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Management and Leadership
Bachelor of Science | Farmer School of Business
What is Management and Leadership?
A productive society requires people who can manage, motivate, and reward human capital. Management of human capital is a broadly transferable skill that helps in supervising others, integrating diverse individuals and functions, managing teams, and developing successful individuals and teams to meet organizational goals.
What are the features of Miami's program?
Top national ranking
For the seventh year in a row, the Farmer School has been ranked in the Top 25 by Bloomberg BusinessWeek's annual survey of the nation's best undergraduate business programs. This year, we were ranked 23rd overall and 8th among public institutions. The Farmer School was again the top ranked institution in the state and the only Ohio school in the top twenty-five. Our undergraduate accountancy, Master of Accountancy, entrepreneurship and supply chain management programs consistently rank in the Top 25 in the country.
Top-rated faculty
Your classes are taught by faculty who are active in research and work closely with colleagues. They are current in their field, seek new ways of enhancing education experiences of their students, and use the newest technologies.
Student-faculty research
You have opportunities to work with faculty on research projects through summer scholar programs, independent studies, contemporary issues courses, and honors courses.
Target school for recruitment
Miami has one of the largest college career fairs in the country, with several hundred top organizations vying for our students every year. 98% of Farmer School 2013 graduates were either employed or enrolled full time in in graduate school within six months of graduation.* Our alumni are excellent examples of the quality of the educational experience we provide. More than 2,000 Farmer School alumni are presidents, CEOs, or owners of companies.
*Based on responses to our 2013 survey of graduates
What are the special admission requirements, if any?
Miami University's Farmer School of Business is annually recognized as one of the nation's best undergraduate business schools. Each year, the number of first-year applications for the Farmer School of Business (FSB) exceeds the number of spaces available. Admission to the FSB is competitive, and based on a holistic and comprehensive review process which considers many factors to establish the context of students' achievements and demonstrated potential to be successful in its rigorous curriculum.
For Fall 2014, the middle 50% of students gaining direct entry into the FSB held an ACT Composite Score of 27-31 and/or a SAT (C+M) score of 1210-1360. In addition, the middle 50% held a GPA of 3.68-4.09 (on a 4.0 scale) and a class rank of top 6% to 23%. Twenty-five percent of the students offered direct admission had an academic profile that exceeded these ranges and 25% had a profile that fell below. The academic qualifications required for admission are wholly dependent on the strength of the applicant pool, and we encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.
Upon admission to the Farmer School, you will pay tuition and fees set by Miami University, as well as an additional per-credit hour business surcharge for most business courses. For additional details on tuition and fees, visit the One Stop for Student Success Services.
What courses would I take?
This major includes courses in communication, leadership, motivation, organizational change and culture, human capital analytics and strategic management.
What can I do with this major?
This is the broadest area of management, preparing you for a wide variety of jobs, including corporate, small business, or healthcare management and federal, state, or city government administration. Some students continue graduate studies in such fields as law or business administration.
Who can I contact for more information?
Farmer School of Business
Student Services Office
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056


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A suburban New York City train derailment on Sunday killed four people and injured 63, including 11 critically, when all seven cars of a Metro-North train ran off the tracks on a sharp curve, officials said.
The crash happened at 7:20 a.m. (1220 GMT) about 100 yards (metres) north of Metro-North's Spuyten Duyvil station in the city's Bronx borough, said Metro-North spokesman Aaron Donovan.
Metropolitan Transit Authority police said two men and two women were killed and the MTA said 63 people were injured. A Fire Department spokesman said 11 people had been sent to the hospital in critical condition and six in serious condition with non-life threatening injuries.
The train, headed south toward Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, was about half full at the time of the crash with about 150 passengers and was not scheduled to stop at the Spuyten Duyvil station, said the state's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), parent company of Metro-North.
"On a work day, fully occupied, it would have been a tremendous disaster," New York City Fire Commissioner Salvatore Joseph Cassano told reporters at the scene.
The derailment happened in a wooded area where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet. At least one rail car was lying toppled near the water and others were lying on their sides.
There was no official word on possible causes of the accident.
"That is a dangerous area on the track just by design," Governor Andrew Cuomo told CNN after touring the site. "The trains are going about 70 miles per hour (112 kph) coming down the straight part of the track. They slow to about 30 miles per hour (48 kph) to make that sharp curve ... where the Hudson River meets the Harlem River and that is a difficult area of the track."
Cuomo said it appeared that all passengers had been accounted for.
He said recovery of the train's "black box" - a data-recording device similar to those on airplanes - would reveal more about the train's speed, possible mechanical issues and whether brakes were applied.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would be on the scene investigating the accident for at least the next week and would focus on track conditions, signaling systems, mechanical equipment and the performance of the train crew.
Passenger Frank Tatulli told television station WABC he had been riding in the first car and the train had been traveling "a lot faster" than usual.
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Right-hander Archie Bradley was a little nervous, but he seemed to handle himself well in his first appearance in a major-league spring training game Wednesday afternoon.
Bradley, the Diamondbacks' best pitching prospect who has not yet reached the majors, gave up a run on two hits against the Kansas City Royals, but he struck out two and flashed the power fastball that has some scouts viewing him as a potential ace.
"It was exciting," Bradley said. "Obviously, the adrenaline was flowing and I was a little nervous, but as I was just telling Coach (Charles) Nagy, I was pretty anxious to get out there."
The Diamondbacks summoned Bradley to a major-league game last spring but didn't have him pitch. Instead, he watched closely as ace Ian Kennedy went to work. He was a backup again on Tuesday night — another Kennedy start —and he said he watched Wednesday's starter Trevor Cahill.
"Those guys broke in pretty young," Bradley, 20, said. "Just seeing the way they prepare, the way they approach their start, I'll try to take that and put it in down here (in the minors) and hopefully that will speed up my process."
Firing a fastball that ranged between 93-97 mph, Bradley struck out the first two batters he faced, Brandon Wood and Jeff Francoeur, before giving up an infield single and a ringing RBI double. He gave up another hard-hit ball, but left fielder Alfredo Marte made a diving catch to take away a hit.
Another of the club's better pitching prospects, left-hander Andrew Chafin, also made an appearance, giving up a hit in a scoreless inning of work.
