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Q: Multiple if statements to categorize a random number in a partitioned interval I am partitioning a random number to be in one of 2 cases to simulate a roll of a die. The problem is that sometimes, there is more than one step per loop. Please see the MWE below:

    count = 0
    n = random.random()

    while count = 1/2:
            n = random.random() # generate a new random number
            print("   Tails")

        count = count + 1

Output

    Count = 0
       Heads
       Tails
    Count = 1
       Heads
    Count = 2
       Heads
       Tails
    Count = 3
       Heads
       Tails
    Count = 4
       Heads
    Count = 5
       Heads
    Count = 6
       Heads
       Tails
    Count = 7
       Tails
    Count = 8
       Tails
    Count = 9
       Tails
    Count = 10
       Tails

A: What part of MWE is responsible for Heads apperaring on the output?

A: I don't know what you exactly want, but I wish it help you.
import random

for i in range(N): # N : how many repeats.
    n = random.random()
    print("Count =", i)
    if n > 0.5 :   # 50%
        print("    Heads")
    else :         # other 50%
        print("    Tails")

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Don't you love waking up on a Sunday morning to a whole new sale? I mean, for the most part, I had planned on going online and linking the items I wore to last night's birthday dinner, but then I realized Nordstrom was having a sale and I went down a deep dark rabbit hole.
There's so much good stuff for spring, though, and I immediately started adding a few things to my cart. Definitely check it out if you have any upcoming weddings or you're looking for some new gear for work! I had to stop myself because.. well, Paul and I just discussed budgets and this sale is not helping.


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About JHC
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January 26, 2023 | Mergers, Acquisitions, and Respiratory season with Quidel
November 16, 2022 | Driving Value Through Clinical Education
August 11, 2022 | The evolution of molecular diagnostics could help detect and deter the next pandemic
August 11, 2022 | Leading Non Acute Change – Part 1 with Thomas Mullins of St. Elizabeth Physicians
June 24, 2022 | IDN and Manufacturer Partnerships Redefined
Publisher's Letter: Where We Go from Here
John Pritchard
Over the last two-plus years, the COVID pandemic has altered our nation's healthcare in huge, fundamental ways. But there were also more subtle things that changed – or didn't change.
For instance, supply chain teams across U.S. hospitals and health systems had to put on hold whatever projects and initiatives they had been working on to combat the disruptions and urgent needs of providing lifesaving supplies for our caregivers.
As director of procurement, supply chain shared services / innovation at HonorHealth, Joseph Bates was working on a project of moving the non-acute to a different platform for ordering to give them a user-friendly Amazon type shopping experience when the pandemic hit. Obviously, that project was delayed as he and his team shifted to their pandemic response. But now Bates said he is looking forward to using the tools that this new platform gives his organization: looking at order efficiencies, opportunities for savings, and using those formularies to drive savings or to create standardization. "And then working with the non-acute clinical staff to find better ways to track inventory, and give us more visibility to some of those products that we lost sight of over the last couple of years amid the pandemic," he told us in this issue's cover story as we recognize some of the top non-acute supply chain leaders in the industry.
Dawn Wells, senior director, supply chain, for Northwell Health, said she is looking forward to supporting the continued growth of her organization's ambulatory network in many different areas. "We are relaunching many of our [Value Analysis Team] activities that were put on hold due to COVID and I am looking forward to working with our teams to achieve savings and create processes to align our non- acute facilities to our GPO agreements." She is also excited about their sustainability and supplier diversity program. "We are embarking on an initiative to 'green the ambulatory' which will serve as an opportunity to align with system initiatives around the health impacts of climate change. I am a champion for supplier diversity and have been very lucky to lead and grow our supplier diversity initiatives for the past 10 years."
Indeed, it's good to hear more and more of these stories of momentum coming back to supply chain initiatives. We hope you enjoy this issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting.
Model of the Future: Battling Cancer Amid COVID
Redefining Partnerships between IDNs and Manufacturers
Top Non-Acute Care Supply Chain Leaders
Supply Chain: Operation Warp Speed
Book Spotlight: Significant Figures
A Sustainable Approach
No Surprises Act is Flawed: Doctors
Heightened Cybersecurity Awareness
Healthcare Supply Chain Association Column
HIDA Prime Vendor: Building in Resilience
News & Calendar June 2022

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At 600m of the hotel. Have a great moment in this English garden in the center of Nantes.
Enjoy your drink at the 32nd floor and a 360° panoramic view of Nantes and its surroundings.
Our team can give you some advice about the different visit between april and september.


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require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/module_spec_helper'
require 'puppet_x/xdt_transformer'
require 'nokogiri'

def compare_namespaces(expected, actual)
    if expected.nil?
        expect(actual).to eql(nil)
    else
        expect(actual.href).to eql(expected.href)
        expect(actual.prefix).to eql(expected.prefix)
    end
end

def compare_attributes(expected, actual)
    expected_attrs = expected.attribute_nodes
    actual_attrs = actual.attribute_nodes
    expect(actual_attrs.length).to eql(expected_attrs.length)
    expected_attrs.each_with_index do |expected_attr, i|
        expect(actual_attrs[i].name).to eql(expected_attr.name)
        expect(actual_attrs[i].value).to eql(expected_attr.value)
        compare_namespaces(expected_attr.namespace, actual_attrs[i].namespace)
    end
end

def compare_elements(expected, actual)
    expect(actual.name).to eql(expected.name)
    compare_namespaces(expected.namespace, actual.namespace)
    compare_attributes(expected, actual)
    expect(actual.elements.length).to eql(expected.elements.length)
    expected.elements.each_with_index do |expected_child, i|
        compare_elements(expected_child, actual.elements[i])
    end
end

describe XdtTransformer do
    describe "#transform" do
        context "when transforming spec/resources/transform_only/source.xml with spec/resources/transform_only/transform.xml" do
            it "transformed file same as spec/resources/transform_only/expected.xml" do
                source_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_only/source.xml"))
                transform_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_only/transform.xml"))
                expected_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_only/expected.xml"))
                transformed_doc = XdtTransformer.new(source_doc, transform_doc).transform

                File.write("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_only/.temp.actual.xml", transformed_doc.to_s)
                compare_elements(expected_doc.root, transformed_doc.root)
            end
        end
        context "when transforming spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/source.xml with spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/transform.xml" do
            it "transformed file same as spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/expected.xml" do
                source_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/source.xml"))
                transform_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/transform.xml"))
                expected_doc = Nokogiri::XML(File.read("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/expected.xml"))
                transformed_doc = XdtTransformer.new(source_doc, transform_doc).transform
                File.write("#{Dir.pwd}/spec/resources/transform_with_namespaces/.temp.actual.xml", transformed_doc.to_s)
                compare_elements(expected_doc.root, transformed_doc.root)
            end
        end
    end
end


We have launched the New Year with a new office in Beverley, which is the operational base of ACA's "virtual" platform. The design of the office was developed combining years of interior design experience and using realistic 3D modelling software, enabling us to visualise our ideas accurately to achieve the desired result.
The new office has been efficiently designed like a "Fiat 500", accommodating space requirements for working stations, a meeting corner and the ever-expanding reference library, which is at the core of each and every ACA project.
The design reflects ACA's principles in creating healthier and happier buildings for the people who experience them.
The colour scheme of the walls, flooring and furniture was carefully selected to create a warm, comfortable and inviting working environment, with simple work stations devoid of clutter. Orientation of the furniture, colours, symbols and plants were chosen following the Feng Shui philosophy to achieve a harmonious and well-balanced space, supporting ACA's vision and vitality. A feature, one-wall mural increases the sense of space, at the same time offering an inspiring view and perhaps the destination for a dream holiday!


