In recent years, online content marketing has been gaining traction as part of a company's overall marketing strategy. Big companies have shifted from mailers, flyers, and other materials to online marketing methods. One of the most popular of these methods is the use of infographics.
Up until a couple of years ago, the use of infographics was growing exponentially year over year. Their popularity stemmed from the ease with which these graphics could be shared online. Social media sharing prompted graphic artists and online marketers to make the graphics more informative and entertaining. In turn, the most engaging infographics turned viral and were shared on Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Reddit, and others.
Infographics are great for marketers because they easily and quickly inform potential customers. There are now interactive infographics which have proven to be more effective than traditional infographics as content marketing tools. These graphics allow users to interact with the website, which results in more interest.
There are several distinct advantages to interactive infographics. First off, they can solicit information from users, including polls, signups, and email registration. Additional information can also be stored and shown only when the user needs to view it. This declutters the screen and helps pique the interest of the user, teasing them to click around the graphics. The infographic is then stored on the website and is only viewable there. That means users have to click on a link every time they want to view the whole infographic. For marketers and website owners, this means additional website traffic. With infographics viewers already on the website, it is significantly easier to get them to stay and sign-up for newsletters.
One concern for traditional infographics is their loading time. Google advises that websites should have loading times of less than 3 seconds. Any longer than 3 seconds and the visitor is likely to close the window and go to the next site. The main drawback of traditional, information-packed infographics is that they can have large file sizes.
On the other hand, interactive infographics have faster loading times due to their use of HTML5. The whole infographic does not have to load before being rendered. Instead, it can load what is needed immediately and then load the rest after scrolling.
Additionally, static infographics were designed for the desktop, whereas interactive infographics are inherently responsive and can resize for mobile users. For several years now, Google has been advocating a mobile-first development strategy, and it just so happens that interactive infographics play along nicely.
Internet marketers aim to provide the best buying experience. With interactive infographics, they have site visitors who are already interested in what they offer. Once the visitors have been hooked by the infographic, they can browse the rest of the website and have a look around. They can also be asked their preferences in polls and invited to subscribe to other similar content. Interactive infographics might not become as viral as static infographics yet; however, they are great for bringing in pre-qualified prospects.


