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Harsco Announces Completion of ESOL Acquisition
Home News Harsco Announces Completion of ESOL Acquisition
CAMP HILL, PA (April 6, 2020) – Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) announced today the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the Environmental Solutions business (ESOL) from Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL). This acquisition marks a significant step forward in Harsco's ongoing transformation into a global, single-thesis environmental solutions platform, with significant financial benefits. More than 85 percent of the Company's total revenue is now expected to come from environmental solutions and services.
"The addition of ESOL adds a highly complementary, market-leading waste management portfolio to our already strong business, significantly expanding our scale and reach," said Harsco Chairman and CEO Nick Grasberger. "We continue to be impressed by the depth of talent and value-creation potential of ESOL, and will leverage its extensive logistics network, expertise and strong customer relationships to offer a wider range of tailored, innovative solutions to address our customers' most pressing environmental challenges. We are confident that shifting our portfolio to less-cyclical businesses with attractive growth potential is the best way to create sustainable, long-term value for shareholders. Furthermore, we are committed to maintaining a strong balance sheet, increasing cash flow and reducing debt as core elements of our financial strategy."
Grasberger continued, "We have a comprehensive integration framework in place for Day One, and we look forward to quickly benefiting from combining ESOL with our Clean Earth business."
As previously announced on February 7, 2020, the combination of these businesses creates a national leader in hazardous waste management, with the increased scale, capabilities and geographic reach to serve a broader base of customers across diverse industries. Harsco now owns a leading network of 88 waste management sites across the U.S., including 19 federally-permitted Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs). At this time all Clean Earth and ESOL waste management sites and services have been deemed essential by a series of states and as such, remain open and continue to operate.
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Harsco Corporation is a global market leader providing environmental solutions for industrial and specialty waste streams and innovative technologies for the rail sector. Based in Camp Hill, PA, the company, with approximately 13,000 employees, operates in more than 30 countries. Harsco's common stock is a component of the S&P SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index. Additional information can be found at
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Internal EPA emails, released to the Natural Resources Defense Council under the Freedom of Information Act, offer more details on a grants review managed by John Konkus, a deputy public affairs chief and one of President Trump's political appointees. The documents show the review involved several appointees at times and often flagged EPA funds that were flowing to the Obama administration's allies and priorities, like combating climate change.
Career officials at EPA also pushed back on decisions to pull funding from certain organizations. They also tried to make the case that agency money could be worked into the agenda of President Trump and Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Steven Fine, acting chief information officer at EPA, even used one of Pruitt's buzzwords — "cooperative federalism" — when defending one grant that happened to mention the Clean Power Plan, the Obama-era rule to curb power plants' carbon emissions that Pruitt has sought to roll back.
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"The work unrelated to CPP is the vast majority of the proposed work and would support Agency and Administration goals related to clean air, clean water reliable energy production, and Cooperative Federalism," Fine added.
Konkus was not convinced by Fine's argument.
"This is not going to be funded and we would kindly ask you to alert the organization in the morning that the award will not be granted," he replied.
But Konkus was later informed that the grant recipient in question had sent in a revised cover letter to better address its work. That sparked a softer response from him.
"FYI this is how most grant discussions end up, the program and grantee work on a solution together to make the grant work better reflect the priorities of the Administration," he said in an email.
The grants review attracted scrutiny after E&E News reported last August that Konkus, a political appointee, was overseeing the process, which had been typically managed by career officials (Greenwire, Aug. 17, 2017). An EPA spokesman told E&E News that the Trump administration wanted to be "good stewards" of taxpayer money.
"EPA awards about $4 billion in grants annually, and the Trump EPA is committed to being good stewards of the taxpayers' huge investment in our agency by reviewing every grant award and solicitation," said the spokesman.
EPA issued a memo on Aug. 8 last year directing its Office of Public Affairs to review and approve all grant solicitations.
EPA's grants process, however, has changed again.
The agency shared with E&E News an email sent last month, which rescinded the Aug. 8 memo. Instead, regional administrators and assistant administrators at EPA now have to approve "solicitation issuance" for grants.
"Now that all of our Regional Administrators and most of our program AAs are in place, we have shifted the responsibility to these leaders to review and manage the grants that flow through their respective offices," said the EPA spokesman.
Konkus' grants review may have begun even before the memo was issued last August. In an email to EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson, the public affairs aide described marking a grant from earlier in the year.
"This response is from July when I first flagged this grant," Konkus said.
Several of the EPA emails show Konkus inquiring for more information about grants. In one, he asked if the agency had "a position on human testing."
"See this proposed grant," Konkus said.
In other messages, he prodded EPA to release funds to those who needed it most.
"There are a lot of Puerto Rico grants in these files. I would love to get that money out to them!" Konkus said in one email sent last September after Hurricane Maria had devastated the U.S. island territory.
Other Trump political appointees were asked to help with the grants review at EPA. Jackson said in an email, "I could use your help with grant solicitations," with several appointees copied on the message.
"These need to be reviewed by OPA (John Konkus) before they go live," Jackson said.
In replying to Jackson, Konkus noted that EPA program offices were using guidance that included "a reliance on the 2014-2018 strategic plan which was implemented by the past administration."
Konkus sought other appointees' advice, as well.
"These seem fine to me," Nancy Beck, the deputy assistant administrator in EPA's chemicals office, said in an email to Konkus, who also asked her to review a pesticide cooperative agreement.
"No concerns from my end," said Mandy Gunasekara, a senior EPA adviser on air issues, when asked about certain grants in another email to Konkus.
Konkus flagged several grants that included climate change in their descriptions or linked to environmental organizations. He even recommended some to be pulled back.
In one list, he noted a grant obligated to NRDC to perform energy efficiency work, saying he and Gunasekara would "need a briefing on this one." The green group has been a staunch critic of the Trump administration.
Konkus also said, "No to this please," on a grant for climate change research.
Other grants for an integrated assessment of greenhouse gases as well as a study on air pollution meteorology and particulate matter also received a "No to this one please" message from Konkus.
It's not clear from the email if their EPA funding was withdrawn in the end. At least one group has confirmed that its agency grant was rescinded.
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, aims to reduce indoor air pollution. Its EPA grant would have been spent on a project intended in part to develop "an integrated and robust communications and outreach program," accompanied by biogas promotion activities, according to an EPA summary.
"This grant should NOT move forward. Thank you," Konkus said in one email about the project.
The actual amount of the rescinded grant is not clear. Kip Patrick, an Alliance spokesman, referred questions this morning to a statement issued last August by the organization expressing surprise at EPA's decision to rescind the money.
"EPA's previous support of clean cooking has provided a model of how the U.S. can lead on innovative solutions to global issues in ways that have bipartisan support, that benefit Americans directly, and that help drive increased investment from the private sector and other partners," the statement said.
In recent years, the Alliance, hosted by the U.N. Foundation, had received a total of $1.4 million in EPA money, along with more than $70 million in funding from other governments and the private sector, according to the statement.
Winrock International, based in Little Rock, Ark., takes its name from the late Winthrop Rockefeller, a Republican who served as Arkansas' governor from 1967 to 1971. The nonprofit group's EPA grant was also geared to reducing indoor air pollution, according to the agency.
"This grant should not move forward," Konkus said in an email about the funds.
A Winrock spokesman did not immediately reply to emailed queries this morning to confirm the actual dollar amount of the grant and whether the funding was in fact withdrawn.
When EPA funding was pulled from a group's grant, Konkus recommended that "a courtesy email or call" be made to them.
"It does not have to be complicated, just a courtesy so that they hear from us first," he said in an email.
Konkus did not respond this morning to a message left on his cellphone by E&E News seeking more information on his reasons for flagging the grants.


