Across the UK, motorcycle enthusiasts ride to Tewkesbury for an annual rally that raises money for charity. The Barflys are the group of bikers who put on this event each year, and, as they put it, are a "group of friendly bikers that like to organise a rally once a year for any bikers across the UK to come and party with a difference!" The rally is held near a river in Tewkesbury and this year it was held during the same weekend as the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival to attract more people.
Russell Grimmett explained that it's a "weekend with plenty of music and entertainment." This year the rally was held to benefit NABD, the National Association for Bikers with a Disability. The idea was to raise as much money as possible and they were able to raise £750. Grimmett said that this is the seventh year the rally has been held and by far the more successful. "We started off with around 50 people, to which we now hold 450 people. This is actually all we can get on the site! We're getting stronger each year," he said.
In order to spread the word nationwide about their annual rally, Grimmett said they advertise in national bike magazines, Facebook and online rally sites as well as The Barflys' website. Grimmett said that the addition of using PayPal as a payment method really helped to sell tickets this year. In past years, they were accepting only cheques through the post, and then at the gate sales. "Last year saw us sell 170 pre booked tickets and the rest turned up on the gate, but this year we sold 380 pre booked tickets with the help of PayPal. Some people still like to send in cheques, but around 300 of the tickets came from PayPal," Grimmett explained.
Check out The Barflys rally next year for another weekend of fun.


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Eureka-backed Jansy Packaging buys Cogent Partners
Jansy Packaging, a portfolio company of Eureka Growth Capital, has acquired Pomona, California-based Cogent Partners, a provider of packaging products and services. No financial terms were disclosed. M&T Bank provided a loan to back the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, February 22, 2017 – Eureka Growth Capital ("Eureka") today announced that its portfolio company, Jansy Packaging ("Jansy"), a leading provider of specialty packaging solutions including design and outsourced production capabilities for its branded consumer products customers, has completed the acquisition of Cogent Partners ("Cogent"). Founded in 2004 in Pomona, California, Cogent is a distributor of packaging products and services, including turnkey outsourced production services, primarily to U.S.-based specialty consumer products customers. While based in California, Cogent also provides international sourcing and quality assurance services for its customers including on-site interactions with and management of its many strategic manufacturing relationships.
Brad Zaikov, CEO of Jansy, said, "I take great pleasure in announcing the acquisition of Cogent Partners, which will enhance Jansy's already strong sourcing and quality assurance capabilities with the establishment of a Jansy office and professional service staff in Dongguan, China. With the acquisition of Cogent, Jansy strengthens its capability to internally manage and directly oversee the production of its customers' goods from ideation through fulfillment."
With the acquisition, Cogent CEO and co-founder James Chen has joined the Jansy senior management team as Chief Production Officer. Mr. Chen stated, "The acquisition of Cogent Partners by Jansy Packaging is a win-win for both companies and for our respective valued customers that count on us to meaningfully differentiate their products. Cogent Partners' existing customers will now have access to many new services, including Jansy's award winning design and engineering capabilities. I am excited to join the Jansy team and support its continued growth as an industry leader."
"Consistent with Eureka's buy-and-build strategy, Brad and his team identified strategic acquisitions as an important ingredient in Jansy's long-term strategy," said Chris Miller, a Partner with Eureka and Director at Jansy. "The addition of Cogent to the Jansy platform significantly broadens Jansy's international capabilities and leverages Jansy's world-class design expertise across a wider array of consumer product categories."
M&T Bank provided a term debt facility to support the acquisition.
About Jansy Packaging
Jansy Packaging, LLC is a leading provider of outsourced, value-added specialty packaging solutions for branded consumer products companies across a host of end-use industries. Headquartered in Fort Lee, NJ, with additional offices in Chicago, IL, and Huntington Beach, CA, Jansy offers a turnkey consumer packaging platform that combines design and engineering services with full-scale outsourced production and fulfillment capabilities. Jansy's full service approach provides a compelling one-stop value proposition to its customers, bridging the divide between marketing and procurement, and saving its customers significant time and capital resources.
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Eureka Growth Capital is a private equity firm targeting niche market leaders with up to $75 million in revenue. Eureka focuses on partnering with proven managers to drive the growth of promising companies into outstanding enterprises. Eureka leads buyouts that bring significant ownership to the operators driving the success of the business and minority recapitalizations with flexible investment structures designed to uniquely meet the needs of the company, its management team and other shareholders. More information about Eureka Growth Capital can be found at www.eurekagrowth.com.
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Current study was focused on optimising lead(II) biosorption carried out by living cells of Arthrospira platensis using Principal Component Analysis. Various experimental conditions were considered: initial metal concentration (50 and 100 mg/l), solution pH (4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5) and contact time (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 min) at constant rotary speed 200 rpm. It was found that when the biomass was separated from experimental solutions by the filtration, almost 50% of initial metal dose was removed by the filter paper. Moreover, pH was the most important parameter influencing examined processes. The Principal Component Analysis indicated that the most optimum conditions for lead(II) biosorption were metal initial concentration 100 mg/l, pH 4.5 and time 60 min. According to the analysis of the first component it might be stated that the lead(II) uptake increases in time. In overall, it was found to be useful for analysing data obtained in biosorption experiments and eliminating insignificant experimental conditions. Experimental data fitted Langmuir and Dubinin–Radushkevich models indicating that physical and chemical absorption take place at the same time. Further studies are necessary to verify how sorption–desorption cycles affect A. platensis cells.
Lead is toxic at very low doses and it accumulates in tissues of living organisms. Moreover, this element is the only heavy metal which does not pose any beneficial effects to human body (Damstra 1977). Currently, except from workers employed in industries involving heavy metal processing, children are mostly subjected to lead exposure (Damstra 1977). Therefore, it is necessary to prevent contamination of potable water or food with that element. The group of alternative technologies applied for gaining that goal are based on biosorption—processes involving living or inactivated biomass for heavy metal recovery (Volesky and Naja 2005).
