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John Michael Hayden joined the Lipscomb team back in 2013 and has made a tremendous impact in the growth of the program. Since his arrival the program has posted a 21-13-4 record and has received multiple conference, regional, and national recognitions.
Following the completion of the 2013 campaign the program received both its first Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year and Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year recognitions. The team went 9-9-2 overall and finished the season with a solid run at the A-Sun Conference tournament.
John Michael's work off the field was also exemplified during the 2014 season in which multiple freshmen made significant impacts throughout the course of the year. Overall the team finished with its best overall record of 12-4-1 while also achieving other program first such as winning the A-Sun Conference Regular Season title. The year also saw freshmen Ivan Alvarado claim the A-Sun Conference Freshmen of the Year award and senior Luke Gearin receiving the A-Sun Conference Defender of the Year award. The 2014 Bison team also received multiple votes for the NSCAA National top 25 and was ranked as high as #4 in the NSCAA Southeast Regional Poll.
Hayden came to Lipscomb after spending one year in the collegiate coaching ranks at the University of Louisville, where he helped guide the Cardinals to a 14-6-1 record and an Elite 8 appearance in the NCAA National Tournament.
"John Michael has been a great asset to our program at Louisville and we are grateful for him investing in our program," Louisville head coach Ken Lolla said. "He is a tremendous addition to Lipscomb."
For close to three years, Hayden served as the Director of Coaching with the Kentucky Fire Juniors USYSA club.
While with the Fire, Hayden earned the highest form of coaching education by obtaining a United States Soccer Federation National "A" License. He also traveled to Spain in 2012 with US Soccer as part of a coaching development workshop visiting the likes of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Hayden had a celebrated youth career, where he was named a two-time Parade Magazine All-American at Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named NSCAA/adidas Kentucky Player of the Year along with Gatorade and Eurosport State Player of the Year honors. Before signing with Indiana University as a midfielder, Hayden was recognized as a top 25 recruit with Soccer America.
While with Indiana University, Hayden helped guide the Hoosiers to back-to-back National Championships in 2003 and 2004.
Perhaps the highlight of his career came in 2004, when he scored on an overtime header to defeat the third-ranked Maryland Terripans to put his Hoosiers in the NCAA College Cup National Final against UC Santa Barbara.
In his sophomore season, Hayden had career highs across the board, (7) goals, (4) assists and (18) total points. He also tied for the team lead in game-winners (6). Hayden garnered individual honors of Big Ten All-Conference selection in both 2004 and 2006, along with being named to the NCAA College Cup All-Tournament team during the 2004 NCAA championship run.
In 2007 Hayden entered into the Major League Soccer Superdraft and was selected 13th overall by the previous years MLS Cup champion Houston Dynamo. His professional debut came on July 10, 2007 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Charleston Battery. In his rookie season, the Dynamo won another MLS Cup Championship. In May 2009, he was loaned out to USL-1 side Cleveland City Stars. While there, he landed USL-1 team of the week accolades following performances against the Portland Timbers and the Minnesota Thunder. In January 2010, Hayden signed with his hometown's Louisville Lightning from the Professional Arena Soccer League.
On December 1, 2007 Hayden married Hollie Minogue, who played soccer for the University of Louisville women's team.
They couple have two sons, Liam (2) and Jacob (2 months).


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HIGH POINT, N.C. – Seventeen King College student-athletes were represented on the recently released 2012 Softball & Baseball Academic All-Conference awards. League member institutions stress the role of "Academics and Athletics Working Together" and each sport's Academic All-Conference award winners exemplify this continued league-wide commitment.
King Baseball had 11 of its team members named to the honor, the second-most in the league next to North Greenville University (12). Lady Tornado Softball share the most student-athletes named with North Greenville, each naming six to the honor. For complete lists, click here.
The 2012 Conference Carolinas Softball & Baseball Academic All-Conference representatives have been awarded to the following junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.
Each year the Academic All-Conference Team is released while closing out each regular season before starting the tournament championships. Coker College (Hartsville, S.C.) will host the Conference Carolinas 2012 Softball Championship. This championship will begin Friday, April 20 and will conclude Sunday, April 22. Barton College (Wilson, N.C.) will host the Conference Carolinas 2012 Baseball Championship from Thursday, April 26 to Sunday, April 29. Conference Carolinas championship winners will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships.
Keep up with all the Conference Carolinas spring tournament action on the league website at:
Softball Academic All-Conference Team
Elizabeth Webb, Barton College
Emily Jordan, Barton College
Kendall Street, Barton College
Chelsea Elmore, Belmont Abbey College
Jennifer Sanborn, Coker College
Katie McElveen, Coker College
Kim Surette, Coker College
Louise Benton, Coker College
Rebecca Dillon, Coker College
Kelsey Spurrier, Erskine College
Heather Richey, Erskine College
Morgan Purcell, Erskine College
Cassie Ringstaff, King College
Christy Kooch, King College
Crystal Bullock, King College
Fallon Thomas, King College
Tiffany Brand, King College
Tiffany Harris, King College
Laurel Gregg, Lees-McRae College
Lindsey Huntsinger, Lees-McRae College
Jenna Guse, Limestone College
Jordan Smith, Limestone College
Kirstyn Burleson, Limestone College
Leah Quant, Limestone College
Shelby Webb, Limestone College
Danielle Mitchell, Mount Olive College
Kassie Lowe, Mount Olive College
Kathern Devenuto, Mount Olive College
Rebekah McDaniel, Mount Olive College
Robbin Kennedy, Mount Olive College
Sarah Armstrong, North Greenville University
Courtney Campbell, North Greenville University
Tori Freedman, North Greenville University
Sarah Griffith, North Greenville University
Rachel Holeman, North Greenville University
Laura Hopper, North Greenville University
Brinkley Johnson, Pfeiffer University
Hannah Jackson, Pfeiffer University
Keeya Turner, Queens University of Charlotte
Chantel Dodge, Queens University of Charlotte
Kaitlyn Cheek, Queens University of Charlotte
Baseball Academic All-Conference Team
Alex Brann, Barton College
Bentley Massey, Barton College
Chris Rawlings, Barton College
Dakota Irwin, Belmont Abbey College
Jared Orton, Belmont Abbey College
Kyle Buchanan, Belmont Abbey College
Matt Mazzolla, Belmont Abbey College
Patrick Rossi, Belmont Abbey College
Sean Duckworth, Belmont Abbey College
Steven Thiele, Belmont Abbey College
Brendan Burns, Coker College
Cody Ellison, Coker College
Francisco Suarez, Coker College
Matthew Bowman, Coker College
Christopher Waugh, Erskine College
Heath Gray, Erskine College
Kevin Cantrell, Erskine College
Kristopher Carter, Erskine College
Luke Danielewicz, Erskine College
Anthony McCoy, King College
Brandon Reed, King College
Bryant Walker, King College
Caleb Correll, King College
Cody Snyder, King College
Cory Rhodes, King College
Jake Bohanan, King College
Reiss Stanley, King College
Thomas Tilson, King College
Shane Timberlake, King College
Zach Winkle, King College
Cooper Gunter, Limestone College
Evan Schafer, Limestone College
Jacob Rierson, Limestone College
Luke Beasley, Limestone College
Marcus Breeden, Limestone College
Matthew Varnadoe, Limestone College
Shelton Howard, Limestone College
Zach Howard, Limestone College
Antonio Callaway, Mount Olive College
Daniel Coffey, Mount Olive College
Christopher Hinton, Mount Olive College
Josh Caviness, North Greenville University
Anthony Foulk, North Greenville University
David Frazier, North Greenville University
Derek Fulmer, North Greenville University
Grayson Goforth, North Greenville University
Ben Kramm, North Greenville University
Edward Lawrence, North Greenville University
Adam Rumburg, North Greenville University
John Taylor, North Greenville University
Sean Willingham, North Greenville University
Ryan Woodring, North Greenville University
Timothy Youtsey, North Greenville University
Jacob Yates, Pfeiffer University
Tyler Summers, Pfeiffer University

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TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama hosts cutting-edge bassist, improviser and composer George Cremaschi at the Paul R. Jones Gallery tonight as part of its 2013 Sonic Frontiers concert series.
TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama hosts cutting-edge bassist, improviser and composer George Cremaschi at the Paul R. Jones Gallery tonight as part of its 2013 Sonic Frontiers concert series.
The Czech-based musician has performed with some of the leading lights of the contemporary music scene, including Nicolas Collins, Evan Parker, Franz Hautzinger, Gino Robair, Mats Gustafsson and L� Quan Ninh.
He'll be playing solo compositions and improvisations followed by a collaboration with UA's Tim Feeney on percussion and Andrew Raffo Dewar on tenor saxophone.
A multi-faceted artist who enjoys working in disciplines from dance and multimedia exhibits to theatrical performances, Cremaschi was inspired early in his career by one-time Tuscaloosa residents Davey Williams and LaDonna Smith.
Cremaschi said the audience at tonight's concert can expect plenty of improvisation.
"A couple of friends of mine who are composers have written pieces for solo double bass, so I'll be doing excerpts from both of those pieces. They're both notated, but loosely notated, so there's a lot of room for improvisation. And depending on how I feel — I'm leaving it up to the moment — I might do a short solo electronics piece.... I'll have to get there and see how I feel and how the space resonates."
He said that each performance also varies according to the venue's attributes.
"Because a part of music, and certainly improvisation, that doesn't get talked about very much is: What does the space you're performing in itself give to you? I play differently if I'm playing in a church as opposed to a basement jazz club. And each one of those settings would determine in large part what I would actually play, because I work with the acoustics of the space itself.
"So, in a way, 50 percent of what I play will be determined by when I get there and I can actually practice a little bit in the space and see what it's giving me back. But I would say that my solo bass playing would be drawing from a sort of contemporary post-classical vocabulary. My solo performances in the last couple of years have been mostly that, if that makes any sense," Cremaschi said.
While improvisation is important in his music, he said he also values composition.
"My interest in improvisation and composition — on the one side — are parallel tracks and on the other side they kind of inform each other." he said.
"I'm not ideologically predisposed to one or the other. I like composition — I like that sense of control over things — but at the same time I'm very interested in what happens in groups of people acting communally."


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Eid al-Mubahala
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.
O Allah! Send your blessings to the head of your Messengers and the Last of your Prophets Muhammad (pbuh), and his pure and cleansed progeny.
Glorious Quran Chapter 3 Verse 61:
And unto him who disputeth with thee therein after the knowledge hath come unto thee, Say ! ( O' Our Apostle Muhammad ! ) ( Unto them ) come ye, let us summon our sons, and ( ye summon ) your sons, and ( we summon ) our women and ( ye ) your women, and ( we summon ) ourselves and then let us invoke the curse of God on the liars !
This verse refers to the famous event of ' al-Mubahalah ' which took place in the year 10 A.H against the Christians of Najran. A deputation of 60 Christians of Najran headed by Abdul Masih their chief monkpriest came and discussed with the Holy Prophet ( pbuh ) the personality of Hazrat Eesa ( as ). The Holy Prophet ( pbuh ) told them not to deify Jesus for he was only a mortal created by God, and not God Himself. Then they asked who the father of Jesus was. By this, they thought that since he was born without a father the Holy Prophet ( pbuh ) would helplessly accept Jesus' father being God himself. In reply to this question was revealed the Verse
Verily, similitude of Jesus with God is as the similitude of Adam; He created him out of dust then said He unto him BE, and he became.
When the Christians did not agree to this line of reasoning, then this verse was revealed enjoining upon the Prophet ( pbuh ) to call the Christians to Mubahalah. To this the Christians agreed and they wanted to return to their place and would have the Mubahalah the next day.
Early next morning the Holy Prophet ( pbuh ) sent Salman al Farsi ( May Allah be well pleased with him ) to the open place, fixed outside the city for the historic event, to erect a small shelter for himself and those he intended to take along with him for the contest. On the opposite side appeared the Christian prists, while at the appointed hour the Christians witnessed the Holy Prophet ( pbuh ) entering the field with Imam Hussain ( as ) in his lap, Imam Hasan ( as ) holding his finger, and walking beside him, Lady Fatima ( as ) and followed by Imam Ali al Murtaza ( as ). The Prophet ( as ) on reaching the appointed spot stationed himself with his daughter, her two sons and her husband, raising his hands towards the heaven said :
Lord these are the People of my House
The Chief Monk on knowing that the baby in the lap of the Prophet ( pbuh ) was his young grandson, Imam Hussain ( as ), the child walking holding the Prophet's ( pbuh ) hand was his first grandson, Imam Hasan ( as ), the Lady behind him was daughter, his only surviving issue was Fatima ( as ) the mother of the two children and the one who followed the Lady was his son in law, the husband of Fatima ( as ), addressed the huge crowd of the people who had gathered on the spot, and addressed them saying
By God, I see the faces which, if they pray to God for mountains to move from their places, the mountains will immediately move !
O believers in the Jesus of Nazareth, I will tell you the truth that should ye fail to enter into some agreement with Muhammad and if these souls whom Muhammad has brought with him, curse you, ye will be wiped out of existence to the last day of the life of the earth !
The people readily agreed to the advice counseled by their Leader. They beseeched the Holy Prophet ( pbuh&f ) to give up the idea of the agreed Mubahalah and requested for themselves to be allowed to continue their faith, offering to pay ' Jizya '.
– Al Tabari, Commentary of the Quran, v 2 p 192 -> 193
This historic event of a unique triumph of Islam is taken by the Shias as a religious thanksgiving festival of the triumph against falsehood. Some of the significance of this event are as follows :
this event un-questionably establishes the truth about the spiritual purity of the Ahl al Bayt
it proves beyond any doubt as to who are the members of the house of the Prophet ( pbuh )
the seriousness and the solemnity of the occasion demands absolute purity, spiritual as well as physical in the individuals to serve in the fateful occasion for the Holy Prophet to present them to God as the best one of His creation to be heard in the prayers of Truth !
