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End of Indiana income tax: Senate Republicans propose study
INDIANAPOLIS – Could Indiana one day end its state income tax? This is a question that some state legislators want to address more closely.
One of the top priorities for Indiana Senate Republicans this term is a bill that would create a commission to study the feasibility of eliminating the Indiana state income tax.
"We're looking for transformative change," said State Senator Travis Holdman (R-Markle), the author of the bill.
The Indiana Supreme Court is considering challenging the abortion ban
Holdman said he believes Indiana is in a good position financially to consider this type of change in its tax policy.
"I think the goal for Indiana should be to completely eliminate the individual income tax rate in the coming years," Holdman said.
Under Holdman's bill, the commission would examine Indiana's tax policies and consider the possibility of ending the state income tax. The group will issue a report with recommendations in about two years.
According to state projections, Indiana is expected to bring in nearly $7.5 billion in income tax revenue this fiscal year. That's more than a third of the state's total revenue for the year.
"The question is, where are you getting $7.5 billion from?" said State Senator Fady Qaddoura (D-Indianapolis).
gov. Holcomb proposes increased spending on schools and public health
Qaddoura said he wasn't opposed to exploring the idea but was concerned the end of the state income tax would mean an increase in other taxes.
"If you look at other states across the country that abolished their state income taxes, they had other replacement mechanisms," Qaddoura said.
Gov. Eric Holcomb expressed mixed feelings about the idea when speaking to reporters. While this could be a way of making the state more attractive to potential residents, income tax revenues make up a significant portion of state funding.
"If you're talking about eliminating a multibillion-dollar tax, you either have to replace it or forego it," Holcomb said. "And that's why I'm most interested in what the alternative is."
If the state income tax is eliminated, there would be no impact on the county's income taxes, Holdman said.
Last year, the Indiana legislature approved an income tax cut, gradually lowering the tax from 3.2% to 2.9% over the next few years as long as the state meets certain revenue growth benchmarks.
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Japanese Bike Makers Add Capacity In India
Jan 07,2012 Bloomberg Read News PRINT
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Yamaha Motor is joining other Japanese competitors to add motorcycle capacity in Asia's second-fastest growing major economy, betting demand from Indians seeking personal transportation will sustain.
Yamaha's local unit will invest Rs 800 crore ($151 million) to triple capacity by March 2013, it said in a statement yesterday. And, Suzuki Motor Corp will spend Rs 100 crore to produce more two-wheelers, Atul Gupta, vice president for sales and marketing at the local unit, said in New Delhi.
Honda Motor, which reiterated a plan to almost double two-wheeler capacity in India by 2013, and other Japanese motorcycle makers have unveiled new models at the New Delhi auto show, counting on economic growth to generate demand. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said last month India will return to 8.5 - 9 per cent trend growth after the global economy stabilises.
"The last two years were exceptional and we have seen a normalising in the market," said Roy Kurian, national business head of India Yamaha Motor. "We have no reason to believe our sales will tumble."
The pace of expansion in Asia's third-biggest economy may slow to 7.5 per cent in the year ending March 31, Singh said, compared with 8.5 per cent in the previous 12-month period. "Our two-wheeler segment is in sync with the Indian economy," said Naresh Kumar Rattan, vice-president sales at Honda's motorcycle unit. "So long as it continues to expand at its current pace, we don't foresee any reduction in demand."
Yamaha will raise annual motorcycle and scooter capacity to a million units from 330,000, Kurian said. The Iwata City, Japan- based company introduced its first scooter in India yesterday.
Suzuki Motorcycle India Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Hamamatsu, Japan-based company, will increase capacity to 540,000 units by 2013 from 360,000 now, Gupta said.
Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India introduced six new models and a scooter yesterday, including the 110cc Dream Yuga.
The unit of the Tokyo-based automaker is targeting 30 per cent market share by 2020 from 14 per cent now, Rattan said.
The Japanese motorcycle makers will compete with Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL), India's biggest, and Bajaj Auto Ltd, the second- largest. Hero, based in New Delhi, will boost capacity at its existing factories to 7 million units by March from 5.4 million in the last fiscal year, and build a fourth factory by 2013, Ravi Sud, chief financial officer, said in November.
Hero, formerly known as Hero Honda Motors Ltd., developed a new name after Honda exited the venture to expand its unit. Hero Group, the New Delhi-based founders of Hero, acquired (HMCL) Honda's 26 per cent stake in the venture in March.
Slower Growth
Sales of motorcycles and scooters in India rose at a slower 16 per cent pace in the eight months ended November, compared with 28 per cent growth in the year-earlier period, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
The group may cut its annual domestic passenger-car sales target as higher borrowing costs and fuel prices sap demand, Sugato Sen, a senior director for the group, said on December 8. It had earlier forecast sales growth of 2 per cent to 4 per cent, compared with 30 per cent expansion in the year ended March 31.
The motorcycle makers don't expect an increase in the price of fuel to slow sales. Prices of gasoline in New Delhi are 17 percent higher than a year ago, after being cut twice in the past two months, according to figures from Indian Oil Corp's website.
"Rising fuel prices will take their toll on four-wheelers, which are luxury items," said Yamaha's Kurian. "Not two- wheelers, which are necessities."
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Greenbikes - Art Center moves on!
Hannah Macmurray | 02 April 2009
It has almost been a year since GCD featured Professor Lim and his innovative 'first of its kind' Motorcycle Design Class at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Once again GCD gets an exclusive peak at the fruits of a years experience and a fresh new group of imaginators! This time the project brief was green in reverse. Instead of asking the students to design a vehicle with green technology stuck inside Prof. Lim asked them to consider what form should a motorcycle take when it offers clean, quiet and instant power delivery – in other words what should the future greenbike look like and do? The students set out to find the ideal use of a new environmentally friendly powertrain that could WOW! people with its undiscovered potential and benefits.
Breaking the mold has never been a problem for Prof. Lim, but what interests him the most is how to make people believe in the possibility, in the advantage, of going off that beaten path. No matter how much consumers may embrace new ideas in theory they rarely take to them in reality. It is therefore imperative for his students to make their dreams as believable as possible, even when they are as crazy as a wearable motorcycle !
With hindsight now in his pocket GCD asked Prof. Lim a few growing pains questions to see what this innovator in the field has learned over the past year.
GCD : What have you learned in the year since your class started?
Lim : My class kicks off with broad and in-depth discussion about what it takes to move one person around town. We don't just jump onto designing motorcycles and other vehicles, we look at what cars and motorcycles of today can and can't do. Then I realized that we as car designers simply have been ignoring the core of personal mobility, it's all about moving point A to B. We often overlook the fact that it doesn't take too much to move a person around. We don't really need near 2 tonnes of steel and V-12 engines that make 6-700 Horse Power, do we? We approached the design concept as if cars and motorcycles didn't exist. So, what have I learned? Well, I learned that we, car designers, really need to look at solving mobility issues. I was too caught up designing something that didn't really solve anything; I was adding to the problem. It is all about mobility.
GCD : What has been the reaction of the school to your program?
Lim : It has been great! I have a full support from the department. We now have a permanent display wall for my class works. But most importantly I brought a different perspective to the transportation design department at Art Center. Now my students look beyond cars in the transportation world.
GCD : What are your plans for next year's class?
Lim : I'd like to take my class to the next level which will cover a broad range of personal mobility. I started out with the goal of designing vehicles that really provide mobility solutions. I am contemplating the idea of modifying the title of my class to 'Personal Mobility Class' next year and start designing beyond vehicles such as urban planning, infrastructure and systems that can allow small, efficient and green vehicles. Also I hope to take my students' designs one step closer to realization. At Art Center we've been doing design proposals that stop at scale model, I'd like to take it to a further stage – running prototype. It takes a lot of work and budget.
GCD : Do you have the support of any green technology companies?
Lim : That will be the next thing. As I mentioned earlier I hope to take the design to prototype, to do so support from industry is crucial. We have lots of design studios and green technology companies in Southern California to start with and also green technology is one of the fastest growing fields in automotive technology throughout the world. I am looking forward to working with them in the future.
We played with 'Lego' to build out concept first to see how it's going to work and what proportions were going to be like...
One look at this year's projects tells the progress the students have made in just one year. The end products are innovative and applicable to real life needs of 'mobility' as Prof. Lim explained. Not only do the greenbikes take you from A to B, they take you beyond. Chan Park's Janus will drive you straight to your desk, Sean Whang's Backpacker can be partly worn, and Tim Huntzinger's Quadriga takes electric power to the extreme.
First up is Chan Park, aged 31 and from Seoul, Korea, he is currently a 7th term Transportation Design student at Art Center having recently finished an internship at Hot Wheels. His proposal, Janus, named after the god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings, is a dual mode electric scooter that has two faces – one for outdoors and one for indoors. The focus of the project was how to maximize the advantages of quiet and clean electric power unit…"why not use it indoors as well?!". All the polluting and noxious fumes that emanate from a bike are eliminated once you convert to electric power thus allowing this vehicle to move easily between outer and internal spaces. The design then came down to solving the space issue; a regular bike cannot transition easily into smaller interiors, so designer Park decided the greenbike needed to be shorter and slower than normal. By folding it Janus gets shorter and also rides higher and faces the opposite of that when it is outdoors. Likewise the handle bar used outdoor for riding then becomes a back-rest inside…you can ride right up to your desk.
Next, Sean Whang, aged 29 from Seattle, Washington, is an 8th term Transportation Design student currently working at Samsung Design LA. His project, Backpacker, is a backpack integrated urban scooter inspired by his experiences of riding in Taiwan. When he didn't have a secure place for all his gadgets he thought that a secure and detachable cargo pack was essential. This idea really tackles the problems about moving around our increasingly complex urban jungles and juggling our increasing complicated lifestyles, Backpacker aims to please visually and practically. Slick and smooth, with no old school 'slow' scooter visuals in sight the Backpacker looks cool. A totally new architecture for this kind of vehicle is achieved by the mere shift to a new and cleaner technology. By using a battery pack with an in-wheel motor it allows for a smaller powertrain which in turn opens up the available space on the bike allowing for more cargo. For urban commuters who carry valuable gadgets like laptops and infotainment the backpack part not only keeps the items safe onboard but the casing can be removed and worn as a backpack for added safety.
Last of the trio is Tim Huntzinger, aged 32 and from Frederickburg, Virginia, he is completing a Master of Science from Art Center this year. His ambitious proposal Quadriga addresses the age old adage that bikers have a need for speed! Not only has he broken the cardinal rule of petrol power by switching to electric power but he has also added two more wheels. Reminiscent of Dodge's Tomahawk V-10 based motorcycle concept from the 2003 Detroit Motor Show it's all about show…but this time eco show, not ego! As in the Tomahawk concept the 4 wheels are there to handle the power, accelerated turning, and to increase leaning, all essential elements of pure sports riding. It proudly displays the battery cells as its power source without an iota of guilt. Electric motors offer instant and flat torque curve best suited for sports bikes. The Quadriga is not a compromise on any level. It allows guilt-free sports riding with the added benefits of safety back support harness that almost look like exo-skeletal protection.


