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Pay-for-performance: Federal Proposals Could Reshape Physician Incomes Dramatically
By now, most doctors have heard of "pay for performance" programs that reward providers for meeting certain patient care goals, but many think the concept is simply being tested in isolated areas. If Medicare has its way, all doctors eventually could be paid on the basis of their performance.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, is recommending an expansion of pilot projects that link physician payments to performance goals. Officials would set aside a portion of the money budgeted for physician services, and doctors would have to earn those funds by demonstrating they are following established medical guidelines. Doctors who meet the goals would earn more for treating Medicare patients than those who fail.
Advocates of such incentive programs note that many other industries, such as automakers, have adopted similar strategies with great success. In fact, some private sectors of the healthcare industry already are testing performance programs, and initial reports suggest they are achieving their goals.
"It's a direction that's long overdue in health care," said Steve McDermott, Chief Executive Officer of Hill Physicians Medical Group, an organization that includes 2600 doctors in northern California. The group introduced its own performance incentives 8 years ago, and joined a larger California performance program 2 years ago. That program, called the Integrated Healthcare Association, and another in the Midwest called Bridges to Excellence, are pioneers in performance pay systems and are reporting early success.
Medicare, by virtue of its size and clout in the industry, will fuel that trend if it adopts recommendations outlined in MedPAC's annual report. Federal officials already have expressed their commitment to moving in that direction.
In fact, another MedPAC proposal could further differentiate physician payment levels by imposing new standards on office-based imaging services. Those services have become a growing source of revenue for doctors, and Medicare officials would like to contain that growth. Stricter standards would mean fewer doctors could offer such services in their practices.
Taken together, those two proposals represent a sweeping overhaul of how the federal program pays doctors.
"They take Medicare in directions that it's never been before," said Hoangmai Pham, a senior researcher at the Center for Studying Health System Change in Washington, DC. Although some physicians undoubtedly will object to such changes, current research supports the need for them, she said.
"MedPAC is reflecting a growing consensus among policy analysts and some policy makers -- and probably some physician leaders -- that the current system is irrational," she said.
Providers currently are rewarded for doing more because they are paid for each service they provide, whereas a performance-based system would reward outcomes. For instance, a doctor could earn a bonus for helping diabetic patients manage their blood sugar levels, regardless of how often they came to the office or needed medical intervention. That could not only improve patient care but also hold down costs.
Winners and Losers
Even enthusiasts acknowledge, however, that significant hurdles remain before performance-based systems can be expanded to the broader physician population. The Medicare demonstration projects currently involve 10 large multispecialty groups, which are not really representative of the profession, said researcher Pham.
"Those groups have more capital, so it's easiest to start with them," she said. Participating groups have had to invest in information technology, for instance, in order to collect and report information required for the bonuses. Smaller groups and solo practitioners may have more trouble paying for such systems, she said.
In addition, doctors who currently are not meeting clinical guidelines will need help improving their care processes, which should be a goal of quality improvement programs, Pham said.
"If you pay for performance without providing support, they will continue to perform poorly," she said. That could widen the gap between successful and struggling practices.
In the Hill Physicians network, some practices receive as much as 10% less than comparable practices if they don't meet the broader group's internal standards, said McDermott. He meets with leaders of the struggling groups to discuss ways they can improve their care systems and qualify for the bonuses.
"That's a great conversation," he said. "They're all striving to do better next time." He has heard no complaints about the payment structure, which he attributes to widespread acceptance of the performance standards.
In the Medicare demonstration project, participating groups proposed their own methods for achieving efficiencies, such as implementing disease management programs that improve patient outcomes, and thus reduce the need for services. Groups will share in the savings when they receive their performance bonuses.
Some critics say such efforts amount to pay cuts for doctors, not true financial rewards. The American Medical Association has urged Medicare not to impose further demands on doctors but rather to provide new funds to help them achieve quality improvements.
In fact, the MedPAC recommendations would tie initial performance awards to adoption of information technologies, phasing in patient care measures a few years later. That could require significant investments for some doctors if they hope to capture the financial rewards.
Although Medicare plans to set aside a relatively small amount of its budget for performance pay, even a 1% to 2% pool could amount to $5-$10 billion. And, it would increase over time.
Officials make no bones about the fact that a performance-based system will result in different pay levels for different doctors.
Mark Miller, Executive Director of MedPAC, recently told a Congressional committee, "It is time for the Medicare program to start to differentiate among providers when making payments."
Restrictions Could Shut Down Some Services
Some doctors undoubtedly will bristle at such pay differentials, but the proposal to restrict office-based imaging services will generate even stronger opposition, said researcher Pham. The very notion of limiting which doctors can provide such services and make money off them deviates from longstanding traditions in the federal program.
"Medicare has never, ever excluded physicians from participation," she said.
The proposal strikes at a rapidly growing sector in healthcare spending. In recent years, many doctors have looked for other revenue sources to offset declining clinical incomes, and many began integrating imaging services into their practices. From 1999 to 2003, Medicare's payments to physicians for imaging services grew twice as fast as for other medical services. Currently, doctors can bill for ordering a patient's diagnostic test, performing the test, and then interpreting the test.
Cardiologists have been particularly successful at tapping into the technical fees, said Fred Simmons, Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Cardiovascular and Interventional Consultants, a group of 18 cardiologists in Florida. Other specialties that have prospered by moving services out of the hospital and into their offices include ophthalmologists, orthopaedic surgeons, and oncologists, he said.
His group decided several years ago to make the risky investment in diagnostic equipment, and that move has paid off, he said. He is not concerned about new Medicare restrictions because he is confident the group will meet the standards.
"If physicians are going to provide services in their offices, they need to be able to provide a high-quality, efficient service," he said.
Studies have found serious deficiencies in some office-based imaging services, however, and regional variations also highlight a lack of control over that sector, the MedPAC report concludes. It recommends using private organizations to develop and administer quality standards. Any doctors whose services did not meet those standards would not receive Medicare reimbursements.
In addition, MedPAC recommends tightening other controls over imaging services. It would more closely scrutinize claims to detect charges for services that are inappropriate or that duplicate each other. For instance, separate bills for a patient's head CT scan and face CT scan would be bundled into a single claim.
The advisory commission also is recommending that federal officials close a loophole in physician self-referral regulations, which currently allow doctors to invest in companies that provide services to imaging centers where they refer patients. For instance, a doctor could buy MRI equipment and lease it to an imaging center, then receive a reimbursement each time it is used.
MedPAC also wants to extend federal ethics standards, known as the Stark law, to cover nuclear medicine and PET scans, which were excluded from current regulations designed to eliminate conflicts of interest for doctors.
A Silver Lining
As physicians ponder the looming changes and consider the impact on their own practices, they can take solace in at least 1 proposal that could boost their pay levels. MedPAC included in its recent report a recommendation that the federal program raise physician fees by about 2.7% for 2006.
"MedPAC taketh away," said Pham, "but they also giveth back."
The current formula for establishing physician payments calls for a 4.3% cut next year, followed by more cuts in subsequent years. Congress would have to approve the change.
In fact, the proposed pay increase is only a short-term solution for a physician fee schedule that everyone agrees is flawed. MedPAC officials have expressed their intention to re-examine the federal program's entire payment system in the near future. Without an equitable payment baseline, experts say, any other changes such as performance-based programs are less likely to succeed.


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Netting upwards of $1 billion in quarters, the original 1993 arcade release of NBA Jam took the gaming world by storm. As the first-ever NBA-licensed coin-operated arcade game, NBA Jam featured mad dunks, outrageous rejections and three-point shots that were simply electrifying. Expressions from the game such as "He's heating up!", "He's on fire!" and "Boomshakalaka!" immediately entered our vernacular and will forever hold a cherished place in popular culture.

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The Emsworth Concert Band Magic of Christmas concert
On Saturday 16 December 2017 the Emsworth Concert Band will be holding their Magic of Christmas concert at Bedales School again this year. Further details, including ticket prices will follow. There will be a retiring collection in favour of The Rosemary Foundation.


