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Everybody says they didn’t see it coming.
Not High Desert Investment Corp., the award-winning developer that launched a luxurious master planned community in Rio Rancho three years before the worst economic crash since the Great Depression.
And certainly not the homeowners who bought property in Mariposa on the strength of High Desert’s sterling reputation and its connection with the iconic Albuquerque Academy, and who now fear ruinous tax increases.
At the heart of the drama is the $16 million in bonds High Desert sold in 2006 to build a water treatment system and other infrastructure using public improvement district, or PID, financing. The mechanism allows developers to sell bonds for infrastructure backed by taxes from the homeowners who benefit.
Mariposa sits on 1,465 acres of former ranch land a few miles southwest of U.S. 550. Lavishly produced brochures tout Mariposa as a “community defined by natural beauty.” Amenities included a fitness center, swimming pool and playground.
The development opened during the peak of the housing boom in 2005. That year, the city of Rio Rancho issued more than 3,000 housing permits. By 2007, lots at Mariposa were selling for between $140,000 and $400,000. Custom builder Steve Nakamura of Rachel Matthew Homes sold his 3,757-square-foot model home for $784,900 within an hour of its viewing debut.
When the bonds were sold in 2006, High Desert projected the taxable value of homes built at Mariposa would reach an estimated $107 million by the fiscal year that began July 1, 2011. But in 2008, the boom turned to bust, and by March this year, the taxable value stood around $23 million.
Gary Gordon, a member of the High Desert board of directors and treasurer of Albuquerque Academy, said recently the company hasn’t sold any land in “years,” despite reducing lot prices by 33 percent last fall. He said an uptick in home building in recent months is the result of land sold to builders in the past and isn’t bringing significant revenue to High Desert.
With no land sales and home building at a fraction of the projected level, High Desert was helping support the community center and faced a $1 million tab to cover the $1.2 million in annual bond payments.
Last month, High Desert representatives told the roughly 100 homeowners that HDIC couldn’t make the bond payments, or support the amenities and had listed the roughly 700 acres in remaining unsold land and lots it still owns with an Arizona land specialist.
The news provoked alarm and outrage among homeowners who fear a 10-fold tax increase if they are left to shoulder the full bond burden.
“You’ve got a community of extremely frightened people,” said homeowner Martha Greenleaf.
She worries the annual PID tax on her $355,000 Mariposa home could jump from $1,100 to $11,000 — on top of city, school and other property taxes she pays.
The board that oversees the bonds claims High Desert is walking out on its agreement to make up the property tax shortfall and is considering legal action.
Residents have publicly expressed shock, disappointment and a sense of betrayal.
“We bought there because of High Desert’s reputation. We feel the rug has totally been pulled out from under us,” said Mariposa resident Bryan Norman.
He said he was informed before deciding to buy the house that there would be a monthly “public improvement district” payment.
“But we had no idea of the specific setup and unlimited liability. We would never have bought there if we had known,” Norman said.
Gordon said High Desert sold to builders and didn’t deal with home buyers directly. However, he said people who bought homes at Mariposa were alerted to the PID obligations.
“If you close on anything here, as the buyer, you sign a form of disclosure that discloses the PID and its basic attributes,” Gordon said.
Most residents willing to talk about the situation say they found out about the PID tax at “closing,” when buyers must review and sign a stack of documents relating to their mortgage and the details of the home and property involved.
Greenleaf, a Realtor who has sold a home at Mariposa, said the disclosure is “typically buried in hundreds of pages of documents.” Unless someone specifically goes over the PID details, they may not be aware of the implications, she said. Unlike most PIDs, the tax structure set up for Mariposa does not have a fixed rate.
The disclosure document says the PID tax will “initially not exceed” $9.50 per $1,000 of a home’s taxable value (which is one-third of assessed value). It says High Desert agreed that if a tax rate of more than $20 per $1,000 of taxable valuation is required to cover the bond payments, High Desert will pay the amount necessary to make up the difference between the revenue generated by that tax rate and the amount due on the bonds.
“People bought on that iconic faith,” Greenleaf said.
The original schedule for the bond payments projected the PID rate going down to $5, based on the expected level of home building, Gordon said.
In 2007, when Greenleaf bought, the market was booming and she thought $20 was some kind of worst case scenario, plus there was language saying that High Desert would step in.
“That’s why we felt confident about the purchase,” she said.
In an email, Gordon said High Desert “is unable to honor the contractual obligation, because the company has had no sales revenue for years.”
He pointed out that the agreement also says that if High Desert fails to cover the bond payments, the PID board has a legal obligation to raise the taxes sufficient to do so.
But Gordon also doesn’t think that increasing the taxes to cover the debt is a realistic proposition and High Desert has been working with the bond underwriters to renegotiate the terms to mitigate the impact for homeowners and ensure bondholders get paid.
“The reality is that if you raise rates high enough to cover the debt or even approach covering the debt, my opinion is that you will drive revenues further down because you will have non-payment on a grand scale,” Gordon said.
Gordon said there are other potential solutions but declined to comment on them.
He said the agreement that High Desert would step in was never meant to address a situation where the shortfall topped seven figures.
“The reality of that is the bondholders would have never purchased the bonds if they would have thought that High Desert would ever be in a situation where they needed to come up with as much as $1 million a year to make good, because that tells you the deal is totally wrong,” Gordon said.
Gordon told the Journal that in 2006, the many entities involved in crafting the bond financing — High Desert, the city of Rio Rancho, bond underwriters, attorneys, bond holders — were all convinced of the feasibility of the Mariposa project.
He said the city was motivated to have an upscale community within its limits provided with a water system that it didn’t have to pay for, and High Desert had a profit motivation to build Mariposa.
High Desert is the investment arm of Albuquerque Academy, which is the company’s sole shareholder. Any profits High Desert makes are, after tax, delivered to Albuquerque Academy in the form of dividends, which help the school provide financial aid for students, said Gordon.
Local financial experts say most New Mexico PIDs have been a successful way for local governments to get needed infrastructure. Passed into law in 2001, there are around 10 such districts statewide, including Cabezon communities in Rio Rancho, and Ventana West in Albuquerque, according to a list provided by the state Department of Finance Administration.
However public records show in 2010 the Quay County Commission dissolved a PID established for Ute Lake Ranch, a development near Tucumcari, because the developer hadn’t built out the promised water infrastructure.
Mariposa PID board chairman James Jimenez, who is also Rio Rancho city manager, hopes High Desert land could be sold to pay down the bond debt. High Desert and the bondholders would have to agree to such an arrangement, he said.
Gordon said via email that High Desert is willing to “sacrifice certain assets” to mitigate the bond situation but added that negotiations are ongoing.
If such a sale didn’t cover the full amount, Jimenez hopes the bond holders would agree to renegotiate terms on the remaining balance, including a fixed tax rate for property owners.
And the PID board is still mulling legal action to hold High Desert to its replenishment agreement, he said.
The Mariposa PID differs from others in the state in that the tax rate is not fixed, and Jimenez has said publicly that the city would not approve another PID that used the same type of taxing structure.
Jimenez and Gordon have said they are still trying to negotiate a solution for the bond payments. High Desert recently sent a letter to Mariposa homeowners offering them four scenarios for taking over the cost of operating the amenities like the community center, pool and landscaping services.
