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The Girl in the Park
July 8, 2018 July 8, 2018 ~ Sarina Rose
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Detective Kate Spenser reached for her cell on her nightstand. By the ringtone, she knew it was her Captain calling with an assignment.
"Female found in Greenview Park, east of the circle. Park Police on the scene now."
"On my way, sir." Why today? Why first thing Sunday morning?
Kate hit the speed dial for Ben Goldstein, her partner. "Morning Ben. East of Greenview Park circle."
Kate slipped out from under Alex's legs, and meandered to the coffee maker, pushed the button, and watched the brown liquid fill her cup. She twisted her wet long copper hair with a white scrungie and dressed in work clothes: black pants, white blouse, black jacket, black socks, and black shoes. A homicide detective's uniform was a simple suit respectful of the dead.
The morning was grey and damp. Mist hung still over the Greenview River when she arrived at the crime scene. A chill worked its way through her jacket as it always did when she first arrived on the scene. She surveyed the area before she approached the body. Four officers interviewed bystanders and collected evidence.
An old man off to the side talked to one of the officers. He pointed with his cane to the victim covered by a tarp, then, to the steps leading to Boulevard East. Kate passed them when the man pointed to the red high-heeled woman's shoe on the slope of boulders a few feet from the victim.
"Geraldine Armstrong, according to the work ID from Frazer and Company, a New York City law firm. No driver's license. No home address."
"Thanks, Ben. Don't forget to pick-up that shoe."
Kate was a veteran cop, but she wrenched whenever she met her victim for the first time. She lifted the tarp covering the victim's face and said a prayer. Geraldine Armstrong's hair was bleached blonde. She wore a grey wool suit with a sky blue blouse. She had applied her make-up with a heavy hand. She was beautiful except for the blood running from her temple down her face to her neck where it flared out on her throat.
Doc Williams, the coroner, was with the body. His sandy hair was short and spiked out from his head like a brush. "Time of death around 7 AM this morning. See, blood's beginning to congeal on her hair. She fell and hit her head, but that didn't kill her. A dull blade cut her carotid. Maybe a small knife or razor. She bled out."
"Thanks doc." Kate approached the bystanders. "A man walked past her down the steps to the bus stop before she fell," said a young fellow dressed in running clothes.
"I saw her put her hand on her collar," said a girl in jeans and jacket with a cheerleader's emblem.
"She tumbled down a few steps. I saw the old man over there bend down to help her," said the cheerleader's companion.
"Okay, give your names and addresses to the officers. I may have more questions for you, but you can go for now."
Kate walked over to Ben and the old man.
"Did you know Geraldine, Mr. er…?" Kate asked.
"Acevedo, Orlando Acevedo." He was obviously upset. Sweating and wiping his eyes with a big white handkerchief. "She lives in my apartment building. Can I go home now? I don't feel so good."
"Do you see her often?"
"Sure. I see her here, almost every day. But not last week. Last week. I didn't see. Maybe she goes vacation. She walks down the steps for the bus and falls. That's all I know, just like I said. Can I go now? I feel sick. All that blood, all over her hair. Oh, My God, and her jacket. All the blood makes me sick to my stomach. You know, I wanted to climb down there to help her, but these crooked legs hurt too much. Maybe I'd fall too and have blood in my hair."
"One more question. Someone said a man past her. Did you see him? Did you know him?" Ben asked taking out his notepad.
"No, no. Too far away. Bad legs. Bad eyes. He just walked past her fast like. He didn't look back or anything. He probably not even know she falls. The bus already there, and he hurry down to it. She was quiet, didn't cry out or anything, you know. Must have been a point on some rock or other."
"Thank you, Mr. Acevedo. Nothing more for now." Kate gave him her business card. His hand was shaking, and he dropped the card on the damp pavement. "Oh, just a minute, please. How do you know the victim?"
"Like I say. She live in my apartment building on County Line Avenue, 2309 County Line. On the first floor, in the back., Number five. I live number 305. Upstairs."
Kate bent down to pick up her card. The grey morning had changed into a sunny one, and she saw something glitter on the steps.
"Alone?" Ben continued with Mr. Acevedo. Kate gave Ben a nod, she went to pick up the knife, and back to Acevedo.
"Yes, I live alone."
"What about Geraldine?
"I don't know. I hear many people. I see many people. I look out my window. I sit outside. I know she have a little dog. One night I saw a man take the dog outside. Must have been her brother or cousin or something." Acevedo took a moment. "Maybe it was her. Maybe not. She maybe looked like a man in jeans and sweatshirt," Acevedo paused and wiped his face again. "Not like a twin or anything like that, but still look like her face."
"Ben, will you give Mr. Acevedo a ride home? While you're there consider everyone a suspect. Find out what you can about Armstrong from other residents."
Mr. Acevedo left leaning on Ben's arm and his cane as they walked to the car. The old guy was pretty shaken up for someone who didn't know the victim well. Was he the old man checking the victim the bystander saw? Did Acevedo lie? Was there another witness? Was another old man the killer?
Kate's cell rang, and she turned away. It was the best possible ring.
"Hello, Alex."
"Kate? Where are you? Sorry I missed breakfast."
"Oh, good morning to you too. Breakfast? What's that? Meet you for lunch in a half hour. I'm almost done here."
"Sure. Greenview?"
Kate was at the diner before Alex and took a booth in the back corner. It had a 180-degree view. The torn pleather seat poked the back of her leg. Damn! She sat at an angle where she has a view across the street to the park and south to the apartment building. Ben had parked his car at the curb and he was talking to a group of senior citizens sitting outside on weathered green benches.
Kate looked up as Mildred; the waitress, placed a glass of ice water on the paper placemat. She said, "Tough morning?"
"I hate meeting the dead. It does something to my sense of immortality. Know what I mean?"
"No. Too highbrow for me. Try not thinking so much. You'll feel better. Will it be the early lunch special: Grilled Cheese and Cream of Tomato soup?"
"Sounds good."
"What's happening in the Park?"
"Homicide." Kate pulled out the victim's work ID and showed Mildred. "Do you recognize this woman?"
"Could be… Maybe it's um… er. No, Not sure. Hmm, Could be Gerry Armstrong. Gerry Armstrong sort of. Sorry, not much help, am I?"
"Isn't Gerry Armstrong a man? My victim's a woman. Thanks, anyway."
Alex pulled into the rear parking lot of the diner, and walked around to the front door. He wore a tan suit, lighter shirt, solid brown tie, and loafers. His straight dark hair set off his light brown eyes just right. Just right for Kate, anyway. Alex sat next to her and pecked her cheek with his lips before he brought the menu up in front of their faces. He whispered, "I've been assigned to your case."
"Really? What does drug enforcement have to do with this?"
