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Sung Kim
posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 1:41 am
My CFA mixture model without covariates preferred four classes. However, after the factors and the latent class variable were regressed on three covariates, the values of fit indexes indicates a 2-class model is preferred. Is this because "factor mixture models are estimated conditional on covariates (Lubke & Muthen, 2005, p.31)"? If that's true, do I need to try an unconditional model first without covariates and then try an conditional model with covariates? Or, do I need to insert covariates from the beginning and only go for a conditional model?
One more question: when calculating factor mean difference across classes, which one should be used: unstandardized or standardized values?
Thank you so much in advance.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2007 - 11:07 am
I would first settle on the number of classes without using covariates. Then I would add covariates but not be surprised if the needed number of classes changes. There shouldn't be a change unless there are direct effects from covariates to the outcomes. If you need such direct effects, the number of classes should be determined when such direct effects are included.
Unstandardized values should be used.
Sung Kim
posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 2:29 pm
If there are direct effects (Path 5 in the article) like that, it means that "the measurement model ... is not the same across classes" (Lubke & Muthen, 2005, p. 29). Is that right?
May I ask about how to detect the direct effects from covariates to the outcome variables? For example, I have three covariates of gender, race, and clinical status and 45 items measuring either one or three factors related to psychological well-being. What I'm interested in is how to know which items are regressed on which covariates. Could you let me know?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 3:24 pm
A significant direct effect from gender to a math item would indicate that the math item is not invariant, that is, it behaves differently for males and females for a given factor value.
To detect direct effects, you can add to the MODEL command the regression of all factor indicators on all covariates at zero, for example,
y1-y10 ON
You can then ask for modification indices and see where you may have measurement non-invariance.
Sung Kim
posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 8:22 am
Since modification indexes suggested a direct effect from the three covariates to one outcome variable (i.e., y42), I modeled that in the next step. However, although the likelihood value decreased (and so did AIC, BIC, etc.), the regression coefficients linking the covariates and the outcome variable became much smaller and insignificant than the standardized E.P.C.s for the direct effects estimated in the previous step.
Is it expected or did I do something wrong?
Also, which one should be used for a standardized E.P.C. between std and stdYX?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 8:36 am
The modification indices reflect what would happen if one parameter is changed not three. I would look at the change in chi-square rather than the E.P.C. values.
Sung Kim
posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 9:18 am
I did look at MIs, whose values for three direct effects were greater than 100. Some of the MIs were over 300. In addition, standardized (stdYX) EPCs related to them were over .50 and one EPC was even close to 1. That's why I included them in the model next step.
I expected the regression coefficients in the model that included the direct effects would be close to the EPCs estimated in the previous step, but the coefficients were much smaller. Why is that?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, October 09, 2007 - 9:45 am
What you expect will occur only if you free one parameter. After one parameter is freed, the modification indices and expected parameter change values will change for the other parameters.
Sung Kim
posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 1:36 pm
Is a single-class, or baseline CFA mixture model equivalent to a simple CFA model when there's no covariate involved?
I fitted the two different models as following, but their loglikelihood and fit index values were different.
I fitted:
Single-class CFA Mixture
Variable: ...
classes = c(1);
Analysis: TYPE = Mixture Missing;
Model: %Overall%
oq BY y1-y45;
Output: ...
Simple CFA
Analysis: TYPE = Missing H1;
Model: oq BY y1-y45;
Output: ...
My coding for the single-class CFA Mixture model is correct?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - 2:11 pm
A model with one class is the same as a regular model. If you don't get the same results, something must be different. It may be that you don't have means in the regular model but you do in the mixture model.
Sung Kim
posted on Friday, October 19, 2007 - 1:19 pm
I included "TYPE = MEANSTRUCTURE" in the regular model as you suggested, but I got the same loglikelihood value, which is still different from the single class mixture model. I'd like to know why there is a difference.
However, I see your point that means are included in a mixture model but not in a regular CFA model.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, October 19, 2007 - 3:06 pm
The only way I can answer this is to see the two outputs and your license number at
Sung Kim
posted on Thursday, November 08, 2007 - 2:40 pm
I fixed at 0 the factor means of the reference class in CFA mixture models, but they are not 0 in the result. What happened?
When the models were estimated without covariates in the model, the factor means were estimated as 0s. However, after the covariates were included, the factor means are no longer 0s. Why is that?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 09, 2007 - 7:59 am
In a conditional model, you are fixing the intercept to zero.
Sung Kim
posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 - 2:20 pm
In a conditional model, comparing factor means across classes is not free from errors, that is the residual factor scores. Therefor, if I want to compare classes with something error-free, I need to compare them at both levels of the intercepts and the regression weights of covariates. Is that right?
Thank you so much!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, November 12, 2007 - 8:48 am
The factor means that are compared across groups and not the means of the factor scores.
If you want to compare the means in a conditional model, you would need to use MODEL CONSTRAINT to create the means and MODEL TEST to test if they are different.
Sung Kim
posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 1:09 pm
I need to present factor means and their standard errors of each class from a conditional FMM. However, I couldn't find their standard errors. How can I find them?
Also, once covariates are included in the factor mixture model, comparing factor means across classes becomes arduous, I guess.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 5:08 pm
With covariates, Mplus reports intercepts, not means. But you can use grandmean centering (subtracting the sample mean) so that the intercepts become the means.
