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Re: st: new package seqlogit available on ssc
"Anders Alexandersson" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: new package seqlogit available on ssc
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:53:59 -0400
I just noticed Martin Buis's new -seqlogit- command which looks very
interesting. How does it improve on Rory Wolfe's -ocratio- command? An
obvious improvement is the Stata version, 9.2 versus 5.0. Are there
other improvements? Unfortunately, I cannot attend the user meeting on
September 7.
Anders Alexandersson
On 8/16/07, Maarten buis <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Kit Baum a new package called -seqlogit- is now available on
> ssc. This package fits a sequential logit model. Traditionally, the aim
> of a sequential logit model is to study a process that can be described
> as a series of choices between a small number of options. However,
> these choices eventually lead to an end result. The aim of this package
> is to not only study the effects of explanatory variables on these
> choices (study the process), but also study the effects on the end
> result.
> For example, in education parents make a series of choices at what type
> of schools to send their children. Typically, the aim of the model is
> explore the effects of explanatory variables on the probabilities of
> continuing from one level to the next, i.e. study the process through
> which education is attained. However, in the end this process lead to
> an outcome: highest achieved level of education. Both the process and
> the end result are of substantive interest and are related to one
> another, but they are not the same.
> This package implements a method by Buis (2007) to study simultaneously
> the effect of explanatory variables on the process (the probability of
> passing from one level to the next) and the final outcome (highest
> achieved level). The effect of the explanatory variable on the end
> result can be shown to be a weighted sum of the log odds of passing the
> transitions. The weights are the product of the following three
> elements:
> o the proportion of people at risk of passing the transition, so a
> transition receives more weight if more people are at risk of passing
> it.
> o the variance of the dummy indicating whether the transition was
> passed or not, so a transition receives more weight if close to 50%
> pass, and less weight if virtually everybody passes or fails that
> transition.
> o the expected difference in outcome between those that pass and those
> that fail the transition, so a transition receives more weight if
> people gain more from passing it.
> -seqlogit- will estimate a sequential logit and allows one to use
> -predict- to predict the weights, and its components. Furthermore, it
> contains the -seqlogitdecomp- command, which graphically displays the
> decomposition of the effect of the explanatory variable on the end
> result into the effects of the explanatory variable on the individual
> transitions and their weights.
> This package also contains three ancillary files, that describe an
> example. The files are a do-file that implements the example, the
> dataset used by the do-file, and a pdf-file which shows the output and
> explains some of the tricks used in the example. To install the package
> and the ancillary files type -ssc install seqlogit, all-
> I will give a presentation on this package on Friday September 7 at the
> 2007 Nordic and Baltic Stata Users Group meeting.
> Note:
> What I call here a sequential logit model is also known under a number
> of different names: sequential response model (maddala 1983),
> continuation ratio logit (Agresti 2002), model for nested dichotomies
> (fox 1997), and the Mare model (shavit and blossfeld93) (after (Mare
> 1981)).
> References:
> Agresti, Alan 2002 . Categorical Data Analysis, 2nd edition. Hoboken,
> NJ: Wiley-Interscience.
> Buis, Maarten L. 2007 ``Not all transitions are equal: The relationship
> between inequality of educational opportunities and inequality of
> educational outcomes'' http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/wp/distmare.html.
> Fox, John 1997 Applied Regression Analysis, Linear Models, and Related
> Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
> Maddala, G.S. 1983 Limited Dependent and Qualitative Variables in
> Econometrics Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
> Mare, Robert D. 1981 ``Change and Stability in educational
> stratification'' American Sociological Review, 46(1), p.p. 72-87.
> Shavit, Yossi and Hans-Peter Blossfeld 1993 Persistent Inequality:
> Changing Educational Attainment in Thirteen Countries Boulder: Westview
> Press.
> -----------------------------------------
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Drug ring busted on the Western Slope
A major drug ring is busted in Mesa County leading to 25 arrests. 36 people have been indicted by a grand jury.
Grand Junction police report that large amounts of methamphetamine, and cocaine, $144,300 in U.S. currency, and several firearms and vehicles have been seized during the execution of search warrants related to the arrests.
According to authorities, Francisco Peralta-Cabral, or Poncho, along with at least 39 others, bought, sold and traded illegal drugs in Mesa County, specifically meth and cocaine.
The indictment states the illegal activity spanned from December 15, 2012 to April 30, 2013.
Peralta-Cabral would import the drugs from Mexico, then several suspects would buy the drugs at bulk and break those drugs down into smaller portions to sell.


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Recent campground fire leads to safety review
LAKE CASITAS, Calif. - In the wake of the White fire that started in a Santa Barbara County campground, many campgrounds are reviewing their campfire safety measures.
Lake Casitas public affairs manager Ron Merckling said his staff is proactive on several fronts when it comes to fire safety in the Lake Casitas Recreation Area.
Merckling said the lake has an aggressive weed abatement program that makes campsites safe.
Signs posted at the front gate highlight fire safety requirements.
No open fires are allowed in the park. All fires need to be within contained fire-pit rings or within an approved stand-up barbecue, such as a Weber barbecue.
Hot coal boxes are provided for disposing of burnt coals.
Campgrounds' staff members said coals should never be put in trash cans.
Merckling said, "We strongly urge all campers to be responsible with their fires. That means never leave a fire unattended, which includes not falling asleep with a live camp fire."
He said, "Fires are a great part of the camping experience, but campers need to be especially vigilant during dry conditions."
