So you want to make a robot? Don't know where to start? How about you learn how to make a robot with me and make James!
So far this is what my robot looks like.
Here is some basic code to get you started. I strongly encourage you to edit it and make it better once you have learned how it works.
To make the use of the ultrasonic sensor easier I have used the new ping library.
Upload the test code and that's it! You have made your first robot!
what is the servo's pin?? where should i connect it??
Is the Arduino Uno R3 ATmega328P ATMEGA16U2 Compatible with Prototype Prototyping Shield ProtoShield For Arduino UNO R3 1PCS With mini Breadboard KG305 . is there any specification for the motor driver?
hi where is the final code please?
hey, its a nice tutorial. Having a prob i.e I have got two DC GEARBOX motors and I need to make the drivetrain now. But, not getting how to fix them out to make work. Please help me performing this task. Waiting for a quick reply.
Thanks for the help. I used your ideas and other inspirations to build mine. Great instruct able. I did find using a cell phone rechargeable battery pack saves some steps and I can just use the usb cable that I used to transfer the sketch with to connect it.
May I know where the ultrasonic sensor is hooked up?
The ultrasonic sensor is constantly at zero. Any help?
There is a video (Tutorial #7) and at 10:20 the wiring starts.
Made it! Well, sort of... I left the servo out and used the turn left and turn right option to scan. But it worked! This was my first arcuino project and I think I can give this robot a feature to measure its own battery charge and auto-dock when it gets hungry now. If it works I'll make an instructable too!
I'm looking for a website or article that can help me learn more about the basics of Arduino robotics, I don't want to go into building one just yet, can someone help me out? Thanks!


The Long Goodbye was a classic movie.
Brett Favre's long goodbye is getting classicly tragic.
His "will he or won't he?" dance with retirement has been one of the top stories of the past three football off-seasons and at this point I am wondering if he's played with his fans' patience for too long.
In 2007 he announced after a deliberation that he'd in fact return to football, delaying Aaron Rogers' start for another year but delighting many fans as it appeared the Green Bay Packers were poised to make a run for the title. Bonus points for Favre.
In 2008, after narrowly missing the Super Bowl, he tearfully announced he was retiring from football. At the time it was a move that looked good in all the right ways: he was not, I repeat, NOTgoing to become one of those guys that didn't know when to quit. He was not going to pull a Joe Montana and build his entire career becoming synonymous with one team then finish out his last season in relative obscurity (a.k.a. Kansas City). And he got bonus points in the media for the maturity it takes to step down literally months after coming so close to a return to the Super Bowl.
But Favre, it turns out, IS one of those guys who doesn't know when to quit. He popped back up to yank the Packers' chain last summer before signing with the Jets. Now he's yanking everyone's chain by painfully delaying his announcement as to whether or not he'll retire this year. Major demerits for the almost 40-year-old quarterback.
This is not a decision made lightly -- I highly doubt Favre is sitting around twiddling his thumbs right now still trying to decide if he'll retire. He knows his answer but he's not just getting it over with and letting the rest of the sports world in on the secret.
I've always admired Favre for his down-to-earth quality and seemingly genuine good character. But that's all washed away as far as I'm concerned over the last year with the image that he's portrayed with his un-retirement song and dance. It's not fair to sports fans, the media and especially his teammates and coaches.
Had he stuck to his original retirement date, he goes down as one of the most respectable, old school football guys who played. But now on the second summer of Favre Watch, that image has been severely damaged to the point of being irreparable.
How will Favre be remembered now? Has his desire to keep playing and inability to stick to a decision hurt his legacy?


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Overcoming the challenge of digital inclusion for adults with intellectual disability
The Digi-ID project, in the Trinity Centre for Ageing with an Intellectual Disability (TCAID) aims to address the challenge of digital inclusion and low usage of digital technologies amongst people with intellectual disability (ID).
Trinity Academic Cancer Trials Group awarded over €2million from the HRB
The Trinity Academic Cancer Trials Group, a Health Research Board (HRB) partnership supporting cancer clinical trials to improve health and care. The funding will improve survival and quality of life for patients with cancer.
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First patient in Ireland receives ground-breaking cell therapy for blood cancer
The patient in Ireland received the treatment at Trinity St James's Cancer Institute. Patient is infused with own genetically modified cells using innovative CAR-T therapy.
OncoMark acquired by US molecular diagnostic company, Cepheid Inc.
Trinity's Professor Adrian Bracken spearheaded the research that initially led to the identification of a panel of genetic drivers of breast cancer, and which gave rise to a novel cancer test developed by the company.
Severe-COVID patients risk an increase in mortality rate when cared for outside of an ICU
Study points to Ireland having one of the lowest numbers of ICU beds in Europe and prompts calls from critical care consultants for urgent investment in critical care beds
Two Trinity-AMBER research projects secure European Innovation Council funding in major Horizon Europe success
The two awards represent Trinity's first successes in Horizon Europe, the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation. They have a total recommended funding value of over €6 million, with around €2 million expected to go to the Trinity teams.
Vitamin B12 deficiency increases risk of depression: TILDA study
New research from ageing experts at Trinity College finds longitudinal associations between B12 deficiency and risk of depression, over four years.
From flashing fireflies to cheering crowds – physicists unlock secret to synchronisation
This new discovery has a suite of potential applications, including developing new types of computer technology that uses light signals to process information.
Trinity College researchers develop test to accurately diagnose active kidney injury
The test will improve the care of people living with Vasculitis which affects an estimated 1,000 people in Ireland currently, with 100 new cases being diagnosed every year.
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Building brain healthy communities through creativity
With a growing understanding of the life-course risk factors for brain health, how do we take an integrated approach to building and supporting brain healthy communities for all ages?
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Floridian Steven Sotloff Is Remembered In President Trump's Announcement Of Al-Baghdadi Death
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Published October 27, 2019 at 4:11 PM EDT
Steven Sotloff was a freelancer in Syria at the time of his death. COURTESY STEVEN SOTLOFF MEMORIAL 2LIVES FOUNDATION
President Donald Trump announced today that U.S. special forces had killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Northern Syria.
In a speech delivered at the White House, Trump remembered four of the group's victims including University of Central Florida student and Floridian Steven Sotloff.
South Florida native Sotloff had attended UCF from 2002 to 2004 where he focused on journalism before leaving for Israel where he completed his studies.
He stayed in the Middle East working as a freelance journalist for TIME Magazine and other publications before he was killed by ISIS in 2014. He was 31 years old.
Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig were humanitarian aid workers killed by ISIS. James Foley was a fellow journalist killed only two weeks before Sotloff.
His family established The Steven Sotloff Memorial Endowed Fund at UCF to fund scholarships for journalism students and support other programs to advance journalism education.
To watch President Trump's full speech or read his remarks, click on the link.
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'We Will Emerge From This Ordeal,' Slain Journalist's Family Says


With that said, rhythm guitar is what I have always struggled with most. Single note arpeggiated stuff in particular was my weakest link as a player and as it turns out, I've realized I'm not alone. To work through that, I developed a routine for myself that I'm going to share with you in this video. I'll go over some picking hand patterns, incorporate some fretting hand techniques and some ear training to boot! A three for one special, just for you! The cool thing about this lesson is that once you implement it into your practice routine it will help you become a more melodic player as well. To see how this all comes together check out the video below. If you missed part one, "finger twisters" you can check it out here.


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Morning is such a great time to take photographs because the light is so gentle and cool toned. I love it! But somehow the pjs and coffee (or couch and TV) take precendence and we just don't make it to where we need to be.
Which is present with HIM in his world.


This Doctor bride's traditional Jodhpur wedding saw some major #decorgoals!
Childhood friends and long-distance sweetherts, Dhruv and Sumati's grand wedding in the luxurious Indana Palace Jodhpur was sweet and light.
The bride had a beautiful intimate mehndi ceremony and the venue was decorated using exotic flowers and interesting décor elements. The bride looked resplendent in her bridal ensemble paired with her beautiful jewelry and posed with her bridesmaids flaunting their henna designs. The theme for this function was carnival. With tea pots and ceramic bags hanging, lots of white and colorful flowers, mehendi cones on the side, low seating colourful charpai, moodas and low tables with cushions for ladies, the interesting décor elements gave an eclectic vibe to the venue.


If you love watching movies, Movie2k is your new best friend. Now you can watch movies online for free. Be it an old or a new movie, an action film or a romantic comedy, they are all there on Movie2k. It has a great collection of all types of movies which can keep you busy and entertained for a lifetime.
Watching movies is one of the best ways to pass the time. Just grab a tub of popcorn and you can get glued to your screen to watch any movie of your choice. If you're on vacation and don't feel like going anywhere, just lay back in bed and run a movie marathon. If you do not feel like watching it now, just download it and watch it later. The biggest plus point of watching movies at Movie2k is that it doesn't require you to register. Just visit the website and watch your favorite movies for free.
So your friends are coming over, and you have nothing much to do? Browse through the action movies and select a movie of your choice. There's nothing more entertaining than enjoying a good movie with friends.
If you want to make your girlfriend happy or set the mood for a romantic evening with your wife, choose a lovey-dovey movie and enjoy some intimate moments with your beloved. It can help you to fantasize as if you are in a fairy tale, and it would create some wonderful memories.
Finding it difficult to babysit your little ones? Make them busy with a kids' movie and relax. Children love animated movies, and you can easily find some at Movie2k to keep them occupied till you take a nap.
Not only is it the best place to watch movies, but you can also preview the upcoming movies. Even if you're not a movie-buff, you can still visit Movie2k for your favorite TV shows. Watch full episodes of the soap operas you have missed. You can even watch trailers and videos without any registration.
It is so much fun to watch a movie with people who are close to you – friends, family and better halves. It is a great way to spend time together and strengthen bonds.
You can watch movies online on Movie2k for as long as you like. You might get tired after some time, but you will never run out of movies from our huge collection!


