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In a world where device fragmentation is increasing, taking a mobile-first approach is yesterday's thinking.
There's no doubt that the smartphone has changed the way we all engage with the world around us.
We're all glued to apps on our mobiles (Flappy Bird anyone?). And website owners have seen the steady, inexorable rise in mobile traffic to their sites, which spawned the inevitable rethink about how web experiences are delivered on mobile devices (yes, I'm looking at you responsive design).
So it isn't surprising that the world is talking about making sure you take a 'mobile-first' approach. But I disagree.
If you're adopting a mobile-first approach, you're in danger of soon coming up against the same problems that you faced as your audience started the move from desktop to mobile – namely an experience that isn't optimised for the device that the user is using.
Why? Because before you know it, your audience will be accessing your services on devices you've not even thought about yet.
And if their experience isn't optimal, they'll quickly find your competitor, who does give them an optimal experience.
Separate the service from the user interface
Software engineers have long understood the benefits of separating form from function, i.e. how something looks from what it does. By separating the two, it is possible to adjust one without (always) affecting the other. Need to reskin something due to a brand refresh? Just change the 'how it looks' part
Need to make a search function more intelligent? Just change the 'what it does' part.
It's a service, not a website
When you're next thinking of creating a website, stop for a moment. Don't think of it as a website. It's an opportunity to engage your audience with a digital service.
The way in which your audience engages with that service will change over time. They might want to engage with it using a tablet, a smart watch or even an in-car console.
So build the service and then think about how you'll give people access to that service on the many devices that they'll want to use.
Each one will have a user interface that is optimised to that device, ensuring the user has the best possible experience. If you can give them that, they're more likely to use it, come back to it more often and share it with their friends.
In technical terms, we make services available to devices through APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). These are simple, well-defined building blocks that encapsulate the functionality that the service provides.
Delivering the service on a device is then just a case of building a user interface on top of the API.
Think API first
So, the future isn't about thinking mobile first. It's about thinking API first. Only by thinking this way will we be able to efficiently deliver services across the plethora of connected devices (in the widest sense) that is coming down the track.
Are you thinking API first yet?
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Responsive design does accommodate all eventualities (devices, environment, situations), that's the point. Mobile first is merely using a different end of the spectrum to start with, the experience should still be great on tablet, desktop, HDTV and any other gadget yet to be released. Its called Mobile First not Mobile Only.
Also what your describing of having multiple UIs is what people were doing 4 years ago. Things moved on for a reason. You want to build a fresh UI for all those devices that are on their way that you mention?
Thanks for your comment Luke. You're correct that responsive design of course has massive benefits over building multiple UIs for different devices. I'm not suggesting that it doesn't have its place - we use it extensively.
Nor am I suggesting you build a separate UI for every single device. If a responsive approach works for the many of the devices you're targeting, that's absolutely the right approach.
But it won't work for all.
For example, if you want to deliver your service to a Pebble Smartwatch, you'll need to take a different approach.
And that's where the 'API first' approach will bring benefits. Build your service functionality once, encapsulated in APIs, then deliver it anywhere.
@Matt your example of a Pebble Smartwatch is a good one for why a designer can't always separate form from function.
That thing is very small, so if they take a typical smartphone app, keep all its functions and just change the form of the UI to fit the Pebble screen, users will get a sub-optimal product that's fiddly to use.
Users would probably get a better experience from a simpler, rewritten app, covering only the use cases that are most relevant to the Pebble. This requires changing both form and function.
Some functionality can be separated out into services, each hidden behind an API, as for example we do with reports, and it's a good idea to do this as much as is reasonably possible. But it only applies to part of the total code.
So you're mostly right, but I have seen managers get the wrong end of the stick and try to mandate a total separation of form from function, and that never ends well.
@Pete - Thanks for your comment.
You're absolutely right - there's always a balance & some functionality will always be required on the client, but as you say it's a good architectural decision to push as much as possible behind an API so it can be re-used as much as possible.
You're putting this as if I don't need to focus on UI because I should focus on API.
You shouldn't drop the importance of UI (responsive design) just because API is so much more important.
"Why? Because before you know it, your audience will be accessing your services on devices you've not even thought about yet."
Yes, that's the nature of online-fast-paced-environment we work in. besides going mobile was something necessary 3 years ago. That's not really a short period of time. If you didn't embrace it 2-3 years ago you were already late.
Saying "mobile first" these days and expecting a praise for this statement is like saying "geocities is dead". Both old and obvious.
I like the part about importance of API, though. But that's something completely dependent on service.
I see where you're coming from, I just think that it needs to be clear that an encapsulated API and a responsive, flexible UI are both key elements to the success of any project. I do see your point about thinking about functionality over design though, which is much easier to do if you plan the API before the interface.
