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Pre-oiled decking recommended for retailers
Cabot's recently shared several valid insights on how retailers can add value and enhance the durability of timber decking, by providing a pre-oiling service that saves tradies and homeowners time and money.
Combining coatings expertise with machinery imported from Denmark, Intergrain provides an end-to-end solution for hardware and timber industry operators. Developed and optimised for machinery application, Intergrain can supply both oil and water based pre-oiling options, alongside specialised equipment solutions from Ceetec.
"Ceetec timber coating machinery is specially designed to oil, prime or paint large volumes of timber quickly and effectively, using rotating brushes. With a range of sizes and models, Ceetec machinery can oil timber at speeds of 1500-9000 lineal metres per hour," Intergrain's Trade and Industrial Senior Brand Manager, Sonia Tousis said.
"Whether implementing as a premium stocked item or available to order, the investment for new machinery can pay for itself in a surprisingly short amount of time," she said.
Ms Tousis also pointed out that one of the immediate benefits of pre-oiled timber is that it reduces the number of topcoats required on site.
"Depending on timber porosity and exposure levels, pre-oiled timber can mean the difference between needing to apply three coats on-site, to just one coat. This represents significant time and money saving benefits for both builders and home owners," Ms Tousis said.
Many decks only ever get oiled on the top surface, according to Cabot's, which means moisture can be readily absorbed from the bottom. Decks built closer to the ground also have reduced ventilation, so are even more susceptible to deteriorating quickly, Ms Tousis pointed out.
"In some instances, timber decking can be exposed for lengthy periods, after installation, without any protection at all. The effects of prolonged moisture transfer can ultimately lead to cracking, splitting and warping. This means that timber which is oiled on all faces and edges, before installation, will inevitably resist moisture much more effectively than timber that is only ever coated on the top."
"Pre-oiled timber removes the need to oil all sides on-site which can be tricky. Most often, a single coat of oil is applied to all surfaces, which not only helps protect the bottom and sides but also means the timber is better protected until topcoats are applied. End grains should also always be sealed," she said.
The advantages of pre-oiled decking, that apply to retailers, builders and homeowners in the short term, can ultimately lead to better results and durability in the longer term, which Ms Tousis says, is a real positive for the industry.
Simmonds Lumber
Simmonds Lumber recently joined forces with Swiss Krono, a wood based materials business in Germany, to bring OSB SimBoard® Flooring and OSB SimBrace® Bracing into the Australian market.
Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is the most used structural board for timber buildings, in many parts of the world, having replaced plywood and particle-board in most applications.
OSB SimBoard® is also made of 100 per cent fresh pinewood thinnings of PEFC/FSC® certified sustainable forests, according to National Account Manager, Jacinta Colley.
"The pinewood thinnings are then glued together with formaldehyde-free binders, which allows SimBoard® to be also used for food packaging. Simmonds Lumber has worked hard with Swiss Krono to bring in a product that is the same sheet size as standard particleboard flooring, at 3600 millimetres by 900 millimetres, which is a first for OSB in the Australian market," Ms Colley said.
"At 15 per cent less weight on site, 30 per cent less load on construction and 50 per cent more strength, the 3600 x 900 board is capable of spanning 600 centres, which gives it a significant advantage over competing products," she said.
The OSB has a water and moisture-repellent surface and is specifically designed for use in wet areas such as kitchens, bathrooms and laundries. SimBoard® can withstand general weathering for up to three months, but it is recommended that the boards be covered on building sites to preserve the integrity of the board.
OSB SimBrace® is also a durable, high quality, environmentally sustainable and innovative structural bracing panel, designed and manufactured specifically for the Australian building and construction market, according to Simmonds Lumber. SimBrace® is also available in the standard sheet sizes and can be purchased in untreated or H2.
Industry competition
Volatile pricing, strong market competition and pressure on margins has been significant in the last 12 months, causing substantial challenges for Simmonds Lumber, according to Ms Colley.
"One thing we can be certain of is that this market will continue to change; channels to market will shorten and supply, particularly in framing, will become more critical as the value proposition for the wholesalers gets tighter and tighter. But in the end, it is a tough market and Simmonds Lumber are ready to deal with any competition, as we have done so for many years," she said.
"Simmonds Lumber continues to bring to the table the best people in the industry, an extensive range of products, and a high service level. This is all from deliveries to communication, with customers and suppliers, and is underpinned by respect, fairness and honesty," Ms Colley said.
Simmonds Lumber will showcase its products at several expos this year including the following in the next few months:
Independent Hardware Group Expo – February 12-14 Adelaide
Sydney Build – March 15-16
Bowens Expo – March 21 Melbourne
HBT Expo – May 2-4 Adelaide
Tenaru
Tenaru's brands, Mirka, Sikkens and Hammerite, have consistently maintained an excellent reputation amongst both industry professionals and consumers alike, Tenaru Managing Director, Brian Hamilton said recently.
"This is because Tenaru manufactures high quality, premium products that offer a superior finish. The Sikkens products, for example, not only protect timber surfaces from the most extreme weather conditions, they also offer a highly transparent finish that accentuates the natural characteristics and colour of the wood," Mr Hamilton said.
"New water-based products, which are making the application of decking finishes quicker than ever before, also continue to boost this category. With Sikkens Cetol BLX-Pro, decks can be recoated after just two hours (weather permitting)," he said.
Tenaru partners with Master Painters Australia (NSW)
Tenaru also recently became a silver sponsor of Master Painters Australia (NSW), the peak industry body for the surface coating sector in NSW, and will be sponsoring its Awards for Excellence again this year.
According to Mr Hamilton, as the Tenaru portfolio evolves there is a growing need to have a direct communication channel to the professional painter.
"Tenaru's portfolio includes the globally established, premium products Sikkens, Hammerite, Dynamic Paintware and Mirka. Each brand complements the others and provides a full suite of surface coating solutions for our customers and trade professionals."
"Tenaru has a very experienced team, passionate about problem solving and providing the best advice for projects. We are keen to share our expertise by working more closely with MPA (NSW) members," Mr Hamilton said.
The sponsorship provides Tenaru with opportunities to engage with the association's members through awards programs, events and training sessions.
Tenaru sponsored a category and was also a guest presenter at the prestigious Master Painters Awards for Excellence last year.
Master Painters Australia (NSW) Chief Executive Officer, Therese Lauriola, also said she was, "excited to have Tenaru partnering with us and look forward to some great times ahead."
Five top tips from Haymes Simply Woodcare
Recently, the Haymes Simply Woodcare team highlighted the importance of providing good customer service to ensure repeat business, and offered its top five tips on how to ensure your customers have the best experience when buying timber finishes.
The Haymes team suggested retailers should begin improving their customers' in-store experience by conducting the following simple checks in the timber finish department, to ensure their customer receives the best possible advice, the right products and the confidence to achieve a great result at home:
• Start by having a quick look at the woodcare area. Is it tidy and clean? Do you have quality point of sale, with a good mix of products? If you are not sure what products you should be carrying, ask your supplier to recommend products and keep you informed of what their best sellers are.
• Make sure you have more than enough of the correct accessories, as there is nothing more frustrating for your customers than to seek out an accessory, such as an applicator, and find that they are all gone.
• Preparation is also vital for the performance of both interior and exterior coatings, so make sure you have appropriate preparation products on hand.
• Visual displays of the finished product are also a great way for your customers to see the end-result. Check with your supplier to see if your displays are current and relevant. If you do not have the room inside, you may be able to make an outside display.
• Make sure you have the most up to date brochures and reference material on hand. This is so you are 100 per cent confident you are giving your customer the best knowledge and advice. Ensure your staff are up to date with product knowledge as well as having plenty of brochures on-hand to assist them.
It is also essential that customers speak with a staff member who is familiar with the stock. Remember that most suppliers are very happy to provide product training for staff, when required. Contact your sales manager for further information on what is available. Once you have all the boxes ticked, your DIY customers should be walking out of your store confident and well informed on how to complete their timber project.
What decking and timber finishes should a retailer carry?
Retailers should ensure they keep a couple of options, in both interior and exterior, water and oil-based because your customers prefer to have the choice. Look at your current stock and ask yourself: is it turning over and relevant, do you have a good range?
Retailers also need to make sure their customers continue to remove old, deleted or damaged stock, and also check to see if pricing is comparable to competitors. The first impression is the most important one retailers give to their customers.
Exterior decking finishes are the most popular, so if possible keep a display of these products at the front of the store in the summer season. This is a great reminder for the DIY customer to get that decking project done, and it shows you are serious and knowledgeable about selling the right timber finishes.
Haymes has three decking finishes retailers may wish to choose from, with its most popular finish being its two coat, easy to use, quick drying Dexpress Deck & Timber Stain, which is a perfect choice for Australia's hardwood and softwood decking timbers including Merbau, Spotted Gum and Treated Pine.
Traditional decking oils are also a great option if your customers are looking for the most natural look. Haymes Decking Oil is an oil enriched finish that penetrates to nourish timber while remaining mould and fungus resistant, easy to apply and will not crack or peel.
The Haymes Simply Woodcare team recommends retailers inform customers that decking oils do require more frequent re-applications as they are a non-film forming coating.
If your customer is after a more premium finish, suggest your customers try Haymes Uvex Timber Finish. This dual layer water-based system provides superior longevity and enhances the natural beauty of exterior timber with a transparent, satin finish.
Just some of the more recent additions to the Haymes Woodcare family include:
Decking oil Merbau
Water based decking finish
Rapid Prep
Slip Resist Non-slip additive
Easy Floor Non-slip & Aqualac Floor Non-slip
Selling woodcare
The Haymes team said it is essential that customers speak with a staff member who is familiar with the stock. If your staff member requires training, contact either the company or sales manager for further information on what is available.
