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Good work! I've raced the last couple of Beastway series off-road at Hog Hill, it's got some lovely courses and great facilities.
Speed on!
Richard Mitchelson is a keen cyclo-cross racer and will be charting the ups and downs of the season in his new diary. And the season started for him with a very wet and very muddy round at Hog Hill. Sounds like perfect 'cross racing conditions to us.
Dawn broke on Sunday 23rd September. Well I was told by the weather man that it had, I couldn't see the sun through leaden skies and sheet rain. 'Proper 'cross weather' the gnarled hard men of my sport would say.
It was in stark contrast to the start of last season during an Indian summer with 20 degree heat where bottle hand-ups seemed the norm. I was heading to the Redbridge Cycle Centre (or Hog Hill as it's also known) for round two of the London and South East Cyclocross League.
Sitting in the car with rain hammering on the roof you often have to convince yourself that this is something you love doing. You know deep down that once you've finished and are back home and warm again, that you'll look back fondly at what's about to unfold, no matter how you get on. I left my wife snugly in our house with the weather beating it's rhythm upon the windows with the words "enjoy yourself!" Right then, that's what i should probably do.
After a quick sign on I picked up my number and reacquainted myself with friends I'd made the season before, a quick chat, a couple of hand shakes and back to the car to set the bike up. I failed to warm up enough last season so I quickly jumped onto the turbo in the rain beneath my waterproofs to get my legs turning. It didn't last long, but it was long enough in the rain and I felt like anything was better than nothing. Pinning on my number I was ready to go. The rain got harder.
It wasn't to cold. I have a tendency to overheat so just went for a base layer, race jersey, arm warmers and shorts with a thin craft jacket for my warm-up. I headed out on my sighting lap and got into the swing of things. The plan was to keep off the front brake through the tight twisty bends and let myself glide a bit more to keep things smooth. Well, this was the theory.
Within half a lap I was flat on my back, thrown from my bike like a rodeo rider into the mud. I picked myself up, no harm done, just a bruised ego and battered confidence. Instead of powering on and keeping my eyes forward on my line the dumping I'd just taken made me tentative, possibly the worse thing in these conditions. Confidence is key, not worrying about falling often means you won't. I was suddenly a bit of the opposite.
Dumping my excess kit with a friend in the warmth of Redbridge Cycle Centre cafe I headed down to the start. My spare wheels were in the pits, I had a number on. I was already soaked to the skin. I was ready to go...
The seeded riders were called forward, in the chill of the rain the list seemed to last for an age. I find nerves make me chatty, some would say a gob shite. If you have the unfortunate luck to end up next to me on the start line of a 'cross race I will apologise. Finally the list of seeded riders ended and we trudged forward finding places in the gaps left by the hitters, squeezing up as close as wheels allowed trying to get the odd inch here or their on rivals from last season. I'd done well with my place on the start, I looked round to see a large field of damp faces behind me. I clipped in one foot, and had one last check of the bike.
Instantly I was out of the saddle and sprinting up the hill to the spiralling infield section quickly. The first bottleneck came and I was off the bike quickly pushing my way around slower riders trying to gain some ground. I lept back onto the bike and felt good. I think it was my best start to date. It wasn't to last, I should have had more than one warm up lap, it was a school boy error. As I hit the back of the course there was a downhill sectionwhere after a raft of riders had skidded down it it was now like ice and as my confidence was low I knew I was going to struggle.
I was out of the saddle with my arse well over the back tyre to aid traction but once again at the bottom I came off. I picked up the bike, swore a lot, which I'm sure wasn't doing anyone any good, and pushed the bike back up the incline in front of me. This downhill section was my nemesis during this race, I could make up ground on the rest of the course but was loosing lots of time here. Thoughts in my head of the super knobbly tired MTB in the garage at home was little solace, this was cyclo-cross after all.
The laps passed and soon I found my place within the race. Like any 'cross race it's tricky to tell where you're placed, unless you're right at the sharp end. But the good thing about it is that whether your first or one hundred and first the racing is still fierce. Nip and tuck, trying to beat the person in front like you were racing for the win.
The leaders caught me a while after half distance, but by this point I was focused on my own race. I was stuck in a race with Beate Kubitz of the Velo Club Moulin, and it was nip and tuck all the way for the last three laps. She would come past me on the downhill skid fest and I would dig in and come passed her on the infield and hurdles - something I was pleased to see improving after last season.
The bell lap came, and I knew at least I was going to finish. A glance over at the wonderful warmth of the cafe revealed that some big names were going to DNF, a few looking glum at the race they wished they could have finished. I guess no matter how far down the pack I still finished. I dropped into the final lap and pushed on hard for home. It was only going to be a few minutes and I had to make the best of a bad day in the saddle.
On the road section I hit the drops and sprinted hard for the next bit of off road. My brakes by this point had become pretty useless, a glance down and the pads had been eaten by the grit, filth and clinging on for grim death I'd experienced throughout the race. Perhaps I should have fitted new ones pre-race. We live and learn.
I pushed the bike up the final muddy incline running as fast as grip would allow. I could spot Beate at the top of the hill so I clipped in and pushed on, I knew I could catch her. It took me to the first bend of the spiralling in field to reach her rear wheel. I then picked my moment and attacked for the last time, much to Beate's annoyance. With the rain still falling hard I crossed the line and dropped my head disappointed. It was the hardest race I've done, and I guess finishing it was enough but I knew that I could have done better if I hadn't let the conditions get the better of me.
The facilities at Redbridge were great. Free power washer for the bike and shower for me, something that a lot of cyclocross races don't have. The heaters were on full in the car as I headed home. I loudly sang away my disappointment knowing that I've got a whole season to put this result away as a bad experience. 81st place out of around 112 starters, something I'd quickly like to forget.
I'll be racing again this Sunday and I'm determined to show the work I've put in over the summer racing MTB's and training in the gym and on the road. Onwards and upwards, here's hoping I can report a much stronger performance next time.
Richard Mitchelson
twitter: @rich_mitch
Find out more about the Mosquito Bikes London/South East Cyclo-Cross league at www.londonxleague.co.uk


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VANCOUVER, BC – It's been a season full of landmarks for 18-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps FC fullback Sam Adekugbe, and now that he's had a bit of a breather, it's all starting to sink in.
