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Anna M. Halasz 4/26/2008 8:32:15 PMBeautiful portrait !!! Anna #909103
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Hollow Da Don (106 & Park Champ) Says Hitman Holla Backed Out Of The Upcoming Fight Club Battle! "Funny Style a$$ Nicca" + Calls Out T-Rex & Loaded Lux + Freestyle
DC reports "Freestyle Champ and Grind Time MVP Hollow Da Don responds to Hitman Holla backin out of their battle on March 31st at the world famous Fight Klub. Also calls out T-Rex n Loaded Lux for frontin. Hollow will be battle Remi from St. Louis now March 31st. We got whatever on a battle. Shouts to Executive Nick n International P"
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This is the project I have been dying to share for the longest time!
I don't know how to describe my feeling now that I can finally showcase what I have been working hard on last month. My heart is still pumping with excitement and nervousness!
Please hop over to Fat Quarterly's blog to read about what I did and done for this amazing project! Thank you Fat Quarterly and Basic Grey!
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- Kerry said...
You did a beautiful job and I loved what you wrote about the relevance and need for flowers where you live. It is incredibly pretty and there is a great mix of simple and complex
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It's beautiful Wynn!! I love all of the texture and color! What a fun piece of art to brighten up a wall!
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Hi Wynn, I've come from the Fat Quarterly blog. I love your framed flowers and really enjoyed your story of getting your inspiration and of creating them.
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it looks very nice-off to check out the links :)
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Love your flowers! Beautiful!!
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This is so beautiful!!!
You are really creative, Wynn.
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Me gustan mucho tus trabajos, son preciosos
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Malone has been filling in on 700 KSEV here and there but he has a bio on the station's Web site and a more apparent permanent presence now. He is on the 4 to 6pm slot that is labeled as Dan Patrick's show on KSEVradio.com.
I was supposed to interview Malone via telephone Monday but my voice is totally gone. Instead I am waiting on email questions.
I believe he is on again from 4 to 6pm on 700 KSEV today.
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News from the Committee to Protect Journalists
Journalists freed in Cuba, China with CPJ's support
After years behind bars for their work as journalists, two journalists in Cuba and two journalists in China were released from prison in February.
Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced the release of Cuban journalists José Gabriel Ramón Castillo and Alejandro González Raga on February 15. The two were imprisoned after a massive crackdown against the independent press five years ago. CPJ has lobbied intensively for the release of all jailed Cuban journalists--in March 2007, CPJ met with Trinidad Jimenez, secretary of state for Iberoamerica at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which played an important role in their release.
In China, Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong was released unexpectedly on February 5 after spending nearly three years behind bars for allegedly spying for Taiwan. Just before he was let out, Ching's wife, Mary Lau, asked CPJ and other organizations to push for his release because of his deteriorating health. Then Yu Huafeng, deputy editor in chief and general manager of Nanfang Dushi Bao (Southern Metropolis News), was set free on February 8. Yu was detained along with a colleague in 2004 after his newspaper published a story about a suspected SARS case in Guangzhou. He was given a 12-year sentence for corruption.
Even after these releases, China remains the world's leading jailer of journalists with 25 behind bars. With 22 imprisoned journalists, Cuba continues to be the second leading jailer of journalists.
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In February, CPJ staff and board members traveled the world to release our annual report, Attacks on the Press, at events that received widespread media coverage. In Germany, Der Spiegel reporter Mario Kaiser profiled Paul Steiger and Novaya Gazeta Editor in Chief and 2007 IPFA award winner Dmitry Muratov after spending the day with them as they visited with officials to discuss press issues in Russia and Eastern Europe.
CPJ representatives also traveled to London's Frontline Club for a discussion about the book and the deteriorating climate for the press in Russia. Featuring Dmitry Muratov and Russian media expert Masha Lipman, the event was well attended by top editors and reporters. Attacks on the Press was released simultaneously on our Web site and is available online at www.cpj.org.
CPJ in Cairo to push for press freedom
In Washington, CPJ testifies about China in the run-up to the Games
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Executive Director Joel Simon traveled to Manila late last month to participate in a conference on "Impunity and Press Freedom." The conference, which was co-sponsored by CPJ, brought together local press groups, representatives of the Philippine government, human rights advocates, and groups that had successfully campaigned against impunity around the world. In his keynote address opening the conference, Chief Justice Reynato Puno declared, "It is a dangerous time for those who report the truth. ... Democracy in this country is under siege because bullets fired at the direction of journalists pierce not only human flesh, but also our republican ideals." According to CPJ statistics, 32 journalists have been killed in the Philippines since 1992. The vast majority of cases have gone unpunished, but the landmark convictions in a recent murder case have inspired hope for more progress. At the end of the conference, CPJ announced its support for a campaign to combat impunity in the Philippines that will be carried out by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists. The conference received widespread coverage in the local media. With support from the Knight Foundation, CPJ launched a global campaign to end impunity in journalist murders in November.
Photo exhibit spotlights Iraq and Afghanistan
"Battlespaces: Unrealities of War," a photography exhibit featuring work from conflict zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, opened February 28 at Gallery FCB in Manhattan. CPJ attended the opening to provide more information about the dangers faced by journalists covering these conflicts, and to raise awareness about two cases from the region: Bilal Hussein, the award-winning Associated Press photojournalist who has been held by the U.S. military in Iraq since April 2006 and Jawed Ahmed, an Afghan journalist working for Canadian network CTV, who has been held by the U.S. military in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base since October 2007.
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In 1981, the White House released a secret memo regarding the stockpiling of a certain weapon. What kind of weapon? Now that it's been declassified, we still have no idea: the title remains censored.
The document, National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 7, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists, doesn't leave much room for interpretation: it's simply titled "[REDACTED] WEAPONS." Whatever the weapon is—FAS speculates it's referring to "enhanced radiation" neutron warheads—the memo states the arsenal is only allowed on US soil, and deployment can only be approved by the President and Secretary of Defense. Maybe in another three decades we'll know. The full document is below. [FAS]


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Let functions with only one variable declaration can be defined on one line.
Example #1 Let function with indenting - Brackets on dedicated lines.
Example #2 Let function with indenting - Initial bracket on same line as Let function with inline notes.
Let functions with multiple variables use both opening and closing brackets on their own lines
Note: both opening and closing brackets should be indented to stand out.
Let ( [ variable = expression ]; "result is indented 2 tabs" )
Let ( [
Let ( [
Because the standard started out with the opening bracket on the same line as the function name, yet does not impede readability, it can be considered the shorthand version and perfectly acceptable.
Closing Let variable declarations end on their own line. This indicates the start of the result.
endOfFunction ) ];
Calculation scoped variables use camelCase and are identified by a preceding variable indicator of ~ (tilde). The ~ character in these standards represents the private scope.
