text:
Altria Reports 2022 First-Quarter Results; Reaffirms 2022 Full-Year Earnings Guidance
By: Altria Group, Inc. via Business Wire
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) today reports its 2022 first-quarter business results and reaffirms its guidance for 2022 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS).
"We are off to a strong start to the year and believe our businesses are on track to deliver against their full-year plans. Our tobacco businesses performed well in a challenging macroeconomic environment and we continued to make progress toward our Vision to responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a smoke-free future," said Billy Gifford, Altria's Chief Executive Officer.
"We reaffirm our guidance to deliver 2022 full-year adjusted diluted EPS in a range of $4.79 to $4.93. This range represents an adjusted diluted EPS growth rate of 4% to 7% from a $4.61 base in 2021. We continue to expect that adjusted diluted EPS growth will be weighted toward the second half of the year."
Altria Headline Financials1
($ in millions, except per share data)
Change vs.
(2.4)%
Revenues net of excise taxes
Reported tax rate
0.1 pp
Adjusted tax rate
Reported diluted EPS2
Adjusted diluted EPS2
1 "Adjusted" financial measures presented in this release exclude the impact of special items. See "Basis of Presentation" for more information.
2 "EPS" represents diluted earnings (losses) per share attributable to Altria.
As previously announced, a conference call with the investment community and news media will be webcast on April 28, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Access to the webcast is available at www.altria.com/webcasts.
Cash Returns to Shareholders and Capital Markets Activity
Share Repurchase Program
In the first quarter, we repurchased 11.3 million shares at an average price of $50.69, for a total cost of $576 million.
As of March 31, 2022, we had approximately $1.2 billion remaining under our existing $3.5 billion share repurchase program, which we expect to complete by December 31, 2022. Share repurchases depend on marketplace conditions and other factors, and the program remains subject to the discretion of our Board of Directors (Board).
We paid dividends of $1.6 billion in the first quarter.
We maintain our long-term objective of a dividend payout ratio target of approximately 80% of our adjusted diluted EPS. Future dividend payments remain subject to the discretion of our Board.
Our Corporate Responsibility Focus Areas are (i) reducing the harm of tobacco products, (ii) preventing underage use, (iii) protecting the environment, (iv) driving responsibility through our value chain, (v) supporting our people and communities and (vi) engaging and leading responsibly. Our corporate responsibility reports are available on the Corporate Responsibility section of www.altria.com.
In February, we were recognized as a member of CDP's 2021 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for climate change.
In April, we announced our first virtual power purchase agreement for energy produced by a new wind farm project in Texas. This agreement marks significant progress toward two of our science-based environmental targets - achieving 100% renewable electricity and reducing operational greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. When the project is operational, we expect to hit both those targets ahead of schedule.
In April, we released our 2021 Engage & Lead Responsibly report. We expect to release snapshot updates for each of our other responsibility focus areas in the coming months.
Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Conditions Impacting Our Businesses
Impact on Tobacco Business Operations
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated increasing global energy prices and, together with other macroeconomic factors such as supply and demand imbalances and labor shortages, contributed to the recent historic rise in the rate of inflation. Increases in inflation also have a direct and adverse impact on our Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) expense and other direct and indirect costs.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to contribute to volatility in the domestic and global economies, including disruptions in the supply and distribution chain, and changes in consumer behavior. The economic and business repercussions of COVID-19 have been compounded by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While our operating companies focus on the manufacture and sale of tobacco products in the United States and have little direct exposure to the impacted regions, we have experienced negative effects on the cost and availability of certain raw materials and component parts for our operating companies' products. We have worked to mitigate the potential negative impacts of these macroeconomic and geopolitical dynamics on our businesses through, among other actions, proactive engagement with current and potential suppliers and distributors, the development of alternative sourcing strategies, long-term supply contracts, implementation of COVID-19 protocols at our facilities and prudent oversight of our liquidity.
To date, we have not experienced any material adverse effects on our businesses or our ability to achieve our Vision as a result of macroeconomic factors and geopolitical instability. As these trends and developments evolve and new ones emerge, we will continue to carefully evaluate the potential impacts on our business and our Vision.
Impact on Adult Tobacco Consumers (ATCs)
ATCs continue to face challenges from higher inflation, higher gas prices, the COVID-19 pandemic and the end of government stimulus, which could negatively impact ATC disposable income and future purchasing behaviors. However, increased inflation was partially offset by improved employment metrics and increased wage growth for some ATCs. Additionally, the pressures of inflation were also offset for some ATCs by higher federal income tax refunds. We continue to monitor the effect of these dynamics on ATCs and their purchasing behaviors, including overall tobacco product expenditures, mix between premium and discount brand purchases and adoption of smoke-free products.
Impact on ABI and JUUL Investments
ABI's business has been impacted by macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including supply chain constraints across certain markets, adverse transactional foreign exchange rates, inflation and commodity cost headwinds. ABI also has direct exposure to the Russia and Ukraine regions through a joint venture. As a result, ABI will record a non-cash impairment charge of $1.1 billion on its joint venture in the first quarter of 2022. We will continue to monitor our investment in ABI, including the impact on ABI's business, resulting from near-term supply chain challenges, inflation and market valuation.
JUUL may experience similar impacts to its business as our business due to the macroeconomic risks and geopolitical instability discussed above. We do not believe JUUL's business has been materially impacted by these factors, but the effect of rising U.S. interest rates has resulted in an increase to the discount rate, which adversely impacted the fair value of our investment in JUUL at March 31, 2022. We will continue to monitor for impacts on JUUL's business, including near-term supply chain constraints, component part shortages and inflation, in our quarterly quantitative valuations of JUUL.
2022 Full-Year Guidance
We reaffirm our guidance to deliver 2022 full-year adjusted diluted EPS in a range of $4.79 to $4.93, representing a growth rate of 4% to 7% from an adjusted diluted EPS base of $4.61 in 2021. We continue to expect that 2022 adjusted diluted EPS growth will be weighted toward the second half of the year. While the 2022 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance accounts for a range of scenarios, the external environment remains dynamic. We will continue to monitor conditions related to (i) the economy, including the impact of increased inflation and global supply chain disruptions, (ii) the impact of current and future COVID-19 variants and mitigation strategies, (iii) ATC dynamics, including tobacco usage occasions, available disposable income, purchasing patterns and adoption of smoke-free products, (iv) regulatory and legislative developments and (v) the impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Our 2022 full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range includes planned investments in support of our Vision, such as (i) costs to enhance our digital consumer engagement system, (ii) increased smoke-free product research, development and regulatory preparation expenses and (iii) marketplace activities in support of our smoke-free products. The guidance range also includes anticipated inflationary increases in MSA expenses and direct materials costs and our current expectation that PM USA will not have access to the IQOS system in 2022.
Our full-year adjusted diluted EPS guidance range excludes the impact of certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations. These items may include, for example, loss on early extinguishment of debt, restructuring charges, asset impairment charges, acquisition-related and disposition-related costs, equity investment-related special items (including any changes in fair value of our equity investment recorded using the fair value option and any changes in the fair value of related warrants and preemptive rights), certain income tax items, charges associated with tobacco and health and certain other litigation items, and resolutions of certain non-participating manufacturer (NPM) adjustment disputes under the MSA (such dispute resolutions are referred to as NPM Adjustment Items). See Table 1 below for the income and expense items for the first quarter of 2022.
Our management cannot estimate on a forward-looking basis the impact of certain income and expense items, including those items noted in the preceding paragraph, on our reported diluted EPS because these items, which could be significant, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and may be highly variable. As a result, we do not provide a corresponding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) measure for, or reconciliation to, our adjusted diluted EPS guidance.
ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
See "Basis of Presentation" below for an explanation of financial measures and reporting segments discussed in this release.
Net revenues decreased 2.4% to $5.9 billion, primarily driven by the sale of our wine business in October 2021. Excluding the wine segment, net revenues were essentially unchanged. Revenues net of excise taxes decreased 1.3% to $4.8 billion.
Reported diluted EPS increased 40.3% to $1.08, primarily driven by 2021 losses on early extinguishment of debt, higher reported operating companies income (OCI), lower unrealized losses related to the changes in estimated fair value of our investment in JUUL, fewer shares outstanding, and favorable interest expense. These items were partially offset by unfavorable Cronos-related special items and lower reported earnings from our investment in ABI.
Adjusted diluted EPS increased 4.7% to $1.12, primarily driven by higher adjusted OCI, fewer shares outstanding and favorable interest expense, partially offset by lower adjusted earnings from our investment in ABI.
Table 1 - Altria's Adjusted Results
Reported diluted EPS
NPM Adjustment Items
Asset impairment, exit, implementation, acquisition and disposition-related costs
Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items
JUUL changes in fair value
ABI-related special items
Cronos-related special items
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
Adjusted diluted EPS
Note: For details of pre-tax, tax and after-tax amounts, see Schedule 5.
The EPS impact of the following special items is shown in Table 1 and Schedules 4 and 5.
In the first quarter of 2022, we recorded pre-tax income of $60 million (or $0.02 per share) due to NPM Adjustment Items.
In the first quarter of 2022, we recorded a non-cash pre-tax unrealized loss of $100 million (or $0.05 per share) as a result of a decrease in the estimated fair value of our investment in JUUL. A corresponding adjustment was made to the JUUL tax valuation allowance. As of March 31, 2022, the estimated fair value of our investment in JUUL was $1.6 billion.
In the first quarter of 2021, we recorded a non-cash pre-tax unrealized loss of $200 million (or $0.10 per share) as a result of a decrease in the estimated fair value of our investment in JUUL. A corresponding adjustment was made to the JUUL tax valuation allowance.
In the first quarter of 2022, equity earnings from ABI included net pre-tax income of $59 million (or $0.02 per share), primarily related to ABI's mark-to-market gains on certain ABI financial instruments associated with its share commitments.
In the first quarter of 2021, equity earnings from ABI included pre-tax income of $128 million (or $0.05 per share), consisting primarily of (i) ABI's completion of the issuance of a minority stake in its U.S.-based metal container operations, (ii) mark-to-market gains on certain ABI financial instruments associated with its share commitments and (iii) charges associated with an early bond termination by ABI.
The ABI-related special items above include our respective share of the amounts recorded by ABI and additional adjustments related to (i) conversion from international financial reporting standards to GAAP and (ii) adjustments to our investment required under the equity method of accounting.
In the first quarter, we recorded net pre-tax (income) expense consisting of the following:
(Gain) loss on Cronos-related financial instruments 1
(Income) losses from equity investments 2
Total Cronos-related special items - (income) expense
1 Amounts are related to the non-cash change in the fair value of the warrant and certain anti-dilution protections.
2 Amounts include our share of special items recorded by Cronos and additional adjustments, if required under the equity method of accounting, related to our investment in Cronos.
We recorded corresponding adjustments to the Cronos tax valuation allowance in 2022 and 2021.
In the first quarter of 2021, we recorded pre-tax losses on early extinguishment of debt of $649 million (or $0.27 per share).
SMOKEABLE PRODUCTS
Revenues and OCI
Net revenues increased 0.3% primarily driven by higher pricing and lower promotional investments, partially offset by lower shipment volume. Revenues net of excise taxes increased 2.2%.
Reported OCI increased 7.9%, primarily driven by higher pricing, lower promotional investments, higher NPM Adjustment Items and lower tobacco and health litigation items, partially offset by lower shipment volume and higher per unit settlement charges.
Adjusted OCI increased 5.7%, primarily driven by higher pricing and lower promotional investments, partially offset by lower shipment volume and higher per unit settlement charges. Adjusted OCI margins increased by 2.0 percentage points to 59.5%.
Table 2 - Smokeable Products: Revenues and OCI ($ in millions)
Reported OCI
Adjusted OCI
Adjusted OCI margins 1
1 Adjusted OCI margins are calculated as adjusted OCI divided by revenues net of excise taxes.
Shipment Volume
Smokeable products segment reported domestic cigarette shipment volume decreased 6.3%, primarily driven by the industry's decline rate and retail share losses, partially offset by trade inventory movements.
When adjusted for trade inventory movements and other factors, smokeable products segment domestic cigarette shipment volume decreased by an estimated 8%.
When adjusted for trade inventory movements and other factors, total estimated domestic cigarette industry volume decreased by an estimated 6.5%.
Reported cigar shipment volume decreased 9.6%.
Table 3 - Smokeable Products: Shipment Volume (sticks in millions)
Cigarettes:
Other premium
Total cigarettes
Cigars:
Black & Mild
Total cigars
Total smokeable products
Note: Cigarettes volume includes units sold as well as promotional units, but excludes units sold for distribution to Puerto Rico, and units sold in U.S. Territories, to overseas military and by Philip Morris Duty Free Inc., none of which, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the smokeable products segment.
Retail Share and Brand Activity
Marlboro retail share of the total cigarette category decreased 0.4 share points to 42.6%, primarily due to increased macroeconomic pressures on ATC disposable income. Marlboro retail share was unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2021.
The cigarette industry discount retail share increased 1.0 share point to 26.4%, primarily due to the ATC factors mentioned above. Cigarette industry discount retail share increased 0.3 share points from the fourth quarter of 2021.
Table 4 - Smokeable Products: Cigarettes Retail Share (percent)
point change
Note: Retail share results for cigarettes are based on data from IRI/MSAi, a tracking service that uses a sample of stores and certain wholesale shipments to project market share and depict share trends. This service tracks sales in the food, drug, mass merchandisers, convenience, military, dollar store and club trade classes. For other trade classes selling cigarettes, retail share is based on shipments from wholesalers to retailers (STARS). This service is not designed to capture sales through other channels, including the internet, direct mail and some illicitly tax-advantaged outlets. It is IRI's standard practice to periodically refresh its services, which could restate retail share results that were previously released in this service.
ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Net revenues decreased 2.1%, primarily driven by higher promotional investments in on!, lower shipment volume, and a shift between MST and on! shipment volumes resulting in a higher percentage of on! volumes versus the prior year (mix shift), partially offset by higher pricing. Revenues net of excise taxes decreased 1.8%.
Reported OCI increased 3.8%, primarily driven by higher pricing and 2021 acquisition-related costs, partially offset by higher promotional investments in on!, lower shipment volume, mix shift and higher costs.
Adjusted OCI decreased 5.1%, primarily driven by higher promotional investments in on!, lower shipment volume, mix shift and higher costs, partially offset by higher pricing. Adjusted OCI margins declined by 2.4 percentage points to 69.7%.
Table 5 - Oral Tobacco Products: Revenues and OCI ($ in millions)
(2.1) %
(2.4) pp
Oral tobacco products segment reported domestic shipment volume decreased 1.9%, primarily driven by trade inventory movements and retail share losses, partially offset by the industry's growth rate, calendar differences and other factors. When adjusted for trade inventory movements and calendar differences, oral tobacco products segment shipment volume was unchanged.
Total oral tobacco industry volume increased by an estimated 1.5% over the past six months, driven by growth in oral nicotine pouches, partially offset by declines in MST volumes.
Table 6 - Oral Tobacco Products: Reported Shipment Volume (cans and packs in millions)
(6.3
) %
on!
Total oral tobacco products
Note: Volume includes cans and packs sold, as well as promotional units, but excludes international volume, which is currently not material to the oral tobacco products segment. New types of oral tobacco products, as well as new packaging configurations of existing oral tobacco products, may or may not be equivalent to existing MST products on a can-for-can basis. To calculate volumes of cans and packs shipped, one pack of snus or one can of oral nicotine pouches, irrespective of the number of pouches in the pack, is assumed to be equivalent to one can of MST.
Oral tobacco products segment retail share was 46.9%, and Copenhagen continued to be the leading oral tobacco brand with a retail share of 28.0%. Share losses in the oral tobacco products segment, including Copenhagen, were primarily due to the growth of oral nicotine pouches.
Total U.S. oral tobacco category share for on! nicotine pouches grew to 4.1% in the first quarter, an increase of 2.5 percentage points.
Table 7 - Oral Tobacco Products: Retail Share (percent)
Note: The oral tobacco products retail share results exclude international volume. Retail share results for oral tobacco products are based on data from IRI InfoScan, a tracking service that uses a sample of stores to project market share and depict share trends. This service tracks sales in the food, drug, mass merchandisers, convenience, military, dollar store and club trade classes on the number of cans and packs sold. Oral tobacco products is defined by IRI as moist smokeless, snus and oral nicotine pouches. New types of oral tobacco products, as well as new packaging configurations of existing oral tobacco products, may or may not be equivalent to existing MST products on a can-for-can basis. For example, one pack of snus or one can of oral nicotine pouches, irrespective of the number of pouches in the pack, is assumed to be equivalent to one can of MST. Because this service represents retail share performance only in key trade channels, it should not be considered a precise measurement of actual retail share. It is IRI's standard practice to periodically refresh its InfoScan services, which could restate retail share results that were previously released in this service.
Altria's Profile
We have a leading portfolio of tobacco products for U.S. tobacco consumers age 21+. Our Vision by 2030 is to responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a smoke-free future (Vision). We are Moving Beyond Smoking™, leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes by taking action to transition millions to potentially less harmful choices - believing it is a substantial opportunity for adult tobacco consumers, our businesses and society.
Our wholly owned subsidiaries include leading manufacturers of both combustible and smoke-free products. In combustibles, we own Philip Morris USA Inc. (PM USA), the most profitable U.S. cigarette manufacturer, and John Middleton Co. (Middleton), a leading U.S cigar manufacturer. Our smoke-free portfolio includes ownership of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC (USSTC), the leading global moist smokeless tobacco (MST) manufacturer, and Helix Innovations LLC (Helix), a rapidly growing manufacturer of oral nicotine pouches. We also enhance our smoke-free product portfolio with exclusive U.S. commercialization rights to the IQOS Tobacco Heating System® and Marlboro HeatSticks®, and an equity investment in JUUL Labs, Inc. (JUUL).
We also own equity investments in Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (ABI), the world's largest brewer, and Cronos Group Inc. (Cronos), a leading Canadian cannabinoid company.
The brand portfolios of our tobacco operating companies include Marlboro®, Black & Mild®, Copenhagen®, Skoal® and on!®. Trademarks and service marks related to Altria referenced in this release are the property of Altria or its subsidiaries or are used with permission.
Learn more about Altria at www.altria.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
We report our financial results in accordance with GAAP. Our management reviews OCI, which is defined as operating income before general corporate expenses and amortization of intangibles, to evaluate the performance of, and allocate resources to, our segments. Our management also reviews certain financial results, including OCI, OCI margins and diluted EPS, on an adjusted basis, which excludes certain income and expense items, including those items noted under "2022 Full-Year Guidance." Our management does not view any of these special items to be part of our underlying results as they may be highly variable, may be unusual or infrequent, are difficult to predict and can distort underlying business trends and results. Our management also reviews income tax rates on an adjusted basis. Our adjusted effective tax rate may exclude certain income tax items from our reported effective tax rate. Our management believes that adjusted financial measures provide useful additional insight into underlying business trends and results, and provide a more meaningful comparison of year-over-year results. Our management uses adjusted financial measures for planning, forecasting and evaluating business and financial performance, including allocating resources and evaluating results relative to employee compensation targets. These adjusted financial measures are not required by, or calculated in accordance with GAAP and may not be calculated the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies. These adjusted financial measures should thus be considered as supplemental in nature and not considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. We provide reconciliations of historical adjusted financial measures to corresponding GAAP measures in this release.
We use the equity method of accounting for our investment in ABI and Cronos and report our share of ABI's and Cronos's results using a one-quarter lag because ABI's and Cronos's results are not available in time for us to record them in the concurrent period. The one-quarter reporting lag for ABI and Cronos does not affect our cash flows.
Our reportable segments are (i) smokeable products, including combustible cigarettes and cigars manufactured and sold by PM USA and Middleton, respectively, and (ii) oral tobacco products, including MST and snus products manufactured and sold by USSTC, and oral nicotine pouches sold by Helix. Prior to the sale of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. (Ste. Michelle) on October 1, 2021, wine produced and/or sold by Ste. Michelle was a reportable segment. We have included results for innovative tobacco products and Philip Morris Capital Corporation in "All Other." Comparisons are to the corresponding prior-year period unless otherwise stated.
This release contains projections of future results and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Important factors that may cause actual results and outcomes to differ materially from those contained in the projections and forward-looking statements included in this release are described in our publicly filed reports, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We caution that the foregoing list of important factors is not complete and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that it may make except as required by applicable law. These factors include the following:
unfavorable litigation outcomes, including risks associated with adverse jury and judicial determinations, courts and arbitrators reaching conclusions at variance with our or any of our investees' understanding of applicable law, bonding requirements in the jurisdictions that do not limit the dollar amount of appeal bonds, and certain challenges to bond cap statutes;
government (including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)) and private sector actions that impact adult tobacco consumer acceptability of, or access to, tobacco products;
tobacco product taxation, including lower tobacco product consumption levels and potential shifts in adult tobacco consumer purchases as a result of federal, state and local excise tax increases, and excise taxes on e-vapor and oral nicotine products and the impact on adult tobacco consumers' transition to lower priced tobacco products;
unfavorable outcomes of any government investigations of us or our investees;
a successful challenge to our tax positions, an increase to the corporate income tax rate or other changes to federal or state tax laws;
the risks related to our and our investees' international business operations, including failure to prevent violations of various United States and foreign laws and regulations such as foreign privacy laws and laws prohibiting bribery and corruption;
the risks associated with health epidemics and pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic and similar outbreaks, such as their impact on our and our investees' ability to continue manufacturing and distributing products (directly or indirectly due to their impact on suppliers, distributors and distribution chain service providers) and their impact on macroeconomic conditions and, in turn, adult tobacco consumer purchasing behavior;
the failure of our and our investees' efforts to compete effectively in their respective markets;
the growth of the e-vapor category and other innovative tobacco products, including oral nicotine pouches, contributing to reductions in cigarette and MST consumption levels and sales volume;
our ability to promote brand equity successfully; anticipate and respond to evolving adult tobacco consumer preferences; develop, manufacture, market and distribute products that appeal to adult tobacco consumers; promote productivity; and protect or enhance margins through cost savings and price increases;
our unsuccessful commercialization of innovative products or processes, including innovative tobacco products that may reduce the health risks associated with cigarettes and other traditional tobacco products, and that appeal to adult tobacco consumers;
changes, including in macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions (including inflation), that result in shifts in adult tobacco consumer disposable income and purchasing behavior, including choosing lower-priced and discount brands;
significant changes in price, availability or quality of tobacco, other raw materials or component parts, including as a result of changes in macroeconomic, climate and geopolitical conditions, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
the risks, including FDA regulatory risks, related to our and our investees' reliance on a few significant facilities and a small number of key suppliers, distributors and distribution chain service providers, and the risk of an extended disruption at a facility of, or of service by, a supplier, distributor or distribution chain service provider of our tobacco subsidiaries or our investees;
required or voluntary product recalls as a result of various circumstances such as product contamination or FDA or other regulatory action;
the failure of our information systems or the information systems of key suppliers or service providers to function as intended, or cyber attacks or security breaches;
our inability to attract and retain the best talent due to the impact of decreasing social acceptance of tobacco usage, tobacco control actions and other factors, including current labor market dynamics;
impairment losses as a result of the write down of intangible assets, including goodwill;
the adverse effect of acquisitions, investments, dispositions or other events on our credit rating;
our inability to acquire attractive businesses or make attractive investments on favorable terms, or at all, or to realize the anticipated benefits from an acquisition or investment and our inability to dispose of businesses or investments on favorable terms or at all;
the risks related to disruption and uncertainty in the credit and capital markets, including risk of access to these markets both generally and at current prevailing rates, which may adversely affect our earnings or dividend rate or both;
our inability to attract and retain investors due to the impact of decreasing social acceptance of tobacco usage or unfavorable environmental, social and governance ratings;
the risk that any challenge to our investment in JUUL, if successful, could result in a broad range of resolutions, including divestiture of the investment or rescission of the transaction;
the risks generally related to our investments in JUUL and Cronos, including our inability to realize the expected benefits of our investments in the expected time frames, or at all, due to the risks encountered by our investees in their businesses, such as operational, competitive, compliance, litigation and reputational risks, and legislative and regulatory risks at the international, federal, state and local levels; and impairment of our investment in Cronos and changes in the fair value of our investment in JUUL;
the risks related to our inability to acquire a controlling interest in JUUL as a result of standstill restrictions or to control the material decisions of JUUL, restrictions on our ability to sell or otherwise transfer our shares of JUUL until December 20, 2024, and non-competition restrictions for the same time period subject to certain exceptions;
the risks associated with our investment in ABI, including effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign currency exchange rates and macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on ABI's business and the impact on our earnings from, and carrying value of, our investment in ABI;
the risks related to our ownership percentage in ABI decreasing below certain levels, including additional tax liabilities, a reduction in the number of directors that we have the right to have appointed to the ABI board of directors and our potential inability to use the equity method of accounting for our investment in ABI;
the risk of challenges to the tax treatment of the consideration we received in the ABI/SABMiller plc business combination and the tax treatment of our equity investment; and
the risks, including criminal, civil or tax liability, related to our or Cronos's failure to comply with applicable laws, including cannabis laws.
We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not complete and we do not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that we may make except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Altria or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above.
and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
For the Quarters Ended March 31,
Cost of sales 1
Excise taxes on products 1
Marketing, administration and research costs
Operating companies income
Amortization of intangibles
General corporate expenses
Interest and other debt expense, net
Net periodic benefit income, excluding service cost
(Gain) loss on Cronos-related financial instruments
Earnings before income taxes
Provision for income taxes
Net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests
Net earnings attributable to Altria
Per share data:
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Altria
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding
1 Cost of sales includes charges for resolution expenses related to state settlement agreements and FDA user fees. Supplemental information concerning those items, excise taxes on products sold and (income) losses from equity investments is shown in Schedule 3.
Selected Financial Data
(dollars in millions)
Smokeable
(100.0
Reconciliation:
For the quarter ended March 31, 2021
Operating Companies Income (Loss)
NPM Adjustment Items - 2021
Asset impairment, exit, implementation, acquisition and disposition-related costs - 2021
Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items - 2021
Supplemental Financial Data
For the Quarters Ended
The segment detail of excise taxes on products sold is as follows:
The segment detail of charges for resolution expenses related to state settlement
agreements included in cost of sales is as follows:
The segment detail of FDA user fees included in cost of sales is
The detail of (income) losses from equity investments is as follows:
Net Earnings and Diluted Earnings Per Share - Attributable to Altria Group, Inc.
Diluted EPS
2022 Net Earnings
2021 NPM Adjustment Items
2021 Asset impairment, exit, implementation, acquisition and
disposition-related costs
2021 Tobacco and health and certain other litigation items
2021 JUUL changes in fair value
2021 ABI-related special items
2021 Cronos-related special items
2021 Loss on early extinguishment of debt
2021 Income tax items
Subtotal 2021 special items
Fewer shares outstanding
Change in tax rate
Reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP Measures
for Income
Attributable to
Altria
2022 Reported
Income tax items
2022 Adjusted for Special Items
2022 Reported Net Earnings
2022 Net Earnings Adjusted for Special Items
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
Attributable
to Altria
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net
Investments in equity securities
Other long-term assets
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Current portion of long-term debt
Accrued settlement charges
Deferred income taxes
Accrued pension costs
Accrued postretirement health care costs
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)
Supplemental Financial Data for Special Items
Loss on early
extinguishment
of debt
(Income)
losses from
(Gain) loss on
Cronos-related
2022 Special Items - (Income) Expense
Asset impairment, exit, implementation, acquisition and
Note: This schedule is intended to provide supplemental financial data for certain income and expense items that management believes are not part of underlying operations and their presentation in Altria's consolidated statements of earnings. This schedule is not intended to provide, or reconcile, non-GAAP financial measures.
Selected Financial Data for Net Revenues
Net Revenues:
Less: Wine
Net revenues excluding wine segment
Altria Client Services


