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Frequently Asked Questions about Pancreas Transplants
Am I a good candidate for a pancreas transplant?
You will need a thorough evaluation by the Transplant Institute staff, in consultation with referring physicians, to determine if transplantation is the best treatment option. Being a good candidate for transplant depends upon your physical health, emotional well-being, and ability to manage medication and care plans.
People with type 1 diabetes (inability to produce insulin), chronic pancreatitis or traumatic loss of pancreas may be candidates for a pancreas transplant. However, those with type 2 diabetes, where the body is unable to use the insulin it produces, generally do not benefit from a pancreas transplant.
How will a pancreas transplant benefit me?
One of the biggest benefits to a pancreas transplant for people with type 1 diabetes is lifestyle improvement. You will no longer need insulin injections, and you can enjoy a regular diet. Depending on your health before the transplant, you are also likely to experience greater independence and activity. Protection from kidney damage is the other significant benefit because the new pancreas will help prevent high blood sugar from damaging your body.
How soon after the pancreas transplant can I stop taking insulin?
Following a successful pancreas transplant, your new organ will begin making insulin right away. Initially some hospitalized patients may need to take low levels of insulin so as not to stress the newly transplanted donor pancreas. However, by the time most people are ready to go home, they are no longer taking insulin and they are able to enjoy a regular diet.
I have just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Will a pancreas transplant help reduce my risk of vascular disease, retinopathy, and other health concerns brought on by diabetes?
Yes, a pancreas transplant will help reduce your risk of vascular disease, but it will not reverse any vascular disease that is present at the time of your transplant. It will prevent progression of retinopathy (a degenerative disease of the retina) and in some cases may reverse already established symptoms of this eye disease. A pancreas transplant will also improve peripheral neuropathy, although strict sugar control will also reverse this condition. With peripheral neuropathy, injury to the peripheral nerves, which carry signals between the central nervous system (spinal column and brain) and the internal organs, muscles and skin, can produce tingling, pain and debilitation.
I have a mild case of diabetes that is easily controlled. Am I eligible for a pancreas transplant?
A pancreas transplant is generally not for patients who have a mild case of type 1 diabetes that responds well to insulin therapy and certain diet restrictions. Some people consider transplant because they do not want to deal with certain lifestyle issues: limitations in diet, monitoring blood levels or needing three and four needle shots a day.
Other patients consider pancreas transplant because they have "brittle" diabetes, with very severe and sudden symptoms and complications from type 1 diabetes. These are people who have dangerous hypoglycemic unawareness. They pass out frequently because they are completely unaware that their blood sugar is getting low. Having one of these episodes while driving a car or sleeping can be life threatening. Apart from regulating blood sugar, a new pancreas for these patients may protect against kidney disease and other long-term complications of diabetes. Some patients with diabetes, who have already received a donor kidney, consider pancreas transplantation to protect their new kidney from health complications from diabetes.
What are the benefits of pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplantation?
For certain patients with type 1 diabetes, research shows that pancreas after kidney (PAK) transplantation helps improve blood sugar control without the need for insulin injections; improve the longevity of the kidney transplant; prevent recurrent kidney disease, brought on by diabetes, in the transplanted kidney; stabilize, and possibly reverse, a number of diabetes-related conditions such as kidney disease, nerve dysfunction and eye disease in some patients; and improve the overall quality of life.
How do I get a pancreas?
Patients who need a pancreas transplant are listed with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS administers and maintains the national organ transplant waiting list.
The New England Organ Bank (NEOB) is the local (regional) procurement organization for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and shares organs through UNOS. Staff at NEOB will enter your medical information into a computer and will notify our transplant team when an organ becomes available based on your waiting time on the list, blood type and other factors.
All organ procurement organizations and Transplant Institutes belong to UNOS. The NEOB operates according to policies set by UNOS, which is supervised by the federal government. Donor pancreases from deceased individuals are a precious national resource. The NEOB helps ensure equal access to all patients who need a pancreas for transplant by balancing the needs of patients who have waited a long time with the goal of transplanting well-matched pancreases. It is a complex process. Please talk to the Transplant Institute team if you have questions.
How long will I wait on the list?
There is no guarantee when a deceased donor pancreas will become available. It could be months or years. The average waiting time for a deceased donor pancreas in New England is between 1 to 2 years. The waiting time is longer for patients with blood type O or B, and shorter for patients with blood type A or AB.
If you need a simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplant, from the same deceased donor, the wait time could be from 3 to 5 years. For this reason, we strongly advise patients to consider talking to family members, friends and others about living kidney donation followed by a deceased donor pancreas transplant.
Patients who have a living kidney donor may be able to avoid dialysis, or may spend less time on dialysis than if they had to wait for a deceased donor kidney. This has a number of health benefits for the transplant patient.
What medication must I take?
You must always take anti-rejection medications for as long as you have a functioning transplant. You will also need medications to prevent infection for a short time after your transplant. Additionally, you may need at some point in time medications to control blood pressure and prevent fluid retention.
You are responsible for managing your own medication schedule, as determined by the Transplant Institute team. You should never stop taking your medication or change the dose without approval from the transplant team, even if you experience unpleasant side effects. Tolerating some side effects temporarily may be necessary in order to prevent organ rejection. Tell your transplant team about any side effects that bother you. Your doctor may be able to adjust your medication.
What is the success rate for pancreas transplantation?
Pancreas transplant is successful in about 90 percent of patients who no longer have to take insulin injections within the first year following the surgery. After the first year, more than two-thirds of pancreas transplant recipients are still off insulin. The rate of organ function is very high, with a half-life of about 10 years. In other words, after 10 years, half of the transplanted pancreases are still working, which in terms of organ transplants is very good. Those that are still working typically go on to work for many more years. Surgeons are hopeful that this success rate will climb even higher in the future because of ongoing improvements in medication that support the functioning of the transplanted pancreas.
