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Multilevel Data/Complex Sample
posted on Monday, March 21, 2005 - 8:28 am
Hi. I was hoping to get your perspective on the following analysis scenario.
I have three level data—400 customers (level 1) that belong to 30 different customer groups (level 2). The 30 different customer groups, in turn, share 1 of 12 providers (level 3).
I have independent variables at the provider level (level 3) which I want to use to predict customer level perceptions (level 1).
I am NOT interested in modeling the multilevel nature of the data. Rather, I want to test a model using SEM that accounts for the complex design and provides unbiased parameter estimates and chi-square values.
If the provider (n=12) is used as the clustering variable, design effects fall below 2. However, if the customer group (n=30) is used as the clustering variable, design effects are substantially greater than 2.
So, if I specify a SEM model (using the type=complex specification) where the provider-level variables (level 3) are utilized to predict the customer-level variables (level 1) and use the customer group (n=30) as the clustering variable (to account for design effects), do I get unbiased parameter estimates and fit indexes? In other words, does the type=complex estimation procedure generate unbiased estimates even if the clustering variable (level 2) and predictor variables (level 3) are not at the same level?
Your comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
posted on Monday, March 21, 2005 - 5:46 pm
If the design effects for the provider clustering variable are small, I would not worry if you use type=complex with cluster = customergroup and level-3 predictors (including provider dummies). I think that is the way to go here.
Patchara Popaitoon
posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 3:37 am
I have two level data, employees (n = 1200) and work locations (outlet = 140). I controlled for the clustered standard error by using STRATIFICATION command and analysis TYPE = COMPLEX. The results are fine in general comparing between before and after I applied this, i.e. there are some changes in the significance level of the path estimates but this does not change the nature of results. However, I found p value of RMSEA changed significantly. Here is the results.
The model fit before applying this control.
RMSEA = .052 (CI = .051-.054) , p = .003.
The model fit after applying this control.
RMSEA = .044 (CI = .043-.046) , p = 1.000.
Could you please suggest why this is the case and whether the results obtained are reliable. Thanks.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 6:38 am
This is not enough information to answer your question. Please send the two outputs and your license number to
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 9:36 am
I would like to estimate cell means following a multilevel analysis with complex sample weights between and within. I have a cross-level interaction of a 2-category variable at level 1 and a 2-cat var at L2, so I'm using TYPE = COMPLEX TWOLEVEL RANDOM, and estimating the association between my response and the L1 predictor with a S_L1x | y ON x statement, and the cross-level interaction with S_L1x ON L2x at the BETWEEN level. I'm saving FACTOR SCORES to get the EB estimates. My question is, when I create a (say) Stata file with the factor scores and compute the estimated means for the four cells for the L1 by L2 interaction, are sampling weights already taken into account or should I use sampling weights again to estimate the means? The difference in estimates the two ways is not trivial in my data. Thanks! Bruce
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 2:08 pm
If you use the factor scores in a subsequent analysis, the weights should be used.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Tuesday, August 09, 2011 - 5:22 pm
Thanks Linda - Now I'm stuck again. Is there a way to get Mplus to give me estimated cell means for the cross-level interaction of two binary predictors (one at L1 and one at L2) from a multilevel model using TYPE = TWOLEVEL COMPLEX RANDOM? My other current software won't give me estimates with sampling weights at both the between and within levels. I can't figure out how to use TYPE = TWOLEVEL COMPLEX BASIC to give me cell means in Mplus. Best, Bruce
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 10:33 am
I'm a bit confused. I had the impression that you were interested in the random slope values. That you wanted factor scores = eb values for the random slope. When you say "cell means" I would think you refer to the cells of the 2 x 2 table of the L1 and L2 binary variables. But "means" of what? The random slope changes values only as a function of the L2 binary variable.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 11:13 am
Thanks Bengt - Perhaps I'm the one who is confused, but I have the idea that we should be able to get EB estimates (predicted scores) for each observation, allowing the computation of group means for the 2x2 cross-level interaction -- in a way similar to estimated means across time for a multilevel longitudinal analysis. So, if the L1 variable is L1Group, and the L2 variable is L2Group, I should be able to compute the means for obs in L1Group1 (of course, averaged up to L2) and L2Group1, L1G2 and L2G1, etc. The parameter estimates for the L2 intercept and the slopes in the output table should -- as a regression equation -- allow the estimation of these "cell means" at Level 2, but the EB estimates should also allow computing them for the L1Group by L2Group variables. I'd like to get the EB estimates to do that, because using the parameter estimates to compute them gave impossible values (negative) for two cell means in an analysis. Am I confused? - Bruce
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 12:40 pm
So are you talking about estimated cell means for the DV, not for the random slope? The random slope varies only over the cluster (Between) units. Maybe it helps us use the same language if we talk in terms of slide 45 of the Topic 7 most recent handout of 3/29/11 on our web site. There we have the L1 covariate x_ij and the L2 covariate w_j and we can choose to consider y_ij, beta_1j, or gamma_11 as our quantity of interest.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 1:53 pm
Thanks Bengt! Looking at Topic 7 slides 44 and 45, you have a random intercepts only model in 44 and a random slopes only model in 45.
Following Raudenbush & Bryk, what's missing is the combined model:
beta1 | y ON x; ! This gives us both beta0 and beta1
! beta0 = random intercept, in Mplus, latent y at Level 2
! beta1 = random slope
y ON w; ! y is the same as beta0j
! estimates gamma01
beta1 ON w; ! estimates gamma11
The combined model allows computation of the estimated means for all four cells.
It should be: y_ij = gamma00 + gamma01.w_j + gamma10.x_ij + gamma11.w_j.x_ij
The mean for x=0 and w=0 is the intercept: gamma00
The mean for x=0 and w=1 adds gamma00 and gamma01
The mean for x=1 and w=0 adds gamma00 and gamma10
The mean for x=1 and w=1 adds gamma00, gamma01, gamma10, and gamma11
I'd like to compute (what I think are) the marginal means for the four cells, where x is binary at L1, and w is binary at L2. I'm hoping that the EB estimates (factor scores) will help me check the computation. - Best, Bruce
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 1:58 pm
Whoops! I misspoke - Slide 45 has the intercept submodel from slide 44 included as beta0j. Sorry! - Bruce
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 2:58 pm
That clarifies what you want for me. So you want to compute those 4 means which are functions of the 4 gammas. That doesn't involve the EB for the random slope beta_1j. Slide 45 shows that the "reduced-form" line starting with "i.e." has expectation zero for the last two terms (conditional on x). So the 4 means are obtained simply by labeling the 4 gammas in the Model statement and using Model Constraint to express the 4 means as you did. That gives the means and their SEs. I hope I am understanding you correctly.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 3:55 pm
Mygosh - I think I got it! I think I should have taken Mplus 101. (Would that I could.) I hope that B. Byrne's new book will help me learn these basics that I've not yet learned! Could you check this example syntax to see if it is giving what I'm after? (I think it is, but it would be reassuring if you could confirm it.
s_mhsa | brdt60 ON mhsapt ;
brdt60 ON msa (p2) ;
s_mhsa ON msa (p3) ;
[s_mhsa] (p1) ;
[brdt60] (p0) ;
NEW (m0ms0); NEW (m0ms1); NEW (m1ms0); NEW (m1ms1);
m0ms0 = p0 ;
m0ms1 = p0 + p2 ;
m1ms0 = p0 + p1 ;
m1ms1 = p0 + p1 + p2 + p3 ;
Thanks! Bruce
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 4:11 pm
That looks right, except you don't want to fix the random slope residual variance at zero (
;) and you can simplify by saying:
NEW (m0ms0 m0ms1 m1ms0 m1ms1);
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 5:01 pm
Thank you so much, Bengt! Thanks for your suggestion about the random slopes, also. I specified random intercepts only models because some of the variables examined at L1, and their cross-level interactions, were based on very unbalanced variables across the level 2 units. Some models took much longer (relatively speaking) to converge, and I attributed that to the random slopes estimation. Fixing the random slope variance to zero resulted in models that converged more quickly. Do you in principal think that is unwise? Best, Bruce
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 5:44 pm
As a follow-up re random intercepts compared to random coefficients -- the estimated means from some RC models differ a meaningful amount, when random slopes are also estimated compared to the random intercept only models. That also makes me worry about the effect of unbalanced variables across level 2 units. Any thoughts? - bac
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http://forum.lividinstruments.com/discu ... server-com
It refers to a (redone) Off-Line editor I had not found before. This one seems to include all necessary materials (including JZZ.js and Jazz-Plugin), and works with the Web MIDI API. That is, It works (Win 10, 64-bit) in both Chrome and Opera (only).
Is there any benefit to us doing any further work (as we had proposed), or is the new Livid Off-Line version (which does not work On-Line for reasons they explain!) pretty much as good as it will get?
I presume so, but would appreciate your expert opinion.
Thanks again.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - That's right--time for 2009 resolutions Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Random Musings View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "That's right--time for 2009 resolutions" LunatiquememberMember #Joined: 27 Jan 2001Posts: 3303Location: Lincoln, California Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:02 pm Time for our little Sijun tradition. Last Year 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Mine from last year: 1) Complete the modeling of our house in China and build the studio I've always wanted (within reason)--with soundproofing, acoustic treatment...etc. Won't be cheap and won't be easy, but it's where we'll live for the foreseeable future, so we really need to love it. Pretty much finished, with a few minor details left that would take another couple of weeks. Overall, we're quite pleased with the result, despite a few things we wish we could've done differently. I've already posted photos of the new studio--I'll post photos of the rest of the home soon. 2) Make a full transition into composing and leave art behind. This might be tricky because I'll have art clients that'll still come to me, and it'll be hard to turn the projects down, especially if the money is good. But I've wanted to make a career change for many years now, and each year that goes by I get a little bit older (just turned 35), it seems less possible. If I don't do it now, it'll never happen. I might not get much paying gigs in 2008 for composing, since I need to ramp up and fill out my portfolio more, but the idea is to be making music at least 8 hours a day. I might start up a China Art department for the company I work for though, so I may not be able to make that transition as quickly as I'd like. Full transition to music still hasn't quite happened, since I've been very busy with the construction of the new home, and also writing the material for an online workshop I'll be teaching soon. The China studio never happened because the company I worked for picked Eastern Europe in the end over China, as we already had people there working remotely for us. I'm actually relieved because heading the entire China studio by myself and still remain the studio art director of the whole company (that's what they wanted) would've been way too stressful. I did work on a score for an indie sci-fi short film, but I had to drop out as the construction of our new home became too time-consuming. It was a good experience though. I'm looking forward to spending more time on music now that the new home/studio is finished, but soon I'll need to accompany Elena back to the States again to take care of her citizenship stuff, and this time we may have to stay for up to 6 months--that's 6 months without my music gears. I could do some stuff with a limited mobile setup, bit with "limited" being the keyword. 3) Eat healthier. Since moving back to the States, it's been hard to control the junk food intake, since I've missed all the goodies here I couldn't get in China. My bad habits are rubbing off on Elena too, so we really need to reign it in. In general we've been eating healthier. We're not eating like some health nut or anything, but compared to the average person I'm pretty sure we're doing really well. Every once a while we'd go on a junk food binge, so we still need to wean ourselves off of that urge. 4) Move up to the next level in all the instruments I play (guitar, bass, keyboard, drums). I'd like to reach session player level ASAP. My guitar, bass, and drums are about intermediate (compared to my heroes), and my bass is at advanced beginner (my guitar skills carried over for the most part well). It'll take me another few years to become advanced in all of them, but it's something you can't rush, so one step at a time. I've been practicing my instruments and I'm improving for sure. My drumming in particular has improved a lot. My guitar playing is getting back into the shape it used to be. My bass playing is improving, but I can't be too flashy on it yet (some minor slapping but nothing jaw-dropping). My keyboard is a little better as I've been doing the Rudess Jordan exercises. I also started playing harmonica (diatonic and chromatic) and I've been working on my note-bending. I'd like to be able to play a Toots Thielemans tune in the next year or two. An unexpected achievement that happened was I learned how to properly program subtractive synthesizers, and result of my sound design work got very high praises from veteran sound designers. I even got offers to do sound design for commercial synths--all this from just one 32-preset bank I released for Synth1. If having only done it for a very short period of time and I'm already getting this kind of response, then I'm sure I'll only get better from here on. 5) Once back in China, adjust my own attitude so that I won't be angry all the time with the society/government there like I was last time. I'm going back this time because we have business opportunities that have far more potential than my art directing career here. We are business owners there, with room for expansion and new investments. Being a salaried employee, even if you're an art director, you're still just an employee, with a cap on your potential earnings. Our businesses will allow us to live comfortably, and I get to have more free time to compose. This is a hard one. When you deal with the lack of professionalism and poor skills of the contractors you're paying good money for everyday, it's hard not to be pissed off. It's also very hard not to be pissed when you ride in a cab and the driver drives like it's a video game and your life is in danger every second (passing cars by driving into the oncoming traffic is the one that pisses me off every time, and I'd have to tell them not to do it every time I get in a cab). Shopping also wears on your nerves because the sales people are rarely knowledgeable or conduct business with professionalism, and the product quality is like playing Russian Roulette--you NEVER know which products you come home with will fail within the first week of ownership, or which vendor is lying about which feature to your face. So yeah, this may be something we'd never get used to, and we may have to simply wait for China to catch up to the rest of the developed world. And now, this year's resolutions: 1) Help Elena get her American citizenship. 2) Do a kickass job on the workshop I'll be teaching for cgtalk. 3) Start writing seriously again (novel, screenplays). 4) Continue to grow as a composer, musician, and sound designer. 