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Is it the right time to invest into solar energy in India
January 19, 2016 /in Solar Energy, Uncategorized /by rishikap141
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Remember when solar stocks were in high demand? When everyone wanted a piece in renewable energy levels? That time is back. Although early last year, the demand dropped, and along with it the stock prices, renewable energy is making a comeback. The solar market is booming, and now is the time to get in.
"Two big stories are about to lead to high demand," says. " reached a massive deal that involves 195 countries… [surrounding] the fact that the world is warming, and it's the result of human intervention in the environment. Under the new deal… these countries will have to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and start focusing more on renewable energy."
With the pending changes, individuals and businesses are scrambling for alternatives. Solar energy is becoming the new go-to, and investors know this. This is the first reason stocks are about to rocket.
"For several years at this point, has offered a 30% tax credit as an incentive for business owners and consumers that… take advantage of renewable energy in their homes and offices. However, this tax credit was set to expire in the beginning of 2016… Recently, we heard news that this tax credit would be extended."
Solar stocks were expected to drop in anticipation of the end of the tax cuts. Now that these credits will be available for the foreseeable future, investors will be even more eager to buy into the market.
Government Awareness
Now, because of these advances, and the increased awareness of the impacts of fossil fuels, it is not just consumers who want to make changed. Governments are more aware of the urgency of the energy situation, and because of the deal, will need to find alternatives.
We can conclude "that 195 countries are now going to see massive increases in demand for renewable energy… and solar companies are going to see large increases in sales, revenue, net earnings, and ultimately their stock prices."
Time to Invest in Solar
So, according to Markets, now is a great time to invest in solar. The market is certainly going to boom, with industry leaders seeing huge increase in demand. It'sdefinitely worth serious consideration, and could make investors a lot of money in the short and long term.
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Solar Installations and big plans to go solar in cities like delhi gurgaon noida ncr
January 16, 2016 /in Solar Energy /by rishikap141
Government has set the ambitious target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year 2021-22
The installed capacity of solar power in India has crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW as on 14 January 2016. The cumulative installed capacity has reached to 5130 MW with the capacity addition of 1385 MW in current FY2016. The state of Rajasthan stands first in the country with 1264 MW capacity, followed by Gujarat (1024MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW).
The Government has set the ambitious target of generating 100 GW of solar power by the year 2021-22 under the National Solar Mission. It is envisaged to generate 60 GW ground mounted grid-connected solar power and 40 GW through roof-top grid interactive solar power to fulfill the 100 GW of solar power.
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The Ministry has also fixed year-wise targets to monitor the solar power generation in the country. The target for the current year is 2,000 MW and next year target is 12,000 MW. The Ministry is putting all efforts through various schemes of Central Government and State Governments to achieve the targets. It has been planned that around 18,000 MW tender should be out by 31 March 2016.
To achieve above stated objective, the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy has initiated several projects like Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects; Scheme for Development of Solar PV Power Plants on Canal Banks/ Canal Tops; Scheme for setting up 300 MW of Grid connected Solar PV Power Projects by Defense Establishments under Ministry of Defense and Para Military Forces with viability Gap Funding; Scheme of setting up 1000 MW of Grid- Connected Solar PV Power Projects by CPSUs with Viability Gap Funding ; Scheme for Setting up of 15000 MW of Grid connected to achieve this target. Solar PV Power Projects by NTPC/NVVN; Setting up of 2000 MW Grid connected solar power with Viability Gap Funding through Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). This apart, an ambitious scheme has been launched by the Ministry for roof-top solar installation. Various state governments are coming up with solar power projects under their own policies.
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Solar Energy in India and the challenges ahead – gurgaon , delhi , noida ncr
India is blessed with immense solar potential. With about 300 clear, sunny days in a year, India's theoretical solar energy incidence on its land area alone is about 5,000 trillion kWh per year, against production of 1.3 trillion kWh in 2014-15. Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have the maximum potential. The availability of barren land in these states increases the feasibility.
The government's target of 100 GW of solar by 2022 is a bold step. Out of this, 20 GW is planned from solar parks and 40 GW each from roof-top and distributed generation. Solar energy is set to become an integral part of electricity generation in India. The recent agreement at COP 21 in Paris, and India's initiative to form a global solar alliance will enhance the capability of Indian solar industry.
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Depending on specific requirements, solar power plants are setup under various models including:
Off-Grid Captive Consumption for domestic premises
Off-Grid Captive Consumption for commercial premises
Grid Connected (Net Metered) Captive Consumption for domestic premises
Grid Connected (Net Metered) Captive Consumption for commercial premises
Sale of Power generated to local Distribution Company (DISCOM)
Sale of Power generated to 3rd Party consumer (Industry or Commercial entity)
Solar roof top projects can play a significant part in decentralised generation. However, this space has seen little progress. The current focus is on grid connected plants; off grid will only play a modest role. Installation of small grid connected projects is also fragmented. The technology is early stage and cost is high. Energy is sold to state DISCOMs.
Large-scale mega-watt size projects are quite viable. The government has introduced reverse bidding for these. Reverse bidding definitely provides healthy competition but ignores the quality of assets in an even playing field. The competition to win the projects through auctions has resulted in some sub-standard assets. Therefore, it is a challenge for the industry to trade-off between cost and quality.
Mega size projects are backed by Private Equity (PE) players, who have major stake in Independent Power Producers (IPP). These PE institutional investors have global perspective and have significant exposure to emerging markets like India. They are the major drivers of the market with clear focus on Return on Investment and exit valuation.
In the current scenario, the Investment Rate of Returns (IRR) is in the range of 14-16 %, which does not include currency risk. If the currency risk is hedged, ROI will be lower. But the critical aspect for the PE investor is exit valuation, which is predominantly based on cash flow and quality of the assets. Since there are no projects that have withstood entire life cycle in India, there is a major risk for debt financiers as well. Therefore, it is paramount for industry, utilities and IPP's to work together to alleviate the risks in order to attract investments.
During the recent auction in the state of Andhra Pradesh, SunEdison bid an aggressive tariff of Rs. 4.63/kWh. This was a surprise to many in renewable energy sector. It is argued that the low tariff is justified because the central government has lowered the risk by eliminating evacuation and land development risks, and by bringing a reputable company like NTPC as the off-taker. Softbank was the other aggressive bidder though SunEdison was lowest. Domestic players were unable to compete even though they had the same benefits. This raises two questions:
Is the reverse bidding process without pre-defined quality standards leading to a risk of poor quality assets? and
Can India's domestic players compete with global players? It seems access to low cost capital is an issue. For India to achieve its long term vision and scale, domestic players need to be viable and have access to capital under substantially similar terms as global players.
Operation & Maintenance:
Arid and dusty regions dominate potential solar sites. These dusty environments call for regular washing of panels. Availability of water and its costs needs to be factored in calculations.
Grid Compliance:
The stability of grid is vital. Large scale solar projects can pose grid stability challenges when solar power is suddenly reduced or not available. Spinning reserves are the only effective large-scale option used globally. Bulk of India's capacity is from coal which is unsuitable as spinning reserves. Hence, new gas plants need to be built to back up solar.
Also harmonics fed by solar generation distort the wave form and increase T&D losses. Therefore, it is paramount that Grid Code Compliance (GCC) is made a requirement before the projects are commissioned.
India is a responsible nation and has volunteered to cut carbon emissions. The government's decision to promote renewable energies like solar and wind is in the right direction. India will be one of the world's largest markets for solar and wind, and as such, is attracting major financial investors and large global utilities.
There are ample opportunities for solar energy developers. The government has played a positive role in the recent 500 MW auction by addressing land acquisition, evacuation, and off-take by a reputable company like NTPC. For India to reach its 100 GW solar goal by 2022, we must require clear standards to ensure good asset quality and grid code compliance. In addition, India also needs to create spinning reserves and factor their cost in the big picture.
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India has set an ambitious target of generating 100,000MW of solar energy by 2022 but does not have the technology to process sand into silicon, forcing its import in huge quantities, a top scientist said.
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"As silicon is not produced in the country, we are totally import-dependent for it. Though we have plenty of sand as raw material, we don't have the technology to process it into silicon wafers for solar cells or panels," former Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee told IANS in an interview at the 103rd Indian Science Congress here, about 140km from Bengaluru.
Asserting that solar power would reduce carbon footprint in the long-term, Banerjee said energy generated from cells or panels was, however, 20-25 percent of the installed capacity as against 80 percent from a nuclear plant.
"As setting up a solar plant is highly capital intensive owing to import of silicon for panels or photovoltaic cells, its power can only complement nuclear or other forms of energy, including renewable and conventional," Banerjee said on the occasion.
Though India is a tropical country above the equator, with plenty of sunshine, especially in western, central and southern regions for at least 10 months, harnessing its energy and distributing it with minimum loss at source or in transmission is a challenge for its stakeholders in the absence of a ecosystem yet.
"Unlike nuclear, which is a concentrated form of energy, solar is a distributed form, enabling us to have a mix of different sources. Both complement as they emit very low carbon footprint," Banerjee said after delivering a special address on 'Atomic Energy' in a plenary session in the University of Mysore campus.
"We can have any installed capacity but what determines its utility and value is the quantum of energy produced in units per hour. A 1,000mw solar-based plant will not produce more than one-third of what a nuclear or thermal-based plant does per hour," Banerjee pointed out.
Ironically, for various reasons, every energy form has issues, including environmental, economic, social and political, which delay execution, leading to cost escalation and shortage in view of the growing demand for power across the country.
"Our per capita electricity consumption is about 800 kilowatt per hour, with 25 percent of the population still having no access to power. In contrast, the world's per capita consumption of power is 2,600 kw per hour. We have to generate four times the present output to meet the energy needs of our population, which will be about 1.4 billion in 20 years (2035)," Banerjee noted.
As domestic manufacturing of solar cells and panels was limited, the country is dependent on imports from China and other countries, including Germany.
"Even if we invest a lot to produce energy from renewable solar and nuclear sources, our dependence on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas will continue though we can reduce proportionately to check carbon emission from thermal power units," he added.
In a related development, the government on December 30 hiked the budget for tapping solar energy through rooftop installations across the country to a whopping Rs. 5,000 crores from Rs. 600 crores earlier.
The increased budgetary support will enable utility providers to source power generated from rooftops solar systems through a grid over the next five years under the National Solar Mission.
An estimated 4,200 MW of solar rooftop systems are expected to be installed over the next five years on residential, government, social and institutions sectors such as hospitals and educational buildings.
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Energy Future Lies in Solar Energy : gurgaon delhi ncr noida
January 6, 2016 /in Solar Energy /by rishikap141
A KPMG study shows that the cost of solar power in India, revealed by public auctions, is barely half a cent above that of cheap local coal , writes Chris Goodall, with generators bids falling well below 5p (UK) / 7¢ (US) per kWh. The idea put about at COP21 that India and other poor but sunny countries need coal to develop their economies is fast running out of steam.
When the accountants have fully loaded the network and other costs PV ends up as very slightly cheaper than using lndian-mined coal. And, of course, this advantage will grow as solar gets cheaper.
