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Gary Marker on Strictly Personal
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The late Gary Marker, a jazz and session bassist at the time, was a close associate of Don Van Vliet during the 1960s. He produced some demos for the band, as well as early versions of some of the Safe As Milk songs. He also played bass on Moonlight on Vermont and Veteran's Day Poppy on Trout Mask Replica.
Gary often graced the online forums devoted to chat about Beefheart where he responded to questions and comments freely and extravagantly in his own inimitable way.
Here are some of his posts concerning the Strictly Personal album.
In 2001 Gary was asked about the lines "Cheese in the corner with a mile-long beard; Bacon blue, bread dog-eared"
It's from the actual song "Safe As Milk" and what it's about is Don's impressions of the way-beyond-pull-date contents of his refrigerator, where he went to look for something to eat whilst in the midst of one of his very first major acid trips. The phrase "safe as a baby's milk" was one of the examples of propaganda used by early proponents of LSD-25, before it was made illegal here in the USA.
Inevitably Gary was asked about what he knew about Bob Krasnow's production efforts on the Strictly Personal album. Here are two of his comments:
I heard various incarnations of "Strictly Personal" whence it was in the construction process, mainly because Krasnow was holed up in the back studio at Sunset Sound, mixing and remixing, and was in the front studio working on another project. So, before my work time in the studio, during breaks and afterwards, I'd hang out in the back studio booth with Krasnow, Gene Shively, Jim Messina and all the other engineers who worked on it. Also, Don dropped by frequently to hear how things were going and seemed very pleased with what he heard; at least he never voiced any objections.
Having heard almost all the material many, many times, from flat playbacks (no EQ., no FX, nuthin') to phased and echoed versions way, way more serious and noisy than the final version, I can tell you that "Strictly Personal" without all the sonic gymnastics sounds like … well, "Strictly Personal", but without phasing and reverb. (All you have to do is use your imagination.) And frankly, kind of monotonous and dull–in my opinion. I know people think Krasnow went overboard with the FX, but he really toned it down quite a bit for the final version. Originally, he had a lot more junk with backward guitars, vocals, sound effects, reversed cymbal splashes, crashes and so on — which he wisely eliminated in the final mixes.
The thing about Strictly Personal is, I'd already heard bits, parts, some entire songs and snippets of it in increments in the studio, because I'd be working on one project or another at Sunset Sound recording studios, and Krasnow would be toiling away in the back studio, mixing and dicking around with effects way into the wee hours of the morning. So when I'd wrap whatever I was doing, I go back and hang out with him for a while, maybe order out for a delivery of the limited foodstuffs available for late-nite back then. (And just to be clear: Bob Krasnow is an extremely gregarious, friendly man who loved to swap tales and music biz gossip. Or pass along tidbits of knowledge about recording techniques and so on. Now THERE'S a guy who ought to write an autobiography about his years in the recording industry.)
Don was very rarely present when Krasnow was mixing the album, but he'd show up now and then — usually with his Boswell in tow, John French — and I never heard him bitch or complain about how things were progressing, especially the phasing and reverb. And just a word about that: The phasing on Strictly Personal was done the old fashioned, way–not by plugging into some electronic black box, which didn't exist back then — by recording a dupe of the original master, then synchronizing the two tapes for playback and mixing the two of them down to yet a third master tape/final mix. Because you couldn't get two machines perfectly in synch, the two signals would be out of phase — thus producing all the weird swooping, hissing and so on in the background. Occasionally, the tapes would fall back in synch, so you had to have somebody on the second playback deck to just gently tap the feed reel from time to time, to throw the speed off again. I helped out a few times during the mix down of a couple tunes. And a curious factoid: I think the chief engineer on that album was Gene Shively (Y/N? I'd have to check the album sleeve for who got credit), but one the assistants was none other than Jim Messina, who was Gene's roommate at the time and still working part-time at Sunset, even though I think he already had the first version of Poco up and running.
There may have been other engineers involved on that album, but Shively was more-or-less the local expert on phasing back then. Liner sleeves are often deceptive, because they don't always reflect accurately who-did-what-and-when. During a complex mix-down on something like Strictly Personal, there are a lot of hands pushing buttons and sliding pots on the mixing board — and a lot of opinions and ideas bandied about how to execute a particular effect. The lines often become blurred between who's acting as engineer and producer, because very often the ideas about how to do a particular thing are generated by the engineer and the producer goes along with it.
Another funny thing was, I wandered into the booth one night whilst a big thump-thump-thumping was coming through the playback monitors. Krasnow had a big shit-eating grin on his face. "I finally got the fucker's heart on tape!" he yelled. Whose heart? I asked. "Don's ticker," he yelled. "I'm gonna cross-fade through one of his songs. Stick around." I did. The song was "Ah Feel Like Ah-Cid". This was back when Don was still having his imaginary heart attacks — which were really classic symptoms of panic disorder. During a break, Krasnow explained, "I told Don I wanted to get his heartbeat on tape, because I wanted to play it for a cardiologist friend of mine — so he could see if he could detect anything wrong. And Don went for it, so we strapped a mic to his chest. Got about ten minutes of his heart thumping." I asked if he was jiving Don, about why he wanted his heart on tape. "No, I played it for my friend," Krasnow said. "The cardiologist said Don's heart is as sound as a dollar, nary a squeak or a skipped beat–nothing that would indicate further testing or an EKG". So, when you listen to that song, or hear the heartbeats on Strictly Personal — that's actually Van Vliet's own organ pumping away in the foreground/background.
But, to answer your question, yes we listened to the entire album. I can say, however, that even though I had a pretty good playback system at home, it came nowhere near being consumed by, for example, "Kandy Korn" blasting away on huge, state-of-the-art (for then) Altec speakers in a recording studio context. But then, as the old saying was back then, "Everything sounds like a hit in the studio." The proof of the pudding is how it sounds through a teensy-weensy AM radio car speaker (mono), competing with traffic noise.
We talked about the phasing, how good French's drumming was–and just general chatter about the overall effect, which Don seemed to be quite pleased about. He also made a couple of sarcastic remarks about how Cooder had missed out being on this album–and I didn't have the heart to tell him that playing on "Strictly Personal" would've most likely been a nightmare for Ryland; just not his kind of music at all.
In 2011 Gary did a lengthy interview with the Greek based music mag Timemazine. Here he talks about the time between Strictly Personal and Trout Mask Replica:
Timemazine: You kept in touch with Don all the time?