"The coroner called us. Our victim was high before he bled out. He was dying anyway."
"You mean she, don't you? She overdosed. We are talking about the same victim, aren't we? The one in the Park on the rocks next to the steps?"
"Here's the thing," Alex continued as if he didn't understand me. "He had smoked oxycontin. An empty prescription bottle filled by a pharmacy in Denver was in his pocket with a baggie of twenty more. Doc says he had surgery two weeks ago and ended up with bad pelvic infection causing a lot of pain."
"Wait a minute. Why would she go to Denver? We have good hospitals here."
"Let me finish. This morning about six o'clock Armstrong not only smoked but ingested a good dose of the oxy. Anyway, when Armstrong approached the steps this morning in the park, it was barely daylight. He must have become disoriented and fell, cracking his head."
"What about the knife wound? Doc said that was the cause of death. Oh, my God. Alex. The cause of death was not the fall or the blade. Do you think it was suicide and why do you keep saying he?
Kate's cell rang. Alex stood. He's leaving already?
"Gotta go," he said pecking her on the cheek again.
She scowled at him. Pecking was nice, but she adored more body heat.
"I promise. We'll go out for dinner tonight. Romeros? Wear something hot."
Kate's cell rang again. "Hey, Ben." Kate listened as she nodded and blew Alex a kiss. She glanced towards the apartment building. Ben was not outside, but his car was still there.
"I'm with Acevedo."
"Yes, stay put. I'm coming. His story doesn't add up."
"You're telling me? Right now he's looking for his penknife."
Kate left the diner after finishing her soup and sandwich and walked to Armstrong's apartment house. She took her cell and hit his speed dial to find precisely where Ben was. As it turned out, she needn't have bothered. The after lunch old-timers crowd taking up the benches on either side of the walkway informed her Ben was on the third floor. Friends inside the building kept the outside group up to date.
"He's on the third floor, next to the elevator."
"Is something wrong?" asked a woman with red blotches covering her swollen legs.
"Must be something bad," moaned a man connected to a portable oxygen tank.
"Somebody must have died," whimpered another lady.
"He cried when he came back from his morning walk with that young fellow. I never saw Orlando cry and I'm his brother. I should know."
"Once, last year when his wife died, he cried when they closed the coffin," lamented the lady with the snug fleece cap cuddling her head down to her ears.
"What would make him cry today? Kate asked.
"Maybe the guy who brings the oxy hurt him," sniffed the lady with the bottle bottom eyeglasses.
Kate stopped short, "What did you say?"
"About the oxy guy?"
"Yes, You know oxy's a controlled substance, right? You could die using too much. If you don't die, you might end up in jail."
"Yeah, well, that's the thing. We are all about to go anyway. Jail cell or wooden box. What's the difference?"
"You know, I may have to arrest you," Kate sputtered in disbelief. "Don't anybody go anywhere?" She laughed to herself because this crowd couldn't get to the end of the walkway without help.
"Go ahead. Do your job and take care of Orlando. We'll wait here."
The door to the Acevedo's apartment was open. He sat on the sofa with his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. He was hyperventilating. Ben was applying a wet cloth to Acevedo's neck. Kate nodded to Ben and spoke to Mr. Acevedo.
"Hey, what's going on Mr. Acevedo? Are you still feeling sick?"
Kate knelt in front of him and tilted his chin upwards. Tears streamed from his rheumy eyes.
"I called for an ambulance," Ben said as he lifted the cloth.
Kate picked up the bottle of Tequila. Did you drink with Gerry Armstrong last night?"
"Sure. We drink every night. Is that what killed him, bad Tequila or was it the pills?"
"Wait a minute. You mean it killed her, don't you?"
"I knew he was sick. I wanted to help him feel like his old self."
"Pills? What kind of pills did you give to Gerry?"
"The ones left from my shoulder surgery. I wanted to talk him into forgetting about more operations. He wouldn't listen. He said October would be the last."
Mr. Acevedo remained quiet. Kate allowed him to take his time. Then he said, "Gerry suffered a lot. Pain across his stomach and between his legs since the last operation. He told me the pain was unbearable. Even with the pain, he had to work. No more sick days. I gave him my bottle of oxycontin and came up to bed."
"Then what?"
"In the morning, I woke him like I always do to make sure he was on time for work. I took care of him. I made him eat before he left. He swallowed a couple of pills. He dressed in the ladies' suit I bought him last at Klein's on the Square…no Macy's. Yes, it was Macy's Misses department. Size 12."
Kate patted Mr. Acevedo's hand, and he said, "Imagine going to Macy's to buy ladies' clothes for your boy. Macy's Missies department for your boy? Mierda. (Shit)."
He reached for the Tequila, but Kate took it away from him and turned his hand over to get a better look. "You did this morning, didn't you?"
"How did it happen?"
"I sliced it with my penknife when Gerry lost his balance on the step. It was my chance. I didn't want my boy to live like a girl. I nipped his neck to scare him. I went too deep. My Gerald would go to heaven. I sliced my thumb and rubbed my blood on his neck. Gerald, my only son. Since he was a little boy, he wants to be a girl." Acevedo put his head down and wept. "I shouldn't have cut her. I should have loved him more. I should have loved Geraldine, too. I don't understand. I struggle with this word trans."
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Err.. We are running on a Windows 2003 Server and our backend is based on MS SQL.
So we are pretty much MS-based, except for the forums.
move all of his post there?
I don't know if it has been mentioned, but the mail list should contain updates for the entire day rather than an individual email for every article at various times. Obviously things of high importance should remain seperate, but getting ~4 individual emails per day from ARP is getting a bit numerous, when you could just have one large one!
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tried that and it does brings me to the account page, but what does user CP means? i believe many people are like me having no clue as to what it means and does.
There should be a link that says edit avatar.
Looks like the download area got dumped.. have to fix that tomorrow.
Would that happen to be the one that was planned previously with the anti leeching capabilities?
The download page is still up. Maybe you meant that there are no new updates?
Another suggestion, can this forum do like multiple quote by just clicking. So far i try just can quote one msg which i need to type manually to quote another msg if i want to reply in one post only.
Hmm.. That's a good point. I wonder if that's possible..
Didn't we have a rule stating 'No quoted quotes of...'? I thought this feature was excellent!
No-no.. I think he was referring to the possibility of quoting more than ONE post.
For example, instead of just quoting and replying to my post, he wants to be able to quote and reply to multiple people in a single post.
Yes Boss got what i mean, 'No quoted quotes of' is a good idea since last time which does not waste so many space in forum.


