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Airvinci ducted fan helicopter prototype set for take off
By Colin Jeffrey
Airvinci ducted fan helicopter...
The Airvinci, currently being developed first as a heavy drone prototype, is designed to eventually become a fully-fledged, human-carrying VTOL transport system
Airvinci
The brainchild of inveterate tinkerer, Tarek Ibrahim, the Airvinci was built on the dream of a safe, compact and affordable way to skip daily traffic jams
The Airvinci is claimed to be in the latter stages of development for a trial flight some time mid-2016 – with a full-size "backpack helicopter" version slated for trials next year, all going well
Airvinci: A ducted fan VTOL aircraft that will start its aeronautical life as a heavy-lifting drone
The company also sees a potential niche for skydivers, where the proposed 12,500 ft (3,800 m) capability of the Airvinci will allow such users the ability to climb to a jumping altitude and have their craft return autonomously to base
The Airvinci personal VTOL craft is built on the dream of a safe, compact and affordable way to skip daily traffic jams
The Airvinci craft will, it is claimed, have a flight range far greater than that of the Martin Jetpack
The Airvinci personal version is designed to be fully autonomous and offer a safe and reliable alternative to heavily-congested ground transport
Airvinci envisages a day when autonomous air travel may even take the form of sky taxis
Search and rescue, as well as research exploration could all one day be in the sights of Airvinci's VTOL craft
There's been a bit of a renaissance in designs for personal flying craft over the last few years, with everything from conceptual electric fan passenger craft designed for quiet commuting, to real jetpacks flying around landmarks and jet-powered hoverboards breaking records, and the collection just keeps growing. Now add one more personal flight machine concept to the list in the form of the Airvinci: a ducted fan VTOL aircraft that is expected to start its aeronautical life as a heavy-lifting drone and later have a cockpit added for carrying human cargo.
The brainchild of inveterate tinkerer, Tarek Ibrahim, and built on the dream of a safe, compact and affordable way to skip daily traffic jams, the Airvinci is designed as a ducted fan, fixed-pitch rotor aircraft drone prototype. It's claimed to be in the latter stages of development for a trial flight some time in the coming months, with a full-size "backpack helicopter" version slated for trials next year, all going well.
"We scheduled our first test flight this (US) summer with more test flights later this year," says Airvinci project manager, Markus Engelhart. "Currently, we are finishing final versions of several components like the rotors, the rotor hub and control surfaces. In about two weeks we are planning to start the final assembly of our prototype."
Whilst some obvious similarities can be drawn with the Martin Jetpack in terms of the ducted-rotor design, the people at Airvinci point to some notable differences. It puts the pilot in a sitting rather than standing position and is powered by two aircraft-specific engines and a single-rotor rather than a single engine and two rotors. According to Airvinci, the prototype engines for the drone put out around 28 hp (21 kW) each, and the total rotor size for the craft is about 7 ft (2.1 m).
"With our design we are convinced to have a better weight balance that will improve flight dynamics and the ease of use," says Engelhart. "We have two separate engines that make our aircraft safer and more resilient to engine failure, since you can fly even with only one left in an emergency case. We decided to use aircraft engines from an external supplier that is known by most aircraft mechanics in order to simplify maintenance and repair."
Airvinci also believes that, based on its design calculations, the eventually manned craft will have a higher flight-ceiling, greater range, and longer average flight time than the Martin Jetpack, too.
Intended for a range of users and uses, the team at Airvinci assert that their markets will include pilots, search and rescue teams, and forward-thinking shipping companies who could dispatch and deliver heavier parcels than possible with the likes of Amazon drones, thanks to the Airvinci's proposed carrying capacity of around 265 lb (120 kg). And, when a planned autonomous flight system is fully developed, the company also sees a potential niche for skydivers, where the proposed 12,500 ft (3,800 m) altitude capability of the Airvinci will allow such users the ability to climb to a jumping altitude and have their craft return autonomously to base.
Of course, like all new aircraft, the Airvinci will also need to complete a raft of airworthiness trials and comply with all manner of flight regulations well before the first potential customer straps themselves into the flying seat.
"One of the biggest challenges will be laws and regulations for personal aircraft in urban areas and for aircraft that are remote or autonomously controlled," says Engelhart. "However, history has shown that laws and regulations eventually follow new technological developments."
No word on potential price or any possible delivery dates, yet, but Airvinci plans to continue flying tests after an inaugural mid-year sortie, then tinker with development of a manned prototype onward through 2017 and beyond.
The short video below shows an animation of the Airvinci in its various guises.
Source: Airvinci
Airvinci, The backpack helicopter
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Colin Jeffrey
Colin discovered technology at an early age, pulling apart clocks, radios, and the family TV. Despite his father's remonstrations that he never put anything back together, Colin went on to become an electronics engineer. Later he decided to get a degree in anthropology, and used that to do all manner of interesting things masquerading as work. Even later he took up sculpting, moved to the coast, and never learned to surf.
Gilitch June 27, 2016 05:58 AM
maybe he can use new engine from liquidpiston
gizmowiz June 27, 2016 10:14 AM
Seriously fun looks like and would probably work and allow people to cavort all over the place silently. Great idea.
GizEngineer June 27, 2016 12:25 PM
They have to see how comfortable it is sitting in the noisy prop wash, even with a shield in place.
worf2 June 27, 2016 12:39 PM
the biggest effort will be putting the polar bear into the aircraft.
jerryd June 27, 2016 01:22 PM
It wastes too much power with such a small rotor. It needs 2 10' in diameter rotors which would double the load or triple the range on the same fuel. There is a reason helicopters use large 1 or 2 rotors.
BigGoofyGuy June 27, 2016 08:22 PM
I think that is way cool.
I agree with Gilitch, I think the new engine from liquid piston could be used with it; small yet powerful.
Where'sMyHoverboard June 27, 2016 10:45 PM
Set for takeoff??? It's a few drawings fer chrissakes!
Redmercury June 28, 2016 03:09 AM
I want to know how they deal with the tricky forward flight dynamics that come with ducted fans. The thing looks like it does an excellent job of going up...
riczero-b June 28, 2016 06:14 AM
Redmercury`s right ; horizontally it`s got the aerodynamics of a brick. And I`d want a ballistic recovery system.
ljaques June 28, 2016 11:16 AM
Ooh, those look fun to shoot around in! I dunno 'bout jumping out of one, though. The only problem will be the hundreds of thousands of dollars they want for one.
P.S: Oh, look, Algore was wrong again. There's a live, undrowned polar bear!


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Fox New York City: Political trackers record candidates and hope for ammo - America Rising PAC
Fox New York City: Political trackers record candidates and hope for ammo
It's the height of the 2018 midterms. Across the country, Democrats and Republicans are battling for control of a Congress that can green light the president's agenda — or stop it dead in its tracks. With so much at stake, political groups have prioritized one job every campaign cycle that, when it works, can change […]
It's the height of the 2018 midterms. Across the country, Democrats and Republicans are battling for control of a Congress that can green light the president's agenda — or stop it dead in its tracks.
With so much at stake, political groups have prioritized one job every campaign cycle that, when it works, can change an election.
Cameron Mason was a political tracker for the Republican group America Rising during the 2014 midterms. His job was to record anything and everything Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn said during the campaign so Republicans could use it against her.
This is an excerpt from Fox New York City. For the full article click here.

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The Canton of Domart-en-Ponthieu  is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 11,590 inhabitants (2012).

Geography
The canton is organised around the commune of Domart-en-Ponthieu in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 19m at Saint-Ouen to 166m at Bonneville for an average of 73m.