What if I reject the new pancreas?
Rejection is a signal that the patient's immune system has identified the new pancreas as foreign tissue and is trying to get rid of it. Preventing rejection with immune-suppressing medication is the first priority. The most common sign of rejection is change in pancreas function (an elevation of pancreas enzymes and/or glucose levels), as measured by a blood test. If the rejection episode is verified through blood work, biopsy and ultrasound, then the transplant team will increase the amount of anti-rejection medication or prescribe a different combination of anti-rejection drug therapy. Using medicine, we can successfully reverse most rejection episodes, if we detect it early enough. However, if the episode is severe, it may shorten the overall life span of the new pancreas.
How often will I have to go into the Transplant Institute after my transplant?
For the first three to six months after your transplant, you will have frequent follow-up visits with the transplant team and frequent laboratory tests. Gradually, however, you will see the transplant team less often. At this stage, you can look forward to having more time for yourself and your activities. You will become even more responsible for maintaining your own health.
As you begin to see the transplant team less often, many of your healthcare visits will be to your primary care physician and/or nephrologist, diabetologist and other specialists as needed. Always tell your healthcare providers that you have had a transplant, so if you do become ill, they can determine whether your symptoms are, or are not, related to your transplant. We recommend you keep a list of your current medications, as well as any drug allergies, with you at all times.
Do I have to follow a special diet after a pancreas transplant?
Because of the medication you must take, transplant patients are more likely to be affected by germs that may be on or in foods. You should wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly before eating and avoid raw or undercooked meat, poultry, fish, sushi, raw shellfish and raw eggs in any form (including cookie dough and eggnog). Also, you cannot have grapefruit or any juices or beverages containing grapefruit because they will interfere with your medications.
Because you feel better with your new organ, your diet will be less restricted. Also, some medicines may increase appetite. Therefore, it is very important for you to follow a healthy diet to avoid gaining too much weight. The transplant team works with each patient to develop an individualized diet plan, taking into consideration special needs and restrictions.
Can I exercise?
Yes! It will take time to regain strength and endurance after a transplant, but eventually you can resume normal activity. Walking and stair climbing are excellent exercises for maintaining muscle tone and strength. You should consider walking 5 to 10 minutes a day when you first arrive home following surgery and then slowly increase the time you walk each week. Do not begin strenuous exercises, such as contact sports, jogging, tennis and weightlifting, for at least two months after the operation. It is normal to tire easily so you should rest when tired.
Are there any restrictions I must follow?
You should not smoke after transplant and every attempt to quit prior to the transplant is crucial to extend your life and the life of the new pancreas. The transplant team will let you know when you can begin to drive again, return to work or school, and travel. You can decide when to resume sexual activity depending upon how you feel. Postoperative discomfort usually does not interrupt sexual activity for more than a few weeks.
How do I pay for a transplant?
The financial coordinator on the transplant team, along with the social worker, will help you map out a financial plan to cover costs associated with transplant care, surgery and medication. Patients typically finance costs associated with their transplant by combining more than one financial resource. There are several options for those who do not have any type of health coverage, and there are policies and laws designed to help transplant patients with special financial needs. The Transplant Institute's social worker and financial counselor help develop a workable plan for each patient.
What are my out-of-pocket costs after the transplant?
Out-of-pocket costs following a transplant are highly variable, based on whether you have insurance or whether you are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid coverage. We understand that finances are a major concern for patients, and good planning will help to reduce this stress. Your financial counselor will review your own unique situation, and help you on an individual basis address your financial concerns and available resources. Together we can help you manage the financial impact of your illness, transplant surgery and long-term recovery.
Whom do I call for more information?
For more information about the Transplant Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, please call 617-632-9700.
Additional links for frequently asked questions:
United Network for Organ Sharing
New England Organ Bank
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network


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Because of the large size of the stock market, beginner investors appear to feel overwhelmed as to where to even activate investing their money. To most people, the stock market presents a messy web of options but does not reveal the highway map of clarity to guide their way along way in their investment adventure. The key to investing in the stock market is to become as educated as it is possible so that you know exactly what is taking place at all times. This helps people to make plausible and sound decisions about their money, thus, dropping the stress involved with investing.
The usual person, when beginning to entertain the idea of investing in the stock market, falls into one of two categories. Class one is the gambler who feels that investing is definitely a form of betting and no question what they do, they are certain that they will drop money slightly than make money. It seems that this opinion of investing in stocks is either formed from friends and family that have been baffled by the stock market or private experience and lost money. If someone has personally made losses in the stock market, it is pretty evident that they were not educated enough at the time of their investment in the stock market. Therefore, they must become educated as to what exactly the stock market is as well as how its system works in order to become a successful investor. Class two, on the other hand, represents the "go-getter" investor, which is an individual who knows that they should invest into the stock market for the safety of their monetary future, but they have absolutely no idea where to begin. The "go-getters" lean towards avoiding their monetary decisions and leave it up to professionals; therefore, they are powerless to justify why they own a certain stock. A usual "go-getter" operates in blind faith, as one stock goes up in value, they more than likely will hold it. The "go-getter" is in poorer shape than the gambler in that they will invest like everyone else and then wonder why they receive an unsatisfactory or devastating outcome. This just proves that the typical person should become thoroughly educated about the stock market as well as stocks before investment takes place.