5) Now that I've been away from doing art for a living for a bit, I'm finding myself slowly getting the old passion back. I'll probably start painting for myself again soon. I'm still going to refrain from making any resolutions about exercising, as it's proven to be something that I just don't seem to have the mentality for. If I happen to end up doing it regularly, then great--I'll make a resolution AFTER the fact to keep it up, but I'm not going to make a resolution about starting. Now that I have a proper studio, practicing drums is something I don't have to worry about anymore, so at least I burn some calories from drumming regularly.Last edited by Lunatique on Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:16 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top NaeemmemberMember #Joined: 13 Oct 2004Posts: 1222Location: USA Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:31 am With all the general "get better at art, lose weight/exercise, etc", I would say that my most important resolution would be to learn the Art of "small talk"/conversation when meeting new people, or people I don't know too well. I'm lacking in that field... Oh, and to find a new hobby, since art/painting is what i do 24/7 at school, and need an external source of inspiration._________________http://www.annisnaeem.blogspot.com/ Back to top VahnmemberMember #Joined: 05 Dec 2006Posts: 165Location: Berlin Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:48 am 1) start drawing and painting again 2) get healthy and fit 3) finish writing the short story i started Back to top alyssa milanomemberMember #Joined: 02 Aug 2008Posts: 94Location: uk Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:02 am Quote: This is a hard one. When you deal with the lack of professionalism and poor skills of the contractors you're paying good money for everyday, it's hard not to be pissed off. It's also very hard not to be pissed when you ride in a cab and the driver drives like it's a video game and your life is in danger every second hehe that`s somehow something i pretty much like after it. it just free your mind from all thoses worries you can get... once you step out the cab you feel grateful to just breath. sounds pretty healthy to me happy new year everyone! Back to top novamemberMember #Joined: 23 Oct 1999Posts: 751Location: seattle, wa Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 3:38 pm happy new year, all! from last year - be more organised -- check! - buy a computer -- check what i learned this year: - to cook 3 things at once for dinner. - run 2 miles a day most days a week. - that hanging out with your good friends makes everything better. SUPER CHEESY - that you need to plan and prepare for important things, like international trips. not *everything* can be spur of the moment and come out fine (though many things can and i will probably keep them that way) - to worry less about things that dont matter. - to oil paint. so for 2009: - further refine priorities - get to work before 11 most days - paint outside - finish my model cars - succeed with the current game project at work - plan and prepare for next 5 years see you back here in 1 year! ~ l_________________sketchblogLast edited by nova on Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:58 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top MaxmemberMember #Joined: 12 Aug 2002Posts: 3210Location: MIND Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:04 am Trying to loose everything in life that isn't of value. Trying to understand universe and everything beyond. Trying to reach the deepest there is. Trying to talk, act and be kindly. Trying to focus on nothing but everything. Trying to make everyone around me happy. Trying to let go. Even let go of trying to let go. Trying to be happy, everyday, every moment. Smile more and don't take myself and the universe too seriously! Cheers guys! Have a nice new Year! It'll be the best ever!!!!!!! WEEEEE Back to top fencejunior memberMember #Joined: 18 Aug 2008Posts: 6 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:03 pm I was just coming in to start this thread. Guess I'll never be punctual. Resolutions for 2008 wrote: 1.Slow and steady wins the race. (what?) 2. Be slightly more punctual. 3. Save money. 1. This was sort of a weak resolution. I guess I succeeded? 2. hahahahahahahahahahahahah I'm just going to quit resolving to do this. Every year, I promise to be more punctual. It doesn't happen. I live literally two minutes away from my job, so now I just leave 3 minutes after I'm already supposed to be there, knowing that I'm going to only be 5 minutes late. It's ridiculous. The only way I'll ever be more punctual at this point is a major sea change in my entire approach to life. Maybe it'll happen some time, but it won't be of my own making. 3. This one was a great success. Starting in January, I started writing down every cent that I earned and spent on a little pack of index cards that I kept in my left butt pocket. Instantly, my spending habits improved. I was spending so much money on worthless, fleeting creature comforts that I couldn't even remember two hours later. They add up quickly. I was amazed at how much the quality of my life improved once I took control of my finances. STUFF I LEARNED THIS YEAR 1. How to cook. This is figurative. I've been working in restaurants for close to 8 years now, but I only started working in a really decent fine dining joint about 9 months ago. The progress I've made is outstanding, and painful. This sort of fits in with my "slow and steady" blah blah blah from last year. I started the job as a kitchen manager of another restaurant, and so expected a small amount of prestige from day one. Instead, they started me out on salads (bottom of the totem pole in restaurant terms). I was hurt and embarassed, but I was determined to work my way up. It's been hard: chefs are famous for their tempers, and I work with four. I usually work from about three in the afternoon to one in the morning. But, slowly and surely I've worked my way up to saute (hotshot fancy pants position in a restaurant). In the meantime, I've learned more about cooking in nine months than I have in literally my entire life up to that point. And I'm still learning at an insane pace. Every night I'm learning something new. 2. Save your money! I thought being cheap would make my life boring and Dickensian. Turns out, it drastically increased the quality of my life. In six months of saving my money, I was able to 1. finally buy that dslr that I'd been resolving to for three years. I paid cash. 2. buy a cheap car, cash again. 3. eat at better restaurants and generally have nicer things. And I actually make less money at my new job than I did at my old one. 3. General wisdom. It's hard to describe eloquently, but I just feel.. smarter. I've had some seismic ruptures in my life in the last few months, and most of them have made me stronger and wiser. Maybe this is what getting old feels like. STUFF I'D LIKE TO LEARN IN 2009 No resolutions here, for me. I'd rather just live my life with the intent of learning as much as I can. 1. What kind of photos I really want to take. I've been taking photos for 13 years now and I still don't know what sort of photos I really want to take. Maybe this is something I can learn from you guys. How do I find my voice? I'm paralyzed with indecision, because I'll go out with my camera and not want to take any photos, for fear that it'll be a cliche, or that it just won't be a good photo. 2. How to bake. I'm not really a very good baker. It's not usually required of a savory cook. Still, I love sweets, and I love bread, and the strict food science behind it fascinates me. 3. How to bunny hop. Yeah. You know. The bicycle trick. I still can't do it. It's embarassing. [/quote] Back to top Petri.JmemberMember #Joined: 04 Dec 2003Posts: 437Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:56 pm I will propably try not to promise anything, and perhaps start using more words like "should", "might" and "definetly maybe (and spell it wrong)". Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:07 pm I resolve to take no shit from anyone. I don't think I did last year, and I'm not really sure what the full implications of taking no shit are, or even how one goes about it, but it seems like a good resolution to make. I also resolve to stop worrying, which should be easy, since I haven't even started. Back to top LunatiquememberMember #Joined: 27 Jan 2001Posts: 3303Location: Lincoln, California Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:56 pm fence wrote: I was just coming in to start this thread. Guess I'll never be punctual. Hahaha. I used to be pretty bad with punctuality, and since getting married my wife's been on my ass about it. I'm better than before but still not perfect. The trick for me is to simply set a rule and follow it like a robot instead of "reasoning" with yourself and giving yourself excuses. If I set a rule to get dressed and ready 5 minutes before the designated time we're to leave the house, then that's what I'll do. Once dressed, I'll simply sit back down to do what I was doing before, but because I'm dressed, once it's time to leave, I simply save whatever file I was working on and turn off the monitor, and that's it. I get really bad when I'm in the middle of replying to a forum post though--I hate leaving a post half-way typed and not posted. I have a friend that's very passionate about cooking, and he's been trying to get into Per Se (sister restaurant of French Laundry). I even helped him write his cover letter to them. I love talking to him because he teaches me so much about food. If I wasn't so immersed in multiple creative endeavors already, I'd probably get into cooking as well. One fear I do have is that the more you get into it, the harder it becomes to tolerate mediocre cooking, and you end up not being able to enjoy many foods you otherwise wouldn't have complained about. When I take him out to eat I always fear he's going to hate the food. Regarding photos--I think you should first find out what kind of photography you're most interested in as a fan. Go to the photography section of your local book store and just browse of an hour or two. Soak it in and see what you respond to the most. For me, even though I enjoy all photography, I always respond to human subjects the most, with emphasis on attractive females. When I take photos, I usually have two things in mind: 1) Am I doing this to improve my photography skill? 2) Am I doing this mainly to record a moment in my life? For the first, I usually setup some kind of imaginary assignment for myself, like I want to shoot a session of product photography that could be used in some magazine ad, or I want to shoot food photography that could be used in a menu, or I want to shoot street photography that would be suitable for journalism, or I want to shoot beautiful women just to capture their beauty. Once I became good enough I started to take on pro gigs, and that's a great way to put your skills and knowledge to the test. For the latter, I don't really think too much about it and just shoot. I try to streamline my lighting control for the latter so I can move very fast and be as spontaneous as possible (usually hotshoe flash bounced, and sometimes with a reflector to bounce off of). Back to top fencejunior memberMember #Joined: 18 Aug 2008Posts: 6 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:54 pm you know, one thing i've learned about chefs is that you never get over your love for simple comfort food. at a certain point you learn to call it "peasant food" (a derogatory, pretentious term, but everyone uses it), but you still love it nonetheless. hence, ratatouille. on the other hand, if you do try and impress him with some haute cuisine type place, he'll probably criticize the menu relentlessly, especially if he's applying to Per Se (Keller is probably my favorite chef, by the way; I made reservations for French Laundry back in August, but my girlfriend broke up with me and I couldn't justify the money on anyone else). so, yeah. take him to authentic immigrant restaurants (Chinese especially!) and you can't go wrong. 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One teen was driving west on Long Creek Road in a white 1997 Dodge Durango truck and the other teen was traveling east in a 1991 Nissan pickup. "Both drivers were on the wrong side of the road," said Trooper Rodgers, "and were trying to get back into their own lanes when they hit head on at 8:11 a.m."
"Both drivers admitted to playing the road game "Chicken" which caused the accident," added Trooper Rodgers. "The drivers were both unrestrained and one teen was transported to Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin by ambulance and then transported to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee." He has since been released.
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By Brenda Goodman, MA
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Latest Allergies News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Dec. 3, 2012 -- People exposed to higher levels of certain germ- and weed-killing chemicals may also be more likely to develop food allergies, a new study shows.
The chemicals are called dichlorophenols (DCPs). They are created by the breakdown of common pesticides, including chlorinated chemicals used to purify drinking water. They also turn up in moth balls, air fresheners, deodorizer cakes in urinals, and certain herbicides sprayed on crops.
"They're quite common," says researcher Elina Jerschow, MD, an allergist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y.
Doctors don't know why, but rates of food allergies are rising in the U.S. A 2008 study by the CDC found an 18% jump from 1997 to 2007.
Jerschow wondered if increased protection from germs might somehow be lowering the body's tolerance to foods.
Pesticides and Food Allergies
Using data collected by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), she compared levels of the chemicals in urine to antibodies to foods in the blood.
She admits that's an imperfect way to measure food allergies, since people can be sensitive to certain foods without having any problems when they eat. Of the 2,211 people included in the study, most had detectable levels of DCPs in their urine. About 400 showed sensitivity to at least one food, like peanuts, eggs, or milk. More than 1,000 people were sensitive to an environmental allergen, like ragweed or pet dander.
People with the highest levels of of the chemicals were nearly twice as likely to show sensitivity to at least one food compared to those with lowest levels of those chemicals. That remained true even after researchers adjusted their data to account for other factors, like race, age, and a diagnosis of allergies or asthma.
"For some reason, in our study, we found people who were sensitized to foods had the highest levels of dichlorophenols," Jerschow says.
The study is published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
More Research Needed
The study doesn't prove that DCPs cause food allergies. It merely shows the two are related in some way.
Still, the study lends some support to an idea called the hygiene hypothesis. The hygiene hypothesis suggests that the cleaner our environment, the sicker we become, since our immune system has been robbed of the opportunity to meet and fight off invaders.
Experts who were not involved in the research say the idea that pesticides may be a driver of food allergies is an interesting idea, but they aren't yet convinced of the connection.
"The massive increase in food allergies is a relatively recent phenomenon, but we have been using chlorine to disinfect tap water since the mid-19th century. So it does not seem likely that the source of the problem is chlorinated tap water," says Elizabeth Scott, PhD, co-director of the Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community at Simmons College in Boston.
But since drinking water isn't the only source, it may be that we've reached a kind of environmental tipping point with these chemicals.
It's an idea that needs more study, she says.
SOURCES: Jerschow, E. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, December 2012. Elina Jerschow, MD, assistant professor of Allergy and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; attending physician, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. Elizabeth Scott, PhD, co-director, Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community, Simmons College, Boston.
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The Potions Beginner's Luck Badge was an award given by the Potions Club to students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the 1996–1997 school year, regardless of their house. To receive the badge, students had to simply brew a successful potion in the Potions Club.[1] The badge was a Potions Gold Badge.
Behind the scenes
- In the PlayStation 3 version of the video game, the Potions Beginner's Luck Badge is a Bronze trophy and can be earned fairly easily early in the title.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- ↑ She had to brew at least one potion to be in the Potions Club (see Potions Club Member Badge), if she brewed one successful potion in the club, she received the badge
- ↑ MyCheats
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Dixie Egg Company of Jacksonville has donated 86,400 eggs to the Second Harvest North Florida food bank to help put food on the tables of the hungry for the Easter season.
"We are thrilled to donate much-needed proteins to the Second Harvest Food Bank just in time for the Easter holiday." said Jacques Klempf of Dixie Eggs.
"This is an amazing blessing for us at this time of year," said Bruce Ganger, executive director of Second Harvest. "Eggs are excellent sources of nutrition and proteins for those who are hungry and for those who have food allergies and dietary restrictions. This is the perfect gift at the perfect time."
The donation equals 7,200 dozen eggs.


