Authors: Arnett, E.; Johnson, G.; Erickson, W.; Hein, C.
Arnett, E.; Johnson, G.; Erickson, W.; Hein, C. (2013). A Synthesis of Operational Mitigation Studies to Reduce Bat Fatalities at Wind Energy Facilities in North America. Report by Bat Conservation International and Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST). pp 38.
Widespread and often extensive fatalities of bats have increased concern about impacts of wind energy development on bats and other wildlife. Minimizing these fatalities is critically important to both bat conservation and public acceptance of wind-energy development. Currently, only operational mitigation (stopping turbine blades from spinning) during predictable high risk periods has demonstrated effective reductions of fatalities of bats.
We synthesized information from 10 different operational mitigation studies in North America. Most studies found at least a 50% reduction in bat fatalities when turbine cut-in speed (wind speed at which turbines begin producing electricity into the power grid) was increased by 1.5 m/s above the manufacturer's cut-in speed. Similar reductions in bat fatality were reported by one study that implemented a raised cut-in speed given temperatures were above 9.5°C. One study demonstrated equally beneficial reductions with a low-speed idling approach, while another discovered that feathering turbine blades (pitched 90o and parallel to the wind) at or below the manufacturer's cut-in speed resulted in up to 72% fewer bats killed when turbines produced no electricity into the power grid. Other studies that did not demonstrate statistically significant effects could be explained by lack of treatments being implemented during the study (i.e., winds were either too low or high to enable comparison of treatments), and the relatively low reduction in bat fatality (approximately 20–38%) at one study may be explained by the high percentage of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis), a species known to fly at higher wind speeds. Few studies have disclosed actual power loss and economic costs of operational mitigation, but those that have suggest that <1% of total annual output would be lost if operational mitigation were employed during high risk periods for bat fatalities. In addition to the lost power revenues, wind energy companies also incurred costs for staff time to set up the processes and controls, and to implement the curtailment from offsite 24-hour operations centers.
We conclude that increasing cut-in speed between 1.5 and 3.0 m/s or feathering blades and slowing rotor speed up to the turbine manufacturer's cut-in speed yields substantial reductions in fatality of bats. Given the magnitude and extent of bat fatalities worldwide, the conservation implications of our findings are critically important. Research efforts should continue to focus on incorporating additional variables, in addition to wind speed (e.g., temperature, time of night, bat activity) into treatments and explore using automated systems to maximize wind production while still minimizing bat fatalities. Although additional studies are needed to optimize operational mitigation, we believe increasing cut-in speeds to the levels tested in these studies (generally 1.5–3.0 m/s) offers an ecologically sound and economically feasible strategy for reducing bat fatalities at wind energy facilities and should be implemented broadly.


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Recent work exploring the use of high-molecular weight alcohols to treat essential tremor (ET) has identified octanoic acid as a potential novel tremor-suppressing agent. We used an established harmaline-based mouse model of ET to compare tremor suppression by 1-octanol and octanoic acid. The dose-related effect on digitized motion power within the tremor bandwidth as a fraction of overall motion power was analyzed. Both 1-octanol and octanoic acid provided significant reductions in harmaline tremor. An 8-carbon alkyl alcohol and carboxylic acid each suppress tremor in a pre-clinical mouse model of ET. Further studies are warranted to determine the safety and efficacy of such agents in humans with ET.
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Q: Finding key corresponding to max value in c++ map Given a number say 'KEY' and map <int, int> myMap. I am trying to find a smallest key k (condition: k < KEY) in the map myMap such that it's value is maximum.
Example:
map <int, int> myMap = {{3,1}, {4,3}, {5,2}, {6,3}, {7,2}, {8,5}};
                             // ^^^
int KEY = 7;

Answer is 4, since for all the keys less than 7(KEY), the key 4 and key 6 has the maximum value of 3. 4 is the smallest key.
The map increases dynamically and there are several such queries with KEY.
I am trying to get the {k,v} pair in O(logN) time
I'm stuck after using lower_bound. Using lower bound gives me max 'k' such that k < KEY. In the example above I am able to get {7,2} for KEY=7. But struggling to get to {4,3} in logN time. Is there any data structure which can help me achieve this in logN time?
Update:
I am making sure to do the updates to the map in logarithmic time as well. Integers are not exceeding 10^5. Is it possible to use some other data structure and approach (in this case it looks like dynamic programming/binary search) to solve this in logarithmic time?

A: How about this. You maintain a secondary map, a subset of your primary one. Specifically, this secondary map would contain {k, v} if and only if all smaller keys in the primary map correspond to smaller values.
For your example of {3,1}, {4,3}, {5,2}, {6,3}, {7,2}, {8,5}, this secondary map would be {3,1}, {4,3}, {8,5}. Observe how values are monotonously increasing along with keys.
It should be obvious how to use this map to answer the question - simply look up the key with lower_bound. In the example, for the key of 7, the lookup will find 4, the correct answer.
Now, how to maintain this map. When you insert {k, v} into the primary map, look up k in the secondary map using lower_bound. There are two possibilities:

*

*There exists a smaller key with equal or larger value. Do nothing, the secondary map doesn't need to be updated.

*There doesn't exist a smaller key, or the smaller key corresponds to a smaller value. Then

*

*Insert {k, v} into the secondary map

*Walk keys sequentially, starting from k until you encounter the key k' with a larger value, or reach the end. Erase the range between k and k' (exclusive of both), or from k (exclusive) to the end.

On the surface, this last step looks linear - but in fact it's amortized constant. Over N insertions, this step would have to walk 2*N elements at most (e.g. first N-1 steps inserting one element each, and the last step removing them all and inserting one).

A:
Is there any data structure which can help me achieve this in logN time?

Not really unless you are able to combine those values in a meaningful fashion. All (almost) log N algorithms relies on a divide and conquer approach.
You have essentially two unrelated sequences. The key mapped by tree allows you to do log N stuff but then you need another search on an unstructured sequence this is O(N).
So for this to be done on O(log N) you need to somehow combine the key and the value or go the route comment @Igor suggested which is essentially a map of maps.
Of course tweaking implementation might bring benefits but not O(N) -> O(log N) type benefits.

