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hcsdevelopment brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 155 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We need a coat-of-arms / logo designed as the basis for re-branding our school. We made an attempt, but came up with something that is too similar to other schools, businesses, and organizations in our local area.
Holy Cross School (http://www.hcross.org)
This logo needs to feel established, credible, and UNIQUE. It needs to tie in some of the elements of the school (see 'Wants').
We previously worked with the International Association of Amateur Heralds (lovely people who really know heraldry -- you can see our achievement here: http://www.amateurheralds.org/roll/…hool.html), but we unexpectedly saw the very same coat-of-arms used by a local chamber of commerce one week later. So, we're really, really serious about this being UNIQUE.
You can submit other options than a coat-of-arms. We have been tied to the idea of a coat-of-arms, but you can do more or different things. Sometimes the client thinks they want something in particular until they see something unexpected that they like. Don't let the seal completely block you off from creating an amazing logo.
We will use this logo as the basis for our re-branding efforts. Several additiional projects will be based on this design (e.g., a modern version for everyday use; stationery (formal and informal/everyday use); business cards; web site theme (Drupal 6); silk screening and embroidering on uniforms. So, if we find a designer we like we will have future work available.
A little about Holy Cross School:
Our students come from very diverse backgrounds and countries all over the world, making Holy Cross an international school. Holy Cross graduates excel in high school, college, and anything beyond.
We have the single best high-school preparatory program for middle school students (grades 6-8) in our area, and our high school placement record is superb.
We have an inclusion program that allows children with significant disabilities and/or learning differences to participate in a mainstream classroom. This is nearly unique in our area as most private schools won't even take these students and the public schools won't put them in mainstream classrooms.
We are a small school of ~220 students. Our teacher to student ratio is 1:10, which is excellent compared to other schools, especially when our tuition is comparable to those other schools. As a result, our school has an intimate, caring feel.
Our current web site (with our current logo) is at http://www.hcross.org. A prototype of our new web site (currently using our existing logo, but will be replaced with the new logo) is at http://www.holycrosscatholicschool.net.
- Heraldic coat-of-arms (shield or oval cartouche; torse of the colors; and crest -- no helm or mantling)
- Use of school colors: primary color is Green (PMS 356), secondary color is white/silver (in heraldry, silver is depicted as white), and, as an accent color, gold
- School mascot is a golden-tailed hawk and should be used as the crest (depicted however you like)
- School tag line is "Faith. Scholarship. Service" and may be used as inspiration for the coat-of-arms
- The following items may be used as inspiration or tie-ins:- The Sisters of the Holy Cross included a pair of anchors crossed behind a Cross and open Bible in their seal that may be used as inspiration (http://www.academyoftheholycross.org/)
- The coat-of-arms of the Archdiocese of Washington (shown at top of page at http://www.parishes.org) may be used as inspiration/tie-in.
- The state flag of Maryland (see http://www.sos.state.md.us/Services/MdFlag.htm) and flarg of Montgomery County (see http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/C…story.pdf) may be used for inspiration. The PDF file for Montgomery County provides other information about the region in which Holy Cross resides
- The Archbishop of Washington who ordered the creation of the parish and school, Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle, has the following coat-of-arms (see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F…dinal_US_O that may be used as inspiration/tie-in
- Other information on ecclesiastical heraldry can be found at:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eccles…l_heraldry
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07243a.htm
- Art must be in a vector format like Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator
- The winning designer acknowledges that this is a work-for-hire arrangement; agrees that all concepts, ideas, copies, sketches, art work, electronic files, and other materials become the property of Holy Cross School upon payment; warrants that all concepts, ideas, copies, sketches, art work, electronic files, and other materials produced do not infringe on any copyright or personal or proprietorial rights of others; and agrees to convey to Holy Cross School all right, title, and interest in and to any copyright of all concepts, ideas, copies, sketches, art work, electronic files, and other materials produced.
- Something that is too much like other logos. It must be UNIQUE
- A logo that is too complicated
- Something that can't be easily recognized when sized down
- Something cheesy -- this needs to be classy
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KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say police officers in a Central California town took part in a scheme to steal more than 200 cars from poor Hispanic people.
Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo said in a statement Tuesday that the vehicles were impounded and towed, but when the owners were unable to pay the fees, their cars were sold or given for free to some officers.
Flippo says four officers — including the recently retired police chief and the acting chief — have been arrested, and two other officers were also arrested Tuesday on unrelated charges. The officers account for more than a third of the 17-member force in King City, an agricultural town 150 miles southeast of San Francisco.
The operator of a towing company who is also the brother of an officer has also been arrested in the case.
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Kings River Conservation District Community Power Plant Licensing Case
Docket Number:
07-AFC-07 (Application For Certification)
Project Status: Project Terminated: November 4, 2009
Committee that oversaw Original Licensing Proceeding:
Karen Douglas, Chairman, Presiding Member
Julia Levin, Commissioner, Associate Member
Hearing Officer: Ken Celli
Key Dates
- September 27, 2007 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed with California Energy Commission
- December 5, 2007 - Commission accepts Application for Certification (AFC) as complete and "data adequate."
- May 4, 2009 - Project Suspended.
- October 6, 2009 - Applicant files notice of withdrawal, cancelling the project.
- November 4, 2009 - Order Terminating Proceedings, terminates AFC Proceeding.
The proposed Kings River Conservation District Community Power Project (CPP) is a nominal 565 megawatt combined cycle natural gas-fired plant that will be arranged with two trains of combustion turbine generators and heat recovery steam generators connected to one steam turbine generator (two-on-one configuration). The two advanced natural gas-fired turbines will be "F" class units supplied by either General Electric or Siemens. The CPP will also include a tertiary treatment plant and a zero liquid discharge system that will purify and recycle process water, minimize water consumption and eliminate process wastewater discharge. The plant will also include water storage tanks for makeup water supply and fire protection.
