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Q: How can i simplify my code using LOOPS in VBA I need to copy contents from a column in one worksheet and paste it into another (at the same time making a total of 7 copies of each of the variable). There are multiple columns and each column has different no of variables. Unfortunately due to the size of the data my current code is not feasible. I have a feeling it can be written through a loop.
My logic was that if Excel can detect a text in a column then it should copy the cell under it and paste it in a range (thus creating 7 copies). Hope this makes sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is my code:
Sub SimpleCopy()

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C114:C120")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C121:C127")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C128:C134")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C135:C141")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E7").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C142:C148")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E8").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C149:C155")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E9").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C156:C162")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E10").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C163:C169")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E11").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C170:C176")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E12").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C177:C183")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E13").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C184:C190")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E14").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C191:C197")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E15").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C198:C204")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B205")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C205:C211")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C212:C218")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("F5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C219:C225")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B226")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C226:C232")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C233:C239")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C240:C246")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("G6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C247:C253")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B254")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C254:C260")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C261:C267")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C268:C274")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C275:C281")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H7").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C282:C288")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H8").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C289:C295")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H9").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C296:C302")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H10").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C303:C309")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H11").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C310:C316")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H12").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C317:C323")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("H13").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C324:C330")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B331")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C331:C337")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C338:C344")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("I5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C345:C351")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B352")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C352:C358")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C359:C365")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C366:C372")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C373:C379")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J7").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C380:C386")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("J8").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C387:C393")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B394")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C394:C400")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C401:C407")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C408:C414")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C415:C421")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K7").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C422:C428")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K8").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C429:C435")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K9").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C436:C442")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K10").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C443:C449")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K11").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C450:C456")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L2").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("B457")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L3").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C457:C463")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L4").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C464:C470")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L5").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C471:C477")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L6").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C478:C484")
End If

If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("K2")) = True Then
Worksheets("Investor Data").range("L7").copy Worksheets("Data Base").range("C485:C491")
End If

End Sub

A: First of all, welcome.
Secondly, the first thing you could easily avoid, is running the same if over and over.
So instead of checking If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").range("E2")) 13 times, and doing one thing each time, you could just check it once, and do all 13 things.
Then, of course, comes the part you are asking about, looping.
There are a lot of places where you can read up on how to loop thing in different ways, but as long as we have a pattern, we can do a loop.
So for the first part, E2, you could have a loop like this;
If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").Range("E2")) = True Then
j = 114
For i = 3 To 15
    Worksheets("Investor Data").Range("E" & i).copy Worksheets("Data Base").Range("C" & j & ":C" & j + 6)
    j = j + 7
Next i
End If

This will go through E3-E15 dictated by the for loop, by replacing the row number with the variable used. (Side note, shouldn't you copy E2 too?)
There are probably some even better way of doing it, but that is an example of a simple loop.
Since the amount of rows in each column differ, we can't just slap this in a bigger loop and call it a day.
You could do a few smaller loops, but I leave that up to you for now.
Good luck.
edit
One comment is talking about functions, which would be one way to do the same thing a lot of times, but with lot less code.
Sub callCopy()

Dim startRow As Long
startRow = 114
Call copySub(startRow, "E", 15)
Call copySub(startRow, "F", 5)
Call copySub(startRow, "G", 6)
Call copySub(startRow, "H", 13)
Call copySub(startRow, "I", 5)
Call copySub(startRow, "J", 8)
Call copySub(startRow, "K", 11)
Call copySub(startRow, "L", 7)

End Sub

This first sub calls the second private sub. This could've been a function, but those are used when you want to return something. Instead we use a private sub:
Private Sub copySub(startRow As Long, iCol As String, iRows As Long)
Dim i As Long
If Application.WorksheetFunction.IsText(Worksheets("Investor Data").Range(iCol & "2")) = True Then
For i = 2 To iRows
    Worksheets("Investor Data").Range(iCol & i).copy Worksheets("Data Base").Range("C" & startRow & ":C" & startRow + 6)
    startRow = startRow + 7
Next i
End If

End Sub

The second sub is just my first example, but with more variables put in. These are then set in the parentheses when calling the sub.
I replaced the fixed numbers for the column C in the database with a variable, so calculating would be easier. But you can just change it to a fixed number when calling if that suits your needs better.


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Now when the browser is launched but the URL it receives is
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Everything after and including the # is cut off. What can I do to open the complete URL in the browser?

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DEAR ABBY: My 12-year-old grandson lies often. His parents are trying to give him consequences for his lying as a "team effort." I don't want to be the stern grandma and have him have bad memories of me. When he lies to me, should I look the other way and ignore it or follow through with my own consequences? -- GRANDMA IN ST. PETE, FLA.
DEAR GRANDMA: Would you prefer your grandson remember you as the grandmother whose eye he could spit in, tell her it's raining and she would accept it? It would be better to ask him why he feels it is necessary to lie to someone who loves him, tell him that you expect honesty from him and if you don't receive it there will be MORE consequences. Remember, you are also a part of the team, and this is an important life lesson he needs to learn.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.


On Friday 8 February three club members, Larry James and Tim and Sharon Sawyer, grace the stage as they talk about their experiences working to attain their first photographic distinctions.
The Credit award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (CPAGB) requires ten images that meet high standards of quality and composition. The speakers explain how they made their choices and which of their images did particularly well.