"Both the young kids threw good, threw strikes," manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's what you'd ask. You'd hope they could do that and control their emotions. It was exciting for them. You could tell they had good stuff."
Bradley is expected to open the year in High-A Visalia, Chafin in Double-A Mobile.
Skaggs better
After two shaky outings to start the spring, left-hander Tyler Skaggs was much improved on Tuesday night, tossing three scoreless innings in an exhibition against Mexico.
"I felt good, was throwing strikes," said Skaggs, who allowed three hits and one walk, striking out three. "I threw a lot of fastballs and my fastball command was good. I was throwing strikes, getting ahead in the count and hitting my spots."
Skaggs' velocity was up from his first outing, when he sat 88-92 mph. He topped at 94 mph on Tuesday.
"I worked on a lot of stuff this week in the bullpen," he said. "Not really mechanical stuff, just throwing fastballs, throwing as hard as I can through the catcher, and I think it worked."
Gregorius to DH
Shortstop Didi Gregorius, who continues to rebuild arm strength after being shut down for about three months with an elbow strain, is scheduled to serve as the designated hitter Thursday against the Brewers in what would be his first action in the Cactus League.
Gregorius faced pitchers in a batting practice environment on Wednesday.
Gregorius, the key player in the three-team trade that included pitcher Trevor Bauer, still might have to begin the season on the disabled list in the minors.


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Limiting each country in the world to 7% of the 140,000 employment-based (EB) green cards granted each year is just plain stupid!
Because the future of our country depends on attracting the world's most talented people to our shores. Advances in disease prevention, information technology and in many other fields are accomplished by these people. These people start-up companies which employ hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers. A person's intelligence and ability to innovate is not determined by their country of birth. Sergei Brin of Google, Andy Grove of Intel, Jerry Yang of Yahoo and Vinod Khosla of Sun Microsystems are just a few of the thousands of immigrants who came to the U.S. and established companies that now employ hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers.
There are no country quotas for H-1B professionals. Neither are there limits on the number of spouses and children of H-1B professionals. When the H-1B caps were raised by Congress, it made sense to review and revise the number of EB-2 and EB-3 professionals who were allowed to immigrate to the U.S. However, this issue was ignored by Congress and the result is our present massive EB backlogs, particularly for those born in India and China.
As 2012 approaches, there are over 100,000 persons waiting in line for green cards whose employers have demonstrated that they are filling jobs for which there are no qualified U.S. workers. The waiting times stretch from 6 years for EB-3 engineers, therapists and teachers from over 190 countries worldwide to much longer waits for professionals born in China and India. Since over 50% of those on the EB-3 waiting list are born in India, the 7% country-quota means that many of these people will still be waiting for their green cards in 15 to 20 years, or else they will simply give-up and go home. If they do, it is our country which will be deprived of their talent.
What is the answer to this problem?
On November 29, the House of Representatives passed the "Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act" by a lopsided majority. The bill would phase out the 7% country quotas over the next 3 years. If the bill is enacted into law, persons born in China and India could use up to half of the EB-2 and EB-3 numbers during the next 3 years and an unlimited number after that. As a result of this approach, the worldwide EB-2 category would instantly develop a backlog, and the nearly 6-year EB-3 backlog would quickly grow to 7 to 10 years or more. And guess what? If the worldwide EB numbers retrogress, persons from India and China, professionals from the countries that the bill is trying to help, will also suffer.
Only by providing more EB visas can such a disaster be averted.
Congress is adverse to raising the number of EB visas. However, Congress has, in the past, made available ("recaptured") some of the many thousands of EB green cards that were lost in the past due to bureaucratic delays. Congress may also wish to consider exempting immediate family members (spouses and children) of EB immigrants from the 140,000 cap on EB green cards, similar to the way that they are exempted from the cap on H-1B visas.
However, because of our current high-unemployment rate, there is a natural tendency of legislators to shy away from providing additional green cards. Therefore, I propose that Congress should consider suspending the visa lottery for 2 years, and use the 100,000 visas which would have been given to lottery winners to those stuck in the EB backlogs.
Lottery winners are chosen at random and are not required to have job skills that are useful to our economy or even family ties in the U.S. Clearly, encouraging professionals whose skills are in short supply and who are already working lawfully for employers in the U.S. is more important than allowing people to immigrate randomly.
The Senate will shortly take up the "Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act". Let's hope that in addition to abolishing country quotas, they will amend the bill to eliminate the huge backlogs which would occur if they simply ratify the existing legislation.
P.S. - Senator Grassley's Hold - On November 30, Senator Grassley placed a hold on H.R. 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act, the bill which would end country-quotas for employment-based employment and raise them for family-based immigration. He citied his "concerns about the impact of this bill on future immigration flows." Also, Senator Grassley stated: "I am concerned that it does nothing to better protect Americans at home who seek high-skilled jobs during this time of record high unemployment." On December 15, the Senator filed an amendment that would drastically change the bill in order for him to lift his hold. His amendment was rejected in the Senate. Now, Senator Scott Brown (R-MASS) is sponsoring an amendment to H.R.3012 in the Senate which would provide 10,500 E-3 temporary professional visas per year exclusively for citizens of Ireland. It is unlikely that the Senate will vote on H.R.3012 in the near future unless Senator Grassley can be persuaded to lift his hold on the bill.
Carl Shusterman is the managing attorney of Law Offices of Carl Shusterman based in Los Angeles, CA. He has specialized in immigration law for over 30 years and his six-attorney law firm represents clients in all 50 states. Mr. Shusterman is a 1973 graduate of the UCLA School of Law. He served as an attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) until 1982 when he entered private practice. He is authorized to practice before the Supreme Court of California, the Federal District Court in the Central District of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals in a number of different circuits and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mr. Shusterman is a former chairman of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Southern California Chapter and served as a member of AILA's National Board of Governors (1988-97). He has chaired numerous AILA Committees, spoken at dozens of AILA Conferences and has contributed a number of scholarly articles to AILA's publications. Mr. Shusterman is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, State Bar of California. He has served as a member of the Immigration and Nationality Law Advisory Commission for the State Bar.
