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Alert first responders to health and medical issues for elderly drivers or passengers with special needs with this comfortable, padded seat belt cover. Not only does our cover prevent chafing from your seat belt but persons names and important medical issues can be printed on the front.
Discreet emergency contact information is contained insde the cover on a writeable fabric label. You can hand write in phone numbers or specific instructions.
This product is extremely popular with senior citizens, hard or hearing, deaf, Alzheimer's and dementia patients that find a car seatbelt to be cumbersome and annoying.
My mom had a fender bender a few months ago and was so shook up she could not remember my phone number to give to the police. Her cell phone had been thrown into the back of the car and they could not find it immediately. Now she has my info and my sisters right inside the seat belt cover. Well made and super comfortable.
I bought this seat belt cover for my 85 year old father who is still driving. He is deaf and wears hearing aids. It gives me piece of mind to know that not only can a first responder recognize that he is deaf but call him by name. Personal info is inside the cover so if something does happen my siblings and I can be contacted promptly.


The TNRD Nuisance Control Program includes mosquito control with pesticides, public outreach, and mosquito surveillance.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) began its formal mosquito control program approximately 40 years ago. Initially, the program consisted solely of the aerial application of pesticides such as malathion to control adult populations of mosquitoes. However, with the advent of new products such as biological larvicides, the program shifted its focus to the more environmentally sound practice of controlling mosquito larval populations before they emerge as adults.
Currently, larviciding for nuisance mosquito control is conducted under a five year Pest Management Plan. Nuisance Mosquito Control is conducted in a portion of Electoral Area "A" and in Electoral Areas "J", "L", "M", "N" (except the area around the Coquihalla Recreation Area), "O" and "P". The program also covers the muincipalities of Clearwater, Barriere, Sun Peaks, Kamloops, Chase and Logan Lake.
This program targets those species of mosquito that pose a nuisance problem for humans, primarily, those of the Aedes genus which are also known as floodwater and snowmelt mosquitoes. These mosquitoes lay their eggs in the soil next to receding waters along rivers and creeks and next to ponds and marshes in grassland hills. In subsequent years, when the waters again rise, the eggs are wetted and millions of them hatch all at once, releasing millions of larvae into the water. These larvae develop very quickly, thus timely application of larvicide is critical to their control. When these mosquitoes are not controlled, they emerge within 2 to 3 weeks of being wetted and are ferocious and persistent biters of humans. Their populations generally peak in late-June and then rapidly die off in July. These species usually bite only once and are therefore considered low risk as vectors of disease since they would have to bite more than once to pick up the disease from an infected host and then transmit it during a subsequent blood meal.
The TNRD currently tenders a five-year contract to conduct nuisance mosquito control and the current contractor is BWP Consulting Inc of Kamloops.
The majority of the TNRD Nuisance Mosquito Control campaign is focused on controlling mosquitoes while they are in their larval stages, for two primary reasons. Firstly, larval control is much more efficient than adulticiding – it is possible to treat larval mosquitoes in very high concentrations in larval development sites, while adult mosquitoes tend to disperse soon after emerging. Secondly, larvicides such as Vectobac 200G, Aquabac 200G and Altosid Pellets are species-specific, affecting only aquatic members of the Order Diptera, which includes mosquitoes, black flies and midges.
Adulticides such as malathion and pyrethrin are wide-spectrum insecticides, with the ability to kill beneficial insects as well as pests, and can also be toxic to vertebrates including fish, birds and mammals.
At the request of the Ministry of Environment, areas containing fish or areas that are permanently contiguous with fish habitat are ineligible for larval nuisance control treatments, since the larvicide could potentially affect fish productivity by affecting a food source (mosquito larvae).
Vectobac (PCP 18158, a.i. 2.80%) & Aquabac (PCP 26863, active ingredient (a.i.) 2.86%) and are trade names of the two biological mosquito larvicides used in the TNRD Nuisance Mosquito Control Program. The active ingredient of these products is the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis (Bti) which is formulated as a granule product with crushed corncob as a carrier. The product is effective at controlling mosquitoes and other members of the order Diptera in the larval stage, and is applied by hand, backpack blower, or by helicopter to standing water containing significant populations of mosquito larvae. Bti produces an endotoxin that contains five different proteins that can be digested in the alkaline gut of mosquito larvae. Once digested the proteins become toxic to the larvae and work to destroy the larvae's gut.
The benefits of the Bti larvicides are many. Bti larvicides are considered to be very specific to mosquito larvae and non-toxic to fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and most other insects. They are easy to apply and have no residual effect, along with being the most economical of the larval controls. Death of the larvae usually occurs within 24 hours.
This product is applied at rates ranging from 3 kg/ha to 20 kg/ha depending on the organic content of the water being treated. The TNRD contractor typically applies around 10,000 kg of Bti larvicide each year (larvicide amounts vary depending on the amount of flooding and thus the size of larval development habitats).
Altosid Pellets (PCP 21809) is the trade name of a mosquito larvicide that contains the active ingredient methoprene (4.25% a.i.). Methoprene is a mosquito growth regulator that mimics mosquito juvenile growth hormone. In mosquitoes, juvenile growth hormone production ceases when a mosquito pupates. This allows the mosquito to develop into an adult while in its pupal stage. When methoprene is present in the water, the pupae is not able to develop into an adult and the mosquito dies in its pupal stage. Altosid is formulated in slow-release pellets that release a constant concentration of methoprene into the water for up to 30 days. This larvicide can be applied to dry ground before a flood and will only activate when submerged in water. If the site dries up, the pellets will stop dissolving and will begin to dissolve again if re-submerged. This is the larvicide of choice in habitats such as ditches that become wet intermittently, and in fields where farmers practice flood-irrigation (or over-irrigation) and many generations of mosquito larvae can be produced.
The TNRD Mosquito Adulticiding Program is a REQUEST ONLY, GROUND-BASED program. Residents of the TNRD can request adulticide spray by contacting the mosquito control contractor at (250) 372-5700 and byhaving neighbours sign the TNRD Adulticiding Petition. When conditions for adulticiding have been met, Adulticides are applied via truck-mounted Ultra Low Volume (ULV) foggers. Both malathion and resmethrin can be used in these sprayers. Historically, aerial and ground application of these pesticides constituted the primary means of controlling mosquito populations, and large amounts were used annually. However, more recently, due to environmental concerns associated with the toxicity of adulticides, application of these pesticides has occurred on a much smaller scale, and only in response to specific requests. The adulticide program is only available to residents in Electoral Areas 'J'. 'L', 'O' and 'P', as residents in Electoral Area 'A' elected to ban the spraying of adult insecticides for mosquito control.
Due to excellent results from the larviciding practices, no adulticides have been used in the TNRD since 2003.
Malathion is an organophosphate insecticide that works by inhibiting cholinesterase and thereby causes paralysis of the insect. This insecticide is the most commonly used chemical control for adult mosquitoes in North America. It is applied by ground ULV spray and thus no mixing or dilution is needed. This product has a low mammalian toxicity, moderate avian toxicity and variable toxicity to aquatic organisms.
The benefits of this adulticide are its low cost (compared to other adulticides), and ease of use (no mixing required). The disadvantages include strong odor, a propensity to cause paint damage (if applied incorrectly) and, in some areas of North America, resistance among mosquito populations has developed.
Pyrethrin is a natural chemical that is produced in the flowers of chrysanthemums. Pyrethrin pesticides affect sodium channel function in the neurological system of the insect. Natural pyrethrins are formulated with additives such as piperonyl butoxide and N-octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide to enhance the effectiveness and stability of the pyrethrins.
There are many benefits of the pyrethrins. First, they have rapid knockdown properties. They are unstable when exposed to light and break down quickly. Unlike malathion, pyrethrins are non-corrosive and have a less offensive smell. They are considered to have a very low mammalian toxicity.
There are disadvantages to the use of pyrethrins as well. Pyrethrins are very expensive insecticides. Also, they pose a slightly higher safety risk as they need to be diluted prior to use (thus there is increased handling and increased chance of spill). The biggest disadvantage to pyrethrin use is that it is highly toxic to fish.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District offers a request-only adulticiding program for residents of Electoral Areas 'J', 'L', 'O' and 'P'. There are number of criteria that must be met prior to adulticiding. First, an attempt must have been made to control the mosquito when they were in their larval development stage with larvicides. This means that a landowner cannot refuse larval control, and then later request adulticide spray. Next, the population of adults must be exceptionally high. As a rule, a bite-test must be performed and an individual must be getting an average of 3-BITES-PER-MINUTE on ONE EXPOSED FOREARM. Basically, a volunteer must stand outside with one sleeve rolled up and count the number of bites received in one minute. When the bite count numbers are sufficient, a landowner can request an evaluation of his/her property to determine if all Ministry of Environment regulation can be met. Crews must be able to leave a 110 meter buffer zone around any fish-bearing stream (ie North and South Thompson Rivers and their tributaries), drinking-water well, bee-hive, or neighbour that has refused spray. It is recommended that interested landowners take the TNRD petition to their neighbours and ask if they would like to be included in the program, since adulticiding is more effective if a greater area is sprayed. NO ONE WILL EVER RECEIVE ADULTICIDE unless they have met all of the above conditions and have signed the TNRD Petition. If adulticiding is approved, spraying is conducted between dusk and dawn, to minimize impacts to beneficial insects such as bees and to lessen exposure to humans and domestic animals. Instructions are given to landowners prior to a spray campaign to keep windows and doors shut, turn air-conditioners and fans off, and keep pets in the house or under cover, and to wash all fruit, vegetables and children's toys following the spray.
BWP Consulting Inc. is a biological consulting company based in Kamloops, BC. This company has conducted all mosquito control related activities for the Thompson-Nicola Regional District since 1999. Please feel free to contact Cheryl Phippen (Crew Supervisor) with any Mosquito Control or West Nile Virus related questions by leaving a message on the TNRD Mosquito Advisory Line (250) 372-5700 or by email.


