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SHOPPERS in Bath will be encouraged to go veggie this Christmas by adding their names to a giant turkey pledge on Wednesday in the city centre. People will be able to sign special paper feathers, which will be placed on a large visual display, as part of the seasonal campaign by Bristol-based animal group Viva!. Free leaflets and information on going veggie and what Viva! call a compassionate Christmas, will also be available. Viva! are calling on consumers to help bring Peace to ALL by not eating turkey or any other animal this Christmas. In the wild, turkeys can live as long as 10 years, spend their lives roosting in trees and can fly at speeds of up to 50 mph. However, over 90 per cent of turkeys bred for meat consumption are factory farmed and killed at only a few weeks old. Zephie Begolo, Viva! campaigner, says: "We will be asking shoppers to go veggie this Christmas, as a gesture of goodwill to all creatures. The short life of a factory farmed turkey is a miserable one. They live in cramped filthy conditions, in barren sheds and suffer violent deaths " an image people don't usual associate with the festive season. We are asking consumers to spare a thought for the life their Christmas dinner endured and have a compassionate Christmas this year.' For more information about Viva!'s Peace to ALL campaign or on going veggie, visit www.viva.org.uk or email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 0117 944 1000 to request a free Go Veggie pack. ENDS For more information, contact Viva! press officer Helen Rossiter by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or Zephie Begolo by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or calling 0117 944 1000. Images from the photo call will be available upon request. Notes to Editors Factory farmed turkeys live in sheds of up to 25,000 birds. They are typically bred to grow fat, fast often resulting in injuries, such as lameness and sometimes their bodies cannot support them. Tens of thousands of turkeys die each year as a result of factory farm conditions and from being unable to reach food and water points. The intensive nature of the farming system can also lead to frustrated behaviour such as feather pecking and cannibalism. They go to slaughter between nine and 12 weeks and are typically stunned in an electrocuted water bath before their throats are slit. For more information about turkeys, please see Viva!'s fact sheet http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/turkeys/index.htm .


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Many have written claiming that they need weapons to defend themselves against the potential tyranny of the government. Because they elect not to explain what this actually entails, allow me.
They supposedly need these weapons for a time when our elected federal officials decide for reasons these writers also elect not to describe to declare martial law and instruct the military to strip every U.S. citizen of his guns and freedoms. Our service members, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff down to the privates and midshipmen, would abandon their oaths to defend this nation against all enemies foreign and domestic and execute these orders.
This scenario is a crackpot theory and insulting to the integrity of our men and women in uniform. Its time we call this threat what it truly is: a cruel marketing strategy of the firearms industry intended to cultivate paranoia.
We need to shape our gun-control policy around real, rational concerns such as guns falling into the hands of violent criminals and the mentally disturbed. There is no place in an intelligent debate for such ridiculous notions as the government trying to take over the country.
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Melanie Milburne
It was while she was supposed to be studying for her final high school exams that Melanie Milburne read her first Mills & Boon novel. She was 17 and decided right then and there she would continue reading romance novels, and not only that, she would settle for no less than a tall dark handsome hero as her future husband. Well, she's not only still reading romance but writing it as well! And the tall dark handsome hero, you ask? She fell in love with him on the second date and was secretly engaged to him within six weeks.
They moved to Scotland so he could work and study for his M.D. in surgery, and two sons later, arrived in Hobart, Tasmania—the jewel in the Australian crown. Once their boys were safely at school, Melanie went back to university and upgraded her teaching qualifications to a bachelor's and then master's degree.
As part of her final assessment she conducted a tutorial in literary theory concentrating on the romance genre. She had the tutorial room decked out with hearts and champagne and roses and was standing at the front of the room reading a paragraph from the novel of a prominent Harlequin Mills & Boon author when the door suddenly burst open. The husband that she thought was safely tucked away in an operating theater doing what surgeons are supposed to do was actually standing there dressed in a tuxedo, his dark brown compelling gaze centered on her startled blue one. He strode purposefully across the room, hauled Melanie into his arms and kissed her deeply and passionately before setting her back down and leaving without a single word. The lecturer gave Melanie a High Distinction and her fellow students gave her jealous glares! You can see by now her pilgrimage into romance writing was more or less set!
As well as writing full-time, Melanie is also a keen athlete. She enjoys long-distance running and is a nationally ranked top-10 master's swimmer in Australia, holding several individual state records. She learned to swim as an adult, so for anyone out there who thinks they can't do something—you can! Her motto is "Don't say I can't; say I CAN TRY."
Melanie loves the pace and passion of the Harlequin Mills & Boon Presents series and hopes fans enjoy reading her stories as much as she loves writing them.


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Massachusetts led the way with landmark health care reform in 2006, when then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation that required all residents to have health insurance, regardless of their income level.
The state created low-cost subsidized health insurance plans for people who had no other means of purchasing health coverage.
Currently, 98.1 percent of all adults and 99.8 percent of children are insured in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts led the way with landmark health care reform in 2006, when then-Gov. Mitt Romney signed legislation that required all residents to have health insurance, regardless of their income level.
The state created low-cost subsidized health insurance plans for people who had no other means of purchasing health coverage.
Currently, 98.1 percent of all adults and 99.8 percent of children are insured in Massachusetts.
That model, now dubbed "Obamacare" on the national level, is being rolled out to the nation under the new federally mandated Affordable Care Act.
Millions of people in the United States will, for the first time, be eligible for low-cost health insurance.
For Massachusetts, changes are on the way.
About 200,000 Massachusetts residents who already receive subsidized health insurance through the state's Commonwealth Care programs will need to choose new plans by the end of the year.
Starting on Oct. 1, Commonwealth Care will cease to exist. Coverage will continue until at least the end of the year.
The state will transition to the Affordable Care Act model and begin offering new health insurance plans that meet federal qualifications.
The ACA will require all states to provide access to an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can compare and purchase private health insurance policies.
Massachusetts will continue to use its online Health Connector, which will become a federally compliant health insurance exchange starting Oct. 1.
"Yes, we will be ready," said Jason Lefferts, director of Communications for the Commonwealth Health Connector.
Lefferts said members of Commonwealth Care insurance programs, such as BMC HealthNet, Neighborhood Health, Network Health and others, will need to participate in open enrollment and choose a new plan through the Health Connector before the end of the year.
The state will be mailing letters and phoning members to make sure they are aware of the changes and sign up for a new plan to avoid an interruption in coverage.
"I think for consumers, it's all good news," Lefferts said.
There will be several changes made to health insurance programs.
More people will be eligible for Commonwealth Health Connector programs, including MassHealth (Medicaid).
In 2014, people with incomes of up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level will qualify for low-cost health insurance. Currently, the level is set at 300 percent of the poverty level.
Today, a person with a yearly income of more than $33,000 does not quality for subsidized health insurance. In 2014, a person can make up to approximately $46,000 and qualify for insurance.
A family of four will be eligible if they make $88,000.
Massachusetts residents will also benefit from expanded funding for community health centers, assistance with prescription drug costs for seniors, and tax credits for small employers.
Employers with more than 50 workers will face stiffer penalties, up to $2,000 per worker, for not offering health insurance coverage. There will also be a penalty for employers who offer health insurance that is not considered affordable under the new federal law.
As the state tweaks its own subsidized health insurance programs to bring them into compliance, those who work in health care are short on details.
Paulette Couture, patient benefits supervisor at HealthFirst Family Care Center, a community clinic that serves people who are uninsured, underinsured and have low incomes, said information was coming to her slowly.
Couture and other staffers met last week with a provider from Neighborhood Health Plan, one of several insurers that currently offers subsidized health insurance in the state.
Neighborhood Health, and others, will continue to sell low-cost plans.
"We're all preparing," said Patrice Inda, provider relations representative for Neighborhood Health.
Couture said she signs between 100 and 150 people each month for subsidized insurance, whether or not they are patients of HealthFirst.
"Anyone can come in," Couture said. "We do it for the whole community."
Couture said she believes the Affordable Care Act will benefit Massachusetts residents. She said it will also help nearby Rhode Island residents who have not had the benefit of low-cost health insurance.
"Rhode Island patients can't come here," Couture said. "I think this will be much better."
Cynthia Wicks, president of the Southcoast Health System's Southcoast Physicians' Network, said the group, including its private physicians and its hospitals, is ready and will accept all of the different insurance plans.
"We're totally prepared and cognizant of how this will work," Wicks said. "There won't be a lot of changes (for patients)."
Wicks said once all Rhode Islanders are required to have health insurance, it will further benefit patients needing care at any of the many Southcoast physician offices in the area.
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This month is National Home Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month, making it the prefect time of year to see to it that your home is protected against common indoor pollutants. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are three steps you can take to improve the quality of the air inside your home and protect your family from the many health hazards that have been associated with indoor air pollution.
The first step, source control, involves identifying and eliminating the major sources of pollution. For example, if your gas stove leaks unhealthy emissions, you can alter the settings or replace the stove so that the air inside your home is safer.
The second step is ensuring that your home is well-ventilated. Many indoor heating and cooling systems do not include a mechanism for bringing fresh air from the outdoors into your home, but rather rely on recycling the same air over and over again. Take the time to periodically open windows and doors to ensure that a fresh supply of air is making its way inside your home.
Finally, the EPA recommends investing in a home air purifier that can remove harmful pollutants and other airborne hazards from the air within your home. For the most protection, invest in a medical-grade air purifier that can remove over 99 percent of indoor air pollutants.