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The plan of Boom Supersonic to offer supersonic flights that are accessible to all and carbon neutral is starting to take shape.
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The plan of Boom Supersonic to offer supersonic flights that are faster than ever, accessible to all and carbon neutral, within less than 10 years' time, is starting to take shape. The American company has announced that production of its aircraft will begin in 2022, with the first commercial flights planned for 2029.
On paper, the Boom Supersonic project looks very promising, but what will it look like in the air? The American company has announced that its Overture will be the fastest airliner in the world, capable of flying long distances in record time. New York to London in 3 hours and 30 minutes, Paris to Montreal in 3 hours and 45 minutes, Tokyo to Seattle in 4 hours and 30 minutes, San Francisco to Tokyo in 6 hours or Los Angeles to Sydney in 8 hours and 30 minutes.
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Overture is the heir to Concorde, but faster and more sustainable. Boom Supersonic is announcing 100% carbon-neutral flights. For this, the company has joined forces with Rolls-Royce for the development of its engines and with startup Prometheus for the development of the associated fuel, without providing further details for the moment. Note that it will be able to fly particularly high, up to 60,000 feet (a little over 18,000 m). Inside, Boom Supersonic promises business class comfort at affordable prices, starting at only a few hundred dollars. The maximum capacity of the aircraft will be 88 passengers.
Boom Supersonic's roadmap calls for production to begin in 2022, with real-world testing starting in 2025 and first commercial flights in 2029, if all goes well. Japan Airlines and Virgin have already put an option on the order of several aircraft, at a cost of about $200 million each.
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Walking out of the jam-packed cinema after Fahrenheit 9/11 my friend said: "well that didn't tell me anything I didn't already know." Much has been written about this film and its faults the casual racism in the portrayal of the 'coalition of the willing' (not quite as offensive as it sounds), its hounding of the Saudis, its lack of 'balance' and its implication that in terms of US foreign policy Bush has been an aberration , but from the point of view of cinema rather than politics and fact checking the biggest problem is that, with its linear structure and single-mindedness, it lacks the drama that the unexpected brings.
The film takes us on a journey through Bush's presidency of the USA and it is not a pretty picture – so much so that Moore blanks the screen for the attacks on the World Trade Centre. The director himself keeps a low on-screen profile as if he had foreseen the anti-Moore backlash and wanted to head off ad hominem attacks and accusations of egotism (much good it did him: Moore is now a regular target of complaints from both right and left that he is not radical enough and therefore a hypocrite, as if only the starving millions had any right to complain about the world order).
Nevertheless, his low profile is a strength: there is less of the hectoring and overly-broad humour that mar Stupid White Men. Instead what we have is a sober setting out of facts (or at least some of them) with a couple of stunts thrown in, such as Moore pressing army recruitment literature on politicians or driving around Congress in an ice cream van reading out the PATRIOT act, having learned that few if any congressmen had read it before passing it. Moore shows how warnings about a spectacular terrorist attack were ignored by the Bush administration and how in the aftermath of the September attack, while aeroplanes all over the country were grounded, members of the Bin Laden family, which has close business ties with the Bush family, were allowed to leave without even being questioned.
I suspect that revelations like these have less impact in Europe for two reasons. One is that they have been covered in the mainstream media here. (During the invasion of Iraq traffic from the US to European news websites such as BBC surged as Americans sought out information that was not readily available at home.) The other is that opinions here of Bush are already very low and Europeans do not have the reverence for the office holder that bedevils American reporting: Americans reacted in shock when Irish journalist Carol Coleman had the temerity to interrupt the president during what was by no means a hard hitting interview recently.
Even the scenes showing how army recruitment officers target and trick young, usually black men will not come as a great surprise to anyone who has worked in sales or a call centre. This ability to hoodwink the general public is often proudly emblazoned on the CVs of otherwise decent people. Moore has been praised for showing the effects of the war on both Iraqis and Americans. Again, this might be more daring in an American context, where the unpleasant truths of war (dismemberment, death) are apparently glossed over. As is well known by now, the Pentagon has forbidden the filming of bodies coming home from the war, and Bush has not attended any of his soldiers' funerals. At the risk of sounding like a snooty European, we know all this. We know people get killed. We've seen the pictures and indymedia has shown the coffins of American soldiers layed out in rows.
The trouble with this film is that if you are sympathetic with Moore it will come as no surprise. If you are not you probably won't watch it anyway. The film is not good enough to overcome this polarisation. It doesn't draw together various strands of information into a new synthesis in the way that Bowling for Columbine did and consequently lacks the shock of the new.
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David Connolly was among the scorers as Portsmouth recorded their first win since being relegated to League Two with three first-half goals in a 3-0 crushing of 10-man Morecambe at Fratton Park.
Jed Wallace put Portsmouth ahead in the 20th minute with a right-footed shot and Morecambe, still looking for their first league win, were never a threat after that.
Connolly's goal came in the 26th minute, snapping up a rebound after a shot from Andy Barcham had been blocked.
Morecambe's cause was not helped 10 minutes later when defender Andy Wright, who had been cautioned earlier, earned a second yellow card to receive his marching orders.
Patrick Agyemang then made the game safe for Pompey soon after when his shot from Connolly's involvement went in off a post.
The match, already comfortably won by the rampant home side, failed to live up to the excitement of the first half after the break.
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Heinz studied Chemistry in Regensburg and earned his PhD in Clinical Chemistry from the University Hospital. He was postdoc at the Harvard Institute of Medicine and the Dana-Farber-Cancer Institute in Boston, USA. In addition, he holds a master degree in Business Administration from Henley Management School, UK.
Dr. Stefan Herr
Stefan started EMBL Ventures in 2001. He led several investments in Europe and the US for EMBL Ventures, Heidelberg Innovation and a Business Angel.
Prior to EMBL Ventures, he served as Managing Director of Verivox, a 3i backed start-up company. Previously Stefan was Vice President at Heidelberg Innovation and Director Cooperations and Licensing at Hagenuk.
Stefan earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg and received additional training in law and business at the University of Hagen. He was a recipient of the Boehringer Ingelheim fellowship and is an alumni of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory Ph.D. Program.
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Frank joined EMBL Ventures as Partner in 2015 focusing on opportunities in the life science and medical device sector.
Prior to joining EMBL, Frank was a partner at aeris CAPITAL (now Calibrium), a family office in Switzerland. At aeris he was responsible for investments in life science companies in Europe and the US and represented aeris on various portfolio boards, including Curetis AG, ION Torrent Inc., Sonetik AG, Affimed Therapeutics AG and ConforMis Inc. Prior he was with Steinbeis, a German technology transfer institution where Frank worked for life science start-ups and investors including public institutions KfW and tbg.
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A reported fire in the roof at a local Convenience Store required the response of Guymon's newest Ladder unit to assist in extinguishing the fire. Guymon Firefighters responded to a 911 call to Wes-T-Go Travel Center located at 1015 NE Hwy 54 at 7:07pm last night.
"First arriving fire units found fire coming from the southeast corner of the building's roof", said Assistant Fire Chief Grant Wadley. Early reports indicated that the Convenience Store is currently having remolding done in the area where the fire was located. The fire was extinguished quickly by Firefighters before any spread of the fire to the rest of the building occurred. It took Firefighters on the ground and above the building using the new Ladder truck 10 minutes to have the fire under control. No one was injured and damages estimated at $5000-$7000.
The use of new Ladder truck at a scene was Guymon Fire Department's first. Use of ladders for fighting fires and saving lives has been a hallmark in firefighting history and tradition around the country. "Firefighters train on the uses and purposes of ladders everyday", Wadley says. With the added use of our Ladder truck we can continue using ground ladders as needed but now have even a safer and more diverse methods of reaching higher places trying to protect property and saving lives.


