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Like bacon-laced ice cream or deep-fried turducken, the ultra high performance SUV is a curious amalgam of ingredients governed by an inscrutable raison d'être. How does this mutant automotive strain survive the vagaries of the market, and what draws drivers to this genre like a spacecraft to a black hole?
Mercedes-Benz 2012 ML63 AMG
Logic-defying performance. Functional luxury. Wood, leather, wool and chrome trim abound. Brutal numbers, soothing ride. An SUV you actually enjoy driving.
Overly discreet styling. Upsetting MSRP. Fatty could use a diet. Anticipate slings and arrows from the Prius set.
How We Rate
- 1/10A complete failure in every way
- 2/10Sad, really
- 3/10Serious flaws; proceed with caution
- 4/10Downsides outweigh upsides
- 5/10Recommended with reservations
- 6/10Solid with some issues
- 7/10Very good, but not quite great
- 8/10Excellent, with room to kvetch
- 9/10Nearly flawless
- 10/10Metaphysical perfection
Rather than ponder the why, let's consider the how.
The ass-kicking SUV was unofficially inaugurated in the automotive heyday of the mid-'80s, when the Lamborghini LM002 ignited passion among the oil sheikh set with its carbureted V12 and angularly ginormous bodywork. The Italian curiosity only sold 328 examples, but paved the way (ahem!) for the niche-within-a-niche: the supercar trapped in the sport ute's body.
Contemporary examples include the BMW X5M ($87,250) and Porsche Cayenne Turbo ($107,100), and though these evolved specimens may not look as cartoonishly delicious or devilishly despicable as the "Rambo Lambo," they stand as wonderfully improbable achievements within a richly regulated, petroleum-endangered zeitgeist that harbors fear and loathing for the insensible.
This is not a supercar or sport coupe, but rather a four-wheeled frivolity cloaked under the guise of usable space and cargo hauling utility.
Since I've recently criss-crossed the rambling backroads of central California in Mercedes-Benz's newest such offering — the $95,865 ML63 AMG — allow me to explicate, or at least try to make sense of this pre-apocalyptic, muscle-engined madness. For starters, let's play devil's advocate and recall that a nice, base model ML350 can be had for nearly half the dough. It will transport you from A to B in commendable efficacy and decent luxury, even if Mercedes-Benz deems it reasonable to make real leather an option. Seriously.
But the standard ML is incapable of inducing lung-emptying bliss on every onramp, or responding to steering input with anything remotely resembling obedience. The off-the-rack donor car, though vastly improved over its predecessor in numerous ways including a lighter, stronger chassis, a quieter ride, and the lowest aerodynamic drag coefficient of any sport ute, is an achievement in satisfying the fat middle of the bell curve of buyers, not the edgy extreme of enthusiasts. So while Mercedes-Benz engineers clearly worked overtime to enhance the function-oriented ML, it took the mad scientists at AMG to get its freak on.
Still skeptical? Once the ball of your right foot reaches for the wool carpet beneath, you just might be charged with instant comprehension of the indelible charms of this rolling contradiction, as though the knowledge transferred directly from the accelerator pedal to your hippocampus. This is not a supercar or sport coupe, but rather a four-wheeled frivolity cloaked under the guise of usable space and cargo hauling utility. Call it cognitive dissonance or just plain silly, but the way this weighty vehicle presses you against its perforated leather is unexpected at the very least, and delightfully counterintuitive, at best.
The power source is a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V8 that replaces the naturally aspirated 6.2-liter lump. In a textbook case of less-is-more, the smaller mill churns more power — 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque — while also yielding 28 percent better fuel economy, though it's still only expected to average 16 mpg, combined.
Add the $6,050 AMG Development Package, and output is boosted to 550 horsepower and 560 pound-feet, and top speed is raised to 174 mph — proof there's always a little more to squeeze from these already hard-working engines. Expect to reach 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, or 4.6 with the optional engine boost. Those rates of acceleration are accompanied by a deep, heartwarming exhaust note that sounds like the feeling of whiskey going down your gullet, punctuated by snorty "braps" as the 7-speed transmission changes gears.
Attack a winding highway, and this Merc becomes a merciless accomplice, squirting, punching, and dancing its way through the twists until you or your companion reaches for the barf bag.
Apart from badges and model-specific trim, there's little within the ML63's heavily upholstered leather interior to suggest what lurks beneath the gently raked bonnet. But there is more texture and detail to behold than the non-AMG iteration, thanks to the standard Designo package which brings supple cowhide to the dashboard, armrests, and door trim, and offers more aggressively bolstered seats for your cornering enjoyment.
When the road kinks, that padding proves integral to the experience: stiffer shock and spring rates work with an "Active Curve" system that uses a hydraulic pump to selectively firm up the suspension and de-couple the roll bars when necessary. As a result, the ML63 combines a buttery ride with shockingly sticky and responsive roadholding, allowing you to easily forget its multi-ton curb weight. Attack a winding highway, and this Merc becomes a merciless accomplice, squirting, punching, and dancing its way through the twists until you or your companion reaches for the barf bag.
Should AMG sully its race-bred name by slapping its badge on absolutely anything that rolls out of Mercedes-Benz's product lineup? Does a 550 horsepower SUV have a logical place in the automotive universe? And is the ML63 even worth mentioning in the same breath as a brilliant achievement like the SLS AMG?
At the end of the day, a car like the ML63 can be distilled down to a simple ratio of want versus need: You may not deem it necessary to hurtle down the highway in such a profligate, high-profile chariot, and you're certainly entitled to raise an eyebrow as this bad boy blasts past you on the interstate.
But if you have the means and are appropriately corruptible by the curiosity of physics-altering power-to-weight ratios and muscular interpretations of otherwise function-oriented SUVs, you may just find that the ML63 — like a juicy slice of turducken — scratches an itch you never knew you had.
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DRINK drive arrests across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are down 22 per cent as the police begin week three of its Smashed campaign.
Officers have now arrested 97 people, including ten in the Winchester area, on suspicion of drink-driving since the Christmas campaign launched on December 1.
Some 71 men and 26 women were arrested between Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 16.
The figure shows a 22 per cent drop in arrests during the same period in 2011. So far, the youngest person arrested was 18 years old and the oldest was 81. The average age of alleged offenders was 37 years.
Chief Inspector Andy Bottomley said: "I would like to be able to say the decrease in arrests is down to the drink-drive message finally getting through – and I hope it is.
"A reduction is certainly encouraging as it does perhaps suggest that fewer people are taking that risk than last year. But that doesn't mean we'll be complacent. We're still arresting drink-drive suspects every day and know we'll arrest more before the year is out."
North Hampshire has seen the greatest number of arrests so far with 35 [36 per cent]. Of those, 11 were arrested in Hart and Rushmoor, 10 in East Hampshire and Winchester, nine in Basingstoke and Deane and five in Andover.
East Hampshire follows closely behind in the arrest stakes, with 34 [35 per cent]. Of those, 16 were in Fareham and Gosport, nine in Portsmouth, five on the Isle of Wight and four in Havant.
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SWINDON riders Troy Batchelor and Peter Kildemand will have to wait a few more days for their first competitive action after this evening's Elite Riders' Championship at Coventry was postponed.
