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Yesterday, Major League Baseball officially announced the game times for the 2014 season. This might not affect your life that much -- the average person doesn't plan four months ahead down to the hour -- but I find that such announcements are a relief. They're proof that baseball will return, that the cold is abating, that the thaw is coming.
Every baseball fan I know has a dream road trip. If it weren't for that blasted job, the doggoned mortgage, the inconvenient family getting in the way, we'd hop in the car and just go, man. Some years it's just a swing up the Eastern Seaboard to grab four or five parks or so; some years it's a jaunt west for all Southern California stadiums; some years it's a trudge through the upper Midwest. But we all want to do it. If real life didn't keep getting in the way, we all would.
One trip in particular always entices me, right around this time of year. I've always wanted to spend the first month of the season, right when baseball is beginning, and hit all 30 stadiums in 30 days. Just a different one each day, knocking them all off, and then returning to the benign normalcy of daily life like nothing happened. I've wondered whether it could be done; I've wondered if I could get anyone to go with me; I've wondered (mostly) how much it would cost.
So today, we're going to find out. I'm going to map out this crazy, theoretical, April road trip.
The first caveat is that it's not, in fact, a road trip. To do this in 30 days, you're going to have to do some flying. I've allotted for that and accounted for road travel to be done by cabs, not by rental cars. If you want to drive on your own, in your own car, the whole way, you can do that, but honestly, I doubt you're going to make it out to the West Coast in time. Our country is very big. Also, to keep it as "inexpensive" as possible, I'll get the cheapest upper deck tickets possible. All that matters, as far as I'm concerned, is that I'm in the ballpark. Also, I've tried at every opportunity to find hotels within walking distance of the ballpark. I am taking this not-driving thing seriously.
You can start from wherever you live, but I'll be flying out of Atlanta. We are also at the whim of the schedule maker, so sometimes, we have to fly one direction and then go the opposite one the next day. We'll do our best. Let's see if we can make this happen. A possible itinerary:
Monday, March 31: Texas. Unfortunately for me, the Braves don't start the season at home; I'll have to pick them up at the end. So my journey will begin in the West. I'm gonna try to knock out all those West Coast teams while I can, while the weather's still cold out east. So:
7:30 a.m. FLIGHT: US Airlines from Atlanta to Dallas (via Charlotte). Cost: $157
11:28 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Dallas to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Cost: $30
2:20 p.m. GAME: Philadelphia Phillies at Texas Rangers, Upper Reserved 307. Cost: $22.
7:00 p.m. HOTEL: Crowne Plaza Suites Arlington. Cost: $151.
Tuesday, April 1: Houston. In what's going to be a rarity on this trip, we can sleep in on the second day. It's a short jaunt south to knock out Texas, and we don't have to leave until the afternoon. Savor the sleep, we won't be getting much of it.
11:30 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Crowne Plaza Suites Arlington. Cost: $30.
1:05 p.m. FLIGHT: American Airlines from Dallas to Houston. Cost: $69
2:15 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Houston airport to Minute Maid Stadium. Cost: $30.
6:10 p.m. GAME: New York Yankees at Houston Astros, Upper Reserved 432. Cost: $25.
10 p.m. HOTEL: Club Quarters Houston. Cost: $129.
Wednesday, April 2: Arizona. I'd never heard of Spirit Airlines, but it's wonderful for our purposes, getting us from Houston to Phoenix one-way for $101. (Shame the Rockies aren't in town on April 2; that's only $35.) It's a night game, so you'll have to come up with something to keep yourself entertained in Phoenix all day. Maybe Scottsdale.
8 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Club Quarters Houston to Houston airport. $30.
10:20 a.m. FLIGHT: Spirit Airlines from Houston to Phoenix. $101.
1:28 p.m. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Light rail from Sky Harbor airport to Chase Field. $2.
6:40 p.m. GAME: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks. Outfield Reserve 331, $30.
10:30 p.m. HOTEL: Hotel San Carlos, $142.
Thursday, April 3: Oakland. Much to my chagrin, the A's and the Giants aren't at home at the same time, so we're going to have to take another trip to Northern California later. Unfortunately, the A's are the only team west of the Mississippi playing tonight that we haven't been to already, so they're the pick.
Noon (sleepin' in!). PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Light rail from Chase Field to Sky Harbor airport. $2
1:45 p.m. FLIGHT: US Airways from Phoenix to Oakland. $127.
3:30 p.m. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BART from Oakland airport to O.com Coliseum. $3.
7:05 p.m. GAME: Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics, Plaza Outfield, $17.
11 p.m. HOTEL: Days Hotel Oakland Airport Coliseum, $68.
Friday, April 4: Los Angeles. As it turns out, we're only going to be able to knock out a couple California teams while we're out here. The Dodgers and the A's are the only ones in town this weekend. Dodger Stadium will be gorgeous though, even this early.
7:30 a.m. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BART from hotel to airport. $3.
9 a.m. FLIGHT: Delta from Oakland to Los Angeles. $84.
10:25 a.m. TAXI: Cab from LAX to Dodger Stadium: $46.
1:10 p.m. GAME: San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers, Top Deck 8, $15.
5 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Dodger Stadium to LAX: $46.
8 p.m. HOTEL: Radisson Hotel at LAX. $93
Saturday, April 5: Denver. No matter what time we leave, we'll have some time to kill in Denver. Depending on your inclination, and Colorado's recent changes in jurisprudence, this could lead one to all sorts of recreational activities.
11:16 a.m. FLIGHT: United from Los Angeles to Denver. $146.
2:34 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Denver airport to Coors Field: $50.
6:10 p.m. GAME: Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies, Rockpile, $6.
10 p.m. HOTEL: La Quinta Inn, $99
Sunday, April 6: Kansas City. Anytime you're flying into a small airport like Kansas City's, you're flirting with danger. I've had three flights into Kansas City in my life, and two of them have been flat-out canceled. Let's roll the dice with United this time.
6 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Coors Field to Denver airport: $50.
7:59 a.m. FLIGHT: United from Denver to Kansas City. $106.
10:36 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Kansas City airport to Kauffman Stadium. $24.
1:10 p.m. GAME: Chicago White Sox at Kansas City Royals, Outfield Box, $22.
5 p.m. HOTEL: Four Points by Sheraton Kansas City, $89
Monday, April 7: St. Louis. You know what would be lovely? A train! There's something about a train that's magic. What better way to see the glory of Missouri than by Amtrak. It's the Missouri River Runner, and it'll change your life.
8:15 a.m. TRAIN: Amtrak from Kansas City to St. Louis. $29.
1:55 p.m. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Light rail to Busch Stadium. $2.
3:15 p.m. GAME: Cincinnati Reds at St. Louis Cardinals, Left Field Pavilion 365, $30
8 p.m. HOTEL: Omni Majestic Hotel, $142
Tuesday, April 8: San Francisco. Time to start knocking out some more of those West spots. St. Louis is the gateway, after all.
5:30 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Busch Stadium to St. Louis airport. $25.
7 a.m. FLIGHT: Frontier Airlines from St. Louis to San Francisco (via Denver). $161.
