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2006/10/31
MySQL AB :: MySQL 5.0 Certification Candidate Guide
MySQL AB :: MySQL 5.0 Certification Candidate Guide
Upgrade Exams
If you are already certified for MySQL 4 (Core or Professional certification), you can upgrade your certification by taking a single exam:
* 007-001: Core to Certified 5.0 Developer Upgrade
* 008-001: Professional to 5.0 Certified DBA Upgrade
Only these two upgrade paths are available. If you wish to upgrade a MySQL 4 Core exam to MySQL 5.0 DBA, you must either first pass the MySQL 4 Professional exam, then take the upgrade exam. Alternatively, you can choose to take the two MySQL 5.0 DBA exams instead.
For each upgrade exam, also read the notes above for the certification that you are upgrading to.
The upgrade exams have the following content:
Exam Contents - Core to Certified 5.0 Developer Upgrade
* Triggers (10%)
o Referring to Old and New Column Values
o Destroying
o Reasons to Use Triggers
o Creating
o Trigger Concepts
* Stored Routines (20%)
o Creating Stored Routines
o Differences Between Stored Procedures and Function
o Benefits of Stored Routines
o Obtaining Stored Routine Metadata
* Client/Server Concepts (5%)
o Server SQL modes
* The mysql Client Program (5%)
o Using server-side help
* Data Types (10%)
o Numeric Data Types
o String Data Types
o Handling Missing or Invalid Data Values
o Temporal Data Types
o The BIT Data Type
* SQL expressions (5%)
o Functions in SQL expressions
o String Expressions
o Numeric Expressions
* User Variables (5%)
o User Variable Syntax
o User Variable Properties
* Prepared Statements (5%)
o Preparing
o Executing
o Deallocating Prepared Statements
o Benefits of Prepared Statements
* Subqueries (10%)
o Types of Subqueries
o Comparing Subquery Results to Outer Query Columns
o Subqueries as Scalar Expressions
o Using Subqueries in Updates
o Using Subqueries in the FROM Clause
o Correlated Subqueries
o Comparison Using Row Subqueries
o Converting Subqueries to Joins
* Views (15%)
o Creating views
o Reasons to use views
o Altering views
o Checking views
o Privileges for views
o Dropping a view
o Displaying information about views
* Obtaining Database Metadata (10%)
o Overview of Metadata Access Methods
o Using INFORMATION_SCHEMA to Obtain Metadata
o Using mysqlshow to Obtain Metadata
o Using SHOW and DESCRIBE to Obtain Metadata
* Databases (5%)
o Database properties
o Creating Databases
o Obtaining Database Metatdata
Upgrade Exams
If you are already certified for MySQL 4 (Core or Professional certification), you can upgrade your certification by taking a single exam:
* 007-001: Core to Certified 5.0 Developer Upgrade
* 008-001: Professional to 5.0 Certified DBA Upgrade
Only these two upgrade paths are available. If you wish to upgrade a MySQL 4 Core exam to MySQL 5.0 DBA, you must either first pass the MySQL 4 Professional exam, then take the upgrade exam. Alternatively, you can choose to take the two MySQL 5.0 DBA exams instead.
For each upgrade exam, also read the notes above for the certification that you are upgrading to.
