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Around the World in 3D Printing: Second Half 2017
December 22, 2017 by Sarah Anderson Goehrke 3D Printers3D PrintingBusinessExclusive InterviewsMedical 3D PrintingMetal 3D PrintingPopular StoriesScience & TechnologyVirtual Reality
3D printing, we'll say lightly, keeps us busy. This young industry is vibrant with activity — and to better understand the happenings, we're frequently taking off around the globe to talk to those making it happen and see the latest innovations first-hand. While 2016 was a banner year for 3DPrint.com in terms of travelling to literally follow the news, 2017 has seen milestones not only in industry growth but in our mileage, leading to a two-part look at the direct insights we've journeyed to gain.
While the first six months of the year saw direct reporting from Las Vegas to Brussels, in the latter six months of the year we've gone from Silicon Valley to Frankfurt, and a fair few stops in between. Fair warning: it's been a very full half-year of travel, so even the recap of these two dozen unique events and site visits is fairly extensive — in keeping with our strategies to bring in-depth, from-the-source coverage of the 3D printing industry.
International Conference on Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing
The second half of the year had an international kickoff as I flew to the UK for the annual AM Conference in Nottingham, a no-nonsense gathering focusing on in-depth explorations of practical and in-progress 3D printing in business and academia. For a variety of reasons not limited to the high-quality presentations, this was an intensely interesting week. Conversations and happenings at the show opened my eyes to a variety of truths and opinions in the industry, and as always the international perspective added a global flavor to provide a broader scope. The day before the official conference start was dedicated to the industrial realities of additive manufacturing while the two-day agenda that followed presented a dive into in-progress research, government initiatives, business advances, and the barriers to entry still holding adoption back, such as a skills shortage and financing. I also spoke with conference organizers for an inside look into the gathered expertise for a fuller picture. This event, new to my calendar for 2017, will be staying on my must-attend list going forward.
Hospital Visit: Henry Ford Health System
While my native Cleveland may proudly proclaim "We're not Detroit!" as a weak battlecry, the Michigan city is revitalizing and is home to one of the most innovative hospital systems in the US with Henry Ford. I met HFHS cardiac physician Dr. Dee Dee Wang in Brussles earlier in the year, where she spoke at Materialise World Summit, and followed up on an invitation she had extended to visit her office in Detroit. She and some of her team at the Center for Structural Heart Disease and at the Innovation Institute at Henry Ford provided me a look into their use of 3D printing to help the patients whom in Belgium Dr. Wang had described as "the sickest of the sick." Cardiac patients too ill for intrusive heart surgeries may find relief through catheterization procedures that physicians are able to be fully prepared for with patient-specific heart models 3D printed right on campus in Detroit. Standing in Dr. Wang's office filled with hundreds of patient heart models was a humbling experience, as was meeting one of the teams working at the vanguard of healthcare technology adoption to save lives every day.
Site Visit: DesignBox3D
Another nearby connection made farther away, I initially met Preet Jesrani, President, DesignBox3D, in Las Vegas at the start of 2017; in August, I ventured to Sandusky, Ohio, to visit the 3D printing distributor at the company's storefront. DesignBox3D is dedicated to providing quality 3D printers and quality, hands-on training and support. As we spoke, Jesrani was regularly attending to the various machines running on the floor, as he is personally familiar with each technology available, regularly vetting and reevaluating the companies and machines that DesignBox3D works with and distributes. A telling strategy has been emerging with the company, as Jesrani noted a switch of focus — a move that cost the company some customers — to industrial and research users. As the 3D printing industry moves toward production and other, more advanced, professional applications, those working with the technologies are shifting their focus as well.
SME 3D Printing Materials Seminar
Farther east in Ohio, Youngstown is home to an innovation cluster working to make the former Rust Belt soundly into the Tech Belt. As part of its Smart Manufacturing Series, SME hosted a 3D Printing Materials Seminar bringing together industry and academic expertise on materials innovations for additive manufacturing. The changing landscape of materials is shaping the future of additive manufacturing and making more possible. Industry leaders led conversations in their sessions, all geared toward technical aspects and applications; in the latter half of the day, academia took the floor to look ahead in additive manufacturing. Collaboration and ongoing development were the themes of the day, as working toward a realizable future in 3D printing will come about through support from all sides.
Milestone Visit: America Makes
Following my first visit to the Youngstown HQ of the US' national additive manufacturing accelerator at the end of the 3D Printing Materials Seminar, I found myself back at America Makes a week later as the organization celebrated its fifth birthday. I sat down with America Makes' Executive Director to hear more about his perspective on what's next for the accelerator, and additionally had the opportunity to hear from the Youngstown Business Accelerator and the Department of Defense about what a future built partly on additive manufacturing technologies will bring. Working with four major sectors — aerospace and defense, automotive, energy (including oil and gas), and medical — America Makes has been noticing a distinct trend in work in these areas leading to expanded opportunities across a variety of verticals and applications.
Site Visit: HP Inc.
Later in August, I joined media and analyst colleagues in Palo Alto, California, where HP Inc. and Deloitte announced a step forward in ambitions to disrupt the manufacturing industry with 3D printing. The CEOs of the two companies provided a deeper look into their relationship and how they envision Multi Jet Fusion technology as a disruptive technology. During my time with HP in Silicon Valley, I spoke with company executives and partners from a variety of organizations looking to embrace and enhance the positioning of 3D printing around the globe. We also visited the original HP Garage, a Silicon Valley landmark, to see where it all began while exploring the odyssey of where it's all going. Inside HP Labs, I also had an early look at HP's first step into personalized footwear with FitStation.
Site Visit: Jabil
Near HP Inc. is Jabil's Blue Sky Innovation Center in San Jose, a comprehensive hive of manufacturing activity and home to the first production MJF 3D printer installed in North America. Company executives were keen to note during the press and analyst visit to the center their vision for 3D priting as a technology to be integrated across manufacturing industries. Recognizing that 3D printing is not a full answer unto itself, Jabil is looking to provide a complete end-to-end digital manufacturing solution for customers worldwide. The Jabil team showcased their various additive manufacturing capabilities in-house, alongside complementary technologies including robotics and electronics production, and allowed a glimpse into a more digital, more open future.
Site Visit: Forecast 3D
While visiting various HP sites and the Jabil Blue Sky Center certainly made for a full trip to California, my time out west was not complete until I visited Forecast 3D to see for myself the large installed base of Jet Fusion 3D printers and learn more about full solutions in manufacturing. Forecast 3D CEO Corey Weber and COO Donovan Weber, the brothers who founded the company in 1994, have led their talented team in embracing myriad technology offerings. Putting additive manufacturing to use in actual production — for which Corey uses the endearment "3D printduction" — has become a foundational strategy for the expanding company. On-site in Carlsbad, I appreciated the opportunity to sit down with the team and learn more about their customers and vision, as well as walk through the various technologies in the large work spaces to see how 3D printing fits alongside traditional machinery to offer a full solution portfolio.
Site Visit: Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes' North American headquarters is just outside Boston, Massachusetts, in Waltham. Home to a recently opened 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, the HQ offers hands-on technology experiences for the community, students, customers, and internal use for a broad variety of digital capabilities. During my day on-site with Dassault, I sat down with the CEO and other executives from the SOLIDWORKS team to learn more directly from the source about the release of SOLIDWORKS 2018. The popular software powers many of the latest innovations, offering expanding capabilities with each release. In addition to the first look at the latest software update, I had the opportunity to tour the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, explore virtual reality offerings including the Living Heart Project in the on-site VR CAVE, discuss Apps for Kids offerings enhancing youthful experience with technology, and add a few rivets to a fllyable model plane in progress on-site.
Site Visit: Desktop Metal
The remainder of my August was filled with the spirit of "when in Boston…" as the greater Boston area is home to a dizzying array of 3D printing and related companies and organizations that made for the perfect stomping grounds for some personal visits to just a few of the many area operations. My first additional stop was at 3D printing unicorn Desktop Metal, where CEO Ric Fulop showed me the ins and outs of operations with the metal-focused company that has caught so much attention in 2017. A few months later, much of what I saw on-site is still under wraps, but we can expect to see much more from this innovative — and impressively funded — company, which has this month begun the first shipments of its office-friendly DM Studio System.