With nearly an hour to go before the scheduled start of the meeting, and the sun shining, the decision was made to call off the meeting due to the track being judged unfit to ride.
BSPA chairman Alex Harkess revealed in a statement that an investigation will now be launched into what went on at Brandon.
He said: "The first thing to say is to apologise to the many supporters who paid good money to see the event which had a superb line-up.
"It is also not the start anyone wanted for the start of our new TV deal with Sky Sports.
"We regret very much what happened but on Saturday morning I had assurances that everything would be fine with the track.
"I can understand totally the anger of supporters and, of course, we offer our sincere apologies to everyone who was inconvenienced.
"We will now carry out a full investigation to establish why this totally unacceptable situation was allowed to develop and will comment further when this investigation has been concluded."
Batchelor arrived at the stadium and, without taking a proper look at the track, was informed the meeting was off.
"You can understand when a meeting is rained off but the sun is shining it's hard to really understand why," he said.
"I didn't really look at the track but I was told the meeting was off.
"I've now got one week before I fly to New Zealand for the first GP so hopefully the Swindon meetings will be on this Thursday and Friday so I can get some track time.


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NASCAR suffered another blow this week when Dodge announced it was withdrawing from both the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series after this season.
The announcement surprised some observers because NASCAR had recently approved Dodge's redesigned Charger for the 2013 Sprint Cup season.
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Ralph Gilles, the head of Dodge's motorsports program, said the unexpected loss of its flagship Penske team last March — only weeks after Dodge unveiled its 2013 Charger — put Dodge in a tough position when competing against the bigger Chevrolet, Toyota and Ford teams.
"Penske's decision hurt," Gilles said during a conference call Tuesday. "We couldn't find another team to compete at the level and quality we were accustomed to."
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The Chrysler brands Dodge and Plymouth became popular in the 1960s as driving legend Richard Petty led the technically advanced factory team to the zenith of stock car racing. Behind hemi engines, the winged superbirds of the early '70s and the aerodynamic breakthrough Chargers of the late 1960s, Chrysler won seven championships with Petty.
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Gene Expression in Cumulus Cells to Predict Pregnancy
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Last updated: July 11, 2014
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The purpose of this study is to determine the performance of a genetic assay, GemART, in cumulus cells predictive of embryo viability, and pregnancy success in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Performance is defined as success rate per embryo transferred, as measured by the implantation rate of embryos transferred.
|Other: Morphology Other: GemART assay
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Predictive Value of a Gene Expression Signature in Cumulus Cells Indicative of Embryo Implantation.
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- Clinical pregnancy rate [ Time Frame: Recorded at post-transfer week 4-9 ]Clinical pregnancy, recorded as either positive or negative, will be determined using vaginal ultrasound during post-transfer week 4-9. Clinical Pregnancy rate for embryos selected using the GemART assay in conjunction with morphology will be compared with clinical pregnancy rate for embryos selected using morphology alone.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|March 2014
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|March 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Morphology
Embryos selected for transfer will be based on morphology alone.
Other: Morphology
Embryos selected for transfer will be based upon morphology alone.
Experimental: GemART assay
Embryos selected for transfer will be based upon morphology and GemART assay.
Other: GemART assay
Embryos selected for transfer will be based upon morphology and GemART assay.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 39 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 21-39 years
- IVF cycle 1 or 2
- Fertilization method: ICSI and/or IVF
- Day 3 or day 5 embryo transfer
- Treatment cycle intended for single or double embryo transfer
- Use own oocytes, not oocyte donor
- ≥ 3 embryos at final assessment
- Donor sperm acceptable
- Willing to comply with protocol and study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Presence of fibroid(s): >4 cm intramural or submucosal fibroids
- History of chemotherapy or radiation to the abdomen or pelvis
- Use of donor oocytes
- Use of reinseminated oocytes
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis or preimplantation genetic screening during current IVF cycle
- Concurrent participation in another clinical study
- (Male): Surgically removed sperm
- (Male): <5 million sperm count
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01732900
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|Reproductive Medicine Institute
|Oak Brook, Illinois, United States, 60523
|United States, Indiana
|IVF Indiana
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46280
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|United States, Michigan
|Reproductive Medicine Associates of Michigan
|Troy, Michigan, United States, 48084
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Gema Diagnostics
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|John Jarrett, MD
|IVF Indiana
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Iager AE, Kocabas AM, Otu HH, Ruppel P, Langerveld A, Schnarr P, Suarez M, Jarrett JC, Conaghan J, Rosa GJ, Fernández E, Rawlins RG, Cibelli JB, Crosby JA. Identification of a novel gene set in human cumulus cells predictive of an oocyte's pregnancy potential. Fertil Steril. 2013 Mar 1;99(3):745-752.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.10.041. Epub 2012 Nov 29.
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pregnancy outcome
cumulus cells
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Genital Diseases, Female
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Thou Shalt Not Run on Johnny Cueto
On September 7, 2010, in the second inning of a game between the Reds and the Rockies, Eric Young Jr. stole second base. The pitcher was Johnny Cueto, who hasn't allowed a steal of second in 61 starts since then.
Cueto possesses one of baseball's best pickoff moves (he caught Young off second base in the fourth inning of the same game), and runners are 2-for-15 against him over the past two years: On June 14, 2011, Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon swiped third base against Cueto. On July 3, 2012, Dodgers third baseman Luis Cruz stole home.
Otherwise, since Young's success, 12 men have tried to steal second against Cueto; all have failed. Several more were picked off first base (they weren't all necessarily trying to steal). Some were picked off first and caught stealing. Here are his victims:
Date: June 4, 2011 (box)
But we're interested in what happened much earlier. With two out in the top of the first, Ethier grounded into a 1-6 force play. He then got picked off first with a 1-2 count on Matt Kemp.
Taking the bat out of Kemp's hands was a good idea. His grand slam in the eighth off Logan Ondrusek tied the game, and his RBI groundout in the 11th brought home Aaron Miles for the Dodgers' final run.
Date: June 9, 2011 (box)
The Giants had other opportunities. They got the first two men on in the fourth and a man to third with one out in the sixth, but couldn't score. The Reds got all they needed in the eighth, when Joey Votto scored on an Eli Whiteside passed ball.
Date: June 28, 2011 (box)
Before that, way back in the third, Fuld drew a one-out walk. On a 1-0 pitch to Reid Brignac, Fuld was caught stealing, though he didn't go down without a fight. The play was scored 2-6-3-4-6, so kudos to him for the extra effort and to the Reds for getting four players in on the fun. Brignac then struck out swinging to end the inning.
Date: July 4, 2011 (box)
In the fourth, Cueto had trouble finding the plate. He issued two of his three walks that inning and went to a three-ball count on another batter. Jay led off with the first of those walks, then was caught stealing on a 3-1 pitch to Matt Holliday, who himself drew a walk. Cueto escaped undamaged.
Date: July 15, 2011 (box)
In the sixth, while Cueto was still cruising, he gave up a ground-ball single up the middle to Theriot with one out. Cueto got out of the inning with just one more pitch, picking off Theriot and then getting Rasmus on a grounder to first.
Date: September 14, 2011 (box)
The Reds won, 7-2, although Cueto did not get the decision. He departed with two out in the fourth because of a strained right lat muscle. The offensive star? That would be Hernandez, who doubled, homered, and drove in three runs.