The upgrade exams have the following content:
Exam Contents - Core to Certified 5.0 Developer Upgrade
* Triggers (10%)
o Referring to Old and New Column Values
o Destroying
o Reasons to Use Triggers
o Creating
o Trigger Concepts
* Stored Routines (20%)
o Creating Stored Routines
o Differences Between Stored Procedures and Function
o Benefits of Stored Routines
o Obtaining Stored Routine Metadata
* Client/Server Concepts (5%)
o Server SQL modes
* The mysql Client Program (5%)
o Using server-side help
* Data Types (10%)
o Numeric Data Types
o String Data Types
o Handling Missing or Invalid Data Values
o Temporal Data Types
o The BIT Data Type
* SQL expressions (5%)
o Functions in SQL expressions
o String Expressions
o Numeric Expressions
* User Variables (5%)
o User Variable Syntax
o User Variable Properties
* Prepared Statements (5%)
o Preparing
o Executing
o Deallocating Prepared Statements
o Benefits of Prepared Statements
* Subqueries (10%)
o Types of Subqueries
o Comparing Subquery Results to Outer Query Columns
o Subqueries as Scalar Expressions
o Using Subqueries in Updates
o Using Subqueries in the FROM Clause
o Correlated Subqueries
o Comparison Using Row Subqueries
o Converting Subqueries to Joins
* Views (15%)
o Creating views
o Reasons to use views
o Altering views
o Checking views
o Privileges for views
o Dropping a view
o Displaying information about views
* Obtaining Database Metadata (10%)
o Overview of Metadata Access Methods
o Using INFORMATION_SCHEMA to Obtain Metadata
o Using mysqlshow to Obtain Metadata
o Using SHOW and DESCRIBE to Obtain Metadata
* Databases (5%)
o Database properties
o Creating Databases
o Obtaining Database Metatdata
2006/10/14
2006/10/04
2006/08/17
Another 7/17
老伴病逝 李麗華：幾乎不出門
【特派記者葛大維／香港報導】
中國影壇永遠的「長青樹」李麗華走出喪偶之痛，聲音依然爽脆的她，在電話中說：「我很好，謝謝朋友們的關心。」
李麗華自從1996年回台灣參加當時總統李登輝就職典禮，之後就退出幕前，她與相戀多年的老伴吳中一僑居新加坡，幾乎與電影圈沒有聯絡。
不過最近李麗華在邵氏主演的經典黃梅調宮廷片「楊貴妃」、「武則天」等，重新在台灣推出DVD，喚起眾多影迷回憶，大家都很關心李麗華的近況。
李麗華在香港家中接受電訪，親口證實：「吳先生在今年5月12日過世，享壽95，我沒有隱瞞，在香港發了簡單的訃文，只是比較低調，不敢驚動大家。」
事隔幾個月了，李麗華語氣中雖帶哀傷，但情緒非常平靜，性格堅強的她說：「我和吳先生本來住在新加坡，因當地夏天太熱，所以搬來香港，原本吳先生身體都好，但今年氣候不穩定，他的呼吸開始不太好，最後是肺纖維化走的。」
吳中一是江蘇紡織業大亨，四○年代在上海就認識李麗華，但苦無機會表情衷，後來雙方各自結婚成家。直到1980年李麗華的導演先生嚴俊去世，吳中一意外和李麗華重逢，陪她走出低潮，也開啟她人生的第二春。
李麗華說：「我現在的生活很規律，血壓有點高，但眼睛不太好，開過2次刀。吳先生病了以後，我連平劇都不唱了，吳先生過世後，我幾乎都不出門。家?有傭人，親戚朋友也常來探望，女兒帶外孫女暑假從美國來香港陪我，剛回波士頓去了，我很好，很滿足了。」
過去在影壇的輝煌燦爛，對現在的李麗華來說已成過眼雲煙。記者提到早年的經典作品重新推出，讓「小咪姊」又在大家心裡活了起來，李麗華笑說：「我都不明白為什麼還有那麼多人喜歡我、惦念我，我只能從心裡謝謝大家，也請朋友們都保重。」
李麗華
生日：1924年7月17日
籍貫：河北
暱稱：小咪，據說因初生時哭聲似小貓咪。
入行：16歲加入上海藝華影業公司，以處女作「三笑」揚名。
得獎：1965年以「故都春夢」獲得第3屆金馬獎影后，1969年以「揚子江風雲」獲得第7屆金馬影后。
進軍國際：1958年和英國男星維多麥秋合演好萊塢電影「飛虎嬌娃」，李麗華拒拍片中吻戲，成了國際新聞。
息影之作：1978年和凌波、李菁合演「新紅樓夢」。
婚姻與小孩：第一任先生張緒譜，第二任先生嚴俊，各育有一個女兒，共兩個女兒。
【特派記者葛大維／香港報導】
中國影壇永遠的「長青樹」李麗華走出喪偶之痛，聲音依然爽脆的她，在電話中說：「我很好，謝謝朋友們的關心。」
李麗華自從1996年回台灣參加當時總統李登輝就職典禮，之後就退出幕前，她與相戀多年的老伴吳中一僑居新加坡，幾乎與電影圈沒有聯絡。
不過最近李麗華在邵氏主演的經典黃梅調宮廷片「楊貴妃」、「武則天」等，重新在台灣推出DVD，喚起眾多影迷回憶，大家都很關心李麗華的近況。
李麗華在香港家中接受電訪，親口證實：「吳先生在今年5月12日過世，享壽95，我沒有隱瞞，在香港發了簡單的訃文，只是比較低調，不敢驚動大家。」
事隔幾個月了，李麗華語氣中雖帶哀傷，但情緒非常平靜，性格堅強的她說：「我和吳先生本來住在新加坡，因當地夏天太熱，所以搬來香港，原本吳先生身體都好，但今年氣候不穩定，他的呼吸開始不太好，最後是肺纖維化走的。」
