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Ioannis Rallis (Grieks: Ιωάννης Ράλλης) (Athene, 1878 - aldaar, 26 oktober 1946) was de derde Griekse eerste minister tijdens de Griekse bezetting door de asmogendheden tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij diende van 7 april 1943 tot 12 oktober 1944.

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Ioannis Rallis was een zoon van de voormalige Griekse eerste minister Dimitrios Rallis en was afkomstig uit een familie met een lange traditie in politiek leiderschap.

Hij studeerde rechten aan de Universiteit van Athene en later ook in Frankrijk en Duitsland. Na zijn terugkeer in Griekenland werd Rallis advocaat.

In 1905 werd hij verkozen tot lid van het Parlement van Griekenland en bleef dit met een korte onderbreking tot in 1936.

Politieke carrière
Oorspronkelijk behoorde Rallis tot de conservatieve, monarchistische Volkspartij. Als lid van deze partij was hij verschillende malen minister, zo was hij:
 minister van Marine (4 november 1920 - 24 januari 1921) in de regering van Dimitrios Rallis, zijn vader.
 minister van Economie (26 augustus 1921 - 2 maart 1922) in de regering van Dimitrios Gounaris.
 minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (4 november 1932 - 16 januari 1933) in de regering van Panagis Tsaldaris.

Na de overwinning van de Volkspartij bij de verkiezingen 1933, vervulde Rallis in de nieuwe regering van Tsaldaris verschillende ministerposten. Een conflict met Panagis Tsaldaris maakte daar een einde aan en bij de verkiezingen van 1935 kwam Rallis op voor de Vrijdenkerspartij van Ioannis Metaxas en Georgios Stratos. Rallis slaagde er echter niet in om in het parlement herkozen te geraken.

In deze periode was er in Griekenland een grote politieke instabiliteit en in 1936 werden er opnieuw verkiezingen waarbij de Vrijdenkerspartij de grootste partij werd. Rallis slaagde er dit keer wel in om verkozen te worden. De Vrijdenkerspartij vormde een coalitie met de Liberale Partij van Themistoklis Sophoulis.

In augustus 1936 riep Ioannis Metaxas de dictatuur uit en werd het parlement afgeschaft. Dit zorgde ervoor dat de vriendschap tussen Metaxas en Rallis eindigde, omdat Rallis tegen deze politieke coup was.

Collaboratie met de bezettingstroepen
Rallis was de eerste belangrijke Griekse politieke figuur die politiek collaboreerde met de Duitse bezettingstroepen. De Duitsers hoopten dat Rallis wat steun zou krijgen van vooroorlogse Griekse politieke kopstukken, zodat hij capabel was om een groot anticommunistisch front tegen de verzetsgroep EAM en ELAS te vormen.

EAM was de hoofdbeweging van het Griekse Verzet en was oorspronkelijk een alliantie tussen de Communistische Partij van Griekenland, de Socialistische Partij van Griekenland, de Griekse Volksrepubliek en de Landbouwpartij van Griekenland. ELAS was zijn militaire arm. Nadat anticommunisme een belangrijke grond tussen de Liberale Partij en de Volkspartij bleek, werd het idee van een verenigd front plausibel.

Rallis veranderde de ministerraad en was instrumenteel in het creëren van de zogenaamde Geheime Bataljons, collaborerende paramilitaire groepen gevormd door de Wehrmacht die bevoegd waren om Griekse verzetslieden op te sporen. Omdat Rallis meer politieke ervaring had dan zijn voorgangers, werd hij meer gerespecteerd door de Duitsers en was hij effectiever tegen verzetsbewegingen. Uiteindelijk kostte dit opsporen het leven aan 250.000 verzetslieden.

Gevangenschap
Na de bevrijding van Griekenland werd Rallis tot levenslange gevangenschap veroordeeld. In 1946 stierf hij in de gevangenis.

Zijn zoon Georgios Rallis was in de periode 1980-1981 ook eerste minister van Griekenland.

Premier van Griekenland
Grieks minister van Economie
Grieks minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
Grieks collaborateur in de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Grieks advocaat

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Ministry of National Security | 2018-10-08 12:22:00
Opposition shadow Minister of National Security Fitz Jackson M.P. is applauding members of Customs and the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on the major gun and ammunition find at the Kingston container terminal Wednesday October 3, 2018 and yesterday.
Mr. Jackson said the find has dealt a blow to the flow of weapons into the country and without doubt has saved many lives and those who played a part in detecting and stopping the shipment deserve the highest commendation.
He said the police must bring all those who sought to import these illegal weapons into the country to justice.
Mr. Jackson said too many lives have been snuffed out on account of the proliferation of weapons in the hands of criminals and that every effort must be made to stop the gun flow and to rid the nation's streets of weapons.
"Those who man the ports of entry play a key role in the fight against criminality and stopping the illegal guns from entering the country at the port is a critical part of the effort," he said.
At same time, Mr. Jackson is applauding the successful efforts of the security forces in foiling the gun distribution operation in the Newlands community of Portmore where persons were apprehended.
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One of the top stand-up paddleboard (SUP) manufacturers in the world, Starboard has revealed details about the boundary-pushing design of its 2018 All Star racing board. Conceived with input from world-class athletes and industry-leading board shapers under the direction of Svein Rasmussen—Starboard's founder and chief innovator—this recent iteration is the spectacle of the season.
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Just like the 2017 version, riders can choose between Hybrid Carbon or Carbon Sandwich (now sold in an alluring pink in the elite board sizes). The two variations are differentiated by their construction and recommended uses. The Hybrid (priced at around $2,449) is a recreational board for novices with significant flex control and impact resistance. The Sandwich (priced at around $3,779) is designed for racers who want to lead the pack in their next competition, or for those who care less about the championship and more about progressing in this popular water sport. The biggest difference in Sandwich's construction is its flexibility, made of EPC carbon and high-density PVC for light-weight durability and an efficient flex. The board features technology that creates a propulsion when riders paddle that snaps the board back into the water allowing for rapid speed in tumultuous conditions.
Rasmussen is not only impassioned by the research and development process to create a SUP masterpiece but is an environmentalist in his approach to the manufacturing process. The company's intelligent anti-plastic packaging system can reduce about 10,000 kilograms of plastic pollution a year and the use of recycled materials in its inflatable boards is a conscious step towards preserving the planet. Debuting this month, the 2018 All Star will be available in a variety of sizes at select retailers across North America.


Stockton sixth form students will return in September to a brighter college after a £250,000 renovation project.
The college plans to overhaul its existing student social areas, giving students the benefit of renovated communal facilities including a modern catering and dining area, common room and break-out spaces which can be used for revision or quiet study.
The refurbishment will be completed throughout the college's summer break, ensuring no disruption to term-time teaching.
The plans follow on from a recently completed £4.5m refurbishment of the college's teaching and support facilities, including a renovated Learning Resource Centre, state-of-the-art science laboratories, a revamped art and design studio, media and film facilities and new areas for pastoral care and careers guidance.
Rachel Angus, acting principal at the Bishopton Road West college, said: "Our recent renovation work has significantly upgraded the college's teaching and learning environment and we hope this next project will also allow students to relax, eat and study in a modern social space.
The project will be funded by a grant awarded to the college by the Education Funding Agency.