Commentators eager to arrest the move towards renewable energy are facing increasing difficulties finding arguments for the continued use of fossil fuel.
The latest attempt to justify the use of carbon fuels is that 'otherwise people in poorer countries will never get electricity'. Coal is vital, they say, for the alleviation of the conditions of life in less developed countries.
I have recently finished a draft of a book chapter on the growth of solar around the world. The very unpolished extract below is largely based on an exceptional piece of work by KPMG India on the likely evolution of the costs of solar versus coal in that country.
I think their conclusion – essentially that solar is already competitive with coal even after including distribution charges and grid integration costs, and will become much cheaper in future – is an effective response to the 'coal alleviates poverty' meme.
Governments are increasingly using open auctions as the means by which they attract developers into building solar farms. Each participant offers an electricity price, expressed in cents per kilowatt hour, for power from individual locations. The past year (2015) has seen a sharp decline in the prices bid into these auctions everywhere around the world.
India: solar PV bids already under 5p / 7¢
India is a good example as it begins its drive to get electricity to all its huge population. In 2014 developers offered to build solar farms for payments of an average of about 7 rupees per kilowatt hour. That's around 10 US ¢, or 7 UK pence at current exchange rates. Three state auctions in the third quarter of 2015 in Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab saw offers of just over 5 rupees (5p / 7.5¢).
The Indian press openly speculated that these offers were too low to be profitable for their developers. But in November 2015 another round of tenders in Andhra Pradesh in south east India resulted in a low bid of 4.63 rupees (about 4.6p / 7¢ per kilowatt hour).
This was for sites totalling 500 MW and was won by the US company SunEdison, the world's largest renewable energy developer. It currently claims to be installing 4 gigawatts of capacity a year around the world. In the face of this evidence of expertise from the bidder, this time the scepticism about the viability of the price was more muted.
Just before the Andhra Pradesh auction was completed, accountants India KPMG released a detailed report on the state of PV in their country. "We see solar power becoming a mainstay of our energy landscape in the next decade", they wrote.
As we all tend to be, they were still cautious about future solar PV bids. KPMG'S best guess for auction prices was 4.20 rupees per kilowatt hour (about 4.2p / 6.3¢) by 2020, only about 10% more than the SunEdison November 2015 bid.
Now it's cheaper than coal
What matters most in India is how well these numbers compare to electricity from inexpensive locally-mined coal. KPMG says that the current cost of power from this source is about 4.46 rupees (4.5p / 6.7¢) per kilowatt hour, about 4% below the November 2015 record low bid in Andhya Pradesh.
But in a power station using some imported coal, the accountants calculate, the cost would be higher than solar. In India, PV is now directly competitive with some coal power stations and by 2020 it will be 10% cheaper, KPMG conclude. They predict that the raw cost of solar electricity from big solar farms will be 3.5 to 3.7 rupees by 2025. (Around 3.6p / 5.5¢). If history is any guide, they are being pessimistic.
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These numbers are not complete. We also need to include the cost of getting the electricity to the final consumer. In many countries this penalises solar but not so in India, says KPMG. Many of the coal plants are hundreds of kilometres away from the centres of electricity demand so the relative attractiveness of solar is improved when electricity distribution costs ('network charges') are fully included.
In fact when the accountants have fully loaded the network and other costs PV ends up as very slightly cheaper than using lndian-mined coal. And, of course, this advantage will grow as solar gets cheaper.
You are entitled to respond by saying that PV only produces electricity, even in the sunniest parts of India for an average of 12 hours a day. When people want light to read, cook or study, it isn't available. (Solving this problem is what much of the rest of the book is about).
But what we may not have known is that almost 20% of all Indian electricity demand at the moment is used for pumping water for irrigation. This can easily be carried out solely in the daytime.
At the moment PV only provides a tiny fraction of Indian electricity. But it will grow rapidly with strong backing from the Modi government and from the favourable underlying economics. As in other countries around the world, it will then start to become increasingly costly to run the grid to cope with the unpredictability and diurnal variability of solar power.
More PV means more batteries to help stabilise the voltage of the grid, for example, in the event of unexpectedly high or low sunshine.
And, very sensibly, KPMG also includes a cost for the financial impact of coal fired power plants working fewer and fewer hours as solar soars. This is a real financial burden because running the fixed costs of these power stations will be spread across a smaller electricity output.
By 2025, what are the impacts of these charges, usually known as 'grid integration' costs, once PV has become a really significant portion of all electricity production? KPMG thinks the figure for India will be about 1.2 rupees (1.2p / 1.8¢) per kilowatt hour.
This is roughly in line with estimates for other countries. Even after including this figure, PV is still cheaper than coal in 2025 and then provides 12.5% of all Indian electricity from about 166 GW of installed capacity.
An unstoppable momentum
Most of the KPMG work is focused on the finances of building ground-mounted solar farms for large-scale production. But it also looks at two specific applications: driving agricultural pumping operations (a task often performed by highly polluting diesel generating sets at the moment) and, second, what the accountants call the 'Solar House'. What do they mean by this?
"The concept of the 'Solar House' refers to the condition when the entire power needs of a household can be met by rooftop and on-site solar panels, which combined with energy storage, can potentially make the household completely independent of the grid. This can happen when technology will bring the cost of solar power and storage systems to below the cost of power delivered by the grid. This event has the potential to change the dynamics of the power utility-customer relationship(s) forever."
They go on to get really excited about Solar Houses. When have you ever seen accountants write like this before?
"The achievement of the 'Solar House' is expected to be a landmark in mankind's efforts to access energy. The 'Solar House' will help India leapfrog technologies in the area of supplying uninterrupted 24×7 energy to its citizens. When the conditions for the 'Solar House' are achieved, (it) can override all barriers."
KPMG expects 20% of Indian houses to have PV by 2024/25. The authors make the point that once residential batteries have come down in price sufficiently, householders have a clear and unambiguous reason to switch to solar. It will be cheaper than being connected to what may be an unreliable and possibly expensive grid.
And, as we may be seeing in other countries already, once households drift away from being connected, or even if they simply use far less electricity because of the PV on their roofs, the costs of the distribution network need to be spread ever more thickly on those that remain. That further increases the incentive on those people remaining on the grid to switch to PV.'
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Solar energy set to boom with arrival of cheap battery technology : gurgaon delhi ncr
Solar panels installed on homes across are accounting for a growing percentage of the electricity the country produces. Sustainability experts are predicting rooftop solar energy could eventually account for a quarter of all power needs, driven in part by the installation of large battery storage systems in the family home.
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In Western rows of solar panels installed on suburban roofs are now producing as much electricity as the state's largest power turbine.
It's part of a growing national trend that will see household solar energy meet a quarter of all electricity needs by 2020.
As Anthony Stewart reports, experts are predicting this boom will be driven by the installation of super-sized batteries in the family home.
With 130 days of clear sunshine a year, the West capital Perth is in the midst of a solar boom.
Twenty per cent of the city's homes are now generating electricity from rows of rooftop solar panels.
Chris Meredith has a system on his roof.
We've got eight panels installed and, as I said, they're on the west-facing roof. We're they're starting to get the sun now. It's coming up towards the middle of morning, so they're starting to pump out the electricity.
How much power can we see this machine producing? What is it doing?
It's producing about 1.2 kilowatts at the moment, but it will get up to close to two kilowatts in the afternoon.
Peter Newman is a Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University.
We are in the extraordinary position of saying that Perth now has rooftop solar as the largest supplier of electricity. It's the biggest power station in WA.
We're nearly 500 megawatts, and it's growing rapidly. So by 2020 we could well have half of Perth's households with rooftop solar. We're 20 per cent now.
That does that mean for the electricity grid?
\It's a real problem for the utilities to come to terms with, because they didn't predict it.
They have all these contracts for coal and gas that go 20 or 30 years, despite the boom times, we've actually reduced our electricity consumption during this period because people are just not needing it if you've got the PVs on the roof.
Rooftop solar's biggest weakness has been its inability to produce power once the sun sets.
This can be addressed with installation of large battery systems that allow households to store solar energy for use in peak periods, but until recently these have been expensive.
Darren Gladman from the Clean Energy Council says in 2016 household batteries will become increasingly common, with big producers like billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's company Tesla entering the market.
The onset of batteries and the entry into the market of providers like Elon Musk is going to really change the way people think about energy, so that we're not just thinking about producing electricity from solar, but also storing it and managing it ourselves.
He says will become a global leader in the roll-out of battery technology.
Because we've got so many households with solar on the roof, reasonably high electricity prices, and great sun, of course, means that we're a prime market for batteries. So that makes us one of the first markets that people like Elon Musk, but other companies that sell batteries as well, are targeting.
The Clean Energy Council's Darren Gladman ending Anthony Stewart's report.
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Sègula Films
Mario Pons Múria
Qué diuen de nosaltres
Els documentals
El Periple, la vella llum d'Europa
Dossier premsa
La Filla del Farer
Sègula, lo futur de les Terres de l'Ebre
La Batalla de la memòria
Aigua, la font de la vida
D'altres produccions
Ets aquí: Inici1 / English
Lights of Hope
What do a Marketing Manager of a multinational company, an old Lighthouse Keeper and the leader of a Syrian refugee camp in Greece have in common?
Life in isolation, the blockade of the individual and the dramatic situation in the Mediterranean.
A lighthouse is a public building of a universal rescue nature where the lighthouse keeper has a clear mission, to turn on the light for all types of navigators.
With the point of view stuck in the Civil War of Syria, "El Periple" reflects the most intimate memory of the Spanish Republican exile in 1939 and the repression during the Spanish post-war period, setting the course towards some answers to the deepest moral and humanitarian crisis experienced in Europe since World War II.
Today millions of people flee wars, but the borders of the old continent are closed, the lights of the European democracies are extinguished.
At night, when the light of a lighthouse is turned off, it means that something serious is happening, an accident, warning of shipwreck, or even the arrival of a war.
Miquel, a veteran executive, loses his job at the multinational company where he works. He needs to change his life.
Alfredo and his family have to leave their home, the lighthouse on Buda, when it is deliberately destroyed by fire in the Spanish Civil War.
So begins the journey towards exile.
Ammar was the sales boss of an automotive plant in Damascus now he is the leader of the refugees at the camp in Filippiada Greece.
Three very different stories, each one about the pain of exile.
A movie by
Alex García García
Sound Direction
Editing and Post Production
Laura Hierro Garvín
Portrayal and Script
Historical Props
David Moré Aguirre
Helena Garrigós Cabezas
Josep Sánchez Cervelló
Marcos López Gomariz
Musical Producer
Francisco Pérez Gallardo
Alfredo Cero
Jaume Tauler
Marc Torner
AbrahimAli
MehmodDali
Miquel BadaMasdeu
Delia Perez-Livermore
Eva Ramos Alcolea
Hilari Arasa
David Garcia Ballús
Mario Pons and the Segula film team worked with Catalan TV on the documentary " The future of Terres de l'Ebre".
XIX festival Internacional de Mediambient de Barcelona (FICMA) the international REC of Tarragona 2012 the Medimed of Sitges 2013 the international festival of Zaragoza, Ecozine 2013. Broadcast the programme "Non Fiction" with 200,000 viewers in primetime. Controversial, pessemistic for some, realistic for others, even today Segula films is socially committed and this time with the effects of the 'crash of the housing market' in 2008 on the working clases.
2015 saw the the premier of "The Daughter of the light Kepper" Festival Memorimage de Reus 2015.
Museu Marítim de Barcelona, Museu del Port de Barcelona, Museu del Port de Tarragona, University summer camp of Prada de Conflent 2015.The Sea Museum of the Ebro Delta 2016. The ecozine International festival in Zaragoza 2016. Democratic Memorial 2016
Reculls de prensa: La Filla del farer
At this time , Mario Pons is presenting " El Periple, the old light of Europe" 2018. as Musical Producer and director. 2006-2018 The original sound track 2006. Mikel Laboa. Ojos de Brujo. Gaiters de Chaca. Quico el Celio, el noi i el mut de ferreries. Jordi Molina Estudis Trama.
