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But some financial experts argue that once again the can has been kicked down the road to be dealt with later.
The conditions of the second bailout include $399m cutbacks in military spending, a $40m saving by reducing staff numbers in central government, and reducing the minimum wage, as well as slashing overtime pay for doctors in public hospitals by at least $66m.
What this means is further budget cuts which are already deeply unpopular with the Greek people who have continuously opposed harsh austerity measures imposed following the first bailout in 2010.
"The political system has very low credibility and in order to proceed with these tough measures you need to have credible political personnel, which we are lacking right now. Hopefully there will be an inflow of new people from the private sector. There is a huge debate as to whether the major parties will survive this economic crisis."
As before, eurozone finance ministers say they want assurances Greece will stick to its promises.
Their comments were backed by the contents of a leaked report from the European Commission, the Central Bank and International Monetary Fund.
The report predicts that Greek debt could stay at a staggering 160 per cent of the country's GDP by 2020, unless drastic changes are made.
Critics say the new measures to bail out struggling countries have to be matched by economic reforms.
Jan Kees de Jager, the Dutch finance minister, said: "When you look at the derailments in Greece which have occurred several times now, it is probably necessary that there is some kind of permanent presence of the troika in Athens, not every three months, but more on a permanent basis. I am in favour of that."
So why should this bailout work when a previous one has failed, and in accepting the stringent conditions attached, has Greece surrendered control of its own economy?
To what extent will this second bailout rescue Greece's shattered economy, at what cost and how is this going to impact Greece's internal politics?
Joining presenter Mike Hanna on Inside Story are guests: Fokion Zaimis, a small business owner and the CEO of Science Park; Vicky Pryce, a Greek-born economist and the former joint head of the UK government economic service; and Constantine Michalos, an economist and president of the Athens chamber of commerce and industry.
"There is already an EU task force here and they are trying to make sure that the various ministries that are important to the economy do the right thing. But there is a concern that actually some of that money will never be spent, it won't be spent correctly, it won't be value for money and it won't benefit the economy."
Finance ministers meeting in Brussels approve $170bn rescue package needed to avoid default by debt-ridden nation.
Abstract: Atmospheric water vapour is an important (natural) greenhouse gas, infuencing both directly and indirectly the global radiative balance of the Earth as well as heat and moisture fluxes at the surface. Since water vapour concentrations may change as a result of surface warming and other environmental/meteorological factors, there is a need to understand the long-term behaviour. Changes are small, so it is critical to use high quality data with well-defined uncertainties and biases, particularly for climate research. Hyper-spectral infrared (IR) sounders such as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) allow for higher vertical resolution profile measurements of water vapour to be obtained compared to their predecessors. First results of global comparisons of AIRS profiles show that for tropospheric layers between 925-374 hPa biases are within +-10% and a significant dry bias of 20% in regions of the upper troposphere, consistent with recent comparisons to reanalysis. A consistent approach to the retrieval of temperature and water vapour profiles from all hyper-spectral IR sounders is outlined and an initial set of retrievals from IASI at global climate sites is performed. Results from the University of Leicester Water Vapour Processor (UoL-WVP) show errors of ≈1 K and Atmospheric water vapour is an important (natural) greenhouse gas, infuencing both directly and indirectly the global radiative balance of the Earth as well as heat and moisture fluxes at the surface. Since water vapour concentrations may change as a result of surface warming and other environmental/meteorological factors, there is a need to understand the long-term behaviour. Changes are small, so it is critical to use high quality data with well-defined uncertainties and biases, particularly for climate research. Hyper-spectral infrared (IR) sounders such as the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) and the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) allow for higher vertical resolution profile measurements of water vapour to be obtained compared to their predecessors. First results of global comparisons of AIRS profiles show that for tropospheric layers between 925-374 hPa biases are within +-10% and a significant dry bias of 20% in regions of the upper troposphere, consistent with recent comparisons to reanalysis. A consistent approach to the retrieval of temperature and water vapour profiles from all hyper-spectral IR sounders is outlined and an initial set of retrievals from IASI at global climate sites is performed. Results from the University of Leicester Water Vapour Processor (UoL-WVP) show errors of ≈1 K and ≤20% within the troposphere for temperature and humidity respectfully. The significance of surface characterisation at a sub-pixel level is also demonstrated. Retrievals from IASI at selected climate sites for 2012 are inter-compared in a three-way analysis with high resolution radiosonde profiles and AIRS data. Results show that the mean standard deviation of observational error for IASI is 2.2% while AIRS is 3.6%. This thesis work represents a step forward in the use of AIRS and IASI data for climate research. However, proven long-term stability is needed for the water vapour data question to be answered. and humidity respectfully. The significance of surface characterisation at a sub-pixel level is also demonstrated. Retrievals from IASI at selected climate sites for 2012 are inter-compared in a three-way analysis with high resolution radiosonde profiles and AIRS data. Results show that the mean standard deviation of observational error for IASI is 2.2% while AIRS is 3.6%. This thesis work represents a step forward in the use of AIRS and IASI data for climate research. However, proven long-term stability is needed for the water vapour data question to be answered.