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E&E Greenwire reports the Millennium Bulk Terminals, a 44-million-ton coal export terminal proposed in Washington state, is a flashpoint between states that extract natural resources and those that export them.
E&E Daily reports the Trump administration directed mapping specialists at the Bureau of Land Management to exclude coal deposits from the revised boundaries of a Utah national monument.
Houston Chronicle and Utility Dive report the Trump administration continues to look at steps to stop coal and nuclear power plants from closing, but states are encouraged to take action.
Ars Technica reports without federal help, local governments are also attempting to save coal plants with different results around the country.
PoliticoPro reports the Trump administration is preparing guidance for companies to qualify for a carbon capture tax credit.
E&E News PM reports Michigan is pulling out of litigation targeting the Obama-era Clean Water Rule.
E&E Greenwire reports EPA pledged $16 million annually to clean up the Tar Creek Superfund Site in northeastern Oklahoma.
InsideEPA reports the DOJ is urging federal courts to avoid cases on the scope of the Clean Water Act until it finalizes a rule to narrow a policy on the law's reach.
InsideEPA reports EPA has decided to split its plan to essentially exempt most coal-fired plants from NSR permitting requirements from its broader final ACE rule to limit coal plant emissions.
E&E News PM reports Energy Secretary Rick Perry believes American innovation is the future of our electricity system.
Bloomberg reports Acme Equities LLC is in talks to buy the San Juan Generating Station for $1 to avoid the loss of about 1,600 jobs in the area.
Utility Dive reports Wyoming passed a coal support bill to save ailing plants by encouraging the sale of coal-fired power plants instead of retiring them.
The Birmingham Business Journal reports the Alabama coal industry posted record gains in met coal exports in 2018.
The State Journal reports the West Virginia Legislature passed a coal tax rebate program designed to boost production by making it easier to procure new equipment.
Farmington Daily Times reports the support, opposition and uncertainty surrounding decisions to acquire the Navajo Generating Station and Kayenta Mine in Arizona.
The Washington Examiner reports Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin don't support a carbon tax.
Greentech Media reports New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is expected to sign a bill to commit New Mexico to carbon free electricity by 2045.
Minnesota Public Radio reports Minnesota utilities are pushing back on the 100% carbon-free energy proposal because they oppose state mandates.
InsideEPA reports a federal appellate court is slated to hear arguments today, March 13, on whether the Trump EPA was justified in discarding a proposed rule to set first-time Superfund financial requirements for the hardrock mining sector.
Chron and InsideEPA report EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler claimed that U.S. fossil fuels were "cleaner" than those from other countries and encouraged foreign customers to buy American oil, coal and natural gas.
The Washington Examiner reports the emphasis on coal, nuclear and national security over renewable energy and climate change in President Trump's 2020 budget.
E&E Daily reports six numbers to note in Trump's fiscal budget on energy and the environment.
WVTF reports a solar power plant will be built in southwestern Virginia on a remediated coal mine using funds from the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
CNET reports one Kentucky coal company transforming two old mining sites into a massive solar farm.
Argus reports West Virginia lawmakers have passed two bills aimed at easing coal producers' tax burdens.
E&E Daily News reports the White House has remained silent in the face of demands from union miners concerning mounting pension problems.
Argus reports Wyoming governor Mark Gordon has signed legislation designed to extend the lives of coal-fired plants in the state.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports $53 million is being invested in 'throughput infrastructure' in Utah to support loans that promote projects for moving Utah coal, oil and natural gas to markets.
E&E Energywire carries a report questioning whether states and cities can meet their 100% renewable energy goals considering the technology is not yet available.
PoliticoPro reports the Trump administration has dropped its bid to delay implementation of the WOTUS rule, ensuring a patchwork of Clean Water Act regulations across the country for the time being.
InsideEPA reports chemical industry officials are acknowledging that the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) does not go as far as they had hoped in preempting state rules and are seeking to assure local regulators and consumers that EPA's implementation of the new law will mitigate risks and the growing regulatory and retail patchwork.
E&E News PM reports President Trump's budget request includes $200 billion for "infrastructure priorities".
PoliticoPro reports the Trump administration's Interior Department budget request recommends slashing spending across a number of programs, including the National Park Service, wildfire management and conservation efforts, while boosting offshore energy and onshore coal development funding.
Reuters reports China expands its transition from coal to gas based fuel, even as it incorporates more ultra-low emissions technology at more than 80 percent of its total coal-fired power generation capacity.
American Thinker carries an article breaking down the Green New Deal to show it is unfeasible.
CNBC reports, while Trump has not revived the coal industry, employment for miners has held steady during the two years of his presidency, halting the employment drop over the past 30 years.
Metro News WV reports coal miners gathered outside the Senate chamber Saturday morning to celebrate passage of two bills aimed at boosting the state's coal industry.
Wyoming Public Media reports lawmakers in Wyoming push for legislation to slow coal plant closures.
WVPB reports a bipartisan group of West Virginia Senators has introduced a resolution that would task a legislative committee with studying the state's black lung epidemic and why it is on the rise, especially in younger miners.
E&E Climatewire reports on the struggle for rural electric cooperatives to transition away from coal. Part one of two.
E&E Energywire reports Rep. Lizzie Fletcher fights to call for climate action while defending fossil fuel industries in Texas.
InsideEPA reports EPA has voluntarily withdrawn its appeals of federal district court rulings striking down its delay of the Obama-era Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule, cementing for now a nationwide "patchwork" of regulations on the law's scope that will persist until the White House finalizes a policy to repeal or replace the 2015 jurisdiction rule.
E&E News reports states will no longer have to require power plants and other large polluters to track their summertime releases of nitrogen oxides through "continuous emission monitoring systems," under an EPA rule that takes effect today.
E&E Daily News reports top officials from three federal agencies — the departments of Agriculture, Energy and the Interior — will testify tomorrow before a House Natural Resources subcommittee on the Trump administration's wide-ranging "energy dominance" agenda.
Inc. reports a new Texas power plant which will burn fossil fuels and emit zero carbon emissions, thanks to carbon capture and storage technology.
WUSF reports a pair of bills have been filed in the Florida legislature that would mandate the state transition to renewable energy by 2050.
Tampa Bay Times reports Tampa Electric is transitioning from coal power to natural gas, but environmentalists are pushing for a faster transition to renewables.
The Washington Examiner reports the FERC, the nation's lead grid regulator, is quickly becoming to go-to agency for addressing a whole range of major energy policy hurdles for the nation, while hanging President Trump's energy dominance agenda in the balance.
The Herald Leader and US News report the death of a coal miner in a accident at a West Virginia mine on Thursday, March 7. It was the third nationwide this year.
GreenTech Media reports coal as a grid reliability during extreme weather, and questions where future resilience will come from.
S&P Global reports Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, who wants to save the coal industry in his state, has about one week to decide whether to sign a bill that would require utilities to seek buyers for their coal-fired plants, rather than closing them.
The Casper Star Tribune reports a carbon dioxide research program in Kentucky centered on carbon capture technology.
InsideEPA reports EPA has finalized a rule easing emissions monitoring mandates for industrial sources of pollution to eliminate what it says are obsolete requirements, a move that is a win for several states and industry groups that sought the revision and that rejects concerns from environmentalists who claim the regulatory change will boost pollution.
WVTF reports there are now more solar jobs than coal jobs in the state of Virginia.
Frontline reports the Texas city of Georgetown is now running on 100% renewable energy.
E&E Energywire reports lawmakers in New Mexico have advanced a bill that calls for the public utilities and rural cooperatives to source all of their electricity from renewable sources by 2045, in effect phasing out power generation fueled by coal and natural gas.
Utility Dive reports Wyoming lawmakers last week passed a bill to encourage the sale of coal-fired power plants in a bid to extend their lives amid an industrywide trend of retirements, and Montana is considering a bill to increase ownership stake in the 2 GW Colstrip power plant.
E&E Greenwire reports a bill, which aims to boost renewable energy production and phase out a major coal-fired power plant in New Mexico, is headed toward a Senate vote.
Bloomberg ran an op-ed by Michael Bloomberg, stating his plans to bolster the Beyond Coal campaign instead of running for president.
WTOP carries a piece from Simon F. Haeder, assistant professor at West Virginia University, in which he writes that any program moving the nation toward greener energy sources must include a lasting solution for coal miners, their families and their communities.
Argus reports the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) was granted additional time to file its plan for decommissioning the San Juan Generating Station.
Argus reports thermal coal prices unchanged across the board in mild over-the-counter trading activity on Monday.
Argus reports coal producer Paringa Resources has started processing raw coal at its Poplar Grove mine in Kentucky and expects to make its first commercial deliveries later this month.
NPR reports a contest in Wyoming to boost carbon capture technology in an effort to save coal.
The Courier Journal carries an op-ed by Sen. Mitch McConnell on the harms of the Green New Deal.
E&E Climatewire and InsideEPA report Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia recognize the dangers of climate change, but push for action that is pragmatic and emphasizes energy efficiency.
PolitcoPro mentions a letter sent by the Carbon Capture Coalition, urging congressional leaders to recognize the role of carbon capture in climate legislation.
WTVR reports recent polling suggest more Americans want to cut down on coal usage, with even Republicans divided on the issue.
The Concord Monitor reports the Sierra Club and the Conservation Law Foundation have sued two utilities over a coal-fired power plant in New Hampshire, saying they are violating the Clean Water Act.
The Washington Examiner reports scientists announced a potential breakthrough last week: a method for turning coal plant pollution into a new fuel itself for producing electricity and powering cars and trucks.
Utility Dive reports the owners of the Navajo Generating Station say efforts to keep the facility online have stalled, and they are moving ahead with plans to decommission the plant by Dec. 22.
Farmington Daily Times reports State Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, said Farmington could become the center of clean coal technology if Acme Equities acquires the San Juan Generating Station and installs carbon capture and sequestration technology on the plant.
E&E Climatewire reports on Friday, the Washington Senate passed a bill that would require the state's electric utilities to phase out coal-fired power by 2025 and transition to 100 percent carbon-neutral electricity by 2030.
E&E Climatewire and The Star Tribune report Gov. Tim Walz has set an ambitious goal for Minnesota to get 100 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050.
E&E Daily reports many congressional aides and agency staffers working to combat climate change are also investing for retirement in companies that are making the problem worse.
E&E Greenwire reports health officials in Pittsburgh are ordering the reduction of coking coal in their steel producing plants following a Christmas Eve fire that affected pollution controls at one of its plants.
The Register Herald (WV) and the Fayette Tribune (WV) carries an op-ed from Dr. John P. David, professor emeritus of economics at West Virginia University Institute of Technology and director of the Southern Appalachian Labor School. In the piece, David argues the Black Lung Excise tax should remain at its current level.
The Exponent Telegram (WV) carries an op-ed in which the author writes that cutting the coal severance tax isn't the best answer for West Virginia.
Utility Dive reports the agreement to keep the 847-MW San Juan coal plant in New Mexico open, saving jobs and maintaining the local tax base according to Farmington City Manager Rob Mayes.
Reuters reports over 90 percent of 265 U.S. coal plants that monitor groundwater near coal ash heaps have unsafe amounts of toxic metals compared to federal standards, with 52 percent of the plants having elevated levels of arsenic, according to a report from multiple environmental groups.
Alabama Media Group reports the William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant is set to be retired in April, but Alabama Power customers will be repaying about $740 million in costs related to the Walker County coal power plant long after it closes.
Seattle Times reports Washington's state Senate passes a bill requiring utilities to stop using coal by 2025.
NPR reports fewer than 130,000 households still use coal for heat, but the coal industry wants to boost that number and has a plan to attract more customers.
Utility Dive reports New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to phase out old peaking power plants in an effort to get to 100 percent clean energy.
The Washington Examiner reports Energy Secretary Perry warned that a polar vortex descending on the US in the first half of March would be a major test of our nation's electricity grid, and pushed for an 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy.
InsideEPA reports speakers at EPA's public hearing on its proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule gave early signals of how they plan to attack or defend the eventual final version of the rule in court, with environmentalists hinting at procedural and substantive arguments that they could raise in litigation aimed at striking down a narrow CWA test.
PoliticoPro reports since joining EPA 16 months ago, air chief Bill Wehrum restarted an effort he took up when he worked for the Bush EPA: paring back the New Source Review program.
The New York Times reports Senate Minority Leader Schumer said he intends to announce a proposal for a special Senate panel this week that would examine climate change, and that he wants to bring climate legislation to a vote in early 2021 if Democrats assume control of the presidency and Senate in the 2020 elections.
E&E Daily reports the first specifically climate-focused hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in nearly seven years will occur tomorrow as members meet to consider climate change and the electric sector.