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Actiu Showroom in London, located in the heart of the CDW was transformed, into a studio for interior designers and architects.]]>
The creative transformation as a basis for entrepreneurship was the argument from the organisation Zinc Shower 2016.]]>
Actiu has organised a product exhibition and a wide program of activities at the Hotel Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile]]>
Actiu showroom in Barcelona hosted the first edition, organized by Grupo Vía, on Workplace Strategy: Facility Management.]]>
The Barreira Design and Art school celebrated its Graphic Design Week, bringing together leading national figures to discuss their graphic design projects.]]>
This complex, voted ?Best Public Building of the Year?, is equipped with furniture from Actiu.]]>
Before a totally full room, four successful entrepreneurs told their personal stories, not so much about their awards, but their philosophy of life.]]>
An interview with Juan Carlos Baumgartner, the architect looking to build happiness.]]>
Furthermore the designer Hector Serrano, participated amongst other professionals from the world of architecture, design and interior design]]>
The Actiu ?Cool Working? stand, was a space which was created to showcase the latest programs, designed to promote well-being and comfort in any workspace.]]>
According to the ?Three eights theory? it is convenient to organise our day dedicating eight hours to rest, eight hours to work and eight hours to leisure]]>
Actiu has initiated a new and innovative stage in the field of office seating and from now on, by sitting on the new TNK Flex you will have an experience]]>
The Actiu elevating desk, capable of taking care of your health while working, thanks to the variety of positions, has evolved into a full program.]]>
The history of design is very recent in Spain. We are hardly fifty years down the road since this subject was considered and therefore]]>
this volume which aims to highlight the Valencian companies and have, in a close and entertaining way and from within, the history and background of these companies]]>
The president of the Valencian government, Ximo Puig, presided over a productive forum, held at the premises of the Actiu Technology Park]]>
Actiu has opened a new showroom in Barcelona. It is situated in the heart of the city, at 10, Tuset street]]>
Hotel customers are no longer content with a space to spend a night with breakfast, lunch or not, while visiting a city either for tourism or business.]]>
Wing is light, creative and colourful. The imagination of its designers, Ramos & Bassols, took the traditional wooden chair ]]>
Actiu was the company responsible for furnishing each one of the environments of this fashion platform held in the auditorium in Alicante]]>
With the objective of ?getting to know the people behind some of the top names in architecture?, according to the organisers]]>
The new Actiu showroom in Barcelona hosted the conference ?Offices Rethink Barcelona 2015?, organised by the Via Group, where one analysed the transformation being experienced by workspaces.]]>
Discover how the new space exhibition has been designed, manufactured and installed in the Actiu Technology Park.]]>
Is it possible to recover the historic centre of Castalla through architectural activities as well as rehabilitation activities?]]>
For Starlite 2015 the architect Hector Ruiz Velazquez was selected by the organisation to make its mark with a new design]]>
Eve if you work from an office, from home, from a waiting room or from the sofa...you must work at ease. And we do it thinking about you, your health and your well-being. ]]>
Actiu has developed an armchair for soft seating areas whose sole purpose is to make the user feel different]]>
Millesime Madrid is much more than a food hall. In addition to the leading figures from international cuisine, several interior design and design teams]]>
Actiu has participated for second time at NeoCon, the most important event in the US commercial interiors industry]]>
China and Shanghai in particular have more than 150 Spanish architectural studios which work successfully in this Asian country.]]>
A breath of fresh air in true Mediterranean style have been introduced at Actiu, in the new facilities that make up its Showroom in Prague, Czech Republic]]>
Actiu has developed Shey, its first program of Soft Seating for offices and public spaces designed by Ramos & Bassols.]]>
London celebrated Clerkenwell Design Week, a great laboratory of design and architecture trends where, for a week, the future becomes the present]]>
This office chair, designed by Alegre Design in 2012 and awarded the Red Dot Award in the same year for best product design]]>
Actiu is preparing itself to participate in the new edition of the Clerkenwell Design Week 2015, the global benchmark for the most avant garde processes applied to architecture, design and products.]]>
For the first time in fifty years, Actiu will form part of this show with a very special space equipped with the most innovative furniture]]>
Actiu has opened a new showroom in Warsaw (Poland), with the helping hand of their partner in the area, designer furniture distributor Marro.]]>
The art of creating, innovating and surprising people as much as possible. Over 20,000 square feet dedicated to office furniture ]]>
ArchiExpo unveiled the products nominated in different categories, Design, Tech and Eco, of the i i-NOVO Awards. Among those selected are Shey and Badminton, two of Actiu?s novelties.]]>
Through our new product programs, soft seating has been integrated into the office moments of leisure and relaxation.]]>
Chair robust, stable and wraparound back, was also the winner of the recognized Red Dot Design Award 2015.]]>
Actiu Showroom in Madrid gathered together nearly one hundred professionals from the world of architecture and design at the workshop ' Rethink Offices Madrid']]>
The Badminton armchair seeks to be the differentiating factor in today's work environment. Created by ITEM Designworks, this armchair is an invitation to break the routine.]]>
Actiu took advantage of the Feria Hábitat, held 9-13 February, to open a space reflecting on the new work environments.]]>
To reflect on the new models of offices, the ways of working and reconciling work and family life, Actiu has organised a round table in the Nude salon]]>
The future of offices involves warm spaces, with soul, which inspire, attract and provide well being for the people who work in them. Under this premise, Actiu will attend Habitat Valencia 2015]]>
The Actiu WING chair has had an extraordinary start to the year obtaining, between participants from over 50 countries, the prestigious IF Design Award 2015.]]>
Actiu will be present from 3 to 7 February at the next trade fair, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.]]>
A report that summarises within a few minutes the philosophy, the journey and the future of the Actiu Brand with the helping hand of its founder, Vicente Berbegal Perez.]]>
Seven completely new collections, with a polished design adapted to the current needs of the market; soft seating, pleasant and ergonomic collaborative spaces.]]>
Actiu is committed to producing more comfortable offices, so that workers feel as if they are at home.]]>
The first Monday of every October The Worldwide Architecture Day is held, an essential date for the renewal of the role of architects in the vitality of the cities]]>
Seven totally new programs will be the protagonists. Some of the programs are as a result of rigorous research which has led Actiu and its designers to develop a new series of products]]>
One of the most prestigious architectural schools in the world, The Architectural Association de Londres, held, for the second year running a workshop in Madrid using the format of the AA Visiting Schoo]]>
ElCasc is an international festival which, for the second consecutive year, aims to revive urban and social materials]]>
These awards are the most important venue for these publicity agencies and design studios in the province of Alicante.]]>
The Office Next fair in Moscow, one of the newest on the International scene, defines its personality at the fourth edition.]]>
Under a new fusion concept, it united its technology and furniture departments, until now independent, with the aim to provide more efficient]]>
The city of London over the year has several fundamental events for designers, architects and art lovers]]>
The Actiu Showroom in Sydney (Australia) hosted an exclusive seminar on the emerging Audiovisual technology in the workplace]]>
Mobility is an elevating desk by Actiu which was created for the purpose of bringing a new concept of work surfaces to architects, designers]]>
The new Actiu showroom in Peru is an avant-garde and well designed space which is organised over three spacious floors]]>
With the opening of this new exhibition space Actiu has conquered one of the most important strongholds at a strategic commercial level]]>
The new Actiu Showroom in Mexico D.F. was opened in direct collaboration with its distributor in the country, Organitec. ]]>
Actiu forms part of RED and has therefore participated at the Rojo Show roadshow.]]>
Several hundred professionals, mainly prescribers (interior designers, decorators and architects) spent the days 11,12,13 & 14 February at the Actiu stand]]> ® surface, an innovative fusion between the sectors of furniture and architecture]]>
Arkitek +Dekton® surface, a product that combines the architectural elegance of the Arkitek desk, with the latest technology of an ultra-compact surface Dekton]]>
The companies Actiu & Grupo Cosentino have joined forces to carry out a project that has managed to fuse sectors closely linked to furniture, architecture and design]]>
Coworking is a way of working that enhances the integration of multidisciplinary professionals, through a shared space]]>
?It's up to you to get things moving?. With this message Actiu wanted to wish all its customers , employees and contacts a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year]]>
Recently, coinciding with its 20 anniversary, APRI has opened a new showroom for solutions of communal and office furniture made up entirely of Actiu products.]]>
Actiu, has opened, in collaboration with its Portuguese distributor Sesis, a new showroom in Praia, Cape Verde.]]>
We would like to invite you to get to know two architectural elements differentiating its Technology Park: its two staircases.]]>
This is another step for Actiu positioning its strategy in a difficult and competitiveness in the U.S. market.]]>
This is a program being developed within the framework of the European Community of knowledge and Innovation on Climate Control (Climate-KIC)]]>
Let's imagine. We imagine a building that adapts to the needs of the user as a living organism. We imagine a little more, we imagine a total city]]>
Joaquín Berbegal, director of Actiu business development, participated in the debate on developments in workspaces.]]>
Actiu London Showroom has been transformed over the last few days into a singular Art gallery where you can contemplate artistic work by architects and designers]]>
The Actiu showroom in London hosted the meeting ?Elevator Pitch? in which companies associated to the Spanish Chamber of Commerce]]>
Spanish Tastes was a business meeting organized by Actiu, in its showroom in Sydney]]>
The digital magazine about Valencian design, DissenyCV, has organized a solidarity night to benefit the rehabilitation of the Art School of Silk]]>
Salam Enterprises, Actiu's partner in Qatar, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, have opened a new showroom in Doha, Qatar.]]>
Marcelo Alegre, product designer for Actiu, was responsible for explaining the design process of one of the latest projects carried out by this brand]]>
STAY, designed by Marcelo Alegrefor Actiu, was a finalist for Delta Awards, an award which is given every two years and rewards the best industrial design]]>
Vicente Berbegal, president and founder of the business group Actiu, was awarded the "Oro and Brillantes" award by the Chamber of Commerce in Alicante.]]>
Paris already has a new Actiu showroom, located on the ground floor of 8, Rue Denis Poisson, very near the Arc de Triomphe.]]>
Actiu held a conference to raise awareness of the great potential of Azerbaijan for small and median Spanish companies. ?A country of opportunities?]]>
Actiu participated along with Kassani at the trade fair Expoconstruction and Expodesign, Bogotá (Columbia)]]>
Environmental respect in industrial production forms part of the Actiu DNA. Its facilities, its products, all of its business philosophy]]>
there have been numerous studies which demonstrates that working standing up for some hours during the working day, doesn't only have a positive effect on our health.]]>
A versatile chair, light and easy to store chair (up to the height of five with protectors), flowing lines and avant guard.]]>
Actiu collaborated with the College of Architects in Alicante (CTAA) sharing the solidarity evening on Architecture and Design]]>
The Actiu London Showroom, situated in Clerkenwell East, was one of the 250 venues to participate in Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW).]]>
Actiu presents SPINE, a new solution to make work spaces more efficient. Based on four elements (desk, low and high filing cabinets and dividers)]]>
STAY has been designed so that the user can play with a range of options that vary depending on the system of arms, the lumbar support system...]]>
Actiu participated, for the first time, at the specialized trade fair in office furniture OFFICE NEXT Moscow.]]>
he president of the Actiu group, Vicente Berbegal, participated in the Business Economic Forum: Leaders with Strategy to present projects and business strategies]]>
The event brought together an important representation, many entrepreneurs and professionals linked to the construction industry, architecture and design]]>
After several years of success, Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) has established itself as the UK?s leading independent design festival.]]>
Last Friday 26 April, training on the most popular software in the world for 3D interior design, Pcon.planner, took place at Actiu Showroom Madrid.]]>
On Friday 15th March a recreational and environmental event took place in the ?El carrascal? area in Castalla, with the objective of transmitting the importance and respect towards the environment.]]>
Actiu has opened in Australia a space of networking where it offers an exhibition space of all its products, and shows the values of the company.]]>
To mark International Woman's Day and entitled "Businesswomen making future", The Cultural field of Cortes Ingles and AEPA - Association of Businesswomen]]>
On March 5th, a hundred people gathered together at the Actiu London Showroom in a networking session about Spanish culture and cuisine. ]]>
Entitled Do you have an idea? Do you want to convert it into a profitable business? The second of the workshops "Cooking your Idea linktoStart 2013"]]>
In the new exhibition located in San Jose, the design and interior design plays a significant role. Contemporary and contract office furniture.]]>
Actiu awards the best proposals for product design and Interior Design following the conference ?For a better more sustainable future?.]]>
Professionals from facility management, real estate and building equipment sectors, came together at the tradefair SIMI 2012, the most important event of this industry in France.]]>
Thinking Capitals Congress on 13 and 14 December, whose main aim was to turn the cities into future stars of the planet.]]>
Actiu was handed the BID2012 prize ?Business and Design? by DIMAD, the Association of Designers in Madrid, when they took part in a workshop ?Design and Business Success? organized by the slaughterhouse in Madrid.]]>
Innovation, Sustainability and People talk about a world where the industrial productive processes and sustainability go hand in hand]]>
The facilities at Actiu Technology Park were the stage chosen to carry out the exhibition for the finalists for the Awards for Architecture and Interior Design 2012]]>
Actiu, returned from Orgatec 2012, the European benchmark trade fair on design and planning of workspaces, which took place 23-27 October in Cologne.]]>
Actiu London Showroom has been the solidarity stage around One Man's Fight, a charitable documentary which reviews the keys to the foundation Alternative Hair.]]>
«Plaza» and «patio» are two words which make up the word Plazatio, the union of two architectural spaces which have also been associated with social networks.]]>
Actiu participated in two of the most important events nationwide which promote design and sustainable construction. In the Catalan capital, the company participated in activities including Barcelona Design Week.]]>
Actiu shares concerns with prescribers and professionals from design and architecture, hence they have collaborated at "Architecture Week in Madrid".]]>
Actiu has made a strong commitment to internationalize the equipping of contract and work spaces preparing new proposals at Orgatec 2012.]]>
Actiu achieved very positive results at the last edition of Feria Hábitat Valencia where it established some interesting deals with renowned architecture studios.]]>
Habitat Fair, Actiu reinvents your workspace]]>
The New Actiu London Showroom, situated in East Clerkenwell, referring to worldwide architecture and design, has a exhibition space of 250 m2 and a philosophy linked to the lifestyle of the company.]]>
More than 170 professionals from design and architecture , from all over Australia, have gathered together in Sydney to find out about the project Actiu Technological Park.]]>
The piece of work 'Snail' by José Lopez Gimenez has won the First Actiu Photography Competition. Juan Francisco Poveda, with 'Reverstairwork' has won second Prize and Damian Berbegal has won third prize with his piece of work 'Looking to the Future'.]]>
Thursday 19 July at 6pm at Actiu Technological Park, the names of the winners of the First Actiu Photography Competition will be released, along with an exhibition of all the works that were entered.]]>
Marcelo Alegre reveals the making of the TNK 500: Sustainable Engineering and Creativity]]>
Actiu participated in the Second congress FM & BS World Summit on 27 and 28 June, which took place in the Congress Centre in Montjuic, Barcelona]]>
On 2 July, Actiu received from the designer Marcelo Alegre, alegreindustrial studio, the Red dot Product Design Award in the ceremony Red Dot Awards 2012 in Essen (Germany).]]>
The proposal by Actiu is based on the advice and design of spaces taking into account the philosophy "open space", and using the setting of a "spine" to create individual spaces, that promote job sharing.]]>
On Friday 15 June Actiu received the prize for Best Social Company awarded by the World City Foundation, under the protection of the Ministry of Culture, in the VI edition of Publifestival.]]>
To mark the VII Memorial of Roman Saez - Regional Champions of Cadets, the Castalla Cycling Club organised a "Diferred Start" from Actiu Technological Park to help and acknowledge the cooperation that has been carried out towards this sport over the years.]]>
URBAN is a family of chairs with a concept of multiple configurations. A chair under the concept of open architecture whose structure allows infinite combinations.]]>
The FAD - Promotion of the Design of Art- is a Centennial prestigious association considered as a reference entity in the field of design and architecture.]]>
A crowded conference on design and sustainability took place today, 17 May in the facilities of Actiu Technological Park in Castalla, Alicante, with internationally renowned professionals.]]>
The greatest event related to Science and Technology in Spain. Street Alcante Scince (StAS), is a project carried out by Alicante University in collboration with the city Townhall and Council, whose climax and staging took place on 10 and 11 May in the Volvo area of the town.]]>
On May 8th Professional Conferences on Sustainability took place at IED - Institute of European Design, Barcelona and Actiu along with the company Santa & Cole.]]>
The Green Company Awards have been the starting point for a common strategy implemented by CAM and COEPA who support the introduction of good practices in corporate environmental management.]]>
Presentation took place in Alcoy called "12 talents from Alicante", edited by JOVEMPA, where one was told by means of interviews the experiences, the sucesses and failures of twelve entrepreneurial ]]>
Much more than a formal design. A sum of functional details, techniques and technology. A timeless and elegant design. ]]>
To mark "Tree Day", a large number of people came together at the Ecological Working Garden Centre, Awakening with the objective of planting trees and enjoying.]]>
The Actiu team organized a convention in Bogota, arranging a meeting for its main collaborators in America.]]>
The Family Business, organizad a round table last month in March to discuss Corporate Social Responsibility.]]>
TNK 500, A Technological and Human chair, awarded the Red Dot Award 2012]]>
Actiu officially opened its new showroom in the capital of Lisbon, in a strategic and accessible location with which the company wants to have a closer relationship with the Portugese market.]]>
the first Forum IFMA Territorial about Competencies and Practices of Facility Management (FM) was held in the Chamber of Commerce in Alicante.]]>
Novabuild hosted the fourth edition of the forum for Sustainable Building in the Valencian Community, organized by the Valencian Institute of Building (IVE) in collaboration with the Department of Infrastructure.]]>
The architects Jose Maria Tomas Llavador, Felipe Pich-Aguilera and Wendelin Hinsch together with Professor Josep Lluis Barona, presented the new General Hospital in Valencia in the forum on Hospital Architecture sponsored by Actiu.]]>
Actiu was recognized for its business career, International strategy and its committment towards sustainability.]]>
Interview with Javier Cuñado, creator of the Actiu URBAN chair "It is a nice, light and comfortable chair; officially delicate, generous in its proportions, technological and robust"]]>
With firm comittment towards sustainability, Actiu has recently signed a new partnership agreement with GBCe, Building Council for sustainable buildings in Spain.]]>
Once again Actiu has been working with the College of Architects in the Valencian community at Cevisama, the International Exhibition of ceramics for the architecture and furnishing of bathrooms.]]>
The repopulation of 300 large trees and the reconstruction of "Pou de la Nou" in the sierra of L'Arguenya has reappraised the environmental heritage of Castalla in Alicante]]>
Actiu establishes a new point of contact in the capital of Spain, in an architectecturally innovative space, flexible and environmentally friendly]]>
Ofitec, the biennial fair which brings together in each edition the latest developments from the office furniture sector in Madrid, has been the place chosen by Actiu to represent its new collection of solutions for work spaces]]>
The US Green Building Council has awarded the company from Alicante, the LEED EB Gold certificate which recognises responsible building towards the environment and its system of exploiting natural resources.]]>
Actiu, with their commitment to future innovation and design, will be present in the most important appointment in the National sector of Office furniture]]>
Coinciding with the World Development Information Day, the Spanish Green Building Council on behalf of the US Green Council Building will hand to Actiu the LEED EB Gold Certificate, in recognition of the sustainable headquarters]]>
Actiu, one of the leading collaborators of the architecture week in Barcelona, organised a forum of sustainable industry]]>