The CPP is proposed to be located on an approximately 32-acre site located on South Bethel Avenue between East Dinuba and East Manning avenues, near the City of Parlier, in Fresno County. The site is located in an area currently zoned for agriculture and currently being used predominately for agricultural purposes (vineyards). Existing structures on the project site include a vacant rural dwelling, detached garage and barn. Kings River Conservation District has purchased the proposed project site. Approximately 15-acres on the western side of a 40-acre parcel to the immediate south of the project site will be used for temporary staging and parking during construction.
Energy Commission Facility Certification Process
The California Energy Commission is the lead agency (for licensing thermal power plants 50 megawatts and larger) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
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New Hampshire Tax Records
This entry was originally written by George F. Sanborn Jr., FASG, and Alice Eichholz, Ph.D, CG for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
No thorough survey has yet been attempted to locate all the annual tax lists for New Hampshire towns. They can be found in manuscript collections in public libraries, in town clerk's offices among the pages of the annual town meeting minutes, and at the archives and other repositories. Both residents and nonresidents who owned property or businesses might be listed on the annual assessment, which would indicate the number of voting-age males as polls, and such items as the type and acreage of land, animals, and milling products. Following annual tax lists can provide important clues for ages of males (nearly always ages twenty-one to fifty and occasionally sixteen to sixty) and for men moving to or leaving a town, since non-landowners were listed as well, although a few officials were usually exempt.
One important collection of tax records, which has been microfilmed from the originals held at the New Hampshire Records and Archives, is the multi-volume nonresident tax lists (1849'74). Some printed tax lists are listed under Census Records.
In 1798 a U.S. direct tax was ordered. Heritage Books has printed the returns that have been located for nine New Hampshire towns located at that time in Strafford County.


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A battle damaged Transformer known as Optimus Prime is the costume of choice this year for 8 year old Josh. This is another great costume made by Bob, my friend in NJ. One thing you cannot SEE about this costume is that it has lights that light up and a secret lid in his left arm that he can open up to a communicator that actually SPEAKS! Bob sure doesn't miss any bells or whistles when he's working on these cool costumes for his family and/or friends.
(Of course, Instructions on building this costume will soon follow on the Homemade Costume ideas page of this site.)
THANKS as always Bob!
Thanks also to Josh. You make an AWESOME Transformer Josh!
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From: S. Kalyanaraman
Subject: Ownership of Ayodhya, Hindu sacred space: fine print in judgements
Centre's duty to implement order: Mayawati
Citing a Supreme Court order, she said since the 67 acres of the disputed site was acquired and being managed and maintained by the Centre, the onus of implementing today's court order was with the Union government.
Mayawati said she has already sent a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the Centre should fulfill its responsibility in implementing the high court order without any delay.
She cited the Supreme Court ruling on the plea of a petitioner Ismail Farooqui in 1994, which stated that the acquired land would continue to be under the possession of the central government and it was its duty to implement the pending verdict of the Lucknow bench.
The Chief Minister's remarks come close on the heels of her attack on the Centre for not providing adequate paramilitary forces to the state to deal with any eventuality in the aftermath of the verdict.
The Centre would be held responsible in case of any law and order problem arising out of delay in implementation of the high court order, Mayawati said.
Mayawati accused the Centre of adopting "step motherly" attitude towards the state government ever since she came to power in 2007.
"Against the demand of over 60,000 personnel of central paramilitary forces in view of the high court verdict, the state was provided with only 5,000 jawans," she said.
Attacking Home Minister P Chidambaram for his statement that the state has adequate force, she said 1.90 lakh personnel who have been deployed are the state's own.
The state forces have been deployed judiciously by the UP government to deal with the situation, she said.
Mayawati appealed to the people to maintain peace and communal harmony.
Justice Khan justifies partition of land in AyodhyaJ. Venkatesan
If exclusive ownership is claimed but joint ownership is proved, a suit can be decreed for joint ownership, Justice S.U. Khan held in his separate judgment, broadly agreed to by Justice Sudhir Agarwal in a separate judgment in the Ayodhya title suits case.
Quoting a Bombay High Court ruling, he said a suit for exclusive possession could be turned into a suit for partition and possession of such share as might be determined to belong to the plaintiff if it was found that the plaintiff was not entitled to the whole share but only a part of it.
Justice Khan, quoting an earlier judgment, said that though there was no specific prayer made by the plaintiff seeking partition, this should not come in the way of granting a decree for partition and separate possession of the share of the plaintiff. Denial of such a relief would only lead to another suit. Multiplicity of proceedings should normally be avoided as the same tends to delay justice.
The judge said that in view of the finding rendered by him, "all the three parties (Muslims, Hindus and the Nirmohi Akhara) are entitled to a declaration of joint title and possession to the extent of one-third each and a preliminary decree to that effect is to be passed."
He said: "In the matter of actual partition it is only desirable but not necessary to allot that part of property to a party which was in his exclusive use and occupation. Accordingly, in view of peculiar facts and circumstances it is held that in actual partition, the portion where the idol is presently kept in the makeshift temple will be allotted to the Hindus, and the Nirmohi Akhara will be allotted land, including Ram Chabutra and Sita Rasoi. However, to adjust all the three parties at the time of actual partition, slight variation in the share of any party may be made to be compensated by allotting the adjoining land acquired by the Central government."
Justice Khan, in his 285-page judgment, said: "My judgment is short, very short. Either I may be admired as an artist who knows where to stop, particularly in such sensitive, delicate matter or I may be castigated for being so casual in such a momentous task. I have not delved too deep in the history and the archaeology. This I have done for four reasons. First, this exercise was not absolutely essential to decide these suits. Second, I was not sure as to whether at the end of the tortuous voyage I would have found a treasure or faced a monster (treasure of truth or monster of confusion worst confounded). Third, having no pretence of knowledge of history I did not want to be caught in the crossfire of historians. Fourth, the Supreme Court, in Karnataka Board of Waqf Vs. Government of India, has held as far as a title suit of civil nature is concerned, there is no room for historical facts and claims."
Justice Khan said:
"As this judgment is not finally deciding the matter and as the most crucial stage is to come after it is decided by the Supreme Court, I remind both the warring factions of the following. The one quality which epitomised the character of Ram is tyag [sacrifice].
