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I don't know if anyone has talked about this, but I've been itching to talk about these two Vans from GM. At frist when I heard they wanted to cut the Astro and use the venture I thought "ok, I see you want to use the econ van" which made some sense to me. But then they come out with Uplander which seems like it is to replace the Astro. This didn't make much sense to me. The Uplander has some pros, but they could have been implemented into the Astro. A basic run down of the pros from the Uplander is that it has better MPG, more luxury features on the inside and a much nicer ride. But, it's bigger on the outside and smaller on the inside, yea sounds an oxymoron, but yes, the Uplander is bigger and heavier than the Astro and has less interior space. It also lacks in the department of towing in comparison, 2000lbs on all models untill you get the towing package which then allows you to do 3500 lbs... I didn't understand this since the astro has 5400lbs on basically all models. The Astro could just have gotten the 3.5L motor as the base model RWD/AWD since the MPG difference between the Uplander and Astro wasn't that different. And spending lots of money to make another vehcile they could have just made the Astro look just as modern as the Uplander. While the Luxo items on the Uplander could have been a top model option on the Astro LS. This just leaves the problem with ride comfort which has been a problem with astros for a while. Maybe like the Uplander have an available option for comfort suspension package. If they did this, then people would still be able to get their hands on a RWD Mini van that could actually tow something and is easier to drive (IMO it's easier to drive an Astro than most of these MINI vans). Plus it would be cheaper to add on to the Astro then to creat a whole new vehicle. Since if you want a more economical mini van then more so then most people will probably op for the Venture. I just don't understand why they would make an Astro wanabe without any of the Astro brute in it? Since all they did was made a bulkier FWD mini van that only gets a little more MPG than the Astro with a nicer ride with luxury items...
i didnt even read your post. i would rather have an astro. case closed.
The Astro has been around since 1985 I think, with only a minor face lift. Still a lot of people thought they were good as small utility vans. I think they were pretty much out of the (mommy mobile)minivan competition, since a lot has happened in the minivan market in 20 years. I have not driven the new GM minivans, but from what I have read, it sounds like they are a lot better than the GM vans they replace, but not as good as the top players in the minivan market (Chrysler, Toyota, Honda). Frankly IMO GM wasted their money building 4 nearly identical GOOD products(Chevy, Pontiac, Buick, Saturn), when they should have spent their money developing 1 or 2 GREAT products. GM needs to build best-in-breed, NOT most-variety-in-breed.
yea, I just think they haven't been marketing these vans well either. I mean, when a guy needs a Mini van, he doesn't want to get on really, but if he's behind one of these Astros, it's not so bad as they don't feel like sluggish mini vans. Plus astros have waaaayyy more room than mini vans.
Quote:i didnt even read your post. i would rather have an astro. case closed.
I have a '95 Astro as some of you know. It has 190,000 miles on it and has been a great vehicle to me. Believe it or not I've even beaten V-6 Mustangs with it . Back in December my parents bought an Uplander. That was the biggest piece of crap that ever came down the tube. It was so cheap feeling and we had one problem after another with it. It was nowhere near as good as the Astro. Thankfully they were able to trade it in for a Durango back in March. But back to the comparison....I just don't even see the comparison. The Astro was a strong, roomy RWD van whereas the Uplander is a weak piece of crap. I never understood why GM didn't do something more with the Astro.
Nice, i believe you about the V6 stangs, I beat them myself =) I'm glad that there is someone on here that has have the oportunity to test out the uplander to put up a real testimony. Thanks DodgeMan
My 90 Astro may be a dinasour, but she has been the best all round vehicle that I have ever owned. It has been my primary vehicle since 1992, when I bought it used; it was a Red Cross Van! It's at 308,000 and still going strong. It was originally my work vehicle for heavy constuction and it held up very well, outlasting everything around it. It is an unbeatable work vehicle, good room, good power, and excellent dependability. I will never buy a "mommy hauler" to replace it! I really don't plan on ever selling it!
308,000 miles?! holy crap.Beav, that van's gonna rust out on you before that motor quits.
the truck we used to haul some of our 4 wheelers yesterday was a early 90s F350 with a 351 and it has around 230 thousand miles. my friends dad uses the truck to haul a trailor for doing vynal siding work. he hopes to get another 100 thousand before selling it.
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I've had a little rust fixed before I had it painted and more rust has appeared over the drivers side rear fender lip. I had it painted about 7 years ago, the paint was falling off the roof and drivers door, but I kept it stock white, I kind of regret that now..... It really looks pretty good and drives great. I don't think the motor will ever quit!
hey, same setup but with 400k+ miles and counting.
i guess they are really built to last because this truck has hit a couple of cars. only thing bad about it is that it rattles really bad on the inside.
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motor mounts?
well over bumps you can see the dash shake.
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Currently, I am teaching classes in the thermo-fluids area in the Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. I earned my doctorate from Purdue University while working with NASA on rocket injector designs. Then, I went to The Aerospace Corp., where I worked with the U.S. Air Force on the Atlas and Delta rockets and with NASA on the Ares I rocket.
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Film versions of popular books always generate debate, but the general consensus regarding Ang Lee's film of Yann Martel's Life of Pi is that it's done a brilliant job of evoking the widely-read 2001 novel.
I haven't read the book, but I absolutely loved the film, which confidently fused beauty; wonder and drama in a manner far too rare in modern cinema. It's especially impressive considering the rocky road the project had to the big screen, with previously planned adaptations from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense); Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) all aborted along the way.
Chronicling the amazing story of a young man stuck on a liferaft with a Bengal tiger following an epic shipwreck, the film was written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter David Magee (Finding Neverland). Magee was recently in Wellington, where I got a chance to talk to him.
Before we got into Life of Pi, I asked the genial Michigan-born fifty-year-old how he got into screenwriting. He gave one of the coolest answers I've ever heard to this oft-asked question:
"I began as an actor and I narrated audiobooks to make a living," he told me. "They do the full-length and the abridged versions of those and I realised one day that one of the abridged ones I was working on was awful and said 'I can do better than this' to the producers and they said 'Would you like to try and we'll pay you?'. So I got a job as an abridger of novels. I abridged over 80 novels over the course of five years. It's taking a book that's 100,000 or 200,000 words and trimming it down to 29,500 words and three hours running time. Focusing on the action, focusing on the dialogue, trimming away the stage description and streamlining the plot. That was my training. It was wonderful training and I couldn't have planned it in a million years."
How could you not be a great screenwriter after that?
