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EtherCAT Real-Time Protocol IP Support Now Available on Altera's Low-Cost Cyclone III FPGAsPopular Industrial Communications Protocol Brings Enhanced Design Flexibility to Factory Automation Systems San Jose, Calif. -- July 18, 2007 -- Giving industrial equipment designers greater flexibility in implementing real-time Ethernet communications, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced intellectual property (IP) support for the EtherCAT protocol from the EtherCAT Technology Group. Previously qualified on Cyclone® II devices, the IP now targets Altera's new low-cost, low-power Cyclone III FPGAs. "In the extremely competitive factory automation equipment market, companies are looking to incorporate new functions and features quickly to differentiate their products," said Martin Rostan, executive director for the EtherCAT Technology Group. "With EtherCAT support on Cyclone III FPGAs, designers can easily add real-time Ethernet capabilities in a cost-effective manner." EtherCAT is the performance leader among real-time industrial Ethernet protocols. The protocol can update data from over 1,000 distributed I/O nodes in 30 microseconds over low-cost twisted pair. "The addition of EtherCAT on our low-cost Cyclone III devices is the latest example of Altera's commitment to constantly deliver more value to our customers and improve their overall productivity," said Michael Samuelian, director of Altera's industrial business unit. EtherCAT Seminar at Altera Following SEMICON West, Altera and the EtherCAT Technology Group will host a free, half-day seminar at the Altera San Jose campus from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Friday, July 20. Attendees will learn about topology flexibility, cost advantages, applications, slave implementation using Altera's low-cost Cyclone FPGAs, and more. Registration is required. For more information, go to www.altera.com/ethercat. To support Cyclone III FPGA-based industrial designs, EtherCAT Technology Group members are also offering development kits. The Cyclone III development kit by member company Beckhoff consists of a slave device evaluation board with an EtherCAT slave controller, the slave protocol stack in source code, reference hardware design information, an evaluation license for EtherCAT master, manuals and cables. For more information, go to www.ethercat.org. Price and Availability Industrial Ethernet solutions using Altera® Cyclone series FPGAs are immediately available and are priced as low as $12.50 in 1,000 unit quantities. For more information, go to www.altera.com/end-markets/industrial/partners/ind-partners.html. About EtherCAT Technology Group The EtherCAT Technology Group is an international user and vendor organization in which key user companies from various industries and leading automation suppliers join forces to support, promote and advance the EtherCAT technology. The organization was founded in 2003. About Altera Altera programmable solutions enable system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost effectively innovate, differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more at www.altera.com.
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Bacardi unveils its latest innovation – Tang – a revolutionary spirit distilled entirely from green tea leaves. Harnessing the magical properties of the quintessentially Chinese ingredient and blending it with finest spring water from France, Tang is a contemporary spirit with a truly unique and robust taste profile that delivers a brand new drinking experience.
The name 'Tang' is inspired by the mighty Tang dynasty, China's first Golden Age of antiquity. It was a period of great accomplishment marked by a spirit of innovation that is similarly embodied by Tang. It is aptly named to encapsulate this.
The cutting-edge distillation process behind Tang marks a breakthrough in the world of spirits, conceived by the combined knowledge of multiple scientists and experts from around the globe. Due to the composition of tea leaves and the absence of simple sugar, the experts at Bacardi developed a groundbreaking process that successfully releases complex sugars from tea leaves and transforms them into a fermentable form, resulting in a beautifully aromatic compound that forms the essence of the spirit.
This is then concentrated and meticulously blended in different fractions by top master blenders who retain only the most pleasant and intense flavours. The precious liquid is then combined with its ideal complement, nothing more than the finest spring water from France, world renowned for water sources of exceptional purity. The result is a deliciously complex spirit that embodies and expresses the rich flavours of tea.
Only 2,000 bottles of Tang are produced each time and the first 500 bottles will be individually numbered. It will be exclusively available from March 19 at DFS Hong Kong and starting May 2015, the distribution of Tang will expand into select partner restaurants in China.
"Since the Tang dynasty, China has developed a profound appreciation for tea, a 'holy herb' that is held in high esteem throughout this country's long history. When we succeeded in creating Tang, it made sense to us that China be the first in the world to experience it," says Guillaume Dock, Global R&D Director for Bacardi. "With green tea forming the cornerstone of Tang, we believe we have created a truly unique product that tastes entirely new yet inspires a nostalgic familiarity that will intrigue the most discerning Chinese palate."
Tang, characterized by its distinctive aroma and robust tea flavour, is a delicious accompaniment to Chinese dishes. At first encounter, Tang has bold and fragrant aroma. When consumed, an extraordinarily smooth and bitter-sweet taste of tea envelops the mouth, and creates a delightfully long, lingering finish that leaves behind a line of heat that extends to the belly. The liquid can cut through grease and enhance the taste of Cantonese and fusion dishes that are light and flavourful.