If you have a work wife, you should be pretty happy about it – and not just because you have a pal to get you through dull meetings and painful team building days.
Research has suggested that those with an office BFF are actually happier, with people saying that their friendship has 'improved their work and made them more productive'.
Professors from Nebraska's Creighton University also found that employees were more loyal to their companies because of their relationship.
It was communications studies professor Chad McBride and Karla Mason Bergen – now an assistant professor of communication studies at the College of Saint Mary – who conducted the research.
In 2015, their online survey of 276 people defined a work spouse relationship as a 'special, platonic friendship with a work colleague characterised by a close emotional bond, high levels of disclosure and support, and mutual trust, honesty, loyalty, and respect'.
Basically, this relationship is more intense than other workplace friendships and shares some characteristics with marriage, but (obvs) doesn't include the romantic part.
And it seems a whole lot of us have a work spouse. According to a survey by Office Pulse, 70% of workers said they had one in 2015, up from 65% in 2010 and 32% in 2006.
In McBride and Bergen's study, participants talked about how they and their work wife shared similar personality traits, such as a sense of humour and intelligence. They also tended to feel a high level of trust and support from them.
Aw. Let's raise a glass to our work wives, eh?


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Lang Lang moves beyond the flash to reveal a deeper artist
By Lawrence Budmen
Lang Lang performed music of Bach, Schubert and Chopin Thursday night at the Arsht Center.
Lang Lang's media appearances and participation in such events as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics have brought him the prominence of a Hollywood star. His fans packed the Arsht Center Thursday night for a recital of works by Bach, Schubert and Chopin and the cheers that greeted the 29-year-old Chinese pianist's first appearance attested to his celebrity status.
While he attained initial success as a power-pounding wunderkind, Lang Lang has received private coaching from Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach and has evolved into a probing, sensitive artist.
His performance of Bach's Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major astutely balanced interpretive freedom and impeccable Baroque style. His stately reading of the Prelude was infused with a wide tonal and coloristic palette. He dispatched the darting scales of the Allemande in a crisp, no-nonsense manner and the dancing figurations of the Corrente were bright, snappy and devoid of affectation. Appropriately, the Sarabande was the heart of Lang Lang's performance. At once austere and sublimely beautiful, the power and soulfulness of Bach's music was scaled with serene expressivity and lightness of touch. There was energy and verve in the two minuets and wit in the quirky rhythms of the final Gigue but the strongly accentuated minor-key episode suggested darker shadows amidst the gaiety.
Schubert's majestic final Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960, received a deeply personal performance, the music's grandeur and pathos vividly conveyed. The tempo of the opening Molto moderato was daringly broad; yet Lang Lang sustained the long line of Schubert's discourse, the depth and intensity surging to an emotional crescendo. The calm, elegiac peace of the movement's closing pages was a catharsis, exquisitely played.
An aura of bleak tragedy pervaded the Andante sostenuto, the pace slow but the momentum unabated. From the softest pianissimo to the velocity of the movement's climactic section, the huge range of terraced dynamics enhanced the music's anguished drama A fleet reading of the Scherzo lifted some of the darkness, Viennese charm evoked in the dance-like rhythms. The finale was given heavier weight than usual, with an undercurrent of fierce agitation teeming beneath the surface. Lang Lang capped this deeply personal and beautiful reading with a hair-trigger coda at lightning speed that brought the cheering audience to its feet.
Chopin's 12 Etudes, Op.25 demonstrated Lang Lang's formidable technical arsenal. The cascading octaves of Etude No. 9, the galloping energy in No. 3 in F Major, and relentless speed of No. 12 in C minor were impressive. The old Lang Lang took center stage in No. 10 in B minor, played with fire-breathing intensity at top volume. Still, the most memorable moments came through the subtly shaped melody of No. 1 in A flat, the distinctly Russian touch applied to No. 4 in A minor and the lovely coloration in the haunting melodic line of No. 8 in D-flat.
The judicious rubato and instinctive rhythmic vivacity in the encore of Chopin's Grande Valse Brilliante, marked Lang Lang as a Chopin player of the highest order.
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Marx, Freud, and … McLuhan
June 20, 2011 June 20, 2011 ~ L. M. Sacasas
Just wanted to pass along Jeet Heer's piece, "Divine Inspiration" in The Walrus, on Marshall McLuhan, his legacy, and his Catholicism. Excerpts below. Click through for the whole piece which is not long at all.
It's a measure of McLuhan's ability to recalibrate the intellectual universe that in this debate, [Norman] Mailer — a Charlie Sheen–style roughneck with a history of substance abuse, domestic violence, and public mental breakdowns — comes across as the voice of sobriety and sweet reason. Mailer once observed that McLuhan "had the fastest brain of anyone I have ever met, and I never knew whether what he was saying was profound or garbage."
Indeed, his faith made him a more ambitious and far-reaching thinker. Belonging to a Church that gloried in cathedrals and stained glass windows made him responsive to the visual environment, and liberated him from the textual prison inhabited by most intellectuals of his era. The global reach and ancient lineage of the Church encouraged him to frame his theories as broadly as possible, to encompass the whole of human history and the fate of the planet. The Church had suffered a grievous blow in the Gutenberg era, with the rise of printed Bibles leading to the Protestant Reformation. This perhaps explains McLuhan's interest in technology as a shaper of history. More deeply, the security he felt in the promise of redemption allowed him to look unflinchingly at trends others were too timid to notice.
Like Marx and Freud, he was an intellectual agitator, a conceptual mind expander, the yeast in the dough. After Marx, we can no longer ignore the reality of class difference; after Freud, we can't pretend that our mental life isn't saturated with sexual impulses; after McLuhan, we can't imagine that technology is just a neutral tool. Moreover, like Darwin and Marx, McLuhan is no longer just one man but rather a living and evolving body of thought.
A few months ago I posted a link to a YouTube clip of the Mailer/McLuhan debate here, and here is a piece on Chesterton's influence on McLuhan.
Incidentally, while pairing McLuhan with the likes of Marx, Darwin, and Freud is in some respects incongruous, what they do have in common is an awareness, sometimes overplayed, of the external forces shaping and influencing human thought and personality. What may set McLuhan apart on this score is his unwillingness to slide into determinism:
"There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening." — Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage
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Thomas Heatherwick: "the Leonardo of our Times" (Conran) – Thursday 14th May 2015
14th May 2014 admin Past Lectures
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Thomas Heatherwick has won many awards and honours. In 2004 he was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry. In 2010 he won a Gold Medal for his British Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo and, in the same year, he was Designer of the Year in Japan.
His work received world-wide coverage when, with his studio team, he designed the Cauldron for the 2012 London Olympics. In this lecture we will look at how they achieved that spectacular moment when the giant ring of fire rose from the centre of the Olympic Stadium. The Heatherwick Studio also designed the new RouteMaster bus – the first re-design of this iconic symbol of London in 50 years.
His approach is multi-disciplinary and, with his colleagues he blends architecture, sculpture and engineering to produce elegant results, from large urban spaces to individual items such as the Zip Bag for the French firm Longchamp. His proposed Garden Bridge acrss the River Thames, due to be completed in 2017, is receiving extensive media coverage and will add another dimension to London's many parks and gardens.
Heatherwick's innovative approach is in demand all over the world and the lecture will highlight the broad range of his designs.


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I am starting a series of illustrations based on food, more precisely vegetables and fruits (for now). I am trying to practice more and more my drawings, as I have been pretty lazy and lacked focus for the last few years. It made me feel sad not to draw anymore so I decided it was about time to get back on that horse!
These illustrations are very simple, using only ink pens. What do you think? Yay or nay?


