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Hotel Abraham Lincoln opens (1925)
The Hotel Abraham Lincoln opened in 1925 with 300 rooms, a five-piece house band, its own radio station, and lavish décor. And, it turned out, with lousy timing.
"The Abe," which was on the southwest corner of Fifth Street and Capitol Avenue, is remembered today largely for the spectacular way it was demolished. At its opening, however, the hotel claimed, legitimately, to be "the show place of Springfield (and) the finest hotel of its kind in the middle west."
When built in 1924 and 1925, the Hotel Abraham Lincoln was, at 12 stories, the tallest structure in Springfield. Construction and furnishing costs were estimated at $1.75 million (almost $25 million in 2018).
A colorized depiction of the early Hotel Abraham Lincoln (Sangamon Valley Collection)
"Before completing the plans," the Illinois State Journal reported, the hotel's designers, Springfield architects Helmle & Helmle, "consulted with some of the best known hotel operators in the country and visited many of the newest hotels in the east."
The results, according to the Journal, embodied "all the latest ideals in hotel design." Marquees covered both the main entrance on Capitol Avenue and a side entrance on Fifth Street. Shops and stores occupied the ground floor. People reached the second floor, where the lobby, dining room and lounge were located, via a marble staircase.
The interior is designed in the Italian renaissance style with delicately ornamental plasters and columns. There is no division by walls between the lobby, lounge and dining room … (and) the lobby is free from columns, heavy beams spanning this portion. The ceilings of the lobby, lounge and dining room are of different design but of the same architectural style and reflect the purpose of the space below. …
The entire fourth floor is devoted to the ball room, palm room, private dining rooms, parlor suites and committee rooms. It is an ideal banquet or convention floor and fills a much needed want in Springfield. The ball room, decorated in ivory and gold, with brocade panels in the walls and an elaborate gold filigree frieze above a colonnade on each side of the room, is a charming setting for banquets and social affairs. The ball room and palm room can be thrown together and have a combined banquet seating capacity of about five hundred and fifty persons.
The building boasted three kitchens (one each for the cafeteria, dining room and banquet floor), its own water pressure system and a central vacuum. Rooms were cooled via an arrangement that distributed ice water through the building at a rate equivalent to the melting of 16 tons of ice per day.
Hotel lobby (SVC)
State Journal-Register photo editor Rich Saal wrote about The Abe's gracious lobby atmosphere in 2009.
Around the table were comfortable davenports and lounging chairs, covered with the finest quality mohair and tapestries. … An abundance of table and floor lamps and high-back chairs covered with imported French fabric filled the lobby area. Dozens of singing yellow canaries lived in an ornately carved cage, their songs adding to the ambiance.
The hotel opened its rooms to the public on Sept. 18, 1925. More than 100 people signed the guest register that day, although the Florence Clough family of Chicago stole a beat, registering the night before. Thomas Williams, a traveling salesman from Indianapolis, was next after the Cloughs. The first permanent resident – in addition to transient visitors, some people lived at the hotel – were Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Workman; Workman was general agent for the Franklin Life Insurance Co.
Those first guests had to make do, the Journal reported.
There's not a place to eat in the new hotel as yet, but the guests weren't bothered by this in the least. They took things as they came, and were glad to do it.
"Why, I think it's a privilege," said one woman, "to be here the opening night."
The main dining room, coffee shop and cafeteria are not expected to be opened until around October 1.
Not all the lobby furniture has arrived, but there are plenty of "comfy" overstuffed chairs and lounges to take care of the early guests. …
Springfieldians flocked down last night to give the place the "once over." They just couldn't wait, they insisted, until the formal opening.
The Abe also brought Springfield its first commercial radio station, call letters WBBZ, which broadcast from the hotel dining room. Programming included concerts by the hotel band, the Schuster Sisters California Orchestra.
The station reportedly was sometimes heard as far away as Lincoln, Neb., but, unfortunately, the signal was too weak to be consistently heard in Springfield. What's more, federal restrictions barred the station from using a "portable microphone" to broadcast speeches and other events outside the hotel. As a result, WBBZ broadcast its last program on Jan. 10, 1926.
C. Hayden Davis
The Hotel Abraham Lincoln was the brainchild of C. (for Cecil) Hayden Davis (1885-1963), a former drug salesman and hotel owner in Beardstown. He got the backing of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, which was already concerned about a supposed shortage of top-quality hotel rooms in the city, and the Mutual Life Insurance Co., a Springfield-based firm that owned the hotel site.
Mutual Life, headed by H.B. Hill (who committed suicide in an unrelated scandal in 1934), bought the first $300,000 worth of hotel stock. According to the Journal in December 1925:
With this to serve as a nucleus, the enthusiasm of the business element of the city was accelerated, and from Monday morning, March 21 (1924), to Friday morning, March 25, the sale of stock progressed so rapidly that an excess of $425,000 was subscribed by citizens of Springfield, giving a grand total sale of stock of $725,000.
At the close of the successful completion of the stock selling campaign – and in the face of many obstacles – the plans went steadily forward, and within a short time negotiations were completed by H.B. Hill and his associates for a bond issue in the amount of $700,000.
This completed the necessary financing and permitted the actual construction of the building to be started.
On July 10, 1924, ground was broken and the Hotel Abraham Lincoln began to take form.
Davis became managing director of the hotel, and he, his wife Mabel and son John Hayden Davis lived on the top floor for most of its 40 years in operation. At various times, Hayden Davis also invested in a Quincy hotel, a couple of oil companies, and the Ponce de Leon Springs resort area (now a state park) in Florida. He also served, though only for two months, as director of the Illinois Department of Insurance.
The Hotel Abraham Lincoln achieved a measure of racial infamy via state Rep. Corneal Davis, an African-American legislator from Chicago, who often told how he was turned away when he sought to rent a room at The Abe when he first arrived in Springfield in 1943.
"The black orator … ended up spending the night on a wooden bench in the old Gulf, Mobile and Ohio railroad station and spent the next 10 years at a south side boarding house," according to a United Press International story written when the hotel was demolished in 1978. (The same UPI story also claimed that acclaimed black singer Marian Anderson was denied a room at the hotel when she came to Springfield for the premiere of the movie "Young Mr. Lincoln." The account is credible, given the times and the Corneal Davis incident, but it can't be confirmed today. UPI also put the date of Anderson's visit "several years" after the Corneal Davis incident; in fact, "Young Mr. Lincoln" premiered in Springfield in 1939.)
Among people who did stay at The Abe were presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman. Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate for president in 1940, and Richard Nixon, as the GOP's vice presidential nominee in 1952, also registered at the hotel. Actress Tallulah Bankhead was another guest, and an entire delegation of Russian officials spent a week at The Abe while in Springfield in 1960 to study local industry and culture.
Opening night advertisement for the Club Lido (courtesy State Journal-Register)
The Club Lido, the hotel's nightclub, opened in 1933 and lasted into the 1960s. It even reopened for a few months in 1968, four years after the hotel itself closed.
Associated Press writer Larry Kramp reported in 1973 that in the 1930s and '40, The Abe "had the reputation of a (haunt) for highstakes gamblers."
In one of the poker and faro games at the Abe, it is reported one lawmaker lost two years pay.
Raconteurs still linger over the story of the niece of a former governor who was fired from her federal Internal Revenue Service job in the early 1930s after she frittered away $50,000 over three consecutive weekends at the faro tables.
In a similar vein, Illinois Auditor Orville Hodge maintained a suite at The Abe before he was sent to prison for embezzling millions of dollars from state accounts.
Owners of shares in The Abe got their first dividends on Christmas Day 1925. But indications are that the hotel seldom made money later – starting with the Great Depression, which began only five years after the hotel opened.
A lawsuit filed in 1952 by a Mutual Life successor, the Central Standard Life Insurance Co. of Chicago, said the hotel paid no dividends to its preferred stockholders after 1931. Shares of preferred stock were supposed to return 7½ percent annually. As of 1952, the suit said, preferred stockholders were owed more than $1 million, the Journal reported.
For many years, the suit charges, Davis has operated the hotel "for his personal benefit and the benefit of his family" and "to the exclusion of any consideration for preferred stockholders." …
In the brief Davis and others in control of the hotel were said to be operating in a manner that is "illegal, oppressive or fraudulent."
The Davis family nonetheless remained in control of the hotel. John Hayden Davis, son of the founder, was the managing director when The Abe closed its doors for good on June 29, 1964, the last day of that year's General Assembly session (many lawmakers lived at the hotel when in Springfield).
An Illinois State Journal editorial said The Abe had "enjoyed its own special prestige that has touched the hearts of many of us."
The warm and friendly hospitality of the hotel has been continued to its final days. The hotel has been noted for its accommodating employees, many of whom have worked there for many years. The present staff has maintained a fine tradition.
The building remained empty, except for the random vagrant, for another 14 years. Lawmakers defeated a proposal to convert the hotel to state offices on the grounds that the idea was simply a pork-barrel project for Springfield. A series of private initiatives also came to nothing.
Contents of the building were sold in a four-day auction in December 1968. Journal reporter Carol Coon described the bargains.
Some items on the auction block included an 8 by 10 foot picture of Abraham Lincoln and a mangle iron so large that the auctioneers agreed (it) must have been able to iron 20 sheets at a time.
A wall safe, full of records of persons who stayed at the hotel since it opened in 1926 (sic), went at bargain prices. Equipment in five kitchens also was sold.
Ornately carved wooden panels which adorned supporting columns in the lobby and elsewhere in the building went for $105. Marble used in stairs and floors sold for $30.
Tear-drop chandeliers in the ballroom sold for $240 for the entire lot. Everything had to be sold and was – from a mahogany banister and wrought iron balusters to barroom equipment in the Club Lido, to glass which encased the American Room.
Dust of four years vacancy now is the hotel's main occupant.
The derelict hotel was demolished by implosion on Dec. 17, 1978. After decades of use as a parking lot, the site was slated in late 2018 to be transformed into a park.
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About the Williamston Theatre
Williamston Theatre is a professional regional theatre that offers a diverse array of intimate storytelling experiences to entertain, build a sense of belonging, and foster empathy for the human journey.
This mission is guided by four core values and is supported by the following objectives:
to be an integral part of the cultural fabric of Michigan
to pursue innovative collaboration in every aspect of our work
to establish a home for Midwest artists
to engage audiences of diverse ages, cultures and economic backgrounds
We collaborate to create an atmosphere that empowers artists to do their finest work. Our rigorous standards reflect our commitment to excellence in every area of production. We take pride in our outstanding track record of returning artists and in nurturing an audience that expects to be challenged.
We are committed to an environment that fosters diversity, openness, and integrity. We respect varied backgrounds in work and life experiences.
Creating a sense of place
We believe that we enhance our region by paying creatives and encouraging them to create! We invest locally – in both talent and products. We foster civic dialogue with art at the center and endeavor to be a highly respected artistic home for our region, which encompasses Williamston and the Greater Lansing area.
