"Go to Florence," quipped an early Novofemina Research Jam participant. She was responding to a light-hearted question during a Focus Group. "If we could pack a magic bag for a woman just starting transition, what should we put in it?" I asked. The answers surprised me. Kleenex. Something warm. Armor. A friend. Nothing. What would you add? Plane tickets?
I understood the Florence comment as a proxy for allowing ourselves to disengage from the transition process and its demands. Re-charge. Re-energize. Step out of the flow, if only for an afternoon.
Countless women have shared with me something along the lines of, 'I wish I knew how long this was going to last when it started. I would have gotten away or done xxxx.' Are Florence moments a necessity?
As I reflect on my pre-transition self I realize that I consistently missed Florence moments in my day-to-day existence. In fact, I systematically withdrew from Florence-like activities thinking it was the right thing to do. Let me see if I can explain.
About two years prior to my leaving my former role at Iron Mountain I resigned from a not-for-profit board that I loved. It was a math and science charter school dedicated to elementary aged children. I served on the Board for a total of seven years.
Every time I left our meetings I felt energized. I always got a fresh perspective on the issues I was facing at work by simply disengaging from my day-to-day and looking at problems from another perspective. I learned something valuable every time. Never failed.
By the way, elementary education had nothing to do with any of the professional activities I was involved in during my Board tenure. Nothing at all.
So why did I resign? I couldn't rationalize being away from home another second as the demands on my time grew ever greater at work. Travel. Hosting dinners. Midnight asian conference calls. Something had to give.
Truth be told I chose the wrong thing. Instead of figuring out how to manage the role differently I began to strip away those things that I couldn't 'afford' to do. Does this sound familiar?
I recalled the Florence comment this week as I hiked up the Piazzella Michelango with extended family. We traveled to Italy to celebrate a milestone birthday for my sister. In retrospect I wish I'd allowed myself something so expansive early on in my transition. Who knew?
I've had the great good fortune to travel to Florence a few times before. This time my eight year old's fascination served as my lens. New words. New sounds. New money. I saw the city in an entirely new way…thanks to his perspective.
May your trails this summer lead you to surprising new perspectives…magic bag or not. Happy 4th!
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Nelle sue canzoni ha incarnato la romanità. Fu artista poliedrico: attore, arrangiatore, cantante, ebbe un notevole successo tra i suoi contemporanei. Celebri furono le collaborazioni con i maggiori artisti romani quali Aldo Fabrizi autore di vari testi delle sue canzoni, tra cui Notte napoletana, ed Ettore Petrolini che era solito concludere i suoi spettacoli cantando L'eco der core. Balzani vinse numerose edizioni del Festival della Canzone Romana di San Giovanni e la sua fama crebbe sino a ottenere contratti discografici internazionali. Tra le sue canzoni più celebri: Barcarolo romano (testo di Pio Pizzicaria) e L'eco der core, che furono in seguito interpretate da Gigi Proietti, Claudio Villa, Sergio Centi, Alvaro Amici e Gabriella Ferri.

Biografia

Figlio di Achille, vetturino di idee mazziniane, e di Maria Francisi, trasteverina, Romolo nacque il 4 aprile 1892 in via dei Chiodaroli, nel rione Sant'Eustachio, a pochi passi da Campo de' fiori.

Nel giro di due anni la numerosa famiglia Balzani si trasferì a Trastevere in via Montefiore. Romolo, come la maggior parte dei suoi fratelli, non frequentò le scuole, e imparò a leggere e scrivere solo da soldato durante la prima guerra mondiale.

A sedici anni Romolo cominciò a lavorare da stuccatore lavorando anche a San Lorenzo fuori le mura: -"M'arampicavo su la scala, stuccavo er muro e ccantavo... Cantavo a ppiena gola". Da buon trasteverino coltivò un rapporto privilegiato col Fiume, che frequentava spesso: diventò un buon nuotatore e si meritò il soprannome di tizzo nero per la sua abbronzatura.

Cominciava allora a cantare nelle feste del rione, facendo serenate, cantando ai matrimoni o semplicemente la sera all'osteria, guadagnandosi un nuovo soprannome: ghitarra e mmannolino. Cominciò ad essere richiesto anche in alcuni locali e poi nei teatri, finché nel 1910 entrò al Salone Margherita, il teatro di Petrolini e altri valenti artisti dello spettacolo.

Nel 1916 rispose alla chiamata alle armi e l'anno successivo fu ferito. Fatto prigioniero, fu portato in un campo di concentramento in cui sarebbe rimasto fino al termine del conflitto. Il mese dopo la sua cattura aveva perduto suo fratello Armando, cui era molto legato. Tornato a casa si dedicò con grande passione alla canzone e nel 1920 organizzò un suo piccolo complesso col quale si esibì anche fuori Roma. Due anni dopo incontrò Oberdan Petrini (il paroliere de L'eco der core), col quale stabilì un fruttuoso e saldissimo sodalizio nell'arte come nella vita.