"When Prophet Mohammad entered into a treaty with the rival group at Hudayliyah, it appeared to be abject surrender even to his staunch supporters.
"However the Koran described that as clear victory and it did prove so. Within a short span therefrom Muslims entered the Mecca as victors, and not a drop of blood was shed.
"Under the sub-heading of demolition, I have admired our resilience. However we must realise that such things do not happen in quick succession. Another fall and we may not be able to rise again, at least quickly. Today the pace of the world is faster than it was in 1992. We may be crushed.
A unique position
"Muslims must also ponder that at present the entire world wants to know the exact teaching of Islam in respect of relationship of Muslims with others. Hostility, peace, friendship, tolerance, opportunity to impress others with the Message, opportunity to strike wherever and whenever possible, or what? In this regard Muslims in India enjoy a unique position. They have been rulers here, they have been ruled and now they are sharers in power (of course junior partners). They are not in majority but they are also not a negligible minority (after Indonesia, India has the highest number of Muslims in the world). In other countries, either the Muslims are in huge majority, which makes them indifferent to the problem in question, or in negligible minority, which makes them redundant. Indian Muslims have also inherited huge legacy of religious learning and knowledge. They are therefore in the best position to tell the world the correct position. Let them start with their role in the resolution of the conflict at hand."
Both parties could derive satisfaction: KarunanidhiSpecial Correspondent
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, reacting to the Ayodhya verdict, said, "For securing peace in the country, both parties [to the dispute] could derive satisfaction over the judgment."
It was also welcome as there was provision for appeal by those who felt aggrieved over the verdict, he pointed out.
Admirable verdict: Jayalalithaa
The judgment has opened the door to the path of reconciliation, All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general-secretary Jayalalithaa said.
In a statement, she described the verdict as "admirable," and called upon the parties concerned to fully appreciate the spirit of the judgment and strive to evolve a solution that would make India a shining model of dynamic secularism.
Disappointing, says Swamy
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has called upon the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to form a committee and launch a nationwide agitation.
The agitation was meant to demand that the Union government display even-handedness by amending the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act of 1993 to bar the construction of any structure other than those connected with the temple of Lord Ram.
Terming the verdict "deeply disappointing," Dr. Swamy said in a statement that the Supreme Court should be moved for appealing against the judgment.
Secular verdict? http://jayasreesaranathan.blogspot.com/2010/09/secular-verdict-on-ram-janmabhoomi.html
Disputed structure built against the tenets of Islam: Judge
Fri, Oct 1 12:08 AM
Lucknow, Sep 30 (PTI) Holding that the entire disputed site in Ayodhya is the birth place of Lord Ram, Justice Dharam Veer Sharma of the Allahabad High Court today said that the "place of birth is a juristic person and is a deity." "The spirit of divine ever remains present everywhere at all times for anyone to invoke in any shape or form in accordance with his own aspirations and it can be shapeless and formless," Justice Sharma said in his judgement on the Ayodhya title suits. He said the structure constructed by Babar was against the tenets of Islam and cannot have the character of a mosque. "The disputed building was constructed by Babar, the year is not certain but it was built against the tenets of Islam. Thus, it cannot have the character of a mosque," the judge said. He said the disputed structure was constructed on the site of the old structure after its demolition. The Archaeological Survey of India has proved that it was a massive Hindu religious structure, he said. The judge said the disputed site "is the birth place of Lord Ram" and that a "place of birth is a juristic person and is a deity." He said the idols of Lord Ram were placed in the middle dome of the disputed structure in the intervening night of December 22-23, 1949. The judge held that the Sunni Central Board of Waqfs, UP and another main petitioner Nirmohi Akhara were barred by time for claims for title. He said it established that the property in suit is the site of "Janmabhoomi of Ram Chandraji and Hindus in general had the right to worship Charan, Sita Rasoi, other idols and other objects of worship that existed on the property in suit." It has also been established that Hindus have been worshipping the place in dispute as Janmasthan and visiting it as a sacred placed of pilgrimage "as a right since time immemorial". After the construction of the disputed structure it has been proved that the deities were installed inside the disputed structure on 22-23.12.1949. "It is also proved that the outer courtyard was in exclusive possession of Hindus and they were worshipping throughout and in the inner courtyard also they were worshipping," he said. Justice Sharma said, "it is also established that the disputed structure cannot be treated as a mosque as it came into existence against the tenets of Islam." PTI VMN VSC


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England must learn from effective methods pioneered in China to improve teaching of maths in its schools, after 15 years in which it has "stagnated", a Government education minister has said.
Liz Truss is undertaking a visit to Shanghai to look at teaching methods, after a study by international think-tank the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that children in the Chinese city were three years ahead of their counterparts in the UK.
Ms Truss said she believed the Chinese methods were working, and trials involving teachers from England have been shown to be effective.
However, doubt was cast on the reliability of the OECD findings by an American academic, who said that results in Shanghai schools were not comparable to those in English and US schools because large numbers of children are excluded from high school education in the Chinese city.
The OECD study made headlines worldwide with its finding that the children of cleaners in Shanghai and Singapore outperform the sons and daughters of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests.
The report looked at the maths results and background of more than half a million 15-year-olds who took part in the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) study.
It found that in the UK, the children of parents with a "professional" job - such as doctor or lawyer - scored 525.94 points on average in the Pisa maths test and those with parents in "elementary" occupations - such as cleaners and catering assistants - an average 460.61, while children from "elementary" backgrounds scored an average 568.9 points in Shanghai and 533.58 in Singapore.
Andreas Schleicher, deputy director for education and skills at the OECD, said the "simple message" of the findings was: "If school systems want all of their students to succeed in school, they should give the children of factory workers and cleaners the same education opportunities as the children of doctors and lawyers enjoy."
But American education expert Tom Loveless, of the Brookings Institution think-tank, said that the children of migrant workers - who make up almost half of Shanghai's population and fill many of the lowliest occupations - were effectively excluded from the city's high schools by a system which forced many of them to return to their home villages for their education.
Mr Loveless told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the data used in the OECD study were not sufficiently "finely grained" to show whether parents were in fact in cleaning jobs.
