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The Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Cherry Tse, officiated at the award presentation ceremony for the Multi-faceted Excellence Scholarship and commended 21 scholarship recipients with talents in non-academic fields. Photo shows Mrs Tse delivering a speech at the ceremony.
The Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Cherry Tse, awarded Multi-faceted Excellence Scholarships to 21 students for their achievements in non-academic fields including sports, arts and community services. Mrs Tse (front row, centre) and members of the assessment panel are pictured with scholarship recipients.
The Government announced the launch of a six-month consultation to solicit views from the public and stakeholders on the recommendations of the review of the Private Recreational Lease (PRL) policy. Photo shows the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Lau Kong-wah (second left); the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Betty Fung (second right); the Commissioner for Sports, Mr Yeung Tak-keung (first left); and the Deputy Director of Lands (Specialist) (Lands Administration Office, Headquarters), Mr Tony Moyung (first right), at the media briefing on the policy review on PRLs today.


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Published: July 31, 2022, 1:56 PM
Tags: Big Pine Key, Florida Keys, Monroe County, Cuba
WATCH: Cruise ship aids 12 migrants stranded near Keys
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21 Cuban migrants come ashore in Florida Keys
Cuban migrants (U.S. Border Patrol)
BIG PINE KEY, Fla. – Two separate groups of migrants were taken into custody Sunday morning after arriving in different parts of the Florida Keys.
According to U.S. Border Patrol, 17 migrants came ashore in Big Pine Key and four others landed in Key Colony Beach.
#SundayMorning: 17 migrants were taken into #BorderPatrol custody this morning after arriving on a rustic vessel in Big Pine Key, FL. Agents & #MCSO deputies are on scene. All 17 individuals were identified as Cuban nationals. No injuries or medical concerns reported on scene. pic.twitter.com/hQJgtl5rrp
— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) July 31, 2022
Authorities described the vessel the migrants arrived to Big Pine Key on as "rustic."
Border Patrol said all 21 were identified as Cuban nationals.
There were no injuries or medical concerns reported among the migrants.
Earlier today, #BorderPatrol agents & @mcsonews responded to a migrant landing in Key Colony Beach, Florida. 4 migrants from #Cuba were taken into custody & will be processed for removal proceedings. There have been two migrant landings in the #FloridaKeys today. pic.twitter.com/q467x3Hkdc
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Passengers on a cruise ship headed back to Miami witnessed the rescue of 12 men, believed to be Cuban migrants, stranded on a small boat in the Straits of Florida Friday evening.
United States Coast Guard crews repatriated nearly 200 migrants Saturday, after intercepting multiple vessels at sea over the past week, the agency said.
Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the Border Patrol's Miami sector, tweeted that the migrants made landfall in a "rustic vessel" on an island in the Marquesas Keys, which are west of Key West.
David Dwork
David Dwork joined the WPLG Local 10 News team in August 2019. Born and raised in Miami-Dade County, David has covered South Florida sports since 2007.

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Q: Проблема в  CodeBlocks Не хочет работать компилятор? пробовал через настройки Toolchain executables не помогло ,что делать
A: Допустим, что я разбираюсь в Codeblocks. Тогда, учитывая количество подробностей, которое Вы предоставили, мой ответ будет приблизительно такой:
Нажмите кнопку с тремя точками справа от Auto-detect, и выберите директорию, в которую установлен ваш компилятор.
(If not, then press the button with the three dots next to the "Auto-detect" button and select the installation directory of your compiler manually.
http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Installing_a_supported_compiler)
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India sets rules for commissions, surge pricing for Uber and Ola
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The 'Gods and Lovers' Exhibit at Ringling Magnifies Indian Art
by Sharecaster December 7, 2022, 6:43 pm 1.9k Views
Experiencing the Gods and Lovers: Paintings and Sculptures from India exhibit at The Ringling Museum is like playing a life-size game of "I Spy." Throughout the gallery, paintings offer vibrant colors and mesmerizing details—many so intricate that a magnifying glass is needed to spot them.
However, Dr. Rhiannon Paget, curator of Asian art at the Ringling Museum, is happy to share a 21st-century trick with visitors eager to immerse themselves into the world of 17th- to 19th-century Indian painting. "We assume that people used magnifying glasses back then, because they wore eyeglasses, but visitors can zoom in with their smartphones to spot the paintings' sophisticated details," she says.
At the entry point to the exhibit, a large map of South Asia helps visitors get their bearings, highlighting the regions where each work originated. Nearby, a family tree-style diagram of the Hindu deities and their relationship to one another introduces guests to the gods, goddesses and other divine characters they'll come upon throughout the gallery. All are encouraged to snap photos of the map and diagram, then use them as an art history cheat sheet while perusing the works.
The majority of the pieces reflect Hindu themes, but there is one piece from the influential Muslim Mughal Empire, which encompassed areas of Northern India from the 16th to 19th centuries. "Aspects of the Mughal style disseminated when artists moved from Mughal courts, then migrated to different regions of India, leading to an exchange of artistic techniques," Paget says. As a result, paintings from across the continent share similar characteristics, like the custom of painting on paper, a contribution of the Mughals. (Before paper, artists were painting on walls and palm leaves.)
According to Paget, the Hindu paintings were commissioned for personal intimate viewing by the ruling classes of princely states. They were status symbols as well as devotional objects because meditation on the exploits of the gods, who often appear in the paintings, was considered a form of devotion.
Workshops, or artist collectives, generally led by a head artist who supervised a team, created the paintings. "Most of the time, we don't know the names of the artists who produced these paintings as they weren't usually signed," Paget says.
These anonymous artists created the works on paper, using ink as well as water-based mineral and vegetable pigments. Minerals from stones like brilliant blue lapis lazuli were mixed with animal-derived glue to form the paint pigments. Artists also favored radiant gold leaf and used a stone-rubbing technique to add shine and cement the pigments onto the paper, creating a bold, eye-catching effect.
"The paintings capture enthralling stories from Hindu scriptures and epics, themes of romantic love, power struggles and stories of good triumphing over evil," says Paget.
One painting, from Himachal Pradesh in Northern India that was created around 1800, embodies the exhibit's title. Underneath the morning sky, divine lovers Krishna and Radha relax in bed after a passionate night together. "It's tender and erotic," Paget says, "and I love how the artist captures charming details, like broken jewelry on the bed." A closer look reveals nearby birds and a neighbor admiring herself in a mirror.
Indian painters' shrewd observational skills and ability to create art that reflected their culture are also on prominent display in the exhibit's ragamala paintings, or "garland of ragas." These works visually represent popular Indian melodies, known as ragas, which are meant to elicit a certain mood and color, and are often meant for listening at certain points of the day or times of year—there are morning ragas and evening ragas, for example. According to The Metropolitan Museum, "the unifying subject of a ragamala is love, which is evoked as a range of specific emotions … that have a corresponding musical form."