Dental implants are the best solution for missing teeth. For over 40 years they have become a dentist’s first choice when replacing missing teeth.
An implant is a titanium substitute for a natural tooth root. A socket is usually created into which an implant root is placed, like a wood screw in wood. Unlike wood, however, the bone is dynamic and integrates in to the implant surface. The final result is like a concrete post in concrete and cannot be easily unscrewed. This base is used for crowns, bridges and stabilising dentures.
How many teeth can be supported?
It is not necessary to use one implant per tooth.
Usually fewer implants are needed than would be required to treat a whole upper jaw – A simple treatment plan to provide 10 or more teeth in the lower jaw with as few as four implants is usually possible.
A loose lower denture can be stabilised with only 2 implants. However, at least 4 implants are needed in the upper jaw.
Implants are suitable for almost anyone with good general health and properly maintained oral health and hygiene. Smoking, drinking, and neglect of oral hygiene regimes can inhibit initial healing after surgery and maintenance, and cause further complications.
Do I need to have a healthy mouth?
For optimum success, implants should be placed in a well maintained, healthy mouth. Any initial treatment to remedy this, maintenance advice and planning will be included in all treatment plans to achieve the ideal environment for implant placement.
The treatment of gum disease, repair of decay and the elimination of infection, or, in summary, basic dental health, will be important for the long-term success of implant treatment.
For routine cases, from the insertion of implant to the addition of the first tooth, treatment time scales can be between several weeks and six months. If the bone already present is robust, the treatment time will be shorter. With poorer bone more time and care must be taken, which can extend treatment time beyond six months.
A bridge supported by natural teeth would be designed in cases where multiple implants need to be routinely joined together in the same way.
It is often easier and just as effective to make several smaller sections of bridgework that each support several teeth. The end result is exactly the same and if any repair work is needed on one of the small sections, this is made significantly easier.
As with every individual case, bone quality and the position and number of the implants will determine which option is best suited to you and this would be discussed fully and planned at the treatment planning stage.
How do I take care of the implants?
Following all stages of implant treatment you will be fully advised on care and maintenance of the implants or the superstructure supported by them. You will be instructed on how to properly clean your implants and what techniques and materials to use in order to satisfactorily achieve this.
Once your implants and surrounding soft tissues are seen to be healthy and your new teeth are comfortable and properly fitted, it will be the quality and upkeep of your home care and the regularity of your maintenance reviews that will effectively influence their longevity. If you maintain a high level of care for implants that are expertly placed into healthy, robust bone, they can be expected to endure for many years. There is, however, no lifetime guarantee with any surgical implant – a doctor would say the same about a hip replacement.
The greatest risk is from implant related gum disease.
X-rays are used to assess and determine the volume and position of bone remaining in an area after tooth loss.
