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7 Common Myths About More-Than-Two
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by Belle Rosada
So you want to be non-monogamous. Maybe you've read swinger stories, know swinger couples who are successfully living it, or maybe you're brand spakin' new - no pun intended - to the idea of non-monogamy. Whatever the case, there's a lot of information to be found out there in the big, wide world - even more so on the world wide web - and not all of it is exactly accurate. For example, while some swinger stories highlight the benefits of non-monogamy, others tend to focus only on what can go wrong. Neither gives the whole picture and can lead to misconceptions. Whether you yourself are new to non-monogamous relationships, getting involved with someone who is new, or just ready for a refresher course, here are seven common myths about non-monogamous relationships and the facts that disprove them.
Myth #1: Cheating represents a non-monogamous relationship
A quick online search yields many a claim that cheating was, in fact, a type of a non-monogamous relationship. That, however, is like saying that stealing is a type of trade.
While cheating does indeed exist and the people who cheat may declare themselves non- monogamous, it is not a relationship style in and of itself, but instead a clear breach of monogamy and/or non-monogamy depending on what style is being practiced by the parties involved and what agreements have been put in place. Make no mistake - just because a relationship is non-monogamous does not mean that cheating is impossible. If a couple agrees to threesomes only but one partner makes out with a stranger in a bar? That's cheating. Four parties in a group relationship agree not to involve new partners before getting tested, but then someone does the deed prematurely? Cheating. Two swinger couples agree to swap husbands for one night, but then one half of the swap meets up again later without telling their partners? You guessed it: cheating.
Non-monogamy is not something that takes place in dark corners and on password protected apps without the knowledge and consent of all parties involved. As do monogamous relationships, non-monogamous relationships require mutual trust and respect, while cheating undermines trust, respect and consent.
To wit, cheating may fit the criteria of non-monogamy to the extent that there are more than two. But if everyone is not on board? — It's not non-monogamy.
It's breach of contract.
Myth #2: Non-monogamy is easier than monogamy
Another idea that's floating around out there is that non-monogamous relationships are becoming so popular in our monogamy dominated society because monogamy is this challenging thing that takes time, dedication and hard work, whereas non-monogamy is…well…easy.
On the contrary, non-monogamy can be just as challenging as monogamy is, if not more so at times, as it introduces challenges into relationships that monogamous folks don't have to grapple with quite as much. For example…
For one thing, it isn't as though non-monogamous people are suddenly granted more hours in a day, more days in the week, etc. We're managing jobs, friends, family, pets and even kids just like the rest of the world. Except…with multiple partners. Right away that necessitates a lot more planning than monogamous folk have to worry about. A simple, "Just thought I'd swing by and surprise you for lunch," can be a wee bit awkward if you've already got a lunch date with someone else. You met a great girl at a café and she told you she's free this Thursday. Great!
Except…you agreed with your primary partner that Thursday was their day to ensure your quality time. But café girl goes out of town for two weeks on Friday. Do you wait two weeks and risk the fizzle, or talk to your partner about making an exception?
When there are more than two, it gets a lot more complicated. Fast. Especially in modern society where traditional dating rituals are quickly being deemed old-fashioned and uncool, and people are more inclined to just go with the flow. Such a thing is not a realistic option with multiple partners, which requires a greater level of transparency upfront and necessitates constant communication. But scheduling is not even the most intense challenge that people who chose to practice non-monogamy find themselves faced with. The biggest challenge non-monogamous folks face is rather monstrous, in fact. And green…
Some may think that if you choose to be non-monogamous, it must mean you don't get jealous. That, or you're in serious denial about your emotions. As it turns out, neither is the case.
People who practice non-monogamy are more than aware of the existence of jealousy, and more than capable of experiencing it themselves. Rather than the absence of jealousy, non-monogamy relies on an acceptance of jealousy, with the ultimate goal of acknowledging it, unlearning it, and replacing it with compersion - a feeling of happiness in one's self derived from the happiness of another. In other words, when my partner is out on a date and I am at home with the cat, rather than stomping around in a jealous rage or torturing myself with what-if-he-leaves-me-for-her thoughts, I would aim to acknowledge my jealous pang as a normal feeling, but remind myself that my partner loves me, that they aren't leaving, and to be happy that they're enjoying themselves tonight and to enjoy my alone time with the cat. Or with Netflix. Whichever.
Jealousy, while it can be worked with and talked through, is a natural emotion that even those of us who choose to take a non-traditional path still experience. Often. Especially when you've grown up in a society that equates love to possession, the work of dealing with jealousy is not easy. In comparison with monogamy, in fact, it forces a kind of work on trust that monogamous relationships bypass via the terms of monogamy. Many take the trust experienced in monogamous relationships to be the epitome of the thing, but from another perspective, the "trust" experienced in monogamy isn't trust exactly, but rather dutifully carrying out the terms of a treaty. You won't love or sleep with anyone else, and neither will I. But non-monogamy turns that on its head. Once possession is removed, the love between two or more people is no longer defined by what they will not do with others, but by what they actually feel and have together.
You are not being asked simply to trust that your partner will obey your mutually established rules, but instead to trust in your mutually established love. Trust that a casual tryst will not threaten your love. Trust that a new partner is truly an addition and not a replacement. Trust that even as a secondary or tertiary lover, you are still cared for and respected.
Not to knock the merits or challenges of monogamy, but where time management, jealousy and trust are concerned, non-monogamous folk have a bit of a fuller plate, if I must say so myself.
Do not be fooled into believing that the option to love and be loved by more than one human makes non-monogamy easy. It may feel like a more natural state of being, but nevertheless, as with all interpersonal relationships, hard work is not only expected but required.
Myth #3: Non-monogamous people can only date other non-monogamous people
If you're thinking about being non-monogamous, or you already are, you may worry that your dating pool has shrunken significantly as you can now only date other non-monogamous folks. While that does make logical sense, love knows not of logic, and as fate would have it monogamous and non-monogamous people can and frequently do find themselves involved, in love, and in relationships.
It isn't an impossible thing. Is it easy? Refer to myth two! It requires compromise and understanding. Perhaps the parties involved agree that the monogamous partner will continue to practice monogamy while the non-monogamous partner is free to practice a form of non- monogamy.
