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My (life in) music lists
These are the songs that have and will continue to soundtrack my life.
Best tunes of 1990
Eighties' best 100 redux
Top five tunes
100 best covers
My vinyl collection
List of concerts
Playlists galore
Best tunes of 2000: #4 Belle And Sebastian "Legal man"
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At some point in the early 2000s, the full season box sets of Gilmore Girls began being released on DVD and my wife, Victoria and I bought them and watched them all, as they were released, one season at a time. I'm not going to go into the wherefores of why I enjoyed and got hooked on the show right now but let's just say that I did. The reason I mention this idiosyncrasy of mine this morning has to do with one of my favourite scenes that occurred at the end of episode 14, season 2 (no, I don't have them memorized, I had to look it up).
Lane, the best friend of Rory (the younger of the Gilmore girls), is the Korean-American daughter of first generation immigrants, who is a music fanatic and snob. During the episode in question, she is grounded by her strict, traditional mother, something that happens frequently during the show for several reasons but in this case, it is problematic because the new Belle And Sebastian single is due to be released and she simply must be one of the first to hear it. Rory, being the good friend that she is, procures a copy for her and orchestrates a drop off as Lane and her mother are walking through town, an intricate plot involving the town weirdo Kirk running interference while Rory's mother's employee, Michel, posing as a jogger, drops the disc in Lane's bag (watch the scene here). It's hilariously like something out of Mission Impossible and all the while, the first part of "Legal man", the single in question, is playing as soundtrack, lending the scene a 60s spy movie feeling.
Belle And Sebastian, as you are hopefully aware, are an indie pop collective out of Glasgow, Scotland that formed in 1996 and that were so prolific, they released two full-length albums in their first year of existence. The following year, they released three EPs of songs that never appeared on their LPs, something they would become known for doing. They also became known for twee-inspired chamber pop, whose witty and biting lyrics acted as counterbalance to the light tone of the music. Numerous releases and personnel changes later, B&S are still a going concern.
"Legal man" is the title track off another one of those standalone singles/EPs that I mentioned above, only being available on that release until the song and its two B-sides were included on the "Push barman to open old wounds" compilation. It is two and half minutes of frenzied bongo drumming (by Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn), snarling sitars, whirling hammond, and fun backing vocals by Rosanne Suarez and The Maisonettes. As you can imagine, with all those ingredients swirling in the lava lamp, "Legal man" is a retro and mod revivalist romp that spells magic on the dance floor. So get out your beach blanket and let's boogie!
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Tags 2000s, Alternative, Belle And Sebastian, Best tunes, Gilmore Girls, Glasgow, Indie Pop, Scottish, Twee
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8 replies on "Best tunes of 2000: #4 Belle And Sebastian "Legal man""
Hackskepticsays:
Groovy! It's interesting that in Murdoch and the band's quiet modesty they always make the characters around them far more flamboyant. This video is a good example.
jprobichaudsays:
You know? I had never seen many of their videos. This might be one of the first and I had only seen it recently. I'm not even sure I knew what they looked like until I saw them live a few years ago. But I have to say, it feels like Murdoch avoids the spotlight. He invited a ton of fans on stage to dance when they performed Boy with the Arab strap, almost as if to draw attention away from himself.
That figures, I've read articles in the media and he is a very quiet, unassuming character.
And oh yes, definitely groovy.
Beckysays:
Love the late-60s vibe of this song! And the lyrics. Also, just gonna throw it out there that the wherefores of why you got hooked on Gilmore Girls would make for an interesting post.
It's possible I might sneak it in a future post. A good deal of the reason is music (and pop-culture) related of course.
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ARE in fact "outraged" one way or another are those who get their opinions from the 24hr news services.
I suspect there are a whole lot of Americans who are NOT outraged because they realize that it is all a media circus and little more.
lying most certainly will NEVER vote to enact such a law. I don't know how else it will happen ?? But, I'd be for it if it could happen.


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In the Heart of Europe, Undocumented Immigrants Organize
May 24, 2011 / Dan La Botz Enlarge or shrink text login or register to comment
With the spread of harsh Arizona-style legislation, supporters of immigrants' rights have plenty to keep them occupied. Across the ocean, undocumented Latino immigrants in Switzerland are battling many of the same issues, and they're organizing to demand creative solutions to common problems.
Swiss immigrants with no papers struggle to find steady work, and often face discrimination on the job, receive lower wages, and face worse conditions. They are subject to deportation. They face racist attitudes from the native population—even though many of the native-born are children and grandchildren of immigrants themselves.
Ultimately, of course, immigrants want to have the legal right to live and work in Switzerland.
The principal fight for immigrants now is to win a collective bargaining agreement with the employers association in the service sector, says Ynes Gerardo. She's a Dominican immigrant and member of the Geneva Collective in Support of the Undocumented.
The Collective wants a pattern agreement from the employers association that would cover hotel, restaurant, and domestic workers. The employers association is made up of the large hotel and restaurant chains, and the collective believes an agreement there would provide the leverage to establish a basis for domestic workers' wages, too. They have been fighting for five years.
Land of Immigrants
Switzerland has a long history of immigration, dating from the end of World War II when Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish workers began to arrive in search of work. Today, workers come throughout the European Union and Turkey, but also from several countries in Latin America.
Between 200,000 and 300,000 undocumented immigrants live there. Most women work in restaurants, hotels, and domestic work, while the men work in agriculture. A survey done by the Collective found that while about 15 percent have permanent full-time jobs, the rest work by the hour and generally more than 40 hours a week—if they can get them.
Switzerland has a highly stratified immigration system with a hierarchical system of acceptance. First European, then Australian and American, and finally Latin American, Asian, and African immigrants are permitted.
Along with its dozens of visa categories, the segmented system contributes to a society that is highly status-conscious and accustomed to seeing immigrant people of color at the bottom, says Gerardo.
"Most of these immigrants are women who come from cities in Latin America and first attempted to find work by migrating to another city in their own country," Gerardo said. "When they couldn't find work at a living wage, they then decided to go abroad."
Gerardo's collective sponsored an investigation into the survival strategies, jobs, and work conditions of immigrants. It revealed that most are mothers with high school educations and often some college who left their children home when they came to Switzerland to find work. Once they find work in Switzerland they often send for their children and then their husbands.
The collective (which is supported by the Inter-Professional Union of Men and Women Workers) has been building a movement and using the media to pressure employers and the government to establish minimum standards of social security for immigrant workers, including on-the-job accident insurance.
Winning employer recognition and a wage deal is linked to a broader campaign for the legalization of undocumented immigrants.
Gerardo says some unions organize immigrants and play a role in defending them both in the workplace and from the authorities.
The collective has succeeded in getting the Geneva regional government (akin to a U.S. state) to press for pattern bargaining and legalization at the Swiss federal government. Immigrants have found most support in French-speaking Switzerland, where even the conservative parties have come around to support them. But they still have a long way to go.
"At the moment," says Gerardo, "we are at an impasse. We have to find a way to move ahead. And we will. We want to be legal."
Dan LaBotz is the author of A Troublemaker's Handbook 1.
Dan La Botz is editor of Mexican Labor News and Analysis.
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Q: How to format a cell header in xlsx angular How to format a cell in angular using xlsx or the cellStyles.
here's the code.
list.component.ts
const ws = XLSX.utils.json_to_sheet(reportData);
          ws['!cols'] = [];
          Object.keys(reportData[0]).forEach((cell: any) => {
            const colWidth =
              cell === 'Date'
                ? 120
                : cell === 'Time'
                  ? 100
                  : cell === 'Location'
                    ? 200
                    : cell === 'Temperature'
                      ? 80
                      : cell === 'Humidity'
                        ? 80
                        : 100;
            ws['!cols'].push({
              wpx: colWidth
            });
          });

          XLSX.utils.book_append_sheet(wb, ws, this.roomTitle);
          XLSX.writeFile(
            wb,
            `${fileName}.xlsx`,
            { cellStyles: true },
          );

what I'm trying to do here is to format it into BOLD TEXT the header which is the Date, Time, Location, Temperature and Humidity

A: Did you try following?
bold = workbook.add_format({'bold': True});

As per documentation you have to add in format.
 write(row, column, token, [format])

which will be like,
worksheet.write(row, 0, 'Total', bold)

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Kurt Bauch (25 November 1897 in Neustadt-Glewe – 1 March 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German art historian with particular interest in the art of Rembrandt.