Cyanobacteria belonging to the Arthrospira genus have been tested as biosorbents in various studies (Augusto Da Costa and De França 1998; Gong et al. 2005a; Chen and Pan 2005a, b; Vannela and Verma 2006; Gokhale et al. 2008; Lodi et al. 2008). According to Chen and Pan (2005a) who carried out the research involving living cells of Arthrospira platensis, the biomass removed lead from solutions at concentrations below 10 mg/l. Moreover, in our previous study (Duda-Chodak et al. 2013), we successfully conducted biosorption at higher lead concentrations by engaging immobilised cyanobacterium biomass and at the same time we demonstrated that free cells of Arthrospira platensis survived for at least 24 h in solutions containing up to 100 mg Pb/l regardless the pH of solutions. Therefore, we decided to continue the research involving living cells of A. platensis for lead biosorption. We applied Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for analysing that phenomenon and for selecting most optimum parameters of that process.
PCA has been scarcely used for describing biosorption experiments. It has been already applied for optimising bioremediation of dyes used in the food industry with Pittsburgh commercial activated carbon (Al-Degs et al. 2012). It also allowed formulating mathematical model describing those processes. Moreover, the PCA has been applied for optimising the removal of orange 12 dye by activated carbon coated with copper sulfide nanoparticles (Ghaedi et al. 2014). Another research which involved PCA was focusing on soil bioremediation with indigenous microflora but PCA was only used for interpreting patterns obtained by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), not for describing biosorption processes (Chen et al. 2011). PCA also proved to be very useful tool for analysing metal removal by two species of earthworm and it allowed comparing DNA sequences of those organisms (Dai et al. 2004). It also indicated how each metal influenced Biota-to-Soil accumulation factors.
However, PCA has not been used for optimising heavy metal biosorption so, to the best of our knowledge, current study is the first where that statistical tool was applied. We determined optimum pH, lead initial concentration and contact time of the biosorbent with the solution. Moreover, we discovered that lead is absorbed by filter paper used for separating the cyanobacterium biomass from model solutions.
If not stated otherwise, all chemicals used in the study were manufactured by POCh (Gliwice, Poland). Arthrospira platensis (SAG 257.80) was purchased from Sammlung von Algenkulturen Universität Göttingen and cultivated in Zarrouk medium.
The biomass was cultivated at 20 ± 1 °C under a fluorescent lamp 40 W, 2000–3000 lx in cycles of 12 h of light followed by 12 h of darkness. Cell growth was determined by determining dry matter content (laboratory dryer, 105 °C, 2 h) which was sufficient for further experiments after approximately 3–4 weeks. Cells were collected by centrifugation (2750g, 20 °C), washed thoroughly with deionized water and centrifuged again under the same conditions. The cell pellet was re-suspended in 25 ml of deionized water and will be further referred to as the 'cell suspension'. The dry matter content of cell suspension was determined each time using a moisture analyser (MAC50, Radwag, Poland).
Lead solutions (50 or 100 mg Pb2+/L) were prepared using analytical grade lead nitrate [Pb(NO3)2] and their pH (4.0, 4.5, 5.0, and 5.5) was adjusted with 0.1 M NaOH or 0.1 M HCl. All glassware was washed with 3% HNO3 (12 h) before and after each experiment to wash out all potential contaminants. Cell suspension (1.000 ± 0.001 g) was introduced into 50 ml of lead solution containing different initial metal dose (50 or 100 mg Pb/L) and holding various initial pH (4.0, 4.5, 5.0, and 5.5). Then samples were incubated with continuous shaking (200 rpm) at room temperature. Cyanobacterium cells were removed from solutions by filtration (filter paper, grade 3 m/N, diameter 110 mm, Munktell, Sweden) after 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60 min.
Obtained filtrates were adjusted to pH 2 with 1 M nitric(V) acid and lead concentration was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) (Varian AA 240 FS, Varian Inc. Agilent Technologies). In the case of control samples (lead solutions without cell suspension) filter paper disks were mineralized after estimated time with concentrated nitric(V) acid (MARSXpress Microwave Digestion System, Warszawa Poland) at 170 °C for 15 min. The quantity of metal absorbed by the filter was determined as in the case of liquid samples. All experiments were performed at least in three replicates.
In both equations, the following symbols were used: q—lead uptake at equilibrium (mg Pb/g biosorbent dry matter); V—volume of metal-bearing solution (l); C 0 —initial lead concentration (mg/l); Ci—corrected lead concentration after subtracting the quantity of the metal absorbed by the paper filter (mg/l); C f —final lead concentration (mg/l); S—dry matter of the biosorbent (g).
Q max and b are Langmuir constants indicating maximum sorption capacities (mg/mg of dry matter) and sorbent/sorbate affinity, respectively (Volesky 2004) while q e is the amount of metal adsorbed at equilibrium. Both constants were calculated by plotting 1/q corr versus 1/C i and adding trend line. Then Q max and b were obtained as follows: slope = 1/(Q max ·b) and intercept = 1/b. Langmuir isotherm was obtained by plotting C i /q corr versus C i .
where k and n are Freundlich constants were obtained by plotting log(q corr ) versus log(C i ) while q e is the amount of metal adsorbed at equilibrium. Constants were calculated according to Volesky (2004).
R is the gas constant (8.314 J/mol K) and T is the absolute temperature (301.15 K). Isotherm parameters were calculated from the slope (Kad) of the plot of lnqcor versus ε2 and the exponent calculated from the intercept of the plot gave qm (Erhayem et al. 2015).
Symbols used in the equations demonstrated above were: qe—the adsorption equilibrium capacity (mg/g), qt—the quantity of lead(II) adsorbed (mg/g) at time t, k1—the rate constant of pseudo-first-order (min −1), q2—the maximum adsorption capacity (mg/g) and k2—the rate constant of pseudo-second-order (g/mg·min). Constants (k1, k2 and q2) were obtained from slope and intercept of pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order plots between log(qe – qt) versus t and t/qt versus t.