Ghayatul Maryam, p 300
Sahih Muslim, v 4 p 1285 ( English Edition), the tradition is as follows:
… ( The third occasion is this ) when the following verse was revealed : Let us summon our children and your children. Allah's messenger (pbuh) called Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain and said : O Allah , these are my family …


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Hall, D-backs relievers clean up at Fan Cave
NEW YORK -- D-backs president Derrick Hall and relievers Heath Bell and Matt Reynolds took bubble baths Wednesday morning in Manhattan.
In this case, they each took turns sitting (clothed) in the classic tub in the basement of the MLB Fan Cave, reading lines for an upcoming video that will pay a unique salute to their manager, Kirk Gibson, who hit one of the most famous homers in history a quarter-century ago.
"It's fun, especially being here and doing this with some of our guys," Hall said. "We've made it pretty clear that it's not us and them, it's not the front office and the clubhouse -- we're all one family. They see me doing it. I see them doing it. We're all in it together."
One night earlier, Reynolds and Bell each had struck out Robinson Cano to end an inning, after Cano had done enough damage in a Yankees victory to start the D-backs and Yanks series in the Bronx. Those relievers did their jobs, and Hall said that reflected what he has seen from Arizona's bullpen in 2013.
Bell struck out the side in the eighth and has whiffed nine in his last four outings (3 2/3 innings). Reynolds and David Hernandez each have held opponents scoreless in six straight games. Brad Ziegler finally gave up a run Tuesday after six straight scoreless outings. Four of newcomer Tony Sipp's last five appearances have been zeros. Josh Collmenter earned the win in the D-backs' 16-inning affair vs. the Cards on April 3.
The pieces are gradually fitting together for a bullpen that has been recast since last season ended. The sample size is small, but Hall said he likes what he sees so far and believes Arizona general manager Kevin Towers has compiled a bullpen capable of getting the D-backs back into the postseason.
"[Towers has] always been an expert in building solid bullpens," Hall said as he watched Bell and Reynolds enjoy the loose atmosphere at the MLB Fan Cave. "We think you certainly shorten the game with a solid bullpen. That was one of our strengths two years ago when we won the division. We wanted to get back to that. We realized that we had a weakness from the left side this year, so we paid particular attention to go out and get Matt and get Tony, and then bringing in Heath Bell was just to bring in another guy capable of closing games who has experience in the back end. Now he's our seventh-inning guy leading to Hernandez and to Putz, and any one of the three can close on any given day."
Bell leads all MLB relievers with 152 saves since 2009, and the D-backs were hoping for the old Bell when they acquired him from Miami over the offseason. There was concern a couple weeks ago that he might be tipping pitches, following a bruising from St. Louis, requiring the club to "look at video for quite a while," but Hall reiterated Wednesday that Bell has made adjustments. His striking out the side a night earlier was a positive sign.
"I think we're seeing Heath Bell back in his old form," Hall said. "His velocity has been there, he's made a few adjustments, and he's very comfortable pitching in the National League West, which is where he certainly had his best years. I think so far, it's a very good sign that the Heath Bell we were hoping to get has arrived. ... He's back to where he was dominant in the NL West."
Bell became the first player to get inside the giant hamster wheel inside the Fan Cave entrance, squeezing himself in and then trying to walk on the rollers. Hall held his breath. It was that kind of fun, just like the "fun runs" that the Arizona pitchers all do together, the kind of fun Bell said he is hoping to see more of in 2013 after a forgettable '12.
"We all kind of know our roles, and we all want to win," Bell said. "I've been a closer for a long time, and when I'm not closing, I've been the seventh-inning guy. ... I just want to help the team win, and I think everybody in the bullpen is that way. We don't care what our numbers are at the end of the day, all we care about is if we get the win. So we just want to go out there and help the team win, and I think everybody buys into that and I think that's why we're so good."
Reynolds grew up in the western suburbs of Chicago, watching Cubs games at Wrigley Field. The last game he watched in the Windy City as a fan was while he was a junior at Austin Peay State University, a White Sox game during their 2005 championship campaign.
When he came in for the fifth inning Tuesday to replace Brendan McCarthy, Reynolds looked at a litany of veterans -- guys like Cano, Kevin Youkilis, Travis Hafner, Vernon Wells, Ichiro Suzuki. He struck out Ichiro swinging on a 79-mph slider to end a six-pitch at-bat, and after yielding an infield single to Eduardo Nunez, induced a double play. Reynolds' sixth-inning was 1-2-3, catching Cano looking on an 88-mph four-seamer. Job done.
"It was one of those crazy moments in baseball where you're facing a lot of guys who you've watched on TV for a long time, and you're pitching at Yankee Stadium, which is unique in its own," Reynolds said. "But we're down a run (3-2), I was just trying to pass the baton on to the next guy, hoping we'd scrape a run or two across and get the win."
Now Reynolds continues to make a smooth transition as a key arm within the NL West, where his former Rockies club just happens to reside on top of the standings for now.
"We're a pretty close group," Reynolds said. "Everybody gets along, it's just one of those things that when you get together and everybody enjoys their time together, that you can kind of all make a push toward the same direction. That's something we've got down there."


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First on our checklist was Arlington National Cemetery. I couldn't help feeling that this was a place of solitary reflection, and rich history. As we were leaving, the parking attendant waved us to a stop. "You can't go any further," she said, "The President about to come through." We start to see black cars with American flags drive by. After the caravan passed, I couldn't help thinking, "The President just drove 50 feet from where I'm standing!" A once-in-a-lifetime experience for most people is just an everyday occurrence in Arlington.
We ventured next to the nearby Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as Iwo Jima for its portrayal of the famous WWII battle in Japan. As we neared the statue, I observed that the majority of onlookers were German tourists. Even though this memorial portrays a time when Germany and America were at war, both cultures can stand together today to admire and appreciate it.
In continuing with our military trend, we hit up the United States Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon Memorial next. The shape of the United States Air Force Memorial looks like a trio of fighter jets in formation soaring upward into the sky. While you're there, walk a short ways down the hill from the Air Force Memorial to the Pentagon Memorial, which memorializes the lives lost at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
By this point in your tour, your stomach is most likely starting to growl. Swing by the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City. The Mall is Metro accessible and is bursting with 170 shops and eateries to entertain you for hours.
We headed to 23rd Street in Crystal City for the next leg of our grand tour. Here I found an eclectic street of diverse restaurants and shops bustling as the lunch crowd started to roll through. The best part? It's all within walking distance from the Crystal City Metro and the bulk of Arlington's hotels.
Fading daylight beckoned us to continue. The urban village of Rosslyn is sustained by large buildings, public art that is truly eye-catching, and Artisphere, which is host to world-renowned art exhibits, live performances, and galas.