The canton comprised 20 communes:

Berneuil
Berteaucourt-les-Dames
Bonneville
Canaples
Domart-en-Ponthieu
Franqueville
Fransu
Halloy-lès-Pernois
Havernas
Lanches-Saint-Hilaire
Fieffes-Montrelet
Naours
Pernois
Ribeaucourt
Saint-Léger-lès-Domart
Saint-Ouen
Surcamps
Vauchelles-lès-Domart
La Vicogne
Wargnies

Population

See also
 Arrondissements of the Somme department
 Cantons of the Somme department
 Communes of the Somme department

References

Domart-en-Ponthieu
2015 disestablishments in France
States and territories disestablished in 2015

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The History Of The US Open
Sometimes crazy but always dripping with quality, like all of the best sporting spectacles, the US Open can boast quite the history as the golfing world lines up for its 119th edition. This year the Pebble Beach resort in California hosts its sixth US Open in what is the 100th anniversary of the legendary links course.
The first US Open Championship took place on a nine-hole layout at Newport Golf and Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. The third golfing Major of this season traditionally takes place in June with the final round usually played on Father's Day.
Often billed as the ultimate test in golf, the present day US Open owes much to the giants of the game who have graced its fairways down the years.
For the latest US Open golf betting odds, head over to Bet UK's online betting. If you're unsure on how to bet on, then take a look at Robert Cobley's US Open betting tips for the tipster's thoughts and opinions on the event.
Early Pioneers Of The US Open
Founded in 1895, the US Open was originally played concurrently with the more prestigious US Amateur Championship. The Open was then something of an afterthought and no big deal. Indeed, there were only 10 professional entrants and a solitary amateur at the inaugural championship.
Having learnt as much as he could carrying clubs for members around assorted English golf clubs, a young chap named Horace Rawlins from Hertfordshire set sail for America following in the footsteps of his brother who had gone before. Rawlins then joined the Newport club, alongside Scotsman Willie Davis, where his job was to "teach golf, tend greens, and stay out of the way."
First US Open Winner
Having learnt all he could about the course at which he was employed, Rawlins became the first ever winner of the US Open, beating the hot favourite Willie Dunn by just two strokes to etch his name into the golfing history books.
The following year, the Open moved to Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, New York. Since then, the famed links course has hosted the US Open on a further four occasions, most recently in 2018. Rawlins was runner-up in the Open's second year and during the next 18 editions, Horace would compete in the event a further 13 times.
As the event became ever more popular, golfers flocked from around the world to take part but the US Open would not crown its first American winner until 1911 when a 19-year-old John J. McDermott Jr took the title. The Philadelphia native would win the event the following year and remains the second youngest winner ever of a golfing Major.
The US Open has been dominated by Americans ever since. In the following 90 years in which the tournament was staged, the Championship Trophy - which was first presented at the very first competition - was claimed by golfers from the USA in every year bar three.
Notable US Open Milestones Down The Years
Fast forward to 1930 and the US Open was now firmly established as one of the greatest prizes in golf. That year, the Interlachen Country Club was chosen to stage the championship. Until then, the more prestigious clubs on the East Coast had tended to host the Open. Interlachen in Minneapolis was a little more remote and the US Open was billed as the biggest sporting event ever to be held in the area.
Quite the buzz greeted Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. when he arrived by train in Minneapolis. Jones had already claimed the US Amateur championship, and its British equivalent, along with the British Open in 1930 and he won his fourth and last US Open at Interlachen. No one has ever won those four titles in the same year and likely never will again.
The 1960s began with perhaps the most famous swing in golfing history claiming its first US Open. Arnold Palmer's driving technique was unorthodox and unique but it powered one of the greatest names in the game to his maiden Open over a young Jack Nicklaus and an ageing Ben Hogan. The 1960 event was the only time Palmer would win the US Open amongst his six other Major titles. Nicklaus would defeat Palmer the following year for the first of his 18 Major titles.
The US Open In The New Millennium
The 2019 US Open will be billed as one at which Tiger Woods can continue his quest to better the 18 Majors won by Nicklaus. Woods won his first Open in 2000 by a record 15 strokes when the event was staged for the fourth time at Pebble Beach. The United States Golf Association had wanted a special venue for the first US Open of the new millennium and it certainly got it.
Tiger set a US Open record by finishing 12-under par to achieve the largest margin of victory of any golfing Major with a dominant performance some 15 strokes ahead of runners-up Ernie Els and Miguel Ángel Jiménez.
A winning score lower than 10-under par has only been recorded on two other occasions at the US Open. Rory McIlroy carded a 16-under par when he took the title in 2011 and Brooks Koepka finished with the same score to par when he won the 2017 championship at Erin Hills.
The US Open remains perhaps the most compelling of the golfing Majors. In many ways, the championship has changed little since its early years. Indeed, the Open has something of a reputation as a competition which resolutely sticks to its tried and tested formula. For that reason alone, the US Open is perhaps the truest and purest test of golfing greatness.
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The South Course, Torrey Pines - San Diego, California, USA - 7,700 Yards, Par 70
The US Open arrives at a familiar venue this year with Torrey Pines on California's Monterey Peninsula the host course for one of the biggest events on the calendar.
The South Course at Torrey Pines is one of the finest courses in the USA and, as the honour roll shows, has hosted some of the greatest champions in golf. Opened in 1957, and on a clifftop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the South Course was redesigned by Reese Jones back in 2001 who lengthened it to the brutally difficult 7,700-yard beast that it is today. A proper all-round test of golf, the South requires the players to hit the ball straight from the tee, shape it both ways and punishes any bad shots. From the tee, bigger hitters are at an advantage purely due to the length of the course and the fact that long drives make the course more manageable. There is, however, no substitute for accuracy and errant drives will find the thick rough and dangerously-placed fairway bunkering that is especially prevalent over the back nine holes. This has been made all the tougher for the Open.
The greens on the South Course are not vastly different to those on the easier North which is not in play this week, and are not where it really shows its teeth. They are large, fast, and slopey poa annua that can pick up spike marks and become more challenging to putt on through the afternoon. The greenside bunkering is strong, and the rough around the greens is deep. If players are approaching from the rough, or even from the wrong side of the fairway, they are well-advised to be conservative. Double bogeys or worse are not uncommon here, and such a stiff test of golf invariably produces a high calibre winner.
The biggest advantage this week is with the bigger hitters. There will be a lot of hits and gauge from the thick rough onto the large, forgiving, greens, and the top of the market is likely to produce the winner this year.
Last Five Winners
Year | Winner | Score 2020 | Bryson Dechambeau | -6 2019 | Gary Woodland | -13 2018 | Brooks Koepka | +1 2017 | Brooks Koepka | -16 2016 | Dustin Johnson | -4
The Market Leaders
John Rahm (17/2) has a win and three other top-five finishes in his career starts at Torrey Pines, and with just one finish outside the top 20, the Spaniard looks a strong market favourite. He was on the verge of winning two weeks ago when he was forced to withdraw going into the final round with a six-stroke lead, and he will be keen to put that behind him and take the title here on familiar turf. Rahm's US Open record isn't great with more missed cuts than top 10s, and I think the adjusted Torrey setup might work against him here. For that reason, I will be looking slightly deeper.
Behind Rahm is a trio of big-hitting Americans that I really like the look of. Dustin Johnson (18/1), Brooks Koepka (18/1) and Bryson Dechambeau (16/1) between them have the last four US Open titles, and it's hard for me to see that not remaining the case after this week. Dechambeau looks the weakest with his comparably poor recent form and his previous tribulations at Torrey.
Rory Mcilroy (20/1) represents the best European chance on a course where he has gone close several times. He has been playing well of late but I think the tough rough might prove too penal unless he has an exceptional driving week and I am therefore happy to look elsewhere. This event has an American winner written all over it for me.
Rob's Golf Betting Tips
Headline Betting Tip
Dustin Johnson: 8 Points Win @ 18/1
My headline selection for the year's penultimate Major is the man who I maintain is the world's best player when all are in form, and he showed last week that his game is in excellent shape arriving here. Dustin was 2nd going into the weekend before falling away, but that is really of little concern given that all eyes were undoubtedly turned to this week.
Johnson has a best-placed finish of 3rd here in regular Tour events, and will be even more suited to the challenging setup of a US Open at this famed venue. He will have a huge advantage from the tee and will love the large uncomplicated putting surfaces. The speed is up from the Farmers Insurance which is played in February, and that again will be significantly to his advantage. I would have him as the strong market favourite, and I am happy to throw my weight behind him with a win only bet of 8 Points Win @ 18 /1.
Other Betting Tips
Brooks Koepka: 8 Points Win @ 18/1
I considered Brooks Koepka as my headline pick, and was only slightly persuaded to go with Dustin Johnson based on his better course form, but make no doubt Brooks will be thereabouts this week. There are no players on Tour that raise their game to the same degree that Koepka does when it comes to the biggest events, and whatever his past results here (MC, MC, 58), the setup this week is perfect.
If it weren't for the exceptional golf of Phil Mickelson, Brooks would be coming in here as the PGA Champion and probably a single figure favourite, however that not coming off has afforded us this excellent opportunity here at a marvellous price. I will have 8 Points Win @ 18/1.
Dylan Fritelli: 2 Points e/w @ 300/1
My final selection is a bit of a long shot, but Dylan Frittelli has been regular on Major Championship leaderboards with two top 10 finishes in the last five Majors. He also competed at the WGC Matchplay recently where he finished 9th in a field of the top 64 players in the World. His long game is his strength, and that is a necessity to combat the challenge of Torrey Pines, and this price doesn't seem in keeping with his true chances. He is worth an each way bet with 2 Points e/w @ 300/1.
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I'm so thrilled that Incessant Hum is being made available virtually to celebrate Beethoven's birthday! This music/theater hybrid was developed in such an environment of love, collaboration, and creativity, so please tune in on December 16, 19, or 20 to see Chris Kendall and Chelsea Frye's gorgeous performances, Mare Trevathan's skillful direction, and to hear the Colorado Chamber Players perform some of Beethoven's most exquisite music. I think, too, that the whole piece has taken on new resonance and meaning in light of the pandemic, because it is about what we can truly stand to gain in the wake of incredible loss. Tickets available by clicking the photo above!
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Marginalia Today!
When I wrote Marginalia a couple of years ago, I had no idea the doors it would open, the friends it would bring into my life, or the joyful path it would take to production. It was just a short, prompt-based piece of theater writing about one of my favorite subjects — the power of books.
I'm so thrilled that this little book-loving play has been gifted a new way to reach audiences, appropriately, in book form! Marginalia will be included in Bite Size an anthology of micro plays written by Colorado-based playwrights, each of which was chosen for inclusion by Denver Center for the Performing Arts's Off-Center and staged at Denver's BookBar.
BITE SIZE goes on sale on December 15 and you can pre-order your copy now, receiving a 10% discount with code BITESIZE10! All royalties from the book will benefit Denver Center for Performing Arts and, as you know, arts organizations have been hit very hard by the pandemic.
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THE SHELTER PLAYS, Stealing Sleep: Several months ago, when we were in the middle of our shelter in place mandate, I was invited to participate in a project called THE SHELTER PLAYS, which was designed to be a "collaboration of artists creating a new type of theatre when there was none to be found."
