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Q: vlookup to join table from two different files and get the data I post the question again as my previous post content is incorrect.
I have two excel files , they have the common filed ( student ID ) , I would like to join the tables so that the output as below table ( after vlookup ) , would advise what can I do ? thanks
I use office 2019
Table 1 ( from file A )

Table 2 ( from file B , not the same file as file A)

After vlookup

A: Apply in column C of Table2 in 'file B' the following formula
=VLOOKUP(A2;[fileA.xlsx]Sheet1!$A$2:$B$4;2;FALSE)

where column A of 'file B' is column 'student ID' and 'Sheet1' within 'file A' contains Table1 in range A1:B4 headers included
Please accept my answer if it covered your question.

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Q: Django admin: how to sum item amounts and place to top Model in total_amount after save? models.py
class Head(models.Model):
    total_amount=models.DecimalField(max_digits=9,decimal_places=2)

class Items(models.Model):
    head = models.ForeignKey(Head)
    item_amount=models.DecimalField(max_digits=9,decimal_places=2)

admin.py
class ItemsInline(admin.TabularInline):
    model = Items

class HeadAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin:
    inlines = [ItemsInline]

admin.site.register(Head,HeadAdmin)

Question
After fill in 3 items inline of HeadAdmin, how to sum all of item amounts and place to total_amount in Head after click save?

A: Why do you want to do this? It's probably better to calculate the amount when you need it, via the annotation methods:
from django.db import Sum
my_head = Head.objects.get(pk=myid).annotate(item_sum=Sum(item__itemamount))


Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Police have a unique situation, but it is not something new to any police force. They have a shooting victim who is not co-operating.
APD say a 34 year old man showed up at Abbotsford hospital around 11:30PM Tuesday night with a gunshot wound to his leg.
The injury was not life threatening, but the victim and a witness (both from outside Abbotsford) are not cooperating with police.
APD Cst. Ian Macdonald said they are not connected to the Townline Hill gang conflict, but both do have a lengthy criminal record involving drugs and violence.
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# The Berenstain Bears®
Discover God's Creation

by

### Stan and Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain

_And God saw it was good._
—Genesis 1:10

# Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Epigraph

Begin Reading

Copyright

About the Publisher

Share Your Thoughts

# Begin Reading

Said Mama Bear, "It seems to me, you cubs watch much too much TV!"

"Don't turn it off! It isn't fair!" "Don't turn it off! Please, Mama Bear!"

"Watching all that
TV slush
will surely turn
your brains to mush.

"I will not argue.
You have no vote.
I will keep
the TV remote!"

"I beg you, Ma, on bended knee. Don't take away our TV!"

But Ma was firm. Ma knew her mind. "No more TV of any kind!"

The cubs were stunned.

The cubs were shocked.

Those TV-watching bears were rocked!

Then Brother had a bright idea. "Look out the window, Sister Bear. I see another world out there."

It was Bear Country, God's creation. It was lovelier than any old TV station.

They opened up the door a crack. Now there was no turning back.

When those TV bears stepped outside, their TV eyes opened wide.

There were such amazing things to see. The cubs forgot that old TV.

There was stuff called grass, things called trees,

and flying things called birds and bees. How did God think up all these?

And way, way, away up high, a big blue thing called the sky.

And that sky stretching to heaven above, was filled with signs of God's great love.

There were other cubs to run and play with,

and when they got tired—to sit and stay with.

There were playground things to climb and slide on,

and other things to climb and ride on.

There was a thing called weather. Sometimes it rained.

One day it even hurricaned!

But then that thing called sun came out and spread its warmth and light about.

Said Brother Bear, "Who needs TV?" Said Sister Bear, "TV? Not me!"

"God's creation, we have found, has a better picture and better sound.

And worlds of wonder all around! Thanks, Lord, for this world we've found!"

"That thing up there called the moon means that we should go home soon!"

But when the cubs got home, what did they see? Their papa looking at TV.

"Papa! Too much of that TV slush will surely turn your brain to mush!

Come outside, and you will see God's creation is much better than any old TV!"

# Copyright

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Q: How to use a rails route for a singular resource in my javascript ajax? Currently I have the following (working) code:
# app/assets/javascripts/show_group_members.js.erb
...
var gid= $(this).data("id");
...
$.ajax({
  type: "GET",
    url: "/groups/"+gid,
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    dataType: "json",
    ...

but I would like to use the routes for a single group resource, i.e.
group GET      /groups/:id(.:format)                      groups#show

So I am trying to use
    url: <%= Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.group_path %> + gid,

but I am getting
No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"groups"}
missing required keys: [:id]
(in /home/durrantm/.../linker/app/assets/javascripts/show_group_members.js.erb)

[Update]
The complication here is that the view content itself is generated by a .js.erb template so I still can't use group_path(group) in it.
How can I use the route in js when there is a resource ?
btw I also tried
url: <%= Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.group_path %>,
         data: { id: gid },

A: I think you are doing it wrong. I would forget about placing Rails code into the js and pass the url with data. Thanks to this you separate your Rails code from JS and avoid issues during assets compilation (like what is the host when no request is made?).
# view
<span data-link-url="<%= group_path(group.id) %>">

# js
var link = $(this).data("link-url");
...
$.ajax({
  type: "GET",
  url: link,
  contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
  dataType: "json",
...

Using
<%= link_to 'my link', group_path(group.id) %>

var link = $(this).attr('href');

A: Another way to do it, is to use js-routes.
Install the gem:
gem "js-routes"

Include it in your application.js file:
/*
= require js-routes
*/

Then you can do this:
# app/assets/javascripts/show_group_members.js
...
var gid= $(this).data("id");
...
$.ajax({
  type: "GET",
    url: Routes.group_path(gid),
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    dataType: "json",
    ...

A: The routes helper still needs the resource to be passed to it, even if it's a singular resource. So, your route should look like
Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.group_path(group)

group being the variable where you store your ruby object.
Although, personally, I prefer @konole 's approach.

A: Because of the complication that the HTML is, itself generated by js (i.e. I get the list of links for the group when I click the 'members' link, via ajax.
So in the end I used:
    ...
    url: "<%= Rails.application.routes.url_helpers.groups_path %>" + "/" + gid,
    ...