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Home, vehicles and boats are swallowed by floodwaters brought to the area by Hurricane Florence in Pender County, N.C., on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Hurricane Florence made landfall on Friday, September 14, 2018 and brought over 23 inches of rain to the area. (Kristen Zeis | The Virginian-Pilot)
Poised to escape the wrath of Hurricane Florence with one foot already in his car, George McLeod was relieved when the storm last year took a turn to the south and spared Hampton Roads.
But it got him thinking: What if?
Florence, a Category 4 storm at its height, eventually hit the southeastern North Carolina coast as a Category 2 cyclone on Sept. 15 — killing 54 people and causing an estimated $24.23 billion in damages. The biggest problem was storm surge and days of torrential rain that produced severe flooding. Homes and businesses were destroyed and countless livestock died.
McLeod almost immediately starting producing computer models of what such a storm would look like for Hampton Roads — both short and long term.
A senior fellow for the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, he teamed with Old Dominion University economics professor Robert McNab on the project. The findings were presented to Gov. Ralph Northam in time for the start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1.
"First we looked at the physical damage," McNab said. "Then we looked at the economic damage out to a year. We wanted to do this in preparation of the hurricane season to give everybody an idea of how impactful a storm like Florence would be."
It's a pretty scary picture.
Wind and water damage would add up to about $20 billion. The potential loss of 175,000 jobs and a decline in business activity would add on another $23 billion. There would be millions of pounds of debris.
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The models incorporated numbers from previous storms that have hit the region, along with those from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
"A lot of people aren't thinking about the permanent loss of business," McLeod said. "You look at Katrina. Thousands of people left and never came back. Businesses left and didn't come back.
"Those kinds of losses for an area can be crippling."
If there were high levels of damage to infrastructure and military facilities, the outcome could be even worse.
McLeod and McNab both said the current results of their modeling are just the start.
"Numbers like those aren't that real to most people," McLeod said. "So we're going to 'ultra-localize' the modeling to show people the impact down to the neighborhood level."
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Both said the increasing intensity of major storms will force them to continue their modeling. Numbers will get bigger, they said.
They're hoping people start paying attention to the potential loss of life and property.
"Let's face it," McNab said. "We all know the big one is out there.
"So do we prepare like we should?"
Added McLeod: "This area has been lucky, real lucky like we were with Florence. But we can't keep dodging the bullet."
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After being slapped with a lawsuit alleging that key design flaws in their Carrera GT supercar coupled with the exclusion of stability control led to the untimely death of actor Paul Walker - star of the Fast & Furious movie franchise - in November 2013, German automaker Porsche has given its preliminary response.
Calvin Kim, a representative of Porsche North America told CNN: "As we have said before, we are saddened whenever anyone is hurt in a Porsche vehicle, but we believe the authorities' reports in this case clearly established that this tragic crash resulted from reckless driving and excessive speed,"
Porsche AG has not seen the lawsuit and Kim nor any other spokesperson could not give specifics as to the company's course of action.
The suit, filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court by Meadow Walker (the deceased's 16-year old daughter), has alleged the 40-year old actor was burned to death as a result of Porsche's oversight to include "safety features that are found on well-designed racing cars or even Porsche's least expensive road cars".
It also alleges inadequate side door reinforcement bars and defective fuel lines along the car contributed to the fire that ultimately led to Walker's death.
For the case to gain real traction, however, experts say that the plaintiff and her lawyers have to prove the blame, in its entirety, falls on Porsche and the supposedly unsafe nature of the Carrera GT.
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There are about six hundred ninty thousand people in this city. The modes of transportation widely used are the SkyTrain and Bus. The area of this city is 369.2㎢. I like this city because they use their topographical features very well. As a student studying architecture, I was very impressed with that. When I went to Seattle, I went on the Underground Tour. I could look around Seattle from below. Seattle's ground is very weak. Actually, the ground is sinking under the weight of some buildings. So, they decided to make new ground levels above the existing one. Under the ground, there are streets we can walk through and buildings. Even though I could not understand everything, it was a really good experience. As they made new ground levels, the streets are much steeper. That is the reason they built buildings with lots of stairs.
이 도시에는 6천 9백만 인구가 있다. 교통수단으로 주로 스카이트레인과 버스를 이용한다. 이 도시의 면적은 369.2㎢이며, 내가 이 도시를 좋아하는 이유는 이 도시는 도시의 지형적 특징을 잘 이용했기 때문이다. 건축을 공부하는 학생으로서 이러한 점이 나에게는 매우 인상 깊었다. 내가 시애틀에 갔을 때, 언더그라운드 투어라는 것을 갔다 왔다. 이것은 시애틀의 지하를 둘러볼 수 있는 것이다. 시애틀의 지반은 매우 약하여 땅과 건물들이 가라앉았다. 그래서 현존하는 땅 위에 새로운 지반 층을 만들었다. 지하에는 우리가 걸을 수 있는 길과 가라앉은 건물들이 있다. 내가 모든 것을 다 알아들을 수는 없었지만, 이것은 매우 좋은 경험이었다. 그들이 새로운 지반 층을 만들면서, 길이 매우 가팔라졌다. 그래서 그곳의 건물에는 이 지형을 이용하여 경사지에 계단을 만들었다.


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Q: SQL select top 3 or more if there are more items sharing the 3rd highest value? Any SQL experts out there who can explain how I select say the top 3 items.  When the 3rd item is equal to the 4th and 5th I'd like those included too but only in that situation.  e.g. with the following list
40,
30,
15,
15,
15,
10

it would return 40,30,15,15,15 not 40,30,15.

A: If you want to output only the score field, you can do it like this:
SET @ranks = 3;

PREPARE stmt_top3 FROM
    'SELECT score FROM (
        SELECT score, (@row := @row + 1), IF (@row = ?, @min_score := score, NULL)
            FROM user_score
            WHERE score IN (
                SELECT top_score.score FROM (
                    SELECT DISTINCT score,
                    (@row := 0), (@min_score := 0)
                        FROM user_score
                        ORDER BY score DESC
                        LIMIT ?
                ) AS top_score
            )
            ORDER BY score DESC
        ) AS score_rows
        WHERE score >= @min_score
        ORDER BY score DESC';

EXECUTE stmt_top3 USING @ranks, @ranks;

DEMO @ SQL Fiddle
I used a prepared statement, so the number of ranks to show is flexible. If you don't want that, just hardcode a 3 instead of the 2 ?.
Otherwise, if you also need the rank and the user_id, i.e., here's a more extensive approach:
Highscore-Like Ranking (Shared Ranks)
Selects all rows that share the first rank, no matter how many there are.
As long as the number of these rows is not greater than or equal to the maximum of ranks allowed (3 in your example) the next rank is the number of rows + 1.
And everything begins from the start and so on ...
SET @ranks = 3;

PREPARE stmt_top3 FROM
    'SELECT user_score.user_id, score_rank.rank, score_rank.score
        FROM user_score
        INNER JOIN (
            SELECT (@last_rank := @last_rank + @last_equal_score) AS rank,
                score, (@last_equal_score := count(score)) AS equal_score
                FROM user_score
                WHERE score IN (
                    SELECT top_score.score FROM (
                        SELECT DISTINCT score,
                        (@last_rank := 1), (@last_equal_score := 0)
                            FROM user_score
                            ORDER BY score DESC
                            LIMIT ?
                    ) AS top_score
                )
                GROUP BY score
                ORDER BY score DESC
        ) AS score_rank
        ON user_score.score = score_rank.score
        WHERE score_rank.rank <= ?
        ORDER BY score_rank.rank ASC';

EXECUTE stmt_top3 USING @ranks, @ranks;

DEMO @ SQL Fiddle
Due to the fact that MySQL does not support LIMIT in subqueries for certain subquery operators such as IN, you have to wrap your subquery that contains a LIMIT clause in another simple subquery to avoid the following error:

ERROR 1235 (42000): This version of MySQL doesn't yet support  'LIMIT
  & IN/ALL/ANY/SOME subquery'

Restrictions on Subqueries
I used the following setup for testing:
CREATE TABLE user (
    id INT UNSIGNED AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO user (id) VALUES
    (NULL),
    (NULL),
    (NULL),
    (NULL),
    (NULL),
    (NULL);

CREATE TABLE user_score (
    user_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL UNIQUE,
    score INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
    INDEX (score),
    FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES user (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

INSERT INTO user_score (user_id, score) VALUES
    (1, 40),
    (2, 30),
    (3, 15),
    (4, 15),
    (5, 15),
    (6, 10);

A: SELECT *
FROM myTable
WHERE Field1 IN(
    SELECT *
    FROM (
        SELECT DISTINCT Field1
        FROM myTable
        ORDER BY Field1 DESC
        LIMIT 3)
    ) t

The only issue you might have from your example is if you specifically DON'T want to include duplicates of 40 & 30?