All experiments were carried out at least in triplicates. The results are shown as arithmetic means (± standard deviation). The normality of distribution was assessed by Shapiro–Wilk test and significance of differences between means was assessed by one-way variance analysis (ANOVA) with post hoc Tukey test. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation was applied to assess correlations among variables. All statistical analyses were carried out using R: A language and environment for statistical computing, version 3.1.3 (Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria, 2015). ANOVA was carried out using "lm" function and Tukey test was done using "HSD.test" function in the "agricolae" package. The PCA was carried out in "psych" package (Beaumont 2012). Cortest-Bartlett test was carried out using "cortest.bartlett" function in "psych" package as well. The data demonstrated normal distribution so its transformation was not necessary. Strong correlations between loads and scores were considered when values obtained in correlation matrix exceeded 0.3.
It seems that pH 4.0 was optimum when lead initial concentration 50 mg/l, while pH 4.5 supported metal recovery at 100 mg/l (Tables 1, 2). Equilibrium was reached after 40 min at most of cases. At both initial lead concentrations, the quantity of metal adsorbed by paper disks did not exceed half of its initial quantity in experimental solutions (Tables 1, 2). Due to that fact, all q values were recalculated according to the Eq. (2) and it appears that the efficiency of lead removal did not exceed 70%, while it was approximately 90% before implementing corrections to the Eq. (1) (Tables 1, 2).
Principal Component Analysis of lead(II) uptake was carried out only for results obtained from the Eq. (2). Scripts prepared by Beaumont (2012) were applied for all calculations. Different pH values were considered as loadings and lead uptake values (qcorr) obtained at different time intervals and two different lead initial concentrations (50 and 100 mg/l) were considered as scores (samples). Correlation matrix (Table 3) showed significant dependencies among considered components (correlation factors above 0.3) that formed two clusters. The p value obtained in Cortest-Bartlett test was relatively low (0.00004), yet it allowed continuing the analysis. In case of both initial lead concentrations it was shown that the first three components explained over 95% variance which indicates that pH 5.5 is not significant for lead biosorption carried out by A. platensis so this value could be omitted in further experiments. The strongest correlation (r = 0.8990) was found between pH 4.5 and pH 5.5 (Fig. 1).
It was also indicated that qcorr values obtained after 20, 30 and 40 min contact time are correlated with pH 4.5 when initial metal concentration was 100 mg/l (Fig. 1). Another conclusion is that Pb2+ recovery at 100 mg/l is correlated with pH values 4.0, 4.5 and 5.5. Moreover, it was found that shaking time is less significant factor in biosorption phenomenon. The optimum parameters for lead(II) biosorption carried out by A. platensis are pH 4.5, initial Pb2+ concentration 100 mg/l and shaking time 60 min.
The first principal component was strongly correlated with five of the original variables at lead initial concentration 100 mg/ml: 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 min (Table 4). This suggests that the lead uptake increases in time of the process. Furthermore, the first principal component correlates most strongly with the time 30 min which suggests that it has got the most significant impact on lead biosorption. It might be also stated that metal biosorption reaches equilibrium after 40 min. The third principal component influences more variables, however, that influence is much weaker since it explains 28.6% of the variance while the first principal component explains 41.7% of the variance. Nevertheless, based on values obtained for the third component it might be stated that the equilibrium of lead(II) biosorption is reached within 30 min at metal initial concentration 50 mg/l. Another conclusion obtained from analysing the third component is that at lead initial concentration 100 mg/l maximum metal uptake was reached after 50 min (the highest principal component value 1.2829, Table 4).
Freundlich model verifies if the biosorbent surface is homogenous while Langmuir isotherm allows determining the affinity of metal ions to the biosorbent and estimating the number of binding sites (Volesky 2004). Dubinin–Raduskhevich model is used for estimating material porosity and the apparent energy of adsorption (Hutson and Yang 1997). Freundlich, Lngmuir and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherms were plotted for qcorr obtained at different time intervals at pH 4.5 and lead(II) initial concentration 100 mg/l (Figs. 2, 3, 4) since those conditions were indicated by the PCA as the most optimum for the biosorption process. The experimental data fitted best Langmuir and Dubinin–Radushkevich models (Table 5). In the case of pseudo-first kinetic model it was demonstrated that biosorption performance did not fit the linear model (Fig. 5a) because it was changing its course after the first 20 min of the process—the lead uptake did not increase linearly after that time. This means that the phenomenon considered in the current study did not follow pseudo-first order. On the other, the experimental data fitted pseudo-second kinetic model very well (Fig. 5b).
Various authors have demonstrated that lead(II) biosorption reaches low efficiencies at pH below 4.0 (Gong et al. 2005b; Wang and Chen 2006; Raoof et al. 2006; Benaïssa and Elouchdi 2007) so in the recent study only the range from 4.0 to 5.5 with 0.5 increment was tested. Hydrogen cations at high concentrations compete for active binding sites with heavy metal ions. On the other hand, lead precipitation occurs at pH above 5.5 which inhibits metal recovery by the biomass (Xuan et al. 2006; Oluyemi et al. 2012; Samra et al. 2014). Based on the obtained results, pH 4.0 and 4.5 provided conditions for more efficient Pb2+ recovery which might be explained by the fact that only ionic forms of heavy metals are available to the microbial biomass.
Chen and Pan (2005a) demonstrated that lead did not cause significant damage of A. platensis cells over 7 days of incubation at metal concentration ranging up to 20 mg/l. In the current study, higher heavy metal concentration increased chances of "contacting" ions with active binding sites which resulted in enhanced sorption. The adsorption of metal ions by filter paper has not been considered in previous studies where the same procedure of separating biosorbent from test solution was applied (Gong et al. 2005b; Parvathi et al. 2007; Şeker et al. 2008; Solisio et al. 2008). Therefore, it would be needed to revise results and findings reported in cited papers to verify actual efficiencies of lead(II) removal by microbial biomass.
According to the results obtained in PCA the strongest correlation was noted between pH 4.5 and 5.5 (Fig. 1) which might be explained by the fact that at pH 5.5 partial precipitation of lead occurs which means that metal ions are less available to cyanobacteria cells (Akar and Tunali 2006) while the highest metal recovery was obtained at pH 4.5. On the other hand, pH values 4.0 and 4.5 are the most significant parameters in lead(II) biosorption. That correlation could be explained by the fact that at both lead initial concentrations extending the time of shaking experimental flasks did not improve lead recovery, except for experiments carried out at 100 mg of Pb2+/L at pH 4.5 where slight improvement of qcorr values was noted (Tables 1, 2).