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Holly "Lynn" Lawrence
Holly "Lynn" Lawrence, 71, West Plains, Missouri passed away peacefully Friday, April 10, 2015 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. Lynn fought an uphill battle for six weeks after complications following heart surgery.
She was born in Meshoppen, Pennsylvania and spent most of her childhood and young adult life in Southern Florida until 1979. Lynn and husband Bob moved their family to a farm near Alton, Missouri where their children attended school at Thayer. Even though Lynn loved many things about living in Missouri, her heart truly never left Florida. She met her true love and best friend, Robert Lawrence in 1968 and they were married in 1969. Lynn and Bob shared a lot of laughter and tears during their forty-six year marriage. Up until Lynn's last moments with us Bob was still kissing her cheek and assuring her this was not the end but just the beginning and thanked her for being a wonderful wife, mother, nana, sister and friend. All that knew Lynn would agree with Bob. Lynn's first and foremost priority was taking care of her family and friends. Some consider cooking a job, however in Lynn's eyes it brought her great joy. Both daughters, Chrissy and Jessica are both blessed with many recipes, but most valued are the memories of kitchen time with mom. Lynn worked at Ozarks Medical Center for twenty-two years as a Clinic Technician. Until her retirement in 2008 she assisted numerous Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. Lynn will live in the hearts and laughter of people she shared her opinions with on politics, gardening, growing flowers and plants. Her love for her hobby of "junkin" as she called it provided a source of playful teasing by family of what items she would haul home (sometimes hiding the item and not revealing it until just the right time). No matter what shape or despair her treasure was in when it was brought home she could always breathe life back into it and produce a gem. More times than not the joke was on those who teased her. Each summer while vacationing in Florida time was spent "junkin" with her sister, Rachel. This is the only time Lynn could not hide her treasures from Bob since he had to load and then unload them. Lynn had a great love for the ocean and beach. Some of the happiest times for Lynn was exploring what types of shells, sand dollars or mysteries that washed up on the beach with her family. And let's not forget her favorite food of all, seafood. Although her children where loved deeply by Lynn, grandchildren Taylor and Sophie held a very special spot in her heart. Nana as they called her was that cool grandmother that never got upset over spilled milk, taught them nick names for squirrels "Chester" and Red Birds "Rex" and showed her true sense of humor by telling jokes and pulling pranks. Sophie says, my Nana always danced in the kitchen when I was having a bad day to make me feel better.
She is survived by husband, Robert Lawrence of the family home; three children, Jamie Lawrence, West Plains, Chrissy Walker, husband, Jerry, West Plains and Jessica Denton, husband, Jon, Akron, Ohio; five grandchildren, Taylor Ryan, Sophia Walker, Logan Lawrence, wife, Summer (great grandchildren Everli Slade and Kaber), Jordan Lawrence, Springfield, Missouri, Whitney Lawrence (great grandchild Chandler); one sister, Rachel Snyder Hartmann, West Palm Beach, Florida; one nephew, Beck Hartmann, wife, Kim, and daughter Ashley; one niece, Heather Hartmann Vanderplate, husband, Jake.
No services will be held out of respect for Lynn's final request which was for her family to surround her with love as she embraced her journey to heaven. After being cremated she wanted her ashes spread in the Ocean where other members of her family have been placed. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Herbert Metzger	JR Beam
Chrissy, so sorry for your loss…I'll always remember your mama's laughter!!
Dawn Neptune
Thinking of you and your family at this difficult time. Your tribute to her is so fitting. I can feel her love of life and hear her laughter through your words. It is the perfect tribute of a well-loved family who held her dear. May those lovely, treasured memories bring you comfort. Sending much love.
My thoughts are with you all. She was so full of knowledge and just so fun to be around. I truly enjoyed visiting with her whenever I seen her (which was usually at Walmart. HA!) May your wonderful memories ease your sorrow. I am so sorry.
Jude Duffell
To Lynn's family; I worked with Lynn at the Studio (Ann and Bill Dugan's day program on Locust St.) in the '80's. I liked her immediately (what's not to like), and always enjoyed seeing her around town in the decades following. She was an exceptional person in all ways, and made the world a brighter place, aptly described in your tribute to her. I bet she and Ann and Kathy Wofford are dancing in Heaven's kitchen and whipping up something scrumptious!
Jan Kling
Bob, i just read your tribute to Lynn, and I wanted to tell you how special it was. I almost feel like we were robbed, just finding each other after all these years. Know that you and all the family are thought of often, with prayers.


"Three tightly held beliefs about myself that I might consider dropping . . . "
How does your inner critic emerge when you sit quietly and practice formal meditation?
When you have moments of quiet thought or mind wandering?
Do you seek to change any of this inner critic activity?
As many times a day as you are able, give the mind a short rest. For the duration of three deep breaths, ask your inner narrative to slow to near silence. Then open all your senses and step into situational awareness—color, sound, touch and small. Put a note on your locker or desk at work, on your bathroom mirror and refrigerator at home, with the number "3" on it to remind you to practice.


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Exhibition of the BAZA Award for contemporary art nominees: Kiril Kuzmanov, Kosta Tonev, Leda Ekimova, Maximilian Pramatarov, Pavel Lefterov, Zoran Georgiev
26 June 2012 - 22 July 2012
The exhibition marks the fifth release of the BAZA Award for contemporary art. It was established in 2008 on the initiative of the Institute of Contemporary Art – Sofia and exists as a part of an international awards network for young artists based in New York City. Following the tradition, the exhibition of the nominees is realised with the cooperation of the SofiaCity Art Gallery and in one of its halls. The Award is unique for Bulgaria and comprises a six-week residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, and a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) gallery in Sofia. The first four BAZA award winners are: Rada Boukova (2008), Samuil Stoyanov (2009), Anton Terziev (2010) and Vikenti Komitski (2011). Their experience from the residence in New York City already proved the efficiency of such awarding format because of the widening of the professional and fellow contacts, the invitations for participation in exhibitions in different countries as well as the knowledge gathered through the observation of the New York City art scene.
The aim of the nominees exhibition is to present the best of the work of each chosen artist and to give an idea about his or hers individual art preferences. In the upcoming exposition new works of art are predominant which were especially planned and realized for this occasion.
The works of Zoran Georgiev focus on the topic for the way of artefacts through history and the working process perceived as a link between the making of art and the non-art activities. Leda Ekimova is interested in the human emotionality, expressing this through symbols of the body and organic materials. Kiril Kuzmanov explores the idea of the travelling, the moving and the image of the artist not as a tourist, but as a traveller. The youngest participant Pavel Lefterov joints the exhibition as an example for intense mastering of painting and direct look at the mass culture and consumer society. Maximilian Pramatarov is occupied with manipulation of documental images, adding sense changes through the technical means of photography. The works of Kosta Tonev show his long-time continuity in the assessment of words and terms based on postulates of the modern art history.
In 2012 members of the jury are: Maria Vassileva (curator, chief curator of the Sofia City Art Gallery), Iara Boubnova (curator, director of ICA-Sofia), Nedko Solakov (artist), Boris Missirkov (photographer), Olivier Boissiere (contemporary art collector).
LEDA EKIMOVA IS THE AWARD WINNER.
Zoran Georgiev was born in 1985 in Gevgelia, Republic of Macedonia. In 2012 graduates in painting at the National Academy of Art (NAA), under professor Andrei Daniel. Works on painting, video, installation and objects. Award winner for painting from the Competition for young artists, critics and curators of the "St. Cyril and St. Methodius" international foundation.
Leda Ekimova was born in 1980 in Svishtov. In 2004 graduates in Fashion at the NAA. Works as an artist,fashion designer and curator. Founder of the "Pistolet" gallery and the fashion label "Chaika". In her art expressions she prefers the means of painting and installation.
Kiril Kuzmanov was born in 1981 in Sofia. In 2009 graduates in Sculpture at the NAA, under professor Emil Popov. In his work he experiments with interventions in the urban environment or exhibition spaces, using different means of expression. In 2009 he wins First price in the Turgusun Arts Festival, Kazakhstan.
Pavel Lefterov was born in 1994 in Sofia. Studies at the National school for fine arts "Ilia Petrov". Participates in several joint exhibitions, among which SAATCHI ONLINE at the exposition ARTPARIS JUST ART, Grand Palais March, Paris, 2011. Award winner from the Sixth national competition for academic painting, Sofia, 2010.
Maximilian Pramatarov was born in 1979 in Sofia. In 2002 he graduates in Theology at the Sofia University, and in 2011 - at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Works mainly in the area of photography, lately experimenting with the lenticular technique for 3D printing. In 2006 receives an award from the international magazine for photography and media artEIKON.
Kosta Tonev was born in 1980 in Plovdiv. In 2004 he graduates in painting at the NAA, under professor Andrei Daniel. In 2008 graduates painting at the Academy of fine arts in Vienna. Works on painting, video, photography and installations. Known to the public through numerous participations in exhibitions in Bulgaria and worldwide.
КОЛЕКЦИЯТА. НОВИ ПОСТЪПЛЕНИЯ 2010-2011
Софийската градска художествена галерия представя най-новите постъпления във фондовете Живопис, Графика, Скулптура и Съвременно изкуство и фотография, приети през последните две години като откупки или дарения. По традиция от 2008 г. насам музеят се отчита с подобни изложби пред своята публика и показва политиката си по отношение попълването на колекцията.
Благодарение на финансовата подкрепа на Столична община през 2007 година галерията реализира първите след повече от 15 години откупки на художествени произведения. Оттогава всяка година с прецизна селекция във фондовете на музея влизат различни по характер творби. Даренията също са важен източник за обогатяване на колекцията.
Както и досега, попълването върви в няколко посоки. Едната е издирване на класически произведения на българското изкуство, които липсват или не са достатъчно добре представени в колекцията (Никола Георгиев, Николай Ростовцев, Георги Велчев, Пенчо Балкански). Другата е проследяване развитието на автори, които се определят като утвърдени в българската художествена култура и пълноценното им показване изисква включване на работи от различни периоди на творческото им развитие (скулптурите Томас Кочев и Емил Попов, графика Иван Нинов, живописците Йоан Левиев, Румен Скорчев, Андрей Даниел, Греди Асса). Селекцията обръща специално внимание на поколението художници, което се утвърждава след втората половина на 80-те години и поради трудния преходен период остава извън музейните колекции (Румен Жеков, Долорес Дилова, Онник Каранфилиян, Васил Попов). Продължава линията на обогатяване на фондовете с млади живописци (Нина Русева, Александър Петков) и графици (Любомир Кръстев). Интересен акцент тази година представляват новопридобитите карикатури – една силно подценявана от музеите област на художествено изразяване (Алла и Чавдар Георгиеви, Чавдар Николов, Христо Комарницки, Стефан Десподов, Румен Драгостинов, Иван Кутузов). СГХГ продължава да попълва и своя фонд "Съвременно изкуство и фотография", който е без аналог в българската музейна практика (Васил Симитчиев, Аделина Попнеделева, Недко Солаков, Даниела Костова, Нина Ковачева и Валентин Стефанов, Калин Серапионов, Борис Мисирков и Георги Богданов, Рада Букова и др.).


