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Dairygold's cereal prices for harvest 2017 finalised
This week Dairygold has finalised its cereal prices for harvest 2017, with prices remaining "sluggish" due to another "large global harvest".
Despite the sluggish market, Dairygold claims that it has demonstrated its support for and commitment to its cereal growers by "paying leading prices".
It also reiterated that it is "committed to maximising the use of native Irish cereals across its range of feedstuffs".
All prices are subject to quality adjustments as per cereal purchasing terms and conditions.
A price of €160/t for contract malting barley is also being offered. Similarly to the above prices, it is excluding VAT at 5.4% and is based on 20% moisture.
All of the prices listed above are inclusive of the premium based on minimum purchase terms, Dairygold explained.
Farmers who have contract beans for sale will receive a price of €163/t; this price will drop by €3/t to €160/t for non-contract beans. Again, prices are not inclusive of VAT at 5.4% and are based on moisture at 20%.
In relation to oilseed rape, a price of €360/t (excluding VAT at 5.4%) is being quoted by Dairygold. This price is based on a crop produced at 9% moisture.
News of Dairygold's cereal price list for 2017 comes as the company recently announced plans to enhance its store network, as part of a major €11.5 million store investment plan over the next three years.
The investment plan will include: store development and enhancements; establishing new purpose-built stores at certain existing locations; the upgrade of some older stores; and the integration of some stores.


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There are some days that we don't take a moment to reflect on exactly why people treat us the way that they do. Did we offend them? Did I say something or do something to make people think I am disrespectful? The look on my face often gives people the impression that I am aggravated (resting bitch face runs in my family). Did my presence aggravate or improve the circumstance?
I have to hold myself responsible for my participation in the matter. Regardless of how bad I made myself look, my behavior and/or response to the situation was the only thing that I could control. I cannot control the behavior of others, I cannot rethink your thoughts – hence, my role was to reflect and respond in the best way possible. Reflect being the hard part.
We don't always take time to reflect, to take a look within and inventory of what we have to contribute or have already given away. That isn't an option, yes you read correctly. There can no longer be a "tumble down the stairs" approach to life, because that is how you break an ankle. That is how you break relationships, hearts and your life. Own what you did and used the reflection to improve on what you do. It takes a lot of self examination but it is all worth it in the end. This isn't some exercise in self punishment, more so it is giving yourself the opportunity to grow.
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Hi guys! Hope you're having a great Monday and if not it's going to be bettwe right now because I have a brilliant guest post from Anna Bell! Her brand new and shiny "It Started with a Tweet" has just been released as an ebook and will be available in paperback on 28th December, and what can I say guys, it's a brilliant, humorous book and I loved every single minute of it!
It Started with a Tweet by Anna Bell
Publisher: Zaffre
Publishing Date: 7th December 2017
Source: Received from publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review, thank you!
Number of pages: 416
Genre: Romance, Women's Fiction
Buy the Book: Kindle | Paperback (out on 28.12.2017)
Can Daisy Hobson log off for love…?
Could you survive a digital detox? This hilarious new romantic comedy from the author of The Bucket List to Mend a Broken Heart is perfect for fans of Lucy Diamond and Sophie Kinsella.
Daisy Hobson lives her whole life online. A marketing manager by day, she tweets her friends, instagrams every meal and arranges (frankly, appalling) dates on Tinder. But when her social media obsession causes her to make a catastrophic mistake at work, Daisy finds her life going into free-fall . . .
Her sister Rosie thinks she has the answer to all of Daisy's problems – a digital detox in a remote cottage in Cumbria, that she just happens to need help doing up. Soon, too, Daisy finds herself with two welcome distractions: sexy French exchange-help Alexis, and Jack, the brusque and rugged man-next-door, who keeps accidentally rescuing her.
But can Daisy, a London girl, ever really settle into life in a tiny, isolated village? And, more importantly, can she survive without her phone?
Anna Bell belongs to my auto – buy authors, guys, and I really don't need to read the blurb to her new book because I know it's going to be brilliant and just my cup of tea. I fell in love with her writing style, and her stories are not only incredibly hilarious but also close to life and full of wonderful, livid characters, and I am always waiting impatiently for her new release.
The heroine, Daisy, was such a typical Anna Bell's character – bubbly and quirky, full of life, always getting in troubles but in the end always learning her lesson, and I bloody loved her. You couldn't not like her, even though you sometimes wanted to throttle her and feel desperate with her, but mostly she was really a brilliant person. She was honest and straightforward and felt so realistic and when she got herself into this huge trouble I couldn't help but fell and feel for her, even though it happened of her own making.
Meet Jack. So grumpy and so introverted but oh my word, so gorgeous, so funny and he very quickly became one of my favourite characters in this book. The blossoming relationship between him and Daisy was simply the best, so awkward and so genuine and one of the greatest moments in the story were the letters (yes! Letters! Don't forget about Daisy being on a detox, and the fact that there was never reception didn't help as well) that Daisy and Jake sent to each other – oh boy, they were so honest and so funny! It was so heart – warming, and so sweet and I so wanted to bang their heads together sometimes, as – of course! OF COURSE! – nothing is straightforward in life in fiction, right, and there are few bumps and turns on the (muddy) road to their happiness. One of them is the sexy Frenchman Alexis – oh, he's going to stir up troubles!
Even though I spent endless hours on social networks I hope I'm not as extreme as Daisy, though the story really made me think and I promised myself to cut those hours spent scrolling down on Twitter or Facebook. However, I can go without my phone. Really. Lately I even once forgot to take it with me to work. Yes, I felt funny and insecure but I survived. But maybe it wouldn't be too bad to go on a digital detox myself? To start see things again? To pay more attention to the outside world? This book is a real eye – opener, guys.
Anna Bell's writing style is so light and easy. It is chatty and I had a feeling as if someone was recounting me the story and not as if I was reading it. She can so easily engage with her readers, both thanks to the topics she chooses and to her writing style, and it is so easy to connect to her characters and everything she writes about, especially as the social media stuff is such a hot topic nowadays. I think all of us can relate to Daisy, in this way or the other, with her need to stay up to date with all the news on Facebook or Twitter.
"It Started with a Tweet" was such a light, funny and entertaining read but it also touched on some more important and serious issues, and I loved how well Anna Bell interwoven them into the story, how she mixed the light – hearted and heavier stuff together and delivered a brilliant and up – to – date and close to reality story that rings the bell oh so much and that we can relate to. It was full of laugh – out – loud moments and I was all the time smiling when reading it. Full of embarrassing moment and surprises and I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what's going to happen next. Another cracker from the lovely Anna Bell – highly recommended!