I wrote a short play for the project called STEALING SLEEP that explores the strained crossroads of insomnia, intimacy, and isolation. SLEEP was turned into a beautiful little film starring two of Denver's favorite actors, Andrew and Kelly Uhlenhopp. If you're looking for some entertainment in these still uncertain and largely-theaterless times, I encourage you to check out the Uhlenhopps lovely performance in my piece along with the other wonderful and diverse plays that are available for free at www.theshelterplays.com. STEALING SLEEP is available by clicking on the image below.
Please don't hesitate to contact me, too, if you have any questions about the project or would like to speak to the production team about bringing any of the SHELTER PLAYS to your theater.
Pen & Podium: Michael Pollan: Like most of the world, Pen & Podium has moved to a virtual platform, though we have made every effort to keep our lectures dynamic, relevant, and commensurate with our live format. This was not just a Zoom conversation, but rather a carefully curated virtual event. Working in conjunction with a wonderful Colorado-based production company, we filmed our 2019-20 remaining season author conversation and broadcast the first, Michael Pollan, on Monday, July 20. Michael was a spectacular guest -- charming, insightful, intelligent, funny, and incredibly flexible given the novelty of this new format and everything it entailed. Moderated by Shelly Smith-Acuna, the conversation touched on everything from contemporary American food culture to participatory journalism to psychedelics to COVID-19. "Writing still matters," Michael told us. "You can still reach the culture and shift the conversation with a great number of words arranged very carefully."
Stealing Sleep: I wish I could tell you that this pandemic has been, if nothing else, a fruitful and generative time for my writing. It has not. Like may artists, I'm struggling with inertia, confusion, and loss. I simply don't know what the future will hold for us as theater-makers and it has me in a place of uncertainty and stagnation. I want to create, to speak to what we, as fellow humans, are experiencing; but I have temporarily lost my voice, my vision, and my drive to do so. I've also, seemingly, lost my ability to sleep, which prompted me to dip my toe back into writing and, ironically, try to awaken my playwriting.
A few months ago, I saw a call for submissions related to the pandemic. I had no interest or desire to write a "pandemic play"; however, the prompt was loosey-goosey enough that it did stir my creative juices. Producer Andrew Brier asked playwrights to write short pieces that spoke to the theme of "Shelter in Place." The prompt made me think about my current situation, my sleeplessness, and I wrote a short play about the crossroads of intimacy, insomnia, and isolation called Stealing Sleep.
Though Brier is still trying to figure out the best path and use of the "Shelter" plays he's compiled, it looks as though he is packaging the pieces into a hybrid theater/film combo that will be presented as potential programming for production companies to produce as they re-open their spaces. Whatever the future holds for this project, I was absolutely delighted to see the script brought to life as a short film, starring two of my favorite Denver-based actors, Andrew and Kelly Uhlenhopp. Once I get the green light, I'll share this lovely little film with you all.
January 2020
Pen & Podium: Michael Ondaatje: On Monday, January 27, we had the distinct pleasure of hosting Michael Ondaatje on our P&P stage. Ironically, The English Patient author was feeling a bit under the weather; however, he persevered and gave a riveting lecture that touched on, among many other things, "blood dread" and "narrative ruthlessness." It was an exceptionally thoughtful talk about the craft of writing. "The first sentence of every novel, " he stated, "should be: Trust me, this will take time, but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town."
In 2020, as the world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Ludwig Van Beethoven's birth, musical and historical organizations around the world are paying homage to the composer's life and legacy. I'm thrilled to have been invited to contribute to this worldwide celebration with Incessant Hum, a commission from the Colorado Chamber Players (www.coloradochamberplayers.org).
Incessant Hum is a music and theatre performance piece that explores the emotional world Beethoven navigated as he lost his hearing and his ability to perform as a pianist and a conductor. Directed by Mare Trevathan, starring Chris Kendall and Chelsea Frye, and featuring Andrew Cooperstock and the Colorado Chamber Players, Incessant Hum promises to be a dynamic and unique point of entry into the genius of Beethoven's later works, all of which he wrote when he was deaf.
Working with this team of artists has been a rewarding collaborative experience that has allowed me to grow as a writer and further explore the terrain of living as an artist with hearing loss. I hope you'll consider joining us for this exciting new work.
Press for Incessant Hum:
Westword: "Incessant Hum Explores Beethoven's Deafness and Music"
Daily Camera: "Beethoven's resilience, despite deafness"
Pen and Podium: Andrew Sean Greer: I don't think I've ever been as smitten with an author as I am with Andrew Sean Greer. Seriously. No, I mean … s.e.r.i.o.u.s.l.y! Like, if he'd asked me to run away with him, it totally might've happened.
Hosting Andy on Monday evening was PURE JOY! What a lovely, kind, sweet, funny man. I've always been a great admirer of his lyrical, artful prose; now, I'm a great admirer of his beautiful, generous, light-filled personality. I just love it when an artist turns out to be as wonderful as the work they create.
On The Rocks -- Denver, Colorado: Six plays. Six playwrights with disabilities. Six human senses … yes, six. (Or perhaps more.) For the first time, Phamaly Theatre Company presents a one-act play festival featuring the work of playwrights with disabilities, with short plays that engage, explore, or challenge the human senses. The plays will be performed in uniquely interactive spaces at Denver's RedLine Contemporary Art Center, and will feature the talents of Phamaly actors and various local directors.
For more information, please visit www.phamaly.org or click on the image to read "Uncommon Senses," a profile of the project at the DCPA News Center.
Sharing new work is a trust fall. It takes such courage and requires such vulnerability. This week of October 21, I got to see so many of my colleagues take that trust fall and I cannot tell you how much it amazes and inspires me as a writer and as a human being.
On Tuesday, October 22 I had the great pleasure of co-hosting another installment of Rough Draught Playwrights' Open Mic Theatrical Playground, where several of my incredibly talented friends, including Jessica Austgen and Frank Oteri, presented works-in-progress.
Then, from Thursday through Sunday, Benchmark Theatre produced its third annual Fever Dream Festival, a yearly celebration of science fiction, fantasy, and horror playwriting that I curate for the company. This year, we had over 400 submissions from all over the world and it was an exciting, eclectic mix of scripts that ultimately made it to our stage. The highlight of the weekend for me, personally, was to present FDF's first ever development session, where we workshopped Ellen K. Graham's gorgeously ambitious play Loki's Monstrous Children. Ellen is a spectacular writer, whose work continues to inspire and drive me to be a better playwright myself.
Pen & Podium: Jesmyn Ward: Every event I have the privilege of hosting for Pen & Podium makes me love my life anew. I seriously can't imagine what my world would feel like without books, authors, and readers. On Monday, September 23, I had the great privilege to host National Book Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward, who presented a powerful, thoughtful, and very personal lecture about her coming-to-writing story as well as her thoughts on "blood dread" and "narrative ruthlessness," two concepts that made a huge impression on me and will, no doubt, have an impact on my own writing.
Dramatists Guild of America -- I know I already wear a lot of hats, but I was just invited to take on a new role that I'm really excited about! Beginning this month, I'll be one of two Dramatists Guild Ambassadors for the Colorado region, where I'll be supporting our Regional Rep Josh Hartwell with programming to ensure that dramatists in all parts of the state can feel actively engaged in the DG community. I'm thrilled to be working with Josh, the Guild, and my fellow ambassador (and new friend!) Lynn Evertowski!
New Play Development Roundtable -- What an extraordinary evening we shared on September 9 as Rough Draught Playwrights hosted a roundtable conversation about the new play development in Colorado with several companies committed to Front Range playwriting. It was so exciting and informative to discuss the state of local playwriting with artists from 5280 Arts Coop, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, And Toto too Theatre Company, Questionable Theatrics, Athena Project Festival, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Theater 29.
August 2019
Incessant Hum: Beethoven 2020
In 2020, as the world celebrates the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven's birth, many symphonies, orchestras, and music ensembles are creating programming to pay tribute to the composer's legacy and his contributions to our world. I'm so pleased to announce that the Colorado Chamber Players have commissioned me to write the book for the world premiere of a new music/theatre hybrid in honor of Beethoven.
Directed by Mare Trevathan, INCESSANT HUM will explore the emotional world that Beethoven experienced, as he lost his hearing and his ability to perform as a pianist and conductor.
As a profoundly hard of hearing artist, this collaboration means the world to me, and I hope it will provide audiences with an exciting, dynamic, and unique point of entry into the genius of Beethoven's later works, all of which he wrote when he was deaf.
A Date With Destiny -- Denver, Colorado -- On Sunday, August 4, the lovely folks at One Night Stand honored me, once again, by including my short play A Date With Destiny in their program One Night Stand Presents Law & Disorder.
What You Will Nominated for a Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award
On Monday, June 17, the Colorado Theatre Guild announced nominations for their 14th Annual Henry Awards, which honors outstanding achievements during the past season in Colorado theatre. The awards are named for acclaimed producer Henry Lowenstein and nominations are determined through a judging process conducted by more than 100 statewide peer professionals, academics/educators and other theatre lovers. I'm beyond excited to announce that What You Will has been nominated for "Outstanding New Play," alongside works by Jessica Austgen, Amanda Berg Wilson, Donetta Lavinia Grays, Itamar Moses, and Andrew Rosendorf.
Awards will be presented at a gala on Monday, July 22 at the beautiful Lone Tree Arts Center. For more information about the awards and the gala, click on the photo above, which will bring you to a recent BroadwayWorld.com article about the Henrys.
Sunday, June 2 was an absolutely wonderful evening at Vintage Theater in Denver, where the lovely folks at One Night Stand Theater presented One Night Stand with Jeffrey Neuman, an evening of my short works, one-acts, and monologues. The anthologized evening tackled all my favorite subjects -- love, sex, and mortality -- in many different ways (drama, comedy, and complete absurdity) and featured some of my plays that've never before been performed in my beloved home state. We played to a sold out house and raised almost $2,000 for The Denver Actors Fund, an organization that means the world to me. Thank you to all the actors and directors who gave their talents to the show and to all of the people who came out to support it. And, a very special thanks to John Moore for all of his hard work at DAF and for his amazing photos of the event.
Pen & Podium, Wednesday, May 2:
And, just like that: another season of Pen & Podium comes to a close. We couldn't have asked for a better way to cap off this amazing year than with an intimate and fascinating lecture from presidential historian Michael Beschloss, who brought such intelligence, insight, humor, and gentlemanly warmth to our stage.
Denver Center Theatre Company Announces Playwrights' Group Residency
Building upon its 40-year commitment to new-play development, the Denver Center Theatre Company has announced the establishment of The Playwrights' Group to foster the work of Colorado playwrights. I'm so excited to have been invited onboard as one of the four fellows for this exciting inaugural venture. Click on the photo below for a link to an article with full details about the project, its goals, and its aims.
Assisted Living to ENCORE at New American Theatre
Los Angeles, California -- Assisted Living was a tremendous hit during New American Theatre's 2018 festival of new plays that NAT has selected it as one the BEST one act plays from the last ten years and will be remounting it for an encore run from March 10-March 31.
Colorado New Play Summit Local Playwrights' Slam
Building on the success of What You Will, I was asked to represent Benchmark Theatre at the Colorado New Play Summit, where I presented a piece from of a new work-in-progress called (tentatively) Discreet 44. I had the great pleasure of sharing the stage with playwrights from 5280 Artist CoOp, Curious Theatre Company, And Toto too Theatre Company, and Local Theater Company. A special thank you to John Moore for capturing this photo of my "This Is What I Look Like When I Try To Act" face.
Dramaturgy Round Table
On Valentine's Day, Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and Denver Center for the Performing Arts partnered for a live (and live-streamed) panel with an all-star group to talk about what dramaturgy looks like in Colorado and how we are working to raise the value of dramaturgy as a community. I was thrilled to have been asked to participate in this panel discussion and learned so much for the amazing group of people with whom I shared the stage.
