SINGAPORE, July 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr Chatib Basri, one of Indonesia's most respected economists and the country's former Minister of Finance, has joined the blockchain for social impact project HARA in an advisory role. This is the first time a former minister has endorsed a blockchain start-up from Indonesia.
HARA is the first blockchain project that aims to have a positive social impact in Indonesia. The start-up will use blockchain technology to power a decentralized data exchange that will address the issue of asymmetric information availability in the food and agriculture sector. This issue severely hampers businesses in the supply chain to be more efficient and effective, resulting in unnecessary losses.
"The development of blockchain and digital technology will undoubtedly help us improve the economy by cutting transaction costs, simplifying long processes or red-tape, and making the process become faster," Dr Basri commented.
Most of the problems in the agriculture and food sector are data related. Farmers in Indonesia have little to no access to agricultural data and market information that could increase their productivity and reduce their losses.
Indonesia's economy is currently ranked as the 16th largest in the world, with 33% of the workforce working in the food and agriculture sector. However, due to various growth impeding challenges, only 13.95% of the country's GDP comes from that sector, amounting to a total of USD $129.6 billion.
The most fundamental problem the country consistently faces is the comparatively low productivity in growing rice, even though the production cost is the most expensive in all of Asia. For example, the rice production of farmers in Vietnam is 14.5% higher, while their production costs are significantly lower.
In addition to the problem of production inefficiency (producing less at a higher cost), Indonesian farmers also have to deal with a 20% post-harvest loss due to the low efficiency of the market distribution chain.
HARA believes that data transparency can solve these problems and that data will become a new commodity in the agricultural sector. The company will help solve the problems by providing access to actionable data-driven insights that support the efforts to improve agricultural productivity and secure solid economic growth for all.
"The HARA blockchain will help farmers in the Indonesian agriculture sector increase their productivity, cut the transaction costs and increase their income. I'm honoured to be part of this adventure as an advisor for HARA," Dr Basri stated.
HARA is currently being piloted in several regions in Indonesia and has already shown an encouraging impact on farmers. In the latest phase of the project, around 3.000 farmers in 41 remote villages were reached. By 2020, HARA plans to attract 2 million Indonesian farmers by expanding the implementation area across the whole of Indonesia.
Furthermore, preparations are being made to expand to other developing countries on the equator, and HARA has started negotiations with potential partners in Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, Mexico, and Peru.


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Even though more than 12 1/2 million tons of gypsum were used in the USA last year, and even though the average person is surrounded by gypsum products from dawn to dusk, from the cradle to the grave, people do not know much about gypsum.
Product Applications. Agricultural use Gypsum works as an agent to remove saline or alkaline ingredients in the soil and acts more or less like manure. For industrial use Gypsum is used to manufacture Gypsum boards. In the cement industry, gypsum is used to manufacturing lime. Gypsum is also used in manufacturing Plaster of Paris.
Uses of two elementary building materials gypsum and cement production. Cement is used everywhere imaginable for example, as a binder for concrete, mortar or screed, making it one of the world's most important building materials. If we just consider concrete, most of our infrastructure and architecture simply wouldn't be conceivable without it.
CastRite is a bright-white gypsum product that is extremely strong. CastRite is similar to plaster or Paris in both mixing and proportions and in use. However, when combined and properly mixed with water it is far stronger and provides greater detail. Several precautions are in order.
Lime Gypsum Products, Inc. can help you get the most out of your soil. Minerals formed from the evaporation of sea water millions of years ago have left us with gypsum and limestone. These two minerals are found in the Mid-West and used for agricultural amendments.
Gypsum, Calcium sulphate dihydrate a naturally occurring mineral. Analyses of gypsum samples demonstrate that the concentration of crystalline silica as quartz is less than 0.025% (wt/wt %). This product contains no asbestos.
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A record 19 more people have died from COVID-19 in Manitoba, including a woman from the Winnipeg health region in her 20s.
The province also announced 354 new cases of the illness in a Saturday news release.
The total number of deaths related to the illness is now 381.
More than half of the deaths reported Saturday are related to outbreaks at Winnipeg personal care homes, including three at Park Manor Care, three at St. Norbert Personal Care Home, two at Holy Family Home and one at Bethania Personal Care Home.
A woman in her 60s linked to the outbreak at The Pas Hospital Acute Care also died.
There are now 349 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 51 in intensive care. Those numbers are down from record highs on Friday of 361 in hospital and 55 in intensive care.
Of the new cases, 235 are in Winnipeg, 44 in the Southern Health region, 32 in the Interlake-Eastern health region, 31 in the Northern Health region and 12 cases in the Prairie Mountain Health Region.
Manitoba's five-day COVID-19 test positivity rate — a rolling average of the COVID-19 tests that come back positive — is 13.1 per cent provincially, down slightly from 13.4 per cent on Friday. In Winnipeg, the rate fell to 14.1 per cent from 14.6 per cent.
There are currently 9,115 active cases listed in the province, and 8,927 have recovered.
Two new COVID-19 outbreaks were also reported Saturday. The Milner Ridge Correctional Centre near Beausejour and Greendale Estate assisted living facility in Grunthal have both been moved to the critical, or red level of the province's pandemic response system.
Previously declared outbreaks in the GA4 unit at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg and at Seymour Pacific Developments Ltd. in Brandon are now over.
Saturday's update comes a day after the province released projections on Friday that suggest sweeping restrictions in Manitoba have barely kept the province from its worst-case scenario for daily COVID-19 cases, which assumes few restrictions and poor compliance in the province.
There were 320 new cases announced in the province on Friday.
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One of the most cohesive and stable nations in Africa, the thundering splendor of Victoria Falls draws visitors to this gentle and peaceful country. A diversity of wildlife and intricate plant life grace the peaceful web of life in this engaging country.
Zambia is the undiscovered treasure trove of Africa. It shelters extraordinary natural beauty and is one of the most pristine and unspoiled wildlife havens on the continent. It is easy to see why Zambia boasts one of the largest areas of land under protection as a national park in Africa. The thundering splendor of the Victoria Falls draws most visitors to this gentle and peaceful country. Less frequented than Zimbabwe, many travellers prefer to see the falls from the Zambian side and some claim the views are even more spectacular.