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Splenectomy is a surgical procedure to remove your spleen. The spleen is an organ that sits under your rib cage on the upper left side of your abdomen. It helps fight infection and filters unneeded material, such as old or damaged blood cells.
The most common reason for splenectomy is to treat a ruptured spleen, often caused by an abdominal injury. Splenectomy may be used to treat other conditions, including an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly), some blood disorders, certain cancers, infection, and noncancerous cysts or tumors.
Splenectomy is most commonly performed using a tiny video camera and special surgical tools (laparoscopic splenectomy). With this type of surgery, you may be able to leave the hospital the same day and recover fully in two weeks.
Splenectomy is used to treat a wide variety of diseases and conditions. Your doctor may recommend splenectomy if you have one of the following:
Your doctor may also remove the spleen to help diagnose a condition, especially if you have an enlarged spleen and he or she can't determine why.
Splenectomy is generally a safe procedure. But as with any surgery, splenectomy carries the potential risk of complications, including:
After spleen removal, you're more likely to contract serious or life-threatening infections. Your doctor may recommend you receive vaccines against pneumonia, influenza, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and meningococci. He or she may also recommend that you take preventive antibiotics, especially if you have other conditions that increase your risk of serious infections.
To prepare for splenectomy and if you have time before the surgery, you may need to:
Your doctor will give you specific instructions to help you prepare.
Right before your surgery, you will be given a general anesthetic. The anesthesiologist or anesthetist gives you an anesthetic medication as a gas — to breathe through a mask — or injects a liquid medication into a vein. The surgical team monitors your heart rate, blood pressure and blood oxygen throughout the procedure. You will have a blood pressure cuff on your arm and heart-monitor leads attached to your chest.
After you're unconscious, your surgeon begins the surgery using either a minimally invasive (laparoscopic) or open (traditional) procedure. The method used often depends on the size of the spleen. The larger the spleen, the more likely your surgeon will choose to do an open splenectomy.
Laparoscopic splenectomy. During laparoscopic splenectomy, the surgeon makes four small incisions in your abdomen. He or she then inserts a tube with a tiny video camera into your abdomen through one of the incisions. Your surgeon watches the video images on a monitor and removes the spleen with special surgical tools that are put in the other three incisions. Then he or she closes the incisions.
Laparoscopic splenectomy isn't appropriate for everyone. A ruptured spleen usually requires open splenectomy. In some cases your surgeon may begin with a laparoscopic approach and find it necessary to make a larger incision because of scar tissue from previous operations or other complications.
If you had splenectomy due to a ruptured spleen, further treatment usually isn't necessary. If it was done to treat another disorder, additional treatment may be required.
After splenectomy other organs in your body take over most of the functions previously performed by your spleen. You can be active without a spleen, but you're at increased risk of becoming sick or getting serious infections. This risk is highest shortly after surgery. People without a spleen may also have a harder time recovering from an illness or injury.
To reduce your risk of infection, your doctor may recommend vaccines against pneumonia, influenza, Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) and meningococci. In some cases, he or she may also recommend preventive antibiotics, especially for children under 5 and those with other conditions that increase their risk of serious infections.
After splenectomy, notify your doctor at the first sign of an infection, such as:
Make sure anyone caring for you knows that you've had your spleen removed. Consider wearing a medical alert bracelet that indicates you don't have a spleen.
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Alleged attacker rescinds guilty plea
PITTSFIELD -- A 19-year-old man was sentenced to three months in jail on Tuesday for a 2010 drunken driving accident, but he plans to go to trial in an unrelated aggravated assault and battery case next month after two judges rejected plea deals in the case.
In a Jury of Six session of Central Berkshire District Court on Tuesday, Chad M. Hodecker, of Curtin Avenue, Pittsfield, initially pleaded guilty to single counts of aggravated assault and battery and larceny over $250 in connection with the beating and robbery of a 62-year-old man last year.
In that case, Hodecker was hoping on Tuesday that the judge would agree to a nine-month jail sentence. But Judge Paul M. Vrabel didn't agree, telling the defendant he would give him 18 months in jail. The Berkshire District Attorney's Office was asking for one year in jail.
Hodecker pulled his plea, the second time he has done this, and is scheduled to take the case to trial in September.
In May, Judge Rita S. Koenigs also balked at a plea deal that would have given Hodecker a one-year suspended jail sentence with two years probation and required him to pay restitution.
Koenigs said she would give him a two-year suspended sentence with six months in jail and five years probation.
Hodecker and a juvenile are charged in a March 7, 2011, attack on Charles Helde.
At the time, Helde, 62, was walking back to his home on Richmond Avenue from the Harry's Supermarket on Wahconah Street. The attack left Helde with a broken nose, cheekbones, eye sockets and jaw. He was also robbed of $300.
The juvenile's case remains pending.
On Tuesday, Hodecker's attorney, Marc C. Vincelette, told the court that while his client was there during the beating, he did not participate in the attack and has no prior criminal convictions.
Hodecker also pleaded guilty on Tuesday to drunken driving for a July 25, 2011, incident in Pittsfield. Pittsfield Police said Hodecker drove an unregistered car while intoxicated and unlicensed, nearly hit some children who were playing in front of a Mohegan Street residence, and eventually crashed the car on the lawn of another home on Robert Street.
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text: UPDATE: Full Throttle Camping's 2012 Garage Sale, Part 2, was launched at 10:00 a.m. PST on 11/24/2012. Almost our entire inventory is on sale, with discounts mostly between 50-70% - well below what we already paid for it (only two items are not discounted). The Garage login page is http://www.fullthrottlecamping.com/garage/login.php and there are also links to it at the bottom of every page of the website. The Garage is password-protected so that manufacturers can't discover our MSRP abuse via a simple web search. The password is RideOn


