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Next update of the geographical distribution of contributors is scheduled to be published on this page in January 2020
Geographical distribution of contributors and types of articles published in Electronic Physician in 2009-2015
This report describes the international nature of the journal Electronic Physician (ISSN: 2008-5842). The journal established in 2008 and began to publish medical and health science research in 2009. The authors who submitted articles that were published in the first year (2009, Volume 1) were Indian scholars and two authors from Iran.
Consistent with the goal of publishing more international articles, the journal was introduced to academia in a step-by-step process that involved slow, but steady, progress. The number of articles published in the journal increased, and the geographical distribution of the authors, reviewers, editors, and other contributors expanded. In 2009, we published mostly editorials and original articles, but, in recent years, we have published the most common types of contributions, including original articles, systematic reviews, meta analyses, case reports, editorials, research letters and letters to the editor (LTE), traditional reviews, mini-review articles, conference abstracts, hypotheses and ideas, news reports, interviews, short communications, and brief reports.
The list below shows each country's share of authors, reviewers, and editors from October 2009 to August 2015. Also, the map (Figure 1) shows that we did attract contributions from all of the inhabited continents of the world. Data were derived from our archives of full-text papers and conference abstracts published in the journal, as well as from the lists of all reviewers, technical editors, language editors, and conference editorial teams who contributed to the work we published from October 2009 to August 2015.
The largest numbers of contributors were from Iran, Malaysia, and India, but the geographical origins of the contributors are shown on the map below, and the home countries are listed in alphabetical order, as follows:
Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Egypt, England, Georgia, Germany, Iran, India, Italy, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and United States of America
Figure 1. Map showing the geographical distribution of the contributors to the Electronic Physician journal
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Here are just some of the latests musings that have come out over the last few months from the matter-of-fact mind of my 10-year-old child:
What Do You See?
Kiddo was told at school he could make whatever he wanted, bar any weapons….he and his friend made these.
When the teacher admonished them for making 'swords' and told them they had to go in the trash, kiddo apparently looked at him in horror and with all the innocence only a 10- year-old telling a bald faced lie can muster said;
"What? Is isn't a SWORD, this is Jesus's CROSS, I can't throw Jesus's cross in the trash!"
He got to keep his 'cross'.
Watching the Brady Bunch
Him: "Mummy, what's that weird machine?"
Me: (feeling about 112) "It's a typewriter, people used to type on them before there were computers."
Him: "What! There weren't computers? Is that back when grandpa was a kid? "
Me:(feeling 212) "No, it's when I was a kid."
Him: (looking at me with renewed interest) "How old are you again?"
Hubby on the phone to Kiddo: "Did you learn anything new at school today?"
Kiddo: "No, we only learn something one day a week, and today wasn't that day."
Me: "We need to get you a haircut."
Him: "I don't want to, I hate hair cuts!"
Me: "I know you don't want to, but your hair is a disaster it looks terrible, we really need to get it cut."
Him: "But you told me it's who people are, not what they look like that matters!"
Me: (Silence). I can't think of one parent-y thing to say. It's taken 10 years but he finally has me beaten down with this one.
Emergency Situation
"Today we had a drill for if someone comes in the school trying to kill us. We had run into the library and stay really quiet.
Some of the kids had a hard time being quiet, I think they're the ones that are going to be killed first. I think that if someone might kill you, that's a good reason to stay quiet."
Riding a Bike
Me: isn't riding a bike awesome? You have the wind in your hair and the road is your master…"
Him: "Well, the wind isn't really in my hair, it can't get through those tiny cracks in my helmet."
Aboriginals and Oxygen
Him: " I'm really glad God made oxygen here on earth, because it would have been crazy to arrive for the first time in Australia and see aboriginals with space suits on…"
Me: "Er, yes it would. You're right, that was a good call on God's part.
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Django Unchained and Beasts of the Southern Wild leading NAACP Image Awards nominations
The two films will go head-to-head for the Outstanding Motion Picture title, alongside Flight, Red Tails and Tyler Perry's Good Deeds.
Tarantino's leading man, Jamie Foxx, will compete for the Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture prize against Denzel Washington (Flight), Tyler Perry (Alex Cross), Morgan Freeman (The Magic of Belle Isle), and Suraj Sharma for Life of Pi, while the female equivalent will be a battle between Halle Berry (Cloud Atlas), Viola Davis (Won't Back Down), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere) and Loretta Devine (In The Hive).
Foxx's onscreen wife, Kerry Washington, and their co-star Samuel L. Jackson earned recognition for their supporting roles in the slave drama, and will face competition from Don Cheadle (Flight), Lenny Kravitz (The Hunger Games), Gloria Reuben (Lincoln) and Taraji P. Henson (Think Like a Man).
Washington scored another nomination in the TV category for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in hit show Scandal, which was named as a contender for Outstanding TV Drama Series with Grey's Anatomy, Boardwalk Empire, Treme and True Blood.
Modern Family, Glee, The Game, The Mindy Project and The Soul Man will fight it out for the Outstanding TV Comedy Series, while TV acting nods went to stars such as LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles), Amber Riley (Glee), Anthony Anderson (Guys With Kids), Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Regina King (Southland). Michael Clarke Duncan also landed a posthumous acting nomination for The Finder.
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"Stolen Souls is a nightmare story in the most noir place on earth, told by an exceptional talent. Crime fiction doesn't get much better than that."
—Lee Child
"Top-notch Irish crime fiction … one senses a diamond-hard stillness at the heart of Neville's prose, despite the hurtling plot. This leaves us poised between savoring the beauty of his words and reading madly to get to the end."
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The cutting-edge, million-dollar wastewater research facility in Hayden is not the only one in the country. "We are the only one we know of at a working municipal wastewater treatment plant," said Remy Newcombe, a 2003 engineering graduate of the University of Idaho.
Newcombe is an environmental engineer and geophysicist, cofounder and chief technology officer of Blue Water Technologies, Inc. She also is co-inventor of the patented Blue PRO technology Blue Water Technologies employs. She was part of a team of researchers – which included University of Idaho professor of food science and toxicology Greg Moller – that devised the technology, while Newcombe worked toward her doctorate in civil engineering. The University of Idaho technology was licensed to the company in 2003.
The Blue PRO filtration system uses sand coated with iron oxide as a filtering agent. The coated sand bonds with and separates phosphorus, arsenic and heavy metals from wastewater.
Too much phosphorus causes excessive algae growth that diminishes water quality, kills fish and compromises aquatic ecosystems. Blue PRO technology lowers phosphorus levels from 3,000 parts per billion (ppb) to 10 ppb – a 99.7 percent reduction. In addition, the technology can meet the new drinking water maximum contaminant level for arsenic of 10 ppb.
The Hayden research facility accommodates both Blue Water Technologies research and University of Idaho research on advanced water treatment processes.