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Chief Executive Officer's address to AGM
27 November 2002 Company Announcements Australian Stock Exchange Limited Level 6, Riverside Centre 123 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000
Subject: Chief Executive Officer's address to AGM
Attached is a copy of the text of the Chief Executive Officer's address to the Jumbo Corporation Limited annual general meeting of shareholder, which commenced at 3:00pm today.
For further information please contact Mike Veverka, CEO of Jumbo Corporation on 07 3831 3705. Yours faithfully Jumbo Corporation Limited Bruce David Burrell Company Secretary ADDRESS BY MIKE VEVERKA - CEO OF JUMBO CORPORATION - TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS HELD AT 3:00PM ON WEDNESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2002 I would like to welcome all shareholders to the 2002 Annual General Meeting of Jumbo Corporation Ltd. 2nd Year OF CONTINUED GROWTH I am please to report that the 2002 financial year was the company's second year of improving results, with 4 straight quarters of increasing turnover and revenue. The company also turned around its negative cash flow into an increasing positive cash flow in the 3rd and 4th quarter. I think it's worth comparing the results for the most recent September 2002 quarter with the corresponding quarter 1 year ago. *turnover up from $1.24 million to $7 million per quarter *revenue up from $320,000 to $1.5 million per quarter *opening cash flow improved from a negative $44,000 to a positive $147,000 per quarter This was primarily a result of our successful implementation of the Jumbo ecommerce software that was completed 2 years ago in late 2000. From that time forward the company has grown for 9 straight quarters during a very difficult time in the industry. INCREASING PRODUCT RANGE Our range of products has increased over the year to give us a broader foundation to grow revenues. DVD's and CD's are our latest addition with sales commencing from the Jumbomall website ahead of the busy Christmas season. We are expanding the range of titles to offer over 12,000 DVD and over 75,000 CD titles which wil rival many of the biggest DVD and CD sites on the Internet. The products will initially be only available to customers in the USE and Canada which remains the main market for Jumbo. BENON TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD Benon Technologies, the operating company for the Jumbo business, performed well in the 2002 financial year with its first annual profit. this company is responsible for the majority of the results for the Jumbo group and is expected to continue its growth in the year ahead. STARTUP COSTS IN SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES During 2001, Jumbo supplied startup capital for Building Sit Services (Aust) Pty Ltd, Dealer Dan Pty Ltd and Online Computing Australia Pty Ltd. This had a significant contribution to the loss recorded for the 2002 Financial year. All these companies are now up and running and require minima further capital. My expectation is for these companies to start making an improved contribution to the group in the year ahead. SUCCESSFUL CAPITAL RAISING Towards the end of the 2002 financial year, Jumbo successfully raised $180,000 from its shareholder share purchase scheme. I am happy with this result considering the difficult market conditions and I would like to thank the shareholders for their support. THE VISION AHEAD Now that the company has reached its current size, a number of challenges lie ahead to grow to the next level. We have already begun planning and executing strategies to allow the company to continue its growth. At last years AGM I said that I expected the share price would eventually reflect what I consider to be the true value or the company. despite our positive results, this has not yet happened. However I still expect that as we continue tog row more shareholders will begin to realise the value in Jumbo resulting in a strong share price. The last 2 years have demonstrate that the Jumbo software can perform well and that the business can grow strongly. I am encourage by the results and would like to thank the rest of the Jumbo team for their hard work over the past year. (For further information please contact Mike Veverka on 07 3831 3705). Mike Veverka CEO Jumbo Corporation Limited Phone 07 3831 3705 Fax 07 3831 9720
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This spaghetti uses chicken broth instead of the proverbial "heart attack on a plate" that conventional alfredo sauce kindly provides. This recipe is adapted from Lydia Bastianich. She does not bind the sauce with flour as I do, and I find it necessary so that when the eggs are added, they have something to cling to, thereby avoiding curdling.
Preheat oven to 400. In a Large oven proof Dutch oven (4-5 quart), place the bacon. Put into the oven until the bacon is crisp. We do this in the actual pan that we are going to make the sauce in so that the residual bacon flavor is there. Remove from oven and drain bacon on paper towels. Chop finely. Let pan cool and drain all of the fat away. Blot pan with paper towels. Discard paper towels!
Place pan on medium heat and add the chicken broth, the peas and the three tablespoons of WONDRA flour. Regular flour will work if you first dilute it in a few tablespoons of water and then add. Wondra simply stirs right in as you all know! Simmer this mixture for a few minutes (add some salt and pepper) while you boil the pasta in a large pot of salted water.
Beat the eggs in a small bowl and add the cream, and a good dosage of salt and pepper. When the pasta is ready, drain it. Add the pasta to the hot sauce and take the entire pot off the heat. Slowly drop in the eggs while tossing. It will look soupy at this point but do not worry it will firm up considerably. Add the chicken, the bacon and the cheese. Taste the sauce and reseason with salt and pepper.
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Adapted from Martha Stewart, these Baked beans are just beyond. I can't remember who it was, but someone appeared on Martha years ago and described the process of making baked beans. To Martha's horror, this did not involve soaking white beans overnight and cooking them with a smoked ham hock and taking 24 hours to finish the process. No. This bean recipe started with, quelle horror….canned beans! Oh yes. And so, with a few tricks up my sleeve, I knew that I could take these beans to another level. The original recipe included onions and peppers, which I removed. A few more additions and I think I have the perfect baked bean recipe. This feeds a major crowd. Here goes. For about 20 servings!
1 pound fresh andouille sausage (look for the Premio brand here in New Jersey–if you can't find fresh, don't use the smoked unless you like the kielbasa taste–rather any other type of fresh sausage like Creole, Sweet Italian, Breakfast pork (like the kind you would use in a sage stuffing). In a pinch, you can also substitute 1 pound of cooked bacon, drained and crumbled.
Mix the beans, the brown sugar, the mustard, the ketchup and the W sauce in a large Dutch oven. Add the cayenne and the salt and set aside. Over medium heat, brown the ground beef until it has given off all of its moisture and then drain well–the last thing you want is added fat to this. Crumble into 1/2 inch pieces and add to the beans.
If using the fresh Andouille, which I LOVE, take it out of its casing and brown it over medium heat in a large frying pan. If substituting any other fresh sausage you can do this as well, same method. DRAIN well, crumble into 1/2 inch pieces and add to the beans. If substituting bacon brown the bacon (I like to do this in a 425 degree oven to avoid the mess) then drain, crumble and add to the beans. Stir well.
Place in the oven (400F) for at least 60-75 minutes (if not 90 minutes) until it's bubbly and hot and perhaps forming a little crust on top. Take out, let cool and serve. Serves about 20. Yes, 20. Feel free to cut the recipe in half unless you are bringing this to a family reunion or just a hungry bunch! These beans are delicious!
I'll post the photo tomorrow as I am making them for a neighborhood block party here in Erwinna!


