Most countries have regulatory agencies that determine the safety and performance standards required for products used in that country. Carling Technologies' switches are tested and have been certified by the most widely recognized of the these agencies including Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in the United States; Canadian Standards Association (CSA) in Canada; and Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE) in Germany.
For the purposes of this discussion, listings/certifications will be addressed in general terms. Recognition and certifications on specific Carling switch series and catalog numbers can vary depending on configurations of ratings, actuators, terminations, spacing, etc. You may obtain specific agency approvals for a given Carling switch series by visiting the individual product page for that series or by using the on-line Product Selector, both found on this web site. You can obtain agency information for a specific catalog number, using Carling's on-line Configurit, also found within this web site. For agency information on customized switch requirements or catalog numbers, you can contact your Carling Technologies Sales Representative or contact Carling Technologies directly.
UL Recognition covers components which are incomplete or restricted in performance capabilities. These components will later be used in complete end products or systems Listed by UL. These Recognized components are not intended for separate installation in the field. They are intended for use as components of complete equipment submitted for investigation to UL.
Carling Technologies' switches are recognized under the UL Components Recognition Program UL Standard 1054; Switches, Special Use, a category that covers switches for use in devices or appliances.
Carling Technologies switches are also certified through the Canadian Standards Association, CSA, under Class 6241 10; CSA Standard C22.2 No 55-M; Switches - Snap - Special Use. This classification covers component type switches for ampere, horsepower, tungsten filament, heater, television, and speed control loads, including micro-action switches. Switches generally have exposed connections or lead ends, but may be provided with enclosures.
Several Carling Technologies' switch series have also been certified through Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker, VDE under Class 4401, Switches for appliances.
Though Carling will continue to stamp their switches with a VDE mark, VDE certification, along with many other European agency certifications, is now covered under European Norms Electrical Certification or ENEC. Please read below for further information on European certifications.
Over 20 European countries have converged under a single standard for certification, the European Norms Electrical Certification or ENEC. ENEC is now the recognized certification issued within these European countries. The ENEC marking on a switch is comparable and replaces many European agency markings including: DEMKO, FIMKO, UTE, VDE, TUV, NEMKO, SEMKO, SEV, and BEAB.
Those Carling Technologies switch series that have been given ENEC certification fall under ENEC Class EN 61058-1. This International Standard IEC 1058 standard applies to switches for appliances actuated by hand, by foot or by other human activity for use in, on or with appliances and other equipment for household and similar purposes, with a rated voltage not exceeding 440V and a rated current not exceeding 63A. It also covers the indirect actuation of the switch when the function of the actuating member is provided by a part of an appliance or equipment, such as a door.
This marking consists of: the ENEC certification mark, a numeric value that represents the regulatory agency which tested the product and issued the certification ("10" representing VDE), and the VDE mark itself. The VDE mark is unnecessary for acceptance in Europe, but Carling includes it on its switch for the benefit of those North American designers/specifiers who may not yet be familiar with ENEC certifications.


