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'It's crunch time': Kailua windsurfer sets sights on 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
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Updated: Oct. 25, 2019 at 5:18 AM HST
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Sammy Perez Hults is a world-class windsurfer who's set his sights on the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
"I have been windsurfing for the past 21 years. I started when I was 12. I'm 33 years old," he said.
A vision of standing on the Olympic platform drives him.
"It just gives me motivation to train harder and train harder," he said.
He learned the sport from his older brothers in their homeland the Dominican Republic, the country he hopes to represent in 2020.
He's convinced its Olympic Federation to take him on.
"They were pushing other sports like running, swimming, baseball and basketball, all kind of stuff," he said.
The U.S. has already selected its windsurfing representative. Hults has a dual citizenship. If he qualifies he'll be the first windsurfer from the Dominican Republic to get into the Games.
"Now it's crunch time. It's now or never," said his wife, Kim Perez Hults.
The couple have two young children and a small business they've put on hold while they chase the Olympic dream.
"All of his previous windsurfing experience has been able to help him accelerate the learning curve for the RS:X, which is the Olympic class," Kim said.
The RS:X board is bigger than standard windsurfing boards and tougher to maneuver.
It's also not the kind of board Hults grew up using.
"I'm learning quick but it's not easy," he said.
The qualifying event will be in January in Miami, a winner-take-all race Hults believes he can win.
"There's only going to be one spot available for South America. Whoever wins will take that spot," he said.
Between now and then he'll travel to New Zealand, Spain and Brazil to train.
"I'll be everywhere training with other competitors so I have a better shot for January," he said.
Hults is a longtime Kailua resident and a water sports instructor. He hopes to add Olympic athlete to that resumé.
A fundraiser will be held next month to help with his training and travel expenses. Click here for more information.
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Justin Bieber Begs Fans to Be Quiet, Their Screams Further Intensify
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Ali Szubiak Published: October 19, 2016
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A world-weary Justin Bieber made a valiant attempt to silence the shrill cries of fervent Beliebers during a stop on his Purpose World Tour last night (October 18), but his pleas for quiet were continually drowned out by overzealous fans who must not need air to breathe.
"Can you guys do me a favor? Can you guys just relax for about two seconds?" Bieber begged, already knowing his attempts to quiet down a Birmingham stadium full of eager fans was, no doubt, a pointless one.
"I get it, I get it," he said, though there is no real evidence that he has ever truly gotten it. "But I'm, like, two feet away from you. And I can hear you."
The "Sorry" singer took a softer, more appreciative approach then, hoping to appeal to the sensitive, compassionate screamers in the crowd.
"I appreciate all the love, it's amazing," he said, with an unconvincing waver. "But can you show it in a different way? The screaming is just so obnoxious."
And it is! Babies scream, and no one likes being trapped on an airplane with one.
"I get it, it's been in our blood and it's ingrained — you go to a concert and you scream and stuff," he said. "But if you could just scream after the song, enjoy the song...and then you take a chill pill for a second and listen to me speak..."
Bieber trailed off then, before admitting a universal sentiment: "I don't feel like I'm being heard sometimes, and it gets a little frustrating."
He tried one last time, begged, "When I'm speaking, can you guys not scream at the top of your lungs? Is that cool with you guys? Can you do that?"
Sadly, they could not. Bieber ultimately conceded to the cries, as Purpose single "Company" blared from the stadium speakers. Another day, then.
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Kurtz, P. M. (2019). How 19th-century German classicists wrote the Jews out of ancient history. History and Theory, 58 (2), 210-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/hith.12110
This essay considers why Jewish antiquity largely fell outside the purview of ancient historians in the Germanies for over half a century, between 1820 and 1880, and examines the nature of those portraits that did, in fact, arise. To do so, it interrogates discussions of Jewish antiquity in this half century against the background of those political and national values that were consolidating across the German states. Ultimately, the paper claims ancient Jewish history did not provide a compelling model for the dominant (Protestant) German scholars of the age, which then prompted the decline of antique Judaism as a field of interest. This investigation into the political and national dimensions of ancient history both supplements previous lines of inquiry and complicates accounts that assign too much explanatory power to a regnant anti-Judaism or anti-Semitism in the period and place. Firstly, the analysis considers those reasons why so little attention was granted to Jewish history by ancient historians in the first place, as opposed to its relative prominence before ca. 1820. Second, the essay examines representations of ancient Judaism as fashioned by those historians who did consider the subject in this period. Surveying works composed not only for the upper echelons of scholarship but also for adolescents, women, and the laity, it scrutinizes a series of arguments advanced and assumptions embedded in universal histories, histories of the ancient world, textbooks of history, and dedicated histories to either Greece or Rome. Finally, the paper asserts the Jewish past did not conform to the values of cultural ascendancy, political autonomy, national identity, and religious liberty increasingly hallowed across the Germanies of the 19th century, on the one hand, and inscribed into the very enterprise of historiography, on the other. The perceived national and political failures of ancient Jews – alongside the ethnic or religious ones discerned by others – thus made antique Judaism an unattractive object of study in this period.
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What makes the South Georgian Bay region distinctively unique is the varied landscapes, Georgian Bay, the Niagara Escarpment, and closeness to nature. There's a vast network of well-paved roads that immerse you into the region's breathtakingly beautiful surroundings.
Come fall, the Niagara Escarpment bursts into colour. From firey reds to bright yellows, photo-ops abound from the side of the road. By car, motorcycle or bicycle, discover spectacular lookouts and local art, food and drink inspired by the region.
Here are four of our favourite scenic drives around South Georgian Bay, The Blue Mountains and Clearview, with suggested stops along the way.
Pretty River Valley Tour
In Thornbury, start your drive by heading south on County Road 2 (from Highway 26). Turn left on County Road 31, then look for the Pretty River Valley Road on your left. Continue your journey down Pretty River Valley Road and when you reach Concession 10, turn left and look for views of Clearview on your right and the Blue Mountain ridge on your left. Turn left on Poplar Sideroad, then right on County Road 19. At Mountain Road, turn right at Mountain Road heading towards the ski hills. At the roundabout, follow the signs to Blue Mountain Village for a walk throughout the pedestrian village. Continue on County Road 119 to County Road 2 and turn right to head back to Thornbury.