Last week the members of the Residents of the Exchange District here in Winnipeg had an opportunity to meet with Mayor Brian Bowman. He told us about some of his visionary ideas for the city and we talked to him about our concerns and questions.
One priority for the mayor is increasing funding to the arts. Since many galleries, studios and performance venues are located in the Exchange District this could be particularly important to our area of the city.
I'm a huge Shakespeare in the Ruins fans and can still remember almost every play I've seen by the talented company. I've been going to their performances for years. I loved their presentation of The Tempest, their Romeo and Juliet in a parking garage and their production of Amid Summer Night's Dream in a downtown park. Last year's Comedy of Errors was a complete delight. We took visitors from Hong Kong and they were so impressed.
1. The sound of the rain stick accompanying the orchestra.
2. The huge arching whale bones that were part of the set.
3. The fact that Asian dancers were cast in aboriginal roles.
4. The glowing turtle shell.
5. The hymns I recognized in the music score.
6. The priests' sinister costumes.
7. The way the stars twinkled through the birch bark trees.
8. The voice overs that described how the first immigrants to Canada would never have survived without their First Nations neighbors.
9. The way Gordon, the main character, had a model of a residential school on his back, and it kept weighing him down to the floor, and Annie, the woman trying to help him, kept lifting the school off his back, but each time it pushed him back down.
There weren't too many surprises for me in the movie Gone Girl which we saw on Friday night. I had read the book so I knew what was coming plot wise. There were however two surprising lines of dialogue that caught my attention.
The first was the mention of Winnipeg. The movie's heroine Amy played by Rosamund Pike gets in trouble and calls a former boyfriend Desi played by Neil Patrick Harris to come and rescue her. They rendezvous at a casino. A man bumps into Desi and Amy at the casino bar and says he is sure he recognizes Amy.
"I have two children and I can't imagine having them taken away from me like that." Royal Winnipeg Ballet artistic director Andre Lewis is talking about how First Nations children were sent to residential schools across Canada. That experience is the focus of the ballet company's new work Going Home Star. The work was inspired by local aboriginal activist and politician Mary Richard who passed away in 2010. According to Lewis it brings together not only the aboriginal and non-aboriginal community in our country but a group of incredibly talented Canadians. I have tickets for opening night. I went to hear Andre Lewis give a talk about Going Home Star at the Millenium Library last week and here's five reasons I'm really excited about the performance.
1. I was a North of 60 fan and its star Tina Keeper is one of the producers of Going Home Star.
Our friends Meena and Anil are visiting us from Hong Kong and we took them out to the Peasant Cookery, a favorite Exchange District restaurant of ours. The window ledges are decorated with artistic fowl sculptures in wood or ceramics and jars of canned fruits and vegetables. The Peasant Cookery boasts that it offers 'real food from the land' and we knew from our past visits that the food would be excellent and the service friendly.
We decided to order five different dishes from the eclectic menu and share them all. Our meal was first rate.
and bread pudding with Guinness ice-cream and a caramel sauce for dessert. Despite his look of concern in this photo our waiter was attentive and very pleasant and earned extra bonus marks from us when my husband asked him who his favorite Winnipeg band was and he replied, "Royal Canoe," the band our son plays in. After dinner we were off to the Trappist Monastery in St. Norbert to see this years' Shakespeare in the Ruins production of The Comedy of Errors. It was a near perfect night. The rain held off and it was just cool and windy enough to keep the mosquitoes at bay. We had warm blankets provided by the theatre troupe. We moved around the monastery grounds to see the different scenes from the play. It was done in such an entertaining fashion, the humor bawdy and the acting a bit 'over the top' in a good way. The actors made it so easy to follow the rather complicated plot of mistaken identity that near the end of the play when it was revealed that identical twins had been mixed up throughout the drama, a little boy about three or four years old in the audience blurted out, "Why there's two of them." Even he understood the plot resolution. The Peasant Cookery staff and Shakespeare in the Ruins company helped us show off our city to our Hong Kong friends in first class style.
I laughed. I cried. I know that's a cliché but it's what happened yesterday when we attended the play Kim's Convenience at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. Kim is a Korean teacher who immigrated to Canada as a young married man to make a better life for his family. He buys a convenience store in a Toronto neighbourhood and spends his life behind the counter.
But Kim knows the store is not what his life is all about. "This store is not my story," he says to his children. "You are my story." That was one of the lines that brought tears to my eyes.
Kim's children's stories have not turned out as he hoped. His son ends up in trouble with the law, has a fight with his father, and runs away from home with all the money from the store safe. Now married with a son of his own and working at a dead-end job in the car rental business he has maintained his relationship with his mother but he and his Dad are estranged. Kim's daughter is 30, a professional photographer who can't afford to live on her own and isn't married.
One morning a real estate developer offers Kim a bundle for his convenience store. Should he sell it and retire or is there still a chance one of his children will want the business? As the family goes through the day we are treated to a window on their lives.
I think the reason the audience laughs so often, and becomes so engaged with the play is because as they observe the family's interactions they see their own family. Whether they are of Korean, Polish, Ukrainian, Jewish or Mennonite origin they recognize characteristics of their own families in the Kims. They see their own grandfathers and fathers in Mr. Kim's old-fashioned ways and pride in the 'old country.' They see their own kids in the Kim children who are having trouble deciding what they want in life and their mothers and grandmothers in Mrs. Kim's steadfast love and loyalty to her family.
The play is only on for a few more days. Go and see it. You'll laugh. You'll cry.
I've been getting to know St. Cecilia. We have this great painting of her at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. It is by Giuseppe Puglia and was painted in 1630. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of music and in this painting she has turned from her violin to talk to the cherub beside her holding some sheet music.
Then on November 22 we went to hear the Winnipeg Singers in a concert called Happy Birthday Ben! Love Cecilia. It featured four pieces of music written in honor of St. Cecilia by composer Benjamin Britten. Turns out Benjamin and the patron saint of music were both born on November 22 although Cecilia was born in the second century and Benjamin Britten in 1913.
Lots of other composers besides Benjamin Britten have written music celebrating St. Cecilia and the Winnipeg Singers performed some of their pieces too including works by Purcell, Gounod and Victor Mio as well as a special Hymn to St. Cecilia composed by Michael McKay just for the Winnipeg Singers concert.
A verse in the Hymn to St. Cecilia composed by Benjamin Britten with words by W. H. Auden celebrates the role the venerated woman plays in musicians' lives.
This month I went to hear Winnipeg musician Nathan Rogers give a concert featuring the songs of his famous father Stan Rogers at the West End Culutral Centre. It was a great show! I did a post on my blog What Next about it called Nathan Rogers: A Family Story That Tugs at Your Heart Strings. Why not check it out?
1.The message of this work is important- just how easy it would be for women to lose all the freedoms and legal rights they have worked so hard to win in the last fifty years.Seeing the ballet reminded me how tenuous the independence woman have now might be. It is especially scary that in The Handmaid's Tale the loss of women's rights comes as a result of religious conservatism. There are many places in the world where the subjugation of women is justified for religious reasons.
2. The main character in the ballet is Offred. She is called that because she is the property of a man named Fred. She doesn't have her own identity. She is just 'of Fred.' In my mother's generation women were known in a similar way. My mother for example was often referred to publicly as Mrs. Paul Peters or my mother-in-law as Mrs. Cornie Driedger. Their husband's first and last names were used as if their own female names didn't matter or weren't important.
3. Ballet tells a story in such a different and unique way from other genres. Scenes are drawn out and explored in-depth. This can make it slow-moving. It can also make it more thought-provoking.
4. Would I have followed the story if I hadn't read the book and seen the movie? Margaret Atwood's book The Handmaid's Tale on which the ballet was based is a favorite of mine. I have read it many times and just read it again before the ballet, so I knew what was happening in every scene. I'm not sure however that someone who hadn't read the book would have followed along. Perhaps though my perception of this is a result of the fact that have seen very few ballets in my lifetime and am not as adept at following a story told through dance as more regular ballet viewers would be.
5. In The Handmaid's Tale society is completely controlled by men. When my grandmothers were first married they were still considered their husbands' property here in Canada and didn't have the right to vote.
6. I wondered if a ballet is designed like a film frame by frame. There were many beautiful 'frames' in this ballet- moments that would have made stunning photographs.
8. As I re-read the book before the ballet and watched the ballet, I was reminded of how important a 'balance of power' is between men and women. In the story ( in the ballet the woman's past is shown in flashback video that plays on a screen on stage) the main character had a loving family relationship prior to being a slave/handmaid. At one point the government takes away women's jobs so they can no longer work. Almost immediately the main character notices a subtle shift in her relationship with her partner even though they love each other, because he now has more financial/ cultural/ social power than she does.
9. I marvel at the dedication of ballet dancers, the hours of practice they must invest, the personal sacrifices they must make and the physical stamina they require.
10. The score for the ballet was a compilation of very appropriately chosen musical pieces performed by outstanding musicians from the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. I did wonder however what an original score for the ballet would have sounded like if someone had written one.
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Philippines Ranks Higher Than The United Kingdom, Singapore And Japan In Latest Global Well-Being Index
By WhenInManila
• June 27, 2015
It really is more fun in the Philippines, at least according to the latest Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index, which places the country in 43rd spot and ahead of many other countries, some of which may surprise you:.
The latest Global Well-Being Index: Panama leads the way
The Global Well-Being Index measures well-being across five elements (purpose, social, financial, community and physical) and individual responses are categorized as thriving, struggling or suffering. It is based on more than 146,000 surveys in 145 countries and areas, and captures how people feel about and experience their daily lives. The analysis then ranks countries based on the percentage of the population that is thriving in three or more elements of well-being.
The top five countries with the highest well-being are Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Switzerland and Belize, while the places with the unhappiest inhabitants are Tunisia, Togo, Cameroon, Bhutan and Afghanistan.
The Philippines ranks 43rd, ahead of the UK
The Philippines ranks in 43rd place, behind countries like Germany (28), Australia (40) and Malaysia (41), but the index also places the land of 100 million smiles way ahead of other Asian countries like Thailand (50), Taiwan (59), Indonesia (73), Japan (92), Vietnam (93) and even Singapore (97). That's right, citizens of the Philippines enjoy a higher general well-being than those of super clean and hyper efficient Singapore – or at least that's what this survey suggests.
Not so much fun to be in Spain or Italy right now, according to the study
Peter Choueiri, President, Healthways International, commented: "Through scientific and peer-review research, we know that improving a population's well-being has a significant impact on increasing performance and lowering healthcare costs. The fact that only 17% of the world's population is thriving in three or more elements of well-being represents a huge opportunity for country and community leaders, employers, insurers and any population health stakeholder. There are proven interventions that these leaders can and should leverage to improve the health and well-being of their populations and, at the same time, create measurable economic value."
Singapore ranks a low 97th out of a total 145 countries
Arnaud Bernaert, Senior Director, Head of Global Health and Healthcare Industries, World Economic Forum, added: "Global leaders are becoming increasingly focused on truly understanding the health and productivity of their populations. We need standardized global measurements and comparative data to help nations identify their biggest opportunities for improving the lives of the people within their borders. These insights will guide future investments in health and well-being."
So, what do you think? Is the study accurate and citizens of the Philippines really enjoy a greater general well-being than any Brits, Singaporeans or Italians? Let us know what you think in the comments. You can read the whole report for free by following the below link:
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The Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside by Amanda Hesser is part memoir, part cookbook. The book is designed around the seasons, beginning in January and going through to December. Hesser tells the story of her life in a chateau kitchen in Burgundy and how it intertwines with the chateau's garden and its keeper, the elderly Monsieur Milbert.
Each month of the year receives its own chapter with a description of what is going on in the garden at that time of year and what gets cooked in the kitchen. The rest of the chapter is devoted to seasonal recipes using the garden produce.
If you are an avid gardener, or, are seriously interested in eating seasonally, you will enjoy this book. I did find that many of the recipes seemed very "French" (of course this is a book about living in France!) and thus perhaps too involved, or too "out there" for my taste. But, the book as a whole is very inspiring, and filled with ideas on what to grow, how to grow it, and how to cook with it. The author gives very clear, detailed instructions, so you are sure to be able to make the recipes she gives you.
I tried two recipes from this book: a soup and a salad. Both turned out very well. I loved the presentation of the egg salad and found that I could make the salad with whatever greens and herbs I had around, improvising on the recipe while keeping to the main idea. And the soup was delicious! I was skeptical at first, but upon tasting it felt like it was worthy of a fancy restaurant. I'll be making it again, and perhaps taking up the author's idea of freezing it in large batches when zucchini is abundant.
Hard boil the eggs: bring a large pot filled with water to a boil. Add the eggs and cook for 11 minutes. Plunge the eggs in cold water and peel them. Sometimes it helps to run them under cold water as you peel them. The water runs between the thin skin that covers the egg and loosens it, making peeling much easier. Use a thin knife to cut them in half lengthwise.
In a small bowl whisk 2 Tbsp. of the olive oil, the mustard, and cream until well emulsified and smooth. Dress the greens: In a large mixing bowl, combine the greens, season with salt, and pour over the remaining tablespoon of olive oil. Toss well to coat all the greens.
Pile the greens on a large round plate. Set the egg halves on the greens in the center of the plate. Season them with salt and drizzle on the mustard dressing. Generously sprinkle the herbs over them and then some pepper. Serve immediately. If the eggs are slightly warm, all the better.
Peel and seed the zucchini: zucchini rarely needs much prepping, but for this dish you want a light-colored, smooth soup, so some work is required. Begin by cutting off the stem and flower ends close to the zucchini flesh. Then use a vegetable peeler to peel the skin from the zucchini. (If it bothers you to waste this, you may include it; or reserve it and saute the strips of skin in olive oil for another meal.) Cut the zucchini lengthwise in half, then in quarters. If the zucchini are older and the seeds are large, you will want to remove them by laying each quarter on its side and cutting along where the seeds and flesh meet. Discard the seeds. If the zucchini are very young, the seeds are usually insignificant and can remain a part of the soup. Now cut the quarters crosswise into even-sized cubes (about 1 inch).
In a large saute pan, warm the olive oil with half of the grated lemon zest, all of the zucchini, and the garlic, shallot, and white wine. Season lightly with salt, and lay a piece of parchment paper or a lid over the mixture to cover. Sweat over medium-low heat, stirring from time to time, for 20-30 minutes, until the zucchini is soft all the way through and there are just a few tablespoons of liquid remaining in the pan. You may have to do this in two batches if you do not have a very large pan. If so, omit the garlic and shallots from the second batch.
Heat through, adjust the seasoning, and ladle into four individual bowls. Serve warm or cool, drizzling with olive oil (or cream) and sprinkling some of the remaining grated lemon zest on top of each serving just before going to the table.
I would love to be a gardener but as of yet all I seem to be able to do are herbs in a sort of raised garden. This egg salad really does look delicious.
Yesterday evening we ate a beautiful summery meal out on the terrace with friends. It was one of those rare evenings where the sun actually shone warmly. I'm still getting used to being up at 10 p.m. and it's still light!! So different from Uganda where night falls at 7 o'clock on the dot..
Anyway the menu was a huge fresh salad of a crunchy assortment of different salad leaves, vivid red and yellow peppers, gorgeous cherry tomatoes, sliced English cucumbers and a generous sprinkling of sesame seeds, dried herbs and fresh herbs from our friend's herb garden outside. Lovely!! And I didn't have to wash the lettuce or tear it up or do pretty much anything. The joys of Europe!!
To go with that, we had freshly baked rolls (not homemade though!! You just buy a packet and stick them in the oven) and my secret recipe of macaroni cheese with ready-grated cheese and chopped ham as well as a cream sauce.
The dessert was the real crowning glory of the meal though. A lovely crisp tart base (thanks, Jamie Oliver!!) was topped with plenty of whipped cream (piped out of a bottle!! No whipping, beating, etc. Yah!!) and all those glorious fresh berries I was talking about!! :-D Strawberries, blackberries & WHIPPED CREAM!! Bliss..
Apparently this is what the esteemed Willis was takiln' 'bout.


