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Getting on base key to Brown's path to Giants
Watching the Giants' top-rated prospect play has been like standing in front of a work of art and seeing something different with every passing glance.
In the case of the 6-foot-1, 190-pound right-handed-hitting Brown, I have had numerous games and several at-bats from which to create an assessment.
Brown played shortstop at Diamond Bar High School in California. His high school performance was so outstanding, his uniform No. 22 was retired.
Following his senior year, the Oakland Athletics selected Brown in the 12th round of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. Instead, he attended Cal State Fullerton and played there.
Having switched to the outfield, Brown was selected by the San Francisco Giants with their first pick in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Outstanding speed helped project him as a top-of-the order center fielder.
Brown began his professional career in 2010 by playing briefly for the Giants' Rookie League team in Arizona, and for Salem-Keizer in the short-season Northwest League. He hit a combined .159 with zero homers and two RBIs, but he had only 54 plate appearances in 12 games.
The following season, Brown played for San Jose in the advanced Class-A California League. He had a tremendous year, playing 131 games and getting 638 plate appearances. He hit .336 with 14 home runs. He also drove in 80 runs and scored 115 times.
Probably the most significant factor in Brown's outstanding season was the fact he showcased his most dominant tool -- his outstanding speed. Brown had 13 triples and he stole 53 bases while being caught 19 times.
Among other honors, Brown was selected for the 2011 All-Star Futures Game and was named to his league's postseason All-Star team.
Following his very successful first complete season, Brown was assigned to play on the Scottsdale Scorpions' Arizona Fall League club.
Brown played in only 11 games that fall before becoming ill and returning home. He hit only .220 with zero homers and two stolen bases.
What I saw of Brown that fall wasn't pretty.
I expected to see him with refined mechanics and an advanced hitting tool. However, I was surprised -- and almost shocked -- at how awkward and out of synch he looked at the plate. It was as if Brown had incorporated bad techniques in his once smooth hitting mechanics. He pressed at the plate.
Brown choked up a bit on the bat and held his hands very close to his body. He had great difficulty reaching outside pitches and appeared to be almost lunging at balls away from him. If Brown reached those outside pitches, he was often tardy. He looked much more comfortable on pitches thrown inside and closer to his hands.
For the first time in his short career, Brown was facing advanced pitchers with higher-quality repertoires than he was used to seeing.
I couldn't help but notice his long and loopy swing. Brown had chosen to take an overly aggressive approach at the plate, exhibiting poor plate discipline and almost a disdain for accepting a base on balls. In fact, he walked only one time in his 50 fall at-bats. He struck out on 10 occasions.
In a nutshell, it appeared Brown had lengthened his swing in an effort to duplicate the power he had shown during his highly successful, recently completed 2011 season. It didn't work.
I saw Brown again during the following Spring Training. Once again, he had reverted to the aggressive approach that almost sabotaged his once solid, measured swing mechanics.
Then I saw Brown during this past Arizona Fall League. He looked much more comfortable and relaxed at the plate.
Looking at the same player I had seen before, I saw a different picture.
The long swing was gone, replaced by a shorter, quicker stroke to the ball. Brown flashed an ability to hit the ball in the gaps. He stopped swinging at pitches outside the strike zone. He was more patient.
Brown hit .313 with five RBIs, five walks and 14 strikeouts over 64 AFL at-bats. He stole two bases and had two doubles and a triple. Most importantly, he returned to using his strengths -- contact hitting and speed.
Brown plays consistently above-average Major League defense. It is his second-most advanced tool. I think he will prevent runs from being scored.
With very bright, high skies in Arizona, playing the outfield can be a challenge. In games I observed, Brown was an excellent defender.
Interestingly, he played more left field than center this past fall.
Using a quick first step and rapid acceleration, Brown takes very accurate and direct routes to balls hit in the air. Usually playing shallow, he gets a good read off the bat of the hitter.
While the Giants would probably prefer to have Brown play center field, in my opinion, his arm strength is more suited to playing left. However, while Brown has pop in his bat, the club would likely prefer to have someone with more significant and consistent power playing left field on a long-term basis. Hence, Brown will likely be playing center field when he arrives in San Francisco.
As he continues his development, Brown will be challenged to keep his batting average and on-base percentage worthy of a top-of-the-order hitter. His speed will be the catalyst to help establish his future role.
For now, Gary Brown projects to be a player who could fluctuate in his performance. Offensive consistency will be needed for him to become more than a fourth outfielder or defensive replacement/pinch-runner type.
To that end, I think the coming season will be crucial for Brown's development. If all goes well, he should eventually become the club's starting center fielder.
Bernie Pleskoff has served as a professional scout for the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners. Follow @BerniePleskoff on Twitter.


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Jones excited to represent Team USA in Classic
"I said, 'You're damn right. Of course I want to play for my country,'" Jones said of the inquiring phone call earlier this winter from Team USA manager Joe Torre. "I take pride in something like that."
Yep it's official. Get to play for #TeamUSA. Couldn't be prouder to play for my country #WBC #StayHungry IM AN AMERICAN (Toby Keith voice)— Adam Jones (@SimplyAJ10) January 11, 2013
Named the Most Valuable Oriole by local Baltimore media the past two seasons, the 27-year-old is coming off his second All-Star selection and Gold Glove in 2012, when he played in all 162 regular-season games for an O's club that reached the American League Division Series. Jones joins a star-studded Team USA roster that will be officially unveiled Thursday on MLB Network.
"I think it's going to be an experience of a lifetime," Jones said. "This is an All-Star contest. It's the Olympics, basically. Team USA is trying to get the best players they can.
"I know the Japanese take tremendous pride in whooping everybody's butt the first two [competitions], so, USA, let's go."