Georgian Bay Shoreline Tour
Head east on Highway 26 to Meaford to explore Meaford's lovely downtown shops and the Meaford Harbour. Go north on County Road 112/12 and get ready for expansive views at the Irish Mountain Lookout. Head back east on Highway 26 and just past the town, a stop at Grandma Lambe's is a must. As you head further east on Highway 26, you will spot an old barn uniquely re-designed into a market. Stay on Highway 26 for a beautiful shoreline drive along Georgian Bay. Beverages and snacks await you at Shale Rock Coffee House. Head back west on Highway 26. Make a left turn on County Road 40 and get a panoramic look at the edge of Escarpment and Georgian Bay. Turn right on County Road 12 back towards Meaford. Head east on Highway 26 to Collingwood. Take County Road 124 (Hurontario St) south from Collingwood. Turn left onto Sideroad 33&34, then right on Fairgrounds Rd. You are going to be on high ground overlooking rolling farmland to the west and panoramic views of Nottawasaga Bay to the east. Look closely and you may be able to see the white sands of Wasaga Beach in the distance. Be prepared for a steep descent into the village of Creemore's tree-lined main street with quaint shops and pubs. Get back onto County Rd 9 and head east. Turn left on County Road 10. Just ahead, stop in at the Leishman Pottery old schoolhouse. Head north again and turn left on Highway 26 to Stayner's lovely small town streets and shops. Take Highway 26 back Collingwood then Thornbury.
Beaver Valley Tour
Begin your journey in Thornbury at the Fishway where you can watch the salmon run upstream. Head west on Highway 26. Stop for a photo at one of Meaford's Big Red Chairs then head south on County Road 7 to the Epping Lookout for a great view of the Beaver Valley. Continue south then it's off the asphalt to one of Grey County's waterfall, Eugenia Falls. Head back north on County Road 13 for a snack break at the legendary Kimberley General Store. Load up on butter tarts and cool smoothies. Tour the galleries and then continue back to Thornbury.
Clearview Tour
Head east on Highway 26 to Collingwood. Take County Road 124 (Hurontario St) south from Collingwood. Turn left onto Sideroad 33&34, then right on Fairgrounds Rd. You are going to be on high ground overlooking rolling farmland to the west and panoramic views of Nottawasaga Bay to the east. Look closely and you may be able to see the white sands of Wasaga Beach in the distance. Be prepared for a steep descent into the village of Creemore's tree-lined main street with quaint shops and pubs. Get back onto County Rd 9 and head east. Turn left on County Road 10. Just ahead, stop in at the Leishman Pottery old schoolhouse. Head north again and turn left on Highway 26 to Stayner's lovely small town streets and shops. Take Highway 26 back Collingwood then Thornbury.
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The draft bill, which is expected to be adopted next year, was initially introduced during the 21st FIFA World Cup hosted by Russia this past June. The timing, Weber notes, "may have been intended to minimize the negative focus and energy." Regardless, he says, the proposed change is, in light of the age structure of the population, ultimately a necessary measure that should have an impact on the growth of the economy.
Turning from politics to a more law-related topic, Weber reports that amendments to Russia's Administrative Offenses Code that were introduced in the middle of August include a leniency provision on self-reporting for companies with respect to anti-corruption compliance, which never existed before.
Just as the country's antitrust law allows parties who self-report violations to avoid liability, the new Administrative Offenses Code, Weber explains, allows companies to avoid liability for bribery if they self-report to the appropriate law enforcement agency. "This basically encourages companies to report cases of bribery that they discover among their employees," he explains.
"Russia continues to fight corruption in different ways," he says, and notes that "there are many other examples that illustrate the ongoing efforts to improve the Russian legal and compliance environment." In this respect he also mentions the enforcement practice of the Russian antitrust authorities, focusing to a large extent on fighting manipulations in tender procedures. According to Weber, this new focus is evidenced by the recent report of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service on its activities on anti-competitive agreements in 2017 and the first half of 2018 that was published on August 2, 2018.


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Robotic Automation is not new and has been maturing a lot in the last five years. I thought its adoption by customer service organizations would have taken off by now. Yet, Robotic Automation remains poorly known. So I want to provide an overview of this technology and discuss why it should be considered for enabling agents or digitizing processes.
Introducing Robotic Automation
Robotic Automation was introduced in the early 2000s. It uses software robots to mimic humans performing repetitive tasks with business applications. These robots emulate a person interacting with an application using screen scraping, scripting, and macros. Technologies used by Robotic Automation have been modernized over the last decade. Today's software interacts directly with operating systems, uses web scraping, rules, and orchestration engines. Vendors such as Kryon Systems use computer vision to analyze the screen. These evolutions have removed dependencies on screen scraping and made the technology much more robust. It can now automate many more use cases.
A no-IT style of automation?
Several attributes make Robotic Automation unique and intriguing. First, it is a "no-code" solution. It automates tasks without modifying existing applications or developing integrations. It is a very compelling solution to deal with legacy applications that few organizations want to touch. Francine Haliva, Vice President of Marketing for Kryon Systems stresses that Robotic Automation solutions are designed for business users and minimize what is required from IT. They can be applied incrementally to tasks, finding candidates by observing what people do. It is also possible to combine Robotic Automation with human work. It is a radical departure from traditional, IT-intensive, approaches using API-based integrations or Business Process Management (BPM) platforms. The maturing of the technology was acknowledged by IEEE approving a set of standards for it.
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Robotic Automation exists in two flavors. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) works with no (or little) human intervention. Robotic Desktop Automation (RDA) automates tasks on the desktop of a person who is also using it. These two variants can also be called unattended and attended robotic automation. RPA is used for back-office processes or to fulfill customer service requests. RDA helps customer service representatives, eliminating boring tasks and allowing them to focus on important things. It can also help them handle multiple applications simultaneously.
Overall, Robotic Automation has taken off. It will hit the $500M mark this year according to Horses for Sources, one of the leading analyst firms on the topic. Gartner indicated recently that it had become the fourth most inquired topic. Luc Cavelier, Executive Vice President of Business Development for Contextor, notes that most of the growth took place in back offices and with Business Process Outsourcers (BPOs). It has indeed been the focus of most vendors. Francis Carden, who heads the Robotics and Transformation division at Pegasystems explains that many Robotic Automation solutions assume full control of the desktop and don't work well in conjunction with someone. He founded OpenSpan, a pioneer of Robotic Automation for contact centers acquired by Pegasystems. Oded Karev, who leads NICE Advanced Process Automation business line echoes the concern. Not all Robotic Automation solutions were created equal and are able to operate in customer-facing departments.
Two big trends in the customer interaction and engagement space make Robotic Automation very relevant.