At restaurants, Tang will be served on a stunning tray that features a striking centerpiece – a black metallic lantern with intricate cutouts of tea leaf motifs that encloses the illuminated bottle. It is coupled with heavy crystal cut glassware reminiscent of wine goblets used by imperial emperors.
Matt Djokovic, Innovation Director for Bacardi in Asia Pacific, comments, "Today, the types of spirits that can be enjoyed with food are fairly limited. Hence, we hope Tang can represent an additional spirit option to enjoy during Chinese meals. We believe Tang is poised to deliver a contemporary drink experience that will satisfy our consumers' appetite for new and refined experiences in dining and other occasions."
Produced in Cognac (Commune), Tang has been crafted purely from green tea leaves and French spring water, a fragrant elixir that is completely untainted by any additives, preservatives or sugars.
It is encased in a stunning bottle designed with a distinctive trapezoidal twist to encapsulate the genuine fusion of Western innovation and Eastern traditions embodied by Tang. The bottle also features intricate etchings of tea leaf motifs inspired by the design of traditional Chinese tea caddies. Furthermore, the gold foiling on the bottle that echoes the beautiful hues of green tea adds to the sophistication of Tang.
Tang is recommended to be consumed neat, at room temperature, without ice. The complex taste profile is equally delightful when mixed in cocktails.

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Cabin memories are often one of the most cherished things for a family to share. Cabin finances however, not so much. Cabins tend to devour dollars, and when one person isn't chipping in financially, the inequities can cause family rifts and resentment.
For example, when Joe Williams decided to fix up the Vermont cabin he co-owned with his uncle, Williams says he put in new plumbing, fixtures and appliances, renovated the bathroom and kitchen, replaced the roof, installed nine windows and new carpeting, put in a deck and gave the place a coat of paint, inside and out. When he totaled the costs and asked his uncle for a little financial help, he says his uncle handed him a $100 bill and said: "This is for nuts and bolts." (In fairness to his uncle, Williams says he did get much more use out of the cabin.) But when Williams went to sell the cabin, he had to split the proceeds evenly with his uncle.
Here's another example:
His voice grows hushed. "You're talking some real damage control if this gets out."
K.C. wrote a letter – published in a long-ago issue of Cabin Life – begging readers to help him out of a fix: He inherited a cabin with his brother and sister. They're all chipping in on the major costs. His sister is putting extra money into the property. But she also wants more than her share of time in the cabin.
And K.C. is not alone.
Maybe it's a Baby Boomer thing. Their generation's parents are passing on unprecedented wealth, which sometimes includes second properties. So it turns out that many families are facing the same challenge: multiple children and grandchildren inheriting the family cabin. And that cabin may very well carry with it some of the fondest memories of childhood – and family bonding. But just as a cabin can enrich a family, it can also be a catalyst for problems. When the second generation inherits the cabin, disputes over the shared cabin can cause family conflict.
Because people are so emotionally invested in their cabins, it's no wonder that these getaway homes can be such touchstones for family harmony. The value of the cabin is measured in much more than dollars.Ironically though, it's money issues that cause the most dissent. But there are other issues, as well.
Challenges faced by cabin co-owners fall generally into three categories:
• Money: Who's paying expenses, mortgage costs, taxes, general fund costs. What to do if one partner wants out – or dies? Do the partners share similar goals about how long they plan to keep the cabin and how they view it financially and for tax purposes?
• Maintenance: Who keeps up the cabin? Should some family members who rarely use the cabin shoulder an equal share
of the maintenance burden?
• Scheduling: How do you determine who gets to visit the cabin when? Are friends allowed? Will it be rented out?
Let's take a deeper look:
Money, Legal, and Maintenance Matters
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Families approach these issues in many different ways. While some families draw up 40-page legal agreements spelling out everything from who pays the bills to what's allowed in the refrigerator, others try to agree among themselves, often using one family member as arbiter.
Although some cabin owners bristle at the idea of bringing in lawyers for family issues, experts say a contract can provide a plan that anticipates – and even avoids – conflict. Many families outline specifics in an original trust. Others use Tenants in Common agreements that spell out issues regarding ownership: scheduling, default on loan issues, housekeeping, owners' right to sell, manager/rental issues, how bank accounts are held – anything the owners want to nail down in writing.
Experts caution that such agreements are best drawn up with an attorney from the state where the cabin is located, as laws vary from state to state.
But a cabin trust fund may not be an option. And frequently, siblings come to the table with different bank accounts.
Trading Maintenance for Money
Carolyn Barr's family has owned their cabin in Huntington Lake, Calif., since it was built in the late 1800s. For the first 23 years of her life, Barr spent every summer there, all summer, never returning home until she had to go back to school."When Mom and Dad were alive, they never turned anybody away," she says. When they died, they left the cabin to Carolyn and her three siblings. But one summer, Barr found herself uninvited when all the other family members went to the cabin. She believes she was excluded in part because she can't afford to contribute financially as much as her siblings do.