The costs ranged from $187 to $685 per quarter, per household in association dues, depending on the menu of services provided. If residents aren’t willing to support the services, the community center will close on July 9, the letter said.
Jimenez has said the PID board has enough reserves to pay the bonds in September and March. But it needs to notify the Department of Finance and Administration by September if a tax increase is needed. Any increase would be reflected on property tax bills sent out in November, he said.


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Kupcakes & Co. Opens at Clarksville Commons
Michelle and Bill Kupiec, owners of Kupcakes & Co. are proud to announce that they have opened their second location at Clarksville Commons located at 12250 Clarksville Pike, Clarksville, MD. They opened their first location in Elkridge, MD on June 4, 2011.
Bill and Michelle’s inspiration for opening Kupcakes & Co. came while their daughter Amanda was recovering from spinal fusion surgery as a result of scoliosis. A friend that had the same surgery a year prior told Amanda to keep herself occupied during her recovery by watching the Food Network. Watching Ace of Cakes around the clock encouraged her to bake her very first homemade cake with fondant and butter cream icing. It turned out perfect! Amanda went on to earn a B.A. degree in Baking and Pastry from the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park, NY.
After starting out their business by supplying food trucks with cupcakes, the demand for their delicious desserts was overwhelming and opening a bakery near their home in Elkridge was a natural next step. Kupcakes & Co. is much more then cupcakes. They offer made-to-order cakes and have baked over 450 wedding cakes. In fact, they were an episode winner on the television show Cake Hunters on the Cooking Channel, Season 1 Episode 7 titled “Mint for each other”. Stayed tuned for an announcement about Kupcakes & Co. appearing on Season 2 of Cake Hunters!
The Kupiec family gives back to the community as a way of doing business. They created their very own “Pay It Forward” program and that is what they strive to do every day. Kupcakes & Co. is passionate about giving back and helping others in need and donating their cupcakes weekly to local food pantries and homeless shelters in the area.
Every year they host “Kupcakes with Santa” and recently they were able to raise enough money to donate a Pediatric Vein Finder to Howard County General Hospital. Their next project is to raise another $15,000 to provide pediatric gym equipment to HCGH.
Michelle & Bill are thrilled to be in Clarksville and look forward to “meeting new friends and customers”. Go to http://www.kupcakesco.com/ for more information.

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The launch of Nvidia’s next GPUs is getting closer. It would be scheduled for January during CES. And rumors about the next product range are already piling up.
Nvidia’s Super series was introduced in 2019 to compete with AMD’s Radeon RX series and should be off to a masterful start to the year. In fact, there are rumors that Nvidia would use CES to launch a new line of GPUs under the “Super” banner.
Until now, Nvidia’s “Super” graphics cards were equipped with more powerful graphics chips than conventional graphics cards, as well as more video memory and higher frequencies, with the obvious consequence: superior performance in games.
Great graphics cards
An example: The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is equipped with a TU106-410 graphics chip, while the GeForce RTX 2060 is equipped with a TU106-310 graphics chip, it also has 8 GB of video memory compared to 6 GB and the clock frequencies are also higher.
Although exact details such as clock speed are not yet known, initial information from a few days before the likely launch seems to indicate this:
- The RTX 4070 Super would integrate the AD104 GPU with 7,168 CUDA cores, 12GB of memory and a TDP of 225W. In comparison, the current RTX 4070 has 5,888 CUDA cores, 12GB VRAM and a TDP of 200W.
- The RTX 4070 Ti Super would integrate the AD103 GPU with 8,448 CUDA cores, a storage capacity of 16GB and a TDP of 285W. Currently, the RTX 4070 Ti integrates the AD104 GPU with 7,680 CUDA cores, 12GB VRAM and a TDP of 285W.
- And the RTX 4080 Super would also integrate the AD103 GPU with 10,240 CUDA cores, 16GB of memory and a TDP of 320W. In comparison, the current RTX 4080 integrates 9,728 CUDA cores, 16 GB of VRAM and a TDP of 320 W.
Speculation suggests that all GeForce RTX 4X Super models could use 12VHPWR connectors without using the standard 8-pin connectors as is the case with the 4070 Ti and above.
If the rumors are to be believed, the catalog will then be updated with the RTX 4080 Super and the RTX 4070 Ti Super, which will replace the RTX 4080 and the RTX 4070 Ti, respectively. The RTX 4070 Super, in turn, could coexist with the RTX 4070 for several months.
divide and conquer
According to rumors collected by ITHome, the first presentation during CES 2024 could take place at the opening of the show on January 8th. According to this announcement, the RTX 4070 Super could launch on January 17th, followed by the RTX 4070 Ti Super a week later on January 24th, and finally the RTX 4080 Super would be released on January 31st. As for the price of this, we will have to wait for the official announcement.


HTC writes down $40 million on OnLive gaming investment
OnLive streams demanding games over the Internet to computers and from end-2011 to Androdi devices. High infrastructure costs however forced a restructuring. Last week, it announced that an unnamed buyer has acquired it, but the platform had to lay off an undisclosed number of employees.
Recently, HTC said it will sell half of its stake in Beats Electronics, the audio equipment maker that the Taiwanese company bought to improve sound on its devices. It’s believed that the technology just couldn’t give enough of a noticeable improvement in sound to be justified. Now, HTC will retain only a 25% stake in the company.
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I wish that I wrote as well as John T. Price in Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships. I should not, however, envy him. He makes this clear in his revealing memoir about growing up and living in Iowa. He struggled with bullies, his family's expectations, and his talent to mess up badly. His relationships were strained. He often put off what needs to be done. He accepted jobs for which was not trained. He is not a model student, husband, father, or son, yet he is inspired by the incidents of his life to compose thought-provoking essays. Man Killed by Pheasant is the first book for the graduate of the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program.
I recommend reading all the stories in his collection. I felt only mildly curious after the first couple, but the intensity of Price's life builds through the book. Though I sometimes wished I could shake some sense into him, I could not stop reading. I was particularly impressed with "Why Geese Don't Winter in Paradise" in which he sees some of the sense in his grandfather's hallucinations.
One strong theme through the book is Price's connecting with the natural world. He points out that Iowa has lost almost all of its natural prairie and is in many ways a sculpted environment with big agriculture and industrial towns. Still, bits of nature survive and even threaten the state's inhabitants - the floods that reclaim floodplains and the birds that fly in car windows.
While Midwestern readers may more quickly connect to Price's book, I recommend it to all readers who like memoirs and personal essays.
Price, John T. Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships. Da Capo Press, 2008. ISBN 9780306816055

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European Monographs in Social Psychology
About the Publication
Since its inception in 1971, the European Monographs series has acquired an international reputation as a major forum for research developments in European social psychology, published by Psychology Press. Depending on the issue, it is available as in hardback, paperpack and in eBook format.
The objective of the present Editorial Board is to be the principal outlet for new theoretical and empirical work in European social psychology. At a time when the cultural and political frontiers in Europe are being redrawn there could hardly be a more appropriate time to promote a distinctively European intellectual perspective to therest of the world. It seeks to do this in two ways: first, by soliciting original contributions from established figures in the discipline; and second, by giving some emphasis to publishing the doctoral or post-doctoral work of people early in their careers. However, these two editorial priorities are not intended to be unduly restrictive.
