Explore this digital collection of items that were displayed at the West Point Museum's exhibit commemorating the West Point Band's 200 years of service to the academy and the nation. For more information, click here.
The Military Academy's first Superintendent Colonel Jonathan Williams stated in his Superintendent's Report of 1802 that West Point required a professional band. That need was temporarily filled by various unit bands including one made up from Captain Alden Partridge's company of Vermont militia. In 1813 Lt. Colonel Joseph Swift, Chief Engineer of the Army and the second Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, ordered Colonel Alexander Macomb's 3rd Regiment of Artillery Band to the US Army School of Music at Fort Columbus on Governor's Island for training on new woodwind and brass instruments. In 1815 he procured band instruments and uniforms for delivery to West Point. A year later, in April 1816, Superintendent Swift ordered 11 of those retrained bandsmen to West Point to become the nucleus of a Military Academy band. Others soon followed, and by 1817 there were 14 band musicians attached to the Corps of Engineers who oversaw the United States Military Academy. All that was left to do was to hire someone to take direction of this new group.
Richard Willis was the right man at the most opportune time. Willis arrived in New York City from Ireland in 1815 and immediately put his talents to work teaching music and playing concerts. Reviewers lauded him as a virtuoso. Hearing of an opportunity to become the bandmaster at a small "school for soldiers" up the Hudson River, he applied for and entered the job in June, 1816. In an apparent need to unite instruction with supervision, the Paymaster General of the Army and the Secretary of War created the position of Teacher of Music to take direction of the band at the United States Military Academy, and on June 16, 1817 civilian hire Richard Willis was appointed to the position of Teacher of Music (TM), equivalent to the rank of Major in the United States Army.
In keeping with military tradition, the new band at the United States Military Academy required a distinctive and inspiring appearance. Even before there was a band, there was a uniform design. In 1815 Acting Superintendent Alden Partridge described a uniform based on the tradition that musicians wore uniforms of the reversed colors of the unit that they were attached to, in this case the US Army Corps of Engineers. This proposed uniform consisted of red coats trimmed in yellow with black collars and cuffs, gilt buttons, caps with red pompons tipped in white, and gaitered trousers. A musician's sword completed the ensemble. Despite the apparent splendor of this uniform Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer in a letter to Lt. Colonel Swift dated April 30, 1818 complained "The uniform coats now worn by the Band of Musick at West Point were issued to it about two years ago and have become unfit for wear. I have endeavored to engage the Commissary to have made for the Band new coats by offering to pay him the difference of cost between those and ordinary musicians' coats…..it is deemed necessary, in order to maintain the pride of the Band, to give them a different uniform from that of the fifers and drummers." In 1822, Major Thayer's wish came to fruition.
Throughout most of the 19th century the United States Military Academy Band was permitted to wear a distinctive uniform but that would change as US Army uniform regulations became more codified at the turn of the 20th century. Determined not to be swept up in the mix, the USMA Band found small ways to maintain its unique identity. In 1948 the letters "MA" (Military Academy) were added to the standard US Army uniform insignia for musicians and in 1985 the piping on the shoulder straps was changed from white to red as an homage to their Corps of Engineers roots. At that same time, the metal insignia, belt plates and buttons were changed from yellow to white metal, and in 1990 the shako pompom was changed from white to black as worn by the Corps of Cadets.
This multi-piece die set was used by the USMA Band to make the unique Military Academy field music cap insignia shown with them.
From the onset the band was referred to by many names, all of which described the band's association in general terms: "the band attached to the Corps of Engineers", "the band of the Military Academy at West Point", "the military band at West Point" and in Thayer's words "the Military Band…having been enlisted for the service of the Academy..." Whatever the name, it was clear that the band owed its existence directly to the Military Academy, and in October 1866 the name "The United States Military Academy Band" appears in official use.
The USMA Band consists of four groups: the Concert Band, the Benny Havens Band (formerly the Jazz Knights), the Hellcats, and a support staff. The Concert Band performs symphonic programs in support of the Academy's cultural activities at various indoor and outdoor venues. They also function as the Marching Band when in the field. Among its earliest performances was the first Independence Day concert in 1817 when the band serenaded the Academy for most of the day from the ruins of Fort Putnam. In 1820 "water parties" began at which a barge with the band on board was towed up the Hudson River and allowed to quietly drift back to West Point as the band played, the scene accompanied by a flotilla of watercraft filled with audience members. The Benny Havens Band is a stage and dance band which fulfills social function needs of the Corps of Cadets and the West Point community. As early as 1941 impromptu combos of band members played for special functions. In 1972 the first stage band was formed and in 1981 that group was branded the Jazz Knights. The Hellcats are arguably the oldest serving musical component of the USMA Band, tracing their roots to the fifers and drummers of the Continental Army. As the duty musicians of the Academy, they assist in regulating the daily activities of the Corps of Cadets as well as play spirited pep rallies and render final respects at funerals. Lastly, the support staff provides technical services such as instrument repair, music arranging, public relations, operations, and administration.
In 1932 a special building was built for the band. It included rehearsal rooms, barracks and a mess hall. In January, 1964 the band's mess hall was awarded Best Mess and Superintendent Lt. Gen. James Lampert brought guests there to dine, preferring the food to that of the Officers' Club. Today this building is named Egner Hall in honor of Philip Egner, Teacher of Music from 1909 to 1934, and it is still occupied by the USMA Band.
From its very beginning the United States Military Academy Band has represented West Point beyond the banks of the Hudson River. Under Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer the United States Corps of Cadets accompanied by the USMA Band undertook numerous summer marches (or "campaigns" as some cadets called them) as a method of garnering good will towards the Academy. Hugely successful by all accounts, the Corps was greeted by the enthralled citizens of New York City (1816, 1817, 1819), Philadelphia (1820) and, the most famous march, Boston (1821). On July 20, 1821 the Corps boarded steamboats to Troy and from there began the 170 mile march eastward, arriving on August 7th and establishing "Camp Hamilton" on Boston Common. Numerous tours, galas and visitations were held during the two week stay, and the USMA Band figured prominently, even performing for former President John Adams. Euterpeiad reported: "The West Point Band - This Excellent Martial Corps consists of Five Clarinets, Two Flutes, Two Horns, One Bassoon, One Trumpet, One Trombone, One Bugle, One Drum. Mr. Willis, the principal musician and leader, with the Bugle, has given many wonderful specimens of genius and execution, combined with taste and science, in the various military pieces performed by this numerous and well disciplined corps." It was during this march the Selectmen of Boston presented to the Corps of Cadets what is believed to be its first stand of colors.
For over two hundred years the USMA Band has taken part in similar excursions to such noteworthy events as the Columbian Exposition of 1892, the World's Fair of 1914, the 1965 Army-Navy Game at Shea Stadium, the 1984 Mirage Bowl in Tokyo, Japan, and in 1991 the AFC Championship Game, televised to millions of viewers worldwide. Now advances in recording and broadcasting brings the USMA Band beyond the reach of tours and live concerts and one can enjoy any number of band performances anywhere at any time.
Begun in 1871, the 100th Nite Show celebrates the First Class's countdown to graduation. The humorous lookback at nearly four years of Cadet-life is largely a musical comedy and is produced with the support of the USMA Band. Over the years many compositions have emerged from the show, the most famous being 100 Days 'til June written by Francis Resta, Teacher of Music from 1934 to 1957.
The tambourine was found in a locker in Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy, undoubtedly "liberated" by a Midshipmen of Annapolis.
In 1948 the United States Military Academy Band was designated to be one of only three Army Special Bands out of nearly three dozen bands in the US Army. This elevated status also came with increased performance demands and the band's authorized strength grew accordingly. Originally numbering 14 players at the time of its founding and 43 players during World War II, the USMA Band now grew to 150 players under TM Francis Resta (1934-1957) and reached a high of 174 players in the early 1970's under TM William Schempf (1957-1974). After the Vietnam War draw downs in the military also called for reductions in the USMA Band to include the loss of the Teacher of Music position, and by 1974 the band's authorized strength was reduced to 96 players. Similarly, in 2001 further reductions in force resulted in the USMA Band's current authorization of 79 players and support staff. Despite this ebb and flow of personnel, the United States Military Academy Band has always maintained the highest performance standards.
During the early years low pay rates for bandsmen were not comparable with that of other US Army specialized services. With the prospects of more lucrative opportunities elsewhere, the retention of talented band members was a constant problem until TM Philip Egner (1909-1934) successfully petitioned for increases in pay which probably more than any other factor brought the USMA Band to a truly professional level. Today a rigorous audition process combined with a commitment to the United States Army ensures that the USMA Band accepts only the most dedicated career musicians. Attracting the most talented players would in turn attract the most accomplished composers, and from the 1940's through the Academy's 2002 bicentennial celebration some of the country's foremost composers collaborated with the USMA Band.
Percy Grainger began an association with the USMA Band in 1940 while living in Westchester County. This collaboration would continue until Grainger's death in 1961. Grainger was born in Australia in 1882 and after studying in Europe he moved to the United States in 1914. He served as a bandsman in the United States Army during World War One, and became a US citizen in 1918. Following the war Grainger toured the United States performing to huge crowds, mostly on piano.
Grainger was a prolific writer of experimental compositions and access to an orchestral band was essential to the creative process. This need was in part fulfilled by the USMA Band under TM Francis Resta (1934-1957). Resta was a former US Army bandmate of Grainger's and the two maintained a longstanding professional relationship. In appreciation of the USMA Band's collaboration Percy Grainger refused payment for his concert performances at West Point, but once asked for and received a pair of white uniform trousers and combat boots.
Morton Gould was a child prodigy and by his early twenties he was composing and conducting for national broadcast audiences. Gould began his association with the USMA Band in 1952 when he was commissioned to compose a piece of music as part of the United States Military Academy's sesquicentennial celebration. That composition became Symphony for Band and was debuted at Carnegie Hall by the USMA Band with Gould conducting.
Morton Gould passed away the evening of February 21, 1996, the night before he was to conduct the USMA Band at Disneyland. His last performance was with the band during that evening's rehearsal.
This Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album in a classical category was awarded to USMA Band audio engineer Staff Sergeant Brandie Lane. SSG Lane represents the caliber of artists that comprise the band. Only applicants presenting the highest credentials are intensively screened prior to being invited to undergo the very rigorous interview and audition process. If recommended to become a member of the USMA Band the candidate must then fulfill all of the requirements and commitments of enlistment in the United States Army before acceptance. Applicants come from some of the nation's most respected music conservatories to apply their talents in the service of the United States Military Academy Band.
The United States Military Academy Band holds the unique honor of being the only band of the United States authorized by public law. For 200 years the USMA Band has provided musical support in times of celebration and solemnity for the West Point community and the Nation. Immediately following its official founding in 1817 the band performed for President James Monroe during the first Presidential visit to West Point and it has since then performed for almost every American President including marching in over two dozen Inauguration Parades. The band has also played for many world leaders visiting the United States such as Queen Elizabeth II of England in 1957 and a United Nations gathering of 55 heads of state hosted by President Ronald Reagan in 1985. In 1995 the USMA Band was on hand during President Bill Clinton's greeting of Pope John Paul II upon the Pontiff's arrival in New York.
The United States Military Academy Band has also provided dignity and inspiration during times of National crisis. In 1946 the USMA Band was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for its support of war efforts during the Second World War, and thirty-three years later it stood on the tarmac of Stewart Air Field as 52 Americans returned from 444 days of captivity in Iran. Finally, the United States Military Academy Band has been present in times of sorrow to render graveside honors for America's loss.
Right: Distinctive overcoat worn by the West Point Band.
To see all of this and much more, please visit the full exhibit at the West Point Museum. For directions and hours of operation, please click here.


