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STAMFORD -- A Stamford High School teacher accused of threatening to fail an 18-year-old student if he did not have sex with her and providing him and a friend with marijuana, turned herself over to police early Thursday.
Danielle Watkins, 32, of Fort Point St., Norwalk, was charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sale of marijuana and one count of risk of injury to a minor, according to a statement released by police Thursday morning.
Watkins posted $100,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on July 31.
Police launched an investigation into the allegations on June 26 after the 18-year-old student appeared at police headquarters and provided a statement about the inappropriate relationship. The victim allegedly told police he had numerous sexual encounters with Watkins, his English teacher, from the start of the school year in September 2013 to the end in June. He told police the encounters occurred in her car during school hours, but not on school grounds.
In addition, he told police Watkins provided him and a friend with marijuana and they would smoke it on and off school grounds during school hours.
A day after the student reported the allegations, police executed a search warrant of Watkins's car during a motor vehicle stop in Norwalk. During the stop, police said Watkins tried to hide her cellphone under the passenger seat of the car and she became verbally combative after marijuana was discovered in the vehicle. At the time, she was charged with interfering with a search warrant and possession of marijuana.
Police seized the car for a forensic examination, and a search of her phone revealed more than 2,000 text messages, naked pictures of herself and hundreds of calls between her and the student, police said.
Police believe the sexual activity and drug use occurred as frequently as several times a week throughout the school year, Stamford Police Lt. Diedrich Hohn of the Bureau of Criminal Investigations said.
"We have it up to 20 times but we didn't pin it down exactly," Hohn said.
During the investigation, police said they also identified a second 15-year-old student who Watkins allegedly provided with marijuana. In a statement to police, the student said Watkins provided him with marijuana and rolling papers on numerous occasions and he smoked marijuana with her in her car during school hours on school grounds.
Stamford Public Schools Superintendent Winifred Hamilton said the teacher was suspended near the end of the year after initial reports she was acting strange with a student. The allegations were initially reported to human resources and the assistant superintendent of secondary education.
"It's very upsetting," Hamilton said. "All our resources and support will go out to the families."
Hamilton said at about the same time she was contacted by a former student who knows one of the victims and more serious allegations were made.
"I immediately called the police," Hamilton said, adding she urged the former student to also report to proper authorities.
Police said no other students have come forward to make additional allegations.
Hamilton said if the charges are true the teacher will not return to Stamford Public Schools. Watkins remains suspended.
Hamilton was not aware of any other issues with Watkins in the 10 years Watkins has been a teacher.
When interviewed by police in June, the older boy Watkins is accused of having sex with told detectives the relationship began consensually but then Watkins began to use the threat of failing him to compel him to continue the sexual activity and accompanying drug use.
"It started off consensual but as it blossomed, he tried to call it off and stop it," Hohn said.
Devin Janosov, a personal injury attorney who is representing both students said that he is sending a notice of intent to sue to the city and school district this week, and said both his clients are "psychologically scarred."
"It is a deplorable situation that we entrust our children to schools when we have to go to work and here we have a person who took advantage of that situation to basically sexually abuse one student and use drugs with both of them," said Janosov.
Both students are in special education programs and the school should have taken notice of their absences during school hours, Janosov said.
Janosov said from the beginning of the sexual activity, the boy was "disgusted" and Watkins used the threat of bad grades to compel him to continue the relationship.
"It should have been apparent something was wrong from the attendance records, surveillance, and the procedures for getting on and off campus," Janosov said. "It is astounding they didn't notice what was happening."
Janosov said the 18 year old student Watkins is accused of having sex with had been put into a foster home in Stamford earlier in the year by the state Department of Children and Families to complete his senior year because of problems at his home in Hartford.
"He went from one bad situation to another," Janosov said.
Norwalk Police arrested Watkins on a warrant in April for possession of a controlled substance after she was pulled over after rear ending another car, according to an affidavit filed at the time.
The arresting officer found a total of 15 pills in a prescription bottle she had, including Lorazepam, a controlled substance, eight tablets of Xanax, and a tablet of Tramadol, which is considered an opioid, according to the warrant. Watkins initially said she could provide proof of valid prescriptions, but never did.
During the investigation, the mother of the 15-year-old boy told police that she confronted her son about his continued use of drugs after he returned from treatment at a drug rehabilitation facility, Hohn said. The son then first made the accusation that Watkins was furnishing him marijuana, Hohn said.
Defense attorney Carolyn Comerford is listed as representing Watkins in that case, but did not return calls for comment Thursday about the sex assault arrest. In addition to the sex assault , drug, and risk of injury to a minor charges, Stamford detectives pursued a charge of coercion against Watkins for using her authority to compel the older boy to have sex, but the State's Attorney's Office did not act on it, Hohn said.
"We did look at that," Hohn said. "She did use her power as a teacher."
-- Staff Writer Rob Varnon contributed to this report.


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Rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
The cornerstones of Mac Miller's raps are weed, women and partying. It lacks sophistication but that's the point: this is the world of a fun-loving, fast-rising 19-year-old rapper. If there's an acceptable time to indulge, these on-the-cusp-of-adulthood years are primetime.