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Union Bancaire Privée honoured as one of the best companies to work for in Hong Kong and Singapore for the first time
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HONG KONG and SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Places to Work is pleased to announce that Union Bancaire Privee, UBP SA (UBP), one of Switzerland's leading private banks with a strong and growing presence in Asia, has recently been recognised as one of the best places to work in both Hong Kong and Singapore for 2022.
Best Places to Work is an international HR certification programme providing employers in different countries with the opportunity to learn more about the engagement and satisfaction of their employees and to honour those who deliver an outstanding work experience with the highest standards in regard to working conditions.
The Best Places to Work assessment is one of the world's most widely used models to understand employee perceptions about their workplace. The Certification captures the voice of employees and demonstrates that the company is an "Employer of Choice." The coveted certification is awarded to those organisations with best-in-class people practices and which provide outstanding employee experiences.
Commenting on the achievements, Michael Blake, Asia CEO at UBP said, "I am delighted that UBP has been recognised as one of the Best Places to Work in Singapore and Hong Kong in our first year of participation. This result reflects the Bank's commitment to creating a vibrant, entrepreneurial and fun working environment which attracts, retains, develops and rewards the very best talent in the wealth management industry.
I would like to extend my thanks to all colleagues for their constructive feedback throughout the assessment process. HR excellence is a journey rather than a destination and we will use this valuable feedback to further improve our people practices in the future."
"At Best Places to Work, we believe that a positive working environment greatly influences employees' attitudes towards their work, co-workers and work productivity, and it is our goal to help organisations transform the culture of their workplace by identifying strengths, uncovering weaknesses and providing advice and guidance to spark change and inspire people. Congratulations to UBP for the great results in its first year of participation, and we look forward to celebrating many more future successes with you", said Hamza Idrissi, Global Program Director for the Best Places to Work organization.
About Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) – www.ubp.com
UBP is one of Switzerland's leading private banks, and is amongst the best-capitalised, with a Tier 1 ratio of 23.2%. The Bank is specialised in the field of wealth management for both private and institutional clients. It is based in Geneva and employs 1,985 people in over twenty locations worldwide, and holds CHF 148.2 billion in assets under management (all figures as at 30 June 2022).
UBP is incorporated in Geneva, Switzerland with limited liability.
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Best Places to Work is a global HR certification programme that certifies and recognises leading workplaces in many countries around the world. Our proprietary assessment analyses a company's attractiveness through a two-step process focusing on 8 Workplace factors including culture, leadership, opportunities for growth and people practices. Beside the employee satisfaction survey, we conduct an HR assessment focusing on HR practices implemented in the organisation against our global people framework standard.
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The mass spectrometry technology, whose discoverer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002, has revolutionized the field of proteomics and allowed bioinformatics to gain an enormous potential and great focus. Bioinformatics, the data analysis and development of medical software, is today a fundamentally important part of proteomics and metabolomics. Here, Medicwave appears in the frontline within a niche with enormous needs and great development potential.
The mass spectrometry technology has enabled physicians and researchers to analyze the body's proteins, peptides, amino acids and metabolites. This offers us, within a not too long future, completely new methods for studying and detecting diseases such as different types of cancer at an early stage, diseases that are difficult to detect at an early stage today and cause many deaths.
Lack of analysis software has become a bottleneck in the development of new drugs or in the search for important proteins, so-called biomarkers, which help diagnose diseases such as, for example, cancer. The future of early disease diagnosis lies in the development of new tools for biomarker detection. Due to the fact that the mass spectrometry technology and computer programs/software (such as Spectrolyzer) have become really powerful, such analytical methods have rapidly begun to spread all around the world.
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Simply put, 'Roar' is talking about picking ourselves back up and be stronger. Klaas produced the song with singer Emmie Lee, a 'KIKA'-award winner who shares his vision. The song urges to push through tough times, making the song more relevant to today's challenges.
Klaas has become an unstoppable movement, especially after his latest successes 'Mr. Saxobeat'. And this time he delivered so hard it shoots off sparks.
'Roar' just has it all. It's an attempt to convince, while the song itself is showing that even unstoppable on the outside is human inside. What more do you want from a mega hit?