"Even though those parents may show up as being of non-professional occupations, it doesn't mean they are cleaners. They might be computer programmers," he said. " "Once you have a system that selects the students, you really can't draw conclusions."
Speaking from Shanghai, Ms Truss told the BBC's Today programme: "The children that are at the schools in Shanghai are doing three years better than children at schools in England.
"That's the reality of the situation and we shouldn't kid ourselves that there is somehow an explanation for that very high performance that isn't about what's going on in those schools because I've seen it for myself, I've seen the very high quality teaching taking place, I've seen the way that children are understanding concepts at an earlier age than they are in England.
"What I want to do is learn from that really good practice so that we can apply it in England because at the moment we have stagnated in terms of our maths performance for the last 15 years, while other countries like Germany and Poland have been learning from the East, taking those lessons back and improving their teaching standards and their curriculum.
"We need to do that too, we can't spend out time trying to explain away differences. Instead, we should be looking at what these countries are doing successfully and applying it in our own country."
Ms Truss added: "We've had 50 maths teachers out in Shanghai implementing those techniques in English schools and we've already seen improvements in teaching grades as a result of it. So the Shanghai method does work and it's already proving effective in England. This visit is about deepening that relationship to make sure we can learn even more from the positive attitude and the positive culture towards maths in China."
Asked about Mr Loveless's criticisms of the OECD study, Ms Truss said: "It seems that the Shanghai teaching methodology uses resources much more effectively and also focuses on the core arithmetic that children need to have from an early age. So we see very high levels of verbalisation of maths, very high levels of specialist maths teaching in primary school as well as secondary school.
"It is really a matter for the OECD exactly which people have been in comparator tests, but the OECD has verified that Shanghai is three years ahead of the UK and Singapore is two years ahead. What we know is that all these countries in east Asia are doing well, but China in particular is improving their performance and they are doing it by focusing very hard on teacher quality and making sure they follow up when children aren't succeeding.
"So they do have a very good rate of getting all children to a basic level of mathematics.
"Andreas Schleicher has been clear that there is evidence which shows that Shanghai is doing well. Certainly the evidence we've seen in schools is that children of all abilities are being encouraged to have a positive attitude towards mathematics.
"Any problems are being followed up and they have an approach where they have both larger and smaller class sizes, so there are small groups to make sure all children have mastered the concepts but also large groups to make sure that good teaching resources are being used effectively."


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Herbalife fiber in the case of not going normally to the bathroom.
Herbalife aloe vera in case of liquid retention.


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SINGAPORE, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The pharmaceuticals industry in the Asia Pacific is thriving on the back of escalating population and increasing incidence of lifestyle diseases.. Its success has a direct bearing on the region's active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) market, which is drawing considerable attention from foreign investors.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Analysis of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $1.12 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $1.79 billion in 2018.
"The focus on healthcare has enabled Australasia to corner a large share of the global pharmaceuticals market, compelling market majors to train their spotlight on emerging countries," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Tridisha Goswami. "This bodes well for the regional API market, as pharmaceutical companies' checklist for contract manufacturing includes low cost of production, and favorable geographic locations."
Labor costs are low in countries such as Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia, making API contract manufacturing feasible in these countries. However, the limited resources and lack of technologies tarnish their attractiveness. Further, China and India, with their better developed contract manufacturing market, pose stiff competition to these countries; the higher influx of generic drugs drives volume demand but curbs revenue growth. This is majorly due to the high prices of innovative drugs, which gives a major boosts to API revenues.
Market participants can gain investors' confidence by focusing on quality and therapeutic applications in cancer and lifestyle-mediated diseases. The increasing focus on biological API in treating cancer and immune-mediated diseases will also bolster the market and cause a shift in pharmaceutical companies' preference from synthetic to biological API.
"Innovation, quality assurance, and investments in improving technologies will benefit participants in this emerging market and help them enlarge their footprint in the global API contract manufacturing market," noted Goswami.
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Filed Under (Harley Davidson) by admin on 15-03-2012
1. Disconnect battery cable, negative (-) cable first. 2. Remove the left side rider footrest assembly. Save the footrest and fasteners for installation. Discard the remaining hardware. 3. From the kit, press hole plugs (8) into the screw holes on the frame where the stock footrest assembly was mounted. 4. Remove plugs from forward control frame mount (I) and discard. 5. Remove the foot shifter lever (A) and shifter peg (D). Discard the old foot shifter lever (A). Save the foot shifter lever hardware and shifter peg (D) for future use. 6. See Figure 2. Remove the primary chaincase cover (6) and primary chaincase housing (1). Refer to your model motorcycles Service Manual for removal procedures. NOTE See Figure 1. Before removing the gear shifter lever (1) ((H) in Table 1), it is necessary to mark the correct orientation of the lever. Using a marking tool, draw a location marking (4) on the end of the splined shaft (2) across from the casting split (3). This will allow the new gear shifter lever to be installed in the same orientation as the old lever. 5 3 4 1 2 is 02083 1. Gear shifter lever 2. Splined shaft 3. Casting split 4. Location marking 5. Lever bolt Figure 1. Gear Shifter Lever Orientation 7. After marking the gear shifter lever orientation, loosen the lever bolt (5) and remove the old shifter lever. Discard the old gear shifter lever but keep the lever bolt. From the kit, install the new gear shifter lever onto the splined shaft in the same orientation as the old shifter lever. Tighten the lever bolt to 18-22 ft-lbs (24.4-29.8 Nm)


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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Playroom in Progress
Now all we have to do is un-rickety the shelves, finish the flooring, make and put up a big felt board, fix the hole I accidentally knocked into the drywall, install a big hinged fold-up-against-the-wall art table, figure out if I want to put up a reading loft or a cargo net for climbing or a tire swing, buy a futon for a guest bed, hang up artwork, and make curtains and a windowseat. See, piece of cake.
4 comments:
- Abby said...
Ah-Ha! Got ya!
I found your blog, when searching 'Barefoot'. I LOVE it. You are so creative and I love seeing what you and the girls getting into.
