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It was an exciting evening for boys basketball teams across Western Wisconsin Saturday night as four teams punched their tickets to the WIAA State Tournament in Madison. In Division 3, Eau Claire Regis will make their first-ever trip to the WIAA State tournament after the Ramblers beat Webster 57-43 in the Eau Claire North sectional final. Killian Murphy and Paul Mertens led the Ramblers with 15 points apiece, while Matt DeMars added 7 including a half-court shot at the halftime buzzer that gave Regis an 11-point lead. The Ramblers will take on Racine St. Catherine's in Thursday's state semifinals. Also moving on in Division 3, La Crosse Aquinas, the Blugolds defeated Wisconsin Heights 67-50. Aquinas will take on Manitowoc Roncalli in the other D3 state semifinal. Meanwhile, in Division 4, the Gilman Pirates are going to Madison after beating Butternut 57-41 in the Spooner sectional final. While at the Onalaska sectional, the Eleva-Strum Cardinals advanced to state for the second year in a row after beating River Ridge 80-56. For the BEST highlights and TOP coverage of the WIAA state tournaments in Western Wisconsin, watch SPORTSCENE 13.
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Skip to comments.Romney will Win Ohio + The Election (Vanity)
Posted on 10/10/2012 9:53:22 AM PDT by NY4Romney
So everyone, I'm new here. Hated Obama in 2008 but wasn't crazy about McCain and knew he would lose anyway. This year I was supporting Romney more as an Anti-Obama vote until the debate - which has fired me up and actually made me as much pro-Romney as Anti-Obama (which I suspect is the case around the country). I'm also a huge statistics wonk, and I watch polls, trends, demographics, etc. Until the debate, I figured the election would be close and Obama would squeak out a win. Right now, though, I think that Obama will probably lose and here's my analysis as to why:
1. Starting with 2008, due to redistricting, if Obama won the same states it would be Obama 359 to Romney 179.
2. Give back Nebraska's district, as well as Indiana. Romney: 191
3. NC and FL are no longer that competitive, Romney will win them: Romney 235
4. Obama will likely prevail in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania (though maybe not, in which case Romney's path becomes even easier. Romney: 235
5. This leaves NH, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado, and Nevada. I think Obama will likely take Iowa, NH, and Nevada (though again, recent polls show that possibly changing), but I think Romney will take Virginia and Colorado. Romney: 257, Obama 263.
6. This leaves one state, Ohio. Once again, I think the election will hinge on this state - Romney is unlikely to win PA, Wisconsin, or Michigan if he can't win Ohio, so I doubt if he loses it he can make up votes elsewhere. Looking at Ohio, it's almost like a miniature version of America, which is why it usually predicts the winner. The northeastern part is similar to the NE USA, the southern part is similar to Appalachia + The South, and the western part is similar to the Midwest. The demographics are similar to the US as a whole as well. Looking at 2008, Obama did worse (and McCain better) in Ohio than in the country as a whole, it was 2.6% closer than the election. As such, in order to win Ohio Obama would have to win the popular vote by more than 2.6%, which national polls have shown to not be the case - even if Obama wins the popular vote (unlikely) it would likely be a squeaker. Based on this, plus the increase in Republican early voting and Obama's dislike from coal country of southern ohio, I really think Romney will win Ohio and the election with AT LEAST 275 electoral votes, though more if the momentum continues.
this bottom lines it nicely. It has always been about Ohio. Same as in 2004, and when it went D in 06, it was clear that no Republican could win it in 2008. obama happened to need it less, b/c he cut into GOP terrain. But with the "normal" GOP map back where it belongs....it's all about Ohio again.
Of course, if the national trend continues and pulls Romney up, then Romney will likely do pretty much what obama did in 2008, ie, he will pick up those normally D states such as PA. MI, NV and so on.
in almost every specific group, except Blacks, Obama is down at least 10% from 2008.
some groups, like Catholics and Jews,
are down closer to 20%.
...and, many who would vote for him...
won't even bother going to the polls.
it was already a landslide against Obama.
post-debate, is simply bigger.
the ONLY concern i have, is the 92% drop in military votes.
it is mind-numbing, that Boehner and the GOP,
are doing nothing about the blatant fraud and law-breaking.
Hi Newbie!
I live in PA and I think the state is a toss-up. Suburbs and rural areas will go with Romney, but the larger urban areas may not. Democratically controlled and still heavily union. Very hard to vote in a Republican.
I live close to Pittsburgh which has a large senior population. All the Dems have to do is say Romney will take away SS and Medicare, and the older folks will flock to Obama. What may possibly change this is that my generation, the baby boomers, are now seniors. I'd like to think we know better than the still older generations.
Oh, and don't forget all those free Obamaphones. You know there will be quite a few who will vote for Obama just because he gives them all that "free stuff."
Pretty much what I am thinking.
I do think Romney will win a state like NH, Iowa or Wisc much like Obama surprised and won North Carolina...razor thin. I have a feeling Iowa or Wisc might be ready to flip GOP for a cycle at least. PA is alway a tease.
I'm agreed on state picks, that's the breakdown.
"As such, in order to win Ohio Obama would have to win the popular vote by more than 2.6%"
This would suggest that if Obama wins the popular vote by 1.6% he would lose Ohio. I know you're not drawing a hard line on that. I just think that the fundamental analysis of close states like Ohio does not come down to a comparison to 2008.
