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06-22-2010, 02:59 PM - [add to favorites]
Jet Set Radioooo!!!
What's up fammy famo? Over the past 6 months I hosted, DJ'd and produced an internet radio show about "Japanese music." Quotation marks??! Well, no college radio show is complete without a thesis, so the question I tried to ask was: what is Japanese music? Is it music in the Japanese language? Music made by Japanese people? Can an American with no Asian heritage make J-pop? Are Japanese lyrics the only thing that put the J in J-rock? Etc. Etc.
Since the show has mostly wrapped and I am editing them for re-release, I thought I'd share with my favorite anime web forum! I'll probably just post one episode a week here in this thread and if anyone is interested they can grab away. Plus it offers you to hear the sultry radio voice of one of your fellow Pikers. PLUS we can, you know, talk about what makes Japanese music Japanese.
And so...
Edit: A playlist would probably help, no?
Origami Sanzu
Coppu Storyteller
Evisu Beats Hasenman
Killer Bong It Got on A Dirty Train
Volo/JZA Ojamashimasu
Chiyori Call Me
Rumi Heso-cha
Haguretic Funk Skunk
CIA Zoo Blunt and Fire
Skyfish ft. Tamaki Roy Shoot the Score
Tokona X pXXXXy
MSC Mugon no Chikuseki
Shawn Lifes A Struggle
Hannya Ohayou Nihon
J-Kim CGD Famalia
Shingo Nishinari Getto no Uta
Microphone Pager Microphone Pager
Buddha Brand Dont Test the Master
Scha Dara Parr Ooba na Bossu Tooku
Jagatara Superstar
Brash Ball Crew Patriots
King Gidorah Unstoppable
Zeebra Shinin Like a Diamond
Shingo Nishinari Kimi no Tonari
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That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
-Dead Leaves
Last edited by Baron : 06-30-2010 at 05:33 PM.
06-30-2010, 05:37 PM - [add to favorites]
Is anyone listening? Doesn't matter, because here's the second installment!
In this episode, a pal of mine comes through to share a bunch of his Japanese rock music. We skip the big questions and just enjoy a lot of high-energy geetarz from dee eye-land and shoot the breeze about whatever. Good for summer afternoons!
Jet Set Radio #5 - RAWK
Highway61 - Message to You
Going Steady - Youth
PENPALS - I Wanna Know
Yura Yura Teikoku - Taiyou no Usotsuki
Syrup16g - Hell-See
Supercar - Sunday People
Potshot - Someone to Lean On
Detroit7 - Howl
Dr. Strangelove - Te no hira no naka no freedom
Blankey Jet City - Seaside Jet City
Straightener - Killer Tune
Young Punch - Fun's Better Isn't It?
Taiyou Zoku - Noo Purouburemu
Number Girl - Young Girl Seventeen Sexually Knowing
The Pees - Tai Na Yasashii Panku
Highway 61 - Power to Live
PENPALS - What's the Mutter
Electric Eel Shock - S O S
Syrup16g - Ex-Ningen
Polysics - Black Out Fall Out
Noodles - New Wave
Supercar - Cream Soda
Straightener - Reminder
Hayashi Hideo - Hey, Polar
Potshot - Not Worth Your While, But Worth My Life
THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT - Vegas Hip Slider
Yura Yura Teikoku - Hachi no Mitsu
Young Punch - Turbo 51
Detroit7 - Come On
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-Dead Leaves
08-24-2010, 04:19 PM - [add to favorites]
So much for one episode a week!
This is an episode without a sense of genre. I pull from a few corners of my collection in order to get a mix of Japanese pop, rap, rock, salsa, jazz, etc. Hence the title.
The idea behind this playlist was "things I've never played before" and as a result, it's a little all over the place, but I think it holds together for the most part. If you like the J-salsa of Orquesta de la Luz, they have a long career and hella songs to listen to. NikaSaya has been described as j-folk but is really more like stripped down acoustic pop; perfect for this time of year. We went from the "divine" stylings of Yamazaki Masayoshi to the 10+ minute, super-technical, narrative gamelan odyssey that was "Tetsuo". The tail end of the show emphasized songs to listen to in the sun, so get it how you live because Winter is UPON US.
And so...
Jet Set Radio #6: Grab Bag
Polysics - Black Out Fall Out
Boom Boom Satellites - Shut Up and Explode
Namie Amuro - Indy Lady (ft. Zeebra)
King Giddra - Oosouji
King Giddra - Mimawasou
Rappagariya - Kotoba no Kagaku
Shugo Tokumaru - Green Rain
Orquesta De La Luz - Flores y Tambores
Dry & Heavy - Silent Drive
Shuntaro Okino - One More Time
Yamazaki Masayoshi - One More Time, One More Chance
Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Tetsuo
Shonen Knife - Miracles
Shonen Knife - Cycling is Fun
NikaSaya - Ufun Taxi
The Pastels/Tenniscoats - Vivid Youth
The Pastels/Tenniscoats - Two Sunsets
Akira Kosemura & Haruka Nakamura - Calm
Puffy Amiyumi - Sunday in the Park
UA - Private Surfer
the pillows - Tiny Boat
Buttersprites - Fresh Mochi
MINMI & Nujabes - Song of Four Seasons
Gitogito Hustler - Silent Man
That thing over your eye makes you look like a panda!
That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
-Dead Leaves
Last edited by Baron : 08-24-2010 at 04:24 PM.
08-27-2010, 08:48 PM - [add to favorites]
Woop woop, two in one week. Over 300 views to this thread and I can only hope a few of you have tried the show out. This episode eschews the grab-bag nature of its predecessor and returns to genre form. The genre? Metal! The special guest is Wes Smith who curates a collection of Japanese metal that spans the genre and, I think, offers a pretty broad swath of the types of metal that exist (in Japan, and elsewhere). So if you're into rugged guitar, operatic singing, and DMC this episode is for you. And if you don't know much about ye olde j-metal, this episode offers the beginnings of an Education.