Example: I dated a man who was monogamous by nature, and was so with me, but was comfortable with my having a girlfriend in addition to our relationship, even though my relationship with her did not involve him [read: no threesomes.]
On the other hand, perhaps the parties involved will form a compromise that looks more like one partner converting over to the other's way of being. Perhaps a non-monogamous partner will attempt monogamy, or something monogamish, with wiggle room for the occasional flirt, going to swingers clubs, perhaps with a verbal openness but with a look but don't touch clause. Similarly, perhaps an ordinarily monogamous partner will test and stretch their limits, agreeing to a mostly monogamous relationship with a swingers party here or a threesome there on occasion.
Again, these relationships aren't necessarily easy, but they are possible. At the end of the day we are all more than the labels we assign ourselves, and people who may seem unlikely to mesh on paper can and do attract. As long as trust, respect and consent are part of the formula, a mono and a poly can surely make it work.
Myth #4: Non-monogamous people cannot have committed relationships
To the monogamous world, two people who essentially belong to each other is the only kind of fathomable commitment in existence. Since non-monogamous relationships function without the ideas of possession in play, some feel that this means commitment cannot and does not exist.
This is not the case.
Commitment absolutely can and does exist within non-monogamous relationships. Take the earlier example. My boyfriend was committed to me. I was committed to him. I was also committed to my girlfriend. She was committed to me. She was also committed to her boyfriend. He was committed to her.
Conventional relationship ideals may claim this is ludicrous, but think of the structure of a family. Think of a mother who has more than one child. Does the arrival of baby number two mean that suddenly baby number one is getting tossed aside? Imagine a mother saying to her five year old, "I'm sorry, but I can only be mother to one child at a time. So it looks like this thing between us is coming to a close, as your little brother will be arriving in just a few short weeks. But it's been great. I hope we can still be friends."
The same way that the arrival of a second child does not undermine the relationship a mother has with her first child, a second or third partner does not invalidate the relationship a person has with the first. Multiple relationships can exist, all of them committed.
Which brings me to my next myth…
Myth #5: Serious non-monogamous relationships feature only two partners who are serious
Or in other words, if there is to be a commitment within a non-monogamous relationship, there must be a "main" couple.
This can be, but is not always the case. There are different types of non-monogamy, some where all parties involved are absolutely equal - in terms of love and commitment, that is - some where they are not. The following are some (but not all) examples of non-monogamous relationships.
Here, yes, there is a "primary" couple. These two people are committed to each other, and each other alone. The terms may vary, but typically it means that while the two can pursue physical thrills outside of the relationship, their loyalty lies with their respective partner alone.
Swingers Relationship
Very similar to an open relationship, there is a primary couple and they are loyal to each other alone. This can even be considered a type of open relationship, but it is characterized by the couple exploring pursuits outside their relationship together, if not always simultaneously.
(i.e.: Going to a swingers party together, potentially finding an activity to participate in together, both parties participating in different activities, or one or both not necessarily partaking at all. Read swinger stories from real swingers.)
Hierarchal Polyamorous Relationship
Unlike the open relationship, a polyamorous relationship allows for multiple relationships (multiple loves, if you will) at the same time. There are different types of polyamory, though, and a hierarchal version means that there is still one lover that is considered the "primary" partner.
Other relationships, while they may indeed be loving, will not take precedence over the primary relationship.
Non-Hierarchal Polyamorous Relationship
Here there are multiple relationships but without hierarchy. One partner's status is not elevated above another's; one relationship does not limit or dictate the terms of another. The relationships may intermingle, they may not. Group relationships may form, they may not. And they may as well in hierarchal poly, I might add. But you won't find rules here like no kissing on the mouth or as long as I come first. There is no first tier, second tier, third tier. All things being equal is the goal.(See Also: Egalitarian Polyamory
This form of non-monogamy is exactly what it sounds like. A sort of amorous chaos. It allows all relationships with others to be what they are, when they are, whatever they are, without operating within tiers of importance, defined parameters or preset expectations. The ultimate exercise in relationship freedom, it is living and loving without limits, and letting the relationship chips fall where they may.
This doesn't include all relationship styles, as relationship are defined by the people within them, and often the wants and needs of the parties involved means that the relationship can be a version or mix of these, falling in different places on the spectrum.
The important thing to understand is that committed non-monogamy is not necessarily just a version of monogamy with some casual sex thrown in here and there. Loving, committed relationship can exist outside of "primary couple" structures.
Myth #6: All non-monogamous people are kinky
I'm going to go ahead a directly blame the media for the assumption that, if you practice non- monogamy, you must also be deeply kinky. Can the two exist together? Sure. But not necessarily.
First, non-monogamy is not kink in and of itself. But when people think of non-monogamy, their minds go to one place - fast. Sex! If monogamy is categorized by not having sex with everyone, then non-monogamy must be about having sex with everyone, right? It must be about threesomes, and foursomes, and group sex, and orgies, and swingers parties with fire breathing, leather clad jugglers in nipple clamps swinging from the chandeliers.
Um…no. The reality is often far more tame.
Non-monogamy simply means, as we've discussed, the ability to be with more than just one person. It does not mean that one is necessarily with multiple partners simultaneously. It does not mean that one is necessarily having indiscriminate sex. And it does not mean that one is, while having indiscriminate sex with multiple partners simultaneously, also strapped to the bed with leather cuffs in nipple clamps and a crystal butt plug.
Can one enjoy a non-monogamous relationship and a crystal butt plug at the same time? Sure. But one can just as easily practice relationship anarchy while being absolutely vanilla (or not- kinky, for those of you who didn't read 50 Shades) with all partners they get involved with.
The media would have you believe that we're all leather clad in feather masks flouncing around at play parties cracking our riding crops (and okay, maybe some of us have been known to frequent play parties cracking riding crops) but nevertheless, kink is its own thing, in its own right, completely separate from non-monogamy and, no, not every non-monogamous person is into "butt stuff." Let's just go ahead and clear that up right now.