The districts of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea in the north of Denver are in a moment of dramatic change, but they do not want to be another footnote in the gentrification story. Then, a CU Denver researcher explores how gentrification can be predicted and tracked. Next, these are Colorado's most endangered historic locations. Also an update to Prodigy Coffee.
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Only a few more days until Christmas - high time to wrap the gifts!
This year I prefer kraft paper and different self-made embellishments for wrapping. Get inspired!
1 | For the first one I've used gold and white baker's twine and these printable gift tags.
2 | The rosemary wreath was made according to this instruction. There you'll find also a printable template for the tags.
3 | For the version with the golden ivy leaves you'll need two ivy leaves, golden spray paint and yarn (I've used this one). Paint the ivy leaves with the spray paint and fix it with the yarn on your wrapped gift.
4 | This is the most simple version. Just fix a boxwood branch with a strip of golden washi tape on your present. Simple but pretty!
5 | Fold a sheet of golden paper (ca. 30 x 10 cm) step-like and bring it in a circular form. Fix it with some glue or staples and yarn.


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The Top 5 Liberal Arts Colleges of 2022, According to U.S. News
By Abigail Johnson Hess, CNBC • Published September 13, 2021 • Updated on September 13, 2021 at 9:36 am
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On Monday, U.S. News & World Report released its annual ranking of the best colleges in the country, from large research universities to small liberal arts schools.
U.S. News calculates its ranking based on six categories which are each weighted differently: student outcomes (40%), faculty resources (20%), expert opinion (20%), financial resources (10%), student excellence (7%) and alumni giving (3%).
U.S. News made a slight change to its methodology this year to account for changes in standardized testing requirements. Previously, if less than 75% of entering students at a given school submitted standardized testing scores, U.S. News would discount the significance of standardized testing scores in the overall ranking of the school by 15%. This year, because so many schools adopted test-optional policies in response to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. News lowered the threshold to 50%.
This year's top liberal arts colleges all boast small classroom sizes, including top-ranking Williams College, where 84% of classes have fewer than 20 students and just 1% of classes have 50 or more students. At Pomona College and Wellesley College, which earned the fourth and fifth spots on U.S. News' list respectively, just 0.2% of classes have 50 or more students.
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Getting into one of these schools isn't easy. Admitted students boast strong high school records and high standardized test scores. However, many of these prestigious liberal arts schools have higher acceptance rates than similarly top-ranking universities.
For instance, while the top-ranked national university, Princeton, accepts just 6% of students, Williams accepts closer to 15% of applicants. Wellesley College has an acceptance rate of 20%.
The top-ranking liberal arts colleges also tended to score better than the top-ranked national universities on comparative measures of social mobility, which are designed to represent a school's likelihood of helping students improve their circumstances by considering the graduation rates and post-graduation performances of students who qualify for federal Pell Grants.
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1. Williams College
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Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Share of first-year students in the top 10% of their high school class: 95%
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5 Ways to Make Structure and Reactions of Alkenes Interesting for Students
Aneeta Arshad
Organic compounds are the class of compounds in which carbon atom or atoms are connected to other atoms, mostly hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, through covalent bonds. Carbides, cyanides, and carbonates are the few carbon-containing non-organic compounds. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleotides are the organic compounds essential to human beings. Alkenes are a class of unsaturated hydrocarbons characterized by at least one carbon-carbon double bond. The presence of the double bond increases the reactivity of these compounds if compared to alkanes, allowing for an increased number of reactions. The general formula for acyclic alkenes is Cₙ+H₂ₙ.
Figure 1: Structure of simplest alkenes
Why do students struggle to learn alkenes?
1. Lack of basic knowledge
Before going for any topic, the basics of the topic must be cleared. If you have to teach the organic compound, you must clear the concepts of basic organic chemistry first. Students assume every carbon and hydrogen-containing compound is an organic compound, which is not true. They don't know about the functional groups, attacking and leaving groups in any compound. Before going further, you must clarify what saturated and unsaturated organic compounds are. They also face difficulties when they have to identify any organic compound by the IUPAC name.
2. A large number of reactions and reaction mechanism
In organic chemistry, there is more than one possible reaction and reaction mechanism. Students face difficulties selecting the major pathway for the compounds, so you must be clear when there is more than one functional group, what the major product will be, and which mechanism it will follow. If there is more than one attacking and leaving group, students get confused about which group will attack and which one is the good leaving group. These terms must be cleared first to study any organic compound and its reactions.
3. It's conceptually challenging
Theoretical studies of organic compounds and reactions are tricky because most compounds have 3D structures. Organic reactions involve complex reactions mechanisms that are difficult to understand theoretically. You can use 3D models of organic molecules so that students easily understand the structures of molecules. For reactions, mechanisms must use video graphics; if possible, draw the complete mechanism along with arrows identifying the reaction sites and reacting groups.
5 ways to make alkenes, structure, and reactions of alkenes interesting for students
1. Review the basics of organic chemistry
Before going to organic compounds and their reactions following terms must be cleared first:
An attacking group is a part of a molecule that attacks a substrate or intermediate to produce the product. In organic reactions, it may be an electrophile or a nucleophile. Electrophiles are the attacking groups that make chemical bonds with nucleophiles by accepting the electron pair. In contrast, nucleophiles make chemical bonds by donating the electron pair to the substrate or the intermediate.
A leaving group is a part of a molecule that can break away (leave the molecule) during a reaction. The key factor contributing to a species' suitedness as leaving group is its basicity: The weaker the base, the better the leaving group. Halogens are often used as the leaving group, e.g., in alkyl halides. The general order of "ability to leave" for them is I > Br > Cl > F.
Steric effects are non-bonding molecular interactions that influence the shape and reactivity of ions and molecules. Steric effects resulting from repulsive forces between functional groups arise from overlapping electron clouds. Steric hindrance is slowing a chemical reaction rate due to steric bulk interactions. Steric hindrance usually refers to the interaction of intermolecular groups. Understanding steric hindrance can allow the design of chemical reactions to force regioselectivity or stereoselectivity in a reaction or to minimize undesirable side reactions.
2. Explain Alkenes
Alkenes are a class of unsaturated hydrocarbons characterized by at least one double bond. The presence of the double bond increases the reactivity of these compounds if compared to alkanes, allowing for an increased number of reactions.
One peculiar property of alkenes is the formation of geometric isomers. As the double bond doesn't allow rotation, the substituents can be placed above or below its plane. If both substituents are on the same side of the plane, the isomer is called cis. If one substituent is above and the other below the plane, it is called trans.
Figure 2: Cis and trans isomers (Image source: Labster theory)
Alkanes are classified as acyclic and cyclic. If a chain of carbons forms the compound with double bonds, it is considered acyclic. If instead, the compound has a cyclic structure made of carbons with at least a double bond in it, it is considered cyclic.
Alkenes are classified into four groups based on alkyl groups attached to the C=C unit. The general formula for a monosubstituted alkene is RCH=CH₂.