Dental x-rays can provide high definition in two dimensions, but sometimes more advanced imaging might be needed to determine bone volume in three dimensions and the position/proximity of important structures such as nerves and sinuses.
Dental CT Scans – Images obtained by CT scanning will normally be able to show all of the information about your bone that is required, including quality and quantity, but most significantly to ensure that nerves and other important tissue are avoided during surgery. Roy Morris is one of only a handful of clinics to own our own Cone Beam CT scanner that allows such important images to be taken efficiently and easily.
If the teeth being replaced by implants are clearly visible, it is understandable that you would want some teeth during treatment and healing times. We can provide this in the form of temporary bridges or simple plastic dentures.
Implants are placed using the same familiar dental local anaesthetics used for general, routine dentistry. According to the specifics of the case, the operation might vary from a duration of 20 minutes for a simple single implant to approximately 90 minutes for complex bone grafting and multiple implant procedures.
Swelling, tenderness and occasionally bruising can be expected after the surgery and full postoperative instructions are given to patients together with antibiotics, if necessary. At our practice, we provide all patients with Roy’s telephone available 24 hours a day should you have any concerns or queries.
If my surgery is going to take longer, will I still receive sedation or anaesthetic?
What happens if I don't have enough bone?
In some cases, loss of bone after a tooth infection or the removal of teeth leaves them without enough to secure an implant and in such cases bone grafting or sinus augmentation may be required.
Will bone grafting lengthen my treatment?
The treatment time is almost invariably increased when bone grafting is required – however the process greatly improves the outcome of the implant treatment.
Initial diagnosis and arranging treatment appointments alongside the completion of any reparative or preparatory work on remaining teeth or bone.
A ‘mock up’ will be produced to visualise the final result. Implant placement is then more accurate creating a better appearance in the final teeth.
Your final, permanent teeth are usually inserted three to nine months after the implants have been inserted.
Together with the commitment to a high standard of oral hygiene at home, regular examination and hygiene appointments are then arranged. Hygiene appointments must always be every 3 months.
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An Antonov AN-124 cargo aircraft is leaving for Pakistan today with 100 tons of assistance provided in a joint effort by Germany, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic, which is offering the plane on a cost-free basis. This shipment is coordinated by the Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) which has currently a team of civil protection experts to Pakistan to monitor the distribution of EU in-kind assistance. The team will welcome the new aid delivery at the airport in Islamabad when the plane arrives.
The Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva has declared: "This joint operation shows clearly that when Europe works together we deliver our aid better, cheaper and more efficiently."
The material transported will include equipment to set up 10 medical posts, medical equipment, material for shelters and other urgently needed relief items for the victims of the floods in Pakistan.
The Antonov airplane, one of the biggest cargo-lifters available worldwide, is picking up assistance today from Brindisi / Italy, stop over in Leipzig to upload shelter material from Germany and Austria before leaving for Islamabad tonight.
The MIC has worked in close cooperation with the Council´s Movement Planning Cell which has identified flight options. Two further aircraft are planned to provide additional assistance from the UK and Denmark on Saturday and Sunday.
Since the beginning of this crisis the European Commission (ECHO) and the EU Member States have provided more than €230 million for aid to the victims of this overwhelming disaster.
The EU Civil Protection Mechanism (EUCPM) has been activated to respond to the request for assistance from Pakistan's government. The Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) within ECHO has been in touch with all 31 countries participating in the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
James Paxton had a pretty bad June. His season got off to a wonderful start, but then he landed on the DL, and shortly after his return, the calendar flipped and pitching was hard again. Paxton in June ran a 7+ ERA, and opponents blasted him to the tune of a .395 wOBA. Something appeared to be seriously wrong, but Paxton blamed his mechanics, and not his health. He found that he had some straightening out to do.
For me, one of the fundamental markers of greatness is the ability to adjust on the fly. It’s one thing to play well, but it’s quite another to play well, then struggle, then get back to playing well again. We’ve recently seen this with, say, Rich Hill. And, of course, we’ve seen this with Paxton. Paxton started six games in July, and he won each of them. He issued a total of just six walks, and he trimmed that .395 June wOBA almost literally in half. Paxton has gotten himself back on track, and I don’t know what more evidence people might need. James Paxton is extremely good. He is sufficiently proven.
