If you've ever dreamed of riding atop the tough, wrinkled skin of a gigantic creature while exploring the landscapes of a foreign country, the idea of an elephant riding trip may sound thrilling. These creatures, gentle giants thriving in Southeast Asian countries or wild, massive spectacles roaming throughout Africa, have long been the delight of animal lovers all over the world. The opportunity to fulfill that dream is becoming more and more possible as elephant tours proliferate for people with a variety of tastes and styles.
Tourists in India, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam experience life in the jungle on the backs of these mighty creatures. Some South African safari tours give you a chance to see the bush from an elephant's back, too, but this opportunity is rare in Africa, as the African elephant is much larger and more untamed than the Asian elephant. While elephant rides in Laos and Vietnam focus more on experiencing the culture of local people within a larger tour, day trips with the sole purpose of riding an elephant are common in Thailand. Indian elephant tours are often part of a safari expedition, as in South Africa.
Wear loose-fitting, comfortable clothes to mount the elephant. If you are on a safari, consider trying to blend in with the elephant or the surroundings so you will not be as noticeable to animals you may encounter on the path. While you are not expected to dress in full camouflage, it helps to remain inconspicuous in the jungle. Wear walking or hiking shoes in case of rough terrain while mounting or dismounting. Although riding elephants are well-trained and accustomed to people, remember that they are wild animals that have the power to throw you off or shift your weight, so wearing clothes that are comfortable, breathable and durable is very important.
Sunscreen, insect repellent and fresh water are mandatory supplies when traveling by elephant. As when riding on any animal, you will be exposed to all the elements around you, so besides being aware of what you should bring, remember to leave valuables, strong-smelling perfumes, and sweet, sticky foods that will attract bugs and animals at home. Cameras and binoculars are welcome aboard the elephant, but again, do not bring anything you are too afraid to lose, break or dirty.
If you're just riding for the afternoon, you are riding for an experience. Enjoy it, watch the sights, and embrace the moment. However, if you'll be riding for days on a longer trip, take the opportunity to spot exotic animals in the jungle or the bush, and get to know your elephant. Pay attention to his likes and dislikes, his workload and his mood. You can have a very special experience getting to know this animal, in addition to seeing the sights and taking in the atmosphere.
If you are centering your entire itinerary around elephant riding, as with safari tours or week-long jungle treks, pack light and keep plenty of film, SD cards and batteries for your camera. Forget about staying clean. You'll sweat with the elephant, smell with the elephant and experience all the elements of the terrain. But you will also experience a vacation like never before, from the back of a giant tour guide.
Manthei, Emily. "Elephant Riding Vacations." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/elephant-riding-vacations-37454.html. 13 March 2018.


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import unittest
from ClientServerConnection import ClientServerConnection
from minissl.SslClient import SslClient
from minissl.SslServer import SslServer
import PemSamples

class TestClientServerConnection(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.conn = ClientServerConnection()

    def test_client_to_server(self):
        data = 'some string'
        self.conn.client_conn.send(data)
        self.assertEqual(data, self.conn.server_conn.last_received_data)

    def test_server_to_client(self):
        data = 'some other string'
        self.conn.server_conn.send(data)
        self.assertEqual(data, self.conn.client_conn.last_received_data)

    def test_mutual_close(self):
        self.conn.client_conn.close()
        self.assertFalse(self.conn.server_conn.is_open)

    def test_ssl_connection_establish(self):
        self.conn.print_data = False
        # create a sever instance
        server = SslServer(PemSamples.minnissl_server_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_server_key_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_ca_pem)
        # create a client instance with a connection to the server
        client = SslClient(self.conn.client_conn, PemSamples.minnissl_ca_pem)
        # call the on_client_connect method of the server
        server.on_client_connect(self.conn.server_conn,
                                 self.conn.server_conn.last_received_data)
        # check that both connection are open
        self.assertTrue(self.conn.client_conn.is_open)
        self.assertTrue(self.conn.server_conn.is_open)
        # the client should be in the connect state now
        self.assertEqual('Connect', client.step)

    def test_ssl_connection_establish_with_client_auth(self):
        self.conn.print_data = False
        # create a sever instance
        server = SslServer(PemSamples.minnissl_server_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_server_key_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_ca_pem, True)
        # create a client instance with a connection to the server
        client = SslClient(self.conn.client_conn, PemSamples.minnissl_ca_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_client_pem,
                           PemSamples.minnissl_client_key_pem)
        # call the on_client_connect method of the server
        server.on_client_connect(self.conn.server_conn,
                                 self.conn.server_conn.last_received_data)
        # check that both connection are open
        self.assertTrue(self.conn.client_conn.is_open)
        self.assertTrue(self.conn.server_conn.is_open)
        # the client should be in the connect state now
        self.assertEqual('Connect', client.step)

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One of the biggest practices I have learned over the past 3 years with entrepreneurship, is the way you brand and present yourself.
If it wasn't for you, your message and amazing personality, you would not stand out as someone that has a unique flare.
Unfortunately, the truth behind standing out from the crowd is being able to show something different that catches your audiences eye.
And when it comes to creating content around your message, I can confidently say that there are multiple steps that you might not be taking.
If you plan to create video content for YouTube, it's important to think about how you can leverage it's distribution.
What I mean by this, is where else is your video going?
Let's say this YouTube video is 10 minutes in length, speaking about a topic that is very specific and in depth.
There is going to be moments during that video when you can locate a 1-3 minute segment, that can be shortened and uploaded onto another platform, such as Facebook or Instagram.
When you have a system like this that is actively being used with your content, you not only increase your reach with your video, but you also create an environment for a message to be spoken to your viewers in all shapes and forms.
One of the biggest mistakes I see so many people making is copy and pasting the same exact video/content across different social media platforms, hoping they get results.
Instead, they don't see as much traction and end up getting frustrated with the failure of their content distribution.
And the cold hard truth, is that each platform is designed to be used differently, content wise, for it's users.
Example: You cannot upload your 10 minute YouTube video to Instagram because posts are only allowed a 1 minute duration (Unless you use IGTV which has a 10 minute cap).
The trick is to start understanding how you create your content.
Which means you focus on thinking about how you can use it across all these different social media platforms.
With this in mind, you can storyboard and map out the way you will speak, pause and allow for space to create future content for a different platform.
When done correctly, you push more reach with your message, attract the right viewers and have specific crafted call to actions, that can be used to leverage your followers.
In return, you can build a bigger following, generate new leads, and make more sales, no matter what industry you are in.
In the end, when you choose to invest your time in recording and uploading video content, it's best to have a strategy that outlines why you are making any type of content.
It has to lead the viewer somewhere, especially if you want them to take action later on.
Without this, you are just creating content for the sake of making content.
And while this isn't a bad idea and does count as 'taking action', the take away message is to start thinking about why you are making videos and how you can tie them it into a strategy with your business.


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Activist demands apology from Emanuel for obscenity
Sept. 13, 2011 (CHICAGO)
The mayor was asked Tuesday if he saw a need to apologize for using the f-word in that meeting two weeks ago.
"My view is this is a distraction from the major issue which is getting the kids an education and time in class learning," he said.
The mayor has not denied Lewis' claim that he pointed his finger at the union leader while dropping the f-bomb after she suggested the longer school day should not be used for babysitting children.
Activist the Reverend Paul Jakes has written a letter demanding the mayor apologize.
"I know that African-American women have been victims continuously down through the years of disrespect and we as an African-American community will not stand for it," said Rev. Jakes.
But Alderman Emma Mitts said there's nothing racial about it and and who knows what Lewis may have said to Emanuel.
"I know there's two sides to every story, and somtimes three sides to every story. So what really went on," said Mitts.
"If I had been there and used this type of language to any woman, there would not be any quiet, it would not be any acceptance. The town would be in uproar," said Jakes.
Earlier in the day, the mayor called Chicago's reformed City Colleges the perfect host for the $25 million local version of a national Goldman Sachs program to help small business.
"We couldn't literally do this years ago. We can now," said Emanuel.
The mayor also confirmed that he has reduced former Mayor Daley's security detail from six down to three police officers. And Emanuel said two of the three will be assigned to patrol in the neighborhood around the Daley home to assist Mrs. Daley to and from her cancer treatments. Mayor Emanuel said that's the least the city can do to thank Mrs. Daley for 22 years of service as Chicago's first lady.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Peterborough AC award winners. From the left they are Nichola Gibson, Kirk Brawn, Steve Hall, Colin Pettit and Elizabeth Taylor.
Despite a disappointing run in the trials at Liverpool, Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor has been selected for the European Cross-Country Championships in Slovakia next weekend.
The talented 23-year-old, a World Championship 10,000m finalist this year, has obviously been chosen by the England selectors on the back of her outstanding form on the USA college circuit this season.
It will be Taylor's first senior cross-country outing for her country.
n Peterborough Athletic Club picked up a handful of awards at the annual Cambridgeshire Athletics presentation night on Friday.
Karim Chan received the junior field performance award for winning gold in the long jump at the World Para Championships and Daniel Mees (800m) and Elizabeth Taylor (300m) received County Championship best performance trophies.
The club also collected the Cambs AA Road League award (Kirk Brawn, Steve Hall and Ben Heron) and Mees and Nichola Gibson collected awards for representing Cambridgeshire during three seasons or on six occasions.
Gibson was also recognised for her hard work as statistician alongside Colin Pettit, who will continue in his role as general secretary.
n Brad Spurdens of Nene Valley Harriers was second in his 600m race at the Sheffield Indoor Open in 1:26.01 and Nene Valley Under 15 pair Jose Downer (8.56)and William Kong (7.47) both recorded 60m personal bests at the Lee Valley Indoor Open.