"The Battle of Memories" Original sound track. Disk Mario Pons Audiovisual production. TV. DiskMedi. Túbal. Quico el Celio, el noi i el mut de Ferreries. 2009.
"The future of the land of the Ebro, straight" BSO. Los Sigadors. 2015 https://youtu.be/vp6I0vnC3fI Gira Espectacle "Sègula, lo futur de les Terres de l'Ebre". Los Sirgadors. 2012 Gira Espectacle "The Sleeping Land". Los Sirgadors. 2013/18. Chosen by
Barcelona'sTradicional Festival 2013, Barnasants 2013. Mediterranian Fare
de Manresa 2013. Festival en Veu Alta 2014. Festival de Música Tradicional de
la Granadella 2017. Gira Espectacle "La Filla del farer". Los Sirgadors. 2015/2016.
http://www.sirgadors.cat/bloc/
"El Periple" BSO. Los Sirgadors. 2018 https://youtu.be/3SwxkiJ8vW8
Altres produccions documentals
https://www.segulafilms.com/bloc/category/daltres-produccions/museus/
"Tarragona sota les bombes" Documental. 2009.
Una producció de l'Ajuntament de Tarragona i el Memorial Democràtic sobre els
bombardejos a Tarragona de 1937.
"Quan la torre del pretori era la presó de pilats" Documental. 2009. Una
producció de l'Ajuntament de Tarragona sobre la presó franquista de Pilats.
"1811, The siege of Tarragona" Documentary. 2011 a production with the collaboration of Tarragona town Hall and Heritage Council Town Hall.
"The Ebro Walkway" Report 2007
A production for the institute for the development of the Ebro counties about the navigability of the Ebro. As the script writer and director of "Clean water clean hands" a production by the
New water culture Foundation with the support of Pere Portabella. 2005
As executive producer: " The Crack". 2002 Documentary made by Bonaventura Durall and Produced for Naunuk Productions. This documentary was filmed over 3 months in Argentina.
"GoldmanAwards 2003 produced by Roll and Relatives Production- Hollywood." Californian Producer. On the occassion of the Goldman award ceremony this documentary was presented at the San Francisco Opera House (USA) 2003.
"The Spanish Water War" Thomas Newmayer, For Canal Arte in Germany 2003
"There's a Reason" Pere Portabella. Documentary Film made by numerous directors producers and national actors. 2003 – 2004.
Segula Films is an audiovisual production company that uses the strength of the men pulling the tow-line, "the llaüters of the Ebre River", to move forward engaging projects, whether our own or commissioned productions, in the range from television documentary, audiovisual muselizations or promotional audiovisual of your entrepreneurial, associative or institutional activities, coming from a cinematographic point of view in order to make your products, concepts and ideas come to life. Our main goal is to carry the precious audiovisual load to the end of its traject, tightening the tow-line, sègula, firmly, up stream.
In the early twentieth century, excellent captains commanded river boats which in the memory of old people are beginning to sound like tales like "the llaüt".
The "llaüt" was for centuries a kind of a fluvial train going upstream and downstream, carrying people and goods. Going downstream was easy the power of the current made them slide; although often llauters used paddles. Going up stream against the current, the boat could deploy two sails "the gabia and the trau" as long as the wind blew aft. Moreover, the "llaüt" was towed thanks to the effort of a group of horses or thanks to the effort of the "llauters", who working, pulled the thick rope," la sègula" tied to the tip of the mast of the "llaüt",. Who has not seen it, can hardly believe it. It was necessary to advance, with the strength of your chest – rather than of your arms – trough a narrow path along the river, "lo camí de sirga", sometimes, next to a dangerous cliff. There was no way back for the "llauters" even if that meant to die trying. Take a step back meant to lose the "llaüt" and its load, which was unthinkable … (…) …
The captain, with the rudder of the helm between the legs, occasionally shouted: "Hold, sègula!!"…
Arthur Bladé Desumvila Visio de l'Ebre Catalan. 1973.
Since a decade ago, at Sègula films, with a permanent observatory in the Terres de L'Ebre and a delegation in Barcelona, we make audiovisual productions in all its aspects and needs, from the process of literary screenplay to its realization, planning and implementation of shooting, the postproduction. At "lo llaüt" of Sègula films we are decisive people with ideas and willingness to undertake new challenges.
We also provide your productions with high definition images with an big film portfolio specialized in the Ebre River, its tributaries and its land, from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean. At the same time, we are specialists in the search for images amongst the murky currents in film libraries and public or private files.
We prioritize the demands of both script and customers, setting the course of our projects with precision, feeling the creative current of the river through the rudder, "l'Arjau".
Filmography of the director
Mario Pons Mùria, is the team leader of Sègula Films, screenwriter, director and audiovisual producer, is a graduate of Film and Broadcasting from Escola Superior De Cinema I Audiovisuals De Catalunya (University of Barcelona. 2000).
Director and screenwriter of the documentary "Water, Source of Life" (2002), award winner of One Only Earth in the Ecologic Film Festival of Catalonia (2003), and in 2004, coinciding with the elimination of the river Ebre´s water transfer law, is emitted on Catalonia Television.
In 2006, Mario writes and directs "Cross Current" and is awarded the Special Mention Jury in the XIII International Film Festival of Catalonia Environment, the ex aequo prize for Best Documentary Film Festival in Girona and the price Strength of the River in the Festival of the River in Tortosa.
As a producer, Mario signs the script and directs "Battling with the Pass" (2009). Documentary production with Catalonia Television; he is awarded the "Audience Award" at the IV International Film Festival Memorimage from the city of Reus. The film also won the "Annual Award" of the Catalan Government, an award given to the film that best addresses the subject of the recovery of historical memory of the struggle for democracy against Franco and the skill of the film to reflect not only the facts relating to the Battle of the Ebro (1938), but also reflecting the effect the Spanish Civil War has had the on the emotions of people to this day. The universal approach to the matter of the Film "Battling with the Pass" made it possible to be distributed in over 20 countries.
Currently, Mario Pons, along with their collaborators Sègula Films and Television of Catalonia is working the foundations for the future of the Lands of the Ebro in a new documentary production. He also counts on the collaboration of the University Rovira i Virgili, the Institute of Development of de Ebro Lands, the Chamber of Commerce and Navigation of Tortosa among other organizations, companies, workers and unemployed people of all productive sectors.
Sègula Films' boat, llaüt, has professional teams to handle your production needs from creative and technical to the arrangement of allocations and permits, transportation, postproduction, lodging or translations and interprets, amongst other aspects in the art to lift up audiovisual projects.
Our global point of view is based on our knowledge of the terrain to obtain the best human resources and the most appropriate locations that best fit the aesthetic and physical needs of each production. We tailor our team to your project through our personal and individual attention.
Research Services of film and photograph files
Off Voice Recordings
The Premiere
"Tow-Line"
Towing a boat was one of the hardest jobs tied to the fluvial navigation on the river Ebre. A century after his disappearance, it has become a symbol of the identity, for the effort it represents and also for its cultural bonding with the river.
The lack of favorable wind, the poor productive econoy, the strong flood about the financial and moral crisis that takes away the prosperity and health of many families, leaves us with the question, "Above all our differences, can a minority directly influence their future?"
Unemployed, students, self-employed, businesess, asociations, institutions, universities, union… get together to find a path away from their own lack of self-steem, the abandonement and the punishment from central powers.
WHAT HAVE WE MADE?
Water Source of live
Whenever humans intervene in water ecosystems, something changes. When we build a dam, something changes. It is not only the villages and natural areas which are flooded, but also the fauna and flora of the river, both upstream and downstream. River deltas and beaches are affected when the river no longer carries the sediments which they need for their stability and survival.
When we transfer water from one river basin to another we create false expectations of easy riches to be gained from this new resource, encouraging a cycle of unsustainability. Even worse, along the valley of the river losing its water we cause a social, economic, and environmental catastrophe. We destroy entire regions, condemning their people to abandon their way of life, their homes, history, culture – their Identity.
Without forgetting the situation of the Large Dams in the Pyrenees or the ecological disaster which the "Tajo-Segura transference" has caused in Murcia, this documentary aims to focus on the human side of all this. What are our origins, and where are we heading for? We want to follow a generational journey which will also take us from the people of the heart of the Ebro Delta to scientific reasoning. "Water – The Source of Life" also proposes to analyse the workings of the river Ebro and its Delta. We will look at its past and present problems, and the dark future which awaits it with the Spanish government's "National Hydrological Plan". This Plan intends to transfer water from the Ebro to other areas hundreds of kilometres away, as well as the building of over one hundred new reservoirs. This documentary will take us towards a new way of understanding the world. It will take us from lies to the truth, from a hydrological unsustainability to a "New Water Culture".
Crosscurrent
What do a fisherman from the Ebro Delta, a villager fromMurcia, a journalist from Madrid, the Spanish Environment Minister, a farmer from La Mancha, a young prisoner in Iruña jail, the head of the legal services of Iberdrola, and an old woman from the Pyrenees have in common? Against the current describes the dark backstage of the water war in the Spain, a struggle that for decades has created a conflict between the north and south of the peninsula, creating political corruption and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes. Will water be the cause of war in the 21st century?
Battiling with de past
A film looks at the impact of the Spanish Civil War in the Ebro region and the horrors it spawned.
In a festive wine-pressing setting, the grapes of wrath from a half-forgotten war leave a bitter taste in the region. The protagonists weave their stories with partisan views of local disputes – unresolved conflicts that are passed on to each succeeding generation. This film aims to visualize the limits of human suffering and the unforseeable consequence of grief. The message is that 70 years alter the end of the Civil War, Spaniards still need to learn how to look each other in the eye without mistrust if they are to come to terms with their past.
Other Productions
The Ebre advances
2007. Audiovisual commissioned by the Institut per al Desenvolupament de les Comarques de l'Ebre.
Colours, textures, contrasts, reflections promote the navigation on the river Ebre. The travelling waters blend with the music of the movement symphonic poem "Ma Vlast" of master Txec Bedrich Smetana.
When the tower of "Pretori" was "Pilates prison"
2009. Audiovisual commissioned by the Heritage Councillor of the City of Tarragona. The Tower of the Pretori was part of the provincial Roman Forum built in I B.C. during the time of Emperor Vespasia.
On January 15th, 1939, the entry of Franco troops in Tarragona marks the end of the war and the beginning of a new repressive, ferocious and systematic wave. From 1939 to 1945, over 650 sentenced to death come out of Pilats prison to be shot on the hill Oliva.
Pilats, the gaze of three sentenced to death by Franco
Tarragona under the bombs
2009. Audiovisual commissioned by the Heritage Councillor of the City of Tarragona. During the Civil War, Franco uses aircraft to systematically bombing civilians, his target, to spread terror to paralyze the Republican rear-line soldiers and that way demoralize the front-line. On July 19th, the first anniversary of the military uprising and of the military crushing of the rebels in Barcelona, the Italian aviation legions let out their deadly cargo on the city. It was a quarter past nine in the evening and people from Tarragona had come out their homes to get some fresh air. The tragic balance caused by the explosion of 34 bombs was of 51 dead and 104 wounded. The objectives of the cameras of the international news focus in the devastating effects caused by the bombing of Tarragona. 70 years later, one of its victims remembers the day he lost his father. After that horrific night, the popular feelings of anger and hostility arising after the first bombing become powerlessness, helplessness, and panic.
Franco's army occupying Tarragona
2009. City Council of Tarragona
After the fall of the Front de l'Ebre, on the 13th of January of 1939, Franco's military forces occupied Tortosa. The fascism attack on Tarragona is unstoppable.
Theater Metropol 100 years
2010. Audiovisual commissioned by the Heritage Councillor of the City of Tarragona. In 1910, the theater Metropol was finished in Tarragona. The construction was under the direction of the architect Josep Maria Jujol, the top in Tarragona's modernism. In its century anniversary, John Malkovich, big admirer of Josep Maria Jujol's work, comes to Tarragona to premier his last play, The Infernal Comedy.
1811 The Siege in Tarragona
2011. Audiovisual commissioned by the the Heritage Councillor of the City of Tarragona.In 1808, Spain is involved in Napolion's strategy which requires the control of the Iberian Peninsula in order to fight against the English maritime forces. After Lleida falls in 1810, Tarragona becomes the capital of Catalonia. By orders of Napoleon, General Suchet, reorganizes the French troops and prepares the impending siege of Tarragona. The conflict leaves the city in a terrible estate of destruction and terrible aftermath of death and misery. It will take over 30 years for Tarragona to have once again the number of residents that had in 1808 and the economic recovery will be prolonged until the end of the XIX century.
© Copyright - Sègula Films

