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The Chinese crested dog received a great deal of fanfare when "Sam," a Hairless variety, won the distinction of being the World's Ugliest Dog from 2003 to 2005.
Sam may have had a face only his mother could love, but love for the breed is what made it thrive when near extinction more than 100 years ago. The breed has a very interesting background that may surprise many, including the fact that it's not always hairless.
One would think—due to the breed's name—that the Chinese crested dog was Chinese. In fact, while the first mention of the breed appears in early 13th century writings in China, historians speculate that the dog actually originated from Africa.
Commonly referred to at the time as the "African hairless terrier," the breed also appears in early 19th century texts, with references that it made its way from Africa to China where it was traded by British, Portuguese and French explorers to help hunt vermin on board ships.
To complicate matters, a similar-looking hairless dog breed was discovered during the mid-15th century in Mexico. Known as the Xoloitzcuintli, the presence of this dog had historians wondering: Which came first? The Chinese crested dog or the Xoloitzcuintli? Did the Chinese introduce the breed to the Mexicans or vice a versa?
According to an in-depth report published by Discover Magazine in 2008, DNA evidence indicates that the Chinese crested dog and the Xoloitzcuintli are, in fact, related. Until new information reveals the true origin of either, the mystery prevails.
The Chinese crested dog eventually made its way to England, where it appeared in a zoological show in the early 1800s. In 1881, the first Chinese crested was registered in England's kennel club, although, without a breeding program, it failed to prosper in Great Britain and essentially disappeared from the public eye.
At that time, the breed was making its way to the United States, where it was introduced to Ida Garrett, a well-known New York journalist. She took a serious interest in the breed, writing extensively about the Chinese crested and ultimately breeding the line for the following 60 years. In the process, she began to collaborate with another woman named Debra Wood, who, in 1950, created the Crest Haven Kennel to ensure proper breeding of the Chinese crested dog. By 1960, Wood also founded the American Hairless Dog Club, later merging with the American Chinese Crested Club.
Bringing more attention to the breed was the well-known burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee, famous for her innovative striptease act, and whose life was made into the long-running Broadway show, Gypsy, as well as a 1962 movie starring Natalie Wood. Lee had received a Chinese crested from her sister, actress June Havoc, who found the dog abandoned at a Connecticut shelter. Lee went on to breed the dogs herself, working with Garrett and Wood to establish a strong lineage of dogs in North America.
When Lee died in 1970, her Chinese crested kennel, "Lee," was sold to Garrett and Wood, who, by all accounts, are responsible for creating the modern-day Chinese crested dog. The lineage from the combined Lee and Crest Haven Kennels are thought to be the foundation for all existing Chinese crested dogs today.
The Chinese crested dog isn't always hairless. In fact, the breed can be one of two types: Hairless or Powderpuff.
Born at times in the same litter, each type has a distinctive difference: the Hairless is born with an incomplete dominant gene which makes it hairless. The Hairless Chinese crested dog is probably the better recognized of the two, with its hairless body topped off by a tuft of fur on its head (crest), paws and tail. Some Hairless types have fur on its muzzle, too.
The Powderpuff variety, also known as a "Puffs," is born without the incomplete dominant trait and therefore has a long, soft double coat, sometimes resembling a terrier. Its fine coat sheds very little, therefore requiring frequent grooming to avoid matting.
The typical colors of the breed include a pale, skin color to charcoal and black. One unique characteristic to the breed: it changes colors as it matures. For example, a black puppy may ultimately have a silver, white or tri-colored coat once it matures.
This is a small bred dog, weighing on average between 10 and 13 pounds.
Due to its small size, the Chinese crested dog is classified in the "toy" group (as compared to a Labrador retriever in the "working" group).
Despite its small stature, this breed is very playful, alert and intelligent. It excels at agility courses, for example, and loves a challenge. Considered excellent therapy dogs, the Chinese crested are easy to train and respond well to children under a controlled environment.
That being said, this small breed is not a "rough and tumble" type of dog. It thrives on TLC, loves to cuddle and usually doesn't leave its owner's side. With that in mind, the Chinese crested dog does not like to be left alone for long periods of time and can become anxiety ridden if so.
While these medical conditions are generally uncommon they are known to occur in the breed. Your Chinese crested dog will not necessarily develop any of the conditions listed below. Choosing a reputable breeder from which to purchase your pet will help minimize the risks.
As with any pet, be sure to regularly consult a veterinarian for routine care and medical advice for your four-legged friend.
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Irving Police recognize officers
The Irving Police Department recognized several officers during its quarterly meritorious conduct and tenure awards ceremony.
Some of the tenure awards included Officer Tony Chelette 20 years, Officer Rick Rosenblad 25 years, Dispatcher Maria Diaz 30 years, Officer Allan Williams 30 years and Officer John Thomas 30 years.
Officers Jason Bank and Eric LaCross received the Lifesaving Award for their actions during a fire call. Both officers removed a man to safety and administered CPR and ventilation procedures until paramedics arrived.
Officer Rick Bentley was awarded the Certificate of Merit for his actions in talking down a suicidal subject who was threatening himself and officers with a knife.
The department itself was recognized at last night's State of the City address. Mayor Beth Van Duyne thanked Irving Police Chief Larry Boyd and his staff for their efforts in keeping the crime rate low in Irving.
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The Henry County Wildcats soccer team traveled to Warsaw to take on Gallatin County Sept. 12 and came away with an important 2-1 win against a district opponent.
Henry County got off to a fast start as Trevor Sanders scored just 40 seconds after the kickoff.
Gallatin County evened the scored about midway through the first half.
The game stayed tied until only eight minutes remained. Striker DJ Aneszko got into a one-on-one situation with the Gallatin County goalkeeper and finished off the game with a well-placed shot in the bottom corner of the net to give the Wildcats the victory.
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Darrian F. Wright, DOB 07/08/1996, Eminence – arrested Sept. 13 on Henry Street by Officer Wells for wanton endangerment, first degree
Roger Sakai, DOB 09/01/1990, Lockport – arrested Sept. 13 on South Main Street by Officer Parham for no brake lights (passenger vehicles); failure to produce insurance card; operating on a suspended or revoked operator's license; operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense; service of two bench warrants from Jefferson County and one bench warrant from Henry County
The Henry County Lady Cats volleyball team was unable to keep its recent run of good performances going against Owen County Thursday night. The visiting Lady Rebels won their second district match against the Lady Cats 3-0.
Henry County opened well against the Lady Rebels and jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the first set but the Lady Rebels came back with six straight points to lead 9-7.
Owen County built their lead to seven points at 16-9 and continued to dominate the rest of the first set as they went on to win 25-16.
Now that it's officially fall, thousands of volunteers with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's (KYTC) Adopt-a-Highway program will give the Commonwealth's roadsides a "Fall Sweep" from Sept. 26 through Oct. 2 to clear litter before it gets buried by leaves.
"I'm not sure what to do," my friend lamented to me. "If I respond, I may just stir things up even more. On the other hand, if I remain quiet, people are likely to think I have something to hide."
My friend is a public servant, working in one of those jobs that, no matter what he does, he creates detractors, if not out-right enemies. I asked him once why he did it. He looked at me like I had just arrived from an alien world and then told me.
The Eminence Warriors traveled to Carrollton Thursday for their second district matchup of the season with the Lady Panthers and came away with a 3-0 win.
When the teams met at Eminence on Aug. 25, the Warriors lost a 3-2 heartbreaker. This time the Warriors finished it off quickly.
They won the first set 31-29 as both teams traded points throughout.
The second set was also close but the Warriors put together a string of points late in the set to get some breathing room and went on to win 25-22. The Warriors won the third set to close out the match by the same score, 25-22.
Miss Pigglesworth, aka Miss Piggy, visited New Castle Elementary School Friday for Pet Club. Sara Wilkerson displayed her multi-tasking abilities by feeding the visting pot-bellied pig with one hand while raising her other hand to offer an answer to a question.
Campbellsburg Elementary School has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ENERGY STAR certification, which signifies that the building performs in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. With this most recent designation, all of Henry County's school buildings are now ENERGY STAR certified.