Nel 1923 debuttò, con un suo spettacolo alla Sala Umberto, a fianco di Enzo Fusco e Odoardo Spadaro ottenendo un buon successo di pubblico e attirando le prime attenzioni della critica. Da questo momento la stella di Balzani ha conosciuto un crescendo di popolarità che lo ha portato, come cantante e come paroliere, a diventare il massimo nome della canzone romana.

Nel solo 1926 furono realizzate Ninetta affaccete, L'eco der core, Barcarolo romano, Canzone che canzona, testi e musiche che si sarebbero imposti subito e che si annoverano tra i migliori prodotti della canzone dialettale di Roma. Nello stesso anno vinse tra l'altro l'edizione della neonata Sagra dell'Uva di Marino e del Festival di San Giovanni.

Cominciò a girare con la sua troupe in tournée per tutta l'Italia, rimanendo sempre legato alla sua Roma, dove non mancò di partecipare ogni anno al Festival di San Giovanni. Il 24 luglio 1928 ricevette dal Ministero della pubblica istruzione una medaglia d'argento e un diploma per l'opera svolta per il rifiorire della canzone romana e nel 1935 fondò una compagnia teatrale (la Compagnia Musicale Romana di Romolo Balzani-Pina Piovani-Gildo Bocci) con cui inaugurò una nuova stagione da capocomico che dette, tra i suoi frutti, ottime commedie musicali in romanesco di cui ci rimangono registrazioni su album.

Tra il 1940 e il 1942 realizzò degli spettacoli per le Forze Armate per le quali scritturò gli attori Gustavo Cacini e Alfredo Bambi (il dicitore del monologo Er fattaccio di Americo Giuliani). Nel 1943 diede il suo anello d'oro per gli ebrei perseguitati dal nazismo. Con la fine della guerra riprese la sua attività di capocomico.

Dopo il 1954 si ritirò dalle scene. Morì il 24 aprile 1962 in via dei Portoghesi, non lontano da Piazza Navona. Due giorni dopo, a Sant'Agostino le esequie. Balzani fu sepolto presso il Cimitero del Verano di Roma. Sulla tomba l'epigrafe incisa recita: "la voce mia s'è spenta ma resterà sempre l'eco der core del Barcarolo romano".

Discografia parziale

Singoli
 1926: L'Eco Der Core (Odeon, O 7670)
 1927: Amore Amore (Eaglephone, C 5617)
 1927: Cià Corpa Mamma (Eaglephone, )
 1927: Dichiarazione A 'na Morara (Eaglephone, C 5617)
 1929: Stornellata Romana (Odeon, O 10410)
 1929: Barcarolo Romano (Odeon, R 9245)
 1929: Pe' Lungotevere (Odeon, )
 1930: Pupetta (Odeon, O 10774)
 1932: Serenata Sincera (Parlophon, GP 91027)
 1932: È Vero O Non È Vero (Parlophon, GP 91026)
 1932: Un Fiore E Un Cuore (Parlophon, GP 91030)
 1932: L'Omo In Pericolo (Parlophon, GP 91031)
 1932: Treno Fa Presto (Parlophon, GP 91031)
 1932: Sagromania (Parlophon, GP 91024)
 1932: Canzona Che Canzona (Parlophon, GP 91030)
 1935: Serenata a Maria (Odeon, GO 17436)
 1935: Popolanella (Odeon, GO 17435)
 1935: Gli stornelli dispettosi (Odeon, GO 17829)

Album
 1995 - La canzone romana è Balzani (Nuova Fonit Cetra)
 2002 - Romolo Balzani (Edizioni del TIMAClub)

Reinterpretazioni
 2001 - Barcarolo Romano. Le canzoni di Romolo Balzani scelte e interpretate da Sara Modigliani e Sonia Maurer, Roma, Edizioni musicali III Millennio.

Filmografia parziale
Sette giorni all'altro mondo, regia di Mario Mattoli (1936)
L'ultima carrozzella, regia di Mario Mattoli (1943)
Amori e veleni, regia di Giorgio Simonelli (1949)
Dramma sul Tevere, regia di Tanio Boccia (1952)
Nel 1960 la canzone Serenata de paradiso viene inserita in La giornata balorda di Mauro Bolognini. Nel 1961 Pier Paolo Pasolini cita Barcarolo romano in Accattone.

