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Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About Last Night's Grammy Awards
9 February 2015, 10:26 | Updated: 8 May 2017, 17:09
In case you missed it.
It was a big night for a lot of people. Here's everything you need to know, in case you missed it.
Big Winners
Album Of The Year
Beck, Morning Phase
Record Of The Year
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Song Of The Year
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Best Rap Album
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Say Something, A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
Best Rap Performance
i, Kendrick Lamar
Best Alternative Music Album
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Best Rock Album
Morning Phase, Beck
Best Rock Song
Ain't It Fun, Paramore
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
The Monster, Eminem ft. Rihanna
Best Rap Song
i, Kendrick Lamar
Best Pop Vocal Album
In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
Best Urban Contemporary Album
G I R L, Pharrell Williams
Best Dance/Electronic Album
Syro, Aphex Twin
Best Dance Recording
Rather Be, Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne
Best Pop Solo Performance
Happy, Pharrell Williams
Best R&B Performance
Drunk In Love, Beyoncé ft. Jay Z
Best R&B Song
Drunk In Love, Beyonce ft. Jay Z
Best Music Video
Happy, Pharrell Williams
The Night In Pictures
Everything else
"Who is @beck?" is as bad as kids not knowing who Paul McCartney is. Do all of Kanyes fans develop amnesia to whomever he's affiliated with?
— Lewis Wake (@lewiswake) February 9, 2015
madonna will be good-ive heard of her
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) February 9, 2015
.@kanyewest wish you were there when I was 12 and got over looked for an 'Outstanding attendance' award at comprehensive school
— Chris Ramsey (@IAmChrisRamsey) February 9, 2015
— JENI SUK (@jensuki) February 9, 2015
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It's Science: Playing with your kids is actually good for you, too
Playing with our kids allows us to recharge while making important emotional connections.
Whether they're arranging their stuffed animals on the bed or running in circles outdoors, kids never run out of ways to play. According to a new report, we adults could learn a thing or two from our little fun seekers.
We know play is a crucial part of childhood development, but it's also important for the health and wellbeing of adults. According to IKEA's 2017 Play Report, you're never too mature to benefit from play, and parents should set aside some time for playtime.
The report identifies five key benefits to play that apply to kids and adults. It helps us to:
- Recalibrate and relax
- Connect with each other
- Escape
- Explore
- Express ourselves
"In fact some of the most beneficial play is when children and adults play together," the report's authors note. "They connect and strengthen intergenerational relationships and learn from each other."
IKEA's team spent eight months connecting with 300 people—from 2-year-olds to 90-year-olds—in Germany, the US and China. They found that while kids play as a way to comfort themselves and make sense of the world, adults play to seek power and creativity, to explore the world and feel liberated.
In a world where our lives are increasingly lived online, play is a great way to connect with our families, our friends and ourselves. More and more adults are turning to the games they played as kids when they need to unplug. "Our research has strengthened our belief that play is critical for a better everyday life at home," says Maria Thörn, Range Manager for IKEA of Sweden.
When we get down on the floor and play with our kids, or bust out that board game, we're allowing ourselves an escape from the stressors of adult live while giving our kids a chance to develop creatively while mirroring adult behavior.
Playing together connects families in a way no other activity can."When caregivers and children play together, they're actually making emotional connections," says Yesim Kunter, a play expert and futurologist. "They are learning about each other. They are learning about who they are as well as about the other person, and they are exploring together. At the same time, they are learning how to observe things together and how to take risks together."
Free-style play in a world of a child's making is just one way parents can playfully interact with their kids. Mirroring play, building play, outdoor play; formal play (like board games); and "out-of-the-box" play (like dancing or coloring), are all ways for moms and dads to connect and explore with their little ones, but it's not always easy for parents to do this.
IKEA's report highlights several reasons that adults gave researchers for not engaging in play. Common themes include too much stress and responsibilities at work, and rigid daily routines. A lot of adults also just feel that play is only for kids.
"As adults, we get scared of making mistakes. Failure is frowned upon and, as a result, we forget how to play, we're scared of taking risks, of asking too many questions and we often close the door on our own curiosity," says Kunter.
If we want our kids to be curious, we need to allow ourselves to be. And whether that means throwing a football or playing pretend, we owe it to ourselves and our kids to try to play as much as possible.


