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Charles Hazlewood
Prom 21, repeated in Prom 23, is entitled Evolution! A Darwin–inspired extravaganza for kids. Can you tell us about the programme?
To start the whole audience will be involved in an improvised take on the Big Bang! I'm far from knowing exactly what I might do yet but I'll come out before the gig starts and rehearse the audience. Then the orchestra will come on stage and we'll create a glorious Albert Hall Big Bang. We'll follow that with the origins of the planet – the storms, floods and so on. We're going to play the storm from Britten's Peter Grimes, which is visceral, inspiring and frankly quite terrifying.
Other highlights include some of the Walking with Dinosaurs music and elements from Jurassic Park – you can't talk about dinosaurs without including some of John Williams's fabulous score. Also there's an amazing piece by Arvo Pärt, the contemporary Estonian composer called If Bach had been a beekeeper. It's all about insects. Pärt's idea is that bees are well-known for being very faithful and loyal to the hive, and this becomes a metaphor for Bach who is, as far as Pärt is concerned, a composer who is all about bringing humankind together. Pärt uses a Bachian leitmotif without quoting from Bach at all. In some respects it's like Bach through a filter. There's a sense of bees in the Bach collage texture as Pärt indicates sul ponticello, where the players play close to the bridge, making a buzzing sound. It ends with a redemptive Bachian chorale.
It's a remarkable piece for a large orchestra plus a huge chorus. Again it looks at the origins of the planet, what humans have made of it, and asks are we optimistic or are we depressed? Goldie's done an amazing job. He's a master of texture, as that's what drum and bass is about. And the percussion section of the orchestra is very busy. In the choir there's all manner of strange chanting and intoning, and a lot of use of consonants like 's' and 'k'. He uses the choir as a kind of sound resource rather than just for the text.
Children can go so much further than Peter and the Wolf, not to say that this isn't a brilliant piece, but by goodness it's been overplayed. The thing that people always forget is how adventurous kids are. Teenagers are often quite conservative, curiously, but younger children are definitely not. In fact when my son was about 5 I premiered a new percussion concerto at a festival in Scotland. The piece did not have tunes, it wasn't in any way consonant. It was a crazy piece of scrambled music. But he was jumping up and down in excitement. So I'd argue that the ideal piece for children would be something like Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, or a piece by John Adams or Xenakis.
Oh, lots of things! For a start I love the Proms because it is the most egalitarian festival in the world. Where else at a great music festival, anywhere on the planet, can you pay £5 and stand within ten feet of some of the greatest artists in the world. You can be how you want – lie down and have a snooze or stare at that ceiling, or be at the front willing it all on.
Proms Diary: Part 3 – why everyone should be a prommer
Proms Diary: Part 3 - Music for the soles
Pianist Stephen Hough on Tchaikovksy's Piano Concertos
Paul McCreesh conducts Haydn at the Proms
BBC Music Magazine Forum
Proms/August 2009 issue
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KPresenter Template Contest Winners announced
Wow your audience with KPresenter!
The KPresenter Template Contest was over on September 15. We are really happy with the number and the quality of the entries, and the fact that they came from all over the world. KPresenter 2.3 will be the first version of KPresenter 2 to ship with some cool templates to base your presentations on. Thanks to these templates it's easier than ever to wow your audience, your customers and your colleagues.
Some days ago the panel of judges, consisting of Thorsten Zachmann, Aaron Seigo and Eugene Trounev, sat down together -- virtually! -- to decide on the winners. As always, a difficult task. But these are the winners. Each will get a cool t-shirt:
1st place
A very elegant and well designed entry!
2nd place
A full set of templates with different themes for normal and widescreen displays.
3th place
An elegant and harmonized template.
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All submitted entries have been exported to html for you to see. They can be downloaded from the result page.
Thanks to all the entrants who have made this contest a success!
Very nice results!
By Boudewijn Rempt at Tue, 2010/10/05 - 11:26am
The "K" Logo
Thanks for the good job, these templates are great!
But there's one thing I can't understand: why do most of these templates include the KDE logo?
If KPresenter offers templates with the KDE logo, I guess they will mainly be used by KDE developers and hackers.
A common user not belonging to the KDE community (i.e. a student, a teacher, a conference speaker, a Nokia smartphone owner, etc.) would probably prefer a general purpose template.
These are great templates, and they can really help the diffusion of KOffice, that's why I think they should be suitable to a general use.
By Lor3nzo at Tue, 2010/10/05 - 2:23pm
There are three templates
There are three templates with a KDE logo on them. It's just a fraction of all templates.
By slangkamp at Tue, 2010/10/05 - 2:53pm

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Centering Prayer Group
March 31 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, repeating indefinitely
Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer with a focus on the deepening of our relationship with the living Christ. It tends to build communities of faith and bond the members together in mutual friendship and love.
St. Andrew is offering an ongoing, weekly opportunity to gather together for Centering Prayer followed by a group-selected study/activity and faith sharing time.
Instruction will be provided, so no prior experience is necessary.
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What's in your bags, Mighty Oaks?
"Howl" was the song that, in 2014, spelled overnight success for Craig Saunders, Ian Hooper and Claudio Donizelli (left to right). Dreamers, the British/American/Italian indie-folk trio's second album, has brought them new fans and sold-out concerts. Lufthansa Magazin met Mighty Oaks at Schönefeld Airport in Berlin and took a peek into their hand luggage.
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Mom always said the way to flavor the meat is to cut slits in the roast and stuff it with garlic and then rub it with oil, herbs and slow cook it. Here's
what that kind of roast ends up looking like. The taste is melt in your mouth fall apart meat, that has a wonderful moist Italian flavored crusty coating.
I love to add more than normal amounts, the more the merrier, you will have to choose how much flavor you like for the herb crust.
Ariosto Seasoning for Roasted Meats and Grilled Chicken ( Salt, rosemary, garlic, sage, juniper, laurel, oregano, thyme, marjoram, basil that is what is in the seasoning.) generously sprinkled over the top of meat about 2 tablespoons
5 or 6 cloves of whole garlic cut in half
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
pepper to taste
extra virgin olive oil
cooking spray
aluminum foil
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Fellow heroes and dignitaries gathered Friday to honor the Doolittle Raiders, whose feats of bravery 71 years ago have made them legends.
FORT WALTON BEACH � Fellow heroes and dignitaries gathered Friday to honor the Doolittle Raiders, whose feats of bravery 71 years ago have made them legends.
Some 500 people stood as one and applauded as Lt. Col. Richard Cole, Staff Sgt. David Thatcher and Lt. Col. Ed Saylor, three of the four surviving Raiders, were introduced and escorted to the front of the auditorium at the C.H. �Bull� Rigdon Fairgrounds and Recreation Complex.