"I told my sister how broken-hearted I was," Barr says.
Barr decided to pitch in more on maintenance to try to make up for her inability to share all the bills. Several other families interviewed for this story work out money problems in the same way, assigning the person with the smallest monetary contribution other tasks – maintenance, scheduling, accounting.
Five-Year Grace Periods
Others take a tougher stance. Passing his Northern Minnesota cabin to four children, the Rev. Ken Lister added a provision in his trust that gives a family member a five-year grace period if he's not chipping in. This is to cover unforeseen hardships the partner might encounter.But if the partner no longer helps out after five years, he forfeits his ownership in the cabin. Lister says this solution might appear harsh, but his heirs agreed it would be the fairest way.
The Listers discussed every aspect of their trust before drawing it up. Co-owners should approach their partnership by having an honest discussion about how much time each party uses the cabin, who should owe how much, and what alternative solutions might exist for those of lesser means.
Divide by Use
For those families in which siblings are able to share the financial obligations, they can draw up a contract where the family members agree to assume a portion of the fixed costs – taxes, insurance – and the variable costs – gas, heating, maintenance.Sometimes those finances can be divided according to how much time a family member spends in the cabin. Jim Fergus's family has taken those two types of costs and divvied them up, not equally, but according to "people days."
A family accrues one "people day" for every day a person in their group uses their Michigan cabin. This includes guests and children. Each family gets charged their share of fixed costs and variable costs according to their percentage of "people days" each year.
For example, a sibling who is single and doesn't use the cabin for a year gets assessed nothing for variable costs and only a small portion of fixed costs, while a sibling with a big family that uses the cabin frequently pays more of the expenses.
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Rotating weeks works best for many families. When more than two cabin users are involved, however, some families must come up with more complicated arrangements.
The owners of a log cabin in northern Wisconsin recently drew up a will to pass the cabin on to their five kids. They drew up a scheduling system in a formal document outlining the need for a Limited Liability Company (LLC).
The system reserves the cabin for seven weeks each year for family gatherings and maintenance. The remaining weeks are assigned on a rotational basis and run from Friday afternoon to Friday afternoon. The order of the rotation changes each year for five years, then returns to the original year.
The Lister family in northern Minnesota has a different rotation method. Each year, a different family gets to pick when they want to stay in the cabin, which is co-owned by four family members. One family gets top pick one year, then moves to the bottom of the list.
It's all spelled out in the trust.
"I wanted to put it in writing because that makes it clear you've got a plan," says the Rev. Lister.
Other families don't put the schedule into writing – or don't see the need for getting lawyers involved. With 12 children and 12 grandchildren sharing a cabin located on an island in Maine, the Abbe family might well expect chaos.
But they have one family member who acts as master scheduler. And the days in the cabin are doled out on a first-come, first-served basis. They've never felt compelled to put it in writing.
"It's all very Maine," Steve Abbe says. "It's a totally different set of standards and lifestyle. The state of Maine slogan is 'The way life should be.' "
Maintaining Relationships
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The good news is, there is.
Dr. L.B. Wish, a Florida psychotherapist and professor of conflict resolution, believes there are probably several solutions to K.C.'s problem.
She suggests that he meet with the siblings and list all the "prime times" each family would like to use the cabin. Then ask the sister how she thinks the time should be divvied up for the coming year. The schedule should be renegotiated each year.
"Usually the person who likes to be in control also tends to focus on what she thinks is fair," says Wish. "By addressing her first, she voices her agenda and will tend to be more generous when she has control. Then, if she is happy, the unrest decreases."
The most important thing is to address the issue and discuss it in a loving and solution-oriented way. Exploring creative solutions to a potentially divisive issue could end up making the family closer. It just takes communication and compromise – and a plan.
Planning Ahead
What happens if one partner in the cabin wants to sell?
For partners who want to sell their portion while they're still alive, many families feature in the legal agreement a buy-out clause, which includes provisions for how to determine fair value for the property.
Ideally, the owners agree on a modest price, allowing their partners the flexibility to buy them out. Cabin owners may also wish to protect the property against the death of their partner by taking out life insurance on each partner in the cabin. The policy names the remaining cabin owners as beneficiaries and affords them the money to buy out the descendants of the relative who died.
The same principle can apply to other aspects of sharing a cabin. Because partners don't have as much control over the property as sole owners, partners might build as many firewalls as they can. For example, getting replacement insurance and taking out an umbrella policy to protect yourself if a partner's friends hurt themselves on the property and sue you all.
A lot of family issues can be avoided on the front end if parents passing down a cabin try also to self-fund it by leaving behind money dedicated to a cabin trust fund.
Bonus! Conflict Resolution
Guidelines to help a family at odds work together
Not every family can hold it together as peacefully as the Abbe family of Maine. Many discover the need for legal protection only when it's too late. For those, specific steps can be followed to resolve the conflict as peacefully as possible. Dr. Wish offers a few steps:
1. Assemble the family. Express respect and admiration for how everyone is trying to work together.
2. Express how new, and difficult, it's been to deal with a hot issue and how everyone has really tried to be fair and understanding.