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Adenomyosis and Fertility
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"This model of the uterus and ovaries shows common uterine problems, including endometriosis, adhesions, fibroids and cysts, but adenomyosis is rarely represented on such models, perhaps because the cause of the condition is not fully understood.©iStockphoto.com/ericsphotography
When you want to get pregnant, every month that passes without a positive pregnancy test can seem like a lifetime. After all, more than 6 million American women get pregnant every year, so what's the problem [source: National Vital Statistics System]? The culprit is often impaired fertility, and one out of every six couples trying to get pregnant has trouble conceiving after a year of unprotected sex. About half of those couples will go on to conceive the old-fashioned way or with very minimal help, but the other half? The other half may find themselves struggling with conception or with carrying a pregnancy to term; these couples may need more testing and advanced fertility treatments [source: Taylor].
Fertility problems might manifest for a variety of reasons in both women and men, from health problems such as hormonal imbalances to habits such as smoking. Age is an important factor, as is diet and weight. But sometimes the reason why a woman can't get pregnant or isn't successful carrying a pregnancy to term has no explanation — as many as 20 percent of couples with fertility problems never know the cause [source: Newton-Wellesley Hospital].
And then there are conditions that may or may not affect your fertility. One of those is adenomyosis.
Adenomyosis is what's called a structural gynecological disorder, just as fibroids, polyps and endometriosis are structural disorders (opposed to hormonal imbalance or inflammation) that could affect the reproductive system. It affects the endometrial cells in the lining of the uterus and the muscular layer of the uterine wall.
In theory, adenomyosis is a condition that can affect a woman's fertility if it develops during her childbearing years, but research is still preliminary, and questions about the impact of the condition on conception rates and pregnancy risks currently remain unanswered. Let's dive a little deeper into the cause and symptoms of adenomyosis.
How Adenomyosis Affects Fertility
When adenomyosis strikes, here's what's going on: A woman's uterus is lined with endometrial tissue (called the endometrium), and when a woman has adenomyosis, her endometrium is growing in the wrong place — into the muscular layer of the uterine wall (called the myometrium). This abnormal growth may cause heavy menstrual bleeding (sometimes with blood clots called menorrhagia), pelvic pain, painful menstruation and severe menstrual cramps (called dysmenorrhea) and painful sex, as well as vaginal bleeding between menstrual cycles [source: Mayo Clinic]. Sometimes, the condition causes an abnormal mass called an adenomyoma to grow in the uterus. And yet, some women have mild symptoms such as tenderness or bloating in the pelvic region, and as many as 35 percent of those affected actually don't seem to have any apparent symptoms at all [source: Levgur].
And the cause behind the condition? Here's where things begin to get a little fuzzy.
Women who have gone through childbirth seem to be at a higher risk for developing adenomyosis, possibly due to inflammation in the lining of the uterus after giving birth. The risk also appears to increase for women who have given birth via cesarean section (c-section), terminated a pregnancy, undergone fibroid removal or had any other type of uterine surgery.
Current research is exploring a few possible causes behind the disorder, including uterine inflammation as mentioned above, invasive tissue growth and a theory known as developmental origins. The developmental origins theory suggests women with adenomyosis suffer from the condition because of how their uterus formed during fetal development. The invasive tissue growth theory suggests that when a woman undergoes uterine surgery, such as a c-section or a myomectomy to remove fibroids, cells from her uterine lining may unintentionally get pushed into the myometrium, triggering the condition.
Adenomyosis may also be hormone-triggered, an estrogen-dependent disorder caused by high levels of estrogen, progesterone, prolactin and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) circulating in the body. Women with the hormone-triggered version of the condition usually find it resolves itself once they hit menopause and their estrogen levels drop.
There are treatments for the condition, or at least ways to ease the symptoms.
Adenomyosis and Endometriosis — Related?