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This may be a memorial or mourning portrait of a recently deceased child, a practice not uncommon in the Victorian era. From the 'Aunt Lizzie' Album. In 2010, during the preparations for the regeneration of Lancaster Library, a Victorian photograph album was uncovered in the attic at the library. On the cover, embossed in gold are the words 'Aunt Lizzie'.The album was almost completely full comprising 130 photographs, predominantly portraits with a few postcards and pressed flowers. There was no indication as to who Aunt Lizzie was and very limited information on the photographs themselves. In 2011, Lancaster Community History Library enlisted the help of Jean Wetter, Mavis Long, & Pat Harrison, members of the Lancaster family history Group. Over the next six months they undertook extensive local and family history research on the contents of the album and were able to identify almost all the people portrayed there and their relationships. 'Aunt Lizzie' was evidently related to and connected to the 'high society' of Lancaster. Included in the album are national and local dignitaries. There is a very rare portrait of the family of James Williamson, Lord Ashton, the richest and most powerful industrialist of Lancaster and the City's main benefactor of the time.
This may be a memorial or mourning portrait of a recently deceased child, a practice not uncommon in the Victorian era.
From the 'Aunt Lizzie' Album.
In 2010, during the preparations for the regeneration of Lancaster Library, a Victorian photograph album was uncovered in the attic at the library. On the cover, embossed in gold are the words 'Aunt Lizzie'.The album was almost completely full comprising 130 photographs, predominantly portraits with a few postcards and pressed flowers. There was no indication as to who Aunt Lizzie was and very limited information on the photographs themselves. In 2011, Lancaster Community History Library enlisted the help of Jean Wetter, Mavis Long, & Pat Harrison, members of the Lancaster family history Group. Over the next six months they undertook extensive local and family history research on the contents of the album and were able to identify almost all the people portrayed there and their relationships. 'Aunt Lizzie' was evidently related to and connected to the 'high society' of Lancaster. Included in the album are national and local dignitaries. There is a very rare portrait of the family of James Williamson, Lord Ashton, the richest and most powerful industrialist of Lancaster and the City's main benefactor of the time.
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Oiseaux-Tempête: Unworks & Rarities (LP, Sub Rosa, June 2016)
November 1, 2016 December 27, 2016 dograndoLeave a comment
Oiseaux-Tempête's Ütopiya? was easily one of my records of 2015. So I was pretty intrigued to get hold of this. You never know quite what you'll get with this kind of bits-and-bobs compilation, but this exceeds expectations. It opens with Eclipse & Sirocco, a number based around Christine Ott's ondes-martenot work which starts of as ethereal as you'd expect from that but which slowly builds an ominous pulsing and ends up quite as dramatic. Not as dramatic as most of the record, which is typically heart-on-its-sleeve stuff, guitar led but drenched in effects and analogue synths, plus Gareth Davis's familiar bass clarinet on the last couple of tracks. Other highlights for me include The Strangest Creature On Earth, in which G W Sok (who memorably provided the Nazim Hikmet readings on the last album) delivers a killer spoken-word political rant — I won't attempt to gloss it, go check it out, but it's a masterpiece of quiet sorrow and restrained anger — and Black As Midnight On A Moonless Night, a big swaggering bluesy number with some excellent work on the whammy bar, which could easily soundtrack the entrance of the baddie in a cheesy thriller, on which (whisper it!) I think ol' Frédéric D Oberland might actually be having fun. All in all… okay, this record isn't quite as good as Ütopiya?, but it's almost as good, which makes it very good indeed.
I bought this from Boomkat. They call it Indie / Alternative.
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Milan Knížák: Broken Music (LP, Sub Rosa, October 2015) + Milan Knížák / Opening Performance Orchestra: Broken Re/Broken (CD, Sub Rosa, October 2015)
January 7, 2016 dograndoLeave a comment
I have a bone to pick with the normally impeccable Sub Rosa concerning their re-release of Broken Music. They describe these pieces as being "widely regarded as important sound art documents", which suggests that they are of only historical interest, and risks obscuring the important fact that they sound freaking amazing. As a rule, I don't buy records of only historical interest, because they end up just sitting slightly sadly on a shelf. But I'd have been sorry to miss this stuff because — and this bears repeating — it sounds freaking amazing. Fluxus-chappy Knížák started doing bad things to records as part of happenings in the 60s: he'd smash them up and glue bits of them together, stick paper over them, scratch them, paint them, and then play the results, often destroying the needle in the process. The results, judging by this 1979 release, were pretty astonishing. There are sub-second snatches of classical, rock, soundtracks, spoken word, jazz, and more, each just about recognizable for what it is but cut off before my ear can properly glom onto it. This constant teetering on the brink of coherence makes it wonderfully dynamic, and combined with the mostly propulsive rhythm of the thing, the overall effect is quite exhilarating. I won't deny that it's age is apparent, but it's none the worse for being a bit lo-fi, and the aesthetic is timeless: the obvious descendents of this music are people like Christian Marclay, but I don't think it's too much of a stretch to draw a line from this to, say, breakcore. More importantly, though, this still sounds genuinely exciting.
Having said all which… There's no denying that it's this modern release, of a 2014 concert, which is the one that really blows me away. The first track, and my favourite thing here, is a 45-minute updating of the original Broken Music concept by Knížák and Phaerentz using broken vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and a keyboard. The advance of technology basically makes this a fuller realization of the concept: the palette is richer, the sound denser, and the recording fresher. If Broken was exhilarating, this is a pure adrenaline rush, bursting with tension and rhythm and drama. The second track is a 33-minute "contemporary reinterpretation" by the Opening Performance Orchestra for "5 laptops & fraction music", and it's just mind-blowing. This is turned up to 11 throughout, and the source material harder to discern under a thick layer of howling, clattering noise — although several of the first track's samples are recognizable. More than anything else, this reminds me of an Aphex Twin gig from about 1999/2000… and, while I think it loses something in the translation to home-listening, anything that can make me feel like that must be doing something right. (Spoiler alert, though: they don't drop Billy Jean or Take On Me.) The two tracks go really well together add up to a stonkingly good, powerful, exciting album.
(Incidentally, I somehow suspect that Knížák wouldn't really approve of my take on his music. He seems quite belligerently anti-pop — he rather sniff says that the Christian Marclay "sounded to me like pop music", something which his own "definitely isn't"… although oddly I don't remember Marclay troubling the top-40 all that often — and he might resent some of my references and possibly even the implication that I find his music rather fun. Naturally, I'm not going to let that stop me responding to the records the way I hear them.)
I bought both of these from the label.
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Oiseaux-Tempête: Ütopiya? (CD, Sub Rosa, April 2015)
