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Tom is an international level BJJ competitor with multiple first place tournament wins. At the rank of white belt, Tom competed in over 40 local Submission Grappling tournaments where he earned dozens of gold, silver, and bronze medals. As a blue belt, Tom consistently earned gold medals for his first place tournament wins and was rapidly promoted to the rank of purple belt. Tom then expanded his level of competition to include multiple international BJJ and Submission Grappling competitions.
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Older doesn't necessarily mean slower in marathoning. Not when a separate division -- for those over 40 -- means a separate winner.
Joshua Kipkemboi, 45, finished seventh in yesterday's Boston Marathon and Ramilia Burangulova, 42, finished ninth, but they won the masters divisions for men and women.
It was Burangulova's first attempt at Boston, and even though the Moscow citizen trains in Gainesville, Fla., she had a strong opinion of yesterday's weather.
"I train in Florida, where the temperatures are very similar," she said through a translator. "But this was too hot of a course."
Burangulova, who finished in 2 hours 34 minutes 8 seconds, already was off to a successful start this year. She won the masters division -- and placed second overall -- at the Motorola Marathon in Austin, Texas, and she was fourth overall in the inaugural Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in Arizona.
Last year, she won her division at the Hartford Marathon and in 2002 won the Rocket City (Ala.) Marathon. In 2001, she finished fourth overall at the Philadelphia Half Marathon and set a masters world record of 1:11:41.
Burangulova waited until more than halfway through the race to make her move. It looked as if defending masters champion Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova would repeat as she ran with the leaders for the first 10 miles. But as the race went on and the temperature went up, she dropped back and Burangulova stepped up. By the time the runners were coming down Heartbreak Hill, the Russian had eased into 10th place and would move up one more spot by the end of the race.
In the men's race, it appeared that Kenyan Jackson Kipng'ok would challenge both Kipkemboi and defending masters champion Fedor Ryzhov. Kipng'ok had run Boston before but not in the masters division. Last fall, he won the division and placed 18th overall in the New York City Marathon.
Kipng'ok ran in front of the pack for the first few miles, then Ryzhov moved up as well. But just as in the women's race, Heartbreak Hill separated the leaders from the rest of the pack.
"I was running next to Fedor, then after Heartbreak Hill I took over the lead," said Kipkemboi, who finished in 2:18:23. "It was very hot. Last year I ran in Beirut and that wasn't as hot as it was today."
Kipkemboi made his masters debut in Boston in 1999, when he was the 12th overall finisher, second in the division. The next year he won the division, but in 2001 he was beaten by Ryzhov. Kipkemboi got the title back in 2002 as he ran Boston's second-fastest masters time (2:12:48) and finished 12th overall.
Kipkemboi has won the masters division in the Twin Cities (Minn.) Marathon the past four years. And he was no slouch in his pre-masters days, either. He took first place in the 1998 and 1997 Dublin Marathon in Ireland, and was third there in 1996. He might be older and in a different division, but he's back on top.