"I would go into meetings with studio people and they'd say 'Well, what do you want to write?' and I would say 'I want to write anything I can, but here's how I got started', and they would stack novels in front of me. It was a wonderful way to get into the business to just work on adaptations and I'm more than happy to keep doing it."
Magee became involved in the efforts to adapt Pi relatively late in the book's long development history, but he was already familiar with the source material.
"Ten years ago I was on the set of Finding Neverland and [director] Marc Forster was there and I had just finished the book and said 'You know, that's a good book'. He asked: 'Is it a film?' and I said 'No, I really don't think you could do it. It's just a boy in a boat in the water, I don't see it.' So I didn't give it any thought for the next six years. Then my agent called and said 'Have you read Life of Pi' and I said 'Oh yeah, that's a tough one, I gotta tell ya' and he said 'Ang Lee wants to do it' and I said 'I'm in! If anyone could do it it would be Ang, I'm dying to work with him, I'd love the chance.' So Ang and I met the next night for Japanese food and talked about it and we agreed that the big theme that was most important to us was the power of storytelling and how stories get us through the chaos of our lives and things like that. We were on the same page and at the end of the meal we said 'Alright let's do it!'.
"For the next several months I would write pages of notes about religion and philosophy and the possible structure and sketch out some scenes. I would send that stuff over to him and then we'd get together for lunch in the city and we'd hang out in his apartment and just talk through ideas and shuffle them around. And then I would take whatever we got from that meeting and go back and type some more."
Was it scary adapting a book so many called 'unfilmable'?
"I was fortunate because everyone said this couldn't be done, so what did I have to lose? Ang is also very generous with ideas. So I didn't feel intimidated working with him because he's very open and generous in the way he works. There came a point very early on when I was a little nervous, I saw how intimidating the project as a whole was going to be and I told Ang that I didn't know how to write it. And he shrugged and said "Neither do I!". And I thought 'Well, if the both of us can't figure it out, let's just try!'"
Life of Pi balances notions of literal reality against metaphorical truth with a deftness few big films achieve, was this aspect of the adaptation tricky for Magee?
"Well, yes. We had the advantage that Ang is a very meticulous director and his method of approaching this - while there is a hyper-realism to the quality of Pi's memory of the past, so the colours are more beautiful and vibrant and everything - he was very meticulous about grounding it in reality, so nothing is used on the boat that we couldn't actually find on those boats. We did incredible amounts of research into the behavior of tigers and all of that. So even when things seemed unbelievable on some level, because it is kind of magical realism, it was grounded in a reality so the audience could go along with it."
"The point for us was we get it to read as a realistic story so that you buy into it, and get those moments in and of themselves as believable as possible. And then allow for the possibility - by the order in which we tell it - for you to buy into it as allegory or myth. My dream is everyone goes out after the thing and disagrees about the movie."
The film is full of epic, expensive-looking set-pieces - I asked Magee how much he had to factor in the practicalities of shooting such things when writing the script.
"You can't think about it. The studios say this too, they always say 'Just write it and we'll figure it out.' They don't want you to limit your ideas on the page. And I don't have any real practical knowledge of how much something's going to cost. There's a particular shot that comes to mind whenever I talk about this: In the film there's a moment where Pi brushes aside meerkats with his legs. I had written a couple of moments when you see his legs in the script and the special effects supervisor asked if we could cut it down to just one shot or remove because everytime Pi's leg touches the meerkats, it's tens of thousands of dollars. It had to do with the way fur is generated in a computer and the way it touches a leg. I could never have guessed that. So we wrote whatever we wanted and then we started looking at realities and budgets and then we might have to cut X amount of money."
The young Pi in the story embraces a whole bunch of religions, a topic that doesn't often play well in mainstream cinema. Was this a concern for Magee?
"That was probably the hardest aspect for me going into the project because I wanted to do justice to the philosophical argument and the set up of this boy who embraces all these different stories, but I didn't want it to become a class in comparative religion. I didn't want it to feel like we were going to be lectured to. So we had the find the right tone that was humorous, playful and that you enjoyed meeting this kid because he had all these wide interests, without ever making you feel like we were forcing you to put on your scholars hat or your religious belief hat. That was a real challenge. "
All of Magee's works have been adaptations, but he is keen to write something original.
"I will be writing my own things coming. For a lot of years it was 'Do you wanna go off for six months to a year and write a spec script?' or 'Do you wanna take this project that's already set up?'. Now I'm getting more of an itch now to do my own thing."
His next projext is for TV though: "I'm working right now in television on a pilot that is based on some characters in a novel, but it's inventing the world and changing it dramatically. I'm excited about that. I can't tell you too much about it, but I hope you'll be seeing it a year from now. I'm hoping that goes, we'll see."
I ended by suggesting that Game of Thrones has opened up a whole new way to adapt novels.
"Yeah. I wish I found the Game of Thrones book before everyone else. But I didn't."
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If you do lots of strip quilts I would reccommend the Go rather than the Baby.
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If you do lots of strip quilts I would reccommend the Go rather than the Baby.
I do not think the Baby is as worthwhile getting as the Go -- as it limits the dies that you can use in the machine. If I had both the money and the dedicated space for it, I would love to have a Studio just because you can cut out so many pieces at one go with it.
Think carefully about the type of quilting you want to do. That will help you decide.
I have to go baby and I love it. It is limited in the dies you can use. I bought the go baby because that is what I could afford at the time.
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I'd definitely buy the go over the baby if you think you would do a lot of strip cutting. You can use the strip dies to cut squares too. You could also look into the Sizzix line which is usually more affordable and can be used with accuquilt go dies or Sizzix. I have the Sizzix Westminster and can use it with go dies and most studio dies.
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I bought a Go lately. I make a lot of strip quilts and it is great. I bought the Go because it had optional starter kits that saved a lot on buying individual dies. I leaned hard towards a Studio but there were a limited number of dies. I am in Australia and I don't think it is all that common for quilters here to buy an Accuquilt cutter because of the price.
I type all day long in my job and I could see the day coming when my elbows gave out from using my hands/arms all day long and then again at night for cutting. I wish I had bought it a couple of years ago when I was 1st considering it.
I love my Accuquilt Go. If you don't use yours try it again, if it still doesn't fit your needs, sell it. People like me would love to buy your dies. That's the only expensive part. They don't wear out, but the mats do eventually. There is a little waste however the cuts are always perfect.
I love my Go! Yes the dies can be expensive but I watch amazon for sales as well as Ebay. Love the Rag Die
I have the Go Baby but do not use it often.
I have the GO! and love it. It makes piecing fast and accurate.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
I really like my go. I especially like it for strips. I have a few other dies but have not tried them yet. It seems I keep using patterns that begin with the strips! My husband bought it for me as a Christmas gift 2 years ago. Our LQS was not going to sell them any more so 50% off. Both of us were happy!