Over the last twenty-odd years, there have been many heinous crimes committed in the name of post-rock. This, however, is unashamedly post-rock, and it is stonkingly brilliant. It has quiet bits, with echoey guitars and ominous pianos and field recordings (including the obligatory street chatter with distant siren). It has loud bits, with heavy drumming and noisy angular guitars. It has vocal samples of a general left-wing protesty nature. Yes, it sounds a bit like Godspeed! much of the time (I really like Godspeed! by the way) and occasionally even like Slint (I like Slint, too). It's also bursting at the seams creativity and energy and technical skill and emotional intensity. It prominently features a jazzy bass clarinet, which is a nice touch. One highlight is Ütopiya / On Living, which centres on two readings by G W Sok of poetry by the Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet, who spent much of his life imprisoned or persecuted for communism, who I hadn't come across before but intend to investigate further (the verses are the third stanza of On Living, and It's This Way). The CD version finishes with a 22-minute live recording called Palindrome Series: the recording is a touch muddy, especially noticeable after the spot-on production on the album proper, but it still really makes me want to go see them live. I guess this isn't a very fashionable sort of record right now, but who cares when it is this good?
Harold Budd + Eraldo Bernocchi: Music For Fragments From The Inside (2xLP, Sub Rosa, December 2014)
July 2, 2015 December 28, 2016 dograndoLeave a comment
Combining classical music and electronica sounds like a great idea in theory, but in my experience it's often pretty underwhelming in practice. Not so this collaboration, recorded live at the Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea in Siena, Italy, initially released in 2005, and here re-released on beautiful double LP. Bernocchi's electronics — at times straight-up ambient, at others a kind of driven by a heavy thumping beat — provide the atmosphere. Budd's piano — simple, airy, improvised melodies — provides the soul. Sometimes the two seem to work in concert, a minor-key piano line played on the beat; more often, the moody electronics thump darkly at the core of the music while the delicate curlicues of piano skitter over the surface. (I believe that Budd's improvisations are largely in a pentatonic scale, although I'm no expert — this presumably contributes to the jazzy feel.) The result, from the piano study One to the slow-building epic Seven, is pretty wonderful. (They have one final trick up their sleeves, too: at the start, we hear the sound of the audience settling down; at the end, we hear them applaud, but then glitchy production effects start mutating the applause itself, playfully pointing out the ambiguity inherent in live recordings. No hay banda!)
I bought this from the Sub Rosa shop.
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Charlemagne Palestine: Strumming Music for Piano, Harpsichord & Strings Ensemble (3xCD, Sub Rosa, October 2010)
May 17, 2015 dograndoLeave a comment
I've seen Charlemagne Palestine live three times. Each was a mesmerising, transformative, and unique experience. I'd never bought any recordings because I'd been slightly underwhelmed by those I'd heard. After all, how could it be the same without the ritual, the teddy bears and the bunting and the brandy, and how could it hope to capture the subtlety and strangeness of the throat-singing and the brandy-glass-playing? Then I came across this triple-CD of performances from the 70s. The first disc, and the main attraction here, is CP himself performing Strumming on a Bösendorfer piano: after a short melodic introduction, he starts hammering two notes, until subtle resonances and beats start happening somewhere inside the instrument, he adds those notes into his playing, more resonances appear, and over the course of 52 minutes the whole thing evolves and mutates while slowly building in its rhythmical intensity. You can hear that the playing is physically changing the piano, and you can easily imagine that it's physically changing the brain of the listener. There are strange unearthly floating sounds which I'd swear are beyond the range of my normal hearing. Truly and quite literally stunning. The minimalism seems to work tolerably well on disc, too (though I'd love to go back in time and see it live).
The second CD is Betsy Freeman, under CP's direction, doing the same thing on a harpsichord. I've read suggestions that this is a purer performance, because obviously the strings don't resonate in the same way that a piano's do, so what you are hearing is more the performer's own work without a helping hand. It's interesting, sure, but I actually miss the way the original is a collaboration between the performer and the instrument, and it lacks some intensity.
The third is played on strings by musicians from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. For the most part, they appear to be bowing as evenly as possible, often playing perhaps a note with its fifth and its octave. The equivalent, I guess, of the piano's resonances is here in the fallibility of the players, as the parts shift slightly in volume or smoothness. There's a certain beauty to that, although it's not got the power of the wonderful sound of that big old Bösendofer.
I bought this from the Sub Rosa shop. It is part of their Unclassical series.
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Various Artists: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music, Vol. 7 (3xCD, Sub Rosa, June 2013)
April 5, 2014 dograndoLeave a comment
This is the final (sob!) entry in this fantastic series by the fantastic Sub Rosa label, which has been enriching my life regularly since 2001. As always, the range of music is phenomenal, and while not everything will be to anyone's taste, there's always loads to keep me interested. One standout track here for me is quietly brilliant electronic collage of Novi_sad's The Insolence Of A Poppy from 2011. But the most striking has to be Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville's recording of Au Clair De La Lune. This was made in 1860 using a machine called the phonautograph which predated Edison's phonograph by two decades. It mimicked an ear, using a membrane, an arrangement of levers, and a stylus to scratch a record of the music onto a glass cylinder coated in lamp black. The tragic flaw was that there was no way to replay it (this may be why Edison is a household name and Scott de Martinville is not). So this, the first known recording of a human voice, went unheard until 2008, when clever scientists at Berkeley digitally recreated the sound from a high-resolution scan of the cylinder. It's easy to get over-sentimental about the poignancy of all this, but it's hard not to be a little bit moved by this crackly ten seconds. (More about this on wikipedia.)
I bought this from Juno. They call it Industrial / Drone / Noise.
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Francisco López: Untitled #244 (CD, Sub Rosa, March 2010)
November 16, 2012 dograndoLeave a comment
This is 55 minutes constructed out of "Original environmental recordings done at multiple underwater and abovewater [sic] locations in the Panamá and Paraguay rivers". He even made it in his mobile studio on a boat. The effect is a detailed and immersive soundscape. It's not all whale-song, though: there are spooky cavern-like episodes, all drips and echoes, and even some industrial sections, almost like the hull of a tanker scraping along a rock. There are long passages where all we hear is a distant rushing noise, or even silence (as far as I can hear). Somehow, this adds to the feeling of deliberateness, of every sound being in just the right place — there wasn't anything that belonged here, so he just left us with the quietness. It's utterly uncompromising (as I'd anticipated, having been lucky enough to experience one of his astonishing surround-sound live experiences at an All Tomorrow's Parties) and although it doesn't exactly command the listener's attention it is the sound of someone completely in control of their medium.
I bought this at the Kompakt shop (again, yes, get me).
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Q: Change Google Spreadsheets cell horizontal alignment using python I've been trying to configure the cell horizontal alignment format of a google spreadsheet in python. I've read the original google developers information and have also checked other examples from people facing the same issue, but none of them applies to my example. The following code is the one I use to configure my spreadsheet request body. What I want to do is to create a new spreadsheet in which the horizontal alignment of all the cells is centered. As a result, when a user types anything in any cell, it will be centered automatically. Any tips?
spreadsheet_body = {
    'properties': {
        # spreadsheet name
        'title': sheet_name,
        "defaultFormat":{
            "horizontalAlignment":'CENTER'
        }
    },
    'sheets': [{
        'properties': {
            # worksheet name
            'title': 'Φύλλο1',
            'gridProperties': {
                # row\column number
                'rowCount': 100,
                'columnCount': 20
            },
        },
        'data': [{'rowData': [{'values': header_row}]}] # Added
    }
    ]
}