For the Whitecaps FC residency graduate, who became the club's first Homegrown defender by signing a professional deal in late August, it's been a bit of a whirlwind.
Indeed, the day he was unveiled as an official member of Vancouver's 30-man MLS roster, the England-born left fulback received his first call-up to the Canadian men's national team for a training camp in Spain.
Two months later, and Adekugbe made his professional debut with an involved and confident performance against Colorado Rapids on October 27.
"It's definitely been a roller coaster year," Adekugbe told MLSsoccer.com on Friday. "I've been involved in a lot of different set-ups – I've been a part of the academy with the Whitecaps, the reserves, the first team, as well as the Canadian U-18 national team as well as the men's national team."
"It's definitely been a learning experience and I've been playing in a lot of different environments. Ultimately, I think it's made me a better soccer player."
New environments are nothing new for Adekugbe, who has had a sort of nomadic experience in his early years, being born in London before spending his childhood in Manchester and then Calgary, before his latest stop in Vancouver.
Modelling his game after Chelsea and England left fullback Ashley Cole, Adekugbe has many similar athletic gifts. He's capable of overlapping past the wingers and joining in the attack, and now it's about learning when to push up and when to be a tad more conservative – he's also working on strengthening the quality of his distribution on his weaker right foot.
But the raw ingredients are there and that's what motivated the 'Caps to give Adekugbe his debut in the final match of the club's 2013 season.
He's pacy – end-of-season fitness testing revealed he's capable of covering 30 metres in 3.94 seconds, which made him fifth fastest on the team over that distance, and within the "world-class" category, according to the club's strength and conditioning coach Mike Young.
Still, while the Manchester City fan (he insisted with a laugh he was a fan before the club's recent success) is hopeful about his future, there's a modesty about his answer when asked about his targets for his first full season in the league in 2014, as well as the understanding that he will have to prove himself to a new coach.
"With the new coach coming in, there will be a learning curve but if I'm able to keep doing what I've been doing, hopefully I can show the manager to put faith in me," add Adekugbe.
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Heavy Mid-Weight Bronze Q2-M
Category: Blade Putters
We tested: 34", 35" shaft length
Key Technologies: It has a 200-gram plug in the butt end of the shaft (club's total weight is 750 grams). "Backweighting" the club is designed to move the balance point higher and, thus, reduce wristiness during the stroke.
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We tested: 34", 35" shaft length
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The ultracompact Mackie SRM350 v2 Active Speaker is a live sound powerhouse. The SRM350 v2 whips live sound into complete submission, giving you more control over your shows than ever before. Thanks to its all-new design—from adding new amps and transducers to a new switching power supply—the active Mackie SRM350 v2 surpasses the performance of the original SRM350 to deliver pure studio monitor sound at more powerful, full-on loudspeaker levels. And the SRM350 v2 is also even lighter than before, making it ultra-portable. Even though it's a complete redesign from the inside out, the Mackie SRM350 v2 speaker retains a musician-friendly price tag.
The "SRM" Stands for Sound Reinforcement Monitor
Over a decade ago, Greg Mackie and a dedicated team of engineers set out to create a portable loudspeaker that could deliver studio monitor sound quality. Unlike a relatively small, acoustically controlled studio where the "sweet spot" is well defined, live venues vary greatly, and most are far from acoustically balanced.
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When designing the SRM350 v2, Mackie considered every angle. From every angle is just how you can position it, too—polemount it from the bottom, fly it vertically or horizontally via its optional hanging bracket, or use it as a wedge monitor. With all this flexibility, it's one of the most versatile portable Active loudspeakers around. Moving it into place is easier than ever too. Weighing in at just 26 pounds, you'll have more than enough strength left over to deliver an electrifying performance after loading in. Plus, the SRM350 v2 retains its rugged, Mackie built-like-a-tank durability, thanks to the polypropylene cabinet.
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- Lightweight for ultimate portability (26lb.)
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- Max SPL Long-Term @ 1m: 118dB
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- Crossover: Linkwitz-Riley, 24dB/octave @ 2400Hz
- Input Type: Balanced Differential
- Input Impedance: 94kOhms
- Sensitivity (center detent): Line: +4dBu, Mic: -36dBu
- Maximum Input Level: +22dBu
- Acoustic Contour Equalization (peaking): +3dB@100Hz, +3dB@12kHz
- Operating Temperature Range: "10C - 45C (14F-113F)
- Low-Frequency Power Amplifier
- Rated Power: 165 watts continuous (Rated power is continuous rms wattage into transducer's rated impedance @1kHz for the HF amplifier and @100Hz for the LF amplifier.)
- Rated THD: < 0.03%
- Cooling: Convection Extrusion
- Design: Class D
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- Rated Power: 30 watts continuous (Rated power is continuous rms wattage into transducer's rated impedance @1kHz for the HF amplifier and @100Hz for the LF amplifier.)
- Rated THD: < 0.03%
- Cooling: Convection Extrusion
- Design: Class AB
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- Diameter: 10"/250mm
- Voice Coil Diameter: 2.0"/51mm
- Sensitivity (1W@1m): 96dB
- Power Handling: 250 watts rms, long-term
- Frequency Range: 61Hz-3kHz
- Magnet Type: Neodymium
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- Diaphragm Diameter: 1.4"/36mm
- Horn Exit Diameter: 1"/25.4mm
- Diaphragm Material: Titanium
- Sensitivity (1W@1m): 104dB
- Nominal Impedance: 16 ohms
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- Frequency Range: 1kHz-20kHz
- Magnet Type: Ceramic
- Horizontal Coverage: 90 (1kHz-20kHz)
- Vertical Coverage: 80 (1kHz -20kHz)
- Mouth Size: 11.1" x 6.1" (283mm x 154mm)
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- Material Polypropylene
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- Grille: Perforated metal with weather-resistant coating
- Power Consumption: 120 watts with musical program and LIMIT LED blinking
- US: 120VAC, 60Hz, Recommended Amperage Service: 2.5 amps
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- AC Connector: 3-pin IEC 250 VAC
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Soba Noodles in Tahini Sesame, Nori and Pork Floss - what?
