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The passion for upland birds began early for me. Pheasant hunting as a kid was exciting but it was many years later that I found my life changing love for upland bird hunting.
Introduced to grouse field trials we soon acquired a tri-colored pup, sired by a current champion named Wrongway. This pup was perfect! Although the last in the litter it was evident from the get go he was intelligent with the natural talent of finding birds. He developed into a strong dog that like any other of ours could handle the heat. As dogs develop through their puppy stage he was different, deadly on wild birds and a natural on grouse!
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Last night, Van Halen's website posted a message to fans, stating that Eddie Van Halen has undergone emergency surgery. The message, in full, reads: "Eddie Van Halen underwent an emergency surgery for a severe bout of Diverticulitis. No further surgeries are needed and a full recovery is expected within 4 – 6 months. Van Halen's scheduled November 2012 tour of Japan is currently being rescheduled and the band looks forward to seeing and playing for their fans in 2013."
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Strange DH Split
Sometimes pitching matchups can turn out to be miss-matchups (Webster's dictionary doesn't recognize this as a word, but who is Webster anyway?).
Take last night for example, a strange doubleheader split.
Joe Blanton vs. Josh Johnson in the first game. Joe had pitched well against Florida since coming to the NL. Johnson came in with a 3.01 ERA, 15-4 record and having allowed 3 or fewer runs in his last 5 starts.
Result: Phillies 9, Marlins 3. Blanton worked 7 scoreless innings for the win, improving his overall Phillies record to 15-7. Johnson gave up 4 runs (5 innings) for the first time since August 20 and lost.
Jamie Moyer vs. Anibal Sanchez in the nightcap. Moyer was 13-3 lifetime vs. the Marlins, 8-0, 1.37 in Miami. Sanchez had a 4.50 ERA, 2-7 record, riding a 3-game losing streak and hadn't worked longer than 6 innings since coming off the DL on August 21.
Result: Marlins 3, Phillies 0. Jamie kept us in the game and gave up 3 runs in 7 innings, but Sanchez allowed just 2 hits in 8 scoreless innings.
Most important: magic number was reduced from 6 to 5 games.
Now, focus shifts to tonight as Cole takes the mound. Club then hops on another Delta charter for a flight to Milwaukee for the last regular-season road series, four games in four days starting Thursday night. Phillies clinched the NLDS in Miller Park a year ago and could clinch their third straight NL East title in same place.
Winning despite whiffs
Another strange twist to last night's first game….we struck out 16 times and still won.
It is the most strikeouts since the Mets' David Cone ended the 1991 season at Veterans Stadium by punching out 19 Phillies on a Sunday afternoon, Oct. 6.
To appease your curiosity, the Phillies strike outs that day: SS Kim Batiste 4; LF Wes Chamberlain and C Doug Lindsey, 3; RF Dale Murphy, 1B Ricky Jordan and CF Braulio Castillo, 2; 2B Mickey Morandini, 3B Dave Hollins and 1B Jim Lindeman, 1. RHP Andy Ashby, the loser, was the only Phillies starter that didn't strike out (1 AB).
Last time we had 16 strikeouts in a 9-inning game?
Back on September 17, 1984 and we won that game, 2-1 over the Mets. Dwight Gooden lost the game on an eighth-inning balk.
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In a season when everything is going wrong for the Jaguars, an injured throwing elbow for starting quarterback Blaine Gabbert is the latest problem.
Gabbert injured his right elbow in the first quarter of today's game with the Texans and was replaced by backup Chad Henne.
Gabbert had also been dealing with an injury to his left shoulder, but an injury to his throwing arm is a greater concern.
The good news for the Jaguars is that Henne got off to a hot start, hitting Justin Blackmon for a 63-yard pass, then hitting Blackmon again in the end zone for a pass that would have been a touchdown, if Blackmon hadn't dropped it, and then throwing another pass into the end zone that was caught by Marcedes Lewis for a touchdown. The Jaguars and Texans are tied 7-7.
UPDATE 2:04 p.m. ET: Another touchdown pass from Henne gave the Jaguars a 14-7 lead, then Matt Schaub came back with his second touchdown pass to make it 14-14.


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I hate to spoil it for all you folks on my Christmas list, but I can't wait to share what I'm getting everyone for Christmas. I have considered in the past making a pact with myself to purchase every single Christmas gift at convenience stores. I'm not doing that this year, maybe next year (I can see you squirming with excitement already).
However, I have found the perfect gift for every single person on my list. From plant lovers to patriots, I've got you covered.
It's the Obama Chia Pet from the Proud to be American Chia series.
Or maybe you'd rather have the Statue of Liberty Chia with the "ever-glowing flame."
Feeling a bit more revolutionary, there's the George Washington Chia.
There's also an Abraham Lincoln Chia edition, but I can't understand why they didn't manufacture it where Lincoln's beard will also grow green plants. Only his hair grows. Shouldn't Abe be wearing a stovepipe hat to cover his hair, leaving his chin as the best spot for luxurious growing greenery?


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Whitehurst TD
Arkansas fans may remember the name Kane Whitehurst, who caught the fourth-quarter TD pass Saturday for No. 14 South Carolina that put his team up 45-7. Whitehurst, a redshirt freshman at the time, was kicked off the team at Arkansas after being arrested for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. He was arrested the same day as former coach Bobby Petrino's infamous motorcycle accident that led to his dismissal in 2012. Then-coach John L. Smith dismissed Whitehurst, who transferred to South Carolina. Whitehurst, now a sophomore back-up at wide receiver, has two receptions this season, both for touchdowns. The other one was against North Carolina.