He has been named as one of Best Attorneys in America and as a SuperLawyer for many years. He is a frequent writer and lecturer on immigration law. Mr. Shusterman has testified as an expert witness before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration in Washington, D.C. His website, www.shusterman.com, receives over 1,000,000 hits each week, and his free, e-mail newsletter has over 60,000 subscribers in more than 150 countries.
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The female remittance economy: A hidden global network of mothers and money
Developing-world mothers, too poor to feed their families, are increasingly finding work abroad and sending the fruits of their labor to the children they will not raise.
Their payments, called remittances, are a significant part of an unofficial global aid network worth $325 billion last year. That's three times the size of official foreign development aid spending, according to an article in the New York Times.
The women who choose this life aren't just redefining the foreign aid landscape. They are also redefining motherhood, says the Times.
Across the world, millions of mothers have made this sacrifice for their children — forgoing a life with them in hope of ensuring a better life for them. These women venture far, often into the uncertain world of undocumented domestic work that in effect keeps them hostage in their host countries.
And yet, in spite of the hefty financial contribution and personal toll, remittances — and remitters — remain a relative blind spot on the global development map. But their invisibility may not last long. Remittance flows worldwide keep swelling: The World Bank project they will reach $374 in 2012, or nearly $50 billion more than last year's total.
India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines are the world's top four remittance recipients, says the New York Times and in a number of smaller developing countries, remittances make up more than 20 percent of GDP and provide the largest source of foreign exchange.
Striking though these figures may be, it's clear that remittances alone cannot fuel development. They may funnel developed world-sized wages into the developing world. But most of these micro-transfers are themselves not sufficient and, more importantly, not coordinated enough to support the large-scale projects that aid and development institutions traditionally take on. In short, remittances may enable the children left behind by migrant mothers to get an education or access health care. But unless they are strategically pooled and channelled, they probably won't create jobs or fund the construction of schools and hospitals.
Nonetheless, "women migrants have become a formidable force for development," says the New York Times. "When permitted, migration is a major economic equilibrating mechanism" and an important instrument for poverty alleviation, according to the World Bank.
While there is relatively little formal data on remittances, anecdotal accounts abound. Recent analyses of these sources are revealing interesting trends, particularly about the special role and behavior of female remitters. Women, who constitute 51 percent of developed countries' migrant worker population, generally earn and therefore remit less than men, yet the fraction they send home tends to be higher and more consistent, even during crises, according to the New York Times article. Women usually channel their incomes to necessities such as food, health care and education, while men tend to spend more of their wages on recreation.
There is another reason remittances should be acknowledged as promising contributors to development, emphasizes the New York Times: they work.
By cutting out institutions and (often corrupt) governments, remittances more nimbly [address] needs like raising birthweight or lowering [the] number of school drop-outs. They [are] also a powerful cushion in times of conflict or natural disaster, when remittances tend to increase, driven by an empathetic diaspora.
The world's remitters care for their own by leaving them for strenuous lives in far-away places. And they are also thinking bigger, forming associations and networks to pool the aid they send home and to create space for solidarity and cultural expression with other women who tell the same story. Their efforts have been unexpectedly effective and significant, if not (yet) widely appreciated as powerful agents of development and aid.


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It was a cool idea for the Yellow Magic Orchestra "Multiplies" album cover art, now a billion years later YMO toys are a reality. I just hope there are some people around who appreciate these little guys.
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So, in around 30 minutes, the web will be flooded with mostly written previews of Assassin's Creed III. Some outlets may also have videos/ video interviews. I'm going to use this post to link to those from XboxGameZone (obviously), but would like this thread to be a centralised locations for other previews you find on the web, and the discussion of them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IPZJaerqqI - Assassin's Creed III Developer Interview with Matt Turner
Preview - Assassin's Creed III - The Final Frontier?
Ubisoft unveils Collector's Editions
And yes, some sites already broke embargo, and of course, there is always the GameInformer information to fall back on. But let us try and keep this for "new" information gleaned from previews today. Enjoy
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The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir is scheduled to perform a holiday concert 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.
The choir, founded in 1986, will be performing at the MVCPA for the first time. The program includes gospel arrangements of traditional holiday favorites.
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Fostering is a way of providing family-based care for children who cannot live with their parents or other family. It is also about caring for a child in your own home usually on a temporary basis.
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Family problems sometimes make it difficult for children to remain with their family, either for a short time or long time. As a local authority we have responsibility to look after these children and foster care is often identified as the best option to meet their needs.
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An initiative that offers virtual payments for use in social and online games in return for performing tasks may promote child labor speculates a post on ReadWriteWeb.
CrowdFlower, which focuses on harnessing "cloud labor" from around the world and Gambit, a company that specializes in facilitating payment solutions for online games, offer users of games like MyFarm real-world tasks to perform—such as tagging photos or reviewing content—and returns payment in the form of virtual currency.
What caught the eye of ReadWriteWeb was Gambit's explanation of its latest offering: "…making this a superb way to engage younger users, or international users in emerging markets."
The article's author, Dana Oshiro, wrote:
While others might argue that the web-task barter system is akin to earning one's allowance, the fact that children could be scraping the web to help businesses advertise to us seems somewhat exploitative. While it's too early to say how this program will pan out, there's no doubt that CrowdFlower and Gambit will have to walk a fine line to keep this program ethical.
A Gambit employee, Susan Su, jumped into the comment section to provide a little clarity, writing that while Facebook does not "knowingly allow" users under the age of 13 to register, "it's always tough to enforce requirements like these on the Internet."
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That said, we do know that users over the age of 15 make up the bulk of our transactions, and while parental consent is still strongly recommended for people aged 15-18, it's true that a lot of teens are making their own spending and work decisions around that age. As Lukas said, this is completely new territory for social game users, for developers, and for Crowdflower and Gambit.


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Calories & Holiday Beverages
December 28, 2006
We often hear about how to decrease calories in holiday eating, but holiday drinking can be an even greater problem. Dr. Mom talks about why and has some ideas on how to avoid over doing it.
Happy New Year! A time for parties and family gatherings, reminiscing, and singing Auld Lang Syne. Eating, drinking, making merry; and making new year resolutions to eat healthier, exercise, and lose those extra pounds. While toasting in the holidays and a new year, do we stop and think about how many calories we add while drinking holiday beverages?
