But critics point to a longer list of problems with the bill. It makes no mention of online trafficking, a growing problem as traders move to platforms such as Facebook and Kaskus, Indonesia's largest internet forum. It doesn't seem to address the issue of giving endangered animal parts as gifts — a practice still carried out in places like Papua province, where officials have been known to distribute souvenirs made from rare birds-of-paradise.
Neither does it upgrade sentencing guidelines for wildlife crimes that conservationists say are in dire need of change. Under the current legislation, traffickers can receive a maximum sentence of five years in prison. But in reality, offenders are rarely prosecuted; on the few occasions they are, they typically receive token sentences far below the maximum. Conservationists have called for the introduction of minimum sentences to combat the problem.
Trees in a rainforest in Sulawesi, one of the largest islands in the eastern part of Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
Conservationists have long pushed for new legislation on wildlife crimes. Not long after a smuggler was arrested in 2015 with a suitcase full of rare cockatoos stuffed in plastic water bottles, prompting dozens of people to turn over their illegal pet birds to the authorities, the government announced plans to revise the 1990 law.
Since then, myriad versions of the new conservation bill have been proposed by NGOs, the government and lawmakers. On Dec. 5 last year, the parliament officially submitted a bill to the government for review. Once the government signs off, the bill will go back to parliament for final passage at a plenary session.
However, Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly told reporters on April 4 that the government would "hold off for the moment" on advancing the bill, as quoted by Kompas. Speaking after a cabinet meeting chaired by the president, he suggested the current law was adequate for addressing Indonesia's conservation needs. It's unclear what will happen with the bill now, but sources in the government told Mongabay the administration was unhappy with the draft submitted by parliament.
One of the biggest differences between the existing legislation and the proposed bill is in the language around wildlife crime. The 1990 law clearly states that anyone who "trades, keeps, distributes or kills" a protected species has committed a crime, punishable with imprisonment of up to five years and a fine of up to 100 million rupiah ($7,000).
Critics say the new language muddies the definition of what constitutes a wildlife crime, and would make it harder for authorities to crack down on the illegal trade in animals and plants.
For a law to work well, "every prohibition must be clearly stated," said Henri Subagiyo, executive director of the Indonesian Center for Environmental Law (ICEL). He suggested the new bill could effectively "legalize" wildlife trafficking if it was passed in its current state.
An Indonesian university lecturer was prosecuted by authorities after posting to Facebook pictures of endangered macaques he had killed. Photo: Facebook.
In 2015, authorities in the port city of Surabaya arrested a man selling rare eagles on Facebook. The bust came amid a growing outcry over people showing off dead or abused animals on social media. Lawmaker Viva Yoga Mauladi said at the time that the revised bill would address online trafficking.
Last year, the Wildlife Conservation Society, an international NGO that helps the Indonesian police catch traffickers, said that at least 40 percent of illegal wildlife traders in the country used online platforms such as WhatsApp to carry out their transactions since 2011. It also estimated the value of this illicit animal trade at 13 trillion rupiah ($910 million) a year.
While existing legislation on electronic transactions does address the online wildlife trade, it is far from adequate to stem the actual practice, said Sofi Mardiah, wildlife police program manager at WCS-Indonesia. Any revised conservation law, she said, must lay the foundation for a monitoring scheme that filters out wildlife or products made using animal parts from online platforms, including social media and e-commerce sites, where the trade is prevalent.
"Wildlife traffickers are looking for stealthy ways and means to trade the animals," she said.
Other provisions in the revised conservation bill could create loopholes for traffickers, critics say.
The same article could conceivably be used to waive charges against people who kill protected animals, such as orangutans, on the basis of self-defense, Henri said.
A number of wildlife killings by locals who claimed they were attacked by the animals have been reported in recent months.
Two rubber farmers in Central Kalimantan province beheaded and shot an orangutan multiple times in late December for allegedly charging at one of them when they tried to scare the ape away from their plantation. In January, four farmers in East Kalimantan also cited self-defense for the killing of an orangutan they shot at least 130 times. In March, villagers in northern Sumatra stabbed a Sumatran tiger to death after it attacked and injured two men from a hunting party that had been trying to get the animal away from their village.
An underwater ecosystem in a marine national park in the Komodo Islands of Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.
Another major change in the conservation bill is that it would open up conservation areas, except nature reserves and the core zone of national parks, to so-called strategic development projects.
The move is seen as a nod to the energy industry, which has long sought access to Indonesia's world-leading geothermal reserves but been thwarted by existing protections under the current conservation act. Much of Indonesia's geothermal potential is believed to be locked deep under existing conservation areas, for which exploration permits currently cannot be issued.
The proposed revision has drawn criticism from conservationists, who say it provides a loophole to allow operators in the extractive industries to exploit more protected areas.
The government convened a cabinet meeting on April 4 to discuss the draft bill submitted by parliament, but looks to be in no rush to send it back for passage.
The meeting, meant to generate feedback and concerns over the content of the bill, concluded with President Joko Widodo ordering his ministers to ensure the bill was aligned with the constitution and would benefit Indonesia in the long run.
Environment and Forestry Ministry Siti Nurbaya Bakar told Mongabay her office would discuss the cabinet's feedback with parliament to perfect the bill, but Justice Minister Yasonna suggested there was no need for the bill at all.
He also noted that the bill as it stands would require at least 30 supporting regulations to clarify some of the new provisions.
ICEL's Henri called for the discussion to continue, citing a pressing need to revise the current law. He said he hoped the review would be transparent so that civil society groups could weigh in on the process.
"The longer we wait to discuss the bill, the more time we give companies to continue manipulating the current conservation law," he said.