Actiu has presented its latest creations in the Habitat fair especially designed for the fair and with which it has equipped its latest projects in health, education, contract, airports, auditoriums or Congress.]]>
Actiu ventures again for the contract sector, participating in The Housing Trade fair, 2011, characteristically an International Event that will take place in Valencia 20 - 24 September]]>
Recently this took place in Bogota, Columbia, the 11th edition of the Construction and Design trade fair 2011. A specialized international trade fair, that projects itself...]]>
The University Summer school 2011 taking place in the Alcoy Campus of the polytechnic University of Valencia, aims to bring to every enquiring mind, whether academic or not...]]>
Under the slogan "Solidarity with Lorca", the first edition of the Responsible Action awards for Good Corporate Social Responsibility, organised by the Valencian Association for Responsible Action...]]>
The council of Forestry Administration (FSC), an independent international, non govermental and non profit organization, was founded in 1993 in Toronto...]]>
With the recent publication of the international standards ISO 14006, Environmental Management systems, approved by the International Organisation of Standards...]]>
Actiu Technological Park, with regards to sustainability at International level, has received the Green Good design of Chicago in the sustainable planning and management of land category.]]>
For the first time in Spain, a congress was held exclusively directed at the sector of Facility Management and Business Services...]]>
The furnishing of the expansion of Alicante airport has been a challenge for Actiu. The collaboration of a mayor project between Research and Development, the technical managers at Aena...
Project selected for Green Build exhibition in Toronto. The corporative building of Actiu Technological Park is close to obtaining the certificate LEED-EB Gold. Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a system of classifying...]]>
A huge steel cover supported by a glass box has been welcomed to the Technological Park, Actiu. The new marquee opened...]]>
Actiu has joint the Innovation Network at the Valencia´s Polytechnic University (UPV). The signing of the agreement between Valencia´s Polytechnic Univ...
Actiu was present at the Ecobuild trade fair 2011, an international event specialized in sustainable construction and eco construction, which took place in ...
Actiu Technological Park received last 12th of January 2011 the 7th Conference ?12 talented from Alicante, examples of the business success? orga...]]>
Once more, Actiu Technological Park has been the meeting point to study and discuss about the current situation in the working and contract equipment sector...
Actiu is a company with more than 40 years' experience in the installation system, fitting out important projects in universities, hospitals and transit s...
Cevisama, the International exhibition of ceramics for Architecture and Baths equipment met together to architects, inner designers and other design profess...
In today's World, where the natural disasters and misfortunes provoked by humanity happened every day, Actiu is fighting to look for continuous solutions to...]]>
3.000 patients capacity per day, 1.000 beds in individual rooms, 260.000 m2 surfaces, the new Valencia Hospital, ?La Fe? is the main health proj...
On 18 November, Actiu received two very different awards: the Impulso Award for Corporate Responsibility, and the Alfil award for Innovation, at the Alicant...]]>
This year´s COSMU conference, titled "Innovative Business Models", was held at the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum in Valencia. The various sp...
The 10th Alicante Suma Forum 2010 held on 29th November in the Actiu Technology Park brought together over 300 attendees, mayors, businessmen and representati...
Actiu has attended to one of the most professional important event about facility management and work environments. We have been invited by IFMA, Internation...
Ernst & Young, the prestigious North American consultant, in collaboration with IESE and BNP Paribas award the enterprising of the year which is the int...
Actiu has attended as a member and exhibitor to the last edition Feria Hábitat, an international event that took placed in Valencia last 28th to 2nd of Oc...
The CEU-UCH solar house, kitted out with Actiu furniture, received the highest number of votes among the 190,000 visitors to the Solar Decathlon Project 201...
Transit by Actiu, nominated for the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011. The Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany is also know...
Metal made in Actiu is a book that aims to convey Actiu´s capacity to produce a wide variety of different metals, based on its philosophy of unprecedented ...
After a long process to define and set the new programmes in motion, Actiu called last 17th and 18th of June its commercial net, to present the new availabl...
Good&Best Practice Awards certifies the quality in those successful projects in 2009 and they are the result...]]>
Science museum Príncipe Felipe in The city of Art and Science of Valencia, the most contemporaneous architecture symbol in our country, will host duri...
Actiu received the first environmental forum about the sustainable industrial responsability law celebrated in Valencian Region...]]>
Actiu management as well as its future prospects in this new area is beginning to bear fruits; a sample is the continuous proposals done by architects and p...
Nowadays, architecture and inner design are working together to restore emblematic buildings. Private companies and civil service are doing it with great re...
Two of the most popular professional publications about Agriculture, Design and Construction in Europe, ON DISENO and NAN, have chosen Actiu Technological P...
More than 200 families linked to Actiu, repopulate the mountain of Castalla with native species typical of the region.]]>
After our definitive establishment in the Technological Park in September 2009, Actiu is increasing the capacity and production flexibility; this is demonstra...
As part of a season of design exhibitions organised by the Circle of Fine Arts and the ddi-State Society for Design and Innovation, managed by design stud...]]>
The facilities of the Actiu's Technological Park dawn in white with the arrival of the awaited winter. The cold spell, snow and wind that yesterday covere...
Dubai receives successfully the 24th International Association of Architects & Interior Designers. The meeting organized by the APID - Interior Des...
The Alicante Chamber of Commerce presents an award to Actiu at the Night of Alicante's Economy. On 25th November, at the Alicante Port Cruise Terminal, ...
Two of the collections currently offered by Actiu in its range of furniture for offices and collectives have been selected at the 33rd edition of the Delt...
On 28th October, 62 members of the Alicante Association of Family Businesses (AEFA) and the Forum visited Actiu's new premises at a social event that allow...]]>
"Because we share interests and concerns, and we want to know firsthand the concerns of professionals in the sector, we collaborate in projects event...
The PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization which promot...
Following the success of the First International Conference on Sustainable Architecture held in Valladolid during 12nd - 13rd of November and organised by...
It is an honour for us to collaborate as sponsor with our parnter in UAE Salam Interiors, in the 24th General Assembly of the IFI - International Federation...]]>
On 30th October, the Technology Park was visited by different business owners from Important Associations in the timber sector; CONFEMADERA, FEDERMUEBLE an...]]>
The interior signage at the Actiu Technology Park, created in collaboration with the graphic design studio B Diseño (Belén Payá), has received 2 imp...]]>
Last 7th of September, the 9th stage of the Spanish "la vuelta" visited Actiu Technological Park. This stage started in Alcoy and finished in the special mountain pass Xorret de Catí.]]>
Actiu Tecnological Park received the visit of more than 80 students from the University of Alicante(Family business subject). University management organi...
During last month of August all Actiu team has been Working to move everything to the Actiu Technological Park. In this way, since the 24th of August the ...
Since the 29th of June until the 5th of July, there was an exhibition in Valencia Actiu: architecture and sustainability, this exhibition has allowed to ap...
Actiu Technological Park has had a mention in the 1st Construye Award which recognize the best Industrial...]]>
Actiu Technological Park is being applauded more and more by institutions and different persons, so since the...]]>
Actiu has showed in The Office Exhibition 09, the new office proposals. A wide and varied offer for individual and contract environments that has caused gre...]]>
Last Friday, March 27th, the members of the jury at the 10th Edition of FOPA 2008 awards expressed the corresponding...]]>
Actiu has taken part in the recent Furniture Stockholm exhibition (Sweden) in our consolidation in the Scandinavian market with one of our partners in th...]]>
After the recent opening last November, the Actiu Technological Park, starts working this new 2009. The Logistic building has been the first one. All warehous...]]>
Our firm commitment to sustainability has increased progressively. Today, it forms part of our way of working and thinking. For this reason, and in order to...]]>
Plek chair has been exhibited in imm Exhibition in Cologne with the show Red Dot Living. A design exhibition that has shown all awarded products last year wi...
The avant-garde architecture, life music and traditional flavors were the protagonists of the Actiu opening, a cheerful event that transmitted optimism to all attendants.]]>
Within the framework of the Actiu Technological Park Opening Schedule, Actiu had last 28th of November the official visit of the Right Honourable President of...]]>
Actiu use to exhibite in the Valencia Forward exhibition taking place this week, but as this year we will not have a stand there but we have arranged sev...
To celebrate that Logistic building is finished, Actiu met last 28th of June more than 300 people (Actiu team, Actiu suppliers and all people involved in desig...
Actiu has always been identified with main sport values such as comradeship, constant effort or performing instinct. It is now more than 20 years that Actiu is...]]>
Working at home, living in the office. The concept ?Space? is changing. Plek, designed by Alegre Industrial can be used both in the habitat and in contracts...]]>
PLEK seating,manufactured by Actiu and designed by Alegre Industrial,has been recognised with the prestigious red dot design awards:product design 2008 .Its in...]]>
The architects responsible for the project were inspired by the natural beauty that the country has to offer when planning the interior design.]]>
ne of the main reasons for the choice, as well as the quality, design, freshness and versatility of the Actiu product, was because of the commitment to...]]>
Actiu has developed a standard solution that is tailored to meet the corporate needs requested by the oil company]]>
Declared a Cultural monument of interest in 1993 and with an average 100.000 visitors each month, it was opened to the public in 2011]]>
The challenge of this project was to facilitate the transition of the staff, who were accustomed to working in private cubicles, to open offices]]>
To Project the dynamism of this company the Vital Plus program of desks has been selected in two solutions: ST and SPINE]]>
The architectural and interior studio areazero 2.0 chose Prisma, the new Actiu desk, as the core of the office furniture.]]>
Actiu was selected to provide the furniture for the new Iberia offices, offices designed under the concept of an open office]]>
Actiu has furnished the board room of this prestigious company by providing the highest quality and exclusive designed furniture in line with the company premises]]>
Actiu has collaborated by equipping the Miami offices, where they have created a fresh and light environment, characterised by the white and green]]>
The Buena Vista Health Centre, in Portugal, is a modern medical centre with unique architecture, developed by the architecture studio ASGA Architects]]>
The Audit seats, by Actiu, dress all the scenarios. The Audit 10 model was chosen, upholstered completely in cream]]>
Balearia opens its new headquarters in Denia, a project which with its design and functionality, has become the ?new landmark building of the town?]]>
Auditorium in Queluz (Portugal) owned by the National Republican Guard, which dates back to 1801.]]>
The new facilities of Inmunotek stand out from the exterior for its cubic shape and the large gaps in the facade which fill the interior with light]]>
Total supply for the Project Paris Chamber of Commerce (CCIP) was completed with 1,200 seats for students and teachers, meeting rooms and multipurpose rooms.]]>
As it is characterized by health, white was chosen for all the furniture as it is usually understood as a synonymous for cleanliness, serenity and simplicity.]]>
Highly functional furniture was opted for but without forgetting the overall design, elegant and avant-garde, in keeping with the whole complex]]>
The hospital, whose project was carried out by Rafael de la Hoz, was designed with a structure focused on functionality and wellbeing of the health professionals]]>
The new hospital in Loures, situated in the Metropolitan Area in Lisbon, is the fourth hospital crreated with a model of public-private manaagement in Portugal.]]>
With over 6000 m2 area, the new external radiotherapy centre Ipo-Porto is the largest unit in the Iberian Peninsula]]>
With very personal aesthetics and an abundance of natural light, which streams in through the big windows, it has created a new health space focused on improving patient care in the hospital]]>
he new building has 10000 m2 floor space, divided into two basements and three floors. The new facilities hold 205 workers]]>
The new installations have been designed as a modular and tiered small town, developed over four levels.]]>
Actiu was chosen to provide the equipment for the new installations, in which they tried to combine the functionality of the office furniture.]]>
Due to its refined appearance and functionality, the building was awarded The International Architecture Award 2011]]>
The International Music Auditorium in Torrevieja, designed by the architect José María Tomás, is located next to a place of scenic interest 'Alto de San Jaime'.]]>
Tempe designs, manufactures and distributes footwear and accessories for all the Inditex Group chain in the world]]>
The International Cooking school is the result of an ambitious project which started as an initiative by the Chamber of Commerce and the Industry of Valladolid.]]>
Actiu has equipped it with the Mit seating program with a specific solution tailored to its needs.]]>
The new centre Sabadell Bank (CBS) is a work designed by architects Jaume and Eugeni Bach which involved an investment of 40 million euros and has obtained a landmark building as well as a friendly space designed for the welfare of the employees.]]>
To promote creativity and integration of the internal areas, which will improve services to the organisations that have established research projects with the company.]]>
'Las Cigarreras' is multi cultural centre, a place of interaction, dialogue, creation and projection of contemporary Art in all its artistic manifestations.]]>
The new building will be the flagship of Stryker Corporation and for this we have sought to go beyond a standard construction.]]>
Macif group is the most important Insurance Mutual in France, whose subsidiary 'lle de France' has been situated in Niort]]>
ESADE actually has more than 11000 students between three campuses, Barcelona, Madrid y Buenos Aires]]>
The design and development of this project has taken into account criteria which favours energy savings. Actiu furniture was chosen to equip this installation.]]>
Aena entrusted Actiu to improve the image and management of Alicante airport, through the development of a new concept of equipment.]]>
The new University Hospital La Fe in Valencia presents a powerful image with a contemporary language]]>
Pay per view television sports channel which is the leader in audience and distribution in Latin America, has opened its new studios in the South of Mexico.]]>
The event required a daring project, with great creativity, which resulted in the construction of three spaces limited by cardboard boxes.]]>
The 38000 m2 of hospital installations was designed by Codina Prat Valls and Architects Associates, to achieve maximum patient comfort]]>
Actiu equipped the offices in the new Terminal T5 which opened in 2008. It consists of three connected buildings in which the cold production building is highlighted as the major complex climatization and refridgeration capacity in Europe.]]>
Nestlé has had a sustainable commitment in Mexico since 1930, the moment when it established itself as a country as an importer of food products]]>
Sunpower, a leading multinational manufacturer of photovoltaic panels, recently opening its new administration center in Madrid.]]>
A project in which Actiu furniture has shown its capacity to combine history and modern, functionality and design]]>
The Gallery has re-opened its doors after an ambitious expansion transforming its spaces and doubling its size.]]>
The operating room, from where you get patterns and designs of the latest creations, is an open space, with walls decorated with graffiti on cement block walls]]>
Castalla Auditorium is a peculiar architectural building characterized by straight lines and neutral colors. ]]>
Actiu equipped the official installations of Audi MedCup with an ephemeral architecture project, designed expressly for this sporting event.]]>
The interior architecture of these new installations are characterized by minimalism, space and light.]]>
Indra is a global company of technology, innovation and talent, leader in high added value solutions and services which operates in more than 128 countries]]>
The Longo modular desk system enables furniture and accessories on the same platform, creating original, harmonious and clean spaces.]]>
It is a light, different program with personality. It works to complement and act as a transition between more individual areas of the office.]]>
Longo is a system capable of taking your work level to the desired point that it fuses soft seating with the office.]]>
Armchair designed by ITEMdesignworks aims to be the differentiating factor in work spaces. Set at 180 degrees which favours privacy for the user due to its high degree of sound proofing.]]>
The new collective chair Wing, with a vintage style design, is useful for any environment, both interior and exterior.]]>
Shey has been conceived under a different and avant garde concept, soft seating which is transcending the office world.]]>
Cron combines classicism of a executive chair with all tasks chair features. Its moulded aluminium structure gives stability and refinement.]]>
An operative program of desks with a design inspired by a Nordic style which aims to provide warm and simplistic work spaces.]]>
URBAN is a family of chairs for public spaces that offers a wide range of needs in the market environment of contract and office chairs.]]>
Versatile, natural style and ergonomic chair, Smart and comfortable. Inner metal frame coated with moulded foam.]]>
Program of intelligent desks which evolves to meet the demands of the current work spaces, a contemporary aesthetic, broad in its range and maximum operability.]]>
The result is a clean, tidy, light, flexible and open environment, without parts being seen as everything is hidden underneath the work surfaces.]]>
COOL, a versatile program of desks with minimalist design that creates a new attitude under the premise of satisfying the current needs.]]>
The program consists of various desks with height adjustments, offering a wide range to make up the desired workspace]]>
A chair designed and created with a chameleon like ability to adapt to any workplace or communal space.]]>
The Audit program of Auditorium seats offers a range of standardized measurements that allow, at the same time, the development of specific products for projects.]]>
Technical and human. Executive chairs. Much more than a formal design. A sum of functional details, techniques and technology.]]>
A light chair, technological and robust that offers solutions for office chairs, conference, for meeting chairs or training rooms.]]>
LEVEL model It is based on a structural system of great visual lightness.]]>
CLASS has been designed from the more technical rigor, developing solutions that facilitate assembly, providing maximum flexibility for expansion and continuity of each project.]]>
Passport, a modular bench system for airports and high traffic areas with a modern architecture.]]>
AVANT is a modular bench system with a soft lines design and a great quality look.]]>
A bench seating with massive potential for public areas]]>
Spacio is a light and polyvalent chair for different environments]]>
A avant-guarde monobloc seating programme offering a versatile use in private or public environments. ]]>
Seating program based on a contemporary design.]]>
Versatile, natural style and ergonomic chair, Smart and comfortable.]]>
PLEK reinvents de classic concept of folding furniture.]]>
KADOS is an Executive seating program with multiple finish possibilities with matching conference chairs and a choice of modern ergonomic mechanisms.]]>
TNK is a new concept of Ergonomic seating combining new materials and exclusive integrated mechanism with a soft design but top technology.]]>
Classified as universal chair, MIT reinvents a new style of chair with the aptitude to join with presumption to any current space]]>
Cool E100 is a new program with a clean aesthetics. A current and versatile proposal thought to equip operative offices as well as meeting rooms or home offices.]]>
COOL C300 Desks without frame. The legs are fixed directly to the top. Tops and legs need to be ordered separately.]]>
New evolution to provide Solutions to the modern Workplace environment: sobriety, balance, wide range and high profile system.]]>
A new concept in office solutions, combining flexibility and top functionality for the modern working area. Individual offices or open plan areas.]]>
A nomad and polyvalent collection of folding desks, as well as fixed ones.]]>
Elegance and avant-garde are together to offer an innovative program, inspired in an architectural vision of the office equipment.]]>
Pedestals designed for everyday use.]]>
They divide, classify, store and sort.]]>
Winner is a set of office chairs which use new materials and the latest technology which respond with sophistication to the needs of each user achieving maximum ergonomics in any workspace.]]>
On TIME is a polyvalent and nomad collection of modules that optimize the act of filing.]]>
A wide program with a simple and elegant style with a big variety in finishes, two new cable management systems for individual and twin desks.]]>
Modular cabinets are an operative office filing program with melamine finishes. The range of models cover all the office filing needs.]]>
An Innovative and original storage program that provides freshness and can be adapted to any configuration.]]>
Option sliding doors in MCF or glass with an aluminum frame.]]>
INFORMA has been designed to improve the communication levels at the attending areas, offering ergonomic and easy to transform modules, adapting to the space available.]]>


