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Bronislau Kaper was a composer of classic film songs as well as film scores—"Lili," "On Green Dolphin Street" and "All God's Chillun Have Rhythm" are among his most famous works. One of his loveliest melodies he actually used in two "women's pictures": first in A Life of Her Own (1950), then in Invitation (1952), presumably because the first film did not perform well and the theme was too good to let it go to waste. This CD features the complete score to Invitation (plus source music), followed by the surviving tracks to A Life of Her Own.
Invitation starred Dorothy Maguire as a married woman who discovers that her perfect husband (Van Johnson) might have been "purchased" for her by her overprotective father, and that she might have a fatal illness. Kaper's "Theme From Invitation" dominates the score as a haunting expression of Maguire's anxiety, love and heartbreak, but the soundtrack also features beautiful, transparent writing for her family life, and dark currents for her obsessive search for the truth.
A Life of Her Own starred Lana Turner as a New York City model embroiled in an affair with a married man (Ray Milland). Although directed by George Cukor, it soon disappeared from theaters—spurring Kaper to reuse his theme later. The surviving tracks consist mostly of source music, along with a few cues of Kaper's dramatic score, similar to Invitation and interpolating the gorgeous melody as a recurring source cue for piano.
Many cues from Invitation are presented in rudimentary stereo, due to the prominent use of piano which was recorded on its own channel; the balance of the CD is in mono.
At last, one of cinema's loveliest melodies—which became a veritable "standard" of popular music—is fully documented in this premiere FSM CD.
Music Composed by Bronislau Kaper
Conducted by Johnny Green
Total Time: 33:36
Bonus Material
Total Time: 13:00
A Life of Her Own
Total Time: 29:19
Total Disc Time: 76:07
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Idaho Falls company expanding to Shelley
SHELLEY, Idaho - Hundreds of jobs are coming to Shelley. An Idaho Falls-based meat processing plant is opening another facility. The Shelley City Council approved the new plant in May.
The new Golden Valley Natural Plant will make organic meat products like beef, buffalo and turkey jerky. Construction is expected to start in August. The 200,000-square foot facility will be built off of 1400 north in Shelley.
"An immediate 200-250 jobs. As the company continues to grow and expansion continues to take place, we anticipate up to 400 or more employees," said special projects manager Bryce Esplin. "Obviously in a production facility, you're heavy toward production jobs, but there will be other opportunities throughout the company."
Esplin said after two years of debate, the company decided to expand to Shelley.
"We're excited to locate to Bingham County, a rural development type of county. There are also other opportunities for expansion, we have a little elbow room," he said.
Locals said the town needs more jobs.
"Idaho Falls is a magnet for this kind of expansion and so it's good we're seeing some expansion here," said Linn Fuhriman.
"We constantly have students that are out of work and that are coming in trying to find a job and need training. In my family I've had a couple of kids laid off, so jobs around here are not very easy to find," said Shirley Bame.
"Anything that brings business to town is good. More warm bodies mean we're going to do more business. It's a good thing," said Jed Young.
The meat processing plant is expected to be open by August of 2014.

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Billy Baron of Canisius has been named MAAC Player of the Year.
Baron was joined on the All-MAAC First Team by Sean Armand, Ike Azotam, George Beamon and A.J. English III.
On the All-MAAC Second Team is Rhamel Brown, Ousmane Drame, David Laury, Chavaughn Lewis, Antoine Mason and Danny Stewart.
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Saudi Arabian women could compete in the Olympics for the first time this summer
With the Olympic Games set to start in London on July 27, Saudi Arabian women may finally get the chance to compete. In the past, all countries except Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei have encouraged both male and female athletes to participate in the Olympics. This summer, a female hurdler will compete for the first time for Brunei, and Qatar has three women set to take part in shooting, swimming and track. On June 26, a statement by the Saudi Arabian embassy in London stated that the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee will oversee "women athletes who can qualify for the games."
So far, only one female Saudi athlete had been set for London. But equestrian Dalma Rushdi Malhas was ruled out of the Olympics when her horse was injured. Now officials are looking for other female athletes to compete on behalf of Saudi Arabia. If they don't send any women, the Middle Eastern country could face penalties or may even be banned from participating in this summer's Olympics.
Moving Ahead
Human rights activists and athletic groups say allowing women to compete is a step in the right direction. But some say that if females from Saudi Arabia participate in the Olympics, they could face trouble when they return home. Saudi Arabia is a traditional Islamic society, and women are not allowed to participate in many public activities. Some female athletic groups play in secret, and women are barred from participating in national sporting events. That makes it nearly impossible for them to qualify for international competitions such as the Olympics.
With the Olympic Games only 25 days away, it's still remains to be seen if Saudi Arabian women will compete for their country.
Visit timeforkids.com/olympics2012 to keep up with the Games.