And so...
Jet Set Radio #7: FFUUU---
Break the Ice (Aphasia) 2004 Wild and Innocent
New Legend (Galneryus) 2007 One For All All For One
The Nightcraver(Galneryus) 2007 One For All All For One
The Arrival at the last Quarter (Shadow) 2001 Shadow
Eden (Shadow) 2001 Shadow
Battle with the Four Fiends (The Black Mages) 2004 The Black
Mages II: The Skies Above
Aphrodisiac (Starless) 1985 Silver Wings
Mr. Lonely (Eizo Sakamoto) 2000 Metal Icchokusen
Akiramenaide (Eizo Sakamoto) 2000 Metal Icchokusen
The Hollow Wings (Followbane) 2006 Dead Fantasia
Blood Stain Child (Infernal World) 2002 Silence of Northern Hell
Evolution (Ark Storm/ Isamu Takita) 2003 Beginning Of The New Legend
The Sword of the Ancient Knight (Ark Storm) 2004 The Everlasting Wheel
Final Faith (Ark Storm) 2004 The Everlasting Wheel
Jokyoku (Dragon Guardian) 2009 Dragonvarius
Ankoku Butoukai (Dragon Guardian) 2009 Dragonvarius
Shadow of Death (Serpent) 2005 Cradle of Insanity
Bloody Gates (Serpent) 2005 Cradle of Insanity
Insomnia (Anthem) Instrumental 2006 Immortal
Jump From Hell (Feel So Bad) 1994 Power Groove
Orion (Alhambra) 2005 A Far Cry to You
Scenes from Hell (Sigh) 2010 Scenes from Hell
Kouga Ninpocho (Onmyouza) 雅量天性(Garyou Tensei) (2005) Hitting
the eye of the resting Dragon / Finishing Touch
The Kouga Ninja Scrolls (個が任歩緒 Koga Ninpocho?) *
Oni Hitokuchi (Onmyouza)魑魅魍魎(Chimimouryou) (2008) Evil Spirits
of Rivers and Mountains
Kureha (Onmyouza)魑魅魍魎(Chimimouryou) (2008) Evil Spirits of
Rivers and Mountains*
Akumajou Densetsu Intro (Kinuyo Yamashita, Naoto Shibata PROJECT)
Instrumental VG 1994
Perfect Selection: Dracula Battle
That thing over your eye makes you look like a panda!
That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
-Dead Leaves
02-01-2011, 05:41 PM - [add to favorites]
I've been gone for a minute, but I'm back with THE JUMPOFF!
Another show cast out of the realm of Cohesion, and wandering the lost woods in search of a purpose... That is to say, this episode has no theme or destination, because the point is the JOURNEY.
Jet Set Radio #8: Kochitora Haguretic
Introduction DJ Kentaro
I & I (Mr. Drunk Remix) Naked Artz
Plum Song Omodaka
Computer Games Yellow Magic Orchestra
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence FYI Utada
Serious Japanese Teriyaki Boyz
Hikari (ft. Substantial) Nujabes
Tightrope Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Sick Vibration the pillows
Linda Linda The Blue Hearts
Kimi no Tame The Blue Hearts
BBQ Cibo Matto
Jounetsu no Bara The Blue Hearts
Angel of Love Puffy
Amazona Miho Hatori
Tempo De Amor Smokey & Miho
Yomigaeru Pastels / Tenniscoats
Kaze wo Atsumete Happy End
Ue wo Muite Arukou Kyu Sakamoto
Itsumo I Love You Kyu Sakamoto
Meinichi Meiko Kaji
Akana Gum Meiko Kaji
Elephants Rachael Yamagata
Door UA
Delight Akira Kosemura x Haruka Nakamura
Blessed Be, Honey Bee Grand Hallway
Strawberries Asobi Seksu
New Years- Asobi Seksu
Thursday Asobi Seksu
Cream Soda Supercar
Fresh Born Deerhoof
Dance Number The Blue Hearts
Silent Man Gitogito Hustler
That thing over your eye makes you look like a panda!
That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
-Dead Leaves
03-15-2011, 12:36 PM - [add to favorites]
Nearly 1,500 lurking views and even a few clicks! I hope that the people that have tried the show out enjoyed it in some capacity. For this next episode, I take a look to the past in order to investigate where Japanese music as we know it came from. It's a limited look, decades represented are the 30s through the 70s, but it does offer some interesting insight into the evolution of popular music in Japan.
And so submitted for your approval, by the Midnight Society:
Jet Set Radio #9: Oldies But Happies
Canton Blues - Watanabe Hamako
Nagasaki no Ojousan - Watanabe Hamako
Uramachi de Aimashou - Frank Nagai
Lemon no Kiss - The Peanuts
Aitsu - Hata Teruo
Be My Baby - Izumi Yukimura
Soma Bon Uta - Chiemi Eri & The Tokyo Cuban Boys
Come On A My House - Chiemi Eri
Ain't Cha-cha comin out T-Tonight? - Izumi Yukimura
Banana Boat (Day O) - Michiko Hamamura
Mambo Bacan - Izumi Yukimura
Milagros de Chachacha - Izumi Yukimura
Mama Look A Boo Boo - Michiko Hamamura
Tokyo Yagibushi Mambo - Keiko Ikuta
Yohki Na Baiyon Musume - Keiko Ikuta
Amagigoe - Ayase Hitomi
Tokyo no Kanauri - Oka haruo
Namidakun Sayounara - Kyu Sakamoto
Wakare no Izochidori - Inoue Hiroshi
Furikumenaide - The Peanuts
Kaimono Boogie - Kasagi Shizuko
Shamisen Bugi Ugi - Ichimaru
Tokyo Shoeshine Boy - Akatsuki
Meinichi - Meiko Kaji
Hound Dog - Kyu Sakamoto
Jeans Blues - Meiko Kaji
Elimo - Kyu Sakamoto
Kori no Sekai - Kyu Sakamoto
Ano Kane wo Narasu no wa Anata - Wada Akiko
Furui Nikki - Wada Akiko
Hoshizora no Kodoku - Wada Akiko
Tiger & Dragon - Wada Akiko
If you want to listen, but not download the admittedly huge file you, you can check it out here: JSR09 (No Download Version )
That thing over your eye makes you look like a panda!