Moderate drinking is defined as up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men. Knowing what a standard drink is will help you moderate your alcohol intake.The following portions count as a drink:
- 12 fluid ounces (an average can) of beer
- 5 fluid ounces of wine
- 1.5 fluid ounces (an average shot glass) of 80 proof distilled spirits
- Beer contains 150 calories per 12 ounces
- Light Beer contains 110 calories per 12 ounces
- Eggnog with rum - 600 to 700 calories per 8 ounces
- Margarita contains a whopping 327 calories per 6.3 ounces
- Pina colada has 312 calories per 8 ounces
- Rum and Coke, 361 calories per 12 ounces
- Daiquiri contains 137 calories per 2.7 ounces
- Champagne contains 100 calories per 4 ounces
- Hot chocolate (3 heaping teaspoons or 1 envelope contains 111 calories
- Eggnog (no alcohol added) contains 400 calories per 8 ounces
- Soft drinks contain 150 calories per serving (12 ounces).
- Make a game plan. Eat a light snack before going out, this slows the absorption of alcohol and should help reduce the temptation to dive into the food. Choose drinks such as coffee, tea, juice, wine, light beer, sparkling water, or drinks mixed with low-calorie mixers.
- Pace yourself. Try cutting back to ¼ or ½ sized drinks. Sip slowly and make each drink last by adding ice.
- Mix and Match. After having an alcoholic drink, switch to a non-alcoholic beverage.
- Say "NO." When you have had enough, learn to say no.
- Step away from the bar. Hanging by the bar makes it easier to indulge.
Following are some light recipes you might find tasty.No-sugar added minty hot cocoa
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1-2 packets of Splenda sweetener (as desired)
- dash of salt
- 1 cup 1% milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- Mix cocoa, Splenda, and salt in a large mug. Heat milk in microwave for 1 ½ minutes, until hot. Gradually add hot milk to cocoa mixture in mug, stirring until well blended. Stir in vanilla and peppermint extracts. Yields 1 service.
- 4 cups skim milk
- 6 eggs, beaten
- ¾ cups of Splenda
- 2-3 tablespoons ob brandy, bourbon, or amaretto
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup light whipping cream
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Beat the eggs, Splenda, and salt in a bowl. Stir in skim milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until the mixture coats a metal spoon. Remove from heat.
- Stir in alcohol of choice, vanilla, and ground nutmeg. Before serving, beat light whipping cream with a mixer on medium speed until soft peak forms. To serve, put the eggnog into a punch bowl and fold in whipping cream. Serve immediately. Sprinkle each cupful with additional ground nutmeg.
- 3 cups water
- 3 cinnamon apple spice tea bags
- 2 cups apple juice
- 2-3 teaspoons sugar substitute as desired
- Bring water and teabags to boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer 4 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add apple juice and sugar substitute. Simmer 5 minutes more. Serve immediately. Serves four. (58 calories)
- 1 ounce sparkling water
- 2 ounces reduced-calorie cranberry juice
- 1 ounce champagne
- Twist of lime
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'Hamilton' musical wins Pulitzer Prize
The hip-hop musical about America's founding fathers was an unexpected and massive hit
The hip-hop musical about America's founding fathers was an unexpected and massive hit
Kanye West will return to take centre stage at the urban musical festival
Macklemore said Kendrick deserved best rap album
The French electronic duo won Album of the Year and three other awards
The rapper made the comments in conversation with 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen for Interview magazine
Creators claim that "the name 'Coinye' is intended solely as parody, not an indication or implication of endorsement or involvement"
More than eight years after his death, he's still making headlines. This time? Because he apparently auditioned for the role of a Jedi Master
New virtual currency to coin in with rapper Kanye West
In a real-life Cell Block 4 scenario, the hip-hop star was challenged by 'Freeway' Ricky Ross, a convicted gangster who ruled the Los Angeles drugs trade in the 1980s
Rawson shot to chart success with his bandmates Tulisa and Dappy as part of the commercial grime trio
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Is there some adapter I can use to connect the Voyager Arm (M10 hole) to a standard 3/8" tripod bolt?
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I understand there will be more vibrations with the lighter tripod - just the price I pay for portability.
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How is the Galaxy Player 5.0 or 4.0 with sensitive IEM's
I currently own some very sensitive IEM's with sensitivties hovering around 120 dB SPL/mW. I recently had a terrible experience with a digizoid ZO2 due to the amount of hiss/conductive noise/volume gain. I'm wondering if the galaxy player will be able to handle sensitive IEM's without producing too much hiss or noise.
*Edit: Or actually, include 4.2 into the list. I had no idea this even came out.
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If this helps any, I have the 4.0 with voodoo sound set at 0db with the volume turned ALL the way up running into my Pioneer headunit in my car that has a volume scale from 0-62 and can go all the way to 56-58 without any audible distortortion and thats higher volume then CD's could go before distortion, 48 is my MAX volume I use when showing the radio to people and my normal volume level is between 37 and 42, and the only albums I ever hear any hiss on are the ones that had it in the original recording ie "Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions".
Galaxy S 4.0 Wifi (USA)
Running STeVEs custom Kernel
and Klin's Klassic 2.3.6 ROM for Galaxy Player 4.0 USA
Sweet. I'm really confused by the seemingly "hidden" differences between the 4.0, 4.2, and 5.0. I've just noticed that the 4.2 has an inferior 2.0MP camera. I have no idea why Samsung would have done that (obviously to reduce costs, but still...). Plus I'm really new to this whole app thing. So basically, if I wanted to get voodoo sound to eliminate much of the hiss/noise I'd have to use Steve's custom kernel which is only applicable to the 4.0, is that right?
Now we have some choices, we have Steves Kernel, Klin's Kernel and the terrasilent kernel (which is what i'm using now) but they are all only for the 4.0. I imagine one day someone will patch the 4.2's kernel to give it access but there is no way to know when, but the added bonus of the release of the 4.2 is it caused a MASSIVE price drop to the 4.0
Galaxy S 4.0 Wifi (USA)
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Well, the dilemma is that for someone like me located in Canada, it would be currently $8 cheaper to get the 4.2, not the 4.0. And I'm also hearing that 4.2 natively runs voodoo. Is that bogus?
Voodoo needs to be kernel-supported, and I doubt Samsung would add support for third-party software in their kernel.
