PHOTOESSAY: Visual peregrinations in the realm of kava

Photoessay: The author has been documenting the use of kava in different parts of the Pacific for several years, particularly in Tonga and in Auckland where its use is popular among members of communities that consume kava as part of their cultural tradition, and more recently a growing non-traditional user group. In this article, he reflects on his project to document the use of kava through photographs, the evolution of its use in traditional and non-traditional settings and discusses the most recent scientific studies of the drink

Faculty Recital: Todd Skitch, flute with Robert Henry, piano

This KSU School of Music faculty performance features Todd Skitch, Artist in Residence in Flute, and Robert Henry, Coordinator of Piano Studies and Assistant Professor of Music.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2042/thumbnail.jp

HANSON’S AUTOMATED MARKET MAKER

From Hanson’s “market scoring rule,” we derive all the necessary formulae to implement a corresponding automated market maker for a prediction market.  The market maker has many desirable qualities and always stands ready to trade, thus providing liquidity to markets.  The formulae cover all transactions for buying and selling market contracts.  In addition, we address practical concerns like how to correctly treat rounding errors and how to prevent errors that allow traders to cheat the market, and provide a practical numerical example.  We have used Hanson's automated market maker to run many markets at Microsoft

Obituary

By the death at Baltimore on the ninth of November, 1910, of A. Marshall Elliott, professor of the Romance languages in the Johns Hopkins University, there has been stricken from the roll of active service the most conspicuous name in the contemporary annals of Modern Language instruction in America. Associated by family ties with the circle of Friends in the city of Baltimore, Mr. Elliott, from the earliest announcement of the Johns Hopkins endowment, was prominently mentioned in connection with a professorship in the new institution,—tho it is known that his own predilection was at that time toward the prosecution' of Oriental rather than Romance investigation. At the opening of the University in 1876, Elliott was only thirty-two years of age, but his reputation was already re-enforced by academic degrees from Haverford and Harvard Colleges and by prolonged travel and study in Europe and the Orient

Brief Report on American Contributions to Romance Scholarship

An overview of American scholarly contributions to literature studies in the year 1910. Includes sections on general, French, Italian and Spanish

Notes and News

News and notes about important people in the world of Romance Literature. This section tells readers about recent award recipients, changes on college campuses, and people getting new jobs, among other things