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"It's payback time," Mehran Mansouri explains of the bamboo from China and other parts of Asia that he uses for his made-in-Canada chair and table.
"They're buying raw material from us and manufacturing it; now we're buying raw material from there and transforming it into something beautiful."
The result of a four-year-old dream, his Mansouri table (called Greta Oto) and Mansouri chair (Cynthia) are more than his day job: they're part of his segue from design to his designs on Canada's future.
"The beauty is, we are a truly multinational country and have talent from all over the world here," continues the designer, whose Burnabybased Dcube Millwork has worked on projects for the Shangri-La Hotel, the Vancouver Olympic athletes' village and Gastown's Obakki store, "but we have to get people to wake up and start thinking."
Having millions of fresh ideas in the ether will help to change things for the better, he suggests.
For example, forget competing with China in terms of fabrication ( "because they are much cheaper than us — we are getting killed by other countries in the furniture industry."
The Canadian survival plan, he suggests, is to come up with "new techniques and a new way of manufacturing that involves less labour so they cannot compete with, or copy, us."
Honing in on his part of this revolution, he calls on his background (he has degrees in applied science in civil engineering, as well as architecture) to do much "calculating" when he designs.
He is attracted to work with wood because of its flexibility. "It's in our genes and our blood to work with this natural material," Mansouri adds. Even after 26 years in the industry and working in Malaysia, Africa and Russia (he is part Russian, part Persian) before landing in Canada 12 years ago, he comments, "You never get tired of it."
The Mansouri table (Greta Oto, priced from $1,300 to $5,000), and Mansouri chair (Cynthia, $760) are made by Dcube, 3901 Charles Street, Burnaby (604-298 8388; dcubeconstruction.com).Both are available at nood, 151 Water Street, Vancouver (604-684 9008; nooddesign.ca);the table is also at all nood locations.
Visitors to New York return with outdoor chairs
Let's hear it for New York. The team at Homewerx on Davie first spied these bistro chairs in Times Square while on a buying trip in the Big Apple.
"As our taxi zipped by we saw a bunch of them scattered throughout the streets," says Shaniff Thawer, the store's managing partner/buyer.
"We loved the colour impact and simplicity of the design."
The original patent is from 1889 in France, he explains, where it became a hit, especially with lemonade sellers who could use this folding furniture to avoid paying for a permanent spot. (The maker Fermob has kept up the line since then to meet demand all over the globe.)
"The bistro collection is definitely iconic -we love its looks, functionality, durability and great history," he adds. It also comes in 20 shades (cobalt blue is the current favourite at Homewerx). "Though we normally like our whites, and greys here," he says, "we think the bistro collection lends itself well to colour. A pop of brightness brings any outside space to life."
Why did the store think it would work well in Vancouver? It's all about size, and the fact they fold up, Thawer adds. Perfect not only for the City of Glass's small patios and terraces, but for the setting for a soupcon of Pernod or Ricard, oui?
Chairs, $99.99, and tables, from $225, at Homewerx, 1053 Davie (604-682 2204; homewerx.ca)


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CUPERTINO, Calif. -- At an annual shareholders meeting Friday that was almost completely devoid of drama, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook still managed to stun the audience for a moment and bring the room to complete silence.
Sitting on a chair onstage, holding an iPad and some notes, about halfway through a Q&A session, Cook suddenly said something unthinkable for a company that never says a peep about its future plans:
"And now I'm going to unveil some new products here onstage to show you what we've been working on."
The audience was stunned. Mouths hung open. People looked at one another, wondering the same thing: "Did he just say what I thought he said?" Then came the applause and cheers.
Cook quickly brought it to a halt.
"Of course, anyone who knows me knows I'm just joking about that last part," he said, grinning. "Come on. I've got to have some fun!"
Tim Cook. Yankin' his shareholders' chain. Who'd have thought?
"You're sitting pretty close to a lot of the things that are going on," Cook said. "If you could see through the walls...."
It's perhaps a small but telling sign of how comfortable and confident Cook has grown in the two-plus years of having to do the impossible: step into Steve Jobs' shoes.
After the formal part of the shareholders meeting, Cook spent about 45 minutes talking with shareholders who had gathered at Apple's town hall and revealed just a bit more about who he is -- and who he is not.
For instance, one shareholder asked Cook to talk more about the future of the company and his vision for where technology is headed. Jobs used to paint stirring visions of how technology was going to improve the world. Other CEOs like to go onstage and demonstrate their ability to see what's going to happen next.
Not Cook.
"Our mission is not to talk about and sell futures," he said.
Cook also made it clear that although Apple has increased its pace of acquiring other companies and isn't afraid to make a big acquisition, he isn't about to get into an arms race with other companies. It seemed to be an oblique reference to Facebook's $19-billion purchase of messaging app WhatsApp.
After rattling off some stats about the growth of iMessage, Apple's own messaging service, Cook said:
"We're not in a race to see how many companies we can acquire. And we're not in a race to pay the most. And we're not in a race to get the headlines."
Unlike Jobs, Cook touted Apple's philanthropy, noting the $100 million it recently donated to a federal effort to bring more technology to low-income schools. He also mentioned the company's efforts to raise money to fight the global spread of AIDS.
And although Apple has received its share of criticism for working conditions of the people who build its products in China, Cook expressed pride that Apple was trying to be more transparent and self-critical while trying to improve the situation.
"My lifelong heroes are Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy," he said. "I get a lot of spears when I talk about this stuff. I don't give a crap. This is something we care deeply about. I don't think there's a company on Earth that cares more deeply about human rights than Apple does."
Cook saved his choicest remarks for shareholder Justin Danhof, director of the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project.
Danhof had spoken earlier in the meeting, criticizing Apple's connection to trade industry groups that believe people are causing global warming. Later, Danhof asked Cook if he would promise to commit to projects that help the environment or fulfill other social justice aims only if they also help Apple's bottom line.
Cook seemed to be trying not to jump out of his seat.
"When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don't consider the bloody ROI" (return on investment), Cook said.
"When I think about doing the right thing," he said, "I don't think about an ROI."
"If that's a hard line for you," Cook continued, "then you should get out of the stock."
As Danhof sat back down, the audience applauded.
A few other topics Cook addressed:
Brazil, Russia, India and China: Cook said the company was increasingly shifting its focus toward the so-called BRIC countries. He noted that revenue from them had grown from less than $4 billion in 2010 to more than $30 billion in 2013. "The U.S. is still very important to us," he said. "But there's a lot more growth coming out of those markets."
