CO2 causing a massive increase in global warming.
For that warming to have massive catastrophic consequences.
For economic theory to provide a theoretical solution with benefits ≥ costs.
The actual solution matches the theory.
There are no unintended consequences of actual policy implementation need to be taken into account.
That the Kyoto Protocol was originally estimated at being 97% useless in constraining temperature rises.
CO2 causing a massive increase in warming.
If you still believe the hype that CO2 is going to cause a massive increase in global warming, you are now at odds with the latest estimates from the IPCC. David M. Hoffer at Wattsupwiththat shows why.
William Nordhaus, the world's leading climate change economist, calculates that the benefit-cost ratio is 1/7. Nordhaus accepts the first two points, but still calculates that on economic terms you should not touch the scheme with a bargepole. More recently, Dieter Helm has described emissions trading schemes as the most expensive way of reducing emissions. Both advocate a carbon tax.
Kyoto proposed that countries adopt an emissions trading scheme. In the EU it did not work because credits were issued at too low a cost.
The emissions trading schemes have essentially collapsed, mostly because there has been no commitment to extend Kyoto. Given that there have been numerous fraud scandals from the large through to the small, this is no bad thing. The schemes are open to abuse, yet the investment banks that run them make billions of dollars annually.
The Kyoto Protocol, if it has been fully implemented would have only constrained a projected 2 celsius rise in CO2 by 2050 by just 0.06 degrees. At the outset policy-makers knew it would be 97% worthless, yet still went ahead anyway.
Continued support for Kyoto must disregard the latest opinions of climate science, economic theory, and the practical problems of public policy-making. Continued support must implicitly support the investment banks to make profits at the expense of ordinary folk, and numerous fraudsters. You must also support a policy that was pretty close to useless at the outset, and now is positively harmful.


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Factory 2-U is a chain of stores founded in 1962, operated by National Stores. The brand under National Stores sells off-brand apparel under the Factory 2-U name.  Factory 2-U also operates stores under the name Fallas Paredes.

The chain was formerly operated by Factory 2-U Stores, Inc.  which was headquartered in San Diego, California.  The company was known for selling excess apparel and closeout merchandise from brands such as Converse, Gap, Levi's, and Polo Sport.

In 2003 the company Factory 2-U Stores operated locations in Alabama, Arizona (where it already had locations), Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. When Factory 2-U Stores filed for bankruptcy protection in February 2004, it arranged the sale of 172 stores to National Stores.  In August 2004, Factory 2-U stores liquidated, receiving $28.5 million from the sale to Factory 2-U Liquidation LLC, a consortium headed by National Stores.