text:
Northern Burlington school board concludes investigation of tweet on super's account
George Woolston
Burlington County Times
MANSFIELD — A Burlington County school board said it has concluded its investigation after its superintendent claimed his Twitter account was compromised last month.
Northern Burlington Regional School District school board President Paul Narwid said the board had "carefully reviewed" how a politically divisive tweet was sent from Superintendent James Sarruda's Twitter account, and it was confident nothing else was compromised.
"It's time to focus on our students' education," Narwid said after questioned about the incident at the board's regular meeting Monday.
Read more: Burlington County superintendent says account 'compromised' amid backlash over tweet
On Nov. 27, a retweet from Sarruda's @nbcsuper account criticized a CNN journalist congratulating her team on successfully getting President Donald Trump to answer questions from reporters for the first time since Election Day.
"And they are proud to show our youth how to hate a Presidsnt (sic). Nicely done!" the tweet from the superintendent's account read.
Sarruda denied sending the tweet and said his account was compromised. He claimed it was taken down 40 minutes after it was posted, however, several screenshots show it remained up for at least two hours.
"I did not send this tweet which is why it was taken down. Inappropriate messages are often trademarks of hackers looking to stir up trouble," Sarruda said at the time.
The tweet was met with immediate backlash from the district community on the social media platform, collecting dozens of comments from current and former students, parents and other district community members.
Andrea Katz, whose son is a current eighth-grader in the district, asked for the update on the investigation Monday.
"I think it's really important for the public to understand what happened," Katz said Tuesday. "Being hacked is very, very serious. It's important to know what investigation is being done, was it referred to law enforcement?"
Katz, who is a member of the Chesterfield Board of Education, stressed her views were her own, not of the board she belongs to.
Sarruda said at the time the district saw no signs its network was further compromised, and it would continue to monitor its network.
The superintendent did not address the incident in his remarks during Monday's meeting.
Narwid said passwords were changed to ensure security, but did not address if the incident was referred to local law enforcement.
The board president did not respond to follow-up questions sent to his district email address.
George Woolston is a South Jersey native who covers several topics for the Burlington County Times. He joined the staff in 2019. Contact him at gwoolston@thebct.com and follow on Twitter @gcwoolston. Help support local journalism with a subscription to the Burlington County Times.
Contact Us Support Local Business Advertise Your Business Advertising Terms and Conditions Buy and Sell Licensing & Reprints Help Center Subscriber Guide My Account Give Feedback My Print Account
© 2021 www.burlingtoncountytimes.com. All rights reserved.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Available singularly or in US Mint issued & sealed tubes of 20 or 'monster boxes' of 500.
The American Silver Eagle is the official silver bullion coin of the United States. As legal tender, they're the only silver bullion coins whose weight and purity are guaranteed by the United States Government. It was first released by the United States Mint on November 24, 1986. It is struck only in the one-troy ounce size, which has a nominal face value of one dollar and is guaranteed to contain one troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver.
Recognised worldwide and with over 42 million sold in 2013 alone, the design is based on Adolph A. Weinman's 1916 "Walking Liberty" half dollar, widely considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever minted.
Coins are a popular choice of bullion given their legal tender status (Government backing of the coin and its metal content), often smaller in size (making for easier disposal in the event of large price increases), international recognition (no fuss tradability overseas) and portability. Another common advantage is mintage limits on many government minted coins meaning a "collectible" premium can often be realised. Caution should be exercised in buying coins over bars for your Super as they can be classified as a collectible and need special storage. Refer to the ATO or your advisor for more information.


