Iceland has a new first lady, and she's from the Ottawa Valley. Eliza Reid, 40, was ushered in as first lady of Iceland on Sunday after her husband, Gudni Johannesson, 48, was elected as the sixth president of the small Nordic country.
Iceland has a new first lady, and she's from the Ottawa Valley.
Eliza Reid, 40, was ushered in as first lady of Iceland on Sunday after her husband, Gudni Johannesson, 48, was elected as the sixth president of the small Nordic country — the first new president the country has had in 20 years.
Reid, who was born in the Ottawa Valley, met Johannesson when they were both studying history in England. Reid was pursing her master's degree at Oxford, while her husband was pursuing his doctorate.
"We met at a fundraiser for my husband's rowing team. All women had to purchase tickets and put them in the men's cups, said Reid. The men would draw out a ticket from their cups, and had to take out whichever woman's ticket they drew on a date.
After meeting Johannesson in England, Reid decided move to Iceland with him in 2003, and they married a year later. The couple now has four children together — three boys, Duncan, 8, Donald, 6, Saethor, 4, and one girl, Edda, 2.
Before her international travels, Reid grew up on a hobby farm near Ashton, a town with a current population of about 200, located just 40 kilometres south-west of Parliament Hill — a place her parents, Hugh Reid and Allison Reid still call home.
Reid attended Bell High School in Nepean before leaving the Valley at 18 to study international relations at the University of Toronto, a program that she stumbled upon by happenstance.
Reid always knew she wanted to study history or politics, but was convinced to study international relations by a friend, a year above her, who was switching out of the program.
As a small town girl, interested in politics, Reid never thought she'd assume the role of Iceland's first lady.
"It's all out of the blue," she said. But now that her husband has won his bid for president, Reid said she's very excited about the future.
Reid said recently that she believed her Canadian background helped her husband's campaign because she doesn't try to be something she's not, and that appeals to people.
She says she has been warmly received by the Icelandic people. The outgoing president's wife is a foreign national, too, said Reid, so, Icelanders are used to that.
While Reid may have planted her roots in Iceland 13 years ago, she doesn't miss out on any chance to come back to Ottawa and said she visits once every nine or 10 months.
The family of six has only been back to Ottawa once all together. Reid said she rotates which children accompany her home on her more frequent trips.
When their family's in Ottawa, Reid said, she makes sure her kids get the quintessential Ottawa experience by taking them to see Winterlude, the Experimental Farm and Senators games.
The Ottawa-born first lady has worked in Iceland as a writer and editor for many years, and her own writing and editing business. However, she expects things to change once she assumes the role of first lady at the end of the summer.
Her new role as Iceland's first lady will be to support her husband as president and spearhead her own initiatives, including the continuation of the Iceland Writers Retreat, a yearly event that she c0-founded.
Reid said she's going to have to do more research about which projects she's going to pursue and get her bearings in her new role in Icelandic politics.
Reid said she hopes to shape her role as first lady into something where her skills are best suited, including projects that could possibly involve immigration and writing.
Johannesson will officially take office on Aug. 1.