Park Service officers will issue citations for unattended fires and makeshift fire pits.


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Town Square
Religion and Politics II, Domestic Policy
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on Aug 24, 2011
So, I come to this week's topic with a dubious predisposition, but an honest desire to understand how readers' religious faiths inform their politics in the domestic policy arena (absent any Jovian thunderbolts, we'll examine foreign policy issues next week -- thus completing this bloggy trinity, err, trilogy). So you know whence I come to these issues, I was raised a Protestant Christian and later found a spiritual home as a UU – and while I recall many a Biblical verse, I am not a serious student of them. I know less about the precepts of other faiths. Help me out, here!
Social Policies: the safety net, women's movement.
In this conception, the safety net includes government transfer payments occasioned by old age, disability and unemployment – and you can throw-in the Coming of ObamaCare (a term you may not find expressed Biblically). Is there something holy in being keepers of our brethren? Does Jesus' call for feeding and clothing the least among us resonate for you? And does it matter whether the support is provided in an organized way, by the community – or is it to be all private charity (in which case, is it really a generally available net?). Conversely, if you lost Everything (as many Americans have), where would you expect to turn for help?
Regarding women in the political world, there has been a recent flap over one presidential candidate's belief about 'submitting' to her husband. Are women distinct-but-equal in your religious conception, or is there a hierarchy (formal or informal) that gives men primacy as leaders? Is there a woman's place in the White Home?
The Economy: Tax Policy.
Jesus was no fan of money changers or tax collectors, and I seem to recall another verse about camels, needles and the difficulties of the rich in achieving the Pearly Gates. Do these suggest support for a strongly progressive tax system, at least for those who make their money with money (as opposed to the more honorable job-creationists)? Or is it enough that the Lord helps those who help themselves – and boy, have they?! Or does it argue for fewer taxes, period? Does the Bible, Koran or some other sacred text offer guidance here (other than to avoid the consequences of evasion by timely rendering unto Caesar)?
The Environment: Climate Change/Industrial Agriculture.
This may seem an odd policy combination, but I recall Old Testament grants of dominion over the earth and its other creatures, and a call to go forth and multiply. Is this an unrestricted conveyance, such that humans may confidently ply the planet's resources without fear of climatic consequences? And does the "dominion" grant excuse the routinely brutal treatment of food animals in today's agricultural economy – or is there a stewardship obligation that accompanies it: to act responsibly in our reproduction, humanely toward other species and cautiously in our depletion of the earth's abundance? Are there other learnings that inform your views on environmental issues? And which candidates' positions are most in keeping with your interpretations?
Constitutional issues: abortion, punishment, same-sex marriage.
'Reproductive rights' is the hardy perennial of American politics. While there appears to be a surface division between churched and unchurched, there are surely many among the former group who favor 'Choice.' How does that choice square with your faith? Do life's rights begin with conception? On the other end of the life cycle, is it ever morally acceptable to kill another person, even a murderer – an eye for an eye, or is there another religious justification for capital punishment?
And finally, I've placed gay marriage among the Constitutional issues both because I think minority rights are fundamentally so, and because I predict that the Supremes will resolve it that way (Judge Walker got it right, in my secular view). There are fierce Old Testament injunctions against homosexuality in general, and marriage was surely then seen as a union of a man and some number of women greater than zero. But are the joys (and let us not forget those trials) of marital bliss to be reserved exclusively to one group, albeit large? Would the author of the Sermon on the Mount really agree? Was Jesus not talking about oppressed minorities in his blessings for such as the meek or the poor-in-spirit? Would he advocate for anything less than full equality among the communities of humankind? What Would Jesus, or Buddha or Mohammed really Do on this point?
There are, obviously, many other political issues than the ones I've chosen. Please feel free to hold forth on any of your choosing. After all, this confessional -- while public -- remains fully, safely anonymous.
a resident of another community
on Aug 24, 2011 at 12:47 pm
I too am a Lutheran, apparently subversive. As a Christian I can't support capital punishment as an individual I think that human life begins when said human enters the world at birth. Too many babies are born to parents who cannot responsibly raise them . I think this is a tragedy. Abortion is painted by conservatives as a choice women take lightly, I don't buy it. Jesus had women disciples as well as male, the fact that they are often described in the Bible as the women rather than by name speaks to the times in which the Bible was written...and re-written, not I think the view of Christ.Jesus never said women should "submit" to men ...or vice versa. I do in fact think we were given "dominion" over other forms of life. My understanding of this however is not that that means we are to run roughshod over all, rather dominion is in the sense of a benevolent monarch, RESPONSIBLE for the welfare of all. As a Christian, I think we are called to see Jesus in every face we see. Gay, straight, able-bodied or not, all races. We are specifically instructed not to judge. As to taxes...absolutely , Christ on earth was a social activist and the Bible reports it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to be saved....Did I leave anything out ? :)
a resident of another community
on Aug 24, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Dear Tom and Editor,
Thank you for asking very important questions.
So, to get things rolling, here are my answers:
Social Policies are governed by the reality that USAmerica's wealth belongs to all its citizens and we provide government to insure such equality of opportunity and support.
Our obligation to each other as USAmericans must be equal to our income in our tax policies without obligation on those that have no resources to pay a share of such tax.
Beyond Milankovitch climate cycles we have impacted our climate and environment and we share an obligation to preserve our world going forward.
No man or other woman has the right to decide the right of abortion and it remains the singular right of a woman to decide. No people or its government has the right to take a life unless in dire defense of other lives. No people or its government has the right to decide marriage beyond the laws of such contractual partnerships.