Hidden Links Fort Myers is a gated community within the master-planned development of Gateway. Located off of Daniels Parkway just east of I-75, Hidden Links is minutes from the airport, Red Sox spring training facility and shopping/dining at Gulf Coast Town Center. This quaint community features single-family and coach homes, many with lake and preserve views as well as views of the Tom Fazio designed Gateway Golf & Country Club golf course. You can find these Hidden Links Fort Myers homes to have between 3 and 4 bedrooms and at least a 2 car garage.
Hidden Links Fort Myers features its own community swimming pool, but the most unique amenity in Hidden Links is the putting green in one of the cul de sacs within the community. If residents would like to take advantage of all the amenities within Gateway, they may choose to join the social membership and gain access to the swimming pool, soccer field, jogging trails, aerobics studio, baseball field, basketball court, clubhouse, fitness center, lake, picnic area, playground, tennis court, tot lot and volleyball court. Residents of Hidden Links Fort Myers also have the option of joining the golf membership, but it is not required.
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Rienzi Plantation Oaks—Two of the oaks on the grounds at Rienzi are registered with the Live Oak Society and one, named "The Pilgrimage Oak," is one of the Live Oak Society's original 43 member trees compiled by Dr. Edwin Lewis Stephens before his death. (Read about the Live Oak Society here.) Rienzi's oaks were probably planted around 1800, making them at least 200 years old and possibly older.
About Rienzi Plantation—Around 1792 – 1794, Henry Schuyler Thibodeaux moved from New York and settled on the Acadian Coast in St. James Parish. He supposedly received a Spanish land grant for property on Bayou Lafourche and moved to a location that would eventually become Rienzi Plantation, sometime between 1794 and 1801. Though according to a census taken after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Thibodaux claims to have lived on and developed his property in Lafourche for nearly a decade. Around 1810, he purchased land near the present-day town of Schriever and built a plantation he named St. Bridgette, after his 2nd wife Bridgette Belanger. This became his family's home until his death in 1827.
In the early 1800s, Thibodaux accumulated significant land holdings between Thibodaux and present-day Houma. In 1822, he purchased land on the west bank of Bayou Lafourche, a portion of which he donated to create the heart of the developing village that was named Thibodeauxville, in his honor (later shorted to Thibodaux).
Three Governors who lived at Rienzi—Besides being an area planter and landowner, Henry S. Thibodaux entered politics and public service as first a local Justice of the Peace. After the Louisiana Purchase, he was elected to the Louisiana territorial legislature and later as a state senator once Louisiana became a state in 1812. In 1824, while serving as president of the state senate, Thibodaux stepped in as the acting fourth governor of Louisiana when the third governor, Thomas B. Robertson, resigned to accept an appointment as a federal judge.
Henry S. Thibodaux sold the Rienzi property around 1814 to William Fields, a local planter, businessman, and architect, who is attributed with building the current plantation home. In 1824, William Fields sold the house and property to Henry Johnson, an attorney, and politician who was elected the fifth governor of Louisiana also in 1824, replacing acting governor, Henry S. Thibodaux. Eleven years later in 1835, Johnson sold the Rienzi property to Thomas Bibb, who had been the second governor of Alabama from 1820 to 1821. It was under Bibb's ownership that the plantation was first called "Rienzi." The name supposedly came from a novel and Wagner opera popular during the 1840s about a 14th-century Italian patriot.
Architecturally, Rienzi's design is unusual for plantation homes of the period. It has cruciform (crossing) hallways on both the first and second floor and brick walls throughout (inner and outer walls). And the walls of the home are aligned to the four cardinal directions. Since being purchased by the current owner in 2012, the home has undergone significant restoration.