Under The Rainbow Property Description VRBO 586739 Sleeps 4, $1500/week. With tranquil gardens and pool. This apartment has 2 bedrooms. One bedroom has 2 twin beds that can become one luxurious king size bed. The other bedroom has a comfortable queen size bed with an entrance to the private deck. Each bedroom has AC and the bathroom is split into two sections, toilet and shower on one side and the double sink on the other. The great room with kitchen and living area is designed for your comfort. The outside deck has a gas grill and a dining area. This quaint apartment is set amongst gardens that are seemingly never ending. Full of lush tropical plants that are attractive to hummingbirds and smell divine! As you walk the grounds there are places to sit and relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. The pool deck has lounge chairs where you can catch some of our strong tropical rays and a pool to cool you off. Iguanas and other wildlife enjoy passing by the pool deck and getting some sun too! We also have dogs available for the dog lovers who miss their dogs on vacation. All the fun of snuggling a dog without the work of feeding and walking or the expense of traveling your dog. Location All the conveniences of "town" but none of the noise. Groceries and shopping are conveniently located within a 5 minute drive. Click here to meet VI Personality Linda Gabriel, owner of Under the Rainbow. Her wild ride is filled with fun, attitude and a wicked sense of humor, all vital ingredients to survive in the VI.
Caneel Bay Discovered by Laurance Rockefeller while sailing on a family cruise in the early 1950s, Caneel Bay is accessible only by boat or ferry and its beaches are widely considered to be among the best in the world. A steadfast environmentalist and preservationist, Laurance Rockefeller was dedicated to creating a destination that would live in harmony with its natural environment. Escape Rates Book your next escape to Caneel Bay and enjoy this promotional rate that includes breakfast daily. This offer is valid May 1 – August 25, 2017 and November 1-21, 2017. Three night minimum stay required. Price includes full American Breakfast Buffet daily and is based on single or double occupancy; there is an additional charge for a third person in the room. Offer is available on new bookings only. Book now! Subject to availability and black out dates apply.
Divi Carina Bay Located on a quiet stretch of beach in St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands, the Divi Carina Bay All Inclusive Beach Resort combines privacy and relaxation with modern style and amenities. Spacious beachfront guestrooms and deluxe hillside suites offer private balconies with stunning views. Only steps away from the exciting resort casino, and offering an on-site PADI five-star dive operation and activities center, guests of the Divi Carina have their choice of diversions. Romantic candlelit dining, and casual poolside treats complement deluxe amenities and superior island hospitality. TRAVEL TO ST. CROIX IN 2017 AND RECEIVE $300 This year is the 100th anniversary of "Transfer Day," when Denmark sold the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. St. Croix and the other islands are celebrating in a big way. To commemorate this landmark event, the U.S. Virgin Islands are giving visitors a $300 voucher to be used on "Historical/Cultural Tours and Activities." Divi Carina Bay All-Inclusive Beach Resort is participating in the program. There are a couple of stipulations, but they should be easy to meet: you need to book your trip by October 1, 2017 for travel during the 2017 calendar year, and you must stay for a minimum of three nights. For details, visit the U.S. Virgin Islands Tourism website.
Island Dream Vacations is a vacation rental company whose mission is to help you experience the "island dream" by planning your vacation in a luxurious vacation rental on the beautiful US Virgin Island of St. Thomas and have an unforgettable stay! Island Dream Vacation will help you plan other aspects of your trip such as transportation, excursions like boating, fishing, snorkel kayak tours, etc. as well as arrange for private massage, facials, yoga, provisioning, chef services, etc. The owner of Island Dream Vacations followed her dream years ago and moved to this slice of paradise island called St. Thomas. She boasts attention to detail, personal planning and care, is there for you every step of your vacation planning and during your stay. All of this adds up to a stress free vacation and the time of your life. So Come Make the Trip to Paradise… Island Dream Vacations offers a plethora of villas and condos all located on St. Thomas to fit your specific needs. Whether you are looking for a beach side spot conveniently located near all of the happening restaurants or bars, or you want to be on the North-shore in an expansive luxury villa, Island Dream Vacations has it all!
St. John's Most Exclusive Vacation Condos at Sirenusa SIRENUSA is a 22-villa condominium community located on a five-acre property on St. John with a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom villas. SIRENUSA brings the standard of design and construction found in exceptional private residences to a sophisticated lifestyle, resulting in a majestic island home of breathtaking views with an outstanding architectural design and ultra-luxurious appointments.
Affordable Vacation Homes and Luxury Welcome to Destination St. John, one of St. John's oldest and most respected vacation villa rental companies on St. John, US Virgin Islands. Destination St. John offers you an exclusive assortment of exceptional St. John accommodations, from affordable vacation homes to luxury villas, rental homes and other lodging in the beautiful US Virgin Islands. You will not find Destination St. John villas on many other websites, as our St John property rentals and villa specials are unique and exclusive—just like you—with our main goal to exceed your St. John vacation expectations with our unmatched guest services and amenities. With us you will discover how easy it is to make your dream St. John vacation villa holiday a reality.
*Currently undergoing renovations. A Charming Boutique Hotel The St. John Inn is a charming boutique hotel centrally located in the heart of Cruz Bay. Our guests are a delightful mixture of families, backpackers, seniors, and honeymooners. We are walking distance from shops, restaurants, charter boats, the ferry docks, and the National Park Headquarters. There are also beautiful trails and beaches within walking distance. However, for those of you who wish to stay in and soak up the tropical sun, you can do so pool side at the Inn. Convenient Location, Continental Breakfast, Free WiFi, Air Conditioning, Swimming Pool, Private Bath, DirecTV, Refrigerators, Microwave Ovens, Coffee Maker, iPod Docking Stations, Outdoor Grilling Area St. John Inn offers five different types of rooms to meet your needs. Standard rooms (3) have one queen bed and can accommodate 2 adults. The Standard room with kitchenette (1) has one queen bed and a kitchenette with hotplate, toaster oven, and pots and pans. Suites (4) have one queen bed in the bedroom and a separate living room area with a full-sized sofabed. Suites accommodate 3 adults, or 2 adults and 2 children. The Suite with kitchenette (1) is the same as a Suite, with the added bonus of a kitchenette with hotplate, toaster oven, and pots and pans. The Two Bedroom Suite (1) has one queen bed in each bedroom, one bathroom, and can accommodate 4 adults. We also provide beach towels, coolers, and chairs free of charge! Join us each morning for a complimentary continental breakfast, and each evening at sunset for a complimentary happy hour. Our welcoming and hospitable staff are eager to assist you with your vacation plans, and helping enhance your Virgin Islands experience on St. John. We gladly offer our guests all of the amenities they will find in other St. John hotels for cheaper, more affordable prices.