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Team GB impress in narrow loss to Brazil in Paralympic World Cup football opener
By Sportsmail Reporter
Superb goals from Josh Beacham and Ibrahima Diallo were not enough for Great Britain's seven-a-side cerebral palsy team against Brazil on Wednesday afternoon as they fell to a 4-2 defeat in their BT Paralympic World Cup opener at the Manchester Regional Arena.
Brazil went ahead in the seventh minute through a slotted effort from Wanderson Oliveira, who within seconds then struck the woodwork, but GB were swiftly back in it when Beacham delightfully curled the ball into the net direct from a corner on 10 minutes.
Close call: Great Britain narrowly lost out to Brazil
Yurig Ribeiro restored the visitors' advantage following a scramble in the box in first-half stoppage time and Jose Carlos Guimaraes converted shortly after the break to make it 3-1.
GB rallied once again as Diallo lashed the ball home with 10 minutes to go, but Guimaraes netted his second seven minutes later to wrap up victory for Brazil.
GB head coach Lyndon Lynch, whose squad for the World Cup is the same as that which will travel to London for the Paralympic Games this summer, was focusing on the positives.
He said: 'I am bitterly disappointed having lost the game, but I can see a lot of progress in the team.
Learning curve: Lynch saw the positives in the performance
'Since we took over in 2008, we have been able to get together a lot more often, we are scoring goals now against the top sides and what we have to work on is some of the defensive problems that we have at the moment.
'But considering this is preparation for the London Paralympics and that this game was against one of the top four teams in the world who, unlike us, are full-time, I'm pleased with the performances of some of the players and I'm sure we can get even better.'
On his team's goals, Lyndon added: 'There were some excellent goals - Josh Beacham is our dead-ball specialist, and that was a very important goal to get us straight back into the game.
'But we had a number of other chances as well, and we need to convert those chances.'
Goalscorer: Ibrahima Diallo (right)
GB defender George Fletcher felt the team should have emerged triumphant from the game, but like Lynch, believes it will prove a useful learning experience.
'To be honest, we should have won it,' Fletcher said.
'I believe we created more chances and their goals came from mistakes by us.
'Hopefully we will learn from those mistakes and we also need to work on finishing our chances in training.'
On Thursday GB take on the United States, who were beaten 3-1 earlier today by the Republic of Ireland.
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A man has been arrested after armed police were called to a property in Peterborough.
Officers were called to the property in Copeland, Bretton this morning (Monday) after reports of concern for a man.
Armed officers arrived at the scene because of information received that he had a knife.
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Fundamental analysis: Chemed Corporation (CHE)
The higher the Awarener score, the more bang you get for the buck. It measures how much genuine funds the company generates for the stock price paid (Good), the business stability (Superb) and growth (Lacking), and the company's inclination to return cash to the stockholders (Excellent).
Business has been slightly shrinking. It's been almost average when measured against peer companies.
Chemed Corporation business trend is extremely stable, which is best. It looks better than most rivals.
CHE profit margins -on goods and services sold- are usually sufficient. They stand slightly worse than rival companies.
Business profit on sales tends to be excellent. It's top tier when measured against competitors.
Profits on sales made -available to repay debt and purchase properties- are usually good. They remain impressive in relation to peers.
Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- tend to be very good in relation to total revenues. They're still top-notch against similar companies.
Profits -before income taxes- are usually very good considering total sales, and remain top tier when measured against rivals.
Total net profit tends to be very good when confronted to sales. Company stands top tier when measured against comparable firms.
Chemed Corporation profit -on goods and services sold- has been growing at a low pace. It's been close to average when compared to competitors.
In recent years, earnings -on operations- have been growing at a low step, which has been slightly worse than comparable firms.
Profits -available to repay debt and purchase properties- have been growing at a low pace, which compares below average when measured against peer enterprises.
Earnings -before income taxes and interests on loans taken- have been growing at a slow tempo. It turns to be close to average when compared to similar stocks.
In past years, profits -before income taxes- grew at a very low speed. It was somewhat worse than rivals.
In the previous years, growth on total net profit has been almost null, and weak when measured against peer companies.
Earnings per share have grown at a very low rhythm in past years. It's been lacking compared to industry peers.
CHE had to pay sparse income taxes in relation to profits made in the past years. It's been somewhat better than peers.
Profitability score: 10.0
Chemed Corporation usually gets huge returns on the resources it controls. It proves top tier when measured against peer firms.
The company normally gets huge proceeds -on the resources directly invested in the business-. They remain impressive in relation to similar companies.
Profitability -in relation to owned resources- is usually paramount. It ranks top tier when measured against competitors.
In the past, got huge returns -on the tangible resources it controls-. This metric is usually related to the industry in which operates and combines profitability versus reinvestment needs. It's top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
CHE usually uses a slight portion of genuine funds generated to buy or replace property, plant, or equipment. The need for reinvestments is light. It stands top tier when measured against rival firms.
The company is usually somewhat investing in new property, plant, and equipment, to improve its operating capabilities, which is encouraging in relation to industry peers.
In the past twelve months it paid very little dividends, considering the current stock price. It came mediocre against competitors.
Dividend payments have been more or less stable in recent years. The company has behaved rather normal in relation to similar firms.
Dividend payments usually represent a slight portion of genuine funds generation and are most likely safe. Sustainability looks somewhat better than comparable companies.
Repurchase effectiveness metric is very complex. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It stands in good shape compared to rivals.
The company uses a large portion of genuine fund generation to reward investors, which can probably be sustained for as long as business doesn't turn sour. It still looks substantially worse when measured against competitors.
Chemed Corporation intangible assets (like brands and goodwill) represent a significant portion of resources controlled, according to accounting books. There could be significant difficulties in liquidating them if the company ever gets in financial distress. It happens to be almost average when measured against peer companies.
Roughly a third of resources controlled were provided for with financial debt. Creditors have claims on the company. It remains slightly better than rival firms.
Most controlled resources might be only slowly turned into cash and equivalents, which is risky. It looks weak when measured against rivals.
For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has less than a dollar of cash and short-term receivables. It's a disappointment compared to peer firms.
For every dollar of short-term obligations, the company has extremely few cents of cash and equivalents, which is bottom tier against similar enterprises.
Usually, sales are on less than a month credit. It still ranks more than average in relation to peers.
Normally has approximately only a couple of weekly sales worth in inventory. It comes up as excellent in relation to competitors.
On average, it takes close to one month from the purchase to charging customers. It happens to be well ranked against peers.
On average pays suppliers before a month from the purchase. It ranks almost average when measured against industry peers.
The company pays its suppliers almost when charging its customers, so there's very little money invested in working capital. It's rather normal in relation to similar companies.
Net interest expenses consume a non-significant portion of usual business earnings, and are therefore extremely easily to bear. It stands better than most rival firms.
Business earnings have usually been excellent when measured against loans taken. It could take less than two years to repay the obligations with current profitability. It ranks top tier when measured against comparable enterprises.
Revenues are excellent in relation to property, plant, and equipment required to operate. This metric is likely dependent on the industry the company operates in. Low property, plant, and equipment requirements, allows the company to keep more money to reward stockholders in the long run. It looks a slight improvement compared to similar firms.
Resource exploitation is huge considering yearly sales, which is great. This metric is normally tied to the industry where the firm belongs. It's still better than most peer companies.
Chemed Corporation looks expensive in relation to profits and financial position. It happens to be encouraging in relation to competitors.
Price-to-Tangible-Book-Value is a fairly complex metric. Run again in analytical mode if you're interested in a technical explanation. It remains in a very weak position compared to peers.
In the past twelve months, the company generated some free funds in relation to the stock price, which stands slightly better than similar companies.
The company usually generates reasonably more than enough genuine funds to cover up for its business needs. Surplus cash may be used to repay loans, to eventually buy new businesses, or to reward investors. Considering the financial position and stock price, the current valuation might be fair. It's still similar to industry firms.
In the past twelve months, the company has rewarded investors, considering both dividends and share on the pie of earnings. It came up excellent in relation to peer ventures.
The company has barely more debt than cash. It may borrow extra money if it wishes so, or start cumulating cash for future uses. It looks well ranked against similar enterprises.
Considering the past twelve months, traditional Price-to-Earnings relation is high. Substantial improvement expectations are already in the stock price, which is somewhat risky. It ranks almost average when measured against peer companies.
Comparing the current stock price with the past twelve-months revenues gives a high relationship. This is an important metric to check its evolution through time, and to compare to industry peers. It looks a disappointment compared to rival firms.
The relation between the stock price and accounting book value is extremely high, which may be good or bad depending on context. Run again in analytic mode if you want to dig deeper. The company remains worse than most peer firms.
In the past twelve months, the operating business earned little money when compared to the current stock price and financial position. It happens to be similar to industry peers.
In an alternate metric of bang for the buck, the company has usually shown a good earnings power ability when measured against the current stock price and financial position. It's still in good shape compared to peer companies.
Company at a glance: Chemed Corporation (CHE)
Sector, industry: Healthcare, Medical Care Facilities
Chemed Corporation provides hospice and palliative care services to patients through a network of physicians, registered nurses, home health aides, social workers, clergy, and volunteers primarily in the United States. The company operates in two segments, VITAS and Roto-Rooter. It offers plumbing, drain cleaning, excavation, water restoration, and other related services to residential and commercial customers through company-owned branches, independent contractors, and franchisees. The company was incorporated in 1970 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.


