Friday, July 26, 2013

Low Taxes Make Florida a Magnet for Migrating Wealth

TALLAHASSEE ? It?s been said that people vote with their feet. But they often vote with their money too, and that?s certainly been good for Florida.

A new study by Travis H. Brown called How Money Walks explores how people and money migrate from one state to another. And although the exact causes are difficult to nail down, one thing is clear: Americans are moving from high-tax and heavily regulated states to low-tax states with less regulation.

That?s according to the data Brown gathered from the Internal Revenue Service Division of Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Since 1992, no other state has benefited more from wealth migration than Florida.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

NFL notes: Texans sign Hopkins; Bengals release Wharton



The Houston Texans signed first-round pick DeAndre Hopkins on Monday, giving them seven of nine 2013 draft picks now under contract.

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HOUSTON ? The Houston Texans signed first-round pick receiver DeAndre Hopkins on Monday, giving them seven of nine 2013 draft picks now under contract.

Hopkins, who left Clemson after his junior season, is a deep threat who could be the complement for star receiver Andre Johnson that the Texans long have sought.

He caught 82 passes and set school records with 1,405 yards receiving and 18 touchdown receptions last year. His 24 catches of 20 yards or more last season were the most in the ACC and he averaged 17.1 yards a catch in 2012.

For his career at Clemson, Hopkins had 206 receptions for 3,020 yards and 27 touchdowns, becoming the sixth player in ACC history with more than 3,000 yards receiving and the only player in conference history to gain that many yards in just three seasons.

Hopkins, taken 27th overall, is just the second receiver Houston has drafted in the first round and the first since Johnson was chosen third overall in 2003.

The Texans are looking for Hopkins to contribute early after they released veteran receiver Kevin Walter, who started the majority of games opposite Johnson for the past six seasons. He'll compete for the starting job with second-year receiver Keshawn Martin. DeVier Posey could also be in the mix after contributing on offense as a rookie last season. But he tore his Achilles tendon in Houston's playoff loss and is likely to miss time early in the season.

Hopkins was a two-sport star in high school, leading his team to a state championship as a senior. He also played for the Clemson basketball team as a freshman in 2010.

Second-round pick D.J. Swearinger, USC safety, and offensive tackle Brennan Williams, taken in the third round, are Houston's picks who have yet to sign.

Also on Monday, the Texans released nose tackle Ra'Shon Harris, placed safety Orhian Johnson and linebacker Sam Montgomery on the active/non-football injury list, and placed defensive end Earl Okine on the physically unable to perform list.

USC product Wharton released

The Bengals have released guard Travelle Wharton (South Carolina), who tore up his right knee during the first preseason game last year and missed the season.

Wharton signed with the Bengals after spending eight seasons at Carolina, where he started 99 games at guard and tackle. The Bengals installed him as their starting left guard, but he hurt his knee on the third play of the preseason opener against the Jets and needed surgery.

Clint Boling, a fourth-round draft pick in 2011, took over for Wharton and started every game at left guard, including a playoff loss at Houston. The Bengals' running game ranked 18th last season.

The Bengals have kept their offensive line intact, trying to reach the playoffs for a third straight season, unprecedented in franchise history.

Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130722/wire/130729910

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Ohio police to resume search after finding 3 bodies; 'pray to God' no more found, mayor says

The East Cleveland mayor says police will continue a search Sunday for possibly more victims after three bodies, believed to be female, were found wrapped in plastic bags about 150 yards apart.

Mayor Gary Norton said a 35-year-old suspect has not yet been charged. He said the man is a registered sex offender and led authorities who questioned him to believe he might have been fascinated with convicted killer Anthony Sowell.

Sowell was convicted in 2011 of killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his Cleveland home. He is in prison on a death sentence.

Police say a body was found Friday in a garage and two other bodies were found Saturday ? one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house.

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

Sunny Muirfield showing plenty of bite at the Open - News | FOX Sports on MSN

Another sunny day along the Scottish coast. Another perilous test on the links of Muirfield.

Zach Johnson headed into the second round of the British Open with a one-shot lead Friday, the first time he's been atop the leaderboard at any major since he rallied to win the Masters six years ago.

The weather has been unseasonably warm and dry, the fearsome wind not much more than a gentle breeze, and it was expected to stay that way through the weekend. Even so, there weren't many chances for going low, not on a course that is more brown than green, with pin conditions that some players complained were downright unfair.