Sparkling wines should be served well chilled, straight from the refrigerator. Open and pour into flutes just before guests are ready to begin tasting. Seal open bottles with a champagne stopper and keep on ice or in the refrigerator.
White and medium-bodied red wines (like Pinot Noir) should be chilled for just half and hour so they are just under room temperature when being served. For ease, open ahead of time and re-cork until ready to serve. Keep open bottles on ice or refrigerated.
Most red wines can be served at room temperature. Either decant or pour directly into wine glasses at each place setting up to an hour ahead of time so the wine can breathe.
Beer is actually best served a little under room temperature for tasting because if it is too chilled the flavours are masked.
For a formal matching session, provide guests with a pen and tasting sheet that lists the selected cheeses and accompanying wines and has space for them to write in their notes and flavour experiences. The Cheesematters Tasting Notes can be used for this purpose and will also serve as a welcome reminder of the cheese tasting.
For a stand-up tasting, should you wish to, the tasting sheet can be given to guests to take to each cheese and wine station with them to fill in. Providing a clipboard for this purpose works well.


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Customer suing Interactive Brokers accuses company of withholding source code
August 25, 2020 10:16 am UTC, Maria Nikolova
IB is withholding Source Code from three of the six modules, says Robert Scott Batchelar.
A former customer of Interactive Brokers who is suing the company for negligent design of its software resulting in automatic liquidation of the positions in his account that cost him thousands of dollars more than it should have has informed the Connecticut District Court of a discovery dispute.
The notice of discovery dispute, filed by Robert Scott Batchelar on August 24, 2020, says that the Court previously ordered Interactive Brokers to produce its Auto-Liquidation Software Source Code. In response, IB produced apparently complete Source Code from only three of the six Source Code modules. According to the plaintiff, IB is withholding Source Code from three of the six modules.
IB has not denied that the Source Code identified by the plaintiff is missing from the production, has not produced the missing Source Code, and has made no excuse for not having produced the Source Code.
Batchelar's experts advise that examination of the missing Source Code is needed to confirm their initial opinions and identify for the Court the specific instructions in the code that are both (1) common to all class members' liquidations and (2) the basis of Plaintiff's claims in this litigation—both determinations being integral to the issue of class certification.
Also, the parties in this case disagree over remote access to source code materials. By letter, the plaintiff has proposed strict, secure protocols for remote access to the Source Code documents and has invited IB to propose alternatives. IB's response, by letter, has been "no," with no alternatives proposed. Batchelar believes IB is refusing any form of remote access to impede his ability to develop this case.
This is yet another dispute between the parties in this case regarding access to the source code. Let's recall that, on May 1, 2019, Albert Lukazik, a Software Engineering Department Head, Senior Technology Manager, and Information Security Officer for Interactive Brokers LLC and Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., filed a Declaration in support of defendants' objection to produce source code materials.
In his Declaration, Lukazik stresses that the source code is one of Interactive's foundational assets and incorporates its trade secrets and know-how accumulated over a period of more than 20 years. The source code is comprised of approximately 600,000 lines of code and it refers to various subsystems within Interactive's trading system. If access to Interactive's source code were made public, the brokerage's competitors would potentially be able to replicate aspects of Interactive's margin liquidation system, Mr Lukazik noted.
Such access could potentially also allow customers to improperly utilize Interactive's trading platform in a manner that may result in heightened trading and liquidity risks to IB LLC and IBG, based on their improperly-gained knowledge of the source code, Mr Lukazik said.
In December 2019, Batchelar wrote to the Court stating that the brokerage had not completed document discovery and had not supplemented its written responses. Back then, Batchelar identified several categories of documents that in May 2019 Interactive Brokers agreed to produce, which it failed to produce. Generally, this sub-set of production covers exemplars of standard forms, computer logs and order tickets generated when Batchelar's account was liquidated, non-privileged reports regarding liquidation of Plaintiff's account, and documents supporting the defendants' position on the certification factors (e.g. commonality, etc.).


