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The liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is the reference method for lipophilic toxins since July 2011. According to the European Commission EU 15/2011 this method has to be used as matter of routine, both for the purposes of official controls, at any stage of the food chain, and own-checks by food business operators. This legislation applies to European countries and any other exporting to Europe.
For many years the MBA has been widely applied by experience laboratories or small producers. Minimum training on handling animals and laboratory skills were required to identify positive samples to diarrheic toxins. However, the implementation of a mass spectrometry LC/MS method is quite a challenging task that some may fail to achieve. Small to medium processors would have to subcontract analyses by this method and many private laboratories offering testing by MBA may have to stop this service due to the high investment and expertise required.
Official and private laboratories, producers and any other stakeholders were given up to the 31st of December 2014 to change methodologies. Reference laboratories from the main producer countries such as France, UK, Ireland, Spain or Italy accredited their LC-MS/MS methods well before the implementation date. However, other laboratories are still using the MBA until the last days.
At an early stage of the approved legislation some opinion leaders raised concerns about the capacity of the validated LC-MS/MS method to protect consumers (Otero et al, Analytical Chemistry 2011). The effect of uncontrolled factors in the method, together with the lack of information on toxicity made some to believe that the decision of this new method was made with haste. Although other experts disagreed with those conclusions, the controversy is still opened. A time extension to implement the new reference method was also requested by Spain to the EU commission. Thus, many laboratories in or outside the EU have still long to go, are undeceive or are even looking for other alternatives.
The European legislation (2074/2005 and 15/2011) also allows other analytical methods to monitor lipophilic toxins, providing they fulfil the method performance criteria stipulated by the EU-RL (European Reference laboratory) and offer the same level of public health. Two other methods, a phosphatase inhibition assay -PPIA- (Smienk et al, Toxins 2012) and LC-MS/MS (Van den Top et al, Food & Contaminants 2011) comply with these requisites.
The phosphatase inhibition assay OkaTest is the only commercial kit that has been inter and intra-laboratory validated; as stated by the EU-RL, it fulfils the requirements of Regulation (EC) 2074/2005 and can be used for the detection of Okadaic Acid group toxins (OA, DTX1, DTX2, DTX3 including their esters).
OkaTest: colorimetric phosphatase inhibition assay
OkaTest requires basic laboratory skills and minimum equipment. So, it can be easily implemented by shellfish processors or laboratories without high investment.
The presence of Okadaic Acid toxins determined by OkaTest in few hours could help make faster decisions as per not to harvest or to further product processing. Using the kit for own checks prior to harvest, when ropes or rafts are near to a closed area, or in areas with toxins levels below the legal limit, could save a lot of money. The use of this kit is especially interested in those areas where Okadaic Acid toxins blooms are common.
To fully monitor lipophilic toxins OkaTest must be complemented with other methodology able to detect yessotoxins (YTX), pectenotoxins (PTX) and azaspirazids (AZA).
The combination of OkaTest and LC-MS/MS can be a good system to monitor lipophilic toxins in molluscs bivalves.
OkaTest and LC-MS/MS are both reliable analytical tools which advantages can be combined to bring important benefits to the users. LC-MS/MS is able to identify individual toxins from various groups of lipophilic toxins. However, it requires specialised personnel and large investment. OkaTest detects the potential sample toxicity, quantifying the Okadaic Acid toxins by PPIA, and does not need either specific equipment or qualified staff. Laboratories with large number of samples or limited access to LC-MS equipment could benefit from combining both methodologies. A shorter time-to-results and lower cost per sample can be achieved implementing the two methods together for routine monitoring of lipophilic toxins. LC-MS/MS requires 2 injections per sample. One of them is used to determine YTXs, AZAs, free OA and PTXs and a second injection to identify the Okadaic Acid derivatives. The second injection could be diverted to OkaTest, as this kit is able to determine total OA-toxins and can analyse more than 43 samples within the same day. However, it takes up to 20 hours to process 25 samples with LC-MS/MS. So, results could not be reported until the following day (Blanco et al, Revista Galega dos Recursos Mariños 2013).
The combination of both methodologies could also be used in events of OA-toxins blooms, previously identified by LC-MS/MS. The frequency and number of points of sampling increase under an event of toxic bloom; OkaTest can be used to analyse the extra number of samples and so to follow up the Okadaic Acid bloom.


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Supermarket advertising is an innovative and localized form of brand advertising that distinguishes a company from its competitors. Advertising, since the beginning of print publications, is an important tool for companies to expose their products to their markets. Times have changed and it is getting difficult to reach people using the same methods, mostly print advertisements in magazines and newspapers. That is where supermarket advertising can help.
Increased technology created a new path for companies. Advertisement now takes on multiple forms throughout the internet, TV, radio, apps, etc. But, many small to medium-sized companies want to reach their local market. Advertising on a wide scale through platforms larger than their target market is a waste of time and money. Why? Brand loyalty stays in local markets. An innovative way to reach those local markets is through supermarket advertising.
What is one thing all people need to do? Eat. Every target market visits the supermarket. The supermarket is a local businesses' dreamland to a localized advertisement. No turning pages, no changing channels, no hoping your ad will be seen.
There are three distinct keys to supermarket advertising success—Repetition, Targeting, and Exposure:
Repetition: Sure, some people may just order food or do their shopping online. But, the average consumer visits the grocery store an average of 2.2 times per week. That is almost 3 exposures of your ad, per customer, per week. Potential customers are going to remember your ad!
Exposure: Not only are consumers going to the grocery store, but they are spending an average of 41 minutes per trip there. That's an average of 90.2 minutes or an hour and a half of exposure to your product or company every week.
9 out of 10 shoppers say they shop at the same supermarket throughout the year. So, a company's supermarket advertisement is getting continuous exposure from the same costumer for weeks at a time.
Targeting: Even with the growth of technology, the average American is still visiting the grocery store on a weekly basis. Although online shopping has increased over the past 10 years, grocery shopping has remained a mostly brick-and-mortar experience. In fact, only about 3% of shoppers say they buy their groceries online.
When someone picks up a newspaper, they might read it for two seconds, skim some pages, skip a couple of pages, and throw it out. When someone hears a commercial on TV or on their favorite Pandora station, they may tune it out or turn down the volume.
These are uncontrollable consumer behaviors. Everyone needs to eat. Supermarket advertising guarantees exposure to the correct market for the perfect amount of time.
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Boy, 5, in 911 recording: "My daddy and mama got shot"
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A 5-year-old boy called 911 after witnessing his mother and father being shot and killed inside their Chattanooga home.
During the seven-minute, 28-second call Sunday evening, the boy describes what happened and says he started crying after the incident.
Once police arrived, they found the boy safe and unharmed.
Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher says those killed were 25-year-old Latika Hicks and 24-year-old George Dillard. The boy is the only eyewitness that police have so far.
Fletcher says police have dual concerns in this case: finding who is responsible for the killings, and helping the boy.
He says Dillard was a gang member and police are investigating whether the shooting was gang-related.
The child is currently staying with another family member, reports CBS affiliate WDEF.