Jerusalem is the center focus of the people; and the Temple is the focus of the city of Jerusalem. We will familiarize ourselves with the Sanhedrin Court; King David and his connection to the city of Jerusalem; the Prophets and their connection to the Temple; the Temple itself; the Altar, the Holy of Holies.
We will also discuss the Garden of Eden; the connection between heaven above and earth below and particular where the connection takes place.
Deuteronomy (Devarim) 16:2, "You shall sacrifice the Passover offering to the Lord your G-d…in the place that G-d shall choose to make His Name dwell there." It was only at the Temple that the Passover lamb could be sacrificed when the Temple was standing.
Jerusalem (Yerushalaiyim) the focal point of Jewish civilization was to develop a relationship with HaShem. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch points out, the Hebrew word for city, Ir (עיר ), comes from the same root as the word Ur (עור ), meaning "to awaken." It is the city that awakens mankind, bringing out their very best creative instincts. It was Jerusalem that was the city―the "awakener"―arousing and motivating the Jew toward their mission.
There are a number of tithes from all the crops grown in the Holy Land that had to be given as a kind of income tax for the support for the Priests (Kohanim) and the Levi'im. Who served as religious leaders and teachers. The second tithe (Mauser Sheni) was not given away; instead, the owner had to either eat it in Yerushalaiyim, or redeem it and spend the money for food in Yerushalaiyim.
If Yerushalaiyim was the focal point of the Land of Yisra'el, it was the Temple (Bet HaMikdash) that was the real focal point. The first Temple built by King Solomon, standing for 410 years. Seventy years later, the Second Temple was built by Ezra, standing for 420 years.
One remnant of the Temple continues to stand today, the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, the Kotel Maaravi. To this day, it is considered one of the most sacred spots in the world; it is the focus of pilgrimage for Jews from all over.
Built into the outer north wall of the Temple, not far from the Great Altar, was a room known as the Chamber of Cut Stone. In this chamber the great Sanhedrin sat, teaching and judging all Yisra'el.
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Progress Capital arranged a non-recourse fixed rate loan for the 20 story Historic Landmark Office Building located on 220 Fifth Avenue in NYC.
"This iconic office building has been owned by the same family since 1991," said Kathy Anderson.
Formerly known as the Croisic Building, 220 Fifth Avenue was constructed in 1912 and is renowned for its Neo-Gothic architecture which is visible for blocks. The family is planning a renovation of the lobby and common spaces for the coming year while preparing for the opening of the Belgian Beer Café, who will anchor the building's first floor retail.


