[0:07] <pnwise> What usb to sata controller - the one in the enclosure?
[0:26] <pnwise> That is why asked what he used and if it's spins down, I am not sure what brand will work well.
[3:19] <[Saint]> I believe it is technically possible to boot from eeprom, but I don't think anyone has any interest in making that a possibility.
[3:21] <[Saint]> It is quite sad that the raspi doesn't have a truly open SoC.
[3:28] <Tenkawa> whats new all?
[3:33] <[Saint]> Clashing in what way?
[3:33] <Tenkawa> JK-47: get any errors at all?
[3:33] <JK-47> i have LOTS of zwave and zigbee devices.
[3:34] <JK-47> looking for signal overlap.
[3:35] <JK-47> zigs should just be on 915mhz. think i have some 2.4 ones.
[4:02] <JK-47> didnt have a 5b usb left. so picked a 2.4 with much stronger output.
[4:31] <HanSooloo> any pointers on how to debug/fix?
[6:24] <fred1807> do you think the watchdog onboard timer is ok to use? Why is it not enable by default on raspbian?
[6:50] <Alina-malina> will dota2 run on lates rpi ?
[7:46] <[Saint]> ritual: I think you meant "Hahahahahahahahaha; <breath>; hahahahahahaha; <wipes away tears of hilarity>; Ahahahahahahaha...ha..ha...haaaaaahhhh...no"
[8:12] <the_borg> i need incentive can i download it?
[8:32] <Xark> ThinkingofPython: Are you looking for funding of something?
[8:37] <ThinkingofPython> If you can be of help, Xark, feel free to PM me.
[10:14] <murple> I'd like to make two Raspberry PI based phones. Clicking a button on one of the PIs calls the other. Preferably over WIFI. I found an instructable entitled "How to make VoIP calls from Raspberry Pi" but it seems to be quite complicated for (what I thought was) a relatively simple task. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
[10:18] <Xark> murple: Yeah. :) I did a double take at first confusing it with your nick. :) Still not "trivial" to setup, but perhaps better.
[10:19] <murple> "Mumble is a much easier and provides enough functionality for most people" <- sounds good so far!"
[10:20] <murple> The article is also recent, I wonder why I didn't find this myself.
[10:23] <murple> This seems like an easier solution, the only thing I'm uncertain about is how to control this via the command line which I think is necessary to be able to lock down the raspberry pi and start calls from a physical button.
[10:24] <Xark> murple: Good point...worst case you can perhaps "hack the source".
[12:48] <normalra> Hello, does the Pi expose any interfaces when it is connected to via the usb/microUSB port or is it exclusively a power input?
[12:54] <normalra> Hmm, and with regards to the other USB ports it would occur that the Pi is an USB master, and cannot function in as a slave.
[12:54] <normalra> Got it, thank you!
[13:10] <normalra> Like the Adafruit USB to TTL serial cable?
[13:13] <SyncYourDogmas> What is it your trying to do, out of interest?
[13:16] <normalra> Nothing yet, just wondering!
[13:27] <tawr> when you say other than host, what exactly do you mean?
[13:29] <normalra> tawr: yeah, my responses are unrelated, I was referring to the USB ports on the Pi with the device being an USB host (in situations like connecting it with a male to male USB).
[13:29] <normalra> there was a discussion on the interwebs that, theoretically, the A+? model could be hacked to perform as a slave, but it's rather difficult.
[13:31] <normalra> what exactly happened to USB Type B plug anyway?
[13:48] <knob> Hey ya tawr !
[13:48] <knob> How you doing?
[13:50] <knob> Happy to start a new day, new week.
[13:53] <knob> I am still in the "solder it manually" phase... yet I find this awesome.
[13:54] <knob> If the sensor is closed, it send out an email in minute 2, minute 30 and 60... then it's done. It's for diesel tank levels.
[13:54] <tawr> ah nice knob. big stationary genset?
[13:55] <knob> tawr, it's a local customer, that has a bunch of diesel delivery trucks. Those trucks re-fuel on-site (cheaper $$ when buying diesel in-bulk I figure).
[13:55] <knob> Well, before the rPi, one of the security guards had to go over there, and check out the level, then send out an email.
[13:56] <knob> Yet they pressed for the dry-contact "low-level" float.
[13:56] <knob> So, not wanting to fight with the people that were giving me their money, I created it just as they wanted. They are happy as a clam now.
[14:11] <knob> tawr, true that!
[14:11] <knob> Should have tried harder... yet.... oh well!
[14:11] <knob> I think they will do the rest of their facilities before 2015 is up... and I already have nailed down everything (documentation!!)!). So it will be easier.
[14:12] <knob> he yah biberao !
[14:17] <knob> All good biberao !
[15:09] <normalra> ali1234: that's interesting, thank you!
[16:01] <molgrum> any idea what /dev i should look for?
[16:03] <Encrypt> molgrum, Does it make noise?
[16:07] <tawr> what does dmesg | tail -10 say?
[16:08] <tawr> if not, have you done the current mod (up the usb current)?
[16:17] <molgrum> tawr: how do i do that?
[16:20] <molgrum> what does that do?
[16:21] <knob> tawr, I did not know that... that is good info!!!!!
[16:22] <tawr> no molgrum it's a known option..
[16:25] <tawr> i think the original pi maybe just did what ever current was there..
[16:25] <tawr> what supply are you using?
[16:43] <tawr> what are you doing?
[16:44] <tawr> but it doesn't apply to your pi?
[16:49] <tawr> trying to change pins isn't going to change anything.
[16:49] <tawr> it WORKS on the newer pi's because they are DESIGNED for it.
[17:12] <molgrum> tawr: btw, isn't it betterr to upgrade my Pi?
[17:16] <ThinkingofPython> shiftplusone You around man?
[17:16] <molgrum> ritual: should be ok?
[17:20] <TheLostAdmin> molgrum, the newest Pi (Pi 2) uses a micro-sd card instead of the full sized card. It also has a multi-core processor. So, there might be a bit more work than just putting the old card into it.
[17:22] <TheLostAdmin> You wouldn't have to reformat the microsd card then. But you might need a new/different kernel. I think the latest raspbian has support for both pi 1 and pi 2 buildin. so as long as you are current and haven't done too much kernel customization you probably won't have to do a full rebuild.
[17:23] <TheLostAdmin> With all the patches and updates? If so, I think that's good.
[17:24] <molgrum> TheLostAdmin: so i guess i'm "sort of jessie"
[17:25] <TheLostAdmin> AFAIK raspbian.org is the official one.
[17:25] <Tenkawa> Anyone doing any practical transcoding with pi 2's?
[17:26] <ThinkingofPython> Is there a way to wire something to GPIO without soldering?
[17:29] <ThinkingofPython> Like lets say there are 20 pins on the floppy connector.
[17:29] <ThinkingofPython> I need to use 4.
[17:43] <BCMM> trying not to blow up a lithium battery?
[17:50] <McBride36> ThinkingofPython, is it gonna be like scratch but with a dog instead?
[17:50] <ThinkingofPython> ^It's not software.
[17:52] <ThinkingofPython> "waiting for funding"
[18:00] <McBride36> i'm in medical research, it's more like "lets put everything off till last minute and then get it done"
[18:03] <shiftplusone> ThinkingofPython: so, what do you want to know that hasn't already been answered in email?
[18:04] <ThinkingofPython> Ah, nothing was really answered in email, heh. Just restating the site.
[18:05] <shiftplusone> AFAIK, the CEO stuff is public knowledge, I'm sure I've seen a blog post about it.
[18:06] <DiegoLiedo> Is anyone in Denver available for the configuration of 5 raspberries pi ip's addresses and a bash script?
[18:08] <shiftplusone> ThinkingofPython: could you msg me the reply you got?
[18:11] <ThinkingofPython> Ah, so he began acting as CEO In April 25th?
[18:11] <ThinkingofPython> but hasn't "come" yet?
[18:21] <shiftplusone> tedyy: the kernel?
[18:25] <ppq> compile ALL the things!
[18:26] <tedyy> I know. but there is no workaround?
[18:26] <nid0> no, it does not support the pi 2.
[18:28] <SirLagz> tedyy: DIY !
[18:28] <SirLagz> tedyy: web interface for what?
[18:29] <SirLagz> tedyy: if you have one computer...there's not much to configure!
[18:29] <nid0> if you only have one computer, why do you need a router?
[18:30] <SirLagz> tedyy: why not just setup a firewall on the computer itself then?
[18:31] <tedyy> I'd like to have opensource firewall infront of my comp for some paranoid security.
[18:53] <shiftplusone> There's Philip on the Foundation side and Eben on Trading side, that's it.
[18:54] <shiftplusone> Yeah, I've only seen it print, so for the longest time, I was pronouncing it completely wrong.
[18:56] <ThinkingofPython> an alternative to literally pushing shift + 1 to produce an explanation mark. used to piss off noobs who cant talk internet slang.
[18:57] <shiftplusone> had to look it up, ey?
[18:59] <ThinkingofPython> "ShiftPlusOne;141391 said: When it comes to Buddha, we don't know anything. Sure, you can meditate until you die of dehydration if you want, there's no limit. "
[19:00] <shiftplusone> ThinkingofPython: yeah, I'm sure there's all kind of embarrassing stuff I've changed my mind on. I've quit that forum a long time ago.
[19:00] <shiftplusone> Oh nuh, I don't care.
[19:02] <shiftplusone> Might be time to change the nick, since I don't really identify with this handle anymore.
[19:03] <McBride36> theres this hip new stuff called "DSL"
[19:05] <ShorTie> you'll are just young whipper-snappers, lol.
[19:05] <shiftplusone> ThinkingofPython: I'd probably just go with my actual name.
[19:06] <McBride36> interviewed a dude named "richard puller"
[19:08] <SirLagz> McBride36: that's cool. what do you use the RPi for ?
[19:09] <ThinkingofPython> I use mine for an educational service :) I've been a teacher for a few years now, and recently came upon an idea.
[19:09] <SirLagz> I'm about to compile net-snmp on my Pi for ARMv4. Anyone done this before?
[19:09] <McBride36> shiftplusone, what are the chances of getting analog input on the rpi?
[19:11] * ShorTie thinkz hmmm, don't know how to take that 1, lol.
[19:12] <shiftplusone> ReggieUK: hey! Haven't seen you 'round these parts in a while. Welcome back.
[19:14] <ThinkingofPython> and as you can guess, I'm in China.
[19:36] <tedyy> SirLagz: installed ntopng and it works great on rpi2. that's actually the web interface I was looking for. Thank you!
[19:40] <soapdish> since the raspberry pi can be powered by both the micro usb and a usb type a port, does that mean you can hook up a usb battery pack, keep it charged, and have it switch over incase the main power fails?
[19:41] <ThinkingofPython> Not sure about the first one.
[19:42] <ThinkingofPython> but..whats the point?
[19:43] <ThinkingofPython> However, are those battery packs meant to be charged and drained simultaneously?
[19:49] <SirLagz> soapdish: what wouldn't work?
[20:12] <eni23> hello at all. im searching for some kind of software for controlling lights, audio and video in a timeline-style (like in video editing programms). does anyone knows something?
[20:12] <shiftplusone> in general, the pi 2 is way faster than using qemu, but nowhere near as fast as cross-compiling. But cross-compiling can be complicated, depending on what you're compiling.
[20:19] <shiftplusone> Personally, for anything that can't be compiled on the pi, I use pbuilder + qemu-user. But I prefer native compiles where possible.
[20:21] <shiftplusone> Not enough RAM without novelty-sized swap, which just takes forever.
[20:22] <shiftplusone> Our patches have been applied upstream, but will take forever to get back to debian stable, so we end up needing to compile things like that.
[20:23] <ali1234> well, don;t you need to rebuild debian stable anyway for raspbian?
[20:23] <Broly> https://www.dropbox.com/s/zu147cl60i2nkbv/k41-Image_zImage_DTB_2b.zip?dl=0 updated zImage/Image+dtb for 2b (kernel 4.1). hopefully someone puts this to good use. kind of mad i have ubuntu mate (plus on OSX, so FS mucking isn't my idea of fun) modules are cockblocking. enjoy.
[20:25] <Broly> my goal here is to homogenize rpi platforms and other BCM Cortex devices like routers etc.
[20:25] <shiftplusone> waiting on some packages from external people (collabora, wolfram, piface, sonic pi and so on) before rolling the image.
[20:26] <ali1234> it takes over all the network config right?
[20:27] <shiftplusone> Don't know what has changed on the network side of things.
[20:34] <MY123> and guess it's for what?
[21:02] <MY123> SyncYourDogmas, ps aux?
[21:04] <SyncYourDogmas> MY123: thanks but it wasn't that, it just shown running services.systemd related?
[21:05] <MY123> SyncYourDogmas, do you use Debian or Raspbian?
[21:17] <rwb> last ditch effort... service --status-all?
[21:21] <MY123> SyncYourDogmas, git grep on the SystemD source tree?
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[21:29] <log`> noone has any experience setting up wifi on the rpi? this should be fairly trivial, but all the instructions I can find are either contradictory or ambiguous.
[21:34] <SyncYourDogmas> Log,what does lsmod say?
[21:34] <SyncYourDogmas> Can you see the driver?
[21:38] <log`> SyncYourDogmas: did you catch that?
[21:38] <SyncYourDogmas> Yeah, its on my phone. Is that the driver that was reported by dmesg?
[21:41] <SyncYourDogmas> Iwas confused by how everything is done in /etc/network/interfaces by default. I'll show you my config file?
[22:16] <darkling> If I wanted to build a new Linux kernel for my Pi, is the mainline kernel source tree good for the Pi these days?
[22:17] <darkling> Last time I did this was a couple of years ago, and there was a separate repo for Pi-related things, but that seems to be moribund.
[22:17] <Broly> https://www.dropbox.com/s/zu147cl60i2nkbv/k41-Image_zImage_DTB_2b.zip?dl=0 updated zImage/Image+dtb for 2b (kernel 4.1). hopefully someone puts this to good use. kind of mad i have ubuntu mate (plus on OSX, so FS mucking isn't my idea of fun), whose modules i suspect are cockblocking. enjoy.
[22:18] <CoJaBo_> I'd hope it's mainlined by now..
[22:20] <darkling> CoJaBo_: Well, I'd hope so too, but sometimes these things get quite slippery when it's time to upstream them.
[23:58] <brucemwhealtonjr> Hello all. I wanted to get feedback on your experience using raspberry pi 2 as a web server. I setup a node.js server on my raspberry pi 2 which has a 16GB microsd card.
[23:59] <brucemwhealtonjr> and it isn't doing any complex calculations.