That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
-Dead Leaves
05-10-2011, 09:18 AM - [add to favorites]
I'm happy to see Namie Amuro on this list. Certainly she captures the versatility of a Japanese musician. her career spanned over a number of genres and the song chosen definitely suits this compilation you have going.
I'm trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that's not easy. Millions of people live their entire lives never finding themselves. But it's something I must do.
~ Marilyn Monroe
07-11-2011, 06:50 AM - [add to favorites]
That Namie Amuro song is a trip, but I like it! If anyone is interested in checking out more up to date updates about "Japanese music", or suggesting some crazy things I should include on the radio show, the blog that I released all these downloads to can be found at jsradio.wordpress.com.
I'll be posting the last few episodes here, for those who can't be bothered to venture into UNKNOWN REALMS of the internet.
That thing over your eye makes you look like a panda!
That retro TV on your head makes you look like an [say apple while grabbing your tongue].
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Some young people are picking up coding skills from online programming classes offered by startups, including Udacity Inc., Codecademy and Coursera Inc. More than 1 million people have taken Codecademy courses since its introduction in August 2011, and elementary school teachers through college professors have used the material in their classrooms, said Codecademy co- founder Zach Sims, who said learning coding is the "new literacy."
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She was born July 29, 1913, in Meade, to Henry H. and Katharina Friesen.
A resident of Garden City since 1972, Mrs. Isaac was a homemaker and had been a harvest crew cook for Abe & Ben Isaac Custom Cutters. She was a member of Garden Valley Church of Garden City.
On July 21, 1944, she married Ben J. Isaac in Meade. He died Nov. 3, 2010, in Garden City. She also was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Junia Isaac; three brothers, Henry K., Abe K. and John K. Friesen; and three sisters, Katie Welker, Martha Classen and Sally Lohrenz.
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Nokia N900
So after all this, what is it like to use the N900 every day as a portable computer? No matter what, a laptop with a faster processor, bigger screen, more RAM and larger keyboard probably is going to be nicer and easier to use than any portable counterpart. Of course, the majority of the things I use a computer for don't really need a large screen, fast processor or full keyboard. Ultimately, I'm talking about trade-offs and whether the limitations in the N900's size and hardware are made up by its features and portability.
The first thing you have to keep in mind is that even though hardware acceleration takes care of some things, CPU-intensive programs still are going to perform as though they are on a 600MHz processor. The N900 still handles multitasking in this circumstance better than other devices I've seen, but when the CPU is hammered (like when I update my podcasts or applications), GUI transitions stutter, and sometimes it takes a second or two to switch programs.
The browser itself works well, so if you spend a majority of your time on the Web, you'll probably find the N900 does a good job. The display still is a 3.5" 800x480 screen, so even though it's crisp and bright, it's not as nice as a 12" or 15" laptop display. Because each program shows up maximized and it's easy to switch between open windows, this is a manageable problem, but if you squint on smaller screens, you might want to check out an N900 in person first to make sure you can see the screen fine.
The keyboard is not too bad, but it does take some getting used to. I would have liked another row of keys, but honestly, when you are thumb typing, no matter how things are arranged, you aren't going to hit your touch-typing speeds. I can chat at decent speeds, and it works fine for other short-term typing, but I'm not going to write full articles on the N900 without a Bluetooth keyboard. Also, because you have to press Fn key combos to get to most symbols, working with vim or programming is a good deal slower.
In many ways, the N900 is like a laptop in that its battery life can vary widely depending on how you set it and what you do with it. If I take basic common-sense steps for power management, such as adjusting the brightness and turning off any vibration or sound notifications I don't want, I can get a full day's moderate use out of the N900 on a charge. That includes listening to a few hours' worth of podcasts, browsing the Web on and off, playing some games, connecting to a remote screen session over SSH and chatting with irssi, and other regular use. Obviously, if I play a lot of Quake III or do other tasks that peg the CPU or network for long periods, the battery takes a hit. As long as a portable device can last through the day with normal use, so I can charge it at night when I'm asleep, that's good enough for me.
One warning about battery life though. I've noticed that some IM plugins can have a dramatic effect on battery life. Also, one reason that some software is in the Testing or Devel repositories is that they haven't been optimized for the N900 yet and might cause significant drain on your battery.
So, does the N900 live up to my expectations? Before this device, I took my laptop to and from work every day, and it was with me wherever I went—especially if I was on call. Since I've been evaluating the N900, my laptop has stayed at home so far unless I'm giving a presentation. Even when I'm on call, I've found between the VPN support, SSH, VNC and rdesktop, I can manage all of my servers from anywhere. Even when I'm at home, half the time I just want to do basic tasks like browse the Web, check e-mail and chat, so I don't bother to open my laptop—I just use the N900. When I telecommute or write an article, the laptop is more comfortable, but I've found I use it much less otherwise. I also should note that when the time came to send back the review unit, I bought an N900 of my own. Having a real Linux computer in my pocket with always-on Internet access was just too hard to pass up.
Kyle Rankin is a Systems Architect in the San Francisco Bay Area and the author of a number of books, including The Official Ubuntu Server Book, Knoppix Hacks and Ubuntu Hacks. He is currently the president of the North Bay Linux Users' Group.