Site Visit: Rize
Woburn is home to high-strength, low-post-processing Rize Inc., which has since my visit introduced a new CEO set to continue to drive the ambitious company forward. On-site in Massachusetts, Founder Eugene Giller and VP of Marketing Julie Reece provided me a look across the company's operations, from the first prototype of what would become the Rize One 3D printer to a production unit, as well as some still-off-the-record glimpses into what we can expect to see emerge from the innovative Rize. This company embodied the idea of 'small but mighty,' with a relatively small physical footprint and company size nevertheless set to make a big impact on the industry, taking on high-profile customers and taking home awards as recognition mounts.
Site Visit: Formlabs
While the wider world has largely given up on the idea of a 3D printer on every desk, that's exactly what I saw at Formlabs' Boston HQ. The three-storey operations center was teeming with activity, and Formlabs Head of Design and MIT lecturer Marcelo Coelho toured me around the facility to get an inside look at everything that goes into the company's well-known 3D printers and resins. This inside look was occasionally quite literal, as some informative wall art contains all the pieces and parts that go into the machines and accessories. From the earliest prototypes of their SLA 3D printers to in-development design work and a look at the newer SLS Fuse 1, my visit to Formlabs was definitely a learning experience.
Site Visit: Markforged
Three days before I walked into Watertown, Markforged had moved into its new headquarters, ready to fill a larger space as the company continues to grow its high-strength 3D printing operations and offerings. Markforged, the executive team noted throughout my visit, is keen to provide not only high-quality 3D priners and materials, but a high-quality work environmnet. Happy employees, CEO Greg Mark told me, make great machines. And above all, Markforged is dedicated to making — making progress, making machines, making materials, making waves in the industry. Led by Mark's vision, Markforged is among those companies leading the way to new scales of production with additive manufacturing.
Site Visit: MIT
Rounding out my time in Boston was a visit to an institution central to the origin stories of many of the local 3D printing enterprises: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT has a longstanding reputation as one of the finest centers of technological learning and research in the world, and walking into the heart of Professor John Hart's homebase where his esteemed team works on advances in 3D printing was an interesting intellectual experience. I spent the bulk of my time on campus talking and touring with Professor Hart's assistant and ADAPT (Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies) Program Manager Haden Quinlan, who thoughtfully shared some high-level looks into recent and ongoing research in 3D printing. The various lab spaces held commercial and in-development 3D printers being put to frequent use to test new ideas and advances, and the opportunity to see these and meet some of the researchers behind the work we cover was a true delight.
Open House: BeAM
[Photo: Sarah Saunders]
August closed out with an open house at BeAM's 20,000-sqaure-foot US HQ in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Sarah Saunders became well acquainted with the company's DED technology and the motivated US team. 3DPrint.com was first on-site after BeAM opened the Blue Ash facility in the spring, so it was interesting to get back there to see the growth over three months. Hundreds of visitors flocked to the open house to see BeAM's additive manufacturing offerings, including representatives from area institutions, educational and Air Force alike. In-process during the open house was a gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle build on the Magic machine, which can create the part in less than 12 hours as opposed to the weeks-long process necessary for creation via traditional machining methods. BeAM has also shown great dedication to its community outreach and educational offerings and collaborations as additive manufacturing picks up around Cincinnati.
Mid-September marked the entrance into the autumn conference season, always a wild and busy ride, and one best to be prepared for. Mine began back in the UK, for the annual TCT Show held in Birmingham. The 2017 edition, 22nd in the show's history, held a few notable themes visible over a busy few days. Real-world applications, an enthusiastic open source crowd, metal additive manufacturing, and more were in focus throughout the event. At TCT Show, I appreciated the opportunity to catch up for in-person chats with executives from companies including 3D Systems, Carbon, colorFabb, Coobx, Materialise, Stratasys, Ultimaker, XYZprinting, and ZMorph, as well as meet in person several interesting individuals, including the inventor of the most-printed object out there, the operator of Star Wars' BB8, and one of the engineers working toward a promising new multi-material additive manufacturing technology. Joris Peels was on-site as well, and spoke to a number of industry participants including Monoprice. This year's TCT Show kept us busy with news and releases, as well as interesting presentations.
IN(3D)USTRY
Right from the UK, it was off to Barcelona for IN(3D)USTRY, an event confusing to pronounce but rich in informative presentations from a broad variety of sectors in additive manufacturing. Part of this year's Barcelona Industry Week, IN(3D)USTRY brought together an informed cross-section of attendees, including international journalists, well-regarded speakers, and a pleasantly walkable exhibition area showing off various applications for additive manufacturing. The week provided insights into sector challenges and benefits, as well as a highly-anticipated awarding of the RESHAPE 17 competition winners.
Site Visit: BCN3D Technologies
On my way out of Barcelona, I detoured for a final stop en route to the airport to see the headquarters of BCN3D, the Castelldefels-based company behind the popular open source Sigma 3D printer line. With the company having just introduced the Sigmax 3D printer at TCT Show, it was a great time to visit to see production of the very first machines. A running theme at 3D printer manufacturer site visits is being able to see the progression of prototypes to ongoing generations of product introductions, and BCN3D had its own 'museum' of 3D printer development to see. The company, which maintains an open source ethos and didn't let any questions go unasked or photos untaken, skews young through a focus in investing in and encouraging growth in the 3D printing industry through close relationships with nearby educational institutions, often hiring from these pools.
3DEXPERIENCE Forum North America
Back in the US, mid-October found me in Hollywood, Florida for Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE Forum. The location was beautiful for an interesting few days of digital experience discussion. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform focuses on its eponymous experience, as manufacturing and creation increasingly embrace digital technologies. The presentations and sessions during the event kept everyone's attention with Dassault's trademark flare, and the conversations that continued outside of structured presentations allowed for deeper understanding. Executives from across Dassault Systèmes' operations were on hand to provide insight into virtual human modeling and SIMULIA's drive toward integration, for example, while expert speakers provided additional insight into medical 3D printing and the future of innovation.
[Photo: Joris Peels]
Later in October, as design overtook the city of Eindhoven, Joris found himself among the crowds at Dutch Design Week. 3D printing could be seen throughout the innovation-centric event, including in graduate work from the Design Academy and at the Klokgebouw, which housed a number of events through which the technology featured. Joris had the opportunity to walk among designs and speak with those who made them, getting a look at everything from full-sized 3D printed boats to a fablab-on-a-bicycle. Because it's the Netherlands, so at least one thing had to be on a bike.
Site Visit: 3D Systems
While much of the 3D printing industry used Frankfurt-based formnext as a launchpad for new introductions and announcements, industry mainstay 3D Systems was having none of that and instead hosted its own press and analyst event at its Littleton, Colorado site to introduce a slew of portfolio additions. The event, on the heels of a tough quarter for the company, provided a look into 3D Systems' aggressive strategy to stay at the top of the industry heap. Vyomesh Joshi (VJ), President and CEO of the company, led the charge as he and other executives called out their competitors by name to showcase why 3D Systems' offerings are superior in terms of both cost and performance. Chuck Hull, known as the father of 3D printing, was on site as well to discuss the latest announcements regarding the Figure 4 system built from his original 1984 patent filing. The company wasn't pulling any punches in the day of presentations and conversations, and is consistent in its messaging toward leading across a variety of verticals in 3D printing.
formnext
As of the time of writing, we're just over a month out from formnext powered by TCT — and I am still neither fully recovered nor fully unpacked from my week in Frankfurt. This year's event, the third annual formnext, was mind- and foot-numbingly massive; organizers noted more than 21,492 attendees across the four days, as two halls encompassing 28,000 square meters of floor space housed about 470 exhibitors focusing on industrial 3D printing. The overarching theme across formnext 2017 was rising maturation in the additive manufacturing industry. Amidst press conferences, product unveilings, booth parties, and a generally nonstop week, formnext provided the perfect opportunity to speak to executives from leading companies and ambitious startups, as well as catch up with the members of the global 3D printing community as the show's base in Germany drew an international crowd. The personal aspects of the industry came to light along with the business announcements. During formnext, we heard of a dizzying selection of introductions and caught up with executives from, among other companies, 3DSIM, AMT, BeAM, Concept Laser, Cooksongold, DSM, EOS and DyeMansion, HP and Jabil, Renishaw, SABIC, Sculpteo, Sharebot, Stratasys, T3D and Inteware, voxeljet, XJet, and ZYYX and ESUN, as well as several companies working with metal technologies and others linked by a common investment thread. This event is impossible to sum up with any hope of brevity. A lot happened.