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The University of Colorado Boulder reduced the cost of curtailing the 4/20 event by nearly $17,000 in 2013 compared with costs incurred in 2012. CU-Boulder spent $107,794 to close the campus to non-affiliates this year, and $124,561 to close the campus on April 20, 2012.
The CU-Boulder administration conducted both closures due to the disruptions of research, teaching and basic university business resulting from the previous unsanctioned gatherings related to 4/20, which grew to around 12,000 participants in the Norlin Quad in 2011 and presented numerous safety, emergency response and crowd management challenges.
"This unorganized gathering disrupted the basic business of the campus and, as the violence in Denver this year demonstrated, it also has all the elements to become a public safety liability," said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano. "For these reasons, we remain determined to permanently end the 4/20 gathering on the CU-Boulder campus."
Costs for this year's 4/20 campus closure were as follows:
• $70,850 for CU police/security/dispatcher/parking overtime and labor costs for officers from outside agencies;
• $9,881 for Argus security staff assisting with police/parking operations;
• $4,431 for Fire Department/ambulance coverage;
• $12,025 on miscellaneous expenses, including equipment, supplies, operations facility rental, printing, and food and water for personnel;
• $5,016 for parking equipment/rentals, such as cones, barricades and variable message signs noting the campus closure; and
• $5,591 for overtime labor costs in facilities management (groundskeeping, locksmiths and other facilities employees).
On the matter of the costs to the campus of ending the 4/20 gathering, DiStefano summed up the university's position in clear terms.
"While this is not money we are eager to spend, we have to ask ourselves what the costs are to us for having our work disrupted or having a student or bystander injured because we allowed the gathering on the campus," he said.
Funding for both campus closures came entirely from campus insurance premium rebates resulting from reductions in liability and hazard claims. The expense will not impact tuition or utilize taxpayer dollars.


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A large open plan sitting room and kitchen/diner with a large double sofa bed for those extra guests. Baby cot also provided. A spacious bathroom. 2 very large double bedrooms. Lovely clean engineered wood flooring throughout.
Perfect for budget travellers and short stay students. Suitable for a family of up to 5 guests or for adults of up to 4 guests.
Central location. Near to Elephant & Castle by frequent bus services to centre of city.
Visitor's parking £4 each day.
Washing machine included.
This flat is in a good location, close to the centre of the city and such good value for money. Nearby there are shops, bars, and nightlife. The wonderful and famous Borough Market is only a ten minutes walk away. There you can go and enjoy tasting and buying food from hundreds of stalls. This is a great place to go on the weekends if you enjoy open aired markets.
House rules- Ages of all guests required and evidence of id required on arrival of main guest.
-No Smoking Allowed.
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Great place to stay. We were two adults and a child and the flat is perfect for families, very confortable and spacious. I strongly recommend it.
very disappointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent quality / price. London is not characterized by prices of affordable accommodation, and this apartment really surprised us for good.
Gavin was very friendly, fast and efficient contact, when we landed we send a text message and to reach the apartment and was waiting. We gave a few pointers to supermarkets, restaurants etc in the area, all very correct.
The apartment, as seen in the photographs, is very spacious with towels, hair dryer ..., the rooms are large, yes, if it bothers the morning light in the room that faces the Street got a problem, because as in England no blinds, curtains in the room that I comment, not totally keep out light. The apartment is on a piece of street that is pedestrian, so no noise at night traffic, a point very supportive.
The journey to the city center: in 20 minutes you get to the London Eye, the bus 53 or 453, or in those 20 minutes to 21, in London Brigde, although there are many more options. From these 2 points and it is a matter of walking or take another bus or subway.
In short we were 4, we were very comfortable, and very comfortable and certainly would repeat.
Relación calidad/precio excelente. Londres no se caracteriza por precios de alojamientos económicos, y la verdad que este apartamento nos sorprendió para bien.
Gavin fue muy amable, el contacto rápido y eficiente, cuando aterrizamos le mandamos un mensaje de texto y al llegar al apartamento ya nos estaba esperando. Nos dio unas cuantas indicaciones de supermercados, restaurantes etc de la zona, todo muy correcto.
El apartamento, tal y como se ve en las fotografías, es muy espacioso, con toallas, secador de pelo..., las habitaciones son grandes, eso sí, si te molesta la luz por la mañana, en la habitación que da a la calle tienes un problema, porque como en toda Inglaterra no hay persianas, y las cortinas de la habitación que os comento, no terminan de impedir que entre la luz. El apartamento esta en un trozo de calle que es peatonal, así que no hay ruido por las noches de tráfico, un punto muy a favor.
El recorrido hasta el centro de la ciudad: en 20 minutos llegas al London Eye, con el bus 53 o 453, o en esos mismos 20 minutos con el 21, en London Brigde, aunque hay muchas más opciones. A partir de esos 2 puntos ya es cuestión de andar o coger otro bus o metro.
En definitiva eramos 4, estuvimos muy cómodos, y muy a gusto y seguramente repetiríamos.
Gavin was super helpful when our last place cancelled on us with a days notice. He was away travelling but still arranged for us to get in.
House is basic but a good size for London! and while not the flashest part of town it's a great location near the buses and we found getting everywhere super simple.
A bit of confusion meant we thought we were staying for one more night and were out in town that day when Gavin let us know we were supposed to vacate. He was remarkably calm when we were racing around throwing gear into our suitcases and had even found another place nearby that we might try for the night.
So, the week was eventful for us but Gavin was fabulous!!.
Good location well served by bus, supermarkets and cafes for quick snacks. Quite close to the center; main tourist destinations within easy reach. Great playground nearby for those traveling with children. Easy key delivery. Apartment corresponding to the photos published with sheets and towels clean and of average quality. Well-equipped kitchen. The apartment is comfortable and spacious for a family of four components but needs maintenance work to exploit its potential. The lock on the bathroom door did not work and cleaning services rather left to be desired. Although we reported these incidents to our arrival we had no response from the owner. Neighbors a bit 'noisy. Overall, however, our stay in the house and in London and 'was pleasant and the quality / price ratio good for London standards. With some small measure, the house would be perfect!