What will happen in 2016 in classical music? Here are seven trends to look out for.
Film screenings with live orchestra accompaniment — a trend that has been developing for several years — will peak in 2016. The technology, which involves stripping the original score from the soundtrack, is improving as more productions hit the touring circuit. As evidence of the trend, the New York Philharmonic recently added two films to its spring schedule — "Fantasia" and Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" — following its ongoing Art of the Score series.
Seeking to raise more than $100 million, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia is planning a major naming-rights sale, with opportunities for its plazas, escalators and other ancillary spaces. And following its neighbors at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera is said to be exploring similar revenue-generating opportunities. So far, $100 million has been the threshold donation in New York philanthropic circles – will that hold steady?
After years of criticism about its confusing presentation of classical music on iTunes (and more recently, Apple Music), Apple released an update in December for the OS X version of its software to address metadata issues. Some inconsistencies may linger, but the revamped layouts for pieces, composers and performers are a welcome step. Rumored next are enhancements in Apple Music's audio stream quality.
Appointments in 2015 by the New Jersey Symphony and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (both to Xian Zhang) and by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (to Alondra de la Parra) pointed to progress for women conductors, long marginalized on major podiums. In 2016, watch for further, if modest, developments, particularly among small- and mid-sized ensembles.
The year 2015 brought operas about major cultural-historical figures including Andy: A Popera (about Andy Warhol), 27 (about Gertrude Stein) and Yardbird (about Charlie Parker). Watch in 2016 for the Fort Worth Opera premiere of JFK, by the composer David T. Little and the librettist Royce Vavrek (April 23, May 1, 7) and a reading of La Reina, by composer Jorge Sosa and librettist Laura Sosa Pedroza, based on the Mexico-U.S. drug trade (Jan. 17, Prototype Festival). The year 2017 brings The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs by Mason Bates (Santa Fe Opera).
Opera companies and orchestras are increasingly marketing themselves to people in their 20s and 30s as the place for a swanky night out, offering discounts and other enticements.
Love 'em or hate 'em, composer anniversaries are always a big programming hook. The year 2016 brings the 150th birth anniversary of French composer Erik Satie (May 17, 2016) and the centennial of Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera's birth (April 11, 2016). Both are opportunities to get to known unsung corners of their catalogs. Other anniversaries to watch for: Serge Prokofiev (125), Henri Dutilleux (100), Ferruccio Busoni (150) and William Shakespeare (400th of his death).


Have questions or comments about Recyclemania? Here are a few of the questions we mostly receive about our events.
1. Why do we participate in Recyclemania?
To promote the concept of sustainability, and encourage our community to be dilligent about sustainable options.
2. Who can get involved?
Everyone on campus can and is encouraged to participate in our events.
We have several events each year. You can volunteer for an event. Send us an email at susainability@siu.edu for more informationon volunteering with us. Also, remember to always recycle where applicable. Check out our recycling page for more on what to recycle: Recycling at SIU.
4. How do I follow/track how we are doing?
The results for our diversion rates are entered into our profile weekly on the Recyclemania's website. At the end of the competition, final results are calculated and displayed here.
5. What else can I do to help?
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This Master Chess & Checkers Board is Inlaid maple/walnut chess & checkers board with a high gloss finish, and with brass corners. Squares: 2". Made in Spain. Board Size: 20" sq. As a general rule the diameter of the chessmen/checkers should be 1/4" smaller than the squares of the chess board.


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Primates and Bushmeat Hunting Around the High Niger National Park, Guinea, West Africa: Drivers and Patterns of Change
Humle, Tatyana, Konate, Alexandre (2015) Primates and Bushmeat Hunting Around the High Niger National Park, Guinea, West Africa: Drivers and Patterns of Change. In: Folia Primatologica. 6th European Federation for Primatology. 86 (4, Jou). p. 298. (doi:10.1159/000435825) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:56225)
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Bushmeat hunting contributes to the decline of primate species across Africa; however, few
in land-use patterns and economic drivers may enhance threats to primates in Muslim dominated
Park (HNNP) is one of only two national parks in the Republic of Guinea. The park is one of the
of high conservation priority for ungulates and the western subspecies of chimpanzee. This study
several markets in and around the HNNP, (2) analyse the evolution of the bushmeat trade since
area. Local market assessments were conducted across four village markets and in Faranah, one
of 46 species and 22 families on markets surveyed over a 7 month period spanning both the dry
in the bushmeat trade helped identify more recent drivers of the bushmeat trade in the
crop-foraging and local microcredit systems in exacerbating the presence of primate species sold
future research, this study emphasises the growing risks facing primates as targets for bushmeat
complied with the International Primatological Society (IPS) Guidelines for the Use of Nonhuman
Primates in Research.
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Digital Humanities : CourseStatementFAQ2014
Course Statement: ENGL 4709/5709: Digital Humanities
T 4:00 - 6:40
M C Morgan | Morgan's Wiki
Fitzpatrick, K, and J Henning. Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy. New York Univ Pr, 2011. ISBN-10: 0814727883. $23.00
Hayles, N. K. Writing Machines. The MIT Press, 2002. ISBN-10: 0262582155 $15.00
O'Gorman, M. E-Crit: Digital Media, Critical Theory and the Humanities. Univ of Toronto Press, 2006. ISBN-10: 0802095445. $28.00
Vandendorpe, C. From Papyrus to Hypertext: Toward the Universal Digital Library. U of Illinois Pr, 2009. ISBN-10: 0252076257 $26.00
Ramsay, Stephen. Reading Machines: Toward an Algorithmic Criticism. University of Illinois Press, 2011. ISBN-10: 0252078209 $23.00
Game: The Path. Tale of Tales, 2009. <http://tale-of-tales.com/ThePath/> or Steam. $10.00 Windows or Mac
Online Accounts and Resources
Your own weblog or wiki. Surely you have one. No? Get one.
Twitter account.
Image account: Flickr, Picasa, Instagram ...
SlideShare account. To make them valuable to others, you need to store those PPT decks online.
Prezi account.
Facebook account. If you haven't set up a blog or wiki, FB will do to post and share.
Google account. Mail is good, but you might want to use Google Docs for sharing, and Hangouts for discussion. N-Gram might come in handy.
others?
Q: What is this course?
A: Consider it a survey course, a flyover of new territory, with a GPS, digital camera, and smart phone.
Q: What are the Digital Humanities? Or is it, What is digital humanities? Or, maybe, What is digital humanity?
A: I'll turn to the Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 for a provisional answer. For this course, DH are/is
an array of convergent practices that explore a universe in which:
print is no longer the exclusive or the normative medium in which knowledge is produced and/or disseminated; instead, print finds itself absorbed into new, multimedia configurations; and
digital tools, techniques, and media have altered the production and dissemination of knowledge in the arts, human and social sciences.
Q: What role do the digital humanities play in the world?
A: I'll let the Manifesto address that.
The Digital Humanities seeks to play an inaugural role with respect to a world in which [universities], no longer the sole producers, stewards, and disseminators of knowledge or culture, … are called upon
to shape natively digital models of scholarly discourse for the newly emergent public spheres of the present era (the www, the blogosphere, digital libraries, etc.),
to model excellence and innovation in these domains, and
to facilitate the formation of networks of knowledge production, exchange, and dissemination that are, at once, global and local.
Q: Enough hedging. What is this course?
A: Our project as a course is to explore a little piece of that world, where universities are no longer the sole producers of knowledge, where print is no longer the normative medium of knowledge, and to look at what shapes practices in humanities take on.
Q: What will we do here?
A: Read stuff, look at stuff on the web and elsewhere, talk about the ideas the stuff brings up, then see what happens when we apply those ideas to the world, using a mixture of digital and analogue tools and media. This is what I take to be the array of convergent practices that DH addresses.
Q: Some examples?
A: Sure. Compose a manifesto declaring your position on the digital humanities at the turn towards the 2020s, but Use Google Forms to create an interactive survey that readers take and are then allowed to review the results. Or, Create a Library of Congress, Dewey Decimal or another system for cataloging YouTube videos. Or, Create a concept map of a cluster of our readings. Or, Use PPT to argue that the use of PPT is inadequate for argument. Or, Collect tweets over 24 hours that use an emotional term (love, hate, bored…), print them, then array them (on a board, a wall, the floor) to illustrate something you consider vital about the term as used in tweeting. Or let others array them in categories, using a card sorting method, and labeling the categories. Or, Invent a new writing technology and use it to compose an appropriate message in an appropriate genre. …
Q: Sounds a little like conceptual art, doesn't it? Kinda post-modern.
A: That's not a question, but, yes, it does. Each of these little analytical and interpretive projects is designed to reveal something about the ideas and media it entails - to both the creators of the artifact and the users. Using Google forms to frame a manifesto, or exploring what it means to categorize knowledge by trying it with tweets. These are the kinds of convergent practices that the humanities take on, bent slightly so we can see how they work. It looks a little like analysis gone mad, but that's the nature of the DH beast.
Q: So we make stuff? Like art?
A: We'll be making stuff, but it isn't art, really. That is, the focus is not on creating an aesthetic artifact. In studying traditional humanities, you might be asked to write a paper or give a presentation. But DH makes possible - probably demands - alternative practices of articulation. Engaging a project is our alternative. One week, we'll read stuff and look at stuff, and then meet to discuss it. For the next week, we'll come up with a project that will let us explore or illustrate or interrogate the ideas. It might include writing, or other means of articulation. That project will be due the following week, and we'll look at what we've done. Then on to the next set of readings. Rinse and repeat.
Q: Why did you choose these books and readings?
A: Some survey the field. Others enact digital humanities projects - they are examples of those convergent practices I've mentioned elsewhere. The books I selected focus on digital writing, academic work, and digital poetics rather than history, social science, library science, et al. Rhetoric and Literary Theory is my field. I'm not an expert in et al. But rhetoric includes visual argument and visual rhetoric, and lit theory includes narrative study. Disciplines are changing to incorporate new methods and new kinds of artifacts that need theorizing and explication: narrative includes games, poetics includes tablet apps. This is one of the changes that DH has already brought into the university.
Q: Exams? Quizzes? Papers?
A: I refer my patient reader to the Manifesto. In a conceptual world in which print is not the normative medium, these measures and artifacts become problematic. You will be asked to produce artifacts, yes, because more than ever DH depends on producing artifacts that tell us something about the digital humanities we're investigating. See those examples above, if you're still reading linearly.
Q: So how will I be evaluated and graded?
A: I will evaluate what you are coming to understand by your work in those artifacts, along with your participation in discussions. There seems to be no normative understanding set for DH yet, so I can't give you a scale. I'll use the instruction manual section from the Manifesto:
‐‐instruction manual:
don't whine
comment, engage, retort, spread the word
throw an idea
Or, Attend, participate, engage the materials and ideas, create the artifacts, and stay on time and you'll do fine.
Q: Anything else I need to know?
A: Bring a laptop, tablet, or smartphone to class. Or all of them. We will be moving online as we work.
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namespace Openbuildings\Spiderling;