Jones' participation will require him to be away from the Orioles' Spring Training in Sarasota, Fla., although that exact schedule has yet to be determined. Team USA is scheduled to begin training together in Phoenix on March 4, and then participate in first-round play at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field from March 7-10.
Given the nature of the games and the fact that Classic participants are in game mode already in early March, there is always the question about health and possible fatigue over a 162-game regular season. Jones said he isn't worried.
"The fatigue factor? I'm 27 years old. I work out my legs four to five days a week just to keep my legs healthy and my legs fresh," said Jones, whose winter workouts start at 7 a.m. PT in La Jolla, Calif. "I did play every game [in 2012], but I'm ready to play every game this year, too, because I do want to play 100 percent of my contract. [Cal Ripken Jr.] told me this, he said, 'Once you played 162, you are always going to be like, why do I need a day off?'
"I tweeted out yesterday, if you work on your durability, it will increase your availability. And that's what I wanted to do. That's what we talked about. What's the biggest injury with people? Their legs. ... No matter what position the team is in, what team or city we play in, I run the same distance. I got to maintain my durability, because if I'm durable, I'm going to be available. And if I'm available, I'm going to do some crazy [stuff]."
Crazy in a good way. Jones said he spoke with manager Buck Showalter about his decision and has talked with first-base/outfield coach Wayne Kirby about the different vibe the early part of camp will have for him.
"I want them not to be worried about me. That's why I want to prepare myself the best, that's why I want to come in shape," Jones said. "The first couple days [this spring] is going to be work, work, work, because I'm going to have to be able to get myself ready to play center field. These [Classic] games mean a lot. Spring Training doesn't mean much, these games mean a lot. You got the whole country behind you."
Along with Torre, Greg Maddux was named pitching coach and Willie Randolph -- part of Showalter's coaching staff in 2011 -- will serve as third-base coach. The rest of the staff will consist of first-base coach Dale Murphy, bench coach Larry Bowa, bullpen coach Marcel Lachemann and hitting coach Gerald Perry.
This year's Classic, which featured an expanded pool of participating teams, will be held from March 2-19. The finals, which Team USA hasn't been a part of in the two previous competitions, will be held at the Giants' AT&T Park.
The Baltimore Sun first reported that Jones had accepted Team USA's invitation.


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Barbara Cloer, 89, passed away December 21, 2012, at home. She had been on and off of hospice care over a period of five years after a series of strokes.
Barbara's father was Eastman Kenneth Gorton and her mother was Althea Glenn Gorton. A younger sister, Jean Gorton, lives in Bellingham, Wash., and a niece, Gabrielle Gallegos, lives in Washington, DC. Her loving husband, Hal Cloer, passed away October 5, 2012. Her mother, father, an older brother, her younger son, and two grandsons predeceased her.
She married William M. Rankin in 1942, at the beginning of WWII, later raising two sons while partnering with her husband and parents in running Gorton's Ice Cream and Candy store in Fresno, Calif. Barbara's older son, Bill Rankin, and daughter-in law, Denise, have three sons, Chad, Craig, and Will. She is also survived by her younger son's children, Brian and Patrick Rankin.
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While attending a summer program on counseling the deaf at Western Oregon University, she met Hal Cloer, professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University. They were married in 1968.
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After retiring, Barbara enjoyed golf, duplicate bridge, camping trips and travels with her grandsons and time with her many friends. At various times she was a Pink Llady at Ashland Community Hospital; a member of AAUW, the Ashland Study Club, president of her investment club, an active member of the Ashland Women's Golf Club, a board member and treasurer of the Tudor Guild, and a member of three ACBL duplicate bridge groups.
Special thanks go to members of Barbara's longtime caregiver team, to the case managers, and to the entire Hospice staff.
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Sometimes called Codman's tumor, a chondroblastoma is a rare type of benign (noncancerous) bone tumor that originates from cartilage. Cartilage is the specialized, gristly connective tissue and the tissue from which most bones develop. Cartilage plays an important role in the growth process. There are many different types of cartilage that are present throughout the body. Chondroblastoma most often affects the ends of the long bones, near the growth plate, in the arms at the shoulder, and in the legs at the hip and knee.
Chondroblastoma is a rare type of bone tumor that can affect people of all ages. It is, however, most common in children and young adults. This type of tumor is also more common in males than females.
The exact cause of chondroblastoma is not known. The tumors are believed to originate from immature cartilage producing cells called chondroblasts.
Symptoms of chondroblastoma may vary depending on the location of the tumor. The following are the most common symptoms of chondroblastoma. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
The symptoms of chondroblastoma may resemble other medical conditions or problems. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for chondroblastoma may include the following:
Specific treatment for chondroblastoma will be determined by your doctor based on:
The goal for treatment of chondroblastoma is to remove the tumor and prevent damage to the end of the affected bone. Treatment may include:
The tumor may recur. For this reason, follow-up with your doctor is essential.
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NL shows that building a roster is an art, not a science
At times the entire offseason seemed to be about the Red Sox or Yankees pursuing the most sought-after free agents. If you were inclined to look at things a certain way, you might decide that the AL was having all the fun.
There's still some of that going on.
For instance:
Seven of baseball's eight highest-paid players in 2012 were American Leaguers, led by Alex Rodriguez, at $30 million.
Five of the six largest payrolls belonged to AL teams, led by the Yankees, at $198 million.
The AL won Interleague Play for a ninth consecutive season.
Baseball's two biggest free agents last winter -- Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder -- left National League teams to sign with AL clubs.
Now, though, the NL has won the World Series three years in a row. Likewise, the National Leaguers have won three straight All-Star Games.