Buona location ben servita da bus, supermercati e localini per spuntini veloci. Piuttosto vicina al centro; principali mete turistiche facilmente raggiungibili. Ottimo il parco giochi nelle immediate vicinanze per chi viaggia con bambini. Facile consegna chiavi. Appartamento corrispondente alle foto pubblicate con lenzuola e asciugamani pulite e di media qualità. Ben accessoriata la cucina. L'appartamento è comodo e spazioso per una famiglia di quattro componenti ma necessita di lavori di manutenzione per sfruttarne le buone potenzialità. La serratura della porta del bagno non funzionava e la pulizia dei servizi lasciava piuttosto a desiderare. Nonostante abbiamo segnalato tali inconvenienti al nostro arrivo non abbiamo avuto risposta dal proprietario. I vicini un po' rumorosi. Nel complesso, comunque, il nostro soggiorno nella casa e a Londra e' stato piacevole e il rapporto qualità/prezzo buono per gli standard londinesi. Con qualche piccolo accorgimento la casa sarebbe perfetta!
Convenient location, many buses directly fitted into the center, the apartment is spacious and reasonable. The sofa bed is in need of renovation, the beds were good. Transfer was uncomplicated.
Verkehrsgünstige Lage, viele Busse direkt ins Zentrum, die Wohnung ist geräumig und vernünftig ausgestattet. Das Schlafsofa ist erneuerungsbedürftig, die Betten waren gut. Übergabe war unkompliziert.
Finding the right apartment, was very easy with Wimdu! Fast Booking, easy payment and communication with the owner of the apartment was first class! We were 6 people and holiday in London was much appreciated. The apartment was for the few days one A. With great pleasure again!
Das richtige Appartment zu finden, war mit Wimdu sehr einfach! Schnelle Buchung, einfache Bezahlung und die Kommunikation mit dem Eigentümer der Wohnung war auch erste Klasse! Wir waren 6 Personen und der Urlaub in London hat uns sehr gefallen. Die Wohnung war für die paar Tage eins A. Sehr gerne wieder!
Spacious and very well located. We will return.
Appartement spacieux et très bien situé. Nous y retournerons.
Gavin was very helpful and gave us some tips on which shops were nearby, how to get from A to get to B ... just typical Englishman, nice and helpful!
The apartment was exactly the right thing for our needs.
Gavin war sehr hilfreich, und hat uns einige Tipps gegeben, welche Einkaufsmöglichkeiten es in der Nähe gab, wie man am besten von A nach B kommt...eben typisch Engländer, nett und hilfsbereit!
Die Wohnung war für unsere Bedürfnisse genau das Richtige.
Very good location, very nice host - all uncomplicated and allerbestens!
Sehr gute Lage, sehr netter Gastgeber - alles unkompliziert und allerbestens!
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The Canal du Midi (Homps to Castelnaudary)
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When travelling with us in France you may find yourself staying in a:
Most hotels used on Intrepid tours through France are small, family-run guesthouses, so expect staircases instead of lifts and small rooms big on character.
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Restaurants will include a service fee within the bill; however, tipping extra (while not absolutely necessary) is customary and will be appreciated by wait staff. Usually rounding up the bill or leaving spare change is sufficient. Feel free to tip more if the service has been exemplary or if you're feeling generous.
Internet access is good in France - internet cafes and Wi-Fi hotspots are easily found in most cities and major towns.
Mobile phone coverage is generally very good in France. Ensure global roaming is activated before you arrive.
Flushable toilets are the standard in France. Don't be surprised to see that many public toilets in France (and other European countries) are unisex.
Short metro ride = 1.50-2 Euro
Beer = 5 Euro
Baguette snack = 5 Euro
Budget meal in a café = 10 Euro
High-end restaurant meal = 30 Euro
Drinking water from taps is considered safe in France, unless otherwise marked. For environmental reasons, try to use a refillable water bottle rather than buying bottled water.
Major credit cards are widely accepted by stores and hotels in France. Smaller cafes and shops may not accept credit cards so ensure you carry enough cash to cover small purchases.
ATMs are very common in France, so finding one won't be a problem in most towns and cities.
Absolutely. All passengers travelling with Intrepid are required to purchase travel insurance before the start of their trip. Your travel insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day of the trip. Due to the varying nature, availability and cost of health care around the world, travel insurance is very much an essential and necessary part of every journey.
For more information on insurance, please go to: Travel Insurance
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Top responsible travel tips for France
- Be considerate of France's customs, traditions, religion and culture.
- For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water instead.
- Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
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Physics Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12)
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
This adolescence education program is for students who have an undergraduate degree in physics (or related field) and seek certification to teach Physics in grades 7-12. Students who complete the degree are eligible for initial certification (see Teacher Certification for more information).
Applicants must have a baccalaureate degree and a solid core of undergraduate physics and related sci-tech/engineering and mathematics courses that include, at a minimum, 12 credits of introductory physics (including four credits of modern physics); 16 credits of calculus (including differential equations); 10 credits of sci-tech courses (computers, electronics, etc.); and four credits of introductory chemistry or a physical science. The applicant's undergraduate work must be acceptable to the Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Department in Harpur College, as well as to the Graduate School of Education. Students without appropriate undergraduate preparation in physics and related areas are required to take additional courses in consultation with the graduate director in physics to be eligible to apply for this program. Applicants must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better in physics and overall.
In addition, applicants should have a distribution of undergraduate coursework in the arts and sciences, which must include one semester of college-level study or three years of high school in a language other than English. It is recommended that students meet with a graduate advisor prior to applying to the MAT physics program.
Letters of recommendation should be from physics professors familiar with the applicant's work. (In the special case of an applicant having held an extended position in the field of education, one letter may be from the applicant's supervisor in the position.)
If all prerequisite undergraduate requirements have been met, the MAT degree requires three semesters of full-time study (or the equivalent of part-time study). Students may begin their degree programs in either the fall or spring semester, but will be admitted for the spring semester only if space permits. Matriculated students are expected to successfully complete LTRC 519, SEC 500, SEC 593, and 100 clock hours of fieldwork before being admitted to the fall student teaching semester. Read about Fieldwork Requirements. Because the Master of Arts in Teaching course of study is a unique graduate program that results in a professional credential, we expect our students to conduct themselves professionally at all times in both University and school classrooms.
Minimum Requirements for Degree (courses are subject to change)
This program requires a minimum of 42 credits: 22 credits in education, 12 credits in the academic discipline, and 8 credits in supervised student teaching. Grades of B or better must be earned in both SEC 593 and SEC 594, and an overall average of B or better must be maintained to graduate.
Education Courses - 22 credits
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|Foundations of Secondary Education
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|English as a Second Language for Content Area Teachers
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|4 credits
|Curriculum and Teaching in Science
|4 credits
Subject Courses - 12 credits
The MAT-physics advisory/guidance committee examines each student's credentials and determines the most appropriate course of study in light of the student's background. The total minimum requirement is 12 credits of graduate-level physics. Applicants with less than a bachelor's degree in physics may need to take additional coursework in graduate physics.