use Symfony\Component\CssSelector;

class Locator {

	const DEFAULT_TYPE = 'css';

	/**
	 * Converted xpath cache
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $_xpath;

	/**
	 * The type of the locator, can be css, field, xpath, label, link or button
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $_type;

	/**
	 * The selector used to generate the xpath
	 * @var string
	 */
	protected $_selector;

	/**
	 * Additional filters to apply after the xpath is found
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $_filters;

	/**
	 * @param string $type
	 * @param string $selector
	 * @param array $filters
	 */
	function __construct($type, $selector, array $filters = array())
	{
		$this->_type = $type === NULL ? self::DEFAULT_TYPE : $type;
		$this->_selector = $selector;
		$this->_filters = $filters;
	}

	/**
	 * Check if a Node item matches the current filters
	 * @param  Node    $item
	 * @param  integer  $index
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function is_filtered(Node $item, $index)
	{
		foreach ($this->filters() as $filter => $value)
		{
			try {
				switch ($filter)
				{
					case 'at':
						$matches_filter = $this->filter_by_at($item, $index, $value);
					break;

					case 'value':
						$matches_filter = $this->filter_by_value($item, $index, $value);
					break;

					case 'text':
						$matches_filter = $this->filter_by_text($item, $index, $value);
					break;

					case 'visible':
						$matches_filter = $this->filter_by_visible($item, $index, $value);
					break;

					case 'attributes':
						$matches_filter = $this->filter_by_attributes($item, $index, $value);
					break;

					default:
						throw new Exception('Filter :filter does not exist', array(':filter' => $filter));
				}

				if ( ! $matches_filter)
					return FALSE;

			} catch (Exception_Staleelement $e) {
				return FALSE;
			}
		}

		return TRUE;
	}

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	 * Try matching "at" filter
	 *
	 * @param  Node   $item
	 * @param  integer $index
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function filter_by_at(Node $item, $index, $value)
	{
		return $index == $value;
	}

	/**
	 * Try matching "value" filter
	 *
	 * @param  Node   $item
	 * @param  integer $index
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function filter_by_value(Node $item, $index, $value)
	{
		return $item->value() == $value;
	}

	/**
	 * Try matching "text" filter
	 *
	 * @param  Node   $item
	 * @param  integer $index
	 * @param  string $value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function filter_by_text(Node $item, $index, $value)
	{
		$text = $item->text();

		return ($text AND $value AND mb_stripos($text, $value) !== FALSE);
	}

	/**
	 * Try matching "visible" filter
	 *
	 * @param  Node   $item
	 * @param  integer $index
	 * @param  boolean $value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function filter_by_visible(Node $item, $index, $value)
	{
		return $item->is_visible() === $value;
	}

	/**
	 * Try matching "attributes" filter
	 *
	 * @param  Node   $item
	 * @param  integer $index
	 * @param  array $value
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function filter_by_attributes(Node $item, $index, array $value)
	{
		foreach ($value as $attribute_name => $attribute_val)
		{
			if ($item->attribute($attribute_name) != $attribute_val)
				return FALSE;
		}

		return TRUE;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the xpath representaiton of the selector, using the appropriate method
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function xpath()
	{
		if ( ! $this->_xpath)
		{
			switch ($this->type())
			{
				case 'css':
					$this->_xpath = '//'.$this->convert_css_selector_to_xpath($this->selector());
				break;

				case 'xpath':
					$this->_xpath = $this->selector();
				break;

				case 'field':
					$this->_xpath = $this->field_to_xpath($this->selector());
				break;

				case 'label':
					$this->_xpath = $this->label_to_xpath($this->selector());
				break;

				case 'link':
					$this->_xpath = $this->link_to_xpath($this->selector());
				break;

				case 'button':
					$this->_xpath = $this->button_to_xpath($this->selector());
				break;

				default:
					throw new Exception('Locator type ":type" does not exist', array(':type' => $this->_type));
			}
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		return $this->_xpath;
	}

	/**
	 * Getter. Current type, one of css, field, xpath, label, link or button
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function type()
	{
		return $this->_type;
	}

	/**
	 * Getter. Current selector
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function selector()
	{
		return $this->_selector;
	}

	/**
	 * Getter. Current filters
	 * @return array
	 */
	public function filters()
	{
		return $this->_filters;
	}

	/**
	 * Convert field selector into xpath
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	 * @param  string $selector
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function field_to_xpath($selector)
	{
		$type = "(self::input and (not(@type) or @type != 'submit')) or self::textarea or self::select";

		$matchers['by name']        = "@name = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by id']          = "@id = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by placeholder'] = "@placeholder = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by label for']   = "@id = //label[normalize-space() = '$selector']/@for";
		$matchers['by option']      = "(self::select and ./option[(@value = \"\" or not(@value)) and contains(normalize-space(), \"$selector\")])";

		return "//*[($type) and (".join(' or ', $matchers).")]";
	}

	/**
	 * Convert label selector to xpath
	 * @param  string $selector
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function label_to_xpath($selector)
	{
		$type = "self::label";

		$matchers['by id']           = "@id = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by title']        = "contains(@title, '$selector')";
		$matchers['by content text'] = "contains(normalize-space(), '$selector')";
		$matchers['by img alt']      = "descendant::img[contains(@alt, '$selector')]";

		return "//*[($type) and (".join(' or ', $matchers).")]";
	}

	/**
	 * Convert link selector to xpath
	 * @param  string $selector
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function link_to_xpath($selector)
	{
		$matchers['by title']        = "contains(@title, '$selector')";
		$matchers['by id']           = "@id = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by content text'] = "contains(normalize-space(), '$selector')";
		$matchers['by img alt']      = "descendant::img[contains(@alt, '$selector')]";

		return "//a[".join(' or ', $matchers)."]";
	}

	/**
	 * Convert button selector to xpath
	 * @param  string $selector
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function button_to_xpath($selector)
	{
		$type = "(self::input and @type = 'submit') or self::button";