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Dutch instrument could help search for extraterrestrial life
Filed under: Science,Weird by Orangemaster @ 12:41 pm
Dutch scientists have developed an instrument capable of detecting the presence of living plants kilometres away, which in the future could be used to help search for extraterrestrial life.
Lucas Patty of the VU Amsterdam has built the TreePol spectropolarimeter, a camera with special lenses and receptors able to detect the rotation of light that occurs when it is reflected by plants. His instrument is able to detect the difference between healthy and dying vegetation. Patty tried out his instrument on the roof of the university by pointing it at a nearby football pitch and didn't get a signal: turns out the pitch was made from artificial grass.
Scientists are now investigating whether TreePol could be used to monitor agricultural crops from an aircraft or satellite, and maybe it could be used at even greater distances. "We're also working on a version that could be used on the international space station or a moon lander," explains astronomer and co-developer Frans Snik of Leiden University.
Over the last two decades, astronomers have discovered almost four thousand 'exoplanets', planets that orbit stars other than our own sun. Astrobiologists have often focused on the presence of water, oxygen and carbon, but these molecules and atoms don't always show the presence of life and therefore involve the risk of a 'false positive'. TreePol could finally eliminate that false positive, and that is all kinds of exciting.
Back in 2013 we wrote about the search for extraterrestrial life at Leiden University by detecting oxygen on far away planets using transit observations.
On an related note albeit not a Dutch one, if you want to listen to entertaining YouTubers talking about what they call 'woo woo' (UFOs, weird places on Earth, spooky stuff, etc.), then you absolutely need to listen to Gary and Diktor van Doomcock on the ExoZone on Nerdrotic and/or Overlord Diktor van Doomcock.
(Link: phys.org, Photo of an artist impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope by ESO/L. Calçada, some rights reserved)
Tags: aliens, astronomy, extraterrestrial, Leiden University, Nerdrotic, VU Amsterdam, YouTube
YouTubers show that being openly Jewish is a problem
Filed under: General,History by Orangemaster @ 4:59 pm
YouTube crew Bongenoten ('Allies') enjoy filming social experiments to see how people deal with extreme behaviour.
In the video below, YouTuber Benjamin Beernink decided to walk around parts of Utrecht with a yarmulke (aka kippah), the head cap Jewish men wear. Beernink happens to be Jewish, but does not usually wear a yarmulke. I can say that it is not something we see very often in the Netherlands.
The crew walked around different neighbourhoods (downtown, Ondiep and Kanaleneiland) in Utrecht. Some reactions were really intense, Beernink having been called 'kankerjood' (roughly, 'Fucking Jew', but then 'kanker, which means 'cancer' is used as an adjectival swear word) in Kanaleneiland, which doesn't have the best reputation. He was also laughed at inside a shop by staff and called a 'faggot' as well.
The reason Bondgenoten made the video was due to a poll presented by Dutch television show EenVandaag claiming that research shows that a large part of Jews don't dare show they are Jewish and hide their faith.
(Link: rtvutrecht.nl)
Tags: bigotry, Jews, Judaism, Utrecht, YouTube
Christian party wants rating system on YouTube
Filed under: General,Online by Orangemaster @ 12:33 pm
Similar to what is done with film and television, Dutch national Christian party CDA says it would like to help parents protect their children against images containing violence, sex and swearing on YouTube. The Dutch system, called Kijkwijzer, is a Dutch film and television rating system that is slightly more liberal than the one many people know from the United States or Canada. However, applying it to YouTube any time soon is said to be next to impossible.
Every minute, YouTube puts up 400 hours of video. The CDA says it's up to YouTube themselves to protect children, which seems like, as they say in Dutch, 'yelling into the desert'. If multinationals can't even sort out all the copyright infringements that appear on YouTube, then they won't care about some Christians giving their opinion about it in such a small country. This discussion had already been brought up in Parliament in 2015, but now that YouTube (and in this case, Google as the owner) may have to abide by the same rules as television (I don't know about film), then getting YouTube to comply is a step closer, but still very close to impossible.
As a parent, a member of the CDA said that his seven-year-old son looks at YouTube films and it is tough to determine if a film is suitable for him or not, which is completely understandable. Sadly for him and I bet also his spouse, they have to look over their child's shoulder to make sure they can control what their kid watches. As well, a representative of Google Netherlands said that imposing the Dutch system is impossible and that YouTube would then come with its own system, and the entire world would have to follow whatever they come up with.
(Links: bnr.nl, bright.nl)
Tags: CDA, children, Google, videos, YouTube
Hanging off a Dutch train is dangerous
Filed under: Weird by Orangemaster @ 3:58 pm
There's possibly (but hopefully not) a new trend in jackass land, and it's about hanging onto a moving train on the outside like James Bond, but then for real and purely for shock value.
The Climbing Dutchman is pissing off Dutch rail operator ProRail with his extremely dangerous stunts, but he couldn't care less, and has done it before. While ProRail says that this is 'intolerable behaviour and against the law' and has filed a complaint with the police, The Climbing Dutchman's answer was, "go ahead and complain to the police again", implying that he doesn't think he'll ever be caught.
ProRail is trying to have this video deleted from YouTube, but of course, it can still easily be found, which says a lot about YouTube.
Update December 2018: new video, as the old one had been deleted.
(Link: ed.nl,Photo by Flickr user Kismihok, some rights reserved)
Tags: Prorail, trains, video, YouTube
A heartwarming tale of a Dutch pianist's success
Filed under: Music by Orangemaster @ 8:25 pm
Dutch amateur musician Joep Beving, 41, has become a one-man recording phenomenon with his self-released recordings on Spotfiy being streamed more than 85 million times and counting. True, he became big earlier this year, but then once in a while you need some nice piano music.
Beving told British newspaper The Guardian that he never imagined that the contemplative, atmospheric piano tunes would draw such a vast audience worldwide. But after scoring with his album 'Solipsism' online, four record companies were soon fighting over him, a fight won by the prestigious classical music label Deutsche Grammophon.
Beving's success is more extraordinary because he had been turned down by the only record label he approached, and had to pay to press 1,500 vinyl copies of Solipsism. "I wanted to make something tangible," he said. By day he used to work as an advertising manager for a company that provides music for commercials. He worked on his debut album in his kitchen at night, while his girlfriend and two young daughters were asleep.
The director of new repertoire at DG, Christian Badzura, heard Beving's music by chance when the vinyl copy of Solipsism was playing in a late-night bar in Berlin at 2 am a while back. One of Beving's German advertising colleagues had left it with the barman. It impressed Badzura so much that he had to sign him up. As for Beving, he said he wasn't counting on this and is truly grateful for technological developments opening up the music market and making it more democratic.
Hailing originally from Doetinchem, Gelderland and now living in Amsterdam, Beving composes music that is a search for tranquility and beauty, as highlighted by the video accompanying the music. I personally enjoy the music and can hear many influences of great composers as well as someone who is very concentrated at the piano with much ease.
Enjoy 'The Light She Brings':
(Link: theguardian.com)
Tags: Amsterdam, piano, Spotify, YouTube
Man films daughter growing up, becomes YouTube hit
Filed under: Film by Orangemaster @ 3:39 pm
Dutchman Frans Hofmeester has been filming his daughter Lotte weekly from ages 0 to 14, and a few days ago, he placed a time-lapsed video of her on YouTube.
Two years ago Hofmeester had also placed the first video when Lotte was 12, which had more than 4 million hits. Last year, he placed one that had some 900,000 hits and his latest one is currently at over 2,500,000 hits.
Hofmeester has also posted time-lapsed videos of his son Vince (see pic) from 0 to 11 years and other films related to his family.
Here's Portrait of Lotte – 0 to 14 years in 4 min. (The Original):
(Link: www.metronieuws.nl, Photo of Vince Hofmeester, screenshot of a YouTube video)
Tags: Frans Hofmeester, portraits, YouTube
Shoplifter leaves with photos instead of tablet
Filed under: Gadgets,Photography by Branko Collin @ 1:05 pm
Since last week the Amsterdam police are looking for a shoplifter who changed his mind while robbing a Kruidvat drugstore located in the De Pijp district.
Initially the man tried to steal a tablet computer that was stored in a display case, but later changed his mind. He left the fancy gear behind and took off with somebody's printed photos. The man took off on a bicycle.
The video below shows the man entering the store and taking the tablet from the display case.
My theory is the man came in to collect his photos, saw an opportunity to acquire a tablet he had no money for, then realised the bulge in his jacket would look suspicious at the register. OK, so it's not a very good theory. What do you think was in those pictures?
The video doubles as a free instructional film on Dutch bicycle etiquette. The shoplifter first secures the rear wheel using his wheel lock, then does the same using a chain lock.
(Photo/video: Politie.nl (YouTube))
Tags: dumb criminals, police, prints, shoplifters, shoplifting, tablet computers, tablets, thieves, YouTube
Free Dutch films online on YouTube
Filed under: Film,Online by Orangemaster @ 11:48 am
Amsterdam film company A-film has its own YouTube channel offering free, full length films online. There are some 20 films such as Alles Stroomt (Upstream), Ik Omhels Je Met Duizend Armen (A Thousand Kisses) and First Mission. Not all films are in Dutch: there are English-language films such as Bend It Like Beckham, The Promotion and Youth In Revolt (watch here below). As a comparison, competitor Ximon.nl, which has a much larger selection, offers a film like A Thousand Kisses for 3,50 euro.
(Link: www.bright.nl, Photo of film cans by tallfoot, some rights reserved)
Tags: Dutch cinema, YouTube
Favourite 24oranges facts of 2010
Filed under: General by Orangemaster @ 3:02 pm
I noticed a few neat things this year while working on 24oranges and I want to share them you:
– Our most used Flickr photos are by Peter de Wit, aka FaceMePLS. He has great everyday Dutch stuff that we just can't seem to get enough of.
– Our most popular Flickr photos are Red thumbtack and Red thumbtack 2, followed by Old books. The message seems to be that simple, everyday objects are what people really like. Co-blogger Branko has taken most of the pictures, he has a fancy DSLR camera while I go through life with a small pocket thingy.
– Our most popular tag is 'Amsterdam' because that is where we live, followed by 'Rotterdam' and a tie for third place: 'Groningen', 'football' and 'law'.
– We've added some categories this year (or late last year): 'photography', 'bicycles' and 'sustainability', three topics that come up often.
– We started a Facebook group that has news other than on the blog, with a few exceptions. A big thank you to the 140 members for joining!
– We had our best month yet in November 2010 with 23,562 unique visitors. A big thanks to Global Post and many other sites for linking to us.
Our resolutions include more of our own pictures, a new header (we need sun and oranges at the same time), more videos, (join our 24OrangesTV channel) and one day hopefully more co-bloggers.
Thanks to everyone who submitted and forwarded stories, and took the time to comment on our postings, you make us want to keep going. Cheers!
Tags: 24oranges, Facebook, Flickr, video, YouTube
Copyright collection agency to charge for embedding after all
Filed under: Film,General,Music,Online by Orangemaster @ 7:57 pm
In December 2009, after a wave of criticism from the media and beyond, Dutch copyright collection agency Buma/Stemra (B/S) decided to back off on its plans to make people pay for embedded music streams. However, today they announced that they will go ahead with their plans after all. According to B/S logic, embedding music is another form of 'rebroadcasting', which require licences. Buma/Stemra will start charging for music streams and video streams like YouTube, all of which will be confirmed soon. According to Tweakers, last year the projected rates for embedding videos with music were lower than embedding music streams — why, nobody knows.
They also say they won't bug private persons, just companies. We'll see.
In other copright news, a court in The Hague has ruled that downloading copyrighted material without permission of the rights holder is permitted as long as it's a copy for home use. There was some doubt as to how copyright law should be interpreted on this issue, but not anymore. Read more about it in Dutch from our friendly neighbourhood Internet legal expert, Arnoud Engelfriet.
(Link: tweakers)
Tags: BUMA, copyright, embedded, Stemra, videos, YouTube