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Finding a 2 ½ acre wooded lot may seem like a dream come true to those of us who live in an Urban setting.
But the reality is, it adds a lot of work and cost to the price of building a home and developing the land.
The property had several gentle rises and falls as it spread before us. The landscape architect, survey company and builder worked with Bill and I to position the house on the property.
Our goal was to maintain as many trees and natural plantings as possible while providing Bill with privacy and terrific views.
To maintain all the transitions retaining walls were installed. Pavestone cement landscape blocks were used throughout the property.
Once the house was almost completed our attention turned to what types of materials do we want to use to create the long driveway and large parking area.
Bill's first choice was pavers. But the square footage needed to accomplish our goals would have been cost prohibitive. It was my job to creatively design a combination of paving materials.
I'm a huge fan of pavers especially, Pavestone Pavers, having used them on multiple projects in the past. I designed a plan that gave us the biggest bang for our budget.
Bill selected Chicago Blend in two different sizes a 6 " x 6", 6" x 9". I elected to use a cream-colored pea gravel for the motor court.
I stipulated pavers on the driveway approach from the street. Connected that to a black-top drive to the crest of the hill and edged it with a 10' wide band of pavers. The pea gravel was used to pave the large motor court.
Loose gravel looks great but it does require more maintenance that pavers and does require some type of edging to keep it contained. The landscapers turned the Chicago 6" x 9" pavers on their side and cemented them in place to edge the motor court and planting beds.
To keep loose gravel from tracking into the house or the garage we used Pavestone pavers again. I designed a stair step design to add architectural interest to both these areas.
Whether you are paving a small area or a big space like Bill has, a creative design will allow you to keep the project within your budget and still give you a fantastic landscape vista.