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Maemo in N900
Anyone tried the Maemo dualboot option this one?
great phone. a little thicker
great phone. a little thicker than i'd like. processor is faster though than my old unlocked blackberry phones. simple to use, texting and web browsing is good. my partner loves it for the gps and the wifi and my family loves their unlocked mobile phones for the facebook and games. speaker is really loud and it hooks up to my computer simply. also the camera and recorder are great. got our last couple unlocked mobile phones at gsmauthority.com 2 thumbs way up
Sygic GPS
Unfortunately, although a few other third-party GPS programs are available for the N900, none available at the time of this writing seem to be able to provide a better set of features than the default.
Obviously you have not tried Sygic Mobile Maps. It is not free, though: $40 (US version) / 59 EUR (European version).
No Canadian 3G support :(
If this thing worked on the Canadian 3G networks I would have bought it instead of my iphone. I still think this is one of the coolest mobile devices on the market today.
For a good replacement for the awful default OVI maps, try Mappero (http://www.mardy.it/mappero/) which is in the Extras repository.
Admittedly I've never felt the need for GPS before, so I can't compare it with other programs, but it works well for me and has shown me just how useful GPS can be, even when you don't need to rely on it for directions (though it has that functionality anyway).
Oh, and thanks for the pipe tip - very useful.
better workarounds
My preferred method for adding the pipe character (among others) was to edit the xkb symbols file for the N900 - it's /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/nokia_vndr/rx-51 - and edit the entries for the arrow keys so that they have useful alternate characters with the Fn key. There's a tutorial at http://wiki.maemo.org/Remapping_keyboard - I've got tab, escape, |, and ~ associated with Fn+left, right, up, and down respectively.
The nice thing is that doing this lets you get rid of the toolbar (gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/toolbar -t bool "false") and thus have more terminal real estate. Which is, of course, a Good Thing. :)
good n bad- no lonely
I agree it's an awesome phone but I fear it'll be short lived. A geek market? Whoa comeon. Real geeks can tweek anything into something awesome. Yes I like n900 but there are more downsides to note. Biggest being- loading beta when nothing else is out there. This tablet's been out a while now and I still need to trawl..and fMMS is great but slow like some beta. So I gotta great tablet running maemo 5 and MeeGo coming before x-mas and got no time to tweek or write code. But will I put this n900 down? No.. cos this is an investment. Like the bomb squad would say.. I gotta N900- and I'm gonna use it!!! -good review, thanks :) ps. typed on n900 on the couch ;)
Great you wrote about how to
Great you wrote about how to add the pipe charater to the toolbar. That has frustrated me many times trying to do some quick on call work :-)
A bit ahead of its time.
Thanks for the review -- I've owned one for quite some time now, and it's a sad that the device hasn't gotten more exposure. For a geek open-source purist, it's a much better device than an android phone. (Nothing against android -- just a different market niche :-)).
I think, though, that it's a product ahead of its time. I suspect (and hope) that in a couple of years there will be more devices that sit in a similar design space -- a bit bigger, and much,much more powerful...
Nice review Mr. Rankin
Yep. went out and bought one, on sale at one of our better online market places. Cheers! Never did get that email :-)
That was good article do you have a Blog or some ting i can subscribe to
would like to read more and more
Thank you :)
Your nice article removed all my hesitations on this beautiful device... I will get one :)
Excellent Review.
I am a linux fan and currently own a N73. Seems I will end up buying one N900 soon..
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As a longtime Delphi developer I've been reading everything I can find about Kylix in anticipation of trying it out one of these days. However, I was disappointed in Petr Sorfa's review of the product (LJ August 2001 issue), in particular with his unsupported assertion that "the main problem, of course, is the Object Pascal programming language itself."
If that's the main problem with the product, at least say why. As far as I can tell from the review his major problem with the language was "getting used to the := symbol for assigning variable values". Big deal—all new languages take some getting used to.
Methinks there's some C++ snobbery here. Object Pascal is, admittedly, a proprietary language (like Java), which is what he may be getting at. However, it is a full-featured, object-oriented language similar to Java in features and general approach (with the exception of Java's automatic garbage collection). I think it deserves a little respect.
—Tom firstname.lastname@example.com
I've been interested to read the Geek Law column in the last couple of issues of LJ. While I wasn't surprised to see a disclaimer at the end of each column, I was surprised that there's no mention of the advice being relevant only to the US legal system. While the articles so far have mentioned Congress and the US, I think it would be helpful for it to be stated explicitly that the author is writing from the point of US law.
Even in the UK (from where I am writing), we have three different judicial systems: one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and one for Northern Ireland. There's no guarantee that something that is legal in England and Wales is legal in Scotland, for example.
—Martin email@example.com
Who says one voice can't make a difference? Larry reminds us that not only does law vary nation to nation, but even within the US from state to state. He has modified the disclaimer.
I have to comment on the Cooking with Linux column by Marcel Gagné. The French chef gag is funny for about two minutes. Then it becomes tiresome. Another few minutes and it becomes downright irritating. By the time I finish a column, I'm ready to lock François in the wine cellar and throw away the key. So I seldom finish the column, which is a shame because otherwise it's well written and interesting. Please, Marcel, consider ditching the gag.
—Daniel D. firstname.lastname@example.com
Mon cher ami, perhaps the ungarnished and simple shipboard food you enjoy in the navy has influenced your palate. Some people like a little French seasoning with their technical staples. Linux isn't all free bière—un peu du vin est nécessaire aussi.
I am surprised that one of your readers should be offended by a biblical reference in the June 2001 Best of Technical Support, page 96. Perhaps Noel Moss has nothing better to do than to take it upon him/herself to try to curtail the author's first amendment right to freedom of the press, regardless of literary intent. I'm certain the reader would not have been offended if the reference had come from the Koran, or the Book of the Dead, rather than the Bible. I read Linux Journal cover to cover and have not once been offended by its content. Keep up the good work.