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Officials from Historic Royal Palaces have applied to build a two-storey basement beneath the historic Grade I-listed Orangery in the grounds of the royal residence, The Telegraph reports.
It's believed that the 50m-long basement is needed to provide space for members of William, Kate and Prince Harry's staff, who will support the royal trio as they take on more royal duties on behalf of the Queen. The development, which is expected to add 1,500 square metres of extra room over three floors, will also house ceremonial dresses from the royal collection.
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Thanks for posting. I plan to be there!
Bumping the thread - just a reminder to everyone that we are less than two weeks away!
Less than one week . . .
I wanted to let everyone know that we are not going to be there this year.


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Q: convert comma separated values into multi column table I have a requirement to convert comma separated list into multi column table and appreciate if you can help me.
INPUT
[aaa,111],[bbb,222],[ccc,333],[ddd,444]

Desired OUTPUT
col1      col2
aaa       111
bbb       222
ccc       333
ddd       444

A: Use a string split function and split first on ],[ to get the rows.   Then split each row on , to get the columns.

A: If open to a helper function.
Tired of extracting strings (left,right,charindex,patindex,etc), I modified a parse/split function to accept two non-like delimiters.  In your case a [ and a ]
Example
Declare @S varchar(max) = '[aaa,111],[bbb,222],[ccc,333],[ddd,444]'

Select Col1 = left(RetVal,NullIf(charindex(',',RetVal),0)-1)
      ,Col2 = stuff(RetVal,1,NullIf(charindex(',',RetVal),0),'')
 From [dbo].[tvf-Str-Extract](@S,'[',']')

Returns
Col1   Col2
aaa    111
bbb    222
ccc    333
ddd    444

The TVF if Interested
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[tvf-Str-Extract] (@String varchar(max),@Delimiter1 varchar(100),@Delimiter2 varchar(100))
Returns Table
As
Return (

with   cte1(N)   As (Select 1 From (Values(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1),(1)) N(N)),
       cte2(N)   As (Select Top (IsNull(DataLength(@String),0)) Row_Number() over (Order By (Select NULL)) From (Select N=1 From cte1 N1,cte1 N2,cte1 N3,cte1 N4,cte1 N5,cte1 N6) A ),
       cte3(N)   As (Select 1 Union All Select t.N+DataLength(@Delimiter1) From cte2 t Where Substring(@String,t.N,DataLength(@Delimiter1)) = @Delimiter1),
       cte4(N,L) As (Select S.N,IsNull(NullIf(CharIndex(@Delimiter1,@String,s.N),0)-S.N,8000) From cte3 S)

Select RetSeq = Row_Number() over (Order By N)
      ,RetPos = N
      ,RetVal = left(RetVal,charindex(@Delimiter2,RetVal)-1)
 From  (
        Select *,RetVal = Substring(@String, N, L)
         From  cte4
       ) A
 Where charindex(@Delimiter2,RetVal)>1

)
/*
Max Length of String 1MM characters

Declare @String varchar(max) = 'Dear [[FirstName]] [[LastName]], ...'
Select * From [dbo].[tvf-Str-Extract] (@String,'[[',']]')
*/

Just for fun, try
Select * From [dbo].[tvf-Str-Extract](@S,'[',']')

You'll get... then we just parse RetVal
RetSeq  RetPos  RetVal
1       2       aaa,111
2       12      bbb,222
3       22      ccc,333
4       32      ddd,444

A: There is a rather simple approach to transform this into XML directly:
DECLARE @YourString VARCHAR(100)='[aaa,111],[bbb,222],[ccc,333],[ddd,444]';

--This will do some replacements to transform your string to XML:
SELECT CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE('<x><y>' + REPLACE(REPLACE(@YourString,'],[','</y></x><x><y>'),',','</y><y>') + '</y></x>',']',''),'[','') AS XML);

This is the result
<x>
  <y>aaa</y>
  <y>111</y>
</x>
<x>
  <y>bbb</y>
  <y>222</y>
</x>
<x>
  <y>ccc</y>
  <y>333</y>
</x>
<x>
  <y>ddd</y>
  <y>444</y>
</x>

You can use this like here to retrieve your values (type-safe!):
DECLARE @YourString VARCHAR(100)='[aaa,111],[bbb,222],[ccc,333],[ddd,444]';

SELECT x.value('y[1]/text()[1]','nvarchar(max)') AS Column1
      ,x.value('y[2]/text()[1]','int') AS Column2
FROM
(
    SELECT CAST(REPLACE(REPLACE('<x><y>' + REPLACE(REPLACE(@YourString,'],[','</y></x><x><y>'),',','</y><y>') + '</y></x>',']',''),'[','') AS XML)
) tbl(CastedToXml)
CROSS APPLY CastedToXml.nodes('/x') A(x);

The result
Column1 Column2
aaa     111
bbb     222
ccc     333
ddd     444

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COVID-19: Update on Planning, May 2020
The Government extended all public participation periods in the planning system for 19 additional days up to and including 9 May 2020
The Government at the request of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government extended all public participation periods in the planning system for 19 additional days up to and including 9 May 2020. The previous extension as outlined earlier was to end on 20 April 2020 but now additional 23 days has been further extended this now means that the total extension period is now forty two days or six weeks.
If an application was lodged before or on Friday 21 February 2020, the public participation phase is complete and so a Planning Authority can make a decision.
If an application was lodged after 21 February 2020 but before 29 March 2020, a decision cannot be made until after 9 May 2020 to ensure public participation is completed.
If an application is lodged after 29 March 2020 it cannot be determined by the Planning Authority until after the expiration of the five week period for public participation which now commences on 10 May 2020, and subject to when an application is lodged, the earliest a decision could be made is Monday 15 June 2020
Read our further update:
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Under the Spotlight:
Richard Marchant
In this Under the Spotlight interview, we ask SGC Innovations founder Richard Marchant his thoughts on piracy, pastries and just what is in a name...
What makes SGC Innovations different from other software development solution companies?
The main thing is providing solutions for start-ups and scales-ups. We want to provide them with the products that will allow them to grow without constraint. As an example, one of our customers have a physical product on an e-commerce platform, and they want a fulfilment company to do the packaging and shipping; they don't want to be working 12 hour, 7 day weeks packaging and posting stuff. But they have indicated that they might be interested in linking it with other things like MailChimp, and a finance package so that they can automate that side of things allowing them to use their time promoting and controlling the day-to-day running of their business.
What is the most exciting project you've worked on?
Well the most exciting thing I will be working on is the ERP product.
Can you describe what an ERP is?
The short answer is Enterprise Resource Planning. It's an enterprise piece of software often for the slightly larger companies, but I feel that small companies should be able to make use of them too. If they want to grow and develop their business, they need to be looking at that enterprise-level software with an entry level budget. Originally ERPs and CRMs were separate things, but now they've evolved where CRMs are a small subset of the overall ERP. Theres a term called ERP2 which means everything from business intelligence, CRM, supplier management, stock management - basically everything under one roof. But there aren't really any products out there that do that very well... which is where SGC want to come in. We're going to be building our own ERP from scratch but in a very modular way. We'll have a releasable product that won't actually be an ERP product, but it will be a tiny subset of it using the back-end that will evolve into a fully fledged ERP.
Is that an Under the Spotlight exclusive?
At the moment, all I can tell you is that our initial focus is going to be on companies that have an e-commerce platform and want to automate the fulfilment process, and we will act as the bridge between the two.
What do you enjoy most about working at the Eagle Labs?
The atmosphere, the networking and the mentors available.
What does the SGC in SGC Innovations stand for?
Ah, well thats the funny thing! We went through loads of names; some of them we thought sounded good but after sleeping on it, they didn't! We even registered a company because we thought the name sounded good and after a week... Nah, let's just dissolve that company - let's start again! In the end we thought "we want it nice and short" and came up with some letters that sounded good and had a nice ring to it, but it doesn't actually mean anything! We've tried to come up with a few possible meanings, but we're just going to leave it for now... the suspense!
Who would win a fight between a ninja and a pirate?
This reminds of a previous job interview question "who would win a fight between a killer whale and a lion?"! I'd say a ninja because they're fast and stealthy. And pirates are likely to be drunk, so what chance have they got?!
You've recently moved to Cambridge, what is your favourite pub or eating establishment?
I haven't experienced many yet - I only moved on Monday! In the past I've been to the Avery (now the Grain & Hop Store), we used to go to Mickey Flynn's (now closed down), then followed by the Curry Queen on Mill Road - so that's my favourite curry place!
If you could speak to one kind of animal, which would it be and why?
It would depend whether they actually listened to me. If I could give one orders then it would have to be some predatory animal like a tiger or something. But if I wanted an intellectual conversation, then probably an elephant!
Parlez vous Français?
Porquoi?
I guess you're going to want the answer in English? When I was 9, me and my family all moved to France - not really sure why! We went on holiday there a couple of times and the next minute we were living in Brittany. We were right in the countryside, and our nearest neighbour was about a mile away... they were also English! I lived there for about 11 years and then I decided that I could get a croissant in England! My parents followed me back shortly afterwards.
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Although evidence-based asthma guidelines report passive smoke exposure as one of the triggers of asthma symptoms and exacerbations, its prevelance is still high among children with asthma especially in those coming from low income families. Passive smoke exposure affects different aspects of asthma control not only diurnal and nocturnal symptoms and exacerbations but also rescue medication use and lung functions as well as bronchial hyperreactivity, school absenteeism and quality of life. Immediate effects of passive smoke exposure in all these asthma parameters seem to be additive to those of chronic exposure. Smoking cessation interventions therefore play a pivotal role for a better asthma control.
Affiliation:Gazi Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Pediatrik Allerji ve Astim, Bilim Dali 06500 Besevler, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract: Although evidence-based asthma guidelines report passive smoke exposure as one of the triggers of asthma symptoms and exacerbations, its prevelance is still high among children with asthma especially in those coming from low income families. Passive smoke exposure affects different aspects of asthma control not only diurnal and nocturnal symptoms and exacerbations but also rescue medication use and lung functions as well as bronchial hyperreactivity, school absenteeism and quality of life. Immediate effects of passive smoke exposure in all these asthma parameters seem to be additive to those of chronic exposure. Smoking cessation interventions therefore play a pivotal role for a better asthma control.