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Unlike the larger newspaper and television groups which have been struggling financially in recent times, the metro FM radio broadcasters have continued to enjoy reasonable growth in advertising revenues, profits and margins over the past half decade.
Between calendar year (CY) 2011 and CY 2016, the three metro FM radio groups in aggregate managed to generate 4.6% compound annual growth in total revenues and even higher 5.4% per annum increases in operating profits, which led to record profit margins being achieved last year.
In CY 2016, the average FM group realised $226 million in total revenues from which were generated $73 million in operating profits (EBITDA), which represented a 32.3% EBITDA margin and was a staggering result for a traditional media sector.
Given both their impressive recent financial performance and their still attractive future prospects, Global Media Analysis (GMA) believes that a valuation multiple of up to 10.0 times maintainable EBITDA would not be inappropriate for the metro FM radio sector as a whole.
Applying such a multiple to the sector's aggregate EBITDA in CY 2016, gives the sector a valuation of up to $2.2 billion, or up to $730 million per group on average.
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Justia Dockets & Filings Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey v. Speech & Language Center LLC, et al
SPEECH & LANGUAGE CENTER LLC
Plaintiff / Appellee:
HORIZON BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NEW JERSEY
Defendant / Appellant:
CHRYSSOULA MARINOS ARSENIS
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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October 18, 2022 Filing 13 MOTION filed by Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis to Seal. Response due on 10/28/2022. Certificate of Service dated 10/18/2022. Service made by ECF. (KR) [Entered: 10/18/2022 01:50 PM]
October 3, 2022 Filing 12 ORDER (Clerk) It appears Appellant wants Exhibit 2 to be filed under temporary seal. Accordingly, Exhibit 2 has been placed on the docket under provisional seal. It is noted that if Appellant wishes to seal the exhibit, a motion requesting leave to seal must be filed. Any motion to seal must specify the scope of the relief requested, the basis for sealing, and the desired duration of the sealing order. If a motion to seal is not filed within fourteen (14) days from the date of this order, the exhibit will be unsealed without further notice. (KR) [Entered: 10/03/2022 10:14 AM]
September 30, 2022 Filing 11 Exhibit 2 to the Response to Legal Division letter advising of possible dismissal filed on behalf of Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis. (KR) [Entered: 10/03/2022 10:10 AM]
September 29, 2022 Filing 10 Exhibit to the Response to Legal Division letter advising of possible dismissal filed on behalf of Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis. (KR) [Entered: 09/29/2022 03:26 PM]
September 28, 2022 Filing 9 RESPONSE on behalf of Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis to Legal Division letter advising of possible dismissal. Certificate of Service dated 09/28/2022. Service made by US mail. (KR) [Entered: 09/29/2022 11:21 AM]
September 26, 2022 Filing 8 ECF FILER: RESPONSE on behalf of Appellee Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to legal division letter advising of possible dismissal due to jurisdictional defect and motion to stay remand order in the District Court pending appeal. Certificate of Service dated 09/26/2022 by Email. [22-2577]--[Edited 09/27/2022 by KR] (PAL) [Entered: 09/26/2022 05:40 PM]
September 16, 2022 Filing 7 ECF FILER: DISCLOSURE STATEMENT on behalf of Appellee Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. [22-2577] (PAL) [Entered: 09/16/2022 09:31 AM]
September 16, 2022 Filing 6 ECF FILER: ENTRY OF APPEARANCE from Patricia A. Lee on behalf of Appellee(s) Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. [22-2577] (PAL) [Entered: 09/16/2022 09:29 AM]
September 14, 2022 Filing 5 MOTION filed by Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis to stay remand order in the District Court pending Appeal. Response due on 09/26/2022. Certificate of Service dated 09/14/2022. Service made by ECF. (KR) [Entered: 09/14/2022 04:15 PM]
September 13, 2022 Filing 4 FOLLOW UP LETTER to Patricia A. Lee, Esq. for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey requesting the following document(s): Appearance Form on or before 09/27/2022. Disclosure Statement on or before 09/27/2022. (KR) [Entered: 09/13/2022 04:37 PM]
September 8, 2022 Filing 3 LEGAL DIVISION LETTER SENT advising that the case has been listed for possible dismissal due to jurisdictional defect. (NF) [Entered: 09/08/2022 04:58 PM]
August 26, 2022 Filing 2 RECORD available on District Court CM/ECF. (KR) [Entered: 08/26/2022 08:00 AM]
August 26, 2022 Filing 1 CIVIL CASE DOCKETED. Notice filed by Appellant Chryssoula Marinos Arsenis in District Court No. 3-22-cv-01748. (KR) [Entered: 08/26/2022 07:55 AM]
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'Fiddler On The Roof" actor relishes the richness of her role
Tags: Fiddler On The Roof, Murat Theatre, Yehezkel Lazarov, Jerome Robbins, Old National Centre
Maite Uzal – Courtesy of Broadway in Indianapolis. Used with perrmission.
Growing up in her native Spain, Maite Uzal frequently listened to the cast recording of "Fiddler on the Roof" with her dad, who loved the musical, and together they would sing songs from the show. She never dreamed she would actually be in the show someday. Soon, Uzal will appear as Golde, the strong-willed wife of Tevye, a milkman, in the North American touring company of "Fiddler," the Tony-nominated 2015 Broadway revival coming to Old National Centre's Murat Theatre in downtown Indianapolis, Oct. 1-6.
An iconic theatrical classic by Tony Award-nominee Joseph Stein and Pulitzer Prize-winners Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, "Fiddler" is directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, choreographed by the acclimated Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter, inspired by the original choreography of Jerome Robbins, and has musical direction by Ted Sperling.
It's the heartwarming story of parents and children, husbands and wives, tradition, persecution, love and laughter and filled with recognizable Broadway hits including "To Life (L'Chaim!)," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Sunrise Sunset," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," and "Tradition."
I reached out by phone to Uzal, who is in Oklahoma City, where the show is playing prior to its Indy run. I asked her right off how many cities she's visited while being on tour for more than a year. "Nearly 40 and now we are on the second leg. Actually, one of the attractive things about touring, besides the artistic side of it, is that I don't think that as a foreign person I would ever get to see the country like I've seen it. As a tourist, you go to bigger destinations. I would never have been to Milwaukee, Wisconsin or Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's been fascinating," said the actor, who will continue with the tour until her contract ends in May.
Uzal is from Madrid, where she was a lawyer before deciding to pursue her first love of acting and move to New York eight years ago to forge a career on the stage. She said her parents wanted her to be a lawyer and because she was an obedient daughter, she followed their wishes. But eventually, she said she had to find the courage to pursue what she really loved and that was a life in the theatre, so she rebelled. "You have to stand up to a challenge if you are called to something," she said.
When asked about what was the most appealing aspect of playing the role of Golde, Uzal said, "It covers every possible emotion you can portray as an actor. It is really a gift of a role because she goes through everything. She goes through heightened comedy, heightened tragedy and all the in between. She has all the colors of the palette. So, in that way, it is a gift. And of course, sharing the stage with Yehezkel Lazarov who plays Tevye, and all the company members is also a gift and also the creative team. Just the way this production has been revisited is fantastic."
Pointing out that "Fiddler" premiered in 1964, I asked Uzal why she thinks the show has endured. "There are two main reasons. The book and libretto are so brilliantly written and stand the test of time, just like anything else that is considered a classic, the Parthenon, an opera or a symphony. When the material is brilliant, you just can't get enough of it. It never grows old. So that's one thing," she replied, adding, "Then, it deals with issues that are universal to human beings. It's very relevant. It's a story about refugees, not immigrants, because refugees don't have a choice. They have to leave their countries. Unfortunately, there are a lot of refugees in the world. I think a lot of people can connect to that. It's also about generational differences between parents and children and how they want to move forward, defying traditions and that is always going to be there."
After performances, actors who are on tour usually find fans at the stage door who are eager to meet the artists, so I was curious about what kinds of questions she and her fellow company member are most often asked. "Questions like the ones you are asking me. What is life on tour like? Do you find it hard to be away from your family? Do you get tired of doing the show over and over again? How do you take care of yourself? They also ask character-oriented questions. One of the most rewarding things is people who hum the songs or people who tell you they grew up with the show and they are now introducing their children to it and find they love it too. That is beautiful when you see the show passed from generation to generation," said Uzal.
For those who have seen the show multiple times, Uzal said, "The show has been revisited in a way that I always approach a show, as if it had never been done before with a completely fresh look at it. One thing that stands out is the choreography. It's Jerome Robbins choreography reworked by Hofesh Shechter. Everybody loves it. It is a novelty. That's what stands out for people who have seen it. It also has a more raw quality than previous productions."
And what about those who have never seen it? "A lot of people are surprised they know the songs in the show. They will also connect with the multiple struggles that the characters have because they are universal," she stressed.
Finally, I brought up the racial prejudice and antisemitism, in particular, that is raising its ugly head in this country. I asked Uzal if this show has the power to open minds and she emphasized, "I believe so. The show talks about what it means to be the 'other.' In this case, it takes place in a fictional settlement in 1905, but it constantly brings up what it means to be the 'other.' You see people as the 'other' in the interaction between Jewish and Russian Orthodox communities, but it translates to anybody who knows what it means to be the 'other.'"
"Fiddler on the Roof" tickets are on sale now and available in person at Old National Centre ticket office, online at ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 1-800-982-2787.
Tom Alvarez
Tom Alvarez is a freelance writer who has covered theater, dance, music and the visual arts for 40 years. He has written for the Indianapolis Star, NUVO Newsweekly, Indianapolis Monthly, Arts Indiana, Unite Magazine, Dance Magazine, Examiner.com and other publications. Tom appears regularly as a contributor on WISH-Channel 8's "Indy Style." A principal of Klein & Alvarez Productions, LLC, he is co-creator of the company's original "Calder, The Musical" and managing director of its Magic Thread Cabaret. For information regarding both endeavors, visit www.kleinandalvarez.com. Also an actor/model, Tom is represented by the Helen Wells Agency and Heyman Talent Artists Agency.
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Couple one-upmanship is one of my favourite games to watch. (Can we just have a moment to appreciate the first and no doubt only time I have ever written or will ever write 'one-upmanship'? Thanks.) There's nothing as fun as when couples get competitive – not with each other (that's just awkward), but with other couples.
The stand-out moment for me at Cannes this year wasn't Sharon Stone blitzing everyone else off the red carpet with her smoking hot bod, but instead was the applaud-inducing display of 'We're a better couple than you and you and most definitely YOU' indulged in by Nicole Kidman and her tiny man friend (aka Keith Urban). Oh, they snuggled, they touched foreheads, he even kissed her hand while she giggled like, "Oh stop – not in front of the world's press, snooky wookums."
As snarky as I sound, I actually rate them for this. My bitterness only comes from the fact that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel didn't follow them slapping each other's bums and licking each other's face. Why? Because couple competitiveness is hilarious. If people feel the need to prove themselves better, funnier and more in lurve then their mates then why wouldn't you want to prove it to the world if you got the chance? I bet Nicole and Keith's little display made every other celeb feel they had to up their game. They were basically announcing that if you weren't being snogged in the ear on the red carpet then you weren't as in love as them. Which is brilliant, because most people would find those kind of PDAs utterly excruciating – which brings me to the best part of the game…When people compete with other couples that don't give a flying monkey's. They couldn't care less how you think they should act. Or – when couples disagree on what actually constitutes a good thing to show off.
The best time to see this game in action is at summer BBQs. Everyone skips around to the designated house clutching marinated meats and cheese. Then, like lions, a few people circle eyeing up the BBQ, the marinade and the guy that bought the out of date tofu. It's survival of the fittest. Then when their turn to host comes, they'll have an extra platter of beige canapés or be wearing a comedy apron. Just a little something to say, "You didn't have this at your BBQ, did you?" If you're interested in other people at all you'll be interested in the front people choose to show to others – especially if it's totally over the top and overt. But when does it end? Wouldn't you always have to keep up this touchy-feely love-in because if you didn't people would notice and think something's wrong? What happens the next time Nicole and Keith saunter to a premiere? He's going to have to sling her over his shoulder in a fireman's lift, kick his heels in the air and sprint to the doors to outdo their previous display. Keeping up with the Joneses/Urbans is far too exhausting and clearly says a lot more about the couple doing synchronised high-kicks than the couple standing politely watching.