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We consider methods for constructing explicit solutions of the non-stationary Lame equation,which is a generalization of the classical Lame equation, that has appeared in works on integrablemodels, conformal eld theory, high energy physics and representation theory. We also present ageneral method for constructing integral representations of solutions to the non-stationary Lameequation by a recursive scheme. Explicit integral representations, for special values of the modelparameters, are also presented. Our approach is based on kernel function methods which can benaturally generalized to the non-stationary Heun equation.
We consider the relativistic generalization of the quantum A (N-1) Calogero-Sutherland models due to Ruijsenaars, comprising the rational, hyperbolic, trigonometric and elliptic cases. For each of these cases, we find an exact common eigenfunction for a generalization of Ruijsenaars analytic difference operators that gives, as special cases, many different kernel functions; in particular, we find kernel functions for Chalykh-Feigin-Veselov-Sergeev-type deformations of such difference operators which generalize known kernel functions for the Ruijsenaars models. We also discuss possible applications of our results.
The deformed Calogero-Sutherland (CS) model is a quantum integrable systemwith arbitrary numbers of two types of particles and reducing to the standard CSmodel in special cases. We show that a known collective field description of theCS model, which is based on conformal field theory (CFT), is actually a collectivefield description of the deformed CS model. This provides a natural application ofthe deformed CS model in Wen's effective field theory of the fractional quantumHall effect (FQHE), with the two kinds of particles corresponding to electrons andquasi-hole excitations. In particular, we use known mathematical results aboutsuper Jack polynomials to obtain simple explicit formulas for the orthonormal CFTbasis proposed by van Elburg and Schoutens in the context of the FQHE.
We consider the non-stationary Heun equation, also known as quantum PainlevéVI, which has appeared in dierent works on quantum integrable models and conformaleld theory. We use a generalized kernel function identity to transform the problemto solve this equation into a dierential-dierence equation which, as we show, canbe solved by ecient recursive algorithms. We thus obtain series representations ofsolutions which provide elliptic generalizations of the Jacobi polynomials. These seriesreproduces, in a limiting case, a perturbative solution of the Heun equation due toTakemura, but our method is dierent in that we expand in non-conventional basisfunctions that allow us to obtain explicit formulas to all orders;
In precision measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters and in the search for theta(13), it becomes important to study small effects which may alter the precision measurements or mimic a theta(13) signal. Here, I give an introduction to a common framework in which many of the possible small effects - such as neutrino wave packet decoherence, neutrino quantum decoherence, and neutrino decay - can be studied. This framework is based on the introduction of damping factors on the probability level of the neutrino oscillation formulas.
A new solvable many-body problem of goldfish type is identified and used to revisit the connection between two different approaches to solvable dynamical systems. An isochronous variant of this model is identified and investigated. Alternative versions of these models are presented. The behavior of the alternative isochronous model near its equilibrium configurations is investigated, and a remarkable Diophantine result, as well as related Diophantine conjectures, are thereby obtained.
In this paper, we develop differential twisted K-theory and define a twisted Chern character on twisted K-theory which depends on a choice of connection and curving on the twisting gerbe. We also establish the general Riemann-Roch theorem in twisted K-theory and find some applications in the study of twisted K-theory of compact simple Lie groups.
This Ph.D. thesis in mathematical physics concerns systems of interacting fermions with strong correlations. For these systems the physical properties can only be described in terms of the collective behavior of the fermions. Moreover, they are often characterized by a close competition between fermion localization versus delocalization, which can result in complex and exotic physical phenomena.
Strongly correlated fermion systems are usually modelled by many-body Hamiltonians for which the kinetic- and interaction energy have the same order of magnitude. This makes them challenging to study as the application of conventional computational methods, like mean field- or perturbation theory, often gives unreliable results. Of particular interest are Hubbard-type models, which provide minimal descriptions of strongly correlated fermions. The research of this thesis focuses on such models defined on two-dimensional square lattices. One motivation for this is the so-called high-Tc problem of the cuprate superconductors.
A main hypothesis is that there exists an underlying Fermi surface with nearly flat parts, i.e. regions where the surface is straight. It is shown that a particular continuum limit of the lattice system leads to an effective model amenable to computations. This limit is partial in that it only involves fermion degrees of freedom near the flat parts. The result is an effective quantum field theory that is analyzed using constructive bosonization methods. Various exactly solvable models of interacting fermions in two spatial dimensions are also derived and studied.
The elimination of the non-transversal field in the standard light-cone formulation of higher-dimensional extended objects is formulated as a Hamiltonian reduction.
A dynamical symmetry for supersymmetric extended objects is given.
We study an exactly solvable quantum field theory (QFT) model describing interacting fermions in 2+1 dimensions. This model is motivated by physical arguments suggesting that it provides an effective description of spinless fermions on a square lattice with local hopping and density-density interactions if, close to half filling, the system develops a partial energy gap. The necessary regularization of the QFT model is based on this proposed relation to lattice fermions. We use bosonization methods to diagonalize the Hamiltonian and to compute all correlation functions. We also discuss how, after appropriate multiplicative renormalizations, all short- and long distance cutoffs can be removed. In particular, we prove that the renormalized two-point functions have algebraic decay with non-trivial exponents depending on the interaction strengths, which is a hallmark of Luttinger-liquid behavior.
We present a 2+1 dimensional quantum gauge theory model with correlated fermions that is exactly solvable by bosonization. This model gives an effective description of partially gapped fermions on a square lattice that have density-density interactions and are coupled to photons. We show that the photons in this model are massive due to gauge-invariant normal-ordering, similarly as in the Schwinger model. Moreover, the exact excitation spectrum of the model has two gapped and one gapless mode. We also compute the magnetic field induced by an external current and show that there is a Meissner effect. We find that the transverse photons have significant effects on the low-energy properties of the model even if the fermion-photon coupling is small.
We present a 2+1 dimensional quantum gauge theory with correlated fermions that is exactly solvable by bosonization. This model describes a system of Luttinger liquids propagating on two sets of equidistant lines forming a grid embedded in two dimensional continuum space; this system has two dimensional character due to density-density interactions and due to a coupling to dynamical photons propagating in the continuous embedding space. We argue that this model gives an effective description of partially gapped fermions on a square lattice that have density-density interactions and are coupled to photons. Our results include the following: after non-trivial renormalizations of the coupling parameters, the model remains well-defined in the quantum field theory limit as the grid of lines becomes a continuum; the photons in this model are massive due to gauge-invariant normal-ordering, similarly as in the Schwinger model; the exact excitation spectrum of the model has two gapped and one gapless mode.
We compute mean field phase diagrams of two closely related interacting fermion models in two spatial dimensions (2D). The first is the so-called 2D t-t'-V model describing spinless fermions on a square lattice with local hopping and density-density interactions. The second is the so-called 2D Luttinger model that provides an effective description of the 2D t-t'-V model and in which parts of the fermion degrees of freedom are treated exactly by bosonization. In mean field theory, both models have a charge-density-wave (CDW) instability making them gapped at half-filling. The 2D t-t'-V model has a significant parameter regime away from half-filling where neither the CDW nor the normal state are thermodynamically stable. We show that the 2D Luttinger model allows to obtain more detailed information about this mixed region. In particular, we find in the 2D Luttinger model a partially gapped phase that, as we argue, can be described by an exactly solvable model.
We present a general classification of Hamiltonian multivector fields and of Poisson forms on the extended multiphase space appearing in the geometric formulation of first order classical field theories. This is a prerequisite for computing explicit expressions for the Poisson bracket between two Poisson forms.
We consider the Schrodinger operator on the real line with an even quartic potential. Our main result is a product formula of the type psi(k)(x)psi(k)(y) = integral(R) psi(k)(z)K(x,y, z)dz for its eigenfunctions psi(k). The kernel function K is given explicitly in terms of the Airy function Ai(x), and it is positive for appropriate parameter values. As an application, we obtain a particular asymptotic expansion of the eigenfunctions psi(k).
This thesis is devoted to the study of various examples of exactly solved quantum many-body systems in one-dimension. It is divided into two parts: the first provides background and complementary results to the second, which consists of three scientific papers. The first paper concerns a particu- lar extension, corresponding to the root system CN, of the delta-interaction model. We prove by construction that its exact solution, even in the gen- eral case of distinguishable particles, can be obtained by the coordinate Bethe ansatz. We also elaborate on the physical interpretation of this model. It is well known that the delta-interaction is included in a four parameter family of local interactions. In the second paper we interpret these parameters as cou- pling constants of certain momentum dependent interactions and determine all cases leading to a many-body system of distinguishable particles which can be solved by the coordinate Bethe ansatz. In the third paper we consider the so-called rational Calogero-Sutherland model, describing an arbitrary number of particles on the real line, confined by a harmonic oscillator potential and interacting via a two-body interaction proportional to the inverse square of the inter-particle distance. We construct a novel solution algorithm for this model which enables us to obtain explicit formulas for its eigenfunctions. We also show that our algorithm applies, with minor changes, to all extensions of the rational Calogero-Sutherland model which correspond to a classical root system.
In this paper we consider a large class of many-variable polynomials which contains generalizations of the classical Hermite, Laguerre, Jacobi and Bessel polynomials as special cases, and which occur as the polynomial part in the eigenfunctions of Calogero-Sutherland type operators and their deformations recently found and studied by Chalykh, Feigin, Sergeev, and Veselov. We present a unified and explicit construction of all these polynomials.
We consider two particular one-dimensional quantum many-body systems with local interactions related to the root system C-N. Both models describe identical particles moving on the half-line with nontrivial boundary conditions at the origin, but in the first model the particles interact with the delta interaction while in the second via a particular momentum dependent interaction commonly known as delta-prime interaction. We show that the Bethe ansatz solution of the delta-interaction model is consistent even for the general case where the particles are distinguishable, whereas for the delta-prime interaction it only is consistent and nontrivial in the fermion case. We also establish a duality between the bosonic delta- and the fermionic delta-prime model, and we elaborate on the physical interpretations of these models.
We consider the quantum Calogero model, which describes N non-distinguishable quantum particles on the real line confined by a harmonic oscillator potential and interacting via two-body interactions proportional to the inverse square of the inter-particle distance. We elaborate a novel solution algorithm which allows us to obtain fully explicit formulae for its eigenfunctions, arbitrary coupling parameter and particle number. We also show that our method applies, with minor changes, to all Calogero models associated with classical root systems.
In this paper we consider a large class of many-variable polynomials which contains generalisations of the classical Hermite, Laguerre, Jacobi and Bessel polynomials as special cases, and which occur as the polynomial part in the eigenfunctions of Calogero-Sutherland type operators and their deformations recently found and studied by Chalykh, Feigin, Sergeev, and Veselov. We present a unified and explicit construction of all these polynomials.
As is well known, there exists a four-parameter family of local interactions in 1D. We interpret these parameters as coupling constants of delta-type interactions which include different kinds of momentum-dependent terms, and determine all cases leading to many-body systems of distinguishable particles which are exactly solvable by the coordinate Bethe ansatz. We find two such families of systems, one with two independent coupling constants deforming the well-known delta-interaction model to non-identical particles, and the other with a particular one-parameter combination of the delta and (the so-called) delta-prime interaction. We also find that the model of non-identical particles gives rise to a somewhat unusual solution of the Yang-Baxter relations. For the other model we write down explicit formulae for all eigenfunctions.