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Encephalitis (en-sef-uh-LIE-tis) is inflammation of the brain. Viral infections are the most common cause of the condition.
Encephalitis can cause flu-like symptoms, such as a fever or severe headache. It can also cause confused thinking, seizures, or problems with senses or movement. However, many cases of encephalitis result in only mild flu-like symptoms or even no symptoms.
Severe cases of encephalitis, while relatively rare, can be life-threatening. Because the course of any single case of encephalitis can be unpredictable, it's important to get a timely diagnosis and treatment.
Most people with viral encephalitis have either no symptoms or mild flu-like symptoms, such as the following:
More-serious cases require prompt medical care. Additional signs and symptoms of more serious encephalitis may include the following:
Signs and symptoms in infants and young children may also include:
Get immediate care if you or someone you know is experiencing any of the symptoms associated with more-severe cases of encephalitis. Severe headache, fever and altered consciousness require urgent care.
Infants and young children with any signs or symptoms of encephalitis should receive urgent care.
The exact cause of encephalitis is often unknown, but the most commonly diagnosed cause is a viral infection. Bacterial infections and noninfectious inflammatory conditions also may cause encephalitis.
An infection may result in one of two conditions affecting the brain:
Secondary (postinfectious) encephalitis is a faulty immune system reaction in response to an infection elsewhere in the body. Instead of solely attacking the cells causing an infection, the immune system also mistakenly attacks healthy cells in the brain.
Secondary encephalitis often occurs two to three weeks after the initial infection. Rarely, secondary encephalitis occurs as a complication of a live virus vaccination.
Common causes of encephalitis include:
Mosquito-borne viruses. Arboviruses, or arthropod-borne viruses, are transmitted by mosquitoes or other blood-sucking insects. Mosquito-borne viruses can cause infections that include West Nile, La Crosse, St. Louis, western equine and eastern equine encephalitis.
Mosquitoes transfer the virus from a nonhuman host — such as a bird, chipmunk or horse — to humans. Symptoms of an infection may appear within a few days to a couple of weeks after exposure to an arbovirus.
Anyone can develop encephalitis. Factors that may increase the risk of the condition include:
The complications resulting from encephalitis depend on several factors, including age, the cause of the infection, the severity of the initial illness and the time from disease onset to treatment.
In most cases, people with relatively mild illness recover within a few weeks with no long-term complications.
Injury to the brain from inflammation can result in a number of problems. The most severe cases can result in coma or death.
Other complications — varying greatly in severity — may persist for months or be permanent:
Because the onset of serious illness associated with encephalitis is usually severe and relatively sudden, seek emergency care. The emergency care team will likely include a specialist in disorders of the nervous system (neurologist).
You may need to answer some of the following questions or answer questions on behalf of your child or another person with severe illness:
Questions about symptoms, risk factors and medical history are important in making a diagnosis of encephalitis. Diagnostic tests that may be needed include the following:
Brain imaging. Brain imaging is often the first test if symptoms and patient history suggest the possibility of encephalitis. The images may reveal swelling of the brain or another condition that may be causing the symptoms, such as a tumor.
Technologies may include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which can produce detailed cross-sectional and 3-D images of the brain, or computerized tomography (CT), which produces cross-sectional images.
Spinal tap (lumbar puncture). With a spinal tap, the doctor inserts a needle into the lower back to extract cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the protective fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal column. Changes in this fluid can indicate infection and inflammation in the brain.
In some cases, samples of CSF can be tested to identify the virus or other infectious agent.
Treatment for mild cases, which may be mistaken as the flu, mainly consists of:
Cases of encephalitis due to certain viruses usually require intravenous antiviral treatments. Antiviral drugs commonly used to treat encephalitis include:
Some viruses, such as insect-borne viruses, don't respond to these treatments. However, because the specific virus may not be identified immediately or at all, treatment with acyclovir is often begun immediately. This drug can be effective against the herpes simplex virus, which can result in significant complications, such as encephalitis, or death when not treated promptly.
Side effects of antiviral drugs may include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and muscle or joint soreness or pain. Rare serious problems may include abnormalities in kidney or liver function or suppression of bone marrow activity. Appropriate tests are used to monitor for serious adverse effects.
Additional supportive care also is needed in the hospital for people with severe encephalitis. The care may include:
After the initial illness, it may be necessary to receive additional therapy depending on the type and severity of complications. This therapy may include:
The best way to prevent viral encephalitis is to take precautions to avoid exposure to viruses that can cause the disease:
To minimize your exposure to mosquitoes and ticks, follow these tips:
Apply mosquito repellent. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has registered a number of products containing certain chemicals that repel mosquitoes. The registered chemicals are DEET, IR3535, lemon eucalyptus and picaridin. Products with higher concentrations of the active ingredient provide longer protection.
Lemon eucalyptus isn't recommended for use on children younger than 3 years old.
Mosquito repellents can be applied to both the skin and clothes. To apply repellent to your face, spray it on your hands and then wipe it on your face. If you're using both sunscreen and a repellent, apply sunscreen first.
Insect repellents aren't recommended for use on infants younger than 2 months of age. Instead, cover an infant carrier or stroller with mosquito netting.
Tips for using mosquito repellent with children include the following:
Original article: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/encephalitis/basics/causes/CON-20021917
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Here is a thread that will help U:
Newbie to guns? Need help? Where to start?
Also, whatever gun U buy, U may want one with the adjustable back strap, so U can alter it to fit your hands if they are small (M&P, P99, PX4, FNP9 - some examples of semi autos with adju backstraps)


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The Minnesota State Horticultural Society and the Washington County Horticulture Society present the
Gardens of Washington County
This self-guided tour features some very special Washington County gardens in the Stillwater and Woodbury areas. Highlights include a garden with over 1,500 varieties of hostas and many shade-loving perennials. Extensive rock work, fountains, and a cul-de-sac holding pond where wildlife abounds, including wood ducks, geese, and egrets.
In Steve Horan's garden, enjoy a special performance by Mixed Precipitation: AGENT FIDELIO: A Picnic Operetta, based on Beethoven's opera. Singers and musicians from the cast present a preview of exciting arias, quartets and other musical surprises.
Pre-registration is suggested. $15 in advance, $18 day of the tour. Lunch is on your own. To purchase tickets, call the Minnesota State Horticultural Society at 651-643-3601 / 800-676-6747 or register online by clicking the link below. Ticket/Map may be picked up day of the tour at Hedberg Nursery, 8400 60th St. N., Stillwater.
Your ticket purchase supports the mission of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
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In her role as Director of Customer Service, Muir manages operations, programs, products and services related to the regional and statewide customer service activities of the NC Turnpike Authority. She works to continuously improve customer experiences through the establishment and evaluation of high-level customer service performance goals.
Prior to joining NCDOT, Muir worked in the private sector. Her experience includes human resource management, strategic planning, business development and marketing in telecom and engineering industries. She has been engaged in community building, land planning and regional leadership through appointments to the Wake County Planning Board, Cary Planning Board, Wake County School Board Advisory Council, the Wake County Women's Commission, and the Cary Community Foundation. Muir has developed innovative technology solutions to enhance local economic development and previously served on the McKimmon Center Technical Education Advisory Board.
Muir was born in Washington, D.C., and has been a North Carolina resident for over 30 years. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a certified leadership development facilitator with the Covey Leadership Institute in Provo, Utah.


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Robert Trevino
NASA manager to speak on teaching careers
By Kris Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist
(April 16, 2009)--The UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE) will host a lecture by Robert Trevino, NASA deputy project manager and UTSA visiting professor, at 9 a.m., Friday, April 17 in the John Peace Library Building Assembly Room (4.03.08) on the UTSA Main Campus. Trevino will speak on "The Importance of Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to Prepare Our Future Workforce." The talk is free and open to the public.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Following the presentation, ATE will host an information session from 9:30 a.m. to noon for transfer students and UTSA students interested in teaching careers in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) and bilingual and special education -- all areas in which there is a teacher shortage.
Trevino, who calls San Antonio his hometown, has worked on many major space projects over his 20-year NASA career including the space shuttle program, the international space station program, the Hubble space telescope program and the current constellation program. He is NASA deputy project manager for extra vehicular activity technology development. Trevino is a UTSA visiting faculty fellow in the NASA Administrator's Fellowship Program of the UTSA College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
His main research and development interests are in space suit design and space suit portable life support systems and designing space systems for human and robotic assembly and maintenance. In 2009, Trevino was a member of the team that received a patent and was recognized by the Johnson Space Center for their work on the method apparatus for fabric circuits and antennae.
Trevino earned an M.A. degree in public management from the University of Houston at Clear Lake, an M.S. in space studies from the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks and a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from UT-Austin, he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy, served as a naval flight officer and currently is a captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Part of the UTSA College of Education and Human Development, the Academy for Teacher Excellence was established as a hub for school districts, community colleges and UTSA to collaboratively research, design, implement and evaluate educational programs that address emerging, statewide and local educational issues associated with a growing diverse student population. A major focus is the implementation of a Title V Hispanic serving institutions grant to utilize resources in the community to better prepare teachers in classrooms with a diverse student population.
For more information, contact the Academy for Teacher Excellence at (210) 458-3082.