How ideas evolve
Every novel has a starting point. A small kernel of an idea that sparks off the project. For It Started With A Tweet it was the idea that the two main characters would fall in love with each other by writing letters. It was a simple idea with a huge question to solve: why would they write letters? Why wouldn't they speak in person? Why would they not text or use a messaging app? And so the process began . . .
At first I thought I'd set my novel in rural France where I live. Lots of British people move over to France and buy run down properties that they renovate. There are also a lot of people that choose to live off grid and don't have mobile phones (we often can't get reception) and don't have TVs etc. It seemed at first like it would make the perfect setting, but when I started to plan the novel I realised it presented a lot of problems. The villagers would have to be french, would my main character be able to speak the language? The location seemed to create as many problems as it seemed to solve and that's when I decided to set it in Cumbria.
Cumbria was a great setting as it's remote enough to suffer from mobile phone black spots and old derelict farmhouses are relatively cheap to buy (compared to other areas in the UK). It was the perfect place and to create an easily believable scenario where my main character could be easily away from having phone and internet. Only something was still niggling at me. Why couldn't the main character walk into the village and use a phone box? And surely they'd be able to get signal somewhere for her to text. I needed more of an incentive to keep her offline and that's when the digital detox was born.
The digital detox idea seemed perfect. It gave the book a real focus (and a plot) as the book became about Daisy's digital addiction and what happened when her sister Rosie forced her offline. The first draft saw Daisy fired from her job because she'd forgotten to send important emails – she was too distracted all the time by her mobile. When I sent it to my editors they loved her digital detox but they felt her reason for going wasn't strong enough. They suggested that Daisy make a digital faux pas. It was a great idea and I knew almost immediately how it could happen. There's a scene near the beginning where Daisy goes on the Tinder date from hell and it lent itself beautifully for her to tweet something about the date accidentally from her work account rather than her personal one. It tied the whole novel together instantly and it even lent itself to the title of the book.
It takes roughly eighteen months between the initial idea and the moment I see the finished book on the shelf and the end product is usually unrecognisable. With each draft the ideas evolve and change. I think that's why I love writing so much – you never know where your ideas are going to take you!


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Riverside CSC started the year with a bang as they hit the goal trail against Brechin. Jude Young found the net five times with Reuben McCulloch and Nathan MacDonald both grabbed hat tricks.
Chinedu Akunna scored a late double as Riverside recorded an emphatic win.
Brechin took the points in these sides first league meeting thanks to a 4-2 win and they made the perfect start to the match when Rennie McMillan fired in the opener.
The Brechin man showed good feet at the edge of the Riverside box before firing a shot into the top left corner after eight minutes.
Brechin required some last ditch defending to deal with Jude Young's cutback as Riverside went in search of the equaliser, which was provided by Reuben McCulloch shortly after.
Jayden Herd saw his strike saved by keeper Logan Simms only for the ball to fall to McCulloch, who fired the ball into the empty net.
Riverside took the lead after 17 minutes when hesitation in the Brechin defence allowed Young to nip in and fire the ball home.
Brechin nearly struck back straight away when Liam Davidson's through ball reached Ben Campbell who saw his well struck effort tipped over by Harris Morton.
Shortly after, Riverside's two scorers combined to extend their lead as Young slipped the ball through to McCulloch, who checked away from two Brechin defenders and passed the ball into the corner of the net.
The Young and McCulloch partnership was proving fruitful for Riverside, with the latter completing his hat trick eight minutes before the break. Young provided the pass and McCulloch slotted the ball through the legs of Simms to increase Riverside's lead.
McCulloch turned provider for Young when his clipped ball from the left was swept home by the winger.
Riverside captain Nathan MacDonald powered into the box and fired the ball past Simms to give Riverside a five-goal lead at the interval.
Young looked to have completed his hat trick early in the second half when he was found by Herd in the box, but Brechin's stand in keeper Simms stood up and denied the Riverside man.
As they had done in the first half, Brechin grabbed the first goal of the half when William Keillar volleyed the ball over Morton into the net from the edge of the box.
Any hopes of a comeback were quickly extinguished as MacDonald drove into the Brechin box and re-established Riverside's five-goal lead with another low strike.
Kenzi McMillan went close with a dipping strike as Brechin continued to fight on, while Young continued to look for his hat trick at the other end. MacDonald released the winger who dragged his shot wide of the mark.
MacDonald took his tally to three on the hour mark with wat would prove to the first of five Riverside goals in the final 10 minutes.
The captain once again using his strength and pace to charge into the box and fire past Simms.
Two minutes later he turned provider for Young with a lofted pass that Young collected before drilling the ball home.
Young scored again a minute later from Connor Robertson's pass before setting up Chinedu Akunna for a simple close-range finish.
Riverside weren't finished there as Young added a fifth goal with a neat backheel flick, before Akunna completed the scoring in the final minute with a composed finish.


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Okay, I've had it; I've really had it, with people – including some "progressives" – who continue to beat that boring and nonsensical drum that President Obama is just like George W. "OBusha?" Really?
Well, I guess it depends on what type of logic you use: One could say that I'm just like Mike Tyson . . . except he's male and I'm female, he's a former heavyweight boxer and I've never stepped into a ring, he's black and I'm white. The only thing we have in common is road rage . . . but other than the million ways we're different, using the logic of those who talk about "OBusha," Tyson and I are one and the same, two peas in a pod. The leap in logic required to say that President Obama is like George W is more like a catapult.
President Obama has dismantled many of the Bush-era horrors. You can read about all of President Obama's accomplishments atjackandjillpolitics.com, which I'm not going to list here – but for the sake of pointing out the differences between the two . . . well, for example, as his first act in office, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law – a law that had been shot down under W. He breathed new transparent life into the Freedom of Information Act, and overturned Bush's limits on what federal information is disseminated. President Obama has increased infrastructure spending . . . Bush, on the other hand, never made infrastructure a priority, the only president since Hoover who didn't.
Unlike Bush, President Obama didn't cozy up to the credit card companies, and in fact ended the Bush-era policy of protecting them. Under President Obama, we now have consumer protections where there were none, and the vultures' predatory practices have been banned. Unlike the practices under Bush, credit card companies are now prevented from arbitrarily raising rates.