This thesis deals with the theory of Lie group extensions, Lie conformal algebras and twisted K-theory, in the context of quantum physics. These structures allow for a mathematically precise description of certain aspects of interacting quantum field theories. We review three concrete examples, namely symmetry breaking (or anomalies) in gauge theory, classification of D-brane charges in string theory and the formulation of integrable hierarchies in the language of Poisson vertex algebras. The main results are presented in three appended scientific papers.
In the first paper we establish, by construction, a criterion for when an infinite dimensional abelian Lie algebra extension corresponds to a Lie group extension.
In the second paper we introduce the fractional loop group LqG, that is the group of maps from a circle to a compact Lie group G, with only a small degree of differentiability q ε R+ in the Sobolev sense. We construct abelian extensions and highest weight modules for the Lie algebra Lqg, and discuss an application to equivariant twisted K-theory on G.
In the third paper, we construct a structure of calculus algebra on the Lie conformal algebra complex and provide a more detailed description in the special case of the complex of variational calculus.
This thesis reviews the theory of group extensions, gerbes and twisted K-theory. Application to anomalies in gauge theory is briefly discussed. The main results are presented in two appended scientific papers. In the first paper we establish, by construction, a criterion for when an infinite dimensional abelian Lie algebra extension corresponds to a Lie group extension. In the second paper we introduce the fractional loop group L_qG, construct highest weight modules for the Lie algebra and discuss an application to twisted K-theory on G.
We establish a criterion for when an abelian extension of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras (g) over cap = g circle plus(omega) a integrates to a corresponding Lie group extension A (sic) (G) over cap (sic) G, where G is connected, simply connected and A congruent to a/Gamma for some discrete subgroup Gamma subset of a. When pi(1) (G) not equal 0, the kernel A is replaced by a central extension (A) over cap of pi(1) (G) by A.
We study the structure of abelian extensions of the group L (q) G of q-differentiable loops (in the Sobolev sense), generalizing from the case of the central extension of the smooth loop group. This is motivated by the aim of understanding the problems with current algebras in higher dimensions. Highest weight modules are constructed for the Lie algebra. The construction is extended to the current algebra of the supersymmetric Wess-Zumino-Witten model. An application to the twisted K-theory on G is discussed.
We present a model for neutrino oscillations in the presence of a deconstructed non-gravitational large extra dimension compactified on the boundary of a two-dimensional disk. In the deconstructed phase, sub-mm lattice spacings are generated from the hierarchy of energy scales between similar to 1 TeV and the usual B - L breaking scale similar to 10(15) GeV. Here, short-distance cutoffs down to similar to 1eV are motivated by the strong coupling behavior of gravity in local discrete extra dimensions. This could make it possible to probe the discretization of extra dimensions and non-trivial field configurations in theory spaces which have only a few sites, i.e., for coarse latticizations. Thus, the model has relevance to present and future precision neutrino oscillation experiments.
We construct a hierarchy of exactly solvable spin-1/2 chains with so(N)1 critical points. Our construction is based on the framework of condensate-induced transitions between topological phases. We employ this framework to construct a Hamiltonian term that couples N transverse field Ising chains such that the resulting theory is critical and described by the so(N)1 conformal field theory. By employing spin duality transformations, we then cast these spin chains for arbitrary N into translationally invariant forms that all allow exact solution by the means of a Jordan-Wigner transformation. For odd N our models generalize the phase diagram of the transverse field Ising chain, the simplest model in our hierarchy. For even N the models can be viewed as longer ranger generalizations of the XY chain, the next model in the hierarchy. We also demonstrate that our method of constructing spin chains with given critical points goes beyond exactly solvable models. Applying the same strategy to the Blume-Capel model, a spin-1 generalization of the Ising chain in a generic magnetic field, we construct another critical spin-1 chain with the predicted conformal field theory (CFT) describing the criticality.
A detailed derivation of a two dimensional (2D) low energy effective model for spinless fermions on a square lattice with local interactions is given. This derivation utilizes a particular continuum limit that is justified by physical arguments. It is shown that the effective model thus obtained can be treated by exact bosonization methods. It is also discussed how this effective model can be used to obtain physical information about the corresponding lattice fermion system.
We present a fermion model that is, as we suggest, a natural 2D analogue of the Luttinger model. We derive this model as a partial continuum limit of a 2D spinless lattice fermion system with local interactions and away from half filling. In this derivation, we use certain approximations that we motivate by physical arguments. We also present mathematical results that allow an exact treatment of parts of the degrees of freedom of this model by bosonization, and we propose to treat the remaining degrees of freedom by mean field theory.
We present explicit formulas for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the elliptic Calogero-Sutherland (eCS) model as formal power series to all orders in the nome of the elliptic functions, for arbitrary values of the (positive) coupling constant and particle number. Our solution gives explicit formulas for an elliptic deformation of the Jack polynomials.
The elliptic Calogero-Sutherland model is a quantum many body system of identical particles moving on a circle and interacting via two body potentials proportional to the Weierstrass -function. It also provides a natural many-variable generalization of the Lam, equation. Explicit formulas for the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of this model as infinite series are obtained, to all orders and for arbitrary particle numbers and coupling parameters. These eigenfunctions are an elliptic deformation of the Jack polynomials. The absolute convergence of these series is proved in special cases, including the two-particle (=Lam,) case for non-integer coupling parameters and sufficiently small elliptic deformation.
We discuss the relation of the trigonometric Calogero-Moser (CM) system to Yang-Mills gauge theories and its generalization to the elliptic case. This yields a linearization of the time evolution of the elliptic CM system and suggests two promising strategies for finding a fully explicit solution of this model. We also present a large class of integrable spin-particle systems generalizing the elliptic CM system.
We present remarkable functional identities related to the elliptic Calogero-Sutherland (eCS) system. We derive them from a second quantization of the eCS model within a quantum field theory model of anyons on a circle and at finite temperature. The identities involve two eCS Hamiltonians with arbitrary and, in general, different particle numbers N and M, and a particular function of N+M variables arising as anyon correlation function of N particles and M antiparticles. In addition to identities obtained from anyons with the same statistics parameter lambda, we also obtain dual relations involving mixed correlation functions of anyons with two different statistics parameters lambda and 1/lambda. We also give alternative, elementary proofs of these identities by direct computations.
Kernel functions related to quantum many-body systems of Calogero-Sutherland type are discussed, in particular for the elliptic case. The main result is an elliptic generalization of an identity due to Sen that is a source for many such kernel functions. Applications are given, including simple exact eigenfunctions and corresponding eigenvalues of Chalykh-Feigin-Veselov-Sergeev-type deformations of the elliptic Calogero-Sutherland model for special parameter values.
We study self-adjoint operators defined by factorizing second-order differential operators in first-order ones. We discuss examples where such factorizations introduce singular interactions into simple quantum-mechanical models such as the harmonic oscillator or the free particle on the circle. The generalization of these examples to the many-body case yields quantum models of distinguishable and interacting particles in one dimensions which can be solved explicitly and by simple means. Our considerations lead us to a simple method to construct exactly solvable quantum many-body systems of Calogero-Sutherland type.
We obtain exact analytical results for the evolution of a 1+1-dimensional Luttinger model prepared in a domain wall initial state, i.e., a state with different densities on its left and right sides. Such an initial state is modeled as the ground state of a translation invariant Luttinger Hamiltonian (Formula presented.) with short range non-local interaction and different chemical potentials to the left and right of the origin. The system evolves for time t > 0 via a Hamiltonian (Formula presented.) which differs from (Formula presented.) by the strength of the interaction. Asymptotically in time, as (Formula presented.), after taking the thermodynamic limit, the system approaches a translation invariant steady state. This final steady state carries a current I and has an effective chemical potential difference (Formula presented.) between right- (+) and left- (−) moving fermions obtained from the two-point correlation function. Both I and (Formula presented.) depend on (Formula presented.) and (Formula presented.). Only for the case (Formula presented.) does (Formula presented.) equal the difference in the initial left and right chemical potentials. Nevertheless, the Landauer conductance for the final state, (Formula presented.), has a universal value equal to the conductance quantum (Formula presented.) for the spinless case.
We discuss an extension of the (massless) Thirring model describing interacting fermions in one dimension which are coupled to phonons and where all interactions are local. This fermion-phonon model can be solved exactly by bosonization.We present a construction and solution of this model which is mathematically rigorous by treating it as a continuum limit of a Luttinger-phonon model. A self-contained account of the mathematical results underlying bosonization is included, together with complete proofs.
The Inozemtsev Hamiltonian is an elliptic generalization of the differential operator defining the BCN trigonometric quantum Calogero-Sutherland model, and its eigenvalue equation is a natural many-variable generalization of the Heun differential equation. We present kernel functions for Inozemtsev Hamiltonians and Chalykh-Feigin-Veselov-Sergeev-type deformations thereof. Our main result is a solution of a heat-type equation for a generalized Inozemtsev Hamiltonian which is the source of all these kernel functions. Applications are given, including a derivation of simple exact eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Inozemtsev Hamiltonian.
We study the ground state phase diagram of the two dimensional t - t' - U Hubbard model concentrating on the competition between antiferro-, ferro-, and paramagnetism. It is known that unrestricted Hartree-Fock- and quantum Monte Carlo calculations for this model predict inhomogeneous states in large regions of the parameter space. Standard mean field theory, i.e., Hartree-Fock theory restricted to homogeneous states, fails to produce such inhomogeneous phases. We show that a generalization of the mean field method to the grand canonical ensemble circumvents this problem and predicts inhomogeneous states, represented by mixtures of homogeneous states, in large regions of the parameter space. We present phase diagrams which differ considerably from previous mean field results but are consistent with, and extend, results obtained with more sophisticated methods.
We consider bosons on (Euclidean) R-4 that are minimally coupled to an external Yang-Mills field. We compute the logarithmically divergent part of the cutoff regularized quantum effective action of this system. We confirm the known result that this term is proportional to the Yang-Mills action. We use pseudodifferential operator methods throughout to prepare the ground for a generalization of our calculation to the noncommutative four-dimensional Moyal plane R-theta(4) We also include a detailed comparison of our cutoff regularization to heat kernel techniques. In the case of the noncommutative space, we complement the usual technique of asymptotic expansion in the momentum variable with operator theoretic arguments in order to keep separated quantum from noncommutativity effects. We show that the result from the commutative space R-4 still holds if one replaces all pointwise products by the noncommutative Moyal product.
Twisted K-theory classes over compact Lie groups can be realized as families of Fredholm operators using the representation theory of loop groups. In this paper we show how to deform the Fredholm family in the sense of quantum groups. The family of Dirac-type operators is parametrized by vectors in the adjoint module for a quantum affine algebra and transforms covariantly under a central extension of the algebra.
An invariant for twisted K theory classes on a 3-manifold is introduced. The invariant is then applied to the twisted equivariant classes arising from the supersymmetric Wess-Zumino-Witten model based on the group SU(2). It is shown that the classes defined by different highest weight representations of the loop group LSU(2) are inequivalent. The results are compatible with Freed-Hopkins-Teleman identification of twisted equivariant K theory as the Verlinde algebra.
We show that the residue density of the logarithm of a generalized Laplacian on a closed manifold defines an invariant polynomial-valued differential form. We express it in terms of a finite sum of residues of classical pseudodifferential symbols. In the case of the square of a Dirac operator, these formulas provide a pedestrian proof of the Atiyah-Singer formula for a pure Dirac operator in four dimensions and for a twisted Dirac operator on a flat space of any dimension. These correspond to special cases of a more general formula by Scott and Zagier. In our approach, which is of perturbative nature, we use either a Campbell-Hausdorff formula derived by Okikiolu or a noncommutative Taylor-type formula.
The construction of twisted K-theory classes on a compact Lie group is reviewed using the supersymmetric Wess-Zumino-Wittenmodel on a cylinder. The Quillen superconnection is introduced for a family of supercharges parametrized by a compact Lie group and the Chern character is explicitly computed in the case of SU( 2). For large euclidean time, the character form is localized on a D-brane.