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#1 Mon 26 Nov 12 8:31pm
Hello from Canada!
I am watching Jamie on the telly right now, and have been browsing his Meals in Minutes book. But all the recipes are for at least four people. I am cooking for me. Maybe, Jamie, you might be up for addressing the single cooks, who want to eat well, but not have a freezer full of left overs. Simple recipes please, as I'm not that clever. I look forward to reading the forum and learning.
#2 Mon 26 Nov 12 10:53pm
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Hi TallulahP.
I'm in much the same position. Have you tried the 15/30 minute meals recipes? They're often based on quick-cook ingredients like chicken breasts, small fish etc. so they tend to scale down quite well (i.e. you just cook one instead of four).
What do you do about buying veg in sensible quantities for one person? I've got most of a head of cabbage going off in my kitchen right now...
#3 Mon 26 Nov 12 11:00pm
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I try to buy veggies I can freeze. Cabbage sadly isn't one of them, but if I have a cabbage that won't last, I'll make a quick cabbage soup, adding any other veggie that might need cooking quickly, and then freeze it in portions. I have done that with potato and leek soup too, because I can't cook small. I'm used to cooking large for hungry farm workers. My dad had a huge appetite as does my brother, but dad passed away in June, and brother won't eat vegetarian, so I'm cooking for me, with a separate meal for brother. I try to cook things that I can freeze, but when I see the great recipes in Jamie's book, I wish I had more people to cook for so I could just whip up the meal as he's written it. I do love the Meals in Minutes book, and am going to get the 15 minute book too.
#4 Mon 26 Nov 12 11:09pm
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Does your brother like Indian food? Indian vegetarian cooking is awesome. Got a couple of nice vegetarian curry recipies, if you're interested.
And good on you for your generous impulses. I've found that baking is a good outlet for that sort of thing - making a cake or some bread and taking it into work, sharing it with neighbours etc.
#5 Mon 26 Nov 12 11:13pm
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My brother likes meat, potatoes, and gravy kinds of meals. And omelettes. And pasta as long as it's simple with nothing "new" in it. lol He's not adventurous. I'll just have to learn to cook for me, and separately for him.
#6 Tue 27 Nov 12 12:04am
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Liberties! I hesitate to butt in on family business, but you shouldn't have to cook two meals.
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I never know if it's one or two for meals. I use my freezer a lot. It's a great resource that you pay for in electric bills anyway. Unless you freeze incorrectly or leave things in there too long, the quality of many foods should be excellent when reheated.
If you cook for different tastes and preferences or because some have health issues, that's fine. That's something I've done all my life. It's not hard, it's just part of life.
I hope none of you ever has to avoid wasting a scrap of cabbage out of necessity. I have been there and you know, it really does feel good to not waste a thing, to be smart about it and to be creative. Almost any recipe can be scaled down and there is almost nothing that doesn't cause a lot of waste (packaging, etc.) that is geared to one portion.
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#8 Fri 30 Nov 12 12:36pm
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TallulahP wrote:
I try to buy veggies I can freeze. Cabbage sadly isn't one of them,.
I freeze cabbage and it works well. Just cut it finely, freeze it and when you want to use it, saute an onion, a little chopped bacon and add your cabbage.
#9 Fri 30 Nov 12 4:25pm
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Thanks for the info re cabbage! I will omit the bacon as I'm vegetarian, but I never knew you could freeze raw cabbage. I am learning something new.
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1. They will win their first grand prix event, the gold at Rostelecom Cup, upsetting the favored Bobrova & Soloviev on their home ice. This combined with a 2nd place finish behind Virtue & Moir at Skate Canada will easily qualify them for the Grand Prix final after missing out last year.
2. They will easily qualify for their first Olympics with an overwhelming 2nd place finish at Canadians, far above all those behind.
3. They will not medal in Sochi, most likely finishing around 5th place.
4. They will medal at the post Olympic Worlds, maybe aided by a Virtue & Moir WD, but even if V&M are there, they will win the bronze. Olympics are not in Europe, friendlier environment for them.
5. They will win their first Grand Prix final medal, a bronze.
I look forward to bumping this thread when I am right, like I do many threads I am right on every year it seems.


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The Productivity Commission failed to come up with any practical solutions to the housing affordability crisis in its April report, and neither has Finance Minister Bill English in his response to the commission's recommendations.
Like the commission, Mr English takes a few pokes at the Resource Management Act, at local council delays, at the high price of land and building, and at Auckland's metropolitan urban limits, then walks away.
He offers no practical solutions to ending the rapid decline in the number of Kiwi families owning their homes - down from about 75 per cent in the early 1990s, to around 65 per cent and falling.
It's as though the market has failed to deliver this core tenet of National Party faith, and so the party does not know what to do. Or perhaps it does know what to do, but it goes so against the ideological grain that it can't bring themselves to embrace it.
Lurking among the commission's recommendations was that the Auckland Council should "look to collaborative models for the process of identifying, assembling and releasing large-scale tracts of land". Commonsense sort of advice if you want to develop areas in a co-ordinated and planned way.
Mr English agrees. In his statement after Monday's Cabinet meeting, he noted the council had committed "to investigate increased use of special-purpose agencies, such as urban development authorities, to undertake planning and implementation of housing developments".
He said both Auckland Council Properties and the Government, through such initiatives as the Tamaki Transformation Project, were involved in such initiatives which "will be important pilots for wider application of this type of development model".
He could have added the 3000-house Hobsonville Land Company development on the old airbase in Prime Minister John Key's electorate, except it's rather an embarrassment to the Government. Launched under the previous Labour Government, Housing New Zealand's showpiece of urban redevelopment was to include 500 "affordable" self-owned homes and 500 state rentals.
Unfortunately, introducing "poor" people didn't go down well with local National voters, and Mr Key went on the campaign trail in 2006 declaring pepper-potting state housing into the Hobsonville model village would be "economic vandalism", and would be wiped from the scheme under National. It was.
In response to Mr English, Mayor Len Brown agreed the housing market had failed to deliver, and called for the Government and councils to work with developers, the banks, the building industry and other players in the market "to find long-term solutions".
In Auckland, there's the added complication of persuading people to consider the option of "intensified housing".
If our leaders delved back, they'd find a historic blueprint of such a successful collaboration in what is now the highly desirable inner suburb of Freemans Bay, which shows what a public body with the courage of its convictions can do.
Freemans Bay was what we now refer to as a "brownfields site", rat-infested old workers cottages then considered good for nothing but demolition.
It was the late 1960s and Auckland City failed to persuade any private developers to build a compact, "terrace-like" village on the former slum. Ao the council became the developers, the city's architectural division designing two- or three-bedroom dwellings which group home builder Keith Hay was contracted to build.
It was promoted as "introducing a new and sophisticated concept of urban living to Auckland". The homes sold off the plans in 1969 on 99-year leases for $12,900 and $14,100. They were fetching more than $900,000 when I last checked, in January. They became an an example for more timid private developers to follow.
Auckland needs 10,000 new houses a year for the next decade. It's producing around 4000 a year. There is land available. But much of it is locked up in "land banks", held both by rich developers and by mum and dad investors, all biding their time.
Look at the real estate advertisements. "Land bank" seem to be the key words in most urban fringe property sales blurbs.
Auckland Council's priority is intensified housing. For first-time shoppers, the big issue is affordability. Neither are priorities that appeal to "the market". As the commission observed in its April report, "high section prices may also explain why new housing is concentrated at the top end of the market - who is going to put a $150,000 home on a $300,000 section?"
The commission believed that by expanding/removing the metropolitan urban limits land prices would fall. Of course it might just trigger another round of land-banking speculation. It would also encourage further sprawl, which adds extra infrastructure costs to the mix.
The alternative is for the Auckland Council or the Government to play the market at its own game. Do some land-banking. Develop affordable, intensive housing, Then let the market catch up. As happened in Freemans Bay.