4 terrible years and the recent debate have changed the structural nature of people's choice when it comes to the 10% or so that are actually making a choice.
Obama is an entirely different brand now. In Bush's case in election 2 ... he was still the Bush everyone knew ... it was just a case of whether he was more popular or less popular after 4 years.
I think people are now making up their minds about whether Obama is the SAME man as the man (or illusion) selected in 2008. So I think this is more of a binary choice for the uncommitted. They are not saying 'do I like him more or less now' ... they are saying 'fraud?'.
That was the primary thing Mitt exposed. Then, in addition, Mitt was impressive, took care of a half billion in negative trash adds, and offered himself as a more than acceptable alternative to 'fraud.'
So I think the choice for the as-yet-uncommitted, individually and as a group, is not an apples to apples, continuum style comparison to 2008. It's "OK, who is this guy, and is he actually the same man I projected him to be in 2008, or is he the meek, semi intelligent petulant tongue tied arrogant teen ager I now see before me?"
That said - on state breakdowns I'm dead on with ya.
A sound assessment at this point.
I vote in Pennsylvania so I'd really like to see Romney win here.
It's possible, certainly more so than it was in 2008.
If it happens it could set off a wave election rolling West making the Romney victory nationwide a rout.
I've said this for a logn time, and I'll say it again..
Obama will not win any state he got less than 55% of the popular vote in in 2008, with the exception of MN. And he will win states that he did get 55% of the vote in 2008, WI for example.
Obama is, was and ever will be DOA in the south, the idea that he is going to win any southern state was always a laughable proposition. So, NC,V and FL are off the table for him... and always were.
Obama too is DOA in the rust belt... IN, IA, OH, WI are GONE, he has and neve rhad any shot at winning any of them.
OHIO is only considered a "battleground" state because Obama knows he can't win without it, even if he is down 20 in the polls there he will keep fighting for it.
The realy battleground states are MI & PA, and so far Romney has pretty much conceded the field in PA, but is fighting from what I can tell in MI. Obama may hold PA but if he does, its just because Romney didn't fight for it, and Obama will only hold it by a few points.
MI Obama may hold, but if he does would only be a slim margin, I think post debate, Romney will easily win MI too.
Why is this? Simple... forget all the nonsense... forget the bogus polls, here is the simple reason why...
BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS. Blue Dog Democrats are NOT ideological liberals, they are just god fearing, blue collar workers who go to work and church and believe in a fair shake. They are tied to the Dem party over union and history than over radical leftist politics... and this administration has effectively pissed in their faces for 4 years and told them its rain.... And its coming home to roost.
Blue Dogs represent about 60% of the overall Democratic party, and roughly 20% of them are openly stating, they will vote for Romney, this was true before the debate, and I am sure that number is even higher now.
that 20% openly admitting they won't vote for Obama, represents about 3.5-4% of the total overall vote or about 10% of the overall democratic BASE!!!
Obama cannot make up losing 10% of his base, but that's exactly where he has always been. Last election he won the independents, and held the base, this time his base is gone, and he's losing indies by a large margin.
Obama is DOA in the rust belt because that's where the blue dogs live. They are not NY or LA or San Fran leftists.. they don't agree with what Obama has been doing, they are the ones taking on the chin with this economy and they don't believe government should be making churches pay for abortions or contraception etc etc etc.....
And guess what? THE RUST BELT and THE SOUTH are their home! Obama has ZERO chance of winning this election.
Now what I am curious about is this shift that is coming this cycle among the Blue Dogs, particularly in the rust belt, is.. is this just a cyclical shift due to the wretchedly bad president, or is this a long overdue shift, much as the south experienced away from the democratic party??? If its the prior, dems will be back next cycle or two... if however it is part of a longer, and long overdue re-alignment, exacerbated by such a horrible president... Then there will not be another Democrat in the White House for a very long time.
You give a solid prediction and pretty much just as I see it. If Romney has a strong finish he could pick up IA, NH, NV too. If Obama has a strong finish he could take OH and possibly others for a win. A close race.
New Ras poll on PA has Romney within 5 in a D+5 poll.
Do you know the particulars and internals in MI for Ras?
Based on this, it won't be close.
Comment on getting NE's split vote back got me thinking.
In the event it does get down to a couple of electoral votes, is there any congressional district in Maine that could be carried by Romney? Or are all the rugged, individual Nor-Easterners drinking double lattes now?
So, you are new here.
So, we couldn't tell.
So, you begin your first post with so.
So, everything after that is suspect.
Can I ax you a question, ya know what I mean, when in the hell did "so" become the beginning of every NY comment?
I am not sure if this is true anymore.
If it is, then you are correct, this will be a blowout.
But I fear there are no more Blue Dogs. Or if there are, they swallowed the Obama Kool Aid that Romney = Bush.
I think Romney will take Iowa and New Hampshire. Nevada seems unlikely.
I have heard anecdotes along these lines but it would be great to see real data if it is available.
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Dale E. Walter, 74 - October 08, 2012Retired Chief Warrant Officer (CW4) Dale E. Walter, 74, of Lawton, OK, passed away Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at Lawton.
Services were conducted Oct. 10 at the Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Kiyoung Jeong of New Light United Methodist Church, and David Jones of the Manitou United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial took place at Post Cemetery at Fort Sill, OK, with full military honors.
