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Land Rover Range Rover Sport (2013 - 2017) used car review
By Jonathan Crouch
Bigger, lighter and sharper in its reactions, the second generation Range Rover Sport came of age, frightening German luxury SUV rivals by at last matching them on-tarmac whilst still obliterating them off road. No longer a dressed-up Discovery, it shares plenty with the fully fledged limousine-like Range Rover but is able to bring much of that car's high technology to a wider audience.
5dr Luxury SUV (3.0-litre TDV6 diesel, 3.0-litre SDV6 diesel, 3.0-litre SDV6 diesel Hybrid, 4.4-litre SDV8 diesel, 5.0-litre V8 petrol [HSE, HSE Dynamic, Autobiography Dynamic, SVR])
Here's a car that claims to be able to do.. well, almost everything. It'll cruise on the autobahn at 130mph, ford rivers in the Serengeti, take a family of seven on holiday and slip you down to the shops. It's affordable to run, rewarding to drive and looks dynamic and stylish. There has to be a catch doesn't there? Time to check out earlier versions of the second generation Range Rover Sport as a used car buy.
Ah yes, the Range Rover Sport. A car that in its original guise was neither a Range Rover or 'sporty'. In fact, it was based almost entirely on the brand's sensible Discovery model and, thanks to that car's practical ladder frame chassis, as about as dynamic to drive. Still, the smarter set of clothes did the trick and for most of its life between 2005 and 2012, the 'Sport' was Solihull's best seller. There were, it turned out, a vast number of potential buyers who liked the idea of a Range Rover but either couldn't afford one or wanted something a bit sportier.
Something like this in other words, the car the concept always promised but never quite delivered. Appropriately, its very existence was at last properly inspired - and in many ways completely made possible - by the fully-fledged Range Rover. Back in 2012, that car was completely redeveloped in fourth generation form with aluminium underpinnings, sharper handling and hybrid power, engineering eagerly seized upon by the Range Rover Sport development team in their quest to at last be able to offer a credibly sporting SUV rival to cars like the Porsche Cayenne and the BMW X5. The result was the MK2 model Range Rover Sport, launched in 2013.
German competitors of course, don't have to blend in unrivalled off road excellence with their back road blasting. They don't have to be automotive swiss army knives - all things to all people - in quite the same way. So, burdened with such expectations, how can this Range Rover - how can any Range Rover - take them on at their own game? That's the issue this car has always faced. A 542PS 'SVR' version of the 5.0-litre petrol V8 model was introduced in 2014. And shortly after, the 292PS SDV6 diesel engine was uprated to 306PS. This second generation model was lightly updated for the 2017 model year, but it's the earlier 2013 to 2016 versions we're going to look at here.
Imagine you were toned, fit - and nearly 20% lighter. How would you look? Sharper? Smarter? Younger? As indeed this second generation Range Rover Sport model does in comparison to its boxy, heavy predecessor. The faster windscreen angle, streamlined profile and sloping roofline make it sleek and contemporary - as it should be, a Range Rover Sport for a new era. But recognisably a Range Rover Sport: the clamshell bonnet, 'floating' roof, powerful wheelarches and side fender vents that define this model are all present and correct.
Up close, the 'S' in 'SUV' is further emphasised by the high beltline, short overhangs and distinctive silhouette. At the front, the slimmer LED lights and sculpted corners flank a classic two-bar rearward-sloping front grille executed to a theme reflected by the twin strakes of the fender vents. And there are bold trapezoidal shapes to house the central bumper beam and skidplate. A trapezoidal theme that's repeated at the rear where the skidplate is flanked by large twin exhausts. Not a car to be trifled with then.
It's a much more spacious thing than the MK1 version - though only 62mm longer - which makes it all the more surprising that the Solihull engineers have been able to make it so much lighter. A modified version of the fully-fledged Range Rover's aluminium monocoque chassis accounts for most of the 420kgs that have been trimmed from a kerb weight that in MK2 form, crucially, pitches this car in at just over two tones, rather than just under three. Back in 2013, this design's aluminium approach represented a trailblazing one in this class but it's not enough to make this Sport a car that could be in any way described as 'lightweight' in the luxury SUV segment. Still, the fact that it's no heavier than rivals like Porsche's Cayenne and BMW's X5, cars that don't need to carry around such sophisticated bulky all-wheel drive hardwear, has to be seen as quite an achievement.
And inside? Well, you'd be disappointed if you didn't have to climb up into a Range Rover - that's part of its appeal - though older folk can with this Sport model ease the process by selecting a lower 'Access' mode on variants fitted with air suspension. Once installed in the generously side bolstered seats though, there's no mistaking that you're at the wheel of this British institutional model's younger, slightly smaller and much sportier twin. For a start, you're sat a tad lower than you would be in a Range Rover, plus the more compact thicker-rimmed wheel's smaller, the upright gearstick more purposeful and the centre console higher. Perhaps that last point's the most significant as it positions the controls closer to you, creating a cocooning feel for front seat occupants.
Racy then - but still regal too. You're surrounded by simply acres of expensive materials. Plenty of hi-tech too, some of it more effectively presented than others. Hard to dislike is the 12.3-inch TFT instrument screen offered on plusher versions that comes instead of the conventional dials you get on more affordable models. To replace these, the TFT approach offers lifelike digital facsimilies of the usual rev and speedo gauges, this just one of a range of customisable displays the panel can offer to suit your requirements. Off road for example, the rev counter can move aside in favour of a graphical drivetrain that shows which wheels are being driven, which diffs are locked and much more. In fact, the virtual screen can be customised to show anything from the outside temperature to navigation information, telephone system settings or wheel articulation.