The main criteria for inclusion in the series is, of course, the intellectual quality of the manuscript in question.
Procedure for Submission
Anyone contemplating writing a book for the European Monographs series or anyone who already has a part or completed manuscript already written should prepare a brief proposal (3-4 pages maximum). This should outline the rationale for the book, its proposed length and contents (including a chapter by chapter summary), its likely audience, and a brief account of the author(s), their professional experience, career, and previous principal publications. This proposal should be in English and should ultimately be sent to the series Editor(s).
However, prior to this, potential authors may find it helpful to discuss their project with another member of the Editorial Board, particularly if they speak their language and/or is familiar with their work. This Associate Editor can then advise prospective authors on the form and content of the book and can also assist the series Editor in reaching a decision on the proposal. Based on the Associate Editor's advice, the judgment of the series Editor and, where necessary, the comments of independent reviewers, the series Editor reaches a decision to recommend the book (or not) to the publisher.
In most cases this recommendation will be accepted by the publishers, although formally they do reserve the right not to proceed with any particular proposal. If the publishers agree to accept the proposal they contact the author(s) to negotiate the contract, completion date etc., and discuss questions of translation if these arise. There will be provision for the translation of manuscripts from languages other than English and in particular cases there will be the possibility of publication of the book in languages in addition to the English version.
On receipt of the finished manuscript both an Associate Editor and the series Editor will review it for its academic coherence and clarity and make any suggestions for revision to the author(s). Once it has met approval it is sent to the publishers to begin its process toward publication.
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Chengara, A., Nikolov, A.D., Wasan, D.T., Trokhymchuk, A. and Henderson, D. (2004) Spreading of Nanofluids Driven by the Structural Disjoining Pressure Gradient. Journal of Colloid and Interface Sciences, 280, 192-201.
 Tiwari, J. and Kim, K. (2011) Zero-Dimensional, One-Dimensional, Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Electrochemical Energy Devices. Journal of Progress in Materials Science, 57, 724-803.
 Rahbar, M., Ayatollahi, S. and Ghatee, M.H. (2010) The Roles of Nano-Scale Intermolecular Forces on the Film Stability during Wettability Alteration Process of the Oil Reservoir Rocks. SPE 132616, Trinidad and Tobago Energy Resources Conference, Spain, 27-30 June 2010.
 Wasan, D.T., Nikolov, A. and Kondiparty, K. (2011) The Wetting and Spreading of Nanofluids on Solids: Role of the Structural Disjoining Pressure. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 16, 344-349.
 Paul, M., Holcomb, D. and Ector, D. (2012) Application of Nanofluid Technology to Improve Recovery in Oil and Gas Wells. SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology Conference, Noordwijk, 12-14 June 2012, SPE 154827.
 Wu, Z.G., Zhao, Y.X. and Liu, D.S. (2003) The Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Silica-Zirconia Aerogels. Journal of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 68, 127-132.
 Ogolo, N.A., Olafuyi, O.A. and Onyekonwu, M.O. (2012) Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Nanoparticles. SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition, Al-Khobar, 8-11 April 2012, SPE 160847.
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 Hendraningrat, L., Li, S. and Torsaeter, O. (2013) Effect of Some Parameters Influencing Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Using Silica Nanoparticles: An Experimental Investigation. SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, 16-18 September 2013, SPE 165955.
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Like PM Theresa May, Boris Johnson, her likely successor, is promising Brexit.
It's worth betting that won't deliver, either, leaving the pound treading water at familiar levels.
Volatility is low and looks set to remain so with a great deal of uncertainty restricting traders but the stimulus arising from the uncertainty encouraging risk taking.
Volatility for sterling is way below the double-digit levels that would be trading if a disorderly UK exit from the European Union looked likely.
Even if the split was agreed, vols would be a lot higher.
Instead, they have settled between 5.5 to 7.5 since April and may sink before the next Brexit deadline on Oct.
Traders recently got short pounds but few are making money.
The pound has only traded below 1.2600 and over 1.3300 on a handful of days in the past year.
A squeeze is likely, a sustained break isn't.
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KingsChat-Ceflix Social Media Week 2020 is a first-of-its-kind week-long online conference aimed at completely upgrading the overall knowledge and productivity of its participants regarding recent social media trends, technological advancements, and processes with their various implications for life in today’s world.
What is social media?
Wikipedia defines social media as interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation or sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Social media are interactive Web 2.0 Internet-based applications.
Users usually access social media services via web-based apps on desktops and laptops, or download services that offer social media functionality to their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets). As users engage with these electronic services, they create highly interactive platforms through which individuals, communities, and organizations can share, co-create, discuss, participate and modify user-generated content or self-curated content posted online.
Churches are traditionally seen as physical places people come to pray, yet with the current global crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, involving lock-down and quarantine, many places of worship have moved into the 21st century embracing new technologies. Christ Embassy, led by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has been making many forward-looking moves keeping the concept of the Evangelical church fresh, young, and new using KingsChat, a social media platform aimed for a Christian audience.
What is Kingschat?
KingsChat is the social media platform of the ministry where people can post, comment, like and share views as well as get information about what is up in the Christ Embassy community. It is also a fast and simple way to connect with anyone around the globe instantly. With KingsChat, you can send messages, make HD voice or video calls and share timeline stories all for free. There are no subscription fees or hidden fees, and with push notifications, KingsChat is always on and always connected. KingsChat is family friendly aimed to uphold Christian values. Unlike many other social media apps, here you don’t need to worry about unwanted content such as hate speech, gossip, or profanity.
What is Ceflix?
CeFlix is a video and streaming platform created by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Christ Embassy with the intention of making divine messages become easily accessible to everyone. It is a social social web TV platform that gives you interactive, entertaining and inspiring video content available on-the-go. You can listen to live radio and music wherever you go. With CeFlix you have a voice and the stage to perform. On CeFlix, you can watch Christian news, prayer services, concerts, music videos, award shows and much. Anything that a Christian’s heart could desire when it comes to videos is on this website.
These training sessions were designed for all categories of users, such as beginners, intermediate, and experts from all over the world spanning all age groups. These will include:
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A prominent media watchdog said in its annual press freedom report that a “record high” number of journalists were jailed across the world last year.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) estimated that 232 journalists were imprisoned as of Dec. 1, 2012. The figure represents an increase of 53 imprisonments over the tally recorded in 2011.
One reason there was an increase in the number of jailed journalists was in part due to “the widespread use of charges of terrorism and other anti-state offenses against critical reporters and editors,” the New York-based watchdog said Wednesday.
It said that China, Iran, and Turkey were “large-scale” jailers of journalists, and these countries’ actions helped push up the global figure. Last year’s figure shattered the previous record of 185 that was recorded in 1996.
“The three nations, the world’s worst jailers of the press, each made extensive use of vague anti-state laws to silence dissenting political views, including those expressed by ethnic minorities,” the CPJ said.
The group added that “anti-state charges such as terrorism, treason, and subversion were the most common allegations brought against journalists” and more than 132 journalists were held worldwide on such charges.