Note

Bibliografia
 AA.VV., Gino Castaldo (a cura di), Dizionario della canzone italiana", Roma, Armando Curcio Editore, 1990, alla voce "Balzani, Romolo", di Enzo Giannelli, pagg. 95-96.
 Maurizio Tiberi e Luigi Martini, Una vita per la canzone: ROMOLO BALZANI, Edizioni del TIMAClub, anno II, nº 4, marzo 2002.
 Stefano Andreani, Romolo Balzani, Roma, Aquila bianca, 1990.
 Sangiuliano (pseud. di Giuliano Santangeli), Balzani fra spettacolo e folklore, Roma, Nuova editrice Spada, 1986.
 Anton Giulio Perugini (a cura di), Le canzoni di Romolo Balzani, Nuovo Almanacco, Roma, 1981.
 Sangiuliano, Quando Roma cantava. Forma e vicenda della canzone romana, II ed. riveduta e ampliata, Joker, Novi Ligure, 2011.
 Sangiuliano, Balzani e Roma nel folklore urbano, in Studi Romani, luglio-dicembre 2003.
 Sangiuliano, Stanzialità e teatralità in Balzani, in Strenna dei Romanisti, 2004.

Voci correlate
 Zara Prima

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Tre fotografie di Romolo Balzani: in costume romanesco, in smoking, cartolina

  Andrea Mugnai, Le canzoni popolari romane, in "Capitolium", nº 1, anno 1974 (XLIX), pp. , 41, 42, 43, 44.

Gruppi e musicisti del Lazio
Cantanti in dialetto romanesco
Sepolti nel cimitero del Verano

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However, some can contain links to malicious websites, outside of the control of Facebook, and these should not be clicked. There are clever ways that people can make links and websites look legitimate, but they are actually masquerading as something different.


Adventure holidays are enjoying an explosion in popularity right now, and why not? The age when the quality of a holiday could be judged on how sunburnt you got is long over.
People are working longer hours than they were just a few years ago and when it comes the time to take a break they want something more than a swimming pool to lounge by. They want excitement, adventure, and a holiday to remember.
There are plenty of adventures to choose from. Horse riding, trekking, caving, rock climbing, scuba diving, off-piste skiing, tall ship sailing- you can pick any one of those activities and base a holiday on it.
If you're a keen climber or diver you probably have a good idea of what will happen on the trip and what you'll need, but these days a most adventure holiday providers are more than happy to cater for those with no experience at all.
The first thing to do is to choose your adventure. If you're going to be holidaying with another person or a group, remember to keep in mind the needs of everyone in the party. All holidays are supposed to be fun, and while a bit of a challenge can bring with it a huge buzz, someone with a serious fear of heights probably won't enjoy a rock climbing holiday in the French Alps.
A person with weak knees may struggle with a fortnight spent trekking in South America.
There are plenty of adventures that are perfectly appropriate for the less physically fit. Horse riding and river rafting are two of the best, although gentler walking and cycling holidays can be a great way of getting a fitness hit while having a bit of fun.
If you want to walk, choosing a trekking package where you don't have to carry your own rucksack will take a lot of the pressure off.
A good tip is to make the time to include a touch of luxury towards the end of your adventure holiday. Add a couple of extra days and use them to relax. Combine a caving holiday with a couple of sight-seeing days or a horse riding adventure with a spa weekend.
That way your tired muscles will have a chance to recover before you head back to work.
You certainly don't need to be in the peak of fitness to enjoy adventure holidays but you might find that a little extra exercise in the run-up period pays off. For one thing it'll help prevent second day aches and pains.
Pick a couple of Saturdays in the month before you leave on a trekking holiday and go hill walking, or if you're going skiing or rock climbing there are indoor venues that can help you develop some basic skills.
It's not a requirement for beginner-level holidays, but the better your foundations are the more fun you'll have on holiday because you'll spend less time learning and more time doing. Besides, a little preparation isn't a chore.
Think of it more as a way of extending your adventure across a couple of extra weekends.
If you have fun on the big adventure – and if you choose the activity correctly you almost certainly will – don't stop there. Outdoor sports are a great way to keep fit and there is no reason why an adventure holiday can't be the start of a long-term passion.
Jess Spate, the author of "Choosing your first adventure holiday" is a guest travel blogger at Hotels-Fairy.com the best UK hotel price comparison website. She also works part time for a US travel media on the other side of the Atlantic.
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If you are too new to what to work on, we suggest 4 strict pull-ups on odd minutes, and 4 perfect air squats on even minutes.
Be advised that Thursday we are doing clean & jerks and then finishing up with a training version of "DT" (cleans and dips). If you're planning to come in Friday, choose today's work with that in mind. Have fun! You'll be amazed at how much progress you can make with a little concentrated effort.
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Q: not getting proper data which is fetched from csv file i have csv file having two field image name and email like below
img/img (1), a@gmail.com

I am trying to show this data on image popup (lightbox) as a caption of that image. I first tried by applying on first image from the group of images as below. But its showing output like Array Array instead of img/img (1) a@gmail.com.