President Obama, as a Harvard-educated person, actually has some respect for scientific studies – not Jack in the Beanstalk theories, as the right is famous for endorsing. President Obama, unlike Bush, doesn't have his staff rewrite the results of scientific and environmental studies and reports just because the results come into conflict with a warped belief that everything was created by god and that the presence of god explains it all.
Under Bush, corporations who outsourced jobs continued to be rewarded with tax breaks . . . not under this President. President Obama ended that practice.
We've all heard that President Obama has ballooned the deficit – well, when you use honest accounting instead of trickery and gimmicks, it's true that the numbers aren't as small. Bush (along with Reagan) didn't list certain federal programs in his federal budget – he hid programs (including, amazingly, the costs of the war) to make the budget look smaller (and, of course, to give Fox News and right-wing pundits something to bleat about, with the constant refrain of how President Obama has blown the top off the deficit). What Fox doesn't mention is that now, under President Obama, those pesky little budget items that Bush deep-sixed are included in the annual budget – including the costs of two wars.
Despite the fact that Republicans claim to be lovers of all things military, including our soldiers, under President Bush the "stop-loss" policy kept soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan longer than their enlistment date. That's over under this President. And while we're talking about the military, Republicans, who grab every opportunity for a military photo-op to demonstrate their alleged support, didn't do squat to actually help our soldiers or their families. It took this "liberal" president to order the Pentagon to cover the costs of families of fallen soldiers if they want to be there when the body arrives back in the US; it took this "liberal" president to end the Bush "blackout" on media coverage of our fallen soldiers; it took this "liberal" president to end Bush's "blackout" policy on media coverage of war casualties; it took this "liberal" president to order better body armor for our troops, work to increase pay and benefits for the military, improve military housing, initiate a policy to hire military spouses, fund new Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles (which are less vulnerable to roadside bombs), improve conditions at military hospitals, improve benefits for veterans, and authorize money to build more care centers for veterans. Under this supposedly militarily weak president, Don't Ask/Don't Tell was repealed. Under this supposedly militarily weak president, soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan return to a new and improved GI bill. Under this supposedly militarily weak president, the process of increasing the size of Special Ops units, improving technology and creating cyber security units was implemented. Unlike Bush, President Obama has made "no-bid" defense contracts a thing of the past. Unlike Bush, President Obama "suspended the Bush-era decision to purchase a fleet of Marine One helicopters from suppliers in favor of American made helicopters." And Republicans paint themselves as patriotic?
If it weren't for massive Republican opposition, the prison at Guantanamo Bay would have been closed; if it weren't for massive Republican opposition and scare tactics by the right, terrorists would be housed at a new U.S.-based "super max" facility instead of Gitmo. The fact that nobody has ever escaped from a Super Max facility hasn't prevented right-wing pundits from predicting a bloody, Freddy Krueger-like outcome should terrorists be housed in a U.S. prison.
I have one thing to say to those who call President Obama "OBusha": "OBullshit."


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The Everyday Bicycling program rode with a lot of bicyclists in 2017. Since the weather is supposed to turn colder this time of year the adult education team doesn't offer many classes. Instead, we take a brief pause to scan behind and discover what worked in 2017, then set our sights on 2018 and beyond. Below are some highlights from the year.
A few hundred new bicyclists
This year our team of instructors led 30 adult Learn to Ride classes across DC, Arlington, and (for the first time!) Prince George's County, and the City of Falls Church.
- More than 400 folks attended a class and 80% of them were riding by the end of the morning!
- That means 320 new riders are enjoying the trails and roads on two-wheels today!
Our season has wrapped up for the year, but if you know someone that still wants to learn how to ride, consider sharing the joy of life on two wheels by setting up a private class—many of WABA's instructors enjoy teaching one-on-one.
Riding confidently
More than 200 people (mostly grown ups, but also kids) attended a City Cycling class in 2017. In 3 hours time participants learned some skills and tips to enjoy the great trails and also how to make the commute with traffic less stressful and more fun. In addition to the confidence learned, community building was gained.
- WABA ran 25 City Cycling classes in Montgomery County, DC, Alexandria and Arlington in Virginia.
- WABA ran two family biking classes in DC – one discussing the challenges of riding with youth attached to the bike, while the other focused on the joys of riding with youth on their own bike in the city.
- WABA ran a youth bike rodeo in Montgomery County.
- WABA trained National Park Service Rangers that work along the Anacostia River Trail.
Want to bring a City Cycling class to your office for your employees? Email us: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Building community
Navigating the streets in the region on a bicycle can be tricky, which is why WABA offers slow, no-drop community rides.
- To date, WABA led 220 community members through the neighborhoods discussing ways to avoid the door zone and how to deal with tricky intersections.
- We shared thousands of fun facts and trivia questions.
- For the first time, WABA led a Community Ride in Fairfax County.
- We've got one ride left on the calendar for 2017 – come and ride with us!
Bringing biking to work
The Everyday Bicycling team worked off of the bike too.
- WABA shared the key components to start commuting by bike with more than 300 people in Everyday Biking Seminars at workplaces across the region. The point of this seminar is to encourage people to try a regular trip by bike instead of car.
- WABA met with and had honest conversations with the supervisors and safety trainers of DC Circulator buses about using the road with pedestrians and bicyclists, through the creation and launch of WABA's Bicycle Friendly Driver program.
Training the trainers
WABA welcomed 14 new certified bicycling teachers. The League of American Bicyclists certifies cycling instructors across the country, but about once a year, we run a special certification course to help us ensure that we have a varied and exciting team of instructors that are connected to the communities in which we teach.
Planning for 2018
WABA is excited for all the work the team did in 2017 to make bicycling better for everyone in the region. By taking advantage of the best practices of this year and working from some new ideas to improve the program in 2018 – the Everyday Bicycling Program can't wait for the weather to turn warmer. Hopefully, we'll see you (or a friend) in a class or on a ride next year!