On the launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c last fall: "It's great to note that if you look at the mid-tier and the top-tier phone this year, each did better than the mid-tier and the top-tier phone last year."
On putting 64-bit technology in the iPhone 5s: "Who would have thought, for those of you who have been in technology for a long time, that this could ever be done."
On the growth of Apple's software and services to $16 billion last year: "That's about the size of Starbucks," he said. "That's bigger than CBS, for those of you who are still watching TV."
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The Chicago casino-operating company seeking a state license to build a slots parlor in the Canal District has been fined $483,000 for violations of gambling laws in Pennsylvania and Illinois, according to regulators in those states.
Rush Street Gaming LLC's two Pennsylvania casinos, in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, have been fined a dozen times by state gambling regulators for violations ranging from failing to prevent a 15-year-old boy from gambling for an hour to installing slot machines that had not been tested and certified by the state.
The fines imposed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board during the last three years total $458,000, with the largest single fine being a $105,000 penalty issued in February 2011 for seven instances of allowing underage patrons to gamble at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.
The disciplinary records show that, in another instance, a 14-year-old boy was able to enter the Pittsburgh casino and play a slot machine for several minutes in December 2009.
A spokeswoman from Rush Street's public relations firm provided a brief written statement in response to questions from the Telegram & Gazette about the fines
"We take all of our regulatory obligations very seriously, which is why we voluntarily self-reported each incident at the casinos. At Rush Street Gaming we pride ourselves on implementing and adopting best industry practices in compliance across our properties," wrote Justine Griffin, a senior vice president at Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications in Boston.
Rush Street is seeking the lone Massachusetts slots parlor license to build a $200 million gambling emporium with 1,250 slot machines on the Wyman-Gordon property on Madison Street. Company officials said last week the 120,000-square foot building would also house two restaurants, a food court, a bar and possibly a day spa.
A local opponent of the Worcester slots plan, Edward L. Moynihan, owner of a constable business in the city, said the fines in Pennsylvania and Illinois suggest that Rush Street has a track record of gambling law violations.
"It's up to them to ensure they don't serve underage people. Absolutely it's on them. This is just one of many issues that I think are going to come out on why this is such a bad fit for Worcester," Mr. Moynihan said. He is seeking to organize opposition to the slots plan before it goes to city voters in a binding referendum this summer or fall.
In addition to underage patrons, Pennsylvania regulators also fined Rivers Casino and Rush Street's SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia several times for allowing people with gambling problems, who signed up for the state's self-exclusion list, to enter and gamble at the casinos.
The fines for underage and excluded patrons at Rush Street's two casinos in Pennsylvania represent about 20 percent of the $1.7 million in total fines for those offenses issued by Pennsylvania gambling regulators at all casinos statewide, according to state Gaming Control Board figures.
There are 11 casinos in Pennsylvania including several located at horse racing tracks. Rush Street opened Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh in 2009 and the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia in 2010.
Meanwhile, gambling regulators in Illinois fined Rush Street's Rivers Casino in Des Plaines $25,000 in March 2012 for several instances of marketing to people on that state's self-exclusion list for problem gamblers.
The Illinois casino, which opened in 2011, was found to have issued Rush Rewards cards, authorized a credit card advance of $600 and sent marketing materials to people on the list. The Illinois Gaming Board's legal complaint against the casino found it had violated a state law prohibiting a gambling license holder from "engaging in conduct that would discredit or tend to discredit the Illinois gaming industry or the state of Illinois."
Illinois regulators who investigated the violations found that in one case a casino employee noticed that a person applying for a Rush Rewards card had the same first name, middle name and date of birth as a person on the self-excluded list. The employee brought the issue to the attention of a supervisor, who instructed the employee to issue the card because the last name did not match, according to the complaint.
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Real Salt Lake's veteran midfielder Andy Williams called time on his career Monday, retiring after 14 years in the league to join the RSL technical staff.
Williams, 34, was the last remaining member of the original RSL team, joining the club with the first pick of the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft and spending the rest of his playing days representing the Claret and Cobalt. He was a crucial part of the 2009 MLS Cup championship side, contributing two goals and six assists off the bench that year and playing the full 120 minutes in the title game.
Though his numbers dipped in 2011 — he managed just two goals and one assist — he was durable, appearing 31 times and logging 1970 minutes, the latter number his highest since 2005.
Williams played 332 career regular season matches in his career. He amassed 30 goals in that time. His 86 career assists place him eighth in MLS history. He also played in 19 playoff matches, socring two goals and nine assists.
The stability and longevity he found at RSL were a far cry from Williams' first six years in the league. He came into MLS with a bang in 1998, leading the Columbus Crew in assists during the same year that he represented Jamaica in the World Cup. But his stay in Columbus didn't last long, and he was on his way to Miami to play for the Fusion in 2000.
He then spent a year-and-a-half with New England, before a brief stop in New York in 2002. Williams landed in Chicago for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, helping lead the Fire to the 2003 US Open Cup title.
Williams — who was born in Toronto — was a mainstay for the Reggae Boyz during the entirety of his MLS career. He represented Jamaica 92 times, including at the 1998 World Cup. He finished his career with 13 international goals.
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5 pounds, 10 ounces and 1 year of miracles
- Connor Lee Miller had a neonatal arterial thrombosis, commonly known as a blood clot, in his left arm. (Photo courtesy of the Miller family)
By Becky Miller
The birth of a child is, arguably, one of the most exciting moments of any parent's life. In our case, our son's arrival definitely was exciting, but it was terrifying, too. On April 10, 2013, at 35 weeks' gestation, we welcomed our son, Connor Lee, into the world. He weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 19½ inches in length. He also happened to have an additional, unique characteristic that doctors couldn't diagnose initially – a dark purple and extremely swollen left arm. Connor quickly was introduced to me and then whisked away by a team of doctors with Dad following closely behind.
After what seemed like an eternity, the three of us finally were reunited. Connor was peacefully sleeping in his room in Children's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). A feeding tube had been placed, and he was hooked up to IV medications – scary, but a normal, familiar sight to any parent that has had an infant in the NICU. Not so familiar, however, was Connor's arm. The swelling had increased, and it had begun to change colors, with parts of it beginning to appear black. Doctors were able to determine that Connor had a neonatal arterial thrombosis – more commonly known as a blood clot – that had developed in an artery in his upper-left arm. Doctors said they were unsure of when it formed, but based on the damage to Connor's arm, they hypothesized that it had been in place for anywhere from four to eight weeks prior to birth. Connor was unable to move his wrist or hand, and doctors couldn't find a pulse below his elbow.