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<a href="img/img (1).jpg" data-lightbox="imggallery" data-title="<?php print $lines_of_text[0].$lines_of_text[1];?>">

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Anyone have idea how should do that?
Edit: Images are getting repeated by following code:

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Updated csv file like below:
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img/img (2),b@gmail.com
img/img (3),c@gmail.com
img/img (4),d@gmail.com
img/img (5),e@gmail.com
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A: The error is here:
data-title="<?php print $lines_of_text[0].$lines_of_text[1];?>

Use this:
data-title="<?php print $line_of_text[0].$line_of_text[1];?>

Not "lines" but "line". "$lines_of_text" is a 2 dimensional array, containing all the lines, read from csv. You need to traverse it line by line.
Update
You must output only 1 image inside the loop:
foreach ( $lines_of_text as $line_of_text):
      $withoutExt = preg_replace('/.*\\/(.*)\\.[^.\\s]{3,4}$/', '$1', $line_of_text[0]);
?>

           <a href="<?php print $line_of_text[0]; ?>" data-lightbox="imggallery"
           data-title="<?php print $withoutExt.$line_of_text[1];?>">
               <img src="<?php print $line_of_text[0]; ?>" alt="image">

 <?php endforeach; ?>

A: You have made one careless mistake while using the variable name.
$lines_of_text - array of variable,
$line_of_text - single value from array of $lines_of_text variable
But inside the loop of $lines_of_text variable you have used the same array variable instead $line_of_text for data-title