Monosubstituted: when a single alkyl group is attached to the C=C structural unit, the alkene is called mono-substituted alkene. The general formula for a monosubstituted alkene is RCH=CH₂.
Disubstituted: when two alkyl groups are attached to the C=C structural unit, the alkene is called disubstituted alkene. The general formula for a disubstituted alkene is RCH=CHR or R₂C=CH.
Trisubstituted: when three alkyl groups are attached to the C=C structural unit, the alkene is called trisubstituted alkene. The general formula for a trisubstituted alkene is R₂C=CHR.
Tetrasubstituted: when four alkyl groups are attached to the C=C structural unit, the alkene is called tetrasubstituted alkene. The general formula for a tetrasubstituted alkene is R₂C=CR₂.
2. Explain the reactions of alkenes
Halogenation of alkenes
This reaction results in addition of halogen across the double bond. It only occurs with Chlorine (Cl₂) and Bromine (Br₂). Iodine does not react with many alkenes. Fluorine is too reactive, causing an explosive reaction with alkenes producing hydrogen fluoride and carbon. In aqueous conditions, we can form halohydrins. In these, the groups added across the double bond are an OH group and one halogen atom.
Figure 3: Halogenation reaction of alkene (ethylene).
Hydration of Alkenes
The hydration reaction of alkenes is the net addition of water across the double bond, resulting in an alcohol.
Figure 4: Hydration reaction of alkene (ethylene).
There are a few ways to perform the hydration of alkenes.
Acid-catalyzed hydration
Water reacts too slowly with the alkene on its own, but we can use an acid catalyst to speed it up. The mechanism involves the electrophilic addition of a proton from the acid to form a carbocation intermediate. This happens using Markovnikov's rule of deprotonation occurring at the least substituted carbon to form the most stable carbocation intermediate.
In the next step, an oxonium ion is formed through the addition of water. And simple deprotonation gives alcohol as the product. The proton in the oxonium intermediate can be deprotonated by any base present, including the conjugate base of the acid used as a catalyst. Deprotonation can even be by another alkene molecule, which would generate another carbocation intermediate and propagate the chain mechanism.
Oxymercuration
Transition metals can also aid the addition of water to alkenes by breaking the double bond. A common compound is mercuric acetate Hg(OAc)₂. The coordination of the metal to the alkene is susceptible to the nucleophilic attack from the water.
The transition metal behaves the same way as the acid catalyst. The alkene undergoes electrophilic addition, forming a bridged cyclic structure known as a mercurinium ion.
The water attacks to form a hydroxyalkyl mercury complex, and lastly, demercuration occurs via reduction with sodium borohydride.
Hydroboration
A process involving the addition of a B–H bond of borane (BH₃) to an alkene yields an organoborane intermediate, RBH₂. The BH₂ group is then replaced by an OH group using hydrogen peroxide.
Figure 5: Hydroboration of alkene (ethylene).
Oxidation of Alkenes
Oxidation is a loss of electron density. This can happen in two ways: Bond formation between carbon and a more electronegative atom or bond-breaking between carbon and a less electronegative atom.
Epoxidation (more electronegative atom)
An epoxide is a cyclic ether with an oxygen atom in a three-membered ring. The reactants are an alkene and a peroxy carboxylic acid. The common reagent used is meta-chloro-peroxybenzoic acid (MCPBA).
The double bond in the alkene reacts with the peroxycarboxcylic acid to form the cyclic ether called an epoxide. The by-product of the reaction formed from the MCPBA reagent is a carboxylic acid.
The reagents used for the hydroxylation reaction are Osmium tetroxide OsO₄ and pyridine. The Osmium tetroxide reacts with the double bond in the alkene to form a cyclic osmate intermediate. The double bond is broken at this stage, and two new carbon-to-oxygen bonds have formed. Sodium bisulfite in water is introduced to the reaction, adding hydrogen atoms to each oxygen bonded to the carbons, forcing the detachment of the osmium compound. The product is a diol (two OH groups).
Alkene reacts with ozone to give a carbonyl compound. A reaction with potassium permanganate can form carboxylic acids if hydrogens are present in the alkene group.
Reduction of Alkenes
The reduction of alkenes is simply breaking the double bond and forming two new C-H bonds. The product is an alkane. The reagents required for this reaction are Hydrogen H₂ and a metal catalyst. Two common catalysts are used: Platinum PtO₂ or Palladium with Carbon Pd/C. This reaction is called Catalytic Hydrogenation.
Once both carbons have formed a bond with a hydrogen atom, the product detaches from the catalyst surface. The H₂ bond is broken and is adsorbed onto the catalytic surface. Similarly, the alkene attaches to the metal catalyst. The hydrogenation of the alkene then proceeds while attached to the metal surface.
Carbenes reaction with Alkenes
Alkenes can react with carbenes. Carbenes are neutral divalent carbon structures with a reactive long pair of electrons. When they react with alkenes, they break the double bond and form a cyclopropane structure. This is a three-membered ring of carbon atoms.
4. Add some daily life uses of alkenes
There are a lot of alkenes we use in our daily life; some common uses of alkenes are;
Alkenes like polythene are used to manufacture buckets, bags, etc.
Alkenes like polystyrene are used in manufacturing cases for car batteries and different refrigerators parts.
Alkenes like 1,2-diol are used as the anti-freezing liquid in automobile radiators.
Alkenes like ethene are used to produce ethanol.
Alkenes, like vitamin A, is used as a drug for different diseases.
With technological advances, it is much easier to explain complex and challenging processes with the help of simulations. Now, you can simulate experiments without the need for any valuable equipment.
In this regard, you can take help from Labster's virtual lab simulations. These simulations engage students through interactive learning scenarios. Students dive into a 3D world, where they visually learn and apply their concepts to solving real-life problems.
In Labster's interactive Reactions and Structure: Alkenes Virtual Lab, students will learn the structures and reactions of alkenes and how they can affect the world around us.
https://theory.labster.com/welcome_rsa/
https://www.labster.com/simulations/reactions-and-structures-alkenes/
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Costume (5 items)
Emily Morris
Skills/Departments:
Costume Dyer
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Feature Films:
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Thor: Ragnorak (2016)
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— Costume Daily
The Anomaly (2014)
Angels, The Costumiers (2013)
— Production Coordinator (specifically buying and coordinating with costume makers)
Unit Nurse
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Agricultural/Industrial Vehicles
Jennifer Higson
Designer and Costumier
May 2012 – Present (2 years 3 months)
Wardrobe Assistant: Champions League final, opening ceremony
April 2013 – May 2013 (2 months)Wembley Stadium
Costume Trainee
Pinewood Shepperton plc
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September 2012 – November 2012 (3 months)Isle of Man, United Kingdom, London
Mannin Shorts
February 2012 – August 2012 (7 months) Isle of Man, United Kingdom
AUCB Production: Mother Courage and her Children
December 2011 – February 2012 (3 months) Bournemouth, United Kingdom
BA (Hons) Costume with Performance design from the Arts University College at Bournemouth 2009-2012
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Solace in Wicca (2012)
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Broadcast Camera Hire
Gimbal Operator
Lindy Knicks
Reproduction vintage clothing accessories, including headwear and lingerie, based on genuine styles from the 1920s to the 1950s. Bespoke orders welcome.
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Sarah Buchanan
Currently working at Studio M in London. Primary research for upcoming trends, concept design, trend analysis, Print design, embroidery design, colour swatching, compiling trend boards, photographing and filming street style at London Fashion Week and working closely with a small team of designers. Available for short periods.
Rocket's Island (CBBC) (2012)
— Costume & Wardrobe trainee
Trainee Costume/Wardrobe
Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Bolton
BA Fashion and Styling. HND in clothing technology.
Completed costume course with NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) Aug 2008.
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Swashbuckles (CBBC) (2013)
— Wardrobe Assist
Totally Square (CBBC) (2013)
Game of Thrones (HBO) (2012)
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The Walker (2007)