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"We know no court decision can undo this tragedy", said a Time Warner spokesman after a court ruled they had to pay $5.78 million for blowing up a Kansas City building. The tragedy was the $5,782,391.57.
When i went to switch my PG&E service from San Francisco, i learned that Petaluma is served by Sonoma Clean Power, whose electricity is 33% from renewable sources and costs less than PG&E's Reddy Kilowatt's®, not of course that PG&E's isn't considerably cleaner than that black stuff from coal sold in most of the country. If you want to pay a bit more, you can get electricity that's 100% renewably sourced, and i expect to switch to that after i see how much my power bill is up there. I mean, considering all my loose talk about being green, it would be hypocritical not to opt for cleaner power if i can afford it.
After he finished switching my service, the PG&E service rep asked if he could connect me to something called AllConnect, which would offer me additional service options. So i said yes, whereupon the Allconnect guy told me that Sonic – my long time provider of Internet service, telephone, and web hosting – does not serve Petaluma, but he could offer me fabulous deals with Comcast, AT&T, etc. Fortunately, the lying scumbag was so eager to get me to sign up that i smelled his innate rodentry. Caveat emptor. I contacted Sonic and discovered that they do, in fact, serve Petaluma although in keeping with it being a sleepy little town, the Internet connection is only half as fast as in SF. Well, they drive only half as fast, too, so chill, dude.
The rest of the good news is that Sonic can keep my current landline phone number for me even though i'll be in the 707 area code. I'd never have dreamed this would be possible, and i'm overjoyed since i'd never be able to learn a new phone number in my state of senility.
Meanwhile, some of the San Francisco quirk i'll be soon missing, The Wiggle.
That's why i've gone down most roads, including the present ones. In the case of the bright green electricity in Petaluma, the jolly green pygmy offering this options is on record as saying it'll cost only 5% more than PG&E's rate. the complicator is that the pygmy's rate for the light green stuff is somewhat less than PG&E's rate, so the calculations are beyond my willingness to endure. Thus, i'm just gonna wait for a couple of bills before i leap into purity.


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NONCE HOLIDAYS
'Every parent's worst nightmare': Paedophile, 31, who went on holiday with girl, 15, and her family after grooming them all to convince them he was a teenager is jailed for six years
Clinton Stothard, from Barnsley, groomed girl and tricked her into relationship
He also targeted others online and encouraged them to send explicit photos
One victim exchanged more than 3,000 calls and texts during two week period
By ALEX MATTHEWS FOR MAILONLINE
Clinton Stothard, from Barnsley, was described as 'every parent's worst nightmare' as he was jailed for six years
A 31-year-old paedophile went on holiday with a 15-year-old girl and her family after convincing them he was a teenager.
Clinton Stothard, from Barnsley, described as 'every parent's worst nightmare', groomed the teen online and tricked her and her parents into thinking she was his girlfriend.
He also targeted a number of other girls and encouraged them to send sexually explicit photos to him.
One of his victims, a 14-year-old from Bristol, exchanged more than 3,000 calls and texts with him during a two week period.
Stothard admitted 39 offences against four different children and was jailed for six years at Sheffield Crown Court.
Sentencing, a judge described him as a 'shark swimming in the waters of the internet… preying on children'.
Stothard was also made to sign a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which will prevent him from living with any person under 18 and allowing police to monitor his internet use.
Police became aware of the sex offender after concerns were raised about him trying to contact a vulnerable girl in the Bristol area.
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Officers working on Avon and Somerset Police's Operation Topaz then seized his electronic devices, which revealed the extent of his sick crimes.
The investigation also led to the arrest of another man who has since been jailed for four years for child sex offences.
Owen Hall, 26, from Hartcliffe, Bristol, groomed the same 14-year-old Bristol girl targeted by Stothard and incited her to engage in sexual activity.
Detective Constable Kim O'Donnell said: 'Clinton Stothard is a predatory paedophile who masqueraded as a 19-year-old and used a variety of aliases as he befriended and groomed his victims.
Owen Hall, 26, from Hartcliffe, Bristol, groomed the same 14-year-old Bristol girl targeted by Stothard and incited her to engage in sexual activity
'Such was the extent of his deceit that he effectively groomed one girl's entire family – winning their trust so much they felt comfortable taking him on holiday.
'The intensity of his grooming was quite frankly shocking, with another of his victim's bombarded with thousands of calls and texts over a short period of time.
'I hope the sentence handed down by the court goes some way to providing all those he preyed on with some sense of closure and that this case sends a message to those who commit such crimes, that we are committed to protecting the most vulnerable members of our society and geography will not be a barrier for us.
'I also want to reassure anyone else affected by this inquiry you can come forward knowing you will be believed, listened to and offered all the support you require.'
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Q: Firebase not deploying from command line in mac I've been trying to deploy my firebase functions project for some time now and I can't seem to do it. I've followed some other question suggestions but none have worked. I've tried adding escaped colons to the predeploy:
"predeploy": [
      "npm --prefix \"$RESOURCE_DIR\""
]

And I've also tried renaming my spaced folder into a single word folder and it hasn't worked either. This is the error:
Error: functions predeploy error: Command terminated with non-zero exit code1

This is my package.json:
{
  "name": "functions",
  "description": "Cloud Functions for Firebase",
  "scripts": {
    "lint": "eslint .",
    "serve": "firebase serve --only functions",
    "shell": "firebase experimental:functions:shell",
    "start": "npm run shell",
    "deploy": "firebase deploy --only functions",
    "logs": "firebase functions:log"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "firebase-admin": "^5.8.2",
    "firebase-functions": "^1.0.1"
  },
  "private": true
}

And this is my firebase.json:
{
  "database": {
    "rules": "database.rules.json"
  },
  "functions": {
    "predeploy": [
      "npm --prefix \"$RESOURCE_DIR\""
    ]
  },
  "storage": {
    "rules": "storage.rules"
  }
}

Note: I removed the run lint myself from the predeploy.
I can't even seem to deploy the helloWorld example function. When trying to serve the project I'm getting this warning:
Warning: You're using Node.js v9.4.0 but Google Cloud Functions only supports v6.11.5

However, the project is actually served correctly. I've also tried uninstalling the google-cloud globally and installing it again, and the warning didn't go away.
Please help me, I've run out of ideas. Thank you in advance.

A: You either remove the npm --prefix or add at least one
{
  "functions": {
    "predeploy": [],
    "source": "functions"
  }
}

Or you try it with this:
{
  "functions": {
    "predeploy": [
      "npm --prefix \"$RESOURCE_DIR\" run lint"
    ],
    "source": "functions"
  }
}

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The underrated zoom-blur effect is a fun technique you can add to your stock photography arsenal to create some stunning effects. The purpose is to reinforce & demonstrate action in an otherwise mundane busy scene.
It's relatively simple to do.
Basically, manually set your shutter speed camera slower (between 1/25 seconds and 1 second), by adjusting the ISO and Aperture accordingly. Then, while pressing the shutter release, simultaneously zoom in or out.
I recently tried this technique while riding at the back of a golf cart in Inhotim Institute, Minas Gerais, Brazil. An open-air modern art museum not too far from Belo Horizonte.
Commercially-speaking, this could be used to support products/concepts associated with combating nausea, sickness, illness and headache.
Airports can be stressful places, due to a combination of jet-lag, heightened security and short-layovers. However, I was everything but stressed on my way back from Rio, while chilling out at Amsterdam's Schiphol's Airport.
With some time to spare before a connecting flight to Milan, I was trying a few variations of this technique while on a slow-moving vertical escalator. I was literally watching the world race around me.
Then, two pilots whizzed by (can tell by their uniform) and I didn't hesitate to try again. I submitted this yesterday as commercial (not really expecting it to be accepted since people are sort of identifiable) but to my positive surprise, it got through. I think this will be a strong seller. I've also submitted to all other micro sites and Alamy.
Try to get a smooth zoom, in or out. This will make the effect more interesting.
Practice, practice, practice until you find the settings that work for you.
Next Urban Night Shots are In Demand!
Great "how to" article. I hadn't thought of doing images like this! I wonder if you can create the same effect afterwards in Photoshop? Now that could be the subject of your next post!
I think this would be a cool effect with one of your bitcoins shoots.