I have a blog too, but it's nowhere near as interesting as yours. Your blog makes me look like an obsessive compulsive boring neat freak. I'll send you an invite anyway, but you have to promise not to pick out all of my bad grammar. :)
- September 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM
- julie said...
Ooops--I was just about to send you a funny comment about your in-laws "baring" gifts to your birthday party!
Your awesome blog makes me look like a crazy slob. I love looking at all your photos in which you don't have to edit out the half-eaten food on the floor or the piles of fabric scraps. And your kids are hella cute, too.
- September 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM
I'm so jealous of those playrooms. I just know that 99.999999% of the time the playrooms depicted in those photos aren't that organized. It would be nice to see ACTUAL playrooms in use. With books, crafts, etc strewn about the room in full use. I mean, sheesh, my kid's only 8 months old and his room looks like it's in perpetual disaster. I blame me mostly; I'm the slob of the family!
- September 8, 2008 at 1:23 PM
- julie said...
I know--it's like it's not fair that I ask my husband to pick up any clutter, because seriously, nothing is his. He has video games and clothes, and he eats maybe one meal a day at home. All the toys and craft items and dirty plates and books and papers and junk? Me and my kids.
- September 8, 2008 at 9:58 PM


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Colorado Mountain College throws money at departing chief
Higher education in Colorado may be suffering the strain of tight budgets, but apparently one exception is Colorado Mountain College, which just gave its departing president Stan Jensen a severance package worth $500,000 — or roughly three times what his contract called for.
You can read the ugly details in the Summit Daily News, whose report will also give you an idea of the plush perks that even a small college chief commands these days (big housing allowance, major annuity contribution, etc. along with a generous salary).
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the report, however, is this: "College officials, citing a confidentiality clause in the separation agreement, have said very little about Jensen's resignation."
So why did they give him so much to leave? None of your business.


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Decentralization and Secession
Recently disgruntled residents of rural counties in southwest Oregon have been organizing a petition to move Idaho's border westward to form a "Greater Idaho" that could also potentially include parts of Northern California.
Poor incentives create poor outcomes, and government subsidies for higher education institutions have created poor incentives in spades.
Political Theory
The last thing we need is a government "solution" to corporate efforts to crush speech and dissenting opinions. Answers lie in the marketplace.
Bush's policies have not made the world safer for democracy, nor the U.S. safer domestically.
Bureaucracy and RegulationLegal System
While the Second Amendment is a formidable barrier, experience suggests a mixture of bureaucratic regulation and court rulings could significantly empower the gun-control lobby.
Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismHealth
Obesity has skyrocketed since the government became involved in the food pyramid.
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Wilson disease causes a buildup of copper in the body. It is very rare.
Copper is a mineral we get from food. Our bodies need it in small amounts. Too much copper can be poisonous. We eat much more copper than we need. The copper needs to be passed out of our bodies. People with Wilson disease cannot pass the copper they do not need. The copper builds up in the body and damages organs like the liver, brain, kidneys, and eyes.
Wilson disease is a genetic disorder. A faulty gene causes this system to malfunction. Both parents must have the faulty gene in order for the child to develop the disease. People with only one faulty gene may never have symptoms. However, they can pass the gene on to their children.
The only known factor that increases your risk for Wilson disease is a family history of the disease. It tends to be most common in eastern Europeans, Sicilians, and southern Italians.
It may take some time for copper to build up. At first, the liver will hold the excess copper. Eventually, the liver will not be able to hold the copper. Copper will begin to leave the liver and move to other organs like the brain or eyes. Symptoms usually begin under 40 years of age, typically at ages 6-20 years. They can be present as early as 5 years of age.
Wilson disease is rare. It is fatal unless it is treated before serious illness develops. Symptoms may be attributed to other more common causes like hepatitis or cirrhosis. You may also appear healthy even while your liver is getting damaged. However, it is important to get diagnosed and treated early. This will help to avoid organ damage and early death.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical and mental exam will be done. Your eyes will be examined for brown, ring-shaped color in the cornea (Kayser-Fleischer rings).
Your bodily fluids and tissues may be tested for copper or evidence of elevated copper. This can be done with:
Images may be taken of your brain. This can be done with an MRI scan.
You may consider genetic testing if there is a family history of Wilson disease. If the condition is identified before symptoms develop, it may prevent serious complications.
It may confirm the diagnosis if other tests do not.
It may also be recommended in people who don't have a history of high alcohol intake but have a fatty liver.
The goals of treatment are to:
Treatment cannot cure the underlying problem of copper build up. You will need to continue treatment throughout your lifetime.
Medications may help by:
The binding (chelating) agents are given at first to reduce the amount of copper in the body and prevent additional damage.
After the amount of copper is reduced, the blocking agents are given to keep copper at normal levels. Occasionally lower doses of binding agents may be needed as well.
Certain changes in your diet may help reduce your copper intake:
A liver transplant may be needed if you have severe liver damage. Transplantation may also be needed if you cannot tolerate the side effects of medications.
There are no current guidelines to prevent Wilson disease.
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
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Health Canada
About Wilson disease. Wilson Disease Association website. Available at: http://www.wilsonsdisease.org/about-wilson-disease. Accessed February 12, 2018.
Brewer GJ, Askari F, et al. Treatment of Wilson disease with ammonium tetrathiomolybdate: IV. Comparison of tetrathiomolybdate and trientine in a double-blind study of treatment of the neurologic presentation of Wilson disease. Arch Neurol. 2006;63(4):521-527.
Ferenci P. Wilson disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005;3(8):726-733.
Wilson disease. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T115285/Wilson-disease. Updated December 29, 2016. Accessed February 12, 2018.
Wilson disease. National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse website. Available at: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/wilson-disease/Pages/facts.aspx. Updated July 2014. Accessed February 12, 2018.
