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Indarapatra and Sulayman
A long, long time ago, Mindanao was covered with water, and the sea cover all the lowlands so that nothing could be seen but the mountains jutting from it. There were many people living in the country and all the highlands were dotted with villages and settlements. For many years the people prospered, living in peace and contentment. Suddenly there appeared in the land four horrible monsters which, in short time has devoured every human being they could find.
Kurita, a terrible creature with many limbs, lived partly on the land and partly on sea, but its favorite haunt was the mountain where the rattan palm grew; and here it brought utter destruction on every living thing. The second monster, Tarabusaw, an ugly creature in the form of a man, lived on Mt. Matutum, and far and wide from that place he devoured the people, laying waste the land. The third, an enormous bird called Pah, was so large that, when on the wing, it covered the sun and brought darkness to the earth. Its egg was as large as a house. Mt. Bita was its haunt; and there the only people who escaped its voracity were those who hid in the mountain caves. The fourth monster was also a dreadful bird, having seven heads and the power to see in all directions at the same time. Mt. Gurayan was its home and like the others, it wrought havoc to its region.
So great was the death and destruction caused by these terrible creatures that at length, the news spread even to the most distant lands - and all nations grieved to hear the sad fate of Mindanao.
Now far across the sea, in the land of the golden sunset, was a city so great that to look at its many people would injure the eyes of men. When tidings of these great disasters reached this distant city, the heart of King Indarapatra was filled with compassion, and he called his brother, Sulayman, and begged hem to save the land of Mindanao from the monsters.
Sulayman listened to the story and as heard it, was moved with pity. "I will go", zeal and enthusiasm adding to his strength, "and the land shall be avenged," said he.
King Indarapatra, proud of his brother's courage, gave him a ring and a sword as he wished him success and safety. Then he placed a young sapling by his window and said to Sulayman "By this tree I shall know your fate from the hour you depart from here, for if you live, it will live; but if you die, it will die also."
So Sulayman departed for Mindanao, and he neither waded nor used a boat, but went through the air and landed on the mountain where the rattan grew. There he stood on the summit and gazed about on all sides. He looked on the land and the villages, but he could see no living thing. And he was very sorrowful and cried out: "Alas, how pitiful and dreadful is this devastation."
No sooner had Sulayman uttered those words than the whole mountain began to move and then shook. Suddenly out of the ground came the horrible creature Kurita. It sprng at the man and sank its claws at his flesh. But, Sulayman knowing at once that this was the scourge of the land, drew his sword and cut Kurita to pieces.
Encourage by his first success, Sulayman went on to Mt. Matutum, where conditions were even worse. As he stood on the heights viewing the great devastation, there was a noise in the forest and a movement in the trees. With a loud yell, Tarabusaw forth leaped. For the moment they looked at each other, neither showing any sign of fear. Then Tarabusaw used all his powers to try to devour Sulayman, who fought back. For a long time, the battle continued, until at last, the monster fell exhausted to the ground and Sulayman killed him with his sword.
The nest place visited by Sulayman was Mt. Bita. Here havoc was present everywhere, and though he passed by many homes, he saw that not a single soul was left. As he walked, sudden darkness fell over the land, startling him. As he looked toward the sky he beheaded a great bird that swooped upon him. Immediately he struck, and the bird fell dead at his feet; but the wing fell on Sulayman and he was crushed.
Now at this very time King Indarapatra was sitting at his window, and looking out he saw the little tree wither and dry up. "Alas!" he cried, "my brother is dead" and he wept bitterly.
Then although he was very sad, he was filled with a desire for revenge. Putting on his sword and belt, he started for Mindanao, in search for his brother.
He, too, traveled through the air with great speed until he came to the mountain where the rattan grew. There he looked about, awed at the great destruction, and when she saw the bones of Kurita he knew that his brother had been there. He went on till he came to Matutum, and when he saw the bones of Tarabusaw, he knew that this, too, was the work of Sulayman.
Still searching for his brother, he arrived at Mt. Bita, where the dead bird lay on the ground, and when he lifted the severed wing he beheld the bones of Sulayman with his sword biy his side. His grief now so overwhelmed Indarapatra that he wept for some time. Upon looking up, he beheld a small jar of water by his side. This, he knew had been sent from the heaven, and he poured the water over the bones, and Sulayman, came to life again. They greeted each other and talked animatedly for great length of time. Sulayman declared that he had not been dead but asleep, and their hearts were full of joy.
After some time Sulayman returned his distant home, but Indarapatra continued his journey to Mt. Gurayan where killed the dreadful bird with the seven heads. After these monsters had all been killed, peace and safety had been restored to the land: Indarapatra began searching everywhere to see if some of the people who hid in the earth were still alive.
One day, in the course of his search, he caught sight of a beautiful woman at a distance. When he hastened toward her she disappeared through a hole in the ground where she stood. Disappointed and tried, he sat down on a rock to rest when, looking about, he saw near him a pot uncooked rice with a big fire on the ground in front of it. This revived him and he proceeded to cook the rice. As he did so, however, he heard someone laugh near by, and turning he beheld an old woman watching him. As he greeted her, she drew near and talked to him while he ate the rice.
Of all the people in the land, the woman told him, only few were left, and they hid in a cave in the ground from whence they never ventured to come out. As for herself and her old husband, she went on, they had hidden in a hollow tree, and this they had never dared to leave until Sulayman killed the voracious bird Pah.
At Indarapatra's request, the old woman led him to one such cave. There he met the headmen with his family and some people. They all gathered about the stranger, asking many questions, for this was the first time they had heard about the death of the monsters. When they found out what Indarapatra had done for them, the headman gave his daughter to him in marriage, and she proved to be beautiful girl whom Indarapatra had seen at the mouth of the cave.
Then the people all came out of their hiding places and returned to their homes where they lived in peace and happiness. And the sea withdrew from the land and gave the lowlands to the people.


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On Jan. 1, Laurie Glimcher of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health will become the first woman to serve as dean of Weill Cornell Medical College in Manhattan. Glimcher is a practicing physician and has an impressive track record in biomedical research. Her laboratory exploits biochemical and genetic tools to elucidate the molecular pathways involved in lymphocyte development and activation in the immune system. In recent years, Glimcher's research interests have expanded into skeletal biology. She also has experience in the pharmaceutical industry and sits on the board of Bristol-Myers Squibb and has collaborated with Merck Co.
The awards Glimcher has won over the years include the FASEB Excellence in Science Award (2000), the American Society of Clinical Investigation Outstanding Investigator Award (2001) and the American College of Rheumatology Distinguished Investigator Award (2006). She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and belongs to the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Glimcher is also a member and past president of the American Association of Immunologists.
ASBMB Today spoke with Glimcher to find out about her goals for Weill Cornell Medical College, her vision for the future of the biomedical research enterprise, her management style, and her ideas to help women take on more prominent roles in science and medicine. Below are edited excerpts from the interview:
What made you decide it was time to make a new career move?