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Hydrotherapy is using water to treat various types of medical conditions. This practice has been part of disease and health condition treatment for thousands of years. Many ancient cultures, including Japan, China, and Rome used hydrotherapy as standard practice. Bavarian monk, Father Sebastian Kneipp, made hydrotherapy popular in the nineteenth century. Current uses of this treatment include baths, saunas, wraps, and packs.
Hydrotherapy is typically used to improve muscle tone, help with digestive and intestinal processes, stimulate circulation, improve the immune system, and offer pain relief. Water has the unique ability to eliminate stress and heal the body. It can not only assist the external body parts like skin, it can also soothe the major organs as well as the nervous system.
There are a number of techniques to use hydrotherapy. Cold rubbing is one unique use of this practice. It is primarily used to invigorate and tone the body. To start, soak a cloth, preferably linen, in cold water. Ring it out and rub the entire body. After this is complete, go to bed until your body is warm and dry.
Another form of hydrotherapy is a douche. A gentle douche can be carried out with a container of water or a source of water like a hose or shower head. The water, though, should never splash the skin. The water should flow in toward the heart. After the douche is complete, shake off the excess, get dressed, and work out. There are a number of types of douches. The knee douche is used for headaches, blood pressure problems, sleep issues, and skin problems like bruising or varicose veins. In this process, the water should move from the toes toward the knee, then back to the sole of the foot. It should be repeated for the other leg.
A thigh douche is very similar. The procedure is essentially the same as above, but instead of stopping at the knee, move toward the upper thigh. In addition to the conditions a knee douche treats, this can also improve circulation. A lower trunk douche is, again, the same procedure, but the entire lower half of your body should be included. This can help with the swelling of major organs or the formation of gall or kidney stones. The arm douche is used for anxiety issues, rheumatism, heart difficulties, and headaches. To complete this procedure, take the stream of water from the outside of the hand to the shoulder, then back on the inside of the arm. It should be repeated for the other arm. The upper trunk douche involves much the same procedure, but don't stop at the shoulder. Continue to the chest. This should help with lung and throat difficulties. It can also stimulate the cardiovascular system. The face douche, useful for headaches, eye problems, and toothaches, can be completed by starting at the right temple and moving toward the chin, then up to the left temple, and over the course of the forehead, then making circles about the face.
An additional form of hydrotherapy is a steam bath. These help with circulation, heart rate, hormone production, and airway flow. Additionally, they have been known to boost the immune system, relax the individual, and help with depression. It is important, though, in a steam bath to avoid overheating. Do not spend more than fifteen to twenty minutes in a steam bath.
Full and partial immersion baths are also forms of hydrotherapy. For back pain and the common cold, a rising temperature hip bath can be helpful. For fifteen minutes, three times a week, stand in a tub with rising hot water. It should start at the foot and rise to the navel. The eventual temperature should reach one hundred and three degrees. A cold foot bath can assist with varicose veins, headaches, circulation issues, and sleep problems. Place both feet in a bath filled with cold water up to the calf. You should stop when the water no longer seems cold. Wipe off the extra water, then walk or run until you are dry.
A final form of hydrotherapy is the wrap. Wraps are used to treat fever and inflammation. A cloth, preferably linen, should be wet with cold water and wrung out. It should then be tightly wrapped around the part of the body that is ill, but do not constrict that part of the body. Once you've completed this wrap, wrap again with a dry linen cloth. The person receiving the wrap can then relax for an hour. If the wrap is not warm after fifteen minutes, a hot water bottle should be applied. If at any point in time, the person receiving the wrap feels ill, the wrap should be removed.
Note: Di Vapor is not responsible for the views, opinions or advice represented in the articles on this site. You are advised to seek medical advice before following any such information.


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Drag Race drops first part of season 14 premiere early – say hello to your new queens
Mishti Ali
Ahead of the RuPaul's Drag Race season 14 premiere, the first 10 minutes of the new episode have been released on YouTube.
The sneak peek introduces queens Alyssa Hunter, Bosco, Kornbread 'The Snack' Jeté, Willow Pill, Kerri Colby, June Jambalaya and Orion Story.
The contestants stand around after their distinctive grand entrances, ribbing one another. Bosco's polka dot demonic outfit provokes a description from Alyssa of her as "an angry Minnie Mouse".
Willow Pill's blonde hair and Y2K-reminiscent look land her comparisons to icon Paris Hilton. However, her white flip flops have a less warm reception, earning gentle mockery from Kornbread.
The sounding of an early alarm, however, signals to the queens that this is a split premiere, with the queens' arrivals divided over two episodes.
"You better pop that p***y if you want to survive!" declares RuPaul. He also announces the first challenge, a "freaky photo shoot", without giving away too many details.
You can watch the first 10 minutes of the Drag Race season 14 premiere – for free – below.
Among the queens yet to make an appearance is the show's first cisgender, straight male queen. Maddy Morphosis, from Arkansas, has been forced to defend her spot on the show ever since she was announced.
Some critics hit out at the show for what they perceived as an encroachment on a queer safe space. However, Drag Race alumni have publicly declared their support for Maddy.
"It's cool!," Brooke Lynn Hytes told PinkNews "I don't care, is how I feel. I don't care, drag is for everyone and if a straight guy wants to come into our world and do drag, I mean why not?"
"We can't say we're inclusive and then get mad when a straight person wants to do it. So I say more power to him. I also love all the memes about it, they're hysterical. I hope he has a sense of humour and has been enjoying them as well. I wish him all the best, I think drag is for everyone so just let everyone do it."
Gottmik, from the show's last season, was Drag Race's first trans man. They also slammed critics of Maddy's casting, declaring that "drag is for everyone".
The full episode will air Friday (7 January) on VH1 in the US, and will stream on WOW Presents Plus in the UK. New episodes will follow weekly.
Prince Harry files claim against Home Office decision not to let him pay for own police protection in UK
Duke wants to fund the security himself rather than let taxpayers pay, his lawyer says
AFP UK
Beijing reports its first locally transmitted Omicron variant case
Beijing reports its first locally transmitted Omicron variant case. Case comes city finalises preparation to host Winter Olympics, which start in three weeks
(Reuters) -GlaxoSmithKline on Saturday said it had rejected a 50-billion-pound offer from Unilever for its consumer goods arm, saying it "fundamentally undervalued" the business and its future prospects and that it would stick to its plan of spinning off the unit. Unilever confirmed the approach earlier on Saturday, saying the Glaxo unit would be a "strong strategic fit" as it continues to re-shape its portfolio spanning food, beauty and home care brands. It could also transform Unilever into a formidable beauty and personal care purveyor, taking on the likes of Estee Lauder and L'Oreal, while for GSK, it could bring much needed relief from investor pressure that has been building over the past year.
Boris Johnson is alleged to have attended a leaving do for his defence adviser in the run-up to Christmas 2020.