Adenomyosis and endometriosis are both disorders that affect the uterine lining, but they are different conditions. In adenomyosis, the uterine lining grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, while endometriosis is characterized by the uterine lining growing into areas of the body outside of the uterus (usually within the abdomen and/or pelvis).
Fertility Treatments for Adenomyosis
What studies have shown is that adenomyosis occurs most often in women who are between 40 and 50 years old, at the very end of their childbearing years or beyond them, but as many as 15 to 25 percent of women who are still in their reproductive years, usually in their 30s, may have the condition as well [source: The Center for Reproduction & Women's Health Care].
Adenomyosis is not harmful, but when women in their childbearing years develop the condition it may affect their fertility. Recent research has found that women with adenomyosis have higher miscarriage rates than women without the condition, as much as double the risk of pregnancy loss, and they also appear to have an increased risk of premature labor and abruptio placentae (a condition when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall during pregnancy) [source: Martinez-Conejero, Levgur, Maheshwari]. While there seems to be a link between impaired fertility and adenomyosis, researchers have yet to put their finger on what about adenomyosis reduces the chances of conception and a good pregnancy outcome.
At this time, the only treatment available to cure adenomyosis is a hysterectomy. But, for women who want to try to avoid or delay such a radical treatment (for example, women who want to try to become pregnant as well as women who are approaching menopause), there are more conservative ways to try to mitigate some of the symptoms.
Alternative treatments often include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, to help lessen the pain and lighten monthly periods. Some women successfully ease their symptoms and can even shrink an enlarged uterus with hormones, including birth control pills, anti-estrogens and/or progesterone supplements. Women trying to get pregnant may find that gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a), such as Lupron, or aromatase inhibitors help reduce symptoms, while preserving and perhaps improving fertility.
Women who want to get pregnant may also consider non-hysterectomy surgical options such as cytoreductive surgery, laparoscopic surgery, uterine artery embolization (which shrinks the damage by cutting off the blood flow to the affected area) and endometrial ablation (which reduces or removes the lining of the uterus). A relatively new non-invasive procedure called magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) — in which a concentrated burst of ultrasound energy destroys damaged cells without harming surrounding tissue — also shows promise as a fertility-restoring treatment for women with adenomyosis who want to become pregnant.
Adenomyosis and Co-conditions
As many as 80 percent of women with adenomyosis also suffer from other uterine or gynecologic disorders, such as fibroids or endometriosis [source: The Center for Reproduction & Women's Health Care]. These co-conditions can make it difficult to determine whether or not fertility issues arise due to adenomyosis itself or as a symptom of another disease or condition.
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The new majestic entrance to Copengahen
The Copenhagen L&M Gate Project hasn't been built yet, but the spectacular new harbor entrance promises unforgettable views once it's completed.
In 2008, the international design competition "The LM Project" was won by the Steven Holl Architects, however the construction was delayed due to the global economic recession, according to the firm. Current plans indicate that construction should start in 2016/17 »if rental efforts are progressing satisfactorily.«
The L&M pair of skyscrapers include two majestic towers linked by two pedestrian and cycle bridges at two orientations. The gates are to represent (and act as) a gateway, a new harbour entrance into the 'wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen'. According to the architects, the Langelinie tower or the so-called Gate L will overlook the sea, while the Marmormolen tower or Gate M will connect back to the historical city.
The two buildings, furnished with cafes, galleries and restaurants as well as office space and hotel accommodations, will be joined with a public walkway, boasting a 165 meter span at a height of 65 meters above the water surface, allowing cruise ships to pass underneath. Each tower is to carry its own cable-stay bridge between the two piers.
The positioning of the buildings and the site geometry joins the bridges in a way to make it look as if they were making »a handshake over the harbor«. The amazing 624,500 sq ft structure is intended to »form an iconic landmark for Copenhagen's waterfront«, which it clearly will.