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We're told this seems to be the big concern stressing out the powers that be up in Vancouver, around the New Moon set, now that it seems pretty damn clear there's something smoldering between the two. Perhaps, enough to even warrant a meeting between R's and K's peeps.Read the rest here.
See, our babe Stewart is supposedly still in a loving relaysh with Michael Angarano. So if that duo happened to break up and she coincidentally rebounded with a sexy costar, it could make her look slutty, and the man in waiting, sneaky, apparently (we don't think so).
That's why it would be much easier to just start phasing out the "current" boyfriend, something rumored to be in the works:
The media setups (Rob and Nikki, Jackson and Kristen) just aren't flying with you smart little Twi-Twits anymore, and people are most definitely taking notice.
Life & Style reports there's still drama with Nik and Robert, but we're told that stuff is still being pushed to the media to help slowly "out" Kristen and Rob.
Apparently Pattz and Stew are getting so fed up with being told what (and who) to do all the time that they are "refusing to play along anymore." How deelish!
"Rob has been seen coming back from the direction of Kristen's hotel at 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m., respectively, on different nights," snitches our VBC eyes.
Seriously, do we really care if the good-looking Twilight Cast is bonking each other? ;-)


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James Bonner Named First Fellow of Clarkson University's Shipley Center for Innovation
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James S. Bonner, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named the first fellow of Clarkson University's Shipley Center for Innovation.
"The Shipley fellow defines the highest level of the scholar-entrepreneur, one who strives to create wealth and employment opportunities through commercial enterprise that involves the fellow's own intellectual endeavors," says Clarkson Provost Thomas C. Young.
As a Shipley fellow, Bonner will directly support the mission of the Shipley Center, which includes catalyzing economic development through innovations developed by Clarkson faculty, students, and staff.
In accepting the position of Shipley fellow, Bonner will step away from the directorship of the Clarkson Center for the Environment, a post he has held since 2007.
In addition to his new post with Clarkson, Bonner concurrently serves as River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) director of Research at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries in Beacon, N.Y.
Bonner also established the Shoreline Environmental Research Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he developed and implemented technologies that use high-frequency radar to map surface water along the Texas coastline.
He has developed new technologies that provide real-time continuous monitoring with in-situ sensing ("sensing in place") to measure important water parameters. With funding from the National Science Foundation, he has undertaken a national effort to create a cyber-collaboratory framework, enabling collection and circulation of real-time data and data analysis in the study of oxygen depletion in water.
Bonner received both his M.S. in civil engineering and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Clarkson University. He received his B.A. in biology from SUNY Plattsburgh.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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Tips for Effective Note-Taking
- Sit towards the front of the room.
► You will hear more and concentrate better when there is little space between you and the professor.
► Students who have a kinesthetic learning preference are able to be right in the middle of the action, in the center of the professor's energy.
► Professors also tend to favor students who sit towards the front and center of the classroom.
- Do the assigned reading before the lecture.
► You will be able to listen and take effective notes more easily and with greater understanding.
Be prepared and systematic. Use a three-ring binder and loose-leaf paper. Label and date your notes in order. Handouts and other class materials can be inserted easily into a section of a notebook for each of your classes.
Look for the structure of the lecture. Understanding the way the information is organized will help you take more organized notes.
Look for the main points of the lecture. Professors often make their main points clear by emphasizing them in some way. Listen for information that is repeated, written down, or stressed vocally. A professor's voice may get louder or softer, higher or lower, or the rate of speech may change when presenting important information. the information is probably important if it is listed or numbered. Pay attention to the nonverbal clues. Some speakers walk towards their audience as they make a major point. Others use hand gestures, strike the podium, or pace back and forth as they present key ideas.
Utilize the Cornell Note-Taking System. Divide your paper into a 2-1/2 inch section (on the left side) and a l-inch section (on the right side). The right-hand section is for taking notes; the left-hand is the recall section where you will write key words and phrases.


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Started costuming relatively late - I feel like I've lost so much time compared to my younger counterparts! Currently in Japan as an ALT, but don't get jealous yet - I'm too far north from anything cool. I really enjoy the making aspect of costuming, and I don't realy have a specific genre (anime, books, games - it's all good). I love Kim Hyung-Tae, Magna Carta 1&2, and Katamaridamacy. :)
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There isn't a lot you can do, sadly you pay the price for wearing suede anywhere dirty. You won't be able to try stronger cleaner because that will ruin the colour (and probably the material) and you can't scrape too much because you'll damage the leather.
I wore my Grensons to our work party last night, I managed to keep the free of spillage but somehow some fag ash managed to land on the tip and has burnt the suede, thankfully it isn't too noticeable.
Whenever I go out I just wear my Vans Authentic, they're absolutely bloody filthy but I don't really care.


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Windows 7 EAP-TTLS, PAP
1. Check the "Cache user information" checkbox. Select SecureW2 EAP-TTLS for the "Choose a network authentication method" and then click the "Settings" button next to it.
2. A new dialog box will appear, click the "Configure" button.
3. On the Connection tab uncheck the "Use alternate outer identity:" checkbox and check the "Enable session resumption (quick connect)".
4. On the Certificates tab uncheck the "Verify server certificate" checkbox.
5. On the Authentication tab select PAP for "Select Authentication Method:".
6. On the User account tab uncheck the "Prompt user for credentials" checkbox and uncheck the "Use this account to logon computer" checkbox. Enter your Banner ID for the "User name:", enter your Banner Password for the "Password:", and then click OK.
7. Click OK.
8. Click OK.
9. Now click the "Close" button.
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Courtesy Center
The Courtesy Center, a community way-finding service, is now available for our patients and families.
Located on B-2 of the Cancer Center, near the main entrance, the center provides area maps, guides to Ann Arbor, directions to local lodging, dining, shopping, referrals to the Guest Assistance Program, etc. A team of volunteers staff the center throughout the week. Please note that maps, flyers, etc. will be available at the Courtesy Center even when a volunteer is not on duty.
Provided by the Volunteer and Community Resources, this concierge type center is intended not only to increase the quality service provided to our patients and families, but to assist staff by providing a central location for way-finding information.
If you would like more information on the Courtesy Center, please call Patient and Family Support Services at 877-907-0859.


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Bronze Dyonisus
The god is represented naked in a youthful aspect, with the right leg extended and the left one slightly bent, the right arm is extended while the left one is bent and in his hand he holds a thyrsus. The head, slightly oriented towards the right and the eyes looking downwards. Some details are executed with the technique of the damascening, which the insertion of leaves of other metals in the lowered surface of the sculpture: copper for the anatomical details (lips, nipples) and for the diadem, decorated with copper and silver triangles, berries and ivy leaves. The orbits of the eyes are, in contrast, in ivory and the irises, lacking, were probably made of coloured hard stone or vitreous paste.
The schema of the figure, denoting the influence of Polykleitos in the execution of the limbs but also the knowledge of the Praxitelic art, shown in the gentle movement of the head and in the sinous aspect of the hips, is ascribable to a famous statuary model created about the mid-4th century BCE, the so-called Dyonisus of the Woburn Abbey type, known through around 20 exemplars. Other elements, like the bent right arm, the hairdressing of long curling locks and the rendition of the eyes enable us to consider the work as an eclectic creation of the mid-imperial age, a reflection of the classicistic taste of that epoch.