Not only has Blue Water Technologies honed the Blue PRO system to suit multiple venues, they also have expanded the applications of the technology to filter metals and newly emerging contaminants, including endocrine disrupting chemicals that mimic hormones and can harm the reproduction and development of organisms, including humans. "The research facility has allowed us to test new technologies for these other applications," said Newcombe.
As the filtration system has evolved, so has business. Last September, Blue Water Technologies acquired a subsidiary, Applied Process Technology Inc., a Texas-based filter manufacturer. In the past four years they also have established a nationwide manufacturer's representative network, and their Hayden staff has grown from four employees to 14. "We first started out working out of our homes," said Newcombe. "Now we have 20,000 square feet of office and shop space for fabrication, assembly and inventory."
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Inspired by the book It Begins with an A, this minilesson invites kindergartners to combine their experiences with familiar objects and descriptive writing by making a class book. First, during a reading of It Begins with an A, students discuss descriptive works, number words, size words, and other words that describe objects in the book. Next, students practice by giving three clues that describe familiar objects named by the teacher. Students are encouraged to develop more specific and descriptive clues. Then, each student thinks of an object and draws it on the back of a sheet of paper. On the front of the paper, they write three clues that describe the object. Finally, the completed pages are combined to create a book that can be shared with family members and peers before adding it to their classroom library.
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"One of the first ways [to manage stress] is giving ourselves permission to accept help," said Heather Greene, director of Resident and Family Services at Mountainside Residential Care Center, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network in Margaretville. "That can be anything from accepting an invitation to dinner to having someone come visit and sit with your loved one."
When maintaining old traditions becomes stressful, it's important to conquer the fear of starting new ones, she said. "Maybe it's celebrating on a date other than the exact holiday or enlisting others to help with dinner by bringing their favorite dish."
If family members lock horns or cause tension, she suggests pointing out the skills each brings to the table. "If you focus on strengths and ask for specifics instead of throwing up your hands, you can find the support you need," she said. "You could say, 'Bob, you're really good at finances, but they're not my strong suit. Do you think you could help Mom with her checkbook every month?' This way, you're building a team around yourself."
Finally, Greene stresses the importance of self-care. "If you get sick and exhausted, you can't care for your loved one," she said. "Try to set aside at least half an hour to make sure you're hydrated, eating healthily, and, most importantly, planning for the future.
"So much of caregiving is worry, guilt and reacting to the here and now; but try not to be reactionary. Involve your loved ones, look ahead, and find the support you need for the coming year."


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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Yahoo! BrowserPlus: The rumour is true
Awhile back I heard a rumour that Yahoo! had a "Gears-like" project that was cancelled. I thought this was a shame, as having Yahoo! pushing the browser would be a great thing, and I wished that we could all join forces and push together.
It turns out the rumour is true, and even better, the project has survived. Skylar Woodward of Brickhouse talks a little about it on his blog:
After 3 years of hiding out in the campuses of Yahoo! it's good to finally have something external to show for it. Most exciting is the release of BrowserPlus, a software and software distribution framework that allows device developers (desktop, mobile, etc.) to seamlessly bridge the browser programming environment (DHTML, JS) to any component they can dream up (VoIP, image manipulation, data caching, etc.). Some time ago we created a platform team to focus on device software at Yahoo! and this is what has emerged amidst the quickly shifting strategy of the mothership. The 1.0 release of BrowserPlus is intended only for use by Yahoo! sites to enhance customer experiences; however, in the coming months, developers might expect the ability to use components on their own sites.
In the meantime, you can hack the framework on your own system after you've installed it to start experimenting. You can experience BrowserPlus currently through the PhotoDropper module on Mash, though direct installs are available for mac or pc
There isn't a lot of information out there, but hopefully we will here more soon. It currently doesn't seem to be open source, but I would love to reach out to the team, and Yahoo! in general. I consider Yahoo! a proponent of the Open Web, and would love to see us work together in a way that pushes the browser platform forward from the point of view of Web developers (as compared to browser vendors).
It would be great to take the PhotoDropper, and make the generic kick arse file uploader (
input type="file" multiple="true") that I have wanted for a long time.
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Invention of the Wheel / 8,000 BC
The wheel helped humans transport goods and build early structures.
Stages of Evolution
Feet & Hooves / 1 million BC
Walking or riding animals was the only form of transportation for millions of years.
Smart Vehicle / Tomorrow
Advanced electric vehicles allow consumers to be smart about when they recharge with the ability to be able to program the start time for charging, the rate they want to pay, and the time needed to complete charging.
Grafitti on Stones / 3000 BC
Egyptians perfect hieroglyphics ushering in the general idea of expressing words of a language in writing.
Smart Communications / Tomorrow
By 2017, your smart phone will make your life easier making recommendations like a personal shopper or assistant.
Fire / 400,000 BC-1900s
Fire brought comfort and protection with the ability to cook food, stay warm throughout the day and extend waking hours into the night.
Current Electrical Grid / 1890s-1950s
The advancement of alternating current (AC) allowed for power generation stations to be located much further from consumers. Large transmission lines were built to carry electricity to substations then to distribution lines before entering a home or business.
Renewable Energy / 1970s-2000+
Renewable energy is the generation of electricity from a source that is always available, such as wind, sun or water. Environmental concerns and climate change prompted the introduction of subsidies for renewable energy technology. Renewable energy in the home or business can reduce power costs and supply power back to the utility.
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Steps to modernize the transmission infrastructure so that electricity generated anywhere in America can power homes and businesses across the nation. A unified national smart grid would form the entire skeleton of a modern electricity system, allowing us to efficiently carry large amounts of electricity over long distances in a network that is integrated, continuously monitored, and resistant to failure.
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Access to information anywhere, real-time data collection, instant diagnostics.
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Transactions can be made automatically or instantly through smart phones.
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The integration of a smart meter along with Wi-Fi enabled appliances, lighting and other devices conveniently changes the way a family interacts with its home and optimizes home energy consumption.


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Search Engine Land's Matt McGee reported earlier this month that Google had registered a number of Labs, Screenwise and Adwords domains. Among the list of fourteen names were domains like GoogleWebLab.com, ChromeWebLab.com, and ScreenwiseMedia.com. Now Google has registered more variations of … [Read more...]
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THE doctor who helped set up the Oxfordshire GP-led clinical commissioning group under controversial NHS reforms has been voted off its board.
Dr Stephen Richards lost to Dr Joe McManners in a poll of county GPs to elect the group's clinical chairman.
The Goring GP was chief executive when it was set up on April 1 under a national shake-up. This aimed to put doctors at the heart of deciding where most NHS cash goes, but he quit in October, citing the demands of the job.