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I want to design a Front page display for my site.
I need a very small menu somewhere and would like a few shout sections where i can have announcements. of upcoming events, etc.
I normally use Macromedia DreamWeaver (mostly in code view) for my sites, but I occasionally use Windows Wordpad too.
If you are not familiar with HTML, CSS etc. I would suggest searching Google for some tutorials and learning at least the basics before beginning.
Another option would be to use some form of content management system, such as WordPress or Joomla, which are both available as 'one-click installs' via the panel. You will find them in the Goodies -> One-Click Installs section.


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The Miracle of Life (1983), by NOVA
The most-watched NOVA documentary ever made and a revolution in the understanding of human development, The Miracle of Life (abbreviated Life) employs the most current developments in endoscopic and microscopic technology to capture the intricacies of human development. Narrated by Anita Sangiolo and vividly illustrating the most minute and hard-to-reach parts and processes of living systems, this film truly flexes the muscles of the newest photographic technology of its time, with esteemed photographer Lennart Nilsson behind the camera.
In the Womb (2005), by Toby Mcdonald and National Geographic Channel
Written, produced, and directed by Toby Mcdonald, the 2005 National Geographic Channel film In the Womb uses the most recent technology to provide an intricate glimpse into the prenatal world. The technologies used, which include advanced photography, computer graphics, and 4-D ultrasound imaging, help to realistically illustrate the process of development and to answer questions about the rarely seen development of a human being.
Menstrupedia Comic: The Friendly Guide to Periods for Girls (2014), by Aditi Gupta, Tuhin Paul, and Rajat Mittal
Menstrupedia published the comic book Menstrupedia Comic: The Friendly Guide to Periods for Girls, hereafter Menstrupedia Comic, in July 2014 in India. Aditi Gupta, the founder of Menstrupedia and a women's health activist, wrote Menstrupedia Comic while studying at the National Institute of Design in Gujarat, India, in 2013. Gupta worked alongside her husband, graphic designer Tuhin Paul, who provided the illustrations for the book. According to Menstrupedia, misconceptions and taboo surrounding menstruation in India prompted Gupta to develop the book.
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A connection planned to connect to the Fingrid main grid is being developed and delivered in cooperation with the customer. A project can be summarised in four stages as shown in the picture Grid Connection Project i.e. Connectivity, Planning, Construction and Commissioning.
Based on the early phase information about the connection and the customer need we assess and examine the various solution alternatives all of which are informing the final connection solution (Connectivity). In the planning phase more detailed technical plans and drawings are drafted and discussed and delivered to Fingrid for review (Planning).
After the planning phase, the construction of the agreed connection solution can start based on the reviewed plans (Construction). The costs of the electrical installation construction are covered and shared based on the electrical installation ownership of Fingrid and that of the customer.
The commissioning of the grid connection is agreed in an early phase with Fingrid system operation to ensure smooth operation start (Commissioning).
During the grid connection project it is vital to follow up that technical data concerning the planned connection is up-to-date and delivered to Fingrid. This is to ensure the safe operation of the connection without any compromises.
The terms and conditions of connecting the grid connection to the Finnish main grid are outlined in the connection agreement. The agreement shall describe the ownership and responsibilities and the usage rights as well as the grid connection fees. The agreement shall become effective once both parties have signed it and the customer has paid the connection fees specified in the connection agreement.
The connection agreement is valid until further notice. The termination of the agreement shall require three years' notice. The agreement cannot be terminated earlier than 15 years from the signing of the agreement.
The terms and conditions of transmitting electricity to and from the Finnish main grid through customer connection point are outlined in a separate main grid agreement. The main grid agreement requires a valid connection agreement.