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Leyland surprised by Valverde's free agency
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers made it known early in the offseason that they would not re-sign closer Jose Valverde. They just figured someone else would.
Instead, Spring Training has started all over baseball with Valverde still looking for work. His former manager is as surprised as anybody.
"I'm shocked, totally shocked and broken-hearted," Leyland said. "This guy was absolutely fantastic, absolutely fantastic for us. He's one of the best teammates I ever managed. He did as good of a job for three years in a row. I can't believe that in a two-week period -- granted, he wasn't as good maybe last year -- but in a two-week period, it seemed like everything that this guy did got forgotten about, and I just can't even imagine."
Leyland thought highly enough of Valverde that he acted as a job reference for him to teams that asked for his opinion.
"I talked to a couple people and recommended him very highly," Leyland said.
The Tigers' closer situation, though, might work against him. If Leyland thinks that highly of Valverde, the next question to come up would be why the Tigers have shown no interest in bringing him back.
Leyland tread carefully on that one.
"Well, I think the Tigers felt that it was just time," Leyland said. "It was pretty rough on him the last period there in Detroit. It got a little rough on the kid, and I understood the magnitude of what was going on and everything. But if you remember right, I supported him through thick and thin through all of that. But I had to do what I had do. I wasn't very comfortable doing it, but I did what I had to do."
Spring Training unlikely to resolve closer role
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Four years ago, Tigers manager Jim Leyland left Spring Training saying Fernando Rodney would be his closer on Opening Day, but not guaranteeing anything beyond that. In fact, he suggested that other pitchers could end up closing games. But Rodney ended up with 37 saves in a breakout season.
The way Leyland is talking now, don't be surprised if his message is the same once the Tigers wrap up this year's camp -- even if right-hander Bruce Rondon wins the first chance at closing.
It is not Rondon's job to lose, Leyland cautioned. He's not going to put that kind of pressure on the 22-year-old. Yet it's hard to guarantee it's a job for one pitcher to definitively win, at least publicly.
"Hopefully I have a lead Opening Day, and you'll see somebody pitching," Leyland said. "I doubt very much that there'll be anybody anointed out of Spring Training as the closer. Is it a possibility? Yes."
When asked about left-hander Phil Coke's struggles against right-handed hitters and what he needed to do to reverse the trend, Leyland initially took it as a question about Coke potentially closing. But after saying Coke would not be the closer, Leyland added that Coke could get chances based on matchups.
"I think he'll probably close some games," Leyland said. "I'm not saying he won't close games, but I would not start anointing anybody as our closer just yet, because we don't have one just yet."
Coke, of course, picked up two saves in the American League Championship Series in Jose Valverde's stead. He didn't get a chance to save a game in the World Series, but his situation and the matchups with Giants hitters made him a likely candidate if the Tigers had a save situation.
"I think it's really a front-burner thing that's on the back burner," Leyland said.
Infante officially joins Venezuela for Classic
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Omar Infante's participation in the World Baseball Classic is now official, three weeks after it was expected he would join Venezuela's roster. Infante and manager Jim Leyland both confirmed he has been added to the squad.
"It's exciting," Infante said. "This team is unbelievable."
Infante said he hasn't been told what his role will be, but he expects to serve as a utility player -- a role filled with skill for the Atlanta Braves before spending the past two seasons as the everyday second baseman in Miami and Detroit.
Infante is the fourth Tigers player on a World Baseball Classic roster. Miguel Cabrera and Anibal Sanchez will be his teammates with Venezuela, while Octavio Dotel is listed on the provisional roster for the Dominican Republic.
"We actually came out of it pretty good," Leyland said.
Tigers hire Hodge to throw left-handed BP
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Remember when Delmon Young mentioned the lack of a left-handed batting practice pitcher when asked about the Tigers' struggles against lefties during the World Series? That spot has been filled.
The Tigers hired Ed Hodge, who served as batting practice coach for the Houston Astros the past couple years.
The Tigers have no shortage of right-handers to throw batting practice, from coaches to bullpen catcher Scott Pickens to former Major League catcher Joe Siddall at home games. However, they haven't had a lefty in several years.
It sounds like a trivial matter, but to players, it makes a difference. Prince Fielder compared it to trying to take a math exam without doing the homework leading up to it.
"It definitely helps having a lefty and a right-handed pitcher, because you're going to see both," Fielder said. "Especially for me, being a lefty, from the seventh inning on, that might be all I see. I definitely need it, personally, just to make sure I'm doing everything I can to prepare and help my team in those situations."
Healthy Price ready for busy spring schedule
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Little more than a year after undergoing surgery for cancer and less than a year after having to pull back from a couple road trips while dealing with illness, Jim Price says he's feeling great.
That's good for him, because the Tigers radio analyst has a busy Spring Training ahead of him.
The Tigers will broadcast 35 of their 36 Spring Training games on the radio, after broadcasting mainly weekend games the past several years, and Price plans on doing all 35.
Price, who was part of the broadcast team when Detroit had most of its spring games on the air years ago, said he has heard positive feedback since the expanded broadcast schedule was announced last week.
"This is excitement I don't think I've ever seen before," Price said. "They just want to hear Tiger baseball. It's incredible."
Healthwise, Price said he has lost some weight since last season, but not the dramatic drop that accompanied his cancer treatments a year ago.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Deseret News: Resurgent Espindola leads Real Salt Lake into Seattle
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Standard-Examiner: Streaking RSL pays Sounders a visit
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2012-04-03, 23:04
(2012-04-03, 22:59)LuisMack Wrote: What do I do then?Have try post #10?
(2012-04-03, 22:40)onizuka Wrote:It is not so much problem with the core power. My E350 with 1.6GHz core can playback 1080P with DTS-HD/TrueHD using W7+XBMC fine......(2012-04-03, 22:21)jdwoods Wrote: Is it possible that its a 24 frame vs 60 frame issue?
Good point. That a strong possibility. What's funny to me is the thought that these Quad-Core 2.0ghz+ APU's we can't expect 1080p to run smooth as silk without DXVA. I know XBMC (FFMPEG) could use some more multi-threaded optimization.....BUT REALLY?!?!
Playback is relying heavily on GPU, and APU A6-3650 with HD6530D.....should be able to do it better than my less than powerful component!