Gary Marker: Yeah. I'd run into him or he'd call or drop by. So, the whole thing with Zappa came up. "Frank Zappa is going to have me do an album on his label." I thought – wow, Don and Frank, together again. He said, "Well, you've got to come along. I don't have bass player." I said, "Don, I'm not really right for this." I was thinking about "Strictly Personal". It had been out for a while at that point and Don's whole thing was that Bob Krasnow was evil. He was an evil person who had ruined Don's life. Now his friend Zappa was going to save him. It was doing this album and he needed a bass player. I asked. "What's happened to Jerry [Handley]?" Well, Jerry wanted to sell cars or something. He said, "will you come along and help us out on some recording?" I said, "Yeah. I guess. Okay."
Timemazine: And the original idea was to re-record "Strictly Personal"?
Gary Marker: They actually did record "Kandy Korn". Somewhere, exists an alternate version of "Kandy Korn", with or without vocals. He had the notion of re-recording Strictly Personal. I said, "Don, you cannot do that. It's already been released and there are such things as rights to songs. Just because you wrote them doesn't mean that you can do what you want with them. You assigned those rights to a publisher. The publisher will determine whether you can record them again. You have to get a license from your publisher – Bob Krasnow, whom you hate – in order to put out the songs you wrote. You think he'll do that?" "Oh, man, it doesn't make any difference." He just didn't get it. I told him we were wasting a lot of time rehearsing songs he'd already recorded and that we should try something else.
And finally, again from 2001, replying to a comment about Don's music never being used on TV commercials Gary revealed this bizarre story:
Well, it almost happened back in the late '60s. I'd almost forgotten until the above item tweaked my memory. Bob Krasnow told me he placed a Beefheart song from "Strictly Personal" in a never shown TV ad for some toilet cleaner — Sani-Flush, or something similar. In the 30-second spot, an elderly, black cleaning lady walks into a grungy public restroom (filmed in black and white), drags her mops and brushes into an absolutely hideously filthy toilet stall, opens a package of the product, dumps it into the toilet bowl–at which point a giant explosion happens, the image goes to full, brilliant color and a huge rainbow bursts out of the toilet bowl, scouring the toilet and entire room whistle-clean and illuminating everything like the sun. Flowers spring from sinks and cracks in the tile flooring. The cleaning lady, now laughing hysterically and wearing Day-Glo clothing, goes into a wild Watasi and exits the now spotless restroom, to the fading strains of I-forget-which Beefheart tune.
The ad wasn't aired for a number of reasons: Firstly, you never depicted an entire toilet bowl back in the '60s, just a profile or with the lid closed. Then there was the stereotypical racist element of a black cleaning lady. Next, the possibility of false or misleading advertising–because the product wasn't designed to clean an entire room, just toilet bowls. And finally, network execs and TV station managers hated the raucous, chaotic music.
So, Beefheart has had more than one of his TV spots nixed for various reasons, even if he only contributed the music for one of them.
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Great Stuff! I miss Gary. Really need to assemble all his CB insight from the forums for posterity.
Yes, that's one project that needs to be done. At least this is a start!
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July is not only the hottest month of the year in the United States; it's also UV Safety Month. This month is about helping adults and parents learn about the best ways to stay safe from harmful UV rays. What you might not know is that skin is an organ – and it's the largest one. Skin plays an important role in keeping bacteria out of the body, minimizing water loss and regulating body temperature.
When anyone – adults or children – spends too much time in the sun, the overexposure can cause serious damage to the skin, age spots, wrinkles and even increase the risk of skin cancer. One of the challenges of keeping your skin healthy is finding the right sunscreens to use. Your choices aren't only plentiful, they can also be confusing.
According to the Food and Drug Administration's 2015 regulations, sunscreens that pass the broad spectrum test will provide protection against both ultraviolet B radiation (UVB) and ultraviolet A radiation (UVA). Sunburn is primarily caused by UVB, although both UVB and UVA can cause sunburn, skin cancer, and premature skin aging. Under the new regulations, sunscreen products that protect against all types of sun-induced skin damage will be labeled "Broad Spectrum" and "SPF 15" (or higher) on the front.
However, just because you're trying to protect children doesn't mean you need to use a children's sunscreen. Consumer Reports says that the FDA doesn't make the distinction between kids' sunscreen and other types of sunscreens. It also doesn't hold kids' sunscreen to higher safety standard because it's for kids.
According to the Environmental Working Group, several popular chemicals used in many sunscreens can pose problems if inhaled or if it penetrates the skin to reach living tissue. Mineral-based sunscreens can offer protection with fewer harsh ingredients.
Who wants to bother with health reminders before spending a fun day at the beach in the middle of summer? Unfortunately, the reminders really are for your protection. During UV Safety Month, take a moment to learn more about the health risks of UV light and about ways to protect your skin and eyes.
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. Traditionally, the 37 plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, comedy and tragic comedy; they have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world. Many of his plays appeared in print as a series of quartos, but approximately half of them remained unpublished until 1623, when the posthumous First Folio was published. The traditional division of his plays into tragedies, comedies and histories follows the categories used in the First Folio. However, modern criticism has labelled some of these plays "problem plays" that elude easy categorisation, or perhaps purposely break generic conventions, and has introduced the term romances for what scholars believe to be his later comedies. When Shakespeare first arrived in London in the late 1580s or early 1590s, dramatists writing for London's new commercial playhouses (such as The Curtain) were combining two different strands of dramatic tradition into a new and distinctively Elizabethan synthesis. Previously, the most common forms of popular English theatre were the Tudor morality plays. These plays, celebrating piety generally, use personified moral attributes to urge or instruct the protagonist to choose the virtuous life over Evil. The characters and plot situations are largely symbolic rather than realistic. As a child, Shakespeare would likely have seen this type of play (along with, perhaps, mystery plays and miracle plays).
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I read this article and found it very interesting, thought it might be something for you. The article is called MU Stage 3 Proposed Rule: 5 Toughest Measures for Physicians and is located at https://hitconsultant.net/2015/04/03/mu-stage-3-proposed-rule-5-toughest-measures/.
61 percent of physicians feel the federal government has not done a fair job with the MU stage 3 proposed rule, according to a recent survey conducted by QuantiaMD and exclusively designed by Healthcare Informatics editors. For the survey, QuantiaMD, a Waltham, Mass.-based social network for physicians asked physicians in its network about proposed Meaningful Use Stage 3 rules to support the path to nationwide interoperability.


This article was republished by the Significance, the official magazine of the American Statistical Association and Royal Statistical Society (UK).