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San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approved the country's tiniest apartments last week, 220-square-foot pads that can be occupied by no more than two people, according to The Los Angeles Times.
375 units of these apartments will be built to help deal with the affordable housing crisis in San Francisco, where the average studio currently rents for $2,000 a month.
The new micro-apartments would rent for $1,200 to $1,500 a month, considerably less.
At that size and price point, these apartments are made for young, single professionals who are in the city purely to work.
But not everyone is happy with the new apartments.
According to the LA Times, tenants' rights advocates feel that tiny pads are not doing anything "to ease the strain on families and would push the city further down the road as a playground for young singles."
And Supervisor David Campos told The AP, " Even though they do maximize their use of the space, you are still talking about very small units being very expensive. If these places that are 200 square feet are going for $1,500, what is that going to do to the rest of housing prices in San Francisco?"
But Scott Wiener, another supervisor, supported the plan, telling The LA Times: "Family-sized housing is important, and its development should be encouraged. But many — including seniors, students and transition-age youth — do not need as much space or cannot afford it. These units will be a viable alternative."
At those price points and sizes, and with a two-person limit, it sounds like anyone hoping to live in a micro-apartment will have to be rich and single.
The tiny apartments are also popping up in cities such as New York City, London, Warsaw, and Dongguan, China.


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The revival of �The Dixie Swim Club,� comes to the Cullman Performance Hall stage this week at the North Carolina History Center.
The revival of �The Dixie Swim Club,� comes to the Cullman Performance Hall stage this week at the North Carolina History Center.
It is a comedy of five unforgettable women who age on stage. Sue Baldwin, Barbara Huddle and Patsy White will reprise their roles from the original cast. They are joined by Mary Ann Stinson as Jeri Neal and Andrea Owens as Sheree.
When the show debuted here in 2008, it drew more than 1,000 people for multiple performances.
This time, shows are Thursday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a 3 p.m. matinee on Sunday.
Tickets are $19 in advance. Unsold tickets may be available at $22 at the door. Tickets are available in New Bern at Craven Arts Council, 308 George St., Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or call 638-2577.
The show is produced and directed by veteran actor and showman Paul White.
It is the story of five southern women whose friendship began more than 20 years before on their college swim team. They set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina�s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other�s lives.
The story focuses on four of those weekends and spans 33 years.
�As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on each other, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenthood, divorce, aging) that life flings at them,� White said. �And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives, these friends prove the enduring power of teamwork by rallying �round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. The ladies have aged from 40s to 70s by the last scene.�
Branch�s Furniture will provide set furnishings. 94.1 WNBU radio station is a media sponsor.