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Kurds have almost never had a country of their own. ''Kurdistan'' is the mountainous area where the borders of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey meet, although not officially an independent state.
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Classical music: Madison Opera announces its 2020-21 season and plans for Opera in the Park on July 25. Plus, today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. What music would you choose to mark the event?
ALERT: Today, April 22, is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which was founded by Gaylord Nelson, a former Wisconsin governor and senator. To celebrate it, in the YouTube video at the bottom is "The Earth Prelude" — a long work, both Neo-classical and minimalist, with beautiful photos, by the best-selling, award-winning Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. It has more than 2.3 million views.
What music would you listen to to mark the event? Leave suggestions with YouTube links, if possible, in the Comment section.
The Madison Opera has just announced its upcoming 2020-21 season.
As usual, there are three works. The fall and spring operas take place in Overture Hall and the winter production, a Broadway musical, will use the Capitol Theater.
Below are the titles with links to Wikipedia entries for more information about the works and their creators:
Here are the titles:
"Il Trovatore" (The Troubadour) – with the popular "Anvil Chorus" — by Giuseppe Verdi (below) in Overture Hall on Friday night, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, at 2:30 p.m. It will be sung in Italian with projected English translations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_trovatore
"She Loves Me" with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick (below) – the same team that created "Fiddler on the Roof" — in the Capitol Theater on Friday night, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, Jan. 31, at 2:30 p.m. It will be sung in English with projected text.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Loves_Me
"The Marriage of Figaro," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (below) in Overture Hall on Friday night, April 30, at 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, May 2, at 2:30 p.m. It will be sung in Italian with projected English translations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Figaro
You can see a short preview peek — with music but no word about casts, sets or production details — on Vimeo by using the following link: https://vimeo.com/398921274
For more forthcoming information about the season, go to: https://www.madisonopera.org
OPERA IN THE PARK
You may recall that this spring the Madison Opera had to cancel its production of "Orpheus in the Underworld" by Jacques Offenbach because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What about this summer's 19th annual Opera in the Park (below, in a photo by James Gill)?
It is still slated for Saturday, July 25, in Garner Park, on Madison's far west side, with a rain date of Sunday, July 26.
But the opera company is being understandably cautious and says: "At this time, we are proceeding with Opera in the Park as scheduled.
"The safety and wellbeing of our community are our top priority, and we are closely following the guidelines and recommendations of public health officials. We are prepared to make necessary decisions in response to rapidly changing conditions.
"We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate these circumstances."
For updates and more information about Opera in the Park, go to: https://www.madisonopera.org/2019-2020-season/oitp2020/
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Classical music: Performances of vocal and orchestral music by Handel and Rutter, plus handbell selections, will mark spring and Earth Day this coming Saturday afternoon and night. Plus, there is a FREE concert of piano trios by Beethoven and Brahms on Friday at noon.
ALERT: The week's FREE Friday Noon Musicale, held at the First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive, features piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms and Paul Schoenfield featuring pianist Jeannie Yu, UW-Madison violinist Soh-Hyun Park Altino and cellist Leonardo Altino. The concert, the penultimate FUS musicale of this season, runs from 12:15 to 1 p.m.
This coming Saturday, the third annual Madison Area Community Earth Day Celebration Concerts will be presented at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 Spaight Street, in two performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The performances feature the Madison Area Community Chorus and Orchestra, and the Ringing Badgers Handbell Ensemble, under the direction of artistic director Mark Bloedow (below).
The concert will highlight music celebrating spring and Earth Day.
The Madison Area Community Chorus and Orchestra (below), under the direction of Bloedow, will present George Frideric Handel's "Chandos Anthem 9." (You can hear the Handel anthem in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
The Handel features guest soloists alto Becky Buechel (below top) and tenor Adam Shelton (below bottom).
The choir and orchestra will also perform John Rutter's beloved "Look at the World," "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and "A Gaelic Blessing;" and selections by other composers.
The Ringing Badgers Handbell Ensemble (below) will present a varied program including Mozart's "Song of the Bells" from his opera "The Magic Flute," Cynthia Dobrinski's "Let There Be Peace on Earth" — sung with the audience — LeRoy Anderson's "Jazz Pizzicato" as arranged by Martha Lynn Thompson, and others.
A reception will follow the concerts in Immanuel's Lakeview Room.
Tickets for the event are $15 for adults; $12 for seniors; and $8 for children and students. They are available from Willy Street Co-op Stores (East, West and North locations), at the door and online at http://maestroproductions.brownpapertickets.com.
More information is available at Maestro's website: www.maestroproductions.org.
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Classical music: Earth Day will be celebrated with Handel's "Ode for St. Cecelia's Day" this Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Plus, the UW Symphony and soprano Elizabeth Hagedorn perform music by Weber, Wagner and Tchaikovsky in a FREE concert Friday night.
ALERT: This Friday night at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall, guest conductor Andreas Stoehr of Vienna will lead the UW Symphony Orchestra and his Wisconsin-born wife, soprano Elizabeth Hagedorn, who has taught at the UW-Madison for the past three years, in a FREE concert.
The program includes the Overture to the opera "Der Freischuetz" by Carl Maria von Weber; the "Wesendonck Lieder," or songs, by Richard Wagner; and the Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The Ear hears from a knowledgeable source that the concert will be outstanding.
For more about the impressive background of the conductor, visit:
http://www.music.wisc.edu/event/uw-symphony-orchestra-2/
And here is a link to a story on the A Temp blog with some quotes from the conductor about the program:
https://uwmadisonschoolofmusic.wordpress.com
The Ear has received the following notice:
The Madison Area community is invited to celebrate the 46th anniversary of Earth Day – which was founded by former Wisconsin Governor and U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson — with an afternoon concert and reception on this Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24.
The event is sponsored and organized by the group Maestro Productions.
The Madison Area Community Earth Day Celebration Concert and Reception features the Madison Area Community Chorus and Orchestra (below, from 2015) with guest soloists and the Ringing Badgers Handbell Ensemble.
It will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 Spaight Street, on Saturday, April 23, at 2 p.m. and on Sunday, April 24, at 2 p.m.
The program opens with Maestro's Ringing Badgers Handbell Ensemble.
Following intermission, the Madison Area Community Chorus and Orchestra, under the direction of Mark Bloedow (below), presents George Frideric Handel's choral work"Ode for St. Cecelia's Day" and other selections. (You can hear an excerpt from the Handel work in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Guest soloists include soprano Rachel Edie Warrick (below top) and lyric tenor J. Adam Shelton (below bottom).