We use the theatre's resources mindfully, investing in a vital future for our institution.
Honoring All
Williamston Theatre acknowledges that we are a predominantly white organization and we exist in a world in which systemic racism exists. In an effort to be better and broaden the voices represented by and included in our work, we commit ourselves to the work of becoming an actively anti-racist organization, and to creating a culture of inclusivity and equity.
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(-) Class (15)
After serving a 19-year sentence, Jean Valjean ends up on the Lord Bishop's doorstep, where he is offered a warm meal and bed to sleep in. Although he steals from the bishop, in the end, he earns redemption and a second chance thanks to the bishop's wise and caring ways.
Religion Class
New Girl in School
This story follows a girl who befriends the first African American to attend High Point Central High School, as a result of desegregation. What begins as an unintended and awkward experience in the cafeteria, becomes a strong and admirable friendship.
Carol Passmore
Race & Ethnicity Class Bullying & Bias
Experiment in Fairness
Bayard Rustin was an African American leader who worked for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) in the 1940s and 1950s for equal rights for all Americans using nonviolence. In this story, he writes about the struggle for an African American man to order a simple hamburger at a restaurant in the Midwest.
Race & Ethnicity Class
Walking with the Wind
In this excerpt from his book, Walking with the Wind, John Lewis describes his involvement in the sit-ins in Nashville, Tenn., in the spring of 1960.
"In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history."
Teaching Tolerance Staff
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that all people born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the state where they reside.
Race & Ethnicity Class Rights & Activism
Diversity Justice Action
Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship
This text explores the relationship between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two self-made men whose lives intersected near the end of America's Civil War.
Russell Freedman
The Negro Motorist Green Book
These images are from The Negro Motorist Green Book 1940 edition. The Green Book, published from 1936 – 1964, served as a guide for African Americans traveling around the country during the Jim Crow segregation era. To explore the complete issues visit the New York Public Library Digital Collections at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/the-green-book#/?tab=ab…
William H. Green (editor)
Give!
This excerpt from Anne Frank's writings pleads for empathy and understanding for others, and seeks to promote kindness and fairness by calling individuals to action.
(A)wake
In this poem, the speaker traces the senseless killings taking place abroad and at home, with a particular focus on the African-American community. The speaker also calls communities to action to "grow our hope and heal our hearts" in order to live together in peace.
Jessica Kobe
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Halloween Special: Symphonie Fantastique (Witches' Sabbath)
In today's video, we're going to take a closer look to Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique – particularly the fifth and final movement from the symphony, "witches' sabbath".
This is such an iconic and hair-raising composition. To me, it was the perfect way to celebrate October 31st, Halloween!
Symphonie Fantastique: Basics
The full title for Symphonie Fantastique is:
Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un artiste … en cinq parties
(Fantastical Symphony: An Episode in the Life of an Artist in Five Parts)
This symphony was written by the French composer Hector Berlioz in the early Romantic era, in 1830. Berlioz would have been about 27 years old when this was written, and it's the composition he's most known for.
This symphony is one of music's first drug trips. Not only does the story itself involve opium, but it's thought that Berlioz composed some of it while being under the influence of opium himself.
Over 90 instruments are used in a performance of this symphony, which is very large – larger than anything else previous.
Symphonie Fantastique: History
Though this symphony was written in 1830, Berlioz revised it heavily over the next 15 years into the version we know and enjoy today.
This was Berlioz's breakthrough work. You can hear a "passing of the torch" from Beethoven's symphonies to Berlioz's, but Berlioz went further into uncharted territory than Beethoven ever did.
The influence of opera is also clearly felt in this symphony, what with the epic storyline that explores everything from hallucinations to witches to love.
Listen to the full version here:
Program music
This symphony falls under the genre of "program music". Program music is basically music that tells a story, and generally has an accompanying text/program to explain the music.
The story of this symphony is about an artist going heavy on the opium because he's in despair. He's in despair because he's in love with someone who doesn't love him back.
For each of the movements and for the preface, Berlioz wrote the program notes himself. This is what Berlioz wrote in the 1845 publication:
"The composer's intention has been to develop various episodes in the life of an artist, in so far as they lend themselves to musical treatment. As the work cannot rely on the assistance of speech, the plan of the instrumental drama needs to be set out in advance. The following programme must therefore be considered as the spoken text of an opera, which serves to introduce musical movements and to motivate their character and expression."
Symphonie Fantastique Movements
At the time, symphonies generally had 3 or 4 movements. Symphonie Fantastique had 5 movements, and they are as follows:
Rêveries – Passions (Reveries – Passions) – C minor/C major
Un bal (A Ball) – A major
Scène aux champs (Scene in the Fields) – F major
Marche au supplice (March to the Scaffold) – G minor
Songe d'une nuit du sabbat (Dream of the Night of the Sabbath) – C major
I didn't want to skim over these movements too briefly, so today we're going to focus exclusively on the last movement – Dream of the Night of the Sabbath, or sometimes shortened to Witches' Sabbath. I wanted to talk about something spooky and Halloween-y, since it is Halloween.
Fifth movement: "Songe d'une nuit du sabbat" (Dream of the Night of the Sabbath)
Before we get into this, let's read what Berlioz had to say about this movement in the program notes:
He sees himself at a witches' sabbath, in the midst of a hideous gathering of shades, sorcerers and monsters of every kind who have come together for his funeral. Strange sounds, groans, outbursts of laughter; distant shouts which seem to be answered by more shouts. The beloved melody appears once more, but has now lost its noble and shy character; it is now no more than a vulgar dance tune, trivial and grotesque: it is she who is coming to the sabbath … Roar of delight at her arrival … She joins the diabolical orgy … The funeral knell tolls, burlesque parody of the Dies irae, the dance of the witches. The dance of the witches combined with the Dies irae.
Just to give a little explanation on what Dies irae is: It's a very old medieval Latin hymn that means "Day of Wrath". It's used and quoted over and over again in music. It's really intense, and deals with the Last Judgement.
This symphony was very bold and forward for its time. Not only is it unusual in having 5 movements, it's also far more intense and frightening than anything else from the era.
Four sections
We'll start by dividing this piece into four different parts:
Introduction (Larghetto)
Allegro – idee fixe (measure 21)
Dies irae (measure 127)
Witches' round dance (measure 222)
We start the fifth movement of Symphonie Fantastique off on a really creepy note, with a dramatic atmosphere being created by sudden dynamic changes (like sforzandos). The string instruments use effects like tremolos and pizzicatos as well.
Let's take a quick listen to this eerie introduction.
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1-intro.mp3
Part 2: Allegro (Idee fixe)
On measure 21, we hit a tempo change (allegro) and hear the idee fixe. An idee fixe, or "fixed idea", is a recurring melody that links the whole symphony together. If you listen to the whole symphony, you'll hear it in other movements as well.
The fixed idea is first played by the C clarinet, but it gets all gnarly and twisted-up. First it's blasted into chaos at the allegro assai section on bar 29. Then it continues along, this time with an Eb clarinet, giving us a higher-pitched, more shrill sound than the C clarinet.
Let's take a quick listen to this "main theme" of the symphony.
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2-idee-fixe.mp3
Leading into dies irae
Berlioz uses some ominous-sounding tubular bells to lead us into the Dies irae section (which starts at bar 127).
When the dies irae section starts on bar 127, it's announced by four bassoons and two tubas (which sound very dark and ominous in conjunction with each other).
Let's have a listen to this entrance, and then go deeper into the woods with dies irae.
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/3-bells-dies-irae.mp3
Part 3: Dies irae
Once we start getting a little more rhythm and movement in the dies irae section, and the string instruments kick in, we get to the real "meat" of the piece. This, to me, is one of the coolest parts of the movement.
The dies irae theme in this movement is all about impending death. Death is following the artist, sometimes as a loud and powerful presence (like the ending), sometimes like a nudging. Even when this theme is interrupted, as it will be during the first part of the witches' sabbath, it always returns. Death is on your doorstep!
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/4-dies-irae.mp3
Lead-in to the Witches' sabbath
Once we reach bar 222, we get into the "witches' round dance" motif, repeatedly played by the strings like so:
They are punctuated by repeated brass notes.
Once we get through this introductory segment, we hear the full motif (the full Sabbath Round) played at bar 241. This part is feverish and jubilant, manic and exhilarating.
This section is the longest in the symphony, and goes through many epic phases. Definitely check it out in full!
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5-lead-in-to-witches-round.mp3
Part 4: Dies irae in the witches' sabbath
On bar 414, we hear the return of the dies irae tune, blaring loudly as brass instruments. This is another great moment in the composition. The ecstasy of the witches' sabbath starts turning into something more ominous – a darkness starts gripping the mania.
This is the grand finale of the entire symphony. Death is triumphant. If this part doesn't make your heart pound, I don't know what will!
https://www.pianotv.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/6-dies-irae-witches-sabbath.mp3
Happy Halloween, friends! I hope you enjoyed this spooky analysis. 🙂
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With the increasing popularity of electric vehicles and the recent investments in battery production facilities by manufacturers in the USA such as Tesla / Panasonic (see Gigafactory), Korea, Japan and China, the availability and cost for vehicle and grid-connected energy storage solutions are rapidly decreasing. In addition, Utilities have identified distributed grid-connected storage as a solution that can increase the robustness and resilience of their distribution networks by allowing them to shift peak loads and thereby decrease grid congestion and related power quality problems.
CHP is a dispatchable generation resource, producing baseload energy for facilities. CHP can be sized to cover a facility's entire load in the event of a utility outage or optimized for total efficiency which is dictated by the facility's thermal loads. If a CHP energy facility is optimized for electrical output there may be excess production that can be stored for peak loads and or dispatch to the grid. Also, many industrial facilities experience electric demand "spikes" during the normal course of operations that are significantly above their base electric load curves which can generate very high utility capacity and demand charges depending on utility territory. CHP plus energy storage can lower these charges and help further optimize CHP efficiencies and help with grid reliability.
As important, grid-connected storage can also allow Utilities to incorporate more variable distributed generation resources like solar and wind by making these energy solutions a more reliable grid resource and while lessening their potential impact on grid reliability. Unlike "dispatchable" energy sources that are used for the majority of electricity generation in the United States (such as combined cycle natural gas, coal, nuclear, CHP energy plants), solar and wind energy have variable and uncertain output. Because the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine, deployment of energy storage as an essential component of these systems has the ability to both "time shift" and "buffer" the grid from their variability in production.


