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Q: Opitimizing 2 functions written in Python I would like to decrease the time complexity of this function. When I have like 1020 KB, it takes a few seconds to complete these functions. The example of input is ["1001010", "1000001"]
def bits_to_rgb(data):
    bits = [255 if x == "1" else 0 for x in ''.join(data)]
    full_bits = []

    for i in bits:
         full_bits.extend([i, i, i])

    return full_bits

output
rgb = bits_to_rgb(["1001010", "1000001"])
rgb
>> [255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255]

As I said I would like to decrease the time complexity. I tried to yield the result and then call list() later on but the time difference was not significant.

A: The lower bound for this I think will be O(n) where n is the total number of bits. You can optimize on reducing reducing number of operations needed to compute the end result, for e.g, removing the join operation.
def bits_to_rgb(data):
    full_bits = []

    for bits in data:
        for i in bits:
            full_bits.extend([255, 255, 255] if i == '1' else [0, 0, 0])

    return full_bits

A: I think the easiest way is doing everything inside a single loop
def bits_to_rgb(data):
  full_bits = []

  for x in ''.join(data):
    full_bits.extend([255*(x == "1")]*3)

  return full_bits

It may look tricky but keep in mind that:

*

*In Python a boolean acts like 0 or 1 according if it's false or true respectively when multiplied to a number.

*when you multiply a list like [255] by n in repeats itself n times, i.e [255]*3 = [255, 255, 255]
Still, as Jarmod said, it's weird that it takes several seconds to run a relatively simple function like that.

