A thick Web design book without glossy paper and pictures!
A thick Web design book without glossy paper and pictures! Who would have thought it would be published? That's exactly what I set out to do a few years back and it seemed to make sense to enough readers that now it has even been massively updated. Why engage in such a fool's errand? Simply because there are plenty of Web design books out there that provide color snapshots of well-implemented sites or short discussions of the cool features in today's trendy sites. However, given the fluid nature of the Web, the interesting sites have often changed by the time the ink has dried on the pages, leaving only a paper record of what the site used to be like. Worse yet, what is left only tells part of the story. It often hides the usability problems, the technical execution problems, and the slow loading pages. Even so, I often turn to such resources as they provide a great deal of visual inspiration. But they tell only half the story—and I will try to tell the other half in this book.
The goal here is to talk about what makes sites work beyond the trends of the latest font or visual treatment. Usability will certainly be a major concern, but so will correct construction. I'll try to speak from the experience I gained from building hundreds of sites over the years with my firm. Some of the projects worked well and others didn't, and I found that I learned not only from my successes, but also from the failures of both my own projects and those I have observed or rescued. Experience is truly the best teacher in an industry as young as Web design.
I'll try to make sure to teach the fine balance between designer wants and user needs, between form and function, and between uniqueness and consistency, all while respecting what is possible to execute in the chaotic medium known as the Web.
After reading this book, you'll truly appreciate how Web design is a fluid mixture of art and science, inspiration and execution, and ultimately, of frustration and elation. You may excel on the visual side of a site only to fail in the technology or delivery aspects. Web design is all-encompassing and the investment in understanding deeper medium and technical issues will pay huge dividends in future projects.
Yet as you read this book, you might not always agree with what I have to say. You may even find that some of the rules and suggestions are not perfectly consistent. However, that may be the point—to get you to think and not dismiss something out of hand. Instead, ponder why such rules and suggestions were developed before you throw caution to the wind. Great designers, regardless of medium, bend or break established rules on purpose. Real breakthroughs rarely come due to ignorance or arrogance.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to guarantee a proven step-by-step process that ensures a great Web site. Some things really do take practice. Building numerous sites and browsing even more sites is required to excel at Web design. However, I can say that if you do read this book, you'll have at least half of what you need to make great sites. The rest will be up to you and your creativity. So get out there and show the Web what you can do!
Most discussions of Web design get off track in short order, because what people mean by the expression varies so dramatically. While everyone has some sense of what Web design is, few seem able to define it exactly. Certain components, such as graphic design or programming, are a part of any discussion, but their importance in the construction of sites varies from person to person and from site to site. Some consider the creation and organization of content—or, more formally, the information architecture—as the most important aspect of Web design. Other factors—ease of use, the value and function of the site within an organization's overall operations, and site delivery, among many others—remain firmly within the realm of Web design. With influences from library science, graphic design, programming, networking, user interface design, usability, and a variety of other sources, Web design is truly a multidisciplinary field.
Content This includes the form and organization of a site's content. This can range from the way text is written to how it is organized, presented, and structured using a markup technology such as HTML.
Visuals This refers to the screen layout used in a site. The layout is usually created using HTML, CSS, or even Flash and may include graphic elements either as decoration or for navigation. The visual aspect of the site is the most obvious aspect of Web design, but it is not the sole, or most important, aspect of the discipline.
Delivery The speed and reliability of a site's delivery over the Internet or an internal corporate network are related to the server hardware/software used and to the network architecture employed.
Purpose The reason the site exists, often related to an economic issue, is arguably the most important part of Web design. This element should be considered in all decisions involving the other areas.Of course, the amount each aspect of Web design influences a site may vary according to the type of site being built. A personal home page generally doesn't have the economic considerations of a shopping site. An intranet for a manufacturing company may not have the visual considerations of a public Web site promoting an action movie. Precisely what is meant by the expression "Web design" seems to be fluid; our discussion must take this into account, but at the same time provide ideas concise enough for the designer to keep in mind at all times. We'll start first with abstract definitions and get more concrete as we move on.
One way to think of all the components of Web design is through the metaphor of the Web pyramid shown in Figure 1-1. Content provides the bricks that build the pyramid, but the foundation rests solidly on both visuals and technology, with a heavy reliance on economics to make our project worth doing.
As Web designers, we try to plan our sites carefully, but construction is difficult. The shifting sands of Web technology make it challenging to build our site; construction requires teamwork and a firm understanding of the Web medium. Even if we are experts able to construct a beautiful and functional Web site, our users may look at our beautiful construction with puzzlement. Designers, or their employers, often spend more time considering their own needs and wants than those of the site's visitors. Our conceptual Web pyramids may become too much like brick-and-mortar pyramids—impenetrable tombs that leave us wondering if the users who strike out over the Web to reach our monuments can even find the door. Do they even understand the point of the site?
While Web development challenges aren't quite on the level of those faced by the ancient Egyptians, building a functional, pleasing Web site that can stand the test of Internet time is certainly not easy. The pyramid provides a simple way for designers to think of all aspects of Web design in interplay, but does little to provide a deeper understanding of the Web medium.
While the Web pyramid analogy is a very abstract way of describing Web design, it is a useful tool for showing the interplay of the various components of Web building. A more practical way to discuss Web design is to think of the various components of the Web medium, as shown in Figure 1-2.
The server-side This includes the Web server hardware and software as well as programming elements and built in technologies. The technologies can range from simple CGI programs written in PERL to complex multi-tier Java based applications and include backend technologies such as database servers that may support the Web site.
The network The network describes the various connectivity elements utilized to deliver the Web site to a user. Such elements may be the various networks on the public Internet or the private connections within a corporation—often dubbed an intranet.
Users tend to view Web sites, and thus Web site design, by the function of the site or by its visual appearance. It is important to be able to describe sites this way; however, there are many more ways to categorize them. While the possible categories of sites may appear endless, we can safely group sites in a few general ways. We'll start first with the abstract and then move to visual categorizations.
First, consider if a site is information focused or task focused. Sometimes we may describe this distinction as one between a site that is document-centered and one that is application-centered. Document-centered or informational sites provide information for users, but they provide very limited interactivity (other than allowing the user to browse, search, or sort the information presented). Sites that are task or applications oriented allow the user to interact with information or accomplish some task, such as transferring funds from a bank account or buying a new sweater. Hybrid sites do a little of both; these are becoming more common as the line between information and application blurs. Figure 1-3 plots the continuum from a simple static document-oriented site (often called a "brochureware" site) to full-blown software applications. This abstract grouping suggests that there is a transition from more document- or print-oriented Web sites to more interactive programmatic Web sites. This is indeed true; the intersection between the two philosophical camps is a source for much of the contention—and innovation—in the Web design community.
Informational sites These sites provide information about a particular subject or organization (the "brochureware" sites). These are the most common Web sites on the Internet and often take on aspects of the other site categories over time.
or indirectly through promotion for some off-line purchase of goods or services.
Government This site's parent entity is ultimately a government organization, and the purpose of the site is to satisfy some social or legal need.
Educational This type of site's parent entity is some educational institution (perhaps government related), and it is used to support learning or research goals.
Charitable A charitable site exists to promote the goals of a nonprofit organization or the charitable activities of an individual or organization.