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This article is reposted from the January 31, 2003 issue of Science magazine .
When economist Josep Piqué was appointed Minister of Science and Technology last July during a Cabinet reshuffle, he knew he had a hard act to follow. His predecessor, Anna Birulés, had won respect for making Prime Minister José Maria Aznar's campaign promises in 2000 of more support for science a reality. Spain's science budget, $4 billion for 2003, has increased 28.7% in 3 years, and Birulés launched a clutch of innovative R&D efforts. Prominent among them is the lauded Ramón y Cajal program, which disbursed $300 million last year on tenure-track positions for some 2000 new postdocs at Spanish research centers. Birulés also had to whip into shape a superministry formed from three former ministries.
Piqué is no stranger to Aznar's government, having spent nearly 3 years as foreign minister before the reshuffle. But this energetic 47-year-old Catalan is new to science and has already ruffled feathers over the government's response to the Prestige oil spill ( Science, 24 January, p. 490) and over his desire to focus on telecommunications and other industrial areas of his portfolio. He has also spurned recent calls from academics who have urged him to try to persuade defense officials to relinquish a portion of Spain's hefty military R&D budget--estimated at $1.37 billion--for civilian research. In a wide-ranging conversation with Science, Piqué acknowledged that his top priorities are to boost innovation, telecommunications, and information technology. But he has pledged to fight to land the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a fusion-energy project that five countries are vying to host. An edited transcript, translated from Catalan, follows.
Q: Many people think that your ministry is preoccupied with telecommunications. Is it true that fundamental research takes a back seat to innovation?
A: We need a very potent telecommunications sector that helps us weave new technologies into the social fabric and make Spain an information society. It's logical that this receives the ministry's attention, particularly as it gets a lot of media attention. Conversely, basic science doesn't generate so much media attention.
Q: So science gets short shrift because it's not avidly consumed by the public?
A: Science only interests the public when it sparks a debate; take, for instance, the argument over embryonic stem cells versus adult stem cells. But this does not mean that basic science is not receiving enough attention from politicians. Last month, we hosted the seventh negotiating round of a great scientific installation, ITER. I have tried to give it the highest prominence I can. It would be good for our scientists if we could host it. We are talking about a complex ministry that manages important resources, and so we have to pay attention to many things.
Q: Many European scientists think that Framework 6 [Europe's 5-year, $17.5 billion flagship research program] is too bureaucratic and too industrially oriented. Do you favor the creation of a European Research Council ( Science, 3 May 2002, p. 826) to boost basic science?
A: Make no mistake, research must be useful for society. That happens to a great extent, as basic science can feed into applied science, which in turn drives innovation and competitiveness. We have to strive to link the support of basic science to future applications. Logically, there is a problem of time: We cannot ask immediate results from basic science, and thus we have to find an equilibrium. As for FP6, I do share the criticisms over the excessive bureaucracy. Researchers should be doing research, not paperwork. But I do not think that a European Research Council is necessary.
Q: In 2001, the Catalan government launched Icrea, a program that, unlike Ramón y Cajal, aims to lure senior scientists working abroad back home. Have you considered a similar initiative for all of Spain?
A: We have had a conscious policy to recapture top-level scientists. This is perfectly compatible with Icrea, which is a fantastic initiative. But I would like to dispel the notion that the main problem of science in Spain is "brain drain." This is not currently true. Now there are many more scientists from abroad working in Spain than there are Spanish scientists abroad. But I think that one challenge we have, in addition to assuring that prestigious researchers can develop their work in Spain, is how to lure more foreign scientists to our country.
Q: The government has come under fire for what is perceived as a disproportionately high level of spending on military R&D. What is your reaction?
A: It's a highly controversial issue and highly polarized. But in serious countries, this is not a matter of discussion. Nobody doubts that military research must be done. Whoever advocates to the contrary must know that he or she is telling Spain to resign its status as a first-class country. I know that what I am saying is politically incorrect. But I have long insisted that Europe as a whole and Spain in particular must make ourselves responsible for European security; we cannot count on the United States forever.
Q: So are you content with the current level of military R&D spending?
A: I want to see it sustained and, if we are able, to increase it in the future.


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DoD Officials Discuss Housing More Unaccompanied Children
By Jim Garamone
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, July 8, 2014 – Defense Department officials are in discussions with Department of Health and Human Services officials to house more children who have entered the United States unaccompanied, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said today.
During a Pentagon news conference, Kirby said the department is processing requests right now from HHS to house more children.
"I wouldn't put an exact number on it, because that's still in discussion," the admiral said.
Three bases already are housing these unaccompanied children – Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and Naval Base Ventura, California. Currently, DoD facilities can accommodate 2,375 of these children.
The facilities being used are excess to DoD needs, Kirby said. "We're providing access to certain facilities that were already vacant and not being used and are, therefore, available, and in the first three cases are relatively close to the border itself," he said.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel supports the mission, the admiral said, and is assured that housing these young people will not impinge on troops. "He understands the importance of making sure that these children get the care that they need once they get inside the country," Kirby said.
HHS owns this mission, and while DoD is providing the facilities, "we are not responsible for the children themselves," the press secretary said.
The original agreement between DoD and HHS places a 120-day cap on the time the children can be housed on the bases. Lackland has housed the children for about two months, and Kirby would not speculate on whether that cap will be extended. "It's certainly something that could be discussed," he said.
HHS will reimburse DoD for the facilities, Kirby said.
Some 60,000 unaccompanied children could enter the United States this year, officials said. For many, transnational criminal networks play a role in getting them to the United States.
In addition, officials said, these transnational criminal networks create much of the instability that causes many of these children to flee from Central and South America. The networks smuggle humans, drugs and weapons for a price.
The threat these groups pose cannot be countered solely by the military, officials noted, adding that Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, commander of U.S. Southern Command, and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson are working together on the threat.


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#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/lock.h>
#include <sys/sx.h>
options INVARIANTS
options INVARIANT_SUPPORT
sx_assert(const struct sx *sx, int what);
#include <sys/kernel.h>
Shared/exclusive locks are created with either sx_init() or sx_init_flags() where sx is a pointer to space for a struct sx, and description is a pointer to a null-terminated character string that describes the shared/exclusive lock. The opts argument to sx_init_flags() specifies a set of optional flags to alter the behavior of sx. It contains one or more of the following flags:
|Disable adaptive spinning, rather than sleeping, for lock operations while an exclusive lock holder is executing on another CPU. Adaptive spinning is the default unless the kernel is compiled with options NO_ADAPTIVE_SX .
|Witness should not log messages about duplicate locks being acquired.
|Instruct witness(4) to ignore this lock.
|Do not profile this lock.
|Allow threads to recursively acquire exclusive locks for sx.
|Do not log any operations for this lock via ktr(4).
|If the kernel has been compiled with options INVARIANTS, sx_init() will assert that the sx has not been initialized multiple times without intervening calls to sx_destroy() unless this option is specified.
Shared/exclusive locks are destroyed with sx_destroy(). The lock sx must not be locked by any thread when it is destroyed.