—Paul firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks Paul, I was beginning to think there were no unoffended readers left.
The August 2001 issue of Linux Journal stated:
There are three editions of Kylix: Open, which is available for free (downloadable) for noncommercial GPL development (or $99 US for a hard copy version); Developer, for commercial use with a limited number of features and components ($999); and Server, with all of the features and components ($1,999).
I have reviewed most of the Borland web site (including community.borland.com) and can't seem to locate any but the trial edition of Kylix for download. How can I find this open (GPL) edition for download?
—Brinkley firstname.lastname@example.com
Kylix Open Edition was released only recently and is now available at borland.com/kylix/openedition.
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Before the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans lacked access to quality, affordable health insurance, and even those who did have coverage had little protection against insurance company abuses.
- You could be denied health coverage because of "pre-existing conditions," which could be as serious as cancer or as minor as acne.
- You could be dropped from your health insurance plan when you got sick, the time you need insurance the most.
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- Only 12% of the health plans available to a 30-year-old woman on the individual market provided maternity coverage.
- People who purchased plans on the individual market saw annual premiums increase 15%.
- The average annual growth in U.S. health care spending was nearly 7%.
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- Insurance companies can no longer discriminate against you by denying you coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
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- It's now illegal for health insurance companies to arbitrarily cancel your health insurance just because you get sick.
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- Health plans are required to cover key essential benefits like hospitalizations, mental health services, and prescription drugs.
- Insurance companies can no longer impose annual or lifetime limits on your coverage's essential health benefits.
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- Insurance companies must provide a rebate if they don't use at least 80% of your premium on care, not CEO bonuses or advertising.
- Women can no longer be charged higher premiums just because they are women.
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15. $250 sent to a woman in Maryland who died in 1967.
14. $840 spent to disassemble and assemble three desks.
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10. $426,000 to rebuild a bridge that is used by a average of ten cars a day.
9. $500,000 spent in subsidies for rain barrel installation.
8. $600,000 sent to a school district in Kansas …that no longer exists.
7. $1 million spent in New York on road signs advertising stimulus projects.
6. $1 million used to build 250 bike lockers.
5. $1.25 million to use electric fish to study animal sensory information.
4. $1.75 million spent on energy-efficient garage doors.
3. $2.2 million spent to install skylights for a liquor store in Montana.
2. $2.8 million spent installing toilets in New Mexico's national forests.
1. $15 million spent to build an airport in Ouizinkie, Alaska …a town of 165 people.
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Boy: Landry Michael Spurgeon was born Monday, Aug. 5, 2013 to Michael and Jody (Wells) Spurgeon in Corydon.
He weighed eight pounds and six ounces and was 21 inches long.
Landry joins sisters, Riley Geelan, 13, and Piper Spurgeon, 16 months, at home.
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By BETTY SMITH
TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — The staff at W.W. Hastings Hospital treated patients as usual Wednesday morning, with some of those patients perhaps not aware the Cherokee Nation had assumed operations at midnight.
At mid-morning, the transfer of Hastings from Indian Health Services to the Cherokee Nation became formal, with a presentation outside the hospital. The handover of a large "key" from Hickory Starr, acting area director of the Indian Health Service, to Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith took place near where the Cherokee Nation plans an addition to the health care complex, increasing and improving services.
"This is a very exciting day, not only for the Cherokee Nation and for Cherokee citizens, but for all Native Americans living in this area," said Melissa Gower, group leader for Cherokee Nation Health Services.
The transfer culminated a nine-month process that began in January, with the Cherokee Nation sending a letter of intent, self-governance compact and annual funding agreement to federal officials. Then, 21 planning teams, consisting of representatives from the Cherokee Nation and Hastings, reviewed and evaluated each service at the hospital.
A final report recommended changes in the various services, and the plan was in the negotiations stage between April and June 20. Seven transition teams were formed.
"Those transition teams have worked very hard to ensure there is not a stop in services, there is not a gap in services," Gower said.
A lawsuit opposing the move, filed in federal court Tuesday by the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, did not interfere with the transition. The UKB earlier had made a bid itself to take over Hastings, shortly after the Cherokee Nation announced its plans.
Dignitaries attending the ceremony included Smith, Muscogee Creek Nation Principal Chief A.D. Ellis, the Seminole Nation second chief, and other tribal, state and local elected officials. Marie Wadley of Muskogee, an elder who once served as secretary to the Five Civilized Tribes, was a special guest.
Smith said the Cherokee Nation has studied other locations where tribes have assumed operation of Indian Health Services facilities.
"They have shown us that tribes can excel in health care," he said.
He said the tribe's overriding concern is to provide the best possible health care for Indian people.
Smith said the assumption of Hastings operations was one of several Cherokee ideas that "went from the back of a napkin to reality." Others include tribal gaming, operation of Sequoyah High School, and law enforcement.
"We've approached them with sound planning, and the idea can grow," he said. "I can see in five to 10 years more health services to be proud of."
He said the latest accomplishment exemplifies what can happen when Cherokees practice the spirit of "ga-du-gi," the principal long advocated by his administration: working together for the benefit of the community.
Ellis said about 11,000 Muscogee Creek citizens live in the area served by Hastings.
"The Cherokee Nation is setting a goal for other tribes in the health care field," he said.
The Muscogee Creek Nation recently built a clinic at Coweta to serve natives living in that area.
"I think you're going to see a lot more clinics and hospitals in the Indian community," he said.
Many native families in this area have close ties to Hastings, said Meredith Frailey, speaker of the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council.
"It is more than just a building. It's a personal story for many people," she said.
She told of the joys of babies being born at the facility, of elders receiving dignified care at the end of their lives, of people gaining hope through the cure of diseases.