Also, thanks for the article, it was an interesting read.
Thanks for your comment @Artur.
I'm not suggesting dropping the importance of UI. Quite the opposite - UI optimisation for devices (existing and future) is absolutely vital for fantastic user experience.
It's more about the order in which digital service projects are approached.
I'm a strong believer in getting the overall technical architecture right first - as @Pete said - putting as much functionality as is reasonably possible behind a well-defined API. Then consider the most optimal way in which that functionality is delivered to the device and it's particular UI opportunities or constraints (whether through RWD or on-device app).
Ultimately it's about flexibility to deliver the best experience across a range of varying UIs and efficient re-use of functionality.
In terms of 'old & obvious' - yes, absolutely. But I find it amazing how many major websites still aren't optimised for mobile - so people aren't even thinking the old-hat "mobile first" yet.
@Luke, thanks for your comment.
Agreed, both are absolutely key elements.
I guess the debate here seems to be focussing on responsive UIs. But we can't just think about responsive design as the be-all and end-all approach for the UI layer.
That's what I was trying to demonstrate with the Pebble example - RWD just won't work for that. And of course there will be future devices for which it won't work. Taking it to the extreme (and bearing in mind the ever-growing 'internet of things' sector) there may be devices that have ultra-simple, non-screen-based UIs that still need to connect to your service. That's where taking the API-first approach will serve you well.
I think you're misunderstanding what "mobile-first" thinking is (or rather, is supposed to be) about.
It's not about really about design, or layout, or user-interface. It's about content, and content structure.
In his book that pretty much began the mobile first thinking, Luke Wroblewski makes this pretty plain:
"With mobile first, the end result is an experience focused on the key tasks users want to accomplish without the extraneous detours and general interface debris that litter many of today's websites. There simply isn't room in a 320×480 pixel screen for elements of questionable value."
When starting off with larger screens, people tend to feel the need to include a lot of extra, often useless content that serves as nothing but a distraction for what the user is trying to do.
By thinking about things with the constraints of a mobile device — the physical size, the limited performance and bandwidth — you're forced to prioritise content, and leave out things that aren't important to what the user is trying to accomplish.
I can't agree with this post. As mentioned already responsive design covers a lot of the look/feel device concerns, and the "architectural" approach you're advocating of splitting look/feel from underlying tech is fundamentally flawed.
Whilst it may seem a sensible thing to do, since it allows consolidation of services, hardware and support thereof, etc. It has one fundamental problem, speed of change. Consolidated services need testing, fixing, and tweaking for *every* system or UI that uses them. If you go down this route you will no longer able to respond in a timely manner to business needs.
I'm a digital consultant who has worked for a number of large corporates and watched this happen repeatedly. Standard IT models and processes do not work for the velocity of online.
@Lewis - thanks for your comment.
Totally agree with your last two paragraphs. But that only goes so far. The words "mobile first" tend to make people think about smartphones / tablets.
But we need to support much more than that - as I explained with the Pebble example in my comment to Luke.
As I said to Artur, ultimately it's about flexibility to deliver the best experience across a range of varying UIs (some with screens, big and small, some without screens) and efficient re-use of functionality.
@Mark - thanks for your comment.
Thanks for this article. I think that Mobile first limits the Website/Service possibilities. Responsive Design is much more robust and functional. However, when talking about the platforms we haven't even thought of yet, I'm sure Responsive Design will soon be flushed down the toilet, the cycle of Technology growing. So for now, I do agree that looking toward RD is much more efficient. I'm wondering when we are going to get to the world as we see it in Minority Report, how will we be developing both back-end, UI/Ux then?! Pretty "crazy-cool".
@Matt, There is no way I could argue with an n-tier architecture that has separation of concerns, keeping the UI at arms length from the business logic. It's a great theory.
It's just difficult to justify the expense, as the argument often goes "We'll build API's to make us future proof, we'll be able to cope with any new devices. However, until these devices manifest, we'll just re-engineer the existing websites to use the API's, costing lots of development for little change to the user experience"
What practical advice can you offer to help roll out a new architecture that won't break the bank, and hence be more likely to get approved by "higher up"?
Different devices isn't just different screen size. Think smart watch, Google glass(and all of the wearable tech really) , HUD on the windshield of your car, think fridge, oven, scale (and all the IoT). Even smartphones and tablets are not only about screen size, there's gps chips, gyroscope, vibrations, touch, front /back camera (with flash), touch interface without any mouse /keyboard. May seem obvious but all the sensors and capabilities do make all the devices very differents :)
@Jackie - thanks for your comment. With tech changing as fast as it is, according to Moore's Law we're not far off!! ;)
@Stuart - glad you are aligned with the thinking :) In terms of practical advice...ultimately there's a cost/benefit analysis to be done.