Even though he opened with a 2-under 69, Phil Mickelson was concerned about some hole locations being too close to the edge of slopes. He pleaded with the Royal & Ancient to let go of its ego and ''just set the course up the way the best players can win.''

Mark O'Meara, the 1998 Open champion, said he's played in much tougher conditions, perhaps emboldened by a 67 that left him just one stroke behind Johnson. But the course bit back on Friday, sending the 56-year-old tumbling off the leaderboard. A bogey at the third, a lost ball at No. 6 that led to double-bogey, another bogey at the eighth.

Just like that, O'Meara was back to even par.

Others were faring better. Darren Clarke, the surprise winner at Royal St. George's two years ago, made three straight birdies in the early going to get to 2 under. This was another potential shocker, considering Clarke has only one top-10 finish since capturing the claret jug and has plummeted to No. 437 in the world rankings.

Johnson had an afternoon tee time after starting with a 66, taking advantage of kinder conditions Thursday morning. He was helped along by a 45-foot eagle putt and made only one bogey, despite trouble lurking around every pot bunker.

''Anytime you shoot under par in an Open - or a major, for that matter - you have to be putting at least somewhat decent,'' Johnson said. ''And I putted great. I made some nice birdie putts and obviously that one for eagle. But I struck some really nice, solid par putts. That's what you've got to do to stay in it.''

Tiger Woods more than survived the late end of the draw in the opening round, after the sun had thoroughly baked out the crispy greens and allowed only eight of the 20 rounds under par. He knocked one putt clear off the green, but 10 one-putts - most of them for pars - carried him to a 69, a good start in his bid to end his five-year drought in the majors.

''The golf course progressively got more dried out and more difficult as we played,'' Woods said. ''I'm very pleased to shoot anything even par or better.''

He hoped to have an easier time of it on Friday, when going out in the morning should provide more chances for scoring.

It was an eclectic group setting the early pace, from major champions to players making their British Open debut. What they all had in common was finding a way to get through a firm, fast and frightening setup that figures to get even harder if the R&A doesn't put some water on the course.

''I haven't seen anything like this,'' said Brandt Snedeker, among those who opened with a 68. ''I've played in, I think, five Opens. This is completely new to me - foreign to see a 2-iron going 300 yards. You have got to be wary of how you're shaping your golf ball, and what shot selections you're using on the greens.''

Just last weekend, Johnson lost in a playoff at the John Deere Classic after making bogey on the final hole of regulation. Nineteen-year-old Jordan Spieth captured the title, becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931 and earning a trip across the Atlantic.

The youngster was sure taking advantage of it. He made only one bogey Thursday on the way to a 69, and kept up his steady play with seven straight pars to start the second round.

Then there's Rory McIlroy, who looks as though he'll get the weekend off. He struggled to a 79 in the opening round, his highest score at the Open since that 80 in the vicious wind of St. Andrews in 2010.

At least he had some company.

Luke Donald, another former No. 1 player in the world, shot 80. Nick Faldo celebrated his 56th birthday with a 79 on the links where he won two of his three claret jugs.

Ninety-eight players in the 156-man field had at least a double-bogey on their scorecards after Day 1. Former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover might have summed it up best when he took to Twitter after opening with an 80.

''Muirfield 1, Me 0.''

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Confused about estrogen therapy? ? The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

Hormone replacement therapy has been a controversial issue for a lot of women over the last decade. Many have rejected any type of hormone therapy since a large, federally funded study found hormone replacement therapy could increase a woman?s risks for heart disease and strokes.

Now, a new study out of Yale School of Medicine suggests anywhere from 18,000 to 91,000 women in their 50s who had hysterectomies may have died prematurely in the last decade because they did not take estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy.

A bit of background

Before 2002, it was standard practice for gynecologists to recommend estrogen therapy to women with hysterectomies. More than 90% of those patients used it to treat symptoms such as hot flashes and to prevent osteoporosis and other diseases related to menopausal hormone deficiency. But according to the Yale study, only about 10% of these women use estrogen therapy today.

The data analyzed for this study comes from the large Women?s Health Initiative trial. That study was designed to confirm the hypotheses that hormone replacement therapy not only provides relief for menopause symptoms, but also helps protect women from heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia. The WHI first looked at the benefit of taking two hormones - estrogen and progestin, and then examined the benefits of taking estrogen alone.

The first part of the study was stopped in 2002, when early results suggested the combined estrogen-progestin therapy was actually increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, breast cancer and dementia. Researchers saw a sharp decline in overall hormone use afterward as women heeded their doctors' warnings and stopped taking all post-menopausal hormones, whether they had had a hysterectomy or not.