Readers may have have found themselves in difficult spots and wondered, as your correspondent has, What Would Matthew McConaughey Do?
Q: Is it better to be loved or feared?
A: Loved. I'm loved by women in rural Tajikistan trying to achieve agrarian reform; I'm loved by women in Swaziland, fighting for the right to inherit property; I'm loved by women in Papua New Guinea who simply want a man that's taller than 5'1– and doesn't indulge in male insemination rituals.
A: I'm working on one now. It contains African cacao extract, caviar age-control complex, photozyme complex with "color hold," white truffle oil, Champagne grape seed oil, Bulgarian Evening Primrose and Arabian Frankincense. The shampoo is inspired by enzyme therapy, and can be used to treat conditions ranging from digestive problems to cancer. It will retail for $745/bottle.
Q: Would you dive into a pile of snakes?
A: Hell YES, particularly if the lives of women and children were at stake. Of course, when you say 'dive,' I assume you mean 'tear into' and 'through,' not necessarily plummet into, correct? The last time I deliberately plummeted, it was into thin air, over the skies of Mozambique, and I had a flash back of childhood, in Texas, surrounded by Native American women, in a trance-like state, sweating, beading sweat, invoking the name of the Wind God Yaponcha…but I digress.
Q: I am gay and lonely and can't seem to find the right guy… any ideas?
Consult the oracle at What Would Matthew McConaughey Do?
As we revel in the reassurance, we might recall that it was on this date in 1992 that physicist Stephen Hawking set a British publishing record when his explanatory volume A Brief History of Time remained on the best-seller list for the 182nd week in a row (over 3 million copies in 22 languages). Still in print, the sales count is currently over 10 million.
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Petroleum Refining 5th Edition by James H. Gary and Publisher CRC Press. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780203907924, 0203907922. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780849370380, 0849370388.


A cruise ship which lost power in stormy seas off Norway with 1,300 people on board, including dozens of Britons, only narrowly averted catastrophe and was perilously close to striking rocks, rescuers said on Sunday.
More than 475 passengers were airlifted to safety by relays of helicopters operating in darkness on Saturday after the 48,000-tonne MV Viking Sky became stranded off Norway's western coast in mountainous seas and crew issued a mayday call for other ships and rescue services.
The vessel, which was on a 12-day "Northern Lights" voyage due to finish at London's Tilbury docks, limped into the Norwegian port of Molde yesterday with nearly 900 people still on board after crew managed to restart three of its four engines.
Three of those taken off the vessel were reportedly in a serious condition while a further 17 also received hospital care.
Passengers described their terror as the £290m cruise ship, which was only two years old, pitched and rolled in ferocious weather on Saturday afternoon after its engines cut out. At one point waves of up to 15 metres struck the ship with such force that they smashed windows, washing guests up to 30ft inside the vessel.
Three people involved with the rescue operation said the vast Italian-built ship had been only 100m from submerged rocks and 900m from the shore when it came to a halt in a notorious stretch of water known as Hustadvika Bay.
Emil Heggelund, a coastguard official, told Norwegian newspaper VG that the liner was dangerously close to running aground when crew finally managed to weigh anchor and control its drifting.
Viking Cruises, the company which operates the vessel, did not immediately comment on the claims but said in a statement that its "first priority" had been the safety and health of its passengers.
Torstein Hagen, the company's chairman and one of Norway's richest men, said yesterday that the operator had been "lucky". Mr Hagen said the events were "some of the worst I have been involved in, but now it looks like it's going well in the end".
The ship had left the Norwegian port of Bergen on 14 March carrying 915 mostly British, American and Australian passengers. Some 215 had booked their cruise – costing up to £4,500 – from the UK while 619 booked from the United States.
Derek Browne, from Hampshire, who was airlifted off the vessel along with his wife Esther, described how the boat was "swaying" during the emergency. Video footage showed heavy fixtures and fittings sliding across communal areas as the boat listed by as much as 45 degrees in winds of up to 45mph. Norwegian rescue co-ordinators said the helicopters used in the evacuation had been operating at the limits of the capabilities.
Rodney Horgen, an American passenger from Minnesota, described how he believed he and his wife were facing death when a wave burst through windows and a door.
He said: "When the windows and door flew open and the two metres of water swept people 20 to 30ft, that was the breaker. I said to myself, 'This is it'.
Viking Cruises thanked the Norwegian rescue services and said it expected to begin flying its passengers home on Sunday night.


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Don't blame Germany for jobs lost in Derby
To protect British workers we must educate them and free industry from overregulation
Thursday July 07 2011, 1.01am, The Times
It is odd how old arguments return in politics. In the early 1980s when British industry was really falling out of bed, the Government came under enormous pressure to intervene to protect industry and jobs.
The trouble was that the industry we had was simply not worth protecting. Manufacturing industry collapsed, including carmaking, and unemployment rose to record levels, yet by the end of the decade we were making more cars than ever before. The difference was that now the cars sold and could be exported, we had efficient factories and the UK had become a design centre. The downside was that the cars were called Honda, Toyota and Nissan, but the employees were British, the suppliers largely British and the effect on employment wholly


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Q: How to connect to PostgreSQL from NodeJS I am trying to connect to a PostgreSQL database and make some queries. Though I have read a few threads here, the docs, and other blogs, I'm unable to make it works.
My function looks like this:

const postgreSQL = require('pg');

const config = {
  host: 'host',
  database: 'db',
  user: 'user',
  password: 'pass',
  port: 0000,
  max: 5, // max number of clients in the pool
  idleTimeoutMillis: 30000
};
let pool = new postgreSQL.Pool(config);

//.........other code.........