View a gallery of the luncheon. >>
View a video of the event. >>
From there they listened to local, state and federal officials heap praise on them, and then heard retired Gen. Gary North discuss how the Raiders� mission to bomb Tokyo in April 1942 not only inspired a nation, but changed the face of warfare.
�You need to learn and remember history, and that is exactly what this reunion is all about,� North said. �These men really do know the impact they made on history, what they may never know is the impact they had on millions of Americans.�
North counted himself as one of many children who was affected. He decided to choose a life in the military after hearing tales of the men who risked their lives to slap back at a Japan emboldened by early successes in World War II.
North said the history of the United States has been shaped by men and women like the Doolittle Raiders, �volunteers who put themselves on the line to protect this nation.�
The Raiders� 71st anniversary reunion of their raid will be their last. Cole, Thatcher and Saylor are all over 90, as is the fourth surviving Raider, Robert Hite, whose health would not allow him to join this year�s event.
The Raiders chose Fort Walton Beach over Birmingham, Ala., and Orlando for the reunion largely because they trained for the mission at then-Eglin Field, but also because the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce sold them on the idea.
�We wanted to make sure this event, the 71st reunion of the Doolittle Raiders, met and exceeded their expectations,� Mark Hamrick, chairman of the chamber�s board of directors, told those who gathered Friday.
Due largely to volunteers and sponsors, Hamrick said the weeklong reunion �couldn�t have gone any better.�
�Everything has fallen in to place,� he said.
About 200 family members of Doolittle Raiders attended Friday�s luncheon. Some whose fathers served in the same crew had their pictures taken together in front of nearly life-size photos taken on the deck of the USS Hornet.
�He didn�t really like to talk about it,� Eric Bissell said of his father, bombardier Wayne Bissell. �He was affected by it, but he didn�t want to talk about it.�
Florida First District Congressman Jeff Miller presented the Raiders with a transcript he had read in to the Congressional Record on their behalf and American Flags that were flown over the U.S. Capitol in their honor.
�The House of Representatives and all America will be forever grateful for your sacrifice,� Miller said.
Even President Barack Obama sent a letter to be read at the luncheon.
�Your remarkable courage lifted the spirits of a nation,� it said.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Tom McLaughlin at 850-315-4435 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomMnwfdn.


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Jun 21, 2018
Music selected by Tako, recorded live at the King Georg Büdchen, Cologne.
In 2017 we started broadcasting live from the King Georg Büdchen in Cologne on various occasions, and in June 2018 moved all our broadcast operations over there, transmitting music and talks live on three days every week until the end of September 2018 with friendly support by "Kulturamt der Stadt Köln".
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GAO, Mali - Malian soldiers are fighting jihadists in their desert hideouts just outside Gao, the country's defense minister said Saturday, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint on the city's outskirts.
Defense Minister Yamoussa Camara said at least two militants were killed during the fighting that took place Friday several miles outside northern Mali's largest town.
"We call on the population of Gao to not give in to panic and above all to cooperate with defense and security forces to drive out the terrorists who are trying to infiltrate among civilians," Camara said by telephone from Bamako, the capital.
However, tensions remained high on Saturday, and a Malian military spokesman reported earlier in the day two men had been arrested with explosives while trying to enter the city about 7 a.m.
Military spokesman Modibo Traore later said that the information it had received was false, and that the young men did not have any explosives on them.
While Friday's attack killed only the bomber, it has raised concerns about the future strategy of the militants, who initially appeared to put up little resistance to the French and Malian military advance.
The young man who blew himself up on Friday had been living at a house in Gao that was known as a jihadist hideout.
A guard at the home said it had been visited three months ago by the one-eyed terror leader Moktar Belmoktar, who claimed responsibility for the attack in Algeria on the BP-operated natural gas plant in which more than 37 people died.
Other jihadist leaders from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa - known as MUJAO - also had stayed in the luxurious two-story home with a verdant courtyard, which the militants took over when they captured Gao last year, the guard said.
Fears of suicide bombing attacks have been high since the discovery of industrial-strength explosives in Gao this week.
The radical fighters seized control of northern Mali in April 2012 after a military coup in distant Bamako.
France intervened in its former colony on Jan. 11, after the Islamic militants began pushing south, raising alarm that they were inching closer toward the capital.
Residents said Friday the French forces had retaken the far northern town of Tessalit along the border with Algeria.
France has said it wants to hand over responsibility to the Malian military and other African nations that have contributed troops.


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By all accounts, Hisss was a massive trainwreck. David Lynch's daughter Jennifer Lynch went to India to film a Bollywood monster movie, and wound up disowning her own film. She also joined Terry Gilliam in the small club of directors who had major documentaries made about their filmmaking disasters.
But at least we can enjoy some of the cheesetastic "snake goddess" action from the film — like this scene, where a mute woman is getting harrassed by two guys. (Or really by one guy — the other one is more obsessed with watching Baywatch, and saying weirdly self-aware things like, "I enjoy my act.") And then she sheds her skin and turns into a massive snake woman, and then into an even more massive snake — swallowing one of the guys whole. The ludicrous special effects and massive amounts of gore only make the whole thing more lovely. Enjoy!


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2 recovering after Ultra stage, video screens collapse
Ultra Music Festival issues statement on stage collapse
MIAMI – Two construction workers injured when a row of LED video screens collapsed onto the main stage at Ultra Music Festival were recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Friday.
Two men were trapped underneath the debris when the stage collapsed about 7:50 p.m. Thursday, according to Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Ignatius Carroll.
The two men were transported in critical condition to Jackson's Ryder Trauma Center, where they've since stabilized.
"It looks like their prognosis is going to be pretty good," added Carroll.
A third person sustained minor injuries.
One of the victims, Joseph Green, is listed in stable condition.
It's unclear what caused the accident.
"The investigation is in control by the fire department and the city, not by Ultra," said Carroll.
Carroll said inspectors will check all six stages at Bayfront Park before the music festival began Friday afternoon. The opening of the festival was pushed back about an hour.
Authorities allowed the festival to clear the debris and prepare the main stage about 4:15 p.m.
"It's not about, 'Well, the show must go on.' It's all about making sure they don't have anyone else getting hurt," said Carroll.
"I'm a little worried but I'm sure they'll get it figured out before they let anyone in," said Max Flynn, who flew in from Colorado to attend.
Ultra Music Festival issued a statement on its Facebook page: "Today (Thursday, March 14) as preparations were being made for this weekend's Ultra Music Festival, a section of an LED screen fell and injured two workers. Fire Rescue was on site so there was a rapid response. Festival organizers are working with, and supporting, authorities as they investigate the details behind the accident."