I was ready to spend more of my energy and effort in thinking about the health of biomedical research in this country. As a physician-scientist, I thought leading an academic medical institution, which was involved in basic biomedical research and translation of the research into the clinic, was the ideal place. This job came up, and I was asked to put in my CV. I spent a lot of time interviewing and thinking about [the job] and decided it was exactly what I was looking for.
What are some of the opportunities you see for WCMC?
I want a place that is committed both to the basic biomedical sciences and the translation of discovery into the clinical care delivered to patients. WCMC is perfectly positioned to be on the forefront of academic medicine thanks to the fantastic work of the current dean, Antonio Grotto; Sanford Weill, who is the chair of the board of overseers; the board of overseers and the president of Cornell, David Skorton. A new research building, for which Tony Gotto, Sandy Weill and the others have raised $1.3 billion so far, is going up with the intent of making it into a first-rate biomedical research center. It has one of the best hospitals in New York City, outstanding medical education, an excellent graduate student program and, clearly, a history of greatness in the biomedical sciences. My feeling is that with this brand-new research building under construction, WCMC is poised for pre-eminence in the biomedical sciences, which it has already achieved in clinical medicine.
WCMC has several key advantages. It's got strong ties to other New York City institutions. It has the tri-institutional graduate-student program, which it shares with Rockefeller [University] and with [Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]. There are collaborations that are already ongoing between these three, but I think there could be more opportunities for collaboration in interdisciplinary science.
Another key connection is WCMC's close alliance with its outstanding parent university, whose president, David Skorton, is a physician-scientist. One of Cornell University's strategic goals is to increase faculty excellence. I share President Skorton's belief that this is the central mission of the next dean. WCMC is a part of Cornell University, and I look forward to strengthening that bond through shared interests and interactions among the current and to-be-recruited biomedical scientists. I think it's an enormous opportunity for enhanced collaboration between the parent university and the medical school.
What are some of the challenges you anticipate?
A big challenge for all American biomedical research institutions is funding. The [National Institutes of Health], I am sure I don't have to tell you, has tightened its belt and is going to tighten it further. It's a big challenge for all of us to support ourselves in this current financially constrained environment. We have to be thinking creatively about how to support biomedical research by private foundations, philanthropy and appropriate partnering with the private sector. WCMC has academic excellence and an attractive location, and I think it's going to be possible to recruit first-rate senior and junior faculty in a variety of disciplines. I also think its relatively small size makes it a perfect laboratory for developing innovative approaches to medical education, translational research, clinical care and academia-private sector collaborations.
What steps will you take to foster more collaboration between academia and industry and between physicians and researchers?
I think the dean needs to be deeply involved in both basic biomedical research and clinical translational research. It's a real opportunity to strengthen research in both and to get the clinicians collaborating with the scientists. There is also New York-Presbyterian Hospital, of course, and I'm very eager to maintain and expand the excellent relationship that the current dean has established between the medical college and the hospital.
I really believe that the private sector is essential to translational research. We have to leverage the talents of everybody but always, always, always shine a bright light on any potential conflict of interest. There is an old saying, "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." You have got to keep everything above board, open and transparent.
We had a wonderful collaboration with Merck for three years. We serendipitously had isolated a new gene that controls adult bone mass. We established a real partnership with [Merck]. It wasn't as if they wrote us a check and said good-bye. We met with Merck project leaders and scientists on a monthly basis to review our joint progress. We helped design a high-throughput drug screen that Merck scientists could use to screen their chemical libraries. They identified some compounds, and we looked at them in cultures of osteoblasts to see if they actually activated osteoblasts. Their funding allowed me to establish a presence in the field of skeletal biology, which I had never been in before. I built a team of really superb postdocs who had come to me originally to work in immunology and instead became skeletal biologists. This is a field that is underpopulated and ripe for expansion and recruitment of bright young scientists. This funding [from Merck] allowed me to make good progress, but it also allowed me to train some talented young people for the field. I could have never done that with NIH funding alone.
In an environment of financial belt-tightening, how will you identify research directions?
First of all, I'm going to be doing a lot of fundraising. We will have some resources, but there is always a need for more.
But you're right, it's a small place. We can't do everything and need to focus. One area WCMC has chosen to focus on is neurodegenerative diseases. WCMC received a wonderful gift from one of the members of the board of overseers, Robert Appel, to fund a center for neurodegenerative disease. WCMC recruited Steven Paul from Eli Lilly [and Co.] to head it. The intent is to do more recruiting in that area. Neurodegenerative diseases are going to take down our health-care system if we can't figure out how to deal with them. As the population ages, we're going to have many millions of people over the age of 80 who have Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. It's our responsibility as biomedical scientists and physicians to figure out how to tackle these diseases. Another area of huge unmet medical need is metabolic syndromes: the triad of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These diseases are going to be an enormous drain on our health-care system.
I am very interested in skeletal biology. Before I joined this field, I had no idea that osteoporosis is the most common disease worldwide. One out of two women over the age of 50 have osteoporosis or will develop osteoporosis, and it's one out of five for men. There's major mortality from fractures. The numbers are startling: 25 percent of individuals who sustain a fracture are dead within a year. The Hospital for Special Surgery is closely aligned with Weill Cornell. They are interested in expanding their biomedical research, and I think this is a wonderful opportunity to do that.
How do you describe your leadership style?
I have developed my leadership and management style both from my many years of supervising a large lab and my years on corporate boards. My own management style is very relaxed. My door is always open. If postdocs and graduate students get a result they are excited about or have a question, they are welcome to pop their heads in. If somebody wants to meet with me, they don't have to go to my secretary and say "I need to arrange a meeting with Laurie" and be told "That will be four days from now." Absolutely not. If they need to speak to me, I will find time to speak to them right away. Period.
I have no problems with making tough decisions, but I think one always has to be respectful of one's colleagues. That's not just the people who are your peers or your superiors but, most important, the people who report to you. I judge myself and other people by the quality of their interactions with individuals below them in the pecking order.
I make the decision I think is right and best for the institution. Then I explain why I made that decision to people who might not agree. That's going to be really important as dean, because you can't always get everyone on board. You can't get consensus all the time, but people have to understand how you reached a decision.
You are only the second woman to be named dean for a major medical school. The first was Nancy Andrews for Duke University School of Medicine in 2007. What needs to be done for female scientists and physicians to take on more prominent roles?
It is a tough problem. You have biology intersecting with a time when you need to be devoted to your career. It's not easy, and I know that. I've lived through it with three kids. I remember when I was a postdoc at the NIH. The guys – at least some of them, not all – would sit around, schmooze and talk science. They didn't have to think about picking up a child at day care. I barely ever saw the cafeteria at NIH. I would make lunch and bring it in a paper bag. I didn't have time to have coffee and chat with the other postdocs. I had to work, work, work, because I had to pick up my daughter at 5 o'clock from day care! When I was home while she was still awake, I spent time with her, but I would be up late working. I didn't want to spend my entire weekend in the lab. Yes, I would go into the lab for a few hours [on weekends] but couldn't and didn't want to do that all the time. This became even more challenging with the arrival of two more children over the next several years.