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Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2021
Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021
Time: Lobby opens at 6:30 - Films from 7:00 - 9:00
This annual friend and fundraiser for Missouri River Relief always warms our hearts during the cold winter months, jump-starting the organization for another season on the river. This year, we will be taking our film festival to a virtual platform to ensure the safety of our staff, volunteers, and participants. We know things won't quite be the same, but we will be putting the same love and care into this festival and film lineup.
Click here to purchase your tickets for this virtual event.
$5 Students & Educators - Welcome all students and educators! Please use your .edu email address to purchase
$10 General Admission - A ticket for just you, or you and a loved one to enjoy the festival together
$25 Family pack - This pricing tier is designed to support Missouri River Relief while watching our film festival with your entire pod on the big screen at home
$35 Film Fest Fan - A link to watch the festival and a $25 donation to Missouri River Relief
$50 Catalyst Sponsor - A link to watch the festival and a $40 donation to Missouri River Relief
$75 Visionary Sponsor - A link to watch the festival and a generous donation. We will also add your name to our event webpage as a thank you for your support
After creating a Qudio account and purchasing your ticket you will receive an email from Qudio. Make sure to save your password and check your spam/junk folder. You will receive an additional email from Qudio close to the event day with the viewing link and instructions.
Missouri River Relief will also send out detailed instructions for attending this event the day before the event.
Special Local Feature
"Trash to Treasure" - Dr. Mark Morgan, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri - Columbia
It's hard to imagine that an environmental problem is also a solution in disguise. Removal of Asian carp from our waterways addresses two important, but seemingly unrelated issues – invasive species and malnutrition. For Midwesterners, these fish are a bane. For Haitians, they are a blessing. Discover the interdependence between people and nature in surprising ways. Click here to learn how you can be part of the solution.
"Rocky Intertidal Zones (Oregon)" - Irene Tejaratchi Hess
Filmed on the stunning Oregon Coast, this short film follows a 7-year-old boy as he explores rocky intertidal zones. Prehistoric creatures and art materials further inspire musings about ancient and present-day life.
"Detroit Hives" - Palmer Morse & Rachel Weinberg
East Detroit urban beekeepers Tim Paule and Nicole Lindsey are a young couple working to bring diversity to the field of beekeeping and create opportunities for young Detroit natives to overcome adversity. Detroit ranks fourth in the United States for the most vacant housing lots with well over 90,000 empty lots to date. In an effort to address this issue, Detroit Hives has been purchasing vacant lots and converting them into buzzing bee farms. 'Detroit Hives' explores the importance of bringing diversity to beekeeping and rebuilding inner-city communities one hive at a time.
"Last Call for the Bayou: On A Wing & A Prayer" - Nadia Gill
Louisiana's delta is a veritable bounty of rich estuarine life, supporting a robust commercial fishing industry, fertile oil fields, millions of migrating waterfowl, and at the heart of it all the mighty Mississippi - a navigation channel that allows the passage of goods worldwide. The erosion of Louisiana's wetlands is one of the greatest environmental threats the US faces today. Every hour a chunk the size of a football field is lost. Without a mitigation strategy, the marine economy, oil and gas, and even the citizens of New Orleans will be seeking refuge elsewhere in 30 years or so.
"Sounds of Survival" - Katie Garrett
Deep in the emerald cloud forests of Cusuco National Park of Honduras, scientists are on a quest to record the never-before-heard call of the endangered exquisite spike-thumb frog (Plectrohyla exquisita). What ensues is both a delightful portrait of the process of scientific discovery and an inspiring example of the power of sound as a tool for conservation.
"The Guardian Elephant Warriors of Reteti" - Katy Garton
Reteti Elephant Sanctuary is the first-ever community-owned and run elephant sanctuary in Africa. This oasis where orphans grow up, learning to be wild so that one day they can rejoin their herds, is as much about the people as it is about elephants. It's a powerful story about the changing relationship between people and the animals they are protecting.
"If You Can Hear My Voice: The Fight to Ban Chlorpyrifos" - Martin do Nascimento
Claudia Angulo's son was born with developmental delays after she was exposed to chlorpyrifos during her pregnancy. Now, she's fighting for a ban on the pesticide. "If we want things to change, we have to work together," Angulo says. "Don't stay silent. Don't just sit around at home. Stand up and make your voices heard."
"Nature Now" - Tom Mustill
Made with no flights, recycled footage, and zero net carbon. Given away for free. Viewed 53 million times, played to the United Nations. This film is a personal and passionate call to arms from Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot to use nature to heal our broken climate.
"SANCTUARY" - Shane Anderson
Set against the backdrop of the North Umpqua's most famous tributary, Steamboat Creek, which was recently designated as the Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Sanctuary, filmmaker Shane Anderson documents how these famed waters impacted Soul River, a group of veterans and urban youth as they learn about steelhead trout research by Pacific Rivers and meet conservation heroes Frank and Jeanne Moore. 'Sanctuary' explores the healing powers of wild places and rivers and the need to create more sanctuaries on public lands.
"Every Nine Minutes" - DJ O'Neil
Every nine minutes, the weight of a blue whale (300,000 pounds) in plastic makes its way into our ocean. To call attention to this, the Monterey Bay Aquarium built a life-sized replica of a blue whale made of single-use, locally sourced plastic trash. Certified by Guinness World Records, the whale is the largest sculpture of its kind ever built.
"ROCK-PAPER-FISH" - Connor Gallagher, Colin Arisman
Every year, all five species of salmon return to the Chilkat River and sustain the communities of Haines and Klukwan, but now a modern-day gold rush is underway in the mountains above the river's headwaters. 'Rock-Paper-Fish' offers a vivid look into the lives of Alaskans grappling with questions as immense as the place they call home.
Thank you to these generous local donors for making this event possible!
Luminary Sponsor
Visionary Sponsor
This spot is reserved for those generous donors that have given through the ticketing process.
Silent Auction Donors
Dr. Sandra S. Hoffmann, Mandala Medical Services, LLC
Doris Guillory, Loving Hands Massage
Drew Lemberger, Mount Nebo Inn
Marsha Zimmermann Ely
Laura Waldo-Semken
Sarah Kendrick
Thank you to the artists, business owners and community members for their generous donations to our silent auction!
About the Film Festival
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is organized and produced by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) in Nevada City, CA. Their flagship festival is held anually in Nevada City and Grass Valley, California and spans 5 days featuring over 100 films, workshops, visiting filmmaker and activist talks, family-friendly programs and art exibitions.
Missouri River Relief is a part of the Wild & Scenic's On Tour program along with 250 enviromental nonprofits, schools, museums and businesses across the country. We have the honor of choosing from a diverse lineup of outdoor adventure & environmental films from around the globe.