No belief exceeds the rights of individuals or should restrict the people's government. Thus, George Carlin's edit of the Ten Commandments covers such beliefs, "Keep thy religion to thyself!"
Let the wild rumpus start!
Of Ralph remembering MAX
a resident of Alamo
on Aug 25, 2011 at 8:20 am
Tom, in worrying about how the opinions and actions of people are influenced by holy scripture I think you may be overestimating the influence of the Good Book on how they think. Christians of all denominations, at least, seem perfectly happy to pick what they like from the Bible and ignore the other parts. No one worries about the rich man and the camel in the eye of the needle, or about turning the other cheek. Paul's teachings about sex are happily disregarded by modern Christians, and daughters of our best Christian families get pregnant before marriage. The many atrocities sanctioned or commanded by god mainly in the old testament are also, thank god(!), ignored, at least by Christians. The long list of "crimes" punishable by death is forgotten. The many crazy laws designed to keep the minds of the faithful on their religion 24 hours a day are disregarded.
The truth of the matter seems to be that the teachings of their holy scriptures are pretty much irrelevant to what the faithful think and do. Good people select the good teachings in the Bible as a guide, and nasty people have no problem at all finding the nasty stuff to justify their inclinations.
a resident of Danville
on Aug 25, 2011 at 8:52 am
It would seem you could oppose ineffective and inefficient giant government wealth distribution programs and still be a good Christian. Why should we think God wants us to embrace every federal welfare program dreamed up in Washington DC? Local government is more accountable than big government. What's wrong with letting state and local governments tackle poverty and other social problems?
Man-made climate change is a tragedy. Another tragedy is the false belief that our green agenda will stop it. Dismantling our carbon-based economy will not stop China from building a new coal power plant each week or stop poor nations from seeking wealth through deforestation.
Shouldn't Christians devote their resources to where they will do the most good? For example, Kyoto asks that the global economy spend $180 billion per year for each year of the coming century mitigating CO2 emissions. Yet spending just $10 billion annually, the U.N. estimates we could save 229 million people from hunger today.
Finally, everyone focuses on the tragedies of climate change with scant regard to its benefits. For example, global warming is expected to result in 400,000 more heat-related deaths globally. However, isn't it also expected to result in 1.8 million fewer cold-related deaths?
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I'd like to address your other points when I have more time.
Why do you assert that "America's wealth belongs to all its citizens?" By that rationale, shouldn't the world's wealth belong to everyone on earth? Why not divide all wealth equally among everyone on earth? Half the world lives on $2 a day or less. Do you think you should be entitled to more than $2 per day, just because you happen to live near rich Americans? Why should you be entitled to their wealth more than the world's poor who actually make the products Americans enjoy?
a resident of Alamo
on Aug 25, 2011 at 1:09 pm
Ralph, you make a good point in your last paragraph in your response to
Tom. I and probably other people who are disturbed by the vast inequity in wealth distribution in this country and the world tend to feel that the people who have too much money are the ones who are richer than we are. But you don't have to be a Christian to be bothered about this. Surely a "good Christian" can not think that Jesus would approve of the unbridled accumulation of wealth in a poor world by many who profess to be his fervent followers?
(I know you weren't addressing me!)
a resident of another community
on Aug 25, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Dear Tom and commentators,
Let's take the concept of the wealth of our nation as its opportunities and the support WE, the people, provide each other through our goverments. Our nation has the wealth of resources both economical and physical that are employed for WE, the people by WE, the people. As we transfer such wealth to those in need of support we build opportunity for contribution to our economy through our services and provide jobs within our economy based on such services.
The more we reduce our support and services to those among WE, the people, that need support, the more we remove value from our domestic economy. In the end, each reduction simply creates another downward step in our domestic economy and is recessive to jobs and the economy itself. Such reductions also impact demand for private sector goods and services and further reduces our economy.
Of Ralph without ROFL
a resident of Alamo
on Aug 25, 2011 at 6:37 pm
I'm a little confused by your last post, Ralph. When you say "... we transfer such wealth tho those in need ..." are you talking about government services or is that a corporate "we" and refer to job creation etc? Do you also include the transfer of wealth by the obscenely (sorry, I mean tremendously) rich through the building of mansions and private yachts and tennis courts?
But in any case, what does any of this have to do with being a good Christian? Is a good Christian just a reasonable person?
a resident of another community
on Aug 30, 2011 at 4:25 am
Hello All,
Dirk, in response to your last question, I think it is probably not so that a good Christian is the same as a reasonable person (my husband is an atheist and a better, more reasonable person can't be found).
In spite of some of the irrationality of the "Christian" Right however ,it IS possible to be a "good" Christian AND a reasonable person...
a resident of San Ramon
on Sep 4, 2011 at 7:38 pm
I strongly believe in personal responsibility, and am short on tolerance of those whose irresponsibility encroaches on me. If a person has 3 children they cannot feed, it should be a crime to breed a fourth. If it is so important to catholics, then let their pope bankroll them, not the US taxpayer. Sadly, I strongly feet the pope is responsible for the poverty in Mexico and other catholic countires. I strongly think condoms should be included in all charity baskets, and must be part of any foreign aid package. I was outraged in the last decade, that religious zealots preventing those protections...far more important food, which is temporary. I believe in the 'teach' them, to help them out of poverty. We should not reward irresonsible breeding.