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Maha: NEET aspirants allegedly asked to remove hijab; approach cops
Press Trust of India| Published: 18th July 2022 6:22 pm IST
Washim: Some Muslim girls have claimed they were made to remove their burkha and hijab when they reached an examination centre to appear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG) in Maharashtra Washim district, police said on Monday.
Some aggrieved parents have complained to the police and a probe was underway, a police official said, adding that at least two Muslim girls have approached the police.
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"The NEET (Undergraduate) exam was held at six centres in Washim on Sunday. This incident of two girls being asked to remove their burkha and hijab (face veil) allegedly happened in Matoshree Shantabai Gote College. Their application to the police claims that the staff involved in checking students made objectionable remarks like threatening to cut the burkha-hijab if they didn't remove it voluntarily," he said citing the complaints.
One aggrieved student told reporters the concerned college authorities first allowed them on the premises for the exam and then later told them to remove their hijab and burkhas outside, adding that staff also entered into arguments with them.
"We asked them to check us and then allow us in, but the concerned staff spoke to us disrespectfully and their behaviour was not good," one of the students alleged.
The parent of one of the students, who allegedly faced the ordeal, said they had filed a complaint with the Washim City police station and wanted action to be taken to against the college for acting in an "arbitrary" manner.
Inspector Rafiq Shaikh of Washim City police station is investigating the matter, a senior official said.
A record 18,72,329 students had registered for the NNET (UG) held by the National Testing Agency, with 95 per cent of them attending it at 3,570 centres in 497 cities across the country on Sunday, officials said.
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Q: MySQL replication slave VERY slow I am working on a replication problem that completely baffles me! This client has two MySQL replication clusters on HUGE bare metal HW. See Environment below.
The IO_Tread of the slave is WAY behind, several hours or more. Yes, the IO_tread, not the SQL_tread. Why is it so hard to download not all that large binlog records and write them to disk. I tried finding a resource bottleneck, but given the massive HW none can be found.
The only strange observation is that the slave has 8x the IO OPS than the master. But even this does not really overload the SSD disk. Packet traces show the SLAVE often setting the TCP window to zero. Why, there are plenty resources?
Anyone with ideas what could be causing this strange behaviour? Why do I have more IO on the slave? What can cause the IO_tread to slow down?
Environment:
Both machines:
Bare metal DELL,   MySQL 5.6.30,   12CPUs,   128GB mem,
datadir on SSD, Net I/F:  Emulex 10Gb,  ROW based binlog FMT
Symptoms:
MASTER:
CPU:  67%  1 processor lightly used,   MEM:  70% used, 30% free,
IO OPS: ~2500 tps,  30% util on SSD,   slave client tread: Send binlog to slave.
SLAVE:
CPU:  40%  1 processor lightly used,   MEM:  70% used, 30% free,   IO OPS:   ~16000 tps,  70% util on SSD,   Error counters on net I/F are 0 (zero),
TCP window is often set to 0 on IO_tread,
Slave IO_tread is VERY slow. Lags more than an hour!
Another slave on SAME master has no trouble at all! This slave has much lower HW spec!
Trouble downloading master binlog.
Why this insanely high IO rate?
Stopping the slave also stops the IO OPS. (As expected, the OPS are from MySQL)
Copying large amounts of data from master to slave over the network (using ncat) show performance as expected.
Other observations:
When reversing the roles the problem stays the same.
Another replication cluster with same HW has no trouble. IO OPS in this cluster on slave are slightly less than on master. This cluster uses STATEMENT based binlog

A: Sorry, I need a 50 rep to comment, so...  Here's a couple of things to start.

*

*Are you by chance using ZFS for your filesystem (it can throttle the disk unexpectedly)?

*Are your config files (nearly) identical (with exception of replication master/slave settings)?  The config should be the same as the other slave except maybe memory buffers (sounded like the server HW was different).  https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.2/pt-config-diff.html

*(Run on the slave, and post) SHOW SLAVE STATUS\G

*(Run on the master, and post) SHOW MASTER STATUS\G

*Check the Slave Status a few times (maybe a minute apart). Are both Exec_Master_Log_Pos and Read_Master_Log_Pos (or Retrieved_Gtid_Set and Executed_Gtid_Set), moving (ideal is if they are catching up)?

*Are the relay logs being stored as tables or files?

Edit
After reading Rick's post, I went back and noticed (thought at first both were SBR) your cluster that runs faster is running SBR (statement based replication), and the slow one is RBR (row based).  Rick's question about the type of queries and how many binlogs you generate in say an hour is important.
Sometimes RBR is faster, and sometimes SBR wins.  Always important to test and benchmark all scenarios.

A: If the I/O thread is behind, then the network is slow.
If the SQL thread is behind, then it could be the serial nature of replication (unless you have a new version) or contention from SELECTs, or disk I/O, or hardware differences (generally, a slave should be at least as powerful as the master), etc.
If you are doing huge UPDATEs or DELETEs, then Row Based Replication puts lots of stuff in the replication stream (binlog).  Could this be relevant?
"MASTER: CPU: 67% 1 processor lightly used" -- Even 67% of one Core is rather high.  Perhaps missing some needed composite indexes?
Is the Slave doing lots of SELECTs that could be interfering with replication?
What are the values of SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'query_cache%'; on both machines?  Don't set `query_cache_size bigger than, say, 50M, regardless of the amount of RAM.
How many GB of binlogs are created per hour?

A: In my case setting global variable innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 2 on the replica server made a huge difference. Things to keep in mind:

*

*from mysql docs (https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/innodb-parameters.html#sysvar_innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit)

With a setting of 2, logs are written after each transaction commit and flushed to disk once per second. Transactions for which logs have not been flushed can be lost in a crash.

*

*a better fix would be to keep that variable with value = 1 and upgrade hardware to be able to process the writes faster