10:48 a.m. TAXI: Cab from San Francisco airport to AT&T Park. $40.
1:35 p.m. GAME: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants, Reserve Left Field 332, $40.
5 p.m. HOTEL: The Mosser, $101.
Wednesday, April 9: Seattle. I assume at this point the city will have finally stopped celebrating their Super Bowl victory. By the way, this is our first Virgin America flight of this trip. Highly recommended: You can play DOOM on the back of the seat of the person in front of you. They love that.
10 a.m. TAXI: Cab from AT&T Park to San Francisco airport. $40.
11:55 a.m. FLIGHT: Virgin America from San Francisco to Seattle. $69.
1:55 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Seattle airport to Safeco Field. $30.
7:10 p.m. GAME: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Seattle Mariners, Left Field View 342, $25.
Thursday, April 10: Minnesota. Red-eye! It's impressive it has taken us this long to hit a red-eye flight. The next couple of days are going to be exhausting, so hang in with us. Because there are again no Western games today, we're going to zip over to the Twin Cities real fast for an afternoon game, then zip right back out. If you've made it this far, you know you don't need to sleep or shower. The cold of Target Field will wake you up anyway.
11 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Safeco Field to Seattle airport $30.
12:50 a.m. FLIGHT: Delta from Seattle to Minneapolis, $169.
6 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Minneapolis airport to Target Field. $34.
1:10 p.m. GAME: Oakland A's at Minnesota Twins, 212 Home Plate Terrace, $40.
6:19 p.m. FLIGHT: Frontier Airlines, Minneapolis to San Diego (via Denver), $169
10:15 p.m. TAXI: Cab from San Diego airport to Petco Park. $20.
Friday, April 11: San Diego. Yes, that's right: You just went from a game to an airport to a game to another airport without ever stopping at a hotel to sleep. You're a gamer. Here's your chance to get some sleep, though. You powered through what was essentially a 36-hour day in three different time zones, and once you check into the hotel by Petco Park, you can pass out until first pitch. You've earned it.
Midnight. HOTEL: Hotel Indigo Gaslamp, $143.
7:10 p.m. GAME: Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres, Bleachers, $20.
11 p.m.: HOTEL: Hotel Indigo Gaslamp, $143.
Saturday, April 12: Anaheim. Now would you look at this: We're less than two weeks in, and we've knocked out everything west of Milwaukee. I deserve a medal. You deserve a leisure train ride through Southern California.
Noon. TRAIN: Amtrak from San Diego to Anaheim. $35.
6:05 p.m. GAME: New York Mets at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Right Field MVP 238, $30.
10 p.m. TAXI: Anaheim Stadium to LAX, $75.
Sunday, April 13: Chicago. This is the last red-eye. Say goodbye to the Pacific time zone: It's all Eastern and Central from here on out. We've got three options here, all in the Midwest: Milwaukee, Chicago (White Sox) or Cincinnati. I went with Chicago, because it's easier to fly there from LAX than the other two cities. No matter what, this is going to be another rough stretch.
12:30 a.m. FLIGHT: United from Los Angeles to Chicago (via Houston). $229.
10:55 a.m. TAXI: Cab from O'Hare Airport to U.S. Cellular Field. $46.
1:10 p.m. GAME: Cleveland Indians at Chicago White Sox, Upper Tier 526, $25.
5 p.m. HOTEL: Amber Inn, $105
Monday, April 14, Milwaukee. Hasn't this trip given you a greater appreciation for trains? Wait until we get to the East Coast. Also: This is the day you make up all that rest you lost on the red eye from Los Angeles.
3:15 p.m. TRAIN: Chicago to Milwaukee, $50.
4:44 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Milwaukee train station to Miller Park, $20.
7:10 p.m. GAME: St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers, Upper Deck 413, $30.
10:30 p.m. HOTEL: Best Western Woods View, $126.
Tuesday, April 15, Detroit. It's tax day. It probably would have been wise to do this before the trip started. Though if you're doing this, I don't know how you have a job with earnings to be taxed.
7 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Miller Park to Milwaukee airport. $34.
9:20 a.m. FLIGHT: US Airways from Milwaukee to Detroit (via Philadelphia, oddly), $151.
4:06 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Detroit airport to Comerica Park, $40.
7:08 p.m. GAME: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers, Upper Deck Lounge 331, $40.
11 p.m. HOTEL: Holiday Inn Express and Suites, $144.
Wednesday, April 16, Cincinnati. Of all the flights I've put together for this, none are more expensive that travelling from Detroit to Cincinnati. Obviously. That's surely what you would have guessed.
6 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Comerica Park to Detroit airport, $40.
7:35 a.m. FLIGHT: Delta from Detroit to Cincinnati, $435.
8:47 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Cincinnati airport to Great American Ballpark, $34.
12:35 p.m. GAME: Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds, Section 522, $25.
4 p.m.: HOTEL: Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, $161.
Thursday, April 17, Pittsburgh. At last, after all your travels, you arrive at what might be the prettiest stadium in the majors. It's gonna be freezing, though.
7:47 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Great American Ballpark to Cincinnati airport, $34.
9:16 a.m. FLIGHT: US Airways from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh (via Charlotte), $253.
1:07 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Pittsburgh airport to PNC Park, $40.
7:05 p.m. GAME: Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates, Right Field 303, $30.
11 p.m. HOTEL: Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh, $161.
Friday, April 18, Chicago. After three weeks on the road, nothing will make you feel more completely refreshed, as if you have just started your trip, than some afternoon baseball at Wrigley. This is a good time to check out the changes they've made to the park and if it feels any different. Warning, though: Your travel weariness might have you hallucinating Clark the mascot.
7:30 a.m. TAXI: Cab from PNC Park to Pittsburgh airport, $40.
9:43 a.m. FLIGHT: United from Pittsburgh to Chicago, $284
10:20 a.m. TAXI: Cab from O'Hare to Wrigley Field, $35.
2:20 p.m. GAME: Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs, Upper Deck, $50.
6 p.m. HOTEL: City Suites Hotel, $161.
Saturday, April 19, Tampa. It's time to knock out those two sore thumbs in Florida. You can wipe them out in a weekend and then forget you were ever there.
6 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Wrigley Field to O'Hare, $35.
8 a.m. FLIGHT: Spirit Airlines from Chicago to Tampa, $98.
11:38 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Tampa airport to Tropicana Field, $35.
7:10 p.m. GAME: New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays, Right Field Deck, $30.
10:30 p.m. HOTEL: The Pier Hotel, $139.
Sunday, April 20, Miami. If you get a chance while you're here, could you steal that sculpture? It's sort of amazing this hasn't been done yet.
7 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Tropicana Field to Tampa airport, $35.
9:15 a.m. FLIGHT: American Airlines from Tampa to Miami, $128.
10:15 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Miami airport to Marlins Stadium, $15.
1:10 p.m. GAME: Seattle Mariners at Florida Marlins, Right Field, next to sculpture, $22.
5 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Marlins Stadium to Miami airport to Marlins Stadium, $15.