Sept. 21
HCHS boys golf vs. Walton 4:30
Sept. 22
HCHS girls golf vs. Trimble 4:30
HCHS girls soccer vs. Gallatin 6:00
HCHS volleyball vs. @ Spencer 7:30
HCHS boys soccer vs. Gallatin 7:30
Sept. 23
HCHS football vs. Bardstown 7:30
EHS football @ Shawnee 7:30
Sept. 24
FFM 5k run/walk 9:00
HCHS volleyball @ Anderson Tourney TBA
HCHS Cross Country @ Horse Park 10:00
Sept. 27
HCHS girls golf Regional tourney @ Midland Trail HCHS boys golf regional tourney @ Boone Links
NCKC Cross Country Championship @ Williamstown 5:00
HCHS boys soccer vs. Carroll 6:00
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Cil, Gulcan (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Cameron, Trudy Cil, Gulcan 2015-08-18T23:10:28Z 2015-08-18T23:10:28Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19316 Health at birth is considered an important indicator of health outcomes in adulthood. It is also shown to have a strong association with future educational attainment and labor market outcomes. I examine the effects of behavioral and environmental factors on infant health. The factors I focus on include alcohol consumption during pregnancy, extreme weather events associated with climate change, and pollution that may result from unconventional oil and natural gas development. In Chapter II, I examine the effects of point-of-sale alcohol warning signage that alcohol retailers are required to post in some states on alcohol use during pregnancy and on birth outcomes. I find that point-of-sale warning signs discourage alcohol consumption among pregnant women and are associated with a decrease in the odds of newborns having very low birth weight or being very pre-term. The findings of this research inform decision makers about a potentially effective mechanism through which alcohol consumption among pregnant women can be reduced. They also suggest causal evidence for the link between prenatal alcohol exposure and inferior health at birth. Chapter III documents that exposure to heat waves during pregnancy is associated with increased likelihood of the mother experiencing an adverse health condition during pregnancy and the newborn having an abnormal condition at birth. The results provide an assessment of the magnitude and timing of the effects of extreme heat events associated with climate change on infant health which is potentially helpful in enhancing the effectiveness of adaptation efforts. Finally, Chapter IV provides an empirical investigation of the link between unconventional oil and natural gas development and infant health. The results indicate that unconventional drilling activity is associated with a small, but statistically significant, decline in birth outcomes, especially for those living in rural areas. Given that it is estimated that the rapid expansion in unconventional oil and gas extraction will continue for at least a few more decades, the results of this study may contribute to the discussions related to initiation or tightening of regulations and monitoring efforts to control pollution. This dissertation includes previously unpublished co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. birth outcomes fracking heat waves infant health posted alcohol warnings prenatal alcohol exposure Effects of Behavioral and Environmental Factors on Infant Health Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Wilson, Matthew (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Evans, George Wilson, Matthew 2015-08-18T23:08:34Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19299 This dissertation investigates whether criticisms of standard economic models can be addressed with only minimal modifications to the assumptions. In the first essay, the Real Business Cycle (RBC) model is studied, though it is well known that it cannot match the data on money. My solution is to retain the RBC framework but add money as a sunspot variable. This leaves all the main elements of the RBC model intact and successfully replicates many features of the monetary data. The second essay examines rational choice, the foundation of economics. Laboratory experiments have exposed small violations of the theory. I introduce preference discovery costs as a way to accommodate minor violations of revealed preference while retaining rationality and optimization. An experiment tested my idea. For several subjects, my model explained their behavior while standard theory could not. However, there were many other subjects whose behavior was incompatible with both theories. The last essay is about the equity premium puzzle. The standard framework in macroeconomics predicts that the equity premium will be quite small, but this prediction is off by an order of magnitude. However, I demonstrate that the problem can be resolved if there is no market for insurance against idiosyncratic income shocks. Though it is very realistic to relax the complete markets assumption and this suffices to solve the puzzle, it is debatable if this modification is truly minimal, given the prevalence of models that rely on market completeness. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. behavioral economics macroeconomics Monetary Sunspots, Preference Discovery Costs, and the Equity Premium Electronic Thesis or Dissertation 10000-01-01 Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Roehling, Allison (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Blonigen, Bruce Roehling, Allison 2015-08-18T23:08:00Z 2015-08-18T23:08:00Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19295 Economic intuition suggests that real currency depreciation should lead to long run improvement in a country's trade balance. The short run implications of real depreciation are relatively unknown. The current literature suggests that the short run relationship between trade and real exchange rates is country-specific. This literature has not explored if product and trading partner characteristics play a role in this relationship. This dissertation explores how heterogeneity in trade influences the responsiveness of trade to real exchange rate fluctuations. To my knowledge, this is the first set of papers exploring this heterogeneity. The first paper of this dissertation explores heterogeneity with U.S. commodity-level trade data. Trade responsiveness to real fluctuations varies across product and trading partner characteristics. I find no evidence of long run gains in trade following real depreciation, suggesting that currency manipulation policies meant to improve a country's trade balance may have no effect on trade in the long run. Prices in international trade contracts with U.S. firms are largely invoiced in U.S. dollars. However, the current literature suggests that the currency in which these prices are set should affect the relationship between trade and real exchange rates in the short run. The second paper of this dissertation explores the implications of currency invoicing patterns using Japanese commodity-level trade data. I find that the response of trade to real fluctuations may differ in the short and long run across product and trading partner characteristics. I also find that the response of trade in the long run may be correlated with comparative advantage. The third paper of this dissertation explores the implications of foreign exchange market liberalization in Japan following the Asian Financial Crisis. I find that liberalization, coupled with financial market reforms, resulted in trade being less responsive to real fluctuations. I also find no evidence of long run trade balance improvement before or after liberalization and that the reform may have eliminated temporary short run gains, suggesting that currency manipulation policies may have no effect on short or long run trade. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. currency invoicing exchange rate international trade Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Currency Invoicing, and International Trade Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Lee, Logan (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Waddell, Glen Lee, Logan 2015-08-18T23:07:04Z 2015-08-18T23:07:04Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19289 I model a hiring process in which a candidate is evaluated sequentially by two agents of a firm. Each agent observes an independent signal of the candidate's productivity. I show that if the second agent values a non-productive attribute of a given candidate, that candidate may be less likely to be hired than a candidate lacking the preferred non-productive attribute due to the first agent adjusting their own quality threshold to compensate. I go on to empirically explore the behavior of prisoners in Oregon based on exogenous shocks to the status quo. These shocks include changes in the generosity of sentence reductions available to certain prisoners and the implementation of a variety of policies that have made it less costly for prisoners to communicate with the outside world. I find that prisoners respond to behavioral reviews with improved behavior on the days immediately before and after a review, but increasing available sentence reductions awarded for good behavior does not reduce misconduct rates among inmates. Furthermore, I find that increasing the ability of prisoners to communicate with friends and family using technology has not led to the decrease in in-person visitation that many have predicted. Instead, total communication seems to have increased in Oregon prisons. Given the extensive literature that suggests increased communication with the outside world reduces a prisoner's likelihood of recidivating, this result may indicate that introducing communication technology and making it more affordable may be a cost effective policy to prevent future crimes. This dissertation includes unpublished co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Discrimination Labor Prison Essays in Labor Economics Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Thompson, Jonathan (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Chakraborty, Shankha Thompson, Jonathan 2015-08-18T23:04:18Z 2015-08-18T23:04:18Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19268 The most fundamental question in economics is what causes some countries to prosper. An emerging literature has focused on the role of culture in determining growth. I interpret culture as "the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from those of another," following Hofstede. I focus on the role of culture in determining economic decision making and cooperation, with an emphasis on how cross-cultural differences in how strangers are viewed may influence economic activity by narrowing the scope of interaction. I use modern econometric techniques and neoclassical economic models to formalize the role of culture in economic decision making and test the power of culture to explain cross-country differences in long run growth paths. Throughout my research I assume that agents behave rationally but that culture influences the expectations or beliefs they have about different activities. Subject to the common elements above, each chapter answers a slightly different question. Chapter II focuses on how colonial history may influence decisions over risk-taking in certain countries, leading to a dearth of entrepreneurial activity. Chapter III focuses on how interactions across and between cultural groups may explain the decision of minority immigrant groups to assimilate or segregate over time and how public policy may influence this decision making. Chapter IV looks at the effect of culture through the media of trust and government. Using an instrumental variables strategy, I ask which is more important to economic development, contract quality or interpersonal trust, and find strong evidence that interpersonal trust is more important. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Culture and Economic Growth Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Query, Jason (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Blonigen, Bruce Query, Jason 2015-08-18T23:02:59Z 2015-08-18T23:02:59Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19256 Because trade is seen as welfare improving for society, governments have long employed their policy-making powers to increase trade levels. In recent years, no strategy has been more employed by policy makers than free trade agreements. As free trade agreements become more popular, world tariff levels rapidly approach zero. Given this, policy makers must look to other methods to encourage trade. I examine how non-tariff trade barriers impact international trade levels. By better understanding these trade barriers, policy makers will be able to make more informed decisions. To better understand non-tariff trade barriers, I begin with well-known impediments to trade, including the border effect, transportation costs, and the trade creation and trade diversion effects of regional trade agreements. I then demonstrate and examine heterogeneity in these trade costs. In Chapter II I examine the often-studied border effect, the notion that regions trade more intra-nationally than internationally. I demonstrate that smaller regions are less attractive to foreign trading partners than their larger counterparts. Fixed costs of crossing an international border, as well as more effective marketing methods, mean economically larger U.S. states or Canadian provinces see a smaller border effect. In Chapter III I look at how transportation costs incurred within the exporting country impact trade levels. Using a unique instrumental variable strategy, I show that the cost of getting a good to a port is a significant hindrance to trade. Finally, in Chapter IV I show that the benefits of joining the European Union are heterogeneous across countries. This means that while the E.U. may be beneficial on average, it may not be beneficial for individual countries. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Border Effect European Union International Trade Transportation The Impact of Transportation Costs and Trade Barriers on International Trade Flows Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Fitch-Fleischmann, Benjamin (University of Oregon, August 18, 2015)[more][less]Cameron, Trudy Fitch-Fleischmann, Benjamin 2015-08-18T23:00:19Z 2015-08-18T23:00:19Z 2015-08-18 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19232 The first essay considers the relative effectiveness of government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as channels to allocate resources. I use a catastrophic climate-related shock--Hurricane Mitch--to examine the political economy of these channels of aid distribution at the micro level. I combine extensive data on aid received by Nicaraguan households with data on municipal election outcomes and an exogenous, precipitation-based measure of hurricane impact. I find that the hurricane had long-lasting effects on the aid received by households from both NGOs and the government. In the short term, however, the government did not provide aid according to the objective measure of hurricane damage but instead provided aid along political lines. The second essay presents estimates of a relationship between extreme hot temperatures during gestation and a child's subsequent physical well-being in a sample of children in Peru, thus extending existing evidence constructed from U.S. data. Estimates are constructed using high-resolution gridded climate data and geo-coded household surveys. The results suggest that a period of extreme heat (a month whose average temperature is more than 2 standard deviations above the local average) in the period 1 to 3 months before birth is associated with lower weight at birth and a reduction in height (measured 1 to 59 months after birth) that cannot be fully explained by birth weight. There is no evidence of differential maternal investment, as measured by duration of breastfeeding, according to a child's exposure to extreme heat during gestation. The third essay asks whether improved treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa can be achieved simply by paying health workers to do more. I present estimates of the impact of financial incentives paid to individual workers at public health facilities in Mozambique. The results suggest that piece-rate incentives increased the delivery of five out of fourteen health services for which treatment effects can be identified, with estimated increases ranging from 34 to 157 percent, depending on the particular service. I find no evidence of a corresponding decrease in the delivery of services that are not financially incentivized, suggesting that there is no "crowding out" of intrinsic motivation. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. birth weight development aid hurricane Nicaragua non-governmental organizations Essays on Economic Development and Climate Change Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Schipper, Tyler (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Chakraborty, Shankha Schipper, Tyler 2014-09-29T17:54:04Z 2014-09-29T17:54:04Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18437 The fundamental question in development economics is what causes some countries to become more prosperous than others. The literature, starting with Hall and Jones (1999), has identified differences in total factor productivity (TFP) as being the driver of cross-country income differences. I investigate policies that may give rise to these differences in TFP. I pay particular attention to the influence of informal economies in developing countries and how macroeconomic policies can distort firm-level incentives to innovate and operate formally. To address these questions, I construct a series of macroeconomic models which have several common elements. First, I model firm-level decisions with regard to innovation. These firm-level decisions ultimately give rise to differences in productivity across countries. Second, I embrace the role of firm heterogeneity in productivity to examine the dynamics of firm choice. Finally, through the use of computational methods, I simulate these models to evaluate the macroeconomic effects of policy distortions on firm-level decision making. Subject to the common elements above, each chapter answers a specific policy question. Chapter II asks whether size-based tax distortions can generate firm-size distributions often observed in developing countries. I find that a model with innovation and firm-level heterogeneity can explain the prevalence of large firms in response to tax distortions, but additional frictions are necessary to explain the ubiquity of small firms in most developing countries. It also illustrates tax distortions may have little impact on aggregate output while dramatically reducing innovation. Chapter III documents that tax rates can negatively affect growth by inducing firms to participate in the informal sector rather than the formal sector. Finally, Chapter IV shows how tax revenues are affected by changes in tax rates given the provision of a productive public good. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Informality Innovation Tax policy Aggregate Consequences of Innovation and Informality Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Holden, Kristian (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Waddell, Glen Holden, Kristian 2014-09-29T17:49:09Z 2014-09-29T17:49:09Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18391 The second chapter examines the impact of information about school quality on student enrollment. I use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effects of a school choice program in California that provides families with signals of low school quality. I find that signals of low quality decrease school enrollment by 14.3% relative to enrollment in the previous year and 23.6% over two years. Despite the large changes in enrollment, student demographics are not affected. Additionally, the effects of school-quality signals are largest when families have alternative school choices that are nearby. I also find some evidence that student achievement in elementary schools declines, although I cannot separately identify the degree to which this is caused by changes in student composition. The third chapter examines the effect of textbook funding on student performance. Evidence on the effects of school resources on student achievement is mixed, but quasi-experimental methods suggest that interventions like class size reductions improve student achievement. This is the first study to consider the effect of textbook funding on student achievement by using a quasi-experimental setting in the U.S. I focus on a large class action lawsuit in California that provided a one-time payment of $96.90 per student for textbooks if schools fell below a threshold of academic performance in the previous year. Exploiting this variation with a regression discontinuity design, I find that textbook funding has significant positive effects on student achievement. The low cost of textbooks relative to class size reduction implies that these effects have a very high benefit-per-dollar. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. School Choice Textbook Funding Essays on School Choice, Information, and Textbook Funding Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Monte Calvo, Alexander (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Kolpin, Van Monte Calvo, Alexander 2014-09-29T17:43:12Z 2014-09-29T17:43:12Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18341 This dissertation explores the modeling and estimation of learning in strategic and individual choice settings. While learning has been extensively used in economics, I introduce the concept into standard models in unorthodox ways. In each case, changing the perspective of what learning is drastically changes standard models. Estimation proceeds using advanced Bayesian techniques which perform very well in simulated data. The first chapter proposes a framework called Experienced-Based Ability (EBA) in which players increase the payoffs of a particular strategy in the future through using the strategy today. This framework is then introduced into a model of differentiated duopoly in which firms can utilize price or quantity contracts, and I explore how the resulting equilibrium is affected by changes in model parameters. The second chapter extends the EBA model into an evolutionary setting. This new model offers a simple and intuitive way to theoretically explain complicated dynamics. Moreover, this chapter demonstrates how to estimate posterior distributions of the model's parameters using a particle filter and Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, a technique that can also be used in estimating standard evolutionary models. This allows researchers to recover estimates of unobserved fitness and skill across time while only observing population share data. The third chapter investigates individual learning in a dynamic discrete choice setting. This chapter relaxes the assumption that individuals base decisions off an optimal policy and investigates the importance of policy learning. Q-learning is proposed as a model of individual choice when optimal policies are unknown, and I demonstrate how it can be used in the estimation of dynamic discrete choice (DDC) models. Using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques on simulated data, I show that the Q-learning model performs well at recovering true parameter values and thus functions as an alternative structural DDC model for researchers who want to move away from the rationality assumption. In addition, the simulated data are used to illustrate possible issues with standard structural estimation if the rationality assumption is incorrect. Lastly, using marginal likelihood analysis, I demonstrate that the Q-learning model can be used to test for the significance of learning effects if this is a concern. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Bayesian Estimation Evolution Learning Q-Learning Learning, Evolution, and Bayesian Estimation in Games and Dynamic Choice Models Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Higgins, Charles (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Thoma, Mark Higgins, Charles 2014-09-29T17:42:54Z 2014-09-29T17:42:54Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18339 This dissertation examines changing macroeconomic volatility and some of the empirical difficulties associated with studying volatility. Macroeconomic volatility can potentially have large welfare costs, so understanding why volatility changes over time is important. A natural setting to study changing macroeconomic volatility is the Great Moderation, a period of reduced volatility in the United States. This dissertation studies this time period in two ways. First, it explores the importance of specification when estimating models during this time period. Second, it looks at the role financial frictions, monetary policy, and luck played in causing the Great Moderation. Large, structural models are estimated to study these problems. One of the main findings from the dissertation is that changing financial frictions were an important factor in reducing macroeconomic volatility during the Great Moderation. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Stochastic Volatility, Financial Frictions, and the Great Moderation Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Mahoney, Daniel (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Wilson, Wesley Mahoney, Daniel 2014-09-29T17:42:48Z 2014-09-29T17:42:48Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18338 The airline industry is a major driver of economic activity in the United States, accounting for over $1 trillion annually. In this work, I study the airline industry and analyze several key economic issues facing the industry. I examine the industry from several different angles, looking at consumer behavior, firm behavior, and market performance. The body of the dissertation comprises three essays, with each essay focusing on one of the aforementioned facets of the industry. The first essay is a study of consumer demand, using aggregate data to estimate consumer utility functions and identify preferences for airports in large, multi-airport markets. Using these utility functions, I produce tables of cross-airline and cross-airport elasticities, measuring how consumers would be expected to substitute between airports in response to airline price increases and substitute between airlines in response to airport price increases. The second essay is a study of market structure and pricing. I look at changes in market structure over a 20 year time period, focusing on the price effects of entry, exit, and mergers. By looking at both the direct effects as well as the subsequent effects on market concentration, I find that there is tremendous heterogeneity in the effects of these events across markets. The final essay is a model of firm entry and exit decisions in a network environment. I use this model to analyze firm decisions in the airline industry. I find that the size and geographic distribution of firms' networks plays an important role in their decision to further expand or contract, as firms with larger networks are more likely to expand, while firms with smaller networks are more likely to contract. Together, this body of work presents an in-depth analysis of the economic issues surrounding the airline industry. This dissertation includes both previously published and co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Airline IO Networks Transportation Demand, Market Structure, Entry, and Exit in Airline Markets Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Allen, Jeffrey (University of Oregon, September 29, 2014)[more][less]Chakraborty, Shankha Allen, Jeffrey 2014-09-29T17:41:54Z 2014-09-29T17:41:54Z 2014-09-29 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/18330 This dissertation examines the macroeconomic effects of poverty and inequality. The second chapter considers the effect of poverty and subsistence consumption constraints on economic growth in a two-sector occupational choice model. I find that in the presence of risk taking, subsistence consumption constraints result in a dramatic slow down in terms of economic growth. The third chapter (joint with Shankha Chakraborty) proposes a model in which agents face endogenous mortality and direct preferences over inequality. I find that the greater the scale of relative deprivation the worse the mortality outcomes are for individuals. The fourth chapter looks at the relationship between inequality and the demand for redistribution when individuals have social status concerns. I show that under social status concerns an increase in consumption inequality results in higher taxation and lower growth. This dissertation includes unpublished coauthored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Growth Inequality Macroeconomics Poverty Status Seeking The Macroeconomic Consequences of Poverty and Inequality Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Cuffe, Harold (University of Oregon, October 3, 2013)[more][less]Lindo, Jason Cuffe, Harold 2013-10-03T23:34:27Z 2014-12-29T21:12:32Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13286 This dissertation contains three essays on topics including crime, credit constraints, education, athletics and health. Tying the works together is a set of empirical tools that have come to define the field of labor economics and the pursuit of causal inference. Chapter II contains an analysis of the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children an opportunity to win prizes if they walk or bike to school during prize periods. I use daily child-level data and individual fixed effects models to measure the impact of the prizes by comparing behavior during prize periods with behavior during non-prize periods. Variation in the timing of prize periods across different schools allows me to estimate models with calendar-date fixed effects to control for day-specific attributes, such as weather and proximity to holidays. In Chapter III, I present evidence of the causal effects on crime of access to small, high cost, short term consumer credit, known as payday lending. Using within-state geographic as well as inter-temporal variation in access to payday loans, I estimate the effect of access to payday lending on all types of crime. I find a substantial effect only for financially motivated offenses, with access to payday lending leading to approximately five additional arrests per 100,000 residents monthly. The estimated effects are concentrated in larceny, fraud, and forgery. The final chapter turns back to education to assess high school athletics' role in affecting athletes' attendance patterns. The key result that emerges from the analysis is that in-season athletes miss significantly less school relative to athletes out-of-season. School absences in boys decline by nearly 8% as a result of being in-season, though the effects are much larger for black boys, particularly with respect to unexcused absences. Paying careful attention to issues of identification, this dissertation presents three essays contributing to the literature broadly categorized as labor economics. Each seeks to understand the role of changing incentives and opportunities on individuals' decision making processes, in order to inform policy makers wishing to craft effective public policies. This dissertation includes previously published co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Athletics Crime Education Health Payday Lending Truancy Three Essays in Labor Economics Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Gibbs, Christopher (University of Oregon, October 3, 2013)[more][less]Evans, George Gibbs, Christopher 2013-10-03T23:34:04Z 2013-10-03T23:34:04Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13279 This dissertation examines the forecast model selection problem in economics in both theoretical and empirical settings. The forecast model selection problem is that there often exists a menu of different suitable models to forecast the same economic variable of interest. The theoretical portion of this dissertation considers agents who face this problem in two distinct scenarios. The first scenario considers the case where agents possess a menu of different forecast techniques which includes rational expectations but where the selection of rational expectations is costly. The assumptions that are necessary to include rational expectations as a choice are characterized and the equilibrium dynamics of a model under the appropriate assumptions is studied and shown to exhibit chaotic dynamics. The second scenario considers agents who possess a menu of econometric forecast models and examines the equilibrium outcomes when agents combine the different forecasts using strategies suggested by the forecasting literature. The equilibrium outcomes under these forecasting assumptions are shown to exhibit time-varying volatility and endogenous structural breaks, which are common features of macroeconomic data. The empirical portion of the dissertation proposes a new dynamic combination strategy for the forecast model selection problem to forecast inflation. The procedure builds on recent research on inflation persistence in the U.S. and on explanations for the efficacy of simple combination strategies, often referred to as the forecast combination puzzle. The new combination strategy is shown to forecast well in real-time out-of-sample forecasting exercises. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Expectations Forecast combination Heterogeneous agents Learning Heterogeneous Expectations, Forecast Combination, and Economic Dynamics Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Swensen, Isaac (University of Oregon, October 3, 2013)[more][less]Waddell, Glen Swensen, Isaac 2013-10-03T23:32:53Z 2013-10-03T23:32:53Z 2013-10-03 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13259 I present empirical research considering the response of health and educational outcomes to alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and collegiate athletics. Chapter II considers the effect of legal access to alcohol on student achievement. The empirical approach identifies the effect through changes in students' performance after gaining legal access to alcohol, controlling flexibly for the expected evolution of grades as students make progress towards their degrees. The estimates indicate that students' grades fall below their expected levels upon being able to drink legally but by less than previously documented. Chapter III considers the relationship between collegiate-football success and non-athlete student performance. The findings indicate that the team's success significantly reduces male grades relative to female grades and only in fall quarters, which coincides with the football season. Survey data suggest that males are more likely than females to increase alcohol consumption, decrease studying, and increase partying in response to the success of the team. Yet, females also report that their behavior is affected by athletic success, suggesting that their performance is likely impaired but that this effect is masked by the practice of grade curving. Finally, chapter IV considers the effect of substance-abuse treatment on drug-overdose deaths. Though the provision of substance-abuse treatment may be an effective way to reduce drug abuse, whether it has a causal effect on drug-related mortality has not been documented. I analyze the effect of substance-abuse treatment on mortality by exploiting county-level variation in treatment facilities driven by facility openings and closings. The estimates indicate that a 10-percent increase in facilities lowers a county's drug-induced mortality rate by 2 percent. The results also suggest that spillovers of treatment reduce other causes of death related to drug abuse. As a whole, this body of research offers insight into the economic impact of behaviors involving drinking and other substance use. This dissertation includes previously published co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Essays on the Economics of Health and Education Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Kaufman, Lance (University of Oregon, July 11, 2013)[more][less]Wilson, Wesley Kaufman, Lance 2013-07-11T20:13:36Z 2013-07-11T20:13:36Z 2013-07-11 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/13007 An important factor in the rise of health care costs is the structure and performance of health care markets. This is an area in which policy can be particularly effective. Health care markets are characterized by complex interactions between consumers, physicians, insurers, facilities, and government agencies. Physicians, insurers, and facilities operate under a mix of objectives and governance structures. The many varieties of objectives and governance structures can be broadly categorized as for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental. In the three chapters that follow I construct a theoretical framework to analyze hospital behavior and use a 30 year panel of data on Californian hospitals to assess the validity of the models and to identify the impact of governance structure on behavior. Chapter II addresses firm objectives. I find that firms have a continuum of weighting allocations, with for-profit firms placing greater weight on profit, government firms placing greater weight on social objectives, and not-for-profit firms locating in a middle ground. All three types of governance structures display overlap in their objectives. In Chapter III, I identify patterns in hospital entry and exit. Like most manufacturing industries, entering hospitals are significantly smaller than incumbent hospitals and exiting hospitals are significantly smaller than surviving hospitals. The patterns of entry and exit for hospitals vary systematically with both governance structure and geographic diversification. In Chapter IV, I develop a model of hospital entry that explains heterogeneous entry size and firm survival. I find entry size to be a relatively important factor in firm survival. In general entering on a larger scale increases the probability of survival. Despite this fact many firms enter relatively small. The model that I develop resolves small entry as a rational choice for uncertain firms. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Entry Firm Objective Governance Hospitals Non-Profit Survival Three Essays on Governance Structure in the Hospital Industry Electronic Thesis or Dissertation Ph.D. doctoral Department of Economics University of Oregon
Vander Naald, Brian (University of Oregon, 2012)[more][less]Cameron, Trudy Ann Vander Naald, Brian Vander Naald, Brian 2012-10-26T04:07:01Z 2012-10-26T04:07:01Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12453 Benefit-cost analysis of environmental policies typically focuses on benefits to human health and well-being. When it comes to humans' willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in the quality of life for other species, however, the evidence is limited. We argue that the other-species morbidity-reduction component of WTP should be calculated net of any "outrage" component associated with the cause of the harm. This net WTP is likely to be correlated with the premium that people are willing to pay for chicken products from birds for which the quality of life has been enhanced by improved animal welfare measures. This paper uses a conjoint choice stated preference survey to reveal the nature of systematic heterogeneity in preferences for "humanely raised" versus "conventionally raised" chicken. We also use latent class analysis to distinguish between two classes of people - those who are willing to pay a premium for humanely raised chicken and those who are not. Proposition 21 on California's 2010 ballot concerned an $18 annual surcharge on vehicles to support state parks. Prop 21 failed, implying 25% of these parks risk closure. Voting patterns at the Census tract level depend on gross price, incomes, age profiles, political ideology, environmental preferences, the availability of local substitutes, and park salience. We simulate counterfactual scenarios under which Prop 21 might have passed and use county-level hold-out samples to illustrate the predictive ability of our model. The California Air Resources Board is slowly phasing out perchloroethylene as the main input in dry cleaning operations in the state. Exploiting differential implementation of this regulation between SCAQMD (South Coast Air Quality Management District) and the rest of the state, we examine the effect of this regulation on the propensity for dry cleaning businesses to exit the industry. We find that regulation has encouraged early exit from the industry in some cases. We also find that regulation decreased ambient concentrations of perchloroethylene in the atmosphere. This dissertation contains both published and unpublished co-authored material. It also contains an appendix for chapter II as a supplemental file. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Essays in Environmental and Public Economics Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Lee, Donghyun (University of Oregon, 2012)[more][less]Blonigen, Bruce Lee, Donghyun Lee, Donghyun 2012-10-26T04:05:02Z 2012-10-26T04:05:02Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12435 Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a major role in the increasing economic globalization of the past couple decades. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M & A) is the major source of FDI, particularly for developed countries accounting for as much as two-thirds of FDI. Yet, studies on such cross-border M & A activities are scant in the literature. This dissertation aims at explaining the relationship between cross-border M & A, technology, and frictional costs using both theoretical and empirical analyses. In chapter II, I conduct empirical analysis to determine the relationship between exchange rates and acquisition FDI. I find that depreciation of the host country's currency leads to an increase in acquisition FDI into high-R & D sectors for U.S. inbound acquisition FDI from multiple country sources, but not for inbound acquisition FDI for other various developed countries. In chapter III, I develop an equilibrium model of cross-border M & A and show that the model predicts that firms from a larger country are more likely to acquire in a smaller country when M & A activity is driven by a technology-seeking motive, but the opposite is true when it is driven by a market-seeking motive. I also find empirical evidence that cross-border M & A activity exhibits behavior consistent with this prediction. In chapter IV, I empirically examine the relevance of heterogeneous sector-specific frictional costs using detailed data on worldwide M & A activity. Results show that cultural distance, tradeability, and regulation play an important role in determining heterogeneous frictional costs across different sectors. This dissertation includes unpublished co-authored material. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. Essays on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology, and Frictional Costs Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Taylor, Matthew (University of Oregon, 2012)[more][less]Cameron, Trudy Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Matthew 2012-10-26T04:01:39Z 2012-10-26T04:01:39Z 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12401 I collect data on subjects' information acquisition during real and hypothetical risky choices using process-tracing software called Mouselab. I also measure subjects' cognitive ability using the cognitive reflective test (CRT). On average, measured risk preferences are not significantly different across real and hypothetical settings. However, cognitive ability is inversely related to risk aversion when choices are hypothetical, but it is unrelated when the choices are real. This interaction between cognitive ability and hypothetical setting is consistent with the notion that some individuals, specifically higher-ability individuals, treat hypothetical choices as "puzzles" and may help explain why some studies find that subjects indicate that they are more tolerant of risk when they make hypothetical choices than when they make real choices. On average, subjects demonstrate a similar degree of consistency across settings, and there are also no significant differences across settings in the amount of time subjects take to make a choice, the amount of information they acquire, or how they distribute their attention. I also find evidence to suggest that subjects acquire information in a manner consistent with the implicit calculation of expected utility. Specifically, individuals do not merely make choices "as if" they are integrating probabilities and outcomes, it appears that they actually are. Moreover, as they progress through a series of choices in a commonly used risk preference elicitation method, their information acquisition becomes progressively more consistent with integration models. Finally, on average, individuals appear to acquire information in real and hypothetical settings in similar ways. en_US University of Oregon All Rights Reserved. cognitive ability hypothetical bias information acquisition process tracing risk aversion Risk Aversion and Information Acquisition Across Real and Hypothetical Settings Electronic Thesis or Dissertation


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London is a royal city and has preserved its ceremonies and traditions over hundreds of years. Some are every day and some are every year. The most traditional ceremonies and most popular attractions are the Trooping of the Colour and the Changing of the Guard.