Ideally, postdocs who are primary caregivers should have access to another pair of hands to help level the playing field. I'm not saying they shouldn't do the experiments themselves, and of course they should direct the research. But, realistically, they may not be able to put in the long hours during the week and weekend that their peers can. I started a program when I was president of the AAI, the PCTAS program at [the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases], which stands for Primary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements. It provided technician salaries. It was a small program. I wish it had more funding, but I did get a number of letters from young women who said it made a real difference in their careers for them to have a technician.
You have received numerous awards. Which one makes you most proud?
The award that I'm the most proud of is the American Association of Immunologists' Excellence in Mentoring award [in 2008]. That, to me, is the major task of the senior scientist. It's to train the next generation. I think it's a huge responsibility. It's going to be one of my emphases as dean to make sure the mentoring programs at WCMC are as good as they should be.
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DOVER — A Somersworth man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Tuesday night robbery at a Dover drugstore and subsequent high-speed chase that led police through at least two jurisdictions.
Nicholas Maynes, 25, of 13A Central St., Somersworth, was apprehended and arrested by police on Middle Street in Portsmouth with the assistance of the Portsmouth Police Department and New Hampshire Probation and Parole officers. He is being charged by Dover police with robbery, disobeying a police officer, reckless operation, operating after suspension, and misuse of plates.
Police allege that at approximately 9:38 p.m. Tuesday, Maynes entered the Walgreens on Glenwood Avenue and passed a note to a pharmacy employee demanding prescription medication.
Authorities say Maynes then fled the area in a beige Mazda Protege with an undisclosed amount of medication and led police on a chase through Dover streets at a high rate of speed, refusing to stop for police and driving over a lawn. Officers then ceased efforts to stop Maynes due to safety concerns and he then drove to Rollinsford, police said.
The vehicle was observed speeding Tuesday night without headlights on and passing other vehicles along Portland Avenue. A Rollinsford officer attempted to stop the suspect and followed the vehicle onto Foundry Street where the suspect abandoned the sedan and fled on foot into the woods. A K9 unit from the Rochester Police Department was dispatched to track the suspect but no contact was made.
Maynes refused bail and is being held at Strafford County House of Corrections. He will be arraigned today at Dover Circuit Court at 10:45 a.m.
In a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, the Dover Police Department thanked the Rollinsford Police Department, the Rochester Police Department, the Portsmouth Police Department, and the New Hampshire Department of Corrections Field Services Division for their assistance in the investigation.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) Darien Brothers scored 39 points to lead Richmond to an 81-61 victory over Charlotte, handing the 49ers their first Atlantic 10 Conference loss of the season on Saturday.
Deion Taylor had 13 points and Kendall Anthony 12 for the Spiders (21-7, 2-2). Brothers shot 10 of 14 from the field, 8 of 11 on 3-pointers, and 11 of 12 from the line.
Pierria Henry led the 49ers (15-3, 3-1) with 18 points and seven rebounds, and DeMario Mayfield had 11 points.
Richmond scored the first nine points of the game and finished the first half with a 39-28 advantage. The closest the 49ers got was 44-39 on Pierria Henry's layup 4:24 into the second half. The Spiders scored the next 11 points and cruised to the victory, halting Richmond's four-game winning streak.
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Growth Modeling of Longitudinal Data
Sarah Dauber
posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 7:28 am
I am trying to conduct a multigroup growth model to examine patterns of alcohol use over time in two groups (experimental and control). The output gives an overall chi-square and then the chi-square contributions for each group. How do I interpret the chi-square contributions from each group? Are they supposed to be relatively equal? What does it tell you if one group has a much larger contribution than the other?
Thank you,
Sarah Dauber
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 9:26 am
The model may fit better for one group than the other. This is not the same as fitting the model for each group separately, however, because there are restrictions across the groups. I would suggest fitting the growth model separately in each group before doing a multiple group analysis to be certain that the same growth model fits well in each group.
Sarah Dauber
posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 9:47 am
Thanks for your response. So the model that makes the larger contribution to the chi-square has the poorer fit? Is that correct?
Sarah Dauber
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, December 04, 2006 - 2:10 pm
The larger the chi-square the worse the fit. But I would run the groups separately to asses model fit for each group.
Sarah Dauber
posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 11:53 am
Thanks for your help. One more question...is it possible to fit a quadratic curve in one group and a linear fit in the other within a multi-group model? If so, how do I specify this in the input?
Sarah Dauber
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 12:06 pm
You could do this but if the two groups don't have the same growth model, it does not make sense to compare growth factor means and variances across groups. It is like measurement invariance. If the factors aren't the same across groups, then comparing factor means is comparing apples to oranges.
Michael Spaeth
posted on Friday, May 08, 2009 - 8:34 am
I want to compare growth factor means between two subgroups via multiple group approach. However, my final model is a conditional one and I wonder whether I should use the conditional or unconditional model to test growth factor mean differences between subgroups. Equality tests actually differ depending on the choice of unconditional vs. conditional. May be this could be due to the fact that growth factor means become intercepts in conditional models?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, May 09, 2009 - 10:59 am
The equality tests differ because in the unconditional model, it is a test of means and in the conditional model, it is a test of intercepts. If your final model is conditional, it makes sense that you would want to compare intercepts and regression coefficients.
Michael Spaeth
posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 2:48 am
Thanks, but I'm not fully sure if I got this. Finally, I would like to state something like this: "Controlled for cov xy the intercept growth factor mean (actually : Baseline-level) and/or the slope growth factor mean (actually: growth over time) is higher/lower (stronger/weaker) in subgroup A as compared to subgroup B."
To achieve this, would one compare the intercepts of growth factor means in the conditional model (as you said) or compare the growth factor means derived from "model constraint" (as it is often recommended here in the forum)?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 8:05 am
The question is if in your group comparison you are interested in the differences across groups in the means of the covariates. I assume not. The growth factor means are partly determined by the covariate means in that growth factor means are produced by covariate means times covariate slopes plus intercepts. When comparing groups I think it is more relevant to compare those slopes and intercepts. I would think you are more likely to have group invariance in slopes and intercepts than in covariate means. Considering the intercepts is what I would call having controlled for covariates, that is, getting rid of the effect of the group differences in the covariate means.
Michael Spaeth
posted on Monday, May 11, 2009 - 11:55 am
Sounds very reasonable. Thank you for clarification. However, I'm still interested in reporting subgroup (low/high) specific growth factor means (and SEs) of the conditional multiple group model. Unfortunatelly, I failed in replicating the subgroup specific growth factor means reported in tech4 with the following setting (example for intercept growth factor "id").
model low:
[id] (p1);
sex (p2);
id on sex (p3);
ta (p4);
id on ta (p5);
model high:
[id] (p6);
sex (p7);
id on sex (p8);
ta (p9);
id on ta (p10);
model constraint:
New (c d);
c = p1 + (p2 * p3) + (p4 * p5);
d = p6 + (p7 * p8) + (p9 * p10);
Although model constraint is often suggested for getting SEs for the growth factor means in conditional models I found no syntax in this forum. So the above mentioned syntax was a guess...