Last reviewed March 2018 by EBSCO Medical Review Board David A. Ostrovsky, MD Last Updated: 2/27/2014


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Judge Says Copyright Holders Must Consider Fair Use Before Sending DMCA Takedowns
from the this-isn't-over-just-yet... deptStrong copyright system supporters have always tried to push aside fair use. Sometimes they pretend it doesn't actually exist. Sometimes, they claim that it stifles creativity. However, in the last few years, they've pretty much aligned their talking points on fair use. You'll hear it repeated again and again: fair use is "just a defense, not a right." This is a bit of semantics that basically tries to minimize what fair use represents and what it's designed to allow. The argument, effectively, is that there's no "right" to fair use, and there's no clear cut meaning for fair use. Instead, it can and should only be brought up as a defense in court. In other words, fair use does not exist until a court says it exists.
This is misleading and not entirely correct. The reason fair use is allowed as a defense is because there is a right to make use of certain types of content in certain types of ways that constitute "fair use" without first needing to receive permission from the copyright holder. But, it was still this argument that Universal Music recently used to defend itself against a lawsuit from the EFF, concerning the now infamous 29-second video of a little kid dancing, with some music from Prince playing in the background. Everyone now agrees that this video was fair use. Universal Music let the video go back online and did not sue. The DMCA has a clause that allows damages to be sought against a falsely filed takedown notice -- which was basically designed to punish those who send a DMCA takedown claiming copyright over something for which they do not actually hold the copyright. In this case, the EFF claims that since this is obvious fair use, then the DMCA notice was falsely filed. Universal, on the other hand, asked the court to dismiss the case, saying it need not consider fair use when filing a DMCA takedown notice -- mainly because fair use is just a defense, not a right.
The judge handed the EFF something of a victory, though, allowing the case to move forward and noting that copyright owners should consider fair use before sending out takedown notices. To be honest, I'm a bit surprised by the decision. While I agree that it makes sense, it wasn't at all clear that the law actually meant for fair use to be taken into account. In fact, I rather doubt that this sort of scenario was even considered by those who wrote and debated the DMCA. Universal will likely appeal on this point, and so we're pretty far from establishing definitively if fair use needs to be taken into account. However, if this ruling stands, the claim that "fair use is a defense, not a right" loses a lot of its bite. The court effectively said the opposite:
Even if Universal is correct that fair use only excuses infringement, the fact remains that fair use is a lawful use of a copyright. Accordingly, in order for a copyright owner to proceed under the DMCA with 'a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law,' the owner must evaluate whether the material makes fair use of the copyright.The judge also noted that it wasn't any sort of onerous burden to expect the copyright holder to make a fair use determination, since it has to review the content to make sure it's infringing in the first place:
Undoubtedly, some evaluations of fair use will be more complicated than others. But in the majority of cases, a consideration of fair use prior to issuing a takedown notice will not be so complicated as to jeopardize a copyright owner's ability to respond rapidly to potential infringements. The DMCA already requires copyright owners to make an initial review of the potentially infringing material prior to sending a takedown notice; indeed, it would be impossible to meet any of the requirements of Section 512(c) without doing so. A consideration of the applicability of the fair use doctrine simply is part of that initial review.All in all, this is a definite win for supporters of fair use -- and a definite loss for those who trot out the "defense, not a right" line. As for the rest of this particular case, though, the judge indicated that the EFF may have a difficult time winning, noting that even if the copyright holder takes fair use into account, the specifics would have to be pretty extreme to then decide that it used "bad faith" in sending the takedown. In other words, the judge is saying that Universal should take fair use into account, but that doesn't mean that sending the takedown was done in bad faith.
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Strategic Policy Implications for Southeast AsiaKui, Ng Beoy (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze strategic policy implications arising from possible threats and opportunities in the face of the emergence of China as an economic powerhouse. The focus of the paper is not on the regional approach through mainly regional co-operations but more on policy strategies and responses at the national level. Depending on their degree of national economic development, economic structure and comparative advantage, eight strategic positionings have been identified. Of these eight positionings, direct competition is considered as an unwise move, considering China being endowed with relatively cheap labour resources. Together with its huge domestic market which can serve as a magnet for direct foreign investment, competition in attracting FDI can be a daunting task for most to the Southeast Asian countries. Instead, competition based on niche areas through branding, for instance provides a feasible alternative. The other alternative is to avoid direct competition by upgrading its economy, venturing into those areas where China has no comparative advantage as well as looking inward for sources of growth. Others may adopt 'connecting' strategies such as complementing or supplementing the Chinese economy by meeting China's increasing demand for natural resources or exploiting its huge domestic market. Still others may explore the possibilities of forging strategic alliance with China in the global market or playing the role of a middleman between China the West. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7397
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Railcars | KCET
In this episode of "California's Gold," Huell salutes the railroads by "riding the rails." Catch is, he won't be riding on an actual train!
First, Huell attends the annual U.S. National Handcar Races at the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento and watches as teams race against the clock on a stretch of straight track. Riding on custom-made handcars similar to those used by early railroad workers, Huell also gets a look at and get a demonstration of some of the original old handcars. Next, he heads north to McCloud near Mount Shasta to attend a weekend outing sponsored by a group of people who restore the motorized "speeders" used by railroad workers for maintenance and track inspection. These "speeders" were the next generation of vehicles after the manually-operated handcars and come in all shapes and sizes. The group travels by caravan on tracks at speeds up to 30 mph through some of the most beautiful countryside in our state.
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Huell takes a hike to the elusive bridge that could have led to somewhere but got beaten out by Mother Nature by way of heavy rain and floods.1
Owner William Gore Sr. and his wife, Lena Gore explain why their honey-baked cobblers are some of the best around town. Warning: Not for the calorie-wary.1
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Getty Garden
The Central Garden, created by renowned artist Robert Irwin, lies at the heart of the Getty Center. The 134,000-square-foot design features a natural ravine and a tree-lined walkway that leads the visitor through an extraordinary experience of sights, sounds, and scents. Huell gets a special tour from Jim Duggan, the Central Garden's curatorial advisor and the gardeners who keep this living sculpture alive for everyone to enjoy.
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Costa Mesa
Huell visits Costa Mesa and sees how far its come from its start as a bean field to a state of the art performance center.