Date: April 5, 2012 (box)
Bonifacio led off the top of the fourth with an infield single to shortstop. With a 2-2 count on Hanley Ramirez, Cueto picked off Bonifacio. After Ramirez struck out swinging, Giancarlo Stanton grounded to third to end the inning. Cueto and Hanigan later caught Jose Reyes trying to swipe third on a strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out double play with Ramirez at bat to end the sixth.
Date: April 11, 2012 (box)
Meanwhile, back in the second, Descalso singled to right with two out. With Tyler Greene at the plate, Cueto caught Descalso napping to end the frame.
Date: May 4, 2012 (box)
Date: June 6, 2012 (box)
With one out in the fourth, McCutchen drew a walk. With a 1-0 count on Garrett Jones, Cueto picked McCutchen off first. Jones then singled, but Matt Hague struck out swinging to end the frame.
The next inning, Harrison came on to play shortstop as part of a double switch. In the top of the sixth, he was hit by Cueto's first pitch. On a 3-2 pitch to Presley, Hanigan gunned down Harrison.
Date: June 12, 2012 (box)
With the score still 2-1, Brantley led off the top of the seventh with a ground-ball single up the middle to extend his hitting streak to 19 games. Damon popped out to short, bringing up Casey Kotchman. On a 1-1 pitch, Brantley broke for second. I can't find a good description of the play, but he was caught stealing without the catcher being involved, Cueto throwing to shortstop Wilson Valdez for the out. Kotchman then struck out swinging to end the inning.
Date: June 23, 2012 (box)
Cueto also drove in two of his team's runs without the benefit of a hit. Those were his first two RBI since July 19, 2010, when he had two RBI in a game against the Nationals. Cueto hasn't driven in a single run in a game since May 8, 2009, against the Cardinals.
Date: June 28, 2012 (box)
Both of Cueto's pickoffs came in the fourth. Cabrera led off with a single to center, then was retired 1-3-6 with the count full on Posey, who proceeded to walk. After Angel Pagan flied out to center for the second out, Posey was caught off the bag to end the inning while Pablo Sandoval stood at the plate with a 1-1 count.
Date: July 17, 2012 (box)
Date: July 28, 2012 (box)
Cueto gave back the lead in the bottom half when he fired the ball past Todd Frazier while trying to pick off Josh Rutledge, who advanced to second; he later scored on a Michael Cuddyer double play. In the fifth, after the Reds had retaken the lead, Gonzalez drove home Dexter Fowler on a fielder's choice to narrow the gap to 7-5. With Cuddyer up representing the tying run, Cueto picked off Gonzalez and then retired the batter to escape without further damage.
In that ugly first inning, Cueto made another errant pickoff throw, trying to catch Fowler off the second-base bag.
Date: September 15, 2012 (box)
Back in the third, before things got out of control for the visiting Reds, Stanton grounded a one-out single to left. After Lee popped out to second, Greg Dobbs stepped to the plate. Stanton broke on a 1-1 pitch and was thrown out to end the inning.
Date: September 20, 2012 (box)
The Cubs had a chance to get to Cueto in the second. With one out, Castro grounded a single up the middle and was picked off before a full-count pitch to Luis Valbuena, who then walked. Welington Castillo and Dave Sappelt both reached, loading the bases for Berken, who grounded out to end an inning that could have gone very differently if not for the untimely elimination of Castro.
Date: September 25, 2012 (box)
As for Weeks, with one out in the first, he singled to right-center. With the count full to Ryan Braun, Weeks was picked off for the second out. Braun then struck out swinging to end the frame.
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We need a nice neat table at the end for easy digestion. Oh look, here is one now:
*SB% = career stolen base percentage before the play in question
**Total of 1,379 attempts
Moral of the story: If Cueto is pitching and you find yourself on first base, be careful—even if you are normally a good basestealer.
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Seems unfortunate the Reds have both Cueto and Hamilton. That would be a fun match up to watch.
Dec 04, 2012 06:58 AM
One thing that certainly hasn't hurt Cueto's kill ratio (and to be sure, other pitchers have been the beneficiaries of it as well) is that the balk call on pickoff moves has all but disappeared from modern baseball. Last year NL teams averaged fewer than 5 balks for the year; Cueto had 3 by himself, which was one of the higher individual totals in the league. Contrast the run-crazy 1980s, when team totals were usually more than 3 times that. In 1988, for example, David Cone by himself had more balks (10) than any 2012 team in the NL except Arizona, which also had 10.
Dec 04, 2012 07:19 AM
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mod_perl isn't getting web developers because it isn't a web application framework. PHP is.
Perl is like Lisp. We have the base language, on which we write the language in which we will write our program. I'm sure people who truly grok Lisp and all of Paul Graham's stuff will say Perl doesn't completely fulfill this, but I think it does partially. We create, at least, a hybrid language that consists of Perl + whatever modules we deem necessary.
Look at the way everyone writes their own templating sys
PHP can grow organically, increasing its sphere of usefulness, just like Perl did. More and more Perl may become like Latin -- forgotten by the modern day unwashed and just a curious field of study for ivory tower eggheads. Not that there's anything
But for those of us who use Perl for completely non-web related things, we could care less if Perl beats out other languages in the webapp space. The right tool should be used for the job. If PHP does the job better, great!


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It's time to reveal my Winning Value Portfolio for 2013. I started this tradition last year when I revealed my 2012 portfolio. The parameters were simple: an equally weighted portfolio of 10 stocks that would be held for the entire year. I will make no changes in the portfolio. The only exception I would make is if a company or its management committed runs afoul of any Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) violations or other serious violation. A one-year holding period is not a very long amount time and as I've stated before, the frictional costs of trading often go unnoticed by many yet turn out to be quite meaningful when assessing investment return.
In 2012, the Winning Value Portfolio bested the S&P 500 by over 5 percentage points. Indeed while those returns were calculated as of market close Dec. 26, 2012, the outperformance remained intact as of the market close Dec. 31, 2012. Even if you add the reinvestment of dividends into the S&P 500, the Gad Winning Value Portfolio outshined.
Before I reveal the 2013 portfolio, I will be making one additional amendment this year. Purely for comparison purposes, I will also use the Wilshire 5000 as a benchmark for the portfolio. I would note, however, that the S&P 500 is a solid benchmark proxy, as it statistically accounts for the vast majority of business activity in the U.S. So I will still compare performance against the S&P 500.
For 2013, I have selected the following portfolio:
Some names are back from the 2012 portfolio. Despite being up 104% in 2012, Bank of America (BAC) still remains incredibly attractive and I think another year will reveal that. Potash (POT), the largest fertilizer company in the world was a laggard in 2012, but the long-term fundamental demand for fertilizer only gets better as the developing world continues to grow. Two small-caps, Motorcar Parts (MPAA) and Tecumseh (TECUA), continue to somewhat remain under the radar, but I think Mr. Market will be surprised by the resilience of these two companies.
Over the coming days and weeks, I will dive deeper into these names and get into why I like the underlying business prospects along with the valuation. But overall, I feel strongly that this collection of companies will prove to provide a return over the course of 2013 that exceeds that of the S&P 500. More so, if the markets take a turn for the worse this year, then this portfolio will provide a solid mechanism for preserving capital.