You can eat them with bread, top them on a bun and bake them in a puff, we all love pork floss, isn't that obvious ? Now, I have discovered another new way to eat it. With NOODLES! :D
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COLUMBUS — At the most fundamental level, there are two types of seasons at Ohio State.
Depends on how the Buckeyes do against Michigan.
"It's everything," right tackle Reid Fragel said on Monday. "We'll be remembered by this week, and this week only, I feel like."
Fragel was just adhering to the company line.
The attitude starts from the top.
Think Urban Meyer is energized for his first time leading Ohio State against Michigan on Saturday?
As fourth-ranked OSU places its perfect season on the line, the new Buckeyes coach made it clear he's been preparing his entire life for this opportunity.
Born in Toledo and raised in Ashtabula, Meyer, 48, grew up in the throes of The Ten Year War, when Woody and Bo were king and nothing seemed to matter more every autumn than his Buckeyes beating Michigan.
"This is all I know," Meyer said. "It's all anybody knew. In the era when I grew up, there really wasn't much other than three channels on your television and this game. It was Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes, Pete Johnson, Archie Griffin. I remember the games. I remember it coming down the pipe. I remember everybody talking about it. Incredible memories."
Now he's living it and, like Jim Tressel before him, exalting this game as The Game.
Meyer wants his players to live the rivalry. His staff continued the tradition of holding Michigan periods during training camp, posted signs throughout the Woody Hayes Athletic Center instructing, "Beat That Team Up North," prohibited blue attire at the facility (Meyer has asked guests at practice to leave and change), and barred players from publicly referring to their rival by name.
There was even a poster board in the football facility earlier this year that tweaked Michigan's academic reputation. Headlined "Major Comparison: Ohio State vs. The Team Up North," the sign noted OSU's football program had an 8-0 edge in business majors, an 8-2 lead in engineering majors, and a steep deficit in "general studies" majors.
Meyer learned first-hand of the rivalry's defining — and all-consuming — nature as a graduate assistant under his mentor, Earle Bruce.
In 1987, a season that began with the Buckeyes ranked fifth nationally fell apart. They lost three straight before President Edward Jennings, defying the wishes of athletic director Rick Bay, fired Bruce the Monday before the Michigan game.
Meyer recalled entering an unusually quiet facility as he reported for a coaches meeting that day.
"Rick Bay was leaned up against the wall, looked at me and said, 'Close the door. Are you the last one?'" Meyer said. "I said, 'Yes, yes sir.' As I sat down, I saw a bunch of coaches with their arms on the table, with their faces in their arms, and tears and the whole deal. [Bay] said that coach Bruce will no longer be the coach after this game, and I have resigned as athletic director."
Bruce, who was 81-26-1 in 10 seasons at OSU, then met with his players. He decided to stay aboard for one final chance to beat Michigan.
"Coach comes into the meeting room, and he just starts crying," said linebacker Derek Isaman, a Fremont Ross graduate. "Everyone was stunned. He tells us he's been let go and the most important thing to him was to beat Michigan. That said a lot about his character and him as a coach. He was obviously crushed. He didn't have a place to go, yet his main goal that week was to beat the team up north."
With the players wearing "Earle" headbands, the 5-4-1 Buckeyes upset Michigan 23-20 in Ann Arbor. Meyer watched from the press box as players carried Bruce off the field.
"Just an incredible moment in Ohio State history," Meyer said.
"Gets the goosebumps going just talking about it," said Isaman, who now lives in Lebanon and works as a relay planner for a trucking company.
Isaman said Bruce's passion for the rivalry "definitely rubbed off on" Meyer, who a generation later wants to push aside Michigan just as badly.
"It's electric in here when you start talking about this game," Meyer said Monday, standing at the front of the team meeting room. "Will we be defined by this one game? You usually are. Regardless of what happens, this is the game. Our kids know that."
MILLER HONORED: OSU's Braxton Miller was named one of three finalists for the Davey O'Brien Award given to the nation's top quarterback. The sophomore joins senior Collin Klein of Kansas State and freshman Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M. The winner will be announced Dec. 6.
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Former Rams basketball player Clinton Lassiter has taken the game he loves to a new level while empowering inner-city girls.
Lassiter is the founder of Boston Showstoppers, an athletic enrichment program with a mission of developing elite female student athletes committed to academic excellence, self-empowerment, community engagement, good nutrition and healthy lifestyles.
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"Our motto is 'Dreams come true if you put the effort and time into anything in life,'" he says. "We use basketball as a motor to keep girls off the streets and get them more exposure to life outside of Boston."
Many of the life lessons that Lassiter teaches the girls are similar to what he learned while a student athlete at the University.
"Besides receiving a good education, Suffolk taught me how to be dedicated to getting things done on time, how to carry myself in certain situations and how to be a well-rounded person," says Lassiter, a middle school math teacher. "But above everything else, the school taught me how to make it in the real world."
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During his first year with the Boston Showstoppers – which he started in June 2007, a month after receiving a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Suffolk – Lassiter coached a summer league team with just seven girls, including his two nieces. The squad went undefeated, and word quickly spread about their success.
Today the program consists of nine teams of 12 players. The girls range in age from 7 to 16.
In 2011 and 2012, the sixth grade team captured back-to-back state and national championship titles.
"I'm definitely surprised by how fast our program has grown," says Lassiter, whose teams have played in tournaments locally, throughout the Northeast and in Florida.
"It's a credit to all the girls who really love to play and appreciate the opportunity as well as all the coaches and parents who volunteer their time to make this all work.
"The girls have to remain focused and committed on the court, in the classroom, and within the community. I'm always telling them that they can go to college and make something of their lives."
Lassiter shared his story with other young alumni who were recognized for their career accomplishments at a "10 Under 10" reception in April. All 10 of the alumni honored earned their Suffolk University degrees within the past decade.


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CONCORD - The New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected a defense motion to disqualify the Attorney General's Office from handling the appeal of Michael Addison, the state's only death row convict, because the office hired an attorney who previously worked on his appeal.
In a nine-page, unanimous decision the state's top court denied the request for the removal of all prosecutors with the Attorney General's Office and the appointment of a special prosecutor.