A white Pittsburgh native and Wiz Khalifa cohort, Miller saw blog love — earned off the strength of last year's eye-opening mixtape K.I.D.S. — turn into mainstream press when he graced XXL's annual "Freshmen" cover in February. It wasn't long before the hip-hop peanut gallery labeled Mac as the next big thing, based on his in-vogue stoned-slacker appeal. (He's often greeted with his Most Dope crew's hand symbol, a thumbs-up, because "everything is all good.")
Best Day Ever, released for free download last Friday, is Mac's fourth mixtape in three years, and it sounds like a rushed cash-in and a possible sign of creative fatigue. Mac may sense his time to strike big is now, but Best Day Ever offers evidence of wide-range support coming too early.
K.I.D.S. was better than it had to be and flat-out addictive, with its nods to rap's forefathers (the Nas-sampling "Nikes on My Feet;" Mac rhymes over an old Lord Finesse beat on "Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza") and pop jams you'd actually play at a keg party ("Senior Skip Day," "The Spins"). His rapping was always pedestrian, but the songs' charms overshadowed the skill set. Best Day Ever, on the other hand, shoves Mac's rhyming to the forefront, magnifying his monotonous flow and my second thoughts.
Mac's in-the-pocket elementary flow was catchy on K.I.D.S. but it's intolerable by Best Day Ever's midway-point, unless you happily stomach "My swagger call me 'Old Spice'/Yeah, the kid is so nice" punchlines. And when the rhymes aren't the issue, it's the production: "Wear My Hat," the tape's weakest song, wears a Sublime-Lite groove with weak drums and a fuzzy bassline; "In the Air" sounds like a Postal Service knockoff with a non-existent backbeat; throwback "Play Ya Cards Right" apes '80s hip-hop more than it honors it.
The best tracks marry Mac's strengths — earworm hooks, earnest thoughts — with ease, like logical progressions from K.I.D.S. "She Said" has the grimy drums Mac thrives on, "Oy Vey" is too silly and well executed to hate and Mac's mom ode, "I'll Be There," works in its detail ("You were at my games when I was sitting on the bench"). These moments are fleeting, thanks to the excess of toothless party songs. The goodwill Mac earned from K.I.D.S. is now a tarnished memory, replaced with the sneaking suspicion we've been duped.

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Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) in a photo released by the Alexandria Police Department, Dec. 23.
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho was arrested early Sunday morning in a suburb of Washington, D.C. for driving under the influence, according to a statement released by Alexandria, Va. police.
Crapo, a Republican, was stopped after a patrol officer saw his vehicle go through a red light. After failing field sobriety tests, he was arrested at 12:45 a.m. and "taken into custody without incident," according to the statement by Alexandria police.
"There was no refusal (to take sobriety tests), no accident, no injuries," Alexandria Police spokesman Jody Donaldson told The Associated Press. "Just a traffic stop that resulted in a DUI."
In a statement Sunday night, Crapo said he was "deeply sorry."
"I made a mistake for which I apologize to my family, my Idaho constituents and any others who have put their trust in me," he said. "I accept total responsibility and will deal with whatever penalty comes my way in this matter. I will also undertake measures to ensure that this circumstance is never repeated."
Crapo (pronounced KRAY-poh) was released around 5 a.m. Sunday on an unsecured $1,000 bond. His court date is set for Jan. 4.
Crapo has served in the Senate since 1998, where he has built a reputation as a staunch social and fiscal conservative. He is currently in his third term and won't have to run again until 2016.
A Mormon from Idaho Falls, Idaho, he has five children with his wife, Susan.
NBC's Frank Thorp and The Associated Press contributed reporting.


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Scammers offer popular gift cards via cellphone text
Experts: Report text messages to cellphone carrier
Maryland officials have issued a warning about cellphone scams delivered via text message that claim the cellphone user won a gift card from popular stores like Best Buy, Target and Walmart.
The fake gift cards are usually for either $500 or $1,000. Consumers are asked to provide credit card or bank account numbers to redeem them.
"These text messages that we get are designed, really, to redirect us to not getting a gift card but getting scammed or ripped off," said Angie Barnett of the Maryland Better Business Bureau.
In many cases, the text message leads consumers to a phony website, officials said.
While the scam may seem too good to be true, experts said many consumers fall victim because the messages and the websites appear to be authentic. Barnett said scammers copy the store's text, colors and logo, but there is a relatively easy way to tell the difference.
"Before you click on it, hover over that link. If it doesn't say Best Buy or Walmart spelled exactly correct, than you know you're being led to a bogus website," Barnett said.
The real Walmart's website actually includes a section warning customers about the scam.
Experts advised consumers to report the suspicious texts to their cellphone carriers.


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During week 2, we will start to dig into our own inquiries about digital writing and learning, participation and sharing. We will do this by:
- exploring the ways of approaching and sharing inquiries into practice;
- continuing conversations raised about what it means to participate in the digital age;
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Fresh porcini mushrooms are meaty & delicious but light enough for a summer pasta!Porcini mushrooms found in the woods of Le Marche on one of our hunts!
Here is a simple pasta sauce recipe using fresh porcini or other wild mushrooms. This dish is cucina povera at its best yet tastes elegant & refined at the same time. Seasonally this is a late spring/early summer dish. Procini in particular freeze surprisingly well, extending their season long after June, which is how we are still enjoying them today as this year's mushroom 'season' was highly anticipated but lack-luster at best.