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Age: 22
Height: 167
City: Melbourne
Before the Shoot :
How exciting doing another shoot for abby winters and all the funky fans out there!!!
Have fun everyone we will keep smiling.
After the Shoot :
Hope everyone had as much fun as I did!!
Hope to shoot again soon.
Erinn for Abby Winters
Erinn, you have a cunt to die for, & you seem to love showing it.Gorgeous bit of stubble around it too. I expect you give such a show to your boyfriend, as he lies down between your open legs & pulls himself while you finger your cunt and pull at your luscious & lickable flaps. Men love women who like to show off their cunt. Pity there weren't more of you. You have a gorgeous face, which makes your pussy display even more horny. Geoff.


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Monday, January 19, 2009
It's About Time, eh??
Yes, busy at Disney World. For Christmas we gave the kids a gift, of a trip to the World. We were gone from Jan8-17 and missed most of the -50 degree weather here at home. HA!!
This picture was taken by the professional Disney photographer. I didn't realize how horrible the photo was till we got home. So bummed about this shot.
And heres the one that I took. With the exact same camera as above and at almost the exact same time. Can you tell I'm hostile about the previous shot? Grrrr.... No pretty family pic in front of the castle.
Well, I'm sure I will be posting many picture in the upcoming weeks. Although, it is so difficult being home. I like vaca mode. Hope your New Years are going well.
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Milos Villas Hotel is located in a very quite area, although it is only 800 meters away from the centre of Fira. The hotel offers warm and welcoming accommodation overlooking the Aegean Sea. Specifically it offers 20 double rooms and 6 suites.
This Cycladic complex boasts an authentic 250-year-old traditional windmill by the pool, with terrace and view to the whole island of Santorini. The primary windmill has a living room, a kitchen and a private bathroom. On the second floor there is a bedroom for two people and a small attic which can accommodate a third person.
At Milos Villas Hotel our guests will experience Greek hospitality at its best. Here one can find a friendly and hospitable atmosphere, as well as various facilities. It offers a hot tub and barbecue facilities. All the rooms have a balcony with a vie to the sea and and are equipped with modern amenities, such as a refrigerator and satellite TV.
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Rebecca Newman is a very busy lady, in fact she has been for about the last decade, but in recent times her incredible workload has been on a rapid increase.
In 2005 she started busking where she could revealing her enchanting voice to those who could stop and listen, then she started self financing CD's to engage with a wider audience.
She then started touring to help raise funds for charities such as the Royal National Lifeboat Institute.
Finally, with the help of her fans, known as the Newmaneers, she made the break into mainstream classical/crossover album production with a major philharmonic orchestra behind her as she went to Prague to record her number one selling album called Dare to Dream.
Sitting in the entrance to Hull New Theatre on the teatime a few hours before her appearance there on 17th June the People's Soprano snatches a bit of time to speak about Dare to Dream, charity work and touring with international superstar Russell Watson, which is what has brought her to the 2017 City of Culture.
Asked about her success as the first ever self-released soprano to go to number one in the classical album chart she tells me how she felt confident when she first set out to do it, but then how that gave way to surprise at actually managing it at the time.
"I felt yes, we can do this when we started about 18 months to two years earlier, but then it was really hard work getting the infrastructure and we didn't have as much of a pre-order period as I would have liked and pretty much no time on iTunes and Amazon so we kind of relied an awful lot on people buying it in the first week.
"Once it came to it I thought, oh I don't think we're going to do it, but then when we started getting the sales figures I was comparing my ranking in the overall top 200 to any other artist who would qualify for the classical album chart, I couldn't think of anybody else that was actually higher in the chart who would be classical chart eligible."
We then started discussing the tour which has brought her to Hull this time, I asked her what is it like touring with such a huge star as Russell Watson and, as I would expect from her generally very relaxed demeanor, she seems to be taking it all in her stride saying it's the same as touring with anybody else, although you can see a definite excitement in her eyes.
"We're both very professional in what we do, he turns up and rehearses with the choir, we're almost like ships that pass in the night because we're almost on different schedules, I'm at the front meeting people before the show while he's rehearsing, then during the first act he's on the stage whilst I'm getting ready so we do miss each other quite a bit.
Charity work is the next subject and she tells me about the homeless charity that she's just become a patron of called Socks and Choc's which was recently started in Birmingham and she is going to help expand across the country.
"It was set up by a man in the police force who was quite touched by a man dying in a fountain in Birmingham, it was a guy who had been a problem with other officers but he always used to get on with Ian, they used to have a bit of banter.
"He set the charity up as a way to break down barriers and encourage people to do collections and at the last count they had collected 8,500 pairs of socks and they had been distributed and it's making a very big difference to people, small comforts like that.
"Now it's expanded to include hats and scarves and sleeping bags and things like that, there's lot's of different things they're doing with the charity but it's focusing on socks and chocolates, a nice simple message.
"His motto is lot's of people doing a little bit is better than a few people doing a lot."
She then says why homelessness is a cause quite close to her heart, "For years I was out street performing and so I would regularly talk to Big Issue sellers and finding out how they'd become homeless like when they'd gone into care and then been in and out of Foster homes and they maybe had problems keeping themselves settled and secure."
We then continue to the subject of City of Culture and a glint appears in the eye of the York based singer who confirms she would love to be involved in 2017 and then recounts about previous times she's been working in Hull at things such as the Queen's jubilee and the Christmas Lights switch on which clearly hold fond memories for her.
"I'm sure there will be lot's of great events and I've been here a few times before so yes it would be great to do something here then."
Singing with classical group Blake is another recent highlight for the new girl on the classical scene so i asked her if there is much of a difference between singing with them compared to singing with solo stars like Russell Watson or Aled Jones to which she replies that there is.
"When you're singing with an individual you can be a bit more individual with what you sing, you still have to be sympathetic to the other person and not try to upstage them, you need to be sympathetic to how they sing.
"When you're in a group you have to appreciate, it has to be a bit more structured, so it's a little bit less free. But also what you're getting in a group is bit more layer of a harmony and a different kind of sound and a different kind of sound around you as opposed to when you're singing with just one other person, so they both have their own benefits."
Finally chatting about Opera on the Marina, which will bring this wonderful singer back to Hull on 7th July as the headline act, there is again a brightening of the eyes which belies the tiredness that her energy sapping schedule must cause.
"That's going to be a really great night, there's some fantastic acts billed for that finishing with me in the evening, good food, good company and it should hopefully be a great night.
Opera on the Marina is taking place outside The Minerva pub with tickets available from HullBoxOffice.com starting at a price of £12.50 and includes Leroy Vickers, Farino and Tre Amici in its line-up.