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Q: Taking the derivative of a matrix multiplied by a vector I am trying to prove that, if $A$ is a real $m\times n$ matrix, with $f: R^n\to R^m$ as $f(x) = Ax$ then $f'(x) = A$ for all $x$ in  $R^n$
I am not sure how to take the derivative of $f$ though. I know that if I multiply $Ax$ I will get a vector in $R^m$, and I can take the derivative of that, but then I won't be anywhere close to $f'(x) = A$
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The definition of a derivative I am using is that the first derivative is a $m \times n$ matrix of first-order partial derivatives.

A: The derivative you refer to is sometimes called the Frechet derivative. Given a function $f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^m$, its Frechet derivative at $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$, $f^\prime(x)$, is the unique $m\times n$ matrix that satisfies
$$\lim_{y\rightarrow x}\frac{||f(y)-f(x)-f^\prime(x)(y-x)||}{||y-x||}=0.$$
Here $||\cdot||$ denotes the standard norm of a vector in Euclidean space. In your case, $f(x)=Ax$ and you can verify directly from this definition that $f^\prime(x)=A$ as follows:
$$\lim_{y\rightarrow x}\frac{||f(y)-f(x)-A(y-x)||}{||y-x||}=\lim_{y\rightarrow x}\frac{0}{||y-x||}=0.$$
Of course, it takes a little bit of work to prove that $f^\prime(x)$, when it exists, is unique, but this can be done very generally. It is a good exercise to prove this fact yourself.


Blur have added a new tour location and this time they will be playing in Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay this year as part of the Spring Festival as part of their worldwide 2013 tour. Blur have announced several new South American tour dates recently, including landmark gigs in Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
Blur are scheduled to perform at the Summer Theater on November 4th 2013 in the third festival Primavera Zero, one of the biggest music festivals in Uruguay. The band is one of the most anticipated and wanted musical acts in the festival this year, largely due to the high demand for Blur to appear in pop and rock festivals from all over the globe.
The news was first tweeted by Uruguay's PopArt Director Danilo Astori Sueiro through his Twitter account one day ago, and soon made headlines on the local twitter trends page. Local media have already caught up on the buzz, and many fans in South America expressed their delight at the news of Blur's first debut in Uruguay.
This year, Blur have headlined prestigious music festivals such as Coachella in the U.S. and Primavera Sound in Spain. The latter festival is one of the South American venues selected for the tour.
It looks as if Blur will not stop touring until late this year, and will continue their tour in different cities around the world on a mission to reconnect with old and new fans alike. Followers of the band - stay tuned as new dates have been continuously added to the Blur world tour 2013 (see full list of dates).


With the holiday season approaching, you can donate to children in need with several different toy drives which kick off this week such as Toys for Tots.
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With the holiday season approaching, you can donate to children in need with several different toy drives which kick off this week such as Toys for Tots which is collecting toy donations for children ages 0 to 17.
Participants are asked to refrain from donating used items. Weapon-related toys aren't accepted. If you are in need of a toy donation, contact the Guam Chamber Of Commerce at 472-6311/8011.


A Smart Switchboard is pre-configured and pre-programmed low-voltage switchboard with the ability to integrally support remote monitoring, configuration and control of embedded intelligent devices through two-way real-time communication between the user and the apparatus. The two-way real-time communication is achieved by using a single interface point (HMI) that provides an easy-to-use gateway to the embedded intelligent devices. The HMI GUI (graphical user interface) provides a consistent look and feel that provides seamless access and control of the intelligent devices. The power of the intelligent devices remains but the interface inconsistencies are eliminated. Users don't have to worry about reading or remembering different user manuals that are normally required to utilize the different intelligent devices.
What is a Smart Switchboard?


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require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)

class TimelogCustomFieldsVisibilityTest < ActionController::TestCase
  tests TimelogController
  fixtures :projects,
           :users,
           :roles,
           :members,
           :member_roles,
           :issue_statuses,
           :trackers,
           :projects_trackers,
           :enabled_modules,
           :enumerations,
           :workflows

  def setup
    field_attributes = {:field_format => 'string', :is_for_all => true, :is_filter => true, :trackers => Tracker.all}
    @fields = []
    @fields << (@field1 = IssueCustomField.create!(field_attributes.merge(:name => 'Field 1', :visible => true)))
    @fields << (@field2 = IssueCustomField.create!(field_attributes.merge(:name => 'Field 2', :visible => false, :role_ids => [1, 2])))
    @fields << (@field3 = IssueCustomField.create!(field_attributes.merge(:name => 'Field 3', :visible => false, :role_ids => [1, 3])))
    @issue = Issue.generate!(
      :author_id => 1,
      :project_id => 1,
      :tracker_id => 1,
      :custom_field_values => {@field1.id => 'Value0', @field2.id => 'Value1', @field3.id => 'Value2'}
    )
    TimeEntry.generate!(:issue => @issue)

    @user_with_role_on_other_project = User.generate!
    User.add_to_project(@user_with_role_on_other_project, Project.find(2), Role.find(3))

    @users_to_test = {
      User.find(1) => [@field1, @field2, @field3],
      User.find(3) => [@field1, @field2],
      @user_with_role_on_other_project => [@field1], # should see field1 only on Project 1
      User.generate! => [@field1],
      User.anonymous => [@field1]
    }

    Member.where(:project_id => 1).each do |member|
      member.destroy unless @users_to_test.keys.include?(member.principal)
    end
  end

  def test_index_should_show_visible_custom_fields_only
    @users_to_test.each do |user, fields|
      @request.session[:user_id] = user.id
      get :index, :project_id => 1, :issue_id => @issue.id, :c => (['hours'] + @fields.map{|f| "issue.cf_#{f.id}"})
      @fields.each_with_index do |field, i|
        if fields.include?(field)
          assert_select 'td', {:text => "Value#{i}", :count => 1}, "User #{user.id} was not able to view #{field.name}"
        else
          assert_select 'td', {:text => "Value#{i}", :count => 0}, "User #{user.id} was able to view #{field.name}"
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def test_index_as_csv_should_show_visible_custom_fields_only
    @users_to_test.each do |user, fields|
      @request.session[:user_id] = user.id
      get :index, :project_id => 1, :issue_id => @issue.id, :c => (['hours'] + @fields.map{|f| "issue.cf_#{f.id}"}), :format => 'csv'
      @fields.each_with_index do |field, i|
        if fields.include?(field)
          assert_include "Value#{i}", response.body, "User #{user.id} was not able to view #{field.name} in CSV"
        else
          assert_not_include "Value#{i}", response.body, "User #{user.id} was able to view #{field.name} in CSV"
        end
      end
    end
  end

  def test_index_with_partial_custom_field_visibility_should_show_visible_custom_fields_only
    Issue.delete_all
    TimeEntry.delete_all
    p1 = Project.generate!
    p2 = Project.generate!
    user = User.generate!
    User.add_to_project(user, p1, Role.where(:id => [1, 3]).all)
    User.add_to_project(user, p2, Role.where(:id => 3).all)
    TimeEntry.generate!(
      :issue => Issue.generate!(:project => p1, :tracker_id => 1,
                                :custom_field_values => {@field2.id => 'ValueA'}))
    TimeEntry.generate!(
      :issue => Issue.generate!(:project => p2, :tracker_id => 1,
                                :custom_field_values => {@field2.id => 'ValueB'}))
    TimeEntry.generate!(
      :issue => Issue.generate!(:project => p1, :tracker_id => 1,
                                :custom_field_values => {@field2.id => 'ValueC'}))
    @request.session[:user_id] = user.id
    get :index, :c => ["hours", "issue.cf_#{@field2.id}"]
    assert_select 'td', :text => 'ValueA'
    assert_select 'td', :text => 'ValueB', :count => 0
    assert_select 'td', :text => 'ValueC'

    get :index, :set_filter => '1', "issue.cf_#{@field2.id}" => '*'
    assert_equal %w(ValueA ValueC), assigns(:entries).map{|i| i.issue.custom_field_value(@field2)}.sort
  end
end