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text: If you read the blogs by past contestants they mention producer interference all the time. It seems like it is not a secret that goes on. Personally I absolutely hated the "winning" dress and was fully expecting those two to be in the bottom. I teach in a high school, and no girls I know would have been caught dead in that thing. Kate & Tu should not have been sent home, but rather the two guys who did the gold dress should have. Girls here in the midwest love wearing gowns to prom. Nina needs to get out more. The "jiffy pop" dress was pretty garish, too. I am pretty frustrated with the judging this season. At this point I have no idea who is going to make it to the final. On a superficial note, Michelle's tattoos are some of the ugliest I have ever seen. Why would she brand herself with black circles up the insides of both arms??


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I thought that I asked a relevant question?
I can see that you learn quickly.
Honestly, do you have an opinion on the EPA label and the neonic dialogue?
How has it been changed? Why do you think they did it?
I thought that I asked a relevant question?
I can see that you learn quickly.
Honestly, do you have an opinion on the EPA label and the neonic dialogue?
How has it been changed? Why do you think they did it?
But what's your opinion about the new neonic labels?
Same question as Radarsidetrack.
As for party politics, I do understand.
Where do you think the new label came from? A sudden change of heart?
Try it. What could happen?
In terms of unintended consequences, do you mean that farmers are now holding the bag for applicator error?
I don't think that was unintended.
Am I the only one who understands this?
Why am I even here?
Joy isn't the word I would use.
Masochistic is more appropriate.
But, it's like the label didn't happen here?
Maybe I'm in a county where there is no EPA, or something?
It's gotta be trauma, or shock, or amnesia maybe. In a group, yet.
It appears to be a case where the boy cried "wolf" too many times. The audience is gone.
Regards, Barry
You're calling me 'boy' on a thread entitled, "Why/how I know the neonic guys are wrong"?
What was it? More swarms?
Meanwhile, there is no discussion about the new labels.
This isn't discourse on a forum.
It's an excuse.
I'm not sure how many insecticide labels that you have read, but at least 90% of the ones that I've read over the years have honey bee warnings. I just don't see the big impact (or big win) that this change is going to have. A lot of us have lost bees to the spraying of insecticides and I'm pretty sure that there was a warning about honey bees on every label.
I bet dollars to doughnuts all the carbamate and organophosphate pesticides pretty much have the same EPA warning to toxicity to bees as neo-nics. Just because the EPA issued a warning in no way indicated neo-nics are the root cause of CCD.All that I can tell you is that the new neonic label graphic said, "The science says that there are many causes for a decline in pollinator health, including pesticide exposure. EPA's new label will help protect pollinators."
A question for you...a simple yes or no will do.
Say neo-nics were never used. Do you believe that CCD would be an issue?
Just so there's no misunderstanding...what do you think my point is? I'm not trying to be snarky hereThat's the usual scientific consensus statement.
I don't think that the other stuff is really relevant, but I do get your point.
Science is flawed.
I did see in the announcements that the new label was for specific products.
I don't know if they will be applied to other pesticides as well.
I'm saying that the new labels make a debate about whether or not neonics harm bees moot.
The labels aren't some kind of bee shield.
But, the NPDF and others are dealing with the pesticide/bee loss issue.
This thread is proof that not all beekeepers are smart. Jeez what a bummer.
I think you all are being very naive.
Yes there had been some labels with bee warnings, maybe words so small no one could see them, and no one followed them.
Now maybe with awareness and large labels and possible punishment for not following the instructions may change something.
LOOK AGAIN AT THE STUDY Jim Lyon posted.
These chems might not kill the hive out right and you might think oh no what did i do wrong. they make for weaker hives in general.
30 years ago would all you guys have been saying they were wrong about DDT??? i mean get serious its not like a small hippy group making false claims this is huge and very real.
remember this is not about just one little beekeeper, its about millions of bee hives and billions of people.
""suppressing the fringe." You are heading down a very ugly path, not that I believe it's remotely possible. If we don't like what some have to say, we figure out ways to "suppress them." "
I'd like to know where's his moral authority in making that remark.
He gave that up when he failed to protect my rights as a member against personal attacks, and my rights as a human being when he led a cadre bent on violating my privacy.
The fact is, I know what it feels like to be suppressed. But, I was talking about the legal/civil kind.
We don't live in a vacuum, so what do you see as a solution to systemics versus other types of pesticides which modern agriculture depends on to provide the food we all eat?
Mark Berninghausen
It is big. I'm also trying to convince others that they need to act in their own best interests. Especially at this time.
Use different words. No one can hear you.
Mark Berninghausen
I was speaking generally.
"Many of us are not jumping on a band wagon."
So you voted against supporting the NPDF?
My mistake. I thought that you were a party to the lawsuit.