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Summer 2016 Prose: Introduction
Go ahead. Admit it. As readers of literature, we're voyeurs. We want to know about the nitty-gritty of relationships; how they shape people, how people come to understand each other and hurt each other, and how they heal.
In the six prose pieces in this issue, three fiction and three nonfiction, we're compelled by connections between characters, on narrators figuring out their lives – how can I be a good parent? What is my place in the world? How do I change the dynamic in my marriage? Where did things go so terribly wrong?
Some of the central relationships are with children, as in "Let Me Explain," where with humor and an almost obsessive drive for frankness, the narrator attempts to reverse with her own children the discomfort with honesty that her parents had with her. In "Ben," a teacher is haunted by the tragedy that befalls a student, and her inability to do the thing he asks of her. And in "Risk Takers," we witness the struggles of a mother during her daughter's early teens to maintain the parenting principles she set out before her daughter was born.
"The Itching" has at its center a conflict between a woman and her husband, which plays out in front of her father and brother, and is influenced by her mother's recent death. She is insecure and grieving and yet there is a grace and vulnerability in her failures.
Other pieces in this collection grapple with relationships at a distance: The narrator of "Cooking Lessons" must redefine her fraught relationship with food and family. In the course of doing so, she gains a new perspective on her mother, now deceased. In "The Passenger," the narrator stays separated from his lover by a river; he's true to her, but not with her. Even more central is his relationship with music, which is his means for communication, for understanding, and for feeling.
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The research team is contracted by the Australian Government to monitor and assess the effectiveness of this large scale investment program so that results can be used to modify and adapt this and future programs for the best and most practical outcomes. Currently overseen by Daniel Florance, 325 monitoring sites were initially established over 153 properties extending through the BGGW vegetation community from Narranderra in southern NSW through to Warwick in southern QLD. Spanning six Local Land Services regions in NSW and two NRM regions in southern Queensland the study targets specifically the White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and the Derived Native Grassland ecological communities.
Since 2010, monitoring has been undertaken investigating changes in vegetation under implemented land management actions. This also includes bird, reptile and amphibian surveys. This research aims to determine the changes in vegetation condition following the implemented land management actions and the associated bird, reptile and amphibian responses.
The Australian Government Department Of The Environment under a Caring for Our Country (CFOC) grant currently funds the ESP project, with the former Lachlan Catchment Management Authority (CMA) heavily involved in earlier stages of the project.
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Elon Musk: Five Tips for Young People to Succeed in Life
In one of his last interviews in 2021, the mogul Elon musk gave five tips for young people who want to achieve something great in life or want to have a positive impact on the world.
The question was answered by the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla on Lex Fridman's podcast.
Try to be helpful
This is the first tip you mentioned Musk. "Do things that are useful to your fellow men and to the world. It is difficult to be useful, very difficult", He assured.
From their point of view, living a useful life is something that it must be worth it: "That is a good life, a life worth living," he added.
Work to be useful and contribute to society.
Contribute to society
"Are you contributing more than what you consume?"Asks the tycoon.
As a second piece of advice, he assured that young people should try to have "a positive net contribution to society."
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The only goal is not to be a leader
"Don't try to be a leader for the sake of being a leader"Was another piece of advice that Munsk mentioned to Fridman.
The businessman explained that, many times, the people that the boss wants as leaders are the ones who do not really want to be, as a kind of paradox.
It's not about being a leader for the sake of it, nor should it be your only goal, Musk said.
As a fourth piece of advice, the CEO of Tesla encouraged young people to read now "try to ingest as much information as possible and develop good general knowledge".
He also advises sowing new knowledge, either through reading or meeting new people.
For Musk, it helps to learn a little about many things to get an idea of the "knowledge landscape."
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In addition, reading can help you find that work in which your talents and interests.
Talk to others
This point would be related to the previous advice, as it is another way to obtain more knowledge.
"Talk to people from different walks of life and different industries, professionals, skills and occupations, just give it a try", Is the last advice that the tycoon gave in the interview.
According to Musk, young people cannot miss the opportunity to learn as much as possible.
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Watch Carli Lloyd kicking a field goal from the 55-yard line: Should she get an NFL tryout?
Wed Aug 21, 2019 at 3:19pm ET
By Matt Couden
Team USA star Carli Lloyd has shown impressive kicking abilities on the soccer and NFL fields. Pic credit: HBO Hard Knocks YouTube
Is Carli Lloyd on her way to becoming the first female NFL star? That's the question on many people's minds after seeing her deliver an impressive field goal kick.
She's already well known as a member of the successful United States Women's National soccer team. It's a tough sport which definitely requires many attributes including stamina and leg strength. While fans see plenty of header and close-up goals, goals are also scored with a powerful kick many yards from the goalkeeper.
However, a recent stop by the football field during an NFL practice session showed just how powerful Carli Lloyd's leg really is.
Watch as Carli Lloyd nails the 55-yard field goal try
The Philadelphia Eagles are currently preparing for the 2019-20 NFL season and playing preseason games this month. However, Team USA soccer star Carli Lloyd decided to visit with the team due to their opponents. Lloyd's visit didn't just include hanging out and talking about the upcoming NFL season, but it also featured her getting on the field to show her skills.
On Tuesday evening, Lloyd posted a Twitter video of her attempting and connecting on a field goal from the 55-yard line.
Thank you to the @Eagles for having me out! Thanks to @JustinTuck @jake_elliott22 @MayorRandyBrown for the good time and tips! ? ? #55yd pic.twitter.com/owZ16f46Th
— Carli Lloyd (@CarliLloyd) August 20, 2019
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That make was met with a number of cheers from the spectators on the field. It's unlikely that it was also met with discussions for a potential contract, as the Eagles currently have kickers on their roster.
Jake Elliott was part of Philadelphia's Super Bowl-winning team several seasons ago and remains their top guy on the roster. He holds the NFL record for the longest field goal by a rookie with a 61-yard make and had five 50-plus yard field goals in a season.
That said, his playoff career-long is just 51 yards, four yards shy of what Lloyd showed in practice. In addition, Lloyd's fellow Team USA star Julie Ertz is married to Eagles tight end Zack Ertz. So maybe there's an inside connection there if Elliott gets hurt?
Will Carli Lloyd join the NFL someday?
It's not the first time that Carli Lloyd has shown off her kicking skills. The United States Women's soccer star also participated in a 2015 kicking contest with Vince Wilfork of the Houston Texans. That fun segment was featured as part of the popular HBO series Hard Knocks (see video here).
Lloyd also joined Good Morning Football on the NFL Network to discuss her recent viral field goal with the crew. As for how the opportunity came about, Lloyd said she had a free day and she knows the Baltimore Ravens' kicking coach.
That's the Eagles' upcoming opponent in the NFL preseason on Thursday night and the reason kicker Justin Tuck was there. Lloyd also mentioned with her viral kick, "I could do it all day long, it was a lot of fun."
However, could Carli Lloyd get an NFL tryout in the future? So far, the league has yet to allow female players to participate. While there's no arguing Lloyd's kicking abilities, there is always the argument that even NFL kickers get tackled or hit hard. The potential for serious injury is there. So it also seems unlikely that there will be a female kicker or player just yet in the NFL unless rules change.
Lloyd mentioned a kicking job with the NFL "sure would pay a little more than soccer," and then talked about how "close the [kicking] techniques are." She also brought up some of the criticism she's received such as there were no big, tall men defending the kick.
Weeks ago, Lloyd mentioned her love of the Philadelphia Eagles with a "Fly Eagles Fly" rally cry during the FIFA Women's World Cup parade speech. That drew a mixture of cheers and boos from those in attendance during the New York event. So the New York Giants may not be calling anytime soon either.
For now, Carli Lloyd will continue with her sport of choice, soccer. The US Women's National Team Victory Tour will include appearances in Philadelphia on Aug. 29 and St. Paul, MN on Sept. 3 to give fans a view of the team's talents.
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David Conlon (né en 1982) est un mathématicien irlandais. Il travaille en théorie des graphes, et notamment en théorie extrémale  et probabiliste des graphes. Il est actuellement (en 2020) professeur de mathématiques au California Institute of Technology.

Carrière
Conlon étudie au Trinity College de Dublin à partir de 1999 avec un bachelor en 2003 (médaille d'or de l'université) et réussit la troisième partie des examens tripos de l'université de Cambridge avec distinction. Il obtient son doctorat à Cambridge sous la supervision de Timothy Gowers en 2009 (titre de la thèse : Upper Bounds for Ramsey Numbers). De 2007 à 2010, il est Junior Fellow du St. John's College à Cambridge. À partir de 2010, il est Royal Society University Research Fellow (boursier de recherche universitaire de la Royal Society) et, depuis  2011, Tutorial Fellow du Wadham College et lecteur en mathématiques discrètes à l'université d'Oxford, depuis 2011 également. De 2016 à 2019, il y est professeur. Depuis 2019, il est professeur au California Institute of Technology.