A reception will follow the concert in Immanuel's Lakeview Room.
Tickets for the event are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $8 for children and students. They are available from Willy Street Co-op Stores (East and West Locations), online at http://maestroproductions.brownpapertickets.com, and at the door.
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Classical music: Take a FREE choral tour of the past year's holidays this coming Saturday night at the UW-Madison. Plus, pianist Mark Valenti performs a FREE recital of Milhaud, Schubert and Prokofiev this Friday at noon.
ALERT: This week's FREE Friday Noon Musicale, to be held from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Landmark Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive, features pianist Mark Valenti. He will play Three Pieces from "Le Printemps" (Spring) by Darius Milhaud; the Sonata in A major by Franz Schubert; and the Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major by Sergei Prokofiev.
This week brings two FREE concerts by several choral groups at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.
On Friday night at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall, the University Chorus, Women's Choir and Master Singers will perform a FREE concert. Sorry, no word yet about the program.
Then on Saturday night at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall, the UW Chorale will perform a FREE concert called "It's a Jolly Holiday!" Director Bruce Gladstone (below, in a photo by Katrin Talbot) will conduct.
NOTE: This concert is NOT to be confused with the usually packed Winter Choral Concert — with its theme of holidays, multiple choirs and several conductors — that will take place on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 2 and 4 p.m. at Luther Memorial Church.
Here are some program notes:
"This fall, the UW Chorale gets into the holiday spirit.
"But which one?
"An entire year of them!
"The ensemble starts with New Year's Day and moves through the calendar year singing choral works to commemorate each festive day.
"They'll celebrate President's Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day (below) and so on, with a variety of great music that will leave you wondering why you only think about hearing a choir sing at Christmas.
"Works include "My Funny Valentine," "Free at Last," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Regina Coeli," Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," Aaron Copland's "The Promise of Living" and many more." (You can hear Howard Hanson's "Song of Democracy," with words by poet Walt Whitman and with the famous Interlochen theme from his "Romantic" Symphony No. 2, in a YouTube video at the bottom.)
"There will be something for everyone as they explore the days we call "holy.""
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Classical music: The Wisconsin State Capitol will mark Earth Day this Saturday and next Wednesday with music by Wisconsin composer John Harmon plus words by Wisconsin figures responsible for the environmental tribute. Plus, the Edgewood College Chamber Orchestra performs Mozart, Debussy and Stravinsky this Sunday afternoon. And don't forget about WYSO's "Art of Note" fundraiser Saturday night and two performances on Friday night and Sunday afternoon of Rameau's opera-ballet "Pygmalion" by the Madison Bach Musicians.
REMINDERS: This Saturday night from 6 to 10 p.m., the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) will hold its annual "Art of Note" fundraiser at CUNA Mutual. Auctions, fine food and live music will be featured.
For more information visit: http://wyso.music.wisc.edu/artofnote/ and https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/classical-music-education-wysos-art-of-note-benefit-on-april-18-seeks-to-raise-50000-to-benefit-music-education-in-greater-madison-area/
Also: The Madison Bach Musicians presents two performances of "Pygmalion" by Jean-Philippe Rameau It's a 1784 Baroque opera-ballet done in the Atrium Auditorium (below, in a photo by Zane Williams) of the First Unitarian Society of Madison.
The first performance is tonight with a 6:45 p.m. lecture and 7:30 p.m. concert. The second is on Sunday afternoon with a lecture at 2:45 p.m. and a 3:30 p.m. concert.
Internationally recognized UW-Madison early-music specialist Marc Vallon will direct a full baroque orchestra, dancers and an outstanding vocal cast as they tell the tale of a sculptor who falls in love with his beautiful creation—and then, through the power of Venus, the statue comes to life. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
For more information, go to: http://madisonbachmusicians.org/concerts/current-concert-season/
ALERT: At 2:30 p.m. this Sunday afternoon, in the St. Joseph Chapel, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, the Edgewood Chamber Orchestra will give its Spring Concert.
Admission for the public is $5 and will benefit music scholarships. Admission is FREE with an Edgewood College ID.
The Edgewood Chamber Orchestra will play under the director of Blake Walter (below, in a photo by John Maniaci). Included on the program are the Symphony No. 32 in G by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; the "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy and the Pulcinella Suite by Igor Stravinsky.
Also being performed is the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459, featuring pianist Stephanie Crescio (below), the winner of the Edgewood College Music Department Student Concerto Competition.
Madison-based music publicist and activist Jon Becker writes:
Wisconsin's Earth Day Heritage will be celebrated in music and words this Saturday, April 18, and on next Wednesday, April 22. (You can hear a short history of Earth Day in a YouTube video at the bottom.)
Music broadcasts will feature the voices of the descendants of
John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Earth Day Founder U.S. Senator and former state Governor Gaylord Nelson, set to the symphonic music of Wisconsin composer John Harmon.
There will be several opportunities to hear a "sneak preview" of Earth Day Portrait, music celebrating Earth Day values, before its international release on CD later this year.
For the third year, the music will be "broadcast" in the Rotunda of Wisconsin's State Capitol building (below). Listeners should gather at the bust of "Fighting Bob" La Follette (the East Gallery entry is closest).
On Saturday, April 18, the music will be broadcast 10 times on the half hour, starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m.
On Wednesday, April 22 — which is Earth Day — there will be broadcasts at 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Earth Day Portrait is a symphonic setting of eco-moral texts of John Muir, Aldo Leopold and Earth Day founder, former Wisconsin Gov. and U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson (below). For the CD recording, the words of these environmental legends were read by their descendants: William (Muir) Hanna, great-grandson; Nina Leopold Bradley, daughter; Gaylord Nelson Jr., son; and Kiva Nelson, grand-daughter.
Patty Loew, an enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, narrated connecting texts that paint intimate, personal portraits of Muir, Leopold, and Nelson, while recalling their unique mutual connection to Madison, Wisconsin.
All this is woven together by the story of the passenger pigeon's extinction. Members of the Madison Youth Choirs (below, in a photo by Karen Holland) recorded a call-and-response part that -– at concert performances -– is spoken by audience members.
Earth Day Portrait was composed in 2001 by John Harmon (below), who graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and who makes his home on the Wolf River, near Winneconne.
Harmon's music was recorded in Glasgow by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, led by conductor Marin Alsop, the first conductor to win a MacArthur "genius" Fellowship. London's EMI-Abbey Road Studios produced the master recording. Voiceovers were recorded at Audio for the Arts in Madison and at Umbrella Studios in Los Angeles.