The benefit side will require some future planning / assumptions on new behaviours. Perhaps also worth looking back at how you might have missed out on revenues had you not adapted to the move to mobile browsing behaviour (conversion rate pre-optimisation vs post-optimisation).
On the cost / investment side it's worth looking at API management platforms to help cut out some of the infrastructure grunt work in building your architecture.
Hope that helps?
@Mathieu - absolutely agree - with IoT predicted to be much bigger than smartphones, tablets and PCs all put together we have to consider how we might deliver our services to those new (maybe screen-less) devices.
@Stuart we applaud the API approach AND we have a much quicker way of encapsulating existing (desktop et al.) functionality and re-purposing - in a smart way. We have a great live example http://inviqa.com/blog/helping-feelunique-launch-a-new-responsive-mobile-site-within-6-weeks/
@Matt. Really good article. The problem with responsive is not responsive or different UI methods, it is analytics. When analytics tell you that your users want to use the site differently on their mobile devices than other devices then the methods you laid out make total sense. I wrote about this topic last year related to B2B, but just updated to include a few of your quotes. http://ecommerceandb2b.com/b2b-responsive-design-for-mobile-commerce/. I think responsive has its place, but not as a long term strategy.


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Lord Renton: My Lords, if I may say so, the amendment--moved with the best possible motives--contains, from the drafting point of view, something which causes me a little uncertainty. I say that because the word "except" is used twice. Not having been able to be here during the Committee stage or, indeed, on the first day of the Report stage, it is possible that I have not understood the matter as well as I should have.
However, could it be that the reference to "sensitive material" in the amendment relates to national security? I think that must be so. Therefore, in effect, by the use of the word "except" twice, the amendment gives rise to a double negative. Even though the substance of the point made by the noble Lord is sound, I must confess that I am a little worried about the drafting of the amendment.
The Lord Advocate (Lord Mackay of Drumadoon): My Lords, since a similar--indeed,
On one construction, the effect of the amendment would be that the prosecutor would be under a duty to satisfy himself that the schedule setting out the non-sensitive material contained all such material which had been held by the police in connection with the investigation, whether or not it was on the schedule of sensitive material. In other words, it would require the prosecutor to go right through the material available and carry out, again, the work which had been done by the police in the discharge of their duties under the scheme which the Bill proposes. The structure of the proposal is that the police are responsible for investigating, collecting material and making it available to the prosecutors with the relevant schedules. The prosecutor is then under a duty to consider what falls to be disclosed to the accused, whether initially under primary disclosure or in the continuing duty set out very clearly under Clause 9(2) of the Bill. Those duties are separate but complementary.
I repeat what I said on the last occasion when we considered the matter. Were it to be the case that the police knew in every instance that the work they carried out to categorise material as sensitive or non-sensitive would be reviewed on that approach by the prosecutor, there is a risk that they would not accept its importance and, therefore, would not fully implement the important duty which lies upon them.
I hear the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, saying that that is a dreadful thing to say. In response, although I accept that that comment may have had an element of jocularity about it, I must point out that anyone who has practised as part of a team, who knows that he is the junior member of it and that a senior member of the team will review the work, cannot and will not--and indeed, never does--put that thought out of his mind. Certainly, any junior counsel who knows that senior counsel is the person who will be reviewing the pleadings and ultimately defending the position in court, knows that there is that failsafe mechanism, if I may put it in those terms, lying ahead. One cannot put that out of one's mind.
I suggest to your Lordships that if the police felt that their initial assessment was merely an initial assessment which the prosecutor would have to reconsider de nouveau, they would have a similar view to the one which I described. It is important that one considers these matters as two separate but complementary responsibilities.
Having reflected fully on the issues which were raised on the previous occasion, and which have been raised again today, I hope that the noble Lord will feel it possible not to press the amendment.
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank: My Lords, before the noble and learned Lord sits down, I hope I may ask him a question which may be an elementary one. Unlike the noble Lord, Lord Renton, who prefaced his remarks by saying he had not been present at the earlier stages of the Bill, I confess that I was here and therefore I probably have no excuse for my ignorance. The question arises from the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh. Who decides what is and is not an issue of national security? Recent experience has made plain that it is easy for those who wish to preserve secrets, or to deny the availability of documents, to argue that national security justifies that denial. It would be helpful to know who will decide and what safeguards there are as regards documents being withheld on grounds of national security which could have been made available.
