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Book Of Death #1 (Cover D Kevic-Djurdjevic)
'A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.'
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Test Robot Autonomy in Simulation
This example explores MATLAB® control of the Gazebo® Simulator.
When using robot simulators, it is important to test autonomous algorithms and dynamically alter the surroundings in the world while the simulation is running. This example shows how to create basic robot autonomy with Gazebo and how to interact with it. In this example the robot is the TurtleBot® platform. For specific examples involving the TurtleBot, see the docid:robotics_examples.example-TurtleBotCommunicationExample example.
In this example, you use a timer to control the autonomous aspects of TurtleBot movement. Timers allow processes to run in the background in regular execution intervals without blocking the MATLAB® command line. While you can use loops and other methods to examine basic autonomy, the scheduled execution and non-blocking nature of timers make them the best choice for achieving autonomous behavior.
Prerequisites: docid:robotics_examples.example-GettingStartedWithGazeboExample, docid:robotics_examples.example-GazeboModelAndSimulationPropertiesExample, docid:robotics_examples.example-GazeboAddBuildAndRemoveObjectsExample, docid:robotics_examples.example-GazeboApplyForcesExample
Connect to Gazebo
- On your Linux® machine, start Gazebo. If you are using the virtual machine from docid:robotics_examples.example-GettingStartedWithGazeboExample, use the Gazebo Empty world.
- Initialize ROS by replacing the sample IP address (192.168.1.1) with the IP address of the virtual machine. Create an instance of the ExampleHelperGazeboCommunicator class.
ipaddress = '192.168.1.1'
rosinit(ipaddress) gazebo = ExampleHelperGazeboCommunicator();
- Build a wall in the world.
wall = ExampleHelperGazeboModel('grey_wall','gazeboDB'); spawnModel(gazebo,wall,[-2 4 0]);
All units in Gazebo are specified using SI convention.
- Create a ExampleHelperGazeboSpawnedModel object for the mobile base and change its orientation state. Manually rotate the TurtleBot by 90 degrees (pi/2 radians) so that it is directly facing the wall.
kobuki = ExampleHelperGazeboSpawnedModel('mobile_base',gazebo) setState(kobuki,'orientation',[0 0 pi/2]);
Start TurtleBot Obstacle Avoidance
This section describes a simple way to create autonomous behavior on a TurtleBot in Gazebo. Use a basic obstacle avoidance behavior for the TurtleBot. The behavior is to drive forward and turn when the robot gets very close to an obstacle detected by the laser scanner.
- Create global variables for the publisher and publisher message so they can be accessed by the control algorithm.
global robot global velmsg
- Create the publisher for velocity and the ROS message to carry the information.
robot = rospublisher('/mobile_base/commands/velocity')
velmsg = rosmessage(robot)
The output from the publishers will look like this:
- Subscribe to the laser scan topic.
timerHandles.sub = rossubscriber('/scan')
- Create a timer to control the main control loop of the TurtleBot.
t = timer('TimerFcn',{@exampleHelperGazeboAvoidanceTimer,timerHandles},'Period',0.1,'ExecutionMode','fixedSpacing');
In the callback function for the timer, exampleHelperGazeboAvoidanceTimer defines the laser scan callback function and executes a basic algorithm to allow the TurtleBot to avoid hitting objects as it moves. The file is located in the +gazebo directory.
- Start the timer with the following line:
Add Objects
The TurtleBot drives toward the wall. Once it gets very close to the wall, it must turn left to avoid running into it.
Note: If the TurtleBot crashes into the wall, the laser scan is probably not being published through Gazebo. Restart your Gazebo session and try again.
- You can still make changes to the world while the TurtleBot is moving. Add a new wall to the world. If you add it soon enough, it can block the TurtleBot so that it avoids hitting the wall.
spawnModel(gazebo,wall,[-5.85 0.15 0],[0, 0, pi/2]);
pause(20); % TurtleBot avoids walls for 20 seconds
You see something like this graphic:
Remove Models and Shut Down
- Stop the timer to halt the robot algorithm.
- Find all objects in the world and remove the ones added manually
list = getSpawnedModels(gazebo)
- Remove the two walls, using the following commands:
removeModel(gazebo,'grey_wall'); removeModel(gazebo,'grey_wall_0');
It is good practice to clear the workspace of publishers, subscribers, and other ROS-related objects when you are finished with them
- It is recommended to use rosshutdown once you are done working with the ROS network. Shut down the global node and disconnect from Gazebo.
- When finished, close the Gazebo window on your virtual machine


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Q--My mother and I were told we had to vacate our apartment in Chicago after living in it for more than four years. The landlord sent a letter to us informing us that our tenancy was being terminated shortly after the landlord received an application from a governmental housing assistance program that would provide us with a rent subsidy.
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ScotsmanSome of these ideas are worth looking at, but as awlyas, they are skewed to favor certain tax brackets so that the masses can stomach it. I am afraid that they won't touch the mortgage interest deduction b/c real estate is in such a precarious position, and the banking industry I am sure will let them know what would happen if they caused house values to fall further by removing another ownership incentive.The only one that has a chance of making it through, and I will be surprised if Obama doesn't push for it, is raising capital gains taxes. This is the only one that won't affect the real estate prices. It may affect stock prices though as it becomes more costly to take a profit. Rate this comment: 0 0
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There must be something in the water (ice?) at the United Center.
As the Blackhawks race toward the Olympic break—including a monthlong stretch with no games in Chicago—it's clear they have a successful formula. Entering Tuesday, the defending Stanley Cup champs (30-8-10, 70 points) lead the Central Division and again find themselves among the NHL's elite. That can't be coincidence, right?


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Impostors walk the red carpet with stars in Beijing
Can you tell who did not belong in this group of celebrities? What happened was a hilarious case of two Chinese guys faking their way to walk the red carpet with real stars at the Beijing International Film Festival. They fooled just about everyone and even got interviewed.
The security at the Beijing International Film Festival is well known for being very strict. However, among the celebrities who paraded on the red carpet, there were 2 men who simply walked in.
It's not clear why or how they did it at the time of reporting, but they fooled everyone and even got interviewed.
Look at how much fun they were having!
It wasn't until much later when the staff realized there were 2 extra people in that group.
Were they seeking fame, or did they simply get tired of being spectators? The film festival security was naturally concerned, but Chinese netizens had a great laugh over this incident. Some even commented that the two impostors have demonstrated excellent acting skills and should be given a chance for real roles in a movie.
What happens when a group of singles all move into the same home? Find out in the new series Singles Villa, starring popular actors Joe Cheng and Jiro Wang:


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So, last night was my beginning ceramics ConEdu course at DigiPen. For full disclosure, I work in the Admissions Office at DigiPen. Since DigiPen opened the ceramics studio I haven't really had much time to spend in there.
I was excited to have the opportunity to take the ceramics class. I've been hoping to do it for a while but finally – the stars have aligned. Now that I have spent my first three hours in the studio, I have to say it is a remarkable place! Ken Turner is a fantastic instructor and the studio is so clean – not something I would expect with clay flying everywhere. (Certainly not as clean as my ceramics studio would be; if I had one – and certainly more clean than my own art studio.)