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Local filmmaker's 30-year-old documentary on Israeli-Palestine conflict finds itself in the spotlight again and, sadly, still relevant
WESTMINSTER WEST -- Back in 1981, when David Koff released his documentary film "Occupied Palestine," about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, political unrest in Northern Ireland, South Africa and the former Soviet Union inspired fellow filmmakers to tell those stories.
And while films and books based on those troubled spots are now viewed and read for their historic value, the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians rages on.
So when the directors of the London Palestine Film Festival called Koff, 73, earlier this year at his Westminster West home to let him know that his 88-minute film was going to open the 2013 festival, it was with a mixture of pride, frustration and sadness that he accepted their invitation.
"People were expecting to see an historical artifact from a time capsule of 30 years ago," Koff said. "But, unfortunately, it is just as current as the day we made it. People were surprised, but also dismayed, that so little has changed in 30 years. The driving forces that started this are still in play. The process is not over yet and no one can say how it will end."
Koff's film explores the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and it was one of the first films to tell the story from the Palestinian point of view.
The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival called the film a "rarely seen masterwork of political cinema," which was "boldly ahead of its time."
"'Occupied Palestine' remains a singular work of engaged filmmaking and a unique record of an overlooked chapter in the course of the conflict," festival organizers wrote.
For the past three decades Koff has been distributing copies of his film to colleges and political groups that wanted to discuss the struggle of the Palestinians to secure a homeland.
And, as far as he knows, the film has been viewed and discussed by professors and students with little controversy over the past 30 years.
It has been a long time since the film was shown commercially.
"I distributed it and if someone asked for a copy I'd send it out," Koff said. "It has had a life below the radar screen."
Back in 1981 when the film premiered in San Francisco a bomb threat caused an evacuation of the theater.
And in 1986, public television stations in New York and Washington D.C. refused to air the film.
The controversy forced film houses to shy away from showing the documentary, and when he saw it again in London, it was the first time in more than 30 years that Koff viewed the film in a theater with a large group of people.
He said there is much more understanding now, adding that a 2011 Academy Award nominee, "5 Broken Cameras," tells the story from a Palestinian point of view.
Koff grew up in California and produced a number of documentaries in Africa before directing "Occupied Palestine."
He moved to Vermont about 10 years ago to be with his girlfriend, who was taking over a family home in Westminster West.
Koff still makes films, working with digital editing software out of his Westminster West studio.
Over the past few years he has been producing documentaries on union and labor issues.
His 2002 film, "Windows," told the stories of the restaurant workers who died in the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, and his most recent film, "The New Haven Raids," explored U.S. immigration policy and features the music by Ry Cooder.
The London film festival staff first contacted Koff last year, requesting a copy of the film and then telling him his work was being considered for the 2013 festival.
Earlier this year he received a second call, learning that his film was chosen to open the festival at a gala opening and asking if he would fly to London to discuss the film.
He got back to Vermont last week.
"It was very exciting. The film received a lot of attention and was mentioned in every article on the festival," Koff says. "The response was fantastic. It got more publicity in the space of a week than it has since it was first released in 1981."
Koff is working on a remastered DVD edition of "Occupied Palestine."
For more information go to www.davidrkoff.com.
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Hello Lia! Would you be able to help me with a one-shot? This is the final (probably) one-shot in a series of stories about Draco's Squib sister, Lucy, given up for adoption when she was very young and reunited with the Malfoys when she's nineteen. However, although I think it unlikely, I would like this one-shot to work in its own right, even if you haven't (which, I presume, you haven't) read any stories about her previously. Therefore it's another mainly OC based story- I hope that's all right.
Username: Welshdevondragon/ Alex
Story Title: Day Is Done (a Nick Drake song)
Genre: Post-Hogwarts
Ships: Draco/ Asteria (a bit) OC/OC
Rating and Warnings: Strong profanity, character death and mild sexual situations. I think that's it.
Word Count: I've written most of it, but not typed. I'd guess about 5000 words
One Shot or Chaptered: One-shot.
Summary: (working summary- will definitely change)
Lucy Carter-Malfoy - June 5th 1980 to January 7th 2013.
Lucy, her husband, Daniel Marlowe, and her brother, Draco Malfoy, have to face her death.
Also Lucy dies of AIDS. If that bothers you then feel free to say no to this story- I promise I won't be offended.


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But if you can dig some little bit of usefulness out of it and submit a patch to Pod::Perldoc that implements it, I'd be quite happy!
BTW, Pod::Perldoc isn't just for blead -- just about anyone can upgrade their perldoc to use it, just via CPAN.
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He was born Dec. 17, 1939, in Morrilton to Bill and Artie Bartlett. He was a U.S. Army veteran and spent 33 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The first 13 years as a clerk and after graduating from The University of Arkansas in Little Rock he entered Special Agents training. He retired in 1992 after 20 years as a Special Agent. He was a member of Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church, a long time Sunday School teacher, and an ordained Southern Baptist Deacon. He married Margaret (Peggy) Heigle Bartlett, on July 28, 1962. Billy loved to fish, especially at Lake Overcup, north of Morrilton, and he enjoyed taking his two grandsons bream fishing at Lake Atkins,
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Donald.
Survivors include his wife; one sister, Mamie Sue Berkemeyer of Atkins; one son, Donald Wayne Bartlett of Crow Mountain; a son-in-law and daughter, Troy and Melinda Jeffrey; and two grandsons, Sean and Dalton Jeffrey, all of Hesston, Kan.
A memorial service will be today at Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Atkins with Bro. David Bishop officiating. The family will receive friends at the church following the service.
Honorary pallbearers include Charles and Joann Baker, Sonny Nunnelly, Sylvia May, Dorothy Wiley and Polly Tackett.
Memorials may be made to Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church or American Lung Cancer Society.
Online condolences and obituary are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.
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Beach theme dazzles Christmas Tree Forest
Nov. 22, 2013 at 5:22 a.m.
YOAKUM - More than 60 Christmas trees decorated in "Christmas at the Beach" themes made choosing the best a difficult task for celebrity judges Friday at the Yoakum Heritage Museum's 26th annual Christmas Tree Forest.
"They are all fabulous," said Geri Mehan, museum director. "We appreciate all the hard work that went into them and all the volunteers who helped place them throughout the museum."
The museum, 312 Simpson St., also is decked out with original artwork and Christmas decorations.
Judges included Yoakum Mayor Annie Rodriguez; Bill Lopez, of the Yoakum Chamber of Commerce; and Tom Long, of Shop the World in Victoria.
When all the garland had settled, the Best of Show was awarded to the tree from the St. Joseph School pre-kindergarten-3 and pre-kindergarten-4. The tree was also named tops among school entries.
Other winners included Yoakum Community Hospital in the business category K.C. Rex in the individual category and Iota Eta Sorority in the organization category.
Second-place trees included First Place Bank, Yoakum Literary Club and Providence Christian Academy.
The tree exhibit opened Friday.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the museum will host "A Night at the Museum" with refreshments, door prizes and - just in time for the holidays - gift product demonstrations including Scentsy, Velata and Grace Adele.
Also, Tasteful Traditions Cookbooks of recipes by local cooks will be available.
Several hundred school children will visit during tours in December, said Mehan.
The Christmas Tree Forest will remain through Jan. 2. The exhibit is free, but donations are accepted.
The museum is open from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
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Name/year of graduation: Molly Noyed'12
Hometown/residence: Deephaven, Minn.
Major: Art History.
Sport(s)/postions: Cross country.
How would you describe your art, and what are you showing in the upcoming Artletics show? My art is delicate and somewhat whimsical. In the upcoming Artletics show (opening March 13), I will be showing two different acrylic self-portraits, as well as a watercolor landscape painting.
What are a few of your favorite things? Lilly Pulitzer, being organized, running, making lists, Townhouse J, pretty dresses, education, my KD little.
What's on your desert island jukebox? Iron & Wine, Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Drake, Philip Glass, Bon Iver.
Any do-over requests to lodge with the universe? Explain. I would have liked to have been nice to my sister throughout our childhood, since we didn't start getting along until I went away to college. Now she's doing a Rotary exchange year in Denmark, and I really miss her!
Any advice? There is never a wrong time to tell someone you love them.
What do you do in your free time? Apply for jobs, run, dance, spend time with my lovely roomies in our townhouse, watch Downton Abbey, read.
If you could be reincarnated, what person/thing would you like to be? I would like to be a deer. Behind my home in Minnesota, we have woods where families of deer always gather. They seem really peaceful.
What gets you up in the morning? Knowing that I will accomplish a lot in one day.
What's your favorite hidden gem here in the area? Turtle Creek.
What's the number one thing on your bucket list? Run a marathon.
What are you most looking forward to? All the opportunities out there.