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Bank savings account rates fell, on average, again for the week ending February 5, 2010. The average rate for the top ten best savings account rates was down by one basis point or 1/100 of a percent on the week. The average savings account rate closed at 1.56%, off from 1.57% in the prior week.
The highest bank savings account rate available nationally held steady for the week at 1.70%. Two banks continue to offer this rate, Colorado Federal Savings Bank and The Palladian Private Bank.
Bank of Internet has the second best rate available this week as they did last week, albeit with a slightly lower rate this time. Bank of Internet offers an online savings account with an interest rate of 1.60%. Following this online account is the savings account marketed by UFB Direct that has an interest rate of 1.55%. Choice Financial offers a bank savings count that falls four basis points back. The Choice Financial account is available with an introductory rate of 2.06% and a tiered rate thereafter. The rate for a balance of $25,000.00 within the tiered structure is 1.51% on the account.
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They say the road to hell is paved in good intentions, and Rose Gardner can't shake the notion she's headed there in a handbasket. She feels responsible for the death of a woman she tried—and failed—to save with her visions, and though she intends to do the "right" thing and tell James Malcolm she can't possibly accept his offer of a relationship, she hasn't yet mustered the strength. Worst of all, her sister is terminally ill, and there isn't a thing she can do to save her.
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Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick both return as writers and are joined by Ryan Reynolds (Wade Wilson/Deadpool) as well. It is David Leitch ("Atomic Blonde") in the director's chair this time and it is all so… mediocre.
Whether or not it claims to be about family, one gets the sense watching "Deadpool 2" that the film really has no idea what is supposed to be the focus. It is a series of set pieces and gags in desperate search of something that might unify the whole affair but finding nothing to fit the bill. Too many moments offer the sense that they are a bunch of asides that have been loosely strung together into a single work. It even utilizes the not-very-successful ploy from the first movie of starting in the middle of the story and then backtracking. It wasn't great last time and this time it definitely makes one wonder if they were just out of ideas.
This reviewer's best guess as to why Cable (Josh Brolin) appears is because it references the comics and Deadpool himself promised Cable's appearance in the post-credits sequence for the first movie. Almost the entirety of "Deadpool 2" could work without Cable… certainly the ending of the film would be far better for the character not having shown his arm here at all.
As great as Brianna Hildebrand is as Negasonic Teenage Warhead is in the first movie, she is just as enjoyable here, but given even less screen time because of all silly tangents "Deadpool 2" wants to go on but never explore. Colossus (Stefan Kapicic provides the voice) is back as well, but his point is largely to regurgitate the ideas of what it means to be a hero that he offered in the first film.
Then, of course, there's Deadpool himself. The man, the myth, the mouth. Reynolds is still funny as the character, but it is really difficult to get behind him for much of the movie. Is he sad about the way his life is going? Allegedly. That sadness certainly sets what there is of a plot in motion, but he's not sad enough to avoid cheap laughs, and those laughs don't always emanate from the dark place he's supposed to be in. The jokes are just there because we all know Deadpool tells jokes.
This completely undercuts any emotional underpinning the character is supposed to have for the movie. It is tough to root for him when he doesn't seemingly care about the thing it's said he cares about.
It is also established early on that Deadpool can't be killed. So now the audience is asked to root for a character without any true set of emotions who is invulnerable. That is a big ask and the ways the movie tries to get the audience there simply do not work.
Discussing what plot there is for the film seems like a bad choice. Is there a bad guy? Uhhh… maybe Cable? Maybe Russell (Julian Dennison)? Maybe [redacted because it's a spoiler]? Maybe everyone? Maybe no one? There are certainly a bunch of obstacles for Deadpool, but one hesitates to call anyone the villain of the piece, although that's just because the plot is so loosely stitched together.
Zazie Beetz as Domino is great and what we get of Morena Baccarin's Vanessa is good, but it's a little tough to call them fully realized characters. This reviewer loves the opening credit sequence, but that could be because of his affinities for other films. And, for a special effects heavy movie, the effects are not very good, with one CGI-based fight being particularly disappointing.
To this point this has been a pretty negative review to this point (that's because the movie isn't terribly good), but there are bright spots. Many of the jokes are funny (even if the emotional underpinning feels false) and some of the action sequences are very enjoyable. Deadpool breaking the fourth wall definitely still works as well.
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By Center for Responsible Business
The Center for Responsible Business' Student Advisory Board is composed of students who help the CRB question the status quo. They serve as a sounding board for new projects and ideas while providing feedback on existing programs. The graduating 2018 cohort is undoubtedly one of our most forward-thinking and tight-knit groups to date. They have fostered a strong sense of community and camaraderie that will undoubtedly endure throughout their careers.
As both our graduating undergrad and graduate students head off into the real-world, the Berkeley Haas commencement speakers stressed shifting paradigms in business and the need to create meaningful positive impact. Back to the Roots co-founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez called on graduates to "Question the Status Quo" in helping to rewrite the rules of capitalism. MBA commencement speaker Paul Rice, MBA 96 and CEO of Fair Trade USA, echoed their sentiment with an optimistic look towards the future. "We're seeing a fundamental shift in how business is embedding sustainability and values into their culture and their business," he said. "This is a new day."
These inspiring calls to action reflect the dedication of our Student Advisory Board members as they start the next phase of their careers. Read on to hear from each student about the impact of their time on the CRB Student Advisory Board:
David Sternlicht
Though David knew of the work the CRB had done when applying to Haas, he couldn't predict the impact it would have on his work. "It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside so many motivated and like-minded people," he said. They inspired him to stay focused on impact-oriented careers.
He remembers the B Corp Best for the World conference he attended in 2016 that cemented his desire to get more involved with the CRB. To David, the center embodies Haas values and the role of business in society. "I liked that a formal institution with dedicated staff people was responsible for continually pushing this agenda," he said.
Mikhael Abebe
Mikhael doesn't just see the CRB as a phenomenal resource for the Haas community. "It is a family of students and professionals alike who are remarkably aligned on their vision," he said. Mikhael felt a sense of community and empowerment at the Center for students looking to "challenge the status quo in business and society."
Events like the Peterson Speaker Series, the Student Spotlight Panel, and the Berkeley Sustainable Business and Investment Forum impacted Mikhael the most. These events show the ways in which the CRB influenced his work. "It supported me in my growth as a leader personally and professionally," he said. It also gave him and other students a platform to discuss and work on ideas that he felt passionate about.
Olivia Offutt
In her own words, Olivia's involvement in the CRB has been "a privilege". It's given her the opportunity to lead and participate in events that she felt "authentically further the sustainability and innovation of major companies."
"I am so, so, so in love with how the CRB has developed into such an active group of individuals who are dedicated to furthering the organization's mission," she said. She's confident that the current Student Advisory Board cohort will be as active and impactful as the team she worked with during her time there.
Samantha Penabad
As Samantha was applying to Haas, she learned of the CRB and it became one of the reasons why she applied. She saw that other schools mostly defined social impact as it related to nonprofits, impact investing or social enterprise. "Haas was the only one with a large focus on the role of medium/large companies and impact," she said.
Being a member of the CRB Student Advisory Board was an extraordinarily important part of Samantha's Haas experience. Specifically, Samantha has found that the CRB was an especially useful resource in connecting with professionals and alumni. "Without the support of the CRB, I wouldn't have created my start-up, or dared to do so many of the things I've accomplished here at Haas," she said.
Anne Kramer
Anne came to Haas to build her sustainability expertise and network, which is why the CRB was one of the reasons she applied in the first place. During her campus visit and talking with other CRB members, Anne saw that the Center was committed to creating opportunities for students in the field and connecting her with sustainability professionals. "The fact that the CRB had a Senior Advisory Board was incredibly appealing," she said. "This signaled that these top professionals would be willing to invest time in my development."
Anne sees the CRB as one of her defining experiences at Haas. "Through the CRB Student Board, it created a community of like-minded students, many of whom are now close friends and (I hope) future business partners," she said. As the student lead for the Levi's Green Chemistry event, Anne learned about green chemistry in supply chains while networking with professionals in her future sector. "It helped me build credibility," she said.
Alex Wilton
At the CRB, Alex found "a way to connect with leaders outside of Haas, a way to learn more about this space, and a community to grow closer to while here." But mostly he found a dedicated staff of "wizards" and "heroes" who he credits with much of the success of the center. "[They] are having a huge impact on students, alumni and ultimately, the sustainability of the world," he said.
During his time at Haas, the Strategic and Sustainable Business Solutions course, taught by CRB Executive Director Robert Strand, was most impactful for Alex. The course explores how sustainability, CSR, and creating shared value can serve as a lens to realize business opportunities and are central to effective corporate strategy.
David Cogswell
The CRB was one of the institutions on campus that convinced David that Haas takes sustainability seriously. "The diversity of programming aligned with my interests in sustainability was a big draw," he said. He was struck by how the CRB brought students together that held similar values to him. "Having a dedicated community of like-minded students on the Board to explore different facets of sustainability and support its integration on campus has been really meaningful," he said.
He remembers the Peterson Speaker Series as the most impactful event during his time at Haas. Especially the discussion on divestment versus engagement in sustainable finance stands out as a highlight of his education. "I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of this incredible group of people," he said.
Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff
In pursuing his MBA, Max sought to use his experience as a chemist and environmental advocate with corporate experience to "help technologists unleash capitalism as a positive force towards sustainable development." He credits the CRB's creative approach and its connections across business and academia as being the ideal platform for this effort.
Max was awarded the CRB Fellowship in 2016, which recognizes students leading the movement to integrate sustainability into their work and the practices of the firms that employ them. In particular, the Fellowship rewards MBA candidates with a career plan in mind that integrates social or environmental considerations in the business sector to address roadblocks to sustainability. Max's communication skills, work experience, and really strong vision for the future of chemistry in sustainable business made him a strong link between the student body and the center.
Adrian Rodrigues
Adrian didn't learn about the CRB until after he had joined Haas, but a recommendation from a fellow classmate and previous awareness of the Patagonia Case Competition drew him to the Center. He credits the CRB as "the crucible in which I was able to test and ideate responsible business frameworks with pioneering business leaders."
Adrian's passion for sustainable agriculture came to life at Haas and his experience was deepened through a course called The Responsible Company, based on the book by Patagonia leaders Vincent Stanley and Yvon Chouinard, followed by a summer internship with Patagonia's Tin Shed Ventures. Adrian reflects on his shift from finance to food systems in his recent blog post, Sowing the Seeds of Regenerative Agriculture.
See what our graduating SAB students were up to last summer: http://redefiningbusiness.org/2017-student-advisory-board-summer-experiences/
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Although outdoor flying with helium based creatures requires favourable weather conditions, SeaWorld accepted the possible limitations and commissioned us to construct several sea creatures for the parks' evening performances.
An Airstage crew delivered the creatures to San Diego and spent 7 days onsite training the local SeaWorld crew in the operation and handling of the ultralight objects.
Summary of work: conception and construction of 2 radio controlled flying Dolphins and 3 radio controlled flying JellyFish with onboard interior lighting. On-site local crew training.