Last night we walked through an orientation of the studio and got a demonstration on wheel throwing. I made two pinch pots and tried my hand at the wheel. It certainly looked easier when Ken was doing it – but you know, I have to practice to build up new muscle memory skills. I ended last night with two thrown bowls (in addition to the pinch pots) – Ken helped me form the first one so I don't feel like I can take as much credit for that one. The second one I made mostly on my own. Next class, I hope to do a little more with them or maybe start the base of a mug. Unfortunately, my phone was dead so I didn't get to take any pictures from last night's class. Next time, I'll risk claying up my phone for some pics.
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In a cold, heavy 6 to 8-quart stewing pot, fry bacon over low-medium heat until fat is rendered, and then discard bacon slice.
Saute onions in the bacon fat for a few minutes, do not allow the onions to brown. If bacon does not provide enough fat, add a little olive oil to prevent the onions from sticking. When onions become glossy, add the beef, sauteing with the onions for about 10 minutes, covered, until the meat is browned.
Meanwhile, chop and crush the garlic with the caraway seeds; add to meat and onions. Remove pot from heat. Stir in paprika rapidly with a wooden spoon. Immediately after paprika is absorbed, add the warm water. The water should just cover the meat, leaving room for potatoes.
Add beef bouillon cubes. Cover pot and cook over low heat for about 1 hour.
While stew is braising, prepare the tomatoes by cutting into 1-inch pieces. Core green peppers and cut into strips. After 1 hour of braising, add the tomatoes and green pepper. Add a little more water, if necessary and a little more salt if you need it. Simmer slowly for another 30 minutes.
Peel potatoes and cut into bite-sized cubes and set aside in a bowl of water. Add potatoes, and cook another 30 minutes until the potatoes are fork tender and the goulash is done.
Once goulash is finished, dissolve sour cream and a little of the goulash sauce in a cup. Add to goulash, it should give a creamy consistency. Serve goulash with spaetzle and Cucumber Salad on the side, adding an extra dollop of sour cream to each plate.
Peel and slice cucumbers very thinly. The side of a metal grater with the wide slots works best here, or you can use a mandoline. Place cucumbers in a flat dish and sprinkle throughout with salt, making sure that all the slices are salted. Leave to rest for 30 minutes. The salt will draw the moisture out of the cucumbers. Cut the onion into paper-thin slices and place in a container. Once the cucumbers have released water, use your hands to squeeze out the excess water and add to the onions. The cucumbers are supposed to be limp, but still crisp.
In a measuring cup mix vinegar, water, sugar and paprika to create a vinaigrette. Pour over the cucumbers and onions and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 1/2 hours.
Serve with a sprinkle of dill and a little dollop of sour cream if desired.
Using good quality paprika is important. After about a year, paprika spice tends to lose its intensity. Use the best quality possible! Make the cucumbers before the goulash and it will be perfectly marinated by the time you are done making the stew!
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Hi, doing an nmap-scan:
nmap -sP -PR 192.168.1.1/16
the scan does not finish , but aborts its work , when coming to interface "virbr0"
Error Message follows:
pcap_open_live(virbr0, 100, 0, 200) FAILED. Reported error: virbr0: That device is not up. Will wait 5 seconds then retry.
pcap_open_live(virbr0, 100, 0, 200) FAILED. Reported error: virbr0: That device is not up. Will wait 25 seconds then retry.
Call to pcap_open_live(virbr0, 100, 0, 200) failed three times. Reported error: virbr0: That device is not up
There are several possible reasons for this, depending on your operating system:
LINUX: If you are getting Socket type not supported, try modprobe af_packet or recompile your kernel with SOCK_PACKET enabled.
*BSD: If you are getting device not configured, you need to recompile your kernel with Berkeley Packet Filter support. If you are getting No such file or directory, try creating the device (eg cd /dev; MAKEDEV <device>; or use mknod).
*WINDOWS: Nmap only supports ethernet interfaces on Windows for most operations because Microsoft disabled raw sockets as of Windows XP SP2. Depending on the reason for this error, it is possible that the --unprivileged command-line argument will help.
SOLARIS: If you are trying to scan localhost or the address of an interface and are getting '/dev/lo0: No such file or directory' or 'lo0: No DLPI device found', complain to Sun. I don't think Solaris can support advanced localhost scans. You can probably use "-PN -sT localhost" though.
So nmap apparenty does come over a local interface, and encounters some kind of error. and thus does not complet its task.
I am to lazy to report this problem to nmap.org would somebody be so kind as to do it instead ?
it got solved, using :
1. virsh net-list
2. virsh net-destroy
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It doesn't get the attention that Mother's Day gets, but Father's Day is upon us, and as usual, Chicago-area restaurants are offering plenty of attractive meals and deals.
Agio Italian Bistro: Carne e vino special consists of filet mignon or veal loin entree, with bottle of Silver Palm cabernet sauvignon, for $50. 64 S. Northwest Highway, Palatine, 847-991-2150.


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The University has formed a partnership with Xerox Corporation to provide a comprehensive, integrated range of reprographics services for the campus community. The contract combined several areas, Copier Management, the Copy Center and convenience copiers.
The Copy Center, convenience copiers (both in the Library and in Academic buildings and departmental fleet copiers are now provided by Xerox Corporation. Xerox maintains all copiers on campus. Problems with the fleet copiers and convenience copiers should be called in to the Copy Center at 336-750-2765.
The Copy Center is located on the lower level of the Old Nursing Building. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM. Your copy jobs may be submitted to the Copy Center email, or delivered in person.
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The 3 Days Wildlife safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the best short Uganda safaris that you can ever opt to undertake. It includes the rewarding game viewing like lions, buffaloes, elephants, water bucks, leopard, warthogs and jackals; recreational launch cruise on the 45m long Kazinga channel full of birds, Nile crocodiles and Hippos; Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura, scenic crater drive and the equator crossing experiences.
Safari Highlight
Day 1: Travel by Road to Queen Elizabeth National Park & do crater drive
Day 2: Do game drive & Kazinga Channel launch cruise
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking & transfer to Kampala
Day 1: Travel by Road to Queen Elizabeth National Park & do crater drive
After breakfast, embark on the drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will drive out of Kampala towards the south west after which you will make a stop at the equator crossing Kayabwe 77km from Kampala for photo shooting and water experiments featuring the geographical separation between the north and southern hemispheres. Continue on the journey through the farmed hill sides and the rangelands of Ankole before making an early lunch stop at Igongo cultural center 12km to Mbarara town. After lunch, continue on the drive to Queen Elizabeth and do crater area drive upon arrival to enjoy the rewarding scenic views of the crater area.
Drive distance: 417km Drive time: 7 hours.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge (Upmarket/luxury), Enganzi lodge (Midrange/standard) or Mama Land Pumba safari lodge (Budget/Basic).
Day 2: Do game drive & Kazinga Channel launch cruise
Wake up for an early morning 3 – 4 hour game drive though the Kasenyi tracks where you will have chances of viewing a range of wildlife. Some of these include; lions, elephants, Buffaloes, Antelopes, jackals, among others. You will marvel at them as they gather what to put in their stomachs and others taking a rest. The savannah landscape in which they thrive is an attraction in its self. Return to the lodge for relaxation till lunch time after which you will gather at Mweya for a launch cruise on Kazinga channel at 3:00pm. The 2 hour launch cruise takes you through the offers of the 45m long Kazinga channel including impressive views of the Nile crocodiles, Hippos, abundant bird life and a range of wild game quenching their thirst along the channel waters. Return to the lodge for relaxation and overnight.