7:50 p.m. FLIGHT: American Airlines from Miami to Cleveland, $305
10:45 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Cleveland airport to Progressive Field, $38.
11:30 p.m. HOTEL: Wyndham Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, $140
Monday, April 21, Cleveland. There aren't many people in the world that would sprint out of Miami to get to Cleveland, but I am one of those people. Florida is just terrifying, in general. Now you get to spend the whole day chilling in Cleveland. May I recommend the Rock and Roll Museum? Or also maybe the Rock and Roll Museum?
7:05 p.m. GAME: Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians, Bleachers, $20.
11 p.m. HOTEL: Wyndham Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, $140
Tuesday, April 22, Toronto. Please, please tell me you didn't forget your passport.
8:45 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Progressive Field to Cleveland airport, $38.
10:25 a.m. FLIGHT: Air Canada from Cleveland to Toronto, $138
11:33 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Toronto airport to Rogers Centre, $50
7:05 p.m. GAME: Baltimore Orioles at Toronto Blue Jays, Upper Level 520, $20.
10:30 p.m. Renaissance Toronto, $210
Wednesday, April 23, Boston. A trip like this wouldn't be worth it if you didn't pop into a Yankees-Red Sox game at Fenway, would it?
10:30 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Rogers Centre to Toronto airport, $50
Noon. FLIGHT: Delta from Toronto to Boston (via JFK), $159
4:35 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Logan airport to Fenway Park, $30.
7:05 p.m. GAME: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox, anywhere, $150, probably.
11:59 p.m. HOTEL: Hotel Buckminster, $149
Thursday, April 24, New York. Relax, the intensely overpacked populations on the East Coast are going to give you a few days off from planes. This is a wonderful chance to get caught up on whatever has been going on in the world for the last three weeks. Wait, are we at war?
6 a.m.: TAXI: Cab from Fenway Park to Boston South Station, $55.
7:15 a.m. TRAIN: Amtrak from Boston to New York Penn Station, $73.
10:41 a.m. SUBWAY: Can you get from Penn Station to Citi Field? I think you can. Ask someone if you need to. $2.50
1:10 p.m. GAME: St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets, Pepsi Porch, $40.
5 p.m. SUBWAY: Get back to Times Square. And walk fast and don't look up when you get there. $2.50.
7 p.m.: HOTEL: The Warwick, $210.
Friday, April 25, New York. The good news for you here is that the Yankees won't be eliminated from the playoffs yet.
5 p.m. SUBWAY: Just get to Grand Central and take the 4. This isn't so hard. $2.50.
7:05 p.m. GAME: Anaheim Angels at New York Yankees, Upper Deck, $40.
10:30 p.m. SUBWAY: It's safe to take the subway at night now, it's not "The Warriors' anymore. $2.50
11 p.m.: HOTEL: The Warwick, $210.
Saturday, April 26, Washington. You are so close now. Can you believe you are this close? Do you even remember what life is like? What it was once like to live, to breathe, to bathe?
8:05 a.m. TRAIN: Amtrak from Penn Station to Washington DC Union Station, $59.
11:30 a.m. TAXI: Cab from Union Station to Nationals Park, $12.
1:05 p.m. GAME: San Diego Padres at Washington Nationals, Right Field Box, $35.
7:20 p.m. TRAIN: Amtrak from Washington DC Union Station to Baltimore Penn Station, $12.
8:02 p.m. TAXI: Cab from Baltimore Penn Station to Camden Yards, $7
9 p.m. HOTEL: Embassy Suites Baltimore, $140
Sunday, April 27, Baltimore. I went ahead and put you in Baltimore a day early. At this point, we're not worried about tourist attractions: We're just trying to get this done, so now you have two nights in Baltimore. Don't pretend you aren't thrilled.
1:35 p.m. GAME: Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles, Left Field Tier, $30.
5 p.m. HOTEL: Embassy Suites Baltimore, $140
Monday, April 28, DAY OFF. You're never going to believe this, but … you have a day off. Sorry. Neither Philadelphia nor Atlanta, the two teams left, play today. Use this opportunity to further explore Baltimore.
5 p.m. HOTEL: Embassy Suites Baltimore, $140
Tuesday, April 29, Philadelphia. You have come to the last step of your journey. (Because we started in Atlanta, I assume you live somewhere near and can just wait until they're back in town on May 2.) It ends, like all things must, in Philadelphia.
4:05 p.m. TRAIN: Amtrak from Baltimore Penn Station to Philadelphia 30th Street Station
5:15 p.m. TAXI: Cab from 30th Street Station to Citizens Bank Park, $16.
7:05 p.m. GAME: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies, Right Field Deck, $30.
10:30 p.m. HOTEL: Holiday Inn Philadelphia, $163.
Wednesday, April 30, flying home. You made it. Everyone you ever cared about in your life has deserted you, you are bankrupt, and you've gained about 50 pounds … but damn it, it was still worth it, wasn't it?
3:30 p.m. FLIGHT: Delta from Philadelphia to Atlanta, $131.
So, the question you want answered: How much did all this cost? The final tally -- assuming you had no friends to stay with and didn't get any tickets for a buck or two on StubHub -- is …
$10,815 per person.
For the trip of a lifetime, that seems like a pretty good deal to me.
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There is a clear correlation between expansions in international trade and reductions in poverty. The Mexican experience appears to be no different.
Global EconomyWorld History
Mexican interventionists are now pushing the idea that Mexico is a country dominated by a free-market ideology which they call "neo-liberalism." But any serious look at Mexico's government makes it clear this is not the case.
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Blaming the euro will not save Italy. Italy's problem is political spending — the same problem that this new budget is going to greatly increase.
The bummer about the euroskeptics in Italy is that their primary interest is making Italy's bloated public sector ever bigger.

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After an unexpected break in its harrowing early season schedule, the UMBC men's lacrosse team (1-3) gets back to work on Friday, March 8 when they face No. 6 Johns Hopkins (4-1) at Homewood Field. UMBC was slated to play at No. 1 Maryland on Wednesday, but inclement weather postponed the contest. The opening face-off takes place at JHU just after 5:00 p.m. The game will be nationally-televised on ESPNU with Mike Corey providing the play-by-play and analysis from Jamie Munro.
In an eleven-day span, UMBC faced No. 4 Loyola (Feb. 26) and No. 13 Fairfield, and now concludes that stretch vs. No. 6 Johns Hopkins (March 8)- all on the road.
UMBC is coming off a 14-9 setback at Fairfield on Saturday afternoon. UMBC outshot the Stags, 41-40, but FU netminder Jack Murphy continued his brilliant early season play by stopping 17 Retriever shots. Junior midfielders Conor Finch and Zach Linkous each scored three times for UMBC, while Phil Poe won 16 of 27 draws to lead the visitors.
TOP DOG: Head Coach Don Zimmerman enters his 20th season at UMBC in 2013. The Retriever mentor stood eighth in victories (213) and 15th in winning percentage (60.7%) amongst active Division I coaches after the 2012 campaign. The win over Binghamton on April 10, 2010 was the 200th in the career of UMBC head coach Don Zimmerman. He is now 214-139 in his 27th year as a collegiate mentor. He coached his 250th game at UMBC vs. Hartford on May 4, 2011.