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Author Roland Engdahl
University of Kalmar
We take random characters or digits from a set A : {1,2,3...n}, one at a time. Continue until a choosen
stopping pattern S is obtained.
As example we toss an fair coin and observe head H and tails T. A : {H,T} and the stopping pattern S=(HH).
A real tossing gives : HTTHTHTHH
We are interested in the mean waiting-time E()
A classical way is to use Markov chains for a given stopping pattern. In programming it will be rather intricate.
Here other means will be used.
What do you think about E() for the patterns (HH) and (HT) (unbiased coin). Are they equal?
In this paper we will use one stopping pattern as well as two stopping patterns at the same time
This is the title of an article in the periodical
J. Appl.Prob. 19. 518-531
by Gunnar Blom and Daniel Thorburn.
This article was the main source of inspiration for my contribution of theory for Maple programs.
When quoting to content in their article: GB&DT
Another source is the well-known:
William Feller,
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, vol 1.
When qouting to this source: Feller
Martin Gardner,
Mathematical Games in Scientific American 1974
On the paradoxial situations that arise from nontransitive relations
The author has made a development of the theory in GB&DT and adepted it for Maple and programming of theory and simulation.
The evolution of theory has not been published anywhere.
When referring to my own contribution of theory: RE
One Stopping Pattern
Part 1 Generalities. Overlapping in sequences. Generating functions
General concepts about overlapping within and between stopping patterns.
introduced by Convay
Let S(1) and S(2) be two stopping patterns.
Denote S(1) the r rightmost (last) digits in S(1)
Denote S(2) the r leftmost (first) digits in S(2)
lenS(1) is the length of the pattern S(1)
The leading numbers are defined by (observe the order)
1 if S(1) = S(2)
(1,2) =
0 if S(1) ≠ S(2)
RE : weighty leading numbers
(1,2) = (1,2) where pr are the probabilities for the digits in S(1,2)
and the product is taken digit by digit in S(1,2)
In GB&DT all the digits have the same probability
In the following we use weighty leading numbers
The measure of overlapping of S(1) on S(2) (observe the order) is defined by
With one stopping pattern S we write S
Example 1 S(1) = (101) S(2) = (1011)
(1,2) = () (1,2) = (101)
(1,2) = p (1,2) = pq
f = p + p
Example 2 S= (10101)
Generating Functions
Generalities according to Feller p 264- Notation as in GB&DT
Let {a
A(t) = {a
The variable t has no significance (compare polynom)
Let X be a stochastic (random) variable assuming the values 0, 1, 2, ...
For the distribution of the probabilities p
P(X = j) = p and for the tail P(X > j) = q
Then q + p
The generating functions for the sequences {p
Ψ(t) = q
Ψ(t) = (1 - Φ(t)) / (1-t) for -1 < t < 1
The expectation E(X) satisfies (Theorem and proof in Feller)
The variance Var(X)
Var(X) = 2Ψ'(1) + Ψ (1) - Ψ
Part 2 Coefficients in recursion formula
Coeffients in recursion formula. Expectation and Variance
The generating function for the overlaps is (GB&DT)
where S is the stopping pattern and k is the length of S
Other notations in GB&DT Here we use weighty leading numbers
Theorem and proof in GB&DT
It is not easy (impossible?) to determine p
From here development by RE
With the formula by Feller we rewrite (1) as
Ψ (t) = (2)
We have q
Var(X) = 2Ψ'(1) + Ψ (1) - Ψ
Program one pattern theory
One pattern theoretic values
Leading numbers
Choose binary pattern S and probability for "1"
Recursion to calculate c[i]
Expectation and Variance
Program one pattern simulation
Simulation one pattern
Choose same binary pattern S and probability for "1" as in theoretic, number of trials
bi delivers a string "1" if with probability p else "0"
trier gives the number k of bi to give the stopping pattern
Start new simulation from here
mean and variance
Two Stopping Patterns
Two stopping patterns. Theory
We will consider the case with two stopping pattern S(1) and S(2) and with the random sequence common to both patterns.
Further we assume that the patterns are binary and of the same length. (these restrictions are not necessary in the general case)
Let X be the waiting time until one of the two patterns occurs and k = length(S(1))=length(S(2))
As in the genralities define the measure of overlapping of S(i) on S(j) by
Results from GB&DT (other notations here and smaller modifications))
The linear system of equations
has the solutions
Let x =
The mean waiting time is
Let be the probability that the pattern S(i) occurs first
(End of GB&DT)
Set for simplification of writing
α =
β =
The solution of the system of equtions gives
We intoduce the notion of odds
Example S(1) = (0101) S(2) = (1011)
For p=0.5 E(X) = 90/7
With separate random sequences
Waiting times for one pattern
Program two patterns theoretic
Two stopping patterns theoretic values
Choose two binary patterns with equal length and probability for "1"
odds[1] odds for S[1] against S[2] = p[1]/(1-p[1])
odds[2] odds for S[2] against S[1] = p[2]/(1-p[2])
odds[1] * odds[2] = 1
Program two patterns simulation
Two stopping patterns simulation
Choose same binary pattern S[1] and S[2] probability for "1" as in theoretic, number of trials
Start new simulation from here
Winning Ways for Two Persons Game
Introduction to winning ways...
Two persons, A and B, decide to play a game. A is unsuspecting.
B has read in Scientific American some 30 years ago an essay by Gardner.
It was about tossing an unbiased coin. No said A, we must do it a little harder, perhaps a biased coin,
B proposed a wheel of fortune with sectors for 1 and 0.
At last B said we do our own wheel of fortune in a Maple program.
This program is found here under Simulation
Before starting they have to come to an agreement concerning the rules of the game.
The rules are:
The probability for 1 is p and p is restricted to 0.25 < p < 0.75
(i e 1 between one quarter to three quarters of an orbit on a wheel of fortune)
We restrict to both pattern of length three
A starts choosing a pattern e g 101
A continues by choosing a value for p e g p=0.618
At last B chooses another pattern e g 111
She who gets her pattern first at the simulation wins that turn
Both agrre that the rules above are fair
After a while they can start the program simulation
But B will make some preparations, and A must not look at them
B starts with the program FOR THE THEORY
Then B continues with table graphs and strategy under theory
Well prepared B suggets A to start the simulation program
You can of course go at once to strategy (and perhaps look at the graphs).
The program is for understanding the background of the strategy
Program for creating Theory
Instruction for use
You must follow all the patterns for S[2]
Choose two binary patterns with equal length 3
p is probability for 1. Vary S[2] from 000 to 111
le = left limit ri = right limit
Calculation of odds for S[2] against s[1] Temporary results depending on S[2]
jump to applicable line of S[2]
if S[2]=S[1] choose 1 in stead of odds after simplify
Theory for strategy
Instruction for reading the table of odds
S(1) and S(2) are two patterns of length three
In the table we read the
odds for S(2) against S(1)
Choose the S(1) in left vertical column
Choose the S(2) in upper horizontal row
In the intersection we find the odds for S(2) against S(1)
The odds for S(2) =
The digit 3 in
Graphs for strategy in winning ways for two persons game
In the image beolw you can see eight graphs, one for each pattern
On the vertical axes you see the text odds mot xxx
read odds against xxx
The graphs with highest odds are in red. The digits are in bas ten.
Convert to base two. e g 6(ten)=110(two)
Q is a break point for probability BPP
A choice 011
B if p < BPP choose 1 = "001"
if p > BPP choose 5 = "101"
B has always odds >1 against A
In the corners of the cube the patterns are given 000,...,111
Over the patterns the break-point-probability BPP in green eg 011 has BPP= 0.592
Person A (unsuspecting) makes a choice of one pattern and the probability p for 1
Restriction for choice of p 0.25 < p < 0.75 NA = not applicable e g p=0.206
After that person B makes her choice of pattern.
State : The odds for B against A. Of course B is interesting odds > 1
To every pattern (execpt 000 and 111) there are two arrows
Example Pattern 011
If p < BPP take the blue arrow from 001
If p > BPP take the red arrow from 101
For details see the table below (q = 1 - p)
Calculating the value of BPP Solve in Maple the equation odds(p<BPP) = odds(p > BPP)
Pattern for A BPP Pattern for B and odds min odds for B
p < BPP odds p > BPP odds
001 0.382 000 q/p 100 1/ - 1 1.618
010 0.525 001 1/p 110 p(1+pq)/ 1.905
011 0.592 001 q/ 101 (1-pq)/(q(1+p)) 1.167
100 0.408 010 (1-pq)/(p(1+q)) 110 p/ 1.167
101 0.475 001 q(1+pq)/( 110 1/q 1.905
110 0.618 011 1/ - 1 111 p/q 1.618
The strategy shows that B always can win over A
When A (unsuspecting) sees B winning, A choose the last pattern of B and perhaps a new p
B chooses a new pattern according to pattern and p of choice by B
Sooner or later we get a loop with 3 ... 8 patterns
An example with all patterns in the loop is
110 - 111 - 011 - 101 - 001 - 000 - 100 - 010 - 110
Program for simulation of game
Choose your pattern of length 3
End with ;
Choose probaabilty for 1
within following limits
0.25 < p < 0.75
End with ;
Choose number of trials
Choose pattern S[2] and oddb:=
bi delivers a string "1" with probability p else "0"
procedure trier gives bi (0 or 1) to eventually give one of the stopping patterns
Asymptotic Values for one Stopping Pattern
Generating rational functions for asymptotic expansion
Quotation from Feller (Generating functions, Partial Fraction Expansions p 275)
... limit our exposition to the simple case of rational functions
Suppose then that the generation function is of the form
(4.1) P(s) = U(s)/V(s)
where U and V are polynomials ...
Theorem. If P(s) is a rational function with a simple root
A numerical example on tossing a coin is given in Feller . It treats the event that after n trials no sequence HHH can occur.
The result in Feller can be tested by the program below. SeeApplication
I will use the ideas in Feller and the results from the investigatioons in one stopping pattern.
Put Ψ(t) =
Put e[i] =
The values e[i] are calculated for i from 1 to k-1 in the program
In program a method is used to calculate f(t) in collapsed form in f:=proc(t)
and then the expanded form See program
The values c[i] are calculated for i from 1 to k in the program with the method in one stopping pattern
In program the same method of calculating g(t) in collapsed form in g :=proc(t)
and then expanded form See program
We need the derivative
gprim := diff(g(t),t); in the program
Time to choose the value p for the probability P(1) to determine the roots of denominator
p:= ...
Solve the equation
If there is more than one value for r choose the one with least absolute value and
Insert applicable index
Program compare theoretic and asymptotic values
Leading numbers Choose binary pattern S
Recursion to calculate c[i] for denominator
Recursion to calculate e[i] for numerator
Compressed form above at programming
expanded form below
Time to choose the value for p=probability("1")
Jump over next line if only one value for r above.
If there are several roots above take that with the
least positive value, choose the applicable index in r[] below.
s=numerator in asymptotic
Distribution Asymptotic : qa[i]
Distribution Theory : q[i]
Compare results in theory and asymptotic
Application on asymptotic distribution
Example 1
Compare the results from Feller and from running program shows that they agree
In Feller
Example 2
Example from school (faked)
The pupils got as exerice to toss a coin 1000 times and write down the result
In the report from a pupil you found the sequence ....1010101010101010 ...
What is the probability that the report was faked?
With the program we find
S:="1010101010101010" p:=0.5;
Answer: about 99%
Example 3
Mr Feller and his friend Mr Fellow played backgammon with unbiased dices
Feller had just published his famous book about Probability Theory
Mr Fellow proposed to set the dice outcomes 5 and 6 to P(1), the other to 0
So P(1) =1/3.
Mr Feller rolls the dice with a sequence 10110011100011110000
Mr Feller says to his friend:
How many tosses do you have to be sure to 99 % to get my sequnce.
I think that will take about 2 seconds for a roll
Mr Fellow : I think we have to wait at least 50 years to have a machine and a program,
perhaps it will be named Maple 11. or 11.00
In the year 2008 and with Maple 11 we find
1 - 99% = 0.01
Program for mean and median waiting times
ex=mean waiting time (Expectation)
My own experiment
median = The probability that the pattern has not occured is 0.5
(calculate by the formula for asymptotic values)
control: Probability q for the median waiting time
q[median] = 1/2
median ∼ (ln(2)+ln(s))/ln(r) ∼ ln(2)/ln(r) ∼ln(2)*ex
median/ex ∼ ln(2)
ln(2) ∼ 0.6931471
q[ex] ∼ 1/e
median/ex ∼ ln(2)
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If an NHL lockout delays or consumes the 2012-13 season, who should we blame? This was the question I posed on Twitter in an attempt to measure the general pulse of the fans. The sample size was admittedly small but the idea was to get an idea of what the average fan thinks of the impending lockout.
Would you blame the owners or the players? Would you blame both sides equally? Find out what other fans said and voice your opinion in the comments section.
The responses I received were all over the place. Some blamed the players, more blamed the owners. A significant number of fans blamed both sides but were quick to point out that they slightly leaned on the owners being more at fault. As you'd expect, I also received a few creative responses which didn't assing blame to either side (more on this later).
It's maddening that both sides seem to think this negotiating process should be a long one without any sense of urgency. Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHLPA, has been slow in presenting a counteroffer to the league. It's safe to assume this is a negotiation tactic but it is one that is drawing us ever closer to the September 15th date that could begin an NHL lockout in 2012-13.
Let's make a counteroffer and actually get this ball rolling. Both sides should be working feverishly in getting a new CBA agreed to. Now is not the time to delay.
The 2004-05 lockout really wasn't that long ago. The last CBA really should have done a better job of putting us in a better position than we currently are in some eight years later. The 2004-05 agreement was successful in getting hockey back for 2005-06 but it failed to set the league up for success as we currently see in CBA negotiations less than 10 years later. However, that fact aside, you can see that here one fan is blaming the owners more than the players – a common theme found on Twitter.
Here another fan blames the owners and mentions that crazy contracts that we have seen handed out in recent months and years have placed the owners at fault. It's frustrating that the owners aren't hesitant to hand out a bloated X-year contract for $100 million or more only to then cry foul and demand to have a larger percentage of the revenue because they are short on cash. Unless I'm mistaken, no one was forcing any of these owners to award players massive contracts.
The owners are responsible to improve their team but they shouldn't have tried to improve based on the idea that they could award hugely flawed contracts only to then demand more money during the CBA negotiations. A player is only worth what someone is willing to pay for him. If the owners as a whole had some sense we wouldn't be facing a situation where two players, Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, could both get nearly $100 million a piece only to later have the owners as a whole say they are broke.
The issue here appears to be more between owners and other owners as opposed to owners versus players.
Here one fan points out that the real issue appears to be owners vs. owners and not so much owners vs. players. Certain owners (the haves) have put tremendous pressure on other owners (the have nots). While one owner is in no position financially to hand out a contract any larger than $4 or $5 million a year, another might be in a position to give out multiple contracts worth $8 million or more a year.
Some teams and owners are genuinely struggling financially and would benefit from additional money under a new CBA. However, some teams are doing perfectly fine as evidenced by the insane contracts we have seen awarded this summer and over the past couple seasons. Where certain teams need help, others do not. The ones that are doing just fine, awarding mammoth deals, have cast the owners as a group under an extremely negative light.
Fellow Puck Drunk Love writer J.P. Quayle voiced his opinion, placing the blame on the current system as opposed to assigning blame to the owners or players. He believes the current system isn't set up to help a franchise that's struggling. He labels it as a league issue and an issue at the club level.
In my opinion, the NHL needs to focus on coming up with some solutions so that we never have to see a city lose their NHL franchise. The Atlanta Thrashers might be currently excelling as the Winnipeg Jets but the fact remains that the situation should have never been allowed to get to a point where the NHL needs to relocate. That being said, perhaps this issue is one about the NHL being a bit more selective in where they choose to open a new team. Winnipeg is a success currently but we will have to wait and see how that situation unfolds over the coming years.
Finally, we'll conclude on one of the most interesting and unique responses I received. This fan places the blame on the media and the current broadcast deal the NHL has. I'm not sure I follow this fan's thinking as the media will only pay X amount of dollars for X amount of viewers. If an NHL game brings in five million viewers you won't find multiple companies trying to bid millions above the estimated value of five million viewers. However, I tend to agree that the media is partially to blame in the NHL's growth as we have seen countless examples of how major media in hockey cities fail to deliver adequate hockey coverage. It's almost a Catch-22 situation – if the NHL was bigger it would require more media coverage. It there was more media coverage the NHL might be bigger.
As you can see the responses I received were all over the map. Without getting overly scientific, it's clear that the fans that responded generally blame the owners but also believe that both sides are responsible due to the fact this sort of issue could have been avoided. I did find it interesting that none of the responses I received singled out Gary Bettman, though I imagine that the opinion that the owners are to blame includes Bettman as a representative of the owners. Still, I expected to find a plethora of "Fire Bettman" comments only to find my Twitter feed lacking such a response.
Which side do you think is to blame? Voice your opinion below. Also be sure to follow me on Twitter (@FrozenNotes) as I'll be running more of these informal polls in the future.