Personal The site exists at the sole discretion of some person or group for any number of reasons, usually as a creative outlet or form of personal expression.
Text oriented These are sites designed with a focus on textual content. Such sites, as shown in Figure 1-4, are relatively lightweight, download-wise, and often somewhat minimalist in design.
GUI style These are sites that follow certain graphical user interface (GUI) conventions from software design, such as top-oriented menu bars, icons, and pop-up windows. GUI-oriented sites range from simple GUI devices added to a primarily text-oriented site to full-blown Web applications with customized user interface widgets. Figure 1-5 shows some examples of GUI style Web sites.
Metaphorical Metaphor sites borrow ideas from "real life." For example, a site about cars might employ a dashboard and steering wheel in design and navigation. A metaphor-designed site, as shown in Figure 1-6, tends to be extremely visual or interactive. This may be frustrating to some users and engaging to others.
Experimental Experimental designs attempt to do things a little differently than the norm. Creativity, unpredictability, innovation and even randomness are often employed in sites following the experimental design style.
Of course, on the Web we find mixtures of form or potential new categorization of sites. For example, how would you categorize a portal site, such as the one shown in Figure 1-8, that provides a wealth of content, navigation choices, and even community related-facilities in a single page? This is certainly a design style that is used in a great deal of sites. We see the potential rise of other design categories when we look at Web site genres such as e-commerce sites, particularly strict "catalog and cart" sites, as well as online personal journal sites called "Weblogs" or "blogs." We'll take a closer look at these design ideas in later chapters.
So, after all this discussion, what exactly is Web design? It is obviously a very user- centered multidisciplinary design pursuit that includes influences from visual arts, technology, content, and business. A succinct definition follows.
Web Design: A multidisciplinary pursuit pertaining to the planning and production of Web sites, including, but not limited to, technical development, information structure, visual design, and networked delivery.
Because Web design is so multidisciplinary, it is often appropriate to pull ideas and theories from related fields. Indeed, we've been doing that even in the very first pages of this book. Some people, however, take this approach a little too far, developing their sites in a manner similar to print pieces or adopting so many software GUI interface conventions that the user becomes confused. While Web design borrows heavily from other design pursuits, there are significant differences. For example, the medium is very different than print because more function is provided—not unlike software. Delivery issues and content effects make Web sites different from traditional software applications as well. Web design isn't just adoption of old ideas. It's something altogether new.
We shouldn't say the Web is totally different either. There are plenty of people who do that as well. The Web is so revolutionary, they say, that none of the old rules hold. This is complete nonsense. Despite the proclamations of pundits, new media forms have always adopted conventions from other forms and invented new ones of their own. Furthermore, no new form has completely eliminated any other. Radio, magazines, newspapers, television, and other entertainment media all continue to exist in some form or other despite emerging technologies and new media forms. The Web certainly isn't so new that we should throw out any valuable concepts we learned before. It does, however, have its own principles. We should strive to understand other media design concepts and modify them to fit the Web. The rest of the introduction will present some of the themes of Web design and conclude with a "roadmap" for the rest of the book.
When discussing Web design, we see similar themes come up over and over again. Whether it's the political struggle between a corporation's marketing department and information technology group over site ownership, or a graphic designer trying to convince a client of the appropriateness of a particular look or multimedia technology, these themes are at the heart of the matter. These issues often result in rather heated discussions among designers, as well as between designers and their clients both inside and outside corporate Web teams. While there is no simple answer to some of these issues, they are relatively easy to describe.
In the abstract sense, these themes are not at all unique to the Web medium. Artists like Leonardo DaVinci certainly struggled at times to balance the desires of patrons and even his viewing public with his own needs. Commercial artists producing something like a magazine advertisement or billboard have to balance the demands of visual look with successful and clear communication. Execution varies in any discipline, but in one as young as Web design, the effects are more evident. Lastly, the rules of convention and the desires of innovation are as common as the struggle of a young person rebelling against convention, the middle age designer discovering the wisdom of the masters, and the old designer trying to rediscover his or her innovative youth. Despite the general nature of these themes, their specific details vary with each medium. It will be valuable to introduce each here before we encounter them later on. We start with the most important issue first: user-centered versus designer-centered site design.
What you understand is not what a user will understand. As a designer, you have intimate knowledge of a Web site. You understand where information is. You understand how to install plug-ins. You have the optimal screen resolution, browser setup, and so on. When you build your site around your own visual characteristics and skill levels, you often will confuse the actual users of the site. You must accept the fact that many users will not necessarily have intimate knowledge of the site you have so carefully crafted. They may not even have the same interests as you.
Not everyone is or should be a Web designer. Just as it would seem foolish to let moviegoers attempt to direct a major motion picture on the basis of their having viewed numerous movies, we should not expect users to be able to design Web sites just because they have browsed a multitude of sites. Users often have unrealistic requirements and expectations for sites. Users will not think carefully about the individual components of a Web site. In summary, users are not going to have the sophisticated understanding of the Web that a designer will have.
Rule: Design for the common user, but account for differences.
Lastly, we can see that the differing needs of the user and the designer raise an issue of control. Control over a visit to a site is an unwritten contract between the designer and the visitor to how the experience will unfold. Often, sites provide little user control, forcing the user to view content in a predetermined order with little control over presentation or technology. Rarely do we find the exact opposite occurs, where the site gives users ultimate control over visitation, allowing them to choose what to see and how to see it and even allowing them to add to or modify the site's contents. However, most sites do allow the user some choices and the ability to control experience, but always under the influence of the designer's requirements. We'll revisit some of the general ideas of control and user experience throughout the book.
A key problem with Web design is that sites often do not balance form and function. Under the influence of modernism, many designers have long held that the form of something should follow its function. Consider that the form is one base of our Web design pyramid analogy, while function is the other. Function without form would be boring: while the site may work, it won't inspire the user. Conversely, even if the form is impressive, if the function is limited, the user will be disappointed. There needs to be a clear and continuous relationship between form and function. Put simply, the form of a site should directly relate to its purpose. If the site is marketing-driven, it might be very visual and even incorporate heavy amounts of multimedia if it helps to accomplish our goals. However, if the site is clearly a task-based one, such as an online banking site, it might have a much more utilitarian form. Of course, determining the appropriate form for a site requires that the function of the site be clearly defined. Unfortunately, for many Web sites the ultimate function of the site isn't always clearly conveyed. Even worse, the relationship of form and function for the site is not always clearly established.
Rule: Make sure the visual form of a site relates to its function.
It is likely that there will be a continual struggle between form and function, despite the fact that in nearly all cases the only side the designers should be on is that of their users. In fact, there really need be no disagreement. Form and function do not always have to fight; they complement each other nearly all of the time. A nice-looking design makes a functional site much better, while great functionality will make up for a deficiency in "look and feel" over time.
Seasoned designers understand this balance and practice the idea of holistic design by following the rule that the correct execution and integration of all facets of the site will outweigh the value of a single component. In fact, the real difference between a Web designer and a mere Web builder is that the former is capable of not only executing the individual parts of a site correctly but can also breathe extra "life" into the project as a whole.
Rule: A site's execution must be close to flawless.