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Every year in the United States, around 15,000 children are diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. It's an autoimmune disease where the Pancreas stops producing Insulin, the hormone that allows us to get energy from food. Doctors say the onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There's nothing we can do to prevent it, and right now, there's no cure.
Aside from technology, a specially-trained Diabetes Alert Dog is one way to know when blood sugar levels are too high or too low.
One Sioux Falls family made the investment and met their new dog, last October. Already, 'Clover' has done wonders to change their lives for the better.
At just 1.5 years old, Clover McKenzie, the fluffly Goldendoodle, does some pretty remarkable work.
"Whenever I'm above 150 or below 80, she'll come up and alert you on your knee," River McKenzie said.
River McKenzie, 6, was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes in March of 2013. Thanks to a news feature on Diabetes Alert Dogs, Bethany and her husband Matt knew of them before their son was even born.
"I was fascinated by it. We don't have anyone in our family with Diabetes. But somehow that story caught my attention. When River was diagnosed, of course I remembered that story, did some research to find a dog of our own," River's mom Bethany McKenzie said.
So they did.
"Clover was trained in Enid, Oklahoma by a company called Heartland Diabetes Alert Dogs. She was bred in Maine and lived with a puppy family for her first few months to get her socialized, used to people and noises. Her training was 9-10 months in Oklahoma," Bethany said.
It was a lot of in-home training but also making sure Clover was OK in public places. All the while, she was learning scents specific to a child with Type I Diabetes.
"Part of her training included anytime [River] was outside of those ranges, we would have him suck on a cotton ball and then freeze it and ship it to Clover. Having her find the scent sample... and she'd be rewarded," Bethany said.
When Clover was ready, last October, it was time to meet her new family in South Dakota.
"We were so excited. We had been in communication with our trainer who said "We'll land about 4:00 p.m., take Clover to the hotel, let her rest all night and we'll meet you the next morning". I said "no, you can't do this to me. I'm so excited to meet this dog!" He snuck in about a 30-minute introduction playtime for the two of them," Bethany said.
"River was speechless and he's not a quiet kid. When he saw this adorable fluff ball, he knew she was his. It was really a sweet moment."
Those moments kept getting sweeter; Clover was not a member of the family and would alert Bethany or Matt, by a simple touch of her paws, anytime River's blood sugar goes out of range.
"She's another teammate. If one of us is distracted or working with our other son, and River drops low and we just didn't think, in that moment, to check him, Clover is right there. We try not to rely on her completely. She is a dog and not a robot. There are times she might be tired, miss something, or there's another conflicting scent... But, she's an added layer of protection," Bethany said.
Clover's nose is trained to alert around the clock. In fact, River's blood sugar rose to a 205 while we were there so Clover alerted Bethany during our interview.
"She's 1.5 and really smart for a dog that's 1.5. Not other dogs that are 1.5 would be able to do this stuff," River said.
To honor the work she does, the McKenzie family with Clover, flew to Los Angeles for the CW's first-ever World Dog Awards in January.
"I got to see me on a big screen, got to go on stage and I said ' I love her she's my best buddy. And then we won a trophy," River said.
"Diabetes is a nuisance, a nuisance daily for us but his was one fun, positive thing that River has this great memory for life," Bethany said.
River is an active 6-year-old and has had many close calls since his diagnosis. Blood sugar levels dropping below 50 can mean seizure, or worse. Bethany says when technology can't always be trusted, Clover can.
"When River's on the basketball court, and I can't run out there and yell 'time-out!' and go check his blood sugar. [Clover's] there, letting me know in real-time that something's up, let's go check him," Bethany said.
Only about four months in, Clover - their good luck charm - is helping to keep this family happy and healthy one alert at a time.
"It's a love I can't describe. Because, she protects him like I do."
Once River was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes, Bethany started a page on Facebook to connect, blog and network with other families living with the same disease. It's called 'Full of Sugar: My Dude With Diabetes'.