Start by asking lots of questions, as this will establish what your customers' needs are so you can make recommendations accordingly. Always start talking to your customers about preparation, and do not forget the accessories such as a deck scrub brush, bucket, paint brush and applicator for a decking job, or the sandpaper and fillers, and a good quality brush to get that professional finish for your interiors.
Always offer quality products first. As the old adage goes, "you get what you pay for." This can be the difference between a great and not so great end result.
Most folks will not remember everything you said, so remind them to take five minutes to read the company's recommendations on the back of the can when they are ready to start the project, or print out a data sheet for them to take home.
For further information about the Haymes Simply Woodcare range of quality innovative timber finishes phone Service Express on: 1800 033 431 or Simply Woodcare Business Development Manager, Wendy Payne on: 0418 823 684
Timbermate Group Chief Executive Officer, Warren Mymin.
Timbermate celebrates successful launches
Timbermate launched two new products into its range, over the last 12 months, with both products proving to be a great success, according to the company.
The products included the launch of Glue Dots into Australia, with the adhesive dots available in two hardware formulations, including Advanced Strength (permanent) and Removable. The Glue Dots are designed specifically for hard to reach areas where users cannot get in with a screwdriver or where they simply need a second set of hands while working (such as putting up a picture hook).
The dots are also designed to form an instant bond, while remaining non-toxic and do not dry out like most other glues.
Timbermate also launched a second exciting product with the launch of a product that has sold in South Africa, and now Australia, for over 50 years. Concremate is an expanding cement filler designed specifically to repair cracks in concrete, brick or any surface. Concremate also expands when it sets, so it may also be used to anchor in bolts, awnings, and hand rails etc. It also has a quick dry time and can be driven over by a car or forklift within just four hours.
Timbermate's point of difference in the market is its continued drive to produce quality and innovative products, according to Timbermate Group Chief Executive Officer, Warren Mymin.
"All of the products in our range are either manufactured in Australia or the USA, meaning we can better control the quality of our products. We also ensure that no product in our range is a 'me too' product and has its own point of difference or additional features to the alternate product," Mr Mymin said.
"This is particularly evident in both Timbermate (Interior) and Earl's MulTFill (Exterior). Both of these products are pure-water based products. When people hear water based they usually think acrylic because of the paint industry. In our case, there is no acrylic, latex or solvents in our products, which means you can safely use any coating and stain. Both products are NO VOC too," he said.
Timbermate was a pioneer in the space of not having to worry about stain compatibility when selecting a filling product, according to Mr Mymin.
"Furthermore, Timbermate also introduced to the marketplace the notion of re-constitution of dried out filler, which ensures users no longer need to replace the tub after only using on one job."
"More recently, MulTfill was launched for an exterior grade product with similar characteristics. Earl's MulTFill sands very easily and gives a beautiful smooth finish to any exterior project including decks and fence posts. It also comes pre-mixed in several popular outdoor timber colours. The White MulTFill is also very popular with painters, as it is not softened by moisture in the air on plaster or timber for interior purposes too. However, the key is educating the customer how to choose the right coating for the job as this can have a huge impact in appearance, longevity and even maintenance requirements," Mr Mymin said.
When discussing the timber/timber flooring and decking finishes industry in general, Mr Mymin said that Australians have always loved the look and convenience of a deck outside the home and the warmth and appearance of timber inside.
"With new coatings and application methods making it quicker and easier to not only install but maintain a timber floor and deck, it should only see further growth in this space."
When asked on how competitive the market is currently, Mr Mymin said that because Timbermate only plays in the filler space, he did not have the best answer for this.
"That being said in the filler space, there is much competition in the interior space, but the exterior space is pretty much the same it has been in recent years. This also relates to how difficult it is to make a great exterior product that can still be easily sanded when it sets," he said.
When discussing consistency of product quality, Mr Mymin said that while he does not believe there is an inconsistency of product standards, he does believe wholesalers/distributors search far and wide for more products to add to their portfolio.
"It is for this reason there is becoming a wider spread of the good/better/best product pyramid which is increasing the gap between each level of product," he said.
Looking into the year ahead, Mr Mymin said 2018 is an exciting year for Timbermate.
"We plan to continue our push of some of our new products (such as Concremate), while finding new ways to use our existing products. Our acquisition of Agnews in late 2016 has opened our eyes to some further applications for a staple product that has been around for nearly 90 years. This has led to great success with the building trade and even carpet installers, tilers and the like as they find the multi-substrate, self-leveling properties."
"We also have an exciting new product launch we are working towards which will revolutionize some areas of the market. This will hopefully be ready for launch in late 2018 and should excite our loyal customer base," he said.
Cabot's releases fastest coating system
With the warmer weather and months of al fresco entertaining well and truly here, Cabot's has introduced its fastest deck coating system ever, 'Finish in 1 Day' to speed up the process of reviving your customer's deck.
With recent research revealing 52 per cent of deck owners take more than a day to complete the coating process, and one in five have never coated their deck, Cabot's three step 'Finish in 1 Day', system responds to a national consumer demand for more time-efficient coating.
As the name suggests, the Cabot's 'Finish in 1 Day' system turns what is usually a six-week process, into a one-day job, thanks to a series of new product developments.
Designed to enhance and protect the natural look of exterior timber, popular Cabot's Aquadeck decking oil also now has a new formula, revolutionising the recoat time from two hours to just one hour. This makes it one of the fastest drying products of its kind on the shelves, according to Cabot's.
Cabot's recommends that retailers advise customers to team Cabot's Aquadeck with Cabot's Deck Clean and Cabot's New Timber Prep, an innovative new product that allows deck owners to skip the four to six weeks of weathering typically recommended for new timber.
Cabot's Senior Brand Manager, James Fisher, said Cabot's understands many deck owners struggle to dedicate time to maintaining their deck, despite it often becoming the hub of the home during the warmer months.
"With this in mind, the Cabot's 'Finish in 1 Day' system has been developed to make sure deck owners are able to spend more time enjoying their deck than they do caring for it," Mr Fisher said.
Three simple steps
In just three simple steps for new bare timber, or two simple steps for pre-weathered/grey timber, deck owners can achieve a great finish that can be easily touched up as required throughout the year. Advise your customers with the following steps:
Step 1: Cabot's new Timber Prep
Cabot's new Timber Prep eliminates the lengthy weathering process. Instead, just one application of Cabot's New Timber Prep imitates the exact effects of weathering, by drawing out the timber's tannins and oils. After 15 minutes, the product can be rinsed with warm water, leaving the surface ready for coating. Cabot's New Timber Prep is available in two and four litres.
Step 2: Cabot's Deck Clean
Cabot's Deck Clean is an essential preparation product, which may be used on both new and weathered timber, prior to coating, to remove dirt and excess tannins. Cabot's Deck Clean should be mixed with warm water and applied to the timber's surface using a bristle brush, like Cabot's Deck Prep. Rinse off after 20 minutes, with a high-pressure hose.
Cabot's Deck Clean is also available in one and four litre tins.
Step 3: Cabot's Aquadeck
Now with half the recoat time, Cabot's Aquadeck promises a durable, lightly pigmented finish, guaranteed to last twice as long as other oil-based decking oils. Touch dry in just 20 minutes, its reduced drying time ensures there is even less chance of dirt or dust particles being trapped on the timber's surface, making it easier than ever to achieve a flawless end-result.
Cabot's Aquadeck is available in 250 millilitres, one litre, four litre and 10 litre sizes.
For more information visit: www.cabots.com.au
Mirka raises bar for the sanding market with its new Mirka DEOS
Mirka is once again set to reshape the market of electric orbital sanders with its new Mirka DEOS, which is lower, lighter and easier to use.
Weighing just one kilogram and at just 10 centimetres high, the compact tool boasts a low profile that offers exceptional manoeuvrability and gives users full control over the sanding process. Just like the Mirka DEROS, it offers dust-free sanding when used in conjunction with Mirka's revolutionary Abranet net abrasives and dust extraction systems, making for a much cleaner, healthier work environment, not to mention reducing a significant amount of hassle when it comes to tidying up afterwards.
The Mirka DEOS is also equipped with a brushless motor, which means there is no need to change carbon brushes over, so it is easier to maintain and its closed construction ensures that no dust gets inside the motor, further prolonging its life.
The three-millimetre orbit movement of the Mirka DEOS provides the optimal balance between low vibrations and high sanding performance whilst an ergonomic, two-handed grip makes it easier to gain control when sanding hard to reach places.
The symmetrical design and increased space for the ring finger and little finger, ensures the user's grip is more relaxed and more controlled. It also delivers constant speed under load so that there is no loss in efficiency under heavy pressure, and a two speed control system which is quickly and easily changed via an accessible lever for a flawless finish every time.
Further highlights of the Mirka DEOS include its soft start motor, which ensures surfaces are protected when the sander starts, and the carefully designed housing and pad, which minimises the bouncing sideways when sanding in corners of profiles. This also adds to its comfort of use and reach into corners.
Once again, Mirka brings a unique product to the market that creates new industry standards. Customers with sanding projects will be hard-pressed to look past the Mirka DEOS's ease of use, ease of care, high quality results and healthier, dust-free working environment.
For more information visit: www.mirkaaustralia.com.au
Diggers Eco in-ground 'Timber Protecta'
Retailers need to remind their customers that they should start protecting their deck, before they have even finished building it.
Diggers Eco In-Ground Timber Protecta is a non-hazardous 'creosote alternative' that provides a tough bitumen coating to improve protection against moisture and deterioration on timber and masonry surfaces. Not only does it increase the life of building material in outdoor, below ground applications by sealing toxins in and keeping moisture out, but it is also registered by the Biological Farmer's Association (No. 10949AP), making it ideal for raised veggie beds or children's play areas. Typical uses include fences, veranda posts, sleeper walls, garden stakes/poles, veggie patches and retaining walls.
The flexible UV resistant coating expands and contracts with natural timber movement.
Eco In-Ground Timber Protecta is easy to apply with a brush, roller or by dipping. Remind your customers to coat timber to at least 10 centimetres above ground level and also inform them that the product may also be painted over with a water-based primer coat, and then either water-based or oil-based paint.