Syria, a country racked by civil war, and the East African nation of Eritrea each jailed a large number of journalists, the CPJ said. Many journalists in the two countries are being held in secret facilities without any formal charges publicly made against them, while Eritrea was described as the “worst abuser of due process” by the group.
The next five countries that jailed the most journalists last year were Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, and Saudi Arabia, the group said.
Last month, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) reported that 121 journalists were killed around the world in 2012, marking one of the bloodiest years for media workers. The conflict in Syria led the spike in journalist deaths.
The group blamed the rise in deaths on inaction from world governments and the United Nations, saying that world powers merely offer platitudes rather than concrete action to curb journalist deaths.
“It is no wonder that these sky-high numbers of killed journalists have become a constant feature in the last decade during which the usual reaction from governments and the United Nations has been a few words of condemnation, a cursory inquiry, and a shrug of indifference,” Jim Boumelha, the head of the IFJ, said last month.
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Within seconds of the final whistle, the #TeamAllBlacks celebrations were documented on field in an emotion-charged Vine:
And a huge Twitter talking point followed moments later on the lap of honour, when New Zealand’s @SonnyBWilliams gave his winner’s medal to a young fan, who ran on to the pitch.
The final was dominated by legends Ritchie McCaw and @DanCarter, who rounded off his last international with a drop goal, captured on Twitter via Amplify, which won him man of the match and a @TwitterMirror portrait.
It wrapped up a brilliant #RWC2015 tournament, during which fans were brought closer to the action than ever before on Twitter, Vine, and Periscope.
Exclusive Twitter Polls gave fans the chance to vote for man of the match in every group game, yielding the memorable moment that Mamuka Gorgodze discovered he had won the award for his valiant efforts for @GeorgianRugby in a loss to @AllBlacks.
And fans around the world were given the chance to send their Tweets of support to iconic screens on the side of Twickenham. Contributors, over the course of #RWC2015, included @SamuelLJackson, @NicolaSturgeon, and @CliveWoodward.
Tweets about #RWC2015 generated 6.8 billion impressions (views) on Twitter and across the web since the start of the tournament.
The most-Tweeted about players and coaches across the six weeks were:
- Dan Carter (@DanCarter) – #NZL
- Sonny Bill Williams (@SonnyBWilliams) – #NZL
- Richie McCaw – #NZL
- Ayumu Goromaru – #JAP
- Bryan Habana (@BryanHabana) – #RSA
- Dan Biggar – #WAL
- Stuart Lancaster – #ENG
- Julian Savea (@juliansavea7) – #NZL
- Sam Burgess (@SamBurgess8) – #ENG
- Bernard Foley (@bernardfoley) – #AUS
The single moments that created the greatest discussion on Twitter during the tournament were:
- New Zealand triumph 34-17 over Australia to win the 2015 Rugby World Cup
- The moment Japan seal a shock 34-32 victory against South Africa
- Ireland crash out of the tournament in quarter-final’s with a 20-43 loss to Argentina
- Full time whistle blows as England lose 25-28 to Wales in Pool A
- Australia seal their place in the final with a 29-15 victory over Argentina
- Japan score their final try to take a 34-32 lead over South Africa
- Barrett scores New Zealand’s final try in the 78th minute of the final, before Carter converts
- England become the first host nation to exit in group stages as they lose 13-33 to Australia
- The full time whistle sees Ireland run out 50-7 victors over Canada
- Australia narrowly emerge victorious against Scotland in an extraordinary 35-34 win
Each nation had their own official rallying cry hashtag on Twitter to get behind the team. The five most-used throughout the tournament were:
- #vamospumas – Argentina
- #japanway – Japan
- #carrythemhome – England
- #homegroundadvantage – South Africa
- #shouldertoshoulder – Ireland
From the start of the tournament to the bitter end, amazing sportsmanship was on display:
But the spoils went to @AllBlacks, who signed off, in traditional style, with the Haka:


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DON’T LET MEDICAL TYRANTS MAKE A MONKEY OUT OF YOU
The bio terror fear mongering is back. When I first heard of “Monkeypox” I thought of the movie, “12 Monkeys” starring Bruce Willis. In that film most of humanity was intentionally wiped out by nut job who travelled worldwide and released a deadly virus from vials he was carrying. The man reminded me of Bill Gates.
Anthony “Mengele” Fauci must be rubbing his sadistic hands with glee over new viruses. He can once again step into the limelight and recommend vaccinations from which he will no doubt receive kickbacks…er, ‘royalties.’ Big Pharma will again rake in taxpayer money while jabbing the gullible with dangerous and ineffective concoctions. Fear-spreading Joe Biden said Monkeypox is something ‘everybody should be concerned about.’ Millions of dollars have already been spent readying vaccinations. The spread of Monkey Pox has already been predicted by the same players who brought us Covid-19. It’s almost as if it’s a rollout, not an outbreak.
Remember, Fauci and Biden both said the three experimental Covid vaccines were “100 percent effective.” Then we saw how all those triple vaxxed and boosted sheeple get Covid anyway. Not only were the jabs not effective, they weren’t safe. They caused countless deaths and serious side effects. Will the medical control freaks once again repeat this pattern with Monkey Pox? Fauci has been wrong at every turn. He was wrong about the treatment for AIDS and he was completely wrong and wishy washy about treating Covid. How much longer will Americans trust the “I am science” beagle torturer that is Fauci?
Gates has already hinted at the return of Smallpox. Will that virus (similar to Monkey Pox) be rolled out next? Supposedly it was completely eradicated, but I’ve been reading stories about labs recreating it. Gates, a eugenicist who wants population reduction, is probably behind it. Get ready for it to breakout ahead of the midterms. It will enable mules and mail-in ballots and another election steal from the criminal grifters known as Democrats.
During the Covid Plannedemic, too many Americans signaled to Big Government and the medical tyrants that they were willing to obey in order to keep themselves ‘safe.’ They did not resist the lockdowns. They wore ineffectual masks and accepted dangerous liquids to be injected into their arms in order to travel and keep their jobs. That was foolish. Those Americans who sheepishly submitted to tyranny may have a chance to redeem themselves and resist the next wave of unconstitutional medical ‘mandates.’
We must not allow the medical tyrants make monkeys out of us.
— Ben Garrison
Monkey Pox is a Distraction
They Will Do Anything They Can to Avoid Being Jailed
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I Read Bill Gates' New Book (So You Don't Have To!)
SHOW NOTESHave you read How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates yet? Well, I have, and let me tell you: it's every bit as infuriating, nauseating, ridiculous, laughable and risible as you would expect. Here are the details.
Doctors are supposed to do no harm. Anthony Fauci has done plenty of harm.
It’s why I refuse to put ‘Dr.’ in front of his name. He’s not much of a medical doctor or virologist anyway. No, he’s a career bureaucrat who services Big Pharma. He makes or breaks research careers by deciding who gets grant money and who gets vilified and shunned. Fauci is not just a menace—he’s a liar and a mass murderer. He sent taxpayer money to bring about ‘gain of function’ to a virus in a Wuhan lab. Millions of died from the virus and the unsafe and ineffective vaccines that were rushed out as a result.
Many more suffered from the mask wearing and lockdowns he recommended. Small businesses were destroyed while globalist corporations raked in billions of dollars. The propaganda media remained firmly behind the diminutive Fauci as he spewed bad, avuncular advice in an annoying Bronx accent as he basked in the limelight.