Frankly, though sex is such a huge focus for monos looking in on non-monogamous lifestyles, it often isn't the driving factor of the relationships people form. Which brings me to my final myth…
Myth #7: All non-monogamous relationships involve sex
Admittedly, this may seem a bit confusing. Isn't the whole point of non-monogamy to have sex with other people, one way or another?
Well…not necessarily.
Suppose, whether because of the heightened risk of STI's in today's world, or because one partner in a relationship is mono, or both, full on sex is not something that all parties in a relationship feel comfortable with. Still, they'd like to participate in a level of openness.
If you think this doesn't exist, think for a moment about emotional affairs. This occurs when people have relationships outside of their monogamous arrangement that, while they don't violate any physical boundaries between the couple, do violate other boundaries as monogamy carries the expectation that only the two involved will share other types of intimacy - ranging anywhere from flirting to love.
That being said, what if a couple could do things besides sex together, or with the consent of their partner, openly? What if, together, a couple decided that someone at a party was attractive, and they could both flirt with them, but agreed that things wouldn't go beyond that. Or perhaps kissing was okay, but only kissing. Maybe they play a game of strangers at the bar - 45 min of flirting with others, but then they "meet" and focus on each other.
Monogamish is a term that was originally coined with open relationships in mind, but it can also be an option for couples who want to avoid feeling stifled by their commitment without completely opening the relationship up. Hence the "ish."
Alternatively, maybe you're kinky, but your partner isn't, and as it turns out your kink has very little to do with intercourse. Maybe you've just got a thing for dirty socks, or maybe you really enjoy wielding that flogger. The freedom to pursue your sexless kink outside of your relationship with the consent of your partner could be another form of the, in my opinion, rather flexible monogamish. No swapping or swingers clubs required!
So there they are, seven myths about non-monogamy - debunked.
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Henry Winstanley and the Lighthouse at Eddystone
A colourful inventor was so proud of his lighthouse in the English Channel that he vowed to spend the night there. He was never seen again
On the morning of Saturday 28th November 1703, a group of ships gathered near the Eddystone rocks, about 12 miles off the coast of Plymouth, after a night of ferocious winds. North-western Europe had been battered by terrible weather for the previous two weeks, and the relative calm that Saturday morning was only a brief reprieve from what would become known as the 'Great Storm' of 1703. The ships had gathered to collect Henry Winstanley, an eccentric engineer who had designed the lighthouse on the rocks and insisted that there was no safer building in England. He had spent the night there to prove his point, but by the morning there was no trace of him or his lighthouse.
Who was Henry Winstanley?
Henry Winstanley was a man of many professions; a jack of all trades, master of none. Born in Essex in 1644, he made a living as a painter and engraver before becoming known as an inventor of bizarre contraptions. In his home he installed inventions of his such as chairs that moved when you sat on them, and even charged people to enter and have a look for themselves. In the 1680s, he expanded his horizons and opened a museum in London's Piccadilly where customers marvelled at his strange fountains and firework machines.
Henry Winstanley
This was an age of increasing scientific knowledge in England, an age where Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley where making names for themselves, and Winstanley's ambition and flamboyance perfectly encapsulated the era. With his taste for fine clothes and a perpetual glint in his brown eyes, he was always working on a new project or exhibiting his work to a fascinated public.
Why did he want to build a lighthouse at Eddystone?
The Eddystone rocks are a collection of rocks that lie off the south-west coast of England and that were notorious for wrecking ships and claiming the lives of many sailors. This was brought onto Winstanley's radar in the 1690s, when a ship he had bought was wrecked by the rocks. When a second ship he owned met the same fate in 1695, he decided something ought to be done. The following year, he strode into the Admiralty in London with plans for a lighthouse on the rocks. The authorities needed some convincing to back the project given its complexity – the rocks are totally uninhabitable, and they can nearly go underwater at high tide – but they were won over by Winstanley's energy and confidence that his aim was achievable.
A sketch of Winstanley's lighthouse
Work started in July 1696, but the project ran into trouble immediately when Winstanley was kidnapped by roaming French pirates while supervising the digging of the foundation. He went straight back to work once the British government negotiated his release, and the tower was complete by 1698 – a 90ft, wooden structure that had 60 candles installed in a lantern to warn passing ships about the rocks. However, Winstanley observed that the structure creaked during high winds and that it could be invisible to passing ships if the waves were big enough. Never one to shirk from a challenge, he completely redesigned the structure, re-enforcing the walls and increasing its height to 130ft. He even installed a luxurious state room at the top, and gleefully told anyone who would listen that he would happily spend a night there during the 'greatest storm that ever was.'
That opportunity would be afforded to him quicker than he thought. The most ferocious storm ever recorded on the British Isles hit in late 1703, with winds hitting 118 miles per hour, buildings across England ruined and scores of people dying both at sea and on land. Modern analysis shows it was likely a hurricane that had blown across the Atlantic from the Caribbean, but as far as people knew at the time it was just an incredibly severe storm. The writer Daniel Defoe recorded the event in his book The Storm, in which he described fish being blown out of the water in the ponds of St. James' park in London, humans and farm animals being tossed about in the sky and 8,000 people dying (the true figure is thought to be as high as 15,000 people).
As the winds whipped up into a frenzy in November, Henry Winstanley eagerly waited on the coast for a chance to venture out and see how his lighthouse had handled the test. On Friday 27th November, the winds slackened enough for him to be able to make the journey, and he was absolutely thrilled to sea that his lighthouse was still standing, unmolested by the extreme weather. He proudly told the accompanying party that he would spend the night in the lighthouse, and they should come back for him in the morning. It was the last time he was ever seen.
That night, the winds picked up and blew even stronger than they had been before, and the following morning all traces of the lighthouse and its creator had disappeared.
Not dying in vain
Winstanley may have been gone, but his idea lived on. For all his eccentricity, the lighthouse he developed had been incredibly effective - no shipwrecks were recorded in the area during the five years it was operational, a phenomenal feat given the area's previous notoriety.