The first 48 hours of Connor's hospitalization were filled with more questions than answers. Words and phrases that terrified us became part of normal, everyday discussions: amputation, disability and skin grafting, just to name a few. We became familiar with a phrase that we quickly learned to hate: "Wait and see what will happen." Connor's medical team told us that his was a case unlike anything they had seen in the NICU before and they were not willing to make any drastic decisions too quickly. Connor's unique and complex situation crossed many specialties. We like to say that his NICU room needed a revolving door – when one doctor or specialist walked out, another (or two or three) walked in. In the first weeks of his life, he was seen by hematologists, a plastic surgeon, orthopedic surgeons, a neurosurgeon, the skin integrity team, pain and palliative care, speech therapists, occupational therapists, radiologists and, of course, the neonatology team.
Finally, around day 20, Connor began showing signs of improvement. His arm slowly began to heal and his clot started to shrink. We will never forget the first time we heard the neonatologist utter the word "home" during rounds. Based on the complexity of Connor's case, our social worker helped arrange a care conference that allowed the various medical professionals following his case to weigh in on how we could best move forward. Connor had improved to a point that he no longer needed NICU care, but he continued to need daily wound care. With the help, support and incredible selflessness of some of the integral members of Connor's care team, we put our heads and hearts together and devised a discharge plan that would allow Connor to come home. We collaborated, shared concerns and ultimately came up with a plan that ensured Connor's and our family's needs could be met. On May 3, 23 days after birth, Connor was allowed to come home!
- Since leaving Children's, Connor has exceeded the expectations of his care team. Having been a baby boy that once faced the threat of becoming an amputee, Connor has come farther than we thought possible. He has learned to crawl. He can pull himself up and move along furniture. And, most noteworthy, Connor occasionally is using his left hand to pick up objects of varying sizes. With each of these achievements, we constantly are reminded of how much Connor's care team did for him. We are incredibly grateful for the amazing love, care, compassion and honesty that the staff at Children's showed to Connor and our family during a completely terrifying experience. Today, as we celebrate his first birthday, we can, without a doubt, say that Connor would not be where he is today without the amazing team at Children's!


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The inscription on a memorial to George Washington Littlefield in the West Texas town that bears his surname describes him as a "pioneer plainsman, soldier and state benefactor." In fact, he was a great deal more. Cattle baron, banking magnate, builder, and philanthropist, Littlefield (1842-1920) was the consummate Texan. In the 1943 biography George W. Littlefield, Texan, author J. Evetts Haley described him as "an intent, practical man, of driving and determined purpose … but most of all he was an unreconstructed rebel who never forgot that his deepest love was for the South."
Littlefield was born in Mississippi in 1842—just six years after the fall of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto, and three years before Texas' annexation into the United States. His family moved to Texas when he was eight, and established a plantation in Gonzales County. After his father's death three years later, Littlefield helped his mother manage the plantation, eventually obtaining an education at Gonzales College and Baylor University.
The former cattleman purchased, improved, and preserved several urban landmarks, including Austin's elegant Driskill Hotel.
When the Civil War broke out, Littlefield, then 19, joined the 8th Texas Cavalry, better known as Terry's Texas Rangers. Organized under the leadership of plantation owner Benjamin Franklin Terry, the band was comprised of nearly 1,200 Texans, who brought to the battlefield both their skills with weapons and horses, and an indomitable willingness to charge into the fray. They fought in an impressive list of battles, and by war's end, fewer than 150 Rangers remained. Littlefield numbered among the wounded.
He had fought at Shiloh, Perryville, and Chickamauga, but an exploding cannon shell at Mossy Creek severely damaged his hip in late 1863. After he was hit, he was promoted to major—the youngest in the regiment—but the injury ended his military career, and he walked on crutches for nearly four years. An 1863 photograph of him in the Austin History Center shows a slim, intense-looking, goateed Confederate soldier, standing with the help of crutches and looking considerably older than his 21 years.
After his discharge, Littlefield returned to Gonzales County to work on the family plantation. The farm failed, due to years of floods and insect infestation. Finally, in 1871, he saw potential in buying cattle and driving them to the railheads in Kansas. He proved a savvy businessman, often settling on a sale price for his cattle before pointing them north. In 1877, Littlefield drove a herd to Dodge City, but found the price of cattle low due to the number of herds that had already come in and glutted the market. He chose not to sell, instead seeking out a temperate, open range in Texas on which to winter his stock. He found suitable protected grazing land along a 25-mile stretch of the Canadian River in Oldham County, and established what would become the 240,000-acre LIT Ranch.
Littlefield prospered beyond his wildest expectations.
According to J. Evetts Haley, Littlefield prospered beyond his wildest expectations. In 1881, he sold the LIT to a British corporation for $250,000—a sum equivalent to more than $5 million today. He continued to buy farms and ranches across Texas and New Mexico. While still a young man, he controlled the water rights to millions of acres.
Although described by Haley as a man of strong passions—he was often rigid and slow to forgive a slight—Littlefield was extremely generous when it came to his family, assigning the management of his ranches—and eventually, his bank—to his nephews. They proved highly capable, and Littlefield's enterprises prospered.
At 41, a very wealthy George Littlefield moved to Austin, where—after serving on the board of the State National Bank for seven years—he established and presided over the American National Bank. To house his bank, he built the nine-story Littlefield Building, which towered over the city. Littlefield hired artist E. Martin Hennings to paint murals of ranching scenes and commissioned Tiffany & Company to cast bronze doors featuring cowboy themes. However, he apparently never lost the common touch, as illustrated by a passage from J. Marvin Hunter's 1924 Trail Drivers of Texas, in which Jeff Connolly, one of Littlefield's former trail hands, reminisced:
"Last time I was in Austin ... I went into the American National Bank with a friend of mine and I asked the teller where the Major was. He told me he was back in his private office. This friend of mine wanted to know why I was asking about Major Littlefield and asked me if I knew he was a millionaire. I told him I knew that, but that I used to drive on the old trail for him and was anxious to see him. I went back and told the Major who I was and he treated me as fine as any man was ever treated. If I had been a millionaire myself he could not have treated me any better ... ."
Littlefield thrived as a banker, as he had as a cattleman and landowner, and gained influence with the major political figures of his day. He also acquired interests in a number of local businesses, and purchased, improved, and preserved several urban landmarks, including the Driskill Hotel, one of the most famous of Austin's 19th-Century buildings. In 1893-1894, he built a stately Victorian mansion on land that is now part of the University of Texas campus for his wife, Alice, and himself.