As for noise, I use Klipsch s4 IEMs, and I do hear hiss, but very little. I can only hear it in a completely silent room with nothing playing on the device. More information about sound quality can be found in this thread. Some RMAA tests were done, and the 4.0-voodoo was fairly good with noise, with -90.2 dB.
I have the 5.0 (stock) and Klipsh S4 earbuds.
Some on the boards say that the 4.0 has a better (Wolfson) Digital to Audio converter chip. The 5.0 has a Yamaha DAC and is not supposed to be as good. This is the interweb; take it all with a grain of salt.
I have a Sansa Fuze version 1 and that was very clean. I perceive the Samsung 5.0 playback as a lesser quality. Slight, but definitely discernable. I don't perceive the hiss that some discuss. It's just that the Sansa Fuze reproduced detail and "stage-presence" very well. Totally subjective, I can't prove a thing.
I listen to a lot of music from Aerosmith to Zappa, Bach to Keith Jarret, Brad Mehdau, Bill Frisell, Bill Evans, Trombone Shorty, Liquid Soul,...being some recent stuff...
I like accurate renditions of the original recordings and want to avoid coloration in general. I don't generally activate any EQ stuff.
To me the 5.0 does OK. I wouldn't want to accept much less. I wish it were as good as the Sansa Fuze and I'd pay more for better audio quality- especially in a device marketed specifically as a media player.
I'd recommend taking your IEM's and a microSD card with some music you are familiar with (maybe in FLAC format) into BestBuy and review for yourself. That's what I did.
BTW: Aside from audio playback..these things just totally rock. You're going to be amazed when you discover Android and what all the apps can do on these devices. It's absolutely amazing what I've got going on my device. Mostly free apps running on a $230 device. Just amazing. If you are into audio, check out Tape Machine, a recording and sound editing app that has some elements similar to Audacity. runs about $5 I think but well worth it. Records in FLAC, AIFF, mp3, wav and
OGG. Produces very good recordings from the on-board mic (although mono, obviously). You've got NetFlix, YouTube, Amazon mp3, Craigslist, Pandora, Slacker, many different camera apps, various audio and video player options, financial stuff, calorie counters, file managers, police scanners, guitar tuners, Kindle, Overdrive reader for free library books, all your email, calendar integrated with your Google Calendar and work Exchange calendar, texting and phone calls if you want, GPS, Google Maps (which will work when off wifi!), FM radio, world radio apps, DropBox to sync everything no matter where you are, ES file Manager that will link with your wireless network at home or work, calculators (some emulate real Hewlett Packard calculator models), compass, pdf scanner/document converter, SketchBook Mobile (like Photoshop Lite), bar code scanners, the list just goes on.
Get ready for some fun my friend!
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That's awesome to hear. Call me gullible, but I still decided to go with the 4.2 with the Wolfson DAC. But that's interesting that you don't hear any hiss with the stock music player. I hope that's true for me and my ES5 as well. Otherwise I guess I would just have to hold out until somebody makes voodoo usable with the 4.2. Also, I'm definitely eager to try out all the android apps for the first time, especially exiciting is the Google maps offline coming soon.
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Is My 401(k) Safe - Or Is It Betting on Uber, Other Startups?
Uber was the biggest winner in the Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund during the last quarter of 2014. Yes, the blue chip fund. What's going on?
Uber was the biggest winner in the Fidelity Blue Chip Growth Fund during the last quarter of 2014. Yes, the blue chip fund. What's going on?
We could learn -- and save a lot -- from a U.K. initiative to force payday lenders to be more open about their interest rates and fees.
Apple CEO Tim Cook opened up to Bloomberg Businessweek about some of the hot button issues facing his company. The man who succeeded Steve Jobs dishes on Maps, executive changes, overall management style, and making Macs in the U.S.A.
The IRS, FEMA and a growing number of other federal agencies are turning to the powerful art of analytics to help improve their performance, from spotting tax abuses more quickly to making emergency recovery more efficient.
Called it conscious capitalism or just good business, but these five companies have all prospered in every measure over the last decade by doing good for their employees, suppliers, customers or the general public.
The fees hidden in 401(k)s aren't standard, which means you could be paying more than your friends, family or coworkers. But what%u2019s scary is that most Americans don%u2019t even know money is being sucked out of their 401(k) -- and that%u2019s just the way most plan providers want it.
It appears that complaints from consumers and regulators about the lack of credit card transparency at banks have not fallen on deaf ears. According to CardHub.com's 2011 Credit Card Application Study, the 10 biggest issuers of plastic have significantly improved transparency this year.
Have you ever been turned down for a loan? Had your credit line slashed or interest rate bumped up? Well, starting Thursday, banks and other lenders will be required tell you a bit more about why. The FTC and the Fed are implementing a new rule requiring lenders to show consumers the credit score data they used to make their decision.
If the financial collapse taught us anything, it's that opacity and self-serving behavior rule at the big Wall Street firms -- so how can the little guy trust their advice? Wikinvest's Mike Sha explains how crowdsourcing can provide better, less biased investment advice to average investors.
You can put new clothes on formerly communist nations, but it's hard to change what's under their skin. Don't be fooled: Both Russia and China have really awful bones. So before investing in either one, know the risks that lurk below the surface.
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AdSweep is a small addon written by Ariën Holthuizen that aims to hide advertising from the web pages you visit like Adblock. In technical terms, AdSweep is a user javascript that defines CSS rules based on the web site you are visiting to hide elements of the page that show advertisements. Please note that it is NOT Adblock, it's something different!
The author gave me permission to make and publish this extension.
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I've just had several sites fail to work www.bbc.co.uk/news comes up blank, house details in on Rightmove don't populate and other dynamic features on other sites too. This was only fixed and Opera became usable again after I disabled this extension so be wary of it at the moment.
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Better than OperaAdblock, allows me to use megadownload.net comfortably without losing ads on facebook or google. Lovely.
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You don't have to be old to give to worthy causes. In fact, there is a group in the area known as the Young Philanthropists, which provides grants for various needs in the community. All you have to be is over 21 years old and you can join simply by giving 125-dollars a year.
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Deputies say they have positively identified a body found in Beaufort County last week as that of a missing man.
Captain Kenneth Watson tells WITN News that the body is that of Glen McCullough, Jr. Watson says they know how McCullough died, but are not releasing that information yet.