Undergraduate courses that are not already co-listed as graduate courses may be taken as a part of graduate independent studies (PHYS 581 A-X). Additional projects under the direct supervision of a physics faculty project supervisor focus on translating the course content into experiments, demonstrations and/or lesson plans appropriate for grade 7-12 physical science/physics classes or teacher workshops.
Supervised Student Teaching - 8 credits
SEC 590/591. Pre-service Practicum in Teaching I and II 8 credits
Plan of Study Form
The Plan of Study Form for the MAT Physics Adolescence Education Program provides students and advisors with a form to guide students through the requirements.
For more information about this program please contact program coordinator Thomas O'Brien via email or at 607-777-4877.


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Workforce Development
Lubbock Workforce Development
The Workforce Development Division of South Plains College is a dynamic organization designed to meet the just-in-time training needs of businesses and individuals of our region.
Short Courses are scheduled (Fall, Spring and Summer). Typically, these courses require between 4 and 150 classroom hours. Course titles vary widely and change in response to the market.
Contract Training is where the Workforce Division shines! You can contract with us to provide facilities, teaching aids and qualified instructors for a wide variety of topic areas. We provide these services after work, weekends, or during business hours. Customized training may be conducted at your site or at one of our facilities.
We also have training partnerships with other specialized training providers in areas such as professional truck driving, construction trades, pilot training, etc.


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Town Square
Are You Planning a Wedding?
Original post made by Kathy Shields, Downtown North, on Feb 15, 2012
Drop into the Main Library at 1213 Newell Rd. and visit the display of wedding books. You will find everything to help you plan your special day from beginning to end. Topics include second marriages, books full of dress ideas, planning on a budget, and fiction that will have you laughing at the entire process! The display runs through the end of February. Pass this on to those friends or family in the area with weddings on their mind. Contact the Palo Alto Library at (650)329-2436 if you have questions.


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This creamy, comforting potato side dish has been a family favorite since my daughter got the recipe from a friend a dozen years ago. It's easy to fix using frozen hash browns.
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- 1 package (26 ounces) frozen shredded hash browns, thawed
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
- 3 cups frozen chopped broccoli, thawed and well drained
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Combine all ingredients; pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour or until golden brown. Yield: 10-12 servings.
Originally published as Swiss Bake in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p13
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Reviewed Dec. 11, 2009
"This is delicious! My husband is not a fan of broccoli, so I substituted 2 cans of french- style green beans, drained, and tossed them in at the end before pouring into my baking dish. I also used my standard 30-ounce bag of shredded hash browns, and over a cup of chopped onion. I'll be making these over and over again! -Lori in WI."


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There are a lot of misconceptions that beginning beekeepers pick up. Some of them involve treatment free or "natural" methods...most do not.
For years, our state association president would tell everyone, "if you don't use fumidill, your bees will die". ...that isn't true.
Many (if not most) new beekeepers with enough instruction/reading to identify a queen cell think they should destroy them...which often leaves new beekeepers with a hopelessly queenless hive after the swarm leaves.
...this is just a couple of examples from beekeeping....let's not forget the number of self aware humans that think they are going to get rich buying scratch tickets.
If you think someone is giving bad advice, it would be helpful to be specific about the advice given and who is giving it....complaining that some (generally inexperienced) beekeepers and wanaabeeks want to believe that everything is easy, want to put bees in a box and pull jars of honey out isn't very productive.
Such attitudes aren't surprising, they are similar to the attitudes of people in other areas...how many buy an electric guitar and never learn to play it? How many buy seedlings that die before they fruit/flower? How many books are on shelves unread?
Is it advice you are concerned about? If so, you should be able to cite the bad advice...specifically.
If you are concerned that people want things to be easy...well, good luck with that. People always want an easy way out.
I don't think the "treatment free internet community" has much to do with it. Some people just want things to be easy.But for some reason a common take away from the treatment free internet community is that all you have to do is not treat and all your dreams will come true.


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I saw an acacia tree in bloom today. It was a most impressive sight.
In two minutes of looking, I saw at least 4 different species of bees on them. Mostly Bumble Bees and Carpenter bees.
There were like 3-5 bees on each blossom, and what looked like millions of blossoms on the tree. I've never seen so many bees in one place, but not one honey bee.
Has anyone seen honey bees working acacia?
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The inactive ingredients contained in CLARINEX-D 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets are hypromellose USP, ethylcellulose NF, dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate USP, magnesium stearate NF, povidone USP, silicone dioxide NF, talc USP, polyacrylate dispersion, polyethylene glycol NF, simethicone USP, Blue Lake Blend 50726 (FD&C Blue No. 2 Lake, titanium dioxide USP and edetate disodium USP), and ink (Opacode® S-1-17746 or Opacode® S-1-4159).
Desloratadine, 1 of the 2 active ingredients of CLARINEX-D 24 HOUR Extended Release Tablets, is a white to off-white powder that is slightly soluble in water, but very soluble in ethanol and propylene glycol. It has an empirical formula: C19H19ClN2 and a molecular weight of 310.8. The chemical name is 8-chloro-6,11-dihydro-11-(4-piperdinylidene)-5H-benzo[5,6]cyclohepta[1,2- b]pyridine and has the following structure:
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Modern Beach Apartment in Tel Aviv (flat 3)
Size45 m²
Floor No.2
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|HaYarkon, 63405 Tel Aviv, Israel
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The modern air-conditioned apartment is situated in a building next to the Hilton Hotel. It is fully equipped with an elegant double bedroom which includes plenty of storage space, a wall-mounted TV and a large mirror.
The sunny open-plan living room/kitchen offers a stylish seating area with a suede sofa bed, a formal dining area and views of the beach. The kitchenette includes modern appliances such as a coffee maker, grill and microwave. An electronic safe is provided for guests.
Dizengoff Square is just a 10-minute walk away. The surrounding neighbourhood hosts a brand new boardwalk where guests can enjoy a stroll. Numerous restaurants, grocery stores and tourist stores can be found nearby.
House rules
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 82 HKD per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews for this host's other properties
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Last edited by skateluvr; 04-05-2012 at 09:40 PM.
We probably should also take into account intended quads that are popped into doubles, etc., that do not show up on the protocols as quads.Originally Posted by skatinginbc
One difficulty here is that under-rotating and falling are not independent. In fact, under-rotation is the primary cause of falls. (If you land with your foot turned 90 degrees sideways you are in big trouble. )(74.74% x 25% x 10.30) +...