Lord Mackay of Drumadoon: My Lords, on one view that question should be asked of those who tabled the amendment because it is not the Government who are suggesting that an issue of national security should be addressed at this stage. The point raised by the noble Lord is valid because were this amendment to be implemented as framed, on one view it would be the police who would take the view that a box of documents gave rise to an issue of national security. It would be for the police to say whether documents are sensitive and involve an issue of national security, and therefore the prosecutor does not have the duty which is proposed in this amendment. Whether or not that is a desirable approach is obviously another matter altogether. In the context of the Third Reading of this Bill I do not think that we wish to become embroiled in the important issues which may lie ahead. However, I suggest that one implication of accepting this amendment is that one would run into difficult territory as regards who would have the responsibility of indicating that in a particular case an issue of national security arises, and therefore whether the provisions of this amendment apply in that case.
Lord McIntosh of Haringey: My Lords, I wish to respond first to the noble Lord, Lord Renton, who queried whether the amendment contained a double negative in that the word "except" is used twice. The word is first used in the phrase,
I apologise to the noble and learned Lord the Lord Advocate in that he heard what I said to my neighbour on the Front Bench. I would not have wished to make
I feel as strongly about this issue now as I did on that occasion. The noble and learned Lord the Lord Advocate now says that the provision would have a dramatic effect on the way in which the Bill operates. I do not believe for a moment that it would have a dramatic effect. I believe that it would place the responsibility for passing material in primary disclosure to the defence where it should lie; namely, with the prosecutor, and not with the police. The whole structure of the Bill concerns primary disclosure by the prosecutor. Unless the prosecutor sees what material has been classified as sensitive and is able to make his own judgment, he is not able to fulfil his obligations under the Bill. I believe in that principle as strongly now as I did at Report stage.
The noble and learned Lord the Lord Advocate also said that the provision would put a burden on the police who would have to decide whether or not a matter was one of national security, and whether therefore it should be passed to the prosecutor. That, of course, is true, but how much less of a burden would it be than the present provision in the Bill which provides that all matters which may fall under any of the categories of sensitive material have to be adjudged as sensitive or not by the police and not in any way by the prosecutor? The argument that the police will not do their job properly because someone else is looking at their work, and, also, the argument that the provision is a burden on the police seem to me utterly unfounded. I believe that the Government are wrong on this matter and that they have misunderstood the responsibility of the prosecutor in deciding what the primary disclosure should consist of. The Government will regret that and I believe they will discover, when this Bill goes to another place, that there will be disagreement as regards the formulation in the Bill not just on the part of the Opposition but also on the part of legally qualified Members of their own party. However, we should not continue to divide on these matters at Third Reading. I shall withdraw the amendment but only because we are at Third Reading. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
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The Department for Education has introduced a statutory duty for schools to promote British Values more actively from September 2014, and to ensure they are taught in schools.
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Respecting one another is one of our school's golden rules.
Respect in our school is taught through the curriculum, during PSHE and R.E lessons, but also through whole school focus work, assemblies, lessons and extracurricular activities.
We ensure that anti bullying and E safety is regularly taught in each academic year.
Our nurture group learn respect for others and self-respect, they learn better communication skills and take pride in behaving well.
We have established class links where Key Stage Two classes are linked with a Key Stage One classes. The classes work together for peer reading and joint projects.
We also have international links with other school to promote a mutual respect of each other's lives and cultures.
Our school regularly competes in sports competitions, including football, rugby, gymnastics, netball, cross country. We take pride in our participation and success in these events and place an emphasis on good sportsmanship.
The children regularly contribute to local and worldwide charities.
The school has Equalities Policies and accessibility plans in place.
We are proud to have been awarded an 'International School' full award for our work on promoting positive global attitudes, our work with international partners, and appreciation of diversity.
Our strong R.E curriculum supports our children's understanding of other faiths and beliefs.
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Cultural festivals are celebrated/ learned about throughout the year, as well as being reflected on during assemblies.
SEND focus (dyslexia, ADHD, Autism nurture) Staff have regular training in these areas and we have individual /inclusive provision for children with specific SEND needs.
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Critics point to a number of academic studies that say enterprise zones don't create jobs that wouldn't have happened otherwise. Supporters of the zones say they reaped 25,000 new jobs and saved 110,000 others in 2012 alone.
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Over the past decade, concern about the environment has brought with it a massive increase in recycling in Australia and around the world.
However, long before our growing levels of waste became an environmental concern, recycling was a part of every day life. Resources were not as readily available as they are today so people valued them and reused materials where ever possible.
Recycling has become an increasingly important part of our more modern society.
Australia's Early Recycling Industries
The first Australian paper mill to use recycled material was built in 1815 - it used recycled rags to make paper. Waste paper collections from households and factories started in Melbourne in the 1920s.