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December 2014 Content E-Paper
IT: environmental blessing or curse?
Long live my lifestyle product!
Unregulated growth
"Intensive dialogue with ICT manufacturers is important to us"
GREEN IT! – Information, communications and climate action
Issue: December 2014, GREEN IT! – Information, communications and climate action
Strategies for more sustainable electronic devices
Christiane Weihe
Question: What produces almost the same quantity of carbon emissions as aviation? Answer: information and communication technologies (ICT). It's clear, then, that we need more environmental and social sustainability in ICT – and that applies all along the value chain from production to disposal and recycling. As for the devices themselves, a longer product lifespan and service life can help to improve their environmental performance and carbon footprint and mitigate negative social impacts. So how can our TVs, notebooks etc. become more sustainable? Studies by the Oeko-Institut show how.
The energy efficiency of ICT products has steadily improved. In the last eight years, the average power consumption of a flatscreen TV, for example, has fallen by around 60 per cent. But the positive effects of these efficiency gains are quickly cancelled out: falling prices, rising sales figures, greater product diversity, short innovation cycles and consumer demand for ever more attractive lifestyle products are increasingly impacting on the environment. ICT-related electricity consumption – which means ICT products, data centres and telecommunication networks – in the EU-27 amounted to 214 TWh, or 7.7 per cent of total electricity consumption, in 2011 (see "Unregulated growth" on p. 12). As well as the energy consumed and greenhouse gases emitted during the use phase, there is the manufacturing side to consider: "ICT products are mainly produced in Asia and involve a high energy consumption and high environmental impacts," says Siddharth Prakash, a senior researcher at the Oeko-Institut. In addition, many of the resources needed as inputs in ICT products are mined under dangerous conditions with no regard for social and environmental standards. "What's more, extreme environmental burdens and adverse impacts on human health are caused in the disposal and incorrect recycling of these products, above all in developing and newly industrialising countries where recycling technologies and infrastructure are still in their infancy," Siddharth Prakash explains. This causes significant and permanent loss of raw materials. But even a modern technology-based economy such as Germany's is not immune to resource losses. "Even in this country, there is often a lack of adequate collection systems and pre-treatment facilities for product recycling," he says. The problem is exacerbated by obsolescence – in other words, a shortened product lifespan.
Countering obsolescence
Many lifestyle products such as smartphones, notebooks and digital cameras are being replaced at ever shorter intervals. Many devices are disposed of even if they are still in good working order, simply because the consumer can't resist the temptation to buy the latest model. "The resulting waste has risen sharply in recent years," says Siddharth Prakash. "In addition, the primary production of resources, including rare metals, is increasing to enable the new equipment to be manufactured." Oeko-Institut experts are currently investigating obsolescence in a study commissioned by the German Federal Environment Agency. In cooperation with the University of Bonn, they are studying the influence of obsolescence on the environment and resource consumption and are analysing the policy and technical options for extending the lifespan of these products. "We're working with examples from specific product groups – TVs, notebooks and washing machines – and are mapping the average lifespan and service life of these appliances over a period of several years. Based on this information, we then pinpoint the causes of obsolescence," explains Siddharth Prakash. The experts are identifying characteristics which cause technical deterioration or reduce the product's lifespan or service life, and are devising ways of overcoming them. They are also documenting the obstacles that stand in the way of potential solutions. On this basis, the researchers aim to develop criteria for manufacturers and products in order to extend the product lifespan and are making appropriate recommendations to policy-makers and consumers.
Prakash explains one of the study's interim findings: "For flatscreen TVs, the study reveals a fluctuating trend as regards first-use duration," he says. "In 2005 – the first year of the survey – it averaged 3.2 years. In 2007, it increased to 5.7 years but fell back to 4.4 years in 2010, before rising to 5.6 years by 2012." For new flatscreens, the average duration of first use was therefore substantially lower than for cathode ray tube TVs replaced during the same period. Many flatscreen TVs are replaced simply because consumers want to upgrade to a better product: more than 60 per cent of functioning flatscreens were replaced for this reason in 2012, and only 25 per cent of purchases were made to replace a faulty product.
It's a similar scenario with notebooks. "Here, more than 25 per cent of replacements were purchased because the consumer's existing product was faulty," says Siddharth, "and we've seen a substantial increase in this figure over recent years." The main reasons, he says, are thermal problems, mechanical deterioration, and user carelessness. "Here, conversely, the desire to upgrade to a better product is on the decline," Siddharth explains. Between 2004 and 2007, the average duration of first use for notebooks initially increased slightly from 5.4 years (2004) to 6 years (2005/2006) before falling marginally to 5.7 years in 2007. In 2012, it stood at 5.1 years.
Extending lifespans
In their study of obsolescence, the experts are already making one key recommendation: the lifespan and service lifetime of products must be extended. The benefits of this approach are revealed in a joint study produced by the Oeko-Institut and the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM) on behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency. The researchers investigated when is the optimum time to replace an old notebook which still functions with a new, more energy-efficient model. "The study clearly shows that the environmental impacts of notebook production are so high that they cannot be compensated in realistic time periods by energy efficiency gains in the use phase," says Siddharth Prakash. Even assuming an unrealistic energy efficiency increase between two generations of notebooks of 70 per cent, the replacement of an old model with a new and more energy-efficient one is only justified from an environmental perspective after 13 years. And if the new device is around 10 per cent more energy-efficient than the old one, the energy savings outweigh the environmental impacts of production only after several decades.
In the researchers' view, it is vital to reduce the environmental impacts of notebook production and for product design to focus to a greater extent on product longevity and on ensuring that the products can be repaired and recycled. This is because notebooks also contain a number of scarce raw materials which are rarely recycled. "It should be possible to upgrade and retrofit notebooks, repair them at reasonable cost, and make standardised spare parts more readily available over a period of several years," says Siddharth Prakash. "And in terms of recyclability, it is important to ensure that individual components, such as batteries containing cobalt, can be removed easily without using tools."
Software is another challenge, as this can reduce a product's use phase. "Often, devices are replaced because they don't support a particular operating system or application, not because they are faulty," explains Siddharth Prakash. "This applies not only to products such as notebooks and printers, but also, and increasingly, to TVs." The Oeko-Institut's researchers are currently looking at how software solutions can help to extend products' service life.
Until very recently, European ecodesign policy focused primarily on energy efficiency. However, initial steps towards more transparency, minimum environmental standards and longer product lifespans have now been taken in the Ecodesign Directive. "From 1 July 2014, manufacturers of notebook computers must provide information, in the technical documentation, about the minimum number of loading cycles that the batteries can withstand and make this information publicly available on free-access websites," says Siddharth Prakash. Manufacturers must also provide information about battery replacement on their websites, on the external packaging, and in the technical documentation. "This was the first small step. Now, others must follow for other product groups as well, and must include additional obligations for manufacturers and the development of standardised processes to measure product lifespan."
Assessing sustainability
But it is not only the manufacturers' information which guides consumers towards environmentally friendly products: so do consumer platforms such as EcoTopTen and Blue Angel. The EU Ecolabel also helps consumers identify recommended products and services that have a reduced environmental and climate impact, including computers, notebooks and TVs. The Oeko-Institut researchers have been assisting the European Commission to refine the existing criteria for the EU Ecolabel. "We have already put forward a list of criteria for computers and TVs. For the first time, they include social standards, such as working conditions in production and mining of conflict-free raw materials," says Siddharth Prakash. The researchers have also proposed measures aimed at product longevity.
In a further study, commissioned by Deutsche Telekom AG, the Oeko-Institut has identified ways of making ICT products more sustainable. It created a comprehensive sustainability matrix, whose criteria include product factors such as climate-friendly design and life-cycle costs and company-specific criteria such as the vehicle fleet. "The matrix enables products and services to be assessed and conclusions to be drawn for product development and procurement, for example," says Siddharth Prakash. "In this way, a great deal can be achieved along the entire value chain."
More environmental and social sustainability in information and communication technologies is essential. Policy-makers have a role to play here – for example, by broadening the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include additional criteria such as longevity and material efficiency. There's a role, too, for the industry itself, which should be supplying long-lived products, for example. And not least, consumers must play their part, by using their notebooks and smartphones, etc. for as long as possible before replacing them. "Action by all groups within society is crucial," Siddharth Prakash emphasises, "especially in view of the continued growth that we expect for the ICT industry over the next few years." And that's something else that ICT has in common with aviation. Christiane Weihe
Contact at the Oeko-Institut
Siddharth Prakash
Oeko-Institut e.V., Head Office Freiburg
Tel.: +49 761-45 295 244
s.prakash--at--oeko.de
Further information from the Oeko-Institut
Thematic web page: IT and telecommunications – Environmental impacts of information & communication technologies
Press Release: Frequent replacement of notebooks harms the climate and the environment
Further information (in German only)
Press Release: Strategien gegen Obsoleszenz
Study: Zeitlich optimierter Einsatz eines Notebooks unter ökologischen Gesichtspunkten
Further information (on external websites)
Press Release: Defectiv electronic equipment – accidental or pre-meditated? Federal Environment Agency commissions obsolescence study
Website: The Blue Angel
Thematic web page: The EU Ecolabel
Thematic web page: EU Ecolabel and Green Public Procurement for personal and notebook computers
Thematic web page: EU Ecolabel and Green Public Procurement criteria revision for televisions
Online Platform: EcoTopTen
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'I've seen a good many little girls in my time, but never one with such a neck as that!
At first I attempted to prevent her but she persisted, and entering the room where it lay, hastily examined the neck of the victim, and clasping her hands exclaimed, 'O God!
Could I enter into a festival with this deadly weight yet hanging round my neck and bowing me to the ground?
Towards morning I was possessed by a kind of nightmare; I felt the fiend's grasp in my neck and could not free myself from it; groans and cries rang in my ears.