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Booking.com tops Airbnb with 5M non-hotel listings
Gerrit De Vynck, Bloomberg News
Kevin Makra is pictured preparing for guests in his Toronto rental apartment, on Saturday, December 2, 2017. , The Canadian Press
Booking.com, the flagship site of travel giant Booking Holdings Inc., said it has 5 million non-hotel listings. That's more than Airbnb Inc., the highly valued startup credited with kicking off the recent trend of staying in peoples' homes rather than hotels.
Booking Holdings, which changed its name from Priceline Group Inc., said the number of apartments and vacation homes on Booking.com has grown 27 per cent to 5 million in the last year. Airbnb, founded in 2008, said it has about 4.85 million, including an estimated 200,000 hotel rooms. Booking had previously only disclosed the number of non-hotel "properties" on its platform, which could have included multiple listings.
Older online travel companies like Booking and Expedia Group Inc. have long been in the business of helping people book accommodations other than hotels, but mostly in the form of vacation rentals. Airbnb burst onto the scene a decade ago and persuaded millions of people around the world to open up their homes to strangers. That gave them a market foothold in major travel cities like Rome and New York. In the last few years, Booking and Expedia have stepped up their efforts to compete with Airbnb as short-term home and apartment rentals became the fastest-growing part of the industry.
"We've been pushing hard to add as many amazing homes and apartments to our platform as possible in order to guarantee that we're providing the choice and diversity our customers crave," Olivier Gremillon, vice president at Booking.com, said in a statement. "We're definitely proud of this milestone."
Airbnb, for its part, said it's growing faster than Booking on the strength of its brand. Booking, which started in the Netherlands and is more widely known overseas, has increased marketing spending in the U.S. to win over customers who are more familiar with better-known brands like Expedia and Airbnb.
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Do immigrants counter the effect of cultural distance on trade? Evidence from US state-level exports
Bedassa Tadesse, Roger White
Economics (Duluth)
We examine the effects of immigrants and cultural distance on US state-level exports, placing emphasis on the extent to which immigrants may offset the influence of cultural distance with respect to the initiation and intensification of exports. Our findings suggest that greater cultural differences between the US and immigrants' home countries reduce both the likelihood that exporting occurs and, when exporting is taking place, the level of exports. Immigrants are found to exert pro-export effects that offset, at least partially, the trade-inhibiting effects of cultural distance. The estimated effects of both cultural distance and immigrants are found to be greater when the level of exports is examined as compared to when the likelihood that exporting occurs is considered; however, significant variation in the export-initiation and intensification effects of immigrants and cultural distance is reported across states.
Journal of Socio-Economics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.013
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Tadesse, B., & White, R. (2008). Do immigrants counter the effect of cultural distance on trade? Evidence from US state-level exports. Journal of Socio-Economics, 37(6), 2304-2318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.013
Do immigrants counter the effect of cultural distance on trade? Evidence from US state-level exports. / Tadesse, Bedassa; White, Roger.
In: Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 37, No. 6, 01.12.2008, p. 2304-2318.
Tadesse, B & White, R 2008, 'Do immigrants counter the effect of cultural distance on trade? Evidence from US state-level exports', Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 2304-2318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.013
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AU - Tadesse, Bedassa
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N2 - We examine the effects of immigrants and cultural distance on US state-level exports, placing emphasis on the extent to which immigrants may offset the influence of cultural distance with respect to the initiation and intensification of exports. Our findings suggest that greater cultural differences between the US and immigrants' home countries reduce both the likelihood that exporting occurs and, when exporting is taking place, the level of exports. Immigrants are found to exert pro-export effects that offset, at least partially, the trade-inhibiting effects of cultural distance. The estimated effects of both cultural distance and immigrants are found to be greater when the level of exports is examined as compared to when the likelihood that exporting occurs is considered; however, significant variation in the export-initiation and intensification effects of immigrants and cultural distance is reported across states.
AB - We examine the effects of immigrants and cultural distance on US state-level exports, placing emphasis on the extent to which immigrants may offset the influence of cultural distance with respect to the initiation and intensification of exports. Our findings suggest that greater cultural differences between the US and immigrants' home countries reduce both the likelihood that exporting occurs and, when exporting is taking place, the level of exports. Immigrants are found to exert pro-export effects that offset, at least partially, the trade-inhibiting effects of cultural distance. The estimated effects of both cultural distance and immigrants are found to be greater when the level of exports is examined as compared to when the likelihood that exporting occurs is considered; however, significant variation in the export-initiation and intensification effects of immigrants and cultural distance is reported across states.
KW - Cultural distance
KW - Export-initiation
KW - Export-intensification
KW - Immigrants
U2 - 10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.socec.2008.04.013
JO - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
JF - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics


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Trump supporters say Cleveland will be to blame if they're injured in GOP convention protests
CLEVELAND (AP) " The leader of a coalition hoping to celebrate the nomination of Donald Trump asthe GOP candidate for president calls Cleveland's plan to set up a designated protest route duringthe Republican National Convention a 'recipe for disaster.'
Ralph King, the local organizer for a coalition of groups called Citizens for Trump, said thecity's plan could put groups hostile to each other in close proximity.
King said Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Police Chief Calvin Williams will be to blame ifanyone is hurt during the convention.
A city spokesman declined to provide a response to King's comment.
The route has also been criticized by a coalition of more than two dozen left-leaningorganizations planning to protest social and economic inequality.
Larry Bresler of Organize! Ohio, the local group planning the inequality march, said the city'splan is unacceptable and 'nebulous.' He said he is conferring with the American Civil LibertiesUnion about what action can be taken.
'The restrictions in terms of where the routes will be are problematic,' Bresler said.
The city's route starts on the western end of a long bridge crossing the Cuyahoga River valleyinto downtown Cleveland, passes at a distance by the convention site.
Williams said police will try to accommodate those wanting to protest outside the designatedspace surrounding the arena as the city did during anti-police protests in downtown Clevelandduring the past 18 months.
'If we can direct traffic around them, we will do that,' Williams said. 'It will depend on thesituation.'
Citizens for Trump had asked for a permit to use Voinovich Park, next to the Rock and Roll Hallof Fame and Museum. City officials said the park has been reserved by a Republican Party committee.King said his group might try to hold a rally there anyway and dare police to make them leave.
City officials said the route will be available to groups for two hours on July 18, the firstofficial day of the four-day convention, and for four hours on each of the next three days. Marchesmust be completed within 50 minutes along a route approximately 1 � miles long.
Assistant City Law Director Rick Horvath said permits would be issued in the order applicationsare received. The two groups submitted theirs weeks ago. Other groups, both for and against Trump,also have applied for parade permits.


