Why else would many thousands of people wait three hours past stage time for the singer and sole original member of a band who had their last major hit song well over 20 years ago to grant them a performance, and then happily pay to be inconvenienced again on the next tour?
Staatskapelle Dresden/Eugen Jochum: Jochum doesn't take anything for granted in a performance of searing imagination.
A promising result is the fact that the addition of the innovative TiO2 nanoparticles did not affect the water absorption characteristics of both the polysiloxane and the alkylalkoxy-silane treatments during the outdoor exposition, and that these nanocomposites granted a good performance in terms of aesthetic and protection properties.
In terms of the existing literature on data-driven internal validation measures, we have that, by extending the benchmarking results of Giancarlo et al., FC is only one order of magnitude away from the fastest measures, i.e., WCSS, yet granting a superior performance in terms of precision.
The grindcore band, notorious for their brief blasts of detuned guitars and incomprehensible, howling vocals, have been granted permission to stage a performance at the Pavilion which had previously been cancelled by the V&A, due to concerns that the high level of decibels would damage the historic fabric of the London museum.
We take advantage of internal administrative data on applications to China's Innofund program in order (a) to identify which application features are associated with higher chances of obtaining grants and (b) to evaluate the causal impact of receiving a grant on firm performance using a regression discontinuity (RD) design.
These data included: most current expenditures and disbursement reports, and negotiated budgets; grant performance reports, grant proposals, and grant agreements.
When they do trickle down to controversial projects, the NEA linkage alone is usually enough to lubricate a manufactured outrage – such as when the Christian Action Network made a huff about an NEA grant to HIV-positive performartistRon Athey Athey, who received a measly $100 stipend from a $100,000 purse given to the Walker Art Centre in Minneapolis.
The Fund applies a standard grant performance assessment methodology, which guides decisions on subsequent disbursement amounts [ 18].
We approached BAC, they granted us a Scratch Performance (a three-night run).