Essential to every economy is business…businesses that started out as small operations that have grown to become money making giants, raising capital by promoting stock in them to people who want to invest to make their futures financially secure. As small businesses start to grow, one of the supreme obstacles is generating enough money in order to develop into a superior operation. Businesses either scrounge the money in the form of a offer from a bank or venture capitalist, or someone that will invest money into a business in which they feel they will receive a high rate of return, or a reap from their investment into a business, in order to create the currency to expand. The most common choice for a business to gain money for the view of expansion is to take out a loan; however, there is no agreement that a bank will offer money to any given business.
What we have explored up to now is the most important information you need to know. Now, let's dig a little deeper.
In this case, business owners roam to the stock market for help in the form of issuing stocks. Firm owners relinquish a tiny fraction of control over their business and in reciprocation; the stock market provides that business money that does not have to be salaried back, in order to guarantee expansion. As an added bonus, the business is permitted to "go public," a saying that means a brand is selling stocks for itself for the first time, so that business owners no longer are required to borrow money from banks because they can merely use their own stocks for getting monies to use for expansion. Thus, as the business grows and sells their stocks to people, the better chance a sponsor has on gaining a return on their investment as opposed to a loss.
As an investor, it is to your advantage to efficiently study each and every business in which you propose to hold stocks. The more facts you know about any certain business, the easier it is to make a plausible decision as to whether you should hold stocks or want a different business in which to work with.
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St. Charles County's Participation in the World War
Soon after World War 1 localities across the country wished to honor the men and women who had served the Nation from their locality. St. Charles County, Missouri, is one of these counties. This manuscript isn't limited to just the men who fought overseas, it also includes the women who had participated via Red Cross and the men who had actively served in the various campaigns backing the War here at home.
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The typical Chow Chow relish that has become a popular food in the southern U.S. is a combination of vegetables which may include any ingredients such as: cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, celery, green tomatoes, sweet peppers, onions, gherkins, string beans, lima beans, kidney beans, and Navy beans seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt. However, other types of Chow Chow also exist which contain fewer ingredients such as Chow Chows with only pickles, onions, sweet peppers, mustard, vinegar, and seasonings. U.S. Chow Chows are typically served as a dipping sauce for breads or as a condiment to spread over the top of cornbread or buns with hot dogs and hamburgers.
Another condiment that is often confused or considered to be the same as Chow Chow is a relish known as Piccalilli. One of the key differences appears to be that many Piccalilli recipes have a wider variety of vegetables added to the ingredients, but generally, the recipes for both relishes can be very similar. Each has recipes created by chefs that include mustard, a variety of pickled vegetables minced into small pieces, and various seasonings that are added to provide a flavor desired, such as spicy or mild ingredients. Therefore, the only noticeable differences between the two condiments is the name, the number of vegetables included, and perhaps the origin of the recipe.
The Asian version of Chow Chow is made with fruit, vegetables and ginger combined with heavy sweet syrup. This condiment is most often used as a topping for sweets or ice cream as well as an ingredient for baked goods. Another spelling of this condiment may be displayed as "chowchow."


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According to University of Houston sociology professor and attorney Amanda Baumle, lawyers rarely file lawsuits when faced with gender-based bias at their firms. Instead of taking their cases to court, some attorneys are heading to the Internet.
Baumle's recent book, "Sex Discrimination and Law Firm Culture on the Internet: Lawyers at the 'Information Age Water Cooler,'" (Palgrave Macmillan) addresses how the Web has become a tool to address, challenge and argue gender inequities at law firms.
"People view lawyers as being very litigious," Baumle said. "So, one would think that they would immediately file a lawsuit if they were victims of sex discrimination. Because they're nested within a legal environment, lawyers are hesitant to sue. Their concern is that future employers will learn about such lawsuits and be reluctant to hire them. There are valid career risks when one decides to take on his or her own firm. Lawyers who do so are often viewed as troublemakers."
Still, lawyers do not always remain silent regarding workplace sex discrimination. The Internet has become a communication tool to shed light on gender-based prejudice or sexual harassment problems within law firms. It also has the potential to promote change through tempered yet anonymous discourse between lawyers.
For three years Baumle observed reports of such activities on the Web site GreedyAssociates.com. The site serves as a forum for lawyers and law students to anonymously discuss workplace conditions and topics such as salary inequities. Attorneys also use the site to discuss issues of sex discrimination and harassment. In doing so, they place their complaints within a legal framework, arguing that the practice violates a legal statute or is otherwise illegal - regardless of whether the alleged action is one that is currently prohibited by law. By using legal language and a reference to legal rights, the attorneys' claims have an air of legitimacy, which sometimes prompts a response by law firms, she said.
Some of the postings Baumle observed were focused on a law firm's layoffs. Online comments alleged that terminations were handled unfairly and that many female lawyers were retained due to attractiveness or other non-work related attributes. Responses were submitted by participants who claimed to be partners at the firm, defending it against such allegations.
Sometimes, newspapers and law journals have learned of such online allegations. As a result, law firms have addressed similar accusations publicly.
"Web communities are particularly helpful for attorneys," Baumle said. "The anonymity that the Internet provides helps those in the legal field expose such practices. More importantly, online exchanges have the potential to result in offline changes involving the way we define sex discrimination and what actions are permissible in the workplace."
In addition to her expertise in the sociology of law, Baumle's research is also focused on demography and social inequality. Other books by Baumle include "Same-Sex Partners: The Social Demography of Sexual Orientation" (co-authored with Dudley Poston and D'Lane Compton). She edited "Demography in Transition: Emerging Trends in Population Studies."
For more details on Baumle and the UH sociology department, visit http://www.class.uh.edu/sociology/, and to learn more about "Sex Discrimination and Law Firm Culture on the Internet: Lawyers at the 'Information Age Water Cooler,'" visit http://us.macmillan.com/sexdiscriminationandlawfirmcultureontheinternet.