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Blue Angels
They're one of the most famous air squadrons in the world -- serving as positive role models and goodwill ambassadors not only for our Navy, but for our country. We're talking about the Blue Angels who, since first formed in 1946, have been demonstrating their flying skills and maneuvers to literally millions of spectators each year. And for over 30 years the Blue Angels have been a part of "California's Gold." Since 1967 the squadron has spent the winter at Naval Air Facility, El Centro, training pilots and new crew members.
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It began back in 1941 when it was known as Camp Cooke and served as a U.S. Army training facility for tanks and infantry troops. With the advent of the missile age in the 1950s, the land was transferred to the U.S Air Force for use as a missile training base. The first missile was launched from this facility in 1958 and since then almost 2,000 missiles and space boosters have followed suit.
Road Trip
Huell travels to Trinity County to the small historic town of Weaverville. He visits the beautiful downtown including a Taoist temple built in 1874, which is now the Joss House State Historic Park and the Highland Art Center. He'll also stop by the Jake Jackson Memorial Museum, the Weaverville Community Forest and even get in some river rafting on the local Trinity River. Of course, there is always a stop at a local eatery, the La Grange Cafe.
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Mule Days
They've been a part of the California landscape for hundreds of years, helping to build our canals and highways and railroads, hauling our freight, our silver bullion and, of course, playing a major role during the gold rush era. However, many people are under the false impression that they're stubborn, while others tend to overlook them in favor of the more glamorous horse.
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Wooden Boats
They come in all shapes and sizes and many date back to the early part of this century. All have been lovingly restored by their owners and are meticulously maintained. In short, they're some of the most beautiful wooden boats ever made.
Host Huell Howser gets a close look at these boats as he attends the 24th annual Concours d' Elegance dedicated to the preservation and celebration of the wooden vessels that have graced Lake Tahoe since the 1920s. He not only talks with the owners about the rich history of their boats, but joins them for a ride on the historic lake.
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Huell heads to Fallbrook in San Diego County to find out about the rich history of avocados in our state. This episode brought you the now-famous line, "now that's an avocado-eating dog."
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Olives and Berries
Huell gets a taste of history as he visits two families who have turned their crops into empires. He visits both the olive orchards in the San Joaquin Valley and processing plant of the Graber family in Ontario, where for a century workers have prepared Graber Olives in almost the same way. Huell then travels to Orange Country to learn how the world-famous Knott's Berry Farm amusement park grew out of one woman's home cooking.
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Huell travels to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to see the largest concentration of rock art in the Western Hemisphere. The small canyon houses up to 6,000 images. Although an accurate dating technique is still being sought, certain petroglyphs are thought to be 16,000 years old, while others were made as recently as 1800. This rock art is so important to our cultural heritage and our knowledge of the desert's past that the sites were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1964.
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Barack Obama's California College Days
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Obama described Occidental as "a wonderful, small liberal arts college. The professors were diverse and inspiring. I ended up making some lifelong friendships there, and those first two years really helped me grow up." Who knew that the next president of the United States had such a formative connection to California? Join Huell as he gets the Presidential tour of Occidental College in Eagle Rock, where Barack Obama spent his Freshman and Sophomore years.
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Devils Postpile
Surreal, awesome, unbelievable, weird? These are just some of the words that come out of your mouth when you view the Devil's Postpile. Located in the Eastern Sierras, this formation is one of nature's true masterpieces. Towering 60 feet over the San Joaquin River the postpile looks like a huge cathedral pipe organ built entirely of stone. The postpile is actually composed of thousands of columns of fine-grained, black - colored basalt. 100,000 years ago cooling molten rock contracted, creating perfect cracks.
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Hidden Alcatraz
Most of us have seen one of the countless films based on Alcatraz, from "The Birdman" to Clint Eastwood and his "Escape From Alcatraz." Over a million people every year take the ferry through the thick San Francisco fog to walk the cell blocks that housed the likes of Machine Gun Kelley and Al Capone. As usual Huell wasn't satisfied with the regular tour and went in search of the "Hidden Alcatraz". It got it's name from the Spanish word Alcatraces, or Bird Island and didn't see human inhabitants until the U.S. Military took it over in the mid 1800s.
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Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay rests on the Pacific Coast between forested hills and some of the most beautiful coastlines that California has to offer, and is located approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco. Join Huell as he visits this charming community.
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Hearst Castle Landscape
Huell tours the gardens of the world-famous Hearst Castle.
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Land Sailing
Huell travels to the Mojave Desert's El Mirage Dry Lake, one of the world's best spots for land sailors. Land Sailing is a sport in which a wheeled vehicle powered by wind moves across land with the aide of a sail. Huell explores the history of this unique tradition and even gets the opportunity to ride a sofa through the desert!
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Paradise Creek
Join Huell as he visits Paradise Creek Educational Park. Paradise Creek is an urban salt marsh creek that connects San Diego Bay to the watershed of the surrounding mountains and city landscape. It's home to crabs, egrets, snails and various wetland plants, but in the recent past, was a trash-filled, neglected urban stream threatened by development. Due to the hard work of a local couple and nearby school children, an education park was created in 1999 on a half-mile stretch of Paradise Creek which has been returned to its natural state.
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Anacapa Island, one of California's Channel Islands, is located 14 miles off the coast from Ventura. From the ocean, Huell finds that ocean waves have eroded the perimeter of the island, creating steep sea cliffs towering hundreds of feet in height and exposing the volcanic origins of air pockets, lava tubes, and sea caves. Once on land, he learns that the largest breeding colony of the endangered California brown pelican is located on West Anacapa.
California's Golden Coast
It is a daunting task: to create a trail running the entire coast of California is a commitment shared by many state agencies and organizations, including Coastwalk. Huell gets a firsthand look at portions of the trail in northern and southern California while learning about Coastwalk's commitment to organized walks, education and the support of the border to border California Coastal Trail.
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Guadalupe Dunes
Huell tours the the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes preserve with a representative of the Dunes Center, an agency, which along with other state, county and federal organizations, works to balance public use and resource protection of the largest, most biodiverse, coastal dune-lagoon ecosystem on earth. With 1,400 known species of birds, plants and animals and with the highest sand dune on the west coast, it is a place of rare beauty and significance.