On The Horns of a Dilemma got a little more love in January after some successful runs on both sides of the Atlantic. My little "Play About The Rhino" ran at Over Our Head Player's annual Snowdance Comedy Festival from January 25-February 24 in Racine, Wisconsin. On the tail end of the run (pun sort of intended), I learned that Horns was also named "Best New Comedy" at the TOMY Awards (that's with an "M," not an "N," unfortunately) for its November run in Kilkenny, Ireland at What's On Tom Productions.
On November 30, Benchmark Theatre presented the world premiere of my newest play, What You Will, in Denver. The play tells the story of Adam, a forty-something gay man living a quiet but seemingly contented life. He's married to a man he truly loves and runs a stationery shop, where he expertly designs custom wedding invitations. However, when he simultaneously meets two different individuals — a rather seductive married man in a gym steam room and a joyful, yet frenetic bride in desperate need of assistance — he begins to realize that marriage may have clear boundaries, but it certainly does not have very clear rules.
The play ran until December 22 to nearly sold out houses every night, earning generous praise from audiences and critics, including,
"A witty, incisive and sometimes prurient reflection on loyalty, truth, marriage and relationships ..... "What You Will" gives a nod and a wink to "Twelfth Night," but the genius of Neuman's story – and it is stunning – lies in examining the fabrications large and small that we tell ourselves and those dearest to us.". ~ The Denver Post, Claire Martin
"Literate and deeply felt .... You're likely to find yourself holding your breath and then tearing up at the answers, because the truths Neuman uncovers strike deep." ~ Westord, Juliet Wittman
"A powerful play with a powerful message." ~ Marlowe's Musings, David Marlowe
"The dynamics between characters and the universal issues that are highlighted are reason enough to go see the show." ~ Addison Herron-Wheeler, Outfront Colorado
Marginalia at Bite Size: An Evening of Micro Theatre at Bookbar
It's been so joyful to see this play brought to vivid life by such a consummate, thoughtful, generous, and talented production team. Emma Messenger and Regan Linton have been wowing audiences as they trade off in the roles of J and M in the play, which was skillfully directed by Mare Trevathan. In her Westword review, Juliet Wittman calls the evening a "theatrical feast," writing that my play "has captured some of the mystery and magic of used books. Marginalia," she writes, "communicates a sense of wonder about the connection between writer and reader, and between a current reader and those unknown souls from other times and places who perused the book before her."
Kindred Spirits at the Exit Theater in San Francisco
BESTIES: They say some friends come and go like waves in the ocean, but best friends stick around like an octopus on your face. Let's face it, sometimes friendship can be sticky. (What is a brojob anyway?) Left Coast Theatre Company's newest collection of hilarious and heartfelt original shorts will have you reaching for the tissues and crying with laughter as they share six original tales of the unpredictability and wackiness of queer friendships in the modern age. The anthologized evening, includes my one-act play, Kindred Spirits, starring Nick Leonard and Eric Berglund, and directed by Christian Heppinstall.
Kindred Spirits was important for me to write, because I think there are so few portrayals of gay men of or past a certain age dealing with issues of love, intimacy, and sex. Gay relationships and queer identity are definitely finding representation in mainstream entertainment; but, how these issues play out as we age, as we get older, as we mature with our friends and our partners is a terrain that's really yet to be fully explored in theater, movies, and TV. Kindred Spirits is my first, but probably not my last attempt at tackling … well, let's just call it Senior Sexuality.
Additional Productions in November & December:
As if I couldn't be riding a higher wave of excitement given the premiere of What You Will and the concurrent productions of Marginalia and Kindred Spirits, there will also be other readings and productions of my work occurring between now and the end of the year, including Assisted Living at The New American Theatre in Los Angeles (11/4-11/180, On The Horns of a Dilemma by What's On Tom? Production in Kilkenny, Ireland (11/8- 11/17), On The Rocks at both Queens Theatre in New York (11/18-11/19) and Questionable Theatrics in Denver (11/26), as well as Dangling Participles at Metropolitan State University in Denver, beginning 12/6.
Pen & Podium, Monday, September 24
 I've been trying to pull together the right words to describe our spectacular evening with George Saunders, who was as smart as he was funny as he was genuine as he was generous. And, I can't come up with them, the words, to convey the amount of kindness, magnanimity, humor, and intelligence he brought to our stage. So, I'll let him speak for himself:
"Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another; rather, it teaches us to abide with the fact that, in their own way, all things are true, and helps us, in the face of this terrifying knowledge, continually push ourselves in the direction of Open the Hell Up."
You Opened us the Hell Up, George, and it was amazing, inspiring, and one helluva a good time! Thank you for an unforgettable lecture, one of the best that Pen & Podium has ever hosted.
Cast Announced for
Bite-Size: An Evening of Micro Theatre
Off-Center, the Denver Center's most unconventional line of programming, announced casting for Bite-Size: An Evening of Micro Theatre. Bite-Size is an evening of original short plays and performance pieces by Colorado artists performed off-site at Denver's BookBar and designed as a 360-degree experience, where audience members will journey through a variety of spaces in and around BookBar, located at 4280 Tennyson St., encountering each new play in an intimate group of just 10 other audience members.
Bite-Size will run for 24 performances from October 23 through November 18. This event is conceived and led by Meridith C. Grundei, who performed in the DCPA Theatre Company's Frankenstein and was featured as one of Westword's 2017 100 Colorado Creatives.
I'm thrilled that my newest short play, Marginalia, will be one of the five feature pieces in Bite-Size. Marginalia, directed by Mare Trevathan, will star Emma Messenger and Regan Linton (pictured above), who will trade off in the roles of J and M nightly, so every performance of the run will truly be a different play-going experience.
Tickets for Bite-Size are available at https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/bite-size/.
Rough Draught in HowlRound
So proud of Leslie C. Lewis' killer article about Rough Draught Playwright's commitment to supporting, engaging, and stregthening our Colorado playwriting community. Leslie, one of RDP's co-creators, does a beautiful job painting a picture of the night and giving a sense of the joyful collaborations and exciting networking that occurs at our quarterly open mic events. I encourage you to take a look at the article, post a comment if you're moved to do so, and consider creating a similar event in your own community. Please click on the photo below to link to the full article.
"Lost and Found" -- Denver, Colorado -- On Sunday, June 3, the good people at One Night Stand will present one of my monologues in their showcase "Around the World," a theatrical spin around the globe through performance, scenes, and stories. My contribution, "Lost and Found," details one woman's experience literally (and figuratively) losing her husband in the Musée d'Orsay. This is the first time that "Lost and Found," which was published by JAC Publishing in their collection InterJACtions: Monologues at the Heart of Human Nature, Volume 3, will be performed in Denver, so I hope you'll consider coming out to see and support it as well as the other featured writers in ONS' latest production.
Marginalia -- Denver, Colorado -- I'm beside myself with joy to announce that my newest short play, "Marginalia" has been selected by Off-Center, the Denver Center for the Perfroming Arts' most unconventional line of programming, for Bite-Size, an evening of original short plays and performance pieces by Colorado artists — all with bookish twists — to be performed environmentally this fall at Book Bar, an independent book store and wine bar in the Tennyson Street Arts District in Denver. The play is being described as a "charming, intimate and sly play," in which "a reticent customer at a used bookstore is confronted by the shop's manager when caught defacing some books." The play will be directed by Mare Trevathan (Associate Artistic Director of Local Theater Company, www.maretrevathan.com), an amazing Colorado-based actor and director, with whom I've been hoping to work.
For more information about Bite-Size and and article about this exciting Micro-theater project, please click on the image above, which shows all of the featured artists selected by a blind submission process for this exciting endeavor.
Pen & Podium -- Maria Semple -- "Writers must write. If you are a writer and you don't write ... you WILL become a menace to society." ~ Maria Semple
In all the years I've been working with authors, I don't think I've ever had more fun than I did on Monday, May 13, when I had the great privilege to host Maria Semple. It started in the car ride over, when we met and instantly starting gushing over and SQUEEing with one another about our mutual love of musical theater. Then, she presented one of the most entertaining lectures we've had at Pen & Podium in recent years -- funny, heartfelt and wildly, unashamedly, unabashedly genuine. After the lecture and book signing, Maria and I headed to a hotel bar, where we spent hours drinking Moscow mules and talking about art, books, and theater in a haze of ginger-scented laughter. (She also introduced me to my new obsession, Broadway Backstory, a documentary-style podcast that explores Broadway musicals from conception to premiere. Check it out at https://www.todaytix.com/broadway-backstory!)
Again, HOW did I get so lucky? I'm incredibly grateful for books, authors, and readers and to be given a platform through Pen & Podium to have these three amazing forces come together in my life.
Multiple Short Works -- Laramie, Wyoming -- Three of my short plays (Award-Winning Entry, Date with Destiny, and On the Horns of a Dilemma) were selected by students at the University of Wyoming at Laramie to be performed as part of the Theatre Department's Senior Directing Workshop. It was a pleasure working with the students and to model effective and collaborative playwright/director relationships with and for them.
Pen & Podium -- Tony Kushner -- On Monday, March 12, I had the incredibly ridiculous pleasure of hosting Tony Kushner onstage for a ninety minute interview at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts in Denver, Colorado. I don't know what to say or where to begin about Tony's grace, generosity, intelligence, and humor. I really don't. He was an absolute joy to host, and the 900+ member audience responded to his warmth with the most resounding applause, appreciation, and laughter.
Over the course of our conversation, Tony spoke candidly (and brilliantly!) about the art of playwriting, the joys and challenges of collaboration, the relationship (or lack thereof) between artistry and activism, and the beautiful "treacherousness" of words, among other things. At one point, as we giggled and gushed about musical theater, Tony even provided us with some thoughts and insights about his new screenplay for the upcoming Spielberg reboot of West Side Story.
It's always such a joy to meet an author you respect; but it is a pleasure-beyond-words when an author you respect also turns out to be a lovely human being and and artist worthy of both heroism and esteem.
In addition to a spirited and engaging conversation with Tony, the night was also very exciting because we finally announced our 2018-19 Pen & Podium season, which will include:
George Saunders,
Amor Towles,
Celeste Ng,
Louise Penny, and
David McCollough
With such a fascinating a diverse group of authors, I know it is going to be another hallmark year for us at P&P.
Benchmark Theatre named "Best First Act" in Denver
March 31, 2018: In their annual "Best Of" issue, Denver's acclaimed alt weekly, Westword, names Benchmark Theatre the "Best First Act" for its bold and noteworthy first season. The citation reads, "As the first offering in its new and permanent space in Lakewood (first pioneered by Edge), Benchmark presented A Kid Like Jake, a thoughtful and well-executed play about a four-year-old who loves princesses and wants to dress as Snow White for Halloween, and the efforts of his worried parents to get him into a first-rate preschool. The rest of this inaugural season will introduce local audiences to interesting and critically acclaimed works that are still relatively unknown here, along with a new play by local author Jeffrey Neuman. And then there's the second annual Fever Dream Festival, a "celebration of science fiction, fantasy and horror featuring new and original works." Helmed by actors Haley Johnson and Rachel Rogers, Benchmark promises to bring an entirely new sensibility to town."
Pen & Podium -- Katherine Boo -- "Hope is not a fiction."
I can't tell you how inspirited, inspired, and entranced I was by Katherine Boo's lecture at Pen & Podium on February 6. Rather than speak about her writing and her process, instead Kate told us about the lessons she's learned over the years by dedicating herself and her career to active listening, exercising empathy, and uncovering the stories that remain untold and the injustices that remain unchallenged. "Injustice anywhere," she reminded, "is a threat to justice everywhere."