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At the ALI Conference on April 26th next, I'll be presenting some of the latest ideas around agile leadership, with some personal experiences from my work supporting senior leadership teams transforming to agile:
The majority of agile implementations either fail completely, or deliver a fraction of their promise. Why so?
Most organisations and their leadership teams still follow prescriptive, efficiency based management paradigms, developed throughout the 19th and 20th centuries in a simpler, slower moving, more predictable world. Modern business, and software development in particular, must now deal with a level of complexity which refuses to play nice with traditional management approaches. Todays product development organisations are more akin to complex adaptive systems, which, by definition, implies the answer cannot be "figured out" in advance. No amount of analysis, design or planning our projects will allow us predict how they will unfold, what they will, or should, deliver or the value they will create.
So if we can't predict how the future will unfold, how can we as leaders create plans, assign responsibilities, measure performance, make commitments to stakeholders?
Agile Leadership is about building resilient organisations – organisations that can adjust structure and reconfigure resources dynamically based on emerging challenges. Such organisations cannot be built on static, power based hierarchies. Information and decision-making authority must be deployed dynamically to where it is needed at a point in time.
Building such an organisation requires some fundamental changes to our leadership approach. In this short talk I'll discuss some of the new priorities for leaders such as:
•The ability to set strategic direction or intent (what and why), while not committing to detailed plans (how)
•Leveraging the power of self-organisation by nurturing a shared common purpose, distributing power and developing leadership at all levels ("Eyes on, Hands off")
•Building professional competence and a common doctrine across team members, resulting in mutual confidence and trust in others, in turn leading to speed and effectiveness.
•Aligning personal, team and organisational incentives thereby avoiding conflicts and even subversion of intent.
While only the tip of the iceberg in terms of agile leadership, these topics give a feel for the challenges and fundamental changes in approach leaders face in adopting agile. A true transformation requires knowledgable, persistent leadership, training and coaching at all levels of the organisation.