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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—Justin Upton had barely cleared the left-field fence with a high fly that he didn't think was going out when he said, "What are we playing on, a high school field?"
Of course not. This was one of the back fields at the Atlanta Braves' spring training complex at Disney's Wide World of Sports. But don't blame Upton for wondering.
After all, he was practicing on the same field as his brother, B.J. Upton, and the last time that happened, they were in high school in Chesapeake, Va., playing fall ball.
And here they were, 12 years later, taking turns blasting BP homers for the Braves. Three weeks after Justin was traded to Atlanta and 2 1/2 months after B.J. signed there as a free agent, the brothers were able to check off another "first" on their big-league bucket list Friday.
This was their first official workout as members of the Braves, which followed their first time seeing their lockers side by side, their first team meeting and first unofficial workout.
No wonder the brothers didn't consider the first workout as a very big deal. B.J., in fact, considered it so routine that he skipped out on a group of reporters and left little brother to handle the interviews.
"We were in camp early and got that (first workout) out of the way the other day," Justin said, before realizing this was the first time they were wearing Braves uniforms on an actual field. "That was pretty cool."
What must also have been cool was to walk into the spring clubhouse earlier this week and see their lockers side by side. Such a sight is not common in the major leagues. Justin isn't sure they will have adjoining lockers in Atlanta, either.
"We're trying it out," he said. "They asked us a few weeks ago if we would be able to tolerate each other all spring. It may not last for the season."
Though they have no plans to room together during spring training or during the season, they will be seeing more of each other this year than they have since B.J. graduated from high school in 2002. The only time they have even seen each other during a baseball season was during interleague play in 2010.
Now they're teammates who, along with Jason Heyward, will form one of baseball's top outfields while pushing each other to new heights in careers that, so far, have been very good but still not quite up to the expectations that come with being the first pick in the draft (Justin, 2005) or the second (B.J., 2002).
McNEAL: Heyward primed for another big season
"Seeing the other person do well will push you," Justin said. "It won't have to be anything verbal. I see him doing well, I want to do the same thing. That will help out."
Except, perhaps, in batting practice.
"B.J. already conceded to me and Jason and said he's not going to try and hit homers with you guys," Justin said.


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Morning Movers: Abercrombie & Fitch Surges; Intercept Pharmaceuticals Gains Again
Stocks look set to gain today after U.S. payrolls rose far less than forecast.
S&P 500 futures have gained 0.2%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have risen 0.2%.
The U.S. added just 74,000 new jobs during December, well below the 200,000 forecast by economists. The unemployment rate, however, dipped to 6.7%, far lower than the 7% that had been expected.
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) has risen 14% to $38 after the struggling teen retailer said it's not struggling quite as much anymore.
Francesca's Holdings (FRAN) has gained 19% to $21.53 today after it raised guidance.
Intercept Pharmaceutical (ICPT) has risen another 31% this morning after nearly quadrupling yesterday after Merrill Lynch raised its price target to $872 from $81.
Sears Holdings (SHLD) has dropped 12% to $37.60 after it reported that holiday sales dropped by 7.4%.
Alcoa (AA) has fallen 6.7% to $9.97 after it reported truly lousy earnings.


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A HUB for mid Cheshire artists will finally close its doors in April because volunteers cannot afford the rent.
But the valiant fight to keep the Visual Arts Cheshire (VAC) Gallery in Northwich town centre is not over.
Alan Carr, from VAC's committee, said the group may not be able to keep the current venue, in Brunner Court, but was determined to find an alternative.
"We want to continue to operate virtually by the website and Facebook," he said.
"Behind the scenes we will be doing what we can to attract funding and find other properties.
"We'll maybe even run workshops when we can find venues that won't charge us much – we want to continue to do things."
The gallery was given a new lease of life in February when landlord Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) agreed VAC could have a three-month extension to its lease at a reduced rent of 25 per cent.
This followed extensive lobbying by supporters of the gallery, which has had premises in the town centre for 15 months.
Within that time VAC has held 16 exhibitions, countless art workshops and run projects like Dress a Girl Around the world, which saw the community make more than 300 dresses for children living in poverty overseas.
It's current 20x20 exhibition has attracted around 300 pieces of art by the community, which are on display until March 29.
The lease expires on April 8.
Alan said: "We're not in a position at the moment to be able to say we can definitely cover three months of quarter rent so on that basis we're not going to ask the council if we can renew.
"With rent, rates and services it's £700 a month to stay here, but that's more money than we can pull in."
VAC's committee will now turn its focus to funding opportunities.
"We're going to take some time off to pursue funding applications," Alan said.
"There aren't enough of us to be able to devote the time we need to devote to seeking funds from bodies such as the arts council, and that application process is quite intensive.
"If we're not running the gallery we can spend a month or two on that."
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Recently we told you about a bill regarding public access to critical data that was waiting for the governor's signature. Senate File 1770 had already received unanimous support in the House and the Senate. Known as the Timberjay bill, it would require that all government contracts with private business be subject to the Minnesota Data Practices Act, even if that open access is not specifically identified in the contract.
Last week Gov. Mark Dayton signed that bill, demonstrating that he understands and agrees with the public's right to open access to government data.
Dayton did veto a portion of the bill that would fund a study by the Office of the Legislative Auditor to learn how secure state systems are at protecting and transmitting data. He said it's not fiscally responsible to appropriate an ongoing amount of money without articulating the cost to perform the new duties outlined in the law. Also excluded from the notice requirement until June 30, 2015, are health plan companies, managed care organizations and county-based purchasing plans.
As for the bulk of the bill, dealing with citizen access to government contracts with private companies, the governor's signature is like an infusion of white light in an environment that can sometimes feel a little smoky and mysterious.
It is critical that our legislators understand the importance of free and open access to government data and this bill does a solid job of continuing to reinforce that principle. Journalists are accustomed to dealing with the thorny prospect of data requests, sometimes feeling as though there are several moguls that must be flattened before getting critical information. But citizens should never feel timid about making such requests nor should they feel as though they are asking for something that is reserved for elected officials' eyes only. This bill helps ensure that, whether a citizen is making a request of a state-level contract or something negotiated at the school or city level.
As a society we operate best when open access to data is free flowing. One of our missions as newspapers is to make sure that process is being protected and respected.
This bill signing was a victory for citizens throughout Minnesota. For that we acknowledge the efforts of House and Senate members who continue to see the critical relationship that exists between open government and informed citizens. And we offer our sincere appreciation to the governor for signing a bill that, at the end of the day, ensures no crack or crevice can escape the necessity of a very revealing light.
Keith Anderson is the director of news for ECM Sun Newspapers.


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BRITISH Transport Police is appealing for information after a man was involved in a bite attack while travelling on a train through Swindon.
The 41-year-old Windsor man was travelling on First Great Western's 8.30pm Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington service on Friday, 20 June.
The incident occured between about 9.10pm and 9.30pm as the train travelled between Swindon and Didcot Parkway stations.
PC Bob Burrowes, of BTP Oxford, is appealing for anyone who may have seen the disturbance on board this train to come forward.