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Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
Marc Pierini is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on developments in the Middle East and Turkey from a European perspective.
Pierini was a career EU diplomat from December 1976 to April 2012. He was EU ambassador and head of delegation to Turkey (2006–2011) and ambassador to Tunisia and Libya (2002–2006), Syria (1998–2002), and Morocco (1991–1995). He also served as the first coordinator for the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, or the Barcelona Process, from 1995 to 1998 and was the main negotiator for the release of the Bulgarian hostages from Libya from 2004 to 2007.
Pierini served as counselor in the cabinet of two European commissioners: Claude Cheysson, from 1979 to 1981, and Abel Matutes, from 1989 to 1991. He has published three essays in French: "Le prix de la liberté," "Télégrammes diplomatiques," and "Où va la Turquie?."
Pierini is a member of the International Council of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille.
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The Sochi deal may have been welcomed internationally, but Turkey has also been handed a hot potato.
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Satisfy your hunger for energy and at the same time improve your carbon footprint? - Nuclear energy can combine both!
Global energy demand has multiplied since the late 1980s, especially in the emerging markets. About 11.5% of the world's total energy demand is currently covered by nuclear power. However, it is still mainly fossil fuels such as coal and crude oil that are burned to produce energy. The difference to the situation about 25 years ago lies in the increasing demand for a reduction in CO² emissions and the increasingly noticeable phenomenon of "global warming". The alternatives to burning coal and oil are renewable energies, which require an enormous amount of time and money, or nuclear power, which can provide a great deal of CO²-neutral energy.
Granted: Uranium is a"hot potato" and many people don't like it, at least not to say hate it. However, without the production of energy by uranium, i.e. nuclear power plants, there is a huge problem in the stable basic energy supply in the world and e-mobility would continue to be a dream instead of developing in the way that has recently been happening worldwide.
This report gives the reader an overview of the uranium industry and the real facts, as well as of the world's nuclear energy supply. China in particular needs nuclear power to avoid suffocation, as most of the electricity is still generated by coal-fired power generation. Currently, 449 nuclear power plants are in operation and 56 under construction in more than 30 countries worldwide. Around 160 are planned or ordered by 2030. If everyone wants to drive emission-free cars, bicycles or scooters, then these nuclear power plants are urgently needed, since the necessary additional electricity cannot be reliably covered from previous sources such as wind and solar. At the same time, several of the top uranium producers have announced that they will artificially reduce production in 2018 or from 2018 in order to bring the uranium spot price back to a level that is vital for the survival of the vast majority of companies and also to put pressure on the energy companies to renegotiate their supply contracts that are about to expire. Interviews with the experts Scott Melbye and Dr. Christian Schärer as well as a general part with basic knowledge complete the report.