Three seasons is a small sample size, so it would be a mistake to conclude that there has been a fundamental shift in power. After all, the AL did dominate Interleague Play in 2012, going 142-110. That's a .563 winning percentage, a 91-victory pace during the regular season. The NL has come closer than that some years, but still has a nine-year losing streak.
Yet those three World Series championships speak volumes about the components that go into constructing a winner.
Although Pujols and Fielder got the only $200 million contracts last offseason, the Giants ended up winning the World Series, in part, because of a couple of acquisitions that didn't raise many eyebrows.
One was last winter's trade with the Mets for center fielder Angel Pagan. The others were the Trade Deadline deals for Marco Scutaro and Hunter Pence.
These moves are a reminder that roster-building is more an art than a science. Those trades for Scutaro and Pence barely made a ripple, because the Dodgers were making blockbuster deals for Josh Beckett, Hanley Ramirez and Adrian Gonzalez.
Those trades aren't comparable on some levels. The Dodgers were trying to win, but they were also trying to show their fans that the new owners aren't afraid to spend money.
Regardless of whether the Dodgers won in 2012, they succeeded in changing the perception of the franchise. They also believe that those deals should be judged next summer, when Carl Crawford will be healthy.
The Dodgers believe all that star power will translate into playoff appearances. So there's that.
Yet in the deals for Scutaro and Pence -- and the trade for Pagan -- the Giants had something else in mind.
General manager Brian Sabean wanted Pence and Pagan, in part, because of the speed they'd bring to spacious AT&T Park's outfield. The Giants bucked conventional 2012 wisdom by hitting just 31 home runs at home, but they had a solid defensive club, which was perfect for a team built around its starting pitchers.
Scutaro has long been a favorite of the men who have played with him and managed him, for his contributions on the field as well as in the clubhouse.
Likewise, Pence became an inspirational figure with his rousing speech before Game 3 of an NL Division Series game against the Reds.
It's impossible for those of us on the outside to fully grasp it all, but the Giants won, in part, because the players believed in one another and because they played hard. They obviously don't win without all that pitching, but in a year when the talent difference between baseball's top 10 to 12 teams was minimal, little things are important.
That's how it was for the Cardinals in 2011. They had one of baseball's biggest stars in Pujols, but the players say there was a closeness and a trust inside the clubhouse walls.
When Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak tweaked his roster at the 2011 Trade Deadline, his moves were similar to Sabean's in 2012 in that they didn't rattle many coffee cups around the game.
Mozeliak settled his shortstop position by getting Rafael Furcal. He added Edwin Jackson to the back of the rotation, then he got a bunch of relievers who weren't exactly household names: Marc Rzepczynski, Octavio Dotel and Arthur Rhodes.
Since the Cardinals had baseball's best position player (Pujols) and best starting pitcher in the NL (Chris Carpenter), it would be silly to say they had less talent than other clubs.
But like the 2012 Giants had Bruce Bochy, the 2011 Cardinals had a great manager in Tony La Russa, and he'd be the first to say that the leadership in his clubhouse was off the charts.
When the Giants won in 2010, some of their biggest acquisitions went mostly unnoticed. Aubrey Huff was a January signing who became huge in the clubhouse and on the field. Cody Ross and Pat Burrell both made significant contributions after joining the Giants.
In the end, those three teams are a reminder that it's impossible to know when the various pieces are going to fit together so well. It's also a reminder that sometimes it's not about having the largest payroll -- three of the four highest-payroll teams (Red Sox, Angels, Phillies) didn't make the playoffs -- but about filling needs and having players who understand and accept their roles.
The Giants won because of their pitching and because of Pablo Sandoval and Scutaro and others. But the Giants are also a reminder for every GM this winter that winning a World Series is about acquiring more than just big names.
If it were that simple, everyone would do it.
Richard Justice has been a reporter for MLB.com since 2011. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @RichardJustice.


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Dar is a shell command that makes backup of a directory tree and files. Its features include splitting archives over several files, DVD, CD, ZIP, or floppies, compression, full or differential backups, strong encryption, proper saving and restoration of hard links, extended attributes, file forks, Door inodes, and sparse files, remote backup using pipes and external commands (such as ssh), and rearrangement of the "slices" of an existing archive. It can run commands between slices, before and after saving some defined files or directories (for a proper database backup, for example), and quickly retrieve individual files from differential and full backups. Several external GUIs exist as alternatives to its CLI interface, like kdar, DarGUI, SaraB, etc.
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In a sweeping state of the world address, America's leading foreign policy critic surveys the role of the US in a post-9/11 world - and finds nothing has changed. Ranging over American intervention in the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America since WW2, Chomsky deftly sketches the logic behind our foreign policy, and it's tragic results around the globe and at home.
Whether it's globalization, oil, or a monopoly on real terror, it's business as usual, and we - not to mention the rest of the world - have to pay. Now more than ever, the venerable Professor stands as the voice of reason in an apparently insane world.
"Three Stars out of Five- Want to know where Thom Yorke gets his politics? On this spoken-word release the esteemed lefty professor surveys the causes and effects of 9/11."
- Rolling Stone
"... Few have done more to advance theories and understanding of the American empire... Chomsky's role- and it is an important one- is to do the extensive research necessary to tackle these constraints, sift through the garbage, and let us (who are too busy working, raising families, worrying about bills or just booking the latest punk tour) know what's going on."
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The Yuasa High Performance Maintenance Free Motorcycle Battery packs more power, discharges less in storage and has a longer life than conventional batteries. The spill-proof design and construction have passed vibration and pressure differential spill-proof tests without fail.
