing. I tried word and it is exactly as the software. Feels like Windows 8 but not with those sliding things.


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NHL on NBC ratings up big this weekend
The NHL's ratings for games on NBC this weekend weren't just "up" from last year, they were WAY up.
Sunday's Penguins-Flyers game got a 2.3 overnight rating, and was up 77% from last year's game in the timeslot. It was the highest rating for a Stanley Cup quarterfinals game since April of 2001, and was the highest for a non-Stanley Cup Final playoff game since a 2002 Western Conference Final game between the Avalanche and Red Wings.
The 2-1 Capitals victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Bruins drew a 1.5 overnight rating, up 36% from last year's comparable game between the Red Wings and Coyotes. I think you can solely attribute that to the rabid Boston market, who has absolutely fallen in love with the Bruins since last year's Stanley Cup run and has been eating up everything they've been putting out.
And then, there is the Predators-Red Wings game. There was no "comparable" game last year, due to NBC only airing two games last year as opposed to three this year. The 1.5 rating drawn by this game was up 36% on the regular season (non-Winter Classic and non-Thanksgiving) average.
There's also some news on NBC Sports Network ratings. While we don't have detailed numbers, the first two days of the playoffs on NBC Sports are up 22% from last year's ratings, drawing 600,000 viewers this season in comparison to 490,000 viewers last season.
This is incredible news for the NHL. The playoffs this year have been awesome, and we're still in the first round. This year's playoffs feature traditional markets, like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, and Boston, as well as some less conventional markets, like Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Miami. It actually looks like Gary Bettman's initiative to "grow the game" is working pretty well, as Phoenix sold out both of its two home games thus far, and the Florida Panthers came ridiculously close to selling out both games as well. It looks like things are finally turning around for the NHL.
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SMS # 4: John Cage, Diary:How to Improve the World
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- Composition: Paper
- Details: SMS # 4: John Cage, Diary: How to Improve the World, 1968 by John Cage. Booklet with colored ink on mylar cover. 2000-piece edition. Collection of the artist's autobiographical impressions. The SMS Portfolios were a collaboration between William Copley & Dmitri Petrov which they published through their Letter Edged in Black Press, working with some of the most important artists of the twentieth century. The aim was to produce a new form of art journal that would bypass traditional institutions to distribute the artist's work directly to its audience instead.
- Measurements: Height: 5.46 inches Width: 7.41 inches
- Product code:58010103DI
- The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art. Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world. From its beginnings as a one-room office on Hudson Street to the inauguration of its first freestanding building on the Bowery designed by SANAA in 2007, the New Museum continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.
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Museum of Science and Industry
Museum of Science and Industry
Liverpool Road
Greater Manchester
The Learning Centre
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0161 832 2244
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Uncover Manchester's industrial past and learn about the fascinating stories of the people who contributed to the history and science of a city that helped shape the modern world. Located on the site of the world's oldest surviving passenger railway station and only minutes from Manchester's City Centre, the Museum's action-packed galleries, working exhibits and costumed characters tell the amazing story of revolutionary discoveries and remarkable inventions both past and present - a memorable day out for everyone!
The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.
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Wheelchair access to 98% of the Museum. A loan service is available for Wheelchairs, Mobility Seats, Magnifiers and Water Bowls. (£20 returnable deposit). Handling sessions can be organised for partially sighted and blind visitors. 10 minute pre-sessions are available for most events. For further details, please call 0161 606 0156.
Our collections are Designated by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council as being 'pre-eminent collections of national and international importance'. We also provide access to about a third of our reserve collections through our on-site Collections Centre.
This museum's Designated collections are highly focused on the science and industry of the North West and, as a result of the region's pre-eminent role in industrial history, are often of national and international significance. The wealth of archival material is particularly significant. For example, the electricity industry collections illustrating the context, development and impact of electricity on people's lives, are underpinned by the records for the industry donated by the Electricity Council in 1986. The museum has been recognised with numerous awards for the restoration and interpretation of its historic site, Liverpool Road Station, which is the oldest railway station in the world.
The Museum uses its collections to tell the story of Manchester as the world's first industrial city. We mainly collect objects that were made or used in the Manchester area. We also hold archives relating to people and companies from the region. We collect items from the present, as well as the past, in order to portray Manchester's continuing story.