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On November 20th 2013 the faculty held a women's day. About one hundred and fifty high school pupils from Haifa and the north area, who study science and technology, visited the faculty of Aerospace Engineering in the Technion, as part of a special day meant to expose the pupils to the faculty and the contents studied here, as well as its industry practices. At the day's opening, the pupils were greeted by the Technion President, Prof. Peretz Lavie, and the faculty Dean, Prof. Yaakov Oshman. The pupils visited the faculty labs, heard about some of the experience of Prof. Daniella Raveh, who also planned the event, and met with three female alumni in a special panel, where they told of their academic experiences and their fields of activity today.


My dad passed away one year ago tomorrow – Christmas Day 2015 at 2:45 in the afternoon. We miss him especially tonight. Dad and I say O Holy Night on Christmas Eve for many years. This is a recording we made several years ago with Vicki Smith on the organ. Merry Christmas!
Such a wonderful time to be at First Church…a time of great spiritual growth for us. Thank you for posting. We love both of you!
Thank you, Kelly. What a treat to hear this wonderful song sung again by you and Don. I thought about your dad and this song all through this season and because of illness and not being able to come to church, I didn't think I would get to hear it. You made it possible and I am so blessed. No one does it quite like you two.
Again, thanks so much for sharing your music. We love you!
I forgot just how beautiful you and your father were together. Thanks for sharing, and Merry Christmas!
Wonderful! I always loved hearing you two sing this song at First over the years. One of my favorites ever!