For more information about UH, visit the university's Newsroom at www.uh.edu/newsroom.


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Controlling all the charges on your ComEd bill may seem like an impossible task. By taking advantage of existing energy efficiency and demand response programs—it's not so impossible.
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Welcome to the official site for the 31st annual Left Handers Day! August 13th is a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed, and also raise awareness of the everyday issues that lefties face as we live in a world designed for right-handers.
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Lorde Soaks Up the Sun on 'Solar Power': Lyrics + Video
Lorde is finally back and things are looking sunnier than ever!
On Thursday (June 10), Lorde released her bright new single "Solar Power," which features breathy vocals and sunny acoustic guitar riffs perfect for the summertime. Lorde co-wrote and co-produced the track alongside her longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff.
In addition to the new single, Lorde released a Midsommar-inspired music video and announced that her third studio album — also titled Solar Power — is coming soon.
Watch the "Solar Power" music video, below:
Joel Kefali, who previously directed Lorde's "Royals" music video, co-directed the video alongside Lorde. The pop superstar confirmed in her newsletter that they co-directed other music videos set to release during the forthcoming album cycle, and that they are "building an entire cinematic universe that [they] can't wait for you to see."
"I made something that encapsulates where I'm from — my family, my girlfriends, my outdoors, my constant ruminations, and my unending search for the divine," Lorde wrote in her newsletter, according to Rolling Stone.
In 2020, Lorde addressed her lack of new music. She explained to fans that she wanted her work to be the best she could possibly create.
"Waiting, the thing that felt so pointless and annoying when I was young, is now this kind of delicio [sic] activity. In my opinion, the greatest treat I can give you is work that will last 10, 20, 30 years. And that kind of work takes time," she shared.
Following a leak on Amazon Music and Tidal, "Solar Power"s originally scheduled release date for June 20 was moved up to June 10. The single marks Lorde's first new solo song release since 2017.
See the full Lorde "Solar Power" lyrics, below, via Genius.
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I hate the winter, can't stand the cold
I tend to cancel all the plans (So sorry, I can't make it)
But when the heat comes, something takes a hold
Can I kick it? Yeah, I can
My cheeks in high color, overripe peaches
No shirt, no shoes, only my features
My boy behind me, he's taking pictures
Lead the boys and girls onto the beaches
Come one, come all, I'll tell you my secrets
I'm kinda like a prettier Jesus
Forget all of thе tears that you've cried
It's ovеr (Over, over, over, over)
It's a new state of mind
Are you coming, my baby?
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Acid green, aquamarine
The girls are dancing in the sand
And I throw my cellular device in the water
Can you reach me? No, you can't (Ha)
[Repeat Pre-Chorus]
Turn it on in a new kind of bright
It's solar (Solar, solar, solar, solar)
Come on and let the bliss begin
Blink three times when you feel it kickin' in
That solar-olar-olar power
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Sectors and Assets – The fund sector identifies the areas in which the fund will invest. This can be based on geographical terms, or in a particular industry. For example, there are funds that only invest in UK companies, or Japanese companies, just as there are funds that invest purely in 'technology' companies (IT, telecoms etc). In addition to this, there are sectors that are a mixture of assets. A typical 'balanced managed' fund will have some money invested in equities, some in property and some in fixed interest investments or bonds.
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No, you do not have to confess missing Mass on Ash Wednesday.
Anti-Catholic bigotry in the MSM: a roundup.
Is it permissible to remove holy water from the church's fonts and replace it with sand during Lent? NO.
Say the Black, Do the Red: priest fired for his obstinate clericalism.
Pelosi says that the Church wants the feds to enforce a contraception ban. Where's Thomas a Becket when you need him?
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At the end of February right before the Pandemic really got going worldwide and when the world seemed a lot simpler, Fuji surprised us with the launch of the Fuji X-T4 APS-C 1.5x crop sensor body. It comes completely unexpected to the community of slow motion enthusiasts as the majority of cameras only support a maximum of 120fps with a few Panasonics doing 180p and only the GH5s doing 240fps 1080p.
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I thought of all this early last week, when I read an op-ed by a young Harvard economist in the New York Times commenting on the controversial award of the latest Nobel Prize in economics. I am going to reproduce the column in full, for non-commercial use only of course.
Yes, Economics Is a Science
By RAJ CHETTY
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — THERE'S an old lament about my profession: if you ask
three economists a question, you'll get three different answers.
This saying came to mind last week, when the Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Science was awarded to three economists, two of whom, Robert J. Shiller
of Yale and Eugene F. Fama of the University of Chicago, might be seen
as having conflicting views about the workings of financial markets. At
first blush, Mr. Shiller's thinking about the role of "irrational
exuberance" in stock markets and housing markets appears to contradict
Mr. Fama's work showing that such markets efficiently incorporate news
into prices.
What kind of science, people wondered, bestows its most distinguished
honor on scholars with opposing ideas? "They should make these
politically balanced awards in physics, chemistry and medicine, too,"
the Duke sociologist Kieran Healy wrote sardonically on Twitter.
But the headline-grabbing differences between the findings of these
Nobel laureates are less significant than the profound agreement in
their scientific approach to economic questions, which is characterized
by formulating and testing precise hypotheses. I'm troubled by the sense
among skeptics that disagreements about the answers to certain
questions suggest that economics is a confused discipline, a fake
science whose findings cannot be a useful basis for making policy
That view is unfair and uninformed. It makes demands on economics that
are not made of other empirical disciplines, like medicine, and it
ignores an emerging body of work, building on the scientific approach of
last week's winners, that is transforming economics into a field firmly
grounded in fact.
It is true that the answers to many "big picture" macroeconomic
questions — like the causes of recessions or the determinants of growth —
remain elusive. But in this respect, the challenges faced by economists
are no different from those encountered in medicine and public health.