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Home>Music> Top 5 Verses On Takeoff's Debut Album "The Last Rocket"
Top 5 Verses On Takeoff's Debut Album "The Last Rocket"
By Narsimha Chintaluri
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We take a look at our five favorite verses from Takeoff's debut album, "The Last Rocket."
It's finally here (again). As the clocks tick towards freedom from this claustrophobic year, Migos and Quality Control have yet to take their foot off the gas, promising to deliver a release from one of their artist's nearly every week of the fourth quarter. As it applies to Migos, the first was Quavo's solo debut, QUAVO HUNCHO. At the start of their careers, all three Migos seemed to be capable, technically proficient rappers, but as their collective stardom has continued to breach new heights, each rapper seems to have been assigned a distinct role within the outfit. Quavo became the singsongy pop whisperer, Offset a sharp-tongued jack of all trades, and Takeoff the sleeping giant, consistently teased as the group's secret weapon.
While his album was panned to a certain degree for being too one-note, Quavo did indeed manage to deliver on the pop-rap promises of most of his post-Culture work by offering up some inspired moments of melodic pizzazz. And as the one often cited as the most "lyrical" member of Migos, it stands to reason then that Takeoff's newly minted debut, The Last Rocket, should be brimming with memorable verses that showcase the oft-underappreciated vigor of the group's youngest member.
Truth be told, for us, Takeoff felt a bit restrained without the dynamic provided by his usual partners in crime, just as Quavo did on his outing. But there was still plenty to work with here as he revived old flows and tried out new concepts over a carefully curated selection of beats. We'll let you decide if The Last Rocket lived up to expectations. But, in the meantime, here are our five favorite verses on Takeoff's debut.
5. "Martian"
Takeoff's first verse on the album is filled with hidden gems. Whether he's applying a two-tone approach to his entire life or lecturing us on the weight distribution of his luxury car - where the engine in the back is perplexingly outweighed by an exorbitant amount of racks stashed in the trunk in the front - the rapper delivers his string of boasts with an infectiously assured coolness. It's only briefly autobiographical ("We the ones that brought the Culture to n****s/Before it was never the front"), the rest of the runtime reserved for a charismatic stream of high-grade shit-talking.
Favorite Bars:
They havin' you flexin'', but can't pay your rent (Damn)
President Rollie and president tints (President)
Kennedy, they ain't on my element
Try to sue me, I bet I win the settlement (Win)
Can't do no dirt with these n****s, gon' tell on me (Dirt)
Big body look like an elephant (Big body)
Wrap up that work and I don't got a L on me (License)
They don't know that it's a bale on me (Work)
So we gon' keep that shit quietly (Shh)
Tell 'em pick your poison wisely (Wise)
All kind of flavors and different sizes, uh (Gas)
Yeah, n***a, that's a hundred, not enough (Uh-uh)
I put a mill' in the truck and they thinkin' my engine was still in the front (An M&M)
We the ones that brought the Culture to niggas (Culture)
Before it was never the front (Was never the front)
4. "Lead the Wave"
A song about leading by example. On this one, Takeoff wisely substitutes the sanctimonious preaching found on his Uncle's "BIG BRO" and disguises the lessons under a slew of harmless self-adulation. While the Scrooge McDuck referencing first verse is fun it's own right, it's the second verse that sees Takeoff present a hilarious take on the typical "My teacher said I wouldn't make it!" shtick that all rappers try to pull at some point. It also has a wider array of flows and touches on more of Takeoff's teachings. Overall, Takeoff's lessons are easy enough to follow for those seeking a guide to success: don't fumble an opportunity that presents itself, don't take the easy way, and surround yourself with people that make you strive for more.
You can't put a n***a on if you're too famous (Too famous)
Or give advice and say what's right, then get too angry (Argh)
Tryna read my right, with the red blue light like we still in slavery (Whoop whoop)
Plug got jammed up so the bando dried up, lookin' like raisins (Dry)
Another day, we tryna get by
We goin' through phases (Tryna get by)
Pull up in whips they saw in they dreams
Man look at they faces (Skrt, skrt)
I stopped and got fast food for my teacher
He said I wouldn't make it (Hi)
But ain't got no bad heart
So I saw him, said, "Congratulations" (Bye)
What do what he want me to do
When I'm in the position, I made it (Now why would I do that?)
3. "None to Me"
This one is impressive because Takeoff, usually true to himself and his rapid-fire delivery, seems to step out of his comfort zone to try on a flow that may sound more familiar coming from one of his newer labelmates; the dead-eyed crooning throughout is reminiscent of the "Freestyle" flow that shot Lil Baby stardom in 2017. It's a refreshing change of pace, but just as we're getting used to hearing Takeoff in this new pocket, the beat drops and he effortlessly reverts back to his trademark tongue twisters. The whole verse sees the flow-master playing with tempo, going in and out of a double time delivery, and shifting from rapping to singing and back to rapping, all while painting a cautionary tale of betrayal.
Some people let the money change 'em (Change)
And I'd still rather be rich than be famous I seen it with my own eyes (Eyes)
My brother changed up on me for dead guys
Can't look 'em in the face cause he got red eyes (Red)
Far from I know, he a demon
When I found out he was scheming
Lookin' at that footage gave me the red eyes (Could've cried)
I couldn't believe it, it's all good It show who down for me (Down)
2. "Insomnia"
During their formative years, when Offset was intermittently in and out of jail, Takeoff and Quavo often had to pick up the slack. For newcomers, this may be hard to believe, but this led to each of them frequently stepping out of their comfort zone and into each other's shoes. Believe it or not, Quavo was dropping as many bars as his nephew and that same nephew, who has since become known as a "rapper's rapper", was often flexing his more melodic side. "Insomnia" feels like an ode to that 2013-2015 period where each one of the Migos was a jack of all trades. It sees Takeoff take on Quavo's signature melodies while maintaining a playful rhyme pattern and keeping the bar count at an impressive high. It's a juggling act of sharp flows, notable melodies and quotable one-liners.
I been gettin' that paper way back in the day
But this shit gettin' crazy now (Crazy)
Money been tall as Yao
I'm on a jet, I land in Macau
They tried to copy the style (Tried it)
Count up the backend
Cash in my hand right now (Money)
I met the plug in England
No Queen Elizabeth, we talkin' 'bout pounds (Pounds)
All of my n****s ain't friendly (Uh, uh)
None of my n****s they smile (Nope)
I'm taking risks, Man vs. Wild
I made it, now mama proud (Mama)
Put the whole team on now (Whole team)
Lookin' for the recipe, how?
She just be lookin' for clout (Clout)
Fuck the whole team for the clout (Clout)
I drink an eight a day
I never heard of a drought (Actavis)
Stars in the ceiling, Wraith, ayy
Big body comin' down (Wraith)
1. "Infatuation (ft. Dayytona Fox)"
"Infatuation", plays on the nostalgic vibes of turn of the century R&B. It sounds like what a young kid in the late '80s would be listening to in order to build up the courage to ask the girl of his dreams to a date at a '70s-disco themed roller rink - where, as it were, Quavo's "GO ALL THE WAY" would probably be in heavy rotation. Takeoff's verse is a glimpse at his storytelling capabilities, a strength of his that is woefully underrepresented on this album. In distinct contrast to the cold boasts of most of The Last Rocket, "Infatuation" sees an intoxicated Takeoff blindly in love, contemplating his mistakes and plotting on how to make it all better.
Smokin' while I contemplate, I'm thinkin' 'bout the better days
When me and you, we met each other, it would never be the same (never)
Them material things, I don't care about the fame (Nah)
I miss you so much that I went and tatted your name (Tatted)
Let me be your drug, tell me when you feel in pain (Where)
And you can be my stripper baby, no I ain't ashamed
Thinkin' 'bout when I hit her, no precision, I got aim
Double R, we pullin' up and watch the Rolls all lanes
I need you in my life, I promise that I'll make it right
And by the end of the night I bet your mind gon' change (Wait)
It ain't 'bout the cars, it ain't all 'bout the chains
Lookin' up, up at the stars, take a look what I became (Look at me)
What you want, a Range? What you want, a pinky ring?
I can get you what you name but love don't cost a thing (Cost a thing)
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Crisis Connections
Seattle, Washington State
Greater than $100,000 per year, based upon experience. Competitive compensation and vacation package
Executive / Senior Management
Background & Programs
Crisis Connections, formerly known as Crisis Clinic, connects people in physical, emotional and financial crisis to resources that can help them. Based in the Greater Seattle area, the agency provides a vital link between community members who are struggling and the critical behavioral health and community services they need. All services are provided free of charge, and translation is available in over 150 languages.