People are becoming more and more aware of the surrounding world because of development of science and technology. As one of the aspects of this global science also knowledge about jewelry, its quality and impact on the human body, significantly increases.
Thanks to this we are able to define helpful rules, also for people with sensitive skin, and answer few questions.
Here you will find 4 steps of aware care and use of your jewelry.
Proper taking care of your jewelry is important, but not many people know about this.
Each person who owns a jewelry, would like to enjoy it for a long time. There are easy steps to follow, which allow you to be more aware of your jewelry and batter take care of it.
Why should I care about my jewels?
It doesn't matter if you have a simple wooden, plastic or glass jewelry or high quality exclusive jewelry with expensive metals and stones or pearls. If you don't follow these rules, your beautiful jewelry will loose a lot on its decorativeness soon.
You should clean your jewels from time to time. Also it's important to clean jewels when they have had a contact with any liquids, also your sweat, or when somebody else could have wear it.
Sort your jewelry for two parts: made from metal and sewn or weaved with threads.
First group you can wash with clean water in room temperature and raw soap (with natural aroma, without additional ingredients of scent and color). Dissolve some soap in the water, put in your jewels and left for few minutes. Then massage it with your fingers in the water and then rinse with a clean water. Leave them to complete dry on the paper or textile towel. After drying wipe it with a soft cloth and hide on its place.
Jewelry sewn or weaved include threads. You shouldn't let them to be wet. However you can still keep them nice and clean. Take some soft cloth, if you can't find a proper one you can use cloth dedicated to clean glasses. You can gently clean your jewels with this dry cloth or let it moist a bit. After cleaning just hide your jewels on its place.
Don't use any detergents, don't rub your jewelry. Store it properly (you can read about this in our 4th point below). If you would like to have a competent care of your jewelry, you can also from time to time give it to your jeweler for professional cleaning, but it's not necessary.
Also you should sanitize the metal parts at least from your earrings (beagles or pins). You can do this with a cotton pad and hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol. Just soak a cotton pad with on of them and wipe your earrings before putting them on and after taking them of.
You should pay attention, how you use perfumes. Always use them at first, before putting on jewels. Also let your perfumes, cream or balms to completely dry at first. All of them can cause a chemical reaction with a jewelry, and it can easy irritate your skin.
Also don't make perfumes a substitute of disinfectant liquid. Do not use perfumes to sanitize e.g. earrings. This can have reverse effect and be a trigger of an allergic reaction of your skin.
Take of your jewelry each time when you take a bath, sleep, clean up at home, go swimming, go to the sauna or gym.
Dish soap as well as other detergents can cause a chemical reaction of jewelry, and in the effect can irritate your skin. Also cosmetics and personal hygiene products, sea water or your sweat can do the same. So simply be aware of this.
Crushing, falling out, cracking, breaking does not happen without a reason. The most common cases of this type of accidents occur during: squeezing, stumbling, hooking, and other damage resulting from various random events. That is why it is worth remembering to remove the jewelry before starting the homework, before going to sleep, before starting sports and other activities during which it may be damaged.
Also proper storage for your jewelry is important. Separate each piece, wrap it in a soft cloth and seal it in a bag, or in a special casket offered by jewelry stores. Good habit is to keep original pouches or boxes from jeweler and store your treasures in them.
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The War Game (1966) Destruction & Damnation
In a recent episode we looked at Peter Watkins shocking and timeless docudrama 'THE WAR GAME' with Julie McDowell from the 'Atomic Hobo' podcast. During our conversation I read excerpts from a 1966 review of the film from the Reading Evening Post. The review detailed the film's bleak portrayal of the effects of a nuclear strike on Kent. During my search for reviews and promotional materials for the episode I came across many other reviews and articles on the film.
An advert for a CND showing of the film, Harrow Observer – Friday 29 May 1970
Infamously banned by the BBC upon its television debut in early October 1965, the film may not have seen the light of day but the ban imposed did not stop the film being shown in cinemas and it was shown up and down the UK & abroad. It was given an 'X' rating by the British film board of censors, this rating restricted the audience to those 16 or over.
A Cinema Advertisement for THE WAR GAME, Belfast Telegraph – Friday 06 June 1969
One article that stood out was from the Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette from Thursday the 14th July, 1966. The headline of the article reads 'Censor Your TV Programmes Turn Them Off'. Within the article it their is a small section detailing the BBC ban of the film and has some quotes from Watkins on the ban:
'They [the public] should be able to discriminate and turn off when they don't want to watch something'.
Almost all of the reviews I found were from regional British news papers were almost all positive in their appraisal of Watkins film being a harsh reminder of the effects of nuclear war and its obvious disarmament stance.
The Birmingham Daily Post from the 9th February, 1966 review summed up the imagery & bleakness of the feature:
'Mr Watkins honesty does not flinch from applying similar realism to an imagined nuclear attack. One of his scenes show a child being blinded by the flash of a nuclear explosion 20 miles away: another shows a bucket full of wedding rings collected from burned bodies as the only possible hope of identification.'
However there were two articles that I uncovered during my research that were different to the others. The first comes from the Illustrated London News from April 9th, 1966. The reviewer Alan Dent writes how he thinks that the film somehow isn't as shocking as it could be:
'If anything anything it is not quite appalling enough and I doubt very much if the "fire storm" it shows us would no in a matter of seconds decimate all those cool doctors and nurses and obliterate all those medical supplies. Anyhow I doubt still more whether the general public will flock to see his vision of what could conceivably happen before the end of the century, to that general public'
This review is one of the few that have something genuine critical to say about 'THE WAR GAME'. It is interesting that the proposes that waits could have been even more visceral in his depiction of arguably the most distressing scene within the film.
One of the often shown scenes from the film, in which the flash from a bomb detonation blinds a civil defence worker and a child
The final piece I wish to cover comes from the Kent & Sussex Courier from the 25 February, 1966. The headline instantly drew me in 'This Film is Biased Says Civil Defence Leader'. A Mr Leonard Lozman, Civil Defence Officer for Tonbridge which had served as a shooting location for the film, did not like the depiction and CND tone of Watkins' production. Adding how he felt that the actions of the Civil Defence had been played down within the film;
'Not enough emphasis was placed on ho many lives could be saved by properly trained Civil Defence members on the periphery of a nuclear explosion. It was too negative'
Lozman adds to this later on in the article at his clear distaste for the films stance & hoped another film could be made to show the public about the horror of thermonuclear warfare.
'I feel there must be a follow up. At present it has a untidy finish, which leaves viewers in mid air without a positive answer'
I would have loved to know what Mr Lozman made of Mick Jacksons 'Threads' from 1984. Would he have changed his mind?
A poster for a BFI screening of the film
I hope you enjoyed this retrospective look at some thoughts and articles on THE WAR GAME from the mid 60s. The sentiment of these reviews were bolstered when the BBC finally broadcast the film in 1985 as part of a series of programmes to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. It was shown before Threads premiered and had an introduction by the journalist & broadcaster Sir Ludovic Kennedy.
In my view THE WAR GAME serves as Watkins' magnum opus. His career wavered somewhat after he left the BBC shortly after the ban. His 1967 film Privilege that explored the dangers of totalitarian governments was critically panned. But he collected himself and went on the make more anti-establishment cinema such as 1971's Punishment Park & the 375 minute epic La Commune.
To quote the late Roger Ebert from his 1967 review.
'They should string up bedsheets between the trees and show "The War Game" in every public park. It should be shown on television, perhaps right after one of those half-witted war series in which none of the stars ever gets killed.'
Listen to our episode on THE WAR GAME here.
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Q: enable scripting within docker image I can start elasticsearch with Kibana using the following 2 docker commands...
docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 --name elasticsearch-pb elasticsearch
docker run -d -p 5601:5601 --name kibana-pb --link elasticsearch-pb:elasticsearch -e ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://elasticsearch:9200 kibana