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Solar Household Energy (SHE) is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization established in 1998, working to unleash the power of solar cooking to improve social, economic and environmental conditions in sun-rich areas around the world. This is accomplished through public education, supporting research, and partnering with local organizations to deliver solar cooking where it is most needed.
SHE seeks to introduce solar cooking where it can improve quality of life and relieve stress on the environment. Working with private entities, governments, and NGOs, SHE designs and oversees training and distribution projects in Mexico, Central America and Africa to introduce integrated cooking solutions, which include solar cooking, a fuel-efficient stove and a Heat-retention cooker.
Through field experience and research, SHE perceived the need for a mass-produced solar oven that was durable, efficient, easy-to-use, portable and commercially viable. After years of research the Solar Household Energy completed the HotPot design in 2004. The engineering was accomplished by the Florida Solar Energy Center, and the reflector was designed by Energy Laboratories, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. Currently, the HotPot is manufactured in Mexico. For information on purchase of HotPots, contact: firstname.lastname@example.com. Solar Household Energy is also constantly working to improve both the HotPot and other solar ovens and developing strategies to to make them available to those in developing countries who can benefit from them most at a price they can afford.
SHE was a winner of the World Bank's Development Marketplace and also received a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency's Partnership for Clean Indoor Air to introduce the HotPot and train users across Mexico in collaboration with Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMCN). SHE and FMCN have been working together for a decade. SHE has also introduced solar cooking projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Morocco, Ghana, Cameroon and most recently in Chad.
In 2011, The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees approached Solar Household Energy to implement a pilot project in the Gaga Refugee Camp in Chad which houses refugees from Sudan. With the assistance of Patrick Fourrier of Bolivia Inti-Sud Soleil of France, SHE delivered HotPot Solar Ovens to 50 households in the camp and trained the users in solar cooking. Initial results showed the recipients using their solar ovens everyday, with great satisfaction, as it saved them from having to leave the camp to collect firewood or from having to purchase it in the local camp market. UNHCR will be be deciding whether to scale up this program to include more households in this camp and in other refugee camps.
Solar Household Energy is also collaborating with the non-profit, Grupo Jaragua, in the Dominican Republic to train in solar cooking and distribute Global Sun Ovens manufactured locally by El Fuego del Sol. Grupo solar cooks in their community centers daily, using the opportunity to educate others about solar cooking. SHE is currently collaborating with The Nature Conservancy on a project to introduce integrated cooking in Haiti, just across the border from the Dominican Republic. The Nature Conservancy wanted to add solar cooking to their ongoing reforestation program in the region to offer more forest and environment-friendly cooking options for the local communities. SHE is providing Sun Ovens from El Fuego del Sol, along with fuel-efficient stoves, to households and providing them with training in solar cooking.
Our programs benefit families in impoverished and environmentally threatened regions of the world by providing the HotPot solar cooker, and training to assure its integration into routine cooking practices.
- In El Salvador, women are using the HotPot almost daily. One enterprising woman cooks snacks using the HotPot to sell at local soccer games.
- In Senegal, women are buying one-fourth less fuel wood and half the amount of gas for cooking, thanks to the HotPot.
- In Mali, an entrepreneur has organized large conferences, training sessions, and attracted national television media attention to market the HotPot.
Most significant solar cooking projects
- The HotPot solar cooker introduction in Mexico - Solar Household Energy (SHE), spent several years developing a solar panel cooker called the HotPot, a variation on Solar Cookers International's cooker, the CooKit. In 2003 SHE received a grant from the World Bank's Development Marketplace to mount a HotPot promotion project in Mexico working with the Mexican nature conservancy, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (FMCN). By July 2004, 2,000 HotPots had been manufactured and trucked to eight local conservation NGOs that had agreed to participate in the HotPot distribution initiative. Solar Household Energy may be the global leader in promoting solar cooking. See The history of the HotPot project.
- See other Most significant solar cooking projects worldwide.
- September 2017: Solar Household Energy has partnered with Lorena Harp to provide solar cookers to earthquake victims in Mexico, as well as launch a new solar cooker social enterprise in the country. The partnership will work to "carry out market research, optimize the Haines Solar Cooker and its pot for adoption by rural women, train solar cooking ambassadors, and establish [Lorena Harp's] business, with the end goal of becoming financially sustainable." More information...
- August 2016: Solar cooking volunteer needed - Solar Household Energy is seeking a volunteer to represent SHE and demonstrate solar cooking at farmer's markets and other community events in the Washington D.C. area. The time commitment will be Saturdays from 8:30am - 1:30pm. More information...
- August 2015: Louise Meyer featured in National Geographic - Louise Meyer, founder of Solar Household Energy, gives interview to National Geographic as part of the magazine's The PLATE: Serving daily discussions of food series. Louise discusses how she first became interested in solar cooking and why she feels solar cooking is important, especially in the developing world. Read more...
- January 2015: Assessing lasting impacts of HotPot projects - Solar Household Energy is revitalizing relationships with previous partner the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza , or FMCN) to assess long-term project outcomes. FMCN has distributed over 25,000 HotPots in Mexico. Quantifying the lasting impacts of these projects will prove HotPot long-term adoption and durability, demonstrating that the HotPot is a viable clean cooking solution. Read more: Assessing lasting impacts of HotPot projects in Mexico - SHE
- January 2015: More HotPot solar cookers for the Gaga refugee camp in Chad - The Lutheran World Foundation, now in charge of environmental activities in Gaga refugee camp, wishes to partner with Solar Household Energy to expand the HotPot project with 2,500 more HotPots--enough to cover 80% of households. Based on the success of the earlier HotPot project in Gaga refugee camp, SHE is also exploring options to introduce solar cookers in Burkina Faso refugee camps.