function CheckGeometryType(pool, tableName, column) {

  const schema = 'schema';
  let geometryValue = undefined;
  pool.connect(function(err, client, done) {
    client.query(`SELECT ST_GeometryType(${column})
                  AS geometryType FROM ${schema}.${tableName} LIMIT 1`);
    done(err);
    if (err) {
      console.log('Something went wrong. ' + err);
    }
    console.log("Result: " + queryResult.rows[0]);
    switch (queryResult) {
      // do things with result
    }
    done();
  });

  return geometryValue;
}

I've tried to do a console.log() inside the SWITCH, after/before done(),  but it's not executed. I have printed all SQL queries formed on the string I pass to pool.query on pgAdmin and all works and return the expected values I want to get.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
--- Edit ---
Thanks for the answers, but I'm still being unable to make it work. I've tried both methods but it isn't works. Looking at the Documentation I'm trying this method.
The code is:

let client = new Client(connectionString);
client.connect();
const query = client.query(new Query('SELECT ST_GeometryType($1) FROM $2.$3 LIMIT 1', [column, schema, tableName]));
console.log(JSON.stringify(query, null, 2)); //Debug purposes
query.on('row', (row) => {
    switch (row[0]) {
        case 'ST_LineString':
            geometryValue = 'LineString';
            break;
        case 'ST_MultiLineString':
            geometryValue = 'MultiLineString';
            break;
        case 'ST_Polygon':
            geometryValue = 'Polygon';
            break;
        case 'ST_MultiPolygon':
            geometryValue = 'MultiPolygon';
            break;
        case 'ST_Point':
            geometryValue = 'Point';
            break;
        case 'ST_MultiPoint':
            geometryValue = 'MultiPoint';
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }
});
query.on('end', (res) => {
    if(result.rows[0] === undefined){
        console.log('No data retrieved from DB');
    }
    client.end();
});
query.on('error', (res) => {
    console.log("Something went wrong: " + res);
});

Debugging, I can see that on query the values are stored fine:
{
  "text": "SELECT ST_GeometryType($1) FROM $2.$3 LIMIT 1",
  "values": [
    "column",
    "schema",
    "table"
  ],
  "portal": "",
  "_result": {
    "command": null,
    "rowCount": null,
    "oid": null,
    "rows": [],
    "fields": [],
    "_parsers": [],
    "RowCtor": null,
    "rowAsArray": false
  },
  "_results": {
    "command": null,
    "rowCount": null,
    "oid": null,
    "rows": [],
    "fields": [],
    "_parsers": [],
    "RowCtor": null,
    "rowAsArray": false
  },
  "isPreparedStatement": false,
  "_canceledDueToError": false,
  "_promise": null,
  "domain": null,
  "_events": {},
  "_eventsCount": 0
}

I've executed the query on pgAdmin an works fine, returning the desired result that I'm expecting but seems that trying to execute the query on the script doesn`t works.
What I'm missing? Thanks.

A: You can also use raw acces with "pg" package:
pg.connect(connectionString, function (err, client, done) {
  if (err) {
    return handleErrors(done, err, res);
  }
  return client.query("UPDATE tab SET v1=($1)  WHERE k1=($2)", [value, key],
    function (err, result) {
     return reloadData(res, client, done, err);
  });
});

A: You can use sequelize  for PostgreSQL. Its very good Object-Relational Mapping(ORM) in Node.js.
const sequelize = new Sequelize('database', 'username', 'password', {
  // gimme postgres, please!
  dialect: 'postgres'
})
for more details check below link.
http://docs.sequelizejs.com/manual/installation/usage.html

A: Well, finally I did achieve what I want to do. After read more the documentation and use the new methods (some questions had the old version, Node version < 7.x) I finally made it work. I'm posting the solution to help someone who may have the same problem building their own script.
This method uses the async/await form, so keep in mind that you will have to set all your functions to async and set await to the function that waits for the result inside of it, it's a chain from the function that connects with the DB to the top.

# Main file

#!/usr/bin/env node
'use strict';
const geometryTypeFinder = require("./modules/geometryTypeFinder");

readParametersFromConsole();

async function readParametersFromConsole() {
  ........ code ........

  processParameters(...params);
}

async function processParameters(...params) {
  ........ code ........

  transformation = await geometryTypeFinder.findGeometryType(transformation);

  ........ code ........

}

# Module file

'use strict';

const postgreSQL = require('pg');

module.exports = {
  findGeometryType: async function (transformation) {
    ........ code ........
    transformation.dataModel.entities = await FindGeometryType(...params);
    ........ code ........
  }
};

async function FindGeometryType(entities, geometricColumns) {
  ........ code ........

  for (let i = 0; i < numberOfEntities; i++) {
    ........ code ........
    for (let j = 0; j < numberOfColumns; j++) {
        let column = columns[j];
        let geometryType = await GetGeometryType(tableName, column);
        ........ now I can work with the value of geometryType ........
      }
  }
}

async function GetGeometryType(tableName, column) {

  const schema = 'schema';
  let geometryValue = undefined;
  const config = {
    user: 'user',
    password: 'pass',
    host: 'host',
    database: 'db',
    port: 1234,
  };

  let client = new postgreSQL.Client(config);
  try {
    client.connect();
    const result = await client.query(`SELECT ST_GeometryType(${column}) AS geo_type FROM ${schema}.${tableName} LIMIT 1`);
    if (result.rows.length === 0) {
      console.log('No data retrieved from DB');
    } else {
      const geoType = result.rows[0].geo_type; #<--- I get the result
      ........ code to process the value ........
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(`Error retrieving database information: ${error.name} -> ${error.stack}`);
  } finally {
    client.end();
  }

  return geometryValue;
}

I don't know if this it's the best way to achieve what I want, but as I'm forced to use NodeJS and I'm learning by myself NodeJS, this is the best I could make it. Any suggestion will be well received.
Regards.