Milestone Visit: Lay3rs
Back in the Netherlands, Joris had tabulated years' worth of data to realize a 3D printing milestone and was on-site in Eindhoven as the millionth desktop 3D printer was sold. The machine, a FELIXprinters FELIX Tec 4, was sold to young designer Vera de Pont at Lay3rs. De Pont will also receive free bulk filament for life from 3D4Makers as another celebratory and industry-togetherness gesture of goodwill.
Site Visit: GE Additive
In December, just as I (foolishly) thought I was finished with business travel for 2017 and only looking toward a nice New Year's vacation, I received an invitation impossible to turn down and headed to Cincinnati, Ohio to see GE Additive. In West Chester, just by GE Aviation, a stealthy project had with great hustle created a new project: H1, GE Additive's first foray into the binder jetting modality. I had the opportunity for an exclusive first look at the prototype system, where I observed a print job in progress and saw the first print off the machine — the numbers 4 and 7, which represented the 47 days the team had used to develop the system. Speaking to the team ahead of the project's public introduction, I learned that GE Additive Vice President and General Manager Mohammad Ehteshami had posed the new machine as a 55-day development challenge. Through its acquisitions of Concept Laser and Arcam, GE Additive had brought laser and powder bed metal additive manufacturing capabilities in-house, but Ehteshami saw the opportunity to begin adding additional modalities and so the team began down the path toward adding binder jetting to its portfolio. This system is intended to be the first in a new product line, I learned while inside GE Additive, and sounds unlikely to be the last we hear of new additions.
2017 has been a remarkable year for additive manufacturing. While these myriad events and visits have been keeping our team busy and our mileage accruals climbing, they still barely scrape the surface of the simmering industry. As 3D printing continues to race ahead in capabilities and adoption widens — as the technology continues to expand into actual production and see processes scale accordingly — as efforts in education continue to remove barriers to entry and teams grow with informed personnel — as software, materials, and hardware continue to be introduced in innovative and next-generation offerings — we will continue to be at ground zero of as many introductions and conversations as is humanly possible.
2018 will, per usual, begin with a running start, and itineraries are in the works for the first events of the new year. 3DPrint.com will be at CES, our upcoming Additive Manufacturing Strategies summit co-hosted with SmarTech Publishing, and at SOLIDWORKS World in the first two months of the new year. We look forward to seeing you there, and to keeping you informed here.
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Tom Kleiber took over the helm at SWITCH as the company's new Managing Director at the start of the year. Who is Tom Kleiber, how does he view his new role at SWITCH and what are his goals?
Published on 28.06.2021
SWITCH: Tom, you're a successful, committed entrepreneur within the ICT industry and the Swiss education landscape. What is it about SWITCH that appeals to you?
Tom Kleiber: SWITCH is in a unique position due to its decades of experience with internet technologies, its national and international network, and the fact that it was established as a foundation. All of this makes SWITCH a trusted partner when it comes to shaping the digital transformation and operating critical infrastructures. It can make a key contribution as an expert partner for universities, companies and (educational) policy.
I see SWITCH as a team of highly qualified and exciting people and as an important asset for Switzerland.
Which of your past professional experiences are most helpful to you at SWITCH?
Since I've spent almost three decades working in the ICT industry, I can draw on plenty of expertise and experience and a large network. But I think the most important thing is something else. I studied management and business administration at a time when people believed all you had to do was measure enough to control and manage everything. The last decade has taught us that there are limits to this approach. I have seen time and time again that major success is down to inspired and motivated people. That's why a company's culture is absolutely critical. An environment where people happily and enthusiastically put all their talents and skills to good use, with commitment to something bigger than themselves, is what sets successful companies apart from mediocre ones.
«Major success is down to inspired and motivated people.»
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What was your experience with SWITCH like in those first few months?
I've been made to feel very welcome and I've found the people to be very open and willing to discuss things. SWITCH is an organisation that strongly identifies with what it is and what it does. Another thing that's special is the fact that we don't just have customers; we're also part of the community that we serve day in, day out. I've already had many conversations across Switzerland and the whole time I felt this sense of belonging.
What requests have people approached you with?
I've repeatedly heard people say that SWITCH does an excellent job of operating critical infrastructures and that we're reliable and enjoy a great deal of trust. On the flip side, they'd like us to play an even more active role. In a dynamic, complex and volatile world that's becoming ever more digitalised, our community expects more than just stability and security; it's also looking for innovation, flexibility and speed. While this might sound like a challenging balancing act, it's a legitimate and realistic concern.
I've repeatedly heard people say that SWITCH does an excellent job of operating critical infrastructures and that we're reliable and enjoy a great deal of trust.
How are you going to address that?
You've got to be flexible to pull off a balancing act. Rigid structures cannot be moved or they break. We started a new chapter in January together with all our SWITCHies. This one's all about a transformation that's fundamentally altering our understanding of collaboration, leadership and organisation from the inside. We're striving to create a mindset of shared responsibility with flexible boundaries between complementary teams and a strong, common focus on community concerns and challenges. Since then, we've been consistently forging ahead, taking one small step at a time.
And how exactly are you doing that?
Developing from the inside out takes time, discussion and the involvement of absolutely everyone. We meet with the entire team once a month, for example. This monthly meeting is a time for focusing our shared understanding, talking about next steps and sharing experience. At the same time, we're developing an open culture of communication where anyone can talk to anyone else about anything, regardless of their role and hierarchy. This is a quick and easy way of sharing knowledge, ideas and critical considerations.
Since it's tough to predict future developments in our world, it's also important to always appreciate what we've achieved so far. And it's from this that we draw the assurance and confidence to take the next step.
Before you joined SWITCH, the company had developed a new strategy. How are you going to implement it?
The new strategy is very ambitious. It not only outlines topical priorities and new services; it includes a further development of our role and how we perceive it too. The transformation process I mentioned before plays an essential role in sustainably implementing this strategy. This transformation forms the foundation of all other strategic developments. That's why I'm focusing a great deal of my energies on this process at present.
At the same time, we naturally want to make progress in terms of content. It's very important to me that we do this in constant dialogue with our stakeholders. This is essential when it comes to things like designing data spaces to improve both the use and reuse of research data, as well as further developing our digital identity.
Finally, despite all the innovation, we mustn't forget that one of our core tasks is the secure, stable operation of digital infrastructures. We have proven that we can do this and have earned a great deal of trust over many years. This isn't just a skill; it's part of our culture. This element is always included in the strategic development of new topics.
How do you see your role as Managing Director of SWITCH?
I see myself as a standard-bearer, sounding board and designer. As someone who provides a sense of direction, builds bridges and actively helps to develop and transform our organisation. I want to help ensure that SWITCH is a place that welcomes a wide variety of talented individuals who firmly believe we're making a relevant contribution to the trustworthy and secure use of digital technologies for the benefit of our society.
An important part of my role is also to be a sounding board for our community, customers and university policy. We have to be networked and interdisciplinary to address the challenges of digitalisation. I believe it is absolutely vital that the various players are also sitting around the table at a strategic level. After all, this technology-driven transformation has to be actively shaped together with users and in the interest of society.
I want to help ensure that SWITCH is a place that welcomes a wide variety of tal-ented individuals who firmly believe we're making a relevant contribution to the trustworthy and secure use of digital technologies for the benefit of our society.
Finally, let's talk about you. Who is Tom Kleiber as a person?
I think that I have a very strong sense of duty and people consider me to be highly reliable and authentic. I also don't take myself too seriously and can admit when I get things wrong. But I can also be gruff and roll over others sometimes. Unfortunately, this is something I always notice after the fact.
I also believe that I'm someone who's brave enough to step out of their own comfort zone. I find it very inspiring to approach something you're unfamiliar with when you don't know how it behaves at first. I once initiated a national education project as a KFOR officer in Kosovo. I didn't know much about pedagogy and primary schools, but I saw that something had to be done. That took a great deal of courage and confidence in the beginning. It turned into a 10-year initiative supervised by the Zurich University of Teacher Education and financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.