More common cart and horse collections of newspaper from households began in Australia in the 1940's. This paper was typically re-used or recycled into packaging material.
Charitable organisations have been recycling household goods and clothing for over 100 years.
BHP Steel first started recycling industrial steel scrap back in 1915. Glass bottles and aluminium cans were also collected by scouting groups and other community-based organisations to be re-used or recycled by bottle and can manufacturers.
Scrap metal dealers have long recovered the valuable metals from old motor cars and white goods, to be used again in other new products. Henry Ford recycled his Model T Fords back in the 1920's in order to save money and resources.
This recycling of car bodies continues to this day with this type of metal having an ongoing value to metal recyclers. Today, even the majority of unwanted car batteries are being recycled.
Over 20 years ago, companies like Comalco established active campaigns to promote aluminium can recycling to the general public. The Comalco 'Cash-for-cans' program targeted children and community groups to collect aluminium cans and deliver them to special buy-back centres in return for cash. This has raised significant monies for community and charity projects around Australia.
Changing Attitudes
In February of 1975, Canterbury Council became the first Australian municipality to use magnetic separation to recover steel waste, including cans.
More recently, recycling has become an everyday phenomenon for most people, spurred by concern about the impact of our waste disposal practices on the environment.
Thankfully, rubbish tips are no longer seen as the most appropriate solution for dealing with our waste.
Increasingly, our waste is being recognised as a valuable resource that shouldn't just be landfilled.
Government and Legislative Support for Recycling
In 1977, South Australia introduced container deposit legislation to encourage the return of beverage containers for re-use or recycling.
This legislation aimed primarily to reduce both solid waste and litter.
The 80's and early 90's saw the introduction of kerbside recycling schemes, initially in Sydney, and then spreading to the other major centres and more recently to regional areas. These schemes allowed households to separate out common items such as paper, glass and aluminium, and later PET, HDPE milk containers, liquidpaperboard milk and juice cartons and steel cans.
In 1992, the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) endorsed a National Kerbside Recycling Strategy which included a range of voluntary recycling targets for the major packaging industries. Australia became one of the first countries to have a national voluntary recycling plan giving commitments at all levels of industry.
The Strategy also set out a number of other objectives, including the extension of kerbside recycling schemes to at least 90% of households in major urban areas. From 1990 to 1993, the rate of household recycling in Australia doubled. The improvements in recycling rates have continued to this day.
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a surge in demand for
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sciences, the College has designed a biotechnology major to serve
industry, governmental agencies and private testing laboratories.
Key is real-world experience: research and required
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For decades, factories dumped tons of hazardous chemicals into Onondaga Lake. On Monday — after years of litigation, analysis and preparation — workers are scheduled to finally start pumping them back out.
The cleanup will run on a 24-hour-a-day schedule that will continuously pull out soil and water for four years, excluding Sundays and the cold winter months.
By the end of the project, some 2 million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with mercury, benzene and other chemicals will have been scooped out of the lake, piped four miles to a disposal site in Camillus, and replaced with enough fresh material to fill two Carrier Domes.
It is the biggest lake dredging project for environmental remediation in the history of the state, and one of the top five such projects ever in the country, said Ken Lynch, regional director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
The scope of the project goes well beyond the bustle of activity along the lakeshore that can be seen by drivers zipping by on Interstate 690. The effort employs more than 500 local people, including 200 engineers and scientists.
To prepare for the dredging, Honeywell, which leads the cleanup, created the four-mile pipeline; built a 1½-mile-long steel barrier that goes as deep as 70 feet into the ground to keep contaminated groundwater out of the lake; constructed three water treatment facilities; and is recreating at least a half-dozen wetlands, totaling 48 acres, along the lake and its tributaries.
The wetland reclamations include reconstructing Geddes Brook from a relatively straight channel into a meandering stream and planting 1.2 million shrubs, trees and other plants there and elsewhere.
In all, Honeywell will spend at least $500 million on the cleanup. Added to about $600 million Onondaga County will have spent by 2018 to control wastewater runoff, that's more than $1 billion dedicated to bringing the lake back to life.
State environmental officials say that over time, they expect the combined Honeywell and county projects to make the lake swimmable and the abundant fish species in it safe to eat. Although some critics say the cleanup does not go far enough — it will remove the most contaminated sediments and cap the rest — state officials are confident in the project.
Lynch said the lake is one of the most studied bodies of water in the nation, with more than 12,000 water samples collected for analysis over the years. The remediation plan has been approved by the DEC, the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health.
"It's fair to say that the lake will be cleaner than it's been in at least 100 years," Lynch said.