Less clear and intuitive are the buttons on the steering wheel which control a range of electronic options in the centre dash display. You'll need to spend some time with your nose buried in the instruction manual to figure out both these and the infotainment system, whose screen dominates the centre part of the dash and which, by voice, touch or steering wheel button, marshals everything from sat nav to seat heating, stereo sound to surround cameras. Unfortunately, it requires much familiarisation and, in our opinion, too many button pushes to access some of its many functions: four button presses to turn the heated seats off for example. Some of the stuff it does is pretty smart though. The '4x4 Info' display for example, which shows you the state of play for everything from deactivating diff locks to driving into rivers. And we're always impressed by Jaguar Land Rover's optional 'Dual View' technology which enables this 8-inch screen to simultaneously display a different image to driver and passenger. So at the wheel, you can, say, view the navigation display while your passenger watches a video. Neat.
And in the back? Well it's easier to get in to this car than was the case with the MK1 version, thanks to the larger rear door aperture and the lower seating position. And, once inside, you'll find that the significant increase in wheelbase you get in this second generation Sport brings two main advantages with it: more rear seat space and, potentially, more rear seats. Settle yourself in the rear and, if you're familiar with a fully-fledged Range Rover, you'll find that a place in the back of this car is nearly as nice. The reclinable bench (which can be optionally heated and cooled) is wider and more comfortable than before and offers up 24mm more kneeroom. If you've found a variant fitted out with optional third row seating, the middle bench will also feature a mechanism able to slide it back and forth. We should point out that, as you might expect, the extra third row chairs are really only for kids and short journeys.
The boot is accessed via an electrically operated tailgate (a one piece hatch rather than the two-piece item you get on a fully-fledged Range Rover). The optional full-sized spare wheel sits beneath the cargo area floor, rather than untidily dangling below the chassis as it did on the MK1 model. Bear in mind that you don't get any sort of spare wheel on a model fitted out with third row chairs - just a tyre repair kit. The cargo space with the middle row seat up is large - rated at 784-litres. That's less than the MK1 model could offer but still about 20% more bootspace than you'd get in rival BMW X5, Mercedes M-Class or Porsche Cayenne competitors. The X5 and the M-Class turn the tables when their rear seats are folded down but this Sport model's 1,761-litre total should be amply adequate for most.
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Land Rover products have been featuring much improved build quality in recent years but our owner survey revealed that the brand still has a little way to go to match its German rivals in this regard. We came across two owners who'd had serious engine problems. In one case, the engine self-destructed as the big end went. In another case, the engine failed after gearbox error messages, so look out for those on your test drive. Other things the test drive might throw up that were reported in our ownership survey include problems with steering alignment; issues with the front and rear parking sensors; a resonating vibration from the dashboard amplified by the speakers; and interior trim panels that rattle and vibrate.
Otherwise, the issues tend to be niggly little things. Poor bonnet and boot alignment for example; alignment issues with the rear doors; poorly fitted rubber trim around the doors; and leather on the seats being loose and ill-fitted. Don't believe misleading reports suggesting that things like brake discs, brake pads and wiper blades wear quickly: they're actually pretty durable.
What else? Well check if a tow bar has been fitted and also check the tyres for odd wear patterns. Although the Range Rover Sport is very capable off road, there are limits to its ground clearance, so inspect the underside for signs of damage to the suspension, exhaust and front valance. The volume SDV6 diesel engine is a tough unit and if you're test driving the car on a cold day, don't be worried if the Stop/Start system fails to kick in. The engine is programmed to keep running at temperatures below three degrees Celsius.
(based on 2014 Range Rover Sport 3.0 SDV6 - approx excl. VAT) An oil filter costs around £6, though you could pay up to around £15 for a pricier brand. Brake pads sit in the £35 to £50 bracket for a set, though you could pay up to around £70 for a pricier brand. You'll pay around £115 for a timing belt (though pricier brands can charge you anything up to around £175 for a timing belt for this car). Wiper blades cost in the £6 to £13 bracket. A tail lamp will cost you around £240.
A Range Rover of any kind tends to fill you with certain expectations. It'll seat you higher up than anything in its segment, will lumber pleasantly about, roll a little through the bends and storm its way through just about anything you can throw at it off road. All of this is of course good enough for the Land Rover faithful but isn't an especially tempting proposition for the Teutonic brand buyers Solihull urgently needs to satisfy for stronger sales. The first generation Range Rover Sport didn't tempt away enough of them but the thinking was that this MK2 model might do if it could be lighter, more agile and faster. If it could really be what Designer Gerry McGovern calls the 'Porsche 911 of SUVs'.
The original version of this car had no chance of even considering such a demanding brief, mainly because it weighed nearly three tonnes. In MK2 guise, it doesn't. Thanks to an exacting diet and primarily to an aluminium monocoque chassis borrowed from the fully-fledged Range Rover then redeveloped for this model, a massive 420kgs has been saved from the kerb weight - equivalent to a car-full of adults each carrying a hefty suitcase. Even if you didn't know this - even if you weren't expecting the enormous difference this ought to make - the feel you get at the wheel in what's called the 'Sports Command Driving position' anticipates a very different, far more involving driving experience than was ever delivered by this car's predecessor.