吳中一是江蘇紡織業大亨，四○年代在上海就認識李麗華，但苦無機會表情衷，後來雙方各自結婚成家。直到1980年李麗華的導演先生嚴俊去世，吳中一意外和李麗華重逢，陪她走出低潮，也開啟她人生的第二春。
李麗華說：「我現在的生活很規律，血壓有點高，但眼睛不太好，開過2次刀。吳先生病了以後，我連平劇都不唱了，吳先生過世後，我幾乎都不出門。家?有傭人，親戚朋友也常來探望，女兒帶外孫女暑假從美國來香港陪我，剛回波士頓去了，我很好，很滿足了。」
過去在影壇的輝煌燦爛，對現在的李麗華來說已成過眼雲煙。記者提到早年的經典作品重新推出，讓「小咪姊」又在大家心裡活了起來，李麗華笑說：「我都不明白為什麼還有那麼多人喜歡我、惦念我，我只能從心裡謝謝大家，也請朋友們都保重。」
李麗華
生日：1924年7月17日
籍貫：河北
暱稱：小咪，據說因初生時哭聲似小貓咪。
入行：16歲加入上海藝華影業公司，以處女作「三笑」揚名。
得獎：1965年以「故都春夢」獲得第3屆金馬獎影后，1969年以「揚子江風雲」獲得第7屆金馬影后。
進軍國際：1958年和英國男星維多麥秋合演好萊塢電影「飛虎嬌娃」，李麗華拒拍片中吻戲，成了國際新聞。
息影之作：1978年和凌波、李菁合演「新紅樓夢」。
婚姻與小孩：第一任先生張緒譜，第二任先生嚴俊，各育有一個女兒，共兩個女兒。
2006/07/28
Poise and humor carry Wang far
New York Yankees News
Young right-hander impressives, entertains teammates
By Ryan Mink / MLB.com
Chien-Ming Wang sat peacefully at his locker, flipping through a Lexus brochure while listening to his iPod. Nobody took notice and Wang certainly isn't one to stir up the clubhouse.
Yankees third-base coach Larry Bowa, on the other hand, likes to bark at players during walks from the bathroom to the coaches' room. His target that day was Wang, the quiet Taiwan native.
"What the [heck] did you do, Wang?" Bowa shouted, breaking the room's near silence. Bowa was insinuating that Wang had ditched his pregame routine despite seeing the pitcher's sweat-drenched back.
"Get outta here!"
Wang just stared up in confusion, pretending not to know what Bowa was saying. It's all part of his act and almost fooled Bowa.
"Every time I get on him, he pitches eight innings," Bowa explained to a somewhat bewildered Shawn Chacon.
It seems that added stress almost fuels Wang, who at the age of 26 has become one of the best young pitchers in baseball. But it's humor that has made him fit into the Yankees' clubhouse.
Wang returns the joke when the game starts. As the Yankees prepare for their first inning at the plate, Wang points to Bowa in the dugout and yells, "Out," signaling for him to get out and coach third base.
"The things that he says and the way he says them are just priceless," first baseman Andy Phillips said with a broad smile on his face.
Wang, a six-year United States resident, still speaks very broken English -- although his coaches say he knows more than he lets on. Wang said he requested a translator in the Minors, but "it never happened."
Now he doesn't want one. Wang enjoys soaking in the language.
He gets some English lessons from his apartment neighbors, but doesn't plan on taking any formal tutoring. Wang often spends his time memorizing funny one-liners to use with his teammates, but Bowa said they aren't fit to print.
Most of the time Wang sits silently facing his locker, as if he doesn't want to bother anybody.
"He doesn't really understand where he fits in this clubhouse yet," Bowa said. "But everybody looks at him in a different light. They look at him as a star, as a high-priced performer. And they count on him every time he pitches."
Whenever his teammates talk about him there are two things they mention -- Wang feels no pressure and has one killer sinker.