First, the imperative to better enable agents. In the past years, customer service departments have invested in self-service. They now need to shift their attention to help customer service representatives who are left handling the more complex interactions or those that could not be completed using self-service. Robotic Automation executes mundane tasks such as wrap-up or data entry in multiple applications and increases the productivity of agents. It allowed Everything Everywhere, UK's largest mobile network provider, to repatriate its customer service operationsfrom offshore by automating 32 processes. Automating repetitive tasks "takes the robot out of the human," says Professor Leslie Willcocks of the London School of Economics. It bolsters employee satisfaction with a direct impact on the experience they provide to customers.
The second trend is to improve the customer experience. It entails streamlining and digitizing customer-facing processes. These are long and difficult undertakings for most businesses. Robotic Automation provides a way to start with simple, "bite-size," projects. It can provide results in a matter of weeks with minimal IT efforts. This has become the strategy for Pegasystems, mostly a digital process automation platform provider. Several of its customers have been sharing their phased approach to digital transformation.
In the second part of this article, I will continue my exploration of the Robotic Automation market and discuss the possibilities it creates for customer-facing organizations.
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Out, out red tape: Congress weighs bills to reduce regulatory burden on academic science
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Alexander's board would have outside members, and it would have the ability to form panels to carry out studies. But unlike the academy's recommendation it would serve an advisory role with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Given the committee's jurisdiction, however, the bill would only affect researchers funded by NIH and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Editor's Note: As an ancient country, China has a long history of city planning, but it has never been so anxious for new theories and methodologies of city planning as it does today. In the past, in particular the feudalist period of thousands of years, China had seen the birth of numerous traditional cities all over the country, including the worldwide well-known metropolis like Xi'an in the Tang Dynasty and Beijing in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, most of which were laid out and built up strictly following the city planning principles stated in Zhouli Kaogongji, an important document that recorded the regulations of city construction dated in the West Zhou Dynasties. While in the contemporary time, in particular the decades after its opening-up and reforms in the 1980s, China has seen again the birth of numerous modern cities all over the country amid its rapid urbanization, which has never occurred before in the world in terms of speed and scale. However, facing the complicated actual problems and the continuously emerging challenges, neither the traditional city planning of China nor the modern city planning of the West would serve in an efficient way to provide guide for the sustained and healthy development of Chinese cities. As the largest laboratory of urban planning in the world in the 21st century, China calls for new theories and methodologies of urban planning and it is the historic mission of Chinese urban planners to make contributions with their knowledge and efforts, just like what Prof. WU Liangyong has done for exploring the Sciences of Human Settlements.


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Govt intervention needed for bike-sharing to succeed
Keeping bicycles in designated areas not only reduces obstruction to traffic, but also prevents theft and vandalism as closed-circuit televisions can be installed to identify perpetrators of such offences.PHOTO: ST FILE
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I am sure that reporter Yuen Sin's disillusionment with bike-sharing services such as oBike and ofo resonated with many Singaporeans (My love-hate relationship with innovations and sharing economy; Jan 6).
While the high take-up rates early on suggested popular demand for such services, poor maintenance and regulatory constraints have caused them to become less popular over time.
It is clear that the private sector alone is unable to implement the regulatory measures or infrastructure required to properly maintain bike-sharing services.
For bike-sharing to succeed in Singapore, the state must step in to provide regulatory and infrastructural support.
All present bike-sharing systems in Singapore are dockless. Successful bike-sharing schemes tend to operate on a docking system, where bicycles are stored at designated stations.
Keeping bicycles in designated areas not only reduces obstruction to traffic, but also prevents theft and vandalism as closed-circuit televisions can be installed to identify perpetrators of such offences.
State intervention is required for this as urban planning approval is required to install docking stations.
The Government also has the ability to construct large-scale island-wide infrastructure projects more effectively than the private sector, using information about urban traffic flows and transport networks to decide the best locations for docking stations.
The Government's Smart Nation initiative could also play a significant role in reducing bicycle damage.
Users could be required to provide some form of identification in order to use a bicycle, allowing operators to monitor those using their bicycles.
This would allow for incidents of bicycle theft or damage to be traced back to those responsible, deterring wilful vandalism.
The most successful bike-sharing systems, such as those in Paris and London, operate with at least a degree of government intervention.
The Singapore Government must similarly provide infrastructural and regulatory support if bike-sharing is to succeed here.
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Travel Guide Giant 'Lonely Planet' to Stop Publishing China's Monthly Magazine
Lonely Planet will stop publishing its monthly Chinese-language travel magazine from 2023 after the last issue this December.
On November 14, Lonely Planet announced the ban via WeChat, a Chinese social media platform similar to Twitter.
"For the loyal readers and editors who love this brand and magazine, it may be difficult to keep calm at this time," the post said, adding: "It's as if an old friend who has been with us for many years is about to leave. to be separated. , and as if an era had ended."
The Chinese language edition of Lonely Planet China magazine has published 125 issues since its launch in August 2012.
Many readers of the magazine said he would be missed.
A "Lonely Planet" travel book sits on a coffee table with book founder Tony Wheeler in the background in Hong Kong on September 23, 2006. (Laurent Fievt/AFP via Getty Images)
"Very sad to hear that the magazine is being discontinued; it seems like something is missing," said Song Yao (pseudonym), a citizen of Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
"I had thought I could rely on 'Lonely Planet' to come out after the epidemic was over," Song told The Epoch Times on November 16.
Song said "Lonely Planet" inspired her as a student to dream of traveling the world. When she was in her college dorm, she and her roommates pooled their money to buy copies of the magazine. Although they didn't go anywhere at the time, she said they were happy reading about the destinations.
Others online expressed their appreciation for the magazine and their feelings about its ending.
"From the first time I read 'Lonely Planet,' it became my go-to reading book for long-distance travel. It has accompanied me to Southwest China and South Asia," said one netizen.
"Lonely Planet is more like a dream guide for me," said another netizen.
This photo taken on May 4, 2022 shows tourists visiting Luyanghu Lake Wetland Park in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Many foreign companies are looking to reduce, relocate or abandon their operations in China in the face of Beijing's strict Zero-COVID policy that has severely affected the country's industry and economy.
"Lonely Planet" has faced a similar dilemma, but vaguely stated that the end of its monthly edition in China was due to "various reasons, such as the expiration of the contract".
According to Lonely Planet's announcement, its accounts on the Chinese social media platform – WeChat and Sina Weibo – will be separate from the Lonely Planet brand, but its guides will continue to be sold in China.
The social media accounts will be renamed Planet Seeker, a sub-brand of SinoMaps Press Group, which was licensed by Lonely Planet to produce the Chinese version of Lonely Planet China magazine.