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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 - The Muslim world erupted in anger on Friday over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in Europe while the Bush administration offered the protesters support, saying of the cartoons, "We find them offensive, and we certainly understand why Muslims would find these images offensive."
Streets in the Palestinian regions and in Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia and Malaysia were filled with demonstrators calling for boycotts of European goods and burning the flag of Denmark, where the cartoons first appeared.
While a huge rally in the Gaza Strip was peaceful -- and many leaders warned against violence -- some of the oratory was not.
"We will not accept less than severing the heads of those responsible," one preacher at Al Omari mosque in Gaza told worshipers during Friday Prayer, according to Reuters. Other demonstrators called for amputating the hands of the cartoonists who drew the pictures.
Many Muslims consider it blasphemy to print any image of Muhammad, the founder of Islam, let alone a cartoon that ridicules him.Continue reading the main story
The set of a dozen cartoons has outraged Muslims as being provocative and anti-Muslim, while many Europeans have defended their publication under the right to free speech.
One cartoon depicts Muhammad with a turban in the shape of a bomb. Another shows him at the gates of heaven, arms raised, saying to men who seem to be suicide bombers, "Stop, stop, we have run out of virgins." A third has devil's horns emerging from his turban. A fourth shows two women who are entirely veiled, with only their eyes showing, and the prophet standing between them with a strip of black cloth covering his eyes, preventing him from seeing.
Since being published in Denmark in September, they have been reprinted in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Hungary, as well as in Jordan. They are also on the Internet. Editors at the papers in France and Jordan were fired.
The United States has been trying to improve its image in the Arab world, badly damaged by the Iraq war and American support for Israel.
The State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack, reading the government's statement on the controversy, said, "Anti-Muslim images are as unacceptable as anti-Semitic images," which are routinely published in the Arab press, "as anti-Christian images, or any other religious belief."
Still, the United States defended the right of the Danish and French newspapers to publish the cartoons. "We vigorously defend the right of individuals to express points of view," Mr. McCormack added.
At the United Nations, Secretary General Kofi Annan also criticized the publication of the cartoons, but urged Muslims to forgive the offense and "move on."
"I am distressed and concerned by this whole affair," he said. "I share the distress of the Muslim friends, who feel that the cartoon offends their religion. I also respect the right of freedom of speech. But of course freedom of speech is never absolute. It entails responsibility and judgment."
For the Bush administration, talking about the uproar represented a delicate balancing act. A central tenet of the administration's foreign policy is the promotion of democracy and human rights, including free speech, in countries where they are lacking. But a core mission of its public diplomacy is to emphasize respect for Islam in the wake of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Major American newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, did not publish the caricatures. Representatives said the story could be told effectively without publishing images that many would find offensive.
"Readers were well served by a short story without publishing the cartoon," said Robert Christie, a spokesman for Dow Jones & Company, which owns The Wall Street Journal. "We didn't want to publish anything that can be perceived as inflammatory to our readers' culture when it didn't add anything to the story."
In a midafternoon meeting on Friday, editors at The Chicago Tribune discussed the issue but decided against publishing the cartoons. "We can communicate to our readers what this is about without running it," said James O'Shea, the paper's managing editor.
Most television news executives made similar decisions. On Friday CNN ran a disguised version of a cartoon, and on an NBC News program on Thursday, the camera shot depicted only a fragment of the full cartoon. CBS banned the broadcast of the cartoons across the network, said Kelli Edwards, a spokeswoman for CBS News.
Only ABC showed a cartoon in its entirety, lingering over the image for several seconds during Thursday's evening news broadcast and on "Nightline." "We felt you couldn't really explain to the audience what the controversy was without showing what the controversy was," said Jeffrey Schneider, a spokesman.
In France, where rioting broke out last year among its sizable Muslim population, President Jacques Chirac released a statement on Friday defending free speech but also appealing "to all to show the greatest spirit of responsibility, of respect and of good measure to avoid anything that could hurt other people's beliefs."
In Gaza, a pamphlet released by gunmen at the European Union office threatened harm to "churches."
Hamas leaders, showing how their role has changed since their election success last week, quickly and publicly reacted to calm fears of Gaza's small Christian population, only 3,000 people. On Thursday a top Hamas leader, Mahmoud Zahar, visited the only Catholic church in Gaza to condemn any threats against Christians.
"He said he is protecting us not because he is Hamas," said the Rev. Manuel Musallam of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church, who said he has long and friendly relations with Hamas. "But he is protecting Christians and our institutions as the state of Palestine and as a government."
Palestinian Talks on Government By The New York Times
GAZA, Feb. 3 -- Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and a top leader of the defeated Fatah, arrived in Gaza on Friday night to begin initial talks with Hamas about forming a new government.
Hamas also seemed to be making possible moves toward Israel: In an article published Friday in a Palestinian newspaper, Khaled Mashal, the top Hamas political leader, who lives in Syria, said that while Hamas would never recognize Israel's right to exist, it was prepared to discuss a long-term truce.
"If you are willing to accept the principle of a long-term truce, then we will be ready to negotiate with you over the conditions of such a truce," he wrote.
Previous Hamas statements about a truce included, among other demands, the requirement that Israel pull back to its 1967 borders.
In a moment of particular tension on all sides since Hamas's election, at least two homemade rockets were fired Friday from northern Gaza into an Israeli kibbutz, seriously injuring a 7-month-old baby, the Israeli military reported.
Three others were injured lightly when one rocket hit a house on the outskirts of Kibbutz Karmia, about five miles north of Gaza. The army reported that it fired artillery back into Gaza. Islamic Jihad later claimed responsibility for the attack.Continue reading the main story


