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The Economics of Poaching, Trophy and Canned Hunting
Stephen Wiggins 2nd September 2015 Research, Studies 33 Comments
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Let's just start by saying there is a complex array of variables impinging on the whole economics that weigh on the conservation of wildlife. Hence, this rather long article can only ever hope to be a brief summary of the headline figures and available 'evidence' for consideration.
The Hunting Industry Income
In a 2008 report(1) it was estimated that income from Trophy Hunting (Note 1) generates at least £128m ($201m) per year across 23 sub Saharan African countries. These figures appear to be direct income from Trophy Hunters to hunting tour operators, so excludes permits bought at auction, travel, hotels and other income generated in country. We can safely assume that with an adjustment for inflation alone, the income today can be projected to around £192m ($300m USD).
Just to put that income into perspective, the 2008 figures (1) are based on 18,500 international Trophy Hunter clients, so an average of around £7,000 ($11,000 USD) per Trophy Hunter. The hunting taking place over some 1.4m km2 of land area, which is an area 22% larger than the area designated as safe, protected havens for wildlife where hunting is not permitted.
However, those 2008 figures are perhaps an underestimate. The Trophy Hunting industry income for South Africa alone was estimated in 2013 at £71.8m ($112m USD) (2) (Note 1), with the whole industry across nine Trophy Hunting countries of Africa estimated at £151m ($235m USD).
Table 1 – Trophy Hunting, Tourism Income and Population
Population (a) (million
Trophy Hunting Revenue (2)(b) ($m USD)
Tourism Revenue (2)(b)(c) ($m USD)
Trophy Hunting Revenue as % of Tourism Revenue
South Africa 51.4 112 9,547 1.2
Ethiopia 84.3 1.45 522 0.3
Cameroon 18.9 2.4 159 1.5
Tanzania 44.9 32.9 1,457 2.3
Zambia 11.8 7 125 5.6
Botswana 2.0 25.4 218 11.7
Namibia 2.1 32.8 517 6.3
Burkino Faso 15.7 0.8 72 1.1
Zimbabwe 11.8 20 634 3.2
242.9 234.75 13,251 1.77
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(a) Based on US Census numbers (2009)
(b) All figures converted to 2011 $ USD
(c) UNWETO (2012)
Note 1 – It is not clear in the context used if 'Trophy Hunting' includes, or excludes 'Canned Hunting.'
Note 2 – It is not clear how Governments set their permitted hunt quotas – It is not often scientific and is suspected to be corruption (reference (1), para4.2, iii) in many cases, Government revenue appears the main driver.
In comparison, the World Travel and Tourism Council estimated 2012 tourism income for South Africa at ZAR102bn (£5.5bn, or $8.58bn USD), employing 10.3% of the population and making up 2.3% of South Africa's GDP. In can be seen that in South Africa Trophy Hunting is only a fraction of general tourism revenues, with Trophy Hunting revenue making up less than 0.02% of South Africa's GDP (or Trophy Hunting is only around 1.2% of tourism revenue).
According to Adam M Roberts(5) – CEO of Born Free Foundation and Born Free USA: "There is very little evidence that the proceeds of trophy hunting benefits conservation or local communities in the hunting areas, with as little as 3% or less of the revenue generated trickling down. Lions and other charismatic wildlife are worth far more alive than dead to Zimbabwe's tourism industry. In Zimbabwe it is estimated that trophy hunting generates only 3.2% of total tourism revenue."
The above figures appear to be extracted from the Economists at Large report(2) which concluded: "Research published by the pro-hunting International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, supported by other authors, finds that hunting companies contribute only 3% of their revenue to communities living in hunting areas. The vast majority of their expenditure does not accrue to local people and businesses, but to firms, government agencies and individuals located internationally or in national capitals. As the quote above demonstrates, expenditure accruing to government agencies rarely reaches local communities due to corruption and other spending requirements".
Based on an estimated £151m ($235m USD)(2) industry turnover, at 3% trickle down this equates to £4.53m ($7.07m USD) getting down to the grass roots level of conservation and local communities across 9 countries. Based on US Census numbers (2009) these same 9 countries have a combined population of some 243m. So the Trophy Hunting income trickle down of 3%, £4.53m ($7.07m USD) divided by 243m people, equates to just £0.02 ($0.03 USD) per capita. Even if one was to hypothesise that only 5% of the population (12.15m) 'benefit,' that still only equates to £0.4 ($0.62 USD) per person.
Governments set quotas(Note 2) for Hunting Permits (also called Concessions) at auction to the highest bidder (a Hunting Tour Operator usually). The record for a permit sale was set at £224,000 ($350,000 USD)(3) in 2014, Namibia, for the "right to hunt an endangered black rhinoceros" – the Dallas Safari Club had the dubious distinction of holding that auction, the first such Namibian auction to be held outside of Namibia itself. The income (after auction deductions) presumably went straight into the Namibian government's general coffers, so how much actually went into conservation? It's not clear.
Incidentally, the world wide black rhinoceros population is estimated at 5,055(4) (across eastern, south western and south central Africa) up from just 2,300 in 1993. So, based on that 2014 permit(3) the entire remaining black rhinoceros population is worth approximately £1.13bn ($1.77bn USD) , just based on the dubious nature of their permit value alone.
In the Trophy and Sport Hunting Endangered Species Handbook(6) the point is clearly made that an animal is worth far more as a tourist attraction than as a hunter's trophy. For example, tourists can of course see a given elephant many times over and the elephant can rack up repeat 'appearance' income. As a trophy, the Trophy Hunter pays a one-time fee of £2,500 – £13,000 ($4,000 – $20,000 USD) for an elephant. 1986 estimates (adjusted for 2% inflation only) for an African lion's appearance (in full mane) income for tourists is estimated at £580,130 ($905,000 USD)(7). Walter Palmer(8) reportedly paid £35,000 ($55,000 USD) to torture and murder Cecil (may he RIP), which looks like a poor return compared with Cecil's potential 'A-lister' income in excess of $905,000 USD.
The 2014 report(3) "Can Trophy Hunting Actually Help Conservation?" from which the above permit reference was taken, ultimately proved inconclusive. The whole economic evidence to support either side of the argument was far too anecdotal, the distribution of income far too opaque.
In conclusion, the Trophy Hunting industry turnover is clearly big (but not significant compared with general tourism). Every year trophy hunters kill(19) on average 105,000 animals, including 800 leopards, 600 lions, 640 elephants, and 3,800 buffalo. In the five years to 2006, 1,830 lion trophies were exported from South Africa; in the five years to 2011, 4,062 were exported, a 122% increase, and the vast majority captive-bred ('canned') animals(20).
Does Trophy Hunting contribute much back to the local economy in hunting areas? Not really, just from some rough figures, it is apparent that it does not.
What Happens if Trophy Hunting is Removed from an Economy?
The obvious example here is Kenya, where elephant hunting was made illegal in 1973, with a complete ban on all hunting (without permits) from 1977. However, illegal poaching is still a major issue, highlighted in March 2002(9) when a family of 10 elephants were killed.
Although Kenya has many national parks and reserves protecting wildlife, elephant populations are still at risk, a problem which is made worse by corruption and some officials supplementing their income with permitting poaching(10).
The Trophy Hunting enthusiast say "look what's happened to Kenya since they banned hunting and the conservation that the hunting provided to the wildlife." A BBC news article(11) entitled "Mara Wildlife in Serious Decline" from 2009 states clearly "numbers of giraffe, warthog, impala, and hartebeest fell by 50% or more between 1979 and 2002," citing evidence from a British Journal of Zoology report(12). The loss of grazing animals is already having an impact on lions, cheetahs and other predators according to the researchers.
However, the scientists who conducted the report(12) believe the surge in domestic livestock has been held largely accountable for the drop in wildlife population – The three main causes that have been cited for the drop in wildlife numbers are illegal poaching, larger numbers and ranges of domestic livestock, plus changing land use patterns on the ranches. There is no mention of 'Trophy Hunting' cited as a cause/effect for the decline in Kenya's wildlife since 1977 – the Trophy Hunter's 'claim' appears unsubstantiated.
In terms of poaching in Kenya, the 2005 BBC article(13) "Lifeline for Kenya's 'lost' Wilderness" the poachers shot the last of the black rhino in Sera over a decade ago. Elephant herds are now at levels of 20% compared with the 1970s. Lawlessness and armed poachers are still evident today, but heavily fortified wildlife areas are still managing to protect black rhino, lions and leopard also managing to 'survive' somehow.
So, is Kenya an example of what will happen if Trophy Hunting is banned in a country? No, it is not. Kenya would seem to be an example of poor land management, poaching and wanton over-grazing, based on a culture where a man's wealth and social status is directly linked to owning large herds of cattle, which dominate the grazing available to the detriment of wildlife.
Update from Congressional Research Service, March 2019:
"In some cases, the banning of hunting correlates with animal population declines. For example, in Kenya, which instituted a hunting ban in 1977, almost all the common wildlife species have declined from their previous levels since the ban to 2016. Concurrently, livestock numbers, notably sheep and goats, increased by 76.3% during the same period. Kenya's population increased from 14.5 million in 1977 to 48.5 million in 2016. Based, in part, on these data, scientists note that demographic pressure and livestock encroachment on wildlife rangelands appear to be the decisive factors leading to wildlife declines in Kenya" (Ogutu, 2016 – "Kenya's Wildlife Populations Are Declining Markedly as Livestock Numbers Grow")
Illegal Poaching
The 'demand' side numbers are truly shocking – We are just going to concentrate on rhino horns to start with (but of course there is an illegal trade and demand in many animal parts).