WINNING THE TIGHT ONES: UMBC is now 26-17 in games decided by three goals or less since the beginning of the 2007 season. UMBC had won eight straight overtime decisions from 2007-09 until dropping a Feb. 20, 2010 triple overtime decision to Delaware. UMBC's previous overtime loss was an 11-10 setback at Penn early in the 2006 season.
In 2012, UMBC was 2-4 in games decided by one or two goals. The Retrievers have won 17 of its last 23 one-goal decisions.
UMBC is now 16-6 in Don Zimmerman's 19+ seasons in overtime and in his career, Coach Zimmerman is 18-8 in extra time in 26 seasons.
DON'T LOOK BACK: UMBC is now in its 46th season of varsity men's lacrosse with a record of 339-286 (.543). The Retrievers played their 600th intercollegiate match on March 18, 2012 at Maryland. They are 222-219 (.503) in their 32nd year at the Division I level, achieving win No. 200 vs. Ohio State on March 21, 2009. Before the win over Towson on April 1, 2008, the last time the program was last over the .500 mark at the Division I level was when at the end of its third season (1983) when the record was 19-18.
A LOOK AT THE OPPONENT: Sophomore attackman Wells Stanwick punched up career highs of five goals and four assists and the sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team scored 13 second-half goals as the Blue Jays knocked off visiting Mount St. Mary's, 19-9, at Homewood Field Tuesday evening. Hopkins has wins over Siena, Towson and Michigan and a setback to Princeton on its schedule to date. JR A Brandon Benn leads the JHU attack with 18 goals, while Stanwick has 10 goals and seven assists. Hopkins has outscored its foes, 22-7, in the first quarter in 2013.
ALL-TIME SERIES: UMBC is winless vs. Johns Hopkins in ten previous meetings- the Blue Jays are one of just two programs that the Retrievers have faced and do not own a win against. Robert Morris (now 0-2) is the other program on that short list. Only two of the previous ten meetings have taken place at UMBC. The Retrievers came the closest in 2008 and 2009, falling 10-8 at Homewood in '08 and 14-11 at UMBC Stadium the following season.
A LOOK BACK: Last season, second-ranked Johns Hopkins (6-0) held UMBC (2-3) scoreless for over 25 minutes in the middle stages of the game and defeated the Retrievers, 12-5, at M&T Bank Stadium. Jones scored three fourth-quarter goals to record his sixth career hat trick and second of the season. Lustgarten contributed three assists. Hopkins outshot UMBC, 39-31, and scored on both of its extra-man opportunities. Face-offs were even at 11-all.
UP NEXT: UMBC returns home for the first time since Feb. 26 when they welcome High Point to UMBC Stadium on Sat., March 16.


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Recall 13V038000
The Rear Axle Can Lock-Up Unexpectedly
Recall Details
The nut securing the rear axle pinion my loosen because an adhesive patch was not installed during vehicle assembly. If the nut loosens, the axle can lock up with little warning, resulting in a loss of vehicle control and/or a crash. Dealers will install a pinion nut retainer to correct this concern. This is an expansion of a previous recall, NHTSA number 12V474000, Chrysler number M34. The Chrysler recall number for this recall is N08.
Our Quick Take
Due to a loose fastener, the rear axle may lock-up (stop turning) unexpectedly and cause a loss of vehicle control and/or a vehicle crash.
What Should You Do?
Chrysler will notify owners of affected vehicles beginning in March, 2013. There are no symptoms related to this recall. If don't receive notification and you feel you should have, please contact your dealer. It's helpful to have your vehicle identification number (VIN) when you call.


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Ever since Michael Jackson's death, not surprisingly, countless entrepreneurs have come out the woodwork sellling everything from hats, to t-shirts to mouse pads. It's American capitalism at its "finest" -- strike while the iron is hot and try to make a quick buck.
A Chicago clothing company wasted no time creating a Michael Jackson t-shirt, but with a twist. The proceeds from the MJ Tribute Tee will be donated to the music program at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Gary, where many of the Jackson children attended.
Monique Spence, the founder and creative fashion director of Redefine The Tee, created the shirt which shows various Jackson songs written in script surrounded by a sequined white glove.
"I wanted to do more for Michael Jackson and the community than design a cute t-shirt. I thought about his humble beginnings in Gary, Indiana and thought it would be great to support young people in that community that are interested in music," says Spence.
Spence says she discovered that the school's music was in need of support, so decided to help out. The school participates in Chicago's annual Bud Billiken Parade.
The collection features a "ladies cut" scooped neck tee in black for $45, a v-necked tube dress in red & black for $90 and a men's crew neck tee in black for $45.
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In a C-Span television program, prize-winning author Wally Lamb, discussed the latest book he has edited, "I'll Fly Away," of works written by women at the York Correctional Facility.
Wally Lamb mentions SeniorNet's book discussions, volunteer Ginny Anderson, and our Prison Library Project which grew out of a SeniorNet online discussion of his first book with the women of York, "Couldn't Keep it to Myself."
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Deadliest Warrior Preview
I checked out an early version of the game and found that, as expected, the background work that went into the show translates well into the foundation for a fighting game. Each warrior brings three weapons to the arena: close melee, medium range, and long range. Unique weapons for each reflect the various battle specialties of their class and accompanying characteristics. For instance, in the Apache vs. Spartan fight I got to play the Apache warrior who had a bow with six arrows for his long range slot as opposed to the Spartan who had only two spears. Each of those spears, though, packed quite a wallop if they connected. The combat system for the game focuses on these sorts of tradeoffs -- power or speed, heavily armored or light and nimble -- and their tactical applications.
At the controls the fighting takes a familiar approach. High, medium, and low attacks for close and medium range make up most of the action with a ranged attack thrown in here and there to keep an opponent off balance. Each warrior has their own set of combos for their close and medium range weapons. They also earn unlockable additional weapons with different specs to equip that might be better suited to one sort of style than another.
An emphasis on real world modeling of the lethality of the weapons opens up the potential ways to exploit an enemy's weaknesses. I saw this first hand as the Apache didn't take the Spartan's ranged attack seriously enough and wound up on the receiving end of unlocking the "shish kabob" achievement by getting beheaded and that head then skewered to the wall by the spear. "What-ifs" like that give the show its intrigue. If the game finds the right balance to consistently bring them out too, it could strike a similarly successful formula.


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Five heart-warming ways to expand your giving circle
"The need in the world is so great that we cannot reach everyone by doing just our part. We must expand our reach exponentially so more and more lives can be touched," says Steve Anstett of Severna Park, executive director of Giving Back, Linda's Legacy.
From Thanksgiving to Chanukah and Christmas, we live in the season of giving.
To help you expand your reach into lives burdened by need rather than blessed by bounty, we offer five very tangible ways, chosen, simply, because they won our hearts.
On a cold day 30 years ago, Linda Greenberg, then of Crownsville, offered the hat off her head to a homeless person who had no place to go to get warm.