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 - 9:18 am
If you specify the means in MODEL CONSTRAINT, the standard errors are calculated by the program.
You have the means specified incorrectly. p2, p4, p7, and p9 refer to variances not means. Also, you should not mention variances or means of covariates in the MODEL command. You should obtain the means of sex and ta from descriptive statistics.
ymean = intercept + B*xmean
where the value of xmean is taken from descriptive statistics.
Michael Spaeth
posted on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:44 am
Thank's a lot, that worked fine. Final question: How should one alter the above syntax to define equal growth factor means across the both groups in the conditional model? I thought of setting the 3 variables of the growth factor equation equal across subgroups.
I tried:
model low:
[id] (p1);
id on ta (p2);
id on sex (p3);
model high:
[id] (p1);
id on ta (p2);
id on sex (p3);
model constraint:
New (c);
c = p1 + (p2 * amean) + (p3 * bmean);
where amean and bmean reflect the covariate means of the whole sample. The estimated growth factor means of both subgroups (tech4) slightly differ. However, this could also be a function of covariates and my syntax is o.k.!?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 9:42 am
You should define a mean for each group using the mean of a and b for each group. You can then use MODEL TEST to test the equality of the means.
Michael Spaeth
posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 4:52 am
thanks, I overlooked this option in the handbook, sorry.
Walter Sobchak
posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 9:03 am
I applied a multiple group approach which tested equalities of covariances between growth factors (of parallel processes) using chi-square tests.
I know that this approach tests unstandardized parameters (actually covariances).
What confuses me: I found that there are sometimes big differences with regard to correlations between growth factors comparing both groups (gender)which did not became significant when testing covariances and smaller differences in correlations which became signifcant. How can this briefly explained?
Another question: I first analyzed the whole sample. Here I found a sig. correlation between an intercept and a slope which did not become signifcant (but was equal) in both groups when doing multiple group analysis. Additionally, the correlation in both groups is lower as compared to the overall analysis. How should that be communicated? It would be nice if I could postulate: We found a significant correlation between interceptA and slopeB and this association was not moderated by gender. However, I've found a paper which only reports the correlation of multiple group analysis and no correlations of the whole sample. That would imply: We found no correlation between interceptA and slopeB and no moderation by gender.
All other significant overall correlations are at least signifcant for one group, so there is no conflict with overall analysis.
How would you deal with that?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 8:28 am
I'm unclear on how you are testing the differences in correlations.
Walter Sobchak
posted on Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 3:49 am
I'm sorry! For sure I did not test differences in correlations (is this possible?). But I wondered why seemingly little differences in correlations became significant and seemingly big differences in correlations became insignificant (--> both in tests of differences in covariances) and how to explain that.
Pertaining Question 2, I wondered how to report my findings. The covariance between intercept and slope was significant in overall analysis but not significant in both groups of multiple group analysis. Should I report the insignificant interaction against the background of the sig. main effect of overall analysis or against the background of the insig. main effect of multiple group analysis?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10:58 am
The parameter estimate size is not all that determines significance, but also the standard errors - which can be quite different.
If you find it important to analyze groups, I would report what happens in each group. I would also test equality across groups in a multiple-group run.
posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 - 7:31 am
I am running a two-level five-group latent growth model with within level grouping variable in which I would like to examine group-differences in the predictive value of two variables for the intercept and slope.
I tried:
USEV ARE Plus1 Plus2 Plus3 Class LionPc MonkeyPc;
CLUSTER = Class;
CLASSES = g(5);
knownclass = g(grade = 4 5 6 7 8);
ANALYSIS: TYPE = TWOLEVEL mixture;
ESTIMATOR = ML;!Bayes;
processors = 3;
Model = NOCOV;
iw sw |
iw ON LionPc MonkeyPc;
sw ON LionPc MonkeyPc;
LionPc WITH MonkeyPc;
ib sb |
The model estimation terminated normally.
In the results however, the regression weights (iw ON LionPc MonkeyPc &
sw ON LionPc MonkeyPc) and covariance (LionPc WITH MonkeyPc) are estimated exactly at the same value in all groups. Is this a default setting? If yes, how can I make sure they are freely estimated? Is there a command for this?
Kind regards, Eva
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, February 10, 2014 - 10:48 am
They are held equal as the default. To free them, mention them in the class-specific part of the MODEL command, for example,
y ON x;
y ON x;
posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 4:25 am
Thank you so much for your reply.
In my multigroup model, the predictive value of two variables for intercept and slope is now estimated for each group seperately.
In the next step, I would like to see if differences between standardized estimates are signficant between the two predictors (i.e., within groups and therefore dependent samples) as well as between groups (independent samples)
Is it possible to do this using the Wald test. And if so, how would I have to program this, for example with y ON x and y ON z?
I tried:
y ON x (c1);
y ON z (c2);
Model test:
c1 = c2;
and I also tried:
y ON x (c1);
y ON x (d1);
Model test:
c1 = d1;
But then I get the follwing error:
*** ERROR in MODEL CONSTRAINT command
The following parameter label is ambiguous. Check that the corresponding
parameter has not been changed. Parameter label: C1
I hope you can help me out.
Kind regards, Eva
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 6:18 am
Please send your output and license number to
posted on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 1:45 pm
I ran the input file again so I could send you the output and somehow now it does work. I think the first time I accidentally put a parameter label in the overall model,
which caused the error to appear.
Thank you just as much!
Kind regards, Eva
posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 4:54 am
If I understand correctly, the following command tests differences between UNstandardised estimates?
y ON x (c1);
y ON z (c2);
Model test:
c1 = c2;
Is this right?
And if so, is it also possible to adapt the command to test differences between standardised estimates?
When it is not possible to test differences between standardised estimates, I guess it will be necessary to standardise both x and z using z-scores. However, since I am interested in multigroup analysis (using grade as the grouping factor), I think I should standardise around the grade mean (not the grand mean). Is it possible to do this in Mplus? Or should I do this in SPSS before hand?
Kind regards, Eva
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 11:38 am
Yes. But MODEL TEST should be specified:
Model test:
0 = c1 - c2;
You would need to define the standardize estimates in MODEL CONSTRAINT and test them in MODEL CONSTRAINT.
posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 12:54 am
Dear Linda,
Thank you for your reply.
I am quite new to this, and I am not sure how to go about this.
How would I define the standardized estimates and test this in MODEL CONSTRAINT? How would this look in my command?
USEV ARE Plus1 Plus2 Plus3 Class y z;
CLUSTER = Class;
CLASSES = g(2);
knownclass = g(grade = 4 5);
ESTIMATOR = ML;!Bayes;
processors = 3;
Model = NOCOV;
iw sw |
iw ON y;
iw ON z;
sw ON y;
sw ON z;
y WITH z;
iw sw;
iw ON y(c1);
iw ON z(d1);
sw ON y(e1);
sw ON z(f1);
y WITH z(g1);
iw sw;
iw ON y(c2);
iw ON z(d2);
sw ON y (e2);
sw ON z(f2);
y WITH z(g2);
Model Test:
0 = c1 - c2;
Kind regards, Eva
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 6:06 am
See Example 5.20 in the user's guide.
posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 8:12 am
I looked at Example 5.20 and I am a bit confused:
Is this a way to tell Mplus to use standardized estimates for x ON y and x ON z in its comparison?