The son of a Mecklenburg judge, Bauch studied art history at the University of Berlin under Adolph Goldschmidt and at the University of Munich under Heinrich Wölfflin. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on the Rembrandt pupil, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, at the University of Freiburg under Hans Jantzen. From 1924 to 1926 he was assistant of the famous Dutch Rembrandt scholar, Cornelis Hofstede de Groot in the Hague. In 1927 he completed his Habilitationsschrift on the art of the young Rembrandt. For some years he worked as a Privatdozent, teaching medieval and early modern art in Freiburg and Frankfurt am Main. After joining the Nazi Party in 1933, he was appointed professor of art history at the University of Freiburg, where he retired in 1962.

Select publications
Jakob Adriaensz Backer: ein Rembrandtbschüler aus Friesland. Berlin 1926.
Die Kunst des jungen Rembrandt. Heidelberg 1933.
Über die Herkunft der Gotik. Freiburg im Breisgau 1939.
Strassburg. Berlin 1941.
Der Isenheimer Altar. Königstein im Taunus 1951.
Abendländische Kunst. Düsseldorf 1952.
Freiburg im Breisgau. Munich 1953.
Der frühe Rembrandt und seine Zeit: Studien zur geschichtlichen Bedeutung seines Frühstils. Berlin 1960.
Deutsche Kultur am Kap - German culture at the Cape - Duitse kultuur aan die Kaap. Cape Town 1964.
Rembrandt: Gemälde. Berlin 1966.
Das Brandenburger Tor. Cologne 1966.
Studien zur Kunstgeschichte. Berlin 1967.
Das mittelalterliche Grabbild. Figürliche Grabmäler des 11. bis 15. Jahrhunderts in Europa. Berlin 1976.

External links
Dictionary of Art Historians: Bauch, Kurt
 Books by Kurt Bauch on the Google Books Library Project

German art historians
1897 births
1975 deaths
German male non-fiction writers
Rembrandt scholars

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Uncontacted and isolated tribes like the Nanti are at extreme risk of contracting fatal diseases introduced by outsiders on their land.
Peru's government is on the brink of approving the expansion of the highly controversial Camisea gas project into the land of uncontacted and isolated tribes – ignoring a recent UN recommendation to first carry out 'extensive studies' over the threats posed to the vulnerable Indians.
Peru's Ministry of Culture has approved a plan to expand the $1.6 billion Camisea project – run by Argentina's Pluspetrol, US's Hunt Oil and Spain's Repsol – once three minor conditions are met, raising fears that expansion is imminent.
Any contact with gas workers could introduce fatal diseases to the uncontacted Indians. When Shell carried out initial explorations in the area during the 1980s, half the Nahua tribe was wiped out following first contact with outsiders.
The expansion plan includes the detonation of thousands of explosive charges, and the drilling of exploratory wells using heavy equipment, and involving hundreds of workers. It would take place inside the Nahua-Nanti Reserve for uncontacted and isolated Indians.
James Anaya, the UN's Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, visited the region last month and warned, 'The government and company should act with extreme caution and should not go ahead with the proposed expansion before first assuring conclusively that the (tribes') human rights are not at threat'.
The expansion of Camisea into the land of uncontacted tribes could have devastating consequences for the Indians.
Mr. Anaya further recommended that the government carry out 'exhaustive studies (…) to ascertain the presence and conditions in which isolated or uncontacted tribes find themselves'.
But despite several visits to the area, the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, tasked with protecting the country's indigenous peoples, has failed to carry out the necessary studies on the impact of Camisea's expansion on uncontacted tribes, and at least three Ministers have resigned in protest at the plans.
Survival International has demanded a halt to any oil and gas work on the land of uncontacted tribes, and Survival supporters have sent more than 130,000 messages to Peru's President Humala.


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I finally decided to take the plunge and upgrade to Debian Wheezy. I have been putting it off because Squeeze works and it would involve re-configuring everything I have setup so far. At the same time, the longer I wait the more stuff there will be to setup. The great thing about re-installing: I get to do a clean install without the mistakes of figuring things out. It is also a refresher of how I got where I am now. Jump below for notes about the upgrade process.
Firstly, you should make a backup of the SD card in case you need to restore back or to check how you did something. I used win32diskimager on my Windows 7 PC to make an image of the card. Before I shutdown the Pi, I also made a file backup of my scripts and programs to restore to the new build.
I am not sure if this was around before but you can use raspi-config to resize the partition. It has some other options for configuring locale and timezones but they didn't work, not sure if that is just this distro.
After I was up and running, the first thing was to change the raspberry pi user password and add an account for myself. I used the adduser command which sets up the account completely instead of useradd which doesn't.
Before I forget, edit the sudoers file giving www-data right to run your c/python programs with root. Also add your new account you created for yourself. You can also set it up to not require password every time you use sudo, but that might not be the best idea in regards to security.
Now its time to reinstall lighttpd and PHP.
This time I used the enable mod command instead of editing the conf file. Found how to at the end of this page.
If you edit the file don't use the enable mod command, otherwise you will have errors about duplicate configuration.
I did noticed that PHP is much faster than when on squeeze.
This might help, so you can check PHP version and if you want to do the conf file route.
It's nice having my blog to refer back to. It really helped to get back and running with everything setup. Kinda funny using my own blog as a guide/reminder though. I also was able to update some of the install processes with missing or updated steps.
Both times I had to install it after hosing the sudoers file it didn't insatll the init.d script. Really odd since it was fine in squeeze, but at least this time around the init.d script works. So I don't know if there was a problem with the init.d script that did get installed in squeeze or not. But I'd rather have this problem than it not having start/stop control.
It does brother me that the init.d script wasn't there after install. The good thing though, when you run the script manually, it outputs the status. That is something that didn't work before.
[FAIL] Starting remote control daemon(s) : LIRC : failed!
Odd how I got it to work.
I only did the first modprobe.
I ran lircd and lircmd manually.
That fixed the No such file or directory. I was still getting a error loading lircd.
And BAM! It worked and it now works on start-up.
Here are some tweaks you can do on the Pi, I didn't do all of them, I might look into tweaking the Pi later on to reduce the memory usage.
I couldn't get IRSend to work from PHP after hours of troubleshooting and asking on IRC, I figured out that PHP needed the absolute path to IRSend, not sure if PHP is setup differently from squeeze or maybe it is a difference of PHP versions. The path for PHP doesn't include /usr/local/bin where IRSend resides.
Finally, restore your scripts, programs, web files, and config files like for LIRCD.
Overall the process wasn't too bad. It is a nice refresher and I was able to reinstall everything fresh without mistakes, so it should be a cleaner install.
Comment below if you upgraded to wheezy from squeeze. How did it go?


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Q: Python error unhashable type: 'list' with pandas iloc I am still learning Python.  I am trying to check if the peak value of any of the average temperatures is satisfied using the if statement below but I am getting TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'.  Can someone help clarify the issue and correct it?
Thank you!
df['T1avg'] = df['T1'].rolling(11, center=True).mean().shift(50)
df['T2avg'] = df['T2'].rolling(11, center=True).mean().shift(50)
averages = ['T1avg','T2avg']

pctl = np.nanpercentile(df, 1, axis=0)  # calculation of 1% percentile
peak = df.iloc[-1] < pctl

for i in range(1, len(df)):
if (peak.loc(axis=0)[i, averages]).any():


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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Buena Vista Cottage (189 Gimli Road, Ponemah, Dunnottar)
Buena Vista Cottage was built around 1907 by the Ross Brothers for Kenneth John Johnston and was on land bought from the Canadian Pacific Railway. The cottage was a package kit, possibly from Eatons, constructed from high-quality lumber shipped from British Columbia. Its most unusual and interesting architectural feature is the central living hall with a cathedral ceiling. The hall is overlooked on three sides by a gallery reached by a staircase. The bedrooms nestle under the steeply-pitched roof at either end. The flooring is fir and all windows except one are original. Although the stone fireplace has been removed, Buena Vista retains a high degree of physical integrity and remains in the family.
Memorable Manitobans: Kenneth John Johnston (1859-1953)
Make History: Preserve Manitoba's Past - Special Places, Dunnottar Inventory of Heritage Sites. Historic Resources Branch, Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport, 2010.
Dunnottar's Significant Heritage Buildings, Heritage Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 8 November 2021