Addison's lawyers maintained former public defender Lisa Wolford - who worked on Addison's appeal in 2009 - took a confidential document with her when she became an appellate lawyer with the Attorney General's Office in 2012.
According to the decision, Wolford brought electronic files related to the Addison case with her when she joined the Attorney General's Office on July 6, 2012. She downloaded those files to her "H:/drive," a personal network file not accessible by anyone other than Wolford and system administrators. She later removed the files from the network, transferring them to a thumb drive which was secured.
Affidavits from prosecutors working on the appeal, as well as from employees of the Office of Information Technology, all attested that none of the limited number of people with the authority to access Wolford's "H:/drive" did so, according to the decision.
The five prosecutors working on the appeal, as well as other employees in the Attorney General's Office, also signed affidavits indicating they had not discussed the Addison case with Wolford.
Addison was convicted of capital murder for shooting Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs in the head in October 2006, killing him. Briggs was attempted to arrest Addison who was wanted for a string of robberies.
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Coming off a positive start to their 2012 Major League Soccer campaign, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1W-0L-0D) embark on their first road trip of the season, as they head to Southern California to take on Western Conference rivals Chivas USA (0W-1L-0D) on Saturday evening.
After making a successful debut to his career as an MLS head coach last weekend, Martin Rennie prepares for his first-ever away match in the North American top flight, with Whitecaps FC looking to claim their first away win as an MLS club this weekend. They visit a Chivas USA side that are looking to bounce back from a home defeat to Eastern Conference club Houston Dynamo last Sunday.
Saturday's match between Whitecaps FC and Chivas USA from The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, kicks off at 7:30 p.m. PT and is live on Sportsnet Pacific and West, as well as Bell mobile devices. 'Caps fans can also listen to Saturday evening's match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 5:30 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match.
Making a good start to the new season was a building block that Whitecaps FC wanted to achieve in their quest for a successful sophomore season in MLS. Last Saturday's 2-0 home win over expansion club Montreal Impact was satisfying in that it came against a Canadian rival and provided Rennie's side with a boost of confidence for the campaign to come. And yet, as exciting and positive the Impact victory was, there has been a measured response to the Montreal win from the Blue and White, with the squad fully aware of the many battles that lie ahead.
Continued improvement is the current focus for Rennie's side. The 'Caps lived up to expectations on the goalscoring front last weekend, with the second goal against Montreal offering a glimpse into the attacking chemistry that exists in the squad. To see Camilo Sanvezzo score from such a fluid attacking move that involved Sebastien Le Toux, Eric Hassli, and Davide Chiumiento was encouraging, as it was exciting. Coupled with an equal determination to earn clean sheets defensively, as was achieved against the Impact, the possibilities for an improved road record in the league look bright.
Though it is Week Two, Saturday's visit to Chivas USA also provides an opportunity for the 'Caps to establish themselves in what is shaping up to be a very competitive Western Conference. Rennie knows that winning away from Bell Pitch at BC Place is an essential piece to making Vancouver a playoff side in 2012, and the Scotsman is keen to establish Vancouver's road form with a result against The Goats.
Whitecaps FC will be without goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre (knee), midfielders Michael Nanchoff (heel) and John Thorrington (quad), as well as striker Etienne Barbara (groin) for the weekend trip to Southern California. Striker Atiba Harris (knee) is listed as questionable. Midfielders Bryce Alderson and Russell Teibert are away on international duty with Canada's U-23 Olympic team.
Heading into his second season as Chivas USA head coach, Robin Fraser is looking to take the Rojiblancos back to the MLS Cup Playoffs after missing out on the postseason during his first year in charge in 2011. Their 2012 MLS campaign did not get off to the best of starts, as Chivas USA fell to a very late 1-0 home defeat versus Houston.
The Goats last made the playoffs in 2009, and last season's shortcomings prompted changes. Over a third of Fraser's squad has been replaced for the new season, with Chivas USA bringing in league experience in the form of ex-Whitecaps FC midfielder Peter Vagenas and former Seattle Sounders FC defender James Riley. Fraser also acquired three South American imports in Colombian defender John Valencia and Ecuadorian midfielders Miller Bolaños and Oswaldo Minda, while University of Maryland striker Casey Townsend was the fifth overall selection in this year's MLS SuperDraft.
Key players for Chivas USA include goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, Canadian international Ante Jazic, French midfielder Laurent Courtois, and highly experienced striker Juan Pablo Angel. The well-travelled Colombian previously played for MLS sides New York Red Bulls and LA Galaxy, as well as Argentine giants Club Atlético River Plate and English Premier League side Aston Villa FC.
Chivas USA are without defender Michael Lahoud (hamstring) and midfielder Marvin Iraheta (knee) for Saturday's game against Vancouver, while midfielder Blair Gavin (hamstring) and Venezuelan striker Alejandro Moreno (nose) are listed as doubtful. Valencia (quad) is listed as probable. Angel (head contusion) is listed as questionable for the weekend match. Left fullback Jorge Villafaña is away on international duty with the United States U-23 Olympic team.
Whitecaps FC and Chivas USA met twice during Vancouver's inaugural MLS season last year. On April 16, 2011, both clubs battled to a goalless draw at Empire Field before settling for another stalemate at The Home Depot Center on June 1, 2011. In what was Tom Soehn's first match as 'Caps interim head coach, Camilo cancelled out Nick LaBrocca's opening goal for The Goats in a 1-1 draw. The 'Caps finished the match with ten men after Hassli was sent off in the second half. Both clubs also met in a preseason friendly in Casa Grande, Arizona, on February 18, 2011. Whitecaps FC suffered a late 1-0 defeat to the Southern California outfit after a last-minute strike by Jesús Padilla.