Threads acquire and release a shared lock by calling sx_slock(), sx_slock_sig() or sx_try_slock() and sx_sunlock() or sx_unlock(). Threads acquire and release an exclusive lock by calling sx_xlock(), sx_xlock_sig() or sx_try_xlock() and sx_xunlock() or sx_unlock(). A thread can attempt to upgrade a currently held shared lock to an exclusive lock by calling sx_try_upgrade(). A thread that has an exclusive lock can downgrade it to a shared lock by calling sx_downgrade().
sx_try_slock() and sx_try_xlock() will return 0 if the shared/exclusive lock cannot be acquired immediately; otherwise the shared/exclusive lock will be acquired and a non-zero value will be returned.
sx_try_upgrade() will return 0 if the shared lock cannot be upgraded to an exclusive lock immediately; otherwise the exclusive lock will be acquired and a non-zero value will be returned.
sx_slock_sig() and sx_xlock_sig() do the same as their normal versions but performing an interruptible sleep. They return a non-zero value if the sleep has been interrupted by a signal or an interrupt, otherwise 0.
A thread can atomically release a shared/exclusive lock while waiting for an event by calling sx_sleep(). For more details on the parameters to this function, see sleep(9).
When compiled with options INVARIANTS and options INVARIANT_SUPPORT, the sx_assert() function tests sx for the assertions specified in what, and panics if they are not met. One of the following assertions must be specified:
|Assert that the current thread has either a shared or an exclusive lock on the sx lock pointed to by the first argument.
|Assert that the current thread has a shared lock on the sx lock pointed to by the first argument.
|Assert that the current thread has an exclusive lock on the sx lock pointed to by the first argument.
|Assert that the current thread has no lock on the sx lock pointed to by the first argument.
In addition, one of the following optional assertions may be included with either an SA_LOCKED, SA_SLOCKED, or SA_XLOCKED assertion:
|Assert that the current thread has a recursed lock on sx.
|Assert that the current thread does not have a recursed lock on sx.
sx_xholder() will return a pointer to the thread which currently holds an exclusive lock on sx. If no thread holds an exclusive lock on sx, then NULL is returned instead.
sx_xlocked() will return non-zero if the current thread holds the exclusive lock; otherwise, it will return zero.
For ease of programming, sx_unlock() is provided as a macro frontend to the respective functions, sx_sunlock() and sx_xunlock(). Algorithms that are aware of what state the lock is in should use either of the two specific functions for a minor performance benefit.
The SX_SYSINIT() macro is used to generate a call to the sx_sysinit() routine at system startup in order to initialize a given sx lock. The parameters are the same as sx_init() but with an additional argument, name, that is used in generating unique variable names for the related structures associated with the lock and the sysinit routine. The SX_SYSINIT_FLAGS() macro can similarly be used to initialize a given sx lock using sx_init_flags().
A thread may not hold both a shared lock and an exclusive lock on the same lock simultaneously; attempting to do so will result in deadlock.
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Chinese earthquake could be due to Himalayan glacier-melting
The May-12 Richter-7.9 earthquake in the Sichuan province of China may be caused by glacier-melting caused in turn by global warming. The result is so common it even has a name "glacial earthquake". The Sichuan earthquake could be one of these glacial earthquakes, and if so certainly not the first one, nor the last.
Relevant to Sichuan are the Himalayas. Himalayan glaciers have shrunk due to three factors:
· Higher temperature thaws the glaciers. According to the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), "The average temperature in the Himalayas in the northern part of Nepal rose about 2 degrees between 1970 and 1994; in the rest of Nepal, more than 3 degrees."
· Global warming changes snow into rain that melts the glaciers, and form glacial lakes · The amount of snowfall has decreased.
The Nepalese Himalayas alone contain more than 3,000 glaciers, each kilometers long and hundreds of meters wide, weighing billions of tons. There are approximately 70 extra-large glaciers in Himalaya, covering about 166 km2 or 17% of the mountain area.
With glacier meltdown comes weight redistribution on a mammoth scale.
The melting of these glaciers has been accelerating.
· Thickness-wise, in the period of 2000-2004, a thinning of about 10 m occurred below 4000 m altitude, and 2 m above 5000 m.
· Length-wise, the Chhukhung Glacier, for example, retreated at about 5 m per year in the late 1970s, which increased to about 20 m per year in and after the 1990s.
· Weight-wise, the shrinking of the AX010 Glacier, which accelerated from 2.7 m per year in the 1980s to 12.5 m in and after the 1990s, resulted in the loss of more than 1 million tons of ice in 20 years through 1999.
The Himalayas and the surrounding mountain ranges are not the most geologically stable region to begin with. The northward incursion of the Indian subcontinent into SE Asia continues and the Himalayas continue being built and elevated, as does the folding of the surrounding ranges, including those in the Sichuan province of China where the earthquake occurred. The redistribution of weight by the glacier melting will cause seismic events in areas where ill-settled sub-plates hang on to each other by their fingernails as it were, slipping violently against each other at the slightest disturbance.
If the above is true, then we can expect more devastating earthquakes to come. Likewise, it can be predicted that the massive melting of the Greenland and Antarctic land-ice will generate earthquakes in and around these regions.
Anthony Marr, founder and president
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)
Compassion for Animals Road Expeditions (CARE)
Global Emergency Operation (GEO)
The following article gives more details.
Glaciers' melting main reason for quakes: seismologists
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Seismologists all the over the world have found that another serious consequence of glaciers melting is "glacial earthquakes" - the new indicator after analysing worldwide 182 earthquakes between January 1993 and October 2005.
Explaining the relation between glaciers melting and earthquakes, a WWF consultant told The News that when a glacial ice of one cubic metre melts, it means lightening of one tonne load on earth's crust (called tectonic plates).
The WWF consultant says "melting of one cubic metre glacial ice frees the plates to move against each other and causes friction needed to make earthquakes. But as the glaciers melt and their load on the plate lessens, there is a greater likelihood of an earthquake happening to relieve the large strain underneath."
Even though shrinking glaciers make it easier for earthquakes to occur, the forcing together of tectonic plates is the main reason behind major earthquakes.
The Indian plate moves 5cm closer to Asia each year and Tibet moves 32mm closer to Asia each year but glacier melting accelerates or triggers earthquakes.
In a new study, NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) scientists found out that in the 1979 earthquake in southern Alaska, which was called the St. Elias earthquake, was promoted by wasting glaciers in the area. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
In Pakistan, the snow-capped mountain glacier is shifting very rapidly toward higher region, particularly in Azad Jammu Kashmir and Kaghan/Naran Valley. Some glaciers are vanishing due to massive human intervention and deforestation.
During the last 20 years, the shifting of snow-capped glacier can easily be checked from Sarwaali Peak (6,326 meters) - the highest mountain in Azad Kashmir. This shifting ice-cap and the vanishing of a small glacier along the Line of Control up to NJ 9842 may be another cause of the 2005 earthquake.
Unfortunately, all major Himalayan glaciers, including Siachen, are on the Eurasian continent (tectonic plate). The Indian plate that is already moving toward it by 1.6 inches per year due to the melting of glaciers is another great threat to the population living in the region.