Accommodation: You will have dinner and overnight at your previous lodge.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking & transfer to Kampala.
Transfer early in the morning to catch up with Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge at 08:00am. You will attend a short briefing by the park rangers after which you will head to the gorge in search of these chimps. The experience is very interesting as it involves sloping down the steep terrain of the gorge and again trekking back to the top. The forest jungle which thrives below the sea level with a river flow on the gorge bed makes the activity to go beyond mere chimpanzees. Upon encountering chimpanzees, you will marvel at them as the swing through the tree branches, gather fruit and socialize not forgetting their pant – hoot calls which will leave you in a state of amazement. Retreat from 2 – 5 hour activity to embark on the drive back to Kampala. You will arrive late in the evening.
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- Entrance fees to the tourist sites including Protected areas mentioned
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- Border crossing fees (for cross border safaris)
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- Laundry Services
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It looks like Motorola and Verizon are slated to continue their tradition of offering DROID RAZR smartphones in a multitude of color options. According to an image shared by @evleaks on Twitter, the two companies are prepping blue versions of the DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR M. Both devices look fairly similar to the models that are already available, save for the new blue coloring around the edges. A larger image of the phones is available in the gallery at the bottom of this post.
After originally introducing the first DROID RAZR in black, Motorola and Verizon proceeded to launch white, blue, purple and cranberry versions of the device. More recently, the DROID RAZR M has been receiving some new colors of its own, including white and pink as well as a Best Buy-exclusive platinum variant. That's why it wouldn't be a surprise to see Motorola and Verizon officially announce new blue versions of the DROID RAZR HD and DROID RAZR M in the near future to revitalize interest in the two models.
In addition to these new blue RAZR models, the image from @evleaks includes a look at the front of an "employee edition" DROID RAZR M. Verizon has created special edition DROID RAZR models for its employees in the past, including versions of the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR HD, that feature red and black kevlar on their backsides. This special employee edition of the DROID RAZR M appears to already be out in the wild, as one unit recently sold on eBay for $270. You can check that sale out right here for a peek at the phone's rear.
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Investing in real estate in any capacity is a gamble that can be very rewarding or an absolute nightmare. Especially if you are an absentee homeowner. A large majority of people that are investing in log cabins in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and surrounding areas do not live here locally. There are a number of things that you need to consider before purchasing, and then things you will need to address and stay on top of after. This will be a 2 part series where I discuss the items to address before purchasing your log cabin and then in part 2 I will discuss "How to maximize bookings on your investment log cabin". Having said that, the investment cabin market is doing well and showing an upward trend. You can read about why I think that investing in log cabins in Gatlinburg may be the best investment you make in 2013.
As I said above, most owners of these investment cabins do not live here locally and will need to rely on a 3rd party to manage the rental cabin. There are a few options here.
1) Professional Property Management Company - There are a plethora of different property management companies in the area that will manage your investment cabin for you. Some are better than others. Typically you can expect to have to pay your property management company a split, a %, of all your rental income before expenses. The most common split is 60/40. 60% to you and 40% to the management firm. There are others that offer a 70/30 split and some that will have different tiers you can select from. The services will vary of course from tier to tier. Again, there are some great property management companies and some that are not so great. If you plan on enlisting the services of a property management company then you should begin investigating and interviewing them BEFORE you purchase. Check out their website. How user friendly is it? It should be easy to navigate and even easier to book a reservation. The individual property pages should be descriptive, clean, and have great pictures. Remember this company is supposed to be showcasing your investment. Perform multiple searches online using Google (currently holds over 65% of all internet searches). What companies are ranking on the first page for a number of different terms? A few companies that have great marketing campaigns are Cabins USA, Cabins For You, American Mountain Rentals, Cabins USA Gatlinburg, Cabin Fever Vacations, and a smaller, very selective and successful company called About The Smokies.
Once you have a small list of potential companies then it is a good idea to call and interview them. Make a list of questions to ask them before hand. You want to find out how they handle their booking rotation. Some handle by booking volume, others just go in a specific order. Nevertheless, it is important to know how they are going to handle assigning bookings. Some of the better companies are going to interview you as well. They will have certain criteria that your cabin will have to meet in order to qualify for their rental program. This is a strong indicator of a company that has identified what units are renting well and what it is that they feel will be successful.
2) Handling Your Bookings Yourself - Even if you do not live here locally this is still an option. Many absentee cabin owners make this option work and work well. Make no mistake though, it is some work and requires your dedication. The main resource for handling your own bookings is VRBO (Vacation Rentals By Owner). This is a great company that allows you full control of your bookings and showcasing your Investment Log Cabin. The fee for using VRBO starts at $399 and goes up to $1,299 a year. Your property page is YOURS. You maintain it. Change the photos, text, rates, etc. (**If you need professional photos of your unit then call our friend Stacy Champagne with Pixdipity Photography.) It even has an interactive booking calendar so any potential renter can see what days are available and what the rates are for those days. The booking calendar software is state of the art, very easy to use, and provided by Homeaway Connect. Of course if you go this route you will have to establish contact with, and enlist the services of a cleaning company. The unit must be cleaned after every rental. If there is a hot-tub it is supposed to be drained and refilled after each rental. You will have to find a service or maintenance company that will handle any/all issues that happen at all hours. Should the toilet not flush or the hot water heater go out, you need to be able to have someone ready to respond immediately. I know that this all sounds very intimidating but it saves you from giving the property management company 40% of your gross bookings. Many owners are willing to endure some of the hurdles to save that money.
3) What Is Your ROI? - When you purchase an investment cabin in Gatlinburg you are
probably definitely wanting the cabin's bookings to pay for itself. That is the whole point of the investment right!? Well do you know what it will take to make the cabin successful? You will need to look at what the current market is dictating for rental prices on similar cabins. Those phone calls you made to property management companies should have provided you with what size cabins are renting best. Using that info and basing it on a 10 month year will help you in determining what you should be looking to pay, what kind of down payment you will need, and what vacancy rate will have you making mortgage payments. These two formulas for ROI will be different of course if you manage the cabin yourself versus hiring a property management company.
These are the 3 main items to think about before buying. There are other items to address and a Gatlinburg Real Estate Specialist like my self should discuss those with you during the process of looking for the right unit. If you are thinking about, or have already decided to buy a log cabin in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, or Sevierville contact me to begin your search or answer any questions.


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Are We There Yet? Willemstad
Bask in the beauty of the brilliant pastels of Curacao while walking across the Queen Emma Bridge. Just be aware-this "Pontoon Bridge" swings open across the water to welcome ships into port.
Leagues under Curaçao
You came to the island to relax, but after two days of lying on the beach you begin to feel guilty you're missing out on something. Learning to dive has always required commitment it seems. Maybe you have always wanted to try it but weren't sure you'd love it? Time to get off the beach, lazy bum, and try a mini-submarine! Whereas health concerns can restrict certain people from diving due to pressure changes in the body, this is not the case with a mini-submarine adventure. What's more, you'll be able to boast that you submerged to 1000 feet, greater depths than most most divers can reach. Crystal clear waters, colorful fish and coral – you'll finally learn what all the hubbub is about. We promise we won't tease you when you return to the island next year, your scuba gear in tow.
