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With the United States and other developed nations spending as much as 14 percent of their GDP on medical care, economists and policy analysts are asking what these countries are getting in return. Yet it remains frustrating and difficult to measure the productivity of the medical care service industries.

This volume takes aim at that problem, while taking stock of where we are in our attempts to solve it. Much of this analysis focuses on the capacity to measure the value of technological change and other health care innovations. A key finding suggests that growth in health care spending has coincided with an increase in products and services that together reduce mortality rates and promote additional health gains. Concerns over the apparent increase in unit prices of medical care may thus understate positive impacts on consumer welfare. When appropriately adjusted for such quality improvements, health care prices may actually have fallen.Provocative and compelling, this volume not only clarifies one of the more nebulous issues in health care analysis, but in so doing addresses an area of pressing public policy concern.

Medical Care Output and Productivity.(conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research): An article from: NBER Reporter

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From the supplier: The National Bureau of Economic Research's Conference on Research in Income and Wealth held a meeting entitled 'Medical Care Output and Productivity' on Jun 12-13, 1998 in Bethesda, MA. Paul Ellickson, Scott Stern and Manuel Trajtenberg discussed a framework for evaluating patients' welfare and benefits derived from pharmaceutical developments. David Meltzer focused on the medical cost-effectiveness analysis using the quality-adjusted life years.

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Title: Medical Care Output and Productivity.(conference of the National Bureau of Economic Research)
Publication: NBER Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 1998
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A new approach to measuring health system output and productivity.: An article from: National Institute Economic Review

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A new approach to measuring health system output and productivity.: An article from: National Institute Economic Review
Adriana Castelli , Diane Dawson , Hugh Gravelle , Rowena Jacobs , Paul Kind , Pete Loveridge , Stephen Martin , Mary O'Mahony , Philip Stevens , Lucy Stokes , Andrew Street , and Martin Weale
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Title: A new approach to measuring health system output and productivity.
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The ultimate left-handers' guitar case chord book. All the chords you use most often, in a handy guitar case size. With clear diagrams and helpful hints and tips for easy reference.

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Segun Rousseau, los hombres ceden mediante el contrato social el derecho ilimitado a todo cuanto les apetece. El clásico de este maestro en una edición espectacular y accesible.

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Recipient of the 1994 Sigma Delta Chi Medallion of Excellence from the Society of Professional Journalists

" Market-Driven Journalism could change the way you view television news. The book will be of interest to anyone who cares that democracy is at stake. . . . The book should be read by those who work in television. . . those who plan to work in news, and those who teach them. It is an aspect of news production most textbooks fail to mention."

--Journalism Educator

"In Market-Driven Journalism, John H. McManus offers a unified theory to explain the nature of news in our entrepreneurial society. No one can read this ambitious book without gaining new insights into the roles played by business and the public in the news production processes."

--Ralph L. Lowenstein, Dean, College of Journalism and Communications,

University of Florida

" Market-Driven Journalism is a book that everyone in the television news business and all the college faculty members who are teaching the next generation of television news people should read. It spells out what is missing in local television news and explains why it is missing. This volume does for local television news what Herbert Gans did for network television news in Deciding What's New."

--Guido H. Stempel III, Distinguished Professor of Journalism,

Ohio University, and Former Editor, Journalism Quarterly

"In this devastating and disturbing dissection of local television news, John McManus skillfully blends social theory and empirical field research. His book should be read by everyone concerned with how the ethos of professional journalism can be reconciled with the pressures on media to generate audiences and profits."

--Leo Bogart, Senior Fellow, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center,

and former Executive Vice President, Newspaper Advertising Bureau

"This is an impressive, well-framed, and rigorously examined study of the connection between market forces and news values--truly a matter of important public concern."

--Everette E. Dennis, Executive Director, The Freedom Forum Media Studies Center

"Market-Driven Journalism should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking television journalism as a career or for anyone who is sincerely interested in the role of television news in a working democracy."