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Feb. 1, 2008
The Bisons are gaining momentum. Lipscomb played a tough match versus in state oppenent UT-Martin on Friday, February 1st at Whitworth. Standout players included Joe McArdle, Jeff West, Daniel Hangstefer, and Josh Cummings.
1) Hangstefer/Hernandez vs. Bruwer/Yesipov UT-Martin Won 8-5
2)Mizell/Cummings vs. Slabbert/Krywaz UT-Martin Won 8-6
3)McArdle/West vs. Markov/McRae LU Won 8-6
1) Joe McArdle vs. Andrey Yespov UT-Martin Won 6-0,6-2
2) Jeff West vs. Stephan Bruwer UT-Martin Won 6-0, 6-0
3) Daniel Hangstefer vs Chris Slabbert LU Won 6-3, 7-5
4) James Murrell vs. Alfredo Krywez UT-Martin Won 6-3, 6-1
5) Josh Cummings vs. Stewy McRae LU 9-8
6) Mario Hernandez vs. Petr Markov UT-Martin 8-4
Coach Harris said, "Tonight was an excellent showing of the strides we have made in doubles. All three doubles teams played with the intensity and discipline needed to win consistently at this level. Unfortunately some of the bounces didnt go our way and we came up on the short end of the stick."
"Going into singles we knew we had a great opportunity to win however coming off the tough loss in doubles proved to be a lot to overcome. The guys are getting better and continually are putting forth the effort needed to overcome more close matches down the road in the season."
The Bisons will travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana to play IPFW on February 22nd. Their next home match will be versus USC-Upstate on March 7th here in Nashville.


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Archive for January 17th, 2010
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – A Day at Camp Wentz
by Sherry Stocking Kline
January 17, 2010
Here's my Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – one day (almost two) late!
Hey there, it's Saturday Night, time for more Genealogy Fun from Randy Seaver at Geneamusings!!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music!), is:
1) Remember when you were 12 years old? On a summer day out of school? What memory do you have of fun activities?
2) Tell us about that memory (just one – you can do more later if you want to) in a blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a comment on Facebook.
I was twelve years old. And it was my second trip to Camp Wentz. My mom and dad thought it would be good for me to go, and they were right.
At Camp Wentz, the day began with giggly, groggy girls dragging out of their bunk beds, and hurrying to the bathroom cabin. In my case, I struggled each morning to tame my past-the-waist-length sun-streaked-blonde hair into scruffy braids, then walked the 100 yards or to to eat breakfast in the dining hall and watch for the cute blond kid I had a crush on. (oh, be still my twelve-year-old heart)
I learned how to Braid plastic keychains…
Then there were crafts in the dining hall where I learned how to braid plastic key chains and lanyards as gifts for my parents. I was much better at braiding those than my hair. (I brought home a keychain for mom, and a watch 'chain' for my dad's pocket watch, which he promptly put on his watch, and then unfortunately it broke within the first week I was home)
Then there were devotional studies, and my absolute morning favorite, the one hour swim time before lunch.
Then lunch (more keeping my eyes peeled for the cute blond kid) and afterwards back to the cabins to rest and write letters to our parents back home.
My mom still has and still laughs about one of my first letters back home with the quote:
"Hi Mom and Dad, I miss you, but not very much…"
Then it was time for late afternoon swim. I loved going swimming, and turning into a prune didn't worry me, and that was before we knew that sunburns had long-term consequences, so I spent all the time I could on outdoor activities and swimming.
So much so that when I went home I shocked my mother who said that I "was brown as an Indian" and she spent the whole next week trying to scrub the tan off of my neck, convinced part of it had to be dirt. (I swear a couple of times it felt like she was using a pot scrubber on me…)
Located on the side of a hill, Camp Wentz with it's limestone cabins, many trees, and lakeside location was very picturesque.
Every night as we sat on the side of a hill for our devotionals the lights of the city across the lake twinkled in the distance. Sitting on the side of the hill, listening to lessons about God's love for us, watching the sun set (and yes, fighting the mosquitoes and watching for the blond kid) we sang Bible school songs and hymns.
"We are Climbing Jacob's ladder…."
And every night, after devotionals were over, as we climbed back up the hill we sang "We are climbing Jacob's ladder…. Every rung goes higher, higher… our flashlights bobbing in the dark like little fireflies as we wove our way back to our cabins where bedtime prayers and ghost stories blended together in the time before sleep came.


