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The people who rebuilt Swansea, the mistakes made and the remarkable similarities in new plans to transform the city
Swansea is currently being redesigned for the second time in 70 years
Laura ClementsSenior Reporter
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It might seem that town planners are perpetually dreaming up sweeping and ambitious plans for Swansea.
But as work gets underway on the Kingsway this summer, and the council draws up final plans for the £100m Swansea city revamp, have these plans been seen before?
Were the seeds of the ideas for today sown at a time when Swansea was decimated by war and faced with a major process of rebuilding?
As planners and architects produce colourful drawings with open space and clean lines in 2018, were there people with the same ideas back in the 1940s?
Were they visionaries in the 1940s, who had arrived before their time? Or were they responsible for decades of muddled planning which is still being undone today?
Rebuilding from scratch after the Swansea Blitz
Swansea was never the same again (Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE)
Swansea's then town centre became a wasteland (Image: WALES NEWS SERVICE)
War - World War II - Air Raids - Swansea - The damaged caused following the air raid - 1941 - Western Mail and Echo Copyright (Image: Western Mail and Echo)
In 1941, a bustling and thriving Swansea was changed irrevocably by German bombs in what became known as the "Swansea Blitz".
In less than 72 hours, 230 people were killed as 800 high explosive bombs rained down on February 19.
Raging fires were seen as far as Devon as around 12,000 buildings and homes were destroyed or damaged.
Immediately after the war, many towns and cities across Britain produced a range of planning documents, as bomb damage spurred ambitious and optimistic reconstruction of the shattered streets.
Swansea was no different. Whereas many cities and towns employed architects to come up with ideas, Swansea's reconstruction was produced by it's in-house staff and set out in the local plan.
In 1944 J.B. Bennett was the borough engineer and surveyor at Swansea. Although he was not a qualified town planner, he was tasked with picking up the pieces in the immediate aftermath of war.
The telltale evidence of the Swansea blitz you walk past every day without realising
Roads were the answer
Swansea suffered extensive bomb damage during the Second World War (Image: South Wales Evening Post)
All over the UK, in places such as Bristol, Plymouth and Southampton, roads were seen as the answer to create a most up-to-date town.
Bennett's plan, which had received approval in principle by 1945, reflected the general trend to solve the problems by building roads.
Engineers, including Bennett, looked to the continent and arrived at an idealistic vision of dual carriageways and grand boulevards linked together by a series of roundabouts and avenues that "would give an atmosphere of spaciousness and dignity that we all admire in modern towns".
Sidney Heath was the founder of the well known Swansea gents outfitter of the same name, which was known as being a bit "posh".
In 1947, he made comments to the Retail Advisory Committee during the planning of Swansea's new shopping centre, and traffic was very much in the forefront of his mind.
He said: "Many towns of more recent establishment are much better equipped to deal with modern traffic and present-day requirements.
"The greater part of the shopping centre having been destroyed by Enemy action, we now have a wonderful opportunity of reconstructing our town on the most up-to-date principles of town planning."
So began plans for the new Kingsway Road, which came to light towards the end of the 1940s and early 1950s says Chris Holley, councillor for Cwmbwrla and former Swansea Mayor.
"The dual carriageway reflected the designs also used in Plymouth. Great weight was placed on the city being accessible for cars and buses," he said.
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"The brand new carriageway meant it was easy to get into and out of the town, and travel around."
One of the key engineers who had an "enormous influence" on the road network was Bill Ward, said Mr Holley.
Described as an "incredibly nice man with steel grey hair, a toothbrush moustache, and a jovial sense of humour" by writer Charles Tyrie in his Langley Boy Trilogy, Ward was the county engineer throughout the 1950s.
But did they achieve what they set out to do?
What has been inherited is a city centre divided by dual-carriageways which form physical barriers and obstacles for shoppers venturing beyond the retail core. The Kingsway, instead of a core became a northern limit to the central business district.
Princess Way also formed a major barrier with the retail fabric of the town centre, seeming to divide the High Street, Castle Street, Wind Street axis from Oxford Street.
The main roundabout constructed on the junction between Kingsway and Princess Way was intended to give a sense of "spaciousness and dignity" according to Heath.
Fisher Street in 1960 making way for Princess Way (Image: Copyright Unknown)
Princess Way was created in 1960 by widening the streets of Fisher Street, Cross Street and the totally destroyed Goat Street and demolishing existing properties (Image: Copyright Unknown)
New shopping complex being built on the Kingsway roundabout in 1959
The Kingsway roundabout
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By the early 1970s, due to pressures of modern traffic an attractive roundabout garden was turned into an increasingly problematic complex subway system which served to further divide High Street from the Kingsway.
In 2018, the latest development on The Kingsway uses the same buzzwords to describe the vision as in the 1940s: "..to transform the Kingsway in the city centre into a city park incorporating new public areas, landscaped park land, cycle tracks and two-way single lane vehicle route along with the creation of wider pedestrian walkways".
Today's plans even include a new "pocket park" at the Kingsway Circle, reminiscent of the one originally built.
In the 21st century, the city's Boulevard Scheme, completed in 2015, was aimed at creating a "vibrant tree-lined city street" to improve links between the city centre and the waterfront.
Using buzz words such as "increased pedestrian movement" and "permeability", the plans echoed the words of Heath uttered 70 years ago.
(Image: Swansea Council)
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What about the shopping centre?
The current structure of Swansea's city centre owes a lot to the post-war planners.
According to Bennett, Swansea was "faced with an acute housing shortage and also with the necessity of re-establishment of business and commercial facilities in those areas which suffered so severely at the hands of the enemy".
In 1945 the City Council bought most of the city centre and the process of rebuilding started in the 1950s.
At that time, Swansea Borough Council were working with the housing committee and the reconstruction committee.
Bennett said: "[We are] fully alive to the urgency of these problems, and schemes have been prepared for the provision of houses on a very considerable scale, whilst far-reaching plans for the reconstruction of the war-damaged town area have reached an advanced stage."
Bennett was only too aware of the "other phases of municipal development calling for urgent attention" but believed priority should be given to building more houses.
His approach was "in a spirit of compromise on the assumption that no single aspect of rehabilitation can receive absolute priority to the exclusion of all other claims upon the available resources".
Swansea Borough architect at the time, Mr E Morgan, drew up a plan for the new layout.
Before the war, Morgan had been responsible for over-seeing the Garden City layout of the Townhill residential district built in the 1920s, as well as designing Swansea Central police station in 1912.
Swansea Market - The new roof to Swansea Market takes shape in the view from St Mary's Square. The original roof was destroyed during the war - 16th September 1960 - Western Mail and Echo Copyright
"There was a lot of political infighting after the war," said historian Geoff Brookes, who has written a book called "Swansea in the 1950s".
"It took so long to make any kind of decision about anything."
"The last air raid in Swansea was in 1943 but nine years later there was still bomb sites and nothing had been done. It took a long time to get any progress."
Swansea Council looked to Plymouth as an example of how post-war reconstruction could work favourably, sending officers to visit the city to bring back ideas.
A key lesson was the discovery that Plymouth Council charged a very low ground rent for businesses and traders, which had encouraged people to set up shops after the war.
The Labour administration in charge of Swansea at the time however, wanted to charge more.
As Swansea Council's plans continued to stall, Plymouth were told they would be given the money earmarked for Swansea if the town couldn't get it's act together.
Mr Brookes said: "A good example of all their indecision is the rebuilding of the indoor market. 18 months it took them to decide where to build the new market.
"Eventually, after 18 months of wrangling, they settled on the exactly the same site where it had been before."
The original proposal in 1954 for a three-tier market to include a public hall capable of seating 4,000 people and an underground car park for 300 cars eventually gave way to the final design: something less complicated with a glass roof and built in a factory style preferred by the traders.
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Prosperity and a rosy future
Pearl House, designed by Alec & French Architects in the 1950s (Image: Alec & French)
By the 1950s, the mid-point of the twentieth century, Prime Minister Macmillan declared that people had "never had it so good".
Things were also beginning to look up for Swansea's fortunes. Aerial photos show the newly built areas of Swansea shining bright amongst the old buildings, stained black by decades of industry.
The people were proud of what they had built. In 1953, the South Wales Evening Post said: "Ten years ago, Swansea was a town of debris and despair. Today it has a new found prosperity and a rosy future."
It wasn't just the borough engineers driving change. Individuals had started to make their own mark in Swansea.
One of the reasons for such optimism was the simple fact of M&S reopening in the centre. Destroyed in the war, it reopened in April 1953.
The Swansea town mayor told the Vice Chairman of M&S: "We've been waiting for this day for a long time."
According to the Evening Post, the grand opening "was like a film set, too opulent to be real".
Another important event for Swansea's regeneration was the reopening of the new David Evans store in October 1954.
Rising on the site of the original Ben Evans store, it boasted "big cantilever windows, large entrances and overhead protection from rain and sun all for the convenience of shoppers".
In the same decade, architects Alec F French and Partners (now AlecFrench) were commissioned by Pearl Assurance to build Pearl House.
And St Mary's Church, which had been burned to the ground, was finally rebuilt in 1959 by architects Percy Thomas and Sons.
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An aerial view of the city centre
According to Bob Croydon, partner in charge of the Cardiff office of property consultants King Sturge, the layout and buildings created in war-torn 1950s Swansea were reasonably good, but later buildings were poor.
Post-war austerity moved towards the indulgence of the sixties. It was a period of affluence and full employment, a time of increased confidence and optimism.
This was despite the fact that the Tawe valley was gradually becoming an exhausted one, where the trains crept slowly between the twisted slag heaps alongside a poisoned river.
A number of key developments happened, including:
Oxford Street and the new road, The Kingsway, took more prominence.
The Mumbles Railway was closed in 1960.
The Lower Swansea Valley Scheme was started: an attempt to reclaim the polluted land into something usable. The Enterprise Zone at Llansamlet is now built on part of this land.
Further down the river, the River Tawe was diverted—again—and the Parc Tawe development now sits on top of the old North Dock.
The old South Dock area now holds the Leisure Centre and Marina.
By the late 1960s the council started looking at the commercial opportunity for additional retail floorspace within the city centre and attention was directed to the area south of Singleton Street. This area had previously been dominated by nineteenth century terrace housing.
In 1969 the Council appointed planning consultants, the Building Design Partnership to study the Quadrant area. It was at this time that the current retail pattern of Swansea started to take shape.
In the 1970s the city centre was redeveloped and the central shopping area was extended south from the eastern end of Oxford Street to the Quadrant Centre. This acted to shift the commercial core of Swansea from the High Street south west.
In 1989 the City Council, together with the County Council devised a plan for creating an 'attractive' city centre (Swansea City Council and West Glamorgan County Council, 1989).
The 1989 joint strategy (Swansea City Council and West Glamorgan County Council) identified one of the main problem areas being the pedestrian and vehicular conflict at the Oxford Street / Princess Way pedestrian Crossing.
"In addition to being a danger to road safety, it forms a barrier to the natural flow of pedestrian traffic to the detriment of shops and businesses on the Castle Street side," it said.
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An increase in public open spaces was also seen as important for creating a safer centre: ".. post war reconstruction .. produced an unexceptional architectural style, an absence of open spaces and public squares, and a concentration on highway planning. The net result is a generally poor environment .. [There is a] need to provide a safer centre," the report added.
"In parallel with the action needed to secure this objective is the need to introduce measures designed to remodel the form and appearance of public space, with an emphasis on quality and greening."
Although criticising an emphasis in post-war planning on highways, a lack of car parking provision, and its consequent congestion also deterred people from using the city centre.
They were still preoccupied with the themes laid out by Bennett and his contemporaries in the late 1940s, and indeed, the plans laid out in 2018 also talk about "greening" and the importance of public open space.
Questioning the legacy
By 1990 some were questioning the legacy of the previous 40 years of building. According to author Bernard Morris, the redevelopment of Swansea, although grand in scale and with ideals for a free-flowing town, left a somewhat less impressive legacy.
He said: "[Redevelopment] provided dual-carriageways lined with flat-topped 'shoe box' buildings which are already showing their age, both in style and concept."
The design of the St Davids Centre led to poor pedestrian and traffic integration with the core.
"The Quadrant and Saint David's centres, led to a compaction of the retail district to the Quadrant and Oxford Street.
"This caused a gradual abandonment and decline of the High Street, Castle Street, Wind Street axis and resulted in retail and environmental problems in these areas.
Since then, plans have come and gone to regenerate the city centre on a huge scale, including the doomed Castle Quays project which was first mooted in 1994 and scrapped 10 years later.
Respective ruling councils have struggled to find an alternative option, with the most recent failure the collapse of a £1bn transformation project.
Swansea has failed to significantly move forward but planners hope the latest plans will finally give the city centre the regeneration it needs.
(Image: Copyright Unknown)
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The present-day leader of Swansea Council , Rob Stewart, said: "When the city was rebuilt it was largely built to a 1950-60s low-rise plan.
"Many of the homes and much of the space which had been in the city centre before the war was not replaced.
"Subsequent decades brought further change to our urban landscape as council leaders, their officers and private developers worked with what they had in front of them.
"Any city centre is an incredibly complex landscape on which to work, especially when delivering major transformation – and, yes, we have some architecture which looks tired and dated.
"Tinkering around the edges will not fix our structural problems. That's why what we are undertaking now is the largest and most comprehensive regeneration and investment programme since the war.
"We need more flexible commercial space, more people living in the city centre and balanced mix of retail, food and beverage, and leisure. Our indigenous home-grown business will be a big part of that.
"I'm determined that we regenerate Swansea into a modern 21st century destination city.
"This council is leading on this challenge but many others from the private sector have realised the potential and are now investing to revitalise and grow our city."
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With the 'Furniture Days', Interprint had provided trendsetting input to the derived timber and furniture industries for ten years since 2007. Last year, the company took a creativity break. The new sector event called 'HUB – Interprint Interior Festival' will start in the autumn of 2018.
With the HUB Festival, the international decor printer will give insights into interior design trends beyond the furniture industry. On 14 and 15 November 2018, Interprint will allow its customers to meet renowned representatives from the worlds of art, science, industry and architecture. The event location suits the purpose: The SANAA Building on the 'Zeche Zollverein' Unesco World Heritage Site in Essen. It combines industrial heritage with modern age and is regarded as an architectural masterpiece. In co-operation with partner companies, Interprint will present points of view concerning interior design and place an emphasis on furniture, flooring, lighting design and architecture.
'HUB' means 'central point' – a place where all important information comes together. That is exactly the guiding idea of the Interprint Interior Festival: People who influence interior design meet at a central place. The interactive character of the event gets manufacturers, designers and decision-makers in interior design talking to each other. The 'HUB Festival' is therefore primarily a vibrant network for synergies and innovations: Everybody gives, everybody takes and everybody benefits.
The new Interprint format starting in November can be an inspiring platform for all those who want to influence the future of interior design. The company will announce the programme details and give an overview of the speakers, exhibitors and topics in good time.