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The Republican-controlled Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FERC unexpectedly and unanimously rejected Energy Secretary Rick Perry's plan to boost nuclear plants and slow down the closure of coal-powered plants.
According to Perry, the US' power grid would become vulnerable if more coal-fired power plants were to close down, a common occurrence in past years as the rise of natural gas and renewable energies has pushed many coal-reliant companies towards bankruptcy. In the Department of Energy's view, such cleaner power sources are unreliable and, thus, put the power grid in jeopardy when events such as the 2014 polar vortex in the Arctic hike electricity demand.
To counteract the effects of such situations, the Secretary's office suggested to strengthen power plants with fuel on site, that is coal and nuclear plants. To do so, the department issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which requested that FERC require utility companies to pay not just for the electricity they buy from power plant companies and supply to consumers, but also for the fixed costs associated with power plants that keep 90 days of fuel on site.
However, the Regulatory Commission said that Perry's arguments were unfounded. "There is no evidence in the record to suggest that temporarily delaying the retirement of uncompetitive coal and nuclear generators would meaningfully improve the resilience of the grid. Rather, the record demonstrates that, if a threat to grid resilience exists, the threat lies mostly with the transmission and distribution systems, where virtually all significant disruptions occur. It is, after all, those systems that have faced the most significant challenges during extreme weather events," today's decision reads.
Nevertheless, the five-member bureau said it will review the resilience of the nation's electric grid by assessing information that should be provided within 60 days by each regional market operator and other entities that oversee the grid. Once that documentation is processed, the panel will decide whether it'll implement new measures.
According to AP, Perry thanked the federal agency for addressing his proposal. "What is not debatable is that a diverse fuel supply, especially with onsite fuel capability, plays an essential role in providing Americans with reliable, resilient and affordable electricity, particularly in times of weather-related stress like we are seeing now," AP quotes him as saying.
Environmental advocates, business groups, some public utility companies, as well as natural gas suppliers such as Koch Industries had previously criticized the Secretary's proposal saying it would raise prices and disrupt electricity markets by subsidizing coal and nuclear plants with billions of dollars.


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Q: Speeding up xqueries containing DOM objects We are currently using DOM objects in our code to run xqueries. The aim is to shift to TinyTree,to improve performance of queries, however a large amount of time is taken to convert a dom to tiny tree before calling saxon xquery evaluator. This reduces the performance improvement obtained due to shift of the model. Can there be anything else done, apart from converting a DOM to TinyTree prior to calling saxon library to improve xquery performance, on the following lines

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*Is is possible to write an xquery such that the dom is first converted to tinytree and then the rest of the query happens? Would that give a better performance than conversion to TinyTree outside saxon?

*Any other DOM based model that would have a better speed than the standard DOM?

A: I'm not sure what you mean by "DOM based". Certainly, XOM performs rather better with Saxon than DOM does.
Did you find this article? https://dev.saxonica.com/blog/mike/2012/09/comparing-dom-and-other-object-models.html -- it's quite old, but still relevant.
One thing that's come on the scene since then is the Domino model, which is basically using a DOM with added indexes. See https://www.saxonica.com/documentation11/#!sourcedocs/tree-models/domino
How are you converting DOM to TinyTree? There may be a faster way than you are using. At the s9api level, the best way is probably to create a net.sf.saxon.s9api.DocumentBuilder and call build(Source), supplying a DOMSource. If you need to do it within XPath or XQuery, use the fn:copy-of() function.