Or is this a way to calculate standardized z-scores for y and z?
Kind regards, Eva
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 10:43 am
The example shows how to use MODEL CONSTRAINT to compute the standardized estimates.
Simone Croft
posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 5:25 am
I am trying to run a multigroup analysis to determine gender differences in univariate LGCs over time. The measurement model shows partial strong invariance over time and strong invariance across gender.
I would like to see if there are gender differences in the growth factors? By default means are fixed @0 for females and estimated for males, but is it possible (and sensible) to fix them to be equal and see if fit indices are reduced? Or is there another, better way to do this?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 6:03 am
The models to compare factor means are zero in all groups or timepoints compared to zero in one group or timepoint and free in the others.
Simone Croft
posted on Thursday, April 16, 2015 - 6:20 am
Thank you Linda.
Jinette Comeau
posted on Monday, May 29, 2017 - 9:34 am
I estimated a multiple group growth model to examine differences in children's mental health trajectories across two groups (high income and low income). I have two mental health outcomes: depression and antisocial behavior. I found significant differences in the mean intercepts of depression and antisocial behavior across the two groups. However, differences in the mean slopes across the two groups were only significant for antisocial behavior. I argued that these income groups appear to have a more pronounced influence on antisocial behavior compared to depression (i.e. differences in the mean slopes for antisocial behavior but not depression), but a reviewer is asking if I can test this empirically. Is there a way to test for differences in the effects of income on two different outcomes, whether in the multiple group approach or some other alternative approach? Many thanks!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, May 29, 2017 - 5:50 pm
You could test for equality of the 2 slope means (for antisocial and depression) using Model Test. But since those 2 DVs are in different metrics you would have to consider standardized means. Which means that you would express the standardized means in Model Constraint and then test their difference in Model Test (see the V8 UG page 773).
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A hip labral tear is an injury to the soft elastic tissue around the hip joint called the labrum. The hip joint is made of a ball and socket. The ball is the end of the thigh bone, also called the femur. This ball fits into the bowl-shaped socket in the pelvic bone, also called the acetabulum. Cartilage lines the socket to keep movement smooth and the joint cushioned. The labrum helps to hold the ball of your femur in place. When this tears, it is called a hip labral tear.
Hip labral tears can result from wear and tear or from an injury.
Risk Factors
Factors that can increase your chances of getting a hip labral tear include:
Symptoms vary and can be mild, including:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. You will likely be referred to a specialist. An orthopedic surgeon focuses on bones and joints.
Images may need to be taken of your hip. This can be done with:
An anesthetic may be injected to help diagnose this condition. If the pain gets better with the injection, the problem is in the joint which could be a labral tear.
Talk with your doctor about the best plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Medical Treatment
Common medical treatment may include:
Generally, this treatment is tried for several weeks. If there is no improvement, then surgery is considered.
Surgical Treatment
Arthroscopy uses a thin, lighted tube inserted through a small incision to view the injury and fix it. Small instruments are threaded through this tube. The torn labrum may be removed or sewn together.
After surgery, you may be fitted with a brace. This will provide support and aid healing. A therapist will work with you. The therapy will include strength exercises and a plan to increase your weight bearing.
There are no known guidelines to prevent a hip labral tear.
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In a sign that this year's wine touring season is upon us, the Washington State Wine 2012 Tour Guide has been released!
As in previous years, the guide is divided into eight wine touring regions: Seattle & Puget Sound, Woodinville, Yakima Valley, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla Valley, Spokane & Pullman, Vancouver & Columbia Gorge, and Cascade Valley & North Central.
Each touring region has an introductory article with information about the area as well as suggestions on when to go, how to get there, places to eat and drink, and things to do. This year there are also several grower profiles and chef profiles along with recipes. A number of the articles in the Tour Guide were written by yours truly with others by Chris Nishiwaki and Adrianne Dow Young.
Look for hard copies of the guide at wineries and retailers throughout the state. Read an electronic version here.
Washington State Wine 2012 Tour Guide released
In a sign that this year's wine touring season is upon us, the Washington State Wine 2012 Tour Guide has been released!
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Chris Says:
A very nice update, Sean, and really nice that the guide is now on-line too. This will be my fifth WA State Wine Guide, and each year I've used it as a checkoff of where we've visited/tasted, and targeted new wineries and or areas to explore. The 2008 and 2009 have lots more marks than 2010 and 2011, but I'd like to add a few notches in this newest one in the Puget Sound area.
Anonymous Says:
Check your facts! Walla Walla Airport receives an average of 15-20" of rain per year. That tapers off as you go west of the city to 5-10"/year.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Anon, ouch that's a bad typo! I'm assuming that they meant to write 15" there, not 5". I'm not sure we average 5" anywhere in the state! I'll give the producers of the magazine a heads up. Thanks for the catch!


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The gravestone for Elizabeth Hanthorn (d. 1831) catches your eye immediately. The shape alone is different than most other markers—and it is covered in interesting carvings. Note, for example, the upside-down flowers (a life cut down by death) on either side of the large urn.
The inscription is unique as well, telling all who stop to read about the sudden nature of Elizabeth's death.
to the memory
of Elizabeth wife of
Noah M. Hanthorn.
who while in an attitude of
prayer, and without a mom=
ents warning, was by a si=
ngular providence called
to exchange worlds.
May 31, 1835 in the
19 year of her age
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If I were not looking at a photo of the gravestone, I would guess that the inscription began "Sacred to the memory of." But I keep seeing the first letter as H, not S.
What do you see?
And how about "called to exchange worlds"? This substitute for died is a new one to me.
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Hours before he played the romantic lead in a play opposite his real-life fiancee, authorities allege Daniel Patrick Wozniak shot and killed his neighbor.
Not long after that performance, he slipped out of the Costa Mesa apartment he shared with his then-fiancée, Rachel Buffett, 25, and allegedly killed the first victim's tutor, according to police, prosecutors and Buffett's account of events.
Authorities say that when they questioned Buffett, she lied to protect Wozniak, 28. More than two years after the May 2010 crimes, she was charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact.
It is a charge she disputed in a recent jailhouse interview with the Daily Pilot.
"I'm innocent, and he's guilty, and he confessed to that," she said, explaining that Wozniak allegedly told her that he told police he killed the two victims.
She said she's always been straight with police and doesn't understand why she is facing felony charges and a possible three-year prison sentence.
"You go over it in your mind, 'How could I possibly give someone wrong information?'" she said. "I was trying to be helpful and give them every conception in my mind."
Police, however, say their investigation, which included interviews with Buffett and multiple witnesses, indicates she wasn't truthful.