But how do I start es with script support using docker?
Usually this is done by adding 2 lines to elasticsearch.yml file.
script.inline: on
script.indexed: on

how do I change the config file within docker image?

A: Build a custom image that includes those options.
Create a directory for your docker image
mkdir my_elasticsearch
cd my_elasticsearch

Create an elasticsearch.yml with all the options including
script.inline: on
script.indexed: on

Create a Dockerfile that copies the config file.
from elasticsearch
copy elastcsearch.yml /container/path/to/elasticsearch.yml

Build and tag the image
docker build -t my/elasticsearch .

Then run your image
docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 --name elasticsearch-pb my/elasticsearch

You might want to publish your image to the Docker Hub or another registry so you only need to build it once.
You can also use docker-compose to manage the build process and multiple containers.

A: One approach is to create your own elasticsearch image, through a Dockerfile starting with the official elasticsearch image.
FROM elasticsearch:5
COPY myconfig /path/to/elasticsearch.yml

That way, your image can start an elasticsearch container with the right configuration pre-setted.

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Tag Archive for: Hunger Politics
Global Poverty
Starvation War Strategy in Syria
It is hunger, more than traditional warfare, that is taking the most lives and causing people to flee from Syria. Several parts of Syria have been cut off from food for several months and the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that three million people are hungry. The WFP has been able to deliver food aid to two million people, but over one million people are trapped in areas where no food is getting in and people cannot get out. Civilians who are in areas under siege are starving; hunger is being used as a weapon of war.
Hunger in Homs
In the city Homs, which has been under siege for the 18 months people are surviving on olives, "water soup" made of water and spices and grass and weeds picked from the street. As of mid-February, 1,300 people, including 500 children as well as and many women, elderly, and disabled persons fled the city with the help of Red Crescent and United Nations workers.
Men between the ages of 15 years old to 55 years old were forced to stay and fight. A temporary evacuation was allowed, but many evacuees and aid workers were wounded and many civilians were too afraid to try and leave.
Hunger forced the people to leave; food has dwindled down to nothing in the city and a one kilogram bag of rice costs $50. People were fighting over the small amount of food the U.N. was able to get into the city. Gerard Araud, France's U.N. Ambassador was quoted saying "We are facing the worst humanitarian tragedy since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994…starvation is used as a weapon by the regime.'"
Children Starving to Death
CNN broadcasted video footage of an emaciated one-year girl at the National Hospital in suburbs of Damascus. The child's organs were slowly deteriorating due to hunger and she reportedly died in hospital after her heart stopped. Her distraught mother reported that she had nothing to feed her child.
Doctors have told activists and journalists that this horror story is now happening frequently here. Starvation is being used as a weapon and infants are dying as their mother's breast milk runs dry. The elderly, the sick and pregnant women are also especially vulnerable.
Parents are risking death by leaving their homes to look for food for their children. A nurse told Amnesty International that at least four people a day suffer gunshot wounds while picking plants and shrubs in the fields nearby the Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp in Damascus.
Starvation War Strategy is a War Crime
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been starving his citizens and blocking access to humanitarian aid as a war strategy and this is considered a war crime. Reuters reports that one Syrian security official called the situation the "Starvation Until Submission Campaign."
Save the Child recently released a report stating that parts of Homs, Aleppo, Idlib and Damascus have been besieged. Talks between the U.N. and large humanitarian organizations are underway to negotiate a way to end the suffering of civilians.
The chief of Amnesty International said that European nations are not doing their part by taking in refugees. The five countries surrounding Syria are taking in 97 percent of the refugees and they are collapsing and now in need of help themselves. Wealthy European nations with space and resources need to step up to the plate.
– Elizabeth Brown
Sources: CNN, BBC, Arutz Sheva, Reuters, Al Arabiya
Photo: Spillers of Soup
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Q: View release for user on multiple devices Is it possible to see what release a particular user is running on their device(s).
For example user joesmith@myapp.com is running my app. He claims to be running version 2 but the behavior in the app makes me think that he is running version 1.1.
Is there a way to look up that user in fabric.io (assuming that we are calling setUserIdentifier) and seeing ALL the versions that user is running?


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namespace Symfony\Component\Cache\Tests\Adapter;

use Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\AbstractMySQLDriver;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\Middleware;
use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
use PHPUnit\Framework\SkippedTestSuiteError;
use Psr\Cache\CacheItemPoolInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\DoctrineDbalAdapter;
use Symfony\Component\Cache\Tests\Fixtures\DriverWrapper;

/**
 * @group time-sensitive
 */
class DoctrineDbalAdapterTest extends AdapterTestCase
{
    protected static $dbFile;

    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
    {
        if (!\extension_loaded('pdo_sqlite')) {
            throw new SkippedTestSuiteError('Extension pdo_sqlite required.');
        }

        self::$dbFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'sf_sqlite_cache');
    }

    public static function tearDownAfterClass(): void
    {
        @unlink(self::$dbFile);
    }

    public function createCachePool(int $defaultLifetime = 0): CacheItemPoolInterface
    {
        return new DoctrineDbalAdapter(DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'path' => self::$dbFile]), '', $defaultLifetime);
    }

    public function testConfigureSchemaDecoratedDbalDriver()
    {
        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'path' => self::$dbFile]);
        if (!interface_exists(Middleware::class)) {
            $this->markTestSkipped('doctrine/dbal v2 does not support custom drivers using middleware');
        }

        $middleware = $this->createMock(Middleware::class);
        $middleware
            ->method('wrap')
            ->willReturn(new DriverWrapper($connection->getDriver()));

        $config = new Configuration();
        $config->setMiddlewares([$middleware]);

        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'path' => self::$dbFile], $config);

        $adapter = new DoctrineDbalAdapter($connection);
        $adapter->createTable();

        $item = $adapter->getItem('key');
        $item->set('value');
        $this->assertTrue($adapter->save($item));
    }

    public function testConfigureSchema()
    {
        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'path' => self::$dbFile]);
        $schema = new Schema();