Conlon a représenté l'Irlande aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques en 1998 et 1999.

Recherche

Conlon travaille en théorie des graphes extrémaux, en théorie de Ramsey, sur les structures aléatoires en combinatoire, en combinatoire pseudo-aléatoire et en combinatoire additive. En particulier, il a établi la première amélioration super-polynomiale de la borne donnée par le théorème d'Erdős-Szekeres pour les nombres de Ramsey diagonaux.

Prix

En 2011, il a reçu le prix européen de combinatoire pour ses travaux sur la théorie de Ramsey (y compris une nouvelle borne supérieure pour les nombres de Ramsey diagonaux) et les progrès de la conjecture de Sidorenko sur les graphes bipartis. En 2020, il est lauréat du prix Whitehead  « en reconnaissance de ses nombreuses contributions à la combinatoire. Son expertise particulière est la théorie de Ramsey, où il a apporté des contributions fondamentales à la fois à l'arithmétique et à la théorie des graphes ».

David Conlon est conférencier invité au congrès international des mathématiciens de 2014 à Séoul.
Il était rédacteur en chef de la revue Electronic Journal of Combinatorics.

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Mathématicien irlandais du XXIe siècle
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To Be Sung Underwater – Tom McNeal
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Judith Toomey's life "swerved" (her word) when she was forty-four. At the time she is a Los Angeles film editor, married to a successful banker, Malcolm, and mother to a teenage daughter, Camille. Life is okay. Sometimes better than okay.
…there were whole hours and even days when Judith was visited by a dull ace that in spite of its unspecific origin seemed symptomatic of yearning, but there were also whole hours and days of productivity, good cheer, and reasonable warm fellow-feeling that she presumed she should, to be fair about it, call happiness, or something within inches of it.
But then one day, the "bird's-eye maple bedroom set, handed down to Judith's father by his grandparents, and by Judith's father to Judith, and by Judith to Camille" ends up in a heap by the pool, ready to be collected and disposed of, and something in Judith unfolds, "a slow blossoming of resentment."
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Reading that again, after having spent a few hours with Judith and Willy, is deeply moving. I loved everything about Willy. I loved his wry sense of humour and his deep and abiding love for Judith. I loved Judith, too. She's smart and thoughtful; she cares about the past. I loved how McNeal's book tapped into the everyday moments that make up a life: eating and reading and sleeping and falling in love.
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Sasha Jensen has returned to Paris, the city of both her happiest moments and her most desperate. Her past lies in wait for her in cafes, bars, and dress shops, blurring all distinctions between nightmare and reality. When she is picked up by a young man, she begins to feel that she is still capable of desires and emotions. Few encounters in fiction have been so brilliantly conceived, and few have come to a more unforgettable end.
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Stripped to the bone, as sharp and lucent and alarming as a piece of broken crystal.
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Publication Date: December 17th, 1999
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Nose bleed or epistaxis, an obstinate disease medically, refers to blood coming out from the nose or nasal passage, which occurs when the delicate capillary in the back part of this organ is damaged. Nosebleeds can run the gamut from a tiny trickle to a big gush. But while it may be disturbing to see blood drip from your otherwise placid nose, there is usually no need to worry. There are many effective home remedies for nosebleeds, and nosebleeds are typically harmless annoyances.


