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Clutch hits are quantifiable. Make the argument. Herculean? We’re not sure. Towering above the game? He hit .004 higher than Mike Trout, he had one more home run than Josh Hamilton with 60 more at bats. |
Because they are intangibles. They are not finite. We’ve found no way to value them for comparative purposes. They are imprecise and irrefutable. It’s not clear what they are and whether they have an effect. How many players liked playing with Michael Jordan on an every day basis? Would the Bulls have been better if th... |
Is Cabrera a better person than Trout? Is Mr. Clubhouse Presence of 2012 different from Mr. “Public Menace” in 2011 or Mr. Astoundingly Drunk During a Pennant Race in 2009? |
The problem is “surely.” The notion of lineup protection makes sense. Evidence of it has not been found. It may not exist. It may exist in certain situations but be far less significant than the quality of player in the batters box. Just looking at the Tigers. By most measures, Cabrera hit worse in 2012 with Prince Fie... |
In the field, a below average third baseman is less valuable than someone who can play center field well. We can quantify that and translate into runs and win probability. |
Those performing baseball Calculus should realize most are still struggling with the Algebra. Those paid to write about baseball should make some effort to learn about it. Everyone in Detroit will still think Miguel Cabrera should have won. Everyone passionate about this enjoys warm summer nights, beer and hot dogs. Th... |
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don't give a damn one way or the other, i'm not signing up for this bull. |
i can't decide who i despise most. liberals in general, the lamestream media or onutsac(obama) |
message from me to the political class: kiss my rosy red butt cheeks. |
carney is a sycophantic little butt kisser who hasn't an original thought in his head unless his masters put it there. he's just another demorat weasel. i doubt he is even house-broken. |
this from the same driveling idiot who gave us "just get a double barreled shotgun, step out onto the porch and fire two blasts up in the air ". the only reason they have biden is for comic relief. like the court jester he is, nobody listens to him. |
the ob admin as well as the dem prty are hardwired to first lie then coner up then obfuscate. you media types kiss his ring anyway so why bother trying to educate the brainless? |
hat's off to this MAN! |
it might have been once. now that californians have moved there it is just another liberal cess pool. |
tell that to the liberals and boehner. |
yeah, now the wogs.... if you didn't know, "wog" is a term from the british colonial days in india. it stands for 'White Oriental Gentleman". a derogatory term denoting mixed blood, indian and whatever else. |
and you don't think they're not? more fool you. |
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What is Life Going to Be Like in Heaven? |
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The concept of heaven and hell is a subject that many of us wonder about especially as we begin to accept the fact of our inevitable mortality. It is quite easy to accept the soul as being eternal but to envision eternal life without our physical bodies can be both intriguing and troubling for some. |
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The majority of cultures have some sort of belief in an afterlife where the departed goes on to live eternally in a heavenly abode. The ancient Egyptians took their belief in the afterlife quite seriously, placing items of the deceased along with him for use in the afterlife journey. Sometimes the servants and ev... |
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As long as we are in the physical body, we can't with any certainty know what heaven will be like. The Bible does, however, provide Christians with some insight into the heavenly realm. In heaven there will be no sickness, death or tears. There will be no darkness and there will be no separation from God. Most pe... |
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Where is heaven? According to religious belief heaven is God's realm and it exists somewhere high in the skies. But is heaven an actual place? There are some who believe that heaven exists within our own physical universe and outside of our realm of awareness. As God's eternal realm, heaven most likely exists out... |
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Some people believe that heaven is a state of mind. It could be said that the state of eternal rest that follows death is also eternal bliss since there is no conscious thought but many people oppose such a view. People may be perplexed and even worried about being a disembodied entity after death. They may imagi... |
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Some religions believe that the soul enters the realm of heaven or hell immediately after death, while others believe that it enters a deep state of sleep where it remains until the final judgment. At that time, the soul is united with the body and, if found worthy, enters the realm of heaven. Many religions beli... |
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So what will we do in heaven? People often mention that it might get boring if all we do is sit around playing harp music. It seems only reasonable that we would have duties and responsibilities as we do on earth, perhaps even jobs. It seems logical that we would continue to progress along the spiritual path in t... |
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(Microtus ochrogaster) |
Microtus, Greek meaning "small ear," indicates how voles differ from most mice. Ochrogaster is Greek for "yellow belly," which describes how to distinguish this species from the other voles. The adult prairie vole is a small rodent with a stocky |
and stubby body, short tail, and four short legs. The eyes and ears are small. |
The fur is long and coarse with a mixture of grayish brown and black. The sides of the body are lighter and the belly is yellow to grayish white. The feet are grayish tan and the tail is dark above and paler below. Fur color is similar in winter and summer. The females and males are the same size and color. The prairie... |
Approximate Ranges of the Three South Dakota Prairie Vole Subspecies. M. o. minor in the northeastern section of the state; M. o. similis in the Black Hills; and M. o. haydenii in the remainder of the state. |
Prairie voles live in the central grasslands of North America from central Canada to Oklahoma, east of the Rocky Mountains to West Virginia. Prairie voles are found throughout South Dakota and are distributed as follows: |
Natural History |
Prairie voles prefer the upland prairies of South Dakota. Areas scarred by rodent burrows are evidence of their presence. |
Burrows and runways are used as homes, for protection from predators, and to obtain the vegetative growth for food. The |
vole's food supply consists of grasses, flowering plants, roots, fruits, seeds, and bark. Prairie voles gnaw and clip at plant |
stems and roots, a behavior that can leave the land and soil exposed. Voles store food in underground chambers for later use |
during the winter. When snows melt after a harsh winter, many home owners in prairie towns are chagrined to see bark |
stripped from their ornamental bushes and young trees. Much of this damage to yard plants probably was caused by voles. |
Prairie voles are highly social. They have the same partner to help raise and care for offspring. The female can reproduce |
anytime during the season, but the main breeding times are in the spring and fall. The litter size varies from 1 to 7 young, |
depending on season, age of mother, and availability of food. The young voles are born in a ball-shaped nest of dry grass |
that is usually underground or in a small depression on the ground's surface. The babies are born naked and weigh about 3 |
grams. Within 8 days, their eyes will open. During the first 3 weeks, fur and body growth is rapid, but slows after the prairie |
voles reach adulthood in 30 days. |
Prairie voles have a high mortality rate due to parasites, predators, people, and times of scarce vegetation. Predators include |
coyotes, foxes, domestic animals, owls, hawks, and snakes. Voles rarely live longer than a year or two. The prairie vole is |
an important food source for many predators on the plains. |
Management Considerations |
Voles are an important food source for many predators on the plains. Loss of prairie habitat has led to extirpation of voles in |
many heavily-farmed areas of Iowa, Minnesota, and eastern South Dakota. In some areas, they can only be found in roadside |
Voles are considered pests to lawns, gardens, and farm lands. To help control these pests, devices have been made, such as |
an electric repeller that is placed in the ground to scare the voles away. To further discourage voles, people have displayed |
copies of natural predators, such as snakes and owls, as lawn ornaments made out of plastic or cement. There are no |
regulations about the killing of voles. However, they are mammals, so poisons that will kill voles are also dangerous to |
people and their house pets. Poisoned voles are poisonous to other animals that eat them. |
Subspecies - is a population of a species that is physically or behaviorally different from other populations of the species but still capable of interbreeding with them. |
Jones, J. Knox Jr., David M. Armstrong, R. S. Hoffman and C. Jones, 1983. Mammals of the Northern Great Plains, |
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