        $adapter = new DoctrineDbalAdapter($connection);
        $adapter->configureSchema($schema, $connection);
        $this->assertTrue($schema->hasTable('cache_items'));
    }

    public function testConfigureSchemaDifferentDbalConnection()
    {
        $otherConnection = $this->createConnectionMock();
        $schema = new Schema();

        $adapter = $this->createCachePool();
        $adapter->configureSchema($schema, $otherConnection);
        $this->assertFalse($schema->hasTable('cache_items'));
    }

    public function testConfigureSchemaTableExists()
    {
        $connection = DriverManager::getConnection(['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'path' => self::$dbFile]);
        $schema = new Schema();
        $schema->createTable('cache_items');

        $adapter = new DoctrineDbalAdapter($connection);
        $adapter->configureSchema($schema, $connection);
        $table = $schema->getTable('cache_items');
        $this->assertEmpty($table->getColumns(), 'The table was not overwritten');
    }

    /**
     * @dataProvider provideDsn
     */
    public function testDsn(string $dsn, string $file = null)
    {
        try {
            $pool = new DoctrineDbalAdapter($dsn);
            $pool->createTable();

            $item = $pool->getItem('key');
            $item->set('value');
            $this->assertTrue($pool->save($item));
        } finally {
            if (null !== $file) {
                @unlink($file);
            }
        }
    }

    public function provideDsn()
    {
        $dbFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'sf_sqlite_cache');
        yield ['sqlite://localhost/'.$dbFile.'1', $dbFile.'1'];
        yield ['sqlite3:///'.$dbFile.'3', $dbFile.'3'];
        yield ['sqlite://localhost/:memory:'];
    }

    protected function isPruned(DoctrineDbalAdapter $cache, string $name): bool
    {
        $o = new \ReflectionObject($cache);
        $connProp = $o->getProperty('conn');

        /** @var Connection $conn */
        $conn = $connProp->getValue($cache);
        $result = $conn->executeQuery('SELECT 1 FROM cache_items WHERE item_id LIKE ?', [sprintf('%%%s', $name)]);

        return 1 !== (int) $result->fetchOne();
    }

    private function createConnectionMock()
    {
        $connection = $this->createMock(Connection::class);
        $driver = $this->createMock(AbstractMySQLDriver::class);
        $connection->expects($this->any())
            ->method('getDriver')
            ->willReturn($driver);

        return $connection;
    }
}

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Home Life & Style Religion
Int'l consultant dates Malawi clergy
by Brenda Buliyani
in Religion
He is known across the world for his compelling, challenging and captivating keynotes, and now global leadership and management consultant Alex Ihama is in the country to deliver about 20 lectures to pastors, bishops, politicians, professors, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, women and youths.
Mangochi CCAP charity shelters late pastor's wife
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The 2016 series of lectures, which will last four weeks, will be held under the theme Mystique of Leadership: Strategies for Wealth Creation and Global Influence.
The lectures will take place in districts, including Mangochi, Blantyre, Lilongwe and Salima, according to a statement released by John Chirwa, senior pastor of House of Prayer for all Nations and executive director for Foundation for Education and Social Development (Fesodev).
A prayer service in session during one of the lectures
This follows a partnership agreement between Fesodev and Ihama's International School of Greatness headquartered in Canada, but with campuses in 18 countries across the world, to organise Welcome to Greatness Malawi, annually. Ihama is also expected to inaugurate the Malawi branch of his International School of Greatness.
Said Chirwa: "Malawi is undergoing economic upheaval and needs seminars like these to change the landscape. I have been waiting for such an occasion for the past 10 years, and now, I see the future unfolding for me and I thank God for it."
On his part, Ihama said he is thankful for every opportunity he gets to inspire people.
"While I have been doing this for almost two decades, I still don't take it lightly. The work we have been doing in Africa for some years now was inspired by my mentor, the late Dr Myles Munroe. It was in an encounter with him some years ago that he challenged me to join his ground-breaking effort to train leaders across Africa," said Ihama.
Another featured speaker in the series of events is Bishop David Kings, the senior pastor of Charisma Church in Kaduna, Nigeria.
The lectures started on 19 August, and will wrap up at a business breakfast to be held at Malawi Sun Hotel in Blantyre on September 13 2016. n
Dzombe kukoma, koma…
MAM elections slated for August 31


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My Thoughts on the 56th Grammy Awards
For the first time in over a decade now, I didn't watch the Grammy Awards telecast live. But I did follow its proceedings online, and I have since watched the live performances and several choice highlights too. So all in all, I think I have a firm grasp of what went down in the Staples Center last night.
All that said, I can categorically declare this year's Grammys to be my favorite one thus far. And in case you haven't figured out why, it has a lot to do with the two guys in robot helmets pictured above. Daft Punk made music history last night by becoming the first electronic act to take home Album of the Year.
Not only did the French electronic duo win top honor, they also took home Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for their song Get Lucky, and Best Dance/Electronica Album and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for Random Access Memories. In total, they won all five categories they had been contending for.
But it wasn't all Daft Punk last night. The 17-year-old New Zealand native, Lorde, won Song of the Year for Royals; Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for their song Thrift Shop, as well as Best Rap Album for their album, The Heist; while Pharrell Williams took home Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
As for the other main attraction of the evening, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons and others all gave stellar performances. Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams took the stage with legends Stevie Wonder and Nile Rodgers. Another standout was Pink, who performed Try and Just Give Me a Reason, with her signature high-wire acrobatics. You would think that the whole circus act routine would be old by now, but no. Instead, she never fails to impress.
Alex J. Cavanaugh 27 January 2014 at 16:03
This was probably one of the better Grammy Awards. The performances were very good and clever how they paired up musicians. Thought that was cool Daft Punk won. (Dig their Tron Legacy soundtrack.) And I was stunned that Metallica performed One. Bet half the crowd didn't even know that song. All right, probably more than half.
Michael Abayomi 28 January 2014 at 16:49
Okay. I'll admit that I fall within the group that didn't know the song. But that's one of the reasons why I love the Grammys. You get to discover new music, or in this case, rediscover old ones.
Tony Laplume 28 January 2014 at 16:35
Robots won Grammy awards???
LOL. Yes, Tony. Extremely talented robots.
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Participating in different robotic competition/workshops/conference - winning prizes and appreciation is a regular feature.
In academic session 2009-10 our institute team participated and got Ist Prize in BITS, Pilani.
Large number of students participated in in-house robotic competition in academic session 2009-10 and many students are awarded prizes and certificate.
In academic session 2009-10, group of students of all the branches prepared and demonstrated high quality project of public utility. These projects are examined for the quality and utility by the experts.
On the spot advice and guidance is provided to the group handling the project for further improvements, so that it can be patented in future. Some of the project teams were awarded prizes for encouragements.


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Over the course of the conference, in place of traditional keynote lectures, guest speakers and musicians will jointly present performance workshops. A cross between master class and conference paper, each workshop will investigate a spectral piece focusing on its genesis, compositional procedures, notation, collaborative process with performers, auditory implications, etc. Many musical excerpts will be performed live, followed by a full performance. The programme will include pieces by Giacinto Scelsi, Pascale Criton, Horatio Radulescu and Gérard Grisey. All the workshops will take place at Ircam (salle Stravinsky).
Frances-Marie Uitti (cello) in conversation with Sharon Kanach.
Fanny Vincens, Jean-Etienne Sotty (Duo XAMP) and Pascale Criton in conversation with Robert Hasegawa.
Garth Knox (viola) in conversation with Martin Suckling.
Claude Delangle and Antonin Pommel (bass saxophone) in conversation with François-Xavier Féron.
This concert is not included in the registration fee.