- January 2015: Read 2014 SHE project summaries, with plans for 2015. - SHE
- June 2013: World Refugee Day focuses on the needs of displaced populations - World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations to honor the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced to flee their homes under threat of persecution, conflict and violence. Even though the day has passed, June 20th, awareness and action are continuing. Universal Giving has organized a group of relief projects to help raise donations. 100% of the donation reaches the intended foundation and project. This year Solar Household Energy is featured among the projects for their work promoting solar cooking worldwide. SHE is a global leader in this effort. Consider helping them. Donation information...
- February 2013: Changes are coming to Tilori, Haiti as well. Twenty-five families are learning to cook Haitian meals like soup, beans, potatoes, yucca, plantains and rice with energy-efficient stoves and solar ovens — little or no wood or charcoal is needed. Solar Household Energy (SHE), a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that introduces solar and alternative cooking to communities, recently distributed the stoves that were purchased with Nature Conservancy funding. Louise Meyer, trainer from SHE, will continue to provide on-going technical assistance and encourage the women to support each other as they learn this new way of cooking. Read more at Solar Cookers: Making Life Easier for Women
- November 2012: Solar Household Energy 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 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. Read more about their efforts...
- October 2012: 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. Read more...
- April 2012: Solar Household Energy has announced that it is seeking unpaid interns to assist with communications and program activities at their Washington D.C. office for Summer and Fall 2012. Both upper- level undergraduates and graduate students are eligible for this internship. Specific tasks will be assigned according to skill level and individual expertise. More Information...
- March 2012: The 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, 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 proposal.
- November 2011: SHE's founding chairman, Darwin Curtis, is meeting this week with officials at the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, to brief them on our project to introduce solar cooking in the UNHCR Gaga Refugee Camp in eastern Chad for Sudanese refugees. Details of the project introduction are included in the Annual Report. The second follow-up visit to the camp in July provided encouraging news that the households that received HotPots are using them for every mid-day meal and some evening meals as well. The families reported that their wood usage has dropped by 25-40% and their monthly allotment of wood from UNHCR is now lasting them twice as long. The women no longer have to leave the camp to collect scarce fuelwood and put themselves at risk. The participants recommended that all the families in the camp receive their own HotPots. UNHCR's purpose in contracting this pilot project was so they could determine if they would like to scale it up to include more households and possibly more camps. Solar Household Energy Annual Report: FY 2011
- October 2011: We would like to let you know that the FY 2011 Annual Report is now available. It provides a summary of some of Solar Household Energy's accomplishments during the year ending May 31, 2011. SHE continues to be actively engaged in promoting solar cooking and helping to get it into the hands of those who can benefit from it most. Below is an update on some of the activities introduced in the Annual Report. Louise Meyer, our director of training and field operations, recently returned from a trip to Tilori, a small community in Haiti on the border with the Dominican Republic. As part of a reforestation project of The Nature Conservancy, Solar Household Energy organized and directed the introduction of Global Sun Ovens and Stovetec [fuel-efficient wood stove]]s for 25 Haitian women from Tilori, and five Dominican women who live nearby and trained them in the use. Combining both the solar ovens and the fuel-efficient wood stoves enables healthy cooking practices in all weather conditions and times of day. "It was a surprise to find a great variety of goods being cooked, far more than had been prepared during the training program that preceded this phase," Louise reports. "Judging from the home visits, the Haitian women felt comfortable using their solar ovens, a totally new cooking technology for them," she adds. We look forward to expanding this project to include more families in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Solar Household Energy Annual Report: FY 2011
- May 2011: Solar Household Energy(SHE) was commissioned to test acceptance of the HotPot solar oven in the Gaga refugee camp in eastern Chad. It shelters 20,000 people from Darfur in Western Sudan. Patrick Fourrier, a French solar cooking expert affiliated with Bolivia Inti Sud Soleil, completed the first phase of the project last month. He will also ensure that local support systems set in place to encourage continued use of the solar ovens are working effectively. Report of the training mission in solar cooking: Gaga Refugee Camp Meanwhile, SHE has begun a cooperative relationship with Grupo Jaragua, a highly respected non-governmental organization in the Dominican Republic, to support a solar cooking initiative. Grupo is aided by a Dominican eco-tourism and solar cooking advocate El Fuego del Sol, which conducts the local assembly and subsidized sale of Sun Oven box cookers in rural communities near the Haitian border. They are also supporting The Nature Conservancy's office in the Dominican Republic to add the integrated cooking method as a component of their reforestation project in Haiti. SHE is working to expand the solar cooking promotion efforts it undertook in Mexico with the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FMCN) begun in 2004. They has also been active in the areas of solar cooking advocacy, research and technology development. On the public education front, SHE founding director Dar Curtis is participating as a contributing member of the Technology and Fuels Working Group of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. This alliance of governments, corporations and nonprofits is promoting cleaner cooking solutions than the open cooking fires and inefficient cookstoves used by three billion people around the world. Solar provides the very cleanest cooking of all cookstoves. Read more in the SHE spring update 2011.
- August 2010: New research reconfirms acceptance of solar cooking - Solar Household Energy
- July 2009: Through the Senegal Solar Cooking Initiative, project partners Solar Household Energy, Inc. (SHE) and Tostan will train and equip 2,000 families with HotPot solar cookers. Dozens of villages are participating in the project, and are sending groups of three representatives to be trained. A point person from each village is selected, and is responsible for conducting local demonstrations, distributing HotPots, answering questions, and offering advice. A regional trainer offers further support as needed. Foods that are solar cooked at the demonstrations include fish, rice, beans, millet porridge, and cakes. By mid-2008, 1,000 HotPots had been distributed in the Thies region and 350 in the Kaolack region. The remaining HotPots are slated for the Touba region.