request = service.spreadsheets().create(body=spreadsheet_body)
response = request.execute()

A: I believe your goal is as follows.

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*When a new Spreadsheet is created using the method of spreadsheets.create of Sheets API, you want to set the horizontal alignment of the cells.

*You want to achieve this using googleapis with python.

Issue and workaround:
Unfortunately, "defaultFormat":{"horizontalAlignment":'CENTER'} of Spreadsheet property cannot be used. This is the current specification. This has already been mentioned ziganotschka's answer.
When I saw your script, the created new Spreadsheet has one sheet. In this case, when this sheet is created, the horizontal alignment of all cells in the sheet can be set as CENTER. But in this case, when a new sheet is created, the default format is used. Please be careful about this. So this answer is a workaround.
When this workaround is reflected in your script, it becomes as follows.
Modified script:
rowCount = 100
columnCount = 20

rowData = []
for r in range(1, rowCount):
    temp = []
    for c in range(0, columnCount):
        temp.append({'userEnteredFormat': {'horizontalAlignment': 'CENTER'}})
    rowData.append({'values': temp})
hlen = len(header_row)
if hlen < columnCount:
    for c in range(0, columnCount - hlen):
        header_row.append({'userEnteredFormat': {'horizontalAlignment': 'CENTER'}})
rowData.insert(0, {'values': header_row})

spreadsheet_body = {
    'properties': {
        # spreadsheet name
        'title': sheet_name
    },
    'sheets': [{
        'properties': {
            # worksheet name
            'title': 'Φύλλο1',
            'gridProperties': {
                # row\column number
                'rowCount': rowCount,
                'columnCount': columnCount
            },
        },
        'data': [{'rowData': rowData}]
    }]}

request = service.spreadsheets().create(body=spreadsheet_body)
response = request.execute()

Reference:

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*Method: spreadsheets.create

A: Under the resource SpreadsheetProperties it is specified:

defaultFormat

This field is read-only.

So unfortunately it is not possible to create with the Sheets API a spreadsheet where all cells are centered automatically - just like it is not possible to do it via the UI.