Palma de Mallorca, May 30, 2015. – Updated results of the ongoing Phase I/IIA clinical trial with 2OHOA in patients with advanced solid tumours, including malignant glioma (MIN-001-1203), were presented today in a poster discussion session at the 51st annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), held in Chicago from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June, 2015.
In this event, the latest findings from cancer clinical trials, including new drug studies that could change patient care, are announced to more than 25.000 worldwide physicians, researchers and representatives of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
The results of the first 6 cohorts of the MIN-001-1203 study were presented in an abstract and poster discussion session that raised significant interest among the ASCO community. 22 evaluable patients (10 with glioblastoma) have been recruited in the first 6 cohorts in 3 sites located in the UK and in Spain. The study drug is given as a PO suspension, 2 or 3 times daily, in 21-day cycles in order to determine the safety profile and the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). Dose escalation in the trial continues as 2OHOA has hitherto been well tolerated, even in very high doses (12 mg/day) with no drug-related serious adverse events reported. In addition to the safety results, Lipopharma presented data on secondary endpoints for the trial, including pharmacokinetics (PK) and early indications of efficacy. The PK profile was dose-proportional with no accumulation up to 4g/day and no food interactions were observed. At doses up to 4g/day the t1/2 ranged from 1,5 to 3,8 hr, while at the highest dose (12 gr/day) t1/2 was 10,8h.
Furthermore, clinical benefit has been reported in 4 patients, 3 of them with glioblastoma (GBM), including one GBM patient (ongoing) that has achieved a sustained partial response (PR) on RANO criteria (tumour shrinkage ˃91%) lasting now for more than 20 months. Two other GBM patients (ongoing) have Stable Disease (SD) after 4 and 6 months of treatment respectively. A fourth patient with progressive mesothelioma had SD lasting up to cycle 15 (10 months).
MIN-001-1203 Phase I/IIa 2OHOA trial background. The Phase I/IIA trial of 2OHOA is an open label, non-randomized, safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and efficacy study for adult patients with advanced solid tumors including malignant glioma. Patients must have tumor progression after first or second line standard-of-care treatment. The study will be performed in two phases - a dose escalation phase following a standard "3+3" design to establish dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) and a safe dose of 2OHOA followed by two expanded safety cohorts (10 malignant glioma and 10 other advanced solid tumours suitable for biopsy) treated at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD). If the MTD is well tolerated in the expanded safety cohorts, that dose becomes the recommended Phase 2 dose (RP2D). Primary endpoints are to determine the safety and tolerability of 2OHOA administered orally using a continuous dosing schedule and to identify the RP2D of 2OHOA. Secondary endpoints include to characterize the single-and steady-state pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles of 2OHOA; with a continuous daily dosing schedule, to evaluate the effect of 2-OHOA on sphingomyelin (SM) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) in non-glioma patients (patients with lesions suitable for biopsy -dose escalation phase and all patients-expanded safety cohort) and to assess the preliminary anti-tumor efficacy of 2OHOA. Radiological progression of disease will be assessed every two cycles (6 weeks) starting after the first two cycles have completed (after 6 weeks treatment) up to the end of Cycle 6 (thereafter every 3-4 cycles, at the Investigator's discretion). Tumors will be measured by CT or MRI scan. Changes will be scored according to RANO criteria (glioma) or Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) v1.1 (other solid tumor).