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This post is sponsored by Reading Eggs, an online reading program for kids.
As a mom of three and a former teacher, I am always looking for new ways to get my kids excited about learning. Although I don't use very many educational apps or computer programs with my kids, occasionally we pair learning activities and technology.
Today I am going to share an easy preschool phonics activity with you along with my review of the Reading Eggs online reading program for 3-7 year olds. We had a great time exploring the online program and then working on similar skills during offline activities!
Reading Eggs is offering all Toddler Approved readers a FREE 4 week trial of the course so you can try it out too! Make sure to scroll down and check out the details.
A few years ago I shared a pop the top for kindness activity where we used cleaned out baby puff containers. This month we've had fun using and re-using our puff containers to play a pop and drop phonics game using a similar idea.
In the Reading Eggs online program kids ages 3 and 4 learn simple phonics skills and letter recognition. My 3.5 year old was really excited to explore the program. One of her favorite activities online was related to finding pictures that started with different letter sounds.
In our Pop and Drop game we decided to pick one sound to focus on each time we played our game and we tried to drop all of the pictures that started with that same sound into the baby puffs container!
To start off we decided which sound we want to focus on. My daughter loved learning about the /m/ sounds in the Reading Eggs program, so we started with that one.
We talked about the /m/ sound and figured out which letter made that sound and we stuck a letter M sticker on the top of the puff container.
Next we adhered our pictures to the outside of the puff container. Laminating the pictures will make them more durable. Using velcro will make it so you can use this activity again and again easily. We used photos that started with the /m/ sound and photos that started with the /t/ sound because those sounds are very different and pretty easy to distinguish between.
To play we would say the sound on the top of the container and then my daughter would find the photos that started with that same sound and she'd POP the top off of the puff container and DROP the correct pictures inside!
To switch the game up we just changed the photos and stuck a new alphabet letter sticker on the top of the container.
This was a great way to practice listening for beginning sounds.
Once we finished putting all of the correct pictures inside the container, we dumped it out and looked all of the pictures again.
The Reading Eggs online program is fun to play before or after our Pop and Drop game! The skills taught in the game and in the online program work well together to help get kids listening, learning, and developing crucial skills needed to be able to read.
If the Reading Eggs online program is new to you, I'd love to share a few brief details about it and then let you know what we liked about it and what we'd love to see added.
Since Toddler Approved shares activities and products for kids 0-6 we mostly only focused on the online program for those ages, and specifically for the preschool age kids.
"I am good at this game!"
" I want to play forever."
My favorite part about the Reading Eggs program is that it starts at a very basic level and makes it possible for all kids to be successful immediately.
During the first section we worked on the /m/ sound and the /s/ sound and the lesson gave a really simple introduction to the letter sound, introduced the letters (capital and lowercase), and then let kids interact with the letter sound.
I liked that the program focused on the sounds that kids were hearing instead of just the alphabet letter.
Although the program was fun, there were several challenging moments for my daughter while using the computer or while listening to instructions.
Reading Eggs is broken down into short sequential lessons. I would recommend participating in the short lessons one at a time and then doing other related activities or just going to read a book together.
I also liked that sitting next to my daughter and watching her explore the game gave me a very clear perspective on what she knows/doesn't know and helped give me a baseline for where she is on the learning to read continuum.
In our home we use Reading Eggs as a fun way to supplement the reading activities we are already doing. The online program does not take the place of simple things like reading together.
I also love to have my two older kids explore the program together because they are able to help one another and teach each other.
My kids loved the silly songs and dances and videos embedded into the program. They also loved that there were little stars next to some of the activities which helped them measure how they were doing.
I liked that the program helped my daughter practice perserving through challenges and gave her consistent feedback on how she was doing, along with encouragement. The program was really good for her self-esteem. I also loved how the images and words were consistent and the amount of vocabulary introduced in the preschool section was not overwhelming.
There were a few sections of the program that seemed to move a little too fast for my daughter and there were a few activities that required more clicking and dragging than my daughter was capable of doing. In those cases since I was sitting next to her I broke down the activity and I did the clicking and dragging for her while she told me the answers.
My kid's review of Reading Eggs was overwhelmingly positive. They both are constantly asking to explore the program more. I loved that the program is ad free and so kid friendly too!
The program is also offered on iPad/iPhone and Android although we preferred using the computer because the images were much bigger and easier to interact with!
You can get a ★ FREE 4 week trial of Reading Eggs ★ to test out the program and see how it works for your kids!
Please note that reading is a process and although Reading Eggs will help teach your child many skills to help them develop their reading abilities, your 3-5 year olds will not be reading at the end of four weeks.
Don't forget to TELL YOUR FRIENDS so their children can also try Reading Eggs for free! Please note this offer is valid NOW through 8/31/14.
Note: I enjoy using technology in moderation in our home with my kids, especially for educational purposes. Not all parents choose to use technology in their homes for learning or play and that is totally fine. Do what works best for your family!
Do you have any other simple phonics activities you've done with your kids? Have you tried Reading Eggs before?
Disclosure: This review post is sponsored by Reading Eggs, an online reading program for kids. All opnions are mine. Although I am compensated for my time and effort to share posts, payment does not guarantee a positive review. I only recommend products and services that I would personally purchase for our family.
We use Reading Eggs at the school I work at, so every child gets free access at home as well, in order to supplement work carried out in class. It always seems to go down well and get the children excited about reading. It also captures the attention of the SEN children that can find it difficult to access phonics/reading. I have had great success using Reading Eggs with children with autism so would recommend it for any child.


