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An opposition spokesperson raised a question over the timing of the release of the information—"just as MPs left for their 11-week summer recess—guaranteeing minimum parliamentary scrutiny".
Pitt's review, published in full in June 2008 contained 92 recommendations looking at all aspects of the "biggest civil emergency in British history".
Of these, thirteen were directed at the Environment Agency, the first of which stated that the Environment Agency should take on a national overview of all flood risk (2).
It recommended the Environment Agency should further develop its modelling tools and techniques working with its partners on such (4)(5), and also make flood visualisation data more accessible (36)(37).
It recommended closer working with the Met Office (6)(34)(35)(65).
The Agency should provide a more specific flood warning system for infrastructure operators (33), work with local responders to raise awareness in flood risk areas (61) and work with telecoms companies to roll out telephone flood warning schemes.
Other recommendations were that the Environment Agency should continue its existing processes (8)(25).
The review also argued that the Government's £800 million-a-year flood defence budget for 2010 to 2011 was "about right" but stated that money should be spent more wisely.
Sir Michael Pitt said: "What we are arguing is that we were not well prepared last summer for the scale of flooding that took place."
After the 2007 floods, the present organisation of flood management in England and Wales, with a large number of separate bodies responsible for different components, was called into question.
George Fleming, who chaired the committee which produced the "Learning to Live with Rivers" report argued that the Environment Agency had too many roles and faced too great a conflict between its roles as habitat protector and planning regulator and suggested it was time to break it up and create a dedicated Flood Management Agency.
On leaving her post as CEO in June 2008 Barbara Young responded to these suggestions, predicting that the Pitt report was unlikely to recommend the break-up of the Environment Agency.
The Environment Agency and its then chair Chris Smith was involved with a row with Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and other members of the government, and landowners and residents in Somerset.
The row focused on the flooding of the Somerset Levels and whether the River Parrett should be dredged.
The Environment Agency, responsible for main river maintenance, was criticised for failures which led to flooding following a period of heavy rainfall in December 2015 (Storm Desmond, Storm Eva) across northern England and parts of Scotland.
In particular, the decision to open a barrier on the River Foss resulted in flooding of supposedly protected houses.
This wasn't a decision taken lightly however, there was a strong chance the barrier could have broken down while closed leading to a much greater risk of flooding.
Additionally, the Environment Agency was accused of misleading the public by stating that its chairman Philip Dilley was "at home with his family" when he was at his wife's family home in Barbados.
In the days following the floods, it was reported that Agency staff responsible for protecting the UK from flooding were paid almost £300,000 in bonuses or received large payoffs in 2015, including the Environment Agency's publicity chief who led the press team who tried to cover-up their Chairman's absence; Pam Gilder quit with a £112,000 pay-off.
The extent of damage caused in such a short period across wide areas has brought into focus the overall performance of UK central government flood defence strategies.
Expensive flood defence systems were proven ineffective and in some cases appeared to increase the problem.
Professor Dieter Helm, Chair of the UK government's Natural Capital Committee stated in January 2016: "Flooding crises tend to follow an established pattern.
First, there is immediate help and assistance.
Then second, there is a "review".
On occasions, this leads to a third stage of genuine reform, but in most cases "sticking plasters" are applied.
These are incremental and often sensible, but typically fail to address the core issues and hence provide only a temporary respite.
There are very good reasons why "sticking plasters" will not work this time.
The conventional approach to flood defence, carried out by the Environment Agency (EA), and financed largely by the Treasury, is at best inefficient.
Sometimes it is even counterproductive, encouraging the sorts of land use and land management decisions that can actually make flooding worse in the medium term."
The UK government House of Commons Select Committee for the environment challenged the Chief Executive Officer of the Environment Agency on its performance by stating: "You [Sir James Bevan, CEO] said "The capacity of a river doesn't matter!"
You've got to be certain the leopard has changed its spots.
And I will keep repeating this.
You haven't really given us an answer as to whether you have monitored the situation.
I'm fearful.
You allowed the River Parrett [Somerset] to silt up, you allowed the Tone to silt up, you allowed the tributaries to silt up, and then it flooded."
The Committee added: "The EA don't provide [quotes for work] when doing projects so we can't compare like with like [with other project providers].
There is an argument for transparency on your spending... You say the right words and hold onto your power."
Sir Philip Dilley resigned as chairman of the Environment Agency on 11 January 2016.