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VERMONT — Proposed changes to Vermont's maple syrup grading system are stirring up controversy in the sugaring community.
The changes, which would implement a new set of international grading standards that are consistent across state and national boundaries, are supported by those who feel it will make Vermont syrup more competitive on a bigger world stage. But others say Vermont's already got the upper hand, and a change in labeling would not help the Vermont brand.
ADDISON COUNTY — In his 34 years of maple sugaring, Starksboro's Dave Folino has encountered few winters like this one. With some local spotters noting temperatures soaring eight degrees above average last month and more than six degrees above average in December, the sap has been flowing steadily.
"It's not really a winter," said Folino. "It's pretty much a perpetual sugar season."
ADDISON COUNTY — While Vermont's heavy snows and chilly spring temperatures drove many local residents into a frenzy, maple sugarmakers across the state celebrated their sweetest year in almost a century.
Vermont took the maple cake once again, leading the nation in syrup production with a whopping 1.14 million gallons in 2011, which accounts for about 40 percent of the nation's 2.79 million gallons, according to figures released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
NEW HAVEN — The chorus of spring peepers' early season song marks the end of maple sugaring season. For many sugarmakers across the lower elevations of Addison County's Champlain Valley, last weekend likely marked this sugar season's final sap run.
"I'm boiling in the frog run," bellowed George Crane over the roar of his wood-fire evaporator.
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) plans to seek industry interest next month in an Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) which will be capable of delivering a payload up to 5,000 lb. to space for less than $5 million per launch.
The XS-1 is targeted at flying at Mach 10 plus and generating a sortie rate of up to 10 times over 10 days. The program compliments the agency's ongoing Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (Alasa) program, which is developing an air launch system for small satellites, and appears to be a partial revival of the Air Force Research Laboratory's abandoned Reusable Booster System (RBS) Pathfinder.
Like RBS, the XS-1 would be based on a hypersonic first stage which would deliver payloads to low Earth orbit via one or more expendable stages. The first stage would return autonomously to the launch site for reuse. Darpa, which is expected to issue a Broad Agency Announcement for XS-1 shortly, says "modular components, durable thermal protection systems and automatic launch, flight, and recovery systems should significantly reduce logistical needs, enabling rapid turnaround between flights."
The initiative was unveiled at the recent Space 2013 conference in San Diego by Darpa Tactical Technology Office Deputy Director Pam Melroy. Although the agency has released artist's impressions of winged XS-1 concepts, Melroy emphasizes the goal is reusability and the method of achieving that is up to interested parties. Darpa also believes that some reusable technology features of the Alasa contenders could also feature in the larger capacity XS-1. The agency has awarded Alasa concept study contracts to Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Virgin Galactic, as well as separate technology development contracts to other contenders.
Ironically, it was at the same conference last year that news emerged of the termination of the Pathfinder project. By that time one of the three contestants, Lockheed Martin, had begun hot fire tests of a rocket engine designed to power its RBS demonstrator. The sub-scale Pathfinder was being developed under the AFRL's RBS Flight and Ground Experiments (RBS-FGE) program. The Pathfinder was expected to lead to a larger-scale demonstrator and, ultimately, a full-scale reusable successor to the current Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) family beyond 2025.
Consisting of a vertically-launched reusable first stage and expendable upper stage, the RBS was designed to cut launch costs by more than 50% compared to conventional Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. Other contenders included concepts from Andrews Space and Boeing. All three were exploring rocket-powered, winged designs that were to demonstrate a vertical launch followed by an autonomous, aircraft-like horizontal landing near the launch site.
Flight tests of the Pathfinder were originally expected to begin in 2015 and run through into 2016. No projected time frame for the proposed XS-1 has been announced.


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When it came to fashion, the Oscar red carpet was all about fire and ice as a majority of female stars opted to wear either bold, fiery hits of red or pale, cool shades of shimmery silver.
Jennifer Lawrence exhibited the power of red in a silk crepe tank dress from the Calvin Klein collection. The silhouette was the epitome of simplicity The scoop-neck, body-hugging sheath with not one bell, whistle or sequin let a vivid shade of red do all the work.
Showing the more dramatic side of red, Anne Hathaway wore a strapless scarlet Valentino gown with plenty of volume at the skirt and delicate rosettes cascading down the side. The event's co-host looked classic in the designer's signature shade, with a simple updo, red lips and a 94-carat Tiffany Lucida Star diamond necklace to break up all the bold color.
Sandra Bullock wore a similar gown, this one by Vera Wang. Like Hathaway's, her skirt had plenty of volume. The strapless bodice was structured, showing off Bullock's small waist and toned arms. It was quite a different look for Bullock, who arrived to accept her lead actress award last year in a pale gold gown and Veronica Lake hair. (This year, her hair was twisted into a regal updo.)
New mom Penelope Cruz looked svelte in a red silk dress with hand-embroidered sequins by L'Wren Scott. But perhaps the most arresting version of the color was worn by Jennifer Hudson, who showed off her newly slender figure in a warm tangerine halter gown by Atelier Versace.
Those who didn't get revved up in red shone in metallic shades, mostly silver. Mandy Moore was a surprising showstopper in a silver, crystal-smattered Monique Lhuillier dress. The crystals were sparse at her chest, dense at her waist, looking almost as if the designer had gently swept sparkles across Moore for an ethereal effect that was eye-catching but light as air.
The shade also looked fresh on Michelle Williams, in a silvery-white beaded Chanel haute couture gown from the spring-summer 2011 collection. Her signature platinum pixie cut was cool but not icy.
Halle Berry was stunning in a silver Marchesa gown with champagne tulle appliqué at the hem of the skirt and a gentle row of ruffles at the strapless neckline.
The year's youngest nominee, Hailee Steinfeld, dazzled in a pale pink, tea-length Marchesa gown festooned with crystals, which the actress said she initially sketched herself and helped design. Like her other red carpet choices this season, this one showed that the actress clearly has an eye for fashion and for looking charmingly age-appropriate.
Other ice queens on the carpet were Gwyneth Paltrow in a pale gold Calvin Klein column gown and Hilary Swank in a heavily textured, silver strapless gown from Gucci.
Neither ice nor fire, but certainly on the warm side of the spectrum, were Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. Both actresses donned a darker version of red that bordered on burgundy — Johansson in a form-fitting lace gown from Dolce & Gabbana and Portman in an off-the-shoulder draped gown by Rodarte (her usual go-to for red-carpet dresses, though this was the first time she's worn the label during this award season).
Accessories were surprisingly subtle for the most part, save for a few major statement pieces. Amy Adams jazzed up her L'Wren Scott column gown with a Cartier necklace that layered over the navy blue beads of the dress. Portman looked radiant in Tiffany rubellite tassel earrings with rose-cut diamonds. Nicole Kidman added even more sparkle to her white, origami-esque Dior haute couture gown with a long 150-carat diamond necklace from Fred Leighton that she shortened to wear as a choker around her neck, letting the rest of the diamonds drip down her back.
But as most everyone knows, all these on-loan sparkly baubles will be returned, and the most coveted accessory of the night is the golden statuette.


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The book includes schematics for each hat, a wonderful sizing chart for hats (a perfect reference to have on-hand), 20 patterns for boys and girls, an illustrated instructional and technique section, an abbreviation glossary, multiple photos of each pattern, a wide range of easy to find yarns.
There are hats that use garter stitch and short row shaping, hats that use stockinette stitch and many textured hats as well. A couple of the hats sport buttons which I love.
I love the simple designs the most. The photos are clear and sweet and detail oriented.
How wonderful is this simple but glorious handknit hat? I absolutely adore it.