This makes it easy to distinguish calculation variables from custom function arguments, $variables, and Table::fieldNames
Use present tense verbs or adjectives to indicate Boolean variable status on both calculation and locally scoped variables.
$hasReturns ~isTrailing $containsSpaces not ~containsEmailAddress
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I disagree with placing the bracket for multi-variable let statements on the same line as the function name. With very large calculations, the extra empty line with nothing but an opening bracket at the start creates a unique and recognizable shape distinct from any other function, making it easier to distinguish and identify variable declarations in Let() statements, as opposed to arguments and results from other functions. Let() is worth that distinction.
I'm willing to debate this one. Let's get some code in here and take a look. Does anyone have a mega long function with multiple Lets and embedded Lets?
Personally, I try to keep my code as short and modular as possible. When considering this option, I determined that the quick identification of the word Let was indication enough that it started the variable declaration. It was where it ended that was the problem.
I do agree with line spaces, I just wonder if adding one actually adds that much when you've already determined you're in a Let statement and you know that the first part is declaration.
I've got a function for ya. It's big, but it doesn't have Lets embedded in other Lets; you can't have everything. Here's with opening Let brackets on one line:
And here's with opening Let brackets on the next line:
The key thing to remember is that, with large calculations, you're probably navigating the code by visual shape as much as verbal content. Can you still identify the variables in a Let statement when you're scanning too fast to read the word "Let"? Let() already has a pretty unique shape with a middle delimiter at the same indent level as the open and close of the function:
I think it isn't really worth standardizing either placement for the opening bracket, since it's the middle bracket that distinguishes Let() so clearly from other functions. That said, if we decide that we really do want to standardize one form over the other, having the opening bracket on the following line distinguishes a Let() function marginally more.
Aha - here's the thread I was looking for!
I'm seconding Jeremy's recommendation for having the inner brackets for Let () to be on separate lines with matching indentation levels (one deeper than the Let () declaration). This is mostly for getting TextMate to do proper code folding, but it also helps distinguish the code areas as two separate entities as they really are in practice.
I've not had code so long in FileMaker that I've needed folding personally, but I'm game to join consensus.
I think the indent makes more sense in the amount of white spaces is creates. Other languages don't worry about white space as long as the code is readable.
I'll update the page. Also, Perren, if you forked the bundle on github then just let me know if you want a pull. I'll look at your fork changes and get them in when I have the time.
A Let function should nearly always contain a Case () function. This allows the two areas of the function to be more easily reused, as many of the definitions will be common to many Let () functions, and likewise (perhaps much less so) for the Case code. Perhaps structure like this:
Let ( [
cmp = C__Company::nameCompany ;
per = C_Person::cFirstLast
] ;
Case (
not isempty (cmp) and not isempty (per) ; cmp & " " & per ;
not isempty (cmp) ; cmp ;
not isempty (per) ; per ;
) // end Case
) // end Let
Your suggestion sounds more like a preference than a convention. We can start a new space on the wiki for suggested solutions to common issues.
Also, one minor gripe. If you're going to follow the conventions outlined here, can you post code using the conventions? I know most of us are going to take code from solutions we are working on. But the goal here is consistency and clarity.
per and cmp are shorthand code for yourself because you are the one familiar with your solution. If you wanted me to "open and understand" your solution then you need to be more verbose.
Let ( [ var.company = FunctionalArea » Company::nameCompany; var.person = FunctionalArea » Person::cFirstLast ]; Case ( not isempty ( var.company ) and not isempty ( var.person ); var.company & " " & var.person; not isempty ( var.company ); var.company; not isempty ( var.person ); var.person ; "Broken" ) // end Case ) // end Let
Note: for posting code you can use the {noformat} wrapped around code.
In attempt to make code even easier to scan. I'm wondering if using the @ symbol might not be helpful.
It's VERY easy to distinguish and clearly identifies a calculation scoped variable. Here's some complex code to compare...
Let( [ $$ERROR.VAR.EVAL = ""; // Reset global error variable for evaluation var.empty = IsEmpty ( contents ); // test for empty contents var.semicolons_exist = ( ValueCount ( contents ) = PatternCount ( contents ; ";¶" ) ) or ( ValueCount ( contents ) - 1 = PatternCount ( contents ; ";¶" ) ); var.contents = If ( not var.semicolons_exist ; Substitute ( contents ; ¶ ; ";¶") ; contents ); // Add semicolons if needed var.trailing_semicolon = Right ( var.contents ; 1 ) = ";"; // Clean off the trailing semicolon if present var.contents = If ( var.trailing_semicolon; Left ( var.contents ; Length( var.contents ) - 1 ); var.contents ); var.script = Get ( ScriptName ); var.begin = "(" ; // beginning of parameters definition var.break = "," ; // regular parameters separator (and) var.end = ")" ; // end of parameters definition var.parameters = Middle ( var.script ; Position ( var.script ; var.begin ; 1 ; 1 ) +1; Position ( var.script ; var.end ; Length ( var.script ) ; -1 ) - Position ( var.script ; var.begin ; 1 ; 1 ) -1 ); // raw parameters // ONLY ALLOWED CHARACTERS FOR SCRIPT NAME PARAMERS ARE THE FOLLOWING (minus the ¶) var.parameters = Filter ( Substitute ( var.parameters ; var.break ; ¶ ) ; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_¶" ); var.expected = "$" & Substitute ( var.parameters ; ¶ ; "¶$" ); var.matching = FilterValues ( Substitute( var.contents; "="; ¶ ) ; var.expected ); // matching parameters found in ScriptName var.matching = If ( Right ( var.matching; 1 ) = "¶" ; Left ( var.matching ; Length ( var.matching) - 1) ); // replace extra return added by FilterValues function var.missingParams = If ( $checkScriptName = True ; var.matching ≠ var.expected ; False ) ]; If ( Evaluate( "Let ( [" & var.contents & "]; False )" ) = "?" // generates an error or or var.empty or var.missingParams; // empty contents or missing expected parameters // Return error result Let ( [ $$ERROR.VAR.EVAL = Case ( var.empty; "EMPTY PARAMETER SET"; var.missingParams; "MISSING EXPECTED PARAMETERS PER SCRIPT NAME"; List ( "ERROR »"; var.contents ) ); $checkScriptName = "" // reset the $checkScriptName variable (after setting error) ]; False ); Let ( $checkScriptName = "" ; True ) ) )
Let( [ $$ERROR.VAR.EVAL = ""; // Reset global error variable for evaluation @empty = IsEmpty ( contents ); // test for empty contents @semicolons_exist = ( ValueCount ( contents ) = PatternCount ( contents ; ";¶" ) ) or ( ValueCount ( contents ) - 1 = PatternCount ( contents ; ";¶" ) ); @contents = If ( not @semicolons_exist ; Substitute ( contents ; ¶ ; ";¶") ; contents ); // Add semicolons if needed @trailing_semicolon = Right ( @contents ; 1 ) = ";"; // Clean off the trailing semicolon if present @contents = If ( @trailing_semicolon; Left ( @contents ; Length( @contents ) - 1 ); @contents ); @script = Get ( ScriptName ); @begin = "(" ; // beginning of parameters definition @break = "," ; // regular parameters separator (and) @end = ")" ; // end of parameters definition @parameters = Middle ( @script ; Position ( @script ; @begin ; 1 ; 1 ) +1; Position ( @script ; @end ; Length ( @script ) ; -1 ) - Position ( @script ; @begin ; 1 ; 1 ) -1 ); // raw parameters // ONLY ALLOWED CHARACTERS FOR SCRIPT NAME PARAMERS ARE THE FOLLOWING (minus the ¶) @parameters = Filter ( Substitute ( @parameters ; @break ; ¶ ) ; "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_¶" ); @expected = "$" & Substitute ( @parameters ; ¶ ; "¶$" ); @matching = FilterValues ( Substitute( @contents; "="; ¶ ) ; @expected ); // matching parameters found in ScriptName @matching = If ( Right ( @matching; 1 ) = "¶" ; Left ( @matching ; Length ( @matching) - 1) ); // replace extra return added by FilterValues function @missingParams = If ( $checkScriptName = True ; @matching ≠ @expected ; False ) ]; If ( Evaluate( "Let ( [" & @contents & "]; False )" ) = "?" // generates an error or or @empty or @missingParams; // empty contents or missing expected parameters // Return error result Let ( [ $$ERROR.VAR.EVAL = Case ( @empty; "EMPTY PARAMETER SET"; @missingParams; "MISSING EXPECTED PARAMETERS PER SCRIPT NAME"; List ( "ERROR »"; @contents ) ); $checkScriptName = "" // reset the $checkScriptName variable (after setting error) ]; False ); Let ( $checkScriptName = "" ; True ) ) )
QUESTION: Does it make to too muddy and hard to scan? After looking at it for a bit it seems to make it harder to read.