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Final Stop for DPD Proposal
DARTMOUTH - Following Tuesday's landslide victory for the Dartmouth Police Department, with voters approving a debt exclusion for a new $13.5 million station, there's one final stop the proposal must make before being put into the works...
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DARTMOUTH - The race for two seats on the School Committee came down to the wire as results rolled into Town Hall Tuesday evening, with one incumbent took the top spot while the other was defeated by newcomer Kathleen Amaral.
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Design Revealed
The public got their first look at the new Dartmouth Police Station design Monday night. Project officials presented the images and other building features during the Select Board meeting. Features of the building include an on-site fueling station, a separate utility building, and a sally port, which would allow officers to transport prisoners from cruisers into the station through a secured spac
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Q: Apache Camel CXF response 202 instead of 200 I am using Apache Camel CXF to integrate a SOAP WebService. Everything works fine but I have noticed that my response is coming back as HTTP 202 instead of 200. I am kinda concerned because I know many people hardcode things like if(httpCode == 200) {...} and this could break the current service.
I have tried using different interceptors to override the HTTP code from 202 to 200, but no luck. Also, 202 means Accepted which means the request is in process but not finished. 200 means OK which means the process has finished. Does this means that I am doing something wrong in my route?
What is the right way of fixing this? Interceptor? Setting a Camel headers? Doing something in the route to say it's complete?
I am using Apache Camel 2.12.1 and PAYLOAD mode.
EDIT: It seems something related to OneWay endpoint. Is there any way to deactivate that?
EDIT2: After hours trying things I think I have the root cause. My WSDL is not defining any output for that particular operation. I cannot change the WSDL. That said, I believe that when CXF is using the WSDL for creating the endpoint it automatically assumes it is a OneWay endpoint since there is no output. That means the response is sent back as soon as we get the request with code 202. Also, I believe there is no possible OutInteceptor chain because of this reason. Personally I believe it's ok to send back 202 but it is a service requirement to send back 200. Is there any configuration I change in CXF to set that in OneWay endpoint mode?

A: Finally, we found an interceptor for doing that:
public class SoapResponseInterceptor extends AbstractSoapInterceptor {

    public SoapResponseInterceptor() {
        super(Phase.PRE_LOGICAL);
    }

    @Override
    public void handleMessage(SoapMessage message) throws Fault {
        message.getExchange().setOneWay(false);
    }
}

Hope it helps!

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Unsolicited Proposal Guidelines - Warwick was responsible for the drafting of the NSW Government's Unsolicited Proposal Guidelines (2012) issued by the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. This established an innovative procurement opportunity for Government.
Training – Warwick regularly conducts training of procurement teams to ensure that probity requirements are understood and become a fundamental element of the team's culture.
Philippine Government PPP Centre – In 2014, Warwick, jointly with Infrastructure NSW, prepared and delivered a 2 day Probity Workshop in Manilla. The purpose of the workshop was to promote the importance of the role of the probity advisor in Public Private Partnership transactions.


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Q: Many to Many association in Grails 4 I'm working on a new project using Grails 4.0.1. In this project I have two domain classes, the first is Person and the second is Document. Between these classes there is a many-to-many association. However, I also need to store the order (position) of each Person in each Document. Is there any way to model this kind of behavior in Grails 4?

A: You have to define the Document.persons as List:
class Document {
  List<Person> persons
  static hasMany = [ persons:Person ]
}

class Person {
  static hasMany = [ documents:Document ]
}

see ref-doc for further info

A: After a few hours, I got the solution more suitable for my use case. This is the solution:

*

*We create two base classes: Person and Document:
class Person {

String name

static hasMany = [documentPerson: DocumentPerson]

static constraints = {
    name blank: false, nullable: false, maxSize: 255
    documentPerson nullable: true
  }
}

class Document {

String title

static hasMany = [documentPerson: DocumentPerson]

static mapping = {
    tablePerHierarchy false
}

static constraints = {
    title blank: false, maxSize: 255, nullable: true
    documentPerson nullable: true
 }
}

Next, we define the class DocumentPerson:
    class DocumentPerson {

    Integer position
    Person person
    Document document

    static constraints = {
        position nullable: false
        document nullable: false
        person nullable: false
     }
   }

At this point, we have three tables in the database as expected.