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Coral, red, orange and hot pink......
I just love them all mixed together.
For me this is the ultimate summer flower.
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Amazing color!!! Love your flowers! I have a giveaway on my blog to celebrate my 500 followers if you like to participate have a look on http://lovecraft2012.blogspot.pt/2014/07/500-seguidores-oferta-500-folowers.html
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
Stamp Investment Tip: Chile 1948 Flora and Fauna Issue (Scott #254-55,C124)
In 1948, Chile issued a compound set of three se-tenant blocks of 25 stamps honoring the centennial of Claudio Gay's "Natural History of Chile" (Scott #254-55, C124). Though quantities issued information is not available for these stamps, I estimate that 20,000 or fewer sets were issued. Scott '14 prices the unused set of three blocks at $110.- ($ 60.00 for 254-55, and $ 50.00 for C124).
The set has obvious topical appeal for Flora/Fauna topicalists. According to the American Topical Association, the "Animals" category of topicals is the most popular among U.S. collectors.
A nation of 17 million, Chile is considered the most "European" Latin American nation, and the proportion of stamp collectors within the population is moving towards European levels. Major sectors include agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining, finance, and tourism. Although economic inequities common to most Latin American nations persist, the government favors gradual reform, and has a record of implementing sound economic policies. Annual GDP growth has averaged 3.2% over the last 5 years.
"The Stamp Specialist" blog features my buy prices for stamps which I am interested in purchasing. I've posted a buy list for Chile. Viewing dealers' buy lists every now and then is an excellent way to keep current on the vagaries of the stamp market.
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I'm a little bit speechless, a little bit squealy and a lot thankful…
for YOU; my follower friend
who has helped me reach 500 Melly-friends on [existential detective].
Soooooo, to show my thanks, I'm doing a GIVEAWAY!!!!
a care package of a few of my favourite things
- my favourite candle; Ecoya French Pear
- my favourite tea; T2 French Earl Grey
- my favourite chocolate; Haigh's
- "a mix tape"; a CD of a few of my fave tunes
- be a follower of moi on this blog [existential detective] (WordPress 'follow' button, BlogLovin' or email subscription)
- leave a comment on this post
- telling me 3 random things about yourself
- and why you want to win
- fine print¹: there really isn't any; I'll post anywhere in the world and it'll be completely random draw from a 'hat' so to speak (I've just go to figure out how Harley will draw the name out of the hat)!
- fine print²: I'll close the comp on 8th June (Australian time) & upload a video post of the winner!
I don't know what it is that made you follow me but thank you for doing it!


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Bull case: Morgan Stanley sees Sensex scaling back 30,000-mount by March
The brokerage expects the passage of landmark GST Bill later this year and the RBI to deliver a couple of rate cuts during the financial year, which will boost the markets.
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Stating that the Indian equities will outperform their global peers for the next 18 months, American brokerage Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said it expects the Sensex to regain its life time high of 30,000-mark in a best case scenario by next March.
The brokerage has a 'bull case' target of 30,000 points for the benchmark Sensex and a 'base case' target of 27,500 by March next, Morgan Stanley India Equity Research Head Ridham Desai told reporters here.
The 30-share index closed 0.17% up at 26,713 points at the end of trade today. The benchmark clocked lifetime high in mid March 2015 when it scaled 30,028 points and since then it has been downhill for the markets.
Earning upgrades, rate cuts and peaking of the corporate debt cycle will help the domestic equities outperform the global markets, he said.
"The corporate debt cycle has peaked and we can see earnings upgrades coming as well. Barring banks, this was the best earnings quarter (January-March) we have seen for India Inc since the Modi Government came to power two years ago."
The tepid global growth prevents the brokerage from being too bullish on the global equities, he said, adding there can also be some correction over the next 4-6 months during which the markets could see some amount of selling.
The brokerage expects the passage of landmark GST Bill later this year and the RBI to deliver a couple of rate cuts during the financial year, which will boost the markets.
"We expect the GST Bill (stuck in Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is in a minority) to be passed not because BJP has won more seats but because the Congress has lost (in recent polls)," Desai said, hinting non-Congress parties are likely to help the BJP pass the legislation that has been in limbo for many years.
The brokerage is bullish on consumer discretionary stocks and expects the segment to do well over the next 12-18 months. "Discretionary consumption spending is likely to rise which makes us constructive on retail banks and consumer discretionary including auto," Desai said.
The brokerage, however, sounded cautious over state- run banks, saying the worst is not over and the earnings growth would remain under pressure for another two to three quarters.
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Exam fear is an omnipresent thing. It is experienced by every student, whether someone is intelligent or poor. Little bit of anxiety can help the students improve their performance but if the level of anxiety or fear is more it may affect the result of the students. Overcoming this type of fear can be difficult, but fortunately, there are a few steps that may help.
Exam phobia is experienced by every student no matter how intelligent or prepared a student may be. If this anxiety is not overcome, it may have adverse impacts on the students' result.
Why should you overcome this fear?
The fear of failure may actually lead you to failure. study notes for class 7 science If you keep thinking negatively before the exam it will lead to mental pressure.
- Due to this fear few students most of the time leave blank paper. Since, if the level of pressure increases they face a blackout during the exams.
- Students may not be able to concentrate properly on the questions of the exams and just glance at them thinking about the answer. This is due to the fearfulness among them.
- It may affect your result because for becoming successful in life the most important thing is to express their knowledge on paper. If students fail in doing that it is a big drawback.
- Few students also end up doing silly mistakes in paper which reduces their marks.
How can you get over this fear?
There are a few steps which if followed can help you overcome the fear of exams. revision notes for class 6 mathematics Once you are able to deal with exam anxiety, you will surely get what you deserve.
- Devote plenty of time to your studies
If you open any book one night before the exam you will surely find your exams scary and will not be able to focus on anything. So start preparing for the exam as soon as possible. Prepare a schedule and follow it sincerely. Once you have plenty of time you will be able to focus on each topic well and it will help you reduce the mental pressure.
- Keep your notes prepared and organized
Notes are the best tool to overcome the fear of exams. If ncert solutions for class 6 mathematics even a single topic is missing you may feel anxious and fear about it. So, keep your notes prepared instead of wasting your time looking for it before the exam. Keep things organized so that you need not waste your time arranging things.
- The topics you choose study them properly
Yes, it is obviously not possible to cover the entire syllabus of the exam properly. Students must inculcate the habit of reading few topics properly instead of skimming over every topic in the syllabus. Once you are confident about a few topics you can score well in your exam.
- Take breaks while you study
It is important to study during the exams. But you should not overdo it. Studying the whole day continuously is going to confuse you in the end. So, take little breaks and prepare well for the exams.
Ultimately, what matters is preparation. Once you are confident about your preparation you will surely overcome this fear. So, study smartly with a cool mind and exams will no more be a fear for you.
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Guitar range flat responseGuitar Range, Flat Response. My understanding is a "flat" or neutral guitar speaker.
Guitar range flat responseGuitar Range, Flat Response. My understanding is a "flat" or neutral guitar speaker.
I'm anxiously waiting for my XiTone wedge to come. Could you explain the difference between your FRFR PA and the XiTone? Do you build your tones on the XiTone and then use just the PA for live sound? If so, what kinds of things are you paying attention to during tone design?The latest revelation for me has been getting an older used XiTone active wedge. That's been very enlightening in terms of what a huge difference there really is between a typical PA type FRFR (Alto or QSC in my case) and something like a XiTone. The difference in overall detail is hard to explain, but I love it.
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So Cab is finished. Very happy. It does sound killer I have to say!.
But one thing I have to do is pay my respect to the likes of Xitone who create cabs at amazing prices and value. This cab cost me around 600 with the amp speakers , Baltic birch wood, caster wheels , insulation, DuraTex paint, screws, wire, female connectors, and and and . Then the labor involved would cost another 600 at least, as I make everything by hand..lol. Dovetail saws, no.4 plane etc...
Unless you have the time to commit to making a cab that you want and to your own specs, buying a xitone or atomic is IMO value for money.
I suspect you're going to love your XiTone once you get it. As I mentioned, it's hard to explain. Trying to describe sonic qualities is like trying to describe how food tastes. Words just come up short in the end, and some things you just have to experience for yourself. The XiTone somehow makes my sounds feel more detailed. As in more accurate, and particularly more amp-like. This term, "GRFR" comes to mind. I think there is something to that concept. Something like a synth benefits considerably more from an actual FRFR box (just due to the frequencies it operates in) than a guitar modeler does.I'm anxiously waiting for my XiTone wedge to come. Could you explain the difference between your FRFR PA and the XiTone? Do you build your tones on the XiTone and then use just the PA for live sound? If so, what kinds of things are you paying attention to during tone design?
Thanks for the detailed reply, and especially for this tip. Makes a ton of sense.One of the other things that helped a lot was playing a tune, or jam track through my studio monitors (I use Adam A7's) and playing along, using the tune as an overall frame of reference....
Hi!This depends a lot on your studio monitor setup. For example I run a pretty much full range sound with my monitors and a sub that's very low in the mix and I measure everything with measurement mics so that I get a very neutral sound in my control room. I never have problems taking my guitar sounds out live. Sure if you're using small speakers that especially don't give you a realistic representation of the low end and if you're room is not treated properly then you shouldn't trust that sound.
Interesting that you post this now. As I have been listening to my newly built cab and comparing it to the sound I get through my studio monitors - AX7s. The Cab? - sounds killer! The monitors? - sounds killer. Are they different in sound? Well yeah! Very different. So now how do I dial in good sound on the AX8 now? .........dilemma.Hi!
i highly suspect that many people here do not have the tool to mesure a room. and even with a good mic and a Smmart it not only a matter of running your listen position flat.
this is why i suggest them to A/B good mix with good IR (like the stuff you do) and not over EQ in post.
i will do a video of a more in-depth preset build with acoustic in mind.
Yes. This is not something that I would not want to do commercially. I enjoyed making it and probably saved around $1000 only because I went for a 2x12. (Excluding the Labor of love).Nice build!
I get the DIY thing and like it a lot but it has to be a labor of love. Unless you have the means to crank out your idea in mass and have the resale licence to buy wholesale you really don't save yourself anything as you have pointed out.
The other thing is in the past 10 years the market has become so saturated at this point with Atomic, Xitone, Mission, Friedman, Line 6, then add all of the prosumer PA monitor cabs out their competing for your dollar, trying to climb on the train would be practically impossible.
We do the same thing. We rehearse with our live rig. Also, if we are using a house rig, we ask that all EQ's are set flat, then ask them to "dial it in" (which is ALWAYS subjective) during sound check.I bring one of my band's PA speakers home and set up my sound through it.
* Tell the other band members to be less loud when soloing, no need to fight soloists and singers on-stage when performing.This concept is near and dear to my heart......I struggle so very much with my live sound (pretty much the reason I got the AX8). The most often complaint is that I just cannot really hear myself play solos above the soundstage of the rest of the band. One observation is that — sometimes — the sound / tone which sounds best in a home practice format might not be the same tone which does the best job at cutting through the band mix. That is just my opinion; I am still learning.......