His body was found Thursday evening on Little Egypt Road in Blounts Creek.
Watson says they have no suspects in custody and they're still looking for John Bryant of Chocowinity as a person of interest.
Deputies say they are now looking for a person of interest in the case of a Beaufort County man who was last seen May 30th.
John Bryant, 35 of Chocowinity has not been charged with any crime, but deputies say they would like to talk to him abut the disappearance of Glen McCullough, Jr.
Last Thursday night deputies discovered a body on Little Egypt Road in Blounts Creek. While the body is consistent with McCullough's description, investigators are awaiting positive identification and a cause of death from the Medical Examiner's Office.
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Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Algonquin (DDG 283) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Honolulu, on June 29, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate. Units from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, and the U.S. will participate. Military personnel from Colombia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Republic of Philippines, Thailand, Tonga and the United Kingdom will also participate. RIMPAC is a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. Canadian Forces photo by : MCpl Marc-Andre Gaudreault, Canadian Forces Combat Camera © 2012 DND-MDN Canada
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Undecided voters and those casting ballots in Central Florida will decide the race for governor, a statistically tied contest between Democrat Alex Sink and Republican Rick Scott.
A Mason-Dixon poll released today shows Sink leading 46 percent to Scott's 43 percent, within the poll's four-point margin of error. Of those surveyed, 7 percent remain undecided and 4 percent supported another candidate.
Qunnipiac University, in a separate poll also released today, has Sink in the lead, 45 percent to 41 percent for Scott.
The result is a further narrowing of the race from a Mason-Dixon poll earlier in the month that showed Sink with a four-point lead.
In many ways, the Scott vs. Sink race is a contest to decide who is viewed least unfavorably. The Mason-Dixon poll showed both candidates' unfavorable ratings increasing in the hard-hitting negative campaign. Sink was viewed unfavorably by 39 percent, up six points from a few weeks ago. The Democratic candidate had a 44 percent favorability rating.
More than half -- 52 percent, viewed Scott unfavorably, a jump of seven points from the previous poll. Scott is viewed favorably by 30 percent.
"Without a doubt, the major reason that Scott is running behind other strong GOP candidates this cycle is that a majority of Florida voters have a negative opinion of him," said Brad Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research. "If Scott wins, it will be one of the very, very rare instances where a candidate with a negative rating above 50 percent was able to prevail."
Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll, said Scott supporters are behind him for partisan reasons, overcoming personal distaste.
"The relatively wide gap between Scott's unfavorable rating and his support in the horse race against Ms. Sink is unusual and probably reflects the Republican leaning of the electorate," Brown said in a statement.
Most of the regional results of the Mason-Dixon poll are as expected.
Sink leads with a solid majority in populous Southeast Florida, 56-33. She also has a majority of support, 51 to 40 percent, in Tampa Bay.
"Tampa Bay, the state's bellwether region, is Sink's home base and she is maintaining a double-digit lead there," Coker said.
Scott leads with majorities in North and Southwest Florida -- 53-33 in North Florida and 51-38 in his home territory of Southwest Florida. Scott also leads 46-to-44 percent in Central Florida. That narrow margin in Republican-heavy areas will be crucial.
"Central Florida may hold the key," Coker said. "Scott leads there by only 46 percent-44 percent, below the margin that successful Republicans have generated in recent elections."
The Mason-Dixon poll was conducted Monday through Wednesday. There were 625 likely voters polled. The Quinnipiac poll was taken earlier, Oct. 18-24, and included 784 likely voters. Its error margin is 3.5 percentage points.
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Amtrak - the US Government doing "business" and running up staggering losses
House Transportation Committee chairman John Mica (Repub, FL) says his investigations into Amtrak's huge losses have found among other things that it manages to lose heavily on food and beverage service on its trains even though it has a monopoly and sets high prices.
In 2011 Amtrak managed to spend $206 million on food and beverage service while taking in only $122 million in revenue, a loss of $84 million.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas looks to bounce back in front of its home crowd when the Jayhawks welcome Louisiana Tech to Memorial Stadium for an 11 a.m. game on Fox Sports 1 (FS1) Saturday. A bowl team and the nation's highest scoring offense a season ago, the Bulldogs (1-2) dropped their conference opener to Tulane last Thursday and are also looking to get back on track under new head coach Skip Holtz.
Kansas (1-1) has been among the nation's leaders in pass defense, having allowed just one passing touchdown with three interceptions through two games. Kansas running back James Sims continues his climb up the career rushing charts and moved into fifth place with another 100-yard performance in KU's loss to Rice last weekend. The Jayhawks and Bulldogs will be meeting for the fourth time, with Kansas leading the all-time series 2-1, all in Lawrence.Â
This Day In Kansas Football History
Kansas is 4-3-2 all-time in games played on Sept. 21st, with the first game dating back to an 1895 match-up against Midland in Atchison, Kan., which KU won 28-0. Most recently, Kansas dropped a 39-16 decision to Bowling Green in Lawrence during the 2002 season, Mark Mangino's first year as head coach. Kansas had won two straight on Sept. 21st, with wins over Indiana State (1985) and New Mexico State (1991).Â
Kansas-Louisiana Tech Connections
The Jayhawks and Bulldogs have both dipped into the Texas high school and national junior college ranks and share a number of potential connections in both areas. Kansas junior right tackle Zach Fondal is among the most connected, as a former teammate at Navarro Junior College to LA Tech's Mitchell Bell (OL), Eddie Johnson (WR) and Thomas McDonald (WR). Bell and Fondal were one-time Arkansas commits and both visited Kansas last fall. Kansas junior defensive lineman Keon Stowers went to Georgia Military Academy, as did LA Tech's Tre Carter (OL), Kevin Gary (WR) and Terome Grant (WR). Bulldog corner Josh Ross and KU offensive lineman Ngalu Fusimalohi both played at City College of San Francisco. Louisiana Tech defensive lineman Devon McKinney played at Pierce College in California, as did Kansas players Brandon Holloman (DB), Marquel Combs (DL) and Marcus Jenkins-Moore (LB). Current Jayhawk defensive quality control assistant Ty Greenwood was previously the defensive coordinator at Pierce.