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Final defendant gets 100 years in violent Indy home invasion
Kara Berg
IndyStar
The last defendant in a violent home invasion in Indianapolis in 2013 pleaded guilty Friday and was sentenced to 100 years in prison.
Isaiah Hill pleaded guilty to three felony charges: criminal deviate conduct and two counts of robbery, according to a news release from the Marion County prosecutor's office. He will serve an unrelated sentence in Texas, before he returns to Indiana to serve this sentence, the prosecutor's office said.
The charges stem from a violent home invasion and assault on East 79th Street on Oct. 29, 2013, when a couple and their adult daughter were robbed and assaulted.
4 men convicted in Indy home invasion will spend life in prison
Adrian Anthony, Demetre Brown, Alexander Dupree and Michael Pugh were found guilty in March 2014 of multiple felonies, including rape, robbery, battery, burglary, carjacking and aggravated battery in the same incident, according to the release. Brown, Dupree and Pugh were sentenced to 248 years and Anthony was sentenced to 318 years. Trae Spells, another man involved with the crime, pleaded guilty in August 2015 to rape, criminal deviate conduct and robbery and was sentenced to 70 years in prison.
At the time of sentencing, Brown's attorney, John Tompkins, said he couldn't recall any other nonmurder cases that ended in such long sentences.
The group of men broke into the house on East 79th Street, ransacked the home, sexually assaulted one of the residents and her adult daughter, and stole many of their belongings. The woman's husband was restrained by the assailants.
Marion Superior Court Judge Lisa Borges said the horrific nature of the crimes outweighed any circumstances that would have justified reducing the sentences. The men didn't just attack and rob the family, she said, they humiliated the family members over the course of hours.
IndyStar reporter Tim Evans contributed to this story.
Call IndyStar reporter Kara Berg at (317) 444-6179 . Follow her on Twitter: @karaberg95.
Three suspects in 79th Street rape and robbery each face 35 charges
Indy man gets 70 years for role in home invasions