I prefer the @foo, always struggled with var. partly because it is three keys on the left and one one the right
What about #foo??
Hi guys:
I've been having problems with the "var." naming myself as it's often hard to see the variables by just glancing at the code. The underline prefix isn't much better in that respect. I've used the hash for many years and loved it. Recently I moved away from that as, at least here, the hash is becoming a standard for some cf names. So...I went to the bullet (option-8 on the mac). I realize that this is high ASCII and may cause problems on the pc (haven't tested), but it's certainly very easy to see the variables in the code.
Nick Chapin
In order to make things workable on both Win an Mac, I'd prefer to stay away from any characters that required more than 10 fingers on Windows.
I can see that visually picking out var. from within a bunch of code can be initially difficult, but eventually the pattern is easy to pick up. While we've used a good chunk of the available ascii characters, it probably wouldn't hurt to come up with a "shorthand" version of var. for those of us who are lazy coders.
I've used the underscore myself as a prefix and it just seemed to make things look really ugly to me - so I personally stopped using it.
One thing to consider is using the percent %. In other languages, such as PHP, the percent is usually used for substitution within strings. Since calc variables are typically substitutions within code we could switch the current use of % on unstored or display calcs.
This would mean we would need a prefix for display calcs. They would become something like display.invoiceCount vs. the current %invoiceCount. And a calc would look like this
Let ( [ %field = FunctionalArea » Tablename::fieldName; %date = Get ( CurrentDate ); %time = Get ( CurrentTime ); ]; Substitute ( %field; [ "[[date]]" ; %date ]; [ "[[time]]" ; %time] ) )
We can also hunt for another character or character combination to use...
No characters that require the Shift key please!
I've been using "var.foo" for the last couple weeks and personally it's working well. If we start hunting for something that requires keystroke modifiers it should be in areas where a lesser percentage of the day to day coding is done, not inside Let ().
I could see shortening it to "v.foo" or some other single lower case character no problem.
I like the underscore to identify simple variables, it does not look too ugly for my eyes. The percent % has different meanings in other program languages. E. g. in Visual Basic, the percent sign % is used as a type-declaration character representing an Integer. This might confuse Visual Basic developers, assuming that %date would be a numeric (integer) value.
I strongly vote against a prefix like var. or similar. The name should describe the content of the variable. Only non-letter prefix should identify the scope of a variable:
Variable Type
global (module)
local (script)
minimal *
For me, the symbolic of the characters point into the right direction: $ = scope within the script ($ looks like S), $$ = scope over multiple scripts, _ = very small scope.
*) Example for minimal scope:
Let( [ x = 1; $x = Let( [ x = 2 ]; x ) ]; x )
This calculation will return 1 and $x will have the value 2. This show the narrow scope of simple variables. It is only valid within the same Let function.
No option? No shift?? I'm with Matt that if it needs ten fingers it's out; heck, I'm even willing to go down to two! But, at least for, me, it's not about the number of characters (and var. is four), but about visually seeing the variables when I open up the Let a week later. Alzheimer's is setting in and the "code readability" as Matt often says is paramount. What other keys has anyone tried extensively and a) thought were easy-to-read (not ugly) and b) easy to type?
Nick Chapin
I've been using the underscore for a prefix for a while, find them easy to pick out and quick to type. Symbols with too much in the top half of the character, such as %, make reading much more difficult
Tim Anderson
The tilde "~" prefix is already used with "private" custom functions by this standard, so it didn't occur to me before as a realistic option. On second thought, it doesn't seem like such a bad idea. There won't be any name collisions, since function names start with capital letters and variable names start lowercase; and the variables of a Let() function are more meaningfully private than any custom function. The tilde also has much less visual weight than the alphanumeric characters, so it shouldn't make variable names any harder to read. So how about ~letVariable ?
I've done a lot of scripting in various applications going back to dbase. Since we now have $$Vars in Filemaker, would it not be simpler to set up the global variable as a temp parameter.
Set inside your script...
$$_param[1] = "Something"
$$_param[2] = "Something Else"
RR_param[3] = "The End"
In your other script you define what each param in a comment is and then use it.
Would this not eliminate all of the filtering and other things I see above?
Jack Rodgers
It looks like you're talking about passing values between scripts? We have a Best Practices page on a custom function interface for script parameters. That might be the better place for talking about this.


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This is the latest piece in my collaboration with Tessuti Printed Textiles. Most of Fiona's silks are in more muted colours so I loved seeing how the atomic and geometric designs looked against the bright red. Combined with blue jeans and white stilettos it looked vintage, surreal and patriotic all at the same time. And that is good, I think.
I managed to borrow these amazing round LeSpecs sunglasses from a local boutique and I'm not going to lie, it nearly turned into a theft.
You can read more about my collaboration and casual law breaking over on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/EmilyMillichipFashion
All silk designed and printed by Fiona Mcintosh of Tessuti Printed Textiles. All garments designed and manufactured by Emily Millichip.