		$matchers['by title']        = "contains(@title, '$selector')";
		$matchers['by id']           = "@id = '$selector'";
		$matchers['by content text'] = "contains(normalize-space(), '$selector')";
		$matchers['by img alt']      = "descendant::img[contains(@alt, '$selector')]";
		$matchers['by value']        = "contains(@value, '$selector')";
		$matchers['by name']         = "@name = '$selector'";

		return "//*[($type) and (".join(' or ', $matchers).")]";
	}

	/**
	 * Return a pretty printed representation of the locator
	 * @return string
	 */
	public function __toString()
	{
		if ($this->filters())
		{
			$filters = " filters: ".json_encode($this->filters());
		}
		else
		{
			$filters = '';
		}

		return "Locator: ({$this->type()}) {$this->selector()}".$filters;
	}

    /**
     * Convert a CSS selector to XPath.
     * Uses Symfony CSS Selector 2.8 and above API if possible.
     * Otherwise fallback to pre-2.8 static interface.
     *
     * @param  string $css_selector CSS selector
     * @return string XPath selector
     */
    private function convert_css_selector_to_xpath($css_selector)
    {
        if (class_exists('Symfony\Component\CssSelector\CssSelectorConverter')) {
            $converter = new CssSelector\CssSelectorConverter();
            return $converter->toXPath($this->selector());
        }

        return CssSelector\CssSelector::toXPath($this->selector());
    }
}


I have been thinking about all the things I want to do once I retire more fully - when that time comes. I've been thinking about going to university and studying languages and creative writing. I've been thinking about travelling.
And today I had a thought that feels right. It's time for me to make a serious contribution. I believe I must have skills somewhere (checking the laundry hamper) that are going to be of use somewhere in the world. I am passionate about several causes - human rights, animals - it's time to make a contribution - to do my part to leave this world a better place than I found it. The Central Asia Institute? the SPCA? Someone can use my skills. The investigation begins. What better way to retire?


The thought of being able to harness free energy from the sun is very enticing. It's better for the environment than burning coal and it can even save you a lot of money.
Although the sun is bombarding the Earth with free energy every day, there is still an expense involved with buying the equipment and components it takes to collect and use that energy. So how much does solar power cost?
How much money will I need to get started with and how quickly will I see a positive return on investment?
The amount of money solar power is going to cost depends on a number of different factors. The more electricity you use, the more solar panels you will need. And if your system is going to be off grid, you're going to need a battery bank large enough to store all of the electricity you when the sun is not shining. Needless to say, the more efficient your home is, the less solar power will cost you. If you have good insulation and you're running energy-efficient appliances, getting started with a solar power set up will be less expensive.
So to answer the question how much does solar power cost, a good place to start would be to figure out what your average energy usage is. According to the US Energy Information Administration the average household in the United States uses about 900 kWh of energy every month. To figure out what your energy usage is, you can look at your electric bills from the last six months or more and then average them out to find out what your average kilowatt hour usage is on a monthly basis. You may also be able to call your local utility company for help in figuring out what your average usage is.
Once you know how much energy you use in an average month, you'll have to figure out how many solar panels it will take to supply all of the energy you need. You'll have to look into the average number of hours of sunlight that your area receives. When you know how much sunlight your area receives and what your average energy requirements are, you can start to calculate how many solar panels it will take to provide you with the energy you need.
It's also important to keep in mind that you will need to buy more than just solar panels. You may need to purchase batteries and you'll certainly need to purchase things like inverters and charge controllers. To help make solar power more affordable, a lot of local governments offer tax breaks or other incentives to help offset the cost, so you'll have to look into those types of programs as well.
The most recent information we were able to find the time of this writing says that in the United States, homeowners are paying anywhere from $3 to $4 per watt to install a solar panel system, with the average price being $3.70 per watt. To get an accurate estimate of how much a solar system will cost you, you have a couple of different options.
There are a number of websites that have cost calculators where you can enter information about your power consumption, the number of hours of daylight you receive, and a number of other factors, and then the computer will generate some estimates about how much you may have to pay. The most accurate way to figure out exactly how much solar power will cost you would be to get a consultation from a professional. If you're going to hire a company to do the installation for you, they will be able to help you figure out exactly how many solar panels you need and tell you how much it's going to cost. If you're going to do it yourself, collecting all of the various data and then using one of the online calculators may be your best bet.