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Local DID numbers in South Africa are available with the SIP trunk. You can instantly provision South African local geographical and NGN DID numbers via your control panel. Your organization can send SIP calls to South African fixed and mobile networks with valid local CLI.
WACS (West Africa Cable System) connects South Africa to the United Kingdom. This submarine cable offers direct connectivity to London IP exchanges. Vodacom, Telkom, Neotel and MTN have all invested in WACS wavelengths.
DID Logic can carry your voice via the EAST: Johannesburg is connected over land to the Mtunzini location with access to SEACOM and EASSY cables. Uganda, Kenya, India, Saudi Arabia and Egypt networks are available. WEST: The Cape Town network exchanges have access to WACS, SAT-2 and SAT-3 landing points in Melkbosstrand and Yzerfontein, connecting South Africa to the United States (via Brazil), Europe (the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and France), Nigeria, Angola, Panama and Colombia.
DID Logic offers access to SIP proxy in Johannesburg. Your VoIP traffic no longer has to loop via Frankfurt or London – as is the case with the majority of VoIP providers, which typically results in 200–300 ms latency and often causes the VoIP to become unusable. Register your SIP endpoints to our South African servers and enjoy extremely short routing and a high-quality connection. Termination and origination in South Africa – all local, with no loops involved.
Very competitive pricing to other African destinations anywhere on the continent.
Rates for South African mobile networks start at $0.0582/min with CLI.
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South Africa is a very important and exciting market to work in. The feedback we're getting from customers regarding our local deployments is overwhelmingly positive.
DID Logic doesn't impose restrictive minimums, and residential VoIP users are welcome to sign up and access the same premium connection that our business customers in South Africa are already enjoying. Currently, the SIP (IP) component of the voice routing is serviced via the links to MTN in Sandton and Vodacom in Midrand. However, several expansions options are being considered.
The development we're all closely watching at DID Logic is the planned BRICS Cable – an initiative to connect BRICS countries. The 34,000 km cable will link Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – the BRICS economies – to the United States. The real benefit to business VoIP users in South Africa will be the direct Singapore connectivity, resulting in better routing to Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Since DID Logic already maintains a PoP in Singapore, we are fully prepared for this opportunity.


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Q: nodejs - cache data into an object or array I'm trying to cache some informations in a node CLI script using an array or an object. I want to have a simple key value that I can ckeck to get usernames using the id that I want to use as the key. I'm trying with this code but I'm not sure if it will work as expected
let threads = [];
ig.realtime.on('message', async (data) => {
    if( String(data.message.user_id) === ig.state.cookieUserId ){
        return;
    } else if ( data.message.path.endsWith('has_seen') ){
        return;
    } else if( !threads.includes(data.message.thread_id) ){
        const thread = await ig.feed.directThread({thread_id: data.message.thread_id}).request();
        threads[thread.thread.thread_id] = {
            username: thread.thread.users[0].full_name,
        }
    }
});

Will the threads[thread.thread.thread_id] add the id as key each time that it will not be found into the array or I need to use Array.push() function?
Can I access to the key of the array in this way threads[data.message.thread_id] to get the related value?

A: use
if(!threads.find(o=>o.id==id)){
    threads.push({id, ...})
}

or simply use Map()  as bellow
let threads = new Map();

if(!threads.has(id)){
   threads.set(id, value)
}

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The former Kentucky basketball star gave each of his Washington Wizards teammates a Rolex watch, the point guard revealed in an Instagram video posted Friday.
"Merry Christmas to my brothers I love y'all," he wrote in the post.
Wall made the purchase from Joshua Thanos, who was on hand to size and fit each player with their new gift.
Wall, who makes $16.96 million annually (not counting endorsements), was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame earlier this year.
In his one season at UK, Wall was named the USBWA National Freshman of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American. He won the Adolph Rupp Trophy, becoming the first national player of the year in program history. Wall set the single-season UK assists record (which has since been broken by Tyler Ulis) while averaging 16.6 points and 6.5 assists per game. After his one season at UK, Wall became the first No. 1 pick in program history when the Wizards selected him with the top pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Wall has been named an NBA All-Star four times through his first seven seasons as a professional.
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The Ridge is the brand new film from Danny MacKaskill… For the first time in one of his films Danny climbs aboard a mountain bike and returns to his native home of the Isle of Skye in Scotland to take on a death-defying ride along the notorious Cuillin Ridgeline.
Visit the magical Isle of Skye, let us share some of the magic with you, experience the Cuillin Ridge for yourself. Come and visit Danny MacKaskill's homeland, see why he keeps coming home. While you're on Skye why not visit the Giant MacKaskill Museum in Dunvegan, Angus MacKaskill who was 7 feet 9 inches tall, was a relative of Danny's.