It's the first attribute that has made the second-year starter tailor-made to play in baseball's premier pressure-cooker.
"I'm sure there have been times, but I've never seen him get excited or upset about anything," Mike Mussina said with a laugh. "I don't know if that's the language barrier or just how he is. But being a pitcher, that's a good thing to have."
On June 18 at Washington, Wang took a one-run lead into the ninth inning, but allowed a walk-off homer to Ryan Zimmerman. It was the only time any of his coaches or teammates could remember seeing Wang show any emotion, as he threw his glove upon returning to the dugout.
The next day, pitching coach Ron Guidry joked with Wang, telling him that the next time he sent him out to finish off a complete game, he better do it. Guidry told Wang that if he didn't pitch well in his next start, they were going to fight the next day in the bullpen.
Wang went seven innings and picked up a win in his next outing.
"I've come to learn that nothing really fazes him," Guidry said. "I don't know if it's that he's not caught up in the realm of where he's at, what all this stuff means. He just goes out and pitches and tries to do the best job he can."
Wang (14-11, 4.01 ERA) leads the Yankees with 12 starts of at least seven innings and averages near 6 2/3 innings per start. Wang is eighth in the Major Leagues entering Thursday's action in innings pitched in 21 starts.
Asked if he has been pleased with his success, Wang shook his hand as if to say, "So-so."
"Maybe lucky?" he said with a bashful grin. "I want better, better, better."
Catcher Jorge Posada says without hesitation that Wang has the best stuff in the Yankees' rotation. Guidry feels Wang could be an ace for the Yankees, if not another team, in a couple years.
While Wang can throw as hard as Randy Johnson, he averages fewer than three strikeouts per nine innings. Guidry said Wang could blow away opponents with a mid-90s fastball if he wanted to, but Wang would rather throw his devastating sinker.
"That's his bread-and-butter pitch," Guidry said. "It's like a bowling bowl. When you watch guys hit it, it doesn't go anywhere."
Wang learned the sinker when he attended the Taipei College of Physical Education in Taiwan. But it's not the groundball pitch that has made Wang seem like a steady veteran in just his sophomore season.
"I just think the Asian guys who come over here are so well schooled," Bowa said, also using Hideki Matsui as evidence. "Their work ethic is second to none. They've just been taught all along the way how way you play the game. You respect the game."
That was never more evident in Wang's next to last start against the Mariners. Wang didn't have his best stuff and was constantly in trouble. Three Alex Rodriguez errors behind him didn't help.
But Wang never lost his composure and allowed just two earned runs in seven innings to pick up the win.
Asked about the errors after the game, Wang simply said, "Nobody's perfect."
It's as if Wang has been in the league for years. Even before Wang made his Major League debut in April 2005, manager Joe Torre said he was pleased with flashes of veteran poise from the pitcher. Now Torre counts on Wang to give the bullpen a rest every fifth day.
"We rely on him," Torre said. "When you put him in the company of Randy and Moose, that's a pretty good neighborhood. He's earned that spot. Unfortunately [because he's so young] we expect him to do well all the time."
But despite his success, Wang remains a pitcher not too many teams know about.
Mariners batting coach Jeff Pentland hadn't heard much about Wang -- other than that he had a good sinker -- before facing him on July 17. After spending a couple hours of watching him on tape, Pentland compared Wang to Roy Halladay, the Blue Jays' former Cy Young winner.
"I'm sure he could care less if anybody knows who he was," Phillips said.
That's just the way Wang is.
Ryan Mink is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Young right-hander impressives, entertains teammates
By Ryan Mink / MLB.com
Chien-Ming Wang sat peacefully at his locker, flipping through a Lexus brochure while listening to his iPod. Nobody took notice and Wang certainly isn't one to stir up the clubhouse.
Yankees third-base coach Larry Bowa, on the other hand, likes to bark at players during walks from the bathroom to the coaches' room. His target that day was Wang, the quiet Taiwan native.
"What the [heck] did you do, Wang?" Bowa shouted, breaking the room's near silence. Bowa was insinuating that Wang had ditched his pregame routine despite seeing the pitcher's sweat-drenched back.
"Get outta here!"
Wang just stared up in confusion, pretending not to know what Bowa was saying. It's all part of his act and almost fooled Bowa.
"Every time I get on him, he pitches eight innings," Bowa explained to a somewhat bewildered Shawn Chacon.