Rhino horn per kilo sells for up to £57,600 ($90,000 USD) in Taiwan – in comparison gold was trading at £23,300 ($36,300 USD)/kilo on gold exchanges on 19 August 2015. In Vietnam prices for rhino horn are as high as $133/gram (£85,300, or $133,000 USD/kilo)(14).
Across swathes of Asia, rhino horn is considered to have medicinal properties and is 'marketed' as an aphrodisiac. Worryingly, there is an increasing demand from an 'educated' and increasingly wealthy middle-class as cures for everything including cancer(14) . In Vietnam, there is anecdotal evidence that this shift in increased demand coincides with the rumour that a high-profile Vietnamese official used rhino horn to cure his cancer. Is there any science to back up the claims made for rhino horn as a human medicine? A TRAFFIC(15) survey identified that buying rhino horn products, at best had "emotional benefits rather than medicinal."
However, a number of Vietnamese doctors and respected physicians claim rhino horn "could be part of an effective treatment." The evidence for this 'miracle' cure is purely anecdotal. Millions of £/$ get spent every year on the scientific search for effective cures for cancer, but tradition and myth seem to be all that's required in Vietnam, China and Taiwan to make taking a rhino's horn and most likely the 'donating' rhino's life so 'necessary.'
What's being done about it? The International trade in rhino horn is banned under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora).
Despite this, in 2008 the number of poached rhinos in South Africa shot up to 83, from just 13 in 2007. By 2010 the number of poached rhino had risen to 333, followed by over 400 in 2011(14).
Anti-poaching operations (such as the International Anti-Poaching Foundation), are on the front line against highly organised, highly 'motivated' and highly armed poaching gangs.
In the "rhino wars(14)" with poachers in South Africa, some thousand rhino were slaughtered between 2006 and 2012. Some 22 poachers were gunned down and more than 200 hundred arrested. One such arrested and convicted poacher was Gideon van Deventer (Deon). He was interviewed by The National Geographic in 2012(14). Deon was imprisoned in Kroonstad Prison near Johannesburg, the ring leaders Deon was pressured to testify against, were never prosecuted. Deon was reportedly released four months after the National Geographic interview.
One alternative approach to 'meet' the unabated demand from Asia is to breed rhino in protected farms(27) .The South African farm owned by John Hume has the largest privately owned rhino herds in the world. The farm harvests a rhino's horns under 'safe and painless' anesthetised conditions, after which the rhino is released back into the farm's protection. The rhino's horn eventually grows back after about two years. The harvested horns are micro-chipped and currently stock-piled in a very secure vault. Under South African law only rhino horn extracted by a permit (concession) Trophy Hunt, can the resulting rhino horn 'legally' be exported.
As John Hume's argues that under the current law "We are basically telling the Vietnamese that it is fine to kill an animal because our tradition of cutting off a rhino's head to put on a wall as decoration is acceptable. But your tradition of cutting off its horn to use as 'medicine' is abominable"
Legalising the rhino horn trade may be one of the approaches that helps reduce poaching [Update: reference "Rhino Horn Trade – Public Consultation," 2 September 2019]. In theory, 'legal' farm supplied rhino horn being released from stock-piles to meet demand will mean that prices paid will fall, thus making poaching less viable, plus making farms like John Hume's more commercially viable. Changes to the governing law are being mooted in the South African government. There are several different options for extending the 'legalised' trade in rhino horn:
One off sale of rhino horn stockpiles
Domestic trade in rhino horn
(Semi) permanent international CITES regulated sale
On John Hume's farm, the rhinos' existence is perhaps rather 'synthetic' but better than no existence. However, under the current climate, even on John Hume's farm the rhino are not safe from poachers, with regular incursions. Either way, there is no doubting the human 'commoditisation' or 'canned' business opportunities presented by the plight of the rhino.
The same 'commoditisation' theory could be applied to elephant's ivory tusks. But unlike rhino horn which is keratin, similar to horse's hoof, ivory is an elephant's tooth. When the tusk is severed, if the elephant survives the shock, the nerves inside are likely to become infected and kill the elephant victim. With 'commoditised' 'canned' lion hunts, the lion victim's body is often broken up for parts and exported to meet demand for 'medicine' in China.
In conclusion, from my perspective, the worrying increase in the demand side is the main concern.
Canned Hunting
Lion populations are dwindling, from an estimated 200,000 a century ago to some 30,000(18) today, some estimates as low as 20,000(18) across Africa. These African lion populations live in increasingly smaller domains(17). In their natural habitats, lions roam far and wide within the safe boundaries of national parks, but also beyond. This wandering can bring conflict, with lions encroaching on farmed livestock. This perceived menace means that support for lions is not always as widely held as one might hope(17).
What is the answer to conserving lion populations, hopefully increasing and sustaining a steady growth? The 'canned' lion industry has a rather synthetic 'solution' that commoditises the lion to the point of making its existence purely one of subservience. But with the number of lions in 'canned' environment growing (theoretically boosting the lion population), it's become big business.
"For every captive-bred lion hunted, you're saving animals in the wild," said Pieter Potgieter(17), chairman of the South African Predator Association. If there were no captive hunts, he says, there would be more sport hunting and poaching of wild lions.
But a growing number of scientists and conservationists see little evidence to suggest that the captive hunting industry in South Africa has done anything to stem the lions' decline in the wild across the continent(17).
There are about 160 lion farms in South Africa. There are now more lions held in captivity (upwards of 5,000) in the country than live wild (about 2,000)(20) with the income generated from the 'canned' businesses estimated at approximately £44.9m ($70m USD)(18) in 2012, but increasing since. This 'business' is based on a typical income for a 'canned' lion hunt of £5,000 – £25,000 ($7,800 – $39,000 USD), plus resale of the lion's body parts. The 'canned' income of course goes directly into the founding canned entrepreneurs' pockets (less applicable taxes), with little evidence of trickle down into the wider population.
Lions are released (for the fee) to be 'hunted' – Chris Mercer(19), advocate, wildlife sanctuary founder and co-author of the book 'Canned Lion Hunting – a National Disgrace', describes canned hunting as "the hunting of an animal where the target is unfairly prevented from escaping the hunter, because of either physical constraints…, or mental constraints…"
Fiona Miles, director of Lionsrock(22), a big cat sanctuary in South Africa run by the charity Four Paws(23), argues that 'canned' hunting promotes poaching – "The lion farms' creation of a market for canned lion hunts puts a clear price-tag on the head of every wild lion", she says; "they create a financial incentive for local people, who collude with poachers or turn a blind eye to illegal lion kills. Trophy-hunters who begin with a captive-bred lion may then graduate to the real, wild thing."
Once the lion victim has been killed, the paying Trophy Hunter takes possession of the head and/or skin as their 'prize.' The lion's bones and selected body parts are exported to Asia, where 'big cat bones' are highly regarded in traditional hypothetical 'medicines' and 'remedies.'
This highly efficient, highly lucrative market shows no signs of abating.
Some argue that this 'canned' approach is no worse than sheep farming. But with 'canned' lions we are talking about a dwindling wild species, lions that naturally want to roam and hunt freely, not herds of 'domesticated' sheep. Besides, the 'canned' lion hunting option certainly did not entice Walter Palmer (or many of his ilk I fear) from seeking 'the real thing'- Walter chose to illegally take the 'thrill' of removing Cecil (may he RIP) from his life as a free animal with responsibilities within his pride.
As long as the demand side for hypothetical medicines continues unabated, there will be illegal poaching and 'canned' farms to meet it. 'Education' is not likely to help – The increasing demand(17) is coming from a burgeoning middle class and professionals in Asia, ie. 'Educated' people. But these educated people have no clear rationale for their 'faith' in the properties of the endangered species based medicines they crave – almost some form of rehabilitation is needed to counter the years of traditional dogma.
Lobbying at an inter-governmental level would be a notion, but is hardly likely to make much headway any time soon.
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora) has been in force since 1975, it now has some 181(24) signatory States.
Incidentally, Vietnam was an accession State to CITES in 1994 and China in 1981 (Note: The term 'accession' is used in relation to the States that did not sign the original Convention in 1973 – 1975). So, CITES seems an ineffective tool in the face of insatiable demand and organised crime when it comes to high value poaching and shipments of animal parts. A global stand and rethink is clearly required.
The debate is how to reduce the demand side (which will no doubt be a long and painful process just to stabilise growth in demand, let alone reduce it), but at the same time protect the dwindling, wild species numbers before it's too late? In terms of rhino horn, then harvesting the horns (in a sustainable way, that doesn't kill the 'donating' rhino) and allow legal export from farms 'might' help reduce illegal poaching, but what sort of world is that we are condoning?
Then there is the option of pouring resources and technology to combat the illegal poachers' activities and poacher 'life style.' These poachers seem to show no mercy for their animal victims, or the anti-poaching rangers that confront them. Anti-poaching units have to be suitably armed in response and supported in using that response to its fullest extent. Expecting anti-poaching rangers to try and dissuade and/or arrest a poacher with nothing more than the 'higher moral ground' is a fool's errand, when the poacher is spraying bullets at the ranger from an AK-47 rifle. Those that don't agree with rangers firing back at the poachers, means the 'rhino war' is already lost – the animal targets left to their own defence (which compared with the poachers' arsenal, is derisory).