More than a century ago, the lake was a source of pride in Central New York, lined with hotels and amusement parks. But after years of pollution by the Solvay Process soda ash plant, which later became Allied Chemical Co.; discharges by LCP Chemicals and other industries; and municipal sewage overflows, it became one of the most polluted lakes in the nation.
In the late 1980s and early '90s it gained the unusual distinction of being named to both the state and federal hazardous waste Superfund lists.
Honeywell merged with Allied in 1999, taking on responsibility for the pollution.
Over the years the lake's degradation became a dispiriting drag on Syracuse's civic identity. The start of dredging marks a major turning point for both the lake and the community, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney said.
She said that because the lake was so polluted, the county ended up with ownership of some 90 to 95 percent of the shoreline — a silver lining that will open up the revitalized lake for public use rather than as an enclave for private landowners.
"What a success story for our community that we can take what was a source of embarrassment and turn it into an asset like very few other communities in the world have," she said.
A three-hour loop;
In the huge, ongoing cleanup of the upper Hudson River, trucks haul tons of PCB-contaminated sediment caused by General Electric. But in Onondaga Lake, sediment will be sucked into slurry pipes that snake their way to a former Allied Chemical waste bed in Camillus.
The method, recommended by the DEC, helps to contain the pollution while eliminating thousands of truck trips on area roads. It is faster, too, allowing the job to be completed in as little as half the time it would take with trucks, Honeywell officials say.
The slurry pushed through the pipes will be 90 percent water. At full operation, six million to seven million gallons a day will be sent to Camillus through 16-inch pipes that are themselves encapsulated in 22-inch pipes.
The black pipes are mostly above ground, disappearing only to pass under I-690 and other obstacles. Whenever the system is operating, there will be two workers walking the line and overseeing four pumping stations along the way that keep the flow going.
If a pressure drop occurs in the inner pipe, signaling a possible leak, the pumps are designed to shut off within about 30 seconds.
When the slurry gets to the disposal site east of Airport Road in Camillus, it will be run through a series of screens and filters to remove stones and other debris, then pumped into heavy-duty plastic tubes that are 9½ feet in diameter and 300 feet long. Water will drain from the tubes, leaving the contaminated sediment. When the tubes are full, they will be stacked and encapsulated in a lined containment area.
The water that drains out will be piped into a large waste treatment plant built on the site. Mercury and other toxic chemicals will be removed before the water is pumped for final treatment at the county's Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant. The water will then return to the lake.
The entire round trip, from the lake to Camillus to the Metro plant and back into the lake, will take two to three hours, Honeywell officials say.
After the dredging is finished and all the sediment is encapsulated and covered with dirt and vegetation, the treatment plant will be dismantled.
Two other treatment facilities built for the cleanup will continue to operate indefinitely. One, on Willis Avenue, treats the groundwater trapped by the steel wall along the lake. The other, at the former LCP Chemicals site off Bridge Street in Geddes, treats the groundwater there.
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Honeywell has deployed three dredges on the lake. The largest, known as Marlin, is doing most of the work while two smaller ones ply hard-to-reach areas.
The dredges will dig down as much as 9 feet in some areas, but the average depth of dredging will be 5.7 feet. The dredges are equipped with computers and GPS devices that can detect the topography of the lake bottom within an inch or two and help direct the digging.
All of the work will be done on the west, southwest and south sides of the lake. Some areas will be dug out and then capped; less contaminated areas will simply be capped.
In all, only about 6 percent of the 3,000-acre lake bottom will be dredged, although about 14 percent will be capped with sand and gravel.
For the first two years, the cleanup will focus on the southwest and southern sides of the lake, south of Exit 7 — the state fair exit — off of I-690 West. That's where the contamination from Allied entered the lake — and where the steel barrier now keeps it out.
In 2014, the work will move further north, where toxins — mainly mercury — from LCP Chemicals entered the lake. The chemicals went from the plant into Geddes Brook, which leads into Ninemile Creek and then the lake.
As the dredging is completed in one small area, that area will be capped with a mix of sand, gravel and carbon while the digging moves on to another area. The capping will go on for five years — a year longer than the dredging.
Along the lakeshore staging area just south of Exit 7, huge piles of sand and gravel are stored for the capping. They represent a tiny fraction of all the fill material that will be trucked to the site and poured back into the lake from two barges.
On the recommendation of wildlife biologists, large stones and even logs will be placed above the sand and gravel mix in some areas to create habitats for different species of fish.
"There are two reasons we're dredging," said John McAuliffe, Syracuse program director for Honeywell. "One is to take out the contaminants, and the second is to leave the lake bottom at the right depth so it's optimum for the return of the vegetation and the fish." Â
Creek rerouted
The wetlands project Honeywell is leading — with help from Terrestrial Environmental Specialists of Phoenix, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and others — is perhaps the most unheralded aspect of the cleanup.