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Top-line Data Show AcelRx Pharmaceuticals' ARX-04 Achieves Primary Endpoint in Dose-Finding Phase 2 Clinical Trial
Top-line Data Show AcelRx Pharmaceuticals' ARX-04 Achieves Primary Endpoint in Dose-Finding Phase 2 Clinical Trial
"The goal of this program, to find an effective sublingual sufentanil dose that could be administered less frequently by a healthcare professional than our patient-administered ARX-01 product candidate, has been met", said Dr.
This study randomized 101 patients following bunionectomy surgery in a 2:2:1 ratio to 30 mcg sufentanil, 20 mcg sufentanil or placebo treatment arms. The intent-to-treat (ITT) population in this study averaged 42.5 years of age with an average Body Mass Index of 28.2, and was evenly balanced for males and females (51%:49%) and ethnicity (54% Caucasian:46% non-Caucasian). Ninety-one percent of patients entering the study completed the full 12-hour study period.
"The results from this study, funded by the
About ARX-04
ARX-04 is a product candidate in development for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain, consisting of sufentanil, a high therapeutic index opioid, in AcelRx's proprietary NanoTab technology that enables rapid sublingual absorption when the NanoTab is placed under the tongue. As a result, sufentanil NanoTabs are designed to provide rapid onset of analgesia in a non-invasive method of administration and display a consistent pharmacokinetic profile due to a high percentage of drug being absorbed sublingually instead of through the gastrointestinal tract. We believe ARX-04 may ultimately be proven beneficial in a variety of medically supervised settings, including use in battlefield casualty treatment, by paramedics during patient transport, in the emergency room, for non-surgical patients experiencing pain in the hospital, or for post-operative patients, following either short-stay or ambulatory surgery, who do not require more long-term patient-controlled analgesia (PCA). According to the
About Acute Pain
In situations of trauma or injury, it is advantageous to have a rapid-acting, non-invasive method of treating acute pain. In the battlefield, in the emergency room and in ambulatory care environments, patients often do not have immediate intravenous, or IV, access available. Intramuscular injections are the current standard of care on the battlefield, but they are invasive, painful, and present an increased risk of infection to both patient and healthcare professional. In addition, in cases of severe trauma where the patient is often in hypovolemic shock and muscles are not well perfused, pain medication given by intramuscular injection may not readily reach the blood stream to provide pain relief, rendering this route of delivery suboptimal. Oral pills and liquids generally have slow and erratic onset of analgesia. Even patients with IV access may have undesirable side effects with the commonly used IV opioids morphine and hydromorphone, such as sedation or oxygen desaturation. Moreover, IV dosing results in high peak plasma levels, thereby limiting the opioid dose and requiring frequent redosing intervals to titrate to satisfactory analgesia. Additional treatment options are needed which can safely and rapidly treat acute pain, in both civilian and military settings.
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Lindsey Vonn sets record straight on Aaron Rodgers rumors
Lindsey Vonn sought to clarify that she is nothing more than friends with Aaron Rodgers after rumors started that the two may be an item.
The whole situation began to evolve after Vonn recently made several comments on photos Rodgers posted to his Instagram account. In one recent post, Vonn left the comment "Wow you are short" on a photo of Rodgers posing alongside Golden State Warriors player Za Za Pachulia at the ESPYs.
All told, Vonn has commented on 17 Rodgers Instagram posts in the recent past. But Vonn insists she and Rodgers are just friends, no more, no less.
"Everyone is kind of blowing this Instagram comment thing with me and Aaron out of proportion," Vonn said in a video posted to Twitter by Uninterrupted, as transcribed by the New York Post. "We're friends. I have friends just like everyone has friends, and I commented on his Instagram giving him a hard time because he is short comparatively to Za Za."
Vonn went on to discuss how the Rodgers rumors are one of several unfortunate pitfalls of being in the public eye.
"It's just hard sometimes being under the microscope," Vonn added. "There are so many more important stories to be had out there than people trolling me about a comment on Instagram. I try my best not to listen, but sometimes it can be a little frustrating."
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Vonn currently is dating former Rams wide receivers coach Kenan Smith. Rodgers, meanwhile, recently split from longtime girlfriend Olivia Munn, a relationship that ended up being the source of much drama (more on that here).
As far as Vonn is concerned, it's hardly surprising she's grown weary of Internet gossip and conjecture considering her personal life. The Olympic gold medalist of course was part of one of the biggest sports supercouples of all-time during her several-year relationship with Tiger Woods. The couple split in 2015.


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NBA player Kris Humphries asked a judge Thursday to annul his marriage to Kim Kardashian on the basis that it was fraudulent.
Humphries believes he was used to help boost Kardashian's television show ratings. Humphries filed for the separation, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for separation and "fraud" as the legal grounds for annulment.
"He was just slotted in the plot line of Kim Kardashian's latest headline and newest business venture," the sources said.
"He is sensitive to marriage both emotionally and religiously," the source told The News. "He entered the marriage in good faith and genuinely loved her and is devastated that it turned out like this."
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Pulse: Local screenings
Columbus isn't exactly lacking in venues to get your fix of national and international films.
With options ranging from the Wexner Center, Drexel Theatre, Studio 35 and the soon-to-open Grandview Theatre to the ubiquitous multiplexes, the latest indie, foreign and blockbuster movies are usually only a short trip away.
But what about catching the newest films from homegrown talent on the big screen? You've got several options, actually. Columbus' low-key but active film community boasts of a variety of ways to be seen.
One outlet, MadLab, is better known for boundary-pushing theater. The sell-out success of last year's Video Film Festival has ensured its return as an annual event at the Downtown mainstay.
Last year's program included shorts by Corey Aumiller, Dan Gerdeman and MadLab co-founder Eric Myers. Movie fans can catch a new crop of shorts and talk with the directors at this year's edition on Saturday.
Another multimedia arts group, Wild Goose Creative, jumps into local film exhibition on Friday, Nov. 13. Their North Campus space will play host to the new Columbus Moving Image Art Review.
Examples of locally made films, animations and software art, including works by Stacie Sells, Cassandra Troyan and Nikki and Matt Swift, will screen in what's promised to be the first showcase in a quarterly schedule.
If you're looking for an outlet to not only watch new local films but to also learn more about what happens before, during and after the credits, check out the Indie Club.
The national organization was founded in 1998 by Washington State native Eric Colley, a producer, director and actor who saw a need for an umbrella organization for individuals working in the film industry. Eleven years later, Indie Club has over 30,000 members worldwide and 70 local clubs - including Columbus.
Led by Max Groah and Bryan Arnold, the Columbus Indie Club meets monthly at the Gateway Theater for activities ranging from screenings of new local works to discussions on the artistic and technical sides of independent filmmaking.
New members can expect to meet anyone from producers to gaffers, but the club is open to everyone with an interest in film.
MadLab 2nd Annual Video Film Fest
8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7
MadLab, Downtown
Web: madlab.net
Columbus Indie Club
6:30 p.m. every third Monday of the month
Landmark Theater, Campus
Web: www.indieclub.com
Columbus Moving Image Art Review
8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
Wild Goose Creative, North Campus