If direct action like hers appeals to you, Giving Back, Linda's Legacy — the organization that grew from that simple act of kindness — may be your route to giving this holiday season.
The Anne Arundel County-based charity fills backpacks with warm clothing for homeless people in the Annapolis-Baltimore-D.C. triangle.
Our mission is two-fold, says board member Bob Kight of Annapolis. "One, to deliver to people in need, and, two, to involve as many people as we can in this volunteer activity."
Thus many people have a hand in filling each backpack. Sponsors pay for both backpacks and the warm wear — thermal underwear uppers and lowers, warm socks and gloves, stocking cap, hoodie sweatshirts and sweatpants — that fills them. Each $25 donation supports one backpack.
Next, Linda's Legacy joins forces with willing helpers to fill the packs. This December 15, nearly 1,000 empty backpacks come to the School of the Incarnation in Gambrills for Pack Day, when, grade by grade, students stuff a pack with warm wear they've paid for with money they've earned — plus a holiday note they've written. By pitching in, "kids get the idea of sacrifice and giving," Kight says. "This school supports about half of the 2,000 packs we'll give out this year."
More warmth is generated December 20 thru 23, when Giving Back holds a warm-ware drive at Anne Arundel County Farmers Market on Riva Road and Truman Parkway. From 10am to 4pm on those four days, community donations of new or gently used warm clothing and toiletries are gathered to help keep the homeless warm this winter.
Volunteers sort and box the donations. Joining the many high schoolers each year is Linda Greenberg, who returns from Florida for the event. On Christmas Eve a couple of dozen U-Haul trucks surround the market pavilion, each awaiting its share of 2,000 packs to deliver to its shelter destinations: four in Anne Arundel County, 15 in Baltimore and three in Washington, D.C.
As the sun goes down in the streets outside two Baltimore emergency shelters, Rescue Mission and the new JHR (formerly Code Blue), hundreds of people arrive for another couple of truckloads of donations of warmth.
"It's just fantastic the amount of good work they do in a short amount of time," says Anne Arundel County Farmers Market board member Brenda Conti. "They gather socks, blankets — everything a person on the street might need — pack up the backpacks, and on Christmas Eve they go out with the packs and donated clothing for homeless people and people in shelters."
Be part of Giving Back in three ways:
One: Sponsor a $25 backpack, or make a tax-deductible donation at www.homelessdrive.com. Sponsor a backpack in the name of a person you want to honor, who'll receive notice of your gift in a holiday greeting card.
Two: Organize your office, neighborhood or church to follow the example of School of the Incarnation and sponsor a Pack Day.
Three: Volunteer to help with sorting December 20 thru 23 or with Christmas Eve delivery, caroling and cookies.
"I had no idea what I was getting my butt into when we started," says Steve Albin, who founded Military Pets Foster Project the week after September 11, 2001. "Thank God for coffee, cigarettes and Pepsi."
When soldiers leave for their deployments, Military Pets Foster Project finds their animals nearby foster homes. In a decade, 18,000 pets have been fostered. The South Carolina-based organization fosters throughout the country, including in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
"We've fostered every type of pet you can think of," says Albin. "Dogs, cats, birds, horses, turtles, five-foot iguanas that needed their own rooms, goats, pot-bellied pigs, geckos, hermit crabs and snakes. If you can think of it we've fostered it."
The Project is careful about its placements. Social animals — dogs and birds — that live together at home are fostered together in a single home. Foster homes are also chosen near permanent homes, so pets reunited with their soldiers can visit their foster parents. Foster parents choose their species.
Nonetheless, there are surprises.
"One lady fostered five fainting goats," Albin recalls. The name should have been a hint, but apparently it wasn't. "Three months in," Albin continues, "I got a hysterical call from the foster mother. She kept yelling, the goats just died, over the phone. I figured the goats might have had one of their spells, so I kept her on the phone a little while, then I sent her back outside. Then she started yelling, They're alive! They're alive! Stuff like that makes it interesting."
A few good men and women are still needed to give the gift of reassurance to deployed service men and women. To join the effort, visit www.netpets.org and fill out an application. Be sure to state your pet preference, including species and size.
"We're always in need of more foster homes. Not only because we do run out, but we need foster homes that will take specific pets, like hedgehogs," Albin says.
Also list pets in your household on your application.
"You can have animals at home," Albin says. "But you can only foster animals from one soldier at a time."
All the animals come to foster homes with up-to-date medical work. Dogs are micro-chipped and snakes are non-poisonous.
When you enlist to help out these military pets, you won't be footing the bill alone. The soldier is responsible for normal monthly expenses, such as food, grooming and supplies. The charity has a fund for emergency veterinary visits. Your job is giving the pet a loving home, writing to your soldier about the pet — and perhaps e-mailing some pictures.
Military Pets Foster Project: 843-249-5262; www.netpets.org.
Start a new chapter in a child's life this Christmas by donating books to the Angel Tree Book Drive. The local tradition, sponsored by the United Way of Calvert County since 2004, collects books for all ages, from infants to teens, so you can pass on the warm and fuzzy feelings in a new or gently used Pat the Bunny or invite a teen to sink her teeth into the Twilight saga.
"We always get a great variety of books," says Jennifer Moreland, director of community impact. "The community has been very supportive."
The book drive is part of the Angel Tree gift program, which collects gifts for needy families through the county social services. Books are gathered from collection points throughout the county and distributed to needy families at the Angel Tree event on December 17. Last year, more than 700 books were donated.
"This year our goal is 800 books," Moreland says.
These books are more than recreational. Reading to a child is a simple way to improve school readiness and create a foundation for a lifetime of success.
Twenty-one percent of Calvert County children are lagging in language and literacy skills when they enter school. Learning to lose themselves in a good book gives kids a head start on the skills they'll need in school. And there's nothing better on a cold night than to snuggle into a warm bed for a good bedtime story.
You have until December 7 to help a needy child build a home library. Gather up an armful and drop them at locations throughout Calvert County, including all Calvert Library branches, Calvert County Senior Centers, St. Paul United Methodist Preschool, Calvert Marine Museum, Calvert County Courthouse Main Lobby, Prime Time Children's Center, Mt. Hope Community Center, SMECO, the Tidewater School and the United Way House in Prince Frederick.
Give the gift of reading: 410-286-0100; [email protected]
Relations, sparing no expense'll send some useless old utensil, Or a matching pen and pencil. Just the thing I need! how nice! sang mad pianist Tom Lehr in his Christmas Carol.
The Annapolis charity Gifts That Give Hope gives you a way off Lehr's sharp-horned dilemma.
"What if instead of a candle, bright scarf, or piece of shiny jewelry," asks Jeannie Kruidenier, "you could instead honor those on your gift list by feeding a homeless family, assisting a family to keep their electricity on, medication for those in need, arts scholarships for at-risk youth, bus tokens for a needy person to get to a job interview or give water shoes for a disadvantaged kid building boats. Wouldn't you do that?"
You probably would. You can while having a merry night out on the town.