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Air pollution, Air Quality, Environmental pollution, Noise pollution, ORCEM, Particulate pollution, Toxic pollutants, Vallejo Marine Terminal, Xavier Becerra
Attorney General letter may be terminal for ORCEM / Vallejo Marine Terminal
November 30, 2018 Roger Straw
By Roger Straw, November 30, 2018
Nov. 7 2018 letter from Deputy Attorney General Erin Ganahl
Take heart, Vallejoans! The letter sent to your City by the Attorney General may just do the trick. (See Times-Herald Nov. 12 coverage.)
I remember back in Benicia's crude-by-rail days, when Deputy Attorney General Scott Lichtig of Attorney General Kamala Harris' staff wrote to the City of Benicia. He wrote first in 2014 urging revision of an "inadequate" Draft EIR, and again in 2016, defending the City's right to deny a land use permit. Lichtig advised our city leaders, "For Benicia to turn a blind eye to the most serious of the Project's environmental impacts, merely because they flow from federally-regulated rail operations, would be contrary to both state and federal law."
There were a LOT of us who worked long and hard to defeat Valero's dangerous and dirty oil train proposal. Local activists and folks from far and wide disagreed with City staff and Valero's execs and highly paid attorneys. We criticized, protested and sent volumes of comments over the course of 3 ½ years. Scientific and environmental experts and friendly attorneys weighed in. But it was eye-opening for everyone when the Attorney General's office got involved.
But… note that the AG letter wasn't enough. It's important here for us to not dwell on the past or get too optimistic. Stay tuned via Fresh Air Vallejo and keep up the good work.
…because ORCEM/VMT wants to run 552 trucks a day up and down Lemon Street! We stand in solidarity with residents, business owners and all of our neighbors in Vallejo. And it's important to realize that the truck exhaust will travel by air west to east, settling, surely, in Glen Cove and Benicia.
Let's hope the Vallejo City Council has the backbone Benicia had in 2016, to DENY THIS PROPOSED CATASTROPHIC PROJECT!
Air pollution, Air Quality, Environmental pollution, Noise pollution, ORCEM, Particulate pollution, Toxic pollutants, Vallejo Marine Terminal, Vallejo Times-Herald
Vallejo city manager critical of ORCEM / Marine Terminal's deceptive paid advertisement
Repost from the Vallejo Times-Herald
[Editor – Good news that Vallejo's City Manager has raised eyebrows about ORCEM'S paid advertisement masquerading as news in the Times-Herald's Nov. 22 edition. View the Attorney General's scathing 13-page letter. Let's hope the Vallejo City Council has the backbone Benicia had in 2016, to DENY THIS PROPOSED CATASTROPHIC PROJECT! For more critical perspective, see Fresh Air Vallejo. For official project documents, see Vallejo's City website. – R.S.]
Vallejo city manager addresses Orcem, VMT insert
By John Glidden, November 29, 2018 at 2:05 pm
Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff
Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff reiterated Tuesday night that a Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) being completed for a controversial south Vallejo project won't be released until early next year.
Toward the end of the Vallejo City Council meeting, Nyhoff addressed the contents of a four-page advertising insert paid for by the project applicants and published in the Times-Herald on Nov. 22.
He took issue with a statement printed on top of the insert asserting that the FEIR being prepared for the Vallejo Marine Terminal, Orcem Americas project would be released "within a matter of days."
"I just want to clarify — it looks like it's official news. That's not the case," Nyhoff said to the councilors. "No — this report won't be coming out within a matter of days."
VMT and Orcem representative Sue Vaccaro said via email on Wednesday that the Times-Herald's deadline to submit artwork for the insert was Nov. 9, several days prior to Nyhoff's original announcement during the Nov. 13 council meeting that release of the FEIR would be delayed.
"By that time, due to the two weeks of lead time required in accordance with the newspaper's specifications, there was not an opportunity to update that two-line reference," Vaccaro wrote. "In short, we were acting in good faith based on the City Manager's comments at the time the artwork was submitted for print … obviously, had we known what was coming out from the Attorney General's Office and subsequent delay ordered by the City Manager, we wouldn't have made that reference."
However, in a phone interview on Thursday, Nyhoff disagreed, noting that despite previously saying in September that the FEIR would be released toward the end of November, both the city and applicants knew the report wouldn't be released in November — even before the DOJ letter was sent to the city.
"Everyone still knew we weren't going to meet that deadline," Nyhoff explained. He said the city and consultants are still waiting to hear back from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), which is still reviewing information about the project.
Nyhoff said during the council meeting, and again on Thursday, that City Hall will also be looking into additional claims made in the insert, including the $1 million benefits program, and the Lemon Street maintenance program being offered by the applicants.
He said it's important to make sure Lemon Street is going to be taken care of, due to the large volume of trucks trips — about 552 — expected daily. Nyhoff said analyzing truck traffic and its impact to surrounding streets near Lemon is also needed.
Earlier this month, the California Department of Justice sent city officials a 13-page letter warning that environmental documents, a draft final environmental impact report (DFEIR), an Environmental Justice Analysis (EJA), and Revised Air Analysis prepared for project are misleading and violate state law.
"The environmental documents for the project fail to provide adequate legal support for the City of Vallejo to approve the project," Erin Ganahl, deputy attorney general for the State of California, wrote on behalf of state Attorney General Xavier Becerra. "The DFEIR fails to adequately disclose, analyze, and mitigate the significant environmental impacts of the project; the EJA improperly concludes that the project would not disproportionately impact low-income communities of color, and thus misleads decision makers and the public by minimizing the projects significant environmental justice concerns."
The Vallejo Planning Commission voted 6-1 in 2017 to reject the VMT/Orcem project, agreeing with City Hall that the project would have a negative effect on the neighborhood, that it would impact traffic around the area and the proposed project was inconsistent with the city's waterfront development policy. The project also has a degrading visual appearance of the waterfront, City Hall said at the time.
City officials argued in 2017 that since a rejection was being recommended, an FEIR was not required.
Orcem and VMT appealed the Planning Commission decision, and in June 2017, when reviewing the appeal, a majority of the council — Jess Malgapo, Rozzana Verder-Aliga, Hermie Suna, and Pippin Dew-Costa — directed City Hall to complete the impact report.
Once the FEIR is completed, Nyhoff previously said the report will be circulated for at least 60 days prior to the council taking up the appeal again.
California oil industry, California Regulation, Greenhouse gas emissions, Oil and gas industry
Oil and gas production in California – Extraordinary?
Repost from Legal Planet
Guest Bloggers Deborah Gordon and Frances Reuland: Is California Extraordinary? Its Oil Resources Certainly Are
Facts About California's Oil and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Despite ongoing federal rollbacks to environmental regulations, California has the right to set its own clean air standards because it is truly extraordinary. Truth be told, the compelling circumstances that first set in motion California's vehicle emissions standards remain entirely valid. And there are four recent conditions, related to California's oil supply, production, and refining, that bolster California's case against the Administration's threat to strip California of its clean car clout.
In 1967, then governor Ronald Reagan adopted statewide vehicle emissions regulations to address California's severe air pollution. Shortly thereafter, when the federal Clean Air Act was adopted, California was granted a waiver to set its own tougher vehicle emissions standards. Over the decades, California has repeatedly ratcheted up these regulations to also include greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to maintain its waiver, California's emissions standards must be deemed necessary to meet "compelling and extraordinary conditions." Historically, these referred to the state's unique meteorology, geography, population, and air pollution levels.
All of these still hold true: the sun shines strong, the weather is warm, mountains wall in emissions from cars and other sources, one in eight American drivers reside here, and the air is still very dirty.
But there are four more extraordinary circumstances, all relating to California's oil resources, that need to be factored into the case for preserving and strengthening California's clean car program.
These circumstances are bolstered by the fact that California's gasoline and diesel markets are geographically isolated from other locations in the United States that produce refined products. As such, California is essentially self-sufficient, refining its own transport fuels. Little, if any, gasoline and diesel are obtained from outside the state to balance out supply with demand.
All of the oil California produces ends up in its own refineries, and this is not an environmentally-friendly affair, especially in a state that has taken the lead on clean air and climate change. According to the Oil Climate Index (OCI)—an open source tool (developed by Gordon and her partners at Stanford and the University of Calgary) that compares the climate impacts of global oils—extracting and refining oil in California is dirtier than anywhere else in the United States. Weakening California's vehicle emissions standards will force Californians to consume more of the state's dirty oil longer into the future. This will increase pollution levels and elevate risks to public welfare in the state with the nation's worst air pollution—69 percent of counties had unhealthy air on 33 days last year.
California's oil resources are extraordinarily strained
As Texas, North Dakota, New Mexico, and overall U.S. oil production rises, California production is in decline. Since 1985, California's crude oil production has dropped steadily: the state now produces under 500,000 barrels per day, less than half of its output 30 years ago. California's aging oil fields, unstable seismic geology, and tight environmental rules all work to limit oil production. Successfully running its oil refineries at their current capacity of 2 million barrels a day to meet Californians' gasoline and diesel demands requires the state to feed the entirety of its domestic oil into its refineries and then import 70 percent more oil. If realized, Trump's plan to weaken the state's clean car standards would increase gasoline and diesel demand, exacerbating the state's already-strained oil resources and further pressuring security of its energy supplies.
California's oil resources are extraordinarily dirty