You have probably heard that the price of crude oil has tumbled from $115 per barrel (159 litres, an archaic but established unit of measurement) in June 2014 to $54 in March 2015.
The price of oil has halved in 9 months.
The glut is mostly due to America producing more oil.
Although most of us think of Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil supplier, in actual fact the United States has had this title since 2013. In 2014, America was responsible for around half of the net increase in world oil output, due to a boom in the shale gas industry there. Its increase was akin to adding one Kazakhstan to the world! All of this excludes all the natural gas the US got out of fracking, which also makes it the #1 gas supplier.
Historically, Saudi Arabia has played a stabilizing role in world oil prices, by adjusting its output to ensure global supply is stable. The below graph show how Saudi output increased to lower prices when they were high, and vice versa. However, since July, the Saudis have not responded to newly low oil prices by decreasing output. In fact, the Kingdom have insisted that they would rather bear lower oil prices than decrease their market share (read: be squeezed out by shale).
The Saudis have historically stabilized prices, but no more.
Saudi Arabia is backed by the other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council – UAE, Qatar and Kuwait. Together, the GCC are responsible for more than a fifth of world oil output, so their inaction towards falling prices has been instrumental in ensuring that oil prices remain low. But why have the Saudis and their allies been so passive?
Motive 1 – Shale: One reason the Kingdom is depressing prices is to thwart the growth of the nascent shale gas and bitumen oil industries in America and Canada. The threat from these new industries to Saudi Arabia is real – In October, America ceased Nigerian oil imports, even though Nigeria exported almost as much oil to America as Saudi Arabia as recently at 2010. Meanwhile, Canada steadily increased its exports of bitumen oil to America during the same period.
However, new shale projects require $65 oil to break even. At $53 a barrel, the shale boom has been paused, and several investments have been called off, their returns in doubt (although many existing wells remain online). If the Saudis allow prices to increase, the threat of shale will likely resume, so it does not look like they will allow prices to return to their pre-June levels. But the current price level is sufficiently low to keep the threat at bay, so the Saudis need not increase output further. At the same time, $53 oil will stop new shale projects from coming offline, so it is unlikely that North America can contribute to the supply glut any further, either. It is for these reasons that oil proces are unlikely to tumble much further.
Motive 2 – Iran: However, I believe the Saudis have also depressed prices to hurt Iran and Russia, both of whom make most of their export revenue from oil. Iran's expanding influence in the Middle East has rattled the Saudis considerably. In addition, both Iran and Russia remain staunch defenders of the Syrian government, which the Saudis and Qataris despise. The Saudi's reserves of $900bln provide the kingdom with a buffer, but will likely force Iran and Russia to think twice about expensive foreign projects like Syria, right?
But it does not look like low oil prices have reduced Iranian, or even Russian, involvement in Iraq and Syria. Iranian General Soleimani is openly marching through Iraq as an "advisor", while Iran-backed militia have made the bulk of gains against IS. Meanwhile Assad has held onto power, two years after most media outlets pronounced him as good as overthrown. All of this has happened against the backdrop of low oil prices. Thus, it does not look like there is much value in continuing the Saudi strategy of depressing oil prices to curb Iranian influence.
Other producers, like Nigeria: The second graph shows that other oil producers like Nigeria (produces 2.3m barrels a day or 2.6% of world oil: more than Qatar but less than UAE) have generally kept output constant. Most major oil producers – nations like Nigeria, Venezuela and Iraq – cannot afford to decrease oil sales, which are critical to their economies. They are probably not too happy about low oil prices, but have little choice in the matter. Finally, fortunately or unfortunately, the conflict in Libya has not depressed their oil output.
Wild card Iran: Iran exported 3m barrels of oil per day in 2006, and sanctions have reduced this number to a meager 1.2m per day. A barrage of nuclear-related sanctions since 2006 have imposed an embargo on Iranian oil exports to the EU, prohibited investments in Iran's oil industry, and barred banks from mediating transactions involving Iranian oil. But as sanctions are eased, Iran's oil exports will certainly increase, and this may lower prices even further.
However, the timelines for increased Iranian oil exports are unclear. They depend on the speed at which sanctions are repealed and the pace at which Iran can ramp-up output: The timelines for repealing nuclear-related sanctions imposed by the P5+1 will only be unveiled on 30thJune 2015; Iran has 30m barrels of oil ready to ship out immediately, but beyond this stockpile, it will takes years for Iran to bring its oil industry up to speed.
If sanctions are eased and Iran increases oil exports within a year, Saudi Arabia may actually reduce their output. Allowing prices to drop further will not serve the kingdom's interests. Current prices are already low enough to keep shale at bay. The kingdom could very well lower prices to hurt Iran, but low oil prices do not seem to have worked to curb Iranian influence so far.
Any Iran-related decreases in oil prices will also be bound by the $50 psychological resistance (although this was breached in January) and the 2008 low of $34.
In summary, I do not think will see $100 oil any time soon, but I also do not think oil prices will drop much further than they already have.
Data from US Energy Information Administration; graphs produced on R.
Do you think Obama will lift the oil embargo on iran in new negotiations even though it will decrease the oil prices even further?
Quite a bit of political commentary for a stats blog, but I like it. Keep it coming.
Thanks, Sid. The data is the evidence, but the geopolitics are the inner workings.
The current framework may repeal US sanctions on investing in Iranian oil businesses. But the law that banned Iranian oil exports to America was enacted in 1979, after the hostage crisis. That will only come down after additional negotiations. Obama will probably pass the former. The latter is only a matter of time.
Excellent article. Been a while since I read some political commentary on your blog but this one was worth the wait. A very good analysis on oil prices by including both the economic and political perspectives. Last but not least, those neatly drawn graphs which reinforce the exact purpose of your blog. Great going Abbas!


What Will It Take For The Assassin's Creed Movie To Be Great?
Deadline just announced that a talented pair of writers have begun working on the script for the Assassin's Creed film. Bill Collage and Adam Cooper just finished the scripts for Exodus: Gods and Monsters, a biblical Ridley Scott film, and The General, Darren Aronofsky's upcoming George Washington movie, which should give some indication of their credentials.
They join the film's other top talent, Michael Fassbender, who reportedly stars as Desmond Miles, the present day protagonist forced to relive the memories of his assassin ancestor, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, in the 13th century. If I had to guess, Fassbender will likely play the role of Altaïr as well, even if that's not really how it works in the game. If not, it would be sort of a waste to have him sitting around in a room doing little for most of the film.