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Private First Class Jim Bowden Johnson was born to Samuel T. and Rebecca Gregory Johnson on September 22, 1919 in the small mountain community of Spurgeon, Wilkes County, North Carolina. His father worked as a farmer and his mother was a homemaker. Jim had 8 siblings- 5 sisters (Neoma, Evie, Cenie, Beulah, and Hazel) and 3 brothers (Glenn, Pritch, and Carl). He also had 8 half-siblings.
Prior to his entry into the service, Jim worked as a general farmhand on his family's property, helping to support them in the years following the Great Depression. When Uncle Sam called, Jim enlisted into the service on December 21, 1942, and reported for duty at Camp Croft, South Carolina. There he became attached to the United States Army's Coast Artillery Corps. After entry he trained stateside for 10 months until he and his unit sailed for the Asiatic Pacific Theater on October 12, 1943.
As a member of Battery B of the 164th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Private Johnson received his qualification to use a 30mm caliber M-1 Garand Rifle. His primary Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) was that of an Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Crewman (2601) relating to the maintenance and operation of 90mm and 120mm weapons. His responsibilities included but were not limited to: 'examined gun for proper mechanical functioning. Unloaded projectiles from trucks, inspected projectiles and fuzes for defects, brought up ammunition from prime mover or ammunition dump to rear of emplacement, passed shells to loader, inserted shells in fuze cutter, loaded into breech, or removed empty shells from gun position.'
Private First Class Johnson performed these duties, among others, in some of the fiercest conditions (physical and foe) encountered during the entire Second World War. Positioned in New Guinea, Johnson and his unit served in the Northern Solomons Campaign, a major offensive concerted with other Allied nations whose ultimate goal was to regain Japanese seized territories in the Pacific. The Allies also defended their communication and supply lines in the South Pacific by supporting a counteroffensive in New Guinea. These combined efforts riddled with significant casualties led to the Liberation of the Philippines and eventual victory in the Pacific Theater by the Allied Nations.
Private First Class Jim Bowden Johnson suffered physically throughout his active duty. Over the course of 13 months, Johnson required hospitalization in the makeshift medical facilities erected throughout the jungles. After receiving treatment for malaria, vitamin deficiencies, and skin disease courtesy of the torturous elements, Johnson returned to his unit and battled on.
For his service Private First Class Johnson received the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the Philippine Liberation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
At the conclusion of the war, PFC Johnson sailed for home, arriving in the states on December 31, 1945. On January 16, 1946 he received his discharge from the Separation Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Shortly after returning home, Jim married Bessie Ola Johnson. Together they worked and resided in the small Wilkes County town of Boomer, North Carolina trying to make a go of things in a post-war world. Private First Class Jim Bowden Johnson passed away on February 3, 1955, no doubt the result of a war-torn body and spirit. He and his wife are buried beside each other at Lewis Baptist Church Cemetery in North Wilkesboro.
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A look at those who would be NH GOP Chair
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Posted By Shawn Millerick on Nov 13, 2012 | 13 comments
The New Hampshire Republican State Committee must now begin the difficult task of rebuilding. If history is any guide, they will use this opportunity to install someone as Chair who has little practical experience, limited fundraising skill or capability, no nose for talented staff and precious little message discipline and a penchant for ideology over leadership. It hasn't been a pretty run for the NH GOP over the last two decades. As the names of those considering a run for Chair surface, we see no obvious future John Sununus or Steve Dupreys on the list. That doesn't mean these folks cannot prove to be surprising gems, however.
A couple of notes before unpacking the list. First, we believe Republicans should eschew ideological purity when choosing their next party leader. They should pick, instead, someone who has demonstrable leadership skills and a zest for fundraising. If he or she also happens to be conservative, so much the better. Second, If Sen. Kelly Ayotte decides to weigh in, which we think is imperative, on this and endorse a candidate, all other candidates for the position should back out and support that person, as well. It's Sen. Ayotte's party now, a contested fight will only hurt the GOP and there is plenty of work to go around that not everyone has to vie for Chair to make a difference. Sen. Ayotte's time is now to define the NHGOP with her leadership selection. Her political survival now depends on how she handles this important decision. She should select a leader and enlist Party leaders like Mayor Ted Gatsas to ensure support for her selection.
The most intriguing idea we have heard is that a number of surviving Republicans in the legislature are privately advocating for Ryan Williams to take the job. Williams is the former Communications Director of the state GOP who, during his tenure, almost constantly ruined the Democrats' days with his aggressive tactics. He carried his aggressive tactics over to the Romney campaign, where he earned a reputation for skillfully bracketing President Obama's otherwise well-orchestrated events, even getting in Vice President Biden's face over coal. Williams could not be reached for comment.
Now, to the names we're hearing bandied about.
Kevin Smith – Smith ran an idea-rich, if unsuccessful, campaign for Governor in the primary and demonstrated professionalism and skill at organizing and raising money when he ran Cornerstone. However, sources tell us Smith is leaning very heavily against running for Chair.
Cliff Hurst – Hurst is a well-liked organizer with a penchant for really, really corny jokes. His fundraising skills are untested, though, and he appears to lack the gravitas required to command a party. And does Hurst have the killer instinct to wake up every morning thinking, "how will I make Maggie Hassan's life a living hell today?"
Jennifer Horn – Horn is respected for her grassroots gravitas and willingness to step up to the plate for conservative causes. However, she was unable to raise significant funds, indeed piled up a lot of debt, for her 2010 Congressional bid, and may be too closely associated with the Bill O'Brien group that is taking a beating for the loss of the NH House.