- July 2009: Solar Household Energy, Inc.'s Richard Stolz reports that 400 HotPot solar cookers were provided to victims of the floods that ravaged the southern state of Tabasco in late 2007. "In addition to the devastation caused to homes, the floods knocked out Tabasco's electricity and gas distribution plant. As a result, even after flood waters had receded, many residents had no means of cooking food, particularly when firewood was unavailable." The HotPots were made available by two of Solar Household Energy, Inc.'s partner organizations, the Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, and International Logistics Solutions, which manufactures HotPots in Mexico.
- March 2009: Donate to project online: Solar Cooking to Help Women Affected by War in El Salvador - Global Giving
- November 2008: The Senegalese Ministry of Biofuels and Renewable Energy is entering into an agreement with Solar Household Energy to produce and sell solar cookers locally. "We hope to make solar stoves available in all 11 regions of Senegal," said Abdoulaye Touré, solar energy specialist at the ministry. More information...
- November 2008: In late 2006, Acciónatura, a Spanish NGO, approached SHE about implementing a project in Peru with their Peruvian partner NGO. While they had the funding to buy the HotPots and implement the project, they did not have the solar cooking technical expertise. Therefore, they requested in-country technical solar cooking support from Solar Household Energy (SHE). SHE signed a Terms of Reference with Acciónatura to work in a consortium with Asociación de Ecosistemas Andinos (ECOAN) to conduct a solar cooking project. The solar cooking trainings were launched in mid-April outside of Lucre, Peru (about 30 kilometers from Cuzco). During five separate trainings, 100 women learned solar cooking techniques. Traditional Peruvian dishes, estofada (chicken and potato stew), rice, and baked peaches were cooked. All the women were extremely impressed with the ability of the HotPot to cook traditional food. In the coming months, the women will attend follow-up meetings where they will share solar cooking experiences. Additionally, the women will participate in a work-exchange program. In the work-exchange program, the women will plant trees in a reforestation project, conduct solar cooking demonstrations in their communities, and conduct solar cooking demonstrations at a regional food fair.
- Fall 2008: Fall Quarterly Newsletter 2008
- June 2008: Solar Oven Cooking: A Lucrative Business - News Blaze
- February 2008: SHE has launched two new pilot projects in Guatemala with Fundación Defensores de la Naturaleza and Asociación Kajih-Jel. In conjunction with the two NGOs, SHE conducted solar cooking trainings to 75 women in two rural villages. The women were impressed with the exceptionally good flavor of the chicken stew, rice, and plantains cooked in the HotPot. A micro-credit system will allow participants to amortize HotPot payments over time.
- November 2007: SHE has launched pilot projects with two new Salvadoran NGOs, Unidad Ecológica Salvadoreña (UNES) and Asociación de Lisiados de Guerra de El Salvador (ALGES). The women participating in the program receive a solar cooking training and hold monthly meetings to share solar cooking experience. One group of women participates in a micro-credit payment program. The other group of women participates in a work exchange program: they conduct solar cooking demonstrations in exchange for a HotPot. Additionally, partner organizations hold a technology exchange between local communities to spread the word about solar cooking!
- May 2007: The May issue of House and Garden features an article on solar cooking by Sue Halpern and Bill McKibben. "We are partial to the Solar Household Energy Inc.'s HotPot," the authors wrote. They offered two reasons for their praise: "Buying it supports the work of SHE in less developed regions of the world, especially where forests have been ravaged for cooking fuel, and because it comes with its own cooking pot." The authors stated that solar ovens "haven't reached the mainstream yet," but added that solar cookers "are attracting attention for producing intensely flavored food without match or plug." The article also describes other solar ovens and the use of solar cooking both in the developing world and in the U.S. The article is currently on the magazine's web site
- April 2007: Solar Household Energy partners in El Salvador are currently implementing solar cooking pilot projects that their communities have embraced. More than 100 HotPots have been distributed in the past five months! The majority of women use them for cooking on a daily basis, helping to offset the time and money costs of foraging or paying for wood. Solar Household Energy continues to raise funds for this project with the goal of offering more families the opportunity to own a HotPot. Your donation will directly benefit participants and their families. For details about the program please go to http://www.she-inc.org/art.php?id=62. If you would like to make a donation please go to http://www.she-inc.org/contribute.php. (*Please specify that the donation is for the El Salvador program.)
- January 2007: The International Relations Center, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide information and analysis that increase social and economic justice throughout the world, recently cited the HotPot as an example of an effective solar cooker that is both produced and sold in Mexican communities. Mexico is currently working to structure a national training program to help individuals understand the utility of solar and wind power in cost effectiveness for health and the environment. Read more here.
- January 2007: The HotPot will be featured on the Earth Focus TV program in late January. This program highlights the October 2006 Green Festival in Washington, D.C. that promotes a sustainable economy, ecological balance, and social justice. Over 300 exhibitors attended the festival and Solar Household Energy was one of a few organizations highlighted in this program. Please here to see local program times and channels for Earth Focus: Green Festival.
- November 2006: World Bank president hails HotPot solar oven
- The activities conducted and the reports provided by the Florida Solar Energy Center for Solar Household Energy, Inc. while developing the HotPot
- Fall 2006: SHE is in contact with the Agricultural and Rural Development Association (ARA-Ghana). The ARA-Ghana has experimented with the HotPot and considers its quality and design to be very marketable. It is not planning a promotion program.
- June 2006: Solar Household Energy, Inc.'s Director of Programs for Latin America and East Africa, Camille McCarthy, traveled to Kenya and Tanzania to meet with governmental agencies, NGOs, and private sector representatives to explore the feasibility of cooperative solar cooking ventures. Many groups expressed interest in SHE pilot solar cooking projects. SHE expects to conduct initial solar cooking training, marketing and sales projects in Kenya and Tanzania in early 2007.