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Police, Cameras, Action
By:Mark Chatterton
Date: Mon,27 Apr 2009
Submitter:Mark Chatterton
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April has been a tough month for the police in terms of negative publicity. Right from the very first day the Police in London especially, were in for a tough ride with the G-20 summit, taking place in London. The police had to deal with large scale demonstrations mainly in the city of London, which ended in the attack on a Royal Bank of Scotland building. But overall most of the demonstrations ended peacefully, with relatively few people getting hurt. Or so we thought. A few days later it emerged that Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper seller, died shortly after being pushed over by a police officer. In a separate incident a female demonstrator was hit in the face and then with a baton by a policeman with his identity number obscured. Both of these incidents had been filmed by onlookers and were shown on national televison. Then in a third incident a policeman pushing back demonstrators is shown throwing a punch at a demonstrator, whilst one of his colleagues was shining a bright light at the person filming the events.
All this has helped reduce public confidence in the police. Further incidents this month in other areas have included the arrest of ten suspected "terrorists" in the North West of England, supposedly involved in a plot to blow up public places in Manchester. Yet this week I read that all of them have been released without charge. The final icing on the cake was in Gloucestershire, where police broke down the door of the home of a 73-year-old lady who they hadn't "been able to contact by phone". Luckily she was out at the time when they burst in, but she has been told she will have to pay the £100 bill for the damaged door.
These incidents show that somewhere along the line something has gone wrong with policing in this country. Sure the police have to put up with a lot of abuse, especially in demonstrations, but shouldn't their training prepare and teach them to cope with such aggressive behaviour? The days when most people in a community knew who their
local policeman was, seem to be fading, in spite of the fact that most people would prefer to see more "bobbies on the beat". Do you personally know a policeman or policewoman that you can talk to about a problem in your area? Nowadays you see more police on TV on the news and on those car chase shows. In most areas of Britain there has been the introduction of "Police community support officers", or "Plastic policemen" as some cynical people call them. They have limited powers compared to a "proper policeman", but surely their presence on the streets is reassuring for many ordinary people?
Another way the police seem to have been "replaced" is through the explosion in the use of CCTV cameras all over the land, so that Britain is the most watched nation per head anywhere in the world. I have learnt that just by taking a journey into London and out again by public transport, you will be filmed at least thirty times during your journey on CCTV cameras. Who is watching you? The Police? Or some minor civil servant? And what about your privacy? Does this count anymore? Do CCTV cameras help prevent criminals from carrying out crimes? Or are they just another tool for the powers that be to watch over the general population? Have we become a police state? Yes and No.
The police are supposed to be public servants, yet in some people's eyes they have become public masters. On the police's side I would agree that they have to do far too much paperwork when a crime is reported and they are on a hiding to nothing for the job they do. Most members of the public support the police and are appreciative of the job they do. Yet there are signs that some officers, once they put on that uniform, are becoming a different animal. In fact these recent incidents show that some officers are not behaving in the way that is befitting a police officer. Could this be the tip of an iceberg? Ask yourself. Who controls the police? The people of this nation? Or certain individuals in power?
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Gov'Ts Small Business Plans 'Too Fragmented'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Government's small business development strategy is "too fragmented", a consultant yesterday urging it to "tie" all activities to the sector's long-awaited legislation.
Mark Turnquest, of Mark A. Turnquest Consulting, told Tribune Business that the promised Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Development Bill needed to drive all initiatives designed to advance entrepreneurship, not the other way around.
He suggested that the small business development strategies pursued by previous administrations had been hopelessly muddled and confused, with the likes of the Bahamas Development Bank (BDB), government-sponsored venture capital fund and Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) all doing their own thing with no central co-ordination.
Disclosing that Cabinet Ministers had "signalled" they were prepared to bring the promised legislation forward, Mr Turnquest said the SME Development Act could serve as the tool that would prevent government agencies operating in isolation.
"If you want to develop Over-the-Hill, plug that into the Small Business Act," he told Tribune Business. "If you want to develop the Family Islands, plug that into the Small Business Act. If you want small business centres, plug that in.
"Every initiative should be tied directly to the Small Business Act. It's supposed to speak directly to the entrepreneurship centres, the tourism centres; everything is supposed to be tied into the Small Business Act, all of them, not the Act tied to them.
"It's too fragmented," Mr Turnquest said of the current small business support structure. "Every strategic initiative to drive small business now is fragmented - BAIC, BDB and the venture fund. All of them are supposed to be tied into the Small Business Act, not the Small Business Act tied into them."
The Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Development Bill is now into its third administration, having initially been conceived under the last Ingraham government between 2007-2012. Its Christie administration also failed to bring it to Parliament, meaning the proposed legislation has now been around a decade in the making.
The SME legislation, as initially drafted, proposed the creation of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA), which was to function as the 'one-stop shop' for providing and co-ordinating assistance to the sector.
SMEDA's proposed role was to assist small businesses with crafting business plans and access to capital, as well as co-ordinating the necessary support they required from other government agencies and the private sector, such as marketing, accounting and human resource functions.
The Christie administration initially conducted much work on the draft SME Act, engaging consultants to develop the draft legislation and support agencies/structures, and consulting with the private sector.
However, the momentum stalled and the initiative appeared to be overtaken by the National Development Plan (NDP). Khaalis Rolle, former minister of state for investments, previously told Tribune Business that the Government wanted to ensure the SME Act aligned properly with the NDP's objectives.
The Minnis administration's manifesto committed the Government to assist Bahamian small businesses and entrepreneurs, placing emphasis on former FNM initiatives such as the Fresh Start and Jump Start programmes. Since taking office, it has also focused on the Small Business Entrepreneur Centre planned at the University of the Bahamas in partnership with the US Small Business Development Centres.
Mr Turnquest yesterday said his Deputy Prime Minister namesake had indicated to him that the Government would put the SME Bill forward for legislating prior to year-end 2017.
"I saw what I call signals that it was going to be legislated between now and December," he told Tribune Business.
However, he criticised the Government's failure to-date to seek input and advice from entrepreneurs in the sector and consultants such as himself.
Mr Turnquest urged it to speak to those who have "skin in the game" and "understand the dynamics" before it finalised its strategy to support Bahamian small businesses.
"They don't have to reinvent the wheel," he added. "It takes too much time. As I speak, we don't have a national definition of what is a small business in this country.
"I don't want the FNM government to run into the same problems as the PLP. We're not asking for money; we understand the country is broke. But right now I have people, small businesses coming to me and saying they've about given up again; there's nothing happening."
Mr Turnquest urged the Government to first focus on passing the SME Bill as enabling legislation, plus come up with a definition for what constitutes a small business in the Bahamas. Once that was accomplished, it could then target strategies to cure the sector's ills.
"The Government is working from the top down, not the bottom up, and that has failed the country for 10 years," he said. "You have to get the Small Business Act framework first, and then plug into that all the development strategies and clearly articulate what is going on.
"We have 15 different strategies going 15 different places without any co-ordination. The Government thinks they know what they're doing, but they're going on the same path with no one direction and it's not focused.
"I must thank them for signalling they're willing to help small businesses, and I know they have the motivation to do so, but the problem is that the strategy is not aligned with the vision, and that will cost us time, money and waste a lot of resources."