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A new president is in office and he's promising a new era for America. But across the country, elected officials are enjoying a favorite old past-time: attacking the food stamps program.
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Our new Board member's dream for downtown Pittsburgh and beyond
By Just Harvest on January 30, 2017 in Blog
Samantha is new to Pittsburgh but she has already plugged into important work on key issues: hunger and its connection to poverty, farming, climate change, and health.
Green vs. Gray: ALCOSAN's stormwater plan is all wet
By Just Harvest on November 13, 2014 in Blog, Get Involved, Take Action!
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. That could be the fate of low-income households in Allegheny County if a new sewer plan comes to pass. But an alternate plan could (un)pave the way to a brighter, greener future for all.


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Cook Time:
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- 1 orange, chopped roughly into small pieces
- 1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 180g butter, melted
- Icing sugar for dusting
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a round cake tin with baking paper and set aside.
Place the orange (skin, seeds and all) into the blender and blend until it's mushy.
Add the flour, sugar, eggs and butter and blend until just combined.
Pour into the baking tin and smooth surface. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.
Dust with icing sugar and serve.
- This is a great way to use up oranges that are just sitting in the fruit bowl!
- You may need to stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all the ingredients are blended in.
- I like to ice this cake with orange icing.
- This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, Australia's best recipe finder.


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Current return
Current Yield
The income from dividends (for stocks) or coupons (for bonds) divided by the market price of the security, expressed as a percentage. This is sometimes used in making the decision of whether or not to buy a security, but it does not accurately reflect its return, as the market price changes constantly. It is also called the current return or the running yield.
Current return.
Current return, also called current yield, is the amount of interest you earn on a bond in any given year, expressed as a percent of the current market price.
The current return will, in most cases, not be the same as the coupon rate, or the interest rate the bond pays calculated as a percentage of its par value.
For example, if the par, or face value, of a bond is $1,000 and the coupon rate is 5%, then the interest payments, or annual income, from the bond is $50 per year. If, however, the bond is trading at $900, then that $50 annual income is actually a current return of 5.6%.
The current return does not take capital gains or losses into account, so it is not a reflection of the total return on your bond investment.


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Organized by the Chinese Students Club, the Lunar Gala is an annual culture, fashion, and talent show that celebrates Chinese culture. In the mid-1980s, the CSC introduced a fashion show to the Lunar Gala, a tradition that persists today. This year, Spectator catches up with the models of CSC's Lunar Gala Fashion Show as they wait backstage for their turn on the catwalk. The fashion show is divided into four themes: the Golden Age, Bling Ring, Escape, and Space odyssey. Check out the models as they walk down the catwalk in innovative fashion.
Read more on the 35th annual Lunar Gala, and read how the show turned out on Spectrum's Lunar Gala live blog.


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The Difference Between Male & Female Woodlice
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There are many species of woodlice, also known as woodlice. Woodlice are crustaceans that are distant relatives of crab, lobster and water fleas. Although they are a land-dwelling species of crustacean, they do need moisture. They take in water through their food and through their legs.
Woodlice are ecologically important because they feed on decaying woodland leaves and underbrush and recycle the material into soil nutrients.
Brood Pouch
Although it is difficult to see a difference between male and female woodlice, there are a few subtle differences. A female woodlouse has a brood pouch under the front of her body where she keeps her offspring. Horny plates grow together to cause this pouch. The female fills the pouch with liquid and places her fertilised eggs in it. A single female woodlouse can produce 20 or 30 offspring. The eggs hatch after one month, but they remain in the pouch for a few days until they find their way out.
Colour Variation
Female woodlice can, but do not always, come in a wide variety of colours within their species. The general colours of each species remains the same (for example, Armadillidium vulgare is mottled green, brown and grey, while Oniscus asellus is brown with a grey mid stripe), but when variations do occur within a species it is generally in the female. Female woodlice that have colour variations often produce offspring with similar variations.
Changing Sex
The male woodlouse sometimes changes sex, which is not a quality of the female woodlouse. The male woodlouse will change into a female if it is infected with Wolbachia, which is a bacterium that upsets the hormone of the male woodlouse. A male that changes into a female will pass the bacteria to its offspring in the egg cells, which will cause all of the offspring to be female. The Wolbachia bacteria will then live on to infect a third generation of woodlice.
Male and Female Courtship
The behaviours of the male and female woodlouse are also different. In mating, the male is the aggressor. Mating occurs in darkness. The male woodlouse finds the female by her scent. When it finds a female that is receptive it waves its antennae at her and then rests them on her. If she remains receptive through this encounter, it crawls onto her back and licks her head as it taps its front legs on her back. After a brief period it bends its body under hers so that their genitalia meet.
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Bishop Myriel, in Les Miserables, wants Jean Valjean to know that even a convict is capable of getting, and giving, respect. He orders the best silver to be used during dinner with Valjean.
What is the Bishop trying to convey, to Jean Valjean, when he orders that all the silver should be used at the dinner table?
Does the Bishop's respect of Valjean matter? Why, or why not?
What does respect mean to you?
Does respect, for one another, matter in the 21st century? Why, or why not?
If society, at large, expects a person to fail—even if such an individual tries hard to succeed—is it more likely that he/she will succeed or fail? Why?
Is expecting someone to fail a sign of disrespect? Explain your answer.