Health researchers have worked for more than a century to understand the
"big picture" questions of how diet and lifestyle affect health and
aging, yet they still do not have a full scientific understanding of
these connections. Some studies tell us to consume more coffee, wine and
chocolate; others recommend the opposite. But few people would argue
that medicine should not be approached as a science or that doctors
should not make decisions based on the best available evidence.
As is the case with epidemiologists, the fundamental challenge faced by
economists — and a root cause of many disagreements in the field — is
our limited ability to run experiments. If we could randomize policy
decisions and then observe what happens to the economy and people's
lives, we would be able to get a precise understanding of how the
economy works and how to improve policy. But the practical and ethical
costs of such experiments preclude this sort of approach. (Surely we
don't want to create more financial crises just to understand how they
Nonetheless, economists have recently begun to overcome these challenges
by developing tools that approximate scientific experiments to obtain
compelling answers to specific policy questions. In previous decades the
most prominent economists were typically theorists like Paul Krugman
and Janet L. Yellen, whose models continue to guide economic thinking.
Today, the most prominent economists are often empiricists like David
Card of the University of California, Berkeley, and Esther Duflo of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who focus on testing old theories
and formulating new ones that fit the evidence.
This kind of empirical work in economics might be compared to the
"micro" advances in medicine (like research on therapies for heart
disease) that have contributed enormously to increasing longevity and
quality of life, even as the "macro" questions of the determinants of
health remain contested.
Consider the politically charged question of whether extending
unemployment benefits increases unemployment rates by reducing workers'
incentives to return to work. Nearly a dozen economic studies have
analyzed this question by comparing unemployment rates in states that
have extended unemployment benefits with those in states that do not.
These studies approximate medical experiments in which some groups
receive a treatment — in this case, extended unemployment benefits —
while "control" groups don't.
These studies have uniformly found that a 10-week extension in
unemployment benefits raises the average amount of time people spend out
of work by at most one week. This simple, unassailable finding implies
that policy makers can extend unemployment benefits to provide
assistance to those out of work without substantially increasing
unemployment rates.
Other economic studies have taken advantage of the constraints inherent
in a particular policy to obtain scientific evidence. An excellent
recent example concerned health insurance in Oregon. In 2008, the state
of Oregon decided to expand its state health insurance program to cover
additional low-income individuals, but it had funding to cover only a
small fraction of the eligible families. In collaboration with economics
researchers, the state designed a lottery procedure by which
individuals who received the insurance could be compared with those who
did not, creating in effect a first-rate randomized experiment.
The study found that getting insurance coverage increased the use of
health care, reduced financial strain and improved well-being — results
that now provide invaluable guidance in understanding what we should
expect from the Affordable Care Act.
Even when such experiments are unfeasible, there are ways to use "big
data" to help answer policy questions. In a study that I conducted with
two colleagues, we analyzed the impacts of high-quality elementary
school teachers on their students' outcomes as adults. You might think
that it would be nearly impossible to isolate the causal effect of a
third-grade teacher while accounting for all the other factors that
affect a child's life outcomes. Yet we were able to develop methods to
identify the causal effect of teachers by comparing students in
consecutive cohorts within a school. Suppose, for example, that an
excellent teacher taught third grade in a given school in 1995 but then
went on maternity leave in 1996. Since the teacher's maternity leave is
essentially a random event, by comparing the outcomes of students who
happened to reach third grade in 1995 versus 1996, we are able to
isolate the causal effect of teacher quality on students' outcomes.
Using a data set with anonymous records on 2.5 million students, we
found that high-quality teachers significantly improved their students'
performance on standardized tests and, more important, increased their
earnings and college attendance rates, and reduced their risk of teenage
pregnancy. These findings — which have since been replicated in other
school districts — provide policy makers with guidance on how to measure
and improve teacher quality.
These examples are not anomalous. And as the availability of data
increases, economics will continue to become a more empirical,
scientific field. In the meantime, it is simplistic and irresponsible to
use disagreements among economists on a handful of difficult questions
as an excuse to ignore the field's many topics of consensus and its
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Dr. Grutter is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in shoulder surgery, arthroscopic surgery and joint replacement. He trained at the most well known and respected medical center in the world, Johns Hopkins. Dr. Grutter is board certified in both Orthopaedic surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and is fellowship trained in Shoulder and Elbow surgery.
Dr. Grutter was previously an assistant Orthopaedic surgeon for the Baltimore Orioles and has provided Orthopaedic care for numerous Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Polish and British Special Forces as well as the US Navy, Air Force, Marines, Army and Coast Guard.
Having been a former collegiate scholarship athlete, Dr. Grutter commonly cares for athletes of all kinds. Dr. Grutter played on two NCAA Division II playoff football teams and was the team captain of the 1994 team which finished ranked 9th in the nation. He was a 1st team MIAA All-Conference inside linebacker and a NCAA Division II All-American.
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University of Missouri-Columbia
Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore Maryland - Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Board Certification
Orthopaedic Surgery American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Areas of Specialty
Rotator Cuff Repair
Anterior Hip Replacement
Outpatient Total Hip Arthroplasty
Robotic Partial Knee Replacement
Outpatient Total Knee Replacement
Robotic Total Knee Replacement
Clavicle Fracture
Shoulder Arthritis
Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Military Service and Commendations
United States Air Force
Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement and meritorious service during Operation Enduring Freedom, Forward Operating Base – Salerno, Afghanistan
Air Force Commendation Medal for outstanding achievement and meritorious service to the United States Air Force
NATO Medal for service in relation to ISAF Operation
Air Force Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Bronze Star in recognition of service in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
Army Combat Action Badge in recognition of Soldiers personally engaged by the enemy
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border
National Defense Service Medal
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and was a member of the Honor Flight - USAF Officer Training School.