The workshops aims at establishing a theoretical and practical understanding about the key concepts, strategies and steps in Grounded-Theory-Research, i.e. the constant comparative method, open, axial and selective coding, theoretical sampling, theoretical saturation, and theoretical sensitivity. In addition, common pitfalls in grounded theory research will be discussed.
Current research projects and materials of participants can be considered and discussed in case of interest.
Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques (2. Aufl.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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This course will familiarize students with basic concepts in social network analysis. Topics include handling network data, introduction to network analysis software (UCINET and Netdraw), centrality and prestige in networks, subgroup analysis, and roles and positions. This is an applied course that will require students to test and analyze social networks of employees in a high-tech organization.
Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. 1997. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Structural equation modeling (SEM) is a statistical methodology that takes a confirmatory approach to the analysis of a strucutral theory bearing on some phenomenon. Typically, the structural relations can be modeled pictorially to enable a clearer conceptualization of the theory under study. The course introduces into the basic concepts of SEM and into the program package AMOS, which is widely used to graph and to analyze strucutral models. Data of different social areas will be used as examples.
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1. What is covered in the workshop, what will you learn?
In this workshop, you will learn how to extract information about socio-technical networks from unstructured, natural language text data, how to analyze network data, and how to use the results for practical purposes. We will discuss practical applications from academia, administration and business, such as answering substantive questions about online and offline networks, designing policies and interventions, and tracking trends and opinions.
Who talks to whom, and about what?
What are the mental models of individuals or groups about certain topics?
How do memes and innovations emerge, spread, change and vanish in society?
Who are the key players in a network? What tasks, resources and knowledge are they linked to?
What benefits and risks result from an observed network structure for the network and its wider context?
Put the network analysis process into action to answer questions and solve problems.
Extract relevant information and network data from text data in an informed, systematic and efficient fashion.
Use network analysis software to visualize and analyze network data, inlcuding grouping and simulating what-if scenarios.
Develop actionable interpretations of text analysis and network analysis results.
Identification of key concepts and themes from single documents and text collections.
Creation and application of codebooks and thesauri.
Identification and classification of entities. We will move beyond the classic set of named entities to facilitate the detection of nodes that represent categories that are also relevant for studying socio-technical network, such as tasks, resources and knowledge.
Filtering and pre-processing techniques such as stemming, parts of speech tagging, and N-gram detection.
Relation Extraction, i.e. distilling socio-technical networks from text data.
Going from texts to networks involves basic some principles and strategies originating from computer science that are not only applicable to the task at hand, but to a wide range of problems. These principles and strategies are referred to as Computational Thinking – a basic skill like reading, writing and arithmetic that is essential for solving problems and understanding human behavior (Wing 2006). You are introduced to the concept of Computational Thinking and learn how to apply this way of thinking to the problems addressed in the workshop.
1. Information and Relation Extraction: Gain theoretical, methodological and practical experience in distilling relevant information and network data from text data. Learn how this process can be used for practical purposes in academia and business.
2. Network Analysis: Gain theoretical, methodological and practical experience in visualizing, analyzing and interpreting network data. Learn how the results can be used for practical purposes in academia and business.
3. Computational Thinking: Be introduced to a fundamental approach to problem solving and actively apply your expertise.
This is an interdisciplinary and interactive workshop designed to benefit from the participation of people from different backgrounds. The material, exercises and mode of delivery are suitable for researchers and practitioners alike. No specific prior knowledge or computational skills are required. The delivery is driven towards forming an understanding of fundamental concepts and gaining hands-on experience with relational data analysis methods and tools.
We will email you additional material prior to the workshop.
4.	What to bring to the workshop?
Data: You can work with the sample data that we provide for the workshop and/or bring your own data. We provide two small sample datasets; one with email data and one with news articles. If you bring your own text data, we recommend a sample of not more than 20 texts that are not longer than 5 pages each. If you bring your own network data, we recommend data with not more than 200 nodes. The tools we use scale up to larger data sets, but those might not be practical for training purposes.
Diesner, J., & Carley, K. M. (2010) Extraktion relationaler Daten aus Texten. In C. Stegbauer & R. Häußling (Eds.), Handbuch Netzwerkforschung (pp. 507 -524) Vs Verlag. (We will email regisrered participants a copy).
New to Information Extraction/text mining?
New to Social Network Analysis?
Jana Diesner is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The iSchool/Graduate School of Library and Information Science. She conducts research at the nexus of machine learning, natural language processing and network analysis. She develops and analyzes methods and technologies for extracting information about networks from text data and considering the content of information for network analysis. Her goal is to contribute to a better understanding and rigorous computational analysis of the interplay and co-evolution of information and the structure and functioning of socio-technical networks. In her empirical work, Jana studies networks from the geopolitical, business and science domain. She is particularly interested in covert information and covert networks.
Contact Jana with any questions about the course at jdiesner@illinois.edu.
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The course is designed to provide a more advanced knowledge of Stata 11. Those who are already experienced in using Stata for data analysis and attended the 'Introduction to Stata' course or be familiar with the contents will benefit most from the course. Further, it is assumed that participants will have a working knowledge of basic statistics. However, the course is not focussed on statistical content, but on data management skills. By the end of the course, students should be able to use Stata 11 efficiently through using a broader range of complex commands, understanding and using matrices, scalars and macros and produce formatted outputs.
Teaching practice will consist of tutorials and practical sessions (exercises).
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Panel data has become popular due to their very specific structure and associated advantages. This module will introduce these basic structures and offer some first insights into the different standard estimation methods available to use panel data for analysis – the most two most common being the fixed effects models and the random effects models. In terms of advantages, the module will offer a discussion of the properties of panel data in allowing for unobservable heterogeneity, but it will also point to some of the caveats of using panel data, e.g. attrition problem in survey data. A final issue in the module will be testing procedures to allow for a selection between different estimation methods for panel data. The module will therefore offer a basic introduction into the essence of panel data analysis.
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Max. number of participants: n.s.
The lectures deal with the basic principles which have been established in the best practice of questionnaire design. The theoretical background and current state of research will be demonstrated on examples and practical exercises.
For the beginning the cognitive process in survey responding, including comprehension, retrieval, judgement and formatting response will be presented. For each of these phases the demands for questionnaire design related to the questions about attitudes, opinions and behavior will be explicated. It will be shown, how cognitive pretest techniques (think aloud, probing, confidence rating, paraphrasing) can help to detect the problems in questionnaires, which were related to the cognitive burden of the respondents.
This section deals with the impact of situational context given in questionnaires on judgements/answers. Regarding the principles of question wording topics such as to phrase the questions, usage of terms and problems with hypothetical, suggestive, negative and double-barreled questions were attended. For each of the principles examples of problems and their solutions will be given.
Constructing of optimal answer formats due the reliability and validity of questions includes topics such as number of scale points, midpoint, usage of unipolare and bipolare scales, labels of scale points, ascending and descending sequences. Related topics are handling of open and closed questions and usage of non-opinion filters. The problems and their solutions are demonstrated with help of examples and exercises.
The fourth part of this lesson demonstrate how to harmonise demographic and socio-economic variables in cross-national comparative survey research. Demographic and socio-economic variables describe the context in which a person is acting. In cross-national comparable research standardised instruments or indices exist only for a very small group of variables. Aside from these instruments there are rules for developing further measurement instruments for measuring socio-demographic variables in cross-national research.
Bortz, J., & Döring, N. (2002). Forschungsmethoden und Evaluation für Human- und Sozialwissenschaftler. Berlin et al.: Springer.
Christian, Leah. M., Parsons, N. L., & Dillman, Don. A. (2009). Designing Scalar Questions for Web Surveys. Sociological Methods and Research, 37(393), 423.
Christian, Leah. M., & Dillman, Don. A. (2004). The Influence of Graphical and Symbolic Language Manipulations on Responses to Self-Administered Questions. Public Opinion Quarterly, 68(1), 57-80.
Christian, L. M., Dillman, D. A., & Smyth, J. D. (2007). Helping Respondents Get it Right the First Time: The Influenece of Words, Symbols, and Graphics in Web Surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 71(1), 113-125.
Couper, M. P., Conrad, F. G., & Tourangeau, R. (2007). Visual Context Effects in Web Surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 71(4), 623-634.
Dillman, D. A., Smyth, J. D., & Christian, L. M. (2009). Internet, mail, and mixed-mode surveys. The tailored design method. Wiley: New Jersey.
Dillman, D. A. (2007). Mail and Internet Surveys. The Tailored Design Method. Wiley: New Jersey.
Groves, R. M; Fowler, F. J.; Couper, M.P.; Lepkowski, J. M.; Singer, E. & Tourangeau, R. (2004). Survey Methodology. New Jersey: Wiley.
Hippler, Hans-J. (1988). Methodische Aspekte schriftlicher Befragungen: Probleme und Forschungsperspektiven. Planung und Analyse, 6, S. 244-248.
Holbrook, A. L., & Krosnick, J. A. (2010a). Social desirability bias in voter turnout reports: Tests using the item count technique. Public Opinion Quarterly, 74, 37-67.
Holbrook, A. L., & Krosnick, J. A. (2010b). Measuring voter turnout by using the randomized response technique: Evidence calling into question the method's validity. Public Opinion Quarterly, 74, 328-343.
Krosnick, J. A., & Fabrigar, L. R. (1997). Designing rating scales for effective measurement in surveys. In L. Lyberg, P. Biemer, M. Collins, E. de Leeuw, C. Dippo, N. Schwarz, & D. Trewin, (Eds.), Survey measurement and process quality (pp. 141-164). New York: Wiley.
Krosnick, J. A., & Presser, S. (2010). Questionnaire design. In J. D. Wright & P. V. Marsden (Eds.), Handbook of Survey Research (Second Edition). West Yorkshire, England: Emerald Group.
Krosnick, J. A., Holbrook, A. L., Berent, M. K., Carson, R. T., Hanemann, W. M., Kopp, R. J., Mitchell, R. C., Presser, S., Ruud, P. A., Smith, V. K., Moody, W. R., Green, M. C., & Conaway, M. (2002). The impact of "no opinion" response options on data quality: Non-attitude reduction or an invitation to satisfice? Public Opinion Quarterly, 66, 371-403.
Krosnick, J. A., Judd, C. M. & Wittenbrink, B. (2005). The measurement of attitudes. In D. Albarracin, B. T. Johnson & M. P. Zanna (Hrsg.). The Handbook of Attitudes (S. 21-75). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Maitland, A. (2009 a). Should I label all scale points or just the end points for attitudinal questions? Survey Practice, 04. AAPOR e-journal.
Maitland, A. (2009 b). How many scale points should I include for attitudinal questions? Survey Practice, 06. AAPOR e-journal.
Porst, R. (2000). Question Wording – Zur Formulierung von Fragebogen-Fragen. Gesis How-to Reihe, Nr. 22; http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/gesis_reihen/howto/how-to2rp.pdf.
Porst, R. (2008). Fragebogen. Ein Arbeitsbuch. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
Saris, W. E., & Gallhofer, I. N. (2007). Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Saris, W., Revilla, M., Krosnick, J. A., & Shaeffer, E. (2010). Comparing questions with agree/disagree response options to questions with item-specific response options. Survey Research Methods, 4, 61-79.
Schuman, H., & Presser, S. (1981). Questions and answers in attitude surveys: Experiments in question form, wording, and context. New York: Academic Press.
Schwarz, N., Strack, F., & Mai, H. P. (1991). Assimilation and contrast effects in part-whole question sequences: A conversational logic analysis. Public Opinion Quarterly, 55, 3-23.
Sudman, S., Bradburn, N. M. & Schwarz, N. (1996). Thinking about answers: The application of cognitive processes to survey methodology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Tourangeau, R., Rips, L. J. & Rasinski, K. (Druck 2006, Auflage 2000). The psychology of survey response. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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This workshop is directly affiliated to the course "Case Study Research". We want to see, how the ideas and approaches of "Case Study Research" could be transacted with a software of qualitative research like MAXqda.
It is not necessary to have deep knowledge about MAXqda, but please have a look at http://www.maxqda.com to understand the basic steps of computer assisted qualitative research.
Gerring, John (2006): Case Study Research: Principles and Practices. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
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Rural Doctors' Training may be in Jeopardy
By The MEET® Family of Publications April 22, 2021 Updated: May 6, 2021 No Comments5 Mins Read
By Michael Ollove, Stateline, April 27, 2017
In nearly two years as a medical resident in Meridian, Mississippi, Dr. John Thames has treated car-wreck victims, people with chest pains,
and malnourished infants. Patients have arrived with lacerations, with burns, or in a disoriented fog after discontinuing their psychiatric medications.
Thames, a small-town Mississippi native, said the East Central Mississippi HealthNet Rural Family Medicine Residency Program has been "exactly what I was looking for."
Unlike the vast majority of doctors, Thames sought a residency in a rural clinic instead of in a teaching hospital because his ambition is to practice in the sort of place where he grew up, where doctors are scarce. He wants to be able to handle anything that comes through the
door, from infections to gunshot wounds to a woman who might deliver a baby any second.
But budget decisions in faraway Washington, D.C., may make it more difficult for Thames and other doctors who want to practice in small towns or underserved cities.
Under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program, which is part of the Affordable Care Act, the federal government dispenses grants to community health centers to train medical residents. The goal of the program is to address the shortage of primary care physicians in rural and poor urban areas.
But under current law, the federal government will stop funding the program, which serves nearly 750 primary care residents in 27 states and Washington, D.C., at the end of September. Without congressional action, it might be shut down.
"The program is absolutely doing what it is designed to do, which is to put doctors in underserved areas like ours," said Darrick Nelson, the director of Hidalgo Medical Services' teaching health center program, which is training six residents in Lordsburg, New Mexico.
The teaching health centers have received bipartisan support in the past. But supporters worry that because the program is new, relatively small, and not as well-known as other federally funded doctor training programs, it might fall through the federal budgetary cracks.
"The greatest threat to the teaching health centers is the dysfunction in Washington," said Dan Hawkins, a vice president at the National
Association of Community Health Centers, a research and advocacy group.
EARLIER CUTS
Bipartisan support didn't protect the program from earlier cuts. In 2010, Congress allocated $230 million over five years, or about $46 million a year. But when it approved a two-year extension in 2015, it reduced funding to about $43 million a year. That reduction was enough to cause some of the teaching health centers to train fewer residents. Some have closed.
Studies have found that most physicians end up practicing close to where they did their residencies. But most teaching hospitals are located in urban centers, far from rural regions with acute doctor shortages. Poor urban neighborhoods also have difficulty attracting physicians.
The American Association of Teaching Health Centers, a nonprofit advocacy group, said the ACA residency program is having the intended result. According to the organization, 55 percent of teaching health center graduates practice in underserved areas, compared to 26 percent of those who graduate from hospital-based residencies.
"The program is doing exactly what we wanted it to do," said John Sealey, director of medical education for Authority Health in Detroit. More than 60 percent of residents who graduated from teaching health centers in Detroit go on to practice in medically underserved areas, many of them in Michigan, he said.
PROGRESS IN MONTANA
RiverStone Health, a health care provider in Billings, Montana, was a teaching health center even before the federal program began. RiverStone started training residents in 1998, after partnering with two local hospitals.
"The state was completely reliant on recruiting from other areas, which was clearly not working as well as it should," said Roxanne Fahrenwald, a RiverStone vice president. According to the federal government, 51 out of 56 Montana counties have shortages of primary care doctors."
With the federal money awarded to it under the ACA, RiverStone has been able to add one medical resident a year to its program, bringing its number of residents to 24. About 70 percent of RiverStone graduates have remained in the state.
Supporters also argue that teaching health centers expose residents to the types of ailments and health disparities, such as higher rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, that they are likely to encounter if they practice primary care in underserved areas.
"Most of the patients are going to be presented with conditions or ailments more common to a primary care practice, whereas those in the hospital will be sicker, with more acute needs," said Shawn Martin, a vice president at the American Academy of Family Physicians.
The residents in teaching health centers do spend some of their time training in hospitals. They must complete hospital rotations in surgery, inpatient care, obstetrics and gynecology.
But health center residents also see what many hospital residents never do. In Washington, D.C., for example, medical residents at Unity Health Care Inc. often work in jails, homeless shelters and HIV/AIDS clinics.
Those receiving care at such sites would bear the brunt of the impact if federal money for the health center residency program disappears.
"I'm very nervous," said Eleni O'Donovan, director of the teaching health center program at Unity. "The program is not sustainable without that funding."
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A brand new piledriver suddenly overturned while preparing the foundation at a Brooklyn construction site early Tuesday, officials said.
The machine was driving piles on Voorhies Ave. near Sheepshead Bay Road in Sheepshead Bay, the site of a future residential high-rise, when it tipped over onto its side about 9:10 a.m.
A Department of Buildings spokesman said it was placed improperly on an incline, causing it to fall over.
Firefighters responded and treated one person at the scene, officials said. Diesel fuel spilled during the mishap, requiring a response from the FDNY's Hazmat team, officials said.
The city Buildings Department issued a stop work order and a violation for failing to safeguard the site.