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module Permits
  class Ability
    mattr_accessor :orm, :strategy

    module ClassMethods
      # BAD!
      def orm= orm
        @orm = orm
        set_strategy orm
      end

      def set_strategy orm
        @strategy = relational_orm?(orm) ? :default : :string
      end

      private

      def relational_orm? orm
        relations_orms.include?(orm)
      end

      def relations_orms
        [:active_record, :generic]
      end
    end
  end
end


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Is this the world's first good robot album?
Hello World is a new album that features everything from cowboy sci-fi to Europop. It could change the way we think about AI and creativity, writes Alex Marshall.
By Alex Marshall
Benoît Carré has written songs for some of France's biggest stars: from Johnny Halliday – the French Elvis, who died last year – to chanteuse Françoise Hardy. But this month, the 47-year-old is releasing an album with a collaborator he could never have dreamt of working with. It's not a singer, or rapper. It's not even really a musician. It's called Flow Machines, and it is, arguably, the world's most advanced artificially intelligent music program.
Recently, it's often felt like AI is about to take over the music world – that soon, computers will be making our favourite songs. AI has been used to write classical music and Irish folk songs. It can stitch together black metal albums and Christmas carols. Start-ups like Jukedeck, Amper Music and Melodrive have developed AI that can make tunes in the style of your choosing ('synth pop', 'dreamy electronica') at the click of a button. Tech giants are involved, too (Google's Magenta project has developed several AI music tools including a synth that can meld sounds together, such as a sitar's pluck with a cow's moo. Why exactly you'd want to do that is another matter).
Computers have also long been able to produce music that's better than people
For musicians, there's been one good thing about these projects so far: the music they've produced has been easy to dismiss, generic and uninspiring – hardly likely to challenge Bob Dylan in the songwriting department. But Carré's album, Hello World, is different for the simple reason that it'sgood. Released under the name SKYGGE (Danish for shadow), it features everything from sci-fi cowboy ballads to Europop, and unlike most AI music, if you heard it on the radio, you wouldn't think something had gone horribly wrong.
View image of Benoit Carré
Because of that, it's likely to prompt a lot of apocalyptic headlines along the lines of: 'A computer can write Europop: who needs musicians anymore?' There's just one problem with that view: it's wrong. "The philosophy of the project is to develop a creative tool to help artists, but people don't want to hear that," says Carré. "They want to hear that the musicians will be replaced."
Flow Machines, developed at Sony's Computer Science Laboratories in Paris, does indeed write original melodies, Carré adds. It also suggests the chords and sounds to play them with. But Carré says a human is always needed to stitch the songs together, give them structure and emotion. Without people, its songs would be a bit rubbish. "There were many people involved in this," he says, listing the likes of Belgian house producer Stromae and Canadian pop star Kiesza. "They gave their soul, their enthusiasm. I think that's the most important point of the album, in a way – that it's a very human one."
The rush to create AI music is nothing new, says Margaret Schedel, a composer and cellist who is also co-director of computer music at Stony Brook University in New York. People have been using computers to write classical music since the 1950s. Computers have also long been able to produce music that's better than people. In the 1980s, Xavier Rodet, a French academic, got a computer to 'sing' part of Mozart's The Magic Flute – and just by keeping it in tune, it was better than most amateur opera singers.
When you move into more complicated or human music – like a pop or folk songs – AI struggles
Today's AI researchers are simply extending that work, just using the latest technology like artificial neural networks – modelled on the brain – that allow computers to learn by doing, in the same way that a person does. How do these systems work? Most, including Flow Machines, require someone to feed dozens of music scores into the system. The AI will then analyse the scores to spot patterns, such as how the chords change or how long melodies last, and then it'll spit out its own short tunes in response. For the Flow Machines record, Stromae fed some of his favourite Cape Verdian music into it to compose one song; for another track, Carré used his favourite samba song as the input.
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Schedel says AI systems are already "very good at rule-based music" like fugues, a type of classical music in which the melody is repeated using different voices, or 'chill-out' songs, where you essentially just need the sound of a wave hitting a beach to sound convincing. "Ninety-nine per cent of AI generated fugues are better than what my students can write," she says, with a laugh.
But when you move into more complicated or human music – like a pop or folk songs – AI struggles. "Music is so complicated. It has so many dimensions that if you get one part of it wrong, people are just like, 'Eugh!'" she says. "It's harder to trick our ears than our eyes. And with a lot of AI music you sort of dip into that uncanny valley where it's like, 'This is not quite right.'"
That means right now people are needed to make AI music sound good. "But don't put that in your piece," she adds, with a laugh, "as then the AI people will come and get me."
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The benefits and limitations of a system like Flow Machines are obvious if you talk with those who have used it. "It's a bit like having somebody playing a piano in the corner of your studio," says Michael Lovett of the electronic band NZCA Lines, who co-produced Hello World. "They're kind of playing stuff and most of it's rubbish, but at some points you're like, 'Oh, what's that? That's interesting.' And it'll become the jumping-off point for a song."
Cyborg music
Lovett wrote Multi Mega Fortune for the album, a futuristic funk track with an addictive high-pitched chorus. To put it together, he fed a lot of his favourite American R&B tunes into Flow Machines (to do this, he had to write them into musical notation – the system does not work with mp3s). The AI then analysed them and spat out 8-10 short melodies at a time, which Lovett would trawl until he found something he liked. He'd then make it generate tunes again and again, stitching the melodies together, altering them and building on them to create the song. It was a long process, he says. "But it was kind of amazing how quickly we came up with something that I felt was like, 'Oh, that's a catchy melody.'"
"I don't know whether it's by virtue of the algorithm or just luck."
View image of Schedel
The system is a great "foil for musicians", Lovett adds, rather like a pushy bandmate who challenges you to get out of your comfort zone. "I wouldn't have written the melodies that ended up being in that track if I'd done it by myself. I think it could become a very widely accepted technology if it's made more user-friendly and accessible."
Hopefully I'm not in 20 years one of those people who has been responsible for the downfall of creative music – Michael Lovett
It does slightly scare him, though, that one day someone might make an AI that can churn out music without people. Record companies could just say to it, 'We want a new rock song in the style of U2,' hit a button and it'd spit out dozens of complete songs. "Hopefully I'm not in 20 years one of those people who has been responsible for the downfall of creative music," he says.
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Schedel, who is a musician as well as an academic, agrees this could be a worry and says you'll likely see AI take over fields like jingle writing and video game music in the near future. "I used to get money to write up little, 'Introducton to my YouTube channel' songs," she says. "Why would you pay a real person 50 bucks, when you could pay an AI $2 and you can't tell the difference?"
But, she adds "if the AI is better than 95% of random musicians off the street, is that so bad?" Ultimately, though, she thinks the reason people should be excited, rather than worried, about AI music is it might push us somewhere new. "What I'm super excited about is cyborg music – the combination of human and machine intelligences," she says. "I think we can really, absolutely, use machines to augment our own creativity and create music that neither humans or computers could make by themselves. I think that's thrilling." She also points out a simple reason the computers aren't going to take over anytime soon – music's a communal activity: we all like live shows.
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How long until the future of AI music becomes clear and we know who's won: the humans or the machines? Honestly, who knows. It's not even clear what the future of Flow Machines is. François Pachet, its main developer, is now director of Spotify's Creator Technology Research Lab where he's developing "the next generation of AI-based compositional tools for musicians." If your Spotify playlists soon start filling up with songs that sound suspiciously 'off', like they were made without any human involvement, you know what's happened.
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Tiderne Skifter er Sebastians niende studiealbum, udgivet i 1979. Det består af Sebastians egne melodier til en række tekster af den tyske digter og teaterforfatter Bertolt Brecht, i danske oversættelser af Erik Knudsen og Ivan Malinowski. Teksterne havde oprindelig været sat i musik af Hanns Eisler og Kurt Weill. På Tiderne Skifter blev de for første gang sat i ny musik, efter at datteren Barbara Schall Brecht havde godkendt projektet.