Why are execution problems rampant in Web sites? Simple: this is a young industry with changing standards. Consider state-of-the-art Web design from a few years ago and you'll see the difference. Further, most Web professionals often didn't have the background in computer science, networking, hypertext theory, cognitive science, and all the other disciplines that might affect the quality of the produced site. Some naïve designers even ignore the inherent differences in the emerging Web medium by not addressing problems of varying resolutions, color reproduction, bandwidth limitations, and so on. A Web designer who overlooks these types of technical characteristics of the Web is like the print designer who will not admit that ink bleeds on paper—great Web designers must know and respect the medium, which includes everything from browsers and bandwidth to programming and protocols.
Rule: Know and respect the Web and Internet medium constraints.
So, given the environment of Web design, we end up with today's assortment of sites, from those that are standards-compliant, lightweight, user-friendly, informational, and task-rich to those that are browser-specific, unusable, or multimedia bandwidth hogs touted as "next generation" designs. Yet does this comparison suggest that all good sites are the same? Not necessarily.
Many Web designers feel that design theories and site design categorization increase conformity and stifle innovation. It is true that rigidly following design templates such as "top-left-bottom" layout or adhering to such common practices as putting organizational logos in the left corner of a Web page will limit some page design choices; designers have misunderstood the reason for these conventions. Consider that, while it might be possible to design books with triangular pages, few books are done this way. The cost of production, the awkwardness, and the reader's unfamiliarity with such a shape could make a triangular book a risky proposition. Most books are square or rectangular and have a distinct cover, title page, table of contents, chapter breaks, and so on. Are these conventions stifling to the book designer? Few would say they are; a great deal of creativity is still possible within the given constraints of a modern book. The same should be said for Web design. Graphical User Interface (GUI) design for software programs has influenced what is considered standard for Web user interfaces, but new ideas have also emerged. Designers need to respect conventions of navigation choices, navigation placement, colors, and so on. These ideas do not limit design; they simply constrain sites to recognizable forms so that users do not find the sites they visit to be completely different.
Rule: Appropriately respect GUI and Web interface conventions.
the Web design community. Sites and books put forward a variety of sites as absolute yardsticks of great design. Yet, obviously, not all sites will have the same issues as those that the "excellent design" rules were derived from. What is cool or clever for one site may be an absolute disaster for another. A great example is the splash page shown in Figure 1-9. A splash page is the term used to describe an entry page to a site—one that comes before the actual home or core page of the site.
A splash page is often used to set the tone for the site and may consist of an interesting animation, preloading sequence, or some form of "installation" information in regards to what technology is required or what the user's expectations should be. While splash pages can be effective, very often they are not. The mere mention of the phrase "skip intro" results in hearty chuckles among many designers. Yet the much maligned splash page may just happen to have some uses. Some movie and entertainment sites have found such sequences to be an integral aspect of their sites. Just like a movie without opening credits, these sites would be incomplete without a splash page. This simple example illustrates the most dangerous problem facing those learning Web design— namely, assuming there is only one form of good Web design. Often, it seems that the only absolute in a fluid discipline like Web design is that there is no absolute.
Rule: There is no form of "correct" Web design that fits every site.
a key attribute of a great Web designer.
In the final analysis, the best approach to learning Web design is obviously by doing. Reading about site design theory or reviewing sites simply isn't a replacement for building sites of your own. Yet before you set out constructing a site, learn the core principles of Web design as well as the building and evaluation procedures that will help you construct your Web sites well.
Pinning down exactly what is meant by the term Web design can be difficult. At best we can see that Web design is a multidisciplinary pursuit that consists of five primary components: content, visuals, technology, delivery, and purpose. However, theories of exactly how these components should mix together vary from person to person as well as project to project. Striking a fine balance between form and function, user and designer, content and task, and convention and innovation is the lofty goal of the Web designer. The good designer knows that scales should not tip too far one way or another and tries to avoid the absolutisms of "correct" Web design. Yet not everything in the field of Web design is so abstract—many specifics can be found. Correct mastery of the technical medium and knowledge of various details and conventions are mandatory for aspiring Web practitioners. We begin the discussion of the core aspects of Web design in the next chapter, which focuses on user-centered design.
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The winter of 2007/8 was somewhat lacking in snow - we had some cold weather, it tried to snow at Easter, but no snow of note until springtime in April, when on a glorious sunny Sunday morning we woke up to snow!
Spring time in our back garden with our plum tree (R) in blossom and apple tree (L) in bud.
Our plum blossom covered in snow which resulted on a zero plum crop this year.
Being a nice bright morning I decide a walk to take photographs of the occasion was called for. The view looking across Trueway Drive towards Iveshead.
The little green at the end of Fairway Road with its bit of modern art.
Street furniture in Leicester Road.
Springtime - a time for s(n)owing on the allotments.
Looking across to the Shepshed Scout Hut on the Hind Leys Campus.
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Another $2.2 million in grants for road upgrades in Byron Shire
Dirt roads leading into popular National Parks in the Byron Shire are to be upgraded with Council receiving $2.28 million from the Australian Government and the NSW Government's Fixing Local Roads program.
Grays Lane will now be sealed to the boundary of the Tyagarah Nature Reserve and raised to reduce flooding. A 700m section of Seven Mile Beach Road at Broken Head will also be sealed from the Broken Head Reserve Road intersection to the Kings Beach carpark
"I'm so pleased that the NSW Government has once again provided support for the roads of the Byron Shire in partnership with the Federal Government – this time to the tune of over $2 million," The Hon. Ben Franklin MLC, Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and the Arts, said.
"Sealing these roads is a win-win for residents – making them much safer to drive on and protecting the local environment at the same time," Mr Franklin said.
Byron Shire attracted 2.4 million visitors last year, a record number, and many of them liked to explore the more remote beaches in the region with up to 1,150 cars a day travelling on Seven Mile Beach Road and 600 a day using Grays Lane.
Byron Shire Mayor, Simon Richardson, said the state of the roads is poor and they were not built to withstand large volumes of traffic.
"The dust generated by traffic travelling on these dirt roads in dry weather coats nearby vegetation and is a hazard for wildlife as well as people walking, driving or living on the road, and wet weather creates potholes and flooding hazards, especially on Grays Lane," Mayor Richardson said.
"This money from the NSW Government will allow us to do major work on the roads including sealing and drainage which will make them safer, improve access for residents and reduce run-off into the national parks which is a good thing for the precious environment," Mayor Richardson said.
Council will also be sealing a section of Minyon Falls Road which is currently a dirt road, steep in sections and becoming increasingly popular with tourists and Northern Rivers residents.
"I would like to thank Ben Franklin for his support. As a resident of the Byron Shire he knows first-hand the need for urgent work on some of these dirt roads," Mayor Richardson said.
Major work will also be done at Rifle Range Road at Bangalow as part of the Fixing Local Roads funding. The road has become increasingly busy with the growth of housing in the area.
It is often cut off during heavy rain and Council will be rectifying the drainage issues as well as resurfacing the road.
Council will be joint funding the road works, allocating approximately $700,000 for the four projects.
Planning work on the projects is now underway.
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Family affair: Spurs' Tre Jones to make NBA debut against big brother
The Fayetteville Observer
Former Duke guard Tre Jones will face a familiar opponent during his NBA game debut with the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.