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package org.apache.omid.transaction;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.Cell;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.CellUtil;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.KeyValue;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Get;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Result;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
import org.apache.omid.HBaseShims;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import com.google.common.base.Objects.ToStringHelper;
import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
import com.google.common.hash.Hasher;
import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;

@SuppressWarnings("all")
public final class CellUtils {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CellUtils.class);
    static final byte[] SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX = "\u0080".getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8); // Non printable char (128 ASCII)
    //Prefix starts with 0 to apear before other cells in TransactionVisibilityFilter
    static final byte[] SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX = "\u0000\u0080".getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8);
    static byte[] DELETE_TOMBSTONE = HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    static byte[] LEGACY_DELETE_TOMBSTONE = Bytes.toBytes("__OMID_TOMBSTONE__");
    public static final byte[] FAMILY_DELETE_QUALIFIER = HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY;
    public static final String TRANSACTION_ATTRIBUTE = "__OMID_TRANSACTION__";
    /**/
    public static final String CLIENT_GET_ATTRIBUTE = "__OMID_CLIENT_GET__";
    public static final String LL_ATTRIBUTE = "__OMID_LL__";

    /**
     * Utility interface to get rid of the dependency on HBase server package
     */
    interface CellGetter {
        Result get(Get get) throws IOException;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the particular cell passed exists in the datastore.
     * @param row row
     * @param family column family
     * @param qualifier columnn name
     * @param version version
     * @param cellGetter an instance of CellGetter
     * @return true if the cell specified exists. false otherwise
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static boolean hasCell(byte[] row,
                                  byte[] family,
                                  byte[] qualifier,
                                  long version,
                                  CellGetter cellGetter)
            throws IOException {
        Get get = new Get(row);
        get.addColumn(family, qualifier);
        get.setTimeStamp(version);

        Result result = cellGetter.get(get);

        return result.containsColumn(family, qualifier);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the particular cell passed has a corresponding shadow cell in the datastore
     * @param row row
     * @param family column family
     * @param qualifier columnn name
     * @param version version
     * @param cellGetter an instance of CellGetter
     * @return true if it has a shadow cell. false otherwise.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static boolean hasShadowCell(byte[] row,
                                        byte[] family,
                                        byte[] qualifier,
                                        long version,
                                        CellGetter cellGetter) throws IOException {
        return hasCell(row, family, addShadowCellSuffixPrefix(qualifier),
                version, cellGetter);
    }

    /**
     * Builds a new qualifier composed of the HBase qualifier passed + the shadow cell suffix.
     * @param qualifierArray the qualifier to be suffixed
     * @param qualOffset the offset where the qualifier starts
     * @param qualLength the qualifier length
     * @return the suffixed qualifier
     */
    public static byte[] addShadowCellSuffixPrefix(byte[] qualifierArray, int qualOffset, int qualLength) {
        byte[] result = new byte[qualLength + SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length + SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length];
        System.arraycopy(SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX, 0, result,0 , SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length);
        System.arraycopy(qualifierArray, qualOffset, result, SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length, qualLength);
        System.arraycopy(SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX, 0, result, qualLength + SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length,
                SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Builds a new qualifier composed of the HBase qualifier passed + the shadow cell suffix.
     * Contains a reduced signature to avoid boilerplate code in client side.
     * @param qualifier
     *            the qualifier to be suffixed
     * @return the suffixed qualifier
     */
    public static byte[] addShadowCellSuffixPrefix(byte[] qualifier) {
        return addShadowCellSuffixPrefix(qualifier, 0, qualifier.length);
    }