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Q: Error while making webservice call I am accessing a webservice exposed by some other guy as a client using axis2 and I     have made a wrapper method for abcStub .java (Stub java file made by  running some batch) and tried to instantiate the Stub file inside the wrapper java file. But i get following errors:

    INFO: ERROR org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction  - Dispatch[/remittanceTransaction] to method 'remTransApprove' returned an exception
    java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.neethi.PolicyEngine.getPolicy(Ljava/lang/Object;)Lorg/apache/neethi/Policy;
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.getPolicy(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:3558)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.populateAxisService(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:57)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:268)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:257)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:305)
    INFO: g.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:297)
    at com.mtmrs.webservice.MIRSRemittanceTransactionManagerImpl.getAppDeclWrapper(MIRSRemittanceTransactionManagerImpl.java:201)
    at com.mtmrs.business.backoffice.impl.RemittanceTransactionManagerImpl.remTransApprove(RemittanceTransactionManagerImpl.java:1417)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at com.mtmrs.application.backoffice.action.RemittanceTransactionAction.remTransApprove(RemittanceTransactionAction.java:1409)
    ... 78 more
    INFO: WARN  org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor  - Unhandled Exception thrown: class javax.servlet.ServletException
     WARNING: StandardWrapperValve[action]: PWC1406: Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
    java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.neethi.PolicyEngine.getPolicy(Ljava/lang/Object;)Lorg/apache/neethi/Policy;
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.getPolicy(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:3558)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.populateAxisService(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:57)
    at org.tempuri.MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.(MIRSRemittanceServicesStub.java:268)

I think there must be problem with this
org.apache.neethi.PolicyEngine.getPolicy(Ljava/lang/Object;)Lorg/apache/neethi/Policy;

or may be im wrong. Either way, dunno how to fix. Would be of much help if anyone knew of faced/solved this before.
I got this while making following call:

public   String getAppDeclWrapper(String session, String parentAgent, String mirsTxnNo, String strReason, String isApprove, String modifiedBY){
         String returnString = null;
    try {
         mtmrsLogger.info("Entering into Approve Decline procedure, Starting to send Status to MIRS");
               MIRSRemittanceServicesStub stub  = new MIRSRemittanceServicesStub(); //Error occurs at this line

               ApproveDecline approvedEcline = new ApproveDecline();
               ApproveDeclineResponse approveResponse =  new ApproveDeclineResponse();
               approvedEcline.setCParentAgent(parentAgent);
               approvedEcline.setMirsSession(session);
               approvedEcline.setModifiedBy(modifiedBY);
               approvedEcline.setRefNo(mirsTxnNo);
               approvedEcline.setStrReason(strReason);
               approvedEcline.setIsApprove(isApprove);

A: My guess is you have multiple versions (or invalid version) of PolicyEngine on your classpath. I think you are running inside a servlet engine. Try following code to determine where this version is stored and fix it:
org.apache.neethi.PolicyEngine.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation()


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The composition betrays a certain routine: along the lower edge of the canvas a strip of vegetation, bushes or tree crowns and behind them here and there the dark silhouette of a taller tree; in the far distance a range of mountains, and along the top of the canvas a strip of grey cloud. What induced the artist to reach for his brush was clearly what lies between them: a beautifully variegated evening sky with thick banks of cloud, towering cumuli and transparent wisps rendered in an array of subtle nuances ranging from dark grey to pale salmon pink. The bad weather seems to be on the retreat and is bringing in its wake the glow of fine weather to come. The relief felt by the viewer at the return of the light and, ultimately, the specific complexion and sublimity of a single brief moment – all this Papperitz captures swiftly and intuitively in loose, deftly applied brushstrokes filling the whole canvas. The manner of the painting reveals a self-assurance born of years of practice. Studies like this one were not intended for public consumption; they remained in the artist's studio where they could be consulted and reused when needed, whether as a source of information on things seen and experienced, or as an idea that might be built on, varied and pursued. The estate of Gustav Papperitz (1813–1861), which became accessible only following the death of his son Georg (1846–1918), contained an abundance of oil studies like this one, which by then were much more highly prized as works in their own right. Whenever an artist's estate came up for auction, therefore, they were eagerly snapped up by well-known collectors like Wilhelm Laaff, from whose collection this particular example comes.1
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SizeRight, a VCX that you can drop on a form and it will resize your controls. I found a lot of controls out there, but they were either too complicated or just didn't work. I decided that there had to be another way. I found a class in the VFP documentation and decided to go from there. This class is by no means a "Do All" control, but it will provide you with the ability to have forms that can be resized dynamically. The control is very simple to use - simply drop the control on your form and in the resize event of the form call the control's adjustcontrols method. This control is ideal to add resize ability to an existing form without much modifications.
MsgBox, a program that will solve the problem of having to use the messagebox function two or three times in a row to answer a simple question. The function allows for any length message and any number of buttons. All buttons are automatically hot keyed and positioned. There is a timer so that messages can "Auto Answer." You can also specify an image to be displayed. All in all, this little prg will make things a lot easier for getting user input to questions.
VFPCOM (Currently unavailible), This is an invaluable tool that can be built into your applications to allow you to perform various "command line" FoxPro functions. You can do everything from 'modify structure' to 'browse' the various dbf's in your application. The simple layout and information provided by this form will soon have you preferring this to the good old command line.