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Electrical Engineering Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of electrical engineering expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on electrical engineering and related issues. Electrical engineering expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these electrical engineering expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Control Systems, Electrocution, Forensic Engineering, Arc Flash, Shock, Wireless, Construction, Distribution, Electricity, Embedded Systems, Failure Analysis, Laboratories & Testing, and Lightning.
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Robert Wolf III, PE
Power Systems / Substations
Electric Utilities/Power Lines
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Electrical & Illumination
Fire & Industrial Injury
Construction Contract Disputes
John E Averrett, PE Highline Electrical Services
Electrical Engineering, Electricity - Electrocution, Lightning, Utility, Lightning Protection, Arc Flash, Electrical Safety, Building Analysis, Grounding, Shock, Electric Shock Drowning, Breaker Coordination, and Electrical Distribution.
A Licensed Professional Engineer in 11 states, John Averrett specializes in Electrocution, Lightning, Utility, Lightning Protection, Arc Flash, Electrical Safety, Building Analysis, Grounding, Shock, Electric Shock Drowning, Breaker Coordination, and Electrical Distribution cases involving death, personal injury, industrial equipment failure, vehicular accidents, fire cause/origin, contract, and construction disputes. Areas of practice include: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; other states by comity. John Averrett is Executive Vice President of Goodwyn Mills & Cawood headquartered in Montgomery, AL. He has more than 25 years' experience in plan development for governmental, municipal, industrial and commercial clients and is currently coordinating a group of twelve other electrical engineers and designers. In addition to his design efforts, Mr. Averrett's experience includes work with ...
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Lamar T. Hawkins, PE, JD PEG, Inc.
Engineering, Premises Liability - Civil Engineering, Fall Protection, Construction, Analysis, Industrial Safety including OSHA and NFPA. See www.peginc.biz for Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geo technical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
PEG, Inc. offers consultation and expert testimony in many specialized areas, such as the following: Accident Reconstruction & Investigations Building Codes Concrete Failures Construction & Environmental Construction Equipment Accidents Construction Safety & Related Codes Cooling Towers & Hydraulics Electrical Engineering Excavation, Blasting & Trenching Exhibit Reconstruction & Investigations Fall Protection Highway & Transportation Problems Mechanical Engineering Metallurgy & Welding / Failure Studies OSHA Issues Paints, Coatings & Lead Abatement Premise Liability Product Failure & Liability Issues Safety Issues (Construction, Industrial & Product) Slips, Trips & Falls Software Engineering Studies Structural Steel & Building Failure Studies
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Jeffrey Fischer Expert Witness
San Diego , California
Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering - Wireless, Wi-Fi, WiFi, WLAN, Wireless LAN, 802.11, MIMO, OFDM, wireless networks, LTE, 3G, 4G, RFID, HF, UHF, passive tag, active tag, beamforming, antennas, 3GPP, Cellular, Telecommunications, communications systems, single carrier, spread spectrum, SC-FDMA
Expert on over 35 patent and IP cases since 2011, infringement reports, code review, evidence of use documentation, invalidity reports, rebuttals, claim construction, IPRs (petitioner,owner and amendments), technical analysis for damages, and licensing disputes. Can work alone or with other experts. Working consultant with broad background: - Co-Patented foundation technology in 802.11b used in all Wi-Fi (WiFi) chips - Co-chair of RFID EPC Gen2 Standards Working Group; harmonizing ISO 18000-6C standard with EPC Gen2; multiple industry and end user groups - Developed industry leading multi-protocol WLAN, cellular backhaul and bridging products; efficient use of unlicensed spectrum - Products and systems designed and commercialized throughout vertical industries ranging from retail and manufacturing to healthcare to government and defense - Six years at MIT Lincoln Lab developing high bandwidth signal processing for advanced packet radio networks, including RF, analog, digital, a...
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Michael N. Gershowitz, PE Michael N. Gershowitz, PE
Electrical Engineering, Intellectual Property - LED, Light Emitting Diode, SSL, Solid State Lighting, Patent Litigation, Smart Lighting, Infringement, Color Tuning, CCT, CRI, Drivers, Power Supply
With over 30 years experience in electronic product design, fourteen US patents, litigation experience, and regulatory agency engagement, I am well equipped to provide expert opinions on patent litigation, technical due diligence, and forensic analysis. I am a licensed Professional Engineer, voting member of the Underwriters Laboratory UL8750 Standards Technical Panel for LED Devices, and prior Chairman of the Board for the IEEE-CNSV (Consultants Network of Silicon Valley) SSL Lighting Technology expert – LED, Color Tuning, LM-79, LM-80, UL8750, EPA Energy Star
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John C Peck Bay2Sierra Silicon Services, Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering - Source code review, Patent, Copyright, Trade secret, Digital design, ASIC, FPGA, CPLD, SoC, RTL, EDA, Graphics, Microprocessor, Embedded systems, Automotive, Network protocol, Verilog, VHDL, Prior Art Search, Validity analysis, Circuits, Linux, Swift, Java, C, C++, Python, Assembly, Pcb Layout,
John Peck has over 25 years of experience as a software and hardware engineer with over 10 years of experience as a technical analyst for hardware and software intellectual property cases. He has drafted numerous claim charts and prepared expert reports for software copyright, trade secret, and patent litigation. He is comfortable researching and expressing complex technical issues. He is experienced with source code review and able to explain its operation in ways that most people can understand. To date, John Peck has consulted on a total of 21 cases. - Provided expert testimony once at deposition and twice at trial - Consultant and analyst for multiple ITC 337 investigations - Software source code analysis for litigation including alleged copyright violation and trade secret theft - Hardware HDL/RTL source code and schematic analysis for litigation matters including patent infringement - Patent evidence of use - Reverse engineering of software on mobile, desktop, and server p...
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Taylor A. Russell, P.E., CAP, CFEI Engineering Design & Testing Corp.
Electrical Engineering, Industrial Design - Industrial Automation, Building Automation, Power Systems, Battery Technology, Power Electronics, Control Systems, Manufacturing, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Arc Flash, Fires and Explosions, Code Compliance
Forensic Electrical Engineer with over a decade of experience in the design, construction, testing, and commissioning of power and automation systems for utilities, industry, and commercial applications. Expert in determining the cause of electrical and control system failures, electrical fires, arc-flash incidents, battery fires, and utility power systems.
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Robert A. Tucknott, MCFLC, CPE,C10 272838, ,A, B-1 , HAZ, ASB. Robert A. Tucknott & Associates, Inc.
Electricity, Construction Defects - Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Construction Defect, shocks, electrocutions, electrical fires
Electrical expert with over 50 years of experience in the electrical construction and maintenance industry. I have extensive experience in fire and impact damage repairs and have worked cases involving shocks with both claimed permanent damages as well as electrocutions. I have been called in by multiple insurance companies to evaluate claims and elimination of electrical as a fire starting heat source. I have extensive deposition experience as well as trial experience.
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Eric Welch Bramson Welch & Associates, Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering - Smart Phone Accessories, Bluetooth, Wireless, USB, Embedded Systems, Forensic Engineering, Firmware, Source Code, Design Review
I have over 47 years experience in Systems, Electrical and Software Engineering, Engineering Management and Expert Witness. I have worked on Embedded Systems, Smart Phone Accessories, Bluetooth, USB, Handheld, Data Communications. I have performed software and design reviews and done forensic engineering. Sample projects include handheld wireless medical sensor; 150 MSPS automotive sensor interface; Smart Phone interface for survey grade GPS device; the secure, wireless communication subsystem for a line of consumer medical products.
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Harry G. Direen, PhD, PE Direen Tech Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering - Electronics, Control Systems, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Signal Processing, Drones, UAV, Software, Patents, Intellectual Property, Databases, Computers
Dr. Direen has over 35 years of experience as an engineer designing and developing systems in the electronics and software industry. He has significant experience as an expert witness supporting counsel and testifying in complex patent infringement cases. His expertise includes electronic systems, control systems; embedded systems design and development; databases; control of UAVs/Drones; product reverse engineering; and intellectual property. Dr. Direen has a broad base of knowledge in electronic and software systems gained from a long career developing a wide range of products and systems. Dr. Direen has reversed engineered a variety of complex systems over the years, including: media players, modems, modem compression algorithms, coriolis mass flow meters, database systems, and a range of other products to support patent infringement cases generating detailed claim charts and writing expert reports to demonstrate infringement. He has successfully discovered and analyze...
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Mark A McFarland, P.E. Discovery Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications - electrocution, electronic communications, networks, wireless, cellular, 5G, GPS, radar, securities fraud, electronics, LTE, cell phones, quality sciences, applied research, RF, interference, radio, satellite, Internet, control systems, instrumentation, appliances, rfid,
Mark McFarland, P.E., is a licensed engineer and statistician with 25+ years of experience in electrical engineering, telecommunications, and applied research. He is published in several national and international peer-reviewed journals, and he has been a speaker at national and international technical conferences. Mark is currently the CEO of Discovery Engineering, as well as a researcher at the US Department of Commerce in Boulder, CO. His practice areas include electrical engineering, telecommunications & wireless, electronics, and applied research. Mark leads investigations of electrical, electronic, wireless, and telecom systems involving design, use, defects, and malfunctions for legal, insurance, commercial, research, liability, and government matters. Mark is experienced in the design, analysis, and testing of satellite, cellular, LTE, Internet, wireless, Wi-Fi, RF, RADAR, emergency and public safety comm systems, networks, telecom standards and protocols, data communic...
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John W Liccione Self
Cybersecurity, Information Technology - Hacking, Vulnerabilities, Malware, Software, Disaster Recovery, Electrical engineering, Embedded software programming, Optical Engineering, National security, Intelligence analysis
Served as expert witness for CSX in Hitachi Data Systems vs CSX Railroad lawsuit 2006. Uncovered software design defect which drove case to settlement in CSX's favor prior to trial. CISSP (2015-2018) Served as CTO and/or VP/GM at Software, Cloud, and Cybersecurity software companies Tenable, Evergreen Assurance, Cemaphore Systems, Panacya (AKA Boxtone), Metalogix, and as Director of R&D and Networks at ARINC Incorporated. Served as VP of Worldwide Services at Tenable and as executive Program Manager for their DOD/DISA Assured Compliance Assessment Solution contract between 2011 and 2015, a solution which provided cyber-security continuous monitoring and vulnerability scanning software as the standard solution across the entire DoD, worldwide. Invented and patented the Evergreen Disaster Recovery Management System in 2003 as co-founder and CTO at Evergreen Assurance, a cloud service which was awarded "Best Disaster Recovery Service" in 2004 by SC Magazine, and which provided on...
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Curtis E Falany, PE J.B. Shepherd & Co., Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Construction Defects - Electrical Contact,Shock,Electricity,Electrocution,Construction Defect,Construction Dispute,Fire of Electrical Origin,Explosion, Wildland Fire of Electrical Origin,Failure,Lightning,Electric Utility,Transmission,Distribution,Forensic Engineer,Expert,Witness,Opinion,Testimony,NEC,NESC