He said: "This train was a busy Friday night service so I'm confident that someone may have witnessed this incident which resulted in the victim receiving a serious injury to his finger.
"Incidents such as this are extremely rare on the rail network which is generally a safe environment on which to travel.
"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident and I am appealing for anyone who recalls seeing two men arguing with each other in coach F on this train, to come forward and contact BTP straight away."
Were you on the train? Do you have any information which you believe can help the investigation?
If so, please contact British Transport Police on Freefone 0800 40 50 40, or text 61016. Alternatively, you can call the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
In all calls please quote incident reference GSUB/B4 of 02/07/2014.


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On Wednesday Starbucks (SBUX) held its biannual analyst meeting. I think the stock can go higher from here, as I believe Starbucks really does have a viable expansion plan; that it's working hard at extending its day part; and that the company is executing its business plan at a very high level.
The company kicked off analyst day by announcing plans to build a dizzying 3,000 net new stores in the Americas by 2017. Management also announced plans to aggressively renovate thousands of existing locations over the next five years. Also over the that period, the company sees an additional 1,500 stores in the U.S. alone. Its confidence is bolstered by the fact that the U.S. locations continue to provide positive comparisons. In fact, during the fourth quarter Starbucks was able to sustain a 7% same-store comp -- 2% from an increase in average ticket price and 5% from higher sales. Fourth-quarter U.S. revenue growth is at 17% -- almost back to the 18% record Starbucks was able to achieve in fiscal 2011, after a disastrous period in 2009 to 2010.
We already know Asia is a big opportunity for Starbucks, but at Wednesday's meeting, the company really clarified the opportunity. Right now, the company has a presence in 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including in China, operating about 3,294 stores in these areas. The company also has more than 50,000 partners selling all manner of Starbucks paraphernalia. By 2015, management believes it can take the number of stores in Mainland China to over 1,500, up from its current count of 700.
Management believes there are big opportunities in other countries that get little attention, such as Thailand, Singapore, Australia and South Korea. The company's confidence is bolstered by the fact that the regions' economics are so compelling. Store operating margin in Asia Pacific is above 35%, and the reason stores are this profitable is the limited investment and strong first-year sales. In fact, it only takes an average of $250,000 to build a Starbucks location in the region, and the store quickly achieves sales of $700,000. In comparison, a location in the U.S. consumes more than $450,000 in capital to build.
Financially speaking, the business is firing on all cylinders in the Asia Pac region. Starbucks has been able to achieve 11 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth in same-stores sales. In fiscal 2012, the company produced a 35% two-year "stacked" comp. Comps are driven by strong sales, and in fiscal 2008, the average unit in China only did a little over $500,000 in sales. But, as the company has begun to execute better, management has been able to drive that average unit volume up to $886,000.
Beyond store expansion, management has been able to come up with a credible plan to extend day sales. For most units, the biggest sales come before 10 a.m. After that, sales decline until closing. Extending the "day-part" has been a big focus for the last few years. Management finally admitted nobody goes to Starbucks for the food, and it plans to aggressively rework its food offerings over the next few years. The La Boulange Bakery acquisition, as well as the purchase of Evolution Fresh juices, should go a long way toward helping Starbucks broaden out its offerings. Similarly, the to-be-closed acquisition of Tevana (TEA) should help Starbucks diversify away from coffee.
The company plans to aggressively roll out La Boulange Bakery products: Today, they're in 40 stores, but by the end of 2014, they're expected to be in every U.S. That's the plan for Evolution Fresh juices, as well, by that point.
The most interesting part of the company's financial presentation showed that Starbucks will have a strong tailwind, as it is just beginning to benefit from a sharp decline in coffee prices. These peaked in 2008, and the decline is just now starting to hit the bottom line. Management believes fiscal 2013 will see a $100 million net gain from lower coffee prices, and another $100 million windfall in 2014.
Overall the meeting was positive, and I would expect the analyst community to fall all over themselves upgrading the stock. My guess is that most analysts will slap a low-to-mid-$60 price target on the shares, as the company continues to execute very well and management has many good ideas on how to extract more revenue out of each location.


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Never before seen photos and "maps" of Albert Einstein's brain are now on display at the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM). The exhibit "What Can We Learn from a Brain?" also features microscopically-thin sections of Einstein's brain. The materials are from the collection of pathologist Dr. Thomas Harvey, who performed an autopsy on Einstein in 1955 and preserved his brain for study. Several years after Harvey died, his estate contributed Harvey's slides and related archival material to NMHM.
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One of two suspects in an alleged armed robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Gardena was shot by a police officer while attempting to flee early Sunday morning. The other suspect was arrested.
Gardena patrol officers, responding to a 911 call from a witness, arrived to see two men fleeing the store at Vermont Avenue near 168th Street around 3:45 a.m.
The men had run across Vermont Avenue toward a residential neighborhood, and officers confronted them in the 800 block of 168th Street. When the suspects - allegedly armed with a knife and possibly a hammer - refused to surrender, the officers opened fire.
The wounded man was taken to a local hospital, where he is in stable condition and expected to survive.
Police did not release the name of either suspect.
The robbery-homicide division of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting, and as of late Sunday morning many streets in the area were still taped off.
It appears the men may have been on a beer run. By midmorning, two full cases of Tecate beer lay in the middle of the taped-off parking lot of the convenience store. The parking lot was otherwise empty.
Among the bystanders was a 21-year-old man who said he feared the wounded man is his brother.
"I know my brother was here around that time," said Eric Davalos of Gardena, who identified his brother as Luis Gutierrez, also 21.
At one point, a detective walking by the small crowd mentioned that at least one of the suspects might be a member of a gang. Davalos strenuously objected.
"They're saying he's a G-13 gang member - he's not a gang member," he told a small group of reporters. "The cops around here think everybody's a gang member."
Another bystander at the scene said he and his family were awakened by five gunshots. Alex Vieyra, 48, said they watched from behind a fence as officers apprehended the injured man, maybe five feet away.
"We were just listening to the officers say: `Stay down, show us your hands. Don't move, stay down, show us your hands,"' he said.
Vieyra said an ambulance arrived about half an hour after the man was apprehended.
"They picked him up and put him on the gurney - all he had on was boxers," he said. "So I looked in the yard and all I could see is clothes and candies. Like, lots of candies - I don't know where the candy came from. And they took him away. He was yelling `I'm dying, I'm, dying."'
Vieyra said the suspect had no tattoos and that his hair was cropped close.
"He didn't look like a gang member," he said. "But that doesn't mean that he didn't do something wrong, either."
Vieyra said that, unfortunately, the incident is par for the course in the neighborhood.
"There's always gunshots," he said. "At least every night. At least in this area. Because there is problems in this area. So it comes with the territory."
There are many children in the neighborhood, he added.
"Bullets - they'll go through anything and they'll hit anyone," he said.
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As mushrooms gain popularity, supermarkets are offering much more than basic white and brown varieties.
At family-owned Market of Choice, a group of eight stores based in Eugene, Ore., shoppers can choose from up to 20 kinds of mushrooms during the fall and spring, when local wild mushrooms are plentiful, said Gene Versteeg, produce buyer and merchandiser.
"Our customers are big-time food people," he said. "They'll pay $20 a pound for mushrooms."
