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All Statistics Publications
Neilson, K.A., Towns, D.R., and Curran, J. (2004) Assessing the habitat use of chevron skink (Oligosoma homalonotum) on Great Barrier Island through trapping and radiotracking New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31, 106-107.
John, J.A. (2003) On the contraction of a resolvable row-column design. 12th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics. Dortmund, Germany.
Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Triggs, C.M. (2002) What is the Magnitude of the Subpopulation Effect? 5th International Conference on Forensic Statistics, Venice, Italy.
Hunt, L.A. & Jorgensen, M.A. (2002) Unsupervised Learning from Incomplete Data using a Finite Mixture Model Approach Statistical Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2002) Evaluation of the Asymptotic Variance-Covariance Matrix for Finite Mixture Distributions. 13th Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2002) Measurement Error Comparison using Single Factor Analysis with Minimum Message Estimation. Mixture Models, Bump-Hunting and Measurement Errors Workshop, Cleveland USA.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2002) Using Finite Mixtures to Robustify Statistical Models. International Conferfence on Robust Statistics ICORS, Vancouver, Canada AND 16th Australian Statistical Conference.
McWhirter, J.L. (2002) Bayesian Modelling of Pulsatile Data. 16th Australian Statistical Conference, Canberra.
Bolstad, W.M. (2001) Making the 21st Century Bayesian: Teaching Bayesian Statistics at First Year Level ISBA Bulletin.
Hunt, L.A. & Jorgensen, M.A. (2001) Mixture Model Clustering for Mixed Categorical and Continuous Data with Missing Values. Mixtures 2001 Conference, Hamburg, Germany
Bolstad, W.M. (1997) Monte Carlo Methods in Bayesian Statistics The New Zealand Statistician. Vol. 32, 2-22.
Henderson, H.V. (1997) Calf disbudding Dairy Cattle Veterinarians 14, 5.
Littler, R. A, and Whitaker, D. (1997) Estimating staffing requirements at an airport terminal J Operational Research Soc 48, 124-131.
Mackle, T.R., Petch S.F., Bryant A.M., Auldist, M.J., Henderson H.V., MacGibbon A.K.H. (1997) Variation in the characteristics of milkfat from pasture-fed dairy cows during late spring and the effects of grain supplementation New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 40, 349-359.
Triggs, C.M., Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Walsh, K.A.J. (1997) The grouping problem in forensic glass analysis: a divisive approach Forensic Science International 85, 1-14.
Bolstad, W.M. (1996) Comments on: Paradox or Paradigm The New Zealand Statistician. Vol. 31 7-9.
Dale, J. (1996) Contribution to the Discussion of Lee, Y. And Nelder, J.A. 'Hierarchical generalized linear models.' Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 58 No. 4, 665.
Eccleston, J.A. and John, J.A. (1996) Orthogonal main effect plans for two and three factors in small blocks Metrika 43, 203-211.
Williams, E.R. and John, J.A. (1996) A note on optimality in lattice square designs Biometrika 83, 709-13.
Bolstad, W.M. (1995) The Multiprocess Dynamic Poisson Model Journal of the American Statistical Association
90, 429 227-232.
Curran, J.M. (1995) Statistical analysis of forensic glass evidence: a review Proceedings of the A.C. Aitken Centenary Conference, Dunedin 95-102.
John, J.A. (1995) Interchange algorithms for constructing designs with complex blocking structures Statistical Theory and Applications, Papers in Honour of H A David (Ed H N Nagaraja, P K Sen and D F Morrison) 233-246.
Curran, J.M. (1994) A method for adjusting for unit non-response Proceedings of the NZSA/NZOR Conference, Palmerston North 291-296.
Bolstad, W.M. (1993) Finding the Initial Prior Distribution in the Multiprocess Dynamic Linear Trend Model with
Dummy Seasonal Effects by Backcasting in the Time-reversed Model ASA Proceedings Business and Economics Section.
Eccleston, J., John, J.A. and Whitaker, D. (1993) Some row-column designs with adjusted orthogonality J of Statist Planning and Inference 36.
John, J.A. and Whitaker, D. (1993) Construction of resolvable row-column designs using simulated annealing Australian J Statist 35, 237-245
John, J.A., Whitaker, D. and Triggs, C.M. (1993) Construction of cyclic designs using integer programming J Statist Planning and Inference 36, 357-366.
Bolstad, W.M. (1992) Multiprocess Dynamic Linear Model for Statistical Process Control ASA Proceedings Quality and
Productivity Section.
Bolstad, W.M. (1992) Robust Bayesian estimation using a variable mixture of conjugate family members The New Zealand Statistician
Vol. 27 15-22.
Jorgensen, M., Zhaorong, J and C.A. McGilchrist (1992) Mixed model discrete regression Biometrical Journal 34, 691-700.
Whitaker, D, and Brown, S.M. (1991) Linear programming modelling with databases, Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp33-41.
Bolstad, W.M. (1990) The efficiency of dynamic linear model estimators applied to a linearly aggregated time series Comm. in Statistics Theory and Methods 19(1), 83-90.
Buwalda, J.G., Wilson, G.J., Smith, G.S. and Littler, R.A. (1990) The development and effects of nitrogen deficiency in field grown kiwifruit (actinidia deliciosa) vines Plant and Soil v 129.
Jorgensen, M. (1990) Implicitly defined statistics American Statistician 44, letters.
Whitaker, D. and Cammell, S. (1990) A partitioned cutting-stock problem applied in the Meat Industry. Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 41, No. 9, pp801-807.
Whitaker, D., Triggs, C.M. and John, J.A. (1990) Construction of block designs using mathematical programming Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, 52(3) 497-503.
Douglas, J.A., Follett, J.M. and Littler, R.A. (1989) Boron requirements of asparagus seedlings grown in sand culture Scientia Horticulturae 38, 33-42.
McWhirter,J., Littlejohn, R.P., Henderson, H.V., Thompson, J.F., Montgomery, G.W. and MacMillan, K.L. (1989) Analysing Hormone Profiles with Pulses New Zealand Statistician 24 50-56.
Sarathchandra, S.U., Perrott, K.W. and Littler, R.A. (1989) Soil microbial biomass: influence of simulated temperature changes on size, activity and nutrient-content Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 987-993.
Bolstad, W.M. (1988) Estimation in the multiprocess dynamic generalized linear model Comm. in Statistics: Theory and Methods.
17(12), 4179-4204.
Bolstad, W.M. (1988) The multiprocess dynamic linear model with biased perturbations: a real time model for growth hormone level
Biometrika. 75(4), 685-692.
Douglas, J.A., Littler, R.A. and Slay, M.J. (1988) Effect of superphosphate with and without nitrogen on grain yield, grain size, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur concentrations, and baking quality of 'Karamu' wheat NZ J Agricultural Research 31, 169-177.
Powell, C.L., Caldwell, K.I., Littler, R.A. and Warrington, I. (1988) Effect of temperature regime and nitrogen fertiliser level on vegetative and reproductive bud development in Cymbidium orchids J American Society Horticultural Science .
Bolstad, W.M. (1987) An Estimation Method for the Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model with Contemporaneous Covariances based on an Efficient
Recursive Algorithm Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation. Vol. 16. No 3 689-698.
Ledgard, S.F., Brier, G.S. and Littler, R.A. (1987) Legume production and nitrogen fixation in hill pasture communities NZ J Agricultural Research 30, p413-421.
Steele, K.W. and Littler, R.A. (1987) Field evaluation of some factors affecting estimation of nitrogen fixation in pastures by 15N isotope dilution Australian J Agricultural Research 38, 153-161.
Bolstad, W.M. (1986) An Efficient Algorithm for Harrison-Stevens Forecasting using the Multiprocess Dynamic Linear Model
Communications in Statistics, Simulation and Computation. Vol. 15 No. 3 819-828.
Bolstad, W.M. (1986) Harrison-Stevens Forecasting and the Multiprocess Dynamic Linear Model The American Statistician
Vol 40. No. 2 129-136.
Jorgensen, M. (1986) Design of a database for a single-release mark-recapture experiment Proceedings of the Pacific Statistical Conference, 345-348.
Hill, P. (1985) Kernel estimation of a distribution function Comm. in Statist. Theor. & Meth. A14, 605-620.
Jorgensen, M. (1985) Comparison of routine analyses by different laboratories New Zealand Statistician 20 35- 43.
Hill, P. (1984) Some thoughts on reference ranges
N.Z. J. Med. Lab. Tech. 38, 69-73.
Jorgensen, M. (1981) Fitting animal growth curves. New Zealand Statistician 16(2) 5- 15.
Littler, R.A. and Good, A.J. (1978) Ages, extinction times and first passage probabilities for a multi-allele diffusion model with irreversible mutation Theoretical Population Biology 13, 214- 225.
Littler, R.A. and Good, A.J. (1978) Fixation times and probabilities for an independent loci model in genetics Theoretical Population Biology 14, 204-214.
Jorgensen, M. (1975) Regular ultrafilters and long ultrapowers Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 18, 41-43.
Littler, R.A. (1975) Loss of variability at one locus in a finite population Mathematical Biosciences 25 151-163.
Littler, R.A. and Fackerell. E.D. (1975) Transition densities for neutral multi-allele diffusion
models Biometrics 31, 117-123.
Fackerell, E.D. and Littler, R.A. (1974) Polynomials biorthogonal to Appell's polynomials Bulletin Australian Mathematical Society11, 181-195.
Littler, R.A. (1973) Linkage disequilibrium in two-locus finite random-mating models without selection or mutation Theoretical Population Biology 4, 259-275.
Jorgensen, M. and A. Adler (1972) Descendingly incomplete ultrafilters and the cardinality of ultrapowers Canadian J. Math. 24, 830- 834.
Jorgensen, M. (1970) An equivalent form of Lévy's axiom schema Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 651-654.
Bradshaw, B., Dell., P.M., Healy, T., and Bolstad, W.M. Inner shelf dynamics on a storm dominated coast, East Coromandel, New Zealand
Journal for Coastal Research 7(1), 11-30.
Lee, Y. MacEachern, S.N., and Jung, Y. (2012) Regularization of Case-Specific Parameters for Robustness and Efficiency Statistical Science, 27, 350-372
Lee, Y., Lee, I., Jung, Y., McConkey, D., and Czerniak, B (2012) In-Frame cDNA library combined with protein complementation assay identified ARL11-binding partners. PLoS ONE, 7(12): e52290. doi:10.1371/journal.pone 0052290
O'Neil, T.A., Balks, M.A., Lopez-Martinez, J. and McWhirter, J.L. (2012) A method for assessing the physical recovery of Antarctic desert pavements following human-induced disturbances: A case study in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. Journal of Environmental Management pp415-428
Paul, W.J., Hamilton , D.P., Ostrovsky, I, Miller, S.D., Zhang, A., and Muraoka, K. (2012) Catchment land use and trophic state impacts on phytoplankton composition: a case study from the Rotorua lakes district, New Zealand Hydrobiologia, The International Journal of Aquatic Service, Springer Science+Business Media, 698, 133-146.
Elbohouty, M., Wilson, M.T., Voss, L.J., Steyn-Ross, D.A. and Hunt, L.A. (2013) In vitro electrical conductivity of seizing and non-seizing mouse brain slices at 10 kHz Phys. Med. Biol. 58. 3599-3613.
Phillips, P.M., Phadnis, J., Willoughby, R. and Hunt, L.A. (2013) Posterior Sloping Angle as a Predictor of Contralateral Slip in Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis J. Bone Joint Surg. Am., 2013 Jan 16;95(2):146-150. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00365
Abell, J.M., Ozkundakci, D., Hamilton, D.P., and Miller, S.D. (2011) Relationships between land use and nitrogen and phosphorus in New Zealand lakes Marine & Freshwater Research, 62 (2), 162-175
Haslett, J., Joshi, C. and Geveli, R.V. (2011) On efficient estimation of the variance of the Randomised Quasi Monte Carlo estimate TCD-Statistifcs-11-08. trinity College, Dublin, p.1.13.
Jorgensen, M.A. & McLachlan, G.J. (2008) Wallace's approach to upsupervised learning: the Snob program The Computer Journal 51, pp571-578.
Zuma, K., Jorgensen, M., Lurie, M. (2007) Analysis of interval-censored data from circular migrant and non-migrant sexual partnerships using the EM algorithm. Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26, 309-319.
Domijan, K., Jorgensen, M.A. & Reid, J. (2006) Semi-mechanistic modelling in nonlinear regression: a case study (with discussion). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (48), pp373-392.
Bill, M., Gill, P., Curran, J., Clayton, T., Pinchin, R, Healy, M. and Buckleton, J. (2005) PENDULUM - a guideline-based approach to the interpretation of STR mixtures. Forensic Science International 148, 181-189.
Curran, J.M., Gill, P. and Bill, M.R. (2005) Interpretation of repeat measurement DNA evidence allowing for multiple contributors and population substructure. Forensic Science International 148, 47-53.
Gill, P., Curran, J. and Elliot, K. (2005) A graphical simulation model of the entire DNA process associated with the analysis of short tandem repeat loci. Nucleic Acids Research 33(2), 632-643.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2005) Minimum message length estimation using EM methods: a case study. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis (49), 147-167.
Wright, C.L., John, J.A., Whitaker, D. and Williams, E.R. (2005) Construction of Resolvable Row-Column Designs based on Contractions Aust. N.Z. J. Stat. (1), 119-124
John, J.A., Russell, K.G. and Whitaker, D. (2004) CrossOver: an algorithm for the construction of efficient cross-over designs Statist. Med. 23, 2645-2658.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2004) Using multinomial mixture models to cluster internet traffic. Aust. N.Z. J. Stat. 46(2), 205-218
Newton, A.W.N., Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M. and Buckleton, J.S. (2004) The consequences of potentially differing distributions of the refractive indices of glass fragments from control and recovered sources. Forensic Science International 140, 185-193.
Reed, W.J. and Jorgensen, M.A. (2004) The double Pareto-lognormal distribution - A new parametric model for size distributions Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods 33(8), 1733-1753.
Bennett, R.L., Kim, N.D., Curran, J.M., Coulson, S.A. and Newton, A.W.N. (2003) Spatial variation of refractive index in a pane of float glass. Scientific and Technical 43, 71-76.
Curran, J.M. (2003) The statistical interpretation of forensic glass evidence International Statistical Review. 71(3), 497-520.
Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Triggs, C.M. (2003) What is the magnitude of the subpopulation effect? Forensic Science International 135, 1-8.
Hunt, L.A. and Jorgensen, M.A. (2003) Mixture model clustering for mixed data with missing information. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 41, 429-440.
John, J.A. and Russell, K.G. (2003) Optimising changeover designs using the average efficiency factors. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 113, 259-268.
Johnson, D.G. and John, J.A. (2003) Use of demonstrations and experiments in teaching business statistics Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences 7(2), 93-103.
McBride, G.B., McWhirter, J.L. and Dalgety, M.H. (2003) Uncertainty in most probable number calculations for microbiological assays. Journal of AOAC International. 86(5), 1084-1088.
Walsh, S.J., Triggs, C.M., Curran, J.M., Cullen, J.R. and Buckleton, J.S. (2003) Evidence in support of self-declaration as a sampling method for the formation of sub-population DNA databases. Journal of Forensic Science 48(5), 1091-1093.
Williams, E.R. and John, J.A. (2003) A note on the design of unreplicated trials. Biometrical Journal. 45(6), 751-757.
Abaz , J., Walsh, S., Curran, J., Moss, D., Cullen, J., Bright, J., Crowe, G., Cockerton, S. Power, T. (2002) Comparison of variables affecting the recovery of DNA from common drinking containers. Forensic Science International 126(3) 233-240.
Butcher, P.A., Williams, E.R., Whitaker, D., Ling, S., Speed, T.P. and Moran, G.F. (2002) Improving linkage analysis in outcrossed forest trees - an example from Acacia mangium. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 104, 1185-1191.
Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S., Triggs, C.M. and Weir, B.S. (2002) Assessing uncertainty in DNA evidence caused by sampling effects. Science & Justice, 42(1), 29-37.
John, J.A., Ruggiero, K. and Williams, E.R. (2002) an
-Designs Aust. N.Z. J.Stat. 44(4) 457-465.
Bolstad, W.M. and Manda, S. (2001) Investigating Child Mortality in Malawi using Family and Community Random Effects: A Bayesian Analysis
Journal of the American Statistical Association Vol. 96.
Bolstad, W.M., Hunt, L.A., McWhirter, J.L. (2001) Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll survey in a First year service course in statistics The American Statistician 55, 145-149.
Hunt, L.A. & Basford, K.E. (2001) Fitting a mixture model to three-mode three-way data with missing information. Journal of Classification, 18, 209-226.
John, J.A. (2001) Updating formula in an analysis of variance model. Biometrika. 88, 1175-1178.
Buckleton, J.S., Curran, J.M, and Basten, C.J. (2000) Evaluating the statistical significance of single band profiles in VNTR analyses Science and Justice 40(1), 27-32.
Buckleton, J.S., Curran, J.M. and Basten, C.J. (2000) Evaluating the statistical significance of single band profiles in VNTR analyses. Science & Justice, 40(1), 27-31.
Curran, J.M. (2000) Expert Witnesses in DNA cases. The New Zealand Law Journal, 101-102.
Graham, J., Curran, J.M. and Weir, B.S. (2000) Conditional genotypic probabilities for microsatellite loci. Genetics 155, 1973-1980.
John, J.A. and Whitaker, D. (2000) Recursive formulae for the average efficiency factor in block and row-column
designs. J. Roy. Statist. Soc., B. 62, 575-583.
John, J.A. and Williams, E.R. (2000) Updating the average efficiency factor in alpha-designs Biometrika. 87, 695-699.
Bardsley, W.E., Jorgensen, M.A., Alpert, P. and Ben-Gai, T. (1999) A significance test for empty corners in scatter diagrams Journal of Hydrology, 219, 1-6.
Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Triggs, C.M. (1999) The robustness of a continuous likelihood approach to Bayesian analysis of forensic glass evidence Forensic Science International 104, 93-101.
Curran, J.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Triggs. C.M. (1999) Commentary on Koons RD, Buscaglia, J. The forensic significance of glass composition and refractive index measurements. The Journal of Forensic Sciences, 44(4), 1324-1325.
Curran, J.M., Robertson, B. and Vignaux, G.A. (1999) Genetic matches and the logic of the law Genetica 105(2), 211-213.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M., Buckleton, J.S. and Coulson, S. (1999) Combining a continuous Bayesian approach with grouping information Forensic Science International 91, 181-96.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M., Weir, B.S. and Buckleton, J.S. (1999) The interpretation of DNA mixtures with population structure Journal of Forensic Sciences 44(5), 987-995.
Eccleston, J. and Whitaker, D. (1999) On the design of optimal change-over experiments through multi objective simulated annealing Statistics and Computing 9:1, 37-42.
Green, J.D., Shiel, R.J. & Littler, R.A. (1999) Boeckella major (Copepoda: Calanoida): a predator in Australian ephemeral pools. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 145, 181-196.
Hunt, L.A. and Basford, K.E. (1999) Fitting a mixture model to three-mode three-way data with categorical and continuous variables Journal of Classification 16, 283-296.
Hunt, L.A. and Jorgensen, M.A. (1999) Mixture Model Clustering using the MULTIMIX program Austral. & New Zealand J Statistics 41, 153-171.
John, J.A. and Ruggiero, K. (1999) Resolvable block designs for factorial experiments J. Statist. Planning and Inference 77, 293-9.
John, J.A. and Williams, E.R. (1999) Partially-latinized designs Statist. and Comp. 9, 203-7.
John, J.A., Russell, K.G., Williams, E.R. and Whitaker, D. (1999) Resolvable designs with unequal block sizes Austral. & N.Z. J. Statist. 41, 111-6.
Jorgensen, M. (1999) A dynamic EM algorithm for estimating mixture proprtions Statistics and Computing 9(4) 299-302.
Jorgensen, M. (1999) Model-Robust parameter dispersions for iteratively reweighted least squares Commun. Stat. Theory & Methods 28(8) 1903-1919.
Russell, K.G. and John, J.A. (1999) A note on the optimality of resolvable block designs with unequal block sizes J. Statist. Planning and Inference 81, 195-9.
Williams, E.R. and John, J.A. (1999) Construction of resolvable designs with nested treatment structure Biom. J. 41, 341-9.
Williams, E.R., John, J.A. and Whitaker, D. (1999) Block designs for plant and tree breeding trials Austral. & N.Z. J. Statist. 41, 277-84.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M. and Buckleton, J.S. (1998) Sampling in forensic comparison problems Science and Justice 38(2), 101-107.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M., Hicks-Champod, T., Buckleton, J.S. and Walsh, K.A.J. (1998) Assessing transfer probabilities in a Bayesian interpretation of forensic glass evidence Science and Justice 38(1), 15-22.
Draper, N.R. and John, J.A. (1998) Response surface design where levels of some factors are difficult to change Austral. & N.Z. J. Statist. 40, 487-95.
John, J.A. and Williams, E.R. (1998) t-Latinized designs Austral. & N.Z. J. Statist. 40, 111-8.
Jorgensen, M. and Gentleman, R . (1998) Data Mining Chance 11, 42, 34-39.
Wood, J. and Whitaker, D. (1998) Student centred school timetabling Journal of the Operational Research Society 49, 1146-1152.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M., Almirall, J.R, Buckleton, J.S. and Walsh, K.A.J. (1997) The interpretation of elemental composition measurements from forensic glass evidence Science and Justice 37(4), 241-4.
Curran, J.M., Triggs, C.M., Almirall, J.R, Buckleton, J.S. and Walsh, K.A.J. (1997) The interpretation of elemental composition measurements from forensic glass evidence II Science and Justice 37(4), 245-9.
John, J.A. and Williams, E.R. (1997) The construction of two-replicate row-column designs for use in field trials Appl. Statist. 46, 207-14.
Williams, E.R. and John, J.A. (1996) Row-column factorial designs for use in agricultural field trials Appl. Statist. 45, 39-46.
Jorgensen, M. (1994) Tail functions and iterative weights in binary regression American Statistician 48.
Jorgensen, M. (1993) Influence functions for iteratively defined statistics Biometrika <80, 253-265, 1993.
Jorgensen, M. (1990) Influence based diagnostics for finite mixture models Biometrics 46, 1047-1058.
Jorgensen, M. (1989) Fitting nonlinear models: Keep it simple New Zealand Statistician 24, 36-42.
Jorgensen, M. (1987) Jackknifing, fixed points of iterations Biometrika 74, 207-211.
Whitaker, D. (1995) A nested simulated annealing algorithm J. Statist. Comp. Simul., 53, pp233-241.
Miller, S.D., MacInnes, H.E. and Fewster, R.M. (2008) Detecting invisible migrants: an application of genetic methods to estimate migration rates. In Thomson, D.L., Cooch, E.G. and Conroy M.J. (eds) Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Vol. 3 Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations, pp. 417-437.
Curran, J.M. (2005) Appendix 5.1 and Chapter 6 - Sampling Effects Forensic DNA evidence interpretation edited by John Buckleton, Christopher M. Triggs & Simon J. Walsh. Published by CRC Press, 195-216.
Curran, J.M. (2004) Using the Included R Functions Introduction to Bayesian Statistics by William M. Bolstad published by Wiley, 317-327.
Bolstad, W. M. (2010) Understanding Computational Bayesian Statistics John Wiley & Sons, New York
Bolstad, W.M. (2007) Introduction to Bayesian Statistics: (Second Edition) (Wiley)
Bolstad, W.M. (2004) Introduction to Bayesian Statistics Wiley
John, J.A., Whitaker, D. and Johnson, D.G. (2001) Statistical Thinking for Managers Chapman and Hall/CRC Press, 282p.
Curran, J.M., Hicks, T.N. and Buckleton, J.S. (2000) Forensic Interpretation of Glass Evidence CRC Press
John, J.A. and Williams, E.R. (1995) Cyclic and Computer Generated Designs. Chapman and Hall, London.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2001) Expectation-maximization algorithm. Encyclopaedia of Environmetrics, Wiley, London. v2. pp 637-653.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2001) Iteratively reweighted least squares. Encyclopaedia of Environmetrics, Wiley, London. v.2, pp1084-1088.
Jorgensen, M.A. (2001) Robust Regression. Encyclopaedia of Environmetrics, Wiley, London. v.3, pp1890-1896.
Whitaker, D. (2001) Branch and Bound algorithm. Encyclopaedia of Environmetrics, Wiley: London. v.1, pp229-232.
Whitaker, D. (2001) Dynamic Programming. Encyclopaedia of Environmetrics, Wiley: London. v.1, pp578-582.
Joshi, C., Laughlin, D.C., Van Bodegom, P.M., Bastow, Z.A., and Fule, P.Z. (2012) Modeling trait based ecological community assembly Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Volume I, pages 177-178. Publisher: Tribune EU
Joshi, C. (2012) On Computationally Efficient Estimation of the Variance of the Randomised Quasi Monte Carlo Estimate 10th International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing (MCQMC 2012), Sydney, Australia
Campbell, A., Hunt, L., and Bowell, T. (2011) Student perceptions of the value of Panopto National Tertiary Learning and Teaching Conference, Nelson, NZ, 12-14 October
Miller, Steven (2011) Coping in the Absence of Likelihoods NZ Statistics Association Conference, Auckland NZ, 28-31 August 2011
Miller, S.D. (2010) Characterising the spread of Neolithic culture across Europe Australian Statistical Conference, Statistics in the West: Understanding our world. 6-10 December 2010 Fremantle, Western Australia
Joshi, C., Brown, P.T., and Laughlin, D.C. (2013) Inferential tests and modelling of functional trail convergence along environmental gradients Proceedings of the World Statistics Congress 2013 (in print)
Durrant, R.J. and Kaban, A. (2013) Sharp Generalization Error Bounds for Randomly-projected Classifiers Proc. 30th International Conference on Machine Learning; JMLR W&CP 28(3):693-701
Durrant, R.J., and Kaban, A. (2013) Random Projections as Regularizers: Learning a Linear Discriminant from Fewer Observations than Dimensions to appearProceedings 5th Asian Conference on Machine Learning
Curran, J.M. (2003) Modelling the distribution of recovered glass. Proceedings of the 54th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Berlin.
Durrant, R.J. and Kaban, A. (2012) Error Bounds for Kernel Fisher Linear Discriminant in Gaussian Hilbert Space Proc 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AIStats 2012). JMLR W&CP 22: pp337-345.
Fewster, R.M., Miller, S.D., and Ritchie, J. (2011) DNA profiling - a management tool for rat eradication
Bolstad, W.M. (2005) An Efficient Mixture-based Shrinkage Estimator: A Monte Carlo Analysis. Edited proceedings of ASA Joint Statistical Meeting - Bayesian Section, Minneapolis 2005 Abstract Book
Fewster, R.M., Miller, S.D., and Ritchie, J. (2011) DNA profiling - a management tool for rat eradication Island Invasives: Eradication and Management (eds C.R. Veitch, M.M. Clout, and D.R. Towns), Proceedings of the International conference on Island Invasives, 426-431.
McWhirter, J.L. (2004) Lotto prices up, chances down by Ainsley Thomson NZ Herald 27.7.04
John, J.A. (2002) Crossover Designs in Clinical Trials. 16th Australian Statistical Conference, Canberra.
Hunt, L.A. & Jorgensen, M.A. (2001) Clustering via Mixture Models. Mixtures 2001 Conference, Hamburg, Germany
Laughlin, D.C., Joshi, C., Van Bodegom, P.M., Bastow, Z.A. and Fule, P.Z. (2012) A predictive model of community assembly that incorporates intraspecific trail variation. Blackwell Publishing Ltd; pages 1291-1299 (November 2012)
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Market Watch: This Saturday, Celebrate Spring (and St. Patrick's Day) with All Kinds of Greenery
Spring officially starts next week, but with a mild winter, some of our favorite seasonal veggies have already started making an appearance at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. From the first stalks of bright green asparagus filling up the chef carts to the much-anticipated return of Knoll Farms' pea shoots, radish greens and green garlic, it feels like a seasonal change is already underway.
This Saturday is St. Patrick's Day, and at the market we'll be wearing our green and eating it too at the Greens Celebration. Starting at 10 am, CUESA's market chef, Elianna Friedman, and her team of culinary volunteers will host a make-your-own green juice bar, which will feature a selection of greens found at the market right now, such as dandelion, nettles, cress, sorrel and other tonic veggies. You can also take home copies of CUESA's guide to market greens and recipes.
Our chef demos for the Greens Celebration will focus on various found at the market and creative ways to use them. At 11 am, Chef Dmitry Elperin of The Village Pub will show us some simple preparations for this season's leafy offerings. When asked if he had a particular favorite, Dmitry told us, "Not really. I'm kind of crazy about them all." His demo will be followed at 11:45 by Ray Plosscowe, founding chef of Café Gratitude, who will be whipping up a Lacinato kale and avocado salad and a "shamrock smoothie" with almond milk, fresh mint and local honey. Samples of all recipes demonstrated will be available, and the chefs will take questions and provide tips for selecting, storing and cooking with market greens.
All activities for the Greens Celebration are free and open to the public and will take place in the CUESA Classroom in front of the north arcade. You can also follow CUESA's Greens Celebration on Pinterest.
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Wendy Jacobs, Information Desk Representative: As a parent or guardian, you may stay with your child at all times here in the hospital. This red id bracelet, which will be issued to you on your first day, is the only pass you'll need. Visitors will be expected to wear a visitor's pass in order to assure your child's safety. Please ask friends and family to refrain from visiting if they are ill.


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"You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for...unless it's contagious!" - Franklyn Broude.
If you don't ask for it then don't expect to get it no matter how much you grumble. Government at every level has always been criticized for not delivering to their promises or chartered responsibilities. Yet all the public seems to do is grumble about how bad government is yet take no real actions to change the situation.
In reality most of our regulatory and enforcement agencies are grossly underfunded or operate so inefficiently that they do not have adequate resources to properly do their jobs. They have a great tendency to take the path of least resistance when it comes to the enforcement of laws and regulations.
When large corporations and individuals with lots of money and legal resources are confronted by governments about violations of the law the agencies tend to make large compromises which usually favor such offenders, and the offending corporations and individuals easily get away with breaking laws that we less endowed people could not possibly do. It is in the nature of the well-endowed to look only after their self-interests. That is why they are successful. It is an unfair system but that is the way it works not only in Democracies but in most other forms of governments. Those who have the resources have an unjust advantage over those who don't, a form of survival of the fittest.
So how do we get the system to work for the majority of less endowed individuals? By taking ACTION against injustices. We have got to get out of our comfort zones and literally and openly express our displeasures to government regulators in-mass. One thing government is sensitive to is public option and bad publicity. Government agencies are sensitive to being called incompetent in public and in the press. This is their Achilles tendon and our primary recourse.
There is no place for an apathetic public. Grumbling to yourself and your friends gets you nowhere. You must grumble with your friends to the government agencies, in public, and to the press. You must embarrass them into submitting to your rights and wishes. You must become an advocate and activist for your cause and against injustices. The more people do it the more powerful is the effect. That is unfortunately how the system works. Don't expect the government to fight for your rights unless you are willing to fight with them.
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Floyd County Board of Supervisors Meeting
March 12, 2012, 9:00 AM
The Floyd County Board of Supervisors met for workshop session at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 12, 2012 in the Board Room of the Floyd County Courthouse with the following in attendance: Chairman Kamm and Supv. Kuhn; Absent: Supv. Dunkel.
Kuhn/Kamm moved to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried 2-0.
The Board will review claims individually on their own.
Supv Kamm attended a meeting with ADM representatives regarding the 180th St road use. Supv Kuhn spoke about the watershed authority meeting last week and a future meeting in a few weeks.
The Board noted $5,296.15 in fees collected by the Clerk of Court for the month of February.
The Board noted the resignation of John Hayes from the Civil Service Commission. The County Attorney is working on finding a replacement to serve the remainder of the term that ends June 30, 2017.
The Board noted a 3% wage increase effective March 19, 2012 for Tracy Sindt, Clerk in the Auditor's office, following a 6-month probationary period.
The Board noted the receipt of an ordinance from City of Marble Rock for the "Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the 2012 Addition to the Bradford Street Economic Development District."
The Board noted the receipt of the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center audit report for the year ending June 30, 2011.
Future agenda items: none discussed
Kuhn/Kamm motioned to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 2-0.
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A daily roundup of small-business developments.
Ever feel the need to get out of the office more? You may want to consider the example of Kevin Hong and Evan Pham.
As noted in Monday's Dashboard summary of the week's small-business news, the two 20-something co-founders of Dealflicks — "it's a Priceline for movie tickets" — are traveling the country and living out of a van in an effort to sign up new customers (we first wrote about the start-up in November). So what's life really like on the road for the ultimate bootstrappers? We had the following conversation, which has been edited and condensed.
Priceline for movie tickets? Please explain.
Our movie ticket deals are up to 60 percent off on our Web site, our iPhone app, and our Android app, and they're available 24/7/365. We partner directly with movie theaters — over 88 percent of theater seats are currently empty — and negotiate to bring customers deals on tickets, soda, and popcorn. We're in 150-plus locations, and we're looking to expand to 500-plus locations before the end of the year.
Are your other partners jealous of the road warrior life?
We've never asked, but if they are, it's probably for the weekends. Every weekend we're in a new city, and it's fun to explore each city's nightlife.
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An Application for Approval of Final Plat has been received by the Floyd County Zoning Commission.
You are hereby notified that Michael Molstead has filed an application with the Floyd County Zoning Commission for approval of final plat for two (2) out of a thirteen (13) lot Subdivision located in Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 95 North, Range 15 West, St. Charles Township, Floyd County, Iowa.
You are further notified that the Floyd County Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on this request in the office of the Planning & Zoning Department on the 1st floor of the Floyd County Courthouse beginning at 9:00 A.M. on March 13, 2012, at which time you may file written or oral objection or support of said application.
(Note: Following the Zoning Commission hearing the Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing at 10:30 A.M. to consider same.)
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While the ladies always tend to get in on the magazine fun, Esquire decided to give a few fellas a shot at glory with their Mentoring Issue for October 2014.
"Palo Alto" star James Franco explained that he admires Andy Warhol. "I look at Andy Warhol, who did film, he painted, he did photography, he produced music—to me that is a model where I can just say, 'Yeah, why not?'"
It's had an amazing run on NBC, but "Parks and Recreation" is officially calling it quits after season seven.
The series starring Amy Poehler is the longest-running comedy on the network and is expected to return to the airwaves midseason for its final go.
Celebrating its long-run of success, "Parks and Recreation," starring Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman airs its one-hundredth episode tonight (January 9).
It's one of the biggest events of the year, and the Golden Globes Awards enlisted a trio of Tinseltown stars in Zoe Saldana, Aziz Ansari and Olivia Wilde to proclaim the distinguished list of nominees today (December 12).
Kicking off award season, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that Olivia Wilde, Aziz Ansari and Zoe Saldana will announce the 2014 Golden Globe nominations on Thursday morning (December 12).
Making the most of an otherwise-ordinary Tuesday evening (November 12), the top stars of Tinseltown showed up at the GQ Men of the Year Party in Los Angeles.
Leading lads like Matthew McConaughey, Chace Crawford, and James Van Der Beek gave the ladies plenty to swoon over as they arrived at the Ebell Club.
It's one of the most beloved comedies on television today, so it's curious that the NBC network has put "Parks and Recreation" on an immediate hiatus.
The Amy Poehler-starring program won't be aired this week or for the next two weeks, and after returning for two weeks it will go back on the shelf until January.
What began as an off-shoot from "The Office" has become one of the most beloved series on television, and last night (October 16) the cast of "Parks and Recreation" had a huge party for the show's 100th episode.
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And, the shapewear Oscar goes to… Celebrity Spanx Moments… Who sucks what in…. Shapewear, baby, it's THE way to go! Red carpet fashion can be a bit awe-inspiring and unreachable. And, what about those killer bods underneath those gorgeous dresses? Well, many of the bodies that are worked out to an inch of their lives get…Published on February 23, 2013
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RHONYC Gossip-Behind the Scenes Video of Brad's Birthday Party In Morocco of Those Housewives
The Real Housewives of New York City in Morocco and the meaning of GRACE, and a snake charmer too! The Majorelle Gardens were the subject of my last piece here on Focus on Style. Now, I bring to you this week with the ladies and my birthday in Morocco.When I was planning my birthday party, I had no idea The Real Housewives of New York City were coming to Morocco at the same time.When Jill called me to tell me their plans, I was delighted. I thought it would be fun to included traditional Moroccan delights, such as snake charmers and fortune tellers. Jill had never been to Morocco, and I wanted her to see the magic and the splendor of a culture steeped in thousands of years of history.>> MORE: Brad Boles on the RHONYC | MORE: Sharon Haver & Brad BolesAs the ladies arrived looking beautiful, they were greeted by musicians in Jalaba's serenading them into to the divine courtyard of a 17th century Riad in the Souk in Marrekech! As everyone knows, my home is in the north of Morocco in Tangier, but I winter in the south where the weather is warm in November. When my friend Daniel offered to host my birthday party in his Riad, I jumped at the chance. My girlfriend, Daniele Pollitz, organized the dazzling evening to great applause.Watch my personal video of my birthday party in Morocco:Published on May 27, 2011
Gossip Recap- The Real Housewives of New York City, Season 4, Episode 4
Brad Boles isn't pulling any punches on what went on with those Housewives last night. From the class of the Royal wedding fashion, to the crass of some of those RHONYC, we've got our favorite Queen, Brad Boles, aka Jill Zarin's gay husband dishing the dirt. –S.H.Does anybody really need to see a pathetic middle-aged women pull her broken laments out of a Hermes box?!Cindy Barshop didn't win any favors by asking Sonja Morgan downtown for lunch at Ciprinani's only to let vanity get in the way! What was Sonja's comment about her driver boy taking her downtown where she won't go even for her best friend, "Nose Bleed"! She made it clear she won't go to Quogue, in the Hamptons, as well. Sonja is all about Southampton.What's wrong with this picture?Kelly Killoren Bensimon avoids conflict like the plague but ends up between Cindy and Sonja at Countess Luanne's little get together when it becomes clear that if it wasn't for the filming, these women would never be in the same room!Published on April 29, 2011
The Real Housewives of New York City- Season 4, Episode 1 Review
Brad Boles shares his opinion on what happened last night with those attention-seeking eal Housewives of New York. Well, it seems the girls haven't changed much since that last time we saw them!Ramona Singer was so rude and downright mean when interviewing people for an assistant's position. Of course, I would not expect anything less from her. The only thing that's changed with Ramona is that she finally got someone to do her makeup, but that hair…. come on, Ramona this is not an episode of Ally McBeal.Next up, Jill and Kelly hanging out on Jill's bed that I designed! It seems Bethany issues still hit a deep nerve in Jill. Now, I do know from an insider's point that the sword cut both ways. They both landed on their feet, so move on ladies and stop using it for ratings! Sonja Morgan is so not interesting to me. Do we really want to see Sonja panting like a Bit*h in heat over her date? In my opinion, it appears that he doesn't want you, he wants the limelight.The omnipresent Luanne at Orsay and her sexy man Jacques truly have a connection that you can feel two tables away! Luanne, why I ask would you choose for your big reconnect with the audience in Season 4 to have dinner with a classless act in a dress that can't speak French in a French restaurant really?!Published on April 08, 2011
The Real Housewives of New York City- Season 4 Inside Track
A message from Brad Boles: RHONYC gossip IS about to start again! Set your TV to fun, it could be a bumpy night with tonight's season premiere…I love all the hats that I wear. Of course you've come to know me as being the contributing editor at large here at FocusOnStyle, my home away from home that brings you all the hot trends as well as practical day-to-day style, beauty, and fashion advice.There's the how-to tips and Impromptu Madness style videos Sharon Haver and I post weekly are so much fun because you get to put a face to our work .But then so many of you know me as Jill Zarin's gay husband on "The Real Housewives of New York City."Published on April 07, 2011
London Fashion Week Gossip Recap- From the legacy of Alexanader McQueen to Mark Ronson's fete, my tipster has the dish
London Fashion Week Gossip Recap- From the legacy of Alexanader McQueen to Mark Ronson's fete, my tipster has the dish. The Alexander McQueen legacy is coming to New York City on May 4th, The Box makes it to London and is graced with the like's of bad boy Damien Hirst, Kate Moss, Tilda Swinton and Daphne Guinness! London Fashion Week proves to be filled with lots of Tartan…Published on February 24, 2011
Pop Gossip- Justin Bieber's new haircut. Lady Gaga spotted in the East Village in bikini and fishnets on one of the coldest days of the year
Pop Gossip- Justin Bieber's new haircut. Is this star on the way out? Lady Gaga spotted in the East Village in bikini and fishnets on one of the coldest days of the yearPublished on February 22, 2011
Fashion Week Gossip- Michael Kors is channeling Faye Dunaway, Nanette Lapore is into a raunchy 1970's porn inspired look…
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children, saying that they conspire with sedentary activities like watching television and playing video games to make kids fat.
"Congress and the Federal Trade Commission have to get tough with the food industry," said Dr. Victor Strasburger, who wrote the new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a group of 65,000 physicians.
More than one in six children and teenagers in the United States are obese -- up three-fold from a generation ago, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Thirty years ago, the federal government ruled that young children are psychologically defenseless against advertising. Now, kids see 5,000 to 10,000 food ads per year, most of them for junk food and fast food," Strasburger said.
The AAP's statement comes as public health officials, lawmakers and parents are becoming increasingly frustrated with rising childhood obesity rates and weak anti-obesity efforts from restaurant operators and food and beverage companies.
"There is massive marketing of the worst foods, even to children under age 5. It is toxic and until it stops there is little hope of dealing with obesity," said Kelly Brownell, director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
U.S. spending on food marketing aimed at children aged 2 through 17 via television, the Internet, video games, text messages and other means may come to $1.6 billion a year, the Institute of Medicine said in a report last week.
In an earlier report, "Food Marketing to Children and Youth," the institute concluded that there is strong evidence that exposure to TV advertising is associated with weight gain in children 2 to 11 years.
U.S. food industry groups -- which say they have reduced direct marketing to children and put voluntary guidelines around the practice -- found fault with the AAP's statement.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association said it was based largely on outdated research that does not adequately reflect the marketplace and trends.
"It's an ineffective approach to blame childhood obesity on advertising, when the report points to multiple factors, including sedentary behavior, inadequate amount of sleep and increased screen time," said Joy Dubost, director of nutrition for the National Restaurant Association.
Strasburger, who underscored that the AAP statement was based on recent research, agreed that the solution to obesity is complex, and was not surprised by the food industry's response.
"In every public health crisis we've had -- whether it's smoking or drinking or obesity -- the industry involved blames the individual, the parent or the consumer," he said.
In addition to promoting better eating habits, AAP and other health experts urge parents to limit the time children spend watching TV, using computers or playing video games because they can lead to inactivity and disturbed sleep.
Public health advocates also are using the courts and local laws to force the food industry to change its practices.
Late last year, the Center for Science in the Public Interest sued McDonald's Corp to stop the world's biggest restaurant chain from giving away free toys with its Happy Meals to lure children into its restaurants.
Lawmakers in San Francisco and nearby Santa Clara County have passed laws that will require kids' meals to meet certain nutritional standards before they can be sold with toys.
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Bella's happily ever after lasted two days. This is Bella's own account of what happened after Breaking Dawn, her growing understanding of her powers, her battle to remain with the man she loves, finding her place in her new family, and the ever-present threat of the Volturi.
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From the moment I walked through the door I could feel his eyes on me. Boring into me, owning me, watching even the minutest move I made.
I thought that I'd lose this intuition when I became a vampire. But in reality it had just got stronger along with everything else.
I thought for a moment about the one big change that my transformation had made, my thirst. Although I was still young, and the thirst for blood should be overwhelming, I had been able to handle it from the first moment I awoke in my new life. No one knew why that was. I could cope with human scents even up close, when I should have wanted to drink them dry. The scent caused me physical pain, an intense burning from my nostrils all down my throat, and feeling my throat squeezing tight with the dryness. But it was bearable. This was unusual for a new born. My kind usual manage this much control after a few years. But even with my self control the thirst was still there, the longing for something to put out the dryness.
My mind churned again. My mind could think of so many things at once. The dryness was always one of my thoughts, sometimes near the surface, then moving back into the background. I could keep all the thoughts in my mind -- juggling two, five, ten thoughts in parallel -- but never mixing them. Like watching ten TV channels at once. Another vampire trait.
Maybe I was just being paranoid. Maybe there was no one looking at me. I still hated attention just as I'd done as a human, I still shied away from it. I was just letting my imagination run away with me again. No one was looking at me. But I could hear his heartbeat six feet to my left, slightly behind where I was standing. He was sitting on a chair next to the loveseat. He was close enough to feel the warmth of his skin in the cool of the morning air. I could smell the strong scent of the skin pouch he wore round his neck. A smell that forced out every lesser smell from that part of the room, like a car headlamp blinding out a flashlight. It was not just the animal fur with its heavy notes that I could smell, but what was inside it. The herbs and berries that it contained, each type giving a new harmony to the smell. Some sharp, some sweet. Some I knew -- citrus, juniper, cinnamon -- some I had no words for.
Maybe he was just looking at Nessie like everyone else in the room. My four month old daughter was reciting a poem for her audience in her beautiful childish voice, complete with dramatic pauses and carefully characterized accents for the speeches. She was a very advanced four month old. She looked more like a small four year old, but she would have been counted as a genius in any preschool. This was because she was half vampire and half human, and of course could never be allowed in preschool. Her brown hair, with a tinge of bronze that came from Edward, fell down her back in beautiful curls. Her eyes were a warm milk chocolate color that had been mine when I was human, and were now excited by the attention she was receiving. Her complexion was pale with a healthy pink glow of excitement. We knew now that her rate of growth and progress would slow and she would be fully mature in another 6 and half years, and then live forever. We'd learned this from Nahuel only two days before. My dark worries of losing Nessie had vanished. We'd thought we would have to watch our daughter grow old and die in fifteen short years, and we would mourn her for ever.
I didn't look to check if I was right about Nahuel and his staring. I had caught his eye only once that morning, when we came in and gave the usual greeting to our family and their two remaining guests.
I still didn't understand why these guest were still here. Yes, I was grateful to them, especially him. So grateful it hurt. He had saved us all: my daughter, my husband, my vampire family, my wolf friends, and me. And he put himself and his father and his sisters in danger. How could I not be grateful to him. We all were.
I'd asked Edward twice why they had not left with the other guests after the standoff with the Volturi. The first time was after the celebrations when all the other guests had left and we had taken Nessie back to our cottage to sleep in her own bed. This was the first day that we'd met them, the first day of the stares. Edward had given his answer, saying Nahuel was so glad to know that a family like ours could exist. A family with a half vampire child, the only one Nahuel knew of that was not related to him, and a surviving mother. Nahuel's mother died in child birth and so did the mothers of his half sisters.
It is rare to find a vampire who would want a physical relationship with a human woman, even rarer to find a women who survived such an encounter. Her life could end at any moment if he did not concentrate fully on keeping her alive. And what about the outcome of such an encounter? Mortals are not compatible with half vampire babies, the babies are so much stronger than the women. I had only survived thanks to the care given to me by my vampire family and because Edward changed me into a vampire as soon as the baby was out. The memories of this violent birth were now dimming for me. The vampire venom had mended the terrible damage and left me whole, strong, and beautiful.
According to Edward, Nahuel had spent his long life, over 150 years, thinking he must be evil to the core to have killed his mother. But seeing me set him free from his guilt. He now blamed his father for not caring for his mother as Edward had for me, and for not changing her when Nahuel ripped his way out of her.
The second time I'd asked Edward why Nahuel and his aunt (a full vampire) were still with us, Edward said that they wanted to learn more about our vegetarian lifestyle. This was how we liked to describe our abnormal hunting habits in the Cullen family. Unlike other vampires we only hunted animals, not humans. This gave us distinctive golden eyes which intrigued the normal red-eyed vampires. When I asked this second time, it was not what Edward had said that set me thinking but the way he said it. If I wasn't his wife and didn't know him so well I would not have noticed the slight tightening of his straight shoulders under his tan colored jumper, and that he was holding his perfect jaw a eighth of an inch higher than normal. He was lying to me.
Edward lied a lot. He had to. When you can read the minds of everyone in a mile radius then you have to lie to appear normal. You have to learn to ignore the thoughts most of the time. You have to answer only the questions people say out loud and not all the far-reaching ones they think in their heads but don't dare ask. Edward also felt he must not betray confidences of those around him. It was not as though he could stop hearing thoughts if he wanted to, and not as if people could stop thinking when he was around, so he just didn't pass these thoughts on. I was a shield which meant that he could not read my mind, not even when I was only human. Now that I was a vampire I had learned to remove my shield if I wanted, but I could only do so for a few moments at a time and even then it was exhausting work.
But why would he lie to me about why Nahuel and Huilen were still here? We had just made it through the worst danger imaginable: the whole of the Volturi forces lined up against us, the judges, jury and executioners of the vampire world. We had survived that, so what now? What was he covering up? Surely we had to have a break from peril sometime.
Maybe bad luck was something that I'd brought with me into this life. Since I met Edward as a human I had always had bad luck. My life before Edward, before my return to Forks to live with my Dad, Charlie, was a quiet life in the big city of Phoenix with my Mom, Renée. The memory of this former life was becoming hazy, almost a pre life to my human life, as if I was now in my third life, not my second. I'd had too much on my mind to sit down and think about it, though that was the only way my family said that I would remember it for the future. As I remembered it now, it was a happy but lonely time of looking after my hair-brained mother and being the adult in the relationship even though I was the child. She didn't need to be looked after in a physical way but in an emotional one, helping her to organize and control her life. I was the one who made sure we went to the store when we needed groceries and that we went to the bank when the bills needed to be paid. In many ways you could say I was her keeper rather than her daughter. This role was taken by Phil, her husband of nearly three years.
I argued with myself that I had already brought my shield through to my vampire life along with my strange ability for self control. I was sure that I could not have brought anything else. I had left my clumsiness behind, which was a truly good thing. I now moved so fast and was so strong that if I was clumsy lots of things would get broken. Not just inanimate objects, but living things. Even people.
I looked over at Edward, to keep my eye from straying to Nahuel. His beauty never failed to amaze me. He was stunning. His eyes were a warm amber color. But this morning more like stone than liquid. Something was bugging him. No doubt he was hearing things he didn't like. His face muscles twitched slightly and his teeth locked together noiselessly. His smile remained, a facade to keep the others away from his upset within. I had no idea what he had heard or who it was that was having these thoughts, but my mind turned to Nahuel again, though I didn't let my eyes follow. Edward would tell me when it was right and certainly not in the middle of this gathering.
Edward applauded when Nessie came to the end of her poem, pride now on his face. I felt a jolt of joy at his pride. I was proud of her, naturally, and applauded loudly too. But to have him so in awe of her gave me such a feeling of belonging. I had, in the end, been able to give him something so worthwhile. A daughter, our miracle. It made up for the lack of balance in our relationship. He had given me everything: his love, his life, my new life, money, possessions, a home, a car, a family. But the one thing that that he had never imagined, that none of our vampire family had thought possible, came from me. She was a delight to them all, and especially Edward.
It was only as I turned away from Nessie's performance that I noticed Alice was staring into thin air, her eyes out of focus, completely still. I knew she was seeing something. My sister's ability to see into the future was enviable. It had made her top of the Volturi's list for acquisitions. It was this ability that had saved the family and herself many times over. The future she saw was only one of the possible outcomes. If decisions that had been made were changed then what she saw would change.
"Demetri is coming," she said simply in a clear chiming voice, not altering her stance at all. "Aro has decided. He will follow Carlisle to us."
Carlisle was at her side in an instant. "But why?" he whispered. "Why now?".
The image of the the Volturi tracker was instantly in my mind. It was not possible for anyone normal to run from Demetri. He had a gift for finding them. But this gift needed access to someone's mind, and it was something I could block with my shield. As well as being a tracker, Demetri was a warrior, with centuries of experience working with the Volturi.
"But why, Alice?" he asked again.
Alice had gone back into her trance. This time it took her over a minute to come round. "He comes only to observe," she said with a little relief in her voice. "Aro will order him to stay with us and just observe. He is to watch Nessie grow for Aro and to find out more about the wolves for Caius. He is to cause us no trouble. He will be ordered to hunt like us. Aro wants to see how this will change his character. He is report back regularly by letter. This order will be made at full council the day after tomorrow. He will arrive three days after that."
She looked around the stunned room.
"Please look for more," Carlisle urged her.
"Demetri will bring a note with him from Aro but they know that I can see what it says so you will be forewarned. Aro is staring at it so that I can read it...
My Dearest Friend Carlisle,
I am sending my dear one Demetri to visit you as an emissary. I feel that our last meeting left a rift between us which I want to close. I have asked Demetri to learn about your life style and your beloved granddaughter so that we may better understand each other in future.
I ask you to take Demetri into your hearts and your home, and to this end I will ask him to make himself useful to you and cause you no trouble. Please use him as a son.
Yours in friendship,
Carlisle looked aghast. "Is there more?" he said, shaking his head.
Her face returned to the distant mask, but seconds later disgust was clear on it. She came back to the present again shaking her head. "Uh, that is so gross".
"I saw part of the inner council meeting that was only the family, no guard. It is so gross." she said, hardly able to speak for revulsion. "Aro says he wishes to watch a half vampire child develop first hand. He says that he will order Demetri to try to father a child when he has returned from his visit. He laughs and says that he may have learned some restraint from us. The mother is to be the only human they trust, their administrator Gina. They will promise her immortality if she successfully gives birth, but she has no choice. If she says no, she's lunch. He says it will be a great honor for Demetri to father a child to be brought up and studied in Volterra. Caius is against the idea, the decision will be put off until a later date... I can't see further than that, I'm not attuned to them, I can't see so far ahead into their futures, I can't see if she will become pregnant or if they will kill her, it is many months away, it may change."
There was stunned silence.
All the joy after the last successful encounter with the Volturi was gone.
Then the speculation started. Alice could see the event but not the motivation behind it. It boiled down to three simple questions: why this? why now? and why Demetri? A dozen answers to each question came from the gathered family. The most likely answer was that they wanted to catch us doing something against the rules as soon as possible, and Demetri can stand up for himself.
The others gave little thought to the planned baby. It was beyond the immediate worry and didn't affect us personally. But my mind was on Gina and how I could help her. I had only just survived my own pregnancy and I had had good medical care and love from all my family. I felt cold, cold to the heart.
Had I started some new vampire fashion? Would lots of vampire males want to father children? And what of the vampire females, would they want to become stepmothers? I thought of the loss of human life. I thought of Gina.
I found myself a spot on the floor and sat there still, shocked, horrified.
The discussion went on for nearly an hour, until Carlisle looked at the clock and said that he had to go for his shift at the hospital.
He turned to our guests, "Nahuel, Huilen. It may be best if you were not here when Demetri comes to call. I do not wish to ask you to leave but for your own safety I must ask you to think about what you want to do. You know you have our thanks for what you have done for us, and I owe you for the safety of all my family. You are welcome here at any normal time."
It was Huilen who spoke this time. She spoke simply in her heavy accent. "We will leave before he arrives."
Carlisle smiled warmly at her. "That is for the best. We can visit you before long, and maybe meet Nahuel's sisters if that is possible."
The others continued to speculate after Carlisle had gone, Emmett debating with Jasper the possibility of beating Demetri in a fight. Jasper thought that if there were several of us it may be possible, but it would only bring the rest of the guard down on us, a battle which we would not win this time.
Alice touched me lightly on the arm, tutting at my pants and jumper combination. My favorite sister was never happy with my lack of fashion sense. But she could see the future, and would have known the day before about this particular lapse of mine. I thought to myself that I would suggest to her that she warns me in advance next time, so that I don't disappoint her again.
"You know, I thought you would have learned a little by now Bella," she chided quietly. "I will just have to take you back to your cottage and show you how to match up those pants myself. I didn't spend weeks putting together your wardrobe for you to use it like this."
That morning I must have really gotten under her skin. How could she care so much about fashion when she'd just given us the news about Demetri? Really. It made no sense.
I looked down at my outfit. It didn't look that bad to me. I'd made sure that some of the threads in the jumper were exactly the same tone as the pants, but if it made her happy we could be home and back in a very short time. A few minutes out of the house would do me some good.
"Edward," she chimed. "I'm taking Bella back to your cottage, can you look after Nessie by yourself?" The look on her face one of great effort.
He smiled warmly at her. "By myself? I don't think that I will ever be allowed to look after Nessie by myself. She has too many fans for that." He looked quizzically at her while he made his answer, as if they were having another inaudible conversation but failing to understand each other.
It was true. Most of the room were watching Nessie again, just waiting to see what she would do next, fascinated by her. Her Aunt Rose and Grandma Esme sat on the floor with her.
"We'll see you soon," Alice chimed again, wincing with effort, like a small child trying to remember a really difficult times table sum.
As soon as she said this I looked around the gathering to smile a normal goodbye. Then I saw him, Nahuel. He was staring at me. Staring at me with total adoration in his eyes as if I were the only thing he could see in the world. The only thing he had ever seen. Like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time.
Oh no... no please no, I screamed inside my head. My face turned from a smile to sheer dread, his calm face turning from adoration to puzzlement at my expression.
Edward stiffened beside me, but said nothing.
Alice tugged my sleeve and we were off through the patio doors at the rear of the house, running back to my cottage hand in hand. I was only too glad to go, and Alice's excuse was perfect.
As soon as we were over the river she said in a very hushed voice, "Shield me, stop him reading my mind."
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it gets better as i continue. nice work! you know your story may be long, but i don't mind. there's always something that captures my attention and makes me want to figure out what happens next. hey, maybe you should get this published :) if stephenie meyer decides to collaborate with some of her fans, i think you should be a part of that :)
Hi Carmel,
that is a very kind thing to say. I don't think I can do more that put it up on fan fiction sites as the characters aren't mine and I don't want to run into any trouble with copywrite etc.
I think the twilight charaters are really good to use as the basis of a story. I think SM has created them in such away that their talents can counteract each other in interesting ways, leaving lots of plot lines open. There are also enough untide ends in the books to play with, I really wanted to have a go at explaining a few.
Best wishes
Thanks Zippora, I'll keep you updated when I post again.
I enjoy writing but less so the editing.
Oh no, I was so hoping there was more chapters up. Ah, Chris, so this is my plea for more chapters. There is going to be more, right? I need more.
Yes there are plenty more already written they just need editing. I've very nearly finish the whole story off line and it is fairly long (well for a first story anyway). Lot of twists and turns to come.
I'll let you know when I post again.
=) more!!!
Hi Chris,
I wanted you to know that I have nominated your story for the awards, but Molly needs to know if you will allow it. She cannot list your story until she hears word from you first so please contact her by the link below or in her inbox. Your story should be up there too.
Hi Delilah,
Thanks for the nomination. I am delighted.
I've replied on the link you supplied say that I would love to take part.
I guess I ought to get some more chapters up soon!
Oh why did you stop there? What's going on with his cell? Who is it? What's it about? Come on Chris, lol. You gotta write more really soon. You're going to drive me nuts here.
Please write more...
I thought that was long enough for one chapter lol!
I don't mean to drive you nuts, I hoped you enjoyed reading it!
I probably post again next week sometime, but don't worry the next chapter is there and waiting for it's edit.
Thanks for the comment.
I thought you'd ask about the square I wasn't sure how that would work for readers, what people would think was happening.
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The 3rd state to be admitted to the United States, 18 December 1787. New Jersey's early history is marred by the bigotry against Catholics which characterized most of the colonies. In 1680 a Catholic, William Douglass, was refused his seat in the General Assembly, as an elected representative from Bergen County, because of his religion. In 1701 tolerance was extended to all but "papists," and even in the Constitution of 1776 Catholics were tacitly excluded from office. The first priests to visit the scattered Catholics of northern New Jersey were two Jesuits, Father Thomas Harvey and Father Charles Gage, who had come from England in 1682 with Governor Thomas Dongan of New York. Mass was said by them in Woodbridge the year of their arrival. About 1748 Father Theodore Schneider, S.J., from Goshenhoppen (now Bally), Pennsylvania, visited the German Catholics of New Jersey, without arousing opposition, since he also exercised his professlon of medicine. Other early missionary priests were the Jesuits, Father Ferdinand Farmer (Steinmeyer) and Father Robert Harding of Philadelphia. The former's records of baptisms in private houses in various parts of New Jersey, extending from 1758-1781, are still preserved. Early in the 19th century French refugees from Santo Domingo who had settled at Elizabeth, Madison, and elsewhere were visited regularly by Father Pierre Vianney, Father Jean Tissorant, and Father Pierre Malou, the latter being stationed at Madison. Augustinian missions were established at Cape May and Trenton in 1803 and 1805, and a member of that order, Father Philip Lariscy of New York, was an active missionary in New Jersey, c.1821. The German Catholic settlement at Macopin (now Echo Lake) had a rude plank chapel in 1803. Trenton had the first substantial church, built in 1814, named in honor of Saint Francis, and served by priests from Philadelphia. The first church at Paterson, Saint John's, was built in 1821, by Father Richard Bulger; and Saint John's Church at Newark was built in 1828, by Father Gregory Pardow.
Ecclesiastically the state is governed by the archdiocese of
See also,
- Camden
- Metuchen
- Paterson
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President Obama may have lost some of his hip-guy, cool-guy status over the last four years because according to a new poll, less than half of young voters, aged 18-24, want Obama to win the election. Furthermore, he's only leading the Republican candidate by 7 percentage points (at the time of polling, they didn't specify who the said GOP candidate would be); back in 2008, he led McCain by a 34-point margin. Simply put, Obama is losing the kids. Even though the youngsters don't add up to a big percentage of those who vote, it's still not necessarily a demographic a candidate wants, or can afford, to lose. So, hmm. Why do you think the kiddos are so P.O.'d?
Jobs, probs.
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If I were a young adult who couldn't get work, I'd be looking for a new leader, too. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be for college grads (let alone the non higher-educated masses) who've moved back in with their parents, who are sleeping in their old bedroom, staring at their Dispatch posters, waiting to hear back from one of the four billion jobs they applied to.
According to some sources, 54 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds are unemployed. When numbers like that are brought to light, it's really no surprise that Obama's losing the young vote.
Is this a sign that Obama's path to re-election will be a little tougher than anticipated? I'd say so. In 2008, back when I was in the young-voters group, it was all about change! and newness! and woo! Obama's so cool! Now that the dust has settled, now that there are millions who are jobless and millions who are a little jaded when it comes to the real possibility of making a difference, it's going to be harder for Obama to get loud, boisterous, invigorated support from kids. There's only so much Dispatch poster-staring one can do until permanent depression sets in.
Do you think that Obama should be worried about losing the youth vote?
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Sad to think that someone can spend thousands of dollars on four years of college to come out without a job. Sad to think that buying the gas to go on interviews is an investment. Sad to think that their parents are feeling the pinch too and don't have jobs themselves. Sad to think these are the very people who had hope to begin with.
Yep. I think he's going to lose a lot of votes. Especially after more Americans learn about this RFID chip that he passed with his wonderful Obamacare crap. I'm not saying anymore about it. Let your curiosity spark your research on it. I know I'm not voting for him. I'm not going to be treated like an animal.
Obama was a charmer, completely full of crap, and black. Majority of people voted for him because of his skin color. They felt it was time to make history, they didn't consider the type of candidate he would turn out to be. So now Obama will go down in history as the worst black president! Because any future black presidents sure cant do worse!!
Let's "hope" that people stop drinking Obama's Koolaid and "change" who's in office this year. We can't handle/our economy won't survive another 4 years of his crap.
I don't think people really even understand how our government functions. They work in conjunction people. Yes, the economy SUCKed at the end of GWBush's 2nd term and the idiot made it worse by signing the first half of the stimulous package. What a joke that turned to be. Unfortunately, BO turned around and signed the 2nd half into being. Guess what though....Anything to do with a budget is proposed in CONGRESS!!!!! Who was running congress until 2010 (and had been for a while)??? Democrats. Until 2 years ago, they were in charge. And since the republicans won back only 1 house, the dems still have the white house and the senate. That's it. In order for the republicans to make anything happen, they have to work with the dems and then it STILL has to get approval from BO. So that is the SOLE reason they haven't gotten any of their bills passed. The dems, on the other hand, even in the house that they control (senate) STILL can't get any work done. It's teh worthless disgusting people like Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi who are stonewalling everything, but they are buddy buddy with BO. He's more concerned with ramming things thru congress illegally and trampling all over our constitution, then actually getting some work done and tring to improve the lives of the citizens of this country! I say, any one but Obama!
Yeah..how's that hope and change working out for everyone??
I don't think he's too concerned with losing young people's vote because the media is so corrupt and liberal-biased that the young people who can't think for themselves and believe everything they hear on TV will vote for him. Unfortunately.
But I do have friends that have turned conservative since last election because of him.


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