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Phillies, on Pace for 103 Losses, Glad to Leave San Disaster After Being Swept Padres
By Jim Salisbury | CSNPhilly.com	• Published August 16, 2017 • Updated on August 16, 2017 at 9:00 pm
SAN DIEGO - With its idyllic weather, aesthetically pleasing ballpark and tasty fish tacos, San Diego is one of the best stops in baseball.
And the Phillies couldn't wait to get the heck out of town early Wednesday night.
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That's how bad their three-day stay was.
Though they are the worst team in the majors, the Phillies hoped for a good showing against a San Diego Padres team that has the worst offense in the majors. All the Phils ended up with was three more losses, capped by a 3-0 shutout Wednesday afternoon in which they made middling Padres lefty Clayton Richard look like Clayton Kershaw (see Instant Replay).
"A very disappointing series here," manager Pete Mackanin said. "We couldn't get the job done.
"We only got three hits today. I'm not happy about the stolen bases. It's embarrassing to me. We didn't execute [defensively] on a double-steal, which we should have. All in all, it was a bad series."
The Phillies were outscored 18-8 in the series. They went 1-5 on the season against the Padres. The Phils are 43-75 on the season and 19-44 on the road. They are on pace for 103 losses. They have not reached triple digits in losses since dropping 107 in 1961.
The silver lining to all this losing could present itself in the form of the top pick in the 2018 draft, a valuable commodity for a rebuilding team.
Pitcher Nick Pivetta has shown himself this season to be a potential building block in the team's starting rotation. On Wednesday, the 24-year-old right-hander provided a look at not only his huge upside, but also the shortcomings that make him a work in progress.
The 6-5 right-hander used a knee-buckling curveball to strike out eight of the first nine batters and a career-high 11 overall, the most by a Phils rookie since Cole Hamels punched out 11 Houston Astros on Sept. 16, 2006.
However, Pivetta walked three, committed a balk and was on the mound for five San Diego stolen bases. Wil Myers singled home the first run of the game with two outs in the fourth then stole second, third and home. Pivetta did a poor job of holding Myers on first and second.
"I wasn't mixing my holds, I guess, enough," Pivetta said. "Something I need to work on. Something I can learn from. For the most part, it was they ran a little bit extra today and that was the difference in the ballgame."
After the game, the Phillies optioned Pivetta to Triple A Lehigh Valley. At first, the move seemed jarring. Upon further review, it appeared to be a paper move. The Phils would like to add a position player as they monitor Odubel Herrera's sore hamstring for a couple of more days. A player like Brock Stassi could come and take Pivetta's roster spot. The Phils can add a 26th man for Tuesday's doubleheader against Miami, and Pivetta could come back and be that man. So it's likely he will not even make a start at Triple A.
"It just kind of works," Mackanin said. "He pitched well today. I like what he did, other than the stolen bases. That's part of the game he needs to work at. Other than that, I thought he was really good."
Catcher Cameron Rupp was impressed.
"He made pitches," Rupp said.
Richard (6-12) entered the game carrying some ugly numbers - a 1.596 WHIP, 188 hits allowed (the most in the majors) and a .323 opponents' batting average (the highest in the majors).
Richard capitalized on a weak Phillies lineup - no Herrera, no Aaron Altherr - and held the Phillies to three hits and a walk in pitching his first shutout in five years.
"We had a bad series swinging the bats as a group," Mackanin said. "But he pitched well today. I give him credit. He mixed it up. He pitched inside, outside. He changed speeds. He did a good job."
Said Rupp: "We hit a lot of balls hard, but right at people. It's a tough part of the game, but you have to deal with it. We didn't get the big hit."


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace MapReduce.Net.Test.Combiners
{
    public class WaveDataCombiner : ICombiner<string, List<KeyValuePair<string, List<WaveData>>>, string, List<WaveData>>
    {
        public Task<List<KeyValuePair<string, List<WaveData>>>> Combine(string key, List<KeyValuePair<string, List<WaveData>>> values)
        {
            var result = new List<KeyValuePair<string, List<WaveData>>>();
            var flatternList = values.SelectMany(x => x.Value).ToList();
            var siteGroups = flatternList.GroupBy(x => x.Site, y => y);
            foreach (var siteGroup in siteGroups)
            {
                //var totalSeconds = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Seconds);
                var totalHsig = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Hsig);
                var totalHmax = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Hmax);
                var totalTp = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Tp);
                var totalTz = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Tz);
                var totalSst = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Sst);
                var totalDirection = siteGroup.Sum(x => x.Direction);
                var count = siteGroup.Count();
                var avg = new WaveData
                {
                    Site = siteGroup.Key,
                    //Seconds = totalSeconds / count,
                    Hsig = totalHsig / count,
                    Hmax = totalHmax / count,
                    Tp = totalTp / count,
                    Tz = totalTz / count,
                    Sst = totalSst / count,
                    Direction = totalDirection / count
                };
                result.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, List<WaveData>>(siteGroup.Key, new List<WaveData>{ avg }));
            }

            return Task.FromResult(result);
        }
    }
}


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Class UnitRegressionStat

java.lang.Object

org.drip.regression.core.UnitRegressionStat

public class UnitRegressionStat
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides the statistics functionality for the Unit Regressor.

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UnitRegressionStat()

Empty Constructor

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boolean
addExecTime(long lExecTime)

Adds another run execution time

java.lang.String
displayString(java.lang.String strRegressionUnit)

Returns the string version of the statistics

boolean
generateStat()

Generate the statistics across all the execution times generated

long
getInitializationDelay()

Gets the delay when the regressor is invoked for the first time

long
getMax()

Gets the Maximum in the execution time

long
getMean()

Gets the Mean in the execution time

long
getMin()

Gets the Minimum in the execution time

int
getRuns()

Gets the number of runs for the statistics

long
getVariance()

Gets the variance in the execution time

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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UnitRegressionStat

public UnitRegressionStat()

Empty Constructor

Method Detail

addExecTime

public boolean addExecTime(long lExecTime)

Adds another run execution time

Parameters:

lExecTime - Execution Time

Returns:

TRUE => Executed time run successfully added

generateStat

public boolean generateStat()

Generate the statistics across all the execution times generated

Returns:

TRUE => Statistics successfully generated

getRuns

public int getRuns()

Gets the number of runs for the statistics

Returns:

Number of runs

getMean

public long getMean()

Gets the Mean in the execution time

Returns:

Execution Time Mean

getMin

public long getMin()

Gets the Minimum in the execution time

Returns:

Execution Time Minimum

getMax

public long getMax()

Gets the Maximum in the execution time

Returns:

Execution Time Maximum

getVariance

public long getVariance()

Gets the variance in the execution time

Returns:

Execution Time Variance

getInitializationDelay

public long getInitializationDelay()

Gets the delay when the regressor is invoked for the first time

Returns:

Initialization Delay

displayString

public java.lang.String displayString(java.lang.String strRegressionUnit)

Returns the string version of the statistics

Parameters:

strRegressionUnit - Name the unit for which the regression run was done

Returns:

String holding the content of the unit regression statistics

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Tengku Adnan discharged of RM2m bribery charge
Thursday, December 13th, 2018 at News | Politics / News
By BERNAMA / Pic By MUHD AMIN NAHARUL
The Sessions Court yesterday discharged, but not amounting to an acquittal former Federal Territories (FT) Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor of a charge with accepting RM2 million bribe from a businessman two years ago.
Judge Azman Ahmad made the ruling after allowing an application by the prosecution, conducted by deputy public prosecutor Julia Ibrahim, to discharge without acquitting Tengku Adnan, 68, of the charge, which was the second charge made against him when he was first charged in court on Nov 15.
The charge was made under Section 165 of the Penal Code, which provides an imprisonment of up to two years, or with fine, or both, if found guilty.
"We find the facts in the first and second charge not related and therefore inappropriate to tried together.
"However, we will refile the second charge and will read as a new separate charge," she said.
Tengku Adnan's lawyer, Datuk Tan Hock Chuan, did not object to the prosecution's application, but requested the bail of RM1 million which had been imposed earlier on his client for the two charges to be reduced to RM500,000 with one surety.
Tan said this would enable Tengku Adnan, who is Umno treasurer, to post the bail on the new charge to be made against him.
Azman allowed Tan's request, but maintained the other condition which requires Tengku Adnan to surrender his diplomatic and international passports to the court.
About half an hour later, when the court resumed proceedings, a new charge involving the same transaction, which was for allegedly accepting RM2 million bribe from a businessman two years ago, was read out to Tengku Adnan, who pleaded not guilty to the charge.
He was charged as a public servant in his capacity as the FT minister to have received valuables without consideration, amounting RM2 million from Chai Kin Kong, through a Hong Leong Islamic Bank Bhd cheque belonging to Aset Kayamas Sdn Bhd, which was deposited into a CIMB Bank Bhd account belonging to Tadmansori Holding Sdn Bhd, which he (Tengku Adnan) had interest in and which he knew had connection with his official function.
Tengku Adnan was charged with committing the offence at CIMB Bank, Pusat Bandar Damansara branch, Level 1, Lot A4, Block A, Pusat Bandar Damansara, Kuala Lumpur (KL), on June 14 , 2016.
The court allowed Tengku Adnan a bail of RM500,000 with one surety and fixed Jan 7 next year for mention.
Earlier, the court allowed Tengku Adnan's application for the return of his international passport yesterday to enable him to travel to Melbourne, Australia, for treatment at a hospital there, and to be returned on Jan 7 next year.
Tan also informed the court that the defence has applied to transfer the case to the High Court under Section 417 of the Criminal Procedure Code and the hearing is fixed on Dec 14.
On Nov 15, Tengku Adnan pleaded not guilty to a charge with receiving gratification of RM1 million for himself from a businessman, Tan Eng Boon, through a Public Bank Bhd cheque belonging to Pekan Nenas Industries Sdn Bhd that was deposited into a CIMB Bank account belonging to him (Tengku Adnan) to obtain approval for an application by Nucleus Properties Sdn Bhd (now known as Paragon City Development Sdn Bhd) to raise the plot ratio of the site with development at Lot 228, Jalan Semarak, KL.
The offence was allegedly committed at CIMB Bank, Putra World Trade Centre branch, Level 2, Podium Block, Putra World Trade Centre, Jalan Tun Ismail, KL, on Dec 27, 2013.
The charge was made under Section 16(a)(A) of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act which provides an imprisonment of up to 20 years and fine of not less than five times the amount or value of the gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if found guilty.
Tengku Adnan also faced an alternative charge where in his capacity as the FT minister to have received for himself RM1 million without consideration from Tan through a Public Bank cheque belonging to Pekan Nenas Industries which was deposited into his account, despite knowing that Tan, who is a director at Nucleus Properties was concerned with his official function.
He was charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code for the offence and faced an imprisonment of up to two years or with fine, or both, if found guilty. — Bernama
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Cutting Carbon While Feeding People: The Role of Food Rescue in Slowing Climate Change
Posted on December 11, 2019 by Adam Kahn
The Natural Resources Defense Council reports that up to 40% of all food in the United States is wasted, even as 40 million Americans lack consistent access to adequate and nutritious food. Donation of useable food has palpable and obvious social benefits. Recovering (or rescuing) edible food from restaurants, groceries and institutions that would otherwise go to waste can help "bridg[e] the gap between abundance and need." Reduction in food waste (through food rescue or otherwise) will also yield big reductions in carbon emissions.
From an environmental regulatory perspective, managing food that has been deemed unsalable has traditionally been considered a solid waste problem. Four northeastern states (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont) and California limit the disposal of "food waste" or other organics in conventional waste streams that go to landfills or waste to energy facilities. Getting usable food out of the waste stream, for the most part, satisfies most existing regulatory schemes, regardless of how it is done. However, these rules do not create a clear preference or incentive for "rescuing" food so that it can be eaten by people.
This is not to suggest that regulators are ignoring benefits of food waste reduction in setting solid waste policy. The USDA and US EPA have presented inverse pyramids of priorities for preventing or diverting wasted food; food rescue is number two, right after prevention of food waste at the production level. These efforts and similar efforts may be having some effect: In my home state of Massachusetts, the current draft Solid Waste Master Plan appropriately highlights the 60% increase in rescue of fresh and perishable food between 2010 and 2018. The non-profit ReFED has developed an impressive Food Waste Policy Finder that compiles ways in which food wastage can be reduced, and an equally impressive Roadmap to identify cost-effective regulatory, policy, and business solutions to reduce food waste. Outside of solid waste rules, food waste can be reduced by improving "sell by" or "use by" date labeling requirements, food handling practices and regulations, usage and waste tracking information, packaging and portion sizes, consumer and business education, and donation-related tax incentives.
Food rescue and other forms of food waste reduction can also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that 8-10% of total anthropogenic carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions result from food loss and waste. In 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) similarly found that food wastage accounted for 3.6 billion tons of CO2e, or as FAO put it "if food wastage was a country, it would be the third largest emitting country in the world" (right after China and the US and right before India and Russia). Of that figure, about 35% comes in the distribution and consumption phases of the food supply chain, which are the stages where food rescue comes into play. Similar statistics abound in other reputable publications.
So, what role can environmental law serve to help realize the climate benefits of food rescue, apart from continued improvements in solid waste policy?
Jurisdictions that regulate carbon emissions, or have carbon emission caps or reduction targets, should consider providing tradable credits for rescue of food or other beneficial reuse. This will be complicated, particularly in the absence of economy-wide regulation of carbon emissions. Nonetheless, an administrable system would create a new avenue to enable would-be producers of food waste to monetize their good deeds through tradable carbon-avoidance credits. As a first step to any of this, we should agree on a transparent and understandable standard for measuring the carbon impact from food rescue. The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard is one potential example. Once a methodology is accepted, the carbon benefits of food waste reduction can be quantified and then rewarded.
Even in the absence of tradable credits, requiring carbon offsets in the form of food waste reduction could form part of a jurisdiction's larger carbon reduction plan. For example, state and local regulatory authorities with mandates to minimize environmental impacts could require development projects (particularly those involving the food industry) to offset incremental greenhouse gas emissions through food waste reduction. Similarly, environmental regulators that retain the ability to consider supplemental environmental projects could consider food waste reduction as part of resolution of environmental enforcement actions.
These ideas will take time and collective will to put in place. But individual action does not need to wait: reducing food waste today will have carbon benefits today even if no one is measuring, regulating, or rewarding it.
Tags: Air, Climate Change, Food Waste, Sustainability, Solid Waste
When Will My Leftover Turkey Power My Electric Car: A Post Thanksgiving Reflection on the Promise and Challenge of Food Waste Bans
Posted on December 1, 2014 by Adam Kahn
Food is a big part of why Thanksgiving is my family's favorite holiday. Over the years, we have tried to eat sensibly and sustainably, and to waste less food. But on the Monday after Thanksgiving, I suspect we are not alone as we contemplate the wilted salad, the wan sweet potatoes, and the last of the now not-so-attractive leftover turkey. Indeed, one recent study by NRDC estimated that Americans throw away 40% of their food.
In the last few years, declining capacities at conventional solid waste disposal facilities, combined with the realization that there are more beneficial things to do with food waste and other organics than to throw them in a landfill or burn them have led to partial food or organic waste bans in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, as well as in cities such as Seattle, San Francisco, and New York.
Of course, these ambitious waste segregation programs require that there be an alternative location to reuse or process these materials. Historically, organics have been transformed into compost or animal feed. Unfortunately, the volume of the waste stream is far in excess of what existing, generally small composting facilities can handle. Larger facilities that might be able to increase capacity are generally located far from urban and suburban centers that generate the waste. Many regulators have recognized the need to create an infrastructure to handle this material but a more comprehensive national program is needed if we are really going to stop throwing our food into landfills.
One of the most promising technologies to manage the large amount of organic waste generated near city centers is anaerobic digestion ("AD"). AD systems use anaerobic bacteria to break down organic matter into methane and carbon dioxide. The resulting methane can generate energy in place of traditional fossil fuels. A large-scale system might generate as much as 8-10 MW of electricity (enough to power 8-10,000 homes), while diverting thousands of tons of organics from landfills. And as a bonus, the residual materials can be used as compost or soil amendments. AD systems are well established at wastewater treatment plants and are emerging at certain large agricultural operations.