Another strong correlation was noted between pH 4.0 and 4.5 (Fig. 1) and it might be explained by the fact that biosorption was the most effective at these two pH values at lead initial concentrations 50 and 100 mg/l, respectively. Strong correlation also occurred between pH 4.0 and 5.5 (Table 3). Possible explanation to this phenomenon could be that at those pH values lead uptake (qcorr) was increasing up to 30 or 40 min and it was decreasing afterward. In conclusion, PCA was found useful for analysing biosorption data obtained from preliminary studies.
There was a higher regression coefficient obtained for Langmuir isotherm (Table 5) which indicates that the main mechanism responsible for lead(II) recovery was physical absorption. It might be concluded that heavy metal ions were organised in a monolayer (Volesky 2004) but their affinity to cell walls of tested cyanobacterium was relatively low (Table 5) due to the fact that b constant was very low. This might explain why after first 10 min qcorr values were high and they decreased after another 10 min. On the other hand, relatively high Qmax value (254.4 mg/g of d.m.) indicates that cyanobacterium biomass could be more effective at higher Pb2+ concentrations or remove the metal more effectively after further optimisation. The value of that constant also suggests that there are many binding sites available on the surface of the cyanobacterial cell walls. Moreover, results obtained for Freundlich model indicate that the biosorbent surface was not homogenous (Volesky 2004) which is not surprising when complex chemical composition and structure of cell walls are considered (Van Eykelenburg 1978). High material porosity was also confirmed by the data obtained from Dubinin–Raduskhevich model and the value of free sorption energy E, which was higher than 8 (Table 5), confirmed that the biosorption phenomenon performed by living cells of A. platensis was based on the chemical sorption (Erhayem et al. 2015). Additionally, the fact that the process follows according to the pseudo-second order confirms that chemical biosorption was very significant mechanism taking place during processes described in the current paper.
The most significant factor influencing lead(II) biosorption by living cells of A. platensis is pH and initial metal concentration, while the influence of the contact time is less significant. Moreover, when filter paper is used for separating biomass from the test solution, it has to be determined how much metal is absorbed by that material or that step should be replaced with other separation techniques (i.e. centrifugation). PCA indicated that pH 5.5 was not significant for lead(II) biosorption under tested conditions and optimum parameters for this process were initial metal concentration 100 mg/l, pH 4.5 and contact time 60 min, however, equilibrium was reached after 30 min. It seems that physical sorption is the main mechanism of the described processes. Further studies are necessary to investigate the mechanism of Pb2+ biosorption by living cells of A. platensis and examine the influence of other factors that have an influence on that phenomenon. Moreover, it should be verified if cyanobacterium cells survive continuous sorption–desorption cycles and how that process could be optimised.


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Axios Jun 7, 2017
The 3 big Trump-Russia stories that emerged Tuesday night
Three big stories broke Tuesday night, all concerning President Trump and the Russia probe:
President Trump asked his top intelligence official, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, to push the FBI probe away from Michael Flynn, according to the Washington Post, which reports that following a March meeting, "Trump asked everyone to leave the room except for Coats and CIA Director Mike Pompeo... then started complaining about the FBI investigation and Comey's handling of it." Read more.
Comey told Attorney General Jeff Sessions in February he did not want to be alone with President Trump because it was Sessions' role to protect the FBI from White House influence, current and former law enforcement officials told the NY Times. Read more.
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Visist of the Director General to the Hydrans
After the Coraf and Ilogs in Pointe-Noire, Maixent Raoul Ominga, the Dg of the SNPC continued its raids in the structures under the trusteeship of the holding in Brazzaville. He set the course, at the beginning of April on an important service, the SNPC Aviation which manages the system of Hydrants. It is the service that treats the delicate fuel of aircraft commonly known as kerosene. Hence its installation in the airport field. At the Hydrants, DG Maixent Raoul OMINGA visited the facilities, including the extension of the storage site under construction. Due to lack of funding, only 10% of work has been stopped. DG OMINGA wishes to restart the work as quickly as possible, mobilizing all available resources.
To achieve this, he needs the help of those who would like to work well: "There is room for the SNPC only for those who love work," he could say to the staff of the Hydrants occasionally. In addition, a real need to strengthen the security of the site of the Hydrants was raised. The petroleum products of Hydrants being highly flammable.
It took about two hours for DG Raoul Ominga to pinpoint the reality of one of the SNPC's most sensitive services. It remains to give answers, as quickly as possible, to the problems identified.


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Look to Utah, Mr. President
By Orrin Hatch
About Orrin Hatch
The SOTU showed that he's trapped in Washington thinking.
I'd hoped that President Obama, in his State of the Union address, would offer a real path to greater prosperity to the millions of Americans looking for a better future — a good-paying job, access to affordable education and health care, and greater economic security for their children.
Unfortunately, his Tuesday-night speech was designed more as a political tool than a means of bringing the country together. The president said that he won't even respect the legislative branch (a coequal branch of government under the Constitution), opting instead to act unilaterally by executive-branch fiat on such controversial policies as economically perilous directives out of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Labor. This is a grave disappointment.
What we heard from the president was a retread of the same failed economic policies and ideas of the last five years that haven't brought the economic recovery and job creation that he promised. In fact what the president outlined would make things worse — with higher taxes, more regulations, and more debt-fueled spending that would lead to greater income inequality and less economic opportunity.
Unfortunately, too many Americans are living under the sad reality of the Obama economy. Median household income is down $2,300 since the president took office. We are seeing the lowest labor-force-participation rate since the Carter administration. Wages are down 4.4 percent since 2009 for most workers. Thirteen percent of America's workforce — more than one out of every eight workers — was unemployed at some point in 2013. This is simply unacceptable.