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var http = require("http").createServer(handler) // tu je pomemben argument "handler", ki je kasneje uporabljen -> "function handler (req, res); v tej vrstici kreiramo server! (http predstavlja napo aplikacijo - app)
  , io  = require("socket.io").listen(http)
  , fs  = require("fs");

function handler (req, res) { // handler za "response"; ta handler "handla" le datoteko index.html
    fs.readFile(__dirname + "/pwmbutton_11.html",
    function (err, data) {
        if (err) {
            res.writeHead(500, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
            return res.end("Napaka pri nalaganju datoteke pwmbutton_01.html");
        }
    res.writeHead(200);
    res.end(data);
    });
}

http.listen(8080); // določimo na katerih vratih bomo poslušali | vrata 80 sicer uporablja LAMP | lahko določimo na "router-ju" (http je glavna spremenljivka, t.j. aplikacija oz. app)

var firmata = require("firmata");

console.log("Zagon sistema"); // na konzolo zapišemo sporočilo (v terminal)

var board = new firmata.Board("/dev/ttyACM0",function(){
    console.log("Priključitev na Arduino");
    console.log("Firmware: " + board.firmware.name + "-" + board.firmware.version.major + "." + board.firmware.version.minor); // izpišemo verzijo Firmware
    console.log("Omogočimo pine");
	board.pinMode(13, board.MODES.OUTPUT);
    board.pinMode(12, board.MODES.INPUT);
    board.pinMode(3, board.MODES.OUTPUT);
    board.pinMode(5, board.MODES.PWM);
    board.pinMode(6, board.MODES.PWM);
    board.pinMode(9, board.MODES.PWM);
    board.pinMode(10, board.MODES.PWM);
});

var leftCount = 0;
var rightCount = 0;
var timesArray = new Array();
var timePrevious = Date.now();

function countValuesAndChopArray (timesArray, timeValue) {
// function counts the values in the timesArray that are less or equal to timeValue and chops them out
// function returns chopped array and number of occurences
// timesArray must be defined as global variable not to lose time in between

counter = 0;

for (i = 0; i < timesArray.length; i++) {
    if (timesArray[i] <= timeValue) {
        counter++;
}
else {break;}
}

timesArray.splice(0, counter); // remove the values from 0, n=counter values

return counter; // function returns the number of occurences of times leess or equal to timeValue

}

io.sockets.on("connection", function(socket) {  // od oklepaja ( dalje imamo argument funkcije on -> ob 'connection' se prenese argument t.j. funkcija(socket)
                                                // ko nekdo pokliče IP preko "browser-ja" ("browser" pošlje nekaj node.js-u) se vzpostavi povezava = "connection" oz.
                                                // je to povezava = "connection" oz. to smatramo kot "connection"
                                                // v tem primeru torej želi client nekaj poslati (ko nekdo z browserjem dostopi na naš ip in port)
                                                // ko imamo povezavo moramo torej izvesti funkcijo: function (socket)
                                                // pri tem so argument podatki "socket-a" t.j. argument = socket
                                                // ustvari se socket_id
    var timePrevious = Date.now(); // inicializiramo čas ob povezavi klienta
    timesArray = []; // ob povezavi klienta matriko brišemo
    socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", Date.now()); // izvedemo funkcijo = "hello" na klientu, z argumentom, t.j. podatki="Strežnik povezan."

	socket.on("ukazArduinu", function(data) { // ko je socket ON in je posredovan preko connection-a: ukazArduinu (t.j. ukaz: išči funkcijo ukazArduinu)
        if (data.stevilkaUkaza == "1") { // če je številka ukaza, ki smo jo dobili iz klienta enaka 1
            board.digitalWrite(13, board.HIGH); // na pinu 13 zapišemo vrednost HIGH
            board.analogWrite(6, 150); // tretji argument je lahko tudi callback - za funkcijo, ki jo kličemo po izvedbi
            console.log("ana6=" + "150");
            //board.analogWrite(6, pwmValue2); // tretji argument je lahko tudi callback - za funkcijo, ki jo kličemo po izvedbi

            socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", "LED prižgana."); // izvedemo to funkcijo = "sporociloKlientu" na klientu, z argumentom, t.j. podatki="LED prižgana."
        }
        else if (data.stevilkaUkaza == "0") { // če je številka ukaza, ki smo jo dobili iz klienta enaka 0
            board.digitalWrite(3, board.LOW); // na pinu 13 zapišemo vrednost LOW
            //board.analogWrite(6, 0); // tretji argument je lahko tudi callback - za funkcijo, ki jo kličemo po izvedbi
            socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", "LED ugasnjena."); // izvedemo to funkcijo = "sporociloKlientu" na klientu, z argumentom, t.j. podatki="LED ugasnjena."
        }
        else if (data.stevilkaUkaza == "2") { // če je številka ukaza, ki smo jo dobili iz klienta enaka 0
            if (data.valuePWM != 0) { // če PWM vrednost ni 0 vklopimo rele
                board.digitalWrite(3, board.HIGH); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost HIGH
                board.digitalWrite(13, board.HIGH); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost HIGH
            }
            else { // če je PWM vrednost enaka 0 izklopimo rele
                board.digitalWrite(3, board.LOW); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost LOW
            }
            board.analogWrite(data.pinNo, data.valuePWM); // tretji argument je lahko tudi callback - za funkcijo, ki jo kličemo po izvedbi
            console.log("pinNO=" + data.pinNo + " | " + "valuePWM = " + data.valuePWM);
            socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", "PWM Custom."); // izvedemo to funkcijo = "sporociloKlientu" na klientu, z argumentom, t.j. podatki="LED ugasnjena."
        }