Along the line of choice, I strongly feel the topic does not and never belonged in political discussions. I truly resent catholic and evangelicals talking about 'conception'....like there is a child before you have wiped the sweat from your brow !! To the best of my knowledge, the only reference in the bible is to 'quickening' or 'viability'..4 months. In biblical times this was not written..only 14-15 centuries later was the topic even discussed. I have little patience with those who pontificate on a matters of faith, without science, yet so absolute ! Thumbs down on any candidate to do so.
...more on another day.
Likewise, I think any truly religious would obey and die when their god calls them home ! Hookups are for short periods of time, for stabilization, during operation periods, understanding unhooking would follow. We absolutely cannot hookup indefinitely, as science and mechanical engineers make improvement into perpetuity !! The patient should have signed a request, and for reasonable time hookup OK, but the ones making the decision, are at that moment also, morally committing to UNhooking in a reasonable period of time. Never ever can a Shivao fiasco be allowed again. The one with legal right must UNhook, unless they have some macabre' desire to keep with them, that would be at their cost, certainly not taxpayers.
So, I've covered a few of the dividing issues. I vote accordingly...a true fiscal conservative, no hypocrisy here.
a resident of San Ramon
on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Pope's answer to struggling families. On kgo news this week, I heard the pope wants to pay people to have more babies. How insane is that? If you can't afford to feed the children you have,...breed some more ! ! ! of course the educating and care would be left to the US taxpayers !! Pope just breeds more poverty...just look at Haiti and Mexico...keep popping those babies...keep this pope happy !!
a resident of San Ramon
on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:21 pm
Pope's answer to struggling families. On kgo news this week, I heard the pope wants to pay people to have more babies. How insane is that? If you can't afford to feed the children you have,...breed some more ! ! ! of course the educating and care would be left to the US taxpayers !! Pope just breeds more poverty...just look at Haiti and Mexico...keep popping those babies...keep this pope happy !!


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I have extensively read this forum searching for which plants would be best to use for nesting material for leafcutter/mason bees but have only come across a reference to giant parsely and reeds. Which plants are used for this nesting material as I would like to acquire some.
I have noticed 40-60 female leafcutters visiting my woodpile so I made 6 nesting blocks (5/16" dados for tunnels) and none of the girls seem to want to visit the blocks. I have the blocks covered with some aged firewood for protection from the elements but I have not had one taker in over a week. There are three 40 acre plots of alfalfa within 500-600 feet of my woodpile so I was wondering what an optimal location would be for the blocks (closer to the fields) or possibly try to cover the woodpile so the blocks become more appealing?
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This past weekend we checked our hives and found both dead. Both hives had plenty of honey stores in fact one had an entire medium super untouched. As a rule of thumb is the honey safe?
This past weekend we checked our hives and found both dead. Both hives had plenty of honey stores in fact one had an entire medium super untouched. As a rule of thumb is the honey safe?
So why did they die? If it was weather, weak queen, moisture, cold, mites then probably use it for your other hives. If it was a disease then would not use it for other hives.
If you mean is the honey safe for humans to eat, yes, almost certainly. Of course, if someone sprayed your hives with something like Raid, well, that would be enough for me to not use that honey.
If you want to preserve those combs and honey for a new try with live bees, freezing the comb (in a freezer) is one option.
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I personally would freeze the honey while I tried to ascertain the reason for the death. Once I knew, then I would/could allow myself to indulge if that is your wish. Without the reason, you dont know if the hive was contaminated in some way. If you can get a sample of the dead bees and send them to the Maryland Bee Lab for analysis.
Chris in NJ
Interesting question. Can bees pass anything along to humans in the honey stores??
There is always talk about the purity of honey, it has been found and eaten in Eqyptian tombs, it lasts forever. But I sense some doubt when it comes from a hive that was found dead.
And why freeze it? Freezing will not kill most pathogens. May kill a few wax moths.
I have never frozen a comb in over 40 years of beekeeping.
The main concern with honey for human consumption would be how long it had been unprotected. That is, have mice, roaches, other vermins, been in the hive, after the deadout occured.
I don't make it a habit of eating honey from a deadout. I don't like eating honey where mice and roaches have been. If I don't think it was disease, I save it to give to feed other hives or give to weak hives the next year.
Odfrank... I have never frozen a comb either.
I am eating some of the honey from my dead outs, but I know what finished them off (mites and a prolonged cold spell) and they died well after freezing temperatures came around so I have no worries about vermin in the hive. The rest I am saving to give my splits and replacement colonies a boost.
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Prolific German film-maker Werner Herzog talks to Peter Calder about his latest confronting documentaries, a study of death row inmates in American jails.
When the Grim Reaper finally comes for Werner Herzog, it may seem more like a reunion than a surprise.
Death - or the risk of it - is a recurring theme in the work of the 69-year-old German-born film-maker, both in the shoots and the finished products: a crew member on the crazed 1982 masterpiece Fitzcarraldo cut off his own foot with a chainsaw after a life-threatening snake-bite. The 2000 documentary Wings of Hope was about the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian jungle; Herzog was ticketed to be on the flight.
In 2006, while doing an exterior shot for a BBC TV interview, he was hit by a bullet fired by a passerby. He later displayed the "not significant" bleeding wound in his abdomen, remarking enigmatically that he was "not surprised to be shot at".
But nothing he has done confronts death as directly as his latest work: a quintet of documentaries - a full-length feature called Into the Abyss and four 50-minute television films collectively entitled Death Row.