One ragamala features a prince playing a stringed instrument with one lady standing in front feeding him while he plays as another feeds a peacock. From a contemporary perspective, the process is akin to creating a painting that illustrates one's favorite love song. In fact, Paget suggests listening to a raga to enhance the viewing experience.
In addition to the paintings, Hindu, Buddhist and Jain sculptures from the 4th through 15th centuries offer a glimpse into other religions practiced during the period. The statues range from marble Hindu deities to a brass and copper shrine. Visitors can also check out other Indian statues from the neighboring permanent collection.
"This is a rare opportunity to see a truly superb group of objects without having to travel to a large city," says Paget, "and the exhibit opens up an exciting world of narratives for everyone to learn about the rich culture of India."
Gods and Lovers: Paintings and Sculptures from India is at the Pavilion Gallery of the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Asian Art until May 28, 2023. Indian art enthusiasts can also attend the Gods and Lovers: Hindu and Muslim Paintings from Courtly India, 17th to 19th Centuries lecture at 11 a.m. on Dec. 8. Entry to the exhibit is included in general admission. For ticket and pricing information, click here.
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Income Tax Search on Real Estate and Other Business
by CA Shivam Jaiswal in Income Tax
Income Tax Department searches in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operation on 05.01.2022 on three real estate developers, engaged in the business of land development as well as construction activities in the town of Kurnool and other mofussil areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. More than two dozen premises have been covered in the search operation spread over Kurnool, Ananthapur, Kadapa, Nandyal, Bellary, etc.
During the course of the search operations, several incriminating documents, such as handwritten books, agreements, etc. have been found and seized. Digital data has also been seized from a specialized software application as well as from other electronic gadgets. It has been found in the case of one of the assessee groups that it has been using a software which has been systematically modified to eliminate the unaccounted cash element of the consideration received and to record in the regular books of account the sale consideration that matches with registered sale price.
These groups have been found to be accepting cash over and above the registered value of the properties. Such unaccounted cash is used for payments of on-money towards the purchase of lands and incurring other expenditure.
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Income Tax Department searches in Kerala
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operation on 05.01.2022 on two groups, engaged in the business of quarry operation. More than 35 premises spread across districts of Kottayam, Eranakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Kannur have been covered in the search operation.
During the course of the search operation, various incriminating documents and digital evidences have been found and seized, including a parallel set of books of account recording the entries of actual sales and receipt of cash. These evidences have clearly revealed the modus operandi being followed by the quarry operators as they are indulging in large scale suppression of sales made in cash including the fact that these transactions are not recorded in the regular books of account of the group.
The correlation of these evidences also indicates that unaccounted cash so generated is systematically invested in acquisition of immovable properties, used for the business of cash loans, and unrecorded capital investments in other businesses. The search team has also gathered evidences of on-money payment for purchase of properties and substantial cash deposits in undisclosed bank accounts. The assessees of the group have been found to have sold immovable properties without duly accounting for the capital gains arising from such transactions.
The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of more than Rs 2.30 crore.
So far, the search has led to the detection of estimated unaccounted income to the tune of Rs. 200 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
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Aldine es un lugar designado por el censo ubicado en el condado de Harris en el estado estadounidense de Texas. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 15.869 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 774,01 personas por km².

Geografía
Aldine se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Aldine tiene una superficie total de 20.5 km², de la cual 20.46 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.21%) 0.04 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 15.869 personas residiendo en Aldine. La densidad de población era de 774,01 hab./km². De los 15.869 habitantes, Aldine estaba compuesto por el 58.67% blancos, el 2.86% eran afroamericanos, el 0.95% eran amerindios, el 1.97% eran asiáticos, el 0.01% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 31.31% eran de otras razas y el 4.23% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 82.15% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

Gobierno
El Harris County Hospital District ("Distrito de Hospitales del Condado de Harris") gestiona el Aldine Health Center, un centro de salud, cerca de Aldine.

Educación
El Distrito Escolar Independiente de Aldine gestiona escuelas públicas.

La Biblioteca Pública del Condado de Harris gestiona la Biblioteca Sucursal Aldine en Greenspoint, Houston.

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Enlaces externos

Lugares designados por el censo en Texas
Localidades del condado de Harris (Texas)

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Cameras and cars in conflict during neighborhood film shoots
By Anna Spivak • January 13, 2016 @ 2:01 pm
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A 'No Parking' notice posted last month during all day shooting of HBO's "The Deuce."
Lights, camera, aggravation.
With a recent spike in film shoots causing a heap of Bay Ridge drivers parking frustration, locals are airing out their concerns about the inconvenience and one Brooklyn pol is gearing up to introduce legislation that might alleviate the problem.
"This neighborhood is starving for parking spots," one resident said during the public session at the October Community Board 10 meeting. "People sometimes have to go around for an hour to find a parking space. It's unconscionable that they should take 10 to 12 blocks of parking away from this neighborhood."
"They" were the producers of "Blue Bloods," who took over several blocks in the vicinity of St. Patrick's Church for a day in October.
Other critically acclaimed shows like "The Blacklist" and "Madam Secretary," along with NBC's brand new, "Shades of Blue"—starring Jennifer Lopez and Ray Liotta — and HBO's "The Deuce"—starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal (currently in production) — have all filmed in southwest Brooklyn in recent years, taking up parking spaces on several streets and blocks in the process.
"I think they really have to consider the impact on local communities," said CB 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann about the film crews. "[They] should really tighten it to a specific area. I find that that's most often the complaint – that film companies exceed what is permitted, and that's what really impacts us. I think the city, [along with] the film companies, really needs to understand the impact the loss of parking has on the community."
One Brooklyn pol has a plan to ease the burden. Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, who represents parts of northern Brooklyn, is in the process of introducing a bill that would suspend alternate side parking rules within a six-block radius on the days of permitted film shoots.
"While I wholeheartedly support filming and the great economic benefits it brings to our state, I must ensure that my constituents' quality of life is not adversely affected," said Lentol. "This is a simple, temporary solution that will ease the tension that continues to build between residents and the filming industry."
According to Lentol's office, this legislation seeks to "balance the requirements of an important industry" while meeting the needs of local residents by temporarily suspending alternate side parking rules when filming occurs."
"Some film shoots reserve parking along multiple city blocks for days at a time. Couple this with alternate side parking rules that are in effect in some New York City neighborhoods for four days per week and you have a parking disaster," Lentol said.
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CEDS Spotlight: River Valley Regional Commission
NADO.org > Resources > Regional and Community Planning > CEDS Spotlight: River Valley Regional Commission
Posted on: January 8th, 2019 by Brett Schwartz
The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) has the potential to be a true road map that brings together many voices from your region to form a common vision for economic prosperity and resilience. Through the CEDS Spotlight case studies series, the NADO Research Foundation is highlighting best practices and innovative elements of CEDS planning, development, and implementation from EDDs and other regional development organizations across the country.