What have you learned about other people over the course of your working life?
There's a proverb that sums that up rather nicely: 'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' We humans all have our rough edges and habits. You have to deal with the crooked timber if you want to work with people. There's a great deal of potential in that respect: in the tension, in the diversity, in the unexpected, in the conflict. Even in a leadership role, you have to be aware that you – yourself – are made of crooked timber too. That's why leadership always starts with you as the leader. Anyone who believes that they aren't made of crooked timber should think twice. Crooked trees are left to grow; straight ones are made into boards.
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Google Now On Tap – What Is It?
In Software Development, Tech Buzz
In an attempt to enhance search experience for mobile users, Google has once again come up with a remarkable innovation called 'Now on Tap'. At Google I/O held this May in San Francisco, the company previewed this smart upgrade to Google Now, a feature that will be available in the upcoming Android M.The basic idea behind Google Now on Tap is to enable the users to access information as and when needed, without having to leave the app they are using.
What Is It Exactly?
Essentially, Now On Tap takes the power of Google Now to a whole new level. It will be a core part of your Android operating system that will connect every element of your mobile device with Google's extensive database. Rather than being a full screen app, Now On Tap will have a card-like interface that will appear on top of whichever app you are using, providing information relevant to the current content on your mobile screen. For instance, if a friend sends you a message about going for a movie, you can quickly tap and hold the home button to invoke Google to read reviews, watch trailer or buy online tickets without closing the app.
How Google Now On Tap Works?
According to Google Now's product director, Aparna Chennapragada, Now On Tap will scan the words that you are presently viewing on your mobile screen and identify the relevant terms in it. Then, it will search these terms on Google, come up with the most contextual information you might need and present it in a card like format.
Just as with Google's all other apps, the functionality is not limited for Now on Tap as well. It can provide information on anything and everything right from music, people, movies, restaurants, places and a lot more. Now on Tap will even work with voice search, with the user saying 'ok Google' from any screen or app in his phone. Let's say you are listening to a song on your phone and you want to know about its singer. You simply need to say 'Ok Google, who is the singer' and you will automatically get the answer without the need to mention the name of the song.
The rollout is expected to come around the third quarter of 2015 alongside the release of Android M, according to official sources from Google.
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The vision of AWDF is to have a world where all African women live in peace, with dignity and justice and where there is equality and respect for women's rights.
Their mission is to mobilise financial, human and material resources to support initiatives for transformation led by African women, women's rights organisations and African women's movements.
Respect: They believe in the person-hood of African women, and that our rights are an inalienable, indivisible and integral part of universal human rights. They listen to women and respect their knowledge, perspectives and diverse experiences. They believe in acknowledging, valuing and rewarding women's paid and unpaid labor in private and public. They believe in women's bodily integrity and full autonomy.
Diversity: They believe in non-discrimination, proactive inclusiveness and diversity in all areas of AWDF's operations and programmes. They believe in unleashing a full range of women's creativity and promoting holistic/total confidence in all women, and particularly with young women and women who are discriminated against in multiple and intersecting ways.
Feminist Leadership: They believe in nurturing feminist principles and promoting feminist leadership. They believe in investing in young women's leadership, and promoting inter-generational transfers of skills and knowledge. They believe in creating and sustaining spaces where women can thrive and achieve their full potential, and where their voices can be amplified.
Professionalism, Accountability and Stewardship: They believe in the growth and long-term sustainability of organisations led and managed by women in transparent and progressive ways. As fundraisers and grant makers they believe in prudent, ethical and responsible stewardship of all funds and resources in their care. AWDF will encourage positive approaches to individual and collective physical, emotional and intellectual well-being and all staff, board and volunteers of AWDF will act with integrity and professionalism, promoting respectful relationships in all their dealings.
Solidarity and Partnerships: They believe that change happens through collective action. They are committed to building African women's and feminist movements, and recognize that this organizing is linked to movements for justice and equality across the world. Their work is linked to that of global Women's Movements which have worked hard for gains for women, and are sustained by the voices, hands and work of women from all over the world. They work in solidarity and through multiple partnerships to dismantle discriminatory and patriarchal systems and push for transformation toward equality.
AWDF defines what it means to feel the pain of other women but also to celebrate womanhood. AWDF has taught us not to apologize and explain for what they do to create opportunities for women.
In the year 2000, three women, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Joana Foster and Hilda Tadria created a philanthropic organisation focused on making measurable change in African women's lives.
Inspired by the aspirations of the African women's movement, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) was created as an independent resource for gender equality and development across the continent.
Today, AWDF's grant making practices are built to support the initiatives of African women who may not have access to mainstream funding due to capacity, language, location, and marginalization. In fact, the AWDF has served as a key donor to 60 percent of grantees who experienced serious challenges to sustainable funding.
HILDA M. TADRIA
Hilda Tadria is one of AWDF's founding members. She is an experienced researcher and consultant with a background in institutional management and social development research.
While lecturing as an Associate Professor at Makerere University, she founded Action for Development, an NGO working to empower women and influence legislation and policy for gender equality in Uganda. She also founded the Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for young Women (MEMPROW), a programme for developing young women's leadership and promoting their rights within learning institutions in Uganda.
JOANA FOSTER (D)
Joana Foster is one of the founding members of AWDF who supported social justice initiatives for over thirty years. She was a lawyer specializing in Women's Civil and Political Rights and Immigration.
Joana was a Trustee of the Child Poverty Action Group, and the Country Director of CUSO Ghana, a Canadian non-profit organisation. She was also the regional coordinator of Women In Law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), a pan-African network dedicated to linking law and development to support women's human rights. Joana was one of the founders of the Gender and Human Rights Documentation Centre. Sadly, Joana passed away in November 2016.
BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI
BisiAdeleye-Fayemi is a Feminist activist, with experience as a Gender Specialist, Social Entrepreneur, Policy Advocate, Politician, Social Change Philanthropy Practitioner, Communications Specialist and Social Sector expert. She is Principal Partner, Amandla Consulting, specializing in leadership development for women, and she runs an online community for women called Abovewhispers.com. She is a UN Women Nigeria Advisor. She served as the Director of Akina Mama waAfrika (AMwA), an international development organisation for African women based in London, UK, from 1991-2001. During her time at AMwA, she started the African Women's Leadership Institute which has supported over 6,000 women leaders in Africa over the past twenty years. She is one of the three Co-Founders of the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) and served as the first Executive Director from 2001-2010.
Her leadership established AWDF as a leading institution in the area of social change philanthropy in Africa, and as one of the most effective feminist philanthropic institutions globally. She is also one of the founders of the African Feminist Forum and served on the AFF Working Group from 2006-2016.She is the recipient of the 2011 David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of philanthropy, given by the Synergos Institute, New York. In June 2011, the New African Magazine named Bisi as one of the 100 Most Influential People of Africa.
In 2001, AWDF was founded with contributions from individual African women, and these generous organisations:
Carnegie Corporation
The Global Fund For Women
Global Ministries – United Methodist Church
Mama Cash
They appreciate the dedicated contributions of their donors to resource African Women's Movements. Since 2001, AWDF has been supported by close to 80 institutional as well as some corporate and individual donors. In 2018, AWDF was supported by the following institutional donors:
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Anonymous Institutional Donor
Foundation for a Just Society
NoVo Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation
Hewlett Foundation
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Safe Abortion Action Fund (AWDF Acted as a Fiscal Sponsor)
Mamacash
Both Ends
Prospera International Network of Women's Funds
AWDF's grantmaking ensures resources reach the hundreds of African women's organisations that are working in diverse ways to improve the lives of women and African society at large.
Their grantmaking is innovative, flexible and creative. Through their grants they support both established and small, locally based women's organisations. They also provide specialised funding to facilitate learning and networking opportunities and to celebrate the contributions and achievements of many un-sung African heroines.
AWDF focuses its grants in three specific areas. These are defined by the different facets of work that ensure that the needs, aspirations and contributions of African women are recognised, supported and valued.