Among Worst
The 52-7 thumping of Arkansas by South Carolina ranks as one of the worst drubbings the team has encountered at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville. The Alabama loss a season ago was the worst — 52-0. The loss to the Gamecocks was No. 2. It was the fourth-worst Southeastern Conference loss, including the Alabama loss last year, one by 49 to Florida in 1997 and last year's 48-point loss to Texas A&M. Tennessee won by 43 over Arkansas in 2000.
South Carolina wide receiver Bruce Ellington will miss Arkansas not being on the Gamecocks' schedule next season. The junior has scored touchdowns against the Razorbacks the last two seasons. As the point guard on South Carolina's basketball team, he is averaging 12 points per game against the Razorbacks. Ellington was South Carolina's leading receiver Saturday with six receptions for 96 yards, including a 53-yard catch in the first half to go along with TD passes of 9 yards early in the second quarter and 4 yards just before halftime.
Thomas Out
Defensive tackle Robert Thomas suffered a broken bone in his leg in the third quarter against the Gamecocks and was helped off the field, likely ending the season and career for the senior and team captain from Muskogee, Okla. It was obvious he could put no weight on the left leg with his arms around two trainers and touching the ground with only his right foot. He was taken to the hospital after a trip to the X-ray room. Thomas had a career-high seven tackles against Rutgers and 3 1/2 tackles for loss against Samford.
Irwin-Hill Boomer
Sam Irwin-Hill boomed a second-quarter punt 79 yards into the end zone and a block-in-the-back penalty set the Gamecocks up with a first down at their 10 with 6:07 left in the half. Hill's first punt Saturday was only 34 yards, but he followed that with a 56-yarder, then the 79. The punt is tied for seventh on the Arkansas list for longest punts. It was the longest punt in the SEC this season. The ambidextrous kicker used his rightie against South Carolina, punting four times for an average of 53.5 yards.
Fake Punt
The series of events following Arkansas' fake punt late in the first half ended up spelling disaster for the Razorbacks. Irwin-Hill looked for a receiver as the rush started; he took a couple of steps forward and let it go before being hit. The incompletion set the Gamecocks up at the Arkansas 49 with 2:02 left in the half. It took 12 plays before Connor Shaw found Ellington uncovered in the end zone, putting the Gamecocks up 24-7. The Gamecocks got the ball to begin the second half and turned the opening drive into a touchdown on a 45-yard scoring pass from Shaw to Damiere Byrd.
50 And Fumble
Keon Hatcher gained 19 yards on an end-around in the Arkansas scoring drive to open the game, so it was no surprise that coaches went back to the play in the third quarter. It was the biggest rushing play for the Razorbacks in the game, but unfortunately for the Razorbacks, Hatcher fumbled after the 50-yard gain, handing the ball back to South Carolina.
In For Hines
Junior college transfer Carroll Washington got his first college start against South Carolina, replacing sophomore Will Hines, who suffered a broken arm against Florida and is out for at least a few weeks, if not the season. Hines, also a starter for much of his freshman year, won one of the cornerback spots during the spring and early fall, vying mostly with redshirt freshman Jared Collins. A concussion against Southern Miss sidelined Collins and Washington got additional playing time, leading to Saturday's start. Washington had eight tackles against the Gamecocks, including one tackle for loss. Collins and freshman D.J. Dean also logged time in the South Carolina game.
Hocker's Records
Every PAT or field goal by senior Zach Hocker adds to his career scoring record at Arkansas. He added a point against the Gamecocks Saturday to give him 329. He remains perfect on the season with 18 PATs. That point put him into a tie for sixth on all time PATs made in the SEC with 161. He is tied with John Becksvoort (Tennessee, 1991-94). Hocker is the SEC's active career leader in PATs made and PATs attempted (163). He also leads the league in field goals made, field goals made per game, field goals attempted, total points and points per game. Prior to Saturday, Hocker was tied for third among active NCAA players in field goals made, fourth in total points, tied for fourth in PATs made, tied for fourth in PATs attempted, fourth in field goals attempted, 11th in points per game and 14th in field goals made per game.
Spaight Out With Knee
Linebacker Martrell Spaight, the junior from Coffeyville (Kan.) Junior College, sprained a knee against Florida and was on the sideline against South Carolina. He was in uniform but had his knee wrapped. Austin Jones got the start in his place.
Top-10 Sackers
Arkansas' sack count against South Carolina was three — one each by Darius Philon, Thomas and Deatrich Wise Jr. Going into Saturday's game, the Razorbacks had three players ranked in the SEC's top 10 for sacks. Chris Smith, who was tied for the conference lead with six, led the way, followed by Trey Flowers (four sacks for fourth place) and Thomas, whose 2 1/2 sacks came in at No. 10.
O-line Starts
Center Travis Swanson, who stretched a knee ligament against Florida, started his 45th consecutive career game against South Carolina, keeping him in a tie for second among active NCAA players for straight starts. He was joined on the offensive line Saturday by tackles David Hurd, who has started every game at tackle this season; and Brey Cook, who earned his second straight start at tackle after four starts at guard to begin the season; and freshmen guards Denver Kirkland and Dan Skipper, starters since the Texas A&M game on Sept. 28.
Fourth Upcoming
South Carolina was the third straight preseason top-10 team Arkansas has faced and the fourth — Alabama — is scheduled in Tuscaloosa next week. No other team in the country had four straight preseason top-10 picks on its schedule this season. Arkansas lost to Texas A&M in Fayetteville on Sept. 28, was outmatched at The Swamp against Florida the following Saturday and was embarrassed by South Carolina. Based on games played and the remainder of the schedule, Arkansas' scheduled is ranked the fifth toughest in the country.