Inspired by the possibilities offered in EDA's CEDS Content Guidelines (http://www NULL.eda NULL.gov/ceds), staff at the River Valley Regional Commission (RVRC) (http://www NULL.rivervalleyrc NULL.org/) sought to develop a CEDS that would be visual, engaging, and tell the story of their diverse region in West Central Georgia. "We really heard EDA staff when they said they wanted the CEDS to be innovative and user-friendly," says Jim Livingston, Community and Economic Development Director at RVRC. "We also heard our communities that said they didn't want something overly technical and intimidating." Recognizing that they didn't have anyone on staff with the graphic design skills to create the type of printed document they wanted, RVRC looked into other options to meet their vision for a new kind of CEDS.
Enter Esri's Story Maps (https://storymaps NULL.arcgis NULL.com/en/). Story Maps are online applications that can be built to share information through text, maps, photos, videos, charts, and more. They are meant to be easy to make and easy to navigate and have been created to showcase topics ranging from transportation infrastructure (http://storymaps NULL.esri NULL.com/stories/2017/transportation/companion/) to architectural heritage (https://storymaps NULL.esri NULL.com/stories/2018/new-orleans/) to public health indicators (https://storymaps NULL.esri NULL.com/stories/2018/health-factors/index NULL.html) to even the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (https://storymaps NULL.esri NULL.com/stories/2018/thanksgiving-parade/index NULL.html). Government agencies, non-profits, museums, schools, and many other entities have used Story Maps to feature their work and research. This template-based online platform seemed a natural fit to serve as the home for River Valley's 2017 CEDS (https://garc NULL.maps NULL.arcgis NULL.com/apps/Cascade/index NULL.html?appid=1a4494ae6b594e9a96696056911f363b). "Using off-the-shelf software that seamlessly worked on any device, yet was able to use mapping, video, and imagery to help convey the plan allowed us to push our ability to innovate and provide a plan that was robust, but accessible," says Livingston.
Readers of RVRC's Story Map-enhanced CEDS (https://garc NULL.maps NULL.arcgis NULL.com/apps/Cascade/index NULL.html?appid=1a4494ae6b594e9a96696056911f363b) are able to scroll seamlessly through multiple sections, which are well-organized and supplemented with maps, images, and videos. The site is economical with the amount of text and data provided; those wanting additional information about regional economic and social data, SWOT analysis entries, survey responses, action plans, and more can clink on hyperlinks that provide PDF documents with more detail. Presenting the material in this format "allowed us to link the deep dive we took with the CEDS process, but maintain a simple user-friendly interface that any elected official or interested citizen could access," says Livingston.
Readers of RVRC's Story Map-enhanced CEDS are able to scroll seamlessly through multiple sections, which are well-organized and supplemented with maps, images, and videos.
It was critical that the CEDS represented the broad socio-economic diversity of the region and demonstrated the mix of issues that are important to different parts of the 16 counties which are comprised of cities, small towns, and rural areas. Case in point: RVRC's service region includes Columbus (the second largest city in Georgia and home to three Fortune 1000 companies), as well as a county ranked the fifth poorest in the country. RVRC staff knew that for the CEDS to gain traction and be of value, residents, elected officials, businesses, and others all had to see themselves reflected in the plan.
River Valley's CEDS was able to meet this goal because it draws on the knowledge and insight of local residents and leaders. An online survey (http://rivervalleyrc NULL.org/images/CEDSSurveyResults NULL.pdf) garnered over 250 responses that were reviewed and analyzed by geographic area in four different ways to ensure that regional differences were respected and incorporated into the final CEDS. The survey revealed different priorities in the urban core (Columbus), Rural Centers (Cordele and Americus), and rural areas and the CEDS clearly notes these various preferences and needs across localities. In an effort to build on local efforts already underway, the CEDS seeks to complement existing plans and initiatives, such as the Columbus 2025 (https://columbusga2025 NULL.com/) economic development plan, the One Sumter (http://www NULL.onesumter NULL.org/) initiative, and Grow Randolph (http://rivervalleyrc NULL.org/images/growr NULL.pdf) initiative. As the CEDS notes, "These plans serve as models for self-reliance and economic resiliency, and their findings underpin this Regional CEDS."
No hard copy of River Valley's 2017 CEDS exists – it all lives online in both the Story Map and the accompanying linked pages with additional data. However, a one-pager has been designed for staff to share at meetings or events to direct readers to the Story Map website to learn more. The response has been overwhelmingly positive from stakeholders in the region who have embraced this new digital platform to access information to generate conversation about the future of West Central Georgia.
River Valley's experience can serve as inspiration for other economic development districts that are serious about exploring new, interactive platforms for their CEDS but may feel they don't have the in-house expertise to do so. "Overall, the Story Map has been a great program for us. It is super easy to use, as simple as PowerPoint," Jim Livingston says. Simply put: Don't let a lack of staff design expertise or the belief that it takes a lot of money to make a visual, interactive CEDS get in the way of pursuing something new and innovative for your region's CEDS.
An online survey garnered over 250 responses in the region that were reviewed and analyzed by geographic area in four different ways to ensure that regional differences were respected and incorporated into the CEDS.
An Interview with Jim Livingston, Community and Economic Development Director, River Valley Regional Commission
What does the CEDS mean to your region? How has it helped shape the conversation about regional economic development?
Our regional CEDS is shaped by our conversations about economic development in the region and reflects the desire and wishes of our communities by mirroring their own local economic development plans. Our region is varied; Columbus serves as headquarters for several Fortune 1000 companies and Ft. Benning is a major regional employer. But much of our region is very rural and very poor with limited investment or opportunities. One document could not fit all of the economic development needs of our region.
We had two ways our local conversations are reflected in the CEDS about economic development in the region. First was through survey response. Our online survey was fairly typical, but we were able to separate out responses based on geography, therefore determining differences in preferences and perceptions of strength and weaknesses for Columbus compared to other areas in the region. The second was to work with our local economic developers and dig into and understand their excellent existing plans they have created to make sure our regional plan captures and reflects all the work they have done. Our plan reflects these local efforts, and through our ongoing working relationships and collaboration we can reinforce each other.
How have you incorporated the concept of resilience into your CEDS?
Because our CEDS was delivered exclusively online, we incorporated interactive maps and videos throughout the document. We were able to prominently embed the NADO resilience video (https://www NULL.cedscentral NULL.com/resilience NULL.html) which is a succinct articulation of both economic and natural disaster resilience. We also highlighted examples of disasters the region has experienced in the past as a reminder that these disasters can happen anywhere and anytime, but that we can recover from them with planning and preparation.
What ways have you developed and nurtured partnerships with both traditional partners and underrepresented groups?
Our CEDS document, because it is designed to be viewed from a phone, computer, or any electronic device, takes a powerful and robust message, and simplifies it so it can easily be used by underrepresented groups. The format prioritizes a user-friendly interface, making a previously complex report simple and approachable. The simplicity of the Story Map delivery does not diminish from the robust and thorough research and work done for the CEDS, which can be viewed through links and data that can be accessed throughout the document.