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"It is a requirement of IJSEM and the ICSP that authors of new names and new combinations provide evidence that types are deposited in two recognized culture collections in two different countries (i.e. documents certifying deposition and availability of type strains). Papers will not be accepted until such documentation has been received by the Editor."
"3.1.1 Type strains
All type strains must be indicated at each occurrence in the text, tables and figures by a superscript capital T (e.g. ATCC 13546T =IJSM 0819T). The Code requires the designation of a type strain for a new species and recommends the deposition of a culture, the type strain. Type strains must be deposited in at least two or more public culture collections from two or more countries and accession numbers must be provided. An extensive listing of culture collections is available online at http://gcm.wfcc.info/cclist.
3.1.2 Patent strains
Authors must inform the Editors, and must indicate in the paper, whenever strains under study are involved in a patent process. Strains other than the type strain should carry the superscript 'PP' if a patent is pending and 'P' if a patent has been issued for a type or any other strain. The description of a new species cannot be published while a patent is pending upon the intended type strain because that strain would not be available for study. In this circumstance, authors are to wait until the patent is issued."
Parker, C.T., Tindall, B.J., and Garrity, G.M. (2019) International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 69: S1-S111.
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James Ambrose Johnson Jr. (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004), better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in his teenage years. He was in various bands before entering the U.S. Navy Reserve to avoid being drafted into the army. In 1964, James deserted to Toronto, Canada, where he formed the rock band the Mynah Birds, who eventually signed a recording deal with Motown Records in 1966. James's career with the group halted after military authorities discovered his whereabouts and eventually convicted him of desertion related charges. He served several months in jail.  After being released, James moved to California, where he started a variety of rock and funk groups in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

After forming the locally popular Stone City Band in his hometown of Buffalo in 1977, James finally found success as a recording artist after signing with Motown's Gordy Records, releasing the album Come Get It! in 1978 which produced the hits "You & I" and "Mary Jane". In 1981, James released his most successful album, Street Songs, which included career-defining hits such as "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak", the latter song becoming his biggest crossover single, mixing elements of funk, disco, rock and new wave. James was also known for his soulful ballads such as "Fire & Desire" and "Ebony Eyes". In addition, James also had a successful career as a songwriter and producer for other artists including Teena Marie, the Mary Jane Girls, the Temptations, Eddie Murphy and Smokey Robinson.

James's mainstream success had peaked by the release of his album Glow in 1985 and his appearance on the popular TV show, The A-Team. His subsequent album releases failed to sell as well as their predecessors. Rapper MC Hammer sampled James's "Super Freak" for his 1990 hit, "U Can't Touch This" which won Best R&B Song at the 1991 Grammy Awards. James received his only Grammy for composing the song. By the early 1990s, James's career was hampered by his drug addiction and he was embroiled with legal issues. In 1993, James was convicted for two separate instances of kidnapping and assaulting two different women while under the influence of crack cocaine, resulting in a three-year sentence at Folsom State Prison. James was released on parole in 1996 and released the album Urban Rapsody in 1997. James's health problems halted his career again after he had a mild stroke during a concert in 1998, and he announced a semi-retirement.

In 2004, James's career returned to mainstream pop culture after he appeared in an episode of Chappelle's Show. The segment involved a Charlie Murphy True Hollywood Stories–style skit that satirized James's wild lifestyle in the 1980s. This resulted in renewed interest in his music and that year he returned to perform on the road. James died later that year from heart failure at age 56.

In November 2020, James's estate confirmed the sale of a 50% stake in his publishing and masters catalog to the Hipgnosis Songs Fund, founded by Canadian music industry executive and entrepreneur Merck Mercuriadis.