California's oils have some of the largest carbon footprints worldwide. Producing, refining, and consuming a barrel of California oil emits more GHGs than other global barrels. For example, the state's largest oilfield, Midway Sunset, is estimated to be more carbon intensive than Canada's oil sands. California's South Belridge and Wilmington fields are also among the highest-emitting in the nation. Trump's plan would increase California's GHG footprint, countering the state's climate goals.
California's oils are extraordinarily energy intensive
Aging oils in California require significant amounts of energy to extract and refine, much more than newer resources in North Dakota, the Gulf of Mexico, and elsewhere. Fossil fuels, like natural gas and diesel, provide these extra energy inputs. A barrel of California's Midway Sunset oil, for example, uses one-third of its total energy just to extract and refine it into petroleum products like gasoline and jet fuel. Likewise, California's complex refineries consume nearly five times more energy to turn the state's oil into marketable products than simpler refineries. Much more manpower and money are spent bringing California oil to market than elsewhere in the country.
California's oils are extraordinarily undocumented
Unlike other states and countries, California does not document its oil quality. The problem is that California's oil resources are more dangerous to handle than most global oils. In 2011, for example, a California oil field worker was buried alive when the ground gave way as steam was being cycled through the oil field. California's complex oil was documented long ago by the federal government, but recommendations for oil data transparency have gone unheeded for over a century. These large information gaps introduce new environmental risks for California.
California's 30 million motor vehicles that far outnumber any other state are a major source of air pollution. Clean car rollbacks are a threat to the state's environmental progress—and energy security. The state needs to fight hard to preserve its pioneering vehicle emissions standards on behalf of itself and several U.S. states and international provinces that have already adopted them. Beyond preserving the standards in place, state policymakers should also consider tightening their emissions standards if they are going to make real headway addressing climate change. In this historic fight, California can draw on its extraordinary status—namely its exceedingly dirty, depleting oils that are unusually energy intensive and fundamentally unknown.
Deborah Gordon is the director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs at Brown University. Frances Reuland is Carnegie's James C. Gaither Junior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Program.
Climate action, Climate Change, Climate change denial, Climate science, Keeping Watch on Earth News, NASA, National Climate Assessment, NOAA, Trump administration
A Grave Climate Warning, Buried on Black Friday
Repost from The Atlantic
In a massive new report, federal scientists contradict President Trump and assert that climate change is an intensifying danger to the United States. Too bad it came out on a holiday.
By Robinson Meyer, NOV 23, 2018
Firefighters battle the King Fire near Fresh Pond, California, in September 2014. NOAH BERGER / REUTERS
On Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, the federal government published a massive and dire new report on climate change. The report warns, repeatedly and directly, that climate change could soon imperil the American way of life, transforming every region of the country, imposing frustrating costs on the economy, and harming the health of virtually every citizen.
Most significantly, the National Climate Assessment—which is endorsed by NASA, NOAA, the Department of Defense, and 10 other federal scientific agencies—contradicts nearly every position taken on the issue by President Donald Trump. Where the president has insisted that fighting global warming will harm the economy, the report responds: Climate change, if left unchecked, could eventually cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and kill thousands of Americans to boot. Where the president has said that the climate will "probably" "change back," the report replies: Many consequences of climate change will last for millennia, and some (such as the extinction of plant and animal species) will be permanent.
The report is a huge achievement for American science. It represents cumulative decades of work from more than 300 authors. Since 2015, scientists from across the U.S. government, state universities, and businesses have read thousands of studies, summarizing and collating them into this document. By law, a National Climate Assessment like this must be published every four years.
It may seem like a funny report to dump on the public on Black Friday, when most Americans care more about recovering from Thanksgiving dinner than they do about adapting to the grave conclusions of climate science. Indeed, who ordered the report to come out today?
It's a good question with no obvious answer.
The report is blunt: Climate change is happening now, and humans are causing it. "Earth's climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities," declares its first sentence. "The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid."
At this point, such an idea might be common wisdom—but this does not make it any less shocking, or less correct. For centuries, humans have lived near the ocean, assuming that the sea will not often move from its fixed location. They have planted wheat at its time, and corn at its time, assuming that the harvest will not often falter. They have delighted in December snow, and looked forward to springtime blossoms, assuming that the seasons will not shift from their course.
Now, the sea is lifting above its shore, the harvest is faltering, and the seasons arrive and depart in disorder.
The report tells this story, laying simple fact on simple fact so as to build a terrible edifice. Since 1901, the United States has warmed 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat waves now arrive earlier in the year and abate later than they did in the 1960s. Mountain snowpack in the West has shrunk dramatically in the past half century. Sixteen of the warmest 17 years on record have occurred since 2000.
Houses lay submerged in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston in August 2017. The National Climate Assessment warns that climate change will make catastrophic floods more likely. (Adrees Latif / Reuters)
This trend "can only be explained by the effects that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, have had on the climate," the report says. It warns that if humans wish to avoid 3.6 degrees of warming, they must dramatically cut this kind of pollution by 2040. On the other hand, if greenhouse-gas emissions continue to rise, then the Earth could warm by as much as 9 degrees by 2100.
"It shows us that climate change is not a distant issue. It's not about plants, or animals, or a future generation. It's about us, living now," says Katharine Hayhoe, an author of the report and an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University.
The report visits each region of the country, describing the local upheavals wrought by a global transformation. Across the Southeast, massive wildfires—like those seen now in California—could soon become a regular occurrence, smothering Atlanta and other cities in toxic smog, it warns. In New England and the mid-Atlantic, it says, oceanfront barrier islands could erode and narrow. And in the Midwest, it forecasts plunging yields of corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice.
Its projections of sea-level rise are just as ominous. If carbon pollution continues to rise, a huge swath of the Atlantic coast—from North Carolina to Maine—will see sea-level rise of five feet by 2100. New Orleans, Houston, and the Gulf Coast could also face five feet of rising seas. Even Los Angeles and San Francisco could see the Pacific Ocean rise by three feet.
Even if humanity were to reduce the burning of fossil fuels, the report forecasts that New Orleans could still see five feet of sea-level rise by 2100.
Andrew Light, another author of the report and a senior fellow at the World Resources Institute, said that although the report cannot make policy recommendations, it might be read as an endorsement of the Paris Agreement on climate change.
"If the United States were to try and achieve the targets in the Paris Agreement, then things will be bad, but we can manage," he said. "But if we don't meet them, then we're talking about hundreds of thousands of lives every year that are at risk because of climate change. And hundreds of billions of dollars."
If you think the Friday after Thanksgiving seems like an odd day to publish such a major report, you're right. The assessment was originally scheduled to be released in December at a large scientific conference in Washington, D.C. But earlier this week, officials announced that the report would come out two weeks early, on the afternoon of Black Friday. When politically inconvenient news is published in the final hours of a workweek, politicos call it a "Friday news dump." Publishing a dire climate report in the final hours of Black Friday might be the biggest Friday news dump of them all.
So who ordered such a dump? During a press conference on Friday, the report's directors in the government repeatedly declined to say. "It's out earlier than expected," said Monica Allen, a spokeswoman for NOAA. "This report has not been altered or revised in any way to reflect political considerations."
Yet the change in scheduling took the report's authors by surprise. John Bruno, an author of the report and a coral biologist at the University of North Carolina, told me that he only learned last Friday that the report would be released today. "There was no explanation or justification," he said. "The [assessment] leadership implied the timing was being dictated by another entity, but did not say who that was."
Hayhoe told me she only learned on Tuesday that the report would be released on Friday. At the time, she was preparing three pies for a family Thanksgiving. She put the pies aside and picked up her laptop to submit any final revisions to the document.
The White House did not respond directly when asked who had ordered such a change. It also did not respond directly when asked if the report would lead President Trump to reconsider his beliefs.
But a White House spokeswoman did send me a lengthy statement saying that "the United States leads the world in providing affordable, abundant, and secure energy to our citizens, while also leading the world in reducing carbon-dioxide emissions." (This is only true if you start counting in 2005, when U.S. emissions peaked.) The spokeswoman said this new assessment was based on the "most-extreme scenario," and promised any future report would have a "more transparent and data-driven process."
Not that Hayhoe ever had high expectations about President Trump's reaction to the report. "It wasn't the hope that the federal government would look at it and go, 'Oh my goodness! I see the light,'" she told me.
Rather, she said, she hoped the report would inform the public: "This isn't information that's only for the federal government. This is information that every city needs, every state needs, increasingly every business needs, and every homeowner needs. This is information that every human needs."
"It's not that we care about a 1-degree increase in global temperature in the abstract," she said. "We care about water, we care about food, we care about the economy—and every single one of those things is being affected by climate change today."