Sebastians kompositioner var udtryk for en helt anden klangopfattelse af Brechts tekster end den, komponister som Eisler og Weill stod for. Af samme grund blev Tiderne Skifter også meget omdiskuteret, da den udkom i 1979: Nogle betragtede pladen som helligbrøde i forhold til den eksisterende Brecht-æstetik, mens andre, bl.a. en række anmeldere, roste Sebastian for gennem sin musik at turde vise nye sider af teksterne. Sebastian betragtede selv albummet som sit hidtil bedste.

Tiderne Skifter blev i 2009 genudgivet i en jubilæumsudgave med et remix af nummeret "De elskende", samt en bonus-cd bestående af Sebastians egne demooptagelser.

Numre

Side 1
 "Sangen om vandhjulet" (4:28)
 "Sørøver Jenny" (5:35)
 "De elskende" (3:49)
 "Surabaya Johnny" (5:44)

Side 2
 "Salomon Song" (4:51
 "Visen om den lille vind" (4:04)
 "Balladen om konen og soldaten" (3:49)
 "Sangen om Vltava" (3:30)
 "Om verdens venlighed" (3:40)
Bonusnummer på jubilæumsudgaven, 2009:
 "De elskende" (remix 2009) (7:30)

Bonus-cd, 2009 (demoer)
 "Sangen om vandhjulet" (4:38)
 "Visen om den lille vind" (3:51)
 "Balladen om konen og soldaten" (3:40)
 "Sørøver Jenny" (4:55)
 "De elskende" (3:44)
 "Surabaya Johnny" (5:52)
 "Sangen om Vltava" (3:34)
 "Salomon Song" (5:37)
 "Om verdens venlighed" (4:00)

Minuttallene for side 1 og 2 fra originalalbummet svarer til den oprindelige vinyludgave. Øvrige minuttal svarer til 2009-genudgivelsen.

 Musik: Sebastian
 Tekst: Bertolt Brecht
 "Sangen om vandhjulet", "Surabaya Johnny" og "Om verdens venlighed" er oversat af Erik Knudsen. Øvrige tekster er oversat af Ivan Malinowski.

Noter

Litteratur
 Bille, Torben (1984): Sebastian – Gøgleren, Knud og de andre. København: Forlaget Fremad.
 Svidt, Ole Rosenstand (2009): "Sebastian-klassiker genudgivet med interessante demooptagelser" . Artikel, Gaffa. (21-03-2012)

Eksterne henvisninger
 Discogs – Sebastian – Tiderne Skifter (21-03-2012)
 Tiderne Skifter på Sebastian.info  (21-03-2012)

Sebastian-album
Album fra 1979

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Q: Extract text present in between two strings in a text file using Python Lets say I have a Text file with the below content:(Contents added post original answer)
    Quetiapine fumarate Drug substance  This document
    Povidone    Binder  USP
    This line doesn't contain any medicine name.
    This line contains Quetiapine fumarate which shouldn't be extracted as it not present at the
    beginning of the line.
    Dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate Diluent USP is not present in the csv
    Lactose monohydrate Diluent USNF
    Magnesium stearate  Lubricant   USNF

    Lactose monohydrate, CI 77491
    0.6
    Colourant
    E 172

    Some lines to break the group.
    Silicon dioxide colloidal anhydrous
    (0.004
    Gliding agent
    Ph Eur

    Adding some random lines.

    Povidone
    (0.2
    Lubricant
    Ph Eur

I have a csv containing a list of medicine name which I want to match inside the .txt file and extract all the data that is present between 2 unique medicines(when the medicine name is at the beginning of the line).(Example of medicines from the csv file are 'Quetiapine fumarate', 'Povidone', 'Magnesium stearate', 'Lactose monohydrate'  etc etc.)
I want to iterate each line of my text file and create groups from one medicine to another.
This should only happen if the medicine name is present at the start of the newline and is not present in between a line.
Expected output:
['Quetiapine fumarate   Drug substance  This document'],
['Povidone  Binder  USP'],
['Lactose monohydrate   Diluent USNF'],
['Magnesium stearate    Lubricant   USNF'],
[Lactose monohydrate, CI 77491
    0.6
    Colourant
    E 172],

[Povidone
    (0.2
    Lubricant
    Ph Eur]

Can someone please help me with the same to do this in Python?
Attempt till now:
with open('C:/Users/test1.txt', 'r', encoding='utf8') as file:
data = file.read()

medicines = ('Quetiapine fumarate', 'Povidone', 'Magnesium stearate', 'Lactose monohydrate')

result = []
#with open('C:\Users\substancecopy.csv') as f:
for line in data:
    if any(line.startswith(med) for med in medicines):
        result.append(line.strip())

I need to capture all the text from one medicine to another as shown in Expected Output which is not happening with this piece of code

A: You can do it without regular expressions using str.startswith():
medicines = ('Quetiapine fumarate', 'Povidone', 'Magnesium stearate', 'Lactose monohydrate')

result = []
with open('C:\Users\substancecopy.csv') as f:
    for line in f:
        if any(line.startswith(med) for med in medicines):
            result.append(line.strip())

I'm not sure why your expected output contains list of lists with single string, but if you really needed use result.append([line.strip()]).

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Q: How to programaticly scroll down a UITable Im implementing a bubble chat using a UITable,
and I want the table to scroll down every time someone posts a message.
Is it possible to make the table view to scroll down?
How do  i do that?

A: You will probably want to call this method:
    [self.tableView scrollToRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:1 inSection:1] atScrollPosition:UITableViewScrollPositionTop animated:YES];


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Lifestyle / Chat
The tree-lined avenue in Madagascar that's like no other
by Craig Campbell
Sunset in the famous Avenida de Baobab near Morondava in Madagascar
OUR beautiful planet has some weird and wonderful roads, paths, streets and trails — but nothing else quite like the Avenue of the Baobabs!
Surely the most bizarre-looking trees on Earth line this dusty thoroughfare in Morondava, Madagascar, and if the locals take them for granted, anyone else who visits can hardly believe their own eyes.
For one thing, they are so straight, tall and without lower branches that it is impossible to climb up them, unlike other trees.
And for another thing, in a certain light, they look more like some creature that has arrived from outer space than the typical oak, rowan or birch!
The Avenue of the Baobabs leads from Morondova to Belon'i Tsiribihina, and as the searing sun bounces off those amazing, unique trunks, they almost serve as lights along the way.
Baobabs are one of seven species of Adansonia grandidieri, which only grow in these parts.
They are all hundreds of years old and can reach up to almost 100 feet tall, and many people remark that they don't look as if they are standing the right way up.
The green at the top could be roots in the ground, after all, and it looks as if some giant has come along, dug them up and replanted them upside down.
These trees' striking appearance have made the avenue Madagascar's most-visited site, by both its own people and foreign visitors, and some of the trees are well over 800 years old.
Called Malagasy — Mother of the Forest — there were once dense forests full of such trees.
As the population grew and more land was cleared for agricultural use, many baobabs sadly disappeared.
They say that about five miles away, two of these amazing trees somehow curled round each other and have grown that way.
We can only imagine what they look like!
According to folklore, the trees are hopelessly in love with each other and in a constant hug. Well, we're quite smitten with the Avenue of the Baobabs, too!
Photographer David Yarrow's close encounters of the wildest kind
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I absolutely LOVE when couples bring their own unique ideas to the table! I met Bethany and David at the Colorado Railroad Museum for their engagement session, and Bethany brought a ton of great props for us to use!
We had so much fun taking engagement portraits that had an old-timey feel, dressing up in vintage clothing and using the authentic trains from the expansion of the West. And after the Railroad Museum, we drove over to North Table Mountain Park in Golden to get another set of portraits out in the open field before the sun went down.