LEADING FROM THE SOUTH
Leading from the South Fund is a global grant making programme aimed at providing support to women's organisations, groups and movements around the world to lobby and advocate for their rights. Initiated in 2017 and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the fund supports activism devised, implemented and led by women's rights organisations in the global South. It is jointly managed by three regional women's funds and one global women's fund, each with an independent yet complimentary approach.
The Four administrators of the fund are:
African Women's Development Fund (AWDF): Africa and the Middle East
FondoMujeres del Sur (FMS): Latin America
South Asia Women's Fund (SAWF): Asia Pacific
FIMI International Indigenous Women's Forum (AYNI): Global Indigenous Women
In the Global South, women's organisations and networks play a crucial role in influencing the policies of governments, leaders, communities and other actors to achieve Global Goal no. 5: gender equality and empowerment of all women and girls. LFS promotes cross-border cooperation and connects grassroots organisations with national, regional and global networks and movements.
Through grants, capacity development, and lobbying and advocacy, LFS will help equip organisations to influence policy, tackle power imbalances and reduce exclusion, violence, discrimination and inequality.
THE MAIN GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS
Through out the year, AWDF invites applications from eligible African women's organisations under its main grants programme. The areas that they fund (their thematic areas) are listed below. These frame AWDF's current funding strategy Shaping Africa's Future;
Body & Health Rights
Economic Security & Justice
Leadership, Participation & Peace
AWDF is particularly interested in projects working with young women, women facing multiple discrimination, and approaches that include engaging the arts, culture, sports and technology.
AWDF is looking for innovative and effective projects that address the needs of and involve the women and communities most affected by inequality and injustice in the leadership and implementation of projects.
The basic qualifying criteria for applying organisations are as follows:
Must be led by a woman and have majority of its staff and board being women
Must be duly registered in an African country
Must have been in existence for at least 3 years
Must have the needed organisational structures for effective implementation of the project
Must have an appreciable financial management system to properly account for funds received
Must be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
Must complete the necessary application forms
Please note that AWDF does NOT fund men-led organisations; political parties or campaigning; government agencies; individuals; scholarships; for-profit initiatives and projects aimed at religious conversion or proselytizing.
Please see below for Application forms and Guidelines:
AWDF was founded to support the leadership and agency of African women in transforming society towards equality and justice. In that light, under its main grants programme, AWDF supports African women's organisations that meet the following criteria:
Women-led, with a majority women staff and board
A stated commitment to supporting women and/or advancing women's rights/ gender
equality in their mission/vision
Organisations registered in any African country, and working at the local, national, sub-regional or regional African levels. (Note that AWDF is not able to transfer funds to organisations based in Sudan, South Sudan or Somalia. However AWDF is able to support organisations based in other African countries that are implementing initiatives in these countries).
What types of grant requests do they support?
AWDF will award grants to organisations working to advance progress in the thematic areas specified above. AWDF accepts requests for project funding however encourages applicants to incorporate adequate budget to cover core operating costs.
AWDF also awards capacity building grants that focus on advancing organisational growth and development – for example strategic planning, developing fundraising and communications strategies, strengthening organisational governance systems and human resources management.
Activities to be considered for funding
Campaigns to advance specific women's rights agendas, law and policy change
Training to build core social change and activist skills
Action-research and knowledge production
Alliance and movement-building activities
Interventions to change public attitudes on key women's rights issues\
Services to advance women's rights (including legal aid, violence support services, counselling and free medical services for HIV, cancers and other women's health concerns)
Income generation activities that include a focus on increasing women's understanding of their rights and/or building their social and political leadership.
Activities not eligible for funding:
Party-political campaigning
Activities aimed at proselytizing/religious conversion
Grants to individuals
Construction and purchase of buildings and land
The AWDF will not support the following:
Organisations that aim to convert people to any religious belief
Political parties or women's wings of political parties
Scholarships and fellowships for academic studies
Organisations that are not led by women
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Grant sizes
Grant sizes vary per call. Please refer to the maximum grant sizes indicated in the call for applications you are responding to. Organisations applying for grants of US $20,000 and above will be required to provide audit report conducted by a reputable audit firm.
Note that AWDF will only consider grants amounts that are less than 50% of an organisation's annual income as evident in the latest annual audit statements.
What they look for in grant applications:
Applying organisations should preferably have been in existence for at least three years.
Organisations have to produce evidence (relevant certificates) to show their legal existence
Organisations should show how the funding proposal fits into the organisation's overall strategy for the area of work or community in which it is located.
Organisations have to demonstrate how their work fits into either a local, national or regional strategy for the empowerment of African women.
Applying organisations should have basic organisational systems and structures in place. For example a constitution, Strategic plan and financial reports.
The organisation should have a clear evaluation plan for the project – including what you aim to achieve and to change, and measures to track progress
Plans for sustainability including raising additional or further funding to keep the initiative going
Organisation should be able to demonstrate that they can manage funds and account for them in a transparent manner.
Interested organisations should send in their proposals to the AWDF secretariat in Accra, Ghana, using the grant application form which can be downloaded at https://awdf.org/main-grants-call-for-applications/. Applications can be sent in English, French, or Portuguese, by email, or post. Please note that they accept applications by email at awdf@awdf.org .


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If enough people are having errors, I'll post a weekly build in the OP.
Fridays it is. JSTR 12w42 is coming up!
That link didn't seem to work for me saved as a .TMP file?
Tried.. But still didn't work.
I see what you did there with the naming.
And it should work now. Try again, Luminous.
*glances furtively* What stolen naming scheme?
Don't work for me ... I even tried saving as .ZIP.
Sorry for the double post. But I am requesting maybe you could texture logistics pipes? I know it's not in Tekkit, but it's a cool mod which I use and I think many other people use too!
It's in the pipes, so to speak.
Do it for me! I can't stand doing a little something for myself - I mean, what the hell do I pay you for?!
Edit: On-topic (Ish), I like the way (Clay) bricks are back to normal, plus all the new tweaks. Are you planning to do any more mob skins for Randomobs?
Um, which mobs would you want to see done? I'm personally fine with them the way they are, but if y'all aren't, I'll work on it.
As far as I'm aware, didn't Johnsmith already put in randomobs support? I know that he didn't do connected textures mod, which I might work on.
Actually, Zic, he did, but it was buggy and didn't recognise metadata, so I deleted it. It also looked pretty bad.
I have found some JohnSmith texures for IC2. And it doesn't look like they're in use anymore. Shall I give a link to the PNG. It's mostly the items like the diamond drills and stuff which looks absolutely amazing!
Laz was planning on something for the drill, but I'll definitely take a look at them.
Alright, the chainsaw, both mining drills, and all of the cells are in the google drive version.
Awesome link, though a lot of those items are a bit screwed up.