"My late mother was treated like a national treasure during her last days at Hastings Hospital," she said "It's also a facility that offers hope. Hope is what gives us the energy to survive."
She said that over the years, the federal government made many efforts to end tribal sovereignty.
"We never lost hope, and we never did give up on our fight for sovereignty," she said.
She described the Cherokee Nation's assumption of Hastings operations as a turning point in fulfilling the hope of all Indian people for better health care.
Dr. Gloria Grim, medical director for Cherokee Nation Health Services, said many hours have been spent in assuring a smooth transition.
"The hours have been countless. We've had sleepless nights, we've had families who have done without us," she said.
But the work will benefit Cherokee Nation Health Services as a whole, she said.
"I know that change is very, very difficult, whether it be a good change or a bad change," she said.
But she considers the transition a positive change.
"It will be a little uncomfortable at first, but we want to make it as seamless and painless as possible," she said.
Grim said Hastings already has an excellent reputation for patient care.
"They have reached a point where there are some areas they cannot expand upon," she said.
With the input of the Cherokee Nation, this can be accomplished, she said.
"The staff will be the same, the faces will be the same," she said.
But they will have more tools and equipment needed by staff members and patients.
Starr, a Cherokee Nation citizen, said he has close ties to this area and to Hastings, which he supervised for seven years.
"Is this a good thing? It is," he said of the transition. "We provided as good a care as you could get in northeastern Oklahoma, and that was the goal here."
He said during his administration, Hastings had a staff any big city hospital would have been proud of.
"Can the tribe do as well as or better? Yes, they can," he said. "Will they? I think they will. Let them know what you expect. If you make known to them the things you expect, I think they will try to achieve it."
He pledged the assistance of IHS in continuing to provide quality care.
The speeches during the transition ceremony were punctuated by occasional announcements over the hospital's public address system, indicating operations were going on as usual.
But, Gower said, at least one change already has been made.
"One of the things the staff at Hastings has been very vocal about is that they wanted some type of food service available for them. I'm very pleased to say they had breakfast awaiting this morning," she said.


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From an Associated Press article "Private property may be newest right in China." China's leaders sent its legislature a proposed constitutional amendment on Monday to protect private property for the first time since the 1949 communist revolution - a key step toward cementing the status of capitalism in a nation undergoing radical change. Approval seemed certain. Communist leaders who control the legislature already have endorsed private property as essential to pushing ahead economic reforms that have let millions of Chinese lift themselves out of poverty. . . . . Such changes would bring China's legal framework in line with its market-oriented reality. Entrepreneurs who play a critical role in creating jobs and wealth have been lobbying for the constitutional protection. . . . . The proposed amendment on property says "private property obtained legally shall not be violated," according to Xinhua. It said that would put private property "on an equal footing with public property."


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"What we are doing is hiring an engineer to possibly extend the line to the reservoir in hopes of combatting potential drought," Mayor Hank Ross said.
Although previous reports stated that such an action may help with the taste and smell of the water, Ross was hesitant to admit to any such possibility until an engineer had thoroughly looked at the problem.
"I'm not ready to take a stance on that publicly, yet," he said.
The council also tabled discussion on the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Ross said a website that would have allowed the council to review the plan, wasn't working properly, creating a need for more review time.
Ross emphasized that any money allocated from the plan would have nothing to do with the current 3/4 cent CIP sales tax up for renewal on Sept. 10.
"We are just trying to get a better plan, so later down the line we are consistent." he said.
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City commissioners quietly opted out of distributing tribal gambling proceeds to nonprofits headquartered in the city, including the Father Fred Foundation and Planned Parenthood of Northern Michigan.
The decision puts at risk money the nonprofits rely upon, if they can't find another government to sponsor their tribal funding applications. The Father Fred Foundation typically seeks money for its food pantry and home heating assistance, and in 2012 received a $60,000 grant from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians for heating assistance.
"It is a critical piece of our budget ... and that money is really needed because what we receive from the state for heating assistance doesn't meet the need," said Rosemary Hagan, Father Fred's executive director.
City commissioners changed their previous stance without debate following objections raised by state officials who object to local governments acting as pass-through agencies for community charity groups that receive grants from the Grand Traverse Band. The tribe distributed more than $20 million over two decades to local governments and area nonprofits.
The tribe is required to send 2 percent of its electronic gambling revenue to local units of government under a 1993 federal consent deal between the state and tribe.
"Because one of those parties disagrees with the administration of the 2 percent grants as pass-through grants, the city should respect the direction given by the state," wrote city attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht in a memo recommending the city stop accepting grant applications.
County boards in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties both opted to ignore those same directions from the state after considerable debate. Grand Traverse County changed its policy in 2012 to ensure that it only submitted grants from nonprofits for legitimate government activities, then contracted with those nonprofits to perform those services.
Grand Traverse County will continue to accept grant applications, said Dave Benda, county administrator.
"It's good for the agencies that are getting the money and we are not going to stand in the way of that," Benda said.
Leelanau County considered dropping pass-through requests this spring but eventually passed on its lone application from a nonprofit to provide emergency financial assistance.
The Grand Traverse County board killed a grant request from Planned Parenthood of Western and Northern Michigan for abstinence education in 2012 because some commissioners objected to the organization's pro-choice position on abortion. The agency resubmitted to Traverse City which passed along its grant application to the tribe.
The agency will look for a new sponsor or seek a grant from the tribe outside of the 2 percent funding, a spokesman said.
City Commissioner Jim Carruthers, a Planned Parenthood supporter, said he was "misled" by a memo from City Manager Jered Ottenwess that indicated nonprofits could now apply directly to the tribe for grant funds.
"The state has since indicated that the grant funds should not pass through the city rather they should be given by the tribe directly to the recipient," Ottenwess wrote in his memo to the city commission.