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PBI-4050 for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
PBI-4050 is a low molecular-weight oral drug being developed by ProMetic BioSciences of Canada to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).
IPF is a chronic disease characterized by a progressive decline in lung function, because the lung's small air sacs are being replaced with scar tissue, causing shortness of breath. The disease usually affects people between the ages 50 to 70, and the prognosis is poor. Men and women with a smoking history are more likely to develop the disease.
How PBI-4050 works
PBI-4050 is designed to regulate inflammation and fibrosis (or scarring). The drug works by reducing the level of pro-fibrotic cytokines (chemical signals that promote scarring), fibrocyte differentiation, and microfibroblast activation, to improve organ function.
Animal studies showed thatPBI-4050 is able to successfully reduce the amount of proteins involved in inflammation and fibrosis. These include:
Transforming growth factor 1 beta (TGF- 1b ), which is responsible for cell growth, differentiation, and maturation
Connective Tissue Growth Factor (CTGF), which is responsible for helping TGF- 1b sustain fibrosis and increase extracellular matrix production
Members of the interleukin family, such as IL-23p19 and IL-6, which are pro-inflammatory in nature.
PBI-4050 studies
The results of preclinical studies showed that PBI-4050 significantly reduced lung tissue scarring in animal models.
A Phase 1 study that enrolled 40 healthy volunteers showed that PBI-4050 was safe and well-tolerated with no adverse events being reported.
In February 2015, PBI-4050 was cleared by Health Canada to begin clinical trials in IPF patients after the safety data from preclinical studies and the Phase 1 trial were released and presented.
A Phase 2 (NCT02538536) open-label, single-arm, and exploratory trial of PBI-4050, at 800 mg daily, was started in July 2015 and completed in January 2017. The trial, which enrolled 40 IPF patients at six Canadian sites, tested the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the drug in terms of lung function and disease progression. During the treatment period, which lasted 12 weeks, nine participants received PBI-4050 alone, 16 received PBI-4050 and Ofev (nintedanib), and 15 received PBI-4050 and Esbriet (pirfenidone). The baseline characteristics of the enrolled participants were similar to those enrolled in previous Phase 3 studies (ASCEND and IMPULSIS-1 and IMPULSIS-2) of other drugs, including Esbriet.
Data from this study were presented at the 2017 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference. PBI-4050 was found to be safe and well-tolerated when given alone or in combination with Ofev or Esbriet. Participants receiving either PBI-4050 alone or in combination with Ofev showed a lesser decline in forced vital capacity (FVC, a measure of lung function) than patients treated with a placebo. However, PBI-4050 levels were reduced in combination with Esbriet, suggesting a possible poor drug-drug interaction. The company also presented data that shows that PBI-4050 has an effect on the regulation of biomarkers involved in human lung fibrosis.
PBI-4050 was granted orphan drug designation in the U.S. as a potential IPF treatment in February 2015. In October 2015, the drug received the same designation from the European Commission.
Prometic plans to start two Phase 2/3 placebo-controlled study, the first for IPF patients who failed to tolerate Ofev or Esbriet, in which participants will be randomized to either receive PBI-4050 as monotherapy or receive a placebo, and the other in which the combination of PBI-4050 and Ofev will be tested. Both studies are expected to start in the second half of 2017.
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Dawgwood is a 1993 all-instrumental album by American musician David Grisman, recorded with his group David Grisman Quintet. It is the second album recorded under Grisman's own label, Acoustic Disc. Grisman's self-named "Dawg" music was well established when this album was recorded — it is influenced by traditional bluegrass, jazz, gypsy music, Latin and more. Most of the songs are composed by Grisman, the two covers being Django Reinhardt's "Bolero de Django" — a gypsy song which Matt Eakle's flute gives a more modern flavour and "Asanhado" by Jacob do Bandolim. The last piece on the album, "New Dawg´s Rag" is a song previously released on album The David Grisman Quintet, but with "updated" arrangement.

Track listing
All songs by David Grisman unless otherwise noted.
 "Dawgwood" – 3:36
 "Dawgmatism" – 6:39
 "Jazzin'" (with Joe-Bob) – 5:33
 "Sea of Cortez" – 6:20
 "Steppin' With Stephane" – 6:42
 "Bolero de Django" (Django Reinhardt) – 5:58
 "Asanhado" (Jacob do Bandolim) – 6:17
 "New Dawg's Rag"

Personnel
David Grisman – mandolin
Rick Montgomery – guitar
Matt Eakle – flute
Jim Kerwin – bass
Joe Craven – percussion, violin

References

1993 albums
David Grisman albums
Acoustic Disc albums


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Resurfacing Contract Awarded to Improve Cabarrus County Roads
A $5.5 million contract awarded by the N.C. Department of Transportation will bring improvements to more than 20 miles of Cabarrus County roads, including 39 segments of secondary roads.
The contract calls for milling, resurfacing and shoulder reconstruction work to improve rideability and additional structural integrity to the road pavement.
Some roads to be addressed under the contract include:
N.C. 3/Concord Lake Road between Doncastle Court and Roxie Street in Concord
Zion Church Road between Flowes Store Road and Zion Church Road East, and between Webb Road and N.C. 49 in Concord
Hickory Ridge Road between Rocky River and Stallings Roads in Harrisburg
Rocky River Road between Stafford and Hickory Ridge Roads in Harrisburg
China Grove Road between Brantley Road and Cedar Hill Drive, and between Lane Street and the Rowan County line in Kannapolis
The contractor, NJR Group, Inc. of Albemarle, can start work in late March 2022 with completion scheduled for September 2023.