3. Compliment each person for a personality trait so that you're actually, in a kind way, stating what you wish the person to do. An example: "You know what I like about you, Tom (who has been mostly silent)? You ponder things. You don't rush. But I feel we've short-changed you in expressing your ideas. What solutions do you have regarding…"
4. Avoid family members complaining and accusing each other by having each person ask the others for help and solutions to solving each person's problem.
5. Stay focused on this process. If you've agreed upon a leader, have him establish guidelines such as: no name calling, no shouting, no accusing, no digging up the past. You may consider using an egg timer to give everyone a talking limit.
Legal Terms to Know
Joint Tenancy: An ownership interest in property shared with one or more persons. This form of ownership entails a "right of survivorship," meaning that in the event of the death of one joint tenant, the other joint tenant(s) acquires the deceased joint tenant's interest.Tenancy in Common: A form of joint ownership without right of survivorship, meaning that on the death of a co-tenant, the decedent's interest passes according to the decedent's will or other dispositive mechanism.
Irrevocable Trust: Created during life or at death, it contains a set of written instructions to a trustee on how to manage property for the benefit of a grantor's children and other beneficiaries and how to eventually, if ever, transfer ownership of the property. A Revocable Trust is also known as a Will Substitute and can be revised by the grantor until the grantor's death.
Limited Liability Company (LLC): An entity created under state law that can combine the characteristics of a corporation and partnership. Generally considered the most flexible legal entity for purposes of management.


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In the past, the CFO has acted as stop gap for IT projects deemed outside the scope — and budget — of the enterprise. But the recent rapid acceleration of digital transformation has brought IT and finance together to create a better budget process for 2022.
Better together
Friction between IT and finance is the natural result of rapid evolution in the technology space. How can a CIO forecast their technology budget when digital transformation is defined by change? For traditional CFOs, this uncertainty and risk are antithetical to responsible budget planning. But according to CIO Dive, "Removing friction between the CIO and the CFO, building strong working relationships and avoiding counter-behaviors can unlock a reduced IT cost, increase an enterprise's ability to generate new opportunities and get them to market quicker."
The CIO versus CFO was inevitable. Both work for the benefit of the same organization, but their goals quickly diverge from there. In general, their budget priorities are diametrically opposed. CIOs cannot be blamed for technology changes, deployment backtracking, and adoption challenges — all of which can blow up an IT budget. So, while CFOs must accept the difficulties of accurately predicting for an IT budget, CIOs must build convincing business case to link their budgets to enterprise goals and track usage trends to justify the spend. This meet in the middle approach gives both factions what they need to better comprehend and support the other, and it creates cooperation among these increasingly equal and influential executives and their departments.
Easing the tension
In much the same way new models for developer talent require collaboration and communication skills, this new world of C-suite cooperation between tech and finance demands a new level of mutual transparency. CIO suggests cooperation between these two historical rivals may even blur their job descriptions into hybrid IT/finance roles. While things may not go quite that far, easing tension and increasing collaboration between these key C-suite players holds myriad benefits for your organization. And the numbers back this up
Forbes Insights and Dell EMC surveyed the enterprise C-suite and found:
- 89% identify a chasm between their CIO and CFO.
- Companies with digital transformation success report competitive advantage and growth of up to 7%.
- IT budgets are increasing for 2022 with significant amounts geared toward IT transformation.
- Shared goals between IT and finance reduce IT costs and help companies be first to market with new products and services.
First to market means innovation, and innovation costs money. Reducing IT spending in other areas, such as data cycles or contracting redundancies, might help pay for innovation initiatives. Maybe. But CFOs and CIOs need open dialogue and a shared understanding regarding the realities of modern IT costs. Without this baseline for cooperation, tension between these departments is, once again, inevitable.
Benefits of a better budget partnership
A Stronger partnership between IT and finance is critical to success in the coming years. Market volatility, combined with ongoing digital transformation, will force cooperation in any case. The competitive landscape demands it. And while it's true that CIOs need CFO buy-in to achieve their goals, the benefits of a successful partnership work in both directions. Finance needs the information captured by IT for data-driven decision making. CFOs and CIOs are obvious partners for driving efficiency, automating workflows, and reducing risk, but friction may recur if any IT initiatives are perceived as innovations for innovation's sake.
CFOs must be prepared to listen to tech leadership, ask the right questions, and understand the complexities of budgeting for IT transformation. The reality of budgetary cushions is less about wants than the need to manage risk in the ever-changing technology space. At the same time, CIOs must "sell" their tech initiatives to their finance counterparts in terms of ROI, strategic impact, potential risk, and contingency plans.