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Q: Uncaught ReflectionException in PHP(How to solve it) While trying to learn how to use the PHP ReflectionClass, I run into this problem
Fatal error: Uncaught ReflectionException: Class \DatabaseTable does not exist in C:\xampp\htdocs\img\index.php:5 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\img\index.php(5): ReflectionClass->__construct('\DatabaseTable') #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\img\index.php on line 5.
Meanwhile (just for testing purposes),  index.php, classInfo.php and DatabaseTable.php are all in the same folder.
This is the index.php file
<?php
require 'classInfo.php';
require 'DatabaseTable.php';

$class = new ReflectionClass('\\DatabaseTable');

echo classInfo::getData($class);
?>

The classInfo.php class has just a single method and it is static.

A: Error message says: Class \DatabaseTable does not exist. Are you sure that class defined in DatabaseTable.php?

Since PHP 5.5, the class keyword is also used for class name resolution. You can get a string containing the fully qualified name of the ClassName class by using ClassName::class

Try to check if class exists:
var_dump(class_exists(DatabaseTable::class));

Imagine that in DatabaseTable.php:
class DatabaseTable
{
    public function __construct() {}
}

Then in your index you can write:
$class = new ReflectionClass(DatabaseTable::class);

Update
With namespaces.

# DatabaseTable.php

namespace MyNamesapce;

class DatabaseTable
{
    // ...
}

# index.php

use MyNamesapce\DatabaseTable;

$class = new ReflectionClass(DatabaseTable::class);

# or

$class = new ReflectionClass(MyNamespace\DatabaseTable::class);


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The pay packet is several million dollars more than that of any of the big four bank chiefs in the latest year, but is still 56 per cent below the $24.6 million paid to Mr Joyce in 2017, when he reaped the benefits of bonus payments linked to the airline's turnaround and a surging share price.
The airline's annual report, published on Friday, said Mr Joyce's fixed pay was unchanged at $2.1 million, where it has been held since 2011.
Mr Joyce, who has led Qantas for almost a decade, also received short-term bonuses worth $2.9 million, down from $3.7 million last year.
Long-term bonus shares that vested were worth another $3 million, while growth in the company's share price also helped to prop up Mr Joyce's remuneration.
The next highest-paid managers in Qantas were the chief executive of Jetstar, Gareth Evans, who received $4 million; and chief financial officer Tino La Spina and chief executive of Qantas Domestic Andrew David, who were each paid $3.5 million.
Across the company, Qantas said the pay of its top executives fell 36 per cent.
Chairman Leigh Clifford said the bonuses were paid after Qantas performed "exceptionally well" in 2017-18, posting a record full-year underlying profit before tax of $1.6 billion.
"In addition to a record profit, we took delivery of new Dreamliners, opened up new routes like Perth to London and kept delivering some of the lowest fares in the market with Jetstar," he said.
"The board looks at several factors when determining executive bonuses, including safety, customer satisfaction, financial metrics and long-term share price performance. The executive team, led by Alan, did an outstanding job on achieving the group's key objectives.
"We said executive pay would be lower this year as we moved beyond the incentives that were part of our turnaround program, and it is. But the pay figures we're announcing today still reflect a record result."
The details of the airline's executive pay packets come after it said it would pay bonuses worth up to $2500 to staff, but it later emerged that many employees would only get $2000 of that if they agreed to collective agreements with the company.
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Q: Fixing the timezone on Solaris 10 I have no ideas how to fix this.  In my /etc/TIMEZONE file the TZ variable has the correct value (Canada/Eastern) and still it's showing a -1 hour lag.  Where else should I be looking?

A: You should check what your hardware clock is.
I would suggest doing this:

*

*Set the UTC time correctly. i.e. (5 AM in the example):

$ date -u -s "05:00"
Thursday, April 29, 2010 05:00:00 AM UTC

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*Set the hardware clock accordingly (tod for SPARC and rtc for x86):

$ rtc -c    (the '-c' argument sets the DST correctly)

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*Check the date again:

$ date
Thursday, April 29, 2010 02:00:11 AM ART
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A: Is your machine patched up-to-date? There were changes in DST handling for North America in 2007. On my Solaris 10 I have:
-bash-3.00$ ls -l /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
-rw-r--r--   2 root     bin         1252 Jul 14  2008 /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
-bash-3.00$ openssl md5 /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern
MD5(/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/Canada/Eastern)= 82980b1345aab5a97d90307edfefb6da
Do you use NTP to set the time automatically or do you do it manually?
Volker

A: When you actually log into the host, what timezone is set in your shell session?
If the timezone in your shell session doesn't match /etc/TIMEZONE, then you probably need to reboot for the timezone change to take effect.
If the timezone in your shell session is correct, but the actual time is wrong, then either the system clock is off or the timezone definition file is wrong somehow. You can run "date -u" to get the UTC time, which will help you figure out if the actual clock is wrong.