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Challenge - Current EU pig production has suboptimal resource utilisation, resulting in unnecessarily high emissions and wastes. At the same time, animal welfare is of increasing concern, farmers are struggling to maintain economic competitiveness and the public image of the sector is poor.
Objectives - PigSys will address these issues by the adoption of a multi-disciplinary, system level approach to pig production systems. A model of mass and energy flows and Decision Support system, as well as novel building climate control systems, will be developed to underpin sustainable improvement in system performance and increase animal welfare.
Expected results - A whole system model of energy and mass flows and decision support system will be provided, as well as measurement and control devices for improved barn climate control and animal welfare. Other outputs include 'big data' to support barn and control system design, sound LCA and LCCA, increased animal welfare and performance, and increased sustainability of production through increased resource efficiency. The goal is also to reduce emissions, waste and carbon footprint, and improve the public perception of the sector. In addition, decreased production costs will increase the competitiveness of the sector.
Potential Impact - By taking a cross-scale, multi-disciplinary approach, the project will ensure that all aspects relevant for the development of sustainable, socially acceptable and economically viable pig production systems are adequately addressed.
Funded by: BMEL, DAFA, ANR, VIAA, Formas and DEFRA as part of the ERA-NET Cofund SusAn through a virtual common pot model including EU Top-Up funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 696231).
The PigSys project started on 1 September 2017 and runs until 31 August 2020.
This project has been funded by BMEL, DAFA, ANR, VIAA, FORMAS and DEFRA as a part of the ERA-Net Cofund SusAn (grantnr 696231) through a virtual common pot model with EU top-up.