The death of the job board has been predicted for about as long as I can remember. Almost as soon as the old school classified adverts moved online there were those that said it wouldn't work. With each new technical leap we were supposed to be abandoning the lowly job board. If you believe the naysayers right now, I think we're supposed to be submitting video resumes via blockchain… but we aren't. The job board is still there, ever present and doing what it's always done, recruitment's 'uncool' guilty secret—people apply and get hired using job boards every day.
For most people, the job board is simply an online version of a 'now hiring' sign. A place for disinterested window shoppers and little else. Despite all manner of attempts to 'fix' broken job boards, they remain a constant. Even job board providers have started to see the allure of adding shiny new features. The humble job board was transformed with rich media, live chat, and some very web 2.0 rounded corners. All the while it was supposed to be dying. While talent teams worried about the next big thing and why they should throw away adverts altogether and only hire via social networks, the majority of the industry kept posting jobs and people kept applying.
The reason for the dystopian rhetoric can be traced to two things. The myth of active vs. passive candidates and the advent of more observable effort in talent acquisition teams. The industry has long held issue with those people marked out as 'Active' candidates. It's as if the very act of looking for a job for some people makes you less qualified to do that job. This is a great example of selection bias based on the effort of the selector. In other words, if a qualified candidate who wants a job they've seen advertised applies for the role, they'll be overlooked in favour of a second candidate who wasn't considering a new job, because they've taken more effort to convince or were harder to find.
As Talent Acquisition has moved away from the personnel departments of old, they're under more pressure to demonstrate progress. Working closely with demanding hiring managers means dealing with their impatience. Coupled with measurement-by-metrics like 'number of interviews' rather than 'offers' or 'hires' incentivises behaviours like active sourcing over crafting a great job description and filling a pipeline over waiting even a day for responses.
So how to use job boards? The best way is, unsurprisingly, for their intended purpose. Job boards are places where the best job advertisement wins. They're online content coliseums where job ads battle it out for the attention of an audience. To win, all you have to do is ensure that you write better copy than your competitor. It's often the case that those people who never get any good candidates applying directly are the same people who post an internal job description where they should be posting a punchy, engaging advert.
However, there are other reasons why you should start paying more attention to the humble job board again. Amongst all the noise of terribly constructed inducements to apply, (lazily posted and out of date), there is hidden gold. As a recruiter, there's more to a job board than just posting jobs. Imagine a place where you could examine your competitor's salary and benefits offering, their tech stack, even get information about large new projects or changes in technical direction. The job board is that place.
The next time you are looking for a Java developer you could start by finding other companies near you that use Java, for example. The next time your CTO is contemplating changing tech, you can advise on how that choice will affect their ability to hire when they need to. If you have a candidate with a counteroffer from a rival company, checking their offer against the advertisement's competing promise can be a great way to sew a seed of doubt and turn the odds in your favour.
Perhaps best of all, a well-written job ad is an attempt to show a company in its best light. What better resource to learn about competitors (or people you know are doing well at hiring) than to look at their own idealised image?
A job board with an engaged community of companies, those that really understand how to hire well, is a great opportunity. Instead of embarking on the next new cure-all for recruitment, take some time to see how others are doing—because, for all the naysayers, there are new job boards arriving all the time. Whether they're carving out new niches or seeking mass appeal, there's always something to be learned.
In that spirit, take a look at jobs.workable.com. See the incredible variety of companies, of all shapes and sizes, all over the world, that are sharing their information and looking for people to join their ranks. You may learn something new that you can use in your own advertising. You might even find your next role.
Matt is the VP of Customer Advocacy at Workable. A Workable customer-turned-employee, he was previously Head of Talent and Human Resources at a fast growing UK startup. Find him on Twitter at @elsatanico.