    /**
     * Builds a new qualifier removing the shadow cell suffix from the
     * passed HBase qualifier.
     * @param qualifier the qualifier to remove the suffix from
     * @param qualOffset the offset where the qualifier starts
     * @param qualLength the qualifier length
     * @return the new qualifier without the suffix
     */
    public static byte[] removeShadowCellSuffixPrefix(byte[] qualifier, int qualOffset, int qualLength) {
        if (endsWith(qualifier, qualOffset, qualLength, SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX)) {
            if (startsWith(qualifier, qualOffset,qualLength, SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX)) {
                return Arrays.copyOfRange(qualifier,
                        qualOffset + SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length,
                        qualOffset + (qualLength - SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length));
            } else {
                //support backward competatbiliy
                return Arrays.copyOfRange(qualifier,
                        qualOffset,qualOffset + (qualLength - SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length));
            }

        }

        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "Can't find shadow cell suffix in qualifier "
                        + Bytes.toString(qualifier));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the qualifier length removing the shadow cell suffix and prefix. In case that que suffix is not found,
     * just returns the length of the qualifier passed.
     * @param qualifier the qualifier to remove the suffix from
     * @param qualOffset the offset where the qualifier starts
     * @param qualLength the qualifier length
     * @return the qualifier length without the suffix
     */
    public static int qualifierLengthFromShadowCellQualifier(byte[] qualifier, int qualOffset, int qualLength) {

        if (endsWith(qualifier, qualOffset, qualLength, SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX)) {
            if (startsWith(qualifier,qualOffset, qualLength, SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX)) {
                return qualLength - SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length - SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length;
            } else {
                return qualLength - SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX.length;
            }
        }
        return qualLength;
    }

    /**
     * Complement to matchingQualifier() methods in HBase's CellUtil.class
     * @param left the cell to compare the qualifier
     * @param qualArray the explicit qualifier array passed
     * @param qualOffset the explicit qualifier offset passed
     * @param qualLen the explicit qualifier length passed
     * @return whether the qualifiers are equal or not
     */
    public static boolean matchingQualifier(final Cell left, final byte[] qualArray, int qualOffset, int qualLen) {
        return Bytes.equals(left.getQualifierArray(), left.getQualifierOffset(), left.getQualifierLength(),
                qualArray, qualOffset, qualLen);
    }

    /**
     * Check that the cell passed meets the requirements for a valid cell identifier with Omid. Basically, users can't:
     * 1) specify a timestamp
     * 2) use a particular suffix in the qualifier
     */
    public static void validateCell(Cell cell, long startTimestamp) {
        // Throw exception if timestamp is set by the user
        if (cell.getTimestamp() != HConstants.LATEST_TIMESTAMP
                && cell.getTimestamp() != startTimestamp) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Timestamp not allowed in transactional user operations");
        }
        // Throw exception if using a non-allowed qualifier
        if (isShadowCell(cell)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "Reserved string used in column qualifier");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether a cell contains a qualifier that is a delete cell
     * column qualifier or not.
     * @param cell the cell to check if contains the delete cell qualifier
     * @return whether the cell passed contains a delete cell qualifier or not
     */
    public static boolean isFamilyDeleteCell(Cell cell) {
        return CellUtil.matchingQualifier(cell, CellUtils.FAMILY_DELETE_QUALIFIER) &&
                CellUtil.matchingValue(cell, HConstants.EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY);
    }

    /**
     * Returns whether a cell contains a qualifier that is a shadow cell
     * column qualifier or not.
     * @param cell the cell to check if contains the shadow cell qualifier
     * @return whether the cell passed contains a shadow cell qualifier or not
     */
    public static boolean isShadowCell(Cell cell) {
        byte[] qualifier = cell.getQualifierArray();
        int qualOffset = cell.getQualifierOffset();
        int qualLength = cell.getQualifierLength();

        return endsWith(qualifier, qualOffset, qualLength, SHADOW_CELL_SUFFIX);
    }

    private static boolean endsWith(byte[] value, int offset, int length, byte[] suffix) {
        if (length <= suffix.length) {
            return false;
        }

        int suffixOffset = offset + length - suffix.length;
        int result = Bytes.compareTo(value, suffixOffset, suffix.length,
                suffix, 0, suffix.length);
        return result == 0;
    }

    private static boolean startsWith(byte[] value, int offset, int length, byte[] prefix) {
        if (length <= prefix.length) {
            return false;
        }

        int result = Bytes.compareTo(value, offset, prefix.length,
                prefix, 0, prefix.length);
        return result == 0;
    }

    /**
     * Returns if a cell is marked as a tombstone.
     * @param cell the cell to check
     * @return whether the cell is marked as a tombstone or not
     */
    public static boolean isTombstone(Cell cell) {
        return CellUtil.matchingValue(cell, DELETE_TOMBSTONE) ||
                CellUtil.matchingValue(cell, LEGACY_DELETE_TOMBSTONE);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new shadow cell created from a particular cell.
     * @param cell
     *            the cell to reconstruct the shadow cell from.
     * @param shadowCellValue
     *            the value for the new shadow cell created
     * @return the brand-new shadow cell
     */
    public static Cell buildShadowCellFromCell(Cell cell, byte[] shadowCellValue) {
        byte[] shadowCellQualifier = addShadowCellSuffixPrefix(cell.getQualifierArray(),
                cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                cell.getQualifierLength());
        return new KeyValue(
                cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(), cell.getRowLength(),
                cell.getFamilyArray(), cell.getFamilyOffset(), cell.getFamilyLength(),
                shadowCellQualifier, 0, shadowCellQualifier.length,
                cell.getTimestamp(), KeyValue.Type.codeToType(cell.getTypeByte()),
                shadowCellValue, 0, shadowCellValue.length);
    }

    /**
     * Analyzes a list of cells, associating the corresponding shadow cell if present.
     *
     * @param cells the list of cells to classify
     * @return a sorted map associating each cell with its shadow cell
     */
    public static SortedMap<Cell, Optional<Cell>> mapCellsToShadowCells(List<Cell> cells) {

        // Move CellComparator to HBaseSims for 2.0 support
        // Need to access through CellComparatorImpl.COMPARATOR
        SortedMap<Cell, Optional<Cell>> cellToShadowCellMap
                = new TreeMap<Cell, Optional<Cell>>(HBaseShims.cellComparatorInstance());

        Map<CellId, Cell> cellIdToCellMap = new HashMap<CellId, Cell>();
        for (Cell cell : cells) {
            if (!isShadowCell(cell)) {
                CellId key = new CellId(cell, false);
                if (cellIdToCellMap.containsKey(key)) {
                    // Get the current cell and compare the values
                    Cell storedCell = cellIdToCellMap.get(key);
                    if (CellUtil.matchingValue(cell, storedCell)) {
                        // TODO: Should we check also here the MVCC and swap if its greater???
                        // Values are the same, ignore
                    } else {
                        if (cell.getSequenceId() > storedCell.getSequenceId()) { // Swap values
                            Optional<Cell> previousValue = cellToShadowCellMap.remove(storedCell);
                            Preconditions.checkNotNull(previousValue, "Should contain an Optional<Cell> value");
                            cellIdToCellMap.put(key, cell);
                            cellToShadowCellMap.put(cell, previousValue);
                        } else {
                            LOG.warn("Cell {} with an earlier MVCC found. Ignoring...", cell);
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    cellIdToCellMap.put(key, cell);
                    cellToShadowCellMap.put(cell, Optional.<Cell>absent());
                }
            } else {
                CellId key = new CellId(cell, true);
                if (cellIdToCellMap.containsKey(key)) {
                    Cell originalCell = cellIdToCellMap.get(key);
                    cellToShadowCellMap.put(originalCell, Optional.of(cell));
                } else {
                    LOG.trace("Map does not contain key {}", key);
                }
            }
        }

        return cellToShadowCellMap;
    }

    private static class CellId {

        private static final int MIN_BITS = 32;

        private final Cell cell;
        private final boolean isShadowCell;

        CellId(Cell cell, boolean isShadowCell) {

            this.cell = cell;
            this.isShadowCell = isShadowCell;

        }

        Cell getCell() {
            return cell;
        }

        boolean isShadowCell() {
            return isShadowCell;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object o) {
            if (o == this)
                return true;
            if (!(o instanceof CellId))
                return false;
            CellId otherCellId = (CellId) o;
            Cell otherCell = otherCellId.getCell();

            // Row comparison
            if (!CellUtil.matchingRow(otherCell, cell)) {
                return false;
            }

            // Family comparison
            if (!CellUtil.matchingFamily(otherCell, cell)) {
                return false;
            }