It seems that added stress almost fuels Wang, who at the age of 26 has become one of the best young pitchers in baseball. But it's humor that has made him fit into the Yankees' clubhouse.
Wang returns the joke when the game starts. As the Yankees prepare for their first inning at the plate, Wang points to Bowa in the dugout and yells, "Out," signaling for him to get out and coach third base.
"The things that he says and the way he says them are just priceless," first baseman Andy Phillips said with a broad smile on his face.
Wang, a six-year United States resident, still speaks very broken English -- although his coaches say he knows more than he lets on. Wang said he requested a translator in the Minors, but "it never happened."
Now he doesn't want one. Wang enjoys soaking in the language.
He gets some English lessons from his apartment neighbors, but doesn't plan on taking any formal tutoring. Wang often spends his time memorizing funny one-liners to use with his teammates, but Bowa said they aren't fit to print.
Most of the time Wang sits silently facing his locker, as if he doesn't want to bother anybody.
"He doesn't really understand where he fits in this clubhouse yet," Bowa said. "But everybody looks at him in a different light. They look at him as a star, as a high-priced performer. And they count on him every time he pitches."
Whenever his teammates talk about him there are two things they mention -- Wang feels no pressure and has one killer sinker.
It's the first attribute that has made the second-year starter tailor-made to play in baseball's premier pressure-cooker.
"I'm sure there have been times, but I've never seen him get excited or upset about anything," Mike Mussina said with a laugh. "I don't know if that's the language barrier or just how he is. But being a pitcher, that's a good thing to have."
On June 18 at Washington, Wang took a one-run lead into the ninth inning, but allowed a walk-off homer to Ryan Zimmerman. It was the only time any of his coaches or teammates could remember seeing Wang show any emotion, as he threw his glove upon returning to the dugout.
The next day, pitching coach Ron Guidry joked with Wang, telling him that the next time he sent him out to finish off a complete game, he better do it. Guidry told Wang that if he didn't pitch well in his next start, they were going to fight the next day in the bullpen.
Wang went seven innings and picked up a win in his next outing.
"I've come to learn that nothing really fazes him," Guidry said. "I don't know if it's that he's not caught up in the realm of where he's at, what all this stuff means. He just goes out and pitches and tries to do the best job he can."
Wang (14-11, 4.01 ERA) leads the Yankees with 12 starts of at least seven innings and averages near 6 2/3 innings per start. Wang is eighth in the Major Leagues entering Thursday's action in innings pitched in 21 starts.
Asked if he has been pleased with his success, Wang shook his hand as if to say, "So-so."
"Maybe lucky?" he said with a bashful grin. "I want better, better, better."
Catcher Jorge Posada says without hesitation that Wang has the best stuff in the Yankees' rotation. Guidry feels Wang could be an ace for the Yankees, if not another team, in a couple years.
While Wang can throw as hard as Randy Johnson, he averages fewer than three strikeouts per nine innings. Guidry said Wang could blow away opponents with a mid-90s fastball if he wanted to, but Wang would rather throw his devastating sinker.
"That's his bread-and-butter pitch," Guidry said. "It's like a bowling bowl. When you watch guys hit it, it doesn't go anywhere."
Wang learned the sinker when he attended the Taipei College of Physical Education in Taiwan. But it's not the groundball pitch that has made Wang seem like a steady veteran in just his sophomore season.
"I just think the Asian guys who come over here are so well schooled," Bowa said, also using Hideki Matsui as evidence. "Their work ethic is second to none. They've just been taught all along the way how way you play the game. You respect the game."
That was never more evident in Wang's next to last start against the Mariners. Wang didn't have his best stuff and was constantly in trouble. Three Alex Rodriguez errors behind him didn't help.
But Wang never lost his composure and allowed just two earned runs in seven innings to pick up the win.
Asked about the errors after the game, Wang simply said, "Nobody's perfect."
It's as if Wang has been in the league for years. Even before Wang made his Major League debut in April 2005, manager Joe Torre said he was pleased with flashes of veteran poise from the pitcher. Now Torre counts on Wang to give the bullpen a rest every fifth day.
"We rely on him," Torre said. "When you put him in the company of Randy and Moose, that's a pretty good neighborhood. He's earned that spot. Unfortunately [because he's so young] we expect him to do well all the time."
But despite his success, Wang remains a pitcher not too many teams know about.