Those poachers that are arrested and prosecuted seem to have a high degree of leniency in their favour(14). The liberal approach to 'offer the poachers a better alternative' would seem naïve when the poached commodity in question has such high demand/value, worth more than gold at today's rates. Those high values no doubt more than smooth out any wrinkles with shipping the poacher's 'death products' to their eagerly waiting clients.
An initiative to combat poaching by Protect International CIC(25) is to fit a rhino's horn with a camera and sensors, when 'trouble' is detected an alert and live video feed is transmitted back to base.
Steve Piper, a director of Protect, elaborates (20 July 2015); "Proof of concept research has already been completed and our South African team are now preparing to fine tune prototypes in the field, we expect to have the first rhino prototypes out within months and are just beginning development on versions for tigers and elephants. We hope to have a fully functional control centre established early next year. The figures make it painfully clear; there is no time to waste, the tide has to be turned and the Protect RAPID can do it; the only thing heading for extinction over the next decade is poaching itself."
As long as there is a blood lust demand for Trophy Hunting there will be a corrupt and dubious supply market to cater for it; issuing quotas, permits and making it seemingly 'legal' (but morally abhorrent) for the Sabrina, Arron, Walter, Dr Seki et al. of this world to quench their blood lust upon.
Trophy Hunting does not equal well funded conservation. The trickle down of funds is anecdotal, not evident enough to prove the hunter's claim.
Canned Hunting is not conservation – it's a commoditisation business, based on exploitation pure and simple.
Making Trophy Hunting and Canned Hunting more socially unacceptable and lobbying for change is one approach; be that airlines not transporting the hunter's prizes or the banning of trophy imports – but the Trophy Hunter will always find another legal, or illegal way to ship their prizes back to their 'caves' I have no doubt.
Until such time as the veil of 'legality' is no longer acceptable in any form (take heed from the boundaries pushed back against slavery and apartheid), making animals more valuable as tourist attractions, by taking that wildlife sight-seeing holidays might help push the economics even further back against the economic argument for the continued 'facilitation' of Trophy Hunting.
"Cecil's Law(21)" is the moniker of a bill (Cecil Act, H.R. 3526) introduced by a group of U.S. Senators in July 2015, named in honour of Cecil the lion (may he RIP). The "Conserving Ecosystem by Ceasing the Importations of Large (CECIL) Animal Trophies Act," has the intent to extend current U.S. import and export restrictions on animal trophies to include species that have been proposed for listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Current U.S. law only provides protection for species whose status on the list has been finalised by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The African lion has been proposed as an addition to the Endangered Species Act list, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has yet to 'finalise' the designation (and the process can take over a year to complete). The Cecil Act would ensure that species under consideration for protection are also covered by trophy import restrictions by default. The adoption of the Cecil Act would be a welcome step in the right direction and a statement of intent.
Efforts are being made to reduce the demand side; the Humane Society International (HSI)(26) is working with the government of Vietnam on an education and outreach programme to try and reduce the demand side for rhino horn.
I have left myself somewhat perplexed, but not daunted by this study of the economics. There is always a better way. We just have to keep hoping and finding ways to work in from the margins (moving the lines as with Cecil Act, the Protect and HSI initiatives), fighting our way inward to defeat the inner, rotten and festering core.
Trophy Hunting in Sub Saharan Africa : Economic Scale and Conservation Significance – Peter A Lindsey, 2008
The £200 Million Question – Economists at Large, 2013
Can Trophy Hunting Actually Help Conservation? – Jason G Goldman, 15 January 2014.
Rhino Population Figures – Save the Rhino
Born Free Renews Call for Decisive Action Following Tragic Death of Cecil the Lion 31 July 2015
Endangered Species Handbook (2005) – Persecution and Hunting, Trophy Hunting vs. Ecotourism
Gaia State Of The Ark Atlas: World Conservation In Action – Lee Durrell, 1986, ISBN-10: 1856750116
Cecil the lion's death: 'There was blood in the sand. My immediate response was anger' – Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2015
Elephants on the High Street (Para. 3.3) – International Fund for Animal Welfare, March 2004.
Conservation in Africa : Peoples, Policies and Practices – Anderson, David; Grove, Richard H. (25 May 1990), Cambridge University Press. p. 45.
Mara Wildlife in Serious Decline – James Morgan, 23 April 2009
Effects of human – livestock – wildlife interactions on habitat in an eastern Kenyan rangeland – John Otuoma, Jenesio Kingamario, Wellington Ekaya, Mirgesh Kshatriya, Meshak Nyabengi – British Journal of Zoology, Blackwell Publishing Ltd., First published 14 September 2009
Lifeline for Kenya's 'lost' Wilderness – Zoe Murphy, BBC News, 5 October 2005
Rhino Wars – Peter Gwin, National Geographic, March 2012
Is Captive Lion Hunting Really Helping to Save the Species? – Paul Steyn, National Geographic, 5 May 2015
Canned Lion Hunting – Mass Commercialisation of Trophy Hunting in Africa – Pallavi Sharma, 28 April 2015
Campaign Against Canned Hunting Founder Chris Mercer
'Canned hunting': the lions bred for slaughter – Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 3 June 2013
Senators Introduce CECIL Act After Outcry Over Killed African Lion – Christina Walker, The Huffington Post, 31 July 2015
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CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora
Protect Worldwide CIC
The Humane Society International (HSI)
Fight for Rhinos, John Hume
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Britain's economy grew at its weakest pace since the fourth quarter of 2012, expanding by just 0.1 percent in Q1 2018, at the bottom end of economists' forecasts in a Reuters poll and well below the BoE's prediction of a drop to 0.3 percent.
The slowdown from modest growth of 0.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 was driven by the biggest fall in construction output since the second quarter of 2012.
Looking down on the New Oxford Circus crossing at sunset.
Britain's economy slowed much more sharply than expected in the first three months of 2018, with heavy snow only partly to blame, raising major questions over whether the Bank of England will raise rates next month.
But the Office for National Statistics said on Friday that bad weather was not wholly to blame, with much of the fall in construction taking place in January.
"While the snow had some impact, particularly in construction and some areas of retail, its overall effect was limited with the bad weather actually boosting energy supply and online sales," ONS statistician Rob Kent-Smith said.
Rare snow storms and sub-zero temperatures in late February and early March, dubbed "the Beast from the East", were already known to have hurt some businesses.
The scale of the slowdown may unsettle the BoE, which next week will start meetings to consider whether to raise interest rates on May 10 for only the second time since the 2008 financial crisis.
While the central bank had expected a modest effect from the bad weather, the figures raise the prospect that a year of high inflation, and uncertainty about Britain's prospects after it leaves the European Union in March 2019, is taking a bigger toll on firms and consumer spending than expected.
Some central bank policymakers, however, have said early estimates of first-quarter GDP are often subject to upward revision, particularly at times of harsh weather.
At the start of the month, economists had been pretty sure that the BoE would look past weak first-quarter data due to above-target inflation and the lowest unemployment rate since 1975.
But in the run-up to Friday's data, many were beginning to think the BoE could be getting cold feet about a May rate rise, after Governor Mark Carney alluded to "mixed" data last week and the possibility of moving rates at a later meeting.
In year-on-year terms, the pace of growth slowed to 1.2 percent, its weakest since the second quarter of 2012 and at the bottom end of economists' forecasts in a Reuters poll.
In the final three months of 2017, Britain recorded the slowest year-on-year growth of any major advanced economy. For this year, the International Monetary Fund predicts Britain will move ahead of Japan and Italy in the rankings.
Britain's preliminary GDP data rely heavily on estimates by ONS staff and only contain about 40 percent of the data in the final estimate.
Official data last week had already shown a big fall in retail sales in March, and earlier on Friday housebuilders reported a sharp drop in new housing starts in the first three months of 2018.
Earlier this week surveys from the Confederation of British Industry showed only a partial recovery in industrial orders and retail sales in the first part of April, raising the possibility of a further underlying slowdown in growth.
Weather has not been the only factor weighing on the British economy. Growth has slowed since June 2016's Brexit vote, especially in consumer-facing sectors as households' disposable income has been eroded by a jump in inflation caused by the post-referendum fall in the pound.
Exporters have benefited from a weaker pound and strong global growth, but there has been less of a rise in business investment than typically - something economists link to long-term doubts about Britain's trade prospects after Brexit.
Last month Prime Minister Theresa May agreed a provisional transition deal to maintain the status quo for 21 months after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019.
But in the longer term she plans to accept reduced access to Britain's main European export markets in return for the chance to independently negotiate trade deals with faster-growing countries further afield that currently account for only a small share of British exports.