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Petronas Considers FLNG Offtake With Latest Ship Order
Rob Almeida
LNG Libra, a Moss-type LNG carrier, image: Hoegh LNG
Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has placed a newbuild order recently for a pair of ABS-classed 'Moss-type' LNG carriers from Hyundai Heavy Industries.
According to ABS, these two ships will have 150,200 m3 capacity and be the largest Moss-type units ever built at HHI with spherical tanks 42-meters in diameter.
ABS notes, "because Moss-type tanks have no minimum filling limits, they are well suited to serve as shuttles to and from FLNG or other offshore facilities."
Petronas' first FLNG facility, currently under construction at DSME, is due to be installed offshore offshore Sarawak, Malaysia and is designed to produce 1.2 million tons per year of LNG. It is scheduled to be ready for start-up by end of 2015.
The Petronas ships will also feature ultra-steam turbine propulsion systems designed by engineers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. This system is expected to be about 15 percent more energy efficient than conventional steam turbines while offering an extremely long life time of up to 40 years, according to Mitsubishi.
The following is a diagram of an UST system, via Mitsubishi:
Ultra-Steam Turbine system, via Mitsubishi
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Feeding the high pressure turbine will be steam at 10 MPa, or 1450 psi.
ABS notes, the ships will feature full-length tank covers integrated into the main hulls which is expected to improve longitudinal strength and minimize structural discontinuity while at the same time allow for piping and passageways to be arranged on the tank-cover deck, improving safety and ease of maintenance.
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Brett Gallant Appears To Be Fine After Collapsing On The Team Bench
from Jared Clinton of The Hockey News,
Gallant, 27, collapsed while sitting on the bench during a TV timeout in the second period of the Monsters' weekend-opening game against the Toronto Marlies. Gallant remained down while he was attended to by medical staff, and after several minutes on the bench, he was placed on a stretcher and taken from the ice.
Shortly after Gallant was taken from the ice, the game between the Monsters and Marlies continued.
According to Lake Erie coach Jared Bednar, Gallant experienced a fainting incident.
"All indications are that he's fine," Bednar told THN's Ryan Kennedy. "When he left here, he was up talking and walking around. They were going to take him to the hospital to run some tests and make sure nothing more serious was going on. We haven't heard anything more than he's doing fine."
There was no immediate update on Gallant's status, but before the start of the third frame the Monsters' official Twitter account reported that he had left the building for further medical attention.
"We can report that Brett Gallant is alert and conscious," the Monsters said. "He is currently being transported to a local hospital. We're thinking of you, Gally."
Watch the incident below...
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I've created a quick and easy gift box for Halloween using the "Trick or Treat" stamp from the Halloween Wicked Collection, a must have set for the upcoming spooky holiday! This set has all the stamps you need to make wickedly fabulous Halloween cards for those you love!!
My project is made from a box I picked up in the wedding section at the dollar store. You know, the kind that you use for wedding favors? Easy to put together and decorate! I sprayed my box with Clearsnap Smooch Red Spritz and let it drip down the sides to resemble blood. Next, I stamped "Trick or Treat" with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder, then cut it out with Spellbinders Paper Arts™ Labels One Scalloped and adhered it to my box. I added a funky skeleton bat from the K&Company Brenda Walton Haunted Chipbox and topped it off with fun googly eyes! Lastly, I stuffed it with Ghost Chocolate, Zombie Food and Eyeball Gum!
Hi Everyone! This is Holly with a garden card. We are having a glorious late summer/early fall here in BC and the bees still buzzing around inspired this card. I love the Garden Delights stamp set as well so it's easy to create with such great tools.
I began with Prima Marketing Nature Garden Collection paper, using one piece under the fancy lattice die cut and another piece cut into strips to 'bookend' the card front. The strip was cut with the Classic Triple Scallop and sponged with Victorian Velvet distress ink.
I used black Stazon ink to stamp the sentiment on white card stock and the bee onto the button. The sentiment piece was cut out using the second die from the Romantic Rectangles set. Three die cuts using the Macarena die were sponged with Peeled Paint distress ink, then one was cut in half and glued to the center of each die cut.
The flower was made from another piece of paper from the same pad but having blue tones. I cut two circles using the second die of the Splendid Circles set. Each circle was then folded straight across the center, between every scallop. Cut along one fold just to the center of each circle. Then each piece is fan folded and the cut edges are glued together. The resulting flower is glued to a circle of card stock to keep it flat and stable.
Once all the components were put together, the brown 1/4" circle was glued to the center of the flower, then covered with Diamond Glaze which, once dry, resembles a brad. It's a faux brad.
Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo distress inks were sponged on here and there before assembly, and that's my "It's still summer!" and I am in denial card. Hope you enjoy it and thanks for looking!
Hi Y'all, Monica here today. I love the saying used in this wall hanging, "We do not remember days, We remember moments." Words close to my heart.
My husband often works jobs at the coast or close enough for easy visits; meanwhile I'm here at home in the mountains. We've been saying for years we need to take a vacation to the beach. In July David got a job close to home and a couple of weeks later he called me on Friday at lunch and said "Let's just stop trying to plan a trip and just go." So we made a quick trip to Tybee Island, Savannah, GA. The picture used in this wall hanging was taken after dinner Saturday evening. There was a thunderstorm inland that was creating some beautiful colors in the sunset. Right after this shot was taken there were two rainbows visible in one area and another further off to the right. Beautiful memory of that moment.
The saying was cut apart and stamped on pieces of vellum with Brilliance Graphite Black ink. I used Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles and Grand Labels Four to cut the layers. Cardstock is Bazzill Bling, medium and dark blue. The sheen of the cardstock makes getting a good picture beyond my capabilities. Trust me, the colors are much deeper and prettier than this picture shows. The shells were attached with stacked pop-dots.
The shell necklace is a treasure from our past, a trinket David bought me at a boardwalk fair at Balboa Island, Newport, CA, shortly after we met in 1976. Moments! It took some digging to find this but I think it really ties things together. Goodness, has it really been 36 years?!!
Hello Crafty Peeps...Terre here with a mixed media album full of Quietfire Design amazing stamps. So grab a cup of coffee, put your feet up and enjoy each page as it turn (well as you scroll down to view it anyway).
This page has The Origin of Love stamp, it was perfect for what this page was saying to me.
This page just screams how important love, family and just being who you are so I used Love Lives Here and Sometimes Said Pooh stamps as they say it all.
Everyone feels blue from time to time and I just love this stamp that I used on this page as I personally have had to be a very strong person and pull from deep within myself when my oldest daughter found out she had cancer, you never know how strong you are until you have to be. This stamps has so much meaning to me You Never Know How Strong You Are.
This page reminds me of my little four year old Leahandra, I smile so much from her humor, innocence and just being who she is so If I Had A Star For Every Time just make me smile!
This page is fun and flirty....just like this amazing stamp A Smile That You Send Out, isn't that just the perfect stamp?
This page makes me think of my mom, it has been over two years since I have been home and I miss my mom dearly and this stamps is soooo true A Mother Is She is just a perfect stamp that says it all when it comes to a mom.
Have you ever been in line at a Starbucks and just randomly bought the person behind you a cup of coffee, I have done this little act of kindness from time to time and the smile on that persons face was worth so much, so No Act Of Kindness is the perfect stamp.
I hope that one day my children will tell me that the greatest thing that I could leave them is the memories we have shared and the things that I have taught them, as riches isn't everything just like this stamps says You May Not Be Able To Leave Your Children it is the memories that last a lifetime.
Robyn here, with sticky fingers!
Love, love, love this set of stamps.
Here is my ATC take on them.
The quote is thermal embossed on top of Picket Fence Distress stain with Versafine Sepia ink.
I had to eat two chocolate bars to get the collage material!
I made a plastic template for this card cause I liked it so much.
This card has a flap over the cookie that opens to say courage- to eat or not to eat, I'll leave that up to you!
Only one bag of mini chocolate chips died for these cards!
The tag for the quote started as a Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio , then I took a bite( LOL) out of it to make it fit.
Enjoy your cravings for chocolate cookies and new stamps!
The most unhealthy thing to eat is guilt!
Comments and questions always welcomed!
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Hello! Sherry here with a Halloween project for you today. I started with the Halloween Wicked Collection and some Spellbinders Die Templates. You can find all the Quietfire Halloween items located in one convenient location here!
I had this idea for a shrine, but also wanted to make my own in the process. Using Spellbinders Grand Labels Eleven and some thin chipboard, this is what I came up with.
There are many, many layers of chipboard layered on top of one another because I wanted to create an offset from the back panel. Once I had the panels die cut, they were trimmed at the base to be straight. The branches from Spellbinders S4-378 Cherry Blossoms were die cut from chipboard, painted with acrylic paint, and then layered from the back panel.
The sentiment from the Halloween Wicked Collection was embossed with Sparkle Black embossing powder, then die cut/embossed with Spellbinders S5-019 Labels Eight.
Now here's my favorite part . . . the tombstones! They were die cut from chipboard with Spellbinders S4-330 Nested Tombstones, painted with acrylic paint and assembled by layering the different sizes on top of one another.
Mr. Bones is hanging with his friends Ima Goner, Barry A. Live and Izzy Dead! Some white silk flowers from my stash were spritzed with Spiced Marmalade and Black Soot, and then covered with Black Soot Distress Stickles. The fence was die cut/embossed with the border from Spellbinders S5-042 Fleur de Lis Doily Accents. Once labels were put on the little bottles, there were covered with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. Love the cracked finish!
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Designer Betsy Veldman has use our stamps to create a delightful Christmas project! Thanks Betsy!
The deadline is this Friday.
I drew and cut out some fun foam in the shape of bare feet and stamped onto my white cardstock using Perfect Medium and clear embossing. Sprayed Dylusions red spray color and a mini mister mixed with Distress "Barn Door", Perfect Pearls Gold and water. Dried. Ironed the clear embossing from feet between clean newsprint. Stamped the quote "Some people come into..." with Versafine Black Onyx and clear embossed. Cut out my heart shape using a Spellbinders heart as a guide and enlarging it slightly. Sponged some "Aged Mahogany" and "Walnut Stain" around the edges, then outlined with a Krylon gold leafing pen.
Stamped the inside sentiment with the black. Masked it with some tape. Placed my Cuttlebug Heart Block embossing folder where I wanted it, taped my card to it, then inked up the other part of the embossing folder with Barn Door, misted lightly with water, and pressed it closed, using my rubber mallet to emboss the design in the areas I wanted.
Tied some red raffia on the red heart shaped button, then adhered it to the card as my stopper.
Today, I've created a simple card using the "Snowflakes are the Fairydust" stamp. This was an easy card to put together! With the hustle and bustle of the upcoming holiday season, getting your cards finished on time is a hard thing to do. Using gorgeous calligraphy sentiment stamps and pairing it with pretty holiday paper is a sure way to get them done quickly! Make sure you check out the entire line of stamps from Quietfire Design for the holiday season!
Hi there, it's Suzanne today!
Well, I didn't really plan to start Halloween yet, but the days are flying by and I've been wanting to use these new Spellbinder's Tombstones! So here they are.
I stamped Trick or Treat on the paper using Versafine Onyx Black, then stamped the bat using Archival Vermillion, let dry, then die cut the tombstone. I really wanted to use the new paper and chose the skelton page to accompany the tombstone. The Fleur de Lis Rectangles seemed like the most "gothic" die I had (I'm sure I'll think of something else tomorrow....), so that was cut from black cardstock. I really couldn't decide which paper to use for the background. Bats.Spiders.Bats.Spiders.....so I used them both, with each decorated paper covering half the card. It all just looked too nice and neat, so it was time to grunge it up. Time to tear some paper!
I didn't think you could ever have too much black. But this was looking pretty plain. I used a white Gel Extreme to outline the tombstone. (I resisted making it look like a little birdie had been sitting on it....) And a little blood red garden foliage seemed to perk it right up!
The Halloween Wicked Collection may be found here!
Hi Everyone! This is Holly and I have a birthday card for you today. Can we have too many birthday cards? I don't think so. This one has a bit of a distressed look with a clean and simple finish.
I began by embossing white card stock with the Debonair Edges folder. I clear embossed the raised design using Versamark ink and clear embossing powder, then cut along the outside edge of the embossing to create the square. I inked up Happy Birthday first with Versamark ink, then with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, stamped it in the center square and clear embossed. You can emboss distress inks alone but I wanted total coverage with the embossing powder, so added in the Versamark ink.
I sponged on more Distress Inks- Shabby Shutters, Victorian Velvet and Brushed Corduroy- covering all the card stock that wasn't clear embossed. A quick wipe with a tissue removed any ink from the embossing, allowing it to 'pop'. The square was then attached to the white card base and a few bits of bling were added. Easy peasy!
I love this Happy Birthday stamp and all the ones that go with it. I hope you do too.
Thank you for looking at my project today.
Hi Y'all, Monica here today. If you haven't heard, Quietfire Design has a bunch of new stamps out. I used my favorite for today's card.
To create the backgrounds for this card I used Distress ReInkers (Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers, Worn Lipstick)and Mini Misters. Perfect Pearls was added to Worn Lipstick for a bit of shimmer. On the base card and quote layer I used the Worn Lipstick mixture sparingly. For the middle layer I used it for the main color and added Shaded Lilac and Peacock Feathers on top. Distress Stickles Rock Candy, was rubbed around edging of the middle layer. The layers were added using pop dots for dimension. I love this quote so kept the card simple to showcase the stamp. Thanks for looking.
Happy Friday Every! Thank you for stopping by my very first blog post here at the Quietfire Creations Blog. A special thanks to Suzanne the mind behind these amazing stamp. This birthday card shown above was created with one of the new stamp sets that Quietfire has just released, Happy Family Days Stamp Set #5909, just look at those curvy swirls and did you notice this stamp set matches Spellbinders S4-161 Labels One, you cam also find all of your Spellbinders die templates right here too at Quietfire.
I stamped the Family Days Stamp Set using the Happy Birthday sentiment on my My Minds Eye Indie Chic pattern paper, then die cut it using the Spellbinders Label One. Once it was cut and embossed I mounted it on a piece of Want2Scraps Label One Nestaboard, and inked the edges. I decided to embellish my birthday card with some simple hand stitching, everyone knows I love to sew on just about every project I create so this one was no exception! I used some DMC Floss and created my own stitching pattern and there you have it, a birthday card. So I hope you have enjoyed my first post here and remember to check out all of the amazing stamps at Quietfire Designs and be prepared you are going to want them all, I know I do. Until next time, Crafty Hugs, Terre!
Robyn here today and excited to be posting as a member of the Quietfire Design Team introducing the Summer rubber-anything that keeps the summer coming- I'm for it!
to transform this jar of chocolate cookies int easy summer gifts.
A Gift for A Good Friend!
Good morning! Today it's my turn to post the Quietfire Creations. Please bear with me as I'm not familiar with Blogger and I'll be learning as we go along.
For my project for today's post, I made a wall hanging using Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary Collection and Spellbinders die templates. The sentiment I chose to work with, Some People Come Into Our Lives, makes me think of a good friends, so I thought this might make a nice gift for a friend.
The frame was made with Grand Labels Eleven and the sentiment was die cut/embossed from watercolor paper with Labels One. The flowers were made with Blossom Five and the smaller flowers from Bitty Blossoms.
The leaves were die cut/embossed from Foliage and Foliage Two.
That's all for me today. Thanks for stopping by!
My first post on the Quietfire Creations blog using one of the latest from the Summer 2012 release of stamps. I'm using the "We cannot tell the Precise Moment" companion set. Love these stamps, and now I'm doing the insides too... I've paired it up with Spellbinders Blossom 3 die set.
To see more details and descriptions etc, please check out my blog post.