Each film minutely anatomises a case of capital murder and is carefully constructed around an interview with the killer or killers as they await execution.
The films adopt an eerily clinical (and characteristically Herzogian) detachment: although he makes it quite plain that he "respectfully disagrees with" the death penalty, he is less interested in capital punishment as an issue than in what he calls "the deep dark ocean of barbarism that lies beneath the surface layer that we call civilisation".
"The films take a vertical look deep into the dark recesses of the human soul," he says, speaking by phone from his home in the fabled Laurel Canyon in the Hollywood Hills. "I think this is something you find in all my films: fiction films, documentaries, all of them. I am not in the polemic business."
Neither is he an advocate for individual causes: he baldly tells one of his subjects that "what we are doing here is not an instrument for proving your innocence" and another that "sympathising with your quest for procedural justice does not mean that I have to like you".
The films are notably flexible in focus: a death chamber operator, quitting after 150 executions, vows "I can't do it no more" and adds that "no one has the right to take someone else's life". And, in one of the weirdest scenes in Abyss, he asks a death row chaplain to describe his recent encounter with a squirrel. The human souls he peers into are on both sides of the bars.
"It's an American Gothic, really," he explains, "a tapestry of story about a senseless crime. I think the crime is the epicentre. All these crimes are so senseless and nihilistic that they still puzzle me. But the films are much more a look into the way we live and the way we die. Death row inmates are the only people who know when and how they are going to die. They know every step of the protocol. So the film enables us to reflect on ourselves: what does it mean to be able to open and close a door? How do we experience time or solitude?"
Having told the condemned men - and one woman - that he did not have to like them, did he have an emotional response to them anyway?
"It's hard to answer that. I respect every single one as a human being - and I mean really respect. I know they are going to die, but they are not monsters. It's obvious that their crimes are monstrous but the perpetrators are human beings."
This point is underlined in an interview with a DA, who has ice where her soul should be. She warns him about the danger of humanising one of his subjects. "I do not make an attempt to humanise her," he responds sharply. "She is simply a human being, period."
The process by which one film turned into five was straightforward, Herzog explains.
"Strange as it may sound, it's casting of characters. You have an eye for who will be really good, and that comes from feature film-making. I filmed quite a few inmates on death row because I thought that quite a few would be part of the film and it became clear after two days of shooting that the whole crime was such a nihilistic and incredible story that it had to be completely separate. I tried editing people who had committed other crimes into the film and it was immediately clear it was way too complex."
But he says the process of interviewing was hideously intense.
"Every inmate you see in the films I have not spoken to for more than 60 minutes - many I met for half an hour. So almost everything ends up in the film. I have hardly any additional footage.
"These were people in situations of great stress and I had to find the right voice to do it the right way. I think I have never experienced such intensity in making a film as Into the Abyss. You can see it in the film, in every moment. Both the editor and I started smoking again when we were confronted with the footage."
Herzog's films - these five take the tally above 60 over 50 years - are distinguished by a dazzling range of subject matter. Fictional stories have been about an 18th-century glassblower, an Irish rubber baron who wants to build an opera house in Amazonia and Australian aborigines' fight against miners; documentaries have focused on Antarctica, the ravaged oil fields of Kuwait after the first Gulf War and a male beauty contest among Saharan nomads.
But the man himself says more unites his films than divides them. "If you look at the films in their entirety there is a coherent world-view. You can see any part of any one of my films without a title or a credit and within two minutes flat you will know this is my film."
And there seems no end to the depth and breadth of his creativity: he's directed 18 operas - including Lohengrin at Bayreuth - and his installation at the Whitney Biennial in New York has just closed. He plays the villain opposite Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher in the Lee Child hero's big-screen debut at year's end and is preparing to shoot Queen of the Desert, in which Naomi Watts will play Gertrude Bell, the female counterpart to Lawrence of Arabia.
Herzog's unsmiling visage and uninflected speaking voice might invite the assessment that he is a grim person. But he says that impression is "the wrongest of the wrong".
"Audiences in my films laugh a lot. There is a lot of humour, including in Into The Abyss. It is a subversive humour, even a dark humour, but it is undeniably there because I see audiences laughing so hard."
Plainly some people get the joke: online Herzog spoofs abound - of him reading the kids' book Curious George or writing a note to his cleaning woman which includes the words "The situation regarding spoons remains unchanged. If I see one, I will kill it."
"I enjoy all this wild invention," he says. "Sometimes I will even add a detail to make it more authentic. It is good that they are all out there. They are like my bodyguards. They can take the brunt."
And if he has a preoccupation with nihilism it does not mean that he is nihilistic.
"It always surprises me that people try to draw conclusions from my films about who I am almost as if I were a character. In the Cruise film I play a really scary villain but if you ask my wife she will immediately tell you I am a very fluffy husband."
What: Into the Abyss and Death Row, a showcase of Werner Herzog's docos about death row inmates in American prisons
When: Various times and cinemas from Sunday July 22. See nzff.co.nz
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New Zealand Cricket today confirmed the second and third one-dayers of the Sri Lankan tour will now be played in Pallekele due to R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo being waterlogged.
The Black Caps travelled to Colombo this morning and will now return to Kandy tomorrow ahead of the relocated second ODI at Pallekele International Stadium.
They have already had two matches rained out in Pallekele, with the solitary Twenty20 the only game so far on the tour which has seen the players take the field.
"Colombo has had a period of extremely wet weather, which has forced Sri Lankan Cricket to move the matches to Pallekele," Black Caps manager Mike Sandle said.