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Memoirs of Rev. George Whitefield
Por John Gillies
the riotous proceedings of his enemies. "Last Tuesday night," says he, "all was hushed, and in order to throw off all popular odium, I gave it as my opinion, that it was owing to your lordship's kind interposition. One Mr. C , and one Mr. M—, I am informed are greatly concerned. I know them not; and I pray the Lord of all lords, never to lay this ill and unmerited treatment to their charge. If no more noise is made on their part, I assure your lordship, no further resentment shall be made on mine. But, if they persist, I have the authority of the apostle, on a like occasion, to appeal unto Caesar; and thanks be to God, we have a Caesar to appeal to, whose laws will not suffer any of his loyal subjects to be treated in such an inhuman manner. I have only one favor to beg of your lordship, that you would send, as they are your lordship's parishioners, to the above gentlemen, and desire them, henceforward to desist from such unchristian, and, especially at this critical juncture, such riotous and dangerous proceedings. Whether as a chaplain to a most worthy peeress, and a presbyter of the Church of England, and a steady disinterested friend to our present happy constitution, I have not a right to ask such a favor, I leave to your lordship's mature deliberation." In the mean time his preaching was blessed by God, particularly to one, who had been a subscriber to hire rioters to make a noise. In the beginning of February, 1756, he sent eighty pounds of the collection which he had made at the Tabernacle, on the day of the public fast, to the society for relieving the poor persecuted French Protestants." The riots at Long Acre chapel still continuing with increasing violence, his friends persuaded him to prosecute those notorious offenders against all law and decency; which being known, his life was threatened. At the Tabernacle, a man came up to him in the pulpit: and three anonymous letters were sent him, denouncing certain and sudden death, unless he desisted from preaching and pursuing the offenders. As the matter concerned not only himself, but the public also, and struck at the welfare of civil government, he sent a copy of one of the letters to the Honorable Hume C–ll, begging the favor of his advice; who advised him, by all means, to put all concerned into the court of king's bench. The Earl of Holderness, one of the secretaries of state, to whom he was introduced on this occasion, received him very courteously, seeming inclined to offer a reward for the discovery of the letter writer. "I find," says Whitefield, in a letter to Lady Huntingdon, May 2, 1756, "that all things happen for the furtherance of the gospel. I suppose your indyship has seen his majesty's promise of a pardon, to any that will discover the writer: and this brings the further news of my having taken a piece of ground, very commodious to build on, not far from the foundling hospital. I have opened the subscription, and through God's blessing, it has already amounted to near six hundred pounds. I hope, in a few months, to have, what has long been wanted, a place for the gospel at the other end of the town. This even#. God willing, I venture once more to preach at Long Acre." The place he here speaks of, is the chapel in Tottenham court road, which he began to build, May 10, 1756. Soon after this, he again made his favorite tour, successfull preaching about three weeks at the following places; at Bristol, and in Gloucestershire; at Bradford, Fromer, Warminster, and at Portsmouth ; and returned to London in the beginning of June. In a letter, dated July 27, he says, "The gospel flourishes in London. I am just returned from preaching at Sherness, Chatham, and in the camp." The next day he set off for Scotland. On his journey he writes thus: "Sunderland, August 14, 1756. How swiftly doth my precious time fly away! It is now a fortnight since I came to Leeds; in and about which, I preached eight days, thrice almost every day, to thronged and affected auditories. On Sunday last, at Bradford, in the morning, the auditory consisted of about ten thousand; at noon, and in the evening, at Birstall, to near double the number. Though hoarse, I was helped to speak so that all heard. Next morning, I took a sorrowful leave of Leeds; preached at Doncaster at noon and at York the same night. On Wednesday, at Warstall, about fifty miles off; on Thursday, twice at Yaran; and last night and this morning here. Wherever, he came, he heard of the good effects of his preaching in those parts last year. Upon receiving pressing invitations, by letter, from friends in Scotland, he again set out and arrived at Edinburgh, on the 20th of August; where, and at Glasgow, he continued to preach with much acceptance, and peculiar success. The Glasgow Courant has the following accounts:
* This year, 1756, he published, "A short Address to Persons of all Denominations, occasioned by the alarm of an intended invasion," which will be found near the end of this volume.
"EDINBURGH, Sept. 9, 1756. "For near these three weeks the Rev. Mr. Whitefield has been preaching in the Orphan-hospital park, to very crowded auditories, twice every day. As he was frequently very ex. plicit in opening the miseries of popish tyranny and arbitrary
power, and very warm in exhorting his hearers to loyalty and courage at home, and in stirring them up to pray for the success of his majesty's forces, both by sea and land abroad, we have reason to believe, that his visit at this juncture hath been particularly useful. "EDINBURGH, Sept. 23.
"On Sunday evening, the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, after sermon, made a collection for the poor highlanders, when upwards of sixty pounds sterling was collected."
September 22, he received a message from the new governor of Georgia in London, desiring to see and converse with him, concerning the affairs of the colony, before he embarked.
In his way to London, he stopped at Leeds, and went some days into good Mr. G and J–'s round, preaching to great multitudes on the mountains; but the appearance of a return of his last year's disorder, obliged him to hasten to town. On the 7th of November, he opened his new chapel in Tottenham court road, preaching from 1 Cor. iii. 11. For other foundation can no man lay, than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER XVII.
From opening the chapel in Tottenham court road, to his arrival in Edinburgh, in the year 1759.
His constant work was now preaching about fifteen times a week, which, with a weak appetite, want of rest, and much care lying upon his mind, reduced him to a state of great bodily weakness. "But yet," says he, "the joy of the Lord is my strength; and my greatest grief is, that I can do no more for him, who has done and suffered so much for me."
His new chapel succeeded according to his wish. On Sunday mornings, hundreds went away, not being able to get in. Several people of rank were desirous of obtaining constant seats; and a very affecting letter was received from one under convictions, who acknowledged that curiosity alone brought him first to see what sort of a place it was." It is said that Hume was a hearer of Mr. Whitefield, and was much taken with his eloquence. Such testimonies as the latter, are recorded merely for their singularity.f
** A neighboring doctor calls the place WhitFFIELD's Soul TRAP. I pray the friend of sinners, to make it a soul trap indeed, to many wandering creatures. , Shuter, the player, always makes one of the auditory; and, as I hear, is much impressed, and brings others with him."
*An intimate friend of the infidel Hume, asked him what he thought of Mr. Whitefield's preaching; for he had listened to the latter part of one of his sermons at Edinburgh. "He is sir," said Mr. Hume, "the most ingepious preacher I ever heard. It is worth while to go twenty miles to hear him." He then repeated the following passage which he hord towards the close of that discourse. "After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous auditory:— The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner, among all this multitude, reclaimed from the error of his ways?' To give the greater effect to this exclamation, he stamped with his foot, listed up his hands and eyes to heaven, and with gushing tears cried aloud, "Stop, §§ Stop, Gabriell Stop, ere you enter the sacred rtals, and yet carry with you the news of one sinner converted to God." e then in the most simple, but energetic language, described what he called a Savior's dying love to sinful man; so that almost the whole assembly melted into tears. This address was accompanied with such animated, yet natural action that it surpassed anything I ever saw or heard in any other preacher." Happy had it been for poor Hume, had he received what he then heard, "as the word of God, and not as the word of man!"
In 1757, he again took his circuit northward, and came to Edinburgh some time in the month of May, and at the time of the annual meeting of the general assembly, a circumstance which afforded him much satisfaction. His preaching was attended by many ministers; it is said, a hundred at a time. Many of them appeared to be deeply affected; and thus their prejudices were removed. About thirty of them, as a proof of their regard, invited him to a public entertainment. His majesty's commissioner, Lord Cathcart, also invited him to his table. And his lordship's predecessor, the Earl of L , showed particular attention to Whitefield, as indeed he had constantly done from the time of his first coming to Scotland. Multitudes, and a great many of them of the highest rank, daily flocked to hear him. The congregations still increased more and more.
Leaving Edinburgh, he arrived at Glasgow on the 8th of June, having preached twice by the way, and continued preaching as usual, till the 14th, in the High Church yard, to large congregations, twice a day; and both forenoon and afternoon, in a church in the city.
Seeing the pitiable condition the poor of Glasgow were in at this time, notwithstanding the bounty of the affluent and humane, he, with the concurrence of the magistrates, at his sermon on Monday evening, made a collection for them, amounting to near sixty pounds. Next day he preached at Paisley; and immediately set out for Ireland.
His reception in Dublin was as promising as formerly; the congregations were very large, and a blessing appeared to attend his preaching, many being much affected. A certain prelate told a noble lord, that he was glad Whitefield had come to rouse the people. Persons of all ranks attended, and all seemed, in some measure, affected with the solemn truths which he delivered.