One of my favorite things about fall is ducking into a Starbucks on a cool day and warming up with a hot caramel apple spice drink. Yum! But did you know you can easily recreate that drink at home in your slow cooker?! Check out this totally simple Starbucks copycat caramel apple spice recipe!
If you're looking for some other amazingly delicious warm drinks, check out my butterbeer latte recipe and my homemade wassail recipe! They are both family favorites!
This recipe makes about six cups of cider, but it can easily be doubled or even tripled if your slow cooker is big enough! Also, the cider reheats really well, so feel free to make a bunch, put the leftovers in the fridge, and heat up individual mugs of it whenever you want!
NOTE: You can use ground cinnamon and ground cloves in this recipe, but it will leave tiny bits of spice floating around in your drink. If you use whole cinnamon sticks and whole cloves you can pull them out at the end for a sediment-free drink!
The directions are simple: just mix everything up in your slow cooker. Make sure to stir the syrup in well so it doesn't just sit at the bottom. As you stir, the liquid will become really light-colored and may look a bit cloudy, but it will get darker and clearer as it cooks.
Once everything is mixed together, turn your slow cooker on low. Let it go for at least 4 hours so the spices have time to steep. Once you're done cooking, carefully remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves.
Then ladle it out and enjoy your homemade caramel apple spice!
I'm also excited that pumpkin spice lattes are back in season!!! What are your favorite fall drinks?
The caramel apple spice from Starbucks is a great fall drink, but with this simple recipe you can easily make your own copycat version at home. It's just as delicious and way less expensive!
Mix everything up in your slow cooker. Make sure to stir the syrup in well. Don't worry if the liquid gets cloudy, it will clear up as it cooks.
Turn your slow cooker on low and cook for at least 4 hours so the spices have time to steep.
Carefully remove the cinnamon sticks and cloves.
Ladle it out and enjoy your homemade caramel apple spice!
You can use ground cinnamon and ground cloves in this recipe, but it will leave tiny bits of spice floating around in your drink. If you use whole cinnamon sticks and whole cloves you can pull them out at the end for a sediment-free drink!
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I am SO making this!!!! And plan to share it on my blog next week! Thanks for sharing!
This will be perfect to make and sip while its snowing outside. yum!
Ooo – I'll have to try this sometime!! I LOVE anything caramel and apple. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime.
OK I love Apple Cider on a cold day (never tried Starbucks version) and am really looking forward to trying this!
Stringing Christmas lights while drinking Caramel Apple Spice, decorating for Christmas with it, oh I have a feeling I might just be drinking a lot of this this year.
I cannot wait to make this! It's perfect for fall parties!!
Definitely, it's really easy to make a lot of this at once!
now add some spiced rum and you're talking my language! lol. yum yum yum!
Haha, that would be delicious!
Visiting from Inspiration Exchange, and glad I came by! This recipe looks wonderful – I will have to try it out this fall. Thank you!
Sounds WONDERFUL! Thank You 4 sharing this!
Hi Jess! I can't wait to try this out – Visiting you from knockitoffcrafts.blogspot.com and hopping on over from MadeByYouMonday. If you have a few minutes, I'd love for you to pop over to my blog as well!
This sounds so yummy and simple to make! Pinning this! Thanks for sharing!
This sounds amazing! I'm planning to make this for my Open House this weekend and am wondering if I could use the caramel coffee flavoring syrup instead (which I happen to have on hand). I think I'll have to play a little bit, as I would like to offer the original and a grown up, "Captain and caramel apple" version.
Yumm…Love this recipe! I make it on stove top, splitting the recipe in half or into a fourth for myself. So delicious!
Oh smart, to make it in individual batches!
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Which AR-15 Can You Hunt With?
The AR-15 is often overlooked as a firearm that can be used for hunting game of all kinds. While there are laws that prohibit hunting with an AR-15 rifle in some states, below are some details about which AR-15 rifles should be used for hunting and where you can use them to hunt.


Analogous to a knot consisting of intertwined strings, an entity system consists of interacting activity systems, focalised around an ethos and self.
The activity systems of an entity system are typically referred to as its functions (e.g. the education, transport and social welfare functions of a society; the finance, production and marketing functions of an organisation; the circulatory, neural and motor functions of an organism).
To interlace strings into a knot requires information; different information for different knots. Likewise, the interaction of the activity systems within an entity system is derived from information. We refer to this information as ethos. The ethos is associated with the self of the entity system and determines how the activity systems are organised within the entity system. In the figure, the ethos is represented by a fading orange dot, the self by the darker orange point in the centre.
Knots are patterns. By removing, adding or changing the strings that comprise the knot, or by changing how they are intertwined, the knot is changed. Likewise, by removing, adding or changing activity systems that comprise an entity system, or by changing their interaction, the nature of the entity system changes. For example, by adding a new activity system to the life of a person (e.g. parenting), the life of the person is changed. Likewise, by reorganising the interaction and balance between a person's work and parenting functions, (s)he changes.
An entity system is characterised by the pattern formed by its activity systems around an ethos.
There is information in a pattern which co-determines the unfolding of a system.
Change management requires changing both the activities of a system and how they interact.


Fritha Langerman was born in Cape Town, where she attended a southern suburbs school in close proximity to the university. Since then her activities have remained within 10km radius of the University of Cape Town, where she completed an undergraduate and Master of Fine Art degree and is currently an associate professor at and director of the Michaelis School of Fine Art.
A background in printmaking informs the interdisciplinary nature of her research interests, which include the scientific representation of the body, curatorship, and the display and ordering of information. Her first solo exhibition, The Dissection (Castle of Good Hope, 1996) focused on biomedical visual representation and authorship of the human body, and since then projects including Lexicons and Labyrinths: the iconography of the genome at the South African Museum (2003) and Curiosity CLXXV (with Pippa Skotnes and Gwen van Embden) at the University of Cape Town (2004) have focussed on taxonomies of the visual. Of Symmetries and Oxymorons: The Knowledge Chambers (2007-8), exhibited in Johannesburg and Cape Town, reflected on visual knowledge systems through the use of historical and contemporary print methodologies, while her most recent exhibition Subtle Thresholds at the South African Museum (2009-2010), concerned the representational taxonomy of infectious disease. The challenges of the display of natural history within a contemporary world continue to drive her production.


Will the locals get around to reporting this?
"You know what it looks like on the surface," Sen. Doug Facemire, D-Braxton, told Warner, who fired about one-third of the office's staff - including many non-management employees who had anywhere from eight to 50 years of service.
Warner subsequently replaced them with 22 new hires, including new positions of regional field service representatives for seven regions around the state.
Because of the pending litigation, Warner said he could not discuss specifics of the firings, but commented, "Some of these people were leaving anyway."
As for the necessity of creating field service representatives in the midst of a $500 million state budget crisis, Warner said, "It's an outreach to first mend the relationships with many of the county clerks."
Warner told senators Monday that the additional hires did not increase the overall personnel budget for the office.
"We're working within the existing budget," he said.
Since taking office, Mac Warner appears to have become a local "newspaper" favorite. (See here, for instance.) Perhaps for that reason, there's been no coverage of any of this by the locals. Instead they've complained in their editorials and columns about other departments in the state's bureaucracy which added employees or are still bloated (as they see it) in the face of a huge budget deficit. I think that we may see some mention of this if the AP gets around to covering the story -- most likely in an editorial explaining how the Secretary's actions were correct and how he is actually saving us money.


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The stylish restaurant serves both traditional Polish cuisine as well as Europe cuisine. Our chefs, preparing the meals according to the adequate recipes, ensure that they are not only tasty but also healthy. Our extensive menu and delicacies will satisfy even the most demanding palates. We would like to offer you a great variety of wines and cakes from the hotel's cake shop to make your meal be a real pleasure.
Located 1 minute away from the Witek Hotel, you and your family can enjoy one satisfying Italian meal at Restaurant Verona. Bask in its charming and sunny-town Italian atmosphere surrounded by beautiful landscapes as you delight in the soft romantic music playing in the background. You and your kids will be cordially welcomed by our staff and will appreciate our colorful play-area leaving parents to enjoy a meal uninterrupted, and the kids to have an entertaining experience at the restaurant!