            // Qualifier comparison
            if (isShadowCell()) {
                int qualifierLength = qualifierLengthFromShadowCellQualifier(cell.getQualifierArray(),
                        cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                        cell.getQualifierLength());
                int qualifierOffset = cell.getQualifierOffset();
                if (startsWith(cell.getQualifierArray(), cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                        cell.getQualifierLength(), SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX)) {
                    qualifierOffset = qualifierOffset + SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length;
                }
                if (!matchingQualifier(otherCell,
                        cell.getQualifierArray(), qualifierOffset, qualifierLength)) {
                    return false;
                }
            } else {
                if (!CellUtil.matchingQualifier(otherCell, cell)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            // Timestamp comparison
            return otherCell.getTimestamp() == cell.getTimestamp();

        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            Hasher hasher = Hashing.goodFastHash(MIN_BITS).newHasher();
            hasher.putBytes(cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(), cell.getRowLength());
            hasher.putBytes(cell.getFamilyArray(), cell.getFamilyOffset(), cell.getFamilyLength());
            int qualifierLength = cell.getQualifierLength();
            int qualifierOffset = cell.getQualifierOffset();
            if (isShadowCell()) {
                qualifierLength = qualifierLengthFromShadowCellQualifier(cell.getQualifierArray(),
                        cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                        cell.getQualifierLength());
                if (startsWith(cell.getQualifierArray(), cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                        cell.getQualifierLength(), SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX)) {
                    qualifierOffset = qualifierOffset + SHADOW_CELL_PREFIX.length;
                }
            }
            hasher.putBytes(cell.getQualifierArray(),qualifierOffset , qualifierLength);
            hasher.putLong(cell.getTimestamp());
            return hasher.hash().asInt();
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            ToStringHelper helper = Objects.toStringHelper(this);
            helper.add("row", Bytes.toStringBinary(cell.getRowArray(), cell.getRowOffset(), cell.getRowLength()));
            helper.add("family", Bytes.toString(cell.getFamilyArray(), cell.getFamilyOffset(), cell.getFamilyLength()));
            helper.add("is shadow cell?", isShadowCell);
            helper.add("qualifier",
                    Bytes.toString(cell.getQualifierArray(), cell.getQualifierOffset(), cell.getQualifierLength()));
            if (isShadowCell()) {
                int qualifierLength = qualifierLengthFromShadowCellQualifier(cell.getQualifierArray(),
                        cell.getQualifierOffset(),
                        cell.getQualifierLength());
                helper.add("qualifier whithout shadow cell suffix",
                        Bytes.toString(cell.getQualifierArray(), cell.getQualifierOffset() + 1, qualifierLength));
            }
            helper.add("ts", cell.getTimestamp());
            return helper.toString();
        }
    }

}


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Well I'm not exactly a newbie with Gimp but this has me baffled. I want to create an album cover with edited photos and give it a 60's&70's feel, a lo-fi, old camera feel.
So is there a technique for this? Or a plug-in maybe?


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NetPlay TV - Target Price Upgraded
http://www.netplaytv.plc.uk/netplaytv/
IMPORTANT (March 2014): Changes to the Gambling Bill have meant the dynamic of the point of consumption tax have changed. Therefore, this article is no longer accurate and the site's position on NetPlay is under review
A strong operational performance at NetPlay TV (LSE:NPT) has seen the shares soar to a current price of 23.38p versus the site Buy price of 18.25p back in September. That equates to a 28% rise, but there should be more to come. The ~£69m company recently announced record key performance figures in January, and with traction being gained the general positive trend should continue. In the initial review I commented that "The technical position remains highly encouraging and an initial target of 25p is not out of the question - that is a level at which both technicals and fundamentals match up. A highly cash generative, cash-backed, growth play." That very much remains the case.
This article is a follow-on from the below post. For full context and information, read this article first:
http://www.theel1tetrader.com/2013/09/netplay-tv-gaining-traction-and-market.html
The technical position of NetPlay is very pleasing with an upward sloping curve representing momentum and increased market interest (that is backed up by increased volumes). The shares have advanced strongly in recent weeks and have comfortably broken out of past trading zones. That has been aided by a lack of resistance (up until 25p and 30p beyond that). What the chart doesn't show are the large movements in institutional holdings and these has and should continue to revitalise the price movements.
The principal institutional activity has been Henderson Global Investors selling down their stake from the high 20%+ levels. More specifically, they reduced from 26% to 22% and now to circa 14%. That selling, combined with reduced stakes from HSBC and Miton Group, initially saw the price rises limited. It's difficult to pinpoint the reason for these sales especially given the rising price and Henderson's very high initial level. It could be a round of profit taking and risk adjustment, or something more severe. The fundamentals and bullish price movement itself, however, suggests that it's unlikely to be a deep-rooted concern. As part of the offloading, Investec took up a material ~7.5% stake in NetPlay. These institutional movements should revitalise the price, as it has been the selling that has held the price back. Investec and other institutions, will not be looking to sell at a loss hence they won't be selling much at or too near their purchase price. It remains to be seen whether Henderson are intent on selling the remainder of their interest or whether they will hold it.
NetPlay has released several operational news statements since the first review. The first was a trading statement in October. This showed that NetPlay experienced a strong third quarter with mobile and tablet contribution up 171% year-on-year (Y.O.Y) and an increased number of both depositing and active customers. However, net revenues were down on the previous quarter due to "exceptionally hot weather" which led to a decreased number of players. That negative impact was partially mitigated by effective advertising of their SuperCasino.com brand on the Big Brother series'.
The next trading update was released earlier this month and showed an excellent performance (aided by the acquisition of Vernons.com). Total net revenues for Q4 2013 were at a record level, there was a further increase in the number of active depositing players, and mobile and tablet contribution continued on its upward trajectory. The best way to represent this data is on the table below:
The general trend for all the KPIs is extremely positive. Over the 24 month period, mobile and tablet contributions as a percentage of net revenues rose by 21%, new depositing players per quarter rise by 26%, quarterly active depositing players rose by 47%, and total quarterly net revenue rose by 55%. Those are very impressive, and if anything, momentum continues to be built across the KPIs. There are a few fluctuations within the overall trend, and these are the result of several factors including the timing of key advertisements and exogenous factors (such as the hot weather during Q3 2013). That was all shadowed by the impressive statement in the January trading update was that full year EBITDA was expected to be at the top end of market expectations.
Those figures should continue to improve and that will be partly down to NetPlay's shrewd acquisition during H2 2013. The acquisition was of Vernons.com (operates an online casino, bingo, poker and sports book) - a business formerly owned by Sportech (LSE:SPO) that had mixed success. During 2012, Vernons booked operating profits of £1.1m on revenues of £4.8m, but slipped to an operating loss of £0.7m in H1 2013 on revenues of £2.8m. No reasons for the financial decline were given, but what is important is that NetPlay have noted that "significant synergy opportunities will allow quick and efficient integration" that will "ensure immediate profitability". That means that the Vernons part of NetPlay will be earnings enhancing from the off and along with the acquisition came a substantial 367,000 registered user base (will be lower when stripping out the inactive accounts). That user base is important as it means NetPlay will be able to cross-offer their other services. The marketing campaign for Vernons is set to start in early 2014, with the business already having secured the headline sponsor spot on STV for Loose Women throughout 2014.
The price of Vernons was also attractive - it included a cash consideration of £3m and Sportech pledged £0.1m towards restructuring and integration costs. This suggests that Sportech were actually keen to offload Vernons, and that tallies with the business not being a perfect fit into their offering. The price only amounted to approximately 2.7x FY2012 profits and considering that NetPlay chucked off £2.6m in cash in H1, it will hardly dent their robust balance sheet, which has cash and equivalents of £14.9m at the last showing.
Looking back the the 2013 forecasts, revenues were forecast to come in at £28.1m, pre-tax profits of £4.60m and EPS of 1.55p. We now know the revenue figure and it amounted to £28.6m, so slightly (but not materially) above the forecast. The EPS figure seems sensible given that the diluted H1 EPS amounted to 0.80p. For the following calculations, assume a conservative £13.5m FY2013 cash pile estimate. At 1.55p, NetPlay is trading on a prospective PE ratio of just 15 which is not demanding itself. Strip out £13.5m and the share price falls to 18.78p which translates through to a PE of just 12. Broker Daniel Stewart has predicted FY2014 EBITDA of £6.3m along with an EPS of 1.9p. That potentially means NetPlay is trading on a 2014 forward PER of 12.3, which drops to single figures when stripping out the cash. Assuming symmetric cash generation throughout 2014 (£2.6m for each half), then the cash pile would rise to £18.7m and the share price net of cash falls to 17p. Thus realistically, the net of cash 2014 PER could be just 9.
Let's use some conservative calculations. Assuming that the 2014 cash generation only amounts to £2m per half, the FY cash balance would stand somewhere around £17.5m (all other things being equal). Given that cash on the balance sheet is of little help to investors, let's say that it should only be valued at 50% (i.e. £8.75m). The share price thus falls to 20.4p. Taking a lower EPS figure than estimate at 1.8p, NetPlay would be trading on a half-cash PER of 11.3 should the share price be at the current level at the time of reading. At the very minimum a PER of 15 should be expected, and that equates to approximately 30p/share.
What do those figures mean in simple terms? Taking the current share price, factoring in discounted cash generation in 2014, stripping back half that cash pile and then applying a lower than forecast EPS figure, and NetPlay is still 'cheaply' valued. Taking the predicted EPS of 1.9p, using cash generation of £2.6m per half year, applying a 0% cash discount and stripping out the cash and the PER of 15 translates to 34.87p. A quick table on the right shows NetPlay's relative undervaluation compared to 32Red, which is arguably their closest peer when looking at past growth trends, and future growth potential.
In response to the January update Sanlam Securities upped their target price to 26p from 22p whilst Daniel Stewart upgraded their target price from 25p to 27p.
The issue that is holding back the share price is the point of consumption tax that I outlined in the initial review. Several discussions by the government have been completed and the tax has passed the stages, but it is yet to be formally announced, thus there is a small chance the 15% net revenue tax will be changed. However, the chances are that it won't given that it is being set to be in line with what the mainland UK based companies have to pay. The reality is that the tax is overblown and NetPlay would shrug it off should it continue to grow at current rates. Y.O.Y total net revenues are up by 32% alone. Furthermore, CEO Charles Butler has commented that he believes at least half of the 15% tax can be mitigated through passing on a portion of the tax to television broadcasters, and through careful cost reductions. If remains to be seen whether that will hold true.
With both technical and fundamental progress gaining momentum, there is certainly no reason to take NetPlay off the Buy rating at the current price. Indeed, in light of excellent financial progress (with EBITDA at the top end of expectations), an earnings-enhancing acquisition, and a strong share price chart, I have upped NetPlay's target price to 28p, with the potential for 30p to be reached beyond that (on a 12 month time frame). In addition to the fundamental progress, the company is backed by a robust balance sheet that can be deployed for more acquisitions, or to pay an improved dividend. In any case, the performance of the company is pleasing, and assuming that the current trends continue, the shares remain priced at an undemanding level. NetPlay is set to release FY preliminary results in April 2014.
Concise and interesting review. Good stuff
CraigJ 24 January 2014 at 09:55