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Last week we talked about the elements that we need to master to run a dance business (and I strongly believe it is the same for almost every other business) and become a professional dancer. What we did not cover are the actual possibilities that we have to create income with. I separate those into primary possibilities and secondary ones. The primary ones being the things that directly involve your dancing skills and the secondary ones being things that you can apply your dance knowledge to and therefore turn them into dance-related work.
Let's look at the primary ones. While all of these are very diverse on the inside, you can split it up into four general activities.
Performing can be summed up by "dancing for an audience". It is not relevant what kind of "piece" you perform or in what "stage situation". Productions can be contemporary pieces, dance theatre, muscials, commercial shows, streetshows and performing for movies, music videos or ads in front of a camera. If you put in the work, performing can bring you a stable income.
For most of us performing is done on a freelance base where you write an invoice and must take care of everything tax-related yourself. If you are really lucky you can get into a standing company that can employ you. In this case, they would pay for your insurance and tax. The downside of performing is that it is not completely in your hand how many shows you can do, because you never know how many gigs you will book.
Teaching is your solid base for any dance business
Out of these four primary work fields teaching is the one that is most reliable in terms of a steady income. It might not be the one you can earn the most money with, but it provides a good amount of stability and security. As soon as you have your classes established and running you know how many people come to you. Therefore you know how much cash will be in your pocket at the end of the month.
Teaching can be done as a freelancer or employed. Depending on the laws in your country, only one of these options might be legal. The downside of teaching: if you have a lot of classes it might feel like a regular job and can get boring if you are not good at motivating yourself.
Creating the choreography for performances, shows or camerawork is one of the opportunities that can earn you a lot of money in a short time. If you are booked by a big production to do this job you develop the dance and rehearse with the cast until they can do it. Then your job is done.
While they do the performances, you are already good to go and work on the next job. Downside: You need some strong references or a good network to book the jobs that pay well.
Competing is part of the marketing for your dance business
You can earn money by winning battles. There is price money out there. But the events that have a proper amount of it are rare, and the competition is fierce. If you are not top of the pops – this will not work.
In my opinion, competitions should never be seen as an income stream. There are other reasons to join competitions like building your name, testing your skills and having fun, but for most of us, it is not an option to rely on.
So far so good, let's look into some secondary possibilities that can directly benefit your dance career development:
Working in or running an artist agency
An evergreen that has tremendous value. If you are doing the booking in an agency that books dancers you might be able to book some good jobs for yourself or for your crew. As no serious agency gives gigs to people they don't know you are going to meet a lot of people aspiring to a dance career that might be future colleagues on stages.
Therefore you are sitting on the source for jobs and potential new colleagues. Of course, your agency needs to be cool with you doing this, but if you do great work and have the skills to convince on stage, there should not be a problem. On a side note: if you are running the agency yourself it's no problem at all.
Producing stage pieces
This one is big. It is a shitload of work but can pay off. I live in Austria and at the time I started there was no hip hop dance theatre in the country. In 2006 we started working on changing that – and we did. In the last 10 years, Austrian dance companies, crews and solo artists created more than 15 pieces in a genre that did not exist before in our country. I call this good work. *brofist to everyone who did a piece or show, you guys know who you are*
At the start, most people tend to choreograph and dance in the pieces they produce. So you just created the opportunity for you to do more work. If you are creating pieces for more dancers, you start meeting new people again and grow your network.
Making the event
Creating Dance Events is as big as producing for the stage. You help your scene to grow. You build opportunities and depending on your kind of event you get to dance yourself. Possible events are jams, competitions, theatre, workshops and so on. You can get really creative with this one. The best thing about making events happen is that you really meet a lot of people that dance too. If you treat them well they will eventually become a great addition to your professional network.
And now on to some possibilities that where you can fill a niche that might be unreachable for someone without dance background.
This list is a little bit longer and more creative than the one before. Most of the following jobs are perfectly doable without any knowledge about dance. But being able to dance or having the daily practise that you need to stay on top of your game will give you an edge here. In some cases, you can use your knowledge to become an expert in a niche, which is always an advantage. The list is in no specific order.
I put those two together, which does not mean you need to do both, but all points are valid for both. Every event that wants to grow requires proper documentation or ads. As a dancer, you have a better understanding of what to shoot and can produce better images. You can also use this to create products like photo books, prints or movies that might give you some income through sales.
Dancing is trendy at the moment, and a lot of companies are investing in the scene to grow their revenue. If there is some expert knowledge needed for blogs, copy or whatever, your experience sets you apart from the people who can write but know nothing (like john snow). If you have valuable stuff to say you might be able to publish a book and create income through sales.
Be it on your own channels, on tv productions for upcoming big events, or online live streams. Breaking (which we don't call Breakdance, remember?) is slowly entering the realms of sports and sports have commentators. With Olympia 2024 incoming, all the qualifying events that lead up to it and even existing events like the yearly Red Bull BC One World Final, that already has multilungal commentary, the demand for dance expertise will only rise.
Sometimes a role asks for someone well versed with moving and doing stuff with his body that untrained people can't. I produced short movies myself and heard more than once that it is so refreshing to see "actors" on the screen that know how to move.
Most dancers that practise hard have a physique that goes well with being a model. As you train your body regularly you are always in shape when a request comes in. I have a lot of colleagues that do model and dance back to back. The only bad thing about modelling: if you are a living photobomb like me, it does not work.
Dance needs music. The DJ provides it. While you are not actively dancing behind the decks, you are there at a lot of events and get paid. On good events, the DJs does not have to work the whole night alone. In that case, there is still time to hit the cyphers when your backup is playing.
Producing Music
When you have the taste and the skills to create danceable music: go for it. Dancers are always on the search for new music. If you can deliver, you have nothing to worry about. This is another one that can add money from selling your music or through royalties.
Fitness Trainer
New trends are coming up in the fitness world every day. At the moment of this writing, Breakletics is a thing, as well as dance fitness. If you are into this stuff, you can seriously pimp your income because people are fast in spending money on their "healthy lifestyle". I did some of those earlier in my career, and these were the most profitable classes with the most participants I ever had. And this might go very well with being a fitness model for the club you are working at.
Yoga/Pilates/whateva teacher
This one could be in the other category (stuff that aids your dance career) as well. Some people get deep into Yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais or some similar practises. While I am well aware that those are very different, this makes no difference in our business perspective. If you get deep enough into something, teaching might come naturally for you. That is the case here. Like the fitness trainer above, it is one hell of a chance to add substantially to your income. Some of my friends established themselves as the dance experts in physiotherapy. A smart move and it works. Maybe you can design a yoga class tailored to the need of dancers.
I almost forgot about this one. If you build yourself a reputation that will get you invited to judge significant events, then you can earn money with judging. This said you need to get to the big battles. Smaller competitions can pay you most of the time, but the income is not significant.
I am pretty sure I forgot something, probably a lot of things. If you can think of additional dance business ideas, let me know in the comments and I will add it to the list. And I will give credits for helping me out. With the work fields above there is one important thing. While you can make money with them, you need to be good. Doing any of those bad will damage your reputation while killing time you should use for dancing. So there is no easy-going in any of those.
Secondary work fields are things where you do not actively dance, so they take away time from your dancing. This sounds not too beneficial at first sight but there are reasons why you might want to include secondary work fields in your job setup.
- your secondary job benefits your active dance career (the first list of secondaries)
- your knowledge of dance qualifies you for a job that non-dancers could not do or makes your results better than from a non-dancer (the second list of secondaries). This makes negotiating higher fees/salary easier.
- you are not yet able to support all your financial needs by dancing alone.
- you are not that much into "the hustle" and appreciate the stable extra income.
- the point we never want to talk about: a lot of the secondaries can provide stability and income when you are not able to dance because of an injury or because you need a break or even when it is time to say goodbye to your active dance career. I know we don't talk about this. But it is wise to think about it and have a plan.
As a research task for you on the path to becoming a fulltime dance entrepreneur and creating your personal dance business plan (fancy wordings over here) think about which of the possibilities above might work for you. Where do you have the right skills? What do you enjoy? What would be a thing that you would love to learn that could play into your work in a reasonable amount of time? Go through your options and map them out on paper. There is power in seeing what you can do in writing.


