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4 bedroom detached house for saleMalika Place, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Wigan, WN4
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Property Description
Key features
- Modern Style Detached Property
- Four Bedrooms En-Suite To Master
- Two Reception Rooms/Utility Room
- Family Bathroom
- Front And Rear Gardens
- Driveway And Garage
- Double Glazing As Stated
- Gas Central Heating System
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- No Upward Chain
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YOUR MOVE are pleased to offer for sale this four bedroom modern-style detached property which is situated in a cul-de-sac location and briefly comprises entrance hallway, lounge, dining room, kitchen/diner, utility room and cloakroom/WC. To the first floor the landing gives access to master bedroom with en-suite shower room, three further bedrooms and bathroom. Externally there are gardens to the front and rear, driveway and garage. The property benefits from double glazing as stated, gas central heating system and no onward chain. Viewing is highly recommended to appreciate the accommodation on offer
Entrance Hallway
Entrance door, wood effect flooring, stairs to first floor, radiator, door to garage, doors to:
17' 11" (inc,. bay) x 10' 8" (5.45m (inc,. bay) x 3.25m) Double glazed bay window to front elevation, radiator, feature fire surround housing gas fire, archway to:
Dining Room
10' 1" x 8' 10" (3.08m x 2.69m) Wood effect flooring, double glazed patio doors giving access to rear garden, radiator
10' 11" x 9' 9" (3.33m x 2.97m) Inc. Units: Double glazed window to rear elevation, part tiling to walls, range of wall and base units with work surfaces, one and a half bowl sink and drainer with mixer tap, hob and oven with extractor, radiator, understairs storage cupboard
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Rear access door, plumbing for washing machine
Double glazed obscure window to side elevation, low level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, radiator
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Bedroom One
13' 2" x 10' 8" (4.02m x 3.26m) Double glazed window to front elevation, radiator, built-in wardrobes, door to:
Double glazed obscure window to side elevation, tiling to walls, white suite comprising shower cubicle, low level WC, pedestal wash hand basin
Bedroom Two
11' 8" x 9' 3" (3.56m x 2.81m) Double glazed window to rear elevation, radiator
Bedroom Three
9' 6" x 8' 8" (2.9m x 2.65m) Double glazed window to rear elevation, radiator
Bedroom Four
12' 9" x 9' 11" (3.88m x 3.03m) Two double glazed windows to front elevation, radiator
Double glazed obscure window to rear elevation, panelled bath, low level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, radiator, tiling to walls
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Lawn area, pathway giving access to entrance door
Rear Garden
Laid to lawn, pathway, fence and walled boundaries
Providing off road parking and giving access to:
Up and over door. NOT MEASURED: We recommend that you check to ensure that the space is suitable for requirements
Directions :-
From our Ashton office proceed left along Gerard Street turning left at the traffic lights at Wigan Road, continue along Wigan Road, through the traffic lights at Bryn turning left onto Soughers Lane and the continue along to the top and right onto Malika Place and the property can be found on the left hand side
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No baffles in the valve covers but I do have baffled grommets under the filters. And I guess I was wrong earlier when I said I currently have 3 breather + a pcv. I have 2 breathers in the left and only a pcv in the right but no baffle or anything to stop oil from being sucked up the pcv. My oil pan is a 7qt for sure. I put 6 in and it is at or just below the bottom of the "safe zone". I'm definetly going to look into the pcv system before I go any further.
more opinion than tested fact:
I don't like or use those roughly 80 durameter rubber baffles because soaked with oil and hot they "can possibly" collapse and restrict the breath....
(the small opening "lip" is limper than a "you know what" if you poured 200* oil on it!)
if that does happen the pcv will suck unfiltered air and dirt in thru the dipstick tube or where ever....
"if" a $.02 cost rubber baffle could work,,,the oems wouldn't spend $2 on (pretty sophisticated design) metal baffles....
Ok so I went out and bought an air compressor air/water seperator, took out the 40 micro filter and put it in line between my pcv and carb. I then drove about 10 mi. lots of stop and go. At first it still smoked quite a bit but then after just a few miles I didn't see any more smoke. The last time I started it just before going to put it up I didn't even notice any smoke on start up. It was kind of windy so hard to be 100% sure. Just before I got to the garage I was cruisn about 30mph, maybe 1/4 throttle, I then "goosed" it (from 1/4 to about 1/2 and then completely off throttle), rpms went from about 2g to 4g and then right to 1500 (still in gear) and then I finally seen some smoke again. Maybe some still inside the intake runners? I would say 6 of the 10 mi. I didn't see any smoke at all. Oh yea, that seperator had almost a shot glass of oil in it, I think that is about 2oz. I'm going to drive some more before making any more changes.
"follow the instructions" (please!)
with the filter removed,,,there's nothing to stop the oil from "wicking" big time across from the inlet to outlet openings on the compressor dryer and going into the intake at high Hg and velocity....
(the jar is acting as a "vacuum accumulator" not a oil accumulator)
that's why I said to use a "longer and shorter" fitting into a peanut butter jar....
(grrrr.....after 30 minutes plus to find the one I made...grrrrr....then 20 minutes sorting out a software conflict to download this pic....grrrrr)
here's a pic showing that I cut off about half of the filter so any incoming oil from the pcv is directed at and trapped in the bottem of jar....
with no tube to direct the oil in the jar, no surprise at all that it puffed a bit after 10 miles due to the "wicking" since you did manage to trap 2oz in just 10 miles!!!!
yes,,,it will take some miles for the gas to clean and flush the accumulated oil out of the intake and chambers....