Sung Kim
posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 8:50 pm
Thank you so much! One more favor? Could you let me know how to code grand mean centering in Mplus? My code looks like below.
f1 BY y1* y2-y5;
f2 BY y6* y7-y10;
f1 ON gender ethnic;
f2 ON gender ethnic;
c#1 ON gender ethnic;
f1 ON gender ethnic;
f2 ON gender ethnic;
[f1*-2 f2*-2];
f1 ON gender ethnic;
f2 ON gender ethnic;
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 8:59 pm
See the CENTERING option in the user's guide.
Sung Kim
posted on Friday, June 06, 2008 - 9:52 pm
Thank you so much!
I added the CENTERING option:
CENTERING = GRANDMEAN (y1-y10);
However, this time I've got a larger loglikelihood value, different class portions, etc. It looks like the addition of the centering option affects the whole fitting process. Is it expected?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 6:10 am
Please send your input, data, output, and license number to
Jon Elhai
posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 9:38 am
I'm having trouble specifying a CFA mixture model, using 4 factors for 17 observed continuous items, and testing 2 classes. The syntax from the UG's example 7.17 shows this for a one-class, one factor model:
f BY y1-y5;
But if I add more factors and a second class, I'm wondering what additional syntax to write for the c#1 and c#2 text - the above text fixes the single factor's mean to 1. Do you have any examples?
Jon Elhai
posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 9:50 am
To follow-up on my previous message. I just realized the example 7.17 does test two classes but specifies that class 1 has a fixed factor mean. So if I intend my model to be the same across classes, do I just specify my factor model under the %OVERALL% syntax, with no specification of individual classes below it? When doing this, I am receiving some error messages.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 07, 2008 - 5:45 pm
A class-invariant factor mixture model would be
f by y1-y5;
This implies class-invariant loadings, intercepts, residual variances, and factor variances. The factor means change over classes with one class having the mean fixed at zero as the default for identification purposes.
If that doesn't help and the error message for your problematic run doesn't help, please send your license number and the input, data, and output for the problematic run that you mention.
Scott R. Colwell
posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 7:36 pm
I am running a CFA mixture model with 3 factors with 2 items on the first factor, 3 on the second and 3 on the third. The factors are non-invariant based on a binary variable (0 and 1). I decided to first determine the number of classes without the binary covariate. I have allowed factor loadings, factor variances, residual variances to vary across classes as I have no reason to believe they are invariant across classes. I have only set the number of classes to 2.
I continue to get the message to increase the number of miterations, but I am now at 50,000 miterations and still getting the message. Variances of the indicators are less than 2 so they aren't way out.
How many miterations should I realistically have for this?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 23, 2010 - 11:33 am
Please send the full output and your license number to
See the following article which is available on the website:
Clark, S.L., Muth�n, B., Kaprio, J., D�Onofrio, B.M., Viken, R., Rose, R.J., Smalley, S. L. (2009). Models and strategies for factor mixture analysis: Two examples concerning the structure underlying psychological disorders.
Fiona Shand
posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 9:24 pm
I have identified a 2 class, 1 factor mixture model as the best fit to my data. I have then run the model again with covariates. A reviewer has commented that he/she is skeptical of such post hoc comparisons when not weighted by group membership probabilities. I had thought that FMM with covariates incorporated posterior class membership probabilities when calculating the regression model. Can you please tell me if this is so? Thanks in advance.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 9:29 am
It sounds like the reviewer's comment relates to doing the analysis in two steps, that is, saving most likely class membership and regressing it on a set of covariates. It sounds like you are doing the analysis in one step in which case I don't understand the critique.
Adam Meade
posted on Monday, September 19, 2011 - 12:47 pm
I have a factor mixture model with 5 continuous indicators represented by a single factor. I have two latent classes. I need to compare 9 covariates to see which best differentiate those two latent classes. Some of my covariates are highly correlated. Should I compare these covariates simultaneously in a single model, or in different models given the colinearity? Also, by what criterion is it best to evaluate the covariates in terms of differentiating classes? Thank you!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 8:42 am
I don't know that there is any best strategy for this. You could first see which single covariate is most strongly related to the latent classes. Then work with pairs of covariates, etc. "Most strongly related" needs to be defined, which is easy with 2 classes (which one changes the probability the most when, say, changing the covariate one SD), but with more than 2 classes the covariate can be good for discriminating between two of the classes, but not between two other ones.
posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 2:35 am
Hi Drs Muthen, I'm running a 4-class 2-factor model with this being the end point for different variations of factor mixture models ranging from least to most restrictive based on Clark et als recommendations. I was wondering with the PPP and DIC indices introduced in V7.3 for Bayesian mixture whether these are good substitutes for BIC ? This option is appealing given the amount of computational time with the default estimator for testing a large number of FMM variations. The other issue relates to label switching and whether this is of particular concern with Bayesian ffm? Many thanks
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, October 09, 2014 - 2:54 pm
Bayes mixture PPP was in version 7.2 already. DIC is not available yet for mixtures.
I don't think we know yet how using PPP to settle the number of classes compares to BIC. But I don't see how it would be faster.
Label switching is an issue with Bayes mixtures and perhaps more so with the flexibility of FMMs. We briefly mention label switching in our Topic 9 Bayes teachings.
Marco Pannacci
posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 9:04 am
Dear MPLUS support,
with the reference to "Investigating Population Heterogeneity With Factor Mixture Models" paper,
how can I specify in MPLUS the relation between the covariate X and the class variable C?
is it done by default in MPLUS when I run the following code (where "s_0202" is the categorical dummy covariate and the other variables are continuous variables)?