We are proposing to change and extend our anti-social behaviour Public Space Protection Order (ASB PSPO).
PSPOs are made under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The current ASB PSPO came into force on 12 June 2017 after a public consultation process.
This already applies across the whole borough. We are proposing that it is retained but that the definition is broadened to include "nuisance, or annoyance, or alarm, or distress or harassment". This aligns more closely with the Police enforced Designated Public Place Orders that were replaced by the new PSPO regime in 2017. This is also the terminology used by the Police within Dispersal Orders made under Part 3 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
This already applies across the whole borough. We are proposing that it is retained but that the definition is amended so it clearly only relates to aggressive begging and not passive begging. This is because some members of the public find aggressive begging very intimidating compared with passive begging, and the current ASB PSPO is a little ambiguous on this.
This currently applies within a quite large specified area of the borough covering much of Central St Leonards, the town centre, the Old Town, and much of the seafront including the pier. It prohibits shouting, swearing, screaming, or acting in a manner causing annoyance, harassment, alarm, or distress to any person.
We are proposing to extend this clause to the whole borough to address displacement issues experienced since the ASB PSPO came into force in 2017, and to make it a more flexible enforcement power to deal with serious ASB wherever it arises in the borough.
We are also proposing that the definition used in this prohibition is amended to include "nuisance, or annoyance, or alarm, or distress or harassment" to be consistent with the other prohibitions in the PSPO.
This currently applies within 4 relatively small specified areas of the borough within Central St Leonards, the town centre, and the Old Town. It prohibits the consumption of alcohol in these specified public spaces unless it is purchased from a licensed premises and consumed at the licensed premises.
This prohibition was primarily introduced to deal with ASB associated with street drinkers. It has resulted in some displacement of this ASB causing nuisance, annoyance, alarm, distress and harassment to residents, businesses and visitors to these areas. We are therefore proposing to expand the alcohol prohibition to cover a wider area to address the displacement.
This currently only applies to Cinque Ports Way as there was a lot of serious ASB associated with people sleeping in vehicles such as cars, vans and caravans in this area in 2015 and 2016.
Since the ASB PSPO came into force in 2017 ASB associated with people sleeping in vehicles and temporary structures such as tents in other areas of the borough has increased. Examples include caravans in Sea Road and more recently also Napier Road, and tents in many of the council's public parks and open spaces and the beach/seafront and some churchyards.
We are therefore proposing to extend the prohibition on sleeping overnight in vehicles to cover the other areas where this has become a problem, and to also clarify the definition to include all types of vehicle including caravans, and also temporary structures such as tents.
This currently applies within a quite large specified area of the borough covering much of Central St Leonards, the town centre, the Old Town, and much of the seafront including the pier.
However, there have been changes to the law outlawing so called 'legal highs', so this prohibition is no longer necessary, and we are therefore proposing to delete it.
By law the council must consult before varying and/or extending a PSPO. Therefore from Monday 15 April to Friday 10 May inclusive we are consulting with all statutory consultees such as the Police, as well as the general public and other interested parties.
If the council follows the appropriate statutory provisions and consultation processes, the PSPO can be varied and extended by up to 3 years.
To have your say on these proposals please send feedback to consultation@hastings.gov.uk.
Hard copies of the consultation documents can be accessed at the Council's Contact Centre and the Tourist Information Centre. At both of these centres there are the IT facilities and support necessary for the submission of views to consultation@hastings.gov.uk.
The deadline for feedback is 4pm on Friday 10 May 2019.
Feedback will then be reviewed and reported to the council's cabinet for discussion and final decision on the proposals.