Life and career

Early life
Johnson was born on February 1, 1948, in Buffalo, New York, to Mabel (née Sims) and James Ambrose Johnson Sr. He was one of eight children. He was an altar boy and choir member at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. James's father, an autoworker, left the family when James was 10. His mother was a dancer for Katherine Dunham, and later worked as a cleaner in the day, and as a numbers-runner for the Buffalo crime family at night to earn a living. James's mother would take him on her collecting route, and it was in bars where she worked that James saw performers such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Etta James perform. James claimed later, in the autobiography Glow, that he lost his virginity at "age 9 or 10" to a 14-year-old local girl, claiming his "kinky nature came in early." James eventually attended Bennett High School prior to dropping out. James was introduced to drugs at an early age and was arrested for burglary as a young teen. Due to his stints in jail for theft, James entered the United States Navy Reserve at 14 or 15, lying about his age, to avoid the draft. During that time, he also became a drummer for local jazz groups in New York City. Due to his missing his twice-monthly Reserve sessions aboard , he found himself ordered to Vietnam.

Early career
In 1964, James fled to Toronto. Soon after his arrival three drunk men tried to attack him outside a club; a trio of other men came to his aid. One of them, Levon Helm, was at the time was a member of Ronnie Hawkins' backing band. Helm invited James to their show later that night and he ended up performing onstage with the band. In Toronto, James made friends with local musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. To evade US military authorities, James went under the assumed name "Ricky James Matthews". That same year, James formed The Mynah Birds, a band that produced a fusion of soul, folk and rock music. In 1965, the band briefly recorded for the Canadian division of Columbia Records, releasing a single, "Mynah Bird Hop"/"Mynah Bird Song". At one point, Nick St. Nicholas, later of Steppenwolf fame, was a member; by the time "Mynah Bird Hop" was recorded bassist Bruce Palmer had replaced him. James and Palmer recruited guitarists Tom Morgan and Xavier Taylor and drummer Rick Mason to form a new Mynah Birds lineup, and soon traveled to Detroit to record with Motown. Before the group began recording their first songs for the label, Morgan left, unhappy about the label's attitude toward the musicians. Neil Young eventually took his place. It was while in Detroit that James met his musical heroes, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. After meeting Wonder and telling him his name, Wonder felt the name "Ricky James Matthews" was "too long" and told James to shorten it to "Ricky James".

In 1966, a financial dispute in Toronto between James and the Mynah Birds' handler, Morley Shelman led to Motown's learning of James's fugitive status with the Navy. Hoping to prevent any scrutiny, Motown execs told Rick they would not be releasing any more of his material and convinced him to come back and work with them after straightening out his legal issues. James surrendered himself to the FBI, and, in May 1966, was sentenced by the Navy to five months' hard labor for unauthorized absence. He was not yet 19 years old. James escaped from the Brooklyn Naval Brig after only six weeks' confinement, but following another six months as a fugitive, surrendered himself a second time. With help from his mother, James found legal assistance from his cousin, future Congressman Louis Stokes, and another attorney, former Marine Captain John Bracken, who pled James's second court-martial down from a potential five years' hard labor to five months. After his release from Portsmouth Naval Prison in August 1967, James returned to Toronto and endured another detention, initially derailing resumption of his career with Mynah Bird bandmate Neil Merryweather, with whom he would later collaborate, first at Motown and then in Los Angeles.

In 1968, again working under the pseudonym Ricky Matthews, James produced and wrote songs at Motown for acts such as The Miracles, Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, and The Spinners. According to James, he briefly got involved in pimp activity during this time, but stopped because he felt he was not qualified for it due to the harsh activity and the abuse of women there. It was during this third stint at Motown that James met musician Greg Reeves. Reeves, hoping to find a better situation than the US$38 a week (US$ in  dollars) he was earning as a session bassist for Berry Gordy, joined James, looking to "hitch a lift from Neil Young's rising star," and relocated to Los Angeles.

On one of his first nights in Los Angeles, James was crashing on musician Stephen Stills' couch. When he awoke, he saw a stoned young man sitting on the floor in the lotus position. The man's wrists were bleeding so a scared James sought help. James was later formally introduced to the man who was Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors. After the Doors opened for Buffalo Springfield at the Whisky a Go Go, Morrison tricked James into taking acid.

In California, James initially worked as a duo with Greg Reeves, but soon after James introduced Reeves to Neil Young, it was Reeves, not James, who was hired as bassist for the newly formed rock supergroup, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Around this time James formed several versions of the rock band Salt'N'Pepper and got involved with hair stylist Jay Sebring, who agreed to invest in his music. James claimed that in 1969 Sebring invited him to attend a party at actress Sharon Tate's house, but he was too hungover to get out of bed. The next morning, he discovered that Sebring had been murdered when he saw the Los Angeles Times headline "Sharon Tate, Four Others Murdered."

In 1970, James and Salt'N'Pepper member Ed Roth participated in the recording of Bruce Palmer's solo album The Cycle Is Complete. The duo also recorded as part of the group Heaven and Earth in Toronto. Heaven and Earth eventually changed their name to Great White Cane and recorded a self-titled album for the Los Angeles label Lion Records, released in 1972. James formed another band, Hot Lips, afterwards. He also briefly replaced Mendelson Joe in the Toronto blues band McKenna Mendelson Mainline. During this period, James and Mainline guitarist Mike McKenna co-wrote the song "You Make the Magic", which would later be released by The Chambers Brothers as a B-side to their single "Boogie Children."

Solo career
In 1973, James signed with A&M Records, where his first single under the name Rick James, "My Mama", was released in 1974, becoming a club hit in Europe.

In 1976, James returned to Buffalo and formed the Stone City Band. Shortly thereafter, he recorded "Get Up and Dance!", his second single to be released. In 1977, James and the Stone City Band signed a contract with Motown's Gordy Records imprint, where they began recording their first album in New York City.

In April 1978, James released his debut solo album, Come Get It!, which included the Stone City Band. The album launched the top 20 hit, "You and I", which became his first number-one R&B hit. The album also included the hit single, "Mary Jane". It eventually sold two million copies, launching James's musical career to stardom, and helping out Motown Records at a time when label fortunes had dwindled. In early 1979, James's second album, Bustin' Out of L Seven, followed the previous album's success, eventually selling a million copies. A third album, Fire It Up, was released in late 1979 going gold. Around that same period, James launched his first headlining tour, the Fire It Up Tour, and agreed to invite the then-upcoming artist, Prince, as well as singer Teena Marie, as his opening act. James had produced Marie's successful Motown debut album, Wild and Peaceful and was featured on the hit duet, "I'm a Sucker (For Your Love)". James was credited with naming Marie, "Lady Tee", on the song, a nickname that stuck with Marie for the rest of her career. The Fire It Up tour led to James developing a bitter rivalry with Prince, after he accused the musician of ripping off his act.

Following the end of the tour in 1980, James released the ballads-heavy Garden of Love, which became his fourth gold record. In 1981, James recorded his best-selling album to date, Street Songs, which like his previous four albums, was a concept album. Street Songs featured a fusion mix of different genres, including rock and new wave, as well as James's brand of crossover funk, enabling James's own style of "punk funk". The album featured hit singles such as "Ghetto Life", the Teena Marie duet "Fire and Desire", "Give It to Me Baby", and his biggest crossover hit to date, "Super Freak", which peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold over 1 million copies. Street Songs peaked at number one R&B and number three pop and sold over 3 million copies alone in the United States. Following up that success, James released two more gold albums, 1982's Throwin' Down and 1983's Cold Blooded.