Perhaps George Littlefield's most lasting contribution to the history and culture of the state was his patronage of the University of Texas. By the time of his death, he had ordered the construction of an ornate fountain in front of the Main Building and a dormitory specifically for women freshmen students, and had given or bequeathed more than $3 million to the school. He also bequeathed his three-story, red-brick mansion (his wife, Alice Littlefield, had a life interest) to the university, where it stands today.
Littlefield died in 1920, at age 78. His body lies in Austin's Oakwood Cemetery beside that of his wife, who died 15 years later. A stone in front of his sarcophagus bears the simple inscription: "A Great Man Has Fallen."
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Evolutionists maintain that all living things with similar structures and organs share an evolutionary relationship. One of the perfectly clear examples that invalidate this claim, known as homology, is the octopus eye. (See Homology.) According to evolutionists' imaginary tree of life, octopi -being mollusks-are one of the life forms furthest removed from human beings. Although the octopus and man are very different life forms, between which no so called evolutionary relationship can exist, their eyes have exactly the same structure! This is a clear sign that similar structures do not constitute proof of evolution.
However, the question of whether a particular organ should be included in the homologous or the analogous category is answered solely according to the preconceptions of the theory of evolution. This in turn shows that there is nothing scientific about the evolutionist claim based on similarities.
All evolutionists seek to do is to interpret the findings they discover against the terms of evolution dogma, which they assume to be true right from the outset. Yet the interpretations they come up with are highly inconsistent. Because sometimes organs they are forced to regard as analogous resemble one another so closely, despite their extraordinarily complex structures, that it is utterly illogical to suggest that such resemblances came about as the result of random mutations. If, as evolutionists claim, the octopus's eye emerged as the result of chance, then the vertebrate eye should have emerged by repeating those exact same coincidences.
Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's bad enough accounting for the origin of such things once, but the thought of producing them several times according to the modern synthetic theory makes my head swim.74
According to the theory of evolution, completely independent mutations must have produced these life forms twice, by chance! This fact places evolutionists in an even worse dilemma. Extraordinary similarities like these, which conflict with the evolutionist thesis of homology, show that similar organs represent no evidence for having evolved from a common ancestor. Indeed, the exact opposite can be observed in some life forms: Some living things, despite being regarded by evolutionists as very closely related, have some organs that are completely different from one another.
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George Spanoudis
posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 9:57 am
Dear Dr Muthen,
We are appealing to your expertice in order to solve a small but very interesting problem relative to our data interpretation. Specifically, we wonder whether statistically significant differences found after the comparison of baseline model with models in which we have kept intercepts invariant and /or latent factor means invariant, reflect quantitative or qualitative differences between our latent factors (memory and language competence). I would like to note that we have two groups, a group of children with language difficulties and one with typically developing children (each of 50 participants). The two groups have been tested on 4 memory measures and 5 on language ability (the two factors). Also, I would like to ask how can we compare the latent mean factors of the two groups given that the means on one group are fixed to zero. Many thanks in advance.
George Spanoudis
University of Cyprus
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 10:52 am
You are dealing with intercepts which are measurement parameters and factor means which are structural parameters. Differences in measurement parameters reflect that the factors do not mean the same thing for each group. Differences in structural parameters after measurement invariance of the factors has been established, reflect that the groups differ on those parameters.
When comparing models, one usually compares a set of nested models.
Because factor means must be zero in one group, to hold them equal you would fix them to zero in all groups.
giovanna caprara
posted on Friday, November 02, 2007 - 10:11 am
I'm dealing with the measurement invariance. Since my variables are not normal I'm using MLMV as method of estimation. When I'm using this method the intercepts of the items are constraint to be equal among groups.
How can I test the scalar invariance?
Thank you
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 02, 2007 - 11:59 am
See the discussion of multiple group analysis in Chapter 13 of the Mplus User's Guide. At the end of the discussion, you will find a discussion of testing for measurement invariance.
Scott R. Colwell
posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 9:57 am
I am conducting the invariance testing of a measurement model that is a second order factor represented by 3 first order latent variable factors. The first order factor loadings are invariant across the 2 groups of interest. However the second order factors loadings (including the invariant first order factor loadings) indicate that they are not invariant (using chi-square difference test and a change of 2 degrees of freedom). When I conducted a Wald Chi-square test (using the Model test: command) on the 3 parameters of the second order factors loadings, the Wald test indicates no significant difference in the loadings across groups.
Does this sound odd or I am I potentially doing something incorrect? It seems logical to me that the Wald test should indicate which of the 3 factor loadings to the second order factor are differing across groups as the invariance test indicates.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 10:30 am
I would need to see exactly what you are doing to answer this. Please send the two outputs and your license number to
Herv� CACI
posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 - 3:58 am
Hello Drs Muth�n,
I'm testing invariance across gender of a bifactor model: 1 general factor (18 items) and 2 specific factors (9 items each, name I1 to I18). I'm using the MLM estimator.
The model fits very well in both genders separately, but I need some advice regarding the next steps.
M1. I fitted the model in the entire sample freely estimating the intercepts in both groups ([I1-I18]) and fixing all three latent means to zero ([
]. The loadings are constrained to equality.
M2. I fitted the model in the entire sample freely estimating the intercepts in both groups, fixing all three latent means for zero, AND freely estimating all loadings. This is configural invariance.
3. A robust chi2 test indicates that model that model M2 fits better than M1, thus rejecting the weak invariance hypothesis.
Am I correct? Is it recommended to fix the latent means to zero or not at this early stage to invariance testing ?
Thank you very much in advance.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 20, 2012 - 9:06 am
You can see the inputs for testing measurement invariance under multiple group analysis in the Topic 1 course handout on the website.
When you free intercepts, factor means must be fixed to zero for model identification.
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Bug Report
Error in role order for ternary (two role for one object) fact type
For the ternary fact type: Team (.name) plays Team (.name) on Date ()
The fact editor positions the roles as: Team1, Date, Team2
The Fact type reads correctly, but is shown (and verbalized), in wrong order
Note the two ternary fact types in nORMa model fragment below:
Only the fact type with two references to same object type displayed incorrectly.
nORMa May 2008 drop, VS 2005.
More Info
I replicated the problem in a new project/model/diagram using the same system (VS 2005-Standard on WS 2008) - the same behavior.