In 2005 and 2012, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended against using the combined therapy or estrogen alone to prevent chronic conditions in postmenopausal women, which may have deterred more women from asking their doctors about these therapies - or stopped doctors from offering it in the first place.

The study

In this new study, published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, researchers looked at data from the second portion of the WHI trial, which looked at estrogen-only therapy.

According to the Yale researchers, the increased risks discovered in the first part of the WHI study only applied to women who had not had a hysterectomy and were taking pills that combined estrogen and progestin. They say the dangers did not apply to women without a uterus who used estrogen-only therapy - but few understood the difference.

"Sadly, the media, women, and health care providers did not appreciate the difference between the two kinds of hormone therapy," said Dr. Philip Sarrel, lead author of the study and emeritus professor in the departments of obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences and psychiatry, at Yale. "As a result, the use of all forms of FDA-approved menopausal hormone therapy declined precipitously."

The study noted that results from the second part of the WHI study were very different.

A series of papers published by the WHI between 2004 and 2012 showed that estrogen-only therapy had mostly positive health outcomes; they said women who received estrogen, compared to those who received a placebo, had fewer deaths each year for 10 years and were less likely to develop breast cancer and heart disease.

Each year, the death rate among those not taking estrogen was 13 more per 10,000 women. Most of those deaths were due to heart disease. This doesn't need to happen, the study authors say.

The takeaway

"Women need to know that estrogen replacement is an important part of therapy, especially for women who are in their 50s and have had a hysterectomy and their ovaries removed," says Dr. Holly Thacker, director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Specialized Women?s Health.

She says it?s time for women who have had hysterectomies to "stop being fearful of estrogen.? She points to other recent studies that show starting estrogen therapy shortly after menopause is key to reaping the benefits of the drugs.

Because each woman's health issues are different, experts recommend that women talk to their physicians about estrogen and other hormone replacement therapy before they make a decision on whether to take it.

"Estrogen avoidance has resulted in a real cost in women's lives every year for the last 10 years ? and the deaths continue," said Sarrel. "We hope this article will stir an overdue debate and raise consciousness about the health benefits of estrogen-only therapy for women in their 50s with no uterus."

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Baby helps Aurora shooting victim heal

Caleb Medley was shot in the head in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting and was in a coma when his son was born four days later. Caleb's wife Katie believes their son, Hugo, has helped her husband heal. John Blackstone reports.

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Evolution of AI Interplanetary Trajectories Reaches Human-Competitive Levels

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New submitter LFSim writes "It's not the Turing test just yet, but in one more domain, AI is becoming increasingly competitive with humans. This time around, it's in interplanetary trajectory optimization. From the European Space Agency comes the news that researchers from its Advanced Concepts Team have recently won the Gold 'Humies' award for their use of Evolutionary Algorithms to design a spacecraft's trajectory for exploring the Galilean moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto). The problem addressed in the awarded article (PDF) was put forward by NASA/JPL in the latest edition of the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition. The team from ESA was able to automatically evolve a solution that outperforms all the entries submitted to the competition by human experts from across the world. Interestingly, as noted in the presentation to the award's jury (PDF), the team conducted their work on top of open-source tools (PaGMO / PyGMO and PyKEP)."

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Ex-partner faces off with Bulger in court

BOSTON (AP) ? His hands on his hips in a you-want-a-piece-of-me stance, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi glared at James "Whitey" Bulger in the courtroom, and the two men snarled what sounded like obscenities at each other.

Bulger and his once-loyal comrade came face to face Thursday for the first time in nearly two decades as Flemmi testified against the reputed Boston crime boss at Bulger's racketeering trial.

In his brief 15 minutes or so on the stand before court recessed for the day, Flemmi, a ruthless underworld executioner, told how he and Bulger were secret FBI informants for 15 years while they ran the Winter Hill Gang, the city's murderous Irish mob.

Flemmi said he was with Bulger and heard him give information to FBI agent John Connolly "hundreds of times" over 15 years.

That comment seemed to rankle Bulger, who insists that he was never an informant and told people that being a "rat" was the worst thing anyone could do, according to testimony.

Flemmi is scheduled to return to the stand on Friday for what could be a combustible session. Both men are renowned for hair-trigger tempers. And one thing that has really set Bulger off in court is being called a rat.