Walter was born Feb. 27, 1938, at Radium, KS, to Lawrence "Jack" and Ruth (Odle) Walter.
He grew up on a farm near Lewis, KS, and graduated from Lewis High School in 1956.
Walter joined the United States Army and served for 22 years. While serving with the Army, he traveled with the Inspector General's Office. He received many awards and medals including the good conduct medal, Army commendation medal with fourth oak leaf cluster, national defense medal, Armed Forces expeditionary medal (Korea), meritorious service medal and the Armed Forces Reserve medal.
On Aug. 31, 1957, he married Marietta Ward at Lewis. He later married Keh Son Chon on March 16, 1973, at Fort Carson, CO.
He retired from the military in November of 1978, and then was employed with the Goodyear Rubber and Tire Plant, working until 1994.
Walter was a Mason and a member of the Warrant Officer's Association and the New Light United Methodist Church.
He was a supporter of the Metropolitan Opera and was generous to numerous community organizations.
Walter was an avid reader, a collector of coins and music, and enjoyed gourmet food and fine wine, according to family members. He also enjoyed fishing and his dogs including Barrons, Duke and Seyjon.
He was preceded in death by: his parents, Lawrence and Ruth; his sister, Jerriene Hawley; brothers—Lawrence, Kenneth and Charles Walter.
Survivors include: his wife of 39 years, Keh, of the home; his son and daughter-in-law, Eric (Sheryl) Walter of Brady; two daughters—Regina M. Walter and Rhonda J. Freeman, both of Colorado Springs, CO; his sister, Gracie Warren of Valley Center, KS; grandchildren—Justin Morgan, Kinsey Freeman, Kelsie Freeman, Elizabeth Raitz, Katie Raitz, Natasha Walter and Jacob Walter; four great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to the New Light United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 5901 SW Lee Blvd, Lawton, OK 73505.
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The Jewish feast of the Passover drew near; and with it, the last days of the life of Jesus Christ on earth occurred. The malice of the Pharisees and Jewish leaders reached its peak. Their hearts hardened from envy, love of power, and other vices, and they did not want to accept the simple and compassionate teachings of Christ. They awaited a convenient occasion to seize the Saviour and put Him to death; and now, the time for them had arrived. The power of darkness set in, and the Lord was being betrayed into the hands of men.At this time in the village of Bethany, Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, was ill. The Lord loved Lazarus and his sisters and often visited this blessed family.When Lazarus fell ill, Jesus Christ was not in Judea. The sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord! The one whom You love is ill."But when Jesus Christ heard it He said, "This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it."The Saviour stayed two days longer in the place where He was. Then, He said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again. Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him." Jesus Christ spoke to them about the death of Lazarus, and the disciples thought that He was talking about usual sleep; and since sleep at a time of illness was a good sign of recovery, they said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he should recover."Then, Jesus Christ told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead; and for your sake, I am glad I have not been there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."When Jesus came to Bethany, Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Many of the Jews from Jerusalem had come to Martha and Mary to console them.Martha first heard that Jesus was coming and hurried to meet Him. Mary, in deep grief, sat in the house. When Martha met the Saviour, she said, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. And even now, I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You."Jesus Christ said to her, "Your brother will rise again."Martha said to Him, "I know that He will rise again in the resurrection at the last day (that is, in the general, resurrection at the end of the world)."Then, Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"Martha said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, Who is to come into the world." When she had said this, she quickly went home and quietly said to her sister Mary, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you."Mary, as soon as she heard this joyful news, rose quickly and went to Jesus Christ. When the Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. The Saviour had not yet come to the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him.Mary, when she came where Jesus was, fell at His feet saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died."When Jesus Christ saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and said, "Where have you laid him?"They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus Christ wept.When they came to the tomb of Lazarus, it was a cave, and the entrance was blocked up with a stone. Christ said, "Take away the stone."Martha said to Him, "Lord! By this time there will be an odour, for he has been dead for four days."Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone.Then, Jesus lifted His eyes to Heaven and said to God His Father, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. I know that Thou hearest Me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by Me that they may believe that Thou hast send Me."When He had said this, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." The dead man came out, His hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth, as the Jews dressed the dead.Jesus said to them, "Unbind him and let him go." Then, many of the Jews, who had been there and seen this miracle, believed in Jesus Christ. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. The enemies of Christ, the chief priests and the Pharisees were troubled and fearing that all the people would believe in Jesus Christ, gathered a council and decided to kill Jesus Christ. Word of this great miracle began to spread all over Jerusalem. Many Jews went to the home of Lazarus to see him and having seen believed in Jesus Christ. Then, the chief priests and scribes plotted to kill Lazarus. But Lazarus, after his resurrection by the Saviour, lived a long time and was later a bishop on the island of Cyprus.Note: See the Gospel of John 11:1-57 and 12:9-11.This great miracle of the Saviour, the raising of Lazarus, is commemorated by the Holy Orthodox Church on the Saturday of the sixth week of the Great Fast (the eve of Palm Sunday).
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known from his work history that he was potentially dangerous.
The lawsuit being filed on behalf of Jacob Beneke's family is the first to stem from Sept. 27 attack at Accent Signage Systems, said the family's attorney, Phil Villaume.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of the lawsuit in advance of a news conference Friday.
"It's probably one of the most horrendous, saddest cases I've ever been involved in in my 33 years of lawyering," Villaume said. "The Beneke family has suffered terribly, beyond comprehension. It's just a very, very sad situation all the way around."