Many thanks
mld_r lung_r vi_856 s_0202 ;
SAD by
mld_r* (1)
lung_r (2)
vi_856 (3)
SAD on 0202 ;
Marco Pannacci
posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 9:09 am
And question 2: if looking at the MODINDICES I find a significant direct effect (between the covariate and the indicator) for example like
lung_r on 0202 ;
is it mandatory to specify also the relation between the latent variable and the same covariate? Like:
SAD on 0202 ;
Many thanks
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 11:12 am
See our UG examples with "c ON x".
Modindices can be unreliable for mixtures.
It is ok to specify a direct relationship between a covariate and a latent class indicator if it is significant.
Note that we ask that postings be limited to one window. Longer questions involving input/output should be sent to Support.
John B. Nezlek
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:19 am
Dear Mplus;
I am trying to do a mixture model, and the hypothesis of interest is that there are two groups that vary in terms of the covariances among the measured variables.
In essence, I want to specify one factor structure for one group and another factor structure for the second group.
I have tried numerous variants of the following:
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 WITH f2;
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 WITH f2;
f1 BY wss1-wss8;
It appears that the single factor model in c1 is not being tested. The results contain estimates for the overall model in both classes.
If I delete the %overall% model, f1 is unknown.
If I specify a single factor overall model, then f2 is unknown.
I am trying to do something that cannot be done? I have looked at the site and the manual to no avail.
By the way, if I run EFA with mixture, the two classes are readily apparent and sensible.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 3:28 pm
I think the issue is resolved if in the %Overall% part you define f2 but fix its loadings at zero - saying
f2 BY
John B. Nezlek
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:03 pm
Hi Bengt,
Thanks for this. As you suggested, fixing the loadings of f2 to 0 allowed the program to run, although the model that was tested in both clusters had two factors, modeled as they were in the overall statement. Admittedly, the second factor in C1 had 0 loadings on 2, 3, 5, and 6 (as specified), but it did not model a single factor.
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 BY wss1-wss8;
f2 BY
Essentially the same results occurred with the following:
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 BY wss1-wss8;
Did I misinterpret your suggestion?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:19 pm
There will be an f2 factor in class 1 but it has no impact on the observed variables. However, you should make sure to fix f2-related parameters in class 1 - that is, its mean, variance, and covariance with f1. So with no parameters and no impact on observed variables it is as if it doesn't exist.
This comment goes with either of your 2 approaches - and either is fine.
John B. Nezlek
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:38 pm
At the risk of overstaying my welcome, the following still produced two factors in C1, with 0 loadings for the variables on f2 and 0 covariance between f1 and f2, although a mean of f2 was estimated. My apologies if I am being thick about this.
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 BY wss1 wss4 wss7 wss8;
f2 BY wss2 wss3 wss5 wss6;
f1 BY wss1-wss8;
f2 BY
f1 with F2 @0;
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 4:47 pm
Just fix that f2 mean at zero in class 1 - then you have no f2 parameters in that class. Two factors will show in class 1 but the f2 factor is made ignorable.
John B. Nezlek
posted on Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 1:58 am
Forgot about setting the mean.
This seemed to do the trick, although the entropies are not so good, but that is not a problem with how I am using the program.
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Sadly, I didn't get the chance to try out the game's competitive multiplayer mode, but it's easy to imagine how the traversing a hostile environment in the midst of a four-man knife fight could make for an accessible (yet deep) arena-based, four-player fighter. Games like Nidhogg and Samurai Gunn have proven that "fighting" games with simple controls and a small number of attacks don't necessarily limit the amount of variables that can make their way into a match. Throwing in a variety of enemies, traps, and other surprises is sure to keep things interesting.
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Apotheosis of Victor HugoMade in France, Europe
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Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917。 Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952。
* Rodin Museum, Northeast Gallery
F1929-7-44Bequest of Jules E. Mastbaum, 1929
LabelIn 1889 Rodin was commissioned to produce a monument to honor the writer Victor Hugo (French, 1802–1885) for the Panthéon in Paris. This bronze represents the artist's second attempt, which portrays the standing poet crowned by a muse while allegorical figures encircle him below. The project was eventually abandoned but led to a separate work, Rodin's colossal Monument to Victor Hugo (a version of which is in the Perelman Building of the Philadelphia Museum of Art).
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WIU's Purple and Gold Popcorn Wins State Agri-Tourism Award
August 27, 2013
MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University Organic Research Program recently received a 2013 Salute to Illinois Agriculture Agri-Tourism Leaders of the Year Award for its innovative direct marketing of purple and gold popcorn.
WIU was nominated for the award by Elisha Szyjka, of the Great Rivers Country Regional Tourism Development office in Macomb. State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka presented the award at an Aug. 13 ceremony at the Illinois State Fair.
The award caps a six-year adventure in production, marketing and school spirit, according to Joel Gruver, assistant professor of soil science and sustainable agriculture in Western's School of Agriculture.
Soon after arriving at WIU in January 2007, Gruver and his research technician, Andy Clayton, began discussing opportunities for value-added marketing to increase public awareness of the WIU Organic Research Program. Gruver proposed popcorn and Clayton added the school spirit component when he inquired, "What about purple and gold popcorn?"
Gruver tracked down a source of colorful popcorn varieties, and soon one acre of purple and gold popcorn was planted at the WIU/Allison Organic Farm. The project wasn't without its challenges in the beginning, including poor germination of the purple variety, lots of weeds and voracious pests. But by late fall, 300 pounds of popcorn was hand-picked and shelled, packed in half-pound plastic bags with colorful labels and ready for holiday season sales.
Another key development in the history of purple and gold popcorn at Western was a proposal in spring 2009 by WIU business student Jason Quaglia. The project proceeded with Quaglia's involvement and a package was designed, a packer was identified in northwest Iowa and 200 pounds of popcorn was transformed into 1,200 microwaveable bags of "Rocky Popcorn."