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A Funder's Perspective on Commission Inquiries
Litigation funding is currently under the spotlight with two Law Reform Commission reports on the industry to be delivered in 2018. One of the issues being considered is the relationship between funders, claimants and lawyers and how it should be managed. The outcome of a similar debate in the UK was self-regulation of the industry through the Association of Litigation Funders, in which Augusta is a founding member.
The issues being examined by the Commissions are of great importance to both access to justice and the future conduct of litigation in Australia. Augusta's funding model in relation to these issues, having experienced them in the UK, is discussed below.
Conflicts of interest between lawyer and litigation funder. Interests are generally aligned as all desire a successful resolution. However, conflicts may arise over how the litigation should be conducted. Augusta regards its role as collaborating with the law firm to achieve the best outcome for everyone. Augusta has a hands-off approach to the conduct of cases it has funded once it is satisfied the case is properly formulated and resourced.
Conflicts of interest between litigation funder and claimants. The greatest potential conflict revolves around differing views on settlement amounts. In Australia, funders are required to have a conflict policy and dispute resolution process. Augusta's approach is largely to rely on the lawyers and counsel to determine whether a settlement proposal is reasonable.
Prudential requirements, including minimum levels of capital. Augusta understands why the lawyers and claimants want assurance that there are sufficient funds to run a matter to trial. As a well-capitalised funder, Augusta is open to capital adequacy measures to address this concern.
Currently, Augusta deals with this by placing funds into the lawyer's trust account upfront. The lawyers draw down amounts to cover approved invoices, allowing for quicker access to the funds. If it is a large matter, Augusta usually deploys the funds in three tranches that coincide with stages in the litigation. For example, a final tranche may be for the trial.
Distribution of proceeds of litigation Including the desirability of statutory caps on the proportion of settlements or damages awards that may be retained by lawyers and litigation funders.
Funding is non-recourse and there is great uncertainty in litigation in terms of outcome and duration. Funding also requires skilled professionals to diligence and monitor cases. The fees charged need to recognise these capital risks and costs.
The obvious area of concern is that a case resolves successfully yet the legal costs and funder's fees leave little for the claimant. This may occur simply due to damages awarded being far lower than anticipated or that fees are too high. Whilst recognising this concern, Augusta notes the countervailing forces to excessive fees.
The best outcome for both the claimant and funder is to avoid litigation risk and settle a claim on reasonable terms. If the legal costs and funder's fee are too high relative to the anticipated recovery, the likelihood of a settlement is diminished. Augusta seeks to ensure that costs are proportionate to the damages (i.e. a damage to costs ratio of at least 4:1) to ensure the claimant recovers at least 50% of the gross damages.
The other balancing force is competition. There are a number of funders operating in Australia either with local offices, like Augusta, or funding through overseas offices. If the funder attempts to charge too much, other funders will likely compete on price.
Finally, sections 33V and 33ZF(1) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) enable the Court to intervene where it considers a funder's commission is excessive. The benefit of this approach is the Court is well-placed to consider the reasonableness of the commission in the context of a particular case.
Costs charged by lawyers in funded litigation
Augusta is aware of criticism surrounding legal fees charged in certain funded cases. As mentioned above, it is of great importance to Augusta that the ratio of legal costs to damages is satisfactory to ensure sufficient return to all interested parties.
This is why Augusta has developed a robust procedure to ensure that budgets are proportionate, reasonable and sufficient. Augusta asks the lawyers to complete a detailed budget for each phase of the litigation. An independent costs lawyer reviews the budget to ensure the time estimates for the phases and disbursements are reasonable. This can result in an increase or decrease in the budget depending on the cost lawyer's views. The lawyers submit invoices that are consistent with the budget. If there is a need for a budget variation, the lawyers submit a budget variation with an explanation. Reasonable variations are approved.
Augusta's goals are to work closely with lawyers and claimants to achieve a successful resolution to cases and provide a product that is flexible and innovative which enables access to justice at a reasonable price.
For more information or to discuss funding commercial litigation claims (including class actions) please contact Neill Brennan on 02 8311 0555.