        else if (data.stevilkaUkaza == "3") { // če je številka ukaza, ki smo jo dobili iz klienta enaka 0
            if (data.valuePWM != 0) { // če PWM vrednost ni 0 vklopimo rele
                board.digitalWrite(3, board.HIGH); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost HIGH
            }
            else { // če je PWM vrednost enaka 0 izklopimo rele
                board.digitalWrite(3, board.LOW); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost LOW
                board.digitalWrite(13, board.LOW); // na pinu 3 zapišemo vrednost LOW
            }
            board.analogWrite(data.pinNo, data.valuePWM); // tretji argument je lahko tudi callback - za funkcijo, ki jo kličemo po izvedbi
            console.log("pinNO=" + data.pinNo + " | " + "valuePWM = " + data.valuePWM);
            socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", "PWM Custom."); // izvedemo to funkcijo = "sporociloKlientu" na klientu, z argumentom, t.j. podatki="LED ugasnjena."
        }

	});

/*
function test() {
    //console.log("hello");
    setInterval(function() {
    // Do something every 100ms
    //pinCallback will be called when data arrives from server
    board.digitalRead(12,pinCallback);
    }, 100);
}

function pinCallback(value) {
    socket.emit("klientBeri", value);
}

test();

*/

    // digital read LEFT: {"stevilkaUkaza": stevilkaUkaza, "pinNo": pinNo, "valuePWM": valuePWM}
    //setInterval(function() {

    //var now;
    //var then = Date.now();

    board.digitalRead(12, function(value) { // funkcija se aktivira le, kadar se spremeni stanje; sicer bi bilo 1M čitanj na sekundo
        timesArray.push(Date.now());
        socket.emit("klientBeri", {"vrednost": value, "cas": timesArray[timesArray.length - 1]});
    });
    //},1);

    //analog read RIGHT:
    board.analogRead(2, function(value) {
        socket.emit("klientBeri2", value);
    });

function loop() {

    timerObject = setTimeout(loop, 500);
    timeNext = Date.now();
    numberOfCounts = countValuesAndChopArray(timesArray, timeNext); // number of counts up to current time within last second
    timeInterval = timeNext - timePrevious;
    timePrevious = timeNext;
    frequency = numberOfCounts/(timeInterval/1000);

    socket.emit("sporociloKlientu", "No->" + numberOfCounts);

    socket.emit("odcitanaFrekvenca", {"stevilo": numberOfCounts, "frekvenca": frequency});

}

loop();

});

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Cooperatives 2030: Some Factors Impacting the Future of Cooperatives and Business
Jerome C. Glenn. CEO of The Millennium Project Global Futures Research
(Study conducted by PROSPEKTIKER in collaboration with LKS, MONDRAGON, and The Millennium Project in 2012). Globalization via the Internet is changing business. Customers are increasingly becoming partners with producers of goods and services. Individuals are becoming international businesses with little effort. Non-profit businesses are being created by top business school graduates. New means of production via open-source software and hardware are being freely distributed to individuals for manufacturing via 3D printers and movie making and distribution via YouTube.
The United Nations designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. The intent is to raise awareness about the contributions of cooperative enterprises to economic and social development and to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
In response, Prospektiker in collaboration with LKS, Mondragon, and The Millennium Project conducted a Real-Time Delphi study to explore the future of cooperatives and other business approaches. It identified key factors affecting the future of cooperatives as well as the probable future developments for these factors. An international panel of over 100 experts from 38 countries provided inputs.
The initial questions and statements of the RTD were based on an extensive review of existing research, reliable data sources, and tested assumptions. The participants were invited to answer questions about 59 developments, 11 variables, and 2 that were open-ended.
The panel concluded that the development of cooperatives can be a major generator of employment and development. Cooperatives fared well compared with other business models for improving the standard of living. Thus the cooperatives movement should be considered as a significant option for developing economies to help reduce the rich-poor gap.
Future developments that were rated as having the highest impacts (8 and higher on a scale of 1 to 10) on the future of both cooperatives and other business organizations were globalization and future technological developments. For example:
Main future sectors will be in the high-tech area (from space to agri-food) and will include nanotechnology, micro and nano electronics, biotechnology, photonics, new materials, and advanced manufacturing technologies. (11)
In the case of technological development and investments in R&D, the establishment of partnerships and cooperation networks will increase. In addition to the financial advantages, synergies will be developed in various fields as a result of collaborative agreements between companies, universities, and research centers. (10)
Globalization will continue, with the growth of exports and foreign direct investment greater than that of GDP. (1)
The results show that the geographic location has the lowest impact on all aspects considered in the study.
Figures 1 and 2 show high-impact developments on both cooperatives and other corporate organizations, while showing some differences. For example, the impacts on living standards were rated higher from cooperatives than from other business organizations.
Figure 1. Impacts of Developments on the Future of Cooperatives, other Business Organizations, and Improving Living Standards
Figure 2. Impact of Developments on the Future of Cooperatives and Other Business Models
In particular, developments important to improving the standards of living—such as those related to partnerships, improved management, reduced rich-poor gap, and expansion of ethical markets—correlate better to the future of cooperatives than to that of other business organization models, as shown in Figure 3. For example, adjusting the size of the company to the organization's objectives instead of seeking growth as an end in itself (36), and management by understanding versus by authority (37) were considered significant for cooperatives and for improving the standard of living, but with lower importance to the future of other business organizations.
Figure 3. Impact on the Future of Cooperatives and on Improving Living Standards
It is important to identify the correlation between the importance of developments to the future of cooperatives, or to improving the living standards, and their probability of occurring, so that developments that have an important positive impact can be encouraged, if possible. Similarly, increased importance should be given to the developments that were judged as having the highest potential for improving living standards but low probability of occurring by 2030. The graphs in Figure 4 and 5 show these correlations.
Figure 4. Probability of Occurring by 2030 and Potential Impact on the Future of Cooperatives
Figure 5. Impact on Improving Living Standards and Probability of Occurring by 2030
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Research and transfer model
The focus of the research activities of MU-EPS as an engineering faculty is clearly oriented towards the business world, adding value to the industrial fabric in the medium term.
Universities and The IYC
More than a decade ago an international group of co-operatives formed the Co-operative Management Education Co-operative to address the failure of university business schools and universities generally to reflect the existence and role of co-operatives in economies and societies around the world. In the English speaking world only one business school course existed on co-operatives. Most business school text books and learning materials dismissed co-operatives or ignored them. Some were hostile.