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Parent group
The Educate, Learn, Connect parent group meets at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Early Learning Center of the Children and Family Resource Center, 185 Case St., Hendersonville.
The ELC at the Children and Family Resource Center has formed the parent group, which meets on the second Thursday of the month. Parents of children ages 3 to 5 are encouraged to bring their children to the center to listen to stories, make a craft, meet other parents and children, and speak with a parent educator.
The class is free and open to the public. Registration is necessary. Call 828-698-0674 ext. 110 to register.
The Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees meets at 5 p.m. Monday at the Transylvania County campus, Straus Building Room 140, Brevard.
Henderson County Retired School Personnel meets at 11 a.m. Wedneday at Bruce Drysdale Elementary in Hendersonville.
Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont will set up an Operation Sweet Treat headquarters from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday at the downtown gazebo, 7 E. Main St., Brevard.
An "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream" symposium will be held from 1-3:45 p.m. Tuesday in Flat Rock Village Hall, 110 Village Center Drive, Flat Rock. Free; love offering. Info: 828-674-1959.
A fall chili cook-off will be held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at First Congregational Church, 1735 Fifth Ave., Hendersonville. Tickets: $10, or $18 for two. Info: 828-692-6424.
A juried artisian and craft show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the National Guard Armory, 2025 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville.
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The Act covers two categories of exceptions – general and specific – which means that discrimination may be lawfully permitted in certain circumstances.
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You might also want to seek some independent advice.
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Sao Paulo Travel Guide
Originally a mission station set up in 1554 by Jesuit priests on the banks of the Rio Tiete, the city of Sao Paulo is today an awesome megalopolis, the industrial and commercial powerhouse of Brazil. The city grew wealthy on coffee cultivation in the mid-19th century, thanks to the rich soil of the region, and the plantation owners took up residence in the bustling regional centre. Gradually the coffee barons diversified their interests and invested some of their wealth in local industry, resulting in a demand for labour and a resultant surge in immigrant population. Today, 16 million proud Paulistanos live in the congested, chaotic and cosmopolitan city centre and its sprawling surrounds.
Sao Paulo at sunset © Diego Torres Silvestre
Lacking in natural attractions, the city's leisure pursuits are mainly cultural and artistic, and there are some impressive public buildings to delight sightseers, as well as some top-notch museums, theatres, bars, and some of the best shopping in Brazil. Neighbourhoods like Bela Vista and Bixiga are very photogenic, with both ornate mansions and impressive skyscrapers. Sao Paulo is a fast-paced urban jungle, which dwarfs New York City in size several times over, so a holiday in Sao Paulo is not for those who come to South America for laid-back beaches and sunshine. However, it is a paradise for shopping, eating, nightlife, and generally living it up among Brazil's wealthiest inhabitants.


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Major industry study written by Oxford Economics and commissioned by Amadeus, forecasts travel to grow by 5.4% per annum over the next 10 years, outpacing global GDP
Report also predicts that large emerging markets will be driving this growth, with China set to surpass the U.S to become the world's largest outbound travel market this year and the biggest domestic market by 2017
London, UK and Madrid, Spain, 02 April 2014: The global travel industry is poised for a period of sustained growth over the next decade, driven in part by China's share of global outbound travel1 reaching as much as 20% by 2023, a new report on global travel trends reveals today.
Shaping the Future of Travel: Macro trends driving industry growth over the next decade predicts an optimistic macro-economic outlook for global travel over the next 10 years, with the industry projected to outstrip global GDP by some 2%; growing 5.4% per annum. Moreover, global travel is now set to grow at a significantly faster rate than during the financial crisis, where growth was just 4.1% per annum.
At the same time, China's growth in outbound travel, which as recently as 2005 stood at just 1%, will enable it to overtake the U.S to become the world's largest outbound travel market this year, with the number of Chinese households able to afford overseas travel set to more than double in the next 10 years. China will also become the biggest domestic travel market by 2017, driven largely by rapidly increasing GDP, rising employment levels and higher consumer spending.
However, the report indicates that growth will not be exclusive to China, with forecasts showing that other large emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia and Turkey will each also average more than 5% annual growth over the next 10 years. This will be driven largely by rising wealth and changing consumer habits.
Written by Oxford Economics, the world leader in global forecasting and quantitative analysis for business and government, the study draws on detailed macro-economic modeling as well as qualitative interviews with industry experts, to forecast a wide range of future trends, including pockets of growth and opportunity that will shape the next decade of travel.
"Forecasts predict a new golden era for travel, which will be welcome news for many segments of the industry that are only just beginning to emerge from recession" said Holger Taubmann, SVP Distribution, Amadeus. "However, as the complexities in the business travel market clearly demonstrate, growth will be far from evenly distributed and there are likely to be both winners and losers."
He added: "At Amadeus our people, our technology and our innovation are dedicated to helping our customers and partners to shape the future of travel, and to this end we are continually committed to better understanding our industry and encouraging debate and discussion around the topics that matter and have implications for the entire sector."
Some of the report's key findings include:
Business travel will bounce back as links between East and West stimulate new demand, but western short-haul business travel will not reach pre-2008 levels until 2018. Asia will account for 55% of global business travel growth in the next ten years.
Air travel growth will be led by emerging economies such as India, Indonesia and Russia, as non-OECD air travel is set to overtake that of OECD members for the first time, to become largest source of global air traffic by 2023.
Demand for international hotel stays has outpaced demand for domestic stays since the recession, suggesting reduced domestic hotel spending is the new normal. At the same time, overnight visitor flows for Asia are set to grow nearly four times faster than Europe's over the next ten years – but Europe will remain dominant.
"The global travel industry is gaining strength and changing as it emerges from the recent recession in developed countries. China's development is an important driver but there are actually many more subtle factors also at play. Shifting competitive dynamics and the persistence of new behaviours that emerged during the recession are both impacting key indicators in the sector." observed Andrew Tessler, Associate Director, Oxford Economics and the report's author.
You can download a free copy of the Shaping the Future of Travel report here.
Notes to the editors
Executives from the following companies contributed to the report:
Amadeus is a leading provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (e.g. airlines, hotels, rail and ferry operators, etc.), travel sellers (travel agencies and websites), and travel buyers (corporations and travel management companies).
The Amadeus group employs around 10,000 people worldwide, across central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters), Nice (development) and Erding (operations), as well as 71 local Amadeus Commercial Organisations globally.
The group operates a transaction-based business model.
To find out more about Amadeus please visit www.amadeus.com
Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University's business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world's foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on 200 countries, 100 industrial sectors and over 3,000 cities. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in Belfast, Chicago, Dubai, Miami, Milan, Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington DC. We employ over 130 full-time people, including more than 80 professional economists.