LOL (but serious), 2oz in 10 miles!!!! = make a accumulator out of a "32oz mayonaise jar",,,, even a 8oz jar peanut butter jar would fill up too quick!!!!
the "tiny" compressor based accumulator jar worked OK for me because I was only sorting out a slight WOT full rich mix smoke puff, which did turn out to be a pcv baffle problem, oil accumulated in the intake, the rich WOT mix flushed it out....
even done wrong with no tube, the first test does indicate the pcv is very very likely the main oiling source....
the good news!!!!:
that's just a time and patience and no bucks fix to make some baffles out of scrap sheet steel or aluminum and mess with the shape till it works based on where the pcv sits on the cover and the rockers clearance...
the baffle added to those Edelbrock Elite covers in the pic' is approx 3x3", it's tight to the intake side curve on the cover (so oil can't run onto the baffle) and has less than a 1/8" gap along the 3" width at the headers side cover curve with a approx 3/8" lip facing down the curve just for more insurance.....
the sides extend well past the mount screw boss so I could bend them tight to the cover by hand once it was mounted so the only air is from the small gap at the lowest point...
the opening in the pcv valve is small so the open gap can be pretty small and not restict the cfm....
it took me 3 tries to get it right,,,, I stuck the "pretty good" second try under the breather filter because it does sit on a roughly 3" piece of heater hose to catch cool air from the hood opening (FL heat!) so oiling is no problem at all....
dang CRS=there is a way to mount the pcv on the chevy block and get it away from that rocker oil completely but I can't recall how!!!!
it's on this board many times on many threads,,,try using the "search" link
Last edited by red65mustang; 10-27-2008 at 12:40 PM.
Yea Miloden 7qt deep sump oil pan. Although it seems I have to fabricate EVERYTHING (I've heard of bolt on but never seen it) I think its time for some new valve covers anyway, this time w/ bafffles. Will any of the popular valve covers w/ baffles clear my rocker arms. They are Comp. alum. roller 1.6 and the cam has .540/.562 lift. Oh and my instruction following skills are not very good
I've got an oil pan that's advertised as 10 quarts and it holds 8. The next time you change oil, put in 6 quarts, start the engine to fill the oil filter, shut the engine down, then check the oil. Keep adding 1 quart until you reach the full mark.
You'll need tall valve covers to clear the roller rockers.
I'm sure the last time I changed oil it took 6 1/2 to fill after starting and filling the filter (actually I fill my filter before I put it on). What are the chances of my dipstick or tube being wrong? I plan on tall covers, I really want holes for 2 breathers on the left side (to avoid any customizing) and a hole for pcv on the right. Moroso has the only I've seen but I'm not sure there are any holes in the right side valve cover.
Chevy used several dip sticks over the years, so................. but 6 1/2 quarts for a 7 quart pan sounds right. You only need one breather. The valve covers are interchangabe, left and right.
your checking to see that the top edge of the dipstick "tube" length to the top of the oil in the pan is a match for the total length to the dipstick itself marks....
if there is to much oil in the pan the crankshaft throws will dip into the oil (accelerating/decelerating slosh) and throw a hurricane's worth of oil onto the cylinder walls in just an instant....which the oil rings aren't designed to handle....
just comments:
buyin' stuff and just boltin' it on a car isn't "Hot
Rodding" to me....
if those covers aren't warped, they do seal good,,,,give making a baffle atleast a shot.....
so you have money in your pocket to add a windage tray for better oil control or some other power adder that is a bit of a PITA to make yourself....
(as long as you use a peanut butter jar and remember to empty it {LOL, I would forget to!} all is fine while you work out the baffle)
I do like the rubber/steel reinforced cover gaskets,,,with just normal care, you can take the covers off a dozen times and they still will seal good without any help on non-warped covers...
a definite plus while working out the baffle shape...
(they do conduct a bit more head heat into the covers to help cool the chambers versus "excellent heat insulator" cork gaskets)
the baffle design included in many of the aftermkt covers is almost worthless crap (a too small flat piece of sheet with a big gap on both sides)
so shop carefully....
clears the rockers is #1 priority,
the pcv hole "NOT" aligned with the rockers is my #2 (why they do that is beyond stupid!)
do a gooogle search like: "best chevy pcv oil control baffle covers"
have a oil pan custom made for your specific motor for $$$ would be a bolt on,,,the cheaper off the shelf stuff has to "be able to" work for to many different applications...
drive safe, have fun....
If you thinks its the rings try a leak down test at TDC and if they are over 7% on a new engine some thing is wrong.
I must definetly be hotrodding because I seem to be customizing everything. I spend more time trying to find the stuff that Will bolt on than it would take to alter something to fit (probably just lack of experience). The windage tray I had required longer main studs than I already bought and would be as much as 3 more months before anyone would have them (I know, lame excuse). And the valve covers are some cheap chrome ones that are starting to spot rust and may be warped ("torque spec, whats that?" jk). Probably good for test subjects on trying out my baffle making skills.
Trying not to jinx myself but I think fixing the pcv deal will solve my current problem. I'll try out some baffles and drive some more this wknd.