The fact is the president could take several immediate steps to jump-start the economy, get more Americans back to work, and provide the tools hard-working families need for greater economic opportunity.
Energy is one of the fastest growing industries in our nation, but the president and his administration continue to restrict energy development on public lands in the West and refuse to approve the Keystone Pipeline.
Despite the progress Congress has made to advance bipartisan trade legislation to open up new markets overseas for American-made products, the president is leading from behind, hoping others will fight to get it done.
Our nation's burdensome tax code is a lead weight around America's ability to compete in an increasingly competitive world, but that reality doesn't seem to have reached the White House.
And this is all on top of the president's health law, which is causing Americans to have their work hours cut or, even worse, their jobs eliminated owing to the higher taxes and fees placed on those fighting to grow the economy.
Despite the president's glowing assessment, the simple fact is that Obamacare is a disaster. I've heard from many Utahns about the troubles they've faced with the law — the cancellation letters they received for the health coverage the president said they'd be able to keep, the nightmares they've had signing up for new coverage, and the higher costs they must now pay.
There is a better way on health care. After repealing this disaster of a law, we should move forward with real reforms that bring down costs and expand access — all while empowering the American people to make the best decisions for themselves. That's why Senators Tom Coburn, Richard Burr, and I introduced a plan this week that doesn't add to the debt, doesn't raise taxes, lowers health-care costs, and puts patients and states back in charge.
Furthermore, the health of America's safety net — Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security — grows worse by the day. For the sake of today's and tomorrow's seniors, we have to get serious about putting these programs and our debt on a more stable path. I hope the president views the upcoming debt-ceiling debate as an opportunity to look at ways to strengthen these programs.
Some states, such as Utah, are having economic success, and they're doing so with a tried and true formula of lower taxes, fewer and smarter regulations, and more energy development. My home state has a 4.1 percent unemployment rate, and a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour; it is a right-to-work state and has access to significant energy reserves. With tremendous exports overseas, Utah attracts more and more businesses, entrepreneurs, and high-quality workers every day.
This is a record of success that cannot be ignored.
My hope is that over the remaining time of his presidency, President Obama will look toward states like Utah to get our country back on track — rather than continue to look inward at the same failed ideas from Washington. Utah is a model that President Obama should learn from.
— Orrin Hatch is a Republican U.S. senator from Utah.
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Oyo Governor scraps school fees, says state can't pay N30,000 minimum wage
Governor Seyi Makinde took the oath of office alongside his deputy, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan, on Wednesday with a declaration that the state could not pay the N30,000 minimum wage because of its lean resources.
He, however, scrapped the N3,000 tuition per pupil in the state secondary schools.
Makinde also promised to donate his salary to the state's "suffering pensioners."
The governor, who admitted that the greatest challenge confronting the state was poverty, promised to tackle it with investment in agriculture.
Makinde stated this in his inaugural speech shortly after the state Chief Judge, Justice Muntar Abimbola, administered the oath of office to him and his deputy at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Ibadan.
Notwithstanding the good intention of his government, Makinde said the state was not capable of paying the new N30, 000 minimum wage.
He said, "I am taking this opportunity to solicit your support. We are going to be taking decisions that may be tough in the immediate but will have long-term benefits. We want you to look at the big picture. We want you to focus on the goal.
"For example, I have always said that the Oyo State civil servants deserve to earn a whole lot more for their dedication and service to the state. Recently, the Federal Government announced a new salary scheme in which the lowest cadre of civil servants are expected to earn at least N30,000 per month.
"I know how access to this type of money will improve the lives of many of the families that I have had direct contact with. However, with the way the Oyo State account currently stands, I will be deceiving you if I say we are capable of taking on this burden.
"I believe in true federalism. I believe the states should decide the minimum wage of their workforce based on individual realities. All states are not created equal, so it is against the principle of fairness to apply a blanket rule to govern them all.
"That being said, our plan is to make Oyo the first state to pay above the national minimum wage. We know this is possible. We have already set our plan in motion to make this possible. But, this requires time. We propose staggered increments.
"I met with organised labour during my campaigns and made a pledge to an open relationship. I intend to stand by that promise. We will have a sincere conversation and arrive at the best possible decision. Rest assured that the decision will put your overall best interests first.
"We will set up a committee in due course to look into all cases of those who believe they have been wrongly dismissed from the civil service, including those whose cases have been decided in their favour in court who have not been reinstated."
Makinde also promised to invest more in the education sector with a view to increasing enrolment in public schools and thus reducing the number of out-of-school children, which he put at 400,000 in the state.
"Effective immediately, the school fees of N3,000 in state-owned secondary schools is hereby abolished. We want enrolments to go up, we want our children off the streets and in the classrooms. We are throwing the school doors wide open. Whoever opens a school door opens an opportunity. We are opening opportunities for a brighter future," he said.
He added that his administration would open access to quality health delivery to the people, saying that exisiting health facilities would be upgraded.
Meanwhile, the leader of the coalition political parties in Oyo State and former governor Rashidi Ladoja was conspicuously absent at the inauguration.
Our correspondent gathered that Ladoja was around at his Bodija, Ibadan residence but chose to stay away for reasons yet to be disclosed.
His media aide, Alhaji Lanre Latinwo, who was contacted on the development told our correspondent on phone, "I didn't meet him in the house when I got there in the morning and he had yet to return when we arrived from Liberty. Until I see him, I wouldn't know why he was not there. I belief he went somewhere."
Dignitaries at the event included the Peoples Democratic Party Deputy National Chairman, Chief Yemi Akinwonmi; Afenifere leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti; Chief Ayo Adebanjo; Chief Olu Falae; Chief Olabode George; a former governor of Oyo State, Dr Omololu Olunloyo; and Osun and Ekiti states governors, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and Ayo Fayose, respectively.
The immediate past governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi, was represented at a brief handover ceremony by the new Head of Service, Alhaja Amidat Agboola.
In the same vein, Makinde has appointed Chief Bisi Ilaka as his Chief of Staff. – Punch.