All of this leads to one question, can or will the Assassin's Creed movie be great? It's so far been the unsolvable riddle when it comes to any video game movie. Yes, there are "good" video game movies (arguably the first Resident Evil and Silent Hill), but there are no "great" ones. And I would argue that even good video game movies are only good...for video game movies. It's a different set of standards because of how bad game-to-film adaptations usually are.
But now video games exist that are far, far closer to films. So much so that when an announcement is made that a game like The Last of Us is being turned into a movie, it's met with a resounding "huh?" Games like that already feel like movies to a certain extent between realistic action and powerful voice acting and motion capture. Why is there even a need to adapt them into full live-action, and condense them into two hours?
Assassin's Creed is somewhere in the middle. Yes, it has a story, but one that's pretty muddled if we're being completely honest, having been stretched across six or seven different games and mini-games over the past decade. Its vistas are pretty, but feels far more video gamey than something like The Last of Us. As such, adapting it into an action film actually makes sense. The potential for absolutely incredible live-action fight sequences is there, and the overall story could be hammered into something worth telling.
But then again, that's exactly what was supposed to happen with Ubisoft's last game-to-movie adaption, Prince of Persia. It was pitched as the next family fun PG-13 action adventure in the vein of Pirates of the Caribbean (and was handled by many of the same people). The result wasn't a disaster. The film was alright. It scored a not great 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, but that's better than many video game movies, and it did end up making $300M+ worldwide (helpful for a bloated $200M+ budget). But it obviously wasn't the franchise-starter they wanted it to be, and Ubisoft is taking a more active role in the Assassin's Creed film to ensure that doesn't happen.
Between these new screenwriters and the ultra-talented Fassbender, the pieces are in place to make this work. But the final key will be a director that can fashion either a compelling drama or a visually amazing action film. Preferably both. But who?
Many favorites will likely come to mind from The Wachowskis to Christopher Nolan to John Woo to Rian Johnson (though naturally all those names and any others will have their critics). This is the type of caliber director video game movies need to even have a prayer. Directors like Mike Newell (Prince of Persia), Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil), Andrzej Bartkowiak (Doom) and Simon West (Tomb Raider) aren't going to cut it.
The problem is that so far, attaching yourself to a video game film is more likely to draw ridicule than accolades. And "choice" directors like the ones I've mentioned have their pick of projects. Why risk making a video game film given the history of past attempts?
Unfortunately, it's a vicious cycle. If talented directors don't want to try and make good video game films, video game films will continue to be mediocre and talented directors won't want to make them. And so on and so forth. Even worse, big-budget video game films with big-name directors attached have fallen apart in recent years, from Peter Jackson's Halo to Gore Verbinski's Bioshock. The genre almost seems cursed.
Assassin's Creed seems prime to break this cycle due to Fassbender's involvement. There are few hotter actors in Hollywood right now, and if he believes in the project enough to star and produce, hopefully he can persuade a skilled director to join him.
An Assassin's Creed film will need some work in the story department, which is where these new writers come in. As great as it is Ubisoft wants a hand in how their game is adapted, I think it's wrong to think that only video game insiders should be making video game movies. The mediums are hugely different, and I don't think screenwriting is Ubisoft's strong suit, quite frankly.
I'm not sure Assassin's Creed has enough dramatic gravitas to try and be taken too seriously. Not to say it has to be winking and smiling at all times like Prince of Persia, but I think it could make a hell of a bloody good R-rated action film. Go full 300 with it. Don't attempt to make a PG-13 franchise. Give fans the intense action they want to see, and don't hold anything back. You're not going to turn Altaïr into Jack Sparrow, so don't even try. Integrate the sci-fi plot in a way that isn't overbearing, and develop the characters more effectively (and more quickly) than we see in the game. Avoid the horrible dialogue typical of the genre. Create memorable action sequences that are instantly iconic, and endlessly rewatchable. Do all these things, and you might break past bad, mediocre and good, all the way to great. Maybe. We can only hope.


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Through computer vision, businesses have been able to streamline operations, increase efficiency, improve output, expand their customer base, and much more. This article will discuss the concept of computer vision and explore how it works, where to apply it, and why computer vision matters.
What is Computer Vision (CV)?
Computer vision is a branch of artificial intelligence that allows computers to interpret, process, and analyze visual data like images and videos. CV uses various computational elements to examine the image at a fundamental level, recognize objects, notice potential defects, and identify the relationship between them.
Computer vision technology is programmed based on the human ability to process images. In that sense, it uses systems derived from pattern recognition to function. The best way to understand this is by comparing it with solving a picture puzzle.
When putting together a puzzle, you have a pile of small pictures and the knowledge of what the final result should be. Your brain detects all the pieces, distinguishes them from one another, and tries to put them together.
Computer vision does the same. It interprets images as a pile of pixels placed in a specific pattern. It analyzes each pixel, determines its color value, and uses those values to make sense of the bigger picture.
However, human vision has a considerable advantage over computers — context. Our brains draw on immense knowledge from the real world to make sense of the objects surrounding us. Computers do not have that privilege. For instance, a computer needs to process countless flower and flower-related images to recognize them as an image. Once a computer can identify something from a picture or video, it outperforms humans in speed and accuracy.
How does Computer Vision work?
Computer vision analyzes data using two integral technologies — deep learning and convolutional neural network (CNN). Deep learning is a type of machine learning that leverages algorithms to teach a computer about visual data context. The more relevant data the computer has access to, the better the computer will perform when recognizing images.
CNN assists a computer in 'seeing' images by deconstructing them into pixels. This system labels all the pixels, performs convolutions (mathematical calculations), predicts what the image represents, and then checks the accuracy of its predictions.
It acts as a system that interprets single images. CV uses slightly more complex technology to analyze videos — RNN. The recurrent neural network (RNN) is programmed to understand a variety of different but related images.
CV has numerous applications across different industries and fields.
Examples of Computer Vision use cases
Various fields of security can use computer vision. Its features allow it to detect and track people. When set up in restricted areas, such as construction yards or historic sites, CV can prevent trespassing, theft, and vandalism.
Since CV also recognizes objects, it can detect weapons, stolen items, and more on surveillance videos and track them.
CV's features allow us to use this technology for facial recognition. Mobile devices use it to recognize their owners. Airports use it to enable passengers to check in faster. Schools, businesses, and factories use it to restrict access to their premises and track who enters.
Computer vision is beneficial for parking operations too. Automatic number plate recognition technology (ANPR) can acknowledge registration plates.