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Creole Eden
The Ethnic diversity of Curaçao is impressive. Consider its location, just off the tip of Venezuela, Caribbean gateway to Latin America, and its rich history of diverse colonization. This adds up to the veritable multicultural melting pot it is today. Dutch is the official language, but the local creole (or Papiamentu) is a mixture of Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, English, and Arawak Indian. However, it's when you learn that Papiamentu is spoken by everyone, rich and poor, that images of Eden are conjured in the mind. It is an integral part of the island's identity. It's certainly a paradise for linguists, tickled to decipher the origins of different words and phrases.
Here are two excellent examples to learn before you go. Thank you is danki, which comes from the Dutch dank u, and you're welcome is di nada from the Spanish de nada. That kind of harmony between Germanic and Latin languages is enough to bring out the word nerd in anyone!
Here are two excellent examples to learn before you go. Thank you is danki, which comes from the Dutch dank u, and you're welcome is di nada from the Spanish de nada. That kind of harmony between Germanic and Latin languages is enough to bring out the word nerd in anyone!
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Tastes so Gouda
Local dish, Keshi Yena, which is Papiamentu for stuffed cheese, touts a long history dating back to its 17th century origin during the Caribbean slave trade. Dutch settlers would toss the scraps of their Edam or Gouda cheese, which you recognize by its red wax covering, and plantation cooks would salvage the rind, soak it, stuff it with leftovers, and bake the ensemble to make a meal. Today we get an upgrade on the once slave fare at the best restaurants on Curaçao, still stuffed, but now refined with ingredients like capers, local spices, raisins, or spicy peppers. It's a cheese lover's hearty fantasy. Mmmm cheese…
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Blue Curacao
Say Curaçao, or kur-a-sow, and your mind's eye points you promptly to this blue-colored liqueur. And you are correct! But not many people know its namesake is the island it comes from. Most necessary fun fact for your trip to the Caribbean's best kept secret: this liqueur is produced from a very bitter orange, unpalatable even to the indiscriminate wild goats of the island. The Laraha orange originates from the succulent Valencia orange brought over by the Spaniards in the 15th century. The different soil and climate produced this mutant fruit from which a beautiful fragrance was discovered of the oil from its dried peel. Authentic Curaçao liqueur can only be produced from the oranges that grow on this island.
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Return to Westpunt Paradise
Remember the The Blue Lagoon with Brooke Shields? Westpunt is the part of the Curaçao where you want to reenact that first kiss with your honey. But let's keep it PG folks! On the west side, near the northern-most tip of the island, a drive treats you to a visual sojourn from the rocky landscapes of the dry, cactus-peppered countryside, to more fertile surroundings with stunning views on the bluest waters of the Atlantic. Away from the tourist center, you find peace here.
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Cool Jeep!
Lesson number one for the experiential traveler: get your bearings as soon as you hit the ground, especially on an island so manageable in size. Curaçao is only about 40 miles long and 10 miles wide. Roaming through the flat, rugged terrain, weaving through many an inlet with the limestone cliffs in view and the wind at your back, you will find your sense of adventure here. These yellow jeeps make guided safari trips supercharged with priceless insight on the flora and fauna of the land. Some favorite moments include a visit to Brua cave, ancient escape slave hideout and, of course, the excellent drive through the Christoffel Park nature preserve, where you may spot unique animal and plant species like the White Tailed deer (only 250 remain), or, in an area exclusive to park rangers, beautiful wild orchids.
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Willemstad Wonderland in Handelskade
This row of colorful buildings is the indisputable calling card for Curaçao. After you've wistfully returned home from your trip to the island, you catch yourself at the hardware store eyeing the paint color swatches, toying with the idea of painting your house either mango, magenta or hot pink flamingo, and you realize it's true. That combination of colors coupled with the Dutch colonial architecture is just so pleasing. You finally settle on peppermint patty, but you aren't sure anymore if the neighbors would be able to handle all that color. And so, to vanquish your nostalgia, you settle on the easier and more satisfying solution: plan for Curaçao again next year!
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A Reflection on Plantation Life
Kas Di Pali Maishi, or sorghum stalk house, is a historical example of a typical adobe home similar to those used by slaves, representing the way the Afro-Curaçoan rural population lived until the 1950s on Curaçao. The small museum is dedicated to understanding the lifestyle of the African slaves here, exhibiting furniture, tools, and other artifacts helpful for understanding the memory of the island's complex colonial heritage.
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Darwin's Theory at Play
Curaçao has existed for centuries upon centuries with some species unique to the island and some that have been introduced to it over time. This combination of fates has ushered along some compelling genetic mutations. Nestled in the heart of the Christoffel Park nature reserve, the Savonet Museum is a haven for science junkies who want to see Darwin's theory in action. Through artifacts and photographs, the museum establishes the island's unique history dating back to the arrival of the Arowak Indians 4000 years ago. It is a vivid demonstration of the interdependence between humans and nature, of history both cultural and natural.
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Great to Meet Chu
Chu, born Jesus Zimmerman (fantastic name, so characteristic of Curaçao's diverse heritage) is manager at Netto bar, a famous local hangout on the island. Built almost 60 years ago by Ernesto Koster, called Netto by everyone, this is Curaçao's very own Cheers, where people come from all over for good times, good music, and good drinks. Just one look at this man and you know he will have as many stories to tell you about island life as the collection of images on the walls have to show you.
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Messengers of the Sea
Dolphins are repeatedly found in Greek mythology as sacred, magical creatures, messengers of the sea, heralding goddesses as they descend from the heavens. We have always been intrigued with these sea mammals that appear to play as humans do. Imagine the opportunity to come in contact with one of these peaceful beings or, even better, to swim along side them. We captured this little darling doing just that at the Dolphin Academy on Curaçao, where six different programs lend to every interaction imaginable with these intriguing creatures.
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The Colors of Curaçao
This exemplary young goat, roaming free in Curaçao, posed for such a picturesque photograph - his white fur blending in unison with the wall beneath him. He thought he had almost made his chameleon escape. Thanks to the contrasting emerald and turquoise waters behind him, we caught the moment. Traditionally, when one defines this island as colorful, it's the vibrant colonial buildings of Handelskade in Willemstad that come to mind. But it's moments like these that demonstrate the origin of the colors that the Caribbean is known for, in nature.
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Dining Out
Have you ever slept out under the stars? You may remember wishing you could sleep with your eyes open, to take in all that beauty without pause, all night long. It's the same feeling you get on Curaçao, where eating outside at every meal is possible. Feet in the sand, cool breeze on the cheeks, and the most stunning views of the water, just steps away. It gets you wondering if you could go in for a quick dip between courses. Would that be rude? Not here!
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Underwater Paradise
Just think, the only real thing that gets in the way of a great swim is the need to come up for air. Snorkeling is great in Curaçao, but the diving is even better. Exploring an airplane wreck will have you humming the Indiana Jones theme song, and at Punt'i Piku, the huge (harmless) Baracuda take your breath away. There's so much to do on this island, but you could spend the entire week just diving. It's a swimmer's fantasy come true.