A skater who avoids a fall only 25% of the time is not going to hit the average of 74.74% for full rotations.
But anyway, the point remains that under the current rules a skater who can throw up any sort of reasonable attempt at a quad ought to do so.
However, all of these suggested rules changes do not speak to the topic of this thread: How to educate the public to accept the fact that an element on which the skater falls ought to be awarded some points. I do not think that even the best educated casual fan or television viewer will ever go along with that.
Gkelly has provided me with a very convincing argument, based on the fact that 99.9% of all skaters never reach the elite level, why skaters ought to be rewarded for completing the rotations regardless of what happens after. But of course children skating at a lower level do not skate before an audience at all, so it doesn't matter what the audience thinks.
I am afraid that "what the audience thinks" is not foremost on the mind of the figure skating establishment. I do not think that "more education" will narrow the gap much.
Educating the public in any sport is an ambitious project indeed. I think the CBC does a good job covering figure skating. Tracy, and Kurt do a great job as commentators. Tracy is the best at explaining ice dance. It's a funny thing, when figures counted the public did not understand the judging system at all. They would wonder how could Trixi Schuba beat the likes of a Karen Magnussen or Jantet Lynn when they saw the women's free skate. Of course, they could not appreciate that Trixi Schuba was a master at tracing figures. Only figure skaters themselves could know the difference. Now with the new judging system every element in the free program receives a grade. Again, the public does not appreciate the differences in how an element is executed from skater to skater. I am not even sure that people who don't skate or even catch the odd skating show are that interested in knowing a chocktaw from a mowhawk. It takes years of hard work to actually hone the skills of figure skating. It's great that there is so much information available through books, the internet and videos. Good topic!
I would also add here that as far as judging figure skating goes, people will always argue about the outcome. How could a guy fall and still win? At least now skaters are rewarded as in the case of Patrick Chan for their non jump elements. It's not just about the jumps anymore. And as Patrick observed "defending his title was harder than achieving it the first time." I thnk his nerves probably had an effect on his skate. His program in the Gala was beautiful - he deserves his world title. I could also tell it was a Jeff Buttle program. My hats off to Jeff - he is a wonderful choreographer. Congrats to Patrick Chan.
Last edited by Ladskater; 04-06-2012 at 03:49 AM.
(1) Greater than opportunity cost (74%):
Full rotation without fall ==> 61% (based on the judgment of the technical panel, therefore including the border-line "non-fall")
Full rotation with fall ==> 10%
Underrotation without fall ==> 3%
(2) Lower than opportunity cost (26%):
Underrotation with fall ==> 13%
Downgrade without fall ==> 4%
Downgrade with fall ==> 4%
Popping/doubling ==> 5%
Percentage for full rotation = 71%.
Percentage for underrotation = 16%
Percentage for downgrade = 8%
Let Y = total deduction for a fall, and assume that the average GOE deduction for an underrotated quad without fall is -2 and for a downgraded quad without fall is -2.5.
(71% x 25% x 10.30) + (71% x 75% x (10.30 - Y)) + (16% x 25% x (7.20 - 2) + (16% x 75% x (7.20 -Y)) + (8% x 25% x (4.1 - 2.5 x 0.7)) + (8% x 75% x (4.1 - 0.7Y)) + 5% x 1.346 = 4.1
To be really conservative, let's have a 6-point deduction for a quad fall.
Let total deduction for a quad fall = 6, full rotation rate = 50%, non-fall rate = 50%, underrotation = 28%, downgrade rate = 14%, and popping/doubling rate = 8%.
(50% x 50% x 10.30) + (50% x 50% x (10.30 - 6)) + (28% x 50% x (7.20 - 2) + (28% x 50% x (7.20 -6)) + (14% x 50% x (4.1 - 2.5 x 0.7)) + (14% x 50% x (4.1 - 0.7x5-1)) + 8% x 1.346 = 2.575 + 1.075 + 0.728 + 0.168 + 0.1645 -0.028 + 0.1077 = 4.7902 > 4.1 (base value of 3T).
That is to say, a skater who can fully rotate the quad 50% of the time and manage not to fall 50% of the time of his quad attempts can yield an expected value higher than the base mark of a 3T or 3S, even if the total deduction for a quad fall increases from the current -4 (-3 GOE and -1 mandatory deduction) to -6.
As a "casual" fan, I trust whatever the scores/levels the adjudicators assigned and don't care about the "black box" in TES because I acknowledge the limit of my technical knowledge. The presentation aspect (PE, CH, IN), however, is where the spectators feel they can understand and be involved emotionally and intellectually. In my opinion, there is no urgent need to "educate" the public. What is urgent for the ISU is to close the gap between the judges and the fans in the assessment of presentation.
Last edited by skatinginbc; 04-06-2012 at 12:38 PM.
I fail to understand how any of you can post long lists of numbers in equations and tell the world "but the math is simple!"
Of course, I assume all of you were taught to multiply in elementary school before anyone attempted to make you learn division, unlike me.
As to "educating the public", one problem with that entire concept is that people generally turn on sports for relaxation and hobby. If they are made to feel that watching requires "education" in what really is a complex system, they are not going to be inclined to stay on that channel. And, yes, those are "casual" viewers. But the real money to support skating is in casual viewers not fans dedicated enough to be posting here or on other boards. There are not enough of us.
I propose a 10-point GOE system (-5 to +5). A quad fall will receive -5 GOE plus -1 mandatory deduction. Based on the math, the increased penalty will not discourage people from attempting the quads. Of course, skaters like Adam Rippon who has a near zero chance of fully rotating his 4S and 4Lz and who can hardly land upright will be discouraged from including them in competitions. And that's good, in my opinion. They should practice quads at home until there is some realistic hope that they can rotate and land them.
Last edited by skatinginbc; 04-06-2012 at 12:30 PM.
I don't think any amount of explanation is going to convince the casual fan that a difficult program with errors should beat a clean program that is beautifully skated. It's a bit like the uproar over S&P vs B&S; a lot of knowledgable fans thought B&S should have won despite the bobbles, whereas the masses were outraged that a program with visible errors would win.
What I was trying to say is that these two 50%'s are not independent. The non-fall rate of 50% should be replaced by the "conditional probability that you will not fall, given that you achieved full rotation." This will be higher than 50%.Originally Posted by skatinginbc
The "conditional probability that you will not fall given that you under-rotated" will be corresponding lower.
Anyway, your conclusion is that we can greatly increase the penalties for falls without thereby discouraging skaters from trying them, and we should.