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Your Changing Path
This story appears in the March 2006 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Recently, a colleague of mine prepared for the announcement of a new service. She created terrific press materials, enlisted her colleagues to help spread the word and arranged for an interview with a local business columnist. She even hired a publicist to review her materials to ensure they would make the desired impact.
She thought she had planned for every contingency, and then a hurricane hit near her city. Her announcement got lost amid the news of the damage caused by the natural disaster. She also felt it was in bad taste to promote her business during this time of turmoil.
No matter how much planning, investigating and research we complete, the unexpected always challenges us. We can't plan for every contingency while growing our businesses. However, we can learn to manage unanticipated events without becoming discouraged.
Don't let change keep you from reaching your dreams. Embrace it as an opportunity to enhance yourself and your business. Begin by building a solid foundation for delivering your products and services, no matter what the circumstances, and:
1. Work in the now. Don't worry about what may happen--look at the reality of your present situation. Commit to and focus on a specific goal. Being clear on what you are in control of relieves frustration. When the unexpected occurs and forces you to change direction, ask yourself, "How can I modify my plan and still reach my goal?" Then take action.
2. Obtain direction with a weekly action strategy. Taking a proactive stance helps you overcome unexpected obstacles. At the end of your workweek, take time to digest what you have learned. Then clearly formulate your next goal and associated actions. Identify all the resources you need to succeed, and list them next to each action step. Diversions will occur. When they do, decide if they will impede you from realizing your current goal. If they will, simply adjust your action steps accordingly.
3. Gain focus by defining a purpose behind every action. To achieve success in times of change, continually seek out feasible remedies. For each action you define, ask yourself, "When I accomplish this, what kind of effect is it likely to have on my business?" Be deliberate and affirmative. Your defined objectives will help you analyze how distractions may or may not keep you from what you want to accomplish. Soon, you may view obstacles as opportunities rather than as roadblocks.
4. Transition with ease by asking for help. Many problems can be resolved by simply asking the right questions. If you get stuck on an obstacle, look to your colleagues for alternative ways to do things. There are people who have conquered challenges similar to the ones you are facing-learn from them. Ask for what you want, and people will help you find the clarity you require. Decide on your next action by choosing the one that best supports your current goal.
Train yourself to cope with the unexpected by defining and resolving one task a day that falls outside your comfort zone. Working through an issue for which you have no clear solution helps you develop the intuitive sense necessary to handle sudden challenges.


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On that level, there are few Blue Jays who left more of an impression on us than Mark Eichhorn.
(And kudos Sven, who in the comments of our Kent Tekulve post a couple of weeks back correctly divined that we were a rabid Eichhorn fan.)
Eichhorn's career with the Jays started with a whimper, when he went 0-3 with a 5.45 ERA in seven starts with the team in 1982. After a few more years of scuffling around the Jays' farm system, Eichhorn rejigged his throwing motion from the standard overhand into the glorious pseudo-submarine, sling-it-hop-and-fall-off-the-mound delivery.
It really was a thing of beauty.
And while the delivery may have owed something to some of the submariners of the past (Tekulve and Dan Quisenberry, for instance), Eichhorn's motion was far less jerky and far more graceful than those. For a low-angle sidearm slinger, it looked pretty smooth, and it allowed Eichhorn to throw a slider that fell as suddenly and dramatically as the value of our mutual funds.
Aside from mere aesthetics, Eichhorn's 1986 rookie season with the Jays stands out as one of the most remarkable performances from any Toronto pitcher: 69 games, 157 innings, a 14-6 record with 10 saves, 166 strikeouts versus 45 walks, a 1.72 ERA and a .955 WHIP. And even though we think that the BBWAA is a bit of a joke, it's still worth mentioning that Eichhorn finished sixth in the Cy young voting (although we're assuming those were hometown votes), and third in the rookie of the year voting.
There's also this story about that 1986 season that makes us think that Eichhorn was pretty freakin' rad: Apparently, the Jays offered Eichhorn the possibility of starting one of the last few games of the season so that he could rack up enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, but the pitcher turned the idea down because he didn't want anyone to think he was sneaking in the backdoor to get it. That's nails.
(And as it turned out, he ended up throwing 4.1 innings on the last day of the year, pitching in both ends of a double-header against the Brewers. Double nails.)
Eichhorn pitched for two more seasons in that first stint with the Jays, with diminishing returns as runners began taking advantage of his deliberate motion to the plate. His 1988 season was punctuated by an ongoing attempt to speed up his delivery and improve his pick off move. Jimy Williams, as he is wont to do with everything beautiful and true in baseball, tried to make Eichhorn conform to his rigid and dull approach to the game.
It damn near killed us to watch it. It was like having two seasons of Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust, and then seeing him crushed down into Never Let Me Down.
Eichhorn was banished to Atlanta (where he kinda sucked) and spent some time with the California Angels of California, where he regained his form (posting a 1.98 ERA and .931 WHIP in 1991.)
In 1992, the Jays summoned him back to his home and rightful place, just in time for their back-to-back World Series runs. Over those two postseasons, Eichhorn tossed 4.1 innings of runless ball, and while he wasn't the bullpen lynchpin that he had previously been, he was still an effective relief arm, holding the lead and feeding the ball to Duane Ward on many nights.
Though he finished his career elsewhere (stints with Baltimore and back to Cali), we still can't picture him in any uniform other than the Jays'.