Clearly Fauci loves his power and he wields it sadistic manner. He has funded the death of beagles. They were tortured for no purpose whatsoever. He probably smiled when he heard that Chicom functionaries were shoving many Shanghai residents’ pet dogs into large plastic bags and suffocating them. Chinese citizens are forced to go down on their knees when being interrogated by medical ‘authorities’ and I’m sure Fauci fantasizes his American subjects being forced to do the same. After all, if we all went down on our knees then Fauci would finally be taller than us.
Fauci admired the Shanghai lockdown of millions in Xi’s insane attempt to achieve ’zero Covid.’ He saw it as an opportunity to force citizens into taking ineffective and unsafe vaccines, which are not vaccines at all but rather dangerous gene therapy. Fauci expressed sadness that such a massive and prolonged lockdown could not be achieved in America.
Fauci must go. What he has done would make Josef Mengele blush. Fauci has killed millions while remaining the highest-paid government bureaucrat in America. He has lied to Congress. He has been wrong about everything throughout his overly-long career. He should have retired long ago, but apparently the 81 year-old wants to live forever in order to enjoy his power.
We all must resist his medical tyranny. No more masks. No more ‘boosters.’ No more lockdowns.
— Ben Garrison
MP hits out at Government Covid-19 injection ‘disinformation campaign’.
In an interview with HTL’s Roger Guttridge, Sir Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, Dorset, accuses the Governement of running a ‘disinformation campaign’ to encourage Covid-19 injection take-up while being in denial about the treatment’s safety.
Sir Christopher claims the media saw itself as being the spokesperson for that campaign, with editorial decisions being made to keep adverse reactions ‘under wraps’ at major TV stations and national broadsheet newspapers.
He alleges that some people seeking help from the NHS for Covid injection harm were ‘ridiculed as having mental health problems’.
And he says he is speaking out for the ‘forgotten heroes’ of the pandemic who were harmed by the injections after being told they were safe.
Watch the interview on HTL’s Odysee channel
ARE YOU OR SOMEONE AROUND YOU CHIPPED? HOW TO FIND OUT…
Dr Ricardo Delgado of La Quinta Columna shows us how to see if people around us have been nano-chipped by the vaxx.
Did you know that if you are vaccinated, you emit a MAC address that is visible on any mobile phone?
Regardless of the injectable they gave you, be it from Pfizer, Astra Zeneca, Janssen or Moderna, your body appears as a node on a network.
At La Quinta Columna, we do not want to convince you of anything. We want you to see this for yourself.
It is extremely easy and will take less than a minute.
In your phone’s Android system, go to the Play Store and download the free Bluetooth Scanner app.
Once downloaded, activate your phone’s GPS and Bluetooth.
Now open the Bluetooth Scanner app and choose “Search”.
You will verify that a MAC addresses is formed by a 12-digit hexadecimal number that is most often displayed with a colon or hyphen separating every two digits (an octet) and that they do not correspond with appliances in your environment.
If you click to open each of these MAC addresses, you can even get an estimate of the distance to which the vaxxinated are from you.
If you have been vaxxed, one of these MAC addresses will correspond to you and if you drill down on it, you will see your own call record.
If you found this shocking, wait until you see the far-reaching consequences of being branded as cattle for the remainder of your life.
Sadly, this is not a hoax.
They injected you with microtechnology and graphene, which is how it works.
We have seen this same microtechnology in all brands of the vaxxines, from samples that we’ve analyzed taken from all parts of the world.
They can monitor your specific biomedical data, the consequences of which go way beyond anything you can imagine now.
The mainstream media is hiding this abomination now being carried out against all human beings, including your children.
Visit LaQuintaColumna.info and LaQuintaColumna.tv and you will quickly understand the far-ranging implications of this intra-corporeal microtechnology and its humiliating purpose for all of humanity.
[For English translations of their work, go to Orwell.city].
Mik Andersen, publisher of the research blog Corona2Inspect is a renowned scientist now collaborating under a pseudonym with La Quinta Columna and Dr Pablo Campra Madrid.
The nano-network being deciphered and described by Andersen is one that would allow the neurostimulation of the population through a network designed for this purpose.
It appears that neuromodulation is the ultimate purpose of the global inoculation operation which has deployed highly-advanced military technology within the general population, 80% of whom still believe this is a vaccine.
Those who follow the investigation of La Quinta Columna know that, in addition to finding reduced graphene oxide (rGO), microparticles have been observed under the microscope that self-assemble with the appearance of chips, computer cards and strange fibers similar to Morgellons, but that also change over the course of several hours.
These revelations are so hellacious that people go into denial, because they cannot believe that governments, doctors, journalists, etc have agreed to carry out the most diabolical fraud in human history and fulfilling the Globalists’ long-announced goal of microchipping the human population.
The Testimony That Will Indict Fauci?


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✓ Sarangkot is Ward 18 of Pokhara, Kaski District, Nepal, after it was incorporated into the city in 2015. From the far north to the far south, containing Phewa Lake, Sarangkot Peak delivers a scenic viewpoint of Pokhara.
✓ Pokhara is the biggest metropolitan city in prominent Nepal that is situated approximately 200 kilometers West of the capital, Kathmandu. In terms of area, it is one of the biggest metropolitan cities in Nepal.
✓ Pokhara is one of the highest cities at a height of more additional than 900 meters which makes it the base for many world-famous treks. Most tourists to Pokhara dwell there before starting or after ending the “Round Annapurna” trekking route to explore the magnificence of the city.
✓ The Ward is situated on Sarangkot, a ridge on the Western flank of Pokhara with a height of 1600m. It is comprehended for its scenic Himalayan sceneries of Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, and Manaslu.
✓ It has been a paragliding terminus in current years which is about 11 kilometers from Pokhara’s Lakeside.
✓ This place will shock everyone dwelling there with the majestic and spectacular Himalayas ideas and the most incredible and number one thing to do here is watch the morning and evening which will make you feel as if you are in a piece of paradise itself.
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History of Sarangkot
✓ The narrative of Sarangkot is not sufficiently established, while it is assumed that the village was first inhabited in the 16th century.
✓ The earliest residents of this place were agriculturalists and ranchers, and the village stayed moderately sheltered until the 1960s.
✓ The Nepal government started to create Pokhara as a visitor terminus, and this place fast evolved a famous visit for trekkers and climbers, in the 1960s.
✓ In the 1990s, this place evolved into a famous paragliding terminus situated at a height of 1,600 meters that is immaculate for paragliding.
✓ The winds in Sarangkot are usually powerful and stable, which creates it a secure and pleasant spot to paraglide.
✓ Today, this place is a booming traveler terminus that has several hotels, restaurants, and shops that cater to visitors.
✓ It is also cottage to several paragliding schools, which suggest lectures and tandem aviation.
Top 5 best places to visit near Sarangkot
The top 5 best places are:
1. Poon Hill
✓ Poon Hill is one of the numerous famous visitor destinations in Nepal which presents breathtaking sights of the Annapurna mountain range, containing Mount Everest.
✓ The friendly welcome of the regional Gurung and Magar townlets is equally as satisfying.