In the high school ranks, there's an age gap, but KU's Alex Matlock and LA Tech's IK Enemkpali are both from Plugerville (Texas) HS. Bulldog offensive lineman Jens Danielson is from Wichita, Kan., and went to Andover Central High School. Although he went to high school in Houston, KU redshirt freshman DB Greg Allen grew up in New Orleans. Among other connections, Kansas assistant defensive backs coach Scott Vestal was a graduate assistant at Louisiana Tech.
Scouting the Louisiana Tech Offense
Louisiana Tech scorched opponents at the rate of 51.5 points per game during the 2012 season, but is breaking in a new coach and starting quarterback in 2013 and haven't yet been able to match that pace. Gone are Sonny Dykes, who took the head coaching job at California, and Colby Cameron, the 2012 WAC Offensive Player of the Year who graduated, and in their place are new leader Skip Holtz and Texas Tech transfer Scotty Young. This year's team is averaging 18.7 points per game, with Young throwing for nearly 150 per contest. He's been efficient at quarterback, completing 52.9 percent of his passes and hasn't thrown an interception in three games. Young left last Thursday's game with an injury and freshman signal caller Ryan Higgins was his replacement.
The favorite target early in the year has been Sterling Griffin, a graduate transfer who played for Holtz at South Florida. The Bulldogs lost their top three receivers from a year ago and Griffin has attempted to fill part of the void with 11 catches for 103 yards. In all, Young has hit 12 different receivers for at least two catches through the first three games. Running back Kenneth Dixon averaged nearly 100 yards per game last year, while running for more than 1,000 yards as a freshman All-American, but has seen his per-game production cut in half during the early portion of the 2013 slate, while battling a knee injury. Tevin King was the Bulldogs' starter in 2012 before suffering an injury of his own and has led the Bulldogs with 96.3 yards per game and 7.0 yards per carry. Â Â
Scouting the Louisiana Tech Defense
The Louisiana Tech offense took the biggest hit in the off-season with eight starters lost, but the defense wasn't far behind with seven starters lost. Among this year's leading tacklers, only defensive back Le'Vander Liggins, was among last year's top-10 tacklers and he's fifth among 2013 tackling leaders with 17 through three games. Liggins is tied for the team lead as one of three Bulldogs with an interception this season. Graduate transfer Daniel Cobb, who played for Texas Tech in KU's overtime loss to the Red Raiders last year, has set up shop in the opposing team's backfield with a team-leading eight tackles for loss. IK Enemkpali, a 2012 First Team All-WAC selection, has been equally disruptive for opponents with a team-best 4.5 sacks and an interception from the defensive line. The Bulldogs recorded six sacks in their Conference USA debut against Tulane last Thursday but gave up 370 yards in the process. Sophomore defensive back Kentrell Brice is the Bulldogs' leading tackler with 26 total stops. Â
Louisiana Tech Head Coach Skip Holtz
Holtz is in his first season as Louisiana Tech's head coach following a three-year stint at South Florida and previous head coaching stops at East Carolina and Connecticut. Holtz has participated in 15 postseason games in his coaching career, including seven as a head coach and eight as an assistant coach. Of the seven games as head coach, five occurred in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and two occurred in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Holtz and Kansas head coach Charlie Weis share Notre Dame as their alma mater.Â
Top Performers - Offense: James Sims, HB, Sr., 6-0, 200, Irving, Texas
Sims recorded his 12th career 100-yard rushing game as he put accumulated 109 rushing yards on 19 carries at Rice. With his 109 yards, Sims now has 2,685 yards for his career which ranks No. 5 all-time in Kansas history. He passed David Winbush (2,608) and Kansas greats John Riggins (2,659) and Gale Sayers (2,675) on the KU all-time rushing chart in KU's outing at Rice. Sims' 12th 100-yard game moved him into a tie with Jon Cornish on the KU all-time list for 100-yard games. Sims also had three catches for 14 yards in the game.
Top Performers - Defense: Ben Heeney, LB, Jr., 6-1, 230, Hutchinson, Kan.Â
Heeney was all over the field for the Jayhawk defense as he set a new career-high with 18 tackles at Rice. Heeney tallied 11 solo stops and also had 2.5 TFLs for a loss of 12 yards, one sack for a loss of eight yards and a career-best two pass breakups. The 18 tackles marked Heeney's sixth double-figure tackling game of his career. His sack for a loss of eight yards marked the third-straight game he has recorded a sack.Â
Top Performers - Special Teams: Trevor Pardula, P/K, Jr., 6-5, 212, San Jose, Calif.
Pardula punted six times for 278 yards, turning in a 47.8 yards per punt average. He recorded a career long punt of 59 yards and also dropped two punts inside the 20-yard line. Additionally, Pardula kicked off for the Jayhawks—notching touchbacks on all three of his kickoffs. Â
It's Not You, It's Me
Kansas junior cornerback Dexter McDonald has made breaking up look easy – passes anyway. Through two games the Kansas City, Mo., native has five break-ups, including three at Rice. Coupled with his first career interception against the Owls, McDonald leads the Big 12 Conference and is tied for the national lead with San Jose State's Bene Benwikere in passes defended with 3.0 per game. McDonald has been a key component to the Jayhawks' pass defense, which ranks third nationally in passing yards allowed per game (122.5) and second in team passing efficiency defense (75.70).


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LOS ANGELES - In a battle that featured the last two undefeated teams in the Pac-10 Conference, top-ranked UCLA got a pair of second-half goals from Lauren Cheney and Kara Lang to down No. 9 USC, 2-0 before 3,345 fans at Drake Stadium on Friday. The Bruins, who have now won eight straight over their cross-town rival, improve to 12-1-2 overall and 5-0 in conference play.
"It's fantastic," said UCLA head coach Jillian Ellis, who is now 9-0-1 in matches against USC. "We were excited for this game and we hung in there and got the result. USC came out and had us on our heels, but we regrouped in the second half and came out on top. It was a great team effort."
Cheney, who has been unstoppable as of late with six goals in the Bruins' last four games, scored her team-leading sixth game-winning goal of the season on Friday. She broke a scoreless tie in the 51st minute when she lofted a ball to the far post, just past the outstretched hands of USC goalkeeper Kristen Olsen. Senior Danesha Adams was credited with the assist, as she chipped a ball over the Trojan defense to set up the goal.