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Russia beats out China in top 3 emerging economies list
FILE PHOTO: Horse race in Krasnodar, Russia © Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv
Despite years of EU and US sanctions, Russia has secured second place in the Bloomberg rating of emerging economies, behind Malaysia and just ahead of China.
The business news agency ranked 20 developing nations in its scorecard that includes metrics ranging from growth prospects to the state of the current account, sovereign credit ratings and stock and bond valuations. Russia gained 2.36 points on these criteria, while the only country topping it is Malaysia with 2.55. The Asian country has held on to the top spot on the list since the last ratings were published in June thanks to its current-account surplus, relatively stable economic growth outlook and valuations, according to Bloomberg.
Also on rt.com US sanctions & protectionism strengthen bonds between Russia and China
Despite having climbed one place up since June, China lags behind Russia by nearly one point. The Philippines and Colombia round out the top five, while Turkey plunged to the bottom of the list, falling from fifth to the twentieth position.
The Russian economy's stronger position was earlier noted in the annual World Banks' Doing Business survey, which ranks 190 national economies based on 11 areas of business regulation. This year Russia rose to 31st place, four spots above last year's results. Russia's Minister for Economic Development Maxim Oreshkin said he was pleased with the news despite missing Russian President Vladimir Putin's target.
"If we analyze the situation as a whole, we achieved our target. 31st place isn't that far from 20th, especially if you take into account that we started from 124th," the minister told business daily Vedomosti. He added that the country will be working to reach the top 20 in six years.
Also on rt.com China quickly catching up to EU in trade with Russia – Kremlin
Since 2014, Moscow has faced several rounds of Western sanctions, both from the EU and the US. Russia has been accused of involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine and annexing Crimea, despite the region's referendum to reunify with Russia. More recently, Washington accused Russia of meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections. While presenting no concrete evidence, the US has imposed several rounds of sanctions, including against major Russian companies and senior government officials.
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Mumbai attacks - November 2008
Funeral, Chabad Lubavitch
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish mourners near Tel Aviv pray behind the shroud-covered body of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg during the funeral for the Chabad Lubavitch House emissary and his wife, Rivka. They were killed in the terror attacks in Mumbai last week; the couple's 2-year-old son, Moshe, survived. (David Silverman / Getty Images)
Funeral, Jerusalem, Chabad, Mumbai
Black-clad Israeli Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem attend the funeral of Arieh Levish Teitelbaum, one of the Israeli victims of the Mumbai attacks. (Menahem Kahana / AFP/Getty Images)
Mumbai, Hole, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Victoria
A policeman is seen through a bullet hole in the window of a restaurant at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in Mumbai, India. The city's largest railway station, also known as Victoria Terminus, was one of several sites targeted in last week's terrorist attacks. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
Guard, Mumbai, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,
An armed policeman guards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in Mumbai, India. The city's largest railway station, also known as Victoria Terminus, was one of several locations targeted by multiple coordinated terrorist attacks. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
Mumbai, attacks, terrorists
Pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel continues to burn on Thursday morning in Mumbai, India. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)
Taj Mahal hotel, Mumbai
Fire damage on the top floors of the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai is evident in this photo, taken Saturday and provided by the Mumbai Fire Brigade. (P D Karguppikar / Mumbai Fire Brigade)
Indians join during the funeral procession of Hemant Karkare, Mumbai's anti-terrorism chief, who was killed in the early stages of the terrorist siege. With the reported deaths of three gunmen inside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel, the toll in Mumbai reached 195. (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)
Mumbai attacks
An unidentified Italian woman who escaped the attacks in Mumbai, India, arrives at Fiumicino Airport in Rome. Officials said 18 foreigners were killed in the siege, including six Americans. About 300 people were wounded. (Andreas Solaro / AFP/Getty Images)
Meeta Gohil, wearing a green dress, and her relatives and neighbors mourn as they attend the funeral of Haresh Gohil, 25, who was killed by gunmen near the Chabad Lubavitch center in Mumbai, India. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
An Indian soldier runs to take cover in front of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel as Indian troops and militants battle in Mumbai. Officials later declared the siege over. (David Guttenfelder / Associated Press)
Mumbai siege
An Indian police officer carries a rocket launcher outside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Mumbai, India, where authorities declared the siege over after nearly 60 hours. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Mumbai, Taj hotel, India
Indian National Security Guard troops take positions outside the Taj hotel as firing continues between the terrorists and security personnel. Mumbai's police chief later said the remaining few terrorists in the hotel had been killed. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)
Smoke billows from the top floor of the landmark Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Mumbai, India. More than 150 people have been killed since gunmen attacked 10 sites across India's financial capital starting Wednesday night. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
An Indian army soldier stands guard outside the Taj Majal Palace & Tower hotel in Mumbai, India. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Commandos undertaking rescue operations take positions at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India. (Ritam Banerjee / Getty Images)
A rocket leaves a smoky trail during a government operation against terrorists holed up at Nariman House, a center used by the ultra-Orthodox Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, right, and his wife, Rivka, left, were among those reported killed in the attack on Nariman House, a center used by the Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch, in Mumbai, India. This photo, provided by Chabad.org, shows them performing a wedding in Mumbai in 2006. (Chabad.org / Associated Press)
The Scherr family -- wife Kia, left, daughter Naomi and husband Alan -- are shown in an undated photo. Alan, 58, and Naomi, 13, were among those reported killed by terrorists at the Oberoi hotel in Mumbai, India. The two were traveling with the Synchronicity Foundation, a religious group based in Virginia that was holding a meditation program at the hotel. (Family photo via the Daily Progress / Associated Press)
Mumbai attacks - vigil
Residents of New Delhi conduct a candlelight march to commemorate those lost in the Mumbai terror attacks. (Anindito Mukherjee / EPA)
Mumbai attacks - Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel
An Indian soldier runs for cover outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai. The battle heated up at dusk when Indian forces began launching grenades at the hotel, where at least one militant was believed to be holed up inside a ballroom, officials said. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
Mumbai attacks - position
Indian soldiers take up positions outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, where a fresh battle raged on the third day of the siege. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
Mumbai attacks - run for cover
Indian policemen run for cover outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
Mumbai attacks - commando
A commando with India's security forces ropes down onto the roof of Nariman House, a center used by the ultra-Orthodox Jewish group Chabad Lubavitch. News reports indicated that five hostages may have been killed by terrorists who seized the building. (EPA)
Mumbai attacks - Indian soldier
An Indian soldier is deployed outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India. (Uriel Sinai / Getty Images)
India, Mumbai, hostages, raid
A National Security Guard commando provides cover fire as commandoes get down from a chopper to the roof of a house owned by Israelis in Mumbai, India. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
India, Israeli, hostages, Mumbai
A National Security Guard commandoes provides cover fire as commandoes get down from a chopper to the roof of a house owned by Israelis in Mumbai, India. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Israeli, hostages, India, Mumbai
Indian National Security Guards take positions on top of a building in which terrorists are believed holed up in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 28. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)
Commandos get down from a chopper to the roof of a house owned by Israelis in Mumbai, India. Security forces later found the bodies of five slain hostages. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Indian army soldiers take positions near the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. Behind them is the Air India building. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
Commandos take position near a building housing a Jewish outreach group, Chabad Lubavitch. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Sharda Janardhan Chitikar, left, whose two children died in the terrorist attacks, is consoled by a relative as they wait to pick up the bodies outside St. Georges Hospital in Mumbai. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
Security forces personnel watch as a fire rages in the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai. (Prashanth Vishwanathan / Bloomberg News)
Security personnel take positions outside the Taj Mahal Hotel. (Harish Tyagi / EPA)
Commandos take up positions at the Taj Mahal hotel on Thursday in Mumbai, India. (Ritam Banerjee / Getty Images)
An unidentified guest of the Taj Mahal hotel is brought out to an ambulance by security personnel after he was rescued from the hotel in Mumbai, India on Thursday. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)
A suspected terrorist gunman walks through the train station in Mumbai. (Sebastian D'souza / Mumbai Mirror)
A grieving relative, bottom, of a terrorist attack victim is consoled by others outside a hospital in Mumbai, India. (Gurinder Osan / Associated Press)
Commandos secure an area near an apartment where gunmen were believed to be holding a family hostage in Mumbai. (Saurabh Das / Associated Press)
Firefighters arrive at the Taj Mahal hotel as a blaze engulfs the top floor. (Lorenzo Tugnoli / AFP/Getty Images)
Firefighters battle a blaze at the Taj Mahal hotel that broke out after police and gunmen exchanged gunfire. (European Pressphoto Agency)
A blast damaged a section of downtown. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)
Employees and guests use curtains to flee the Taj Mahal hotel. (Lorenzo Tugnoli / AFP/Getty Images)
A policeman takes cover in the Colaba area of south Mumbai after hearing gunshots. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP/Getty Images)
Guests of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel comfort each other in an ambulance after they were rescued. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)
Onlookers gather at a blast site near the airport in Mumbai, location of one of at least seven attacks in India's financial capital. Officials said teams of heavily armed gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular tourist attraction and a crowded train station, killing at least 78 people and wounding at least 200. (European Pressphoto Agency)
An injured man leans on a railing in Mumbai, India, where gunmen struck at least seven sites. Early reports said at least 78 had been killed and 200 injured. (Associated Press)
Policemen stand guard on a street at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai, India. The terminus, one of the busiest railway stations in India, was among at least seven sites struck by heavily armed gunmen. (Associated Press)
A man carries a victim of the gun attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India. (Rajanish Kakade / Associated Press)
Luggage lies scattered on a blood-splattered platform at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India. (Associated Press)
One of the at least 200 people wounded in the Mumbai attacks is carried to a hospital. (Associated Press)
Policemen inspect the site of a gun attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India. (Associated Press)
Glass litters an empty platform at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai, India, site of a deadly attack by gunmen. (Associated Press)
Indian policemen prepare to take positions at the site of an attack in the Colaba area of Mumbai, India. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP/Getty Images)
The landmark Taj Mahal Palace hotel was one of the prominent targets in the fatal 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India. (Gautam Singh / Associated Press)