Curtis E. Falany has been a forensic electrical engineer and expert witness for more than twenty five years. Previously, he was the CEO of an electrical design-build firm and a principal in a consortium of companies serving the electrical, computer, and communications industries worldwide. He has served as a member of the Florida Electrical Contractors Licensing Board and as the author of the Hillsborough County Florida Electrical Code. Curtis is Board Certified as a Forensic Engineer. He has assisted clients in the investigation and resolution of more than 600 cases in State and Federal Courts both in the US and overseas.
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Miroslav Mladenovic, P.E. M2E Consulting Engineers
Engineering - Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Forensic Engineering
M2E Consulting Engineers is a full service Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural Engineering Firm located in South Miami, Florida and services the tri-county area. The Firm specializes in design and forensic engineering services, thus our clients benefit from the combination of those two skill sets. Our constant exposure to construction and development problems in our forensics practice allows us to sharpen our design skills on a daily basis, and our design experience completes our problem solving tools in our forensics tasks. The overall benefit comes in the form of a quality, efficient, and effective design. M2E has a track record of successfully completed real estate projects. The Firm also provides real estate owners, developers, contractors, condominium associations, and management companies throughout the country with plan review, construction observations, due diligence inspections and reporting services. The Firm provides design engineering services to the con...
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Jack D Matthews, PE David Matthews Engineering, LLC
Dallas, Georgia
Electrical Engineering, Electricity - Substation, Protective Relaying, Controls, Transmission, Distribution, Industrial, Commercial, Arc Flash, accident investigation, electrical measurement, power quality investigation, electrical analysis
David Matthews PE has spent decades designing electrical utility and industrial systems, testing utility equipment, investigating, and analyzing utility outages and switching events, performing utility operations analysis, investigating utility damage claims, and performing electrical planning and analysis using EasyPower, CYME, CYME TCC, PSS/E, ETAP. David Matthews is knowledgeable on the IEEE Color Series, National Electric Code (NFPA 70), Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Analysis (NFPA 70E), Grounding, electrical measurement and analysis, arc flash analysis, accident investigation, power quality investigation, equipment testing (NETA) and fault analysis. David Matthews is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). David Matthews Engineering, LLC carries $1 Million in Professional Liability Insurance. David is highly knowledgeable on a wide range of electrical systems and equipment and can help you win your case.
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Thomas H Burtness, PE Burtness Engineering Services
White Heath, Illinois
Electrical Engineering, Equipment & Machinery - Lighting, Street Lighting, Parking Area Lighting, Illumination, Accidents & Injuries due to Insufficient Lighting, Photometric Site Surveys, Light Fixtures, Electrocution, Electrical Injuries and Wrongful Death, Electrical Construction Injuries and Defects, Contract Disputes, Fire Origin & Cause.
Professional Engineer, investigator, consultant, detective, writer, teacher, expert. The breadth and depth of my technical knowledge as a Licensed Professional Engineer in 19 states and my hands-on experience as a former contractor and licensed electrician, as well as my helpful interpersonal skills, allow me to meticulously examine the numerous details of any case, to determine the pertinent root causes, and then to communicate complex technical issues on a practical level so that lay people, attorneys, judges, and juries can easily understand the relevant facts. Since 1983, I have provided expert witness and forensic engineering services to insurance companies and attorneys including accident and failure investigations, determination of fire origin and cause, litigation support, expert opinions, reports, and testimony in cases involving industrial accidents, electrocution, personal injury, fire, street and area lighting, equipment and machinery failure, safety circuitry failure, ...
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Robert L. Wolf III, PE Forensic and Engineering Services, PLLC
La Grange, Kentucky
Electrical Engineering, Electricity - Substation, Protective Relaying, Power Line Carrier, Control Systems, Shock, Electricity, Human Performance, Human Error, Transmission, Distribution, Industrial, Commercial, Petrochemical, Instrumentation, SCADA.
Robert Wolf, PE has spent his career as a power and controls engineer in Residential, Commercial, Institutional, Industrial and Utility industries. His career began designing building electrical systems working closely with architects, and it later evolved into heavy industrial substation and control system design - primarily refineries and chemical plants. Recently, he has spent his time working for electric utilities designing both Transmission and Distribution systems, designing protection schemes and investigating events. He has taken special interest in the area of Human Performance Improvement where he strives to understand why incidents occur, and how Human Performance Tools and Techniques can be used to prevent future incidents. He has had special training in various investigatory methods, the two most prominent being an 8-hour NERC Causal Analysis training and the 2-day TapRoot process training. As a Human Performance Improvement Specialist, Robert has facilitated the d...
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David C Flettrich, PE David C. Flettrich, A Professional Engineering Corporation
Engineering, Construction - Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Control systems engineering, Forensic engineering, Certified indoor environmentalist, Design errors and omissions, Construction defects, HVAC systems, HVAC control systems, Hydronic systems, Moisture intrusion, Mold growth
Mr. Flettrich has fifty-two years experience in (1) the design and retrofit of energy efficient mechanical, electrical, and control (MEC) systems for both new and existing residential, commercial, industrial and institutional facilities with particular emphasis on HVAC, refrigeration, hydronics, controls, energy conservation, and energy management systems (2) problem solving and (3) cause and origin investigations related to poorly performing or problematic building systems. He is a licensed PE in mechanical, electrical and control systems engineering in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The combination of his multi-disciplined expertise and his extensive background in design and construction uniquely qualifies him as a forensic expert who is capable of performing comprehensive investigations and eliminates, in many instances, the need to retain multiple engineering experts on cases requiring a multi-disciplined investigation.
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David Alley, PE ANNA Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, power plant, nuclear, gas, oil, coal, marine, design, commissioning
SUMMARY Electrical Power Plant Consulting Engineer and Project Manager experienced in •	Switchgear, protection and control systems design, installation, startup, commissioning, performance testing and troubleshooting for •	cogeneration, hydroelectric, geothermal, combustion turbine, steam turbine, diesel, gasoline and gas fired reciprocating engines and nuclear power plants and related equipment and systems for •	power plant owners, facility owners, utilities, U. S. Navy, U. S. Air Force, US Coast Guard, MSC, environmental engineers, power system component manufacturers and switchgear & control systems manufacturers •	Forensic expert witness and consultancy related to electrical engineering in electric power systems. EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS •	MBA, Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1983-1985. •	BSEE, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 1968-1972 LICENSES Registered Professional Electrical Engineer, in as ...
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Ole E Haaland, PE ANNA Inc.
Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, power plant, nuclear, gas turbine, generator, engineering, relays, design, contractor, commissioning, marine, Electrical Power, Utility, Power, Electrical Generation, Generation
SUMMARY Mr. Haaland has thirty four years experience in power production, design, construction, and commissioning, with 27 years managing people and projects. He is a registered professional engineer in Maryland and held a Senior Reactor Operator's license at Indian Point #3 Nuclear Power Plant. Experience is in conventional, nuclear, and alternate fuel power plant mechanical and electrical systems management, design, construction, plant outage management, start-up, performance testing, and operation. He has performed as Project Manager, Construction Manager, and Commissioning Manager for several Greenfield power projects. He has successfully engineered, estimated, planned, executed work, and provided troubleshooting services for power plants of varied prime movers. His has been instrumental in meeting contractual and schedule requirements. EDUCATION AND COMMITTIES BSME, New York Institute of Technology, 1980 IEEE-45.1 Shipboard Power Systems – Design Committee ASSOCIATIONS...
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R Craig Williams, PE, BSME, MSAE, PhD(abd), CFEI, CFII Canney Brook Forensic Engineers
Mechanical Engineering, Fire - Origin and Cause, Legal, Failure Analysis, Electrical Engineering, Equipment and Machinery, Forensic Science, HVAC, Construction Defects, Construction, Forest, Slip, Trip, and Fall, Products Liability, Premises Liability, Laboratories & Testing, Plumbing, Manufacturing, Investigation, OSHA, IBC
R. Craig Williams, PE BSME MSAE PHD(abd) CFEI CFII Principal Professional Engineer Serving All New England, New York, New Jersey, and Midwest Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, HVAC, Fires, Explosions, Injuries & Death Licensure in: MA, CT, RI, ME, NH, VT, NY, NJ, FL, MI, OH, MO Mr. Williams is a mechanical, electrical, materials engineer with 38 years' of practice in consulting, research, manufacturing, operations, product design, business development, failure analysis and forensic engineering. Over his many years of licensed experience, he designed, specified, maintained, operated, and evaluated mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and mobile equipment. He is an outstanding forensic investigative expert. His extensive heat transfer. fluid dynamics, fire dynamics, and materials science background allows superior failure, incident, fire, and explosion analysis. Experience in professional engineering consulting, engineering research , construct...
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Kristopher Linstrom, PE Neurintel, LLC
Electrical Engineering, Intellectual Property - Electricity, Electrocution, Machinery and Equipment Malfunction and Failure, Electrical Fire, Explosions, Lightning, Personal Injury, Control Systems, Power, Circuit Design, Patent Litigation, Copyright, Trade Secrets
Kristopher Linstrom is an electrical engineer who has spent his career working in control system design and additionally had an early background in residential and commercial electrical systems. Since 2005, he has worked with his partner and fellow Professional Engineer John Boye PhD at Neurintel, LLC. Among other research and development projects and consulting, they provide electrical engineering, technical expertise and investigative services including: Forensic investigative and expert witness services - Experience in the investigation of electrical accidents, fires, machinery and equipment failures and malfunctions, failure analysis, and manufacturing and design defects. Intellectual property and expert witness services - Evaluation of intellectual and other proprietary company information, including electrical designs, circuitry and products.
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C Martin Nowland, PE, CEM Nowland Services, PLLC
Electrical Engineering, Energy - Electrical engineering & design, industrial automation & control systems, instrumentation integration, process control, programmable logic controllers hardware & software, electrically hazardous areas, code evaluations, safety, electric power generation & distribution systems, power plants design
Electrical engineering, automation and control systems design, instrumentation integration, process control, intrinsically safe (IS) circuits, surge protection, installation, programming & commissioning. Energy efficient systems, energy audits, prototype technologies design. Electrical design specifications & drawings, equipment and systems specifications including large machinery, for skids, containers, buildings, or entire campuses. Electrically hazardous areas. Code and/or safety evaluations. Electrical power generation & distribution, power plants, motors, motor control centers (MCC), variable frequency drives (VFD), transformers, switchgear, uninterruptible powers supplies (UPS). Commissioning and startup. Flammable gas facilities including natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), liquid nitrogen, propane and hydrogen.
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Frank Ferrese, PhD FJT Technologies
Haddon Heights, New Jersey
Dr. Ferrese has over 20 years experience working with electrical, electronic, communication, and control systems including industrial control and SCADA systems. He has done extensive research in controls and computational intelligence for the United States military. He also has been involved with the design and construction of large scale software and hardware systems. Dr. Ferrese holds two patents and has over 20 technical publications. Provides forensic expertise from experienced engineers and scientists actively working in the laboratory and in the field; focus on forensic investigations and technical training and consultation; regularly publishing at conferences and in journals; communicate complex issues in a clear manner.