Wayne MacDonald – MacDonald should walk away. He is in way over his depth as Chairman of the Party and this election cycle proves it. His skills would be better put to use in a helper role. Sources tell us that there is a lot of animosity toward MacDonald by his potentially violating NHGOP by-laws with his mail piece for Art Beaudry a Manchester firefighter. The mailing was very negative toward Mayor Ted Gatsas, the popular Manchester Mayor and was positive on Beaudry who when last checked, is NOT a Republican.
Juliana Bergeron – Bergeron is by all accounts nice, well-liked and competent. But she was unable to beat Jack Kimball during her last try, and considering how disastrous Kimball's tenure as Chair was, that's saying something. It's unlikely she has the firepower to beat out some of the big names that will be competing. Further, the contentious run of Bergeron was made that way as the then Chairman John Sununu, uncharacteristic of any Chairman, roiled the faithful by endorsing Bergeron for the role and lobbying hard for her candidacy. Her name could only serve as a reminder of that bitter fight.
Bill Binnie – Binnie says he can raise money and Lord knows he's willing to take the gloves off. But he has spent most of his time as a figure in New Hampshire politics attacking other Republicans and creating a lot of bad blood in the process. One of those he attacked most viciously is the aforementioned Sen. Kelly Ayotte. The two may have buried the hatchet, but we doubt they buried it that deeply. We would hardly view Binnie as a relationship builder which is a major role of the Chair.
Fran Wendelboe – Wendelboe is like the energizer bunny and works tirelessly on any project she is involved with. She's also a representative of Party leadership at a time when the Party was stronger and better-organized. The downside: she's been out of a leadership role for years, and her recent association with the laughable Donald Trump for President exploratory effort would be the subject of much snark.
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Good analysis. Cliff Hurst is the nicest man in the world and will compliment any person – Democrat or Republican – at the drop of a hat. 'Nuff said. Juliana deserves another look. Her defeat by the Libertards (the ones who cost Guinta his seat in Congress) was disastrous.
C. dog e. doG
And on the 8th day the RINO's inherited the nominally right party, and everyone went to sleep ….
– C. dog hits the snooze button
Shawn Millerick
RINO is divisive and no longer a part of the Republican narrative Mr. C.Dog, head on over to the Libertarian Party or become an Independant if you need a home.
Where do people congregate that want to be free? Is there no room under the big Republican Tent for such frisky critters, and if discovered lurking about RINO lairs are sent to Ron Paul purgatory? Surely, party animals can stand a bit of a jousting by us lil' ole freedom fighters pricking the BFA's of the mighty Donkeys and Elephants above us with our sharp, pointy words?
– C. dog dividing by zero
RINO will no longer be part of the Republican narrative only when Republicans actually speak, act, and vote according to Republican philosophy. Or is the label hitting too close to home, eh? Or do you think, a la Greg Carson, that ANY person, regardless of action, is a fine and upstanding R simply because they put said letter after their name?
Exhibit 1: Alida Milham. Exhibit 2: Doc Pilliod. Exhibit 3: Peter Bolster.
There were NH House Dems that voted more in line with the R Platform than they; fortunately, we no longer have to worry about them as RINO Hunters have, umm, removed them.
James Claybrook
Skip, you need to get your own facts straight if you are going to call others into account.
I have heard what Greg Carson said (and what you wrote on Grok), what he said was basically anyone who votes with the Republican Majority more than 50% of the time is better than any Democrat who replaces them when we attack our own members rather then them.
If you really knew anything about political leadership you would know numbers matter. Being in the Minority not only keeps you from moving the Conservative Agenda forward, you lose everything you gained, you get more socialism and less liberty.
Do you really think having Kuster and CSP are better choices for NH rather than take an 70%'er like Charlie or a 95%'er like Frank G?
Complain about "Conservative Purity" all you want but as long as we follow your lead we will let the Democrats control NH…I will choose Carson's lead and take back the Majority.
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The term will be struck from the books when Republicans either act like republicans, or they become Democrats. RINO, RINO, RINO, RINO
And when did you become "Mr Republican Narrative"? Pretty presumptuous there, aren't you?
The GOP is so over… so many left the party after seeing what they are capable of… Romney and his criminal actions killed it and took everyone down with him.
I would hardly characterize Jack Kimball's tenure as "disasterous". On the contrary, he is an intelligent, hard-working, small business owner who began building an important bridge between establishment Republicans and Tea Party conservatives. During his (too) short tenure, he was able to raise a lot of money for the NH GOP. So, how exactly is this "disastrous" again? How did these divisions help us during this last election cycle? How did Jack's departure and replacement work out for us? Just wondering.
Rip Bower
LauraLee, you hit the nail on the head in regard to characterizing Jack Kimball's tenure as disastrous – it was much worse than "merely disastrous." Capt Jack spent all the money Gov Sununu set aside to keep the party in the black until the new chair was able to get their own fundraising off the ground. Then Capt Jack spent all the money Gov Sununu raised to pay off the old debts and when that coffer was empty too he kept on spending money on incompetent staff, an incompetent fundraiser and a useless PR campaign for himself. The only money that came into the NH GOP during Jack's tenure was the money Gov Sununu raised before he left and was received after the annual meeting – that is the main reason why Capt Jack was fired by the NH GOP.
He didn't do the job, period! So he didn't help the GOP or the tea party! He has no real connection the tea party anyway. He only came along in 2009 and didn't understand that they don't carry water for the GOP or any party.
The GOP is so over. Just look at this http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/12/justin-amash-to-boehner-you-are-not-doin
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Leslie Feist (Amherst, 1976. február 13. –) kanadai énekesnő, dalszerző, közismertebb nevén csak Feist, de tagja a Broken Social Scene nevű indie rock zenekarnak is.
A 2008-as kanadai Juno Awards-on elsöprő győzelmet aratott, miután öt különböző kategóriában nyert: az év dalszerzője, az év művésze, az év pop albuma, az év albuma és az év szólistája.