The Basketball Spotlight Future Phenom Camp Class of 2026 gave us a chance to see some of the top baby ballers in the region. Here is part 1 of our top performers.
Jalen Grant Guard (New Jersey)- You can tell that Grant is a coach's son by the way he approaches the game. He's very skilled as a play maker while creating for his teammates or himself. I also enjoy the range on his jumper. He was easily one of the best guards in the building period. He finished on the All Camp Team and ranked #3 overall.
Jamal McKnight Guard (Maryland)- Some players just have that special factor about them and he is one. He's the ultimate quarterback and play maker. He's gets anywhere he wants on the floor and directs traffic like a champ. He was one of the best guards in the camp regardless of class. He made a run at the MVP Jacket by finishing ranked #2 in the camp.
Jayden Johnson Guard (Washington, DC)- Johnson was instant offense, just give him the ball and clear out. He possesses a very high motor and is fearless when trying to put the ball in the hole. This kid was a certified bucket getter. He finished ranked #7 in the camp while participating in the AGame All American Game.
Nasir Ralls Guard (Pennsylvania)- Ralls is a smooth wing scorer, long and athletic. When he's not scoring he moves very well without the rock. His inspired play poured over to his squad. I love this kids overall package on the floor. He finished ranked #6 and played in the AGame All American Game.
Geremy Clark Guard (Maryland)- Clark dominated from his first game with an electrifying performance. He had 20 of his teams 58 points. Every time he touched the rock something good happened. You can tell he game is mature beyond his years. He finished ranked #8 and played in the AGame All American Game.


ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Professor Yetenayet Bekele Tola cringed as he patrolled the nation's largest fruit and vegetable market recently. Mounds of lettuce and swiss chard were wilting. Bananas were bruised and blackened.
There wasn't a refrigerator to be found to keep the crops fresh.
For Dr. Yetenayet, who studies food science and technology at Jimma University, the damaged food is a pungent reminder of a broken and fragmented food distribution system that contributes mightily to the country's severe malnutrition problems.
While agricultural production of fruits and vegetables in Africa's second most populous country has surged in recent decades, millions of Ethiopians are still not eating them. Those suffering the most are the rural poor living beyond the reach of electricity and refrigeration. Most of what they eat are cereal crops; fruits and vegetables are too expensive and are considered a luxury.
Children are hit the hardest by poor-quality diets. At last count, 38 percent of Ethiopian children under five years of age suffer from chronic malnutrition, including growth-limiting stunting.
· A private solar mini-grid operator began providing electricity last May—and first-ever refrigeration—to 150 village households living on Dek Island in Lake Tana, northwest of Addis Ababa. Tilapia and catfish are now being sold on the mainland more readily, but a byproduct is more local villagers are also eating it, too.
· In rural areas, 100 milk chilling centers are being built to help small farmers sell their fresh milk instead of seeing it go bad—especially 'evening' milk—due to lack of refrigeration. Most rural populations cannot afford fresh milk due to inadequate chilling capacity.
Yet the truth remains that most of Ethiopia's refrigeration capacity is aimed at large commercial agriculture ventures, principally for export products.
Driving south toward the bustling city of Hawassa, the Luna Export Meats slaughterhouse, which exports locally-sourced sheep and lamb to the Middle East, has cold room facilities powered by local electricity.
Further south in the Rift Valley, sprawling strawberry farms and dozens of greenhouses that are growing cut flowers have cold facilities—their products will eventually be sold in Holland and other parts of Europe.
Farmers eager to make money—but also provide crops locally—are learning a key lesson: Access to cold storage is nearly impossible if you're a small individual farmer.
At the Meki Batu Fruit and Vegetable Grower's Cooperative Union, 152 growers banded together to build a food aggregation center that includes a 10-ton cold storage unit. Their fresh produce is now being delivered in refrigerated trucks to Ethiopian Airlines.
The urgency for scaling these kinds of efforts cannot be understated. With a skyrocketing population in a region that is getting drier and hotter due to climate change, Ethiopia has no time to waste in producing—and preserving—more nutritious food accessible for rich and poor alike.
"These interventions are so vital for the country, but it has to be cost effective and it has to be done quickly," said Dr. Sintayehu Yigrem, a dairy expert and professor at Hawassa University.