We served this as one of the 2 pasta courses for the wedding we did in June. Not a single bite was left on anyone's plates - enough said! You can also use this 'sauce' as a topping for crostini as a tasty antipasta!
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Tagliatelle con Funghi Porcini
2 cloves of garlic
extra virgin olive oil
meat of 1 sausage
1 lb of wild mushrooms - porcini are our favorites
2 tablespoons heavy cream
small handful of parsley, chopped
tablespoon of white wine
fresh pasta
In a frying pan heat 3-4 glugs of olive oil & add brown whole cloves of garlic. Once brown, remove from pan & discard.
In the same pan, sauté sausage meat, breaking up into tiny pieces with a wooden spoon.
When sausage meat is broken into crumbly bits & it is thoroughly cooked (without pink meat) add the mushrooms & continue to sauté for a few minutes.
Add in white wine & lower heat, reduce until most of the liquid has evaporated.
Pour in cream, cook for 30 seconds. Adjust seasoning with salt & pepper. If it looks a little dry add a spoonful or two of the pasta water.
Finish with chopped parsley.
Toss with fresh cooked pasta.


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2013 arrived and the apocalypse was a dud. It figures. To honor our still-livingness, Alex and mgb519 created an end of the world BrikWar with all the craziness and insanity that you would expect. Aztecs, Mummies, the BA Team, and even The Most Interesting Man in the World duke it out because, um, well, it's Brikwars!
It's December 21, 2012, and the world hasn't ended. People are celebrating the not-end-of-the-world and not dying horrible, painful deaths. Some people are relaxing at the beach. Others are enjoying a concert. Psy is performing with a punk rocker and a guy with maracas. The chef tries to ensure that there is plenty of delicious food to go around. The Most Interesting Man in the World is providing people with Dos Briquis, the official beer of the concert, and otherwise being awesome. The police are there to make sure things don't get too crazy or out of hand.
The B.A. Team is having their own party in their warehouse/headquarters. They are well equipped with weapons and vehicles. Some survivalists are holed up next door, believing that the apocalypse is imminent. They are also well supplied in terms of guns and food. Some looters also show up to take anything they can get their hands on.
Some archaeologists are doing an exhibition on an Egyptian tomb. The fisherman catches a monstrous fish, a sign of things to come.
One man is just standing in a field. Then he isn't, as an Aztek temple warps in on top of him. They want captives to sacrifice to their gods.
The resulting radiation reanimates the corpses of the mummies. They want to kill everyone around them.
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All factions mobilize, climbing aboard their various cars, boats, motorcycles, and cows. The Police engage the looting Looters, the Mummies attack the Archaeologists, and the Azteks attack everybody. There are early kills and unexpected hugs.
Psy's concert gets off to an explosive start when he manages to summon dancing girls but immediately gets them and his maraca player blown up by pyrotechnics. With the percussion section destroyed, a dreadlocked girl takes up her glowsticks, and the Chef takes up his drumsticks, and the ensuing battle transforms the Chef into the musclebound Tommy Alfredo.
The concert begins to get out of hand, with racecar drivers doing doughnuts in the crowd, and a gorilla-suited dude running off with one of the concertgoers.
Following serious civilian casualties at the hands of the Azteks and Mummies, Major Patriotism and Manly Fucking Santa arrive.


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An attempt to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day would be all-consuming for the administrator of the Transportation Security Administration — if there were one.
The post remains vacant because Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., has held up President Barack Obama's nominee in opposition to the prospect of TSA workers joining a labor union.
As al Qaida claimed responsibility Monday for the thwarted attack and President Barack Obama made a public statement about it, Democrats urged DeMint to drop his objection and allow quick confirmation of nominee Erroll Southers, a counterterrorism expert, when the Senate reconvenes in three weeks.
Obama, speaking from Hawaii, where he and his family are vacationing, told Americans, "We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable."
Obama warned anyone plotting against the U.S. from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia or elsewhere that he doesn't intend to rest at simply strengthening defense.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee announced a hearing to be set for next month to examine how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian whose name was in a terrorism database, boarded a plane with explosive material.
"Why aren't airline passengers flying into the U.S. checked against the broadest terrorist database and why isn't whole body scanning technology that can detect explosives in wider use?" said committee chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent.
Meanwhile, Florida Republican Rep. John Mica said in a statement that the TSA had grown lost and bloated in bureaucracy and called for a review.
Mica also said Congress "must change the process by which TSA administrators serve. There has been no TSA administrator for nearly a year and the next one will be the fifth in eight years. Running a security agency with a revolving door is a recipe for failure."
Janet Napolitano, the head of the Department of Homeland Security, of which the TSA is part, made the rounds of morning television news programs on Monday, backing away from her initial stance that the system had worked in averting attack.
She told NBC that "our system did not work in this instance. No one is happy or satisfied with that. An extensive review is under way."
Southers, a former FBI special agent, is the Los Angeles World Airports Police Department assistant chief for homeland security and intelligence. He also is the associate director of the University of Southern California's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, and he served as a deputy director of homeland security for California Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Two Senate committees have given Southers their bipartisan blessing. An acting administrator is in place pending his confirmation.