Rocky Popcorn is currently available in half-pound plastic bags and microwaveable bags for $2 per bag at the School of Agriculture office in Knoblauch Hall, room 145, on the WIU-Macomb campus. The popcorn is also available for $2 per pound for any order five pounds or greater. The WIU School of Ag office is open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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UN says relief agency teacher killed in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations says a teacher who worked for a relief agency was killed in Gaza by Israeli air strikes.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East said that Marwan Abu El Qumsan was killed Wednesday. El Qumsan was in his early 50s and taught Arabic at UNRWA's Preparatory Boys School in Jabalia, and was in a car near the scene of an airstrike, the agency said in a statement.
The agency said the violence in Gaza forced it to close its schools temporarily.
Also Thursday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the escalating violence has triggered widespread fear on both sides of the border, and the humanitarian situation in Gaza "remains precarious."


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Hivext says that Java applications can be uploaded in minutes without programming and with no need to write for specific APIs to support the process. Application developers can choose which stack components they want and need, and their application will then run and scale on the Jelastic platform.
"Application developers can leverage existing Java skills on the Jelastic platform, which is the world's first cloud platform to host and auto-scale any Java application," claims Ruslan Synytskyy, CEO, Hivext Technologies. "Our mission is very simple: We make it easy to run Java code from the cloud, without locking customers into a single vendor."
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It is now well-recognized that nearly all chemotherapy survivors will experience short-term memory loss and/or difficulty concentrating. Symptoms can occur both during and after the chemotherapy course. While most people will recover over time, some 15 percent or so will have ongoing cognitive impairment. And only time can reveal who's in which group.
An April 29, 2007 article in The New York Times entitled "Chemotherapy Fog Is No Longer Ignored as Illusion," has put chemo brain back in the headlines. But HealthTalk has been reporting on this for quite a while.
If you haven't already done so, check out our December 19, 2006 show entitled "Chemo Brain: It Isn't All in Your Head." Or see our breast cancer blog "You know you have chemo brain when…," I've blogged on this subject as well, "Chemo brain new research news."
Tonight on HealthTalk, we're having a show called "Delayed Effects of Cancer Treatment: Your Questions, Expert Answers." Click here for more information. We're devoting the entire hour to answering your questions about the late effects of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and more. Survivor specialist Dr. Michael Feuerstein will answer your questions live on the air. Register now to ask your question. And if you're reading this after-the-fact, you can listen to a replay here or read a transcript in our archive file.
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Houston-based Marathon Oil Corp. is making about 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the Eagle Ford, up 11 percent since the beginning of the year.
About 62 percent of that production was crude oil or condensate, 17 percent was natural gas liquids and 21 percent was natural gas, according to the company's second-quarter results and a recent call with analysts.
In the second quarter, Marathon drilled 82 new Eagle Ford wells and brought 70 other wells to market. The company is mostly pad drilling, putting multiple wells on each pad, which it said is helping increase speed, efficiency and costs in the region.
The widespread use of pad drilling means that Marathon now holds most of its acreage by production and doesn't have to run rigs from ranch to ranch in an effort to beat the clock on lease terms.
Q&A: Marathon's new CEO calls job a continuing journey
Marathon isn't just working in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.
It also said it has completed four Austin Chalk wells, which have a similar makeup to its Eagle Ford wells in terms of the mix of crude, liquids and natural gas. The average horizontal length of its Austin Chalk wells is 4,075 feet, with initial daily production rates around 980 barrels of oil equivalent and 1.65 million cubic feet of natural gas.
"It's early days," Clarence Cazalot, executive chairman, told analysts in a call. "We've got four wells. We'll look to continue to evaluate this and determine just how extensive this prospective Austin Chalk is. But when you think about the fact, these were shorter laterals than what we've been drilling in the Eagle Ford and yet achieved pretty strong rates. The performance so far kind of looks like the type curve for the condensate window in the Eagle Ford. So pretty strong performance, very encouraging and I think certainly upside to what we've previously thought."
The Austin Chalk lies immediately above the Eagle Ford. The Eagle Ford is considered the likely "source rock" for oil and gas in the Austin Chalk and other South Texas formations.
The company also completed one Pearsall Shale well with a 24-hour initial production rate of 580 gross barrels of oil equivalent per day. The Pearsall is a deeper formation than the Eagle Ford, and has been an area for recent oil and gas leasing.
Power needs: Temporary power companies growing in Eagle Ford
Cazalot said that Marathon is looking at how the geology varies across even the core portion of the Eagle Ford where it operates.
The company is evaluating the spacing of its wells, and it expects to release those results during a Dec. 4 meeting with analysts in San Antonio.
Lee Tillman, president and CEO, said Marathon has a lot of "running room" beyond its primary target in both the Eagle Ford and in the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, and that it is just beginning to understand the potential of the "stacked plays" – the ability to drill in other geologic layers such as the Austin Chalk and Pearsall.
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Drake Relays to review security measures
Drake Relays director Brian Brown said Tuesday that officials are confident that athletes and fans will be safe during next week's meet.
Officials held a news conference Tuesday to talk about security after the explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday.
"We feel very confident that we continue to present an event that is safe," said Brown.
Though Brown declined to go into details about the meet's security protocol, he said officials are "prepared" to host the event at Drake Stadium from April 25-28.
Drake released a statement Tuesday saying that the public will be notified if the event decides to change its existing security plans.