On this page you can read about:
Searching the Houses of Parliament.
Before every State Opening of Parliament, the Yeomen of the Guard search the cellars beneath the Palace of Westminster by the light of old candle-lanterns. This precaution has been undertaken every year since 1605, when the "Gunpowder Conspirators" attempted to blow up parliament on the day of the State Opening. See the pictures
The State Opening of Parliament.
Dating back to Medieval London, this ceremony marks the beginning of a new session of Parliament and allows the Government to announce its programme for that session. The ceremony features peers and bishops in traditional robes and a royal procession involving the State Coach.
State openings usually take place in November, or soon after a General Election.
On the day of the Opening, the Queen travels from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament in the Stage Coach (a gold carriage). Once the Queen arrives at Parliament the union flag is lowered and replaced by the royal standard.
The Queen, wearing her crown and ceremonial robes then processes through the Royal Gallery to take her place on the throne in the House of Lords, from where she send her messenger (Black Rod) to summon the MPs. When he arrives at the House of Commons, the door is slammed in his face, symbolizing the right of the Commons to freedom from interference. He must then knock three times to gain entry and deliver his summons.
The Queen sits on a throne in the House of Lords and reads the "Queen's Speech".
It is tradition for the monarch to open parliament in person, and The Queen has performed the ceremony in every year of her reign except for 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with princes Andrew and Edward respectively.
No King or Queen has entered the House of Commons since 1642, when Charles l stormed in with his soldiers and tried to arrest five members of Parliament who were there.
Ceremony of the Keys
One of London's most timeless ceremonies, dating back 700 years is the ceremony of the keys which takes place at the Tower of London.
At 21:53 each night the Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower, dressed in Tudor uniform, sets off to meet the Escort of the Key dressed in the well-known Beefeater uniform. Together they tour the various gates ceremonially locking them, on returning to the Bloody Tower archway they are challenged by a sentry.
"Who goes there?"
"The Keys." answers The Chief Warder
"Whose Keys?" the sentry demands.
"Queen Elizabeth's Keys."
"Pass Queen Elizabeth's Keys. All's well."
"Who goes there?"
"The Keys." answers The Chief Warder
"Whose Keys?" the sentry demands.
"Queen Elizabeth's Keys."
"Pass Queen Elizabeth's Keys. All's well."
A trumpeter then sounds the Last Post before the keys are secured in the Queen's House.
CHANGING of the GUARD
Outside Buckingham Palace, you can see guardsmen dressed in their bright red uniforms and bearskin hats. These guardsmen protect the Queen. Every day a new guard of thirty guardsmen marches to the palace and takes the place of the "old guard". This is known as the Changing of the Guards ceremony and it dates back to 1660. Find out more and dates/times
The monarch and the royal palaces have been guarded by the Household Troops since 1660.
Maundy Money
Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday, at Easter. On that day the Queen gives Maundy money to a group of old people. This tradition is over 1,000 years old. At one time the king or queen washed the feet of poor, old people on Maundy Thursday, but that stopped in 1754.
Swan Upping
On the River Thames there are hundred´s of swans and a lot of these beautiful white birds belong, traditionally, to the king or queen. In July, the Queen´s swan keeper sails up the River Thames, from London Bridge to Henley. He looks at all the young swans and marks the royal ones.
For more information and photographs of Swan Upping click here
The Queen's Telegram
This fairly new custom assures aspiring centenarians that they will receive a birthday telegram from the queen on their one-hundredth birthday.On his or her one hundreth birthday, a British person gets a telegram from the Queen.
The Birthday Honours list and the New Year Honours list
Twice a year at Buckingham Palace, the Queen gives titles or 'honours', once in January and once in June.
Honours received include:
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The two websites projectbritain.com and primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk are the new homes for the Woodlands Resources.
Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant.
She now teaches computers at The Granville School and St. John's Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent.


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i will be getting my xbox 360 either today or sometime tommorrow!!
Hope I can play some of you sometime?
Patrick Castle
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My Favorites
Favorite Music:
Rock all day and night,
i like a different variety of it,
which i won't list cause it takes 4 ever!
Favorite Books:
books? hahaha I have a few.
Favorite TV Shows:
Rescue me,
My name is Earl,
Drawn together,
South park,
Venture Bros,
Favorite TV Shows:
Rescue me,
My name is Earl,
Drawn together,
South park,
Venture Bros,
My Interests
Interests:My girlfriend, video games, action/comedy movies, music, playing my drums, etc.
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The image creation relies on a video feedback loop with rotation, zooming, position displacement and contrast/luminosity/saturation modifications.
me, doing this.
Painting Wall is a participative vidéo composition. You move in front of the wall to draw picture, your body is like a pencil.
«Körperfelder» (Body Fields) by Michel Winterberg invites the viewer into a playful interaction: The exploratory movements of his hands and arms causes a visual communication with its representation.
An experiment using Rutt-Etra scan in Jitter on a liquid synth patch.
Trombinotron is an interactive installation made by Nicolas Roos and Guillaume Evrard.
The "Fraktal Glass Bead Game" installation is inspired on Hermann Hesse's famous book "The Glass Bead Game", where an advanced civilization had a group of gifted men dedicated to a spiritual, refined and sophisticated game, mixing music, culture and philosophy.
Umidade is a live interactive installation based on the Hades condemning of the Danaids (a Greek myth), where three performers (Ludmila Machado, Samir Andreoli and Stephane Paula) take a bath in front of four cameras, connected to two macbooks.
V-Module is a collection of Max for Live devices which can be interconnected to create potentially very complex real-time A/V processing chains within Ableton Live workflow, offering a Live-like interface to Jitter functionalities in Max.
The concept behind my Max/MSP patch "VJ 1.0!" was to make a computer's keyboard behave similar to an electronic drum pad; however instead of sounding an audio file, each keystroke causes a streaming video file to cut to a specific spot in its timeline, allowing the user to manually "cut up" a video in real-time to the beat of a song.
VIZZable is a starting step to integrating the VIZZIE modules into Ableton Live using Max For Live. The VIZZIE modules have been converted to plugins and have kept their modular nature.
synnack init.system is a video anthology exploring themes of creation, revelation, demise and catharsis.


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Clarence Harris thought he had it all figured out. He graduated from Bucknell University in Lewisburg with a triple major and a high grade-point average.
He became a chef, got married and had two children.
But all his plans changed in 2001, when he and his wife separated and he began having financial troubles.
"I started falling behind on my bills," said Harris, 46, of Southwest Philadelphia. "And checks started bouncing."
The self-proclaimed hard worker and family man soon found himself before a judge, pleading guilty to theft by deception and to writing bad checks.


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Tyson Foods is recalling 75,320 pounds of frozen white meat chicken nugget -- but maybe you shouldn't be eating nuggets anyway.
Yes, my job is to punish my children and I plan to do that and do it well within the confines of our home. Frankly, I'd rather wear a sandwich board announcing I'm a crappy parent than publicly embarrass my child as a form of punishment. What about you? Can you get behind the whole creative parenting movement?
See one frustrated dad's excellent Facebook response to Common Core math problem. What's your experience with Common Core math and helping your child with homework? Is it helping your child grasp certain mathematic concepts or just confusing everyone?


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And if you have not guessed it yet, so is the US, but we have corrupted Fed that's hiding it from the public by printing a ton of money and pumping up the stock market into it all falls apart and there is a massive crash that leave many holding the bag and broke.
Sentiment: Strong Sell
The FED does not print money. They also do not buy stocks.
You appear to not understand how either the FED or your government functions.
Get the F out of here your idiot. You areF ing clueless.
Correct-But the Federal Reserve has raised interest rate risk premiums with their bond purchases. That is a result of the additional resource costs from buying those bonds with created reserves.
They're broke? Poor French folks. They should all buy U.S. stocks so they can get rich too.
Come on, be serious.
France is broke because of the stong EURO,
while prices are spiralling out of control,
as commodities, OIL and FOOD still trade in US$.
They can't print euros,
they have to go back to the French frank.