Work on a replacement lighthouse began a few years later, but this structure was destroyed by a catastrophic fire in December 1755. This story was interesting in itself; the lighthouse keeper, Henry Hall, was 94 years old and battled valiantly despite the molten lead that had poured down his throat as he looked up at the building. Rescued after the event, he lived for 12 more days before finally succumbing to his injuries. The lighthouse that replaced this one used concrete, but cracks started to appear in the 1870s.
The lighthouse that stands at Eddystone today was built in 1882, a sombre Victorian structure that has none of the flair that Winstanley would have favoured. Still, sailors who pass the rocks today can do so safely, all because of an eccentric Stuart inventor and his whacky idea to build a lighthouse on a rock.
The current Eddystone lighthouse. Just visible in this picture is the stump of the lighthouse that was constructed in the 1750s.
The Ministry of History is not an academic source. Our pieces are written by writers who have been keen students of history for years and are well versed in, and influenced by, countless other writers and works. For this article specifically our sources have included:
'Henry Winstanley', article published by hundredparishes.org
'Eddystone Lighthouse', article published by trinityhouse.co.uk
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Christie®, the dominant brand in the digital cinema projection market, announced the world's first deployment of a complete Christie Vive Audio™ cinema sound system in an auditorium powered by Dolby® Atmos™, a new audio solution that revolutionizes the experience of sound in entertainment.
Selected by Krikorian Premiere Theatres' Buena Park Metroplex 18 in California, Christie Vive Audio is the world's first audio system to be powered by Christie's innovative wall and ceiling surround speakers, which feature unique ribbon driver technology in a parabolic line array design, purposely crafted and built for the cinema environment.
"Krikorian Theatres are recognized for taking the lead in implementing the first and best technology available to ensure an unrivaled movie-viewing experience for their guests," said Craig Sholder, vice president, Entertainment Solutions, Christie. "The combination of a complete Christie Vive Audio system and the award-winning Dolby Atmos audio format heralds a new standard in delivering lifelike, realistic cinema sound and continues Krikorian Theatres' tradition of bringing the latest, cutting-edge technology to their facilities."
The 40-channel, cinema-centric line array audio system implemented at Krikorian Theatres includes the latest addition to the Christie Vive Audio line; the Christie LA3C ceiling line array; and Christie LA3S wall line array surround speakers. Recognized for their exceptional timbre matching, enhanced voice intelligibility, and low distortion, the speakers' unique parabolic, line array design increases the optimal listening area up to four times that of the standard point source systems. As fully integrated components of the Christie Vive Audio system, the speakers help unlock the full potential of leading audio technologies such as Dolby Atmos.
"Like Dolby, the hallmark of Christie's success has been its continuous ability to deliver innovative and groundbreaking solutions to the exhibition market. Christie's latest developments in cinema-specific line array surround speaker technology meet the requirements and performance we strive for in Dolby Atmos auditoriums," said Stuart Bowling, director, market development, Dolby Laboratories.
"We are excited to expand Dolby Atmos to our Buena Park location. The addition of an integrated Christie Vive Audio solution, combined with the power of Dolby Atmos, ensures a potent combination of sight and sound that will ensure the highest quality movie-going experience for our guests," said Todd Cummings, vice president of operations, Krikorian Premiere Theatres. "We were one of the first major exhibitors to offer all-digital screens, and now we are the first to deliver the unrivaled combination of Christie Vive Audio and Dolby Atmos."
"As the creative community expands the envelope in delivering audiences the most realistic audio experience possible, we've developed a series of specific Christie Vive audio products that help exhibitors meet those performance challenges," said Patrick Artiaga, director, Business Development, Entertainment Solutions, Christie. "By introducing Christie ribbon driver technology through a single-enclosure line array speaker design and Class D amplification into a cinema environment, we've raised the bar in next-generation audio technology and implementation, giving exhibitors like Krikorian Theatres a true competitive edge."
The complete Christie Vive Audio solution includes ceiling surrounds, wall surrounds, screen channel speakers, subwoofers, and Class D amplifiers. The system is ideal for traditional and premium large-format auditoriums, as well as post-production studios and screening rooms. For more information on Christie's new audio initiatives, visit www.viveaudio.com.
About Dolby Atmos
Dolby Laboratories is equipping the cinema world with its new Dolby Atmos technology. Dolby Atmos unleashes the potential of sound in storytelling by providing filmmakers the creative freedom to easily place or move specific sounds anywhere in the movie theatre, not just where there happen to be speakers. The result is what moviegoers have described as the most engaging and lifelike cinema experience ever.
Introduced in April 2012, Dolby Atmos has been embraced by all the major Hollywood studios, six Academy Award® winning directors, and 10 Academy Award winning sound mixers, among others. More than 250 Dolby Atmos screens have been installed or committed to in 30 countries with more than 85 exhibitor partners. More than 70 films from ten different countries—representing a broad range of genres, from action thrillers and animated features, to comedy and horror—have been or are scheduled to be released with Dolby Atmos sound since the first film debuted in June 2012. Dolby Atmos has received technical achievement awards from both the Hollywood Post Alliance and the Cinema Audio Society.
For the latest list of Dolby Atmos titles visit, dolby.com/atmosmovies. To learn more about Dolby Atmos, visit dolby.com/Atmos.
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Rosanne Siravo stands at the intersection of the Route 146 exit at Mineral Spring Avenue, where a new "don't block the box" traffic control graphic will be painted onto the street by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation. Siravo decided to take action on the matter due to the daily frustration of trying to pull out onto Mineral Spring from the exit. (Breeze photo by Robert Emerson)
By ETHAN SHOREY, Valley Breeze Managing Editor
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Every day, coming home from a job in Providence around 4:30 p.m., Rosanne Siravo sits at a standstill on the ever-troublesome exit ramp from Route 146 north to Mineral Spring Avenue.
She lives right around the corner, under the overpass, up the hill and to the right, but watches helplessly as driver after driver crosses in front of her through the light, only to be stopped at the end of the ramp in front of waiting cars.
"I'm so close, but so far," she tells The Breeze, laughing. "Traffic is backed up all the way onto the highway, and that's a long exit. I'm so frustrated by the time I get home."
Seeing a Facebook comment and picture from an acquaintance about the Mineral Spring/146 exit traffic problems around the beginning of the summer, Siravo was struck by the fact that others were facing the same daily annoyance.