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Ivan McKee
MSP for Glasgow Provan (Constituency) 2016 - present day
About Ivan McKee
Website: ivanmckee.scot
Twitter: @ivan_mckee
Facebook: Ivan's facebook
Contact at their Constituency
12 Hillfoot Street
G31 2LF
Find out when the MSP's surgery times are on their website.
Ivan is not a member of any committees
Ivan is not a member of any cross-party groups
Ivan has 1 parliamentary and government role
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise
Find out more about the Cabinet and Ministers at the Scottish Government website.
Ivan does not have any party roles
Ivan has had 3 previous roles
29 September 2016 - 29 August 2018
Finance and Constitution Committee
08 June 2016 - 29 August 2018
Health and Sport Committee
Ivan's register of interests
Here is the register for Ivan McKee. The date of their initial statement was 07 June 2021.
I own a house in the Stirling local authority area with a market value of between £500,001 and £600,000 from which I receive gross rental income of between £10,001 and £15,000 per annum.
I own 50 percent of the ordinary share capital of EISM Properties Ltd., a company which lets residential property.
In December 2015 I resigned as Director of Greenfold Systems Ltd., a manufacturing business based in Dunfermline.
Until March 2016 I was Director and controlling shareholder of Keyshift Ltd., a manufacturing consultancy business which is now wound up.
In October 2015 I resigned as Director of Excel Assemblies Ltd., a manufacturing business based in Manchester.
What Ivan McKee has said in Parliament
Small Rural Businesses (Support)
The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise (Ivan McKee): "Our enterprise agencies and Business Gateway provide a range of advice and funding to small rural businesses…
Chamber meeting date: 22 December 2021
Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Businesses (Government Support)
The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise (Ivan McKee): "We recognise the difficulties that omicron brings for businesses and their employees, which is why we are providing £375 million to support sectors that have been impacted by the necessary additional public health measures…
Hospitality Sector (Financial Support)
The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise (Ivan McKee): "We recognise the difficulties that omicron brings for businesses and their employees, which is why we are providing £375 million to support sectors that are impacted by the additional necessary public health measures…
Hunterston Port and Resource Centre
The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise (Ivan McKee): "I refer Katy Clark to questions S6W-04431 and S6W-04432, from Jamie Greene MSP, in answer to which I set out that Scottish Enterprise continues to engage with Peel Ports and North Ayrshire Council under a memorandum of understanding to secure the delivery of regional and national investment objectives at Hunterston. There have been no visits by…
Dalzell Historical Industrial Transaction
The Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise (Ivan McKee): "In 2016, faced with the potential permanent closure of the last remaining steel plant in Scotland and the loss of hundreds of highly skilled jobs, the Scottish Government took action to support the purchase of the rolling mills at Dalzell and Clydebridge. Many members will remember that Longs Steel had owned the businesses and that Tata Steel UK…
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Motions made by Ivan McKee in Parliament
Find out what motions Ivan McKee has submitted recently.
Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft]
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Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2021 (SSI 2021/89)
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Written questions Ivan McKee has submitted in Parliament
Asked by: McKee, Ivan, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 18 June 2018
Asked by: McKee, Ivan, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 24 May 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government, in situations where council tax bills are unpaid due to a challenge, what its position is on councils instructing sheriff officers to take action before the challenge is considered, and what action it will take on this issue."
Answered by: Derek Mackay on 5 June 2018
Asked by: McKee, Ivan, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 5 April 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government when a new chief executive will be appointed to Scottish Enterprise."
Answered by: Keith Brown on 6 April 2018
Asked by: McKee, Ivan, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 28 March 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government what targets it expects Registers of Scotland to achieve in 2018-19."
Answered by: Keith Brown on 29 March 2018
Asked by: McKee, Ivan, Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party, Date Lodged: 27 February 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00950 by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2018 (Official Report, c…
Answered by: Humza Yousaf on 13 March 2018
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00950 by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2018 (Official Report, c. 7), how many services will operate with fewer carriages each day until the class 385 trains are operational."
"To ask the Scottish Government how many class 380 trains are operating (a) peak and (b) off-peak services on the Glasgow-Falkirk-Edinburgh line, and how many carriages each has."
"To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-00950 by Humza Yousaf on 27 February 2018 (Official Report, c. 7), how many class 385 trains have been ordered, also broken down by the services that they will operate on."
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George Frederick Elliott was born in Hartford County, Connecticut, in 1834 to George Elliott (1810-1862) and Hannah Peters Elliott (1814-1907). When the Civil War began, Elliott joined Company A, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery on 22 May 1861 and was mustered in 9 June 1861. He served until his time of enlistment was up on 8 June 1864. After the war, Elliott married Frances O. Rice on 23 December 1865. Elliot moved west, eventually living in Los Angeles County, California, where he worked as a carpenter. He was admitted into the United States National Home for Disabled Soldier in Los Angeles County in 1902. Elliott died 20 May 1919 and he was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Hartford County, Connecticut.


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Blake Lively covers Marie Claire
Articles & Interviews Gallery Magazine Scans
Blake Lively covers the September 2014 (20th Anniversary) issue of Marie Claire Magazine.
She talks about food, a lot. She talks about how her husband is her best friend. Her "greatest joy comes from Canada". She wants to give back to the world. She doesn't drink. She's never done drugs. You can watch the behind the scenes video here and read the full interview here.
On her relationship with Ryan Reynolds: "We've never gone a week without seeing each other. There's no major decision that I make without him. The best part is when we turn off our phones and just talk and hang out. He's my best, best friend. What do you do with your best friend? You do nothing."
On her past claims of wanting 30 kids of her own: "I gotta get started. If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would."
On her new venture, Preserve, an immerse lifestyle e-commerce website: "I went straight from high school to Gossip Girl, and both were very structured, scheduled environments, so I never had freedom to explore and carve my own path. When I finished my show, I wanted to take a break from acting and try what I would have tried if I hadn't acted, and that was this."
On her involvement in the PBS documentary miniseries A Path Appears: "I don't pretend to speak for anyone, but my feeling is that the general consensus in the United States is that [sex trafficking] is elective here–that when women are prostituting themselves, it's their choice. But what you realize when you start talking to these young women is that they're in emotional chains."
On Reynolds' favorite meal: "Honestly, all he wants to eat is hot-fudge sundaes."
L'Oréal Paris Red Lipstick Shoot (Behind the Scenes)
Blake turns 27 – Happy Birthday!
Blake and Ryan grabbing a romantic dinner in Spain
Blake Lively supports Ryan Reynolds at his Aviation Gin event in NYC
Guy Aroch Photoshoots


It's the third Thursday of November, which means the 'new Beaujolais' wines are hitting shelves all over the world. We drove through the beautiful Beaujolais region and its picturesque villages, south of Burgundy.
Each vineyard sells its own wines in shops, cellars, and basements, and we stopped by various 'caves à vins' to sample the new tinctures.
The Fête du Beaujolais Nouveau has become a milestone day of autumn, marking the annual release of the region's vin de primeur (young wine).
We picked some of our own grapes in a late harvest – for it to be classified as a Beaujolais Nouveau, the grape has to be harvested by hand!
These young fruity wines are bottled only six to eight weeks after the Gamay grapes are harvested.
Across the board the purple-pink wines lack complexity, have less tannins, but have dominant fruity flavours.
The earliest records of the Gamay grape trace it to the village of Gamay in the 1360s, south of Beaune in Burgundy.


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Greenville's Warehouse Theatre to premiere 'Power of Sail,' a play about the rise of white nationalism on college campuses.
A TV producer hopes a project premiering in Greenville will help start a national conversation about the rise of white nationalism on college campuses.
The project Paul Grellong has in mind is the play he's written, titled "Power of Sail," which is making its worldwide premiere at Greenville's Warehouse Theatre from March 15 -31.
Grellong is a co-executive producer and writer for "Hawaii Five-O," the television series that airs on CBS.
"Power of Sail" is about a college professor who has invited a white nationalist speaker to campus, said Mike Sablone, Warehouse Theatre's producing artistic director.
College students find out about the guest speaker and they, along with some college administrators, become angry about this potentially inflammatory person coming to campus.
"His (the professor's) argument has more to do more about free speech versus hate speech," Sablone said. "He's a free speech absolutist, and his idea is to bring this person to campus and expose his ideas."
It doesn't go exactly according to plan, Sablone said.
Grellong said that he believes dialogue is essential.
That's why it was important for him to write "Power of Sail" and tell the story specifically for the theater.
"Think about it," he said. "When was the last time you went to see a movie and hung around after the movie by the concession stand to talk to strangers about what you had just seen?" he said.
"I don't really do that very often, but in the lobby of a theater during intermission, over a drink, a cup of coffee, you're talking about what's going on, and that's what this play is asking people to do – asking hard questions and providing no answers but hopefully getting that conversation started," Grellong said.
The desire to start this conversation, he said, came after he and Sablone spent a lot of time reading articles and exposés over the past year about the rise of white nationalism on college campuses.
The Anti-Defamation League released a report during that period that said incidents of white supremacist groups targeting U.S. college campuses for their propaganda campaigns increased by 77 percent during the 2017-2018 academic year.
That same academic year, a flyer calling for white people to "join the alt-right" was posted on Clemson University's campus.
"College campuses are, in many ways, ground zero for the advancement of a very particular, and I think particularly dangerous, kind of white nationalist ideology," Grellong said.
He cited an article published last week about a watchdog group that got their hands on the leaked chat transcripts of a white nationalist group.
"They talked openly about how their primary targets for recruiting grounds are college campuses around this country," he said. "I think that's a scary prospect."
The group, he said, is trying to infiltrate the student political organizations and exercise influence over the development of one of America's major political parties.
While "Power of Sail" is about the rise of white nationalism, the play doesn't approach it from "a broad speechifying place where it's about everything."
"It's about one thing, about one place," Grellong said. "It's about how it happens on college campuses, and by focusing on the people in the play, the choices they make, their stumbles on the way, we're trying to tell a story that really is a cautionary tale."
Grellong had written an earlier version of "Power of Sail," but re-wrote it a year ago. Sablone said when he first read what Grellong had written, "it felt so relevant and alive and contemporary.
Additionally, Sablone was attracted to the way the play was written.
It's a thriller, he said. It's not "didactic or heavy-handed."
Sablone said he wanted something that engages people on multiple levels.
"The theater is a mode of expression that raises questions," he said. "We're not here to give you answers."
He said the theater sometime holds a mirror up to society. Sometimes it's a funhouse mirror so it's fun and entertaining, he said. Other times, it's a bit starker.
"We're not looking in any shape or form to try to terrify, but just to make them aware of what's happening and also to have them to be more informed citizens and to go out with a different perspective on the world they live in and to potentially think about things in ways they haven't thought of before," he said.
Visit https://warehousetheatre.com/power-of-sail/ for more information.