Our object collections range from familiar domestic appliances to unfamiliar manufacturing machinery and scientific instruments. We also collect vehicles, office equipment, models, memorabilia, awards, architectural materials, archaeological finds and, occasionally, works of art. Our collections of business and personal archives include minute books, letters, trade literature (such as catalogues and manuals), engineering drawings and photographs. We also collect textile samples and pattern books, prints, paintings and audiovisual and sound recordings, including oral and video histories.
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Trade and Commerce, Social History, Science and Technology, Photography, Personalities, Land Transport, Industry, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Aviation, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Designated Collection
Brains: The Mind as Matter
- 26 July 2013 — 25 June 2014 *on now
Featuring a range of objects, audio-visual installations and beautiful artworks, this fascinating exhibition explores what humans have done to brains in the cause of medical intervention, scientific enquiry, cultural meaning and technological change
Suitable for
- Any age
Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica
- 21 October 2013 — 6 June 2014 *on now
This exhibition is the first of its kind and presents some of the most innovative and progressive examples of contemporary architecture in Antarctica
Suitable for
- Any age
Everyday Relics
- 22 November 2013 — 1 May 2014 *on now
In Everyday Relics artists Lucy and Barney Heywood (Stand and Stare Collective) will select objects from the MOSI Collection and bring their stories to life through sound and projection. The artists are working with the Collections team to create this new immersive work for our Highlights Gallery following Creating the Illusion exhibition. Lucy and Barney are the first of a series of artists-in-residence at MOSI
Suitable for
- Any age
- 28 February — 31 December 2013 *on now
Please note that the gallery will be closed until 12noon on one Friday each month for our Experitots sessions. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Gallery Summary
Stare into the mirror of infinity, spin the turbulence zone, or watch your own skeleton ride a bike. Some of the most amazing facts about science in everyday life are explained in this fascinating interactive science gallery, where you are encouraged to see, hear, feel and smell science in action.
The new Experiment! includes old favourites such as the Mini, which can be lifted by a small child thanks to the simple power of gears, and the tornado machine, as well as up to 20 innovative new interactives.
Be mesmerised by bubbles passing through giant columns of coloured liquids to demonstrate viscosity, see how many of the city's homes can be lit by using rubbish as power, and measure your reactions against the speed of light or the flapping of a fly's wings.
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Engines at Work
- 28 February — 31 December 2013 *on now
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of real operational steam engines that powered mills all over the North West and helped to shape our world.
The Power Hall houses one of the world's largest collections of working steam mill engines as well as gas, oil, hot-air and diesel engines, operated daily by our experienced Presenters. Find out how they work and learn about the amazing history of power, from the early water wheel and the horse gin, through to vast horizontal steam engines. Look out for the impressive 1907 McNaught engine, which powered Firgrove Mill.
Most days at 11am and 2.30pm there is a also fascinating, in-depth demonstration of one of the many engines on display by one of our experienced Presenters.
Suitable for
Manchester Mills
- 28 February — 31 December 2013 *on now
Follow the thread of Manchester's cotton industry as our Presenters take you on a whistle-stop tour of how cotton is processed from its raw state to the finished product - a piece of calico cloth. Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago and experience the deafening sounds of the mill machines. Find out how the machines changed peoples' lives and listen to the stories of what life was like for thousands of mill workers.
Some of our Presenters have first-hand experience of working in a textile mill. Learn about the working conditions, when respiratory diseases were rife and children as young as five were employed to sweep under these dangerous machines.
Suitable for
Meet Baby
- 28 February — 31 December 2013 *on now
See the replica of the world's first stored-program computer, the 'Baby', which first ran in 1948 at the University of Manchester, and find out more about this fascinating exhibit from our experienced volunteers.
Although our volunteers try to run the 'Baby' at the times advertised, occasionally these demonstrations cannot be run. Please call 0161 832 2244 before setting off if making a special visit.
For more pictures of 'Baby' visit the MOSI Facebook page.
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Hartree Differential Analyser Demos
- 5 March — 31 December 2013 *on now
Watch demonstrations of this mechanical computer, designed by Douglas Hartree of the University of Manchester in 1935.
As with the 'Baby' demos, as this event is run by volunteers, occasionally it is not able to take
place – please call 0161 832 2244 in advance if making a special visit.
Suitable for
My Den
- 26 September 2013 — 24 September 2014 *on now
A pop-up play space in the Textiles Gallery. Little ones can immerse themselves in fabrics and cushions connected to the gallery space and create their very own den. Please note this space is occasionally booked by groups, when it would be unavailable for use. Please telephone 0161 833 0027 if making a special visit
Suitable for
- Especially for children
Printmaking workshop: Screen Printing from paper cut designs
- 14 December 2013 10am-3pm
Members of Birmingham Printmakers are providing free introductory workshops as part of the celebration of printmaking in the city marked by the exhibition; Birmingham Printmakers: Thirty years of printmaking 1983 – 2013.