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Braz. J. Probab. Stat. 35 (4), (November 2021)
The foundations of statistical science: A history of textbook presentations
Alan Agresti
Braz. J. Probab. Stat. 35 (4), 657-698, (November 2021) DOI: 10.1214/21-BJPS518
KEYWORDS: History of statistics, Mathematical statistics, statistical theory, G. Udny Yule, R. A. Fisher, Maurice Kendall, Samuel Wilks, Harald Cramér, George Snedecor
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We discuss how the foundations of statistical science have been presented historically in textbooks, with focus on the first half of the twentieth century after the field had become better defined by advances due to Francis Galton, Karl Pearson, and R. A. Fisher. Our main emphasis is on books that presented the theory underlying the subject, often identified as mathematical statistics, with primary focus on books authored by G. Udny Yule, Maurice Kendall, Samuel Wilks, and Harald Cramér. We also discuss influential books on statistical methods by R. A. Fisher and George Snedecor that showed scientists how to implement the theory. We then survey textbooks published in the quarter century after World War 2, as Statistics gathered more visibility as an academic subject and Departments of Statistics were formed at many universities. We also summarize how Bayesian presentations of Statistics emerged. In each section, we describe how the books were evaluated in reviews shortly after their publications. We conclude by briefly discussing the recent past, the present, and the future of textbooks on the foundations of statistical science and include comments about this by several notable statisticians.
The illusion of the illusion of sparsity: An exercise in prior sensitivity
Bruno Fava, Hedibert F. Lopes
KEYWORDS: Sparsity, Model selection, high dimensional data, shrinkage, Bayesian econometrics
The emergence of Big Data raises the question of how to model economic relations when there is a large number of possible explanatory variables. We revisit the issue by comparing the possibility of using dense or sparse models in a Bayesian approach, allowing for variable selection and shrinkage. More specifically, we discuss the results reached by Giannone, Lenza and Primiceri (2020) through a "Spike-and-Slab" prior, which suggest an "illusion of sparsity" in economic data, as no clear patterns of sparsity could be detected. We make a further revision of the posterior distributions of the model, and propose three experiments to evaluate the robustness of the adopted prior distribution. We find that the pattern of sparsity is sensitive to the prior distribution of the regression coefficients, and present evidence that the model indirectly induces variable selection and shrinkage, which suggests that the "illusion of sparsity" could be, itself, an illusion. Code is available on Github ( github.com/bfava/IllusionOfIllusion).
Matrix-variate Lindley distributions and its applications
Mariem Tounsi, Mouna Zitouni
KEYWORDS: Lindley probability distribution, Wishart probability distribution, Mixture models, expectation-maximization algorithm, Fisher-Scoring algorithm
Restring on the fact that the definition of multivariate analogs of the real gamma distribution is replaced by the Wishart distribution on symmetric matrices, and based on the notion of mixture models which is a flexible and powerful tool for treating data taken from multiple subpopulations, we set forward a multivariate analog of the real Lindley distributions of the first and second kinds on the modern framework of symmetric cones which can be used to model waiting and survival times matrix data. Within this framework, we first construct a new probability distributions, named the matrix-variate Lindley distributions. Some fundamental properties of these new distributions are established. Their statistical properties including moments, the coefficient of variation, skewness and the kurtosis are discussed. We then create an iterative hybrid Expectation-Maximization Fisher-Scoring (EM-FS) algorithm to estimate the parameters of the new class of probability distributions. Through simulation as well as comparative studies with respect to the Wishart distribution, the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed distributions are proved. Finally, the usefulness and the applicability of the new models are elaborated and illustrated by means of two real data sets from biological sciences and medical image segmentation which is one of the most important and popular tasks in medical image analysis.
Bayesian inference for zero-and/or-one augmented beta rectangular regression models
Ana R. S. Silva, Caio L. N. Azevedo, Jorge L. Bazán, Juvêncio S. Nobre
KEYWORDS: Augmented beta rectangular distribution, Bayesian inference, diagnostic analysis, MCMC algorithms, generalized linear models
In this paper, we developed a full set of Bayesian inference tools, for zero-and/or-one augmented beta rectangular regression models to analyze limited-augmented data, under a new parameterization. This parameterization: facilitates the development of both regression models and inferential tools as well as make simplifies the respective computational implementations. The proposed Bayesian tools were parameter estimation, model fit assessment, model comparison (information criteria), residual analysis and case influence diagnostics, developed through MCMC algorithms. In addition, we adapted available methods of posterior predictive checking, using appropriate discrepancy measures. We conducted several simulation studies, considering some situations of practical interest, aiming to evaluate: prior sensitivity choice, parameter recovery of the proposed model and estimation method, the impact of transforming the observed zeros and ones, along with the use of non-augmented models, and the behavior of the proposed model fit assessment and model comparison tools. A psychometric real data set was analyzed to illustrate the performance of the developed tools, illustrating the advantages of the developed analysis framework.
Model-assisted SCAD calibration for non-probability samples
Zhan Liu, Chaofeng Tu, Yingli Pan
KEYWORDS: Non-probability samples, model-assisted calibration, SCAD, modified Kullback–Leibler distance
Increasing costs and non-response rates of probability samples have provoked the extensive use of non-probability samples. However, non-probability samples are subject to selection bias, resulting in difficulty for inference. Calibration is a popular method to reduce selection bias in non-probability samples. When rich covariate information is available, a key problem is how to select covariates and estimate parameters in calibration for non-probability samples. In this paper, the model-assisted SCAD calibration is proposed to make population inference from non-probability samples. A parametric model between the study variable and covariates is first established. SCAD is then used to estimate the model parameters based on non-probability samples. The modified forward Kullback–Leibler distance is lastly explored to conduct calibration for non-probability samples based on the estimated parametric model. The theoretical properties of the model-assisted SCAD calibration estimator are further derived. Results from simulation studies show that the model-assisted SCAD calibration estimator yields the smallest bias and mean square error compared with other estimators. Also, a real data from the 2017 Netizen Social Awareness Survey (NSAS) is used to demonstrate the proposed methodology.