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Methodology related to ageing
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Living longer: is age 70 the new age 65? Methodology guide
Methodology | Released on 19 November 2019
A guide to the data sources, method and analyses used in the related living longer article, including a discussion on limitations of the data.
Keywords: ageing, older people, population, prospective age, health
Comparing methods of producing estimates of those aged 90 and over by single year of age and sex, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the UK
Methodology | Released on 25 September 2019
Comparison of methods used to produce population estimates for people aged 90 years and over by the Office for National Statistics, the National Records of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
Keywords: ageing, older people, population, population estimates, centenarian
Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, QMI
Quality and Methodology Information report for annual mid-year population estimates for the very old, detailing the strengths and limitations of the data, methods used, and data uses and users.
Keywords: Ageing, centenarians, older people, population
Accuracy of official high-age population estimates, in England and Wales: an evaluation
Methodology | Released on 12 December 2016
Assesses the quality of the component input data for official mid-year population estimates for ages 80 and over (deaths registrations; census estimates; and migration estimates). The method used to distribute the official age 90 and over mid-year estimate to single years of age above age 90 (the Kannisto-Thatcher method) is also assessed.
Keywords: 90+, centenarians, kt method
Feasibility of producing 'Estimates of the very old' for England and for Wales separately
Methodology | Released on 24 October 2016
This report examines the feasibility of producing population estimates of the very old (EVOs) for England and Wales separately using the Kannisto-Thatcher method.
Keywords: centenarians, 90+, 90 and over
Research on accuracy of high age estimates – update
Quality and methodology information | Revised on 29 September 2016
Annual mid-year population estimates for those aged 90 and over by sex and single year of age (90 to 104)
Keywords: ageing,older people,OAP,population,over 90,over 100