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A material universe that we know holds four dimensions. Length, breadth, height and time must be equally brought into play in order to make sense. Our cosmos has no center as such but in order to fix a star we use triangulation method. But is that all there is to Cosmos? Dogs make sense of the world by their smell, and it enables them to grasp essentials. Their acute sense touches on different dimensions than that we are qualified to know. Elephants communicate at a wave length that our ear cannot grasp.(However we can make precise equipments to catch it and decipher for us.) Dogs and horses can sense far in advance of earthquake or some other danger, which when it occurs cause damage to us. But then it was not our priority since these quakes are few and far in between.
For us abstract thinking held more importance since we are social animals. We gave up certain advantages other animals have in order to fine tune our rational thinking. Thus when one speaks of God or Truth in absolute terms reason keeps its antenna up. 'Oho, hold your horses! My carriage can only go by rails of reason and not gallop over the dales and hills.'
Thus man works with four dimensions, and reason can yield much sharper focus on his material universe. Rather than mastering so many dimensions we gave them up in order to get a sharp snapshot of our world. It is like projecting the physical map of the earth on two dimensions. You get all the geographical details, continents, oceans, archipelagos rivers etc. If one wants to map the ocean floor ridges trenches etc. it will be quite something else. This is a trade off. According to our specific needs we have interpreted the earth differently.


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"Allure" Chocolate Blooms - DARK/MILK
This LunchBunch is featuring organic Walnuts surrounder by fresh local strawberries dipped in the finest Belgium chocolate. Get this delivered with a Free personalized card in our signature Aquarium Boxes
A combination of Dark Vegan Chocolate is also available, just leave a message during checkout.
Medium size:
2 dozen (24 pieces) of Strawberries double dipped in finest Belgium "Callebaut" Chocolate + Marshmallows + Flowers (with water supply) + Seasonal Berries (raspberries / blackberries / blueberries /cherries) + Figs/Plums/Kiwi/Passion Fruit
Large size:
3 dozen (around 36 pieces) of Strawberries double dipped in finest Belgium "Callebaut" Chocolate + Marshmallows + Flowers (with water supply) + Seasonal Berries (raspberries / blackberries / blueberries /cherries) + Figs/Plums/Kiwi/Passion Fruit
The perfect gift which could be personalized for any gender and any occasion: Birthday Gift, Wedding Gift, Anniversary Gift, Romantic Gift, Thank You Gift and just an ideal alternative to any Dessert Table Centerpiece. Adelaide wide Delivery.
* As every LunchBunch is made by hand to order, we use different colour flowers which are available on the day, though we colour-match all toppings and wrapping paper to complete the combination.
** We might also use different fruits or small berries depending on the season and availability. Though we guarantee they will be as delicious as the photo.
All ingredients are handpicked and purchased every morning from our local markets and suppliers, so when they are delivered, they are all fresh and cooled down, this is the best time to enjoy them, otherwise please read below on how to get the best out from your yummy bouquets, if you need to hold them for a bit longer:
*Chocolate covered strawberries and other fruits and berries covered in chocolate shall be eaten within 1 day after you received it. The best temperature for chocolate is +9-12 degrees in a dry place. If you are picking up your order, please bring thermo bag or box to keep the temperature. Don't leave them in a car, on direct sunlight or next to a heating device, make sure you have your air-conditioner on before and during driving. Once you receive your order its best to cool it down in the fridge for 15mins before consumption.
**Bouquets with Chocolate bars, cookies and waffles, Zeppoles and Meringues should be eaten within 2-3 days (if not eaten at once, keep in an airtight container in a refrigerator for up to 3days, but keep them separate, so they don't absorb moisture from other ingredients)
***Bouquets with berries, fruits and vegetables could be kept in a fridge at +4-5 degrees for up to 2 days, except strawberries (they last less depending on the weather season they've been picked)
****Meat and Cheese bouquets shall be kept in the fridge and enjoyed within 2-3days
*****Dried fruits and nuts shall be kept in a dry cool place, not in a fridge though. These type of bouquets could be kept for months, they would look great all this time as a centrepiece and still be ok to eat. (But of cause if there are insects in the house or too much dust, don't keep it that long and, if you decide to do so, don't eat it, if you see something is not right)
******All our flowers and herbs are installed with some water supply inside of the bouquets, but in hots days some plants and flowers drink much more, so when you disassemble the bouquet, please refill them and you can enjoy your flowers for longer.
This is the reason, we believe that the best way would be that you actually tell your loved ones that there is a delivery coming with a surprise and make sure they are at the address for the delivery. You don't need to tell them what it is, we wouldn't either, but make sure that they know its coming. Otherwise, this surprise could be spoiled, as we take the bunch to their neighbours or have to leave it outside, the recipient might not be there on time to eat the yummy Edible Bouquet.
Please don't forget to read the Delivery page here.
PS: Common sense is the best judgment for these, if the weather is too hot - don't keep it in a space without an air conditioner. If you are camping or have an outdoor party - don't leave it for too long for ants and bugs to attack.
Delivery cost:
10km delivery from Lunch Bunch Studio. Cost - $16,
20km delivery from Lunch Bunch Studio. Cost - $26, etc ..
(we deliver up to 40km from Adelaide CBD, view all costs during the checkout)
DELIVERY TIME: 10am-5pm, available 7DAYS a week. Cut off time is 1pm for the next day delivery. (Our delivery gets scheduled for the day and we can not guaranty the exact time for your order delivery)
FREE PICK UP: 11:30am or 3:30PM is available 7DAYS a week from our studio 111 Glen Osmond Rd, Eastwood
SAME DAY ORDERS: You can always call on the day and see what's happening, we are happy to assist and fit you on the day if possible for the same day order.
We would like to mention, that our bunches are not only beautiful but first of all, they are Edible Bouquets and shall be enjoyed soon. This is the reason, we believe you should tell your loved ones that there is a delivery coming with a surprise and make sure they are at the address for the delivery. You don't need to tell them what it is, we wouldn't either, but make sure that they know SOMETHING is coming. Otherwise, this surprise could be spoiled, as we take the bunch to their neighbours or have to leave it outside, the recipient might not be there on time to eat the yummy Edible Bouquet.
Please don't forget to read this page on how to enjoy your LunchBunch.
We may contact the client before we deliver. We sometimes confirm the delivery address and specify the time frame if we are running late due to traffic jams or any force-majeure situations.
Our courier is delivering several orders at the same time and decides in which order they will be. The courier is planning his day aiming to cover as many addresses as possible and deliver the orders at the discussed time. Our sales managers are not allowed to change plans for the courier and deliver the order in priority form to any client.