A: That is the correct file to edit. The only other step required is a reboot. The reason a reboot is required is that the init process reads the value of TZ when it is started, and all other processes inherit this value. As far as I know, there is no way to make the change effective without doing a full reboot.
Also, make sure /etc/TIMEZONE is symlinked to /etc/default/init. For example:
[root@server:/etc]ls -l /etc/ | grep TIMEZONE
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root  14 Jul  7  2008 TIMEZONE -> ./default/init


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Heuristics can be disabled entirely by using the -fulldp option, which specifies that full dynamic programming algorithms should be used. These algorithms (Needleman-Wunsch for global alignments and Smith-Waterman for local alignments) are much slower than the heuristic algorithms that USEARCH uses by default, but guarantee to find alignments with the maximum possible score.
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-hspw 5 nt, 3 aa Word length for seeding HSPs (ignored by ublast).
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"Hello, everyone," Kareem Abdul-Jabbar addressed the crowd. "I'm Michael Jordan and I'm here with Hillary."
"I said that because I know that Donald Trump couldn't tell the difference," the retired NBA star continued.
Abdul-Jabbar, who converted to Islam in 1974, took personal issue with Trump's views on Muslims.
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Raiders president to join Sisolak, Schieve for tour of potential summer training fields
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Oakland Raiders executives will be in Reno on Thursday to tour potential sites for the team's future summer training camps.
Marc Badain, president of the soon-to-be Las Vegas Raiders, is expected to join Democratic governor candidate Steve Sisolak and Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve for the three-stop tour of athletic grounds at UNR, Hug High School and Wooster High School.
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Date: 25 January 2019 The Offensive Weapons Bill sets out criminal penalties for shopworkers and delivery drivers who allow sales of corrosive substances and knives to under-18s. The amendment backed by Usdaw will create an offence if the person attempting to buy these products abuses, threatens or assaults the retail worker who is enforcing the law.
Shopworkers' trade union leader Paddy Lillis is urging Peers to support amendment 23 (see notes for editors) to the Offensive Weapons Bill. The Grand Committee Stage of the Bill is due to start on Monday in the House of Lords. The amendment, tabled by the Lords Kennedy and Paddick, provides legal protection for shopworkers enforcing the ban on selling corrosive substances and knives to under 18s.
Usdaw's survey of shopworkers shows a 25% increase in violence, suggesting there are over 230 assaulted every day. Challenging shop thieves is a common trigger for violence and verbal abuse. The British Retail Consortium reported a doubling of violence against shop staff in their last annual Retail Crime Survey. The Association of Convenience Stores reported nearly a million thefts from UK convenience stores in 2017, which is a 65% increase on the previous year.
Usdaw's call for legislation to protect shopworkers has been backed by the Co-op Group, the British Retail Consortium and the Association of Convenience Stores.
Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary says: "This is a much needed Bill that deserves support and we very much welcome it. However, the Bill refers to 'the accused' on 36 occasions and every time 'the accused' is either a shopworker or a delivery driver, not the person who is possibly buying a restricted item to use as a weapon.
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From heightened risks to increased regulations, senior leaders at all levels are pressured to improve their organizations' risk management capabilities. But no one is showing them how - until now.
Learn the fundamentals of developing a risk management program from the man who wrote the book on the topic: Ron Ross, computer scientist for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In an exclusive presentation, Ross, lead author of NIST Special Publication 800-37 - the bible of risk assessment and management - will share his unique insights on how to:
Understand the current cyber threats to all public and private sector organizations;
Develop a multi-tiered risk management approach built upon governance, processes and information systems;
Implement NIST's risk management framework, from defining risks to selecting, implementing and monitoring information security controls.
Ron Ross
Sr. Computer Scientist & Information Security Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
https://www.govinfosecurity.com/sd-wan-evolution-adoption-a-14739
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Design is a catch-all term since most everything in life gets designed in some way, shape or form. I believe design should be intentional and carefully done but understand in the fast-paced world we live in cannot be belabored. I design websites, logos, brochures and all manner of business and marketing collateral. Take a look at some examples of recent work in my Portfolio.
Selling is easier than it's ever been, but that doesn't make it easy. In addition to the functional and logistical requirements of an e-commerce enabled website, there are many other factors to consider related to shipping, fulfillment options and more. Not only do I design and implement fully-functioning e-commerce solutions, I also consult on best practices. And I always love hearing about new ideas. So, fill out the Contact form and let me know if you'd love to bat around ideas related to your next big idea.
The word "brand" is a strange bird. I've fought with this mercurial aves for many years and through my continued battles have finally settled on what I consider one's brand to be: you are what others say you are. And if you don't like what others say you are, change their minds. Your brand should be accurately and truly an embodiment of the core value you provide and I would love to work with you to first, understand what that is, and second, craft an identity statement to support. Still sound confusing? Let's talk more and unmask more of the mystery.
For the past 15 years as trillions of pages have been built online, I've designed user interfaces and experiences. But despite all this time working to design and code websites, I'm still murky on what the world means when it says UI/UX. I design first for function and then for form. I treat the Internet as a tool and creating a useful and seamless online experience requires a combination of creativity, clarity, best practices and technical understanding. So, my definition? UI design happens when you want to explain or detail the look and feel, and UX design happens when you want to focus on the efficient engagement with online content.
Telling your story to the right people is the vital work of marketing your work. This requires understanding exactly who the right people are and then determining where they are and how they are best approached. Whether you're launching a product line or working to grow your nonprofit's reach, it all starts with the people you desire a relationship with. Once you have a clear understanding of the people, we can all work together to determine the most efficient tactics for a continued conversation.
If words are good, and pictures are great, then video is the bees knees. And just like many communications and marketing tools, creating video is technically much simpler than before. But crafting and producing quality video to cut through the billions of hours of online video content is hard. I work with a variety of skilled videographers and digital storytellers to record you and your brand in a compelling and meaningful way.
Social Media is everything and nothing at the same time. Facebook and Twitter icons litter our collective information intake and like all communications and marketing tools are best used when they're used best. The hard part is determining how these multi-dimensional channels can work best for you and your organization. I can help set goals and test theories and work to develop a cohesive and efficient Social Media Strategy so you can continue to tell your story. I even administer campaigns and maintain your social media accounts if you need, all with your best intentions and interest at heart.
Search is king and you want to be found where people are looking. Whether it's through optimizing your website to play better with organic online search or working to develop a smart and efficient search engine advertising campaign, I apply the same methodology to all our client services to SEO and SEM — ask questions, set goals, test theories, measure performance and repeat.
Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest.