New laser display technology enabling glasses-free 3D outdoor displays - photonics-austrias Webseite!
TriLite Technologies, an image display company develops technologies for glasses-free 3D screens for outdoor digital signage, as well as fully miniaturized RGB laser modules for use in pico projectors. Both products were demonstrated at the Photonics West 2015 exhibition, February 10th to 12th 2015 in San Francisco, CA, USA.
"We are taking the next step in the evolution of large scale outdoor digital signage screens by enabling viewers to see the screen´s images in 3D, all this without having to wear 3D glasses", stated Ferdinand Saint Julien, CEO of TriLite.
Each pixel contains a red, a green and a blue (RGB) laser diode instead of LEDs currently used in large-scale outdoor screens as well as a movable micro-mirror. These so-called Trixels open up the possibility to steer different image information to the viewer´s left and right eye, thereby enabling 3D without glasses for thousands of viewers. "Imagine, for example, the screens on New York´s Times Square in 3D, or any setting that currently uses LED screens with full daylight viewability", added Ferdinand Saint Julien when talking about the applications for this new technology.


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Sebastian Kurz, född 27 augusti 1986 i Wien, är en österrikisk politiker. Han är partiledare för det konservativa partiet ÖVP och ÖVP:s gruppledare i nationalrådet. Han var från den 7 januari 2020 till den 9 oktober 2021 Österrikes förbundskansler och innehade samma ämbete från den 18 december 2017 till den 28 maj 2019. Han var utrikesminister åren 2013–2017.

Karriär
Kurz gick ut gymnasieskola 2004 och påbörjade 2005 – efter militärtjänstgöring – juridikstudier vid Wiens universitet.

Kurz parti ÖVP fick i valet till nationalrådet 2017 en relativ majoritet. Den 20 oktober 2017 tillfrågade president Alexander Van der Bellen Kurz officiellt om att lägga fram förslag om bildandet av en ny regering. Den 18 december 2017 svors den nya koalitionsregeringen in med Kurz som förbundskansler och Heinz-Christian Strache, ordförande för frihetspartiet, som vice förbundskansler.

Kurz har i vissa hänseenden tagit Österrike närmare Visegrádgruppen, särskilt de EU-skeptiska och högerpopulistiska regeringarna med Andrzej Duda i Polen, Viktor Orban i Ungern och Milos Zeman i Tjeckien. Även om han utesluter att Österrike ansluter sig till de centraleuropeiska nationerna har Kurz sagt att Österrike skulle kunna fungera som en bro mellan västeuropeiska och centraleuropeiska nationer inom EU.

Avgång och Ibizaskandalen 2019
År 2019 tvingades Kurz bort som Österrikes förbundskansler efter en misstroendeförklaring. Det var första gången i andra republiken som ett misstroendevotum var framgångsrikt trots 185 tidigare försök. Den politiska krisen hade sin orsak i den så kallade Ibizaskandalen kring vicekanslern Heinz-Christian Strache. I en videoinspelning avslöjades Strache med att diskutera riggande av offentliga upphandlingar med en kvinna som han trodde var släkting till en rysk oligark. Det hela utspelade sig i en villa på Ibiza. Efter att Strache avgått bad Kurz president van der Bellen att även avsätta inrikesministern Herbert Kickl. I protest mot Kickls avsättning lämnade resterande ministrar från högernationalistiska Frihetspartiet sina poster. Kurz utlyste därefter nyval.

Avgång 2021
I maj 2021 rapporterades att Kurz och hans stabschef var föremål för en utredning beträffande korruption. Utredningen gäller 2019 års utnämning av en "partialojalist" som direktör för ÖBAG, Österrikes suveräna förmögenhetsfond. År 2020 förnekade Kurz under ed att han hade något inflytande på Schmids utnämning, men privata meddelanden mellan Kurz och Schmid har offentligjorts som tycks motsäga Kurz vittnesmål. I oktober 2021 genomförde Åklagarmyndigheten för näringslivsbrottslighet och korruption husrannsakningar i Kurz kontor och i ÖVP:s partihögkvarter.

Den 8 oktober 2021 begärde ÖVP:s koalitionspartner De Gröna att Kurz skulle avgå och sökte alternativ för att avsätta honom, eftersom de ansåg honom vara olämplig som förbundskansler.

Den 9 oktober 2021, som en följd av korruptionsanklagelser, meddelade Kurz att han avgår som Österrikes förbundskansler och föreslog Alexander Schallenberg som sin efterträdare. Efter att ha avgått som kansler blev Kurz ÖVP:s gruppledare i nationalrådet.

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A simple, robust sight flow indicator, available in two patterns:straight through and angle type. Both have a good quality cast body recessed to hold toughened glass windows on two sides. The glasses are held in place by steel covers and high tensile bolts. Joint rings, made in a suitable material, fit into the same recess as the glass windows and consequently cannot be blown out by excessive pressure. Rhodes Sight Glasses are fully UK manufactured with castings from the UK, unlike many of the competitors using components from the far east.


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"Dimmi quando..." - An Italian Song for Language Learning
(Updated 8-25-2017)
A previous blog post featured a French song as a prime example for improving one's language skills in a fun way. Some readers asked us about Italian and Spanish language learning songs.
As the Italian song we have selected "Quando, quando, quando", an Italian pop song with a bossa nova rhythm.
Alberto Testa wrote the lyrics and Tony Renis (see his picture above), who also wrote the music, performed it first in 1962.
Click on Tony's YouTube clip, and the original Italian lyrics you'll find HERE.
Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Michael Bublé et al...
What made this song so well known, was the fact that "Quando, Quando, Quando" was retained in many languages, although the lyrics were modified and adapted.
Over the years, many artists performed the song in English, including, among others, Pat Boone, Connie Francis, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Michael Bublé, who included it in his album "It's Time" in 2005.
There are well-known versions in German, French, Spanish, and in many other languages, and you can find YouTube clips of quite a few. Click on Michael Bublé's English version here.
Typical Italian...
What makes this song a good candidate for language learning - apart from the "ear-worm" refrain – are a few typical Italian constructions and the future forms of several verbs:
dimmi – (tell me!) a word combination of two words "di" (tell!, say!) and "mi" (me), which you may hear quite often in Italy, e.g. in "Dimmi tutto"...
dirmi – (to tell me) similar as above, but instead of the imperative the infinitive.
baciandomi – (while kissing me), again a word combination of "baciando" (a gerund of baciare, for those who care) and "mi".
the future tense – e.g. "tu verrai" (you'll come), "tu mi bacerai" (you'll kiss me), "attenderò" (I'll wait), "vedrò" (I'll see), "dirai" (you'll say), "lasceremo" (we'll let go), etc.
And I'll bet, once you hear this song a few times and understand the Italian lyrics, certain expressions will stay with you.
And even if you don't care for "Dimmi quando...", but are trying to learn Italian - find Italian songs you like and use the web to help you translate them. You'll enjoy them even more when you can sing and understand them!
Postscript: I recently came a across Sidney's post Learning through song made easy, which suggests four steps to improve both your listening and speaking (maybe even singing!) skills. It's fun AND effective!
"Dimmi quando tu canterai..."
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Dr. Yuval Eshdat Ph.D, joined NRS H&W, Israel, at its formation to serve as Chairman of Scientific Advisory and Policy Board. The retired Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (2007-12), serves as NRS's expert in innovative agricultural research & development, biotechnology and bio-economy.
Dr. Eshdat graduated in Chemistry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and received its Ph.D. in Biophysics from the Weizmann Institute of Science (1973). He served as research Associate at Yale University Medical School (1974-6) and as Senior Scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science (1976-1981). At the ARO-Volcani Center (1981-2013) he acted as Principal Scientist (protein chemistry and biotechnology), Head of the Department of Fruit-Tree breeding and Molecular Genetics (1990-1998), and Director of the Institute of Horticulture and Floriculture at the ARO (1998-2002). His scientific work expanded in both fields of agricultural biotechnology and bio-medicine, including international collaboration as senior scientist and visiting professor in several leading research centers.
In 2007, Dr. Eshdat was nominated as Israel's Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, thus directing the public agricultural R&D system in Israel. He was also involved in mediating the worldwide activity of Israel international agricultural research and served in the governing boards of several European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets), EU Joint program Initiative on agriculture, food security and climate change (FACCE-JPI), the USA-Israel bi-national fund for agricultural research (BARD), and was the national delegate and Member of SCAR (the EU Standing Committee for Agricultural Research) (2007-13).
Currently, Dr. Eshdat acts as consultant to BioHarvest Ltd., Rehovot, Israel and to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; and Expert, on behalf of Israel Governmental Innovation Authority, to the European Framework Program Committee for Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Bioeconomy [Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy, European Commission – DG Research & Innovation]. He also active as Emeritus Principal Scientist ("Research Professor") at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel.