All of this adds up to Mark Eichhorn being a truly Greatish Jay. And besides all of this history and statistical nonsense: Isn't it wicked fun to say "Eichhorn"?


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This week's Midway has some good content, a total no-show, and a great pick of the week. I'm on something of a high after playing our featured game last night and today, so I think we should just jump right in.
Our pick of the week: flOw (PS3, $7.99) This is a game that does everything right. It feels like it fits perfectly on the PS3 in a way that no other game has so far with that console. It supports 1080p. It uses the tilt-control of the Sixaxis. Up to four players can jump in at any time. And it's simply beautiful to look at and play. You've been able to play the game online for a long time, but that version does not prepare you for the magnificence of the PS3 update. It looks like electroplankton and Geometry Wars had a kid that did some acid and then settled WAY down.
You begin as a simple creature that's not much more than a set of mandibles on a dot, and the more creatures you eat the more you evolve. There is combat in that you have to eat parts of other creatures to break them up, allowing you to evolve more, but there isn't much at stake, and it's hard to die. This is less of a pure game than an audiovisual experience, and it's a great way to calm down if you're stressed out. It's been released at a good price, takes advantage of the Sixaxis and the PS3 hardware, and really shines.
At first I wished I could play with the analogue stick instead of only using tilt, but once I got used to the controls I had to admit it did make everything feel more organic. This feels like something new and interesting, and like Geometry Wars before it, a downloadable game may be the most compelling thing on the console. What else was released this week?
Xbox Live Arcade: Nothing. Not a thing. Don't bother looking. Not even a demo. C'mon Microsoft!
The PlayStation Store: Not only was the terrific flOw released, but the PS3 Qbert was also released for $5. Not a bad show this week, and flOw may be one of the better games released this month period. A great PS3 title.
Virtual Console: Not a bad spread from Nintendo. While many people find Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 800 points or $8) boring, I've always been enamored with the classic game play. The Legend of Kage (NES, 500 points or $5) is a boring kung-fu game that's barely worth mentioning, but if you want some beat-em-up action it doesn't get much better than Streets of Rage (Genesis, 800 points or $8). I'm sure there are some Adventure Island fans out there, so the release of New Adventure Island (Turbografx 16, 600 points or $6) may get your wallets out. This is a somewhat eclectic—if solid—lineup from the Virtual Console this week. It's been a while since I've been let down by Nintendo's online offerings, and this week keeps the winning streak alive.


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1950-2004Risager, Ole (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A number of influential studies have documented a strong value premium for US stocks over the period 1963 to 1990 (Fama and French (1992), Lakonishok et al. (1994)). Stocks with low price-earnings multiples, price-book values and other measures of value are reported to have given a higher mean return than the high multiple growth firms. Work by Basu (1997) and others have shown that the value dominance is also a feature of the earlier market history of the United States. The value premium is reported also to exist in a number of other countries over the period 1975 to 1995 (Fama and French (1998)). The results for these markets are based on Morgan Stanley (MSCI) data. Since these data are softer due to a relatively short time horizon and due to a small number of stocks in some cases down at 10 stocks, the conclusions are likely to be less robust. There is therefore a need for more research on this issue. The purpose of this paper is to report evidence for the Danish stock market and to test whether the value premium is a genuine long-term feature of the market or just a phenomenon that pops up now and then. To research this issue we have collected accounting and stock market data for more than half a century. We report in particular on the insights obtained when portfolios are formed on the basis of the price-earnings multiple. The paper shows that there is a value premium. The paper also analyzes whether the premium is likely to be due to risk (Fama and French (1992,98)) or mispricing as emphasized by the Behavioral Finance School (Chan et al. (2000), Lakonishok et al. (1994) and La Porta et al. (1997)). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7613
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Abstract: We compare investments in generating capacities of an integrated monopolist with the aggregate investments of two vertically integrated competing firms. The firms invest in their capacity and fix the retail price while electricity demand is uncertain. The wholesale price is determined in a unit price auction where the firms know the level of demand when they bid their capacities. Total capacities can be larger or smaller with a duopoly than with a monopoly. If the two firms select the Pareto dominant equilibrium, then the retail price is always higher and the social welfare lower in the duopoly case. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7572
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Abstract: This paper studies how competition and vertical structure jointly determine generating capacities, retail prices, and welfare in the electricity industry. Analyzing a model in which demand is uncertain and retailers must commit to retail prices before they buy electricity in the wholesale market, we show that welfare is highest if competition in generation and retailing is combined with vertical separation. Vertically integrated generators choose excessively high retail prices and capacities to avoid rent extraction in the wholesale market when their retail demand exceeds their capacity. Vertical separation eliminates the risk of rent extraction and yields lower retail prices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9664
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Abstract: We exploit the regional variation in negative attitudes towards immigrants to Sweden in order to analyse the consequences of the attitudes on immigrants welfare. We find that attitudes towards immigrants are of importance: they both affect their labour market outcomes and their quality of life. We interpret the negative effect on wages as evidence of labour market discrimination. We estimate the welfare effects of negative attitudes, through their wage and local amenities, for immigrants with different levels of skills, origin, gender and age. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8519