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Q: Is there a way to define custom tags in XML resources I would like to define something like this in the project res folder:
<custommap name="MyMap">
    <entry key="@string/key1" value="1">K1</entry >
    <entry key="@string/key2" value="2">K2</entry >
    <entry key="@string/key3" value="3">K3</entry >
    <entry key="@string/key4" value="4">K4</entry >
</custommap>

Is it somehow possible?. The example above does not pass compilation (I tried to insert it in arrays.xml).
If possible, how can it be accessed from the java code?

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*Create your own xml file by right-clicking on the res folder and
creating a new file under /xml folder.

*Read your xml into ArrayList
using the XMLParser as follows, by looking for the XML tags:
public ArrayList<textElement> PrepareListFromXml(String cat)
{
    textElement te;

    ArrayList<textElement> listItems = new ArrayList<textElement>();
    XmlResourceParser listXml = getResources().getXml(R.xml.<your resource name>);

    int eventType = -1;
    while (eventType != XmlResourceParser.END_DOCUMENT)
    {
        if (eventType == XmlResourceParser.START_TAG)
        {
            String strNode = listXml.getName();
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                te.setText(listXml.getAttributeValue(null, "key"));
                listItems.add(te);
            }
        }

        try
        {
             eventType = listXml.next();
        }
        catch (XmlPullParserException e)
        {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (IOException e)
        {
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                e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    return listItems;
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Hi everyone! Sorry for the absence this week… Ryan and I made the long drive from Denver to Fort Myers over the past few days! That's about 2,000 miles for those of us that were counting. The great news is that it's time for Spring Training! I can't believe how fast another off season has gone. In honor of our return, I thought I would post about our favorite restaurants from past spring training visits. The first two years I came to visit Ryan, we tended to go to the same places over and over again. If you aren't around the beaches Fort Myers can feel very vast and spread out. We tended to stick to restaurants in the Gulf Coast Town Center because it was convenient and reliable. Last year, however, I made sure that we branched out and tried new things. And boy am I glad we did! We made some friends that live here year round and they were a wealth of information about new places to try. Here is a short list, running north to south, of some of the new restaurants we liked best. More to come as we enjoy the sunshine down here in Spring Training!
Sweet Melissa's Cafe (Sanibel Island)– Trekking out to Sanibel can be a little daunting during peak tourist season, but if you make it there you must go to Sweet Melissa's Cafe for dinner. They serve modern American cuisine with a bit of local fare. I took my grandparents here for their anniversary and it was the most enjoyable night. What I love most about the menu is that you can order "petite" portions of all the entrees. As a table we tried three appetizers and three small plate entrees; just a few bites of everything so everyone could try it all. Each dish, from the bourbon glazed pork belly, to the pan seared mahi mahi with corn and crawfish hash, is unusual and delicious. Go with a small group to maximize your order! It's a great atmosphere for a celebration or special occasion.
Brew Babies Garden Bistro (Cape Coral) – We went to Brew Babies as a gift from my parents for Valentine's Day. We were both immediately charmed by the outdoor garden that most diners choose to eat in. The atmosphere is further enhanced by local jazz music played on Wednesday and Friday nights. The menu at Brew Babies is traditional American, nothing on the menu will blow your socks off, but the food is cooked perfectly. One of their signature dishes in the osso bucco served with wild mushroom risotto; hearty, rich, and full of bold flavors. I would suggest Brew Babies for a fun date night, as the scene leans more towards romance than a night out with friends.
Lush Bakery (three locations)- I worked at Lush Bakery last Spring Training and hope to be working there again! The bakery serves traditional French pastry made by a very traditional French pastry chef. I knew the quality was spot on when the majority of our clientele was visiting Fort Myers from Europe. Stop into Lush first thing in the morning for a croissant and cappuccino. If you miss the morning rush, come in for lunch for a croque sandwich, made the traditional way with melted gruyere and a fried egg on top! The way people's faces light up when they see it is priceless. Be sure to order a Napoleon or Josephine for dessert for the perfect French lunch.
Norman Love Confections (Fort Myers)– Norman Love is conveniently located right next to Jet Blue Park. I maybe stopped here a dozen times over the course of spring training. They serve impeccable truffles, desserts, and baked goods. The precision is truly beautiful. I would say that they are too pretty to eat, but that's a complete lie because we barely made it to the car before we broke into them, unable to wait until we got home. Make your own assortment so that you can pick the flavors you like best; they make great gifts to take home for friends. Also stop next door for a scoop of their artisan gelato, another gourmet and decadent treat.
Angelina's Ristorante (Bonita Springs)– Angelina's is an upscale Italian restaurant located just between Fort Myers and Naples. It's dimly lit and perfectly elegant for a nice evening with family. We went to Angelina's with Ryan's agent, all of us super foodies, and had a great meal. They have excellent homemade pastas, to-die-for lobster ravioli (you might need a few orders), and a large wine list.
Gumbo Limbo in the Ritz Carlton (Naples)– I had never been to Naples until our friends Carolyn and Alex asked us to meet them at one of their favorite spots, Gumbo Limbo. Not going to lie, we were a little intimidated walking into the Ritz for casual drinks and dinner, but we were pleasantly surprised that Gumbo Limbo has a very casual atmosphere. Go on a beautiful sunny day; they don't take reservations, and we used the excuse to go trek around the beach for a while before we sat down for dinner. Gumbo Limbo sits on the oceanfront and has incredible views during sunset. The prices are reasonable and the food is pretty good. We had the crab nachos which were a definite favorite and great mojitos. I would go back again and again just for the view.


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Students in Over Two Dozen Towns in Conn. Return to School Today
Class is back in session for more kids across the state today and some students, staff and faculty were welcomed back by Governor Ned Lamont.
Today is the first day of school for more than two dozen school districts in Connecticut.
In Wethersfield, they are doing a hybrid approach with a mix of in-person learning and online learning.
Students with last names A through K will be the first group to attend school followed by the second group at the end of the week.
The goal is to clean the school on Wednesdays between both groups.
Students in schools in Glastonbury and Wethersfield are heading back to school today for the first time since the pandemic started.
In Glastonbury, grades six through 12 will be hybrid and Kindergarten through fifth grade will start all in-person classes.
Hamden 16 mins ago
new haven 50 mins ago
Right now, Lamont reports about 30 percent of schools are going with only in-person classes while 40 percent are planning for hybrid for the foreseeable future. Thirty percent plans to start hybrid and transition to all in-person classes and one percent is sticking with just virtual.
He said he would like to see all schools switch from hybrid to full time by mid-October.
Lamont welcomed students, staff and faculty back to school in Vernon this morning.
He was joined by Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and other local officials at Skinner Road School.
Some of the other towns going back to school today include:
Colebrook (Grades K, 1, 2 & 5)
Middlebury (Region 15)
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Knightfall (10 p.m., History) - A new scripted series about the Knights Templar, the legendary brotherhood of warrior monks. The series will tell their story from their battles in the Holy Land, to their complex relationship with the King of France, to the betrayal that would ultimately lead to their tragic dissolution. It stars several "Downton Abbey" alumni, including Tom Cullen, Jim Carter and Julian Ovenden.