"She told us a story we know not to be true," said Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Ed Everett.
Account of events
During a recent interview in Orange County Jail, Buffett gave the Pilot her account of the days of the crimes and the months following Wozniak's arrest on May 26, 2010.
Dressed in a navy jail jumpsuit, the 115-pound woman with blond hair and blue eyes recalled the last time she saw one of the victims.
Samuel Herr, 26, lived a few floors above the apartment she shared with Wozniak. She spoke with him on May 21, 2010.
Sitting with Herr on a patio, Buffett said she thanked him for lending Wozniak $500, promising to pay him back, if for some reason Wozniak could not.
"'If you can't, sweetie, that's totally OK,'" Buffett remembered Herr telling her. "'Think of it as a wedding present.'"
Wozniak and Herr then left. Buffett was under the impression they went to a bank to withdraw the money.
That afternoon, Wozniak and Herr headed to the military base in Los Alamitos under the pretense of moving furniture inside the base's theater, according to transcripts of court testimony reviewed by the Pilot.
As Herr bent over to move furniture, police testified to the Orange County Grand Jury that they believe Wozniak shot him once. Herr turned around, apparently thinking he had been electrocuted, and, according to the transcripts, was shot a second time and died.
Couple on stage
Later that night, Wozniak played Guido in a Fullerton theater's production of "Nine" opposite Buffett's performance as his mistress, said the production's stage manager Kara Kessener.
"The day of the first murder, he actually arrived early," Kessener said, adding that she thought that was unusual for the sometimes tardy actor.
After the play, Buffett said she and Wozniak returned to their apartment in Camden Martinique on Pinecreek Drive near Orange Coast College to unwind.
She remembered browsing Facebook, using the social network to write her new friend, Juri "Julie" Kibuishi, who had been tutoring Herr, while Wozniak used the phone.
Wozniak suggested a movie. They put in "Men in Black." Wozniak, Buffett recalled, gave her a massage, and she dozed off on the couch.
Wozniak, she said, then turned on the shower and closed the door to the bedroom adjacent to the bathroom, slipping out of the apartment's sliding glass doors.
Buffett said she partially recalled some of these events. Her memory was assisted, she said, when Wozniak called her after his arrest and discussed the events after telling her he had confessed the murders to police.
Police and prosecutors allege that Wozniak went to Herr's apartment early on May 22, 2010. They also allege that he sent text messages to Kibuishi from Herr's phone.
In the messages, police have said, Wozniak, posing as Herr, urged her to come to the apartment. Kibuishi left her home in Irvine and went to his apartment.
Wozniak, who also knew Kibuishi, allegedly distracted her at Herr's apartment before shooting her and staging her body to appear as though Herr had sexually assaulted her, according to court records.
Buffett said she told Wozniak that she never heard the gunshot. She said she asked him how this was possible and he replied, "I got lucky."
Buffett said she slept through the episode. Wozniak woke her when he returned and said she should wash off her stage makeup. The two took a shower together, she said.
'I was in complete denial'
Prosecutors assert Wozniak went back to the military base on May 22, 2010, to dismember and decapitate Herr's body, later hiding body parts in a Long Beach park not far from Los Alamitos' city limits.
Kessener, the friend from the playhouse, saw the couple the next night when they gathered to watch "Lost." She sat next to Wozniak.
"It kind of brings chills," Kessener said. "They seemed completely normal. That's what made it so creepy."
A few days later, Wozniak went to his bachelor party at a restaurant in Huntington Beach. Police arrived at the party and arrested him.
Buffett said she had a hard time believing the man she was to marry was guilty. She visited him in jail.
"I was in complete denial," she said. "I thought he went temporarily insane. He was the type of guy who would give you the shirt off his back."
Wozniak attempted suicide in jail. Afterward, Buffet said he told her that he'd had a vision of God. A Christian, she continued to visit, suggesting Scriptures he should read. During one of the last times, she brought along a pastor.
Buffett grew wary of her boyfriend. On the phone, Wozniak vacillated between being repentant and acting happy, saying he was entertaining other inmates with shows.
"It sounded like he was having so much fun," Buffett said.
The final straw was when she and Wozniak's best man, who lived out of state, visited Wozniak in jail.
Wozniak's friend expressed dismay that he was visiting his friend at jail instead of attending his wedding.
"Dan made some kind of comment like, 'Oh, it'll happen,'" Buffett said referring to them getting married.
Which alarmed Buffett, who no longer wanted to marry a man accused of murder.
"I'm trying to help this guy in a save-his-soul kind of way," she said of the visits.
Buffet's arrest in H.B.
Police arrested Buffett last month at the Bella Terra shopping center in Huntington Beach.
She lied to authorities about Herr having family problems when they interviewed her following the crimes, according to police and a statement from prosecutors.
"I can't separate where I got that information," she said, adding that she believes someone — she cannot recall whom — told her that Herr didn't get along with his family.
Buffett estimates police interviewed her about the double murder four times.
She said she would have never intentionally told detectives anything false and cannot understand why they think she lied.
Buffett also questioned why police waited more than two years after the murders to arrest her.
"We waited that long basically because we didn't want to prematurely arrest her for accessory and find out she was complicit in the homicides," said Everett, the Costa Mesa police sergeant.
Upon hearing about her interview with the Pilot, Steve Herr questioned one claim Buffett made about his son.
"Sam would not hand over $500, I can tell you that right now," Herr said, adding his son was careful with money. "He would not do that. I know my son."
Police and prosecutors assert Wozniak killed Herr to secure his ATM card. Herr had saved money from his time in the military.
Wozniak remains in Orange County Jail on murder charges. If convicted, he could receive the death penalty.
Buffett faces three felony charges of accessory to murder after the fact. She faces a three-year, eight-month sentence if convicted.
A 'sheltered' Christian
Buffett described herself as a home-schooled, "sheltered" Christian. The Bible passage that speaks to her most is Psalms 23, which begins, "The Lord is my shepherd."
She says she has lost faith in the justice system.
"I was always raised to think the cops were the good guys, and the system was just," she said. "That's another way this has been hard for me."
Her brother, Nathan Buffett of Long Beach, said when his sister was 8, she won a contest for describing why she loved her mother.
Jail has been difficult. She said she has not been given medicine for her anemia.
"[She is a] sweet, innocent type of girl," he said.
While Buffett didn't know either victim well, she described both as "so sweet."
"I still grieve for them," she said, noting that she, too, was deceived by Wozniak.
Buffett said she and Kibuishi planned to take dance classes together. She dabbed at tears collecting in the corners of her eyes when speaking of Kibuishi.
And she describes Wozniak as a master manipulator.
"He fooled everybody so much," she said. "I can't say, 'I'm so stupid for hanging out with him' because he's fooled everyone.'"
She said her arrest made the suffering her family and others have felt after Wozniak's arrest worse.
"It's really sad this whole situation has hurt so many people already," she said. "I count myself lucky to be alive."