The Spurs, who was selected Jones in the second round of the 2020 draft, will face the Memphis Grizzlies and Jones' older brother, and former Duke standout, Tyus
More:How Duke's Tre Jones used pandemic downtime to prepare for unique NBA draft
Tyus begins his sixth season in the NBA on Wednesday, and his second with the Grizzlies. He played with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the first four years of his career before signing a three-year deal worth more than $26 million with the Grizzlies in 2019.
Tre told USA Today Sport Monday that he and his brother have had "plenty of battles growing up and that tonight's game "will be surreal."
"There is a lot of emotion going through my mind right now with it being my first regular-season game and also it being against my brother," Tre told USA Today Sports. "I feel very blessed to be in this position. Obviously, to be going into my first NBA game but also being against my brother, my biggest role model throughout life so far. I know I'm really excited.
Tre was in high school when his older brother, Tyus, was selected No. 24 in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft. This was just months after leading Duke to an NCAA championship and earning MVP honors in a 68-63 win over Wisconsin.
"I have been talking to him every single day like normal," Tre said. "But it's just funny we get to go against each other for the first time ever."
David Thompson is an award-winning reporter for the USA Today Network covering NC State and Duke athletics. He can be reached at dthompson1@gannett.com, at 828-231-1747, or on Twitter at @daveth89.


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Q: (Graphics Gems IV, Shoemake) From matrix to euler angles explanation I am trying to understand matrix to Euler angles conversion. So I read Graphics Gems IV, page 222 from Ken Shoemake. It states:
"Suppose we have code to convert a rotation matrix to XEDS angles, $R = R_z(c)R_y(b)R_x(a)$. If we are asked to extract XEDR, $R = R_z(a)R_y(b)R_x(c)$, we use our code as is, and swap $a$ and $c$ afterwards."
Restated (am I wrong??), it means that a $XYZ$ rotation of $(a, b, c)$ around static axes, is equivalent to a $XYZ$ rotation of $(c, b, a)$ around moving axes. This is exactly what they are doing in the source code.
In wikipedia, they state instead:
"For either Euler or Tait-Bryan angles, it is very simple to convert from an intrinsic (rotating axes) to an extrinsic (static axes) convention, and vice-versa: just swap the order of the operations. An $(a, b, c)$ rotation using $X-Y-Z$ intrinsic convention is equivalent to a $(c, b, a)$ rotation using $Z-Y-X$ extrinsic convention; this is true for all Euler or Tait-Bryan axis combinations."
Restated (am I wrong 2 ? ), it means that a $XYZ$ rotation of $(a, b, c)$ around static axes, is equivalent to a $ZYX$ rotation of $(c, b, a)$ around moving axes which I can understand if I derive the sequence of rotation in static frames starting from the sequence of rotation in moving frames.
If I take a simple example,with no rotation around $Y $nor $Z, R = Rx(a)$ in static frames, Shoemake states that $R = R_z(a)$ in moving frames while wikipedia states that $R = Rx(a)$ in moving frames.
Moreover, taking it source code, and converting the same Euler angles with one rotation only and different rotation orders results in different quaternions. Intuitively, I believe that if we are rotating around one axis only, then order does not matter and it should always return the same quaternion.
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Everybody is using Shoemake algo for a long time so it HAS to be right and I HAVE to be wrong. Someone could please help to see what I am doing wrong please?
Best regards.

A: Actually Wikipedia is right. Of course you have to keep the axis-to-angle relation. If rotating with angle $\theta$ around the $z$-axis, you cannot suddenly use this angle to rotate around the $x$-axis. So it is true that an $XYZ$ moving-axis representation with angles $(\alpha,\beta,\gamma)$ (resulting in $R=R_x(\alpha)R_y(\beta)R_z(\gamma))$ is equivalent to a ZYX fixed-axis rotation with angles $(\gamma,\beta,\alpha)$ (again resulting in $R=R_x(\alpha)R_y(\beta)R_z(\gamma))$ and therefore the same rotation.
But I wouldn't think Shoemake to make such a dumb error and neither his code to be incorrect. But since I don't have any insight into this code or this book chapter, I would rather say that this paragraph is just poorly worded (like many statements about Euler angles suffer from notational inconsistencies).
Or you have just restated it incorrectly. Look at the quotation, no matter what transformations he means with XEDR and XEDS, his formulas still match his statements, since $R=R_z(\alpha)R_y(\beta)R_x(\gamma)$ is indeed the same as $R=R_z(\gamma)R_y(\beta)R_x(\alpha)$ with just $\alpha$ and $\gamma$ swapped. So with only seeing this quotation, he is perfectly right with his statements.

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Review of Fire Force Episode 22: Practice Makes Perfect and Memories of Childhood
In Fire Force episode 22, "A Brother's Determination," Shinra continued to battle against Sho as Victor Licht watched in alternating terror and fascination. As the fight wore on, Licht made a startling observation about the nature of Sho's powers — and it's not good news for Shinra. Shinra, meanwhile, tried everything he could do learn more about not only Sho's powers, but his own. He actually managed to add to his bag of tricks. But his strength was waning, and Sho looked as fresh as ever. Will Shinra be able to learn anything new and useful to use against Sho, who can selectively stop time? Or will Sho claim Shinra as an offering for the Evangelist?
Moment 1: Shinra's Investment in Learning
Sho was astonished that Shinra could force an Adolla Link with him — making him lower his guard long enough for Shinra to actually hit him. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Shinra's battle against his brother Sho had been taxing. By the end of the previous episode, it looked like Shinra was on the ropes. I mean, how can you fight someone who can stop time? From Sho's perspective, Shinra was, at least for a moment, standing still.
Shinra, though, showed the determination he'd shown us all season. He kept trying different things. When something didn't work, he considered why before trying again. It's classic scientific method. Senkuu from Dr. Stone would be proud!
Just when all seemed to be lost, Sho suddenly found himself reliving a memory when Shinra as a child, cape waving in the wind, said (07:25), "Sho, Big Brother is going to play with you!" Before he knew it, Shinra had gotten close enough to cut his cheek. Based on Sho's reaction, that kind of thing just didn't happen.
I admire Shinra's focus on improving himself. It's starting to pay off, too!
Moment 2: Shinra and His Unswerving Resolve
Shinra had taken quite a beating, but his focus on his goal was still clear. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
I'm pretty sure Sho's never fought anyone with Shinra's combination of strength and doggedness. Time after time, he delivered what he thought were debilitating blows to Shinra. Time and time again, Shinra got back up, adjusted his tactics, and tried again.
Finally, exasperated, Sho asked him why he didn't give give up (10:30). I thought Shinra's answer was a great summation of the emotional journey he started at the beginning of the series. At first he said that the image of his little brother Sho's face haunted him. Then, recalling all of the help he'd been given along the way by people as varied as Akitaru Oubi and Hibana, he realized it was more than just that. He told Sho that after the incident when they were children, he thought his little brother was dead. Now, even though they're on opposing sides, here Sho was, alive and relatively well.
"I can't afford to give up now," he said (11:56). The battle had paused, just for a moment. Unlike similar pauses in other shows, this episode had shown so clearly that Sho was having his doubts that it felt like he was waiting along with us in the audience to see what Shinra was going to say. Shinra finished with, "Sho, thank you for still being alive. You're like a miracle to me."