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People With Cool Jobs
Taylor Rochestie: Professional Basketball Player
June 3, 2015 August 7, 2015
Name: Taylor Rochestie
Job Title: Basketball Player
Job Description: European Pro Athlete
Tell me about the path that led you to where you are today.
Since the age of about 5 I have loved the game of basketball. Always wanting to be like my brother Alex, I would do whatever he did and started playing sports with older kids at a young age. As my athletic abilities grew I played AAU basketball, high school ball, then eventually played in college at Washington State. From there I went through the process of picking an agent, and grew this young passion for sports into a career.
How did you come to the realization that this is something you wanted to pursue as a career?
Most kids at the age of 10 have great fantasies about the people they will become, whether it's a superhero or a tax accountant. Ever since I could remember I wanted to be a pro basketball player, and I have known it inside me my whole life. In 6th grade I was asked on film what I think I will be doing in 5 years and 10 years. "In 5 years I'll be playing college basketball, and in 10 years I will be playing pro basketball in Australia or Europe," I said. Well I haven't played for a team in Australia yet, although I have been there and played against their top teams, but I have been playing in the European game now for the last 6 years.
Tell me about your daily routine.
The daily routine is not as sexy as most people make out my job to be. Most fans, friends, and family watch the games on TV, see the highlights, or read the articles about the games. The reality is practice, practice, and more practice. When I am not practicing, the most important thing I can do for myself and my body is relax. I hate to admit it but I watch a lot of TV shows, and I love movies. It's a perfect combination of work hard, rest hard. A big part of my day to day is also traveling. Many bus rides, flights, nights in hotels, and playing in different arenas all over Europe. It feels like I have seen almost every airport, decent hotel, and gym in Europe.
What is the best part of your job? What excites you the most? What has been the highlight of your career thus far?
There are too many things to write here. I love knowing that I love my job. I am so appreciative and blessed that I can do what I love and make a career out of it. All my life I have ben asked: "What will you do when basketball doesn't work out?" Well so far it has, and I thank God everyday for the opportunity He has blessed me with. I love playing games. Those 40 minutes makes all the training and traveling worth it. I love being on a team, and the support and love coming from the fans and the community. I love being able to provide happiness, entertainment, and passion to the fans and lovers of the game of basketball.
What aspects of your job do you dislike? What is the biggest sacrifice that you've had to make?
I have been making sacrifices since around the 6th grade. While my friends were having fun on the weekends, I was competing in tournaments all over California with my AAU team. I have missed so many birthdays, weddings, vacations, and normal day-to-day things. Doesn't matter how much I love this game; it is still hard to be away from family and friends, especially during special events. Since high school, 10 years ago, I have spent roughly a year in Santa Barbara, my home — about an average of a month a year at home in 10 years. Living in Europe for the last 6 years is not the most accessible place for friends and family to come stop by for dinner or a movie.
Did you make any mistakes along the way that you think could have been avoided? What would you have done differently (if anything) to ensure a faster path to where you are today?
I'm sure I have made many mistakes all of my life — from getting in trouble all the time in school to taking bad shots on the court. Luckily, I am too happy and too blessed to focus on mistakes or even categorize them as mistakes. I have been living my life to the fullest, and I am happy where I am, and where I have been. Glad I didn't listen to all the people that told me I was too small to play basketball.
Is there anything else about your job or industry that you think people should know?
I love hearing from friends that they have a tough timeline at work and that their boss doesn't appreciate them so much. I literally get yelled at, and cussed out in every language I can think of. Every mistake I make I am literally punished for it, and it is broadcasted on TV. Got to enjoy all the moments. Highs and lows. Enjoy the process so you can church the end result.
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
Not so creative but I guess the ability to fly. Kind of like Iron Man. No more commercial planes, and no more traffic.
What is one question you want the next interviewee on People With Cool Jobs to answer?
Do you have an individual person or event in your life that pushed you to become who you are or what you are? Who has always being in your corner to support your dreams?
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California to Expand Adult Sickle Cell Disease Clinics Statewide
Posted by Contributing Editor on November 26, 2019 in Crime | Leave a response
California is establishing a network of clinics for adults with Sickle Cell Disease statewide, expanding services for those affected by the debilitating disease.
The launch marks the grand opening of a new clinic site at the MLK Jr. Outpatient Center in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors named the new clinic after Jeffrey Smith, the son of Gil Smith, Founding Mayor of the City of Carson, who died from SCD complications in 1982 at the age of 23. These milestones come three years after the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services first opened the adult SCD clinic at MLK Jr. Outpatient Center in Los Angeles, with its partners the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation and the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders.
Now with a commitment of $15 million, Californians across the state with SCD will finally receive the quality health care they deserve, according to a statement.
"We have waited too long to address the poor health outcomes and premature deaths suffered by individuals with Sickle Cell Disease in California," said Dr. Diane Nugent, president and medical director of the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders. "In the United States, life expectancy for individuals with Sickle Cell Disease is 61 years. In the United Kingdom, it's 70 years. In the state of California, it's a shocking 43 years."
The program made possible by funding credited to the leadership of Democratic Assemblymember Mike Gipson of Watts will give new hope to and extend the lives of our vulnerable and underserved Californians who suffer from the disease, she said.
For the first time in California's history, the governor committed $15 million statewide for sickle cell adult treatment programs statewide. In addition, this program will help train clinicians to quickly recognize and properly treat the many complications faced by adults with this complex disorder so they can receive the best care possible.
Decades of inadequate funding for California adults living with SCD resulted in this underserved community dying at younger ages and at higher rates. Californians with SCD have higher incidents of emergency room visits and hospitalizations than patients in other states. This program marks the first time California has provided significant funding for SCD, which is the world's most common genetic disease affecting approximately 100,000 in the U.S. alone.
"Given that Jeffrey's story was the impetus that drove me to introduce this budget proposal, it is fitting that the first of the clinics be named in his honor," said Assemblyman Gipson. "Today, the majority of adults with SCD are forced to obtain care in hospital emergency departments and other non-SCD specialty settings. The Jeffrey Smith Sickle Cell Adult Center will be a center of excellence that understands adult patient's unique needs and provide them with a quality of life that we would all want for ourselves. Moreover, the comprehensive outpatient center will avoid increased hospitalization costs for a Medi-Cal population."
The new funding will help create a statewide network of regional adult SCD clinics modeled after the MLK Jr clinic. Developed within the existing health system infrastructures, the network will serve counties where the largest numbers of adults with SCD live, including Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco, Sacramento and Solano, Kern, Fresno, Madera, and San Diego.
"Sickle cell disease is a complex condition that affects both the physical and mental health of patients, and it is critical that we provide them with first-rate care in the community," L.A. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said. "Since 2016, L.A. County's Department of Health Services and the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation have helped adults with sickle cell disease at the Martin Luther King Jr. Outpatient Center in Willowbrook. I'm thrilled to see this model expanded across the state."
The budget allocation will help fund clinical workforce development to strengthen doctors' and nurses' understanding of current care guidelines, expand outreach and education, and increase tracking to better monitor care and outcomes through a partnership with the Sickle Cell Data Collection Program. This funding will improve the following outcomes:
African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are disproportionately affected, especially in the Los Angeles area where close to 2,000 patients live with SCD, according to the statement. The average life expectancy for people with the most severe form of SCD is 30 years shorter than that of people withough SCD. Patients with SCD have the highest rate of returning to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged compared to other health conditions. The rate of stroke in adults (age 35-64 years) with SCD is three times higher than rates in African Americans of similar age without SCD. The number of physicians trained and willing to treat SCD patients, especially adult patients, is severely limited.
"We are very grateful for this critical funding that will finally help ensure that Californians with Sickle Cell Disease can access the level of medical expertise needed to address the symptoms of their disease so they can live longer, more fulfilling and productive lives," said Mary Brown, president and CEO of the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California.
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"LEED," quipped one construction professional, "is Dungeons and Dragons." Understanding the country's most popular green building certification program is not a simple undertaking, and for good reason. Sustainability is a complex thing. So is property construction, maintenance and design. Combine the two, and things can get complicated.
However, if you are pursuing LEED certification don't let its complexity daunt you. LEED can bring a lot of perks to a commercial operation. It provides proof that your property meets the highest standards for environmental responsibility and energy and water efficiency. It's great for publicity and for attracting forward-thinking tenants and customers. And, it may even get you a break on your insurance premiums.
Can your landscaping contribute to LEED certification? You bet!
On-Site restoration – You can receive up to 2 LEED points for restoring a part of your landscape to create a natural area on your property that promotes biodiversity. The restored area must occupy at least 40% of your property's footprint, but a portion of that amount can include a green roof under certain circumstances.
Open space – By dedicating 30% or more of your property's footprint to open areas that encourage people to enjoy the outdoors, you can earn 1 LEED credit. This can include lawn, hardscaped areas, and/or non-turf vegetation.
Heat island reduction – You can earn up to 2 LEED points by taking measures that moderate summer temperatures on your property. Some landscaping solutions that do this include high solar reflectance pavers, shade trees, vegetated planters, arbors and other vegetated structures, and green roofs.
Outdoor water use reduction – LEED certified properties are required to demonstrate that they either do not need an irrigation system (past the first two years allowed to establish vegetation) or can reduce their watering by at least 30% over a calculated baseline. These savings must be documented and thus water metering is often required.
Local food production – Dedicating a portion of your site to food-producing plants and maintaining the project using integrated pest management (IPM) can earn your commercial property 1 LEED credit. This is an outstanding option for facilities that offer food service, such as restaurants or schools.
Innovation: sustainable wastewater management – By re-using your building's wastewater (for example, from rainwater, cooling tower blow-down, shower and laundry facilities, air conditioner condensate, etc.) in landscape irrigation, you can earn 1 LEED point.
Regional materials – If you are planning a hardscaped area in your landscape, using materials sourced from your region can help you earn the Regional Materials credit.
Landscape waste reduction and composting – Composting of landscape waste and reuse on the site may also earn LEED credit.
A qualified landscape professional who is familiar with LEED will be able to help you navigate LEED's maze of options and zero in on the applications that will make the most sense for your particular property and needs.
NOTE: These ideas refer to v.4 LEED Certification for New Construction, and are just a sampling to help give you an idea of the variety of ways your landscape can help you achieve LEED certification.


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Current Conflicts – DASICON2017
by Christian Janisch
DASICON
Festsaal der diplomatischen Akademie, Favoritenstraße 15a
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Werner Fasslabend, Moderator, Präsident des AIES
Martin Sajdik, Botschafter der Ukraine-Mission
Sergey Markedonov, Russian International Affairs Council
Roger W Robinson, Chef des Prague Security Studies Institut
Christian Wehrschütz, ORF, Korrespondent in Konfliktgebieten
In the second panel of the DASICON2017, entitled "Current Conflicts", the main focus was on the conflict in the Ukraine.
The danger of conflicts always rises from the shadows, where no-one expects them, according to host, Werner Fasslabend, for whom both the solutions to current conflicts as well as the attention for possible future conflicts are the central tasks of the OSCE.
According to chairman Martin Sajdik, Ambassador of the Ukraine Mission and representative of the Austrian Foreign Minister, various channels must be used, such as the bi-weekly talks held in Minsk – or even those in the bordering city of Soledar, where Russians and Ukrainians talk to each other on a regular basis.
In the Ukraine mission, there are four working groups which focus on key issues: political (Normandy format: Germany, France, Russia, the Ukraine), humanitarian (prisoner exchange) and economic developments as well as security. According to Sajdik, the OSCE cannot create political will, but it can create a framework for dialogue. Recently, however, the political will to talk has declined as there have been more dead and railway lines are blocked.
For Prof. Sergej Markedonov, the central problem of the Minsk Agreement is that there are two documents and the 25 decided points are very imprecise. Also, the Ukraine rejects the Minsk Agreement because it fears a failed state such as in Bosnia. Markedonov cannot understand the often-reproached accusation of the incalculability of Russian foreign policy, which he says has been constant for many years.
It is time that Russia and the West talk about interests and not about values; that the West should not hide behind these values in order to pursue its interests.
Trump is popular in Russia because he stands for pragmatism and not for an emotional discussion on Western values.
According to Roger W. Robinson of the Prague Security Studies Institute, the Western world has not taken it too far with NATO's expansion for: "We are in the democracy business." Conflicts today are being held on many levels: 20% are military warfare, 20% cyberwar – but about 40% of this so-called hybrid warfare is carried out legally within the global economy on the economic and financial level in order to exert pressure on smaller states.
It makes a great difference for these nations whether or not they are members of the North Atlantic pact.
Robinson's Think Tank has developed software that monitors any money transfer by government or state-controlled companies in Russia and China around the world in order to monitor the attempts at interference and strategic interests of the two countries (NB: there is no such software for the US).
In the Odessa field in the Black Sea, oil reserves worth about one trillion dollars are stored. It is located in the Ukrainian maritime area, and the American oil company Exxon is involved in its development. Russia also pumps oil there and has deployed troops on its drilling platforms. Robinson believes that this hotspot will dominate the news in 12 to 24 months.
Are economic sanctions such as those against Russia successful? According to Robinson, yes, financial penalties in particular are very effective. However, most of the sanctions applied worldwide have been very weak.
An important weapon of the future will be to increase the risk of financial transactions in order to stop powerful fund managers from investing in sanctioned countries.
ORF correspondent, Christian Wehrschütz, opened his remarks with a comparison: drive through a forest in the Ukraine and Austria. While practically nothing could happen to us here, in the Ukraine, we might be shot at or a tank might suddenly appear from the undergrowth. Due to the complex situation, the OSCE mission along the border is very dangerous. According to Wehrschütz, the OSCE reports are close to the truth; in contrast to some media reports, they can be described as a reliable source.
Worst of all for the civilian population is the destruction of the infrastructure through warfare. Often, a truce is negotiated to allow the repair of the most important equipment and installations so that the lives of ordinary people can go on somehow.
Donetsk and Luhansk have lived under a Ukrainian embargo for three years. All documents of the local inhabitants are no longer recognised in the Ukraine. Everything only works with bribery. Therefore, it would be absolutely sensible and important to at least recognise the new documents.
Wehrschütz is convinced that the current borders will also be the new borders for the future. The Eastern Ukraine will be integrated economically into Russia, because the current situation is cheaper for both parties.
He considers an imminent solution to be out of the question: for 25 years, Matthew Nimitz has been working (more or less in vain) in Macedonia to resolve the conflict there – and the Ukraine is probably even more complex.
Once again, Christian Wehrschütz voiced caution in placing the fate of ordinary people at the centre of such a hotbed of conflict. On the other hand, Roger W. Robinson is a man who likes to divide the world into black and white and, like so many others, hides behind the values and denounces the interests of the opponents of the Western demands of power. And in between, a Russian professor, who, although representing a too rosy view of the Putin era, is not quite wrong with his pragmatic response to the excitement of the present day – to discuss interests rather than emotionally charged values.
Translation from German: Serena Nebo
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I studied Business Administration and Sociology, worked in financial services, at an Austrian bank and as a self employed stock market trader. During my studies I was involved in the Austrian Student Union. I am mainly writing about economic and political issues. My Hobbies are sports, movies & TV series and board games.