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Hakan Fidan returned Tuesday to his previous post as Turkey's intelligence chief, after he withdrew his candidacy for the June parliamentary election.
On Monday, Fidan withdrew his nomination for parliament and was reappointed to his post as head of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization, to which he returned the following day.
According to prime ministry sources, Fidan made his decision following consultations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
He had resigned from his post on Feb. 6 to run in the June 7 elections.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stated Tuesday he had no disagreements with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the reinstatement of Hakan Fidan as head of Turkey's National IntelligenceOrganization, after opposition parties had criticized the action.
"The president and I do not have any… difference of opinion or different convictions on this issue," Davutoglu said at a parliamentary group meeting of his Justice and Development Party in Ankara.
Fidan, born in 1968 in Ankara, has held the top office of the National Intelligence Organization, or MIT, since May, 2010. He previously worked as deputy undersecretary when Recep Tayyip Erdogan was prime minister. He was also the head of the Turkish Development and Cooperation Agency, or TIKA.
He has been an influential figure in Turkey and made the headlines several times mainly related to Turkey's solution process and its Middle East policy.


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Due to ShukuenShinobi being gone on the typical Tuesday, this episode was recorded on Thursday, meaning we got to talk about even MORE news then we originally had. Join the crew as we talk about the newest Figuarts, Skull Crystal's exclusivity, Upcoming GoukaiMachines, Samurai Toys, Birth, Scans, W Returns, Kamen Rider's 40th Anniversary, Goseiger's finale, epic team ups, and the preview of Power Rangers Samurai on Nick.com! We here at RRR wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas, and a fantastic New Year. See you on New Year's Eve!
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Italy offers some of the best folk festivals in the world, with Tuscany among the leaders. Tuscan folk festivals and historical re-enactments should not be missed if the opportunity arises. Almost every town and village has its own costume event, often with a mediaeval or Renaissance theme, or a reenactment of a famous battle or
San Miniato in Tuscany, location of a great truffle fair during November
For anyone interested in truffles or, indeed, Tuscan gastronomy in general, San Miniato in Tuscany, location of a great truffle fair during November, is a name to conjure with. San Miniato is about 45 km from Florence (one and a quarter hours by car) and the time to visit is during October and November when
A Tuscan salumi selection as antipasto
The word salumi is a collective term for dried and cured meats such as prosciutto and sausages of the salami family, among others. It's very similar but not identical in meaning to the French expression charcuterie. Lardo, cured lard, is an exotic type of salumi. A Tuscan salumi selection as antipasto is typical fare in
Norcia, Umbria, home of pork sausages, lentils and truffles
The town of Norcia, in the highlands of Umbria, is the source of some of the best pork products in all of Italy – also, strangely enough, a source of excellent lentils and black truffles. Norcia is famous in part because Saint Benedict, the founder of the Benedictine monastic order, and his twin sister, Saint
Wine making using terracotta jars
An interesting new winemaking trend – making wine in terracotta jars. Not really new – the Romans used this method to make their wine. Now artisans based in Impruneta in Tuscany are creating terracotta fermentation giare and barriques for wine making. We expect that within two to three years, you will be able to try
Porcini mushrooms in Chianti, Italy
Porcini mushrooms of Chianti are not to be missed. With the exception of morilles, funghi porcini are the most delicious of the mushrooms. Try to find or buy them fresh and cook them sliced in a bit of olive oil with nipitella (a kind of catamint or catnip that grows wild in Chianti). Serve over
Schiacciata con l'uva Tuscan grape bread
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Porchetta – Tuscan roast whole pig
To make porchetta in Chianti, you start with a big pig – some say it should be at least 120kg! This is not a suckling pig we're cooking, it's the real thing! The pig is carefully deboned and dressed with abundant rosemary, fennel and garlic, and filled with its own minced sweet meats, although the
Bistecca alla Fiorentina, the grilled steak of Tuscany
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Judgement never serves us. It's small minded and fear based and toxic for our Spirits in the long run. Discernment on the other hand is wise and loving and useful to help us feel more love, protect ourselves, and deliberately create the lives we want. Check out today's episode to minimize judgement and increase discernment in your life.


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Top of the morning! What a short weekend...another day, another week another opportunity......yes,
you've got another chance to make things right. I know that the situation of the country is not helping, but then I don't think we should allow it determine how we live our lives.
It's often difficult to stay motivated especially in the current economic climate. Endless submissions of CV's, with no replies. Countless job leads that become a dead end. Weeks, months and sometimes even years without successfully landing a job. Yes, the experience of the job search can be quite challenging. I don't think we should let the hurdles thrown in our way beat us down.
The best time to take action is now...I don't take NO for an answer! You shouldn't also.
What you do today determines what you get tomorrow. Often it takes more guts than skill to open doors. Once the doors get opened, then it's up to you....where is ur gut? you need to be determined, use the mute key for every voices that keep telling u "u can't do it, u are a failure" it is just a way of distracting u.
Let's get that job done this week...get up, go out this week....the best time to start is now.


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by Charlie London
The video above consists of photos taken from a "shore walk" around the lagoons in New Orleans' City Park
The music is by Roger Hodgson and the group Supertramp. No claim is made to it.
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Photos and video by Charlie London. May 24, 2014.
New Orleans is surrounded by water.
The Mississippi River runs through it.
Lake Ponchartrain looms large north of the city.
Bayou St. John saunters majestically into the middle of New Orleans.
We have many running events that blaze through New Orleans. What about an event that highlights the natural beauty that surrounds us?
I was inspired by an event that happens in Manhattan every year and thought "why not here?" The Lafitte Corridor is the site of an annual 3 mile walk through the middle of the city. But, what about an event that highlights New Orleans' largest asset?… water.
We wouldn't need to re-invent the wheel to do it… the event could be modeled after an already successful event… visit the links for more information –> http://shorewalkers.org/the-great-saunter-2014
California TV station KCET did a story on the Shore Walkers. You can view it in the link:
Who thinks New Orleans Shore Walk could become an event in New Orleans? Who has ideas to make it happen? Who will walk with me?
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
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Global science and technology firm Merck and entrepreneurial advisory firm Intellecap will today host the first of a series of e-health meetups in Nairobi, Kenya, providing a platform for entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and public organizations in the healthcare sector to get inspired, exchange ideas, and network.
Today's e-health meetup focuses on the topic "Scaling e-health innovations in East Africa", and is the first in a series of monthly events which will feature panel discussions with industry experts.
The three experts to speak at the first event are Mike Macharia, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of SevenSeas Technologies; Moka Lantum, founder and director of Microclinics; and Duncan Onyango, East African director at Acumen Fund.
The event series will be hosted at Nairobi Garage, where Merck is currently running its e-health accelerator programme.
"With our accelerator programme in Nairobi we not only want to be part of but also contribute to the local startup ecosystem. This meetup is the first step to bring the ecosystem together and create value for its members," said Michael Gamber, head of Merck Innovation Centre and responsible for the accelerator programme.
Disrupt Africa reported earlier this year Merck launched its equity-free e-health accelerator programme in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at fostering the growth of high potential, early-stage e-health startups.
Three startups were selected to join the programme, which kicked off this month. Flare, is an Uber-like transportation network company that makes ambulances more readily accessible in Nairobi; the Miti Health platform improves the supply chain of medication; and Totohealth utilizes messaging and voice technology to help reduce maternal mortality, child mortality and detect developmental abnormalities in early stages.
The three startups will be introduced at the e-health meetup; while following the panel discussion and presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs, investors and industry representatives.
Those interested in attending should RSVP by email.


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The French island of Martinique beckons with its crystal blue waters, majestic volcano, and golden sand beaches. But I experienced the island's beauty from walking and hiking its verdant parks and gardens that are easily accessible to families. Habitation Clement with its abundance of outdoor contemporary sculptures is one of this island's many picturesque green spaces. This YouTube video slide show presents a window into some of Martinique's treasures.