Confirming delivery details
We organise deliveries in a specific algorithm, which allows us to minimise any fails. Please leave any specific details we need to know for the delivery. As a client you don't need to worry about the delivery, while the courier wouldn't be wasting time waiting for the client at the particular address, looking for the entrance, hidden driveway or office, this will make delivery of your order smooth and effective.
When placing your order, we insist you provide the phone number of the receiving client. If there is no working contact provided, we cannot guarantee that delivery is going to be successful. If the courier, for any reason, couldn't locate the receiving client at the provided address or couldn't hand over the bouquet, your order will be considered complete. We don't do repeating deliveries.
Sometimes the exact address is not enough for fast delivery, maybe the courier needs to know where to park, how to get into the building, what the intercom extension number is, what documents need to be presented at the reception or the security controls. All this information speeds up the delivery process. Keep this in mind upon check out.
Confidentiality and the "WOW" factor
The manager never tells to the receiving client what exactly from our range is going to be delivered by the courier. This will leave the intrigue and surprise the client.
The manager and the courier never tell the receiving client the sender's details. Any questions about the sender, we address the card (if you wish to include one in the bouquet)
Confirming delivery
After the delivery, the courier reports to the manager and the manager sends you an email to confirm the delivery.
Troubleshooting for the deliveries
We always and immediately inform you, if there are any issues with the delivery of your order. We will definitely call you at any time. This is the most important condition for the successful delivery – please keep your phone on and be available to take our call.
If the receiving client is not there at the time of the delivery.
This situation is only possible if you have chosen not to provide the contact number for the receiving client. In this case, the courier will call you and discuss the available options. The standard solution is to leave the bouquet with someone or somewhere next door so that later this will be handed to the receiving client. Usually, we can leave it with the colleagues, relatives, neighbours or friends. All this will be discussed with you prior, but in a situation where we can't get a hold of you on time of the delivery, the courier will be making a decision on the spot. From this time we are not responsible for the order being handled to the receiving client.
If the address provided is not correct or the receiving client is no longer there.
We always check the delivery address on Google maps and also call the receiving client to confirm all necessary information with him/her. If we can't get hold of the receiving client, then we call you – the sender and confirm details with you. This is why, if we have the contact phone number of the receiving client, this situation is not likely to happen.
Though, if you have chosen not to provide us with the phone number of the receiving client, this scenario is, unfortunately, possible to happen. We often find out that the receiving client doesn't live in the provided address, doesn't work there, will not be there for a long time (several days), or maybe you provided a wrong address by mistake. In all these cases we will inform you about this, but the order is called delivered. This is why it's critical to provide us with the receiving client's working phone number!
The receiving client is rejecting to accept the order
This scenario is unlikely to happen but is possible. For the variety of reasons, the receiving client could reject the bouquet at any stage of the process; from the confirmation of the delivery address to the moment of handling the order. In this case, we do everything possible to convince the client to accept the order. If we are still not successful – we call you and follow your further instructions. In any case, the order is called delivered and no refund will be provided.


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'JEOPARDY!' TO MARK 6,000th EPISODE MILESTONE DURING SEASON 27
New Season to Feature First-Ever Teachers Tournament, IBM Supercomputer to Rival Humans and More
Episodes to begin Monday, September 13
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (September 10, 2010) - Jeopardy!, the most honored quiz show in television history, begins its 27th season of syndication Monday, September 13. This season the blockbuster series will reach its 6,000th episode milestone and introduce a set of challenges never seen before.
Jeopardy! will play host to a variety of special competitions, including a brand new two-week Teachers Tournament featuring 15 outstanding teachers, set to air in May 2011. This is the first time a new competition has been introduced on the popular quiz show since Kids Week in 1999.
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek said, "We have found that teachers perform very well on Jeopardy!. We are looking forward to showcasing their achievements, rewarding them for their dedication and recognizing their commitment to the future of America."
The winner of the tournament will receive $100,000 and a spot in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.
As previously announced, IBM is continuing to develop a supercomputer with the ultimate goal of competing against Jeopardy!'s best and brightest contestants. Code-named "Watson" after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, the computing system is designed to rival the human mind's ability to understand the actual meaning behind words, distinguish between relevant and irrelevant content, and ultimately, demonstrate confidence in delivering precise final answers. Jeopardy! will be used as a benchmark for Watson's intelligence because of the show's high level of accuracy and its challenging game format.
IBM will continue to host sparring matches with Watson and top Jeopardy! players throughout the fall. More information about Watson will be available later this year.
Jeopardy! also continues to expand into new formats. This November, for the first time, the series comes to the WiiTM and Nintendo DSTM. The video game, voiced by host Alex Trebek, comes to life with an authentic studio set that includes lights, cameras, a "live" audience as well as visual clues presented by Kelly Miyahara from the Clue Crew. Up to three players can compete and are represented by MiiTM characters - personalized avatars. Utilizing the latest technology, players can verbally respond to clues using Wii SpeakTM and write in answers using handwriting recognition technology on the DS version. During the fast-paced commercial breaks, players will compete in mini-games to unlock special prizes, such as trendy outfits for their MiiTM characters. The video game includes a comprehensive tracking system that stores the players' statistics, such as number of wins and fastest response time.
In addition, Jeopardy! is now available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. With more than 1,500 clues, mobile contestants will be challenged and feel like they're playing on the Jeopardy! set. Not limited to the Jeopardy! "think" music, the iPod library integration feature allows gamers to rock out at their virtual podiums to iTunes favorites. For those who can't get enough of America's Favorite Quiz Show�, new content and avatars will be made available for purchase through Apple's App store. Gamers can also use Bluetooth or the networked multi-player capabilities to compete against friends and see who takes the crown as champion of their group. The "recommend to a friend" option also allows players to invite more iPhone users to the game. Jeopardy! fans who play on the iPad will have access to increased graphics and 3D avatars as they play their way to Final Jeopardy!.
Jeopardy!, the winner of 28 Emmy awards since its debut in 1984, was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most awards won by a TV Game Show. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication with nearly 9 million daily viewers. Jeopardy! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp.


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I need to calculate the put-call ratio for an American option. But I'm a complete naïf: I don't know how. I think I'd use the put open interest and the call open interest. I can imagine two ways to calculate PCR:
Simply (as some references tell me) take OIputs divided by OIcalls and there's my number, right there:
PCR = OIputs / OIcalls
Or (as other sources seem to suggest) take OIputs divided by the sum of OIputs and OIcalls:
PCR = OIputs / ( OIputs + OIcalls )
Further, I don't even know if the ratio can most usefully be expressed as a decimal (i.e., 0.667) or as a fraction (i.e., 2/3) or as the ratio notation I learned in grammar school (i.e., 2:3).