SinoMaps Press Group attributed the termination of the monthly magazine to a general decline in the paper media industry and the sluggish travel sector affected by COVID-19, Chinese media outlet The Paper reported on November 15.
The Epoch Times reached out to SinoMap Press, but there was no response by press time.
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Tony Wheeler and his wife, Maureen Wheeler, founded Lonely Planet in 1973 and over time, his guides grew in popularity and their project became a publishing group that at one stage had more than 500 employees in four continents.
In 2007, "Lonely Planet" was bought by the BBC for 130 million dollars; in 2013, the BBC sold Lonely Planet to NC2 Media, an American media company, for approximately $77 million, with the Wheelers being completely removed from the company's operations.
A photo taken on May 17, 2016, shows a Google tracker walking inside Chambord Castle and taking panoramic photos for Google Maps and Google Street in Chambord, France. (Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty Images)
Before the advent of smartphones and new media, Lonely Planet sold 100 million copies of its English-language travel guides in 2010. However, with the growth of digital technologies over the past decade, the way travelers access information travel has changed a lot. using Google Maps and user sites on the Internet as examples.
Although Lonely Planet has been launching travel advice mobile apps since 2011, results have been mixed in what has become a highly competitive digital market.
Due to a further downturn in business due to COVID-19, Lonely Planet had to close some of its operations in an effort to cut costs, including its offices in Melbourne and London. He also limited some of his publications, such as ending its range of non-guide books for children.
The company said it was a "sad" and "difficult" decision to cut its publishing operations.
Although no longer in any role with the company, Tony Wheeler was "shocked" to learn of the Lonely Planet cuts and said he was concerned about the future of the travel industry.
Kane Zhang contributed to this report.
Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times focusing on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese language edition in 2009.
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Rex Tillerson was fired by Donald Trump in a tweet. Here's how some Hoosiers reacted.
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There's no good way to fire someone, but some ways are better than others.
Finding out you've been fired from a tweet has to be one of the worst.
After a trying 14 months trying to keep up with often-contradictory U.S. foreign policy as the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson returned from a trip to Africa to learn Tuesday morning that he'd been fired in a tweet from his boss, President Donald Trump.
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In his tweet, Trump offered a "thank you" to Tillerson "for his service" and announced that Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA, would become the new secretary of state. Trump added that Pompeo "will do a fantastic job!"
Trump later told reporters that he made the decision himself, adding "I think Rex will be much happier now."
Tillerson was conspicuously silent about his ouster. But it appears he didn't want to go. His side of the story cam out later from Steve Goldstein, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy.
"The secretary had every intention of staying because of critical progress made in national security," Goldstein said of Tillerson. "The secretary did not speak to the president and is unaware of the reason."
It was clear over the past year that Trump and Tillerson often were not on the same page when it came to U.S. foreign policy, including such crucial issues as the Iran nuclear deal, tariffs and North Korea.
But Tillerson is only the latest of high-level Trump appointments who have left, including former Chief of Staff Reince Preibus, former national security adviser Mike Flynn, former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and chief strategist Steve Bannon.
The revolving door of leadership has prompted strong reaction from some Hoosiers on social media.
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The Special of The Day...From the Orange Moon Cafe: "Small Drops, Pouring Rain"
Relatively few big things happen to any human being. This includes hermits as well as kings. Most of life involves countless small matters of the day wherein battles are most often won and lost.
"He maketh small the drops of water. They pour down rain" (Job 36:27).
Many seemingly small moments, events, and experiences most govern the course of our lives. This is especially true regarding our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ and with people. Loving Him and others will most often involve apparently inconsequential thoughts, attitudes, actions, and words that often loom large in hindsight. Small drops of water make for pouring rain. Faithfulness to God and people regarding the tiniest matters and moments may, with God's blessing, monumentally honor Him and change the course of lives. Conversely, Solomon reminds us that "little foxes" often "spoil the vines" (Song of Solomon 2:15). How we can hinder and damage in a moment, with a word, an action, an inaction, an attitude, a look on the face.
Small drops and pouring rain remind us of life's eternal significance, and of how vital it is that we walk prayerfully and carefully with our Lord. This day will most involve the countless small matters that unite to chart the course of life's journey. Our Heavenly Father is there for them all, the remembrance of which transforms our hearts and minds regarding how we perceive the moments that may feel and appear to be insignificant. They are not, as the drops and the rain tell us.
"Whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God."
"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?"


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As we take our first steps into another new year, uncertainty may be at the forefront of our minds. It's not an uncommon feeling during this time of year. 2017 brought many ups and downs in the technological world, with some advancements pushing us further into an automated world. As I continue my practices and education in quantitative trading, I'm taking a look back at what I've learned in 2017 in the hopes of preparing myself even better for what 2018 has in store.
Here are, what I believe to be, some of the most important blogs I published in 2017 on quantitative trading practices, trends, and news.
In this blog, I address prospective quantitative trading specialists. These tips still ring true heading into 2018, and I strongly encourage all who are interested in the practice to do their research on the industry as laid out in this blog. Familiarizing yourself with the types of software and applications used in quant trading is an absolute must – without knowledge of this software, you won't get very far. I also discuss personal skills such as programming and risk management strategies. These are areas that you'll want to be well versed in before diving into this profession. In addition to all of this, I discuss the importance of mathematics and education. Well considered advice is always worth a second read, and this blog will help to prepare any trading hopeful.
This is a very popular topic of discussion. There always seems to be a concern about robots taking over once we develop technology that helps to advance the working world. Now, this blog is a bit different than that, but it does show what exactly happens when you pit the human brain against machines in quant trading. While a takeover of technology is what most people expect, I discuss how both entities need each other in order to create the best product and outcomes possible. Technology and humans both have their faults, where the future of quant trading lies is somewhere in between both practices. This is certainly something to keep in mind while we head into 2018.
In a similar discussion as humans vs machines in quant trading, this blog discovers where machine learning developments are headed thanks to growing technology. Machine learning is a huge advancement not only in trading professions but in every act that uses a computer. This is still a newly explored technology that is bringing massive changes to industries all over the world. Quant specialists and tech lovers alike will want to keep their eye on machine learning in 2018. Before you read about where we're headed, take a look back at this blog to see exactly where we are now.
I hope you've found my 2017 round up to be helpful as you continue your quant trading practices. There is always a great deal to learn from looking back at what you think you already know. Here's to new findings in 2018!