Ottenwess said Tuesday that was his understanding, though he did not speak directly with officials from either the state or the Grand Traverse Band.
Officials with the Michigan Gaming Control board confirmed their opinion had not changed since 2012. The 2 percent revenue has to go to a local unit of government to address the local impacts of gambling operations.
"I'm concerned for many of these groups" Carruthers said. "I think this needs to be brought back before the commission at our next study session."


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Researchers invited 30 healthy, college students to participate in a study to examine the effects of chocolate on vision and thinking (cognitive) abilities. For the first portion of the study, half of the participants ate a single serving of dark chocolate, while the other half ate white chocolate. For the second portion of the study, the groups switched to the other type of chocolate, and for one week in between, participants ate no chocolate at all.
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The administration of Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday that the bulk of the $1.46 billion in the latest round of federal storm recovery aid set aside for New Jersey will go toward housing and rebuilding assistance.
The administration unveiled a proposed amendment to its storm recovery plan detailing how the additional funding would be spent.
The announcement of the federal aid allocations comes as Christie's administration faces allegations of using recovery dollars to pressure Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer over a proposed development project, as well as using recovery funding
toward a senior citizen housing complex in a town which received little to no storm damage.
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has since been called into question, however, while Christie has sought to push through a host of scandals that have plagued his administration.
The spending plan proposed by the state Monday is subject to federal approval and a
month-long public comment period.
The largest allocation of the funding will be used to continue the state's Rehabilitation, Elevation & Mitigation, or RREM, program. Under RREM, the owners of primary residences damaged or destroyed by the storm can qualify for up to $150,000 to repair or rebuild their homes under current building codes.
The program will receive a $390 million influx of funding that would be added to the initial $710 million the program received.
Though the program is responsible for helping to rebuild or repair thousands of homes, it has faced criticism from two ends: affordable housing advocates who say larger portions of funding should be directed toward low income homeowners, and coastal residents who say the income reservations placed on the program are already too burdensome and lock out many middle class storm victims in the worst-damaged areas.
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that half the funding focus on low-to-moderate-income households. The latest round of funding will enable approximately 3,000 eligible homeowners to move off of the program's waitlist and begin the grant process.
Another $200 million will be allocated for the Fund for Restoration of Multi-Family Housing, with the aim of developing "affordable multi-family rental housing," the administration said in a statement. The funding would be added to the $179 million allocated to the program in the first round. To date, funding has been committed to 36 affordable housing projects to create nearly 2,500 housing units for low and moderate income residents.
The state will also commit an additional $100 million to the buyout of flood-prone areas under an expansion of its Blue Acres program. Since the storm, more than 270 buyout offers have been made to Sandy-impacted homeowners, primarily in Middlesex and Cumberland counties.
Additional allocations include $25 million toward building permanent, supportive housing for special needs citizens and $20 million to "stabilize" neighborhoods affected by the storm that were already suffering from high numbers of abandoned, foreclosed or vacant properties. According to state officials, funding has already been committed to 30 projects that will build 170 housing units for low and moderate income residents.
In all, state officials said $450 million of the $735 million allocated to housing recovery will be dedicated to low and moderate income residents.
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Public infrastructure projects are also a focus of the state's updated plan for recovery dollars.
A total of $225 million has been set aside to help government entities meet federal funding match obligations for a variety of recovery and resiliency projects. The projects include repairing or constructing roads, bridges, levees, public buildings, water and sewer treatment plants, power generation and distribution facilities, sand dunes, beaches, telecommunication systems, and recreational facilities.
Another $210 million will be allocated to the New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank, which will be used toward projects that will beef up the state's energy grid in order to more reliably power water treatment plants, hospitals, shelters, emergency response centers and transit networks in the event the larger electrical grid fails.
The state has also pledged $100 million toward flood hazard mitigation projects. These projects will include the construction of flood walls and pump stations, as well as wetlands restoration, permeable pavement, rain gardens and bio-retention basins.
Local governments will benefit from $90 million allocated toward communities that lost their ratable bases during the storm and are now suffering from budget shortfalls.
There were several smaller allocations included in the plan, such as $10 million for the demolition of storm-damaged buildings that are still standing, and $5 million for tourism marketing in Sandy-affected areas. Another $15 million was dedicated to local governments' planning projects and to fund expanding zoning and code efforts in towns that are rebuilding.
Federal Funding 'Coming to the End'
The latest round of funding may be the last opportunity for the state to receive money for housing assistance, said Marc Ferzan, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Recovery and Rebuilding.
There will be a third and final allocation, Ferzan said, though it is not clear if the federal government will allow that round to go toward the continuation of assistance programs.
"We are coming to the end of available funding," said Ferzan. "Demand for the existing programs has far outpaced available funding. Most of the programs have wait lists and unfunded pipelines. By virtue of those unmet needs … we have difficult choices to make."
The answer, he said, is for the state to take a "holistic" approach to allocating the latest round of funding in order to help improve primary and rental properties as well as local government in order to ease the tax burden in storm-affected communities.


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BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Two Oklahoma National Guard soldiers have been awarded the Purple Heart.
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NORMAN — Holley, Jr., James Luther "Jim", 87, of Norman went to be with the Lord, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Services will begin 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 in the Chapel of the Havenbrook Funeral Home, 3401 Havenbrook St., Norman with Reverend Kevin Clause and Minister Steve Holley, co-officiating. Burial will conclude in the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Norman.