Cheney, who entered the week leading the nation in goals per game (1.41), now has a conference-best 17 goals on the season. She has tallied either a goal or an assist in 12 of 15 matches this season.
Although the Trojans picked up their intensity following the goal, managing a few close scoring opportunities in the next 10 minutes, Lang dashed USC's hopes of a comeback at the 64:03 mark with her fourth goal of the season. After Cheney fed her a ball at the top right corner of the box, Lang took a touch before unleashing a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner. Olsen got a jump on it but couldn't quite punch it wide, as the Bruins moved out to a 2-0 advantage. UCLA held USC scoreless for the remaining 25 minutes to come away with the win.
The Bruins' defense has yet to surrender a goal in Pac-10 play, as UCLA has outscored its conference opponents 10-0 in five matches. Goalkeeper Valerie Henderson made five saves on the night, picking up her 12th victory of the season. UCLA out-shot USC, 14-13 on the night.
The Bruins improve to 16-2-1 all time against USC. Not only has UCLA won eight in a row, but the Bruins also own an 11 match unbeaten streak against the Trojans. USC's last win in the series came back in 1998.
UCLA's home unbeaten streak moves to 35 matches, the longest in the country. The Bruins have not lost at home since Sept. 9, 2005.
USC, which falls to 11-2-2 and 3-1-1 in the Pac-10, entered Friday's match with their highest-ranking in program history (No. 2 in Soccer Buzz and No. 9 in NSCAA/adidas).
UCLA rounds out its home schedule next week, hosting Arizona State on Friday at 7:00 p.m. followed by a meeting with Arizona on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Both of those matches will be at Drake Stadium.
Notes: - Both Catherine Calvert and Caitlyn Mac Kechnie were injured in the second half and did not return. Calvert was hit in the back on a play in the USC box. Mac Kechnie suffered a knee sprain ... With 3,345 fans in attendance on Friday, it marked the second-highest attended home game in UCLA history next to the 3,466 fans who watched UCLA take on Arizona State back on Oct. 14, 2001 ... Friday's match was part of a doubleheader with the Bruin men's soccer team, who defeated Oregon State, 2-1 ... UCLA extended its unbeaten streak to 14 matches ... The Bruins are also on a nine-game winning streak ... UCLA earned five points in the race for the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, giving the Bruins a 10 - 2.5 lead over USC in the season-long race ... Bruin fans are still encouraged to "Vote for Val" for the Lowe's Senior Class Award. You can do so by clicking HERE


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VIERA, Fla. – After scoring just five runs in their last four Grapefruit League games, the Nationals exploded for a five-run first inning, getting homers from Ian Desmond, Jayson Werth and Roger Bernadina en route to a 12-0 pasting of the New York Mets.
All five runs in the first came against Mets starter Matt Harvey.
Desmond led off the inning with a solo homer to left field to put the Nats on the board. Harvey then gave up back-to-back doubles to Danny Espinosa and Ryan Zimmerman to make it 2-0. Jayson Werth then hit his third home run of the spring, a mammoth clout that cleared the Tiki Bar in left field and left the stadium. Later, Bernadina added his solo blast.
In all, the Nats banged out 17 hits with the top of the order doing a lot of the damage.
Desmond and Espinosa combined to go 5-for-12 with an RBI and four runs scored. The middle of the order, Ryan Zimmerman, Werth and Mark DeRosa combined to go 6-for-14 with a homer and five RBI.
"When we got to the top of the lineup getting on and got guys on base constantly, it gives your team an opportunity to score runs," second baseman Danny Espinosa said. "I know we did a real good job of getting on base and the guys who are supposed to drive in runs, did."
While spring training stats and wins and losses mean absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things, the Nats were ready to have a laugher like this with the way the last 11 days have gone.
"I think to a man, we were tired of getting whooped up on big time," manager Davey Johnson said. "So this was nice. It made it easier around here. Even on the bench, they were all getting on each other and it was fun. They were kind of tired of the ass-whooping we've been getting."
For the last two weeks, Johnson has reiterated he was not worried about the offense, or in this case, lack thereof, and saw it more as his team just getting ready for the start of the season.
"I was happy with where they were at to a man," the skipper said. "My regular guys today, if you saw it, it looked like they had pretty good timing. They were seeing the ball well. Even with the 0-for-10, to a man, I liked where everybody was. I'm going to go to 'em hard a little bit this week and then I'll back off the guys."
"I think the skipper wanted to win today," said right-fielder, Jayson Werth. "I think we had a little extra giddy-up today when we came out to play. We had our lineup for the most part in there."
"We have a good time playing with each other and good chemistry and we had a little extra hop in our step and we wanted to win today and get skipper off the schneid so to speak. We swung the bats well and got a win and it was good," Werth said.
Stephen Strasburg went five innings for the second straight time this spring. He threw shutout ball, allowing five hits while walking one and striking out five. He threw 84 pitches, 46 for strikes and was in command most of the afternoon.
He had two runners on in the first but struck out Ike Davis and got Vinny Rottino to fly to right. After a 1-2-3 second inning, Strasburg gave up two hits and hit a batter to load the bases with one out but got Davis to hit into a 4-6-3 double play.
In the fourth, a hit, a fielder's choice ground out and a walk put runners at first and second with one out, but Strasburg struck out Lucas May and got pinch-hitter Matt Tuiasosopo to ground out.
Strasburg ended his afternoon with a 1-2-3 fifth inning and in his second-to-last start before he will pitch the season opener against the Cubs on April 5, he appears ready.
"It's definitely in the rehearsal stage," Strasburg said. "Going out there and trying to execute pitches and not necessarily go out there and work on stuff. For me, where I'm at, there are still a couple of things for me to work on and that's going to continue. But when you step on the rubber, it's go time out there right now."
"The thing I like is the five innings," Johnson said. "He's done that back-to-back five innings, so really he's in a position first time out to give me 100 pitches, six innings. That's ideally where you want him."
The Astros visit Space Coast Stadium Monday for a 1:05 game against the Nationals. The Nats will send John Lannan to the hill. Lannan is 0-1 with a 4.85 ERA and he will be opposed by RHP Jordan Lyles. Lyles is 0-1 with a 6.55 ERA.
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