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Forgotten Gems of Visual Effects Part Seven - THE BIG TRAIL (1930)
Hi there fellow fans of old time special photographic effects. It's time for another examination of traditional hand made trick shot magic from days gone by, and in today's case, days VERY long gone indeed.
Just before we embark on today's dusty trail I'd like to put out a request on behalf of the family of former Selznick International Pictures matte artist, Spencer Bagtatopolis. Spencer was active in the matte department from the mid 1940's and painted memorable shots on such high profile classics as DUEL IN THE SUN, THE PARADINE CASE, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY (illustrated here), PORTRAIT OF JENNIE and others. He also worked for RKO on several TARZAN adventures and later on for a time at 20th Century Fox in addition to being a well known gallery painter.
A book on Spencer is in advanced stages of completion, based largely upon letters and scrapbooks belonging to Spencer's widow, though the biographer tells me that the historic timeline largely dries up just before Bagtatopolis began his matte shot career, aside from several old photographs of some of his matte paintings. In the unlikely event that any of our readers have any information that could be of help please let NZPete know and I'll forward same to the biographer who would be most grateful.
FORGOTTEN GEMS OF VISUAL EFFECTS - Part Seven
Part of a special layout in Daily Variety for THE BIG TRAIL
I've forever been a great fan and follower of that most American of motion picture genre's: the western. You just couldn't find anything else that's so quintessentially part of the fabric that makes up their identity. I couldn't even guess at just how many cowboy pictures I've seen over the years, and continue to see. There have been so many great cowboy flicks over the past 80 odd years of Hollywood, with evergreen titles such as THE SEARCHERS, JOHNNY GUITAR, THE HIRED HAND, TRUE GRIT (the original of course), THE WILD BUNCH, HIGH NOON, BAD COMPANY, THE COWBOYS, SOLDIER BLUE, THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, EL DORADO (a fave of NZPete) and a couple of recent titles such as Quentin Tarantino's wonderful THE HATEFUL EIGHT and another recent little known, though excellent, low budget Kurt Russell western with a genre twist, the utterly brilliant BONE TOMAHAWK which I can't recommend highly enough. Rarely have I seen a film from this genre with such beautifully crafted dialogue and characterisations. One for repeat viewing in my book. See it, or face the eternal wrath of NZPete!
The Fox Studios went all out with promotion in 1930.
Today's retrospective looks at one of, if not the earliest of the epic western films Raoul Walsh's monumental THE BIG TRAIL produced by Fox in 1930. The film is exceptional on a number of levels, not the least being the ground breaking use of the then revolutionary new wide screen process known as Grandeur which would see 65mm negative being utilised for one of the first feature length motion pictures. It had been used experimentally on a couple of short subjects in 1929 and on one full length 'musical', which oddly was silent and had the lyrics etc on intertitle cards as the performers 'sang' their hearts out (!) I'll talk more about the Grandeur Widescreen Process shortly.
A very young John Wayne with the very lovely Marguerite Churchill
As a movie, I'd regard THE BIG TRAIL as one of the best westerns ever produced. It just hit's the mark for me on every level and even some ninety years on still seems relevant and barely dated (aside from the clunky direct sound recording unavoidable of the period). The story revolves around a large wagon train of settlers crossing vast expanses of the American wilderness in search of a fresh life, complete with hardship, confrontation, betrayals, Indians, births and the inevitable deaths - the exact sort of narrative one might feel could be seen as 'cliched' but with the difference that this film did it all first. The film succeeds in large part by an impressive ensemble cast where no one figure dominates the proceedings and all players get to shine in their own way with the many inter-relationships and much drama. As a confirmed fan of John Wayne, it is a real thrill to see The Duke in his first lead billed role, though as I say, no one character takes precedence over the others, not Wayne who was yet to find true 'stardom' with John Ford a few years later.
Wide screen composition was an entirely new approach for cinematographers
THE BIG TRAIL is really one of the most honest and truthful westerns I think I've ever seen. The entire two hour saga is told in an almost documentary fashion, with the Grandeur cameras merely observing the goings ons, and mostly in an unobtrusive manner. I give director Raoul Walsh full credit here for bringing the proceedings together so well and so credibly, The entire picture exudes a 'you are there' feel the whole way through, with barely a slack moment nor a wasted frame. Anyone who enjoys a really good western should do themselves a service and see this film.
Technically the film is incredible. The aforementioned Grandeur 70mm (sometimes known as Fox Grandeur) wide-screen photography is stunning. Incidentally, the film was shot in dual formats - 70mm by cameraman Arthur Edeson as well as standard 35mm Academy ratio by associate cameraman Lucien Andriot - in order that Fox could ensure bookings at all movie houses regardless of projection equipment. At the time of it's initial release there were only two venues in the US that could exhibit the Grandeur prints - Graumans Chinese in Los Angeles and The Roxy in New York. Apparently the two versions as well as having the obvious compositional differences are also slightly different editorially. I understand that later on Fox made optical reduction 35mm prints so as to retain the full 2.2:1 image to enable screening in any cinema. Other studios experimented for a time with the large 70mm film format such as United Artists with the very strange THE BAT WHISPERS also that same year, though this variant was billed as 'Magnafilm'.
The original Grandeur 70mm camera
In the very interesting American Cinematographer article published in September 1930, cinematographer Arthur Edeson explained in detail the trials and tribulations of shooting on this new format. Said Edeson: "I had the typical conservative cameraman's attitude toward wide film. It might be alright as a novelty, but as a practical medium for serious artistic work it was impossible. Everything, especially the new proportions of it's picture seemed absolutely wrong. Since then I have spent more than six months photographing the 70mm version of Raoul Walsh's THE BIG TRAIL and in this time I have shot hundreds of thousands of feet of Grandeur film and the results have convinced me that I, and not the process, was wrong. Now that the production is completed, I know that I shall find it difficult indeed to return to the cramped proportions of our present day standard film. For 70mm photography has given me an entirely new perspective. Instead of regarding things in the old, cramped Movietone frame, I now see them, photographically, as my eye naturally perceives them - in much the same proportions as the low, wide Grandeur frame". The article goes on to explain the technical hazards that Edeson was confronted with: "Another troublesome detail for which we found a sure cure was that of film curling and buckling. A buckle in a 70mm camera is a terrible thing, for it not only ruins a large quantity of valuable film and often damages the camera, but it invariably makes the motor a total loss. During our our first week's work on the picture we had several bad buckles - which meant new motors every time. Naturally this was serious and it couldn't be allowed to continue. So we spent all of our energies toward finding a cause for these buckles. Eventually we found it to be caused by friction between the edges of the film and the magazines. After that we took special pains in film loading, making sure that every roll of film used was absolutely true to it's spool, with no chance of touching the walls of the magazine".