Japan has been successful in destroying its own currency.
The FED can easily curb the same scenario by monetizing DEBT,
through a series of devaluations.
Hopefully, everybody else has dumped all their holding in
US$ and this will not impact the hungry and poor in Africa,
Asia and Latin America.
PRINTER BEN will not be forgotten by
future generations WORLDWIDE!
One single guy destroying billions and billions of people
and NOBODY can do a thing.
If the U.S. Gvt. is broke, then the Federal Reserve isn't helping them much by raising interest rates with their bond buying program since July of 2012.


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February 2010
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We wanted to provide you with another update regarding our ongoing product safety efforts. Our continuing work to meet and exceed product safety standards is guided by our "child first" policy. With this in mind we are:
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Oona Kings's debt to Jewish mother
January 7, 2010
Former Labour MP Oona King has told Jewish Council for Racial Equality backers of her debt to her Jewish mother.
At the launch of the Jcore Supporters' Network, Ms King, now with Channel 4, recalled that, aged seven, she announced that she would be prime minister one day. Her mother replied: "Do you want to do that before you're 30, or after?"
Last updated: 4:10pm, January 7 2010


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Here's how you get to test it:
1 – Make sure you are registered AND signed in (if you're not you won't see the form below).
2 – Quick, quick, fill out the form below, and we will select 5 eligible submissions at random for this week's testing panel.
3 – Once we have all five sets of details we'll get the products and the further instructions on their way out to you.
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Here's a few other important bits and pieces you should know:
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Many people who are careful with their finances, wise in their investing, and secure in their jobs own more than one property.
That's where Bill and Karen Mestichelli fit into the real estate landscape. Bill is a South Philadelphia dentist who has filled enough cavities to own a Moorestown house, a Shore place, and two investment properties.
In 2007, they refinanced the Shore house loan. Trouble was, the refi came with a 30-month prepayment penalty - $12,963.61, to be exact - that would end Sept. 9, 2009. A hefty sum, but if you plan to hang on to a property and the trade-off is that you get a better rate, it doesn't matter.


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Catalogue entry
[from] Turner's Annual Tour, 1835: Wanderings by the Seine pub.1835 [T04708-T04726; complete]
Nineteen line-engravings by various engravers, comprising nineteen subjects out of a total of twenty; various sizes; all bearing Turner studio blind stamp
Purchased (Grant-in-Aid) 1986
Prov: Artist's sale, Christie's 23–5 April 1873; ...; N.W. Lott and H.J. Gerrish Ltd, from whom bt by Tate Gallery
Lit: Leitch Ritchie, Turner's Annual Tour: Wanderings by the Seine, 1835; The Rivers of France, 1837 (reprinted with an introduction by Eric Shanes, 1990); Leitch Ritchie, Liber Fluviorum: With a Biographical Sketch by Alaric A. Watts, 1853; M.B. Huish, The Seine and the Loire, 1895; Turner en France, exh. cat., Centre culturel du Marais, Paris 1981
For a discussion of this project, see under T04678-T04697 above. The 1835 volume of Turner's Annual Tour was entitled Wanderings by the Seine from Rouen to the Source. It was also published in London by Longmans as well as by Rittner and Goupil in Paris and A. Asher in Berlin. The volume was dedicated by Charles Heath and A. Asher to 'Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal of Prussia'.
The engravers responsible for the plates in this group were John Cousen (1804–80), John Smith (c.1798-?), James Tibbetts Willmore (1800–63), William Radclyffe (1783–1855), J. Radclyffe (active 1835), James Baylis Allen (1803–76), Samuel Fisher (active 1830–55), William Miller (1796–1882), Thomas Jeavons (c.1800–67), Thomas Higham (1796–1844) and James Charles Armytage (1802–97).
T04709 Château Gaillard, from the East engr. J. Smith, pub.1835
Line-engraving 103 × 143 (4 1/16 × 5 5/8) on India paper laid on wove paper 300 × 436 (11 13/16 × 17 3/16); plate-mark 150 × 228 (5 7/8 × 8 15/16)
Engraved inscriptions: 'Drawn by J.M.W. Turner, R.A.', below image b.l., 'Engraved by J. Smith.' below image b.r.
Lit: Rawlinson II 1913, no.474, first published state
Published: p.36. Original watercolour: Tate Gallery, TB CCLIX 113 (Wilton 1979, no.972).
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Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1986-88, London 1996


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I see. Its better to take it slow with people that are not experienced than to rush it and risk hurting someone. It was odd that you would managed to find a climbing route that long.
If you ever need some informations about weather/routes http://www.hiking-trail.net/ are pretty much the best that are not printed book guides.


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Over the years, we've seen mental healthcare clinics design and construction shift as technological advancements, medical breakthroughs and regulations have impacted our nation's health care facilities. Currently, our care providers are changing from a volume-based care structure to a value-based structure model — one that mandates healthcare design and construction to boost patient results and population health treatment.
As a result of these major changes, the idea behind private-sector mental healthcare construction has altered. Commercial contractors and modern home builders are really starting to pay attention mental health patients needs as the medical landscape is quickly changing with health centers requiring much more functional design. The mission of mental healthcare facilities is no longer to treat the most patients possible, stay at maximum admissions and reach maximum capacity. Small to mid-sized health clinics are being placed and set up to support the general population and drive patients head toward healthier lifestyle choices. Currently, health care facilities must meet proper care quotas that keeps patients out of intensive care and gets them a clean bill of health as fast as possible.
Mental health clinics construction is now about remodeling areas to focus energy on standard care elements. Every design detail must be drawn up, thought out and called for by a functional need. Design strategies take into account the overall return on investment (ROI) and yield they deliver, not just the appearance. Basically, the design must blend evenly into the construction to cure administrative problems. Every element of your construction should be geared towards treatment functions, care protocol and positive environments for staff, patients and families. Basic roles of supporting these attributes include the buildings master plan and the healthcare layout,etc.
The master plan is a professional document and architectural rendering that sites exactly what builders will construct both at the beginning and in the future. It projects space usage and allocation, sets forth a blueprint for building expansion and takes into account statistical models while also qualifying goals and the long-term construction of a facility.
The floor plan takes into consideration primary facility objectives and is one of the most vital parts of the design process. It gives life to the buildings specific functions, spaces and room dimensions. A proper designed floor plan provides several benefits, including the best accommodation of patients, families and staff members.


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Made in Morocco
A few years ago, it seemed like all you needed to be a cool kid was a huge, low-slung belt over your jeans. It was a good time for lazy shoppersno need to get a changing room, just buy a bunch of crazy belts and rotate them with your old clothes day after day. Every hip boy, especially the shaggy-haired types, had a white one. And then, as quickly as it had come, it was over. A period of skinny belts followed, a trend that felt forced, like something that had been decided from above and pushed on us because they had made more than they could sell.
Many of us have been going beltless for a while nowwith shirts so long, the dilemma of how to define your top from your bottom has faded like the line itself. But thats coming to an end. This spring, shirts will stay long but belts will return, this time over tunics or dresses. Your old punk-rock belts might not work for this bohemian look. The best is a Moroccan belt, preferably vintage if you can find one. They are made up of several large leather discs with brass or silver studs, and the clasp is usually a metal disc. On eBay there are many, especially from London, with hysterical titles like "Must-have Moroccan belt for spring! So Sienna! So Kate!" Those references are to Sienna Miller, Jude Laws fiancée, and Kate Moss, the now-mom model who is still setting trends.
But you can have the real thing, or an adequate rendition, at stores like Fab 208 ($39) and even Urban Outfitters ($48). At vintage stores, look for any belt that has a combination of brown leather and hardware and thats long enough to be worn low, around the hips, with enough slack to hang down (off center, please). We also love the many different belts from Jocasi ($105 to $165) at Cantaloup, especially the ones with brass studs and big buckles.
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A feature-length folly about the terrors and self-affirming joys of football (that is, soccer) hooliganism.
Manohla Dargis - New York Times
Soccer needs this movie like Georgia needed Deliverance.
Desson Thomson - Washington Post
Unfortunately, the beatings are often more interesting than what's caused them.