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Shake it Loose
Carnival is a month long reason to have a good time. It's a street party. It's theatre. It's history, food and folklore. It's music that gets into your skin until you find your hips starting to move as if they had their own set of batteries. This image is a favorite. At first glance, you're wowed by the intense grace of this woman in her elaborate costume. She's bursting with passion. But then you notice the woman standing behind her, and it shows you another side of the locals. Simply put, she is just doing her thing, enjoying being part of the spectacle. She's not taking it too seriously – she's just having fun with it. She is a reminder of the inner peace you find in island living and the reason to come to Curaçao in the first place. To breath and let loose!
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Are Scottish Water's charges excessive?
This entry was added to http://www.reckon.co.uk/headlines-franckblog on 26 June 2006.
A couple of weeks ago, Jim Mather MSP, the Scottish National Party shadow enterprise minister in the Scottish Parliament, complained to the OFT about Scottish Water's non-residential charges.
According to the SNP press release:
"Mr Mather today wrote to the Director General of fair Trading setting out his case for an investigation under the Competition Act. The letter states that:
• Business charges in Scotland are materially higher that those charged elsewhere in the UK.
• Revenue is running at a rate that is 40 to 50% higher than operating costs.
• 86.6p in every pound of capital expenditure in the three years to 31st March 2005 has been paid by current water charge payers.
• The chairman of the Scottish Water Commission refuses to discuss the Strategic Review of Charges 2002-06 that is at the root of the over-charging regime."
A subsequent SNP press notice today mentioned the complaint to the OFT again, citing press reports of a further piece of work by Jim and Margaret Cuthbert alleging that inadequate accounting methods in the regulator WICS' price control calculations have led to unnecessarily high prices — a line of argument that these two experts have been developing for some years. (The reference to the Competition Commission in the second SNP press notice is plainly an error.)
I imagine that Mr Mather's letter to the OFT said a little more than his press notices. Otherwise, I suspect that it will be rather easy for the OFT to ignore the complaint by saying that no reasonable grounds to suspect an infringement of the Competition Act 1998 are raised in the SNP's published statements. Even though the second SNP press notice quotes from OFT guidance documents, this does not really point to a clear abuse by Scottish Water, and the OFT text quoted is in any event littered with "may", "it is possible" and other get-out clauses.
Taking the facts alleged in the SNP press releases and in the press on trust for the purposes of this exercise, here is my guess of what Mr Mather's letter to the OFT might have said.
Dear Mr Fingleton,
I am writing to suggest that your office should investigate whether the charges levied by Scottish Water on non-residential users of water and sewerage services in Scotland might infringe UK or EC competition law.
Specifically, I suspect that the current level of charges may represent an exploitative abuse of Scottish Water's dominant position in the supply of water and sewerage services in Scotland, in possible breach of Section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 and/or Article 82 of the EC Treaty.
The problem
Water and sewerage charges for businesses in Scotland are materially higher than elsewhere in the UK. Although Scottish Water's volumetric charges are not high (perhaps reflecting the wet Scottish weather?), a major issue arises from the annual fixed charges.
Scottish Water's fixed charges are set by reference to the diameter of the supply pipe, as in England and Wales; but Scottish Water's charges are much higher and much more dependent on pipe size.
As an example, a comparison of Scottish Water's charges (9 pages, PDF) (now a broken link: see update) with Welsh Water's charges (29 pages, PDF) shows that:
- A business customer with a 40 mm supply pipe faces a water fixed charge of £1,038 in Scotland against £223 in Wales, and a sewerage fixed charge of £1,038 in Scotland against £363 in Wales.
- A large user with a 600 mm supply pipe faces a water fixed charge of £1.6 million in Scotland against £906 in Wales, and a sewerage fixed charge of £1.6 million in Scotland against £10,512 in Wales.
Update, November 2006: Scottish Water's scheme of charges has been removed, breaking the above link. The information is now available in Scottish Water Business Stream's scheme of charges (20 pages, PDF).
In fact, the variation of Scottish Water's charges with diameter is so large that it would even seem worthwhile for a large user with a 400 mm supply pipe and meter to replace it with one hundred 40 mm supply pipes and one hundred separate meters in order to reduce his Scottish Water's fixed charges!
The effect of these differences in fixed charges between Scotland and Wales vastly exceeds any benefits to Scottish users of volumetric charges being set up to a few dozen pence per cubic metre lower: the normal consumption of the 40 mm customer would be unlikely to be more than a few thousand cubic metres, and the consumption of a very large customer is unlikely to exceed a few million cubic metres.
I cannot imagine that there is any doubt about Scottish Water's dominant position in markets (however defined) for the supply of water and sewerage services to business customers. This dominance will continue once retail competition under the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 is in place, with the relevant market becoming that for water and sewerage services supplied by Scottish Water to customers at the request of a retail licensee responsible for billing and payments matters.
The problem is therefore that Scottish businesses are placed at a competitive disadvantage as a result of charges imposed on them by a dominant supplier.
However, I accept that mere differences in charges between parts of the UK do not, by themselves, amount to any evidence of abuse by Scottish Water. There could be operational or historical differences between the companies on both sides of the border; or one might argue (albeit against the SNP's views) that the difference demonstrates the efficiency benefits of privatisation. If this were so, the lack of competitiveness of Scottish Water's charges would be attributable to environmental, historical and/or legitimate policy factors, and there would be no abuse.
The causes of high charges in Scotland
But further investigation into the reasons for the high charges suffered by Scottish businesses raises real suspicions of exploitative abuse by Scottish Water.
First, it appears that Scottish Water's revenue is running at a rate that is 40 to 50 per cent higher than operating costs. This compares to an uplift of less than 30 per cent in England and Wales: according to Ofwat's figures, the water industry in England and Wales had operating profit margins of 29 per cent (=£2.14bn/£7.33bn) on a current cost accounting basis, and 22 per cent (=£1.58bn/£7.33bn) on a historic cost accounting basis.
As a result of these large operating margins, it seems that 86.6 per cent of the capital expenditure undertaken by Scottish Water in the three years to March 2005 has been paid for by current customers, even though most of the assets in question are designed to last for decades. Again, a comparison with England and Wales is instructive: according to Ofwat's figures, over 2000-2005, aggregate capital expenditure of £17.7 billion has been financed out of aggregate profits from consumers of about £7 billion (after current taxation but gross of deferred taxation), a ratio of less than 40 per cent.
There appear to be two main factors at play to explain Scottish Water's high business charges, and the high profits (in relation to investment) that are flowing to Scottish Water from these charges.
The first factor is the financial regime which limits the amount of borrowing that can be undertaken by Scottish Water: any Scottish Water borrowings are counted against a cash limit set by the Scottish Executive, who cannot under the devolution settlement spend more than the amount allocated to it each year on the basis of the Barnett formula. Some commentators have argued that the limit on Scottish Water's borrowing was set wrongly as a result of errors by the Executive and/or the Water Industry Commission in the use of the resource accounting and budgeting (RAB) system, and that more borrowing could have been planned within the Scottish Executive budget. Whatever their exact basis, these limits on Scottish Water's borrowing, which have no real connection with the economics of financing a water and sewerage system, presumably explains why so much of Scottish Water's capital expenditure is being recovered from today's customers rather than from the future customers (even though future customers will share in the benefit of these investments). In essence, the restriction on Scottish Water's financing options causes greater costs to be borne by customers than if Scottish Water could raise debt finance (whether externally or from the Scottish Executive if it had not made errors in its calculations) to the extent of its reasonable needs and financial capacity.