The steering wheel's smaller, the seats are grippier and the full-fat Range Rover's ponderous rising circular gear selector is here replaced by a purposeful shard-like stick which seems to have been borrowed from Jaguar's F-TYPE sportscar. It controls the 8-speed ZF auto gearbox that all 'Sport' models must have, whether they be diesel, petrol or hybrid-powered. Which makes it sound like there's quite a choice, though the reality is that the vast majority of buyers will end up behind the wheel of the 292PS SDV6 diesel variant.
That's mainly because this is the only version of this car that original buyers of this car could mechanically specify just as they wanted, including or deleting key driving features like the Twin Speed low range gearbox, the automatic version of the Terrain Response system and a whole arsenal of on-tarmac driver aids that improve response and sharpen up cornering. None of this was even optional on the entry-level 258PS TDV6 diesel. And, at the other extreme, you have to have it all, whether you like it or not, on the three pricey powerful models you'll find at the top of the line-up, the diesel hybrid, the 339PS diesel SDV8 and the frighteningly fast 510PS 5.0-litre supercharged petrol V8.
Think of the entry-level TDV6 version of this car as a kind of Range Rover Sport-lite kind of experience. It's there to give the Solihull brand a car to compete directly on price with rival Mercedes M-Class and BMW X5 models from this era. Which isn't easy given that it must still be based on high-tech Range Rover aluminium underpinnings which therefore originate from a far more exalted model that frequently sells for up to six figures. What it all meant was that something had to give in the TDV6 tech spec to keep costs down and the sticker figure competitive. Two main things actually. For on road use, buyers of the TDV6 model don't get the 'Adaptive Dynamics' continuously variable dampers that are fitted elsewhere across the range and help this car set a new standard for comfort in this class. These automatically monitor ride quality and vehicle movements 500 times a second to ensure that the suspension always suits the road you're on and the mood you're in. There are off road cut-backs too: there's no heavy duty 4WD system in the TDV6 variant - merely a simpler Torsen set-up that can't be locked in the 50/50 front torquesplit mode that serious off roaders use to ease themselves out of the stickiest situations.
Which isn't necessarily a problem. We all know of course that most typical Range Rover Sport customers aren't serious off roaders. Indeed, they're people who may well be quite pleased to be able to buy a lighter, simpler version of this car. They'll point out that, thanks to 600Nm of torque, a TDV6 variant still has the same 3,500kgs towing limit that applies to any other conventional 'Sport' model. And they'll remind you that the car's still more than adequately rapid, 62mph from rest 7.6s away en route to 130mph. For all that, we can't help thinking that TDV6 buyers will be missing something in not stretching up to SDV6 level in this car. Not, it must be said, with respect to on-paper performance: that's pretty much the same. More in terms of the way it can be achieved - provided of course, that the original owner ticked the right boxes.
One box in particular actually - and it's called 'Dynamic'. With an 'HSE Dynamic' or 'Autobiography Dynamic'-spec SDV6 variant, the on-road features included make this as much of a sportscar as any hefty luxury SUV is ever going to be. And whereas the original MK1 version of this model wouldn't even begin to keep up with a well driven Porsche Cayenne or BMW X5 on a twisting country road, a MK2 Range Rover Sport in Dynamic spec can do just that. Whilst at the same time embarrassing both of those two cars - and everything else in the segment - off road thanks to the low range gearbox and auto Terrain Response system we mentioned earlier, both features added in to Dynamic-spec models.
Want a little more detail re the on-road Dynamic-spec stuff? We should probably give you that since this car will spend nearly all its life on tarmac. Essentially, there are three main features that make the difference. Let's start with cornering, traditionally the roly-poly downside of SUV motoring. Not here it isn't. 'Dynamic Response active lean control' does exactly what it promises, working independently on front and rear axles to dramatically reduce body roll. Encouraging you to press a little harder into tight bends and enjoy a Torque Vectoring system which works with what Land Rover calls a 'Dynamic Active Rear Locking Differential' to fire you from bend to bend. Both features combine through the turns to counter both understeer and wheelspin, with the electronics lightly micro-braking whichever front wheel is threatening to lose grip. As a result, the car's kept planted, more of the power gets transmitted onto the tarmac and you feel more in control.
Reassuring we'd say, especially if you happened to be at the wheel of one of the more powerful models. The SDV8 diesel manages 62mph from rest in 6.9s, while the 5.0-litre supercharged petrol model trims that back to 5.3s, with the standard versions of both variants charging on to 140mph flat out. Both are models that'll probably also see owners make good use of the third tarmac trick this car has up its sleeve: its 'Dynamic Programme'. You'll find this on the 'Terrain Response 2' system you activate via the circular dial down below the gearstick. It's a one-shot setting that when selected, instantly switches everything into red mist mode. So in one hit, you get a sharper throttle response, more responsive steering, quicker gearchanges, tighter body control and a firmer ride from the standard air suspension. Brilliant.
None of which would be especially praise-worthy if, like its rivals, Land Rover had compromised this car's off road excellence in search of asphalt acceptability. But it hasn't. Even the least capable TDV6 Sport models are engineered to survive in the wild with two key features. First, there's a completely redeveloped lightweight air suspension set-up that, in terms of wheel travel and articulation, betters any other SUV save the fully fledged Range Rover. The air springs can raise the car even higher for really rough surfaces, which is why this model's 278mm maximum ground clearance figure is a massive 51mm more than the first generation version of this design could offer. And you can keep the high off road suspension setting active at higher speed (up to 50mph), which is a real boon when you're on terrain with long, rutted dirt roads.