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December 11th, Cancun, Mexico. Indigenous and local leaders from Mexico and Central America, as well as the countries that make up the Amazon River basin, joined in Cancun, and along with dozens of activists from Greenpeace Mexico demanded from the world's governments as well as the leaders and decision-makers participating in the COP13, the true inclusion of their peoples in biodiversity protection and conservation plans.
The call came during the Global Canoe action, held at Laguna Nichupté, Cancun, within the framework of the COP13 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in which leaders and decision makers hope to make agreements for the protection of global biodiversity and the achievement of the Aichi plan (a global strategic plan for biodiversity conservation). A week ago, leaders of 190 countries issued the document known as the "Cancun Declaration," in which they committed to develop an integrated approach to biodiversity conservation, considering areas such as agriculture, fisheries, the protection of forests and the role of the private sector, among others.
Despite the statement, indigenous peoples urge leaders to go beyond declarations.
Indigenous peoples and local communities have traditionally been guardians of forest, jungles and ocean resources. According to World Bank figures, about 80% of biodiversity is found in indigenous territories. In Mexico 51.4% of the national territory is under a social ownership scheme, therefore, it belongs to ejidos or communities (1).
For Tuntiak Katan, leader of the Shuar people of Ecuador "The indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin are the guardians and protectors of forests and biodiversity, we are the guardians of life for humanity; therefore, we urge people, societies and governments of the world to recognize and guarantee the territories, rights and development strategies of indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples' knowledge and practices are a true science for holistic management of forests, this knowledge must become public policy for the protection of forests, cultures and biodiversity".
"We ask the governments of the world to let us live. Let us live in our territories as we've done until now, in harmony with everything that is ours. We are a miracle, because despite the extermination here we are, with the sacrifice of blood from our grandparents; here we are with their strength, and with the hope of leaving to the generation that follows a world where we all can live and breathe" said Carol González, of the Cubeo people from Colombia.
The role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the conservation of forests and biodiversity is vital. The challenges they encounter are similar, either at Standing Rock where the Sioux resist the construction of a pipeline, or in Honduras, where Berta Cáceres died fighting against the hydroelectric dam that would kill a sacred river for her Lenca people.
"The global trend of intimidation and violence that the historical guardians of our natural resources live is alarming. These reprehensible acts are related to opposition to megaprojects that put biodiversity at risk. It is time for governments to act to prevent it, recognizing the importance of indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting our forests, jungles and coasts" said Miguel Rivas, Oceans Campaigner for Greenpeace Mexico.
The Global Canoe action was organized by the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB), the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin (COICA) and Greenpeace Mexico to demand that indigenous and local peoples be considered in global agreements such as the discussions taking place at COP13, guaranteeing their territorial rights and the free, prior and informed consent about their habitat, as well as a halt to their criminalization in the defense of the environment (3), measures that must be adopted and integrated into the policies by each member country of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The Global Canoe event has been held on two previous occasions. The first in December 2015 on the River Seine, in Paris, France, during the COP 21, in which dozens of indigenous representatives of the world united with one voice and called on world leaders to protect the rights of peoples and include them as part of actions to address climate change. In April of this year, the second edition was held, this time in the East River, New York, next to the United Nations Headquarters.
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Top 5 discoveries of Pakistani scientists during 2010-2020
Pakistanis scientists and entrepreneurs alike have made considerable progress in their respective fields. Here, five important discoveries of Pakistani scientists in last decade (2010-2020) will be discussed.
In this article I will be describing the achievements made by Pakistani scientists. So, the top 5 discoveries made by Pakistani scientists include designing a lavatory that produces charcoal, creating a formula for the first explosive-free fertiliser, inventing the world's first neuro-chip, developing the Flash Pack and observing Einstein's gravitational waves for the first time.
1. Toilet that converts waste into charcoal, nutrients and pure water
Firstly, Professor M. Sohail Khan, a researcher at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. M. Sohail was part of a team that designed a lavatory which transforms human waste into biological charcoal, minerals and clean water. This project was carried out for the 2011 Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.
This was an initiative by the Gates Foundation. The challenge was to come up with solutions for capturing and processing human waste and transforming it into useful resources( Bill Gates, 2012).
In August of 2012, Loughborough University was awarded second place at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Seattle. This is a highly commendable achievement.
2. First IED-free fertiliser
Moreover, in 2013, a Pakistani firm Fatima Group created the first IED-proof fertilizer which proved a ground-breaking achievement. Lt-Gen Michael Barbero, the head of the Pentagon's Joint Improved Explosive Device Defeat Organization, said that it was a true scientific breakthrough on account of being a long-term solution.
The firm managed to find a non-lethal alternative to calcium ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient in the making of their fertilizers. This is a significant achievement because calcium ammonium nitrate when separated from the fertilizer can be used in making explosives.
The US had traced the route of this substance from Pakistan to Afghanistan via smuggling at the border, where it was used to make home-made bombs. This discovery by Fatima Group solved that problem completely since they found a viable alternative which could not be used in bomb-making.
3. Invention of the first neuro-chip
Next, in 2016, Dr. Naweed Syed, a Pakistani Canadian scientist, managed to "connect brain cells to a silicon chip," thus creating the world's first neuro-chip. This was a major milestone in linking computers with human brains. Dr. Naweed first started testing it as a diagnostic device for epileptic patients by detecting seizures. Then, this data was wirelessly transmitted to a pocket-held device.
In an interview with The Daily Times in 2016, he said that this discovery would make it possible for a prosthetic to work as if it were a natural leg. Furthermore, he mentioned that his lab managed to 'designed and developed a device paired wonderfully with the brain cells,' hence achieving 'the first ever and true bionic hybrid'. That was the device that enabled a connection between brain cells and a semiconductor chip. We must acknowledge the greatness of this achievement.
4. Battery pack that can charge up in 15 minutes
Furthermore, Abdullah Soomro, founder of Micropower Labs, invented a 5,000 mAh power bank named Flash Pack which can charge up in only 15 minutes. Soomro created this battery pack as a way to solve the problem of fickle and unreliable batteries in today's smartphones These batteries act as a hindrance to the establishment of an uninterrupted connection between delivery-persons and their customers(www.Techjuice.pk/25 under 25 2018).
5. Detection of Einstein's gravitational waves
Pakistan-born quantum astrophysicist, Dr. Nergis Mavalvala was one of the first scientists who detected 'gravitational waves'. Gravitational waves, hypothesised by physicist Albert Einstein a century ago, are ripples in the fabric of space and time. The researchers said they discovered gravitational waves coming from two black holes. These waves circled inwards and collided with each other(Dawn.com/Feb 2016). Furthermore, this discovery was made on September 14, 2015 but made public on February 11, 2016 after the scientists confirmed the detection with their data.
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..this evening interesting and even to some extent unexpected "specialized" combinations popped up unexpectedly – as, for example, the bass guitar plus contrabass, the acoustic bass plus the 8-string one, and so on, to say nothing about the last performance of the concert – a piece performed by all bass musicians involved.
Benefice of the People's Artist of Ukraine Bogdan Benyuk. (DVD).
This is the first attempt of presenting a DVD TV version of the anniversary celebration of the outstanding modern Ukrainian theater and cinema actor – the People's Artist of Ukraine Bogdan Benyuk. The benefice took place on December, 3, 2007 on occasion of celebration of Bogdan Benyuk's 50th anniversary in the National Academic Dramatic Theater named after Ivan Franko.
"Bozhychi" folk ensemble. School of the Traditional Ukrainian Folk Dance. Part 2. (DVD).
In the 2nd part of the video tutorial, theoretical aspects are explained much better and more thoroughly. Therefore we urge those who have already started mastering rural dances with part 1 to review the theoretical section of the 2nd part. This is not repeatition, it is a new level of awareness of folk choreography and the methodology of teaching folk dances.
Video version of the concert project "Guitar kolo" (this recording contains more compositions than its audio variant). Jazz-fusion in various displays, for every participant has his own vision of this style – is really an interesting thing, especially when played well. And with that everybody coped, you would not even dare to say who on that evening sounded more poignantly.
Vopli Vidopliassova. Video Collection. /anniversary release/. (DVD).
The release includes 19 program video clips of 1989-2010, including the three new video pieces ("Lado", "Vidpustka", "Chio-Chio San"), and the newly released rare video "Secret Spheres", which was filmed in 1998 and till now was considered tracklessly lost.