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Neal Ascherson, a Scottish journalist writing in The New York Times, says he'll vote for independence, but even if the coming referendum fails, Scotland is on the road to independence.Scottish Independence Is Inevitable
ONE thing is certain: Whatever the outcome, this referendum campaign is changing Scotland irrevocably. Whether the Scots vote yes or no to independence on Sept. 18, their sense of what is possible for this small nation will have been transformed…
This referendum… dares the Scots to go the last mile: proposing an independent Scottish state within the European Union, sharing a monarch… and possibly a currency, with the rump of the old United Kingdom.
At this moment, a majority for independence looks unlikely…
But it's the smell, taste and sound of this campaign that should warn us that, this time, a no vote will not be the end of the story. Scotland is changing as we watch…
Where does this come from? In part, from economic confidence. Twenty years ago, postindustrial Scotland was dismissed as an economy shattered beyond repair. Now, even the British government and the "no" campaign admit that Scotland could survive and prosper and be a stable democracy on its own, given wise management of its North Sea oil wealth. The question is no longer "Can we?" It's "Should we?"
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The motives driving "yes" supporters are straightforward. Devolution… needs to be completed. The situation in which a Scottish government's revenue comes as a block grant from London is irresponsible. The Edinburgh Parliament should be allowed to set and raise its own taxes.
British elections must no longer trample the will of the Scottish people: The Scots are solidly anti-Tory, returning just one Conservative M.P. to Westminster in the last three general elections, yet they are outweighed by southern English voters and regularly have to endure Conservative governments. Scotland should also be allowed to become a full member of the European Union, not a bolt-on to English interests.
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Add social welfare to those motives. In Britain, it's not only Conservative-led governments but "New Labour" ones as well that now seem committed to Thatcherite economics, to the steady privatization of health, education and welfare. Most Scots hate this…
If Scottish "yes" reasoning is not hard to grasp, neither is Scottish "no" reasoning. Some of it is material: People are not convinced that their living standards would survive independence, and would like firmer promises about pensions and interest rates. Some of it is fear for the economic safety of Scotland, turned loose among the giant predators stalking a globalized world.
Some of it is emotional: a feeling that Scottish and English societies are so closely integrated now that separation (a word the S.N.P. never uses) would be absurd, even anachronistic…
The English media and many politicians explain the independence movement by claiming that the Scots are obsessed by "anti-English racism." My own experiences tell me the exact opposite. Scots, these days, have almost forgotten about England, so fascinated are they by their own country. (This is sour news for the English, who can bear being hated but not being overlooked.)…
I shall vote yes this September. The campaign has already taught me that if we don't make it with this third referendum, there will be a fourth. It's time to rejoin the world on our own terms.
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At first it may seem that if the car is intact, and the price is right, then why not buy it? But things are not as simple as we would like. There are some pitfalls that make the purchase of car auctions good financially risky undertaking, we will tell you about them in more detail.
Hidden and obvious damage
In America, there are a huge number of car auctions worth it that sell cars. Among them, the most popular Copart and IAAI offer a wide variety of vehicles. The main sellers here are insurance companies that paid compensation for a car that got into an accident, after a fire or drowning, as well as cars that the police found after theft. Other lots are also displayed on the site:
- cars confiscated from debtors;
- cars from car parks of rental companies;
- when updating the car park, transport departments of large companies;
- taxi companies.
Ordinary resellers also work here.
Auctions have their own specifics. For example, Manheim is a platform where used cars in good condition on the go or requiring repair are sold. Copart and IAAI auctions are mainly engaged in the sale of damaged cars, after an accident, for analysis. You can also find a whole car here. In such cases, the "damage" column will look like this:
- Normal Wear – normal condition
- Minor Dents/Scratchers – minor damage;
- Mechanical – the body is intact, mechanical damage;
- Water/Flood – car after drowning.
If the car is slightly damaged, it will cost more. But it is still more profitable to buy it, because minor repairs will cost less and take less time. If the auto is purchased for personal use, this option should be considered. If the auto is bought by a reseller who has the opportunity to repair the car himself or at his service station, to put it in order for subsequent sale, you can consider purchasing a damaged inexpensive auto.
Cats in a sack
This is a whole category of cars. Most often, such copies are sold by insurance companies. In the United States, there is a whole system whereby unscrupulous citizens deceive insurers. The car that got into an accident is put in order externally. They paint with a spray can, break the windows in it, throw something with a very unpleasant smell. Such cases are considered insured, and compensation is paid for them. Then the insurance company sells this car, not figuring out what's under the hood.
When buying a car, you can order an examination, but it is expensive and takes a lot of time.
As you can see, the purchase through the auction has its own nuances. So deciding whether a buying auto auction is a good idea is worth it is everyone's own business. You can make a really good deal, or you can make a bad purchase. It is also important to consider that there will be costs for the delivery of the auto from the site to the destination. It good buy cars auction monitors their reputation, tries to ensure that prices are fair and trade is transparent.


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Without filament, FFF-based 3D printers simply would not be able to print. For those who don't know, filament is to a 3D printer what ink cartridges are to an inkjet 2D printer. It is the plastic material that is melted and then extruded in small layers until an object is fully fabricated.