Seriously thanks everyone but especially red65mustang (I guess ford guys aren't all that bad, lol jk).
(for everybody who posted and helped)
thanks for saying thanks,,,,way to many people on this board never do,,,,they just disappear.....
nah, I don't "bleed Blue", there's good and bad in any brand.....
(the 65' fastback is kind of a "heirloom" project, I got my first license in my dad's new 65' fastback and it will be handed down to my grandson,,,,plus my dad got to enjoy this one some before he passed away)
(agreeing with CNC)
after about 500 break in miles on a new motor...
it is a smart move to do a leak down and/or compression test and WRITE DOWN the results.....
for future testing reference data!!!!
(even if there are no problems)
post a method and results update later on????
"crummy covers" comes up on this board pretty often.....
may just help someone else
Last edited by red65mustang; 10-29-2008 at 08:54 AM.
- Look for missing or defective stem seal.
- Guide to stem clearance excessive.
I plan on changing plugs when I do the compression & leakdown tests. Can't find the plugs I use locally (Autolite 3923 race plug) have to order.
Kind of off the subject but should I use race plugs on the street? I run a colder plug for nitrous.
Anyway, I'll definetly post the results asap.
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The county has seen house price growth of eight per cent in the past year, according to the Land Registry, while exclusive research from Knight Frank reveals how resilient the most affluent towns have been during and since the recession.
However, some less glamorous market towns in the county, where property is much cheaper, have also emerged as winners in the past 12 months.
Kent commuter homes
Kent commuter homes
1/11 Kendall Avenue, West Malling
£400,000: Presented over three floors, this three-bedroom townhouse has two reception rooms, for flexible living, and is ready to move into.
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2/11 Langley Way, West Malling
£299,995: Built less than two years ago, this two-bedroom semi-detached house is in a sought-after location, within easy reach of local shops and amenities.
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3/11 Pilgrims Way, Wrotham
£625,000: this modern south-facing four-bedroom detached house comes with far reaching views and is within walking distance of the village centre.
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4/11 High Street, Wrotham
£525,000: The Old Bakery is a Grade II-listed three-bedroom semi-detached house, benefitting from original exposed timbers, fireplaces and vaulted ceilings
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5/11 Atwater Court, Lenham
£327,500: Set within mature, landscaped courtyard gardens, this two-bedroom retirement cottage is well located for access to shops in the centre of Lenham.
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6/11 Woodside Green, Lenham
£775,000: This spacious four-bedroom detached family home has a separate office space attached to the garage, a swimming pool and a 50-foot lounge diner, ideal for entertaining.
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7/11 Eaglestone Close, Borough Green
£400,000: This three-bedroom detached family home is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac, within half a mile of local schools.
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8/11 Quarry Hill Road, Borough Green
£199,000: This two-bedroom apartment is part of a new development, set within established woodlands in the popular Hazlebourne area.
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9/11 Cannon Lane, Tonbridge
£374,995: With an idyllic riverside location this four-bedroom terraced new build is within walking distance of Tonbridge station and local conveniences.
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10/11 The Knots, Sandwich
£348,500: This three-bedroom new-build terrace has an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area, with an option to use the lounge as a fourth bedroom.
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11/11 Sholden, Deal
£224,995: This three-bedroom end-of-terrace house has French doors leading to the rear garden, allocated parking and is within close proximity to Deal centre and beach.
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Rooting for Wrotham
Wrotham, on the cusp of the North Downs, has seen the strongest recession rebound, with prices up 36 per cent since the dark days of 2008 to an average of £410,714.
Yet two other towns within 20 miles of Wrotham and which also fringe the Downs, have enjoyed a good recovery — West Malling, where the average house price has increased 25 per cent since 2008 to £324,986, and Lenham, which has seen a 24 per cent rise, to £278,167.
Wrotham — pronounced "rootam"— is the perfect example of what a market town should be. It has a lovely high street with a 13th-century church and a cluster of pubs. It is light on shops, although there is a post office and more choice in neighbouring Borough Green, which is walkable. Wrotham is also only five miles from the bright lights of Sevenoaks.
Trains from Borough Green & Wrotham station take from 43 minutes to Victoria, and an annual season ticket costs £3,796.
Educational opportunities are a key driver of Wrotham's market. It has its own senior school, Wrotham School, which is rated "good" by Ofsted. The government schools inspector considers the town's St George's CofE primary school "outstanding".
Jill Mitchenall, a director of estate agents Jackson-Stops & Staff, believes Wrotham is benefiting from "silly" prices in Sevenoaks. "People are moving just a little bit further out where they can get more for their money," she says.
Perhaps the prettiest option is one of the 17th-century houses in the centre of town, and a three-bedroom terrace would cost about £450,000. A family house, detached and with four or five bedrooms, would cost between £900,000 and £1 million. If that sounds stiff, Mitchenall points out that a similar property in Sevenoaks would cost more like £1.4 million.
Superstar Sandwich
In Sandwich, one of the farthest-flung Kent market towns, property prices have surged by 17.9 per cent in a year, to an average of £241,899.
The attractive town centre is peppered with timber-framed medieval buildings and traditional pubs, while Sandwich is close to the coast, with Broadstairs beach less than 10 miles away.