Honeywell already has created a thriving wetland at the former LCP site, transforming what was a dry area overrun with phragmites (frag-MITE-eez), an invasive, aggressive reed that crowds out local species.
It is now finishing up the transformation of an area around Geddes Brook. Crews built a stone dam to divert the stream into a holding pond, cleared the land of phragmites, removed thousands of cubic yards of soil and rerouted the stream bed from a straight channel into a twisty, meandering creek where native plants and wildlife can flourish.
Last week, workers were putting in some of the 50,000 plants that will go in that area and using shovels to firm up the newly created stream banks. Within the next few weeks, the makeshift dam will be removed and water will begin flowing into the new creek bed. The area should be a fully functioning wetland by spring.
Similar work is being done at Ninemile Creek, although that work is about a year behind the Geddes Brook project.
On the lakeshore, several wetlands will be restored as the cleanup continues, making the habitat less inviting to phragmites and more welcoming to a variety of native species to be planted there.
There will also be features added to create a better habitat along the lake for humans. Honeywell will construct a boat launch near Exit 7 and an observation deck for invited guests to view the ongoing dredging project. Another deck is under consideration for viewing the bald eagles that have returned to a lake that has become steadily healthier over the past several years.
Mahoney said additional ways the public will be able to enjoy a revived lake should be a matter of increasing discussion.
"Now that the lake is being cleaned, the sky is the limit for the opportunity this lake can be for this community," she said.
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It means their tastes will be subjected to public scrutiny when their choices are included in five displays at Whitechapel Gallery, London between June 2011 and September 2012.
The collection, which comprises some 13,500 pieces of art, is intended to showcase the best of British art but has until now been used to decorate the walls of ministers' offices and government buildings.
Now the public, whose taxes funded the art, will finally be able to enjoy it as a sample of the collection is exhibited for the first time in its 113 year history.
Samantha Cameron chose a painting by LS Lowry while Lord Mandelson picked a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I and Nick Clegg opted for a David Tindle piece.
Ian Dejardin, Director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, which next year celebrates its 200th anniversary, said the selections gave a tantalising insight into the tastes and personalities of the high-profile figures.
Describing Lord Mandelson's contribution as a "fascinating choice", he said: "Elizabeth I was one of the most controlled state images you will ever see. It is all about a manipulated image of power.
"It is almost as if she is not a human being, it is all about the white face and the clothes and the jewellery. She knew her worth as an icon, she was a real politician."
Samantha Cameron's choice of Lancashire Fair: Good Friday, Daisy Nook was a safer choice, Mr Dejardin said, possibly indicating that Mrs Cameron's knowledge of art may not be too extensive.
He said: "It seems to me it is a very consciously popular and slightly cosy choice – you do not have to be a great lover of art, or someone who knows a lot about art, to like Lowry. He is easy to love."
Ed Vaizey, the Culture Minister, chose Compulsory Obsolescence by Michael Landy – a drawing that currently hangs in his office at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport alongside works by Tracey Emin and a host of lesser known artists.
Mr Dejardin admitted he was impressed by the minister's "sophisticated" collection, adding that the selection of Michael Landy's piece was "a very informed choice" indicating that Mr Vaizey "clearly knows what he's looking at".
In contrast Nick Clegg's choice of Tea, an acrylic on canvas work by David Tindle, was more likely to be "the kind of pick where you choose it just because you like it rather than because it is trendy", he said, possibly indicating that Mr Clegg knows what he likes and is not easily swayed by other influences.
Lord Boateng, the former British High Commissioner to South Africa, picked Peas are the New Beans, a humorous comment on accountancy by Bob and Roberta Smith, while Dame Anne Pringle, the British Ambassador to Moscow, chose a painting of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia by Gerrit van Honthorst.


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The bank also forged a tie-up with Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc to operate the most modern soft drinks vending machine. "We tapped Keycorp, an Australian firm, in developing the prototype of the vendo machine," she said.
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OK, LET'S TRY TO SORT THIS OUT. The French bankers at Credit Lyonnais decide they have to unload MGM. Hence they announce the equivalent of a garage sale. Bidders line up and immediately ask, "What the hell are we buying?" The French say, "Whatever it is, it will cost you about $1.5 billion. We're not going to get burned again." The bank's Paris headquarters promptly burns to the ground. The potential buyers all decide they need partners, so they promptly begin forming alliances, then break them up, all the while leaking disinformation about their rivals.