The post was split between a chief executive with NHS leadership experience and a doctor taking a clinical position. This triggered a vote for the new chairman's role and GPs backed Dr McManners, of Headington's Manor Surgery.
At a board meeting yesterday, he thanked Dr Richards – who was not available for comment – and said of his role at the cash-strapped authority: "It is a pretty daunting situation and in other ways very exciting."


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Energy savings is something we should talk about because people like to save money know people love to save money. There's never been a better time to take a look at energy efficiency when it comes to landscape lighting. There are so many choices with LED now, and you can get the right kind of light that you need for your situation without having to blow out your electric bill. Now you can get all the energy efficiency you would like and still get good lighting for your outdoor location. If you're curious as to how much you could save over time, we have an energy-saving spreadsheet calculation that you can download for free from the left-hand column of our website. It will let you input precisely what kind of system you have now and compare it to something that we have that you could implement. You'll see the energy savings that you could enjoy by going to a more efficient LED system and the payback that's associated with it. Yes, even LED landscape lights will have a payback associated with them. Also, electric rates go down at night, there still energy efficiency that can be gained by upgrading. And you can calculate that and get a reasonable estimate as to how fast your investment will pay back over time. So the system will pay for itself, and you'll get brand-new lighting that's going to work better than anything ever has before. We say that with the confidence because so many people have done this and had a significant effect on their outdoor lighting.
Be more secure.
Earlier we mentioned how security could be enhanced by having running landscape lights. Criminals don't like well-lit areas, there too easy to see or to be seen on a camera like a lot of people have in their homes or businesses. If you keep an area well lit, you're not going to have the crime problem or vandalism if that's a concern in your area. Instead of going to a well-lit area, they often change their plan to go somewhere that's much darker and harder to be seen. So it's one of the cheapest forms of insurance you can buy, and it's something that works well. This is especially true for businesses that want to light up a building along with general area lighting; it will make it very hard for people to break in. They don't want to be seen. So keep that in mind also, that is not just an aesthetic appeal to a building or home, but it's common sense of security that many people have enjoyed.
Quantity pricing.
If you're a building owner, manager or a contractor and you buy a lot of these light fixtures on a regular basis; we want to help you special pricing for more massive quantities. We want to be very competitive even though this product is a commercial grade quality product and we can also add free shipping. We hope that he can help you with your budget process by giving you the best price possible with the best quality. And once you install these, you're not going to have problems. We have a good track record with all of these products with minimal failures. If you do have a question or there's something that's defective, most of them carry a five-year warranty and we're going to stand behind that product with our manufacturers or that period. If anybody's going to have a problem, it's probably within that period that you might discover a defective of some kind. So we've got you covered with excellent warranties that are going to help you in the future if anything goes wrong. But the track record we have is excellent, and we have had very, very few defectives.
How can we help you today?
One of the last things we want to mention is that if you have a situation where you don't know how many light fixtures to use for your particular application, we can help you with that. We can run a lighting layout so you can know for sure how many light fixtures you'll need and what the general effect will be. We want to make sure that your lighting is appropriately set up and sometimes people will email or text us a picture of what they're trying to light. Call us if you have any questions about anything you see on our website, not just these LED landscape lights. We have the right lighting answers from many years of working in the industry to get people the best lighting possible at a reasonable price. We also want to make sure that you're up to date on any of the energy-efficient products we carry. There's a lot of change going on in the industry and LED lighting continues to improve with greater energy efficiency over time. It seems that every six months or so there's a jump in lumens per watt and that trend is continuing. We'll have to see how long that's going to last or if there some physical limitations that some of these LEDs get to as far as efficiency.
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Western Outer Curtain Wall of this 12th century Norman castle is via Constable's Road, a junction on Castle Hill Road above Connaught Park and the Zig-Zags Park (both Victorian).
The entrance for vehicular traffic lies further south at Canons Gate, or Canons Gateway.
Constable's Tower was built by John de Fiennes (John de Fienes) under William the Conqueror (2) and for this reason was once known as Fiennes' Tower.
In the 1216 Great Siege of Dover Castle during the First Barons' War against King John (3), the Dauphin Prince Louis, later Louis VIII of France (4), son and heir-apparent of Philip Augustus (one of the most successful medieval French monarchs), unsuccessfully besieged Dover Castle.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Adrien Broner stopped Antonio DeMarco in the eighth round to take the WBC lightweight championship Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall.
Broner (25-0, 21 KOs) dominated from the outset, punishing DeMarco (28-3-1, 21 KOs) until DeMarco's corner mercifully threw in the towel. Referee Benji Esteves stopped the fight at 1:49 of the round.
Broner, a 23-year-old Cincinnati native, uncorked a left uppercut that slammed against DeMarco's jaw and sent the 27-year-old Mexican to one knee. While Broner danced his way into a neutral corner, Esteves moved in to start counting. DeMarco's corner signaled him to stop the bout over DeMarco's mild protest.
"I'm proud of DeMarco for fighting the way he fought," DeMarco's promoter, Gary Shaw said. "But Broner's the total package. He could be the next Floyd (Mayweather, Jr.)."
Broner took control in the fifth, punishing DeMarco with uppercuts and straight rights that thudded against DeMarco's face and produced a bruise under his left eye to match the one under his right. Some fans cheered while others cringed at the onslaught. When the bell sounded, DeMarco walked wearily back to his corner.
"I was shaking and baking him until I flipped him up," Broner said. "I knew coming into this fight it was going to be a world-class fight. But I knew he didn't have the skills to beat me.
"I wanted to make a statement tonight and I did. He was definitely the toughest opponent I've faced. He was strong and could take a punch."
There was a minor controversy before the main event when DeMarco's camp complained that Broner's gloves were smaller. There was no scale to weigh the gloves in the dressing rooms — they are supposed to weigh eight ounces — so DeMarco was offered the opportunity to wear the same gloves as Broner and he agreed.
In the co-feature Detroit heavyweight Johanthon Banks (29-1-1, 19 KOs) stopped Seth Mitchell (25-1-1, 19 KOs) in the second round. Banks dropped the former Michigan State linebacker three times in the second, prompting referee Eddie Cotton to stop the fight at 2:38.
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Here's another breath of fresh air from 'Zo', who calls a spade a spade, and lays out that Democrats are racists.
Nobody Agrees: Democrats divide every human being into race classes. Instead of seeing everyone as people. And then they play the races against each other.
If there is one thing that has happened that is good in these last few years, many black men and women are starting to wake up to the Democratic slave plantation.
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When it came time to publish her new book, Walking the War Zones of Pakistan: One Woman's Journey Into the Shadow of the Taliban, Ruth Anne Kocour planned to bypass traditional publishers because she wanted to "enjoy more control over the final product."