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Vintage photos capture the passion and restlessness of East Germany's youth
Photography from German Democratic Republic — otherwise known as East Germany — has received limited exposure in the art world, not least due to the strict limitations imposed by the former authoritarian state.
But at the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival in the south of France, curator Sonia Voss is shining a light on the works that emerged in the last decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"The decade preceding the fall of the wall is a very interesting one for the arts in Germany because there was a new generation that had not witnessed the founding of the GDR (German Democratic Republic)," Voss said in a phone interview. "
These were young people who were very detached from political ideas, but somehow just as tired and furious about the constraints that they were living with, which made them more likely to break the norms or push the limits compared to previous generations."
Ute Mahler, Berlin, Winfried Glatzeder, Robert and Philipp, 1982, from the "Living together" series.
In the "Restless Bodies" exhibition, Voss explores how the body was at the center of these artists' creativity. Photographing one's own body, Voss explained, was an act of affirmation and resistance in a society that discouraged individuality and was suspicious of the arts. And by photographing others, the artists were able to provide lasting documents of East German realities.
Such was the case with Ute Mahler, one of the artists featured in the exhibition, whose "Living Together" comprises family portraits taken in Leipzig. In the exhibition's notes, she explains: "I wanted to get a peek behind the façade of the official rhetoric of optimism. I looked for what was real in people's private lives." w
Similarly, Christiane Eisler's photos of Leipzig's punk community offer a glimpse into a private world.
Christiane Eisler, Mita and Jana, Berlin punk girls in Leipzig, 1983. Credit: Christiane Eisler / transit/www.transit.de/Christiane Eisler / transit
"She followed them everywhere for a quite long time. It was a community that was very strongly under repression from Stasi. These are very melancholic portraits because of the tension between the rage and the despair, which was omnipresent in the GDR," Voss said.
Sibylle Bergemann, Heike, Berlin, 1988 (Allerleirauh).
Fashion photographer Sibylle Bergemann was commissioned by popular magazines, but also captured underground fashion scenes.
"She created a group with young designers who made clothes with whatever they could find, to develop a style that you could not see in stores. They made a lot of illegal shows, which were extremely successful, and Sibylle documented many of them," Voss explained.
Manfred Paul, Verena — Geburt 3, [Verena — Birth 3], 1977.
While Manfred Paul is primarily known for a series of photographs of Berlin's courtyards, the exhibition focuses on the portraits he shot of his wife as she gave birth to their first son. With their intimacy, they offer a radical contrast to the social discourse seen elsewhere.
York der Knoefel, from the Schlachthaus series [Slaughterhouse], 1986-1988.
Self-taught photographer York der Knoefel spent two years documenting a Berlin slaughterhouse. "He saw it as a metaphor for the human condition and sacrifice for society," Voss said.
"To go with the portraits, he created an installation made out of zinc-coated plates which formed a labyrinth. He is a typical example of how a young person who did not receive a standard education really pushed the limits of photography."
Rudolf Schäfer, Der ewige Schlaf — visages de morts [The Eternal Sleep — Faces of the dead], 1981.
The striking portraits taken by artist Rudolf Schäfer are from a morgue at the Charité Hospital in East Berlin.
"I put this series in in the same section of the exhibition as other portraits, because for me it was like a quest for the ultimate essence of an individual. When you're a corpse you're not a social thing anymore, you're not a part of society, you're just yourself down to the essence of your being," said Voss.
"Restless Bodies" is on show as part of the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival in Arles, France, until Sept. 22, 2019.
Top image: Gundula Schulze Eldowy, Berlin, 1987, from the "Berlin on a dog's night" series.
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Are you ready, dearies? Get a sneak peek of Mrs. Doubtfire, which officially opens at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on December 5, thanks to the cast performing the song "Bam! You're Rockin' Now" on Good Morning America on November 18. Watch as Tony nominee Rob McClure leads the company in the title role along with Jenn Gambatese as Miranda Hillard, J. Harrison Ghee as Andre Mayem, Analise Scarpaci as Lydia Hillard, Jake Ryan Flynn as Christopher Hillard, Avery Sell as Natalie Hillard and Brad Oscar as Frank Hillard. Mrs. Doubtfire, based on the 1993 hit movie of the same name, features a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick. Get ready to say hello to Broadway's new nanny by watching the clip below!


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Q: OleDbDataAdapter leaves out Data from Excel Cells Update:
Using the open source ExcelDataReader (https://www.nuget.org/packages/ExcelDataReader/) solved the problem.

I'm reading in Data from an .xlsx File like this
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
OleDbConnection cn = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" + path + ";Extended Properties= Excel 12.0;");

cn.Open();

OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM ["Sheet1$"]", cn);
da.Fill(ds, "Sheet1$");

cn.Close();

And Everything seems to work fine, BUT in two specific rows the adapter just cuts off the last line of one Cell(both affected rows have the same content in that specific Cell).
i.e.:
"1 : 0x01 : Text_Example1(sometext)
 2 : 0x02 : Text_Example2(sometext)
 3 : 0x04 : TexT_Example3(sometext)"

becomes

"1 : 0x01 : Text_Example1(sometext)
 2 : 0x02 : Text_Example2(sometext)
 3 :"

What is the Problem here and how can i fix it?
To me it seems totally random, because in all the other rows this problem doesn't occur.
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I have already tried it with extended properties HDR = NO/YES and IMEX = 0/1 like suggested on many related Questions, but that didn't do the trick either.

A: If I may suggest an alternative approach, an .xlsx file is an OpenXML file -- a ZIP file containing XML and other metadata.
Microsoft has an OpenXML API that allows you to manipulate such files. That's the "native" way to access the data, and should behave correctly.
There's an open source project called ClosedXML that aims to make the OpenXML API more developer-friendly.  I haven't used it myself, but have seen it successfully used in existing code.