The cricket club tends to hog the headlines, but Sandwich also has a good lawn tennis club, and golfers will love living close to the Royal St George's and Prince's championship courses. For a more relaxed day out there are several nature reserves at Sandwich Bay. Annual events include a folk and ale festival and an arts weekend, and there is a fine selection of pubs, restaurants and cafés.
Sandwich Infant and Junior Schools and Sandwich Technology School, for seniors, are all rated "good" by Ofsted. Sir Roger Manwood's School, also for seniors, gets an "outstanding" report, as does Eastry CofE Primary School.
The bad news is that trains to St Pancras take about 90 minutes, and an annual season ticket costs £5,180. David Heard, sales director at Michael Cooper & Partners estate agents, says about one in four of his buyers is from London, and this year's improvements to the High Speed 1 train link, with services now running hourly, are encouraging an increasing number of commuters.
"Nearby Deal is more vibrant in terms of its high street, but Sandwich is very peaceful, a place where you can retreat," he adds.
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By Lisa Kroulik © Cross posted with permission from Hub Pages - http://nybride710.hubpages.com/hub/How-the-Christian-Church-is-Failing-Abused-Women One of the more difficult things to recover from during the process of divorce from my narcissistic ex-husband was the treatment I received from other Christians. To be fair, none of it was intentionally mean-spirited and all of these people truly believed they were encouraging me from God's word. Unfortunately, the "advice" I received kept me trapped in an abusive marriage three years longer than I should have been.The thing is, all of the responsibility for keeping my marriage together was placed squarely on … [Read more...]
Just Pray for Him: How the Christian Church Refuses to Hold Abusive Men Accountable
Happily Abused
Trigger warning: Christian woman's advice to abused wives reads like a handbook for ascetic self-mortification. How to Use a Woman's Faith & Trust to Make Her a Willing Accomplice to Her Own Abuseby Vyckie GarrisonAfter stumbling across yet another piece of alarmingly dangerous advice for abused women of faith titled, Surviving Emotional Abuse Six Steps by Christian author, Darcy Ingraham, I am wishing I had more middle fingers with which to express my extreme irritation. Ack!I will try to calm down long enough to use my words rather than profane gestures to talk about spiritual abuse.To begin with the author assumes that only those husbands who abandon their faith … [Read more...]
Who Was That Masked Man? Part 7
by CaluluAfter the incident with the pregnant daughter of a friend we had another reprieve from Tom and Tina. We'd see them at church but they'd stopped coming to the bible study group. I'd heard that they were both going through this other ministry's counseling. The other ministry sounded sort of like Scientology in that you have to confess all your deepest darkest sins, area by area each week to the counseling team and then the team would lead you in repentance, prayer and forgiveness. It kept the Smiths out of our hair for about a year with the exception of about every other month one of the Smiths would corner me and demand we all become friends again.No chance of that. Even our … [Read more...]
Snipped! Part 6: The Fun Little Church
by Incongruous CircumspectionBill Gothard's weekly marriage class was run by Pastor John Hartzell and his young protégé, Chuck Raichert in a little Independent Fundamental Baptist Church in Bloomington, Minnesota. Normandale Baptist was the name. The seminar was called Rebuilder's and was all about loving Jesus Christ so much that your husband or wife simply rushed back into your arms and lived happily ever after. The only problem, it never worked that way. It merely created religious zombies with strict principles.Mama was one of these zombies. She would have hours of "conversation" with my dad over the phone. She never let him speak. You knew when he tried by the rise in the … [Read more...]
Justice is No Lady: Chapter 11: Jack, the One I Lost
by Tess WilloughbyWhen Jack was just a baby, Nate had rejected Jack's personality, and had set out to beat and berate it out of him. When Jack reached middle school age, or perhaps a little bit before, the seeds that his father had planted suddenly sprouted. Jack began to come unraveled. "Something is wrong with me," he said. "I'm messed up."Jack began to abuse his little sisters. His grades slipped. He had been my comedian, making jokes about everything all day. Now, he moped. He refused to play sports. He would not bathe.If anyone touched Jack, even to restrain him or remove dangerous objects from his hands, Nate took Jack to magistrates to swear out warrants that Jack was being … [Read more...]
by Bruce GerencserNine years have passed since I preached my last sermon, since my wife was called the "pastor's wife." Almost four years have passed since my wife and I determined to stop attending church. We are now among the "unchurched", casualties of a life spent in Evangelical Christianity. Worse yet, at least according to our critics, we are now enemies of Christ and his church.You see, we not only left the Church, we left Jesus. Regardless of how some Christians parse our lives through their peculiar theological system, we are indeed two people who once were devoted, committed followers of Jesus, who are now described as an atheist husband and his agnostic wife. … [Read more...]
Who Was That Masked Man? Part 6
by CaluluWhen we last left the Smiths they had reconciled and were determined to make everyone be best friends forever again. Nothing doing.Things ratchet up a few new levels of tension. 9/11 happens. I'm sitting in front of the television having coffee and folding clothes when CNN shows the coverage of the first tower getting hit and I'm still watching when the second plane hits the other one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center. By the time the plane hits the Pentagon and there are rumors on television of another plane being spotted on the way to Capital Hill where my husband works I was pretty wrung up. My phone kept ringing off the hook from friends and relatives wanting … [Read more...]