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Like any fan of the post-2002 Elder Scrolls series, I gawked when I discovered what the original DOS-era Elder Scrolls games looked like. And, like any fan, I was really curious to play them. After watching this video, I thank the good lord I didn't.
As you may know, both Arena and Daggerfall are available as free downloads, so anyone who wants a glimpse into Tamriel's past can enjoy them in all their original glory. What you may not know is: you're in for a rough ride if you try to play them, at least according to Lazy Game Reviews.
Perhaps I'm just not diehard enough, but after watching their (quite amusing) review, I feel I've seen all I need to see—but it is a really fun watch. Probably more fun than the game actually is to play. So if you don't want to put in the hours, this 16 minute glimpse should be good enough.
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Occupying a huge plot of land in the center of the city, the castle has undergone extensive renovations and reconstruction. The main castle buildings are now magnificently restored.
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Inspired by the grandiose North American bird of prey, this V-shaped beauty, will surely take your playing to a new level, built with the lead player in mind.
The Japanese-made Elite, features an ultra-thin neck, unique Chameleon finishes that change color with viewing angle, EMG 81, Gotoh tremolo and tuners, a smooth heel joint and a lower body cutaway to provide full access to higher frets. All enhanced by the patented Fernandes Sustainer.
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text: A Blue View is a weekly perspective on the life aquatic, hosted by National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli. From the smallest plants and animals invisible to the human eye to entire ecosystems, every living thing depends on and is intricately linked by water. Tune in to 88.1 WYPR every Tuesday at 5:45 p.m. as John brings to the surface important issues and fascinating discoveries making waves in the world today. January 16, 2014: From the Bottom of the Food Chain Click here to listen to John discuss the importance of plankton in the ocean's complex food chain! The ocean food web is much more than the dramatic clash of sharks devouring marine mammals and large fish. While many of us know that the ocean food web is complex, it's easy to focus on the apex predators at the top. But the view from the bottom up is an essential component in understanding the ocean and all of its inhabitants. Microscopic drifting organisms, called plankton, serve as the foundation upon which the ocean's entire food web is built. The very definition of these tiny drifters is formed from the Greek word planktos, meaning "wanderer." And that's exactly what these tremendously important animals and plants do, touching all the creatures of the sea as they flow along its ever-changing currents. Plankton include both phytoplankton and zooplankton. Phytoplankton are tiny microscopic cells that include bacteria, plants, and algae found near the surface of the water where photosynthesis occurs. A single drop of water contains thousands of phytoplankton. This is a crab megalopa larva (magnification x 40). Image via Audubon Magazine. Not all zooplankton is tiny. After all, jellies are a type of zooplankton. But most zooplankton are microscopic, including the tiny larvae of crabs, jellyfish, corals, and worms as well as adult animals like tiny shrimps, copepods and krill. To understand the size of these small zooplankton, consider this analogy: to fill a coffee cup, it would take a quarter of a million copepods, small crustaceans that are the most common zooplankton in the ocean. A single gallon of water from the Chesapeake Bay can contain half a million zooplankton. Zooplankton eat phytoplankton, and are themselves eaten by small fish and a few large species like the whale shark and baleen whales. Small plankton-eaters are, in turn, eaten by larger fish, and so on until you get to the apex predators: large squids, fish, marine mammals, and, yes, the voracious human species. All levels of the food chain are critical to ensuring a healthy balance in the oceans, but as we grapple with issues related to sea level rise and ocean acidification, scientists are studying what these changes will mean for the base of this complex web—the consequences of which will affect literally every marine species in the world. These juvenile "sea angels" (magnification x 20) are only 5 millimeters long. Image via Audubon Magazine. One very important ecosystem service that plankton provide: they produce as much as 70 percent of the world's oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis, an essential function that impacts the very air we breathe. Ocean scientist and explorer Sylvia Earle estimates that one family alone—Prochlorococcus—is perhaps the most abundant photosynthetic organism in the world and provides the oxygen for one in every five breaths we take. This is even more incredible when one considers that all of this activity is happening in just the upper layer of the ocean, the epipelagic zone, where sunlight can reach. Though this zone is just a drop in the overall makeup of the ocean, what plankton do there reverberates from the deepest parts of the ocean to the upper atmosphere. Plankton are not normally visible, except when huge blooms show up as blue/green swirls of color when viewed from above. Scientists are able to monitor the distribution of phytoplankton from space by analyzing the reflected light from the water's surface. The Climate, Ocean, and Sea Ice Modeling team at Los Alamos National Laboratory is at the forefront of the development of these computer simulations. This group is focused on understanding how global climate change may impact the world's phytoplankton population. Tags: a-blue-view, food-webs, national-aquarium-ceo, national-aquarium-experts, national-public-radio, npr, ocean-food-web, podcast, wypr, zooplankton Categories: Animals Previous Post Next Post


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Heavenly Cookie Angels
These heavenly treats are easy to assemble and are a hit with kids of all ages.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Total TimePrep: 3 hours Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Makes1 dozen
- 2/3 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon miniature semisweet chocolate chips or M&M's minis
- 1 pound white candy coating, finely chopped
- 24 miniature pretzels
- Edible glitter
- Green, blue, red, yellow and black gel food coloring
- 3/4 cup vanilla frosting
- 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
- Pearl candy dragees
- 12 white Life Savers
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in egg. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Set aside 1/3 cup of dough for angel heads.
- Divide remaining dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each portion into a 6-in. circle; cut each into six wedges. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. For angel heads, shape teaspoonfuls of reserved dough into 12 balls; flatten into circles. Lightly press on top of pointed end of each wedge. Add chips for eyes.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave, melt candy coating at 50% power 2-3 minutes or until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Coat pretzels with candy coating; shake off excess. Place on waxed paper; sprinkle with edible glitter. Freeze 15 minutes or until firm.
- Place angels on waxed paper. Tint some of the candy coating green and some blue. Frost angels' dresses with tinted candy coating; sprinkle with edible glitter.
- In a small bowl, beat vanilla frosting and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Place 2 tablespoons frosting in a small bowl; tint red and set aside. If desired, decorate dresses with white frosting and pearl dragees. Using tinted candy coating, attach pretzel wings. Freeze for 15 minutes or until firm.
- Tint remaining frosting yellow for hair. Chill for 15 minutes or until firm. Using grass pastry tip #233 and yellow frosting, pipe hair onto heads. For halos, dip Life Savers in water; sprinkle with edible glitter. Let stand for 5 minutes or until glitter is set; press halos gently onto hair.