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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
The file
"acl2-customization.lisp" is automatically loaded, via
ld, the first time
lp is called in an ACL2 session, provided
such a file exists on the current directory. Except for the fact
that this
ld command is not typed explicitly by you, it is a
ld command, with one exception: any settings of
specials are remembered once this call of
ld has completed. For
example, suppose that you start your customization file with
(set-ld-skip-proofsp t state), so that proofs are skipped as it is
loaded with
ld. Then the
ld special
ld-skip-proofsp will remain
after the
ld has completed, causing proofs to be skipped in your
ACL2 session, unless your customization file sets this variable back
nil, say with
(set-ld-skip-proofsp nil state).
The customization file
"acl2-customization.lisp" actually
resides on the connected book directory; see cbd. Except, if
that file does not exist, then ACL2 looks for
"acl2-customization.lisp" on your home directory. If ACL2 does
not find that file either, then no customization occurs and
enters the standard ACL2 read-eval-print loop.
If the customization file exists, it is loaded with
ld using the
usual default values for the
ld specials (see ld). Thus, if an
error is encountered, no subsequent forms in the file will be
To create a customization file it is recommended that you first give
it a name other than
"acl2-customization.lisp" so that ACL2 does
not try to include it prematurely when you next enter
lp. Then,
while in the uncustomized
lp, explicitly invoke
ld on your evolving
(but renamed) customization file until all forms are successfully
evaluated. The same procedure is recommended if for some reason
ACL2 cannot successfully evaluate all forms in your customization
file: rename your customization file so that ACL2 does not try to
ld it automatically and then debug the new file by explicit calls to
When you have created a file that can be loaded with
ld without
error and that you wish to be your customization file, name it
"acl2-customization.lisp" and put it on the current directory or
in your home directory. The first time after starting up ACL2 that
you invoke
(lp), ACL2 will automatically load the
"acl2-customization.lisp" file from the cbd (see cbd) if
there is one, and otherwise will load it from your home directory.
Note that if you certify a book after the (automatic) loading of an
acl2-customization file, the forms in that file will be part of the
portcullis of the books you certify! That is, the forms in your
customization file at certification time will be loaded whenever
anybody uses the books you are certifying. Since customization
files generally contain idiosyncratic commands, you may not want
yours to be part of the books you create for others. Thus, if you
have a customization file then you may want to invoke
:ubt 1 before
certifying any books.
The conventions concerning ACL2 customization are liable to change
as we get more experience with the interaction between
customization, certification of books for others, and routine
undoing. For example, at the moment it is regarded as a feature of
customization that it can be undone but it might be regarded as a
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So, the final day of the year is upon us. I'm soon off to the kitchen to start preparing our turkey meal which I love putting my heart into. I feel blessed having children that enjoy eating, savouring every mouthful. No need worrying about leftovers in this home.
Today I decided to share with you some of my favourite links posted by wonderful blog friends in December 2011. I could have made this list much longer but I narrowed it down to nine. Here they appear in random order:
- Nicole at La Buena Vida brought her camera and talent to the West Village
- Helen at The Style Schedule enchanted me with the Eiffel Tower
- Milla at Not Just Another Milla touched my heart with her LatteLisa praise
- Ada at Classiq shared with us a beautiful bookshop in Bucharest
- Natalie at Fashioned by Love shared a stunning wintry editorial featured in the latest issue of Tatler Russia
- Rachel at Little Bits of Lovely posted her 2011 favourite red carpet looks and I loved the blue Burberry worn by Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- Sarah at Haute Design's 'In Spirit of Kindness' posts were beautiful and I especially liked the photos in the one called Invitation
- Eleni at My Paradissi shared a living room with a gorgeous colour palette
- Signe at SignePling swept me off my feet with her green 'Monday Morning Random' post
Happy New Year dear blog friends and followers, may 2012 bring you all the happiness and luck you deserve!
I'll be back on Monday.
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Sebastian Kim for Vogue Germany


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Check out beck-lignoloc.com for details of these nails made of beechwood compressed with resin. They need to be shot in using a pressure gun, though low technology methods could perhaps be devised.
This would seem to be a major advance, imagine if pallets could be joined with them, no more unreliable chipboard fixings. Apparently the nail bonds with the wood.


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Maybelline's Color Sensational Lipstick gives your lips a pop of vibrant color and a kiss of honey nectar to leave a sensuously soft finish.
Lanolin Liquida/Lanolin Oil, Sesamum Indicum Oil/Sesame Seed Oil, Oleyl Erucate, Cera Microcristallina/Microcrystalline Wax, PPG-5, Lanolin Wax, Acetylated Lanolin, Cera Alba/Beeswax, Alumina Disteardimonium Hectorite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Acrylic Acid/Isobutyl Acrylate/Isobornyl Acrylate Copolymer, Parfum/Fragrance, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite Silica, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Benzyl Alcohol, Tin Oxide, Mel/Honey, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Acrylates Copolymer, Pearl Powder, Dimethicone [+/- May Contain Mica, CI 77891/Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499/Iron Oxides, CI 15850/Red 7, CI 45410/Red 28 Lake, CI 15985/Yellow 6 Lake, CI 45380/Red 22 Lake, CI 19140/Yellow 5 Lake, CI 42090/Blue 1 Lake, CI 75470/Carmine ].
Apply Maybelline New York Color Sensational Lipcolor by starting in the center of your upper lip. Work the lipstick from the center to the outer edges of your lip, following the contours of your mouth. Repeat the technique on your lower lip.


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RALEIGH � North Carolina State�s baseball team couldn�t come up with a clutch performance when it needed one, with more woes in early innings proving devastating in Monday night�s 8-4 loss to visiting Florida State.
The outcome put Florida State 1 � games ahead in the Atlantic Coast Conference�s Atlantic Division, while the matchup of top-10 teams at Doak Field could impact top-line seedings for the NCAA Tournament.
�This obviously was a huge series for both teams,� N.C. State center fielder Brett Williams said. �It was tough.�
N.C. State (39-13 overall, 16-10 ACC) lost for the second day in a row after winning the series opener. The results could be a serious indicator as teams jockey for one of the top eight national seeds.
�We were playing well (coming into the series),� said N.C. State coach Elliott Avent, whose team lost consecutive games for the first time since Virginia pulled a three-game sweep March 23-24. �I thought (Florida State was) outstanding. They punched us in the month (but) I got the feeling we were coming (back) and I think they thought that, too.�
Marcus Davis homered in each of the first two innings, giving him a team-high nine for the season, as Florida State (42-10, 18-9) remained one of the country�s hottest teams. The Seminoles have won 11 of 12 games.
Florida State�s Stephen McGee belted his eighth home run of the season in the first inning off freshman left-hander Brad Stone. Davis, the next batter, clubbed an opposite-field shot that hit off the top of the fence and bounced over near the left-field line.
Stone (2-2) was replaced after Jose Brizuela�s two-out RBI double that gave Florida State a 4-0 first-inning lead.
Florida State, which led 6-0 after two innings a day earlier, had only one hit across the last four innings.
�We kind of struggled out of the gates the last two games and that can be tough on your confidence,� Williams said.
Even with its dismal beginning, the Wolfpack showed life. In the third inning while trailing 6-1, Tarran Senay stroked a two-out blast with two runners on base that was caught against the wall by right fielder James Winston.
�(Senay) didn�t understand why that ball didn�t get out,� Avent said.
It was 8-1 after John Sansone�s two-run single for the Seminoles off the left-field wall in the fifth.
The Wolfpack narrowed the gap to 8-3 on Bryan Adametz�s two-run double in the sixth. A long flyout by Trea Turner with two outs and two runners on base ended the inning.
Scott Sitz (9-1) was the winning pitcher, working into the sixth inning.
-- EXTRA BASES �: Gov. Pat McCrory threw out the ceremonial first pitch and then received a hug from Avent. � At least N.C. State fans had something to cheer about early in the game because before the bottom of the first inning, the ACC champion softball team received a standing ovation when it was recognized on the field. � Florida State will return to the Triangle for the ACC Tournament next week. It will be a busier trip than originally scheduled because the Seminoles added a game to fill out their schedule. They�ll have a top-10 showdown with North Carolina next Monday night in Chapel Hill. The teams don�t meet in the ACC regular season.