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Man who ran over Pc Gareth Phillips with stolen patrol car and then fled at nearly 100mph jailed for 12 years
Video report by ITV News Midlands Reporter Ben Chapman
A banned driver has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for inflicting "life-changing" injuries on a police officer, after he ran over him in a stolen patrol car.
Mubashar Hussain, from Hall Green, Birmingham, was arrested in September.
PC Gareth Phillips was responding to reports of a stolen car, which was tracked to the Moseley area of Birmingham.
Officers tried to apprehend Mubashar Hussain and his co-defendant Ahsan Ghafoor, using a taser.
PC Gareth Phillips / Mubashar Hussain Credit: West Midlands Police
Onlookers watched in horror as PC Phillips was pinned underneath a patrol car as the 29- year-old tried to get away in it - reaching speeds of almost 100 miles per hour.
This footage released by West Midlands Police shows Pc Gareth Phillips being run over by Mubashar Hussain.
Opening the case against Hussain, prosecutor Andrew Smith QC said Hussain was wearing a balaclava when he reversed the 4x4 away from an arriving police car, while his accomplice Ahsan Ghafoor threw a house brick. Several unmarked and marked cars had been sent to the scene after the Range Rover was seen driving dangerously, in convoy with another vehicle stolen from a furniture store car park.
Pc Phillips was in court for the sentencing hearing, but left along with several other people when recordings of the events were played.
The officer has now undergone a number of complex surgical procedures but his life changing injuries mean he has a long recovery ahead.
Pc Gareth Phillips in hospital. Credit: West Midlands Police
An off duty doctor rushed to the scene helping Pc Phillips by compressing his head wound, and stayed with him until the paramedics arrived.
He described what he saw.
He just saw red, you know you could tell he just wanted to escape, like a caged animal - and he wasn't going to let anybody or anyone's life stop him from escaping….
...It was like something out of a war zone...He had a head injury, there was blood coming from his head, he was lying in a slanted position on his side, quite dazed, disorientated...
...The lack of regard for the poor officers who were seriously injured in the process was just shocking really.
– Dr Adil Butt
Hussain pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest, as well as 11 other offences.
Jailing Hussain and Ghafoor, Judge Wall told the men: "You went out with another person who has not been identified to steal high-value cars."
Addressing Hussain, who was surrounded by four dock officers, the judge said: "You are a habitual dangerous driver. The level of your offending is increasing and not diminishing. The police made efforts to detain you. They took hold of you, ripped off your balaclava and Tasered you when you persistently refused to co-operate. None of this deterred you from your efforts to avoid being arrested. Pc Phillips has been left with potentially life-changing injuries. The surgeon who treated him regarded them as life-threatening."
Police officer who was injured after being run over gets morale-boosting hospital visit from his beloved dog
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"He's a sort of understated leader, who leads by example," Gale said of his first signing, pointing to a history of giving back in the communities he's played in by coaching youth as a "great example" of his professionalism.
"He's got his peak years ahead of him and he's got huge upside to continue to learn and develop his game," Gale added.
Unlike their counterparts FC Edmonton and Cavalry FC in the prairies, Valour FC does not necessarily have an existing player pool to tap into, and as such, Gale has been hard at work identifying talented players both in Winnipeg and all across the continent as he begins piecing together his first roster.
His experiences with Canada's youth national teams helps him connect with exactly those kinds of players. Gale did hint he has worked with Valour's first signing in the past, adding the player has featured regularly in the U.S.
As for on-field characteristics, Gale explained his signing draws on his physical stature on both ends of the ball.
"He can be a set-piece weapon for us, because he's very good in the air and in both boxes," Gale said. "And above all, he's the right character for us as we build at Valour Football Club, in terms of all of his attributes both on and off the field.


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Gianni Latrofa
Gianni Latrofa (Giovanni) was a child prodigy who started playing music at the age of 4. As a child he won every music competition he entered in Switzerland.
Gianni's family moved to Italy when he was 9 years old where he began his studies at the Conservatory in classical organ and piano. At the age of 17 his interests turned to pop and rock music. Gianni also began composing his own music in various music styles. He joined bands of major pop Italian artists and within a few years was arranging and composing for those artists.
Gianni's first experience as a dance music producer came in 1996 with 'Rising Sun – Inertia' (Drohm/BMG); The Promise - Pro Six - Dig It. Gianni moved to London where he started composing chilling music in a pop-classical style. His creations are featured in several short films. Back in Italy he worked in TV (Telenorba) as a music consultant for variety shows as a pianist and composer. This experience provided him the opportunity to reach a larger audience while composing and performing his own music live on programs likethe daily television program "Gran Lady", "The Cripton" and Jasmine Magic Show".
From 1996 to 2002 Gianni worked as music director, composer and arranger for all Idotea's music productions, where his music is featured in movies and short films.
In 2007 Gianni released his first instrumental album entitled "Cobalto", followed by, 'Viola' in 2008. "Infinito" was released in January 2011, followed by "Piano Bells" (holiday EP produced to celebrate his partnership with WorldSound Productions (U.S.).
After a prolonged visit in the United States of America, Gianni is back to Italy, recording and producing for several projects.
'Ambra' (october 2014) is a piano and synth release with new stories and feelings.
In July-August 2015 Gianni composes the soundtrack of an Italian featured movie, "Quelli dell'Ariamara", album available from CdBaby.
His newest release is 'Spirito Nuovo' with a new artist name, Vanvenice (october 2017). This album is a special and delicate tribute to his hometown, Venezia (Italy).
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Q: How to make Cython use the correct shared library? I am currently trying to write a wrapper for a C library. It works perfectly locally, but has to be run on a remote server on which I do not have admin privileges.
A compiled version of the C library and include files is available in a known folder that I will denote hereafter as /correct/folder.
I first tried using a setup.py, specifying the library location by setting the relevant parameters, i.e.
setup(
ext_modules = cythonize([Extension("frlib", ["frlib.py"],
    include_dirs=["/correct/folder/include"],
    library_dirs=["/correct/folder/lib"],
    libraries=["<name>"])])
)

This is where it gets messy. There is already an existing (unsatisfactory) python package making use of the library, which has its owned compiled version of the library, which is an outdated one. Many of the sysconfig variables point to the folder containing this outdated library, so when I use setup.py, the gcc commands unvariably link to the incorrect one (some -L/wrong/folder argument is passed).
To bypass this, I ran the gcc commands myself, removing all the references to /wrong/folder. When I run the ldd <name>.so command, I see the correct folder listed for the C library ; however it also appears in the "unused runtime libraries" in ldd -u <name>.so. And when I import the Python library and uses the C command for getting the version of the library, it shows to be the wrong version.
I am assuming that it must come from an environment variable used by cython or gcc, but really cannot understand when it comes into play. I added both -L/correct/folder and -Wl,-rpath-link,/correct/folder to gcc, so this should not be overridden, right ? Also, the correct path is in the $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Could this appear when Cython transforms the .py into .c ? Are there tools other than ldd that could help me diagnose this ?