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From French Royalty to Empire - Art and Decorative Elegance
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When Louis XIV made Versailles the Royal residence of France in 1682, he established an elegance in the decorative style that was copied all over Europe. Despite the French Revolution, French style stayed in focus into the Empire period of Napoleon. And throughout, there were great artisans and artists such as Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, Fragonard, Vigee Le Brun and Ingres creating amazing paintings that we still recognise today. In this series of 3 talks we will explore the objects that created those lavish interiors, and the artists that recorded French aristocratic Society, especially their Monarchs.
The Court of Louis XIV at Versailles: King Louis XIV managed his image as carefully as any self-branded celebrity today. How did he use the artisans and artists of the day through his patronage to enhance and dazzle his image as Sun-King and how did he make Versailles the representation of himself to be envied and copied by monarchs all over Europe.
The Rococo Extravagance and Play of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette: King Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antoinette were the epitome of 18th century frivolity and play with artists creating portraits to reflect their extravagance but also to make political statements. Artists such as Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, Fragonard, & Vigee Le Brun recorded the Court at play with games such as Blind Man's Bluff. The arts of beautiful clocks, incredible silver with themes of nature and fine porcelain also reflected the developing ideals of the Enlightenment.
The Magnificence of Empire – Napoleon & Josephine: In order to re-inforce his acquired position of leader of France and Emperor, Napoleon employed many similar tactics in his use of the arts as had previous French monarchs. Through her taste and society connections, Josephine was the style-maker behind the scenes, creating magnificence to impress. Empire style included furniture & furnishings, porcelain and magnificent silver and gold items, adorned with Napoleon's bees and Josephine's swans to emphasize their ownership of their acquired Empire. Their portraits similarly express their power and position.
Develop an understanding of how the style and elegance of French Decorative Arts were used to establish Social order at Court.
Engage with the social & historical influences on the French arts within the period.
Recognise the names of a number of French artists and artisans and their purpose behind creating the magnificent artistic objects.


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The NZ Truffle Association Executive is made up of a wide range of people with different experiences and background. As volunteers we juggle executive work, day jobs & family life while promoting truffles in New Zealand.
Chair (TBC)
To be elected by the Executive
Secretary – Ann Roberts
Waikato | Truffle Grower
Ann grew up on a dairy farm in the North King Country, studied languages at Waikato University and became a teacher. She taught and held school management roles and completed a Masters of Education and a post-graduate diploma in school management. Before retirement Ann took up a position as a review officer with the Education Review Office(ERO) where she also completed a post-graduate diploma in evaluation and undertook various leadership responsibilities.
With her late husband Ann purchased land from her family in Kio Kio (about 8 kilometers north-east of Otorohanga). They had developed an interest in growing truffles and so planted 500 oak and hazelnut trees in late 2012.
With the assistance of capable helpers and continued application of fertilizer (mainly lime), Ann's truffiere is progressing well. Ann is also interested in the ongoing training of her young dog as a truffle hunter as soon as production begins. Ann is grateful for input from NZTA's conferences, newsletters, networks and website, and volunteered to contribute to the association as Secretary. Ann is also interested in continuing to develop NZTA's regional and national networks.
e: admin@nztruffles.org.nz
Treasurer & STNZL Officer – Steve Hart (Co-opted)
Tasman District | Truffle Grower
Steve joined the Executive in 2012 and took the role of Treasurer at the end of 2016 when it was decided the Association could no longer afford the services of a paid Administrator. After retiring from 40+ years in the construction industry as a Civil Engineer in 2014, he and wife Jenny moved to their property in the Tasman District, where they had earlier established a truffiere and mixed fruit and nut orchard.
Steve is looking to assist the association become a collaborative, cooperative entity driven by the needs of its Regional Groups.
e: hartsteve07@gmail.com
Research & Development Officer – Dr Alexis Guerin-Laguette
Canterbury | Truffle guru
Dr. Alexis Guerin-Laguette earned a PhD in Lactarius sect. Deliciosi cultivation/ecology from the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) and Université de Montpellier II France. He has since worked in Japan, Canada, and China and led a program of research on the cultivation of edible mycorrhizal fungi (EMF) at the New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd for 17 years.
In November 2020, Alexis established an EMF consultancy, Mycotree (https://www.mycotree.co.nz/). He has been a regular visiting scientist at the Kunming Institute of Botany/Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2015 and in 2017 he was recognised as High Level Foreign Talent by the Yunnan Administration of Foreign Affairs. He has published over 25 peer-reviewed research papers and book chapters. He is an expert in the cultivation and biology of edible mycorrhizal fungi, i. e. forest mushrooms and truffles.
Alexis has been Technical Representative of the New Zealand Truffle Association since 2016, and Secretary of the Scientific Committee of the International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms (see https://iwemm10-nagano.com/) since 2011
e: guerin.myco@gmail.com
Executive Convenor – Lindsay Esler
Auckland | Consultant
Lindsay has worked in a wide range of fields including as a translator, commercial and intellectual property lawyer, and food business owner/operator. Lindsay qualified as a lawyer and patent attorney in New Zealand. He spent 17 years working overseas, with the last 8 years as Managing Partner of a large international law firm in Hong Kong.
On returning to New Zealand in 2010, Lindsay and a business partner rebuilt, operated and onsold a chemical free bacon business. Now working part time with the NZ Truffle Association as a new challenge, with the benefit of having more truffle in his life.
e: lindsay@nztruffles.org.nz
Executive member – Allister Richardson
Wairarapa | Truffle Grower
Allister and his wife have planted 300 Ilex oaks inoculated with Black truffle / Tuber melanosporum on their land in Martinborough, Wairarapa. His family split their time between Wellington city and the farm. The long term intention is to plant more trees to produce Burgundy/ aestivum and more melanosporum.
Allister has travelled to France, Spain, and Italy to learn more about truffle cultivation and visited several truffieres and research centres.
Allister lived overseas for 10 years including the UK and Australia and has also lived and worked in the Middle East. He is a geophysicist with a masters in Science and an MBA and has operated his own consultancy in the oil and gas industry for 10 years
e: Allister@exploreconsulting.co.nz
Newsletter editor and North Island regional coordinator – Maureen Binns
Bay of Plenty | Truffle Grower
Maureen is a trained teacher, librarian and office manager who has reinvented herself as a truffle grower in the beautiful Bay of Plenty village of Paengaroa. Maureen and her husband Colin have a lifestyle farm where they manage a QEII covenant forest and farm sheep, chickens, and ducks. With only 212 trees to manage in the truffiere, Maureen says they are coping well with all the tasks that need to be done.
As a passionate foodie, Maureen has been relishing the opportunity to try out lots of new recipes with truffles. Maureen wants to see the NZ Truffle Association grow in membership and wants the Association to be able to provide support for all our members at whatever stage they are in the lifespan of their truffieres.
e: colbyandmomo@yahoo.com.au
Executive member – Fiona Johnson
Fiona came across the idea of truffle growing reading an Air NZ magazine and, after some investigation and eating of truffle, became hooked. Fiona and husband, John, started planting trees on their land in the Wairarapa in 2013 with around 600 inoculated trees – the first Périgord black truffle arriving five years later. More trees have been added each year, with the current total being over 2300 trees inoculated with Tuber melanosporum and around 250 inoculated with Tuber aestivum.
Fiona grew up and went to university in the UK. Since moving to New Zealand, Fiona has held a range of roles in central and local government and currently works the public sector in Wellington.
e: fionajohnsonwgtn@gmail.com
Executive Member and Regional Coordinator – Karen Drummond
King Country | Truffle Dog Specialist
Karen has been involved with training dogs since the last century gaining competencies from Massey University in dog related areas, as well as gaining her Adult Education Level 5 in 2010. Through a friend's need for a truffle dog she started training her first dog in in 2011 and established her business Truffle Dog Services in 2014. Since then, Karen has continued to undertake professional development in the canine world and increase the number of growers visited in the North Island each season.