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BMB hires Louise Sloper as its new Head of Art
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BMB has boosted its creative offering by hiring Louise Sloper to the new role of Head of Art.
Sloper, who was previously Head of Art & Design at CHI & Partners, will be responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality and craft goes into every aspect of the agency's visual output, across print ads, idents, long-form and short-form video.
She reports into BMB Executive Creative Director Matt Waller and will work across all clients.
Sloper joined CHI & Partners as Head of Design in 2014 and during her time there she worked on rebrands for clients including Argos, British Gas, and TalkTalk.
Prior to that, she held the same position at BETC London as part of the agency's founding team, where she worked on the Bacardi global rebrand and the award-winning Cockburn's "Pronounce Responsibly" campaign. She has also worked at BBH, JWT and M&C Saatchi.
Sloper has judged for Creative Circle, Design Week, D&AD New Blood and the D&AD Black Pencil. She is a committee member of the Typographic Circle, and launched the Typographic Circle's Student Sessions in 2013. She is also a contributing writer for Computer Arts magazine.
Matt Waller said: "Louise is a champion of creative and has a free remit to sprinkle her magic dust over everything that she sees. We are lucky to have her."
Louise Sloper said: "The opportunity to work alongside Matt and the fantastic team here at BMB and to enhance and grow the creative output across an increasingly diverse landscape was too tempting to turn down."
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Heralded Alzheimer's Drug Works, but Safety Concerns Loom
Researchers now have a first look at the phase III clinical trial data for a highly acclaimed experimental Alzheimer's drug –. Although the data supports a moderate cognitive benefit, scientists are concerned about its safety.
The results, presented on 29 November at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference in San Francisco and simultaneously published in the New England Journal of Medicine, confirmed that the treatment, a monoclonal antibody called lecanemab, slowed cognitive decline by 27% relative to placebo in an 18-month study of nearly 1,800 participants. The antibody's developers–pharmaceutical firm Eisai, based in Tokyo, and biotechnology firm Biogen, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts–announced these topline findings in September in a press release.
The disclosure comes amid media reports suggesting that lecanemab may have caused the deaths of two people involved in the trial. This adds to the ongoing debate about whether the modest benefits of the experimental drug are worth the associated safety risks. Eisai denied that lecanemab was involved in one of the deaths, but has yet to determine if it played a role in the second.
" "It's quite complicated balancing act for risk and benefits," says Rob Howard of University College London, a psychiatrist who specializes in dementia. He is concerned about how families and patients who are desperate to find Alzheimer's treatment will weigh the options, if lecanemab gets approved by regulatory agencies.
"All the available safety information indicates that lecanemab therapy is not associated with an increased risk of death overall," Eisai said in a 29 November statement.
If a link between lecanemab and deaths is found, it could pose a "real conundrum" to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This could be because it has to decide how to rule on lecanemab. Caleb Alexander, an intern-medicine specialist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland and an advisory committee member of the FDA, said that it could cause confusion for the FDA. In January, the FDA will decide whether to grant special authorization for the experimental drug.
Benefits and risks
Researchers were pleased to see the publication of the trial data for lecanemab. Some have previously criticized the rollout of another monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer's: aducanumab. Similar to lecanemab and aducanumab, aducanumab was developed to remove clumps a protein called Amyloid-b from the brain. Many researchers believe this protein is the root cause of Alzheimer's. Biogen also developed aducanumab. The FDA approved it last year, but there was no evidence that it had any cognitive benefits.
Lecanemab, however, is the first drug to slow down mental decline in a clinical trial. Clarity AD was a clinical trial in which clinicians administered the treatment to more than a dozen people with early-stage Alzheimer's. Half of the patients received intravenous lecanemab infusions biweekly, while the rest received placebo. Scientists assessed people's cognition primarily with a metric called the Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB), which evaluates a person's abilities in six areas, including memory and problem solving, using an 18-point scale.
After 18 months, participants receiving lecanemab scored, on average, 0. 45 points better on the CDR-SB than those receiving placebo. Other cognition tests were used in the study to confirm these results. The treatment group had a lower amyloid and other biomarkers.
However, some researchers are questioning whether this shift is noticeable enough to be noticed in a person. Howard states that a one-point difference in the CDR-SB score is sufficient to be considered clinically significant.
"It is a modest benefit," said Brent Forester, director, Geriatric Psychiatry Research Program, McLean Hospital in Belmont (Massachusetts), who was involved in the clinical trial for lecanemab. Safety is his main concern. About 20% of people receiving lecanemab had brain-scan abnormalities that indicated swelling or bleeding–although less than 3% of those who received the antibody experienced symptoms related to these abnormalities.
This safety profile is superior to that of aducanumab. In phase III clinical trials, 40% of those who received the antibody showed brain swelling in scans. Forester is still concerned that lecanemab, if approved, would be given to people with relatively high functioning who are in the early stages Alzheimer's. Their quality of life could be affected by complications.
During Clarity AD, 13 people taking lecanemab developed symptomatic brain bleeds–or strokes–whereas only 2 people in the placebo group did, according to the conference presentation. Howard states that this is only 1.4% of the treatment group. However, it is a serious risk profile.
Further exploration required
Both deaths were reported in the media during Clarity AD's 'open label extension'. This is a period when a trial has officially ended but participants who were being given placebo can still opt for the experimental treatment. Both were related to stroke.
In one case, reported by STAT News, a participant who used a prescribed anticoagulant, or 'blood thinner', for a heart condition, died after a heart attack and four mini-stroke-like events. The other individual, reported by Science, died from a brain bleed after she received an emergency stroke medicine. According to both outlets, scientists believe that lecanemab could cause brain damage by removing amyloid protein from the blood vessels. The medications could have also helped to cause bleeding.
Due to the tie with anticoagulants, it's not easy to determine if lecanemab was involved in the deaths. Marwan Sabbagh, an Arizona-based neurologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute, presented data at the conference. He said that "these things are still being explored." He said that although brain hemorhage rates are low with lecanemab it does increase with anticoagulants.
" I would honestly be in the camp of not prescribing Monoclonal Antibodies to People on Anticoagulation [Medications]," says Liana Apostolova. She is a neurologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis and has consulted for Eisai as well as Biogen.
Alexander states that it is unclear if the deaths will impact the FDA's decision to approve lecanemab. The FDA's decision is scheduled for 6 January. Alexander says that the FDA will decide whether to grant the drug candidate an "accelerated approval" based on phase II clinical trial data that shows lecanemab removes amyloid-b. The approval would be subject to Eisai and Biogen performing follow-up studies to confirm clinical benefits, which Clarity AD should fulfil.
If lecanemab is approved by Forester, he says, "I would suppose that there will be recommendations to careful monitoring."
This article is reproduced with permission and was first published on November 30 2022.
McKenzie Prillaman is a news intern at Nature's Washington, DC office. She recently earned her master's degree from the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program.
The author of 5 books, 3 of which are New York Times bestsellers. I've been published in more than 100 newspapers and magazines and am a frequent commentator on NPR.
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Ok, we admit it, Windows Phones are not as popular as other systems like Android or Apple's iOS. But, that doesn't mean the system is no good. In fact, Windows Phone 8, launched in 2012, is a great system. In order to keep it that way, and improve on it, Microsoft has been releasing small updates, the latest of which has just been implemented. These developments introduce improvements and even some new features.
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You're Going to SWOON When You Hear the Story Behind Niall Horan's "This Town"
The singer took to Twitter to reveal to his fans that he is currently battling pneumonia. Poor Niall. The One Direction member previously believed he was just battling a nasty chest infection only to recently learn that his illness was actually pneumonia.
According to the Mayo Clinic, pneumonia is an "infection that inflames the air sacs in one or both lungs," and can cause symptoms similar to a bad case of the flu, including fever and coughing.
One Direction fans have taken to social media to send the singer "get well" messages. But why has no one created a Kickstarter to get Niall some soup already?
5 Seconds Of Summer member Ashton Irwin joked around with Niall earlier in the week, saying she also had a chest infection, and it was probably because of a "kiss" the two shared. Let's just hope this doesn't mean Irwin follows in Niall's footsteps and contracts pneumonia as well.
Chances are more likely though that the star got sick after during a grueling schedule performing "This Town" at Jingle Ball for the past few weeks. Niall is also scheduled to perform at the Billboard Hollywood party on New Year's Eve, but his team as not yet made a statement if the singer's illness will force him to cancel the appearance.
That would not be a merry way to ring in 2017, so keep your fingers crossed that Santa gives us all the gift we really want: Niall getting better!