A: Well, managed to do it (always after posting the question, of course...).
Had to use -Wl,-rpath,/correct/folder instead of -Wl,-rpath-link,/correct/folder.

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The difference between the normal lighting installation with the landscape one is that the normal ones are usually placed on the ceiling to illuminate the area underneath it, while in landscape setting the concept of the lighting system itself is usually done just like how you see lighting on a stage. Basically most of the lights will be installed or placed on the ground instead of up on the ceiling. The placements of the lights are done to give enough brightness to the "center area" which is the house itself or people that are walking on the outside area of the house.
The bulb color used for this particular type of lighting can be done in yellow or white depending on the homeowner's personal preferences. Before installing the lights of your landscape, it would probably be best if you plan ahead everything that you need so that you can estimate the budgets needed while also making sure where you want the lights to be set up too.


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The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Preview: A Look at What's to Come
by Ryan Smith on May 17, 2016 9:00 AM EST
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Preview Gaming Performance, Power, Temperature, & Noise First Thoughts
Earlier this month NVIDIA announced their latest generation flagship GeForce card, the GeForce GTX 1080. Based on their new Pascal architecture and built on TSMC's 16nm FinFET process, the GTX 1080 is being launched as the first 16nm/14nm-based video card, and in time-honored fashion NVIDIA is starting at the high-end. The end result is that the GTX 1080 will be setting the new high mark for single-GPU performance.
Unlike past launches, NVIDIA is stretching out the launch of the GTX 1080 a bit more. After previously announcing it back on May 6th, the company is lifting their performance and architecture embargo today. Gamers however won't be able to get their hands on the card until the 27th – next Friday – with pre-order sales starting this Friday. It is virtually guaranteed that the first batch of cards will sell out, but potential buyers will have a few days to mull over the data and decide if they want to throw down $699 for one of the first Founders Edition cards.
As for the AnandTech review, as I've only had a few days to work on the article, I'm going to hold it back rather than rush it out as a less thorough article. In the meantime however, as I know everyone is eager to see our take on performance, I wanted to take a quick look at the card and the numbers as a preview of what's to come. Furthermore the entire performance dataset has been made available in the new GPU 2016 section of AnandTech Bench, for anyone who wants to see results at additional resolutions and settings.
NVIDIA GPU Specification Comparison
GTX 1080 GTX 980 Ti GTX 980 GTX 780
CUDA Cores 2560 2816 2048 2304
Texture Units 160 176 128 192
ROPs 64 96 64 48
Core Clock 1607MHz 1000MHz 1126MHz 863MHz
Boost Clock 1733MHz 1075MHz 1216MHz 900Mhz
TFLOPs (FMA) 9 TFLOPs 6 TFLOPs 5 TFLOPs 4.1 TFLOPs
Memory Clock 10Gbps GDDR5X 7Gbps GDDR5 7Gbps GDDR5 6Gbps GDDR5
Memory Bus Width 256-bit 384-bit 256-bit 384-bit
VRAM 8GB 6GB 4GB 3GB
FP64 1/32 1/32 1/32 FP32 1/24 FP32
TDP 180W 250W 165W 250W
GPU GP104 GM200 GM204 GK110
Transistor Count 7.2B 8B 5.2B 7.1B
Manufacturing Process TSMC 16nm TSMC 28nm TSMC 28nm TSMC 28nm
Launch Date 05/27/2016 06/01/2015 09/18/2014 05/23/2013
Launch Price MSRP: $599
Founders $699 $649 $549 $649
While I'll get into architecture in much greater detail in the full article, at a high level the Pascal architecture (as implemented in GP104) is a mix of old and new; it's not a revolution, but it's an important refinement. Maxwell as an architecture was very successful for NVIDIA both at the consumer level and the professional level, and for the consumer iterations of Pascal, NVIDIA has not made any radical changes. The basic throughput of the architecture has not changed – the ALUs, texture units, ROPs, and caches all perform similar to how they did in GM2xx.
Consequently the performance aspects of consumer Pascal – we'll ignore GP100 for the moment – are pretty easy to understand. NVIDIA's focus on this generation has been on pouring on the clockspeed to push total compute throughput to 9 TFLOPs, and updating their memory subsystem to feed the beast that is GP104.
On the clockspeed front, a great deal of the gains come from the move to 16nm FinFET. The smaller process allows NVIDIA to design a 7.2B transistor chip at just 314mm2, while the use of FinFET transistors, though ultimately outright necessary for a process this small to avoid debilitating leakage, has a significant benefit to power consumption and the clockspeeds NVIDIA can get away with at practical levels of power consumption. To that end NVIDIA has sort of run with the idea of boosting clockspeeds, and relative to Maxwell they have done additional work at the chip design level to allow for higher clockspeeds at the necessary critical paths. All of this is coupled with energy efficiency optimizations at both the process and architectural level, in order to allow NVIDIA to hit these clockspeeds without blowing GTX 1080's power budget.
Meanwhile to feed GTX 1080, NVIDIA has made a pair of important changes to improve their effective memory bandwidth. The first of these is the inclusion of faster GDDR5X memory, which as implemented on GTX 1080 is capable of reaching 10Gb/sec/pin, a significant 43% jump in theoretical bandwidth over the 7Gb/sec/pin speeds offered by traditional GDDR5 on last-generation Maxwell products. Coupled with this is the latest iteration of NVIDIA's delta color compression technology – now on its fourth generation – which sees NVIDIA once again expanding their pattern library to better compress frame buffers and render targets. NVIDIA's figures put the effective memory bandwidth gain at 20%, or a roughly 17% reduction in memory bandwidth used thanks to the newer compression methods.
As for features included, we'll touch upon that in a lot more detail in the full review. But while Pascal is not a massive overhaul of NVIDIA's architecture, it's not without its own feature additions. Pascal gains the ability to pre-empt graphics operations at the pixel (thread) level and compute operations at the instruction level, allowing for much faster context switching. And on the graphics side of matters, the architecture introduces a new geometry projection ability – Simultaneous Multi-Projection – and as a more minor update, gets bumped up to Conservative Rasterization Tier 2.
Looking at the raw specifications then, GTX 1080 does not disappoint. Though we're looking at fewer CUDA cores than the GM200 based GTX 980 Ti or Titan, NVIDIA's significant focus on clockspeed means that GP104's 2560 CUDA cores are far more performant than a simple core count would suggest. The base clockspeed of 1607MHz is some 42% higher than GTX 980 (and 60% higher than GTX 980 Ti), and the 1733MHz boost clockspeed is a similar gain. On paper, GTX 1080 is set to offer 78% better performance than GTX 980, and 47% better performance than GTX 980 Ti. The real world gains are, of course, not quite this great, but they're also relatively close to these numbers at times.
Gaming Performance, Power, Temperature, & Noise The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Preview Gaming Performance, Power, Temperature, & Noise First Thoughts
Eleveneleven - Monday, May 23, 2016 - link
Yeah they took forever to post their SurfaceBook review compared to everyone else. Like really lazily slow.
Stuka87 - Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - link
Its not that they can't, its that a full Anandtech review is gigantic. And takes more than 2-3 days.
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - link
I'm with the OP on this one. You guys talk about other sites not having detailed information, but I refer you to PCPer's review. They somehow were able to perform full frame rating analysis on their full test suite, address the 2/3-way SLI concerns, and discuss the architecture in detail. So, holding Anandtech to the fire on this one is justified in my opinion.
Margalus - Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - link
The thing is, some of those other reviewers went to launch event and got their cards immediately. It doesn't seem anybody from Anandtech went, so they probably had to wait for a review sample.
HOOfan 1 - Thursday, May 19, 2016 - link
nvidia seemed to invite everyone and their mother to the unveil. There were youtubers there with under 500K subscribers. I'd say if anandtech didn't send anyone to the event...then they missed possibly the biggest Tech reveal of 2016 so far.
Beararam - Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - link
That's garbage. All the other GPU reviews (the flagships) have been done on release day.
schizoide - Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - link
From what I've heard, NV only provided functional drivers wednesday of last week. So all those sites had less than a week to review a major release. Some sites bit down and made it happen anyway, but others had other obligations making that impossible.
pikkon39 - Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - link
the NDA lifted today so yes, they can post reviews.
bigboxes - Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - link
It's a paper launch. I expected better from nVidia. Lame.
I honestly don't understand why people gripe about paper launches. Hopefully the people who gripe about paper launches are not the same ones who are checking wccftech every day for new "leaks" about Tech products. Paper Launch = giving people official specs about a card and allowing informed buying decisions even before the cards come out. What does it matter if they paper launch the card in May and physically launch the card in June, if there is no way they can physically launch until June anyway?