- Using round pastry tip #1 and reserved red frosting, pipe mouths. With black food coloring and a clean paintbrush, add eyelashes. Let stand until completely dry.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 540 calories, 25g fat (13g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 205mg sodium, 75g carbohydrate (54g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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Slovakian anti-virus firm Eset has confirmed that a misfiring virus definition update wrongly labelled Windows system files as infected with malware.
As a result of the dodgy definition key files were identified as a virus and shuffled off into quarantine. Eset said it spotted the problem within minutes and released a new update that was free of the glitch, along with advice on how to unbork affected systems.
The firm estimates that less than one in 20 users were affected. It apologised for the snafu in a statement which explains that mistakes in virus definition and generic detection (heuristic) updates contributed to the problem.
On Monday March 9th 2009 at 5:52 CET, ESET released an update of our heuristics v.1091 together with standard virus definition update no. 3918. An error in the heuristics caused a malfunction in the Windows operating system by false identification of several system files including dllhost.exe, and msdtc.exe, which were catalogued as Win32/Kryptik.JX.
The update downloads were stopped within 10 minutes of the update release, and the update was reverted to its previous version. Thanks to this immediate reaction, less than 5 per cent of our users were affected.
False alerts involving anti-virus scanners are a well-known Achilles Heel which affects all vendors from time to time. The issue is more severe when system files are miscategorised as malware, as in this case, but Eset deserves credit for responding promptly to the issue.
Eset has published advisories explaining how affected users can pull files out of quarantine and restore systems here and here. "A new special update containing automatic release of the false positives from quarantine will be released within a few hours," it added.
In response to the incident, Eset said it was working on a standalone tool to manage quarantined files more efficiently in large installations. ®
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The blog posts this week have explored different aspects of international human rights. My research interests include the United Nations human rights machinery, political processes around human rights and the developments occurring at the international level. Human rights are not static. They evolve as global society changes. The field constantly adapts and responds to new challenges. Understanding the mechanisms and processes involved requires a bridging of the gap between scholars of international law and international relations. International law depends heavily on politics, diplomacy and international relations. Using an interdisciplinary lens to view the UN and international human rights enables a greater understanding of what ought to occur and what actually happens 'on the ground'.
One main area of my work is on the United Nations Human Rights Council. My book on that body, The United Nations Human Rights Council: A critique and early assessment, explores the extent to which the Council is fulfilling its mandate. I use international relations theories to understand the political processes that affect the Council undertaking its duties. It is only through an understanding of the politics that occurs within that body that we can find solutions to enable the Council better to protect and promote human rights.
My second book (to be published in May 2014) is entitled 'Failing to Protect: The United Nations and Politicisation of Human Rights.' The UN has three human rights mandates – to develop, promote and protect rights. The book focuses on the protection mandate. It explores how and why the UN fails adequately to protect human rights. While the Organisation does wonderful work in developing and promoting rights, it is the systematic and grave violations that make the headlines; and rightly so. In order to find solutions, there needs to be greater understanding of the problems. Aimed at a non-specialist audience, the book explains the overlap between international law and politics and how that impacts on protecting rights. It demonstrates the need for stronger protection mechanisms and for ways of enforcing human rights.
Sparking conversations and discussions about the UN and human rights is crucial for ensuring that the system continues to be refined and honed in such a way as to afford better protection to individuals. Those conversations ought not to take place solely at the academic level. Nor is it sufficient for them only to take place between scholars of law and political science. Involving policy-makers, activists, the media, the wider public and other interested parties will enable more effective protection of rights. Academic research informs those discussions. My aim to ensure that my research is disseminated to as wide an audience as possible in order to fuel ongoing debates.
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posted on Friday, April 25, 2003 - 9:06 am
Hi Bengt and Linda,
I am runing a second-order CFA. The goodness-fit indices shows that the model fits data well, but the loading coeffecients of some first order factors on a second order factor are 999.00. The following is the syntax and the problematic part of output:
data: file is a:\cfa4.dat;
variable: names are y1-y35;
model: intra by y1-y5;
famil by y6-y10;
forbe by y11-y15;
respe by y16-y20;
relun by y21-y25;
fatal by y26-y30;
socia by y31-y35;
coll by intra famil respe relun socia;
order by forbe fatal;
output: standardized;
Could you please tell me what is the possible problem in the output, and how should I solve it?
Thank you very much.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, April 25, 2003 - 9:13 am
The 999 values for the standardized coefficients are the result of the negative variance of order. You will need to change your model.
Sally Czaja
posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 1:32 pm
I am not sure that I am correctly interpreting the factor loading coefficients for CFA with continuous and dichotomous factor indicators. My understanding is that estimates for dichotomous factor indicators are probit coefficients, and estimates for continuous indicators are linear regression coefficients. Assuming this is correct, my questions are:
1. Does this mean that the standardized estimate (std) is, in the case of continuous indicators, equivalent to beta in linear regression? If so, what does it mean that several of the std estimates for continuous indicators are above 1?
2. Similarly, several of the unstandardized estimates for dichotomous factor indicators are well above 1, above 3 even, which seems extremely high for a probit regression coefficient.
I am conducting the CFA to evaluate my measurement model before proceding with SEM and want to be able to interpret the factor loadings. The associate z-scores all indicate statistical significance, but I want to be able to report and comment upon the strength of the factor loadings themselves.
Thank you!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 18, 2006 - 5:19 pm
1. StdYX would be what you refer to as beta I believe if by beta you mean the regular standardized coeffieint. See Karl's Corner on the Lisrel website for a discussion of standardized coefficients greater than one.
2. The could happen depending on the variances of the factors.
Eulalia Puig
posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - 5:47 pm
Hi, Should we be wary of CFA with loadings more than 1?
Is this different than LISREL?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 6:31 am
Factor loadings can be greater than one. Karl Joreskog has a discussion of this on the Lisrel website.
ehsan malek
posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 12:30 pm
Using SEM, when I use correlation matrix (which I think Mplus use it as default and I don't know how to change it?) some of factor loads in measurement model are greater than 1.0, which is not ok as HAIR 1995 states in his book.how can I solve it?
How can I fix the residual variance of an indicator in Mplus?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 2:01 pm
SEM uses a covariance matrix. Factor loadings can be greater than one. There is a discussion of this on the Lisrel website by Karl Joreskog. You fix a residual variance of variable y by saying
; if you want to fix it at one.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 11:45 am
Which reference(s) (articles and/or books) would you recommend for interpreting CFA factor loadings as regression coefficients? I've looked for "Karl's Corner" at the LISREL site as you suggest in several postings, and it doesn't seem to be there anymore. Nor was I able to find any discussion there about interpreting loadings with a quick (10min) search. I've run a 2-group CFA with some correlated errors and need references to help interpret the differences between the two results in the output (factor loadings the same, but SDYX different, for example).