Founded by community members in 1964, Crisis Connections is one of the oldest Crisis Lines in the nation, and home to five programs focused on serving the emotional and physical needs of individuals across Washington State:
24-Hour Crisis Line is a confidential help line staffed around the clock every day of the year offering immediate assistance to anyone in crisis. Individuals call for a wide variety of reasons: they may be considering suicide, or experiencing grief, anxiety, depression or violence, among other issues. The Crisis Line has operated in King County for 56 years, and in early 2020 the agency began serving crisis lines for eight additional Washington counties.
King County 2-1-1 is the designated dialing code for information and referrals to health and human services in King County. Whether dialing, texting, emailing, or chatting, individuals get help finding food, shelter, rent/mortgage assistance, legal help, free or low-cost healthcare, and much more.
Teen Link is the only program in King County devoted exclusively to youth suicide prevention education and offering a teen-answered help line. The program provides a safe and confidential way for teens to talk about any issue, big or small.
WA Recovery Help Line is a statewide resource for those struggling with substance abuse, problem gambling, and mental health issues. Staff and volunteers are available 24/7/365, providing callers with emotional support, information, and referrals to services.
WA Warm Line is a peer support help line for people living with emotional and mental health challenges. Calls are answered by specially-trained volunteers who have lived experience with mental health issues. They have a deep understanding of what callers are going through and are able to provide emotional support, comfort, and information.
While there is always a significant need for crisis services, that need has increased drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak has had a disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations such as low-income families, people of color, those with behavioral health challenges, undocumented immigrants, domestic violence victims, and people experiencing homelessness – all of whom are served by Crisis Connections. In 2019 the agency responded to an average of 780 calls per day. Since the onset of the pandemic, that number has averaged more than 2,280 calls per day. Crisis Connections is a critical community resource, and its work has never been more important.
Organizational Structure & Position Summary
The CEO reports to a seven-member Board of Trustees and is accountable to the Board for the successful operation of Crisis Connections. Specifically, the CEO is responsible for ensuring that Crisis Connections works toward achieving its mission and goals with the highest integrity and operational standards while adhering to those standards and expectations adopted by the Board of Trustees.
The CEO oversees a budget that has grown rapidly from $7M to over $11.5M in the past two years, including significant investment in Crisis Connections due to COVID. Looking ahead, there may be some budget shrinkage after the pandemic. The CEO manages a staff of over 157 full time and part time members, and is part of a six member Executive Leadership team, with direct reports with functional responsibilities for business operations, finance, clinical operations, development, and an executive assistant. Crisis Connections also benefits from over 350 active volunteers who provide nearly 40,000 volunteer-hours per year, equivalent to over 20 additional full time staff members.
In collaboration with the Board, the CEO leads the development of the organization's long- and short-term strategies. The CEO works through the Executive Leadership Team to ensure the daily operation of Crisis Connections effectively serves the community. The CEO negotiates contracts, ensures compliance contractual obligations, and ensures that the organization's work is provided in a framework and culture of equity and inclusion.
Position Priorities
Crisis Connections is seeking a collaborative Chief Executive Officer who can develop the resources, partnerships and organizational capacity to support the rapidly increasing demand for the organization's services. Key priorities in the CEO's first 18-24 months are:
Play a leading role in expanding and growing relationships with funders and partners to ensure that Crisis Connection's vital services are contractually and financially well supported and integrated with community services across the state. One goal of this strategy is to diversify funding.
Collaborate with other Executive Leadership Team members to build a positive, mutually-supportive organizational culture, and ability to build great teams, including frequent, transparent and two-way communications and processes that are supportive of staff, and that serve as a vehicle for thoughtful, viable long-term growth of the organization.
In partnership with the Senior Director of Operations, continue the initiative to build, develop and support a strong operational leadership team, which is empowered (with authorization and budget) to implement scalable information systems, technology and service protocols as appropriate for the expected service volumes over the next 5-10 years.
Continue to play a key role in the development of a Community Information Exchange (CIE) and the roll out of 988 (National Suicide Hotline) so that Crisis Connections is poised to take a long-term leadership role in these services which provide vital supports for communities statewide.
Work with the Board and Executive Leadership Team to develop and implement a plan for diversity, equity and inclusion across the entire organization such that it strengthens the internal culture.
Play a collaborative role in developing the Board of Trustees into an effective governing body by growing the Board and developing a mutual understanding of the appropriate level of detail needed to govern and provide policy guidance.
The ideal candidate has a passion for the mission of Crisis Connections, unquestioned integrity, a strong sense of accountability, and a long-term perspective. The ideal candidate has a track record of exercising good judgment, and has a practical ability to get things done. S/he brings a fair and thoughtful approach to management, combined with the flexibility and courage to shift direction and experiment with new initiatives. A reflective and listening style of communication, an ethic of openness and transparency, and a sense of humor are also desired. Essential qualifications also include:
At least seven years of executive level experience as a successful leader of a related nonprofit organization, including a proven track record of growing organizational capacity and programmatic impact.
A Master's degree in public, nonprofit or business administration or management, behavioral health or another related field preferred. Bachelor's degree required.
Experience with programmatic issues relevant to Crisis Connections such as a leadership position in an organization providing call center services, behavioral health services, and/or information referral services.
A successful track record of program creation, program development and leading and sustaining organizational growth.
Experience in fostering an environment of mutual accountability and collaboration, healthy work relationships and partnerships, and inclusivity among organizational staff in order to maintain a positive and collaborative work environment.
Proven abilities and experience in fiscal oversight and working with the Board of Trustees to develop and approve a complex budget.
Demonstrated success in building relationships with government officials, partners, and funders to foster broad community support.
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and proven ability to work well with media, staff and the community.
Willingness to travel locally and nationally.
Must be able to pass criminal background check.
Work is performed typically in an office environment and a variety of settings among diverse stakeholders and audiences. A considerable amount of time will be spent in meetings, at a computer screen for extended periods, at Crisis Connections events, and speaking before public audiences. Frequent use of phones and e-mail will be required to communicate with stakeholders. Frequently works outside normal working hours and will need to travel due to work performed with donors and other stakeholders in the community. Occasional travel out of town and out of state will be required.
Compensation: Competitive compensation and vacation package commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance coverage, dental and vision coverage, employee assistance program and flexible benefit plan. Life insurance and long and short term disability insurance are available as options.
To apply, interested candidates should e-mail their cover letter and resume directly to: execsearchcc@thirdsectorcompany.com
E-mail applications with a cover letter are required. The position is open until filled.
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Q: Configuration file for HTML + Javascript Project I am creating a HTML/CSS + Javascript/Jquery project wherein a lot of configuration needs to be maintained. So, I was wondering what would be the best way to maintain a configuration file from which all the settings and stuff could be fetched.
I was planning to have a xml file as a configuration repository, but due to browser specific restrictions and blocks, I am perplexed as to what I should use for having a smooth progress.
Please suggest some. Thanks.