The tendency toward self-criticism is more prevalent among those who live with anxiety or depression, even when our problems stem from issues beyond our control. The focus is more on fixing the problem than it is on calming, confronting, and caring for ourselves. When we notice our shortcomings, instead of judging them or going blind to them by pretending we did nothing wrong, acknowledge them, let yourself and others know they exist; own your behavior, and then keep going. You can use perspective-taking to broaden your outlook- you're not the only one who has flaws! Everyone does, ya! Instead of stigmatizing your failures, see that they are shared and common. They're not so terrible or demoralizing when you remember that everyone is human and has inadequacies. Personal groundbreaking discoveries can come from disappointing moments of failure if you can keep your head on straight, find perseverance, and meaning during difficult moments.
If you need an exercise to give you courage, to clear your mind, and find perseverance try this frog pose.
Long Deep Breathing. Sit in Easy Pose with spine straight. Begin breathing long and deep through both nostrils. Focus on the life-giving flow of breath for 3 minutes. To end, inhale, suspend the breath a few seconds, then relax the breath.
Frog Pose. Squat down on the toes, knees wide apart. Heels are touching, and raised up off the ground. Place the fingertips on the ground between the knees. The face is forward. Inhale as you raise the hips up, keeping the fingertips on the ground, heels up, knees locked.
Exhale down, face forward, knees outside of arms. 10 times. On the tenth, stay down and take three deep breaths. On the third breath exhale completely and suspend the breath out as you apply mulbandh. Suspend the breath out 10-20 seconds.
Repeat Frog Pose 26 times. On the last time, stay down and take three deep breaths. On the third breath, suspend the breath out and again apply rootlock. Feel energy rise along the spine as you suspend the breath out.