As the sun faded away, the neon lights of Clarendon drew us in. Hop off the Metro stop, and you're within a block of marvelous venues with diverse crowds. Clarendon is a place to relax and enjoy the night.
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Oct. 8 Joe Girardi postgame interview
Oct. 8 Joe Girardi postgame interview
Q. What did you think of the opportunities you had against Chen tonight?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, we had some, and we weren't able to capitalize. He made some pitches when he had to, and obviously it was a pretty well‑pitched game on both sides, and that's why it ended up the way it did.
Q. You just mentioned pitching. What did you see out of Pettitte tonight?
JOE GIRARDI: I thought he pitched a really, really good game. I thought he had really good command of his fastball, his curveball, really all of his pitches. The one inning they got to him, I thought they put some decent at‑bats on him. I thought Andino fought off an inside pitch and got it to center field and McLouth hit a pretty good pitch. The slider to Davis was probably one of the few mistakes that he made tonight, and that's kind of the difference.
Q. Was running for Teixeira in the eighth inning an option for you?
JOE GIRARDI: I knew we weren't going to be able to run on Matusz in that situation, so if I'm going to use Gardy, it's going to be a situation where I think we can run.
Q. What did Chen do to get out of those jams do you think?
JOE GIRARDI: I thought he pitched inside pretty effectively tonight to some of our right‑handed hitters. I talk about his fastball, it seems to get on hitters quicker than what the speed indicates, and that's one of his strengths. I thought he threw some good off‑speed pitches when he was behind in the count, as well.
Q. A lot was made about the new format. You got what you need in a split and now you get three games at home. Does that seem a little more agreeable now, the way that it's set up?
JOE GIRARDI: Well, we get to go home, and we've played very well at home, and we're going to have to continue to do that if we're going to move on. It seems like Baltimore and us have kind of went back and forth all year, and that's what we did here.
Q. You guys stranded runners in scoring position in four different innings. Did this feel like a game dozens of times this year with your team?
JOE GIRARDI: No, I thought our approach was pretty good for the most. I really did. As I said, he made some pitches and he has pitched some pretty good games against us during the course of the season.
Q. When you had opportunities with runners in scoring position during the season, you didn't let on that it worried you because you had a lot of season.
JOE GIRARDI: Right.
Q. You don't have a lot of season.
JOE GIRARDI: Correct.
Q. Does it worry you now?
JOE GIRARDI: No, I believe these guys are going to come through. I believe they're going to put good at‑bats, they're going to keep putting runners on, and they're going to break through. I believe in them.
Q. Did you think Cano could have knocked that ball down and kept that run from scoring on Reynolds' single if he dives there?
JOE GIRARDI: I don't know. I don't ‑‑ I didn't really think so. I mean, I think that you look at Reynolds and he's a pull hitter and he kind of insided‑out a pitch, and that's not where you expect him to hit an inside pitch.
Q. For Game 3, if only for the sake of giving Alex a little bit of a different look, would you consider moving him down in the order?
JOE GIRARDI: You know, right now I don't plan on having any changes to our lineup. You look at ‑‑ he squared up two balls tonight. You look at the ball he hit in the first inning, he squared it up. And then he had the other hard single. Right now I don't have any plans to make any changes.
Q. Ichiro had a crazy slide in the first inning to give you guys the lead. Talk about what you saw from your point of view.
JOE GIRARDI: It's an incredible play. They put together a good relay, and we know that Davis has a strong arm, Andino has a strong arm, and somehow he got around Wieters. Wieters is not an easy guy to get around, I can tell you that, with the size of him, but somehow he did it.
Q. You guys have played the Orioles 20 times now and you're dead even. What's going to separate the two teams over these last three games?
JOE GIRARDI: Whoever plays the best. I mean, that's the bottom line, whoever pitches the best and scores in their opportunities is really what's going to make the difference.


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Romney And President Obama Vs. Our Economist-Approved Presidential Candidate
During the presidential debate last night, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney talked about their ideas to grow the economy. Here's how what they said matches up with our economist-approved presidential platform:
Eliminate certain deductions:
The word "deductions" was used 14 times in last night's debate, but neither candidate specifically mentioned the mortgage interest deduction or the deduction companies get for providing health-care to employees. Mitt Romney talked about limiting, but not totally eliminating, deductions. He said: "...What are the various ways we could bring down deductions, for instance? One way, for instance, would be to have a single number. Make up a number — 25,000 (dollars), $50,000. Anybody can have deductions up to that amount. And then that number disappears for high-income people. That's one way one could do it."
Eliminate the corporate tax:
Though both candidates expressed interest in lowering the corporate income tax, neither said they want to get rid of it entirely. President Obama said: "When it comes to our tax code, Governor Romney and I both agree that our corporate tax rate is too high. So I want to lower it, particularly for manufacturing, taking it down to 25 percent."
Eliminate income and payroll taxes:
Our plan, crafted by six economists, supports eliminating all income and payroll taxes. No one on stage last night suggested this, though both candidates said they want to bring down the tax rate for the middle class. Romney said: "I will not, under any circumstances, raise taxes on middle-income families. I will lower taxes on middle-income families." President Obama said: "I believe that the economy works best when middle-class families are getting tax breaks..."
Introduce a carbon tax:
A carbon tax was never mentioned last night. But President Obama did say: "... Oil and natural gas production are higher than they've been in years. I also believe that we've got to look at the energy source of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments." Romney said he wants to increase production of oil and gas in the U.S.: "...your administration has cut the number of permits and license in half. If I'm president, I'll double them. And also get the — the oil from offshore and Alaska. And I'll bring that pipeline in from Canada."
Legalize marijuana:
Neither candidate talked about drugs or the economic benefits of making marijuana legal.
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(UPI) -- The secretive and endangered Bornean bay cat (Pardofelis badia)is so rare and hard to find that many researchers assumed it had gone extinct until it was captured on camera in 2009 and 2010.
But ecologists from the Zoological Society of London and Imperial College London have been able to take the largest-ever collection of photos of the elusive animal using randomly placed camera traps in the forests of Borneo.
The cats were recorded on camera in heavily logged forests, giving hope to conservationists who assumed endangered animals can succeed in such conditions.
"We were completely surprised to see so many bay cats at these sites in Borneo where natural forests have been so heavily logged for the timber trade," said Robert Ewers, of the SAFE tropical forest conservation project in Borneo. "Conservationists used to assume that very few wild animals can live in logged forest, but we now know this land can be home for many endangered species."
The ecologists published their findings in PLoS ONE. They also found four other species of cats, including the the Sunda clouded leopard, leopard cat, flat-headed cat and marbled cat.
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Following discussions with people who are hoping to forming a new group - we have a query about including archery into an event. We are presuming that the 'Public Liability' insurance would cover the general demonstrating of archery skills but can someone let us know if there is a 'governing' body with the rules & regulations that covers 'Have - a - Go' archery at re-enactment events and more importantly re-enactors participating in Medieval style competitions? We are fully aware of the rules and regulation of Archery GB for target archery etc. but re-enacting archery is not covered by them even if they are members.... any help / pointers would be appreciated!