Vopli Vidopliassova. On the Rock-Sich Festival Scene. (DVD).
This, of course, is a special premium edition. And it has two important features. First: the performance by Vopli Vidopliasova at the "Rock-Sich" festival is presented on video – and, actually, this is the first concert DVD by VV. The second feature: the premium release is, as always, a limited edition.
Vladimir Shabaltas, VSH-Ensemble. Acid Menu live. (DVD).
"Acid Menu" has succeeded for one hundred percent. Very dense, saturated – but at the same time also transparent, elevated music sounds here. Speaking about the performance technique – it ranges from good to just virtuoso, and that can be said about virtually each of participants of this concert.
"Gouache" has already become one of the most noticeable and interesting recent novices. The guys immediately set the goal of, so to speak, "western" quality – and they are successfully implementing their objective. Everything went right: having heard songs by "Gouache", our audience frequently fails to believe that it is a purely Ukrainian product sounding.
On the disc, you will see the first serious appearance of Dazzle Dreams on a large scene, in front of a wide audience. And, we should say, the action having the name "Groove Inspira" has once again testified to the following: this group has considerable ambitions and indeed is truly ready to work for the sake of their realization.
Jamala. For Every Heart: Live at Arena Concert Plaza. (CD+DVD). /digi-pack/.
The concert performance – it is different, and not only due to presence of a new song. The sound, nuances of arrangements, team of musicians – but, above all – the energy. And this is the case when, even while just listening to the recording, you experience a kind of happening – not least due to Jamala's affection for gospel.
Sure, Er. J. Orchestra is one of the most interesting Ukrainian projects in the domain of ethno-fusion today. And not only Ukrainian ones. Actually, this music is so organically intertwined into the world sound fabric – it is impossible to limit it with any borders, geographic or stylistic, etc.
Igor Zakus, Z-Band. Kolomyyky live. (DVD).
This disc is double exclusive. First – as any recording of a live concert, it has fixated instantaneous changes of moods and states of the musicians, fluctuations of temperature in the hall. This is evident. But the main thing – now you have in front of you not just a concert by Igor Zakus with friends, but also a presentation of his absolutely new program, "Kolomyyky".
Zaporozhian Cossacks captivated by Turks dream to break free. Gossips about that reach the sultan. He disguises and penetrates unnoticed into the settlement of Cossacks, where he meets Ivan Karas. The sultan invites Ivan to the palace. The clever Karas, though quite drunk, looks closely and notices everything. And when time comes, due to his attentiveness and smartness Cossacks break free.
Danylo Zverkhanovsky Quartet, Pavlo Shepeta. Facing You. Jazz Kolo live. (DVD).
The video version of the concert that took place on June, 8, 2010 within the framework of the concert series "Jazz Kolo". The quartet of Danyl Zverkhanovsky – a student of Volodymyr Shabaltas – performed in the first part of this concert. The second part of the concert is performance by the renowned jazz masters: Pavlo Shepeta Trio includes, besides him, Maks Gladetsky and Valery Volkov.
Vitaliy Ivanov Quartet. Returning live. (DVD).
It sounds as very delicate, intelligent combination of clear feelings and attentive reflections. All through the time while the disc sounds, one has the haunting feeling that the musicians realize themselves and the space around literally at every second – and are able to instantly react to its every motion, because they have inside a full degree of freedom and mastery.
Kaktus Fresh. Kaktus in Kolo live. (DVD).
...the audio and video versions of the final gala concert were released by different recording houses. Possibly, it is for this reason that the content of the audio and video versions differ rather substantially from each other. However, for a music fan this sort of differences, sure, present a great benefit – since they make the general picture considerably more voluminous, complete.
The 3rd International Festival "kRok U Maybutne" on the eve of summer gathered thousands of its friends from different cities and countries. Once again, rock music of the world level sounded over the slopes of the Dnipro... A bright, unforgettable fest of the good, friendship and mutual respect.
Nataliya Lebedeva Ensemble. Medium Cool live. (DVD).
The disc represents most of the compositions from the second album by Nataliya Lebedeva "Medium Cool", two compositions from the album "Paints", as well as three plays that have not yet been released before. As a special guest, Artem Mendelenko took part in the concert – on that evening his saxophone sounded as though he has always been in that music..
the Maneken. Live at Arena Concert Plaza. (CD+DVD). /digi-pack/.
Ivan Marchuk, Valentyn Sylvestrov. Over the horizon – the horizon... Virtual slide show. (DVD). Premium edition.
This edition is quite unusual. Actually, there are two components: pictures by Ivan Marchuk and music by Valentyn Sylvestrov, the disc offers a continuous slide show accompanied by the music cycle as an uninterrupted loop.
Motor'rolla. the best of. (CD+DVD).
It is good that their music obtains more and more popularity, at the same time not becoming too "trimmed". If a rock-group in Ukraine matures to the point of releasing a collection of the best, this testifies not only to its worthy experience, but also to its being in demand – which cannot but be inspiring. It is good that when compiling this collection, Motor'rolla included here simply their favorite songs as well, regardless of their popularity.
"These two albums are a most vivid representation of the spirit of these six years on stage, – says the band leader Zhenya Halych. – While the last album "Primate" is already something new for us, and the debut one, "O.Torvald" was the search for our sound, "Acoustic" and "Use Us" are the basis of O.Torvald's work in recent year..."
...the Piano Kolo concert turned into a mini festival of Ukrainian jazz pianists. And it deservedly caused considerable interest – the program on that evening appeared surprisingly saturated and diversified. Disregarding the variety of styles, there is not a single "occasional" composition.
Ruslana. Music videos: Wild Energy. Amazon. Wild Dances. (DVD).
This disc contains videos of Ruslana, beginning from the Wild Dances period and the winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
Christmas 2003 project. This time, Ruslana invited friends, stars of the Ukrainian variety art, to celebrate Christmas in the picturesque snow-bound Carpathians and at a real carnival in the center of the ancient Lviv. Taisiya Povaliy, Ani Lorak, Evgenia Vlasova, others took part in the film. The film's soundtrack is Christmas songs performed by them.
"Christmas Legends" is the film with which Ukraine met Christmas 2002. Colorful illustration of the ancient folk traditions preserved in the Carpathians. Possibly, it is the period of preparation for this film, which included wide-scale ethnographic expeditions, that initiated the "Wild Dances" project.
A concert film based on materials of Christmas performances – won the award as the best music film of 1999. Almost all inhabitants of Lviv were involved in its production. And such sights of the global value as the Dominican cathedral, the Pototsky's palace etc. The quality of the music material satisfied even the most snappy music critics.
The first author performance demonstrated in 1998, after the many months of careful preparation. The project includes not only the festive songs set, but also theatrical and ballet pieces. The chamber orchestra "Virtuosos of Lviv", the choir and musicians of the rock group "Klub Shanuvalnykiv Chaju" accompanied the singer.
...saxophonists were involved into this concert – seven from among the best ones. However, the division into the best vs. the worst in this case can be only conditional and subjective – as the musicians represented works of absolutely different styles, from avant-garde to pop-jazz. Thus, the concert does not create any hierarchy, but rather offers an opportunity to find out the modern state of the art.
Telnyuk Sisters. REHEARSAL (studio video project). (DVD).
The term "rehearsal" – in this case it is about its special meaning: video recording of a studio "main run-through" – to which musicians, as a rule, invite their buddies and friends. With this initiative "Telnyuk: Sisters" have finalized their work with the project "Yellow Dandelion". The full stop, the first puff of the wind – and the seeds fly out into the world..
Telnyuk Sisters. Live at the Glenn Gould Studio. /Road of Glass/. (DVD-r).
The concert film "Our Shevchenko" is not a kind of a formal tribute. It looks like the thunderous silence of an inner challenge in the search for truth. The severe, exacting truth, often inconvenient, incompatible with the comfortable habit of ignoring what destroys the calm, makes one realize one's own limits – and, perhaps, go beyond them.
Tanok Na Maydani Kongo. Video Clips. (DVD).
For all those who love TNMK, who love Ukrainian hip-hop and high-quality hip-hot as such – outstanding joy has come. On this disc, almost all video pieces of the group are collected – there is now just no more complete official collection.
If only there are people who are interested in modern Ukrainian music and at that, strange enough, do not attribute due attention to work by TNMK... I think that after watching this they will want to hear everything that has been done by the group during the last 10 years. And they will be right.
Colors permanently change, mix up, sometimes in quite strange directions – for some musicians migrate from one team to another, practically never leaving the scene. As a result, there arises absolutely warm, friendly, "private" atmosphere – curiously combining the sense of the large scene and, at the same time, the feeling of an almost family jam in a small club.
Flit. Live in Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine). (DVD).
The concert was quite saturated, large – the majority of songs from the both albums sounded here, as well as one song that you will not find on other discs, "To Know Enough". Do I need to say that a normal recording of a live performance is a specific pleasure, far from the impression of a studio recording?
Off-Quar-Tet, ShockolaD. Jazz:Kolo:Bez. Live. (DVD).
One can already see from the very name: this concert became a joint project of Lviv festival "Jazz Bez" and the Kyiv series of mini-festivals "Jazz-Kolo". However, two concerts took place on that evening in actual fact – and those performances were so different that almost no temptation even arises to compare them with each other.
Podervyansky. Sny Vasilisy Yehorovny. (DVD).