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Ducks' John Klingberg: Sets up both goals in win
Klingberg notched two assists, three shots on goal, two blocked shots, two PIM and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 2-1 overtime win over the Coyotes. Klingberg set up Max Jones on the game-tying goal in the second period and also fed Trevor Zegras for the game-winner in overtime. This was Klingberg's fifth multi-point effort of the season, two of which have come in January. He has two goals and four helpers in 12 appearances this month, giving him 17 points (four on the power play), 65 shots on net, 53 blocked shots, 45 hits and a minus-26 rating through 42 contests overall.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Good to return Thursday
Klingberg (illness) will play Thursday versus Colorado, per Alyson Lozoff of Bally Sports West. Klingberg missed Tuesday's 5-2 win against Arizona because of the illness. He has six goals and 15 points in 40 contests in 2022-23. Kevin Shattenkirk is dealing with a lower-body injury, so he'll exit the lineup Thursday while Klingberg returns.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Unavailable Tuesday
Klingberg (illness) will not play Tuesday versus the Coyotes. Klingberg has four points through 10 games in January, but he'll sit this one out while sick. Colton White will take his place in the lineup, though it's unclear who will get power-play time with Klingberg sidelined. The Ducks' next game is Thursday in Colorado.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Pockets assist
Klingberg notched an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Flyers. Klingberg has gotten on the scoresheet in consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 15-17. The 30-year-old defenseman has struggled to generate consistent offense so far, posting 15 points, including just four on the power play, through 38 appearances. He's added 60 shots on net, 48 blocked shots, 42 hits, 20 PIM and a minus-25 rating while playing in a top-four role.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Scores sixth goal of 2022-23
Klingberg netted a power-play goal in a 4-3 overtime loss to Pittsburgh on Monday. Klingberg was in the midst of a cold spell entering Monday's contest, with him providing just a goal and an assist in 11 games from Dec. 20-Jan. 13. Perhaps his marker against Pittsburgh, which was scored at 11:16 of the third period to tie the game at 2-2, will help Klingberg bounce back. He has six goals and 14 points in 37 outings this season.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Secures win in overtime
Klingberg scored a goal on six shots and added an assist in Friday's 5-4 overtime win over the Sharks. Klingberg set up Trevor Zegras on the Ducks' first tally. In overtime, it was Klingberg finishing off a pass from Troy Terry to secure the win in a game the Ducks didn't lead until the end. The two-point effort snapped Klingberg's seven-game drought, and the helper was his first since Nov. 6. The defenseman is up to 13 points, 52 shots, 39 blocked shots, 34 hits, 18 PIM and a minus-21 rating through 33 appearances.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Scores game-winner
Klingberg scored a goal on one shot leading the Ducks to a 4-3 win over Edmonton on Saturday. After Connor McDavid tied the game on the power play, Klingberg scored the eventual game-winning goal off a shot from the point with 13:52 left to play in the third period. The former Star has gotten off to a decent start with his new club, posting four goals and 11 points in 25 games. He will continue to see time in the Ducks' top-four defensive core and second power-play unit and could also be a candidate to be traded by the deadline with the Ducks off to a slow start to the 2022-23 campaign.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Scores twice in win
Klingberg scored a pair of goals in Thursday's 5-2 victory over Montreal. Klingberg tallied his first goal since Nov. 15 late in the first period, beating Jake Allen through the five-hole to give Anaheim a 2-0 lead. He'd add a second marker on a slapshot in the final frame, which would stand as the game-winner in Anaheim's 5-2 win. The two-goal game ends a seven-game scoreless stretch for Klingberg. The 30-year-old blueliner is up to three goals and seven assists through his first 24 games with Anaheim.
Ducks' John Klingberg: To return Friday
Klingberg (lower body) will return to the lineup Friday versus the Sharks, Eric Stephens of The Athletic reports. Klingberg has missed the last seven games with the injury. He inked a one-year, $7 million contract in the offseason and should be dealt by the trade deadline as plenty of contenders will be interested in the defenseman. Klingberg has a goal and eight points in 20 games.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Moves to injured reserve
Klingberg (lower body) was placed on injured reserve on Thursday, per CapFriendly. Klingberg has already missed four games, so he'll be eligible to return when ready. He's not on the Ducks' current road trip, which concludes Sunday in Winnipeg, so it's safe to assume he won't be back until next week.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Doesn't travel with Ducks
Klingberg (lower body) didn't travel with the Ducks to Dallas on Wednesday, according to Lisa Dillman of The Orange County Register. That would seem to rule Klingberg out for Thursday's contest against the Stars. It's still possible that Klingberg will join the Ducks in Minnesota for Saturday's game. For now though, the 30-year-old defenseman is skating back home. He has a goal and eight points in 20 games this season while averaging 22:58 of ice time. He's missed three straight contests because of the injury.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Not playing Tuesday
Klingberg (lower body) won't play Tuesday against Nashville. Klingberg will miss a third straight game. He is considered to be day-to-day. The Ducks will have Urho Vaakanainen (upper body) back in the lineup versus the Predators.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Unavailable Sunday
Klingberg (lower body) will not play Sunday against Seattle, Lisa Dillman of The Orange County Register reports. Klingberg will miss his second straight game Sunday. The 30-year-old blueliner has eight points and a minus-12 rating through 20 games this season. His next chance to suit up will be Tuesday in Nashville.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Not playing Friday
Klingberg (lower body) will not play Friday against Ottawa, Matt Weller of the Ducks' official site reports. Klingberg will miss his first game of the season. He has a goal and seven assists in 20 games and is pointless in his last four contests. Consider him day-to-day at this time.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Gets first goal of season
Klingberg scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime win over the Red Wings. Klingberg followed up a recent four-game point streak with a pair pointless efforts before a clutch goal Tuesday. His third-period tally came with 47 seconds left in regulation to tie the game, which set up Ryan Strome's heroics in overtime. Klingberg now has eight points, 23 shots on net, 18 blocked shots, 15 hits and a minus-6 rating through 16 contests as a top-four defenseman in his first year with the Ducks.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Good to go
Klingberg (illness) will play Tuesday against Detroit, Eric Stephens of The Athletic reports. Klingberg returned to the ice after missing Monday's practice. He has supplied seven assists, 20 shots on goal, 17 blocks and 14 hits in 15 games this season.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Assists in four straight games
Klingberg supplied an assist and blocked five shots in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the Panthers. Klingberg helped out on Adam Henrique's goal in the second period. Since the calendar flipped to November, Klingberg has racked up five helpers in four contests. The Swede has seven assists, 19 shots on net, 16 blocked shots, 11 hits and a minus-7 rating through 13 appearances this year, but the recent uptick in offense is an encouraging sign for fantasy managers who were patient with him amid his slump. He also seems to be taking on more of an offensive role following the long-term injury to teammate Jamie Drysdale.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Collects another helper
Klingberg posted an assist and two shots on goal in Saturday's 5-4 shootout win over the Sharks. Klingberg's offense has turned on with the calendar flipping from October to November. He's already picked up four assists in three games this month. The defenseman has six helpers (three on the power play), 18 shots on net, 11 hits, 11 blocked shots and a minus-7 rating through 12 contests overall while logging regular top-pairing minutes.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Produces two power-play assists
Klingberg notched two power-play assist in Thursday's 8-5 loss to the Canucks. Klingberg has logged three assists over his last two games, giving him five helpers in 11 contests overall. The blueliner set up tallies by Troy Terry and Trevor Zegras in this contest. Klingberg has added 16 shots on net, 10 blocked shots and a minus-8 rating this season. He's now the unquestioned power-play quarterback with Jamie Drysdale (shoulder) out for the most of the rest of the season, so Klingberg should get all of the best chances on offense.
Ducks' John Klingberg: Draws helper to end slump
Klingberg produced an assist and seven shots on goal in Tuesday's 6-5 shootout win over the Sharks. Klingberg ended his eight-game point drought by setting up Ryan Strome's goal in the second period. The 30-year-old Klingberg has three assists this year, with the other two coming on Opening Night. He's added 15 shots on net, 10 blocked shots, nine hits and a minus-6 rating, making this a fairly poor start to his time with his new team. Klingberg has reached 40 points in six of his eight campaigns, but he'll need to pick up the pace to hit that mark this season, and he may have a good opportunity to do just that with Jamie Drysdale (shoulder) likely out for the season.
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Zegras wins it in OT off a feed from Klingberg. 3-2. Ducks get first three-game win streak of season to go into All-Star break.
Barrett Hayton has sewn his way underneath the Ducks' skin. Just drew a roughing penalty on Klingberg after the second-period brouhaha.
Connor Ingram and John Gibson lead the Coyotes and Ducks out onto the Honda Center ice.


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SPORTS | BASKETBALL
Florida loses a nail-biter in Newbauer's absence
Without head coach Cam Newbauer, the Gators lost by three points to Missouri
By Griffin Foll
January 28, 2021 | 11:00pm EST
Kiara Smith, one of the Gators' top scorers, underperformed against Missouri Thursday night.
Photo by Grethel Aguila | The Independent Florida Alligator
Florida put the ball in Lavender Briggs' hands out of a timeout with slightly more than eight seconds left in the game.
On the back of her third double-double of the season, the 6-foot-1-inch sophomore made a costly turnover in the waning seconds, allowing Missouri to prevail 61-58 Thursday.
Both teams got off to a sluggish offensive start. It took the Gators almost three minutes to score their first points of the game on a layup from sophomore Faith Dut, while the Tigers took nearly four minutes to get on the scoreboard finally.
Despite missing its first six shot attempts, Missouri scored the next 10 points until a Briggs jumper ended the Gators' scoring drought.