"Død Kalm" is one of those episodes that have very mixed reviews. Many claim it fails to deliver a sound ending to the storyline and others relish on the partnership and high production values.
Written by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, this was the episode that cemented The X-Files as one of the top U.S. shows, having contributed to FOX's highest ratings on a Friday at the time.
These are your best tweets from #XFRewatchDodKalm. Tune in tomorrow for #XFRewatchHumbug.
"Fearful Symmetry" is one of those episodes that you can't like, basically because the theme and storyline is heartbreaking and then you can't help but feel that it is a bit disjointed. Nevertheless, it is still so-very Mulder and Scully at its best!
"End Game" concludes the first Samantha Mulder arc and while it does get a little confusing, this is an episode full of shipper moments, mythology moments, angst and much action.
These are your best tweets, and see you tomorrow for "Fearful Symmetry."
Submarines, shape-shifters, and Samantha! Oh my!
Part one of season two's excellent mythology double feature leaves us on a brilliant cliff-hanger, but never fear, because we won't leave you hanging for your best tweets for #XFRewatchColony.
"Fresh Bones" is one of those episodes that people often forget about but the minute they start watching, it comes back to them like a Celine Dion song in 1996.
Filled with suspense and even some horror, this episode delivers a good mix of thrills and a dash of great partnership moments. These are the best tweets from #XFRewatchFreshBones.


Shepherd's Bush Green and Holland Park combine as two gyratory systems side by side. Though through cycling is permitted on routes over the green, it works best for north-south journeys but is less useful for east-west. Given the width of the roads around the green protected space should be accommodated on the roads with convenient and direct entries and exists and should be funded from developer funding for redevelopment of White City. Coordination with Kensington and Chelsea is vital and we encourage it to solve Holland Park Roundabout as it is a barrier to many people on bikes.
KSI is the sum of deaths and serious injuries from collisions. In this ward there have been dramatic improvements in safety for those in vehicles. However those on foot and on cycle are not seeing improvements. This is a great concern.
There are 7 DfT count points in this ward. Taking 2002-05 as a base of 100, it is clear that cycling increased during the 06-09 period but appears to have fallen back. It should be noted that the DfT count points likely miss the paths on Shepherd's Bush Green but they are now several decades old. Car use is declining, but only shallowly perhaps due to the key point in the road network seeing through traffic and the opening of the Westfield shopping centre in 2007.
There are 4 schools in this ward with a total of 615 pupils.
In the most recent census we can see that there has been a decline of 294 in cars and vans owned in this ward. 64% of households have no access to a car or van.
The census shows slight changes in car use again with 16% fewer residents commuting by car as drivers and a slight increase in passengers. The greatest percentage increase has been in cycling but only just ahead of that in buses. There has been striking change in people walking to work perhaps connected to Westfield.


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Q: Multiplying values in a matrix if criteria is met using an Excel formula, not VBA Background
I have a matrix and I'm working to determine costing without having to have a separate table to show the cost values per line item.  I would consider each value to consist of a 3x5 matrix, in this example, where the table/matrix shows an Area being worked in, the Rate for the line item, and the Value (values 0-29, 30 items).
The data is laid out as such:
Area    Rate   Value0    Value1
µ       A      1         6
µ       B      2         7
ö       C      3         8
ö       D      4         9
µ       E      5         10

I am trying to find the total for Value0 and Value1 for each Area, µ and ö, such that:
Value0,µ=If(Area(A)=µ,A*1,0)+...+If(Area(E)=µ,E*5,0)
Value1,µ=If(Area(A)=µ,A*6,0)+...+If(Area(E)=µ,E*10,0)

Value0,ö=If(Area(A)=ö,A*1,0)+...+If(Area(E)=ö,E*5,0)
Value1,ö=If(Area(A)=ö,A*6,0)+...+If(Area(E)=ö,E*10,0)

Issue:
I have gone through and attempted to lay out the the above if-statement based additions of the multiplied values in the matrix.  The example of A-E is small, but my actual set of data is roughly 200 lines.  I am hoping to find a way to go this without using VBA, but am a bit unfamiliar with how to use arrays to do this, or if it is possible to check a scenario before multiplying.
Question:
Is it possible to set-up an equation to multiply like an array in Excel, without having to use the set-up I gave in the background (shown below so you don't have to scroll up).
Value0,µ=If(Area(A)=µ,A*1,0)+...+If(Area(E)=µ,E*5,0)

Any help/advice would be appreciated.


The Castle Museum of Saginaw County History has received grants from Dow Corning Corp. and the Smithsonian Institution.
The $5,000 grant from the Dow Corning Donor Advised Fund through the Saginaw Community Foundation is targeted for "History on the Move," a mobile museum and classroom that is available for free to all schools in Saginaw County. The interactive program allows children in grades 2-5 to learn about the field of archaeology and how an archaeologist works.
The Smithsonian Institution awarded a $5,000 community grant to assist the museum in creating a local companion exhibit for Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, which is opening at the Castle on May 21.
Bittersweet Harvest is organized by the National Museum of American History and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It is a bilingual exhibition that examines the experiences of the bracero workers and their families. Bracero is derived from the Spanish word "braza" meaning arm, which refers to farm hands or labor for hire.
"We are honored to have been chosen for these grants," Executive Director Ken Santa said. "These grants will assist the museum in continuing to bring engaging, interactive and educational programs to the Great Lakes Bay Region."
The Castle Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.


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