A note on the Nielsen distribution
Diego I. Gallardo, Marcelo Bourguignon
KEYWORDS: Nielsen distribution, probability generating function, moment generating function, Characteristic function, cumulant generating function, discrete distribution
Castellares, Lemonte, and Santos [Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics 34(1) (2020) 90–111] introduced a two-parameter discrete Nielsen distribution, derived its properties, and illustrated the advantages of the model in three data applications. In this note, we will present a corrected version for some results for the particular case θ=1.
Absolute continuity of the super-Brownian motion with infinite mean
Rustam Mamin, Leonid Mytnik
KEYWORDS: Superprocesses, stable branching
In this work, we prove that for any dimension d≥1 and any γ∈(0,1) super-Brownian motion corresponding to the log-Laplace equation
v(t,x)=(Stf)(x)−∫0t(St−svγ(s,·))(x)ds,(t,x)∈R+×Rd,
is absolutely continuous with respect to Lebesgue measure at any fixed time t>0. {St}t≥0 denotes a transition semigroup of a standard Brownian motion. Our proof is based on properties of solutions of the log-Laplace equation. We also prove that when initial datum v(0,·) is a finite, non-zero measure, then the log-Laplace equation has a unique, continuous solution. Moreover this solution continuously depends on initial data.
A change-point approach for the identification of financial extreme regimes
Chiara Lattanzi, Manuele Leonelli
KEYWORDS: Extreme value mixture models, financial returns, GPD distribution, high quantiles, threshold estimation
Inference over tails is usually performed by fitting an appropriate limiting distribution over observations that exceed a fixed threshold. However, the choice of such threshold is critical and can affect the inferential results. Extreme value mixture models have been defined to estimate the threshold using the full dataset and to give accurate tail estimates. Such models assume that the tail behavior is constant for all observations. However, the extreme behavior of financial returns often changes considerably in time and such changes occur by sudden shocks of the market. Here the extreme value mixture model class is extended to formally take into account distributional extreme change-points, by allowing for the presence of regime-dependent parameters modelling the tail of the distribution. This extension formally uses the full dataset to both estimate the thresholds and the extreme change-point locations, giving uncertainty measures for both quantities. Estimation of functions of interest in extreme value analyses is performed via MCMC algorithms. Our approach is evaluated through a series of simulations, applied to real data sets and assessed against competing approaches. Evidence demonstrates that the inclusion of different extreme regimes outperforms both static and dynamic competing approaches in financial applications.
Some preservation properties of shifted stochastic orders
Sameen Naqvi, Neeraj Misra, P. S. Chan
KEYWORDS: RR2, TP2, up (down) shifted hazard rate order, up (down) shifted reversed hazard rate order, up (down) shifted likelihood ratio order
In this paper, we provide results on preservation of various shifted stochastic orders under the operations of mixtures. These results have been established with respect to up (down) shifted hazard rate order, up (down) shifted reversed hazard rate order and up (down) shifted likelihood ratio order. In addition, a discussion on preservation of shifted stochastic orders under the operations of convolutions is also presented. Some examples have been obtained to illustrate applications of these results.
Beta rectangular regression models to longitudinal data
Vinícius S. O. Ribeiro, Juvêncio S. Nobre, José Roberto S. dos Santos, Caio L. N. Azevedo
KEYWORDS: repeated measures, beta rectangular distribution, generalized estimating equations, local influence
In this paper, we propose a new approach for modeling repeated measures restricted to the interval (0,1) (or (a,b), with a<b known real numbers). More specifically, we developed Generalized Estimating Equations, considering beta rectangular marginal distributions, which is more robust than the usual beta distribution, against the presence of extreme observations. Diagnostic tools, including local influence analysis, were also developed. A simulation study was performed, indicating that our estimation algorithm is efficient, in terms of parameter recovery. The results also suggest that our methodology outperformed the usual beta model, for the most of the considered scenarios, indicating an interesting advantage on the estimation of the dispersion parameter. Furthermore, the developed methodology was illustrated through a real data analysis, concerning to an ophthalmic study.
On variable selection in joint modeling of mean and dispersion
Edmilson Rodrigues Pinto, Leandro Alves Pereira
KEYWORDS: Model selection, location-dispersion analysis, coefficient of determination, robust design experiment, generalized linear models, extended quasi-likelihood
The joint modeling of mean and dispersion (JMMD) provides an efficient method to obtain useful models for the mean and dispersion, especially in problems of robust design experiments. However, in the literature on JMMD there are few works dedicated to variable selection and this theme is still a challenge. In this article, we propose a procedure for selecting variables in JMMD, based on hypothesis testing and the quality of the model's fit. A criterion for checking the goodness of fit is used, in each iteration of the selection process, as a filter for choosing the terms that will be evaluated by a hypothesis test. Three types of criteria were considered for checking the quality of the model fit in our variable selection procedure. The criteria used were: the extended Akaike information criterion, the corrected Akaike information criterion and a specific criterion for the JMMD, proposed by us, a type of extended adjusted coefficient of determination. Simulation studies were carried out to verify the efficiency of our variable selection procedure. In all situations considered, the proposed procedure proved to be effective and quite satisfactory. The variable selection process was applied to a real example from an industrial experiment.