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Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2018, Page: 38-50
Longitudinal Analysis of Cereal Yields in Ghana
Alfred Kwabena Amoah, Ghana National Ambulance Service, Brong Ahafo Regional Administration, Sunyani, Ghana
Received: Sep. 13, 2018; Accepted: Oct. 6, 2018; Published: Nov. 14, 2018
DOI: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20180402.12 View 748 Downloads 77
The aim of this study was to investigate cereal crop yields in Ghana. It was set out to specifically determine whether there is a significant difference in the yields across the ten regions in Ghana and also find out an evolution in the yields among the regions. A multivariate data of two major cereal crops (Maize and Rice) produced and consumed in Ghana from 2005 to 2014 was obtained from Statistical Research and Information Department (SRID) of Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) model as summarized by Casella & Berger (2002) and Linear Mixed Model (LMM) by Faraway (2007) were employed for the study. Diagnostic plots for the fitted LMM revealed a valid model for the analysis. The study revealed that significant differences exist in the yields of the two major cereal crops in all the regions in Ghana. Further analysis by LMM indicated that the yields of maize and rice varied between and within the regions of Ghana with maize yields having much less variability than rice yields. It also indicated that there is consistent decelerating trend in maize yields and gradual increasing trend in rice yields across all the regions in Ghana. Based on these findings, we recommend that intensive support must be given to farmers who engage in cereal crops production in all the regions in Ghana to help reduce this variability in the two major cereal crop yields (maize and rice).
Longitudinal Analysis, Multivariate Analysis of Variance, Linear Mixed Model, Yields, Rice, Maize
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Alfred Kwabena Amoah, Longitudinal Analysis of Cereal Yields in Ghana, International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications. Vol. 4, No. 2, 2018, pp. 38-50. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20180402.12
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While working as a railway newsboy on the Detroit-Port Huron line, Tom Edison often stopped in Mount Clemens. He made friends with station agent J. U. Mackenzie and in 1862 saved Mackenzie's young son from death by a train. In gratitude Mr. Mackenzie taught Tom Edison railroad telegraphy. From his training Tom became a qualified railroad telegrapher and worked during the 1860s at this occupation. Some of his earliest inventions were based on the telegraph.
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Boston Early Music Festival announces the full schedule for the 2019 Festival & Exhibition: June 9-16, 2019 in Boston
"Arguably the most important and influential Early Music event in the world." –BBC Radio 3
Cambridge, MA – The Boston Early Music Festival announces the full schedule for the 2019 Festival and Exhibition – themed Dreams and Madness – taking place from June 9 to June 16 in Boston, Massachusetts. The 20th biennial Festival and Exhibition features the North American premiere of Agostino Steffani's 1691 opera Orlando generoso, a revival of VERSAILLES: Portrait of a Royal Domain from the BEMF Chamber Opera Series, seventeen concerts showcasing the finest artists in the field today, the world-famous Exhibition, and so much more. Subscription packages and individual tickets are available now from the BEMF Box Office at BEMF.org or 617-661-1812.
CENTERPIECE OPERA: Steffani's Orlando
The GRAMMY-winning Boston Early Music Festival takes audiences on a journey to a fantastical world of wizards and dragons in the fully staged North American premiere of Agostino Steffani's 1691 opera Orlando generoso. The valiant knight Orlando travels to distant China in search of his love, Princess Angelica. When she rejects him, he spirals into self-doubt and madness in a psychological drama full of magic and mystery. Based on Ludovico Ariosto's 16th-century epic, Orlando is a profound masterpiece that deconstructs medieval myths to examine deeply human themes of desire, love, jealousy, and madness. Musical Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs and Stage Director Gilbert Blin will lead this new production in four fully staged performances, June 9, 12, 14, and 16, 2019 at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre (219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, USA). Ticket packages are available through the BEMF Box Office at 617-661-1812 or BEMF.org; individual tickets are available through the Box Office at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at EmersonTheatres.org or 617-824-8000.
"Ludovico Ariosto's 16th-century epic poem Orlando furioso was a rip-roaring tale of romance, intrigue, exoticism, and magic, and was as popular with Baroque audiences as Game of Thrones is today!" offers Stephen Stubbs. "Steffani, in his most acclaimed opera, gave musical wings to this beloved tale and crafted one of opera's earliest portraits of madness within a dreamscape of enchanted castles and far-off lands."
The Boston Early Music Festival's fully staged production of Orlando will feature magnificent, period-inspired costumes, brilliant sets, breathtaking flying machines, and truly ravishing music. Rounding out the directorial team will be Concertmaster Robert Mealy leading the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, Dance Director Melinda Sullivan supervising the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company, Choreographer Marie-Nathalie Lacoursière, Set Designer Gilbert Blin, Costume Designer Anna Watkins, and Executive Producer Kathleen Fay. BEMF has assembled a truly outstanding cast of 9 singers, including many critically-acclaimed favorites from past BEMF productions, with GRAMMY-winning tenor Aaron Sheehan in the title role, soprano Amanda Forsythe as Princess Angelica, soprano Emőke Baráth as Bradamante, and more. Joining them will be the 30-member Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra led by Concertmaster Robert Mealy, 8 Baroque dancers from the Boston Early Music Festival Dance Company under the direction of Melinda Sullivan, Dance Director, and 11 members of the BEMF Young Artists Training Program under the leadership of Gilbert Blin, Founder & Director and Jason McStoots, Associate Director, 2019.
CHAMBER OPERA: VERSAILLES: Portrait of a Royal Domain
VERSAILLES: Portrait of a Royal Domain is a musical feast inspired by the splendor and majesty of Versailles at the height of Louis XIV's reign, including masterworks by some of the most revered composers from the Sun King's court. Originally performed in the King's private apartments at the palace in 1682, Charpentier's Les Plaisirs de Versailles features personifications of the courtly pleasures bickering for supremacy until the god of banquets restores the peace. The pleasures then usher in a selection of divertissements from Lully's Atys—a 1672 masterpiece called the "King's Opera" for the enduring favor it enjoyed with Louis. Finally, Lalande's Les Fontaines de Versailles—first performed in the King's apartments in the spring of 1683—sees the sculpted deities who ornament the garden's dazzling fountains come alive to sing in praise of the Sun King.
"Ravishingly sung and acted." —The Boston Globe
The elegance and drama of these three works is brought to life by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles in a magnificent presentation featuring gorgeous costumes and sumptuous period staging, produced in partnership with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. Twelve singers and thirteen instrumentalists of the BEMF Vocal & Chamber Ensembles will be led by BEMF's GRAMMY-winning Musical Directors Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs and Stage Director Gilbert Blin. The directorial team also features Concertmaster Robert Mealy, Dance Director Melinda Sullivan, Choreographer Carlos Fittante, Costume Designer Anna Watkins, and Executive Producer Kathleen Fay. The first performance will take place at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 8pm. Tickets are available now through the BEMF Box Office at BEMF.org or 617-661-1812.