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How odd is it that I really really like this song, in both versions? It's not. Song is called Don't Hold Your Breath, which we'd heard months and months ago but now there's another version, and basically it's blah blah blah, but it's hitting a lot of sweet spots in my cold lil' beastly heart.
Timbaland and Keri Hilson's version slightly edges out and wins this shitty battle, if only because this is like Nicole Scherzinger's 50leventh single with no sign of a full album to ever come. I guess you can say "don't hold your breath" for that to ever happen.
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Original post made by Daveg, Birdland, on Aug 23, 2013
Many different postings (generally by the same person) have attempted (fairly poorly) to cast the BART union's demands in a favorable light. Multiple sources and links have been provided by other interested readers that show the demands by the unions in the light of their current very favorable contract are not supported by the general public and in fact there is much support to restrict the ability of any transit union to hold hostage the general public. When these facts are presented to some people posting they have responded using extreme language resulting in necessary censoring by the PW. At the same time, they fail to recognize any news organization as impartial, yet cannot provide facts from any news organization that would support the current demands of the BART union. Several polls have shown that the public does not support the union in their unreasonable demands and do support some type of control to avoid any transit union from striking.
Let's look at what the job qualifications are for a BART transit operator, i.e. a candidate needs a high school diploma or GED, a valid California driver's license and three years of experience "interacting with the general public in a variety of ways". It's not that becoming a BART driver requires a lot of experience. The trains are automated, so operators drive them only during emergencies, and then only to speeds up to 25 mph. However the BART union makes it impossible to train new transit operators by not allowing any training if a union worker is working. If management wanted to add more, it would have to put them through special training mandated under the union contract signed after the 1979 labor dispute. Operators also must pass a 15-week training course in safety practices. Under the agency's contract, however, anyone is barred from even taking the course as long as union BART operators are on the job. In other words, the only time BART can begin training replacement operators is when drivers go out on strike. In addition, BART needs to replace most of its rolling stock and has precious little money. In contrast to private enterprise that would save money for capital improvements, BART needs to do all it can to pay cash out of pocket because there's no routine reserve for capital equipment replacement partially as a result of the current union contract. Cleaner, more reliable rides can only be afforded by keeping overall employee compensation the same over the next five years. That would be accomplished by asking workers to chip in more for their health and pension benefits, a goal that BART management prizes so much it's willing to give out small wage bumps so each employee's net take-home pay would stay the same. If employees agree, BART would save money over the long term because employees would foot a bigger share of the rising cost of health care and pensions. "Something has to be done. If we keep kicking the can down the road, then our children pay for it," said Terry Moe, a professor of political science at Stanford. "It's not normal for the private sector. This is a huge benefit that workers have had." While government agencies across California grapple with rising health care and pension costs, BART's problem is exacerbated because employees pay a comparatively smaller share of the cost: $92 a month toward health care and nothing toward pensions. "It seems like the large majority of the public is upset with the unions for being rigid," said Sarah Anzia, assistant professor of public policy at UC Berkeley. She said a lot of people realized that "compared to what I contribute toward my retirement or health insurance, this is nothing." The average worker in BART's largest union, the local Service Employees International Union, earned $77,366 in gross pay and $32,235 worth of benefits in 2012. Their average benefits cost is up about 12 percent since 2010 while gross pay has remained roughly flat since their last contract was signed in 2009. In addition, the BART union has unparalleled benefits not enjoyed by any other transit union in California that allows for example;
• 100% taxpayer-funded defined benefit pensions
• union members work less than 40 hours a week
• union members still get step raises
• union members call in sick or take a vacation day and then work on their day off and get paid overtime
• union members continue to receive the $92/month health insurance even after they leave BART
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When one looks closely at the demands that BART unions are placing before the public, which ultimately ends up paying for those unrealistic demands, is it any surprise that the majority of the public does not support the BART unions?
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 24, 2013 at 8:38 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Here is the employment agreement with SEIU Local 1021: Web Link
And ATU Local 1555: Web Link
The report to the Governor by his Board of Investigation: Web Link
Management's last offer (acknowledging BART management is the only voice here): Web Link
The proposal consists of the following offer:
Pay increase: Ten percent over a four-year contract (2.5%, 2.5%, 2.5% and 2.5%). This wage increase includes a swap for the pension contribution as outlined below, which means employees will be fully reimbursed for their pension contribution (or employees will not be impacted with out of pocket costs).
Pension: Employees would begin to contribute 1% of base wages to their pension the first year, and 2%, 3% and 4% in subsequent years.
Healthcare: BART will cap its health insurance payment at the lower cost of either the Kaiser or Blue Shield plus family plan. Any employee wishing to pick a more expensive plan must pay the difference. This offer will not increase health care costs for the overwhelming majority of BART employees, yet it still saves money for the District.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 24, 2013 at 8:39 am
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
There also is the further complication of AC Transit union members rejecting their negotiated settlement: "The contract included a 9.5 percent raise and improved safety conditions, but also called for increased employee contributions to medical benefits." Web Link
Here is why that is worrisome: Web Link "We can win this. AC Transit and BART workers can turn the tide for all working people. But only if we fight together. No to concessionary contracts -- at AC Transit and at BART. Just think of the power that BART and AC Transit workers wield, backed by the community!"
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 25, 2013 at 9:14 am
Daveg is a registered user.
Interesting article regarding the BART strike and pros, cons of a strike ban. Obvious that the unions have politicians in their pocket. To quote from the article; "BART unions make absurd demands and then sit back while the transit board continues to up it's offers. The longer negotiations continue, the more district directors give away. They face enormous political pressure. A strike could damage the Bay Area economy. Unions threaten to unseat directors in the next election. And state lawmakers, who also depend on labor for campaign contributions, stick their un-wanted noses into the negotiations.
Yet the BART board keeps upping its offer. It started with a 4 percent wage increase over 4 years, doubled it to 8 percent, increased it to 9 percent, and then, just before the cooling off period began, hiked it to 10 percent. The notion that workers should make meaningful payments toward their pensions has eroded. BART directors first asked employees to contribute 2 percent of salary in the first year ratcheting up to 5 percent in the proposed contract's fourth year. That latest board offer seeks only 1 percent, increasing to 4 percent. The district would still bear most of the pension burden. As for health care, the board dropped its request for reasonable cost-sharing.
In short, the board keeps sweetening its offer and the unions have barely budged".
Let's hope that the general population lets the unions know that their unreasonable demands will not be met.
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a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 25, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Couldn't hurt to write comments to the BART Board. This is a link to their web page that allows input: Web Link
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Aug 28, 2013 at 8:33 pm
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Thanks Kathleen, I will use your research and send a letter to the BART Board. The BART Union IS a special interest lobbyist machine. The pensions, salaries, and benefits are absurd especially for the type of job skills required, and the abusives of work regulations are an insult to the taxpayers and ticket holders (such as calling in sick and working the next regularly scheduled shift period in order to collect an overtime rate. I dont hate the players, but I hate the game which is negotiated and protected by the Union.