The increased height is an obvious advantage in water. It accounts for the enormous 850mm wading capability you can monitor via an optional Wade Sensing feature that shows you the depth of the water you're driving through. A visual display and warning chimes alert the driver as the water level rises around the vehicle. And while we're talking about how high this car can get off the ground, we should also mention how that facilitates an impressive approach angle of 33-degrees that'll get you up steep slopes. And once you've used the standard Hill Descent Control to ease you down them again, you'll be glad of a useful departure angle of 31-degrees.
The second key mud-plugging feature we want to mention is Land Rover's acclaimed Terrain Response system which, in its most basic form, offers a choice of three selectable settings to suit the ground you're covering: 'grass/gavel/snow', 'sand' or mud/ruts'. Other rivals copied this, so the Solihull engineers developed an upgraded 'Terrain Response 2 auto' package that goes a little further with two extra settings. 'Rock Crawl' does what it promises but most useful is the 'Auto' mode which analyses the conditions you're driving in, then automatically selects the most suitable terrain programme to cope. It can also tell you when to use the low range gearbox which, as previously mentioned, along with this upgraded Terrain Response set-up makes up the off road aspect of the 'Dynamic' specification we've been talking about.
Is there a caveat to all this capability? Only the one we've already alluded to, namely that the heavy duty 4x4 system that most Range Rover Sport models use - the sophisticated one you'd find on a much pricier Range Rover able to direct fully 100% of torque to either axle - is replaced by a cheaper Torsen system in the base TDV6 version of model. That Torsen set-up's far more limited, reacting to conditions that'll see it push a maximum of 62% of power to the front or up to 78% to the rear. And, as we said earlier, if you do get stuck, it can't be locked in the optimum 50:50 front-to-rear power-split ratio that any other big Range Rover would use to ease itself out. Don't get us wrong: this simpler system is all most owners will ever want or need - and it's all other SUVs provide. But for us, a Land Rover product should be head and shoulders above all other SUVs when it comes to off road access. Avoid the TDV6 engine and you'll find that this Range Rover Sport very definitely can be.
With the fully fledged Range Rover now a plutocratic purchase, it's this Sport model that for us, now most faithfully continues a model line stretching all the way back to the 1970 original. That very first Range Rover was a car you didn't have to be afraid to use as intended, on or off road. And nor is this second generation model.
Get the fundamental thing right with any great design - in this case the weight - and everything else then tends to fall into place. The aluminium platform that made this car so much lighter solves at a stroke the two issues that blighted the first generation Range Rover Sport: stodgy handling and high running costs. And yes, it does leave room for proper 4WD hardware to be fitted without compromising paved road prowess. Which is something that German rivals could learn from.
True, it's a pity that the entry-level TDV6 model does without some of the key on and off road features. And it's also necessary for potential customers to pay a little more than they would for some less sophisticated rivals, especially if they want to buy in at the SDV6 level that shows this car at its best.
Still, the right version of this car offers exactly the right kind of luxury SUV experience for those fortunate enough to be able to enjoy it. A Range Rover Sport that's a proper Range Rover. That's sporty. And that's a class leader. Job done.
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Goodwill gestures?
By Kalpana Sharma on May. 11, 2015 in Perspectives
Everyone wants to help victims of natural calamities. But the best help for those who survive is respect. And a listening ear.
The devastation that Nature has wrought on Nepal, that beautiful but poor nation, makes you weep. Pictures of the ravaged land bring back memories of other times when the earth was still, when people smiled, when temple bells echoed through the narrow and crowded streets of Kathmandu.
Nature does not care to discriminate when it strikes. Yet, once the dust settles — and it has still to settle in Nepal — questions will be asked for which there are no easy answers. Already people are asking them. For instance, why does it take so long for help to reach them? And when it does, why is it inappropriate and uneven?
Such questions were asked so long ago closer home. On January 26, 2001, an earthquake of similar intensity hit Kutch and parts of Gujarat. Entire villages were flattened. In towns, buildings collapsed, roads were split open. Almost 20,000 died; 1,66,000 were injured and 4,00,000 houses were destroyed.
While Nepal is in the Himalayas, Kutch is a desert, flat and barren. Even the worst affected places could be accessed by road and air. Bhuj, the principal city, was also badly affected but enough of it remained intact for some kind of relief effort to be coordinated within a few days.
Yet, what was striking at first, as in Nepal, was the absence of the State. In the first few days, people helped each other and community and non-governmental groups working in the region sprung into action. When aid did come, from all over the world, it was often inappropriate. It came from people who meant well, who were moved by the plight of those affected. But with no one to guide them, they ended up sending things that could not be used.
I was reminded of this when I heard of a group of well-intentioned women in Mumbai deciding to make hundreds of theplas (a Gujarati roti that can last for several days) to send to Nepal. No one told them that cooked food was a waste when the basic infrastructure for distributing aid had still not been established.
I saw something similar in Kutch. Tons of used clothing was sent there by truck. Bundles of used clothes, some torn and damaged, were flung out of trucks as they passed by the devastated villages. No one bothered to pick them up. No one had checked the kind of clothing Kutchi women would find useful. So the clothes lay on the road and in time were dispersed by strong winds. Eventually, they found a perch on the dry branches of the few trees that spotted the barren landscape. It was a bizarre sight that illustrated the pointlessness of this kind of goodwill gesture.