A few months ago my friend and former Millennium colleague Barb Bryant submitted a manuscript on "Chromatin Computing" for publication. She sent me a preprint, and we started thinking about what we could do together with the ideas she had put forward. Barb and I have since worked together on early versions of these problems, and today we (strictly speaking, Barb) gave a talk at ISMB on some of the results.
What Barb did in her paper was very imaginative: she showed, formally, that modifications of chromatin could serve as a universal computing engine following a set of string rewriting rules. Seeing chromatin dynamics in this way is refreshing. One begins to think about what rules underlie chromatin mark changes that actually occur in cells, and how those rules affect biological outcome. In principle, chromatin states could potentially be engineered to solve real problems and thus form a novel type of synthetic biological computer.
There's a lot more to it, but what we've been doing in the last few months is not building biological systems, but extending the ideas using in silico implementation of a chromatin computer. We have a simulator that we can use to understand how rule sets can be used to solve different problems. We've solved the original Hamiltonian path problem of Leonard Adelman (recapitulated in Barb's paper) in a number of different ways. These include several non-deterministic solutions (my student Li Chenhao developed a compact and elegant representation) and a deterministic approach that performs a depth-first search of the graph but requires rules that operate on several regions of chromatin at once (like real complexes that form loops).
Barb's talk was packed, and we both answered questions. We showed several animations of different solutions to the Hamiltonian path problem using a chromatin computer. The original and modified stochastic solutions animations are fun to watch, but the multi-site rule solution comes with a soundtrack if you use Google Chrome.
There are a bunch of ways we'd like to take this work. One clear challenge is to understand better how chromatin dynamics can be represented in a chromatin computer, starting with mining data available on real chormatin modifying complexes. Another is to implement learning systems using chromatin computers, and apply them to a range of problems. A third is to scour the details of chromatin dynamics for biological inspiration to real problems in computation (Ziv Bar-Joseph's work is a good model for this).
Finally, there are obvious synthetic biology applications, such as building a biological chromatin computer to solve problems on a dish instead of on a chip. That's a tall order, but something we can explore first by simulation.


Preservation Long Island's Endangered Historic Places List for 2019 consists of four properties that reflect the diversity of Long Island's historic resources and cultural heritage. These places also illustrate the variety of challenges confronting the preservation of historic properties throughout the region.
Preservation Long Island's 2019 Endangered Historic Places Program is made possible in part by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.


MISSOULA — The Billings Senior softball team rolled over Missoula Big Sky 21-3 in three innings and Missoula Hellgate 13-1 in five for a pair of Class AA wins.
Against Big Sky, Senior scored one run in the first inning, eight in the second and 12 in the third. The Broncs recorded seven hits and drew 15 walks.
Senior freshman Kennedy Venner went 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBIs, three runs scored and three stolen bases. Her senior teammate Ellie Ostermiller pitched two scoreless and hitless innings and went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and three RBIs at the plate.
The Broncs led Hellgate 2-1 through three innings, and they pulled away with five runs in the fourth and six in the fifth.
Senior Laurel Gordon hit a home run and drove in four runs, while Kara Conway went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs and fellow sophomore Dacee Zent went 2-for-4 with a double. Ostermiller pitched three scoreless innings on one hit and one walk with six strikeouts, and junior Cassidy Vanner allowed the lone run on two hits and no walks with a strikeout.
Hellgate freshman Keke Davis went 1-for-2 with a home run.


text:
Q: Fitting issues when including certain combination of variables with lavaan::cfa() I am trying to fit 13 ordinal indicator variables to a single factor, but there are three of them that will result in a warning when they're included simultaneously. You can find the code below (data is at the end of the code block).
library(lavaan)
c("q0069_0001","q0069_0002","q0069_0003","q0069_0004","q0069_0005",
  "q0069_0006","q0069_0007","q0069_0008","q0069_0009","q0069_0010",
  "q0069_0011","q0069_0012","q0069_0013") -> q.sexrisk

# Works fine:
'SexRisk =~ q0069_0001+q0069_0002+q0069_0003+q0069_0004+q0069_0005+q0069_0006+q0069_0007+q0069_0008+q0069_0009+q0069_0010+q0069_0011+q0069_0012' -> my.model
my.sem01 <- cfa(my.model, data = my.data, ordered = c(q.sexrisk))

# Warning:
'SexRisk =~ q0069_0001+q0069_0002+q0069_0003+q0069_0004+q0069_0005+q0069_0006+q0069_0007+q0069_0008+q0069_0009+q0069_0010+q0069_0011+q0069_0012+q0069_0013' -> my.model
my.sem02 <- cfa(my.model, data = my.data, ordered = c(q.sexrisk))

# Warning message:
# In lav_model_vcov(lavmodel = lavmodel, lavsamplestats = lavsamplestats,  :
#  lavaan WARNING:
#    The variance-covariance matrix of the estimated parameters (vcov)
#    does not appear to be positive definite! The smallest eigenvalue
#    (= 2.974964e-17) is close to zero. This may be a symptom that the
#    model is not identified.