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Simo Tapio Puupponen (* 23. Oktober 1915 in Kuopio; † 11. Oktober 1967 in Helsinki), besser bekannt unter dem Pseudonym Aapeli, war ein finnischer Journalist und Schriftsteller.

Er wurde in den 1940er Jahren zunächst mit Kolumnen für die ostfinnische Regionalzeitung Savon Sanomat bekannt, bevor er sich 1952 in Helsinki als freier Schriftsteller niederließ. Besonders in den 1950er Jahren wurde er mit humoristischen Romanen über das finnische Kleinstadtleben – besonders seiner Heimatstadt Kuopio – landesweit bekannt. 1959 wurden ihm zwei der bedeutendsten finnischen Literaturpreise zuerkannt, der Staatliteraturpreis sowie der Eino-Leino-Preis.

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 Onnen pipanoita: eli viisikymmentä juttua elämän aurinkoiselta puolelta (1947)
 Siunattu hulluus (1948)
 Pajupilli: pakinoita (1950)
 Mutahäntä ja muita (1953)
 Koko kaupungin Vinski (1954), deutsche Übersetzung Das Unsichtbarkeitspulver
 Meidän herramme muurahaisia: kavalkadi pienestä kaupungista (1954)
 Sipuleita: lapsellisia juttuja (1956)
 Vinski ja Vinsentti: koko kaupungin Vinskin uusia seikkailuja (1956)
 Onnipussi eli 110 pikkujuttua sieltä täältä ynnä kertomus Siunattu hulluus (1957)
 Pikku Pietarin piha (1958), deutsche Übersetzung Der Hof des kleinen Petrus (1961)
 Onko koira kotona? Pakinoita (1960)
 Alvari, kananvahti (1961)
 Puuhevonen pakkasessa: familiäärejä kertomuksia triviaaleista aiheista (1962)
 Timonen ja muita tuttavia (1963)
 Pekko, runoilijan poika (1965)
 Kissa, kissa, kissa: pakinoita (1967)

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Q: SQL - Exclude four-digit-number I have an SQL-Server with and simple table on it.