How have you taken your CEDS process from planning to implementation? Any strong examples?
Like most CEDS, we have our list of action items that we hope to achieve. Our most successful efforts to go from plan to implementation has been a desire to help further rural broadband in the region. This matches federal and state investments and we fully intend to work regionally to continue to implement our initiatives. First amongst them is a demand-based survey tool to help quantify our time and see where our residents within the region are getting online and what they are doing there. This will ultimately help drive the quest for investment and show a willingness to pay for it. We believe this survey process, as identified in our CEDS, is very timely and will greatly benefit the region.
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Issue: WECC conducted a compliance audit and found that Avista had "fail[ed] to address stability studies for the loss of a single Bulk Power System (BPS) element for the longer-term planning horizon (years 6 through 10) in its annual assessment plan under Category B contingencies." Under Reliability Standard TPL-002-0, system simulations and related assessments must be performed periodically in order to ensure that reliable systems are developed that will meet specific performance requirements with sufficient lead time. These simulations and assessments must continue to be modified or upgraded as necessary to meet present and future system needs. Through interviews with Avista personnel, WECC discovered that although Avista had, in its assessment for 2007, performed both steady-state and dynamic studies for the near-term period, it had only conducted steady-state studies, not dynamic studies, for the longer-term period.
Findings: WECC and Avista entered into a settlement agreement to resolve all of the outstanding issues, where Avista neither admitted nor denied these alleged violations but agreed to pay a $30,000 penalty amount. The duration of the TPL-002-0 violation was determined to be from June 18, 2007 (when the standard became enforceable) until September 30, 2007 (when a mitigation plan was completed). Under its Mitigation Plan, Avista created longer term transient voltage and stability study cases that would cover critical system conditions. In determining the aggregate penalty amount for the multiple alleged violations, WECC considered the fact that this was one of the first enforcement proceedings to proceed through WECC since the Reliability Standards became mandatory, these were new requirements, Avista did not have any prior violations of the Reliability Standards, and Avista did not conceal any evidence and was cooperative during the entire enforcement process. And as the Avista system is surrounded by the Bonneville Power Administration system, these alleged violations did not appear to place the bulk power system at serious risk.
Issue: Cleveland Public Power (CPP) failed to demonstrate by valid assessment that its transmission system is planned such that the system can supply projected customer loads at all demand levels under certain Category B contingency conditions; failed to provide or maintain written record of a plan addressing scenarios in which its system simulations indicate an inability to respond as required; and failed to document its reliability assessments and corrective plans.
Issue: After conducting an audit, SERC determined that the City of Columbia did not perform the required annual assessments needed to demonstrate that, when certain contingency conditions occur, its portion of the interconnected transmission system could be operated to supply projected customer demands and projected Firm Transmission Services at all Demand levels over the range of forecast system demands.
Finding: SERC declined to impose any penalty for multiple violations of the Reliability Standards since the violations occurred during the period of transition to mandatory standards and the violations were found not to have put bulk power system reliability at serious or substantial risk. Plus, no system disturbances occurred because of these violations. These multiple violations were the first by the City of Columbia, and the City of Columbia worked cooperative with SERC Reliability Corporation during the investigation. Also, the City of Columbia acted immediately to correct the problems and subsequently completed its Mitigation Plans to address the TPL violations and to ensure that reliability is maintained.
Issue: Eugene Water & Electric Board ("EWEB") submitted a self-report for failing to perform required stability studies under the single element contingency conditions as defined in TPL-002-0 and consequently failing to provide a written summary of its system performance plans. EWEB was operating under the assumption that the Balancing Authority ("BA") was conducting the required studies on its behalf, but had not communicated with the BA to confirm this point to assure compliance.
Issue: It was discovered in December 2007 that Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) did not perform the mandated assessments and studies as required by the Reliability Standard in TPL-002-0 R1.
Issue: It was discovered in December 2007 that Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) did not perform the mandated assessments and studies as required by the Reliability Standard in TPL-002-0 R1 and therefore was also in violation of R2 of that standard.
Issue: It was discovered in December 2007 that Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) did not perform the mandated assessments and studies as required by the Reliability Standard in TPL-002-0 R1 and therefore was also in violation of R3 of that standard.
Issue: Merced self-reported that it had failed to conduct Category B (single contingency) studies and therefore could not ensure its transmission system was planned in accordance with the reliability standards. The original violation occurred before the standards were mandatory, but became violations of the mandatory requirements when Merced failed to complete its mitigation plan in a timely fashion.
Finding: It was determined by WECC that the violation did not constitute a serious or substantial risk to the bulk power system because Merced did provide studies demonstrating that its system could serve its peak load conditions through 2017 under normal and single contingencies. The duration of violation was from June 18, 2007 through March 6, 2009.
Issue: Modesto Irrigation District (MID) failed to perform the full range of "Category B" contingency studies and assessments required by TPL-002-0 R1, R2 and R3.
Issue: The NERC Registered Entity failed to study multiple demand levels defined in Category B or produce an annual assessment.
Issue: While the Registered Entity had completed necessary power flow studies, the Registered Entity failed to provide evidence that its assessments included a near-term summer study, nor current or past studies over the range of forecast system demand as required. Also, the Registered Entity did not have an adequate written summary of plans to achieve the required system performance throughout the planning horizon.
Finding: Duration of the violations was from June 18, 2007, when the Reliability Standard became enforceable, through March 30, 2009. The violations did not pose a serious risk to the reliability of the bulk power system because the violations were primarily documentation issues, and the Registered Entity is only a medium-sized entity in its balancing authority area. These were the Registered Entity's first violation of the Reliability Standard.
Issue: Nevada Power analyzed its system only with respect to heavy summer load demand conditions, rather than selected demand levels over the range of forecast system demands, under the conditions defined in Category B.
Issue: PAC self-reported in December 2008 that, as a Planning Authority (PA) and Transmission Planner (TP), it had not included electric system components below 200 kV in its assessment for system performance after the loss of a single Bulk Electric System (BES) element for its part of the interconnected transmission system.
Finding: The violation was deemed by WECC to pose minimal risk to BPS reliability because PAC could show that it had performed assessments of 200 kV+ systems as required by TPL-002-0 R1. PAC records showed that PAC had considered some systems operating at less than 200 kV in its assessment. In determining the appropriate penalty, WECC did not consider other violations that were the subject of an investigation as an aggravating factor. PAC did not contest WECC's findings.
Issue: In July 2007, Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County (CHPD) self-reported that it had not demonstrated a valid assessment and therefore could not meet all of the requirements of TPL-002-0.
Issue: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish (SNPD), a Transmission Planner, failed to perform the required stability studies under the single element contingency conditions as defined in Category B of Table I to the Reliability in violation of TPL-002-0 R1. Further, SNPD was not able to provide a written summary of its system performance plans as required by TPL-002-0 R2.