The Drink Free Days campaign, in partnership with Public Health England, aims to help people cut down on the amount of alcohol they are regularly drinking.
A YouGov poll has found that one in five of UK adults are drinking above the Chief Medical Officers' low risk drinking guidelines1 and more than two thirds of these say they would find cutting down on their drinking harder to do than one or more other lifestyle changes - improving their diet, exercising more, or reducing their smoking, if they were smokers.
The more alcohol people drink , the greater their risk of developing a number of serious potentially life limiting health conditions, such as high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as seven types of cancer.
Regular drinking also increases the amount of calories consumed and can contribute to weight gain and obesity.
Evidence from behavioural science suggests that simple and easy ways of helping people to change their behaviour are the most effective, which is why Drinkaware and PHE have chosen to focus on Drink Free Days. Pre-campaign research also found that the concept resonated strongly with people and was seen as clear to follow, positive and achievable.
This new partnership between Public Health England and Drinkaware is a fresh and bold step in our work to reduce alcohol harm. PHE's One You digital platform has a strong track record on encouraging behaviour change; Drinkaware is an independent educational charity with an extensive reach to the key audiences. Working together to help communicate the message that having drink free days will reduce the risks to your health is the first move in what we hope will be a long term partnership.
Advertising, engaging video content and an online tool have been created to help people understand the ways in which alcohol affect's the body and to help them moderate their drinking.
Support from our partners and funders helps us to reach those who will benefit from our campaigns.
 20% of all UK adults reported to be drinking over 14 units per week, with significant differences between men and women: 28% men and 12% women.


Kickstarter: Resurrectionist – A Werewolves Legacy reborn!
LookingLand's Here There be Monsters Press announced Thursday the soft launch of their kickstarter project Resurrectionist. A unique vision of the Werewolf mythos by brother and sister team Jaime (art) and Elena Carrillo (writing) was over-funded by thousands of dollars with just the initial concept, and is now garnering rave reviews. The book is based on a real sect of Crusaders from the 12th century re-imagined as werewolves ordained by God to consume dead sinners on the battlefields. The book is formatted as illustrated fiction and is available with color plates in both digital and print formats atwww.lookingland.com/press.
Jaime Carrillo is a published artist with work featured in Heavy Metal magazine, Wizards of the Coast, Marvel, Fantasy Flight Games, Bravado USA, Global Merchandising Services and The Travel Channel and Elena Carrillo is an award-winning writer who has been published in the Indiana Review, Voces Fronterizas, The Southwestern Writers Anthology, The Road Monologues, and more. Together they have produced numerous illustrated books through their Here There be Monsters Press, including the series Eleison (ongoing) and Jack (2010).
Here There Be Monsters is a small press dedicated to publishing illustrated supernatural series. It is owned and operated by the brother-sister team of artist Jaime Carrillo and writer Elena Carrillo.


You cannot just camp anywhere you want without considering the terrain. Camping sites differ depending on the terrain and the physical location. The ideal camping site should be flat and with soft material that does not disturb while you are sleeping. Most of the modern camping sites will have a designated camping area where you can set your tent and enjoy your stay. If you go to some public spaces, you might find that they are not maintained which means that you have to keep up with a rough terrain and unwanted objects which affects the quality of your stay.
To ensure that you are not trespassing, you can either use a public camping site or a private one. The publicsitesare owned by the local authorities and conditions for using them differ from one region to the other. Private campground or owned by either individuals or companies and they operate by their own rules. They must be licensed to carry out such activities to ensure that the security of the clients is not at stake. Your choice should be guided by what you are looking for in your dream camping site.
You might find that some campsites are crowded during the peak season which will compromise your privacy and those of your friends. You have toask the owners on how they deal with such issues and inquire about the distance from one tent to the other. If you have friends or family members, you can request the management to group you near each other as this will not compromise your privacy. You can even request for a virtual tour to determine what you are just about to get into before you land on the site. A good camping site should be willing to disclose all the information that you need.
Do you have to carry your tent or does the camping site rent some? A good campsite should give you the freedom to either rent their stuff or come with your own depending on your choice and resources. If you intend to camp regularly, then acquiring your stuff sounds like a bright idea in the long run. You may also need a hotel where you can change or even have some food before you head back to your camp. You can check such a site over here and enjoy all amenities that you can dream of.
Hearing what other people think about the place can be a good start when you are looking for the perfect site. You can read the reviews on the potentials' website to land at the best choice. You can also scroll over the reviews and ratings on their social media and get a rough idea on what to expect. Travel sites are also a good point where you can check reviews from both experts and customers.