Andrew Engeldinger, 36, pulled a gun at a meeting in which he was being fired and killed Beneke, four other co-workers and a UPS deliveryman before taking his own life. It was Minnesota's deadliest workplace shooting.
The company had repeatedly cited Engeldinger for offensive behavior, tardiness and poor job performance, and warned him a week before the attack that executives wanted to meet with him about his employment. On the day of the attack, Engeldinger was reminded of the late afternoon meeting and allowed to go to his vehicle before it started, where he retrieved his gun.
Engeldinger's parents have said he was mentally ill but had refused their offers to get him help. His mother declined to comment for this story.
Beneke's survivors, in their lawsuit against the company and Engeldinger's estate, contend that Accent Signage should have known Engeldinger had violent tendencies, was mentally ill and could hurt or even kill others. They say the company also should have known he owned guns, and that the shooting could have been foreseen.
They say the company acted carelessly and was negligent when it gave Engeldinger advance notice about his possible firing and allowed him to go to his vehicle. They also say Accent Signage was negligent for employing Engeldinger for years, despite his prior conduct, and argue that the company should have taken security precautions that it didn't and trained its employees how to fire someone.
"A reasonable employer in Accent's position would have, among other things, provided adequate security on its premises, locked its doors, monitored Engeldinger, and would have attempted to terminate Engeldinger in a safe manner," the lawsuit contends.
"They should've had security. They didn't take action. They knew they had a problem employee," Villaume said. "We have reason to believe that he was planning this for a long period of time. He was going through gun training at a gun range and had become quite proficient, if you will, at handling a handgun."
Engeldinger was hired in 1999 and worked in Accent's engraving department. Beneke, a sculptor and painter, was hired in 2005 as an engraver and was promoted to supervisor.
The lawsuit says Engeldinger was frequently intoxicated at work and drank on the job. It says he held personal animosity toward Beneke, and Beneke often called Engeldinger his "nemesis." The company's owner, also killed in the attack, told Beneke of Engeldinger's firing in advance.
The lawsuit alleges Beneke knew Engeldinger was prone to violence and was fearful on the day of Engeldinger's firing. Beneke drove a different vehicle to work and told his wife, "It's good I'll have the truck, because if he (Engeldinger) goes crazy, he won't recognize that I have a different car," the family contends.
Villaume said the Benekes are seeking substantial damages. Beneke, 34, left behind his parents, a wife and a young son. The family was not conducting media interviews Friday.
Messages left with Accent Signage and with the attorney handling Engeldinger's estate were not immediately returned.
Villaume said the lawsuit is important, especially given recent attacks like the one in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 elementary school students were gunned down.
"It's about time that people step up and speak out against gun rights," he said. "Guns in the hands of dangerous people are a dangerous thing, and they kill and harm and maim innocent people — and that's what happened here."
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CAMBRIDGE, UK – July 10, 2002 – ARM [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced that Watertek, one of China's largest providers of embedded systems solutions, will become the second company in China to distribute the ARM range of RealView development tools. Watertek will use its experience as an established distributor of tools for embedded microprocessor applications to distribute the ARM RealView products, which include software debug and analysis tools as well as a range of development platforms for the ARM® microprocessor cores.
Watertek was established in Beijing in 1993, and has grown to include offices throughout China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzen. Watertek has gained a significant share of the embedded sector in China as a distributor of embedded development tools, and it has provided support for the ARM architecture for some time, particularly through ARM training courses and third-party development tools. With this agreement, Watertek becomes the second distributor of RealView products, after Impact Memec signed a similar agreement in 2001.
"We are seeing increasing demand for the ARM architecture from companies within China, so it is important from the outset that we are able to fully support engineers and developers with the best tools possible," said Jun Tan, president, ARM China. "Watertek is one of China's most respected tools distributors, and it will offer a very technically-focused channel for the RealView family of embedded tools. This agreement will help to build ARM's presence in China, and offer ARM tools to the widest customer base possible."
"This agreement with ARM is an important step in the growth of the embedded technology sector in China," said Liu Ming, executive vice president of Sales and Marketing, Watertek. "Emerging consumer demand is driving product development, particularly in areas such as wireless, and in turn is fuelling demand for the ARM architecture. By working together with ARM we will be able to meet the existing demand for ARM tools, and provide support for the embedded industry as it grows."
About RealView Tools
RealView tools by ARM, provide designers with the best solution for creating and analyzing systems based on ARM technology. ARM RealView tools are designed and used by the same creators of the ARM architecture and they enable the highest level of pre-silicon evaluation and development and the broadest range of support for future architecture families and derivatives. ARM RealView tools are fully integrated and provide a complete solution to any design or SoC integration challenge, giving the developer higher confidence in first silicon and a faster time-to-market.
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at www.arm.com.
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SACRAMENTO - California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today began mailing restitution claim forms to approximately 78,000 customers who were 'targets of improper sales practice' after joining a national $325 million lawsuit settlement with Ameriquest. The settlement provides $51 million for eligible California customers of Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Town and County Credit Corporation, and AMC Mortgage Services, Inc., formerly known as Bedford Home Loans.