BEMF in the Berkshires
The weekend following the conclusion of the June 2019 Festival in Boston, the BEMF Chamber Opera Series will present two encore performances of VERSAILLES at the splendid Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Friday, June 21, 2019 at 8pm and Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 3pm. Tickets ($25–$85) are available now through the Boston Early Music Festival Box Office at BEMF.org or 617-661-1812 or from the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Box Office at mahaiwe.org or 413-528-0100. BEMF will also bring the production to the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts on Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 4pm. Tickets ($51–$110) are available at www.caramoor.org or 914-232-1252.
"If you are interested in early music, this is the place to be." —The New York Times
Hailed as "Heaven … for early music fans," by The New York Times, the June 2019 Festival presents a series of seventeen concerts showcasing the most accomplished artists and ensembles in Early Music. With afternoon, evening, and late night concerts, music lovers can enjoy an array of thrilling performances from some of the world's most engaging artists.
The Festival Concert week opens with a monumental performance of Bach's Matthaüs Passion from the Gramophone Award-winning Dunedin Consort on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 8pm. Longtime BEMF guest artist Kristian Bezuidenhout will direct the 8 singers and 23 instrumentalists from this acclaimed Scottish ensemble in what promises to be an inimitably fresh performance of one of the most iconic masterpieces of the Baroque. All week long, BEMF's evening concerts showcase some of the Early Music's truly essential ensembles, including Vox Luminis exploring early influences on J. S. Bach; Sequentia marking the 30th anniversary of their BEMF début with an intense new program exploring the music of ancient Europe; GRAMMY-nominee Stile Antico celebrating the 10th anniversary of their North American début at BEMF's 2009 Festival in a program of Elizabethan masterpieces; and the all-star BEMF Orchestra with director Robert Mealy delighting in theatrical music of Rameau in a breathtaking concert featuring sopranos Emőke Baráth and Teresa Wakim, baritone Christian Immler, and dancers Caroline Copeland and Pierre-François Dollé.
Even more great music appears in 6 days of afternoon concerts, including an evocative stage show featuring music and dance from the French Renaissance with Doulce Mémoire. Superstar fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout is back for his 8th Festival with a virtuoso quartet to present Mozart and Beethoven's quintets for piano and winds, while the fearless instrumentalists of ACRONYM Ensemble make their BEMF début in a vividly rendered fantasy tour of Baroque masterpieces. Boston native Phoebe Carrai has established herself as one of the world's preeminent virtuosos on the violoncello and joins with world-class collaborators for an intriguing survey of chamber music from Italian composers abroad. Italian gamba virtuoso Vittorio Ghielmi makes his long-awaited BEMF début alongside harpsichordist Shalev ad-El in an arresting program of Baroque masterworks from France and England; and the duo of Stefan Temmingh, recorder, and Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord, make their BEMF début in a fascinating look at composers who lived on the borderline of society.
The Festival Concert offerings round out with a series of 6 late-night concerts that keep the music going until almost midnight, including: tenor Zachary Wilder and lutenist Josep Maria Martí Duran in a delicious program that celebrates the melodrama of 17th-century Italy; keyboard virtuoso Luca Guglielmi on two exceptional harpsichords from BEMF's own Instrument Collection; The Boston Camerata, BEMF's longest continuously active guest ensemble; two of our favorite singers, Amanda Forsythe and Christian Immler, in a passionate recital of songs exploring themes of madness and despair; the enduringly delightful Ensemble Clément Janequin with a showcase of vivacious humor and timeless grace in music from the Renaissance; and finally, one of BEMF audiences' favorite ensembles, Solamente Naturali performing an invigorating program infused with classical and folk traditions.
In addition to the schedule of Festival Concerts, BEMF will offer two Mini-Festivals during the week. David Yearsley directs the Organ Mini-Festival on Thursday, June 13 at The First Lutheran Church of Boston, with performances by three internationally acclaimed organ virtuosos: Luca Guglielmi, David Yearsley, and Kimberly Marshall. On Friday, June 14, the Keyboard Mini-Festival takes place at First Church Boston, with recitals by Benjamin Alard on harpsichord, Byron Schenkman on fortepiano, and Benjamin Alard on clavichord.
"One stop shopping for the…historical-performance set."
—The Wall Street Journal
The world-famous Exhibition, "one of the largest showcases for early instruments in the country" (The Boston Globe) is host to some of the top tradespeople from across the globe, with makers of period instruments, music publishers, dealers in rare books, prints, and manuscripts, and conservatories and schools of music. Returning to the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown at 275 Tremont Street, Boston, these specialists will be on hand Wednesday, June 12 through Saturday, June 15 to display their products, and share details of their work with Festival attendees.
The one-of-a-kind BEMF CD Store returns for the 2019 Exhibition with hundreds of CDs from the field's most distinguished labels all in one place. Also returning will be the Exhibition's Family Day on Saturday, June 15 where children and parents alike can enjoy a scavenger hunt among the Exhibition's instrument-makers as well as an interactive introduction to the patchwork of historical and modern traditions that make up American musical culture with The Promised Land. Family Day admission is FREE for parents and children.
On Friday, June 14, 2019 at 3pm, BEMF will present a special concert in Emmanuel Church's Parish Hall featuring members of the BEMF Young Artists Training Program. This concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature excerpts from Handel's Orlando performed by the nine singers of the program, led by the 2019 program's Associate Director, Jason McStoots, and accompanied by répétiteur Jeffrey Grossman.
Other concurrent events for the 2019 Festival include: the BEMF 2019 Collegium on Wednesday, June 12, which offers collegiate singers and instrumentalists the opportunity to perform under the baton of Vox Luminis director Lionel Meuinier; Performance Masterclasses by distinguished Festival musicians; the Gala Opening Night Reception on Sunday, June 9 at the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown; Dance Workshops; Pre-Opera Talks featuring preeminent Steffani scholar and University of Birmingham, UK, Emeritus Professor Colin Timms; and a remarkable array of Fringe Concerts throughout the Festival week. Festival Week Passes ($40) provide admission to the Exhibition, Symposia, Performance Masterclasses, Dance Workshops, and Pre-Opera Talks for the entire week and may be purchased in advance. Festival Week Passes and Day Passes ($10) will be sold at the Exhibition and other concurrent events during the Week.