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Chinese food has conquered the world. But are we ready for the donkey burger?
From steamed dumplings to hot pot, traditional Chinese food has often proved hugely popular in the West. Now, Chinese restaurant owners are hoping they have found the next delicacy to crack the Western market — donkey burgers.
In Beijing, the unusual dish is undeniably popular. At lunch hour, diners pour into the brightly colored "Fat Wang's Donkey Burger" restaurant in the busy Beijing central district of Xicheng.
Sitting at a counter with a group of friends, Beijing local Wang Li Min is tucking into the restaurant chain's signature donkey burger, which comes in a long, thin bun with spring onions. "In China, we have a saying," Wang says, between bites. "In heaven, there is dragon meat. On Earth, there is donkey meat."
Originally a northern Chinese delicacy from Hebei province, the donkey-based snack has spread to major cities across the country. There are more than 20 Fat Wang's branches in Beijing alone.
Just how popular donkey burgers are across the whole of China is debated. According to Sun Yu Jiang, a professor at the Qingdao Agricultural University, heavy demand is only really isolated to a few big provinces such as Hebei or Xinjiang.
"Donkey meat is not the mainstream product of meat consumption," he says. "Most people in China are more likely to eat pigs, poultry, cattle and sheep."
Donkeys, horses and mules are gathered for sale at a livestock trading market in Faku, northeastern China's Liaoning province on April 11, 2016.
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But Zhang Haitao, the official Hebei government-sanctioned representative of the donkey burger and founder of the Kung Fu Donkey restaurant chain, says demand is growing faster than supply. He even thinks it could go global.
"When I was the president of the Hejian Donkey Burger Association (earlier this year), the market value of the donkey burger business was about 8 billion yuan per year," he says. That's around $1.1 billion. "But if the donkey meat market can improve, the industry's market value could be at least 100 billion yuan in the future," he adds.
Fast food sensation?
Originally from Hebei, Fat Wang's is one of China's largest donkey meat restaurant chains. Apart from their signature donkey burgers, they also are known for donkey meat hotpots.
Regional head Wang is very particular about how to handle donkey meat. "It has to be from donkeys that are older than three years. If they are too young, the meat will be too soft to eat. If the meat is frozen it won't taste good," he says.
Wang explains that it is their family's recipe for donkey burgers they use to this day. And now they want to share it with the world.
Kung Fu Donkey's Zhang says there are already several people looking into opening branches overseas.
"It has been called a model for 'Chinese fast food' … The cooking procedure of donkey burger can be standardized like the hamburgers of McDonald's and KFC," he says, adding that he'd like to emulate the success of hot pot sensation Haidilao, which has hundreds of branches around the world.
Whoever gets there first, Wang says he's happy to wait as he's not worried about his competition.
"Their burgers will never taste like ours," he says.
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St. Paul aims to make public buildings 'carbon neutral' by 2030, private buildings by 2050
Aerial photo of solar panels atop the Midway Target store in St. Paul photographed on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
At St. Paul City Hall, the goal is to get the city's "carbon footprint" to nil by the year 2050. And the path toward carbon neutrality, according to city officials, revolves heavily around buildings.
"The high-level goal is we want city buildings operating as carbon neutral by 2030, and all buildings by 2050," said Russ Stark, the city's chief resilience officer and a former president of the St. Paul City Council.
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In other words, city officials hope to reduce and offset carbon dioxide emissions so that the amount released into the atmosphere by residential, commercial and government buildings balances out with the amount of energy derived from sources other than fossil fuels.
Why buildings? After studying carbon emissions within the city limits for two years, St. Paul officials found that 52 percent were related to physical structures — the energy needed to power, heat and cool buildings. Transportation-related emissions accounted for another 37 percent of carbon emissions, Stark said.
XCEL ENERGY AS A PARTNER
Carbon neutrality may sound ambitious, but Stark points out that the city will get 40 percent of the way there as Xcel Energy — the primary provider of electricity and natural gas in St. Paul — relies less and less on fossil fuels.