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Lufthansa Systems refreshes the brand
Nothing is as constant as change. In an interview, Lufthansa Systems CEO Olivier Krüger explains how a new image campaign combined with a redesign of the brand reflects the change and self-image of the IT provider.
Olivier Krüger, CEO
"Take a closer look –
Lufthansa Systems is able
to do and provide more
than you might think."
Q: Mr Krüger, why is Lufthansa Systems getting a redesign?
Olivier Krüger: Refreshing the brand is an important step for us in communicating and advancing our strategic development. We have undergone a major transformation in recent years – from being a pure technology service provider to an expert for digital transformation projects. We have become more agile and have a reputation internationally as an exciting and attractive employer.
With our digital platform "Aviation Campus" we show clearly: We are the right partner. We offer a unique combination of aviation expertise, consulting, and technological expertise.
Externally, the redesign is therefore an important signal to our customers. This is how we position ourselves as a company that not only accompanies change, but lives it from within.
Q: How does the new positioning affect communication?
Olivier Krüger: One good example is the new slogan "We're into IT". This not only describes us as experts in the field of airline aviation IT, but also signals to potential customers: "Take a closer look – Lufthansa Systems is able to do and provide more than you might think". Our new image campaign, which includes new visuals and an image video, also contributes to this. The motto "It's worth taking a closer look" is presented here in an exciting way. Our colleagues become one with their working environment and demonstrate: Wherever digitalization and aviation come together, we are already involved and can offer our customers real added value with our in-depth "insider knowledge". Even though we are often invisible to passengers, we are the ones who ensure smooth processes from planning to flight operation.
Q: What does this mean for the new design?
Olivier Krüger: This content-related dimension will also be made visible in the design to emphasize our new performance promise "We're into IT". "One size fits all" is no longer feasible – we interact with our customers very individually with different visual worlds. In the future, we will concentrate more on graphic elements with which we want to highlight facts or focus on exceptional content. This also enables us to provide unusual insights on a visual level and directly involve the viewer, making him or her virtually an insider. In combination with our parent company's new design specifications, this creates the unique face of Lufthansa Systems.
We're into IT
Q: What changes does this entail for the strategic brand management?
Olivier Krüger: In the past, B2B brands tended to be inconspicuous and restricted themselves to providing technical information. These days are long past, and the changes are ongoing. Today, the same brands need to show character and arouse emotions. For us this means: We not only have to make an impression, but also inspire enthusiasm! To achieve this, we need consistent brand building, differentiated marketing strategies, and strategic approaches to stage product messages that aim for uniqueness, attention, and involvement. This will again significantly increase Lufthansa Systems' visibility in the airline and aviation market.
the same brands
need to show character
and arouse emotions.
Q: What role does the Brand Center play in this?
Olivier Krüger: Our digital Brand Center is the "sweet spot" for the development of our corporate identity. It is where we concentrate what makes up the Lufthansa Systems brand and the spirit of our company – all available digitally and easy to update. This is not only a huge advantage over cumbersome design manuals, but also a sign of a different approach. Where once the strict rules of a manual applied, the Brand Center is all about "style education". Because the use of our brand portal should feel like any other user experience: free, self-determined, and with room for creativity. This is how users become brand ambassadors. Of course, an open approach to the subject of communication and design also makes work more fun.
Q: Is that the end of the process?
Olivier Krüger: By no means. A dynamic brand like Lufthansa Systems evolves continuously – not least in view of digitalization. The digital revolution is altering our customers' attitudes and expectations. We have to react to this, not only in terms of design, but also with regard to our products.
Q: What does that mean in concrete terms?
Olivier Krüger: Business today means digital business. IT is the driver that creates new things. Mobile technologies, analytics and cloud solutions are the pacemakers of change. What is becoming ever more important: Digital transformation is not an end in itself. Our innovations occur at the interface to the customer and extend to the end consumer. The classic B2B relationship is being extended to B2B2C. We are positioning ourselves far more strongly than previously as a service provider that focuses not only on its business customers but also on their customers: the passengers.
Q: What role will Lufthansa Systems play in this digital change?
Olivier Krüger: We want to assist airlines in making the way they address and experience their passengers more individual – in addition to our solutions for flight operations and market and sales management. The goal is the "Connected Customer Journey" – continuous support along the entire travel chain. To accomplish this, we need to know our end consumers better than ever before. Onboard services such as Internet connectivity are continuing to gain ground and are important business drivers. The future lies in the greatest possible degree of individualization of such solutions. We are already able to provide consumers with content that exactly matches their requirements. And our customers with the products that make this possible.
Q: With so much change: What must stay the same?
Olivier Krüger: That which has always distinguished us: our passion for the airline business and inquisitiveness.
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Inspired by "Boom-a-rang" The Dynamic Soul Machine
New Zealand Pilsners are similar to German Pilsners, but not quite as bitter, has a maltier body and softer mouthfeel. This lager is brewed to showcase the emergence and popularity of New Zealand hops. These hops have aromas of stone or tropical fruits, melons, tend to be a bit grassy and have a finish similar to white wine. Boom-A-Rang is a crisp and refreshing lager perfectly paired for the end of summer, and like a boomerang, it will be right out the door and come back again but not until next year.
Food Pairings: Fish Tacos • Havarti • Beef Curry
"Boom-A-Rang" The Dynamic Soul Machine
Recorded in Birmingham, AL, 1975
Written by Frederick Knight and Sam Dees, recorded by Birmingham Alabama family band The Dynamic Soul Machine. The band was just performing locally when Dees spotted them and asked them to record a couple of songs. One of them being "Boom-A-Rang" which he penned with Knight, and the other was a song that the group had written "Movin' On," because STAX was currently in ruin, the 45 single was released on Respect records, a division of STAX records. The group would eventually fall through the cracks because of poor marketing and would only release this one 45 with STAX. Although it was not given a release in the UK, "Movin' On" would make it onto the compilation record, STAX Southern Disco Sounds in 1975.
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CLICK Workspace "Feed the Soul" Benefit for Northampton Survival Center
CLICK Workspace celebrates anniversary with "Feed the Soul" benefit for the Northampton Survival Center
Last April, CLICK Workspace moved its coworking community from an office suite in Hampton Court to its new multi-story home at 9 1/2 Market Street in Northampton. In that freshly renovated space, CLICK has greatly expanded its services to the community, offering meeting and event spaces, membership plans for local organizations, and cultural events. Now CLICK is celebrating the first anniversary in its long-term home by giving back to the community.
On Thursday, April 13 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., CLICK will host "Feed the Soul," a private art opening featuring original paintings by artist Pam Carter, the proceeds of which will benefit the Northampton Survival Center.
At the opening reception, guests will savor delicious food by Pengyew Catering, sip drinks, and enjoy the music of saxophonist Ted Levine and pianist James Argiro, while taking in more than two dozen paintings by Ms. Carter. Guests will be able to claim their favorite artwork by making a donation directly to the Survival Center in the amount of the painting's listed value. In addition, net proceeds from Feed the Soul ticket sales will be donated to the Survival Center, and additional donations may be made directly to the organization at the event.
Ms. Carter is a longtime painter, and when the idea arose to exhibit her work at CLICK for its anniversary, she suggested that the exhibition benefit a local organization. For over 30 years, the Northampton Survival Center has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for low-income individuals and families throughout Hampshire County by providing nutritious food and other resources in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. CLICK is honored to help support their critical mission.
The public opening for Ms. Carter's exhibition will follow on April 14th during Northampton's Arts Night Out, and donations for artwork will continue to be accepted throughout the exhibition's two-month run at CLICK.
Tickets to the Feed the Soul opening on April 13th are $35. Complete information and tickets are available at http://clickworkspace.org/feedthesoul.
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Bidens kick off first holiday season in the White House
Joe Biden has spent many holidays near the White House during his five decades as a lawmaker — first as a senator, then as vice president.
For the first time, Biden will spend his holidays as Commander-in-Chief. Both he and first lady Dr. Jill Biden kicked off the season by following in the steps of their predecessors both in their new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and in communities close to Washington.
President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden are participating in a number of traditions passed down from administration to administration during their first holiday season living in the White House
On Monday afternoon, Dr. Biden welcomed an 18-foot Fraser fir tree to the White House; the tradition dates back to 1966, when the National Christmas Tree Association held its first nationwide competition
Another presidential tradition came last week, when Biden issued pardons for two turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly, saving them from becoming Thanksgiving dinner
On Tuesday, the Bidens visited the D.C. Central Kitchen, a community-centered organization that provides job training, healthy meals and other services in the nation's capital
The Bidens will not spend Thanksgiving in the White House, nor in their beloved Delaware home, opting instead to travel to Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Tuesday evening.
Before departing for their family festivities, the Bidens visited the D.C. Central Kitchen, a community-centered organization that provides job training, healthy meals and other services in the nation's capital.
The Bidens were joined by vice president Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, for a tour of the facilities. Both Biden and Emhoff donned black baseball caps emblazoned with the D.C. Central Kitchen logo as they met with CEO Mike Curtin and met with volunteers preparing meals containing turkey, green beans, a casserole and cranberry sauce.
The group later helped assemble the meals, with Biden and Harris taking turkey duty, and Dr. Biden and Doug Emhoff assisting with casseroles.
When asked what he was grateful for this holiday season, Biden put his arm around the volunteer standing beside him and proclaimed: "The people standing right next to me."
Tuesday's visit came on the heels of two other events on Monday that set off a White House holiday season expected to be much more festive this year than last, and which has already seen the president and first lady indulge in a series of longtime White House traditions.
On Monday afternoon, Dr. Biden welcomed an 18-foot Fraser fir tree to the White House with a brass band playing "O Christmas Tree" in the background.
Dr. Biden inspected the tree, delivered by horse-drawn carriage, in the chilly November air, telling reporters gathered nearby: "It's beautiful! It's magnificent, actually."
The White House Christmas decorations will be revealed on the Monday after Thanksgiving, the first lady said.
The modern White House Christmas tree tradition dates back to 1966, when the National Christmas Tree Association held its first nationwide competition to choose a tree for the residence of the president and first lady.
Later Monday, Dr. Biden and the president traveled to Fort Bragg in North Carolina to honor service members and their families with a "friendsgiving" celebration, personally serving up stuffing and mashed potatoes for some of the 250-plus in attendance.
"The thing that's amazing to me is how proud I am to be your commander, and you are the most incredible group of women and men that we've ever seen," the president said to the service members and their families. "And so, I just want to thank you so much."
A number of recent presidents have visited with troops on or around the Thanksgiving holiday. In 2019, Donald Trump traveled to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, where he served dinner and dined with troops stationed overseas. In 2007, George W. Bush called service members in Afghanistan, Iraq, and aboard the U.S.S. Eisenhower to offer him
And in 2011, during his time as vice president, Joe Biden invited wounded warriors and their families to an early Thanksgiving dinner at the Naval Observatory in honor of their service.
Another presidential tradition came last week, when Biden issued pardons for two turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly, saving them from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.
The turkey pardon became an annual tradition under President George H.W. Bush in 1989.
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Sexual isolation
Jonathan B Weitzman
Genome Biology volume 2, Article number: spotlight-20010612-01 (2001) Cite this article
The genetic elements that control sexual isolation and subsequent speciation are not well characterised. In the June 5 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Doi et al. describe the identification of a Drosophila locus for female mate discrimination that causes reproductive isolation (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001, 98:6714-6719). They studied Drosophila ananassae and Drosophila pallidosa, which are sexually isolated species. Courtship song generated by male wings influenced female choices of mating partners. Genetic analysis of F1 hybrid females allowed Doi et al. to map a female discrimination locus on chromosome 2, and chromosomal introgression analysis using extensive backcrosses refined the mapping to near the Deltagene locus.
Genetics and speciation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, [http://www.pnas.org]
Weitzman, J.B. Sexual isolation. Genome Biol 2, spotlight-20010612-01 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010612-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-spotlight-20010612-01
Reproductive Isolation
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H.R.5448 - Full Faith in Veterans Act of 2008110th Congress (2007-2008)
Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] (Introduced 02/14/2008)
House - Veterans' Affairs
House - 06/12/2008 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | Cosponsor statistics: 29 current - includes 1 original
Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]* 02/14/2008
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2] 03/06/2008
Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] 03/06/2008
Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] 03/06/2008
Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] 03/13/2008
Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] 03/13/2008
Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] 03/13/2008
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Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] 03/13/2008
Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] 03/13/2008
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Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] 04/10/2008
Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9] 04/10/2008
Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8] 04/10/2008
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] 04/10/2008
Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8] 04/10/2008
Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] 04/17/2008
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] 04/24/2008
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] 04/24/2008
Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] 04/24/2008
Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] 04/30/2008
Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2] 05/08/2008
Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] 05/08/2008
Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] 05/22/2008
Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] 09/29/2008
Rep. Mahoney, Tim [D-FL-16] 10/02/2008
Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] 10/02/2008
Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47] 10/03/2008
02/14/2008 - Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]*
03/06/2008 - Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
03/06/2008 - Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
03/06/2008 - Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
03/13/2008 - Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3]
03/13/2008 - Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11]
03/13/2008 - Rep. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large]
03/13/2008 - Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]
03/13/2008 - Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
03/13/2008 - Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]
04/10/2008 - Rep. Hayes, Robin [R-NC-8]
04/17/2008 - Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38]
04/24/2008 - Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3]
04/24/2008 - Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
04/24/2008 - Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
04/30/2008 - Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2]
05/08/2008 - Rep. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI-2]
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I must confess, I did not care for this album at first. I think I was just completely unprepared for what it is. This is not a bunch of radio singles you can put on as background music and enjoy. It wasn't until I kicked back in my comfy chair with a good pair of cans on my ears and truly just listened to the music that I appreciated it. And now – I love it, so comb that mustache, kick back on a bean bag chair and get ready for some prog rock straight out of the 70's, and with just over a one hour run time you better be comfortable.
Horisont has been charging headlong into a personal retro rock revolution since its founding in 2008. With their newest album they have captured the sound and feel perfectly, even the album art harkens back to the 70's. But that's not all. Odyssey is at its core a concept album, and damn near a rock opera; almost every song can be split up into three distinct acts, a story is definitely being told with this music.
Odyssey opens up with the title track, a ten minute sojourn into its album cover, you can't help but think of pulp science fiction stories or low budget science fiction movies of the past. It then moves into "Break the Limit," a single released last year at a point when many thought this band done. "Blind" is great, "Bad News" will make you want to drive god damned fast. The album finishes with "Stader Brinner" and "Timmarna," two complementing tracks sung in Swedish (I think); and titled Cities Burn and Hours.
This is rock and roll, its highly enjoyable and made me dive deep into the bands (shallow but dense) back catalog. If you are looking for something loud and angry, or something to sing along too this likely will not fill that need. But if you simply want to kick back and groove to some retro rock and roll you will not be disappointed.