All this has proved to be a fascinating spectacle but now, suddenly, it's crunch time. Within the next four weeks, offers have to be made and a sale will be announced. All of which underscores the following question: Is this any way to sell a movie studio? Even one with a rag-tag past? MGM has had its glory days to be sure, but as early as 1969 it had become Hollywood's ragamuffin. Edgar Bronfman Sr., then 40, had bought the studio, but it was hemorrhaging money so badly the Seagram clan pressured him to unload. MGM fell into the hands of Vegas operator Kirk Kerkorian almost by default — some wags still wonder whether Kerkorian thought he was buying another casino. Soon the studio was turning out such distinguished films as "In the Black Belly of the Tarantula," and losing even more money. Lately, of course, MGM under Frank Mancuso has been enjoying a renaissance with hits including "The Birdcage" and "Goldeneye," and so the French bankers — who never wanted to own a studio to begin with — felt it was a propitious time to unload. The net result: All sorts of companies have been burrowing through MGM's books, and the trade has been rife with rumors. Peculiar rumors. Reams of stories have appeared about Morgan Creek's interest in MGM, for example. While Jim Robinson is a stalwart fellow, it's puzzling that several far more formidable entities also have been plowing through the books but have escaped attention, such as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. or Disney or NBC or Polygram. Or for that matter, Warners. The Warners role is, to say the least, complex. One reason: The poison pill provision buried in the MGM-Warner video contract, which provides that Warners, until 2003, has the right to distribute all video product not only of MGM but also of any company that acquires MGM.
THIS NASTY LITTLE SUBCLAUSE would doubtless be fought in court, but the bankers, meanwhile, will have to provide some sort of expensive indemnification. Warners distributes the pictures of Arnon Milchan's New Regency, as well as of Robinson's Morgan Creek and, hence, if either were a participant in the MGM acquisition, it might also end up distributing MGM product (or at least providing backroom services). While Warners has made the commitment to back New Regency's bid, it has also hinted that it might even try to engineer the acquisition on its own — a move that would doubtless arouse the curiosity of the Federal Trade Commission. At the moment, while other potential bidders still are forming and unforming alliances, New Regency would seem to be the most combat-ready. The bulk of its funding would emanate from Chase Bank — a sum approaching $1 billion — while the rest, sources say, would come from Warners, Oz media kingpin Kerry Packer and well-heeled New Regency itself. A man who doesn't like dancing on the edge, Milchan is understood to be receiving other offers of support that could raise his comfort level. There were rumors of a major South Korean investment behind New Regency and Morgan Creek, but it's understood that neither Samsung, which backs Milchan, nor Daewoo, which is said to be linked to Robinson, has as yet obtained the permission of its government to make an immediate overseas commitment of this magnitude. Such a commitment takes at least 60 days. Irrespective of these maneuverings, the basic question remains: What is MGM really worth? Some who have scanned the books have come away with the conclusion that MGM still is essentially a bankrupt asset. To be sure, it's in far better health than when Kerkorian grabbed it a generation ago, but its overhead still overshadows its earning potential.
THEN WHY ARE THE BIDDERS LINED UP? Why is even Frank Mancuso making an 11th-hour effort to line up an alliance of backers? One obvious reason is that Leo the Lion remains one of the world's great logos. Now that "branding" has become the most overused word in the business vocabulary, MGM offers a unique asset. Moreover, the UA library of movies retains both its illustrious aura and its earning potential, kicking off $70 million to $80 million a year in revenues. Take New Regency for example: Here's a company that has produced about 55 pictures, ranging from "Pretty Woman" to "Heat," and that has proved it can not only pick hits but also mobilize serious financial resources, yet few outside the Hollywood community recognize its name. An MGM takeover could change all that. Or take Polygram, the Anglo-Dutch giant whose movie strategy seems increasingly blurry. Polygram's deal with Gramercy expires in December. Its Interscope unit has only one more title to deliver under its deal with Disney. Does Polygram intend to pull its act together and form its own distribution company or continue to meander in diverse directions? Clearly an MGM ploy would offer a unique opportunity to obtain a library and some distribution muscle as well. Finally, what of MGM itself? Whoever ends up owning MGM probably will either fire or strip down the management group now running the company. Its distribution and marketing machinery will be merged with that of another studio, such as Warners, or virtually eliminated. MGM could end up in the same position that TriStar occupies with Sony — an entity that creates content but otherwise is an invalid. "There were giants in those days," intoned Spencer Tracy as he invoked the Book of Genesis at the funeral of Louis B. Mayer, and surely MGM was a giant in its era. That era is past. The garage sale is its epitaph.


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Biggest Test Yet For Statistical Sampling In FCA Cases, Law360, Oct-2016
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