Arshad H Abbasi predicted that the Himalayan glacier's melting may cause more severe earthquakes in South Asia.
Melting of glaciers has serious consequences because when a glacier melts it unleashes pent-up pressures on the earth's crust, causing extreme geological events such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
A cubic metre of ice weighs nearly a tonne and most of the Himalayan glaciers are hundreds of metres thick. When the weight is removed through melting, the suppressed strains and stresses of the underlying rock come to life. The weight suppresses the earthquakes, but when ice melts earthquakes are triggered.
The retreat of ice sheets 10,000 years ago also triggered a wave of powerful earthquakes in the Himalayas.
Since iso-static rebound continues for thousands of years, it may still be contributing to quakes in eastern Canada, says geoscientist Patrick Wu of the University of Calgary.
Interestingly, the earthquake data of Siachen glacier and the Saltoro range itself speaks of its retreat. Between the years 1983 and 2000, earthquakes having magnitudes 4 to 5.2 were recorded. These earthquakes activated avalanches and had consequences as regards casualties of both the forces fighting over the Siachen glacier. As reported only 3 per cent of the casualties were caused by hostile firing. The remaining 97 per cent have fallen prey to the altitude, weather and avalanches.
A joint Indian-Chinese team plans to chart remote Himalayan glaciers that are rapidly melting, threatening the great rivers that give life to the subcontinent - one of South Asia's most fertile regions. But it could not give any substantial result unless the melting of the third pole (Siachen) is not addressed.


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New Bill Gross Fund Trails Pimco Total Return
Bill Gross hasn't exactly been drawing royal flushes since he left Pacific Investment Management Co. eight months ago.
The Bond King's new flagship, the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, is off to a slow start. Meanwhile, the outflows have slowed from the giant Pimco Total Return Fund he used to head.
In the period from Sept. 26 through Monday, Mr. Gross's new fund lost 1.2%, according to investment researcher Morningstar. That trails Pimco Total Return's 2.06% return for the same period. (The figures are total returns, which include reinvested fund dividends, and are for the basic "A" share class for individual investors.)


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Sunday, 12 April 2015
Borscht with beet and carrot greens
I'm happy to try anything once (that is anything reasonably appetizing, so no insects, snakes or animal eyes, brain, or private bits). Recently I talked to my Mum on the phone and mentioned that I cooked a soup with beet leaves. She asked me if I ever prepared any meals with carrot's green tops. No, I haven't, and to remedy that I googled for recipes. Apparently they are edible, and that prompted me to cook a borsht with beet and carrot greens. I found a lovely bunch of carrot at the local market.
Borscht with beet and carrot greens
2 beets
2 carrots
1 onion
3tbsp olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
2 tomatoes
1 apple
1tbsp vegetable stock powder
2 big handfuls of beet leaves
a handful of carrot greens
2 potatoes
1tbsp chervil
2 spring onions
Chop the onion finely and fry with 1tbsp of olive oil until the onion gets translucent. Remove the fried onions from the frying pan and set aside in a bowl. Add more olive oil to the pan and fry the peeled and chopped beets and carrots for about 5-7 minutes, stirring regularly. Add a chopped garlic to the vegetables and fry for another couple of minutes.
Put the fried vegetables in a deep pan with the chopped tomatoes, apple, chopped carrot greens and vegetable stock, pour enough water to cover the veggies well. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, then add chopped potatoes to the pan, and cook for another 10+ minutes until the potatoes are cooked. Add the chopped beet leaves in the last 5 minutes of cooking. Add more water as the soup is cooked, so it does look like a soup rather than a stew. Though it is quite a thick soup. Season with salt and add some herbs, like chervil and spring onions.
Serve hot with a dollop of soured cream or Greek style yogurt.
This is a vegetarian version of the soup, you can of course, cook it with the beef or chicken stock.
Now, what about the flavour of the carrot greens? I love the beet leaves in soups, but cannot feign much enthusiasm for the carrot greens. They were OK, edible, but that's about it. There's probably a good reason why they are not as popular in cooking. They might be super healthy, but I didn't like the texture, and flavour didn't convince me either. I was glad that I satisfied my curiosity.
I suppose when the food is scarce then you would eat anything, and this is a Russian equivalent of the cucina povera.
Have you tried cooking the carrot greens?
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Torrie Cannon
October 23, 2014
Critical Analysis: Portal
Portal is one of many puzzle video games out there for the world to play. Much of Gee's Learning Principles for video games do show up during this game. You start out with minimal information given, just that you have to do this experiment for Aperture, a science company. You are supposed to navigate your way through a multitude of mazes with the promise of cake at the end if you survive. This essay gives my own experience with the game along with how this game could work in a classroom setting and finally, ideological issues the game brings to light.
Here's my first experience. I start the game, and I'm in some room with a radio playing and I hear GLaDOS talking to me and telling me what to do. What's with the radio? I don't understand why I'm here or what I'm supposed to do until I notice the portal and think, "duh go through the portal." so I go through the portal and start to follow the game. I keep wondering if and when it's going to tell me why I'm here and how I got here and how this benefits science. Really, how do I pretending to be a lab rat, risking my virtual life to use a portal gun benefit science in any real way? This question followed me throughout the game. I continue through the game and I am granted my own portal gun to get through the mazes now. I really think the game is pretty easy and that I could finish the game within two hours. Man I was wrong, the game progresses very quickly and becomes challenging even faster than I predicted. I start to use and play with it and for me portals have always been something I wish we already had, I was very enthused. I begin to struggle with figuring out the portals and the method I have to use to get through the maze, I'm probably on level 7 or 8 at this point and I am already getting frustrated. Luckily, my boyfriend is a big gamer and having played the game before was able to help me. I kept having to ask him questions about the game because I didn't see a plot and was confused and he told me to wait. I am a true novice when it comes to video games and it's like he's my tutor for the video game world. I see the radio again on and off and start to wonder about it's significance. I never did figure that out actually. I begin to see the walls saying "the cake is a lie" and I was already questioning my characters motives, I now begin to question GLaDOS and the companies motives. I have also noticed by now I never seen any employee's or other human life in the building and it strikes me as odd but I brushed it off because I figured no one besides me was allowed in the testing center. I reach level 12 when my first hour of gameplay ends.
For my second experience playing this game I had a lot more difficulties, The game and the challenges got more and more complicated and I got frustrated pretty quickly. This is part of my problem with video games, once I get stuck I tend to stop playing the game. But I knew this was an assignment so I kept going and began asking my boyfriend for help because he had played and beaten the game beforehand. He gave me clues to figure out the level and when I just couldn't figure it out he would show me. I think that's technically cheating but I wanted to be thorough. I still didn't understand the significance of the radio that was playing from time to time and I don't think I ever will.