Életrajza
1976. február 13-án született Amherstben (Új-Skócia, Kanada). A szülei szintén művészek voltak, édesapja Harold Feist amerikai-kanadai absztrakt expresszionista festő, dolgozott az Alberta College of Art and Design és a sackville-i Mount Allison University iskolában is. Édesanyja, Lyn Feist, Saskatchewanban tanult agyagművességet. Miután megszületett első gyermekük, Ben, a család Sackville-be költözött.
Nem sokkal Leslie születése után a szülők elváltak, bátyjával és édesanyjával a nagyszülőkhöz költöztek Reginába, Saskatchewanba, majd később Calgaryba.
Gyermekkorában író szeretett volna lenni, és aktívan részt vett egy kórusban. 12 évesen részt vett a calgaryi téli olimpia megnyitóünnepségén mint táncos, ami inspirálta is őt az 1234 című szám videóklipjének elkészítésekor.
Mivel édesapja amerikai, kettős állampolgársággal rendelkezik, habár egyik tv-s interjúban azzal viccelődött, hogy az amerikai állampolgárságot részben azért kapta meg, mert Apple-lel dolgozott együtt.

Zenei karrier
Zenei pályafutása 1991-ben kezdődött, 15 évesen megalapította első zenekarját,  a Placebo nevű punk zenekart (nem összetévesztendő az angol Placebo bandával). Zenekarával megnyerték a helyi 'Zenekarok csatája' nevezetű versenyt, 1993-ban pedig jutalmul játszhattak az infesti fesztiválon, a Ramones előzenekaraként.
1995-ben Feist kénytelen volt egy időre abbahagyni az éneklést, hogy hangszálai rendbe jöjjenek. 1996-ban Torontóba költözött, ugyanebben az évben kérte fel Noah Mintz (hHead), hogy ő játsszon basszusgitáron a szólóalbumán, a Noah's Arkwelden. Elvállalta, annak ellenére, hogy előtte sosem játszott még basszusgitáron. Később, 1998-ban a By Divine Right zenekar ritmusgitárosa lett, innentől kezdve 2000-ig velük turnézott.

Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
Feist debütáló szólóalbuma, 1999-ben jött ki, tíz számot tartalmaz, ezek között szerepel a Monarch és a That's What I Say, It's not What I Mean. Az album producere Dan Kurtz, aki később megalapította a Dragonette-t.