On one hand, Shinra's complete dedication to his brother was touching and inspiring. On the other, look at the impact his words had on Sho. Sho had never heard words like that! It must have felt like he was hearing about a parallel world where people were very different than what he was used to.
Still not sure if Shinra can get through to him, though.
Moment 3: Games Long Delayed
Maybe I'm too limited by convention, but this really does seem like a happy look to me! Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Shinra's nervous smile has been a topic since the first episode. His huge, devil-like grin is often a fear reaction. Typically, he's not grinning out of happiness; he's terrified! But in this episode, it took on a very different meaning.
Licht had just finished describing what happened when Shinra accelerated — he actually exceeded the speed of light, and his body came apart. When he decelerated, his body reassembled. Licht's worry was that Shinra would overheat and lose his ability while he was non-corporeal. Licht said if that happened, he's die (21:06).
At those words, Shinra got this huge grin on his face. Sho objected, asking what he thought was funny in this situation. At first, Shinra tried to laugh it off, saying it was a "nervous tic." Then he reconsidered and got almost serious, despite the smile remaining firmly in place.
He said (21:32), "I'm happy to be playing with you, Sho." Shinra's flames took on the shape of two wings — bat-like wings of fire.
Seeing Shinra's flames take this form was very interesting. This fight has clearly helped him level up, way beyond what Sho at least thought was possible. And all the while, Shinra kept true to his self-assigned mission: bring his brother home.
Do you feel a bit like the scientific explanation for what Shinra and Sho were doing left something to be desired? Well, a fascinating post by Reddit user Starossi went a long way toward putting my mind at ease. I'm not saying any leading scientists are going to immediately start experimentation on the theory, but at least as far as this series goes, I'm satisfied!
Regarding Fire Force's description of how Shinra and Sho's powers worked: Cue Miles Lane! "I'll allow it!" Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
Did we know that Yona was explicitly not human? As he watched the later stages of Sho and Shinra's fight, Yona wonder how fast they were moving. He added (19:13), "Not even I, who isn't human, can tell."
If he's not human, then what is it? Same race as the Evangelist? Though that doesn't tell me much…
This episode highlighted something that I've really enjoyed about this series, from its first episode until now. Shinra isn't some fist-swinging, over-powered meat-head. He thinks about his fight craft and constantly tries to improve it. Back in episode 9, for example, Shinra faced off against a potentially more powerful and certainly more experienced Rekka Hoshimiya. Shinra adapted his tactics to turn the fight into an airborne affair, which gave him and his maneuverability an advantage.
We've had some other examples, too, but they seemed to culminate in this episode. Every time one of his attacks failed, Shinra would adjust tactics and try again. In spite of Licht's warning, Shinra would not give up. His mission to save his brother was too important to him.
Sho simply could not believe how far Shinra had advanced. It seemed he though such skills were impossible for someone not in the Evangelist's inner circle. Capture from the Crunchyroll stream.
What I found particularly satisfying were Sho's reactions. He started out being mildly surprised. By the end, he was both amazed and flabbergasted. Shinra was operating on a level Sho had thought impossible outside of the Evangelist's inner circle — those "blessed" by the Evangelist's grace.
I know that I should focus on the positive and simply be happy that Shinra is improving so much. But you know, sometimes I just want to see an antagonist confounded. There's something immensely gratifying in seeing Shinra disturb Sho's smug expression!
What did you think of the fight in this episode? What were your favorite moments? Let me know in the comments!
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Population Problem Of Hong Kong (1975)
Large families cause housing problems in cramped Hong Kong.
A Castle In Liechtenstein (1975)
Prince and Princess Gina Von Wilczek of Liechtenstein are seen in...
Religious Baptism - Bugbrooke (1975)
Baptisms undertaken in water in the centre of a room filled with...
Shots of Afro-Caribbean women and men among those shopping in a London market.
Paddy Field In Vietnam (1975)
Women in Vietnam move water for irrigation by swinging baskets.
The Mcwhirters (1975)
Shots of Norris McWhirter and identical twin brother Ross McWhirter interviewed...
Xmas At Locks Bottom (1975)
Christmas decorations on show in Locksbottom, Greater London.
Margaret Thatcher In Brighton (1975)
Comedienne Janet Brown does Margaret Thatcher impressions in...
Colour travel shots from car around New York.
Inflation 1975 (1975)
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Public School (1975)
Top view of boys and masters eating in school dining room.
Savoy Hotel (1975)
Various shots of a Rolls Royce car arriving at the Savoy Hotel in London at night.
HMS Dreadnought At Sea (1960-1975)
Shots of HMS Dreadnought at sea.
London's Animals (1960-1975)
Animals in London including cows, horses and sheep.
Tunisia (1960-1975)
Various scenic shots in Tunisia.
Bahamas Beach (1965-1975)
Holidaymakers on white sandy beach in the Bahamas.
Severn Bridge (1965-1975)
View from a car driving over the Severn Bridge.
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Aerial views of Kent.
Egypt (1965-1969)
Various scenic shots of Egypt.
John Bentley At Tri-Ang (1970-1975)
John Bentley visiting Tri-ang toy factory.
Nursing (1970-1975)
Footage of nurses attending to elderly people in nursing home.
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Report on the success of acupuncture.
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Aerial shots over Oman.
Public House (1970-1975)
Footage of people enjoying themselves in a pub.
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Petrol Strike In USA (1970-1975)
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Sheriff's Car USA (1970-1975)
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Swan Upping (1970-1975)
The Annual Ceremony of checking the swans on the River Thames.
Factories (1970-1975)
Footage of various factories in Britain.
Skyscrapers (1970-1975)
Footage of large building in American city.
American Traffic (1970-1975)
Footage of traffic passing through American city.
Wyndham School (1970-1975)
Footage of school children playing outside school and entering building.
St. John's Wood Flats (1970-1975)
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Dennis Wheatley (1970-1975)
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Bingo (1970-1975)
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Dangerfield's Private Zoo (1970-1975)
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Footage of pupils at Wyndham School entering assembly hall.
School Bus For Negro Children (1970-1975)
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Chris Stapleton Named Inaugural ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Decade
Chris Stapleton has been named the Academy of Country Music's Artist-Songwriter of the Decade. The singer-songwriter, who built a career as a buzzed-about writer in Nashville before becoming a star artist in his own right in the mid-2010s, is the first recipient of the new honor.
Stapleton received his ACM Artist-Songwriter of the Decade Award during a recent surprise presentation at Berry Hill Studios in Nashville, a press release reports. The honor recognizes "an artist who has commercially released material, written in whole or in part by the artist" and "a songwriter whose creative works and performance have impacted country music over the decade," taking into account radio success, sales numbers and artistic merit.
"Had Chris Stapleton not been an artist, his impact on country music as a songwriter would be indelible. Had he not been a songwriter for himself and others, his influence as a recording artist, performer and vocalist would have been just as undeniable," says ACM Special Awards Committee Co-Chair Kelly Rich. "In combination, however, Chris epitomizes the spirit and intent of this award. We are thrilled to recognize both aspects of his contribution to country music over the last decade."
Stapleton moved to Nashville in 2001 to become a songwriter. He has had more than 170 of his songs, including seven No. 1 songs, cut by both other artists and himself. His hits for other artists include Darius Rucker's "Come Back Song" and Luke Bryan's "Drink a Beer."