"A lake close to the Premadasa has risen significantly, causing the water table so high that it is affecting the ground's ability to drain. I understand it is currently fine in Pallekele and we are hoping the weather is kind to us so we can get some cricket underway."
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Is it any wonder that Amazon Sales of George Orwell's 1984 Shot Up 7,000% this week?
In the aftermath of recent revelations concerning a top secret government surveillance program aimed at monitoring the personal and private interactions of mostly innocent civilians, many Americans are naturally concerned with what the future might hold for a country being run by an All-Seeing Eye. Or have we all just been hypnotized into brain-dead apathy and empty, materialistic desires?
Other totalitarian classics that are seeing a recent revival include Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
Philip K. Dick also wrote a large number of short stories where vast conspiracies were employed (usually by an oppressive government or other hostile powers) to keep common people under control or enforce a given agenda.(ie. A Scanner Darkly, The Penultimate Truth). Other popular science fiction writers whose work famously features governmental conspiracy theories include William Gibson, John Twelve Hawks, Eric Frank Russell, Margaret Atwood and Neal Stephenson...
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Dr. Renbarger apprenticed with Florida Grand Opera, where he portrayed Sid inLa fanciulla del West, El Dancaïro in Carmen, and Marullo in Rigoletto. Other engagements include Lyric Opera Cleveland and Dayton Opera, where he performed Antonio in Le nozze di Figaro, Sciarrone in Tosca, and Mr. Dashwood in Little Women. He made his international debut as Gianni Schicchi in Gianni Schicchi with the Opera Theatre-Music Festival of Lucca, Italy. Other roles include Guglielmo in Così fan tutte and Cascada in The Merry Widow with Fargo-Moorhead Opera as well as Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Ashlawn Opera and Angelotti in Tosca with Sorg Opera. Dr. Renbarger's credits also include many performances of Handel's Messiah, including a national broadcast on NPR with The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart's Requiem, Copland's Old American Songs and multiple performances of Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
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Dr. Renbarger's publications include collaboration on the book, Musical Performance: A Comprehensive Approach: Theory, Analytical Tools, and Case Studies with Dr. Guerino Mazzola, published in 2011. Dr. Renbarger also continues to perform actively in recital, including numerous engagements with pianist and collaborator Dr. Sharon Johnson. Their most recent recital, performed in Spring 2013 at BSU, included an entire Russian presentation of Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death.
Prior to becoming a member of the Bemidji State University Music Department, Dr. Renbarger taught at Houghton College in New York, where he was Assistant Professor of Voice as well as Director of Lyric Theatre. His directing credits there included productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado and Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow. In Bemidji, Dr. Renbarger also serves as the Director of Opera Theater and started his directorial duties here with last season's opera, Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. He looks forward to the future of opera theater here in Bemidji and continues to develop that curriculum for BSU.
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It ranks pairs of health conditions and treatments according to effectiveness. The higher a condition and treatment pair is ranked, the more likely OHP will cover it. To learn more visit our Prioritized List page.
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OHP Public Meetings are posted in accordance with Oregon Administrative Rule 410-120-1385 (Compliance with Public Meetings Law) in the General Rules program.
Rule Advisory Committee meetings are posted in accordance with Oregon Revised Statute 183.333 (Policy statement; public involvement in development of policy and drafting of rules).
To view the current or proposed rules for these programs, go to the OHP policies page.
Any time we want to change what the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) covers or whom OHP serves, OHA must ask the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve the change. Recent requests are listed below along with comments we have received from stakeholders.
OHA publishes these notices in the Secretary of State's Oregon Bulletin, or major Oregon newspapers, to notify the public about proposed changes to Oregon medical assistance programs or Oregon's Medicaid State Plan that happen outside the administrative rule revision process.
Local doctors, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and consumers recommended drugs from selected classes for the PDL.
The Health Resources Commission (HRC) worked with the Oregon Health and Science University's Center for Evidence-Based Policy to gather clinical data, as well as information from pharmaceutical manufacturers and public testimony. They evaluated all information according to established evidence methods and in a public forum.
The HRC submitted recommendations to the division for pricing and the division made cost-effective selections, creating the PDL.
You can view the current PDL (PDF) or use the Searchable PDL. The Searchable PDL is an interactive database that includes preferred/non-preferred status, copayment information and prior authorization criteria, if applicable, for all active rebateable drugs.
The list is updated periodically. Drug manufacturers who want to propose drugs for PDL consideration can register on the Sovereign States Drug Consortium (SSDC) website to submit offers (see OAR 410-121-0030).
See Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee meeting notices. The OHP public meetings calendar also lists monthly meeting dates.
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View the fee-for-service fee schedule for an overview of OHP's maximum allowable rates.
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|Summary Tape File 3 -> Appendix B. Definitions of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Income in 1989 -> Income Type in 1989 -> Retirement or Disability Income
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I lived a lonely geeky existence once upon a time. When I heard Lord of the Rings was coming to the theaters, I wanted to go, but had no one to go with. A friend of my sister-in-law said he would go with me, but ONLY if I read all three Lord of the Rings books ahead of time. I love fantasy books. I had been meaning to read them anyway. I enjoyed The Hobbit as a kid, even did a report on it in high school. I was looking forward to it. No problem.
Ugh. It took me an entire summer, and half a dozen books as "breaks" to get through the trilogy. Tolkien's epic prose was foreign to my modern fantasy reader's ears. How long before I realized Sauramon and Sauron were different characters? (That explained a lot…) And speaking of names, holy crap! So many look almost exactly alike. Where was the storyteller's voice from The Hobbit? I felt like I was slogging through a textbook of mythology.