The DEADLINE for paper and special session submissions is Tuesday, 14-March-2017 23.59 GMT. You have to fill in the submission form in the START V2 system and upload a pdf of your paper before the deadline. Updates of the pdf file will be permitted until Tuesday, 21-March-2017 23.59 GMT. The title, author*, abstract and topics cannot be changed.
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John Russell, who contributed elegant, erudite art criticism for more than a half-century to The Sunday Times of London and The New York Times, where he was chief art critic from 1982 to 1990, and who helped bring a generation of postwar British artists to international attention, died on Saturday. He was 89 and lived in Manhattan.
His wife, Rosamond Bernier, said he died at a hospice in the Bronx.
Mr. Russell, an Englishman, joined The New York Times in the mid-1970s after contributing occasional reviews from London. He won a devoted readership for his literate style, his capacity for passionate appreciation and the breadth of his interests. "Reading Russell," a collection of his journalism published in 1989, included essays on Pushkin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Beatrix Potter, the many meanings of luggage and the beauties of the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut.
Most of his prodigious output was devoted to art, notably his monographs on Seurat, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Max Ernst and the multivolume series "The Meanings of Modern Art." But he also produced travel books on Switzerland, London and Paris, a biography of the conductor Erich Kleiber and several highly regarded translations of modern French novelists.
In 1984 editors at the newspaper sent Mr. Russell to offer a different perspective on the Republican and Democratic national conventions.
Effortless, high-volume production was his hallmark. Strolling into the old Times building on West 43rd Street in Manhattan, attired in a boldly checked jacket and violently contrasting red socks, he would say a few hellos to colleagues sweating over deadlines, lightly apply his fingers to the keyboard and rise, perhaps an hour later, having composed a feature-length article with not a word out of place.
By temperament an old-fashioned man of letters, Mr. Russell was an appreciator who liked to share his enthusiasms; as a consequence some readers and fellow critics found him too genteel.
And so he did. Ian Fleming, who had also served in Naval Intelligence, put in the good word to the editors of The Sunday Times of London, and Mr. Russell began reviewing books, plays and musical performances.
In 1945 he married Alexandrine Apponyi. The marriage ended in divorce in 1950. Their daughter, Lavinia Grimshaw of London, survives him, along with Ms. Bernier, two grandchildren and a great-grandson. A second marriage, to Vera Poliakoff, also ended in divorce, in 1971.
In 1950 Mr. Russell was pressed into service as art critic for The Sunday Times after the incumbent was summarily fired for criticizing an exhibition at the Royal Academy.
It was a pivotal moment for British art, one that Mr. Russell influenced in several ways. Unusually open to new talent, he threw his considerable weight behind emerging artists like Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Howard Hodgkin, R. B. Kitaj and Bridget Riley, not only in the pages of The Sunday Times but also in prefaces to exhibition catalogs.
A reflection of his taste and influence can be seen in the book "Private View," a comprehensive survey of the British scene in the mid-1960s, written with Bryan Robertson and featuring photographs by Lord Snowdon.
In addition to promoting new British art, Mr. Russell organized exhibitions devoted to Modigliani, Rouault and Balthus at the Tate, and, with Suzi Gablik, a survey of Pop Art at the Hayward Gallery in London.
In 1974 Mr. Russell was brought to New York by Hilton Kramer, chief art critic of The New York Times. The invitation could not have been more opportune. Mr. Russell was eager to join Ms. Bernier, whom he had first met, and been smitten by, in the mid-1950s when she commissioned him to write for L'Oeil, the Paris-based arts magazine she founded with Georges Bernier, her husband at the time. For years he worshiped from afar. After she and her husband separated, the distance narrowed, and in 1975 the two married.
The wedding was a lavish production. Held in Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, Conn., it was attended by the likes of Aaron Copland, Pierre Matisse and Stephen Spender and set to music composed for the occasion by Leonard Bernstein. At the time Ms. Bernier was well on her way to establishing a new career as a writer and as a lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
At The Times Mr. Russell's fluent, generally laudatory reviews offered a stark contrast to Mr. Kramer's more combative style.
At his best Mr. Russell exhibited sinew and vigor in his appraisals. The art that mattered to him mattered in a highly personal way, and there was something almost tactile in the way he traced the contours of an artist like Bacon or Freud.