ANPR technology can grant access to particular or all vehicles in a ticketless car park. In addition, this feature can, for example, keep track of parking occupancy and identify how much time certain vehicles spend in particular parking spaces in real-time. In this manner, CV can help parking systems facilitate and speed up payment transactions and even apply different pricing inside the car park.
Besides this, CV can use ANPR to detect stolen or uninsured vehicles and prevent criminal activity.
Finally, CV also has quite a few uses in the transportation and traffic industry. The system can help manage traffic by monitoring and analyzing density in different areas. It can decrease safety risks by assessing road conditions and detecting defects.
Computer vision technology can do wonders for the retail industry. It can affect work efficiency, improve sales, and drive innovation.
CV can monitor the number of customers in the store. In combination with heat mapping, this system can identify shoplifters and track them in the store. It can also detect forming queues and notify store workers in real-time.
Its movement tracking features can help CV track customer activity and repetitive behaviors. It can also provide beneficial information related to hotspots in the store and allow store owners to change store and product layouts to improve sales.
Computer vision can help retail stores implement and use automated checkout systems. CV technology can track products on the shelves and products in a customer's basket. This way, the store can automatically charge the customers for the products as they exit the store.
Computer vision enhances quality control and reduces safety risks in the manufacturing industry. It helps factories analyze products in real-time and identify defects in the production line.
Computer vision also has an application in product assembly. It detects and tracks product components, guides and helps workers perform their duties, evaluates whether packaging meets the standards, and so on.
Why should companies care?
It's clear that computer vision has a lot to offer. It can:
Help your company improve productivity and cost efficiency — Companies have been using computers to automate repetitive and mechanical tasks for several years. CV can add another layer to these benefits. Thanks to its sophisticated design, computer vision can also handle more complex tasks that require critical thinking at a faster rate and lower cost than humans. A CV system can help your business enhance productivity, improve efficiency, and boost output.
Make the most of data collection — One of CV's key attributes is the ability to collect and process data in real-time. The system can keep track of production processes and customer trends, make notes of defects, issues, or changes, and allow your business to identify and respond to them in record time. In this manner, CV would help your company make better decisions and more effective business moves in the future.
Create new revenue streams — CV allows you to track customer experiences as they interact with your products/services. It gathers information every step of the way and suggests possible improvements or provides you with potential solutions that can take your business to the next level. Depending on your line of work, this system can help you introduce new products and services, add new features to the existing ones, and generate a new revenue stream.
Companies utilizing Computer Vision
Computer vision has a variety of use cases and is present in numerous industries. Below are a few examples of large companies utilizing computer vision to improve their business.
Amazon used computer vision to launch its first cashier-less stores
Ticketmaster recently invested in a CV-powered technology that identifies people walking and tracks their movements
Security companies are using CV to improve surveillance
Gaming studios are starting to use computer vision-powered VRs
The sports industry also sees potential in using CV to help track the ball and players during matches.
Many see Computer vision as a leading factor for future technological developments. The CV market will continue to grow due to CV's ability to adapt to different business needs and industries. Investing in a CV will give your company a competitive edge faster than you ever imagined.
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Schiaparelli creative director Daniel Roseberry gave his little sister an unusual wedding gift, dressing her from head to toe in what can be safely called a work of art.
On the wedding day, the bride was wearing a transforming dress, decorated in the style of the famous "skeleton", which was designed by Salvador Dali himself. After the official part, the long skirt was dropped, and Liz Fox Roseberry remained in the midi. The look was completed by striking white Schiaparelli gold toe shoes that cost over 5,000 euros, flower earrings and glasses with dangling strands of crystals and pearls.
Fashion critics have already predicted a great future for this look. And although all Schiaparelli Bridal Couture items still exist in a single copy, very soon they will be made to order and, possibly, put on stream. The approximate price of a unique dress is also predicted. It is expected to cost at least $30,000 (about 2 million rubles).
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Back in December the Newham Recorder reported that a number of senior managers in Newham council's repairs and maintenance service (RMS) have been suspended and sacked for gross misconduct amid a catalogue of claims about financial malpractice.
Thank you for your email on the coverage of the RMS in the Newham Recorder.
Indeed the Recorder seems to know more about this situation than anything councillors are being told by this administration. Why do councillors find out via a third party when you should be reporting to labour members in the first instance and not as an afterthought.
Your constant blame of the previous administration – of which you were part – is noted. You blame the previous mayor for not sharing in full the historical details of this matter but in this same email you state you are unable to share full information with all of us due to ongoing investigations. Can't you see how hypocritical this is. Don't you realise that the same restrictions you are under now applied to the previous mayor during his tenure or are you just being deliberately obtuse.
It's no good blaming fellow members for holding back information when you are in the same boat yourself. It seems unbelievable that your fellow cabinet member for finance, Cllr Paul, who held the housing brief in the previous administration and who would be likely to know the most about this matter did not bring you fully up to speed months ago.
As a former member of the audit board you were privy to confidential information not in the public domain or available to other councillors.
Indeed I don't know what officers have told you since you took office but I do know that as information is finally being released by officers into the public domain there seems little reason to avoid a police enquiry. Why don't you call for one now?
I hear you are in the market for blunt emails at the moment so why don't you put your money where your mouth is, stop pretending that the former administration is to blame for officer fraud, stop pretending that as a previous member of the audit and scrutiny boards you didn't have a voice on council matters, and start taking responsibility in the job you now have. It's time to call for a police enquiry into RMS and the way officers have behaved.
It is with deep concern for us all to learn of the massive scale of alleged corruption at Newham Council which has only been revealed as a result of the persistence of journalistic investigations by the Newham Recorder. Many of my residents have now raised this issue with me directly, so I wish to make my position on this matter very clear.
The revelation that over £9m of Newham tax-payers money was fraudulently siphoned off by some corrupt Council officers is completely unacceptable. It is also unacceptable that elected Councillors only found out about the sheer scale of this through the local press and that Council officers were investigating themselves. All these issues have been rightly highlighted by Councillor Clark and I understand that RMS has been discussed for some time at the Audit board but in private session, and with no visible outcome.
It is clear that over the past 18 months, Councillors have not been fully briefed on the scale of the allegations and the internal Council investigation. It is also clear that some Council officers have chosen to deliberately keep the full details hidden from members, even though we are the democratically elected representatives of the people of Newham. It also brings to light the question as to whether Council officers should have been allowed to investigate themselves in the first place when the crime was so huge.
Therefore and due to the severity of the matter, I am asking that the Metropolitan Police and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) be asked to intervene immediately to properly investigate, charge and bring to justice the perpetrators of this massive fraud of local residents money.