Some experts predict that by 2020 there will be 200 billion systems connected to the Internet. Software is everywhere, and it changes the way we live, behave and interact with the world around us. As technology becomes deeper rooted in our lives and we become more vulnerable if technology fails.
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We see that 90% of all attacks start with a phishing email, so there is a distinct trend in the market that our primary focus should be on protecting clients and training users, so they get better at detect attack.
To draw an analogy to, for example, banking world, a criminal can easily enter the bank (outermost team), they may rob the cashier, but it is very hard for the criminals to enter the banker's (inner team), where the biggest values are.
The main purpose of building the company's IT security is to ensure critical data and business continuity. Therefore, we do not recommend using all its resources to protect the clients. In our view, companies must, to a certain extent, survive PCs, smartphones and tablets being compromised, but we must ensure that the criminals can not move unrestrictedly across systems and escalate rights.
When IT security professionals have been in dialogue with companies on IT security, very often there has been a focus on selling new solutions. IT security houses have been interested in licenses and consultants for the project.
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Hike to Inspiration Point: The trailhead is located just a 5-minute drive from downtown, which means there are no excuses for skipping out on this 3.5-mile roundtrip hike that puts you atop a scenic overlook and gives you a panoramic view of downtown all the way north to the airport and beyond. While short, the hike gains 800 feet in elevation rather quickly, so be sure to bring plenty of water. And don't forget your camera – the hike didn't get the name "Inspiration Point" by accident.
Paddle Board in the Harbor: Regardless of whether you've tried stand up paddle boarding before, it's unlikely you've done it in a setting as epic as the Santa Barbara waterfront. Beautiful views of the boats, beaches, and palm trees are framed by the mountains that hug the coast, and there's a good chance you'll spot a seal or two. Boards and tours are available from the Santa Barbara Sailing Center and start at $15/hour.
Wine-Picnic in Santa Ynez Valley: Just a 45-minute drive over the mountains from downtown, the Santa Ynez Valley has maintained a modest image and remains littered with cheap tasting rooms ($5 to $10) and down-to-earth winemakers – a fortunate holdover from the pre-Sideways days. We suggest packing a blanket and a cooler of bread, cheese, and fruit to accompany a bottle of wine for a picnic in one of the vineyards. For those that don't want to rent a car, the downtown urban wine trail is a solid secondary option.
Eat Like a Local: Great restaurants are a dime a dozen in Santa Barbara, but finding budget-friendly spots can be tricky. Here are a few tips to help get you some good grub at a reasonable price: Try out the pasta plates (from $16) at The Palace for flavorful food in a great Cajun atmosphere; the Hoffman Brat Haus specializes in sausages (think duck, rattlesnake, pheasant, rabbit, chicken, pork, and even vegetarian, from $6.95) as well as liters of Belgian and German beers (from $5); La Super-Rica gets all the love from tourists (and the lines and high prices that come along with that), but Cuernavaca Taqueria is all the rage with locals (tacos from $1.60). And finally, while the harbor area is expensive, go to Brophy Bros for a beer and a bowl of what this writer considers to be Santa Barbara's best clam chowder ($4.50).
Camp along the Coast: What better way to take in the coast than to camp on the beach? There are many options for camping along the coast near Santa Barbara, with campgrounds stretching from Carpinteria State Park in the south all the way north to Gaviota State Park. While not on the coast, Lake Cachuma is located just outside of Santa Ynez wine country and is a great spot for those looking to do some fishing/camping on their way back to Santa Barbara after a day of tasting.


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Hootsuite Buys Facebook Ads Manager AdEspresso, Rolls Out Self-Serve Platform
by Kelly Liyakasa // Tuesday, February 7th, 2017 – 9:05 am
Hootsuite aims to prove it's not just your average social media management dashboard.
The company – which was founded in 2008, the heyday of companies seeking to tame the social fire hose – revealed Tuesday it had acquired AdEspresso, a Facebook and Instagram ads platform, for an undisclosed amount.
Hootsuite will roll out an enterprise ad platform called Hootsuite Ads to help marketers create, distribute and measure their ad campaigns across multiple social platforms. AdEspresso by Hootsuite will operate as its self-serve platform.
The company employs nearly 1,000 employees and was valued in 2014 at more than $1 billion following a $60 million funding round. It mainly competes with other enterprise social marketing platforms such as Sprinklr and big marketing clouds.
But with organic reach waning – and longtime partners like Facebook eyeing newer multiscreen formats, such as mid-roll video ads – many social marketing platforms were forced to adapt.
"Strategically, we were seeing organic reach for brands declining and this move away from vanity metrics like likes, comments and follows to real business metrics," said Matt Switzer, SVP of strategy and corporate development for Hootsuite. "Social was growing up in a lot of these brand organizations and becoming a bigger part of the marketing mix."
Hootsuite has found customers like eHarmony are looking for social solutions that not only drive DR metrics, such as website conversions, but also improve brand awareness and loyalty.
Hence Hootsuite's ongoing investment in technology that takes it further than the text link and basics of earned media. Hootsuite, which essentially grew up as a Twitter client, made a number of investments since its last financing round to build out its platform's capabilities.
"We made an acquisition and launched Enhance, an image editing and content offering tool for mobile," Switzer said. "We acquired a business called UberVU that formed the basis of our insights and intelligence offering. We also made some pretty big strides in building up our analytics offering."
Although Hootsuite is primarily priced as a licensed SaaS platform, it does have a services group that works alongside a brand or its agency if they need custom development work or complete third-party integrations.
Hootsuite says it's cash-flow positive, "one of a very small fraction of unicorns to do that," Switzer claimed.
But will Hootsuite remain independent, considering most of its competitors are part of cloud stacks?
"For now, we're well served as an independent, standalone company, but if there was an opportunity where it made sense for that to change," he added, "I don't think we'd be blind to it."
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Oooops! No Safe harbour = no data sharing outside of EU = BIG problems for Google and Facebook ad platform.
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CIOs should have IT budgets taken away from them and "only eat what they kill", according to boardroom advisor Ade McCormack.
"The budget is like a charity, and if you have to rely on budget, you're not really empowered," said McCormack, a columnist for the Financial Times and author of 'The IT Value Stack'.
Instead McCormack advised CIOs to surrender their budget and then operate on a 'eat what they kill' basis. Speaking at the Gartner Outsourcing & IT services Summit in London, McCormack told CIOs to go out, win business and compete in the wider market place.
"Most CIOs are hermetically sealed in the company. If released into the wild one day, it would be a shock. But if we ate what we killed, we would have a lot more money. We would make the money that we spend."
If CIOs rely on budgets, he said, they are more vulnerable because it's very easy for management to just cut the expenditure.
McCormack added that it's up to IT vendors to help get CIOs into the boardroom, and focus on becoming a trusted advisor rather than hitting sales targets.
The relationship between vendor and the CIO needs to be equal, he said. If the vendor is too strong, the CIO could become a "puppet", which in turn brings about their demise.
"The CIO becomes your chief sales officer, they represent you in the boardroom. If the CIO is too disempowered, they will get fired, and you [the IT vendor] are back at square one," said McCormack.
Equally, if the CIO has too much power in the relationship, and the vendor's role is weak, then there is little innovation, he said. Services are "adequate at best" and there is "legal nitpicking" around contracts.
In an ideal scenario, the IT vendor and the CIO work together. McCormack advised vendors to relax pressure on its sales staff to hit targets because it puts at risk a long-term relationship with CIOs.
Instead, the vendor should help the CIO make the value case and become more boardroom-ready. But the CIO also needs to understand how to talk to the board and to articulate the value of IT.
"The problem is the boardroom doesn't know if it puts a Euro in to the IT department, will it get two Euros back. The CFO wants to measure IT as a black box with an Excel interface, particularly when value can't be articulated."
In some cases, the CFO does get the CIO on the board, "but if that CIO then uses words like .Net, Web 2.0 and C#, software as a service, then the CIO won't be on that board for long", he said. "The board knows words like share price, profit, loss, balance sheet, governance, risk, prison."
"A lot of CIOs haven't woken up to that, it's a problem,"said McCormack. "I'd encourage CFOs to interview CIOs, the first question: What is our share price today? If the CIO can't answer that: Interview terminated."
When asked about the rise of cloud computing, which treats IT as asset-based rather than forming strategic relationships with CIOs, McCormack said: "I don't have strategic relationship with stapler suppliers."
"There will be vendors that focus on technology that will be pushed down the value chain. The danger with IT is that it works so well that it is no longer interesting, and becomes boring. CIOs want something interesting.
"But cloud is a compelling model, and CIOs should buy into it as it allows you to scale very quickly, so you can scale and setup organisations and outlets around the world."