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Wizkid Shares New Song "Money & Love," Announces New Album, "More Love, Less Ego"
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The track will appear on his new album named "More Love, Less Ego" which is due out on November 3 via Starboy/Sony Music International/RCA Records.
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CORPORATE SALE-LEASEBACKS
Matt Valley | Mar 31, 2000
That compelling statistic commands attention among real estate professionals in the sale-leaseback arena, particularly in light of corporate America's increasing desire to free up its balance sheet and focus on core competencies.
Sale-leaseback transactions are hardly new. Indeed, pioneer Sidney Domb capitalized on the idea 28 years ago when he founded Miami-based United Trust Fund (UTF), which specializes in the purchase and leaseback of corporate real estate.
The concept sounds simple enough. The owner becomes a rent-paying tenant. Less understood, however, are the many details related to procuring a sale-leaseback with a company, including the broker's role in the sale-leaseback transaction, lease terms, credit vs. real estate, and the creativity sometimes required to execute a deal.
Recognizing the opportunity to spread the word about sale-leasebacks and educate interested parties in the process, UTF and National Real Estate Investor co-sponsored a symposium entitled, "Capitalizing on Corporate Sale-Leasebacks." Held recently at the Ritz Carlton-Buckhead in Atlanta, the event drew more than 180 attendees, including brokers, lenders, lawyers, developers and corporate executives.
Sale-leaseback basics Real estate and credit are the two elements of a sale-leaseback, emphasized UTF's Fred Berliner, who refers to this industry niche as "basically a simple business." Companies with a relatively high credit rating are deemed to be investment-grade companies by rating agencies.
"A change which many of you may not be aware of is that more than 65% of our business comes from sub-investment grade or non-rated companies," said Berliner. "Given that such a large percentage of our business comes from this sub-investment grade arena, we're constantly reinventing the wheel with new strategies to get deals done with the guidance of people like yourselves."
UTF purchases all types of real estate, including office, industrial, R&D, retail, and special purpose properties such as restaurants, gas stations, banks, schools and pawn shops. The minimum transaction size is generally $5 million. Among UTF's milestones, according to Berliner, are its affiliation with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., UTF's capital partner, and its launch of a build-to-suit division three years ago.
Sources of business for UTF include both the primary and secondary markets. The primary market is defined as those companies that want to sell their real estate and lease it back at a mutually agreed price, rent and other terms. The secondary market refers to investors or developers who have negotiated and closed their deals and now want to sell them.
Berliner predicted a robust market for sale-leasebacks in 2000. "We're seeing a strong demand by corporate America for sale-leaseback capital. In a low or high interest rate environment, the business will go on. Oftentimes, a sudden increase in interest rates is an opportunity because it will serve as a wake-up call to corporate America that interest rates are still at historic lows and now is the time to do something," said Berliner.
The real estate broker's role Brokers are the wheel of the hub in bringing the parties together in a sale-leaseback transaction, said Douglas Siedenburg of The Siedenburg Group. "We need to seek solutions and answers, and to always provide exactly the information we're given."
Brokers should not assume the role of lawyer or CPA in such transactions, said Siedenburg ."It's critical to rely on the specialists to focus on the technical side because they're more capable of doing it than most brokers."
Siedenburg said it's vital that brokers understand why corporations pursue sale-leasebacks. For example, a corporation that owns a piece of real estate typically can finance that property up to 75% loan-to-value, leaving 25% of its business capital in the real estate. In a sale-leaseback transaction, the corporation can take 100% of that business capital out of the real estate and invest it at a higher rate within its operating business.
Strategic value Quite often corporate real estate is the second or third largest asset on the balance sheet at Fortune 500 companies, said Ted Barr of Deloitte & Touche. "Even more interesting is that it is usually the second or third largest expense associated with running the business, and rarely is it ever really managed."
On a pre-tax basis, owning real estate makes sense from a corporate point of view, said Barr, but on an after-tax basis the tax benefit of leasing is significant and often overlooked.
"In particular, real estate tends to sit on the balance sheet earning the equivalent of the inflation rate, or 4%," said Barr. "I would argue that any CFO would be relatively upset if any other asset category was earning anywhere near that figure."
The solution? Treat corporate real estate like any other asset that can generate value to the bottom line. "If used well [sale-leasebacks] can lower operating costs, drive value to the P&L statements, and increase shareholder value."
Making money There are several ways brokers can earn money through sale-leasebacks, said UTF's Sidney Domb, who offered this sage advice. "The greatest asset you can have in making money is education," said Domb. "The more different ways that you know that you can put together a deal, the more money you can make and the quicker you can make it."
Perhaps the most conventional deal follows this scenario: UTF buys an office building for $60 million, and the tenant leases it back. In that instance, UTF wrote a check to the brokers for $600,000, recounted Domb. "Corporations do not like to write big checks to brokers."
A second type of sale-leaseback deal unfolds when UTF buys the land and gives a company the money to build the building. Once UTF closes on the land and puts the money into escrow, the broker receives a check.
A third way for brokers to earn money occurs when UTF buys the land and builds the building for various retailers.
Still another type of deal occurs when UTF purchases a building and gives the tenant money to completely remodel the building and lease it back.
"Once someone in a corporation decides that he is going to do a sale-leaseback, that person needs someone in the real estate business to get the deal done, and that's where every one of you comes in," said Domb.
Capital markets overview William Green of Banc of America Securities provided an overview of the debt market. Securitization is not a fad, he told the audience. Today, securitization represents 15% of all commercial loans. "I absolutely expect it to be 65% to 70% of the market over the next 10 years."
He cautioned, however, that the public markets can be unusually harsh. "The problem with a liquid investment is that it moves freely," said Green. "When people get negative on a stock, over the short run the capital markets are absolutely irrational." Nevertheless, the capital markets do impose discipline, Green added.
The bottom line is that the various lease issues need to meet capital market standards, emphasized Green. "Pay attention to what really is required to get as close to a bond lease as possible."