I just did a fresh install of Plix and nORMa for VS 2008 - 4/2008 drop on a different box (VS 2008 Pro, on Vista Ult 32bit). I created another new project/model/diagram from scratch, and see the same problems.
Checking the Context Window with a ternary fact selected, I sometimes see the correct sequence of roles - but in reverse order (both setups).
In what may be a related issue, I see ternary fact types listed as entity type objects, under the Object Types listing of the Object Browser. The same fact type is also listed (as it should be), in the Fact Types section of the tree.
Hope someone can figure out the mismatched fact readings, shape connections and verbalization and context display for ternary fact types - it's giving me vertigo, trying to assign constraints; and I haven't even tried to enter sample populations for these yet.
[Sorry for monolithic previous reply - I'll have ask Ken how to delete these. Here's a better view]
For anyone having issues I mentioned with Object Shape/Predicate Role connection and readings, I found out a few things that may help you steer clear of these, while a better fix is prepared by the team. Matt says he will try to look at these issues, but needs to deal with problems with " unary binarization." Once his unary track is cleared, I'm sure he'll be up to taking care of this other stuff.
If the issue is not due to artifacts from an earlier install (see Matt's instructions for clearing the GAC, at the bottom of this post). It looks to be a fault in the Fact Editor. The bad stuff happens when using the FE to enter a Fact Type with arity greater than two, while introducing a primary reference scheme for an entity Object Type - for example "Technician calls Supervisor(.name) about Issue" Here, it's that the Supervisor Object hasn't yet been introduced in another part of the model, that causes the faulty display. If ALL the Object Types for this ternary FT are already established already in the model - "Technician calls Supervisor about Issue" works fine.
If leftovers from earlier versions are causing other problems; and uninstalling and reinstalling NORMA, PliX and DSLTools (don't reinstall DSLTools for VS2008), doesn't solve your problems; try these steps forwarded from Matt:
One thing I've done with the occasional setup issue we've seen is to uninstall the NORMA products, then hand rip any garbage out of the gac.
From a Visual Studio 200x command prompt:
Cd C:\Windows\Assembly\GAC_MSIL
Dir *neumont*
gacutil -u DIRNAME
for each of the remaining dll directories you see (if any). Note that gacutil takes the assembly name, not the dll name (usually, just leave off .dll)
After the gac is totally cleaned out, then you can reinstall NORMA and you should be fine.
Justifiably or not, Matt assumed I'd know what this meant, and how to do this without messing things up on my system. All the usual caveats about fiddling with stuff you don't understand apply. I ran this, and found there were no artifacts to clear out on my GAC. It was worth doing, nonetheless, as it helped me isolate the problem with using the Fact Editor.
Hope it helps.
Brian Nalewajek:In what may be a related issue, I see ternary fact types listed as entity type objects, under the Object Types listing of the Object Browser.
All n-ary and spanning binary FactTypes have implied objectifications, which are part of the model. From a FactType selection you can always tell which FactTypes are implicitly objectified because the 'Name' property becomes editable (FactTypes do no have editable names, the name comes from the underlying ObjectType). To simplify mapping scenarios, we always have a live fully binarized form (aka coreferenced form) of the model. You can see the implied binary FactTypes (and their verbalizations in the Verbalization Browser) by selecting them in the model browser under the 'Implied FactTypes' branch inside an (implicitly or explicitly) objectified FactType.
The only thing you can do with these implied FactTypes is to change their readings using the Reading Editor window. To do this, either select an implied FactType in the model browser, or select a role in the diagram and use the 'Implied Fact Type Readings' branch in the Reading Editor to see the same information.
Whether we should display these (or not) in the Model Browser is a different issue. We do explicitly limit the available properties (IsIndependent, IsValueType, RefMode, ObjectifiedFactType are all locked down), but the other properties are potentially editable.
As for the main issue, I'm having a hard time reproducing the problem as state. However, it appears to be a FactTypeShape.DisplayOrder issue, and you can always change the display order on a FactTypeShape. There are two different ways to do this:
The displayed reading for a specific FactTypeShape will the reading matching the exact displayed role order (if available, you'll see ellipsis but no role player names), backed up by the exact reverse order shown with the reverse reading arrow (if available, ellipsis also used), followed by the highest priority reading with replacement fields filled in (what you're seeing).
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the info and advice - I'll review both and see how the mechanics work out.
As for "main problem" I continue to see this behavior in both VS 2005(WS2008) and VS 2007(Vista Ult) systems. I'm taking that you were able to see the effects, as posted in the VS images I included in my email.
I'll try sending a project file with good behavior and faults on separate pages of single ORM file (as email attachment). I'll go with a minimal amount of elements and no schema generation. I don't think I have any unusual options set for VS.
I've been working mostly on the VS 2005 system, and can get most everything done using the work around. So, this is more of a nuisance than anything else. So far, I've been able to get everything right, if I make sure to establish all Object Types in binaries, before using them in arity>2 Fact Types.
Hope your tangle with absorption was resolved over the weekend.
The issue should be fixed with changeset 1292.


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The Earthquakes wrap up a three-game road trip this week with matches in Guatemala and Southern California. First, San Jose will face CD Heredia on Wednesday, Aug. 28 in Guatemala City for CONCACAF Champions League Group 5 play. Kickoff is 7 p.m. PT at Cemento Progreso Stadium on FOX Soccer Plus. Next, the Earthquakes will face the LA Galaxy on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. PT on Comcast SportsNet Plus, 1590 KLIV and 1370 KZSF.
San Jose's Record in August
The Quakes are 35-28-9 all-time in August in MLS play.
Last Game
Earthquakes 2, FC Dallas 2; Aug. 24, 2013; FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco, Texas
The Earthquakes remained in the thick of the MLS Cup Playoff race with a 2-2 draw on the road against FC Dallas. San Jose jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to early goals from Alan Gordon and Steven Beitashour. However, FC Dallas pulled one back in the first half and then completed the comeback on a penalty from Michel in the 72nd minute. With eight games remaining, the Earthquakes are three points behind FC Dallas for the fifth and final MLS Cup Playoff spot after the LA Galaxy defeated Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1-0 on Saturday. The Earthquakes took control early at FC Dallas Stadium. Cordell Cato burst past his defender, beating him the touchline before calmly cutting a pass back to Gordon just inside the edge of the box. Gordon one-timed his shot into the net in the eighth minute for his fourth goal of the season. The strike was the fastest goal San Jose has scored in 2013. Eight minutes later, Gordon picked up an assist after locating Rafael Baca to start a scoring sequence. Baca chipped a pass from 10 yards outside the box over FC Dallas' backline, catching Beitashour mid-run. Beitashour leapt to volley home his second career MLS goal and first of the campaign. FC Dallas began their rally with a goal from Blas Perez in the 19th minute. Je-Vaughn Watson headed a cross from Michel toward goal where Perez tapped it past Earthquakes goalkeeper Jon Busch on the volley. Michel capped the night's scoring with a penalty in the 72nd minute. Along with his goal and assist, Gordon reached a career milestone with his 100th MLS start.
Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy All-Time
MLS Regular Season: 18-25-9
Home: 13-9-6 (42 GF, 37 GA)
Away: 5-16-3 (30 GF, 45 GA)
Shootout (1996-99): 1-4; Overtime (2000-03): 0-0-4
Playoffs: 4-5-1; US Open Cup: 0-4-0
All-Time Scoring: San Jose – 72, LA Galaxy – 82
Last Game vs. LA Galaxy
Earthquakes 3, LA Galaxy 2; June 29, 2013; Stanford Stadium in Stanford, Calif.
The Earthquakes scored twice in second-half stoppage time while playing a man down to knock off LA Galaxy in front of a sold-out crowd of 50,028 at Stanford Stadium. The Galaxy led 2-0 with 22 minutes remaining, but the Earthquakes rallied with three unanswered goals to cap another memorable comeback. The win extended San Jose's home-unbeaten streak against their Southern California rivals to eight games. Marcelo Sarvas put the Galaxy in front in the 20th minute. Landon Donovan chipped a ball from the wing to Robbie Keane who volleyed a pass from the point to Sarvas. The Brazilian midfielder one-timed his shot out of the air, redirecting it to the near post past San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch. The Galaxy were also first to the scoreboard in the second half, doubling their lead with a strike from Hector Jimenez in the 65th minute. Donovan found Keane on the left in space, allowing the Irish international to send a ball across the goal face. Jimenez was waiting on the other end, polishing his shot off into an open net at the far post. That set the stage for late-game heroics from the Earthquakes. Alan Gordon began the comeback with a header in the 68th minute. Shea Salinas cut back and found Gordon with a pinpoint pass at the near post. Gordon leapt and nodded home his first goal of the season. The match took a tumultuous turn for San Jose in the 77th minute after center back Victor Bernardez was issued his second yellow card, resulting in an automatic ejection. Playing a man down, the Earthquakes found their way back into the game in the waning moments. Justin Morrow sent a long throw into the mix where Adam Jahn redirected the pass toward goal. The ball deflected off of Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza and toward goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini. The former Chelsea FC product couldn't hang onto the ball and Salinas capitalized, pounding in the equalizer from close range in the 92nd minute. One minute later, Gordon capped the comeback with a header at the far post. Marvin Chavez led a counter attack on the left wing and found Salinas open on the right. Salinas then slid a pass back to Cronin in the area where the 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star nominee lofted a perfectly placed pass to Gordon for the game winner.
LA Galaxy Scouting Report
The LA Galaxy (12-9-4, 40 pts.) enter the week second in the Western Conference and five points behind Real Salt Lake in the Supporters' Shield race. The Galaxy are led by Designated Players Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Robbie Keane. Keane tops their scoring charts with 10 goals and nine assists while Donovan is next with seven goals and seven assists. They are 3-1-1 in their last five games and 6-3-1 in their last 10, one of the hottest stretches around the league.
History of the Earthquakes – LA Galaxy Rivalry
As the two original MLS teams in California, the Earthquakes (then known as the Clash) and the Galaxy met for the first time on April 28, 1996, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. … In front of a crowd of 40,347, the Clash fell to the Galaxy, 2-1 … From 1996-2005, the in-state rivals matched up more than any other teams in the league … Along with playing each other 48 times in the regular season, the Quakes and the Galaxy have also faced off eight times in the postseason and four times in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup … The teams squared off in the playoffs in 1996, 2003 and 2005, as well as the 2001 MLS Cup … The Galaxy captured the 1996 conference semifinal series, two games to one, taking the final two contests at the Rose Bowl by identical scores of 2-0 … In 2001, the sides met in the MLS Cup, with the Quakes producing a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph at Columbus Crew Stadium as Dwayne De Rosario scored the winner in overtime … The 2003 Western Conference Semifinal series produced one of the most memorable games in league history … After dropping the road leg of a two-game set, 2-0, San Jose fell behind by that same score after just 13 minutes of the home return to trail the series, 4-0 on aggregate … The Quakes responded with a four-goal explosion in regulation to level the aggregate, 4-4, getting the fourth from Chris Ronér in the 90th minute just moments after he had come into the game … Fellow second-half substitute Rodrigo Faria then struck six minutes into sudden-death overtime to send San Jose to the Western Conference Finals, and ultimately its second MLS Cup … In 2005, having lost the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals, 3-1, at The Home Depot Center, the Quakes needed another two-goal comeback to win the series … After going up 1-0 on a Brian Ching goal in Game 2 on Oct. 29, 2005, Ned Grabavoy scored for the Galaxy to end the Quakes' hopes … That match marked the Quakes' final game before the team was relocated to Houston on Dec. 15, 2005 … Since the Earthquakes rejoined MLS in 2008, the teams have met 10 times … San Jose has gone 3-4-3 during that stretch, including a 1-0 win in front of what was then a stadium-record crowd of 10,799 at Buck Shaw Stadium on Aug. 21, 2010, thanks to a fourth-minute goal by Chris Wondolowski … The sides played to a scoreless draw in front of a new Buck Shaw record crowd of 10,872 in last year's first meeting on June 25, with the Quakes unable to find a goal despite out-shooting the Galaxy, 25-8, and playing with a man advantage for 47 minutes … The return fixture in Carson resulted in a 2-0 victory for LA as Robbie Keane scored the winner on his MLS debut … The Earthquakes were 2-0-1 against the Galaxy in 2012, rallying from two-goal deficits to knock off their Southern California rival on May 23, 3-2, at The Home Depot Center and June 30, 4-3, in front of 50,391 at Stanford Stadium … San Jose again came from behind in their final regular season meeting of 2012, equalizing a pair of one-goal deficits for a 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium … After defeating the Galaxy 1-0 in the first leg of Western Conference Semifinals, the Quakes dropped the second match at Buck Shaw Stadium 3-1 and were eliminated from the postseason … The 2013 California Clasico got off to a lively start as the Earthquakes rallied from a 2-1 deficit while playing a man down with goals from Shea Salinas and Alan Gordon in second-half stoppage time, making San Jose the first team in league history to accomplish that feat.