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Rocky Mountain National Park > Ptarmigan Point > Climber's Log
Ptarmigan Point Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Via Flattop
Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2016
|Climbed this along with Flattop and Hallett. Trail was a little icy below tree line and a little bit of snow above tree line.
|Posted Nov 18, 2017 3:00 pm
|via flattop
Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2010
|can't remember the exact date.
|Posted May 14, 2013 2:06 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2012
|We did a traverse of Flattop, Ptarmigan Point, Notchtop, Knobtop, and Gabletop. We started from Bear Lake and descended through Tourmaline Gorge to Odessa Lake and then to Fern Lake trailhead.
|Posted Sep 9, 2012 4:02 pm
|Pete Castricone
|This is a named peak?
Date Climbed: Aug 20, 2012
|This is an example of naming anything that looks like a pile of rocks...cuz that's what it is...a small pile of rocks.
|Posted Aug 21, 2012 11:24 am
|4 peak day from Tourmaline Gorge
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2012
|Third of 4 from Odessa Lake. Fun tundra tramp up high!
|Posted Jul 16, 2012 4:19 pm
|4 peak day from Tourmaline Gorge
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2012
|Third of 4 from Odessa Lake. Fun tundra tramp up high!
|Posted Jul 16, 2012 4:19 pm
|Solo jaunt
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2011
|Guided Chicago buddy of mine up Flattop. He was utterly wasted, so I had to settle on a quick jog over to this point for some privacy and to burn off some steam. Always love this area. Great photos of the Notchtop and Helene from the back side.
|Posted Aug 9, 2011 1:34 pm
|From Tonahutu
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2011
|We always skip this summit for other things, but today we finally made the stop.
|Posted Jul 23, 2011 5:03 pm
|Add-On with Privacy
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2010
|Added this to Flattop and Hallet on a sunny, rain-free day. Lots of wind, but Ptarmigan provided a good sanctuary, wonderful views of the lakes below, and lots of alpine privacy.
|Posted Aug 10, 2010 9:23 pm
|Flattop - Ptarmigan Pt - Hallett - Otis
Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
|From Bear Lake, hiked up Flattop Mtn, Ptarmigan Pt, Hallett Pk, and Otis Pk, descending Andrews Glacier. The wind was freezing and relentless for the 3+ hours that I was on the Continental Divide. That sort of thing doesn't bother me, though. Bring it on!
|Posted Sep 27, 2009 4:04 pm
|Nice Easy Peak
Date Climbed: Aug 28, 2009
|Hiked from TH to summit via the standard trail over Flat Top's summit (1:30 hrs). Couldn't tell where Flat Top's summit actually was, so I cut off from the trail junction to climb Hallet (2-2:30), and then back across the plateau to climb Ptarmigan Pt via up and down the fun cl. 3 bump on its W slopes (3:00) before descending, with a RT time of 4:20 hrs. Nice trail!
|Posted Sep 1, 2009 5:07 pm
|Foxy Long Bottoms
Date Climbed: Jan 4, 2009
|From Flattop.
|Posted Jan 4, 2009 8:00 pm
|Just me and three Bighorn Sheep
Date Climbed: Jul 13, 2008
|A quick hike from Ptarmigan Pass to the top, where three bighorn sheep peered over at me before running away. Great views of Hallet and Otis from the top.
|Posted Jul 14, 2008 5:29 pm
|Arthur Digbee
|nice day on the tundra
|Hit Ptarmigan along with other peaks north of Flattop one fine July morning. Nice day among the marmots.
|Posted Jul 10, 2008 10:31 am
|From Flattop
Date Climbed: Apr 27, 2008
|Decided to grab Ptarmigan after "flattening" out of Flattop. I had fun marveling at the drop offs and the snow. Oh yeah, granite will indeed bite you!
|Posted Apr 27, 2008 11:39 pm
|Independence Trip
Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2007
|I caught Ptarmigan after ascending Tyndall Glacier to Flattop. It was a beautiful day with an elk herd on top of the Divide. Looks like some alpine bouldering fun could be had on the way up to Ptarmigan.
|Posted Jul 7, 2007 6:28 pm
|From Flattop
Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2007
|Skirted over this to get a better view of Cracktop from the flats. God-awfully hot day despite all the snow. One of the few times I wished there was wind!
|Posted May 1, 2007 11:44 am
|From Notchtop
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2006
|Tagged it after coming up Notchtop.
|Posted Aug 6, 2006 4:57 am
|Mountain Jim
|From Notchtop
Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1988
|Total ascents = 2. Nice tundra cruise.
|Posted May 7, 2006 12:51 am
|Route Climbed: Flattop Trail
Date Climbed: Sep 12, 1994
|I'd hiked by this point a couple of times, but since I was working on climbing all of the named summits in Rocky Mountain National Park I went back to make it official.
|Posted Mar 9, 2006 5:08 am


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Xceed Financial Launches Mobile Remote Deposit Capture
Nearly 1,300 of the 57,800 members of the $741 million Xceed Financial Credit Union in El Segundo, Calif., have signed up to deposit checks by smartphone and tablet since the service launched in January, the Los Angeles-area credit union said this week.
Xceed Mobile Deposit, using remote deposit capture technology from Intuit Financial Services, functions as inside the credit union's secured apps for iPhone and Android.
Xceed said more than 250 members already are active users.
Nearly 1,300 members have registered for Xceed Mobile Deposit since the service's rollout in January, and more than 250 members are already active users. According to Xceed Financial President and Chief Executive Teresa Y. Freeborn, the release of Xceed Mobile Deposit demonstrates the credit union's commitment to providing secure, user-friendly, time-saving services to members when they are on the go.
"Our members already value the access we provide through our expansive network of Financial Centers and ATMs, as well as Xceed Online with uTransfer, and Xceed Mobile," said Xceed President/CEO Teresa Freeborn.
"Xceed Mobile Deposit takes that convenience to the next level by enabling members to deposit checks from their smartphones when they don't want to bother with mail or making an in-person deposit," said Freeborn, whose credit union now has 15 offices in six states.


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Free childcare funding warning
Nurseries and childminders are not receiving enough cash to cover the cost of providing the Government's free childcare places, campaigners have said.
Under the current system, all three and four-year-olds in England are entitled to 15 free hours of childcare a week, and there are plans to extend this to disadvantaged two-year-olds next year.
But a poll by the Pre-School Learning Alliance suggests that many nurseries and childminders do not believe they get enough money to meet the cost of the initiative.
Just one in 10 of the 550 questioned said that they receive adequate funding to cover the cost of providing free childcare places under the Government's free early years entitlement scheme.
The Alliance said this was a "significant decline" from their last poll in May, when more than a third (38%) thought they got sufficient funding.
The poll also found that the majority of childminders and nurseries polled said that they do not think they would be able to offer the same level of service if ministers consider changing staff to children ratios as a means of cutting the cost of childcare for parents.
Asked if they believed they could maintain their current quality of service if current staffing levels were reduced, 94% said definitely or probably not.
The Alliance said it had commissioned the survey to help inform its response to the Childcare Commission, which launched a consultation in the summer on how to improve the accessibility and affordability of childcare.
Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch said: "There is a glaring omission at the heart of the Childcare Commission consultation - the failure to consult on the level of funding of the free early years entitlement. By not addressing this fundamental issue, the Government continues to put the emphasis on making up the shortfall on parents and providers, even though earlier this year the National Audit Office highlighted that early years funding should be reviewed."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "Rising childcare costs are a huge issue for parents. It is clear the current system needs big improvements. We have set up the Childcare Commission to examine in detail what reforms need to be made. We are listening very closely to front-line professionals and to parents."
https://www.pre-school.org.uk/(Pre-School Learning Alliance)