Brown said campus and Des Moines police, along with state and federal officials, help coordinate the annual safety plan for the meet.
Part of the event includes a 1-mile race in downtown Des Moines on April 23 and a half marathon on April 28.
Tom Conley, president of the Conley Security Group, said the key to being safe in large crowds and outdoor events is for people to avoid complacency, remain vigilant and pay attention.
"Somebody who is looking at the crowd and not the event, someone who acts nervous, someone who has maybe a backpack or package they drop or leave that is the problem. People acting in a way that is different than normally," said Conley.


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Major: Marine and Environmental Science (MES)
Why did you choose to come to the Coast Guard Academy? I chose to attend the Coast Guard Academy because I want to serve my country as well as get a good education. I also really loved the sailing team and wanted to be a member of such an awesome team.
How long have you been sailing? How did you start sailing? I have been sailing since I was 8 years old. My parents sailed together when they were in high school and naturally wanted sailing to be a big part of my life. I began sailing the Opti and made it up to the national team, then began sailing the C420, Lightning, and Laser 4.7, which I sailed nationally and internationally, around age 13. I have also sailed the J22 and Sunfish competitively.
What is your favorite thing about the sailing team at Coast Guard? The thing I love the most about the sailing team at CGA is all the fun we have. We are extremely competitive, but we all try to have a little fun. It is great to have an escape from the rigorous life of the academy and be able to do something that I love - sail.
What other activities/positions/clubs are you involved with on campus? I am a member of the Cadet Blog club. I have a blog on the academy's website that I contribute to about once a month.
What is the sailing achievement that you are most proud of? The sailing achievement I am most proud of in the laser is attending laser 4.7 youth worlds in Thailand. While I may not have done as well as I had hoped, I learned the most about sailing as well as myself. I was definitely the smallest sailor there but I learned how power down and sail through the huge waves there. It was here that I learned to try my hardest and to never give up, even if you had a tough day. It was an awesome experience.
What are your future sailing plans and career goals after graduation? In the future, I hope to continue sailing competitively. I would like to continue sailing the laser and lightning as well as race some larger boats. Upon graduating from the academy, I might want to become a maritime lawyer, but I haven't decided yet. I know that whatever I choose, I will be happy with my decision. My only goal is to one day be able to say that I have helped change someone's life.
Tell us something that your teammates would be surprised to know about you. Something that my teammates would be surprised to know about me is that I love inspirational quotes. My favorite is "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain


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14341210 wrote:kkslider5552000 wrote:14341210 wrote:Iwamoto Yuri wrote:They absolutely ruined the train case where vodka and Gin weren't the BO and all off the sudden co knew who they were a while later..
I'm not sure if that's Eng dub only, tho, I never watched the Japanese version of that ep.
Other than that they are actually spot on most of the times. Just that one case really stuck to me.
Interesting, could you tell me what changed on that case? I never got the chance to read it in the manga, so I'm not sure what changed.
Basically, Gin and Vodka were in the original version of the case but were replaced by random one-off villains that had nothing to do with anything but vaguely somewhat look like them. For no reason. Which created a large plot hole later on because Conan never actually learned their names and yet knew their names for some reason.
Why on earth would they ever change something so important?! o_o
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Mitsubishi is developing a new, more refined generation of its turnip-headed Outlander, according to a new spy shot in The Car Connection that was taken in the southwestern US. The company's redesigned midsize SUV is a major player in its three-year comeback plan, which involves the current Eclipse model and a Dodge Dakota-based Raider pickup coming for 2006. This particular test mule is right-drive, indicating it's the Japanese version, which will beat the US version — expected to get a 3.0-liter V6 with six-speed automatic — to market by at least one season of "According to Jim."
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2013: (Indoor): Came tenth in the 500m at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) with a time of 1:06.55 … finished 76th in the 400m with a 50.69 and was part of the 4x400 relay that came 23rd in 3:20.86 at the Terrier Classic (1/26) … was eighth in the final of the 600m with a 1:23.37 and was part of the second-place finishing 4x800 relay that crossed the line in 7:54.21 at the New England Division III Championship (2/16).
2012: New England Division III champion in the 4x400 relay (3:24.24) … finished 14th in the 400m dash (53.36) … came eighth in the 600m (indoor) at the NE Div. 3 (1:23.94) … came sixth in the 4x400m relay (3:19.74) at the National Collegiate Athletic Association … Division III All-New England in 600m and 4x400m relay … NEICAAA All-New England in 4x400m relay … All-America honors in 4x400m relay.
2011: NCAA Division III All-Region in 4x400 relay (indoor) … won 4x400 relay at three different meets and finished second on two occasions … finished sixth in 400m (52.22 seconds) at NEWMAC championship.
Off the Track: Majoring in materials science and engineering with a minor in energy studies … interned at SECOR Asset Management … conducted a UROP with Demkowicz Group … Delta Tau Delta fraternity.
High School: A 2010 graduate of Rye High School.
Personal: Son of Lorna and Brian Gager … father played tennis at Princeton, mother played soccer at Denison and brother currently plays soccer at the University of Pennsylvania.


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QUERY for the wife of Benjamin F. Church, her name perhaps Elizabeth Permilia Clemens Church
I am seeking the parents, birth date and birth place for the wife of Benjamin F. Church, a pioneer builder who arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1835 from Ulster County, New York. He spent time in Chicago in 1834 before coming on to Milwaukee. I would also like to know when and where she married Benjamin. Here is what is known about her from various records:
Given names: She is Permelia Church in the 1850 Census, Permilia Church in her first daughter's marriage record [1859] and Parmelia Church in her 2nd daughter's marriage record [1875]. In deeds in 1840 with husband Benjamin she is recorded as Parmelia H., Pamelia or Purmelia. She is recorded as Elizabeth Church, a married woman, in the 1856 burial records at Forest Home Cemetery where she is buried in the Benjamin Church Lot with infant Benjamin F. Church Jr. who died 1850. She may have been Elizabeth Permilia or Permilia Elizabeth.