The goals of our bioorganic chemistry program are to design and synthesize small molecules and small molecule probes with desired biological activities and understand their structure activity relationships and target interactions.
We currently have three NIH funded programs. The first program includes the synthesis and study of enzyme inhibitors in the trehalose utilization pathways of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Mtb is the infectious etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB). Mtb is estimated to infect up to one third of the world's population, of those people about eight million develop an active infection. About 1.4 million people die of TB every year. Further, extensively drug resistant strains of Mtb have emerged making many cases of TB difficult, if not impossible, to treat. Thus, there is an urgent need to discover small molecule probes that can be used to study or identify essential enzymes in Mtb. Our studies may lead to therapies to treat TB. Specifically we are discovering and evaluating new covalent and non-covalent glycoside hydrolase and esterase inhibitors.
A second exploratory program is related to the synthesis of Mtb-active marine natural products which show improved selective activity against non-replicating Mtb. The new derivatives can also be used to generate chemical probes which will be used in combination with chemical biology methods for the identification of new biological targets. These studies are anticipated to be useful for identifying next generation anti-tubercular agents.
The third program involves the use of antibody recruiting molecules (ARMs) to generate improved immunotherapeutics. Vaccines can be improved by directing antigens via the use of ARMs and natural antibodies to antigen presenting cells (APCs). We have used this approach to improve antibody and T-cell responses against tumor associated-antigens (TAA) in mice. We are currently working to demonstrate this effect for other antigens such as bacterial antigen. A second aspect of this program is the development of methods for vaccine and antigen synthesis.
New pyrrolidines designed to interact with a glycoside hydrolase-like enzyme.
The use of L-Rhamnose as an antibody recruiting molecule (ARM) to enhance antibody and T-cell responses to antigens.
Methods to prepare antigens from within the lipopolysaccharide of P. aeruginosa.
Find out about our projects and latest results.


Tel Aviv band Buffalos is something to put under your radar.
This five piece band, who released their eponymous album last year, has received fantastic reviews and their debut was the star of all sorts of 'best of 2009' lists in Israel.
They produce mixture of country-blues-grunge-theatrical elements, which, if pushed to it, I'd describe it as the meeting place of Calexico, Tom Waits, Queens Of The Stone Age and Nick Cave.
Drummer Ran and vocalist/lead guitarist Omer have been playing together for almost 15 years in past bands like Lady Macbeth and Jet Sam, while Dan (bass) and Eyal (guitar) are adding depths and colors respectively, to form a tight, top form band.
This group is lead by female vocalist Sivan 'Bella' , who's easily one of the most amazing voices I've heard in recent years. She's powerful, yet gentle not tempestuous. She's dramatic and provides a fantastic delivery to her strong lyrics, yet keeps away from cliche pathos and over-drama.
They had already recorded a brilliant cover of Dresden Dolls' Missed Me, a regular number in their shows while today they've uploaded a new video from their latest tour in Europe, where they redefine the term 'classic', as they explore the pop elements of Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made For Walking and have them buffaloed.
Their 2009 album is available for a free download, only for the price of an email address, and I encourage you to check them out. As time flies, I'm sure, they will get their chance on the biggest indie stages, and you'd be begging for a backstage pass. Don't say I didn't warn you.
The writer of this post was the bass player in the band, but it doesn't make him a liar.
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Housed in the Romantic painter's final studio, the Musée Delacroix is a place of memory. Thanks to the push by major artists of the 1920s to transform it into a museum, it is also a place of creation and a space for encounters. Devoted to the studio, and the metamorphoses allowed therein, the exhibition In the Studio: Creation at Work unveils Delacroix's creative process, and shines a light on the importance, within these walls, of the artistic transmission that the museum's founders wished to share with visitors.
The exhibition places Delacroix's creative genius on display, revealing the sources to which he referred and the studies that he drew, painted or shaped, for an ensemble of selected works. In his studio, Delacroix kept the preparatory drawings and studies for all of his works. These are akin to notes that the artist could use for other compositions or projects.
Punctuated by works by 19th and 20th century artists, this exhibition is devoted to the artistic process. The artistic connections between Delacroix and a number of other artists are evoked, from Théodore Géricault to Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, from Théodore Chassériau to Paul Gauguin. The exhibition notably opens with a presentation of the studio as a subject of artistic representation, showing depictions of studios by Delacroix himself, by Frédéric Bazille and Pablo Picasso, who admired him. Each section is organized around one or more themes dear to Delacroix, including paintings of wild animals, the myths of Medea and of Orpheus, the story of Ovid, depictions of "disembodied heads" and abductions, and illustrates the creative bond joining Delacroix to his peers and successors.
The exhibition benefits from exceptional loans from French and foreign museums, including the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, the National Gallery in London, and the Kunsthalle Hamburg.
The invitation addressed to three French contemporary artists, Anne-Lise Broyer, Laurent Pernot and Jérôme Zonder, allows for deep appreciation of the development of this artistic conception. The presence of their works in Delacroix's studio offers an opportunity to highlight the painter's movement of creation. They bring out the dual quality of the studio-museum: as a historical site where one of the greatest artists of the 19th century lived; and as a space in which the complex alchemy of the creative act took place, and continues to do so.
Since 2014, the Musée Eugène-Delacroix has devoted its research program to the theme of the studio. Historical and museum-oriented, focused on the study of the past and analysis of the present, this program brings together the studio and the museum. This exhibition is thus the culmination of a reflection on the studio as a space of creation and memory, fully rooted in history.
Exhibition curators :Dominique de Font-Réaulx, director of the Interpretation and Cultural Programming Department, Musée du Louvre, Léa Bismuth, art critic, for the contemporary art.
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British royals begin official period of mourning
September 9, 2022 @ 5:52pm
Flowers and tributes are pictured outside of Buckingham Palace in London on September 9, 2022, a day after Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96. - AFP PIC
LONDON: King Charles III and the royal family on Friday began observing a mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II that will last until seven days after her state funeral, royal officials said.
"Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, it is His Majesty The King's wish that a period of Royal Mourning be observed from now until seven days after The Queen's Funeral," the palace said in a statement.
"The date of the funeral will be confirmed in due course," it added.
The mourning period will be observed by members of the family, household staff and troops committed to ceremonial duties.
Flags at royal residences will remain at half-mast until the morning after the final day of royal mourning.
Royal gun salutes will be fired in London on Friday at 1:00 pm (1300 GMT) in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London, with one round fired for each year of her 96-year-long life.
Royal residences will close until after the funeral.
Officials advised people wanting to lay flowers at Buckingham Palace to do so at dedicated sites in the nearby Green Park or Hyde Park.
An online Book of Condolence has been opened on the official royal website, royal.uk.
Details of official national mourning will be confirmed by the government later.--AFP
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Invite your kindergartener to fill out this elephant chart--testing her knowledge of an elephant's parts.
Having a pet is a big responsibility. Help your child decide which items he needs to help care for Casey the cat.
You child can use this Wild Kratts wildlife journal from PBS KIDS to track her nature observations while she builds vocabulary and writing skills.
Help your 2nd grader crack the code using triple digit addition and subtraction to find out what parts of camels can be used to make some tasty dishes.