But there have not been many large scale AD systems designed to handle the anticipated flood of organics that will soon be separated from the general waste stream. Part of the problem may be one of raw material supply – a single large AD system may need hundreds of thousands of tons of segregated organic materials annually. The waste bans may help develop a reliable supply. Siting of these facilities presents other challenges. Some states, most notably Massachusetts have amended regulations to make it easier (though certainly not "easy") to permit these facilities, at least on a state level. Hopefully other regulators will follow suit, allowing market forces to coalesce and expand what is now a nascent industry. Otherwise the organic material diverted from the solid waste stream by well-intentioned laws and rules will pile up in unpleasant ways.
Tags: Anaerobic digestion, Food waste, Waste bans, Solid Waste, Sustainability
Solid Waste | Sustainability
Do Air Emissions Constitute Disposal of Solid Waste? The 9th Circuit's Answer is "No".
Posted on August 27, 2014 by Karen Crawford
On August 20, 2014 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Center For Community Action and Environmental Justice; East Yard Communities For Environmental Justice; Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. BNSF Railway Company; Union Pacific Railroad Company, No. 12-56086, D.C. No. 2:11-cv-08608-SJO-SS, determining that emissions of diesel particulate matter does not constitute "disposal" of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). As a result, plaintiffs could not state a plausible claim for relief under RCRA's Citizens' Suit provision, 42 U.S.C. §6972(a)(1)(B).
A number of environmental organizations had sought to enjoin the emission from defendants' rail yards of particulate matter found in diesel exhaust from locomotive, truck, and other heavy-duty vehicle engines operated on or near 16 rail yards in California. Plaintiffs cited studies by both EPA and the state agency, which identified diesel particulate matter as a toxic air contaminant with the potential or likelihood "to cause cancer and other adverse health problems, including respiratory illnesses and increased risk of heart disease." Plaintiffs contended that, while the particulate emissions were initially emitted into the air, they ultimately were deposited on land and water. They argued that people inhale the exhaust while it is airborne and after deposition (because the particulates are "re-entrained" into the air by wind, air currents, and passing vehicles). Defendants moved to dismiss arguing that RCRA only applies to air emissions from burning fuel which itself consists of or contains "solid" or hazardous" waste, i.e. a "discarded material." Otherwise, emissions fall within the scope of the Clean Air Act, which, they argued, was inapplicable.
The district court concluded that (1) any gap that might exist between the two regulatory schemes as they apply (or don't apply) to mobile sources of air pollution "was created through a series of reasoned and calculated decisions by Congress and EPA," and, independently, (2) plaintiffs failed to state a claim under RCRA because, even if RCRA does apply, diesel exhaust is not a "solid or hazardous waste."
In affirming, the appeals court cited (and distinguished) prior case law, but for the most part relied on the plain language of the statutes and pertinent legislative history of Congressional actions (or intentional inaction) related to regulation of mobile sources of diesel exhausts and rail yards. Relying on the principle of expressio unius est exclusio alterius (when Congress expresses meaning through a list, a court may assume that what is not listed is excluded), the court of appeals noted that "emitting" is excluded from the definition in RCRA of "disposal." Citing §6903(3), the court of appeals added that the specific statutory text further limits the definition of "disposal" to "placement" of solid waste "into or on any land or water" and concluded that emitting the exhaust into the air does not equate to placing the exhaust into or on any land or water. The 9th Circuit concluded that to decide otherwise would be rearranging the wording of the statute which courts cannot do. Specifically, the court of appeals held, "Reading §6903(3) as Congress has drafted it, 'disposal' does not extend to emissions of solid waste directly into the air."
The 9th Circuit might have stopped there, but it did not The Court of Appeals further supported its decision by (1) recognizing that the term "emitting" was used elsewhere in the statute and, therefore, was intentionally excluded from the definition of "disposal," and (2) reviewing the legislative history and determining that Congress had opted not to address diesel emissions from locomotives, heavy-duty trucks, and buses at various points in the history of the Clean Air Act amendments adopted in 1970. It also noted that a railroad emissions study required during the planning of a 1977 Clean Air Act overhaul (only one year after enactment of RCRA) omitted rail yards and mobile sources and resulted in a prohibition of federal regulation of "indirect sources" that included corridors attracting mobile sources, like roads or highways, leaving regulation of those sources entirely to the states. The opinion also discussed later amendments to the Clean Air Act, finding that in the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act, Congress finally required EPA to promulgate regulations setting forth standards applicable to emissions from new locomotives and new engines used in locomotives and prohibited states from doing the same, but left the regulation of indirect sources including rail yards, exclusively to the states, noting that, once again, in 1990, RCRA applied to neither.
The court of appeals was not persuaded by plaintiffs' argument that the two statutes should be "harmonized" to fill any gaps, or that there was irreconcilable conflict between the two statutes, observing that in actuality no conflict existed because neither statute applied to rail yards' diesel exhausts. But to put an exclamation point on its holding, the 9th Circuit added: "[H]owever, to the extent that its text is ambiguous, RCRA's statutory and legislative histories resolve that ambiguity."
The 9th Circuit's straightforward analysis of the plain language of the statutes and the statutory history of Congressional action in this opinion is a refreshing contrast to recent opinions in which courts have struggled to find justification for EPA's attempts to regulate in areas where Congress has clearly failed to take action.
Tags: diesel exhaust, particulate, toxic air pollutants, solid waste, hazardous waste, citizen suit, locomotive exhaust, rail yard, RCRA
Clean Air Act
Harvard Law Students Shoot for Gun Control
Posted on April 1, 2013 by April Jester
A group of Harvard law students has come up with a novel strategy to achieve more stringent regulation of firearms in the United States, namely environmental citizen suits.
Frustrated by the slow pace of Congressional efforts to strengthen regulation of firearms, this group of students has filed citizen suit notice letters against dozens of hunt clubs and firing ranges in the South and Midwest. The notice letters allege that the hunt clubs and their members:
• Violate the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants from point sources over navigable waters without a permit
• Violate the Clean Air Act by emitting hazardous air pollutants without a permit
• Dispose of hazardous wastes, including lead and other heavy metals, without a RCRA disposal permit or compliance with the RCRA uniform waste manifest requirements
• Own and operate facilities where CERCLA hazardous substances are released into the environment; and
• Cause or contribute to the unpermitted disposal of solid waste.
This group of students, the Harvard Environmental Law & Litigation Society, is only recently organized, but they are clearly ambitious. One of the students, Angel Del Norte, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "We hope our efforts will blow some of those gun crazy deep South Bubbas out of the water."
One of the targeted organizations, the Poteau Piscine Club in south Alabama, is working to organize a unified response to the citizen suit notices. The club's President, Robert E. Lee ("Bobby") Rhebop, stated in a press release that all of the organizations targeted in Alabama had agreed to contribute to a joint legal defense fund. Rhebop added, "If those pointy headed snot noses in Boston think they know something about guns, I can't wait 'til they see the business end of my .357. I'll teach 'em what a discharge from a real point source can do."
Reaction has also spread rapidly in Texas. One of the targeted hunt clubs has persuaded their local legislator to introduce a bill in the state senate that would authorize Texas residents who attend Harvard to carry concealed weapons on the Harvard campus. As one proponent of the bill said "If we pass this sucker, I bet every Texan in Harvard will start getting straight A's."
To date no one from EPA has commented on the notice letters.
Tags: April Fools!, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA, firearms, RCRA, solid waste
CERCLA | Clean Air Act | Clean Water Act | Solid Waste
New Changes to CISWI Final Rule Reflect EPA's Response to Comments from the Regulated Community
Posted on March 21, 2013 by Karen Crawford
The EPA issued its long-awaited CISWI Rule in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013. 78 FR 9112. The final rule, entitled "Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units; Reconsideration and Final Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste," contains the provisions in EPA's 2011 rule, vacated in January 2012, that EPA agreed to reconsider. The 2011 final rule in turn superseded EPA's 2000 CISWI rule. The new CISWI Rule amends 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD and part 241. The amendments to 40 CFR part 60 subpart DDDD, along with certain incorporations by reference, were effective on the promulgation date; amendments to part 60 subpart CCCC are effective August 7, 2013, and those to 40 CFR part 241 are effective April 8, 2013.
In response to both the court's vacatur of a Notice of Delay issued in 2011 and the numerous petitions for reconsideration and comments submitted by the regulated community and the public, the final rule includes three subcategories of ERUs (energy recovery units) and two subcategories for waste-burning kilns based on design-type differences, with separate carbon monoxide (CO) limits for the latter. Certain limits were also revised based on comments regarding the CO span methodology and on incorporation of additional data. The rule establishes stack testing and continuous monitoring requirements and allows for the use of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), setting levels based on a 3 hour block or 30-day rolling average (depending on the parameter and subcategory of CISWI).
The rule addresses and preserves a source's choice to cease or start combusting solid waste at any time due to market conditions or other reasons, and to switch from one set of applicable emission standards to another pursuant to CAA section 112, thereby amending the original "once in always in" approach reflected in the earlier versions of this rule. This in turn will provide an incentive to the regulated community to continue operating incinerators.
The deadline for compliance with the CISWI Rule by existing sources depends primarily on when the state implementation plan incorporating the final rule is approved, with such approval required no later than five years after the February 7, 2013 Federal Register publication date. The effective date for new source compliance is August 7, 2013 or the date of startup, whichever date is later. New sources are defined as sources that began construction on or after June 4, 2010, or commenced reconstruction or modification after August 7, 2013.
Tags: EPA, CISWI Rule, solid waste, Regulation
Emissions | Environmental Protection Agency | Regulation | Solid Waste
Will the South Carolina General Assembly Speak?