While there is not much history between the two clubs, there are many ties between both sets of players. Harris spent two seasons with Chivas USA and was a teammate of Goats defender Heath Pearce at FC Dallas. Youngster Omar Salgado was in the youth system of Chivas USA's parent club – Mexican giants Club Deportivo (Chivas) Guadalajara. Vagenas made 16 appearances for Whitecaps FC during their inaugural MLS season of 2011, while the midfielder, Riley, and Le Toux all played together for Seattle during their inaugural MLS season of 2009. Moreno was a Vancouver selection in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft before he was traded to The Goats. The South American was also teammates with Le Toux, Whitecaps FC goalkeeper Brad Knighton, and left fullback Jordan Harvey during Philadelphia Union's inaugural MLS season of 2010. Harvey and LaBrocca, meanwhile, were teammates at Colorado Rapids. Nanchoff played with Gavin and Ben Zemanski at the University of Akron.
As Western Conference opponents, Whitecaps and Chivas USA will meet two more times this season. Vancouver return to The Home Depot Center to face The Goats on Saturday, July 7, before hosting the Southern California outfit at BC Place on Wednesday, October 3.
Whitecaps FC's 2012 MLS Reserve League match away to LA Galaxy reserves on Monday, March 19, has been postponed and will be played at a later date.
Following the club's first away trip of the season, Whitecaps FC return to Vancouver to host another Eastern Conference opponent, as D.C. United pay a visit to BC Place on Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. PT. Individual match tickets start at $20, plus applicable service charges, and are available at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca, and Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS (1.855.646.2277). CLICK HERE for more information on Whitecaps FC tickets.
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CHICAGO (AP) â?? Another winter day, another below-zero high for many parts of the Midwest.
The deep freeze has returned, bringing with it wind chills ranging from the negative teens to 40s, cancelations of schools and trains, and signs of resignation from parents forced to bring kids to work and residents who are tired of bundling up.
"We had two (employees) call in because they couldn't come to work because of the school closings and another called in sick," said Kristelle Brister, the manager of a downtown Chicago Starbucks who had to bring her 9-year-old son into the store because his school was closed. "It's hard."
A persistent weather pattern that's driving Arctic air south was forecast to force temperatures to plummet for about 2 1/2 days, starting overnight Sunday. Actual temperatures will range from the teens in northern Kentucky to double-digits below zero in Minnesota, but even colder wind chills were expected â?? minus 43 in Minneapolis, minus 18 in Dayton, Ohio, minus 14 in Kansas City, Mo., and minus 3 in Louisville, Ky.
By sunrise Monday, weather forecasters in Chicago were telling viewers that the high temperature for the day had already come and gone and that the low may reach minus 4 degrees with wind chills at 40 below. Meanwhile, at a 24-hour drugstore in Omaha, Neb., where wind chills were 21 below, Amy Henry said she was longing for warmer weather.
"I just look at my (apartment) pool every day and say, 'Oh, come on, summer,'" the 36-year-old store clerk said.
National Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Blair stopped short of calling the latest round of cold part of the polar vortex, a system of winds that normally circulates around the North Pole.
"There's really nothing abnormal about the air that's coming into the area," he said. "It's just been a very persistent pattern" of cold air.
Despite the thermometer reading just 7 degrees in Grand Rapids, Mich., 47-year-old Gary Sloan said the cold would not disrupt his day. The salesman at Used Car Motor Mall said it's just a matter of dressing correctly.
"This type of weather, you've got to come armored. You've got to have your snow pants. You've got to have your boots," Sloan said.
At Chicago's Union Station, several people hoping to take trains early Monday were told there would be no service until the afternoon. Homeless people, looking for places to stay warm, kept a watchful eye for security, knowing if they stayed in one place too long they would be kicked out.
"You have to keep moving around," said Von Khan, 67, with big shopping bags in each hand and a backpack slung over his shoulder.
Frigid temperatures are expected to hold into Tuesday. If Chicago makes it to 60 hours below zero, it will be the longest stretch since 1983 â?? when it was below zero for 98 hours â?? and the third longest in 80 years.
Chicago Public Schools called off Monday's classes for its nearly 400,000 students, as did suburban districts. Earlier this month, when it was below zero for 36 straight hours, CPS closed for two days.
In the northern U.S., North Dakota and South Dakota residents dealt with dangerous cold and wind gusts Sunday that reached up to 60 mph â?? blowing snow to the point where it was nearly impossible to travel in some spots. On Monday, snow drifts kept Interstate 29 closed from Sioux Falls to the Canadian border before reopening in the morning. In Indiana, where 50 mph gusts were recorded early Monday, officials recommended only essential travel in more than half of its counties.
In Windom, southwestern Minnesota, drifting snow and whiteout conditions closed several highways Sunday, stranding about 70 people, including a bus full of hockey players, at a recreation center for the night.
The surprise guests included three dogs.
"You can't very well keep your dogs out in the car," said Greg Warner, manager of the Business Arts and Recreation Center.
In Michigan, which has in parts experienced its snowiest January on record, expressways closed as snow and subfreezing temperatures played a role in multiple crashes Sunday; at least three people died over the weekend because of weather-related accidents.
Business is far from usual this winter for Alex Alfidi, manager at Leo's Coney Island restaurant in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham. His 24-hour restaurant been getting some carryout patrons, but the casual walk-in customers have stayed away.
"We slowed down big time," said Alfidi, 39. He said he's logged some challenging winters in his 15 years in Michigan.
"This is the biggest one," he said.
Associated Press writers Nelson Lampe in Omaha, Neb.; David Runk in Detroit; James MacPherson and Blake Nicholson in Bismarck, N.D.; Ashley Heher and Erica Hunzinger in Chicago; and Gretchen Ehlke and Dinesh Ramde in Milwaukee contributed to this report.
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B.S. (Biology)
SUNY at Albany, 1977.
Ph.D. (Cell and Molecular Biology)
New York University School of Medicine, 1983.
B.S. (Biology)
SUNY at Albany, 1977.
Ph.D. (Cell and Molecular Biology)
New York University School of Medicine, 1983.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
Control of B Cell Development, Gene Expression, and Oncogenesis.
Key words: Transcription, Immunoglobulin, B Cell Development, Long distance DNA interactions, Polycomb Group, Oncogenesis.