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Hand printed silk by Fiona Mcintosh of Tessuti Printed Textiles, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Jul 12, 2013, 07.26 PMby Mary Athey
lovely shirt great fabric and lovely photos x
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Happy Friday, fashionistas! With our Mirror Beaded Bustier-style long prom dress being one of our best sellers, we just had to dedicate our Friday blog feature to this gloriously exquisite dress. It's a little fashion masterpiece that has recently rolled into our stores and we're certain you'll fall "head over your [metallic rhinestone] heels" with one initial glance of this dress. And slipping it on? Well, that's a whole other story! The sleek silhouette and dazzling embellishments trickles throughout this dress in pure style-star delight. And here we've rounded up four top teen pop stars that always seem to make it to the forefront of the fashion and celebrity news headlines. Besides their fresh-faced, gorgeous looks, these stars also know how to express their personal style, while exuding all that is hot and sultry! First up, we have Miley Cyrus. Now let's be honest…we've questioned her style and beauty choice a time or two, but you have to admit, there's something about this young hot chick that always makes gravitate towards her current look. She's daring and edgy, and loves to make a striking appearance on the red-carpet. We think she'd be a perfect candidate for this mirrored Madonna circa-1985 long prom dress! Next is Taylor Swift and seriously, what's not to idolize? She has a beautiful voice and an equally classic and timeless look that seriously takes your breath away. Very fresh-faced and she's not afraid to go a bit bold with her hairstyle choices and fashion experimentations. And if you couple that blunt-fringed haircut with this dress, you've got a win-win situation on your fashion palate. And then we have Selena Gomez. Omg, where do we begin? Well, we all know she's linked to the world's most drooled about young chap aka The Beiber Fever. But that's not really why we adore her. With that exotic angel face, long and luscious wavy brunette locks and quintessential youthful, goddess aura, one can see why she's a celebrity songbird worth gravitating to. But on the one hand, Selena Gomez is not afraid to take her style to edgier heights and we can definitely see her rocking this black and silver long prom dress. And then we have the oh so pretty Demi Lovato! We'd like to think of her as the young style chameleon, who always loves to change up her look – to the point where she almost redefines herself everytime we see her. Her creative, yet fresh approach to style makes her another obvious candidate. She can go rockstar, hard-edge chic to dainty and delightful in mere seconds and for that, we're diehard Lovato fans!
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Ready for a Maserati SUV? It's Coming!
On display at the Detroit auto show is a concept vehicle--a Maserati SUV, tentatively named the Kubang. According to this site, Chrysler will start producing this type of Maserati in their Detroit plant in the first half of 2013 to appear on the market during the second half of next year.


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I understand where you guys are coming from, but I think you're way over-reacting to a bunch of misinformation.
René, Eidos's community manager for DX3, has dispelled many of the details described both in the CVG article and in this thread.
I looked closely at the scans and extracted this bit which should be more hopeful:
They're "placing a renewed emphasis on experience points and the leveling up of your character." In addition, the developers are doing their best for those who want to play it as a "more thoughtful stealth, hacking and social interaction RPG."
Lead Game Designer Jean-Francois Dugas:
"We wanted to respect the core values of Deus Ex, to mix genres and ensure that choice and consequence is at the core of the experience."


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"…a very exciting and skilful performance and an interesting look at the past…" Falköpings Tidning
It is a February night in 1986 at a hotel somewhere in Sweden. The hotel is closing down. The waitress Zvea is setting the tables in the dining room in preparation for the guests that are – hopefully – coming.
The hired musicians are tuning their instruments. In anticipation of the guests, Zvea starts telling the story of her life, of the hotel where she has worked for 50 years and of the people she has met and who in various ways have influenced her life. The story is accompanied by song and music from the 20's up until today. The historic aspect is reinforced through authentic radio broadcasts and quotes from Swedish movies.
Playwright, director, musician and actor Rikard Bergqvist has composed this musical theater especially for the Göteborg Opera.
As Zvea we see singer and actress Ingahlill Wagelin. She is accompanied on stage by musicians Per Larsson and Richard Rolf. Richard Bergqvist himself is the director, set design was made by Thomas Sjöstedt and lighting by Björn Nilsson.
Manus och regi
Rikard Bergqvist
Scenografi & kostym
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And now for something completely different. I'd like to welcome my friend and colleague, Vivian Slaughter, who has some interesting things to say about becoming the brilliant young sexologist she is today.
Becoming a feminist was a big deal for me; in high school I was very anti-feminist, I was the Cool Girl, I didn't like doing my hair and felt giddy when people told me I "wasn't like other girls" (the today me would have snapped back: "What's wrong with other girls? Who are these mythic other girls you speak of?") I would smile cruelly at people when they used the term, laugh a wide-open mouthed, high-pitched laugh. "No," I'd correct them. "I don't hate men!" Then, I'd usually follow with something like, "I'm not a feminist, but I believe (in something that literally fits the definition of being a feminist)."
When I packed up and moved further South for college I found myself drawn to a sexual health education group that presented interactive workshops on sexual assault, dating violence and enthusiastic consent. This was a sex positivity group. This was a feminist group. It was a hard transition, and my first term with my new colleagues left a bitter taste in my mouth. What was happening to me? I'd come home from our meetings and rant to my roommate. "Ugh, it's like…I agree with everything they say but do we have to call ourselves feminists? No one is going to take us seriously!"
I hate to say that I had an epiphany – because besides sounding cliché, it also mitigates the months of mental anguish and cultural upheaval I went through – but one night while I was walking home from a workshop late at night someone who had sat in the audience approached me.
"Uh, hey," he said, running up behind and motioning with his arm that he wanted me to stop. "Can I tell you something?" I nodded, looking around to see if any of my group mates were around, I was used to being approached after workshops and asked disgusting, personal questions. Back up from my mates would have helped me feel safe. "I'm not a bad person," the guy continued, "but I've done a lot of bad things. But I never knew they were bad. I didn't know there was anything wrong with everything that I was doing, the way I acted. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you for making me realize that I was wrong, and that I was behaving like a turd, and that feminist isn't a dirty word."
Me! He thought I was a feminist? I wanted to correct him – "I'm not a feminist, but I could see how you think that! I just believe that men and women should be treated equally, and that we have in place long standing and deeply rooted infrastructure that puts women at a systematic disadvantage – but! Whoa? Feminist?"
I realized then that I was a feminist, that I had been duped into believing falsehoods about the word, the movement, the people who identified as such. I realized in the dark, smiling up at this stranger whose name I never knew but who had credited me with changing his mind, that I was a feminist and it felt good and I was going to help people realize they were too. We changed each other's mind.