Drawing on conventional wisdom, as well as fresh thinking, the Oxford Space Systems team is proud to be at the forefront of developments in the new space age. OSS is set on becoming the leading global supplier of innovative deployable space antennas and structures in the new space age. Contracts and collaborations are under way with leading satellite builders in Europe as well as emerging players in the microsat & nanosat markets in the US, Europe and Asia.
Founded by experienced entrepreneur & CEO, Mike Lawton, the quickly growing Oxford Space Systems team contains a diverse range of world-class expertise in the fields of RF engineering, aerospace, mechanical, electrical/electronic, and thermal engineering for the space environment.
Oxford Space Systems currently works in three principle areas of product development: deployable antennas, AstroTube™ composite boom systems and deployable panel systems. Combining proprietary with traditional materials, tighter with an agile 'can do' approach means OSS is delivering innovative, scalable structures that save significantly in both build & launch costs.
Based at the UK's Harwell Space Cluster, OSS has excellent access to the expertise & facilities of RAL Space, the European Space Agency, the Science & Technology Facilities Council and the Satellite Applications Catapult. OSS is backed by significant private equity and enjoys the funding support of Innovate UK, the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.
OSS has numerous collaborations with leading industry players & academia both in Europe & beyond and welcomes the opportunity to explore mutually beneficial collaborative developments. We welcome inquiries globally for collaboration, specific product developments as well as potential terrestrial exploitation of our technology.
Specialist in Electromagnetic (EM) Analysis, Antennas, and Electromagnetic Material Design.
Over 20 years experience working in the EM Analysis, Telecommunications, and Defence industries.
2+ years' experience within the Space industry as a project lead, designing and manufacturing innovative hardware exploiting Metal Matrix Composites.
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Hobbies include programming, and web design.
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15+ years working in a low volume, high complexity manufacturing environment specialising in new product introduction of electro-mechanical products.
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Oxford Space Systems is developing innovative deployable antennas and structures that meet the challenges of the new space age. Our approach is one of agile development & validation where success is measured in proven hardware and customer commendations. Our strategy of 'fast & lean', combined with our unique proprietary materials, permits us to mature solutions at lower cost and a faster pace than our customers can achieve internally. This exemplified by the setting of two industry records with the successful deployment of the OSS AstroTube boom: from concept to orbit in under 30 months with the world's longest retractable cubesat boom.
Beyond technical excellence from a highly experienced team, we're differentiated by our core design philosophy: lowering costs by reducing complexity, mass and lead times. We're proud of our rapidly growing reputation of being the UK's 'go to' company for innovative deployable technology and frequently enjoy referrals and introductions from satisfied customers and co-development partners.
Our technology and products are co-developed with leading experts from academia and industry and in most cases supported by Innovate UK, the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency.
Much of our work, which includes national defence projects, is performed under confidentiality agreements, however a selection of some of our technology in the public domain is profiled below.
The Oxford Space Systems expanding 'outer-ring' offers a highly cost competitive, reduced complexity alternative to current architectures. The patented self-synchronised design reduces both mass and complexity as well as offering some unique features that significantly reduce single point failure modes during deployment.
Applications: Data Relay Systems (DRS), Earth Observation, Telecoms etc.
Based upon flight-proven high-strain composites, the Oxford Space Systems 'wrapped-rib' antenna offers a solution where recurrent volume costs are critical. The scalable design uses uniquely profiled ribs to maximise stowage efficiency without compromise to deployment reliability.
Applications: Data Relay Systems (DRS), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) systems, Telecoms etc.
Based upon flight proven materials, OSS is developing a range of scalable, single-shot bi-, tri- and quad-filar helical antennas, where mass and stowage efficiency are critical. OSS is able to offer a complete turn-key RF design service, taking your helical antenna requirements and providing a cost & performance optimised solution.
Updating a successfully flight proven design, the Oxford Space System's AstroTube Max boom is a highly scalable, structurally stiff boom designed to enable a range of mid to high mass payload deployments.
AstroTube is a highly scalable, low cost boom designed to support a wide range of microsat & cubesat applications.
OSS has designed and developed 2 axis steerable panel array mechanism that permits the accurate pointing of an array comprising a single, two of three panel architecture. The scalable architecture is specifically.
Developed in collaboration with a leading European prime, the OSS large deployable array contains a number of unique design features that permit the use of stored energy materials such as high-strain composites or beryllium-copper whilst minimising lock-out shock. The design also permits the synchronised and predicable deployment of a multi-panel architecture as well as the ability to completely pause deployment at any point before full lock-out.
OSS Goes to the 'Oscars'!
05 June 2018: Oxford Space Systems is through to the final of this year's Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award. Seen as the 'Oscars of Engineering', the Award is the UK's longest running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation. Since 1969, the Royal Academy of Engineering has presented the award to the engineers behind the UK's "most exciting and impactful innovations". Many previous winners are now ubiquitous in modern technology, including some that went on to win the Nobel Prize. Whilst the OSS team certainly isn't expecting to ever win a Nobel prize, the £50,000 cash prize and the highest engineering accolade in the UK would suite the team just fine!
21 May 2018: We're putting our trophy cabinet under further stress by winning two awards in the inaugural Vale4Business (V4B) Awards! From advanced engineering companies to independent retailers, Oxfordshire, UK is home a vibrant mix of businesses. The V4B Awards bring together the achievements of businesses in the area, recognising, rewarding and promoting local success stories.
26 Jan 2018: Thales Alenia Space UK has selected Oxford Space Systems to provide a deployable antenna based on OSS' proprietary novel materials. The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is the end customer for the mission to study the upper atmosphere due for launch in 2020. This low earth orbit mission, builds on the flight heritage of the OSS AstroTube boom currently on orbit on the UK Space Agency's AlSat platform.
The mission, known as WISCER (Wideband Ionospheric Sounder CubeSat Experiment) expands on previous work carried out by Dstl and the University of Birmingham under fund from the UK Space Agency. WISCER, part of a joint programme with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, will allow scientists to study the Earth's upper atmosphere and evaluate the impacts on radio frequencies through the upper atmosphere.
OSS will design, build and test the deployable antenna at its new facility at the Harwell Space Cluster, Oxfordshire, U.K.
18 Oct 2017: Oxford Space Systems picked up another UK national award from the Institute of Physics (IOP) in London last night – its Commended Innovation Award. This is in recognition of OSS' successful, innovative application of physics in the achievement of two records for the space industry with the AstroTube™ deployable space boom technology.
The IOP Business Innovation Awards are the only awards UK and Ireland that celebrate the innovative application of physics and the commercial exploitation of novel technology. The AstroTube is based upon a proprietary flexible composite material designed specifically to cope with the demands of the space environment. If was developed and flown in a record breaking time for the space industry.
OSS Invited to the Party!
13 Sept 2017: Oxford Space Systems was proud to be one of a small number of companies invited to a celebration of UK government support for science and technology. The London event, marking 10 years of support for innovation, saw a number of distinguished guests attend, including Lord Willetts the former Minister of State for Universities and Science. OSS' CEO, Mike Lawton, attended as one of several 'roving innovators' demonstrating space technology and talking about the importance of the space industry to the UK economy. A glossy coloured brochure produced to support the celebration featuring a two page spread on OSS.
18 July 2017: Shefali Sharma, from the Business Development Team at Oxford Space Systems (OSS), has been selected by the UK Department for International Trade (DIT), the UK Space Agency (UKSA), and the Space Growth Partnership (SGP) as the UK space industry's secondee to India. The secondment which runs from July to October will assess the scope and scale of market opportunities for UK space companies to export to India, as well as assess the appetite for Indian investment in to the UK. Read more here.
15 June 2017: Oxford Space Systems (OSS) has successfully secured over £1m in it's interim funding round. This has come predominantly from its existing institutional and private investors but also from new US investor, Space Angels.
Founder and CEO, Mike Lawton, explained the rationale behind the company's interim fund raise, "On the back of the successful in-orbit demonstration of our AstroTube boom, we're seeing a lot of positive volatility in the business, with enquiries coming in at a much increased rate. We wanted to ensure we had some clear water for the remainder of the year, ideally giving us breathing space to secure one or two of the lucrative flight contract opportunities we're negotiating. Once we have clarity of these, we'll be in a stronger position – than the great one we're already in – for our third and more significant fund raise in early 2018. Lawton went on to explain investor interest in OSS, "We targeted a raise of £800,000 (GBP) in this round but had such a good response from existing investors and the opportunity to bring Space Angels on board, that we ended up closing at £1.1m in new money".
20 April 2017: Shefali Sharma featured in leading digital magazine Womanthology.
Read Shefali's words of inspiration and wisdom as she discusses opportunities in New Space and what led her to pursue a career in the industry. She also sheds light on the gender gap in space sector and the importance of inspiring young-individuals at home and at school-entry levels.
18 January 2017: How do we most effectively send satellites into space? And how do we make the best use of the volume we have in rocket launchers?
Spaceoneers spoke to Mike Lawton, CEO and Founder of Oxford Space Systems. With their novel unfurlable technology such as their AstroTube™ boom, OSS are providing highly scalable, stowage efficient structures targeted at the global satellite industry.
In the interview, Mike talks about the challenges of the space industry, how ESA can be more entrepreneurial in its approach to SMEs, and the record-breaking first in-orbit demonstration of OSS' AstroTube™ technology.
OSS SETS SPACE INDUSTRY RECORD!
02 November 2016: Oxford Space Systems has set two industry records in the last month with the successful launch and deployment of its novel AstroTube™ boom. Launched on the UK-Algerian Space Agencies' AlSat-1N cubesat on 26th Sept 2016, OSS has gone from product concept to orbit in under 30 months.
Mike Lawton, founder & CEO, explained: "To our knowledge, no one else has formed a new company, developed new materials and a product and then got to orbit so quickly. I'm really proud of the OSS team for this achievement – a truly agile development without compromising reliability. Thanks must go to Innovate UK and the Algerian and UK Space Agencies for providing the opportunity and co-funding to come in alongside that of our investors. Special mention must go to ESA's ARTES 14 NEOSAT programme. This provided essential funding and expertise which permitted us to formally evaluate a range of novel composite layups targeting geo-stationary telecoms platforms. Although we're not currently part of the programme, work completed under NEOSAT underpinned this successful on-orbit deployment".
The next OSS AstroTube boom is due for launch on a commercial mission in summer 2017 and OSS is currently in negotiations with a number of overseas satellite primes for much larger variants of AstroTube and AstroTube Max.
26 September 2016: Oxford Space Systems has gone from company formation to material design through product design, test and launch in under 30 months.
The 3U Alsat-1N cubesat was successfully delivered to an orbit of 689km via the PSLV launcher from India this morning. A healthy beacon signal was detected in South Africa when anticipated around 90 mins after separation of the satellite from its launch cradle. After a few weeks of health checking and payload checkout, Alsat-1N will deploy the OSS boom – the world's longest retractable cubesat boom and thus setting another record for OSS!
Alsat-1N is a joint undertaking between the UK Space Agency and the Algerian Space Agency (ASAL), and is designed as an educational mission to be delivered by Surrey Space Centre (UK) for Algerian graduate students.
OSS is using the mission as a flight opportunity to validate a number of predictions made for its proprietary flexible composite material in the demanding environment of low earth orbit. This data will underpin development of OSS's commercial boom systems, including the much larger AstroTube™ Max boom as well as that of its AstroHinge™ deployable panel arrays.
16 August 2016: Institution of Mechanical Engineering (IMechE) recently interviewed Oxford Space Systems' Founder & CEO, Mike Lawton, as a part of their Innovation Campaign. Oxford Space Systems is one of the companies supported by IMechE's Stephenson Fund.
In the interview, Mike talks about company's vision, the role of engineers in the UK and what innovation means to him.
2 May 2016: Oxford Space Systems CEO & Founder, Mike Lawton, was interviewed by Satellite Finance. Mike says that the UK newspace is tied down by ESA funding regimes.
taken by VC investors who have an appetite for risk on the back of rapid progress.
18 January 2016: Oxford Space Systems gets great coverage in the space industry's leading weekly newspaper – Space News.
The article in the US based publication, covers the UK Space Cluster at Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK – home to OSS – and why we're based here.
29 October 2015: Oxford Space Systems won the Grand Prix 'winner of winners' trophy at this year's UK British Engineering Excellence Awards in London. OSS was also awarded the Start Up of the Year trophy.
We're looking for people that aren't afraid of significant commitment and responsibility. We're looking for people that share our hunger in defining what's possible in NewSpace. We're looking for people that strive to find solutions – not reasons why things can't be done. There's no 'passengers' at Oxford Space Systems. In return for your hard work and ability to deliver you'll enjoy a unique, flexible working environment where you'll work alongside some of the brightest & most motivated minds in the UK space industry. Please only apply if you're up for the challenge of a lifetime…..
We are now closed for 2019 apprenticeships, please tune in early next year for your chance to join Oxford Space Systems 2020 apprenticeship.
We are currently looking for talented people to join us in the following positions. Individual applications only, no agencies.
Oxford Space Systems is headquartered in its own custom-built facility at the Harwell Space Cluster. This provides OSS with the largest clean room on campus together with a large light industrial area for lower TRL assembly and testing. The modern environmental test facilities of RAL Space and the National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) are housed directly opposite the OSS facility.