The biggest challenge in the aftermath of natural disasters is when it recedes from our consciousness. That is precisely when disaster-hit areas require the most attention. The slow and tedious task of rebuilding and rehabilitation can take many years. The process exposes the divisions that exist in many societies and sometimes even exacerbates them. Inevitably, the better- off, the better-connected manage while the struggle for those at the margins is prolonged.
Disasters also present an opportunity to think afresh about the kind of development that is needed. In Kutch, as in Nepal, many of the villages badly affected also suffered from lack of water and sanitation. Post-disaster, the emphasis is on rebuilding structures with earthquake-resistant features. But the permanent, and sometimes intractable, problems such as providing basic services are overlooked.
This is where affected communities need to be seen as participants and not as recipients of aid. The latter expects them to be passive, to gratefully accept whatever comes their way. The former demands active participation. Those giving aid need to take the viewpoint of these communities seriously and recognise that people who live in such precarious environments also have a deep understanding of survival strategies.
However, such sagacity is not always present in donors. In Kutch, for instance, many business houses came forward and offered to reconstruct entire villages. What emerged were strong, earthquake-resistant concrete structures. They were uniform. They were laid out in a grid with straight lines. And they looked indistinguishable from other new townships in any other part of India. The distinctiveness of traditional Kutch architecture, which incorporates features to deal with the harsh climate, was missing. Worse still was the almost complete absence of consultation with the affected communities.
In one such township, the women setup temporary kitchens outside their concrete houses. Why, I asked. Because the design of the kitchen, they said, was unsuitable for their style of cooking with wood or coal. So they were left with no option but to cook out in the open.
In any case, in the first year after the new structures were built, people continued to sleep outside because they had no faith that these buildings would survive another earthquake. No one had bothered to explain how earthquake-resistant features work. If the benefactors had taken the time to educate people, particularly the women, and also to consult them about the design of the houses, there would have been greater acceptance.
Everyone wants to help victims of natural calamities. But the best help for those who survive is respect. And a listening ear. It is not too much to ask.
First published in The Hindu
Story Tags: aid, Gujarat, natural calamity

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Romualdez lauds Duterte's efforts to cut the number of poor Pinoys
posted December 08, 2019 at 10:10 pm by Rio N. Araja
Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Sunday lauded the efforts of President Rodrigo Duterte for cutting the number of poor Filipinos by 5.9 million.
"The significant drop in poverty incidence is attributed to the sound economic policy of President Duterte who has been pursuing structural reforms needed to guarantee the country's economic takeoff," he said.
"The numbers now are good. All poverty indicators are at all-time low. We just need to stay on the course and make sure that all the programs and policies are in place for the next phase of the war against poverty," he added.
Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez
According to a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority, 5.9 million Filipinos have been moved out of poverty in 2018.
At least 17.6 million Filipinos or about three million households still struggle to afford basic needs and live below the poverty threshold in 2018.
The National Economic and Development Authority said "the significant reduction in poverty is largely attributed to the improved labor market conditions that increased the salaries and wages of the poor."
Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., National Unity Party president, along with Albay Rep. Joey Salceda, cited the President's economic policy that pushed the economy to grow at a faster pace in the third quarter of 2019.
"We expect a better economy by end the of the year as Christmas time approaches because the people will have more money to spend arising from the 13th month pay, etc., and there will also be higher cash remittances from our overseas Filipino workers during the holiday period," Barzaga said.
Salceda, for his part, said the reduction on poverty incidence "is by far the most significant positive news in the first thee years of the Duterte administration."
Topics: Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez , President Rodrigo Duterte , poor Filipinos , economic policy
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Electricity market transforming apace but security a worry: Energy Security Board
Electricity market transforming apace but…
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The transformation of the national electricity market has "progressed at a remarkable pace and scale" over the last year as it moves towards renewables, but security is a critical issue, according to the Energy Security Board.
In its latest report on "The Health of the National Electricity Market", released Monday, the board also notes affordability improved slightly over the year for retail customers, with more relief to come.
A government report, also released Monday, shows Australian emissions (on a seasonally adjusted and weather-normalised basis) in the September quarter were unchanged compared with the previous quarter, while on an annual basis they were down 0.3%.
The ESB, an independent body chaired by Kerry Schott which reports to the Council of Australian Governments' energy council, says in 2018-19 about 16% of electricity consumed in the NEM was from wind and solar (up from 14%), and this is forecast to rise to about 27% by 2022 and above 40% by 2030.
The 16% does not include rooftop solar, which is now about 5% of NEM generation and is expected to be 10% by 2030.
Different states are at different stages of transition to renewables. Tasmania, with hydro and wind, is close to 100%, South Australia is operating at about 53%; other states in the NEM (which doesn't cover Western Australia) are on 10-20% though increasing rapidly.
"The issue of most concern in the NEM is security. This is a critical issue at present and for the future," the ESB says.
"While there has been understandable concern about reliability, and whether or not there is sufficient supply or demand response when wind and solar is not available, the more immediate worry is maintaining security.
"To be secure the electricity system must operate within defined limits of frequency, voltage, inertia and system strength and be able to maintain that through disturbances.
"Failure to do so can seriously damage a power system and lead to significant supply interruptions."
The Australian Energy Market Operator has had to intervene more than twice as much this year as the year before.
The report says reliability has been rated as critical, a worse rating than last year, and maintaining it has been a challenge. While there has been an improvement in reliability since last year summer supply is very tight in Victoria, NSW and South Australia.
Issues include the more severe summer weather conditions and ageing generators.
On affordability, the slight improvement was due to falls in average energy use as rooftop solar increased, and some energy efficiency.