✓ The trek suggests sensational sights of deep valleys and majestic mountains and is the ideal taster of what it’s a preference to travel in Nepal.
✓ May is regarded as the best month for the Poon Hill trek when the rhododendrons are in full rosiness, but it can be done any time during the trekking seasons from April to June and September to November.
2. Shanti Stupa
✓ Shanti Stupa in Pokhara also known as World Peace Pagoda is a spectacular gravestone located on the Anadu Hill supervising.
✓ The Shanti Stupa is a Buddhist temple situated in Sarangkot which was built in 1996 by a cluster of Japanese Buddhists.
✓ It may be the most pleasing site to see the sunrise and evening, as well as the sights of Pokhara City as well as the lake, as well as the attractiveness of Pokhara Valley.
✓ It is one of the most popular tourist attractions and a striking juncture or a delightful pit stop for daring climbers.
✓ The picturesque beauty is quite fascinating, and the peaceful vibe of the memorial is worth a visiting for those desiring it
3. Gurkha Memorial Museum
✓ The Gurkha Memorial Museum was established in 1994 AD to identify Gurkhali warriors’ accomplishments around the world.
✓ During that time, it was mainly a data library with rare military relics on an exhibition that was initially completed in Kathmandu’s Lainchaur zone.
✓ The Gurkha Memorial Museum is a must-see attraction in Pokhara that you should include on your Pokhara sightseeing itinerary.
✓ This museum is an extraordinary zone for considering chronological glories and memorials.
✓ The Museum is the praise of gratitude or a metaphorical description of the ‘Gurkha troops’ brave affection and fearlessness throughout the catastrophic World Wars 1 and 2.
4. Bindhyabasini Temple
✓ The temple was established circa the 1760s by King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah, then ruler of Nepal selected Kahindra Padhya Poudel in June 1815 AD as temple pastor substituting Harivamsha Padhya.
✓ It stated the priest could use the Guthi Lands endowed for the temple to perform regular and ceremonial puja.
✓ The Bindhyabasini Temple is one of the ancientest temples in the city of Pokhara, Nepal which is situated in Ward No. 2, Miruwa.
✓ It regularly entices a considerable numeral of residents, Nepalis from across the country, and foreigners correspondingly.
✓ The primary temple is dedicated to the goddess Bindhyabasini, a Bhagawati who is the embodiment of Kali.
5. Sarangkot Sunrise
✓ The Sarangkot sunrise trek is an immaculate journey to observe the great Himalayan mountain ridge.
✓ You will have breathtaking sights of the Himalayas containing Dhaulagiri I, Manaslu, and Annapurna II along with the glowing Mt. Machhapuchhre.
✓ It presents a wonderful flavor of hiking in the hills of Nepal. Also, it offers a deep viewpoint of the grandeur of the Himalayas. Moreover, you can do the trek at any period of the year.
✓ Watching the sunrise from Sarangkot is truly mystical knowledge. The sky is sufficed with resonant colors as the sun rises over the cliffs.
✓ It is a fantastic way to begin your day in Pokhara.
Best time to visit Sarangkot
✓ The best and the most immaculate time to dwell in this place is someplace between April and June when the daylight is still sociable and enjoyable but the nighttime is more relaxed. Here as in the winter, it may get particularly cold. It may, however, be visited at any time of year because true magnificence is impermeable to the progression of time.
Local food and cuisine at Sarangkot
✓ Just on the menu in Sarangkot town, there is authentic Nepali cuisine. Despite the gasoline deficiency, all things on the menu are unrestricted, and the cafe and restaurants are nearly consistently sealed with local households appreciating a pleasurable nighttime feed. In this zone, ‘Dal Bhat’ is a famous regional food. The cooking served here is scrumptious, and everyone will go fantastic for the black bean soup.
✓ It is a relaxed and peaceful environment in which spending time with buddies and relatives is the best adventure. This Village is also comprehended for its mutton or goat curry, dal Bhat, and Newari cuisine.
Things to do in Sarangkot
Even though Sarangkot is a townlet multiple items here make you appreciate a lot without limitations. Particularly for adventurous activities, Sarangkot is a specified area. Have a look at the things you can bring interest in Sarangkot.
It’s the current famous thing for experiencing thrillers in Sarangkot. In enormous numerals, people like to visit Sarangkot to participate in the extreme altitudes of paragliding. Through paragliding, you can spot breathtaking panoramic pictures with a hawk’s vision. The demanding and must-do thing in Sarangkot points it’s Paragliding only.
For hiking expeditions also Sarangkot is a pleasant destination. Towards Pokhara, you can appreciate the best hiking travels. Hiking through mountain-settled towns, winding roads, rugged peaks, and many more makes your hiking trips lively and adorable.
The Zip-line of Sarangkot carries the most extended and most immediate zip line in the globe. The zip-line expedition begins from the top of a cliff to deep into a valley. In 20 minutes span, you will complete this zip line. Just consider how you feel falling from an imposing mountain to deep into the gorge. Simply speechless to explain this.
4. Wildlife Spotting
Apart from adventurous acts, wildlife spotting is also the finest thing to do. In Sarangkot you can find a fine numeral of birds in attractive colors with stunning glimpses. Birdwatchers and photographers can take fantastic snaps. Other than birds, tigers

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Kathleen Knafl, PhD, Principal Investigator, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet Deatrick, PhD, RN, Co-investigator, University of Pennsylvania
Agatha Gallo, PhD, RN, Co-investigator, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jane Dixon, PhD, Co-investigator, Yale University
Margaret Grey, DrPH, RN, Co-investigator, Yale University
George Knafl, PhD, Statistician, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jean O’Malley, MPH, Statistician, Oregon Health & Science University
This website contains the following information on the Family Management Measure (FaMM):
- The questionnaire (a PDF version can be found here)
- Overview of the purpose, conceptual underpinnings, and history of development
- Description of scales (a PDF of item-scale allocations and loadings can be found here)
- Evidence of reliability and validity
- Scoring instructions and computer syntax for calculating scores
- Copyright and permissions
The FaMM was developed to measure how families manage caring for a child with a chronic condition/illness and the extent to which they incorporate condition management into everyday family life. Data from the FaMM will contribute to clinicians’ and researchers’ ability to understand more fully family functioning in the context of childhood chronic conditions. By measuring key aspects of family management, the FaMM will lead to a more precise understanding of factors that support or impede optimal child and family functioning. It is anticipated that the FaMM will be used in conjunction with other measures of family functioning and processes, and that it will further the development and testing of interventions and the comprehensive assessment of families’ efforts to manage chronic conditions.
The conceptual framework underlying the FaMM was the Family Management Style Framework (FMSF) (Knafl & Deatrick, 1990; 2003; Knafl, Breitmayer, Gallo, & Zoeller, 1996). The FMSF evolved through a series of qualitative studies and integrative reviews. The FMSF incorporates the views of individual family members to conceptualize overall family response to a health-related condition. The framework is comprised of three major components: Definition of the Situation, Management Behaviors, and Perceived Consequences. Each component is composed of conceptual dimensions that reflect more specific aspects of the component. The eight dimensions (Child Identity, Illness View, Management Mindset, Parental Mutuality, Parenting Philosophy, Management Approach, Family Focus, and Future Expectations) were derived both from our research and the literature (Knafl & Deatrick, 1990; 2003; Knafl et al. 1996). Although these dimensions are theoretically distinct, they would be expected to be associated with each other to some degree. The 2003 article by Knafl and Deatrick provides a detailed description of the conceptual dimensions of the FMSF.