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Thomas Lavender
Two recent South Carolina Supreme Court decisions have addressed significant environmental regulatory issues. In the Smith Land decision which dealt with state regulation of discharges into isolated wetlands ("waters of the State"), the court held that there is a private cause of action to enforce the provisions of the South Carolina Pollution Control Act ("PCA")1. In the Sandlands decision which involved a certified question from the federal district court, the South Carolina Supreme Court held that the state's Solid Waste Policy & Planning Act ("SWA") did not preempt local government flow control2. Each of these issues has been addressed in prior blogs (1, 2), although the outcome of the certified question on the flow control matter had not yet been determined.
Several pieces of legislation pending in the South Carolina General Assembly respond to these decisions and the issues they address.
House Bill H.4654 and its companion Senate Bill S.1126 would amend the PCA to identify those activities which require, or do not require, a permit under the Smith Land decision. The bills also preclude a private cause of action to enforce the provisions of the PCA. The House version of the bill cleared the House Agriculture subcommittee and committee with overwhelming support and is now on the House calendar for consideration. These bills enjoy considerable support from the regulated community.
Two other bills address the question of whether state law preempts local government flow control following the Sandlands decision. Senate Bill S.514 and its companion House Bill H.4721 would amend the SWA to prohibit local ordinances that preclude solid waste disposal facilities, regardless of location. The House version has also cleared the House Agriculture subcommittee and committee with nearly unanimous support and is pending on the floor of the House for consideration.
In each instance, the General Assembly clearly appears to be reacting to the Smith Land and Sandlands decisions in an effort to give meaning to its legislative intent. Time will tell whether the proposed amendments will be enacted into law as the Legislature moves through its last year of a two-year Session.
1 Georgetown County League of Women Voters v. Smith Land Co., 393 S.C. 350, 713 S.E. 2d 287 (2011).
2 Sandlands C&D, LLC v. County of Horry, 394 S.C. 451, 716 S.E. 2d 280 (2011).
Tags: flow control, wetlands, solid waste
Regulation | Solid Waste | Water
Is United Haulers the Final Word on Local Flow Control?
Posted on August 17, 2010 by Thomas Lavender, Jr.
The most recent Supreme Court examination of the validity of solid waste flow control ordinances under the dormant Commerce Clause occurred in United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, 550 U.S. 330 (2007). In United Haulers, the Court held that flow control ordinances which favor a state-created solid waste authority, but treat in-state and out-of-state private entities the same, 'do not "discriminate against interstate commerce" for purposes of the dormant Commerce Clause.' Id. at 345. In such case, the validity of a nondiscriminatory ordinance with an incidental effect on interstate commerce is analyzed under balancing test set forth in Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc., 397 U.S. 137, 142, 90 S.Ct. 844, 25 L.Ed.2d 174 (1970). Id. at 346. However, if the flow control ordinance favors a single private entity over other private entities, the holding in C & A Carbone, Inc. v. Clarkstown, 511 U.S. 383 (1994), controls. Id. at 341.
United Haulers has been the linchpin for local governments to launch flow control ordinances. However, although the United Haulers decision upheld the validity of a flow control ordinance against a commerce clause challenge, the decision was based on an ordinance that was expressly authorized by the New York legislature and which required the disposal of solid waste at a landfill operated by a solid waste authority created by the New York legislature. In United Haulers, the New York legislature enacted specific legislation which allowed Oneida and Herkimer Counties to "impose 'appropriate and reasonable limitations on competition' by, for instance, adopting 'local laws requiring that all solid waste . . . be delivered to a specified solid waste management-resource recovery facility.'" Id. at 335. Additionally, the flow control ordinance in United Haulers directed that all waste in Oneida and Herkimer Counties be disposed of at the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority ("Oneida-Herkimer Authority"), which was created by the New York legislature and was therefore a political subdivision of the state. Id. at 335. As such, under United Haulers, it is clear that a local flow control ordinance authorized by state legislation and directing solid waste to a public waste authority created by state legislation does not violate the commerce clause if it satisfies the Pike balancing test. It is likewise clear that a flow control ordinance which directs all solid waste generated within the boundaries of a local government to be directed to a privately-owned facility is still controlled by the holding in C & A Carbone, Inc. v. Clarkstown and invalid. 511 U.S. at 391. However, the United Haulers decision does not specifically address the significance of the authorization for the flow control ordinance by the New York legislature.
According to a 1995 EPA report to Congress, state legislatures in 35 states have expressly authorized the enactment of flow control ordinances by local governments. For those states in which flow control is not expressly authorized by the state legislature, it is unclear whether a flow control ordinance enacted by a subdivision of the state would withstand a commerce clause challenge. At the very least, the absence of state authorization for flow control measures may affect the analysis of certain elements under the Pike balancing test. Additionally, in states in which the state legislature has not expressly authorized the enactment of flow control ordinances by local governments, a local flow control ordinance could be preempted by state solid waste laws and therefore invalid even if it does not violate the commerce clause; thus, leaving open the question of whether or not United Haulers has opened the door forever on local flow control.
At least one frontal challenge to local flow control is pending in S.C. In Sandlands, LLC, et al. vs. Horry County, et al., Case No. 4:09-cv-01363-TLW-TER (currently pending in United States District Court in the District of South Carolina), a landfill and affiliated hauling company are challenging a county's ability to restrict the exportation of waste to out-of-county landfills on commerce clause and preemption claims. The plaintiffs are attempting to distinguish United Haulers as well as arguing that the ordinance is preempted by State law. The impacts of the ordinance are being felt on disposal facilities in the region as the State has implemented a regional planning approach for siting disposal facilities. While the defendants removed the commerce clause question to federal court, the federal court has certified and the State Supreme Court has accepted the preemption question.
Tags: solid waste
Hazardous Materials | Major Topics | Solid Waste
Just What We Need: More Community Engagement in Superfund Sites
Posted on May 26, 2010 by Seth Jaffe
Last week, EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response announced release of its Community Engagement Implementation Plan. Who could be against community engagement? It's as American as apple pie. It's environmental justice. It's community input into decisions that affect the community. It's transparency and open decision-making.
Call me a curmudgeon, but I'm against it. Study after study shows that, in terms of the actual risks posed by Superfund sites, we devote too many of our environmental protection dollars to Superfund sites, when we should be focusing on air and water. Why do we keep doing this? Because the community demands it. As Peter Sandman has noted, perceptions of risk are driven only partly by the actual hazard posed. To a significant degree, those perceptions are more driven by outrage over the situation. In some circumstances, what Sandman calls outrage management makes sense, but I'm skeptical that EPA's community engagement initiative is really about outrage management.
In any case, here's the public policy question of the day. Does it really make sense to spend scarce environmental protection resources, not to reduce risk, but to reduce outrage?
Tags: Brownfields, CERCLA, EPA, Environmental Justice, Hazardous Waste, OSWER, RCRA, Superfund, community engagement, solid waste
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Discover the marine biodiversity of Canary Islands
marine areas
RedPROMAR is a tool of the Canarian Government for tracking and surveillance of the marine life of the archipelago.
Source: RedPROMAR description in Google Play
Download: Android 4.0 (28MB) / iOS 7.0 (124MB) / web
Language: Spanish / English
Runs offline: partially
Website of the developer: RedPROMAR (Gobierno de Canarias)
RedPROMAR is an app that, based on citizen science, seeks to involve people to collect data about marine biodiversity of the seabed of the Canary Islands. The aim is to establish a surveillance system that allows record changes that occur in this ecosystem.
The application is simple, distinguishing the following sections:
"Guía de especies" (Species guide), with the species of animals and marine plants typical of the Macaronesian region in which Canary Islands are included (also includes a search by name). Each species includes a data sheet with information such as scientific and common name, kingdom, order, family or degree of protection according to various regional regulations. The iOS version includes a description section, although in most of species is empty. Since each tab, you can access a map where sightings recorded for that species are displayed. In the iOS version of the app there is also an option to report new observations.
"Reportar avistamiento" (Report sightings) and "Mis avistamientos" (My sightings), where volunteers introduce and consult their observations on marine biodiversity upon opening an account.
"Mapa de avistamientos" (Sightings map), map in which you can consult the various sightings.
"Alertas" (Alerts), notices section about beachings or presence of jellyfish.
"Eventos" (Events), section where news of interest to users of the application are included.
"Ranking", where you can see who are the most active users.
"Info RedPromar", with information about the initiative.
http://www.redpromar.com/# (only in Spanish)
Images: Screenshots 28/01/2016. ©RedPROMAR
The Canary Islands, like the Azores and Madeira archipelagos, are located in the Macaronesian biogeographical region. Its volcanic nature and the mild climate makes it a territory with numerous endemic species of high natural value, but with a very fragile balance on which small changes have a large impact.
The protection of these ecosystems requires updated information to enable decision-making and the adoption of appropriate policies. In this work, the citizen science can play an important role, so applications such as RedPROMAR are very useful. Although the application fulfills its mission in this regard, during the review it were detected some defects that should be addressed to improve the tool. For example, there have been some operating errors with the Android version 5.0.2. used in the analysis, because the application closed trying to view the map of sightings. Similarly, the English version is not fully translated. It would also be necessary to correct the menu because the option "Start session" or "Login" is duplicated. However, one of the aspect that is necessary to change is the fact that volunteers' email addresses are visible in the "Ranking" and map sections. This is a kind of personal data protected by the Spanish data protection legislation.
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tot.dao.jdbc