A: The most common way to configure JavaScript applications - both server-side and client-side - is using JSON.
On the server-side, YAML might be worth a thought, too, since many people consider it more readable and even easier to write.

A: I am working on an ASP.NET MVC3 project and was facing the same situation.
I used JSON. I read configuration from DB, created a Dictionary of Key Value pairs at the server side and then sent it to client side on an Ajax call (the JsonResult return type converts your DTO to JavaScript Object that is usable at the client side). There I placed it in a variable at the global level.
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Cutting Greenhouse Gas from Fossil-Fuel Extraction on Federal Lands and Waters
By Claire Moser, Joshua Mantell, Nidhi Thakar, Chase Huntley, and Matt Lee-Ashley Posted on March 19, 2015, 12:00 am
Endnotes and citations are available in the PDF and Scribd versions.
Since taking office, President Barack Obama and his administration have taken unprecedented action to address the threat of climate change. Through policies to improve energy efficiency, increase vehicle emissions standards, encourage renewable energy production, and reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants, the administration has made remarkable progress toward meeting the president's new goal of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, or GHGs, by 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, as part of an agreement with China. However, even with these remarkable actions, there is still a blind spot in U.S. efforts to address climate change.
Today, taxpayer-owned gas, oil, and coal extracted from federal lands and waters by private companies are one of the nation's most significant sources of GHG emissions, accounting for more than one-fifth of all U.S. GHG emissions. The U.S. Department of the Interior, or DOI, which has jurisdiction over the nation's public lands, has no comprehensive plan to measure, monitor, and reduce the total volume of GHG emissions that result from the leasing and development of federal energy resources.
In light of the lack of a comprehensive accounting of GHG emissions from energy development on federal lands and waters, the Center for American Progress and The Wilderness Society, or TWS, commissioned Stratus Consulting, to conduct an independent analysis of this issue by updating a similar analysis conducted in 2012. This issue brief reviews these new estimates from Stratus Consulting, finding that:
Federal lands and waters could have accounted for 24 percent of all energy-related GHG emissions in the United States in 2012.
Combustion of coal from federal lands accounts for more than 57 percent of all emissions from fossil-fuel production on federal lands.
Methane pollution from venting and flaring from onshore federal leases rose more than 51 percent onshore between 2008 and 2013, according to government data.
In addition to summarizing the new estimates provided by Stratus Consulting, this issue brief recommends a comprehensive plan to address the blind spot in the administration's plan to fight global climate change.
America's public lands and waters are still major sources of GHG emissions
Comprising more than one-fifth of the country's landmass and 1.7 billion offshore acres, U.S. public lands and waters are the source for almost 30 percent of U.S. annual energy production. In addition to providing the backdrop for more and more renewable energy projects, public lands remain a large source for coal, oil, and natural gas. However, these same fossil fuels contribute high levels of GHG emissions to the atmosphere, exacerbate climate change, and have serious implications for U.S. climate policy.
The DOI has yet to develop a plan to accurately account for, manage, and mitigate the GHG pollution that results from the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels from public lands and waters. In 2010, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, or CEQ, released its "Federal Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting Guidance," which was subsequently updated in 2012. This document laid out the greenhouse gas footprint for the federal government, but it explicitly left out emissions associated with or resulting from the use of public lands and waters by private entities. The guidance gave land-management agencies the option to report "activities associated with land management agencies," including emissions from "third-party oil, gas, and coal mine leasing activities." However, in CEQ's "Federal Government Greenhouse Gas Inventory by Agency for fiscal year 2010," the DOI only reported that its largest sources of GHG emissions were from purchased electricity, federal employee commuting, and its passenger vehicle fleet.
It seems as if the Obama administration has started to recognize this gaping hole in their emissions accounting and reporting structure. In December 2014, CEQ issued new "Revised Draft Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change Impacts," calling for federal agencies to consider the impacts of GHG emissions and climate change in environmental reviews and impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, and to specifically include emissions associated with private activities on public lands and waters.
While this new draft guidance is an important step in the right direction to account for emissions from public lands, it does not directly address existing leases on federal lands and will not result in a full picture of the carbon emissions resulting from energy resources extracted from the nation's public lands and waters.
Independent estimates of GHG emissions from fossil fuels extracted from federal lands and waters suggest that these energy resources contribute a large share of overall U.S. GHG emissions. According to Stratus Consulting's new estimates, these energy resources could have accounted for more than 1,340 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or MMTCO2e, in 2012; an amount equal to annual emissions from more than 280 million cars on the road. Ultimate emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide from the combustion of these fossil fuels could have accounted for almost 21 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions or 24 percent of all energy-related U.S. GHG emissions.
As shown in Figure 1, more than three-quarters of these estimated emissions, or a total of more than 1,028 MMTCO2e, are associated with onshore energy resources.
Estimated emissions from fossil fuels extracted on public lands and waters have decreased slightly over the past few years likely due to a change in the mix of energy produced from federal lands. A prior study by Stratus Consulting found that fossil fuels extracted on public lands in 2010 could have accounted for 1,154 MMTCO2e of U.S. emissions—126 MMTCO2e more than in 2012. Market forces have reduced demand for coal and increased demand for natural gas and oil, and technological advancements have further made these resources more economical to develop. These changes in production on public lands and waters would therefore result in a significant reduction in estimated emissions because natural gas has a substantially smaller carbon footprint than coal when combusted—not accounting for fugitive emissions, meaning unintentional leakage during production. Also, the administration has prioritized investments in expanding renewable energy technologies and expediting the pace at which utility-scale solar and other renewable energy projects are developed on federal lands.
Public lands provide many benefits in a changing climate, including connectivity for wildlife migration and the potential for absorbing carbon released. However, estimated GHGs emitted from public lands energy resources dwarf these benefits and outweigh the amount of carbon that can be absorbed by public lands. According to an earlier analysis by CAP, public lands in the lower 48 states in 2010 were contributing nearly 4.5 times more carbon to the atmosphere than these lands were able to absorb.
Increases in estimated emissions from natural gas liquids and onshore oil
Even as estimated emissions from fossil fuels extracted on public lands have seen moderate decreases, it appears emissions from onshore oil and natural gas liquids have increased by more than 20 percent. Specifically, estimated emissions of onshore oil increased 22 percent from 2010 to 2012, and estimated emissions from onshore natural gas liquids increased more than 25 percent during this period.
Coal extraction is more than half of estimated greenhouse gas emissions on public lands
Despite the slight overall decreases in production—and therefore emissions—in recent years, estimated emissions from the use of federal coal is still one of the largest sources of potential GHGs from federal lands. As depicted in Figure 3, in 2012, coal from federal lands was the source of more than half of all estimated emissions from fossil-fuel production on federal lands—totaling 57 percent. Coal from federal lands was responsible for an estimated 769 MMTCO2e of emissions in 2012, which is the equivalent of annual emissions from more than 161 million cars on the road.
Figure 3 shows the 2012 estimated GHG emissions and the total emissions of MMTCO2e by type of fossil fuel extracted.
While accounting for more than half of all estimated emissions, coal production on federal lands occurs in a few key western states. In 2012, coal production in Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana contributed 93 percent of all estimated emissions related to coal produced from federal lands. Table 1 provides an overview of the estimated emissions from coal extracted on federal lands by state.
A significant portion of these estimated emissions can be attributed to coal production in the Powder River Basin, which stretches across southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming. In fact, emissions from coal extracted from public lands in Wyoming and Montana alone notably contribute almost 50 percent of total GHG emissions from fossil fuels on federal lands and waters—and more than 65 percent of total emissions from onshore fossil fuels.
The Powder River Basin produces more coal than anywhere else in the country, providing 40 percent of all U.S. coal to more than 200 power plants in 35 states. Coal from federal lands in Wyoming and Montana, including the Powder River Basin, contributed more than 13 percent of all GHG emissions from fossil fuels in the United States and more than 10 percent of all U.S. GHG emissions. A July 2014 CAP report also found that there are serious economic and social costs of burning Powder River Basin coal that policymakers have generally overlooked.
Reducing methane pollution from energy development on public lands and waters
Methane emissions are particularly concerning because methane is a much more powerful GHG: Over a 100-year period, the effect of methane is 34 times greater per metric ton than that of carbon dioxide and even greater in the near term. According to the EPA, 29 percent of all U.S. methane emissions come from natural gas and petroleum systems, and 10 percent come from coal mining in the United States.
In October 2014, CAP and TWS both released reports analyzing the emissions of methane from different phases of the production and processing of fossil fuels on public lands and waters. Both reports explored the significant uptick in industry-reported data disclosing emissions from venting and flaring of natural gas over a five-year period, from 2008 to 2012, and also discussed recent literature showing even higher levels of methane released from fugitive emissions, or the unintentional leakage of methane during production, transportation and distribution activities.
The Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, is currently in the process of proposing regulations to curtail the waste of natural gas resources through venting and flaring activities on public lands. A groundbreaking, independent technical analysis estimated that up to 50 percent of wasted methane can be captured cost effectively. Taxpayers deserve a strong rule that updates venting and flaring practices to ensure these preventable emissions are reduced. The BLM should also look to curb fugitive emissions from production and delivery systems through better and more accurate monitoring, accounting, and curtailment.
Increasing 'wasted' gas from venting and flaring