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Reference Number: CTAS-2117
CTAS-2117
Distilleries for the manufacture of intoxicating liquors can be permitted in counties in two ways: (1) by voter referendum; or (2) without a voter referendum, if either of the following circumstances exist:
(A) Both retail package sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises have been approved through voter referendum of the voters in any jurisdiction(s) located within the county; or
(B) The county is included in the Tennessee River resort district and retail package sales have been approved through voter referendum of the voters in any jurisdiction(s) located within the county.
Distilleries By Referendum
Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103 generally governs the manufacture of intoxicating liquors in Tennessee. Under that statute, the manufacture of intoxicating liquors is permitted in any county where the majority of voters have, by referendum, approved a resolution permitting it within the county. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(a) - (c)
Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(a) - (c) sets forth the procedure that is followed to determine whether such a referendum may be presented to the voters. If 10% of the qualified voters in a county sign a petition to present the question whether the manufacture of liquor will be permitted within a county, the county commission must call an election on the question. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(a) - (b). If a majority of the votes are cast in favor of the question, then the manufacture of liquor is permitted within that county. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(c).
Distilleries Without Referendum
However, another procedure is set forth in Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(d). Notwithstanding subsections (a) - (c), it is lawful to manufacture intoxicating liquors or intoxicating drinks, or both, within the boundaries of:
(A) A municipality if both retail package sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises have been approved through referendum of voters within such municipality;
(B) The unincorporated areas of a county, or a municipality which has a population of less than one thousand (1,000) persons in such county, if any jurisdiction located within such county has approved retail package sales through referendum of voters and any jurisdiction located within such county has approved consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises through referendum of voters or if the county is included in the Tennessee River resort district as defined in § 57-4-102 and retail package sales have been approved through referendum by the voters in any jurisdiction within such county;
(C) Any municipality authorized under § 57-4-102(26) to allow facilities or establishments in such municipality to sell alcoholic beverages or wine for on premises consumption;
(D) Any county or municipality where it was lawful to have manufacturing of intoxicating liquors or intoxicating drinks, or both under this subsection (d) as it read prior to July 1, 2013; or
(E) Any county that has at least three (3) establishments, located in such county or in any municipality in such county, licensed under § 57-4-102(26) to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption if such county was included in this subsection (d) as it read prior to July 1, 2013.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(d)(1)(A) - (E).
Resolution to Prohibit Distilleries
Notwithstanding subdivision (d)(1), the county legislative body of any such county may adopt a resolution to remove the unincorporated areas of the county from the application of subsection (d) subject to certain restrictions. The county mayor must notify the Alcoholic Beverage Commission if such action is taken and approved by the county legislative body. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(d)(2)(A).
This action may be taken by the county legislative body pursuant to subdivision (d)(2)(A) until a written notification is filed with the county mayor by any person as an official notice that the person intends to pursue all lawful avenues to manufacture intoxicating liquors or intoxicating drinks, or both, within the unincorporated areas of the county. Once the notice is filed, no action may be taken by the county legislative body unless such interest is withdrawn or the person's application to manufacture such intoxicating liquors or intoxicating drinks, or both, is denied by the state or federal government. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(d)(2)(B). NOTE: Pursuant to Public Chapter 445, a written notification as described above may not be filed with the county mayor until at least 45 days after July 1, 2013.
If a county adopts a resolution pursuant to subdivision (d)(2)(A), the county may at a later date adopt a resolution reversing such action. The county mayor must notify the Alcoholic Beverage Commission if such action is taken and approved. Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-2-103(d)(2)(c).
Source URL: https://eli.ctas.tennessee.edu/reference/distilleries