Spread a Little Hope through these Organizations
Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center
Arundel House of Hope
Box of Rain
Creating Communities
Food Link
Friends of the Light House
Girls on the Run of the Greater Chesapeake
Sarah's House
SPCA of Anne Arundel County
We Care and Friends
Wellness House of Annapolis
On December 8, the first night of Midnight Madness' festive after-dark shopping in historic Annapolis, the second Gifts That Give Hope Alternative Gift Fair sets up shop at 44 Maryland Avenue, the On Pointe Studio.
At that stop on your shopping rounds, you double your giving. Eleven local charities line up with their wish lists for people (and animals) of all ages and needs and at prices from $1 to $150.
You choose the organizations and gifts that resound with you, to be given in the name of anyone on your list who has more scarves, ties and matching pens and pencils than could be used in this life and the next.
At check-out, you get a card to send to Aunt Jane, noting you've given a pair of water shoes or one month's electricity in her name.
Gifts That Give Hope, the brainchild of Annapolitan Kruidenier and friend Arlene Wickens, has expanded to seven fairs in four states since its "wildly successful" first fair, in 2009, and has raised more than $25,000.
"We love that the shoppers and recipients are able to help support the at-risk youth ages eight to 14 we serve with a nutritious meal or a new experience," says Kelsa McLaughlin, executive director of The Box of Rain Foundation, which teaches kids skills and teamwork year-round on the water and on wheels.
Along with Box of Rain, 10 other local charities benefit from Gifts That Give Hope Alternative Gift Fair.
Give a Gift that Gives Hope 6-11pm Dec. 8 at 44 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis OR Nov. 28 thru Dec. 20 at www.giftsthatgivehope.org/Annapolis.
Getting fancied up for the holidays isn't easy for teenage girls who live in shelters, foster care or girls' homes, for they lack the means to buy a tube of lipstick or sweet-scented lotion. A young woman who is more fortunate wanted to make a difference in the lives of these girls. So in 2007, JaMai Sanders, herself still a high school senior, started Pack-A-Purse.
In the now-annual holiday drive, sympathetic givers donate new or gently used purses packed with toiletries a teenaged girl could use: feel-good things — like cosmetics, shampoo, nail polish and bath salts — plus everyday items most of us take for granted — toothpaste, mouthwash, deodorant, sanitary and first-aid items.
It's about looking — and feeling — good. These girls have few personal possessions, usually just clothes. When they move from shelter to shelter, from foster home to foster home, a garbage bag serves as their suitcase. The purses are possessions of their own they can take with them.
Wayne Phillips — owner of The Maids, a house-cleaning service with offices in Glen Burnie — learned of JaMai's charity last year and jumped in with his staff.
"We got a late start," Phillips tells Bay Weekly. "We only collected purses, about 20, just from our employees. This year we started early so we could involve our customers."
Phillips figures that women have a lot of unused purses in their closets, laughing that his wife must have at least 20.
He figured right, both on the purses and on the goodwill of his clients.
"We told our customers we'd start picking up purses on November 14, but by November 13 we had already collected over 100 purses," he says. "We're getting avalanched with purses."
In the 4th Annual Pack-A-Purse Holiday Drive, Phillips, his employees and their customers will help Teens Toolbox will reach its highest level. The first year, 37 purses, four wallets, one tote bag and eight cosmetic bags were collected. Last year, the collection rose to 146 purses and 24 cosmetic bags.
Purses are delivered before Christmas to homeless shelters and local organizations helping foster children and other girls in need. To donate new and gently used purses and new personal care items, go to www.Maidsmd.com, About Us. Drop off purses at their Glen Burnie office weekdays 8am to 5pm or call for pick-up.
"If we get empty purses," Phillips says, "we'll fill them."
Information? Call Linda Crosby at The Maids: 410 761-7300.


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'Pansexual' Editor Neal Boulton Joins OK! Magazine UPDATE: Not Really
The "self-promoting pansexual former gay magazine editor," who claims he quit Men's Fitness when bosses forced him to put Tiger Woods on the cover as part of a shady deal to cover up his affairs, has joined moral powerhouse OK!
Before we begin this item — is the exclamation point after the OK! in OK! Magazine not bizarre? Who exclaims OK? And why name your magazine after a byword for mere adequacy? The whole thing is kind of sinister.
Anyway, back in December Boulton (who owes Hamilton $250) was embroiled in a mini-scandal when AMI, the owners of Men's Fitness and the National Enquirer struck a deal to put Tiger Woods on the cover in exchange for not printing news of his affairs in the latter.
At the time He told Keith Kelly at the Post that he was a moral crusader and had quit on principle. AMI disputed this version of events. And now, report Page Six, he's been signed up to rescue the struggling OK!!!!! Magazine.
UPDATE: OK! Magazine spokesperson Brian Strong says "it's 100 percent untrue. Neal Boulton has not been hired by OK! Magazine." Boulton himself says: "yes I am talking with them, and yes I might work with them, but I am still considering what I will do." We don't know why we thought this would be straightforward.
UPDATE TWO: Neal is apparently in a threaten-y mood today. He sends this lovely message:
I look forward to seeing you someday, you know-in person. It'll be interesting to see what kind of trash you'll talk to my face. You know, not from the safety of your little Gawker desk.
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When it comes to using fall protection equipment for on mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), many still do not fully understand, or comprehend, the requirements in the ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards, as well as the OSHA and OHS requirements, for fall protection on MEWPs in the United States and Canada.
One of the biggest challenges facing our industry today is how to increase awareness about why safety training is so important. As the North American aerial industry implements the new ANSI and CSA standards changes, companies need to understand their responsibilities regarding training requirements for Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs).
Welcome to Ask Me Anything with Scott Owyen on the new ANSI and CSA Standards!
In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, is the primary enforcement agency for mobile elevated work platform (MEWP), or commonly known as aerial work platform (AWP), safety on the jobsite.
There are reasons some aerial work platforms (AWP) is considered a top-tier brand, maintains its value and garners a fairly premium price in the used market.
This January, family-owned rental company HBV Hydraulikbühnen-Verleih GmbH (HBV), based in Spelle, northwestern Germany, received delivery of three Genie® Xtra Capacity™ (XC™) telescopic boom lifts.
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One of the biggest challenges facing our industry today is how to increase awareness about why safety training is so important.
ANSI (United States) and CSA (Canada) standards have, for almost four decades, provided best practices for safe, reliable access to work at height and have delivered a consistent benchmark for safe machine design in North America.
The new standards are based on an ISO model, so they are very similar to the current European EN280 standard. As a global manufacturer, Genie can leverage our experiences in Europe to help with the transition, but we have to remember that North American aerial operators are very different.
With Tier 4 emissions standards compliance underway, we now need to turn our attention to the next "big thing" to impact the aerial rental market — pending changes to the ANSI A92/CSA B354 standards series* (which cover all North American aerials).
With the pending changes to ANSI 92* and CSA B354 standards, there is a need for education in the aerial market about the implications of the new standards, as well as how they will work with current industry regulations.
ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards are about to get a facelift. Pending standards changes, which are estimated to go into effect this year, are written to be more in line with the ISO model so standards will be in global alignment for trade and exporting.
The current ANSI and CSA standards for safe use and training have not been updated for many years (the current ANSI boom, scissor lift and manually propelled standards were last updated in 2006, and CSA standards go back even further).
With so much changing in the updated ANSI/CSA standards, it is important to call attention to one key item that every user (identified in the standards as employers) needs to be aware of.
With the pending changes to the ANSI A92 and CSA B354 estimated to go into effect in 2020, it is important for you to start preparing your business and your customers now for what will be different.
In addition to the terminology and language changes in the new ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards, which are projected to go into effect in 2020, the standards also include several big changes to the equipment itself.
Changes to ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards are coming; we expect to the standards to go into effect in 2020. One of the more significant equipment changes coming from the updated standards will be the addition of platform load sense.
Changes to North American standards (ANSI A92 in the United States and CSA B354 in Canada) are expected to come in 2018 and will create a new "normal" for mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs), formerly known as aerial work platforms (AWPs), worldwide.
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The Colorado Buffaloes' fortunes are now in the hands of athletic junior quarterback Tyler Hansen.
He was told on Friday that he beat out Cody Hawkins for the starting job. Now Hansen is prepping for the Rocky Mountain Showdown against Colorado State on Sept. 4 at Invesco Field at Mile High.
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Letter to the Editor: The path we are on is an irresponsible one
A reader recently took issue with my opposition to the so-called "fiscal cliff deal" last month and to the "Budget Control Act" last year. (Tom Fleagle, "Congressman McClintock fiscal cliff vote was irresponsible," January 8).
The votes I cast in Congress are a trust loaned me by the people of our communities, and I therefore explain my reasons for every major vote on my website at mcclintock.house.gov. I gave special attention to these measures.
I voted against the fiscal cliff legislation not merely because it failed to cut spending, but because it added $300 billion of new obligations according to the Congressional Budget Office, including a multitude of special interest carve-outs. The deal left in place massive tax increases that impact 76 percent of net small business income – precisely the income they use to create 2/3 of the new jobs in our economy. Both the Congressional Budget Office and Ernst and Young have warned this policy will result in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs.
With respect to the Budget Control Act, it was the largest debt increase in the history of our nation. Rather than cutting spending, it merely cut the rate of increase, and did so by less than a third of what Standard and Poor's officials warned was the minimum necessary to preserve our nation's triple-A credit.
The writer is correct: I do believe the federal government needs to be significantly smaller, less meddlesome and more efficient than it is today. Over the past decade, spending has grown at nearly twice the rate of inflation and population and caused $6 trillion of additional debt to be heaped on our children.
The path we are on is unsustainable, ruinous, and in the letter-writer's word, irresponsible.
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Hurst D.D., Fogel S., and Mortimer R.K. 1972. Conversion-associated recombination in yeast (hybrids/meiosis/tetrads/marker loci/models) Nicolas A., Treco D., Schultes N.P., and Szostak J.W. 1989. An initiation site for meiotic gene conversion in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cao L., Alani E., and Kleckner N. 1990. A pathway for generation and processing of double-strand breaks during meiotic recombination in S. cerevisiae Allers T. and Lichten M. 2001. Differential timing and control of noncrossover and crossover recombination during meiosis
Stinchcomb D.T., Struhl K., and Davis R.W. 1979. Isolation and characterisation of a yeast chromosomal replicator Brewer B.J. and Fangman W.L. 1987. The localization of replication origins on ARS plasmids in S. cerevisiae Bell S.P. and Stillman B. 1992. ATP-dependent recognition of eukaryotic origins of DNA replication by a multiprotein complex Lundblad V. and Szostak J.W. 1989. A mutant with a defect in telomere elongation leads to senescence in yeast Clarke L. and Carbon J. 1980. Isolation of a yeast centromere and construction of functional small circular chromosomes
Matsumoto K., Toh-e A., and Oshima Y. 1978. Genetic control of galactokinase synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Evidence for constitutive expression of the positive regulatory gene gal4 Guarente L., Yocum R.R., and Gifford P. 1982. A GAL10-CYC1 hybrid yeast promoter identifies the GAL4 regulatory region as an upstream site Brent R. and Ptashne M. 1985. A eukaryotic transcriptional activator bearing the DNA specificity of a prokaryotic repressor Hirschhorn J.N., Brown S.A., Clark C.D., and Winston F. 1992. Evidence that SCF2/ SWI2 and SNF5 activate transcription in yeast by altering chromatin structure Thompson C.M., Koleske A.J., Chao D.M., and Young R.A. 1993. A multisubunit complex associated with the RNA polymerase II CTD and TATA-binding protein in yeast
Sherman F., Stewart J.W., and Schweingruber A.M. 1980. Mutants of yeast initiating translation of iso-1-cytochrome c within a region spanning 37 nucleotides Donahue T.F., Cigan A.M., Pabich E.K., and Castilho Valavicius B. 1988. Mutations at a Zn(II) finger motif in the yeast eIF-2β gene alter ribosomal start-site selection during the scanning process Mueller P.P. and Hinnebusch A.G. 1986. Multiple upstream AUG codons mediate translational control of GCN4, 94 Altmann M., Sonenberg N., and Trachsel H. 1989. Translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Initiation factor 4E-dependent cell-free system vTarun S.Z., Jr., Wells S.E., Deardorff J.A., and Sachs A.B. 1997. Translation initiation factor eIF4G mediates in vitro poly(A) tail-dependent translation
Diffley J.F.X., Cocker J.H., Dowell S.J., and Rowley A. 1994. Two steps in the assembly of complexes at yeast replication origins in vivo Irniger S., Piatti S., Michaelis C., and Nasmyth K. 1995. Genes involved in sister chromatid separation are needed for B-type cyclin proteolysis in budding yeast Nurse P. and Thuriaux P. 1980. Regulatory genes controlling mitosis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Weinert T.A. and Hartwell L.H. 1988. The RAD9 gene controls the cell cycle response to DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Johnston G.C., Pringle J.R., and Hartwell L.H. 1977. Coordination of growth with cell division in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Toda T., Uno I., Ishikawa T., Powers S., Kataoka T., Broek D., Cameron S., Broach J., Matsumoto K., and Wigler M. 1985. In yeast, RAS proteins are controlling elements of adenylate cyclase Cameron S., Levin L., Zoller M., and Wigler M. 1988. cAMP-independent control of sporulation, glycogen metabolism, and heat shock resistance in S. cerevisiae Barbet N.C., Schneider U., Helliwell S.B., Stansfield I., Tuite M.F., and Hall M.N. 1996. TOR controls translation initiation and early G1 progression in yeast