"I said, 'Oh my God, I just went through there, I go through this every day,'" she said.
Drivers going down Mineral Spring Avenue toward Pawtucket are routinely trying to beat the light, without regard for whether they'll be stuck inside the intersection due to back-up at the next light, Siravo said, a practice she always avoided like the plague due to how embarrassed she would be about blocking other drivers. She said she can't count the number of times a Mineral Spring Avenue driver has sat there staring straight ahead, pretending to ignore eye contact with drivers who just want them to back up a bit to let them through.
Instead of just complaining on Facebook, where local complaints often die in obscurity, Siravo this summer decided to do something about the situation, initiating calls to the town and state about the situation. The calls ping-ponged back and forth, the town saying it was under the state's purview, the state saying the opposite, but she eventually succeeded in gaining a hearing with the state on her concerns.
Siravo has learned that the State Traffic Commission, at its July 24 meeting, approved a request from the Rhode Island Department of Transportation for "do not block the sign box" pavement and sign markings, a win for Siravo and her fellow commuters. She said she was amazed to receive a message from RIDOT that her taking action produced such results.
"I'm so proud of her," said her daughter, Bianca, of her mother's getting involved civically.
Rosanne said it was during a conversation with her daughter about politics, where she expressed frustration with the way things are, that her daughter encouraged her to use her voice.
While the planned white lines painted inside a box on the asphalt, as well as corresponding signage, don't automatically keep drivers outside the area at the end of the ramp on their own, their presence gives police the ability to fine drivers and have the tickets stick, said Siravo.
Though Siravo imagines there might still be times when she gets the urge to jump out of her car to force drivers to back up, she said she expects a dramatically improved situation once there's a threat of penalty.
Many people don't realize that blocking an intersection is against the law, she said.
Prior to the vote for the painted markings on July 24, Sean Raymond, principal civil engineer for RIDOT, testified that Mineral Spring Avenue is a very congested area and the northbound off-ramp from Route 146 gets backed up onto the highway. RIDOT also agreed to make sure both traffic signals at the location are working properly.
Don't block the box
Permalink Submitted by Big Brother on Thu, 2019-09-12 09:51
That intersection is the worst in town. Big win for Ms Siravo. But the next step is once it's installed is to get it enforced. Good luck.
Permalink Submitted by kcinri6876 on Thu, 2019-09-12 13:12
Way to speak up and be persistent Rosanne. Hope there improvements work and help.
Painting Markings
Permalink Submitted by guidetaf on Thu, 2019-09-12 14:25
there is a law that went into effect a year ago that made it a violation to block intersections, To No Avail, The markings are not going to do anything at all, look at the North Providence Fire Dept The Sign states NO BLOCKING DRIVEWAY, but motorists still block the driveway making it impossible for the fire trucks to get out on a busy day, unless the Police Dept are stationed there between the hours that are heavy in volume, nothing will change at all Great try
Already A Law
Permalink Submitted by guidetaf on Fri, 2019-09-13 14:36
There Is Already A Law In Effect That Fines Motorists For Blocking The Intersections, But What Good Is It If The North Providence Police Dept Does Not Enforce It ?? There Should Be A Officer Stationed At That Intersection During 4-6 Just For That Purpose, Like There Use To Be 10 Years Ago, Now We Have A Young Dept That Could Care Less Then The Police Officers Did 5-10 Years Ago !!


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This makes me so proud of being an Austinite!
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Me First!
Individualist values
"From now on I'm thinking only of me."
Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way."
"Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?"–Catch 22
1961 was a good year for individualism. Joseph Heller's Catch-22, eight years in the making, was finally published.(link) Robert Heinlein thumbed his nose at the officious editor who'd persistently harried him on the silliest pretexts, and penned Stranger in a Strange Land, wherein Jubal Harshaw confesses:
My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity… and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. –Robert Heinlein
Today we vividly remember 2001 as not at all like Arthur C. Clarke predicted. Instead of moon colonies we again got murdering religious fanatics on a rampage combining racial collectivism and mystical eugenics. Yet that was only 19 years ago. In 1961 people remembered with equal vividness the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor two decades earlier. Like when initiation of force and faith brought on the Prohibition and Capitation Tax Amendments, along with World War One. This was followed in two decades by the 1940s alliance of murdering religious fanatics on a rampage combining racial collectivism and mystical eugenics–and brought an eerily familiarity, disconcerting to grownups at the time.
Making the world safe for christian altruist eugenicism
In 1945 the true meaning of Positive Christian altruism, of "the common good before the individual good" was discovered amid starvation and lice. The value of the accepted Eugenic premise that altruism and good were the same thing suddenly had become way too clear when Russian and American troops discovered death camps in and all around Germany. Many of them eventually read Atlas Shrugged, which included a non-aggression pledge penned by Ayn Rand while nazi war criminals were sorted out between the gallows and prison cells. That was at Chapter Ten of an eleven-year writing process. But in 1961, Atlas Shrugged was a new book people had only just read. That was 63 years ago.
Blind faith, fanaticism and the initiation of deadly force, ergo this
In 2001 Soviet communism had collapsed ten years earlier. In 2020, the Libertarian Party approaches its 50th anniversary. American communism pervading the media and Democratic Party, and American nationalsocialist prohibitionism pervading the Republican Party, are dying.(link) Both chose altruism and the initiation of force as standards of value and correctness. Both are better off gone.
Libertarian vote share after Bush asset-forfeiture crash
Just as oil replaced coal, wood and dead whales, and bytes replaced CDs, cassettes and vinyl records, the Libertarian Party is replacing dangerous fossils the way democracies replaced monarchies, sultanates and sheikdoms a century ago.(link) It is replacing the Kleptocracy with a government–not anarchism–to secure individual rights, and not a moment too soon. Heinlein noted that "Man, as a social animal, can no more escape government than the individual can escape bondage to his bowels." He also observed in a very nuclear age that "Each sunrise is a precious jewel… for it may never be followed by its sunset." I you vote for the initiation of force, you will probably get exactly what you voted for.