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Zinzan Brooke
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New Zealand Legend Who Played In The 1995 World Cup In South Africa
Former New Zealand rugby union player, Zinzan Brooke, is considered one of the best Number Eights to have ever played for the All Blacks team. He possessed the flair and ability of a back, and combined this with the raw toughness and durability of an uncompromising back row specialist. Often referred to as one of the best rugby players of all time, he was always a talented sportsman, with his skill being spotted from a junior level. Zinzan initially started playing rugby as a founding member of the Southerner Sports Club in Bangkok, before he moved to play for Auckland and New Zealand .
He was primarily known for his running and kicking skills, Zinzan became a prominent player for all of the teams he played for. He played 58 international test and 42 non-international matches for the All Blacks , and even captained the team on five occasions. Zinzan produced results like no other player, and scored an impressive 195 points during his captaincy. Moreover, Zinzan also captained the Auckland Blues to the Super 12 Championships in 1996 and in 1997. He also set a world record of 17 tries in a test match for a forward, making him one of the most notorious forwards in the game at the time. Zinzan is part of an extremely elite bunch, being part of the New Zealand team that went on to win its first ever world cup tournament that no All Black team has repeated since.
It was in 1997 that Zinzan decided to retire from international rugby, and moved to England to play for Harlequins , which he eventually went on to coach. Not only that, Zinzan also went on to run his own successful recruitment and construction business, along with a bed and breakfast in Windsor, Berkshire. A brilliant international captain, rugby legend, businessman and an all round nice guy, Zinzan most definitely has stories, insight, knowledge and opinion to share with an audience, thus making him a great choice for all manner of corporate events, conferences and after dinner functions.
How to hire Zinzan Brooke
Contact the Champions Speakers agency to provisionally enquire about Zinzan Brooke for your event today. Simply call a booking agent on 0207 1010 553 or email us at agent@championsukplc.com for more information.
When at corporate events, Zinzan is known to cover the following topics:
Rugby & Sport
Motivation & Teamwork
"Zinzan was brilliant thank you so much." - Tracy - Somerset partnership
"Wow just wow………! Mr Zinzan Brooke is a true gentleman and an absolute legend. There were plenty of surreal moments including a rendition of the Haka and a drop goal competition under floodlights late into the night." - Old Walcountians
Similar speakers to Zinzan Brooke
Former Nottingham & England Flanker
Martin Bayfield
Former Northampton & England Legend Who Is The Current BT Rugby Host
Simon Shaw
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	:name:    The name of the Cache Group
	:offline: The number of OFFLINE caches in the Cache Group
	:online:  The number of ONLINE caches in the Cache Group

:totalOffline: Total number of OFFLINE caches across all Cache Groups which are assigned to any CDN
:totalOnline:  Total number of ONLINE caches across all Cache Groups which are assigned to any CDN

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dlz-bdbhpt-dynamic
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A Bind 9 Dynamically Loadable BerkeleyDB High Performance Text Driver

Summary
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This is an attempt to port the original Bind 9 DLZ bdbhpt_driver.c as
found in the Bind 9 source tree into the new DLZ dlopen driver API.
The goals of this project are as follows:

* Provide DLZ facilities to OEM-supported Bind distributions
* Support both v1 (Bind 9.8) and v2 (Bind 9.9) of the dlopen() DLZ API

Requirements
------------

You will need the following:
 * Bind 9.8 or higher with the DLZ dlopen driver enabled
 * BerkeleyDB libraries and header files
 * A C compiler

This distribution have been successfully installed and tested on
Ubuntu 12.04.

Installation
------------

With the above requirements satisfied perform the following steps:

1. Ensure the symlink for dlz_minimal.h points at the correct header
   file matching your Bind version
2. Run: make
3. Run: sudo make install # this will install dlz_bdbhpt_dynamic.so
   into /usr/lib/bind9/
4. Add a DLZ statement similar to the example shown in
   example/dlz.conf into your Bind configuration
5. Ensure your BerkeleyDB home-directory exists and can be written to
   by the bind user
6. If you're running an AppArmor enabled Bind, consider adding content
   included within example/apparmor.d-local-usr.sbin.named within
   /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.named
7. Use the included testing/bdbhpt-populate.pl script to provide some
   data for initial testing

Usage
-----

Example usage is as follows:

```
dlz "bdbhpt_dynamic" {
        database "dlopen /usr/lib/bind9/dlz_bdbhpt_dynamic.so T /var/cache/bind/dlz dnsdata.db";
};
```

The arguments for the "database" line above are as follows:

1. dlopen - Use the dlopen DLZ driver to dynamically load our compiled
   driver
2. The full path to your built dlz_bdbhpt_dynamic.so
3. Single character specifying the mode to open your BerkeleyDB
   environment:
   * T - Transactional Mode - Highest safety, lowest speed.
   * C - Concurrent Mode - Lower safety (no rollback), higher speed.
   * P - Private Mode - No interprocess communication & no locking.
     Lowest safety, highest speed.
4. Directory containing your BerkeleyDB - this is where the BerkeleyDB
   environment will be created.
5. Filename within this directory containing your BerkeleyDB tables.

A copy of the above Bind configuration is included within
example/dlz.conf.

Author
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The person responsible for this is:

 Mark Goldfinch <g@g.org.nz>

The code is maintained at:

 https://github.com/goldie80/dlz-bdbhpt-dynamic

There is very little in the way of original code in this work,
however, original license conditions from both bdbhpt_driver.c and
dlz_example.c are maintained in the dlz_bdbhpt_dynamic.c.


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Donald Glover says working with `powerhouse` Beyonce a `big deal`
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American actor Donald Glover knows what it is like to work with 'powerhouse' pop-singer Beyonce and called it a "big deal." "You know you don't get to work with people like that often. This is like a powerhouse that they can't even make anymore," Variety quoted the actor as saying at the star-studded World Premiere of 'The Lion King'. Glover who has lent his voice to Simba's character said that working with the pop queen 'was a big deal'. Beyonce will be heard as the voice behind Simba's bae Nala. Adding to the praises of the 'Crazy in Love' singer, Glover went on saying, "They're not gonna make a Beyonce again so I'd just listen to her. Listen to what she did." At the premier, Glover also described how he bagged the role of Simba. "[Jon Favreau and I] were on set together actually, and he took me to the side and said 'Hey...' And I thought he was gonna ask me to like sign something for his son or something because I heard his son was a fan. And he was like, 'Would you want to be Simba?'" he said. Glover expressed that it was hard for him to believe and thought that Favreau was 'joking'. "And I really did think he was joking. I was like, 'What are you talking about?' I didn't even know they were making 'Lion King.' It was a big, big deal," he added. The highly-anticipated movie directed by Jon Favreau