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The Boy's last dance class was Christmas themed. For the first time, the costumes were not all girly girly.
Elf with an attitude.
A class of elves.
The Girl had to miss her last class because we overslept. So we made up for it by going to a cookie decorating party. Icing in every colour imaginable - YUM!
Here are a few more decorations that went up at our house. First, a picture of our mantle.
Here are a couple of ornaments we made last year.
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the Program IN THE SOUND WORK by Bartolomé Ferrando [2018]
September 01 – September 03, 10:00-14:00,
the Program IN THE SUND WORK by Bartolomé Ferrando in frame of the School of Performance 2018.
1 − First of all, I show you a system that I created, based on the history of phonetic poetry, for the decomposition of language.
2 − Through the use of newspapers, we create a new language and work both individually and collectively
3 − We work some historical pieces of phonetic poetry
4 − We do practices of semantic and asemantic oral simultaneism
5 − We work on the relationship between writing, gesture and sound
6 − We work on the relationship between performance and voice. Various practices.
BARTOLOMÉ FERRANDO Valencia, Spain, 1951
Performer and visual poet.
Teacher of intermedia and performance art in the Universitat Politècnica de València
Member of Flatus Vocis Trio (phonetic poetry), Taller de Música Mundana (object music) Rojo (free jazz and performance) and JOP (improvised music and voice)
Performances in: Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Holland, Finnland, Sweden, Norway, Canadá, México, USA, Japan, China, Singapoor, Vietnam, Israel, Czech R, Slovaquia, Germany, Rumania, Korea, Denmark, Belarus, Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Dominican R.
"I always take the poetic image as a starting point in my work in the realm of visual poetry, object poetry, object book, sound poetry, installation and performance. The sphere of poetry helps me to build, to construct pieces and structures which I can use to approach and head into the areas of music, plastic art and action.
The result of all this is an oeuvre that could be categorised and set in the field of intermediate art, a practice in which the most prominent feature is that a work can be interpreted from the angle of at least two different artistic domains, since it straddles both areas.
I would finally like to add the fact that humour can be found in many of my objects and performances, trying to make its presence felt from the interiority of the pieces." Bartolomé Ferrando


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One week after unveiling a 3D-printed pedestrian steel bridge concept as the 2021 Forge Prize winner, the American Institute of Steel Construction has announced this year's recipients of the Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel Awards (or IDEAS² for short).
The ten selected project designs from across the U.S. were honored for pushing the envelope of structural steel.
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$15 Million to $75 Million
$75 Million to $200 Million
Greater than $200 Million
Sculpture/Art Installation/Non-Building Structure
Presidential Award for Excellence in Adaptive Reuse
The 2021 IDEAS2 Award jury was comprised of Stephanie J. Hautzinger, SE, AIA, Associate Vice President, CannonDesign; Mark V. Holland, PE, Chief Engineer, Paxton and Vierling Steel Co.; Maysa Kantner, Atlanta Structural Steel Specialist, AISC; Anders Lasater, AIA, CEO and Principal Architect, Anders Lasater Architects; and Wanda Lau, Editor, Technology and Practice, ARCHITECT magazine.
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by Ruby Coleman
Many a pedigree chart or family group sheet goes without a date of death. This may be because the researcher has not gone above and beyond to look for a death record. Just say "death record" and a certificate filed in the state where the deceased died comes to mind. More should come to mind! Vital statistics were required and recorded on a state level close to the turn of the 20th century. Each state had their own requirements and dates when this recording would begin. Physicians, undertakers and bereaved families had their own ideas on recording death statistics.
Each state varies as to compliance of submitting the information. For example Georgia required vital information to be submitted in 1919. Births and deaths were actually being recorded by 1922 and it is estimated 90% completeness was not being seen until 1928. Does your ancestor fall into that gap? Regulations varied and it is a good idea to check for this information on Internet sites or through guide books such as The Handy Book and Ancestry's Red Book (both have recently been updated).
Prior to the turn of the century, or the date a state began requiring the registration of vitals, records were often kept on a county basis within courthouse records. Vital records were kept on a town basis in New England. Many of these records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library (LDS) in Salt Lake City. Check their online catalog at http://www.familysearch.org. Microfilm can be borrowed at Family History Centers.
Pre 1900 vital records can also be found in a variety of other places. Consider checking for obituaries, burial records, cemetery records, mortality schedules, city registers and church records. On the home front look for family Bibles. City directories will often show widows and by checking them over a period of time you can deduce when a person died. If your post 1900 research comes up empty handed on a state regist ered vital record, all of the above are also helpful.
Death records are twofold. The personal and statistical information is supplied by a person who had knowledge of the deceased, usually a relative. In some instances the person may not be a relative. This information varies in consistency and accuracy. The other portion of a death record is supplied closer to the time of death by a person (usually the physician) who had first hand knowledge of the time, date, location and cause of death. If the death certificate does not contain information on place of birth and names of parents, look for more death certificates for other family members. Always compare locations and time periods with other records. Is there a variance between a death certificate and an obituary?
In the 21st century we are experiencing some problems in obtaining death records. Some states are enforcing laws that release vital records only to immediate family members and some release only records for specific periods of time. You may be asked to fill out the application explaining the purpose (genealogy or family history) along with identification as to your relationship and also include personal identification. Most certainly these laws will never be relaxed. Death records are being posted to Internet and are helpful as starting points for individuals. Some of these are available to subscribers at databases such as Ancestry.com and others are on state or society web pages, such as Illinois death records for 1916-1950 at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/....
Have you gone above and beyond in your quest for death information? The extra effort to find more information will glean great results and fill in those gaps on your ancestral charts and family group sheets.


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Charles talks about the absolute statements our Lord made about unless certain things are true you will perish.
For I tell you, UNLESS your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 5:20
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, UNLESS one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." – John 3:3
No, I tell you; but UNLESS you repent, you will all likewise perish. – Luke 13:3
Truly, I say to you, UNLESS you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 18:3
I told you that you would die in your sins, for UNLESS you believe that I am he you will die in your sins. – John 8:24
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|Carol Moseley Braun for President
On February 19, 2003, Carol Moseley Braun filed papers with the FEC establishing the Carol Moseley Braun for President Exploratory Committee. The committee opened an office at 2907 S. Wabash in Chicago. There was significant turnover in May/June as the initial campaign manager Andi Pringle and others left. Patrick Botterman took over with the title interim director. At the time Moseley Braun formally announced her candidacy on September 22, the campaign had a staff of seven. In November, Patricia Ireland, former president of the National Organization for Women, took over as campaign manager.
Moseley Braun announced the following members of the Exploratory Committee on February 19:
Elizabeth Tisdahl investment
analyst from Evanston, Ill.
Former Staff...
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Former 'Donkey Kong' Champ's Cartoon Likeness Lawsuit Dropped
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit by former Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitchell — who was featured in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong — over his claim that a Cartoon Network show stole his likeness, The Associated Press reports.
Mitchell had taken umbrage with the Regular Show character Garrett Bobby Ferguson, a floating head with a beard who cheats his way to video game glory. Cartoon Network said Ferguson is a transformative depiction of Mitchell — who also sports a beard and long brown hair — and New Jersey Federal District Judge Anne Thompson ruled that the likeness was dissimilar enough that the First Amendment protected the show.
Judge Thompson said that Regular Show exaggerated Mitchell's likeness to make the character "cartoonishly evil." She further noted, "The television character does not match the plaintiff in appearance: GBF appears as a non-human creature, a giant floating head with no body from outer space, while Plaintiff is a human being. And when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff."
Mitchell has built a career out of his arcade game prowess, notably becoming the first player to achieve a perfect score in Pac-Man, and holding the longtime record for points in Donkey Kong. Mitchell also owns the Hollywood, Florida chain, Rickey's World Famous Restaurants and hocks a line of hot sauces also under the Rickey's World Famous name.
In The King of Kong, Mitchell is portrayed as the cocky antagonist to Steve Wiebe, a down-on-his-luck science teacher who tries to break Mitchell's Donkey Kong high score.