We all should allow the Scriptures to stand as their own witness and interpreter. In the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) it is summarized in (1:9): "The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself; and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly."Reading and studying the Bible we shall find more answers in it and shall be able to build up our faith, in understanding the Bible.
2PE 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. ACT 15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up.  MATT. 22:29,31. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying. EPH. 2:20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. With ACTS 28:25. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers.
In parts 4 an 5 of the first chapter in the same document we do find that the authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, depends not upon the testimony of any man or Church, but wholly upon God (who is truth itself), the Author thereof; and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, the many other incomparable excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof, are arguments whereby it does abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God; yet, notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts.
The Christadelphians believe that the Bible (66 books) is the inspired word of God, complete and self-sufficient to instruct us in the way of salvation. We do not believe that any Christadelphian, past or present, has received any type of special revelation. It is only through sustained and prayerful reading of the Scriptures that we come to an understanding of the purposeof God in our lives, and how He would have us conduct ourselves day to day.
In The Christadelphian Statement of Faith it also says that the only true God is He Who was revealed to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, by angelic visitation and vision, and to Moses at the flaming bush (unconsumed) and at Sinai, and Who manifested Himself in the Lord Jesus Christ, as the supreme self-existent Deity, the One Father, dwelling in unapproachable light, yet everywhere present by His Spirit, which is a unity with His person in heaven. It furthers notes that in His kindness, the Creator of heaven and earth, conceived a plan of restoration which, without setting aside His just and necessary law of sin and death, should ultimately rescue the race from destruction, and people the earth with sinless immortals. That He inaugurated this plan by making promises to Adam, Abraham and David, and afterwards elaborated it in greater detail through the prophets.
I, like all the Christadelphians, believe that these promises had reference to Jesus Christ the Messiah, who was to be raised up in the condemned line of Abraham and David, and who, though wearing their condemned nature, was to obtain a title to resurrection by perfect obedience, and, by dying, abrogate the law of condemnation for himself, and all who should believe and obey him. Jesus some two thousands years ago in a miraculous begettal of a human mother, of the house and lineage of David, came onto this earth enabling him to bear our condemnation, and, at the same time, to be a sinless bearer thereof, and, therefore, one who could rise after suffering the death required by the righteousness of God.
I thought I would provide readers a "top ten list" (not meant to be exhaustive) of biblical teachings about the Bible.
The Bible affirms that Christian teaching is "preached" (1 Pet. 1:25), that the Apostles' successors were to teach what they have "heard" (2 Tim. 2:2), and that Christian teaching is passed on both "by word of mouth [and] by letter" (2 Thess. 2:15; cf. 1 Cor. 11:2).
It has often been charged that the Bible can't be trusted because people can make it say anything they want it to say. This charge would be true if the Bible were not the objective Word of God, if it were simply a wax nose, able to be shaped, twisted, and distorted to teach one's own precepts. The charge would be true if it were not an offense to God the Holy Spirit to read into sacred Scripture what is not there. However, the idea that the Bible can teach anything we want it to is not true if we approach the Scriptures humbly, trying to hear what the Bible says for itself.
To be sure, there have been errors made over the thousands of years Since Moses penned the creation account. But that doesn't mean the message has been altered. In fact, we find that the message is drastically consistent no matter how old the manuscripts end up being!
The Uniting Church members of the team were cautious about using the ancient texts of the Old Testament to condemn any group of people without undertaking serious interpretation of those passages according to their various contexts. They pointed to the need to be "attentive and respectful of one another as we grow into Christ's body".
We do not have a literal understanding of Old Testament Law as if any of it applied to us in the same way that it applied to the Hebrews. We, like Luther, look to the scriptures to point us to Jesus. We also look to the scriptures, Old and New Testament to give direction. But, as Luther said, in this sense we take Moses as teacher, not as Law giver and the passage in question must line up with the message of Jesus and with "natural Law" .
It's easy to romanticize the Bible as a giant reference tool full of verses to make us feel better about ourselves. Or as God's answer book, loaded with sound-bytes for everything that triggers our curiosity, including where to apply for our dream job. Even worse, God's little love note to us…I digress.
Every word you read in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, the Psalms, the Chronicles, and even the apocalyptic literature, all fits warmly under these two headings: you are either reading Law, or you are reading Gospel. A Law-demanding life is hopeless without the power of the Gospel, yet the good news of the Gospel is nonsensical without the Law. Simply put, the Scriptures are truncated unless both Law and Gospel are in it together.
if you only care about Gospel passages that proclaim your true your identity in Christ to make you feel good about yourself, yet do not acclimate to that truth by responding in loving obedience, you become antinomian and relativistic. You still need the Law! You need it to give you rails by which you can respond in your loving worship to a holy God, who calls us to love him wholeheartedly, and our neighbor as ourselves. This is the whole council of Scripture–it's everything God must say to us in this moment in history.
After becoming Reformed and being subsequently "dismissed" from ministry with Calvary, he went to Westminster Seminary California where he received an M.Div. in 2004. After graduation he was ordained by the Pacific Northwest Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America and called to plant Exile Presbyterian Church in the Seattle area, where he served from 2004 until resigning in the Spring of 2012.
Despite being a fairly law-abiding guy, I can relate to being on the losing side of a battle, only mine was not against the law, but against the Church.
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Restoration ecology : the new frontier. 2nd Ed.
Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now accepted as key components of the increasingly urgent search for sustainability at global, national, and community levels – hence the phrase 'New Frontier' in the title. While the first edition focused on ecosystems and landscapes in Europe, this new edition covers biomes and contexts all over the world. Several new chapters deal with broad issues such as biological invasions, climate change, and agricultural land abandonment as they relate to restoration science and ecological restoration. Case studies are included from Australia, North America, and the tropics.
Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice. 2nd Ed.
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment, 2e is the only book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. It explains the ways in which we depend on and use materials and the consequences these have, and it introduces methods for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of minimizing environmental impact. Along with its noted in-depth coverage of material consumption, the material life-cycle, selection strategies, and legislative aspects, the second edition includes new case studies, important new chapters on Materials for Low Carbon Power and Material Efficiency, all illustrated by in-text examples and expanded exercises. This book is intended for instructors and students as well as materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.
Written by a team of global experts, Nanotechnology for Environmental Contamination covers the latest methods for using nanomaterials, processes, and tools to remediate toxin-contaminated water, air, soil, groundwater, and wastewater. This groundbreaking work discusses the use of nanotechnology to neutralize microbes, pesticides, heavy metals, industrial chemicals, chemical and biological warfare agents, and other toxic substances. In-depth details on the physics, chemistry, and technology of nanomaterials, nanostructures, and nanotechnology for decontamination are included in this authoritative resource.
Smart Grids are the future of energy. By creating networks from power plant to home, utility companies will be able to regulate power consumption making sure that consumers are receiving the amount that is needed, no more or less. While this new use of networking technology and unique applications such as smart meters will help to conserve energy it also opens up a pipeline, that was regulated manually, into the computer world of interconnected networks. The infrastructure that is being built will need to have robust security as an attack on this network could create chaos to tens of thousands of power consumers, stop a utility company in its tracks, or be used in a cyberwar.
Securing the Smart Grid takes a look at grid security today, how it is developing and being deployed into now over 10 million households in the US alone. Direct attacks to smart meters as well as attacks via the networks will be detailed along with suggestions for defense against them. A framework for how security should be implemented throughout this growing system will be included directing security consultants, and system and network architects on how to keep the grid strong against attackers big and small.
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Social networking is now an entrenched activity for nearly every teen in the country. A recent study showed that nearly 75% of American teens use an online social network, a percentage that continues to rise. Librarians, such as the author herself, are often asked by young adults for help and advice on social networking, but teens also turn to their friends for information, which can be inaccurate or incomplete.
With quotes from teenagers about their favorite sites and personal stories, Social Networking is the perfect resource for teens trying to gain a better understanding of the vast online world.
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La Varda est un groupe de folk alternatif français, originaire de la région de Perpignan et des Hautes-Pyrénées. Le groupe est principalement actif dans les années 2000.