I did get through it; the final book grabbed my attention as characters and plot points came together. Seeing the movie, fresh from the books made me have quite a number of opinions. But the biggest one was this: THANK YOU PETER JACKSON! I was so much more entertained watching the movies than reading the books. And stories are foremost about entertainment.
Whoa, there! Back up a minute before you pounce on me. Before anyone says anything about stories being about learning and transmitting cultural ideas, think back on most of your classroom experience. If the teacher didn't entertain you in some way, you didn't learn anything. All storytellers, no matter what the form, MUST entertain or every bit of learning is for naught. As a storyteller myself I am desperate to share the worlds in my head, but if I can't entertain while I'm doing it, no one will listen. Tolkien failed as an entertainer for me, regardless of the fact that his world and characters were so rich. Jackson had me enthralled, my imagination sparked after the house lights came on, and I even obsessed about the character of Frodo (or maybe it was just Elijah Wood…)
The key there is what format engaged me. Fairy tales, books and comics have all been redone as movies over the years with varying success for different people. Here are two more movies that I found better than the book:


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UTSA researcher advocates more youth exercise
(April 19, 2005)--Zenong Yin, the Loretta J. Lowak Clarke Distinguished Professor in Health and Kinesiology in the UTSA Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, is co-author of an article in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that recommends vigorous physical activity for children to avoid obesity and complications such as diabetes.
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The research in the April issue of the journal concludes that adolescents who get daily vigorous physical activity tend to be leaner and fitter than their less active peers, and that the leanest and fittest children are the ones who have the most vigorous activity for longer periods of time -- specifically, by engaging in at least one hour of vigorous activity per day. "Vigorous" activity is that which maintains elevated heart and breathing rates.
Read an abstract of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition article.
Read a summary of the research at the Medical College of Georgia Web site.
Yin received his Ph.D. in psychosocial aspects of sport and exercise from the University of Southern California. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate sport and exercise psychology classes since 1992.
His research focuses on exercise adherence and achievement goal perspectives in sport. He has published more than 30 research articles in sport and exercise psychology, public health and education psychology.


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Benign Brain Tumors
Medical Author: Charles Davis, MD, PhD
Medical Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Benign brain tumors are usually defined as a group of similar cells that do not follow normal cell division and growth patterns and develop into a mass of cells that microscopically do not have the characteristic appearance of a cancer. Most benign brain tumors are found by CTor MRIbrain scans. These tumors usually grow slowly, do not invade surrounding tissues or spread to other organs, and often have a border or edge that can be seen on CT scans. These tumors rarely develop into metastatic (cancerous or spreading) tumors. Most benign brain tumors can be removed; the benign tumors usually do not reoccur after removal. The exact causes of benign brain tumors are not known, but investigators have suggested that family history, radiation exposure, or exposure to chemicals (for example, vinyl chloride, formaldehyde) may be risk factors.
Benign brain tumors, however, can be life threatening because they can compress brain tissue and other structures inside the skull, so the term "benign" can be misleading. Terminology is further complicated by some investigators who classify low-grade cancerous tumors as either "benign" or "relatively benign." Regardless, compression of brain tissue or its additional structures (for example, nerves, ventricles) by a tumor mass is a major cause of the symptoms seen with benign (and malignant) tumors.


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Re: st: RE: Comparing medians with pweight
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Hi Stas,
Do you suggest that even following Roger's suggestion by using
-somersd- package to compare confidence intervals for rank statistics,
such as median, I have to run a bootstrap to get correct comparison?
2007/3/22, Stas Kolenikov <firstname.lastname@example.com>:
The issue might be quite tricky: median is not a smooth function of
the data, so many inference methods generally taken for granted do not
apply to it. Asymptotic normality of the median is derived in a rather
non-standard way and requires regularity conditions that are pretty
difficult to verify. If you are dealing with survey data, neither
linearization nor the jackknife will produce appropriate (consistent)
standard errors for the population quantiles, and one has to use the
balanced repeated replication or the even more complicated survey
bootstrap both of which require the data provider's replication
weights -- it is not at all that trivial to run those procedures on
the analyst's side without getting one's feet really, really wet.
See http://www.citeulike.org/user/ctacmo/article/1036970 if you can find it.
On 3/22/07, Ada C. Chen <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> > Is it possible to compare medians of a continuous variable between two
> > groups by using -pweight- instead of -fweight-? Does stata only allow
> > for fweight?
Stas Kolenikov
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The old ones say that he is descended from Hercules himself. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death on the battlefield was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life - fear is not a word in his vocabulary. Women want him and men want to be him.
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Back in the 19th century, an English doctor named J.H. Salisbury prescribed beef for all manner of ailments. We think he'd love this healthy update of the ground-beef-and-onions classic that bears his name. The sautéed watercress is an excellent foil to the meaty glazed beef.
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Palestine: Background
The dispute between Israel and the Palestinians is one of the longest unresolved conflicts in modern history. Beginning with the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948, for more than 58 years the conflict has cost thousands of lives, involved neighboring countries in major wars, and unsettled the politics of the entire region. Palestinians and Israelis, the United States, and most of the world want the conflict to end. Given the almost universal desire for peace, Global Exchange believes that understanding the obstacles to peace is crucial, and that it is our role as a human rights organization to call attention to dimensions of this conflict that have been historically neglected in the United States. This is especially important because so many Americans want the United States to play a constructive role in ending it.