Mariners batting coach Jeff Pentland hadn't heard much about Wang -- other than that he had a good sinker -- before facing him on July 17. After spending a couple hours of watching him on tape, Pentland compared Wang to Roy Halladay, the Blue Jays' former Cy Young winner.
"I'm sure he could care less if anybody knows who he was," Phillips said.
That's just the way Wang is.
Ryan Mink is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
2006/07/18
7/17 Wang undoes the damage of Bombers' four errors
Yankees just keep on winning
It's very rare for a team to win a game when the final linescore shows the same number in both the runs and errors columns.
But that's how good life is for the Yankees right now.
New York continued its post-All-Star streak on Monday night, winning for the fourth consecutive day with a 4-2 victory over the Mariners.
Chien-Ming Wang bailed out his team on several occasions after it tied a season high with four errors, three of them committed by Alex Rodriguez at third base.
"He got everybody out of a lot of jams tonight," said manager Joe Torre. "The kid is special -- he doesn't panic. He came right back and got some huge outs for us. We need to play better defense than that, but with the ground-ball possibility when he pitches, we played well when we needed to."
"Wang kept getting ground ball after ground ball. He's unbelievable," A-Rod said. "He pitched a great game today."
New York has now won eight of its last nine games, having swept the White Sox over the weekend. The Yankees used a three-run second inning on Monday to take a lead they would never relinquish.
Wang (10-4) allowed two runs over seven innings, earning his 10th win of the season. Mike Myers and Scott Proctor combined for a scoreless eighth, then Mariano Rivera escaped a jam of his own, notching his 22nd save of the season.
The Yankees are the first team in the Majors with three 10-game winners on their staff, with Wang joining Mike Mussina (11-3) and Randy Johnson (10-7).
Wang gave up a rare first-inning run, just the first time in his last 14 starts and third time in 20 starts this season that the opposition had struck against him in the opening frame. Ichiro Suzuki singled and eventually scored on Raul Ibanez's sacrifice fly, giving the Mariners an early lead.
"The pitching coach told me [I was] going too quickly and throwing out my front shoulder," Wang said. "I tried to throw so hard, and it opened too quickly."
Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn (4-10) didn't hold that lead for long. The Yankees scored three runs in the second inning, with Miguel Cairo's two-run single giving New York the lead. Johnny Damon added an RBI single, making it a 3-1 game.
Jason Giambi crushed a 2-1 pitch from Washburn with two outs in the fifth, parking his 28th home run of the season into the upper deck to put the Yankees ahead, 4-1.
"Jarrod threw a great game," Giambi said. "We got some big hits when we needed them, pushed some runs across. I got a slider that hung in the strike zone, put it in play, hit it well, and it went into the upper deck. I'm getting my pitch and not missing it."
Wang retired the side in order in the second and third innings, but A-Rod's first error of the night put the leadoff man on in the fourth. Wang quickly induced a double play off the bat of Ibanez, helping him put another zero on the scoreboard.
"It's worse if it causes runs," Torre said of the error. "It didn't cause any runs tonight. We dodged a bullet."
Rodriguez's second error came in the fifth, turning a potential inning-ending double play into first and second with one out for Seattle. Wang worked his way out of the jam with a pair of ground balls, stranding the bases loaded.
"I just try to not give them too much," Wang said. "Nobody's perfect."
"The thing that Wang does so great is that you can make some mistakes behind him and he gets the double play," Giambi said. "He can constantly work himself out of big situations. He came up with some big outs after we made some mistakes."
Seattle countered with a run in the sixth, but Wang got his second double-play ball of the night to end the inning, foiling yet another potential rally.
"We had our chances but just didn't capitalize," said Seattle manager Mike Hargrove. "He's got a very good sinker. When guys get in trouble, guys go with their go-to pitch. He used his sinker and got a lot of ground balls."
As if Rodriguez's night wasn't bad enough with the career-high three errors, he was removed from the game after the seventh inning with a bruised left big toe, the result of a foul ball off his foot in the fifth. He will have X-rays taken on Tuesday morning, and is questionable for Tuesday night's game.
"He was favoring it a lot," Torre said. "After he struck out, I went over to talk to him and sent him inside to ice it. In a close game, if he loses his mobility, it's not going to help us."
The Yankees remain a half-game behind the Red Sox in the American League East, as Boston came from behind to defeat Kansas City, 5-4, at Fenway Park. Sidney Ponson, making his first start in pinstripes, will try to extend the Yankees' streak to five games on Tuesday.