- Summer 2006: Solar Household Energy's first bulk delivery of HotPots arrived this summer in Mali, West Africa. The container of 1,000 cookers was purchased by a Malian energy services company which has promoted solar cooking in Mali for a number of years and will be a regional distributor of HotPots. To learn more about our West Africa programs, go here.
Twitter feed
- January 2018: Solar Household Energy: 2017 Annual Report
- December 2011: Microfinance Intervention for Financing Solar Cooking Technologies - Financing with Savings (Executive Summary) - Solar Household Energy
- May 2011: SHE spring update 2011
- August 2010: New research reconfirms acceptance of solar cooking - Solar Household Energy
- June 2008 - May 2009 fiscal year: Read more here.
- 2006: The 2006 fiscal year witnessed significant advances in Solar Household Energy's efforts to disseminate solar cooking technology to many parts of the world including the completion of our first major shipment of HotPot solar ovens to West Africa. Read more here.
Articles in the media
- August 2008: Nuts + Bolts-Cooking with Sunlight - Natural Home Magazine
- July 2012: Cooking On The Sunny Side: How Solar Chefs Put Food On The Table - NPR.org
Audio and video
- September 2011:
- July 2011: Video: Solar cooking demonstration at the Dar AlNoor Islamic Community Center in Washington D.C
- May 2008: Hot Times in the Summertime - EarthBeat Radio
- September 2007:
- July 2007: Video: Solar Household Energy's work with HotPot cookers in Mexico
See also
- Lorena Harp
- Louise Meyer
- Dar Curtis
- Sophie Brock
- Working with the World Bank and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Promote Solar Cooking
Buying a HotPot
- HotPots can be purchased mail order from Solar Cookers International in Sacramento, California. Your purchase helps support this site.
- Order the Hotpot Solar Cooker and see more solar ovens at http://HotpotSolarCookers.com.
Solar Household Energy, Inc.
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Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.she-inc.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SolarHousholdEnergy
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FS#889 - Filter the current selection to only include entities of a certain type
Opened by Roland Schwanzer (Olly) - Friday, 16 August 2013, 08:44 GMT+2
Last edited by Andrew (andrew) - Monday, 02 December 2013, 23:20 GMT+2
The property editor should do,
Der Eigenschaften Editor sollte wenn die
Monday, 02 December 2013, 23:20 GMT+2
Reason for closing: Implemented
Please note that this would prevent other use cases of the property editor. A user might for example:
- select some entities in a drawing (e.g. window selection, etc)
- limit the selection to circles with the property editor
- change the layer of all circles in the selection to 'circles'
- limit (the same) selection to lines
- change the layer of all lines in the selection to 'lines'
- etc.
Since this suggestion would destroy the original selection, this use case would no longer be possible.
I think the use case of wanting to 'filter the current selection to only include entities of a certain type' should be a separate tool. Using the property editor for this might seem logical for users who are using the property editor a lot. However, a new user who wants to reduce an existing selection to only include circles will likely not look in the property editor for such a tool. The tool should be accessible through the selection menu instead.
Yes I can see an advantage of having an extra selection tool to select - by 'entity type', a tool like this would be be most useful if you needed to select e.g. Circles from a whole bunch of other entities either on the same/different layers !
How about a new selection tool that offers a working sequence something like:
1.First select initial entity type.
2.Then choose either:
- select all within range (all Circles of all sizes).
Or select
- select all with same properties.
For me at the moment if I am in this situation I am using either the 'selection widget' (by smf) or I simply select all and use the property editor to filter the selection and put on a new layer.
Yep - I agree with both of you. An extra selection tool would be nice!


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Senate Bill No. 87
(By Senators Sypolt and Barnes)
[Introduced January 13, 2011; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18B-2A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to prohibiting abortions at state college or university medical facilities except when the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman receiving the abortion.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-2A-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§18B-2A-4. Powers and duties of governing boards generally.
Each governing board separately has the following powers and duties:
(a) Determine, control, supervise and manage the financial, business and education policies and affairs of the state institution of higher education under its jurisdiction;
(b) Develop a master plan for the institution under its jurisdiction.
(1) The ultimate responsibility for developing and updating each master plan at the institutional level resides with the board of governors, but the ultimate responsibility for approving the final version of each institutional master plan, including periodic updates, resides with the commission or council, as appropriate.
(2) Each institutional master plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) A detailed demonstration of how the institutional master plan will be used to meet the goals and objectives of the institutional compact;
(B) A well-developed set of goals outlining missions, degree offerings, resource requirements, physical plant needs, personnel needs, enrollment levels and other planning determinates and projections necessary in a plan to assure that the needs of the institution's area of responsibility for a quality system of higher education are addressed;
(C) Documentation showing how the governing board involved the commission or council, as appropriate, institutional constituency groups, clientele of the institution and the general public in the development of all segments of the institutional master plan.