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LEXINGTON, Ky. — RaveOn, the newly launched mobile app, lets sports fans be heard and stay connected while watching in person and during televised sporting events. The users can vote on great plays and protest bad calls by referees, fueling team spirit and fan passion. Other features allow fans to follow favorite teams, connect with friends and influencers while checking scores and schedules on RaveOn's live game screens.
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"Why is nuclear power feared so much, yet wanted so bad?"
Nuclear power is, in simple words, a means to have a clean and efficient way of boiling water to make steam, or to turn turbines to produce electricity. Another is obviously making weapons for whatever purpose. The topic is focused mostly on the latter. There are only nine countries that own actual nuclear weapons. They are Russia, the United States, China, India, Israel, France, North Korea, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. Ever since the first nuclear weapon was made and used, everyone knows that the matters concerning the use of those objects is extremely serious and also prohibited. The first time they were used was by The US on Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The effects are said to be present till now. The explosion wiped out the two cities and also marked the end of the war. It still occasionally shows up, with a newborn baby with deformities. The radiation itself was harmful, the explosion came way later. But the horrors went unnoticed, and since then no-one has ever used a nuke against any other country ever again. Now why do only nine countries have nukes? What about the others? Well The US made it during war and it wasn't made public that much. The UK made nukes to support The US during the Cold War. After the end of World War II, the former allies in the anti-Hitler coalition found themselves on different sides of the barricades. The American and British military drew up plans for a possible war against the USSR. They proposed the bombing of major Soviet cities using nuclear weapons. An opponent country having a weapon capable of ruining your country is never good news, moreover they weren't on the friendliest terms at the time. Thus USSR (Russia) also developed their own nukes. France got nukes because they were running out of other sources of energy and were in dire need for energy to fuel its war effort. Israel is merely believed to have nukes. Israel has not publicly conducted a nuclear test, and does not admit or deny possession of weapons. It just states that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons in the Middle East. North Korea justifies its nuclear weapons as guaranteed protection against The US "hostile policy" of intimidation, military attacks, and regime change against authoritarian regimes. China committed itself to continue nuclear weapons development to break "the superpowers' monopoly on nuclear weapons ," to ensure Chinese security against the Soviet and United States threats, and to increase Chinese prestige and power internationally. Pakistan and India both developed nukes under the thought of a possible war. Now there are conflict hit countries that are not allowed to make nukes and countries who don't make nukes because they know it may start conflicts in their neighbourhood. Mostly because if a nuclear war starts, it'll just lead to mass destruction. It's like a double edged sword, you can use it, but when it's used on you you're gone. It destroys land, destroys future crops, destroys jobs, kills people, all these factors will lead to the fall of the country's economy. The good part about this is that not everyone can make nukes as they need to refine uranium to the point where it's useful, and that's not an easy task. Furthermore its even harder to obtain uranium itself. Also you would need a nuclear reactor and before you'd even get the chance to make one foreign superpowers will stop you. That is why India had to make their nukes in secret. Now if some countries have the power to defend themselves and also attack their defenceless enemies, obviously other countries also want them. This is why nuclear power is feared so much, it may backfire and cause more loss than gain, but at the same time they want it so much because it gives them a false sense of having the upper hand.
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BOSTON, MA (June 1, 2016) -- Two Ten Footwear Foundation, the national foundation serving the footwear industry, has partnered with the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), the first and only trade organization focused solely on the footwear industry, to create the most comprehensive, online career marketplace available to footwear professionals. Revenue generated from the new Footwear Careers Marketplace website will support a new fund created by Two Ten, specifically to help industry workers who find themselves in between jobs and in need of financial support.
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Mozambique is a tropical country with two major seasons – the wet season from November to March, and the dry season from April to October. The dry season is an ideal climate for your Mozambique safari.
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Summer is here and you will start to feel the heat! With the heat comes the beginning of the rains but, not to worry, the heavy rainy season is not upon us yet. The early rains of November and December pass quickly. The sun breaks through the clouds and the animals are left with some much needed water and greenery. Daytime temperatures average 32°C (90°F). It's perfect weather for a dip in our swimming pool!