Let it Die
2001 nyarán, Feist otthonában elkészített egy hét számból álló albumot, amit The Red Demos-nak nevezett, ám kereskedelmi forgalomba ekkor még nem került. Több mint két évet töltött turnézással Európában Gonzalessel. Ugyanebben az évben csatlakozott újra, a régi barátai által létrehozott indie rock csapathoz Torontóban a Broken Social Scene-hez, sok dalhoz adta hangját, ám a tényleges bandavezér Kevin Drew megtiltotta, hogy gitáron játsszon. Ezután felvette You Forgot it in People című albumot a bandával. Amíg Gonzalessel turnézott, a banda elkezdte feljátszani Feist The Red Demos albumának új verzióját, ami később a bemutatkozó albuma is lett Let it Die címmel. Az albumon saját szerzemények és feldolgozások is vannak, az album sikerének köszönhetően, Feist elismert dalszerzőként és más előadók dalainak tolmácsaként lett közismert.
Az album felvételének végeztével Párizsba költözött. Európában alkalma volt együtt dolgozni a norvég Kings of Convenince duóval, a Riot on an Empty Street című album munkálataiban, mint társszerző és vendégénekes.
Jane Birkin The Simple Story című dalához szintén mint társszerző és énekes járult hozzá.

2004-től 2006-ig végig turnézott a Let it Die albumával, Észak-Amerikában, Európában, Ázsiában és Ausztráliában. 2004-ben a kanadai Juno Awards-on megnyerte a legjobb új előadónak és a legjobb alternatív rock albumnak járó díjat. Nemzetközi összesítésben  példány kelt el, Kanadában platinalemez Franciaországban pedig aranylemez. A Feist által rendezett One Evening című dal videóklipjében egy kanadai honfitárs is feltűnik, a klipet a 2004-es Juno Awards az év videójának is jelölték.
2005-ben közreműködött a UNICEF jótékonysági dalában a Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?. Mushaboom című dala szerepelt a Lacoste férfi parfümjének reklámjában és a 500 Days of Summer című film egyik betétdalaként is.
Az album remixváltozatát 2006-ban adták ki Open Season címmel.
A Paris, je t'aime című film betétdalaihoz is kölcsönözte a hangját, ezek a La Même Historie és a We're All in the Dance.

The Reminder
2006 elején visszatért Európába, hogy felvegye következő albumát a LaFratte Studióban, olyan előadóművészekkel, mint Gonzales, Mocky, Jamie Lidell és Renaud Letang, és természetesen a turné zenekarával, Bryden Baird, Jesse Baird, Julan Brown a Apostle of Hustle-ból és Afie Jurvanen a Paso Mino-ból.
Harmadik szólóalbumát, a The Remindert 2007 áprilisában adták ki Európában, majd májustól megvásárolható volt Kanadában, az államokban és a világ többi részén is. Világ körüli turnéra indult, hogy népszerűsítse albumát. Ezen az albumon szerepel a 1234 című sláger is, amit Sally Seltmann közreműködésével alkotott, az iPod nano reklámzenéjeként volt először hallható, ezután meglepő módon nagy sláger lett belőle. A Egyesült Államok listáján az előkelő 8. helyre került, ami rendkívül ritka indie rock dalok körében. Még inkább figyelemre méltó, hogy az első tíz letöltés között szerepel. Feist rengeteg pozitív kritikákat kapott, és a New York Times művészeti mellékletének címlapján is szerepelt 2007-ben.
A The Reminderből világszerte egymillió példányt adtak el, az államokban pedig aranylemez lett. 2008-as Juno Awards-on elnyerte az év albumának járó díjat.
Az albumhoz fűződő klip legtöbbjét Patrick Daughters rendezte (1234, My Moon, My Man, I Feel It All), de az ő nevéhez fűződik az előző albumról származó Mushaboom szám klipje is.
Az új album három klipjének koreográfusa az elismert táncos, Noemi Lafrance. A Honey, Honey klipet az avantgarde The Old Trout Puppet Workshop bábtársulat közreműködésével készítették.
Az  I Feel it All dal a brit ifjúsági komédiában (The Inbetweenersben) is felcsendül, de a The Accindental Husband és a The Woman című film betétdalai közt is szerepel.
A My Moon, My Man számból a népszerű német Dj Boys Noize készített remixet, ami megjelent 2007-es debütáló albumán is, az Oi Oi Oi -on.
The Limit To Your Love, a skins brit dráma sorozat második évadában hallható.

1234

Az Apple  iPod nano reklámot megelőzően mintegy 6000 példány kelt el egy hét alatt az albumból, és hetente 2000-en töltötték le a 1234 dalt. A reklám sugárzása után ez a szám 2000-ről -re nőtt és hatalmasat ugrott a slágerlistákon. A brit listákon például, a 102. helyről a nyolcadikra emelkedett. A Time magazin 2007 tíz legjobb dalába beszavazta, és a 2. helyet kapta.
Josh Tyrangiel író remekműnek nevezte, és rendkívül dicsérte Feistet.

A szám egyik változatát Feist a Szezám utcában is előadta, hogy tanítsa a gyerekeket számolni. Bevallása szerint karrierje csúcspontjának élte meg, hogy a "Muppet"-ekkel dolgozhatott együtt.

Diszkográfia

1999: Monarch (Lay Your Jewelled Head Down)
2004: Let It Die
2006: Open Season
2007: The Reminder
2011: Metals
2017: Pleasure

Jegyzetek

Fordítás

További információk
ListenToFeist.com - hivatalos honlap

Feist is part of the 2008 Disko Bay Expedition crew of Cape Farewell

Feist's Arts & Crafts artist page

Feist in Session CBC Radio 3
Feist Interview with Comfortcomes
Feist's road to success
Svájci fotók (2008)

Kanadai énekesek
1976-ban született személyek
Német származású kanadaiak
Élő személyek

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