The Yankees hope to play a cleaner game than it did on Monday, but if the final result is the same, they won't be complaining.
"Sometimes you're going to win ugly," Derek Jeter said of Monday's victory. "As long as you win, that's the key."
Mark Feinsand is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
It's very rare for a team to win a game when the final linescore shows the same number in both the runs and errors columns.
But that's how good life is for the Yankees right now.
New York continued its post-All-Star streak on Monday night, winning for the fourth consecutive day with a 4-2 victory over the Mariners.
Chien-Ming Wang bailed out his team on several occasions after it tied a season high with four errors, three of them committed by Alex Rodriguez at third base.
"He got everybody out of a lot of jams tonight," said manager Joe Torre. "The kid is special -- he doesn't panic. He came right back and got some huge outs for us. We need to play better defense than that, but with the ground-ball possibility when he pitches, we played well when we needed to."
"Wang kept getting ground ball after ground ball. He's unbelievable," A-Rod said. "He pitched a great game today."
New York has now won eight of its last nine games, having swept the White Sox over the weekend. The Yankees used a three-run second inning on Monday to take a lead they would never relinquish.
Wang (10-4) allowed two runs over seven innings, earning his 10th win of the season. Mike Myers and Scott Proctor combined for a scoreless eighth, then Mariano Rivera escaped a jam of his own, notching his 22nd save of the season.
The Yankees are the first team in the Majors with three 10-game winners on their staff, with Wang joining Mike Mussina (11-3) and Randy Johnson (10-7).
Wang gave up a rare first-inning run, just the first time in his last 14 starts and third time in 20 starts this season that the opposition had struck against him in the opening frame. Ichiro Suzuki singled and eventually scored on Raul Ibanez's sacrifice fly, giving the Mariners an early lead.
"The pitching coach told me [I was] going too quickly and throwing out my front shoulder," Wang said. "I tried to throw so hard, and it opened too quickly."
Seattle starter Jarrod Washburn (4-10) didn't hold that lead for long. The Yankees scored three runs in the second inning, with Miguel Cairo's two-run single giving New York the lead. Johnny Damon added an RBI single, making it a 3-1 game.
Jason Giambi crushed a 2-1 pitch from Washburn with two outs in the fifth, parking his 28th home run of the season into the upper deck to put the Yankees ahead, 4-1.
"Jarrod threw a great game," Giambi said. "We got some big hits when we needed them, pushed some runs across. I got a slider that hung in the strike zone, put it in play, hit it well, and it went into the upper deck. I'm getting my pitch and not missing it."
Wang retired the side in order in the second and third innings, but A-Rod's first error of the night put the leadoff man on in the fourth. Wang quickly induced a double play off the bat of Ibanez, helping him put another zero on the scoreboard.
"It's worse if it causes runs," Torre said of the error. "It didn't cause any runs tonight. We dodged a bullet."
Rodriguez's second error came in the fifth, turning a potential inning-ending double play into first and second with one out for Seattle. Wang worked his way out of the jam with a pair of ground balls, stranding the bases loaded.
"I just try to not give them too much," Wang said. "Nobody's perfect."
"The thing that Wang does so great is that you can make some mistakes behind him and he gets the double play," Giambi said. "He can constantly work himself out of big situations. He came up with some big outs after we made some mistakes."
Seattle countered with a run in the sixth, but Wang got his second double-play ball of the night to end the inning, foiling yet another potential rally.
"We had our chances but just didn't capitalize," said Seattle manager Mike Hargrove. "He's got a very good sinker. When guys get in trouble, guys go with their go-to pitch. He used his sinker and got a lot of ground balls."
As if Rodriguez's night wasn't bad enough with the career-high three errors, he was removed from the game after the seventh inning with a bruised left big toe, the result of a foul ball off his foot in the fifth. He will have X-rays taken on Tuesday morning, and is questionable for Tuesday night's game.
"He was favoring it a lot," Torre said. "After he struck out, I went over to talk to him and sent him inside to ice it. In a close game, if he loses his mobility, it's not going to help us."
The Yankees remain a half-game behind the Red Sox in the American League East, as Boston came from behind to defeat Kansas City, 5-4, at Fenway Park. Sidney Ponson, making his first start in pinstripes, will try to extend the Yankees' streak to five games on Tuesday.