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Welcome to the website of the College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) at Delta State University! We hope that you will explore all facets of the many programs offered in our college. As you review information about our programs, we believe that you will find evidence of a commitment to a caring environment for our students and an emphasis on quality education that fully prepares our graduates for their chosen professions.
The excellent faculty and staff in COEHS are committed to making your time at our institution memorable through experiences that link each student to the full range of college activities as well as as to the world of work.
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It's all about the little things again. Yesterday Gail spotted an adorable flock of Cedar Waxwings feasting on inchworms and pooping on me (nailed twice, lucky me!) and today Gioia spied the Oriole sweetly serenading as we weeded the Display Garden. I was also lucky enough to spot this little guy today hunkered down against the wind (it's blowing a gale out there!). Anyone know if it is what it looks like? – I think it must be a new baby dragonfly. (click on pictures for a larger view)
We're shifting our focus this week from planting to weeding.
It happens every year like a bomb went off – last week's rain sparked a flash flood of seedlings that are all of a sudden big enough for us to name (with names like "a weed" and "not-a-weed").
It takes practice to recognize the wants and the don't wants and patience to extract them from each other. Some of us would like to take a hoe and wipe out the whole lot and start fresh but others of us enjoy the surprises and the challenge. The cutting garden is full of volunteer annuals (and we love our volunteers almost as much as we love our volunteer weeders) like Snow on the mountain (Euphorbia marginata), Bupleurum, Papaver somniferum 'Peony Flowered' and in the North Garden we came across some cosmos and bachelor buttons amongst our usual thugish favorites like Milkweed (Asclepias). Occasionally, sometimes, every now and then, even we don't recognize a weed when we see it – Gail sighs, "Professional horticulturists that we are…" and shakes her head in dismay. We let some things become specimen-sized before we yank them out with a hot blush of embarrassment ("yikes! Hope nobody noticed that!") or we'll miss something completely until it's a suddenly giant horsy thumb poking up out of the back row. We hope that visitors see the humor too… How well do you know your seedlings?


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Residents of Stanislaus County, California file bankruptcy in California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court
4 courthouses serve the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court.
1200 I Street, Modesto, CA 95354. (209) 521-5160
California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court
Counties served by the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court:
Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, Yuba,
Three Kinds of Information You Will Need from the Court
(Note: Court websites change often and links go out of date. If a link does not work, go to the home page for the court and look for the materials from there.)
Official Website of the
California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court
Official Court Website
What you'll find there
You'll need to file your papers with one of the courthouses that serve the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court.
Pre-COVID, you had to go to court, in person, at least once to meet with the bankruptcy trustee for your 341 hearing. During the Coronavirus pandemic, those meetings were typically done by phone or zoom. A few courts may still allow that.
Online Filing (eSR)
Online Filing - California Eastern District Bankruptcy CourtYou're in luck! The California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court offers online filing! About one quarter of the nation's bankruptcy courts have started to offer electronic filing (eSR) for debtors not represented by an attorney. Your court is on the leading edge of this exciting new option! Click here to learn more about how to file online with the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court.
Where To Start
Before you file, there are three kinds of information you'll need to get from the court's website:
1. Info on Filing Without an Attorney
Court "Pro Se" InfoInformation specific to your district
You'll need information specifically about your particular court's procedures.
Fortunately, the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court offers information specifically designed for people filing without an attorney. Virtually all courts link to the generic national information mentioned above. The California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court offers specific guidance about local procedures.
General information about how to file
If you're new to the bankruptcy process, the website of the US Courts Adminstrative Office now offers a basic orentation page for those filing bankruptcy without an attorney. The information inlcudes a Bankruptcy Basics video in English Spanish and Creole. The half hour video is split into chapters so you can go back and review parts that went by too fast the first time.
2. Local Rules
Local Rules - CAEEach court has its own rules about filing procedure, how to list creditor's names and addresses, and they tend to be fussy about it.
You must comply with the details of the process, such as filing dates, filing procedures, fees, and a myriad of other bureaucratic wonderfulness. Depending on how poorly they're written, your court's local rules probably won't make much sense to you. Don't worry. You may not be affected by most of the rules.
However, you will need to follow the rules about filing procedure and how to format the creditors' "mailing matrix" (a list of creditor's names and addresses).
Your court publishes plain-English instructions for those filing without a lawyer in the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court . Use that first, rather than trying to read the actual rules.
Chapters 6 and 7 of
How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
offer more information on what to look for in local rules and how to ask the court clerk for the information you need as you prepare your paperwork and fill in yourforms.
3. Court Forms
Local FormsBankruptcy is a forms-intensive process, kind of like doing a long tax return.
The main forms you use in bankruptcy are federal forms, used nationwide in all bankruptcy courts.
Your bankruptcy court may have additional local forms for the California Eastern District Bankruptcy Court for dealing with things like the list of creditors.
Other information from the court
Most courts link to a downloadable U.S. Courts publication called "Bankruptcy Basics." This offers a decent overview of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy -- but has no information about how to actually file or fill in the mountain of forms.
Now most courts also link to a helpful YouTube video created by the Federal Courts that explains the bankruptcy process.


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Populations around the world face many severe water challenges, from scarcity to contamination, from political or violent conflict to economic disruption. As populations and economies grow, peak water pressures on existing renewable water resources also tend to grow up to the point that natural scarcity begins to constrain the options of water planners and managers. At this point, the effects of natural fluctuations in water availability in the form of extreme weather events become even more potentially disruptive than normal. In particular, droughts begin to bite deeply into human well-being.