The settlement resolves allegations that Ameriquest and its affiliates failed to adequately disclose home loan terms, failed to disclose whether loans carried fixed or adjustable rates, refinanced borrowers into inappropriate loans, inflated the appraisals used to qualify borrowers for loans, and charged excessive loan origination fees and prepayment penalties. The company engaged in these unlawful mortgage lending practices from 1999 through 2005.
"Hard-working families trying to buy a home wound up as targets of improper sales practice,' said Attorney General Brown. 'This settlement provides homebuyers with at least some of the restitution they deserve.'
Other parties in the $325 million settlement include the California Department of Corporations, Alameda, Los Angeles, Merced, Monterey, San Francisco, and San Mateo County District Attorneys, Attorneys General and banking and finance regulators from the District of Columbia and every state (except Virginia where Ameriquest did not conduct business).
The forms mailed today indicate the minimum payment that customers can expect to receive. The average restitution payment is $812.15 but the amount could be larger depending upon how many customers choose to participate in the settlement. Consumers who want the restitution payment should mail completed and signed forms to the settlement administrator by September 10, 2007.
Consumers who accept the restitution payment will relinquish their right to file lawsuits against Ameriquest unless their home goes into foreclosure. If a consumer's home goes into foreclosure, the consumer may still file a lawsuit against Ameriquest even if the restitution payment was accepted.
Consumers are encouraged to consult a private attorney or legal services attorney before deciding whether to participate in the settlement. A 'Frequently Asked Questions' pamphlet was mailed with the claim forms to provide additional information about the restitution process for eligible consumers. Consumers can also obtain detailed information about the settlement by contacting the Ameriquest Settlement Administrator at: or by calling 1-800-420-5875 (1-866-494-8274 for deaf or hard of hearing consumers).
The state's complaint against Ameriquest is attached. The court's judgment is attached. A copy of the information letter and 'Frequently Asked Questions' mailed today is also attached.


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posted on Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 6:13 pm
I generated two groups dataĪXC1~N(0,1) and C2~N(0,1) under 21 items condition. In 21 items, there are 6 invariant items. In each group, there are 1000 people. After I ran LCA model, I have problem knowing C1 is assigned to #1 or# 2 based on Mplus results. For example, if I set C1 belongs to 1 and C2 belongs to 2 in the generated data, how do I know after running LCA, Mplus will assign C1 as 1 or 2?
Another question is in the Mplus result, how could I interpret threshold? Is it similar to item difficulty in IRT? In addition , is there any default in LCA model in Mplus?
Thank you.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 31, 2014 - 2:36 pm
I don't understand your question. You first talk about C1 and C2 having the same univariate distribution and then you talk about C1 and C2 as if they are categorical.
See the Topic 2 handout and video on our website for how to interpret thresholds and relate to IRT.
The default LCA model in Mplus is the standard LCA model of the literature. See also UG examples in Chapter 7.
posted on Friday, January 31, 2014 - 4:31 pm
I am sorry to confuse you.
I generated the two groups data. One groupĪ"s ability distribution is N(0,1), and the other group ability distribution is N(0.5,1). In this data, I set the lowest abilityĪ"s membership as 1 , and the highest abilityĪ" membership as 2. So, I have known the real membership in generated data. I want to know what the percentage of membership will be assigned correctly in Mplus, so I need to compare the data output with my generated data. In the data output, the value of membership is 1 either 2, but I have problem knowing that which value is assigned to the lowest ability?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 31, 2014 - 6:16 pm
Are you saying that you generate an IRT model with different latent ability distribution means in two groups and then you analyze with LCA to try to recover the group membership? Or are you not using LCA but factor mixture modeling?
posted on Monday, February 03, 2014 - 9:39 am
Yes, I was generating an IRT model with different ability distribution means in two groups and use LCA to find the correct group membership. In the generating data, I have the real membership in each group. So , now I try to know how LCA will classify the membership correctly.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 2:44 pm
So in your second step - not knowing the group membership - it sounds like you are saying that you use LCA, not factor mixture modeling. Note that LCA with m classes usually recovers factor analysis (IRT) with m-1 factors. It seem like you should instead use UG ex 7.17 to recover your unknown groups. You get the most likely class membership if you request cprobs in the Savedata command (see UG).
posted on Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - 3:41 pm
Thank you!
Sorry , I still have a questions. I have simulated 10 data with an IRT model with different ability distribution also I have the real membership in the generating data, then running LCA 10 times. By using command Ī¦ SAVEDATA:SAVE=CPROBĪ©, the output shows the probability of a person belonging class 1 or class2. But, how could I tell if the class 1 in Mplus output corresponds to the class 1 in the generating data? I mean if I assign class 1 as 1 in my generating data, how could I know class 1 will be assigned 1 or 2 in Mplus output? Are there any parameter estimates in mplus that I could compare with the generating values?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 2:26 pm
You have to infer which class it is by comparing the estimated means/probabilities of the observed variables to those that generated the data. But, again, I am not sure that applying an LCA model to data generated by a multiple-group IRT model is a good idea - you need 2 classes to capture the IRT ability factor and then you need 2 more classes to capture the two groups; it might be hard to sort things out from those 4 classes.
posted on Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - 8:01 pm
Thank you for your suggestion.
I tried to use probabilities of the items, but I find it's not easy to match the item difficulties in the generated data.