Despite having had an "excellent" experience working with St. Martin's Press on her first book, Facing the Extreme, Kocour didn't want to go through extensive re-writes and wait years to see Walking the War Zones of Pakistan in the hands of readers especially since Kocour believes independent publishing is the future of the industry:
"I believe traditional publishing will focus more on subjects with broad market appeal, sensational subjects, timely events, and/or celebrity-type bios, and I see self-publishing as an excellent option for subjects with niche markets or those of regional interest, that wouldn't capture the attention of a mainstream publisher."
So Kocour turned to Lulu who evaluated her manuscript as part of the Editorial Quality Review package. Together they worked on a mechanical edit that improved grammar and punctuation, and which she called "the most technical and comprehensive edit I've ever had." For the cover Kocour provided Lulu with photos she thought would "lend to a good design" and received two mock-ups back, both "top notch." Overall Kocour is quick to praise Lulu, which she says "exceeded her expectations." Even the process itself was "fun."
Having a successful media tour for Facing the Extreme already under her belt, Kocour was at an advantage in terms of marketing. She drew from her network of journalists and bloggers, among others, and was even contacted by new media via her website, through referrals, or from her talks. Additionally the timeliness of her story helped — and now hardly a week goes by when she's not asked to speak or do a TV interview. Still, she learned a lot about publicity this time around:
"Media loves media. Once you have a successful track record with the media, you become a known entity–one they can count on. We have several of my TV interviews posted on my website where media people and others can access them."
Now Kocour is an independent publishing convert, and sees the route as not only viable, but preferable for new and veteran authors. Currently conceptualizing a new story, Kocour plans to once again publish through Lulu. She also intends to bring Facing the Extreme back in print—in hardcover, paperback, and as an eBook. This, too, will be through Lulu.
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By Caitlin Kelly
This is an extraordinary story, from a place that normally wouldn't make the national news, and from the Mormon church, a faith that usually also receives little mainstream press.
From NPR:
ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Finally, this hour, a Mormon bishop in
Taylorsville, Utah, went to great lengths last Sunday to teach his
congregation a lesson. David Musselman disguised himself as a homeless
person with the help of a professional makeup artist friend. After
getting mutton-chops, a ski hat and thick glasses, the bishop waited
outside his church and wished congregants a happy Thanksgiving. To
describe what happened next, I'm joined by Bishop Musselman, welcome to
the program.
BISHOP DAVID MUSSELMAN: Glad to be here. Thanks, Ari.
SHAPIRO: Describe the response you got.
Well, I got several types of responses. I had some people that went out
of their way to let me know that this was not a place to ask for
charity and that I was not welcome and that I needed to leave the
property. I should also state that I had a number of people come and
were very kind to me. But I was most impressed with the children. The
children definitely were very eager to want to reach out and try to help
me in some way
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Musselman, who told only his second counselor that he would be
disguised as a homeless man, walked to the pulpit during the service. He
finally revealed his true identity and took off his wig, fake beard and
"It had a shock value that I did not anticipate," he said. "I really
did not have any idea that the members of my ward would gasp as big as
they did."
Ward member Jaimi Larsen was among those surprised it was her bishop.
"I started feeling ashamed because I didn't say hello to this man …
He was dirty. He was crippled. He was old. He was mumbling to himself,"
she said.
It wasn't Musselman's goal to embarrass ward members or make them
feel ashamed, he said. Instead, he wanted to remind them to be kind to
people from all walks of life not just at the holidays, but all year
long, he said.
"To be Christ-like, just acknowledge them," he said
Musselman made the invisible visble.
Here is a powerful blog, written by a television cameraman who himself was once homeless, his effort to make this population of the poor, struggling and suffering visible and audible.
The population of homeless has risen by 65 percent in the eight years of New York City's billionaire mayor, Michael Bloomberg; 21,000 New York City children have no home to go to beyond a shelter or whatever space they can beg from a friend or relative.
Here is one Manhattan shelter I've contributed to.
As we gather with friends, family and loved ones to celebrate the holidays — those of us fortunate enough to have a warm, clean, dry place in which to safely sleep — remember those who don't. They can be, for some people, a terrifying sight, slumped on the pavement or dragging enormous overstuffed metal carts. Their utter desperation reminds us what the bottom of the ladder looks like — that there very much is a bottom — the place we work so hard and save so hard and cling to our jobs to stay clear of.
We could never ever become them.
Could we?
So much easier, then, to avoid their gaze or studiously ignore their outstretched hands or cups or their signs, scrawled on cardboard.
I have, and it shames me when I make that choice.
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KDE Look and Feel for Java Preview
Sekou Diakite has released an alpha version of a KDE Look and Feel for Java. This is an interesting step forward in Linux/Unix desktop integration since Java applications can now use the KDE/Qt libraries for drawing Java widgets and even directly use existing KDE widgets such as the file or color choosers. See the webpage for further details of this accomplishment including future plans and, of course, screenshots.
Dreams come true :)
yes! java applications like limewire, azureus, Vocabulary Builder 1.33,(http://www.geocities.com/rorokimdim/) would blend into KDE.
A real deserving thing for KDE. thanks Sekou Diakite! the screen shots look good.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Dreams come true :)
It does look good, and seems a clever hack.
Azureus uses the SWT GUI (which most commonly uses GTK on *nix for native widgets---yuck) rather than the native Java Swing GUI, so I don't think this project is going to help there. Maybe the other two apps though.
By Tim Middleton at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Dreams come true :)
If the app is written in java-gtk2 then it will use the gtk2-qt plugin in kde 3.5. At least Sunrise Desktop[1] does.
By Ed at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Dreams come true :)
Is it really a hack or just the way it has to be done ?
By Felix at Tue, 2006/04/18 - 5:00am
Limewire system tray icon
Does anyone know if it's possible to make Limewire show a system tray icon in KDE? It definitely works in Windows, and Limewire claims to support it on Linux (GNOME maybe?)
Has anyone had any success with it?
By Dima Ryazanov at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Limewire system tray icon
limewire runs nicely in my kde systray.
By AC at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Limewire system tray icon
Limewire doesn't show a systemtray icon on my desktop (which was annoying because the default behavior when you try and close it was to go to the system tray, so I would have to kill the process then). Last tested on KDE 3.5.1 and Limewire 4.8.1.
By Corbin at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Limewire system tray icon
I installed limewire-pro 4.11 on my suse 10.0 system and noticed that there's a kde system tray icon for it when it's running. I assumed that's just how it works...
By Joel at Fri, 2006/04/14 - 5:00am
> A KDE application is created offscreen and never showed.
Isn't that kind of a waste of memory? Also, copying pixmaps from Qt to Java is probably slow, too...
By Dima Ryazanov at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: efficiency
Well, obviously the Gtk-Qt engine does it too, and that one's not performing too bad after all. Seems like it's actually manageable.