Almost immediately after that night I started working at an adult store. I was a sex positive feminist! I annoyed all my co-workers by asking all our guests their preferred personal pronouns; I put cards up on our counter with the information for a local crisis line; a local doctor who specialized in working with survivors of sexual assault. Couples would shyly slink into my shop and I would joyously greet them, stretch my arms to embrace them, help them pick out a pair of pink handcuffs, a soft whip made of braided silk, crotchless panties. "I love helping people love sex!" I would think to myself, naively thinking that all the world's problems would be solved if only we used the word sex more openly.
Then one day a woman came into my shop, her face red from tears and her bangs matted to her temple from sweat. "What can I help you with?" I inquired.
"I don't like having sex," she began, her words coming out in short gasps. "I don't like having sex," she repeated, looking at everything around her, taking it all in. "My boyfriend says there's something wrong with me because I hate it and can't orgasm, and that you need to fix me." She fixated on me, her eyes angry but her bottom lip trembling. "Can you fix me, please?"
I didn't know what to do, didn't even know how to begin. Telling her that sex was natural and fun wasn't what she needed to hear, because I knew that's what she had always been told. "What do you mean you don't like sex?" so many people had gasped at her. "You must be prude. You must not have been fucked properly. You must be weird. You must not know what you're talking about." I found myself getting angry imaging all the horrible things this woman had been told, I found myself angry because I thought I was open minded and didn't know what to do.
"There is nothing wrong with you," I spat out, sounding angrier than I wished. "Please, I'm so sorry… there is nothing wrong with you, but there is something wrong with your boyfriend. You don't deserve what he dished out, you don't have to like anything you don't want to like. I'm so sorry."
A few days later a pimply faced young man approached me in the shop, pointed to a book on the shelf. "Will that tell me where the clit is? I don't know where it is, I'm afraid my girlfriend will laugh at me if I ask her where it is, but how should I know? Like, what, I'm supposed to know everything about fucking?"
"I hate giving blow jobs," an older man confided in me, a stack of DVDs in his hand and an empty shopping basket sitting at his feet. "I hate having to swallow, but if I spit they all think I'm being a baby. Can you give me something that makes it bearable? I don't know, that would numb my throat or make it taste okay? Just something to make it less awful."
Learning what it meant to be sex positive was even harder than learning to embrace the word feminist.
I had been lead to believe it meant just liking sex, liking sex a lot, and not being shamed of it. Sex positivity was a young, pretty face flashing small, white teeth and nodding enthusiastically at whatever you suggested: "Sure!"
I learned while crying with a stranger telling me she hated sex, sitting on the floor explaining to a red faced 18 year old what a vagina looked like, and holding a man's hand in front of a movie that featured Jesse Jane in her first girl on girl scene that sex positivity meant more than liking sex; it meant not liking sex, it meant having boundaries, being able to say "no," not being coerced into trying things ("You have to try it just once, come on!"), being respected. Sex positivity meant having a kink. Trying a new kink. Saying no to a kink. Saying yes! Saying no – don't stop, our safe word is barnacle! Saying no.
I realized that as an educator I had failed.
I began asking around at workshops; asking my co-workers, classmates, hallmates, wondering earnestly what "sex positivity" meant to them. Some were confused: "Uhh, being positive… about sex?" Others were excited to share with me what sex positivity meant for them, how it fit into their lives. I found everyone's answers – so varied and all across the board – interesting, but in the end what stuck with me the most were the people who were "sex positivity" critical. "What does it mean?" one person sneered to me. "It means people feel better about sexualizing my body; it means people call me a slut when I'm at the bars and they look at me like I should be empowered by it."
When I left school, I knew I wanted to stay in the field of sexual health education, but I didn't know what that meant for me. Continue working on crisis lines? Go back to school? Explore a degree more centralized to education? Throughout my last term I pensively reflected on my four years and wondered what I should do next.
I remembered vividly all the people I helped in my shop, all the questions asked during workshops. I realized I wanted to continue reaching out to people on a personal basis and learn more from them. Feminism, sex positivity, kink positivity and LGBTQIA+ rights have been trending topics in the last few years, and I'm interested in exploring the aftermath of what some are calling our new sex positive culture.
And so it is: I come home from work and in the few hours before I leave the house again to pick up my partner (we both go to work at noon, he gets home close to 13 hours later, so it's safe to say that we have both become the human equivalent of an owl) I sit at my desk and I write. I write about the experiences I've had over the last few years, the stories shared with me and how they've helped me grow. I conduct interviews, via phone or e-mail, with a wide array of personalities, all with the intention of sharing the unique perspectives passed on to me.
We all have our mark left on us from the culture we grew up in. What I want to know is: what impact has this life had on you? I reach out to you all and ask that you share your story with me, the story of what feminism and sex positivity (or: sex negativity) means to you, the impact it has had on your life and the mark it has left.
I would appreciate hearing from you. We all have stories to share, and my favorite thing to do is listen. Below is a link to my website, which explains more about my background in education, my goals in reaching out to community members, as well as outside links to my personal blog.
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Apple closes book on iPhone-look jotter
Branded paper pushes envelope
Apple has flexed its legal muscles and forced a company selling iPhone-esque notepads to cease trading.
The Notepod was a cute scribble-pad with a design based on the iPhone. Until recently, customers could order a set of three for just over a tenner.
Unfortunately, the notepad can no longer be shipped after Apple unsurprisingly closed the operation down.
The Notepod website now reads:
"We have complied with a request from Apple to cease and desist sales of our product. All orders to 14th September 2010 have been fulfilled, and no further orders may be taken. If you have any questions, please email us."
The Cupertino giant recently sued a teenager for selling white iPhone conversion kits and is busy in court with bigger fish too, namely Samsung.
No matter how big the operation, Apple remains vigilant against anyone who tries to cash in on the back of the company's success. Scribble thing suppliers, take note. ®


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Check out more event photos on photographer Philip Wegener's website HERE.
What a difference a year makes.
Last year, Aspen's Paul Tefft, organizer of the 2012 Whitewater SUP Championship presented by C4 Waterman, was worried about too much water for standup paddlers to safely surf the Glenwood Springs Whitewater Park wave with Colorado River flows at the highest levels the park had ever seen: 26,000 cubic feet per second.
"I was freaking out," Tefft said. "But it turned out epic."
At Sunday's conclusion to the championship—part of the fourth annual Rocky Mountain Surf Festival hosted at the park—Tefft had a far different concern. That is, how to give the 30-some standup paddlers who turned out for this year's event a surf event when the flow numbers were much closer to 2,600 cfs, a 10th of last year's level.
So instead of the scheduled SUP-surf event, organizers opted for a "circleSUP" contest where paddlers in three divisions (men's, women's, and kids') were broken up into smaller groups of five paddlers or less for a short, sprint course routed around an upstream buoy, then through the park's wave with two more turns in an S-shape after the wave.
"It was like yesterday's SUP-cross race, but it was a better course," said Boardworks team racer Mike Tavares. "There's more turns and it's more technical."