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Steven Pietropaolo, MS, P.E., CFEI LGI Forensic Engineering, PC
North White Plains, New York
Engineering, Forensic Science - Forensic Engineering, Explosions, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Product Liability, Fires, Fire Protection, Appliances, Construction, Building Defects, Failure Analysis, Laboratories & Testing, Building Defects, Plumbing
Steven Pietropaolo has a Bachelor Degree of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College. Mr. Pietropaolo is a Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of New York, amongst many others. He is a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, a Certified Fire Investigator Instructor, a Certified Forensic Consultant and Certified Forensic Professional Engineer. He is a Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute. He is Board Certified in Forensic Engineering by the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. He has 30+ years of hands on engineering experience including electrical, mechanical, materials, safety, human factors, fire protection, and construction. He has knowledge of codes and standards used in construction and industry including building codes and safety codes. He is an expert in investigating and opining on New York State Labor Law cases (§200, §240(1) and §241(6)) involving ...
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Jacob Sharony, Ph.D., MBA Wireless Expert Consulting, Inc.
Dix Hills, New York
Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering - wireless consulting, mobile, wireless, LTE, 5G, mmWave, WiFi, RFID, telecommunications, communications, network
We are a team of industry and academic experts with extensive knowledge of mobile and wireless technologies. Our experts are proficient in wireless networking, enterprise mobility, and cloud technologies. Specifically, we specialize in WiFi, 3G/4G/5G, LTE, LTE-A, WiMAX, RFID, RTLS, BLE, IoT and M2M. Our company's chief expert is Dr. Jacob Sharony, a 25-year technology and business veteran, renowned for his expertise in mobile and wireless technology strategy. He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching wireless technologies and applications. He has over 50 patents issued and pending, has published extensively in prestigious journals and conferences, and has served on several government expert panels.We provide patent litigation support and expert consulting in mobile and wireless technologies. This includes patent infringement and invalidity analysis, FRAND analysis, writing expert reports, and deposition and testimony in court. Publications List of Publications ht...
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DOUGLAS R STRANG, P.E. S & S ENGINEERING, P.C.
BATAVIA, New York
Electrical Engineering, Safety - Arc Flash, Shock, Arc Blast, Electrical Accident, Power System Studies, NFPA 70E, Electrical Code, Utility Distribution, Stray Voltage, NESC, IEEE,
Mr. Strang has a very strong background in electrical construction from his work as an electrical contractor, prior to becoming a professional engineer. He has designed power distribution, lighting, control systems, fire alarm and security systems for utility, industrial, commercial, and pharmaceutical clients. Mr. Strang's specialty is power systems analysis and the engineering of medium and high voltage distribution systems and substations. He has lectured at several conferences and is an expert in the field of short-circuit analysis, overcurrent protective device coordination studies, and arc-flash calculations. Mr. Strang has lectured at many safety conferences and provided electrical safety training for many companies. Deposition and trial experience.
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Craig Koehn, P.E. EBE/I-ENG-A
Engineering, Construction - Mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, plumbing engineering, engineering design, fire investigation, fire protection, fire alarm.
Qualified and experienced MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) engineer with expertise in design and construction. Member of the Investigative Engineers Association.
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Johnie P. Spruiell, P.E. Integrity Forensics and Engineering, LLC
Mechanical Engineering, Forensic Science - Electrical Engineering, Energy, Equipment & Machinery, Failure Analysis, Fire, Laboratories & Testing, Oil and Gas, Products Liability, Product, Plumbing, Leak, Warnings & Labels, Guarding, CSST, Gas Explosions, Natural Gas, Propane, LPG, Forensic Engineering, Expert Witness
LICENSURE: -Texas Professional Engineer License #57023 -Colorado Professional Engineer License #24555 -Mississippi Professional Engineer License #17888 -Alabama Professional Engineer License #35693 -North Carolina Professional Engineer License #049314 -South Carolina Professional Engineer License #37169 -Virginia Professional Engineer License #0402061315 -Michigan Professional Engineer License #6201069726 -Minnesota Professional Engineer License #58020 EDUCATION: -BSME, University of Texas at Arlington, 1978 AFFILIATIONS: -MEMBER, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) -SENIOR MEMBER, National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE) -MEMBER, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) -MEMBER, National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) -MEMBER, Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) -Pi Tau Sigma -Tau Beta Pi PRIMARY AREAS OF EXPERTISE: -Fire and Explosion Analysis Fuel Gas Fires and Explosions Residential, Commercial, Ind...
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The following was published in our annual newsletter to guidance counselors, which mailed in September 2016.
Dear Colleague,
I had several topics in mind for this year's newsletter: the impact of the presidential election and campaign promises on college choice; a pulse check on the new SAT (especially as we try to interpret the inflated scores for next year's applicants); an explanation of Hamilton's choice to be a founding member of The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success. Any one of those topics warrant airtime (and therapy), but at the moment I have more questions than answers.
Instead, I decided to do a commercial for Hamilton. Not Hamilton, the college. Not Hamilton, the musical (though it is tempting to break into verse here). Not the face on the $10 bill in your pocket (that, thanks to the protests of so many this year, will stay there). Not the name of the street where I grew up (which was, believe it or not, Hamilton Avenue). Not my childhood dog (we called him Alex for short and, no, I could not make this up!). I'm talking about Hamilton, the man, who seems these days to be everyone's favorite founding father.
Many more know his story now, thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda. Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock on a Caribbean island — where he observed and abhorred slavery, was orphaned as a child and grew up in poverty.
At 16 years old, he began his education at King's College (today we call it Columbia), thanks to the generosity of others. Later, as part of George Washington's inner circle, Hamilton provided important and strong advocacy for the U.S. Constitution and served as the first secretary of treasury. He was the original founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard and The New York Post. A gifted orator and writer, what young Hamilton accomplished in his sadly abbreviated life (thanks to Aaron Burr) is nothing short of unbelievable.
Every now and again I read an application from an extraordinary youngster, whose obstacles are as significant as her accomplishments, and I wonder what kind of impact she will have on the world. In fact, I'd like to think that somewhere among the students you are advocating for (and we are admitting) is a future Alexander Hamilton.
Those who will no doubt amaze and inspire — and in many cases already have — and along the way remind us why we do what we do. They will surely change the course of their family's direction, but will also profoundly impact the rest of us in ways we can hardly imagine. It is as exhilarating as it is humbling to offer such deserving students the gift of a Hamilton education, and it is a privilege I hope to never take for granted. It is in that spirit that I send you this year's newsletter.
Hamilton's former president was fond of saying that we are the moral heirs of the man who was an original trustee and lent our College his name. Founded in 1812 as a college of opportunity (and which stands today as one of roughly three dozen colleges in our nation that meets 100% demonstrated financial and is need-blind in admission decisions), Hamilton College also cares deeply about effective communication, ethical leadership and service to others. I'm fairly certain that Alexander Hamilton, whose often-decorated statue on campus serves as a popular selfie destination these days, would be as proud of our College as so many generations of our students and alumni are of him. And that was true long before he became a Broadway celebrity.
Yours in finding the next young Alex (or Alexandra),
Monica C. Inzer
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At 37, having successfully mastered the arts of pursuing and accomplishing goals, attempting to control conditions, and getting unhappy when I didn't get what I wanted, I received a wonderful gift. I didn't (consciously) ask for it but my son's autism came to liberate me. Through the path I took in order to "save" us from autism, I found myself transforming, growing, expanding, gaining tools and tuning in to guidance in order to free myself from fear, limiting mental patterns, the needs for approval and recognition, and the propensity to get attached to outcomes. I once asked for an "extraordinary life" — I was thinking of material achievements, recognition, and happiness. In response, the Universe put together a curriculum to give me a far more extraordinary life all about alignment with my Higher Self, "reality" (i.e. life, as it happens), and the ability to expand my mind, my heart, and my power to choose an experience of peace, love, and ease right here, right now. The learning process is ongoing and totally worth it.
I've just turned my pain into fire and gotten support for a new loop around the spiral of awetism parenting, and my child of light tells me this!
The new year knocked me down with a fever that kept me resting in bed for three days. When I got up I realized that I needed a break from the life I was living. I turned myself off to reset.
Put against the grain of the world I fear. Criticism points to doubts I hold about myself, and it's gotta be for me to claim my strength, to align with truth, to become my highest potential letting go of the belief that I am not enough.
My path parenting and educating a special child is completely out of the mould, and the uncertainty about its results brings recurring fear and stress which I must fight to continue walking.
Turning fear into love in action. Years ago I learned and lived this to gracefully navigate out of the limitations of autism. Now APD has come to give me one more way to learn it.
In the road less traveled criticism hurts because I'm still walking blindly, finding my way as I go, and there's no promise of a happy ending. Thank God for the messages that come to support me and assure me: I'm not alone.
The U.S. presidential election is giving me a rich opportunity for expansion as I attempt to see disagreement and uncertainty with grace, from a higher perspective.
This morning I was launched into something yet to be discovered. It involved a separation from a past identity, and an explicit intention to trust and allow the journey to take me where it's headed.
I notice what I notice, then my dream and the experiences next day unravel a multidimensional message from my son reassuring me of our deep soul connection.
Learning about "talents" and my nature as a creator to dissolve one more layer of the limiting thought that I need to do and be more than I already am.
Learning together to navigate this life. One more conversation with Kiki meant for us both to expand and connect deeply with each other and with ourselves.
This spring my food garden is teaching me one more layer of letting go. I'm trusting the balance of nature, and enjoying my foraging trips every lunch and breakfast.
Inquiry on a nagging stressful thought helped me clarify my purpose as Joaquin's mother, shifting my focus from future outcomes to the tools, beliefs, and values I offer him now.
Letting myself to do my project instead of seeking to nurture Joaquin's development brings up fear. But John Holt reminds me: "It's okay; keep trusting".
Choosing love and ease in order to connect with Kiki while joining him in one of his repetitive activities.
Breathe. Pause. Close your eyes. Slow down – moving, speaking, thinking. Forget time – Don't look at the clock. Choose freedom. Say yes – to yourself. Suspend all judgments.
We built the son-rise playroom and Kiki's progress slowed down; I got discouraged, depressed. Prompt support help me discard limiting beliefs and get back on track inspired and driven.
One month after discovering my son's autism and the son-rise program, I'm starting to see the wonder of the process unfolding and how it's meant to "cure" ME.
Life constantly teaches me that if I manage to hold one more second, one more day, one more small unit of time, something wonderful will happen. I'm always so close to it, even though I can't see it.