Research Summary
The Atchison laboratory is interested in determining the molecular mechanisms responsible for transcriptional regulation and the control of B cell development. To pursue these studies, we explore the functions of a number of transcription factors that regulate immunoglobulin gene expression and that play important roles in immunoglobulin locus structure, antibody maturation, lineage differentiation, and oncogenesis. We pursue our studies by biochemical, molecular biological, genetic, and developmental approaches using a variety of experimental systems including cell lines representing defined stages of B cell development, multipotential tumor lines, transgenic animals, and chimeric mice. General areas of current interest include:
1. Developmental control of immunogloblulin locus structure. Transcription factor YY1 is crucial for B cell development, and we found this factor can regulate immunoglobulin kappa V gene rearrangement and repertoire. Current data suggest that YY1 binds to numerous locations within the kappa locus and associates there with Polycomb Group, Condensin, and Cohesin proteins. We speculate that YY1 nucleates the binding of these factors to the kappa locus in a tissue-specific and developmental stage-specific fashion.
2. Mechanism of antibody maturation. Within germinal center cells antibody genes undergo somatic maturation processes involving class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation. Both of these processes require the enzyme, Activation Induced Deaminase (AID). Levels of AID in the nucleus are very tightly regulated and misregulation of AID leads to B cell lymphoma. We found that transcription factor YY1 can physically interact with AID leading to increased nuclear stability and increased class switch recombination. We are currently studying the mechanism of this stabilization, and the role of YY1-AID interaction in B cell lymphoma.
3. Function of the transcription factor YY1 as a Polycomb-Group protein in transcriptional repression and embryonic development. We found that human YY1 can function as a Polycomb protein in vivo to repress transcription and to control embryonic development. YY1 also recruits other PcG proteins to DNA resulting in specific histone post-translational modifications. We are studying the mechanism of this recruitment and specific proteins that bridge YY1 to the Polycomb Group complex repressor proteins.
4. Function of YY1 in B cell lymphomagenesis. Physical interaction of YY1 with AID may augment its role in germinal center derived B cell lymphomagenesis. We are using mice that spontaneously develop B cell lymphoma to determine the impact of YY1 overexpression and YY1 loss on lymphomagenesis and agressiveness.
5. Role of transcription factor PU.1 in hematopoietic development and enhancer chromatin structure. We found that PU.1 binds to immunoglobulin enhancers and recruits other proteins to DNA. Using PU.1 conditional knock-out mice and a variety of PU.1 mutants that ablate specific functions, we are exploring the role of PU.1 in enhancer chromatin structure, protein recruitment to DNA, and B cell development.
Lab personnel:
Michael Atchison, Ph.D. P.I.
Dr. Atchison tries to work in the lab, and on occasion, actually succeeds. Recent projects include the function of YY1 in developing organisms and the role of enhancer binding factors in .
Frank Wilkinson, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist
Dr. Wilkinson is studying interaction of YY1 with other PcG proteins. He is also using transgenic approaches to define specific YY1 regions needed for specific molecular functions.
Arindam Basu, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist
Dr. Basu is studying PcG transcriptional control mechanisms regulated by YY1.
Parul Mehra, Ph.D. Post-doc
Dr. Mehra is exploring the function of YY1 in controlling long-distance DNA interactions at the Ig loci.
Suchita Hodawadekar, B.S. Research Specialist
Ms. Hodawadekar is studying developmental alterations in chromatin structure at the mouse Ig locus using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. She is is studying the role of PU.1 and STAT5 in controlling Ig kappa locus activity.
Aisha Ghias, Part time Research Specialist
Ms. Ghias is studying the protein complexes that bind to the Ig kappa enhancers.
Recent Students
Xuan Pan, VMD, PhD
Dr. Pan received her PhD in 2010 in the Atchison laboratory and is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Kristina Zaprazna, Ph.D
Dr. Zaprazna received her PhD in 2011 in the Atchison laboratory and is now a faculty member at the Brno Institute in the Czech Republic.
Selected PublicationsBasu Arindam, Wilkinson Frank H, Colavita Kristen, Fennelly Colin, Atchison Michael L: YY1 DNA binding and interaction with YAF2 is essential for Polycomb recruitment. Nucleic acids research 42(4): 2208-23, Feb 2014.
Atchison Michael L: Function of YY1 in Long-Distance DNA Interactions. Frontiers in immunology 5: 45, 2014.
Pan Xuan, Papasani Madhusudhan, Hao Yi, Calamito Marco, Wei Fang, Quinn Iii William J, Basu Arindam, Wang Junwen, Hodawadekar Suchita, Zaprazna Kristina, Liu Huifei, Shi Yang, Allman David, Cancro Michael, Atchison Michael L: YY1 controls Igκ repertoire and B-cell development, and localizes with condensin on the Igκ locus. The EMBO journal 32(8): 1168-82, Apr 2013.
Zaprazna Kristina, Atchison Michael L: YY1 controls immunoglobulin class switch recombination and nuclear activation-induced deaminase levels. Molecular and cellular biology 32(8): 1542-54, Apr 2012.
Hodawadekar Suchita, Park Kyoungsook, Farrar Michael A, Atchison Michael L: A developmentally controlled competitive STAT5-PU.1 DNA binding mechanism regulates activity of the Ig κ E3' enhancer. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 188(5): 2276-84, Mar 2012.
Pan Xuan, Jones Morgan, Jiang Jie, Zaprazna Kristina, Yu Duonan, Pear Warren, Maillard Ivan, Atchison Michael L: Increased expression of PcG protein YY1 negatively regulates B cell development while allowing accumulation of myeloid cells and LT-HSC cells. PloS one 7(1): e30656, 2012.
Atchison Michael, Basu Arindam, Zaprazna Kristina, Papasani Madhusudhan: Mechanisms of Yin Yang 1 in oncogenesis: the importance of indirect effects. Critical reviews in oncogenesis 16(3-4): 143-61, 2011.
Basu Arindam, Atchison Michael L: CtBP levels control intergenic transcripts, PHO/YY1 DNA binding, and PcG recruitment to DNA. Journal of cellular biochemistry 110(1): 62-9, May 2010.
Wilkinson Frank, Pratt Heather, Atchison Michael L: PcG recruitment by the YY1 REPO domain can be mediated by Yaf2. Journal of cellular biochemistry 109(3): 478-86, Feb 2010.
Wei Fang, Zaprazna Kristina, Wang Junwen, Atchison Michael L: PU.1 can recruit BCL6 to DNA to repress gene expression in germinal center B cells. Molecular and cellular biology 29(17): 4612-22, Sep 2009.