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Harley-Davidson gets EU approval for plan to dodge $100-million tariff hit
A Harley-Davidson dealership in Glenshaw, Pa.
(Keith Srakocic / Associated Press)
By Bloomberg
Harley-Davidson Inc.'s highly contentious plan to dodge tariffs by shifting some production overseas has been greenlighted just as the iconic American manufacturer really needed the relief.
The motorcycle maker's shares surged the most in a year after it secured approval from the European Union to import bikes from Thailand and mitigate almost all of the $100-million hit it's feeling from tariffs this year. President Trump has at times attacked both Harley and the EU over the ordeal, which all springs from retaliation against his administration's levies on steel and aluminum.
The reprieve that Harley expects starting in the second quarter of next year overshadowed cuts the company made to its forecasts for annual shipments and profit margin after another quarter of dismal sales. The Milwaukee-based company's stock finished up 6.3% on Tuesday, the biggest gain since July 2018.
"We look forward to putting the burden and uncertainty of the European incremental tariffs behind us, and we look forward to restoring roughly a $100 million of annualized margin," Chief Financial Officer John Olin said on a conference call with analysts.
The levies on bikes Harley ships from Thailand to the EU will be just 6%, down from the 31% rate that the trade bloc put on U.S.-made motorcycles last year, Chief Executive Matt Levatich said on the call. The process of getting approval from the EU for its import plan took "considerably longer" than expected, he said, and kept the company from being able to see some savings before the end of this year.
Harley's adjusted earnings per share in the second quarter of $1.46 beat the $1.41 average analysts expected, and were up slightly from a year ago. But operating income fell 26% in the quarter as the impact of tariffs eroded profits.
Trade woes have compounded the longer-term demographic problems Harley faces as it struggles to attract younger buyers and reverse a 2½-year slide in U.S. sales. Efforts to grow share overseas are being hampered by tariffs and weaker global demand, which suggests a turnaround is still going to be tough to pull off. Harley also cut its shipment forecast this year to 212,000 to 217,000, from a previous range of 217,000 to 222,000.
Retail sales in the U.S., Harley's biggest market, fell 8%, the 10th consecutive quarter of declines, while worldwide sales dropped 8.4%. Deliveries to Europe, which had been spared from steep declines in recent quarters, tumbled 12.5%.
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Social media platforms are cracking down to prevent Inauguration Day violence
Ahead of Inauguration Day, tech platforms display a new willingness to take action against accounts spreading misinformation or advocating violence.
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For all the risks U.S. investors are still facing, the political party of the incoming president isn't necessarily one of them.