We know that Councillor Terry Paul had direct involvement with and executive responsibility for housing which covered this service area, during the time when this huge criminal endevour is alleged to have taken place. That's why its important that Councillor Paul immediately step aside from any current executive responsibilities, to ensure public confidence in the investigation and that it is totally free from even the perceived threat of any interference.
In the meantime, as elected Councillors we have a duty to work together to ensure the Repairs and Maintenance Service continues as a fully reliable public service, that the backlog of repairs are completed and that the service is fully protected from any threat of fraud in future.
Comrades – thanks for your respective emails which I have noted, alongside today's anticipated Newham Recorder article which followed the unsurprising email sent last night.
You'll have received my previous Members briefing sent a short while ago, so please refer to the CIPFA report and its comments about RMS (slide 24) – namely: 'Major issue over financial control in the repairs and maintenance division, RMS; Led to an overspend of £9m in 2017/18 due to poor pricing of highways work'.
What that means is that the majority of overspend actually happened in Highways NOT housing Services. Yes, the role of all executive members at the time yes should be examined; but be clear precisely whom; alongside the role of the then Statutory Deputy Mayor who would have been privy to issues emerging with RMS (including private executive discussions) and the non-statutory Deputy Mayor who was lead finance and chair of the Audit Board at the time.
Instead of the histrionics, I'll remind colleagues of the old adage that before jumping to conclusions get the facts right. That has been the process that we have undertaking since May: a judicious and exacting process of interrogating information being provided by officers including independent experts, during which period a live investigation relating to the range of allegations has also been taking place. The final phase of investigations are near conclusion and any 'jumping ahead of that' could risk any future legal proceedings we may be able to proceed with. Rest assured we are on top of this and as I said previously a major announcement will be made about this in the New Year as well – which was always the plan because this was an area being looked into by CIPFA. This will include providing members with a full briefing and an opportunity to discuss the issues.
That aside, I will address other points in the two emails in the New Year, but large parts of what you both set out below are inaccurate. The issues relating to RMS happened before May 2018 and rightly serious questions should be raised and action should be taken to ensure that this never happens again. This is precisely what is happening now because we have and are putting measures in place in a service area that has always been part of the council – just badly managed like a lot of things we have discovered eight months in and which we are keeping members updated on.
All – kindly note that I'll be asking Cllr John Gray who is now leading on RMS oversight; plus Cllr Zulfiqar Ali as the cabinet lead responsible for shaping up Highways with Cllr James Asser to help me coordinate the RMS briefing session on my behalf in the New Year. So keep an eye out for details and direct any further questions about RMS to Cllr John Gray in the first instance from here on in.
So, despite an obviously coordinated effort to fit up Cllr Terry Paul due to his brief tenure as mayoral advisor for Housing, it turns out the biggest part of the problem was in Highways. And who had that in their portfolio, including the £100 million 'keep Newham moving' programme? Cllr Ken Clark. Whoops.
One person we haven't heard from in all of this is the former cabinet member for finance and audit board chair, Cllr Lester Hudson. If anyone should be able to shed light on the massive failure of financial governance and control it would be him.
The police are now involved and an extraordinary meeting of the council has been called for 22 January, with a single agenda item: RMS. I am told councillors have already been briefed and that the report which will be discussed is due to be published tomorrow.
The meeting will be at the Old Town Hall in Stratford, and theres's plenty of seating for the public. I'll be there.
Note: the original version of this post incorrectly said Cllr Terry Paul was briefly the cabinet member for housing; he wasn't. He was Mayoral advisor for Housing and responsible for housing repairs. He was not a member of Sir Robin's cabinet.


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Last spring, the always-hilarious Anna Kendrick announced that she was writing her first book, an "autobiographical collection of essays" on "the absurdities she's experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture."
"And while many of my female inspirations who have become authors are incredibly well-educated and accomplished comedy writers, I'm very, very funny on Twitter, according to BuzzFeed and my mom, so I feel like this is a great idea," Kendrick wrote.
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I am glad to hear that you obviously survived Sandy without major trouble, since otherwise air circulation would have been the least of your worries.
While I am not familiar with the R ratings, as it is counted differently here, I suspect is that what you are describing may be actually heat loss at the top floor- even with the best insulation some heat loss will occur, it is just a question of how much.
The insulation we have in our roof (R62) is typically what "zero energy" homes have and the ceiling is the only thing that's different from the floors below where it's warmer.
The walls have considerably less insulation – I think zero energy homes typically have R40 walls, compared to our R22. However, we have a warm building next to us on an uninsulated brick party wall – so typically what we lose through exterior walls and windows is less than what we gain through the party wall.
If you're used to insulation in U values – U is roughly the inverse of R. So R62 = U 0.016, and R22 = U 0.045.


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This is the only possible definition of Judaism. This should be a central commitment of global Jewry, as it is for my organization. Many of the Jewish prayers for thousands of years recite the love of Israel and the Jewish aspirations to return to their ancestral land and bring back its glory and holiness. In each case religious principle suggested that the former must take precedence over the latter. It is true that we often speak of achdus, of unity, and assume that it is an unqualified good, but is this actually the case? Jews do not relish being instructed by the world, but instructing the world has often been an unmitigated joy. But still it lacks the final bit of philosophical sophistication I expected from such a great mind.
But we are in desperate need of a fresh philosophy, an authentic redefinition of the boundaries of Jewish life and peoplehood. And at what point does ecumenism snap from the counter-pressure of authenticity? His book redraws the conceptual field in which the arguments will continue even if it is unlikely to end them. For the rise of alien healing clinics in Israel, cf. By contrast, Judaism has remained stubbornly particularistic; salvation or in Judaism, redemption , is not the preserve of Jews alone. Tradition, Modernity and Jewish Unity Jonathan Sacks A study of the major problem confronting the Jewish future: the availability of a way of mending the schisms between Reform and Orthodox Judaism, between religious and secular Jews in Israel and between Israel itself and the diaspora. This text is a study of the background to this and related controversies. They did so because they were a society before they were a state.
Rather, we should empower these Israelis to help themselves. Can there be no multiple forms of Chinese Confucianism? Rabbi Linzer has published Halakha and machshava articles in Torah journals and lectures widely at synagogues and conferences on topics relating to Halakha, Orthodoxy, and modernity. Elevating tension to an ideal has a certain intellectual appeal but it is not a coherent program. It traces the fragmentation of Jewry in the wake of emancipation and enlightenment, the development of heterodox religious denominations and secular Zionism, the variety of Orthodox responses to these challenges and the resources of Jewish tradition for handling diversity. As someone not really proficient in this field, I would have preferred to have a somewhat deeper introduction to this part.