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Weekly on Sunday and Wednesday until August 20, 2017
Please join us for the opening of our exhibit on James Howe. Sunday June 11th from 1-4 pm. Feel free to dress up in your vintage clothing and take a special tour of the house.
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"Fibro fog" is the name commonly given to the cognitive problems that can go along with fibromyalgiasyndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. These problems with concentration and memory can lead to confusion, losing your train of thought, or forgetting or mixing up words or details.
You can take steps to manage fibro fog. Try some of the following tips:
- Write it down. Making a note helps you get a thought more firmly in your mind. You might want to keep a calendar or notebook with you so you can write things down while you're thinking of them.
- Get treated. Other symptoms that commonly go along with fibromyalgia-including depression, pain, and lack of sleep-can also make it harder to concentrate and remember. Medical treatment for these other problems may also help your memory.
- Stay active-mind and body. Keep your mind working by doing puzzles, reading, or seeing a play to get yourself thinking. Moderate physical activity can increase your energy and help clear the fibro fog. Talk with your doctor or physical therapist about an exercise program that is right for you.
- Find ways to help you focus. Try breaking tasks up into small steps. Don't take on more than you can comfortably manage, so you're not trying to do too much at once. When you do start a task, avoid distractions that can keep you from concentrating. A loud radio or TV, or trying to work where other people are talking, can make it hard for you to focus on what you're doing. Try working in a quiet place when you are trying to concentrate or remember, so you can give the task your full attention.
Information on fibro fog is just one part of a fibromyalgia workbook called The Good Living With Fibromyalgia Workbook from the Arthritis Foundation. You can order the book from the Arthritis Foundation or through bookstores.
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This is for NekoTenshiEmi's Otaku Island challenge.
I chose Lelouch because I wanted somebody who could be scheming and thoughtful in his movements, and not all on the good side.
Lelouch opened up his pack to nothing exciting but a measly spoon. That's his weapon. A spoon. How's he supposed to kill anybody with that? Well, it's a perfect tool to pop out anybody's eyes...maybe you could shove the end into someone's windpipe...Who knows, but spoons do scare me, so I thought that would be a good whimpy weapon.
Since he got such a crappy weapon he's looking for somebody to quietly steal from.
His main plan is to get to the end, try to make truces, try to get out of the game even if that means breaking rules, but he does want to save people, just the people who he thinks are worth it. Despite wanting a peaceful end to it, he will steal and cause trouble, but I think Lelouch is capable to sneaking around and never getting caught (plus he has his geass...I dunno if that's allowed, but without it he's still very good at getting his way).
He's not a particularly truthful player, but he does probably want what most people do and to end the game with no innocent deaths (I can see Lelouch killing one of the other players if he doesn't like them).
Yay~! It has a background~! :D I never draw backgrounds...they're not actually that bad so I don't know why I don't...O.o;
I don't know how to draw sweat, though...it sounded easy at the time, but for some reason I can't understand it...O.o;
I'm guessing he's breaking out into a cold sweat because he knows there are a few who will try to kill the other players and he doesn't want them to kill him, but he IS very defenseless considering his 'weapon'.
It doesn't look like Lelouch...'orz I dunno what the problem is...I kept working with it until it looked like Lelouch, but I had no clue how to make it look like him...O.o;
Enjoy~! ^ ^


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NEW YORK (AP) — One brought leading man grace. One brought a little raunch. Together they left New York with the top National High School Musical Theater Awards.
Sarah Lynn Marion, from Fullerton, Calif., was named best actress and Taylor Varga from Newtown, Conn., won the best actor crown at the fifth annual "Glee"-like competition for musical teenagers, nicknamed the Jimmy Awards after theater owner James Nederlander.
Both top winners receive a $10,000 scholarship award, capping a months-long winnowing process that began with 50,000 students from 1,000 schools and ended at the Minskoff Theatre, the long-term home of "The Lion King." This year's contestants came from 20 states.
Marion, a senior at Huntington Beach High School for the Performing Arts, had sung a segment from "Hello, Dolly" earlier in the night and then absolutely nailed the "110 in the Shade" song "Raunchy," a sexy, needy tune with the appropriate lyric, "Gonna make them other gals turn green."
In her acceptance speech, she thanked her teachers, her parents, her four siblings, her friends and all fellow contestants. "And my first grade teacher who gave me my first role as Jack's mother in 'Jack and the Beanstalk,'" she said. In the past few years, she's also had roles in school productions of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," ''Damn Yankees" and "Xanadu."
Varga, who attends Newtown High School, was one of two J. Pierrepont Finches from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and delivered a touching "Santa Fe" from "Newsies" for his solo. "I'm a little lost for words," he said, before thanking his family and friends who made the trip from Connecticut.
The 62 teens who made it to New York — 31 girls and 31 boys — got a five-day theatrical boot camp at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, complete with scrambling to learn an opening and closing group number, intense advice on their solo songs, plus a field trip to watch "Annie" on Broadway and dinner at famed theater-district hangout Sardi's.
All 62 performed snippets of the songs that they had sung at regional competitions as part of seven large medleys and then seven finalists — three boys and four girls — were asked to sing solos. The final winners were picked from the last seven.
All had to switch from black dresses for the ladies and dark suits for the men into their character costumes for their medleys and then back again. Their performances were backed by a nine-piece orchestra.
The five runners-up, who each receive $2,500, were: Martha Hellerman from Madison, Wis.; Eva Maria Noblezada from Charlotte, N.C.; Jillian Caillouette from Norwich, Conn.; Michael Burrell from Mission Viejo, Calif.; and Austin Crute from Atlanta.
There was a fair amount of overlapping of roles, with two Belles from "Beauty and the Beast," two Miss Adelaides from "Guys and Dolls" and a memorable set of five Bakers from "Into the Woods," who all thrown on stage to duke it out together.
The irreverent show "Avenue Q" had two representatives, complete with puppets, and there was a tap dancing Billy Crocker from "Anything Goes" and a gun-toting Annie Oakley in "Annie Get Your Gun." Shows ranged from "Chicago" to "Sweeney Todd" to "Les Miserables" and "In the Heights."