--Alan S. Goldstein, former News Director, KRON-TV, San Francisco, CA

"John McManus has done a signal job of relating how market-driven journalism works and what it is doing to the American news audience. His conclusions are disturbing--and right on the mark. A solid piece of research, this is must reading for every broadcast journalist and anyone who aspires to be one."

--D. Charles Whitney, University of Texas at Austin

Today, the formerly revered practice of news reporting for the public interest has been usurped by the MBA/corporate-driven view that the news is a "product" and the reader or viewer a "customer." This book is the first to provide a comprehensive theory of commercial news production. Its systematic study of the way in which firms deploy resources, such as reporters or photographers, to maximize return to stockholders, leads to an exploration of the ways such practices affect journalistic quality. The author examines the application of market logic to news and, because of its growing importance, particularly to local broadcast news. In the past, local television news was viewed by journalists in other media as fluff, an inconsequential market-driven medium; but this book illustrates that since the mid-1980s, as newspapers and network TV have faced increasing competition and a shrinking advertising market, their programming style has also become increasingly driven by market forces rather than by traditional journalistic practices.

Market-Driven Journalism is a critical companion for all courses on the media and broadcasting, and essential reading for all journalists and scholars in the field.

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A correction to Mr. Stevens review from the author.......2001-04-21

With all due respect for Mr. Stevens, the premise of my book is just the opposite of the one he reports. The entire book argues that the market CANNOT be trusted with a commodity like news.

A good explanation of the situation, horrible proposal.......2000-05-20

McManus writes this book examining local broadcast television news and the influences that impact the news gathering/presentation process.

The book does a good job of showing how marketing influences have become routinized in the process and even does a good job justifying why this is not alarming.

However, when expanded to journalism as a process, McManus's scope loses its focus. He builds a case suggesting that since the marketplace decides what news products can or will survive, a market-driven model will produce the best journalism. The obvious glaring gap in this logic is the assumption that consumers and marketing firms will evaluate journalistic media based solely on journalism standards, and not other over-riding elements, such as entertainment or convenience.

Overall, McManus' book is very sharp at explaining the influences presently affecting local news stations. Despite my obvious disagreement with his ultimate conclusions, I would recommend this book for its literature review and discussion of the environment.

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Market-Driven Journalism: Let the Citizen Beware?: An article from: American Journalism Review
Carl Sessions Stepp
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Title: Market-Driven Journalism: Let the Citizen Beware?
Author: Carl Sessions Stepp
Publication: American Journalism Review (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 1996
Publisher: University of Maryland
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question in example code, still 5 stars.......2006-04-04

I have read more than half of the book. I like the material the book covers and the way of teaching by exemples.
Most other books focus on the features of the Unix system.

However I have minor questions:
1. There are typographical errors in exemple code.
2. I do not like function tty_mode(int how) in chapter 6.
it seems trivial and unnecessry and the static variable inside
the function seems questionable style.
I wonder why these obvious things happened in such a good book.

An excellent course through Unix and Linux with copious code and examples........2005-10-28

Unix has had the luxury of being one of the most documented operating systems in history. Many books have been dedicated to documenting the internals of Unix and Unix-like systems and some have risen to the ranks of classic texts regarded by all as necessary to understanding the inner workings of Unix. Understanding Unix®/Linux Programming would be in excellent company with these books. The book contains a copious amount of code and clear, diagramed explanations describing the processes transpiring in the machine.

Understanding Unix®/Linux Programming is designed to be used in an operating systems course with programmers fluent in C. Fortunately, though, the book can be used outside of the classroom if the reader does not mind an occasional open-ended questions with no included answers. The book may seem light on pages (530 including index), but the author should get an award for jamming so much useful explanation and helpful (and complete) code. The format of each chapter is familiar to most textbooks, with an introduction to the task at hand, explanations and examples, a summary, a list of explorations to further understand the topics presented, and a set of programming exercises. The exercises are creative and directly relate to the presented code. They're also (dare I say it?) fun. I'm not saying they'll replace crossword puzzles, but they do present creative or obvious challenges to the reader. (Like handling when a user types 'exit' from a shell, or blinking the text in an ncurses application).