Snipped! Part 5 Theoretical Visitation
by Incongruous CircumspectionFor those of my readers keeping track, you might remember that I have six siblings. Seven kids and one father with visitation rights. My mother had won full custody and my father was given every other weekend with his kids and four weeks in the summer. Again, there were seven of us. This meant that he had to split us up in sets of two and three so we could fit into his apartment. Thus, I ended up going with him about every six weeks – in theory.My mother played every game in the book to keep us away from our dad. He would call Friday night to tell her who he wanted to pick up the next morning and she would go through a long laundry list of excuses a … [Read more...]
Millipede: Part 6
by MillipedeI hated the the underlying spirit which had crept into our marriage; it was a peevish, disapproving air that my husband had taken on. In our "heathen" days my husband had a happy go lucky air. This was endearing and made up for the fact that he could be irresponsible.Under Christian patriarchy this changed. Not only was he now "head of the household", but he was responsible for making sure that we lived a "Godly life". This permeated every bit of our life as we didn't want to be "Sunday Only" Christians; God was not someone that we turned our back on for the other six days of the week.This affected how I dressed, what we ate, what entertainment we watched or listened … [Read more...]
Who Was That Masked Man? Part 5
by CaluluSo when we left off Tina was still believing that Tom was coming home. We were having nothing to do with the Smiths and Tom doesn't come home.What he does do is go to my husband and ask him to talk to me about working a few mornings a week at his office to transfer all his paper documents into digital on his new computer system. I don't want to do it but it's a little slow that spring in my job so I grit my teeth, bite my tongue and start going into his office for four hours every morning. I know this is a mistake but hey, there's not much going on to prevent me and Tom isn't going to be there at the same time as me, win-win. I'm such a sap. Plus I'd quit working at the … [Read more...]


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long story short, i've had an endless amount of problems with my car since i bought it
thinking about selling the WRX
and today, as im driving it home from yet another trip from the mechanic, it starts smoking from the cat next to my engine along with an unpleasant smell. i did see some water as well around the same spot. my initial thought is that the cat was bad, anyone have any advice?


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|Watson, Kathleen
|Baranowski, Thomas
|Thompson, Deborah
Submitted to: Health Education Research
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/1/2006
Publication Date: 12/1/2006
Citation: Watson, K., Baranowski, T., Thompson, D. 2006. Item response modeling: an evaluation of the children's fruit and vegetable self-efficacy questionnaire. Health Education Research. 21(Suppl 1):i47-i57. Interpretive Summary: This article applies Item Response Modeling to a Fruit, Juice, and Vegetable Self-Efficacy Questionnaire administered to 4th grade students to (1) identify areas of the scale that were not as reliable, (2) identify areas of the scale that were not measured, (3) examine the functioning of the response format, and (4) examine response bias due to gender and ethnicity. Concerns have been raised about existing measures of psychosocial constructs. This paper applied an innovative psychometric technique, Item Response Remodeling (IRM), to previously validated measures of children's fruit and vegetable self efficacy. IRM analyses revealed that children used only 2 or 3 of the 5 response categories, suggesting the number of categories be reduced; and the items did not cover the extremes of the distribution. Refining this scale will require generating items to measure the extremes of the scale, and reducing the number of response categories, probably to two.
Technical Abstract: Perceived self-efficacy (SE) for eating fruit and vegetables (FV) is a key variable mediating FV change in interventions. This study applies item response modeling (IRM) to a fruit, juice and vegetable self-efficacy questionnaire (FVSEQ) previously validated with classical test theory (CTT) procedures. The 24-item (five-point Likert scale) FVSEQ was administered to 1578 fourth graders from 26 Houston schools. The IRM partial credit model indicated the five-point response options were not fully utilized. The questionnaire exhibited acceptable (>0.70) reliability except at the extremes of the SE scale. Differential item functioning (DIF) analyses revealed no response bias due to gender. However, DIF was detected by ethnic groups in 10 items. IRM of this scale expanded what was known from CTT methods in three ways: (i) areas of the scale were identified that were not as reliable, (ii) limitations were found in the response format and (iii) areas of the SE scale levels were not measured. The FVSEQ can be improved by including items at the extreme levels of difficulty. DIF analyses identified areas where IRM can be useful to improve the functioning of measures.


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Wed. December 29, 2010 | Derek J. LaRiviere
BROOKSVILLE — The teams many considered the top contenders for the title in this week's Hernando Holiday Classic squared off in the first round Tuesday night, but Central came away disappointed in the opening result.
The Bears were pitted against Ravenwood to open the tournament and fell 71-44 to the program from Brentwood, Tenn.
Central (9-4) had difficulty with the Raptors (10-3) from the tip-off, falling behind 12-2. Things only got worse when the Bears' top weapon, Raqurra Ishmar, picked up three fouls in the first quarter and was forced to the bench. She missed the second quarter as Ravenwood opened up a 20-point halftime lead.
By the time Ishmar returned she had her hands full. The 17 points and 16 rebounds she put up weren't enough to bring the Bears back into it.
"We're not going to make any excuses," Central coach Penny Gressick said. "The effort wasn't there. We struggled on the offensive end, and we struggled on the defensive end."
Ravenwood was led by its own post presence as forward Erin Lauderdale gave Central fits on defense. She not only was able rebound well, but she stretched Bears' defense, knocking down three 3-pointers on the way to 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
As for the Central, the night wasn't an entire loss. Even though the team stretched its slump to three games, Ishmar and point guard McKenzie Burns eclipsed a major milestone. The senior forward has 1,013 points for her career while Burns, with her 12 for the game, has 1,003.