Cheers were saved for the director, Van Kaplan, and choreographer, Kiesha Lalama, who managed to makes transitions between characters seamless. At one point, Tevye from "Fiddler on the Roof" sang "If I Were a Rich Man" and then handed it over to the money-grubbing J. Pierrepont Finches.
During their New York visit, the teens were tutored one-on-one by theater pros Leslie Odom Jr., Liz Callaway, Michael McElroy and Telly Leung. The judges Monday night included Tony-winning director Scott Ellis, Tony nominee Montego Glover and casting professional Bernie Telsey. One judge was overheard summing up the behind-door-process process with one word: "brutal." The hosts were Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, who co-star in "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella."
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A U.S. Department of Energy official says stocks of radioactive uranium could start shipping from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Nevada in 2013.
A U.S. Department of Energy official says stocks of radioactive uranium could start shipping from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Nevada in 2013.
However, agency officials will not discuss exact dates of the shipments because of safety and security reasons because of the fissionable material's potential use in nuclear weapons.
DOE's Environmental Manager Mark Whitney said in a fall interview that DOE wanted to start the shipments to the Nevada National Security site in early 2013 pending approvals to ship.
The agency released another statement saying that all approvals for shipment were not yet in place, but they expected approval soon.
The shipments are part of a program to dispose of a stockpile of old reactor fuel called the Consolidated Edison Uranium Solidification Project that has been housed at Oak Ridge for decades.
The 1980s project processed the radioactive materials for storage and there are 403 canisters containing about 2.6 kilograms of uranium in each.
The radiation at the exterior of the canisters is about 300 rads per hour, which categorizes it as a high-hazard level.
The Energy Department said a container sleeve acts as a shield and has reduced the radiation field by about half.
Whitney did not agree with an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies released earlier this year criticizing the plans to dispose of the materials, which suggested the agency would have to waive its own rules in order to bury the materials in the Nevada desert landfill.
Whitney said the DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration are not seeking a waiver or any exemptions in order to dispose of the uranium.
"The CEUSP material meets the waste acceptance criteria," Whitney said.
The containers would be buried at a depth greater than 40 feet, under another layer of radioactive waste. Whitney said because of the material's form and location, it would be very difficult for anyone to gain access or do anything with it.
"I think it is a safe and secure operation for disposing of this material." Whitney said.


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The first step in marketing is to plan. When research-backed strategy governs your first production steps, you can walk with confidence. Cash will flow into your operation near the amounts and times that you project.
A cow-calf enterprise can produce income in any month, given enough diversification.
Weaned calves could be sold right off the cows, preconditioned for 45 days, backgrounded longer, grazed longer still, or retained through finishing. Extra replacement quality heifers may be sold open, bred, as calved pairs or rebred. Cull cows and bulls are other income opportunities.
What if there are no plans?
A small-scale producer may simply notice a need for money—maybe the bank sends this notice. You think about what you could sell, and a few cattle go to town. Loading those that appear too fat or thin, or old or ornery, you "get rid of" rather than market them, and pick up the check on your way to the bank.
Large-scale producers sometimes settle into a "plan" of always being in the market. Sell 500 head, buy 500 replacements and on average you will make it, right? If that is your whole marketing plan, the best you can hope for in the long run is to break even. Combined with futures strategies, however, sometimes you can beat the commodity market.
Markets can change, so one goal of market planning is flexibility. Heifers offer a natural choice of breeding or placement on feed. Either way, you can reduce risk if you know how their genetics respond to the role you plan for them. Male calves present fewer options. You can't keep them intact with an eye toward selling breeding bulls unless they are registered or have performance pedigrees. The industry simply can't afford more unpredictability.
Are you producing the right cattle? Ask your auction market manager or local feedlot buyers what cattle are in demand in terms of genetics, management, size and volume. One popular idea is to add value to calves you produce. But it does no good to spend the time and money that you believe will add value when you have no way to market the results in a way that returns a profit and suits your other goals.
If you are aiming to please consumers on a small scale, keep in mind you will be getting into the meat business. A lot of folks who love producing on-target cattle hate selling meat in packages as small as 10 pounds at a time. Try not to get caught with cattle or beef products that you believe are worth much more than what you can get in the obvious market.
If you have "natural" cattle simply because you ignored them, don't expect a premium.
Follow a protocol with recommended vaccines, then let the markets anticipate your supply. Value-based marketing on a grid is sweeping the beef industry. Cattle dictate the marketing date in these programs, which accounted for less than 10% of fed cattle sales 10 years ago. Grids make up half the market now and are expected to continue taking over a greater share.
Retained ownership on feed is one way to add value, if you have cattle that you know will work. And if you will retain ownership or partner with a feedlot, you need to know before weaning, so you can adjust management.
Armed with knowledge, replacement heifer sales are another option. Producers are divided on whether to retain their own. If you cooperate on similar genetics and management, neighbors may want to buy yours as replacements, and you can custom-develop their heifers with all those timing options. You can also wean and precondition neighbors' calves for custom finishing feedlots.
Cull cows can be barely marketable cutters or some of the most sought-after brood cows in the county—if they are the product of a well-established program. There will always be some open cows, with most sold in the fall. However, they are usually worth more per pound in the spring, so you could add value by waiting. The same seasonality may limit profits from grazing open cows over the summer.
If no program of owning and selling cattle meets your needs, consider custom operations. Besides the heifer development and preconditioning options, you could winter cows, calve them, breed them, manage bulls or graze yearlings for a feedlot, to name a few choices.


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NEW YORK (AP) - Dillon Gee had his third straight stellar start, Lucas Duda hit one of three Mets homers and New York scored the most runs allowed by Shelby Miller in his young career for a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night.
David Wright and Marlon Byrd also connected for the Mets, who snapped a three-game skid and improved to 2-6 in June. Duda drove in two runs, including a first-inning single that scored Daniel Murphy from first base.
With prized pitching prospect Zack Wheeler nearing his promotion to the big leagues, Gee (5-6) has done everything possible to protect his spot in the rotation. The right-hander has yielded only three earned runs over 21 innings in his past three starts - all wins.


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