(3) The plan shall be established for periods of not fewer than three nor more than five years and shall be revised periodically as necessary, including adding or deleting degree programs as the governing board in its discretion determines is necessary;
(c) Develop a ten-year campus development plan in accordance with article nineteen of this chapter;
(d) Prescribe for the institution, under its jurisdiction, in accordance with its master plan and compact, specific functions and responsibilities to achieve the goals, objectives and priorities established in articles one and one-d of this chapter to meet the higher education needs of its area of responsibility and to avoid unnecessary duplication;
(e) Direct the preparation of an appropriation request for the institution under its jurisdiction, which relates directly to missions, goals and projections as found in the institutional master plan and the institutional compact;
(f) Consider, revise and submit to the commission or council, as appropriate, an appropriation request on behalf of the institution under its jurisdiction;
(g) Review, at least every five years, all academic programs offered at the institution under its jurisdiction. The review shall address the viability, adequacy and necessity of the programs in relation to established state goals, objectives and priorities, the institutional master plan, the institutional compact and the education and workforce needs of its responsibility district. As a part of the review, each governing board shall require the institution under its jurisdiction to conduct periodic studies of its graduates and their employers to determine placement patterns and the effectiveness of the education experience. Where appropriate, these studies should coincide with the studies required of many academic disciplines by their accrediting bodies;
(h) Ensure that the sequence and availability of academic programs and courses offered by the institution under its jurisdiction is such that students have the maximum opportunity to complete programs in the time frame normally associated with program completion. Each governing board is responsible to see that the needs of nontraditional college-age students are appropriately addressed and, to the extent it is possible for the individual governing board to control, to assure core course work completed at the institution is transferable to any other state institution of higher education for credit with the grade earned;
(i) Subject to article one-b of this chapter, approve the teacher education programs offered in the institution under its control. In order to permit graduates of teacher education programs to receive a degree from a nationally accredited program and in order to prevent expensive duplication of program accreditation, the commission may select and use one nationally recognized teacher education program accreditation standard as the appropriate standard for program evaluation;
(j) Involve faculty, students and classified employees in institutional-level planning and decision making when those groups are affected;
(k) Subject to the provisions of federal law and pursuant to articles seven, eight and nine of this chapter and to rules adopted by the commission and the council, administer a system for the management of personnel matters, including, but not limited to, personnel classification, compensation and discipline for employees at the institution under its jurisdiction;
(l) Administer a system for hearing employee grievances and appeals. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the procedure established in article two, chapter six-c of this code is the exclusive mechanism for hearing prospective employee grievances and appeals;
(m) Solicit and use or expend voluntary support, including financial contributions and support services, for the institution under its jurisdiction;
(n) Appoint a president for the institution under its jurisdiction subject to section six, article one-b of this chapter;
(o) Conduct written performance evaluations of the president pursuant to section six, article one-b of this chapter;
(p) Employ all faculty and staff at the institution under its jurisdiction. The employees operate under the supervision of the president, but are employees of the governing board;
(q) Submit to the commission or council, as appropriate, any data or reports requested by the commission or council, as appropriate, within the time frame set by the commission or council;
(r) Enter into contracts or consortium agreements with the public schools, private schools or private industry to provide technical, vocational, college preparatory, remedial and customized training courses at locations either on campuses of the state institutions of higher education or at off-campus locations in the institution's responsibility district. To accomplish this goal, the boards may share resources among the various groups in the community;
(s) Provide and transfer funding and property to certain corporations pursuant to section ten, article twelve of this chapter;
(t) Delegate, with prescribed standards and limitations, the part of its power and control over the business affairs of the institution to the president in any case where it considers the delegation necessary and prudent in order to enable the institution to function in a proper and expeditious manner and to meet the requirements of its master plan and compact. If a governing board elects to delegate any of its power and control under this subsection, it shall enter the delegation in the minutes of the meeting when the decision was made and shall notify the commission or council, as appropriate. Any delegation of power and control may be rescinded by the appropriate governing board, the commission or council, as appropriate, at any time, in whole or in part, except that the commission may not revoke delegations of authority made by the governing boards of Marshall University or West Virginia University as they relate to the state institutions of higher education known as Marshall University and West Virginia University;
(u) Unless changed by the commission or the council, as appropriate, continue to abide by existing rules setting forth standards for acceptance of advanced placement credit for the institution under its jurisdiction. Individual departments at a state institution of higher education may, upon approval of the institutional faculty senate, require higher scores on the advanced placement test than scores designated by the governing board when the credit is to be used toward meeting a requirement of the core curriculum for a major in that department;
(v) Consult, cooperate and work with the State Treasurer and the State Auditor to update as necessary and maintain an efficient and cost-effective system for the financial management and expenditure of appropriated and nonappropriated revenue at the institution under its jurisdiction that ensures that properly submitted requests for payment be paid on or before the due date but, in any event, within fifteen days of receipt in the State Auditor's office;
(w) In consultation with the appropriate chancellor and the Secretary of the Department of Administration, develop, update as necessary and maintain a plan to administer a consistent method of conducting personnel transactions, including, but not limited to, hiring, dismissal, promotions and transfers at the institution under its jurisdiction. Each personnel transaction shall be accompanied by the appropriate standardized system or forms, which shall be submitted to the respective governing board and the Department of Finance and Administration;
(x) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, transfer funds from any account specifically appropriated for its use to any corresponding line item in a general revenue account at any agency or institution under its jurisdiction as long as the transferred funds are used for the purposes appropriated;
(y) Transfer funds from appropriated special revenue accounts for capital improvements under its jurisdiction to special revenue accounts at agencies or institutions under its jurisdiction as long as the transferred funds are used for the purposes appropriated in accordance with article nineteen of this chapter;
(z) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, acquire legal services that are necessary, including representation of the governing board, its institution, employees and officers before any court or administrative body. The counsel may be employed either on a salaried basis or on a reasonable fee basis. In addition, the governing board may, but is not required to, call upon the Attorney General for legal assistance and representation as provided by law; and
(aa) Contract and pay for disability insurance for a class or classes of employees at a state institution of higher education under its jurisdiction; and
(bb) The governing boards shall prohibit the performance of an abortion at any institution or facility under the respective jurisdiction of the governing boards, except when the performance of the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman receiving the abortion.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit abortions at state college or university medical facilities, except when the abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman receiving the abortion.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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