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Leanne Magee
posted on Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:31 pm
I am attempting to conduct confirmatory factor analyses using AMOS software on a data set collected from a 5-point scale in which there is neither univariate nor multivariate normality. Realizing AMOS is not sufficient for these analyses, we considered MPLus. However, my sample size is too small for weighted least squares (WLS) categorical methods in MPlus, and the methods for continuous data are inappropriate because of the level of measurement of the item responses. We have considered fitting the model using polychoric correlations and unweighted least squares (ULS) in MPlus, because ULS might do better with a small sample than the otherwise preferable WLS methods. What would you suggest we do?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 4:44 am
I don't know how small your sample is but the WLSMV estimator has been shown to work well in small samples for some models. You can request the following reference from
Muthén, B., du Toit, S.H.C. & Spisic, D. (1997). Robust inference using weighted least squares and quadratic estimating equations in latent variable modeling with categorical and continuous outcomes. Accepted for publication in Psychometrika. (#75)
Leanne Magee
posted on Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 10:00 am
Thank you for your prompt response. As it turns out, I am conducting the CFA in three samples - one has 110 participants, another 55, and the third 31. I have requested the article by contacting the given email address, but wanted to know if you had any opinion regarding the actual sizes of my sample before I am able to read the article. Thank you!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 4:36 pm
With these very small samples, ULS is most likely the best approach.
craig neumann
posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 11:38 am
When using ordinal items in CFA models (samples >=250), it seems that a best practice would be to use the raw items and the WLSMV estimation procedure. However, I have seen some investigators use a polychoric correlation matrix as the data input and the ML estimation procedure. While I assume the two methods should produce very similar results, shouldn't the former approach produce more precise model resuts? Any references on this topic would be appreciated.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 2:53 pm
If you use maximum likelihood with a polychoric correlation matrix, you will obtain consistent parameter estimates but standard errors and chi-square will not be correct. It is often the case that polychoric correlatino matrices are not positive defininite.
craig neumann
posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 5:12 pm
Thank you Linda. And so, you'd recommend using raw items as input with WLSMV as a better approach than ML?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 5:19 pm
Yes. Or maximum likelihood with raw data. Mplus has both estimators for categorical outcomes.
Tracy Witte
posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 8:17 am
I am conducting an EFA with 10 categorical indicators (some binary, some with 5 categories) on a sample of 1,085. The first model I ran involved using the ULS estimator, and I obtained a 2-factor solution that seemed quite interpretable and made sense in terms of previous work. After doing some more reading, I discovered that WLSMV was considered to be a better estimator. When I ran the analysis using WLSMV, I obtained a different solution, and one that is less interpretable/useful. I still obtained a 2-factor solution, it's just that I have more items double loading on both factors, and overall, a less clear picture about how the items hang together. Am I justified in using ULS? Why would the solutions be so different from one another?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 9:03 am
I don't think the two analyses should be that different. Please send the two outputs and your license number to
Lim Jie Xin
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 3:19 am
Dear Muthen,
Referring to your previous post (dated May 04, 2007) regarding FIML and Polychoric correlation, I am interested in the non-linear CFA (e.g. Example 5.7 in the manual) with categorical data.
I understand that LMS uses FIML. Does declaring the data as categorical produced inaccurate SE as well?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 8:13 am
Brett Holfeld
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 9:57 am
I have two latent constructs, bullying and victimization, that are composed of four binary indicators (coded 0,1) that were measured at 2 time points with a sample of over 700. I ran a CFA for each construct at each time point as well as factorial invariance across time for each construct.However, my model fit statistics in many cases appear too good to be true (e.g., CFI 1.000 and RMSEA 0 or very close to 0). I used the WLSMV as an estimator as a result of the categorical nature of indicators. I just read that the polychoric correlation matrix as the data input should be included. However, I am not sure what this is, how to include it (syntax) and how this may influence the models. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 11:30 am
If you have ordinal variables, Mplus analyzes a polychoric correlation matrix. You do not need to provide this. Mplus uses the raw data to compute it.
Brett Holfeld
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 12:16 pm
Thanks for the quick response Linda! So this polychoric correlation matrix is produced automatically if the indicators are labeled as categorical and an appropriate estimator is used (e.g., WLSMV)? Do you have any idea why my model fit indices appear to be so good? For example, here is the model fit indices for the victimization construct at one time point (similar results were found at the second time point):
Number of Free Parameters 21
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Value 8.763*
Degrees of Freedom 15
P-Value 0.8896
* The chi-square value for MLM, MLMV, MLR, ULSMV, WLSM and WLSMV cannot be used for chi-square difference testing in the regular way. MLM, MLR and WLSM chi-square difference testing is described on the Mplus website. MLMV, WLSMV,and ULSMV difference testing is done using the DIFFTEST option.
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation)
Estimate 0.000
90 Percent C.I. 0.000 0.016
Probability RMSEA <= .05 1.000
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 12:36 pm
Sometimes overly good fit is because correlations are low making it difficult to reject the model.
Brett Holfeld
posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 1:21 pm
Okay. Do you think it would be appropriate to publish findings with a fit statistics like this? Thanks!
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 18, 2014 - 11:28 am
If you explain why the fit is so good.
Brett Holfeld
posted on Friday, July 18, 2014 - 12:39 pm
Evelyn Carrasco
posted on Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 6:01 am
Hello. For CFA, with a sample = 3816 and using a 3 point Likert scale, �which is the best estimator: WLSMV or ULSMV?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Sunday, November 27, 2016 - 1:18 pm
It depends on the number of variables. See our FAQ
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Just as Cary Grant would have put it. Some Serb speakers out there are starting to weigh in, and it seems the commenst are even worse than we thought. From the Detroit Free Press message board: "FYI 'Kurats' refers to the male appendage and the other affectionate word that he used about 100 hundred times is 'pichka' which refers to the female genitalia." ESPN.com reported that Darko was fined 10,000 Euros (about $13,000) for the tirade, and there are rumors that FIBA will suspend him. Darko: Charming in any language.
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Mitt Romney explains his defeat on 'Fox News Sunday'
WASHINGTON -- One hundred seventeen days later, Mitt Romney still isn't over it.
Making his first public comments since losing last November's presidential election, Romney appeared mystified still that the country didn't see things his way. He went on the attack against President Barack Obama during a wide-ranging interview on "Fox News Sunday," as if the Republican hadn't lost a beat since giving his last stump speech.
Explaining the defeat, Romney and his wife spread around the blame -- Mitt to Obama winning over so many blacks and Hispanics by enacting universal health care, Ann to a news media she believed unfairly caricatured her husband. Yet although Romney said "you rehearse all the mistakes that you made," Romney mostly did not dwell on his own failings as a candidate.
Romney insisted he is getting on with his life -- Fox showed him pushing some grandkids on a swing set and cradling his youngest in his arms ("No. 19 and No. 20," he called the newborn twins) -- but he revealed flashes of pain. For him, the White House forever will remain an unfulfilled destiny.