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Abstract: While examining the macroeconomic effects of increased government control of the informal sector, this paper develops a two-sector general equilibrium model featuring matching frictions and worker- firm wage bargaining. Workers search for jobs in both the formal and the informal sector. We analyse the impact of higher punishment rates and a higher audit rate on labour market performance. We find that a higher punishment rate reduces the size of the informal sector and reduces unemployment. A higher audit rate has an ambiguous impact on unemployment, and may actually increase the size of the underground economy. JEL-codes: H26 Keywords: Tax evasion, underground economy, matching, bargaining, unemployment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7487
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An investigation on the performance of admission characteristicsla Cour, Lisbeth; Raimondos-Møller, Pascalis (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7584
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Abstract: The eects of discrimination of immigrants on the labour market are studied within a search and wage-bargaining setting including a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. The negative eects of discrimination in the form of higher unemployment and lower wages spread to all workers, immigrants and natives, in all sectors of the economy. The eect is stronger for immigrants, but natives suer as well. An increase in the share of immigrants in the economy exacerbates the problem of discrimination. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7634
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An analysis of the proposed Dutch yardstick mechanismBogetoft, Peter; Mikkers, Misja C.; Halbersma, Rein; Agrell, Per J. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Health care provision is undergoing major reforms in Europe as a reaction to rapidly increasing expenditure and lowered political acceptance to commit public finance to cover the deficits. The Dutch government will decide in 2007 if the current budget system will be replaced by a more competitive mechanism, based on the yardstick regulation principle by Shleifer (1985). One of the proposed systems for the reform can be compared to a revenue-cap implementation of a multi-product cost-yardstick mechanism. The redistribution of the sector's relevant cost is made in proportion to the individual hospitals share of total weighted output. No regulation is made of the multi-lateral contractual relations between users, insurers and hospitals. The scaling weights are updated periodically for new services and as a function of observed excess demand (waiting lists). The mechanism is shown to provide cost-reducing (effort-inducing) incentives for profit-maximizing rational agents in a single-period bargaining game. The game also shows that the regulation acts as a countervailing power for the insurers to reinforce bargaining power. The local distortion of the output profile induced by the regulation is a function of demand elasticity and cost function convexity. In case the revenue target is not binding, no welfare loss is incurred. The regime also provides incentives for cost-reducing investments in the short and the long run. These incentives manifest themselves in local reallocations of output to more efficient producers. The analysis shows that care should be taken in the updating of the weights as to provide incentives for service innovation, as well as to guarantee convergence of the price system. Although this requires econometric analyses, the alternative with a cost-based yardstick is considered superior to a revenue-based ditto for this application. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7661
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Southern Alamance is learning to deal with its early season successes
Western Alamance is 4-0, making the Warriors the only undefeated football team in Alamance County.
�We�re going to have to push harder,� defensive end T.J. Harris said. �We can�t get complacent.�
The next game comes Friday night at Williams High School. The Warriors go back to Burlington Memorial Stadium for the second year in a row for the matchup with their neighbors, a byproduct of the latest round of realignment and therefore some tweaking of schedules.
�We�re 4-0 and they�re going to be after us,� Western Alamance receiver / defensive back Britton Smith said.
▪ PRACTICE FOR A REASON: Western Alamance used a wrinkle for its offense on possessions early in each half in its trouncing of Eden Morehead.
Sophomore Trevion McCollum was the starter and he took most of the snaps. Senior Brock Deatherage handled a couple of series.
Coach Jeff Snuffer said McCollum had been nursing some injuries so his workload was lighter in practice last week. For the game, Snuffer said he decided the Warriors might as well go with the alignments and personnel that they used in some practice situations so those workouts didn�t go for naught.
At times, the offensive line made it convenient for the Warriors to pick up yards regardless of who was in the backfield.
�We created good running lanes for our backs,� Snuffer said.
▪ A YEARS DIFFERENCE: Southern Alamances victory against East Chapel Hill last week marked its third victory of the season, matching its total from last year. While that makes for a nice novelty note, it doesnt resonate much with the Patriots.
�Not really,� said receiver Tylin McAdams when asked if he had given extra thought to having matched last season�s win total. �I�m just out here playing, we�re all playing hard.�
But there was one noteworthy takeaway from last week�s victory.
By scoring 23 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, Southern Alamance erased the six-point. Behind a defense that didn�t allow a first down in the final quarter and scored twice � on an interception return and a safety � the Patriots put up a resounding finishing touch.
�Last year we might not have done that,� senior quarterback Johnathan Lloyd said. �It�s a different mindset, these guys are a lot more mentally tough. We worked hard. I�m just proud of them and the way they fought back. Nobody dipped their head.�
▪ LEARNING ALONG THE WAY:In the aftermath of his teams victory, Southern Alamance coach Andrew Carrouth balanced his excitement for a comeback victory with disappointment as to why the Patriots trailed in the first place.
�We have to figure out a way to stop being in that situation,� Carrouth said. �I couldn�t be more proud of our kids for fighting through that and getting there, but � we shouldn�t have been in that position.
�I know I�m kind of splitting hairs here a little bit because you�ve got to win and that�s the most important thing, but man, we have a chance to be a good football team.�
Carrouth didn�t shy away from noting that part of the reason for his team�s inconsistent play in the first half was because his team was still living in the moment of the previous week�s victory against Eastern Alamance.
�I definitely think (an emotional hangover) is part of it,� Carrouth said. �Our guys kind of thought � that we�re on top of the world and I hope (Friday) night proves that we�re not.�
▪ PUTTING IN SOME REPS: Because Fridays victory against McMichael was a blowout by the end of the first quarter, Eastern Alamance had a chance to get some younger guys and backups valuable game experience.
Junior running back Josh Lynch had 90 rushing yards and two scores and junior Brandon Bryner had 36 yards and a score on the ground. There was a heavy infusion of backups throughout the second half on both sides of the ball.