Concert tickets range from $25 to $70. Chamber Opera tickets range from $25 to $105 while Centerpiece Opera tickets range from $30 to $250. Tickets are available from the BEMF Box Office online at BEMF.org or by calling 617-661-1812. Subscription Packages of four or more concerts are also available with discounts up to 20% off. Individual tickets for the Centerpiece Opera are available through the Box Office at the Cutler Majestic Theatre at EmersonTheatres.org or 617-824-8000.
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In researching this article, I wandered through a myriad of opinions in search of facts regarding criminal justice reform. There were many contradictory pieces, citing studies and statistics, that gave the appearance of being predisposed to support a predetermined outcome. But I stumbled across a very interesting post from a person stating publicly why he was leaving Washington, D.C. His article can be found here:
"Well This is Depressing" Article
What I read was in direct conflict with statements made by D.C. Superior Court Judge Truman Morris, extolling the virtues of D.C.'s approach to criminal justice for the past 20 years. So, one must juxtapose the stated successes of the system with those of a tax paying citizen, no longer willing to submit his family to the actual reality of cause and effect. The original article from Washington Post writer Ann E. Marimow can be found here:
Original Article by Ann E. Marimow
Peeling the Onion Back
More interesting than the article, was the responses, on both sides of the issue. Criminal Justice reform methodology may be rooted in very real issues, that are just as valid now as they were when the Vera Institute started 58 years ago. Defendant's should not be jailed pre-trial for longer than they would have been, had they been convicted and sentenced. Few would argue that point. What we can argue is that there are many reasons for this issue, not the least of which is how long it takes a case to get to trial. The inefficiencies of the court systems cost everyone time and money, and there is no known motivation to fix this. The judiciary can administratively release anyone if they have not made bail, but they don't, hence the issue.
Who is to Bless, and Who is to Blame?
I stole that line from a Kris Kristofferson song, "Why Me Lord?" Accountability must be a factor, but heretofore has been eliminated from the discussions on any type of criminal justice reform. This accountability applies equally to the defendant and the judiciary. But who suffers? Not everyone can state the issue as eloquently as the gentleman cited above. Most people become victims of their own communities, largely because they lack the funds to move out. But those that contribute the most, take the least. The desire to right a perceived wrong has a threshold. Our criminal justice system is clearly flawed, but we need to address root cause issues. Attacking and eliminating the surety or bail bond businesses is clearly not the issue.


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And they're off!
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dissolving government earlier today in Ottawa, the federal election race is officially underway.
There are five candidates hoping to come out on top in the Oct. 21 in Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte (BSOM).
The riding is guaranteed to have a new representative in Ottawa, with Conservative MP Alex Nuttall choosing not to seek re-election. Candidates include Dan Janssen (NDP), Brian Kalliecharan (Liberal), Marty Lancaster (Green), David Patterson (People's Party), and Doug Shipley (Conservative).
BarrieToday reached out to each of the local candidates to get their take on issues, campaigning and what's in store in the weeks ahead. Lancaster did not respond by publication time.
Dan Janssen, NDP
Dan Janssen is no stranger to local politics, having run for the NDP in the last provincial election.
"Our first priority, and something that remains our top priority, is getting out there and talking to voters," Janssen told BarrieToday. "When I knock on doors, I'm not there to collect data like other candidates in our riding are doing. I'm there to have a conversation, and to find out what's important to people and their families. That's what we've been doing and that's what we will continue to do."
While out canvassing, Janssen says people are "really hungry for change."
"People want tax fairness, a just transition to a green economy, head-to-toe health care and electoral reform," he said. "They want a government that looks out for them, and not the big corporations."
In order to be successful, Janssen says he'll rely heavily on many of the people around him.
"I have a great team around me," he said. "Together, with the strength of the NDP's New Deal for People, we have what it takes to win this election.
"Personally, I know that meeting people face to face and listening to their concerns is the best way to connect and bring about the positive change needed in our community and our country."
Brian Kalliecharan, Liberal
For political newcomer Dr. Brian Kalliecharan, today was no different than any other.
"I'm going to keep doing what we have been doing for a number of weeks: get to every voter in this riding, knock on thousands of doors, make thousands of calls and earn the votes of my neighbours," he said. "As a small-business owner, I've never been afraid of a hard work and a little elbow grease."
At the doors of local voters, Kalliecharan says people are worried about their futures as well as those of their children.
"They're worried about the high cost of living and making ends meet," he added. "They're worried about leaving a clean planet for the next generation.
"And I cannot tell you how many people tell me we need to figure out the public transportation to Toronto," Kalliecharan added. "I keep on hearing that they want to pick a party that has a plan to invest in Canadians, in roads and bridges and in our children."
Kalliecharan says being new to the scene might actually work in his favour.
"I've never run for public office before, so I think that gives me an advantage," he said. "I don't speak like a politician. I'm going to keep my focus on helping the residents of Barrie-Springwater-Oro-
"This is such a beautiful riding, with some of the nicest people, schools, parks and landscape in the country. I'm so proud to be part of this community."
David Patterson, People's Party
For the new People's Party of Canada, under the leadership of former Conservative MP Maxime Bernier, it's all about knocking on as many doors as possible in the coming weeks, says candidate David Patterson.
"Our first priority will be to get out and speak to as many people in the riding as we can, to listen to their concerns," Patterson said. "From my conversations with residents of Barrie so far, the main concerns seem to be about high cost of living and high levels of immigration."
Patterson says getting the party's message out is paramount.
"Our ability to win this election will depend on helping the people of BSOM learn about our People's Party policies, which will reduce consumer costs, reduce taxes and create jobs," he said.
"We will stimulate business investment through a lower business tax and by eliminating the capital gains tax," he added. "This will result in more jobs and lower consumer prices. We are the only party promising to phase out the supply management system, which makes chicken, eggs and dairy products more expensive. Eliminating supply management will save the average family over $300 per year."
Immigration is also a high priority for the PPC.
"We will reduce the number of immigrants per year and will take a higher proportion of immigrants who are able to work," Patterson said. "This will result in more stable and steady growth in home prices while keeping rents more affordable for the average family.
"This will also reduce government expenditure and make our social services more sustainable," he added.
Doug Shipley, Conservative
Doug Shipley's is a well-known face in Barrie politics and he's been through a few campaigns over the years.
"We've been working very hard for a few months already," he said. "We've had our team in place and we've been out knocking on doors. We've had a good push.