Added one local standup surfer waiting his turn on the main wave, from the eddy: "They should really just call it the Chase-Dan-Gavere Race."
"We just wanted to make a cool course, and make it competitive and to keep it within their skill level," Tefft said. "We're tweaking it as we go."
One significant tweak included adding an additional lap to the downstream buoys for the afternoon's finals, forcing paddlers to weave a figure-eight in the turbulent waters below the wave.
In the most exciting heat of the day, the women's final, local Glenwood Springs paddler Brittany Parker—one of the few, if not only locals participating in the weekend's three events—made a run to pass river-SUP competition stalwarts Jenny MacArthur and Nikki Gregg, winners of Saturday's SUP-cross and downriver events, respectively.
After some board jostling and contact, Parker fell behind. Judges adjusted the times according to the contact and Parker finished in second place behind Gregg. The 22-year-old who instructs SUP lessons for Glenwood Adventure Co., also took third place in Saturday's SUP-cross.
Aspen's Clark Tefft, 13, won the circleSUP kids' division. And on the men's side, Dan Gavere beat out Tavares again, repeating the result of Saturday's heated SUPcross final.
"He ups the competition, makes it fierce," Tavares said of Gavere, who won the competition's men's overall title. Gregg won the women's overall title.
"It feels good," Gregg said of the win. "I've been trying to get that for three years."
As surfers, kayakers and standup paddlers all traded rides in the river-right wave feature at the loosely structured Alpine Quest Sports River Surfing Expression Session, Parker noted how the sport of standup paddling is growing in a low-water year.
"It's just getting bigger and bigger each year, and more women are getting involved," Parker said.
Tefft agreed that the low-water conditions could be a blessing in disguise for the growth of standup river paddling: "One saving grace, with this year, is that the wave is not as intimidating," he said. "So this doesn't look like some death-defying sport, and it's true, anyone can do it." — Dave Shively
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switchvideo needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 77 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Cogent Fibre is the leading exporter of wood chips in the eastern United States. We need a brochure that projects the feel of the website: http://www.cogentfibre.com.
We have a created a very basic design layout with the text as well as a collection of photos:
Here is the eps version of the cogent logo
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Partner logos to follow :: The final partner logo will not be available until the contest closes... we will arrange updating the logos on our end after the contest closes... so please use the low res version for now. (from cogent website.)
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The dimensions are 8.5" x 5.5', landscape. On the inside of the front cover there needs to be a flap (2.5 inches in height) allowing same-sized cards to be inserted (cards are not part of the design contest), and perforations on the front of the flap for business cards (business cards not part of the design contest).
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Defense doesn't always win championships in beach volleyball, but it might for Phil Dalhausser and Sean Rosenthal at the FIVB Grand Slam in Long Beach.
Tied 11-11 in the first set of their semifinal match against Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson, Dalhausser denied Gibb at the net once, then Patterson, and then Patterson again to win the point. Two plays later, Rosenthal pulled off a flailing, chicken-wing dig on Patterson and finished with a cross-court spike to make it 14-11 and seize control of the match.
"It was a critical part of the match there," Dalhausser said. "It kind of gave us a little momentum and sports is all about momentum. If you switch the momentum to your side, you can make up a couple extra points."
The fourth-seeded Americans blocked and dug their way to a 21-16, 21-19 semifinal victory against No. 1-seeded Gibb and Patterson on Friday. They will face No. 7-seeded Pablo Herrera Allepuz and Adrian Gavira Collado of Spain in the final Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
"It's kind of been like that all year," Rosenthal said. "We haven't been siding-out as well as both of us can, but we're scoring more points than everybody else."
With the ferociously hard-hitting Patterson on the other side of the net, sharp defense, as well as serving primarily to Gibb, helped turn the tide.
After polishing off the first game on a Dalhausser kill, they fell behind, 2-5, in the second set as Patterson heated up again. Dalhausser blocked Gibb to get his team within 6-7, and Rosenthal hit a cut shot to make it 12-12, but they were unable to pull ahead until 18-17, when a Patterson volley went long.
From there, the teams traded off for four points before another Dalhausser block on Gibb made it match point. Standing four or five feet behind the service line, Dalhausser said he decided that his jump serve would either be an ace or go out. "I was going for it all," he said.
And he got it, walloping the ball squarely into the back-right corner, past the outstretched fingers of a diving Patterson.
The same two teams will face off again Sunday in the semifinals of the World Series Cup.
Walsh Jennings debuts
Kerri Walsh Jennings will make her U.S. season debut Saturday, 14 weeks after giving birth to a daughter, Scout, her third child.
Walsh Jennings, who withdrew from the FIVB Grand Slam citing an abdominal strain, will play with Whitney Pavlik in the inaugural World Series Cup.
"I'm so glad the World Series Cup is happening," Walsh Jennings said after practicing with new partner Pavlik on Friday morning. "It's two matches and it's for all the glory."
Walsh Jennings, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, suffered the injury at a tournament in Switzerland two weeks ago. She and Pavlik will play April Ross and Jennifer Kessy in the U.S. semifinal at 11 a.m., with the winners advancing to face the international finalists Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
(Bitter)sweet Summertime
Summer Ross walked off the court smiling ear-to-ear. Partner Emily Day trudged next to her, eyes glazed in disappointment and frustration.
It was a bittersweet afternoon Friday for the rising American stars. Sweet because the 15th-seeded pair logged their best FIVB finish at the Grand Slam — and the best of any U.S. women's team. But bitter because they squandered two late-game leads to miss out on a medal finish.
Ross and Day lost to No. 2-seeded Taiana Lima and Talita Antunes of Brazil, 17-21, 21-13, 21-17, after going up 18-15 in the second set with a spot in the gold-medal match on the line. Then they fell to seventh-seeded Germans Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler, 21-18, 25-23, after leading 19-16 in the second game.


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There are many reasons to argue against the "deduction solution" to the "fiscal cliff."
Some, like former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin, say simply capping tax deductions is not politically realistic and wouldn't raise much revenue.
Others argue that President Barack Obama ran on hiking the tax rates for the wealthy and won, so therefore he has a mandate.
Some say that limiting deductions wouldn't be as "fair" or progressive as a straight tax-rate hike.


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In my work, I illustrate my own imaginative world, a place where creatures of fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and lullabies, which are apart of our childhood and adult culture, interact - be it warring or not. My work addresses gender roles/gender assignment given to mermen, the fragility of unicorn/panda dynamics, domestic violence between centaurs and unitaurs and the underlying threads of violence and danger that underpin all other-worldly societies.
My friend Eric a few years back tried animating some of my drawings and this is what happened.