Interestingly, neither Director Raoul Walsh nor Cinematographer Arthur Edeson saw so much as a single exposed frame of the film during production as the unit was constantly on the move across many locations and it would be some five months until either party could see any of the footage when the unit returned to Hollywood. Not an uncommon aspect of shooting epics on far flung locales as I recall Director David Lean and Cinematographer Freddie Young experienced similar artistic hurdles when filming LAWRENCE OF ARABIA with both having to rely upon daily telegram reports from Technicolor Laboratories in London in order to know that the exposed footage was free of scratches or accidental fogging.
Veteran matte painter Fitch Fulton
As this is a special effects blog, THE BIG TRAIL is noteworthy as having a generous number of matte painted shots with scenic enhancements and moody atmospheric effects. The film has no special effects credit though there is screen credit 'Settings by Harold Miles and Fred Sersen'. Miles was an Art Director on many films while Sersen, as all of my readers will know by now was a legend in the visual effects community from the early 1920's through to the early 1950's having started off in glass shot work in the 1920's before becoming chief of all special effects at 20th Century Fox. Just recently I was in contact with family members of Oscar winning effects wizard John P. Fulton and I was informed that John's father, Fitch Fulton - a well respected matte painter - worked on the matte shots for THE BIG TRAIL. Fitch began as a scenic backing painter in vaudeville theatres and it was at the urging of his son John, who himself had just been given the headship of Universal's special effects department, that Fulton senior try out his artistic talents in the motion pictures. Later Fitch would work again with Sersen as one of 20th Century Fox's regular matte department artists through the thirties and beyond and would also provide much wonderful matte artistry on films such as Fox's HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY; David O. Selznick's GONE WITH THE WIND as Jack Cosgrove's primary matte artist where something of a record was set with the sheer volume of 3-strip Technicolor matte shots, and most of them being on original negative to boot; CITIZEN KANE over at RKO, a stint with Larry Butler on the big Korda Studio's Rudyard Kipling adventure JUNGLE BOOK where Fitch painted many wonderful Academy Award nominated Technicolor mattes of steaming jungles and lost temples (for more on that topic, stay tuned for a special forthcoming blog on Painted Jungles with just about every matte I could find on the theme... Pete).
In the late 1940's Fitch headed the matte unit on what would become the Oscar winning effects showcase MIGHTY JOE YOUNG. Odd fact: Both John and Fitch had films up for the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 1949 - TULSA for John and MIGHTY JOE YOUNG for Fitch. According to John's daughter, her father had something of a falling out with her Grandfather when Fitch's film took the effects Oscar over John's film that year (!) Talk about family rivalry. Fitch didn't even get the Oscar (nor was he expected to) as it was awarded to Willis O'Brien as overall special effects supervisor, and Fitch was but one of four matte artists on that big film...... though as usual, I digress.
Effects artist Fred Sersen (centre) with his matte painters preparing in camera glass shots on the Fox lot probably in the early 1930's. I've always wondered about this photo as the glass work closely resembles some of the shots seen in THE BIG TRAIL.
The mattes in this film look great. Some are just 'top ups' to an existing location and others are full paintings. I'm inclined to think that many may have been in camera glass shots, painted and photographed right on location such is the extraordinary clarity and high fidelity of certain mattes. These were certainly common at the time the film was made. Others may be mattes in the true sense of the term whereby part of the frame has been masked off and a held take made with the cast, with the painted element added sometime later back at the studio. Some shots barely exhibit a soft matte line while others are flawless blends of painted and real. The visuals for the most part look original negative and must have looked terrific up on the big screen back in the day. The BluRay edition looks magnificent.
So fellow Cowpokes, let's mosey on down to the ole' waterin' hole and see them thar varmits... (apologies to Yosemite Sam)
I'm a sucker for old time hand painted title cards. Absolutely a lost artform.
No effects credit, though I now know that Fitch Fulton was matte painter on this production and most likely worked under Fred Sersen - himself an experienced matte artist.
No, that's not the Tyrone Power you might think ... rather it's his father.
Never a truer word has been uttered...
Upper half of the frame is painted. Trees, sky and moon.
This appears to be a matte as there is a soft line running across the scenery just above the wagons.
A stunning vista courtesy of Fitch Fulton and Fred Sersen. Love that sky very much.
Distant hills and sky painted in.
Again, what seems to be a matte extension with entire horizon and sky added in.
Just look at the fidelity of that 70mm photography.
The rising dust from the horses passes behind the matte line or painted glass (I suspect the latter).
Although not at all related to this film I'm reminded of one of my all time favourite Duke Wayne lines, from THE UNDEFEATED made in 1969. Right after Wayne suddenly guns down a slippery looking cowpoke, a very prim and proper Baptist lady utters: "But why did you have to shoot that poor man?" Duke's reply, in classic Wayne style: "Well, the conversation kinda dried up". Always cracks up NZPete. Am I digressing?
Upper half painted.
A full painting with superimposed rising smoke element.
The photographic process may be called Grandeur but I think the matte artist adds just as much grandeur.
Not a visual effect, but the most beautifully staged and photographed sequence in the film, with opposing gunmen on either side of a fallen tree in the snow. Pure poetry.
This stunt footage must have shaken up audiences back in 1930 with the near stampede of horses hooves right in the viewer's lap.
Not sure here but the sky is quite likely a painted augmentation. Sad sequence this as they bury their loved ones.
Nobody ever said this journey was going to be easy! A beautiful matte shot that's so evocative of the thirties photographic effects style that NZPete is so partial to .... Love it!
As a comparison between the 70mm and 35mm prints, here's the former ...
... and this is the latter where this matte shot doesn't show up in the 70mm version for some reason?
Yes, yes ... I know ... any excuse to show the rather fetching Marguerite Churchill. You don't like it? ... So sue me.
My favourite matte from THE BIG TRAIL ... Magnificent, moody and malevolent .
Matted in upper section of frame including tops of wagons, mountains and sky.
Great composition and integration of painted and real elements.
The frame grabs aren't very good but it's a doozy of a storm with animated lightning bolts and so forth.
Curious cloud design with one looking like a scarecrow in this dramatic skyscape. Interestingly, in examining the matte sequences numerous times there isn't a one that has any evident matte line jiggle that I could detect (and I always look), not even when they cut away and come back. Often in many shows I find that grabbing matte frames from the same shot either side of a 'cutaway' it's not unusual to toggle through the frames and see dramatic matte shift where the join or painting suddenly seem slightly out of register. This isn't detectable usually when seeing the film in regular 24fps but is when viewing still frames as described here. I've never figured out why this occurs??