Each year, Emily from Em's Scrapbag collects quilts to donate to the Happy Chemo project. These quilts are given to individuals going through the throws of cancer. I knew I would see Emily at Quilt Walk, where we are both teaching, and I wanted to have something special to give to her for this amazing cause. And so I created the Road Home Snuggler.
I wanted to make something warm and cozy that had a feel of home. So I whipped out my super soft, super snuggly, Wool and Needle Flannels Layer Cake sent to me by the lovely ladies at Moda. This line will be available in July so it was a treat to get to work with it early, thanks Moda!! These beautiful rich colors just make me want to curl up in front of a fire :) I took some pictures along the way so that if you wanted to whip one up as well you could!!
(42) 10"x 10" squares. I loved using the flannels!! The finish feel is just fantastic!!
You will also need a 60 x 70 inch batting and backing.
Separate your 42 squares into 2 even piles. I separated mine into lights and darks.
On the wrong side of the darker fabric using your ruler, draw a pen line diagonally from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. Repeat for all of the squares in the dark fabric pile.
Lay a dark square on a light square with rights sides together. Pin both sides of each square adjacent to that drawn line. Make sure to put them out far enough that your presser foot won't hit them as you sew on by :) Repeat until you have pinned 21 sets.
Chain stitching will save you lots of time here. So go ahead and stitch a 1/4" seam on on the right hand side of the line on each of the 21 sets, clip your threads between blocks, and then go back and stitch a 1/4" seam on the left hand side of the line for all 21 blocks. Clip your threads between blocks.
Cut your pieces apart by aligning your ruler along the drawn line and cutting along the edge of your ruler. Cut all 21 sets creating 42 blocks.
Press your seams. I normally press to the darker fabric, but if you are using flannels, I highly recommend pressing the seams open to reduce the extra bulk.
And your blocks are ready to lay your blocks out. This is s much fun. Without worrying about a pattern, simply lay the blocks in a 6 x 7 layout. The more random the better. Play around with the color's patterns, and such until you have a look that is pleasing to the eye.
Once you have a layout you are ready to sew the top together. Start with sewing the blocks into rows. I find the easiest way to do this is to stack each row and place some sort of marker on the first block indicating what row it is. This way you don't lose the layout you just created.
Then just start sewing the blocks together, one block adding to the next, and the next until you have sewn all 6 in the row. Most of the time I just align as I go, but the flannels tended to want to shift so I recommend pinning if you are using flannels. Repeat for all 6 rows.
Press your seams. Normally, I press all my odd rows to the right and my even rows to the left. But once again, I wanted the extra bulk of flannel to lay flat so I pressed my seams open.
Sewing the rows together is just like creating them. Lay the first row onto the second with right sides together. Nest the seams and pin them and then along the rest of the edge. Sew a 1/4" seam along the pinned edge. Press open. Then repeat adding the third row to the now sewn together first and second row and so on.
And before you know it, you have a beautiful super soft, super snuggly quilt top!!
And all that is left is to Baste it, Quilt it, and Bind It. I know, I make it sound so easy. If you are new to finishing your quilt, I have created a video tutorial series that goes over the basics of each of these three steps. You can find it here :) I quilted mine with a large loopy stitch as I didn't want to stitch it to much and take away from the soft top. You will need 7 WOF strips for the binding.
And you are done, one beautiful 57" x 63 1/2" Road Home Snuggler. Enjoy it for yourself of give it to someone special!!
One final note . . . I wanted to share my inspiration for this quilts name and design.
At the start of this quilt, I was staring at squares trying to decide how I wanted to turn it into a quilt. I was pondering on Chemo, on family members I have seen go through it, and thinking about how many people struggle through it daily. I kept coming back to the idea, that in the end, everyone wants to find a road home. No path would lie straight ahead, it would likely require a lot of twisting and turning, maybe some backtracking here and there, but there would always be that journey to find the road home. I love that each time I look at this quilt my eyes follow a different path. They twist and turn, and sometimes backtrack, reminding me of those fighters journey. I hope that whomever receives this quilt, can find peace and comfort as they struggle to move forward to find that Road Home.
An absolutely wonderful quilt for a wonderful cause. This really turned out great and I know that the recipient is going to LOVE it!
Some very dear person will enjoy snuggling under it.
Great inspiration and love the colors. I linked your post to my blog for my quilt/fabric shop and encouraged readers to leave you comments. What good is quilting and sewing if you can't share it.
The quilt is lovely. Thank you for sharing the tutorial. I donated one quilt last year to Happy Chemo and will donate another this year through Sarah's H2H challenge.
I am also making a quilt for Happy Chemo. I am starting it this weekend at our sew-in day.
Such a pretty quilt and for a very worthy cause. I love your thoughts at the end of your post. I think you are spot on.
Great quilt. Love your ideas about the road home. Many twists and turns for sure. Your gift will be a resting place on the journey!
Wonderful! I love flannel too. I am making a quilt for happy chemo also. It's fun to see what everyone is creating.
Thanks for the tutorial. Love how flannel feels, especially after you wash it.
A beautiful quilt, and I just love the name you gave it. I have been fighting cancer and getting chemo for over two years now. Quilting is what keeps me going and lets me lose myself in the sewing instead of the pain and ickyness of chemo. You named it the perfect name and actually brought tears to my eyes when you wrote about your inspiration. We all just do want to get home and feel safe and secure. Thank you for sharing.
Some patient will be very happy with your beautiful quilt, Melissa! Such a great effort from you!
Thanks so much for your generosity. The quilt looks great! Looking forward to seeing you at Quilt Walk.
This is a lovely quilt Melissa and it has a wonderful name. I'm sure your generosity will be greatly appreciated by the person who receives this.
This is a wonderful idea. I have been thinking of what to make for this same reason. Our youngest son, who is now 22, was diagnosed with Leukaemia at aged 4 1/2 and we were very lucky to have been involved with the local Camp Quality group.
I am thinking this is a perfect design to use. Also in kids fabric.... Time to go shopping I do feel!
Ooooo! Flannels are sooooo yummy in the fall and winter. I always make flannel PJ's for the kids, and a new flannel snuggly for movie night! This layer cake would be great for a gift for one of my friends!! Half aquare triangles are a breeze with these 10x10 pieces!! Makes me all warm and fuzzy just thinking about it!
OOps! I forgot to say I favorited them on Etsy and Facebook. You can never have too many good Fabric sources!!!


