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On Rythym

“Foli” is the word used for rhythm by the Malinke tribe in West Africa. But Foli is not only found in Malinke music, but in all parts of their daily lives. Directed by Thomas Roebers, this short film portrays the people of Baro, … Continue reading

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Some multi-cultural songs

The latest concert of the excellent Willoughby Symphony Choir featured a collection of popular and folk songs, rather than their usual classical performances.  I was struck by the mixture of cultural influences in many of the songs, and have collected  a … Continue reading

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Using Section Properties- Group

Following a recent comment I have updated the documentation for finding the section properties of groups of shapes in the Section-Properties-Group spreadsheet.  The revised file can be downloaded from: Section Properties07-Group.zip The screenshots below illustrate use of the Group function to … Continue reading

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Passing variable argument lists from Excel to Python via xlwings

When calling a Python function it is sometimes necessary to pass a variable number of arguments.  Examples from the xlw_Scipy spreadsheet include: Curve fitting functions, for which the functions to be fitted may have any number of arguments. The Scipy … Continue reading

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Two songs = 2/3 Wikipedia

It is said that a picture is worth a 1000 words. On the same basis, a poem is worth 1000 pictures, and a song is worth 1000 poems. So two songs are worth 2 billion words, which is about 2/3 … Continue reading

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