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Q: How to get the Linux Flash ROM size in C? Is there any C/C++ library or Linux system command that i can use to get the ROM size?
ON start-up the Kernel displays the proper size in Mb. I just can't seem to find where i can pull it from
Thanks -Naze
By the way, im using a jff2 ROM file system on an embedded system. ARM7 cpu.

A: If it appears as an mtd device, you can do the following
cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00030000 00010000 "BootLoaders"
mtd1: 00200000 00010000 "Kernel"
mtd2: 00280000 00010000 "RootFS"
mtd3: 00350000 00010000 "User"

Size are in hexadecimal
For more information on an individual mtd, you will find them in the /sys/class/mtd<n> directory

A: No sure what the underlying system functions are, but dmidecode (here)is a program you can run at the shell that will dump out a bunch of info, including the bios ROM size. On my machine it does this:
sophiel:/home/owner# dmidecode | more
# dmidecode 2.9
SMBIOS 2.3 present.
59 structures occupying 1891 bytes.
Table at 0x000F0450.

Handle 0xDA00, DMI type 218, 35 bytes
OEM-specific Type
        Header and Data:
                DA 23 00 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 18 00 58 00 58 00 01
                00 59 00 59 00 01 00 05 80 05 80 01 00 FF FF 00
                00 00 00

Handle 0xDA01, DMI type 218, 17 bytes
OEM-specific Type
        Header and Data:
                DA 11 01 DA B2 00 17 0B 0E 18 00 FF FF 00 00 00
                00

Handle 0x0000, DMI type 0, 20 bytes
BIOS Information
        Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
        Version: A03
        Release Date: 01/05/2006
        Address: 0xF0000
        Runtime Size: 64 kB
        ROM Size: 512 kB
        Characteristics:
                PCI is supported
                PNP is supported
                APM is supported
                BIOS is upgradeable
                BIOS shadowing is allowed
                ESCD support is available
                Boot from CD is supported
                Selectable boot is supported
                EDD is supported
                Japanese floppy for Toshiba 1.2 MB is supported (int 13h)
                Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
                8042 keyboard services are supported (int 9h)
                Serial services are supported (int 14h)
                Printer services are supported (int 17h)
                ACPI is supported
                USB legacy is supported
                LS-120 boot is supported
                BIOS boot specification is supported
                Function key-initiated network boot is supported

It is open source so I'm betting you can dig through it and figure out how it works: I expect there is a bunch of binary data decoding necessary.