"We just lost three games in a row," Gressick said. "It's time for us to fight ourselves through this."
Earlier, Lake Wales defeated Nature Coast 35-31 to eliminate the Sharks. McKeel Academy downed South Lake 48-40 to advance to today's semifinals. Hernando, the host of the tournament, had a bye and will face Lake Wales in the semifinals.


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Sir Tom Stoppard is a master of understatement so it is perhaps fitting that he described Parade's End today as simply turning out "quite well" — despite record ratings.
Audience figures released this morning show the first episode of the period piece starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall attracted 3.5 million viewers, making it BBC2's biggest drama ratings hit in seven years.
Sir Tom said: "It's very nice it's worked out quite so well and I'm pleased at the interest in it."
His return to writing for television after a 35-year hiatus helped the channel to its strongest showing for a drama since the swords-and-sandals epic Rome in 2005.
It marks a rare Friday-night prime-time victory for BBC2 over BBC1 and ITV1 with a 15 per cent audience share, twice what it would usually achieve.
The drama, dubbed the "thinking man's Downton Abbey", scored five-star reviews across the board in the national papers. However, some viewers complained they could not make out the dialogue, questioning whether the sound quality was at fault.
Scriptwriter Terry Hodgkinson wrote on Twitter: "Bad sound quality. Dialogue and story hard to follow. Too much thespian exuberance and over-acting."
Viewer Tom Newsom added: "I liked Parade's End. Couldn't hear all of it, and didn't realise how 'big' it was, but it's certainly well made."
Another viewer, Carol Davenport, commented: "Hmm, the only things I'm enjoying in Parade's End are the costumes. Unlikeable characters, bad sound quality… had looked forward to it too."
Ruth Garde added: "Will definitely read Parade's End as TV version is disappointing. Found dialogue hard to follow (sound mix poor?) and pace too fast."
Adapted from a series of four novels by Ford Maddox Ford, the Edwardian drama — which starts, like Downton Abbey, in 1912 — revolves around a love triangle between a conservative English aristocrat, his socialite wife and a young suffragette.
TV critic Gerard Gilbert in The Independent said: "There are so many details to savour in this dense and ambitious BBC/HBO co-production that it will almost certainly reward multiple viewings."
Damien Timmer, executive producer of Parade's End, said: "It clearly needed exceptional talent to bring these modernist masterpieces to the screen, and working with Tom Stoppard on his adaptation has been such a privilege.
"His dedication to the project has been inspiring for all of us. There was a real chemistry between his scripts, Susanna White's brilliant direction and the ensemble cast led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall."
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Hehe, I'm going to build an AR15 pistol someday, just to CC it once.Quote:
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Hehe, I'm going to build an AR15 pistol someday, just to CC it once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dingle1911
Not quite true. Only have to inform them if you are carrying at the time. Otherwise you don't have to inform. I always do even when I'm not carrying. Has gotten me out of many a ticket :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock and Glock
While there is no limit specified in Michigan law, it was once mentioned in the past, by a certain FORMER Wayne County prosecutor that he was looking to bust, or have busted a Michigan CPL holder who had more than one pistol concealed on their person. His contention was that the license was for only one pistol.
However, I have been advised by both the State Police, and the State Attorney General's office that there is no legal limit on the number of Pistols(or revolvers) that can be carried with a CPL.
Also, fortunately, that former county prosecutor went on to a different job. :biggrin:
And, while concealed does mean concealed, in Michigan, IF your weapon(s) should become visible, you are not in a world of legal trouble, since OPEN carry is legal here also.
But I wouldn't advise anyone attempt open carry....specially in downtown Detroit. :wink:
Sometime Al - when I make time - I want to ''tool up'' with a load of carry pieces and take a pic - just for hell of it :biggrin:.
Not tho like the spoof vid of the kid with many weapons - just a pic showing several on waistband and sho rig added for good measure :smile:
From a practical POV tho - for most anyways - I think primary and BUG is usually ''it'' :wink:
Plus - I mean - heck - if we are ''permitted (bletch) to carry at all - then what the heck does it matter - if we have one or several - I mean - we only have two hands (or so I am told!). :silly:
Here in Oregon the permit is on the person not the gun hence as many as you can carry, or it gets to dangerous when around large bodies of water :wink:
MN...no limit or restrictions...open or concealed...must inform LEO if asked by them...DNR now is OK with carry in state parks. Now we're working on the "stand your ground" bit.
I suppose that when I'm in AZ I'll have to loose the BUG if they only allow 1 gun. Guess I'll call the AZ dept public safety before I ever go there.
Originally Posted by P95Carry
Ah, but our friend Bruce has those opposable toes - he could manage four 1911s .... I wonder if he practices weak foot clearance drills. :thk:
No limit on size, number, or caliber in Idaho.
I carried this and a Sig 226 to dinner with friends the other night. ;0
No restrictions in VA.
I too would like to have an AR Pistol so that I could CC, but because it would be very practical, but because I legally can. And I would really like to own an AR.
As many as I want.