By Jakob Petsovits at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
gnu Classpath makes really good progress. Why not include KDE bindings?
By Jaffa at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Doesn't work?
Anyone else got this error?
[[email protected] dl]$ java -jar KdeLAF.jar
Obviously the jar file is'nt really a jar file...
Let's see:
Ups ;-)
By anoninuss at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Still missing a RAD tool...
Okay looks nice, but I'm still missing a good Rapid Application Development Tool, like (Visual Studio .NET or Delphi).
MonoDevelop looks okay, still a little too gnomisch, KDevelop3 looks okay, but still feels like Visual Studio 6.0 for C++.... Probably didn't try it enough.
It is just the way someone used to programing under windows looks at the tools under Linux... You can say a lot about how bed windows is, I'll probably give you right in a lot of things, else I wouldn't be looking to linux.
But I'm still having a little problems starting programming under Linux, or under KDE for that part. Installed Qt4 and doing some basic programming with KATE. But I'm still looking for something that invites me to programm..... (Under Linux ofcourse)....
By boemer at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Still missing a RAD tool...
You mean you want to develop for KDE or in Java? For Java the tools are excellent, try NetBeans or Eclipse. KDE tools are also suberb, I liked KDevelop (though I never used it for GUI apps) and I believe it now has form designer integration. Admitedly it's not quite Visual Studio 2005 by it's good none the less.
By David at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Still missing a RAD tool...
You probably hate java, but Eclipse and IntelliJ are the best IDEs out there. If you are addicted to IDEs, have a look at these.
By rjw at Thu, 2006/04/13 - 5:00am
Re: Still missing a RAD tool...
I personally like jEdit too ...
By Cody Ray at Sat, 2006/09/02 - 5:00am
Source code?
For a free and open source project, this doesn't seem very free or open source. I need to compile from scratch for the AMD64 architecture...
By Alistair John S... at Fri, 2006/04/14 - 5:00am
Re: Source code?
Hello Alistair,
By the way, I do not own an X86-64 System, if your willing to compile/test the native part of the project to X86-64 it would be great.
By Sékou DIAKITÉ at Fri, 2006/04/14 - 5:00am
Re: Source code?
It was because there is no mention of SVN, or source access on the linked webpage. I now see a 'contribute' link, which is OK of course. Many thanks!
I will feed back to you if I have any problems.
By Alistair John S... at Fri, 2006/04/14 - 5:00am
Same app in SWT, Swing, and Qt
A while back I wrote a simple mp3/ogg/wav player in java. I wrote different frontends to it to get to know the various toolkits better. It has an SWT frontend for my native looking windows fun, a Swing frontend for cross platformness, and a Qt/KDE frontend for fitting in to my KDE desktop.
Using the Qt frontend, the Gtk-Qt engine for GTK and the KdeLAF, I can make all three frontends use the same Qt style, with varying degrees of success.
This pic is the results, with some commentary. KdeLAF has a little ways to go before I would replace the Qt frontend with it.
(this was a repost of a comment I made on the matter on osnews.com)
By jason at Sat, 2006/04/15 - 5:00am
Re: Same app in SWT, Swing, and Qt
Very cool! Thanks for posting your comparison. Attaching your graphic without the ad. =)
By ac at Sun, 2006/04/16 - 5:00am
Re: Same app in SWT, Swing, and Qt
Thanks for making it a link :) I totally missed the option to do that.
From kdeLAF's homepage:
One of the issues taken care of then! I'll have to try out the new build. Still waiting on the splitter and frames afaict.
By jason at Thu, 2006/04/20 - 5:00am
looks great
Best Regards
By constantine at Sat, 2006/04/15 - 5:00am
L&F vs. functionality
I've always felt that some people don't understand (not the developers of KDELandF, in particular... just developers in general) that making a GUI *look* similar isn't what the goal should be. IMHO, the overlooked, and yet keystone, component is complex datatype support in the clipboard.
No interface, in my opinion, has yet to match NeXTSTEP in terms of sophisticated clipboard support. You could drag any data, from any application, to any other. KDE is getting pretty close to NeXTSTEP's functionality, but I've never had any luck with non-trivial (plain text) copying of data dragging between KDE and Java apps -- say, Konqueror and GalleryRemote -- and this is why I almost never use Java GUI apps. Well, that and the VM being a memory hog.
By sean at Mon, 2006/04/17 - 5:00am
KdeLaf and NetBeans
The KdeLaf calls JToolbar.addImpl method sooner than other look and feels and as a result yesterday's build from http://www.netbeans.org used to fail with
I have fixed that
So if you want to try the KdeLaf with NetBeans get the latest sources or download tomorrow's daily build.
By Jarolsav Tulach at Fri, 2006/04/21 - 5:00am


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Recap & Reactions: Mad Men reads your "Tea Leaves"
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On a night of exciting season premieres (Game of Thrones, The Killing), I've decided to keep my focus trained on the continuing efforts of AMC's period epic, Mad Men. Earlier tonight, we were treated to the fifth season's sophomore episode, "Tea Leaves." While it may not be clear exactly where this season is headed just yet, there are definite traces of the series' characteristic slow burn. Check out my spoiler-filled thoughts and comment with your own after the break!


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Magic swords are great and all, but what happens when you get a singing sword that simply won't shut up? In this animated short, one knight decides he's had enough of his wordy weapon.
Steven Ray made this fun short film, Song of the Knight, at Ringling College of Art + Design. It proves that even the most obnoxious instrument can have its uses.
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View From Studio 3: Yadi's metamorphosis continues
Despite All-Star numbers, Hardy merely pingpong champ in distinguished O's clubhouse
In a room full of great players, J.J. Hardy is the best. Hands down. He doesn't hesitate when asked about it. The Orioles' shortstop is confident that he is the best ping pong player in the Orioles' clubhouse.
"If anyone gets me on the table, chances are I win," Hardy said. "We've got seven or eight guys in this clubhouse that are really, really good at ping pong."
And baseball.
And Hardy is one of the true stars, although he doesn't get nearly enough ink for his achievements. If you were to list the best baseball players on this Orioles roster, you may not mention Hardy's name until way down on the list. After Chris Davis, Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Nick Markakis, Jim Johnson and Matt Wieters.
Fair or unfair, it's just fine with the 30-year-old.
"Keep overlooking me. I'd rather all those guys get the attention, and me, [I] just kind of fly under the radar."
But how can a guy often go unnoticed in his own clubhouse yet lead his position in All-Star voting?
Seems like a contradiction, doesn't it? But that's what happens when you play all your games for a virtual All-Star team and don't look for or demand attention.
Make no mistake, Hardy is the cream of the crop when it comes to American League shortstops -- Gold Glove defense and on pace for 30 home runs and 85 RBIs.