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How To Enhance Productivity With Apple Watch?
You might think that Apple Watch only works for checking the time and keeping track of your fitness? Well, it is much more than a smartwatch and a wrist accessory.
Yes! The Apple watches were designed with fitness and health monitoring features. But did you know that it also helps to increase your productivity throughout the workday?
Regardless of the number of hours and the industry you work in, there is an Apple Watch feature and App that streamlines your routine. Whether you want to manage your to-do lists or develop the relationship with the colleagues, here are the tips that will take your work routine to another level.
Use Siri As Your Assistant
There is no denying that the Voice input of the Apple Watch is one of the best interactive features. Whether you need to make an important phone call or want to check statistics, Siri comes will help you with all.
You can also use Siri to set reminders for a lunch reservation, submit the expense report or take a meeting with the subordinates.
However, when it comes to productivity, consider your daily things and schedule them using Siri in Apple Watch. Not only it will complete the tasks on time, but will also save you a lot of time frames.
Enable E-mail Notification on Apple Watch
According to a blog on HuffingPost, there are workers who spend 6.3 hours a day (which is 78% of an eight-hour workday) checking their email.
Set up email notifications on your Apple Watch and ensure that you know everything about work.
For example- an email will let you know when a new meeting is about to come your way. It lets you monitor the conversation on a glance and lets you be in touch with everyone seamlessly.
Turn Off the Notification Sound with Your Apple Watch
There are times when you are discussing an important agenda, but the sound alert takes up all your attention. To avoid this, go to the Watch App on your iPhone, look for the My Watch tab and then click on Sound and Haptics. Select the cover to mute function.
With this option, shield the device with your hand for 2-3 seconds, and it will silence it.
Use Calendar App In Apple Watch To Manage Tasks
So, what consists of your workday?
Meetings? Conference Calls? Or Online meetings? Irrespective of how you manage your tasks, you can always use the Calendar apps like Agenday, MobileDay and more that helps you to keep track of all the meeting passcodes and the conference calls dial-in numbers.
So, whenever you have an online meeting, you can click on it, and you will be dialed in that meeting. The audio works fine on the watch, but you can still turn to your iPhone, in case of urgencies.
Whether you are in a conference or in the breakout area of your workspace, launch a conversation through messages, and it will help you locate each other quickly. All you need is to open the messages app and then tap and hold the heart icon.
From there, you can track the location and find the person.
Have The Controls Of All Your Business Travels
This is where you can install the apps on your Apple Watch.
Here are some of the travel apps that might come to your rescue.
Try using the airline apps like Fly Delta or British Information that allow you to see your itinerary and flight gate information on a glance.
With this, you can work through Apple's passbooks that let you add hotel information and view it through the glances.
Moreover, you can also turn to the solutions like iTranslate that help in easy translations across the world.
Along with all these solutions, you can also use the apps that will take you through the directions in no time.
Download The Best Productivity App For Apple Watch
These days, every organization uses various productivity Apple Watch apps including Slack, Trello, Sales2Force, HipChat, and more.
Download them on your iPhone and simultaneously on your Apple Watch as well. Regardless of the apps, you use; the notifications will ping on your phone and Apple watch as well.
You may not always be able to reply immediately, but with these apps, you will be on the top of the things that are going at work. Moreover, you will also know if someone has mentioned you through apps like Trello, Slack, and more.
At last, you can always have an automated message on these apps for better response times.
Have The PowerPoint Remote App
Did you know that Microsoft has developed a PowerPoint Remote App for your Apple Watch?
This app allows you to control the presentations on your computer from your watch. It lets you navigate through the individual slides and lets you play them, while you are giving a presentation.
Moreover, it also lets you see that how much time has elapsed since the presentation has started. However, to make the most of this app, you can always make an in-app purchase for the features like timer and marker.
Apart from helping you to increase the productivity, go beyond the basic band of Apple Watches and turn to the Limitless Infinite Loop Bracelet or the Elegance bracelet.
The Infinite Loop Bracelet is a stainless steel mesh that wraps around your wrist and can be adjusted to any size. It is compatible with the entire series of Apple Watch and also works for the watch and sports edition as well.
However, the Limitless Elegance Bracelet enhances the visual appeal of your watch and also highlights your feminine style. This band is also compatible with the entire series and comes in all the band sizes.
While all the above tips and apps work their best for your work routine, they can also come handy, while you are running errands. Implement all of the above tips in your Apple Watch App and personalize them according to your work needs.
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CL 124/20
Hundred and twenty-fourth Session
Rome, 23–28 June 2003
Report of the Hundred and third Session of the Finance Committee Rome, 19–20 May 2003
Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable
Issues on Financial Policies
Comprehensive Financial Report
Amendments to the WFP Financial Regulations
Programme of Work of the External Auditor for the 2002–2003 Biennium
Date and Place of the Hundred and fourth Session
Any Other Matters
REPORT OF THE HUNDRED AND THIRD SESSION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
19–20 May 2003
1. The Finance Committee submitted to the Council the following report of its Hundred and third Session.
2. The following representatives were present:
Vice-Chairperson: Mr Anthony Beattie (United Kingdom)
Members: Mr Antonio A. Plaza Jiménez (Chile)
Ms Lamya Al Saqqaf (Kuwait)
Mr Adnan Bashir Khan (Pakistan)
Mr Alassane Wele (Senegal)
Ms Ryuko Inoue (Japan)
Mr Lothar Caviezel (Switzerland)
Ms Perpetua M. S. Hingi (United Republic of Tanzania)
Mr Timothy Lavelle (United States of America)
3. The Vice-Chairperson informed the Committee that Mr Humberto Molina Reyes (Chile), Chairperson of the Finance Committee, would regretfully be unable to attend the session. The Committee noted that the Vice-Chairperson would act as Chairperson for this session and that Mr Antonio A. Plaza Jiménez had been designated to represent Chile in the absence of Mr Molina Reyes. The Committee further noted that Mr Timothy Lavelle had been designated to represent the United States of America at the session.
4. The Chairperson advised the Committee that the report of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), covering some of the items on the agenda, was available for information purposes.
5. The Chairperson introduced the agenda items and noted that agenda items 5 and 61 had already been presented to the Executive Board of WFP and that consequently no discussion of these two items was proposed.
6. However, after consultation, the committee agreed that it would be beneficial to have a presentation from the External Auditor on agenda item 6. The agenda was adopted on this basis.
7. The Committee welcomed the document WFP/EB.A/2003/6-A/1 and expressed its view that it was very useful and comprehensive. The Committee endorsed the twelve conclusions contained in the document.
8. The Committee noted that the review of the Financial Policy Framework (FPF) was an ongoing exercise, that the current document was work in progress, and that additional information and conclusions would be presented to the Committee and the WFP Executive Board as part of the 2004–2007 Strategic Plan and the 2004–2005 Management Plan.
9. The Committee looked forward to the incorporation of the review of the Financial Policy Framework issues into the strategic and management planning processes, both in the forthcoming 2004–2007 Strategic Plan and the 2004–2005 Management Plan, and in future strategic and management plans as outlined in the first three conclusions of the document2.
10. This incorporation of financial policy review in the planning processes of the organization would also help ensure that the policies reflected the strategic objectives of the organization as outlined in conclusion 43.
11. The paragraphs dealing with the harmonization of policies with other organizations (paras. 12–19) were also noted by the Committee. Progress on the harmonization of policies was felt to be very satisfactory, but the scope of harmonization was inevitably constrained by WFP's unique financial structure. In particular, the Programme's financial policies rested on the fact that the principal resource consisted of commodities.