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IMAGE AND REALITY: Kekulé, Kopp, and the Scientific Imagination. Alan J. Rocke. xxvi + 375 pp. The University of Chicago Press, 2010. $45.
The theory of chemical structure, although it rarely receives the kind of attention accorded the theory of evolution or even the periodic table, is nevertheless a landmark achievement of 19th-century science. As Alan J. Rocke notes in Image and Reality, it was "the first truly successful entry by human minds and tools into the realm of the invisibly small." According to Rocke, it also represented the crowning achievement of a widely dispersed community of individuals with vivid scientific imaginations.
Rocke's central argument is that imagination plays a productive role in the endeavors of prominent scientists. The book, however, is hardly an abstract analysis of scientific talent. To support his claim, Rocke offers readers a compact and accessible history of the emergence of the theory of chemical structure as scientists sought to determine the arrangement of atoms and molecules. His account encapsulates the high points of more than 30 years of research on 19th-century chemistry. This is no mean feat, for the main tenets of structure theory—unlike those of the theory of evolution or special relativity—are not embodied in a single publication or a short series of publications. Structure theory emerged gradually through the efforts of a network of chemists distributed across several countries, not all of whom were aware of one another's work. Rocke focuses on just a handful of key figures in this network. Although this strategy involves some sacrifice of detail, it leads to a digestible account of the complexities of distributed innovation and an engaging and human tale of investigation and imagination.
Rocke's account begins in London in 1850, where chemist Alexander W. Williamson was presenting papers reporting the results of his groundbreaking research on different varieties of ether and alcohol. These studies provided chemists with new means of deducing from the behavior of substances in a beaker how many atoms there were in a chemical compound and how those atoms were linked. This opened the way for experimental investigations to determine relative atomic weights and to discover the relationships between the atoms in a molecule. Over the course of the next 15 years, French, English and especially German chemists feverishly redefined the very bases of chemical formulas and models.
Although Rocke fastidiously credits each of more than a dozen chemists for their respective contributions to these transformations, he focuses on the work of August Kekulé. Were Kekulé not already an acknowledged pioneer of structure theory, Rocke might be accused here of stacking the deck in favor of imagination. Kekulé, who was the son of a Hessian military adviser with a passion for architecture, started out studying architecture at the University of Giessen in Germany. He soon switched to chemistry, but he remained forever after an avowedly visual thinker. He was making extensive use of his distinctive "sausage" models of molecules a decade before any standard representation of molecular structure emerged. (To give a sense of what these were like, Rocke mentions that in the sausage model for an atom of carbon, each of four interconnected bulges represents a single carbon valence, and a hoodlike "casing" covers them all to indicate that this is a single atomic structure.)
Of course Kekulé is also famous for his two dreams, or daydreams, of chemical structure, which have fascinated science writers of all sorts for more than a century. In the first of these, he sees atoms "gamboling" and pairing off, larger ones seizing smaller ones, all moving "in a whirling dance" and forming chains, with larger atoms dragging smaller ones along. He concludes his account of the dream with the statement that "This was the birth of the structure theory." In the second dream, which takes place several years later, atoms flutter before him in long lines, "twisting and turning like snakes." Then one snake seizes its own tail and whirls in front of him. He awakens and realizes that benzene has a cyclical structure.
In focusing on Kekulé, Rocke is not sacrificing accuracy or accessibility for the sake of argument. Kekulé contributed two of the earliest and best-known articles on structure theory, and the story of his career serves as an excellent vehicle for describing the community of chemists in which the theory developed. After studying in Giessen, Kekulé spent a year in Paris attending lectures by the likes of Jean-Baptiste Dumas and Adolphe Wurtz. He then moved on to London, where he met and greatly impressed Williamson. There Kekulé also discussed "chemical philosophy" in informal meetings with fellow expatriate German chemists. It was also in London that he reportedly had the first of his famous daydreams.
So by the time Kekulé began his academic career in earnest, as an unpaid lecturer at the University of Heidelberg, he had already encountered some of the most prominent luminaries and most puzzling enigmas in chemistry. At Heidelberg—in a cramped, private lecture hall and laboratory, surrounded by students who would rank among the most famous German chemists of the next generation—Kekulé came to terms with those earlier encounters, synthesized his experiences and composed his two epochal articles on structure theory.
These articles helped earn Kekulé a professorship in Ghent, where he wrote a renowned textbook on chemistry that candidly discussed a host of questions left unanswered by his earlier articles. Rocke uses these open questions as an opportunity to broaden his focus and to introduce several chemists—some famous, some almost forgotten—who published tracts on chemical structure at roughly the same time as Kekulé. The overlaps among these various researches have inspired several priority disputes. Rocke acknowledges these and dutifully evaluates them but manages to avoid fruitless questions of precedence. He instead uses discussions of scientific credit as a tool to break structure theory down into its constituent parts and make its historical development clearer.
Rocke then offers a condensed account of how structure theory continued to evolve during the 1860s and 1870s. He emphasizes the increasing detail with which chemists discussed and represented molecular structure. Although he maintains his focus on human actors and his attention to detail never wanes, this latter section reads more like a historical survey. Rocke introduces the reader to Hermann Kolbe, inveterate critic of structure theory; Jacobus H. van't Hoff and Joseph Le Bel, heroes of stereochemistry; and Rudolf Clausius, pioneer of the kinetic theory of heat. But none of these figures is treated with the thoroughness afforded Kekulé.
The goal of this survey and the logic of the book as a whole become clear in the final chapters of Image and Reality, where Rocke narrows his focus to three exemplars of chemists' informal, imaginative and singularly visual musings on the world of atoms and molecules. Here the chemical imagination is constantly at the fore, and Rocke shows its effects on almost every aspect of structure theory previously discussed. A "fairy tale" of atomic scale by Hermann Kopp and an anonymous mock conference proceeding demonstrate the amazing free rein that chemists allowed their imaginations in their informal writings. According to Rocke, these works also offer an oblique but crucial insight into the private mental lives of chemists. Kekulé's famous daydreams, read in their proper historical context, show that successful chemists meticulously and circumspectly interrogated their private imaginings before pronouncing them to the scientific public.
But as Rocke is the first to admit, proving that imagination plays a role in any given scientific endeavor is a difficult, if not impossible, task. Private reveries leave no paper trail. There is also a clear and never fully resolved tension in Image and Reality between imagination as a private faculty and the communal development of scientific theory. Proving that scientists do not use their imaginations in formulating new scientific theories is, however, no easier than proving that they do. We are limited, for the time being, to finding the most plausible account. And Rocke provides a persuasive argument that imagination is a likely factor in scientific creativity, one that we ignore at the risk of a sanitized and sterile view of scientific research.
Jeremiah James is a researcher at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. He is writing a history of the Institute.
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I like # 1 as I am a scrappy quilter. Hugs PS I know that any one would work at my house..
i like number 1 totally scrappy the best
They are all nice...guess it depends on the look you want.
Favorite for me is all over scrappy(#1) followed by #3 & then #2
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They all look great but I think #3 is my choice. It just all goes together.
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My choice is #3 too.....the moose blocks really stand out in this one....the first 2 are too distracting to me. I love it!!
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Taking a small break from master chief to play with my new toys! I went and used my Tax Return for a Scroll Saw, Sander, and some wood. So I traced a temp onto a piece of wood, cut it out and started sanding. This is what I ended up with...needs a little more work tho!
Next, finish all the other pieces, make a cast, then have good armor for once!


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Duvalier's death must not mean end of proceedings against dictatorship
The sudden death on October 4 of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and the initial information that he would be honored with a state funeral stunned the victims who had filed suit against Duvalier for massive violations of human rights during his regime. It also created an unexpected ripple effect in the press and the social media, with radio and television stations in Haiti and the diaspora broadcasting once more the voices of people who suffered under the brutal repression of the two Duvaliers, father and son. The storm was further powered by social media.


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Hello all from Southern Illinois, USA!
I had bees several years ago, bought my first package and kit from Sears. That should date me a bit. Eventually wife and I moved to town and had to give up the bees.
Now we have moved back out to the country and of course I had to get some more bees!
I used to be on here, but that was years ago. Things have changed quite a bit, and my old account was gone, so I re-joined a couple years ago and have been lurking in the shadows. This winter weather just keeps getting colder, and my cabin fever keeps getting worse, so I thought I would say "Hi" again.
In spring of 2011, I bought a couple of nice nucs from a (sort of) local fellow who has a great reputation and great bees. They settled down just fine in their new hives and soon each had 2 deeps full of bees. Then last spring I had surgery and that laid me low for quite a while. That kept me from working the bees the rest of last year.
I had given both hives a few frames with starter strips instead of full foundation, and never got to check on them. Now I don't really remember how many of these went into which hives (yes I know, I should keep records), so am a little apprehensive about what I'll find when I open them up. I'm fully recuperated and ready to go, but there's really not much I can do until spring. Which is very frustrating.
Both hives seemed to be quite strong last fall, though that was just from observation, I didn't open them up. I have been watching them this winter, and whenever the weather warms up enough I always see activity. Putting my ear up to each hive I can hear that nice deep BUZZZ even without knocking on it, so I know "thar be bees" there.
I would like to split both hives this year, assuming that they are strong enough.
So that's where I am.