About that RBI total, Hardy said, "It's easy. Hitting seventh in this lineup behind all those guys, it seems there's always someone on base."
In Hardy's nine-year career, he's had the opportunity to play with some of the brightest young stars in the game. Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder in Milwaukee. Joe Mauer in Minnesota. And now he has a front-row seat to witness Machado and Davis turn into mega-stars.
His observations on Davis offer us a unique look at the game's leading home run hitter, a humble and thoughtful man of faith.
"He's funny, loud, loose," Hardy said. "When we're out there playing ping pong, he's in the weight room, just getting huge. I thought he had an unbelievable year last year, and I feel like his numbers are almost what he did last year already. I think everyone on our team is watching him."
The same can be said of Machado. Fans and players watch in awe as this 20-year-old prodigy becomes a face of MLB.
"I'm in awe, too. Its really, really fun watching him play third base," Hardy said. "Makes my job a lot easier. I get to play more up the middle, because he has so much range, but his arm and the plays he makes ... and how he makes then look so easy -- It's been a lot of fun to watch. His arm is ridiculous."
But Machado's ping pong skills are still a work in progress. Hardy says Machado is the most improved since Spring Training. However, if the youngster is to replace the veteran as the Orioles' table tennis king, he'll have to do it on his own.
"I don't play much anymore," Hardy said. "I'm too tired and focused on baseball."
It shows.
The metamorphosis of Yadier Molina continues. He's long been a premier backstop who was worth his weight in gold just for his game-calling and defensive skills. Today, he's a frontrunner for the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
As Molina transforms into an offensive force and solidifies his place on the short list of best players in the game, it calls to mind another Cardinals great. An eventual Hall of Famer who took even longer to mature from defensive whiz into an all-around great.
It wasn't until Ozzie Smith's eighth year in the league before he hit higher than .260 and posted an on-base percentage higher than .350.
Smith already had secured five Gold Gloves and four All-Star appearances when he entered his age-30 season. That year, 1985, "The Wizard" began a stretch of seven straight seasons with at least 50 RBIs. In that era, 50-plus ribbies for an NL shortstop ranked among the best.
But Smith and Molina share more than just the "late-bloomer" label.
They were/are elite contact hitters consistently ranking among the game's best in strikeouts. Both are also World Series champions.
Their postseason bond runs deeper than that. Decades apart, each hit a game-winning home run in an NL Championship Series. Molina's beat the Mets in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS. Smith's long ball defeated the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1985 NLCS (go crazy folks, go crazy).
Decades from now, these two Cardinals greats will likely have Cooperstown in common, as well.


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Science Gets Graphic: Cartoons, Comics and Graphic Novels in the Sciences
Exhibit - Artifacts | April 23 – August 24, 2018 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | Evans Hall, Mathematics Statistics Library (100 Evans)
In the past decade, we have witnessed significant growth in the use of visual imagery and storytelling to engage students in the sciences. From manga guides and illustrated texts to biographies and zombies teaching calculus, this display features illustrated works and graphic novels from our collections that aim to teach college students and the general public about science and scientists. Stop by the Mathematics Statistics Library to page through these fascinating examples.
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Travel Epidemiology
Travelers are an epidemiologically important population because of their mobility, their potential for exposure to diseases outside their home country, and the possibility that they may carry nonendemic diseases between countries. International tourist arrivals were 1.2 billion in 2015 and are projected to increase to almost 2 billion by 2030, so the public health impact of travel will likely only increase. The destinations of travelers are also changing. Increased travel to destinations in Asia (arrivals up 5% from 2014 to 2015) and the Middle East (arrivals up 3% from 2014 to 2015) and anticipated increases in travel to Africa will place more travelers at risk for a variety of travel-related conditions, including malaria, dengue, measles, and other tropical or vaccine-preventable infections.
The risk of travel-related illness varies depending on destination and traveler characteristics. Existing information regarding the actual risk for travelers (often expressed as number of events per 100,000 travelers) is limited for several reasons. It is difficult to obtain an accurate numerator (number of cases of disease among travelers) and denominator (number of travelers overall or travelers to a specific destination). Many travelers who become infected will have returned to their home countries by the time they develop symptoms so will not be included in the visited country's surveillance data. Similarly, diseases with short incubation periods or brief durations may have resolved by the time a traveler returns home and thus may not be counted in surveillance data of the traveler's country of origin. If the illness is mild, the traveler may never seek health care, or diagnostic tests may not be performed to accurately diagnose the cause. Travelers often visit multiple locations, and it may be difficult to determine the location in which the exposure occurred.
Frequently quoted studies on the incidence of infection in travelers are based on extrapolations of limited data collected in limited samples of travelers. Often, these studies were conducted >20 years ago and might be of limited relevance to current travelers. Furthermore, these studies use a variety of methodologic designs, each with its own set of strengths and weaknesses, making the findings difficult to compare or combine. They have also, for the most part, only examined a few key diseases or conditions and have combined all travelers regardless of destination or purpose of travel. Many have been single-clinic or single-destination studies that lead to conclusions that do not apply to groups of travelers with different local, national, or cultural backgrounds.
A number of factors are relevant to epidemiologic data on travel-related diseases and adverse health events. First, the characteristics of the disease itself must be considered, including mode of transmission, incubation period, signs and symptoms, duration of illness, and diagnostic testing. Second, the presence, frequency, seasonality, and geographic distribution of the disease need to be assessed; these might change over time because of outbreaks, emergence or reemergence in new areas or populations, successful public health interventions, or other factors. Third, travelers represent a unique subset of people, and their exposures, behaviors, and disease susceptibility might differ dramatically from those of the local population at a tourist destination.
Along with demographic characteristics, additional travel-specific factors that should be considered include trip length, destinations (both current and previous), specific travel itineraries, use of preventive measures, and purpose of travel. Fourth, travelers themselves are a heterogeneous group, and different subgroups of travelers might have different risks because of activities, behaviors, and other factors during travel. For example, travelers who are visiting friends and relatives (VFR travelers) have consistently demonstrated higher proportions of serious febrile illness, particularly malaria, when compared with other types of travelers.
During the past 2 decades, the most relevant data on travel-related disease occurrence have come from surveillance of travelers themselves. Data on disease incidence in local populations may identify the most important diseases to monitor within a country, but relevance of such data to travelers—who have different risk behaviors, eating habits, accommodations, knowledge of preventive measures, and activities—is usually limited. Surveillance data that are either focused on travelers or on illnesses that affect travelers are more useful in describing travel-related disease patterns and risks.
