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Astros unable to get bats going against Shields
Feldman runs into first rocky outing, allows five runs over six innings
HOUSTON -- Bo Porter's silence said it all.
It wasn't necessarily another loss that gnawed at the second-year manager.
It was the thought of his team's mental errors on display again that draw Porter's ire.
The Royals were the first team to pounce on Astros starter Scott Feldman this season, knocking nine hits off the Houston ace and rolling to a 5-1 win Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep in Minute Maid Park.
Though the Astros have scuffled out of the gate so far this season, they had avoided the all-too familiar sweeps of last season's 111-loss campaign.
The Royals reacquainted them with the brooms.
It came in sloppy fashion for the Astros, especially after a fifth inning baserunning gaffe from Matt Dominguez, as the third baseman tried to stretch a shallow no-out gapper into a double with a runner already on.
"It's just not smart, obviously," Porter said. "I went and asked Matt Dominguez and said, 'Do you think you're invisible?' You're down, 5-0, and the ball is right in front of you. No, I don't like that play."
By the time that chance came around, though, the Astros were already facing an uphill battle. Feldman had surrendered seven hits combined in his first three starts and entered Thursday's contest with a league-best 0.48 ERA.
But his night got off to a dubious start thanks to another mental error, this one also counted as an error in the box score.
A first-inning fielding miscue by newly-minted Major Leaguer George Springer allowed Nori Aoki to reach third, eventually leading to an unearned run.
"That's a double all the way," Porter said. "You're talking about a speed guy who hit a ball past a diving first baseman. There's nothing you can do to stop him from getting to second base. Just secure the ball and hit the cutoff man.
"That there is more of a mental error than it is a physical error."
But the hit itself highlighted how relentless the Royals were from the outset, never easing Feldman back into the flow of the game after he missed four days on the bereavement list following the death of his father.
"It seemed like they put the bat on the ball early and often," Feldman said. "It was tough to get some swing and misses. They found a lot of holes. Just one of those nights right from the get-go."
The Royals would score in three of the next four innings, including a two-run fourth built around Alcides Escobar's two-out, two-RBI double.
Feldman still managed to last six innings, while allowing a season-high five runs -- four earned -- and recording just two strikeouts. He's still the first Astros starter to complete six or more innings in his first four starts since Brett Myers did it six times to open the 2011 campaign.
"Out of the first four games, my arm and stuff actually felt the best tonight," he said. "Sometimes, your luck can run out. "
Meanwhile, Royals starter James Shields needed no luck against the home team. The righty struck out 12 Houston hitters over eight innings to stymie the struggling Astros.
"He was good, throwing his cutter and changeup for strikes," Dominguez said of Shields. "He had three or four pitches working tonight. Whenever he's got those going, he's pretty tough."
The 12 strikeouts were Shields's highest total as a Royal and the most for any Kansas City pitcher since Zach Greinke struck out a dozen against the Reds in June 2010.
Shields said it was as simple as letting the struggling Houston offense swing the bats.
"That's an aggressive team over there," he said. "When you get ahead in the count and make your pitches, you're successful. It worked tonight."
Despite the touted Springer's recent call-up, the Astros' lineup remains mired in a season-long slump and it finally cost them a sweep, one in which they scored seven runs in 29 innings.
Twelve players have at least 20 at-bats for Houston so far this season. Only four -- Jose Altuve, Jason Castro, Jesus Guzman and Dominguez -- are batting above the .200 mark. It was the 11th time in 16 games that the Astros haven't been able to score at least three runs. They are now 1-10 in such games.
The Astros pushed across their only run in the fifth inning, when Alex Presley's sacrifice fly plated Chris Carter after Dominguez's baserunning mistake shortened a potential big inning before it could begin.
"It's just bad baseball," Dominguez said. "Down by five, that's a poor decision and I realize it. I wish I could take it back, but that stuff can't happen if you want to win games."
Reliever Anthony Bass salvaged a sliver of silver lining from the defeat, tossing three perfect innings to keep the Astros' bullpen fresh after Wednesday's extra-inning loss.
"He pretty much saved the rest of the bullpen," Porter said. "A lot of times, that goes unnoticed, but if he hadn't handled things, it puts us in a tough situation going into Oakland. He also gave our offense a chance."
One the Astros couldn't seize, which is an increasingly common occurrence against Kansas City.
The Royals have now swept consecutive three-game sets against the Astros, dating back to last season, and have won seven of their last eight against Houston.
A quick turnaround awaits the Astros, who begin a six-game West Coast road trip Friday against the A's.

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Some scholars point to the numerous depictions of the ancient Egyptian Goddess Isis (wife of Osiris, lord of the underworld) with her infant son Horus as models for early depictions of Mary with baby Jesus. Why is this pointed to as an early model for artists making art for Christians? The cult of the goddess Isis, which ballooned in popularity during the first century CE, rivaled Christianity for devotion during the early days of the Christian church.
One might say that Romans rapidly lost faith in the Greek/Roman pantheon of gods during the civil wars, barbarian attacks, and general mayhem of the empire. Isis was the goddess of mothers, childbirth, and the home, among other things. This nurturing pedigree would appeal to soul-sick Romans just as the Madonna and Child did to Christians who were constantly brow-beaten about sin and repentance during the Middle Ages.
Most of the artists who created works for early Christians were not themselves Christian, and I think it is completely possible that they used the very popular image of Isis/Horus as a model for another mother and child theme. I'm not even going to go into the background story of Isis, with its drama of betrayal, death, and resurrection. Another possible source for laying the groundwork of a popular Christian subject was Greek and Roman depictions of Venus and Cupid. Although they are another mother and son pairing, it's a stretch when you compare garments, or lack thereof.
The thing I find charming about this little sculpture is, despite the fact that this is quite late in the evolution of Egyptian art, the figures are depicted in the same, hieratic, stiff, immobile pose as that seen on figures from two millennia earlier. Their bodies are perpendicular to each other and are solidly attached to the throne. Isis is often depicted with a throne on her head, and her name means literally "seat." Perhaps that is why her posture so closely mimics the geometric throne. She also sometimes wears the cow's horns and solar disk of Hathor, as she does in this version. Her hand is most often shown to her bosom to indicate mothering/nurturing.
Correlations to Davis programs: A Personal Journey: 4.1, 9.1; A Global Pursuit: 1.1; The Visual Experience: 15.3; Discovering Art History: 5.3


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1-2-3 Imagine! is a Sesame Street Live show originally produced in 1996 by VEE Corporation. It was repeated in 2002 and 2005. In 2009, it was revived again, retitled 1-2-3 Imagine! with Elmo & Friends, for the 30th anniversary tour of Sesame Street Live.
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Choong-Nam Kang
posted on Thursday, May 03, 2007 - 2:02 pm
I'm trying to run two-stage path analysis with one categorical dependent variable in M plus.
I need to get predicted proabilites and changes of predicted probabilities. I also need robust standized errors adjusted by clustering a variable Z.
I could not find the ways of doing those.
Could you kindly help me to be able to those?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 8:19 am
By two stage, do you mean a model with two equations? Is the final dependent variable binary?
Choong-Nam Kang
posted on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 10:55 am
Dear Linda,
Yes, I have two equations within my model. First equation has a continuous dependent variable and second equaiton has a binary variable (final dependent variable).
I'm trying to run a path analysis with ML estimation.
I need to get predicted probabilities and changes of predicted probabilities across varying independent variables (most of them are binary, too).
I also need to robust standized error adjusted by clustering a certain variable with one-tailed test.
I would really appreciate it, if you can help me find the way out.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 07, 2007 - 3:16 pm
Your equations are
y = a1 + b*x
u = a2 + b1*y + b2*x
u = a2 + b1 (a1 +b*x) +b2*x
u = a2 + b1*a1 + b1*b*x + b2*x
logit = -a2 + b1*a1 + b1*b*x + b2*x
Note that Mplus estimates a threshold for a2. To make the threshold an intercept, the sign must change.
With ML and the logit link which is the default, the probability of u=1 is:
1 / (1 + exp(-logit))
You can vary the values of x.
For standard errors that take clustering into account, use TYPE = COMPLEX;
Choong-Nam Kang
posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 1:24 pm
Dear Linda
Thank you for your advice.
However, what I really want to know is whether there are commands to get those statistics in M plus and the way of inputting coomands to get those in M plus, if any. Or should I calculate those by myself?
Thank you very much for your help.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 2:19 pm
We don't calculate probabilities when covariates are involved because they depend on the value of the covariate that is chosen. You will need to calculate them yourself.
J Owens
posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 9:09 am
Hi There,
I was wondering how you would recommend calculating predicted scores for a path model in which the final dependent variable is continuous (GPA) but one of the two prior dependent variables is binary. The equations above are very helpful in terms of calculating the predicted probabilities for my intervening binary dependent variable, but I'm wondering how to use these probabilities or underlying logit values in calculating the final dependent variable, GPA.
My equations look like this: (v is a continuous dependent variable, u is a binary dependent variable, and y is a continuous dependent variable)
v = a1 + b1*x
u = a2 + b2*v
y = a3 + b3*v + b4*u
Thank you very much!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 10:47 am
If you use estimation by WLSMV or Bayes, the continuous latent response variable u* is used instead of the binary u so that only linear relationships are considered and in this case you simply express the "reduced-form" inserting the v and u equations in the y equation so that y becomes a function of x.
If you use ML, things are more complex because the binary u is the predictor of y. For that case, see formulas in
Muth�n, B. (2011). Applications of causally defined direct and indirect effects in mediation analysis using SEM in Mplus.
which is on our web site.
J Owens
posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 12:20 pm
Thank you very much, Bengt!
posted on Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 4:22 pm
On May 7, 2007, you discussed how to calculate predicted probabilities, noting that this would be the solution:
"logit = -a2 + b1*a1 + b1*b*x + b2*x
Note that Mplus estimates a threshold for a2. To make the threshold an intercept, the sign must change.
With ML and the logit link which is the default, the probability of u=1 is: 1 / (1 + exp(-logit))"
My question: Is the above formula essentially the same as the below formula, which I've used with logistic regression?:
log (Pi / 1 � Pi) = a + b1X1 + b2X2 + . . . + bkXk to determine the log odds, exp(logit) to determine the estimated odds, which I then converted into probabilities using the formula odds / (1 + odds).
posted on Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 4:46 pm
And just to clarify my question about predicted probabilities, the 2007 question was about two equations. I only have one. Thanks.
rgm smeets
posted on Friday, July 26, 2019 - 12:56 am
I am running a LCA with some nominal indicators. I would like to calculate the probabilities for these nominal variables and found a formula online. Is it correct that I only need the estimated means for each level within the nominal variables to calculate the probabilities?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 26, 2019 - 6:43 am
Yes, the logit means for each class. Using the UG chapter 14 formula.
rgm smeets
posted on Friday, July 26, 2019 - 9:35 am
Ok thank you. When Mplus gives the mean in the MODEL RESULTS, this is actually already the logit mean right?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 26, 2019 - 9:42 am
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The smartest move we've made so far: "It comes down to talking to women. I've met face to face with more than 70 women as the MoonTango model evolved, and it's evolved a lot. I'm so grateful to all the brave women who very openly shared their thoughts around some pretty personal topics. The insights and ideas that came out of those conversations were invaluable. It is particularly delightful for me that some of the very best ideas came from women angels and VCs. So, while I'm at the helm, the MoonTango model truly was designed by and for women. And now that the product is live, the feedback I hear from women is unlike any I've seen from any set of customers from any company I've ever worked on. It's very rewarding. The next smartest move I hope to make is building a phenomenal team of women to move the MoonTango vision forward."
The biggest mistake we've made so far: "I've made plenty of mistakes, but the one I regret most is trying to raise funding in the summer."
Would you rather have Gates, Jobs, Zuckerberg or Bezos in your corner: "Wow. Great list. But none of them are women. MoonTango would rather pick from a list like Gail Goodman, Dawn Lepore, Ariana Huffington, Lisa Stone and Oprah. I'd take any of them in my corner, but Dawn's experience at drugstore.com would be particularly valuable… and her commute would be easy."
Our world domination strategy starts when: "MoonTango becomes a verb. When women start responding to their girlfriend's complaints of running out of tampons or condoms or lip balm and she says: 'Oh, you should moontango that stuff.' Then, we're on our way to a MoonTango box on the doorstep of every woman in America."
Rivals should fear us because: "Our rivals all think they are e-commerce delivery services. But MoonTango knows we're not really that at all. Ok. I've said too much."
We are truly unique because: "MoonTango's uniqueness is not anchored in any particular feature or capability or who the founders are or any other superficial property. MoonTango's uniqueness comes from our approach to understanding and solving problems… a balancing of objectivity and subjectivity, practicality and whimsy, yin and yang."
The biggest hurdle we've overcome is: "I had to fire my first dev. It was a hard decision, but the right one to make. It was a serious setback at a very critical juncture and we lost significant traction because of it. But I was very up front with all of the investors I was working with and I didn't sugar coat any of it. The reality was, however, that I had to cease fund raising to focus on getting dev back underway and getting the product to an "investable" state. At that point, I almost decided to roll up my sleeves and build the MVP myself. I'm glad I didn't though because I found a terrific team that built a much better product than I could have and we got back on track."
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RECIPEJersey Fresh Goat Cheese PANNA COTTA with Vino Cotto
Serves 8 as an entrée (a lovely first course and surprises guests with its mild silky texture)
250ml Jersey Fresh Cream
250ml Jersey Fresh Milk
3-4 gelatine leaves depends on their strength
150gm soft goats cheese
1 sprig rosemary
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
6 cups baby salad leaves
1 cup toasted walnuts
Olive oil to dress
Warm the cream and milk with the rosemary sprig. Add the salt and sugar and whisk. Remove from the heat and whisk in the crumbled cheese until combined.
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Last Saturday, the Philadelphia Union honored the family of tri-state soccer legend in Stan Koziol.
Koziol, affectionately known as "Stas" or "Stosh," passed after a battle with leukemia.
He is survived by his wife Margret and his two children Nicole and Matthew.He was 48.
Before the match against D.C. United, the Philadelphia Union Foundation presented a check to the Koziol family in the amount of $3,500. However, as a result of our fans and constituents, the Foundation raised an additional $1,500 and reissued a $5,000 check to the family.
A native of Clifton, N.J., Koziol attended Loyola (Md.) University where he was a two-time All American and still holds the program record for assists. Following college, he turned professional where he enjoyed an eight-year career playing in the old American Professional Soccer League (APSL) for the Maryland Bays (1988) and the Boston Bolts (1989-90). He played internationally for the Puerto Rican national team during qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and had a fantastic indoor career, playing for the Baltimore Blast (1989-90), Hershey Impact (1991-92) and Canton Invaders (1992-93).
Through the many stops of his illustrious career, Koziol made many friends along the way. Philadelphia Union CEO and managing partner Nick Sakiewicz considered Koziol one of his dearest – family even.
"Stas was like family and a dear friend whose tenacity on the soccer pitch followed him off the pitch and throughout his life," Sakiewicz said. "It has been an honor to compete against him, play with him and, most importantly, to have known him for most of our lives starting with growing up on the streets of northern New Jersey playing soccer. Stas touched so many lives. We will all miss him immensely."
On behalf of the Philadelphia Union Foundation and the entire Philadelphia Union family, we'd like to thank all those that contributed to support the family of our fallen friend.


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20 minute crafter-candy cane hearts for Valentines!
Candy melts (from Micheal's) (I used 6-7 melts per mini candy cane heart)
Lolly pop sticks (from Micheal's)
Sprinkles (You can get them in the $1 bins of Target right now!!!)
Leftover candy canes in pairs
Microwave safe bowl
Wax paper
Yay you!
You are so awesome.
Go spread some love. :) xo
13 comments:
- goletagirlwendy said...
Cool idea. I might have to hunt down some candy canes now.
- January 3, 2012 at 1:51 PM
- Millicent said...
cutest thing ever! i'm pinning this bad boy :)
- January 3, 2012 at 2:45 PM
- Mollie said...
You are just so FUN! I wish my brain worked like yours does!!
- January 3, 2012 at 3:07 PM
- Mollie said...
You are so FUN!! I wish my brain worked like yours does!
- January 3, 2012 at 3:08 PM
- Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft said...
Super cute! I have never seen them done with pink chocolate! Definitely don't have any candy canes left, though. Dangit! Wonder if I could still find some? I'm pinning this too. :)
- January 3, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Erin Butson said...
Love these! so cute & creative. My little guy will love them.
xo, e
- January 3, 2012 at 5:24 PM
- Kristen @ Hope Abound said...
Cuteness! Too bad I don't have any of them.
- January 3, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Trish said...
to bad addie ate all but 3 candy canes! darn her sweet tooth!
- January 3, 2012 at 10:31 PM
- April D said...
These are so fun. I made them one year when my girls were much younger--but without the lollipop sticks. THAT elevates it to an ART!
I am enjoying your blog this morning. The Jan.1 post was for ME.
Thanks for sharing your heart. VERY encouraging.
(And now I'm also thinking we could make a run to the store for PINK melty candies!)
- January 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM
- Unknown said...
I see in the instructions you used lollypop sticks, but in the finish photo, you used barber pole straws. Was there a difference in the stability? I was wanting to order some of the straws for a birthday, and then use the extras on these lollypops. cheers, Kat
- January 7, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- Jo said...
These are SO cute!
- January 11, 2012 at 3:15 PM
- Jenn @ Peas and Crayons said...
This is beyond brilliant! And I have everything on hand to make this for my hubster! ahhh you rock! Off to explore your bloggy! <3
- January 17, 2012 at 2:45 PM
- Tami said...
Just stopping by to let you know that I've featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
If you have other kid friendly crafts, I'd love it if you would submit them. :) If you would like to display a
featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.
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****On WBEZ Chicago Public Radio this week, Eight Forty-Eight ran a report about artist Chris Drew's fight against Chicago's restrictive laws concerning street art vendors. The report compares Chicago's laws on the issue to those of San Francisco and New York City, and the results are mostly unfavorable to the Windy City. This quote from Drew's attorney Mark Weinberg sums it up nicely: "Mayor Daley has an idea of beauty which includes sort of an orderliness, you have the black wrought-iron fences, you have beautiful buildings and you have flowers in between the streets. It's a nice idea of beauty, but it's a very limited idea of beauty."
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****On his blog, Tyler Green criticizes The University of Chicago Press' recent publication Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting for being "essentially an authorized biography, 389 pages of praise rather than examination and contextualization." The book was written with the full cooperation of the artist himself, and with full access to Richter's archives. Green adds that the "book rarely contextualizes Richter within broader history. It veers toward as-told-to territory. The prose is often grating, overly laudatory and almost always reads as if it was ripped from a press release."
****Chris and Sam of the great Midwest painting blog MW Capacity have curated an exhibition titled undercrowded at University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design. The exhibition dates are March 11-April 10, 2010. It features paintings and videos that depict depopulated public spaces and includes artists Joey Borovicka, Sam King, Kristin Musgnug and Stephanie Pierce.
****This special New York Times report on major museums whose gains in attendance are due to being "vibrant destinations where the exhibitions are sometimes besides the point" certainly isn't breaking news, but it bears being reminded that "the rise of merchandised culture" is more than likely where the future of the behemoth arts institution (and those institutions who wish to join the ranks of the elephantine) lies. Another reason why Jeffrey Deitch's move to MOCA makes perfect demonic sense.
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Two sisters broke away from the corporate store inside Wal-Mart to open The Shear Shack, bringing life to a Main Street store that had been empty for five years.
The new salon opened in between Smitty's Pool Hall and Smoke 'n' Stuff on Tuesday. It is the brain-child of stylists Christina Padilla and Jenna Gallegos, who two branded the store after their maiden name, Schaak.
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"We wanted to work when we wanted, wear what we wanted," Gallegos said.
Padilla left her job after seven years as a manager, becoming an entrepreneur three years ahead of her personal goal.
All four were hard at work cleaning the store Monday, after driving to Farmington in the early hours of the morning to pick up equipment and prepare for the opening.
"We had our struggles, but it's worked out," Gallegos said.
They were all thankful for the help of family and friends who supported their endeavor.
In addition to hair-styling services, the store will offer pedicures and waxing.
They plan to charge $15 for a hair cut, as they did before. It will be open Monday through Saturday and by appointment one Sunday a month.
The salon can be reached at 970-516-1800.