"Both electricity and gas prices fell slightly against income levels and the consumer price index in 2018-19. The modest decrease was largely related to a decline in retail margins and a fall in wholesale costs.
"Retail prices remained largely steady across the NEM, with only modest improvement in affordability. The improvement was related to falls in average energy usage with growing distributed energy (rooftop solar) and energy efficiency. The decline in energy usage is most remarkable in Queensland and South Australia where there is a high penetration of rooftop solar".
But the report says the overall trends hide the impact on particular consumers of high energy costs, notably those on low incomes, who spend 8-10% of their income on energy compared with the 2-4% spent by an average household. Low income households are less likely to see the benefit of investing in solar or energy efficiency.
On a national basis household electricity bills are likely to reduce by 7.1% or $97 over the period 2018-19 to 2021-22. This is primarily driven by wholesale costs falling as new low cost renewable capacity comes in.
The report stresses "the need for significant investment over the next decade in both transmission and distribution networks".
The September update of "Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory", from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, says the 0.3% fall over the year to September reflects annual decreases from the electricity, transport and agriculture sectors. These falls were partly offset by increases in emissions from stationary energy, fugitive, and land use, land use change and forestry sectors.
There was an increase over the year in emissions from total export industries of 3.5%, mainly reflecting a 17.4% rise in LNG exports.
A 2% decrease in emissions from the electricity sector was largely due to a 2.7% fall in coal generation, a 4.3% fall in gas generation and a 14.1% increase in renewables in the NEM.
Transport emissions fell 0.7% over the year, reflecting a reduction in petrol consumption of 3.2%.
The decline of 5.8% in emissions in the agriculture section came from the drought, with fewer livestock and less fertiliser being used.
Meanwhile former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has again weighed into the climate debate, to support strongly a target of having Australia carbon neutral by 2050.
Anthony Albanese last week recommitted Labor to the target of net zero emissions by 2050, which the ALP took to the last election.
Turnbull tweeted on Sunday, "a policy which opposes net zero by 2050 is a policy of 3 degrees plus global warming and an uninhabitable planet".
The Coalition has improved its position slightly in the latest Newspoll, published in Monday's Australian, now trailing Labor in two-party terms 49-51%, compared with 48-52% three weeks ago.
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D3.js is used on hundreds of thousands of websites. Some popular uses include creating interactive graphics for online news websites, information dashboards for viewing data, and producing maps from GIS map making data. In addition, the exportable nature of SVG enables graphics created by D3 to be used in print publications.
There have been various previous attempts to bring data visualization to web browsers. The most notable examples were the Prefuse, Flare, and Protovis toolkits, which can all be considered as direct predecessors of D3.js.
Prefuse was a visualization toolkit created in 2005 that required usage of Java, and visualizations were rendered within browsers with a Java plug-in. Flare was a similar toolkit from 2007 that used ActionScript, and required a Flash plug-in for rendering.
In 2011, the development of Protovis was stopped to focus on a new project, D3.js. Informed by experiences with Protovis, Bostock, along with Heer and Ogievetsky, developed D3.js to provide a more expressive framework that, at the same time, focuses on web standards and provides improved performance.
.style("color", "lavender")     // set style "color" to value "lavender"
.attr("class", "squares")       // set attribute "class" to value "squares"
The selection can be based on tag (as in the above example), class, identifier, attribute, or place in the hierarchy. Once elements are selected, one can apply operations to them. This includes getting and setting attributes, display texts, and styles (as in the above example). Elements may also be added and removed. This process of modifying, creating and removing HTML elements can be made dependent on data, which is the basic concept of D3.js.
.transition("trans_1")      // transition with name "trans_1"
For more advanced uses, loaded data drives the creation of elements. D3.js loads a given dataset, then, for each of its elements, creates an SVG object with associated properties (shape, colors, values) and behaviors (transitions, events).
Generated SVG graphics are designed according to the provided data.
Once a dataset is bound to a document, use of D3.js typically follows a pattern wherein an explicit .enter() function, an implicit "update," and an explicit .exit() function is invoked for each item in the bound dataset. Any methods chained after the .enter() command will be called for each item in the dataset not already represented by a DOM node in the selection (the previous selectAll()). Likewise, the implicit update function is called on all existing selected nodes for which there is a corresponding item in the dataset, and .exit() is called on all existing selected nodes that do not have an item in the dataset to bind to them. The D3.js documentation provides several examples of how this works.
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Transformations in 2D: translation, rotation, skew, and scaling.
Functions for finding minimum, maximum, extent, sum, mean, median, and quantile of an array.
Functions for ordering, shuffling, permuting, merging, and bisecting arrays.
Functions for manipulating associative arrays.
Support for map and set collections.
Computing convex hull of a set of points.
Computing Voronoi tesselation of a set of points.
Support for point quadtree data structure.
Support for basic operations on polygon.
Support for RGB, HSL, HCL, and L*a*b* color representation.
Brightening, darkening, and interpolation of colors.
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Q: how to replace method name from Delayed::Job Handler? In my old reports, I schedule the report through Delayed::Job which have the method name "execute_schedule_reports".
Now in my new reports, I have different method name "new_execute_schedule_reports".
I want to move all old schedule report to new one.