Surname: Her surname of Clemens is given in just one place, her first daughter's death record [1891] where she is listed as P. Clemens. This is unconfirmed, and could be Clements or other name.
Birth: She was born in New Hampshire in 1815 or 1816, as per the 1850 Census where she is shown as 34 years old.
Marriage: An 1838 or 1839 marriage date is estimated based on the apparent 1840 birth of her oldest known child, Ann Maria Church, recorded as 10 in the 1850 Census. No marriage record has been found for Benjamin and Permilia, either in Milwaukee [Early Milwaukee Marriages booklet] or in Chicago [Fink Index].
Meeting: We can only wonder where they met, whether in Buffalo, New York, the port where ships sailed to Chicago and Milwaukee, or in Chicago where Benjamin first settled in 1834 or Milwaukee. She would have been with parents or other relatives. Ulster County, New York, is on the Hudson River, so it is likely Benjamin went west to Chicago via the river, the Erie Canal and then a Great Lakes ship. He came overland to Milwaukee in the fall of 1835, and returned to Chicago to settle his affairs before settling in Milwaukee, according to his obituary [1887].
Children: Benjamin and Permilia had 6 known children: Ann Maria Church [1840-1891], Ann Augusta Church [1843-1876], Charles B. Church [1847-1885], Benjamin Church Jr [1850-1850], John Benjamin Church [1851-1911] and Susan Church [1855-1870]
Death: Benjamin's wife died 21 Feb 1856, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to Forest Home Cemetery records for the Benjamin Church plot. Recorded as Elizabeth Church. No Church in the death index, Milwaukee Register of Deeds, 1852-1875.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Reader feedback needed
Maybe it is time for something other than 'The jungle Hut' and 'Jungle Mom' since I am no longer there? But, I have a small but loyal following here and 'Jungle Mom' is known in certain, very small, blogging circles. I would not want to lose those readers who are following me.
I have at times been criticized for having too strong of political views for a Christian missionary. I am thinking that perhaps I should have one blog for politics, under another name, and keep this blog for personal and mission related posts. This goes against my grain as I feel all of these facets are a projection of who I am, a complete person. I feel Christians should have as much right to express their political view points as any other citizen. but, I do not want to needlessly offend readers.
Another area I need to consider is limiting my commentary against Islam as I will be in an area with a Muslim population and would not want my children harmed or endangered. But again, I hate to give into these extremists!
So, what do you all think?
35 comments:
- Mrs. Who said...
Some tough questions, especially regarding the political/Islam situation. For your children's sake, you might not want to blog the politics. But by fully living your Christian faith you will gain respect and converts moreso than you can by railing, however truthfully, against Muslims. It's not giving in per se, but living the Ten Commandments and the 'do unto others', and all that.
- Dawn said...
I think you should keep doing what you're doing - but the fact that I agree with you 100% could have something to do with that opinion!
- Subvet said...
I say rock on.
I would pay particular attention to your anonymity however as there are safety concerns to take into account. But if you choose to make changes, you would keep your readers by simply letting us know where to find the other stuff.
- Subvet said...
oops sorry, that was Mightymom
- Subvet said...
If you're annoying all the right people, I'd say to keep blogging as you have been. Completely understand the concern regarding followers of the pedophile prophet, they don't play and family should always come first.
This comment is from the REAL Subvet!
- WomanHonorThyself said...
you will always be JUNGLE mom to me girl!!
- Abouna said...
I love your blog just as it is, but if you have to change anything then just the name. How about: "Jungle Mom now in Paraguay"
- Papa Frank said...
How about a name that would encompass all of your temperment traits like "Jungle-Trooper-Teeth Kickin'--Warrior of Truth-Mom-with recipes?" Just a thought!!! :)
Since you asked, I know you do have a loyal following, and seem to meet people EVERYWHERE you travel that are readers.
There is something that goes against our grain not to be able to voice our views as opposed to those of dictators!! People have come to \know you and can rely on truth being passed along from around the world. You inspire others to beccome proactive and to see through smokescreens!!
I say leave this one. If for ministry purposes, you need another, then so be it .....add another!
Keep the world news views coming!!
- Starla said...
I have someone who wants me to change things that I believe and have been taught. And I finally decided not to change, because I want to be different then other people (the world). I don't think you should change anything. I know I don't comment on your funny pictures of Obama, but I really do enjoy them, lol. I think you should be you and not worry what others think.
- The Local Malcontent said...
JMom, for what it's worth~
The criticism you get is a compliment in reality, IMHO. I wouldn't change anything myself, if I were you; but overall, pray about this, take this to Jesus, as you would any other problem, staying, and trusting in His guidance.
Another observation: Many Muslims themselves see the irrationality of the extremists within their belief system,too.
I'd sooner think that condemnation of Chavez, or of socialist' leanings within Paraguay, would be more intimadating, worthy of caution than bashing al-queda.
Finally: A good friend and blogger here in OK, has chosen to delete his name from his blog, throughout; you might consider doing the same, removing all the references to your names herein.
Walk with God, Jmom, hubby.
- Sarah Joy said...
Real tough to give an answer, Rita. Those are real concerns.