For the forthcoming Earth Day CD, Harmon's composition will be paired with Hymn to the Earth, by American composer Edward Joseph Collins (1886-1951, below). Composed in Door County, and inspired by Wisconsin's seasons and landscapes, Collins's ode to nature also may well be the first Western classical composition to refer to our home planet as "Mother Earth."
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Classical music Q&A: What music best celebrates Earth Day? Plus, composer Jake Heggie talks about how writing "Dead Man Walking" changed his professional and personal life, and left a mark on his heart with the issue of capital punishment. The Madison Opera will perform the opera this weekend on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
Reader Survey: Today is Earth Day, founded by former Wisconsin governor and senator Gaylord Nelson. What piece of classical music best expresses the event for you? Tell us what you think by leaving a COMMENT.
Today's guest post is written by Michael Muckian (below), a long-time and award-winning Madison-based Wisconsin music journalist who covers everything from grand opera to the Grateful Dead. He writes about theater, art, food, wine and travel, as well as financial services and other business topics. He is currently a freelance writer and independent corporate communications consultant.
The Madison Opera will present Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking" at 8 p.m. this Friday, April 25, and at 2:30 p.m. this Sunday, April 27, in Overture Hall at the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison.
The opera will be sung in English with projected text in surtitles. Tickets are $18 to $121. Call (608) 258-4141 or visit www.madisonopera.org for more information.
The opera does have a Parental Advisory because it contains nudity, graphic violence, and explicit language, and is not recommended for anyone under age 18.
PLEASE NOTE: The real Sister Helen Prejean and composer Jake Heggie will be in Madison and offer a FREE public discussion this Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Avenue. No reservations are needed. They will also attend opening night.
Composer Jake Heggie was a composer of art songs written for vocal luminaries such as Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Audra McDonald, Patti Lupone and others when he was approached by author Terrence McNally to compose the music for "Dead Man Walking," based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean about her work with death-row inmates. In the interview he gave me, he said the experience changed his life, both as a composer and as a human being.
As I understand it, "Dead Man Walking" was your first opera. What attracted you to the work?
It felt timely and timeless; very American, but universal; it's about something that matters deeply; it had instant name recognition; it had the essential elements of a grand opera, plus the conflicts and emotions so large that it not only makes sense for people to sing, but it is the kind of emotion and drama that could fill an opera house. I also felt deeply inspired and moved by the story right away.
How did you approach the music for this opera?
The libretto by Terrence McNally (below) demanded a range of American styles, including jazz, folk, pop, rock and gospel (You can listen to the YouTube video at the bottom for a sample.) The setting is the South, and that has its own musical landscape, too. Those are all styles and sounds familiar to me, and it felt natural to explore and weave them together. I think audiences will feel challenged at times, but also will feel included in this musical journey.
What were the themes you felt necessary to include in the opera? What are the key issues surrounding capital punishment, and how did you express them musically?
All of the themes I explore spring from complex human emotions inspired by love, loss, grief, joy, outrage, a quest for vengeance, a search for forgiveness and redemption. It's all about what people want and yearn for, what they are afraid of, what they have lost. There are so many heightened emotions in this story, and it was important to honor each character and love them for who they are.
Did any themes in the opera touch you personally? In other words, did you have any personal experiences you drew on when writing the opera?
I was hugely challenged by the conflicts in this piece, and the enormity of the grief on all sides. I drew on my own personal experiences, of course, but part of my job as a theater composer is to empathize with each character and write truthfully for them, not to over-sentimentalize or trivialize their journey. For much of this opera, once I tapped into the musical world of the piece, it was a matter of listening to the characters and letting them sing to me, almost like taking dictation.
This is an opera about social justice or, if you will, social injustice. Did writing "Dead Man Walking" change or enhance your opinion of capital punishment?
Opera literature is replete with stories of social injustice: George Frideric Handel's "Semele," Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni," Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata," "Rigoletto" and "Otello", Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," Benjamin Britten's "Peter Grimes" and Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" for starters.
Most of the comic operas deal with some form of social injustice, too. That's one of the reasons I recognized that Terrence McNally had an inspired idea in suggesting "Dead Man Walking" as an opera. It fits into the big trajectory of grand operas.
And, yes, the experience of researching and writing the opera challenged and changed me. I regret to say that I was one of the people who had never really meditated on the death penalty. I'd always thought of it in the abstract. But in dealing with it head on I came to understand that this is a deeply political and racial issue. It takes place in a very flawed and inequitable system of human beings making life-and-death decisions.
The death penalty is also the only punishment where we as a society repeat the very behavior we abhor. Think about it: we don't rape the rapists, we don't beat up the assailants, but we murder murderers. And we do this to show that murder is wrong.
How did you interact with Terrence McNally? Was it libretto first, the music after or did the two of you work more collaboratively?
The story is always first. Before there are words or music, there's the story, and everything has to be in service to the story. Sister Helen Prejean (below), on whose work the opera is based, made one request of us from the beginning — that the opera remain a story of redemption.
So we talked at length about how we wanted to tell the story – what parts of it moved and inspired us most. Where we were going to begin and where we were ending. Then he started crafting a libretto and I started writing music. There was much back and forth throughout.
Music changes everything, of course, and gives us insight into characters that words alone do not. When writing the music, I would discover that there were many things that we could describe with music alone – no words were needed. It went back and forth until we were finished.
Where does "Dead Man Walking" fit within the canon of your other works? Does it mark your evolution from an art songs composer to an opera composer?
It was my first opera and I was 39 years old when it was premiered. I had written a great deal of music before Dead Man Walking, but composing the opera affected my style and sense of writing deeply. That's when I finally figured out that I'm a theater composer, a storyteller. Everything since "Dead Man Walking" has been different from everything before — it's a real demarcation point. I couldn't have composed "Moby-Dick" (below) if I hadn't composed "Dead Man Walking" 10 years earlier, that's for certain, even though the styles of those pieces are vastly different.
What do you hope audiences will take away from this opera?
I hope audiences will take away emotional perspective, that they will be open to giving themselves over to the drama and reflect on it as it unfolds. I hope they will feel changed in some way. That's certainly why I go to the opera, to be moved and to feel somehow changed — like a new mark has been made on my heart.
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è il trentesimo singolo dei Mr. Children pubblicato il 24 gennaio 2007 da Toy's Factory in formato CD, estratto dall'album Home.