Finding: The NERC Board of Trustees Compliance Committee (NERC BOTCC) approved a settlement agreement which included a penalty in the amount of $26,000 for these and other violations. In reaching this determination, the NERC BOTCC considered the following facts: the violations constituted SNPD's first violations of the subject NERC Reliability Standard; SNPD self-reported the violations; SNPD cooperated during the compliance enforcement process; SNPD did not attempt to conceal a violation or intend to do so; the violations did not create a serious or substantial risk to the bulk power system; and there were no other mitigating or aggravating factors or extenuating circumstances.
Issue: PUD No. 1 of Douglas County (DOPD), failed to maintain current studies in the near-term and long-term planning horizons. DOPD also failed to develop a valid assessment showing that DOPD's portion of the interconnected transmission system was planned such that the Network could operate to supply projected customer demands, at all demand levels over the range of forecast system demands, under the contingency conditions as defined in Category B of Table I to the Standard. As such, DOPD was in violation of TPL-002-0 R1. In addition, DOPD could not provide a written summary of its system performance plans as required by R2. Further, DOPD could not produce such an assessment to WECC as required by R3.
Finding: WECC imposed a $70,000 penalty for these and other violations. In assessing the penalty, WECC determined the alleged violations did not create a serious or substantial risk to the bulk power system because, as DOPD conducts weekly operations reviews of system conditions, DOPD is aware of the real time and weekly system conditions. WECC also considered the fact that DOPD operates the Wells Hydroelectric Project, which consists of 10 generating units capable of producing approximately 840 MW of electricity, within a single Balancing Authority.
Issue: SMUD studied adverse peak conditions only with respect to Category B contingency conditions, instead of addressing demand levels over a range of forecast system demands; moreover SMUD could not produce documentation to show it had conducted studies in accordance with this standard.
Finding: Duration of violation from June 18, 2007, when the standard became enforceable, through February 20, 2009. WECC determined the penalty justified because (1) the violation involved documentation failure only; (2) this was SMUD's first violation of this standard; and (3) there was no evidence SMUD attempted to conceal the violation.
Issue: TID self-reported that it did not properly complete and distribute the required assessments of Category B conditions to neighboring entities.
Finding: Duration of the violation was from June 18, 2007, when the standard became enforceable, through October 25, 2008. WECC gave consideration to the fact that TID is a small entity with limited financial resources, it self-reported the violation, the violation resulted in a minimal to moderate impact to the reliability of the bulk power system, the violation was TID's first of this requirement, and TID provided evidence of a superlative compliance program.
Issue: WECC determined during an audit that an Unidentified Registered Entity (URE) did not undertake stability studies, the employees did not have the technical knowledge required to perform the stability studies, and the URE did not have an adequate corrective action plan to remedy a failure to meet performance criteria.
Issue: RFC found that the Unidentified Registered Entity (URE) failed to demonstrate system performance was within limits (system stable) via dynamic studies or simulations for Category B contingencies.
Issue: URE self-reported violations of R1 and R2 prior to the effective date of the Standard (June 18, 2007) because its annual planning studies and documentation did not cover all of the specified combinations of projected forecast system demands, required system upgrades and firm transfer levels, particularly beyond a five-year planning time-line as required by R1, and therefore URE could not provide a written summary of its plans to achieve the required system performance per R2.
Finding: WECC Enforcement determined URE had violated R1 and R2 because it failed to complete its Mitigation Plan by the time the Standard became effective. Specifically, URE's assessment only contained studies under the heavy summer demand level and did not cover results of other demand levels. The violations posed a moderate risk to the bulk power system because, due to URE's location and interconnections, the loss of its exports could have a significant impact. Moreover, Category A conditions specified in the Standard are the most fundamental to system planning. In determining the penalty amount, the NERC Board of Trustees Compliance Committee considered the following factors: this was URE's first occurrence of this type of violation; URE was cooperative; and the number and nature of the violations.


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Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, VA
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Title: Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, VA
Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Related Names:
Eppes, Francis Wayles
Cobbs-Hutter
Watts, James O, Jr
Watts, Sarah
Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Greene, C O , photographer
Boucher, Jack E , photographer
Buchman, Tim , photographer
Waterman, Thomas T , historian
Chambers, S Allen, Jr , project manager
Dolinsky, Paul D , project manager
Buehner, Timothy A , field team supervisor
Jackman, Stephen W , field team
White, Elizabeth , field team
Zehrung, Eric A , field team
DeBoer, Ruth , transmitter
Morris, Scott , transmitter
Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
Medium: Photo(s): 75
Color Transparencies: 10
Measured Drawing(s): 22
Data Page(s): 6
Photo Caption Page(s): 6
Reproduction Number: ---
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Call Number: HABS VA,10-BED.V,1-
Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Significance: Poplar Forest, one of Thomas Jefferson's most accomplished architectural essays, was built from 1806-19. It was described by its designer-builder as "...the best dwelling in the state, except that of Monticello, perhaps preferable to that, as more proportioned to the faculties of a private citizen." Poplar Forest served Jefferson as a welcome retreat from the constant stream of guests and press of business at Monticello. When Jefferson died in 1826, the estate was left to his grandson, Francis Wayles Eppes, who sold it two years later. It then remained in the interrelated Cobbs-Hutter family for 118 years. In 1845 the house burned, and although the extent of the damage has not been determined, the present roof (which departs from Jefferson's design) as well as the interior trim, date from this time. From 1946 to 1979, Poplar Forest was the home of Mr. and Mrs. James O. Watts, Jr. In 1983 the property was purchased by the Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest, which plans to restore the house and open it to the public. Because of both its architectural merit and historical significance, Poplar Forest has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-328
Survey number: HABS VA-303
Building/structure dates: 1819 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1845 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 69000223
Classical Revival architectural elements
brick buildings
octagonal buildings
Virginia -- Bedford County -- Forest
Latitude/Longitude: 37.347931, -79.26454
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Bob Burg calls them his Five Laws of Stratospheric Success for a reason: like the law of gravity, the Laws of Value, Compensation, Influence, Authenticity and Receptivity appear to be non-optional. They work whether you believe in them or not.
The Law of Influence says, "Your influence is determined by how abundantly you put the other person's interests first." And it works! Long before I ever read The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea, I learned that I could generate free publicity for my employer, my clients and the causes I believe in simply by putting the journalists' needs first.
This is especially true when you're using a pitching service like Help A Reporter Out, or HARO. What's HARO (besides an entrepreneur's best friend)? It's a free service where journalists find subject matter experts to quote in their stories. Being quoted in a prominent publication can help you find new clients, enhance your reputation, and could even improve the value of your brand.
Act fast. She's on a deadline. And it's not uncommon for a journalist to get dozens, if not hundreds, of emails the day their query is published. Once she gets what she needs, she probably stops reading responses. So be sure your response is among the first to hit her in-box.