I had a hard time with the game and understanding it because I have never taken a physics class and I realized a little late that a bit of knowledge about physics is required to understand and complete the game. Trying to learn to portal jump with momentum and use physics in the game was nightmare for me. I struggled quite a bit with portal jumping, because I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get enough speed, and all the while my boyfriend was laughing and asking if I needed help because I was getting frustrated. I actually spent a good twenty minutes of my game play trying to figure it out until finally I gave in and asked for help. Once he explained it to me and showed me how to do it, it made perfect sense, but I never would have figured out how to portal jump on my own. I also still don't understand why they would offer cake to a person to risk their life over and over in maze after maze like a lab rat. Why would anyone do that to begin with? I understand it's a game and you never find out how you ended up in the facility but it does leave the player questioning the characters motives. I guess I should stick to more humanity based games that involve more social issues. I think I would understand them a lot more than I understood Portal. Even still I didn't finish the game so I looked up the ending on YouTube.
I watched the ending and I think fortunately for me I didn't play it because I never would have figured it out. It was interesting to notice how much and how fast things changed. GLaDOS changed her attitude rather rapidly and the plot explains itself rather simply. GLaDOS explains that she killed everyone with a neurotoxin but they put a morality chip in her to stop killing people. One author and player of the game noticed that GLaDOS has small malfunctions throughout the game that show "GLaDOS was programmed to respond empathetically but doesn't actually feel emotions the way a human being does." (McNeilly 3) Somehow she still justifies killing people by putting them through these mazes and tests because to her, its all for science, which I find rather intriguing on Valve's point of view of what big corporate science is capable of. During the final we end up destroying her morality chip and she tries to kill us with that same neurotoxin so the job of the player is to kill GLaDOS to survive. You have to portal to individual pieces of her and destroy each individual piece within a short time limit. The time limit creates pressure, which I hate, thus making the player have to work and think fast to solve the problem that GLaDOS has created for you once again. I also noticed how sloppy everything became at the end when GLaDOS didn't control the player anymore or anything around her. She was sloppy, her body was in multiple pieces but what caught my eye was how angry she was. In my understanding science is all about control, control over the variables, the test etc. When GLaDOS lost control she felt that she had lost everything, I sat wondering if this is similar in large science corporations like Aperture. GLaDOS motive's are for the benefit of science yet she loses it when she loses control over the player.
Speaking of motives and character, GLaDOS is very interesting; throughout most of the game while you are in the mazes she sounds very scientific and detached, she just wants results from the tests that the player goes through. But as the game progresses she becomes more and more humanized and reminded me of a snobby teenager or even a child. She begins to insult you, threaten you and is incredibly sarcastic and demeaning. Maybe in a sense a life lesson could be about bullying, GLaDOS could represent a terrible bully, one that insults you and says terrible things to you but through the game you learn to ignore these things and deal with the real situation at hand, whether that be school or something else.
Overall for me personally I didn't see Gee's principles very well at first, I had to have help seeing them. After having a week to think about plus talking to others about the game I started to put into a new perspective that I could understand; a classroom. I am beginning to see the similarities, For example, the many ways a student can learn through the game. While Portal doesn't give too many audio cues for learning it's great for visual learners to learn and understand physics. Even though it's only buttons on a controller, its still more hands on then a book so it could also be great for hands on learning. For me I barely understand physics and not sure I could explain what I have learned from the game to someone else but I know I now understand momentum to a degree as well as an object in motion stays in motion. What's interesting is how they teach you, they give you a puzzle, so it doesn't feel like an assignment or a test, you just have to work your way through the problem on your own and begin to understand in your own experience.
After passing through the first couple of challenges they give you a portal gun so that you can start creating your own portals to get through the mazes. GLaDOS tells you what to expect and what to do and promises cake at the end when all of the mazes are completed. This is a prime example of Gee's "Bottom-Up Basic Skills principle;" your skill set is learned as play the game and that contributes to the core elements of the game. This is a classroom at an elementary level; elementary school is to set up the core basic knowledge students need to move into higher grades. So this also happens in every game as well in either the tutorial or the beginning of the game. You have to have a basic understanding of the game, its mechanics and how to use the controls in order to truly understand the game.
As you play the mazes continue to get harder and the player has to start experimenting with the portal gun to get through the game. This is the "Discovery Principle" that Gee mentions; the learner has ample opportunity to experiment and make new discoveries in the game. We find out very little information as we continue through the game, the plot is very quiet and the game has a bit of a cold science feel to it, particularly because it is in a science lab and it's all about completing the test. Once again relating it back to a classroom experience; this is when a student would learn something new, such as a science experiment with temperature. They learn how this affects their own life and they discover a new experience; for players in portal they get the experience of learning physics and how they could use something like momentum in real life. This is where the "Situated Meaning Principle" makes itself known; the student now has value on what they have learned and it's something they will remember. The meaning of the game isn't general and the setting of the game helps contribute to the meaning of the overall game. It's a giant science test that you have to pass.
Once again the game continues to get more and more complicated, make portals faster, learning how to portal jump we still don't know much about ourselves or the plot of the game but we are starting to transfer our previous knowledge of the game into where we currently are. This is Gee's "Transfer Principle." Throughout the entire game we are practicing, and transferring knowledge from previous levels into the one we are currently playing to get to the next level. This particular principle is very crucial to the game play and its fundamentals, if the player doesn't take their previous knowledge and apply to new levels, they won't be able to get through the game. This is also true of learning and teaching in a classroom, if a student doesn't have prior knowledge of a subject, or a foundation of similar knowledge, they won't be able to understand the content you're trying to teach them. I never saw the similarity between these two things before and it's actually quite interesting how well they could be interchanged.
The issues of gender doesn't seem to be an issue the game wants to teach, at least on the surface aspects of the game. It's a first person shooter game and its actually a feminist criticism of the entire first person shooter genre. The average first person shooter game is a man with an oversized gun that he shoots and kills the enemy with. These are games such as Destiny or Borderlands where the main goal is to kill all the enemies and gain power; normally masculine and violent. Portal on the other hand is the exact opposite, you play as a woman in what looks like a prison jump suit and you only know this by catching rare glimpses of yourself through the portals you create. The game offers no backstory so there is no gender perspective to start the game with. This is very different from normal first person shooters because they normally show you right at the beginning or the tutorial that you will be playing as a guy. Portal wanted all of it's players to go into the game with no idea of the gender they played as to give them a new perspective on gender in video games; gender doesn't matter in the game, it's what the game is trying to teach you that's important.
The interesting part is how feminism in this game is portrayed through portal gun. The normal first person shooter deals with bullets but in this dystopian game we use portals It's a symbol of new beginnings and connections between old and new places. In "The Rules of Play" by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, on chapter focuses on design. They begin to talk about the semiotics of a game and how they create meaning for the player. "Semiotically speaking, people use signs to designate objects or ideas. Because a sign represents something other than itself, we take the representation as the meaning of the sign." (Salen & Zimmerman 42) Through this concept we can relate the Portal Gun to be a symbol of connectivity.The same author I mentioned earlier makes an interesting comment about this; "The Portal Gun creates connections rather than destroying life. it is through innovative placement of these connections, or portals, that goals are achieved or enemies overcome." (McNielly 3) McNielly also says that we could relate the Portal Gun to a "metaphorical birth canal through which the protagonist is constantly being born into new trials." This is a bit of a stretch for me but I do see the sense behind it. Essentially this game does have an undertone of feminism to it but I think there are more important issues the game is trying to address.