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For Match Group Investors, a Look Beyond Tinder
Emily Bary
Oct. 11, 2017 4:16 pm ET
In looking at Match Group, investors have mainly focused on Tinder. An analyst recently highlighted some positive and negative trends across the broader company. Getty Images
Match Group shares rocketed higher on Wednesday, despite an analyst's view that the stock is now priced appropriately following its big rally in recent weeks.
While Goldman Sachs analyst Christopher Merwin is upbeat on product improvements at Match's various dating sites, he also sees reason for investors to be cautious about shares going forward. He picked up the firm's coverage of Match's stock on Wednesday, assigning it a Neutral rating.
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First, the good news. Match owns Tinder, which recently launched a winning new feature. Tinder Gold, a new feature that lets Tinder users pre-sort their matches, has rocketed the app toward the top of Apple's App Store rankings over the last month or so. Tinder now sits in the company of big-shots like Pandora and Netflix.
But Match Group is also focused on making improvements to its "core" dating apps as well, and these have gotten less attention. But Merwin sees potential in new video features that are set to roll out soon.
That said, he thinks that the company's investments could weigh on its profits going forward. Those video features may boost engagement on Match and other legacy dating sites, but they also could boost the company's server costs. Meanwhile, Merwin thinks Match could increase its marketing spending "to solidify its brand position in key markets."
This past weekend, Barron's also discussed Tinder's big App Store ascent but noted that expectations remain high for the company heading into its earnings release in the next month or so.
Match shares were up 3.6% Wednesday. The stock has jumped more than 50% since the start of the year.
Big Picture: An analyst likes new features being rolled out across Match Group's various dating properties, but he worries that the company's costs could eat into profits.


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Success with market-based sustainability efforts depends on how you integrate them into your operations
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As more businesses and organizations adopt market-based instruments for sustainability, what do we know about making them successful? Working with hundreds of companies and organizations over the last two decades, including a significant number in the coffee sector, we have distilled five important skills that are part of successful programs. Applying these simple lessons and managing with a results-based mindset can effectively transform the sustainability of organizations.
To appreciate this evolution, we recognize that a new form of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming a standard feature particularly for large and consumer-oriented firms. What started in the late 1960s as something closer to charity or philanthropy has evolved dramatically in recent years toward businesses integrating responsible practices into their day to day operations.[1] Yet, there is limited understanding of how to actually operationalize CSR and how to manage it for desirable results. This gap is particularly salient in the purchasing relationships with producers in developing countries. Undefined concepts of sustainability and CSR are giving way to specific and auditable standards. These include corporate standards as well as Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) such as Organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, Forest Stewardship Council, Soy and Palm Round Tables, and GlobalG.A.P.
For investments in such market-based initiatives to be tangibly effective and to provide lasting results, organizations must ensure their integration into operations and procurement practice. We offer five key elements of a successful sustainable sourcing program that have consistently worked for companies large and small.
1. Align strategic direction with sustainability objectives. There are at least nine factors[2] to consider in any sound sustainability strategy, so that requires a bit of process, but when done, an organization should emerge with an integrated process that makes sense and can not only mobilize but also inspire staff and stakeholders. Paired with articulate and measurable sustainability objectives to drive effectiveness and performance, an organization will be ready to apply global best practices in all of its operations.
When McDonald's US designed the sustainability principles for its coffee program, it consulted stakeholders widely across many of the key sustainability factors. The result took time but yielded great benefits in terms of clarity and workability for its large supply base. The system integrates substantial goals with pragmatic business needs across its supply chains. The result is a program that achieved goals a year ahead of schedule and has high levels of credibility among stakeholders.
2. Select the right Key Performance Indicators: measure only what matters with simple and reliable, S.M.A.R.T. metrics (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Time-bound) that can be integrated into everyday management processes to help monitor performance and to foster continuous improvement. No need to reinvent the wheel, just ensure that metrics align with key international norms and are standardized so you can benchmark across origins and supply chains.
Accountability to actually achieve reductions in climate risk, deforestation, and an array of human rights will only be possible with clear and standard metrics in place. The Global Coffee Platform, the ISEAL Alliance, and the Sustainable Food Lab were among the first umbrella organizations to collaborate with COSA to define clear and consistent metrics that can be comparable across time and geographies. They have, in essence, set the stage for the kind of consistent data that will be necessary in the future to power AI. Leading companies like Nestlé and Mars are also invested in good data efforts. The push by European governments and major retailers such as Walmart, Target, and Tesco toward consistent and credible reporting of traceability and carbon is also contributing to a rapid increase in industry demand for better information.
3. Use pragmatic tools to simplify and improve sustainability management in vital business areas. Impact Evaluation is withering except in some academic circles, and the dependence on unverified self-reporting presents risks. Simple and proven technologies help gather, analyze, and visualize data that tracks programs or activities. Other tools facilitate traceability and can even automate compliance – noting however that while today's tendency to seek compliance and traceability will only increase, it will be with a significant shift: organizations will see more clearly that, while valuable, compliance and traceability are not a credible substitute for sustainability.
The inherent simplicity of Performance Monitoring – taking a reasonable number of key metrics and integrating them into the operations that a business is already conducting – makes it minimally disruptive, and more likely to be wholly adopted by companies and organizations. When Mondelēz-JDE merged into the world's second largest coffee company, one of the assets was a simple system and the right KPIs to measure progress on their investment performance that also improved their relationships with origin partners whose local field staff learned new skills gathering vital data cost-effectively. Performance Monitoring offers critical competitive advantage for rapid adaptation, tactical decisions, and sustainability performance while also serving as a natural precursor to impact evaluation.
4. Ensure accuracy and credibility with verification to protect company reputation and ensure sound investments (such as financing, training, or programs). Using advanced analytics, that need not be complex, can help identify and locate risk before it becomes a problem. Integrated digital systems can validate data and significantly reduce verification costs – although they cannot yet fully replace the value of an in-person audit. Applying results-based management to verification enhances the ability to succeed, demonstrate what works, and scale-up fast.