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(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa/Permit Number: NOAA #19703)
Incredible, Rare Underwater Footage Shows Whales Using Bubble 'Nets' to Hunt
Did you know some cetaceans use "nets" to catch their food? Like humpback whales. They'll dive down and swim in a ring around their prey, blowing out bubbles as they go.
That rising ring forms a column that traps fish, allowing other whales in the group to swim up from below, mouths agape, through the bubble cylinder to feast.
It's an absolutely fascinating and beautiful thing to watch - and scientists have caught it on camera in a rare whale's-eye view.
In addition to drone footage showing a stunning overhead view of a pair of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) creating the bubble nets, marine biologists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa stuck cameras and sensors on whales using suction cups to collect a wealth of data on the fascinating behaviour.
"We have two angles. The drone's perspective is showing us these bubble nets and how the bubbles are starting to come to the surface and how the animals come up through the bubble net as they surface, while the cameras on the whales are showing us the animal's perspective," said marine biologist Lars Bejder of the university's Marine Mammal Research Program.
"Overlaying these two data sets is quite exciting."
Migratory humpback whales visit Alaska to feed during the Summer, before heading back down to the warmer waters around Hawaii for the Winter, where they will breed and raise their calves.
During this breeding period, the whales don't really eat, so they need to stock up on huge reserves of Alaskan krill to keep going over this energy-expensive time.
To find out how the whales use this hunting technique to get enough to eat, the researchers fitted them with cameras and accelerometers, and took accompanying drone video from above.
What's fascinating about bubble net feeding is that it seems to be a learned behaviour. Not all humpback whales hunt this way, and those that do can have varying techniques. It's also cooperative, with the whales working together to make sure everyone gets fed.
We've also seen Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera edeni) feeding this way, and bottlenose dolphins (genus Tursiops) off the coast of Florida use a similar cooperative hunting technique called mud-ring feeding, where they stir up a ring of sediment from the floor of shallow waters to trap schooling fish.
Humpback whale numbers increased after a ban on commercial whaling in 1985, and are no longer considered endangered, but in the last five years, there has been a substantial decline in humpback whale sightings.
This research into feeding techniques is part of an attempt to figure out why that might be, with potential causes including changes to food populations, anthropogenic impacts on their habitat, and climate breakdown.
"The footage is rather groundbreaking," Bejder said. "We're observing how these animals are manipulating their prey and preparing the prey for capture. It is allowing us to gain new insights that we really haven't been able to do before."


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Architecture, Public Space
OMA wins 11th St. Bridge Park Competiton
written by Richelle Sibolboro
International architecture OMA recently won the competition for the 11th Street Bridge Park — the Anacostia Crossing — in Washington D.C. Described as a place of exchange; the park at Anacostia Crossing will connect two historically disparate sides of the river with a series of outdoor programmed spaces and active zones that will provide an engaging place hovering above, yet anchored in, the Anacostia River. To create this place — more destination than elevated thoroughfare — OMa designed the bridge park as a clear moment of intersection where two sides of the river converge and coexist. Anacostia Crossing will offer layered programs, presenting a new neighborhood park, an after-hours destination for the nearby workforce, a retreat for residents and a territory for tourists to explore.
Paths from each side of the river operate as springboards — sloped ramps that elevate visitors to maximized look out points to landmarks in either direction. Extending over the river, the Anacostia paths join to form a loop, embracing the path from the Navy Yard side and linking the opposing banks in a single gesture. The resulting form of the bridge creates an iconic encounter, an "X" instantly recognizable as a new image for the river.
While the bridge is a unique and iconic structure, its character and essence are rooted in making this river landscape accessible to the community. Through programmed activities the bridge will showcase the region's unique cultural and natural history. To encourage visitors to spend time on the bridge and neighboring communities throughout the year, amenities for comfort and refreshment (restrooms and food), mitigation of climate extremes (shade and warmth), and opportunities for seasonal programming are provided along the entire length of the bridge. The bridge provides a gateway to events with strong roots in the adjacent communities.
The intersection point of the two paths shapes the central meeting point of the bridge — an open plaza that provides a flexible venue for markets, festivals, and theatrical performances held throughout the year. The paths that frame this plaza further enhance the bridge as a hub of activity, providing a sequence of zones designated for play, relaxation, learning and gathering.
The paths also form elevated platforms on a 5% slope with views to the Anacostia River, the activities on the bridge, and prominent landmarks within Washington DC and Anacostia. These platforms simultaneously provide shade and shelter for the café on the southeast side and the performance space and hammock grove on the northwest side. At each side, a waterfall marks their terminus and reconnects them to the river below. On the east side, this waterfall is linked to an active filtration system that — together with new wetland areas adjacent to the bridge piers — works to actively clean the river around the Anacostia Crossing.
The activated zones and multiple levels of the Anacostia Crossing also bring visitors down to the river itself. A series of voids along the bridge provide spaces for play and access down to the river itself. The performance space and café are each partially carved into the body of the bridge, creating intimate zones with views to the waters below. Together, these areas allow visitors to engage the river from multiple vantage points, from above to take in its majesty, or engaging with the waters for boating and recreation.
The Environmental Education Center will provide a variety of programs which tell the rivers 400 year history of the River. The Anacostia watershed lost much of its original hardwood forest cover, grassland meadows and tidal wetlands due to the treatment of this landscape by those that lived here as a commodity and not a valued resource. Anacostia Crossing will be a beacon that illuminates the challenged health of the River as well as highlights the possible solutions demonstrated by numerous ongoing efforts to clean the river, build community and educate our next generation of river stewards and engaged citizens.
OMA's design will serve as a catalyst to improve the ecological integrity of the Anacostia River through demonstration and education on ecosystem enhancement as well as restoration shoreline plantings making it once again one of our Nation's greatest waterways.
Anacostia Crossing works to promote the health of the citizens of Washington DC particularly those who live in Wards 6, 7 and 8 reflecting the communities' aspirations for a new quality of life. The design builds upon and connects to the existing Anacostia Riverwalk Trails on both sides of the river and creates a new topography for the public to engage and explore. Programmatic elements are also extended in a Phase 2 to provide stepping stones to the heart of Historic Anacostia encouraging residents to explore this new place in the city.
Much like the waters of the nearby Chesapeake Bay estuary, where salt and fresh water mix to create a rich biological diversity, the Anacostia Crossing creates a place for sharing the rich cultural diversity of communities on both sides of the river. The full integration of architecture, landscape and infrastructure allows for the creation of a socially sustainable civic experience.
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Local February 23, 2020 | 8:24 am
Out of respect for the protest space of young people, March for Democracy will end at the Altar de la Patria
The coalition of opposition parties announced early yesterday that the March for Democracy, originally scheduled to conclude in the Plaza de Bandera, will be completed at the Altar de la Patria.
The decision is in respect for protest space for the same purpose that thousands of young people have been conducting for five days at the corner roundabout February 27 with Luperón, which has spread to much of the country.
"The protests of the young people have a patriotic character and represent a democratic awakening to which we express our respect and admiration for what we have decided to respect the place where they are protesting and conclude our march before the Altar of the Fatherland, cradle of our identity," says a statement issued this morning on behalf of the coalition that brings together 14 parties and much of the social movement.
The March for Democracy always today, Sunday at 9 am, but starting from the intersection of the avenues February 27 with Máximo Gómez.