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Q: Loop to make circle grow Could anyone help me out with a loop that will make the ellipses forming the flower grow.
there are 5 ellipses acting as petals and the one center flower ellipse.
Stem myStem;
Circle circles[];

float scaleFactor=0.5;

void setup() {

size(floor(400*scaleFactor), floor(800*scaleFactor));
myStem = new Stem(200,800);
//mpoved this to setup, no need to recreate each frame
circles = new Circle[6];
circles[0]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
circles[1]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
circles[2]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
circles[3]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
circles[4]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
circles[5]  = new Circle(0, 0, 50, 50);
// also smooth only needs to be called once
// unless ther is a noSmooth() somewhere
// smooth();
}

void draw() {

  float grow = 0;
  //translate(myStem.initalloX, myStem.initalloY);
  myStem.drawStem();
  //set centre point
  if (frameCount>grow) {
    translate(myStem.initalloX, ((frameCount>250)?myStem.initalloY-      500:myStem.initalloY-(2*frameCount)));
    fill(170, 14, 24); // red
    for (int i = 0; i < circles.length-1; i++) {
      ellipse(circles[i].c1+grow, circles[i].c2+grow, circles[i].c3+grow, circles[i].c4+grow);
      rotate(radians(72));
    }
    fill(14, 17, 170); // blue
    ellipse(circles[5].c1, circles[5].c2, circles[5].c3, circles[5].c4);
 }
}

class Stem {
int initalloX=200;
int initalloY=800;

Stem(int tempInitalloX, int tempInitalloY) {
  initalloX = tempInitalloX;
  initalloY = tempInitalloY;

}

void drawStem() {
  background(#0DBADB);
  scale(scaleFactor, scaleFactor);
  stroke (12, 149, 11);
  fill (12, 149, 11);
  strokeWeight(10);
  line(initalloX, initalloY, initalloX, ((frameCount>250)?initalloY-500:initalloY-(2*frameCount)));
  //stem1
  if (frameCount>101) {
    noStroke();
    translate(initalloX, initalloY-200);
    scale(min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1), min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1));
    beginShape();
    vertex(0, 0);
    bezierVertex(-40, -5, -30, -40, -80, -20);
    bezierVertex(-47, -16, -52, 8, 0, 0);
    endShape(CLOSE);
    scale(1/min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1), 1/min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1));
    translate(-initalloX, -(initalloY-200));
    noStroke();
  }
  //stem2
  if (frameCount>151) {
//  noStroke();
    translate(initalloX, initalloY-300);
    scale(-min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1), min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1));
    beginShape();
    vertex(0, 0);
    bezierVertex(-40, -5, -30, -40, -80, -20);
    bezierVertex(-47, -16, -52, 8, 0, 0);
    endShape(CLOSE);
    scale(-1/min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1), 1/min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1));
    translate(-initalloX, -(initalloY-300));

    }
  }
 }

class Circle {

  int c1 = 0;
  int c2 = -40;
  float c3 = 50;
  float c4 = 50;

  Circle(int tc1, int tc2, float tc3, float tc4) {
    c1 = tc1;
    c2 = tc2;
    c3 = tc3;
    c4 = tc4;
   }
 }

This is a function in a program, and it is written in Processing.
Thanks in advance for help/input!

A: _hi theolc, for your growing flower i would do something like this, a very simple start for you ;). See if it help. I choosed to go by trigonometry as it appeared to me to be easier to control than rotation in this case. Check it out (click mouse to grow/ click holding any key to shrink):
Stem myStem;
Circle circles[];
Flower p = new Flower();

float scaleFactor=0.5;

void setup() {

  size(floor(400*scaleFactor), floor(800*scaleFactor));
  myStem = new Stem(200, 800);
  p = new Flower (0, 0);
  //mpoved this to setup, no need to recreate each frame
  circles = new Circle[6];
  circles[0]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
  circles[1]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
  circles[2]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
  circles[3]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
  circles[4]  = new Circle(0, -40, 50, 50);
  circles[5]  = new Circle(0, 0, 50, 50);
  // also smooth only needs to be called once
  // unless ther is a noSmooth() somewhere
  smooth();
}

void draw() {

  float grow = 0;
  //translate(myStem.initalloX, myStem.initalloY);
  myStem.drawStem();
  //set centre point
  if (frameCount>grow) {

    translate(myStem.initalloX, ((frameCount>250)?myStem.initalloY-      500:myStem.initalloY-(2*frameCount)));

    fill(170, 14, 24); // red
    for (int i = 0; i < circles.length-1; i++) {
      ellipse(circles[i].c1+grow, circles[i].c2+grow, circles[i].c3+grow, circles[i].c4+grow);
      rotate(radians(72));
    }
    fill(14, 17, 170); // blue
    ellipse(circles[5].c1, circles[5].c2, circles[5].c3, circles[5].c4);
    p.grow();
  }

  p.display();
}

class Stem {
  int initalloX=200;
  int initalloY=800;

  Stem(int tempInitalloX, int tempInitalloY) {
    initalloX = tempInitalloX;
    initalloY = tempInitalloY;
  }

  void drawStem() {
    background(#0DBADB);
    scale(scaleFactor, scaleFactor);
    stroke (12, 149, 11);
    fill (12, 149, 11);
    strokeWeight(10);
    line(initalloX, initalloY, initalloX, ((frameCount>250)?initalloY-500:initalloY-(2*frameCount)));
    //stem1
    if (frameCount>101) {
      noStroke();
      translate(initalloX, initalloY-200);
      scale(min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1), min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1));
      beginShape();
      vertex(0, 0);
      bezierVertex(-40, -5, -30, -40, -80, -20);
      bezierVertex(-47, -16, -52, 8, 0, 0);
      endShape(CLOSE);
      scale(1/min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1), 1/min((float)(frameCount-100)/100, 1));
      translate(-initalloX, -(initalloY-200));
      noStroke();
    }
    //stem2
    if (frameCount>151) {
      //  noStroke();
      translate(initalloX, initalloY-300);
      scale(-min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1), min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1));
      beginShape();
      vertex(0, 0);
      bezierVertex(-40, -5, -30, -40, -80, -20);
      bezierVertex(-47, -16, -52, 8, 0, 0);
      endShape(CLOSE);
      scale(-1/min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1), 1/min((float)(frameCount-150)/150, 1));
      translate(-initalloX, -(initalloY-300));
    }
  }
}

class Circle {

  int c1 = 0;
  int c2 = -40;
  float c3 = 50;
  float c4 = 50;

  Circle(int tc1, int tc2, float tc3, float tc4) {
    c1 = tc1;
    c2 = tc2;
    c3 = tc3;
    c4 = tc4;
  }
}

class Flower {

  float centerX;
  float centerY;
  float posX;
  float posY;
  float maxSize = 51;
  float maxFactor = 40;
  float sizes = 0;
  float factor = 0;
  float speed = 0.17;