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After a six hour drive, I finally arrived home safe and sound. Boy was that a long drive to complete by myself, not at all a fan of driving by myself. But yes, it was worth it. I really enjoy spending time with my friend Adeel and his gorgeous cat Leo (he looks mildly evil in the photo below, but I swear he is the sweetest and I'm not a cat person!). We spent a good amount of time relaxing (read: watching awful television and movies), but it was highly entertaining at all times.
On Saturday we ventured into downtown Toronto for the day. Thankfully the weather people were wrong and the rain held off. We explored Canada's longest street – Yonge (apparently it is pronounced young). There was a cool South Asian music festival set up, which I would have enjoyed more had I not left my purse in a store down the block… This was cause for some frantic running, but I retrieved my purse safe and sound. Thank goodness! We had a really great time downtown and I am now the proud owner of a Toronto sweater from Root's, I'm sure it will be super comfy on those "cold" San Francisco nights. I may also have some new Godiva chocolates in my possession, but I'm not sure how long those will last.
Sunday we enjoyed a Mennonite buffet brunch, never before have I been so overwhelmed by pie. I kept ogling them, but Adeel was kind enough to remind me about my bikini mantra. If I want to look fabulous for Greece this summer, I'll have to avoid the pie (but not the Godiva chocolates on my kitchen table, that would be wrong). Afterward I may have contracted a new guilty pleasure, Extreme Couponing and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Wow, TLC really knows how to keep me occupied. Somehow they managed to make couponing seem like a fantastic hobby, sadly I don't see how stockpiling 62 bottles of mustard is beneficial for my small household. We also watched the first two movies in the Millennium series (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl who Played with Fire). Intense. I was eager to see them since I recently finished the trilogy, I'm afraid it was a bit shocking for Adeel as he didn't know what to expect. I definitely suggest reading the books, the movies don't do it justice.
The weekend was truly too short. I had a great time up north and now I'm dreading returning to work this week. I'll be conducting another week of usability tests, oh joy… Fortunately tomorrow night is wide open, this can only mean one thing, super-hard-workout! I seriously need it after another few days of indulging.
And how was yours? How did you spend your long weekend? Who managed to get a tan?
Today, I did the unthinkable and decided to take a half day (without finishing all of my work on time…). I'm off to spend my Memorial Day weekend in Toronto and I couldn't be more excited. Three days spent with a wonderful friend and his cuddling cat. Now let's see how this six hour car ride goes, eep!
Tell me: How are you going to enjoy your long weekend? I hope there is at least one of you who will be spending it in the sun!
Today is going better already. Last night I realized that I really came out on top, my gorgeous necklace is now fixed so I can wear it again and I now have shiny new earrings. I'm hoping the sparkle will catch attention from the right places (if you know what I mean). In work related news, I've completed eight usability tests and handed off the moderation task to my coworker. It was a weight off of my shoulders since I'll be in charge of ten more tests next week.
On another exciting note, I won a rockin' prize package from KatDoesDiets of Coach's Oats goodies. It will be a great surprise to get that in the mail in the coming weeks. Their oatmeal is prepared in a completely new way, different than rolled or steel cut. Can't wait to try it! They also offer a pancake mix, we'll see if that is included as well. Check out their oatmeal cookie recipe, looks healthy and scrumptious. And I even won a local raffle, winning several gift certificates to local restaurants and shops. (The pool was probably a lot smaller, but I won't complain!) How about that Melissa? Looks like we're both getting lucky this week!
This afternoon I went to Wednesday speed work with the fast kids. Boy was it rough, another week of heat and humidity. Since we've been going short the past few weeks, we switched it up to 300 meter sprints. I had a tough time, completing 6×300 and 2×200 (the 200s were my third and sixth runs). But I did it, I didn't sit any of them out, and I did my best to push through. There was a lot of panting today, from all the runners, but it was another great workout. I may have even gotten a tan slightly less pale.
How about you: What is making your Wednesday wonderful? Tell me one reason why you will be smiling this evening.