The book includes topics on file I/O, device I/O, timers, process management, stream and datagram sockets, POSIX threads, file systems, the terminal driver, signals pipes, network programming and semaphores. A typical chapter will introduce an operating system concept (file systems and directories, for instance) and will briefly describe the current Unix command for working with that concept (pwd for determining the present working directory, or ls for listing the contents of a directory, and so forth). The author then proceeds to give a detailed description of what the operating system does to run the command. In the chapter on processes and programs, the author describes what processes are and how to use the ps command. Next the author describes how to fork child processes, and wait for them. This leads to the 'prompting shell', which is a simple, yet functional shell environment. Now some books would leave this exercise after creating a semi-functional shell, but the author presses on and in the next chapter creates 'small-shell' which is an interactive shell with a minimal scripting langauge and variable support. All of this in the span of 71 pages, with plenty of examples, full code listings, diagrams, and problem sets.

Understanding Unix®/Linux Programming takes advantage of the inquisitive nature of coders by presenting commands and command squences we all take for granted, and turning them into "how do they work" learning experiences. Anyone who has ever stopped to think why certain things work the way they do in Unix (or work at all) will find this book immensely helpful in sating that curiousity. Students who are assigned this textbook for a class should thank their teacher for choosing a genuinely useful text from which to read. I can't help but be jealous of students who will use this book for their classes. That jealousy is short-lived though, as anyone who wants an excellent resource for learning Unix programming will benefit from picking up this book. Kudos to the author for crafting not only an exceptionally easy to read and thourough book, but for taking the complex machinations of Unix and making them simple and accessible for all coders.

Easy to understand.......2005-09-29

It goes right to the point and it's easy too understand. One of the very few books out there that really shows what system programming is all about. Great samples too.

Beautiful Mind..........2005-08-02

This book is beautifully written. I just got it today and read the first chapter. I bought it for a class I am taking in Unix Systems Programming. I was relieved when Molay's book arrived in the mail today. I was relieved that the book exceeded my expectations. If you can't afford Harvard, don't worry--the course is all here.

One the best books on learning Linux..........2004-11-06

I bought this book for a college course on Linux -- and I can tell you this... unlike other books on Linux, this one is a great read and very informative. I bought mine using a coupon from UnderTag.com, so it was almost free for me.

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Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Gary Berntsen , and Ralph Pezzullo
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The Book the CIA Doesn’t Want You to Read

Gary Berntsen, the CIA’s key commander coordinating the fight against the Taliban forces around Kabul, comes out from under cover for the first time to describe his no-holds-barred pursuit—and cornering—of Osama bin Laden, and the reason the terrorist leader escaped American retribution. As disturbingly eye-opening as it is adrenaline-charged, Jawbreaker races from CIA war rooms to diplomatic offices to mountaintop redoubts to paint a vivid portrait of a new kind of warfare, showing what can and should be done to deal a death blow to freedom’s enemies.

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page turner.......2007-09-13

I am in Afghanistan now and the book has not touch the ground since I got it. It is still making the rounds amongst the soldiers as it is passed around. Sorry Gary, you could have sold at least 10 more books here.

Exciting True-Life Adventure.......2007-08-09

This is a very credible insider account of the US invasion of Afghanistan, written by the CIA's senior intelligence officer on the ground. A great read for the non-initiate, but even better for those in the intelligence community. I highly recommend this book!

Outstanding.......2007-07-19

Not very well written, but the account is extremely intriguing. His team's actions made the CIA come across as very competent which was a absolutely necessary given how incompetent Tenent's advise appears to have been. I really liked the speed of the book and I truly felt like they made a huge difference, for the better, to how Afghanistan has turned out. In short, a great account for how a smart war ought to be fought and it should be mandatory reading for anyone who believes that a big invasion army is the answer to the today's challenges.