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E.ON begins selling electricity storage system in Germany
E.ON Aura: all-in-one package consists of PV system, storage device, energy app, and green electricity tariff
Storage system developed in partnership with SOLARWATT
Charge efficiency of 93 percent
Advanced German technology and sleek design
E.ON has begun selling its E.ON Aura electricity storage system in Germany. The system is available immediately at www.eon-aura.de. The all-in-one solution consists of a storage device, the E.ON Aura app, and, if desired, an E.ON Aura PV system, and the E.ON Aura electricity tariff. The German energy supplier worked closely with Dresden-based SOLARWATT GmbH to develop the system.
E.ON Aura's charge efficiency of 93 percent makes it one of the most efficient storage devices on the German market. The system can increase a home's energy self-sufficiency rate—that is, the proportion of self-produced electricity the home consumes—from about one third to around 70 percent. "With a storage capacity of 4.4 kilowatt-hours, E.ON Aura can meet the entire electricity needs of a three- to four-person family during the evening and night hours," Robert Hienz, Managing Director of E.ON Energie Deutschland, explained. The system is therefore perfectly tailored to the average German household's energy consumption.
Highly efficient, simple to install
For homes that consume more electricity, the system's storage capacity is easily expandable to up to 11 kilowatt-hours with additional battery modules. E.ON developed the system in partnership with SOLARWATT, a Dresden-based solar company and storage-device manufacturer. E.ON Aura is aimed primarily at environmentally conscious homeowners who wish to achieve greater energy autonomy and reduce their energy costs. The lithium-ion battery modules have an estimated operating life of up to 20 years, providing customers with lasting quality. The compact, wall-mounted storage device combines a sleek design and noise-free operation.
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The system comes with a user-friendly app that enables customers to monitor their home energy production and consumption any time, any place. All data are displayed in easy-to-comprehend, read-at-a-glance graphics. The app displays daily and weekly figures, making it possible to compare usage over time. It also learns continually, enabling it to adapt to a household's usage patterns. The system is smart-grid-ready and therefore qualifies for assistance from Germany's KfW development bank. In addition, it can be used to optimally control large-consumption devices such as heat pumps.
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"Along with the storage system, customers can opt for our exclusive yet reasonably priced E.ON Aura tariff, which provides electricity service from 100 percent renewable sources," E.ON's Robert Hienz explains. "This gives customers a complete and compatible package consisting of a PV system, storage device, app, and green electricity tariff."
Customers who choose E.ON receive the complete solution from a single source and have a single contact point for all their questions. E.ON Aura is a practical example of E.ON's resolute focus on the new energy world, which is characterized by renewables, distributed generation, energy efficiency, microgrids, and increasingly autonomous and proactive customers.
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Munich-based E.ON Energie Deutschland GmbH ranks among Germany's leading energy companies. From 34 locations around Germany its approximately 3,000 employees deliver reliable power and gas products at fair prices. The company also offers a range of innovative and sustainable energy services. E.ON Energie Deutschland's roughly 6 million residential, business, and industrial customers in Germany benefit from its local presence across the country as well as its affiliation with the E.ON Group, a global leader in energy services. For more information, visit eon.de/solar (in German only).
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Founded in 1993, SOLARWATT GmbH is one of Germany's leading providers of photovoltaic solutions. The Dresden-based company, which has more than 200 employees, operates throughout Europe. Its solutions range from high-quality German-made solar modules to fully integrated, intelligent systems for domestic and commercial use. Since 2015 SOLARWATT has partnered with Bosch to market high-quality, technologically advanced energy systems. Since 2013 SOLARWATT has been a cooperation partner in BMW i's "360° Electric" program to promote efficient, low-emission electric mobility.
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Meet the Turquoise team: David Casale
13 Mar 2018 | David Casale
What has been the most significant technological development of recent years?
The most recent one.
Humankind's ability to develop technology is core to our very existence. All technology is significant and limiting ourselves to one perspective on any single technology is meaningless. Penicillin applied right now in many areas of the world would be 'significant' and the recent Space X flight is probably also a 'significant' moment.
What has been the most influential legislative change in recent years?
My sense is that the will of the people drives the legislature which acts as a sort of sweeper behind these memes/waves. The wave currently building is that we need to sort out a transition to a low carbon economy so we see action by well-funded legal groups suing for corporate fraud where, for example and as I understand what has been purported, in 1985 Exxon and others built the Troll offshore oil platform 2m higher to allow for a rise in global sea levels whilst at the same denying global warming existed.
How do you see the legislative environment changing through to 2040/2050?
Unfortunately it would appear that the scientists have been telling the truth since 1985 when Mrs Thatcher told the world about the dangers of global warming in her speech to the UN (http://bit.ly/1HAnE9R). Therefore, we are going to see some unpleasant and life threatening events in the period leading to 2040. The wave of public opinion will get very large and the legislature will need to be very robust behind that.
How has the perception of cleantech, energy, environment and efficiency evolved in your view in recent years? What do you envisage for the future of the sector?
Our UK industrial strategy needs to create jobs and economic prosperity, and in many ways the development of new industrial technology is more vital today than it has ever been. In the finance sector we need to work harder to make capital available in the gap between early, Innovate/EIS-type funding and growth capital (which often looks like equity returns for a debt risk). Patient Capital, if you like. In the Turquoise response to the Treasury's Patient Capital review, we called for a Patient Capital Obligation (PCO) on large institutional investors (e.g. pension funds, insurance companies, possibly also banks) requiring them to invest a small proportion of their overall assets in long term, patient capital funds that target industry sectors that match government priorities. There are various examples of government using such a mandate including in the energy generation sector with the Non Fossil Fuel Obligation (NFFO), Renewables Obligation (RO), etc.
For more on our views on the limitations of 'Cleantech' see: http://bit.ly/2D9LM7i.
How important are entrepreneurs and leadership in meeting the challenges ahead?
To build business from scratch to becoming major enterprises (leaving aside the desire we all have for a unicorn in the portfolio), requires leadership and entrepreneurship and it seems odd that, like parenthood, there is no real training for this. Yes, there are MBAs (I have one), and some mentoring programmes but mainly the entrepreneur-leader is asked to be a pioneer (you know, the dead guy lying in the mud with an arrow in his back). Whilst most new business fail, entrepreneurs are generally over-confident of their ability to deliver – which may well be a requirement for the job! We see about 100 businesses a year or more at Turquoise, many of which are not investment ready but very few realise it. As the 'Resident Entrepreneur' at Turquoise, having co-founded Utilita (a company now employing over 1,200 people), I am always interested in opportunities to get involved with management teams that are struggling with the multitude of issues all new businesses face.
From a global point of view, what impact (if any) do you think political change is having on the energy, environment and efficiency sectors? How do you think this will change?
In my lifetime, I have never experienced a period like now where global stewardship through political office is being enacted by such second-rate people. With a (very) few exceptions, the political class is out of date, detached from the realities of modern life and careerist.
This needs to change and, as an innovator, I would like to see the digitalisation of democracy. Why should the House of Commons spout about productivity whilst still manually counting who walks through the left or right door to vote?!
The Brexit referendum has been held up as an example of why not to have referendums. I disagree; we have engagement, politicians have to do real work, we should exchange the once-every-five-years voting system for perhaps one-every-five-minutes (alongside votes by elected politicians) so many of the actual decisions made by a genuinely cross-party parliament. There has been, and continues to be, very little difference in approach between the parties on most issues. Take Brexit: on one side, 'we don't know', and, on the other side, 'we won't tell you'.
Under a reformed system, the electorate would vote for far bolder mandates for industrial technology to meet the global warming crisis than is currently the case.
Describe your career journey in a few words
Journey is the right word in my case, consisting of many stations and the final destination not yet in view. I built my own car at 18; that got me a job with Shell International where I worked in offshore gas. I then discovered my independent side so turned down an MBA sponsored by Shell for a funded-by-me MBA at London Business School where they asked me if I was a 'corporate' or 'entrepreneur' MBA. I said the former; however, as it turned out, for the next 25 years I was mainly an entrepreneur who went on to found four businesses of my own.
What are the key ingredients to delivering innovation?
Bravery, ambition and, sorry to say this, luck.
What's your biggest business tip?
Spend sufficient time at the water cooler, photocopier or coffee machine. What I mean is: start networking when you are 6 and never stop; it is your network that brings the biggest rewards.
What is your proudest business moment?