Marshall McClain, the president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association, said that the Senate should have acted sooner to confirm Southers.
"Friday's terrorist attack on U.S. aviation makes it all the more imperative that there be no further delays in filling this crucial position," he said.
DeMint said in a statement that the attempted attack "is a perfect example of why the Obama administration should not unionize the TSA." He wants Southers to clarify his stand on unionizing the TSA, a shift that Democrats support.
Without collective bargaining, DeMint said, the TSA has "flexibility to make real-time decisions that allowed it to quickly improve security measures in response to this attempted attack."
If organized labor got involved, DeMint said, union bosses would have the power "to veto or delay future security improvements at our airports."
He urged Obama to "re-think" supporting unionizing the TSA "and put the interests of American travelers ahead of organized labor."
DeMint also wants a Senate floor debate and roll call votes, not confirmation by consent as the Democrats sought.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., hadn't scheduled a floor vote for Southers before the Senate left town on Christmas Eve.
Reid spokesman Jim Manley said Monday that the majority leader is working with the White House to get Southers confirmed "as quickly as possible" and charged that "Republican obstructionism has prevented TSA from having the leadership in place that the organization deserves."
DeMint spokesman Wesley Denton said that Obama didn't nominate Southers until September, and he charged that Reid "has been too busy trading earmarks for votes on health care" to deal with DeMint's concerns.
DeMint's objection creates a procedural hurdle that could take three days of debate and test votes to overcome, or could potentially be limited if Democrats offered DeMint a compromise. No one was taking conciliatory stance on Monday, however. Manley called DeMint's opposition "disgraceful."


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Thomas Darby is my wife's 1st cousin 2x removed. His parents are David Darby and Charlotte Farmer. Thomas and my wife's common ancestors are Thomas Darby and Sarah Miles – my wife's 3x great grandparents.
Thomas enlisted at the age of 35 years 11 months on 20 May 1915 in Worcester and his military service number was 30389. His occupation at the time was blacksmith.
Thomas listed his next of kin as his daughter Evelyn. His wife Polly (Chance) had died in 1914 at the age of 35.
Thomas embarked from Southampton on 3 October 1915 and disembarked the next day. He was posted to his battalion in the 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 6 October 1915.
It seems that Thomas managed to remain unscathed until the following summer. He was then injured in action on 19 July 1916 when he received gun shot wounds to his head and arm. He was admitted to the field hospital for treatment.
The next day he was injured again with gun shot wounds to his shoulder and thigh.
Three days later on 23 July 1916 Thomas was discharged to the Base Depot.
After a couple of weeks it appears he was well enough to be attached to the 14th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and was back in action on 7 August 1916.
Over the next two years Thomas spent his time either on leave or in the battle field and does not seem to have suffered any further physical injuries.
He was demobilised on 6 February 1919.
Thomas was transferred to the Class Z Reserve on 7 Mar 1919.
Class Z Reserve was authorised by an Army Order of 3 December 1918. There were fears that Germany would not accept the terms of any peace treaty, and therefore the British Government decided it would be wise to be able to quickly recall trained men in the eventuality of the resumption of hostilities. Soldiers who were being demobilised, particularly those who had agreed to serve "for the duration", were at first posted to Class Z. They returned to civilian life but with an obligation to return if called upon. The Z Reserve was abolished on 31 March 1920.


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Today, there were reports of an incident with a Pratt & Whitney test flight from our Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in Canada. We did experience a minor anomaly with a test engine during flight testing. The engine was shut down as a precaution. Examination of the engine revealed that there was no apparent damage and we expect to run it again in the next day or two. Minor anomalies such as this are common in flight test. Early reports in the media of a fire on the engine were inaccurate. As a matter of policy, and for proprietary reasons, we do not reveal which engine was being tested.


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"Community" (KOB-4 7 p.m.) "Community" finally makes it back on the air for its long-awaited fourth season. With graduation looming in the storyline, don't expect the show to stick around too long.
"Guinness World Records Gone Wild" (truTV 6 p.m.) Ordinary people try to break world records live on TV. Dan Cortese of "MTV Sports," "The Rock N' Jock B-Ball Jam" and "Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant" fame hosts.
"The Job" (KRQE-13 7 p.m.) Five candidates compete for an assistant manager position with the Palm Restaurant Group. ... So now we're just broadcasting job interviews and calling it reality TV?
"Alaska Fish Wars" (Nat Geo Wild 8 p.m.) Enough with the fishing shows already!
"Something Borrowed, Something New" (TLC 8 p.m.) Enough with the shopping for wedding dresses shows already!
"The Jenny McCarthy Show" (VH1 8:30 p.m.) Today's topic: Vaccinations give your kids autism. Tomorrow's topic: How Jim Carrey screwed me over. The next day: Back to that vaccine thing.
"The Grammys Will Go On: A Death in the Family" (KRQE-13 8 p.m.) A look back at the 2012 Grammy Awards. Hey, at least Whitney Houston's death gave them a theme to work with.