I had a hard time trying to figure out what the game wanted me to know besides physics and I spent about two days trying to figure it out. I think the critical issue that does show up in this game is maybe the lack of trust in corporations, your promised something if you do your part and then in the end they don't give it to you; to make matters even worse they try to kill you. I think this idea is a bit obscure but has merit. After digging a bit deeper and researching Aperture science I've discovered that the developers Valve are definitely making a political point with this game. When looking at Valve's video's on YouTube about Aperture science they are unquestionably bringing acknowledgement to this matter through this game, to paraphrase the director Cave Johnson; my father's principles on farming are the backbone of this company. The company has nothing to do with farming so that eliminates everything he just said. Going even further he says that this is how the company has been run for generations and that's why they are bankrupt so they devised a plan to trick the world into paying them enormous amounts of money. To quote the video "We are about to run the greatest con game in the history of the multiverse." (Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative) Clearly Valve is trying to reinforce this idea to their viewers. The game itself as well it's video's also contest the idea of science being purely sterile. Looking at GLaDOS once again, she had that morality chip that supposedly kept her from killing people after she killed most of the people in the science company. How can science be neutral or sterile if the computer has to have a morality chip? Valve wants their viewers to see that science and big corporations are anything but neutral or sterile, they are comprised of humans. Human nature is flawed and anything but perfect. I think the overall lesson could be take everything with a grain of salt and be careful who you trust. That sounds incredibly pessimistic of a game but I think the foundation for it is definitely there. Portal is a life lesson in its own way because of this idea.
Overall this was an interesting experience for me; Now when I watch a video game being played I see new aspects of the game I never considered; what is the game trying to tell me, what does it want to audience to know? I look at the bigger issues that the game teaches rather than the small surface aspects. Portal is a great game for a copious amount of reasons; the knowledge of physics that is mastered, the issue of big science corporations that is addressed as well just being able to have fun going through a maze while using a portal gun. I do like this game, I'll probably never finish it on my own but I think it had a lot great aspects and insight for me as I look forward to my career as a teacher or school counselor. I hope that I can end up recommending this game to a kid that is struggling with physics and this helps them understand.
Joe McNielly. Portal is the Most Subversive Game Ever. December 7, 2007. http://www.gamesradar.com/portal-is-the-most-subversive-game-ever/
Zimmerman, E., & Salen, K. (2003). Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals. London: MIT Press.
Valve. Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative. April 27, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7rZO2ACP3A


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How to dress for the polo
By Brigitte Topping
I grew up on a polo field. My father played the game and my mother would dress me in my best Oshkosh B'Gosh dress and mini RM Williams boots. I would run a muck hitting polo balls around with my mini mallet while mum would mingle with the high country society in one of the exclusive tents. Safe to say as I grew up I now absolutely love attending the polo and mingling in one of the elite tents where the champagne is flowing and there are canapés for days.
The Australian Polo scene was once an event held in more regional areas and reserved for the country folk. These days the games are being held closer to the capital cities and is fast becoming the races way cooler sister event. Socialites and celebrities adorn the VIP tents frequently, however it also the perfect day out for anyone wanting to see a great game and, of course, be seen!
Polo is fast becoming 'new races' for young Australians craving the social scene, however the dress code is far from the same and it easy to make fashion faux pars! The polo dress code falls somewhere between a race day and an elegant picnic with friends. I have put together some simple tips to ensure you nail the dress code every time.
Lets start from the bottom and work our way up. First rule to take into account is that you're going to be in somewhat of a paddock all day. Even if you have purchased a marquee ticket, these tents are usually still grass flooring. One of the highlights of the day will be stomping the divots, where guests are invited to cross the field and literally stomp the ground to ensure the field is flat for the main game.
Stilettos are a straight up no go for any polo event. Lets face it, no one wants to be 'that girl' wobbling everywhere, possibly even falling over because her 6 inch Louboutin is firmly embedded in the ground. A wedge or chunky heel is a good op for those short gals who need a little help in the height department. If you've got the height, play it safe with a flat shoe. Boots are an appropriate option for the winter events and glam sandal for summer.
Before your brain even drifts to the thought of 'short, flirty, floaty' remember that paddocks, generally speaking, are somewhat windy. Let the game be the focus of the crowds, not your behind. Kaftans are always a popular option but choose a long one or wear tights. Another good rule for making outfit decisions is if you wore it da clubz the other weekend, never should it be worn to the polo. It's a classy day event and far from Saturday night in Fotitude Valley ladies. A safe option is always a cute polka dot number, I think is due to too many people watching pretty woman and taking a tip from the polo scene.
Alternative options to a dress, is to wear jeans, a crisp white shirt, cute belt and bright accessories. You will look like a seasoned polo attendee in this outfit that's for sure.
Definite Don'ts
Head wear, always a tough one to master at the best of times. I can't remember the last time I went to event the races and thought "she is nailing wearing that fascinator" I mean, even Lara Bingle has mucked it up. At the polo the atrocious fascinator is a straight up no go. If you have your heart completely set on wearing head gear, a cool and casual hat, possibly a fedora, can be fine. Please no mother of the bride fuchsia numbers thanks.
Sequins and shiny jewelry isn't appropriate either. It is a daytime event and whole idea is give off a cool, calm and collect vibe. Sequins and shiny jewels are not only too much for this kind of event, we don't want your gaudy looking jewelry upsetting the horses so that cute polo player you have been eyeing off, falls off.
The polo is an amazing event and I consider myself very lucky to of have it always be apart of it my life. The fact it is now becoming a main stream occasion closer to home is fantastic because I get to introduce my friends to a part of my life they may not know much about. I hope you enjoy your day at the polo people and remember, Keep it classy this polo season girls!


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Over the past weekend I was lucky enough to be able to travel to Melbourne so that I could attend Stampin' Up!'s Heartfelt Event. These are a new style of events run by Stampin' Up! and replace the old style Regionals Event. I had so much fun at the event, and it was fabulous to catch up with some very dear friends while I was there.
I also had a second reason to be excited about going. I had been contacted about 10 days before the event by the lovely Bec Howard from Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Support asking if I would like to design a scrapbook layout to go on display at the event, and the other events like it being held around Australia and New Zealand. Once I got over the surprise, of course I said yes! Then I found out I could do up to 3 layouts, to which I also said yes. Then I realised I only had 10 days to do the three layouts and I was only able to use current products going forward, which turned the task into a limited supplies challenge. Oh boy! Thankfully Rob took over the meal preparation and general child wrangling for the weekend so I was able to work on my layouts.
Here are the display boards at the Heartfelt Event. I won't say which layouts are mine just yet, I'll reveal them over the coming week or so.
I was so very excited to see my name in amongst a lot of Stampin' Up! scrappers that I find very inspirational.
This was the front of the display. I have one layout on this side, and if you know my children you're probably able to pick which one!
Here is the other side of the display. You'll notice that I was photo bombed! The gorgeous, mischievous and very funny Claire Martin from Demonstrator Support in Australia obviously couldn't resist! She's such a lovely, smiley person and it's always great to see her at Stampin' Up! events. Oh, I have two layouts on this side of the board!