As an artist, Stapleton released his debut album, Traveller, in 2015. The project earned him critical success and awards show recognition, but his breakout moment came at the 2015 CMA Awards, when he and friend Justin Timberlake brought the house down during their collaborative performance.
Since then, Stapleton has released two additional albums -- 2017's From A Room, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 -- and won nine total ACM Awards (he's been nominated 25 times). At the 2016 ACM Awards, Stapleton tied the record for most ACM trophies won in a single night, taking home six of seven nominations. He shares the record with Garth Brooks and Faith Hill.
The ACM Decade Awards were created to honor outstanding accomplishments across the country music spectrum, selecting recipients from all aspects of the industry. Earlier in 2019, Jason Aldean was named the Dick Clark Artist of the Decade; more recently, Miranda Lambert and "The House that Built Me" songwriters Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin were honored as the first recipients of the ACM Song of the Decade Award, while Rhett Akins was selected as the first ACM Songwriter of the Decade Award winner.
The Decade Awards will only be awarded once every 10 years. Recipients of other Decade Awards -- ACM Album of the Decade Award, ACM Breakout Artist of the Decade Award, ACM Single of the Decade Award and ACM Music Event of the Decade -- will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Brazil's Vale sells stake in Moatize coal mine to Mitsui
PUBLISHED: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:39:57 GMT
Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Monday it has wrapped up the sale of a stake in Mozambique's Moatize coal project to Japan's Mitsui & Co Ltd and received an initial payment of $733 million, the company said in a security filing.
The remainder of the $770 million transaction will be paid after the financing for the project is concluded, Vale said.
The Japanese company acquired 15 percent of Vale's 95 percent share in the coal mine. It is also buying 50 percent of Vale's 70 percent stake in the Nacala logistics corridor, a railway system connecting production at the mine to the Nacala port in Mozambique.
Vale said it expects to receive by the end of this month an initial payment of $733 million from Mitsui from the equity sale. The company said it would receive $2.7 billion more after the financing for the project of the mine and the transportation system is concluded.
Vale has been in talks with Mitsui over the Moatize mine for almost three years. The firms previously had said any payments or the conclusion of the deal would only take place once financing for the mine and the transportation system was sealed.
Mitsui will have an option to transfer back to Vale the stake in the project if financing is not completed by December.
(Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Diane Craft and Bill Trott)


The main purpose of the structural design is to restrict the vibration of structures at a desirable level as per requirements.Usually, structures inherently possess low structural damping necessitating the introduction of additional measures to improve their damping characteristics in order to control the harmful effects of vibration in normal operating conditions. In fact, most monolithic structures possess low inherent damping thereby causing serious problems which will impair the function and life of structures leading to their ultimate failure. It is always desirable to keep the vibration level as low as possible by introducing damping so that the performance and useful life of structures are enhanced largely. Since many decades, it has been a biggest challenge to the practicing engineers and designers to limit this unwanted vibration in structures. In view of this, structures must be properly designed to possess adequate damping so that the undesirable vibration levels will not build-up beyond a permitted limit. The sole contribution of the present investigation is intended in this direction only. The design concept evolved from this research work of using layered structures with riveted joints can be effectively utilized in trusses and frames, aircraft and aerospace structures, bridges, machine members, robots and many other applications where higher damping is required.The present investigation highlights the effect of interfacial slip on the damping of layered fixed beams jointed with rivets undergoing free vibration. The inclusion of mechanical joints bears a strong influence in the overall system performance and behavior, particularly the damping level of the structures. One of the techniques used in the present problem for improving damping is fabricating these structures in layers by means of riveted joints.The incorporation of such joints is the major source of energy dissipation through frictional effects associated with relative shear displacements at the interfaces of the various structural members. Most of the damping in built-up structures is thus attributed to micro-slip at the interfaces. The contribution of the micro-slip on the overall system damping is always significant in spite of its low magnitude. This thesis consists of two different parts: a theoretical analysis of the problem and an experimental work. The theoretical analysis proposes the classical method to calculate damping. The analyses are based on the assumptions of Euler-Bernoulli beam theory as the dimensions of test specimens satisfy the criterion of thin beam theory. A continuous model is characterized by a partial differential equation with respect to spatial and time coordinates. An analytical exact solution is obtained for the above differential equation from which the dynamic characteristics of the structure are represented accurately.The logarithmic decrement technique has been used for measuring the damping from the time history curve of the decaying signals recorded on the screen of digital storage oscilloscope.The experimental results are compared with the corresponding theoretical ones. The damping characteristics in jointed structure are influenced by the intensity of pressure distribution, micro-slip and kinematic coefficient of friction at the interfaces the above vital parameters are largely influenced by the thickness ratio of the beam and thereby affect the damping capacity of the structures. Number of layers, fixed beam length and diameter of connecting rivet also play a key role on the damping capacity of the jointed structures quantitatively.


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Crane Dance in Sentosa Singapore
Revered as a must-experience highlight on a tour of Singapore, Resort World Sentosa stands as testament to the Lion City's entertainment prowess. Bringing together world-renowned international attractions as well as locally produced showcases, the newest highlight in the venue is a love story dubbed the "Crane Dance" that transcends boundaries and visual limitations. As a creative work of art employing state-of-the-art technology, the Crane Dance is a one-of-a-kind entertainment showpiece in Resort World Sentosa. Three years were spent converting the waterfront in to a make-shift amphitheater and setting up the larger-than-life mechanical birds before the Crane Dance officially opened to audiences on Christmas day in 2010.
Taking place each night at approximately 9pm, the Crane Dance takes centre stage at the Sentosa Waterfront illuminating not only its immediate surroundings but also the night sky with a magic all on its own. Accessible to visitors free of charge, the Crane Dance is the brainchild of highly acclaimed designer Jeremy Railton who won an Emmy Award for his creative endeavors in recent years. Towering above the Sentosa Waterfront at an impressive height of nearly 10 floors, the mechanical cranes employed in the show weigh a whopping 80 tones in all. Dubbed the world's biggest dancing animatronics performance show piece, the entire venue is lit up and engaged in an intricate love story that transforms mechanical birds into real winged beauties as the story unfolds.
As a modern take on a classical Asian folk tale, the Crane Dance explores the power of true love as the cranes engage in a charming courtship that takes viewers on a visual journey across many planes. Accompanied by enchanting music, vibrant hued lights, special effects and water sprays, the entire experience is a three-dimensional showcase like no other in the Lion City. Suitable for viewers of all ages, the 10-minute show is heightened by the massive television screens that deck the body of each bird. Snacks and refreshments are also available for visitors at the venue through mobile vendors, and securing a good seat in advance will also add to the enjoyment of this unique show.
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I follow a number of HootSuite "owls" on Twitter and I'm pretty sure I stumbled onto details of this minutes after the news broke last night as details are now emerging about Vancouver StartUp, HootSuite acquiring competitor Seesmic. HootSuite is the grand-daddy here with Seesmic having a much smaller user base, however, the pickup is still quite relevant to the social media user community, particularly is this will likely shrink the number of available options for users in selecting a social dashboard solution. I'm a long time user of both services, having been a user of Seesmic likely since it rolled out in Beta and have been a fan of founder Loic Le Muir since watching him in the popular LeWeb event each year since it rolled out.