My other favourite glass shot in the film. So beautifully painted and above all blended with the live action with such crisp resolution that it just had to be a traditional foreground glass shot on location.
Mostly painted, and again, perfectly blended into the live action. Give me this over the CG variant any day of the week friends.
And so endeth our cinematic journey along the big trail.
Two ace cinematographers side by side on location with their respective camera equipment.
Labels: Fitch Fulton, Fred Sersen, glass shot, Grandeur 70mm, Spencer Bagtatopolis, wide screen
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Earl Cameron (1915-2005)
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Cameron, Earl (1915-2005)
They used to introduce Earl Cameron as Mr. CBC. He was described at various times as unaffected, robust, having an air of integrity, unruffled and unflappable. When the studio lights failed once when he was reading a radio newscast, he flipped open his cigarette lighter and continued to read, losing just seconds. One-time CBC director Ira Dilworth called him "as Canadian as a field of wheat or a gopher on a hill" and told CBC producers not to monkey about with his screen personality.
Earl was born in Moose Jaw, one of five children, and inherited his voice from his father, Ernest, who was described by British composer Sir Arthur Benjamin as one of the finest undiscovered bass-baritones in North America.
His father wanted Earl to be a teacher like his older brother and two sisters and he finished two years of university, completed a two-year business course, then earned a teaching certificate. He was hired to teach in the community of Kildare but quit after only three days. After jobs such as coal heaver, railroad section hand, undertaker's assistant and wholesale grocer, he auditioned at CHAB Moose Jaw, got a summer relief job in 1939, and went on to become chief announcer and commercial manager. It was in Moose Jaw that he met and married Adelaide Paine.
In 1943, Earl was hired by the Manitoba government station in Winnipeg later dubbed CBW, which was becoming a busy production centre for the CBC. On joining the CBC staff in 1944, Earl was transferred to the Toronto studios, capturing the prized assignment of reading the CBC National News on the Trans-Canada Network five-nights-a-week. He quickly became one of the best known radio personalities from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
After five years, at his own request, Earl took on a day job in a supervisory role, but continued on the air, reading the 1:00 p.m. Eastern time news.
In 1959, Earl switched back to nights, this time as anchor of the CBC television news at 11:00 p.m. A seven-year stint ended on December 2, 1966 with Earl taking on the supper-hour TV report, then switching to radio to deliver the national news at 10:00 p.m. to the Maritimes and to Ontario and Quebec.
It was common at the time for announcers to take on commercial accounts and Earl took on two. In 1965, Liberal MLA Elmer Sopha accused Earl in the Ontario legislature of telling lies on behalf of toothpaste. The CBC defended Earl but later had him sign a new five-year contract to concentrate on the national news and not earn extra money doing commercials. A year into that contract, he was replaced by Stanley Burke. He didn't complain but the story goes he was busy in a radio studio when a recorded commercial was mislaid. In such an emergency, the announcer would normally fill in. Cameron smiled and told the technicians that his contract said no commercials, and no commercials means no commercials.
He later did early evening newscasts, and hosted the Viewpoint series.
Earl retired in 1976 after 32 years with CBC. He died on January 13th 2005, at the age of 89.
Written by Jerry Fairbridge - May, 2002
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Photo gallery National science organization AAAS grants fellowship status to 13 from UW
January 25, 2022 By Chris Barncard
Thirteen University of Wisconsin–Madison scholars have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
This year, 564 scientists, engineers and innovators who are members of AAAS were chosen to be AAAS Fellows. The honor, presented annually since 1874, recognizes efforts to advance science and society, with the fellows expected to maintain the highest standards of scientific integrity and professional ethics.
"AAAS is proud to bestow the honor of AAAS Fellow to some of today's brightest minds who are integral to forging our path into the future," says Sudip Parikh, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals. "We celebrate these distinguished individuals for their invaluable contributions to the scientific enterprise."
The class will be featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of Science this month. Each new fellow will receive an official certificate and pin to commemorate their election and will be celebrated later this year at an in-person gathering.
Included in the 2021 class of AAAS fellows are:
1 David Andes, professor of medicine and medical microbiology and immunology, for distinguished contributions to medical mycology through advances in defining antifungal resistance mechanisms, pharmacology, drug discovery and development, translational clinical trials, professional service and life-saving patient care. Photo by Clint Thayer
2 Stephen Russell Carpenter, professor emeritus of integrative biology, for distinguished contributions to the field of ecosystems biology, particularly basic and applied understanding of lake ecosystems and the resilience of social-ecological systems. Photo by Shanna Wolf
3 Susan Hagness, professor of electrical and computer engineering, for distinguished contributions to computational and experimental applied electromagnetics, with an emphasis on bioelectromagnetics and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic technologies for biomedical applications. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
4 Mark D. Hill, professor emeritus of computer sciences and partner hardware architect at Microsoft, for distinguished contributions to advanced computer architecture, particularly for memory system design. Submitted photo
5 Jerlando F.L. Jackson, professor of educational leadership and policy analysis, for distinguished contributions to research on organizational disparities in the STEM workforce and for development of successful interventions to increase participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
6 Somesh Jha, professor of computer sciences, for distinguished contributions to the fields of formal methods and information security, particularly adapting techniques from formal methods to devise rigorous approaches to information security. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
7 Shawn M. Kaeppler, professor of agronomy, for distinguished contributions to the field of crop genetics, with particular reference to understanding the genetic basis for maize grain quality, productivity and stress tolerance. Photo by: Jeff Miller
8 Kevin J. Niemi, emeritus director of outreach programs at the Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement, for extensive contributions to science outreach, public engagement in science, and science education in Wisconsin, nationally, and beyond. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
9 Jignesh M. Patel, professor of computer sciences, for distinguished contributions to the field of database systems, particularly for high performance and scalable data processing methods. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
10 Jennifer Marie Schomaker, professor of chemistry, for distinguished contributions to organic chemistry through methods for catalyst-controlled C-H functionalization via nitrene transfer and complex amine synthesis employing unusual reactive intermediates. Photo by Tatum Lyles Flick
11 Vanessa Sperandio, professor of medical microbiology, for distinguished contributions to the field of microbial pathogenesis and discoveries pertaining to cross-kingdom signaling. Photo by Dave Gresham / UT Southwestern
12 Monica G. Turner, professor of integrative biology, for distinguished contributions to the field of ecology, particularly for the causes and consequences of spatial heterogeneity in landscapes and ecosystems. Photo by: Althea Dotzour
13 Eric M. Wilcots, dean of the College of Letters & Science and professor of astronomy, for a distinguished academic career, astronomical research in the area of galactic environments and evolution, and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the sciences. Photo by: Jeff Miller
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French PV project developers: Beware of protected species!