Anyone brave enough to speak the truth encourages me, and I believe in the darkness of this world it is becoming more and more important to speak the truth clearly and loudly. You know what it's like to live in a world where truth is relative to the person with the firepower. I would personally miss it terribly.
However, you also have a responsibility. I wouldn't judge you if you stopped the political posts.
- Theophilus said...
Ooh. *cringe* tough.
I go with what everyone else is saying
- redneck preacher said...
"The Jungle Hut" says more than you may realize.
- It is the name by which many people were introduced to missionary sacrifice without whining (dirt floors, those awful ticks)
- It informed and blessed many people about Christian kindred of a totally different culture.
- It kept many people aware of how a strong marriage needs large doses of humor (getting into a canoe to go argue)
- It used the banned word "JUNGLE" when all the PC dolts are saying rain forest
- Many other blessings from "The Jungle Hut"
- It was ammunition for many people with liberal friends who needed education about the Hellywood sweetie Chavez
- Many other blessings from "The Jungle Hut"
Cities contain jungles also. I would keep the name and after you have been in country for a while re-evaluate the ministry. You may find certain aspects of a jungle fitting for the new place. If another personality quirk of the new ministry exposes itself then you may want to change your name.
Lots of opinion from this preacher but either way I am a fan of the Vernoy family ministries.
Semper Fi
As a self-described activist with plenty to say, I love to see Christian people who are not afraid to speak their minds and say what they believe on issues that aren't necessarily "pulpit-related". I also love you and your family and your ministry. Don't stop what you do! The world needs more people like you.
- Nina in Portugal said...
You've got to come up with a way to associate "Jungle Hut" or Jungle Mom" with you being in Paraguay.....not too hard, right?!---Maybe take a poll, get some ideas & choose which you like best. That sounds like fun...and let someone else do the work!
- MathewK said...
You do need to look out for yourself and your family if you're living amongst Muslims, we know it's not all of them, but all it takes is one crazy. The internet can be like wildfire, especially because you have pictures, you can be identified easily. Even if you take them off your blog, they can still be kept via google history and accessed by anyone.
Maybe you should set up a completely different blog but don't link it to this one. Say nothing, infer nothing, like you're starting new. But you let those you trust know about it via email or something. It all depends on how you view the situation where you are.
- Jane said...
Personally, I think you should stay who you are. "The Jungle Hut" is so identified with you that it would seem strange for you to be anything else.
I also don't think you should have two blogs so that your political side can be contained in its' own place. Your opinions are what make your blog interesting. Those who think that Christian missionaries can't have a political opinion must think you are a robot!!! You are a well educated, enlightened, well read person who happens to be a Christian. You have a brain and you have an opinion and I like to read what you have to say.
Does that answer your question?
I encourage you to keep saying what you're saying. I appreciate the TRUTH of your blog; please don't stop speaking it because you may offend others. Especially now, the truthtellers need to be loud!
- Thursday's Child said...
I don't think you should change a thing. Yes, you rant and rail against extremist Muslims, but there are many Muslims who don't like the image they create of the rest of them. In fact, due to where you'll be living, you'll have the opportunity to get to know Muslims and have dialogue with them. That can give you good insight for your blog. ;) Please don't change a thing...I love you just the way you are. :D
- Pen of Jen said...
Hmm...I use my pen of jen for more things of the world...politics and the other for the family, and happenings.
For you I would adapt to any new name or whatever...and I can go back to the white sands and make a new name in the sands!!!:)
oh just a thought to those who 'think' this or that because you are a missionary family...if we were to be the same and have the same experiences then why the Gospels? I mean each one wrote with their experiences...a physician ...etc.
Please continue being you...we are all wired differently and this manner obviously connects.
Just my thoughts
- Thursday's Child said...
I don't think you should change a thing. Yes, you rant and rail against extremist Muslims, but there are many Muslims who don't like the image they create of the rest of them. In fact, due to where you'll be living, you'll have the opportunity to get to know Muslims and have dialogue with them. That can give you good insight for your blog. ;) Please don't change a thing...I love you just the way you are. :D
I like your title. I vote for leaving it as is.
If there are a bunch of Moslems down there, maybe you are right and had better lay low on that issue. Everything you've said is true, and I have admired you for standing up in that regard. However, I live in Festung Hermit in the forest. It might be easier for the bad guys to find you, and you have kids. Nobody would think the less of you for being careful.
- Michelle said...
I would miss your political commentary. I usually end up sharing them with my friends (one is from Columbia and one is from Guatemala).
But you do what you have to do.
And I think that keeping the name is a tribute to your jungle family.
- blank said...
Quoting, "Another area I need to consider is limiting my commentary against Islam as I will be in an area with a Muslim population and would not want my children harmed or endangered. But again, I hate to give into these extremists!"
Sadly, the extremists are barbarians who will considering harming you or your children Allah's will. It is for this reason alone that you may wish to begin a new blog and a new nickname; and notify people privately by email. They are without mercy because they view those of us who stand against this barbaric politcal religious toxin as satan.
In addition, protecting your children is not giving in the barbarians. The extra worry about your family members will make doing your work for God more difficult.
Having tossed out my imprefect opinion, I trust that you find a way to do what is best for both God and your family.
- Sarah Halter said...
I don't see any problem with staying Jungle Mom at the Jungle Hut. Like RP said, it's so much a part of your ministry and your identity. If you find something else that stands out after a while and you want to rename the blog, we'll all roll with it. You shouldn't feel like need to leave it or you need to change it.