"The changes that Xcel are making by expanding wind and solar are going to help us a lot," Stark said.
That effort, however, is not without controversy.
Xcel Energy has set a goal of operating 85 percent carbon-free by the year 2030, but that doesn't necessarily mean switching entirely to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. About 20 to 25 percent of St. Paul's energy comes from Xcel's nuclear power plants in Prairie Island and Monticello, which are under contract for at least the next 12 years.
Xcel Energy program manager Tami Gunderzik said the utility is working closely with St. Paul and other cities and institutions on two-year energy efficiency plans.
COULD ST. PAUL MOVE FASTER?
Other cities are moving quickly on energy savings. Minneapolis, for example, has increased its franchise fees to fund investments in renewable energy sources.
Brandon Long, a former state chair of the Green Party, noted that St. Paul has set lofty goals before and fallen short. The city once talked about the year 2020 as a benchmark.
"The 2030 goals should be accomplished by 2020," Long said, before adding the goal for "2050 is just far too late. It's always a little too little, a little too late."
Nevertheless, St. Paul has been widely recognized as a leader among American municipalities trying to go greener, and the city has made recent strides. Last year, the city agreed to buy about a fourth of the energy it needs to power municipal buildings from GreenMark Solar, which operates community solar gardens.
CARBON-NEUTRAL BUILDINGS
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter's administration is still working on finalizing a larger Climate Action Plan, but the city council recently approved an 86-page resolution related specifically to buildings.
The five-year strategy outlines five primary goals:
Inspiring a culture of energy stewardship throughout the city.
Lowering energy burdens on low-income households so that no household has to spend more than 4 percent of its income on energy costs.
Working with major institutions such as colleges and hospitals to set energy goals that align with those of the city.
Promoting efficiency in large buildings, whether they be commercial or multi-family residences.
Leading by example as city government.
"Rather than just setting targets, this plan outlines how to achieve those targets," Stark said, "and how over the next five years the city is going to get on the right pace."
BUILDING OWNERS' BUY-IN
To encourage private building owners, the city has created the "Race to Reduce," a "Biggest Loser"-style competition. The program encourages building managers to monitor and compare their buildings' energy use to comparable structures across the country. The city is providing additional support through networking events, tip sheets and meetings with an energy adviser.
Ensuring no households pay more than 4 percent on energy costs will also mean making everyday homes much more energy efficient.
"We know that households across St. Paul spend anywhere from a fraction of a percent to as much as about 15 percent of their income on energy needs," Stark said. The average is about 2 percent, he noted.
Stark expects the city to work with Xcel Energy to make attractive financing available for energy efficiency projects to owners of affordable housing.
There are two primary strategies toward reducing emissions related to city-owned buildings, Stark said.
The city can use less energy to begin with, such as turning off air conditioning overnight when buildings are not in use. The city can also switch to renewable sources, such as buying energy from community solar gardens.
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Q: Cleaning survey data in python - how to finding and cleaning common rows in two files? I am working on a survey data analysing project which consist 2 Excel files- in file pre-survey, it contains 800+ response records; while in post-survey file it contains 500ish responses. Both of them have (at least) one common column SID (Student ID). Something Y happened in between, and I am interested analysing the effectiveness of Y, and in what degrade Y impacts on different categories of people.
What adds more complexity is that in each Excel file, it contains multiple tabs. Different interviewers interviewed several interviewees and documented in each tabs for different sections of survey. Columns may or may not be the same for different tabs, so it would be hard to be complied in one file. (Or does it actually make sense to combine them in one with lots of null values?)
I am trying to find the students who did both pre- and post- surveys. How can I do it across sheets and files using python/pandas/other packages?
Bonus if you could also suggest the approach to solve the problem.