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The lost Son
La impresionante adaptación para HBO que ha hecho el propio escritor Gustavo Malajovich de su primera novela muestra un Buenos Aires en todo su esplendor
El jardín de bronce y el hijo perdido en la serie de HBO
The nightmare of every father is to lose a child. Stories about lost children explore our greatest fears. The big TV revelation this summer was an impressive Argentinean series produced by the Latin American branch of HBO called El Jardín de Bronce (The Bronze Garden)...
By José de Segovia wrote in Madrid on Septiembre 27, 2017 Lectura de 8 minutos o 1558 palabras.
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It has received very little publicity but this is the adaptation by the author Gustavo Malajovich of his first novel, which shows us Buenos Aires in all its glory.
Umberto Eco once said that crime fiction was the most metaphysical and philosophical of the models of intrigue′. Its essence is even somewhat theological. The author of The Name of the Rose′ considered that even the demonstration of God′s existence by Thomas Aquinas was a masterpiece of police investigation.
Thrillers ask the question Whodunit?′, which is a question also raised by philosophy and theology.
At first, such stories looked at the who and the how, and perhaps the why. They did the chase and sought out the perfect criminal. The detective turned up on the scene and the plot followed the usual suspects. Now the focus has turned to the personal life of the investigator. The occasional enigma is just an excuse to get to know the character better.
THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
This sub-genre, stories of disappearances, has become a common topic in many series, books and films. In this case, it is the story of a lost child. Following the initial, brutal drama of the disappearance, there follows a series of complications that draw the main characters into a turbulent emotional state, mixed up in the agony and the terror of their loss.
It does not however take us long to realise that there are deeper anxieties at work. One of our fears is not being able to protect our loved ones, when we feel defenceless and ignorant of the dangers surrounding us. In some stories, the family is a model of the society that surrounds it. Above all these are stories about the fear of the unknown and the danger that it entails.
Another common feature of this type of fiction is that the main couple finds itself in a crisis situation. The couple is disintegrating. And as the action unfolds, time also becomes a fundamental element, due to the way in which our perspective on life changes.
Pain suddenly resurfaces, or reveals other losses in the characters′ lives. Compulsive behaviour such as returning to the scene of the crime again and again, metaphorically or literally. The main character refuses to abandon the investigation and tries to find some form of justice or reparation.
MYSTERIOUS BUENOS AIRES
Moira is a little four-year old girl who mysteriously disappears in the centre of Buenos Aires, together with her Peruvian nanny, as she is going to her friend′s birthday party, leaving her parents in despair. The police cannot find her, ushering in a peculiar private detective called Doberti, who offers to help them, in exchange for a reward. That is how the story of The Bronze Garden′ begins, after which we jump from one surprise turn to another.
We see the story from the perspective of the father, Fabián – an architect like the script writer and author of the novel –, who feels vulnerable and disorientated. Contrary to many of the series that are out now, this is a linear story, where we don′t have to follow the parallel story lines of a multitude of characters. This is closer to the traditional cinematographic model, which reminds me at times of the splendid Oscar-winning Argentinean film, El secreto de tus ojos′ (2010), although Joaquín Furriel is of course no Ricardo Darín!
Another point of attraction is the mysterious, dark and perturbing turn given to Buenos Aires, which takes on character-like status in the story, rather than just providing the backdrop. This is where the troubled couple live. Their relationship is not good. At one point she says that she isn′t at the bottom of the well′, she is the well′. The actress playing her mother, is the great dame of Argentinean theatre, Norma Aleandro. In her opinion, the shattering impact of this story is caused by fear, the fear of the characters, and one′s own fear on seeing where the story is going…′.
You would think that stories about lost children are nothing new, but as in the case of The Bronze Garden′, they sometimes have an unexpected twist. The key lies in its leading characters. By showing us the relationship between solitary pain, loss and the secrets that we all keep, the series opens the door to deep reflection about the things that are irreparable in life and incurable in love.
DON′T LOOK NOW
One of my favourite books by the brilliant author Daphne du Maurier (1907 – 1989) – author of the novels that inspired Hitchcock′s Rebecca′ and The Birds′ – is Don′t Look Now′, made into a film by Nicholas Roeg in 1973 and known as Venecia rojo shocking′ (Venice Red Shocking) in Argentina. It is the story of an unhappy couple that, on losing their third daughter, moves to a wintry Venice, where Donald Sutherland and the beautiful Julie Christie meet a ghost more terrifying than the spectre of their daughter.
Before that, a book that has inspired many of the great detective films is The Searchers′ by Alan Le May. Based real events in the Old West, John Ford takes to the screen the original story about an uncle (John Wayne) who looks for his lost niece. Kidnapped by the Comanche Indians, this American Civil War and Mexican Revolution veteran has to face up to his own ghosts in a conflict that inspired the character of Travis in Scorsese′s Taxi Driver′ (1997) – the Vietnam war veteran played by Robert De Niro, who decides to redeem an adolescent prostitute played by Jodie Foster.
The screen writer of ′Taxi Driver′, Paul Schrader, was a theology student like Scorsese who, obsessed by this story, returned to his place of birth, Grand Rapids, to portray a father character played by George Scott, who is similar his own father. This old man from a reformed church loses track of his daughter when she travels to a meeting of young Christians. His search in Hardcore′ (1979) introduces us to the world of pornography as the backdrop of a quest for redemption of someone who does not want to be saved.
Another director of the 1970s obsessed by The Searchers′ is Steven Spielberg. He saw it a dozen times while he was filming Close encounters of the third kind′ (1977). His stories about lost children fill his filmography in a world of orphans that reflects the divorce generation, which he himself experienced. This is the context of stories such as Stranger Things′, where the divorced mother played by Winona Ryder seeks, like Spielberg′s characters, an answer about the disappearance of her son in a supernatural world.
THE LOVE OF THE FATHER
Stories like these show us that there is no greater love than that of a father dealing with the loss of a child.
When Jesus teaches us to address God as Father (Matthew 6:9) he shows us the enormous privilege of all those who receive him. By believing in Him, we become children of God′ (John 1:12). His love is faithful, as only the Father′s can be, even when His Son was subjected to the greatest humiliations.
God finds us when we are lost. By becoming Man he identified himself with our weakness (Hebrews 4:15-16). His broken heart shows us an unconditional love that frees us from hypocrisy (Matthew 6:1-4), but also from anxiety (Matthew 7:25-34). We have a heavenly father who cares for us.
Discovering the love of God as our Father frees us of fear, mistrust and suspicion of feeling abandoned. Through faith, we are children of God, not simple slaves. We must live as such, not enslaved by fear, but in the freedom of the Son (Galatians 4:4–7). We cannot win his love, because there is nothing that we can do that can make him love us more or less than he has already loved us in Jesus Christ.
The Father endured the loss of His Son so that by trusting him we can be saved. Those who believe in Him will never be lost. We are sure of his love. A son is a son, whether he makes us feel ashamed. And if you are still unsure, See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!′ (1 John 3:1–2). If you do not believe this, one day you will see it!
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over a certain period of time.
Most of the time, this period of time is a quarter or a year for a public firm.
expenses, gains and losses within a certain period of time.
you're going to have access to the following information.
You will have access to sales of a firm.
Sometimes sales considered as revenues or turn over depending on the firm.
by looking at income statement is cost of sales.
So, what's cost of sales?
they book it as a sales or revenues.
to acquire this car is considered as cost of sales.
by looking at an income statement is operating expenses.
these are expenses that you pay as a part of your normal business operation.
car dealer doesn't earn money just by selling the cars.
They can make money from some other activities.
Suppose that they have lots of cash.
They deposit this cash into a bank account which generates some interest income.
This interest income is considered as other income.
a firm which has nothing to do with their main core operations.
a firm if you look at income statement.
income statement also include information about extraordinary gains and losses.
losses very rarely happening to public firms.
loss, they need to come from some very rare events.
Now is a perfect time to go to the income statement of Walmart.
from the Walmart's 2015 income statement.
So what are the accounts we are looking for?
Total revenues, cost of sales, operating income and net interest income.
now let's identify those numbers.
total revenues for Walmart is 485,651.
Again let me remind you one more time these numbers are in millions.
the amount of revenue for Walmart is about $486 billion.
from Walmart's income statement is cost of sales.
So basically we are talking about the cost of the inventory.
what is the cost of these gums to the Walmart?
supposed to identify from Walmart's income statement is operating income.
the amount of operating income for Walmart is 27,147.
year 2015 of Walmart is 2,348.
Here, what we are talking about here Walmart gets lots of cash in its hands.
They put this money into a bank account.
And this banking account creates about two billion dollars for the year 2015.
about income which has nothing to do with mean core operations of Walmart.
That's why it has a separate section on their interest.


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Christians Recruited to Battle Atheists on Facebook by Evangelist Ray Comfort
By Alex Murashko , Christian Post Reporter
February 26, 2013|7:40 am
Evangelist Ray Comfort says he's deluged with so many questions and comments from atheists on his Facebook page that he's decided to recruit Christians to join the online conversation between hundreds if not thousands of people.
His Facebook page has become a battleground for atheists to square off with Christians in an exchange of comments responding to his provocative posts. It's not uncommon for a post on his social media site to have more than 1,000 responses.
"It suddenly dawned on me how Facebook is an incredible medium for the gospel. One of my posts was seen by 1.2 million people – many of whom are non-Christians," Comfort told The Christian Post via an email exchange. "Think of what it would cost and how much work it would take to have a Billy Graham-type crusade that reached 1.2 million people. But we can reach that many at no cost and with just a click of a keyboard button."
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'One Million Men Porn Free' Pastor: You Forget About God, Family When Addicted to Porn
By Melissa Barnhart , CP Contributor
Pornography is an unspoken word in most congregations, but this powerful addiction is permeating Christian households, and is destroying marriages and parent-child relationships.
To combat the addiction to pornography, Pastor Jay Dennis of First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, Fla., created his own program, "One Million Men Porn Free," because he wasn't able to find resource materials that he could use to defeat the devastating effects the lure of pornography had on members of his church.
"I led our church initially through this program in March and April of 2010," said Dennis, who leads a congregation of 9,000 members. "I met with our men for six Wednesday evening sessions, with the last session being the commitment rally. I also met with our women for one session and our parents for one session. The women's session was called 'What Men Wish Their Wives Knew About Pornography.' The parents' session was titled 'Protecting Your Child From Sexual Brokenness.'"
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/one-million-men-porn-free-pastor-you-forget-about-god-family-when-addicted-to-porn-90771/#AvS6Y0501U1lVbZc.99
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La. Authorities Force Homeless Rescue Mission to Destroy $8K of Deer Meat
Workers at a rescue mission in Louisiana were forced by state health officials to destroy roughly $8,000 worth of deer meat because state law prevents the serving of venison in homeless shelters, according Fox News.
"The Dept. of Health and Hospitals ordered the staff at the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission to throw 1,600 pounds of donated venison in garbage bins — and then ordered then to douse the meat with Clorox — so other animals would not eat the meat," the Fox report notes.
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N. Korea's 'hatred of Christians' puts 70,000 believers in prison
SANTA ANA, Calif. (BP) -- Persecution of Christians in North Korea shows no sign of abating under the country's new leader, Kim Jong-Un, according to a report by the worldwide ministry Open Doors.
"The fanatical regime, which rules the destitute country of 24 million people with a proverbial iron fist, has a special hatred for Christians," Jerry Dykstra of the California-based Open Doors USA noted. "North Korea is in a league of its own when it comes to persecution of Christians."
Dykstra's and other reports parallel incidents in North Korea chronicled in the U.S. State Department's religious freedom assessments.
Of an estimated 200,000 prisoners in North Korea, 70,000 of them are Christians, Open Doors reported. For the 11th consecutive year, North Korea tops Open Doors' list of the worst countries for its brutal treatment of believers.
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package org.apache.mahout.storm.topology;