Earthquakes – LA Galaxy Connections
Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan began his MLS career with the Earthquakes, producing 32 goals and 29 assists over 87 appearances from 2001-04 and helping lead San Jose to both of its MLS Cup titles in 2001 and 2003 … Quakes forward Alan Gordon played for the Galaxy from 2004-10, scoring 16 goals in 99 games … Quakes assistant coach Ian Russell played in three games for the Galaxy in 2007 … Galaxy defender Todd Dunivant was San Jose's first-round selection in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft and played 46 games for the Earthquakes from 2003-04, producing one goal and six assists … Dunivant and Earthquakes forward Adam Jahn both attended Stanford … Dunivant was teammates with Quakes defender Nana Attakora on Toronto FC from 2007-08 … Galaxy assistant coach Curt Onalfo played in six matches for San Jose in 1997 … Galaxy technical director Jovan Kirovski played in nine matches for the Quakes in 2008 … Quakes defender Jason Hernandez was teammates with Galaxy midfielder Mike Magee with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in 2005 … Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham (2008-10) and Galaxy midfielder Hector Jimenez (2006-10) were teammates at Cal … LA Galaxy defender Tommy Meyer and San Jose defender Brad Ring both attended Indiana University … Galaxy midfielders Colin Clark (2006-10) and Pablo Mastroeni (2002-13) played on the Colorado Rapids with Quakes midfielder Mehdi Ballouchy (2007-10), defender Dan Gargan (2006-08) and defender Ty Harden (2009) … Clark also played with Earthquakes goalkeeper Evan Newton on the Houston Dynamo in 2011 … Galaxy midfielder Robbie Rogers was teammates with Quakes forward Steven Lenhart on the Columbus Crew from 2008-10.
Earthquakes Leaders vs. LA Galaxy
Chris Wondolowski has three goals in nine career appearances … Alan Gordon has six goals in five matches against his former club … Steven Lenhart has four goals and an assist in nine career appearances against LA … Jon Busch is 9-7-5 with six shutouts in his career against the Galaxy, including a 3-1-3 record with two shutouts in a Quakes uniform.
LA Galaxy Leaders vs. San Jose
Midfielder Landon Donovan has seven goals and seven assists in 13 games against his old club … Forward Robbie Keane has two goals and two assists in four appearances … Midfielder Pablo Mastroeni has two assists in 24 career appearances against San Jose.
Gordon Moves to No. 8 on San Jose's All-Time Goals List
Alan Gordon's goal in the eighth minute of Saturday's 2-2 draw at FC Dallas moved him up to No. 8 on San Jose's all-time goals list with 18 in 41 games. He scored one goal in his first season with the Earthquakes after joining the club through a midseason trade with Toronto FC on July 14, 2011, tacked on a career-high 13 goals in 2012 and has scored four times so far in 2013.
Beitashour Scores First Goal of 2013
Steven Beitashour scored his second career MLS goal and first of 2013 in Saturday's 2-2 draw at FC Dallas. The fourth-year right back volleyed home a chipped pass from Rafael Baca in the 16th minute for San Jose's second goal of the evening. Beitashour's first MLS goal came at Chivas USA on April 24, 2010.
Cato Notches First Assist of 2013
Cordell Cato recorded his first career assist with the Earthquakes in Saturday's 2-2 draw at FC Dallas. The speedy winger burst past his defender and sent a cross back to Alan Gordon at the top of the box for San Jose's first goal. He has two assists during his two years in MLS.
Milestone Alert
The Earthquakes are two wins away from their 200th in club history … Midfielder Shea Salinas is two assists away from tying Ian Russell for No. 10 on the club's career list.
Iron Man
The Earthquakes have one player that has played every minute of all 26 matches this season, Jon Busch. Sam Cronin is the only other player on the squad to start all 26 matches; he has logged 2,251 minutes in the process.
CONCACAF Champions League Schedule
The Earthquakes will play four CONCACAF Champions League matches in group play after qualifying for the tournament by virtue of their Supporters' Shield win in 2012. The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, Aug. 7 – Earthquakes 0, Montreal Impact 1 at Saputo Stadium
Wednesday, Aug. 28 – 7 p.m. PT – San Jose Earthquakes at CD Heredia (Guatemala)
Tuesday, Sept. 17 – 7 p.m. PT – Montreal Impact at San Jose Earthquakes
Wednesday, Oct. 23 – 7 p.m. PT – CD Heredia at San Jose Earthquakes
Lenhart Chia Pet Night Slated for Sept. 8
The Earthquakes will host Steven Lenhart Chia Pet Night, presented by Cosmopolitan Catering, on Sunday, Sept. 8 when the club hosts the Philadelphia Union at 8 p.m. PT. The chia pet will be available to 2,500 fans at the gates on matchday. Last year, Cosmopolitan Catering teamed up with the Earthquakes for Lenhart Wig Night. The stadium was filled with blond-haired fans for what was one of the most dramatic games of the season. Lenhart came off the bench and scored the game-tying goal in the 98th minute. He then celebrated with teammate Shea Salinas by donning the wig.
New Stadium Update
Due to unforeseen conditions at the stadium site, the Earthquakes are pushing back the opening date of their new stadium to the second half of the 2014 season. With the change in opening date, the team will play eight games at Buck Shaw Stadium, one game at Stanford Stadium and nine games at the new stadium next season. Season ticket packages will now consist of 18 games, with 17 regular season games and one bonus game. For more information about season tickets for 2014, please contact the Earthquakes Front Office at 408-556-7700. During the demolition phase, the construction team uncovered numerous concrete vaults deep in the ground, used munitions from the FMC factory, steel beams and hundreds of concrete pilings. Due to the high water table at the site, the excavated vaults also had to be drained of water, causing more delays during the grading process. To drain one of the holes, over 600 tons of rock had to be used.
T-Mobile 4G Power Zone Back for 2013
The Earthquakes have teamed with T-Mobile for the second year in a row to create the "T-Mobile 4G Power Zone" at all home games for the 2013 season. The promotion will give fans the opportunity to purchase great seats for only $17 – a discount of $10 off the day-of-game price, the most affordable Earthquakes tickets available to the public. Through the agreement, T-Mobile has rebranded the Corner Flag Section 107 at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara as the "T-Mobile 4G Power Zone." For more information, visit www.sjearthquakes.com/tickets.