ALWAYS pitch on-topic. It's one of HARO's cardinal rules, and besides that, staying on-topic is what makes you a resource instead of a spammer.
Make it short. Give the reporter exactly what she asks for, and nothing more, as succinctly as possible. She doesn't have the time to read a novella. She's on a deadline, remember? And she may be reading your response on her phone.
Don't be a tease. Give the reporter what she asks for in your response. Answer her questions. Don't tease her with an empty email that says "call me and I'll tell you more" or "when can we schedule my interview?" And don't expect her to wade through your whole website to find the answer to her query. Remember, she's on a deadline.
Don't be a prima donna. Remember, we're tying to influence the reporter by putting her needs first. The reporter doesn't owe you anything. Don't ask to "approve" the story before it's published (that is her editor's job). And don't be surprised if the reporter doesn't know when the story is going to run. That's not up to the reporter, either, unless she's writing a self-published blog.
Include your contact information! I left this out of an earlier version of this story because I thought "well, that goes without saying." But it doesn't. Always make sure it's easy for the reporter to reach you, quickly. Always include an email address you check all the time and your cell phone number.
Want to influence a journalist as a subject matter expert? It's simple. Put her first. Quickly give the reporter what she needs, deliver it on a silver platter, and make it effortless to quote you, and you may just get the publicity you deserve.
Since publishing this story, I've used these techniques to generate coverage for myself (and three clients!) in a national magazine plus a prominent, high-traffic blog. They really, really work…and they cost you nothing!
Great post, Kathleen and some fantastic advice. People often forget how to influence others and your advice about how to influence journalists is invaluable.


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Project Spotlight: Target Corporation, New Construction & Existing Buildings - Nationwide
September, 10, 2019 at 20:00
HEA has been providing commissioning services for hundreds of new/remodeled Target stores throughout the county since 2007. The stores consist of various types and sizes ranging from typical Target's to City Targets, P-Fresh reboots and Super Targets. In addition, HEA has been heavily involved in Target's end of life HVAC replacement program, serving as an adjunct Owner's Representative. HEA's primary objective is for energy consuming systems by ensuring proper installation methods and verifying system performance for energy optimization. The commissioned systems for Target stores include: HVAC (rooftop units, dehumidification units, energy recovery ventilators, air terminal units, split system air conditioners & exhaust fans), refrigeration (walk-in storage freezers & coolers, refrigerated product cases, anti-sweat heating and refrigeration energy management) and lighting (interior controls, exterior controls and occupancy sensors).
Client: Target Corporation
Q/A with Philip Krizan - Field Engineer
Anything about this project that makes it stand out to you as different from any other projects you've previously worked on?
The travel. With over 100 stores from Massachusetts to California within our scope, traveling is a necessary part of the job. While all of the extra planning and coordination that's involved because of this can be a challenge, it is worth it to be able to have an impact across the nation.
Project Spotlight: USTA, Armstrong Stadium
July, 16, 2019 at 49:00
The USTA National tennis Center, Inc. contracted HEA to provide commissioning services as per USGBC NC LEED Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning of the Building Energy Systems and Energy and Atmosphere Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning for the USTA Louis Armstrong Stadium project in Flushing, NY. Services included reviewing of design documents, shop drawings, commissioning of all mechanical, control systems and balancing verification as well as developing a building systems manual. Throughout the duration of the project, HEA held regular commissioning meetings with the design team, owner, MEP trade firm and controls contractor in order to promote timely responses to major items of concerns. Finally, in accordance to Energy and Atmosphere Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning, a systems manual was provided to the owner to assist in continual preventative maintenance and peak energy efficiency of the building.
Client: USTA National Tennis Center, Inc.
Location: Flushing, NY
Q/A with Frank Laino – Project Engineer
When first contracted for this project, what did the client express as the main goal / most pressing need for our services to accomplish?
Two things were evident right from the beginning on this project. The first was the coordination it would take to complete Armstrong Stadium's Secondary Glycol Chilled Water system with the existing Chiller plant on site that has been serving Arthur Ashe Stadium. The second was the importance to ownership of achieving LEED certification, which commissioning lent a hand in.
Project Spotlight: William Paterson University, College Hall HVAC
May, 31, 2019 at 58:00
William Paterson University contracted Horizon Engineering Associates, LLP (HEA) to provide commissioning services for the College Hall HVAC Project. Services included commissioning of mechanical, control systems and balancing verification. The goal of the commissioning process was to ensure that William Paterson University received a building that operated and performed per the engineer's and architect's intended design as well as to provide the owner's staff with the training and documents needed for continual maintenance and operation of the building well into the future. All deficient items identified during the commissioning process were documented and as a result, over 15 deficiencies were identified.
Client: William Paterson University of New Jersey (WPU)
Location: Wayne, NJ
Q/A with Chris Fischer, Project Engineer
When first contracted for this project, what did the client express as the main goal/most pressing need for our services to accomplish?
William Paterson University's Capital Planning team expressed concerns over the project being completed prior to the contractor walking away. Additionally, the operation of the building had not been working as required for years, and the importance of the offices being more comfortable was often expressed.
National Hospital Week, Project Spotlight: University of Rochester, Golisano Children's Hospital
Back in 2012, Horizon Engineering Associates, LLP (HEA) was contracted to provide commissioning services for the Golisano Children's Hospital project, the largest capital project in the University of Rochester's history. The new 8-story tower has approximately 245,000 sf and contains a two-story atrium, imaging suites, conference centers, operating rooms, neonatal intensive care unit, private patient rooms, resource library and playrooms.
Now completed, HEA provided LEED commissioning services to satisfy the LEED Energy and Atmosphere Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Commissioning of the Building Energy Systems and Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning for the project. Systems commissioned included plumbing, BMS/controls, lighting controls, fan coil units, VAV boxes, electric heaters, AHUs, exhaust fans, snow melt and chilled water pumps.
Client: University of Rochester
SF: 245,000 sf
Q/A with Scott Lance, Engineering Manager
Based off of client feedback, where do you feel HEA's services provided the most value to this project?
HEA provided the most value on this project by having a Commissioning Team that was able to navigate through Siemens Apogee and Desigo User Interfaces. By utilizing former Siemens Employees HEA was able to determine issues down to the actual line of programming with out the assistance of the controls vendor. This helped to gain days on a tight project schedule since HEA and Siemens could work independently from each other. Typically on commissioning projects the controls vendor would have to assist the CxA during testing, since this now was not required the CxA could test out system and any operational issues or enhancements required could then be worked on by the controls vendor in a faster fashion then typical.
Project Spotlight: New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Allen Hospital Boiler CSS Project
HEA was contracted by the New York-Presbyterian Hospital to perform commissioning services for the Allen Hospital Central Sterilization project. The project was a facility upgrade and renovation that was originally conceived to accommodate the growing requirements for sterilization services and included an MEP upgrade of the existing central sterilization facility to accommodate for new equipment. The upgrades also included the installation of a pre-fabricated high pressure steam boiler plant that provided steam to the new facility in such a manner that allowed for redundancy and did not require a high pressure steam supply or a consistent high pressure operator presence.