Il disco
Il singolo ha raggiunto la prima posizione della classifica Oricon dei singoli più venduti in Giappone, vendendo  copie. Il brano è stato utilizzato come tema musicale del film Dororo.

Tracce

Classifiche

Edizioni
 2007 - Fake (Toy's Factory, CD single, TFCC-89199)

Note

Collegamenti esterni

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This mud pot gave me a revelation on the origin of clay. I was aware, that clay is a completely different mineral than sand. For starters, sand is based on silicon dioxide and clay on some complex aluminium compound. Sand is mechanically worn down rock, usually quartz. But I never got around to understand where clay came from. Here, a small sign at the side of the mud pot revealed a complete different mechanism: chemical alteration of rock by hydrothermal action.
Now, it became clear to me, how all the funny properties of clay arise from this generating process. Unlike weathered sand, clay grains are nice symmetric hexagonal crystals. And these crystals grow under changing conditions for temperature, chemistry and pressure. Exactly the environment in these mud pots. The sulphuric acid leaches the chemicals from the rock matrix, in Yellowstone usually Feldspar, the water bubbles to higher levels, transporting and mixing the ions and cooling down along the way. Just like salt crystallises in brine, the clay shakes out like tiny particles, about 2µm. These flakes coalesce into a new sediment: clay1.
The specific mineral of clay, e.g. kaolinite, is a hydrated oxide. And the hydrate allows the charge of these semi-ions to be moved around. As same charges repel and drive themselves apart, the edges and corners of the little crystal will become negatively charged. Now, there are a bunch of discs that have a preference to stick to each other like masonry. Between the discs, there is not much space making the water content low. But, one can add water and the sediment will swell, but there will still be contact between the ends and centres of the disc. Even with this spongy structure, there is still some consistency. It behaves like a plastic substance, you can deform it and it will stay like that.
The plasticity of clay can be measured by rolling the clay in a sausage and measure the water content at which it crumbles. That is a lower limit. An upper limit of plasticity has to be determined by testing the effect of shaking a bowl with clay. Both methods are described2 in ASTM D4318. The difference of water content between the lower plastic limit and the higher liquid limit is the plasticity index. The higher the plasticity index, the more difficult it is to cut this material. It is like cutting warm butter, material is moved around, but you are not severing chunks of the bulk.
Whenever you hear dredge people boast about difficulties in dredging, usually it involves clay also. The cutting itself, it is very hard to cut the material out of the sediment. When the chunks come loose, the chunks will stick to the cutter head and the will get completely smeared over and no new material can be cut or sucked up. After that, the clay chunks will tumble down the discharge pipeline. Under certain conditions, the chunks will snowball and form bigger balls. Finally, the clay gets at the reclamation area and will cause problems with the drainage. Remember, fines clog the pores between the grains and prevent the flow of drain water. And clay particles are very fine and they glue the bigger grains together.
Knowing the properties of clay, it is obvious, that normal cutting tools for sand dredging, do not work in a clay environment. Based on the special properties of clay, we once developed a special clay tool for a specific project3. And it worked4. It was fun. And it will be another story.