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Last month, three young students at my school were killed in a drunk driving incident.
Last week, a good friend of mine's boyfriend died from Cystic Fibrosis. He was in his 20's.
Those events have had a big impact on me, even though I didn't really know those who were killed in the accident, nor was I close to Shaun who died from CF.
It just makes me realize how SHORT life can be. For anyone. I can die tomorrow and never resolve current conflicts with people, or not accomplish some of my life long dreams; or someone who I love can die next week and I'll regret not having taken advantage of the time I had with them.
We're all guilty of taking advantage of time in general but I think that old cliche' - Live each day as if its your last - really can benefit everyone in their life and in their relationships.
I'm not really good with death. I never know how to act, or how to show my sympathy. I wasn't really sure how to show Samantha (Shaun's girlfriend) my support. We weren't that close, however she was an amazing person who I connected with the first time I met her. I did all the routine things that you do when a friend loses a loved one - I told her I was sorry, that I loved her, that she was in my prayers, that if she ever needed anyone just to call - but it just didn't seem like enough.
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Jefferies analyst Michael Yee wrote on Thursday that Roche, along with AbbVie, Allergan and others, could pursue an Acorda buy.
Neurology-focused Biogen and UCB are already rumored to be eyeing an Acorda buyout. But one analyst thinks a host of other major players could join their ranks.
The way Jefferies' Michael Yee sees it, AbbVie, Allergan, Roche, Shire and Mitsubishi could all get in on the deal action thanks to their neurology infrastructure, Parkinson's drugs that could complement Acorda candidate Inbrija, or both, he wrote in a Thursday note to clients. He expects Acorda to fetch $2 billion or more in a sale.
Inbrija, which Yee expects will win an FDA OK late this year, "is an attractive asset that could be easily integrated by several neurology companies," he wrote, adding that he forecasts $300 million to $500 million for the product.
Of course, that's assuming the FDA accepts Acorda's application, but the company's leaders appear "confident that NDA acceptance of the Inbrija package should occur any day now," Yee wrote.
Activist hedge fund Scopia Capital Management, for one, shares Yee's view that several biopharma players could end up on Acorda's list of suitors. Back in August, it wrote to Acorda's board that "we are highly confident that multiple qualified, potential buyers would be interested in engaging with Acorda," while piling on the pressure to sell.
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Have You Heard About Van Jones, Meek Mill, Jay-Z Announce The Criminal Justice Reform Initiative
Super Squad For Initiative called the Reform Alliance
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Activist, author, and political commentator Van Jones is heading up a super squad of high-profile figures in the effort to reform the U.S. prison system under an initiative called the Reform Alliance. The team is made up of leaders from a cross-section of industries, including the arts, entertainment, sports, business, and government. Each co-founder has access to a public platform in which they hope to amplify existing prison reform efforts. "We're not here to reinvent the wheel, but accelerate it," emphasized Jones in an interview with New York Magazine.
Reform Alliance specifically aims to address the ways that the current parole and probation system keeps prisoners — mostly Black men — in a cycle of incarceration. According to report on 2016's prison population, Black prisoners are imprisoned at five times the rate of Whites. Latinos are also incarcerated at a disproportionate rate, though the gap is less glaring. There are currently over 4 million people on probation or parole.
Meek Mill in Rigged Prison System
Musician Meek Mill, one of the co-founders of Reform Alliance, experienced this injustice firsthand. He served almost a year in prison for a drug and weapons charge over a decade ago and was sentenced to five years of probation. He promptly violated probation by stepping foot outside of Philadelphia without getting approval from authorities, which landed him back in prison for another five months and extended his probation to a ten-year period.
Most recently, he violated his probation by popping a wheelie on a dirt bike, for which a judge sentenced him to two to four years in state prison. "I gave you break after break, and you basically just thumbed your nose at this court," said Judge Genece Brinkley, who had presided over his other trials as well. Brinkley applied this sentence against the recommendation of his probation officer and the Assistant District Attorney.
His peers advocated for him in the media. "He caught a charge, he was about 19, he's 30 now, he's been on probation 11 years," said Jay-Z upon hearing about Mill's 2017 sentence. Jay-Z is another co-founder of Reform Alliance. "F*cking 11 years. Now he got to do two to four years because he got arrested being on a bike popping a f*cking wheelie."
Advocating for the Powerless
Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin, and Nets co-owner Clara Wu Tsai, among others, are also co-founders. Kraft had visited Mill in jail, where they formed a friendship. "Going there and seeing him, I didn't sleep for the rest of the night when I got home. Because here I'm thinking how out of touch something like myself is with what's really going on." In discussing the Reform Alliance, Kraft pointed out the broader social impact of a current prison system that holds Americans back from making contributions to society. "[He's] put in jail where taxpayers are paying to keep him going, and he's not employing all the people he could be employing and generating all of the tax dollars he could do."
Mill explained to New York Magazine that his experience with the prison system compelled him to take on the fight for others who aren't in his position of celebrity. "I'm one of the lucky ones. I'm here to speak for the ones who don't have a voice. I didn't ask to be the face of reform, but I want to bridge gaps and make the world a better place, especially for my culture," he said.
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The former Synagogue today
The south facade
The renovated interior
Guests to an event
Official website: >> Ehemalige Synagoge Kippenheim
Address: Poststraße 17, 77971 Kippenheim
Information and booking: Jürgen Stude, Tel. 07807-957612, juergen.stude(at)t-online.de, buero(at)ehemalige-synagoge-kippenheim.de
Opening hours: Sundays (March-Oct) 2 pm – 5 pm
Sponsor of the facility: Association «Förderverein Ehemalige Synagoge Kippenheim e. V.»
The former Synagogue Kippenheim
Synagogues have played their role in characterising the appearance of many a village in the south of Ortenau. They have born witness to the attempts of the Jewish communities to integrate themselves into the Christian environment and, at the same time, to hold on to their own religion.
Due to the level of conservation the Kippenheim Synagogue consecrated in 1852 is of particular architectural and cultural historical value. The eventful fate of the Jews is mirrored in the history of this building – from their emancipation in the 19th century all the way to their expulsion and murder by the national socialist powers. The former Synagogue is also a mirror handling and dealing with the history of persecution after World War II.
The Jewish Community in Kippenheim and the Synagogue
Individual Jews have settled in Kippenheim since the second half of the 17th century. In 1871 the number of the Jewish community members at 323 had reached its highest level (approx. 15 per cent of the local population). In 1933 the Israelite community Kippenheim still counted 144 members, of whom most of them emigrated before the beginning of World War II. At the time of the so-called November Pogrom/Night of Broken Glass in 1938 about 70 Jews still lived in the village. In the morning of 10th November 1938 members of the Lahr Hitler Youth Gebietsführer desecrated the school and the interior of the Synagogue. All Jewish men were detained in the morning of the 10th November and in the evening they were transported from the Lahr railway station to the concentration camp Dachau from whence they only returned again after several weeks. On the 22nd October 1940 the 30 Jews still living in Kippenheim were deported in the scope of a nationwide deportation to the camp Gurs in southwestern France. The political community Kippenheim, which defined the Synagogue as a "blot on the landscape" organised its demolition which, however, was not completed due to the war events. In 1955 the Raiffeisenwarengenossenschaft Kippenheim e.G. purchased the building to use it as warehouse for agricultural commodities. The cooperative had the building modified beyond recognition: The towers were removed up to the height of the gabled roof, the rounded windows were walled up and the window rosettes removed. In 1983 the community of Kippenheim bought the building to restore it to its original condition. The association "Förderverein Ehemalige Synagoge Kippenheim e.V.", founded in 1996, lavishly renovated the interior of the former Synagogue in 2003. The association developed renovation attempts to keep the traces of history visible to make the different uses of the building since construction as distinguishable as possible.
The Förderverein Ehemalige Synagoge Kippenheim e. V. is responsible for the memorial, learning and meeting centre. It would thereby like to make a future-oriented contribution towards more readiness for dialogue and tolerance in the society. In the meantime the Synagogue is a recognized education centre for school, adult education and youth work. A permanent exhibition on the galleries provides information on the culture and history of the Ortenau country Jews.
The association offers guided tours which are not only suitable for school classes, youth groups but also for groups of adults. Study trips for pupil and youth groups to Kippenheim are sponsored by the Baden Württemberg Ministry of Education and Arts.
Contribution towards expenses per guided tour
School classes/youth groups: €1.50 per person (Minimum contribution: € 20)
Group of adults: €2.50 per person (Minimum contribution: € 30)
Reductions for several guided tours possible
>> The former Synagogue Kippenheim
The Kippenheim Synagogue bears witness to religious Jewish life in a Christian environment, contemporary history of the desecration by national socialist violence, and finally its condition today, the handling of the national socialist history and the Jewish heritage.
Keywords: The Synagogue as Jewish place of worship – History of the Jews – anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism – The Shoah – Handling national socialist history
>> In connection with a guided tour through the former Synagogue: On the trail of Jewish life in Kippenheim
The guided tour begins in the "Judengässle", the ghetto of the 18th century and leads past the former Jewish shops into the Poststrasse, the centre of Jewish life after the Jews gained equal legal status.
Keywords: Jewish trade — "Protected Jewry" — Integration — Stolpersteine (cobble-sized memorials laid flush with the pavement)
>> Jewish Communities Cemetery Schmieheim
Taking a stroll through the Schmieheim cemetery tells a lot about the chequered history of the Ortenau Jews. Presumably it was laid out in 1682 when the first Jews were allowed to settle in the region. It is the largest Jewish communities cemetery (140 Ar) in South Baden and shelters about 2500 Jewish graves.
Duration: 60–90 min
Keywords: Jewish Burial Rites — Symbolism — History of Jewry
>> On the Trail of Jewish Life in Schmieheim
Schmieheim, as residence of the district rabbinate is the religious centre of Ortenau Jewry until the end of the 19th century. The guided tour leads, among others, past the former Synagogue, the rabbinate building and the Mikveh (ritual bath) and upon request, the Jewish Communities Cemetery.
Keywords: The Jewish Community — Rural Jewry
Stude, Jürgen: "Dies ist nichts als das Haus Gottes" : Führer durch die ehemalige Synagoge Kippenheim, Ubstadt-Weiher und Heidelberg 2012
Maier, Kurt Salomon: Unerwünscht. Kindheits- und Jugenderinnerungen eines jüdischen Kippenheimers, Ubstadt-Weiher und Heidelberg 2011
Schellinger, Uwe (Hg.): Gedächtnis aus Stein : die Synagoge in Kippenheim 1852-2002, Ubstadt-Weiher und Heidelberg 2002
Schellinger, Uwe: Jüdisches Kippenheim – Einladung zu einem Rundgang, Haigerloch 1999
Stude, Jürgen: Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde Kippenheim, in: Historischer Verein Mittelbaden e.V., Mitgliedergruppe Ettenheim (Hrsg.): Schicksal und Geschichte der jüdischen Gemeinde Ettenheim, Altdorf, Kippenheim, Schmieheim, Rust, Orschweiler, Ettenheim, S. 322–362, Ettenheim 1997
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Offenburg, Kippenheim, Emmendingen, Breisach, Sulzburg and Haslach harbour memorials which have emerged from civic and communal commitment and which in the scope of a museum and in an educational way, are a confrontation with Jewish life at the Southern Upper Rhine and the Nazi dictatorship crimes.