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We are always looking for new Broadcast Partners to carry our content.
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To embed one of our existing feeds just decide whether you would like to use our 24/7 platform that plays random archives around the clock in addition to our live feed or our network feed that offers the last live episode when we are not on-the-air.
Finally, if you represent a site that already is hosting podcast/webcast content via your own broadcast software and would like to add our feed to your content, just get in touch with us and we will see if we can add you to our simulcast feeds. We have the capability to broadcast to ShoutCast servers, any software that allows access via Skype, and will happily attempt other standalone software packages.
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Baby-Boomer Dolls Second Edition features the latest secondary-market prices for more than 500 dolls and includes 400+ color photos in 160 pages. The chracters include legendary dolls such as Barbie, Ginny, Tammy and Miss Revlon as well as film and television-based favorites like Shirley Temple, Patty Duke, The Flying Nun and Pebbles & Bam-Bam. Turning the pages of this book, baby-boomers will find themselves saying "I had that doll!"
Baby-Boomer Dolls Second Edition features the latest secondary-market prices for more than 500 dolls and includes 400+ color photos in 160 pages. The author provides background information on all of the important companies of the baby-boomer era, from well-known firms like Mattel, Ideal and Madame Alexander to smaller, lesser-kown producers. The chracters include legendary dolls such as Barbie, Ginny, Tammy and Miss Revlon as well as film and television-based favorites like Shirley Temple, Patty Duke, The Flying Nun and Pebbles & Bam-Bam. Turning the pages of this book, baby-boomers will find themselves saying "I had that doll!"
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using GalaSoft.MvvmLight;