After several back-and-forth scoring possessions, Florida junior guard Kristina Moore hit a buzzer-beating jumper that cut Florida's deficit to 17-11 at the end of one.
Following guard Shug Dickson's three and forward Ladazhia Willimas' layup to open up the second quarter, Missouri quickly poured in five points to get its largest lead of the game. Then, Dut ended the Tigers' streak with her second basket of the game before a pair of Missouri free throws maintained the Tigers' commanding lead.
In the final minutes of the first half, Florida guards Kiara Smith and Nina Rickards finally found the scoring column due to a Smith layup and a Rickards jumper. Smith entered the game after suffering a shoulder injury last Sunday against Ole Miss.
After struggling defensively, Florida entered the half with some momentum following a Smith layup with nine seconds left on the clock. The Gators trailed 29-21 heading into halftime.
Florida's two leading scorers, Briggs and Smith, finished the half with only four points each on 4-24 combined shooting from the floor and 0-8 from three.
Out of the half, Rickards wasted no time for the Gators, sinking a layup and a three. Smith followed with a pair of free throws to cut Missouri's lead to 29-28. This marked the first time the Gators were within one possession since the first quarter's midway point.
Despite Florida's fight back, the Tigers responded quickly with a layup and two free throws. After missing her first five three-point attempts of the game, Briggs finally connected from beyond the arc to keep the Gators within reach.
A few minutes later, Florida freshman forward Floor Toonders made a layup to tie the game at 33, sparking an enthusiastic eruption from the Gators' bench.
Missouri's Williams scored six of the next nine points on two layups and a jumper from the paint. With under a minute remaining in the quarter, Florida guard Danielle Rainey drilled a three-pointer that temporarily slowed Missouri's momentum until Missouri forward Hayley Frank hit a buzzer-beating jumper to extend the Tigers' lead to 42-38.
To open the fourth quarter, a Briggs layup and Smith jumper kept Florida within one possession of Missouri as the Tigers answered with layups of their own. After a pair of Missouri free throws gave the Tigers a five-point advantage, Florida forward Jordyn Merritt responded with a layup before a pair of Briggs free throws cut Missouri's lead to 49-48 with just under six minutes to go.
The ensuing Missouri possessions resulted in three consecutive layups capped off by a free throw, granting the Tigers a 56-48 lead. A five-point Florida run on a pair of Briggs free throws and a Smith and-one cut Florida's deficit to 56-53, making it a one-possession game once again.
Following a pair of Missouri free throws that extended the lead to five points, Briggs made a jumper to cut the lead back to three with about two minutes left. After an opportunistic steal by Smith in which she drew a foul, the redshirt senior missed both of her free-throw attempts.
After the Gators forced a Missouri miss, Smith drove hard to the basket where she was fouled again with less than a minute to go. At the charity stripe, Smith connected on both her attempts to make it a one-point game.
Following a clutch defensive stop by the Gators, Florida freshman forward Jordyn Merritt drew a shooting foul but missed both shots at the line.
Still a one-point game, Briggs turned the ball over before fouling Missouri guard Mama Dembele on a fast break. Dembele made one of two free-throw attempts, making the score 59-57.
With 16.2 seconds remaining, Florida gave the ball to Briggs, who got to the line but made only one free throw. After a quick Florida foul sent Missouri to the line, the Tigers knocked down both foul shots to take a 61-58 lead with 10 seconds remaining.
That's when Briggs, who bounced back from a slow start with a 15-point second half, made a costly turnover in crunch time on Florida's final possession.
Florida's three leading scorers, Briggs, Smith and Rickards, failed to perform up to par. The trio shot a combined 9-52 from the field. The Gators struggled to manage Missouri's two leading scorers, Williams and Aijha Blackwell, who combined for 30 points and 24 rebounds.
Despite the team's struggles, Florida freshman Floor Toonders shined in the contest as she collected a career-high 13 rebounds, including six offensive boards.
"She [Toonders] made big-time rebounds in big-time moments," Smith said. "That really helped us out a lot."
With a loss, Florida falls to 2-6 in SEC action and 9-7 overall. The Gators will look to bounce back on Sunday as they travel to Knoxville to take on No. 20 Tennessee. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will air on ESPN.
Contact Griffin Foll at gfoll@alligator.org and follow him on Twitter @GriffinFoll
Griffin Foll
Griffin Foll is a sophomore at UF studying journalism sports and media. He is one of The Alligator's women's basketball beat writers. Griffin is also a UF softball beat reporter for ChompTalk.com and contributes weekly articles for ESPN Gainesville.
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Just a few days ago, it seemed, long months of summer stretched out before me. And now I find myself a week from the first day of school, preparing to shift into the high gear of fall, planning meals, schedules, days. How does time get away like that?
This week, Sunday Supper is about fast and easy back-to-school meals to help you get a tasty meal on the table fast. I've made one of my favorite go-to dishes: pasta with sausage and cherry tomatoes, which takes advantage of the tomato bounty that's still to be found at the farmers market. But the nice thing about this dish is how incredibly easy it is to vary, using what's in season and at the height of flavor and nutrition. I've provided a few suggestions for variations at the end of the recipe. And don't forget to check out what else is cooking for Sunday Supper this week. This group of bloggers has really served up a bounty of recipes that should help you (and me) get a delicious dinner on the table fast.
Start a large pot of water to boil for the pasta. When it comes to a rolling boil, cook the pasta according to package instructions and drain.
While the water starts to boil and the pasta cooks, start cooking the sausage in a wide, deep pan over medium heat (to render out some of the fat), breaking it up into crumbles as it cooks. (If you use turkey sausage, add some oil to the pan before cooking so that it doesn't dry out.) Cook the sausage until fully cooked and nicely browned. Keep the sausage warm on low heat until you've got about 5 minutes left of pasta cooking time.
Raise the heat of the pan with the sausage to medium high. Add the crushed garlic to the pan and cook for a minute, stirring frequently. Don't let it burn; burnt garlic is awful.
Add the tomatoes to the pan. Let them cook for about a minute.
Season the sauce with thyme, white pepper, and red pepper flakes if using.
Drain the pasta and add it to the pan with the sausage, tomatoes, and sauce. Mix in the pasta and let it soak in the sauce for about a minute or two. Taste it to make sure the seasoning is to your liking. Serve and enjoy.
When the sausage is cooked, add thinly sliced half-moons of two leeks to the pan and let them soften before adding the tomatoes.
Add a sliced bell pepper at about the same time you add the tomatoes.
Add a cup of frozen peas about a minute before you add the garlic.
Instead of using tomatoes, add bite size pieces of broccoli or cauliflower early in the cook time.
Replace the tomatoes with sliced leeks and sugar snap peas.
Add a cup of steamed, cubed butternut squash and a handful of pepitas after cooking the sauce.
Sausage is a bit like bacon, it makes everything better! Loves this pasta combination. Have a great sunday!
I get amazing sausage from my favorite farmer, Haskins Family Farm (their bacon is killer too), which makes this recipe so easy it almost feels silly to post it.
We were thinking alike this week...we both used pasta and cherry tomatoes!
I know! Cherry tomatoes are just the best.
I've never heard of rombi before - looks like broken up bits of lasagna noodles :) Great flavor combo!
That is sort of what they look like. I'd never seen them before a few months ago. I really like them: They are sturdy and take on a lot of sauce.
I'm ready for a bowl of this right now. Love sausage and pasta!
It's so good and so easy. This really is one of our standard dinners. My family loves it.
Yeah, summer really got away from me this year, even though I tried so hard to avoid that! Next week school starts and then the crazy-busy doesn't stop until Christmas (and not really then either).
Where do I sign up for dinner? this looks really yummy!
Ha ha! It is so good, especially if you have good sausage. And good cheese. And well, good tomatoes. The simplicity of the dishes really lets the ingredients shine.
Oh this looks like a fabulous way to use up more of my cherry tomatoes!
I think I may have been Itlian in my previous life. I love pasta soooooo much. I can eat it everday. nom nom nom. looks so good. Thanks goodness it's almost lunch time!
LOL! I love pasta for a quick dish. It's so incredibly versatile.
Love this recipe! I have lots of tomatoes on my plant, this would be perfect for it!
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it! Let me know how it turns out.
So many different kinds of sausage, you can have a different flavor every time you make it! Yum!