"I look at what's happening right now, I wish I were there," Romney said. "It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done."
Up until Election Day, both Mitt and Ann said, they thought they would win. "We were a little blindsided," Ann told Fox anchor Chris Wallace. She seemed more heartbroken than her husband, saying she has cried since he lost on Nov. 6.
"You know the great 'Princess Bride' line, 'Mostly dead'?" she said. "I'm mostly over it. But not completely. And you have moments where you, you know, go back and feel the sorrow of the loss. And so, yes, I think we're not mostly dead yet."
She added, "I know he would have been a fabulous president, and I mourn the fact that he's not there."
The transition from presidential nominee -- life in the intoxicating and never fading spotlight, with a minute-by-minute schedule and bevies of aides, press and Secret Service agents surrounding you -- to campaign has-been is always difficult. Just ask John McCain and John Kerry.
But unlike McCain and Kerry, who continued distinguished Senate careers after their failed White House bids in 2008 and 2004 respectively, Romney had no job to return to. The former Massachusetts governor tended his wounds at his San Diego beach house, largely in seclusion, making up for lost time with his family and friends.
Photographs of Romney surfaced online, including one of him pumping his own gas with his hair messed up. "None of those were done by professional photographers -- or I might have, you know, combed my hair," Romney joked to Wallace.
Romney began easing back onto the public stage with Sunday's interview. He is scheduled to give his first speech since the election at the Conservative Political Action Conference next week.
In the Fox interview, Romney was not shy about critiquing Obama's handling of the nation's fiscal crises -- continuing the fights that shaped the 2012 campaign.
The hardest part about losing, Romney said, has been watching "this golden moment just slip away with politics." He accused Obama of using automatic federal spending cuts known as the sequester to score political points.
"No one can think that that's been a success for the president," Romney said. "He didn't think the sequester would happen. It is happening. To date, what we've seen is the president out campaigning to the American people, doing rallies around the country, flying around the country and berating Republicans and blaming and pointing."
Said Ann Romney, "I totally believe at this moment, if Mitt were there in the office, that we would not be facing sequestration right now."
When Wallace asked him to critique his campaign, Romney said his failure to sway Hispanic and black voters was "a real weakness." He said minorities voted Democratic in part because "Obamacare was very attractive, particularly to those without health insurance, and they came out in large numbers to vote."
Although Stuart Stevens, Romney's chief campaign strategist, has pushed this health-care argument, it is not a conventional analysis of why Romney lost.
Many analysts believe Romney lost because he became defined as an out-of-touch plutocrat who championed the wealthy over the middle class. For this, Ann Romney blamed the news media.
"People didn't really get to know Mitt for who he was," she told Wallace. "It was not just the campaign's fault. I believe it was the media's fault as well, that he was not being given a fair shake. . . . I'm happy to blame the media."
Yet Romney's strategy had been to keep warmer aspects of his biography, such as his numerous charitable deeds when he volunteered as a church bishop, out of public view. He and his family repeatedly declined interview requests on the subject. Only in the final weeks of the campaign did he talk about this part of his life, but by then it was too late.
Perhaps more than any other factor, Romney's own words -- his commentary to donors dismissing the "47 percent" of Americans who back Obama and feel entitled to government handouts -- helped a negative narrative take hold.
"It was a very unfortunate statement that I made," Romney told Wallace. "It's not what I meant. I didn't express myself as I wished I would have. It was very harmful. What I said is not what I believe."
Asked to look back and rate himself as a presidential candidate, Romney said, "I see my mistakes and I see my flaws."
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Talk about sending in the wrong kind of vampire to make Twilighters "shut up and eat their awesome." A rumor's circulating that Deacon Frost is getting his own Blade vampire spin off. Wesley Snipes is gonna be pissed.
Completely respectable and never full of lies tabloid the Sunday Mail supposedly talked to the vampire Blade killed off, Stephen Dorff. According to them Dorff is staring in a Deacon Frost-centric prequel to Blade. Oh, and it's a trilogy no less.
"It will be a prequel to the Blade movies, Deacon's story. It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will [be] cool... We hope to shoot the first film next year. Frost is a character I have never been able to shake."
So a trilogy about the whiniest, most privileged vampire? Not sure this is the right way to go about reclaiming the world of bad-ass vampires, but if it means Dorff is getting some work, so be it. It could very well be Gossip Girl with fangs. You may remember Frost was the vampire that utilized SUNSCREEN, so he could stay in the sunlight...because it seemed like a good idea at the time.
I highly doubt there's any truth to this rumor, but in this time of vampire glut, it could happen. Still if they're going to remake terrible vampire movies that I love, I'd like to throw out Dracula 2000 as well, still with Gerard Butler as Judas. Actually, that one can be a sequel.
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The video starts with Carly rolling up to an industrial warehouse party where she enters to good looking people dancing, having a random photo shoot, and playing teenage party game, "Suck n' Blow." While Carly gets the party going by performing the chorus for the crowd, actor Thomas McDonell constantly makes eyes at her from across the room.
The big finale comes when the two jumps fully clothed into the pool and finally kiss while underwater.
Director Justin Francis, who has worked with Eminem, Kelly Clarkson and directed "Give Your Heart A Break" by Demi Lovato was brought on to direct the video. He successfully was able to match the visual with the party feel thanks to LMFAO's Redfoo who produced the track.
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10 Awesome Celebrity Boxing Matches That We Want to See
Lenny Dykstra's battle with Jose Canseco in one of those dignified celebrity boxing matches never took place over the weekend after Dykstra pulled out for reasons that remain unclear. While no victor emerged, fans who bought tickets for the bout came out the loser because they missed what could've been the biggest slugfest since Dr. Pepper conquered all but 10 calories.
The fact that these two former major leaguers were slated to tussle got us thinking, though. What other celebrities would we like to see tie on the gloves and go for a few rounds? Here's a look:
Charlie Sheen versus Chuck Lorre
This fight should take place on CBS in the time slot when 'Two and a Half Men' currently airs. Think about it. Ratings have slipped now that the novelty of Ashton Kutcher joining the cast has worn off, so putting Sheen and Lorre in the ring could only help CBS bring in viewers, while they rekindle the very ugly spat that led to Sheen's very public exit from the onetime very hit series. Sheen has an athletic background, so we think he'd come out on the "winning" end of this one.
David Stern versus Billy Hunter
The NBA lockout shows no signs of coming to an end, so enough of the two sides negotiating. Throw the commissioner in the ring with Hunter, who heads up the players union. If Stern wins, the owners get everything they want. If Hunter wins, the players get everything they want. How simple is that?
Regis Philbin versus Gelman
Regis is leaving 'Live!' after 25 years later this month. He reportedly didn't get the contract he wanted, so you know he's got some pent-up rage, which we'd love to see unleashed on his longtime foil and producer, Gelman. They say you should come out swinging, but why not go out that way, Reege?