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{
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        {
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        {
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MLB trade rumors: Zach Britton suitors ranked by need, ability to make deal
Written By Ryan Fagan
@ryanfagan
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Once upon a time, Zach Britton was damn near untouchable.
During his first three seasons as Baltimore's closer, the lefty with the devastating sinker compiled a 1.38 ERA in 204 appearances, allowing just eight home runs. In 2016, he had a microscopic 0.54 ERA and went a perfect 47-for-47 in save opportunities. But in 2017 he ruptured his Achilles tendon, and the resulting surgery knocked him out for six months.
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Britton's a free agent after the 2018 season, and the Orioles aren't contending. To get even close to fair trade value for him, Baltimore needed the lefty to return, prove he was healthy and close to regaining the form that made him baseball's best closer.
The early returns were shaky. In his first eight appearances, he allowed eight hits, seven walks and six earned runs, and his fastball velocity was down. That's not unusual for any pitcher returning from such a long layoff, but with the spotlight on Britton, many wondered whether his trade value had been torpedoed.
Seems he just needed to shake off the rust. In his eight most recent appearances, he's allowed only three hits and zero runs, and his velocity is climbing back up to presurgery levels. That was enough for contenders around the league to jump into the Britton sweepstakes.
The truth is this: Every contender could use an established late-inning guy like Britton in its bullpen. So we're going to rank just about every contender based on their need for Britton and their ability to work out a deal that would satisfy Baltimore's ask for the lefty. It's going to look a little different, probably, than which teams some tab as the favorites.
The contender exceptions: Seattle (already traded for Alex Colome), Cleveland (already traded for Brad Hand and Adam Cimber) and Colorado (they've already poured a ton of money into their bullpen).
Ready? Let's take a look …
Why they're here: Even after Ken Giles' disastrous performance in the 2018 postseason - he had an 11.74 ERA and allowed at least one run in six of his seven appearances - the Astros held on to him as their closer for 2018. His time in that role is done, the final nail in the coffin coming when he cursed at manager A.J. Hinch after a particularly disastrous outing on July 10. He was sent to the minors the next day.
So the Astros, a team that's otherwise well-positioned to win a second consecutive World Series title, need late-inning bullpen reinforcements. Not only does Britton have an established track record as a closer, but he's left-handed, too. Tony Sipp has done a good job (1.85 ERA in 28 appearances), but he's the only lefty who has thrown more than four innings of relief for the Astros this year, and he's not in the closer mix. The Astros have the quality and quantity of prospects to get this deal done, if they want to make it happen. They were the easy choice for the top spot on this list.
2. Atlanta Braves
Why they're here: Pretty much every trade rumor connected to the Braves includes the caveat that Atlanta is hesitant to exchange prospects for a 2018 rental. Britton, of course, is a 2018 rental only. But here are two realities: 1. The Braves are legit contenders for the NL crown. 2. The Braves need bullpen help. Closer Arodys Vizcaino is on the DL with shoulder inflammation, and the best way to describe the rest of the relief crew is "mediocre, at best." The bullpen's 4.24 ERA is the worst of any team currently in a playoff spot. Britton would be a big, big upgrade if the front office decides it's worth making a push toward a World Series berth.
Why they're here: Closer Brandon Morrow is on the DL for the second time this year, and though his issue (biceps inflammation) isn't long-term, the Cubs could use another established arm in the back of the bullpen if they want to make a deep run through the postseason. They've already traded for reliever Jesse Chavez, but he is more of a bridge to the late innings than an eighth/ninth-inning guy.
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Why they're here: The Dodgers are set at closer, of course, but the rest of the bullpen has been a mix of inconsistency and injuries. At the moment, Josh Fields, Yimi Garcia, Tony Cingrani and Pedro Baez are all on the DL, and Jansen is the only healthy reliever with an ERA under 3.15. Even though the clubs didn't expand the Manny Machado deal to include Britton, don't assume this couldn't happen. If anything, the Orioles have a better idea of what the Dodgers have and what they could ask for than they might with other teams.
Why they're here: Hector Neris started the season as the closer, but struggled (6.90 ERA) to the point where he was sent down at the end of June. Seranthony Dominguez has done a great job in that role (2.10 ERA, 9-for-10 in save opportunities), but most everyone else has dealt with inconsistencies in their performances. Edubray Ramos had been very good (1.91 ERA), but he just landed on the DL with a patella tendon strain. Adding an established late-inning guy to that group would bring much-needed consistency.
Why they're here: They've been heavily connected to relief help on the rumor mill, and Britton makes sense, if they're willing to pay the prospect price. Craig Kimbrel is locked in as a lock-down closer, and Matt Barnes, Hector Velasquez and Heath Hembree have been solid. But Brian Johnson (3.81 ERA) is the only left-hander in the bullpen. Remember, at this point, the Red Sox have only two main goals: Win the AL East (avoiding the wild-card) and winning the World Series. Britton would help Boston achieve both.
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Why they're here: The rumors flying around this week all point to the Yankees' "serious" interest in trading for Britton. And this franchise certainly has the prospect pieces needed to make a deal happen. But the Yankees' bullpen is already pretty damn good, so you have to wonder if the motivation is there to out-bid other teams trying to land Britton. Yes, Aroldis Chapman struggled to find the strike zone in his most recent outing, but in his 18 previous appearances, he had a 1.08 ERA and struck out 27 - with only five walks - in 16 2/3 innings. If the Yankees are going to spend the prospect capital necessary to land Britton, it makes sense they might focus on a starting pitcher.
8. Arizona Diamondbacks
Why they're here: They've been connected to Britton. And as we mentioned with their possible interest in Jacob deGrom, the Diamondbacks know they have a team capable of winning a playoff series or two, but they also know that Patrick Corbin and A.J. Pollock are free agents after this season and that Paul Goldschmidt is eligible after 2019. That's motivation to win now. Their bullpen is solid, with Brad Boxburger as the closer, supported by Archie Bradley, Yoshihisa Hirano, T.J. McFarland and Andrew Chafin, but a healthy Britton makes any bullpen better.
Why they're here: They've been connected to Britton, and he would be a welcome addition to an already solid bullpen. But with the news on Monday that Brent Suter is heading for Tommy John surgery and the club's needs in the middle infield, it's hard to imagine the Brewers would pay the prospect price it would take to land Britton.
Why they're here: Yep, they've been connected in the rumor mill. And, yep, they could use Britton in the bullpen. But are they willing to outbid other teams for Britton - heck, could they? - in a season that's hovered right around the .500 mark for a long time now? That doesn't seem very likely.


Toshiyuki Shiga: "I want to help create a Japanese version of Elon Musk."
TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Toshiyuki Shiga is on a $10 billion quest to discover Japan's top entrepreneurs, who can start companies as globally competitive as Tesla Motors Co. and Apple Inc.
The vice chairman and former COO of Nissan Motor Co. described the search as an urgent mission for Innovation Network Corp. of Japan, the state-backed investment fund he took over as chairman in June.
Musk has built a reputation as an innovator and entrepreneur, first as a co-founder of digital-payments provider PayPal and then as leader of Tesla, the maker of electronic sports cars. The 44-year-old also leads rocket maker Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and energy company SolarCity Corp.
Shiga has about $10 billion left from the 2 trillion yen ($16.8 billion) set by the economy ministry as the fund's total capacity. INCJ has agreed to invest about 800 billion yen in 92 deals so far. Among those, 70 are with startup or early-stage companies. The funds biggest stakes are in Japan Display Inc. and Renesas Electronics Corp., display and chip manufacturers it helped rescue.
Abe has joined the calls for more support for entrepreneurs as part of a broader effort to move past two decades of stagnant growth and deflation.
Investment by Japanese venture capitalists totaled 143 billion yen, or about $1.2 billion, in 2014, dwarfed by about $48 billion spent by their U.S. counterparts, data from the Japan Venture Enterprise Center and the U.S. National Venture Capital Association show. Japan has struggled to replicate Silicon Valley's success as a hub of innovation.
Shiga joined Nissan in 1976 after graduating the Osaka Prefecture University. Shiga became Nissan vice chairman in 2013 and has kept the position as he leads INCJ.
The government holds a 95 percent stake in INCJ, while 26 Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corp., Canon Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Panasonic Corp. own the rest.