For example,the mplus result show
Latent Class 1
Category 1 0.105
Category 2 0.895
Category 1 0.350
Category 2 0.650
Latent Class 2
Category 1 0.342
Category 2 0.658
Category 1 0.670
Category 2 0.330
And, I set the item 1 has the same item difficulty -1.5 in group 1 and group 2, and item 2 is -1 and 1 in group1 and group2,respectively. However, I could not tell the real membership from the probability.
And, why does mplus estimate thresholds in LCA, because from the LCA formula , it seems no paramters is for thresholds.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, February 06, 2014 - 2:11 pm
I think your difficulties are related to my earlier statement:
"But, again, I am not sure that applying an LCA model to data generated by a multiple-group IRT model is a good idea - you need 2 classes to capture the IRT ability factor and then you need 2 more classes to capture the two groups; it might be hard to sort things out from those 4 classes."
Instead of LCA, I think you should use the model of ex 7.17 that I mentioned.
All Mplus models with categorical outcomes use threshold parameters. See the handouts and videos for Topic 2 and Topic 5 on our website.
posted on Sunday, February 09, 2014 - 11:01 am
In LCA ouput,does the following result provide class 1's mean? and , meanwhile does the mean of class 2 default as 0?
Categorical Latent Variables
Also, I tried example 7.17, I am confused the codes in the model part.
f BY y1-y5;
What does [f*1] mean?
Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 - 3:37 pm
The mean is the logit for the probability of being in class1. For k classes, k-1 logits are estimated.
[f*1] means that the mean of f is free with a starting value of 1.
yuki toyota
posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 3:44 am
Basic question
Hello, I am trying to analyse my data with LPA method. My study outline is that
(1)to examine how many latent classes with emotional intelligence(EI) will be appeared in LPA model.
(2)to compare how the differences of mental health(such as depression and burnout) in each detected-EIclass are.
So far, I managed to do (1) , and the results said that 3 class solution is the best.
But I don't know how to conduct (2). Although some info told me that it can be carried out by ANOVA in SPSS, I don't understand how it is possible.
I will attach my program. Could someone help meüH
FILE IS "F:\Latent profile analysis\EIrawdata.txt";
NAMES ARE v1 v2 v3 v4;
USEVARIABLES ARE v1 v2 v3 v4;
CLASSES = c(3);
Series is v1(1) v2(2) v3(3) v4(4);
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:04 pm
You can use Auxiliary DCAT/DCON. See the User's Guide.
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Pligg now runs on QuercusWednesday, October 1st, 2008
Over the last week, I had the pleasure of trying to get Pligg, a PHP content management system (CMS), to run on Quercus. It wasn't easy due to a diabolical bug (more on that later), but it's resolved for our upcoming 3.2.2 release and Pligg should run pretty swell.
So why another CMS? Quercus can already run Wordpress and Drupal, arguably the heavyweights in the PHP CMS arena. Well one of our good Resin users has over 50 Pligg sites and he wanted to migrate to Quercus. He had observed that PHP was being overloaded to such a point that all the linux swap space was being used up. So Quercus' performance is very appealing to him. Checking my emails, it appears that he has been trying to run Pligg on Quercus for over a year :0. Talk about persistence and commitment!
The thing preventing him from running Pligg was that Pligg was reusing variables inside functions and declaring them global later on:
$a = "initial"; function test() { $a = "changed"; ... global $a; //$a here on out should be "initial" ... }
Quercus is highly optimized and has optimizations for variables. If it sees the global statement inside a function scope, Quercus assumes that variable is global throughout the function. The issue was that any modifications to that variable was modifying it globally, when it should be modifying it locally, until the global statement is reached of course.
The question is: why would Pligg be reusing variable names and changing their scope? Why not use a different name? Why not put the global statement at the beginning of the function?
Sifting through their code, it appears that they eagerly initialize a copy of config objects. They do so by using includes. The includes store the results in a specific variable. So if you don't want the includes to modify the global variable, then you better not have the global statement before these includes. We would never expect this, hence the Quercus bug. This is an example of unorthodox coding that PHP permits that we see all the time and it's what makes it extremely difficult when we debug PHP applications.


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So, perusing around ye old Yahoo Japan Auctions (and Ebay) I've seen a lot of reproductions listed... most auctions list them as repros, so that's not totally shameful I guess. However, it's pretty obvious this is not even gray market. PC-Engine Works has you email them to get a list of their stock and order games from them. I guess I could see why. While I'm sure a lot of these games may have had their licenses lapse and the companies go tits up, I'm sure someone somewhere has rights.
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E-ad and polishing up
E-ad is now in its second week, and things are going well. The most frequent question I get is from people registering for a connect account, and not getting the confirmation email, and the most common response is that they need to check their spam folder. I added in the message to check the spam folder when they register, so I hope that solves these problems. Other than that, I'm polishing things up on both the internet and our internal process. For the most part, things are going very well. Today, I also added a 'quick jump' of sorts to the advertising page. When someone is asking about a certain project, it makes it easy for me (or anyone else) to jump to it. When e-ad becomes the accepted norm, I'll be able to move on to building a few other cool things that we've wanted to roll out for a while.
Posted by Rich on 04/13/2010.