The eight conceptual dimensions of the FMSF were used to generate an initial set of items for the FaMM. Further development efforts included review of items by experts in family nursing research as well as parents of children with varied chronic conditions (Knafl et al., 2007). Based on input from experts and parents, a 65 item preliminary version of the FaMM was developed. Final testing of the FaMM entailed telephone interviews with a sample of 579 parents from 417 families of children with a wide array of chronic conditions (Knafl et al., in press). Parents responded to the 65-item FaMM as well as to measures of family functioning (Family Assessment Device), child behavior (Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory), child functional status (Functional Status II), and social desirability (Marlowe-Crowne). Analyses included exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, reliability assessment, and hypothesis testing to evaluate construct validity.
The current version of the FaMM has 53 items with 45 items for all parents and eight additional items for partnered parents only. Items are scored from 1 to 5, meaning strongly disagree to strongly agree. There are five summated scales for all parents measuring the dimensions of Child’s Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, and View of Condition Impact as well as a sixth scale only for partnered parents measuring the dimension of Parental Mutuality. Higher scores on three of the scales (Child’s Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, Parental Mutuality) indicate greater ease in managing the child’s condition. Higher scores on the other three scales (Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, View of Condition Impact) indicate greater difficulty in managing the condition.
Scales for all Parents
This 5-item scale addresses parents’ perceptions of their child and his/her everyday life. Two items are positively scored; three are reverse coded. Higher values indicate a more normal life for the child despite the condition.
This 12-item scale addresses parents’ perceptions of the overall manageability of the child’s condition, including knowing what needs to be done to take care of the condition and their ability competently to carry out the management of their child’s condition. It incorporates items from the Parenting Philosophy and Management Mindset dimensions, as well as items from the Future Expectations dimension, indicating that the condition is viewed as manageable now and into the future. Eight items are positively scored; four are reverse coded. Higher values mean the condition is viewed as more readily manageable.
This 14-item scale addresses parents’ perceptions of the extent to which having a child with a chronic condition makes family life difficult. The items in this scale come primarily from the Family Focus and Management Mindset dimensions. Eleven items are positively scored; three are reverse coded. The three reverse coded items indicate that the condition does not interfere with family life. Higher values indicate more difficulty managing the condition.
This 10-item scale addresses parents’ perceptions of the seriousness of the condition and its implications for their child’s and their family’s future. In contrast to the Condition Management Ability and Family Life Difficulty scales, the focus of the View of Condition Impact scale is apprehension about the future. It incorporates items from the Future Expectations and Illness View dimensions that indicate the degree to which parents worry about their child’s condition. Six items are positively scored; four items are reverse coded. Higher scores indicate greater concern in managing the condition.
Scale for Partnered Parents Only
This 8-item scale is used only with partnered parents and addresses perceptions of support, shared views, and satisfaction with how the partners work together to manage the child’s condition. The items in the scale come primarily from the Parental Mutuality dimension. Five items are positively scored; three are reverse coded. Higher values indicate a more shared response and greater satisfaction with how the couple works together to manage the condition.
Reliability and Validity
Internal consistency reliability (ICR) for the scales, adjusted for inter-parental correlation, ranged from .72 to .90 for mothers and .73 to .91 for fathers (Knafl, G., et al., unpublished manuscript).
|Scale||ICR for Mothers||ICR for Fathers||Inter-Parental Correlation|
|Child’s Daily Life||.76||.79||.55 (<.01)|
|Condition Management Ability||.72||.73||.33 (<.01)|
|Condition Management Effort||.74||.78||.58 (<.01)|
|Family Life Difficulty||.90||.91||.59 (<.01)|
|Parent Mutuality||.79||.75||.44 (<.01)|
|View of Condition Impact||.73||.77||.58 (<.01)|
Test-retest reliability was based on responses from 65 parents retested within 2-4 weeks and adjusted for inter-parental correlation. It ranged from .71 to .94.
|Child’s Daily Life||.83|
|Condition Management Ability||.79|
|Condition Management Effort||.81|
|Family Life Difficulty||.94|
|View of Condition Impact||.87|
Construct validity was supported by significant correlations between each of the scales and each of the related measures of family functioning, child functional status, and child behavior, with directions of relationships as expected. Construct validity correlations were computed from responses for all participating parents accounting for inter-parental correlation within families. Family functioning was assessed by the General Functioning scale of the McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD) (Epstein, Baldwin & Bishop, 1983), with higher scores indicating unhealthier levels of family functioning. The functional status of the child with the chronic condition was assessed by the Functional Status II instrument (FSM II) (Stein & Jessop, 1990), with higher scores indicating better functional status for children with chronic conditions. Child behavior was assessed by two related scales of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI) (Eyberg & Pincus, 1999; Eyberg & Robinson, 1983), with higher scores on the Intensity scale indicating more problem behaviors and higher scores on the Problem scale indicating more behaviors viewed as a problem by parents. Thus, the ECBI takes into account both the presence of behaviors as well as the meaning parents attach to a specific behavior. As shown in the tables below, family functioning, child behavior, and child functional status were significantly associated with the FaMM scales in the hypothesized directions. The FAD and ECBI (higher scores indicative of worse functioning and behavior) were significantly negatively associated with the Child’s Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, and Parental Mutuality scales and significantly positively associated with associated with the Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, and View of Condition Impact scales. On the other hand, the FSM II (higher scores indicative of better functioning) was significantly positively associated with higher scores on the Child’s Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, and Parental Mutuality scales and significantly negatively associated with higher scores on the Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, and View of Condition Impact scales. The generally moderate strength of the correlations between the FaMM scales and the validation measures indicates that they are tapping related, though distinct aspects of family life in the context of a child’s chronic condition.
Correlation of Scales with Established Measures
|Scale||Family Functioning||Child Function Status|
|Child’s Daily Life||-.21||.39|
|Condition Management Ability||-.35||.32|
|Condition Management Effort||.16||-.33|
|Family Life Difficulty||.38||-.45|
|View of Condition Impact||.22||-.32|
Correlation of Scales with Established Measures
|Scale||Child Behavior Problem||Intensity|
|Child’s Daily Life||-.21||-.22|
|Condition Management Ability||-.23||-.25|
|Condition Management Effort||.13||.17|
|Family Life Difficulty||.31||.33|
|View of Condition Impact||.09*||.15|
p<.01 for all correlations except as noted: * p=.03.
Correlations with social desirability, as measured by the short form of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Strahan & Gerbasi, 1972), were non-significant for all but the Parental Mutuality scale (p=.01). However, Parental Mutuality had only a weak correlation (r=.11) with social desirability.
SCORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FAMM
The FaMM questionnaire has two sections. The items from Section 1 are answered by all parents and are used to calculate five scales: Child’s Daily Life, Condition Management Ability, Condition Management Effort, Family Life Difficulty, and View of Condition Impact. The items from Section 2 are answered only by parents who have adult partners in the household and are used to calculate a sixth scale: Parental Mutuality. Item numbers are given by the order in which they are listed on the FaMM questionnaire. Reverse coded items are indicated with an asterisk. Scales are scores separately. There is no summary score.