This has been a bad few years for people exposed to droughts around the world. Even normally occurring droughts have begun to be made more severe by rising global temperatures and climate changes. A particularly severe El Niño has played an important role: droughts are typically more widespread and severe than normal during El Niño years. Indeed, precipitation variability on land is strongly controlled by the characteristics of El Niño events.
At any given time, some regions and some populations are being afflicted by droughts. Right now, however, the first four months of 2016 – and indeed, for the past year – water shortages are afflicting a large number of people, over a wide area. Here is the current state of drought around the world:
India: Parts of India, including the state of Telangana and its capital Hyderabad, are suffering the worst drought in recorded history, leading to acute drinking water shortages, depletion of major reservoirs, and crop failures. Overall, ten of India's 29 states and 330 million people – a quarter of India's population – have been affected in 2016 by a combination of failed rains, contaminated supplies, and water mismanagement.
The Caribbean: A severe drought in the northern part of the Caribbean, including eastern Cuba and Haiti, has led to water rationing for over four million people on multiple islands. In Haiti, the drought has persisted for three years and is contributing to hunger and worsening poverty.
South America: Brazil has been suffering from severe drought for several years now, and impacts extend to Colombia and Venezuela, which are suffering from water shortages, lost hydroelectricity, and agricultural failures. The water in Venezuela's Guri Dam, which provides more than half of the country's electricity in normal years, is too low to provide much energy and the country is experiencing rolling blackouts.
Southern Africa: Extensive areas of southern Africa are also experience severe drought, including Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. South Africa suffered its driest year on record in 2015, influenced by El Niño. Urban water systems in Johannesburg are also experiencing severe difficulties in satisfying demand and Zimbabwe is facing food shortages and potential loss of hydropower from Zambian hydroelectric plants.
Somalia, the Eastern Mediterranean: Further north in the Horn of Africa, famine could kill thousands of people this year in drought-hit Somalia, according to the United Nations, which is seeking emergency drought aid. The larger region around the eastern Mediterranean is also suffering long-term drought: a study published recently found that the period between 1998 and 2012 was likely the driest in the past 900 years and other assessments have linked this drought – which is still ongoing – to social and political unrest in the region and to long-term climate changes.
Southeast Asia/the Mekong Basin: Drought-induced water shortages are appearing in Vietnam. The worst drought in decades in Southeast Asia has cut flows in the Mekong so much that salt water is moving up the river, damaging rice production and affecting fishing communities. In Thailand, estimates are that the drought will cut the country's economic growth by 0.6 to 0.8 percent this year and the four largest dams in the Chao Phraya River basin hold only 14 percent of their capacity. These impacts are being worsened by record-breaking temperatures.
California: Finally, in the United States a severe multi-year drought hurt the Texas economy and then ended with historical flooding, while California has just entered the fifth year of below-normal precipitation, abnormally high temperatures, and reduced water availability. Studies identifying the influence of climate changes on the California drought have also recently been published (for example, here, here, and here), highlighting how a combination of natural variability with growing human influences may increasingly be a problem for societies struggling to deal with growing water-related challenges.
[Peter Gleick on twitter]
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I'd bet every person in the Houston area would have taken drought this year in a heartbeat.
Over what they *actually* got, I mean.
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Here in San Antonio, Texas waster is a constant discussion. In fact the city just voted build a pipe to supplement our failing aquifer. Yet people still make sure their lawns are perfect. Awareness needs to be raised about the SEVERITY of the issue.
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- સમુદાય
- પ્રતિ-વિકિ
- Conflict-driven view
- ખોટો સમુદાય
- વિકિસંસ્કૃતિ
- વિકિશ્રદ્ધા
- The Wiki process
- The wiki way
- Darwikinism
- Power structure
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- Encyclopedia standards
- Deletionism
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Wikibureaucracy advocates Wikipedia running as a bureaucracy with power and authority being vested in precedent and policy. Wikibureaucracy is directly opposed to the ignore all rules meta-policy which allows users to disregard rules that they believe are harmful to the interests of the encyclopedia.
The upside is that, if sysops and other users are only allowed to take actions allowed by rules, then there is consistency, people know what to expect, and the potential for abuse is limited to what the rules allow. If bad outcomes occur, it is because of abuse or incompetence on the part of the rulemakers or those who violate the rules, not on the part of those who follow the rules.
The downside is that the rules cannot anticipate every possible situation, including situations that arise because of changing circumstances such as new technology, unexpected user behavior, and so on. Most notably, a set of rules restrictive enough to stop abuse can also often be so restrictive as to hinder progress. Progress tends to be a beneficial change whose potential was not anticipated when the rules were drafted; therefore, no allowance was made to permit the necessary actions to implement the desired change. It takes time and effort to revise the rules; in the meantime, progress is held up.
The people who make the rules, whether they are WMF leadership or users contributing to a consensus decision, are not all-knowing. They can only take into account a limited amount of information. The individual user or sysop may possess information that was unavailable to those rulemakers, but if his hands are tied by the rules, he cannot usefully apply that knowledge, except to argue that the rule should be changed. This is typically a difficult process, and many people despair of attempting it.
Even clear rules typically lend themselves to abuse. As Ludwig von Mises writes, "every lawyer knows only too well that even the best law can be perverted, in concrete cases, in interpretation, application, and administration." When the rules are vague, the situation is even worse because "the door is left wide open for arbitrariness, bias, and the abuse of official power."[1]
- ↑ Mises, Ludwig von (1929). "The Political Foundations of Peace". Liberalism.


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Hurricane Matthew Skull Image Is Seriously Sinister
Hurricane Matthew is like the villain of weather systems.
A satellite shot of the storm, expected to wreak havoc in the southern part of the United States, was posted on Twitter this week, with the unmistakable image of a skull in it.