Starting April 5, we're going to do a full implementation of e-advertising. All project documents will be available online only, except for the bid book, which we'll be sending out via overnight mail at no charge. There's a few reasons we're doing this:
1. We were tasked to cut our own costs, and our shipping costs are very high, despite charging for our plan sets.
2. We are exceeding our printing capacity.
3. We anticipate a higher upcoming workload related to printing and shipping, and needed to come up with a solution.
4. We find that this is a move that our contractors can live with happily.
5. We want to move our plans desk operation from a shipping operation to a service operation, and this is a good start.
We are using our Connect feature as a backbone to this service, which is nothing new, but it was a natural extension, which allowed us to continue to maintain a bidder's list. We hope to cease shipping bid books and move to 100% electronic distribution later this year, and are working on some improvements that will make the bid book a more useful document to everyone.
Posted by Rich on 03/16/2010.
Advertising Enhancements
In addition to the Connect features, I've put together a few more things that might be useful to people looking to bid our jobs. In the past, we've always had our "attachment a -e" lists for advertised projects. I simplified things and created an "advertised projects" list, and an "upcoming projects" list. This should make things a little simpler for anyone looking for information on a particular project. In addition, I added a feature that was requested multiple times via our feedback feature - a calendar of upcoming bid openings. This should be useful for those who want a visual representation of what's coming up for bid. All of these features can be found on the "Advertised Projects" link at the left.
Posted by Rich on 08/31/2009.
Caltrans Connect
I've finally rolled out a feature I've wanted to develop for a long time, Caltrans Connect. It allows anyone that participates in any of our "social contracting" features (opt-in & prime advertising) to track, edit, or delete their postings. You can also view the addenda for the projects that you are currently watching - making the Connect system a way for you to uniquely manage your bidding interests.
In the future, we're going to add new capabilities to Connect accounts. Create an account today to take advantage of the services that it offers.
Posted by Rich on 08/31/2009.
Bidders can target their subs now
AGC had asked us for a way to allow prime bidders to target the subcontracting community to ask them for help with specific items. We've finally added a feature to allow that. On the advertised project listings, you'll see that there is now a link next to each project that says "advertise for help". By filling out this form, you are letting subcontractors know exactly what you need, whether it's Item 20 - 24, paving, or water pollution control. It's up to you what you ask for, then it's up to the subcontractors to contact you with their services and prices. We're hoping that this helps everyone out there be a little more efficient when putting bids together.
Posted by Rich on 05/18/2009.
ARRA Funded Projects
All advertised project pages have been amended to show which projects have federal funds. Clicking on "Recovery Act Funded" leads to a page which shows all Recover Act funded projects currently advertised.
Posted by Rich on 04/22/2009.
Email, Furloughs, Updates
Furloughs are affecting the way we do business in this office, so I've added a couple notes letting people know that some services can be delayed. We've only been furloughed one day, but it's already causing problems for bidders. We've also started collecting email addresses from contractors through our opt-in list and our plans order forms. These email addresses will not be published anywhere or used for spam - we want to eventually send out notifications of addenda and other important announcements over email.
Posted by Rich on 02/11/2009.
Bid Summaries
I updated the bid summary listing, and made things overall more accessible. When you click the Bid Summaries link on the left side of the page, you'll be taken to a layout that gives you 6 weeks of our bid summary documents, showing the listing of bidders, prices, subcontractors, etc, and on the right side, you see preliminary results, which will show up prior to us producing the full blown report, and that will show the most recent 2 weeks. For those that just want to keep on top of how the competition's bids went, or see how they did, this is a good option.
Posted by Rich on 01/16/2009.
Feature Tour
I added a product tour of sorts, letting everyone know what we've been up to and features we've added, along with a brief tutorial on how to use it all. Check it out!
Posted by Rich on 12/18/2008.
Contractor Specialty License Search
I've finally added a tool that lets contractors search for projects that match their specialty license. Only have a C-8 license? Now you can find projects you can bid on. I've also added licensing requirements to all other advertised projects. I hope this is a help for contractors looking to narrow down their project search.
Posted by Rich on 11/26/2008.
Feedback page
I added a real feedback form to the website to track user feedback and suggestions. Rather than drop off to an email address, it puts the responses into a database, which lets various people around the office see what people think needs improvement and what is working well for them. Internally, I added a tracker to make sure we've responded to or addressed all comments left. It should be a good tool to keep us on track with what improvements we need to make, and make sure we're giving users more of what they like.
Posted by Rich on 10/27/2008.
Opt-in is here
I just completed our opt-in feature on the website. This is a service that allows contractors or suppliers who do not pick up a set of plans to still get recognition on our planholder's pages, along with being able to advertise their disabled business status (DVBE, etc), and to list the services they provide. We see this as a great way to promote small business and encourage usage of our electronic plans and specs we make available. To add your information, click the "opt-in" link by any project advertised under Attachment A or B under our advertised projects page.
Posted by Rich on 09/19/2008.
More FAQ's
People around the office have been sending in more FAQ's, so I've been updating the page to reflect that. We've got some really good information on there that should help out a few people.
Posted by Rich on 08/28/2008.
I added a Frequently Asked Questions page to cover all the little questions that come up day to day. As more questions strike me as being "frequent", I'll put them on here too.
Posted by Rich on 08/12/2008.
Map Tool Released
I've put our map tool up for public use. It uses the google maps engine to show where all our advertised and upcoming projects are all over the state. Clicking on any of the tabs brings up a mini-summary of the project, along with a link to a standard summary. You can also zoom in, pan around, and use the tool however you like. It's still new, so let me know if anyone has problems with it or suggestions on better way to display our projects.
Posted by Rich on 07/17/2008.