The other day, I was printing out some toys for my son. I had to leave the house for two hours, and fully expected that when I returned I would have 3 little toys laying finished on my print bed. Unfortunately, when I returned to check on my prints, the printer had completely stopped printing halfway through. I couldn't figure out what went wrong… until I looked at the filament and found that it had become tangle up upon itself, preventing its own flow to the extruder. The 3D printer had no other option but to shut down. This was completely my fault, as I had been provided with a sample of filament to try out, and because I was in a rush, I had just put the filament to the side, rather than on a spool. This allowed it to easily knot itself up and ultimately terminate my print job.
If you were to browse websites like Thingiverse, you would discover hundreds of filament spool holders, all of which are unique in their own right. However, none are as innovative, as comprehensive, and frankly quite as amazing as one which was just created by a company called CreativeTools, and its CEO Paulo Kiefe. Called the 'Universal Stand-Alone Filament Spool Holder', it is entirely 3D printable and its name simply does not do it justice.
It is a fully rotating stand that can hold either spools of filament, or like in my aforementioned case, loose filament. It is designed to easily be created from only one material: 3D printer filament. "Every single component in this spool holder comes right from your 3D printer's filament," explained Kiefe. "Next time you need a new filament spool holder, just 3D print one!"
The spindle on the holder is specially shaped so that it can be used with virtually any filaments on the market today. It will work with spools that have shaft holes between 16 mm and 62 mm in diameter as well as unspooled filament coils. It features 3D printed roller wheels that are held in place by small clippings of filament. It also features a rather interesting filament filter, very similar to the "DIY Universal Filament Filter" that we reported on earlier in the month, which will allow you to ensure your filament is dust-free prior to it being extruded. On top of this, also included is an arm for filament guide tubes of both the common filament sizes of 1.75 mm and 3.0 mm.
This is by far the most comprehensive filament holder I have ever seen, and the fact that it is entirely 3D printable makes it even better. I know I will certainly be printing one of these this weekend, so that I never again have to worry about my unspooled filament knotting itself up. What do you think? Have you printed out this filament holder? How does it work? Discuss in the Universal Filament Spool Holder forum thread on 3DPB.com. You can download the files to 3D print your own Universal Filament holder on Thingiverse. Be sure to check out the video below, depicting all of the features on this device:
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Sold Price: $825,000
HOA Dues: $425/Month
Sold Date: 2015/09/25
List Date:2015/07/20
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History. Character. Stunning, warm downtown LA Artist District Loft to make your own in the recently refreshed and highly sought after Molino Street Loft Building. Classic 1920's warehouse architecture. Original exposed brick walls. Roll up door. This unit has rare elegant CURVED BRICK wall that acts like corner unit. 4 sets of industrial-style Clerestory windows pouring light onto expansive space. Site of the downtown landmark gallery Dangerous Curves. Amenities include central A/C and heat, washer and dryer hookups, and spacious soaking tub. Truly raw loft feel with concrete Floors, exposed piping and dramatic 15.5 foot ceilings. Spectacular lobby with secured mailboxes. Rooftop pool, fitness Room, and 2 rooftop areas with panoramic city and river view sun decks. Electronic entry system and gated rooftop parking. Close to Little Tokyo, Arts District, Bestia, Urth Cafe, Daily Dose, and many other restaurants.
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The Banyan Project develop a business model for community-scale online news co-ops that are designed to thrive in news deserts. Banyan is now setting out to proactively seed news co-ops throughout the U.S. and to provide them with quality support services so they succeed.
Topic: International
How I Work
With entries going as far back as 2006, "How I Work" is one of the longest-running columns on the Gizmodo Media (née Gawker Media) online publication Lifehacker. The premise of the column is simple: First, Lifehacker asks its readers to share whose workflows and processes they're interested in learning about. Then, they reach out to the people suggested in those recommendations and profile them and their workflows on the site. (Here's an example.) The objective of the column is to give readers insights into the successful work habits of others in the hopes of spreading inspiration and best practices.
News Voices: Don't Just Engage. Organize!
News Voices takes an organizing approach to support quality local news by working directly with communities. When we say organizing, we don't mean "activism." Organizing is fundamentally about listening to people tell you what they need and what kind of world they want and working collaboratively to make it happen. This guide will help newsrooms use organizing principles and values to build deep relationships to enhance community trust.
How NBC Left Field's Tag Project Engaged With Audience Members to Tell Their Stories
NBC Left Field is a short documentary unit established by NBC News in 2017. The project team set out to create a number of new series geared towards social media platforms and bridge the gap between audiences and journalists. One of these series, Tag, strives to engage with its viewers and create loyal followers by crowdsourcing their video topics.