HEA was responsible for the commissioning of the facility's following systems: ductwork, roof top packaged AC unit, VAVs, exhaust fans, electric unit heaters, steam piping, steam boilers, semi-instantaneous hot water heaters, humidifier, building automation, electrical panels, transformers, heat trace, feed water pumps, AC compressor and RO filtration. HEA's commissioning process included all work required to satisfy the LEED project requirements for EA Prerequisite 1, Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning and EA Credit 3, Enhanced Commissioning.
Client: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Q/A with Mykhaylo Hroshko
The main goal for this new rooftop boiler plant was to have it provide enough stream pressure to the central sterilization plant located in the basement without having to operate a high pressure boiler; which would require a staffed boiler watch. The incorporated boiler plant combined four (4) low pressure boilers (1/4 is for standby/switchover purposes) that supply steam through one manifold to the sterilization plant. The most pressing need for our services to accomplish was to ensure that all boilers were operating as designed as well as to properly train the staff on how to maintain, operate and switchover boilers.
Project Spotlight: Thaddeus Stevens Technology Manufacturing Center
April, 09, 2019 at 04:00
Horizon Engineering Associates, LLP (HEA) was contracted by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services to provide construction stage commissioning services for the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Manufacturing center project. HEA's scope of work included pipe/duct testing and commissioning of the following systems: ventilation, cooling, heating hot water, and plumbing, building automation, electrical, fire alarm and fire protection.
Client: Pennsylvania Department of General Services
SF: 44,000 sf
Q/A with Kyle Shepherd, Field Engineer II
I was brought on to this job to help the Baltimore office from NYC in the middle of the construction phase of this project. When I arrived, the most pressing need from our client, PADGS, was to have the new facility fully commissioned and ready to go as soon as possible. Our main goal was to ensure this new educational center's MEP systems were operating properly, and as energy-efficient as possible.
Project Spotlight: Manhattan Supreme Court, Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) Implementation
March, 12, 2019 at 32:00
The New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC) contracted HEA to provide existing building commissioning services for the Manhattan Supreme Court ECM Implementation project in New York, NY. Services being provided include the commissioning of the following systems: electrical, demand control ventilation, chillers, condenser water pumps, cooling tower, and HVAC sensors and controls.
Client: New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC)
Q/A with JT Himelrick, Field Engineer
Since my involvement in this project, the most pressing need for HEA has been in the air handling unit controls upgrade. Since each unit has numerous sensors and equipment that are being upgraded, keeping track of the issues that arose and their solutions has proven to be a challenge and the service most needed from HEA.
Project Spotlight: Hudson Valley Hospital MRI Replacement
February, 26, 2019 at 04:00
Horizon Engineering Associates, LLP (HEA) was contracted by Group PMX, LLC to provide design phase commissioning services for the Hudson Valley Hospital MRI Replacement project in Cortlandt Manor, New York. HEA's scope of work includes commissioning of the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems to ensure all that all systems and equipment are installed and operating according to design intent.
Client: Group PMX, LLC
Location: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Q/A with Anthony Grgas, Senior Project Engineer
Have you ever commissioned a project involving an MRI replacement before? If so, what are the challenges with these types of projects that you have faced before and if not, what challenges are you expecting to possibly come across?
I have commissioned an MRI project before and there are many interesting aspects and challenges about them:
All building materials within the MRI room must be ferromagnetic (for example-only aluminum lighting fixtures and stainless steel duct)
The entire MRI is encased in a shell constructed out of copper sheets/plates to act as a faraday cage and block out radio noise that could interfere with the imaging process
The supermagnet within an MRI magnet is usually filled with helium at cryogenic temperatures, that must be provided with a cryogenic venting system as an instantaneous means of venting (in case anything goes wrong with the magnet or magnet cooling system)
The cooling is usually provided by a dedicated process chiller, with an emergency domestic water switchover for emergency cooling in case of chiller (or chilled water pump) failure
All mechanical equipment must be on critical emergency power circuits
Project Spotlight: All Aboard Florida, Miami Central Station
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP hired HEA to provide building envelope consulting services for the Miami Central Station (a part of the 235-mile network of rail lines that will connect South Florida to Central Florida). This massive elevated station will sit on various blocks of parking lots between the Metrorail tracks and NW 1st Avenue, connecting to the Government Center station. This facility will serve as a place where trains, buses and shuttles will all meet under one gigantic roof. HEA is providing ongoing building enclosure consulting and peer review services for the exterior enclosure systems, which includes duties such as: Review of curtain wall, metal panels and extruded aluminum infill screen; review of soffit system design and shop drawings; review of any glazing impact testing; review of visual mock-up drawings and specimens including standalone glass sample reviews, factory inspections; site visits and attendance at project meetings as required in New York City and Florida.
Client: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
Project Spotlight: George Washington Bridge Bus Station, New York, NY by Frank DiSalvo
January, 30, 2019 at 18:00
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station (GWBBS) is located in Upper Manhattan and averages more than 20,000 customers per day. This project was an adaptive re-use of the existing GWBBS facility and has a life expectancy of 50 years. The project included consolidated bus operations, direct vertical transportation from the street and subway levels and 120,000 sf of retail space. HEA's scope of work included all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; all of which met the necessary requirements to satisfy the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Sustainable Design Guidelines for Energy Environmental Qualities Credits (EEQ)-2 Building Systems Commissioning.
Q/A with Frank DiSalvo, Senior Project Engineer
HEA's initial commissioning discussions with STV, Inc. began with a minimal outline of coverage, beginning only with the interests of covering the basic major systems of this bus station overhaul back in the early period of March 2010. The progress and relationship began slowly with a need for improvement on the work progress and coordination of system testing.
What was the biggest challenge faced during this project and how was HEA able to navigate through any problems faced due to this challenge?
The project was experiencing unforeseen delays and sluggish progress partway into construction, so one of the many challenges faced was managing onsite commissioning with uncoordinated contractors and project managers. With high scheduling and budget concerns, HEA teamed up with a new project director (DV) and began conducting regular progress and commissioning meetings to get all contractors and subs onboard towards a team goal.
Horizon Engineering Associates, LLP
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7 Tools for Debugging and Troubleshooting Microservices
A variety of tools are available for troubleshooting and debugging microservices. With so many possible levels of abstraction and complexity, developers must go deeply into their logs, dependencies, and reporting. As the complexity of microservices architecture grows, many admins and developers can find themselves battling to manage and support a system that has overtaken them.
However, debugging and troubleshooting microservice tools are still necessary. Here are 7 tools that can help you out:
1. Helios
Helios intends to make it easy for developers to learn, debug, and test distributed systems throughout the development process. To that result, Helios delivers useful insights into the whole microservices architecture and each service by employing distributed tracing. Helios then uses this data to automate the development of microservices tests and also to offer insights into individual failures and inefficiencies.