Old reports objects are:
ScheduleReport.last
  ScheduleReport Load (0.5ms)  SELECT  `schedule_reports`.* FROM `schedule_reports`  ORDER BY `schedule_reports`.`id` DESC LIMIT 1
 => #<ScheduleReport id: 208, vendor_id: 116211, scheduled_report_store_type: "Club", scheduled_report_store_id: 116524, team_id: nil, product_id: "46067", abbreviate_product_name: nil, payment_status: nil, report_organizations: nil, date_filter: nil, report_name: 3, report_type: 0, email_to: "bcv@sdf.com", day: 2, repeat: nil, time: "12:15 AM", last_run_at: "2015-09-18 06:55:07", next_run_at: "2015-09-19 16:15:00", next_run_job_id: 1546516, created_at: "2015-09-18 06:51:33", updated_at: "2015-09-18 06:55:15", skip_items_with_zero_sale: false, club_id: nil, spirit_id: nil, from_date: "", to_date: "", standard_or_custom_report_id: nil, standard_or_custom_report: nil>

d  = Delayed::Job.last
  Delayed::Backend::ActiveRecord::Job Load (0.5ms)  SELECT  `delayed_jobs`.* FROM `delayed_jobs`  ORDER BY `delayed_jobs`.`id` DESC LIMIT 1
 => #<Delayed::Backend::ActiveRecord::Job id: 1546516, priority: 20, attempts: 0, handler: "--- !ruby/object:Delayed::PerformableMethod\nobject...", last_error: nil, run_at: "2015-09-19 16:00:00", locked_at: nil, failed_at: nil, locked_by: nil, created_at: "2015-09-18 06:55:15", updated_at: "2015-09-18 06:55:15", queue: "schedule_report">

d.handler
 => "--- !ruby/object:Delayed::PerformableMethod\nobject: !ruby/class 'ScheduleReport'\nmethod_name: :execute_schedule_reports\nargs:\n- 208\n"

Now I need to modify the method name in Delayed::Job Handler with new one that is "new_execute_schedule_reports"
How can I modify this handler's method name?
Here What I am thinking by using the gsub!.
Is it a right approach?
Please suggest me.
Thank you.

A:
grep -rl 'execute_schedule_reports' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/execute_schedule_reports/new_execute_schedule_reports/g'

This will search for the string 'execute_schedule_reports' in all files relative to the current directory and replace 'execute_schedule_reports' with 'new_execute_schedule_reports' for each occurrence of the string in each file.

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Q: Running GRUB From Terminal After Successfully Logging In Can I run GNU Grub and go to Grub Prompt after logging in into Desktop ? I mean from Terminal . Using Grub2 By the Way .
Sample Picture of Unix Terminal after Logging In
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A: Grub is used to boot an OS, i.e. it runs before the Linux kernel has even started; before a DM (display manager) lets you login, etc. and well before the desktop is loaded by the DM.  To return to grub, you need to shutdown the OS and reboot, as it was written to be a bootloader.
Grub = GRand Unified Bootloader. It's used to boot an OS.
Reference - https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB
If you have multiple OSes installed, be they GNU/Linux systems such as Ubuntu, BSD, windows etc.. it will let you select which you will boot & use.  What you're asking for makes no sense in my opinion.  A terminal is a user-process on a OS that is already running, GRUB is used to start an OS, and wasn't intended to be used to run virtual machines.


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Gameday: A rally for the ages
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ROCKFORD ICEHOGS (5-7-1-0)
AT CHICAGO WOLVES (9-4-1-1)
Saturday, Nov. 27 | 7 p.m. | Allstate Arena | My50 Chicago | AHLTV | Facebook Live
A RALLY FOR THE AGES
For those who were too busy fighting for Black Friday bargains to catch the Chicago Wolves on Friday night, head coach Ryan Warsofsky's squad scored 5 goals in the third period to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 triumph at Grand Rapids.
There are many ways to explain how improbable Chicago's rally happened to be. For starters, since the 2017-18 season began, the Wolves entered the night with a 13-65-9-3 record when trailing after 40 minutes. In other words, they rallied to get the win about once every 14 times.
Over these last five seasons, the Wolves had never rallied from a 3-goal deficit after 40 minutes and earned the win. There had been two comebacks that somewhat resembled Friday's rally: On Dec. 5, 2018, the Wolves fell behind 3-0 early at Iowa and turned it into a 4-3 victory — but the rally started nine minutes into the second period when eventual AHL MVP Daniel Carr scored.
The other comeback? The Wolves trailed 2-0 entering the third period Feb. 13, 2020, versus Milwaukee — but Gage Quinney and Co. scored five goals in the final 11:00 to seize a 5-2 win at Allstate Arena.
The other implausible part? Including the Wolves' scoreless first two periods Friday at Grand Rapids, you needed to go back 162 minutes and 12 seconds to count Chicago's last five goals. Yet Josh Leivo's power-play goal 1:29 into the third period triggering the Wolves' incredible spree that restored them to first place in the Central Division.
EVEN-STEVEN
This marks the 15th season the Chicago Wolves and Rockford IceHogs have been battling in the American Hockey League. The Wolves are on their eighth head coach since the inaugural game on Oct. 19, 2007 (which the Wolves won, 5-4, after a shootout as Fred Brathwaite got the victory over Corey Crawford). The IceHogs are on their sixth head coach.
Each organization has cycled through a couple hundred prospects and suspects over these 15 years. There have been brilliance and brawls and blowouts and shootouts aplenty.
Yet as we prepare for tonight's 161st regular-season meeting between Chicago and Rockford, we cannot say one team has performed better than the other. That's right: The Wolves have 80 wins and the IceHogs have 80 wins. Rockford knotted the all-time series with a 3-2 shootout victory last Saturday at Allstate Arena.