Hmm, it looks more like Hurricane Skeletor, doesn't it?
Authorities have recommended millions of people in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina leave in advance of Matthew, which is expected to hit the Bahamas hard before potentially reaching the States.
And when a hurricane looks as menacing as this one does, maybe it's for the best to hightail it out of the area.


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From the publisher: In the first novel of a spellbinding new trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara returns to the Civil War terrain he knows best. A Blaze of Glory takes us to the action-packed Western Theater for a vivid re-creation of one of the war's bloodiest and most iconic engagements—the Battle of Shiloh.
It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory at Fort Donelson, and Don Carlos Buell. If their combined forces can crush Johnston's army and capture the railroad, the war in the West likely will be over. There's just one problem: Johnston knows of the Union plans, and is poised to launch an audacious surprise attack on Grant's encampment—a small settlement in southwestern Tennessee anchored by a humble church named Shiloh.
With stunning you-are-there immediacy, Shaara takes us inside the maelstrom of Shiloh as no novelist has before. Drawing on meticulous research, he dramatizes the key actions and decisions of the commanders on both sides: Johnston, Grant, Sherman, Beauregard, and the illustrious Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Here too are the thoughts and voices of the junior officers, conscripts, and enlisted men who gave their all for the cause, among them Confederate cavalry lieutenant James Seeley and Private Fritz "Dutchie" Bauer of the 16th Wisconsin Regiment—brave participants in a pitched back-and-forth battle whose casualty count would far surpass anything the American public had yet seen in this war. By the end of the first day of fighting, as Grant's bedraggled forces regroup for could be their last stand, two major events—both totally unexpected—will turn the tide of the battle and perhaps the war itself.


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Test dependencies in dynamic suites
Not all tests can be run on all machines. Currently, the dynamic suite infrastructure has no way to deal with this issue. Our intent is to use the existing autotest control file DEPENDENCIES field to express what a test needs in order to be able to run. Any label in use in the autotest lab is valid in a test's DEPENDENCIES list.
# DEPENDENCIES in autotest control files today
Currently, it seems that DEPENDENCIES in control files are parsed in only when tests are imported for use via the web front end, and they (may be) honored when tests are scheduled via that method. Dependencies can also be specified when running a test via the create_job() RPC exposed by the AFE.
# DEPENDENCIES in dynamic suites
There are two, related, issues here. One is how individual tests will declare the things they need from a host in order to run, and how the dynamic suite infrastructure will schedule these tests on appropriate machines. The second, more complex issue, is how the dynamic suites code will ensure that -- for a given suite -- it reimages a set of hosts that will enable all tests in the suite to be scheduled.
## Scheduling tests on appropriate hosts
As the dynamic suite code is already parsing each individual test control file it intends to run, it will not be too hard for it to add the contents of DEPENDENCIES to the metahost spec that it already builds up when scheduling tests with the create_job() RPC.
## Determining which machines to reimage for a suite
There are several parameters that will inform dynamic suites' decision about which machines to reimage for a suite:
- the board being tested,
- the number of machines the suite asks to use, and
- the collective dependencies of all tests in the suite.
These criteria introduce some new potential failure modes for suites:
- there is at least one test with unsatisfiable dependencies
- We should just fast-fail the suite, because we're not going to be able to complete it.
- all dependencies are satisfiable, but not by the number of machines requested
- all dependencies can be satisfied by < num machines, but none
of the remaining machines satisfy any tests in the suite
- consider a bluetooth test suite that wants two machines, but we have only one machine with bluetooth
There are also some resource efficiency concerns here:
- Machines with rare labels, or label combos, should be avoided if
- The only i5 lumpy with a Y3400 modem and swedish keyboard should not be used when an i5 wifi-only lumpy from any region will do
- One test in a suite with a rare label should not lead to the suite
monopolizing all hosts with that label
- a suite that asks for 4 machines and has 15 tests that will run anywhere and one that requires GOBI2K should grab 1 GOBI2K device and 3 wifi-only ones.
## The naive algorithm (in broad strokes)
There's a set of machines in the lab, each of which is described by a set of labels There's also a suite (read: set) of tests, each of which is described by a set of labels (read: dependencies). For a given N, we need to find a set of N machines such that the dependencies of each test in the suite are satisfied by some machine in the set. The difficulty is that we want to use 'rare' machines only if we really need them. If we weight hosts somehow, this should allow us to build a scoring function that we can use in a simulated annealing or hill-climbing kind of approximation algorithm.
### No, it's not a set-cover problem
At first blush, this problem felt to me like a set-cover problem. Merge all the dependencies of all tests in the suite into a single, de-dup'd list, and then find the smallest number of devices whose label sets covered the whole she-bang. The problem is that this algorithm could provide a solution that leaves some tests unsatisfied. Consider the following example:
Test Dependencies
Host Labels
[RPM, BT, i5]
[RPM, i5]
This algorithm would merge the test deps into [RPM, BT, GOBI3K, i5], and determine that choosing both hosts would successfully cover. The problem is that the second test cannot be run in this testbed, as no machine meets all its dependencies.
## A dead-stupid first pass (read: what we've implemented so far!)
Since we only have tests with a single dependency these days, we're going to start by gathering all the deps of all the tests in the suite, de-duping them, and finding <= N machines to satisfy those deps. We may try to be smart about how we pad out the machines to reach N, if we can. If we have 10 Gobi3K tests and 2 Gobi2K tests, and N == 3, then we might try to get 2 Gobi3K devices and 1 Gobi2K, for example. If we can satisfy all tests with < N devices, and cannot pad to reach N total devices, we'll WARN, but continue to run the suite.


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