Biographie
Le groupe est formé de la volonté de Danito et Kif (Franck Marty), formant déjà le duo Les Croquants, de fonder un groupe pour jouer leurs propres compositions. Deux personnes de leur entourage, Drachir (Richard Mas) et Tix (Régis Tillet), les rejoignirent et ainsi fut créé le noyau de La Varda, terme signifiant « roulotte » en romani. Rapidement désireux d'ajouter un violon à leur formation, ils rencontrèrent Hai Nguyen lors d'une représentation des Croquants et celui-ci rallia leur rang. Au terme d'une dizaine de concerts, ils enregistrèrent une première maquette.

En 2000, le groupe s'agrandit après avoir croisé le chemin de Yannosh (Jean-Marc Parayre) qui apporta son large éventail d'instruments traditionnels, renforçant la notion de voyage dans leurs compositions. Durant deux ans, ils commencèrent à faire parler d'eux et se produisirent dans de nombreux concerts de la région, pour finalement enregistrer leur deuxième album en 2002. À partir de ce moment, le groupe quitte le cadre régional et commence à jouer dans toute la France. Après les enregistrements, ils sortent donc leur deuxième album, Folk You!, qui atteint la  place des charts français en février 2004.

En 2003, Danito quitte le groupe pour se consacrer aux Croquants, remplacé un temps par Cédric qui quittera le groupe en 2004 pour rejoindre Les Petites Gens. Durant cette période, les intonations folk du groupe se renforcent (avec le nouveau guitariste Sylvano). Suivra une tournée dans les pays de l'Est qui apportera son lot d'inspiration musicale et débouchera sur l'enregistrement du troisième album. En 2006, ils jouent à Auch.

Style musical
La Varda joue du folk alternatif, autrement dit de la musique traditionnelle « modernisée ». Les sonorités irlandaises, tziganes, slaves ou yiddish, tirées d'instruments traditionnels telle que la vielle, la cornemuse ou la mandoline, sont mélangées avec des rythmes jazz et rock. La musique est très festive, avec des rythmes rapides et mettant en avant les instruments traditionnels. On retrouve ainsi une java dansante qui côtoie un quadrille endiablé ou encore une valse aux intonations jazzy suivie d'une ballade irlandaise très rock. De nombreux morceaux sont instrumentaux, et bien souvent le chant n'occupe qu'une moitié des morceaux.

Les textes de La Varda parlent principalement du voyage et de pays étrangers, tels que l'Irlande, le Québec ou l'Europe centrale. Les paroles sont parfois simplement des ballades poétiques, mais bien souvent elles s'engagent sur le plan politique, surtout dans la défense des peuples opprimés, passées et présentes, tels que les Juifs, les immigrés maghrébins ou les Irlandais.

Membres
 Jean-Marc « Janosh » Parayre — accordéon, violon, vielle à roue, nyckelharpa, tuba, cornemuse
 Régis « Tix » Tillet — contrebasse
 Julien « Ju » Grégoire — batterie, percussions
 Franck « Kif de la Kif » Marty — chant, accordéon, banjo, mandoline
 Hai « Fraï » Nguyen — violon
 Sylvain « Sylvano » Tomei — guitare, guitare électrique
 Cyril « Quenelle » Virevaire — son façade
 David « Trapouille » Dassonville — son retour
 Loic « Louloupiote » Ollivier — régie lumière

Discographie

Notes et références

Liens externes

Groupe de la nouvelle scène française
Groupe musical de la région Occitanie
Groupe musical formé en 1999
Groupe musical séparé en 2006


FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The USA South Athletic Conference announced its 2017-18 All-Academic honorees on Monday and 76 Covenant student-athletes were recognized.
Beginning in 2017-18, the USA South made adjustments to its criteria for the academic honor. Students must now produce at least a 3.30 GPA in both the fall and spring semesters to qualify for the award, an increase from the previous 3.0 GPA requirement. Additionally, the conference added an Awarded with Distinction honor for an athlete with a GPA of 3.90 or better in both semesters.
Of the 76 Covenant honorees, 11 were awarded with distinction.
This academic year, 1,446 students from across the USA South earned Academic All-Conference honors.
Women's soccer and baseball led all Covenant programs with 13 honorees apiece. Women's track and field had nine students earn the honor, with seven on the women's cross country team. Men's soccer also placed seven on the list, while softball and women's basketball had six each. The softball program led Covenant with three honorees on the Awarded with Distinction list.