# Isolated to these three:
'SexRisk =~ q0069_0010+q0069_0011+q0069_0013' -> my.model
my.sem03 <- cfa(my.model, data = my.data, ordered = c(q.sexrisk))

# Warning message:
# In lav_model_vcov(lavmodel = lavmodel, lavsamplestats = lavsamplestats,  :
#   lavaan WARNING:
#     The variance-covariance matrix of the estimated parameters (vcov)
#     does not appear to be positive definite! The smallest eigenvalue
#     (= 4.185020e-17) is close to zero. This may be a symptom that the
#     model is not identified.

structure(list(q0069_0001 = c("1", "1", "2", "2", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "4", "3", "2", "4", "1", "5", "2", "1",
"3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "3", "2",
"3", "1", "1", "3", "4", "4", "2", "1", "1", "2", "2", "4", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "4", "4", "4", "4", "2", "1", "2", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "2", "1", "3", "4", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "4", "3", "4", "1", "2", "1", "4", "4",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "2", "1", "3", "1", "2", "3", "2", "1",
"1", "3", "2", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "4", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "4", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"2", "4", "2", "1", "3", "2", "1", "2", "4", "1", "2", "1", "4",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "4", "2", "3", "4", "3", "1",
"1", "3", "1", "3", "3", "2", "1", "3", "2", "2", "4", "4", "3",
"4", "2", "2", "4", "4", "4", "4", "4", "1", "1", "2", "4", "3",
"2", "4", "4", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "2", "3", "4",
"4", "2", "1", "2", "2", "4", "1", "2", "4", "1", "2", "3", "1",
"3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "4", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"3", "2", "2", "4", "1", "3", "1", "2", "2", "2", "2", "3", "2",
"2", "4", "3", "2", "1", "4", "2", "4", "3", "1"), q0069_0002 = c("1",
"2", "1", "3", "2", "2", "1", "4", "4", "2", "2", "4", "2", "3",
"2", "4", "2", "1", "2", "3", "1", "2", "2", "4", "4", "3", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "4", "3", "2", "4", "1", "3", "3", "4", "4", "2",
"1", "4", "4", "4", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4",
"3", "4", "2", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "3",
"2", "1", "1", "4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2",
"2", "4", "1", "4", "4", "4", "4", "4", "1", "1", "4", "4", "4",
"4", "4", "4", "2", "4", "4", "1", "3", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1",
"1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "4", "3", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "4", "2", "4", "3", "1", "3", "4", "2",
"2", "2", "4", "3", "2", "4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "2",
"2", "1", "3", "1", "3", "3", "4", "4", "1", "2", "4", "4", "2",
"4", "1", "3", "1", "3", "3", "3", "2", "2", "4", "3", "3", "4",
"2", "2", "4", "4", "3", "4", "2", "4", "2", "1", "3", "4", "1",
"2", "4", "4", "2", "1", "4", "4", "3", "3", "1", "3", "4", "2",
"3", "4", "1", "3", "2", "1", "3", "4", "1", "1", "1", "4", "2",
"2", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "3", "4", "1", "3", "1",
"4", "2", "2", "2", "4", "3", "1", "3", "3", "4", "4", "1", "2",
"1", "4", "1"), q0069_0003 = c("1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "2",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"2", "2", "2", "4", "1", "3", "1", "3", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "4",
"2", "2", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "4",
"3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "3",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "3", "1", "1", "3", "1", "4", "1", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1"), q0069_0004 = c("2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "3", "3", "2", "3", "3", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "2", "2", "2", "3", "4", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"2", "2", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3", "3",
"4", "2", "1", "2", "4", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "4", "2", "3", "3",
"4", "1", "2", "3", "4", "4", "2", "3", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "2",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "2", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "2", "1"), q0069_0005 = c("1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "4",
"1", "1", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1"), q0069_0006 = c("1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"4", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1"), q0069_0007 = c("1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "4", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "2", "2", "4", "1",
"2", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "2", "4", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1",
"1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"3", "3", "1", "1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "4", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1"), q0069_0008 = c("1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1"), q0069_0009 = c("1", "2", "1", "4", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "2",
"3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "4", "2", "4", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "3", "2", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "3", "3", "1", "1", "3", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "3", "4", "4",
"3", "1", "4", "1", "1", "4", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "4", "2",
"2", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "2", "1",
"2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "4", "1", "4", "1", "2",
"3", "3", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "2", "4", "2", "1", "4", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "3", "1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "4", "1", "1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "2", "2", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "4", "4", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "3", "1"), q0069_0010 = c("1",
"2", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "4", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"2", "1", "1", "3", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "4",
"4", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "4", "1", "1", "3", "1", "3", "1", "2",
"1", "4", "3", "2", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"4", "3", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4", "2", "1", "3", "3", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "3", "3", "1", "3", "3", "2", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "5", "2", "2", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "1"), q0069_0011 = c("1", "2", "4", "3", "2", "2",
"1", "4", "4", "2", "1", "4", "4", "4", "1", "4", "1", "4", "4",
"4", "1", "3", "4", "4", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "4", "4",
"4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"4", "1", "1", "4", "2", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "4", "4", "1", "2", "4", "4",
"4", "1", "4", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "4", "3",
"1", "4", "2", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"4", "1", "4", "3", "1", "4", "4", "2", "2", "5", "4", "2", "1",
"4", "2", "2", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "4", "1", "2", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "3", "1", "3", "4",
"3", "2", "4", "4", "1", "3", "4", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "4",
"3", "4", "3", "3", "1", "1", "1", "4", "3", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "3", "2", "1", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1", "2", "2", "4", "1",
"1", "1", "4", "2", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1"), q0069_0012 = c("1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "4", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1",
"3", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"1", "2", "3", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1"), q0069_0013 = c("1", "1", "4", "2", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1",
"2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "4", "2", "1", "1",
"4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "4", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "4", "2", "4", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "2", "1", "1",
"1", "2", "2", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1",
"1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3",
"1", "1", "1", "4", "1", "3", "4", "3", "2", "5", "3", "2", "1",
"2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "2", "2", "4", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "2", "1", "2", "2", "2", "1", "2", "1", "1",
"2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1", "3", "1", "1", "4", "4",
"3", "2", "3", "4", "1", "4", "4", "1", "2", "2", "1", "2", "3",
"3", "4", "4", "3", "1", "2", "1", "2", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "1",
"1", "1", "2", "2", "3", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "4", "1",
"1", "4", "5", "1", "1", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1")), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA,
251L)) -> my.data

From what I could find on this error, other questions on this site and elsewhere mention that this could be an issue of colinearity, but looking at contingency tables of the offending variables shows they're pretty different. This paper also mentions that the assumption of a latent multivariate normal distribution might be a poor fit for some data.
It's interesting to note that despite the warning, a seemingly reasonable fit is still returned. I'd like to know if the warning means these estimates shouldn't be trusted and what to do about it (perhaps comparing measures of fit and dropping the worst performing item?).
EDIT: I've also read that additional variables can fix this type of issues. In fact, I plan to do use this LV for a larger model with other covariates. Trying an age variable just now made the error go away. Does this mean I should not be concerned about the warnings for the CFA if everything works fine for the full model?

A: Structural equation modeling relies on means and the variance covariance matrix. For ordinal data, the software will calculate polychoric correlations to try to recover the relation between the categorical indicators under the assumption that they are polychotomized realizations of continuous variables. And these continuous variables are multivariate normal.
In calculating these correlations, it computes them in a pairwise manner (between every two items). This can easily result in a situation where variable A has a correlation with variable B and variable C that instantly defines limits on the possible correlation between B and C. But when the correlation between B and C is computed, it falls outside of this range. This will create a non positive definite correlation matrix with (near) zero or negative eigenvalues.
You may be able to use the ridge option in lavaan to regularize the solution. This may solve this problem. Alternatively, you can use software that calculates the polychoric correlation matrix all at once (like EQS) instead of in pairwise fashion. This is less likely to lead to this problem. There are some other solutions in the literature.
You could also estimate the model as a Bayesian multilevel model. An ordinal CFA is identical to the 2-PL item response theory model described in the Stan reference manual. However you lose the goodness of fit indices that are pre-programmed into SEM software.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Actually, S7 was great TV with a few moments of "that wasn't very good."
Topic: What would be an interesting prequel?
Re: What would be an interesting prequel?
Given that Cersei didn't return in good faith, the answer is obvious: Cersei saw an angle that she could use to backstab Daenerys and Jon that she had not seen before.