One could occupy the perfectly defensible position that Paxton could stand to stay away from the disabled list. Health questions tend to take a while before they go away, so Paxton to some extent is dogged by his history. He’s not alone in that regard, and lately, he’s mostly been able to pitch. He has pitched very well, dating back to his major-league return in June of 2016. Paxton’s adjustments were well documented around the time — in the previous offseason, he worked hard to improve his conditioning, and then he went to Triple-A and lowered his arm slot. He found new velocity, and he found new control. He experienced one of the more staggering year-to-year control improvements in recent seasons.
Paxton has made 38 starts since coming back. Those have spanned nearly 230 innings. He’s demonstrated that he can get strikeouts, and this year he’s improved his contact rate. He’s also demonstrated that he can avoid walks, and while his current walk rate is up a few points, he’s not missing any first-pitch strikes, or pitches in the zone. Paxton checks off those boxes, but there’s also a third, one that’s drawn relatively little attention. This is along the same lines as the post I wrote about the Dodgers’ pitching staff Tuesday afternoon. In between the strikeouts and walks, Paxton has to deal with batted-ball contact. That appears to be just another strength of his.
One more time, I’m borrowing liberally from Baseball Savant. I’m drawn to its expected-wOBA metric, based on batted-ball speed and direction. Although it’s a number that could undergo further study, for purposes of validation, it makes intuitive sense. Why not explore? So that’s what I did, looking at 2017 starting pitchers. I searched for expected wOBA on batted balls for starters, setting a minimum of 250 tracked at-bats. James Paxton shows up at .305. His just happens to be the lowest number in the list.
Paxton, in other words, currently ranks No. 1. He’s allowed what you’d expect to be the least-damaging batted balls. In reality, this can be a noisy stat — correlations appear to be weak. So I looked at 2016 as well, to try to increase the sample size. Paxton, a year ago, ranked in the 78th percentile among starters. So, worse, but still good. Combining 2016 and 2017 together, Paxton ranks in the 96th percentile. Here is a table of the best.
Starting pitchers, 2016 – 2017.
There’s Paxton, in fifth place. As volatile as this statistic can be, the volatility is reduced over larger and larger samples, so we have increasing reason to believe this is really something Paxton is able to do. To give you a further idea, here’s a rolling-average plot. The league-average starter, the last two years, has allowed a batted-ball xwOBA of .367. The blue line you see is Paxton, in five-game rolling spurts.
Paxton has stayed away from the red line, and while his own numbers have bounced around, he’s maintained a pretty healthy distance between his own mark and the average. To consider this in other terms, you might be aware of the “Barrels” category that Statcast tracks. A barrel is, basically, a very well-hit batted ball. Barrels comprise many of the most dangerous batted balls. Since the start of last season, Paxton has allowed baseball’s second-lowest rate of barrels per batted ball, with a rate that’s basically half the league average. Paxton, by whatever means, has simply avoided consistent hard contact, and you can even see that indirectly, if you note that Paxton has allowed only 14 home runs while generating 20 infield pop-ups. Only Brandon McCarthy and Rich Hill have allowed a lower rate of home runs per fly. Just because I don’t know why it’s happening doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
You’ve got the strikeouts. You’ve got the walks. You’ve got the contact control. You can put it all together and look at Baseball Savant’s overall expected wOBA. Here’s the top of that list, again for starters, again combining 2016 and 2017.
James Paxton, fourth place, and first place in the American League. That shouldn’t be interpreted to mean that Paxton is currently the best starter in the AL, since, say, Sale has gotten better, but it at least wouldn’t be an argument without any evidence. You could build a flimsy but modestly convincing case, which is saying something, given where Paxton has been. Some time ago he became the ace of the Mariners’ rotation, but he’s also graduated to become more than that, somewhere in the past weeks or months. He’s going to need his health in order to continue, but so will every other pitcher, and so will you and I.