The other point of view is, never mind all these numbers, if you fall you have not done the element that you are being judged on, so you should get 0 points regardless of other considerations. The opposing argument is that if a skater completes the rotations that is better than nothing (a lot better than nothing) so you should get more than 0 points. According to the statistics that you (skatinginbc) have gathered , of the fully rotated quads only 14% result in a fall, So the 0 points rule would not affect very many skaters in any case.
On the other hand, if a quad is both under-rotated and results in a fall, the skater did not do anything right. Why should the possibility of points even come into play?
It think this (the 0 points for a fall rule) would make for a sport that is more honest (no, you didn't do it), more in line with what sporting events are all about (no points for an unsuccessful attempt), and more satisfactory to the audience (look, he fell down; he won't get credit for that element).
Well, it's just arithmetic, but there are a lot of steps to arrive at the results, so it's not fun to delve into all the specific numbers unless you love numbers as much as I love skating.
For casual viewers who just want to sit back and enjoy watching and then find out who won,
Technical Element Score 63.29, Program Component Score 62.48, 1.0 deduction for the fall, for a total of 125.67
is probably easier to understand than
Technical Merit 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.7
Presentation 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.8
If you care how the numbers were arrived at, for the IJS version there are very detailed rules available, too much information for the casual viewer.
For the 6.0 version, the answer is "the judges give scores out of a maximum of 6.0, defined as perfect and flawless."
Easy to understand in theory, and easy to play along at home using whatever criteria you feel like using.
But if you want to know what criteria the judges were using, how much credit the skater got for falling on a difficult jump or for doing especially difficult steps or fast and beautiful spins, the answer is "Who knows?"
That won't satisfy fans who really want to understand the results.
So we've got
-Casual viewers, or even devoted fans who watch for reasons other than sport, who don't want to go to any effort
-Fans who want to understand on a holistic level with just enough effort to have fun
-Diehard fans who like to pore over rulebooks and debate details like flutzes and amount of multidirectional skating
-People who have devoted thousands and thousands of dollars and years of their life to participate in the sport
The middle two groups probably account for most posters on Golden Skate. But the money that funds the sport's activities really comes from the first group (the vast majority of TV viewers; without them, networks have no reason to buy broadcast rights) and the last group (remember, it's not a professional sport, even most of the successful competitors lose money to participate each year)
Last edited by gkelly; 04-06-2012 at 01:56 PM.
I suppose I look at numbers differently than many people. But seeing a number like 63.29 just drives me crazy. This skater got twenty-nine hundredths of a point for something? Not twenty-eight hundredths?Originally Posted by gkelly
But, "The first judge gave her a 5.8. Yeah, that's about what I thought, too. Judge number three was little stingy." That is a lot of fun and very satisfying to me as a viewer.
It seems there ought to be some sort of compromise available so that the most talented and dedicated, at least, of the people who spend thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to participate in the sport have an opportunity to get some appreciation, either from dedicated local audiences or from the general public, and maybe even a chance to earn back a couple of bucks.-People who have devoted thousands and thousands of dollars and years of their life to participate in the sport.
I would make a distinction between recreation (skating and competing for yourself because you like it) and entertainment (skating in front of audiences for the pleasure of the paying customer.) Unfortunately. professional competitions have disappeared and show skating, in the U.S. anyway, is quickly following suit. Maybe the CoP system serves the needs of developmental and recreational skating very well but could be modified somehow at the elite level. (?)
Paying audiences are our friends. We shouldn't treat them like a mere annoyance.
If I were Empress of the ISU, I'd try to get more people engaged in the sport on its own terms so that more casual viewers would turn into fans, more fans would turn into diehard fans, and more fans (diehard or otherwise) would turn into participants -- either as skaters or as officials and other volunteers.
The ISU is in the business of administering sport at the highest athletic level and needs to maintain its sporting credentials with the IOC, and with the speedskaters who make up half its membership.
Speedskaters certainly don't think in terms of entertainment value outweighing sporting value.
For many figure skaters as well as many figure skating fans, entertainment and artistry are at least as important as technique and athleticism.
Even if the ISU were to split and figure skating were to have its own international organization run solely by figure skaters, as long as it's an Olympic sport then the highest level of the sport needs to be focused on sporting values rather than entertainment values.
The trick is to educate audiences (see thread title) to understand the sporting values at the basis of figure skating so they find them entertaining.
Then there can also be other venues for figure skating that prioritize entertainment over technique. The Olympics and the world championships etc. run under the same format are not that venue.
But figure skating for entertainment's sake is a good way to bring in fans, and money. The ISU would rather have that money for itself rather than leave the field to outside professional promoters who draw their top talent away from eligible competition.
So I think they might do well to develop a separate competition circuit that would not be welcome in the Olympics but that would be welcome on TV and in big arenas. And let the skaters themselves choose whether to compete for top athletic honors, top artistic honors, or both if they can handle it.
B = rotation outcome
Since A and B are not statistically independent and therefore P(A∩B) ≠ P(A) P(B). But as we know P(Anot-fall ∩ Bfull-rotation) > P(Anot-fall) x P(Bfull-rotation), the actual expected value for a quad attempt is higher than my conservative estimate. Instead of proving X > Z, I proved Y > Z given that X > Y. It won't effect my conclusion, will it? (I mean the conclusion that a 6-point deduction is still able to keep quad attempts profitable, more so than doing a 3T or 3S).
BTW, I never enjoyed professional competitions and show skating. I found most of them boring. There were not enough technical contents in their programs, and the so-called artistic programs were not very artistic at all.
Last edited by skatinginbc; 04-06-2012 at 04:20 PM.
Do those of you who are saying that show skating is the answer for the casual fan and totally separating the idea of the sport as entertainment from the sport as competition also think that everyone who watches the Super Bowl likes to count yards and debate play-calling?
People do watch sports for entertainment/relaxation/hobby. All sports. Not just this one. My husband loves to go to live baseball games. Loves it. A couple of years ago, he asked me what the foul poles were for. Not kidding you. His understanding of the "technical" aspects of baseball amounted to "guy crosses home plate, run scores". But he enjoys sitting in the sun and watching. He has no desire to understand ERAs, batting averages or on-base percentages. That doesn't mean that there needs to be some kind of "show" baseball just for him. And he's the audience they need to keep the stadiums full.
So, do you think that they should get rid of foul poles since he didn't understand what they were for and were irrelevant to his enjoyement of baseball?


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"Lynn Lee" <email@example.com>
st: sampling weight
Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:37:20 +0800
Thank JVerkuilen and Steve.