  Flower() {
  }
  Flower(float _centerX, float _centerY)
  {
    centerX = _centerX;
    centerY = _centerY;
  }

  void setCenter(float x, float y)
  {
    centerX = x;
    centerY = y;
  }

  void display()
  {
    for (int i = -18; i < 360; i+=72)
    {
       posX = centerX + cos(radians(i)) * factor;
       posY = centerY + sin(radians(i)) * factor;
      noStroke();
      fill(14, 170, 170 ); // blue
      ellipse(posX, posY, sizes, sizes);
    }
    fill(145, 170, 170);

    ellipse(centerX, centerY, sizes , sizes );
  }

  void grow()
  {
    factor = (factor < maxFactor )?  factor + speed: maxFactor;
    sizes = (sizes < maxSize )?  sizes + speed*1.3 : maxSize;

  }
}// end of Flower


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Happy new year! I hope you're having the most wonderful of New Years and staying safe from the terrifying weather if you live in the UK!
1. Keep up my Empties posts. As weird as hoarding your rubbish may be, I find the process of going through my empties every two months so useful in figuring out what worked for me, what didn't, and what's going out rather than coming in, thus helping me focus on downsizing my collection by using things up rather than throwing them out. I feel that if someone's used up an entire product, they're going to be able to give you a thorough, honest opinion on the product, so I hope these posts help you too!
2. Stay within my budget. Being honest here: I have to stick to £280 per month to cover all my expenses that aren't rent, bills or insurance-related. Sounds like a generous amount on its own, but when I'm paying around £40 a week on fuel, that leaves £30 for food, plus entertainment, going out, clothes and beauty products. I like to be creative in saving money and getting good deals, but I'd much prefer to save up for one product I really want than making several impulse purchases – we'll see how this goes!
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In the region around Waldmünchen energy pioneers have been developing for years, and now the concentrated know-how of these energy enterprises is a real benefit for the Engineer's school Waldmünchen.
The bioenergy village Schäferei is unique in the district of Cham. The entire village as well as the neighbouring village Kümmersmühle are provided with CO2-neutral thermal energy from two biogas plants.
The company has developed a biogas plant on a dry basis and is operating it with great success.
Another major cmponent for the energy region is the biomass heating plant Böhmerwald-Wärme in Waldmünchen. The acting prime minister of Bavaria, Horst Seehofer, put the foundation stone for the new plant in 2009.
In recent years the municipal area Waldmünchen has consistently focused on the reduction of energy consumption and the production of renewable energies. Waldmünchen is therefore also a good example for the renovation of public buildings such as the innovative energy-saving renovation of the primary school.
Due to the active and open-minded citizens towards renewable energy, Waldmünchen could generate so far over 75 % of its demand for electricity itself.
The locations where environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral energy is produced, can be visited during an energy adventure journey – of course eco-friendly with e-bikes or segways.