Data collected by the Global TravEpiNet (GTEN) network of pretravel visits in health clinics across the United States provide a snapshot into the types of travelers seeking pretravel health care and their travel practices. Health care providers need to understand the epidemiologic features of the traveling population to guide their pretravel recommendations and post-travel evaluations. In examining GTEN data collected from 2009 through 2011, 13,235 travelers ranged in age from 1 month to 94 years (median 35 years). The median duration of travel that prompted the pretravel evaluation was 14 days, although 22% of travelers were taking trips of >28 days, and 3% of the travelers were taking trips of >6 months. A total of 75% were traveling to malaria-endemic countries, and 38% were visiting yellow fever–endemic countries. Immunocompromising conditions, such as HIV infection and AIDS, organ transplantation, or receipt of immunocompromising medications, were present in 3% of GTEN travelers.
Post-travel illness surveillance data are collected by the GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network, a worldwide data collection and communication network composed of International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) member travel and tropical medicine clinics. Analyses of these data are used to describe the relationships between travel and travel-related illness in specific subpopulations of travelers. A 2013 summary of GeoSentinel data found that diarrheal, febrile/systemic, and respiratory illnesses are the most common diagnoses reported. Another study found that >20% of travelers visiting malarious areas reported inconsistent or no use of malaria prophylaxis. Post-travel data from the GeoSentinel network of 53 clinics around the world collected from 2007 through 2011 indicate that Asia (33%) and sub-Saharan Africa (27%) were the most common regions where travel-related illnesses were acquired. Malaria, dengue, enteric fever, spotted-fever group rickettsioses, chikungunya, and nonspecific viral syndromes were the most frequent contributors to the acute systemic febrile illness category. Falciparum malaria was most commonly acquired in West Africa, while enteric fever was most often contracted on the Indian subcontinent; leptospirosis, scrub typhus, and murine typhus were principally acquired in Southeast Asia. Common skin and soft tissue infections, mosquito bites (often infected), and allergic dermatitis were the most common skin conditions affecting travelers. Among the more exotic diagnoses, the most important were hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans, leishmaniasis, myiasis, and tungiasis. The relative frequency of many diseases varied by travel destination and reason for travel, and VFR travelers had a disproportionately high prevalence of serious febrile illness (malaria) and low rates of seeking advice before travel (18%). Only 40% of all ill GeoSentinel travelers reported pretravel medical visits.
Investigations of travel-related outbreaks can also provide data on epidemiologic patterns of travel-related illness. Outbreaks in travelers to the Caribbean are a reminder of travel-associated risk of illness. Incidence of chikungunya was evaluated among 102 participants returning from the Dominican Republic in 2014. Forty-two (41%) had evidence of recent chikungunya infection, and of those, 37 (90%) reported rash or joint pain. Outbreaks in travelers are sentinels to warn the international community of prevalent or unrecognized illnesses in destination countries. An outbreak investigation of sarcocystosis in travelers returning from Tioman Island, Malaysia, in 2011–2012 led to continued monitoring for additional cases and identified asymptomatic infection and late presentation. Diseases identified through medical tourism, a booming yet unregulated industry, can also highlight local transmission of health care–associated infections. Mycobacterium abscessus infections in postsurgical wounds of medical tourists returning from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela have been reported.
Familiarity with the epidemiology and prevalence of these and other infections, coupled with demographic information on travelers and their particular travel details, can help clinicians provide optimal health-related information and advice to their travelers. Clinical networks and surveillance systems provide epidemiologic data on new and prevalent global infectious disease threats. These data contribute to the evidence base in this growing field and allow for informed preparation before travel, as well as clinical awareness of travel epidemiology.
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- CDC. Malaria surveillance—United States, 2011. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2013 Nov 1;62(5):1–17.
- Esposito DH, Stich A, Epelboin L, Malvy D, Han PV, Bottieau E, et al. Acute muscular sarcocystosis: an international investigation among ill travelers returning from Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011–2012. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 15;59(10):1401–10. [PMID:25091309]
- Harvey K, Esposito DH, Han P, Kozarsky P, Freedman DO, Plier DA, et al. Surveillance for travel-related disease—GeoSentinel Surveillance System, United States, 1997–2011. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2013 Jul. 19;62:1–23.
- LaRocque RC, Rao SR, Lee J, Ansdell V, Yates JA, Schwartz BS, et al. Global TravEpiNet: a national consortium of clinics providing care to international travelers—analysis of demographic characteristics, travel destinations, and pretravel healthcare of high-risk US international travelers, 2009–2011. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Feb. 15;54(4):455–62. [PMID:22144534]
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- Sharp TM, Pillai P, Hunsperger E, Santiago GA, Anderson T, Vap T, et al. A cluster of dengue cases in American missionaries returning from Haiti. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jan.;86(1):6–22.
- Sotir M, Freedman D. Basic epidemiology of infectious diseases, including surveillance and reporting. In: Zuckerman J, Leggat P, Brunette G, editors. Essential Travel Medicine. Chichester (UK): John Wiley & Sons; 2015.
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The NFL prints money; we knew this. But some of the numbers are now out on what fans spent once they got to the Super Bowl, and it's big money.
According to SportsBusiness Journal's Don Muret, MetLife Stadium attendees spent an average of $94.60 per person on food and drinks, and $141.75 when merchandise is factored in. At a game with an announced attendance of 82,529, that amounts to more than $11.7 million spent beyond the turnstiles.
That's a Super Bowl record, and presumably an NFL record, and it took a number of factors to achieve. Foremost were the jacked-up prices of concessions, taking even more advantage than usual of a captive audience. And those fans were particularly beholden to stadium food. Airport-level security made it near impossible to sneak their own food past the gates, and multi-hour travel delays to and from the game excluded eating beforehand as an option.
That stuff adds up: Muret reports that 4,500 cheesesteaks were sold, at $16 a pop.
But it sounds like the median amount spent might be lower than the mean. Muret's numbers, which come from MetLife Stadium's concession vendor, includes the quantities of certain high-end meals that were undoubtedly served in corporate suites. Like:
- 5,000 oysters
- 2,500 prawns,
- 1,000 pounds of lobster tail
- $20,000 worth of caviar
If you were forced to shell out for $13 hot dogs and $6 waters for your family of four, I feel bad for you. If you were expensing lobster tail and caviar and champagne while sitting in a box, I hate and envy you. And I continue to wonder why any normal person would ever want to attend the Super Bowl in person.


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Sylvia Morelli
posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 1:48 pm
Is it possible to do an EFA with a three-level model? If yes, is there an example dataset and MPlus code anywhere? I couldn't find an example.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, September 09, 2013 - 3:36 pm
No this is not yet available.
Sylvia Morelli
posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 4:25 pm
Since there is no three-level EFA option, can you recommend an analytical approach that I could use with MPlus 7? I looked at the ICC's for level 2 and level 3 in my data set, and they are usually between .15 - .21 for all the outcomes. So, it indicates I should really have a three-level EFA.