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Shrewsbury Town defender Jermaine Grandison is confident of a return to winning ways ahead of Scunthorpe United's visit this weekend.
Grandison, scorer of a fine individual goal in last weekend's 3-2 defeat at Notts County, has high hopes Town can push for their second victory of the season against a Scunthorpe side who have surprisingly struggled in the early weeks of the campaign.
""This weekend we do need the three points and I think we're definitely capable of getting them," said the 21-year-old. "Hopefully we can just go and do it now.
"We have been doing well this season but we've not been getting the wins.
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ADVERTISING FEATURE Angela and Matthew Smith have been the owner-operators of One Tree Hill Alpaca Farm for just over ten years now. As for how they got started with alpacas, Angela says it's a funny story. "We started it by accident," she said. "We actually went to buy a goat and bought alpacas instead." Getting sidetracked like that has seen them breed a herd of over 70 animals, concentrating on their qualities to more than just meet the industry standards, they also focus on "the commercial needs of the fibre these beautiful animals grow." Even though they mostly have females, the main services are alpaca stud mating, and they sell alpacas too. They are also about to launch alpaca experiences and a trio of guided tours. The plan is for the shortest of these to be an hour long outing, another to be a one and a half hour journey, and the third is to be an Aussie alpaca adventure that goes for two and a half hours with patting, walking and hand dyeing yarn. That brings us to the other aspect of their venture. They do yarn as a side business, along with hand dyeing it. They also sell on behalf of 16 other alpaca farms in the region, and throughout the year they organise various courses for weaving, crocheting, knitting or felting. There's also a fleece appreciation course on the list, and a business development program for aspiring alpaca farmers. They're also planning a big fibre retreat in September. This will be a chef-catered alpacas experience. As a family venture they feel that "Supporting local is keeping money and talent in the region," so it is important to "fully support small business." One Tree Hill Alpaca Farm is near Murrumbateman. Call Angela on 0403 991 612. You can also read quite a lot more about them at www.onetreehillalpacas.com.au and you can follow them on Facebook as well.
Angela and Matthew originally intended to buy companion goats but got sidetracked into starting a very successful alpaca herd instead. Photo - Nick Cubbin.
Angela and Matthew Smith have been the owner-operators of One Tree Hill Alpaca Farm for just over ten years now.
As for how they got started with alpacas, Angela says it's a funny story.
Even though they mostly have females, the main services are alpaca stud mating, and they sell alpacas too.
Farm tours, educational workshops, and alpaca fibre are all very healthy side businesses. Photo - Nick Cubbin.
They are also about to launch alpaca experiences and a trio of guided tours.
The plan is for the shortest of these to be an hour long outing, another to be a one and a half hour journey, and the third is to be an Aussie alpaca adventure that goes for two and a half hours with patting, walking and hand dyeing yarn.
That brings us to the other aspect of their venture. They do yarn as a side business, along with hand dyeing it.
They also sell on behalf of 16 other alpaca farms in the region, and throughout the year they organise various courses for weaving, crocheting, knitting or felting.
There's also a fleece appreciation course on the list, and a business development program for aspiring alpaca farmers.
They're also planning a big fibre retreat in September. This will be a chef-catered alpacas experience.
One Tree Hill Alpaca Farm is near Murrumbateman. Call Angela on 0403 991 612.
You can also read quite a lot more about them at www.onetreehillalpacas.com.au and you can follow them on Facebook as well.


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Artist Talk with Vered Babai
Artist Talk with Vered Babai | Wed. November 3, 2021 | 2 pm EDT | Live on Zoom Click HERE to RSVP Join us for a discussion with Israeli-based artist Vered Babai. We'll talk with her about her choice of materials and what contemporary jewelry means to her. Vered Babai: Since her graduation from the department of Jewelry Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, in 1993, Vered moved to Tel-Aviv and opened her private studio. Her…
Opening for Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris
Opening for Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris | Fri. November 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 pm EDT | In-Person Event The Center for Art in Wood invites you to celebrate the opening of its new exhibition, Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris on the evening of Friday, November 5. The larger-than-life figurative sculptures of Bronx-based artist Michael Ferris embody a rich fusion of cultural and artistic traditions. Trained as a painter, Ferris embraced sculpture twenty-five years ago and developed an…
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Virtual Reception for Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris | Fri. November 12, 2021 |6:30 – 7:30 pm EDT | Live on Zoom Click HERE to RSVP The Center for Art in Wood invites you to virtual reception celebrating the opening of its new exhibition, Extra-Human: The Art of Michael Ferris on the evening of Friday, November 12. Artist Michael Ferris and exhibition guest curator Suzanne Ramljak will join the Center for this virtual happy hour. Grab a snack and…
Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 3
Queering Wood Craft: An LGBTQIA+ Woodworkers Roundtable Part 3 | Sat. Nov 13, 2021 | 6:00 pm ET | LIVE on ZOOM Click HERE to RSVP The Center for Art in Wood launched a series of conversations with queer woodworkers. Artist and educator Katherine Lam will lead this edition of the roundtable discussion with leading queer woodworkers and artists in wood, sharing the ways their lived experience impacts their craft, process, and aesthetic. Join us for an enlightening and fun…
LIVE Closing of the Bandsaw Box Auction
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The Community Preservation & Development Corporation (CPDC) will lead a grand opening ceremony today for Wheeler Terrace, a public housing project in southeast DC renovated to hit green new green levels. Once a crime-plagued and filthy tenement, the seven-building project reopens today with expectations to redefine public housing standards.
Wiencek + Associates redesigned the buildings to achieve both LEED and Enterprise Green Communities certification, the first DC public housing project to do so. The 116 affordable housing units at 1217 Valley Avenue, SE will feature clean-air systems, white reflective vinyl roofs, a green roof demonstration project, and heat supplied by a geothermal pump: 100 wells 350-450 feet deep, utilizing a glycol anti-freeze that brings up water at a constant 55 degrees.
Plans to redevelop the blighted project date back to 2006, when the residents of Wheeler Terrace exercised their right to purchase the land under the District's Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). The Wheeler Terrace Tenant Association then selected CPDC as developer shortly thereafter. Turner Construction lead the renovation efforts at the 133,000 square foot site. Tenants of the project were relocated during construction and are now being repatriated to the updated complex. Time will tell if the green label keeps the crime at bay.
The celebration will be held today at 10am.


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The mobile game "Nomadic Adventure" was developed by Nomadic Bear Games LLC and was released on March 1st, 2023. The game promotes nomadic culture and was created as part of the "Digital Adventure" project, which was initiated by the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and UNICEF Mongolia and was supported by funding from the Maßvoll Stiftung under the aegis of the Fondation de Luxembourg.
The Unified National Championship "UNC-2023" was held from January 13th to January 22nd at the STEPPE ARENA in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 15 sports federations competed for 10 days, including the Mongolian Electronic Sports Association (MESA), which participated in the tournament with the Mongolian Valorant Tournament: Unified Edition. The top 4 teams from MVT One: Unified Edition competed in the UNC 2023 arena. The winners were Renewal Gaming in first place, Team Menaces in second place, Shugden Business in third place, and Khunnu Esports in fourth place.
Beer Night Studio has signed a publishing deal with Crytivo for the upcoming game, Carnival Hunt! This publishing deal bring the game to a wider audience and reach players on multiple platforms.
The esports organization BLAST announced the regional RMR hosts, The Asia RMR will be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia by the Mongolian Esports Association (MESA). It will feature the top eight teams from across Asia, with four teams qualifying through open qualifiers and the other four receiving direct invites. The tournament will include teams from Central Asia, China, Oceania, and the remaining countries in Asia, and is expected to have participation from over 1500 players on 500 teams from 48 different countries. The top two teams will receive invitations to compete in the Paris Major, one of the most important and prestigious tournaments in the CS: GO scene.
The PMGC 2022 tournament in Jakarta was a major success, with teams from all over the world competing for a chance to be crowned champion. 2 Mongolian teams: GodLike Stalwart placing fourth and IHC esports coming in fifth at the PUBGM Global Championship. The player TOP from GodLike Stalwart was also recognized for his exceptional play, receiving the MVP and Gunslinger awards for the tournament. This was his second award from PMGC, showing that he is one of the most talented players in the competition.
"MESA league", the Mongolian National League of CS:GO, is ready for 12 days from 1.16 to 1.28 2023. There are 8 teams will compete to crown the season: 4 teams from the Challenger stage in December and 4 teams invited.
The PPL S3 (Perfect World Arena Premier League Season 3) was organized on line. Mongolian CS: GO teams Eruption (former Aravt) and NKT were placed at 3rd and 4th.
The DGAMERS DOTA AUTO CHESS CUP organized by Dgamers.mn had 32 players registered and 8 players who advanced to the final stage. The winners are 1st place Kn1ght.mNN; 2nd place Biden and 3rd place Shinee
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Global Green USA's Green School Makeover Competition.
I recently came across a contest that Pureology is hosting thanks to Influenster. It's the Green Schools Contest. If you currently have a child in school then it's definitely worth checking out!
Every child deserves a learning environment that's safe, healthy, free of harmful toxins and optimal for learning. Unfortunately, many schools across the country are subjecting children to unhealthy classrooms with poor lighting and inefficient energy usage, which costs most schools more money than they spend on books and computers. Global Green USA is working to change this by helping to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn in a healthier, greener school. Pureology is pleased to present Global Green USA's Green School Makeover Competition. You can help a school in your area by nominating it for a Green School Makeover – read on to learn more, and find out how.
From March 1 – September 30, 2011, enter your school for a chance to win a "green school" makeover.
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