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dasadler necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 141 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
Original logo needed for a new casino party business, with or without a tagline. The logo will become our brand identity and should convey an upscale and fun (awesome fun) casino for private and corporate events. Use your imagination and be creative… all ideas welcomed and appreciated. Winner should expect more work in the future.
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Jodie Foster Marries Girlfriend Alexandra Hedison
It was only at last year's Golden Globes that Jodie Foster quasi-came out of the closet publicly, but now E! reports she has married Alexandra Hedison, her girlfriend of nearly a year.
Hedison is a photographer, director and actress whose character Dylan Moreland appeared sporadically across three seasons of the The L Word. She also dated Ellen DeGeneres for three years before the couple broke up in 2004. E! says that a rep for Foster confirmed the marriage.
In that sorta-coming out speech, Foster thanked her "ex-partner in love but righteous soul sister in life" Cydney Bernard, who dated Foster for 20 years. The pair raised two boys together, and Foster took note to call Bernard her "most beloved bff of 20 years."
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JVNotifyPro is a brokering service and community designed to unite internet and information product resource providers with business owners to launch joint venture projects. Founded 8 years ago in the home of a web marketing guru, JVNotifyPro has several multi-million dollar partnerships and friendships. Rather than simply pairing up designers/developers/marketers based on single specific jobs, JVNP has developed a culture to help build long lasting business partnerships.
The target audience are internet and business professionals. JVNP hosts members from all aspects of online community development. From SEO experts to designers to ethical newsletter authors to programmers, JVNP is a hub for professionals who are comfortable and savvy online.
Our re-branding process will start with our logo, but the colors and feel of the logo will go on to drive the overall look and feel of JVNotifypro.com. Logos should be professional and clean, with a bit of "web 2.0" style.
The new look should fit well on physical marketing materials such as hats and coffee mugs as well as on the printed and digital page. The finished product should come in a large scale format. However, elements of the logo should be able to scale down to "favicons" and silhouettes.
JVNotifyPro will be the content of the logo. "JV" and "Pro" should be more prominent with "Notify" existent but toned down.
While existing color scheme may play a role, feel free to be flexible with palette and font choice. We would like to convey a comfortable color interface with light levels of pop. Shy away from vivid reds and yellows. While gradients and other "web 2.0" elements are welcome, the logo should be recognizable and legible in greyscale and 2-tone palettes.
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Will Young, Seal and Chaka Khan are among the singing stars who will join judges Kelis and Gareth Malone to choose the next big music group in new BBC show Pitch Battle.
The Saturday night show will be hosted by former Great British Bake Off star Mel Giedroyc and will see Milkshake singer Kelis and choir master Malone joined by a different guest judge each week to help choose which groups progress to the next stage of the competition.
DNCE frontman Joe Jonas and US star Bebe Rexha will also be among those lending a hand.
Each week, singing groups from across the land will compete in a series of choral challenges including riff offs inspired by the movie Pitch Perfect, a soloist challenge and an A capella round.
Malone, who once mentored Giedroyc when she was a member of the All-Star Choir for BBC Children In Need, will head up the judging panel, while Kelis will be putting her experience in a Pentecostal Church Choir and The Girls Choir of Harlem to good use.
Malone said: ''I'm thrilled and excited to be part of this fantastic new show. There's a wealth of singing talent in this country and I'm delighted to bring that to BBC One. To me this is about finding extraordinary groups who have the skill and personality to light up our screens.''
Kelis added: "It's kind of nice when things come full circle. I started singing in the choir as a child so it's always been something special to me. Now here I am 20 years later as a judge on Pitch Battle."
Giedroyc said she could not wait to be reunited with Malone saying: "I am so excited to be presenting this new show and PB will definitely be bringing some cracking music into people's living rooms every Saturday!
"Not only are we going to be joined by some brilliant groups and megastar judges each week but to top it all off my old mucker the original twisted choir starter Gareth Malone will be there too. What a combo!"
The six part series will debut this summer on BBC One.


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The Harvard softball team (34-14, 18-2 Ivy) looks to claim its fifth Ivy League Championship, and first since 2007, when it welcomes defending Ivy champion and 2011 South Division Champion Cornell (27-20-1, 12-7 Ivy) to Soldiers field for the 2011 Ivy League Championship Series. The teams will play a best-two-of-three format, squaring off in a doubleheader Saturday and, if necessary, a single game Sunday. Saturday's action will begin at 1 p.m., with Game 2 starting 30 minutes after the end of the first game. Sunday's game would also be a 1 p.m. start.
Watch From Home
Fans can watch the Ivy League Championship Series live via a free webstream which can be accessed through the Ivy League website. Live stats will also be available for all the games through the league website, or by clicking here.
Harvard In The Championship Series
Since the beginning of divisional play in the Ivy League in 2007, Harvard has represented the North Division in the Championship Series four of the five years. The Crimson captured the first Ivy League title to be determined by a championship series, sweeping Penn, 4-0 and 4-2, in 2007. Princeton took down the Crimson in two games the following season, and in 2009, Dartmouth edged out Harvard for the North Division crown.
2010 saw Harvard reclaim the North Division title, but the Crimson went on to fall in three games to Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., in a thrilling series. A two-run sixth inning helped the host Big Red claim a 3-1 victory in the opener, putting Harvard on the ropes in Game 2. A closely contested game went into extra frames but the hosts grabbed a 2-1 edge heading into the bottom of the eighth inning. With two outs, Marika Zumbro kept the Harvard hopes alive with a base hit and Jessica Pledger '10 followed with a single to third, bringing Jennifer Francis '10 to the plate.
After taking a strike, Francis belted the 0-1 offering over the center field fence for a three-run, walk-off homerun, knotting the series at 1-1. A Whitney Shaw solo blast in the fourth inning of Game 3 tied the score at 2-2 but a Marissa Amiraian RBI infield single proved to be the game-winner as the Big Red earned a 3-2 victory in the rubber match.
About the Crimson
Harvard, which tied an Ivy record with 18 league wins, enters the 2011 Ivy Championship Series on a nine-game home win streak, having last lost at Soldiers Field April 9 to Cornell. Overall, Harvard is 12-2 at home on the season.
Co-captain and second baseman Ellen Macadam leads the Crimson in a number of offensive categories as a prime contender for the Ivy League Player of the Year award. She leads the team, and the Ivy League, in hits (75) and runs scored (51), and is second in the league in batting average (.449) and RBI (35). Her hits and runs-scored totals also represent new single-season program highs.
Freshman third baseman Kasey Lange looks to be a prime candidate for league Rookie of the Year, setting new standards for the Crimson in the power categories. She leads the league and set a new school record with 64 RBI, and her 20 doubles also represent a new school record and a league-leading total. She currently ranks second on the team and third in the league in batting average (.436), and her 11 home runs are a season high for the Crimson.
Junior pitcher Rachel Brown was one of the most dominant pitchers in the league, racking up a school-record 20 wins and setting a new Ivy League record with 274 strikeouts on the season. Freshman hurler Laura Ricciardone was rock solid as the No. 2 starter, compiling 12 wins and posting just 19 walks in 114 innings.