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It is with great pleasure to announce that Charles Edquist and I have submitted the manuscript that will be published as a new book at Oxford University Press. This co-authored book is the fruit of several years of work.
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As a mom of six under seven, Kristen Schroder is sharing her experiences, tips and advice with other mothers and women.
Forrest General Hospital has been designated as a STEMI Receiving Center by the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH).
Volunteering, church, staying on top of schoolwork and having friends and mentors to talk to helped Laundin Lang when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The Library, Seraphim Studios, and The Breast Cancer Awareness Team (BCAT) will host an artists' and survivors reception for the Flowers of Hope Project at the Library Galleries.
Physicians and representatives from 20 Mississippi hospitals attended the training sessions at Forrest General.
Forrest Health employees completed drills to respond appropriately in situations involving an active shooter.
The award recognizes the hospital for achieving an overall score that ranked within the top 20 percent in a national Hospice benchmark.


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Nuevo Father Says He Saved Daughter From Sexual Predator, Leading To Arrest
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PERRIS (CBSLA.com) — A Riverside County man says he caught his daughter sneaking out of the house moments before she ran away with a sexual predator.
Tim LeBlanc happened to be up around 2 a.m. Monday morning and noticed his 12-year-old daughter was gone and her bedroom window open.
"The screen was off and this window was open about 3 inches or so," LeBlanc said. "I was scared to death. Everybody tells me I'm overprotective, but apparently I'm under-protective."
LeBlanc says he started looking around his Nuevo neighborhood with his older son and found his daughter nearby with a man she met on social media.
"He had this door open about this wide and had his arm around my daughter and was kind of sweeping her in, putting her into the truck," LeBlanc said, gesturing to where he pulled up.
The father says he used self-defense to knock the man to ground and took a photo, holding him until police arrived.
Police later booked Scott Stilwell, 27, of San Diego County.
LeBlanc says Stilwell led his daughter to believe she was chatting with a 15-year-old boy on social media.
"He's lying to me, telling me, 'Oh, I'm 16.' And there was no way. He was obviously a grown man," LeBlanc said. "He was talking sexually, sending pictures of himself naked."
LeBlanc says his daughter wasn't allowed on social media sites and says if this could happen to him, it could happen to others. He encourages parents to beware.
"What I've gained from my interaction with this guy is I don't think she would've ever came home alive," LeBlanc said.
Stilwell was arrested, accused of meeting up with a child with intentions to commit a sexual act, along with sending harmful matter to a minor.


The Catholic sexual abuse crises in the United States and Ireland are deeply connected. Priests who were trained in the Irish seminary system were crucial to the growth of the U.S. church. Many Irish-born priests, including one bishop, are sadly among the priests accused of abuse in the United States. Some priests who offended in Ireland were transferred to the United States, and priests accused of abuse in the United States have sometimes found shelter in Ireland.
Because of the manifold connections between the two churches and the two abuse crises, the Irish government reports on abuse in the Diocese of Ferns, in residential institutions, and in the Archdiocese of Dublin, are of great significance for the situation in the United States.
This webpage, a joint effort by BishopAccountability.org and Mr. Joe Rigert, author of An Irish Tragedy (available from Amazon), continues our effort to understand the Irish-American connection that we launched with our database of abuse in U.S. residential institutions.
The photographs above illustrate Irish-born priests who are significant in this part of the crisis (clockwise from upper left): the Norbertine Brendan Smyth, who offended in both Northern Ireland and the Republic, and in both Providence RI and Fargo ND in the United States, and pleaded guilty to 96 counts of child molestation in 1997, after the Irish government fell over the mishandling of his case; Anthony O'Connell, bishop of Palm Beach FL and Knoxville TN, who molested boys at a seminary he ran in Jefferson City MO, and who resigned his bishopric when his many victims began to come forward in 2002; Oliver O'Grady pictured back in Ireland, whence he was deported after he served prison time in California, where he is alleged to have abused as many as 50 boys and girls; and Patrick Colleary, now residing in Ireland after he was indicted for abuse in Phoenix AZ and fled the country. A request for his extradition was denied. For additional documentation on these and other priests in this list, see our Database of Accused Priests.


The LCRC has been monitoring operations of the Lee Road roundabouts since they were built. They have worked well to process large traffic volumes safely. There are few injury accidents, but there has been a nagging persistence of "fender-benders" in the Whitmore Lake roundabout. This is the largest roundabout and has 3 circulating lanes. The crashes generally involved someone turning from the wrong lane and cutting off another driver. We worked with design experts to revise the number of lanes and to improve and refresh signs and pavement markings.
Monday June 25, 2018, road work will begin on Lee Road Roundabout project. Cadillac Asphalt LLC is the prime contractor. The majority of the work consists of removing pavement and concrete curb and gutter, placing new concrete curb and gutter, mill the existing asphalt and repaving. The project will be done in three phases and will consist of daytime and nighttime work.
Work during this phase will concentrate on west side of Whitmore Lake Road north of the roundabouts. The contractor will be removing a portion of the roadway and replacing curb and gutter near Old Lee Road. Old Lee Road at Whitmore Lake Road will be closed but traffic impacts on Whitmore Lake Road should be minimal.
During this phase the westerly roundabout at Whitmore Lake Road will be closed to traffic. Detours will be provided. The contractor will be reconstructing curb and gutter, the central island and splitter islands. The southbound US-23 exit ramp will be open and motorists will be able to exit, however they will only be allowed to travel northbound onto Whitmore Lake Road or east over the US-23 bridge.
Work includes milling and replacing the existing asphalt of the west roundabout and middle roundabout. This work will be done under nighttime closures between the hours of 9PM and 6AM.
Phase IIIA –Close all movements (Lee Road from the east and west and the SB US-23 ramp) in and out of the middle roundabout for 2 consecutive nights during phase III work.
Detour routes will be posted in accordance with the map linked here.
Access to and from US-23 east of Whitmore Lake will be maintained during daytime operations. The southbound US-23 ramp to northbound Whitmore Lake Roads also will remain open. There will be evening closures for paving operations towards the end of July.
The entire project, including permanent signing, pavement marking and restoration will be completed by August 17, 2018.