Seesmic has terrific mobile mobile apps, I'm a huge fan of the Android and iOS builds and they were an early leader in that space in my mind. Much leaner than HootSuite in functionality, the app "just plain works" and is a perfect tool for any user, particularly the novice. The PC dashboard is feature rich although one now requires Pro functionality to make is useful at all, thus eliminating it as an option for anyone not willing to pay a monthly fee – that was a mistake in my mind. HootSuite, however, is robust, is growing fast, and has become THE social media dashboard of choice for the enterprise user – if you or your company need a solution to help manage your social marketing efforts HootSuite is hands-down the tool for you! HootSuite will continue to support Seesmic users, however they will be transitioned over time according to the company.


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EVGA confirms it's replacing all its RTX 3090s killed by Amazon's New World MMO
By Dave James
And reports are that GPUs will be shipping out right about now too.
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EVGA has confirmed to us that every one of its GeForce RTX 3090 (opens in new tab) cards that have been killed by issues with the New World MMO closed beta (opens in new tab) will be replaced by the company: "Yes, all failed 3090's are being replaced," a spokesman for the company has said.
The developer, Amazon Games Studios, has now released a hotfix which clamps the FPS in the menu without affecting the rest of the game, despite assuring gamers that the closed beta was "safe to play" regardless of any patch.
"We have implemented an update to reduce GPU load in menu screens by clamping FPS," reads a post on the New World forums (opens in new tab). "this does not affect settings in game world available via the Settings/Video menu!"
The people who have had their ~$2,000 graphics card summarily executed by the game might have something to say about the 'safe to play' nature of the game, but at least we now know that those people will have new cards coming their way.
And potentially soon too.
According to Jason Langevin, host on the JayzTwoCents YouTube channel, his contacts at EVGA have also confirmed they have been cross-shipping RMA'd products (opens in new tab) out to card owners whose GPUs have fried as a result of the New World beta. That means as soon as the RMA ticket has been approved, cards are being shipped out before the b0rked one has been returned and tested.
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Honestly, that's a smart move by EVGA. Despite how you might feel about the fact that only its cards have been publicised as falling victim to the Amazon MMO, and any issues with the quality of those cards' power components, the fact that it is at least rushing replacement GPUs out to its customers is a positive.
When it comes to RMA-ing the card with EVGA's support system, there is reportedly also now a specific 'New World' category when it comes to giving the reason for the return of the faulty graphics card.
There has been some anecdotal evidence, again from Langevin, this time via twitter, of other GPUs having been affected by the issue. He reports that users of AMD GPUs as well as other Nvidia users have experienced bricked cards because of New World.
I've now had the following GPU owners express they have had shut downs and failures with New World...RX59068006800XT6900XT3080Ti3090So once again, the issue definitely is with SOMETHING in the way the game New World is rendering. This ISNT a 3090'exclusive issue! PERIOD!!July 22, 2021
For our part we've not seen or heard any evidence to support that, so we don't know exactly how widespread this was. Thankfully it looks like the issue (that wasn't an issue, according to Amazon) has now been dealt with both by the company most hit by dead GPUs, as well as the developers of the game in question.
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Dave has been gaming since the days of Zaxxon and Lady Bug on the Colecovision, and code books for the Commodore Vic 20 (Death Race 2000!). He built his first gaming PC at the tender age of 16, and finally finished bug-fixing the Cyrix-based system around a year later. When he dropped it out of the window. He first started writing for Official PlayStation Magazine and Xbox World many decades ago, then moved onto PC Format full-time, then PC Gamer, TechRadar, and T3 among others. Now he's back, writing about the nightmarish graphics card market, CPUs with more cores than sense, gaming laptops hotter than the sun, and SSDs more capacious than a Cybertruck.


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Canada implements the MLI on BEPS; Will Parliament Take a Nap?
With the return of Canada's Parliament to business this week, debate theoretically should take place on Bill C-82, An Act to implement a multilateral convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting, a.k.a. the "Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act" (the official short title). But we can call it the BEPS bill since its job is to implement a set of consensus positions the OECD developed to eliminate "Base Erosion and Profit Shifting" by multinational taxpayers.
This BEPS Bill implements the OECD's MLI to Prevent BEPS, which is a multilateral treaty that amends existing bilateral tax treaties. The rationale is that countries were engaging in or at least facilitating BEPS, and they were often doing so through tax treaties, so a blanket change to a few thousand of these treaties was needed to prevent ongoing tax avoidance.
Given that the BEPS bill adopts one treaty to rule them all, Parliament might be expected to undertake careful scrutiny of its terms, but these expectations are not likely to be met. A study I completed with help from a very adept graduate student in 2016, entitled "While Parliament Sleeps: Tax Treaty Practice in Canada," (published in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law / Revue de droit parlementaire et politique 10 (1) : 15-38, March / mars 2016 and available in draft form here), found that over a fifteen year period, Parliament has adopted legislation implementing 32 international tax agreements without a single standing vote occurring in the House of Commons at any point in the legislative process.
These 32 agreements collectively form over 750 pages of binding law in Canada, none of which was considered for more than two sittings at any stage of consideration in either the Senate or House of Commons.
In Canada, tax-treaty implementing legislation is generally introduced in the Senate, studied very little there, and then sent to the House of Commons where it receives even less attention. Although tax scholars focus, rightfully, on scrutinizing the substance of tax treaties, we should not be lulled into ignoring the process by which Parliament discharges its role in legislating tax treaty implementation. To that end, some of the debate in Parliament is downright disappointing.
For example, consider the most recent exercise (written after my study), when the Senate was seized with Bill S-4, whose official summary reads:
This enactment implements a convention between the Government of Canada and the Government of the State of Israel for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and an arrangement between the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. It also amends the Canada–Hong Kong Tax Agreement Act, 2013 to add to it, for greater certainty, an interpretation provision.
In a speech of only a few minutes on the bill, the Legislative Deputy of the Government Representative in the Senate stated:
It is urgent that we move forward with the study of this bill because if we want the agreements on double taxation to go into effect in 2017, the bill must receive Royal Assent by the end of 2016. Therefore, I invite all honourable Senators who wish to speak to this bill to do so as quickly as possible so that the bill may be referred to a committee as soon as possible.
In total, the entire House Finance Committee's study took less than 15 minutes. The third reading debate in the Senate lasted less than 10 minutes and, after calling the bill a "no-brainer," a "marvellous bill," and "a continuity-of-government bill" that "does wonderful things for Canadian industry and consumers alike," the Senators continued with this exchange:
Senator Day: Should I tell anybody what this bill is about?
Some Hon. Senators: No.
Then followed a dubiously notable comment by Senator Plett that "I'd like to add my voice and simply say that this, again, is clear evidence that occasionally a good biscuit can be found in a garbage can."
The idea that Parliament should rush to meet the government's preferred timetable in what the Senate characterizes as a "garbage can" of a bill (or of a government--I am not sure which) is highly problematic. If it takes longer to scrutinize a bill, so be it. The government – for its part – didn't leave Parliament much time in this case, having only introduced S-4 in the Senate on November 1st, 2016. By the time the Legislative Deputy of the Government Representative in the Senate got to make her speech on November 24th, the clock was ticking quickly toward the MPs' and Senators' winter break.