Chanterelle, matsutake, lobster and hen of the woods are some of the varieties shoppers like best.
"We fill a bin up in the morning, and by the afternoon it's empty," he said.
Market of Choice stores also sell 8-ounce overwrapped cups of whole and sliced white and brown mushrooms. Just about all varieties are available in organic and conventional versions.
During the middle of winter, when fresh wild mushrooms aren't available, the stores carry dried varieties in clear plastic bins.
Shoppers buy them by the ounce at an average price of $6-10, take them home and rehydrate them in a bowl of water. Market of Choice also carries packaged dried mushrooms priced at $3-5.
Besides the local wild mushrooms, the stores always carry white, brown, crimini, portabella and shiitake mushrooms in a four-foot section with three shelves. The basic kinds are the best sellers because they're priced lower than the specialties, Versteeg said.
The stores feature mushrooms on ad three to four times a year.
Once a year, Versteeg runs a wild chanterelle ad at an aggressive price of $6.99 per pound compared to a regular price of $13.99.
Mushrooms are consistent sellers year-round at Seattle-based Red Apple Markets, a chain of more than 30 independently owned stores, said Jim Prim, produce manager at the Seattle Promenade location.
The store features a half dozen or more varieties, including crimini, white, brown and oyster mushrooms.
Even the fairly expensive chanterelles are good sellers, he said.
Loose mushrooms sell better than packaged ones.
"People like to pick their own," Prim said.
Consumers are aware of the health benefits of mushrooms, he said, but flavor is the main selling point.
Chefs sometimes use mushrooms with robust flavors as a spice, Versteeg said. They grate fresh wild truffles and use them to enhance the flavor of pasta dishes, for example.
A quarter-ounce truffle costs $7 or $8, he said, "but that truffle is going to go a long way."
Shiitakes also are a good flavoring mushroom, he said.
Most shoppers like to select their own mushrooms from bulk bins at Market of Choice. Only 10% to 20% of mushrooms there are packaged.
Versteeg merchandises mushrooms with fresh herbs, "because foodies are into fresh cooking," he said.
Red Apple shoppers use mushrooms in a number of ways, Prim said, including in stir fries, on burgers and in myriad recipes.
Prim merchandises loose, cut and sliced mushrooms in a 3-foot by 4-foot section. About 30% are packaged.
Plain brown mushrooms and plain white ones are priced the same, but other varieties, like chanterelles and portabellas, are priced separately.
"People don't pay as much attention to price as quality," Prim said.


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About Linz
Culture in Linz is extraordinarily diverse. There's interactive art in the virtual worlds of the Ars Electronica Center, which recently moved into a fabulous new facility. On the opposite bank of the Danube, masterpieces of the 19th and 20th centuries are on display in the striking glass-and-steel Lentos Museum of Art.
Plus, you can enjoy world-class music and drama in the Brucknerhaus and the Landestheater, leading-edge offerings in the OK Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich, and exhibitions in the Museums of the Province of Upper Austria.
Big events highlight the cultural calendar in Linz:
The Pflasterspektakel Festival of Street Art, Danube Summer, Ars Electronica Festival, Linzer Klangwolken (Cloud of Sound), Brucknerfest, Linzer Advent and Winter Culture offer regional and international art and culture for every taste.
Linz's Old City is the ideal setting for strolls through charming cobblestone streets and past centuries-old architecture. Its spacious Main Square is one of the largest in Central Europe. The continent's steepest traction railway takes you on a leisurely ride up Pöstlingberg for a panoramic view of the city; when the visibility's good, you can see all the way to the Alps. And what better way to follow that up than with a boat ride on the beautiful blue Danube?
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Yesterday's trade, which sent Jed Lowrie and Fernando Rodriguez to the Athletics for Chris Carter, Brad Peacock, and Max Stassi, may seem relatively unimportant from a fantasy standpoint, but there are ripple effects that could impact numerous players on both the A's and the Astros. Below, I examine the fallout for all of the players affected by the deal.
Chris Carter | A's to Astros | 1B/DH
My colleague Paul Sporer examined specifically how Carter's 2012 batted balls would have fared in his new environs, using a park-overlay tool from Katron.org to show that three more homers would have likely been added to last year's total had he played in Houston. Carter gets the up arrow for the park swap and for playing-time gains, since he figures to find his way into the Astros lineup on most days, be it at first base, designated hitter, or left field. I remain reserved, however, regarding his fantasy prospects for the upcoming season, mainly due to his persistent contact woes, which only became more apparent as the season wore on. Overall, Carter struck out in 32 percent of the time in 2012, but over the final month, he punched out a staggering 31 times in 72 trips to the plate! Sure, there will be weeks when Carter is a one-man fireworks show, but he'll counter those outbursts with cold spells during which he scarcely makes contact, and his upside might press you to live with them.
Jed Lowrie | Astros to A's | SS
In his first year with the Astros, Lowrie was predictably productive when healthy, and then predictably got hurt in a collision while covering second base. As Jon Morosi notes in this tweet, Lowrie has never endured 100 games in a season in his seven-year professional career. It's safe to say his number-one goal in 2013 should be to simply stay on the field.
Lowrie did make the most of his time on the field in 2012, batting .244 with an impressive 16 home runs in 97 games. Per ESPN's Hit Tracker, 10 of Lowrie's 16 homers were of the "Just Enough" variety, roughly defined as being within 10 feet of clearing the fence. That's about 62 percent of his home runs, double the league average, and this makes him a prime candidate for regression even without the park change. With the move to O.co Coliseum, we can be doubly pessimistic about Lowrie's power output in 2013.
One area where he stands to benefit from the trade is position eligibility. The A's are reportedly planning to use Lowrie in a sort of super-utility role, meaning he potentially can gain eligibility at third base, second, and first, in addition to his current shortstop designation. If he adds even two of those positions to his repertoire, it'll add a couple of dollars to his value and make him a sneakily useful player to own. The biggest concern, of course, is still whether he'll add disabled-list eligibility as well.
Brad Peacock | A's to Astros | SP
After coming to Oakland last season in the Gio Gonzalez trade, Peacock failed to refine his command and was hit hard by Triple-A batters despite striking out more than a batter per inning. Many still believe in the righty's stuff and are optimistic that, with some refinement, he can become a second or third starter. In Houston, Peacock will get the chance to prove himself immediately, but I believe that he could use more seasoning in Triple-A, and could get tarred-and-feathered by major league batters in April. It's true that he was buried on the A's pitching depth chart, but if he was performing well in Triple-A, I bet he would have received a chance to start by mid-June, with Oakland's vast ballpark offering him a superior place to begin his career. Focusing on the short-term, Peacock gets an up arrow based on opportunity, but I'm not confident this move will be beneficial to his long-term prospects.
Brandon Moss | A's | 1B/OF
The trade of Carter, Moss' fellow 2012 breakout hitter and ex-platoon partner, signals a vote of confidence by the A's brass in Moss as something close to an everyday first baseman. He is still likely to be platooned to an extent, with Lowrie and perhaps even John Jaso factoring into the mix, but Moss still figures to gain 100 or so at-bats from the deal. He will look to repeat his free-swinging 2012 success, and will have with plenty of opportunities to do so.