Fills in the Blanks.......2007-05-26

I have seen Berntsen on TV several times (not all pushing the book). He is, may I say, a character. Not a Jack Bauer, but certainly a loose cannon. Hence I read with a view to see if I could detect any CYA action going on. His description of the operation in Afghanistan seemed to be very believable based on my experience in the US Army, and we did not have near the freedom of action you would suspect the CIA to have. However, according to Gary, the CIA couldn't pull off the final capture, due to DoD inaction. I thought CYA, but based on what I hear about Gen. Tommy Franks lately (May'07) it may be the actual deal. Note: there is a lot of the text redacted (you can kinda guess what some is, others are paragraphs long); which looks like a hokey way to lend credence to the tale. Overall, this helps give you a picture of what went down, but my gut tells me it is not a 100% representation for a reason; what/who's reason, I don't know.

Interesting... but ultimately obnoxious.......2007-05-18

What I liked most about Jawbreaker was the insider details of some of the things that got passing mention in General Franks' book. I, unlike other reviewers, enjoyed the detail of conversations and decisions. Like other reviewers, I thought the author was pretty proud of himself and that got annoying.

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Pezzullo, Gary, Ralph Berntsen
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Slouching toward Tora Bora: what would it really have taken to catch bin Laden?(Jawbreaker: The Attack on bin Laden and al Qaeda, A Personal Account by ... review): An article from: Washington Monthly

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Gary Berntsen
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Many errors.......2006-09-18

Sadly, the fine photos in this book are overshadowed by erroneous text. The editors at the University of Oklahoma did not do their job. A hotel in Areponapuchi is mislocated at another train station, Bahuichivo. Cerocahui is placed at the edge of the Urique Canyon instead of in a high mountain valley, an arroyo becomes a canyon. The book seems to contain good information but the many errors caused me to question what is true and what is not. Likewise, many photo captions are so questionable that they detract from the superb photography.

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You don't want to rely on the Graneau's to teach you physics...

Newtonian Electrodynamics
Peter Graneau , and Neal Graneau
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The book deals with the resurgence of nineteenth century electromagnetism in physics and electrical engineering. It describes a series of important experiments, and new technologies based on these experiments, which cannot be explained by and analyzed with the modern relativistic electrodynamics of the twentieth century. The Newtonian electrodynamics of Coulomb, Ampere, Neumann, and Kirchhoff, which was current from 1750 to 1900, is fully reviewed and greatly extended to deal with contemporary research on exploding wires, railguns and other electromagnetic accelerators, jet propulsion in liquid metals, arc plasma explosions, capillary fusion, and lightning phenomena. Much of the book is based on the atomic definition of the Amperian current element. Finite element techniques for solving many electrodynamic problems are described.

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You don't want to rely on the Graneau's to teach you physics..........2006-10-27

The authors of this book are in love with Newton's work and are suspicious of Einstein's theories. They are entitled to having preferences - although these may be due more to stubborness/narrow-mindedness than to critical thinking - but one would expect that at least they would teach and use Newton's theories correctly, which is not even the case! I will explain myself below.

In particular, I am quite familiar with the material of chapters 6 and 7 of this book (the parts that relate to underwater sparks and the authors' claim about having discovered "free" energy in this process). The basis for their excess energy claim is the large inferred water velocity in their experiments on underwater sparks. They estimate this water velocity via the rigid-body collision method taught in first year college physics classes which makes use of Newton's second law and the principle of conservation of momentum. The problem is that they assume that there are no external forces acting on the system constituted of the water and the "projectile" that it accelerates. This is wrong since the water is in contact with the high-pressure plasma created by the spark which is in turn confined between the water and the container in which the experiment is done. The reactive force between the water and the plasma and/or between the water and the container is not zero and is external to the system they chose to analyze, therefore this force should be included in their calculation of the water velocity. Since their mistake amounts to attributing all the momentum resulting from this large external force to the water's momentum, they grossly overestimated the water velocity.

Since these authors can't be relied on to do basic college level Newtonian mechanics properly, I don't think they could be relied on for more complex physics concepts either...

The authors mention Oxford and Northeastern University as their affiliations, but the Oxford position of Neal Graneau is that of a research assistant (not a professor, not a PhD, not even a Master's) and the Northeastern University's website says nothing about Peter Graneau, who may very well hold a very insignificant position there...

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