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Mendocino Botanical Gardens
The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens is the only public garden in the continental United States located directly on the coast. Huell explores this rare jewel set within coastal pines and coastal bluffs in Fort Bragg. In addition to its diverse flora, there is a retail nursery and garden shop as well as workshops, classes and lectures so you may take a bit of the garden home with you.
Road Trip
Huell tours the Fresno County Fruit Trail, an 80-mile stretch of orchards as well as the top pitted-fruit producing area of the world. The Fruit Trail is a great spot to sample locally-grown nectarines, apricots, peaches, and plums. Huell even stops by a gallery where local artists have shown their appreciation for the region's agricultural beauty.
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Rope Climbers
Huell featured a group of rope climbers in an early "Videolog." He decides to join up with them again at the Los Angeles Valley College Gymnastic Center and find out if they're still going strong.
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Slash X Cafe
Huell pulls off the road in Barstow for a bite to eat at the Slash X Cafe, a favorite of off-roaders who usually pull up on their dirt bikes, quads or trucks.
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Space Shuttle Cafe
Huell visits with a couple who have a cafe in the shape of a space shuttle.
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Lindbergh Beacon
Huell traces the history of the 1928 Lindbergh Beacon, which was discovered at a city warehouse in the 1990s, restored to its original glory, and now shines over downtown Los Angeles from the top of City Hall. We also revisit Huell's original segment on the Beacon, when Project Restore rededicated the Beacon in the LAX terminal after a 50-year absence.
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Sturgeon's Mill
Huell visits a lumbermill... or is it a working museum? Join Huell, the founder's great-grandson and a cast of characters at this historic place.
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Elvis House
Huell visits the onetime Palm Springs home of Elvis Presley. This home is now designated as a historic property and open the public.
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Santa Cruz
Discover the colorful history of the Beach Boardwalk, the last remaining oceanside amusement park in the West Coast; meet the pioneers of surfing and the inventor of the wet suit, and enjoy salt water taffy and other sweet treats at Marini's, a family-run business for over four generations.
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Singing Cowboys
Meet the famous western duo, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, (and Trigger) and hear them sing their trademark song; meet Herb Jeffries who starred in black westerns in the late 1930s; and watch the festive 17th Annual Black Cowboy Parade in Oakland.
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El Camino Real Bells
The Kings Highway, or El Camino Real, has long been a part of California's rich history. From its humble beginnings as a dusty trail, it quickly became California's first "super highway" connecting all 21 Missions.
Join Huell Howser as he learns first hand about the road and its famous bells from author and historian Max Kurillo. Huell also joins up with Cal Trans as they install a new roadside bell, and even recreates a walk with a Padre and burro along an original dirt section of El Camino Real at La Purisima Mission in Lompoc.
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Santa Barbara Island
Travel to Santa Barbara Island, one of the eight Channel Islands, to learn about the history and nature of this beautiful place from its only human resident -- a ranger. Huell actually walks the perimeter of this island to get a feel for this seldom seen part of the Golden State.
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Angel Island
The largest island in San Francisco Bay is a heavenly sight to behold with its profusion of flora and fauna. But Angel Island also has a varied military history, including the detention of Chinese immigrants from 1910-1940. The episode examines this chapter of the island's past.
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San Luis Obispo Train
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Robin Ghertner
posted on Thursday, August 01, 2013 - 10:51 pm
Hello -
I'm calculating scale reliability for a single factor, with 22 indicator variables. The model fit indicates a unidimensional construct (RMSEA under 0.05, CFI and TLI both above 0.95). The loadings indicate congeneric model, not tau-equivalent.
My Cronbach's alpha estimate is 0.78.
I calculate composite reliability (Fornell and Larcker, 1981), which is:
sum(factor loadings)^2/(sum(factor loadings)^2+sum(error variance))
The estimate results in 0.96.
I would anticipate that alpha would be a lower bound, given the model is congeneric; however, I did not expect composite reliability to be so much higher than alpha. Given 0.95 is often used as a high stakes cutoff, using one reliability metric I have a decidedly low stakes assessment, and another it passes muster, I'm a little confused here.
Can anyone provide an explanation for why composite reliability would be so much higher? Am I missing something?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, August 02, 2013 - 7:46 am
I asked Tenko Raykov to comment on this and here is his answer:
"For the setting described (congeneric model, no error covariances), coefficient alpha can be a serious under-estimate of scale reliability even at the population level (if the entire population was studied), and obviously in a given sample the same may happen. The underlying reason is discussed in detail and 'qualitative terms' in Novick & Lewis, Psychometrika, 1967, and in 'quantitative terms' in Raykov, 1997, MBR.
Simply put, it boils down to the extent to which the construct loadings (factor loadings) are dissimilar - the more they are so, the more pronounced the underestimation 'bias' of alpha is. (Examples of this kind are also given in Raykov, 1997, and Raykov, 2001, BJMSP). The alternative formula used by the colleague asking this question, is identical to that of the 'omega' coefficient, which is reliability itself in this setting. Thus, unless the conditions indicated in Table 1 on p. 344 in Raykov, MBR, 1997, hold (when alpha is close to reliability in the population, even with somewhat dissimilar loadings), the preferred measure of reliability is the reliability coefficient itself - which would be only natural, logically - i.e., the omega coefficient mentioned above. For the particular question asked, it may also help to work out a confidence interval for reliability.
For this, the R-function 'ci.rel' in ch. 7 of Raykov & Marcoulides, 2011, "Introduction to Psychometric Theory", could be used (see also the more general discussion there on point and interval estimation of reliability, in particular with Mplus at the software level)."
posted on Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 11:37 pm
Dear Drs. Muthen,
I am wondering if the formula mentioned above for omega reliability coefficient: sum(factor loadings)^2/(sum(factor loadings)^2+sum(error variance)) also works for factors with ordinal items using WLSMV? I don't seem to be able to find the error variance in the output, could you please let me know where I can find this information?
I am also curious if the Omega generated by the ci.reliability function in R mentioned by Raykov above is equivalent to that from the formula?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 12:42 pm
Please see our FAQs named Reliability.
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