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Cognitive Mental Blocks
Ecological National Socialists have no trouble understanding how two logical variables yield four possibilities when it suits their agenda. The NFPA circulates the above (admittedly garbled) chart in support of violent laws against anything liable to interrupt a game of dominoes at the government-owned fire station.
Genetics offers another illustration:
But teevee, subsidized by the Nixon anti-libertarian law to ignore everything except kleptocracy, can only focus on three possibilities.
Yet those same intellectuals become one-dimensional when challenged to understand anything that lies outside the Venn Diagram circles encompassing socialism in its populist and communo-fascist variants. A blinkered looter visualizes a straight line running from Hitler/Mussolini/Franco to Stalin/Ceausescu/Mao with nothing in between but religious gradations of socialist and mystical altruism.
To the entire satisfaction of mystical prohibitionists, adding alcohol to water eventually transubstantiates the latter into a Satanic alcoholic beverage, and adding (non-mohammedan) religion to a heavily-mixed economy gradually changes it from "bad" socialism to (by their lights) "good" fascism. Nowadays fascists and socialists alike refer to their own system as "democracy" and that other one, respectively, as socialism or fascism.
In These States the Tordesillas line was drawn at an alcoholic content of 0.5% in the Prohibition Enforcement act drawn up by Andrew Volstead of Minnesota. This distinction also made sauerkraut evil, Satanic and illegal. But when this law enforcing the Prohibition Amendment flipped off the lights of freedom on the night of January 16th, 1920, the U.S. Senate, by declining to be a party to the Treaty of Versailles, kept us technically at war with Germany, or The Accursed Hun as it was known at the time. So no True American™ really cared about sauerkraut.
Among today's fanatics–struggling to ban electric power or plant leaves instead of beer–none have even the foggiest notion or how an individual right might be defined. To them a right is something the world owes them at your expense, not a moral claim to freedom of action. Most puzzling to this mentality is confrontation with the Nolan Diagram. Even survivors of the Argentine educational system can grasp a 2-gradient chart between freedom and orders at gunpoint when broken down according to the two primary contexts (individual personhood and agency as homo economicus) from which they fish for pretexts to justify aggression at gunpoint.
Here is an Argentine version of the Nolan Chart in its version tilted so as to allow the one-dementional to superimpose upon it their own universe of discourse confined to a horizontal line extending from Hitler to Stalin.
To American National Socialists, for whom Herbert Hoover, Richard Nixon and George Wallace are plain, regular folks, this Argentine chart makes no sense whatsoever. Ever since Carnegie Institute Liberals formed an anti-Klan, pro-Beer party in 1930, then published a platform demanding the repeal of the Prohibition Amendment, the word liberal changed its meaning. Shortly before Election Day, in late October of 1932, the ruling coalition redefined liberal to mean "godless communist drunkards who hate America" in the costume of its own imaginings.
Citizens of civilized nations are utterly baffled by this coinage–minted as it were in the very heart of the Sahara of the Bozarts over which Richmond Hobson of Alabama, Morris Sheppard of Texas and Volstead shone beatifically as the very embodiment of the Holy Trinity… while voters locked the head of the Republican Party into the stocks of the guillotine and gave the lever a satisfying tug.
Argentine Libertarian Party
Eighty-seven years later, liberal everywhere else in the world still means libertarian. Cowardly, spineless, unprincipled or gelded libertarian, true enough, but libertarian or liberal is in both cases lies at the root of the noun denoting an individual who recognizes the individual rights of fellow human beings–even in opposition to the Divine "right" (meaning sanction to murder and rob) of kings, popes, caudillos and klans.
So all is not lost. Looter values begin and end with "we must issue the following orders at gunpoint" because (__insert rationalizing pretext__). If the pretext is "because the Bible says altruism is good," then the speaker is fascist-prohibitionist-totalitarian in value orientation. If the pretext is "because selfishness feels like it ought to be denounced as evil," then the speaker is a conditioned socialist-collectivist-communist-totalitarian.
Argentinos–politically separated by a papal line on a map–cannot completely let go of the one-dimensional lay/progressive v. religious/fascist differentiation. But today they at least they grasp the concept of how two related choices generate four possible outcomes. That's progress Americans would do well to understand.
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Pride, dedication and appeal for Juventus: officially presented Juventus Femminile
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"I am proud and proud to be part of this new project, of a company that will give visibility and prestige to women's football, because it is a company that strongly believes in the movement" - Rita Guarino, Juventus Women's trainer, at the official presentation of today's team, 10 August, in Vinovo. The press conference of the new all-female Juventus era begins like this, with a surplus Beppe Marotta in the front row and with and with Rita Guarino at the helm, backed by Stefano Braghin - Head of Academy and woman football -.
It is Braghin himself to launch the presentation, explaining the bianconero project from the basics: "this is an important step that comes from an intuition of our committee: women's football is becoming and will increasingly become a crucial activity in the world football scene, both at an institutional and federal level, both at the level of media and public attention, has emerged from the niche in which it has remained for too long, and has become an absolutely equal activity for rights and exposures to the male one, and as such Juventus did not find himself unprepared ".
The first step of this ambitious project was the choice of the coach, where the discriminant has never been whether to make the choice fall on a man or a woman; and it was Rita Guarino's first call of the bianconeri - a successful call. "The appeal of our team is very high," adds Braghin, answering the questions of journalists, "the seriousness of the project is the same: women's football is still looking for structures and the possibility of training in a certain way and here the 'he found, both in terms of structures and skills and resources ".
To fill the room is the pride that transpires from the words of the technician Guarino, the coach who wants to give a show with a quick, technical and voted for the attack. The footballing belief of the Juventus leader? "For me, the number one principle is work," he answers our question: "in achieving your goals at any level, you need work, sacrifice, determination and mental hardness." These are the principles on which I have always based my career, first as a soccer player and then as a coach: never giving up, even in the face of difficulties that seem harder, being stubborn in going forward and working .. Never cry on you, because unfortunately in the women's football you have always cried a little hoping that he would change something suddenly, but never really try to do things in a determined way.I have always walked my path with the determination and with the passion that I have, so I believe that work is the most important value. "
The goals of this new Juventus? Aiming at the top, with the awareness of having non-secondary means and resources, but at the same time the tranquility of not necessarily aspiring to an immediate maximum success: the project is long-term. And finally, why not, try to become a model for the future, for the growth of the movement: "it is important that even by professional companies you can make a system and be able to carry out the instances together" said Braghin, in full spirit of dedication to the cause.