�I think that�s the key to your success down the line is trying to get as many kids in the game and get some kids some playing experience,� said Eastern Alamance coach John Kirby. �Next year those are going to be the kids that are playing.�
▪ HITTING THE GROUND HARD: Kirby said his team likes to go 50-50 in passing and running the ball, but with the big early lead against McMichael he said there was no need to throw.
�We feel like our receiving corps is quick and they catch the ball really well. But they complement our running game because they block really well,� he said. �There�s no real need to throw it. We try to throw it as much as we run it, but (this game), when we kind of jumped out, there was no need to throw it.�
The Eagles finished with 408 rushing yards on 36 carries as opposed to 27 passing yards on one completion from Joey Lanier to Malik Wilson.
�I love our offense,� said Eagles cornerback Ryan Woods. �They put up more scores than any team I�ve ever been with. I love it.�
▪ STRONG BOUNCE BACK: One way to rebound from a disappointing loss to a cross-county rival: Crush your next opponent by 68 points.
Kirby said he and his staff saw some weaknesses exposed in the previous week�s loss to Southern Alamance.
�I think (that) game exposed us in some areas that made us go back and realize maybe we weren�t as good as we thought we were,� he said. �It was good that they responded well and the key is to see how we respond next week.�
Woods said: �We were out to prove to people. We were getting a lot of doubt, and we were just out to be as good as we could be and I think that�s where we took a step forward.�
▪ HOLDING PATTERN: Williams played its second straight game without the services of standout running back / linebacker Jaylin Jefferies last week. The Old Dominion commit was injured in the first quarter of the second game of the season and has not played since.
Williams coach David Green said Jefferies is still in the process of collecting opinions from several doctors.
�If he�s able to come back, that�ll just be great,� Green said, before adding that more information should be available next week. �We don�t know if he�ll be able to (play), when that might be or if he comes back, how long he�ll be able to play.�
▪ AWAITING WORD: Cummings High School senior Will Richardson is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus in his left knee, and now the Virginia commit is waiting for word from his future medical staff.
Cummings coach Steve Johnson said Virginia requested an MRI to be sent to its medical staff before any further action is taken.
�If their doctor can give that much needed advice or whatever they decide, I think that�s a good thing,� Johnson said.
▪ REF TAKES A HIT: Curtis Wrenn, the referee at the start of the McMichael / Eastern Alamance game, sustained a broken collarbone as he collided with a player and fell to the turf.
Wrenn is a long-time official in the area.
Wrenn was run into by Eastern Alamance�s Malcolm Summers, who was making the first of his two punt returns for touchdowns in the first quarter. The collision occurred near the 10-yard line. Wrenn was checked out as he was on the turf, then walked off the field but didn�t return to call the rest of the game.


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"After college I started to travel to many foreign countries. The images I saw made deep impressions in my experience. I soon realized that I wanted to express these experiences, through drawing and painting. I visited museums, markets and other places where people gathered so that I could draw. I also attended a private Art Academy in Amsterdam. I began to exhibit after finishing the Academy Searching and creating innovations in visual art today is quite a challenge, since so much has already been done. Can figurative art be innovative and enrich? I believe it can. I'm passionate about discovering new ways of blending life with art."
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1986 exhibition Library Amsterdamse port Amsterdam
1987 Wall painting Aglou-plage ministry of tourism Morocco
1988 Painting sold to Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1989 exposition gallery Moffet Toulouse France
1990 exhibition Mont Brun Bocage France
1990 exhibition Iberico Alcorcon Madrid Spain
1991 exhibition Luttik Ouddorp Alkmaar -Holland
1992 exhibition kunstschip K.E.E.S. Den helder - Holland
1993 exhibition illustrations from child book Zwartjakje Den Helder -Holland
1993 Osaka Triennale international competition of painting Japan
1994 exhibition gallery Art kring 88 Enkhuizen -Holland
1995 exhibition NIOZ Texel Holland 1996 exhibition streekziekenhuis Hilversum -Holland
1996 exhibition Pere Sousa Barcelona -Spain
1996 traveling exhibition 'grassart' Germany
1997 permanent exhibition Mulendam hanf museum Berlijn -Germany
1998 Bergen's art 10-daagse -Holland
2000 Huisduinen Huisduiner kerkje Netherlands
2000 Stompe Toren Spaarndam Netherlands
2000 The International Show "I giorni di Pulcheria" (Pulcheria's Days). Italy
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Zack Greinke's pitch sailed up and into Carlos Quentin's upper left arm, and it was on.
A little personal history was at play, as were rules that aren't in any rule book.
Now the Dodgers will be without their $147 million pitcher for at least eight weeks and Quentin was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball, pending an appeal, because of baseball culture and its fuzzy, unspoken guidelines on just when and how it's OK to bean someone.
After Quentin got hit, the San Diego Padres' slugger took a few steps onto the grass. When Greinke, Los Angeles' prize offseason signing, appeared to say something, Quentin tossed his bat aside and rushed the mound.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Greinke dropped his glove and the two players lowered their shoulders. The 6-2, 240-pound Quentin - who starred as an outside linebacker in high school - slammed into the pitcher.
Quentin and Greinke ended up at the bottom of a huge scrum as players from both sides ran onto the field and jumped in Thursday night.
Greinke took the brunt of the blow, breaking his left collarbone and inciting a fight that didn't even end when the game was over. The Dodgers said Greinke will undergo surgery on Saturday to have a rod inserted into the collarbone.