I've known the folks at Chromatic since before it was Chromatic and grew up with a few of them. They are changing the South Bay coffee game in huge ways. If you haven't gone to their store to try some of the Gamut or their signature anniversary Unicorn Pony Blend (as rare as the real deal), now is a great time to get to know these folks as the grow into a mature industry staple.
November marked their 3 year anniversary. The Chromatic folks know how to have a good time. Fruity Pebble Latte with house made whip? It was actually quite excellent for what it was. Thank you for the invite, looking forward to number 4.


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They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country. Now therefore, cut a covenant with us."
"camp at Gilgal." Joshua maintained his camp at Gilgal, and returned there. Thus the Gibeonites went down into the Jordan Valley to meet with Joshua (a downhill journey of about 3,400 feet or so).
"a far country." They had come less than 20 miles from Gibeon to Gilgal. Deuteronomy 20:10-11 gives Israel direction about how to treat people who were "near" versus people who lived far away. Israel could offer peace to a far city. Also, the people of Gibeon offered to be servants, which is also in Deuteronomy. Also, the Gibeonites specifically asked for a covenant, which Israel was not to cut with any of the people of the Promised Land (Deut. 7:1-2). This opens the question, did the Gibeonites somehow know something about what the Torah of Moses said, or did they just assume that since God was making a way for Israel to come into the land that if they said they did not live in the land they would be treated differently.
Commentary for: Joshua 9:6


I answered, "Well, my brother always played with me. It sure didn't hurt him." Of course, my brother technically played with GI Joes, and they were pretty badass. And of course, my Barbies rarely ever wore pink, either.
First of all, my Barbies had a baja jeep.
a bit of spelunking gear in the back of that thing. It was most definitely 4WD, the only way it got stuck was if you high-centered it.
My dad cleaned out and patched up an old horse tank for us kids to play in. We weren't allowed to do cannonballs or attempt to dive in, obviously, but because it was really shallow, you could splash as much as you wanted. Between the two of us, we tossed our dolls in and flopped around, swung our arms around and made some serious WOOSHING sounds. That rusty old horse tank was instantly transformed into the most treacherous ocean, filled with tsunamis, whirlpools of death, horrendous hurricanes and deep-sea earthquakes. Pirates of the Caribbean ain't got nothin' on those adventures.
cover. Our Louisiana Purchase extended from the junkyard two hills up north of the house, to the windmill in the front meadow, no further than the cattle guard at the west end of the oil strip, and somewhere in the middle of the feed-ground east of the barn. A small tree line ran next to the oil strip, and it made an excellent place to scale trees, build forts and nestle in the underbrush in hopes of seeing a deer. Our pioneers abandoned the jeep in favor of a covered wagon we'd built from a John Deer tractor trailer and dishrag, pulled by a rubberband harness and our two prized plastic horses. I know I have a picture of that contraption somewhere, but I think I thought I was an Indian child back then, and I'm pretty sure I'm not wearing any pants.
In spite of all of our adventures, I think we only had one fatality. One of our Joes miscalculated a high dive and cracked his head on the side of the tank. We searched and searched, but we never found his body. On that note, I'll ask my readers to take a moment and remember honor all of our MIA's, POW's and soldiers that have come home in a box.
So yes, my brother "played with Barbies". But even when we were stuck indoors, we drug out all of my little accessories and completely redesigned the floor of my room in a feat of minuscule architecture. I'd have to make this cute little ballet move on my tiptoes to get from my door to my bed, because I'd leave our masterpiece up for days at a time. I feel sorry for kids that don't get to use their imaginations anymore. They're addicted to their Nintendo DS and their IPhones or Blackberries. Kids spend their time on Facebook and YouTube instead of playing outside and creating from scratch. As a result, I think my brother and I are very artistic. I love to write, he plays music. My second youngest brother can draw like nobody's business. The youngest one can build boats out of Dominos. Using my imagination was an important part of my childhood, and I'm a firm believer in holding tight to your inner child.
Peace out, Scouts. Go play outside.