"Odd Folks Home" (Science 7:30 p.m.) Edgar Oliver, the weird customer who drops by "Oddities" every once in a while, hosts this new show about people's freaky collections.
"BAFTA Film Awards 2013" (BBC America 6 p.m.) Awards show season is in full swing, people. Get used to it.
"The 55th Annual Grammy Awards" (KRQE-13 7 p.m.) LL Cool J hosts. Justin Timberlake performs. Boom.
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (Syfy 7 p.m.) "Battlestar Galactica" is rapidly becoming the show that wouldn't die. Here, Syfy airs its surprisingly good web series about a young Bill Adama battling Cylons as a hotshot Viper jockey.
"Gypsy Sisters" (TLC 7 p.m.) Seriously, TV? Why not just let Gypsies and the Amish fight it out in an arena for the title of ethnic/religious stereotype du jour. Loser takes on Rednecks and Guidos for second place.
"The Walking Dead" (AMC 7 p.m.) All right, let's get this Rick vs. The Mayor rumble started!
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"The BET Honors" (BET 7 p.m.) BET hands out awards to Halle Berry, Chaka Khan and other prominent African-Americans.
"Hall of Game Awards" (Cartoon Network 8 p.m.) Cartoon Network, for some reason, hands out awards to professional athletes. Makes less sense than the BET thing.
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Gavin Elder
posted on Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 11:34 am
Hello there,
I am testing a model in which three mediators account for the relationship between one IV and one DV (3 separate indirect effects).
One of the mediators is a dichotomous variable (70% group 1, 30% group 2), while the rest of the variables in the model are continuous (all are "observed" variables, not latent).
I have tested the model in MPlus using both ML and WLSMV, separately. Each estimator produces the same pattern of results, but of course, WLSMV has only two indicators of model fit: RMSEA and WRMR. Model fit for both estimation procedures is solid across indices.
I read a paper in which the authors reported using a combination of the two approaches, and subsequently reported the greater number of model fit indices (e.g., CFI/TFI, AIC/BIC, Chi-square).
The problem is twofold: (1) I cannot find any suggestions online about which model fit indices need to be reported when you have the situation of dichotmous AND continuous outcome variables, and (2) I'm not sure how to approach this in MPlus (i.e., which estimator to specify to obtain more indices of model fit).
Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
PS: I'm using analysis: bootstrap=2000, and output: standardized cinterval(bcbootstrap)
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Because you are using BOOTSTRAP, you obtain only WRMR which is an experimental fit statistic. If an RMSEA is given, it is not correct and should not be interpreted. If you are interested in indirect effects, you need to use WLSMV. In Mplus, indirect effects with maximum likelihood estimation when there is a binary mediator are not defined.
Gavin Elder
posted on Friday, November 05, 2010 - 3:55 am
Thank you for your reply Dr Muthen. If I understand correctly: using a model with one categorical mediator and two continuous mediators (total=3 indirect effects), explaining the relationship between one IV and one DV (both continuous) -- I will only report WRMR to indicate model fit? Should I be concerned that reviewers might have reservations?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 05, 2010 - 9:21 am
I would run the model without the BOOTSTRAP option to obtain fit statistics that have not been bootstrapped and report them and the bootstrapped standard errors.
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Hannah creates a variety of different looks for her images by adapting and using different elements in her surroundings. She also shows how to work fast and light when time is short and you're on your own without an assistant. In the first scenario, Hannah shows how to dramatically change the look of your photos quickly and easily, by turning an office into her own studio. She cleverly changes the environment by using different backgrounds and a softbox, as well as HSS to kill the ambient light. Then Hannah takes her subject outdoors so she can include landmarks from the London skyline in her images. You'll see how to mix ambient light with flash and create a perfectly exposed corporate portrait outdoors, regardless of the weather.
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MLB trade rumors: Ichiro Suzuki for J.J. Putz?
The Arizona Diamondbacks may look to trade veteran reliever J.J. Putz following their acquistion of Addison Reed, FOXSports.com reports.
If the D-backs do move Putz, one possible trading partner is the New York Yankees, who reportedly want to unload future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. Putz is set to make $7 million in 2014 while Ichiro is owed $6.5 million by the Yankees.
Putz, who turns 37 next month, was Arizona's closer in 2011 and 2012, when he logged a total of 77 saves. In 2013, he went 3-1 with six saves as Heath Bell and Brad Ziegler earned the majority of ninth-inning opportunities.
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The same can be said of Ichiro now that the Yankees have free-agent signees Carlos Beltran and Jacoby Ellsbury as well as holdovers Brett Gardner and Alfonso Soriano in the mix. The 40-year-old outfielder hit .262/.297/.342 with a career-low 136 hits for the season.


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About Eaglecrest: Founded in 1992, Eaglecrest is a 200-acre private estate named for the Bald and Golden Eagles that live there. Eaglecrest provides a home for many different kinds of wildlife, including owls, deer, coyotes, mountain lions, racoons, opposums, skunks, rattlesnakes, gopher snakes, king snakes, water snakes, leopard lizards, blue-belly lizards, and skinks.