I didn't take many 'people' photos at the event, but here's one of the Just Add Ink girls that were at the event. From L-R: Narelle, myself, Christine and Jo. It was lovely to see Christine again and to meet Narelle and Jo for the first time in person. And yes, it's been pointed out how well colour-coordinated we are in our peach and navy clothing!
A new feature of the event was that Stampin' Up! asked us to show our creativity by making our own name tags. I threw mine together fairly quickly as I was running out of time and leaving for Melbourne the following morning. I die cut the letters for my name and then glanced around my desk for something to stick them on. The first thing I saw was this:
Yes, the DVD that all new demonstrators get when they sign up! I somehow have ended up with about 4 copies so I wasn't worried about recycling one to make my name tag! Here's how it ended up.
I also recycled the lanyard we got at Convention this year, and I couldn't leave off the fab felt brooch that Kim made for each of the JAI girls at Convention. The letters are a bit of a sneak peek at the new alpha die coming out in the Annual Catalogue in September. Stampin' Up! were generous enough to send my out a set of the dies on loan so that I was able to use them on my layouts for the Heartfelt Event display. I love being associated with such a wonderful company!
Well, that's enough for now. As I said before, I'll be back over the next week or so to show you the layouts I made for the display. I'll also show you the card I made for the Inspiration Boards at the event.
Bye for now,
Wednesday, 8 August 2012
Stampin' Up!'s Heartfelt Event in Melbourne
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It was fun checking out all the name tags = loved yours. Congratulations on being asked to be part of the scrapbooking feature. I'm always inspired by your layouts.ReplyDelete
Hi lovely lady - I didn't even notice your name badge on Saturday - wish I had its lovely. Love your scrapbooking pages - you have inspired me to make time for some this month, thank youReplyDelete
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Statuette of a Hippopotamus Sculpture
The original statuette of a hippopotamus demonstrates the Egyptian artist's appreciation for the natural world. It was molded in faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Beneath the blue- green glaze, the body was painted with the outlines of river plants, symbolizing the marshes in which the animal lived. The seemingly benign appearance that the figurine presents is deceptive. To the ancient Egyptians, the hippopotamus was one of the most dangerous animals in their world. The huge creatures were a hazard for small fishing boats and other rivercraft. The beast might also be encountered on the waterways in the journey to the afterlife. As such, the hippopotamus was a force of nature that needed to be propitiated and controlled, both in this life and the next. This example was one of a pair found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of the steward Senbi II at Meir, an Upper Egyptian site about thirty miles south of modern Asyut. Three of its legs have been restored because they were purposely broken to prevent the creature from harming the deceased. The hippo was part of Senbi's burial equipment, which included a canopic box (also in the Metropolitan Museum), a coffin, and numerous models of boats and food production. Dating from Dynasty 12, ca. 19611878 B.C., the sculpture has been a favorite with visitors since its arrival at the Museum in 1917, and for many years has been known as "William"the Metropolitan's unofficial mascot.
Since its arrival at the Museum in 1917, the Egyptian faience sculpture has been a favorite with visitors, and for many years has been known as "William®"the Metropolitan's unofficial mascot. Like the original, our William magnets are decorated with drawings of lotus blossoms and marsh plants which remind us of his favorite habitat, the shallow banks of the Nile River. Set of 2 magnets. Hand- painted resin. 1 3/4"H x 3"L x 1"W each.
Set of 2 Hand-painted resin 1 3/4"H x 3"L x 1"W


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This week, Ziylo qualified for the final of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technology Competition. The competition is free to enter and open to any small company and university from across the chemistry-using community. If selected for the final, your company is allowed to pitch the idea to a panel of expert judges. The winner of the competition will receive up to £10,000 to develop the idea, as well as tailored support from competition partners. This event brings together start-ups, small enterprises, multinational organisations, and many more to create a cluster of world leading chemists and organisations.
Ziylo was honoured to be awarded the One to Watch prize and greatly enjoyed listening to the other pitches.
Congratulations to all the 2016 winners!


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I am thrilled to announce that Boston Bead Company has invited me to do an artist reception later this month! Please join me on Thursday, September 27 from 6:30pm-8pm to help kick off the bead shop's Seed Bead Trunk Show. I will be showing plenty of beaded dog jewelry for humans and a few bead-paintings, which will be also be available for sale! If you are interested in taking a future bead embroidery class with me, please let the bead shop know by email. Also, don't forget to RSVP for your chance to win the door prize – 10 unique vials of seed beads! Hope to see you there. Thanks for your interest in my beadwork!
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Tribal silver and bronze earrings with Amazonite
These are fun and earthy, light but with a strong presence. They have an ethnic feel and the color of the stones comes together really beautifully with both metals. This is a great look for spring and summer.
These earrings measure 2.85" long.


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The world's largest Delta 3D printer can print nearly zero-cost housing out of mud. Posted Categories: Building Methods The future of affordable (and sustainable) housing may lie with 3D printing.
The World's Advanced Saving Project (WASP) will soon unveil the world's largest delta-style 3D printer that can build full-size buildings out of mud and clay for nearly zero cost. The massive 12-meter-tall (40 feet) BigDelta printer will make its official debut and show off its eco-friendly printing prowess tomorrow at "Reality of dream," a three-day event in Massa Lombarda, Italy. Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched WASP with the goal to "create a means for affordable fabrication of homes, and provide these means to the locals in poverty stricken areas." 10 completely 3D printed houses appears in Shanghai, built under a day.
April 1, 2014 Back in 2011, University of Southern California Professor Behrokh Khoshnevis said new technology will soon allow massive 3D printers to build entire multi-level houses in under a day.
A group of 3D printed houses, 200 m2 each, recently appears in Shanghai, China. These building were created entirely out of concrete using a gigantic 3D printer, and each costs only 30,000 RMB ($4,800). The company behind these 3D printed building, Shanghai WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co, said it has for years been working on developing the system and its materials. The company owns 77 national patents of construction materials, such as glass fiber reinforced gypsum and special glass fiber reinforced cement.
While Hobbyist models of 3D printers are currently available for only a few hundred dollars and lets users feed plastics and polymers into a machine, the company takes this technology to a bigger level. Delta Wasp the 3d printer for clay houses. Wasp-inspired 3D printer can build homes out of mud. Inspired by the mud dauber, a little wasp that builds its home with mud, Massimo Moretti developed a way to create mud houses using 3D printing technology.
Traditionally, earthen houses are formed by hand in a laborious, tedious process. The world's largest Delta 3D printer creates nearly zero-cost homes out of mud. The future of affordable (and sustainable) housing may lie with 3D printing.
The World's Advanced Saving Project (WASP) has unveiled the world's largest delta-style 3D printer, which can build full-size buildings out of mud and clay for nearly zero cost. The massive BigDelta printer stands 12 meters tall (40 feet), and it's nearly completed its first house at a cost of just 48 euros so far. Italian innovator Massimo Moretti launched WASP with the goal to "create a means for affordable fabrication of homes, and provide these means to the locals in poverty stricken areas." Empresa italiana desenvolve impressora 3D que constrói casa em adobe – CicloVivo. 3D Printing: 2,500 Ft² House PRINTED in 20 Hours. Source: www.humansarefree.com | Original Post Date: November 15, 2013 – The second industrial revolution is here, thanks to a relatively new invention: the 3D printer.