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The Melissa Soaking Tub is inspired by the free-form beauty of nature, with no hard edges or stark contrasts. Experience the allure of the asymmetrical shape, the smooth curves that invite your touch, and the soft flow of the lines. It's time to get organic. Built to last and always warm to the touch, these beautiful Bathtubs are a perfect place to melt away tension and stress, leaving you refreshed, recharged and renewed. Please note: Slant is to the right side with trim to the back wall, (image is flipped).
- Much deeper than standard tubs for full immersion.
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Wyndham Collection is a brand known for their exquisitely beautiful bathroom vanities and bath tubs. Each Wyndham product is unique and beautiful in its own sense. The Wyndham Collection is committed to giving the best products to their customers and their latest line of bathroom furnishings is a testament to their dedication. If you are looking for innovative and sophisticated bathroom furnishings, then The Wyndham Collection's products are just right for you.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Lipscomb men's tennis team was defeated in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Championship Tournament on Friday morning when they fell 4-2 to South Carolina Upstate in Johnson City, Tenn.
The Bisons started the match off with a quick lead, taking the doubles point 2-1 to go up 1-0 heading into singles play.
Junior Oliver Strecker and sophomore Miguel Cortez fell at No. 1 to Matthias Kidler and Ramiro Blanco 8-4, while freshman Stuart Tierney and junior Tanner Brown picked up a win at No. 2, defeating Yvon Haessig and Pierre Vernin 8-5.
At No. 3, junior Colby Shaw and sophomore David Salazar secured the doubles point for the Bison with a 9-8 (7-5) win over Gonzalo Blanco and Jacob Darling.
Upstate quickly evened up with score with a win at No. 1 singles. Lipscomb's Strecker quickly fell to R. Blanco 6-1, 6-0, and Salazar soon fell at No. 2 to Kidler 6-2, 6-0 to give Upstate a 2-1 lead.
Shaw then dropped his match at No. 4, losing to Haessig 6-1, 6-2.
Down 3-1, the Bisons posted a win at No. 6, where Tierney easily took down Darling 6-1, 6-3.
Unfortunately, the Bisons dropped another match at No. 3, giving Upstate the win and a spot in the second round.
At No. 3, freshman Daniel Hernandez was defeated by G. Blanco 6-4, 6-3.
Cortez's match at No. 5 went unfinished following the completion of the match. He led the matchup 6-1, 5-5.
Doubles competition
1. Matthias Kidler/Ramiro Blanco (UPST) def. Oliver Strecker/Miguel Cortez (LIP) 8-4
2. Stuart Tierney/Tanner Brown (LIP) def. Yvon Haessig/Pierre Vernin (UPST) 8-5
3. Colby Shaw/David Salazar (LIP) def. Gonzalo Blanco/Jacob Darling (UPST) 9-8 (7-5)
Singles competition
1. Ramiro Blanco (UPST) def. Oliver Strecker (LIP) 6-1, 6-0
2. Matthias Kidler (UPST) def. David Salazar (LIP) 6-2, 6-0
3. Gonzalo Blanco (UPST) def. Daniel Hernandez (LIP) 6-4, 6-3
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Last time I was back east to see Mom we chatted about her Big Tree and how she likes to share information with interested people. She has, however, been reluctant to just put her Big Tree out there for the world to see. Her objections are twofold and quite reasonable, I thought.
A number of years ago a relative asked Mom for information she had complied regarding Samuel Albert House. The relative didn't like what she saw, specifically that Samuel Albert was born out of wedlock... so she changed it. Unfortunately this relative got busy sharing her doctored information and now it's out there as gospel. Mom got burnt. And when Mom gets burnt she gets mad.
Another objection Mom had to making her tree public is that she didn't want people bothering her with the "where did you get that" question. You see, Mom has been at this since the 1970s when she kept meticulous notes on chart sheets and index cards. If you are old enough to remember doing genealogy in the good old days before the computer you know what this is about:) So when Mom got her first version of Family Tree Maker way back when, she put in the bare-bones information knowing that she possessed all of the back up data in her big blue binders.
On this most recent trip I spent some goodly amount of time browsing Mom's blue binders containing the Williams and Whetstone families information. There was one letter in particular in which every paragraph invariably contained the words, "where did you get that?"
Today of course, Mom is busy using sources and notes. We love Notes on FTM because Mom can use it as a note to me about random details she remembers.
Anyhoo, when I saw Mom last week we chatted about the best way to share her Big Tree. And do it in a way that no one but us can change it. I emailed Randy Seaver (expert and author of the blog Genea-Musings at http://www.geneamusings.com/) when I got home to ask him what our options were for uploading Mom's Big Tree GEDCOM. Randy, as always, was super helpful and pointed me in the right direction, anticipated my next question and offered pointers to keep us on track while selecting the best options. So Thanks, Randy!!!
We chose Ancestry.com and yesterday I uploaded all 62,967 individuals on the version of the tree I have in my possession at the moment. (Mom has more on the latest version of her working tree but I don't have it here and that's another story.) The upload was super easy... after I went and purchased the download of Family Tree Maker 2012. When reading Randy's emails I realized that I had FTM 2010 and it wouldn't have the automatic sync feature that would make my Gen life easy:)
I selected the Share button in the upper right of the screen in FTM 2012. It asked me what tree I wanted to share on Ancestry.com and how I wanted to name it. Did that then clicked the Upload Now button and went to lunch. Checked about 20 minutes later and it wasn't done yet. At about the 45 minute mark I got concerned. Went on Ancestry's web site to see how worried I should be. Maybe I should have uploaded the GEDCOM from the Ancestry.com web site's Family Trees drop down menu? But not to worry, a moment later when I went back to my open FTM program screen it told me the work was now done and asked if I wanted to see the tree online? You bet I did I did!
Seems like the only glitch is that some of the individuals born in the 1700s and 1600s were marked as living. Now that's inconvenient! So I have been busy going through as many branches as I can discover, trying to find all of those tagged as living - even when there is a death date - and change it to deceased. If I miss anyone they won't show on Mom's Big Tree because the Ancestry setting we've chosen hides anyone listed as living for security.
Mom's Big Tree is named "Virgiania Williams Kelly's Big Tree" on Ancestry.com, so if you run into it, say hi:)
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Julie Clark, Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police fire marshal, reported Tuesday that the investigation into both fires was completed with the same result.
She said a fire that destroyed a two-family home along Graffius Avenue at 10:45 a.m. Nov. 2, owned by Richard Shaffer of Rossiter, was fully involved when the alarm came in.
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Owner Dave Setree's 86-year-old mother, Rose Setree, who lived in an apartment above the restaurant — escaped the flames uninjured.
Rose's nurse, Carol Stevens, was serving as her caretaker for the evening and got her out of the apartment literally seconds before the flames came up.