12. In discussing conclusion 5 of the document4, the Committee noted the impact that donor legislative conditions could have on the anticipated flexibility of the Programme through the change proposed. More aggressive monitoring of budgets and quicker negotiations with donors could reduce the impact of such conditions.
13. The Secretariat pointed out that the Programme's processes had to be able to cater for complex conditionality in certain cases. This did not mean that all contributions should be treated in the same manner. The Secretariat agreed that the Programme must improve its budget monitoring and noted that the forthcoming Business Process Review would look at both of those issues.
14. The Committee recalled that flexibility was one of the original objectives of WFP's financial policies. It was being constrained by increased donor directedness as multilateral funding diminished as a percentage of total funding. The Committee pointed out that the more confidence and trust donors had in the Programme, the more flexibility that could be expected in the use of contributions.
15. Paragraphs 33 to 42 of the paper, which outlined the policies relating to emerging donors and the private sector, were also discussed. The problem of funding associated costs for some emerging donors was highlighted as a key difficulty in broadening the donor base. The Committee supported WFP's efforts to broaden its donor base and the alternatives outlined in the document to fund these costs and looked forward to the establishment of a funding mechanism for these costs as outlined in paragraph 39 (c). The Committee also suggested that regional resource mobilization efforts would be helpful in broadening the donor base.
16. The Committee also looked forward to the completion of the work outlined in conclusions 7, 8 and 95, as part of the forthcoming zero-based budgeting exercise for the preparation of the 2004–2005 Management Plan. The Secretariat said that significant progress had been made on this exercise and that the use of a "zero base" for the preparation of the 2004–2005 budget would result in a more complete review of all costs and would also help provide an answer to the question of what constituted an appropriate level of programme support and administrative (PSA) costs for WFP.
17. Conclusion 106, dealing with the review of the Programme's funding and financing mechanisms, was supported by the Committee. The principle of "risk transference" was felt to be important, but the mechanisms would need careful review.
18. Government Counterpart Cash Contributions (GCCC), which were the subject of conclusion 117, had long been a problematic issue. While it was generally agreed that the return from GCCC was disappointing, there were differing views as to the reasons for this. Some Committee members expressed the view that this source of funding had been neglected by the Programme, while others pointed out that other United Nations programmes also had problems in collecting these contributions and that considerable effort had been expended by the Secretariat to do so.
19. In relation to this, and to conclusion 128, the Committee agreed that increasing the recognition of in-kind contributions from recipient governments would encourage further contributions and help broaden the donor base.
20. The Secretariat informed the Committee that the report9 covered a number of financial items, which in the past were reported in separate documents. The intention now was to prepare a single financial report each year covering a range of financial issues from the prior year. That report would be either an interim financial report for the first year of the biennium, as now, or would be part of the biennial financial report. The report also contained some "one off" items that would not be included in future reports. The annual interim reports were complemented by internal monthly financial reports prepared for management and as part of the financial management training currently being provided to WFP managers.
21. In introducing the first section of the report, the Secretariat highlighted three aspects of the report:
the change in accounting policy for income from a cash basis to an accrual basis, in line with the policy on expenditure recognition;
the financial level of WFP operations for 2002 reflected in the income levels of US$2.1 billion and expenditure levels of US$1.7 billion;
the balance sheet presenting the major financial balances at the end of 2002.
22. The Chairperson suggested that WFP could benefit from reviewing the Financial Highlights documents of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in terms of presentation and content.
23. The Secretariat explained the key items in the balance sheet in Table A2. Of the assets, the most important items were cash and contribution receivables. Cash balances should be at reasonable levels with sufficient working capital without being excessive. The cash and contribution receivables represented asset inventory, whose turnover should be maximized in the interests of effective programme delivery.
24. The levels of revenues and fund balances of US$1.8 billion were expected to grow as the operating activity levels increased. The appropriate level of reserves (Operational Reserve [OR], Immediate Response Account [IRA] and Direct Support Cost Advance Facility [DSCAF]) needed to be reviewed in light of the substantially increased levels of operational activity. The Secretariat was working to reduce both cash balances and contribution receivables in proportionate terms, but with the increasing operational activity, it was possible that these accounts would remain at or close to current absolute levels in the short-term.
25. It was noted by the Committee that approximately 50 percent of the 2002 expenditures were for commodities, with the remaining 50 percent being for external and internal transport, storage, handling and other operational costs, direct support costs and indirect support costs, which were less than 7 percent.
26. The Secretariat explained that "deferred income" reflected contributions confirmed in the current accounting period but pertaining to future periods; and that interest income was low in 2002 due to the lower interest rates in the United States.
27. The Secretariat introduced the section of the report on Cash and Investment Management and explained the composition of the balances and the action taken by the Secretariat to ensure that the funds were properly invested. The Committee noted that the continuation of large cash balances in the hands of WFP created a problem for donors and that WFP needed to reduce these to a defensible level.
28. The Secretariat explained that it was acting on both cash balances and contribution receivables. Over the medium term, cash balances should decrease, but it was important to relate them to the level of operational activity that had increased in 2003, in particular because of Iraq. The expectation was that cash levels would be marginally lower by the end of 2003.
29. The Committee asked whether WFP had sufficient expertise to manage its cash and short-term investments. The Secretariat said that this was an area that needed to be strengthened.
30. In its discussion of the sections of the report covering the Balances of Closed Projects, the Utilization of Funds for Reprogramming, and the Utilization of Resources and Waivers, the Committee noted that the reprogramming exercise had been very successful; that the delivery of SPRs had improved in 2002; that the new policy of recognizing income on an accrual basis made the financial data much easier to understand; and that the benefits of the WFP Information Network and Global System (WINGS) were still emerging.
31. The Secretariat said that 58 country offices would have full use of the WINGS by the end of 2003, and that all countries would have WINGS in some form. The Committee stressed the importance of having WINGS in all WFP country offices, noting however that it might not be cost-effective to have full functionality in small offices.
32. The Committee noted the description of procedures for the Capital Asset Fund (CAF) contained in section F of the paper. It would pay close attention to the application of those procedures in considering the draft Management Plan in September.
33. The Committee suggested that the Secretariat familiarize itself with the initiative under way at FAO to establish a capital asset fund.
34. The Committee noted the report on the procedures for the PSA Equalization Account, (section G of the document) and welcomed the explanation of how the account would be managed.
35. In summary, the Committee:
welcomed the new style of consolidated annual financial reporting and looked forward to receiving mid-biennium reports in addition to the biennial financial reports;
welcomed the shift to accounting for income on an accrual basis;
welcomed the suggestion by WFP to provide financial management training to members of the Committee and as part of the induction of new members of the Executive Board;