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Re: st: RE: AW: RE: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
Steve Samuels <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: RE: AW: RE: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
Mon, 17 May 2010 11:55:24 -0400
I agree with everything you say about my code, Nick. Obviously I
didn't try it out!
Martin, the reference I made to your code was not to your most recent
version, but to an earlier one. I apologize.
I should have added that the last line of our defenses against
miscoding, before data editing, has been a data entry service that,
in addition to doing independent verified double entry, tesst the
questionnaires, alerts us to issues, and flags problems during
production runs. To researchers who cannot afford double-entry, I
suggest 100% read back by one person to another, a process that is
fast and does not need high level skills. For a study that abstracted
shift staffing numbers in hospital units, there were hundreds of
similar counts per record. To save time, we employed a system that
could recognize scanned numbers. I found it to have the accuracy of
an untrained typist!
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
> Your code here looks problematic to me.
> su <varname>, meanonly
> mvdecode <varname> if inlist(`r(max)', 7, 8, 9) ...
> should work, because the -if- condition if true will be true for all observations and if false will be false for all observations.
> But it's not good style and the better way to code this would be
> if inlist(`r(max)', 7, 8, 9) mvdecode ...
> The difference between the first and the second forms is that Stata checks the -if- clause _N times the first form and just 1 time the second.
> Beyond that, the coding for the second -mvdecode- onwards presumes that the r(max) from -summarize- remains accessible. Not so, I think, as what is done within -mvdecode- zaps those r-class results. (It is true that -mvdecode- bails out early if there's nothing to do, but the checking whether there's something to do hinges on a -count-.)
> Martin's code does look better to me. I haven't tested either.
> Nick
> firstname.lastname@example.com
> Steve Samuels
> Martin--
> Mandy's original Stata code don't work, because it assumes that the
> maximum of the "real "data values can be identified; they cannot be.
> Your code might fail if the highest value for a variable is a multiple
> of 9, like 81. Also, it doesn't easily generalize to the other
> missing value types.
> Tony and I are suggesting that Mandy determine the proper coding from
> the study documentation, that she classify the variables accordingly
> and apply -mvdecode to each group. If she doesn't do this, the
> following part of a -foreach- loop is an algorithmic solution.
> sum `v', meanonly
> mvdecode `v' if inlist(`r(max)',7,8,9), mv(7=.a\8=.b\9=.c)
> mvdecode `v' if inlist(`r(max)',97,98,99), mv(97=.a\98=.b\99=.c)
> mvdecode `v' if inlist (`r(max)', 997, 998, 999), mv(997=.a\998 =.b\999 =.c)
> mvdecode `v' if inlist (`r(max)', 9997, 9998, 9999), mv(9997=.a\9998
> =.b\9999 =.c)
> (I would reserve "." for the truly missing (i.e. blank) entries.)
> To depend on a such a purely algorithmic solution, Mandy has to be
> quite confident of the accuracy of the coding. What happens, for
> example, if 997 is entered as 987?
> I have never been that confident., unless the field supervisor
> scanned each questionnaire and there was double-verified independent
> entry. Even then, I know of a case where the data entry company
> corrected coding to something more logical, without telling anybody.
> Or, worse, our long-time reliable data entry service started cutting
> corners and did not do the verified entry we had payed for.
> In the past I've built up the variable lists needed for each set of
> missing value assignments by hand, based on inspection of the
> questionnaire and code book.. To keep track, I've tried to make the
> assignments to variables in questionnaire order, at the expense of
> some duplicate statements.. Luckily, similarly coded questions often
> occur in blocks. Also, there are various tricks to streamline the
> process, like capturing each -mvdecode- statement in a macro..
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Martin Weiss <email@example.com> wrote:
>> <>
>> What does the -mvdecode- solution look like then? Like this?
>> *************
>> clear*
>> inp byte(var1 var2) int(var3 var4)
>> 1 1 1 1
>> 2 2 2 2
>> 3 3 3 3
>> 4 8 99 999
>> 5 9 100 1000
>> 6 10 101 1001
>> 7 11 150 5000
>> 9 12 999 9999
>> end
>> foreach var of varlist *{
>> sum `var', mean
>> if r(max)<=9 mvdecode `var', mv(9)
>> else if inrange(r(max),10,99) mvdecode `var', mv(99)
>> else if inrange(r(max),100,999) mvdecode `var', mv(999)
>> else mvdecode `var', mv(9999)
>> }
>> li, noo
>> *************
>> Martin
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: email@example.com
>> [mailto:email@example.com] Im Auftrag von Steve Samuels
>> Gesendet: Montag, 17. Mai 2010 03:00
>> An: firstname.lastname@example.com
>> Betreff: Re: st: RE: AW: RE: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
>> Mandy, if you know this much about each variable, I see no advantaqe
>> or necessity to your approach. -mvdecode- appears to be superior in
>> every way. It is not only more direct, clearer, and will handle
>> all the other "non-data" codes. Clarity is very important: other
>> people (and you, perhaps, in the future) will be able to understand
>> your Stata statements without any lengthy explanation. None of the
>> other solutions can claim that.
>> Steve
>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Amanda Fu <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Mr. Weiss and Lachenbruch,
>>> I am sorry that I should be more clear when describing my question. In
>>> my opinion, I need to be careful about this problem : for example, for
>>> a variable that has 10 scales, the 9 value means a real scale and 99
>>> in that case means "not answered".
>>> The pattern is like this:
>>> (1) if the maximum value of a variable is smaller than 9 , then the
>>> "not answered" takes the value 9;
>>> (2) if the maximum value of a variable is smaller than 99 but greater
>>> than 10, then the "not answered" takes the value 99;
>>> (3) if the maximum value of a variable is smaller than 999 but
>>> greater than 100, then the "not answered" takes the value 999;
>>> and so on.
>>> (And you are absolutely right for the reminder that there are values
>>> such as 7,8, 98, or 97 to indicate "refused to answer" "invalid
>>> answer". Here I would like to keep focus on one example of "not
>>> answered" , because the other values could be dealt with using the
>>> same way.)
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Grant supports new Asian studies department
BINGHAMTON, NY-- Asian and Asian American Studies (AAAS) at Binghamton University, State University of New York, will look to continue the gains it has made over the past decade, thanks to a new grant from The Freeman Foundation.
AAAS, which became a department this fall, received approval for the grant in early August. The grant is for a maximum of $150,000 per year for two years, with the University guaranteeing a third year at the year-two level, said John Chaffee, professor of history and chair of the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies.
A $1.75 million grant from the Freeman Foundation in 2001 enabled AAAS to become a major. It was also used to hire faculty, a librarian and to develop curriculum.
"That was enormously beneficial to us," Chaffee said. "It helped to cement the growth of the major, create the department and bring us to where we are now. One of the things we did, and I think we were unique in this, was to put the bulk of the money into things that would carry on."
That philosophy has carried over to the new grant. Uses will include:
- An outreach position to promote and develop Asian studies in the Greater Binghamton, NY, community. This person will work on projects ranging from assisting the Vietnamese community to partnering with local school districts offering Chinese classes. The position also will be responsible for creating partnerships between different parts of the University and different areas of Asia.
- A new faculty position, with an emphasis on pre-modern Japanese literature, particularly someone with expertise in performing arts.
- Expanded language offerings. Hindi begins this fall with Vietnamese instruction scheduled to begin in fall 2009
- A scholarship program for students studying in Asia.
AAAS began as an East Asian Studies program in the mid-1980s. It was expanded to its current name in 1991 to accommodate student demand, Chaffee said. The department now has about 40 majors.
The Vermont-based Freeman Foundation is dedicated to augmenting international understanding between the United States and the nations of East Asia. It accomplishes this by providing funds to U.S. institutions to expand the teaching and development of Asian studies.
"It's had a huge impact nationwide," Chaffee said of the foundation's efforts. "I think it was a matter of them being devoted to Asia and feeling like they could make a difference. We happened to be in the right place at the right time."