I also don't think there's any issue with you writing about all the things you do. I don't usually agree with you on political things (you knew that already!!), but I respect your opinion and know that you've come to it thoughtfully, prayerfully and with much experience. It all depends on your purpose in blogging. If it's just to share about ministry, that's fine, but if you're blogging to share yourself, you should be free to share all of you.
If you do decide to start over again in a more anonymous way, we'd all respect that decision, but make sure you let us know where to find you! I know some people put a post giving people a way to email them to access the new blog. I know that the Lord will give you wisdom.
- Brenda said...
I also think that you should just keep doing what you are doing. ON the side bar you can give a history of why the blog has the name it does and go from there.
Personally, I love it that you are opinionated.
- Glenn B said...
If your views as expressed in this blog are offensive to others, so what, it is they who choose to be offended. Think about it, they are offended by what you write, or in other words what you think. I say tough noogies for them. As you say, you have the right, as does anyone else to express yourself politically and religiously (remember that right is protected here in the USA, please be careful in Paraguay). I also think one blog is the way to go, that is just my 2 cents. As for the name, to me it does not matter what you call it, it is your blog. I say, call it as you see fit. So long as you tell your readers you are changing the name with plenty of advance notice, I would think you would lose no one, at least if the name is all you are changing. You may indeed lose readers if you one down your blog to much just to appease or not offend others. It would, quite possibly, become less than thought provoking if you did so.
Good luck in Paraguay, and good luck with whatever you decide for the blog.
All the best,
Glenn B
- Findalis said...
One blog and keep the name. You are and will always be Jungle Mom in my heart.
- ~Karen_ said...
Even if you change your blog title, you should keep your name as Jungle Mom! :-)
I certainly enjoy your missionary and family stories the most!
- groovyoldlady said...
I love you just the way you are. I love your blog just the way it is.
HOWEVER, your concerns are very valid. I have a dear young friend who is a "student" (ie undercover missionary) in a closed Muslim nation. She is very outspoken online and through emails but she protects herself and her family by using many codewords that throw off search engines.
You can email me if you'd like more info since I can't post her "codewords' publicly as such.
- Charles said...
This is the toughest question you've ever posted. At least since I "met" your blog. I feel God has called us all to one thing. Make him famous. That is tell the world. When it comes to the word he expects us to live dangerously. God will take care of us. But I also believe God expects us to exercise wisdom.
My opinion... NO you should NOT change the name of your blog. But you could subtitle it.
I think we as believers should have strong opinions. I know God is in control either way but I still feel we should shout about some things.
As for limiting your views here ( or elsewhere ) No matter how you cut it. Non-Christians including Muslims need Jesus. Without him they are going to hell.
But you must be aware of your safety and more importantly the safety of your family. So maybe some steps to become more web anonymous would be wise.
I think you and your family need double the prayer efforts. That God will continue to use you. Yet build a hedge of safety around you. I am sure you can count on us ( all of your "blog family" )to lift you up this way.
BTW I like what RedNeck Preacher said
Just don't Stop ... And don't move where we can find you.
Keep doing as you've always been doing, no need to change it!
- ExploreColorado said...
As far as readers go. They don't have to read it if they dont like the political stuff. Conscerning the safety. Well that's another matter. I'm sure you know your territory better that I would. If you do make a new site. be sure to let us know where to find you.
- Gecko said...
jm, I believe you should leave things as they are. You would not be happy with yourself for having other people decide who you are, what and how you should do it, this is after all what you are fighting for, your freedom, isn't it?


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text: I had to listen to the fact man, and when it went beyond what I could tolerate I got up, and left. "All who wander are not lost" is about the quoted words and the last part of that line should be added that "some truly are" and for good reason. If you must have a sidewalk, you can't come with me. If it's all black and white in your world, my grey spaces would find you, alone. In my head it's nice to know those unicorns and dragons, the good dragons and the bad have just as much a chance as mermaids and a yeti. After too many facts some try, some succeed in others and its spoils the broth. My primordial soup has a much thicker sauce. I have laid in summer grass with eyes closed feeling the warm sun go across my face and through the meadow and maybe heard the foot falls of mischievous elves. Sat in a breeze just after sunset, air is misted in a coolness and out of my peripheral vision, was that a bit of fairy light darting back into the taller grass as to be almost unseen by me? A dark shadow crosses my path behind me and I swiftly turn in the pine coned trail to listen for a branch to crack, a limb to sway and the hair on the back of my neck goes stiff. Something was there, something massive soundless and watching me, eyeing my whereabouts, but what. I bend, I look, I search only to find no tracks, in the moss to reveal its earthen or other nature. From a rock promontory in a sunny bright day, high up in a cliff I watch the birds soar, these talon'd falcons float as I drift off mentally with them into an aerial wonder. From below me comes a low guttural growl. My mind slams my body back to the solid rock I sit atop and I scan below as the feeling of sound, a sound perhaps admonishing me to the fact that I may not be a welcome visitor. Its echo chases again up the rock face into mine. Ghouls, souls of animals, water phantoms, things not yet discovered by the scientists, luckily for me untrained to even look for. I like my woods and waters, there's much more to mine. The trout whisperer


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Blackhead Bazaar
The Blackhead Bazaar is a community market organised and operated by Hallidays Point Landcare Group.
The Bazaar attracts a good mix of stalls selling arts & craft, flowers, bric-a-brac, clothes, fruit & veg, home cooked preserves, jams, pickles, cakes, biscuits, chocolates and gingerbread.
It is especially renowned for its large number of plant stalls ranging from specialised palms sales to tube stock and local native plants.
Other attractions include buskers, bouncy castle & pony rides. A BBQ breakfast runs all morning.
(nb. markets September to May only.)