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Nurses at a hospice in Barnstaple helped make the final days of a patient's life very special - by arranging a visit from a horse.
Patrick had been around the animals all his life and wanted one final meeting.
Staff at North Devon Hospice arranged for a stallion to be brought over and Patrick was wheeled out to feed and stroke him.
North Devon Hospice says Patrick had worked with horses all his life and talked to nurses regularly about his experiences.
The hospice says nurses arranged for Victor the horse to be brought from a nearby equine rescue centre.
Patrick died just a few days after the visit.
His daughter said meeting the horse meant a lot to her father, and was an experience she will never forget.


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Q: Why is the logistic regression implementation in Python incorrect? I have implemented logistic regression in Python. I think there is some bug in the code. I am not able to get the correct accuracy for the testset.
Here is the code:
from __future__ import division
import numpy as np
from math import *
import os, sys

class LogisticRegressionModel:

    def __init__(self, n):
        self.n = n
        self.theta = np.zeros((n+1, 1))
        print(self.theta)

    def SGD(self, trainingSet, epochs, minibatchsize, eta):
        m = len(trainingSet)
        for epoch in range(epochs):
            derSum = np.zeros(self.theta.shape)
            for xi, yi in trainingSet:
                xi = np.concatenate(([[1]], xi), axis=0)
                #print(xi)
                hi = self.sigmoid(np.dot(np.transpose(self.theta), xi))
                derSum = derSum + (hi-yi)*xi

            self.theta = self.theta - eta/m*derSum

            print(self.cost(trainingSet))

    def cost(self, dataset):
        totCost=0
        for xi, yi in dataset:
            xi = np.concatenate(([[1]], xi), axis=0)
            hi = self.sigmoid(np.dot(np.transpose(self.theta), xi))
            totCost += -1*(yi*log(hi)+(1-yi)*log(1-hi))

        return totCost/len(dataset)

    def sigmoid(self, z):
        return 1.0/(1.0+np.exp(-1*z))

    def evaluate(self, testSet):
        mtest = len(testSet)
        count=0
        for xi, yi in testSet:
            xi = np.concatenate(([[1]], xi), axis=0)
            hi = self.sigmoid(np.dot(self.theta.transpose(), xi))
            #print(str(hi[0, 0])+" "+str(yi))
            if hi>=0.5:
                hi=1
            else:
                hi=0
            if yi==hi:
                count+=1
        print(count/mtest*100)

The LR is a two-class classifier. The data set is having a linear decision boundary and I tested it using Octave which is giving an accuracy of more that 95%. But the above implementation stucks around 60%. I also tried changing the learning rate and other things. But that doesn't help.