To accomplish its "America First" trade agenda, the Trump administration has sought to address perceived imbalances with its major trading partners. In particular, the United States has targeted its trade relationship with the People's Republic of China, increasing tensions between the two countries and affecting other countries worldwide with the fallout. The webinar will discuss the precarious state of U.S.- China trade relations and its impact on the rest of the world.
This webinar is ideal for business and technical professionals involved in any market that exports or requires imported components.
David is the leader of the firm's International Trade practice group, a member of the firm's International Committee and pro bono coordinator for the Washington, D.C. office. He advises clients on the risks and opportunities presented by U.S. international trade laws and regulations and international trade agreements. He focuses on antidumping (AD), countervailing duty (CVD) and safeguard litigation, international trade policy, and cross-border compliance issues affecting goods, services, technology and investments that involve transportation, customs, export controls, economic sanctions, anti-boycott and anti-bribery laws and regulations.
In April 2006, David was appointed to the U.S. NAFTA Chapter 19 Roster of Panelists to hear disputes under the trade remedy laws. Since 2010, he has served on the editorial advisory board of International Trade Law360. Prior to private practice, David served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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Bill has 40 years of experience in international trade. Early in his career, he was a senior import specialist with the Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs Service in Baltimore. Bill then was promoted to Customs Service headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he served as an operations officer. From Customs, Bill was transferred to the International Trade Administration in the Department of Commerce to serve as a senior analyst. He was then promoted to director of Antidumping Compliance, a position he held for four years. As the director, he supervised hundreds of investigations and administrative reviews of antidumping cases involving imports of products as diverse as steel, roller chain, semiconductors and chemicals. As an analyst and the director, Bill conducted and/or supervised hundreds of on-site cost and sales verifications.
After leaving government service, Bill held positions as director of non-lawyer trade services and director of trade services at other firms prior to joining Thompson Hine. His experience in the private sector includes representing numerous domestic and foreign companies in antidumping and countervailing duty cases and in a variety of matters before Customs and Border Protection and other agencies.
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AlphaGo Netflix
A few days after writing last week's post, The Lineage of AlphaZero, I was looking to relax in front of the TV by watching Netflix, but what to watch? I started by browsing a list of recommended titles (or 'popular now' or something like that) and one of the first to appear was a documentary about AlphaZero's predecessor AlphaGo. Was that a coincidence or are the search engines also following me on TV? Whatever the reason, here's a Youtube trailer for the film.
AlphaGo Official Trailer (1:30) • 'Published on Sep 19, 2017'
The Youtube description says,
AlphaGo chronicles a journey from the halls of Cambridge, through the backstreets of Bordeaux, past the coding terminals of DeepMind, to Seoul, where a legendary Go master faces an unproven AI challenger. As the drama unfolds, questions emerge: What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What will it teach us about humanity?
The documentary had only two stars out of five on Netflix, perhaps because it's at times somewhat tedious. The trailer shows many of the most exciting moments, but the full film was still worth watching. The 'legendary Go master' is Lee Sedol (or 'Se-dol Lee' as his name is sometimes written and which looks more Korean).
The film reminded me of the chess documentary Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine by Vikram Jayanti, which chronicled Garry Kasparov's 1997 loss to IBM's Deep Blue. Many years ago on this blog, I featured the trailer for that film in A Milestone in Computer Chess History (May 2007).
When I was still in school, I learned how to play Go and played a few games with a friend. I understand a little about the game, but only a little. Extrapolating from my own experience with Go, I can easily imagine how casual players of chess react to the chess documentary.
Let's have some reference links. First, here are a couple of pages from sources who want us to like the movie:-
AlphaGo (netflix.com)
AlphaGo (alphagomovie.com)
And here are a couple of pages from sources who don't have a direct interest in the film, but want to know what we think:-
AlphaGo - 2017 (imdb.com)
AlphaGo - 2017 (rottentomatoes.com)
Finally, here are a couple of opinion pieces from a neutral source:-
2017-10-10: 'AlphaGo' documentary provides a rare look inside DeepMind (businessinsider.com)
2018-12-02: The documentary about Google DeepMind's 'AlphaGo' algorithm is now available on Netflix (ditto)
Since this a 'Chess' blog, not a 'Go' blog (unlike the word 'chess', the word 'go' has to be capitalized to distinguish the game), this is probably the last I have to say about the subject. Future time would be better spent understanding the technologies that drive the AlphaZero family.
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FIDE's Ethics Commission 2017
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This past summer has seen several significant changes at The Dance Gallery. Over this time I have searched for the best way to convey to you the roots of these changes and the impact they will have on The Dance Gallery and our students.
Alternatively, I've decided to share with you a bit of The Dance Gallery's history and my own dedication to mentoring young dancers. It is my hope that with a clearer understanding of these histories and an understanding of The Dance Gallery's pathway to the future that families will be able to make informed choices about their children's dance school.
In 1964 I was recruited from England by Gweneth Lloyd and Betty Farrelly, co-founders of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, to teach for them at the Canadian School of Ballet in Kelowna. This early experience was instrumental in my commitment to building a strong technical foundation for all dancers whilst maintaining a high degree of professionalism. Most importantly this period was also where I recognized the importance of nurturing life-long student/teacher mentor relationships.
And so when I arrived in Kamloops over 40 years ago I chose to work for Judy Hunter's School of Dance as it had also been built upon similar standards and values. When I purchased the school and established The Dance Gallery in 1996 I remained committed to technical excellence and began to foster mentor relationships between our current and previous students and our teachers. I continue to work as a practical teaching supervisor for the Royal Academy of Dance with student teachers across BC. The Dance Gallery also provides ongoing opportunities for our young dancers to learn from our previous students who have established themselves professionally in dance companies, the theatre, and as choreographers. These relationships are built upon the provision of a space whereby all students can meet their greatest potential, in a safe and encouraging atmosphere.
It is with this in mind that I can confirm Lori Birk and Marylou Joseph will be integral components of The Dance Gallery as we move forward. Both Lori and Marylou embody the character and values The Dance Gallery aspires to and both share my commitment to the art of teaching and the inspirational mentorship of young dancers. Marylou will continue to lead the Ballet program and Lori will teach and choreograph both recreational and competitive jazz classes as well as lyrical and hip-hop classes.
The Dance Gallery remains an established business built upon a set of standards and values that have evolved from being a constant presence in the Kamloops dance community. Welcome back to a new season - we look forward to seeing you next week. And remember dance is your soul in flight!
Jer-Jess Lepp An amazing place to be a part of, best wishes for the year, this is an amazing, talented and commited group of women!
Amie Sharun I am so proud to be an alumni dancer from such an amazing studio(both judy hunters school of dance and the dance gallery) I am blessed to have the technical elements of dance embedded in me from Mrs. Duggan and Mrs. Joseph as it has taken me so far with my dance career professionally and in the teaching world. Not only did learn to dance but I was also taught incredible qualities that have helped me through my adult careers that aren't dance. Because of these amazing teachers, the love of dance has never left my heart and I continue to dance as much as possible while juggling a nurses schedule. I can't wait to come back and visit the studio and the wonderful teachers. I wish you all an amazing dance year. It's always a good one!
Judy Morris I can't begin to express to you our gratitude for the experience and knowledge you have shared with your students. You have been a mentor and inspiration to many young dancers...my 3 girls are only a very small part of that legacy. I hope that other prospective students realize their potential thru your tutorship. Thank you Maureen and staff for all you have done for them (and others) thru every year of our association.
Jamie Butter Joseph I second that. All of it.