Converted office space provides an OSHPD 3-compliant safety net clinic that offers primary health care for adults, women's and mental health services, HIV/AIDS testing and treatment, and wellness services including acupuncture, education, and social services resources.
SGPA provided building assessment, programming, design, documentation, permit processing, and construction administration for this new tenant improvement.
With 22 exam rooms and six counseling rooms, this LEED Gold criteria building maximizes patient exposure to natural light, views, and the exterior while they receive care. The exceptional level of universal design features accommodate multiple disabilities. The clinic includes a large, open workspace that is shared by all providers and staff in an effort to promote communication and complete patient-centered care. The space also includes a wellness center where patients can participate in acupuncture treatment, group and prenatal exercise, nutrition and cooking demonstrations, and prenatal counseling.


Wang GL, Hsu SH, Yeh TS, Chen SH, Yang SJ, Hou YC, Wang CJ. Educating staff and patients on providing advance directive information upon admission to a cancer center in Taiwan. Psycho-Oncology 2009; 18(Suppl.2):S299.
Wang GL, Yang SJ, Chiu CY, et al. Self selection for psychosocial intervention by patients at a cancer center screened by Distress Thermometer as the "6th Vital Sign". Psycho-Oncology 2009; 18(Suppl.2):S239.
Wang GL, Shih SM, Feng AC, Hsu SH, Hou YC. Screening breast cancer survivors with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Distress Thermometer. Psycho-Oncology2010; 19(Suppl.2): S205.
Shih SM, Wang GL, Feng AC, Hsu SH, Hou YC, Chen SH, Cheng CT. How anxiety, depression and physical side effects predict fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors in Taiwan. Psycho-Oncology2010; 19(Suppl.2): S262.
Hsu SH, Shih SM, Feng AC, Wang GL, Hou YC, Chen SH, Cheng CT. Factors associated with psychosocial distress in early breast cancer survivors in Taiwan. Psycho-Oncology2010; 19(Suppl.2): S207-208.
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Wang GL, Yeh TS, Hsu SH, Cheng CT, Hou YC. Introducing advance directives document, the Five Wishes, to a cancer center in Taiwan. Psycho-Oncology 2010; 20(Suppl.2): S45.
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One of the reasons why we still do not have a cure for HIV infection yet is that the virus infects cells of the immune system that activate the response that should stop infection. In concrete terms, the main HIV targets are a sort of white cells named CD4 T lymphocytes, so called because they have the protein CD4 on their membrane.
While we have more than 20 different drugs available today in the market, all of them act blocking the cycle that HIV follows to infect those CD4 T lymphocytes, but do not cure because they do not manage to eliminate all the viruses from the organism. One of the possible explanations for that fact is that the available treatments do not fully act on another kind of immune cells, called dendritic cells, where HIV also penetrates and remains almost fully infectious. Dendritic cells are responsible for activating the immune response, but when they do it, they also infect CD4 T lymphocytes in parallel. Therefore, the proliferation of the infection is more efficient when dendritic cells harboring viruses are around.
Now, scientists from the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa, funded by "la Caixa" Foundation and the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya (the autonomous catalan government), have identified the entry door that HIV uses to hide into dendritic cells, an enigma that the scientific community had been trying to solve for years. The work has just been published in the international scientific journal PLoS Biology, and it has been supported by the HIVACAT Program for the research and development of a vaccine against AIDS.
Siglec-1 is the molecule that can be found on the surface of dendritic cells that allows the entry of HIV into cells. It acts as a gateway for HIV to mature dendritic cells when are joined by the gangliosides of the virus, functioning as a key. Thus, dendritic cells accumulate large amounts of virus inside and become Trojan horses, allowing the infection of the CD4 + T cells, the main target of HIV, and contributing to spread HIV through the body.