The Yankees hope to play a cleaner game than it did on Monday, but if the final result is the same, they won't be complaining.
"Sometimes you're going to win ugly," Derek Jeter said of Monday's victory. "As long as you win, that's the key."
Mark Feinsand is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
2006/07/17
17th of July
MacUser: Remember, remember the 17th of July
It’s the Mac holiday celebrated the world over as "iCal day." Open up that Applications folder and gaze upon the iCal icon. What mysteries does its July 17th date hold? What might we learn about the thought process of Steve Jobs et al if we could only understand what July 17th really meant?
On the other hand, perhaps we can merely settle for the fact that July 17th, 2002 was the day that Apple introduced iCal. Well, hurrah. Happy 4th birthday, iCal.
It’s the Mac holiday celebrated the world over as "iCal day." Open up that Applications folder and gaze upon the iCal icon. What mysteries does its July 17th date hold? What might we learn about the thought process of Steve Jobs et al if we could only understand what July 17th really meant?
On the other hand, perhaps we can merely settle for the fact that July 17th, 2002 was the day that Apple introduced iCal. Well, hurrah. Happy 4th birthday, iCal.
2006/05/16
How To - Configure Ubuntu for Microsoft Virtual PC 2004
HowToConfigureUbuntuForMicrosoftVirtualPC2004 - Ubuntu Wiki
Ubuntu currently auto-configures XFree86 during the installation process, asking the user only what resolutions they'd like to enable.The default color depth is automatically set to 24-bpp, and Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 does not support 24-bpp color depth. In practice, this results in garbled graphics output when the X Server starts and the login screen is displayed. To fix this problem, you may manually change the default color depth setting in the XFree86 config file. These directions assume that you have installed Ubuntu as your guest operating system normally, have rebooted, and have seen the garbled graphics output.
Ubuntu currently auto-configures XFree86 during the installation process, asking the user only what resolutions they'd like to enable.The default color depth is automatically set to 24-bpp, and Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 does not support 24-bpp color depth. In practice, this results in garbled graphics output when the X Server starts and the login screen is displayed. To fix this problem, you may manually change the default color depth setting in the XFree86 config file. These directions assume that you have installed Ubuntu as your guest operating system normally, have rebooted, and have seen the garbled graphics output.
Installing Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2004
Installing Ubuntu on Virtual PC 2004
So after booting up in messed up graphics land, I was able to click the giant ass Reboot button on my 160x120 screen. When it was rebooting, I hit ESC during Grub and booted into the recovery console. This gave me root access (is this secure? Sure as hell didn't seem like it to me...).
Once I was in there, I found the configuration file for the graphics card in /etc/X11. So type in cd /etc/X11, although I certainly hope even the most harden of MScentric people can figure that out :).
Once in there I opened up xorg.conf using pico (so type in pico xorg.conf - isn't this fun?). Browse down to the screen section. Opps, looks like the defaultDepth property is 24, which VirtualPC doesn't support. I changed this to 16 and hit CTRL-X to exit (saving when prompted of course). Typed in reboot and awaaaaaaay we go.
Once I was logged in, I wasn't able to hit the internet but this was an easy enough fix. Just go to System | Networking and enable the Ethernet connection. At this point I was good to go. I don't think I have sound yet, but I really could care less. But if a wise soul would like to enlighten me, I wouldn't mind either.
So after booting up in messed up graphics land, I was able to click the giant ass Reboot button on my 160x120 screen. When it was rebooting, I hit ESC during Grub and booted into the recovery console. This gave me root access (is this secure? Sure as hell didn't seem like it to me...).
Once I was in there, I found the configuration file for the graphics card in /etc/X11. So type in cd /etc/X11, although I certainly hope even the most harden of MScentric people can figure that out :).
Once in there I opened up xorg.conf using pico (so type in pico xorg.conf - isn't this fun?). Browse down to the screen section. Opps, looks like the defaultDepth property is 24, which VirtualPC doesn't support. I changed this to 16 and hit CTRL-X to exit (saving when prompted of course). Typed in reboot and awaaaaaaay we go.
Once I was logged in, I wasn't able to hit the internet but this was an easy enough fix. Just go to System | Networking and enable the Ethernet connection. At this point I was good to go. I don't think I have sound yet, but I really could care less. But if a wise soul would like to enlighten me, I wouldn't mind either.
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