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New tax reform laws that were announced last year have some unexpected good news for Social Security disability beneficiaries. They expand the advantages of holding an ABLE (Achieving a Better Life) account for beneficiaries and also extend credits on some accounts. An ABLE account can help a person with disabilities manage their finances better. It helps them save money for expenses that are related to their disability, including housing, education, health, transportation, and assistive aids.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 helps persons who own ABLE accounts by allowing them to have more money in their account. Earlier, annual deposits into this account were limited to $15,000 per person. Now, however, under the new laws, individuals will be able to deposit all or part of their income into their ABLE account. This will be a significant help to account holders with disabilities.
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In the previous unit, we built on our basic system and learned about how to use the Aṣṭādhyāyī to create different tiṅantas (verbs). As a reminder, tiṅantas are one of the two major word types in the Aṣṭādhyāyī :
सुप्तिङन्तं पदम्। १.४.१४
suptiṅantaṃ padam (1.4.14)
sup-tiṅ-antam padam
That which ends in sup or tiṅ [is called] a pada (word).
We know already that tiṅ is a pratyāhāra that refers to different verb endings. sup, meanwhile, is a pratyāhāra that refers to different nominal endings. So in the Pāṇinian system, nominals are called sub-anta ("ending in a sup suffix").
In this unit, we will learn how the Aṣṭādhyāyī creates subantas. We will also create complete prakriyās for a variety of basic nominal words.
What is a subanta?
The term subanta refers to a wide variety of different words, including nouns, adjectives, and pronouns:
रामः
rāmaḥ
शुक्ला
śuklā
अहम्
But perhaps more surprisingly, it also refers to indeclinable words:
अपि
मन्दम्
Our main focus in this unit will be on nouns and adjectives. But at the end of this unit, we will return to why indeclinables are considered subantas and how this decision makes sense within the Pāṇinian system.
Basics of subanta-prakriyā
Roughly, we derive a subanta as follows. We start with the specific semantics we wish to express. For example, perhaps we want to express that Rama is acting as the subject of our sentence.
Based on the meaning we want to express, we choose a stem and an ending:
राम + स्
rāma + s
We then apply extra substitution rules as needed. (For the example above, no extra rules are necessary.) Then we combine the stem and the ending and apply normal sandhi rules. The result is a complete Sanskrit word:
Choosing a stem is simple, and we already know how to apply sandhi rules. But what is more interesting here is how we decide which ending to choose. To choose an ending, we must understand how the Aṣṭādhyāyī models the meanings of different words. In the lessons to come, that is where we will focus our time and energy.
Nominals for beginners
The notes below are a brief summary of the Sanskrit nominal system. If you know Sanskrit already, you can continue to the next lesson.
Sanskrit nominals have two main parts: a stem and an ending. The stem carries the word's basic meaning, and the ending modifies that basic meaning to create a complete word.
Sanskrit nominals are highly expressive. They can express three different genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter) and three different numbers (singular, dual, plural). In Western terms, they also express eight different cases (nominative, accusative, instrumental, dative, ablative, genitive, locative, and vocative).
Sanskrit nouns generally use a single fixed gender. So for a given noun, we usually have 3 numbers × 8 cases = 24 different forms.
What we call "case" in English does not have a counterpart in vyākaraṇa. Instead, vyākaraṇa uses the two concepts of kāraka and vibhakti, which we will explore in the next few lessons.
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Cancer Cure – Glioblastoma Brain Cancer Cured – Watch a 30 minute free clip of Burzynski Movie Part II (2013 – Eric Merola)
Brain cancers cured, weddings to follow – thanks to Antineoplastons!
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German studies confirm Laetrile/Amygdalin's anti-cancer properties
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YOLA NASH INTERVIEWS Internationally award-winning documentary Film Director, Writer, Producer ERIC MEROLA who visits WABC. He sat down with WABC, New York's Yola Nash for an interview to discuss his movies and the exciting scientific innovations. Merola is the director of the groundbreaking documentary series "Burzynski", about a brilliant scientist who has discovered a non-toxic and gentle treatment for cancer. Don't miss Eric Merola's latest documentary, "The God Cells" – a story about a unique stem cell treatment that has the potential to change the face of medicine.
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June 2, 1974 Laetrile Meeting with Top Leaders (Minutes)
On June 2, 1974 a meeting was held at The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters. The meeting's purpose was to discuss conducting human clinical trials using Laetrile or similar "cyanide-releasing" substances based on the overwhelmingly positive lab studies conducted by Sloan-Kettering's Dr. Kanematsu Sugiura.
These minutes were obtained via a "Freedom of Information Act" request.
Read: June 2, 1974 Minutes from Laetrile meeting at the FDA
After all attempts to get the attention of mainstream journalists using these leaked documents, Ralph W. Moss, PhD packaged the documents up and sent them anonymously to "The Committee For Freedom Of Choice In Cancer Therapy" – which continued to distribute them in an attempt to alert the American public of this cover-up.
Read the leaked documents package here.
1977 Second Opinion Special Report: Laetrile At Sloan-Kettering
This 48-page document was written in the summer of 1977 by Ralph W. Moss, PhD and other anonymous rank-in-file employees of Sloan-Kettering. This report was written in response to the alleged "negative" findings of Sloan-Kettering's Laetrile studies from 1973-1977. This document was also given to all in attendance of the November 1977 press conference held by Second Opinion.
Read the "Second Opinion Special Report: Laetrile At Sloan-Kettering Special" document here.
November 22, 1977 Letter to Second Opinion from Dr. Kanematsu Sugiura
While Ralph W. Moss, PhD was still an anonymous participant in Second Opinion, he sent his evaluation of Sloan-Kettering's papers on their Laetrile studies (Special Report on Laetrile) to Dr. Sugiura, who was the lead scientist conducting the studies. This letter is Dr. Sugiura's response to Ralph's evaluation of his work and how Sloan-Kettering diabolically manipulated the positive data. The letter is addressed to Alec Pruchnicki, the only public "face" of Second Opinion at this time.
Read the Nov. 22, 1977 letter to Second Opinion from Dr. Sugiura
July 30, 1979 letter from Dr. Kanematsu Sugiura
Shortly after the release of this documentary, the film's director was contacted by a man named John Pittman Hey, who had written to Dr. Sugiura regarding the laetrile cover-up back in 1979—and Dr. Sugiura responded. This is a very special and rare letter, and Mr. Hey has given us permission to post it here. It's incredible how focused Dr. Sugiura was even at this late age – and how he steadfastly stood behind the results he found while testing Laetrile at Sloan-Kettering. It also shows what kind of man Dr. Sugiura was to write a handwritten 4-page letter to a total stranger. He wrote this letter 3 months before his death.
Read the July 30, 1979 letter from Dr. Sugiura to Mr. Hey
October 24, 1979 Letter to Ralph W. Moss, PhD from Linus Pauling
After Ralph was fired for exposing the Laetrile cover-up at Sloan-Kettering, he wrote a book about his experience called The Cancer Rebellion: Hope and Betrayal, that was to eventually become The Cancer Industry. Linus Pauling had some very strong words towards "The War On Cancer".
Read the letter from Linus Pauling to Ralph W. Moss
1971 Congressional Testimony from the NCI's Dr. Dean Burk
*This document is not included in Second Opinion, but it gives some insight to the political climate around Laetrile when the War On Cancer was first enacted. This is congressional testimony by Dr. Dean Burk, the head of the National Cancer Institute's Cytochemistry Sector, with Congressman Symington.
Read the 1971 Congressional Testimony with Dr. Burk and Rep. Symington
Watch the Q&A from "Second Opinion" here:
Read the peer-reviewed publications here:
Amygdalin Blocks Bladder Cancer Cell Growth In Vitro by Diminishing Cyclin A and cdk2
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0105590
Amygdalin Influences Bladder Cancer Cell Adhesion and InvasionIn Vitro
October 2014: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0110244
Challenge for the reader, try adding these verifiable links to the Wikipedia page for "Amygdalin" – they will not allow it! (Click here).
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Eric Merola – IMDB Biography
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Eric Merola is an internationally award-winning documentary film director.
Before starting his career in documentary films, Eric began as a motions graphics designer and animator after founding "Merola Productions" and was commissioned by various clients including Fuel TV, WE Network, The Speed Channel, and Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi. He was also employed as an animation director for FlickerLab in New York City, where he worked on projects for Comedy Central and A&E.
In 2007, while directing an animated sequence for Michael Moore's feature documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story", Eric began production on his first documentary, "Burzynski", which garnered widespread distribution and won numerous international awards including "Best Documentary of 2011" on The Documentary Channel, two "Audience Awards" at the HumanDoc Film Festival in Warsaw and the "Humanitarian Vision Award" at the Newport Beach Film Festival. This film also received favorable reviews from various press including The Los Angeles Times and Variety, and granted Mr. Merola a guest appearance on The Dr. Oz Show.
Eric has since released a sequel to "Burzynski" in 2013 ("Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business, Part II"), which garnered even larger world-wide distribution, and took home the top Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sedona Film Festival on March 2, 2014. While working on this sequel, he was also shooting and directing his third documentary, "Second Opinion: Laetrile At Sloan-Kettering", which will have a theatrical release starting in eight major USA cities in the summer of 2014.
Visit Eric Merola Biography page on IMDB here.