If you have questions, email Rachel Horowitz or call (919) 542-0794 x 228.
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Cover Songs- Part 1
Friends it is time to talk about cover songs. You know what I am talking about, it is when an artist decides that they can do a better version of a song than the original artist. Sometimes it works and sometimes it is really, really, really, I cannot stress this enough…BAD.
And now thanks to the power of the Internet we can debate this right here and now. Or at least I can rattle off some obvious ones and provide links to others. And of course I encourage your participation.
Credit for the first suggestion goes to the King of all Waffle Makers, Jameel who rightly opined that Madonna destroyed American Pie. I can't decide which is worse, her fake British accent or this song.
Any number of artists have chosen to cover AC/DC. Party anthem "You Shook Me All Night Long" has been done and redone many times. Celine Dion and Anastasia assaulted my ears with this horrific version.
Shania Twain generally doesn't offend me, but she fell prey to the same trap as Celine. It just doesn't work for me. As long as we are talking about AC/DC I'll include Shakira's version of Back in Black. It is not great, not terrible. If you watch the video you might not even notice, but that is probably because her Hips Don't Lie.
Fergie's version of Live and Let Die should have been shot. It would have been more humane than allowing it to pollute the airwaves.
Dave Matthews killed All Along The Watchtower. So did Brian Ferry. Dylan did it well, but I prefer Hendrix. On a side note I have always enjoyed Hey Joe.
Bryan Adams should have remembered that The Beatles were rarely if ever surpassed. Some artists managed to do ok. I do enjoy Ozzy Osbourne's version of In My Life.
"I'll Melt With You" by Bowling For Soup is just horrid. And I just have to bring up Celine again with this just awful version of Bad.
And because I'd rather not end this with a bunch of negatives here are some artists who did well with their covers.
Ring of Fire– Ray Charles
Hurt– Johnny Cash
With A Little Help From My Friends–Joe Cocker
Come Together– Aerosmith
Mr Tambourine Man– The Byrds
And just because I feel like it, here is Led Zeppelin playing Kashmir, one of my favorite songs and one that has been butchered far too many times.
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benning March 5, 2008 at 2:48 pm
As a Beatles fan I know there have been many attempts at covers that have been utterly horrid. But one I think was better than the original was the Mamas and the Papas version of "I Call Your Name". Compare the two versions and I think you'll agree.
Cool post!
benning March 5, 2008 at 10:48 pm
judi March 4, 2008 at 6:07 pm
And here's Dread Zeppelin covering Hey, hey what can I do & Kashmir:
(btw, Robert Plant has played with them…)
As far as covers that rock, "Hazy Shade of Winter" (Simon & Garfunkel) done by The Bangles, "Smooth Criminal" (Michael Jackson) by Alien Ant Farm are two off the top of my head. Janis Joplin's cover of Erma Franklin's (Aretha's sister) "Piece of My Heart" is also pretty good, I guess 😉
judi March 5, 2008 at 2:07 am
Jack March 4, 2008 at 7:54 am
JD,
I would agree with that.
SD,
There is something endearing about Joe, or maybe it is just that Belushi's impersonation cracks me up.
CM,
Madonna destroyed that song.
I hadn't thought of that. Thank you.
Babka,
I like their version too. Don't know that I prefer it, but I liked it.
Val,
Good taste.
Jack March 4, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Soccer Dad March 4, 2008 at 7:38 am
Babka, I didn't say that I didn't like the Lemonheads version, I said that it was incongruous. Their musical style is quite removed from Simon and Garfunkel. Still I prefer the original.
Soccer Dad March 4, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Val March 4, 2008 at 4:06 am
LOVE Kashmir…
Val March 4, 2008 at 12:06 pm
The Babka Nosher March 3, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes. One more reason that Celine Dion's mouth should be permanently sealed. But I have to disagree with SoccerDad – I liked the Lemonhead's version of Mrs. Robinson!
The Babka Nosher March 4, 2008 at 12:04 am
Soccer Dad March 3, 2008 at 12:51 pm
BTW here's the link between Shania Twain and AC/DC.
cruisin-mom March 3, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Jack, i'd have to say I agree with you on just about everything. Madonna doing American Pie?…YUCK, double YUCK.
cruisin-mom March 3, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Achh, I hate Joe Cocker.
The problem is that he always sings out of tune.
I've heard that Barbara Streisand covered Punky's Dilemma a Simon and Garfunkel tune.
The two most incongrous covers I can think of are Poison's "Your mama don't dance" and Lemonhead's "Mrs. Robinson."
jd clampett March 3, 2008 at 12:50 am
Love Hurts by Nazareth came well after the rendition by the Everley Brothers or Roy Orbison. But it's the best.
The latter are really good in their own way, but for me lead singer Dan MaCafferty's emotion-filled rendition is the paradigm.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrSs7gfLDjc
jd clampett March 3, 2008 at 8:50 am
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Mr. Wiley Carson Ward, age 57, of Chapel Hill, TN, died on April 5, 2018, in Chapel Hill, TN. He was born in Murfreesboro, TN, to his parents Willard Carson Ward and Alice Marie Layne Ward. He was a computer technician for most of his life and loved his family dearly. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Anthony Brent Layne.
Mr. Ward is survived by his son, William Cameron Ward, Chapel Hill, TN; sister, Tammy (Teddy) Sponsler, Columbia, TN; nephew, Carson Lee Scott, Chapel Hill, TN.


The Gurdjieff Movements – A Communication of Ancient Wisdom is a new book by Wim van Dullemen on Gurdjieff's hundreds of precise and mostly asymmetrical gestures, arranged into detailed choreographies for groups of practitioners. Van Dullemen reconsiders the eminent role of the Movements, revealing them as a vital yet often-neglected component in the transmission of Gurdjieff's legacy. Thanks to the publisher we have got the permission to post a chapter of the book here. The chapter explores why Gurdjieff, an esoteric teacher and not a choreographer left such a vast number of extremely detailed dances, how they relate to his writings and compositions. The conclusion is Yes, all of Gurdjieff´s works complement each other. They share ritualistic qualities and hidden meanings which are explained in the book. Van Dullemen, whose first Movements' teacher received her instructions directly from Gurdjieff himself, is in a unique position to offer theory and first-hand experience about the movements. He is a professional musician and a long-time practitioner of the Gurdjieff work who trained in these Movements and served as a master accompanist for the practice for over thirty years. "No book can teach the Movements," the author clearly asserts. And, he makes no such attempt here. Far from an instruction manual, The Gurdjieff Movements, A Communication of Ancient Wisdom, offers invaluable insight into and greater understanding of the whys and wherefores of this fourth arm of the vast teaching that comprises Gurdjieff's complete communication: his books, his oral teachings, his music and finally his Movements.
i would like to read the whole book, is it not available?
No, this is a new book and I have only got permission to bring a part of it.


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The Spanish brought cacao back to Europe in the 16th century and many chocolate innovations have occurred in the ensuing centuries.However, this was not the form in which cacao had its beginnings."The earliest cacao beverages consumed at Puerto Escondido were likely produced by fermenting the sweet pulp surrounding the seeds," the scientists wrote in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.One of the researchers, anthropologist John Henderson of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, said cacao beverages were being concocted far earlier than previously believed - and it was a beer-like drink that started the chocolate craze."What we're seeing in this early village is a very early stage in which serving cacao at fancy occasions is one of the strategies that upwardly mobile families are using to establish themselves, to accumulate social prestige."I think this is part of the process by which you eventually get stratified societies," Henderson said. The cacao brew consumed at the village of perhaps 200 to 300 people may have evolved into the chocolate beverage known from later in Mesoamerican history not by design but as "an accidental byproduct of some brewing," Henderson said.By Walid Shoebat "Neither the government nor priests can handle El Chapo" was a warning sent by Joaquin Guzman (El-Chapo) to what he considered his two biggest threats at the time: Christian priests and the government.To ensure he was taken seriously, the note accompanied two corpses: soldiers that he arranged to be killed so everyone gets the message: you need to fear the drug cartel of Sinaloa, especially the infamous El Chapo.
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ACS Infectious Diseases recently hosted the webinar "Superbugs and Drug Resistance: Challenges in New Antibiotic Discovery." The subject of drug-resistant bacteria has only become more important in recent years. Have you kept up with the latest research and developments in this critical area? We compiled a quiz based on the webinar to test your knowledge.
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