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Q: Reinstall Visual Studio and retain all settings? I have Visual Studio 2012 installed on the C:\ drive. I am running out of space and would like to uninstall, then reinstall it to another drive. Is there a way I can do this and retain all my configurations, extensions, TFS settings, etc?

A: Export all of your settings, reinstall Visual Studio, and then import your exported settings.
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Our team has worked with floor layer, sheet metal, and carpenter trades to identify work activities that require high physical demands. From these injury risk factor identifications, we trained multi-level teams using a participatory ergonomics program specific to their work tasks and environment.
Specifically, we have sought to describe a process evaluation for use in a participatory ergonomic training program in construction workers and to evaluate its utility in a demonstration project among floor layers.
In addition, we have studied the physical exposures and high-risk work tasks among floor layers. After observing and analyzing videos of floor layers, we found that the positions and exposures of floor layers stress multiple body parts, which may contribute to their increased rates of musculoskeletal disorders.
We have also sought to develop a program logic model and evaluation plan for a participatory ergonomics (PE) intervention in construction. After developing the model, we used it to describe the efficacy of our PE intervention. We found that our model provided useful information to help interpret the results of the PE program.


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AIS291724: Vertically Standing Bird's-winged Flying Machine, fol. 80r from Paris Manuscript B, 1488-90 (pen and ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
ID: AIS291724
Vertically Standing Bird's-winged Flying Machine, fol. 80r from Paris Manuscript B, 1488-90 (pen and ink on paper)
XJF308754: MS B 2173, folio 74v: Study for a flying machine, 1487-1490 (pen & ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
MS B 2173, folio 74v: Study for a flying machine, 1487-1490 (pen & ink on paper)
JLJ4583765: Notes and sketches of botany and geometry: narcissus. Drawing on double page of manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452-1519), 1487-1508. Paris, Library of the Institute, Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Bibliotheque de l'Institut de France, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
Notes and sketches of botany and geometry: narcissus. Drawing on double page of manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452-1519), 1487-1508. Paris, Library of the Institute
MEV5047591: De Divina Proportione, Figure XXII, sheet 102 recto: Perpendicular empty icosahedron, Ycocedron planvs vacvvs, Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (attr.to) / Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
De Divina Proportione, Figure XXII, sheet 102 recto: Perpendicular empty icosahedron, Ycocedron planvs vacvvs
GIA4794236: Study for a marine dredge by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519). Drawing with pen and ink., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo Da Vinci', Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Study for a marine dredge by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519). Drawing with pen and ink.
GIA4811308: Codex Trivulziano by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519) - Trivulziana Library, Milan, Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Codex Trivulziano by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519) - Trivulziana Library, Milan
FAF284625: Interior of the dining hall of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan (b/w photo) / Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Interior of the dining hall of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan (b/w photo)
GIA5035842: Study on wings. Codex Atlantic. Atlantic Codex, Drawing by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) around 1499., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Bridgeman Images
Study on wings. Codex Atlantic. Atlantic Codex, Drawing by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) around 1499.
GIA4799557: Wooden model (model) of hydraulic saw operated by gears and water. Made after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonard de Vinci) (1452-1519) Museum of Science and Technology, Milan., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (after) / Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo Da Vinci', Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Wooden model (model) of hydraulic saw operated by gears and water. Made after drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonard de Vinci) (1452-1519) Museum of Science and Technology, Milan.
XJF311634: Scythed Chariot, c.1483-85 (pen and ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Palazzo Reale, Turin, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Scythed Chariot, c.1483-85 (pen and ink on paper)
LLE815612: Leonardo da Vinci (engraving), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (after) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
ID: LLE815612
GIA4701537: Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) representing the fortifications. Codex Atlantic., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) representing the fortifications. Codex Atlantic.
XCF259761: Detail of the Head of the Virgin, from The Virgin of the Rocks (The Virgin with the Infant Saint John adoring the Infant Christ accompanied by an Angel) detail, c.1508 (oil on panel), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / National Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
ID: XCF259761
Detail of the Head of the Virgin, from The Virgin of the Rocks (The Virgin with the Infant Saint John adoring the Infant Christ accompanied by an Angel) detail, c.1508 (oil on panel)
LRI4684817: Vegetable interlacing, 1498 (tempera on wall), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Vegetable interlacing, 1498 (tempera on wall)
XEE4145196: Portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonard de Vinci) (1452 - 1519) from his self-portrait., Anonymous / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
Portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonard de Vinci) (1452 - 1519) from his self-portrait.
GIA4760434: A catapult. Model from the drawing of Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci). Museum of Science and Technology, Milan., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (after) / Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo Da Vinci', Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
A catapult. Model from the drawing of Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci). Museum of Science and Technology, Milan.
MEV430987: Cart and weapons from Atlantic Codex (Codex Atlanticus) by Leonardo da Vinci, folio 157 recto, Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Cart and weapons from Atlantic Codex (Codex Atlanticus) by Leonardo da Vinci, folio 157 recto
GIA4701528: Rotary cane gun. Model made from the drawing of Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci)., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (after) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
Rotary cane gun. Model made from the drawing of Leonardo da Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci).
AND2916293: Divina Proportione (engraving), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / The University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK / Bridgeman Images
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Divina Proportione (engraving)
XJF311696: Studies for the heads of two soldiers in 'The Battle of Anghiari', c.1504-05 (black chalk or charcoal on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Museum of Fine Arts (Szepmuveszeti) Budapest, Hungary / Bridgeman Images
Studies for the heads of two soldiers in 'The Battle of Anghiari', c.1504-05 (black chalk or charcoal on paper)
XJF311686: Fol.145v-b, page from Da Vinci's notebook (pen & ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / British Museum, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
Fol.145v-b, page from Da Vinci's notebook (pen & ink on paper)
CHT231132: The Human Foetus in the Womb, facsimile copy (pen & ink on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) (after) / Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
The Human Foetus in the Womb, facsimile copy (pen & ink on paper)
GIM5037943: The first known drawing of Leonard de Vince (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452-1519), "" Landscape of Santa Maria della Neve"": the landscape of the valley of the Arno, near Florence., 1473. GDSU 8 P., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Bridgeman Images
The first known drawing of Leonard de Vince (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452-1519), "" Landscape of Santa Maria della Neve"": the landscape of the valley of the Arno, near Florence., 1473. GDSU 8 P.