ID | Code
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 2 | TEST
 3 | 12556
 4 | TEST1
 5 | 5678
 6 | WART

I want to exclude all four-digit-number. In my case that would be 1234 and 5678.
I know I can use ISNUMERIC() tp check if code is numeric.
I also know I can use:
SELECT * FROM Codes WHERE code NOT LIKE '____';

to check if my value has four digits, but i dont get it how to combine them.
Any suggentions?
Thanks in advance!

A: Just use not like:
where code not like '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'

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Reproductive Issues and Epilepsy
Guiding patients through contraceptive choices, prepregnancy planning, and pregnancy improves pregnancy outcomes.
Frances Knapp; and Alison M. Pack, MD, MPH
Epilepsy occurs equally among men and women. Many patients have epilepsy during their reproductive years, which creates challenges regarding contraception and pregnancy. Understanding the implications of epilepsy and the primary treatment, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), on reproductive health is necessary and integral in particular to the care of women with epilepsy.
Although most discussions about reproductive health focus on pregnancy, women generally spend the majority of their reproductive years avoiding pregnancy. Effective contraception is important for women with epilepsy as it allows them to plan pregnancy to optimize maternal and fetal pregnancy outcomes.1 Unfortunately, studies find that more than 50% of pregnancies among women with epilepsy are unplanned.2 It is important that the treating neurologist have a discussion with patients with epilepsy regarding effective methods of contraception and potential interaction between AEDs and contraception. Such a discussion can increase the likelihood of planned pregnancies and improve pregnancy outcomes for mothers and children. Multiple types of contraception are available (Table 1). Most women with epilepsy rely on combined estrogen/progesterone hormonal therapy.3 Other indications for this combination of hormones include treatment of acne, dysmenorrhea, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, and infertility. Combined estrogen/progesterone formulations have potential bidirectional interactions with certain AEDs.
Effect of Contraception on Lamotrigine
Lamotrigine concentrations are typically reduced when taken in combination with estrogen-containing hormonal therapy.4,5 Lamotrigine and estrogens are both metabolized by glucuronidation; lamotrigine is almost exclusively catalysed by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isoenzymes in the liver. When taken with estrogen-containing hormonal contraception lamotrigine metabolism is increased, likely resulting in decreased serum lamotrigine concentrations and potentially increased seizure frequency.4,5 Lamotrigine levels do not change when taken in combination with progestin-only agents.6 Women who use estrogen-containing contraception will need their dose of lamotrigine adjusted to ensure stable lamotrigine concentrations.
Effect of Antiepileptic Drugs on Contraception
P450 Enzyme-Inducing Drugs. Antiepileptic drugs that induce cytochrome P450 enzymes cause enhanced metabolism of contraceptive steroids, resulting in decreased efficacy.5,7 Combined oral contraceptives have received the most study with coadministration of AEDs. There are few data on contraceptive hormone patches or rings. Carbamazepine, felbamate, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone, and rufinamide all induce the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. For women prescribed AEDs that induce the P450 enzyme who use a combined hormonal method of contraception, use of a second contraceptive preparation is encouraged. This is termed dual method and might be the addition of a barrier method. Hormone preparations with a minimum of 35 mcg of ethinyl estradiol are recommended for women taking P450 enzyme-inducing AEDs; they should not rely on progesterone-only hormonal contraception, termed the minipill, because these AEDs increase the metabolism of progesterone.
Topiramate. Although topiramate is considered an enzyme-inducing AED, particularly at higher doses, it has selective effects on components of combined hormonal contraception.8 In a small study, topiramate administration when taken with combined hormonal contraception affected ethinyl estradiol but not norethindrone (progesterone) concentrations. This is relevant because progestins are more important for contraceptive effectiveness. Topiramate therefore likely does not result in decreased effectiveness of combined hormonal contraception.
Intrauterine Devices
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are being used for contraception in increasing numbers in the US. Importantly, they are approved for nulliparous women and will not interfere with a woman's potential to have children. IUDs are either copper or hormonal. Hormonal IUDs are also indicated for treatment of dysmenorrhea. Hormonal IUDs likely do not affect seizure control or AED concentrations. A study of 20 women with epilepsy who were on stable AED treatment regimens and who had the Mirena IUD placed had no significant change in seizure frequency or AED concentrations.9
Women with epilepsy have lower reported birth rates; a Finnish study using national insurance data showed women with epilepsy had a 17% lower birth rate than the general population.10 Birth rates are not a direct indicator of fertility; not all women who can have children choose to do so, and this may be more true among those with epilepsy. Population studies often include women with epilepsy who have comorbidities and are unlikely to choose to get pregnant.
The number and type of AEDs a patient takes likely does affect fertility, and using more than one AED is a significant factor that has been associated with difficulty conceiving among women with epilepsy seeking pregnancy.11 In contrast, a recent study of women in the US found no difference in rates of pregnancy between women with epilepsy and a control population of women seeking pregnancy.12 Optimizing AED regimen with as few medications as possible may increase fertility.11 Counseling a woman with epilepsy that she may have a harder time getting pregnant will prepare her as well as encourage her to seek a reproductive evaluation in a timely manner should she have difficulty conceiving.
Preconceptual Counseling
It is important that women with epilepsy have optimal seizure control and are treated with AEDs associated with better pregnancy outcomes. Preconception folic acid supplementation will help improve these outcomes as it reduces the risk of major congenital malformations (MCMs), adverse cognitive outcomes, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and language delays.13-17 The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and American Epilepsy Society (AES) recommend that all women with epilepsy who are of childbearing age receive at least 400 mcg of folic acid daily.13
Pregnancy is a dynamic time for all women, and those with epilepsy face unique considerations and management concerns. The clinician-patient discussion about pregnancy should include the items in the Box. Having this discussion before conception better prepares a woman with epilepsy for pregnancy, birth, and motherhood.
Major Congenital Malformations
Although the majority of women with epilepsy have normal healthy babies, there is an increased risk of MCMs, which are defined as structural abnormalities with surgical, medical, or cosmetic importance. In a meta-analysis, lamotrigine (2.31% in 4,195 pregnancies) and levetiracetam (1.77% in 817 pregnancies) were associated with the lowest risk of MCMs, and valproate was associated with the highest risk (10.93% in 2,565 pregnancies).18 The background risk (ie, that of children born to women without epilepsy) was 2.51% in 2,154 pregnancies. Results from a European registry found the rate of MCMs highest for children of women taking valproate (10.3% in 1,381 pregnancies) and lowest for lamotrigine (2.9% in 2,514 pregnancies) and levetiracetam (2.8% in 599 pregnancies) (Table 2).19 Valproate and carbamazepine are both associated with an increased risk of neural tube defects. In a case control study, children with neural tube defects were 12.7 times more likely to be exposed to valproate and 2.6 times more likely to be exposed to carbamazepine.20,21 If women with epilepsy who are of reproductive age are taking these AEDs, they should probably take higher doses of folic acid. Higher AED doses are associated with increased risk of MCMs. An increase in MCM rate occurs with increasing doses at the time of conception for carbamazepine, lamotrigine, valproate, and phenobarbital.19 In addition, studies find that women on AEDs during pregnancy are at higher risk for delivering babies prematurely and giving birth to small for gestational age newborns.22
Neurodevelopmental Effects
Although much study has focused on MCM risk of AEDs there may also be an impact on cognitive development. Retrospective and prospective studies show children exposed to valproate in utero have a higher risk of lower IQ and ASD. After controlling for maternal IQ, AED dose, gestational age, and folate supplementation, children exposed to valproate in utero had a significantly lower IQ at age 6 years than those who were exposed to carbamazepine, lamotrigine, or phenytoin in utero.15 The prevalence of ASD in children exposed in utero to valproate has been reported as 6% to 8% prevalence compared with background prevalence of 1% to2%.23
Seizure Control
Most women with epilepsy maintain good seizure control throughout pregnancy; seizure freedom for 9 months before pregnancy is usually associated with a high rate of remaining seizure free.24 Reasons for increased seizures during pregnancy include nonadherence to treatment, pharmacokinetic changes, sleep deprivation, and medication changes.
Avoiding generalized tonic clonic or bilateral tonic clonic seizures during pregnancy is important as they are associated with increased uterine pressure , trauma from falls during seizure, fetal bradycardia, and decreased verbal IQ in association with more than 5 generalized convulsive seizures.25 Counseling women about optimizing seizure control during pregnancy emphasizes the importance of taking their AEDs; many women may not want to take medications they consider harmful to their developing babies.