So, would you recommend doing a two-level EFA (ignoring either the second level or the third level)? Then, should I do a three-level CFA based on the results for the two-level EFA?
Alternatively, I could move directly to a three-level CFA and try several different models. Thanks for any help!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 5:26 pm
I would do the EFA using
Type=Complex Twolevel;
and use level 2 for the twolevel clustering and level 3 for complex.
Note also that you want a large number of units on both the 2nd and 3rd levels (at least 20, preferably 30-100).
Sylvia Morelli
posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 1:58 pm
So, I have 14 consecutive days of data nested within 98 individuals nested within 49 dyads. Based on the manual, I should use a two-level model.
By using Type = Complex Twolevel, am I then accounting for both the individual and dyad level clustering in my EFA? If not, what is that command doing?
My ultimate goal is to find the factor structure for several daily-level variables that takes into account the nested nature of the data. So, can the output of a multilevel EFA potentially produce a different factor structure at each level (i.e. time, individual, and dyad)?
In addition, I read thru the user's guide and examples for CH 4 & 9, but I am still not sure if I am coding this multilevel EFA correctly. First, am I coding the three levels correctly (or two levels in your program)? Second, did I choose the correct EFA options to account for these three levels? See below for code.
TITLE: EFA with continuous and count factor indicators
DATA: FILE = daily_data.dat;
VARIABLE: NAMES = y1-y6 individual dyad
COUNT = y2 y4;
WITHIN = y1-y6;
BETWEEN = individual;
CLUSTER = dyad;
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 11:33 am
I would treat this as a multivariate rather than a multilevel model. This means the data would be in wide format rather than long format. The non-independence of observations is then handled by multivariate analysis. The modeling is more flexible allowing more parameters for each dyad member.
Sylvia Morelli
posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 1:23 pm
Can you point me to an example of a multivariate model with three-level data? Thanks so much!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 2:09 pm
See Examples 9.21, 9.22, and 9.23.
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 8:17 am
I have a follow-up question about this. We are evaluating a measure of therapist feelings after psychotherapy sessions, and the level 1 data consists of repeated measurements over sessions with some patients having only a few sessions while some have over one hundred. Level 2 consists of 200 patients, and level 3 is about 100 therapists. I thought the idea of using a two level EFA while controlling for therapist differences using TYPE=COMPLEX TWOLEVEL that Bengt mentioned would be perfect since we will use the measure on a patient level in later analyses (and thus we are not interested in the factor solution for the therapist level). However, I wonder if there is a problem that there are so many therapists who see only one patient (the mean number of patients per therapist is about 1.8)?
Also, I wonder how to interpret the level 1 factor solution? Level 2 is reasonably clear, it should be the way different therapist feelings cluster together across patients, after adjusting for therapist differences. But I'm not sure about how to interpret the factor solution for the repeated measurements? Does it have something to do with factor stability over time, after adjusting for differences between patients?
Any thoughts on this would be great!
Best wishes,
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, February 22, 2014 - 3:46 pm
Regarding paragraph 1, I don't see that this would cause a problem.
Regarding paragraph 2, your interpretation seems reasonable.
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 3:38 am
Great, thanks!
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:12 am
A quick follow-up question: Is it possible to estimate an EFA with Type = Complex Twolevel using categorical dependent variables (i.e. ordinal level with a scale from 0-4)? It doesn't seem to work when I try WLSMV?
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 5:13 am
Sorry, the scale is ordinal with range 0-3 (not 0-4 as I wrote).
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 6:23 am
TYPE=EFA COMPLEX TWOLEVEL is not available. See pages601-602 of the user's guide where the available combinations of types are shown.
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 9:14 am
Ok, thanks.
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 11:21 pm
I'm thinking of alternatives where I can use WLSMV. I thought I'd use only one session (thereby skipping the repeated measures level) and estimate a two level model with the therapist level (level two) estimated as an unstructured covariance matrix (since I don't think the data is enough to estimate a separate factor model for level 2, since many therapists only see one patient). But then I realized that model fit criteria probably look too good when I have an unstructured level 2 model? Especially the CFI, but I guess the Chi-square test will also look too good?
I also thought of using a one-level factor model with level two as Complex. Perhaps this is best, but since I chose only one session I got a warning that standard errors may be biased if I used the Useobservations command. When I instead used the Subpopulation command (as recommended in this warning), I got an error that in one of the categories the response was zero for all observations (and the model was not estimated).
Do you have any recommendations in this situation? Thank you very much for your help!
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 1:47 am
Thinking a bit further, I may be able to specify the above into two questions:
1. Am I right that when estimating a saturated between-level model in addition to the within-part of the model (the one I am interested in), the inclusion of a part of the model with perfect fit between model-implied and observed covariance matrices will bias the Chi-square test of overall model fit toward non-significance compared to if the within part of the model had been somehow tested "on its own"? If not, this may be our preferred approach.
2. Does it matter that the standard errors may be biased when estimating a model using Type = Complex for a subpopulation using the "Useobservations" command, if we are not really interested in the significance of the parameters but in their values (i.e. size of factor loadings) only?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:08 pm
I can't comment on all the issues since some touch on more general analysis strategies better suited for a general discussion list like Multilevelnet, but here are a couple of quick Mplus-related comments.
Note that 2-level analysis can be done using WLSMV.
Don't worry about using the Subpopulation command - it would seldom change results in a noticeable way.
It is fine to use a saturated between-level model but it also uses more parameters than are typically needed - often a 1-factor model is sufficient on between.
Please try to keep your postings within one window.
Fredrik Falkenstr�m
posted on Friday, February 28, 2014 - 2:41 am
Ok, thanks! Sorry for the long message, I was thinking along the way.
Maggi Mackintosh
posted on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 - 6:52 pm
Thank you in advance for the help.
I'm trying to do a three-level EFA but the scale only has 3 items. I want to assess the psychometric utility of the three items loading on to one factor. My results indicate I have 0 degrees of freedom, since I only have three items. I'm trying to figure out if I can equate or impose other constraints on my model to make it interpretible.
The research question I'm trying to address is that I have data consisting of supervisor ratings on a 3-item measure for 56 clinicians nested within 17 supervision groups. The number of ratings per clinician is variable: 2 - 16. So, time nested within clinicians and clinicians nested within supervision group.
Here is what I was trying:
TITLE: "3-Level, 3-Item Multilevel EFA" ;
DATA: FILE IS "EFA01.txt" ;
study PtID SsnNum DaysBL Clncn ConGroup ConTmPrd
DaysCon Enthu Skills Partic ;
USEVARIABLES ARE Enthu Skills Partic ;
CLUSTER = ConGroup clncn ;
W_ESP by
skills partic ;
B_ESP by
skills partic ;
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 8:18 am
With 3 items you can fit only 1 factor so EFA is not relevant.
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