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unable to turnoff while charging. Is it a bug?
bluray videos not playing in lumina 535.
Anonymous, 13 Mar 2015How to lock inbox &contact like Samsung in Lumia 535? Is there any apps to lock?plz tell me.Is there any apps to lock inbox in this device????
How to lock inbox &contact like Samsung in Lumia 535? Is there any apps to lock?plz tell me.
iam using microsoft lumia 535,this mobile wifi complaint,sometimes it works,some times it showserror.
On arena here it showed 8gb internal memory but on buying, i found only 4gb. Again batry is so weak, cant make 24hrs even on moderate use.
AnonD-374088, 13 Mar 2015don't you face any touch issues? When did u buy? Whats ur hardware version?I didn't feel any touch issue. I bought it on 7th February. I received the phone update two days before and got it updated. Firmware revision number is:3.0.0.0 , before update i also didn't feel any touch issue.
Afan, 12 Mar 2015Please don't confuse,go for it,excellent phone.you will enjoy it. don't you face any touch issues? When did u buy? Whats ur hardware version?
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Duryea's
Posted by John Stikeman on May 29, 2019 at 9:30 AM
There have been a number of comments, pro and con, with respect to the acquisition of Duryea's by Mr. Marc Rowan and his plans for the restaurant. This is a space where members of Montauk United can post their commens for all to see. Please click on "comments" if you wish to add your own views.
To help frame the issues, below is a summary of the position of Lisa Grenci of the Tuthilll Road Association, and that of Marc Rowan, the present owner of Duryea's.
Lisa Grenci - Montauk is Not for Sale
There is still a place in Montauk so peaceful and beautiful, it's lost in time. It's a place where kids can ride their bikes and dogs can run in the street and won't get run over by a car. But now Montauk's oldest neighborhood is up against a billionaire hedge funder who has sued the Town multiple times to get his way, which will change all that. We urgently need your help to save this neighborhood, keep freshwater Tuthill Pond clean and prevent Fort Pond Bay from becoming an oil slick way-station filled with sea-planes and tender boats bringing passengers back and forth to the continuously expanding Duryea's Lobster Deck, Oyster Bar, Private Dining Areas and Restaurant.
Our neighborhood, friends and people who care about Montauk have banded together, as we did in the past to Stop the Ferry, to combat a restaurant that is seemingly impervious to financial slaps on the wrist and which continues to modify and expand its indoor and outdoor seating areas, and do whatever it pleases, without the benefit of site plan review or any sort of environmental review, all of which flies in the face of a 1997 Zoning Board of Appeals Determination that found that no such lawful restaurant use exists on the property and that the business never provided fixed seating, either indoors or out, and has never provided table service by waiters or waitresses.
This restaurant has unlimited funding. The restaurant is "winning" because of that (and due to an illegal stipulation signed by the Town Attorney who had no legal right to do so), and not because they have followed the town code as everyone else has had to do. The owners knew they were buying a .25 upland acre of property of usable business space with no restaurant but that has not deterred them.
Duryea's continued expansion with no New York State Environmental Quality Review Act Approvals or East Hampton Town Planning Department approvals is harming our beautiful hamlet and ecosystem in the oldest continuous Montauk neighborhood, while disregarding every environmental law on the books. Traffic is a nightmare on this tiny roadway and a detriment to our emergency services. Parking is occurring actually IN the pond, a septic waste system and commercial parking has been proposed to be placed on residentially zoned property (against our zoning code) and on property which historically was used by our Native Montaukett tribe as a fresh watering hole contiguous to their old Fort on nearby Fort Hill. The state of the art sewage waste system proposed by the owner appears to have been designed to handle a 350 seat restaurant and is proposed to be located uphill of the pond which will leach its waste downhill into Tuthill Pond, destroying the natural wildlife and their habitat and affecting neighboring wells. Lisa Grenci
Marc Rowan - Owner of Duryea's
Duryea's for me is a labor of love first and second and a commercial activity thereafter. Chip trusted me to carry on what his family had owned for two generations and you should feel free to check in with him as he is a tough critic. I bellieve the danger in outright opposition to all change is that it discourages responsible owners from doing the right thing for fear of "making waves". To be clear, the only physical change sought at Duryea's is the installation of an advanced, low nitrogen septic system in place of the functioning, but older, system. I encourage you to read my two letters to the editor and the attached article below.
For a generation, significant parking, commercial activity and dining have taken place along the shores of Fort Pond Bay and along the edge of Tuthill Pond. For nearly 30 years, Edna McGlynn and other members of the Tuthill Road Association have written letters about this activity, to which Duryea's ownership has responded by pointing out its vested, pre-existing rights that preceded residential development in the area.
In some sense, nothing has changed at Duryea's, including the parking, size and scale of outdoor seating and related commercial activity. What has changed is the popularity of Montauk in general and of Duryea's in particular. In 2015, following my purchase of Duryea's, I proposed a substantial reduction in the size of the Duryea's building that would still maintain its historic character. I also proposed installing an upgraded septic system, eliminating the buildings adjacent to Tuthill Pond and improving parking adjacent to Tuthill Pond and elsewhere.
These efforts were met with opposition from Edna and her colleagues and were ultimately discontinued in favor of the status quo. Notwithstanding the position of the Tuthill Road Association, over the past few years I have protected the Duryea legacy and history, repaired what needed to be repaired including the dock and revetments, reduced our environmental footprint, eliminated the use of harmful chemicals and moved garbage indoors along with a range of other measures designed to reduce our environmental footprint. Most recently, I donated an adjacent parcel of land to the Peconic Land Trust. The most important initiative currently underway at Duryea's is the upgrade to an advanced, low nitrogen septic system. Edna and her colleagues also oppose this even though it will bring only environmental benefits to the property and entails no physical expansion.
Ultimately, a balance between historical land use, commercial activity, environmental protection and quality of life should be found throughout Montauk. I can only imagine how difficult it will be to find this balance in the main commercial core of Montauk given the experience thus far at Duryea's.
Re: Fragile Wetlands (April 12, 2019). Many years ago, people were unaware that sanitary systems built adjacent to wetlands did tremendous damage to the water supply and environment in general. Unfortunately, this is the current condition along many of Montauk's waterways. The ONLY CONSTRUCTION planned at Duryea's is the replacement of an older septic system with an advanced low nitrogen system; something the Town, Concerned Citizens of Montauk and almost every environmental organization has strongly encouraged. This is not something I am required to do, but what is right. In addition, since buying Duryea's I eliminated most disposable plastic, I pump my septic frequently to minimize any leaching even though the existing system works just fine, I close early to avoid late night noise and I serve only wine and beer instead of liquor to encourage a family-oriented, mature crowd. There is no expansion planned, no change to any buildings or otherwise. As far as becoming a "full restaurant", the only difference vs the current operation is the ability of a patron to have their order taken by a server and pay a server vs going to the counter to order and pay. Marc Rowan.
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Reply joan
12:08 PM on June 14, 2019
East Hampton Star Editorial, by David Buda
Duryea's Deal Questions
The town lawyer at the center of a controversy over a lawsuit brought by the new owner of Duryea's in Montauk has departed for parts unknown, but this is hardly the end of the troubling matter. Many questions remain about who knew what when in an improper - and possibly illegal - settlement arrangement he signed.
In January, the Town of East Hampton and Marc Rowan, the billionaire co-founder of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management, quietly settled a lawsuit about the property. Mr. Rowan had up to then unsuccessfully sought town permits for alterations - some say expansion - of a restaurant on the waterfront site, where one Yelp reviewer likened the ambience to St. Tropez and Ibiza. Prices are no longer listed on Duryea's online menu, but the last time we looked, it was $54 for a lobster Cobb salad. So much for the old Montauk, right?
In the settlement draft, it appeared he got nearly everything he wanted. The agreement would also have bound the town to legalize all manner of uses and structures on the property and set hard deadlines for the Building Department and planning boards to play along in allowing waitstaff service at the restaurant, where before only a kind of hybrid takeout system had been permitted.
But there was a problem - a big one. When Michael Sendlenski, then the top town lawyer who has since resigned, ostensibly agreed to the settlement, he had not been authorized to do so by a majority vote of the board. Mr. Sendlenski quit not long after a Feb. 21 board meeting in which he angrily defended himself against an accusation that he had acted improperly. In mid-March, the town hired an outside law firm in an attempt to reverse the settlement with Mr. Rowan, and a judge did that about a month later.
Just how much East Hampton Supervisor Peter Van Scoyoc knew in advance about the settlement dealings is not clear. In a sworn affidavit to the court, Mr. Rowan said he had had personal discussions last year with Mr. Van Scoyoc about the property, including one that Councilman David Lys also attended.
In his court statement, Mr. Rowan said Mr. Van Scoyoc was eager to see the issues with Duryea's resolved in Mr. Rowan's favor and suggested that he sue the town to provide political cover for the town board. Not surprisingly, Mr. Van Scoyoc has disputed this account; however, there is no reason to think Mr. Rowan was lying when he signed the affidavit last month in front of a notary public.
This puts the supervisor square in the middle of an improper, if not illegal, set of circumstances that led to the now-on-hold settlement because it is highly unlikely that Mr. Sendlenski acted alone when he signed off on the deal in January. Settlements like this should always have the affirmative authorization of the entire board.
At this point, too little is known about the meeting between the town and Mr. Rowan, as well as how the settlement document came to be. One thing is clear: Both Mr. Van Scoyoc and Mr. Sendlenski look very bad for taking part in this dubious affair, and, at this late date, not coming clean on what actually happened.
DAVID BUDA
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Counterpoint Trading 262cc was established in March 2002 when Dries Venter returned from the USA after working for Little Rock Electrical for a few years.
Leading from the front, Counterpoint's pride lies embedded in its professionalism, skilled tradesmen and the efficiency in delivering a world class service. This ensures a productive and respectful relationship with its clients.
Continued unmatched service delivery is the sole philosophy that keeps our clients satisfied. Members, managers and technicians believe in this philosophy, which is the successful end result attributed from a low staff turnover which in turn renders a wonderful support structure within the company, promoting personal skills growth is paramount to a common cause. This is achieved by encouraging employees to participate in exposure to further training programs, new projects, challenging concepts and unique situations. We believe sharing this knowledge and experience develops our employees to the benefit of our clients. The company not only motivates and encourages but also acknowledges employees who reach new achievements and perform above expectations.
You will find, in this portfolio, our outstanding history of satisfied customers, completed projects and services.
MVL's experience covers every major electrical contracting discipline. Our experience, work ethic and business philosophy lead us to successful job completions ranging from government facilities, public buildings, hotels, sports stadiums, complex developments and shopping malls to mention but a few.
• Meadowfeed Randfontein MV Cable Installation.


What a busy month of September we had!!! We are busy collecting rummage sale donation. The rummage sale is scheduled for Saturday, October 21st. If you have any donations to help support our youth, please call David Nutter at 931-273-5275. We would love to come out and pick up anything you would like to donate. We would love to see you all out at some of our events. Just ask us when you see us in church. We are involved in events like SHHS Band, Crockett High School Band, Cross Country, Travel Baseball, Soccer, Cross Country, Tae Kwan Do, Photography, Performing Arts, etc. We would love to see you come and support us in our daily lives throughout the week. Our next youth meeting will be on Sunday, October 1st from 6:30-8:30 at Bethlehem. We will also have a meeting on Sunday, October 15th from 6:30-8:30. We'll have work nights on Thursday and Friday (19th & 20th) from 6:30-8 to finish setting up for our rummage sale. Saturday, October 21st will be our rummage sale. It will start at 8am and go until 1pm. We will have our annual Fall Festival on Saturday, October 28th from 4-6. There will be inflatables, food, and games for everyone. Please consider coming out to help host this awesome event for our community. Our youth group will have their first Sunday school class on Sunday, October 22nd. It'll take place in our youth group room downstairs from 9:15-10:15. Youth Sunday will be the next day (Sunday, October 29th). Thank you again for your prayers and support.