"Quite frankly, not much is going to change except now signs can go up," added the veteran city councillor, who has represented Ward 3 since 2010. We have everything in place and we're ready to go. We've got five more weeks, so this is kind of the sprint now to the end. We've been doing the marathon over the summer and we've got all our ducks in a row and are ready to go."
Some of the main issues he's been hearing keep coming up.
"We've knocked on over 25,000 doors already and without a doubt, the message I'm hearing is affordability and good government," Shipley said. "There are some people out there who are struggling, and we're hearing about it day in, day out. We have to make life more affordable. Our motto really sums it up with 'it's time for you to get ahead'. It shouldn't be government getting ahead, it should the people."
Shipley says his priority is to simply get his message to the people.
"The nice thing is I've got some good name recognition," he said. "I'm surprised how many people out in Oro and Springwater are familiar with Doug Shipley. A lot of people follow Barrie politics, which pleasantly surprised me, but I think my work ethic is what I need to get out there and show people.
"I've proven myself for nine years in Barrie and now I need to make sure people throughout the rest of the area are aware of my work ethic and my commitment," Shipley added. "There's only one thing I can promise, and that's that I'll be there for them. I'll answer all calls and emails. If they have a question, I'll be there."


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10 thoughts on "A War of Witches : A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary Aztecs"
Wow This was totally awesome, but difficult to wrap my head around An anthropologist gets immersed in local culture in remote Mexico He begins learning the ways of the curandero Indian folk healers and gets caught up in tales of soul stealing and witchcraft A first person account of fantastic and mystical stories, folk cures, healings, etc in village life Simply amazing.
Absolutely fascinating book If you re expecting a repeat of Carlos Castaneda, then don t It s not like that, even though it starts off that way Yes, it s an anthropologist finding out about Mexican sorcery and being taught their ways, but that s only half the story The real story is what he uncovers about Mexican history a war over land, between rich landowners who wanted coffee production, and peasants who wanted to grow food to live The war was fought not just with gunmen, but with witchcraft Bullets did battle with superstition and poison, resulting in gruesome murders and social upheaval Fifty years later, the participants have become old men and women, still retaining grudges from half a century earlier, still settling old scores in bizarre ways They appeal to the Lords of the Underworld for justice in powerful shamanic rituals, and fear the vengeance of those long dead.The entire story is worthy of a movie, it really is.For the student of mesoamerican sorcery, this is a goldmine It s packed with detail about their beliefs, including the geography of the Underworld, and shows how ancient Aztec magic survived into the late 20th century.
A book sitting in my library for years Witches have always interested me, probably prompting me to pick it up years ago In this story, we follow the author an anthropologist in his quest to learn the old Aztec ways from his mentors, Do a Rubia and Don Inocente.Do a Rubia is ill, and as he learns the old methods of Aztec healing while mixing in modern day treatment Whether the old healing really works is part of the story, but it certainly is important to Rubia and Inocente Rubia and Inocente live in the small town of San Mart n, and he slowly learns about the history of the town, including a War of Witches but there haven t been any witches here for a looong time The witched killed many people with a variety of tactics including using the underworld Was a witch after Do a Rubia Would one go after Timoteo the author as he learns the old ways and becomes a healer himself Set in Mexico, it brought back some memories from the years that I lived there If you like Mexico, anthropology, or Aztec history religion, this might be worth your time.
Review A War of Witches A Journey into the Underworld of the Contemporary Aztecs by Timothy Knab, San Francisco, CA Harper San Francisco, 1993 I was drawn to A War of Witches at the recommendation of Matt Wood, the author of a number of books on herbal medicine because of the important concept that it teaches us When one dreams of one s animal one gains eyes and ears in the spirit world Though it was written 26 years ago, this story through the underworld is timeless and needs to be read now to bring us in touch with those spirits that reside within us which can teach us how to survive in the approaching New World Timothy Knab, as an anthropologist, gained the confidence of two shamanic healers of an Aztec community in the mountains of Mexico such that they took him under their wings to teach him of their medicine ways In this community there was a history of numerous witches who used their ways to kill others in the battle for wealth gained through growing coffee to the exclusion of corn needed for the people s survival These murders led to murders that led to an open war between these two factions of the community, ending with the decimation of the witches Though Knab s search to uncover the history of this war was very fascinating such that the book was hard to put down, important to me was his dreamtime journey through the underworld, Talocan, an underworld that was quite extensively mapped by his two mentors, the blind Inocente and the elderly Rubia Both curers were very open in teaching him their ways of healing and journeying into the underworld, but they were very evasive in telling him about the War of the Witches As with several other anthropologist such as Felicitas Goodman in their search to understand the nature of the ways of a shaman, Knab goes beyond remaining aloof or objective in understanding these ways as is expected of anthropological research They become very personally involved in the ways of these shamans such that they gain a deeper understanding and the ability to personally experience such powers When the elderly Rubia becomes sick, she and Inocente believe that she was bewitched by a sorcerer Knab in his concern sought how he could help in healing her, which led him on his first journey into the underworld of a cave that was considered one of a number of entrances to the underworld To enter the blackness of this terrifying cave with it many dangerous spirits he needed to take a number of offerings to appease the spirits, including flowers, beans, and a live chicken to be sacrificed Innocente and Rubia tell him in detail the ritual he needs to perform to appease the spirits to protect himself and to retrieve Rubia s bewitched soul Some of the offerings were purchased from Don Pedro, a local merchant who was the person who eventually opened up to tell Knab about the war of the witches Upon his return from the cave Rubia and Innocente begin to question him about his nighttime dreams, looking for his spirit ally All his past dreams seem quite mundane but he does recall childhood nightmare of a black bull that they think has possibilities for this spirit But over the course of the book, with their encouragement as they interpreted his dreams, Knab s dreams become much intense, involve journeying into the underworld through its various entrances and into its various domains, some dangerous and others healing, with his dreams providing him with his needed spirit guides One dream character with the name Cruz becomes a pivotal figure in the story in protecting him in these dreamtime journeys Again Rubia and Innocente become evasive in telling him about Cruz, but Knab eventually learns that he was one of the witches who tried to bring about peace in the war of the witches but ends up as a spirit in the underworld along with the other witches who die in this war With my personal love for and valuing of my dreamtime experiences, whether from my nighttime dreams or my hypnotic and ecstatic trance experiences, and in working with these dreamtime experiences, I find A War of Witches especially exciting and valuable reading These dreamtime experiences are healing and provide considerable spiritual growth in soul recovery from the many major and minor traumas one experiences in life, and Timothy Knab brings alive the healing nature of these dreamtime journeys I believe that with global climate change and the possibility of the world as we know it coming to an end, there is much we need to do to change how we experience the world by returning to the ways of our hunting gathering ancestors A major change is to again learn to commune with the spirits of the Earth and of our ancestors to find the needed ways or maps for our survival, and this communication needs to be through our heart while experiencing these spirits in dreamtime This is why I have become a certified instructor of ecstatic trance as taught by Felicitas Goodman and the Cuyamungue Institute in New Mexico, and continue to offer workshops on ecstatic trance, one avenue into this dreamtime world If interested, I have written a number of books, beginning with the book The Power of Ecstatic Trance, a shamanic form of trance, and continue to write about and value these journeys into the world of the spirits.