类 SpecialDaoImplJDBC

java.lang.Object
  tot.dao.AbstractDao
      tot.dao.jdbc.SpecialDaoImplJDBC

public class SpecialDaoImplJDBC
extends AbstractDao

构造函数摘要

SpecialDaoImplJDBC()

          Creates a new instance of SpecialDaoImplJDBC

方法摘要

 boolean
addSpecial(java.lang.String title,
           java.lang.String template,
           java.lang.String savepath,
           java.lang.String content,
           java.sql.Timestamp moditime)

          add Special

 boolean
delSpecial(int id)

 int
getLastId()

 java.lang.String
getSelect(int currentid)

 java.util.Collection
getSpecial()

 DataField
getSpecial(int id)

 java.util.Collection
getSpecialList_Limit(int currentpage,
                     int pagesize)

 java.lang.String
getSpecials(java.lang.String ulStyle,
            int getNum,
            int charMax,
            java.lang.String titlePre)

 int
getTotalCount()

 boolean
modSpecial(int id,
           java.lang.String title,
           java.lang.String template,
           java.lang.String savepath,
           java.lang.String content,
           java.sql.Timestamp moditime)

从类 tot.dao.AbstractDao 继承的方法

bat, exe, exeTransaction, findByPrimaryKey, getData, getDataCount, getDataList_Limit_Normal, getDataList_mysqlLimit, getFirstData

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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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SpecialDaoImplJDBC

public SpecialDaoImplJDBC()

Creates a new instance of SpecialDaoImplJDBC

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getLastId

public int getLastId()

addSpecial

public boolean addSpecial(java.lang.String title,
                          java.lang.String template,
                          java.lang.String savepath,
                          java.lang.String content,
                          java.sql.Timestamp moditime)

add Special

modSpecial

public boolean modSpecial(int id,
                          java.lang.String title,
                          java.lang.String template,
                          java.lang.String savepath,
                          java.lang.String content,
                          java.sql.Timestamp moditime)

delSpecial

public boolean delSpecial(int id)
                   throws ObjectNotFoundException,
                          DatabaseException

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ObjectNotFoundException

DatabaseException

getSpecial

public java.util.Collection getSpecial()

getSpecialList_Limit

public java.util.Collection getSpecialList_Limit(int currentpage,
                                                 int pagesize)

getSpecial

public DataField getSpecial(int id)

getTotalCount

public int getTotalCount()

getSelect

public java.lang.String getSelect(int currentid)

getSpecials

public java.lang.String getSpecials(java.lang.String ulStyle,
                                    int getNum,
                                    int charMax,
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What is homeBody? We are an early-stage public benefit startup based in NYC. We have created a web-based communication tool for tenants and for small property managers. We are focusing specifically on helping tenants in Stuytown right now.
You live in Stuytown? Yes, Pete moved here in 2009 and Jo lived here for three years up until recently. (We were roommates and somehow managed to build homeBody and not kill each other.) Pete came up with the idea based on his experiences in Stuytown, especially when CW Capital tried to evict him.
What is the STPCVTA's role? We have met with the board of the Tenants Association to pitch them on homeBody and they have agreed to support our pilot in 523 E14. They are testing us out to see if we are helpful for their efforts to organize tenants. We are all interested in scaling homeBody to the entire complex, especially for the fight to renew rent regulations coming in the spring.
Is management involved? No. This is strictly a tenant-driven effort with the help of the STPCV Tenants Association. We have met with Stuytown management and they are aware of us.
Is homeBody free for tenants? Yes. There is no charge for tenants to use homeBody.
What do I need to have to sign up? For now if you live in 523 E14, just your name, unit number, and email address. We will be canvassing the building directly to sign our neighbors up.
What personal information will be gathered by homeBody? We will only know your name, your unit, and your email. At no time will we ask for anything else. You can find out about our data protection policies here.
What information will be available to other members on homeBody? Other members will be able to see a profile picture (if you wish to upload one) your first name, and your unit number. Any additional information you wish to provide on your profile is entirely optional. It's just like seeing someone in the elevator!
What if I am interested in signing up but don't live in 523 E14th? Don't worry! We hope to expand to other buildings very soon! Please contact us to pre-sign up so we have your information.
When will you expand to other buildings? We will be testing in 523 E14 and select buildings for a short period of time and then hope to expand by the beginning of the winter. Rent laws are expiring in Albany next year and we want to be up and running before that happens!
Can I sign up even if I'm not on a lease? Yes. We aren't tracking who is a lease holder, a resident, or otherwise living there nor will we ever share any information with management. We are interested in helping whomever lives in the building hear what's going on and have a voice.
Does it matter if I'm a rent stabilized or market rate tenant? Not at all. We are open to every resident regardless of your unit's status. Whether you've lived here for 30 years or 1 year, or plan to live here for 1 year or 30 years, you have a right to be involved with the life of your building.
Who monitors all of the communications? We do. And very closely. We have designed homeBody to be an inviting and productive forum for neighbors. We take a very different approach than sites like Facebook, Twitter, or NextDoor. We will work hard at maintaining a safe, inclusive, and accessible environment.


Recent testing has revealed that a nanostructured chemical vapor deposition coating, which provides resistance to water droplet erosion and solid particle erosion, extends the life of steam turbine blades. With these new findings, do you expect more steam and gas turbine blades will have this type of coating?
Late last month, Saudi Arabia firm Elite for Construction & Development Company purchased The Bod 2, a modular gantry-based 3D construction printer. With the ability to produce buildings 12-by-27-by-9 meters, as well as three-story structures of 300 square meters per floor, do you think other commercial-based companies could benefit from having a similar system?
Your field surface preparation requires SSPC SP-10 and your field bolting uses hot-dip galvanized bolts. What surface preparation do you require/allow on and around the bolts?


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Promoting Moral Development in Schools
by Richard Weissbourd
How can schools inspire and teach students to be moral people—to care about and take responsibility for others, to think clearly about and pursue justice, to sacrifice for important principles? This is not a trivial question. Polls indicate that about 70 percent of public school parents want schools to teach "strict standards of right and wrong," and 85 percent want schools to teach values. And research suggests that many overworked, frayed parents, doubting their capacities as moral mentors, are looking to schools to take on a larger role in their children's moral growth.
In response to this demand, a billion-dollar character education industry has cropped up in the last few decades, including myriad organizations marketing packaged character education programs to schools. Many of these programs are devoted to inculcating values such as self-discipline, responsibility for others, and honesty. Some of these initiatives are carefully considered, rigorous, and tuned in both to children's developmental experiences and to teachers' needs and capacities. But most of these undertakings appear to have little or no impact on children's moral lives.
What is moral development, and what types of school programs and efforts are likely to promote it? Why do some school efforts succeed while others fail, and what are the essential principles and ingredients of successful efforts? How can these principles and ingredients realistically be implemented and scaled in a school reform era intensely focused on academic achievement?
Cultivating a Moral Identity
Several years ago, I asked my six-year-old daughter and a few of her friends a question posed in a popular character education program: "Should you be honest with your teacher if you forget your homework?" One of my daughter's friends hesitated slightly but then piped up: "Do you want me to tell you what you want to hear, or do you want me to tell you the truth?" Emboldened, another friend stated flatly, "I know that you want me to say I should be honest, but nobody is honest about that."
Many schools post values on walls and reiterate the importance of values in classrooms, during assemblies, and at other school events. But the challenge is not simply moral literacy—in fact, research indicates that most students, like my daughter's friends, know values such as honesty and respect by the time they are five or six years old. Because they know these values, many children—especially adolescents—feel patronized by lectures about values. And some children, as the question asked by my daughter's friend suggests, become nimble at simply parroting back what adults want to hear.
This is an excerpt from the Harvard Education Letter. Subscribers can click here to continue reading this article.
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J. D. Hunter. The Death of Character: Moral Education in an Age Without Good or Evil. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
T. Lickona. "A More Complex Analysis is Needed." Phi Delta Kappan 79, no. 6 (1998): 449–454.
E. Schaps, E. F. Schaeffer, and S. N. McDonnell. "What's Right and Wrong in Character Education Today: Why Three Advocates Are Worried about the Movement." Education Week 21, no. 2 (2001): 40, 44.
N. Walser. "R is for Resilience." Harvard Education Letter 22, no. 5 (2006): 1–3. Available online at www.hepg.org/hel/article/309
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I for one find it difficult to save but I know that i have to say for a rainy day. As you grow older you have many responsibilities. One of my resolutions this year was to save as much as possible. For one to actually save, you have try and change your lifestyle as at times one incurs unnecessary expenses and you end up over spending. If you were to ask your role models and parents they would tell you that for them to actually acquire the assets they have today, they had to sacrifice something, for they knew that they had to provide some form of security for their children. On this article i will share a few pointers on how to cut down on your fashion budget.
There is no need to keep on buying more clothes when your wardrobe is already full. If you are still trying to build your wardrobe, do start with the staple pieces like a classic blazer, jeans and timeless handbags. If you are buying you work wear do not be afraid to splurge as you are likely to wear the clothes for a long time. Also opt for second hand tops, you can spend a lot of money there.
I know most women are addicted to shoes, just do with what you have. Do not buy a new shoe for every event. Make sure you pick the neutral colours so that you do not have problem when you are putting an outfit together.
If you can do without them it is fine as you will save close to $480 a year. With this money you can be able to start a small business or use it to pay for your stand instalments or be able to import a car (i.e excluding the shipping fees).
It is always better to buy 100% weaves. If it is $20 a packet you will need 2 for the whole year. Unlike buying weaves every month for $20 x12 months, which is $400 excluding the plaiting fees. You will save a whopping $200.
If you are fond of eating out a lot, you can cut it down to once a month. If say you eat a meal of $15 when you go out, and you go out 10 times a month. You will have saved $135. Also carry lunch to work, than having to fork out $3 everyday times 26 days. Also when going grocery shopping make a list so that you do not buy things you do not need.
 For any money you get, save 10% of that amount.
 Use cash instead of your credit card.
 Never go shopping when you are stressed.
 Have a savings bank account.
All the best as you save for something worthwhile.