Off-the-shoulder tops, bell sleeves and tassels! A few of my favorite things this summer.
Keeping this post short and sweet since there's a lot to process through before sharing my heart and the many lessons life is throwing at me lately. Hope summertime is treating you all well! Anyone traveling or have fun adventures planned this season? Do share so I can live vicariously through you!
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Also sprach Zarathustra (Op. 30) ist eine sinfonische Dichtung von Richard Strauss, frei nach Friedrich Nietzsches Also sprach Zarathustra. Sie wurde am 27. November 1896 durch das Frankfurter Städtische Orchester unter Leitung des Komponisten im Rahmen der Museumskonzerte in Frankfurt am Main uraufgeführt.

Historisches
Richard Strauss fand 1895 Gefallen an Nietzsches kulturkritischen Angriffen auf das deutsche "Philistertum". Auch war er erklärtermaßen dem Christentum abgeneigt. Vielleicht hat die Sprache Nietzsches Strauss auch musikalisch unmittelbar herausgefordert. Nietzsche meinte selbst: "Unter welche Rubrik gehört eigentlich dieser 'Zarathustra'? Ich glaube beinahe, unter die 'Symphonien'." Ob Strauss bei der Arbeit von Anfang an an Nietzsche dachte, steht nicht fest; Hinweise in den Skizzen lassen erkennen, dass ihm bei der Komposition auch Goethes Faust, vor allem der Monolog Fausts zu Beginn sowie die Beschwörung des Erdgeistes, vor Augen stand.

Bemerkenswert ist, dass die vier Teile von Nietzsches Zarathustra den Sätzen einer Sinfonie entsprechen. Nietzsche konzipierte die Schrift als einen dionysischen Dithyrambos, eine Hymne, der eine große Musikalität innewohnt. Gleichzeitig mit Strauss interessierte sich auch Gustav Mahler für den Text.

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Also sprach Zarathustra hat folgende Instrumentenbesetzung:

Aufbau
Eine normale Aufführung dauert ca. eine halbe Stunde. Das Stück ist in neun Teile gegliedert, die allerdings nur an drei Stellen von Pausen getrennt werden. Strauss benannte die Teile nach Kapiteln aus dem Buch:

 Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang
 Von den Hinterweltlern
 Von der großen Sehnsucht
 Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften
 Das Grablied
 Von der Wissenschaft
 Der Genesende
 Das Tanzlied
 Nachtwandlerlied

Musikalische Deutung
Am Anfang des ersten Teils steht die "Vorrede" Zarathustras mit der berühmten Steigerung (Crescendo) ausgehend von dem "Natur-Motiv" (c'-g'-c'') – wobei das Tongeschlecht zunächst zwischen Dur und Moll changiert. Dieses Motiv durchzieht den ganzen ersten Teil, der, nach lautstarker Wiederkehr ebendieses "Natur-Motivs" im Genesenden in einer Generalpause endet. Die musikalische Struktur kurz vor der Generalpause entspricht dem Zusammenbruch Zarathustras aus Überdruss am Menschen. Die Rekonvaleszenz Zarathustras im zweiten Teil der Komposition ist ganz vom "Tanzlied" geprägt, das, lange zwischen H-Dur und C-Dur pendelnd, zuletzt in ein verklärtes H-Dur mündet. Doch ganz zum Schluss ertönt in den tiefen Streichern gegen H-Dur in höchster Lage wieder das Naturmotiv C-G-c: die ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen?

Die Tondichtung beginnt mit der Entscheidung Zarathustras vor dem Sonnenaufgang, zu den Menschen hinabzusteigen. Das Tremolo der tiefen Streicher bildet den Hintergrund zum durch das "Natur-Motiv" c'-g'-c'' dargestellten Sonnenaufgang. Angetrieben von Paukenschlägen wird nach einigen Sforzati und Kadenzen der C-Dur-Höhepunkt erreicht, zu dem Strauss die Orgel, die dem Ganzen einen religiösen Ton beigibt, hinzuzieht.

Das Kontrastprogramm dazu folgt in "Von den Hinterweltlern", die an einen unvollkommenen Gott glauben und in ihrer Welt zwischen Gut und Böse gefangen sind. Strauss erzeugt durch ein von vielfach geteilten Streichern "mit Andacht" vorgetragenes kantables As-Dur-Thema eine religiöse Atmosphäre. "Credo in unum deum", spielen die Hörner und die Orgel, durchaus mit Ironie. In "Von der großen Sehnsucht" kämpft das in gebrochenen Dreiklängen aufsteigende Sehnsuchtsmotiv gegen die andächtigen Motive des vorhergehenden Teils. Die Sehnsucht obsiegt und wird nur vom wieder auftretenden "Natur-Motiv" gebändigt. Im Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften, einem großen Thema in c-Moll, wird selbigen Gefühlen freier Lauf gelassen. Das "Freude-Motiv" kann an dem Dezimsprung erkannt werden, dem eine chromatisch fallende Melodie folgt. Gegen Ende kündigen sich allerdings im Ekel-Motiv der Posaunen Zweifel an. Dies leitet über zum "Grablied", in dem die Oboe eine klagende Melodie anstimmt. Motive aus den vorhergehenden Teilen klingen an, vor allem in der Solovioline, wie in Reminiszenz an eine bessere Zeit. Ein Liegeton leitet über zu "Von der Wissenschaft". In diesem Teil nimmt Strauss kleinkarierten Akademismus mit einer trockenen Fuge aufs Korn.