The regulations for protected species and the procedure to obtain a derogation are complex and should not be understated by solar PV project developers. The avoidance of the significant risks linked with those regulations requires technical and legal expertise, and support from the very beginning of the development of the project, write lawyers Anouk Darcet-Felfen and Laurence Duriez.
December 19, 2018 Anouk Darcet-Felgen and Laurence Duriez, lawyers at BMH Avocats
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On the basis of European Union Directives, French regulations have for more than 10 years, established a principle of strict protectionism regarding "protected species" ("espèces protégées").
For a long time, PV project developers in France have failed to understand the issue, often because of a lack of information. However, certain local environmental authorities have recently brought some back to sobering reality.
Regulations applying to protected species
Having been condemned several times by the European Court of Justice, France transposed the European Directives regarding the conservation of protected species in 2006.
Whenever a specific interest or the necessity of conserving biological heritage justifies the conservation of non-domestic animal species or non-cultivated plant life, the law prohibits, among other things, the destruction, alteration or degradation of animal or plant species listed in various ministerial orders, as well as the degradation of their specific environment.
An accurate knowledge of the species present at a project site allows developers to plan measures to prevent and reduce the impacts on the protected species. If these measures are sufficient, no administrative formalities related to the regulation of protected species will be necessary. If the measures are not sufficient, however, a request for derogation – a partial exception of the law – can be submitted.
Derogations can be granted by the Prefect (Préfet) or the Minister in charge of nature protection, depending on the kind of species at stake. However, obtaining one is often a real uphill battle, as it is subject to three cumulative, very stringent conditions:
There is no other satisfactory solution;
Tthe derogation shall not adversely affect the maintenance in a favorable state of conservation of the populations of species concerned in their natural area of distribution; and
The exemption shall be justified by one of the five grounds listed in Article L. 411-2, I, 4° of French Environmental Code, the only one applicable to PV projects being the "imperative reasons of overriding public interest".
If a derogation is submitted, construction work on a PV project can only start after it has been obtained. Failing that, the local administration could issue a stop-work order and require the developer to resolve the situation within a certain timeframe. Carrying out a project without having requested a derogation when one was necessary could result in criminal action.
The issues at stake
The appetite for large ground-mounted solar power plants (over 250 kWp) in France shows no signs of decreasing. Such projects must obtain a building permit, and carry out an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and public consultation.
With the regulations applicable to building permits being independent from those related to protected species, developers must ensure that their projects comply with the latter.
Over the past few years, local environmental authorities in some French regions have sought to address concerns from associations opposed to large-scale PV projects by "inviting" project developers to submit derogation requests.
It is essential that these requests are prepared with the utmost consideration, if they are to be granted.
How to prevent issues from arising
To avoid violating regulations on protected species, ground-mounted PV project developers should first identify the species on-site that benefit from protection and the potential effects of the project on them.
They must then identify the measures they will take to prevent impacting the protected species, in the EIA. If these measures are not sufficient, further measures to reduce the impact must be planned and described in the assessment.
Wherever a "significant residual impact" ("impact résiduel significatif") still exists, according to the EIA, despite the application of measures planned to prevent and reduce the impacts of the project, a derogation must be requested. As such, the third part of the well-known principle of European and National Law – "Prevent, Reduce, Compensate" – applicable to EIAs shall not be considered to assess whether a derogation is necessary, which is very often overlooked by developers.
Once a developer concludes that a derogation is necessary, they need to include in their derogation request file an environmental assessment (DIFFERENT), which identifies:
The species benefiting from protection measures at the site of the project and in its immediate vicinity,
A population count, and
The effect of the project on both this population and any neighboring populations.
The assessment shall further describe the measures planned to prevent or, failing that, to reduce and, as a last resort, to offset the negative impact of the project on the affected population of the protected species.
According to the Circular of January 21, 2008, the compensatory measures must have a real probability of success, be based on the best available knowledge and experience and be implemented before the beginning of the works or, where this is compatible with their effectiveness, at least simultaneously.
Derogations can only be granted if the applicant demonstrates that all the above mentioned conditions are met.
Account shall also be taken of the following points in the derogation request file:
Regarding the absence of "other satisfactory solutions": The developer shall demonstrate that all possible means were sought to avoid having to request a derogation. The appraisal of whether an alternative is satisfactory or not must be founded on objectively verifiable factors, such as scientific and technical considerations. The final solution selected must be limited to the extent strictly necessary to resolve the specific problem or situation.
Regarding the duty "not to adversely affect the maintenance in a favorable state of conservation of the populations of species concerned": The developer has to describe in the derogation request file the initial state of conservation and to demonstrate that various parameters (population dynamics, range, sufficient habitat, prospects of long-term viability) will be maintained. With or without compensatory measures, the effect of the derogation granted must be neutral or positive on the conservation status of the concerned species.
Regarding the "imperative reasons of overriding public interest": French administrative jurisdictions balance the public interest invoked by the applicant and the interest of species conservation. The Montpellier Administrative Tribunal upheld that PV projects are in line with French energy policy and therefore meet the criterion of the "imperative reason of overriding public interest" to be demonstrated to obtain the derogation.
To summarize, it is crucial for PV project developers to keep in mind the issues related to protected species at the outset of the project. To this end, technical and legal supports are highly recommended.
Anouk Darcet-Felgen has been a partner at BMHAVOCATS since 2001 and has been leading the firm's energy law department since 2004. As an expert in the energy sector, her practice encompasses litigation as well as advice to suppliers, public stakeholders and European and international leaders in the production of renewable energy and the construction of power plants. Her in-depth knowledge of the stakes of the market enables her to accompany her clients through all aspects of their operations, from project development to the construction and operation of facilities, from the legal audit and daily support through to the drafting and negotiation of contracts and the resolution of conflicts. She advises and provides support to her clients in their own language -French, German, English, Spanish, and Luxembourgish.
With a public law background particularly in urban planning, Laurence Duriez practiced in a law firm specialized in that field. Thereafter, she worked as legal counsel for one of the leading wind farm developers before joining BMHAVOCATS.
Her field of competence covers both litigation and counselling in the renewable energies and public law sector.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author's own, and do not necessarily reflect those held by pv magazine.