When the history of the environmental movement is written, it will be found that a small band of unpaid, unsung volunteers blazed the trail. Imbued with little more than clear vision, bulldog tenacity, and a thick skin, they have taken unpopular stands in the causes loosely termed "the environment."
As Wyoming Senator Clifford Hansen pushes legislation to construct an aqueduct system that would divert water for industrial use in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, plans for escalating extraction of coal are coming out into public view.
The Bureau of Reclamation faces off with local opponents over a proposed dam that would inundate China Meadows, a choice spot in Utah's Uinta Mountains.
The Wilderness Act set a 1974 deadline for considering all remaining primitive and roadless areas for wilderness designation, and as that deadline approaches, controversy is stirring in the Rocky Mountains about how to treat those wild lands.
Justice is prostituted! Is Werner to go free?
It has now been seven months since helicopter pilot James Vogan went before a Senate subcommittee and revealed the illegal deaths of hundreds of eagles on Herman Werners's Wyoming ranch -- what has happened to justice?
Big game herds, hit with the harsh winter of 1971-72 and faced with steady shrinkage of winter range, continue to decline.
Conservationists are hailing the release of the Bureau of Land Management's recommendations for management in central Wyoming's Red Desert, which include limiting mining and fencing and establishing a new primitive area.
Wyoming's Diamond Ring Ranch has again made the news for illegal activity, this time for unauthorized spraying of sagebrush on some 4,000 acres of public land.
The sure, incisive pen of one of America's foremost conservation writers has been censored from the pages of American Forests, the official magazine of the American Forestry Association.
Western conservationists got an attentive and sympathetic ear from Interior Secretary Rogers Morton in an unprecedented audience in Denver.
Six months have passed since High Country News changed direction and became an environmental newspaper, supported by subscriptions of only $10 per year. Since you, our readers, are in effect our stockholders, I want to report to you.
Coal mining and coal-fired power generation will have an enormous cumulative impact on the West. But the public -- getting news in bits and pieces without any meaningful reporting on the large-scale impact -- does not realize the full extent of what is happening.
National concern for energy may be leading our Western states into an era of environmental degradation unprecedented in history. Hearings now being held on power plant siting, coal strip-mining and huge transmission lines are finally beginning to focus attention on the overall problem.
Americans are great people. But I think the readers of High Country News are the greatest. The response to our letter regarding the future of the paper has been heartwarming. I really can't find the right words to express our feelings but I can say very simply -- we won't let the paper die!
The people of Wyoming are being duped by the mining industry and the state's highest political leaders. While we are being assured that millions of acres of our land surface are adequately protected, disaster may be waiting in the wings.
An overview of the Green River Basin project, with analysis of transbasin diversion, irrigation use, Kendall Reservoir, New Fork Narrows Reservoir and proposed alternatives.


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It's official – Icelandic bankers have been jailed
Kenneth Thomas | April 4, 2016 7:09 pm
If you've been following my posts over the last few years, you know that Iceland took the dramatic step of prosecuting top officers at the country's big 3 banks, all of which were allowed to go bankrupt in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse. Unlike Ireland, it did not turn bank debt into government debt, which increased Ireland's debt by close to 100% of gross national product (GNP) overnight. Though hit hard by the 50% drop of the krona, Iceland has managed a remarkable, though still incomplete, recovery marked by its renewed ability to borrow in foreign currency with less than a 1% risk premium and by achieving unemployment rates that Eurozone countries can only envy.
What you wouldn't know, if you just been looking at the headlines (Google "Iceland jails bankers" and you'll see what I mean), is that Iceland had not actually been jailing bankers. Here's a typical one from the BBC, "Iceland jails former Kaupthing bank bosses" (12 December 2013). In fact, nobody went to jail at that time: They were convicted, but all four Kaupthing officials appealed their sentences. If you search similarly titled stories, you will see that headline "jailings" were either convictions, or an affirmation of these lower court decisions by the Icelandic Supreme Court, neither of which actually led to immediate jailings. Indeed, one of the "Kaupthing Four," as they are now called, was living in Luxembourg (he had headed Kaupthing's Luxembourg branch), and I wondered to myself if could even be compelled to return to Iceland to serve his sentence.
Now I am happy to report that the Kaupthing Four are finally in jail in a minimum-security prison with only one road connecting it to the outside world, including the former CEO of Kaupthing's Luxembourg unit who was outside Iceland when his conviction was upheld. There have been an additional 22 convictions now at various stages in the appeals processes, and special prosecutor for the banking crimes, Olafur Hauksson, indicted five more bank officials for fraud and manipulating stock prices just last month.
As Kaupthing was Iceland's largest bank before the crash, jailing its top officials sends a reassuring sign that the rest of those convicted will eventually follow suit. Iceland thereby establishes a precedent we should continue to urge in the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere that bankers are not too big to jail.
A note to readers: Bloomberg reporter Edward Robinson had not replied to a request for some clarifications at the time this story was published. If any of you know when the Kaupthing Four reported to prison, whether there are other bankers already in jail, or other useful news, please send along the information and I'll be happy to credit you. Thanks!
Cross-posted from Middle Class Political Economist.
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urban legend says:
More than jailing, go after the money. If the Federal government were to become the world's biggest Lamborghini and fine art dealer and the absentee landlord of most of the Hamptons, so be it. (Civil only requires a preponderance of the evidence — > 50% — not beyond a reasonable doubt.)
Dang it, the Federal statute of limitations on major frauds that happened before the spring of 2009 has run out. Funny that.
Mike B. says:
The BBC regularly uses the term "jailed" (at least in headlines) to mean "was given a sentence that included jail time." I guess it's just shorthand, but I wish they wouldn't do so, because it's misleading.
Warren says:
This is Good News. Unfortunately, we cannot do the same here because the government that would do the prosecuting is in the employ of the bankers.


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Hack this, Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch is in trouble and a whole lot of folks are delighted. They are practically drooling at the mouth that the downfall of Fox News could be around the corner. Members of Congress are calling for an investigation into allegations that the Murdoch-owned News Corp. may have committed criminal acts in the U.S. by hacking into the cell phone voice messages of 9/11 victims. In Britain, News of the World, a Murdoch tabloid, was shut down and the heads of editors are rolling. It seems at the highest levels in Mr. Murdoch's British news empire, there was complicity in this hacking scandal. Private investigators were employed. Scotland Yard was bribed to look the other way. The cell phones of members of the royal family and other celebrities were systematically hacked. But even that did not satiate the journalists involved. They hacked into the cell phones of one young murder victim and many victims of terrorism.
It seems today, instead of meeting dark and shadowy figures in hidden alleys to track down scoops, journalists need only to hack into voice mails or engage in the same rogue behaviors as governments to mine the secret lives of people. I laugh at the sanctimony of the British government and its members of parliament who keep carrying on about the monstrosity of this hacking, and I do not buy their pitiful piety about the sacredness of the privacy of ordinary citizens. It took just one Osama bin Laden for the West to fall to its knees and promulgate a whole lot laws to violate the privacy of its citizens. From wiretapping to torture, from rendition to the Patriot Act, bin Laden left the West with a tragic legacy of outrageous violations of privacy, decency and justice, all in the name of security.
Many journalists are in bed with the very authorities they are supposed to examine, defy and criticize. That cozy relationship has taken journalists far from ethical practices. Self-examination is all but absent in journalism, and recrimination, hand wringing and retribution rule when corruption is exposed.
Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who you are. If your friends are politicians, and if you are cozy with the men in government, then eventually their ethics will rub off on you. The tactics of Mr. Murdoch's minions are an imitation of the ways of government and an extension of the appalling intrusion of government and corporations in our daily lives That Mr. Murdoch will now be felled by governments and politicians is nothing short of delicious irony.
Usha Nellore, Bel Air