"Der Genesende" ist das Zentrum des Werks. Dieser Abschnitt beginnt mit dem Quint-Quart-Motiv der Trompeten aus der Einleitung, das ausgehend vom Spitzenton mit einer Zwölftonreihe fortgesetzt wird. Im ersten Teil steuert die Musik auf Zarathustras Zusammenbruch zu: Am Ende einer dramatischen Steigerung schmettern die Blechbläser das "Natur-Motiv" über einem in dreifachem Forte gehaltenen C-G-Akkord des ganzen Orchesters. Generalpause. Langsam erhebt sich Zarathustra wieder, der zweite Teil des Werkes beginnt. Im Vergleich zum ersten Teil ist er einheitlicher gestaltet. Zarathustras Genesung nimmt ihren Lauf: Ein schwungvoller Walzer in C-Dur, in dessen dithyrambischen Jubel auch die Themen des ersten Teils hineingezogen werden, mündet in das "Tanzlied": Ausgangspunkt für eine längere Durchführung und Reprise.

Nach zwei großen Steigerungswellen klingt der Schwung aus "Nachtwandlerlied", das mit dem ersten Glockenschlag von insgesamt zwölf Mitternachtsschlägen beginnt. Die Musik scheint sich in H-Dur, der Tonart der großen Sehnsucht, zu erfüllen. Doch klingt das Werk in einem Zwiespalt zwischen C-Dur und H-Dur aus, zwischen Natur und Geist. Während die Violinen und die hohen Holzbläser mit H-Dur-Akkorden das Werk zu einem friedlichen Schluss zu bringen versuchen, hindert sie daran das "Natur-Motiv" in C-Dur, von Celli und Bässen im Pizzicato gespielt.

Es gibt kein Gut oder Böse mehr. Der Bogen zum Beginn des Stücks ist geschlagen. Verheißt das den nächsten Morgen, die "ewige Wiederkehr des Gleichen?" In jedem Fall wirkt die formale Geschlossenheit wie ein Narkotikum gegen die Widersprüche der Welt, an denen Nietzsche verzweifelte.

Adaptionen

Film
Weltberühmt wurden die einleitenden Takte des Stückes durch Stanley Kubricks Film 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum. Für den Film wurde eine Aufnahme mit den Wiener Philharmonikern unter Herbert von Karajan verwendet. Auf der als Soundtrack veröffentlichten Schallplatte wurde Karajans Aufnahme allerdings durch eine Einspielung von Karl Böhm mit den Berliner Philharmonikern ersetzt.

Auf diesen Film und das Musikstück beziehen sich viele andere Filme, meist in komödiantischer Art:
 Werner – Beinhart! in der Das-erste-menschliche-Wort-Szene
 WALL-E – Der Letzte räumt die Erde auf, als der Kapitän des Raumschiffs sich gegen den Schiffscomputer auflehnt.
 Simpsons in mehreren Folgen und im Kinofilm, z. B. um die Ausdehnung von Homer Simpsons Bauch zu verdeutlichen.
 Futurama, als der Roboter Bender im All treibend zum "Metallgott" für winzige Wesen wird, die auf ihm leben.
 Scott & Huutsch beim ersten Auftritt der Dogge Huutsch
 Eine schrecklich nette Familie als Soundtrack in Al Bundys selbst produziertem Film "Sheos" (im Film ein absichtlich falsch geschriebenes "Shoes" = engl. für "Schuhe").
 Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik zur Teleportation einer riesigen Schokoladentafel.
 Die haarsträubende Reise in einem verrückten Bus, als der atomangetriebene Superbus "Cyclops" langsam aus der Garage gefahren wird.
 Planet 51, als der Astronaut Chuck den vermeintlich unbewohnten Planeten betritt und in überzogener "Neil-Armstrong-Manier" die Flagge aufsetzt.
 Die fantastische Welt von Gumball am Anfang der Folge 2.20a, "Die Welt"
 Zoolander beim Versuch von Hansel und Zoolander, an die Daten auf Ballsteins Computer zu kommen.
 Big Bang Theory, Episode #1.09 (Der Cooper-Hofstadter-Antagonismus): Howard steuert die Stereoanlage über das Internet, man hört die Anfangssequenz.
 Alf Staffel 2, Episode 3: Nachdem Nachbarin Raquel Alf gesehen hat, glaubt sie, verrückt zu sein. Mithilfe seines Raumschiffscomputers manipuliert er den Fernseher, maskiert sich notdürftig und spricht zu Raquel, dass er wirklich existiere. Im Hintergrund hört man dabei die Anfangssequenz.
 Toy Story 2 Während Buzz auf Zurgs Planet über dem Abgrund über runde Platten springt
 Cars 3: Während Lightning am Autorennen "Thunder Hollow" teilnimmt.