David McDonald, Eaglecrest's founder, has a deep and abiding interest in wildlife. In addition to preserving ponds and wild spaces on his estate, he and his staff work with Fresno Wildlife Rehabilitation to treat, rehabilitate and return injured and ill birds of prey to the wild. To date, Eaglecrest has rehabilitated Red-Tailed Hawks, Cooper's Hawks, Red-Shouldered Hawks, Swainson's Hawks, Great Horned Owls, and a Golden Eagle. The Eaglecrest rehabilation center includes a 20x30 flight cage and mews. A local hatchery provides day-old chicks, augmented with squirrels caught by the estate's Black Lab and White German Shepherd.
For the public's education and enjoyment, Eaglecrest Estate in 2011 partnered with the world renowned Raptor Resource Project of Decorah, Iowa, and with Ustream, to install several live, 24/7 streaming video cameras at a Red-Tailed Hawk nest. The first event-filled season saw the nest nearly destroyed by a windstorm; only to be later taken over by a fascinating pair of Canada Geese. The camera site became a popular sensation in its first season with over 1.3 million visitors from around the world. For 2013, the Eaglecrest Wildlife Site has been expanded to thirteen cameras which now cover the Home Nest (Canada Geese), a Barn Owl nest, two Red-Tailed Hawk nests, and the entire area . . . around the clock, every day.
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The MINI Kitesurf Tour Europe 2012, the cream of kite boarding competing around Europe, finished once again. Five stops, five countries with 5 freestyle events, 5 racing events and 1 slalom event are done. Finally, 495 competitors participated on the European Championship Tour Event 2012. Thanks to all riders for that high attendance.
This year's season has led the MINI KTE as well as the sport of kiteboarding to new heights and it will mirror nothing less than success and triumph for the upcoming season 2013.
In this spirit, we want to thank all competitors for memorable action on the water, helping hands for their support and all partners for the creation of the greatful MINI Kitesurf Tour Europe 2012.
Congratulations to all winners again for the amazing riding done at this special tour event!
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First, a quiz. What doesn't belong in this list? a) World History b) Running c) Dark Chocolate d) Brain Science Dr. Nora Volkow is a Mexican-born psychiatrist who fell in love with the brain very early in her scientific career, thanks to an article she read as a medical student in Mexico about a new brain technology, Positron Emission Tomography—or PET scans. With PET scans, scientists were able to peer into people's brains to map what kind of connections are inside a living, breathing human being, and to see where certain behaviors were linked to that map. It was more than just looking at a photograph of the brain, it was looking at snapshots of emotions, desires, and thoughts, and it set her on a path towards understanding the triggers in the brain that lead to abuse—or addiction—to everything from prescription drugs to chocolate to the computer game Tetris. What could such different things possibly have in common? According to an interview in the New York Times, Dr. Volkow has a one-word response: dopamine. The surge of this hormone through the body stimulates the brain's pleasure and reward system, tricking the brain into wanting more. This feeling of getting "high" makes it harder for some people to experience the normal pleasures in life—including friends, family, and healthy activities. Dr. Volkow's scientific career includes not only directing the National Institute on Drug Abuse at NIH, but also conducting brain research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York. In case you're curious about how a researcher can also run a government institute, as Dr. Volkow says, "Science and politics are intertwined." So have you figured out the answer to our quiz: What doesn't belong in this list? Aha, a trick question! The correct answer is they all belong—a, b, c, and d are all things that can describe Dr. Nora Volkow. a) Her great-grandfather was Leon Trotsky, one of the architects of the Russian Revolution who went into exile in Mexico City. b) Running is the activity that Dr. Volkow indulges in that produces the "runners high" caused by an exercise-induced dopamine reward in the brain. c) Chocolate, for Dr. Volkow, is its own reward. d) Brain science is what she loves even more than chocolate. In fact, neuroscience (the science of the brain) is emerging as the key to creating treatments to counteract the drug-induced brain changes that can lead to addiction, a belief held by many policy experts and researchers like Dr. Volkow.
The NIDA is lucky to have Dr. Volkow as it's leader. Her lessons on how drug addiction is a disease and mental illness that hijacks the mind's reward pathways, tricking the brain into believing that continuing drug use is as important as eating food, should be shared in every school and classroom.
It may only take smoking nicotine a couple of times before the brain begins wanting and begging for more. Imagine being really hungry and badly craving food. Now imagine craving smoking nicotine just as much or more, and not just a couple of times a day but every thirty minutes or so for the rest of your life. It's why half the adult smokers we see today already know the cause of death that will be printed on their death certificate.
Please help spread the word, friends don't addict friends to nicotine!
I really congratulate you for your work, ME country this topic affects us all by igusl rich and poor, children and youth; shame that this war does not fight with science as you do it but with more war, god bless you.
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What a great Work, that's the drug boys
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You are really an asset to the Recovery Community!
Looking forward to seeing more of your work, Dr. Volkow.
your work is interesting.
Really good contribution. What do you think about psychology and drugs ?
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@Peter R. Because addiction can affect so many aspects of a person's life, treatment should address the "whole person" to be successful. This includes their psychological needs, as well as their medical, social, employment, and legal needs. Effective interventions include those that help people recognize, avoid, and cope with situations where they are most likely to abuse drugs. Cognitive behavioral therapy is an example of this approach. Also, group therapy can help people face their drug abuse realistically and boost their motivation to stay drug free. Patients learn effective ways to solve their emotional and interpersonal problems without resorting to drugs. So behavioral psychology is an important area of science for helping people recover from drug abuse and addiction.