Policymakers should be concerned about the practices of venting—directly releasing natural gas into the atmosphere, which primarily emits methane—and flaring—burning natural gas to release into the atmosphere, which primarily emits carbon dioxide. These practices waste natural gas that could be captured for consumption or sale and add significant levels of GHGs to the atmosphere. In 2010, the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, found that more than 40 percent of vented and flared natural gas could be "economically captured" with currently available technology.
Oil and gas companies operating on federal lands and waters are required to report volumes of natural gas vented and flared to DOI's Office of Natural Resources Revenue, or ONRR. A variety of factors, including the continued use of out-of-date monitoring systems, make accurate accounting of venting and flaring volumes a significant challenge. ONRR collects the only industry-reported data available, although an independent audit found that these data likely underestimate total volumes because they do not include all sources of emissions. Nevertheless, based on these industry data collected through the Oil and Gas Operations Reports, or OGOR, estimated methane emissions from reported venting and flaring on public lands and waters have more than doubled between 2008 and 2013.
Following the October 2014 reports, CAP and TWS asked Stratus Consulting to provide additional analysis of the industry data in the OGOR reports and to compare trends in estimated emissions from reported venting and flaring volumes onshore with venting and flaring volumes offshore.
Figure 4 shows the trends in onshore and offshore levels of estimated methane pollution from reported levels of venting and flaring.
This new breakout of onshore and offshore methane emission estimates, based on industry-reported data, provides additional insights that are relevant to policymakers. Of particular note, estimated emissions based on reported volumes from offshore areas jumped dramatically between 2009 and 2011. This increase coincides in time with the implementation of a 2010 DOI rule requiring that offshore oil and gas operators install meters to record volumes of gas released through venting and flaring, and an additional requirement that operators submit OGOR data parsed out by volumes of gas vented or flared. These data suggest that metering results in higher and presumably more accurate reporting of vented and flared gas. It is also worth noting that, even with meters in place, methane pollution from venting and flaring from offshore operators rose an estimated 19 percent between 2012 and 2013.
Unlike the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, however, the BLM does not require all producers to install meters to monitor the volume of gas that is vented or flared and to ensure the accuracy of reporting to government regulators. But presuming that companies are complying with federal laws and regulations that require them to provide accurate information to the BLM, then it is estimated that methane pollution from venting and flaring on federal onshore leases increased 51 percent between 2008 and 2013. This increase appears to be consistent with a recent EPA report that states venting and flaring of associated gas across federal, state, and private lands has risen in recent years.
Because the BLM does not currently require meters, which would aid in independently verifying third-party data, there are still large uncertainties related to the total volume of gas that is being wasted through venting and flaring. Still, it is clear that the volume of wasted gas is high and that the resulting methane pollution is a major problem that is rightly being addressed as part of the Obama administration's "Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions." As part of this larger strategy, the BLM is currently developing a rule to reduce methane emissions from the venting and flaring of oil and natural gas on public lands. The rule is a critical piece of the larger climate change puzzle; it is a needed step to better account for and reduce overall methane and GHG emissions from federal lands and waters.
Largest source of methane pollution remains unaddressed
Although wasted gas from venting and flaring practices continues to contribute to GHG pollution, fugitive emissions from the production, processing, and distribution of fossil fuels from public lands remain a much more significant source of methane. As noted by CAP and TWS in previously issued reports, methane pollution released from fugitive emissions at the well site, or upstream; during processing, or midstream; and in storage, transmission, and distribution processes, or downstream, is significantly higher than the overall amount of methane released from venting and flaring of natural gas and oil. The amount is at least 3.5 times more than methane emitted from the combustion of extracted fossil fuels from public lands. The lack of a consistent and accurate process for measuring or reporting fugitive emissions has resulted in great uncertainty in accounting for these emissions. In fact, the extreme range of estimated fugitive emissions—200,000 metric tons to more than 8 million metric tons of methane—illustrates this uncertainty.
Nevertheless, even the lowest estimates of methane from fugitive emissions are well above the highest estimates of methane pollution from other sources related to fossil-fuel extraction, emphasizing that fugitive emissions are a real problem. It is critical that the Obama administration take action to address this significant source of methane pollution.
Emissions-reduction strategy for America's public lands and waters
In its Priority Agenda for Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America's Natural Resources, released in October 2014, the administration took a noteworthy step forward in recognizing the critical importance of America's lands and waters in climate policy. The priority agenda is aimed at making "the Nation's natural resources more resilient to a changing climate" and outlines actions to "foster climate-resilient lands and waters." Of particular note, the agenda prioritizes measuring and enhancing the ability of land and waters to absorb carbon dioxide and directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, along with the EPA, the State Department, and the DOI to "establish a robust capacity to provide projections of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration from agricultural lands, forests, and grasslands on a biennial basis." However, the priority agenda fails to mention the need for better accounting and future estimation of GHG emissions from the development of energy resources on public lands.
The goals set out in the administration's priority agenda are a needed step for the country to begin to rein in runaway emissions. While it is clear that the United States is making progress in reducing GHG emissions and beginning to recognize the importance of natural resources in addressing climate change, total levels of emissions resulting from fossil-fuel production on America's lands and waters remain uncertain at best. Thus, it is critical that the administration act to account for and reduce these emissions. A comprehensive method of mandatory accounting for carbon and methane emissions from proposed resource extraction projects on public lands is necessary to understand the full scope of the problem the nation faces. The administration should finalize the "Revised Draft Guidance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change Impacts" that requires project reviews to recognize the climate footprint of projects on public lands and to fully account for the impacts that occur from developing these resources. Additionally, the administration should take steps to develop and maintain an inventory of the carbon committed to extraction through leases and other means.
A successful emissions-reductions strategy would build on the administration's current initiatives and progress, focusing efforts on accounting for and reducing GHG emissions from all stages of fossil-fuel production on America's lands and waters. There are many opportunities for the Obama administration to take action as part of a comprehensive public lands emissions strategy. While the most important step is to understand the scope of the emissions that can be traced to public lands, there are significant opportunities to build off of these data to ensure that the causes of climate change from public lands are taken into account. These opportunities include:
Setting royalty rates for fossil fuels to account for the full costs of carbon pollution and externalities in order to ensure taxpayers receive a fair return.
Curtailing fugitive emissions from oil and gas operations on public lands as part of the BLM's venting and flaring rule, by requiring companies to pay for the right to vent and flare.
Requiring onshore operators to install vent and flare meters to adequately account for volumes of vented and flared gas to ONRR.
Requiring oil and gas operators to install best-available technology to reduce the practice of venting and flaring.
Requiring industry to measure fugitive methane emissions from upstream, midstream, and downstream production activities.
Implementing President Obama's plan to reduce methane by at least 45 percent by 2025 in part by requiring the aforementioned measures on the part of operators to reduce methane emissions from venting, flaring, and fugitive emissions.
These actions would provide taxpayers a fair return on their resources that are now senselessly wasted and would also reduce emissions of climate-change-inducing-pollutants into the atmosphere.
Actions the Obama administration is currently taking, including implementing the priority agenda, promulgating a venting and flaring rule for natural gas production, and exploring measures to address fugitive emissions are steps in the right direction. Nonetheless, fossil fuels extracted on public lands and waters continue to result in significant amounts of GHG emissions at all stages of production. In order to ensure the success of the administration's Climate Action Plan, it is critical that the administration account for and address these emissions and work to restore balance to America's public lands and waters.
Claire Moser is a Research and Advocacy Associate with the Public Lands Project at the Center for American Progress. Joshua Mantell is a government relations representative at The Wilderness Society. Nidhi Thakar is the Deputy Director of the Public Lands Project at the Center. Chase Huntley is the senior government relations director at The Wilderness Society. Matt Lee-Ashley is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Public Lands Project at the Center.
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Questions - Highway Trust Fund - July 8-9, 2011
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1* When drivers buy gas for the cars, some of the money is a federal gas tax that goes to the Highway Trust Fund. Is money in the Highway Trust Fund used only for building, maintaining, and repairing highways?
2* Regardless of the way things are done today, should gas taxes paid into the Highway Trust Fund be used only for building, maintaining, and repairing highways?
3* Would it be appropriate to use some of the money in the Highway Trust Fund to help pay for Mass Transit Systems such as trains, subways, and busses?
4* Should the cost of building, maintaining, and repairing the Interstate Highway System be funded entirely from gas taxes paid into the Highway Trust Fund or should the federal government provide additional funding from the general operating budget?
5* If you knew that federal gas taxes were used only to pay for building, maintaining, and repairing the Interstate Highway System, would you favor or oppose a modest increase in the gas tax to improve the quality of the highways?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence


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September is almost over and I last posted in July. Whoops. August got eaten by that little Milk Vampire up there. He is very cute but take lots of time and attention. We've worked out a deal now so my little Milk Vampire is going to let me play in this space a bit more and in exchange I will let him keep me up all night.
Now that I've found a bit more rhythm (a really tiny bit) to this new mothering gig I'm hoping to find a little more time to devote to Manka. I have a couple new products waiting to be photographed and a bunch more buzzing around in my head waiting to be sketched out so hopefully I will be able to eke out a little time to share them with you. My goal is to post once a week. Hopefully Mr. Milk Vampire will let me stick to that.