About the Big Red
Cornell earned its third consecutive Ivy South Division title, thanks to a win over second-place Penn Thursday in Philadelphia. The Big Red entered Thursday's doubleheader with a two-game lead over Penn in the conference standings, needing just one victory to lock up the division title, and downed the Quakers, 1-0, behind a two-hit shutout from star pitcher Elizabeth Dalrymple.
Dalrymple has been the driving force for Cornell this season, compiling 19 wins and a sub-2.00 earned-run average in 188 innings pitched. The reigning Ivy Pitcher of the Year boasted the top ERA in the league in 2011 and started a league-high 28 games.
Leadoff hitter Marissa Amiraian has served as the offensive sparkplug for the Big Red, carrying a .413 batting average in to the championship series to go along with team-high totals of 66 hits, seven triples and a .492 on-base percentage. Jenny Edwards picked up her team-leading 29th RBI on the game-winning single against Penn Thursday, and Kristen Towne is close behind with 27 on the season.
The 2011 Regular Season
The Crimson set a number of new standards during the 2011 season. Its 34 wins on the season ties a program record, and its Ivy League mark of 18-2 represents the most league wins in a season in the history of the team. Harvard was undefeated on the road in league action this season and went a perfect 12-0 against Ivy North Division opponents for the first time in the history of divisional play. The Crimson also invoked the eight-run rule seven times in Ivy play and 10 times overall, both program-best totals.
Harvard Nationally
Some of the numbers put up by the 2011 Crimson rank among the national leaders. Here's a look at some of Harvard's top marks:
Ellen Macadam, Senior, Second Base:
- 12th in batting average (.449)
- 10th in triples (5)
- 18th in runs scored per game (1.06)
Kasey Lange, Freshman, Third Base:
- Second in doubles per game (0.42)
- Third in sacrifice flies (5)
- Fifth in RBI per game (1.33)
- 24th in batting average (.436)
- 30th in slugging percentage (.805)
Rachel Brown, Junior, Pitcher:
- Fourth in strikeouts per game (11.4)
- 13th in total strikeouts (274)
- 23rd in hits allowed per game (4.54)
- 34th in victories (20)
Laura Ricciardone, Freshman, Pitcher:
- 15th in walks allowed per game (1.17)


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Usain Bolt crossed the finish line in first — he's never done otherwise at the Olympics.
He anchored the winning 4x100 relay team from Jamaica, switching the baton to his right hand before pulling away from the USA's Trayvon Bromell at the start of the final 100 meters to finish in 37.27.
After he finished, Bolt raised the baton to the crowd and held up three fingers. Three Olympics, three perfect Games.
Aska Cambridge ran down Bromell to give Japan the silver in 37.60 seconds, 0.02 ahead of the USA. The U.S., however, was disqualified by an early baton pass after the first leg and the bronze went to Canada. The Associated Press reported that the USA planned to appeal the ruling.
Bolt romped in the 200 meters Thursday night, but finished in 19.78 seconds, .59 short of his own world record. Still, that gave him Olympic gold medal No. 8 and a third straight 200 title to go with the same trifecta in the 100 meters.
As for his Rio Olympic goals, Bolt said immortality was the main one.
"What else can I do to the world to prove I am the greatest? I'm trying to be one of the greatest. Be among Ali and Pele," Bolt said.
If nothing else, Bolt will remain among two of the greatest runners in Olympic history — his nine golds on the track ties him with Paavo Nurmi and Carl Lewis. The only athlete in any sport with more is Michael Phelps.
Phelps said he was retiring after London, only to come back and win six medals in Rio, including five golds.
Bolt was asked if he was considering doing the same for 2020 in Tokyo.
"No, definitely not," Bolt said with a smile. "No, no."


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Everyone seems to be bitching about the end of screaming engines in F1 with the death of the V8. Well, listening to this new Ferrari turbo V6, the end of the V8 might be a good thing.
First of all, the V8 was never as good a wailer as the older V10s, and second of all, this turbo engine sounds a lot more musical than those naturally aspirated eights. At least this motor in Kimi's new F14T sounds more like a car engine and less like a space ship.
Hm, that might not be an improvement after all. You'll only know for sure which is better when you hear a new turbo F1 car in person. No video camera or microphone can capture how they sound or feel, ringing in your ears.


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November 20, 2012
The Voice Season 3 Recap: Top 10 Elimination Results
On The Voice season 3 Tuesday night, the voters will cut two more contestants from the show, leaving us with just 8 finalists left. The Voice 2012 judges Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton will be watching along with the fans to see who was eliminated on The Voice this week and who will move on to the top 8. Who was eliminated on The Voice season 3 this round? Did your favorites make it through? Read on for our live The Voice elimination results recap as we bring the scoop from tonight's show!Read More..>>


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A Los Angeles Times blog is reporting that some California malls are tracking movements of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers using their cellphones.
The blog says there's more than one mall taking advantage of the technology.
"The Temecula Promenade is one of two malls testing out the new technology, which mall operators said is designed to monitor how shoppers flow through the center."
LAT attributes the report to area TV station Fox 5.
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A new survey of individuals on the fast track to wealth has found that 74 percent of respondents chose a new wealth manager on the basis of the firm's reputation for quality of products and services, and 64 percent looked to the costs associated with those products and services.
Advisors wanting to attract these affluent people as clients need to understand that their character and fees are critical factors in the minds of affluent people when evaluating potential relationships, SEI, Scorpio Partnership and NPG Wealth Management said Wednesday in a statement on the release of the latest study in their ongoing Futurewealth Project.
The study surveyed 3,025 respondents globally with an average $2.9 million in net worth.
The survey revealed that up-and-coming wealthy individuals sought introductions and investigated potential wealth managers in a variety of ways.
Twenty-two percent of respondents asked for advice from friends or family before making a selection, while 15 percent researched the advisor market on their own.
The results also pointed to changing circumstances as a significant driver for why the Futurewealthy looked for new wealth management relationships.
Thirty percent said they wanted to diversify assets, 21 percent were in the market for a home and 20 percent wanted a promotion or a change in career.
The study found that the Futurewealthy typically work with three or four firms for advice regarding their personal investments. On average, 51 percent of respondents entrusted half of their investable wealth to a primary advisor.
At the same time, only 31 percent believed their primary wealth advisor had a solid understanding of their total financial picture.
"This study shows that the Futurewealthy are constantly searching for a more valued relationship and are open to the idea of switching primary advisors in order to attain it," Kevin Crowe, head of solutions for SEI Advisor Network, said in the statement.
"That creates a strong opportunity for advisors to foster a personal connection with these wealthy individuals by getting to know them and their entire financial picture. Advisors who understand what it takes to capture the attention of the Futurewealthy are the ones who will successfully attract and engage long-lasting relationships."
Although respondents reported that reputation and cost were the top factors in choosing a wealth manager, 17 percent said performance was the chief factor for deciding to stay with their primary wealth advisor.
Fifteen percent said they stayed because the advisor's solutions and services met their needs, and 13 percent said they were happy with the advice provided.
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