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New HTML5 sectioning elements expose structure to ATs
In his book, A Software Engineer Learns HTML5, JavaScript & jQuery, Dane Cameron calls the new HTML5 semantic elements "one of the least interesting features of HTML5″. I disagree, the HTML5 sectioning and grouping elements provide essential information to assistive technologies allowing their users, including blind and low vision users, access to information we take for granted.
Many of these new HTML5 sectioning and grouping elements map to the WAI-ARIA Document Structure and Landmark Roles. WAI-ARIA which became a W3C recommendation in March 2014, provides a set of specifications web authors can follow to add markup to improve the accessibility and interoperability of web content and applications. The markup includes roles, states and properties that expose page structure and element states and properties to assistive technologies. Assistive technologies, such as screen readers, can in turn communicate this information to their users providing users with essential information about the elements on the page and the ability to navigate and access those elements. This is pretty exciting to me.
Most of WAI-ARIA has been included in the HTML5 specification which became a W3C recommendation in October 2014. The new HTML5 sectioning and grouping elements in particular provide structural information to assistive technologies about the web page or application. For example, a web page may include a banner and search box on top, a main body and footer information with copyright information at the bottom. By properly marking up the page structure with a header, main, footer and section elements along with providing the appropriate WAI-ARIA roles for these elements, a blind user can navigate the page using a screen reader and quickly jump to each of these sections on the page.
Although most major browsers support WAI-ARIA, the support for HTML5 accessibility elements is still being worked. The Paciello Group has been tracking this support on the website, HTML5Accessibility. The recommendation today is to continue to use WAI-ARIA roles on the sectioning and grouping elements until the user agents support the native semantics with implied WAI-ARIA roles.
The new sectioning and grouping elements may evoke memories of skip to main content and other skip links that assisted the user in navigating to main content and around blocks of content on a web page. As more web authors and user agents adopt HTML5 sectioning and grouping elements along with support for WAI-ARIA landmark and document roles, we can provide a more robust set of navigation techniques. David Todd provides a plugin on GitHub that can be installed into Firefox, giving even non-screen users the ability to navigate landmarks and sections on a web page.
So yes. These new sectioning and grouping elements get me excited that web sites and applications can be accessed by a large audience of users including persons with disabilities.
For more great resources on WAI-ARIA and HTML5 check out the follow:
WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices (W3C recommendation)
Using ARIA in HTML by Steve Faulkner
Using WAI-ARIA in HTML (W3C draft)
Sections and Outlines of an HTML5 Document, Mozilla Developer Network.
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Pretoria deeds office closed after electricity supply is cut
Payment dispute could spell disaster for property industry, expert warns
By Ernest Mabuza
Image: 123rf.com/feverpitched The closure of the deeds office in Pretoria after its electricity was disconnected could have a knock-on effect for the property industry, including estate agents, buyers and sellers. Stock image.
The deeds office in Pretoria was closed on Monday until further notice as it had no electricity after power was disconnected.
The deeds office — one of the busiest in SA — not being able to function has affected the registration, management and maintenance of the property registry of SA.
The closure will also worsen a backlog caused by closures of the office over the past year as a result of Covid-19 lockdown regulations.
The closure stems from the department of public works and infrastructure (DPWI), which provides accommodation for the department of agriculture, land reform and rural development (DALRRD), allegedly not paying the landlord of the building since June.
It is understood the DPWI held negotiations to resolve the impasse on Friday.
The affected building also houses the surveyor-general.
Eskom on track to split generation and transmission by year end, says CEO
DALRRD spokesperson Reggie Ngcobo said on Tuesday the dispute was between the DPWI and the City of Tshwane.
Ngcobo said he believed the issue had been resolved and electricity should be back on Tuesday. However, calls made to listed numbers for the deeds office in Pretoria did not connect.
Grant Butler, MD at evo Copestone, a home loans brokerage company, said the closure of the deeds office would have a huge knock-on effect for players in the property industry, including estate agents, buyers and sellers. For estate agents, it meant not getting paid because transfers were not being finalised timeously.
"The domino effect is disastrous for the property industry," Butler said.
He said when the deeds offices were closed during the lockdown, the impact was immediately felt by all in the value chain.
DPWI spokesperson Thamsanqa Mchunu did not respond to questions sent on Tuesday morning.


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<?php defined('BX_DOL') or die('hack attempt');

/**
 * Functions to automate profile creation/editing/deletion forms.
 */
class BxDolProfileForms extends BxDolFactory
{
    /**
     * Constructor
     */
    protected function __construct ()
    {
        parent::__construct ();
    }

    protected function _redirectAndExit ($sUrl, $isPermalink = true, $aMarkers = false)
    {
        if ($isPermalink)
            $sUrl = BxDolPermalinks::getInstance()->permalink($sUrl);

        if(strncmp($sUrl, BX_DOL_URL_ROOT, strlen(BX_DOL_URL_ROOT)) !== 0)
            $sUrl = BX_DOL_URL_ROOT . $sUrl;

        header('Location: ' . $this->_replaceMarkers($sUrl, $aMarkers));
        exit;
    }

    /**
     * Replace provided markers in a string, markers are surrounded by '{' and '}' signs, for example: a.php?x={id}
     * @param $mixed string or array to replace markers in
     * @param $aMarkers araay or markers for replacement, for example: array ('num' => 123, 'name' => 'Ivan');
     * @return string where all markers are replaced
     */
    protected function _replaceMarkers ($mixed, $aMarkers)
    {
        return bx_replace_markers($mixed, $aMarkers);
    }

}

/** @} */

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