New technology is radically altering our visibility into supply chains and into the conditions at origin. World-leading brands such as the Coca-Cola Company know that the implications are considerable. It is dangerous for companies that lag behind in adoption, leaving them dependent on suppliers or intermediaries to provide information and risk management. Smart money is realizing that the increasing application of artificial intelligence (AI) in consumer segmentation is now spreading to every level of the food and beverage industry from logistics to predictive farm-level risks. AI depends on data, quality data that is consistent. Content is critical, software choices also matter, Coca-Cola is mastering both in its coffee supply chains. It can take a few years to secure and manage such data adroitly in a supply chain; get started.
5. Tell Stories that Matter. A good sustainable sourcing program delivers sustainability intelligence that will engage customers, stakeholders, and staff. That engagement and support is vital to create continuity and justify investment. Powerful, data-backed stories with dynamic visuals can provide meaningful reporting that cuts through the clutter of sustainability claims. The most powerful and lasting narratives are those that are backed up with credible data. They inspire confidence and participation.
Real and measurable impact should be a critical part of the story. Patagonia is a sterling example and a model for the coffee sector. Its credibility and innovation are born of its genuine listening and translating that to not only communicate sustainability but to taking a stand and actually advancing sustainability in creative ways as a unique value for its customers. The types of investments in sustainability are altering. They are more specific now and more controlled. In the near future, they will be more results-oriented and will increasingly seek different forms of ROI, and not just at a financial level but in risk and reputational calculations also. They will increasingly be conducted through partnerships rather than solo efforts.
The increasing importance of market-based sustainability approaches for the coffee industry is predicated on the ability of organizations to integrate them effectively. Corporate standards can have considerable value, yet the Voluntary Sustainability Standards have a clear role in keeping the sustainability dialogue transparent and open to the public. There is wide agreement that, as intractable problems persist, we need such new tools to cultivate the ability to listen to each other, understand sustainability, and to act intelligently.
[1] Giovannucci, Daniele & Hagen, Oliver & Wozniak, Joseph. (2014). Corporate Social Responsibility and the Role of Voluntary Sustainability Standards. In Voluntary Standards Systems – A Contribution to Sustainable Development. Springer Publishing
[2] Materiality-Objectives, Programs-Investments, KPS-Metrics, Sustainability Intelligence and Analytics, Stakeholders, Communications, Credibility-Trust, Cost Effectiveness, and the Competitive Landscape.
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This film of the 2016 Ross Carnival was made by Wye Valley TV.
Alan sadly died in 2011, but his partner, Tina, has kindly given us permission to use them.
which are his permanent legacy to the Wye Valley and Ross On Wye. It is well worth a visit.


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Fabricate 2020
Authors: Burry, Jane --- Sabin, Jenny E. --- Sheil, Bob
Book Series: Fabricate ISBN: 9781787358119 Year: 2020 Pages: 320 DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787358119 Language: English
Publisher: UCL Press
Fabricate 2020 is the fourth title in the FABRICATE series on the theme of digital fabrication and published in conjunction with a triennial conference (London, April 2020). The book features cutting-edge built projects and work-in-progress from both academia and practice. It brings together pioneers in design and making from across the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, manufacturing, materials technology and computation. Fabricate 2020 includes 32 illustrated articles punctuated by four conversations between world-leading experts from design to engineering, discussing themes such as drawing-to-production, behavioural composites, robotic assembly, and digital craft.
design --- architecture --- construction --- engineering --- Bartlett
Digital Transformation of the Design, Construction and Management Processes of the Built Environment
Authors: Daniotti, Bruno --- Gianinetto, Marco --- Della Torre, Stefano
Book Series: Research for Development ISBN: 9783030335700 Year: 2020 Pages: 400 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33570-0 Language: English
Subject: Geography --- Agriculture (General) --- Computer Science
This open access book focuses on the development of methods, interoperable and integrated ICT tools, and survey techniques for optimal management of the building process. The construction sector is facing an increasing demand for major innovations in terms of digital dematerialization and technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, advanced manufacturing, robotics, 3D printing, blockchain technologies and artificial intelligence. The demand for simplification and transparency in information management and for the rationalization and optimization of very fragmented and splintered processes is a key driver for digitization. The book describes the contribution of the ABC Department of the Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) to R&D activities regarding methods and ICT tools for the interoperable management of the different phases of the building process, including design, construction, and management. Informative case studies complement the theoretical discussion. The book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the building process – owners, designers, constructors, and faculty managers – as well as the research sector.
Engineering --- Buildings—Design and construction --- Building --- Construction --- Engineering, Architectural --- Computer-aided engineering --- Building—Superintendence --- Construction industry—Management --- Construction superintendence --- Remote sensing
Environmental Management in Construction
Authors: Li, Heng --- Chen, Zhen
ISBN: 9780415370554 Year: 2006 Pages: 233 Language: English
Subject: Agriculture (General)
Demands on the construction industry are changing, and it is now virtually essential for environmental management to be considered at all stages of a project. Many construction managers are finding a quantitative approach useful, and this book outlines four quantitative methods which can be applied at different construction stages, and which fit within a comprehensive framework of dynamic Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). These include: a method to quantitatively evaluate and reduce pollution and hazards levels a method to evaluate the environmental-consciousness of proposed construction plans a method to reduce on-site construction wastes through an incentive reward programme a method to promote C and D waste exchange in the local construction industry. With an experimental case study of the application of these methods, this book delivers a comprehensive review of environmental management issues in construction. With regulatory requirements potentially favouring the quantitative approach, this timely guide ensures that contractors will be able to keep pace with environmental management standards.
Approach --- Approaches --- Construction --- Driven --- E+ --- Environmental
Public Private Partnerships in International Construction
Authors: Chan, Albert P.C. --- Cheung, Esther
Over the last ten years public private partnerships have become ever more popular worldwide, expanding the body of experience among construction professionals, government agencies, and industry. In these economically challenging times, PPP has emerged as a crucial framework for providing infrastructure, and also to boost construction industry activity, while shielding the taxpayer from some of the cost. Understanding the lessons learnt is essential to ensuring the success of future projects, and this timely book will prepare the reader to do just that. Starting by defining PPP itself, part one is designed to help the novice to get to grips with the basics of this topic. Part two tackles the practicalities of PPPs, including successful implementation, managing the risks involved, and how to assess the suitability of a project for the PPP route. Part three presents detailed case studies from Asia, Africa, and Australia to illustrate how PPPs should be managed, how problems emerge, and how PPPs can differ across the world. Drawing on extensive internationally conducted research, from both industry and academia, the authors have written the essential PPP guide. Taking into consideration the perspectives of those in the public sector and the private sector, as well as built environment professionals, it is essential reading for anyone preparing to work on public private partnerships in construction.