- A balanced U.S. policy that seeks to end Israel's occupation of the Palestinian Territories captured in 1967.
- International recognition and backing for a viable and sovereign Palestinian state, with full trade, diplomatic, and territorial rights guaranteed under international law.
- A just and durable resolution of Palestinian refugee claims based on existing UN Security Council resolutions.
- Full legal, political, and civil rights for Palestinians living within the borders of Israel.
- Our education and advocacy program includes educational tours to Palestine/Israel, investigative delegations in the occupied territories, nationwide speaking tours in the U.S., work with the media, and congressional and policy maker education programs.
We also organize demonstrations and participate in anti-war mobilizations.
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- Educate and mobilize to bring an end to U.S. military, economic, and diplomatic support to Israel for its occupation policies.
- Work with and create coalition partnerships with non-governmental and peace organizations in Palestine, Israel, the U.S., and elsewhere that support a just and lasting resolution of the conflict.
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Nike is one of the largest, most popular, and most profitable shoe and clothing companies in the world. But the reality for many workers overseas making Nike shoes and clothing is far less rosy. Workers are paid wages insufficient to meet their basic needs, are not allowed to organize independent unions, and often face health and safety hazards.
We hope that by putting pressure on Nike, the industry leader, other shoe companies will follow suit and make much-needed improvements. In just a few years, public pressure has reaped a measure of success by forcing Nike and other shoe corporations to promise to make changes. Still, a great many improvements are needed and the anti-sweatshop movement still must strive to give workers a voice.
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If you are seeking volunteer opportunities for your student organization, to fulfill a service requirement, or as an individual co-curricular activity, please feel free to select one of the opportunities on the RIC Opportunity Exchange List and to reach out to the contact person listed. You can also search for opportunities online through organizations like Serve Rhode Island. If you would like to connect with off campus organizations for employment, internship, AND volunteer opportunities, you can take it one step further and create a free account in Destinations.
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections
The Office of Volunteer Services and Internships is responsible for the recruitment, placement, and coordination of all volunteers and interns throughout the various units of the Department of Corrections.
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections encourages the use of volunteers and student interns to augment services to the offender population. Volunteers and student interns represent a cost effective means of providing valuable and professional expertise and also foster understanding and cooperation between the RIDOC and various community groups, religious groups, colleges and universities, and the public at large.
All volunteers and interns must fill out an application and go through the BCI and NCIC inquiry. In addition, they must attend a mandatory orientation held at the RIDOC's Training Academy.
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Student Internships:
The Rhode Island Department of Corrections continues to provide unique and challenging internship opportunities for students. Interns assist staff in working with adult male and female offenders within an institutional or community corrections setting for course credit. Interns work under the supervision and guidance of a DOC staff person in accordance to the criteria of their college or university.
Internships may be available in Minimum Security; Medium Security; the Women's facilities; the Planning & Research Unit; the Professional Services Unit, the Legal Department; the Business Office; the Information and Public Relations Office; Health Services; Mental Health Services; the Special Investigations Unit; the Community Confinement Unit (electronic monitoring); and the Adult Probation and Parole Departments located throughout the state including the Electronic Monitoring/Parole Unit, the Domestic Violence Unit, the Drug Court, and the Sex Offender Unit.
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More than 600 meals are served daily. An additional 500 meals are prepared by our chef and culinary education students and sent to children's after-school programs and overflow emergency shelters daily as well. Amos House provides safe transitional shelter to hundreds of homeless people annually and a host of social services including medical and eye care clinics. Volunteers are needed to help prepare, serve and clean up for breakfast and lunch. Volunteers are needed for the following hours: 6:30 - 8:30 a.m. for breakfast and 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. for lunch, Monday through Saturday.
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Angklung - music performance
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The children attend school in the morning and then perform in the afternoon as part of retaining their culture.
1. Wooden Puppet (Wayang Golek) Demonstration
The Sudanese art performance shows a drama performed by wooden puppets. The word wayang means shadow. I was glad that we did not have to sit through the traditional 7 + hour performance!
2. Helaran
Helaran is often played in circumcision celebration and harvest season. In these occasions the Angklung used is the ones with Salendro notes - Da, Mi, Na, Ti, La and Da. Helaran itself is played in cheerful tone because it is played to entertain people and to thank God who blesses us daily with all his gifts.
3. Traditional Dances
Mask Dance First act with no mask'' then with the mask. The mask represents human character. Menakjingga with red coloured mask represenrs aggressive, temperamental and impatient behaviour.
Peacock Dance
5. Arumba
Traditional musical instrument.
6. Mini Angklung
Not only used as an ornament but simple tunes can be played.
7. Angklung Pa Daeng
8. All Playing Angklung Together
9. Angklung Orchestra
10. Angklung Jaipong
It was well done. Each part was long enough without over doing it.
The best bit was certainly the interaction by the audience and each of us playing our own angklung.
I was surprised that hundreds of us were in tune. The 90 minutes passed by very quickly.
The entry ticket hung around our neck became our souvenir - a tiny miniature angklung.
Dinner back at Golden Duck. Yes, a few of us were surprised that there was nothing else near by to try. Anyway the manager was back in attendance and our bill was quickly and correctly presented to each of us. Hainames Special Chicken and Duck plus another refreshing lime juice: 37,800 Rp + 10,800 Rp = 53 Rp (NZ $7 or US $5).