Mitt Romney versus Herman Cain versus New Gingrich versus Ron Paul
Does anyone really know what any candidate is talking about in a presidential debate? They all pretty much say the same thing, using worn-out phrases like "healthcare reform," "tax code" and "fiscal responsibility." So, let's scrap their mumbo jumbo, toss out the fancy suits and wingtip shoes and go round-robin in a series of matches. Whoever comes out with the best record scores the GOP nomination. Anybody willing to literally kick some butt is a guy we'd want leading our country.
Kris Humphries versus Michael Lohan
Humphries says Kim Kardashian's decision to file for divorce caught him by surprise. He's also not making any money because of the NBA lockout. Lohan recently landed in the clink, not once, but twice in the span of a few days, and daughter Lindsay did the same when she was sentenced to 30 days for violating her probation, although she did get out after a few hours. Clearly, these are two men with issues, so why not let them pound out their aggressions on each other?
Donald Trump versus The World
The Donald is the original bully, picking fights with everyone from President Obama to Jon Stewart to Jerry Seinfeld. They say actions speak louder than words, so we propose Trump finally stops running his yapper and let his fists do the talking by jumping into the ring with all the people who've annoyed him over the years. The only problem is where can you find a boxing ring big enough to hold all those people — well, at least without Trump building one and then bragging about it?
Jay Leno versus Conan O'Brien
Okay, the hullabaloo over who gets to host 'The Tonight Show' is long done, but you know Conan would like to get a piece of Leno. He had the most revered show on television taken from him and given right back to his predecessor while the entire watched the drama unfold. Conan has rebounded with his own late night show on TBS, but, c'mon, they gave George Lopez a show, so that's not much of a consolation prize. His downward spiral from 'The Tonight Show' to cable is like drinking Cognac before someone swipes it from you in favor of Natty Light. Let Conan take a few swings at Jay's jutting-down-like-a-map-of Florida chin. It'll make him feel a whole lot better.
Johnny Depp versus George Clooney
Women love these guys and have loved them for several years. It'd be nice to see them knock each other around for no other reason than to mess up their dreamy mugs so they resemble the rest of us mere regular-looking mortals. Of course, they're so darned handsome, women would probably swoon even more at their black eyes and split lips, which means our dream matchup here would turn into a nightmare.
Angelina Jolie versus Jennifer Aniston
Call this the catfight to end all catfights. The hype, not to mention the Pay-Per-View ratings, would go through the roof. These two can say all they want that they've moved on from their roles in the Brad Pitt love triangle, but, come on, we all know there's bad blood. Angie basically poached Brad from Jen, who has maintained a brave face while carrying on a parade of fleeting relationships, so you know she's gotta harbor some resentment. This would be her chance to show everyone just how much. And we've seen Jolie kick butt in movies — let's see how she does in real life.
The General versus the Geico gecko
What is it about weird insurance spokesmen? The General is militant in a field where it's not necessary and the gecko comes off more like a lover than a fighter, but they are both extremely and strangely passionate about saving people money on their car insurance, so let 'em take their competitive fires between the ropes. And to make it more interesting, how about Flo from Progressive serve as the ring card girl?
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I recently bought an Acer Revo 3600 to replace my ageing PopcornHour A100. I've installed a minimal version of Ubuntu Linux on it as well as xbmc. As this is in my bedroom far away from my router, I only wanted to use the wireless chip.
As I have no gui, I have to manually set this up. If you do happen to be in some sort of gui and want to get out of it quickly, just press ctrl+alt+f1 or ctrl+alt+f2 and so on. This will just open up another terminal session for you.
You'll need to know the name of your SSID as well as your password of course. In my case here I'm using WPA2. You'll need to have wpasupplicant installed. If you have a wired connection it'll be easy to install. If not you'll need to get it elsewhere and copy it on your box. I am using Ubuntu, so the same method should work with Debian. Just use your distro's packet manager to get it installed.
sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant
If not already root, you'll now need to log in as root
sudo su -
Now you need to type wpa_passphrase ssid password > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf. This is my example:
wpa_passphrase Cisco Thisisyourpassk\$y > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
As this is Linux, you need to remember to use break characters when using special characters. My ssid is named Cisco and my password is Thisisyourpassk$y. I've used the break character just before the $ sign. You will see if you have this correct by opening up the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file like so:
vi /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={ ssid="Cisco" #psk="Thisisyourpassk$y" psk=357b62bf79a0d096901fe32d3138b6d962b95675976f08d044d117970b04d0fa }
You should see that the break character worked as the psk over here shows the correct password in full.
Copy the psk value as you'll need it in the next step.
Open your interface config file (in Ubuntu/Debian it's over here):
vi /etc/network/interfaces
Add the following to this file:
#The wireless interface auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp wpa-ssid "Cisco" wpa-ap-scan 1 wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK wpa-psk "357b62bf79a0d096901fe32d3138b6d962b95675976f08d044d117970b04d0fa"
Save and exit. Now restart your network:
/etc/init.d/networking restart
You should now be connected, and can monitor it via ifconfig and iwconfig:
[email protected]:~# iwconfig wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"Cisco" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.472 GHz Access Point: 00:1D:A2:E7:56:30 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:7B16-2A4A-9A61-158A-9537-84FE-3F90-E275 [3] Power Management:off Link Quality=36/70 Signal level=-74 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
[email protected]:~# ifconfig wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 0c:60:76:68:60:25 inet addr:10.20.31.10 Bcast:10.20.31.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::e60:76ff:fe68:6025/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:649 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:677 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:94586 (94.5 KB) TX bytes:123349 (123.3 KB)
This only works if your kernel actually has the driver of course. If not, you may need to download the windows driver and use ndiswrapper. I've got an exmple of doing this in my post over here: http://mellowd.co.uk/ccie/?p=114
I would also suggest deleting your /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file to prevent anyone in future getting your password.


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Now accepting entries! We are so excited to announce the Kennedy Library and Orfalea College of Business Fourth Annual student video competition! What does this mean? It means Cal Poly students have the chance to show their love for their library, be creative, practice their pitching skills (good for everyone) and have the chance to win big money!
UPDATE: 2012 Winners have been announced! Watch their 60-second videos.
What do we mean by big? Generously sponsored by Orfalea, there are five award categories:
- Best Overall Pitch: $1,000
- President's Pick: $750
- Most Cinematic: $500
- Fan Fave: $500
- Best of Orfalea (OCOB students only): $500
All it takes is entering your 60-second video pitch for the library. Your approach is your own… Need inspiration? Learn more about Kennedy Library.
Deadline is 5pm (PST) Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Complete rules and guidelines are at Kennedy Library.
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Microsoft has appointed Rajiv Kumar as the new Managing Director of Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited (MIRPL), replacing Anil Bhansali, who held this role for six years.
Rajiv, who is currently the Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft's Experiences and Devices (E+D) Group, has a 27-year long career with the company.
Anil will continue to be the Corporate Vice-President of Cloud and Enterprise. He will be relocating to Redmond, Microsoft's headquarters in the USA.