During this period, when Prince also became a success as a producer of other acts including The Time and Vanity 6, James launched the acts Process and the Doo-Rags, and the Mary Jane Girls, featuring his former background singer Joanne "JoJo" McDuffie as the lead vocalist and background performer, finding success with the latter group, due to the hits, "All Night Long", "Candy Man", and "In My House". In 1982, James produced the Temptations' Top 10 R&B hit, "Standing on the Top". In 1983, James recorded the hit duet, "Ebony Eyes", with singer Smokey Robinson, as well as a ballad "Tell Me What You Want" with an introduction by Billy Dee Williams. In 1985, James produced another hit for entertainer Eddie Murphy with the song "Party All the Time". That same year he appeared on an episode of The A-Team with Isaac Hayes. After the release of his ninth solo album, The Flag, in 1986, James signed with Warner Bros. Records, which released the album Wonderful in 1988, featuring the hit, "Loosey's Rap".

James's controversial and provocative image became troublesome sometimes. Famous for promoting the use of marijuana live in concerts during a time that simple possession could lead to a long-term prison sentence, James was often threatened by cops in various cities that he would be arrested if he smoked marijuana on stage during performances of songs such as "Fire It Up" and "Mary Jane". According to Kerry Gordy, most Motown executives erroneously thought the latter song was a "simple cute love song to a girl" not knowing the song was about marijuana.

James's overtly sexual bravado made it tough for him to be a bigger mainstream act. After the debut of the fledgling music video network MTV in August 1981, James tried to present the music video to "Super Freak" to the label, only for the channel to turn the video down. James accused the network of racism. MTV denied this, stating the real reason "Super Freak" was turned down by MTV was because they felt James's video was too vulgar for the channel. When younger artists such as Michael Jackson and Prince found fame on the channel, James accused the two singers of being "tokens" in a 1983 interview, demanding that any black artist that has a video aired on MTV take their video off the channel in protest. James's rant was cosigned by David Bowie, who argued with MTV VJ Mark Goodman about the lack of black artists being featured on the channel despite the successes of Jackson and Prince.

When MTV and BET both avoided playing the video for "Loosey's Rap" because of its graphic sexual content, James considered the networks hypocritical in light of them still playing provocative videos by artists such as Madonna.

Decline
In 1989, James's 11th album, Kickin', was released only in the UK. By 1990, he had lost his deal with Reprise/Warner Bros., and James began struggling with personal and legal troubles. That year MC Hammer released his hit signature song, "U Can't Touch This", which sampled the prominent opening riff from "Super Freak". James and his co-writer on "Super Freak", Alonzo Miller, sued Hammer for shared songwriting credit and all three received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 1991.

In 1997, James released Urban Rapsody, his first album since his release from prison on assault charges and he toured to promote the album. That year, he discussed his life and career in interviews for the VH1 musical documentary series, Behind the Music, which aired in early 1998. James's musical career slowed again after he suffered a minor stroke during a concert in 1998. He was featured on the song "Love Gravy" with Ike Turner for the 1998 soundtrack album Chef Aid: The South Park Album. James accepted an offer by Eddie Murphy to appear in the comedy-drama Life (1999).

Resurgence

Chappelle's Show
In early 2004, after years out of the spotlight, James participated in a comedy sketch on Chappelle's Show, in a segment called "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories." James and Murphy recounted humorous stories of their experiences together during the early 1980s. During the sketch, James's character, played by Dave Chappelle, utters the now famous catchphrase, "I'm Rick James, bitch!" The sketches were punctuated by James, explaining his past behavior with the phrase, "Cocaine is a hell of a drug!"

James enjoyed a career revival after his appearance on the show. He supported Teena Marie's tour of her album La Doña and toured with her in May 2004; playing with her at the KBLX Stone Soul Picnic, Pioneer Amphitheatre, Hayward, California. James gave his last public appearance and performance at the fourth annual BET Awards on June 29, 2004. He performed a live rendition of "Fire & Desire" with Teena Marie. James called out a girl backstage who didn't recognize him by saying, "Never mind who you thought I was, I'm Rick James, bitch!" The audience erupted and gave James a standing ovation as he walked off the stage.

Autobiography
At the time of his death, James was working on an autobiography, The Confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak, as well as a new album. The book was finally published in 2007 by Colossus Books and features a picture of his tombstone. Noted music journalist/biographer David Ritz, who had been employed by James to work on the book with him, later said that this version did not truly reflect how the musician wanted himself portrayed. In 2014, Ritz published his own, re-edited version, Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James.

Documentary
In 2021, James was the subject of a documentary film ''Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James'' directed by Sacha Jenkins that was produced and broadcast by Showtime. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the documentary has 100% positive reviews from 13 professional reviewers.

Personal life

Relationships and children
James had two children with Syville Morgan, a former singer and songwriter. They had a daughter, Tyenza, and a son, Rick Jr.

James dated actress Linda Blair from 1982 to 1984. They met after James read an interview where Blair called him sexy. He contacted her and spent time getting to know the actress during a short stint living at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood. Early in their relationship, Blair became pregnant and had an abortion. James wrote in his memoir, "I loved Linda and it hurt me that she would choose to abort our child without even wanting to talk to me about it first. I still look back on her choice with sadness and wonder about our baby, and how having that child might have changed my life." His hit song "Cold Blooded" was about his relationship with Blair. "It was about how Linda could freeze my blood," he wrote in his memoir.

In 1989, James met 17-year-old party-goer Tanya Hijazi. The two began a romance in 1990. In 1993, the couple had their only child and James's youngest, Tazman. Following their respective releases from prison for assaulting Mary Sauger and Frances Alley, they married in 1996 and divorced in 2002.

James was very close with Teena Marie, whom he met and began collaborating with in 1979. Teena Marie stated they were engaged "for two weeks." Their professional partnership lasted into 2004, when Marie released her comeback album, La Doña, which included her and James's duet "I Got You". When James died, Teena Marie said she was "devastated by his death" and struggled with a painkiller addiction following his passing.

Friendships
James had a close friendship with Eddie Murphy, whom he met in 1981. He was also close to Murphy's older brother Charlie Murphy, who worked as a security guard for his brother. On the Chappelle show skits, Charlie Murphy recalled occasions of mistreatment by James.

James was good friends with actress Debbie Allen. Allen once invited James to a Broadway show and sent a car to pick him up; during the show, James fell asleep due to exhaustion from prior sexual activities. Afterwards, Allen confronted him in the dressing room. She pinned him down and pleaded that he was throwing his life away. "All you do is get high and have sex," she said. He promised to change his ways, but he broke his promise that same night.

James was also a friend of fellow Motown act performers Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye, singers James idolized as a teenager. Additionally, he befriended Gaye's second wife, Janis, and he was godfather of Gaye's daughter Nona. James's relationship with Robinson began shortly after James signed with Motown and, in 1983, the duo recorded the hit "Ebony Eyes".

James also idolized former Temptations lead singer David Ruffin and Ruffin's self-proclaimed cousin, bass vocalist Melvin Franklin, and grabbed at the chance to produce the hit "Standing on the Top" for them in 1982. Before that, the then-current lineup of the group recorded background vocals on two James-associated projects—James's Street Songs (singing "Ghetto Life" and "Super Freak") and Teena Marie's It Must Be Magic (singing on the title track). In "Super Freak", "It Must Be Magic", and "Standing on the Top", James famously shouted out, "Temptations, SING!"