This amazing technical achievement can be used in most of the fields one can think of, with unparalleled financial and time-saving advantages. Using 3D Printers To Generate Villages Of Houses. Rome wasn't built in a day, but a village of 10 houses created out of 3D printed concrete parts has been constructed in just one day in Shanghai, China.
And the even better news? Each one only cost around $5000. Oh, and they're partly made out of recycled waste, too. The company that built the structures, WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co, spent years perfecting the system which allowed them to achieve this impressive feat. They used a pretty hefty 150 meter long, 10 meter wide and 6 meter deep printer to generate the concrete constituents, which were then assembled together into small but sturdy buildings. The material used to construct the parts is a mixture of high grade cement, recycled construction waste and industrial waste, which is then reinforced with glass fibers. The software used to design the parts also allows for the addition of things like plumbing and windows which can be added on after the building is erected. Images via 3ders.org. A 3-D Printed House?
Well, this may well be the coolest video you see today.
It's a TEDx talk from a fellow named Behrokh Khoshnevis, who is a professor of engineering at USC, where he directs something called the Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies. CRAFT has stated as its grand challenge "building a custom-designed house in a day while drastically reducing the costs, injuries, waste and environmental impact associated with traditional construction techniques." The applications of such rapid-fire housing are endless: affordable housing for the poor; "extraterrestrial buildings constructed from in situ materials"; emergency FEMA-style housing, and the like. But don't listen to me–listen to the guy who's trying to make it a reality. If you're short on time and want to focus on the tech, hop ahead towards the 4-minute mark. And if you're really pressed for time, let me call out some of the most exciting things the professor says here, with a few little glosses of my own. Giant Chinese 3D printer builds 10 houses in just 1 day (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
WASP's Revolutionary Delta Printer 3D Prints Structurally Sound Homes from Clay. Italy's WASP (World's Advanced Saving Project) aims to help the world's impoverished by 3D-printing sustainable dwellings using all natural materials.
Unveiled at the Maker Faire Rome, the portable 3D printer called the Delta can be transported to areas in need to print homes on site. The printer works with locally-sourced materials like mud and fiber to create structurally sound homes with a culturally-sensitive, vernacular aesthetic. Unlike other 3D printing companies, WASP has turned its attention to natural and local materials, rather than quick printing plastics, to create healthy new homes.
Their new home-printer is a tall three-armed machine, which is held together with lightweight ratcheting straps and can be assembled in two hours. When disassembled, it can easily be transported in a vehicle, enabling it to travel from place to place with ease. The world's largest Delta 3D printer can print nearly zero-cost housing out of mud. This 3D Printer Can Build 10 Houses A Day For $5,000 Each. Thank you for subscribing!
For $5,000 and ten hours you can now buy a 3D printed house. "The days of lengthy, inefficient, and costly construction projects could be coming to an end. Private inventor Ma Yihe designed a 3D printer that built ten houses in a single day! The china based company building and research center are all constructed of 3D printed walls. The building walls are energy efficient and made of recycled construction waste and mortar. "Not only is the printer environmentally ideal but it potentially has the ability to produce sound low cost housing for poverty stricken communities. Learn more here.


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About three weeks ago Britton and I went interior for three nights (four days) to fly people to a church conference (Flying for a church Conference Part 1 and Part 2). While I was flying all day, Britton was hanging out with village friends. One morning while I was waiting for the fog to lift off the end of the airstrip so I could takeoff, Britton and I and some of his friends took a walk down the airstrip to see if we could finds some interesting macro life to photograph. Here's some of what we found.
A curious praying mantis.
A strange-looking grasshopper thingy. It was no more than a half inch long.
A bright read leaf.
This tiny flower was only about the size of a pencil eraser.
There were hundreds of grasshoppers, and they all seemed to be different! This was also a little tiny guy, but much "plumper" than the stick-like one above.
No idea what this is.
A bee collecting pollen.
Another red leaf.
Yep, yet another grasshopper!
I was actually focusing on the flower itself when it dawned on me how many bugs were inside collecting pollen or nectar or whatever they're doing. Every single one of this particular type of pink flower had three or four or five bugs inside working feverishly to collect whatever it is they're collecting. Must be good stuff!
All of the above shots were taken with my macro lens in the span of about 15 minutes. Isn't it awesome how much life and beauty are right there around us each and every day--most of which goes unnoticed unless we take the time to slow down and look for it?!
This last shot was taken the following day in Long Nawang. It's taken with an ultra-wide angle lens (this one set at 10mm on a Canon 7D). As you can see it produces a totally different look--way up close to the flower, but still able to see the surroundings, the sky etc.


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It's a simple thing really and that's why we have been able to make it part of our ever day process. When a customer contacts us by phone or e-mail we do 1 of 3 things:


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Both sides celebrate decline in abortions: Guttmacher results on Roe anniversary
As abortion-rights supporters and opponents last month marked the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure nationwide, new statistics showed that fewer women are choosing abortion.
The study, released just days before the January 22 anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, showed that the U.S. abortion rate is at its lowest in more than 30 years. It also showed that the overall number of abortions nationwide is down more than 25 percent from its peak in 1990.
Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched through cold temperatures down the National Mall and up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court building to mark the anniversary. There they were met by abortion-rights supporters, who celebrated the court's ruling that state governments cannot impose undue burdens on a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy.
Abortion opponents heard a recording from President Bush, who said, "We're heartened by the news that the number of abortions is declining, but the most recent data reports that more than one in five pregnancies end in abortion. America is better than this, so we will continue to work for a culture of life."
The numbers came from the Guttmacher Institute, which is affiliated with the abortion provider Planned Parenthood but is generally regarded by those on both sides of the abortion debate as the authority on reproductive-health statistics.
The study showed that in 2005 (the latest year for complete statistics), there were 19.4 abortions per 1,000 U.S. women of child-bearing age. That is a dramatic decrease since the rate's 1981 peak of 29.3. Researchers at the institute found that there were 1.2 million abortions in 2005, approximately a 25 percent decline from the all-time high of 1.5 million in 1990.
The data also showed that abortions are increasingly done earlier, and a much larger percentage of them are done pharmaceutically, using the abortion pill RU-486 (Mifepristone), known also by its brand name, Mifeprex.
Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, delivered a speech at the University of Texas as part of commemorations of the Roe v. Wade anniversary. Keenan said that the abortion-rights community should not cede moral high ground to their opponents or shy away from rhetoric about supporting women who choose not to abort.
"We also believe that if we could prevent unintended pregnancy, then we could therefore reduce the need for abortion," she said. "So we stand for the teaching of honest, realistic sex education. We stand for the right to choose contraception, including the morning-after pill. And we stand with women who choose to continue their pregnancies, hoping that a compassionate society will support them in the responsibilities of raising a child." –Associated Baptist Press