Wesley Morris - Boston Globe
Hooligans loses the plot late though -- in the filmic and Brit-speak sense -- revealing Hollywood, not hooligan, roots.
Peter L'Official - Village Voice
Hooligans delivers two main points - that family is where you find it, and that violence can be as intoxicating, to some, as a drug.
Jami Bernard - New York Daily News
Dean Essner - Houston Chronicle
The message is that violence is hard-wired into men, if only the connection is made.
Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
This is Fight Club without the irony or the metaphysical gaming.
Michael Phillips - Chicago Tribune
The script is a jumble of caricatures and cliches.
Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer
It's what you thought Fight Club was going to be, before it went in a whole other (and far more interesting) direction.
Kerry Lengel - Arizona Republic
Pic amply demonstrates that Alexander -- director of Johnny Flynton, 2003 Oscar nominee for dramatic short -- has the chops to bring a fresh take to onscreen rough stuff.
Joe Leydon - Variety
Director and co-writer Lexi Alexander choreographs the fight scenes with thrilling chaos, and the plot unfolds expertly if melodramatically.
Kyle Smith - New York Post
Viewers hoping to understand the senseless phenomenon of football hooliganism would do better to rent Alan Clarke's nearly 20-year-old The Firm.
John DeFore - Hollywood Reporter
The steady diet of brutal street fighting makes it all but impossible to connect with this picture, despite whatever visceral appeal it may offer.
Kevin Thomas - Los Angeles Times
Nick Nunziata - CHUD
Keith H. Brown - Eye for Film
Chelsea Bain - Boston Herald
Jonathan Kiefer - Sacramento News & Review
Hunnam e Wood exibem imensa seguranca ao carregarem o filme, que tambem desperta nosso interesse atraves da analise dos motivos que levam pessoas comuns a violencia das torcidas organizadas.
Pablo Villaca - Cinema em Cena
Dean Essner - Time Out
Green Street Hooligans loses any credibility it might have had the minute it tries to pass off Elijah Wood as a tough guy.
Jeff Vice - Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Nothing hits harder, or with less tact, than the overriding message, that Matt is really looking for a surrogate family.
Phil Villarreal - Arizona Daily Star
At least three writers collaborated on a script that drums out loudly its themes of loyalty, honor and revenge, and the finished product dances quickly enough between cliches to make for passable entertainment.
Shawn Levy - Oregonian
Dean Essner - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It swims and sinks in melodrama.
Bob Longino - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[Alexander] is a better anthropologist than dramatist and her snapshot of this culture is more revealing than the story crafted around it.
Duane Dudek - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There's a good movie to be made about the violent world of British soccer, or football, as it's called on the other side of the pond. This isn't it.
John Monaghan - Detroit Free Press
German kickboxer-turned-director Lexi Alexander's brutal, unsparing portrait of disaffected youth running rampant amid the football stands and terraces of jolly old England.
David N. Butterworth - rec.arts.movies.reviews
Approaches the sociologically poetic sloganeering of the Smiths at Morrissey's most hooligan-lovestruck.
Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle
We learn that violence is bad, except when it feels good, or helps solve our problems.
Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News
Goes soft and mushy in personal terms even as it ratchets up the violence and decibel level.
Frank Swietek - One Guy's Opinion
I wouldn't exactly say I liked this movie, but I guess you could say they do a good job capturing this element of society. The violence is appalling, extreme, and relentless.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone - TheMovieChicks.com
The world of football riots seems rife with potential for the big screen, but Green Street Hooligans only periodically rises to it.
Luke Y. Thompson - New Times
[The director] and her team get some things right ... but there are weaknesses where it counts most.
Doris Toumarkine - Film Journal International
... a mess of romanticized notions of street honor and camaraderie in combat, pushed into hollow melodrama...
Sean Axmaker - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Dean Essner - Boston Phoenix
An energetic mix of Fight Club's adoration of violence and West Side Story's popularization of gang warfare.
Steve Rhodes - Internet Reviews
The movie forces you into primal alertness, its effectiveness enhanced by exceptional casting and escalating tension that plays on your emotions.
Jeff Shannon - Seattle Times
A movie about English football (soccer) hooligans shouldn't be too hard to pull off... but Green Street Hooligans manages to botch it up.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Combustible Celluloid
Director Lexi Alexander wants to make a message movie yet also seems attracted by the firms' macho ethics.
Jeffrey Westhoff - Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
As a dissertation on suppressed male aggression, it's a compelling movie. As entertainment, it's visceral but mildly unfulfilling.
David Foucher - EDGE Boston
Once it puts up its dukes and stops with the philosophizing, the thing intrigues.
Andrew Wright - The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Dean Essner - AV Club
It's a visceral, macho film, and if the message seems to be that violence IS the answer, it's hard to resist the grimy, eloquent way that the point is made.
Eric D. Snider - EricDSnider.com
Sure to please fans of action-adventure flicks, footballers, and teenagers entranced by macho violence, Green Street Hooligans also offers up...morsels for ethical meditation.
Les Wright - culturevulture.net
Terrific because director Lexi Alexander, a German, brings an authentic feel to English hooliganism -- this is a brutal yet tremendously entertaining film -- and treats it very seriously.
G. Allen Johnson - San Francisco Chronicle
At best a mediocre to slightly above average fish-out-of-water tale.
Jeff Otto - IGN Movies
Pretty-boy-turned-gang-leader Charlie Hunnam offers a career performance...
Michael Szymanski - Hollywood.com
Football-and-fighting drama shows Elijah Wood in a new light -- and marks the debut of a major talent.
James Rocchi - Netflix
Paul Greenwood - Future Movies UK
David Edwards - Daily Mirror [UK]
Charlie Hunnam turns in an utterly dreadful, line-mangling, squirm-inducing performance (reputedly redubbed, but still atrocious), whilst the voice-over narration is staggeringly appalling.
Matthew Turner - ViewLondon
This is a brutal, insightful look at a side of sports most Americans don't even know about.
Richard Roeper - Ebert & Roeper
drags and drags, almost entirely absent of tension
Blake French - Filmcritic.com
Although the central message is questionable and the plot is packed with contrivances, the film makes for an engaging treatise on a subculture.
Lisa Rose - Newark Star-Ledger
Though the film begins with the promise of dissecting the origins and politics of the firms, the neighborhood turf wars, and the general attraction towards football-hooligan culture, it quickly abandons those aims.
Kim Morgan - Reel.com
You watch the movie clutched in a defensive position.
Josh Larsen - Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)
Too bad it's saddled with a predictable storyline and such feckless dialogue that you can't help but view the whole thing as an exercise in stupidity.
Dean Essner - E! Online
The fundamental idiocy of the whole business keeps the movie from scoring any serious goals.
Bob Strauss - Los Angeles Daily News
Alexander's techniques occasionally get a bit too fancy, but the movie has a kinetic energy and intelligence that score.
John Anderson - Newsday
At its best, the movie navigates an intriguing moral tightrope between the fetishization of bloodshed and the outright condemnation of it.
Scott Foundas - L.A. Weekly
Suggesting Hooligans is just too darned real for the entertainment industry to fathom would make a lot more sense if the movie weren't so mind-numbingly derivative.
Dan Fienberg - Zap2it.com
A well-intentioned but ultimately calamitous attempt to analyse the so-called 'English disease.'
Neil Smith - BBC
A colossal misstep at every turn; the sort of film bound to appeal more to one who knows not a thing about football and the UK than one with even the slightest knowledge.
Joe Utichi - FilmFocus
Authenticity lends a sharp edge to what would otherwise be yet another gritty drama about British yob culture.
Rich Cline - Shadows on the Wall
Hooligans truly is an ode to the punch, a love letter to the stomp, an embrace of the head butt.
Jordan Hiller - Bangitout.com
As the film progresses and as Matt falls deeper and deeper into the firm, you can honestly believe that the transformation is real.
Don R. Lewis - Film Threat
Works resoundingly well as a spotlight onto another country's sports-obsessed culture, plus it's just a damn well-made piece of storytelling, period.
Scott Weinberg - eFilmCritic.com