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Too Much Fire About Smoking
With Prince George's County's ban on smoking in bars and restaurants in effect and the D.C. Council having voted 11 to 1 last week to enact a ban — an action that could be vetoed by the mayor [front page, Jan. 5] — supporters and opponents of smoking prohibitions are shifting their focus to new battlegrounds. Both sides also had been pressuring members of the Howard County Council, which just approved a smoking ban but is battling County Executive James N. Robey over a grandfather clause in the legislation. Now both sides are setting their sights on Annapolis, where a bill mandating a statewide ban is likely to be introduced this session.
Both sides in the battles over smoking bans come equipped with long lists of studies supposedly proving that secondhand smoke either is or isn't a public health risk; that smoking prohibitions either are or aren't economically harmful to the hospitality industry; and that bar patrons, employees and the general public either do or do not support bans. And both sides offer eloquent moral arguments for why their position protects individuals from being unfairly subjected to the will of others.
Elected leaders have reason to feel uneasy about wading through this stew of science, economics, philosophy and emotionalism, and they shouldn't have to, because a better policy response is available.
One benefit of a free market is that it can cater to a variety of public desires — including the desire for smoking‐allowed or smoke‐free bars and restaurants. Government need only pass an ordinance requiring that all places of public accommodation establish either a no‐smoking or smoking‐allowed policy, that those businesses post the policy clearly at entrances, and that the government establish an enforcement mechanism to ensure that businesses comply with their espoused policies.
Such an ordinance would give smokers and nonsmokers the environments they want. If most consumers prefer a nonsmoking environment, bars and restaurants will follow the money and adopt a no‐smoking policy. If a smoking ban hurts business, they will allow smoking. Some bars and restaurants likely will choose the no‐smoking policy and others will choose the smoking‐allowed policy, and smokers and nonsmokers alike will be accommodated. Alexandria, for example, doesn't have a smoking ban, yet about 60 of its bars and restaurants have opted to go smoke‐free.
This free‐market policy would not just give people the environment they want, it could save lives. Ever since Montgomery County implemented its ban on smoking in bars and restaurants in the fall of 2003, I've noticed an increase in the number of cars with Maryland tags at some of my favorite Virginia watering holes. Perhaps the drivers are choosing to drink where smoking is allowed. Occasional exposure to secondhand smoke may or may not be a threat to the public health, but people drinking and then driving are unquestionably a threat.
A liberal society favors maximum liberty for its citizens, as long as that liberty doesn't infringe on someone else's rights. Neither a mandated smoking ban nor smokers lighting up wherever they want is consistent with the ideals of a liberal society. Elected officials should choose to support those ideals and give both smokers and nonsmokers the bars and restaurants that they want.


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How to Carve Out Marketing Strategies by Mining Your Competitors' BacklinksBlog Post: August 13, 2013
Thanks, this has given me some food for thought, but could ignorance be bliss?
I can see that it would definitely add more weight to competitor analysis, rather than just total backlink numbers as it's always difficult to determine the quality of their linking profile without seeing the raw data.
It would also be interesting to see the key differences in strategy from within a sector and compare these against keyword rankings to benchmark activity.
But, I do think that it could also lead to false interpretation and inaccurate judgement of what is a 'good' strategy.
Yes, the aim is to increase rankings and if used right this would help, but I think the risk is high for misinterpretation, or following a competitor down a rabbit hole rather than being a pioneer. It seems too easy that this could be adopted (maybe it already is) as a quick win to no longer be inventive in terms of content marketing strategies, by being blinkered to considering new possibilities and avenues?
This tool could have a great use for benchmarking, but I think it's important not to jump on too quickly to make sure you're not just covering competitor pre-covered ground while they forge on ahead.


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As was widely expected, the Reserve Bank left the official cash rate unchanged at 1.50% last week. This matches the previous record for the number of Board meetings where the cash rate remained unchanged with no plans to move signalled in the near term (refer chart below).
RBA Governor Philip Lowe said in the accompanying statement that "The outlook for non-mining business investment has improved further, with the forward-looking indicators being more positive than they have been for some time" but "One continuing source of uncertainty is the outlook for household consumption. Household incomes are growing slowly and debt levels are high." He also said the economy grew at around its "trend rate" over the year to the third quarter.
The International Monetary Fund last month acknowledged that tepid wage growth meant the RBA may need to extend its rate pause for another 12 months. In contrast, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development urged policy makers to raise rates in the second half of 2018 as the pick-up in wages and prices becomes more entrenched.
Lowe said two weeks ago that if the economy continues to improve as expected, the next move in rates will be up rather than down. But, he added, continued spare capacity and a subdued inflation outlook meant there isn't a strong case for a near-term adjustment in policy.
Financial markets see little chance of a rate increase before December 2018 and the median estimate of economists is for tightening to begin in the fourth quarter of next year. The RBA Board doesn't convene in January, so the next meeting will be held on 6 February, 2018.
To end the year with a bit of trivia, I heard that 32 year-old Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman was the true buyer of the da Vinci painting that sold for a record US$450m at auction two weeks ago. Impressive but not as remarkable (and I use this work with caution) as the latest surge in the Bitcoin price, which passed the US$15,000 threshold last week compared to its 2017 starting price of around US$800. A mere $24m investment in Bitcoin at the start of the year would have yielded you enough crypto-cash to have outbid the Crown Prince.
This will be our last Weekly Economic Commentary publication for 2017. The Rural Bank Treasury Team wishes you compliments of the Season and look forward to being back with the next edition of the Weekly Economic Commentary in early January 2018.


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With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema
Kenneth W. Harrow
Rodopi, 1997 - Social Science - 263 pages
Bibliografie : p. 193-218 Survey of some projects by female African filmmakers from different countries ; the problematic encounter between Western feminism and African feminist filmmaking practice; the representation of women in African film.
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The Mature and Older Women of African Film
The Female Body as Symbol of Change
The Locus of Tension Gender in Algerian
Women in 1gbo Language Films
Nouveau regard nouvelle parole le cinema
Visage defemmes lecture imertexuelle
The Unreal but Visible Line Difference
SubSaharan African Women Filmmakers Agendas
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Blake Shelton Brags on Miranda Lambert: 'I'm Proud of Her'
It's not hard to see that Miranda Lambert has one very proud husband in country star Blake Shelton. The 'Boys 'Round Here' singer brags on his talented lady regularly, but as of late, it's been for her success with her store, the Pink Pistol.
Lambert, who is quite the fashionista -- and apparently, quite the entrepreneur -- opened up the Pink Pistol in Tishomingo, Okla. in November 2012. The store's opening has subsequently launched another store in Lambert's hometown of Lindale and a pop-up shop in Nashville, but most importantly, has revitalized Shelton's tiny town.
"I think it's great what it's done for the community and the people there love it, and I'm proud of her when you do drive through," Mr. Miranda Lambert brags. "If you could have seen a picture of downtown Tishomingo four years ago and see it now, it would blow your mind. It's unbelievable. It went from absolute ghost town with tumbleweeds and skinny dogs walking up and down the street to, it looks like Pigeon Forge or something around there now. And that is all centered around the Pink Pistol. It's amazing what it's done."
The store, which Lambert has described as holding "... antiques, gifts, boots, jeans and pretty much everything you can imagine," isn't at a loss for the color pink, either. After all, it's in the store's name, and you better believe there's enough of the color to paint the town ... well, pink.
Shelton is quick to give the credit of the town's renaissance and economic boom to his wife's ingenuity. "It's my wife. I mean, she owns and operates and has a personal touch on the Pink Pistol… I have nothing to do with it. In fact, when I go, I purposefully drive way around it," he jokes, adding, "It's changed people's lives in that area. I mean, in a town that there was basically no jobs, it really has turned it around, and it just keeps getting better. People want those pink t-shirts!"
The country superstar is obviously not only smitten with his wife's looks and talent; he's duly impressed with her entrepreneurial success. Based on Lambert's track record, her next venture, a bed and breakfast called Ladysmith located across the street from the Pink Pistol, will be another prized destination for the tiny Oklahoma town.
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