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Ostrzeszów – Our Lady of Assumption church
The wooden parish church was built in the 13th century, just after the foundation of the city. The present presbytery was erected around 1337, and a not very large nave was added in 1360. The temple was founded from the foundation of king Casimir the Great. It suffered damage as a result of a fire from the end of the 15th century and a Swedish invasion in the middle of the 17th century. The church was renovated in 1721-1723 and in the years 1955-1959.
The church is a brick building consisting of a short nave and a narrower presbytery. Inside, there are fragments of medieval frescoes from the late fourteenth century, preserved in the presbytery. In the nave there are paintings from the beginning of the sixteenth century.
church of Our Lady, photo: S. Milejski, Wikimedia Commons
church presbytery
presbytery of the church, photo: S. Milejski, Wikimedia Commons


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Q: Indicator variables Suppose $n$ couples are randomly seated around a round table. Let $S$ be a random variable representing the number of couples where the two members are seated side by side. We are interested in $E(S)$ the expected number of couples that are seated side by side. Define $2n$ indicator variables, $X_i$, $i=1,2,3,\cdots ,2n$ such that.
$$\begin{cases}X_i=1 & \text{if person $i$ is seated beside their partner for $i=1,2,3,\cdots ,2n$}. \\
X_i=0 &\text{otherwise}\end{cases}$$
Find $P(X_i=1)$   Then use method of indicator variables to find $E(S)$.
I think that to find $P(X_i=1)$ I would say that, I will be sitting next to $2$ of the $2n-1$ people thus $P(X_i)=\frac{2}{2n-1}$.
Then to find $E(S)$ I would say that
\begin{align}E(S)&=\sum E(X_i)\\
&=n \frac{2}{2n-1}\\
&=\frac{2n}{2n-1}\end{align}
Am I on the correct track or am I completely off the mark??


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Q: IncompatibleClassChangeError: Phoenix JDBC connectivity I am trying to connect to HBase using Phoenix JDBC Driver and getting below error:
This is simple implementation of JDBC connection manager.
Caused by: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Class org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.ClusterIdProtos$ClusterId$Builder does not implement the requested interface org.apache.hadoop.hbase.shaded.com.google.protobuf.Message$Builder
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.ProtobufUtil.mergeFrom(ProtobufUtil.java:3154)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ClusterId.parseFrom(ClusterId.java:69)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKClusterId.readClusterIdZNode(ZKClusterId.java:75)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ZooKeeperRegistry.getClusterId(ZooKeeperRegistry.java:105)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.retrieveClusterId(ConnectionManager.java:879)
        at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionManager$HConnectionImplementation.<init>(ConnectionManager.java:635)

Based on my research it seems, I need to use some shaded package of phoenix-client. I am not able to figure it out.
Details:
Phoenix version: 4.9.0-HBase-1.1
HBase Version: 1.1.2


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import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;

public interface ResourceDAO<T> {

    public int getTotalCount(String owner);

    public List<T> getList(Map<String, Object> params);

    public T get(int id);

    public void create(T obj);

    public void update(T obj);

    public void remove(int id);

    @Autowired
    public void setSessionFactory(SessionFactory sessionFactory);
}

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