I single out this debate not only for the unprincipled concession to expedited timing, but particularly for the exchange that followed. A Senator asked the Legislative Deputy of the Government Representative in the Senate "In your opinion, does the bill before us pertain to our participation in the WTO?" The response: "I do not know much about this bill. However, I do know that it is important, that it is urgent that we move it along, and that it has significant consequences."
Putting aside the carefree decision to speak to a bill one "does not know much about" and the apparent confusion about how the bill relates to the WTO (did the Senator mistake a tax treaty for a trade agreement?), it would be hard to characterize the limited early Senate Chamber debate as well-informed or thoughtful in any way. On the House side, the bill was fast-tracked – a motion passed by unanimous consent stipulated that "when the House begins debate on the third reading motion of the Bill, a Member from each recognized party, as well as a Member from the Bloc Québécois, may speak for not more than five minutes, with no question and comment period, after which the Bill shall be deemed read a third time and passed."
As such, in its last debate, the bill received less than 20 minutes of attention in the House with no questions –that is, each party spoke but there was no dialogue in substance. The bill received Royal Assent on December 15th, 2016.
This brings me back to the BEPS Bill, which actually bucks the trend by being introduced in the House of Commons instead of the Senate. This is important because even though Senate debates on tax treaty implementing legislation are limited (as evidenced above), the Senate is still the body that generally studies these matters and has nominally built up expertise. Because the general trend in Parliament is that the Chamber that receives a tax bill second is the one that studies it less, one is left to hope without confidence that the House will undertake its due diligence.
There is cause for concern with C-82. Unlike the other tax treaty implementing bills I studied, this was preceded by a ways and means motion that provided the text of the bill in advance. In other words, the Minister of Finance tabled a notice on May 28th that contained essentially what would become C-82. But, rather than debate the Notice, the House on June 19th deemed that motion agreed to and further deemed the BEPS bill formally introduced.
Without venturing too far into the procedural weeds, it is perhaps sufficient to observe that there could have been a debate on that ways and means motion. Instead, the decision in June deemed this motion adopted 'on division' – that is, dissent is indicated for the record but we don't know who disagreed or on what basis because there was no actual debate on the record.
This leads me to wonder whether we'll see an actual debate occur on the merits of C-82 if even its introduction was fast-tracked through deeming. I doubt it. After all, MPs (and Senators alike) often find tax matters confusing and technical. Maybe in this case especially, the whole things seems like a foregone conclusion since we are talking about an OECD initiative in which Canada has been involved over many years. Moreover, Canada's undertakings in the MLI are modest to say the least. Even so, that doesn't mean these bills don't deserve careful study since it is agreed that certain tax arrangements erode Canada's tax base (cf: the recently decided Alta Energy case). It is much harder (and more costly) to re-negotiate and re-legislate (if need be) a treaty than to get things right the first time (for a discussion, see See Charlie Feldman, "Parliamentary Practice and Treaties" (2015) 9 J. Parliamentary & Pol. L. 585). Adopt in haste, repent at leisure ought to be a mantra for tax treaties.
Unfortunately, Canada's Parliament has limited involvement in the treaty process and only so much influence over treaty-implementing legislation. An additional concern is that there is only so much time left in the legislative calendar with an election a year away. The government has important pieces of legislation moving – including implementing the TPP, adopting the first-ever national legislation on accessibility, and an election law overhaul that the government has already tried to fast-track. Moreover, of the 366 commitments the Trudeau government has made, the government's own analysis indicates that just 96 have thus far been met. Many others also require legislation, for example, the specific commitments to "introduce proactive pay equity legislation for federally-regulated workers"; to modify Canada's oath of citizenship to reflect Canadian and Indigenous history; to introduce an Indigenous Languages Act; and to reform the Canada Labour Code to help precarious workers.
Moreover, Parliament already has many bills to consider which have yet to complete the legislative process. Parliament's Legislation-at-a-glance page shows just how much each House has before it already, including criminal justice and family law reforms, firearms regulation, and military justice changes remaining in the House, and many big legislative matters before the Senate including bills on sustainable development, access to information, and fisheries reform. While the BEPS bill could be a step ahead of bills yet to come, it is easy to imagine easier-to-debate matters (such as labour reforms) getting much more debate in the House and, if and when it does get to the Senate, that body will be even more pressed for time given all the other items from the House being added to its plate.
With all these bills anticipated, and little experience in tax treaties, will the House give the BEPS bill its due? Unlikely. It is more likely that as far as Canada is concerned, C-82 will be a Bill Evading Parliamentary Scrutiny.
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Canada implements the MLI on BEPS; Will Parliament...


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I had a note sent to me today from the Isle of Man. Their parliament has introduced a Manx version of the Construction Act's adjudication and payment provisions with effect from 1 June 2004. The post also contained the latest edition of Construction Adjudication by John Riches and Christopher Dancaster. I can't find the Isle of Man mentioned. Never mind. Both authors have lived and breathed adjudication since it came along on 1 May 1998. Both have been appointed adjudicators on masses of occasions.
John Riches is also a "user", which means he feels the despair of encountering half-baked adjudicators, unknowledgeable opponents and the odd cheat or two. And the book is all the better for that. In fact, it is the best in the business. The first edition (January 1999) was, too. Mind you, not a single High Court case had been published then. The second edition takes us up to case number 172. That was December last. Blow me, we have had 28 more since! Some are very important.
Edition Two takes the reader through the essential ingredients of the statute, the Scheme for Construction Contracts, then the contract document rules, then the nominating bodies rules. The discussion takes note of these 172 judgments. The judges have played a huge role in helping us fathom what is meant by clauses, words and commas. Some have confused the hell out of us. Then the book gets down to doing adjudication: appointment, jurisdiction, powers, the duty of the parties, the duties of the adjudicator and the court. Again, the cases are rummaged for the advice.
What is particularly useful for the user is discussion of the notice of intention, the referral, the response and the rows that crop up at that stage. There is a welter of experience about writing the decision. Following that is a trot around enforcing decisions.
The bit I was really interested in was what the authors call "the process". Most of it is about how to be the adjudicator. Back in the first edition, they said adjudication was a judicial process. They say the same this time. Okay then, how do you judicially process a construction dispute?
Lever Arch files and law books galore. Soon we saw how dangerous that could appear to the losing party. Riches and Dancaster remind us that the adjudicator can simply decide on the case as put by the parties. Then they wrestle with each other about the adjudicator carrying out tests or negotiations. Don't go there. It could be seen as being unfair. Play safe. Keep your hands in your pocket and dump the cape. Buy the book. Then read the other 28 cases.
My second book is by Neil Jones, it is The JCT Major Project Form. If ever there was a safe pair of hands, they belong to this fellow. This is just as well, as he has a brand new document and nothing to go on. The Major Project Form is only a few months old. He has not written a book that tells us what the form says. Rather, he uses his huge legal knowledge of construction quarrels to tell us what he thinks the new form means. I found myself going to this book for a pithy discussion about a JCT "any-form". The author takes us to more than 200 cases explaining concepts and principles, dilemmas and difficulties, and by analogy applies all those to the Major Project Form. So get it on the shelf for a recap on the stable of JCT forms. Read it before taking a step in any developing dispute; read it before adjudicating. Read it if you are the adjudicator … but only to understand what the parties say, not to become Superman.