I just viewed Dr. Volkow's news report on CBS's 60 minutes. Her work is very interesting. I really connected with her research. I wish we would spend more time on investigating how the medical community is contributing to the drug problem in this country. My son transitioned into heroine use after becoming addicted to prescription drugs THAT WERE PRESCRIBED BY PHYSICIANS OVER AND OVER AGAIN! It's a joke and I would say "criminal" how they prescribe. There is no warning, no education, and no monitoring of patients using these highly addictive drugs. It's just unbelievable! We need to hold the medical community to much higher standards here!
i saw an intervew where Dr volkov said that the brain of a cocaine addict showed marked increase in dopamine when the addict is shown pictures of people snorting cocaine and how the brain rembers the cocaine high,I was a cocaine user 31 years ago.I had not touched cocaine in 31 years,Recently i was discussing my cocaine use in depth to a freind and how much i enjoyed it..Within 2 hours id purchased a half gram and was snotrting it.Somthing i never thought id ever do again.The next day the shame of what id done was undescribable.I could not beleve what i had done.31 years ago i had sworn id never do it again then this happened.All i can do now is try to be stronger and never do this again but after this ill never be sure it wont ever happen again.What Dr Volkov said about the brain and Cocaine addiction is without question true.


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In case you have not found out already, the Nobel prize in physics for 2013 was awarded to Francois Englert and Peter Higgs
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"
Congratulations to the winners of the prize. Here is the link to the official announcement http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2013/
This is a prize for the so-called Higgs mechanism. In a certain sense this is another Nobel prize for the Standard model of the electroweak theory of Weinberg and Salam, which was verified experimentally at the LHC with the announcement of a Higgs-like particle on the fourth of July of 2012. The agreement with the Standard model has improved with the additional data that has been taken at the LHC experiment since then.
One of my favorite ways of accounting for the Higgs particle is that the electroweak theory of massless gauge Bosons and the Snatdard model Higgs sector has
bosonic degrees of freedom in the 'unbroken phase'. This is two polarizations for each massless gauge boson particle, and four degrees of freedom from the Higgs sector of the theory.
This same theory has
degrees of freedom in the `broken phase'. This is 3 polarizations for each massive gauge boson, 2 polarizations for the photon and the extra one degree of freedom in the box is the so called Higgs particle.
It is the presence of this extra degree of freedom that was observed at CERN, with all the properties expected from Standard model computations.


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|On this DVD, professional ventriloquist Bob Rumba teaches you the ABCs of Ventriloquism. The DVD begins with the most basic concepts of ventriloquism - talking without moving your lips - and continues on to advanced technique and character development. On the way, every step in between is thoroughly reviewed. Once mastering Bob's instructions, you'll be talking like a dummy in no time. The DVD is broken down into chapters, making step-by-step learning easy. Once you've mastered the first chapter, move on to the next, building one skill on the other as you go. Additionally, the DVD features the legendary Jay Marshall and a warm remembrance of his famous puppet Lefty. Jay discusses in detail how he got his start as a ventriloquist, how he developed Lefty, and shares other valuable insights gained over his 60 plus years as a professional entertainer. 90nuffi02010
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That's cool about your family owning a castle. About all I know is I'm related to Jesse James (not something to be particularly proud of...) and then a guy who helped translate the King James Bible (1611, I believe). I really need to look into my ancestry and stuff; there's no doubt it would be interesting.
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When I was in grade school, we had this small (but disturbingly thick) hardcover grammar book. It was a horrible mustard yellow hue. Even to this day, I still picture this book when I think about grammar. I didn't like it then and, to be honest, I don't like it now. But I can recognize that despite my primary method of communication being through visuals, I need to be able to express myself clearly with words as well. I'm attempting to take a cue from the illustrious Cat and do more work on my writing. As a first step, I finally pulled The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed off of my bookshelf. It's been there for a while, but I've cruelly ignored it until now.
Karen Elizabeth Gordon does an excellent job of laying out the basics of punctuation in this thin, but highly informative book. Starting with the exclamation point and working her way through semicolons, hyphens, italics, and ellipses, the book balances writing rules with bizarrely entertaining examples. (While discussing independent clauses linked by commas, she throws out sentences like "The suspect removed his grimy white gloves, but another pair lurked beneath." To illustrate a subject having two actions attributed to it, she uses this example: "She always carries bandages with her, but will give them only to bleeding people to whom she has been formally introduced.")
I doubt that even my most hardcore grammar geek friends have ever laughed out loud while reading about writing properly. (I did while reading this one, and I got some strange looks from people in my vicinity.) It's a bit difficult to review a book that is both short and full of writing rules, but if you're looking to brush up on your punctuation and actually enjoy doing it, definitely pick up a copy of The New Well-Tempered Sentence.
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, present a joint exhibition of the work of artist David Bates on view February 9 through May 11, 2014. The exhibition is a retrospective of Bates's work installed in both locations with an emphasis on painting in Fort Worth and sculpture and works on paper in Dallas. This is the first collaboration between the two museums. The exhibition is organized by Dr. Marla Price, director of the Modern, and Jeremy Strick, director of the Nasher.