The second factor is that the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 prohibits customers from seeking most competitive sources of supply for water or effluent treatment services, except by entirely bypassing the Scottish Water network. Access to any water source or sewage treatment works that requires any use of Scottish Water's network is prohibited unless the whole service is delivered to the customer by Scottish Water, on Scottish Water's terms. The prospective ability to choose a licensed retailer to undertake some billing activities instead of Scottish Water, but leaving Scottish Water as the supplier, does not detract from the fact that Scottish Water is and will remain, both in law and in practice, a monopoly supplier (except perhaps for the minority of customers who can realistically bypass the public network altogether and thereby escape the hidden water tax).
These two factors taken together prevent Scottish Water's business customers from obtaining the benefit of an efficient financing structure for the investments required on the water and sewerage infrastructures that they use.
Scottish Water has pointed out that household charges are likely to be lower in Scotland than in England and Wales. This may mean that more of Scottish Water's high profits are being recovered in large part from business users. I suspect that this is only possible because of the second restriction above. If businesses could switch to alternative suppliers whilst retaining some access to the Scottish Water network then perhaps Scottish Water would not dare impose, and could not have sustained, the major increases imposed and to be imposed on Scottish businesses.
These restrictions and their adverse consequences appear to have come about in part because of the recent changes to the regulation of the water industry in Scotland. As Diageo, a major water user in Scotland, pointed out in its 2004 submission to a Scottish Parliament committee considering what became the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005:
Diageo does have concerns, however, that there appears to be no flexibility in the current proposals to allow for local negotiation on charges for water and sewerage services. There would therefore be less opportunity for large users to benefit from economies of scale or discuss potential partnerships.
An example of these special agreements is when we negotiated a long-term deal with WoSWA for the disposal of effluent from Port Dundas Distillery in Glasgow. It was at the time of a private funded initiative to expand and upgrade the treatment plant at Dalmuir. To enable this development to go ahead with some financial certainty, a five year deal between ourselves and WoSWA was agreed.
The loss of this flexibility and its replacement with a rigid scheme of charges approved or set by a central regulator has therefore strengthened the strangle-hold that Scottish Water's monopoly has over its business customers. Given this, it is not therefore altogether surprising that complaints about Scottish Water overcharging have only relatively recently hit the headlines, or that I should be calling for an OFT investigation only now.
I also note that Diageo's submission criticised the very high standing charges imposed by Scottish Water, arguing instead for higher variable charges to encourage water efficiency. Is it not the hallmark of a monopoly exploiting its position that it imposes very high charges on the least elastic elements of demand (the connection to the system) instead of trying to work with its customers to minimise total costs by improving water efficiency?
Grounds to suspect an abuse
The two restrictions on competition highlighted above probably go some way towards explaining why some business charges are so much higher in Scotland than in England and Wales.
This explanation seems to combine all the ingredients necessary for a finding of exploitative abuse under the Competition Act 1998 and Article 82:
- Scottish Water has a dominant position, with no prospect of additional competition in water supply or effluent disposal (even if competition in the supply of billing and other retail services turns out to be effective after 2008).
- There are features of the market for water and sewerage services in Scotland which restrict competition beyond the natural restrictions arising from the nature of the business. In particular, the combination of the prohibition on use of any part of Scottish Water's network to exploit non-Scottish Water resources and the prohibition on normal levels of debt financing for Scottish Water conspire to prevent users from receiving the benefits of efficiently managed and efficiently financed development of resources.
- Thus, in respect of at least some business customers, Scottish Water appears to have "made use of the opportunities arising out of its dominant position in such a way as to reap trading benefits which it would not have reaped had there been normal and sufficiently effective competition" — exactly the type of exploitative abuse highlighted at paragraph 249 of the United Brands judgment.
There is no State action defence
An OFT policy note from 2004 casts doubts on the OFT's ability to apply competition law to some State bodies. Scottish Water is a State body. However, as I understand it, the policy note relates primarily to procurement activities of State bodies, and I do not think that it affects the analysis of the potential abuse identified above.
Scottish Water may nevertheless seek to raise a State action defence, arguing that the level of charges is outside its control, as its charges are set by a statutory scheme subject to the prior approval of the State, in the shape of the Water Industry Commission, under the arrangements introduced by Section 21 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
Thus, the argument would go, any unfairness in charges is attributable to the legislature and/or the regulatory regime that it established and/or the actions of a statutory regulator, and cannot therefore be an abuse by Scottish Water.
This argument was in fact advanced by legal advisers to WICS and to Scottish Water (4 pages, PDF) at the time of parliamentary debates on what became the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005. For example, Scottish Water's lawyer thought that challenges on pricing issues should lie with WICS and not with Scottish Water.
I was pleased to see that you were of the view that:
"In Europe, we are fortunate in not having a State action defence as strong as that in the US, and in having rules like Article 86 that requires State restrictions on competition to be proportionate to the public policy objective being attained. ... There is, in my view, serious under-enforcement of Article 86."
John Fingleton speech (10 pages, PDF), 9 December 2003
Given this, and the go ahead recently given by the High Court in London to a possible competition law challenge against Ofwat's approval of a non-residential water charges scheme as part of private civil litigation over charging levels, I probably do not need to go beyond pointing out that any WICS approval of a Scottish Water charges scheme that would include excessive charges would be unlawful under the Competition Act 1998, and/or would need to be "disapplied" by the OFT (to the extent that the abusive charges affect cross-border trade with other EC countries) in order to ensure that Community rights granted by Article 82 prevail over national law, and/or would expose the UK to claims under Article 86(1).
And without getting too much into Scottish constitutional matters, it does not seem to me that the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 could or did implicitly repeal any aspect of the Competition Act 1998 or of the European Communities Act 1972.
Thus it seems to me that, even if any kind of fault (such as negligence or intention to abuse) might be attributable to WICS rather than to Scottish Water, it remains the case that the charges that I am complaining of would seem to represent a potential abuse by Scottish Water, which falls within your office's Competition Act 1998 or Article 82 jurisdiction.
In any event, even if I am wrong about the law on State action, I imagine that you would wish to investigate the matter and highlight possible tensions between competition law and the Scottish system of water industry regulation as part of your competition advocacy role.
There is no Article 86(2) defence
A second point that Scottish Water or WICS might raise as a defence is whether the objectionable charges might be justified under Article 86(2) and/or under Paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 of the Competition Act 1998.
As I understand it, WICS' lawyers thought in 2004 that the special rights and obligations placed on to Scottish Water by the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 could support an Article 86(2) justification for the Act's prohibition on common carriage on Scottish Water's network.
But even if this opinion about the legitimacy of denying third-party access was and remains valid, this does not mean that the excessive charges that I am complaining about are also justified under Article 86(2). I cannot see any legitimate public service purpose that requires that excessive and unfair charges be applied and that cannot be achieved in a less restrictive way.
Indeed, I would argue the very purpose of the prohibition on exploitative abuse is that it is a second line of defence in cases to avoid undue detriment to customers in cases where abnormal restrictions on competition have had to be permitted for whatever reason. In the present case, the prohibition on exploitative abuse should protect customers against exploitation in the context of a State-induced absence of normal and sufficiently effective competition.