Brett Wallace | Astros | 1B/3B
The most direct casualty of this deal on the Astros side is Wallace, the low-ceiling, once highly rated prospect. In his third year splitting time between the majors and Triple-A, Wallace played well for short stretches, but overall ended up at replacement-level once again. Carter should eat into a lot of Wallace's at-bats and essentially drop him off the radar for AL-only leagues.
Chris Young | A's | OF
With an established outfield of Yoenis Cespedes, Coco Crisp, and Josh Reddick, offseason acquisition Chris Young was a bit of an outcast in the Oakland outfield. This move, however, opens up the DH slot for either Young or one of the other outfielders (likely Cespedes) to fill, allowing him to slide into the lineup on a regular basis. Young was likely to get his fair share of time before the trade, but now his 500+ at-bats are much more solidified, adding to his intrigue as a high-upside selection later in drafts.
Hiroyuki Nakajima/Josh Donaldson | A's | SS/3B
Nakajima and Donaldson are being told they're retaining their starting gigs on the left side of the Oakland infield for now, but the acquisition of Lowrie certainly shortens their leashes and demonstrates a lack of confidence in both players. For Nakajima, it is particularly concerning, considering that scouts have been questioning his ability to effectively man shortstop since the Yankees won the posting—but failed to sign him—last offseason. Both players were barely on AL-only radars to begin with, and now, with questionable playing time, they're moving even closer to the periphery.
Marwin Gonzalez/Tyler Greene/Jake Elmore | Astros | SS
With Lowrie out of town, the battle to become the next everyday Houston shortstop is set to begin between these three players. Gonzalez is known as a defensive specialist and won't warrant fantasy consideration with his bat outside of deep NL-only leagues. Greene, the former Cardinal, is a poor contact hitter, but possesses some pop and speed. In 330 trips to the plate last year he struck 11 homers and stole 12 bases, and would warrant AL-only and even deep mixed league attention if handed the reins. Elmore is an unheralded prospect, but one who batted .344 in Triple-A last year (albeit in Reno). By contrast, he was useless in a 73-plate-appearances sample in the majors, posting a .191/.247/.250 triple-slash line. Elmore is willing to be active on the base paths, though, and he may reach based often enough to be a deep-league asset.
Jemile Weeks | A's | 2B
Along with Scott Sizemore and host of other hopefuls, Weeks was set to battle this spring for the A's starting second-base job. Now, with Lowrie in the fold, Weeks' path to consistent playing time is even more muddled. Assuming that the A's don't trade Weeks with his value at its low point, he'll likely split his time between Sacramento and Oakland this year, before getting a chance to prove himself a regular again in 2014.
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I would update the NL references with Houston moving to AL.
Feb 05, 2013 05:27 AM
Still an easy mistake to make. I have to admit my first reaction to the trade as a Carter owner in an AL only league was "darn, he's been traded out of the league," I hope this does turn out to be a positive for Carter, he sure looked like a potential star a few years ago, now this looks like his last clear opportunity for a career as a major league regular.
Feb 05, 2013 06:40 AM
This is an excellent format for an article; well done!
Feb 05, 2013 07:07 AM
I agree it is still easy to make this mistake. I immediately thought that it would be nice to have Carter and Peacock in our NL-only league. Of course, one second later I remembered the blackmailing of the Houston franchise. As an Astro fan, I am still pissed that they were coerced into moving to the AL. Yeah, I know, Crane could have said no but not if he wanted to buy the team.
Feb 05, 2013 07:11 AM
my roto skills need boosting, and good stuff like this helps; yes, hard to phase the 'stros into the al
Feb 05, 2013 10:55 AM
With regard to Jemile Weeks, doesn't it make more sense for the A's to give him first crack at the job? He was quite good in 2011 and his babip in 2012 was cover your eyes awful. He's young enough to still have some upside, while Sizemore is at this point a known quantity. Why not gives Weeks a shot to keep the job?
Feb 05, 2013 13:55 PM
Noticed this as well. Weeks ought to have a shot at showing 2012 was a BABIP- driven anomaly. If not (life is unfair), then he ought to attract attention as a trade candidate (I'm not talking fantasy here), and the A's ought to move him for someone of more value to them- i.e., any shortstop in the bargain bin.
Feb 05, 2013 14:01 PM
Weeks may not be given the first shot at the second base job, but he likely will be given a shot at it at some point in the year. I was a little too pessimistic in the article saying he'll have to wait for 2014... injuries or simply his play could clear this situation up in a couple months.
Feb 05, 2013 16:30 PM
Speaking of updating info. Your Scoresheet Draft Aid AL pages have players like Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Russell Martin and other NL player listed as AL players.
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text: Wheeling Central finds redemption vs. Magnolia By John McCoy March 13, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- For Wheeling Central, the fourth time was the charm.The seventh-seeded Knights opened up a huge early lead behind David Park's blistering 3-point shooting and stunned second-seeded Magnolia 58-35 in Wednesday's boys state tournament quarterfinals at the Civic Center.Park finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds. The victory reversed Central's three losses to Magnolia in three meetings this season.With 4:45 left in the first quarter and Central nursing a 4-2 lead, Park began a barrage of five straight 3-pointers with a long trey from beyond the head of the key. By the time the 6-foot-4 junior capped the Knights' 17-0 run with another bomb from the left side, Central had piled up a 21-2 advantage."The first one went in, so I just kept shooting," Park said afterward. "My teammates were getting me the ball when I was open, so I just let it fly."If the basket looked big as a hot tub to Park, it must have looked like a thimble to Magnolia. The Blue Eagles made just 5 of 23 first-half field goal attempts, including a wretched 1 for 10 from 3-point range, and trailed 32-12 at intermission.Magnolia coach Dave Tallman said he had "no explanation" for how a team that scored more than 90 points seven times during the season could suddenly go so cold. "Where the offense was, I have no idea," he said. "Like I told [the players], it's basketball. It happens to the Lakers, it happens to Duke and today it happened to Magnolia."Central coach Mel Stephens believes his team's defense made the difference."I thought our ability to help on their big guys inside - and Brandon [Wallace's defense] on Mark Winters - were outstanding," Stephens said. "They averaged 74 against us in three [regular-season and tournament] games, and we held them to 35 today."Magnolia won all three of the earlier matchups, 65-60 at Wheeling, 82-66 in New Martinsville and 74-50 on a neutral court in the sectionals. Stephens said the lopsided losses might have been blessings in disguise because they gave Magnolia no clue what the Knights' state tournament game plan might be."If we had executed [our game plan] and did anywhere close what we did today, [Magnolia] would have [gained] a bit of an advantage," he explained."They would have known what we were going to try to do to them, and [the outcome of this game] might have been different. We came out and did what we wanted to do and it worked out pretty well."Stephens' game plan called for his players to deny the Blue Eagles' two 6-6 big men, Winters and Zach Willhoite, from access to the low post. "We wanted to get them off the blocks where they wanted to go, but recover back to their shooters if they kicked it out," Stephens said.The tactic held Winters, the state's leading scorer at 28.6 points a game, to an uncharacteristic 7-for-21 effort from the floor. Willhoite, who averaged 15 points leading up to the state tournament, went just 1 for 5 from the floor and ended up with just two points.Wallace had 16 and freshman Chase Harler 10 for the Knights, who improved to 14-12.Winters had 20 points for the Eagles, who finished 21-5.Central will face third-seeded Charleston Catholic in Friday's 9:30 a.m. Class A semifinal. The Knights fell 62-42 to the Irish during the regular season, but Stephens believes his team's height could force a different outcome this time around."We're a little bit bigger than them, so hopefully that works to our benefit," he said. "Maybe we can rebound and play better than we did the first game." Catholic earned its spot in the semis with a 61-48 victory over Buffalo.Reach John McCoy at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1231. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 YWCA Charleston's Women of Achievement to be honored in March 3 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 4 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 5 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis Tug Valley pulls away from Notre Dame Previous Story Hurricane comeback falls short Next Story


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We were feeding the cows around 8 a.m., Jackie told the Bulletin. We looked across the fence, and there they were, about 300 yards away.