Versatility is one of the things I love about this recipe. It's so easy to switch up the flavors of sausage or the veggies you use and make a completely different dish that takes advantage of seasonal ingredients.
Love the addition of the red pepper flakes. I bet it gives it a nice little punch at the end.
Love cooked cherry tomatoes! I think the sweetness is brought out by the heat! The cream is something I'm going to try next time. Thanks for sharing!


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New York|New York Investigating Facebook's Safety Rules
New York Investigating Facebook's Safety Rules
By Anne Barnard
The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, is investigating whether Facebook, the online social networking site, is misleading users by promoting itself as a place where high school students and younger children are safe from adult sexual predators.
Yesterday, the attorney general's office issued a subpoena to the company requesting documents related to the security that Facebook promises to its 42 million users and how it resolves complaints. The subpoena is part of an investigation in which investigators from Mr. Cuomo's office, posing as young teenagers, set up profiles on Facebook and received online sexual advances from adults within days, prosecutors said.
No charges have been filed against the company, which said yesterday that it was taking the allegations seriously. The attorney general's office is investigating whether Facebook's advertising and statements to users are "materially misleading" under state laws that prohibit deceptive business practices, Mr. Cuomo said in a letter yesterday to Facebook's chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg.
"Facebook has the right to operate any type of Web site it deems fit," Mr. Cuomo said in the letter. "It does not have the right to represent that its site is safe and that it promptly responds to complaints when such statements are not accurate."
All 50 state attorneys general called this year for sites like Facebook, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., and the much larger MySpace, owned by News Corporation, to improve safeguards.
Richard Blumenthal, the attorney general in Connecticut, criticized Facebook last month for allowing at least three registered sex offenders to create profiles. In July, MySpace said it removed 29,000 convicted sex offenders from its site.
By investigating Facebook's business practices, Mr. Cuomo's office is using a new tactic in efforts to improve safety on social networking sites, which adults, teenagers and children use to post pictures of themselves, link to friends' sites and share personal information. Anyone can sign up for free by choosing a user name and password and providing an e-mail address. Users can then set up a personal page.
Facebook, which Mr. Zuckerberg started when he was a student at Harvard, originally distinguished itself from MySpace by allowing only students from participating universities, and later high schools, to join. But in 2005, it allowed anyone to sign up — without, Mr. Cuomo's office alleges, changing the way it promotes itself as a safer, more controlled network than similar sites.
On its site, Facebook calls itself a "trusted environment," bans the posting of obscene or harmful material, and promises parents that it will remove offensive messages and photos and act appropriately in response to complaints.
But about a week after an investigator from Mr. Cuomo's office set up a profile for a fictitious 14-year-old girl on Aug. 30, a 24-year-old man sent a message through Facebook asking her for "nude pics," Mr. Cuomo said.
The investigator, also posing as the fictitious girl's mother, sent an e-mail message to Facebook complaining about the man's request. Facebook responded that it would review the message and remove any posts that violated its rules. But in his letter, Mr. Cuomo said that Facebook had taken no action as of yesterday, and that the 24-year-old man's profile was still on the site.
In a separate case, an investigator from Mr. Cuomo's office set up profiles for a 13-year-old girl and for an adult who wrote to the teen, saying, "You've got quite a hot little bod." The investigator, posing as the girl's mother, forwarded the offensive message to Facebook and demanded that the company take immediate action. There was no response, Mr. Cuomo said.
Prosecutors would not release details about when the sting operation began or how many profiles it set up, and they would not share links to the fake profiles because the investigation is continuing, said Jeffrey Lerner, the director of communications for the attorney general's office.
In a statement released yesterday, Facebook said, "We take the concerns of the office of the New York attorney general very seriously."
"As our service continues to grow, so does our responsibility to our users to empower them with the tools necessary to communicate efficiently and safely," the company said.
Facebook's site lists about a dozen areas of interest. One of them is "Sexuality," and clicking on that area produces links to more than 500 user groups, one titled, "I Had Sex with a Hot Guy or Girl on Facebook and Made Porn."
Users have criticized Facebook, too. Last month, after Facebook announced a decision to make some members' profiles searchable even by people who are not members, The Collegiate Times, a student newspaper at Virginia Tech University, objected in an editorial.
"While Facebook has done its part in posting updates on the user home page to keep its users up to date, it is also counting on the ignorance of its users to make this specific feature successful," said the editorial, published on Sept. 18. The change, the editorial said, left students "weary of Facebook and untrusting of Facebook management."


00:53 Introduction Highest first month download totals with Episode 31. Thanks! And keep spreading the word!
The Rochester Amateur Radio Association in New York has us listed on their site, too.
Thanks, too, to Jerry Taylor, KD0BIK, for the link to us on his site, MyAmateurRadio.com. Check out his podcast "The Practical Amateur Radio Podcast".
02:10 Feedback Don, WS4E, says he's learned a lot from the shows.
Dave, AF5U, says he likes the style of the show and other kind words.
Ray, KO4RB, likes the episodes on batteries and asks about using battery power for the home station, like an uninterruptible power supply for computers. Looks like a great topic for a future show.
Herman, KE5HYW, comments about Richard's article "What the Heck is NTS?". He asked for a link to the Dallas/Ft. Worth NTS net, which is the DFW Traffic Net at http://www.dfwtrafficnet.org.
Neil, NG5NG, enjoys the show as always, especially the Texas drawl.
Scott, N2WMD, writes several emails. He enjoys listening on his commute, and has made a donation. (Thanks, Scott!) He's working on a MKARS80 80m SSB QRP kit.
08:48 Donations Donations have helped pay for a new mixer board and a new video camera! A new microphone is pending.
Thanks to Don WS4E, Scott N2WMD, David AF5U, and John from Moscow, ID. Last time I said we had no donations, but there were two: David in Pleasanton CA, and Jerry KD0BIK from The Practical Amateur Podcast. Thanks, everyone. All donations help to fund better equipment for the podcast.
Please consider donating whatever you can to the podcast. Or, if you're buying something at Amazon, click the Amazon link at the website, as that will help out. There's also a PayPal link on the web site.
20:05 Topic Richard talks about an exchange he saw on a newsgroup about restrictions being placed on what can or cannot be discussed on a club's repeater, specifically, religion and politics. Is this a freedom of speech issue?
44:42 Conclusion Thanks everyone for your donations, your mentions on blogs, sharing the podcasts, etc.


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Governor resigns office to run for president of Peru
Article Updated: October 8, 2015
Photo credit: Andina / Norman Cordova
Cesar Acuña, governor of Peru's northern state of La Libertad, resigned his office to run for president of Peru in the 2016 elections.
Acuña resigned the governorship after less than 10 months in office after winning the election last October and taking office on Dec. 31. Acuña previously resigned the mayoralty of Trujillo in order to run for governor of La Libertad.
"I made the decision for the 6% of Peruvians who want and will go for Cesar Acuña, who they want to see as President," Acuña said, referring to the small percentage of Peruvians who support his candidacy according to the polls.
Acuña waited until the last day allowed by law to resign the governorship of La Libertad, prompting criticism from some who have called his election last year a "fraud."
The two-term congressman and two-term mayor of Trujillo flew to Lima after resigning his office to announce his bid for President.
"Peru urgently needs people with experience," Acuña said, flanked by Luis Iberico, president of Peru's congress and leader of the Alliance for Progress party. "Management must know everything, not just politics, because the country is a company that must be managed, to make a more competitive country, more productive, a country where the essence of government are the people."
Acuña made headlines in August when he called for the military to patrol Peru's cities to deter crime. Trujillo has seen some of the ugliest news stories featuring gangs and organized crime.
Acuña trails at least four candidates and as many as five in voter intention surveys.
César Acuña: el país es una gran empresa que hay que gestionar (Andina)
Acuña dejó La Libertad y se lanzó en Lima a la presidencia (El Comercio)
César Acuña renunció a la alcaldía de Trujillo (El Comercio)
César Acuña: "Hoy comienza el sueño de conseguir un país mejor" (Correo)
Gaston Acurio and Alejandro Toledo spar on Twitter
World Bank recommends Peru loosen labor regulation
Alliance for Progress
Cesar Acuña
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