The exhibition presents a selection of works that span the past 10 years of the artist's career, including his elaborately layered paintings and New York Times collages.
Terry Haggerty draws on the vocabulary of abstract art to create his illusory paintings and large-scale wall works. The artist's central motif is created by painting patterned lines that alternate a light and dark color, such as white and blue. When juxtaposed, these colors play off of each other, appearing to advance and recede (as seen in Kinetic Friction, 2009).
México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990 is one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions in over a decade to examine contemporary art of central Mexico and Mexico City from the 1990s to the present day. Organized by curator Andrea Karnes, the exhibition is the first of its kind to be presented in North Texas.
The city provides the context for the visually packed work of San Francisco native Barry McGee. Since the mid-1980s, when McGee was a teenager, he has lived in the city's oldest neighborhood, the Mission District. At that time, the Mission held a colorful, somewhat seedy, antiestablishment atmosphere with a thriving culture of youth, alternative musicians, artists, and thinkers. The vibe of the Mission influenced the artist early on, and he began to infiltrate the area's flourishing graffiti boom with images that he created to reflect his surroundings.
New York-based artist Gary Simmons is known for his "erasure" technique, which he began using in the early 1990s. Initially creating semi-erased works with chalk on blackboards, the artist has evolved to works on paper, paint on canvas, and murals that mimic smudged chalk. The resulting blurred and ghostly images often refer to intersections of pop culture, race, and class.
British/Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE explores colonialism and the intricate ways in which it has shaped, and continues to shape, cultural identities. He is well known for his life-size sculptural tableaux featuring staged, headless mannequins dressed in elaborate period garments. In these works, the materials and designs of the original clothing are replaced with batik, a colorful and ornately patterned fabric.
December 2012 is the 10th anniversary of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's building designed by Tadao Ando. The Modern will mark the anniversary with a series of new acquisitions on view this fall, culminating in a celebration gala and dinner on December 6, 2012.
Director Marla Price comments, "These are exciting additions to the Modern's permanent collection. We are acquiring work by important new artists in several cases and increasing our holdings of works by Vernon Fisher, Dan Flavin, Howard Hodgkin, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Nicholas Nixon."
As an encore presentation to last winter's exhibition, FOCUS: KAWS, which featured the work of Brooklyn-based artist KAWS (b. Brian Donnelly, 1974), the Modern is currently featuring the installation of the artist's monumental sculpture, COMPANION (PASSING THROUGH), 2010. The work has been on view at the Modern's entrance since September 9, 2012. Originally scheduled to leave on January 6, the installation at the Modern has been extended through March 31.
The Modern maintains one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary international art in the central United States. Various movements, themes, and styles are represented, including Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Pop art, and Minimalism, as well as aspects of New Image Painting from the 1970s and beyond, recent developments in abstraction and figurative sculpture, and contemporary movements in photography, video, and digital imagery.


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WALNUT CREEK — An exhibition of dangerous driving by two motorists, one of them on a motorcycle, ended with one of them dead and another hospitalized Sunday, police said.
The horrific wreck at 5:48 p.m. on Interstate 680 just north of Alamo killed the motorcycle driver, who was dismembered, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Franco Dalao said.
A driver of a black two-door coupe that was destroyed in an ensuing car fire that was put out by members of the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, was taken to John Muir Medical Center with serious injuries, Dalao said.
Parts of the motorcycle, including what appeared to be a sizable piece of its midsection, was strewed for at least a quarter-mile stretch in the northbound direction of I-680 between Livorna and Rudgear roads, where the wreck occurred.
Traffic was backed up for miles, as all four lanes of the freeway were shut down for approximately 90 minutes. All were reopened shortly before 8 p.m., the CHP said.
Dalao said the investigation was ongoing, but that "reckless driving is a possibility. We do have several witnesses that reported that the motorcycle and the black coupe were going at a very dangerous rate of speed."
A Walnut Creek woman said the dead motorcyclist appeared to be racing the black coupe and that the motorcyclist appeared to be doing tricks.
"He had his right hand on the bar and his left hand on the seat," Alexandra Crowe said of the motorcyclist. "And he kept looking behind him."
The northbound stretch of I-680 just north of Livorna Road before Rudgear Road turned into a virtual parking lot as police investigated, with people sitting atop their roof tops, taking up posts on the hills above the highway shoulder and mingling on the road.
"We'd like this to be a reminder for people to slow down out there and look out for one another," Dalao said. "We hope that the people who are having to sit through this are reminded that the roadway is a dangerous place and why it's vital to be cautious instead of aggressive."
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit alleging prison officials improperly denied an inmate access to what they deemed were pornographic publications.
Green Bay Correctional Institution inmate Charles Downing filed the suit in 2010. He alleged prison officials improperly denied his request to order copies of two collections of letters to Penthouse magazine, confiscated his copies of a number of other books, including "The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices," and placed another eight books he wanted on the prohibited publications list.
A Madison judge dismissed the case in 2011. The 4th District Court of Appeals upheld the decision in a ruling Thursday, concluding Downing had no grounds to sue.
Online court records indicated Downing represented himself in the case.
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