Substance abuse and health problems
James's substance abuse began in his teens, first with marijuana and heroin. He began using cocaine in the late 1960s. His cocaine addiction increased by the 1980s, and he began freebasing by the end of the decade. When he smoked crack cocaine in his Beverly Hills mansion, he often put aluminum foil on the windows to block onlookers. Although James claimed that he quit cocaine when he entered prison, his autopsy showed there was a small amount of the substance in his bloodstream at the time of his death.

His drug use led to major health problems. In April 1984, he was hospitalized after being found unconscious at his house by a friend. In 1998, James suffered a stroke after a blood vessel ruptured in his neck during a concert at Mile High Stadium in Denver. Earlier that year he had hip replacement surgery to repair bone damage "from jumping around on stage and substance abuse."

Kidnapping and assault convictions
By the 1990s, James's drug abuse was public knowledge. He was heavily addicted to cocaine and later admitted to spending about $7,000 per week for five years straight. On August 2, 1991, James and his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi were arrested on charges of holding 24-year-old Frances Alley hostage for up to six days, tying her up, forcing her to perform sexual acts, and burning her legs and abdomen with the hot end of a crack cocaine pipe during a week-long cocaine binge. James faced a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted on all charges, which included assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated mayhem, torture, forcible oral copulation, false imprisonment and kidnapping.

On November 3, 1992, while out on bail for that incident, James, under the influence of cocaine, assaulted music executive Mary Sauger at the St. James Club and Hotel in West Hollywood. Sauger claims she met James and Hijazi for a business meeting, but said the two then kidnapped and beat her over a 20-hour period.

James was found guilty of both offenses but was cleared of a torture charge that could have put him in prison for the rest of his life. While serving his five-year sentence at Folsom Prison, James lost a civil suit to Sauger, who was awarded nearly $2 million in damages in 1994. James was ordered to pay her about $1 million; the hotel and a private security firm were found liable for nearly $750,000 in damages due to negligence. James was released from prison on August 21, 1996, after serving more than two years.

In 1998, James was accused of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman, but the charges were later dropped. In 2020, James's estate was sued for $50 million by a woman who accused him of raping her when she was 15 years old at a group home for troubled youths in Buffalo, New York in 1979. The suit was later dismissed.

Death

On the morning of August 6, 2004, James's caretaker found him dead in his Los Angeles home at the Oakwood Toluca Hills apartment complex, just outside Burbank. He was 56 years old. His longtime publicist, Sujata Murthy, released a statement to the media stating he died of natural causes. James died from pulmonary failure and cardiac failure, associated with his various health conditions of diabetes, a stroke, pacemaker, and heart attack. His autopsy found alprazolam (Xanax), diazepam, bupropion (Wellbutrin), citalopram (Celexa), hydrocodone, digoxin (Digitalis), chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine and cocaine in his blood. However, the coroner stated that "none of the drugs or drug combinations were found to be at levels that were life-threatening in and of themselves".

Following a public viewing for fans, a private memorial was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills. A public funeral was held at St. John Baptist Church in Buffalo, New York on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2004, with an estimated 6000 fans attending the viewing, and cremation following the service; a free tribute concert took place later that day in Martin Luther King Park. James was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

Accolades
James received the following honors:
 1982: American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Street Songs)
 1996: Inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.

Grammy Awards
James was nominated for three Grammy Awards, winning one as a co-writer for MC Hammer's song "U Can't Touch This".

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Discography
James's entire Motown Records back catalogue was released in 2014 on iTunes for the first time in digitally remastered form. This marks the first time many of his albums have been widely available since their initial releases. Physical copies of James's albums, namely Fire It Up, Garden of Love and The Flag, have become rare and highly sought after by fans.

Studio albums
 Come Get It! (with The Stone City Band, 1978)
 Bustin' Out of L Seven (1979)
 Fire It Up (1979)
 Garden of Love (1980)
 Street Songs (1981)
 Throwin' Down (1982)
 Cold Blooded (1983)
 Glow (1985)
 The Flag (1986)
 Wonderful (1988)
 Kickin' (1989)
 Urban Rapsody (1997)
 Rick James Forever (2005)
 Deeper Still (2007)

References

Bibliography

External links
  – official site

 Rick James, The Mynah Birds and Neil Young
 Rise & Fall of a Super Freak

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Q: Pivotal Tomcat Server Developer Edition v3.0-config is missing I am trying to run a sample program in spring tool suite. I am not able to run the Pivotal server and am getting the error message shown in the attached image.
Please can someone provide some suggestions to help.
Thanks in advance.

A: After many weeks of frustration with this I think the answer is even easier than I thought.  My workaround was to keep installing a new server every time this happens.  Needless to say this clutters my workspace with many servers and wastes time.
Turns out that the darn server folder say Server7 or whatever server you are using in your STS  MUST BE OPEN!!!   This may seem obvious but as I open and close different projects I am working on I always click on "close unrelated projects".  Well this also closes the Server folder on my workspace!  I think the problem is just this simple.  Now to talk to the STS people to see if we can make the server intelligent enough to auto open the folder when we click start if it is not already open because I do appreciate being able to "close all unrelated projects" often.  Hope this saves some people some frustration.
Also double click your server in server view.  In the overview page make sure server configuration points to the directory of the server you are using.  In my example it would be Server9.  You will notice that if this Server folder is closed in package explorer it will not even be an option to choose.  This is when the light bulb went off for me why it could not find the server-config file.  See illustrated picture for guidance
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ps. I finally found my Skitch for Linux alternative = Hotshots

UPDATE: to keep the server from closing when I click "close unrelated projects" simply right click the project and choose properties/project references then put a check mark next to the associated server of this project.  Then when you click "close unrelated projects" the server will remain open.

A: This is due to that fact that server project might be closed. Please keep that open before performing deployment.

A: delete the server and reinstall pivotal server or install tomcat 7.0 or tomcat 8.0. Tomcat is better option as the error logging better and less cache problem


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Q: Apache Spark distribute multiple .DAT files to workers I am new to Apache Spark and I want to distribute .DAT files to workers in my cluster so each of the workers process different files. I put my 4 files on a shared disk. My cluster has 1 master and 2 workers. I want to achieve that each of the workers process 2 of these files. So I tried this:
def my_func(file_to_process):
    # do something with file
    return x, y

conf = SparkConf()
conf.setMaster(mySparkMasterUrl)
conf.setAppName('Simple app')
sc = SparkContext(conf=conf)

files_to_process = ['s:/file1.DAT', 's:/file2.DAT', 's:/file3.DAT', 's:/file4.DAT']
dist_files_to_process = sc.parallelize(files_to_process)
processed = dist_files_to_process.map(lambda file: my_func(file))
collected = processed.collect()

So for example worker1 would process file1.DAT and file2.DAT and at the same time worker2 would process file3.DAT and file4.DAT. But what happens is that one worker process all the files and the second one is not doing anything. Any help or ideas please?