An IIT Roorkee alumnus and a master's in Computer Science from the University of Texas (the US), Rajiv joined Microsoft in Redmond in 1992 as a campus-hire.
"As the Managing Director, Rajiv is expected to further build upon the capability of the engineering division and reinforce the culture of inclusion, innovation and collaboration," a Microsoft statement said on Monday.
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Mobile Gains Greater Ad Share, Sparks Innovation
Oct 12, 2012 12:46 PM PT
Online outlets' share of the advertising pie grew 14 percent from a year ago, with mobile channels commanding a larger bite as more users consume content on smartphones and tablets, according to a new report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Advertisers spent a total of US$17 billion on online ads in the first half of 2012. The bulk of that money went to search-related ads, which accounted for 48 percent of spending for that time period. Search ads brought in $8.1 billion, a 19 percent increase from a year ago.
Big Growth in Mobile
As consumers turn more to their smartphones and tablets, however, advertisers are increasingly spending in those areas as well. Mobile advertising had the highest growth in spending for the first half of 2012, bringing in $1.2 billion -- a 95 percent growth spurt from the same time last year. Despite its rocket-like growth, mobile represents only 7 percent of total online ad spending.
Digital video advertisements also jumped this year, increasing 18 percent to bring in just more than $1 billion in revenue compared with the $900 million they brought in during the first half of 2011. Display-related advertising -- which includes banner ads, video, rich media and sponsorships -- totaled 33 percent of all online advertising, the second-largest category behind search.
IAB did not respond to our request for further details.
On-the-Go Ads
The report confirmed what the actions of many advertising platforms such as Google and Facebook have acknowledged recently -- consumers are going mobile, and advertising dollars go where consumers are. However, the rise of mobile ads -- and increased efforts from companies like Facebook to gain from them -- don't mean that search ads will be phased out, said John du Pre Gauntt, analyst at GigaOM Pro.
"Search ads live close to transactions, so they're easier to monetize and therefore plan a budget around," he told the E-Commerce Times. "They're almost fully automated in terms of order placement. If mobile is going to overtake search, it's got to prove to brands that it's going to save them money for the same pop they're paying right now, or mobile is going to earn them money they don't have yet. I don't see either one of those happening in the foreseeable future, i.e., the next one to three years."
Getting Creative
In such a rapidly evolving industry, where advertisers are increasingly aware of analytic information such as which mobile or search ads engage which type of consumer, the real key to monetizing ad content is staying creative, said du Pre Gauntt. Digital video is a no-brainer for advertisers, as consumers engage well with video content.
Many companies have experimented with location-based advertising, such as offering a free soda if you check in at a certain restaurant via a social network via a Facebook or Foursquare. But that model still needs tweaking, noted du Pre Gauntt.
"The fact that we are taking the geographic coordinates of a person and then making suggestions is cool," he pointed out, "but not sufficient for making a business unless we've done a lot of heavy lifting on both the technical and social engineering sides of the equation."
Overall, to remain a viable platform for advertisers, companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo need to recognize the trends pointed out by IAB, but also evaluate the varied Internet advertising methods and platforms available, said Brian Wieser, an analyst with Pivotal Research Group.
Only then can they break from a one-size-fits-all model for Internet advertising and figure out a way to remain relevant in the rapidly evolving space.
"Ramifications of this data are significant, especially for players who are dependent upon display-based advertising," Wieser told the E-Commerce Times.
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Earlier this summer, army corporal Hung Chung-chiu (洪仲丘), an innocent young man, died after alleged neglect and abuse by military personnel. In response, two protests by the furious "white-shirts" (白杉軍) filled the streets of downtown Taipei deep into the night, forcing the government to carry out reform of the military judicial system, transferring military judicial powers in peacetime to civilian courts.
The second of the protests, which took place on Aug. 3 on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, drew 250,000 people. Some called it this nation's version of the Jasmine Revolution in North Africa and the Arab world, and it touched the hearts of countless Taiwanese.
However, if we take a closer look at the situation today, the problems that are facing Taiwan have not been fundamentally resolved.
The incompetent and tyrannical administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) still controls the legislative majority, and its response to society's repeated protests is to act as if they see and hear nothing while they continue their behavior.
Faced with such a head of state, the people of Taiwan should not sit around and wait until his term expires in another three years. However, we cannot launch demonstrations and protests over and over again to deal with a government that repeatedly treats society with disdain. Doing so would would only be a waste of our precious time and energy.
The legitimacy of Ma's regime is fading quickly. During rallies this month, protesters have called on the public to "tear down the government." They surrounded and occupied the entrance to the Ministry of the Interior building. It is no longer a question of why we should disestablish the government, it has now become a question of how and when we should do it.
The answer lies in Taiwan's democratic system. The Constitution endows the public with the right to recall public officials. Article 133 of the Constitution states that "a person elected may be recalled by their constituency."
A minimum of 2 percent of the total electorate is required for a legitimate proposal to be made to recall a legislator.
The legislators who should have been monitoring the government's performance on behalf of the people have betrayed our trust by becoming the rubber stamps of the Ma administration — constantly supporting and protecting Ma's reckless rule. Therefore the public has the right to withdraw the pro-Ma legislators' authorization and kick them out of the legislature.
It is still possible to correct the arrogant and biased attitudes of the Ma administration, if we are willing to take back the sovereignty of the public by wielding our right of recall. By undermining the pro-Ma lawmakers who serve as his guards, we can turn the legislature into a body that is for the public instead of against it. We can force the government to face public opinion and its demands and we can push for reform.
After having seen 250,000 protesters take to the streets in a demonstration organized by activist group Citizen 1985, it was highly satisfying to see the establishment of the Constitution 133 Alliance, which proposes the recall of specific legislators.
In doing so, it has demonstrated the power of public opinion and demonstration by recognizing and promoting the constitutional ideal that "sovereignty is in the people."


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pakoito wrote:Everything is fine for me, I just spend too much time in HoN forums and Reddit, I get a bit intense on conversations but I'll tone it down here.
Heh, more of a LoL player myself, but I get what you mean there.
Though for the sake of clarity, I should mention that nobody is being singled out here. I just wanted to address everyone concerned. We've genuinely been quite impressed with how the community as a whole has managed to get along so far (this really doesn't happen that much on the Internet) and it would be lovely to keep things that way.


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- Level: Easy
- Yield: approximately 80 (1/4 ounce) balls
- Total: 13 hr 45 min
- Prep: 45 min
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6 ounces slivered almonds, toasted
4 ounces dried plums
4 ounces dried apricots
4 ounces dried figs
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon anise seeds, toasted
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds, toasted
1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds, toasted
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
Pinch kosher salt
1/4 cup honey
1 cup coarse sugar
- Put the almonds, plums, apricots, and figs into the bowl of a food processor and pulse 20 to 25 times or until the fruit and nuts are chopped into small pieces, but before the mixture becomes a ball.
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