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Congratulations to Eric Merola, director of #Burzynski #Cancer is Serious Business for winning the Audience Award from BEST of @DOC_Channel!
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Eric Merola's "Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business, Part II" takes home the top Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sedona Internaional Film Festival in 2014.
Read more: http://www.sedonafilmfestival.org/Page.asp?NavID=171
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In the compelling follow-up to the internationally award-winning documentary, Burzynski, the Movie; Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business, Part II explores the current status of Antineoplastons' clinical testing sanctioned by the United States Food & Drug Administration—and features a modern story of the struggling journeys of cancer patients being treated today at the Burzynski Clinic in Houston, Texas.
For most patients undergoing Burzynski's treatment, their advanced cancer itself runs secondary to the constant barrage of skepticism coming not only from their local oncologists, but also from friends and family who feel their loved ones are making suspect treatment decisions—even though mainstream oncology has already left many for dead.
As the story unfolds, you will observe a real-time change of hearts and minds from many of these doctors and families. Unlike the first documentary, Part II showcases interviews with board-certified oncologists, surgeons and neurosurgeons, who witnessed patients leave their care, soon to return in great health after opting for the Burzynski Clinic.
Since the mapping of the Cancer Genome, Burzynski has pioneered an expansion of his therapy which he calls, "Personalized Gene-Targeted Cancer Therapy", where each patient's Genomic Cancer Atlas is mapped and a treatment regimen is personally tailored for each individual patient—vs. the conveyor belt, "one-size-fits-all" approach that current oncology adheres to.
Due to the slow-moving, bureaucratic obstacles enforced on Antineoplastons by America's FDA, this new expanded "personalized gene-targeted" direction has allowed more patients (who are denied access to Antineoplastons) to benefit from Burzynski's practice in ways never before thought possible. And yet, still with similar resistance and controversy endured by Burzynski's Antineoplaston therapy.
The film also takes you to Kurume University in Fukuoka, Japan—where independently designed studies of Antineoplastons have been underway for 27 years—without Dr. Burzynski's (the inventor's) involvement or supervision. Learn how this team of Japanese pathologists, oncologists and surgeons have studied these anti-cancer co mpounds using their own methodologies—resulting in the first ever independently-run randomized controlled clinical trials.
"After twenty-seven years of independently testing Antineoplastons—including randomized clinical trials, we found that Dr. Burzynski was right. It's obviously not anecdotal anymore."
– Hideaki Tsuda, MD – 2013, Kurume Medical University, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
You will be placed into the turbulent journey of how the industry utilizes its now usurped regulatory agency to both block Antineoplastons' Phase 3 clinical trial process—and orchestrate a group of "information hit men" (also known as an "Astroturf Campaign") to pollute all channels of public information in an effort to confuse the public over the truth behind Antineoplastons. This international Astroturf group also engages in the intimidation and harassment of prospective and current terminal cancer patients under Dr. Burzynski's care.
However, most notable of all—are the earth-shattering events that occurred upon the final days of production of this film—you'll be left speechless, yet with so much to say, when you witness the story and shocking conclusion to Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business, Part II.
"I can't imagine a world where other people will not have the privilege that I have had—the privilege to have their life saved by a new technology that can cure cancer—it's terrifying."
– Laura Hymas – 2013, Glioblastoma Grade IV brain cancer patient, after experiencing a complete remission under Antineoplaston therapy.
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Eric Merola interviews former National Cancer Institute Scientist Dr. Li-Chuan Chen
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Three of the members of the national team were caught on camera by Geo News channel enjoying a dance show in one of the theatres in Lahore. Pace...
Karachi (PTI): The newly-appointed manager of the Pakistan team, Moin Khan might have spoken aloud about the importance of discipline in the side before leaving for Zimbabwe, but an incident involving three current players has left the Cricket Board red-faced.
Three of the members of the national team were caught on camera by Geo News channel enjoying a dance show in one of the theatres in Lahore. Pace troika of Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali and Ali Asad were caught off-guard by the camera while they visited one of the theatres in Lahore to watch a dance show hours before the team's departure for Zimbabwe.
Most of these shows are notorious for being a front for raunchy dances by actresses on stage -- one reason why they are so popular among the public. The channel clearly was in no mood to let go the players and came up with some sarcastic comments on their appearance in the theatre hours before the team was to leave for Zimbabwe on Monday.
One of the dancer said that the female performers were delighted to see the three Pakistani cricketers among the audience. "It was exciting to see Junaid in the hall. He is the favorite player for many of us," one girl said. The PCB was unavailable for comment.


B&H now have pre-orders open for the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens for Sony E priced at $899 in the US.
Looking forward to see how this lens performs. Sigma had problems with focus on A-Mount when used on anything other than great light. Let's see how this works on mirrorless.


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Apple's iPad remained the Undisputed Tablet Champ in 2013
New Financial Numbers for Samsung are now below the Most Bearish of all Forecasts
Apple Granted 41 Patents Covering OLED and Augmented Reality Displays, a 3D modeling Application, Sensor Fusion, & More
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 41 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today. In this particular report we cover patents that relate to possible future OLED and interactive augmented reality displays, a 3D modeling app for iDevices and sensor fusion.
Apple Receives a Granted Patent for a Possible Future iPhone 3D Modeling Application
Apple has received a Granted Patent for a product that has yet to surface. The patent titled "Generating a three-dimensional model using a portable electronic device recording" relates to systems and methods for navigating three-dimensional environments and viewing three-dimensional objects on an electronic device display such as the iPhone based on deterministic movement of an iDevice. This is also directed to systems and methods for recording a video of a three-dimensional environment or three-dimensional object, and processing the video to generate a three-dimensional model that could be navigated in an order other than that of the recording.
In some embodiments, a user could direct an iDevice such as an iPhone to display information that could be associated with three-dimensional navigation such as, for example, three-dimensional models of environments or objects.
For example, a user will be able to direct an iDevice to access a mapping application that provides images of what could be seen in some or any direction from a particular location.
As another example, a user could direct an iDevice to display a video game in which a user may navigate a virtual world and see, in any direction, what the virtual world resembles (e.g., rendered images of the virtual world's appearance from any location in the virtual world).
As still another example, a user will be able to direct a future iDevice to display a three-dimensional object (e.g., an object for sale) that the user could manipulate or view from different angles.
Apple credits Richard Tsai, Andrew Just and Brandon Harris as the inventors of granted patent 8,624,974 which was originally filed in Q3 2012 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Apple Granted Patent for Sensor Fusion
Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to portable electronic devices. More particularly, the present embodiments describe use of multiple sensors in combination to confirm a status of Apple's iPad Smart Cover.
In the described embodiment, the electronic device includes at least a processor and a first sensor in communication with the processor arranged to detect a first type stimulus. The first sensor responds to the first type stimulus by providing a first signal to the processor indicating a first status of the iPad's Smart Cover.
The iPad also includes at least a second sensor in communication with the processor arranged to detect a second type stimulus. The second sensor responds to the second type stimulus by providing a second signal to the processor indicating a second status of the iPad Smart Cover in relation to the electronic device. In the described embodiment, when the processor receives the first signal from the first sensor, the processor compares the first status indicated by the first signal and the second status indicated by the second signal and when the processor determines that the indications of the first and second status are the same, the processor accepts the first signal, otherwise, the processor ignores the first signal.
In one aspect of the described embodiment, the iPad Smart Cover is a protective cover having a flap incorporating a magnetic element and the first sensor is a Hall Effect (HFX) sensor. The Smart Cover is pivotally attached to the electronic device such that in a closed configuration the magnetic element in the flap provides a first stimulus in the form of a saturating magnetic field that is detected by the HFX sensor only when the flap is in a closed configuration with respect to the electronic device. The second sensor is any of at least an ambient light sensor, a camera, a magnetometer, a multi-touch sensitive surface, an RFID device, and a second Hall Effect sensor.
Apple's patent FIG. 2A shows a first perspective view of the electronic device in the form of a tablet device and the accessory device in the form of a protective cover; Patent FIG. 12 shows a flowchart detailing process for using a RFID device in combination with a Hall Effect sensor to corroborate a state of a protective cover with regards to an electronic device.
Apple credits Michael Cretella, Venu Duggineni, Michael Eng, Ronald Huang, Christopher Moore and Christopher Mullens as the inventors of granted patent 8,624,695 which was originally filed in Q3 2012 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. To review today's 20 granted patent claims and details, see Apple's patent.
Apple Granted a Patent Relating to OLED Displays
Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to the integration of a touch actuated sensor configuration with an organic light emitting diode (OLED) structure.
Apple's patent FIG. 3 noted above illustrates a first and a second process flow diagram respectively illustrating example process embodiments for making a touch actuated sensor configuration and for making an organic light emitting diode (OLED) structure; patent FIG. 6 is a side view illustrating an example touch actuated sensor configuration embodiment integrated with an example OLED structure embodiment in a module or integrated circuit embodiment.
Apple credits Shih Chang and Steven Hotelling as the inventors of granted patent 8,624,849 which was originally filed in Q2 2009 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. To review today's granted patent claims and details, see Apple's patent.
Apple Granted Patent for Synchronized, Interactive Augmented Reality Displays
Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to a highly advanced synchronized and interactive augmented reality (AR) display for future iOS devices. Apple's initial vision for using augmented reality applications in business, health care and education.
Apple provides us with an example relating to a future AR Display in a variety of medical applications. In some implementations, a doctor will be able to use a future iDevice to capture a live video of the patient's face. Using pattern recognition and/or other information (e.g., a bar code or other patient identifier), information related to the patient (e.g., medical history, drug prescriptions) could be displayed on the iDevice.
In other implementations, a live video of a body part that needs medical attention could be captured and augmented with annotations that assist the doctor in making a diagnosis. The video could be shared with other doctors who could generate annotations on their respective devices to assist the doctor in a diagnosis. Pattern matching or other image processing could be used to identify problems with the injured body part based on its visual appearance (e.g., color). In one example application, an x-ray or MRI video could be displayed with the live video.
Apple credits Brett Bilbrey, Nicholas King and Aleksandar Prance as the inventors of granted patent 8,625,018 which was originally filed in Q1 2013 and published today by the US Patent and Trademark Office. To review today's 25 granted patent claims and details, see Apple's patent. Patently Apple first covered a related patent application published by USPTO back in July 2011.
The Remaining Patents granted to Apple Today
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