Fuelling VR Group´s digital transformation to optimise operations and increase customer service quality with migration to multi-cloud.
Finnish railway company VR Group is a public cloud forerunner company in Finland which continuously develops the digital customer experience of train travellers to optimise operations and increase service quality. Finnish state-owned VR Group has been facing free competition on local railway passenger traffic by 2021.
As the company has its customers as the focal point in its strategy, VR is dedicated to provide the services the customers are searching for. Mobility services and data are the core components of future travel and VR wants to lead the development of these services by taking full advantage of the public cloud.
When utilising the public cloud, the development of new services is fast and agile. Additional benefits of new cloud technologies for VR Group were reliability of services which assisted in the user experience of the service as well as the overall cost of the service.
VR Group wanted a single cloud partner to execute multi-cloud mass migration, adoption of DevOps culture and legacy App modernisation.
In 2014, VR Group started using new Azure cloud technologies. Nordcloud provided consultation for Azure, built the infrastructure and provided 24/7 managed cloud services for this project.
VR Group also wanted to start using the AWS cloud platform, so Nordcloud provided consultation and built a platform for new services. After this Nordcloud continued to manage and monitor all VR Group´s cloud environments. In 2017, VR decided on the first wave of applications to be migrated to AWS. Nordcloud provided VR with a team of cloud architects who became an integral part of VR´s own in-house IT team and they created the foundation for the AWS cloud platform together with VR´s internal cloud architects and IT department. Nordcloud´s cloud architects also created the baseline for the infrastructure as well as automated the infrastructure utilising chosen technologies (e.g. Terraform).
As the migration project was driven forwards and applications were being migrated to the cloud platform the management of these services was also handled by Nordcloud. This was a crucial aspect of the migration project as the main driver was to have a more reliable platform for the service and improving the customer experience and satisfaction.
During the migration project, Nordcloud was responsible for creating the automated cloud infrastructure. The migration was also heavily reliant on third-party software partners and, to be able to succeed in the migration, the right level of knowledge regarding the new cloud technologies needed to be in place. Nordcloud ´s consultants therefore guided the third-party software partners in the creation of the new applications on the cloud platforms.
Nordcloud and VR Group successfully completed the new cloud platforms and the migration project on time. Nordcloud and VR cloud experts all worked together as one integrated team, both learning best practices from each other. This meant that the project execution and incident reaction times became considerably faster than using an old fashioned ticketing process. Working agily together also lead to adaption of DevOps principles in the organisation.
All together some 25 services were on-boarded to Nordcloud managed services to ensure that VR´s customers always can get the service they need when they need it. Multi-cloud environment means that the development of new services is fast and agile. Reliability of these services will ensure the best possible customer experience and customer satisfaction for VR´s customers.
The utilisation of cloud technologies also resulted in significant cost savings for the VR Group. Nordcloud´s capacity service offers VR both cost optimisation and customised bills to be allocated accurately.
The Finnish state owned railway company VR Group is a public cloud forerunner company in Finland continuously developing the digital customer experience of train travellers to optimise operations and increase service quality.


It's fair to say that HTC's still not managed to build on the success of the One M7, with both the One M8 and One M9 failing to set the world alight. The Taiwanese company is naturally determined to get back to competing with Apple and Samsung, and new reports suggest it's looking for a leg-up from the Nexus brand.
Having been Google's hardware partner for 2010's Nexus One, HTC's no stranger to the line. It was behind the 2014 Nexus 9 tablet too, though that was good rather than great. Rumours say it's ready to dive back in with two separate handsets, both of which would hit the market later this year. Tipsters reckon the company's building both a 5-incher and a 5.5-incher, which should appeal to the vast majority of consumers.


text:
S.A.F.E Day Report 2022
Our annual S.A.F.E Day (Support and Advice for Everyone) was held in School on Tuesday 8th March 2022.
Based in the Main Hall, we welcomed a variety of agencies to school to encourage our students to engage, receive information and get advice on how to stay safe. The format allowed them to ask questions and seek guidance about a number of subjects and issues, including mental, emotional, physical and sexual health, domestic abuse, bullying, LGBTQIA+ and drugs and alcohol abuse.
We were pleased to be able to invite guests once again into school. Our sincere thanks go to all the organisations who supported us, including:
It's OK 2BU – We welcomed Shelley from 2BU Somerset, a Youth Support Service for #LGBTQ+ young people aged 13 to 25 in Somerset.
Avon and Somerset Police – PCSO's Louise and Will joined us. They spoke to students about public order and how to keep themselves and others safe.
Hide Out (Domestic Abuse charity) – Women's Aid created this space to help children and young people to understand domestic abuse, and how to take positive action if it's happening to you.
Escapeline – Escapeline joined us to raise awareness of child exploitation. They work closely with schools, police, local authority, health and other local voluntary organisations.
Young Somerset – Young Somerset spoke to our students about the support they provide to young people in the county. This includes youth work, alternative learning provision and enterprise, emotional wellbeing and mental health support.
Sweda – Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorders Association offers support to young people aged 16-25.
Mind – Youth Matters and Time to Connect Somerset enjoyed lots of conversations with our students about what Mind in Somerset has to offer. Mind make sure that everyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support.
Along with the external agencies our own school nursing team joined us for SAFE Day but are on-site every day to support students. Every Wednesday lunchtime they provide an on-site school-based confidential health clinic. The clinic is open to all students and runs from the Pastoral Hub.
Our School Peer Mentors also hosted a stand. Our Peer Mentors and trained in listening and strategies to support anyone who needs it. They hold drop-in sessions every lunchtime in the Pastoral Hub and do a fantastic job to support the whole school community.
A big thank you to our Pastoral team for once again arranging such a fantastic event for our students.
Commenting on the initiative, Mrs Wilson, Pastoral Manager, said, "We organise this day each year to raise awareness of the plethora of amazing organizations that are out there to support students who might be dealing with a range of issues, and for whatever reason might feel more comfortable looking outside of school for additional help. We hope that this will support students dealing with concerns now, but also in the future, as students can signpost where to go to their friends."
Headteacher Helen Cullen said "The Pastoral Hub is at the centre of the school. The team within this area are fantastic, day in and day out they support young people with a wide range of difficulties and needs. No issue is too big and no worry to small, they always find time for students. I am proud that as a Headteacher we are able to provide first class pastoral support for our students that is personalised, aligned to need and available when they need it."


Susie Harris Replacing Fluorescent Lighting FANTASTIC IDEA for from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it along when looking for drapes or some other designing resources downloaded from: pinterest.com.
Fluorescent Light Fittings Luxury Furniture Clamp Desk Light Luxury from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it along when looking for curtains or another redecorating components image received from: trcommons.org.
Effectively » Kitchens can often be used to welcome guests and allows the host to easily treat their friends to a snack before the food is ready. These different uses for kitchens have triggered new trends to surface in designs. Your kitchen remodeling market is actually a very interesting business venture for a number of do-it-yourself companies.
How to Remove Bathroom Light Fixture Best Kitchen Fans with from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it along with you when shopping for curtains or any other decorating resources picture downloaded from: sflucus.org.
Fresh Kitchen Lighting Fluorescent Beautiful kitchen from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it with you when looking for window curtains or other designing resources screenshot sourced from: bigapplelittlekitchen.com.
Replace Fluorescent Light In Kitchen – Enviro Lighting from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it together with you when searching for curtains or another beautifying supplies looks got from: envirotube.us.
Replace Fluorescent Light In Kitchen – Enviro Lighting from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it along when searching for curtains or other beautifying materials impression received from: envirotube.us.
How to Daisy Chain Lights with wikiHow from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it along when searching for drapes or any other decorating materials picture sourced from: wikihow.com.
Fluorescent Light Fittings Beautiful Led Light Fixtures for Kitchen from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it along when buying window curtains or other beautifying resources impression via from: trcommons.org.
it's important to maximize the amount of space that is useful. You should also take into consideration the designs found in the rest of your property. If you need a kitchen with enough room to take a seat and speak to friends or family more than a glass of tea, in that case your kitchen shouldn't be completely enclosed from the living room so you may easily make the changeover between the two rooms. There are several options available to you.
Lights Under Kitchen Cabinets Reviews Dans Earl from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it along when looking for curtains or other designing resources impression downloaded from: dansearl.com.
Fluorescent Diagram Beautiful Ceiling Lights Wiring Led Ceiling from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it along with you when looking for window curtains or another beautifying resources looks received from: nawandihalabja.com.
Elegant 50 Kitchen Ceiling Light Fixtures 2018 Lighting Reference from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it together with you when looking for curtains or some other redecorating supplies image via from: blogsdelcamp.info.
24 best Fluorescent light covers images on Pinterest from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it with you when searching for drapes or another decorating resources impression received from: pinterest.com.
Luxury Kitchen Fluorescent Light – Priapro from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Take it together with you when buying window curtains or some other beautifying resources looks received from: priapro.com.
38 Awesome Kitchen Fluorescent Light from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it together with you when shopping for drapes or other beautifying materials image sourced from: songvidai.com.
20 Inspirational Kitchen Ceiling Light Fixtures Home Decoration Ideas from Fluorescent Kitchen Light , Bring it with you when searching for drapes or other designing components picture received from: napervillebrickpaving.com.
refrigerator and a large oven. You will need to carefully choose gadgets such as your refrigerator or your dishwasher so they can make your work in your kitchen easier.