AII80166: Two studies of a hanging skeleton (pen & ink with wash), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Two studies of a hanging skeleton (pen & ink with wash)
XIR156515: Head of a Child (pencil on paper), Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Louvre, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
Head of a Child (pencil on paper)
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Study of Two Warriors' Heads for the Battle of Anghiari, 1504-05 (black chalk and sanguine on paper)
GIA4794263: Study on the exploitation of water force in hydraulic machines (noria) by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519). Drawing with pen and ink., Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519) / Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo Da Vinci', Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
Study on the exploitation of water force in hydraulic machines (noria) by Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci) (1452 - 1519). Drawing with pen and ink.
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Studies of proportions of face and eye (with notes), c. 1489-90 (metallic tip, pen and brown ink on paper)
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Leonardo da Vinci -
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Centralised church, and maritime engineering, Fol. 5v from Codex Ashburnham (formerly part of Manuscript B (2184), c.1488 (pen & ink on paper)
JLJ4569494: The King of France Francois I (1492-1547) receives the last sighs of Leonard de Vinci at clos Luce, 1824 (oil on canvas), Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) / Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images
The King of France Francois I (1492-1547) receives the last sighs of Leonard de Vinci at clos Luce, 1824 (oil on canvas)


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Q: coerce labelled variables to numeric after recoding Is there a simpler way in the haven or labelled packages to turn labelled variables into numeric variables?
The following code illustrates my problem.  After important from an sav file, every variable is a labelled variable.  Some are, originally, numeric variables, with 98 and 99 as missing values. So I have to recode those to set to NA, but then I have to coerce the recoded variable to numeric with as.numeric()
Is there a simpler way to do this?
#Load libraries
library(devtools)
library(dplyr)
library(car)
#Install package with data
install_github('sjkiss/LSIRM')
#Load library
library(LSIRM)
#Loda dataset
data(ces)
#show variable of interest
table(ces$PES15_74)
#Get variable labels
variable_labels<-lapply(ces, function(x) attr(x, 'label'))
#Get value labels
value_labels<-lapply(ces, function(x) attr(x, 'labels'))
#Show class of variable of interest
class(ces$PES15_74)
#show variable and value labels
ces$PES15_74
attr(ces$PES15_74, 'labels') #Note 98 and 99 should be missing values
#Show mean
mean(ces$PES15_74, na.rm=T)
#Recode out missing values
ces$tv<-recode(ces$PES15_74, "98:99=NA")
#Show class
class(ces$tv)
#Try with as.factor.result=F
ces$tv2<-recode(ces$PES15_74, "98:99=NA", as.factor.result=F)
#show class
class(ces$tv2)
#coerce to numeric
ces$tv<-as.numeric(ces$tv)
#show mean after coercion
mean(ces$tv, na.rm=T)
#show mean uncoerced
mean(ces$PES15_74, na.rm=T)

A: You can try my package expss. But it has slightly different implementation of class "labelled" so there is conversion in the code below (or you can read *.sav file with expss::read_spss).
library(LSIRM)
data(ces)
library(expss)

### change class "labelled" to c("labelled", "numeric")
for (each in colnames(ces)){
    if ("labelled" %in% class(ces[[each]])){
        class(ces[[each]]) = c("labelled", "numeric")
    }
}

### calculations
fre(ces$PES15_74)
ces$tv = if_val(ces$PES15_74, 98:99 ~ NA)
fre(ces$tv)
cro(ces$PES15_74, ces$tv)
mean_col(ces$tv)


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Blake Banham leads MAC in receptions, yards. Didn't see that coming.
Granted, we're only three weeks into the season, but seeing Blake Banham be way up there in the leaderboards is one of the bigger early surprises of the year.
If that name sounded familiar before the season, he was simply recognized as the shorter, stockier running back that was down on the depth chart, but was notably responsible and shifty as a return man. In one phase of the game, Banham has a career 418 rushing yards and his best game was his sophomore year where he picked up 120 yards on the ground and 53 more receiving in beating Central Michigan and only one other game (prior to 2018) where he picked up even 50 yards in either category in a game. But as a returner, he's had eight games where he had at least 70 kick return yards. He's not too much of a burner with his feet, but he's pretty good in open space, which isn't usually available at running back.
So far, he's taken zero hand-offs this year.
There were a lot of departures at wide receiver this offseason, which made it a best-case scenario for Banham. Clearly, he's slid over nicely and the transition is almost seamless, even with new faces at quarterback. Through three weeks of the year, Banham has 23 total receptions (on 25 targets) for 361 yards, which leads the Mid-American Conference in both categories. In the season opener against Monmouth, Banham caught a 16-yard touchdown and had 103 yards receiving. That was followed up with 99 yards on six catches at Purdue, then at Buffalo — nine receptions, 159 yards, one score.
By Pro Football Focus' standards, Banham earned MAC Team of the Week honors in Weeks 1 (85.9) and 3 (85.3).
This isn't all to say that Banham is going to stay atop of the charts because 1. it's early and 2. it's September. Like most teams, EMU has played three games this year, but teams like Toledo and Ohio both have not, and those are teams that feature top-shelf receivers in the MAC, too. Anthony Johnson. Diontae Johnson. Papi White. Cody Thompson. K.J. Osborn. Jon'Vea Johnson. Justin Hall. Scott Miller. D'Wayne Eskridge.
But from being a former walk-on that earned a scholarship to being a team captain and wearing "The Deuce" while being an early, leading MAC receiver in his first year at the position — this is all a fairly impressive start to his senior year.
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