Strathern J., Hicks J., and Herskowitz I. 1981. Control of cell type in yeast by the mating type locus: The α1-α2 hypothesis Bender A. and Sprague G.F., Jr. 1987. MATα1 protein, a yeast transcription activator, binds synergistically with a second protein to a set of cell-type-specific genes Keleher C.A., Redd M.J., Schultz J., Carlson M., and Johnson A.D. 1992. Ssn6-Tup1 is a general repressor of transcription in yeast Hicks J.B. and Herskowitz I. 1977. Interconversion of yeast mating types. II. Restoration of mating ability to sterile mutants in homothallic and heterothallic strains Gimeno C.J., Ljungdahl P.O., Styles C.A., and Fink G.R. 1992. Unipolar cell divisions in the yeast S. cerevisiae lead to filamentous growth: Regulation by starvation and RAS
Esposito R.E., Frink N., Bernstein P., and Esposito M.S. 1972. The genetic control of sporulation in Saccharomyces. II. Dominance and complementation of mutants of meiosis and spore formation Kassir Y., Granot D., and Simchen G. 1988. IME1, a positive regulator gene of meiosis in S. cerevisiae Sym M., Engebrecht J.A., and Roeder G.S. 1993. ZIP1 is a synaptonemal complex protein required for meiotic chromosome synapsis Watanabe Y. and Nurse P. 1999. Cohesin Rec8 is required for reductional chromosome segregation at meiosis Hepworth S.R., Friesen H., and Segall J. 1998. NDT80 and the meiotic recombination checkpoint regulate expression of middle sporulation-specific genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hartwell L.H. 1980. Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae unresponsive to cell division control by polypeptide mating hormone Whiteway M., Hougan L., Dignard D., Thomas D.Y., Bell L., Saari G.C., Grant F.J., O'Hara P., and MacKay V.L. 1989. The STE4 and STE18 genes of yeast encode potential β and γ subunits of the mating factor receptor-coupled G protein Stevenson B.J., Rhodes N., Errede B., and Sprague G.F., Jr. 1992. Constitutive mutants of the protein kinase STE11 activate the yeast pheromone response pathway in the absence of the G protein Choi K-Y., Satterberg B., Lyons D.M., and Elion E.A. 1994. Ste5 tethers multiple protein kinases in the MAP kinase cascade required for mating in S. cerevisiae
Byers B. and Goetsch L. 1975. Behavior of spindles and spindle plaques in the cell cycle and conjugation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rout M.P. and Kilmartin J.V. 1990. Components of the yeast spindle and spindle pole body Jacobs C.W., Adams A.E.M., Szaniszlo P.J., and Pringle J.R. 1988. Functions of microtubules in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle Kilmartin J.V. and Adams A.E.M. 1984. Structural rearrangements of tubulin and actin during the cell cycle of the yeast Saccharomyces Sloat B.F., Adams A., and Pringle J.R. 1981. Roles of the CDC24 gene product in cellular morphogenesis during the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle Chant J. and Herskowitz I. 1991. Genetic control of bud site selection in yeast by a set of gene products that constitute a morphogenetic pathway Lew D.J. and Reed S.I. 1993. Morphogenesis in the yeast cell cycle: Regulation by Cdc28 and cyclins
Novick P., Field C., and Schekman R. 1980. Identification of 23 complementation groups required for post-translational events in the yeast secretory pathway Salminen A. and Novick P.J. 1987. A ras-like protein is required for a post-Golgi event in yeast secretion Schu P.V., Takegawa K., Fry M.J., Stack J.H., Waterfield M.D., and Emr S.D. 1993. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase encoded by yeast VPS34 gene essential for protein sorting Lewis M.J., Sweet D.J., and Pelham H.R.B. 1990. The ERD2 gene determines the specificity of the luminal ER protein retention system
Hall M.N., Hereford L., and Herskowitz I. 1984. Targeting of E. coli β-galactosidase to the nucleus in yeast Deshaies R.J. and Schekman R. 1987. A yeast mutant defective at an early stage in import of secretory protein precursors into the endoplasmic reticulum Schleyer M. and Neupert W. 1985. Transport of proteins into mitochondria: Translocational intermediates spanning contact sites between outer and inner membranes Eilers M. and Schatz G. 1986. Binding of a specific ligand inhibits import of a purified precursor protein into mitochondria
Bachmair A., Finley D., and Varshavsky A. 1986. In vivo half-life of a protein is a function of its amino-terminal residue Hiller M.M., Finger A., Schweiger M., and Wolf D.H. 1996. ER degradation of a misfolded luminal protein by the cytosolic ubiquitin-proteasome pathway Kölling R. and Hollenberg C.P. 1994. The ABC-transporter Ste6 accumulates in the plasma membrane in a ubiquitinated form in endocytosis mutants Schwob E., Böhm T., Mendenhall M.D., and Nasmyth K. 1994. The B-type cyclin kinase inhibitor p40SIC1 controls the G1 to S transition in S. cerevisiae Mizushima N., Noda T., Yoshimori T., Tanaka Y., Ishii T., George M.D., Klionsky D.J., Ohsumi M., and Ohsumi Y. 1998. A protein conjugation system essential for autophagy
Petes T.D. and Botstein D. 1977. Simple Mendelian inheritance of the reiterated ribosomal DNA of yeast Olson M.V., Dutchik J.E., Graham M.Y., Brodeur G.M., Helms C., Frank M., MacCollin M., Scheinman R., and Frank T. 1986. Random-clone strategy for genomic restriction mapping in yeast Oliver S.G., van der Aart Q.J., Agostoni-Carbone M.L., Aigle M., Alberghina L., Alexandraki D., Antoine G., Anwar R., Ballesta J.P.M., Benit P., et al. 1992. The complete DNA sequence of yeast chromosome III Winzeler E.A., Richards D.R., Conway A.R., Goldstein A.L., Kalman S., McCullough M.J., McCusker J.H., Stevens D.A., Wodicka L., Lockhart D.J., and Davis R.W. 1998. Direct allelic variation scanning of the yeast genome Giaever G., Chu A.M., Ni L., Connelly C., Riles L., Véronneau S., Dow S., Lucau-Danila A., Anderson K., André B., et al. 2002. Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome
This book, dedicated to the late, great yeast biologist Ira Herskowitz, is a delightful collection of essays that summarizes landmark papers in key areas of the cell and molecular biology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The volume is designed as a retrospective covering the development of key areas over a period of some 60 years up to around 2002. The editors and contributors have done a terrific job in selecting the best of the best. For added value we have a DVD with PDF files of all the papers that are covered. What is often difficult but vital in teaching is to explain the historical development of an expansive field. Here is an extraordinarily helpful aid to that end, and a great read for anyone at the coalface of yeast genetics. One of the most useful books I have seen in the field in years.
Microbiology Today
[T]his book contains a history of ideas and thinking within cell and molecular biology, in addition to a wealth of biological information about yeast biology. Who might be interested in reading such a book, and at whom is it aimed? One readership will be yeast scientists like myself who like to look back. However it seems that the intended readership is advanced studentspresumably graduate research studentstaking advanced courses in yeast biology or aspects of molecular cell biology more generally. The presence of (quite challenging) set questions based on the landmark papers at the end of each chapter certainly suggests a teaching role for the book...In my view it would be valuable for PhD students entering yeast research to acquire some understanding of the roots of the field and especially of the ideas involved, and this book provides an excellent entry point.
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