Dilley stated he was stepping down because "expectations" of his role have changed to mean he has to be "available at short notice throughout the year".
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Phimai
Phimai () is a township ("thesaban tambon") in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand.
As of 2005 the town had a population of 9,768.
The town is the administrative center of the Phimai District.
In the aftermath of the fall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767, attempts were made to set up five separate states, with Prince Teppipit, a son of king Boromakot, attempting to establish Phimai as one, holding sway over eastern provinces including Nakhon Ratchasima.
The weakest of the five, Prince Teppipit was the first defeated and was executed in 1768.
Phimai had also been an important town at the time of the Khmer empire.
The region was integrated into the Khmer state around 1000 CE.
For the following 300 years, Phimai was a major regional administrative center.
The temple Prasat Hin Phimai, in the center of the town, was one of the major Khmer temples in what is now Thailand, connected with Angkor by the Khmer highway, and oriented so as to face Angkor as its cardinal direction.
The site is now protected as the Phimai Historical Park.
Phimai has recently been the base of operations for the excavation of Ban Non Wat.
Phimai is thought to be the place where the famed Korat cat breed originated.
Gastonia
Gastonia may refer to:
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Jeff Friesen
Jeffrey Daryl Friesen (born August 5, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 800 games in the National Hockey League.
He spent roughly half his NHL career with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in 1994; he spent the remainder of his career with the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals, and Calgary Flames.
He won the Stanley Cup with the Devils in 2003.
Friesen played his junior years with the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL) where he was Rookie of the Year in 1993.
He was selected 11th overall in the first round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.
He played 14 season in the NHL as a winger, originally as a left winger but also as a right winger.
Friesen played nearly seven seasons with the Sharks, becoming their 3rd all-time leading scorer, but was traded to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim near the end of the 2000–01 season.
After playing the following season with the Ducks, he was traded to the New Jersey Devils for the 2002–03 season where he won the Stanley Cup.
In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Ottawa Senators that year, Friesen scored the game-winning goal with just under three minutes left in regulation in Game 7.
It was his third game-winning goal of the series.
Then in Game 7 of the finals, he scored two goals en route to the Devils' third Stanley Cup championship.
On September 26, 2005, the salary cap troubled Devils traded Friesen to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a conditional 2006 draft pick.
On March 9, 2006, he was moved again to the Ducks for a second-round draft pick, but spent a significant part of the 2005–06 season sidelined with a groin injury.
Friesen was signed by the Calgary Flames on July 5, 2006 to a 1-year $1.6 million contract for the 2006–07 season.
After a disappointing season that had Friesen producing six goals and six assists in seventy-two games, the Calgary Flames chose not to re-sign him.
He played in the AHL as a left wing for the Lake Erie Monsters before January 29, 2008, when Friesen was released.
Friesen attended the San Jose Sharks' 2008 training camp on a tryout basis.
On October 9, 2008, Sharks Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Wilson announced that Friesen had been released from training camp.
On August 29, 2009, Friesen signed a one-year contract with Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Jeff is tied with Jamie Baker for the Sharks single-season short-handed goals record with 6, set in the 1997–98 season.
On February 21, 2015 he returned to San Jose (Santa Clara) where he was introduced along with several other former Shark players before the outdoor Stadium Series game vs. the L.A. Kings at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara.
Friesen and his ex-wife Rhonda have a daughter and son together.
Nonvolatile acid
A nonvolatile acid (also known as a fixed acid or metabolic acid) is an acid produced in the body from sources other than carbon dioxide, and is not excreted by the lungs.
They are produced from e.g.
an incomplete metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
All acids produced in the body are nonvolatile except carbonic acid, which is the sole volatile acid.
Common nonvolatile acids in humans are lactic acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, acetoacetic acid, and beta-hydroxybutyric acid.
Humans produce about 1–1.5 mmoles of H per kilogram per day.
The nonvolatile acids are excreted by the kidneys.
Lactic acid is usually completely metabolized by the body, and is thus not excreted from the body.
The following reactions result in nonvolatile acids.
Such reactions do not take place in volatile acids for obvious reasons.
e.g.
methionine or cysteine → Urea + CO + HSO → 2H + SO
e.g.
lysine or arginine →Urea + CO + HO + H
HA → H + A
Gavrilov-Yam
Gavrilov-Yam () is a town and the administrative center of Gavrilov-Yamsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Kotorosl River.
Population: