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I think we need to do more studies than just one by the American Civil Liberties Union to believe such a thing.Hide replies
Who could doubt the ACLU?
There are hundreds of studies if you are willing to to ten minutes of research on the web.
The ACLU didn't do the study. They cite the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Just the same, I don't think it's much of a reach to do the math. For that matter, the ACLU did not come up with the $1 billion in savings in California either, for which they cite "conservative estimates."
lol - yeah 10 minutes of web research is full of nothing but facts.
Or you could just be bitter and sit there thinking you are right when you are not.
I'm not right about more studies needing to be done than what the ACLU suggests? I'm sure the strong majority would agree with me. Deal with it.
It may keep 9000 kids out of the justice system but if they are smoking dope all the time, I doubt they will "get their lives in order".Hide replies
That was my thought. You can make many things legal and it would keep people out of the justice system.
I don't think that anyone is suggesting that kids smoking dope is not a problem. It is. It's a public health problem, just like kids drinking alcohol, having unplanned pregnancies, or crashing their cars. Those transgressions aren't addressed with criminal charges or jail time, unless another law has been violated (DUI, statutory rape).
The question is whether running 9000 kids, caught with pot, through the justice system, is an effective way of treating the problem.
Of course, legalization could result in alot more kids smoking weed and alot more other problems. Did anyone ever think of that?
Certainly it *could*, but to what extent? With other states already moving ahead, there's opportunity to see what the effects of legalization efforts have been.
Has there really been a *significant* increase in teen use that isn't being addressed by existing efforts? Come to think of it, don't we need better anti-drug programs for youth anyway, which could get additional funding that is currently being spent on criminal prosecution and punishment?
For that matter, legalization of concealed carry could result in a lot more kids carrying guns. Has that happened?
Has CC led to a lot of people using handguns irresponsibly, or castle doctrine led to normal folks deciding it's suddenly cool to kill people? I don't think legalization really changes societal attitudes and norms.
Needless to say, marijuana sales to kids would still be prohibited. It's the enforcement strategy that's being debated.
I am actually kind of in the middle on this one. I do see the monetary argument on this one and if we could save money, I'm all for it. However, the talk that mariuana is just some harmless drug just doesn't ring true with me. I'm 47 and whenever I run into some old pot smoker from high school it just seems like they can barely speak in complete sentences. It's not an official study but when I walk away I wonder "Did smoking all that pot mess up his mind?".
vern I hear that; actually there is a NZ study that found IQ deficits in long-term smokers who started during adolescence. I'll post a link for you shortly.
I do think that a serious convo should be had about marijuana use patterns for smokers of different ages. In my experience, a lot of people start smoking marijuana in adolescence, and then "grow out of it," so to speak, in their 20s. I suspect that is rather common. Unfortunately, marijuana use can present serious threats to the developing teenage brain.
In all honesty, I'm kind of curious what the profile is of someone who starts smoking marijuana after reaching adulthood. While I'm sure marijuana is less than healthy for anyone -- especially when smoked, anyway -- it seems like most of the ruin-your-life type risks are minimized for people of age.
Here's a link to the abstract describing the essentials of the study, "Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife."
It's interesting because it followed about 1000 individuals from birth in 1972/73 to age 38, establishing marijuana use in interviews at five different age points. Neuropsychological tests were conducted on all of them, first at age 13 (before any use), and again at age 38. They also interviewed people that knew the test subjects regarding their functioning.
Their conclusion: "Persistent cannabis use was associated with neuropsychological decline broadly across domains of functioning.... Impairment was concentrated among adolescent-onset cannabis users, with more persistent use associated with greater decline.... Findings are suggestive of a neurotoxic effect of cannabis on the adolescent brain and highlight the importance of prevention and policy efforts targeting adolescents."
I thought the study was fascinating enough that I actually bought a copy, and I'd be happy to discuss it further.
The suggestion of adolescent vulnerability to marijuana does raise a lot of questions. Those that still remain are: does prohibition really improve the situation? What other strategies related to public health issues (such as those used against tobacco) might be more effective? Is it fair to penalize adults for marijuana use because of its suggested effect on kids, even though kids will always be barred from using pot?
We should look at another issue that goes to prosecutorial activism. We can't see through public records what is going on in our juvi systems across this country in terms of sentencing and focus of resources to close cases. Our children are not being protected by sealed access to juvi records they are being exploited by the lack of public awareness.
The criminal system gives prosecutors too much discretion to use their positions as activists paid for by tax dollars. They have few rules governing priorities. There is no reason why prelim hearings need to be called in almost all cases. Top experienced prosecutors do not need to be in court for intake and at sentencing. Their job is finished when the verdict or plea is entered. However prosecutors think their cases defines them and their career, they own it. Criminal cases belong to the people not to individual prosecutors.
Our kids are paying the price and have been for decades to keep the adult court a tool of political activism for prosecutors.
Stalin would be so proud of how we empowered the prosecutors to destroy lives over petty issues, deny due process and prosecute to give people felonies for political jaywalking.
So James, your answer to the weed thing is to legalize it versus lowering the punishments? That make NO sense, did Earl write this for you again??Hide replies
Who's Earl?
pay attention Fred, Earl Ingram, the black racist talk show host on 1290am. Dumber than a box of rocks....
Heh, thanks dems. I had no idea about that guy.
At some point we need to recognize the failure that is our "war on drugs". Marijuana Prohibition is hardly been a deterrent to use. It has simply created a black market that has increased crime, funneled money to drug dealers and foreign cartels and filled up our prison system. Legalization will eliminate that black market, generate tax revenue, free up prison space for more "worthy" offenders and put major financial strain on drug cartels (I believe 60% of Mexican cartel money comes from marijuana sales).Hide replies
Not that I disagree but comparing it to prohibition is kind of a reach. If alcohol had been banned much earlier it probably still would be.
Give up attitude, losing, under achievement, can't win mentality, complacency,etc., although letharically acceptable, have not been quantified, but will be realized with this type of legislation.
Once it's legal will someone need to develop e-joints?
Inevitably, marijuana will be legalized. It is just another example of our worthless Congress doing the wrong thing. There would be so many benefits if legalized : emptying our jails, a cash crop for both farmers & the government, a relaxant for people with or without medical problems, saving tax dollars on its enforcement. All this for a non-addicting drug.Hide replies
Grow up please!
The Republicans simply must learn to stand on the moral ground to practice the values to let parents run their families. Its time to man up on those campaign promises to repurpose our criminal justice system into a process that focuses on resolving crime.
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I see the difference, but I don't see the facts. I see your interpreations of the facts.
I suspect a lot of youth players got their chance by lack of other options.
As I say - there's not really much you can do about it now for the game. There are no more patches.
The best thing to do is bring it up in the Data thread.
I don't agree that he should be hamstrung into a career of a mediocre footballer.
I personally think he has what it takes to be the best. But that's my opinion.
Not sure I'm fully buying that line yet but based on the limited times I've seen him in TV he has looked tidy but rather unspectacular.
And I do hope they introduce a new for youth players to be evaluated.
Opportunity for their PA to grow. It's not right it's "set".
Or their pa to shrink!
[QUOTE=Barside;7811975the Arsenal fans I know who go to the games are starting to question whether Ramsey will offer enough threat in the attacking third of the pitch .[/QUOTE]
I was at the emirates 5 times last season. I'm not even an Arsenal fan. But they boo every chance they get. No matter what. WORST fans I've ever come across.
That's my opinion. But I don't see hostility towards the players. I've been to Barca, Real, Inter, AC, LFC, and a few others last season.
What I know is that the Arsenal fans are so harsh on the team. They feel the pressure as soon as they walk out. They should feel relaxed and have a 12th man.
If a player cannot handle pressure he will never be a great player.
Thanks for handing me that one.
But a PA of 200 does not = a CA of 200
Nor does a PA of 170 - a CA of 170
Remind me, when was WW2? How old would Sir Stanley Matthews have been during that time?
As I pointed out earlier he didn't receive any honours until his 30's because they didn't exists before then & if you knew your football history you would understand why he doesn't have anywhere near the number of league titles or cup winner's medals you'd expect of a player with his talent to have.
Stanley Mathews is a bad example based on whatever criteria you hold players to be.
I've cited many other players. Go pick on them.
Let's get back on topic.
Ramsey is 21. He's got every chance of becoming a world class player than anyone else who plays regular first team football for a club of of top stature.
You'll be pleased to know that I am no longer bothering with you.
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Oh no! Whatever will I do?
I'll tell you who is probably the most high-profile simlar-ish type of player to Ramsey that we can use. Ozil.
Okay, so Ozil is a few months older than Ramsey, but has achieved so much more in his career to date than Ramsey. Why is he not a -10? Why does Ramsey (potentially) have a higher PA than him?
Personally I'd give Ramsey a PA of 160.
I'd also like to point out that davehanson is speaking a lot of sense, and that various other members are speaking the exact opposition of that.
In that regard why do you hold Ozil to such high esteem?
Ozil? What's he done?
Ozil is idolised by Real Madrid fans, who are notoriously incredibly hard to please. He's had over 20 assists for 4 seasons straight. He's one of the best players in the World. Ramsey is barely a Premier League standard player.
World cup semi-final. One of the best players of the 2010 world cup. Played in every single game at the world cup. Scored goals at the world cup and assisted numerous times. Was nominated for the golden ball at the world cup.
This year has won the La Liga with Madrid. Has more assists in Spain than anyone else and was on the shortlist of Ballon D'or.
Quite simply his performances in the games he has played have been outstanding.
yeh - something at Wales that Ramsey won't get to experience.
Are you honestly saying that because Ramsey has played as many games, perhaps even more, than either Xavi or Iniesta at the same age (21), that is the reason, and the sole reason, you are suggesting that he keeps his -10 and deserves to be thought of as a potentially world class player?
I haven't got anything to weigh against him???
At 21 - he's played same and performed same...
I've dared you... nothing
I'm sure Ramsey had been given a fixed PA of 175 after the January update instead of the -10. Can anyone confirm?
Well, I am off to bed now.
But Eugene, if you are struggling to compare Ramsey to Ozil, you could try:
Tomas Muller
Mario Gotze
Toni Kroos
Iker Muniain
Eden Hazard
Any of the above should give you a good idea of how great Ramsey is at this stage of his career. Night.
I would have to agree with davehanson & Nocuous etc. regarding Ramsey. I haven't seen the potential in him IRL that his PA in the game suggests he has. Even 175 is too high imo but I guess its opinions at the end of the day.
None of this would have happened if PA were ditched as a limit.
Stop feeding the troll. He obviously puts more weight to stats which have far too many variables to use as solid evidence.
Will Ramsay become one of the best midfielders of his generation? Doubtfull. He probably won't even be the best midfielder at Arsenal.
As has been said, if he's worthy of -10 then a lot of other players are as well.
His -10 rating was due to his injury, personally at Cardiff he was a -9 at best.
Yes. 175. Well nice football chat guys, but the researchers seem to be on top of it.
Besides I would actually prefer fixed PA be scrapped for 'real' players and they all be given a -9, 10 potential. I would like to see the range of - potentials be reduced to a maximum of 20 points so -10 would be from 180-200. This would add a sense of individuality to every new game.
Newgens could be fixed for obvious reasons.
i have no problem with aaron ramsey being a -10. i DO have a problem with ONLY aaron ramsey being a -10
what about the other leagues? how come aaron ramsey gets a -10 but players like federico viviani don't?
-10 guarantees a player future world class status (170+ is good enough to start for any team in the world, even barca). i don't think it should be given to one single player. either give it to several, or don't give it to anyone
I do think Ramsey will be a very good midfielder. He's already a starter for one of the best teams in Europe.
What more do you want?
If 170+ is good enough to start at Barca, surely it's good enough to start at Arsenal?
He's not below 170, I tell you that.
And I wasn't the one that brought up the other players.
People were saying that he is no Xavi or Iniesta. But he's played roughly the same amount of games for Arsenal at the age of 21 as they did for Barcelona.
He's got some good skills. He's young. And he has a very high potential. If he didn't then he wouldn't be playing first team football at Arsenal, one of the best teams in the world.
There's nothing wrong with Eugene's thoughts... He is perhaps just a "little" more optimistic than most of us.
But then again, that comes with the issue that none of us have a crystal ball...
Is this still going? My word.
No you didn't bring up the case of other players, but you actually still haven't answered if you feel he has shown as much potential in the games he has played as the players I mentioned a few posts up. I don't think he has. I think he is very lucky that Arsenal have a relatively weak midfield (either through players being sold/loaned ala Fabreagas & Asharvin, or out through injury). I think if Arsenal had a stronger midfield then he wouldn't have got half the game time that he did this season. In the games he has played he has looked slow, not good at making decisions when he was put under pressure and quite shy in taking responsibility for trying to put his stamp, for trying to dominate the opposition. To me that is not a sign of a great future player.
On current form and current showing I would argue that he hasn't done enough to warrant anything more than a PA of 160 (which still makes him a good player in the future). If you start bumping him up to 170+ you are getting into the fact that he could be potentially as good as Mascherano, Busquets or even Xavi Alonso are at the moment, and I would say he has shown nothing to suggest he has that kind of potential ability.
Stats and performances are two different things. Arshavin was Arsenal's top assists player a couple of seasons back depsite being woeful for the most part. But most people know this
This thread is just going round in circles now, so keep on topic, without the personal comments or it will be closed.
spoiler:so do players like pjanic, de jong (ajax), and the bender brothers. so why does ramsey get a -10 whereas pjanic gets a locked PA of a mere 160
why do thiago and eriksen get -9 and ramsey get -10?
again, i'm not saying ramsey's overrated, i think he's as talented as the likes of pjanic/dejong/thiago/eriksen. i'm just asking why ramsey gets singled out as the only player in the game with a -10 PA. if more players were given -10, or if no players were given the -10, we wouldn't be having this discussion
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R. A. Sterling
posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 1:38 pm
How do you set the factor variance to 1 in MPLUS when running a CFA with categorical data?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 1:51 pm
If the factor is named f, then you say
RA Sterling
posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 7:17 pm
Thanks for your reply. My previous post was a bit vague--I'd like to set the factor variances to 1 and get a factor loading for each observed variable on a construct. I followed your advice (setting
), which set the factor variance to 1 and did NOT set the first variable of each construct to 1; however,I did not receive a factor loading for the first variable for each construct. Can you tell me how to achieve a factor loading for each observed variable, while setting the factor variances for each factor to 1?
Thanks again for your help.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:59 am
If you read about the BY command in the user's guide, you will find out how to set the metric by fixing the factor variance to one and having all factor loadings free. There is an example of this.
Wei Chun
posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 5:05 am
Dear Linda,
I would like to estimate a SEM model with single latent variable indicators in which factor loadings and error variances need to be fixed. How do we fix the error variances in Mplus?
Many thanks.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, August 29, 2009 - 7:53 am
VAriances are referred to by the name of the variable. To fix the factor variance of f to zero, say:
See Chapter 16 of the user's guide for more information.
Claudio Rocha
posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 1:45 pm
I set the metric of my continuous latent variable by fixing its variance to one (and allowing all factor loadings to be freely estimated).
Should my parameter estimates (factor loadings) output in Model Results be identical to those presented in the STDYX Standardization output, when I use M-Plus default (setting the first factor loading to 1 and letting the variance of the latent variable be freely estimated)?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, February 20, 2010 - 3:14 pm
I think you are asking if your raw estimates when (1) fixing factor variance to one and having all loadings free should be the same as the STDYX estimates when (2) using the Mplus default. If that's the question, the answer is no because in (1) your observed indicators are not standardized.
Claudio Rocha
posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 2:23 pm
Using the example in the website for multiple group analysis (MIMIC model; cont4), may I say that both codes below will produce the same fit measures?
Model: f by y6-y9;
f on x1-x3;
Model gB: [y8];
!Fixing the variance of F to 1.
Model: f by y6* y7-y9;
f on x1-x3;
Model gB: [y8];
How could I compare the factor loadings from these outputs?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - 4:15 pm
Setting the metric by fixing one factor loading to one versus fixing a factor variance to one will result in the same fit if you do it correctly. Compare the standardized factor loadings.
J.D. Haltigan
posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 12:10 pm
Is it possible that by fixing a factor var to 1 instead of fixing a marker indicator to one on that factor (i.e., to scale the latent variable) one could get better or worse fit to a model? Although I see the post above, an adviser ran the same model in LISREL by freeing the marker indicator and got better fit. Assuming estimator is the same and all else being equal, why might this be the case? In the current situation, all observed variables are on the same metric (forced responses to a Qsort). Which brings up my second question: with 100 items on a forced choice q-sort as the indicators, would ML be still the best estimator option? Or would one have to look at the normality of each individual card response across the sample (-4 to +4, rescored to a 1-9 metric).
Thanks for any input.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 12:34 pm
If you set the metric fixing a factor variance to one and freeing all factor loadings, you will get the same fit as if you have a free factor variance and fix one factor loading to one. If not, you have made another change, for example, leaving the indicator fixed to one and fixing the factor variance to one.
If you are treating the items as continuous, I would use MLR which is robust to non-normality. If you are treating them as categorical, this is not an issue.
J.D. Haltigan
posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 - 11:47 am
Thanks. When I do use MLM (Satorra-Bentler) the model does not converge (it does with ML). Why might this be case? MLR ironically, does allow the model to converge.
J.D. Haltigan
posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 - 1:10 pm
Ironically after freeing the marker loadings and setting the latent factors to 1, the MLM estimation did converge. Does something of this nature, which allows a model to converge (v. not) indicate something problematic with the indicators themselves?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 - 1:14 pm
The first factor loading is fixed to one as the default. If when estimated it is negative or not close to one, this can cause convergence problems. You can fix another factor loading to one. Choose one that is positive and large.
Jo Brown
posted on Monday, May 28, 2012 - 10:24 am
what is the advantage of setting the latent variables' variance to 1 over using the default approach?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 28, 2012 - 10:42 am
There is no advantage. It is just a reparametrization. Model fit is identical.
Jo Brown
posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 2:23 am
Thanks Linda.
Oxnard Montalvo
posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 11:06 pm
If want to use my latent variable as a dependent variable in a regression
f by y1-y4;
f on X;) ,
can I freely estimate all loadings and set the variance to 1, or do I need to set a loading to 1 and let the variance be freely estimated, since X will be explaining the variance of f?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 9:22 am
You can do either one.
Johnna Capitano
posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 8:34 am
I keep getting error messages when trying to run a type=twolevel basic command. I am trying to get a correlation matrix. I have specified the within variables in the VARIABLE command and that seems fine. However, MPlus is saying that I have some variance within certain clusters of some of my between variables even though I do not (I am looking back at the raw data). So I have tried setting the variance of those variables to 0, hoping that would run. But I am not doing that correctly, since I am getting an error statement that doesn't recognize
; (Os is one of the problem variables) in the VARIABLE command. Can you please assist? Thank you!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 8:36 am
There must be a problem in your reading of the data. If you can't see it, send the output, data, and your license number to
posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 7:34 am
I am doing confirmatory factor analysis and my model is as follows
TYPE IS missing;
F1 by ed0028a ed0028b ed0028c ed0028d ed0028e ed0028f;
F2 by ed0028g ed0028h ed0028i ed0028j;
In output both standardized and unstandardized loadings are either 1.00 or 0.99 for all items and standard errors are 0.00. Could you please tell what is the problem? Thank you
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 - 9:29 am
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The word was originally minuscule, borrowed from French. The minuscule spelling has always been the preferred spelling. However, miniscule is not as simple as a typo. According to the OED, the first citation of the miniscule variant is from 1871, so this is a form that has been around quite a long time.
The OED says the following about miniscule:
So, there are two reasons that miniscule persists as a variant.
The first is the shift in stress. In English, unstressed vowels are often reduced to schwa, [ə], no matter what the fully stressed vowel would have been. Minuscule used to always be pronounced with stress on the second syllable (containing the "u"), and was therefore unambiguously an [u] sound. When minuscule began to get stress on the first syllable, it was no longer clear from hearing the word what the second vowel was.
The second was the existence of semantically similar words that contained the spelling mini, such as miniature and minimum. The word mini is associated with small things.
Therefore, a person spelling the word minuscule, having no auditory cues to indicate the spelling "minu", and knowing other smallness words contain "mini", has every logical reason to think the spelling should be "miniscule".
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but minuscule has its origin in lettering, as in writing letters of the alphabet. The "minus" in this case means less, not small, and it means lower-case letters. It is the opposite of majuscule.
I fully agree with the foregoing responses to the spelling of minuscule. As a former Latin student with English minor, I think the time has arrived to welcome "miniscule" as a full fledged member of that amazing, non-holds barred, ever evolving English language, and, as such, give it the meaning it deserves rather than demeaning it superciliously to the level of an accepted misspelling of minuscule. As "the sunneversets, Hooper and Robusto" point out, "minuscule" is the opposite of "majuscule", two vocables which are logical and elegant in French but for which the English language, in dogged resistance to yielding to Gallic influence, resorts to lame phrases such as "upper case" and "lower case," borrowed from printers' vocabularies and preferred as evidence of technical savvy used by the literati of spelling. Let "minuscule" and "majuscule" be returned to their comparative significances of size and elevate "miniscule" to membership in the language, on a par with its step-homophonic relatives, such as miniature and minimum.
Minuscule is the generally accepted and earliest form. Miniscule appeared later, and is regarded by some as an error, and others as a variant. If you use minuscule, no-one will be bothered, but if you write miniscule, some people will think it is a mistake.
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I would imagine "miniscule" became prevalent because everyone made a false association between it the more common word "miniature". When in fact it's more like "minus". (A similar word that everyone gets wrong by coming to a false conclusion about its derivation is "supercede" instead of the actual correct word "supersede".)
As Brian Hooper says, some people will think you've made a mistake if you spell it "miniscule", but miniscule is now listed as a legitimate variant in dictionaries, simply because spelling it this way is now so common. As an ex-Latin-student it really annoys me to see this spelling, but what can you do?
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I took off the shrink wrap, made sure the house was quiet, put the needle on and settled back on the sofa for some serious listening.
Now, I've listened to this album hundreds, maybe even thousands of times in various formats. I know and have memorized every sound after 35 years of listening to it.
But this was different. Shockingly different. In fact, this was just like hearing the album for the first time. I heard a depth of detail I'd only "imagined" was there, but never heard with the clarity as on the new album.
The one big difference was the bass response. While McCartney's original Hofner bass lines always sounded rather muffled and a little buried on the original LPs, here I could distinguish every bass note cleanly, many of which I had never really heard before.
In fact, the album had a three-dimensional aspect and a warmth I would never associate with digital remastering, especially when then transferred to vinyl. This was astonishing. It also confirmed my belief "Sgt. Pepper" is the best stereo album I've ever heard.
So, then I was hooked, and began buying them individually. Every one is a vast sonic improvement over anything I've heard in the past, especially with "Revolver" and Sgt. Pepper," which happen to be the Beatles most adventurous albums.
All the new reissues sound improved, but maybe not enough to warrant a re-purchase - "The White Album," while improved, doesn't have the same impact as the Beatles' "psychedelic" years, which include the recordings "Rubber Soul" through "Yellow Submarine."
"Let It Be" is the only letdown, but I've always thought the album sucked anyway and isn't a true Beatles record but more a Phil Spector travesty, who produced the album.
If you had to buy only one, I'd say go with "Sgt. Pepper." If you want to buy two, go with "Revolver" second. The better the stereo system, the more dramatic the difference in sound.
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I received a 5 gallon carboy that I want to use but it has some crud in the curve of the bottle. What's the best way to clean this off?
I've used PBW and One Step to do this, but:
I have recently fallen back on Charlie Papazian's trick of an overnight soak with a half-cup of bleach in 5 gallons of water. I use warm water, but it's room temp by the next day, naturally. I siphon off until the water level is just above the krausen ring, then go at it with a carboy brush. That way, the crud I remove is carried away by the water. Works brilliantly.
And it's dead cheap.
PBW, hot water and if neccessary, a carboy brush. They are made with wire similar to a coat hanger so you bend it in the middle of the bristles at a 90 degree angle and reach the bend that you talking about. I would throw in the hot water and PBW and wait twenty minutes, the crud will most likely just flake off. You can always rub it with the brush to be sure but this will definitely get that stuff off. PBW is magic.
Bar keepers friend is pretty cheap to use as a 5-6 gallon soak. Just use a few tablespoons in warm water and fill up the carboy. An overnight soak and you're good to go.
Try Proxiclean, it's something we use at the winery to clean tanks and fermenting bins. It's basically a less gnarly form of caustic (PBW). In a nutshell, it's a powdered version of that blue crap Billy Mayes used to push on TV infomercials-- an oxidizing cleaner. But a proxy soak for 24 hours will basically put a shine on a turd. I get it from the Vintner's Vault in Paso Robles. They have a website... lemme see... http://www.thevintnervault.com/


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Maternity Leave and Stay-at-Home Moms
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Deciding to work or stay home
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Your partner might feel resentful about having the entire economic responsibility for the family land on his shoulders. Make sure you talk your options through together so he doesn't feel ambushed into the situation. Otherwise, you may be facing a lot of avoidable tension when the baby arrives.
Womanly Wisdom
Try to solve the issue of finances and childcare as a team. Keep the discussion focused so it does not bleed into unrelated feelings and issues.
Dealing with the Stay-At-Home Guilts
Most middle-class families today rely on two incomes to meet their financial needs. And, as women, we have been socialized to expect to work. Don't be surprised to find that you feel guilty if you choose not to contribute financially to the household. Finances are a very touchy subject, especially when the cause of financial belt-tightening is your desire to stay home with the baby. You may find that your partner feels a little conflicted about your choice. His income alone may not be enough to maintain the household in its accustomed style, and he's also got his own cultural conditioning to deal with: He thinks he should be able to support his wife when she stays home to raise the children. It's a definite ego thing.
As you would in discussions of sex or anything else that touches on a man's sense of self, you want to be sensitive in approaching this subject. If it turns out that you just can't make do on a single income, make sure that your partner doesn't feel he has somehow let you down. Work together to come up with a sensible childcare plan. Or consider changing work shifts so that there's always one parent at home. Or look into alternative work situations—perhaps something that can be done from the home, so that even while you're working you're able to be there for the baby, too.
The Modern Return to Traditional Mothering
Forty years ago, when women were expected to stay home and raise children, many women felt oppressed. Women fought very hard for the freedom to choose between a career and staying home to raise children. But now the pendulum has begun to swing back the other way: Many women are discovering that, in spite of today's expectations that they hold down a job outside the home, they want the privilege of staying home with their babies, and they feel torn into little pieces over having to leave their newborn in someone else's care.
This societal shift has set up a real conflict for the new mom. Because we know how hard women had to fight to expand our opportunities, we can end up feeling guilty for deciding to devote ourselves to homemaking and child rearing when our children are young. It's easy to feel as if we're turning our backs on progress.
Professional women have a similar conflict. If they decide to drop out of their career for a while to care for their babies, they run the risk of losing their place in line for advancement. Not only will this professional woman not move up the proverbial corporate ladder, she may lose valuable years of the on-the-job training her male counterparts are receiving.
Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This
When I was in law school, my female classmates all expected to have children somewhere between taking the bar exam and saving the world, but no one expected to get off the career track to raise them. Each of us handled her choices in different ways, but I do not know one woman lawyer who did not feel torn by having to choose between the professional and domestic aspects of her personality.
Making the Choice That's Most True to You
The question of whether to work outside the home or not is significant enough to deserve a lot of attention. Aside from economic realities, a woman's choice to stay at home or go back to her job will have a major impact on her self-concept—more so than most other decisions she faces as a new mom. Those of us born after 1950 have been profoundly influenced by the changing role of women brought about by the woman's movement. Even though no one can clearly define a consensus among women about most issues, we all know there is subtle pressure on all of us to make a life separate from our children.
The important thing is to honestly consider what you want for your life. Try to isolate yourself from the "shoulds," and ignore other people's judgments. There is absolutely nothing wrong with choosing to work full-time while raising children, if that's the right choice for you. And juggling motherhood and career is not impossible: Many women succeed at it, whether they're doing it by choice or out of necessity. It is just very difficult, and requires a great deal of strength and organization if you want to avoid killing yourself in the process.
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21 Aug 2011 9:35 AM #1
Ext Designer v1.2 for ExtJS 4 do not have MVC support ?
I have been trying today new release of ExtJS designer andobserved that there are no reference or document suggesting designing application using MVC that is introduced in recent ExtJS API release.
Can you please confirm my understanding and let us know when we can expect support for that. Also, if it is provided in the recent release then I would appreciate sharing some reference to same.
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Ext Designer 1.2 release does not support building of MVC application for Ext JS. That said, we have began to structure files export that facilitate easier organization of an MVC like application. Take a look at the folder/file structure that we export from Designer 1.2.
19 Sep 2011 8:57 AM #3
When will be supported the MVC patterns by the designer? (And maybe modells too.)
23 Sep 2011 1:45 AM #4
I'm also after advice on how to properly implement ExtJS4 style stores and models into the Designer generated code.
The Store's are still talking in fields, so I want to customise the Store with a Model reference instead. But of course I can't do that in the generated file as it would be overwritten every time I export.
What's the advice for extending those generated Stores to be more MVC like, and how do we load them?
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New Wilby coach hopes to ditch interim tag
WATERBURY — The job title is clear. Gino Capuano is the interim head football coach of the Wilby High Wildcats. He knows it, but doesn't worry about the uncertain tag after being hired just seven days ago.
After four days of conditioning practice, the 34-year-old business teacher at Wilby is approaching the regular season, which is 19 days away, by concentrating on the here and now. He'll worry about the days beyond Thanksgiving at season's end.
"I am excited about the opportunity to coach football at a place I am so familiar with and comfortable at," said Capuano on Thursday. "I know the kids, some from my classes, others from when I used to coach freshman football here (in 2009 and 2010) and others because I am a teacher in the building. As soon I accepted the job, I looked for my phone list and began calling the kids. The kids were happy because they knew I would be here for them."
To say Capuano exudes confidence would be an understatement. Still, he is aware of the drawbacks. He's had little time
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to prepare and is also the Wildcats' fourth head coach in six seasons. The previous coaches were Don Boland (12 seasons, 1996-2007), Chris Eckert (three seasons, 2008-10) and Patrick Russo (one season, 2011).
Boland is now an assistant at Kennedy while Eckert is in his second season as head coach at Cromwell. Russo resigned Aug. 3 after guiding the Wildcats to a 4-6 mark last year.
The high rate of turnover doesn't faze Capuano.
"I hope I am the head football coach here until the day I retire as a teacher," said Capuano, a 1997 graduate of Watertown High, where he played. "I am trying to build a program, not a one-year team."
For now, Capuano isn't even worried about the upcoming scrimmages, the Sept. 8 Waterbury City Jamboree or the season opener against Naugatuck on Sept. 12 at Municipal Stadium.
"I want the kids to believe in themselves and understand the need to work hard and earn everything. If they do, that will lead to plenty of success in their lives," said Capuano, a Post University graduate with a degree in finance.
While in high school or college, Capuano never imagined coaching or teaching, but caught the bug when he became a volunteer coach with former Watertown coach Roger Ouellette's staff in the early part of the decade.
After five seasons as a volunteer assistant, he moved on to Wilby and guided the freshmen to a 4-6 record in 2009. A year later, Capuano guided the freshmen to a 9-1 record, which included a win over Ansonia.
He stepped aside last season to attend to some personal business. A few years ago, Capuano met his future wife, Esther, attending Sunday services at Evangelical Christian Church, located across from Municipal Stadium. They were married July 3, 2011. The couple have a 7-month-old daughter, Isabella, with another child on the way in December.
It was Esther who told Capuano to take the Wilby job when it was offered.
"I wanted to make sure that it was feasible," said Capuano. "Without my wife's support, I wouldn't do it. We are joined together like stone. My wife understands the commitment. I will dedicate my life to this job. Right now, I have so much to do in such a short period of time."
He knows he has no time to waste with the season less than three weeks away..
As a Watertown football player, Capuano played right offensive guard and defensive tackle. When asked what other sports he may have played, Capuano joked, "What other sports are there besides football and weightlifting?
"Football has always been my passion," said Capuano, who credits credits coaches Ouellette and Kevin Cretella at Watertown and Eckert, his boss at Wilby, with helping him.
"Roger is my mentor," said Capuano. "I remember scouting games with him. In a split-second, he knew the formations of the teams. He had such a feel for the game ... Kevin (Cretella) called me the other day and told me that he would do anything to help me during this transitional period ... Chris (Eckert) called me to wish me well and lend his support. He taught me so much about the game. I owe him a lot. All of their support means so much to me."
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In programming you can negate a double. At least Google hits tend to that, but there are, though, a lot of hits for invert a double.
While the definition of to invert is clear
to change the normal position of something, especially by turning it upside down or by arranging it in the opposite order
the definition of to negate seems to have a bit different meaning
1 to stop something from having any effect
2 to state that something does not exist
Other dictionaries like merriam-wesbster back that up:
to deny the existence or truth of
to cause to be ineffective or invalid
Having said that I wonder why there are so many Google hits for to negate a double. We neither make it invalid nor we cease its existence.
I found one definition that goes into the direction of turning a value to its opposite but the definition fits more to a boolean than a double because NOT 5 is unequal to MINUS 5.
Computer Science: To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate. thefreedictionary
But the noun negation fits at all:
the exact opposite of something; the act of causing something not to exist or to become its opposite
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Hi there, I have just gone through the proces of establishing the corrrect rail positions for my Eos 20d with efs 10-22 lens. I am slightly worried that my upper rail settings(which look perfect to me) are different to the settings that I have seen for this combo elsewhere on the forum. I am happy that the lower rail is central at 54mm. The upper rail however is as far back as it can go on the rail, and this is with the camera plate with the NN£'s mounting thread on the lens side of the cameras tripod thread point.
I have seen setting mentioned of 97mm for this lenses and camera, but at these setting I can see a lot of parallax movement. My setting is nearer 107mm to acheive no parallax (with the plate as far back as it will go). Have I got this wrong?
My first panos have come out OK bar one constant thing that I am struggling to understand whats happening.
exif info is showing as full frame, 10mm (which alters to 12.38 on alignement), should I be changing this to recilinear normal?
On and interior shot of a room in my own home I tried 2 different methods. (1) 6 @ +30, 6 @ -30 plus Zenith and (2) 4@-60, 4@+60 and 8@ level horizon.
The second setting has worked a lot better than the first, but both have shown stitching errors on the exposed wooden overhead ceiling beams. The beams are actually kinked in paces and there is a blurry missmatch at these points.
After alignment, I have gone into the control table and deleted anything over 4 points out and there seems enough points for the stich OK. Any ideas what am I doing wrong?.
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The suspect is described as being a Caucasian female, 30 to 35 years old. She has a medium build and is 5'1" to 5'4" in height. Descriptions of her hair color and style vary, however most recent reports describe her hair as blonde and spiked.
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I couldn't find any park entrance objects to place as scenery, and it wouldn't let me delete the existing one because I "didn't own it." Clicking the gate does nothing, and there's nothing in the park management screens.


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Eggplant and Tomato Hobo Pack
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill, Spicy, Vegetarian
Type: Side Dishes
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Hobo packs are easy to use and give this eggplant and tomatoes dish a slightly unusual flavor.
Serves: Serves 4 as a side dish
- 2 small eggplants, unpeeled, cut into 2in (5cm) cubes
- 2 tomatoes about the size of baseballs, cored and diced large
- 1 red onion, peeled and diced large
- 5 peeled garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh oregano
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
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- Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and toss gently until evenly mixed.
- Tear off 4 sheets of heavy-duty foil, each about 2ft (60cm) long, and stack them one on top of the other. Arrange the vegetables in the center of the top sheet.
- Fold up the sheets around the ingredients, one after another, turning the package one-quarter turn between each sheet and making sure that each sheet is well sealed around the food. If necessary, divide the ingredients in half and make 2 hobo packs. Or, place the ingredients in a deep disposable foil pan (see the image) and cover tightly with a double layer of heavy-duty foil.
- Place the hobo pack (or packs) in the coals around the periphery of the fire, where the heat is less intense. Pile the coals up around the pack and cook until the eggplant is cooked through (20-30 minutes).
- Remove the pack from the coals and unwrap the foil; if the vegetables need more time, put it back in the coals or in a 300°F (150°C) oven until it's done.
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"The Ten Greatest Composers" -- NY Times's new list
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1) J.S. Bach
2) Beethoven
3) Mozart
4) Schubert
5) Debussy
6) Stravinsky
7) Brahms
8) Verdi
9) Wagner
10) Bartok
Any agreements or disagreements about names, rankings, etc.? Or ... questions about just how meaningful this project is?
It was nice to see at least three composers who wrote directly for ballet and were interested in and challenged by the art -- Debussy, Stravinsky, and Bartok. (Thank you Messrs. Diaghilev and Balanchine.) I guess if you include music composed for mandatory ballet sequences in operas, you have to add Verdi and Wagner and possibly more.
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Posted 23 January 2011 - 08:47 AM
Edited: Oops..I see there were some comments about it. Anyway...if he's not there, that list is useless. Rebelling and so listening to "Little Russian" as I write...
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Posted 23 January 2011 - 09:13 AM
Verdi and Wagner wrote little beyond opera. I suspect that if Tomassini had considered ballet, Tchaikovsky's other works, the majority of his output, might have neutralized selecting him.
Posted 23 January 2011 - 12:22 PM
I understand the exclusion of Tchaikovsky. His music is too uneven for him to qualify for the top ten. For every moment of unadulterated genius like the White Swan adagio or Letter Scene, there are demerits like the 1812 Overture, most of the Fourth Symphony, the "Uzhel' teper'" chorus from Eugene Onegin (I always burst out in giggles when it starts) or that absurd number from Swan Lake Ashton used for his pas de quatre coda. The last barely qualifies as music at all. (Skip ahead to 5:42 http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Go8GDWx_5JQ.) I happily concede that Tchaikovsky is the greatest ever composer for winds.
Posted 23 January 2011 - 01:16 PM
My list would include (not in any order):
1) J S Bach - because he develops everything as he goes on and, as Rosen or Adorno point out, never has to recapitulate at the end.
2) Beethoven - for the sonatas, the bagatelles, and all the odd variation sets (Olli Mustonen has a wonderful disc of them) and the late string quartets.
3) Mozart - for the concertos and the piano variations, which include the real "Mozartiana," and the quartets dedicated to Haydn.
4) Haydn - the piano sonatas and Variations in F
5) Debussy - especially in the robust architecture and playfulness of Richter's 1967 live Spoleto recordings of Book I & II Preludes - complete with the thud of a chair crashing to the floor
6) Satie - an important influence on Stravinsky and Debussy - for his work for Diaghilev; for his music for sea cucumbers
7) Buxtehude
8) Chopin
9) Mahler - for the most wonderful live music performance experiences there can ever be
10) One of the contemporary Italians - Donatoni or Castiglioni
Stravinsky I like a lot for his wonderful patchwork colors and the brilliance of the early work. But it seems he's often getting by on a pass - is it because he really doesn't develop any ideas?
Posted 23 January 2011 - 06:40 PM
If such lists were a question of personal taste, I have to confess that I would leave out Debussy. But, after reading Howard Goodall's chapter "Music and the Ballets Russes," (*) I see this composer in a new light -- as enormously innovative and deeply influential on other composers (including Stravinsky) as well as on audience taste.
(*) In Jane Pritchard, ed., Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909-1929.
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Posted 24 January 2011 - 05:14 PM
I know you won't agree with me, Cristian,..
You're right!
Give me-(or give HIM)- another chance...pleeeeeeease.
Posted 24 January 2011 - 05:42 PM
I find Wagner's "Rienzi" crass, and other great composers had a bomb or two -- and Mozart was the king of recyling -- but I think that was the exception to the rule.
I know you won't agree with me, Cristian, but this example only confirms for me why Tchaikovsky didn't make Tommasini's list. I can't imagine any of his preferred composers writing anything so bombastic (not even Wagner) or crass.
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