Abbreviations --- Assessing --- Attractive --- Case --- Cases --- Construction
The Maya Temple-Palace of Santa Rosa Xtampak, Mexico
Author: Hohmann, Hasso
ISBN: 9783851254587 Year: 2017 Pages: 15 Seiten Language: English
Publisher: Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz Grant: Austrian Science Fund - PUB 444
The publication presents a detailed architectural documentation and reconstruction of the impressive 1,275-years-old, three-story temple-palace of Santa Rosa Xtampak in Campeche, Mexico. The analysis of the 17 m high 50-room structure with two inner staircases revealed unusual construction principles and serious static problems preventing a planned high roof comb. The publication provides several architectural indications for different functions of the structure, which might also be used to study functions at other Maya buildings. Publication see: http://e-book.fwf.ac.at/o:1106
Architecture, Maya, construction principles, function (of the construction), culture of memory --- Architektur, Maya, Baukonstruktion, Funktionsanalyse, Erinnerungskultur
Buildings for Education
Authors: Della Torre, Stefano --- Bocciarelli, Massimiliano --- Daglio, Laura --- Neri, Raffaella
Subject: Education --- Agriculture (General)
This open access book presents theoretical and practical research relating to the vast, publicly financed program for the construction of new schools and the reorganization of existing educational buildings in Italy. This transformative process aims to give old buildings a fresh identity, to ensure that facilities are compliant with the new educational and teaching models, and to improve both energy efficiency and structural safety with respect to seismic activity. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which focuses on the social role of the school as a civic building that can serve the needs of the community. Innovations in both design and construction processes are then analyzed, paying special attention to the Building Information Modeling (BIM) strategy as a tool for the integration of different disciplines. The final section is devoted to the built heritage and tools, technologies, and approaches for the upgrading of existing buildings so that they meet the new regulations on building performance. The book will be of interest to all who wish to learn about the latest insights into the challenges posed by, and the opportunities afforded by, a comprehensive school building and renovation program.
Engineering --- Buildings—Design and construction --- Building --- Construction --- Engineering, Architectural --- Energy efficiency --- Building materials --- Materials science --- Schools
Quality in Design and Execution of Engineering Practice
Author: L.A. van Gunsteren
Book Series: Research in Design Series ISSN: 15697258 18798233 ISBN: 9781614992516 9781614992523 Year: 2013 Pages: 118 DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-252-3 Language: English
Publisher: IOS Press
Subject: Business and Management
Quality in Design and Execution of Engineering Practice is about quality management focused at fitness for purpose, rather than compliance with specifications, rules and regulations. The focus on getting execution in line with fitness for purpose is supported by a classification of seven different categories of quality, defined by their relevance for purpose, compliance with specifications, and actual execution. This classification facilitates decision making on desirable exemptions from specifications in the interest of both buyer and supplier. The author offers guidelines for quality management in different types of business units: License Giver, License Taker, Jobber and Consultant. Real life examples illustrate the author's approach, which concerns a mindset rather than a recipe for effective quality management. The book is of interest to any manager who is striving for superior quality of products and services for his customers.
quality management --- engineering design --- fitness for purpose --- construction industry --- architecture
Decentralisation Hybridized
Author: Annina Aeberli
ISBN: 9782940503025 9782940503032 Year: 2012 Language: English
Publisher: Graduate Institute Publications
South Sudan is undergoing a process of internationally-supported state building of which decentralisation forms part. For the people, decentralisation is understood as a right to self-rule based on native–stranger dichotomies and as a means of appropriating and incorporating an abstract and distant state into the local context. The South Sudanese government, in contrast, sees decentralisation primarily as a tool for service delivery and development. Conversely, the international community, in...
development policies and practices, decentralisation, economic development, state construction
Further investigations into the nature of phrasal compounding
Authors: Kornfilt, Jaklin --- Trips, Carola
Book Series: Morphological Investigations ISBN: 9783961100125 9783961100132 Year: 2017 Pages: 280 DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.885113 Language: English
Publisher: Language Science Press
Subject: Linguistics
This collection of papers on phrasal compounding is part of a bigger project whose aims are twofold: First, it seeks to broaden the typological perspective by providing data for as many different languages as possible to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon itself. Second, based on these data which clearly show interaction between syntax and morphology it aims to discuss theoretical models which deal with this kind of interaction in different ways. Models like Generative Grammar assume components of grammar and a clear-cut distinction between the lexicon (often including morphology) and grammar. Other models, like construction grammar, do not assume such components and are rather based on a lexicon including constructs. A comparison of these models on the basis of this phenomenon on the morphology-syntax interface makes it possible to assess their descriptive and explanatory power.
construction grammar --- interaction between syntax and morphology --- typology --- generative grammar
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Salgado, Mauricio (2009) Construyendo explicaciones: el uso de modelos en la sociología Persona y Sociedad.
The process of model building is a basic activity for any scientific discipline, and sociology is no exception to this rule. The sociological literature devoted to clarify the epistemological and methodological assumptions behind each modelling technique is rather scarce, however. This article intends to provide some ideas on this topic. In order to do so, it tackles onto the scientific status of modelling techniques in sociology, especially those expressed in artificial or formal languages. In addition, it stresses the importance of these techniques in building or validating causal explanations, and of the role played by social theory in the specification of such models. The three most common and widely used modelling techniques in sociological research are considered, namely, statistical modelling, mathematical modelling and social simulation. The article emphasises the theoretical underpinnings of these modelling techniques, the kind of explanation we can draw from them, and the main drawbacks, both practical and substantive, they present for social research.


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