Because it is difficult for developers to grasp how their code works with the other components of the system, project development frequently stalls. Meanwhile, even a small issue in a single microservice or API may quickly bring a big distributed app to a halt.
Helios' goal is to assist developers to understand how their code works with the other parts of the apps. Helios gathers global tracing data from the application and contextualizes it for the developers using OpenTelemetry.. This implies that they could repeat precisely how their code works with massive apps, for instance, to more readily detect and recreate bugs.
2. Rookout
Rookout is a game-changing development tool for cloud native debugging & data collecting in real-time. Rookout was designed for production settings and contemporary architectural debugging, including microservices applications. Non-Breaking Breakpoints in Rookout allow you to capture any form of data on the fly with no additional code, redeployment, or restart.
They can quickly collect data for efficient troubleshooting in both staging and production. Adding debugging lines at various points in the code allows them to observe where code is being touched and then swiftly locate the real issues.
With Rookout's on-the-fly non-breaking breakpoints, you can collect variables and entire stack trace data in seconds rather than days, and from live systems. They may now isolate the source of a problem without altering or pushing new code. This can be done even without delaying or halting the stack.
When writing a simple code for Rookout, you will run into situations where the AWS Lambda will be inaccessible after its execution. If the AWS Lambda is not actively operating, Rookout will not enable you to examine its details.
Rookout eliminates the need to wait for troubleshooting by providing non-breaking breakpoints during real-time, in production and staging. Rapidly adding log lines has resulted in fuller logs, which has contributed even more fuel to the debugging process. The ultimate outcome? The average time spent troubleshooting microservices has decreased from hours to a few minutes.
However, cold start times for an AWS Lambda function with a Python runtime, which includes the Rookout service, are around 2.5 seconds longer.
3. Lightstep
Lightstep is a relatively recent debugging tool. It is a ready-to-use tool that offers incident-related data, logs, and events in real-time. This simplifies problem analysis and solutions.
Lightstep has a single dashboard that shows metrics and spans the data while highlighting data deviations that affect performance.
It detects the crucial route in trace data automatically, allowing for a more efficient and effective root-cause failure investigation.
Moreover, they enable you to transition from a wider context of the distributed system to specific services with ease.
They give crucial context while troubleshooting a dynamic and complex environment. This is because they allow developers to examine the underlying relationships between distinct cloud-based microservices. The ability to integrate tracing data with code-level, situation-specific debug data provides developers with even more insights into application behavior, propelling observability to the next stage of evolution: understandability. This is the capacity to not only see the application's internal state but also completely comprehend its structure and operation.
Because Lightstep is newer, a lot of the features are still in the early stages of development. The search functionality occasionally falls short, and some users have complained about poor performance. However, since the Lightstep team produces new updates on a regular basis, they are continuously assessing where they might improve.
Other issues include slow data processing and the need for improvement in Satellite deployment documentation.
4. Honeycomb
Honeycomb is a distributed system for event observation and correlation. It differs from other tools. This is because it abandons the single-request-tracing strategy in favor of a more free-form style of gathering and querying data throughout layers and dimensions.
Honeycomb consumes "events," which have JSON structures. It saves these events to the backend for subsequent retrieval. Users may run queries using the web app, to obtain insight into their (typically production) systems.
Honeycomb collects data at every level, such as the load balancer, microservices, and databases, tagging the data, and allowing the user to mix-and-match and run ad-hoc queries on the data later on. Honeycomb uses this method, since tracing leaves you with the overhanging question of whose queries are representative and so worth looking at in the first place. Once the data is present in Honeycomb, the user may connect data from multiple levels and combine and assign functions to them. They can also compare the performance of different systems over time.
Honeycomb does not have SLO support for non-enterprise versions and has fewer integrations with other SaaS companies.
It is less useful for traditional monitoring use cases. While Honeycomb has a dashboard and trigger features, they are currently quite rudimentary and inadequate for actively monitoring the health of complicated services.
5. Lightrun
Lightrun is the world's first platform for continuous debugging and observability. It is simple and safe for developers to add logs, metrics, and traces to production and staging environments in real-time. Developers and I&O leaders benefit from 100% code-level observability and quicker resolution of production issues. This allows developers to collect data from the app in real-time. They eliminate the iterative, non-agile technique that you currently use for debugging apps.
Debugging microservices is possible with this tool. You may add logs, performance data, and breakpoints in real-time. This doesn't need to hotfix issues or replicate the error locally, making debugging microservices much easier.
A data pollution bug causes poor data. That isn't a big deal in and of itself. The issue is that this data may spread across microservices and into the database. An excellent example is "undefined," which pollutes databases all over as it spreads from faulty JavaScript code and wiggles its way into them. After the fact, they are often debugged by inserting a stacked log into the location where the data is written or sent. Use a condition there just to ensure that the data is invalid and to identify the violation. This may be accomplished using code and continuous observability tools like Lightrun.
6. Datadog
Datadog is a monitoring and SaaS-based data analytics solution for IT and DevOps teams. They examine infrastructure and cloud service performance metrics, and event tracking for servers, databases, and tools.
Datadog is used by organizations of all sizes and companies. This allows digitalization and cloud solutions, drives collaboration among development, operations, security, and business teams, and accelerates application time to market. In addition, Datadog makes it faster to reach problem resolution, secures the infrastructure and applications to understand user behavior, and track key business metrics.
Datadog correlates metrics from SaaS, cloud providers, and services, which include Web Servers, StatsID, SQL, and NoSQL databases.
Using real-time dashboards, Datadog can simply analyze, notify, and graph massive data. They can limit performance metrics so that you may concentrate on what is important. They also facilitate team communication by allowing you to change and comment on annotations for the production data.
However, it is hard to find training for Datadog and the learning curve is quite steep for many people. Besides, there are a lot of instructions that are outdated and not Windows-friendly.
7. New Relic
New Relic is a cloud-based observability tool designed to assist you in developing flawless software. It presently has three main components: Full-stack observability, Applied Intelligence, and Telemetry Data Platform.
Full-Stack Observability visualizes, analyzes, and troubleshoots your whole software stack in a single linked experience. You stop jumping between programs and attempting to piece together fragmented data to figure out what went wrong.
Applied Intelligence enables you to recognize, comprehend, and address situations more quickly. It provides AIOps solutions that decrease alert noise, allowing you to identify insights in data that would otherwise go missing.
Furthermore, Telemetry Data Platform allows you to ingest, display, and alert on all of your metrics, logs, and traces from just about any source in a single location.
Debugging microservices will always be difficult for many developers due to the inherent complexity of the endeavor. As businesses develop, they will employ more microservices than before, and the amount of microservices used by each organization is also expected to increase significantly.
Hence, investing in extra tools, seminars, and training can hugely benefit developers who are already dealing with troubleshooting their microservices' architecture.
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