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Los Cabos breaks tourism records in September
Despite the fact that September is considered the low season for tourism in Los Cabos, this past month, the flow of international visitors grew by 39.6 percent, which represents the largest increase so far this year.
The Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico (GAP) revealed that, during September 2021, the Los Cabos International Airport received 235 thousand international passengers, while, in the same month, but in 2019, there was a record of 168 thousand foreign visitors.
From January to September 2021, Los Cabos has received a total of 2 million 462 thousand passengers by international air and 1 million 445 thousand national visitors, however; the figures for this period in this year have not been able to exceed those of 2019.
It should be remembered that, from January to August 2021, Los Cabos Airport was positioned as the third place to receive the most international tourists from the country. The tourist destination continues to position itself as a reference for tourism at the national level.
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Vic & Bob's Big Night Out Series 2 Episode 1
Ah, Vic and Bob, how gloriously lovely are you? Extremely fucking gloriously? Why yes, I think that might just be the answer, and proving that their is some form of higher being they've returned once again to our screens to give us half an hour of inspired lunacy that makes me laugh more than any other show currently on, and there's a sod load of great comedy around right now. That they're still clearly madly in love with each other thirty odd years on from their becoming a double act is also shocking wonderful, and I love seeing Bob's delight at Vic's insanity, and vice versa. To select just a couple of highlights would mean ignoring a huge selection of parts that I also loved, but especially good in this opening episode were Jeremy Paxman's Summer Bitchin' Bongos album and his terrifying roar, the animation featuring Batman and Spider-man on the toilet, the sample we got of Making A Murderer's Steve Avery's album, the Ghost Hunters sketch and the phrase "early evening horse breath", and Bob's comment that "My tits have become chaotic", but almost all of it was painfully hilarious. If I'm to be honest (something I try to always avoid), the "For Cups" bit was a little weak, but otherwise it was all outstanding stuff and it's amazing that these two men in their sixties are creating such inspired comedy. It's rumoured that one day, perhaps in the next eighty or ninety years, they may die, and if that does ever happen it'll be a horrendously upsetting day indeed and my only hope is that the Grim Reaper takes me about twenty minutes beforehand.
Kongen Befaler (aka Taskmaster Norway) Series 1 Episode 1
By the end of the previous series of the UK version of Taskmaster I was starting to wonder if I was getting a bit tired of the format, and if there were too many episodes being produced. But after watching the first episode of the Norwegian series (the title of which translates as The King Commands) I don't think that's the case as it was a very funny and likeable show, and out of all of the international versions the most similar to the UK one (though that said I've only seen the Swedish and American ones so far, and have yet to track down the Danish and Spanish). The international versions do have the advantage over the UK series that they can pick and choose the best tasks so far created, but that said the Norwegian one only reused one task in this opening episode, where the contestants had to produce as many tears in to a tea cup in twenty minutes, and the others were original affairs. All of them were very funny too, with those involved often trying to find loopholes in the task rules which is something I always like to see even if this particular taskmaster doesn't, and there were some great sequences within each task which included seeing someone ride a tiny bike, another person attempt to use the most rope up by setting fire to it, some truly horrible but funny moments with comedians rubbing onions in their eyes, and hell even the studio task was strong with all having to try and put on frozen clothes. The comedians are mostly self-deprecating and likeable (bar Vegard Ylvisåker, who's a bit up himself and a smug dick at times) and though hosts Atle Antonsen and Olli Wermskog don't have the kind of daft relationship that Greg and Alex do they're amiable enough and this is only the first episode so there's plenty of time to work on that aspect, given how they've got everything else right it's not an issue and it's so good it's made me look forward to watching Taskmaster once more.
Harry Hill's Clubnite
This is a great idea in general, a Channel 4 stand up show which highlights some of the best comedians around, but I'm only partially enjoying it. That's not due to the majority of the acts, most of whom have been superb, including CTW favourites like Spencer Jones, Holley Burn, Anna Mann, Lucy Pearman, Joe Jacobs and Bridget Christie, and though a couple have been a bit weak or not to my taste (I won't be rushing to see Egg on the strength of their appearance on the show, put it that way) the overall hit rate is impressively high. No, the part that disappoints is Harry Hill himself, which came as a surprise, I was fond of him in the 90s, enjoyed Tv Burp for a good few series, and his movie is an underrated gem. But the stand up he's doing now still has the same formula as his comedy did in the 90s and 2000s and it just feels a bit lazy and tired now, even Stouffer isn't the comedy god he once was, and the bits where sings a song in a club singer manner and then spurts liquid at the audience at the beginning are rather embarrassing. It's disappointing as the show is great otherwise, but if it returns for another series I hope it's with a different host.
Scout's Guide To The Apocalypse
I recently posted a mostly positive review of Little Monsters which saw a school teacher have to protect her kids from the undead, and in some ways this is a little similar as it follows three young scouts who help save their small town from a zombie attack, but unfortunately it's not very funny indeed. I watched it due to David Koechner (who recently put in sterling work in Another Period) being the adult lead, but annoyingly he's not in it very much despite having a high billing. That's not the only problem the film has either, a lot of the humour is fairly puerile in a lazy way, and it treats women poorly with them all being lust objects (the main female is a stripper who spends the film in a tight low cut shirt and cut off jeans for instance) and there's one joke where one of the scouts sexually assaults a topless female zombie which is deeply unpleasant. It has about four moments which are fun (zombie cats being the main one) but it's a weak film, and I wish I hadn't bothered watching it.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Podcast is on a bit of a run at the moment, with Michael Sheen and Vic Reeves having appeared on it and given great interviews, and this week Comedy To Watch favourites Max & Ivan feature and discuss their career to date, and answer Herring's normally quite annoying Emergency Questions in a very funny manner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORnJ-bvnDgo
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Sink You Teeth into this New One Sheet for What We Do in the Shadows
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The poster for What We Do in the Shadows.
Coming shortly after the long-awaited announcement of an official release date, we now have a new one sheet to share with you for the vampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows. Check out the 'hilarious' poster below and read our rave review of the film here.
What We Do in the Shadows will be released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles beginning next month. It is slated for an initial rollout February 13. That is expected to be succeeded by an expansion into other markets, including San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. a week later on February 20. Then we will begin to see a national rollout strategy throughout February and March which will see new cities being added to the roster weekly.
The film is written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi who previously collaborated on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords. Waititi and Clement both have starring roles in the film as well.
The mockumentary follows three vampires who live together as roommates. The picture will chronicle their day-to-day struggles as they cope with everyday problems, like paying rent or quarreling over household chores, as well as tackle more unique issues like where to find human blood.
Tags: Contemporary Horror, Funny or Die, horror comedy, mockumentaries, Upcoming horror films, vampires, Werewolves, What We Do in the Shadows
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Dutchman travels through 33 countries on electric road trip
By Paul Ridden
Dutchman travels through 33 co...
Aft more than a thousand days on the road, Wiebe Wakker and his Blue Bandit electric car have arrived in Adelaide, Australia
Wiebe Wakker and the Blue Bandit at Ayres Rock in Australia's Northern Territory
Wieve Wakker and the Blue Bandit in Bali
Supporters of the Plug In Project can offer Wiebe Wakker food, shelter or somewhere to charge his Blue Bandit electric car
Wiebe Wakker and the Blue Bandit in Iran
The Blue Bandit, pictured here in Penang, Malaysia, has a 150 kW motor that gives it a top speed of 180 km/h, while the 37 kWh Li-ion battery pack offers a 200 km per charge range
Wiebe Wakker set out from the Netherlands on his electric car adventure in March, 2016
Wiebe Wakker and the Blue Bandit in Thailand
Wiebe Wakker and the Blue Bandit battling through the snow in Turkey
On March 16, 2016, Wiebe Wakker set out on an epic journey from the Netherlands to Australia in an electric car. After 1,051 days on the road, he has just arrived in Adelaide after traveling through 33 countries and clocking up some 89,000 kilometers. But his trip is not yet over.
"Electric vehicles are a significant part of the solution to the global environmental problem we all share, sadly the uptake of electric cars is going slow mainly because there are a lot of prejudices, people believe they are not reliable or not fit to cover long distances," said Wakker on arriving in Adelaide. "By driving from Holland to literally the other side of the world I hope to change peoples mind."
He hasn't taken any money with him but is banking on the support of his project followers to get him from A to B, with quite a few diversions along the way as the location of an offer of help determines the final route taken.
Folks visiting the Plug Me In project website can offer shelter, food or a place to plug in and charge the Blue Bandit EV. The car's 150 kW motor gives it a top speed of 180 km/h (110 mph), while the 37 kWh Li-ion battery pack offers a 200 km (124 mi) per charge range.
It's quite a gamble, but it seems to have paid off as 1,700 people from 45 countries have offered some form of assistance.
After driving through Europe, the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia, Wakker arrived in Australia in the middle of 2018, but only made it to Adelaide yesterday thanks to the nature of his crowd-supported journey. The final destination for this all electric adventure is Sydney.
A video diary of the mammoth trip can be viewed via Wakker's YouTube channel.
Source: Plug Me In
AutomotiveElectric Vehicles
Paul Ridden
While Paul is loath to reveal his age, he will admit to cutting his IT teeth on a TRS-80 (although he won't say which version). An obsessive fascination with computer technology blossomed from hobby into career before hopping over to France for 10 years, where he started work for New Atlas in 2009. Now back in his native Blighty, he serves as Managing Editor in Europe.
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guzmanchinky January 29, 2019 06:11 PM
It's amazing what you can do when you have the time and no other responsibilities (like a job or kids). I applaud him. It will seem quaint when all cars are electric and can be charged in 5 minutes, but you gotta start somewhere...
christopher January 30, 2019 09:19 AM
Australian electricity comes from burning coal, with gargantuan losses during transmission (our country is enormous - it's got a long way to travel!). Electric cars here contribute *vastly* more pollution than internal-combustion ones as a result. He's sending the right message, but the clueless people here who follow his lead are going to be increasing their damage to our planet without even understanding why. And before you "start" - no - we don't charge our cars from solar - the sun is only out when we're at work and they're parked in some city garage.
fred_dot_u January 30, 2019 01:40 PM
@christopher, how much energy losses are involved in transporting petrol products from the source to the destination, in order to power vehicles? How much of Australia has solar panels providing energy to households and vehicles? It's easy to manage time-of-use solar energy, easier than managing power plant energy disposal that doesn't match time-of-use. Coal production uses energy, petroleum production uses energy. Transporting coal uses energy, transporting petrol uses energy. The big picture is not being considered in your comment. It can't be easily summarized in a few sentences.
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