Musik
 Die englische Rockband Deep Purple setzte das Anfangsmotiv am Beginn ihrer Interpretation von River Deep, Mountain High ein, erschienen auf dem Album The Book of Taliesyn (1968).
 Elvis Presley benutzte es als triumphalische Einleitung jedes seiner Konzerte seiner späteren Karriere von 1971 bis zu seinem letzten Konzert im Juni 1977.
 Der brasilianische Musiker Eumir Deodato arrangierte eine funkige Interpretation der Einleitung auf seinem Album Prelude, deren Singleversion 1972 auch in die Charts einzog. Eine Coverversion des Arrangements wurde 2001 von der Mardi Gras Brass Band mit Deodato als Gastmusiker veröffentlicht.
 1973 erschien eine jazzige Big-Band-Interpretation von Stan Kenton & His Orchestra.
 Der japanische Elektronikkünstler Isao Tomita (1932 – 2016) komponierte eine Version auf Synthesizer.
 Das Salsoul Orchestra setzte die Anfangstakte als Auftakt für seinen Titel Salsoul 3001 ein, welcher auf der B-Seite der LP Nice 'N' Naasty (1976) erschien.
 Perplexer verwendete den Anfang des Stückes 1994 als Motiv seiner Single "Da Capo", welche bis in die Top Ten der deutschen Charts stieg.
 Die US-amerikanische Progressive-Metal-Band Dream Theater spielte die Anfangstakte als Eröffnungsthema ihrer "Chaos in Motion"-Tournee 2007.
 2009 wurde es von der US-amerikanischen Nu-Metal-Band Limp Bizkit auf der Unicorns N' Rainbows Tour als Intro verwendet.
 Von der US-amerikanischen Nu-Metal-Band Mudvayne wurde es in früheren Konzerten als Anfangsthema/Intro verwendet.
 Das deutsche Blechbläserensemble Blechschaden arrangierte das Thema in dem Stück Also Brass Zarathustra, erschienen auf dem gleichnamigen Album (2009).
 Das Technomusikprojekt Members of Mayday verwendete das Anfangsmotiv in der Hymne Made in Germany zur 2012 stattfindenden Technoveranstaltung Mayday.
 Die Ärzte benutzen eine verfremdete Version als Intro ihrer Festivalkonzerte 2019.
 2020 nutzte die US-amerikanische Rockband The Flaming Lips die Anfangssequenz des Stückes als Einleitung zu ihrem Konzert in der Oper von Sydney anlässlich des 20-jährigen Jubiläums ihres Albums "The Soft Bulletin".

Sonstiges
 Verschiedene Planetarien begleiten das Herauffahren des Sternenprojektors mit dem Anfangsthema des Stückes.
 Es dient auch zur Untermalung des Feuerwerks am Ende jeder Vorstellung der Störtebeker-Festspiele in Ralswiek auf Rügen.
 Der US-amerikanische Wrestler Ric Flair verwendet es als Einzugshymne.
 Das Anfangsthema wurde bereits in den 1970er Jahren jeweils einige Minuten vor dem Anpfiff der Heimspiele der Fußballmannschaft von Borussia Mönchengladbach im alten Bökelbergstadion intoniert.
 Im 1996 erschienenen Computerspiel Heroes of Might and Magic II wird das Stück als Musikuntermalung verwendet; auch in vielen weiteren Videospielen ist die Einleitung des Musikwerks an bestimmten Stellen zu hören. So zum Beispiel in der Evolutionssimulation Spore, wenn die eigene Spezies das Feuer entdeckt.
 Das Stück wurde für einige Jahre in Werbespots der Biermarke Warsteiner verwendet.
 Auch Ikea verbaute den "Sonnenaufgang" im Werbespot zur Nachhaltigkeit.

Literatur
 Mathias Hansen (Hrsg.): Richard Strauss. Die Sinfonischen Dichtungen. (Taschenbuch) Bärenreiter, Kassel 2003, ISBN 3-7618-1468-2.
 Gottfried Eberle: Also sprach Zarathustra. Tondichtung frei nach Nietzsche op. 30. In: Wulf Konold (Hrsg.): Lexikon Orchestermusik Romantik. Band 3: S–Z. Piper/Schott, Mainz 1989, ISBN 3-7957-8228-7, S. 902–905.
 Rudolf Kloiber: Handbuch der Symphonischen Dichtung. 3. Aufl. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-7651-0018-8, S. 162–166.

Weblinks

 Also sprach Zarathustra, erster Satz. Dirigent Semyon Bychkov
 Woher kommt eigentlich… die Anfangsfanfare von "Also sprach Zarathustra"? In: Crescendo, 26. November 2013