Best Regards,
Lynn Lee
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 12:05 AM
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Subject: Re: st: sampling weight
The reason I suggested post-stratification way back at the beginning was
because you can generate cross-tables of things like gender by age structure
and village and can hopefully get that from census information. Then you can
make weights that line up with the observed population values on a few .
It's not a cure for what ails a survey but it can help. Check the
documentation first, though, of course.
You might simply have to indicate this as a study limitation.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Lynn Lee <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Thank Nick and Stas.
> The data sets are downloaded from web site. From the codebook, no
> information was given about how the data was collected, it just remind
> users that the "frequencies for variables are not weighted". So, in
> this case, I should contact the survey group about sampling drawn.
> But suppose, I can not get any information about how the data set draw
> the samples. Can I still use the idea I described before?
> Any suggestion is appreciated.
> Best Regards,
> Lynn Lee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: firstname.lastname@example.com
> [mailto:email@example.com] On Behalf Of Stas
> Kolenikov
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:33 PM
> To: email@example.com
> Subject: Re: st: sampling weight
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>> I think there is some misunderstanding here. Stas wants you to
>> describe the sampling design that was used to produce your dataset,
>> not to design a survey yourself. This means exactly how the data were
>> collected.
>> More broadly, neither Stas nor anybody else can give good advice to
>> you on how to analyse your dataset without an idea of how that
>> dataset was generated. (I am guessing you did not visit the cities
>> and select the people yourself.) Perhaps this is not even documented
>> clearly, but the point remains. Using any kind of weights is dubious
>> unless you know from documentation of the survey that those weights make
> If you did go select the people yourself, you had to have known
> something about sampling to have done this properly. If a survey
> organization collected the data, they should have provided you a
> methods report describing how the sample was drawn, and how the data
> were collected. If they have not, it should have been their
> responsibility, and you are in a position to ask them. Of course, I
> can imagine a number of worst case scenarios when the data were
> collected, but no proper report was written, and the person who oversaw
the data collection left the organization, etc.
> But usually there are ways to find out about how the sample was drawn.
> --
> -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (SSC) :: http://stas.kolenikov.name
> -- Senior Survey Statistician, Abt SRBI :: work email kolenikovs at
> srbi dot com
> -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the
> position of my employer
>> Nick
>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Lynn Lee <email@example.com> wrote:
>>> I have no idea about sampling design ( I never learned before.). The
> below
>>> are just my idea about choice of simple weights. I generate a new
> variable,
>>> which is total number of individuals in each city in the data set.
>>> And I choose this new variable as weights, type in -[pweight=total]-
>>> , looks
> like
>>> Stata11 can do this weighted regression for me. But I can not figure
>>> out how Stata11 do weighting. Could you please give me suggestion
>>> about
> basics
>>> of sampling design (or some web link)? I am new to sampling design,
>>> I do not know how to describe in full detail.
>> Stas Kolenikov
>>> These are steps in the right direction. Please describe your
>>> sampling
> design
>>> in full detail, so that we could brainstorm and see what the right
>>> specifications should be.
>> Lynn Lee
>>>> I just want to do simple sampling.
>>>> Take "webuse total" for example. I am wondering how was "swgt"
> generated?
>>>> guess: obs 1 has her corresponding sampling weight, swgt=25964,
>>>> which is
>>> the
>>>> total population in her group; obs 4 has his corresponding sampling
>>> weight,
>>>> swgt=4312, which is the total population in his group;etc. Is that
> right?
>>>> So, if I use this logic in my downloaded survey data sets, I can
>>>> group
> all
>>>> the obs into different sampling weight over residence place and gender.
>>>> Like: I calculate total number of individuals who were in the
>>>> dataset according to their resident city , say, total number of
>>>> individuals in
>>> city
>>>> 1 is 1000 in dataset, total number of individuals in city n is 400
>>>> in
> the
>>>> data set, then, I generate this city-total-individuals as a new
>>>> variable (weight). (Or I can even be more detailed, total number of
>>>> people in the data set over city, gender, age.) In regression, I
>>>> simply use command
> "reg
>>> y
>>>> x1 x2 x3 [pweight=total]". Can this way correct in part for
>>>> unweighted
>>> data
>>>> set?
>>>> Suppose the mean of total(weights) is 500, min is 100 and max is
> 800.Then,
>>>> weighted analysis will give at most 800/100 times the weights to
>>> potentially
>>>> under-sampled observations. Do I understand correctly?
>> Stas Kolenikov
>>>> If Lynn obtained her sample in a rigorous way by enumerating the
>>> dwellings,
>>>> she should have all the inputs into the probability of selection,
>>>> and
> the
>>>> baseline sampling weight is the inverse of that.
>>>> Then she would want to correct for non-response, which would be the
>>> fraction
>>>> of those responding to the survey among those sampled.
>>>> If Lynn is interested in a specific population (females of
>>>> reproductive
>>> age,
>>>> say), and that's who the survey collected the data on, then she
>>>> would
> need
>>>> to get the total population counts for that specific population
>>>> (which
> may
>>>> prove even more difficult).
>>>> If she does not have these figures, then I don't really know what to
>>> As
>>>> they say, when you approach a statistician with collected data in
>>>> hand,
>>> they
>>>> can only tell you what killed your study.
>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:15 AM, JVerkuilen (Gmail)
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Lynn Lee <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Any suggestion to suggest which weight is better? Or, other types
>>>>>> of
>>>> weights
>>>>>> may be better than population weights?
>>>>> Do you have a few accurately observed variables such as the
>>>>> population age and gender breakdown? If so you can often create
>>>>> post-stratification weights (through a process called "raking")
>>>>> that make your samples align with the associations observed in
>>>>> those tables.
>>>>> A quick -findit raking- turned up a program -ipfraking- written by
>>>>> Stas Kolenikov and available from his website. Hopefully he'll
>>>>> chime in.
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Oh great, now I'm being painted as an anti-YuNa (/un-YuNa?) fan.
I'm too lazy to trawl through my old posts for *proof*, but I really, really dislike it when people automatically assume a skater is over/underscored or being targetted just because of their ethnicity (or because of the judges/tech caller's ethnicity). For instance, in this thread alone, I've also disagreed with comments that Alena Leonova was overscored just because she is Russian...just ask Janetfan to see how much I hound him when he says European skaters are being overscored because of all those evil Euro judges on the panel.
As for not leaping out at rabid Japanese fans, I actually don't remember seeing them around GS for awhile. They're either licking their wounds at Mao's apparent demise, or off on Youtube (which I've given up commenting on) uploading their stupid videos. But if they drop by GS anytime soon, I'll be sure to make some pithy comments.


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