CEO and Managing Director, Bob Dorsey, recently spoke with Finance Monthly to provide expert insight for their September issue. In this publication, since he recently celebrated some industry anniversaries, he discusses how the mutual fund industry has evolved and changed in the new millennium. He also dives deeper into the increasing influence of technology, the importance of operations, thriving in the new regulatory normal, and the trends to help investment advisors and fund managers succeed in this new environment. If you would like to read the publication, please link to the full article here.
In the most recent Ultimus Client Summit, mutual fund industry attendees seized opportunities to gain expert advice on topics that resonate with many within the industry. One topic in particular, Real World Marketing, hit home as expert panelists shared stories and advice regarding the environment of marketing for mutual funds.
In recent years, investment managers launching new mutual funds have realized the increasing amount of competition in the retail investment space. As more and more funds come to market, managers are turning to fund distribution to help diversify their shareholder base and grow assets. With many different channels and platforms, the options are endless when it comes to effective distribution and wholesaling.


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Q: String.format() statement for spacing each line only spaces braces I am attempting to utilize the String.format() method to prepend a variable number of spaces to each line from an infile to produce a new outfile. The infile is a .java file with all whitespace removed with the exception of newlines, and each brace has it's own line.
This is my code where I test to add 3 spaces before every line. Note the Scanner argument comes from main where it takes the infile:
void printToOutFile(Scanner s, File o) throws IOException {
    FileWriter stream = new FileWriter(o);
    BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(stream);
    int numOfSpaces = 3;

    while(s.hasNext()) {
        line = s.nextLine();
        String l = String.format("%1$" + numOfSpaces + "s", line);
        out.write(l + "\n");
    }
    out.close()
}

The String.format() here seems to only add spaces before any braces, but not lines with text. I can't figure out why it would do that.

A: You're specifying a width in your format string, but I don't that that's doing exactly what you want. From the Formatter docs:

The optional width is a non-negative decimal integer indicating the minimum number of characters to be written to the output.

Try this:
String l = String.format("%1$" + (numOfSpaces + line.length()) + "s", line);

A: Have you tried
format("%*s", numSpaces, line);

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Q: How do I find mime-type in Python I am trying out some CGI-scripting in Python. If a request come to my python script, how do I find the mime-type of the filetype?
UPDATE: Adding more info
Some images for now, adderess/image.jpg. But if I understand mime-type is part of the headers that the web-browsers sends, right? So how do I read these headers?

A: You have two options.  If your lucky the client can determine the mimetype of the file and it can be included in the form post.  Usually this is with the value of the an input element whose name is "filetype" or something similar.
Otherwise you can guess the mimetype from the file extension on the server.  This is somewhat dependent on how up-to-date the mimetypes module is.  Note that you can add types or override types in the module.  Then you use the "guess_type" function that interprets the mimetype from the filename's extension.
import mimetypes
mimetypes.add_type('video/webm','.webm')

...

    mimetypes.guess_type(filename)

UPDATE: If I remember correctly you can get the client's interpretation of the mimetype from the "Content-Type" header.  A lot of the time this turns out to be 'application/octet-stream' which is almost useless.
So assuming your using the cgi module, and you're uploading files with the usual multipart form, the browser is going to guess the mimetype for you.  It seems to do a decent job of it, and it gets passed through to the form.type parameter.  So you can do something like this:
import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
files_types = {};
if form.type == 'multipart/form-data':
    for part in form.keys():
        files_types[form[part].filename] = form[part].type
else:
    files_types[form.filename] = form.type

A: Assuming you are submitting files with an HTML form like this:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
    <input name="userfile" type="file" />
    <input type="submit" value="Send File" />
</form>

You can get the file type with this in a Python CGI script:
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
filetype = form['userfile'].type

Take into account that the submitted file type is determined by the client web browser. It is not detected by Python CGI library or the HTTP server. You may use Python mimetypes module to guess MIME types from file extensions (e.g.: mimetypes.guess_type(form['userfile'].name)). You could also use the UNIX file command for the highest reliability although this is usually too costly.

A: You can install the package with pip install filemime and use it as follows. all type of files find file type and mime type filemime
from filemime import filemime

fileObj = filemime()

mime = fileObj.load_file("Kodi_Kodi.mp3",mimeType=True)
print(f"mime-type: {mime}")

output:
mime-type: 'audio/mpeg'


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Q: Parent Refresh - JavaScript I use the below JS to refresh Parent page, but I am getting the below message
Code:
 window.opener.document.location.reload();
 window.close();

Please help me how to avoid this

A: You can avoid using POST before refresh is required or set the location property instead of using reload:
window.opener.document.location = window.opener.document.location;

One more option is to redirect the parent page directly after the post request is done. After that the child can refresh the page without the popup.