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Multiple states are supporting a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Health Insurance Proclamation, his latest attempt to limit immigration.
On Wednesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that they are leading a coalition that filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit against the federal government. The coalition is composed of 22 state attorneys general across the country.
Pres. Trump issued the Health Insurance Proclamation on October 4, 2019. The proclamation will prohibit people from entering into the United States if they cannot prove their ability to pay for health insurance.
The proclamation will apply to people seeking family-based immigrant visas including spouses of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs), children of LPRs who are 18-21 years old, children under 18 if travelling with a parent who is also immigrating; adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and LPRs.
It will also apply to people with diversity visas or employment-based immigrant visas; some religious workers, and parents of U.S. citizens who cannot show that their health care will not impose a substantial burden on the U.S. health care system.
States argue that Trump's Health Insurance Proclamation is unlawful
In the amicus brief, the coalition argued that the President's Health Insurance Proclamation is an illegal attempt to impose immigration restriction that is contrary to the laws enacted by Congress including the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In addition, the coalition argued that implementing Trump's proclamation will result to the separation of immigrant families. Therefore, contradicts Congress' visa statutes dedicated to family reunification and workforce development. It is also in conflict with the Diversity Visa laws allowing immigration from countries with low number of immigrants to the United States.
In a statement, AG Becerra said, "The Trump Administration is attempting to bypass the Constitution in another attempt to limit immigration and separate families.
"Hard-working immigrant families are significant contributors to California's economy, which is now the fifth largest in the world. Implementing this wrong-headed proclamation would cause irreparable harm to California's communities, our healthcare market, and vulnerable immigrant families across our state and throughout the country," he added.
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Call Record Practically Unlimited
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Discover Variety in the 2017 Honda Pilot Trim Levels
With five 2017 Honda Pilot trim levels to choose from, we think there's a version of Honda's famous SUV that's right for any Detroit driver. Whether a new work vehicle or your new family car, the Pilot is powerful, spacious, and capable, loaded with some of the latest in technology and safety features. See how the specs and tech break down below and then visit a Detroit Area Honda Dealer to see your next Pilot in person.
The LX is the base 2017 Honda Pilot trim level, but there's nothing basic about it. A 3.5L V6 engine, a long list of high-tech safety and connectivity features, spacious eight-passenger seating (with 152.9 cubic feet of cabin space), and available all-wheel drive set it apart from the average crossover. Priced at $30,595 (MSRP),* here's what you can expect from the Pilot LX 2WD:
Powertrain: The Pilot is powered by a 3.5L V6 with 280 hp and 262 lb-ft of torque, with technologies like Variable Cylinder Management that ensure you get the highest fuel efficiency possible: 2017 Pilot 2WD models earn an EPA-estimated 27 mpg on the highway.**
Technology: Bluetooth HandsFreeLink keeps you connected while on the go, with a 200-watt seven-speaker stereo system ensuring your driving soundtrack comes through loud and clear whether streamed over Bluetooth or coming through the USB input. A 5-inch color LCD screen helps control it all.
Safety: In addition to the Advanced Compatibility Engineering body structure, airbags, and seat belts, the Pilot is equipped with technologies like a multi-angle rearview camera, vehicle stability assist, and more.
Cargo Storage: The rear cargo area of the Pilot holds up to 18.5 cubic feet of storage, expanding to as much as 109.0 cubic feet when the second and third rows are folded down. 2017 Pilot AWD models can even tow as much as 5,000 pounds.
The Pilot has the capabilities to get the job done, whether it's for work or family.
Upgrading to the 2017 Pilot EX takes the features of the LX trim and adds onto them with new levels of connectivity. The new Honda Sensing driver-assist features are available on the EX and EX-L trims as well (and they are standard on Touring and Elite models, below).
Comfort: Tri-zone automatic climate control and a 10-way power-adjustable driver's seat make it easy to get comfortable in the cabin whether heading off on a family road trip or making a run to the store.
Connectivity: Supplementing the standard Bluetooth, the Pilot EX adds on a 7-inch Display Audio touchscreen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, SMS text messaging capabilities, and additional USB ports.
Convenience: Remote engine start and Smart Entry make it easy to rush to the door of the Pilot, hop up behind the wheel, and be ready to go when you're in a hurry; no more digging for keys.
Honda Sensing: This available driver assist package adds on features like Lane Departure Warning, Collision Mitigation Braking, and Adaptive Cruise Control to help you out on the road.
The 2017 Pilot EX 2WD is priced at $33,030 (MSRP)* and is a smart choice for the family or business that needs a capable crossover that's ready to stay connected.
Upgrading to the EX-L model takes the Pilot and outfits it for comfort and convenience in new ways, including:
Leather Interior: The cabin is wrapped in durable, comfortable leather upholstery for a high-class feeling, including a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob.
Power Moonroof: With just one touch, the moonroof opens up, welcoming a nice sunny day into the cabin of the Pilot.
Heated Seating: Stay comfortable even in the coldest Michigan winters with the EX-L's heated front seating (with two heat settings).
Rear Entertainment: An available rear entertainment system with power outlet, HDMI input, Blu-ray player, and rear sunshades keeps kids of all ages entertained in the backseat.
Drivers loving the EX trim but wishing for a touch of luxury should discover the plush leather interior and heated front seating of the Pilot EX-L 2WD, priced at $36,455 (MSRP).*
The Touring trim represents all the big changes coming to the Pilot on the way to the top-of-the-line Elite model, with a new 9-speed automatic transmission, 20-inch alloy wheels, roof rails, and more.
Honda Sensing: The driver-assist features detailed above, including Road Departure Mitigation, Lane Keeping Assist, and Forward Collision Warning are all standard on the Pilot Touring.
Entertainment: The Blu-ray rear entertainment system is standard on the Pilot, along with a 540-watt 10-speaker stereo system.
Memory Settings: Return your side mirrors to the positions you need them at with just the push of a button thanks to the Pilot Touring's memory settings.
Navigation: Satellite-linked navigation is standard on the Touring, offering turn-by-turn directions and traffic re-routing, easily controlled through your touchscreen or by voice controls.
If technology is a top priority, the Touring is the way to go (2WD models are priced at $41,670 MSRP*). Honda Sensing safety technologies are standard, and it includes all of the elegance of the EX-L model.
At the top of the lineup, the leader of the 2017 Honda Pilot trim levels, is the Elite. In addition to all of the Touring's features, it includes standard all-wheel drive and the following upgrades:
Blind Spot Information: A set of radar sensors on the rear of the Pilot can detect vehicles in your blind spot and alert you to their presence before signaling to change lanes.
Panoramic Roof: Enjoy the great outdoors with the panoramic design of the Pilot's roof, giving the cabin an open feeling.
Heated and Ventilated Seating: Front seats receive perforated upholstery and ventilation for keeping cool in the summer, and the second-row seats turn into captain's chairs with heating elements for the cold weather.
Drivers seeking a luxury SUV without wanting to pay the inflated prices of a luxury brand will love all that the 2017 Honda Pilot Elite has to offer—it truly lives up to its name.
Test Drive a Pilot
We want to help you find your next SUV, and we think it's among the five 2017 Honda Pilot trim levels. Visit a Detroit Area Honda Dealer near you today to find out if the LX, the Elite, or one of the trims in the middle is right for you.
*MSRP excluding tax, license, registration, $900.00 destination charge, and options. Dealers set own prices.
**Based on 2017 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, driving conditions, and other factors.