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        static readonly Stack<ListArrayComponent> _listArrayComponentPool = new Stack<ListArrayComponent>();

        public static void ClearListArrayComponentPool() {
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        public Entity AddListArray(System.Collections.Generic.List<string>[] newListArray) {
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Kemalizm (Atatürkçülük), lub inaczej ideologia kemalistyczna (Atatürkçü Düşünce) jest ideologią utworzoną w okresie działalności Mustafy Kemala Atatürka. Kemalizm bazuje na tzw. "sześciu strzałach" (Altı Ok), którymi kierował się w swej polityce Kemal Pasza.

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Altı Ok został przyjęty przez rządzącą Republikańską Partię Ludową w 1931 roku, a w 1937 roku punkty te włączono do tureckiej konstytucji. W imię tych zasad doszło do czterech interwencji wojskowych w Turcji: 1960, 1971, 1980 i 1997 roku. Sama ideologia odnosi się nie tylko do przeszłej i teraźniejszej polityki Turcji, lecz określa także ład społeczny i zasady życiowe, którymi powinien się kierować każdy obywatel Turcji. Do zasad tych należą:
 republikanizm (Cumhuriyetçilik)
 równość, rządy ludu (Halkçılık). Kemalizm jest przeciwko podziałowi klasowemu i wiążącymi się z nim przywilejami. Rządy pochodzą od ludu i dlatego mają wyrażać wolę ludu.
 sekularyzm (Laiklik). Definiowany jako wyłączenie religii z organów politycznych państwa. To pojęcie zawarte jest w postulatach rewolucji młodotureckiej.
 reformizm (Devrimcilik). Zakłada unowocześnienie struktur państwa, przedkłada formę funkcjonalną nad tradycyjną. Nieustająca rewolucja. Otwarcie na rozwój i nowe ideologie.
 nacjonalizm (Ulusçuluk). Nacjonalizm formułowany przez Atatürka zakładał powszechny dostęp każdego obywatela Turcji do dóbr intelektualnych i kulturowych. Miał jednoczyć naród i umacniać tożsamość. Wszyscy obywatele są równi, bez względu na wyznawaną religię czy pochodzenie etniczne.
 etatyzm (Devletçilik). Interwencja państwa w gospodarkę.

Kemalizm głosi równość każdego obywatela. Kształtuje tożsamość narodową i nakazuje wzajemną samopomoc obywateli. Tureccy politycy muszą kierować się kemalizmem powszechnie rozumianym jako dobro narodu i obywateli, zarzucenie działania niezgodnego z duchem kemalizmu jest poważnym oskarżeniem, a jego udowodnienie politykowi jest równoznaczne z wydaleniem ze struktur rządowych.

Zgodne z duchem kemalizmu jest to, by każda przedsiębiorczość, działalność gospodarcza, prowadzona była nie tylko w celu wzbogacenia podmiotu, ale także miała wartości społeczne. Za powszechny obowiązek uznaje się więc wspieranie bądź prowadzenie inicjatyw charytatywnych. Budowane są między innymi sierocińce, domy dziecka, pensjonaty, schroniska dla bezdomnych.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Turkish Association for Secularism and Kemalism (TASK) (angielski)
 Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) (Republican People's Party) (turecki)
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Doktryny polityczne nazwane od osób
Polityka Turcji
Nacjonalizm turecki
Lewica narodowa

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by: Irene Hannon
series: Triple Threat
The dead don't give up their secrets easily
Forensic pathologist Grace Reilly has seen her share of unusual deaths in rural Missouri. But when she begins to notice a curious pattern in autopsies of older residents whose demises appear to be natural, she takes her concerns to Sheriff Nate Cox.
Nate is skeptical about the link Grace is seeing between the deaths, as well as her suspicions of foul play. But her persistence is compelling. And once they join forces to investigate, danger follows close behind. Because exposing the truth could destroy several lives--including Grace's.
Queen of inspirational romantic suspense Irene Hannon closes out her bestselling Triple Threat series with this gripping tale of secrets revealed and romance sparked.
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Irene Hannon is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than 60 contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. In addition to her many other honors, she is a three-time winner of the prestigious RITA Award from Romance Writers of America. She is...
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Celebrity Cruises in 2020
Celebrity Cruises offers unimaginable itineraries throughout 2020, alongside the industry-changing Celebrity Revolution which is developing the cruise line's fleet beyond your wildest dreams.
Celebrity Apex - the NEW Celebrity Cruises ship for 2020
New ship Celebrity Apex will launch in April 2020. The sister-ship to game-changing Celebrity Edge, she will include features such as the Magic Carpet moving deck, a rooftop garden and two Champagne glass-shaped Jacuzzis. On-board there will be 29 dining venues including seven brand-new speciality restaurants.
Celebrity Apex will sail from Southampton for four sailings before sailing around the Mediterranean from Barcelona and Rome for summer 2020. In October, the ship will head transatlantic for Caribbean sailings out of Fort Lauderdale.
New ships Celebrity Apex will be joined in Europe in the summer by sister-ship Celebrity Edge who will sail from Rome to Italy and Greece, as well as Celebrity Reflection who will sail to a variety of destinations across Europe and the Mediterranean.
Celebrity Silhouette will sail from Southampton in summer 2020 with a variety of itineraries that include Spain, Portugal, Italy and Northern Europe.
See European Celebrity Cruises in 2020
Celebrity Flora will sail on luxury expedition cruises in 2020, introducing you to the Galapagos as you've never seen before. This ship has been purpose-built for the Galapagos featuring all-suite accommodation, state-of-the-art technology and eco-friendly facilities to make it perfect for this inspirational region.
The Celebrity Revolution
This $500-million investment continues to transform the Celebrity Cruises fleet throughout 2020, with the following ships set to undergo a complete redesign and refurbishment:
Celebrity Silhouette - January 2020
Celebrity Constellation - May 2020
Celebrity Eclipse - November 2020
Celebrity Infinity - November 2020
Book your 2020 Celebrity cruise now
Browse our latest sailings on-board Celebrity Cruises and find your perfect sailing for 2020. Call our Cruise Concierge on 0808 202 6105 for expert advice and award-winning customer service with your booking and any questions you may have.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in a choice of included dining venues
Classic Drinks Package including beers, spirits, cocktails, liqueurs and wines by the glass, as well as soft drinks and speciality teas and coffees
Use of swimming pools, hot tubs, fitness centre and leisure facilities where available
Youth programmes for 3-17 year olds
Complimentary shuttle service from ship to port where available
Room service from 6am to 11pm
Themed events and discos
Adult-only areas
Celebrity Silhouette
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