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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
Example Input File for Rebuild: (defun fn1 (x y) ...) (defthm lemma1 ...) (defthm lemma2 ...) (i-am-here) The following lemma won't go through. I started typing the hint but realized I need to prove a lemma first. See the failed proof attempt in foo.bar. I'm going to quit for the night now and resume tomorrow from home.
(defthm lemma3 ... :hints (("Goal" :use (:instance ??? ...
By putting an
(i-am-here) form at the ``frontier'' of an evolving
file of commands, you can use
rebuild to load the file up to the
I-am-here simply returns an
ld error triple and any
form that ``causes an error'' will do the same job. Note that the
text of the file after the
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The Pack of Cards
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Hello and welcome to the Pack of cards. Situated in the beautiful seaside village of Combe Martin the Pack o Cards Inn is a unique Grade 2 Listed Ancient Monument and has been featured on the Paul Daniels Magic Show on BBC television. Constructed in 1690 to resemble a deck of cards card castle it was built to the size of 52ft x 53 ft the cards in a pack including a Joker Card has four floors to represent the suits in a pack, 13 doors on each floor, 13 fireplaces the number of cards in a suit and prior to William Pitts window tax the panes of glass in all of the windows added up to the total value of a pack of cards.
Nestling on the edge of Exmoor Lorna Doone Countrywith plenty of free car parking and less than a 10 minute stroll to the beach and the sea the Pack o Cards is the ideal base for your stay in North Devon. All of our bedrooms have been recently refurbished and decorated. And for that special why not stay in one of the larger rooms The Pink Room which is a 4 poster King size bed orThe Fuschia Room also a King size bed with its wonderful ornate ceiling pure luxury.
We have a fine selection of real ales and lagers including our own Pack o Cards ale which is especially brewed for us and is not available anywhere else in the UK and you can enjoy excellent meals in our 3 restaurants or our riverside garden. there is also 2 playground areas for younger and older children. So come and visit one of Britain s most unusual follies - it is sure to be a unique experience !
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Harry Reid uttered one of the more brain-dead non sequiturs of recent memory a few days ago:
We have to do something about these soaring gas prices. We need to take away the subsidies of these five major oil companies.
In fact, of course, the oil companies are huge taxpayers, and the "subsidies" are ordinary deductions that slightly reduce the oil companies' immense tax liabilities. They are not actual government subsidies, like the ones that go to the Democrats' corporate cronies in the "green" energy business, which exists only by virtue of government largesse.
The Institute for Energy Research decided to have some fun with Reid's pronouncement, taking off from the fact that most of the gold produced in the United States comes from Reid's home state of Nevada:
With gold prices reaching record heights in April, gold mining companies are reporting huge profits. 79 percent of all gold mined in the U.S. comes from Nevada, where the state's senior senator, Harry Reid, is a stalwart defender of the industry. But with the soaring price of gold, the U.S. government still allows the gold mining industry to take advantage of deductions in the tax code. These subsidies must end.
Today, Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research, issued the following statement:
"… Washington must also do something about soaring gold prices. With gold prices at new heights, mining companies must be punished for making record profits. Senator Reid must apply his flawless logic to the gold industry: he must strip the gold mining industry of their ability to deduct expenses from their taxable income. Then, as he says will happen with gas prices, gold prices will necessarily fall.
"OK, we're just kidding. But this example illuminates the absurdity of the argument put forth by Senator Reid and his allies. …
"Senator Reid is talking nonsense when it comes to gas prices. Whether he realizes it or not, his attempt to pass a discriminatory tax policy that singles out the oil and gas industry will do nothing to lower gasoline prices. Instead, he should focus on the Obama Administration's anti-energy policies that have played a direct role in the skyrocketing price of gas."
A broader point needs to be made. The prices of commodities generally have risen sharply over the past year. Which is another way of saying that the value of the dollar has fallen. This chart, showing commodity price increases over the past twelve months, indicates that oil prices have risen by about an average amount; i.e., the price increases have mostly corresponded to devaluation of the dollar. Among other things, this shows the stupidity of thinking that the rise in oil prices is due to "speculators" or "market manipulation." Click to enlarge:
How about those cotton prices? Time to raise taxes on Jockey and Fruit of the Loom! That'll show 'em!
So what is really happening is not that oil, or gold, or cotton has suddenly gotten more valuable. Rather, the dollar has gotten less valuable. Why? Because of the Fed's quantitative easing plan, which has the full support of the Obama administration. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that cheapening the dollar makes everything more expensive. Maybe someone could explain this to Harry Reid.


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12th ESLO Congress - Athens, Greece
30th of June - 3rd of July 2016
Congress Photos
Pre Congress
DT Pre Congress
Congress 1/7
1st D.T. Meeting
Congress 2/7
Congress 3/7
Hands-on course
DUOL Reunion
Welcome Cocktail
Dora Stratou Video
President's night
Gala night
Gala Video
3M Course
12th ESLO
The City
The Venue
Friday 1st of July
Saturday 2nd of July
Sunday 3rd of July
3Μ Event
DUOL Reunion
Speakers & Abstracts
Dr. T. Kanarelis
Dr. O. Afanasieva
Dr. G. Altounian
Dr. G. Becker
Dr. J. M. Bellaiche
Dr. W.Ttum Bittner
Dr. Cr. V. Bosch
Dr. V. Cacciafesta
Dr. A. Chatoo
Prof. Cl. Corega
Dr. D. Dalessandri
Prof. N. Daratsianos
Dr. S. Kanta Das
Dr. J. M. Dersot
Dr. Th. Drechsler
Prof. P. Echarri
Dr. L. Fernandez
Dr. D. Fillion
Dr. R. Fukawa
Dr. S. Gerasimov
Dr. S. Graf
Prof. D. Halazonetis
Dr. T. Hiro
Dr. K. Hirose
Dr. R. Ki Hong
Dr. F. de la Iglesia
Prof. T. Inami
Dr Y. Itsuki
Dr. B. H. Kircelli
Dr. A. Kokkas
Prof. A. Komori
Dr. Hee-Moon Kyung
Dr. M. Lan
Dr. G. Lecocq
Dr. D. Manzanera
Dr. P. Manzo
Dr. A. Marinetti
Dr. I. Matsuno
Dr.T.A. Modjahedpour
Dr. E. Modjahedpour
Dr. N. Pandis
Prof. Papagrigorakis
Dr. M. Pedernera
Dr. R. Romano
Dr . W. Sabouni
Dr. V. Sada
Dr. A. Schulhof
Dr. G. Scuzzo
Dr. Pr. Shetty
Dr. T. Shoji
Prof. O. Sorel
Dr. A. Souchet
Dr. R. Stradi
Dr. S. Sugiyama
Dr. K. Takemoto
Dr. N. E. Tarraf
Dr. G. J. Tsubaki
Dr. H. Valdetaro
Dr. M. Vasilyeva
Dr. A. Wasiewicz
Prof. B. Wilmes
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Saturday, a non-violent protester, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was killed and at least 19 people were injured in Charlottesville, Va., when a neo-Nazi rammed his car into the group. The neo-Nazi, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., was taking part in a right-wing rally.
The case is being investigated as a possible federal hate crime, and the announcement of the investigation carried an appropriate message from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice. When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated."
Sessions' comment has been overshadowed by the paltry response from President Donald Trump, whose first response was a feeble, "We're closely following the terrible events unfolding in Charlottesville, Virginia. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides." His comment has been singled out not for what it said, but for what it didn't mention: the role of racism, and specifically, neo-Nazism in the attack.
Some of those same neo-Nazis have even celebrated Trump's comments, taking his decision to not name them directly as implicit support for their movement.
Trump flirted with the so-called alt right all through his campaign; he pandered to them, among others, with his message about making the nation great again.
Now, it seems he's unwilling to condemn them, and their message is spreading.
We cannot afford to have that happen in Canada, because, just as there are in the United States, there are racist hate groups here eager to make themselves known.
What can we do?
Call out racism for what it is. Address it, shame it, drive it back under the rock it has lived under for years. Name hatred when you see it. Explain to your children its danger and its poison. Demand that our politicians be clear and unequivocal about saying there is no place for racial intolerance in this country, and make sure there is no place in elected office for those who would seek to make political gain by pandering to racists.
Hatred thrives when otherwise reasonable people decide to turn a blind eye to it — and countries have discovered it does not take much time for racism to take root.
Heyer's last Facebook message before she was killed?
"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention."
She's right.
If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. The time for paying attention, for addressing racism straight on and saying exactly what it is, has come.
It is hatred, plain and simple. It has no place here.


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