New Mexico. Another unusual thing there is that places off-limits for carry include establishments that sell alcohol in any form. Even a convenience store.Quote:
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You're exactly correct, Sir. I left out that distinction, but it's good to know that it can work as an advantage at other times.Quote:
Originally Posted by san antone rr
Here in the Philippines civilians are allowed to carry 2 handguns and 1 rifle, or it depends on your permit to carry firearms license. I carry 2 .45 pistol with me.


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Ingredient finder
Orange Slice (Citrus sinensis)
The orange tree (Citrus aurantium dulcis) is a flowering tree with glossy, evergreen leaves and thorny branches. Its beautiful white flowers are fragrant and its fruits are juicy, orange berries called hesperidium. It is thought to be native to China and the Far East.
The bright colour of the fruits made them very popular, favoured especially by royalty. They are thought to be the fabled 'golden apples' grown in the garden of Hesperides in Greek mythology. They have since featured in many cultural traditions to symbolize fertility, prosperity and good luck.
Though the Arab traders brought bitter oranges to Europe, the Portuguese introduced the sweet orange in the 15th century. This became the favoured choice, as it was far more palatable. Columbus brought introduced the orange to the western hemisphere along with other citrus fruits.
Today, the main producers of sweet orange are Brazil, United States, Spain and Italy. Most of the oranges grown in United States come from Florida and California.


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Meyer Gets Another Commitment
Published October 15th, 2007
Urban Meyer has another verbal commitment for next year's class. He's Frankie Hammond Jr. Hammond, who's 6'0" and 160 pounds, is a wide receiver from Hallandale (Fla.) High School. He chose the Gators over scholarship offers from Miami and Boston College.
Hammond has a 3.7 GPA and 820 SAT and has 25 catches for 500 yards with seven touchdowns through seven games this season.
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As someone who gets a nose bleed if I go south of Knutsford; as a Mancunian who has lived and worked up north all my life; as a bloke whose only regret at being called a "professional northerner" is that it isn't a real job that you can actually apply for; what I am about to write pains me. But, nonetheless, I have to throw a bit of a wet blanket over the headline claims of Harden's 2009 UK Restaurant Guide, published tomorrow and already under discussion online.
As you may have already read, the guide that lets Joe Public speak (Harden's results are compiled from the scores of around 8,000 ordinary diners) is, this year, proclaiming that, certainly in gastronomic terms, the north/south divide is a myth. The new edition declares that Yorkshire is home to 113 "good quality restaurants", more than any other UK county, and over double the number in Surrey (43) or East Sussex (35). Meanwhile, there are more restaurants listed in Manchester than anywhere outside London.
I can see all those glib "the north is rising" headlines now, all backed up by a few hastily Googled restaurant recommendations. But, while Harden's may think that this is another fearless example of them speaking truth to power, I'm not exactly sure what the news is here.
Any northerner who takes even a passing interest in food knows that there are good restaurants in northern England, while even the thickest southerner, I presume, is dimly aware that it's not still 1952 up here? But let's not put too much gloss on it.
The vast majority of good restaurants in the north are in small towns and rural locations, and aren't easily accessible to most people. Eating well invariably means travelling, if you can, to the Ribble Valley, the Lakes or remote Yorkshire. A handful of notable exceptions and Chinatown aside, central Manchester is resolutely average. Unlike Leeds (Anthony's) and Liverpool (London Carriage Works), it can't even muster one genuinely ambitious dining room.
There might be great restaurants scattered throughout Yorkshire. There might even, at a push, be 113 of them. But in terms of choice and dynamism, in terms of a mature food culture, London's restaurant scene - to which the wider south east has ready access - is the best in the country, and always will be. There, I've said it.
The capital has everything from money to cultural diversity in its favour, so why compete? Why does the north allow itself to be repeatedly lured into a hopelessly one-sided competition that the media, and in this case, Harden's, likes to drum up between north and south, between London and the regions, between counties that don't bear any meaningful comparison. One (of many) reasons why a serious dining culture has never take root in Manchester, is because too many restaurateurs have been obsessed with just this competition, with putting Manchester on the map, and opening self-consciously Michelin-aspirant operations, rather than creating restaurants of genuine personality and soul, that suit the city's character.
Which is where many restaurateurs could take a tip from Harden's other big northern news story, Northcote.
Remarkably, the guide rates this restaurant-with-rooms near Blackburn as serving, outright, "the best food in Britain". It's not exactly a name out of nowhere, Northcote has held a Michelin star for years. But it makes a nice change from the Fat Duck topping every list going, and - while I haven't eaten there recently enough to pass specific, meaningful comment on current cooking standards - I'm all in favour of anything that adds lustre to chef, and co-owner, Nigel Haworth's reputation.
A persuasive advocate of regional, seasonal food, Haworth, and Northcote's head chef, Lisa Allen, create dishes that, whilst often modernist in their execution and presentation, are firmly rooted in the hearty, gutsy cooking of the Lancastrian hinterland. Indeed, it's interesting that the general public are so taken with this comparatively "traditional" food, while you might argue, jaded, sensationalist journalists and inspectors swoon over molecular pyrotechnics.
Haworth hasn't just instilled his culinary ethos at Northcote, either, but is spreading the word through a growing chain of pubs, one of which, the Highwayman, also takes Harden's regional award. Luckily, the pubs are a lot cheaper than Northcote, which, at £26-£30 for a main course, would make many Londoners blanch, never mind us northern monkeys. Prices aside, however, any restaurateur looking to do something of real national consequence in Sheffield, Newcastle or Manchester, would do well to follow Haworth's idealistic example.