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Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in more than 90 countries.
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Venture fund looks to raise $50M to transform Newark into start-up tech hub
Venture Fund Hopes To Spur Tech Growth In Newark
Gallery: Venture Fund Hopes To Spur Tech Growth In Newark
By Dan Ivers | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
NEWARK - Politicians and business magnates alike crowded into the downtown Newark office of Audible.com Monday morning to officially announce the launch of a venture fund aiming to carve out a brand-new identity for Newark - tech mecca.
Newark Venture Partners is aiming to raise $50 million to invest in a select group of start-up tech companies, all of which will be housed in a so-called "accelerator" that will help them develop ideas and grow with the help of various guiding hands.
Officials and partners in the initiative said it is all part of a wide-ranging effort to transform Newark from a city struggling to recover from its industrial past to one embracing the tech-based economy of the future.
"I have a feeling that literally, when you put the stake in the ground, that all kinds of things will happen," said Donald Katz, Audible's CEO and Newark Venture Fund chairman.
As many 1,000 fledgling companies are expected to make their pitch to join the accelerator each year, all hoping to join a select group of less than 50 that will land initial investments of between $50,000 and $100,000.
The chosen start-ups will work out of a space downstairs from Audible's headquarters at One Washington Park, in a 25,000 square-foot space provided rent-free by Rutgers Business School. During their stay, they will receive mentoring from staff with Audible and other experienced business minds involved with the fund.
"Unlike the traditional venture capital, in our model...all of our companies that we invest in, we're going to bring them here," said Thomas Wisniewski, a veteran New York City angel investor who will help lead the fund.
Partners in the initiative also intend to use the investment dollars to create "Firebolt Newark Wi-Fi", a network that will provide the start-ups and Newarkers alike with free access to "lightning-fast" Internet service and massive bandwidth.
The accelerator itself will also be equipped with a fiber-optic infrastructure that will provide the businesses with up to 10 gigabits of online data, officials said.
Mayor Ras Baraka said the service would be crucial to not only developing the companies in their infancy, but retaining them once they have outgrown the accelerator and are looking for a permanent home.
The case would likely be strengthened by Newark's various public transportation options, proximity to New York, tens of thousands of college students and abundance of available commercial space. The city could also consider tax incentives or other measures to help hold onto growing outfits.
Baraka added that each new engineering or other tech-related job is usually accompanied by up to five other service-based or entry-level positions needed to sustain new companies, all of which will help provide the city with much-needed jobs.
"It has a multiplier effect for the city, to help us push forward and get more Newarkers employed," he said.
The Firebolt Wi-Fi system will stretch for about two miles through downtown Newark, and is being funded by Audible, Prudential Financial and the Military Park Partnership, officials said. A similar network is also available at a number of Newark Housing Authority locations and community recreation centers further into the city's neighborhoods.
Katz said Newark Venture Partners will still need to raise much of the $50 million it hopes to commit to young entrepreneurs, though there are no plans to accept any public dollars along the way.
U.S. Senator and former Newark Mayor Cory Booker said he and Katz first discussed efforts to fund tech-related business in Newark in 2007, around the time Audible moved its headquarters to the city.
"It is amazing to see what happens from a seat of a conversation to the realization of that idea," he said.
"If you create the right environment, the right ecosystem, in which ideas can turn into business industry, literally if you can create that space, you can transform the globe. You can transform all of humanity."
Dan Ivers may be reached at divers@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DanIversNJ. Find NJ.com on Facebook.


Four species of anacondas exist, with the green anaconda being the largest among all species of snakes. Anacondas can grow to lengths of nearly 38 feet and weigh over 500 pounds. Unlike some snakes, anacondas don't rely on venom to subdue their prey. Instead, anacondas use constriction to slowly suffocate their victims. While anacondas hunt on land, they prefer water to accommodate their massive bodies. These snakes have developed special adaptations to allow them to survive.
Anacondas have sharp teeth, strong jaws, taste-based tracking, camouflage scales, repelling scent glands, huge size, and a large lung capacity to help them hunt.
The shape of an anaconda's teeth act as pivotal tools for it to capture its prey. While small, an anaconda's teeth have curves and exceedingly sharp edges. Once trapped within an anaconda's jaw, escaping from its teeth escape becomes near impossible for prey. This helps the snake as it coils its body around its victims. An anaconda has stretchy ligaments within its jaw, which help the snake open its mouth wide. Since anacondas have mobile ligaments, they can easily swallow larger prey, such as capybara and jaguars. This allows an anaconda to subsist on one meal for weeks or even months.
Located within the roof of a reptile's mouth, the Jacobson's organ, helps it to smell, rather than taste, molecules in the air. When interested in its surrounding, an anaconda will flick its tongue into the air to collect scents around it. When an anaconda smells something, the scents transfer to the Jacobson's organ for identification. This form of scenting helps the snake locate potential prey.
The patterns on an anaconda's body help it to hide from predators. Color spotting on an anaconda also helps the snake blend into muddy waters. This allows the snake to lie stealthily in wait for animals to come closer without being identified. If an anaconda stays out of water for an extended period of time, the snake can become infested with ticks. As a result, glands around the snake's cloaca emits a horrendous smell to ward of parasites. The cloaca acts as the snake's intestinal, urinary and genital chamber, similar to that of birds and kangaroos.
The scales, or scutes, on the underside of an anaconda assist the snake when moving on land. The scales create an undulating motion, while griping the ground to propel the snake forward. Anacondas can stay submerged under water for up to 10 minutes while stalking a potential meal. An anaconda can easily subdue its prey in water by drowning it prior to eating it.
What Is the Function of Scales on Reptiles?
Zmuida, China. "What Adaptations Do Anacondas Have to Survive?" Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/adaptations-do-anacondas-survive-8367104.html. 30 April 2018.


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USA Today, Dec. 11, 2015
Pumped dry: The global crisis of vanishing groundwater
Many of the world's aquifers are being depleted. Using measurements from NASA's GRACE satellites, a team of scientists led by Professor Jay Famiglietti of the University of California, Irvine and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have found that more than half of the planet's largest 37 aquifers have declined since 2003.
BBC – The Forum, Dec. 14, 2015
Symbols, Signs and Secrets. What symbols tell us about ourselves.
Ranging from hieroglyphics in the ancient World through symbols in art to the increasing use of the emoji, Dr Ramirez examines the power of the symbol and its importance. … With her to discuss symbols and signs, … Professor Mimi Ito, a cultural anthropologist who studies new media use, particularly among young people in Japan and the US, from the University of California, Irvine ….
The Huffington Post, Dec. 9, 2015
Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims reflects America's worrisome past
Michele Goodwin, [UCI Chancellor's Professor of law writes]: In our forthcoming essay published in the Harvard Law Review (found here), Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and I document how claims to protect the nation too often served as proxies for nativism, discrimination, political expedience, and racism.
The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 14, 2015
Droids and The Force: How the science in 'Star Wars' is actually real
In another example of science fiction crossing with science reality, astronomers at UC Irvine are exploring the mounting of a laser on the International Space Station in 2017, in order to destroy any threatening space debris … or attacking TIE fighters.
Contra Costa Times, Dec. 14, 2015
University of California pressured to count computer science toward high school math requirement
In the long run, perhaps UC should consider creating another category of courses that includes engineering and computer science, said Debra Richardson, founding dean of UC Irvine's School of Information and Computer Sciences and chairwoman of the alliance. "It may be just as important for students to be conversant in computer science as in algebra. So many things rely on computers now."
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If you have been charged with an OVI in Lewis Center, Ohio, you should contact an experienced Ohio DUI attorney ASAP. As an experienced DUI attorney serving Lewis Center, Ohio, Attorney Douglas Riddell will examine all aspects of your OVI case to determine whether any errors were made by the arresting officer or whether any defenses can be offered to reduce or dismiss the charge. For example, did the arresting officer properly issued all required warnings, properly administered all of the roadside field sobriety tests, and performed the search, tests and arrest lawfully?
Attorney Doug Riddell has represents clients facing drunk driving charges throughout Central Ohio, including in Lewis Center and throughout Delaware County, in cases ranging from first offense DUI/OVI charges to repeat felony OVI/DUI cases that can carry significant penalties, including jail time.
If you have been charged with a DUI / OVI in Lewis Center, your case will most likely be filed in the Delaware County Municipal Court. The Court is located at 70 North Union Street in Delaware, Ohio.
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Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco to be combined with Electronics USA
Category: Embedded Business News
By Microcontroller.com
Oct 3, 2002 - 11:19:00 AM
CMP Media and Messe Muenchen today announced an agreement to produce electronicaUSA with Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco beginning in 2004.
Munich, Germany - October 30, 2002 - CMP Media LLC today announced a strategic alliance with Messe Muenchen GmbH to produce electronicaUSA with the Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco in 2004. The two events will be united to form one combined event format.
Individual exhibition areas will include:
- Embedded Systems
- Connector Technology
- Semiconductors
- Sensors and Microsystems
- Switches
- Displays
- Power Supplies
- Enclosures
- EDA Tools
- Testing and Measurement
- Servo Technology
- Assemblies and Subsystems
To Microcontroller.com, we are unsure as to the extent that this may or may not dilute the "embedded" content of the Embedded Systems Conference. Clearly, the conference will no longer be focused soley on embedded systems.
About electronica and Global Electronics
The electronica trade show was first produced in 1964. It is part of Global Electronics, Munich Trade Fairs' international electronics network, and includes trade fairs around the world.
The leading trade fairs electronica,
Productronica and Laser.World of Photonics present the major international
trends in Munich.
About CMP Media LLC
CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading high-technology
business-to-business multimedia company that provides essential information and integrated marketing services to technology and health-care professionals worldwide. CMP's diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences.