How Italy's Cittadini Reattivi Civic Journalism Project is Helping Local Communities
Cittadini Reattivi is an online Italian crowd-sourced civic journalism project focused on health, the environment, and judicial issues. The project serves those who live in areas affected by pollution. Since founder and editor Rosy Battaglia launched the project in 2013, she has been able to gather user-generated story ideas, some of which led to new journalistic investigations.
How Discourse Media Facilitated Community Dialogue on Canada's Pacific Northwest LNG Pipeline
British Columbia-based Discourse Media sent reporter Trevor Jang on a listening road trip to Northern BC to report on the contentious Pacific Northwest liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline project. He facilitated online discussions through a Facebook group, as well as in-person meetings, in an attempt to prompt dialogue and better understand a complicated issue.
What 'Engagement Reporting' Is and Why It Matters
What if readers, not just sources, were an active part of the news reporting process? A new group of journalists is exploring that possibility in an effort to deepen their reporting and build community relationships. 'Engagement reporters' are journalists who combine the power of community engagement with traditional news reporting to do journalism that aims to authentically serve the community and reflect their interests and needs. They're not audience engagement editors and they're not news reporters — they live in both worlds.
How ZEIT Online Got Germany Talking
Following a surge of populist movements in Europe, the need to engage with the public felt acute. German news organization ZEIT Online wondered, "Could someone develop a dating platform for political debates?" To find out, ZEIT Online launched a project called Germany Talks.
Why Journalists Should Engage with Their Readers: A View from Slovakia
What happens when journalists join in the discussion in the often-frightening comments section below their articles? That's one of the questions I sought to answer in my book, Discussing the News: the uneasy alliance of participatory journalists and the critical public, published earlier this year. In traditional newspaper culture, journalists do not often engage with their readers. So, as a researcher I jumped at the chance of witnessing an attempt to foster a more conversational relationship between journalists and the public at the newly-founded Slovak daily, Denník N.
Mark Zuckerberg's Welcome Embrace of Journalism
Driving through Alabama on Presidents' Day, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg swung by the newsroom of the Selma Times-Journal. In a post to his 86 million followers Monday night, he thanked journalists for their efforts to "surface truth" and "keep their communities informed." Zuckerberg's post comes on the heels of his nearly 6,000-word manifesto that offered an ambitious vision for Facebook's global role. This welcome change of direction couldn't come at a more critical time.
NLGJA Journalists Toolbox
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Educate, Empathize, Engage: Twelve Ways for Editors to Reach and Relate to Untapped Communities
Identifying reliable sources and reaching broad audiences are challenging tasks, especially when covering "untapped" communities that have little experience in the media spotlight. Interacting with such populations requires time, skill, and, in some cases, an entirely new approach to journalism … In this set of suggestions for editors seeking to reflect diverse perspectives through community engagement, [contributing] editors share their thoughts on powerful, people-centered journalism.


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Only one reference to this inn survives in records held by Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service. In 1720 George Pedly of Potton made his will in which he devised a number of licensed premises in Potton and Sandy. One of these was a cottage in Sandy called "The Naggs Head" in the occupation of John Ray [WG88]. Sadly no more is known of this inn, not even where in Sandy it lay.
List of Licensees: note that this is not a complete list. Italics indicate licensees whose beginning and/or end dates are not known:
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Just Preach The Gospel?
With some of the biggest names in evangelical Christianity weighing in on the debate, gospel faithfulness in regards to social justice has probably become the biggest debate around. And unfortunately the worst question which many of us are concerned with at the moment is in which camp we belong. That is, instead of asking ourselves 'how do we become more faithful?' When asked a question, regardless of the context, a friend of mine makes the joke of always answering 'Jesus'. We often laugh about it, but isn't it true? Christ and His gospel is always the answer to life's questions. But the question we often don't ask and wrestle with long enough is 'how exactly Christ is the answer?' In response to this question I heard someone say 'just preach the gospel; the rest will sort itself out'. But I beg to differ.
If the current socio-political climate of our country is anything to go by, our Christian answers to these issues might prove to be a little bit more complex. Not to mention our colonial and Apartheid past which has proven that unless our preaching is more intentional, following the example set by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, preaching 'the gospel' is simply not enough.
The New Testament Writings:
Our preaching should not only focus on Matthew 5 which largely deals with our inability and Christ's fulfillment of the law on our behalf for salvation. But we must also focus on Matthew 6 – 7 which speaks of our "acts of righteousness" and dependence on God for both salvation and "our daily bread". In other words we ought to keep central the preaching of salvation by faith, but also flesh out, draw from and uphold the Ten Commandments with their implications for our lives. How else would we explain or begin to answer the myriad of complex questions concerning the land issue, inequality, and what is ultimately at the heart of Adam Catzavelos' racist remarks?
As a matter of fact the New Testament writers spoke into the socio-political complexities of their time applying the gospel as well as God's law to help the church to ethically navigate itself through those times. I am particularly thinking of the epistles of Peter, James and John the writer of Revelation. The shape which most of the New Testament epistles take includes a clear explanation of the gospel and its practical implications for our lives based on God's commandments. Therefore as the Lord Jesus admonishes us; we ought to concern ourselves with the spiritual, but not neglect "the more important matters of the law – justice, mercy and faithfulness." He said, "You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former" (Matt.23:23).