Chad Soriano PhotoBlog: Happy Birthday Madeline !
At exactly 3:35pm my life changed into something I could never have imagined. Only 6 months prior to this defining moment of my daughter's arrival, I could merely see shadows and outlines.
Happy Birthday Madeline! Special could only describe the overwhelming feeling of seeing your smile for the first time. Your constant beaming from birth until this very day shines with your forever kindness and good will.
Fairy Tales do come true and my Princess has arrived to my Kingdom wearing a jeweled crown and a pink gown. You are forever mine.
Best of friends illustrates your bond with your younger brother. He desires your knowledge on how to manipulate Mommy and Daddy for wanton tasks.
You have matured into a beautiful young girl with a gorgeous smile and an affable personality. I am blessed to be your Father and to have you as the daughter of our family.
Your Mom unconditionally loves you with all her heart and will do her best to guide you in the most motherly way.
You are the sojourner of everything pink, manicured nails and Yummy House Noodles.
Your family wishes you a very Happy Birthday!
This is a blast from the past! A standard definition 4:3 video shot with the Sony PD150 and edited with Final Cut Pro 4. It was the dawn of affordable 3 CCD video cameras and professional grade non linear editing software for aspiring film makers. We just love everything Hawaii!
And everything Italian! Of course, this video is shot with the Canon EOS Rebel T2i and 5D Mark II in High Definition 1080p quality and edited with Final Cut Pro 6.


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Culture | July 2011
Hauschka plays piano
Volker Bertelmann is a composer and pianist. Nothing unusual about that, if it weren't for his pseudonym: Hauschka. We were curious and visited Volker Bertelmann in his apartment in the Old Town of Düsseldorf.
Bertelmann, aka Hauschka, has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since the end of June 2018. In 2017 his film score for Lion was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe Award.
The door opens and a very tall, thin man beams at me in welcome. I follow the man with a slightly bent posture past his racing bike, leaned against the wall in the hall, into the middle of the apartment, which is dominated by two pianos with exposed strings and a large mixing console next to the red sofa. Do his rapid movements perhaps indicate artistic drive, or just a busy appointment book? "I have a phone interview at 1 p.m.", says Volker Bertelmann and apologises that he won't be able to join me for lunch after our talk to celebrate his birthday today.
A pseudonym like an art label
Of course I am interested in how he came to the name Hauschka. "I was worried that with piano music and my real name, I would be perpetually pigeonholed into piano solos, so I decided to look for a pseudonym", explains Volker Bertelmann. "It should be like an art label under which many things are possible." Because he did not want to use an English name, he searched for words from Eastern Europe, a region with a melancholic character to which he feels a strong connection. He happened across Vinzenz Hauschka, a Bohemian composer who lived from 1766 to 1840. "We also had Dr.Hauschka products at home, so I certainly recognised the name", adds Bertelmann. "After extensive consideration, I decided to take on the name – and it was absolutely the right one for me!"
Bottle tops, felt wedges, parchment paper
While we talk, I hear his piano music in the background, released under the label Hauschka. It is very melodic, improvised music, often infused with desire, played on "prepared pianos". Volker Bertelmann came up with this idea in 2004 while recording a piano solo album in a friend's recording studio in the mountains of Wales. He originally wanted to make electronic music, but had no desire to perform on stage with a computer between himself and the audience. Instead, he clamped bottle tops, felt wedges, parchment paper or kitchen wrap between the strings, experimented with adhesive tape, generated music with an extraordinarily electronic and percussive sound, and discovered a new world of music for himself.
Rhythm must be full of life
I ask Volker Bertelmann what rhythm means for him. "It is quality of life, reliability and stability, ritual and dance, the intermeshing of patterns, sexuality and recurrence", he responds, adding that rhythm must be full of life, otherwise things would be too boring. This is what distinguishes it from measure, which allows no variation. Rhythm also helps him to find himself, he says, and one should do things in the proper rhythm. Many things need time to grow and become good – says a man who experienced a serious crisis in his career as a musician. He enjoyed success very young, and possibly too quickly, founding his first rock band at age 14, writing film music for two episodes of a popular German television series at 18, and playing and rapping with his cousin in the band God's Favorite Dog, which opened for superstar German hip hop group Die Fantastischen Vier, in his early twenties. Then everything collapsed. The band split up, his best friend joined a monastery and his girlfriend of the time left him. "I was paralysed", recalls Bertelmann. "Today we would refer to it as depression." No, the music would not have helped him anymore back then; he wouldn't have been able to make any more music. On the contrary: he went on a "musical fast", a kind of inner purification which created space for new music. A life without music seems impossible for Volker Bertelmann.
"I find playing music a form of meditation – I leave myself behind and enter another world," says Volker Bertelmann.
Photo: Silicya Roth
Definitely wanted to learn to play piano
His passion for music began in childhood. Singing together and listening to classical music were part of his Christian upbringing in the Siegerland area of Germany. A local piano concert he attended with his parents catalysed a strong interest in him: "I definitely wanted to learn to play piano." His great-aunt financed his dream, buying him a used piano and paying for his first lessons. Did he ever grow tired of practising as a child? "No. I preferred piano to homework, but not necessarily the music pieces I was supposed to be learning, but my own creations!" The feeling of happiness he experienced playing piano remains today.
Concert audience always full of girls
Of course his life could have developed in a completely different direction. For instance, Volker Bertelmann was an excellent handball player during his school years. "But I chose music because at concerts, the room was always full of girls", he laughingly admits. His parents hoped their son would pursue a solid profession. He studied medicine until the preliminary examination, switched to business management for a few years and then gave that up too. "I wasn't confident I could earn enough money with music." But neither could he give it up. Today Volker Bertelmann makes good use of what he learned studying business. He organises most things himself, mixes his own music, designs his CD covers and website and does his own advertising. "I learned the right timing for CD releases – that I should schedule a concert tour to start when the CD reaches the market and that posters need to be ready to advertise it", he says. The chaotic upheaval he experienced during his crisis period also taught him to work in such a methodical manner
Consistently reinventing himself
Today, Volker Bertelmann makes a living from his music and is now so well-known that he is inundated with enquiries – from students at the School for Music and Media in Dusseldorf wanting to make a documentary about him, to advertising agents and filmmakers who are interested in his music. Take for example Luxemburg native Jeff Desom, whose sketch of a pianist for his music video Bloksky looked very much like Volker Bertelmann. And so it came to pass that Hauschka provides not only the soundtrack to the video but also a very moving performance in the title role.
It is this kind of versatility which Volker Bertelmann pursues. "It's very important for me that this music spreads", he adds. To achieve this, he founded the music festival Approximation 7:1 in 2005 in Düsseldorf, to provide a platform for young musicians who take an unconventional, undogmatic approach to piano music. Perhaps most importantly, he seems incredibly happy and satisfied: "Happiness for me is when everything inside of me is in harmony with the outside. And I've learned that the more I can let go of desires, the more they are fulfilled." One thing is certain: It is undeniably artistic drive which fuels his restlessness, of that I am sure now.
This article was first published in viaWALA July 2011.