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Jamboree Today Archive
2015 World Scout Jamboree
2013 National Scout Jamboree
Stories from Previous Scout Jamborees
Billboard-charted country band Taylor Made entertains at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree opening show. Photo by Daniel M. Reck.
Taylor Made Makes Opening Show; Gov. Welcomes Scouts and Venturers
By Mike DeSocio
The Taylor Made band brought the Summit Bechtel Reserve alive in front of a crowd of over 40,000 Scouts and Venturers Tuesday morning, igniting the inaugural 2013 National Scout Jamboree at its brand new West Virginia home.
Offering his welcome to the crowd, West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin preceded the musical performance by saying, "Let me be among one of the first to welcome you to the Summit Bechtel Reserve for the very first National Scout Jamboree here in West Virginia. It is an honor for our beautiful state to host this spectacular event."
"The most important part of the vision for the Summit didn't get in place until yesterday - you, the youth of the Boy Scouts of America," says Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock, emphasizing how Tuesday marked not only the beginning of the Jamboree, but also of a new chapter in the Scouting movement.
The Taylor Made band played a set of rousing tunes that had the crowd singing, dancing, and clapping along. Beach balls bounced above the ocean of participants in the audience as they made several waves across the stadium.
"Country music live performance here at #2013Jambo! Being here has doubled the number of live music shows I've ever been to haha" said JKeeganPierce on Twitter.
With the Jamboree now fully underway, Scouts and Venturers will be enjoying unparalleled high adventure activities and world class displays.
"This is your home, and we could not be more excited to have you here." said Tico Perez, the National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America.
Over the course of the next nine days, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson encouraged everyone to utilize the capabilities of their smartphones. "Post videos and share messages on social media so everyone back home knows what they're missing," he said.
As Scouts left the stadium, the West-Virginia-native Taylor Made band members reflected on their performance, saying, "To see it all and to be a part of this is beyond words."
"Surreal is all I could come up with," said lead singer Wendy Williams.
A few feet away from a bridge above where she was standing, a Scout called out, "You guys were awesome!"
"That is the reason why we're here," she said, smiling and turning to wave back.
News from SBR
Thanks for Attending #2017Jambo
Base Camp Charlie Leads the Way in World Friendship Fund Collection
Thank You to Jamboree Staff
jamboree.scouting.org
Service Team Info
Camp at The Summit
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Q: AttributeError: ' ' object has no attribute 'tk'? The point of this is to have one window that will obtain a zipcode from the user and save it. When the zipcode is saved it will open a new window that use the zipcode to display various weather information.
class EntryW(tk.Frame):
    def __init__( self, master ):
      self.master = master
      self.frame = tk.Frame(self.master)
      self.master.title("Weather by Josh")

      self.label =  Label(self, text = "Enter Zipcode")
      self.label.pack(side = LEFT)
      global zipcodeEntryVar
      zipcodeEntryVar = tk.StringVar()

      self.entry = Entry(self,textvariable=zipcodeEntryVar)
      self.entry.pack(side = RIGHT)

      self.button1 = Button( self, text = "Submit",
                           command +self.new_window )
      self.button1.pack(side = BOTTOM )
      self.frame.pack()

   def new_window(self):

     self.newWindow = tk.Toplevel(self.master)
     self.app = WeatherApp(self.newWindow)

class WeatherApp(tk.Frame):
      def __init__(self, master):

         self.master = master
         self.frame = tk.Frame(self.master)
         self.quitButton = tk.Button(self.frame, text = 'Quit',
                                    width = 25, command = self.close_windows)
         self.quitButton.pack()
         self.frame.pack()

      def close_windows(self):
         self.master.destroy()

def main():
    root = tk.Tk()
    app = EntryW(root)
    root.mainloop()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


So you want to build or renovate a Passive House?
Your specialist team may need to include a Certified Passive House Consultant to help test and measure your Passive House design.
Let me introduce to you Luc Plowman, of Detail Green. Luc is a Passive House Certified Consultant and Certifier. In fact, he's only one of 2 Passive House certified building certifiers in the country, and there's only about 50 world-wide.
Luc was brought in on the Owl Woods Passive House project as Talina Edwards (the architect) wasn't certified yet. He assisted with reviewing and auditing the design, running it through the Passive House modelling tool, and providing feedback and advice on what needed to be included and amended in order for the home to reach required benchmarks.
Meet Luc Plowman, from Detail Green.
Detail Green has a wealth of building design, engineering, construction and sustainability performance experience. This includes both local and international projects in residential, commercial, industrial and educational buildings across multiple green building standards.
Luc is a Sustainability Engineer. With 15 years experience he has been involved in a wide range of green building and sustainability projects across Australia. He's a director of Detail Green based in Beechworth, Victoria.
With a background in the commercial building industry and a range of Green Building qualifications Luc provides specialist ESD input to all areas of the built environment.
Luc is both a Certified Passive House Consultant & Building Certifier and one of Australia's most experienced Passive House professionals.
How do you describe what Passive House is?
What is your role on the Owl Woods Passive House Project? Is this how you're normally involved in projects?
You're a Certified Passive House Consultant … what does that mean?
How did you get involved in this type of work – what is your professional background? what made you choose to become a Certified Consultant?
Is a Passive House not really a Passive House if a Certified Passive House Consultant is not involved?
As a Certified Consultant, do you find that homeowners come find you because they really want to do this type of home and they've first done a lot of investigation and research themselves? Or do you find that there's an interest, and then still lots of education to do on your part?
What misconceptions do you see about Passive House?
I know homeowners will say to me "oh my climate is quite mild, I don't need to be this extreme about my home" … what would you say to them? Is there anywhere that Passive House is 'over the top' as an approach?
What key tips do you have for homeowners considering this as an approach for their renovation or new build?
Passive House can seem initially like a complex process of data and analysis. However, Luc shows us its fundamental aspects and the opportunity this methodology has to help us predict the performance of our homes – before we build them.


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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver Recital Society
Early Music Vancouver
Past Previews / 'Best Of'
Vancouver Classical Music
Behzod Abduraimov Preview
BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV, PIANO
23 year old Behzod Abduraimov (from Tashkent, Uzbekistan) was the grand prize winner of the 2009 London International Piano Competition. He has since achieved a meteoric rise to fame (comparable to Lang Lang), being both wonderfully engaging as well as supremely talented. One reviewer has said: 'He has the neuro-motor responses of a jungle cat and the energy reserves of an Olympic athlete on peak form'. But behind this, he has enormous sophistication, sensitivity and depth of feeling too. Returning to the Vancouver Recital Society by popular demand, this is a concert not to be missed.
MARCH 9, CHAN CENTRE, 3PM