A: Assuming that your training data is a list containing pairs like ([feature1,...,featuren], label), the following code seems to work fine for me. It's a modification of your code, except that I put things in array form where it was appropriate:
from __future__ import division
import numpy as np

def sigmoid(z):
    return 1/(1+np.exp(-z))

def log_loss(y,ypred):
    return -(y*np.log(ypred) + (1-y)*np.log(1-ypred)).mean()

class LogisticRegressionModel:

    def __init__(self, n):
        self.n = n
        self.theta = np.zeros((1,n+1))
        print(self.theta)

    def SGD(self, trainingSet, epochs, minibatchsize, eta):
        m = len(trainingSet)
        X = np.ones((self.n+1,m))
        Y = np.zeros((1,m))

        for i, (xi, yi) in enumerate(trainingSet):
            X[1:,i] = xi
            Y[:,i] = yi

        for epoch in xrange(epochs):
            H = sigmoid(self.theta.dot(X))
            derSum = (H-Y).dot(X.T)

            self.theta -= eta * derSum/m

            print(log_loss(Y,H))

    def evaluate(self, testSet):
        mtest = len(testSet)
        X = np.ones((self.n+1,mtest))
        Y = np.zeros((1,mtest))
        for i, (xi, yi) in enumerate(testSet):
            X[1:,i] = xi
            Y[:,i] = yi

        H = sigmoid(self.theta.dot(X))
        H = (H >= 0.5)
        print((H == Y).mean() * 100)

I'm not sure what's broken in your code, since this should work identically to yours (save for places where reloading the data is redundant).

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Schizophrenia: Evolution and Synthesis
Steven M. Silverstein,
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Steven M. Silverstein is Director of the Division of Schizophrenia Research at University Behavioral HealthCare, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services, Rutgers University.
Bita Moghaddam,
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Bita Moghaddam is a leading researcher in the field of neuropsychopharmacology. She is Ruth Matarazzo Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
Til Wykes
Til Wykes is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation at Kings College London, Director of the National Institute for Health Research Mental Health Research Network, Codirector of the Service User Research Enterprise, and editor of the journal Mental Health.
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1: Schizophrenia: The Nature of the Problems and the Need for Evolution and Synthesis in Our Approaches
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using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Design;
namespace System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler
{
    #region Class CompositeActivityCodeGenerator

    using System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Design;

    [Obsolete("The System.Workflow.* types are deprecated.  Instead, please use the new types from System.Activities.*")]
    public class CompositeActivityCodeGenerator : ActivityCodeGenerator
    {
        public override void GenerateCode(CodeGenerationManager manager, object obj)
        {
            if (manager == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("manager");
            if (obj == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("obj");

            CompositeActivity compositeActivity = obj as CompositeActivity;
            if (compositeActivity == null)
                throw new ArgumentException(SR.GetString(SR.Error_UnexpectedArgumentType, typeof(CompositeActivity).FullName), "obj");

            base.GenerateCode(manager, obj);

            foreach (Activity child in Helpers.GetAllEnabledActivities(compositeActivity))
            {
                foreach (ActivityCodeGenerator codeGenerator in manager.GetCodeGenerators(child.GetType()))
                    codeGenerator.GenerateCode(manager, child);
            }
        }
    }
    #endregion
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Tomi Lahren fails at Beyoncé race baiting attempt
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There is a narrative out in the world used as propaganda by the right winged conservative media that continues to paint a false picture of protesting black athletes and entertainers. Thanks to social media, Republican-leaning pundits can get their message out to the masses with the stroke of a keyboard.
In the midst of everything that is going on and how divided this country already is, why do white conservative talking heads feel the need to spew their hatred, bigotry, and elitist ideals into the atmosphere so vehemently and so wickedly as it pertains to the fight for racial equality? I am talking to you Tomi Lahren.
To call this woman a pundit is actually a stretch because, for the most part, the use of the term implies that she knows what she's talking about. When I tell you that I am waiting for her light to dim and fizzle, I mean it with all earnestly. She was, is, and forever will be a joke and a fraud. She is one of the biggest race-baiters in the blogosphere.
Lahren has seemingly made it her goal to tear down every effort by black activists fighting on behalf of black and brown people for the purposes of equality, access, and advancement. My burning question in the face of her continued attack on black celebrities who refuse to remain quiet about the injustices suffered by people of color (POC) in America at the hands of those who represent America is, "Why so mad?"
Her most recent round of white supremacist ideology regurgitation came this week against Beyoncé. There is no doubt that I am a fan of the singer and consider her one of the greatest entertainers to have ever lived, but my adoration for the artist has nothing to do with the contents of this article. Lahren once against used her propagandist platform to incite the racist segment of the white populous against Beyoncé, Colin Kaepernick and the civil rights movement of today after the powerhouse vocalist presented the former 49ers quarterback with Sports Illustrated's Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. She took to Twitter in the early hours of Wednesday morning to say,
"Police-hating Beyoncé presents police and America-hating Kappy with a "legacy" award. This is how far we've fallen. Wow."
Police-hating Beyoncé presents police and America-hating Kappy with a "legacy" award. This is how far we've fallen. Wow. pic.twitter.com/KIe6IqEQey
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) December 6, 2017
With such vigor and accusatory comments, again, I am left wondering 'why is Tomi Lahren so angry?' This is what white people who refuse to acknowledge the inequality that exists in the world do. They take a moment that is meant to bring awareness and change to our society and tarnish it with dog whistling words that serve to diminish the message, construes the intent and erase credibility. They do this purposefully knowing that their actions and words are going to hit a nerve on both sides of the racism debate. Woe unto those who engage in such propaganda as they are doing a gross disservice to the world and to the quest that we should all be on to truly unite this country. I am so sick of it!
The really interesting part of her tweet is that she considers the honoring of a man like Kaepernick, who lost his career in order to stand for what he believes in, to be synonymous with a failure on America's part to uphold some kind of, I don't know, standard of ethics. We are literally seeing the outing and dismissal of rich, white Republican men who get away with sexual assault and other illegal atrocities without consequence.
We have allowed a billionaire reality TV star with no political experience into the highest office in the land; despite his refusal to show his tax returns, despite his treatment of marginalized groups, despite the questionable circumstances of his election to office and despite his clear objectification of women. He has made it his quest to undo everything good the previous administration did and gives not one iota about the welfare or safety of this country. THAT is how far we have fallen.
It always amazes me the way people can take one thing and turn it into something it's not. I grew up in a republican-based conservative religious environment that did just that with the Bible and countless other things. I have learned through that experience that the people behind such actions are master manipulators who will do anything to gain and hold on to power.
It is no different with people like Lahren. She is the worst kind of "independent woman" because she will dismiss the real issues plaguing the female population in favor of patriarchal subject matters perpetuated by the very men committing horrible crimes against women. There is nothing fruitful about the active teardown of a cause that affects so many, all for the purposes of self-promotion and to further ideals rooted in hate and bias.
We have fallen low as a country; you are right about this Tomi. And it's going to take people willing to fight race-baiting propagandists like you to dig us out of the mess we are in right now.
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The HAD made the above arrangements in the hope of identifying infected persons early.
Members of the public may refer to the demonstration video produced by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) under the Department of Health (DH) via www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFAUzTtmKk to learn how to use the rapid antigen test (RAT) kit.
Persons testing positive through an RAT should take a photo of the test result and declare the result within 24 hours via the Declaration System for Individuals Tested Positive for COVID-19 Using Rapid Antigen Test (www.chp.gov.hk/ratp). If members of the public encounter difficulties in using the online platform, they can call the automated system at 183 6119 to register their identification document and telephone number. The CHP under the DH will contact the relevant person later to complete the report procedure. There is no need to declare negative test results.
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