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Are you kidding!?!?!?
I don't want electronics anywhere near my daughters diaper area. I also am not so busy I can't check her diaper myself. I mean come one, who would use this????
Huggies Brazil tests 'TweetPee' sensor
Wondering if your baby peed in his or her diaper? Why not check Twitter?
AdWeek reports that Huggies Brazil is testing a new product that would attach to a diaper and detect when your wee one went wee-wee. The sensor would then send a tweet to the parent via a special Huggies app.
Yes, this is real, but don't get too excited. AdWeek explains that Huggies TweetPee is currently in the concept phase.
According to AdWeek, the TweetPee app will launch in Brazil in July. The app will, according to the statement that Huggies Brazil provided to AdWeek, "help parents better keep track of the volume of diapers they use and provide easy integration with online retailers to make life easier for busy moms and dads." In other words, it will make it easier for parents to buy diapers.
(See also: Gift mom some tech this Mother's Day)
But anyone who loves the idea of mixing Twitter-enabled accessories with soiled diapers may be disappointed, at least for now.
Again, Huggies Brazil's comment via AdWeek
The clip-on humidity sensor is intended merely as a concept device to help showcase these 10 parents' experience with the app. It will not be made available for purchase, nor are we suggesting parents are unable or too busy to notice when their babies' diapers need changing!
Regardless of whether the product ever sees action on the front lines of diaper duty, the concept is something to talk -- or tweet - about.
I saw this and thought it was the dumbest thing ever


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Nice Room Near Central Venice
Size15 m²
Floor No.2
- Parking available
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Via Jacopo Castelli, 30175 Venezia Marghera, Italy
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|3 weeks ago
Finding parking in the historic center of Venice is extremely difficult and do you have to pay, if you arrive by car, it is very easy to find parking in the immediate vicinity and to the historic center by public transport.
We have currently available a lovely double room with private bathroom and shared shower.
There is a small frigo in the room!
We are pleased to welcome you.
House rules
Check-in after 8pm is 10€ fee
Check-in after 10pm is 20€ fee
From Marco Polo Airport:
Take the shuttle bus to Mestre station.
From Mestre train station, by walk:
• Take the binary tunnel Marghera exit.
Out of the tunnel, go toward the large round point with fountain
Turn left and find V.Toffoli
At the end accross P.le Rossarol and take V.CASTELLI
N 26 on your right side.
Ring bell Bruna Prasad
• We have a convenient private shuttle service airport/room. The cost is 25€ until 8pm.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 368
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 26 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|On arrangement
|Check-in before
|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Bruna welcomed us really warmly. She gave us helpful tips and recommendations for our stay in Venezia and in the neighbourhood. The room with its own bathroom was very clean and absolutely sufficient for a City trip. We had also the possibility to use the kitchen which is shared with the second room in the flat and which even has a little balcony. The flat is located in a suburb of Venezia and the center of Venezia can easily be reached by bus. You will further find a supermarket right across the street. We would absolutely recommend Bruna ans her lovely place.
Everything perfect 10-room air-conditioned bus 6 and 6L direct side to venice piazza in Rome. Bruna is exceptional and went to pick us up at the train station and we were delayed and finally found it. Thanks Bruna repeat if we return to Venice.
Todo perfecto de 10 la habitación con aire acondicionado y el bus 6 y 6L al lado directo a venecia piazza de roma. Bruna es excepcional y fue hasta recogernos a la estación de tren y nos retrasamos y finalmente la encontramos. Mil gracias Bruna si volvemos a Venecia repetiremos.
We were welcomed so warmly by Bruna. She is incredibly nice and has taken a lot of time to tell us the most important things and gave us many tips. The room was really great and we immediately felt comfortable.
The apartment is located in Mestre, the mainland of Venice. The stop is about 7 minutes from the apartment. By Bus 6 or 6L one is in 15 minutes directly to Venice.
I would really recommend Brunas accommodation!
Wir wurden von Bruna so herzlich empfangen. Sie ist unglaublich nett und hat sich viel Zeit genommen uns die wichtigsten Sachen zu erklären und uns auch viele Tipps gegeben. Das Zimmer war richtig toll und wir haben uns sofort wohlgefühlt.
Die Wohnung liegt in Mestre, dem Festland von Venedig. Die Haltestelle ist ca. 7 Minuten von der Wohnung entfernt. Mit dem Bus 6 oder 6L ist man in 15 Minuten direkt in Venedig.
Ich würde Brunas Unterkunft wirklich weiterempfehlen!
Bruna was super hospitable, lovable and has warm personality. The room was perfect and has everything you need. Her attention for details is superb and she was always available to help.
The location of the accommodation is in a lovely, quiet and safe neighborhood easy to reach from the Mestre train Station.
Bus and tram stops, local store and market, pizza places and bakery are in 10 min walking distance.
We enjoyed are 5 days stay and we couldn't wish for a more better located accommodation. Without doubt, we would easy recommended it to friends.
Thank you Bruna, huge hug. Khadija and June.
The best recommendations for Bruna and his house. The nice and comfortable room, very quiet environment near the center. Attention, kindness and friendliness of the owner make the stay enjoyable.
Las mejores recomendaciones para Bruna y su casa. La habitación agradable y cómoda, el entorno muy tranquilo y cerca del centro. La atención, amabilidad y simpatía de la propietaria hacen que la estancia sea muy agradable.
We had rented the room to the historic center and found ourselves in a three bedroom apartment which was very noisy and heard the "roommate" cough all night ... my daughter and I were up all night mosquito hunting and the breakfast consisted of prepackaged croissants and cake that had to last for two days. Most had gegessen.Fazit the roommate: Bruna is very nice, the room ready as I'd like but the money paid for the room that we had was it overly expensive. Inform yourself beforehand if you really get this room!
Wir hatten den Raum zum historischen Zentrum gemietet und fanden uns in einer drei Zimmer Wohnung die sehr hellhörig war und die "Mitbewohnerin"die ganze Nacht husten hörten ...meine Tochter und ich waren die ganze Nacht auf Moskitojagd und das Frühstück bestand aus abgepackten Crossaints und Kuchen die für zwei Tage reichen mussten. Das meiste hatten die Mitbewohner gegessen.Fazit:Bruna ist sehr nett, für das Zimmer wie abgebildet hatte ich das Geld gerne bezahlt aber für das Zimmer dass wir hatten war es übertrieben teuer. Informiert euch vorher ob ihr wirklich dieses Zimmer bekommt!
Actually I'm not sure if I put my review at the right place. Before we started our trip to Venice, we've booked this room as our accommodation. But I believe per mistake we've got another apartment which located at Piazza del Mercato when we arrived. It's a little pity that we didn't stay at the same room as showed on the photo's. But what we've got was also a good one. Clean and neat, very nice located. Bus stop, supermarket, cafes, even a traditional market; everything we've needed are within walking distance. We had a very pleasant time staying in Venice.
It was a wunderful Weekend in Venice. Thx tollen Bruna for everything. Great accomodation.
Conveniently located 15 minutes by bus from Venice.
No wifi ...
Breakfast of product under vacuum and a kettle to make coffee or tea
Room bathroom with shower a little weird.
Bien situé à 15 minutes en Bus de Venise.
Pas de wifi ...
Petit déjeuner fait de produit sous vide et d'une bouilloire pour se faire du café ou thé
Chambre de bain avec douche un peu bizarre.
Close to transport (bus) to Venice.
Bruna is very attentive and friendly.
Very comfortable room. Strongly recommended.
Muy cerca de transporte (autobus) a Venecia.
Bruna es muy atenta y agradable.
Habitación muy confortable. Totalmente recomendable.
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