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Tom Booth
posted on Monday, September 24, 2012 - 6:57 am
Is it possible to create a single indicator latent variable based on a binary indicator?
I am trying to develop a measurement model where my primary interest is in a second-order construct. However, my indicator set is sub-optimal for estimating a second order construct as I only have two well measured latent factors(>3 indicators with reasonable loadings >0.40). In addition I have a single observed binary variable which could act as a third indicator.
I want to discuss and demonstrate/estimate the alternatives whilst acknowledging the problems. I am comfortable describing the issues in the 2 first order factor model (non-identification at the 2nd order without additional constraints), and can present a bi-factor model as an alternative way to get at the general construct (with its different assumptions about the nature of the construct).
But it is the estimation and discussion of a model with two first order latent factors and, potentially, a single indicator latent variable from a binary observed indicator with which I am struggling.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 8:49 am
You can simply use the binary indicator as a factor indicator for the second-order factor. It is not necessary to put a factor behind it. If you did, you would obtain the exact same results.
Tom Booth
posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 8:55 am
Thanks Linda. Sometimes the answer is the simplest one!
When I run this model, I don't get a p-value for the loading - is this expected?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 1:48 pm
If is is the first factor indicator, it is fixed at one to set the metric of the factor so it is not estimated and you would not get a p-value.
Tom Booth
posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 11:15 pm
Hi Linda,
The model is set up as follows;
usevariable = x1-x8 u1 ;
categorical = u1 ;
f1 by x1* x2-x3;
f2 by x4* x5-x8 ;
f3 by f1* f2 u1;
I do not believe in this coding I have set u1 to be fixed at 1, but in the model output, it is showing as fixed on F3.
I am sure I am missing something obvious.
Thank you for your help and swift responding.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 6:10 am
Please send the output and your license number to
Tom Booth
posted on Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 4:32 am
Thanks Linda, will do. I am in the process of upgrading to version 7 and getting a new help license so will have to send once this is sorted.
jiesi G
posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 3:36 am
I am running a 4-factor CFA using continuous and only one binary indicator. Three of the latent factors have continuous indicators, while the binary indicator was correlated with these 3 factors.
The CFA model is set up as follows;
usevariable = x1-x9 u1 ;
categorical = u1 ;
ANALYSIS: estimator=WLSMV;
f1 by x1* x2 x3;
f2 by x4* x5 x6 ;
f3 by x7* x8 x9;
u1 with f1 f2 f3;
in the following up SEM analysis,
f1 and f2 -> f3 -> u1,
I want to treat the binary indicator as the outcome variable, and use MLR and link=logit to test indirect effect from f1 to u1.
my question is whether I can report the correlation matrix in my paper based on this set-up CFA input.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:39 am
I don't know why you want to report a correlation matrix when your analysis estimates parameters of a path model. The model is sufficient. If you ask for TECH4, Mplus will give you correlations among your 3 factors. I don't think you want a correlation with the binary outcome.
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In this subtly satiric film from writer-director Matteo Garrone — a light change of pace from his brutally violent 2008 crime drama "Gomorrah" — Luciano (Aniello Arena) is a genial Neapolitan fishmonger who becomes obsessed with getting on the television show "Grande Fratello," the wildly popular Italian version of "Big Brother." After auditioning on a lark, the clownishly lovable husband and father of three becomes convinced that he is a shoo-in, and that undercover producers have been dispatched from Rome to surreptitiously evaluate his suitability for the show.
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Ford Freestar Electrical Problems
leasureman Posts: 5I have a 2004 freestar, its ok,as fords go.
it has 80k on it and the cruz works when it wants to, or never.
now, the van starts when it wants to. battery is very clean, i replaced the battery 9 months ago.
now believe this or NOT, i sprayed WD40 very heavy on the starter relay, on the starter.
BINGO? it started, and i restarted it 4 times after that. well i thought that was it. was i WRONG!!!
1 HR later i forgot my flashlite in the van, and after getting it out. i said? WILL IT START?
HELL NO. WOULD NOT EVEN CRANK OVER. i will look at it in the morning. too dark.
i did jump the starter relay, and it cranked over, every time. BUT WOULD NOT START.
anybody got any ideas? Leasureman
pastorvaughn Posts: 1ive had problems with my radio on my freestar. the buttons didnt work and then the battery was being drained and i couldnt start it in the mornings. At the same time i was starting the car the radio came on suddenly. I disconnected the radio and i am looking for some one to fix it.
rrr941 Posts: 1I am having the exact problem that you described with the radio and the battery. Have you found a solution?
kringla Posts: 2Sorry, I didn't find a solution. It doesn't happen daily but still is a problem.
In 2007, I bought 2005 Freestar that used to be a lease. I had no problems with it until March 2011. I was having problems with slight stuttering. I took it to my dad's friend who owned an auto clinic. They replaced the fuel pump. The stuttering stopped. 8 months later, there started a loud squealing (sounded like the belt was slipping) and the engine and RPMs started going up and down like it was going to stop. About 2 or 3 seconds later, it stalls. Had no problem restarting it while in neutral or park. Check engine light came on reading P0340. Error with Camshaft Position Sensor (CMP). I change the Tension Pulley, then the Idler Pulley, Power Stirring Pump. Also replaced the CMP. No luck. In January 2012, I starting taking the Alternator apart. when I started playing with the pulley on it, I heard a weird scratching. So I replaced the Alternator. At first, the engine sounded way better. I pressed down on the gas peddle and the squealing only lasted for a fraction of a second but then stalled out. I later learned that I could drive up to 60 MPH as long as the RPMs don't go past 2,000. Drove 36 miles on the interstate and it never stalled out. As an experiment, I revved up the engine. When it went over 2,000 RMPs, it still stalled out. Ford wanted a $100 just to look at it. I left and would live with it. In April 2012, while waiting for the recall parts to come in stock at the dealership, my Freestar starting running normal again with no problems. No squealing and no stalling when I dive over 2,000 RPMs. The check engine light is off. I still went ahead and called Ford for the recall and they told me they wouldn't replace the part unless it wasn't working.
In the meantime, one of the rear-side mirrors won't always open or close. Then the A/C won't work in the rear. And the inside Door handle on the passenger side sliding door won't open the door. Until I have the money and the time to get to the door issue, I can live with these.
Then on the first week of December 2012, the check engine light came on. Code P0401. EGR malfunction or vacuum hose leak or clogged. A month later, it started losing power and it stalled out. The next day I drove it 19 miles each way to work and from work. Sound and acted normal. The next day, my wife drove it again and it started shaking and stalled out. I then noticed that I could only drive 20 MPH and keeping the RMPs low, the van wouldn't stall out. I then did some checking on it and saw that the EGR was bad and replaced it in Jan 2013. The check engine light went out. Suddenly the engine started shaking bad. RPMs started going up and down constantly and would stall out. I rechecked the fuel pump, fuel filter and fuel pressure. Nothing wrong. So it's not a fuel issue. Changed the spark plugs. No success. I put the top plastic pieces and the wipers back on, made sure I plugged them in. The wipers won't work no. Drove home slowly at 20 MPH and then went up to O'Reilly's and did a computer check. It shown code P0340, which is the Camshaft Position Sensor again. This time I'm going to check the wiring. I'm also going to check the PCM.
I had a situation simular to yours. I had put in a new battery around May 2012. Around October 2012 my van wouldn't start. I jumped it and it started and stayed running. The next day it was dead again. I took it to Auto Zone to do a check and they said the battery and alternator was working fine. I did some checking with a friend, and he tried a drain test and found out that the new alternator I had installed had a drain and was drawing power from my battery constantly. I took the alternator back to Auto Zone and put in the new one. It was no longer drawing power from the battery when the van is turned off.
The test also shown that a lot of power was also being drain into the fuse box.
Check for a battery drain.
Check for a battery drain from your alternator.