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We watched them for a few seconds, she said. They were on a mission, moving at a slow lope. They didnt look around. They ran totally differently than a coyote, much smoother. They seemed determined to get somewhere.
A light snow fell the night before, so the Stengers went down to take a look at the tracks after they finished feeding. The tracks were much larger than coyotes.
The Stengers, in the midst of calving season, were somewhat concerned that the wolves might attack baby calves, but as of mid-May they havent had any signs of it, at least none that they know of.
We calve in some rough canyons, so its possible one would be missing and we wouldnt know about it, Jackie said.
Vernon Stenger said neighbors in Cottonwood Canyon told him they have also seen three wolves moving together.
Reports of wolves arrive regularly at the Nebraska Game and Parks Department, said Sam Wilson, the departments fur bearer and carnivore biologist
Herchel Foster of Gothenburg said he saw two wolves around noon May 4 about halfway between Gothenburg and Arnold.
They acted somewhat tame, Foster said.
The pair was along the right (east) side of the road, just a couple blocks off the highway, he said.
He said his wife saw them first and thought maybe they were deer or donkeys or something.
They were pretty big, Foster said.
The Fosters were traveling with their son Rex and daughter Rita to Arnold to attend a funeral, but took time to turn around and look again. He said they watched a little while before the wolves ran off.
Foster said they were not coyotes or dogs.
Ive hunted for more than 50 years, he said.
Foster thinks the state Game and Parks department is dropping wolves off in Nebraska and not telling anyone.
They acted kind of tame, like they didnt know what to do, he said.
Kenny Call of Thedford saw a wolf in early March along the highway between Thedford and Brownlee, according to a report by Heather Johnson in the other North Platte newspaper, the Telegraph.
Burwell resident Pat Burnham said she saw one March 25 while checking a calving lot, according to Johnsons report in the Telegraph.
Wilson said reported sightings are common, but are nearly impossible to confirm.
He said dogs are sometimes crossed with wolves, so dogs would look similar, and a coyote is much smaller, but still similar.
Wolfs paw prints look a lot like a dogs prints, too, he said, so its hard to tell.
He said cameras set up along suspected trails have not turned up photos of wolves.
Its hard to know without genetic analysis, he said. In all the times weve had reports, weve only had one confirmed sighting a wolf was shot near Spalding in 2002. Genetic testing showed it came from a Great Lakes wild pack, in the Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin area."
But a year ago, a wolf was found dead along U.S. Highway 18, few miles east of the town of Pine Ridge, just across the Nebraska border.
Trudy Ecoffey, senior wildlife biologist for the Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation Authority, said the wolf weighed 130 pounds. It looked like it was hit by a vehicle on May 15, 2012, according to a report in the Rapid City Journal.
That wolf wore a transmitter collar from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which showed that it made a 400-mile journey from Yellowstone National Park to southwest South Dakota in less than two months.
Mike Jimenez of Jackson, Wyo., said information received from the radio-transmitter collar on the wolf identified it as a 3- to 4-year-old male that was part of a wolf pack in the southeast part of Yellowstone.
This wolf was born in Yellowstone Park and was part of the Yellowstone Delta Pack -- about a dozen animals in the very far southeastern corner of the park, Jimenez told the Rapid City Journal. It was a pack member there until late March or early April and then it took off.
The wolf was checked and weighed by tribal wildlife specialists in Pine Ridge, who contacted the Fish and Wildlife Service. Its weight made it a sizable wolf, Jimenez said.
Wilson, who said he didn't know about that wolf until the Bulletin told him about it, said the typical mature male wolf weighs 100 pounds and females, 85 pounds. By contrast, an average male coyote weighs 20-30 pounds, he said.
Mountain lions across northern Neb.
Although the Nebraska Game and Parks Department is non-committal about wolves in the state, it knows there are dozens of mountain lions in Nebraska.
The department has confirmed sightings of mountain lions based on unambiguous evidence.
Most confirmed sightings are in the panhandle area, near states that also have resident mountain lions -- Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota.
Mountain lions can roam hundreds of miles, especially young males looking for new territory. One mountain lion was once found on the East Coast and was thought to have wandered from a western state a distance of about 1,500 miles.
Closer to home, a young male showed up in Kearney two years ago and was shot by police. The big cats have also appeared in Omaha, South Sioux City, St. Paul, Harrison and four times in Scottsbluff.
A group of lions took up permanent residence in the panhandle in the early 2000s and were confirmed in 2005. Currently, an estimated 18 mountain lions live there, Sam Wilson of the Game and Parks Department said.
Mountain lions prefer rougher, wooded areas and primarily prey on deer. Mountain lions are most active at night. Besides deer, mountain lions also prey on elk, bighorn sheep, small game, porcupines and a variety of other species, Wilson said.
After killing their prey, the lions often drag or carry the carcass under a bush or tree where they can eat in relative privacy, and after feeding, the carcass is often covered with brush and leaves to hide it so it can't be easily detected by scavengers.
If you are confronted by a mountain lion, Wilson advises that you dont run because the lion might be encouraged to give chase. Stay calm. Look as big as possible by opening your coat or raising a backpack if you have one. But if you are attacked, by all means, fight back.
People are allowed to kill a lion if it is threatening or attacking anyone or livestock. That's just common sense, Wilson said. If a livestock owner suspects a lion has already killed their animals, they should contact the Game and Parks Department, which could provide a 30-day permit to hunt the lion, Wilson said.
Hunting season
The Game and Parks Commission is considering a hunting season on mountain lions. The commission met May 24 in Chadron, and heard a staff recommendation to create the season.
Following a public hearing, the commissioners did not accept staff recommendations for a mountain lion hunting season. Instead, the commissioners directed wildlife staff to bring recommendations to the July 26 commission meeting in Lincoln.
The season would have run from Jan. 1Feb. 9, or until three mountain lion males and 1 female were killed. There could have been another six-week season later, depending on how many, if any, were killed.
Hunters would have a chance at 100 permits that would be granted by lottery to Nebraska residents. Another permit would go to the person willing to pay the most for it at an auction, under the proposal.
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Symmetric groups, braid groups, certain mapping class groups and general linear groups are examples of families of groups known to display a stability phenomenon in their homology. In my talks, I will give an answer to the following questions: What do these examples have in common? When should one expect that a family of groups satisfies homological stability? and how does one check that such a family does indeed stabilize?
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