Quakes President Dave Kaval's Office Hours
Earthquakes President Dave Kaval's office hours will continue in 2013. Fans can drop by his office at 451 El Camino Real, Suite 201 in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesdays between 3 and 5 p.m. PT. Participants will be seen on a first come, first served basis. Be sure to read his blog, Kaval's Kickoff, exclusively at www.sjearthquakes.com, and follow him on Twitter at @QuakesPrez.
Season Tickets on Sale/Priority for New Stadium
Season tickets for the 2013 season at Buck Shaw Stadium are still available. By purchasing season tickets for the final season at Buck Shaw Stadium, fans can enter the queue for priority seating for the Earthquakes New Stadium. Season ticket holders are currently selecting their seats for the New Stadium. To purchase season tickets or for more information, please contact the Earthquakes headquarters at 408-556-7700.
Wells Fargo Goals for Education
Wells Fargo has again pledged to donate $250 for each goal the Earthquakes score in 2013 through the Goals for Education program. The club has raised $7,000 so far this season thanks to 28 goals. The Earthquakes raised $18,000 in 2012 after scoring a club record 72 goals.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Dillon will drive Phoenix Racing's No. 51 car in the Sprint Cup race at Las Vegas March 10 with sponsorship from Tag Heuer Eyewear.
While Regan Smith and AJ Allmendinger are expected to share driving duties in the car this season, the sponsorship allows Dillon to drive the car at Las Vegas as he prepares for a possible full-time Cup ride for Richard Childress Racing in 2014.
MORE: RCR's plan for No. 3 | Top 10 prospects | NASCAR Wives and Girlfriends
Dillon and his younger brother, Ty, both have Tag Heuer personal services contracts. Initially, Tag Heuer was talking to Phoenix Racing about sponsoring Ty in the Nationwide race at Daytona, but when Spartanburg, S.C., company Guy Roofing wanted to sponsor both the Nationwide and Cup races at Daytona, the sponsorship moved to the Cup race at Vegas, Austin Dillon said.
The race weekend at Vegas includes an extra day for testing, which will help the 22-year-old Dillon, who has two career Cup starts and plans to run the Daytona 500 for RCR.
"I'm looking forward to it," Dillon said. "(Phoenix Racing's) James Finch is a great car owner. A lot of great drivers have driven for him.
"I'm looking forward to getting that experience. NASCAR is giving us that long test day and it will be good to work with those guys for a full day before we go into the real practice and race."
Kurt Busch, who drove the No. 51 Cup most of last season, will drive for Phoenix Racing in the Nationwide Series race at Daytona as well as the other two Nationwide restrictor-plate events later in the year, team general manager Steve Barkdoll said.
Smith will drive for Phoenix Racing in the Daytona 500 and then Allmendinger is expected to drive the following week at Phoenix.
Allmendinger and Smith are expected to split the season schedule, with Allmendinger getting the majority of the races, but the sponsorship allowed Dillon to drive the car at Las Vegas.
Running full time in the Nationwide Series, Austin Dillon will run a partial Cup schedule in 2013.
"We're trying to put together a five- or six-race deal," Dillon said. "We're going to try to run as many as we can as long as we have sponsorship."


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What is Biodiversity
The Majesty of Life
Biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, the product of four billion years of evolution.
But the word "Biodiversity" itself is actually quite new.
"Biodiversity" was coined as a contraction of "biological diversity" in 1985.
Clever eh?
A symposium in 1986, and the follow-up book BioDiversity (Wilson 1986), edited by biologist E. O. Wilson, carved the way for common acceptance of the word and concept.
And as politicians, scientists, and conservationists became more interested in the state of the planet and the amazing complexity of life we became quite attached to this new word.
And why were we talking so much about Biodiversity?
The world has begun, relatively recently, to lose species and habitats at an ever-increasing and alarming rate.
Because of us.


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|16-gauge steel
|0.9 lbs (.4 kg)
|Packaging Info
|Package Weight
|0.85 lb
|Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
|15.0 x 7.0 x 2.0"


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Enter a player who, coming into the 2013 season, had been hit 114 times in his 8-year career, including 40 times in the last two seasons. Said player gets hit in a 2-1 game in the sixth inning and somehow thinks it's intentional.
Carlos Quentin, you suck.
Zack Greinke was leading 2-1 before getting to a 3-2 count on Quentin to begin the bottom of the sixth inning. Greinke hit Quentin with a pitch on the hands. Quentin looked at Greinke, Greinke may or may not have said something and Quentin charged the mound.
Greinke stood his ground and used his non-throwing shoulder to take the brunt of the hit from Quentin, who has anywhere from 30 to 40 pounds on Greinke.
There was a brawl that also included Matt Kemp getting ejected from the game (and will likely be suspended for at least a game or two). Vin Scully said a pitch that was high and tight to Kemp earlier in the game could have explained why Quentin thought Greinke hit him on purpose. But there appears to be another reason.
Greinke, while with the Royals, faced Quentin when he was with the White Sox. Apparently, these two have a bit of history.
"An instance between Carlos Quentin and Greinke with one out in the fourth stood out as the game's only real fireworks, and even this uprising didn't amount to much. Quentin was hit squarely in the back by a Greinke pitch and immediately took a couple of steps toward the mound.Could Quentin have been holding onto a grudge for four years? Only he knows. But the fact he charged the mound, almost inexplicably, to may have potentially injured the Dodgers' prized free-agent signing is bush league. No matter the length of Quentin's suspension, it won't make up for whatever may or may not be wrong with Greinke and losing Kemp (despite his struggles) for a couple games.
Home-plate umpire Bill Hohn stepped in front of Quentin and catcher Miguel Olivo quickly restrained the slugger. Television broadcasts showed Quentin telling Olivo that he was all right, and Quentin moved down to first base.
By Greinke's estimation, it was a first-inning pitch that got away and almost hit Quentin in the head causing the residual anger three innings later.
'He had a reason for (being upset),' said Greinke of Quentin. 'Any time you throw it that high, it's justified. You've got to be better than that and not pitch like that. You're going to make mistakes, but the last thing you want to do is hit someone where it could seriously hurt them. As soon as I let go of it, I was scared for him.'"
Greinke left the game after the fracas, but it's unknown whether it was because of injury or an ejection.
Brawls are part of the game. Brawls when one guy could be out just to hurt a pitcher who he dislikes is flat-out bullshit.
Grow a set, Carlos. Or, better yet, stop standing on top of the plate -- then you won't get hurt. Nice to see that Stanford education is paying off.
Photo credit: Dustin Nosler, Feelin' Kinda Blue