CALCULATION OF SCALE SCORES AND SCORING TEMPLATE
Follow these steps to compute the FaMM scales.
- Determine the number of items in a scale with valid responses (i.e., values of 1-5).
2. Compute a scale score from the valid responses as instructed in steps 3-7,but only if at least seventy percent of the items for that scale have valid responses (minimum numbers for the scales are provided below). If less than 70% of the items are answered, the scale cannot be computed.
3. Reverse code the negative item responses (indicated by asterisks) by subtracting those item responses from the value 6.
4. Sum the positive item responses and the reverse coded negative item responses.
5. Divide by the number of valid responses.
6. Multiply by the total number of items for the scale.
7. Round to the nearest integer.
Download the scoring template here (.zip file containing .xls format template)
CHILD’S DAILY LIFE SCALE
This scale addresses parents’ perception of the everyday life of the child. Higher values indicate more normal life for the child despite the condition.
- Our child’s everyday life is similar to that of other children his/her age.
10. Our child takes part in activities he/she wishes to despite the condition.
5. *Our child enjoys life less because of the condition.
16. *Our child is different from other children his/her age because of the condition.
20. *Our child’s friendships are different because of the condition.
Total number of items = 5.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 4.
CONDITION MANAGEMENT ABILITY SCALE
This scale addresses parents’ perception of their ability to manage their child’s condition. Higher values indicate that the condition is viewed as more readily manageable.
- In the future we expect our child to take care of the condition.
13. We have some definite ideas about how to help our child live with the condition.
14. Despite the condition, we expect our child to live away from home in the future.
15. We have enough money to manage our child’s condition.
18. We are looking forward to a happy future for our child.
19. When something unexpected happens with our child’s condition, we usually know how to handle it.
25. We feel we are doing a good job taking care of our child’s condition.
41. We have goals in mind to help us manage our child’s condition.
17. *It is difficult to know when our child’s condition must come first in our family.
27. *It’s often difficult to know if we need to be more protective of our child.
28. *We often feel unsure about what to do to take care of our child’s condition.
34. *We have not been able to develop a routine for taking care of our child’s condition.
Total number of items = 12.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 9.
CONDITION MANAGEMENT EFFORT SCALE
This scale addresses parents’ perception of the time and work required to manage their child’s condition. Higher values indicate more time and work expended in managing the illness
- Our child’s condition requires frequent visits to the clinic.
7. Our child’s condition is like a roller coaster with lots of ups and downs.
35. It takes a lot of organization to manage our child’s condition.
12. *Our child’s condition doesn’t take a great deal of time to manage.
Total number of items = 4.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 3.
FAMILY LIFE DIFFICULTY SCALE
This scale addresses parents’ perception of the extent to which their child’s condition makes their life difficult. Higher values indicate more difficulty in dealing with the condition.
- Our child’s condition gets in the way of family relationships.
6. Taking care of our child’s condition is often overwhelming.
9. It is very hard for us to take care of our child’s condition.
22. A condition like the one our child has makes family life very difficult.
31. It seems as if our child’s condition controls our family life.
33. It is hard to get anyone else to help us with our child’s condition.
36. We are sometimes undecided about how to balance the condition and family life.
39. Our child would do better in school if he/she didn’t have the condition.
42. It is difficult to fit care of our child’s condition into our usual family routine.
43. Dealing with our child’s condition makes family life more difficult.
45. A condition like the one our child has makes it very difficult to lead a normal family life.
23. *Our child’s condition rarely interferes with other family activities.
38. *Even though our child has the condition, we have a normal family life.
44. *We know when our child needs to be a child.
Total number of items = 14.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 10.
PARENTAL MUTUALITY SCALE
This scale is calculated from the items in Section 2 of the FaMM questionnaire, answered only by parents with an adult partner living in the home. It addresses parents’ satisfaction with how the couple works together to manage their child’s condition and their perception of the degree to which they receive support from their partner and share views on the management of their child’s condition. Higher values indicate that the condition is viewed as more readily manageable.
- We are a closer family because of how we deal with our child’s condition.
48. I am pleased with how my partner and I work together to manage our child’s condition.
50. My partner and I consult with each other before we make a decision about our child’s care.
51. My partner and I have similar ideas about how we should be raising our child.
53. My partner and I support each other in taking care of our child’s condition.
47. *My partner and I have different ideas about how serious our child’s condition is.
49. *My partner and I argue about how to manage our child’s condition.
52. *I am unhappy about the way my partner and I share the management of our child’s condition.
Total number of items = 8.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 6
VIEW OF CONDITION IMPACT SCALE
This scale addresses parents’ perception of the seriousness of the condition and its implications for the future. Higher values indicate a higher level of concern about the condition.
- Our child’s condition is the most important thing in our family.
11. Because of the condition, we worry about our child’s future.
24. Our child’s condition requires frequent hospital stays.
29. Our child’s condition will be harder to take care of in the future.
30. We think about our child’s condition all the time.
37. It is hard to know what to expect of our child’s condition in the future.
21.*We expect to be devoting less time to our child’s condition in the future.
26. *People with our child’s condition have a normal length of life.
32. *Many conditions are more serious than our child’s.
40. *We are confident that we can take care of our child’s condition.
Total number of items = 10.
Minimum number of valid responses required to compute the scale score = 7.
Copyright and Permissions
FaMM is a copyrighted instrument. It is made available through this website for use in research and clinical practice. There is no charge for using the FaMM. FaMM can be used in its entirety or selected scales can be used. If you do use the FaMM in your research and clinical practice, we ask that you send us a copy of any publications reporting your work. We will add them to the reference list on this website. Since the FaMM is a new measure, we would appreciate receiving your feedback on how it performs with other samples. We will continue to update this website with new information on the FaMM.
Citations and Research Applications
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Deatrick, J. A., Knafl, G. J., Knafl, K., Hardie, T. L., Bressler, S., Hobbie, W., Bratton, K., Dominguez, M., Guzman, C., Rees Papinsick, A., Rees, A. L., Voisine, S., & Barakat, L. P. (2021). Mothers’ and fathers’ views of family management and health-related quality of life for young adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Journal of psychosocial oncology, 39(5), 629–645. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2020.1844845
Van Riper, M., Knafl, G. J., Barbieri-Figueiredo, M., Caples, M., Choi, H., de Graaf, G., Duarte, E. D., Honda, J., Marta, E., Phetrasuwan, S., Alfieri, S., Angelo, M., Deoisres, W., Fleming, L., Dos Santos, A. S., Rocha da Silva, M. J., Skelton, B., van der Veek, S., & Knafl, K. A. (2021). Measurement of Family Management in Families of Individuals With Down Syndrome: A Cross-Cultural Investigation. Journal of family nursing, 27(1), 8–22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840720975167
San Giacomo, N., Toth, J. Hobbie, W., Broden, E., Ver Hoeve, E., Knafl, K., Barakat, L., Ogle, S., & Deatrick, J. (2019). Challenges of family management for caregivers of adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood brain tumors. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 36, 402-412.
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Financial support for the development of the Family Management Measure came from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (R01 NR08048) and the Donaghue Medical Research Foundation.


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