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Q: Is this algorithm correct for finding period of a string? An answer to this question cites page 340 of "Text algorithms" by Crochemore and Rytter for a linear-time algorithm to compute the period of a string. However it's quite complex, and the following, adapted from the maximal suffix algorithm used in the Two Way algorithm (by Chrochemore and Perrin), seems correct for computing the period:
size_t period_of(const char *x)
{
    size_t j=1, k=0, p=1;
    while (x[j+k]) {
        if (x[j+k] != x[k]) {
            j += k?k:1;        // Previously: j += k+1;
            k = 0;
            p = j;
        } else if (k != p) {
            k++;
        } else {
            j += p;
            k = 0;
        }
    }
    return p;
}

Their version in Two Way, from which this is adapted, computes the period of the maximal suffix as a side effect of computing the maximal suffix. However, unless I'm missing something, the validity of the logic does not seem to depend on the maximal suffix property.
Is the above correct? If not, can you provide a counterexample that shows where it fails?

A: A counterexample even after the fix is:
aabaaaba

At position 3, the algorithm first starts matching the prefix of a period-3 match. But when it gets an a instead of a b at position 5, it wrongly jumps the candidate period up to 5, missing the actual period of 4.
The algorithm in Two Way, from which this was adapted, that computes the period of the maximal suffix as a side effect of finding the maximal suffix, does rely on the maximal suffix property. Instead of the != condition, it has separate > and < conditions, where one of the two will replace the start of the candidate suffix and the other will extend the running period. Stated non-rigorously, the above kind of situation cannot arise, because either b > a, in which case the suffix would start at a b, or a > b, in which case aaa > aab. I suspect reading the paper in more detail (which requires deciphering its awful pseudocode notation with one-based indexing) will clarify the rest.
Unfortunately I'm fairly convinced that the algorithm I asked about is not recoverable.
Further note that in the example, a need not be a single character. It can be an arbitrarily-long pattern. This seems to preclude any trivial linear-time fixups.


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And the word of Samuel penetrated all Israel.
(B.C. 1140.) Israel rises under him as Teacher to Fight the Philistines.
Afterwards Israel went to meet the Philistines in war, and encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Afak.
RF SA1 4:2 Then the Philistines disposed themselves to meet Israel, and opened out to the battle, and Israel was routed before the Philistines, and they slew in the open field about four thousand men.
RF SA1 4:3 So when the army returned to the Camp, the Judges of Israel asked, "Why has the EVER-LIVING routed us before the Philistines today? Let us take the Ark of the EVER-LIVING with us from Shiloh and go to oppose them, and it will save us from the clutch of our enemies."
RF SA1 4:4 (B.C. 1140.) The Army Defeated and sends for the Ark to the Camp.
The army therefore sent to Shiloh, and brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD of HOSTS, Who rests between Kerubim, from there. But the two sons of Eli, Khofni and Finehas, went with the Ark of the Covenant of GOD;
RF SA1 4:5 and when the Ark of the Covenant of the EVER-LIVING came to the Camp, and the Children of Israel saw it, they shouted aloud so that the earth shook;
RF SA1 4:6 and the Philistines heard the sound of the shouting, and asked, "What is the noise of this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?"1 and they were informed that the Ark of the EVER-LIVING had come to the camp.
RF SA1 4:7 The Philistines fear its Arrival, but Fight and Capture it.
Then the Philistines were afraid, for they said, "GOD has come to their camp," and exclaimed, "Woe to us!
RF SA1 4:8 Who can deliver us from the hand of this splendid GOD of theirs? The GOD who defeated the Mitzerites with such a total defeat in the desert?
RF SA1 4:9 Let us harden ourselves, and be men, Philistines, for fear they should enslave you as you enslaved them. So be men and warriors!"
RF SA1 4:10 Israel again Defeated. Eli's Tragic Death.
The Philistines consequently fought and routed the Israelites, and each man fled to his home, for the defeat was very great. There fell also thirty thousand regular troops of Israel,
RF SA1 4:11 and the Ark of GOD was captured, and the two sons of Eli—Khofni and Finehas—were killed.
RF SA1 4:12 But a man of Benjamin fled from the battle and came to Shiloh on the same day, with his clothes torn and earth on his head,
RF SA1 4:13 and when he arrived Eli was sitting on his chair beside the road to Mitzphah, for his heart was was troubled about the Ark of GOD, and the man came to report to the town, and he called to all the village.
RF SA1 4:14 When Eli heard the sound of wailing he asked, "What means this noise in the crowd?" So the man hastened and came and told it to Eli.
RF SA1 4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed, so that he was not able to see.
RF SA1 4:16 So the man said, "I have come from the battlefield. I have fled from the battlefield today." Then He asked, "What was the result, my son?"
1. V. 6. "Eberim." if translated, means "Colonists"; a fit term to be used by the Philistines of the Israelites, who were really Colonists in Palestine.—F.F.
RF SA1 4:17 When the reporter answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines; and there is a great panic on the army; and your two sons are killed,—Khofni and Finehas;—and the Ark of GOD has been captured"
RF SA1 4:18 GOD But when the Ark of was mentioned, he fell off the chair backwards towards the side of the gate, and broke his neck, for he was an old man and heavy. He had ruled in Israel forty years.
RF SA1 4:19 (B.C. 1140.) Tragic Death of Finehas's Wife
The wife of Finehas was near being delivered of a child when she heard the report of the capture of the Ark of GOD, and of the death of her father-in-law and husband, and she fell down and brought forth, for her grief overwhelmed her.
RF SA1 4:20 But at the moment of her death the attendants who stood by her said, "Never mind, for you have borne a son!" She answered not,—for her heart moved not.
RF SA1 4:21 They consequently called the lad "Ai-kabod," meaning that the glory has gone from Israel by the capture of the Ark of GOD, and the death of her father-in-law and her husband.
RF SA1 4:22 Therefore they wailed;
"Gone is the glory of Israel.
For the Ark of GOD has been captured!"