A: If i'm understanding this correctly, your data is currently formatted like this
survey1.xlsx
Sheet 1 (interviewer a)
STU-ID QUESTION 1 RESPONSE 1 QUESTION 2 RESPONSE 2
00001  tutoring?  True       lunch a?   False

survey1.xlsx
Sheet 2 (interviewer b)
STU-ID QUESTION 1 RESPONSE 1 QUESTION 2 RESPONSE 2
00004  tutoring?  True        lunch a?  TRUE

survey2.xlsx
Sheet 1
STU-ID QUESTION 1    RESPONSE 1 Tutorer GPA
00001  improvement?  True       Jim     3.5

survey2.xlsx
Sheet 2 (interviewer b)
STU-ID QUESTION 1    RESPONSE 1 Tutorer  GPA
00004  improvement?  yes        Sally    2.8

if that's the case, and without knowing the data well, I would combine the tabs so that the pre-survey has the unique student ID (i'm not sure if the same student was interviewed by multiple surveyors) (if they were, you may need to do a group by, but that sounds messy)
Then I would do the same for the post survey response. Then join them into a single dataframe. From the df create a new DF with only the responses you care about (this could get rid of some na answers).
do a df.describe, and a df.dtypes
transform the data so that answers such as "yes/no" become booleans, or atleast so they're all the same format, and the same for numerical responses (int64 or float64)
Finally, I would dropna, so that the df follows your guidelines of containing responses from the first survey, and the second survey.
side note: with only 800 responses, it may be easier to do this just in excel, if you aren't comfortable with python, it would take you several hours to accomplish this, when in excel, it could take you 20 minutes.
If your goal is to learn python, then go for it
Python
import pandas as pd

df_s1s1 = pd.read_excel('survey1.xlsx', na_values="Missing", sheet_names='sheet 1', usecols=cols)
df.head()
df_s1s2 = pd.read_excel('survey1.xlsx', na_values="Missing", sheet_names='sheet 2', usecols=cols)
df_s1s2.head()

and then the same for the second survey file
df_s2s1 = pd.read_excel('survey2.xlsx', na_values="Missing", sheet_names='sheet 1', usecols=cols)
df.head()
df_s2s2 = pd.read_excel('survey2.xlsx', na_values="Missing", sheet_names='sheet 2', usecols=cols)
df_s1s2.head()

to add the different sheets to the same dataframe as rows you would use something like this
df_survey_1 = pd.concat([df_s1s1, df_s1s2])
df_survey_1.head()

then the same for the second survey
df_survey_2 = pd.concat([df_s2s1, df_s2s2])
df_survey_2.head()

and then to create the larger dataframe with all of the columns you would use something like this
master_df = pd.merge(df_survey_1, df_survey2, left_on='STU_ID', right_on='STU_ID')

Drop NA
master_df = master_df.dropna(axis = 0, how ='any')

hope this helps


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Submission Sessional Committee on the Use and Abuse of Alcohol by the Community 051 Pitjantjatjara Council Inc
Tabled Paper 271
Tabled by Eric Poole
Such a person is well aware that he would not otherwise behave in this way, and also that he will be able to speak his mind while not being held responsible for his words or actions afterwards. At Yalata, South Australia, Pitjantjatjara drinkers said that they drank alcohol in order to "get strong" enough to say what they really thought (both to each other and to white staff). A similar state of affairs exists in the Ngaanyatjarra community of Warburton. The rules that Aboriginal people break when they get drunk are not written down. Rather, they constitute shared understandings of social etiquette, in this case by Western Desert people. Some of these rules are more negotiable than others, and the closer the rules are to Aboriginal Law, the less negotiable they tend to be. Breaches of rules that are closely associated with traditional Law are much more likely to provoke repercussions - especially of a physical nature. Under the influence of alcohol, drinkers frequently flaunt these customs by swearing in ways that profane Aboriginal religious Law. This can create particular anxiety for women, who may be held responsible for overhearing things which are strictly the business of men. The traditional penalty for such blasphemy or sacrilege was severe: a fatal spearing. Because Australian law prohibits such action, people are reduced to "growling" or giving "hidings". At all events, blows are frequently exchanged. When intoxicated women use forbidden words, the punishment meted out, especially if done by an intoxicated man, can cause serious bodily injury and, sometimes, death. "Settlement" life and the difficulties of social control of alcohol use A significant feature of Aboriginal life in much of the Western Desert prior to the establishment of large settlement-based populations was that people lived in extremely small family groups, in camps spaced roughly at 30-kilometre intervals. An early observer in Western Australia noted that the people were only to be found in families of eight or nine people living together. 30