import java.util.List;

import backtype.storm.Config;
import backtype.storm.LocalCluster;
import backtype.storm.topology.TopologyBuilder;
import backtype.storm.tuple.Fields;
import backtype.storm.utils.Utils;
import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.FieldSerializer;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
import org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile;
import org.apache.mahout.clustering.ClusteringUtils;
import org.apache.mahout.clustering.streaming.cluster.BallKMeans;
import org.apache.mahout.clustering.streaming.mapreduce.CentroidWritable;
import org.apache.mahout.clustering.streaming.mapreduce.StreamingKMeansDriver;
import org.apache.mahout.common.commandline.DefaultOptionCreator;
import org.apache.mahout.common.distance.DistanceMeasure;
import org.apache.mahout.common.distance.SquaredEuclideanDistanceMeasure;
import org.apache.mahout.common.iterator.sequencefile.SequenceFileValueIterable;
import org.apache.mahout.math.Centroid;
import org.apache.mahout.math.DenseVector;
import org.apache.mahout.math.Vector;
import org.apache.mahout.math.neighborhood.BruteSearch;
import org.apache.mahout.math.neighborhood.FastProjectionSearch;
import org.apache.mahout.math.neighborhood.Searcher;
import org.apache.mahout.math.stats.OnlineSummarizer;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.clustering.streaming.BallKMeansAggregator;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.clustering.streaming.StreamingKMeansAggregator;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.clustering.streaming.StreamingKMeansBolt;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.spout.HypercubeBatchSpout;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.spout.HypercubeSpout;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.utils.CentroidSerializer;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.utils.LocalSequenceFileWriterAggregator;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.utils.LocalSequenceFileWriterBolt;
import org.apache.mahout.storm.utils.VectorSerializer;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import storm.trident.TridentTopology;

public class StreamingKMeansTopologyTest {
  private static final String INPUT_PATH = "test.vectors.in";
  private static final String OUTPUT_PATH = "test.centroids.out";

  private static final int NUM_CLUSTERS = 20;
  private static final int ESTIMATED_NUM_MAP_CLUSTERS = 60;

  Config _conf;

  @Before
  public void setupConfig() {
    _conf = new Config();
    _conf.setNumWorkers(2);

    _conf.registerSerialization(Path.class, FieldSerializer.class);
    _conf.registerSerialization(SequenceFile.Writer.class, FieldSerializer.class);
    _conf.registerSerialization(DenseVector.class, VectorSerializer.class);
    _conf.registerSerialization(Centroid.class, CentroidSerializer.class);

    _conf.put(Config.TOPOLOGY_TICK_TUPLE_FREQ_SECS, 5);

    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.NUM_POINTS, 2000);
    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.NUM_DIMENSION, 500);
    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.NUM_CLUSTERS, NUM_CLUSTERS);
    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.RADIUS, 0.0001);
    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.UNIFORM_FRACTION, 0.0);

    _conf.put(DefaultOptionCreator.DISTANCE_MEASURE_OPTION, SquaredEuclideanDistanceMeasure.class.getName());
    _conf.put(StreamingKMeansDriver.NUM_PROJECTIONS_OPTION, 3);
    _conf.put(StreamingKMeansDriver.SEARCH_SIZE_OPTION, 2);
    _conf.put(StreamingKMeansDriver.SEARCHER_CLASS_OPTION, FastProjectionSearch.class.getName());
    _conf.put(StreamingKMeansDriver.ESTIMATED_NUM_MAP_CLUSTERS, ESTIMATED_NUM_MAP_CLUSTERS);
    _conf.put(StreamingKMeansDriver.ESTIMATED_DISTANCE_CUTOFF, 1e-7);

    _conf.put(HypercubeSpout.OUTPUT_PATH, INPUT_PATH);
    _conf.put(LocalSequenceFileWriterBolt.OUTPUT_PATH, OUTPUT_PATH);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBasic() {
    TopologyBuilder builder = new TopologyBuilder();

    builder.setSpout("spout", new HypercubeSpout());
    builder.setBolt("input", new LocalSequenceFileWriterBolt(INPUT_PATH)).shuffleGrouping("spout");
    builder.setBolt("cluster", new StreamingKMeansBolt()).shuffleGrouping("input");
    builder.setBolt("output", new LocalSequenceFileWriterBolt(OUTPUT_PATH)).shuffleGrouping("cluster");

    LocalCluster cluster = new LocalCluster();
    cluster.submitTopology("test", _conf, builder.createTopology());
    Utils.sleep(20 * 1000);
    cluster.killTopology("test");
    cluster.shutdown();

    List<Centroid> datapoints = getCentroidsFromFile(INPUT_PATH);
    List<Centroid> centroids = getCentroidsFromFile(OUTPUT_PATH);

    System.out.printf("Total weight datapoints %f\n", ClusteringUtils.totalWeight(datapoints));
    System.out.printf("Total weight pre-collapse %f\n", ClusteringUtils.totalWeight(centroids));

    BallKMeans collapser = new BallKMeans(StreamingKMeansBolt.searcherFromConfiguration(_conf), NUM_CLUSTERS, 100);
    collapser.cluster(centroids);
    List<Centroid> finalCentroids = Lists.newArrayList(collapser);

    List<OnlineSummarizer> summarizers = summarizeClusterDistances(datapoints, finalCentroids,
        new SquaredEuclideanDistanceMeasure());

    System.out.printf("Total weight post-collapse %f\n", ClusteringUtils.totalWeight(finalCentroids));
    for (int i = 0; i < finalCentroids.size(); ++i) {
      OnlineSummarizer summarizer = summarizers.get(i);
      System.out.printf("Cluster %d [%d]: min %f; avg %f; max %f\n",
          i, summarizer.getCount(), summarizer.getMin(), summarizer.getMean(), summarizer.getMax());
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testTransactional() {
    TridentTopology topology = new TridentTopology();
    topology.newStream("spout", new HypercubeBatchSpout())
        .aggregate(new Fields("vector"), new LocalSequenceFileWriterAggregator(INPUT_PATH), new Fields("vector"))
        .partitionAggregate(new Fields("vector"), new StreamingKMeansAggregator(_conf), new Fields("vector"))
        .aggregate(new Fields("vector"), new BallKMeansAggregator(_conf), new Fields("vector"))
        .aggregate(new Fields("vector"), new LocalSequenceFileWriterAggregator(OUTPUT_PATH), new Fields("vector"));

    LocalCluster cluster = new LocalCluster();
    cluster.submitTopology("test", _conf, topology.build());
    Utils.sleep(20 * 1000);
    cluster.killTopology("test");
    cluster.shutdown();

    List<Centroid> datapoints = getCentroidsFromFile(INPUT_PATH);
    List<Centroid> centroids = getCentroidsFromFile(OUTPUT_PATH);
    List<OnlineSummarizer> summarizers = summarizeClusterDistances(datapoints, centroids,
        new SquaredEuclideanDistanceMeasure());
    System.out.printf("Total weight post-collapse %f\n", ClusteringUtils.totalWeight(centroids));
    for (int i = 0; i < centroids.size(); ++i) {
      OnlineSummarizer summarizer = summarizers.get(i);
      System.out.printf("Cluster %d [%d]: min %f; avg %f; max %f\n",
          i, summarizer.getCount(), summarizer.getMin(), summarizer.getMean(), summarizer.getMax());
    }
  }

  public static List<Centroid> getCentroidsFromFile(String path) {
    List<Centroid> centroids = Lists.newArrayList();
    for (CentroidWritable centroidWritable :
        new SequenceFileValueIterable<CentroidWritable>(new Path(path), true, new Configuration())) {
      Centroid centroid = centroidWritable.getCentroid().clone();
      centroids.add(centroid);
    }
    return centroids;
  }

  public static List<OnlineSummarizer> summarizeClusterDistances(Iterable<? extends Vector> datapoints,
                                                                 Iterable<? extends Vector> centroids,
                                                                 DistanceMeasure distanceMeasure) {
    Searcher searcher = new BruteSearch(distanceMeasure);
    searcher.addAll(centroids);
    List<OnlineSummarizer> summarizers = Lists.newArrayList();
    if (searcher.size() == 0) {
      return summarizers;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < searcher.size(); ++i) {
      summarizers.add(new OnlineSummarizer());
    }
    for (Vector vector : datapoints) {
      Centroid closest = (Centroid) searcher.search(vector, 1).get(0).getValue();
      OnlineSummarizer summarizer = summarizers.get(closest.getIndex());
      summarizer.add(distanceMeasure.distance(vector, closest));
    }
    return summarizers;
  }

}

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