For employers, the European social dialogue is an effective instrument for influencing and actively helping to shape European social policy for the benefit of companies. The flexicurity concept is an example.
In recent years the social dialogue has developed into a practice-oriented and targeted instrument of European social policy. It can make a considerable contribution to integration in the EU. This is because, completely along the lines of a "reform partnership", the social dialogue leads to concrete results which add value for companies at plant level instead of subjecting them to additional restrictive regulation and bureaucracy.
The social policy agenda at EU level has been successfully shaped with the "Key challenges facing European labour markets: a joint analysis of European social partners" published in November 2007. This flowed into the framework agreement on inclusive markets adopted in March 2010. This framework agreement underlines the shared objective of making it easier for people to gain access to, return to and stay in the labour market, and further developing the labour market. In addition, the agreement sets out concrete examples of how social partners can provide active support in this regard.
In June 2013 the European social partners reached agreement on declaration on appropriate involvement of social partners in the new coordination processes in the framework of the European Semester. For each of the different procedural steps of the European Semester to be carried out every year – annual growth report, national reform programmes and country-specific recommendations – the declaration makes concrete proposals on how social partners should be consulted both at European level by Commission and Council and at national level by governments.
The European social dialogue comprises several possibilities for shaping EU regulation. Employers have on several occasions had recourse to the possibility offered by European social dialogue based on article 155 TFEU (formerly article 139 EC) whereby employers negotiate rules jointly with the trade unions in areas where the European Commission has legislative plans. In this way, the European social partner organisations BUSINESSEUROPE, CEEP and ETUC have negotiated the content of directives on parental leave, part-time work and fixed-term contracts in the form of autonomous framework agreements.
The outcome is that these directives whose content is determined by the social partners are formulated in a way that is very much more employment- and business-friendly than if the Commission and the European Parliament had taken the reins.
A further possibility for shaping European social policy is offered by "voluntary framework agreements" of the European social partners which are voluntarily transposed by national employer and trade union organisations, in line with traditions in their own countries. In the voluntary framework agreements on tele-working, on stress at work and on harassment and violence at work, companies identified approaches to enable companies to deal with these issues in a practical manner tailored to their individual situation, in order simultaneously to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy and costs. In this context, there were no binding procedures for national implementation: national social partners are expected to follow their own national, sectoral and company-level traditions and circumstances.
Learning from each other in a process of exchanging "good practice" and hence contributing with minimum bureaucracy to a practical shaping of the social dimension of the EU, the European social partners have developed the instrument known as the "voluntary action framework". On the basis of practical business examples submitted jointly by employer and worker representatives, both problems and constructive and where possible innovative solutions and priorities for action are identified.


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Repayment property finance loan. A installment mortgage is among the most widely utilised model of mortgage. When making the particular car finance calculations pertaining to your monthly obligations on a settlement loan, you should try to remember that the idea of taken first is possible to modify. Some sign up for repayment residential over one month or also more than 30 years in order to enable them to preserve their monthly payments low while in the initial ages.
Why are usually purchase for you to let residence popular?
Over time, buy to let mortgages have grown increasingly widely used. The good reasons for popularity include a robust need rentals lodging along with a turn down in the very car finance interest rates currently being offered to be able to private owners.
What? ring the main difference in between the buy to let home loan and some sort of housing home loan?
1. More significant downpayment. Ordinarily, <20% or perhaps 25% with the real estate? nasiums worth becomes necessary when a deposit for buy to enable loans.
* Hire opportunity. The explanation so that you can offer the buy to leave mortgage for a landlord will be based upon the mortgages you is going to earn since well because your cash flow.
* Interest rate. It? ings typical just for buy to leave mortgages to get higher car loans interest rates compared for you to non commercial residence.
Upon purchasing the property at a buy to leave mortgage, you are going to first ought to decide regardless of whether your primary goal is income or perhaps capital increase. The choice could have some bearing in the method of property you will need to purchase, their location plus the type with invest in for you to let home finance loan.
Despite mass media speculation with regards to the effect associated with the very credit standing crunch, order to make ventures even now have a good value for money ability. Simply because long since you can secure a good competitive fee for your company buy to let home loan there is usually no reason you will need to be stressed about often the market. Yet as with any type of investment it is essential that everyone calculate the very risk entailed and in case the house or property may support your company's retirement strategies.


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What the Travelers Said
Today the BBC News Web site ran five statements from air travelers about their personal experiences with the ban on flying over most of Europe's airspace due to the hazards of ash from the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Four of the five statements explicitly asserted that safety was more important than getting to their respective destinations as efficiently as possible. Of course we have no way of knowing whether or not, from a statistical point of view, these statements constitute a representative sample. At the very least they indicate some body of passengers who clearly disagree with the protestations of Giovanni Bisignani on behalf of the International Air Transport Association (IATA); and the four-to-one ratio at least reinforces the hypothesis that Bisignani has been expressing a minority opinion. There is also at least the suggestion that the European Union is more concerned with the safety of the general public than it is with the efficient operations of the airline industry, leading me to wonder whether or not those still enamored of the previous Administration in the White House would take this as yet another instance of "Old Europe" thinking!
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DigitalDan said...
Environmental dangers are researched reasonably thoroughly and standards issued for what constitutes a safe level of any particular toxin or irritant. I don't suppose the airlines have put any preventive work into a similar analysis for opaque/abrasive particles in the atmosphere. If there were a known, agreed to, safe level of airborne particulates, to be measured along a proposed route, it's possible that more flights could have taken place, or at least that people and carriers could have felt better about being inconvenienced or losing revenue. In the absence of same, presumably somebody's making a semi-educated call?
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The Scottish financial sector has always punched above its weight, confident in its status as the largest UK financial centre outside London. It not only contributes billions of pounds to the UK's GDP, but is recognised the world over for its innovation and forward thinking – successfully picking up the baton passed by innovators from years gone by.
Add to that the country's current ambition to become a globally recognised top five fintech hub – nurturing start-ups, scaling up SMEs, encouraging growth, and attracting global firms – and it's easy to see why the Scottish fintech ecosystem is outperforming its rivals.
Scotland's credentials as a leading fintech location were further reinforced recently with the news that the Edinburgh-based fintech giant FNZ has reached Unicorn status.
While it would be a stretch to claim FNZ as a truly home-grown Scottish company, a lot of the business's rapid growth has occurred on Scottish soil. The company was founded by chief executive Adrian Durham in New Zealand, before they quickly expanded to Scotland in 2005. Many of the original FNZ team were from Scotland and importantly remain working for the company today, from its Tanfield base in Edinburgh, where they employ over 400 of its 1,500 members of staff.
FNZ has thrived during its time in Scotland, thanks at least in part to the combination of talent, customers and infrastructure needed to succeed.
The company now holds £330 billion in assets under administration from around five million customers globally, serving some of the world's largest financial institutions, including Standard Life Aberdeen, Santander, Lloyds Bank, Vanguard, Generali and Barclays.
Its success caught the attention of Al Gore's Generation Investment Management LLP and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, which combined to acquire the stakes previously owned by General Atlantic and H.I.G. Capital- in what was 2018's largest fintech deal – valuing the company at £1.65 billion a mere 15 years after it was founded.
The deal, if we accept that foreign direct investment is a good measure of attractability for any economy, is one of the best examples of what can be achieved in Scotland.
FNZ's business is built on the desire to help people achieve their financial goals by developing excellent technology solutions that simplify the end-user experience and ultimately direct more of their hard-earned money into assets by bringing down the cost of managing those assets.
FNZ employs nearly 600 people in the UK, the majority of them in Edinburgh. The company's dedicated research and development division invests heavily in its core technology platform and processes, including digital advice, blockchain, predictive analytics and end-to-end process automation.
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