Today, residential property owners across Saskatoon are opting for outdoor living features on their properties. They are choosing to get fireplaces and fire pits installed which become the perfect leisure spaces on a property. We at DMS Landscaping Ltd handle a large number of outdoor installation projects and many of our customers want outdoor kitchens installed.
An outdoor kitchen is an excellent addition to a home; it extends the indoor spaces and gives your home a very spacious and airy look. You can also use that area to socialize with friends and you may find that you aren't inclined to head out to restaurant or pub every time you feel like having a drink or dinner, with your friends. When your home itself has such a stunning leisure-zone, why would you feel encouraged to go elsewhere for a spot of relaxation?
The size of the available space - While you do want a comfortably-sized kitchen; you don't want it to dominate your backyard. This is why we measure the space very carefully when we come to survey the property.
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Counter spaces - We design unique outdoor kitchens, but know that you want them to be functional too. It's why we take care to understand exactly how you want to use this space and which appliances you want installed there. The kitchen countertop design will be planned keeping these requirements in view. You can choose from U-shape, L-shape, straight or C-shape outdoor kitchen counters.
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Welcome to Day 4 of our 12 Days of Children's Books Gala Giveaway. I'm part of an amazing group of writer friends who specialize in writing engaging nonfiction for kids. We're the Nonfiction Ninjas!
Today my book is the featured giveaway! You can to learn a little bit more about me and the journey I took to write this book.
What makes Frederick Douglass so important to kids today?
Frederick Douglass believed that one person can make a difference. And he did. Through his brave efforts, he helped bring an end to slavery in America. A true hero, he's an outstanding role model for everyone—kids and adults alike.
What happened along the journey to write this book?
I took a photo-research trip and walked in Douglass's footsteps. From finding the area in the woods where the cabin once stood when he was born, to driving up to see the Great House on the plantation where he first worked in slavery, to touring his home near Washington D.C. when he worked as a free man at our nation's capital, it was a journey I will never forget. Many of my photos are featured in this book and help bring his biography to life.
Teachers, educators, and librarians of upper elementary, middle-grade, and high school students. Parents and kids alike. Anyone interested in African-American achievements as well as the history of Lincoln or the Civil War.
I hope you enjoyed learning more about the "story behind the story"!
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When I worked in Annapolis, I had the pleasure of visiting the Frederick Douglass museum. T was fascinating and inspiring.
My personal role model is Mina Fleming, a human computer who worked at the Harvard Observatory. I made a special trip to Boston and dragged my husband along so I could read her papers.
I can't wait to see who else people are fascinated and inspired by!
That's so great you got to visit the museum. And thanks for sharing about Mina. I'm going to look her up right away!
Researching him must have been moving, getting to walk in his footsteps. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it was such a life changer for me!
What a perfect book when we're looking for role models.
Thx, Susie. It was so inspiring to write.
Thanks for sharing this part of your journey. I am fascinated with a number of women who braved the Nazis in concentration camps. I am developing one of those stories.
Thx for sharing. I'm so glad you're going to share the stories that inspire you with kids.
Interesting post, Nancy, thank you. I love that you walked where he walked and all the research you did for this book. Today, more than ever, we all need good role models and mentors, we and our children.
Yes, every generation can benefit from following in the footsteps of someone who truly makes a difference.
Sara, so glad you're going to learn more about one of my favorite heroes of all time! You'll be blessed!!!


The foundation of every culture is undoubtedly local cuisine, and if you are a food lover, you will certainly fall in love with all the Portuguese dishes!
Portugal is surrounded by the Atlantic ocean (in the western coast), which offers its treasures as well as a lovely view during tasting those dishes. If you are not much into seafood, do not worry. You can still try some local sweet pastry, ham and delicious wine.
In the first place, THE MUST-TRY is a fish called Bacalhau, which is the Portuguese word for cod. It is a very common dish that you can order in almost any restaurant through all regions of Portugal. It is said, that Portuguese have over 1000 recipes how to prepare a cod. Most likely you will try simply with potatoes, grilled vegetable or chips. It goes in perfect combination with Vinho Verde (green wine) which slightly reminds of a champagne.
For those of you who have sweet tooth, we have a good news. Portuguese love sweets, too. Most of all, they adore their national pride – Pastel de nata. This egg tart pastry is just delicious and you can eat dozens of them per day. You can eat them for breakfast together with cappuccino or after lunch as a little dessert. Additionally, as Portuguese say, you should not leave their country without eating at least 27 of them. So you better go buy some!
Arroz de marisco – Have you ever tried Spanish national delicates paella? Did you like it? If so, you will most likely enjoy Portuguese version of this dish. Something between soup and risotto is this dish consisting of rice and seafood. A very delicious combination with shrimps and mussels. Equally important information, it goes well with red wine from the Alentejo region.
If you feel like trying little tapas while listening to Fado music, the perfect appetizers are dried-cured ham Presunto, sheep cheese and pieces of Chouriço. Presunto can taste differently based on the region where it was smoked in. Chouriço, on the other hand, can be sliced and eaten without cooking. Even though it is just an appetizer, it is the quite filling dish that helps you enjoy your evening anywhere. You can mix the flavours with delicious white or red Porto wine from the nearby region.
Sardines are usually served on a plate with lemon and grilled vegetable. Be aware, those small fish have tiny bones in them so chew properly before you eat. The time spent taking bones away will pay off on the taste of the dish. Anyway, if you would like to take some sardines home, you can visit a store dedicated only to sardines. You can also buy your very personal box of sardines with the year of your birth. The store is located in the centre of Lisbon, the Rossio square.
All in all, we hope you will enjoy the Portuguese cuisine as much as we do. Leave us a comment and let us know which dish you want to try!
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