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Kenneth Lawrence Foran, JD '70, died on September 15, 2015 in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 74. He worked as an attorney for 46 years, focusing on general practice and appeals.
Henry S. Mather, JD '70, died on September 9th. A professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mather was the author... Read Full Note
Henry S. Mather, JD '70, died on September 9th. A professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Mather was the author of Contract Law and Morality (Greenwood 1999), which used natural law, reliance theory, and economic analysis to prescribe reforms to American contract law. "The author's contribution to the understanding of modern contract law… is very important," wrote James Russell Gordley, professor of jurisprudence at the University of California at Berkeley. "The theory he develops… is a very impressive, highly original, and carefully worked out effort to ground legal doctrine on higher principles… His use of current ideas is refreshingly honest."
Rigdon Leeds Reese, JD '70, died on March 29, 2016, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the age of 71. Following graduation, Reese... Read Full Note
Rigdon Leeds Reese, JD '70, died on March 29, 2016, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the age of 71. Following graduation, Reese practiced law in New York before joining his brother Algernon in Crested Butte, Colorado, where they operated the Cement Creek Ranch. Twenty years later, Reese moved back to the East Coast, where he worked as a sailor and yachtsman in Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife, Genevieve; daughters Dylan and Remington; grandchildren Bryson, Cole, Luke, Rigdon, and Shepard; and brother Jonathan.
Louis R. Pepe, JD '70, received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who's Who in recognition of his... Read Full Note
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Leslie ("Les") Alan Glick, BS '67, JD '70, joined Butzel Long as a shareholder in the firm's Washington, DC, office. As co-chair of... Read Full Note
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Louis R. Pepe, JD '70, partner at McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, received the Connecticut Law Tribune's Professional... Read Full Note
Louis R. Pepe, JD '70, partner at McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, received the Connecticut Law Tribune's Professional Excellence Award, which honors "not only success in the courtroom, but law firm and bar association leadership, advocacy roles, pro bono contributions, and service on state and federal bar panels." A former president of the Connecticut Bar Association, a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and an associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Pepe is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, and Who's Who in International Arbitration.


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Why LivePerson Stock Climbed 18.4% in July
Keith Noonan, The Motley Fool
Motley Fool August 7, 2019
Shares of LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) gained 18.4% in July, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock gained ground after the company detailed new product offerings and partnerships.
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LivePerson published a press release on July 1 revealing that its software had been integrated with SAP's Upscale Commerce software platform for online retail. The company then published a press release on July 24 saying that it had launched its first WhatsApp integration for an automotive dealer -- Tricolor Auto Group, an automotive retail platform focused on Spanish speakers in California and Texas. These news items, combined with broader market momentum, helped push LivePerson's stock up by double digits in the lead-up to the publication of its second-quarter results on July 31.
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LivePerson's progress in securing new contracts and increasing revenue per client was evident in its second-quarter report. The company recorded $71 million in revenue in the second quarter, up 15% year over year. It managed to ink 142 new deals in the quarter, up 50% compared to the prior-year period -- with 74 of those deals coming from new customers. Average revenue per enterprise and mid-market customer over the twelve month period hit $310,000 -- up from $255,000 in the previous comparable trailing twelve month period.
Despite another turn away from reconciliation in the ongoing trade dispute saga between the U.S. and China and indicators suggesting a global economic slowdown creating pullback for major markets, LivePerson stock has proven pretty resilient in August. It has climbed roughly 4% in the month so far, a notably strong performance for a growth-dependent stock amid sell-offs for the broader market.
The market-beating performance this month is even more notable because, while the company's second quarter revenue narrowly topped the average analyst estimate, its loss per share of $0.20 came in significantly worse than the average analyst estimate's call for a loss of $0.11 per share. LivePerson is still a young company with plenty of room for growth, so it looks like the market is putting more emphasis on the company's client growth and outlook.
With its second-quarter report, the company raised its 2019 revenue guidance to between $288.5 million and $292.0 million -- up from the previously target for annual revenue between $284.5 million and $291.5 million. The company did revise its full-year adjusted EBITDA target to between $0.0 million to $5 million, but management says that this stems from unexpected new demand and that revenue would accelerate in the fourth quarter.
Keith Noonan has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends LivePerson. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
This article was originally published on Fool.com
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Q: How can i stop overfilling this array with random values? Im trying to fill apples with values from 0-99 and only want to use 20 spaces in the array and then print it out to the console. I keep getting indexOutOfBoundsException errors on line 18.
I've tried to set banana to stop the while loop but I keeps filling the array.
import java.util.Random;

public class arrayFill {
    private int[] apples = new int [20];

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        arrayFill obj = new arrayFill();
        Random rand = new Random();
        arrayFill pear = new arrayFill();
        int banana = -1;
        int orange = -1;
        while(banana != 0) {
            orange = rand.nextInt(100);
            banana = pear.apples[20];
        }
        System.out.println(apples);
    }
}

I want to output apples array with 20 random values but I always get this error.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 20
at arrayFill.main(arrayFill.java:19)

A: I am gonna guess you are relatively new to programming. If all you are trying to do is create an array of size 20 and populate it with numbers 0-99, then your code is way more complicated than it needs to be. This is all you need:
import java.util.*;
public class arrayFill {
  public static final void main(String[] args){
    int[] apples = new int[20];
    Random rand = new Random();
    //Populating the array
    for(int i = 0; i < apples.length; i++){
        apples[i] = rand.nextInt(99);
    }
    //Printing out the array
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(apples));
  }
}

A: Like KevinO already mentioned in a comment, you get the ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException because of pear.apples[20] which refernces the 21st object.
Actually you don't need orange to fill your apples. Add banana++ at the end of your while-loop, and replace your condition to banana != 19.
I suggest, you should try out some combinations in your code. For example initially set your banana to 0, use < and > as comparison operators. By doing that you learn how your code works.

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