This workshop focuses on screen printing from paper cut designs with artist Karoline Rerrie and takes place at the Print Studio at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, School of Art (Birmingham City University) Margaret Street.
Workshop runs from 10am – 3pm with a one-hour break for lunch at midday. Participants should meet at 9.45am by the steps outside the main entrance to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery where they will be met and taken to the workshop venue.
Places are limited to 15 people so advance booking is essential.
Constructive Criticism History Guided Tour
What can we learn from historic buildings? How do we use buildings as evidence? An Education Officer will lead your group on a guided tour around MoSI's unique buildings, including the Grade 1 listed 1830 Warehouse and 1830 Station Building. A great opportunity to take sourcework out of the classroom.
Add a session with an archivist in the Collections Centre looking at primary evidence for an additional cost of £1.00 per pupil.
How to obtain
History guided tours cost £3.00 per pupil (Minimum group charge £45.00, although there is no minimum group charge for Special Needs groups. Tours are led by a Museum Education Officer and last 45 minutes. They are available all year round and can be booked for groups of up to 20 pupils for 9.45am, 11.00am, 12.15pm and 1.30pm. They can be adapted to meet the needs of different groups. (Contact the Learning Centre to discuss.)
Engines at Work
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of real operational steam engines that powered mills all over the North West and helped to shape our world, in this daily demonstration of Engines at Work. Come along between 11.00-16.00.
How to obtain
This event is free and suitable for all ages.
Manchester Mills
Follow the thread of Manchester's cotton industry as Museum of Science and Industry Presenters take you on a whistle-stop tour of how cotton is processed from its raw state to the finished product - a piece of calico cloth. Go back in time to the working mills of 150 years ago and experience the deafening sounds of the mill machines. Find out how the machines changed peoples' lives and listen to the stories of what life was like for thousands of mill workers. Some of our Presenters have first-hand experience of working in a textile mill. Learn about the working conditions, when respiratory diseases were rife and children as young as five were employed to sweep under these dangerous machines.
How to obtain
Demonstrations are free, just turn up at the start time. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more event details.
Revulsion to Reform History Guided Tour
Why were living and working conditions in 18th and 19th century Manchester so bad? What did people do to improve conditions for the working class? Explore these issues and more on a guided tour of MoSI's Making of Manchester and Underground Manchester galleries.
Ideal for both Key Stage 3 and Medicine Through Time GCSE.
How to obtain
History guided tours cost £3.00 per pupil (Minimum group charge £45.00, although there is no minimum group charge for Special Needs groups. Tours are led by a Museum Education Officer and last 45 minutes. They are available all year round and can be booked for groups of up to 20 pupils for 9.45am, 11.00am, 12.15pm and 1.30pm. They can be adapted to meet the needs of different groups. (Contact the Learning Centre to discuss.)
Go along to Museum of Science and Industry's monthly weekend storytime sessions for under 5s. Each month we will read stories and poems and sing songs all for free. Join in between 10.00 and 10.50 on weekends and in school holidays.
How to obtain
No need to book, free sessions. Contact email@example.com for more information.
These popular activity sessions for under 4s and their carers take place in Museum of Science and Industry's hands-on science gallery, Xperiment, with a different topic each month. Fun, creative activities, puppets and storytelling help toddlers get the most out of this gallery. Join in from 10.00-11.30, on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
How to obtain
Booking is essential. Please ring and reserve your place on 0161 833 0027 or 0161 606 0156. Tickets are £1.00 per child. A group booking form must be completed for groups of ten or more.
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Low Rise Demi Curve Bootcut Skinny Jeans
Style #064000015
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Product Description
Proclaimed a "miracle jean" on the Rachel Ray Show, our Demi Curve jeans are specially designed for an hourglass-shaped body. They fit in all the right placesno more pinching, pulling, or bent-over backside reveals. You get an overall smoother silhouette and jeans that look like they were made for you. Don't know your Curve ID? Take the quiz here.
- Bronze stitching on pockets
- Slim fit
- 98% Cotton, 2% Elastane - Imported
Fit & Sizing
- Rests on hips
- Medium curve from waist to hip
- Bootcut skinny leg, 17 opening


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