To be honest, the numbers suggest the Wolves should own a decent edge in this fierce rivalry between teams whose home rinks are 73.5 miles apart by car. Chicago has scored 502 goals in the first 160 regular-season meetings while Rockford has managed just 457. But in the games that have been decided by a one-goal margin, the IceHogs own a 50-34 advantage.
Four years ago on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the Wolves stopped a long losing streak at Rockford's expense and launched their run from worst to first.
Some background: From Nov. 8 to 24, 2017, the Wolves went 0-5-2-1 to move their record to a league-worst 4-9-3-1. But on Saturday, Nov. 25, the Wolves rallied for a 4-3 win over Rockford at Allstate Arena.
Captain Paul Thompson assisted on Stefan Matteau's game-tying goal at 4:45 of the third, then Ivan Barbashev and Jake Bischoff set up Brett Sterling's winner at 6:20. The Wolves went 38-14-4-3 (.769) the rest of the way to capture the Central Division crown.
FRIDAY, NOV. 26: CHICAGO 5, (at) GRAND RAPIDS 3
Trailing 3-0 entering the third period, the Wolves scored two goals in the first three minutes and three goals in the last two minutes to stun the Griffins at Van Andel Arena.
Forwards Josh Leivo, Maxim Letunov, Spencer Smallman, C.J. Smith and Andrew Poturalski scored in the final period while Poturalski added three assists.
Goaltender Eetu Makiniemi posted 29 saves to earn the win.
SATURDAY, NOV. 20: ROCKFORD 3, (at) CHICAGO 2 (SO)
The Wolves seized a 2-0 lead in the opening nine minutes, but the IceHogs caught up in the third period to set up Dylan McLaughlin's game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout.
Forwards Stefan Noesen and David Gust gave the Wolves the lead while Andrew Poturalski, C.J. Smith and Max Lajoie earned the assists.
Goaltender Alex Lyon stopped 23 of 25 shots in regulation and overtime.
2: You can count on two fingers the number of times the Wolves have been outshot during their first 15 games this season. The first game was way back on Oct. 22 when the Wolves allowed a season-high 43 shots in a 3-2 win at Milwaukee. The second was Nov. 6 when Manitoba limited the Wolves to a season-low 23 attempts during a 5-1 Moose win at Allstate Arena. Chicago enters tonight's action riding an eight-game streak of outshooting its opponent. The Wolves own a 288-210 margin (36.0-26.3 per game) in shots during this run.
4: Wolves captain Andrew Poturalski tied a franchise record Friday night when he produced four points in the third period. It marked the seventh time in Wolves history that somebody managed four points in one regular-season period — and the first time since Jason Krog posted 2 goals and 2 assists in the second period of a 7-4 win on Dec. 19, 2007, at Peoria. Poturalski earned the primary assist on Josh Leivo's power-play goal 1:29 into the third, the secondary assist on Spencer Smallman's game-tying goal with 1:36 left, the primary assist on C.J. Smith's go-ahead score with 1:24 left and then he threw in an empty-net goal from the red line with 42 seconds to go.
25: The Wolves added a new player Wednesday when they signed rookie right wing Ivan Lodnia to a Standard Player Contract (SPC). He'll wear No. 25 for the Wolves. The 22-year-old was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft, just 12 picks after new Wolves teammate Stelio Mattheos. The Los Angeles native stacked up 106 goals during five junior hockey seasons with the OHL's Erie Otters and Niagara IceDogs. In 2017, he was teammates with current Blackhawks Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat on a high-powered Erie Otters squad that reached the Memorial Cup championship game. Alas, the Windsor Spitfires (and new Wolves teammate Jalen Chatfield) won the title game 4-3. Lodnia has played just six pro games in North America. When he was 18, he joined the Iowa Wild on an amateur tryout contract and played six games near the end of the 2017-18 regular season.
34.65: The Chicago Wolves' single-season record for shots per game was set by the 1998-99 squad with 34.65 per outing. This output led the 16-team International Hockey League that season — and marks the only time in the Wolves' first 27 years that they led their league in shots per game. This year's squad has a chance to break the team record AND become the second in franchise annals to lead the league. The Wolves enter tonight's game averaging 34.47 shots per game, which ranks third in the 31-team AHL.
200: Forward C.J. Smith, author of Friday night's game-winning goal with 1:24 left in the game, will suit up for his 200th AHL game tonight with his father and friends in the house. The Des Moines, Iowa, native has 66 goals and 91 assists to show for his first 199 AHL games, which have been split between the Rochester Americans and the Wolves. Smith also has appeared in 14 games for the Buffalo Sabres and became the first Iowa native to score a goal in the NHL when he delivered Jan. 18, 2019, at New Jersey.
415: Since the Wolves organization played its first game on Oct. 1, 1994, a total of 707 players have suited up for Chicago. Center Stephen Harper was the latest to make his debut when he played Nov. 12 at Rockford. When forward Ben Jones made his debut with the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday, he became the 415th Wolves alum to compete in the greatest league in the world. Put another way, 58.7 percent of all Wolves have played in the NHL.
Sunday, Nov. 28 vs. Grand Rapids 3 p.m. Allstate Arena My50
Thursday, Dec. 2 vs. Iowa 7 p.m. Allstate Arena AHLTV
Saturday, Dec. 4 at Iowa 6 p.m. Wells Fargo Arena AHLTV
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Thursday, Dec. 9 at Texas 7 p.m. H-E-B Center AHLTV


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