Considering Those Who Were Faithful:
I have found the Prophets particularly helpful in showing us just how faithful preaching ought to look in finding a balance between preaching for salvation and matters related to justice. We should not forget that the church is after all "built on the foundation of the Apostles and the Prophets…" (Ephesians 2:19-20). The Prophet Hosea for example made the observation that when "there is no love, no acknowledgement of God in the land… cursing, lying, murder, stealing, adultery, lawlessness and bloodshed" follows (4:1-2). He goes on to say that "because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away, [including the animals]" (4:3).
The prophet is essentially saying that the fundamental problem of our natural world is spiritual separation from God. But he also affirms that this has bearing on our lived experience on earth.
By implication, his answer to the problem is that we be spiritually restored to God as well as that we live for God by obeying His law. This will ensure that the land and all who live in it will prosper.
The Prophet Zechariah makes a similar judgment. He affirms that without an acknowledgment of God (7:13) and His law (7:11-12), we and the land will suffer (7:14). He explains that our acknowledgment of God is not merely an appearance of outward religiosity or simply recognizing God's existence (7:4-6). No, it's the result of an inward transformation of the heart and a renewed sense of awareness and desire to want to live a holy life for God (7:8-10). Such a life ought to "administer true justice; [and] show mercy and compassion to others…" (7:9). Zechariah attributes this work of transformation solely to God (8:1-11), who in response requires us to live just and God fearing lives (8:14-17). And again, he reminds us of the blessings that will follow when we are spiritually restored to God through preaching that speaks holistically.
He promises a restored relationship with God (8:1-3); and that "the city streets will be [safe again]" (8:4-5); that our "law courts" where justice ought to be most visibly seen will structurally function better (8:16); human life will flourish as most people will do their bit because they will "love truth and peace" (8:19); "the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops" (8:12); and the whole world would be affected as this will have a knock-on effect on others (8:20-23). We can draw many more examples from Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and all the rest.
But in effect, what the prophets are saying is that when we faithfully preach the whole counsel of God, with much prayer, we can look forward to seeing our churches, homes, neighborhoods, and cities transformed by the gospel.
We can almost expect Jonah chapter 3 to happen in our own cities. And even if that doesn't happen, we can confidently look forward to heaven's glory where these things will be possible. 1 Peter 1:10-11 after all reminds us that the Prophets never lost sight of looking forward to Christ's coming and the future glories.
Finding a Balance:
Faithful preaching which is proclaiming both salvation and justice consistently is in fact gospel preaching. Concerning ourselves with social justice is not a call to be political, but a call to love our neighbour. The Prophets were concerned with their hearer's love for God and for their neighbour (Matthew 7:12; 22:40). Romans 3:21 beautifully captures our relationship to the Law in regards to salvation, "to which the Law and the Prophets testify". It argues that the Prophets preached salvation by faith alone and not by works of the law. But they never dismissed the Law either. The Apostle Paul said he and the other Apostles sought not only to evangelize the nations, but "continued to remember the poor" (Gal.2:10). That is, "the more important matters of the Law – justice, mercy and faithfulness" (Matthew 23:23).
Guarding The Gospel and Our Hearts:
I fear that unless we meaningful reflect on these matters that we may have a generation of younger 'woke' Christians who have no clear or even biblical foundation of what the Churches mission is. Also, I found that too many 'woke' Christians are not exegetically strong in their position. As a result too many 'woke' believers sound too much like the world when talking about justice. But I also fear that we may have a generation of older Christians who are disillusioned with social justice for fear of 'losing the gospel'. Not realizing that they might not be "acting in line with the truth of the gospel" (Gal.2:14). Biblical justice is after all a reminder to love as Christ loved. James' primary concern wasn't with doctrine but a skewed theology which did not concern itself with justice (see James 2:5-9; 2:14-17; 5:1-6).
Such Christians were among those who had "wander[ed] from the truth" (Jam.5:19). Friends, we've witnessed slavery, colonialism, Apartheid and Jim Crow Laws advocated for and approved by many churches and theologians because the Church kept silent as a consequence of a skewed theology of justice and our mission in the world. We've also seen a departure from the gospel with the emergence of the social gospel because 'Christians' were not immersed in the foundational doctrines of the gospel and the Churches mission. We need to guard both ourselves and the gospel from these two extremes. But praise God that we've seen and in fact have Scriptural evidence of faithful preachers who consistently and faithfully proclaimed both justice and justification by faith. May we follow their example.
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Bonobos is not yet open—that'll happen Friday—but we got a first look at the handsome showroom, um, make that Guideshop, today in a sneak preview. From plaid and gingham festooning the walls to bright artwork bedecking the building outside, through and through, it's a colorful must-shop along resurgent Henderson Avenue.