Jim was born March 22, 1925 in Florence, Ala. and grew up in Jemison, Ala. He joined the Navy at the age of 17 in 1943 and served his country until 1945. He was united in marriage to Miss Johnnie Fay Cook on July 30, 1944 in Birmingham, Ala. and they were married for 58 years. They moved to Norman in 1989 after Jim retired from Liberty National Life Insurance Company after more than 31 years of service. During retirement, Jim enjoyed fishing, bowling, traveling and spending time with his grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Johnnie in March of 2002; his parents; one brother, Grogan; and one daughter, Lynda Markwell. He is survived by three sons, who all agree he was the world's greatest father, Steven Holley and wife, Susan of Cushing, Okla., David Holley and wife Redena of Stillwater, Okla. and Mark Holley and wife, Renee of Norman; one son-in-law, Randy Markwell of Meeker, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren, Johnna Ledgerwood, Toby Holley, Amy Callahan, Chris Holley, Sherri Rodgers, Steven Rodgers, Josef Holley, Jonathan Holley and Reanna Holley; and seven great grandchildren, Franklin Ledgerwood, Darrion Ledgerwood, Cassidy Callahan, Gaven Holley, James Dalzell, Kaleb Rodgers, Lyon Huynh, Jacob Huynh.
Arrangements for Jim and his family were placed in the care of the Vice family at Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman. Online condolences may be shared at www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Barbara Brewer Shaffer, age 78, of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Harmon Hospital.
Born in Erie, Pa. in August of 1934, she was the daughter of the late Clyde W. and Ethel Dunn Brewer. Barbara was a 1952 graduate of East High School and lived in Erie, prior to moving to Ashtabula, Ohio, and then to California in 1981 and Las Vegas in 1998.
Prior to retirement, she was employed with UniCare Insurance Co. in California and Carlisle's Department Store in Ashtabula.
She attended First Presbyterian Church in Las Vegas, where she was a member of the church quilters. Her hobbies included sewing, knitting and gardening.
The widow of Lawrence Shaffer, Barbara is survived by two sons, Stephen, wife Kimberly, and their children Matthew, Joseph and Caitlin, and Douglas, wife Natasha, and their children Jacob and Samantha; a daughter, Janice, husband Jon Fisher, and their children Nicholas and Eric; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were sisters, Alta Ricart, Marian Stent and Margaret Millet; and brothers, Wilber "Bud", Elmer and Robert Brewer.
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Andover — Margaret was born in Richmond, Va., May 4, 1922, to Albert S. and Margaret (Edson) Carman. Along with her brother Bert, the family lived in several locations along the East Coast, settling in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where she graduated high school in 1940, as class treasurer, an honor student, and voted "most respected." She went on to graduate from Skidmore College in 1944, where she was the "arty art major."
As with so many in her generation, WWII defined Margaret in many ways. During college, Margaret volunteered as an aide in a New York City hospital, and then joined the Navy in her senior year as a WAVE. After graduation, she served as a communications officer and assistant to the commandant in the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. She quickly married her college sweetheart, Robert A. Pustell. They had a brief period of occasionally seeing each other before he shipped out to Europe as a combat lieutenant in the infantry. They made a life and a family when he returned from Europe safe again. Once they got Robert through his college degree, Margaret and Robert contributed to the baby boom by having five children, Robert, James, Marie, John, and Stephen.
The young family lived in assorted locations from Ohio to Massachusetts before settling for a long term in Melrose, Mass., and an even longer time in Andover, Mass.
Margaret was a staunch advocate for the environment and for her community. Lending her strong art skills to any useful service, promoting recycling and Earth Day, and anything her children or friends were involved in. In Melrose, she helped start the conservation commission, and in Andover, she participated in the early years of the Andover recycling efforts, often personally picking up missed recycled goods so no one would sour on the program. She worked hard on the Andover recycling, AVIS, and the Community Paths committees.
Art was Margaret's first love. It provided a framework for much of her career, and family and volunteer life. Margaret created accomplished pieces even before majoring in art at Skidmore. Later, she became an expert potter, specializing in beautiful, practical pieces for home use. She continued to amass a body of work in pen and ink, watercolor and pastels, exhibiting in Andover Senior Center for Women's History Month in 2009, along with other artists in her family from 1830 through her great-grandchildren.
When in Melrose, Margaret and Robert were members of the Melrose Unitarian Church. In Andover, they were members of West Parish Church.
Margaret was widowed in 2009, and is survived by her five children, 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and an extended family of friends and associates she had befriended and loved over her many decades.
ARRANGEMENTS: The memorial service for Margaret Ann (Carman) Pustell will be held on Saturday, July 6, at West Parish Church, 129 Reservation Road, Andover, at 2 p.m. Let us celebrate her life together - art, family, and community service.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to AMC 3 Mile Island Camp, via U.S. Mailboat, Laconia, NH 03246, www.3mile.org, or AVIS Andover Village Improvement Society, P.O. Box 5097, Andover, MA 01810, www.avisandover.org.
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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) -- Fire officials say a duplex that exploded in Fond du Lac was vacant, but a person next door was injured.
Division chief Troy Haase says the explosion destroyed the back half of the duplex that had just been built and triggered a small fire about 5 a.m. Thursday. Haase tells WLUK-TV the injured person was taken to St. Agnes Hospital.
Alliant Energy is on the scene and shut off service to the area.
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Hamermesh, Daniel S. 2013. "Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?" Journal of Economic Literature, 51(1): 162-72.
DOI: 10.1257/jel.51.1.162
DOI: 10.1257/jel.51.1.162
Presenting data on all full-length articles in the three top general economics journals for one year in each decade 1960s-2010s, I analyze changes in patterns of coauthorship, age structure and methodology, and their possible causes. The distribution of number of authors has shifted steadily rightward. In the last two decades, the fraction of older authors has almost quadrupled. Top journals are publishing many fewer papers that represent pure theory, regardless of subfield, somewhat less empirical work based on publicly available data sets, and many more empirical studies based on data collected by the author(s) or on laboratory or field experiments. (JEL A14)
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Hamermesh, Daniel S. (U TX and Royal Holloway, U London)
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A14: Sociology of Economics