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Tall Ship Celebration: All aboard that's coming aboard
Posted August 12, 2019 in Featured | Front Page | News
The famed Bluenose II arrives at Sarnia's Government Dock. Troy Shantz
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Ships evoking another era dropped anchor in Sarnia last weekend.
Tens of thousands of onlookers flocked to the Government Docks and Sydney Smith Wharf to view the six-vessel fleet at the Tall Ships Celebration, Aug. 9 to 11.
They included the Bluenose II and Picton Castle from Nova Scotia, the Empire Sandy from Toronto, Fair Jeanne, Appledore IV and the Nao Santa Maria, a replica of the ship that brought Columbus to the new world.
From left, the Picton Castle, Appledore IV, Bluenose II and the Empire Sandy.
The Bluenose II is an exact replica of the original Bluenose with a number of updated features including GPS and radar, said Thomas Frellick, a deckhand on the schooner that adorns the Canadian dime.
The ship, once the fastest in the world, now serves only training and tourism purposes, he said. But she's still known throughout the world for having the largest mainsail in all the seven seas.
At 4,000 square feet, the 5,000-pound sail can move the historic vessel at 16 knots, Frellick said. When the wind isn't up, two diesel engines with more than 700 horsepower ensure the Bluenose II reaches its destination.
"When we sail it's a really beautiful thing, and we go faster with our sails too," said Frellick, a native of Lunenburg, N.S. who had family members serve aboard the original Bluenose.
A kayaker snaps a photo of the Bluenose II, an impressive sight even with her sails furled.
Nearby was the much smaller Appledore IV, a training vessel designed along the lines of a traditional fishing schooner. She was built to travel the world and visit the Arctic, said deckhand David Sozanski.
Based out of Bay City, Michigan, the Appledore IV made her way to the Festival with a crew of seven students – some of whom had never sailed before, Sozanski said.
The 85-foot (26-metre) ship moves under the watchful eye of captain Matthew Tkach, an Ohio native.
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"Bad seamanship will sink anything."


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Vaccine nationalism: US says it won't join global effort for COVID-19 inoculation
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By Deb Riechmann
September 2, 2020 — 9.27am
Washington: The Trump administration says it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine because it does not want to be constrained by multilateral groups like the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The decision to go it alone, first reported by The Washington Post, follows the White House's decision in early July to pull the United States out of WHO. Trump claims, without offering evidence, that WHO is heavily influenced by China and in need of reform.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Credit:AP
Some nations have worked directly to secure supplies of vaccine, but others are pooling efforts to ensure success against a disease that has no geographical boundaries. More than 150 countries are setting up the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility, or COVAX.
That co-operative effort, linked with WHO, would allow nations to take advantage of a portfolio of potential vaccines to ensure their citizens are quickly covered by whichever ones are deemed effective.
WHO says even governments making deals with individual vaccine makers would benefit from joining COVAX because it would provide back-up vaccines in case the ones being made through bilateral deals with manufacturers aren't successful.
"The United States will continue to engage our international partners to ensure we defeat this virus, but we will not be constrained by multilateral organisations influenced by the corrupt World Health Organisation and China," said White House spokesman Judd Deere.
Going it alone on vaccines: US President Donald Trump. Credit:AP
"This President will spare no expense to ensure that any new vaccine maintains our own Food and Drug Administration's gold standard for safety and efficacy, is thoroughly tested and saves lives."
Representative Ami Bera said the administration's decision was shortsighted and would hamper the battle to end the pandemic.
"Joining COVAX is a simple measure to guarantee US access to a vaccine — no matter who develops it first," tweeted Bera, a medical doctor. "This go-it-alone approach leaves America at risk of not getting a vaccine."
The administration's decision, paired with its withdrawal from the WHO, means it is abdicating America's global leadership in fighting pandemics, according to Tom Hart, North America director at The ONE Campaign, an advocacy organisation co-founded by Bono of the rock band U2.
"Not only does this move put the lives of millions around the world at risk, it could completely isolate Americans from an effective vaccine against COVID-19," Hart said.
A handful of the dozens of experimental COVID-19 vaccines in human testing have reached the last and biggest hurdle — looking for the needed proof that they really work.
AstraZeneca announced on Monday its vaccine candidate has entered the final testing stage in the US. The Cambridge, England-based company said the study will involve up to 30,000 adults from various racial, ethnic and geographic groups.
Two other vaccine candidates began final testing this summer in tens of thousands of people in the US. One was created by the National Institutes of Health and manufactured by Moderna, and the other developed by Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech.
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