They have lived in Iran, Iraq, and Yemen. Our sacred commitment to help the disadvantaged among us helps to define us as Jews, and should unite us forever. Brilliantly documented and skilfully presented, it looks honestly at the Jewish experience of the past in order to find a resolution to the problems that today threaten the Jewish people with dissolution. When Sacks does engage the Torah, on his own more congenial turf, he proves himself a masterful interpreter, whose comments illuminate both the text and human nature. This goal has deep roots in Jewish tradition. Jews remind the world that truth resides not in universals to which all must subscribe, but in the clamorous human chorus.
On the contrary, it is the idea that unity creates diversity. Diplomat par excellence, Sacks seeks to forge bridges over the seemingly unbridgeable chasms separating Orthodoxy, Progressive Judaism and Jewish secularism, as well as within Orthodoxy itself. February 27, 2019 Possible Jewish ancestry has fascinated both Jews and non-Jews when it comes to American historical figures, reaching as far back as Alexander Hamilton. Written for the general reader as much as the academic one, this is a lucid and thought-provoking presentation of the dilemmas of Jewish Orthodoxy in modernity. The analysis employs a variety of disciplines - history, sociology, theology and halakhic jurisprudence - to comment on a subject in which these dimensions are inextricably interwoven. The E-mail message field is required.
There is no other definition. Walls insulate; they shelter; they keep in and keep out. One People Tradition Modernity And Jewish Unity Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization can be very useful guide, and one people tradition modernity and jewish unity littman library of jewish civilization play an important role in your products. How many American Jews agree with every policy of our own government? Indeed, half the children in Israeli kindergartens are either ultra-orthodox or Israeli Arabs. In our daily blessing after meals we thank G-d and pray to return to Jerusalem to build the Temple. Good description of the ideological responses of each sector to modernity, tough in my opinion he overstates the importance of ideas in this historical processes, and ignores almost completely the psychological, socio-economical or other factors that played an important role in the development of the different positions.
It is, in fact, the very essence of Rabbinic Judaism, where minority opinions are preserved, differences are respected, and debate is valued for its own sake. Moreover, it is a conclusion that I suspect he would be unwilling to apply to others. You must log in to comment March 15, 2019 After more ugly clashes at the Western Wall, two Israeli political scientists make a radical proposal. Every Jew descends from someone who endured poverty, discrimination, and even violence. How many holidays do the Arabs celebrate due to historical events in the land of ancient Israel. Small voices were able to be heard, and one such voice was that of Avraham. It precisely the totalitarian Platonist rationalism of Maimonides that makes him such an anti pluralist.
Those Orthodox thinkers who preach a genuine pluralism such as David Hartman and Yitz Greenberg, receive a very mixed reception in the Orthodox community, and Sacks, in several references to them, makes it clear that he wonders whether they have crossed a boundary that places them outside of Orthodoxy itself. It is an ideal worthy to aspire to and on the other hand faith grants the tools to presuppose it as ontological fact. At best, they can be regarded as overstatements on the part of a writer provoked to excess by the predicament he faces. Are there no dangers in unity? Wolpe is the rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, and the author of, most recently, Why Faith Matters Harper Collins. This book makes its case against a deftly woven background of the history, sociology, theology and Halakha of the past two centuries.


1 in 4 people will suffer with depression at some time and women are more likely to suffer with depression than men. Statistics show that 19% of people over the age of 16 will have depression at some time – 19% are women and 16% are men.
The Office for National Statistics says that the highest incidence of mild mental illness is in women aged between 50 and 54.
Listed below are the most common symptoms of depression. If you recognise 5 or more in yourself you may have depression.
Sometimes it's difficult to realise that you have depression as the symptoms can feel more physical than emotional. This is because depression has strong physical symptoms and affects the whole body, not just your mind.
It's difficult to pinpoint what exactly causes depression. Sometimes it's caused by a traumatic event like a relationship breakup or bereavement, or feelings of fear such as phobias, bullying or isolation - or even physical issues like head injury, illness or old age.
People who suffer from a long term physical illness are more likely to suffer with periods of depression as their everyday life may be complicated with pain management, worry about the future, money issues and mobility problems. All of which can lead to isolation and a feeling of being unsupported and alone.
If you think you have depression a visit to the doctor is advisable for two reasons. Firstly to rule out any physical illness that may be causing you to feel depressed. Illnesses like an underactive thyroid have similar emotional symptoms to depression, as does polymyalgia, hormone imbalance, head injury and rheumatic conditions. Secondly a visit to the doctor is advisable because the doctor can give you advice about how to treat your depression, which could include prescribing an antidepressant medication or referring you to a counsellor.
Antidepressants can be prescribed by your doctor to help moderate to severe depression. They can take up to four weeks to work and may have some side effects. They help by changing the levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. Neurotransmitters such as serotonin can improve mood and help with stress, anxiety and depression. Antidepressants called Selective Serotonin Reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's like Prozac) work by increasing the level of serotonin in the brain to more normal and effective levels, helping you to feel better and more able to cope.
The disadvantages are that they cannot change your circumstances. If your depression is caused by low self-esteem or because of life stresses - these issues will still be there. Having said that, medication can help you sleep, enable you to deal with anxiety and may give you the ability to deal with what's happening.
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The everyday stresses and strains of modern living coupled with unavoidable things like bereavement and loss means that it can be very difficult to avoid depression, particularly if you are someone who is predisposed to low mood. Taking care of yourself can be particularly useful and remembering to do this for your body and mind is important. Here are some suggestions to try although self care is very personal and you can develop your own self help list to suit you.
Try and talk about how you feel with a friend who will understand so that you are not bottling up how you feel.
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Be gentle to yourself and know that if something horrible happens to you in your life it will take time to recover from.
Take time for yourself either to relax or to do something you enjoy. This enriches your life and a hobby could include contact with other people and making friends.
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Rapper's investment firm Casa Verde has previously invested in cannabis-related businesses, such as weed delivery company.
The Swedish start-up, which was valued at $2.5bn (£2bn) in 2015, confirmed reports of the investment but would not comment on the size of it.