"It's a man's game on the field," Quentin said. "Thoughts aren't present when things like this happen."
Quentin didn't back down on Friday, saying that getting plunked by pitches by Greinke during the 2008 and 2009 seasons was justification enough to charge the mound when it happened again.
"It's an unfortunate situation that someone got hurt and I do have a lot of remorse that someone did get hurt," Quentin said before the Padres opened a series against Colorado. "But I will say that I felt I had to protect myself and that what happened on that field as a result could have been avoided."
Quentin reiterated that it was the first time he'd ever rushed the mound.
"If things were different, I may have never gone to the mound. And it's just a shame that the Dodger organization has lost one of their key members."
Quentin spoke to the media before his suspension was announced. He also was fined an undisclosed amount.
Dodgers infielder Jerry Hairston Jr. was suspended one game and fined an undisclosed amount.
Quentin and Hairston are playing, pending appeals by the players' association.
No discipline was announced for Greinke and Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp.
Hairston, Quentin, Kemp and Greinke were ejected after the brawl.
While pitching for Kansas City against the Chicago White Sox on July 18, 2008, Greinke hit Quentin with a pitch near the left wrist, loading the bases. Then on April 8, 2009, Greinke hit Quentin between the shoulders in the fourth inning after throwing one high and tight during Quentin's previous at-bat. Quentin took about a step toward the mound then, before plate umpire Bill Hohn jumped in front of him.
Quentin said Greinke threw a pitch over his head and the next pitch "directly at my face. If I don't put my shoulder in the way it hits my face. ... Last night I didn't go out there until I was provoked to go out there.
"I saw an expletive followed by whatever you guys want to translate," he said.
At its core, Thursday's brawl was about baseball's quirky decorum.
The game naturally has a tension between pitchers and batters over balls thrown over the inside of the plate, and sometimes that flares into disagreement over who "owns" the inside half. While the Dodgers were adamant that Greinke wouldn't hit Quentin on a full-count pitch in a one-run game, some in the Padres clubhouse mentioned that Greinke usually has pinpoint accuracy.
Quentin's rushing the mound was taking baseball protocol to the extreme, whereas in many other instances, the batter might gesture and yap while being escorted toward first base by the umpire and the catcher.
Quentin was hit by a pitch above the right wrist by Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario in Tuesday's series opener and had to leave the game. He sat out Wednesday night.
The Dodgers weren't buying Quentin's explanation. So much so that Kemp confronted Quentin as they left Petco Park following LA's 3-2 win. Big Padres lefty Clayton Richard stepped between the two, and police and security moved in to break it up.
"He wanted to approach me aggressively and I tried to explain to him but he didn't want to listen," Quentin said.
Several Dodgers said Quentin should have known by the situation that Greinke's pitch didn't come with a purpose.
"I got emotional because first off, we shouldn't even have been in that situation," Kemp said in the clubhouse before his confrontation with Quentin. "People with good baseball IQs know that when you have a one-run lead in the sixth inning and it's a 3-2 count, Greinke's not going to hit you on purpose.
"I think Carlos Quentin went to Stanford? Something like that. Yeah. I heard there's smart people at Stanford. That wasn't too smart," Kemp said.
Several Dodgers mentioned how Quentin crowds the plate. Manager Don Mattingly called Quentin "a guy that basically dives into the plate."
Mattingly was livid and Kemp wasn't far behind.
"People were saying in the pile, they've got history," Kemp said. "Come on guys, history? I mean, Greinke's trying to win games. He's not trying to hit anybody on purpose. If you look at the video, if you look at where Quentin actually stands on the plate, he gives the pitcher no space to even come inside. Good pitchers have to come inside. Sometimes they miss their spots. Greinke missed his spot right there. That's when he hit Carlos Quentin. No big deal. Take it like a man and walk down to first base. But he had to charge the mound. Now one of our best pitchers is hurt for no reason."
Mattingly added that Quentin showed "zero understanding of the game."
On Friday, Mattingly was much calmer than the night before. He had called for Quentin to get a suspension matching how long Greinke is out, but didn't get his wish.
"I wasn't like crazy mad. It just made sense, kind of an eye for an eye thing, but that's not my job," said Mattingly, who added that he spoke with MLB executive vice president Joe Torre.
Mattingly said he would not instruct his team to retaliate when they meet the Padres in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium starting Monday night.
"We're trying to win games. We're not MMA fighters or things like that. We're trying to win baseball games."
Quentin is in his second season with San Diego while Greinke is new to the Dodgers.
"I think this is more about their personal relationship as competitors," San Diego manager Bud Black said Friday. "This is something that I don't think any of us can really understand Carlos' emotions, how a player feels in the batter's box in a situation like this. `'
Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, had his left arm in a sling and a dazed look on his face as he told his side of the story.
"I never hit him on purpose," said Greinke, who still appeared shaken after the game. "I never thought about hitting him on purpose. He always seems to think that I'm hitting him on purpose, but that's not the case. That's all I can really say about it."
The teams play another three-game series at Dodger Stadium beginning Monday night.
After the teams started going back to the dugouts and bullpens following the brawl, Hairston came running across the field yelling and pointing at someone in the San Diego dugout and had to be restrained. Hairston claimed a Padres player - whom he wouldn't name - was making fun of the fact Greinke had been injured.
Padres backup catcher John Baker said he heard the Dodgers accused him of inciting the second melee. Baker said he helped pull Greinke out of the fight. Baker and Black said they didn't know until the ninth inning that Greinke had broken his collarbone.
"When emotions run so high, logic and reason don't necessarily win out right afterward," Baker said.