of the book of Genesis turned Genesis two and three into a historical account.
in the section on the biblical flood.
together into what has become Noah's flood account in Genesis 6-9.
1-11 was to write an account of the origin of the universe and humanity.
In other words, his purpose was to offer a cosmogony and a historiography.
this is the account of, in the book of Genesis.
And this subtitle appears six times in Genesis 1-11.
this is the account of the heavens and the earth.
Clearly his intention was to write a cosmogony.
the origin of Genesis 1-11.
Re-Interpreted Ancient Near Eastern Motifs of Origins Theory.
to understand the origin of the biblical flood.
This theory identifies six basic stages.
of origins, which most likely were first in an oral form.
of the origin of the universe, life, and their community.
over a period from 3,000 to 1,500 BC BCE.
inherit these motifs of origins.
the existence of Israel is 1200 BC BCE.
this would have facilitated their reinterpretation.
re-interpret ancient NorEastern motifs of origins.
Inspired by God they replaced the pagan theology with inerrant spiritual truths.
actual historical events remembered from oral traditions.
For example, some people in the genealogies.
Stage 5, the Hebrews become literate and write down two accounts of origins.
literacy among the Hebrews is roughly about 1200 BC BCE.
the Priestly or P account of origins about 500.
the J & P accounts of origins together to form Genesis 1-11.
And this probably happened around 500 BC BCE.
re-interpreting of the ancient near eastern motifs or origins by the Hebrews.
motifs of the day as a vessel to deliver God's inerrant spiritual truths.
I need to add a few comments.
is an interactive process between the human authors and the Holy Spirit.
God allowed them to use their motifs of origins.
This is another example of accommodation.
parallel between the two divine books.
In the origin of the Book of God's Works, that is nature.
God used an ordained and sustained natural evolutionary process to create the world.
God used an ordained and sustained ancient literary process.
In other words, God created the Bible through a literary evolution.


Someone tell me how to count quarter note triplets!
I am able to create eighth note and quarter note triplets with no problem. However, I am stuck when I try to make one of the quarter notes in a quarter note triplet into 2 eighth notes. I have attached a photo of what I want. Any help is much appreciated. On a Mac 10.10.5, Finale 25.
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White's County and District Map of The State of...
M. Wood White
White's County and District Map of The State of West Virginia From the most recent Surveys & Authentic sources Published By M. Wood White. Grafton, W. VA. 1875.
Grafton, WV / 1875
One of the First Large Scale Maps of West Virginia
Fine large format map of West Virginia, published by real estate promoter M. Wood White in Grafton, West Virginia, and "Engraved & Printed by H.J. Toudy & Co., Phila. Pa."
The map is exceptionally detailed, locating counties, towns, post offices, railroads roads, rivers, lakes, mountains, etc.
Includes a fine image of the West Virginia State seal and advertising for:
C.P. Brown & Co. Dealers in American & Foreign Watches (Wheeling, West Virginia)
LS. Delaplain & Son, Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions (Wheeling, West Virginia)
Levi F. Smith, Dealers in all appliances to Steam Boilers and Engines (Philadlephia)
White notes that:
English Capital is now seeking investment in this State. Eastern Capital is now seeking investment in this State. M. Wood White the proprietor of this State Map of West Virginia, is now prepared to act as Agent for the sale of West Virginia land, being in direct communication with New York capitalists, whose attention is now directed towards the vast Coal, Iron, Mineral and Timber Lands of this State . . .
White was responsible for publishing the earliest large format maps of West Virginia, this being one of several of his early works, which were first published in 1873.
White had previously published the first Atlas of West Virginia, White's New County and District Atlas of the State of West Virginia. Comprising fifty-four counties; three hundred and twenty-seven township districts; and two thousand five hundred and sixty-seven school districts. From the most recent surveys and authentic sources. Maps drawn by William H. Gamble, Philadelphia, Penna. Examined and corrected by M.A. Miller, top. eng., Staunton, Virginia. Grafton, West Virginia, published by M. Wood White and Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr. in 1873.
White's map is very rare on the market. We note one prior example at auction (Swann 2008) and a single institutional example (University of Chicago).
Dissected and laid on linen. Very minor soiling.
Antique Maps / United States / Mid-Atlantic / Mid-Atlantic
Antique Maps / United States / Mid-Atlantic / West Virginia
Antique Maps / United States / Southeast / Southeast