The legal advice received in 2004 does not mention the possibility of justification under the other leg of Article 86(2), that relating to revenue-producing monopolies. This was, and remains, an appropriate omission: deliberately exploiting water customers as a form of taxation (beyond any legitimate environmental charges for processes such as abstraction or landfill) is not part of the current or prospective objectives of any Scottish Government.
Thus, Article 86(2) or the corresponding provisions of the Competition Act 1998 are no bar to OFT intervention against exploitative excessive charges by Scottish Water.
Lower charges would not amount to discrimination or State aid
WICS has also raised the possibility that the little flexibility that has been retained in Scottish Water's non-residential charging arrangements, in the shape of transitional caps to prevent very steep rises in individual customers' charges, may themselves infringe the Competition Act 1998, Article 82, or Article 87, because they might be discriminatory.
WICS' proposed solution to this alleged problem is to force Scottish Water to increase its charges on these customers faster.
I accept that it is not beyond the realm of possibility that some of these caps may indeed result in differences of treatment between competing customers, and that this might affect trade and/or competition in such a way as to trigger the prohibitions on discriminatory abuse or State aid. However, WICS' paper did not appear to present much evidence that this is in fact the case.
But I do not think that you need to divert any of your resources to investigate this point in order to determine whether and to what extent Scottish Water's tariffs are excessive. There may well be customers that compete with each other but whose local circumstances are so different that the restrictions on competition identified above as the root cause of Scottish Water's potential exploitative abuses affects them to different extent; if so, in order to comply with the law Scottish Water may need to reduce its charges on some customers by more than on others (or it could choose to reduce charges on all customers). But any such differentials would then be justified by the difference in circumstances, and be no more abusive than the fact that water users in Wales face different prices than in East Anglia.
It may also be argued that reducing Scottish Water's charges would render direct aid from the Executive necessary in order to balance its finances, and that this goes against a general objective of reducing and targeting State aid.
This argument would rest on a misconception of the concept of exploitative abuse: all that compliance with the law on unfair prices would entail is for Scottish Water to set prices to be no higher than they would be in the absence of the abnormal restrictions on competition identified above. If the Executive or WICS wish to maintain such restrictions — e.g. keeping Scottish Water in an undue financial straight jacket by preventing it from raising a normal level of borrowing for a water utility — then it is neither surprising nor undesirable that they should have to provide the funding to compensate Scottish Water for these restrictions. Competition law is only doing what it would be expected to do by prohibiting the exploitation of customers to fund this financial gap that is not caused by any actions of customers.
The case deserves administrative prioritisation by the OFT
A final point that I need to address is the administrative priority that the OFT should give to an inquiry into Scottish Water's business charges, given the other pressures on your resources.
I do not underestimate the effort that will be required to analyse the effect on prices of the restrictions identified above, and to complete the investigation into the relevant markets to the standard that would enable you to make a finding of abuse.
Against this, I should say that I am not alleging negligent or deliberate abuse by Scottish Water in this respect. There is no call for any financial penalty, and therefore the presumption of innocence that arises from human rights legislation in penalty cases probably does not need to be rebutted in this case.
Still there is no doubt that a major inquiry will be required. I think it is justified by the following factors:
- Water and sewerage services are essential inputs to the economy in Scotland, and any excessive and unfair charges levied by Scottish Water impose unnecessary hardship on a variety of businesses, and an undue loss of competitiveness for Scotland.
- Excessive charges imposed on Scottish business can also be expected to be passed through to customers in Scotland and elsewhere, as Scottish businesses are prevented to compete effectively in wider markets.
- Resolving this case would enable the OFT to demonstrate the effectiveness and importance of competition law compliance by using it to solve a problem which affects most businesses in Scotland. This would be more effective than a hundred marketing campaigns to raise the profile of competition law enforcement and dispel any perception that the OFT is too distant or otherwise unable to help.
I hope that you will be able to allocate an appropriate amount of resources to this important case.
- SNP press release reporting Jim Mather MSP's complaint.
SNP press release drawing on the Cuthberts' latest research.
- Previous papers by Jim and Margaret Cuthbert on Scottish Water's charging regime.
- Reckon article (6 pages, PDF) about exploitative abuses under Article 82 and the Competition Act 1998.
- More on Article 82, Article 86, United Brands, the Competition Act 1998 and the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.
- Public services and competition law | viewpoint: Franck (May 2005 review article).
- Reckon news items filed under WICS and filed under OFT.
- Unfair competition?
Reckon LLP's guide to complaining about anti-competitive conduct or regulations.
- Viewpoint: Franck is my regulation and competition economics blog.
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As a library employee who works in the computer lab, I am often assisting patrons who want me to help them burn a CD or put songs on their mp3 player, but they have brought in no music. They are often infrequent computer users and think that there is all this free music out there to download from the internet. Here is the only site I found that has fairly easy to find, legal and free song downloads. Below I have listed the steps to get songs they might want to listen to (more popular/top 40 stuff.) If a patron wants free and legal MP3s to download and burn onto a CD or add to their mp3 players, this is an option. This only works if they don't have a certain artist/song that they want.
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- Click on the blue "see all free tracks" line.
- If a song is available to download you will see"Download Free MP3" next to the song title. Not all songs will have this option.
- Click on "Download Free MP3" download the song.
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How to Help Kids Develop Homework Routines
Today, Debbie (also of Two Adopt Two) shares 8 ideas for helping kids develop homework routines:
March is busy for us, what with the school science fair, both kids' birthdays, and family gatherings for Passover. And of course there is the reality of the volume of third and fourth grade nightly homework. Because kids need to learn to be responsible for their homework (and manage their time in the bigger picture of event and activities), we've been working on tactics to help our kids stay on track while we stay largely hands off. Here are 8 tips for helping your kids develop homework routines:
1. Start with physical activity. After a largely sedentary school day + a bus ride home, it's no surprise kids need physical activity before they settle down to work. I encourage my kids to get in at least 15 minutes (or more if the schedule affords) of outdoor play before they start homework.
2. Designate a homework station. Designating a specific place for doing homework is great for organization: my kids don't sleep on their math papers anymore! Stocking the station with fun office supplies can encourage kids' interest in working there.
3. Keep an academic planner at home. My kids misplace the planners given at school, so we have a planner that lives at the homework station. When they bring home an assignment, I remind them to enter the due date in the planner (ultimate goal being that they do this themselves).
4. Review the week in advance. Some teachers assign weekly packets of homework instead of daily assignments. Help kids get in the habit of budgeting their time by reviewing the week with them. For example, if they have afterschool or evening activities on Mondays and Wednesdays, they need to plan for extra homework time on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
5. Use a timer to break up sessions. If your child struggles with focusing for longer periods of time, use a timer to break up homework sessions. For example, we like to alternate 12 minutes of work with 12 minutes of play (physical play or crafts, not screen time). Conquering these small chunks of time can be very motivating.
6. Be aware that everyone works differently. Some kids can focus for long stretches of times, others need frequent breaks. Some like to do their work alone, others like company. I let my kids stand, chew gum, put on music...whatever it takes as long as they get the job done and don't distract each other.
7. Think of homework as learning moments for all parties. When you're trying to catch up on your own work or get dinner on the table, homework interruptions can seem annoying. I try to look at these moments as an opportunity to learn something about my kids. What's easy or hard for him? How does she approach challenges?