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posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 2:41 pm
Is there any way to constrain parameters to be equal across latent classes?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 3:12 pm
Constraining parameters to be equal across latent classes is done in the same way as it is done in all other models in Mplus. A number in parentheses is used. For example,
y1 ON x1 (1);
y2 ON x2 (1);
would constrain the regression coefficients in the regression of y1 on x1 and y2 on x2 to be held equal. If you look under Examples, Mixture Modeling, you will find equality constraints of the type you want in Mix14.
posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 3:26 pm
I think his/her question is about constraining parameters to be equal across latent classes.
Mplus constrains parameters (e.g., time scores, variances, and covariances of growth factors) to be equal across latent classes by default unless you set the parameters different across classes.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2002 - 4:03 pm
The thresholds of the latent class indicators are held equal across classes by default in a latent class analysis if they are mentioned only in the %OVERALL% model command. To remove the equality constraint, mention the thresholds in the class-specific MODEL commands. To impose other equality constraints, for example, to have some held equal and others not, use the normal convention of the same number in parentheses following the parameters that are to be constrained.
posted on Monday, January 20, 2003 - 12:57 pm
Hi. I have a quick question. Can you direct me to examples of code that compare heterogeneous t-class models to partial homogeneity latent class models for say two populations (i.e., men and women)?
posted on Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 5:40 pm
You can study such questions by including the grouping variable (e.g. gender) as a covariate. See Example 25.10 on page 270 in the Mplus Users' guide. Direct effects capture group differences in measurement. This approach covers the models studied in the Clogg & Goodman chapter of Sociological Methodology, 1985.
Katharina Schmid
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 4:41 am
my question relates to examining strict factorial invariance across four latent classes in a factor mixture model including 4 factors and 4 covariates.
I have run the default model where factor loadings, residual variances and intercepts are held equal across classes, so I now want to free these parameters so as to compare the two models.
However, i am a little unsure as to how the input instructions need to be set up.
do i free the parameters in the %overall% model command through assigning different start values, or do i free them by merely mentioning them in the class specific model commands for each class?
also, i understand that i need to fix the factor means to zero when doing this, but are there any other parameters i need to take into consideration in the input instructions?
many thanks
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 6:11 am
Factor loadings and intercepts are constrained to be equalacross groups in Mplus as the default. To relax the equality constraint, mention these parameters in the group-specific MODEL commands. It is not necessary to give starting values. Note that you do not want to mention the factor loading that sets the metric of the factor. For residual variances, leaving the equality constraint out of the overall MODEL command will relax the equality constraint. When intercepts are free across groups, factor means should be fixed to zero in all groups. Otherwise, factor means shoud be zero in one group and free in the others. A brief description of testing for measurement invariance is contained in Chapter 13 of the Version 4 Mplus User's Guide which is available in pdf form on the website.
Sean Mullen
posted on Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 10:05 am
Enders and Tofighi (2008) examined the impact of misspecifying class-specific residual variances. If the MPlus default in the general MODEL command is to free them across classes, which values should we use (or what steps might we follow) to improve the model fit if the tendency is for "level-1" (class 1) to be off the mark. Moreover, authors note that these parameters are rarely reported, so can you recommend a format for doing so (or a paper that does report residual variances)? For example, should they be reported for each class solution compared, or just the final solution?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, April 27, 2009 - 10:02 am
Variances and residual variances are held equal across classes as the default. To see where these variances should be free, use the PLOT command to look at estimated means and observed individual values.
Esperanza Camargo
posted on Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 4:39 pm
I�m running an EFA with 43 dichotomous variables (Mplus 5.1). It is my understanding that the �modification indices� indicate the drop in chi-square if I allow a correlated error between two given indicators. And that also, it would improve the other estimators (CFI, TLI, RMSEA, AND SMRM). Thus, I need to allow a correlation between two of my dichotomous indicators (x and y).
I am using the following instructions doing so
X with y@;
But it does not change anything; the chi-square, CFI, TLI, RMSEA and SMRM did not change at all. Am I using the right instruction?
I'll appreciate your help
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 6:09 am
The @ symbol fixes a parameter. Try
x WITH y;
Esperanza Camargo
posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 2:05 pm
Thank you very much for the feedback. It is highly appreciate.
I followed your suggestion and added it under the model section as it is shown below:
x with y;
My previous EFA output showed for each factor solution a substantial high chi-square change in the modification indices for adding a correlated error between the two given indicators.
However, after implementing the �with� command, the modification indices show the same substantial high square change that I previously observed. I was expecting 0 or at least a lower number in the modification indices between these two indicators.
Furthermore, I revised the output and I could not find any information regarding the size of the correlation between these two indicators and its associated statistical significance, is it possible to get this information in MPLUS? Is any place in the MPLUS web site that provides examples to use statements such as WITH using the 5.1 version?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 25, 2009 - 2:13 pm
Please send your full output and license number to
posted on Monday, May 05, 2014 - 12:31 am
Hi Dr Muthen, I estimated a 2-class model with covariates. The outcome makes sense with good class separation and homogeneity within each class. Item-response probabilities show that however there is some ambiguity in the response pattern of one of the items in class 1, with this item showing similar probabilities (0.493 and 0.507) in terms of endorsing and not endorsing that item. Is this acceptable?
Latent Class 1
Category 1 0.624 0.079 7.920 0.000
Category 2 0.376 0.079 4.779 0.000
Category 1 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Category 2 1.000 0.000 0.000 1.000
Category 1 0.493 0.088 5.612 0.000
Category 2 0.507 0.088 5.775 0.000
Category 1 0.246 0.077 3.182 0.001
Category 2 0.754 0.077 9.730 0.000
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 05, 2014 - 9:33 am
PTSD doesn't work well for classification. This is acceptable as long as the classes are not substantively describing ptsd.
Carillon J Skrzynski
posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 7:55 am
Is it possible to do invariance testing across groups using the XWITH command? For my sample, I believe I have an interaction that is different between males and females, but it looks like I can't run the XWITH code in a separate group ("Random effect variables can only be declared in the OVERALL model") Is there a way around this?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 1:53 pm
This is possible. Send our output to Support along with your license number.
posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 1:32 pm
Dear Dr. Muthen,
I am running a two-level latent class model with a categorical dependent variable. I have time points at the within level and individuals at the between level. I would like to constrain the thresholds to be equal across classes and set the intercept to 0 in the first class and estimate it freely in the other classes. However, since I cannot do this directly with a categorical variable, I tried to implement it with model constraints:
s | y on time;
s2 | y on time2;
[y$1] ;
[y$2] ;
[y$3] ;
[y$1] (a);
[y$2] (b);
[y$3] (c);
[y$1] (d);
[y$2] (e);
[y$3] (f);
int2 = a-d;
int2 = b-e;
int2 = c-f;
Does that make sense? Also, if I use this specification, can I compare means of s and s2 across classes?
Thank you.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 2:11 pm
Something like that might work - but a perhaps more down to earth approach is given in the 2016 Psychometrika article by Wu and Estabrook which includes an Mplus Appendix script for it.
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