XML file for advertised projects
When I converted the advertised project listing over to the new format, I temporarily dispensed with the CSV files we had previously provided. After several questions about whether or not I'd be able to continue to provide them, I've decided to offer something a little more flexible - an XML file of the advertised project data. For those that use the data, this should be just as useful, flexible, and will be automatically updated on 9am on Monday morning, just like the rest of the advertised project info. Find the file on the right side of the weekly ads page.
Posted by Rich on 07/02/2008.
Bid Item Search
The bid item search is finally complete, and working well. You can either search by partial bid item descriptions or by item codes. And once you've found those contracts, it's a simple click to find prime or subcontractors to contact. Please let me know if this is working well for you, and let me know if there's other functionality you'd like to see in the future.
Posted by Rich on 06/25/2008.
RSS feeds are coming to the site soon, I've created one for this page (site updates), and have also created one for the addenda page, which I'm currently testing out. Future plans are to include feeds for newly advertised projects and awards, and maybe branch out to specification updates. For those wondering what RSS is, here's a primer. It's basically a way to keep up to date with websites that offer changing information, and hopefully will make things easier for our customers.
Posted by Rich on 05/27/2008.
Addenda on Attachment B
Attachment B (currently advertised projects with ad dates prior to current week) now shows which projects have addenda. The link will direct you to the directory containing the files.
Posted by Rich on 05/14/2008.
Small Change to Planholder Search
I didn't have a sort specified for the planholder's search database, so by request, it now sorts by contractor name.
Posted by Rich on 05/09/2008.
Relief of Bid Form
A form has been posted for contractors seeking relief of bid on the contractors information table.
Posted by Rich on 05/02/2008.
Construction Cost Index
Construction Cost Index has been updated to include Q1 2008.
Posted by Rich on 05/01/2008.
Addenda are now converted over to database entries, meaning they should show up sooner, be more accurate, and I can also integrate them into the other advertised project listings, so you can see immediately which projects have addenda. Hopefully I can update the advertised project list within the next couple weeks.
Posted by Rich on 04/30/2008.
New Weekly Ads Format
Our weekly ads are fully transitioned over to a database platform. That means easier administration for us, and better service to you. All weekly ads listings are now sortable by contract number, bid opening date, and advertising date. We have some more features planned out in the future, but if there's something anyone else would like to see, please let me know.
Posted by Rich on 04/21/2008.
Frontpage changes and bidder survey
The frontpage was updated with a few items. I added a note about the bid results hotline, along with a link to the phone menu cheat sheet. I also re-created the bidder survey to add our new database features, along with a note for our contracting partners to update their records with their latest information.
Posted by Rich on 04/16/2008.
Big changes coming
I've databased up our "advertised projects" listing. What that means to us is updates are easier to do and maintain. What that means to our customers is that the data will be available in more formats and more usable. For example, you can now sort the results with a simple click to find out what's advertising soonest or what's bidding first. Changes should show up next Monday.
Posted by Rich on 04/14/2008.
Contract Progress Report
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AC Index was updated. April 08 index was 504.1.
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Contractor brochure
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BAR Reports Updated
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Burke, Bill, M.S.
Carbon Steel
Fixed Blade Knives
Carbon Steel - 52100
Distal Taper
Paring, Petty and Garnish
Wood - Cocobolo
Kitchen Knives
Maker: Bill Burke, M.S. (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 87837
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***Blade length: 3.65 in.Total length: 7.25 in.Blade height (at heel): 0.68 in.Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.07 in.Item weight: 0.96 oz.Blade: Hand forged 52100 carbon steel with a low temp triple quench and triple temper for high performance edge retentionHandle: Octagonal cocobolo handle
Description: Bill Burke, who was honored as a Mastersmith in June 2008, is best known for creating some of the best hunters that can be found anywhere. When he began making chef's knives, the results were exceptional and these have quickly become amongst the most desired of Mastersmith Bill Burke's work.
Paring knives are a great choice in the kitchen when doing detailed tasks such as slicing garlic, taking the eyes out of potatoes, and the heads off strawberries. It is one of the most important knives in the kitchen.
Like his hunting knives, this santoku was pre-tested for edge flex and cutting ability before assembly. The heat treatment followed the formulas developed by Mastersmith Ed Fowler in conjunction with Bill and has been proven to create some of the sharpest and most long lasting edges found anywhere.
A differential heat treatment is clearly visible in the differential hardness line. This results in a soft, supportive spine and an extremely hard, long lasting edge. The handle is formed from a single piece of exhibition grade cocobolo. The wood has a twisted grain structure that includes a nice mix of warm and dark tones. The octagonal handle is a traditional shape for kitchen knife handles in Japan and provides a very comfortable grip that is quickly becoming preferred by Western chefs. This light knife has perfect balance and feels exceptional in the hand.
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(E.C.Is.Mine) wrote:I'm going to be honest... I think I've watched the Twilight trailer and teaser about sixty times in the past week. I can't help myself..and I've already scheduled to go see the movie with like four different groups of people on the same night.
November 21 is going to more exciting than Christmas.
I totally agree with! It is going to be more exciting that Christmas. But, I don't think that I've watched it that much. But, I have gone to drastic measures to watch it. Me and my friend were in Photography classes using the Mac Book computers. And our school blocks youtube.com so we went on Photobucket in search of the trailer. It was alot of fun!