stressed the importance of managing cash balances and building capacity and in WFP's taking steps to reduce the levels of cash balances by year end 2003, at least as a percentage of total business activity, if not in absolute terms;
welcomed the progress made in reprogramming closed projects and other balances;
welcomed the improved performances on completing SPRs on a timely basis;
noted the importance of WINGS to the sound financial management of country offices;
noted that the Capital Asset Fund proposals would be fully developed as part of the Management Plan;
noted that the PSA Equalization Account had been established in accordance with the Executive Board decision and that proposals for use of the account would be included in future Management Plans.
36. The Committee endorsed the proposed Amendments to the WFP Financial Regulations10, which reflected changes required as a result of previous governance decisions of the Executive Board.
37. The Committee invited the External Auditor of WFP, the National Audit Office of the United Kingdom, to give a presentation of its 2002–2003 Programme of Work11, and an update on the progress so far.
38. The Representative of the External Auditor observed that the presentation of the Programme of Work to the Executive Board was a new initiative of External Audit. Since the handing-over from the Cour des Comptes of France, the former External Auditor of WFP, the NAO had spent three months in planning its work for the 2002–2003 biennium. The NAO had visited the regional office in Cairo and country offices in Pakistan and Afghanistan before preparing its programme of work. The NAO would be responsible for both Financial and Management Audits ("value for money"), and would focus on perceived risks.
39. One of the areas of review by External Audit included the change in the income recognition policy to an accrual methodology. Likewise, some of the themes emerging from field visits made so far included the issue of cross-subsidization in the use of funds from closed projects, a need for a consistent application of PSA and direct support costs (DSC), and the use of WINGS in country offices. The NAO had already issued eight management letters, and another six were imminent. Key themes and issues from these management letters would form a part of the audit report to be submitted to the Executive Board in June 2004.
40. The NAO had prioritized four issues for in-depth management audits during the biennium. These were human resource management, management of air operations, corporate governance of WFP, and the application of needs assessment in operational programming. The NAO planned to submit the management report on human resource management to the October session of the Executive Board. The NAO would be considering a number of other areas for management audit, including procurement.
41. The Committee appreciated the opportunity to hear from the External Auditor. It expected to draw extensively on the advice and comments of the External Auditor, as it had with the Cour des Comptes, in dealing with its business.
42. The Committee was informed that the 104th Session was provisionally scheduled for 15—19 September 2003. It was noted that the expected high volume of work for both FAO and WFP for that session might make it impractical to complete the work of the Committee in one week. It was felt that a separate session for WFP might be needed.
43. The Vice-Chairperson of the Committee would consult with the Chairperson about the handling of the September session. Among other issues, the discussion would cover the question of whether a separate session for WFP business could be held at WFP. The Chairperson would then revert to the Committee.
44. It was agreed that legal advice should be sought on the question of whether staffing and personnel issues as, for example, in the document entitled "WFP Policy on Staff Recruitment and Geographical Representation of Member States" (WFP/EB.A/2003/8-B) fell within the terms of reference of advice of the Finance Committee in relation to WFP business.
1 documents WFP/EB.1/2003/5-A/1—Programme of Work and Annotated Outline for the 2003 Review of Resource and Long-Term Financing Policies and WFP/EB.1/2003/5-B/1—Programme of Work of the External Auditor for the 2002–2003 Biennium, respectively refer.
2 Conclusion 1: "The current review of these policies will be completed in tandem with the 2004–2007 Strategic Plan and the 2004–2005 Management Plan."
Conclusion 2: "It is proposed that in future these policies be reviewed on an ongoing basis as part of the strategic and management planning processes."
Conclusion 3: "The term 'Financial Policy Framework' will be used to refer to the policies created as a result of the R&LTF initiative and all associated policies."
3 Conclusion 4: "Although these objectives reflected the prevailing priorities when the policies were first developed in the mid–1990s, they are generally still relevant and are reflected in the current strategy of WFP as outlined in the discussions on the 2004–2007 Strategic Plan. Any changes to the current policies will be evaluated in the light of WFP's strategic objectives, as outlined in the Strategic Plan."
4 Conclusion 5: "An examination of the policies reveals that the present method of implementing them is not the only option. To increase the flexibility of resource use under the existing policies, the following approach will be adopted:
- FCR will be applied to the contribution at the time it is confirmed, using the calculation criteria outlined in General Rule XIII.4, (which states that "donors shall provide sufficient [resources] to cover the full operational and support costs related to their contribution, using the following [defined] criteria for the calculation of operational and support costs");
- subsequently, each individual contribution will be controlled at the project level rather than the individual cost component level, unless there is an overriding donor legislative restriction; and
- the changing requirements of the project will be used to determine the breakdown of the contribution among the cost components."
5 Conclusion 7: "The forthcoming zero-based budgeting exercise for preparation of the 2004–2005 Management Plan will identify support costs that are fixed and those that are variable."
Conclusion 8: "This reclassification will be accomplished during the preparation of the 2004–2005 Management Plan by examining those costs currently considered indirect (PSA) to establish whether they can be directly linked to an operation. While this exercise may reveal that some of these costs can be directly linked to an operation and should therefore be considered DSC, it is unlikely that all variable ISC costs can be directly linked to an operation: under the current policies there will probably always remain ISC costs that are both variable and indirect in nature."
Conclusion 9: "To identify appropriate levels of support costs throughout the organization, the zero based initiative will be applied across all areas – Headquarters, regional offices and country offices. Such an approach will also address the external auditor's concerns regarding the 'inconsistency in the recognition and application of direct support costs and programme and administrative costs' that are inherent in the current standard configuration of PSA in country offices."
6 Conclusion 10: "The review of these mechanisms will continue in the light of the above and any conclusions or proposals arising from this will be presented in the 2004–2005 Management Plan or at subsequent Executive Board meetings as appropriate."
7 Conclusion 11: "In line with the above and the emphasis on emerging donors in the consultations on the Strategic Plan, it is proposed that these contributions be treated as far as possible in the same way as all other contributions to WFP. This would involve the following:
· The Programme would issue an annual request to the government of the recipient country for a contribution towards the PSA costs of the WFP country office. These requests would emphasize the expectation that the recipient government contribute a significant portion of these costs but would be similar in nature to an appeal for contributions to a project.
· Following negotiations between the Programme and the government, an agreement would be reached on the amount to be contributed. These agreements would:
o follow as far as possible the same format as agreements for other contributions;
o be accounted for in the same manner as other confirmed contributions;
o be in line with Financial Regulation 4.7, which requires an agreement to record the extent of these contributions.
· The accounting treatment for these contributions would be the same as for all other contributions; recipient governments would be given recognition in the same manner as other donors.
· The Secretariat will develop additional procedures for the utilization of these contributions."
8 Conclusion 12: "The issue of recognizing the in-kind element of recipient country contributions to PSA will be examined as part of the broader issue of recognizing in-kind contributions from recipient governments."
9 doc. WFP/EB.A/2003/6-B/1 refers.
10 doc. WFP/EB.A/2003/6-C/1 refers
11 doc. WFP/EB.1/2003/5-B/1 refers


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