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The Chenot Palace in Azerbaijan is the perfect getaway from our busy lives in Dubai dominated by skyscrapers, laptops and buzzing cell phones. There's something magical about this hideaway, just 2.5 hours away from Dubai, that is not yet overrun by tourists. It has that same lush greenery and cooler climes that have beckoned travelers to popular parts of Asia. We're in for a real treat as we discover Azerbaijan's natural beauty with the gorgeous luxury blogger Amanda Rushforth of The Bikini Society!
The Welcome
There amid the greenery stands a modern hotel where, upon entering, you're greeted with wooden design features and the scent of burning logs that stir up memories of Christmas.
The interior is sleek and a beautiful complement to the nature outside. Amanda says: "Both Russian and Arabic influences are clear, though there's a hint of Europe, too."
Sweet Suite
There are 72 rooms and three villas that make up this lovely hideaway. The villas are like standalone cabins that are ideal for someone who wants to get away from it all but not feel like they are in a completely remote location. The same peaceful wood and stone design features are present, as well as floor to ceiling glass to make the most out of the view. And with that private pool, could you wish for a more Instagram-worthy place to stay for a few nights?
While the three bedroom villas are ideal for groups of friends or families, the hotel is ideal for solo travellers seeking a unique wellness experience as well. The rooms are also spacious and relaxing – it's all the wood, the cream coloured furniture, and thoughtful lighting!
Yes, you say you're into wellness and health, but the food at this resort really takes it to another level. With light meals made from fresh local ingredients, the staff here make it a mission to care for your diet. For breakfast, think less pain au chocolat and more spelt porridge and fruit, which Amanda said was absolutely delicious. For lunch, meals are nutritious and surprisingly filling, with the likes of zucchini spaghetti and plenty of fruits and nuts.
Saved the best for last. This resort doesn't just have your typical massage menu. You start with a diagnostic to measure your BMI, weight to muscle ratio, collagen and full body element checks. There's even an option to take a blood test to measure things like iron count.
Then, the fun begins! A bio-energetic doctor used a Chinese form of energy balancing to clear Amanda's body of any blockages. What followed were cupping treatments, massages with electric waves and deep cleansing facials. Post treatments, Amanda says she felt more rejuvenated than ever and highly recommends trying the Jacuzzi.
Looks like a performance art piece, doesn't it? Amanda says nothing she tried was painful. Rather, one of the treatments was so peaceful she fell into a deep sleep. Prefer an old fashioned massage? They have lovely treatment rooms for those, too.
For those looking for a more relaxed approach to wellness, laps in the beautiful indoor swimming pool are just what the doctor ordered.
Amanda Rushforth's style is colourful and feminine. Rock your yoga poses with sartorial inspiration from the travel blogger in this ensemble that is equal parts stylish and comfortable!
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How to cook bacon wrapped chicken stuffed with sausage
Boneless skinless chicken thighs are given the special pork treatment. Stuffed with your favorite sausage and wrapped in bacon, yes delish and versatile bacon. Mmmm
Preheat oven to 450F
This is what a package of store bought chicken looks like. Butchers are a good place to get this as well.
Lay the thighs cut side up and trim off an excess fat.
Stay organized and work in batches/ steps.
scoop some sausage into the open cavity. Don't put too much in or you won't be able to roll them up nicely.
Roll em up into cute little chicken bundles.
A single slice of bacon should be good for each one. I find stretching the bacon as I wrap helps to keep everything together during cooking
Into a medium hot pan. Ensure that the seam Of the bacon wrap is directly on the pan. This seals the bacon in place, eliminating the need of a toothpick.
Carefully flip with a spatula and tongs. I like a flat metal spatula that can slide under without tearing off the bacon.
After all of the sides of the bacon are fried, stick em in the oven. This should take about 10-15 minutes.
After they are done and have rested a couple minutes, slice each bundle into delicious little bite sized disks.
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David Clarke, the controversial former Milwaukee sheriff who abruptly resigned a week ago after 15 years as the Wisconsin county's top law enforcement official, is joining a pro-Trump super PAC.
Clarke, 61, will join the America First Action super PAC, according to a statement released Tuesday.
"It's truly an honor to join the America First Action team, most importantly because we share the same values that most hard-working, law-abiding Americans do," Clarke said in the statement. "It gives me the chance to do what I love most — promote President Trump's agenda, including his fierce support for the American law enforcement officer, and ensure the will of the American people who got President Trump elected is not derailed by the left or the self-serving Washington establishment."
It had been long speculated that Clarke would take on work at the White House, with initial reports stating he'd join the Trump administration after being considered for several posts at the Department of Homeland Security.
The registered Democrat was first cast onto the national stage in 2016 when he spoke in full uniform at the Republican National Convention.


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All packers without exception were represented by their direct owners and top management. This event demonstrates Napco Modern Technical's success and leadership in the food packaging sector.
Napco Modern Technical developed the dates packaging market in 2005 with all stakeholders, earning packers' trust and business to evolve as the market leader in dates packaging within three years.
Napco Modern Technical now has an estimated 65% national market share in Saudi Arabia and is the dominant supplier in the MENA region. The company will capitalize on this success model and build around it to become its comparative advantage.
Napco Modern Technical's challenge was and will always be to deploy all resources to proactively adopt product development innovations, knowledge, and technology transfer, in order to perfect its products to the specific needs of its customers and consistently meet their full satisfaction.
Date manufacturers & packers dine with Napco Modern Technical members
Success is driven from the strong team spirit where the contribution and outcome clearly reflect harmony and synergy among all team members.
The event included the following program:
Welcome & Introduction
Paul Bafitos, Sales Manager
NAPCO Mission & Principles
Hisham Quraish, Napco Human Resources Manager
Presentation of NAPCO / INDEVCO Group of Companies
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Antoine Samih Saade, Product Manager for Thermoforming Films
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Golang tip of the day: admin dashboard and health checks in Beego applications
One litle-publicized feature of the BeeGo Go framework is its admin dashboard.
Although it may look quite raw visually (think MIME: text/plain), it contains a wealth of information about goroutines, threads, memory usage, and request statistics. It even allows devs to add to a "healthcheck" list, and admins allowed dashboard access to run "tasks" defined in code. The diagram belows shows the hierarchy of features in the version coming with Beego 1.3.0.


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From toy safety to cybersecurity tips when traveling in the airport, Augusta University is offering a variety of stories with experts ready to be interviewed for your holiday news coverage.
View the list of story ideas below and call 706-721-3893 to schedule an interview.
Tips for better toy shopping
About 250,000 children were treated in emergency rooms for toy-related injuries last year, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and 73 percent of those hurt were younger than 15. For the children on your Christmas list, Dr. Natalie Lane, medical director of the Emergency Department at the Children's Hospital of Georgia, has eight tips to help reduce your child's risk for injury.
Beating the holiday blues
Feeling overwhelmed about the holiday season? Dr. Bernard Davidson, a psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, gives six tips to beat the holiday blues, including letting go of the unrealistic expectations of the holiday season.
Stay cyber safe during the holidays
Public Wi-Fi in airports can be a convenience to travelers, but it can also make you a target for hackers. Cloud security company Coronet listed Charlotte Douglas International Airport among the top 10 worst airports for cybersecurity and named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International a digitally-unsafe airport. If you are traveling during the holidays, Dr. Michael Nowatowski, associate professor in the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences at Augusta University, shares precautions to take when using public WiFi.
Save money on last-minute holiday travel
Last-minute holiday travel can be both expensive and stressful. However, don't let pricey airfares and long lines in the airport turn you into a scrooge. Dr. Mark Thompson, associate dean of the James M. Hull College of Business at Augusta University, shares tips to help you save money and stay calm during the holiday chaos.
View Augusta University's Expert Center to learn more about the professors, doctors and professional staff with expertise in areas such as cybersecurity, political science, healthcare and business.


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Here's the latest article from the Philippines site at BellaOnline.com.
A Day of Road Tripping
So you want to unwind and thinking a drive to the countryside is perfect. Or bring the kids for horseback riding. Or have a quick get-together with friends. Or spend time with your significant other. But you only have a day for this. What to do?
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