Quentin has been hit by pitches 116 times in his career, including an AL-high 23 times in 2011 with the White Sox. Greinke has hit 46 batters since his big league debut in 2004.
Quentin has been plunked more often than any other major league hitter since the start of 2008.
When it comes to the unwritten rules of baseball, Baker said he has one.
"People charging the mound has been part of the game for 100 years. People have to stand up for themselves in certain situations. The unwritten rule that I follow is that if your teammate feels the need to stand up for himself, it's your responsibility as a teammate to support him."
In Oakland, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said: "My only reaction is I'm tired of seeing it. It's been on 1,000 times a day. That stuff has been going on for 1,000 years in baseball, plain and simple. End of the conversation."
AP Baseball Writer Janie McCauley in Oakland and AP Sports Writer Bob Baum in Phoenix contributed to this report.


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As I said, nothing too fancy, but I find that polishing off bugs and adding unplanned features is often a good exercise, especially for personal projects where the temptation is great to just move to something else when it kinda works. The chat interface was interesting: the server side code was done in a few minutes, using the same event system as the rest, but I struggled longer with the HTML to get the right positions for everything, as usual... Now it's on the right hand side, outside of the canvas area, which makes the full game area much bigger than the original 800x600, but I don't think I get a lot of mobile users anyways (-;.
I could probably make the game more appealing long term by having a bigger area where more than 2 ships could battle, and have more of a RPG feel to it (maybe be able to log in and out so you keep your ship, be able to repair it in harbours, etc...). I'll see what I have time to do. Any suggestions welcome!


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Poor people are more generous than rich people when giving to charities. Their donations to churches are proportionally also higher. That seems rather puzzling, as the marginal utility of consumption is higher for a poor person, to she should be less willing to give something away. Of course, you could also argue that this person is poor because she is giving away too much. But there should be a better explanation.
Julio Rotemberg offers one. He bases his model on the fact that people like making donations to causes they can identify with: they are OK with making anonymous donations in such a case because it helps like-minded people, and they like it when others agree with them, and are thus willing to help them. The model yields multiple equilibria, some in which the rich give the bulk of donations, others where the poor do. This can help rationalize why the proportion donors varies so much from one country to another, and so independently from the size of the welfare state. Some parameter values lead to people donating in the hope it will encourage others to do so. These equilibria should be dismissed, according to results I recently discussed. The model also seems to build on the fact that there is little crowding out of private charity from public funds, which I doubt according to recent evidence I discussed here. But the model predicts nicely that there is a strong incentive for charities to differentiate themselves to capture donations, even if this not increase total donations.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Why are the poor more generous?
Posted by Economic Logician at 7:22 AM
Labels: altruism, public goods
2 comments:
- Unknown said...
Could it not also be the case however that the rich tend to be less generous since they may have attained their wealth by being self interested rather than altruistic?
- February 20, 2012 at 8:31 AM
- MrIlir said...
Who gets to decide who is poor? Economists measure income and wealth but they aren't able to truly do so until they understand quality and convenience. First, you need to know what's wrong with neoclassical consumer theory. It's the root of many myths in economics. Alex Gheg's video will shock any economics student or prof. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c4mvGekYZY
- February 20, 2012 at 5:49 PM
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Earlier Friday, rockets fired toward Ashkelon, Gan Yavne, and Be'er Sheva wounding three Israeli soldiers, Haaretz said.
The European Union's minister of foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton, said in a statement, "I am deeply concerned at the escalating violence in Israel and the Gaza Strip and deplore the loss of civilian lives on both sides."
Rocket attacks by Hamas and other militants in Gaza "which began this current crisis are totally unacceptable for any government and must stop," Ashton said.
"Israel has the right to protect its population from these kinds of attacks," she said. "I urge Israel to ensure that its response is proportionate."
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said Friday he witnessed "a disaster" in Gaza after Israel began its attacks against rocket-firing militants. Qandil visited the Council of Ministers building and a hospital in the city of Gaza, the BBC said
"What I am witnessing in Gaza is a disaster and I can't keep quiet. The Israeli aggression must stop," he said.
Qandil, who met with members of Hamas, which has governed Gaza since 2007, said Egypt would "spare no effort" to try to broker a cease-fire.
"Egypt is not planning to get the Palestinians to escalate; we are supporting them, but we don't want them to escalate," one official told Ahram Online. "On the contrary, we want a truce as soon as possible."
Qandil is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is an offshoot.
During a meeting scheduled for Saturday in Cairo, Arab League leaders are expected to condemn the Israeli operation and call on the international community to act to stop it, Ahram Online said.
In Washington, Obama administration officials said they asked friendly Arab countries with ties to Hamas, which Washington and Jerusalem regard as a terrorist group, to use their influence to seek a way to defuse the hostilities.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner, however, repeated the U.S. position that Israel has a right to defend itself from Palestinian rocket fire and said the "onus was on Hamas" to stop it.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit Jerusalem, Cairo and Ramallah, the West Bank headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, Tuesday, the United Nations said.


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Can we talk about this? Can we talk about everything wrong with the notion that if the Cubs are to succeed—if they are to finally, evitably win a championship—they have to first tear down Wrigley Field? That there is bad juju on Waveland and hoodoo on Sheffield and black alchemy on Addison and maybe some cursed pirate treasure under that little triangular parking lot on Clark? That every one of the nearly 8,000 losses since 1916 can be chalked up to the dark magic hiding the mortar and ivy, instead of the statistical quirks of baseball? This is mythmaking at its most blatant.
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