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Breadcrumbs Exhibitions and Activities Activities
A session featuring poetic action and chance Action at the end of the month
Music and live artsAll audiences
CANCELLED - Saturday 31 October 2020
Denys Blacker. Infiltracions, 2020 (30')
Ways of communicating are not always obvious or clear. We understand each other in spite of the words. Infiltracions offers a conversation with the public that reveals the most intuitive and visceral layers of understanding.
Bartolomé Ferrando. Syntax, 1996/2020 (12'), and Cries, 2002/2020 (5')
Syntax is a piece based on the simultaneous crossing of two or three abstract discourses. Cries is a piece based on gestural writing.
Xavier Theros. Accidents polipoètics, 2020 (40')
Accidents polipoètics was a polypoetry duo active between 1991 and 2017, when one of the two members, Rafael Metlikovez, passed away. On this occasion we will listen to their classic poems, now recited in just one voice.
Ways of communicating are not always obvious or clear. We understand each other in spite of the words. Infiltracions offers a conversation with the public that reveals the most intuitive and visceral layers of understanding. Intersensual and interconnected knowledge leaves logical communication aside, to penetrate less conscious forms of knowledge. An installation of sculptural objects is effected by the artist linked to a series of proposals previously agreed upon with the public in a way that challenges the work's authorship. The responsibility for giving the work meaning and interpreting it lies with everyone present.
Infiltracions questions the structures of power and knowledge that habitually become accommodated in art's critical and theoretical practices, suggesting an organic process that gives each person the freedom to create contents and discover meanings.
Syntax is a piece based on the simultaneous crossing of two or three abstract discourses. The interpretation that I am going to perform today is based on the overlapping of two discourses: the first of them will be pre-recorded and broadcast on the television above my head. The second discourse will be an open, live reading of a text close to the first, but with marked differences. The discourses will intertwine with each other, resulting in an amalgam of meanings produced by the crossing of a few words. The fabric produced between the two discourses will reveal a certain meaning close to the absurd, but only in part, as it will also reveal insinuations of meaning that the recipient of the piece will have to construct and complete in their mind. Thus, Syntax is a piece close to happening, in which another person's mental involvement is required in this amalgam between meaning and the absurd. Humour crops up everywhere.
Cries is a piece based on gestural writing. A cluster of sonorities with a starting point in painting-writing. I drew overlapping lines; meaningless, but that attempted to be a reflection of the essence of the physical language of my own writing, thus giving form to a score of strokes. To perform it, I go through this score of strokes from left to right, following the form they have taken, and I generate a discourse that is broken, pluralistic, sonorous, primitive and lacking in linguistic sense, but loaded with meaning. A random discourse ranging from cries to murmurs, a touch, insinuation, sobs, a mandate or an audible caress. The gestural line speaks with multiple voices, but what interests me most is delving into the primitivism of speech, generating sounds and noises that I had never made before, perhaps discovering a kind of uncodified proto-language that maintains its musicality and, paradoxically, its meaning.
Accidents polipoètics was a polypoetry duo active between 1991 and 2017, when one of the two members, Rafael Metlikovez, passed away. During the years of their activity, they gave recitals in Catalonia, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, the United States, Colombia and Mexico, as well as at the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Bowery Poets Club in New York. They premiered five performance pieces-talks at the Malic, Sala Beckett, Tantarantana, Mercat de les Flors and Espai Brossa-la Seca theatres, and published several books of poetry, some translated into German, Portuguese, Greek or English. In 1997 they won an Aplauso at the Sebastià Guasch Awards, and in 2007 they won the Roma Poetry Slam, held at the Teatro Palladium in Rome. They collaborated creating texts for La Fura dels Baus, Sol Picó, Carles Santos, Pascal Comelade and Frank T; and they shared the stage with poets such as Josep Palau i Fabre, Enric Casasses, John Giorno, Jesús Lizano, Jean Jacques Lebel and Joan Brossa, who said of them that they made "feast day poetry". On this occasion we will listen to their classic poems, now recited in just one voice.
DENYS BLACKER (London, 1961)
Transdisciplinary visual artist who brings together performance art, drawing, sculpture and video. She has lived and worked in Catalonia since 1987. She is a member of the international performance groups Wolf in the Winter and Ocells al Cap, and is one of the founders of the ELAA (European Live Art Archive) project. She is the founder of the Corpologia action artists' collective and the magazine with the same name. Since 2002 she has run Gresol, a non-profit cultural association. She has organised more than twenty festivals and international performance art gatherings. Outstanding among them is FEM, an international festival held annually focused on action art by women, which has reached its 16th edition.
Master in Fine Arts at the Chelsea School of Art (London, England) and PhD at Northumbria University (Newcastle, England) with her quest for interconnection, synchrony and awareness in the practices of improvised performance art. She works in collaboration with the Francesca Bonnemaison Women's Culture Center (Barcelona), where she coordinates the program "Cara a cara" ("Face to Face"): Performance art series, interviews and residencies to promote the work of women artists. She also collaborates with other organisations to program performance events, such as the Cicle d'Art el Bòlit (Contemporary Art Centre of Girona) and FLARE (Forum for Live Art Research and Education) at the University of Northumbria (England). She has recently launched SYNC, an editorial project of monographs on performance artists.
BARTOLOMÉ FERRANDO (Valencia, 1951)
Performer and visual poet. Full professor of performance art and intermedia art at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia. Coordinates the journal Texto Poético. As a performance artist he participates in festivals and events held in Europe, Canada, Mexico, USA, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam and Israel. He exhibits his visual and concrete poetry in several cities in Spain, Italy and France. He is part of the groups Flatus Vocis Trio, Mundana Music Workshop, Rojo, SIC, JOP, Dosentredos and Trio Poesia Acció, dedicated to the development of creative practices located at the point where music, poetry and action art meet. He is an editor at the magazines Doc(k)s, Inter, Boca de incendio and Texturas. In addition to Texto Poético, he has published books of poetry: Trazos, Propuestas poéticas, Jocs, Latidos, Valencia, En la frontera de la voz, Nudos de viento, Soledad magnética and In-significancias poéticas, as well as essays: Hacia una poesía del hacer; El arte intermedia; La mirada móvil; El arte de la performance, elementos de creación; Arte y cotidianeidad: hacia la transformación de la vida en arte; and De la poesía visual al arte de acción. He has also made several recordings on MC, LP and CD, and performance art videos and DVDs. The French magazine Doc(k)s dedicated its number 25/26/27/28 4éme série to him.
XAVIER THEROS (Barcelona, 1963)
He has been giving poetry recitals for 45 years. With Xavier Sabater he founded the first polypoetry group in Catalonia: Poliphonetica Dinámica. And with Rafael Metlikovez he created Accidents Polipoètics. For many years he was a collaborator and chronicler of Barcelona in the Diari de Barcelona, El País and the ARA, as well as on several radio and television programs. He has authored essays, such as Burla, escarnio y otras diversiones on humour in the Middle Ages, and also books of city chronicles such as Barcelona a cau d'orella, Diumenges a Barcelona, Vida i miracles de la plaça Reial and La Sisena Flota a Barcelona, for which he won the 2010 Huertas Clavería Prize for journalism. He also published the novel La fada negra, for which he received the Josep Pla Award for literature in 2017.
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Our Many Europes is a programme by the European museum confederation "L'Internationale" and co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. The members of L'Internationale (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Moderna Galerija (MG+msum), Ljubljana, Van Abbemuseum, The Netherlands, MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie, SALT Research and programs Istanbul and Ankara, and Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid) and its partners National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin and HDK- Valand (Gothenburg University) are presenting more than 40 public activities (conferences, exhibitions,workshops) from now and until May 2022.
Bartolomé Ferrando. Sintaxis, 1996/2020
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Saturdays 26 September, 31 October (cancelled) and 19 December (cancelled) 2020
Action at the end of the month
Music and live arts


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Video - Ghost rider? Footage on Facebook shows bike's pedals spinning … with no-one on it
We reckon it was the janitor … and he'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pedalling kids
by Simon_MacMichael
Video posted to Facebook by a user in Thailand shows a bicycle's pedals and rear wheel spinning apparently of their own accord – leading some users of the social network to wonder whether ghostly goings-on are afoot.
CCTV footage of what appears to be the patio of a bar or café shows the cracks and wheel turning, building up a fair old pace, with nothing obvious propelling them.
Towards the end of the video, a bucket resting on a table is sent crashing to the ground, causing a man to rush through a doorway to find out what is going on.
But while some people believed a ghost was behind what happened – one even saying they thought they could detect an almost invisible man – another had a more prosaic explanation, saying "One viewer wrote: "Fake. Don't be so stupid. Just wire everything up. Anything can move."
When we've featured videos of bikes with rear wheels spinning apparently of their own accord, it's been in the context of a pro race with Twitter abuzz with speculation that the footage provides evidence of illegal mechanical assistance.
Mind you, those theories of riders actually using a concealed motor in competition used to be dismissed as too far-fetched to be true … until one turned up in a bike prepared for Belgian Under-23 rider Femke Van Den Driessche at the cyclo-cross world championships earlier this year.
So maybe there is something to the supernatural angle after all?
Here at road.cc HQ, however, we're a bit more cynical and we'd point the finger at the janitor – and he'd have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pedalling kids …
Simon MacMichael
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site's community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport's biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.


It isn't as catchy or as groundbreaking as his classic works (1999, Purple Rain), but Musicology showcases why Prince is one of the most revered and influential musicians from the 1980s. The artist formerly known as a weird symbol is near the top of his game on this disc, fusing funk, jazz and straight-up pop to create a retro sound that feels fresh. If "A Million Days" and "Cinnamon Girl" don't make it to radio stations and car stereos this summer, then there is no justice in this world.


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Hockey coach strips to make his point
Published 7:00 pm EST, Friday, February 25, 2011
Some coaches have their own unique -- and in some cases peculiar -- way of trying to make a point.
Such was the case with Greg Pankewicz, an assistant coach with the Colorado Eagles in the Central Hockey League.
During a 5-1 win last week, Pankewicz was so angered after a referee pushed one of his players away from a series of fights that he began throwing things on the ice from the bench. Namely his clothes.
First he threw his sports jacket. Then off came the shoes as he flung those onto the ice. Finally, he took off his shirt and hurled that in the direction of the official. Pankewicz continued his tirade wearing only his pants and socks. Quite a sight.
The CHL didn't think so, though, and suspended Pankewicz for the remainder of the regular season, which amounts to 14 games. He will, however, be allowed to be back on the bench during the playoffs. The coach and team were also fined.
Pankewicz played professional hockey for 18 years, including six seasons with the Eagles, before hanging up his skates this season to coach.
His strip tease was similar to a scene in the hockey movie "Slap Shot" starring Paul Newman.
One can only hope that Jets coach Rex Ryan will never be so moved to try the same thing.
Sanders rifts may help Trump, Democrats fear


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Diederik Peeters Biography
Peeters has been reported to pop up in the work of colleague-artists, cunningly disguised as actor, performer or even advisor. But he especially keeps insisting on brewing his own artistic concoctions, sometimes in collaboration with carefully selected accomplices. He is an officially certified visual artist that accidentally got lost in the stables of stage-art, and usually makes performances, but has also been caught writing texts, inventing installations or video's and crafting other amalgams that appear hard to categorise. Because Peeters is a patient of a pathological preference for confusion, in his work impossible contradictions and absurd consistencies are stubbornly piled up.
Some of his works are Chuck Norris doesn't sleep, he waits... (2007, with Danai Anesiadou & Hans Bryssinck), Thriller (2009), Zanahoria (2010, with Hans Bryssinck), Red Herring (2011), Hulk (2013) and La Chasse (2015, with Julien Fournet). These performances have been shown in theatres in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Norway and Iceland.
Together with Hans Bryssinck and Kate McIntosh, Diederik Peeters founded SPIN, a Brussels based artist-run research and support platform.
Diederik Peeters - Installation view of Apparition of an Afterlife
Diederik Peeters - Apparition of an Afterlife
The Absent Artist (part II)
Exposition, filmscreening and talk