In the 1990s, whilst working for National Power, I was appointed CEO of Karaganda Power in Kazakhstan. During that time, we rebuilt the city's heating system on which hundreds of thousands of people depended for electricity and heat. As an entrepreneur, I wanted to meet our customers directly; however, the largely ex-soviet power company staff were convinced I was insane. Nevertheless, we booked the Coal Miners Institute and, to everyone's amazement, some 2,000 customers turned up. One lady, a 'babushka', stood up in her fur coat and said: 'Mr Casale, last year my apartment was so cold I wore this coat inside all winter. Now, since you have made all these improvements, I walk about my apartment naked.' A moment that has never been surpassed.
Who would you like to have dinner with – and why?
My grandfather – he was killed in WWII before I was born.
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Reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS), also known as reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM), is a computer hardware engineering term involving reliability engineering, high availability, and serviceability design. - Availability Management Goal Primary Objective To optimise the capability of the IT infrastructure and supporting organisations to deliver a cost effective and ... - Maintenance and Reliability Introduction What maintain capability of system while controlling costs Where Where results of failure can be disruptive, wasteful ... - Systems Availability Modeling & Analysis System Availability Modeling & Analysis Case Studies Rev 04.30.13 * Jerrell T.Stracener Ph.D. * Jerrell T.Stracener ... - Title: AVAILABILITY OF FIREARMS IN SOUTH AFRICA Author: Alice Last modified by: User Created Date: 9/11/2003 1:30:54 PM Document presentation format, LeadFree vs TinLead Reliability of Advanced Electronic Assemblies. 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Mathematically, the Availability of a system can be treated as a function of its Reliability. Simply put availability is a measure of the % of time the equipment is in an operable state while reliability is a measure of how long the item performs its intended function. Understanding and applying the Reliability concept as a basic requirement for equipment specification and asset performance Index The key difference between security and reliability-availability-safety is that security must take into account the actions of people attempting to cause destruction. These concepts are also recognised as RAMS analyses, which enable to do risk analyses to minimise the risks to the acceptable levels. To know more, Browse our ppt. In other words, reliability of a system will be high at its initial state of operation and gradually reduce to its lowest magnitude over time. Clipping is a handy way to collect important slides you want to go back to later. We use your LinkedIn profile and activity data to personalize ads and to show you more relevant ads. The origins of contemporary reliability engineering can be traced to World War II. In order to stay ahead of the competition, it is vital to build and maintain a reliable image. Maintainability is the probability M(t) that a malfunctioning system can be restored to a correct state within time t. These quality characteristics have a causal relationship … - ... fabrication processes for fusion applications Revolutionary Fabrication Techniques May Significantly Reduce Cost Theory ... pump electrical $37,398 ... 2.5 m ... 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Corrective Maintenance Preventive Maintenance-unscheduled maintenance -scheduled maintenance-result of failure -prevention of impending failures-accomplished … sibilities for the reliability, availability, and maintainability of its materiel. More commonly, however, availability and reliability are linked, in the sense that if reliability increases, then availability can also be expected to increase, if all other elements in the calculations remain unchanged. Reliability is further divided into mission reliability … Since maintainability is designed in, it is important to specify both reliability and maintainability targets early in the design cycle. Reliability follows an exponential failure law, which means that it reduces as the time duration considered for reliability calculations elapses. LM-720. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. An Overview on RAM assessment The Gemini Science Requirement is to lose no more than 2% of the scheduled observing time to equipment failure, with a goal of losing no more than 1%. If you wish to opt out, please close your SlideShare account. 7. As the time to repair increases, the availability decreases. Chapter 12 Maintainability and Availability 12.3.4 system with single component 12.3.5 Series system One repair person : Two repairperson 12.3.6 Parallel system One repair person Two repair persons 12.4 Optimization Approach 12.1 introduction Availability analysis of the system requires a knowledge: How the components are functional connected. Management • 2 – 1, page . Or use it to find and download high-quality how-to PowerPoint ppt presentations with illustrated or animated slides that will teach you how to do something new, also for free. Using availability and reliability. 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I prefer total effective equipment performance (TEEP) which is based on 365 days x 24 hours availability, so the focus can truly be on continuous improvement. Introduction Methodology Input Data Key Assumptions Block Diagram Analyze Recommendations Conclusion 3. Maintainability and Availability. Reliability focuses on the failure rate of the component, maintainability on the repair or maintain rate of the component, availability on the total uptime of the component and supportability focuses on the demand of the component for support. There are two distinct cultures in the reliability and maintenance community: - Traditional Culture – based on the belief that failures are inevitable, so they focus on being good at reacting - Contemporary Culture – based on the belief that Mooring Inspection Market Pegged for Robust Expansion by 2027, - Mooring Inspection Market Pegged for Robust Expansion by 2027, Global Testing, Inspection and Certification Market, - Global Testing, Inspection and Certification Market is estimated to reach $92.2 billion by 2024 from $57.6 billion in 2016 ; growing at a CAGR of 6.1% from 2016 to 2024, Testing, Inspection, and Certification Market Global Scenario, Market Size, Outlook, Trend and Forecast, 2015-2024. FAA Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) Handbook FAA RMA-HDBK-006B i U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Reliability, Maintainability, and Availability (RMA) Handbook May 30, 2014 FAA RMA-HDBK-006B Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591 The following is an excerpt on maintainability and availability from The Reliability Engineering Handbook by Bryan Dodson and Dennis Nolan, © QA Publishing, LLC. - Reliability and Performance Application protection IIS Reliable Restart Socket pooling Multisite hosting Process throttling Bandwidth throttling. More to the Story. This guidance directs Services to implement RAM practices that ensure effective collaboration between the requirements and acquisition communities in the establishment of RAM requirements. As you can see from the table, if the reliability is held constant, even at a high value, this does not directly imply a high availability. It encompasses availability, performance, and quality, and when used correctly is removing waste. The purpose of the Gemini Reliability and Maintainability Plan is to help make trade-offs and Magnet Reliability in the Fermilab Main Injector and Implications for the ILC, - Magnet Reliability in the Fermilab Main Injector and Implications for the ILC Michael A. Tartaglia Fermilab Technical Division Magnet Systems Department, Improving Reliability of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems. - There are many factors that affect your business online visibility. An Overview on RAM assessment - CAPEX (FEED) Investment Stage Yousuf Hasani CEng 2. The goal of the research is to link and define the factors influencing the availability. a unit has a 95% probability of survival after 8000 hours). With more complex and expensive products, customers expect that their products can be used over a long period of time. Reliability for Gemini is specified in terms of overall availability. Reliability is the probability of survival after the unit/system operates for a certain period of time (e.g. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). Get the plugin now And they're ready for you to use in your PowerPoint presentations the moment you need them. 1.2 Reliability, availability, maintainability and safety (RAMS) requirements The RAMS requirements for the project, related to a service life of are: —System reliability requirement: not more than N failures per, causing. The 6th edition, in 2001, included my PhD studies. The discipline's first concerns were electronic and mechanical components (Ebeling, 2010). The Adobe Flash plugin is needed to view this content. Mixed Pb free & Pb. Scribd will begin operating the SlideShare business on December 1, 2020 PowerShow.com is a leading presentation/slideshow sharing website. 6 Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety and Quality are what the Customer says they are, not what the Engineers or the Designers say they are. Hire Certified Roof Inspection in Seven Hills. new reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) guidance in the recent DoDI 5000.02, based upon a July 2008 policy memorandum. Do you have PowerPoint slides to share? 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Maintainability and Reliability Barrera | Bunag | Marquez Design for Maintainability MAINTENANCE performed on a system or component in the event of a failure or as a preventive measure to preempt an expected failure.. Corrective Maintenance Preventive Maintenance-unscheduled maintenance -scheduled maintenance-result of failure -prevention of impending failures-accomplished … - Board integrity/Solder structure after reflows. See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details. Aassembly/Rework issues ... - Maintenance and Reliability Ross L. Fink Maintenance All activities involved in keeping a system s equipment in working order Reliability The probability that a ... Advanced Manufacturing and Power Core Maintainability. High plant availability produces profitable, Fusion experiments track mission availability, US fission power plants are reaching 90 and, Utility companies are interested in low OM costs, Reliability tends to have the most crucial, Infer component failure rates from similar, Analyze component failures from tokamak operating, There is a modest IEA task under way to do this, Present tokamaks and fusion experiments are not. Introduction to Reliability Engineering e-Learning course. Our new CrystalGraphics Chart and Diagram Slides for PowerPoint is a collection of over 1000 impressively designed data-driven chart and editable diagram s guaranteed to impress any audience. Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM) : How to Predict and Optimize Asset Performance . Many systems are repairable; when the system fails — whether it is an automobile, a dishwasher, production equipment, etc. RAM refers to three related characteristics of a system and its operational support: reliability, availability, and maintainability. A quick overview on RAM assessment during Project Engineering Phase/FEED of Life Cycle of Asset. It can take years for corporations to build online repute, however, it takes a matter of few minutes to abolish it. Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Study (RAMS) RAMS refers to Reliability, Availability and Maintainability Study which is a decision making tool used to identify how to increase the availability of the system, and thus increase the overall profit as well as reducing the life cycle costs. CrystalGraphics 3D Character Slides for PowerPoint, - CrystalGraphics 3D Character Slides for PowerPoint. What Is Reliability Engineering?Learn about it here. This policy implements key provisions of the DODD 5000.01 and DODI 5000.02. Reliability is the probability that an engineering system will perform its intended function satisfactorily (from the viewpoint of the customer) for its intended life under specified environmental and operating conditions. Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Policy, page . Testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services are majorly used in food & beverages sector to test the quality of food products to improve productivity and preserve consumers' health. - CAPEX (FEED) Investment Stage - CrystalGraphics offers more PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world, with over 4 million to choose from. The key difference between security and reliability-availability-safety is that security must take into account the actions of people attempting to cause destruction. A RAM study (Reliability, Availability and Maintainability) assesses the production system in question, whether it is already in operation, or still in the design phase. Reliability is the wellspring for the other RAM system attributes of availability and maintainability. Get the plugin now Training Objectives. - Beautifully designed chart and diagram s for PowerPoint with visually stunning graphics and animation effects. Reliability was first practiced in the early start-up days for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) when Robert Lusser, working with Dr. Wernher von Braun's rocketry program, developed what is known as \"Lusser's Law\" . Boasting an impressive range of designs, they will support your presentations with inspiring background photos or videos that support your themes, set the right mood, enhance your credibility and inspire your audiences. Whether your application is business, how-to, education, medicine, school, church, sales, marketing, online training or just for fun, PowerShow.com is a great resource. The purpose of the Gemini Reliability and Maintainability Plan is to help make trade-offs and Many of them are also animated. Systems 427 Index 433 xix After three editions, in 1993, Reliability, Maintainability in Perspective became Reliability, Maintainability and Risk. This in turn requires early knowledge of the anticipated life of the product and its constituent parts, and the degree to which the parts are to be made replaceable. Or use it to upload your own PowerPoint slides so you can share them with your teachers, class, students, bosses, employees, customers, potential investors or the world. It is most often expressed as a percentage, using the following calculation: Availability = 100 x (Available Time (hours) / Total Time (hours)) For equipment and/or systems that are expected to be able to be operated 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, Total Time is usually defined as being 24 hours/day, 7 days/week (in other words 8,760 hours per year). Understanding the Difference Between Reliability and Availability. They are all artistically enhanced with visually stunning color, shadow and lighting effects. Health Information Exchanges (HIEs): The Impact of HIPAA and the HITECH Act December 4, 2009. 7. The PowerPoint PPT presentation: "Impact of Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Inspectability (RAMI)" is the property of its rightful owner. Chapter 12 Maintainability and Availability 12.3.4 system with single component 12.3.5 Series system One repair person : Two repairperson 12.3.6 Parallel system One repair person Two repair persons 12.4 Optimization Approach 12.1 introduction Availability analysis of the system requires a knowledge: How the components are functional connected. If so, share your PPT presentation slides online with PowerShow.com. For equipment that is expected to be oper… Winner of the Standing Ovation Award for "Best PowerPoint Templates" from Presentations Magazine. As of this date, Scribd will manage your SlideShare account and any content you may have on SlideShare, and Scribd's General Terms of Use and Privacy Policy will apply. 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Doug Harrison: Competitive Bidding Is "Disastrous" in Current Form
Doug Harrison, founder of The Scooter Store, says he is not opposed to competitive bidding if parameters are in place to ensure patient access to the DME benefit and to guarantee "market-based" bids.
The Scooter Store, a nationwide mobility dealer based in Texas, came under fire in January for supposedly supporting competitive bidding and opposing a competitive bidding carveout for complex rehab.
As a result, Invacare Corp. announced it and its rehab divisions would no longer sell new vehicles or supplies, except for replacement parts for previously sold scooters and power chairs, to The Scooter Store. The move was applauded by several industry organizations, while several other organizations quickly issued statements affirming its support for a rehab carveout.
So during a Jan. 23 interview, the question was put to Harrison: If he had the power to wave a magic wand and make competitive bidding go away tomorrow — would he do it? Or does he support competitive bidding as a valuable thing, perhaps not in its current form, but in some form?
"In its current form, it's disastrous," Harrison says. "I think the way (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) have defined it and to call the current form 'competitive bidding' is I think being overly generous. It's not a very competitive program."
Harrison takes issue with the parameters CMS has put on so-called "acceptable" bids. "For it to be a free market-based bid, you can't have the bidding agency set a market cap and say, 'Bid anything you want to, as long as it's less than the allowable, or we'll throw your bid out,'" he says. "That's pretty absurd. It's automatically no longer a market-based bid."
But setting his objections to the current competitive bidding program aside: Would Harrison make competitive bidding go away if he could? Or does he think it's valuable in some form?
"As a consumer, aside from CMS-acquired products, if I'm having work done on my house or my car, I'm always going to get a couple of bids if I think I'm overpaying," Harrison says. "Does Medicare have the right to run a true market-based competitive bid? I think Medicare has the right to make sure it gets the best price and the best product and the best services for its beneficiaries all the time in whatever way it sees fit, as long as quality is not jeopardized, as long as access to the benefit is not jeopardized. And there's nothing in this bid program that ensures either one of those is still going to be in place.
"Am I opposed to it? I'm not opposed to it if it has the appropriate safeguards that ensure quality and access."
The Scooter Store, headquartered in New Braunfels, Texas, recently launched a complex rehab division named Alliance Seating & Mobility. Given that new launch, does Harrison really oppose a carveout for high-end seating & positioning products?
Harrison offered a Sophie's Choice-like metaphor in response.
"I have three kids," he said as a comparison. "If someone said, 'But which one do (you) love the least?' There's no answer to that; I love them all."
Harrison uses that comparison to express, he says, that he acknowledges a difference between so-called "consumer power" and complex rehab — but that doesn't mean he favors a carveout for rehab without a twin carveout for consumer power.
"So is there differentiation in the product? Of course; it's absurd for anybody to think that we don't think there's differentiation in the product," Harrison said. "We think all power mobility should be exempt from this current, so-called national competitive bidding, because the product's underutilized, and the process as rolled out is pretty Draconian."
Harrison added that he dislikes the term "consumer power."
"I'm fundamentally opposed to a lot of the high-end rehab groups that would try to demean the definition of geriatric mobility by saying, 'It's just a strength-and-stamina thing,'" he said. "They love to call geriatric mobility 'consumer power' because it sounds like something that maybe people just want, but they really don't need.
"If someone needs mobility to get around their house, and the next best option is a nursing home, to say, 'Well, that's just strength and stamina — they didn't need a ventilator, so they're not really disabled' is intensely insulting to a huge number of disabled seniors that face giving up their home and going into long-term care because they can't take care of themselves inside of their own home anymore."
But does Harrison acknowledge the difference in equipment needs, for example, between a young child with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a senior who's had a hip replacement surgery? Or for the sake of competitive bidding, does he believe that all seating and mobility equipment should be given the same weight?
"I think they all have a lot in similar and clearly they have a whole lot that's different as well," he said. "Both of them right now, for geriatric mobility and complex rehab products, pediatric or adult, are being substantially underutilized for Medicare.
Since we went through the last four years of Operation Wheeler Dealer and recoding and repricing, the entire industry, all mobility products to Medicare beneficiaries, is being grossly underutilized in all categories. Medicare's own estimate of appropriate utilization shows that today's utilization is grossly less, 30 to 40 percent less than what Medicare's own estimate of what beneficiary access and utilization ought to be."
And that, Harrison said, is at the heart of his concern over carving rehab out of the competitive bidding program while leaving consumer power products to be bid.
"So if both groups are being hurt, which they are, do you all want to differentiate between the two and say, 'Well, bid this one and not that one?'" he asked. "Those are both bad answers. If you say, 'Yeah, but if you had to bid one or the other, which would you bid?' There's not a winning answer to that."
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