8. Encourage dialog. Related to #7, if your child is struggling with homework, encourage them to share what is going on at school and ask questions about the assignment. Encouraging open conversation is important; sometimes kids get in a homework rut or become frustrated because they are fearful of asking questions or acknowledging that they don't know something. Remind them that the point of school is to learn new things and that they can't possibly know or grasp everything off the bat. The more comfortable kids feel talking about the work at home will help them in communicating with their teachers too.
Getting kids into a homework routine takes time and repeated effort. It will invariably be frustrating at some point for one or all parties! But keep at it; remember that effort you put in now will increase your child's ability to work independently as the workload increases. I don't know about you, but I want my kids to call home from college because they love me, not because they need help on a chemistry final!
Do you have other great tips for establishing homework routines with kids? Feel free to share in the comments below!
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How AR is transforming Supply Chain Management
On October 4, a special SCM program took place: connect to innovate. Where multiple experts share their vision for the future of supply chain management. My own session was part of the afternoon program, which gave me the opportunity to listen in the morning to the story of Patrick Crampton-Thomas, VP SAP Supply Chain Management. He began his session by outlining the five largest market drivers within SCM:
1. Connectivity: we order products anytime and anywhere from our smartphone.
2. Personalization: personalized products are the new standard.
3. Speed: we expect orders to be delivered very quickly.
4. Collaboration: with suppliers, departments and partners are all part of the supply chain.
5. Responsive manufacturing: you must have the flexibility to be able to deviate from the planning, should the circumstances require it.
This got me thinking about augmented reality, which has been my area of expertise since early 2011.
>> Can this AR technology help supply chain professionals to stimulate growth within their organization?
As far as I'm concerned, the answer is simple: yes, for all the five drivers. Below four cases coming from my very own 'kitchen' twnkls, to explain why this is the case.
1. IKEA Place
On September 13, 2017, IKEA launched a brand-new app co-developed by twnkls: IKEA Place (see press release). The app makes it possible to position IKEA virtual products in your own living room, where they are shown in 3D. They are life-size, with textures you can almost feel and with accurate light conditions. With the app, IKEA enables their customers to become more involved. With the IKEA Place app, customers are now able to interact with the products in their homes, rather than browsing mindlessly and hurriedly through the paper catalog.
Furthermore, IKEA Place is helping IKEA to make the transition from large shop locations and even larger warehouses to smaller shops and less inventory. The consumer's own home becomes the showroom and their tablet becomes a smart catalog. Thanks to augmented reality, IKEA can even open up shop on the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam or at the Coolsingel in Rotterdam, allowing for the centralization of warehouse management. This, in turn, makes it easier to respond quickly to changes in the market.
SCM market drivers: IKEA Place enables consumers to use their smartphone (connectivity) to configure and order products very quickly (speed), which means that IKEA can say goodbye to the large inventory and respond more quickly to changes in the market (responsive manufacturing).
WEMO develops, builds and installs production lines and tools for punching, bending, joining and working sheet metal. WEMO products are highly specialized and relatively complex to use in practice, which can make it quite challenging for operators to man and maintain the machines.
By implementing augmented reality, we have now tackled that problem. Operators man the machine with a special pair of glasses. The operation panel is projected virtually into the room and the operator sees directly the current and upcoming orders. He starts and stops the machine with simple hand gestures. On the right-hand side, he can read all of the sensors from the production line – information is fed directly from the underlying manufacturing execution system. The screen on the left-hand side is the remote expert. If something goes wrong, the operator can send an alert directly to the technical specialist. That person can literally look over the operator's shoulder and give instructions on what to do.
SCM market drivers: with the augmented reality application, WEMO ensures that its customers can now perfectly operate and maintain their machines. Where before a specialist would need to be flown in to resolve downtime, now the operator can address the problem himself. Therefore, the machine can operate for more hours, which accelerates the production process (speed).
Want to know more? Don't hesitate to contact me, or subscribe to my monthly AR update with all the latest news on how you can benefit from using AR.
3. Otolift
Otolift is a wonderful, family-owned, Dutch company that produces stairlifts for both Dutch and the international markets. A stairlift is a highly personal product that almost always has to be custom-made. After all, every staircase is different, and factors such as the location of power outlets, railings and doors must be taken into account. The process from the first contact with the customer up to the placement of the stairlift traditionally takes one to two months. That was before we introduced augmented reality.
For Otolift, we introduced a tool that makes it possible to illustrate a stairlift in the actual staircase setting in the home, taking into account any objects that potentially stand in the way. Useful not only for consumers but also for the sales team. The sales representative can record the measurements for the stairlift themselves using their tablet, completely free of errors and accurate to the millimeter. After leaving the customer, the sales representative can immediately send the measurements to the factory. As a result, lead time is shortened to about one to three weeks. And that, for a custom-made product!
SCM market drivers: Otolift has drastically shortened the sales and production processes (speed). The company makes use of augmented reality applications to support sales, whereby customers get to see the product in their own home, and for taking measurements (connectivity), whereby a custom stairlift can be delivered within just a few weeks (personalization).
4. Quinso and Twnkls: your factory in a suitcase
In the current network economy, it's important to forge smart coalitions. To find partners that complement your organization, so that you can provide customers with newer and more complete products. Twnkls has found an ideal partner in Quinso, SAP Gold Partner and expert in software for logistics, wholesalers and manufacturing industries. We make a perfect match, and combine the knowledge of augmented reality with the knowledge of supply chain processes and the related underlying systems. In doing so, we are creating a whole new field.
Together, we help organizations to connect their ERP system and their SAP MII system with augmented reality. The result is something quite unique: a factory in a suitcase. Armed with HoloLens, operators can manage and maintain their conveyor belt. What's more, since the operator no longer needs to be present at the conveyor belt, they can manage two or even three belts at a time. They know exactly where they need to be at every moment. Just one look at the dashboard of their glasses and they are up to speed on the actual situation and any issues that require their attention. They are not overloaded with information but are shown segments of exactly the information that is relevant at that moment. During connect to innovate, Quinso gave a fantastic demonstration of this. Using a HoloLens, of course.
SCM market drivers: we connect the production floor and the ERP system with augmented reality (connectivity). This means that we make it easier for operators to do their work and to respond quickly when necessary (speed and responsive manufacturing). And, yes, with the fruitful coalition between Quinso and Twnkls, we even satisfy the last driver on Patrick's list: collaboration.
Augmented reality: adding value in all aspects of the value chain
At Twnkls, we don't like to talk about what we might someday be able to do. We much rather talk about the concrete applications that can already add value to supply chains today. The cases described above are the 'living' proof that augmented reality can make an invaluable contribution to companies in the areas of speeding up production time, minimizing downtime of machines and achieving shorter sales cycles. One condition is that augmented reality is integrated properly into the operational process, by connecting it to the underlying systems. Want to know more? Don't hesitate to contact me!
Bio Gerben Harmsen
On April 1, 2011, Gerben Harmsen and Lex van der Sluijs founded Twnkls, a full-service agency that focuses on the creation, development, and implementation of augmented reality applications. Since Twnkls 'dove' into this market already six years ago, it is one of the few companies worldwide that develop applications at this high level with so much impact.


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