So, Carlos Castenada had us all fooled Timothy Knab treds the same ground, but comes up with a much believable, if fantastic account A good read I m not sure what to make of it, but then, I ve learned to go with the flow.
I re read every few years It is an interesting insight into one thread of modern Aztec shamanic practices or witchcraft, as they call it in the book and the people who practiced it.
Though I d rather be a jaguar I meet my nagual, the possum, at every crossroads in my life since reading this booksometimes even on top of vehicles or AT MY FRONT DOORno bsread it
While the topic of the book is interesting the Aztec belief system, witchcraft and visiting the underworld in your dreams, this book felt like a never ending dialogue without a plot I couldn t wait for it to be over By writing this himself instead of finding assistance in turning his incredible research experience into a story, I feel the book lost out on it s potential.
Interesting read It took me a bit to get into it but once I did it was fascinating.
This is in a pretty similar vein to the Carlos Castenda books That being said, this does lack the directish personal development instruction that I prize in my favorite Castenda books.


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Many years ago, I shifted from
Microsoft Excel and
LibreOffice Calc to
R data frames as my primary spreadsheet tool. This was one of the earliest steps in my ongoing move from bloat to minimalism (see my three blog posts on this process). Shifting to
R yielded many benefits:
- Greater readability and maintainability
- Version control
- Reusable code
- Dynamic generation of reports and presentations from computed data using LaTex and knitr
- Production quality graphics and charts using plain
Rgraphics and more importantly
- Access to a comprehensive library of statistical and quantitative finance tools written in
Over the last few months, I have been shifting from
R to
Python for most of my work. The primary reason for making this change is that
Python is a full fledged programming language unlike
R which is primarily a statistical language which has been extended to do a lot of other things. A few years ago (when I first shifted to
R), Python was totally unsuitable for use as a spreadsheet because the language was primarily designed to work with scalars rather than vectors and matrices. But in recent years, the
Python tool sets (
scikit-learn) have developed rapidly and now goes beyond the capabilities of
R in many respects. Jake VanderPlas's keynote talk at the Scipy 2015 Conference is an excellent introduction to this entire set of tools. Overall, I am very happy with the
pandas implementation of data frames based on
NumPy arrays; the best features of
R have been preserved.
Many of the original reasons for moving from spreadsheets to
R now favour
Python over
- Readability and maintainability: Readability is a subjective judgement, but in my view,
Pythoneasily outshines
Rin this respect. Maintainability of
Pythoncode is much greater because of excellent refactoring tools like
- Reusable Code: I find
Python importssuperior – to do the equivalent in
R, one has to convert the
Rscript into a package and this is worthwhile only for fairly large pieces of code. Most of the time, in
R, I ended up using
sourcewith its attendant pollution of the global namespace. With
Python, I am often importing small (say 15 lines)
Pythonmodules because any
Pythonfile can be treated as a module by putting (or symlinking) it somewhere in the module search path.
- Dynamic document generation: I am quite satisfied with
Pweave. It is not as elaborate as
knitr, but it meets my needs well, and is often faster and more elegant. It is true that
knitrsupports other languages including
Python, but I find
Pweavemuch better.
- High quality graphics:
Matplotlibis far harder to learn than
ggplot, but it is also much more powerful. In interactive use,
Matplotlibis superior (for example, interactively rotating 3D surface plots).
- Statistical modelling: Here of course,
Ris far ahead. It is not very often that I am running a complex cointegration model, but when I do, I must turn to
R. The nice thing is I can do this without leaving
Pythonby using the
- Quantitative finance tools: Here I think
Rstill has the edge (
Rmetricsfor example) though the
Pythoninterface to QuantLib is better than the corresponding
What I miss in
Python is a whole lot of syntactic sugar. For example, to compute the discount factors at 10% interest rate for years 1 to 4, the
R code is short and clear:
Python equivalent is longer and somewhat obscure:
import numpy as np
The problem is that vector arithmetic is an after thought in
Python and while
NumPy provides the requisite functionality, it cannot change the syntax of the underlying language. Most of the time, operator overloading can provide the illusion of native functionality, but once in a while, the illusion breaks and
NumPy notation becomes clumsy.
This is a small price to pay for the benefits of using a full fledged programming language with a comprehensive set of libraries for everything from web scraping to natural language processing. Moreover,
Python is faster and copes better with large data sets. Finally, when it comes to interactivity using the web browser as a front end, I find
Jupyter notebooks easier than
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About Exim bank Agent banking
Following the issuance of Agent Banking regulations in July 2017 by Bank of Uganda Exim Bank has embarked on rolling out Agency Banking to give mileage in tapping the unbanked communities to strengthen its brand and create greater value through;
- Expanding into market segments that have the greatest potential and opportunities for growth and revenue.
- Extending access to its products & services to new and unbanked populations through efficient and more effective delivery channel.
Therefore, Agency banking refers to situations where Exim Bank recruits other businesses with a scattered presence to offer banking services on our behalf subject to Bank of Uganda approval.
Under agency banking, customers can deposit and withdraw cash at locations such as supermarkets, shops and fuel stations around the country.
Agency Locations shall provide normal banking services such as cash deposits and withdrawals, account opening origination, Utility payments, transfer of funds origination and the issuing of mini bank statements, all through the shared facilities.
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Services At Agent Points
- Cash deposit and withdrawal
- Payment services including bill payments
- Processing collections (C2B)
- Interbank & Intra bank money transfers
- Facilitating loan applications & repayments
- Payment of retirement and social benefits
- Collection & forwarding of documents for account opening or applications for payment instruments
- Balance inquiry
- Provision of mini statements
- Provision of a communication and distribution channel for the principal
- Any other activity as the central bank may approve