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 - 5:04 pm
You should find this in factor analysis texts like:
Brown, T.A. 2006). Confirmatory Factor Analysis For Applied Research. New York: The Guilford Press.
I was not able to find Karl's Corner either.
Bruce A. Cooper
posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 10:56 am
Thank you very much for the recommendation and the quick reply, Linda -
I've ordered the book and should have it Monday! Meanwhile, reading Long's old Sage QASS Paper #33 & some chapters from Thompson's APA book.
John Stewart
posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 9:19 am
We have run a CFA with binary indicators, and it is our understanding that the STDXY factor loadings are coefficients in a probit regression. How can we evaluate the factor loadings -- is there some rule-of-thumb about probit coefficients?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 3:41 pm
I know of no rule of thumb. I would look at significance.
Brewery Lin
posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 11:07 pm
When we conduct CFA by Mplus, the default is to fix the first indicator's loading to 1 for scaling.
That's why the unstandardized solution wouldn't show the significance of that indicator.
However, when we look at the standardized solution, the indicator DOES has a significance test. Is it estimated under the standardized solution? How does this happen?
I might have some misunderstanding. Please give me some advice.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 11:31 am
In standardizing, the factor variance is fixed at one so the metric is set in this way. The factor loading is a free parameter.
Laura Valadez
posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:15 am
Dear Profs. Muth�n and Muth�n,
I am wondering if you know some references about the validity of small factor loadings in CFA. I have a latent variable with 3 indicators, one of which has a standardized loading of .17. Do you think this is problematic?
Thank you vey much for your time,
Laura Valadez
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 5:46 pm
Yes, that does sound problematic. If you look at the factor determinacy - which is a measure of the precision with which the factor is measured - you will probably see a value far below the max of 1. See also
Cudeck & O'Dell (1994) in Psych Bull
Laura Valadez
posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 1:13 am
Dear Bengt,
Thank you very much for your response. Just to confirm, is Cudeck and O�Dell�s paper applicable to both EFA and CFA ?
Thanks again,
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 10:22 am
Alexander Kapeller
posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - 3:44 pm
i am running a two part modell. i have several latent variables each composed by two of the binary variables.
1) in the mplus output the unstandardized p value for the factor loadings differ from the standardized solution. which is relevant for me.
2) how to interpret the value of the latent variable of the binary indicators.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 - 10:19 pm
1) The unstandardized is often the better choice.
2) That's a large topic discussed in IRT books. I assume you consider a growth model, although you don't say that specifically, in which case you should look at the literature for binary growth models.
Alexander Kapeller
posted on Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 9:04 am
HI Bengt,
my model is a cross sectional model.
If i ve got a latent variable with two binary indicators for which one binary indicator loading is not significant in the unstandardized solution although significant in the standardized solution you would suggest that this is not a good indicator? EFA with geomin suggests this indicator.
what else can i check.
thanks in advance
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, February 09, 2012 - 1:54 pm
It may be that the indicator is not good for the factor, but it may also be that how you use the indicator in the two-part model is different from the EFA model where you saw the significant loading - the two-part model may have other variables in it that make the model mis-specified wrt this item.
Alexander Kapeller
posted on Friday, February 10, 2012 - 1:32 pm
Thanks Bengt,
I will have a look at several solutions. What fit indicator can i use to decide which model fits best as with two part there are no fit measures.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, February 10, 2012 - 2:51 pm
You can use BIC to compare non-nested models and loglikilihood difference testing of nested models.
Alexander Kapeller
posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 12:23 am
Thanks Linda,
I've done this so far. Is there a measure like the chi-square ratio or rmsea available for two part models to say something about the overall modell alone and not in relation to other models.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 7:48 am
When means, variances, and covariances are not sufficient statistics for model estimation chi-square and related fit statistics are not available. In such cases nested model can be tested using -2 times the difference in the loglikelihoods which is distributed as chi-square.
Mher B.
posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 2:57 am
Hello dear professors,
Regarding WLSMV based CFA, Brown (in CFA for Applied Research, 2006) says "Squaring the completely standardized factor loadings [which are probit coefficients] yields the proportion of variance in y* [latent continuous response variable] that is explained by the latent factor, not the proportion of variance explained in the observed measure (e.g., Y1), as in the interpretation of CFA with continuous indicators". If this is correct, can we apply conventional cutoffs for small and large loadings (e.g. 0.5) as they are also reflecting amount of explained variance?
If not, than we can think the statement in the book is not correct, right?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 8:03 am
The book is correct and the size of loadings on a standardized metric for y* can be understood as with continuous indicators. But (a) this does not inform fully about how y relates to the factor and (b) I would not slavishly go with specific cutoffs for what is a small loading in either the continuous or categorical case. It depends on the standard error of the loading and therefore the significance of it. For more related to this, look for the Mplus ESEM and BSEM papers.
Mher B.
posted on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 12:43 pm
Thanks a lot for your reflections and suggested papers! I'll look there for more detailed treatment of the issue.
Steven John
posted on Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 8:15 am
Dear Muth�ns,
I run a measurement model with four dichotomous indicators. The standardized factor loadings are fairly high and even, all significant. However, the unstandardized are not significant. What does this indicate? and is this a problem?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 8:16 am
The sampling distributions of the two coefficients are not the same so significance is not necessarily the same. One may be non-normal.
posted on Monday, April 23, 2018 - 5:12 am
I have not been able to find a clarifying discussion on how to interpret a standardized loading above 1.0. I know that factor loadings can be greater than one since Karl Joreskog discuss this on the Lisrel website. But the answer is not straightforward.
Is it that this specific indicator is closely related to the factor predicting it?
Or is it a problem with the model?
Thanks in advance!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, April 23, 2018 - 4:43 pm
First, be sure you are looking at the STDY section.
With several factors this can happen due to very high factor correlations. Also look for negative residual variances.
posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 6:40 am
Ok, thank you for the suggestions.
Rocio Martinez
posted on Monday, July 09, 2018 - 12:52 pm
Dear Profs. Muth�n and Muth�n,
I am too wondering if you know some references about the validity of small factor loadings in CFA. I could not find the Cudeck & O'Dell (1994) in Psych Bull reference.
I have a latent variable with 6 indicators, which range on STDYX estimate from of .425 to .706. I read that this loadings should be around .70. What does this mean and is it problematic?
Thank you vey much for your generous knowledge,
Roc�o Mart�nez
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, July 09, 2018 - 6:00 pm
These are good questions for SEMNET.
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