The Answer to all the problem everyone is having thinking its the battery and starter isn't the problem...the answer to the problem is the PCM=power control module whick is located under the the black cover the windshield wipers are connected to...the water is getting in the wiring and everything wet which is causing the transmission code to come up and the spuddering and the trans not to engage in gear at times...failure to fix it on fords part everyone is having the same problem...what needs to be done is the black cover needs to be taken off and something put over the PCM to keep it from getting wet but first needs to be dried out and then put back together. hope that helps everyone.
harj1 Posts: 1I had similar problems with my 2005 Freestar 4.2 - what it turned out to be was Camshaft Position Sensor & Synchronizer. You have to replace this part completely to sort out squealing problem (thinking it is the belts) and RPMs' going up and down. I had my repair done at Ford Dealership.
fancydarlin Posts: 6I took this video tonight. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0mxAv4nlI
Immediately after, took my daughter on a test drive to show her what the van was doing. Wouldn't you know the *$&!$ van worked perfectly???
We had the same problem as a lot of people on here with the rpms going up and down and the van not starting looked all over the internet for the problem and came across a video on youtube about a similar problem turned out the problem is the pcm is getting wet water is getting under the black cover and the pcm is getting water inside of it which is causing the problem not the battery which is an electrical problem be the pcm is the power control mogul the best bet is to take the black cover off and seal it...link to the youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjEVBMuxJw for people aren't car savvy or don't know where the pcm is...in most case the problem only happens after it rains or snows.
We had the same problem happen to us which turned out to be the pcm=power control mogul its a very common problem after it rains or snows causing the pcm to get wet...youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjEVBMuxJw
Hi, I am hoping that someone here can help me. I have a 2006 Freestar, it has the keyless entry keypad and remote. The remote will unlock or lock all the doors, EXCEPT the driver's door. The keypad will do the same. However, when in side the car, I can pull on my door handle and the car unlocks. Any guesses as to what is wrong?
2004freestar Posts: 1I started developing all slew of problems with van once dealer replaced torque converter under recall. It seems to now not have the same power to get moving, or to get up grades on highway or hills that it used to. I have to give it more gas to make a hill or to get into passing gear, and then all of a sudden the engine catches up to the gas I have given it. The rpm's may remain higher than normal (slightly) on highway when it is going through its shifting and at times there seems to be a delay in the shift to 3rd gear, but only sporadically. They retested the trans and said all ok. First issue post torque replacement was the temp gauge spiking every time I hit a grade on the highway or after accelerating the engine quickly to cut out into highway traffic. This was never happening before. It would go down on its own quickly if I let off the accelerator. No actual signs of any overheating (steam, smell, etc). They tested coolant system and said all ok. Next day after driving on highway grade, parked, went into store, came out and no start-clicked only. Took a jump first time. Next morn took into independent shop to see why. Electrical all tested ok, and could not find issue with temp gauge. They had also told me that they noticed the ABS code came up (none ever displayed on dash) and that it was not plugged in or connected right, and also the cruise control not working, or code for that may have come up-cannot recall) I never use cruise but tried on trip and would not work even though it had the last time I used it months before. Took car back to take on a trip next morning, and 2 hrs into trip it started losing power, radio cut off, displayed low battery words on radio panel. I cut into break-down lane to get to next exit, but before I made it, the van shut completely off and would not restart. Towed to shop and said alternator went bad so replaced it. Finished trip (10 hrs each way) without any more electric issues, going through mountains for 3+ hrs of trip each way. Entire time had temp gauge issue spiking then going back to mid level, but no actual overheating. We did hit a huge rain storm on the drive there, about 4 times in the mountains, but had no issues while at our destination with any starting. On way back, 2 hrs into trip, starting losing power on highway, power would go down, may have slight hesitation like a vacuum leak, but ended up correcting itself after about an hour or so driving like that (happened about 5 times within that 1-2 hour drive) and made the last 7 hrs home ok. Next day loud noise from engine front-started as squeal like belt but got louder. Drove to work that morning and within 2 miles of home, car shut off for no reason while waiting at first stop light. Started right back up, but experienced a slight hesitation when pressing on gas to take off. Independent shop said noise was from bad cam position sensor and it fixed the noise issue. Had also asked them to check the gauge issue. But they had trouble getting the temp gauge issue to happen. They first replaced temp sending unit/sensor and thought that fixed it, but when I went on test drive with them to show them when it happened, it still happened for them to see. So, they did a process of elimination by replacing t-stat and water pump. That issue now seems to have corrected itself with gauge, but as soon as I pulled out of the shop, at the first stop light, car just shut off. . Started right back up but I noticed the radio kick on to an AM station when it had previously been off. I drove back to work without any further issues that day. Went a week with no more occurrences. This weekend, after driving through the city for 15 minutes, came to stop light and shut off again. No fluctuation of rpm's at any of these times, and no sputtering before it shuts off. Starts right back up, but got a slight bucking when pressed on accelerator and hesitated to move at first. Kicked right in though and got home. Later that day went 2 miles to store. When headed back home, about a mile into drive, went to turn on green light, without coming to a complete stop (foot on brakes but still coasting) and car dies as I start to turn. Started back up, slight hesitation to engage gas pedal but got home. I noticed the door locks attempted to engage when I started it back up (they are auto lock as soon as I take off so they attempted to auto lock like they normally would on take off). It appears to be something electrical that is causing things to fail (sensors, alternator, etc). No check engine lt on at any of the times, no warning lights before shut down either. Is this related to the PCM issues or something else? Coincidence that all started happening as soon as dealer touched converter? Should CAS replacement have fixed this shut down issue as well, or is something more going on?
thngymjgr Posts: 1Wondering if my issue could be this pcm thing. We are having difficulties with the electrical in the dashboard going black while driving. We are not losing engine, still drives just no dash electricity. It will then come back on with everything fine. Every once in awhile it would not start, but a jump would start it. Replaced alternator, drove fine but then battery went dead. Replaced battery. No problems until tonight when dash went black again. I haven't noticed a correlation with rain, but it has been raining off and on all day today. So any ideas? Could that be this pcm thing I have been reading about?
We have the same problem with our 2005 Freestar. Except, it is the PCM.
We could not drive ours because the tranny had no power.
The PCM has been on back order for sometime. Called Ford and they say it was shipped to our dealership last Wed.(11-13-13). Was to be there on Monday(11-18-13) but, was not in that shipment. Called the dealership today and they can't locate the PCM order.
Two weeks and counting to get this van fixed.
Ford knows there is a problem, they don't want to send a recall for the PCM getting wet.
I do believe this is our last Ford.
Try this number to get a hold of Ford Customer Care. 1-800-392-3673 and follow the prompts.
Good luck...
Have an update. The PCM we have been waiting for is no where to be found and the shipment of back ordered PCM's is going to be a long wait.
Am going to have them install an aftermarket and see what happens.
Ford, I hope you make this right with everyone...
fishman16 Posts: 1hahaha Ford make this right are you joking this has been the worst Ford I have ever owned 3 transmissions 2 torque converters numerous issues with the back tailgate handle pulling out 150,000 miles about 36,000 miles for trans. worst Ford ever made.this will definitely be my last ford.havnt owned anyyhing but a ford.within the first two years on the extended warranty plan there was over 15,000 dollars in charges.
Plan on looking at chevy van tonight.why sink any more money into a piece of junk that isn't even 8 years old..about the only issue I haven't had is the engine always starts even though it can't move.
jgri Posts: 1Any help would be greatly appreciated.
2004 Freestar. Ignition off, key removed Radio clock stays illuminated Left and right door window,lock,and mirror controls stay illuminated When you lock the doors electronically the driver door unlocks itself.


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Axis is the sole provider of primary care medical services for the many Tri-Valley residents who are low income and do not have health insurance.
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