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Worldwide, millions of people play and enjoy video and computer games featuring some of the most advanced graphics, sound, and artificial intelligence available on low-end hardware and computers today. As an entertainment form, in less than 30 years games have grown to almost surpass movie box office receipts, and games are one of the leading (if not the leading) reasons more and more people are watching less television. There is a powerful social shift that is positioning games as a key media form. The purpose of this project is to tap into the potential of games and discover what role this powerful new medium could have in improving health and health care. The project has three major components: community building within the gaming industry around health interests; exploring opportunities to enhance health via games; and assessing opportunities for health messages in games. The project will be considered successful if it clearly defines the potential applicability of games to improve the provision and quality of health care and public health, builds a community dedicated to advancing the state-of-the-art applications of game design and game technology to improve health and health care, and assists in the creation of smart health messaging in at least one mainstream game.
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Touring Texoma: Cynthia Ann Parker
In the last quarter century of the 1800's, Fort Sill was the center of activities for the southern plains.
The 1874 Red River War, or Buffalo War as it was called by many indians, was full of conflict over thousands of miles.
And, Fort Sill was the hub of that war.
One of the last great warriors to surrender his tribe in June, 1875 was Quanah Parker.
He was a half- white / half- Comanche Indian born in the Wichita Mountain area, south of Elk Mountain.
We're going to look in- depth at the story of Quanah Parker over the next two Thursdays.
First though, we're taking a tour of Texoma, to start closer to the beginning.
To tell Quanah Parker's story, you really have to start with his mother's.
The story of Cynthia Ann Parker, and really so many others kidnapped by an indian nation at war, has captivated the entire world's imagination and hearts for well over a 150- years.
Much of what the world knows about Cynthia Ann Parker and others taken captive by indians as children is fiction.
John Ford's 1956 classic, "The Searchers" starring John Wayne, was loosely based on other accounts, but Cynthia's was no doubt similar to those in many ways.
Towana Spivey: "It's a tragic story, but it's a story about life, about life in these southern plaines with these particular people and the environment they lived in."
Cynthia Ann Parker was born in 1827 in Illinois.
And as a little girl, her family joined a wagon train that brought them to East Texas, where in 1836, their settlement was attacked by tribes of indians.
"She was among several children who were captured at Fort Parker, and some of her family members were killed in that battle."
Spivey is the director and curator of Fort Sill's National Historic Landmark Museum.
"When indians left here going to Texas on raids, they often had objectives of taking captives."
"If they weren't lucky, they would become slaves. And, very often those slaves were killed, or they were sold, or traded."
But, Cynthia was one of the lucky ones.
"Raised Comanche, married a Comanche warrior named Peta Nocona, had 3- children. Quanah was the elder of the 3, and Pecos and Prairie Flower were the children."
Spivey says it was a classic example of stockholm syndrome, where the captive eventually identifies with the kidnappers.
That was most definitely the case here, even after Cynthia's recapture near Crowell.
"Texas Rangers hit it pretty hard. A lot of confusion. A lot of chaos. People running trying to get away. Tents, teepees knocked down. People shot. And, her running away. Finally was cornered. And, she turns and said................... think it was...... me Cynthia, or something like that."
A marker about 9- and- a- half miles northeast of Crowell off FM 98 commemorates the Pease River Battlefield. Erected in 1936 by the state of Texas, 100- years after the capture of Cynthia Ann Parker, it says nothing about the depression that followed her recapture at this sight.
Duane Johnson:"By accident they found this indian village out here on the Pease River in 1860, and she was recaptured back to the white people, which was a very unfortunate thing for her."
Scarlett Daugherty: "She was indian through and through when they captured her."
Both Duane Johnson, the Chairman of Foard County's Historical Committee, and the curator of Quanah's museum, Scarlett Daugherty agree with Towana Spivey.
Spivey: "She was part of a family, part of a tribe, part of a people, who was then taken away from those people in 1860 and returned to white relatives near the Dallas area. And, that situation, she had no role to play. She was a stranger. She did not relate to these people any longer."
"It was very hard, and she worried a lot about Quanah, her son, out there on the prairie, still roaming, still fighting, still trying to survive."
Cynthia would never see Quanah or Nocona again, and Pecos died when he was young.
Then, Cynthia stopped eating and drinking about the time Prairie Flower died possibly from pneumonia.
"Obviously, she was very emotionally upset and unhappy in her present circumstance, and she died, and it was often said she died from a broken heart. As to her real cause of death, I don't think anyone knows."
"The hair pin as far as we know is the only surviving artifact that belonged to Cynthia Ann."
And, there's the original marker for Cynthia's grave, before Quanah brought her remains along with his sister's, to the Fort Sill area for reburial.
While Cynthia Ann Parker's tragic story had far from a Hollywood happily ever after ending, it's a part of our Texoma heritage, and a story that in so many different ways should never be forgotten.
Quanah Parker took the news of what happened to his mother and sister very hard.
But that too may have only strengthened his resolve.
He became an extremely successful businessman and rancher, and even friend to American presidents.
Next Thursday, we'll begin spotlighting the last Comanche Chief, who even has a Texoma town in Hardeman County named for him.
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