To optimize seizure control during pregnancy, each woman should have a baseline AED level measured, preferably before she gets pregnant or early in her pregnancy. Levels of AEDs should then be checked at the end of each trimester. Lamotrigine levels should be checked more frequently. Because of the previously discussed accelerated glucuronidation secondary to increased estrogens in pregnancy, lamotrigine concentrations will likely decrease, which potentially puts patients taking lamotrigine at risk for increased seizures.26 A small study found that fetal sex may influence lamotrigine clearance; women who carried a female fetus had significantly lower lamotrigine concentration-to-dose ratios than women carrying a male fetus.27
Labor and delivery will likely be unaffected by epilepsy or treatment of the mother with AEDs.24 Epilepsy and AEDs are not contraindications to epidural anesthesia during delivery. Women with epilepsy are able to have a spontaneous vaginal delivery, if obstetrically indicated. Although seizures do not commonly occur during delivery,24 women with poorly controlled seizures are more likely to have seizures during delivery. Doses of AEDs should not be missed during labor and delivery. If a seizure occurs, standard treatment including benzodiazepine administration can be considered.
Breastfeeding is recommended for women with epilepsy taking AEDs. Concentration of AEDs in breast milk is inversely related to the percentage of protein binding for that AED. Individual breast milk plasma ratios have been recorded (Table 3). No adverse cognitive effects of breastfeeding are reported among children whose mothers have epilepsy and take AEDs.28,29 Advise women with epilepsy to also discuss breastfeeding with the obstetrician and pediatrician to ensure coordinated care and agreement among team members.
In the postpartum period, AED doses may likely need to be lowered to reflect hormonal and pharmacokinetic changes that occur after delivery. This is most important for lamotrigine. The lamotrigine dose at the end of pregnancy in most women is approximately double the prepregnancy dose and reduction to the prepregnancy dose needs to begin after delivery. If women are not advised about this reduction and provided with a detailed schedule for dose reduction, they are at risk for developing toxic effects secondary to elevated lamotrigine concentrations. Other AEDs will also likely be increased and the doses will need to be adjusted, although not as quickly as lamotrigine. It is not unreasonable to consider having the woman take a higher dose during the postpartum period as she will be sleep deprived and may be more likely to seize. Strategies to optimize sleep may involve partners, family members, or hired nurses. If the woman breastfeeds and does better with a single prolonged stretch of sleep, someone may have to do a single feed with either pumped breast milk or formula.
Women who have refractory seizures are potentially putting their newborn infants at risk. Tactics to avoid potential injury include bathing the baby with someone else present, putting the baby in stroller when walking across the room, and feeding the baby while sitting in a safe place.
Guiding women with epilepsy through contraceptive choices, prepregnancy planning, and pregnancy is important to ensure better outcomes for women with epilepsy and their children. Recognize that there may be interactions between prescribed AEDs and hormonal therapy. For many women with epilepsy, IUDs are a good contraceptive method. Prepregnancy planning includes optimizing AED therapy and seizure control as well as taking at least 400 mcg folic acid daily. Most women with epilepsy will have normal healthy pregnancies. There is however an increased risk of MCMs, notably for valproate, which is also associated with adverse cognitive outcomes among children exposed in utero. Seizure control is typically maintained throughout pregnancy. It is, however, important to follow AED concentrations with more frequent level checks needed for lamotrigine to ensure seizure control. Labor and delivery is typically not affected by the woman having epilepsy. Breastfeeding is recommended.
1. Pennell PB. Prescribing antiepileptic drugs to women of reproductive age. Lancet Neurol. 2018;17(6):485-486.
2. Herzog AG, Mandle HB, Cahill KE, et al. Contraceptive practices of women with epilepsy: findings of the epilepsy birth control registry. Epilepsia. 2016;57(4): 630-637.
3. Champaloux SW, Tepper NK, Curtis KM, et al. Contraceptive use among women with medical conditions in a nationwide privately insured population. Obstet Gynecol. 2015;126(6):1151-1159.
4. Sabers A, Ohman I, Christensen J, Tomson T. Oral contraceptives reduce lamotrigine plasma levels. Neurology. 2003;61(4):570-571.
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7. Davis AR, Westhoff CL, Stanczyk FZ. Carbamazepine coadministration with a oral contraceptive: effects on steroid pharmacokinetics, ovulation, and bleeding. Epilepsia. 2011;52(2):243-247.
8. Rosenfeld WE, Doose DR, Walker SA, Nayak RK. Effect of topiramate on the pharmacokinetics of an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 1997;38(3):317-323.
9. Davis AR, Saadatmand HJ, Pack AM. Women with epilepsy initiating a progestin IUD: a prospective pilot study of safety and acceptability. Epilepsia. 2016;57(11):1843-1848.
10. Viinikainen K, Heinonen S, Eriksson K, Kälviäinen R. Fertility in women with active epilepsy. Neurology. 2007;69(22):2107-2108.
11. Sukumaran SC, Sarma PS, Thomas SV. Polytherapy increases the risk of infertility in women with epilepsy. Neurology. 2010; 75(15):1351-1355.
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Master Fenton
Master Fenton in The Merry Wives of Windsor
If Anne Page is the play's ultimate bachelorette, then Fenton is Windsor's most eligible bachelor. As the Host points out, "he capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he / writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April / and May" (3.2.65-67).
In other words, out of all the guys trying to make a run at Anne, Fenton is most definitely the best candidate for our girl. What's not to like about a guy who's young, likes to dance, writes poetry, is fun to talk with, and smells good? Anne seems to think he's pretty neat. That's why she blows off her parents' wishes and runs off to elope with the guy in the last act of the play.
What's that, you say? Fenton is completely broke and used to party like a rock star back in the day? Oh, yeah. We guess we forgot to mention that Fenton isn't exactly perfect. It's a good thing Anne's dad is around to remind everyone that former wild child Fenton is totally penniless. Fenton tells us all about why Master Page hates his guts in the following lines:
He doth object I am too great of birth,
And that, my state being galled with my expense,
I seek to heal it only by his wealth.
Besides these, other bars he lays before me—
My riots past, my wild societies— (3.4.5-9)
Okay, so Master Page doesn't want Fenton anywhere near his daughter because he thinks the guy is just another down-and-out aristocrat (like Falstaff) who has partied way too hard, blown through all the money he inherited, and wants to fix his financial problems by marrying a rich citizen's daughter. Is this really true? Let's see what Fenton has to say about all this when he chats up Anne:
Albeit I will confess thy father's wealth
Was the first motive that I wooed thee, Anne,
Yet, wooing thee, I found thee of more value
Than stamps in gold or sums in sealèd bags.
And 'tis the very riches of thyself
That now I aim at. (3.4.13-19)
Now this is interesting. Here, Fenton completely 'fesses up that, originally, he tried to woo Anne for her money. Gosh. Who does this remind us of. Oh! We know. That would be Bassanio, the broke dude who goes after a rich heiress named Portia in The Merchant of Venice. To tell you the truth, it also sounds a lot like Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Remember him? He's the guy who comes right out and tells us that he's traveled to Padua to "wive it wealthily" (read: bag a rich wife). *Note to Kanye West: Elizabethan literature is chock full of "gold-digging" men, not women.
But what's even more interesting is that Fenton seems to have changed his fortune-hunting ways. He admits that he's actually fallen in love with Anne and "values" her more than her dad's cash. This is a pretty big deal because it's the first time in The Merry Wives of Windsor that we've seen anything close to romantic love. In the play, marriage and other kinds of heterosexual relationships usually boil down to one thing: money. Shakespeare uses Fenton as a mouthpiece to show us that, when it comes to marriage, young love triumphs over all else.
We know, we know, Shmoopers. We're just as surprised as you. Who knew Shakespeare was such a romantic? Go to "Themes: Love" or "Themes: Marriage and Wealth" for more about this.
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Madison's Young Shakespeare Players Present "Saint Joan"
June 18, 2018 by 8 O'Clock Buzz
George Bernard Shaw wrote "St. Joan" in 1923, three years after the Roman Catholic church canonized Joan of Arc, and 492 years after the heroine of Orleans was burned at the stake by an English Court in Normandy. Shaw based his play on the unusually well-documented historic transcripts of the trial of Joan of Arc. He said in his preface that "there are no villains in the piece" and that "is what men and women do with good intentions… that concern us."
Madison's Young Shakespeare Players has mounted their own production of Saint Joan, which runs through June 30th. Young Shakespeare Players administrator Jacob Logan Baer joins Eight O'Clock Buzz host Brian Standing in the studio.
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Q: C# TreeView becomes missmatched between data and display I have a TreeView with checkboxes like

I have added some code to show what is selected:
    /// <summary>
    /// Highlight checked nodes
    /// </summary>
    private void HighlightCheckedNodes()
    {
        foreach (TreeNode topNode in treeView1.Nodes)
        {
            if (topNode.Checked)
            {
                topNode.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
            }
            else
            {
                topNode.BackColor = Color.White;
            }

            foreach (TreeNode myNode in topNode.Nodes)
            {
                // Check whether the tree node is checked.
                if (myNode.Checked)
                {
                    // Set the node's backColor.
                    myNode.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
                }
                else
                {
                    myNode.BackColor = Color.White;
                }
            }
        }
    }

This function is called from treeView1_AfterSelect and treeView1_AfterCheck.
If I click a few times I get some nodes that are marked as checked but not yellow (the data says it's not checked) or vice versa.