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Dr. Adam J. Lee joined the Department of Computer Science in the fall of 2008. He received the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Prior to that, he received his BS in Computer Science from Cornell University.
Dr. Lee's research interests lie at the intersection of the computer security, privacy, and distributed systems fields. He is particularly interested in trust negotiation and distributed proof construction approaches to authorization, which can be used to facilitate secure interactions across multiple security domains while still preserving each individual's privacy and autonomy. Dr. Lee's research has been supported by the NSF and DARPA, and he is an NSF CAREER award recipient (2012).
Dr. Adam J. Lee is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he previously held the position of Assistant Professor (2008-2014). Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, he received the MS (2005) and PhD (2008) degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and received his BS in Computer Science from Cornell University (2003).
N. Farnan, A. Lee, P. Chrysanthis, and T. Yu, ""(I, A)-Privacy: Locally-Enforceable Querier Privacy for Distributed Databases," VLDB Journal, 2015.
W.Garrison III and A. Lee, "Decomposing, Comparing, and Synthesizing Access Control Expressiveness Simulations," 28th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium (CSF 2015), pp. pp. 18-32, Verona, Italy, July 2015.
J. Biehl, E. Rieffel, and A. Lee, "When Privacy and Utility are in Harmony: Towards Better Design of Presence Technologies," Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2013.
W. Garrison III, Y. Qiao, and A. Lee, "On the Suitability of Dissemination-centric Access Control Systems for Group-centric Sharing," The Fourth ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY 2014), pp. 1–12, San Antonio, TX , 2014, Outstanding Paper Award .
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St Helens produced their best display of the season for their new coach Justin Holbrook at the weekend with their 45-0 victory over Hull FC at Magic Weekend. St Helens were excellent across the pitch, they played exciting expansive rugby at times but perhaps crucially, they completed their sets well and created a platform for Matty Smith to dominate the game with his kicking ability. Hull were poor but St Helens were very very good and what a performance to put in for a new coach, Ben Barba in the crowd considering a move to St Helens and with a derby to follow.
St Helens have been able to, with the exception of Lomax, in recent weeks play their full strength 13 and they finally played like that on Saturday. It looks as though there is a huge contrast of emotions from the Good Friday meeting between the two sides. On Good Friday, Cunningham had just been sacked and there was an almost, backs against the wall vibe coming from the St Helens camp. It was a game they will have felt like they could have won but the early sending off of Kyle Amor made that task incredibly difficult. Contrast that with Thursday game, the rumoured signing of last years NRL winning fullback and the 2012 Dally M winner, Ben Barba. The complete performance against Hull FC and the first home game for new coach, Justin Holbrook. Wigan really are going into the lions den on Thursday, what a challenge!
Tommy Makinson, 3. Ryan Morgan, 4. Mark Percival, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Theo Fages, 7. Matty Smith, 8. Alex Walmsley, 9. James Roby, 10. Kyle Amor, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14. Luke Douglas, 16. Luke Thompson, 17. Tommy Lee, 18. Dominique Peyroux, 19. Greg Richards, 20. Morgan Knowles, 28. Regan Grace, 36. Zeb Taia.
Wigan welcome back Thomas Leuluai and Sam Powell to their squad, a much-needed boost to hopefully re-galvanise their attacking display which has recently faltered once again, mainly due to the constant enforced shuffling of playmakers. Michael McIlorum playing the full 80 minutes against Warrington gives a new added boost to the squad, knowing that he now has that ability back in his legs. With Powell back, I wouldn't be surprised to see McIlorum move to 13 when O'Loughlin is spelled, with Powell moving to 9 – a very nice option to have against the inform James Roby.
St Helens look good at the moment and full of confidence, however, Wigan will be relishing the opportunity to ruin the Justin Holbrook welcome party and put a 5 point gap between themselves and St Helens. You get the feeling that this is going to be a very good game with Wigan benefiting from players returning. The Good Friday game was lost with one player losing concentration and discipline and Thursday night may follow suite – whichever team manages it the occasion and controls their discipline will win.


Intermittent fasting, in its simplest form, usually involves skipping a meal or two. It can also be performed safely for longer periods. Intermittent fasting may be seen as an extension of the philosophy of only eating when hungry. Many people simply by skipping breakfast or dinner due to lack of hunger perform an 18 hour fast.
Consumption of fluids is important while fasting to avoid dehydration. This may include water, bone broth, tea and coffee. While strictly speaking, kilojoule containing beverages are not in keeping with a fast, many people find them useful. Milk content of tea and coffee should however, be kept to a minimum.
A lot of our hunger impulse arises from lack of accessible energy, where our body is not able to effectively use the energy from our fat stores. After 1 or 2 weeks on the Transformation Diet, your body will have started to train the processes responsible for burning fat. When this occurs, your body will be able to tap into your fat stores for energy even when you are not regularly eating. In this state, which is called ketosis, there will be minimal hunger while intermittent fasting. Many people are surprised at how easy it is. In fact, most people on the Transformation Diet end up only eating two meals a day simply because they are not hungry.
Don't we need to eat regularly to maintain our metabolism?
There is no science to this. In fact, it is common sense that if we want to lose weight, we should eat less often. Both habit and culture contribute to the desire to eat three or more times per day. Many patients on the Transformation Diet still eat three meals a day despite not being hungry out of habit. By learning to respond to the sensation of true hunger, and not eating simply out of habit, many patients significantly increase their rate of weight loss.
How long should I fast for?
This is really a question of whether you should skip one meal (16 hour fast) or two (24 hour fast). Most people find a 16 hour fast quite easy once they have achieved ketosis. It comes down to a matter of personal preference and results. We recommend that you start with a 16 hour fast, and if still desiring a greater rate of weight loss, increase to a 24 hour fast.
This is entirely up to personal preference. It is reasonable to start with 2 non consecutive days per week. There are no harms with doing it more often, and many patients experience great results with a daily 16 hour fast.
A typical example is eating dinner at 7pm and then not eating again until at least lunchtime the next day. You are free to drink bone broth, tea, coffee or water as desired. You may eat between lunchtime and about 7-8pm that night. Having said that, the start time of a fast is flexible, and should be determined by whatever works best for you.