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Q: determining if process has terminated successfully I have some code to execute the unix shell command in background in python
 import subprocess
 process = subprocess.Popen('find / > tmp.txt &',shell=True)

I need to capture the scenario where i come to know that process has finished successful
 completion .
Please explain with sample code
Tazim

A: There is no need for the &: the command is launched in a separate process, and runs independently.
If you want to wait until the process terminates, use wait():
process = subprocess.Popen('find / > tmp.txt', shell = True)
exitcode = process.wait()
if exitcode == 0:
    # successful completion
else:
    # error happened

If your program can do something meaningful in the meantime, you can use poll() to determine if the process has finished.
Furthermore, instead of writing the output to a temporary file and then reading it from your Python program, you can read from the pipe directly. See the subprocess documentation for details.

A: Don't use shell=True.  It is bad for your health.
proc = subprocess.Popen(['find', '/'], stdout=open('tmp.txt', 'w'))
if proc.wait() == 0:
  pass

If you really need a file, use import tempfile instead of a hard-coded temporary file name.  If you don't need the file, use a pipe (see the subprocess docs as Thomas suggests).
Also, don't write shell scripts in Python.  Use the os.walk function instead.


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FEIBLEMAN CASE WILSON
1815 Commercial St S., Salem, OR 97302, USA
©2017 BY FEIBLEMAN CASE WILSON, P.C.
John Case was raised in Oregon. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.S. degree in Political Science in 1993. Mr. Case graduated cum laude from Willamette University Law School in 1997 where he was an articles editor for the Willamette Law Review.
He is admitted to practice law in the state of Oregon and the U.S. Federal District Court of Oregon. His practice emphasizes family law and divorce. He is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners (OAFLP), and has served on various boards including the Boy's and Girls Club Young Executive Board, the Girl Scout's Board of Directors, and the American Red Cross Board of Directors. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2010 and recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.
John often acts as a privately-hired family law and divorce mediator. He has mediated over 100 private cases.
Practice emphasizing Family Law.
Willamette University College of Law - Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, 1997.
Appellate Oral Argument winner
Articles Editor, Willamette University College of Law Review.
University of Oregon, B.S., Political Science, 1993.
Admitted, Oregon State Bar, 1997.
Admitted, U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Oregon, 2000.
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE & ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Mediator, Private and Court appointed (2007 to present)
Arbitrator, Court appointed (2006 to present)
Municipal Court Judge, City of Keizer, (1999 to 2010)
ORGANIZATIONS, ACTIVITIES, COMMITTEES & AWARDS
Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
Member, Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners, (OAFLP)(1997 to present)
Member, Oregon State Bar Family Law Executive Committee (2004 to 2006)
Oregon State Bar Family Law Legislative Liason, (2002 to 2004)
Member, Oregon State Family Law Advisory Committee, Child support sub-committee (2004 to 2007)
Member, Oregon State Bar Family Law Section Annual Family Law CLE Conference Committee, (2005 and 2006)
Member, Oregon State Child Support Guidelines Committee (2002 to 2009)
Vice President, Marion County Bar Association (2004)
Treasurer, Marion County Bar Association (2000)
Member, Marion County Bar Association Board of Directors, (2000 to 2005)
Member, Marion County Bar Association, (1997 to present)
Member, Salem Inns of Court, (1997 to 2002)
Member, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts Santiam Council, (1998 to 2000)
Young Executive Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Club (1999 to 2001)
Member, Board of Directors, Willamette Chapter of American Red Cross (2001 to 2002)
Member, Board of Directors, Blindskills Inc.(2003 to 2004)
Judge, Salem Peer Court, (1999 to present)
American Bar Association (1997 to 2002)
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (1997 to 2001)
Marion County Family Law Advisory Committee Member, (2007 to 2011)
Guest Lecturer, Willamette University College of Law, Family Law Class, (2007 to 2014)
Mentor, Willamette University College of Law, (2001 to 2002)
Member, Oregon Judicial Department Confidential Information Committee, Family Law (2009)
Member, Marion County Court Practices and Procedures Committee (2008 to present).
Recipient of the 2001 Arno Denecke Memorial Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award
Recipient of the 2008 Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year Award.
PUBLICATIONS, CLE & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Author, "Electronic Eavesdropping and Wiretapping", American Journal of Family Law, Winter, 2001.
Research and writing assistance for "Divorce Taxation Aspects of Property Transfers, Alimony and Child Related Exemptions, Credits and Deductions", Oregon State Bar CLE, Salishan Lodge, October, 2005.
Research and writing for "Dissipation of Marital Assets and Income: The Resurrection of Fault in a 'No Fault' Era", FAIR SHARE, Vol. 17, No. 10, October, 1997.
Speaker, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers CLE, Spring, 2002, "Electronic Eavesdropping and Wiretapping".
Speaker,Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners, "Dissipation of Marital Assets and Income" 2000.
Speaker, Child Support CLE, Multnomah County Bar Association, Spring, 2003.


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