So how do I make sure the data and display are in sync?

A: Long story short, the TreeView is buggy!
Here's an implementation that uses NativeWindow instead of deriving from TreeView.  This will allow you to use the existing TreeView on your Form:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{

    private TreeViewSuppressDoubleClick treeViewHelper;

    private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        treeViewHelper = new TreeViewSuppressDoubleClick(this.treeView1);
    }

    public class TreeViewSuppressDoubleClick : NativeWindow
    {

        public TreeViewSuppressDoubleClick(TreeView treeView)
        {
            if (treeView != null && treeView.IsHandleCreated)
            {
                this.AssignHandle(treeView.Handle);
            }
        }

        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            if (m.Msg != 0x203)
                base.WndProc(ref m);
        }

    }
    private void treeView1_AfterCheck(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Node.BackColor = e.Node.Checked ? Color.Yellow : Color.White;
    }

}

After this you'll notice that the TreeView isn't as responsive to clicks, but it does stay in sync now.
Note the simplified method for changing the BackColor on a check/uncheck.
Also, here's an alternate HighlightCheckedNodes() using recursion to get all the nodes:
private void HighlightCheckedNodes(TreeNode node)
{
    if (node == null)
    {
        foreach (TreeNode topNode in treeView1.Nodes)
        {
            HighlightCheckedNodes(topNode);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        node.BackColor = node.Checked ? Color.Yellow : Color.White;
        foreach (TreeNode curNode in node.Nodes)
        {
            HighlightCheckedNodes(curNode);
        }
    }
}

You'd call it using HighlightCheckedNodes(null);.


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It's been years, but I've watched along with NL through WrestleMania more times then I can remember now, even watching WrestleKingdom alongside the bois.
I wanna do my own brawl 4 all type thing like the brawl 4 all vids, but I can't find which mod in the mod pack lets you do 8 man dodecagon matches. Does anyone know?
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The project will train ten Early Stage Researchers (ESR). Each ESR will spend at least 50% of time with industrial partners and will be employed for 36 months in total (18 months with academic partner and 18 months with industrial partner or vice versa). The ESRs will be enrolled in the respective Universities and will study towards their PhD degrees.
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Ireland: recovery underway, but more inclusive growth and job creation needed
(19 September 2013) – Ireland's economy is now showing encouraging signs of recovery from the financial crisis, but more must be done to reinvigorate growth and create the jobs that will get the country back to full health, according to the OECD.
These are the key conclusions of the latest Economic Survey of Ireland and a new report: 'Local Job Creation: How Employment and Training Agencies Can Help'. Both identify employment and social inclusion issues as vital to Ireland's continuing rebound from the crisis, its prospects of growth and the wellbeing of Irish people.
While the unemployment rate recently began to decline, joblessness remains a serious concern, according to the report. More than 13% of the labour force remains unemployed, with more than 60% out of work for more than 12 months, among the highest rates in the OECD. Young people have been especially hard hit by the jobs crisis. The youth unemployment rate is 28.6%, while the number of young people emigrating continues to mount.
The OECD recommends that Ireland do much more to assist the unemployed, notably long-term job-seekers. It points out a critical need for support and retraining, to ward against social exclusion and ensure that young people are prepared to work as the recovery strengthens.


The CA WMA invites anyone to attend who is interested in meeting their neighbors and fellow hunters as well as anyone interested in wildlife management practices. At this time we will introduce Chris Mostyn who replaces Dale Schmidt as the TPWD Biologist for Llano and San Saba Counties.
Members who harvested deer on their property and/or who have hunters who harvested deer need to bring their jawbones along with the respective harvest log to the meeting. We ask those members who are unable to attend to arrange with another member to bring the required items to the meeting.


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Let's run through a few stats with you. If they don't make you realize the importance of mobile phones marketing your business, then I don't know what will.
Just imagine for a minute that you were one of the internet pioneers. It's easy to say after the event, oh, I can't compete on the internet. There are too many similar websites about. Well, you can compete on the internet, but you can compete even easier on mobile, because there is almost no competition.
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Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization - Americas - Although civilization blossomed later in the western hemisphere, the region from Peru in the south to Mexico in the north was just as important as an incubator for the development of ancient cultures. This map spans this rugged area of jungles and highlands.
Civilization V: Cradle of Civilization - Asia - The Indus River valley was home to the early Harappan civilization while the Yellow River valley in China saw the rise of the earliest Chinese dynasties. Both these regions are included on the same map.
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A thought about South Florida brings a smile on face. Beyond all the attractive nature wonders, parks, wildlife, stunning beauty and active communities, this area is famous for awesome food. Indeed, when you will plan your tour to sunny skies, sandy beaches, palm trees and hikes, the joy of Florida's taste will keep surprising you. The hidden feelings of this joy can be understood by Foodies only and they would definitely love to plan a tour to South Florida just to enjoy the unique recipes.
Before you plan your trip with your other foodie friends, go through these highlights below to collect some idea about what you will find there to satisfy your cravings.
Most of the top restaurants in South Florida offer signature recipes in Cuban Food. The taste uses to be priceless and they prepare all dishes with finest ingredients. As the south-most portion of Florida has the highest density of Cubans so you can expect the best collection of Cuban dishes here. Some of the most popular flavors of Cuban Food are a fusion of Spanish, African Cuisine, and the Caribbean. Some of the best restaurants in the area for Cuban Food collections are Little Havana and Versailles.
Another addition to the impressive food culture of Florida is seafood. You can find ultimate collections of seafood recipes at street restaurants and they are always loved by visitors for their delicious taste. In order to ensure the best taste of Seafood recipes, the key idea is to fry it lightly and then enjoy the unique flavor of the cocktail sauce, tartar sauce, and lime. The great news is that whether it is fried, baked or grilled, the taste of South Florida's seafood is always awesome.
The food culture of South Florida is known for its delicacy. You might be aware of the fact that crabs use to be very small creatures and half of their body weight is made up of claws. They are prepared very carefully to ensure the best touch of perfection. The shell cracks use to be sweetest and the meat itself use to be delicious in taste. People love to eat them with melted butter and mustard sauce. You should definitely enjoy them at least once in the lifetime during your visit to Florida.
If you have a deep connection and true love for Florida then only you will be able to understand the emotions behind Publix Subs. You will love to see the masterly preparation on counters and then when you take the first bite of the sub, it is the real excitement for a crazy foodie. They use fresh ingredients for preparation and it uses to be quite different from the ordinary sandwich.
This list includes popular 4 names only, but there are so many things to explore ahead. Plan your tour fast and enjoy the best collections of recipes in South Florida. It will definitely be a wonderful experience for life.


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Alright guys, this is a big one. It isn't quite complete and should really be version 0.x but I decided to open it up so I could get some help with it. It opens up custom made files (which I am also working on a model animator program - possibly open sourcing it) and would love for some others to step in for help importing standard formats.
Is this only for Mac? Or what does this project required?
I try it with RB2007r3 on Windows, but it does not works.
What is the problem? Is it not compiling or crashing after launch?
OpenGLSurface1 implements the Event "Open" in Window1, but his Super does not declare it.
I think RB2007r3 doesn't come with the OpenGLSurface plugin, you need to install it.
Thanks Agent, I will try that.
Don't know what is wrong with this, any help?


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Tractor trailer crash in Cortland under investigation
A tractor trailer crashed into a guide rail early Tuesday morning (photo provided)
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Cortland County Sheriff's Office is investigating a crash that occurred early Tuesday morning on Interstate 81 in Cortland.
At around 3:40 a.m., officers responded to I-81 Northbound at Exit 11, in the city of Cortland, for a crash involving a tractor trailer.
The driver, 43-year-old Patrick L. Jernigan, of Weedsport, was driving a 2018 Freightliner tractor trailer northbound on I-81 when he lost control of the vehicle on the shoulder of the road.
The tractor trailer went through the guide rail and over an embankment, coming to rest in the median of the highway.
The accident damaged more than 400 feet of guiderail, supports, and asphalt roadway, according to Lt. Karl Altmann with the sheriff's office.
The truck was carrying fuel tanks that were ruptured in the crash, requiring a response from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Other agencies that responded to the scene included the Cortland Fire Department, TLC Ambulance, Ron's Towing & Auto Body, Morey's Towing, Rick & Rich Towing, and the New York State Department of Transportation.
The investigation into the crash remains ongoing, Lt. Altmann said.
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