When it comes to trying to explain the contact suppression, I’m not sure how well the process is understood. Paxton is a big lefty with electric stuff, so that presumably plays some kind of role, and he also hides the ball behind his back, so he could be deceptive. Then there’s the matter of how his pitches work together, through various locations and tunnels and whatnot. The most I can say for now is that Paxton is doing something right. He’s doing a lot of things right. He’s doing everything an ace needs to do, and he’s practically dragging this rotation into the playoff hunt on his own.
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How big a role does of defense play in these stats? I’d imagine a small but significant one.
xwOBA is designed to be as defense neutral as possible.
None. Almost all metrics on this site are designed to remove that; the sabermetrics/advanced stats that this site it based on were borne out of fielding-independent pitching stats (FIP).
Oh, right. It’s based on batted ball speed and direction, not results. I wonder if defensive shifts would put some small portion of that theory into question?
Imagine giving the same value to a right handed hitter pulling a ground ball to the shortstop as a ground-ball through the 3-4 hole. There is a lot lost in the Statcast approach to judging batted balls.
The difference is that guys try to hit balls through the opposite side hole. Nobody tries to bloop one in between two fielders. Guys make the Hall of Fame by hitting ground balls up the middle and through the right side. Nobody has done much for themselves by hitting a lucky fly-ball. You do have a point, but I am willing to wager that you didn’t play a lot of baseball with that perspective.
I was the best player on my high school team and I’m an admittedly terrible baseball player (coincidentally I’m a RH batter with an opposite field stroke). If I was more athletic would I be able to understand baseball better? What’s your point?
xWoba isn’t the greatest metric in the world but your argument is not a meaningful critique of its flaws.
Why did you hit the ball the other way? It would have been easier to just yank everything into the strong side of the defense. I don’t see how you don’t understand that. Apparently it worked as you had success. Honestly, I don’t understand a word of your critique of my comment.
I have zero doubt that the horizontal angle is important. We look at exit velo, and vertical angle, but not horizontal angle? That is one of the more important parts of a scouting report, we call it pull, cent, oppo… its right there on the FanGraphs stats page. What are you even trying to say? You think ground balls hit the other way are as successful as those that are pulled? That is why I said you probably didn’t play baseball – because that’s the only way you wouldn’t understand that point. What makes that type of metric even sillier is that pulled stuff will have a higher exit velo, than non-pulled balls. According to Statcast they would grade out higher, even though they are less likely to do something positive.
Maybe back in the 1800s, look around the HOF now and you will see a whole lot more fly ball hitters than ground ball hitters. Ichiro types are the exception not the rule.
Is that right? Your window is off by about a hundred years. One guy did, which makes it true enough. So did this fellow named Tony Gwynn. Corey Seager led the league in oppo hits last year (I think). Daniel Murphy succeeds to large degree because he used the entire field. Guys that hit for average use the entire field generally. When Bryce Harper is going good, he sprays the ball. I don’t think you know what you are talking about. Ground balls are a part of everyone’s ball distribution – without them what would a guy’s average be?
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Philippe Varin, Peugeot’s CEO, has said that the company needs to restructure its production base in order to reduce losses. He also warned that the company might be heading for a €700m deficit in the first half.
The company plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the Aulnay plant near Paris, which will stop producing Citroën’s popular C£ model by 2014; half of those employees will be redeployed to another plant in Poissy. A further 1,400 jobs will be cut in Rennes. Peugeot will also open a voluntary redundancy plan for 3,600 white collar employees throughout the company.
The French government has supported Peugeot with around €4bn in aid recently and has announced that it will be appointing its own expert to review the company’s financial situation. “We do not accept the plan as it stands,” said Arnaud Montebourg, the industry minister. The job cuts are being seen as the first big industrial crisis in President François Hollande’s government.
Analysts are fretful that Peugeot’s cuts will empower other car manufacturers, like Fiat, to move to close other plants in Europe.
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