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BBC Three Sets Premiere Date For 'Ladhood' Season 2
By Patrick Munn | August 4, 2021 - 4:15 pm | No Comments
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The second season of Ladhood will premiere on BBC Three on Sunday August 15th, it has been announced.
Ladhood straddles two timelines as Liam explores the roots of modern-day masculinity, by delving into the memories of his own misspent adolescence in the Leeds suburb of Garforth during the early noughties. Across the series Liam and his best mates Ralph, Addy and Craggy go through many of the teenage rites of passage. Getting get drunk, trying drugs, ending up in fights, falling in love and falling apart.
The comedy series, which is adapted from Liam Williams' original BBC Radio 4 series, is produced by BBC Studios and stars Liam Williams, Samuel Bottomley, Katy Wix, Con O'Neill, James Dryden, Lily Frazer, Shaun Thomas and Oscar Kennedy. In the show's second season, freshly heartbroken, Liam looks back at his noughties' adolescence in search of answers to his modern-day millennial angst. Meanwhile the lads are navigating the onset of adulthood – dating, driving, dive-bars and drug-taking in suburban Leeds.
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Cheri Cheng
Update Date: Dec 19, 2013 02:10 PM EST
People with anger issues often have to turn to behavioral therapy, which teaches them how to control their anger instead of lashing out. For some people, this type of therapy might not be effective, which leaves them with a very limited amount of treatment options. In a new study, scientists from the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado believe that they might have found another treatment option. Based on their research, the scientists are reporting that aspirin could potentially treat anger issues.
In this study, the researchers recruited 197 people. Roughly one-third of the sample set had intermittent explosive disorder, which is characterized by recurrent bursts of rage and sometimes, violence. Another one-third of the participants had a non-aggressive psychiatric disorder while the remaining one-third did not have any mental health issues. The research team took blood samples and tested the blood plasma for two biomarkers of inflammation. The biomarkers they looked for were C-reactive protein and interleukin-6.
"These two markers consistently correlate with aggression and impulsivity but not with other psychiatric problems," wrote Dr. Emil Coccaro, of the University of Chicago's clinical neuroscience research department, according to the New York Daily News. "We don't yet know if the inflammation triggers aggression or aggressive feelings set off inflammation, but it's a powerful indication that the two are connected, and a damaging combination."
The researchers found that people with intermittent explosive disorder tended to have higher levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6. C-reactive protein is produced by the liver when the body is infected or injured. Interleukin-6 is secreted by white blood cells in order to stimulate immune responses. Both biomarkers' levels rise when the body's inflammatory response is triggered. Since these reactions are tied to inflammation, treating inflammation could ideally treat anger issues. The researchers stated that there needs to be more research on this relationship. If the link is strong, using medications, such as aspirin, to treat anger disorders could be a possibility.
The study was published in JAMA Psychiatry.
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Once you have been called in for your heart transplant surgery, it is important for you to have this day planned out ahead of time. How will you get to the hospital? Where do you go? What do you bring?
When you get the call for your transplant, you need to arrive at Admitting on the 9th floor of OHSU. You will then go to a pre-op floor where the nurses and doctors will prepare you for the surgery. The time before the surgery is very busy. A resident, intern, or PA will perform a physical examination and take a complete history. You will need to bring a complete list of all your medications. At this time you will be asked to sign one or more consent forms giving your permission to the surgeons to perform the surgery.
The nurses will start an intravenous line (IV) for antibiotics to prevent infection. When it is time, the nurses will take you to the operating room. Once you are placed under anesthesia, the transplant team goes to work.
The average length of time for a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant is 4-6 hours and may vary according to your procedure type. The length of time does not predict the success of the surgery. Patients with a past history of abdominal surgery usually take longer during simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant because of scar tissue present in the abdominal cavity. When the surgery is complete, if you have elected to have open surgery, the surgeons close your incision with staples. The staples stay in place for at least three weeks and are removed during one of your clinic visits.
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NFIB Voice of Free Enterprise Buys Radio Ads Urging Lawmakers to Save Small-Business Tax Cuts
TOPEKA, April 22, 2015 — NFIB The Voice of Free Enterprise Inc., today launched a statewide radio ad campaign urging lawmakers to preserve the small-business tax cuts passed in 2012.
"When the governor signed legislation reducing and eliminating income taxes on most small businesses, he helped jumpstart the state's stalled economy," said Dan Murray, state director of NFIB/Kansas. "By signing those tax cuts into law, Governor Brownback gave small, family businesses the confidence they needed in order to expand and create jobs.
"Rolling back those tax cuts would be the same as passing a tax increase on small businesses, and Kansas can't afford that," Murray said.
"We're running out of time to tell legislators to support small businesses—and small-business jobs—by leaving those tax cuts alone," Murray said. "Kansas can't afford to break the promises it made to taxpayers only three sessions ago.
"Small businesses have to stick to a budget and live within their means," Murray said. "They can't spend money they don't have. We expect the Legislature to do the same. We need to cut spending and eliminate waste in state government before we even consider the possibility of raising taxes on small businesses, their employees and their families."
NFIB/Kansas is the state's leading small-business association with over 4,000 dues-paying members representing a cross section of the state's economy.
Here is a transcript of the ad:
"Here's a question: Did you know that 44 percent of Kansans work for businesses with fewer than 50 employees? And now, unbelievably, the Kansas Legislature is planning massive tax hikes on local Kansas-based small businesses. Help the National Federation of Independent Business stand up for small, family businesses. Visit KSLegislature.com and tell your representatives to leave small-business taxes alone. That's KSLegislature.com. Paid for and authorized by NFIB The Voice of Free Enterprise Inc. NFIB.com/VFE."
Voice of Free Enterprise (VFE) is dedicated to promoting free enterprise and entrepreneurship in communities large and small across America. We believe that America's entrepreneurial spirit is our greatest resource, and must be protected and fostered in order to give our nation's current entrepreneurs, and the next generation of innovators, job creators and risk takers, the greatest chances to succeed in the ever-changing global economy. VFE is committed to enhancing American free enterprise through education and awareness at the national, state and local levels. As an advocate for all Americans concerned about the current state of small and independent businesses, the VFE will fight to increase opportunities for participation in our free enterprise system, and for responsible, pro-growth government policies that promote American business ownership and entrepreneurship. VFE is affiliated with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
Since 1986, our small business members have told us that increasing healthcare costs are their No. 1 problem. NFIB has worked tirelessly to offer solutions and encourage Congress to pursue reforms that will help lower healthcare costs and provide affordable options for small businesses. Given the sweeping new law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), there are many small business owners looking for help on how to comply. NFIB will continue to pursue reforms and repeal measures that minimize the potential harm from the new law and offer solutions to the serious challenges that small business owners and their employees face.
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Overzealous regulation is a perennial cause of concern for small business owners and is particularly burdensome when the nation's economy teeters on the brink of disaster. Unfortunately, the regulatory burden on small business continues to grow. Congress must step in and curtail costly regulations, particularly those of such anti-small business arms of government as the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Labor, which fail to fairly and effectively weigh the costs and benefits of excessive regulations to the American public.
NFIB is fighting to prevent an end-of-year tsunami of bad tax policy that will impact all Americans. If Congress fails to act, a slew of expiring tax provisions will raise taxes on both business owners and their customers. Among the tax provisions scheduled to dramatically increase at the end of 2012 are marginal tax rates for individuals, the estate tax, capital gains and dividend rates. We are committed to advocating for a permanent solution to this problem that will provide both tax relief and certainty to small businesses.
Small business owners know that employees are their most valuable resource. They work hard to train and retain employees by creating a rewarding workplace. However, government rules and regulations have made labor issues more complicated than ever. Small businesses operate differently than large businesses; they do not have human-resources departments to track the changing standards and mandates that affect their workforce and workplace. NFIB urges Congress to simplify the employment process for small business, eliminate burdensome mandates and prevent cumbersome regulations that inhibit job creation.
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