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Drew Brees Should Have Been a Pitcher
July 18, 2012 at 5:42 pm Andrew Kahn	2 Comments
Do you know who Miguel Montero is? Unless you're a fantasy baseball player, probably not. He's the starting catcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, a .271 career hitter. He's played in more than 85 games just twice since his major league debut in 2006. Earlier this season, Montero signed a five-year, $60-million contract extension with Arizona.
You know who Drew Brees is. He's the NFL's reigning Offensive Player of the Year, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback for the New Orleans Saints. This past weekend, Brees signed a new contract with the Saints, a five-year deal worth up to $100 million. It is the largest per-year contract in NFL history. But unlike in baseball—where every dollar is guaranteed no matter what—NFL contracts can be ripped up at any moment, and they often are when players underperform or get injured. The most important figure in Brees' deal is the $60 million guaranteed, also an NFL record. In baseball terms, Brees is the equivalent of an oft-injured catcher with a decent bat.
Remember, kids, when it comes to dollar bills, there's nothing like being a Major League Baseball player.
Brees can afford all the fancy hats he wants after signing his record-setting contract. (Credit: US Navy)
Keep in mind that Brees' contract was historic. Ray Rice, one of the best running backs in the league, recently re-signed with Baltimore for a more modest $24 million guaranteed. When you're talking about that kind of money in baseball, the standards really fall.
Here are some of baseball's qualifications for receiving a contract that pays at least $24 million:
Pitch 70 innings a year (see: Heath Bell, Carlos Marmol, Mariano Rivera, Huston Street; nice work if you can get it)
Hit .270 as a shortstop (see: Alexei Ramirez)
Lose just as often as you win (see: Madison Bumgarner, whose 21-20 record earned him 5 years/$35M and Jon Niese, 5 years/$25.5M with a 22-23 record)
Be a mediocre starting pitcher (see: Joe Blanton, Randy Wolf, Jorge De La Rosa, to name three)
Have all the "tools" despite being unproductive (see: Cameron Maybin)
In baseball, you don't have to be a star to get what Brees got. You just have to be slightly above average; think John Danks and Derek Lowe for pitchers and Dan Uggla and Nick Markakis for position players. You can argue that at least the hitters, unlike Brees, have to play offense and defense. But David Ortiz, a designated hitter, has made $64.75 million over the last five seasons. A baseball player seeking Ray Rice money simply has to be adequate.
Of course, none of this is breaking news. Any sport where someone like Oliver Perez (who signed a three- year, $36-million deal with the Mets in 2009) can make the same amount of money, per year, as Drew Brees is one with a strong players' union. It's one of the many reasons why, when the time comes, the first ball I'll put in my kid's crib will have red stitches, not white laces.
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2 thoughts on "Drew Brees Should Have Been a Pitcher"
Robert J Miller (@rjmiller) says:
July 19, 2012 at 10:23 pm at 10:23 pm
Since I don't follow baseball I hadn't noticed the stark discrepancy between baseball and football salaries. I knew it was bad but not this bad. It's incredible that Drew Brees and other NFL players risk serious injury on every play, participate in our country's most popular sport, and are as underpaid as they are compared to other major sports.
Andrew Kahn says:
Yeah, the NFL Players Union isn't nearly as strong. As you noted, football is a far more popular and dangerous sport than baseball, yet the contracts aren't guaranteed. You need to be a superstar to get a "decent" signing bonus in the NFL — of course the average person would be thrilled with even a $1-million salary, so it's all relative.


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Electricity regulator sees long future for Tiwai Point smelter
New Zealand may be able to use new electricity grid technology to send power to Australia.
By Pattrick Smellie
New Zealand's abundant renewable electricity may be the saviour of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, attract energy-intensive industries to New Zealand and eventually see electricity exported across the Tasman Sea to Australia, the chair of the Electricity Authority, Brent Layton, says.
In a speech to a stakeholder function in Wellington yesterday, Layton said his personal belief is that the Rio Tinto-controlled aluminium smelter would not close "provided the transmission pricing methodology is changed so the smelter pays for the services it receives and the costs of providing those services".
The smelter has routinely claimed over the years that its viability is threatened by rising New Zealand power prices and, more recently, by the possible rejection of electricity transmission reform proposals that would lower the cost of access to the national grid for South Island power producers and users, at the expense of upper North Island users. The proposals were strongly resisted by the New Zealand First party, now a coalition partner in the newly formed government.
"In a world in which most countries have Paris Agreement obligations (to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), I think the demand for aluminium will grow and the risks of heavily subsidised production low-cost, fossil-fuelled generators in places like China will decline," said Layton. "New Zealand's capacity to increase its renewables capacity at around current costs may, in a world in which countries are striving to meet Paris Agreement obligations, result in the migration of some energy-intensive industries to this country, particularly those that require continuous reliable supplies of electricity."
Electricity demand would increase anyway as the use of electric vehicles grows and as some industries start using electricity rather than gas or coal for high-heat processing. However, both trends would occur over time, giving the New Zealand electricity market time to build new capacity to meet increased demand.
In perhaps his most speculative remarks, Layton also suggested that if New Zealand could harness the high-temperature heat recently detected along the main fault divide on the west coast of the South Island, the country might be able to use new electricity grid technology to send power thousands of kilometres across the Tasman Sea to Australia.
"Australia desperately needs to find economic substitutes for its base-load brown coal plants," said Layton. "It is arguably the major political and economic challenge facing the 'lucky country'.
"HVDC (high voltage direct current) lines of almost as great a length are being planned elsewhere in the world, such as between Iceland and Britain and losses at 3 percent 1000 kilometres are obviously excessive," he said, referring to the inevitable energy losses that occur when electricity is transmitted. The north and south islands of New Zealand are connected by an HVDC link, but until recently, it has been assumed that line losses would be too great to make the 2000 kilometre-plus connection to Australia feasible.
Layton made no mention of the new coalition government's intention to review retail electricity pricing, but stressed the regulator "should not favour some technologies, product offerings or models over another; incumbent businesses over new entrants (or vice versa); and large players over small ones (or vice versa)".
He expected peer-to-peer electricity trading and reconciliation of energy consumption to be achieved using blockchain technology to emerge.
While the authority was "pretty comfortable" with the way the electricity market performed during the prolonged dry spell that drained hydro lakes close to crisis levels between February and July, it would nonetheless undertake a formal review.
"Complacency is not appropriate when dealing with the reliability of electricity supply," he said.
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The EA's previous timetable envisaged a new TPM being in place by April 2020.
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From January 1, Meridian gets a price increase under the refreshed contract it negotiated last year with the smelter's owner, NZ Aluminium Smelters, majority-owned by Rio Tinto.
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