Before Flemmi took the stand, word spread through the courtroom that a former Boston liquor store owner who had hoped to testify against Bulger and openly despised him had been found dead. Authorities said a jogger discovered the body of 59-year-old Stephen "Stippo" Rakes on Wednesday in Lincoln, Mass.

The medical examiner's office said an autopsy Thursday found no signs of trauma. Investigators were awaiting the results of toxicology tests.

In court, Bulger shot Flemmi a look just after he described the extent of Bulger's informant activities.

Then, as testimony ended for the day and the jury was led out of the courtroom, the 79-year-old Flemmi stood up so that federal marshals could take him away. As he stood there, he put his hands on his hips and glowered at the 83-year-old Bulger, who was about 10 feet away at the defense table.

The two men exchanged obscenities, but people in the courtroom who heard the words differed on exactly what was said. No transcript was made available.

Flemmi testified that he and Bulger provided information mostly on the rival Italian mob, but also on "different people from South Boston."

"Who did most of the talking at these meetings?" prosecutor Fred Wyshak asked.

"James Bulger," Flemmi replied.

Flemmi was asked to describe his relationship with Bulger.

"Strictly criminal," he replied.

But he also said they were close friends, socialized together and went to Europe together.

Asked to describe Bulger's personality, Flemmi replied, "Overbearing," then added, "Forceful."

Prosecutors said Bulger and Flemmi ran the Winter Hill Gang for more than 20 years, making millions by extorting drug dealers, bookmakers and loan sharks.

Bulger is accused of participating in 19 killings during the 1970s and '80s. Flemmi pleaded guilty to 10 killings, extortion, drug distribution and other charges. He is serving a life sentence.

Flemmi said he hasn't seen Bulger since about a week before Christmas in 1994. That was when they got tipped off by Connolly, their former FBI handler, that they were about to be indicted.

Bulger fled Boston and was one of the nation's most-wanted fugitives for more than 16 years until he was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.

Flemmi was arrested and has been in prison ever since.

Bulger has already had two profanity-laced outbursts during the trial, one directed at his former protege, Kevin Weeks, and the other at a former FBI agent who admitted taking payoffs from Bulger.

As for the dead witness, prosecutors said Rakes and his former wife were forced to sell Bulger their store in 1984 to use as a headquarters for his gang and as a source of legitimate income.

But Weeks, Bulger's former right-hand man, gave a differing account when he testified last week. Weeks said Rakes wanted to sell the store, agreed to a price and then tried to increase the price.

Friends said Rakes was eager to testify against Bulger.

"The day I see him in a box, not breathing, will be better," Rakes told The Associated Press in April.

But when prosecutors listed their remaining witnesses for the judge Tuesday, Rakes wasn't among them. Rakes was upset when he left the courthouse Tuesday, said Steven Davis, the brother of one of Bulger's alleged victims. Davis said he wasn't sure why.

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Rare particle decay is bad news for exotic physics

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The two red lines seen emerging from the smoosh of particles above may look like the highly sensitive antenna of a strange organism, but they are actually the distinctive calling card of an incredibly rare particle transformation.

Physicists who work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, today confirmed that they had seen a particle called a Bs meson decaying into two muons. The latter are represented by the red lines above.

A signal that looked like this rare decay was glimpsed for the first time last year. On that occasion there were hints that around 1 in every 300 million Bs mesons decays this way, matching the predictions laid out in the standard model of particle physics, our leading theory of particles and forces.

Now the LHCb and CMS detectors at CERN have seen more decays and are able to confirm that this is the rate of decay of a Bs meson. That is good news for CERN's high-precision instruments, but bad news for those looking for signs of supersymmetry, an extension of the standard model which says all particles have a heavier partner.

That is because many supersymmetric models predict a higher rate of Bs meson to muon pair decay than suggested by the standard model, so these new observations count against those theories.

As scientists are finding with the Higgs boson, discovered at CERN last year, new physics can be hard to come by at the LHC.

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Student loan deal would be a mixed bag for borrowers

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Federal student loan debt has topped $1 trillion, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced Wednesday. All outstanding student loan debt, including private loans as well as federal, tallies $1.2 trillion.

The Senate could vote soon on a student loan fix, but parents and students may not have reason to rejoice.

After Congress was unable to reach a compromise, rates for new federal subsidized Stafford loans doubled on July 1, from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. A Senate deal reached Wednesday evening would reportedly set a cap for Stafford and PLUS loans, and peg their rates to the 10-year Treasury note.

Under the proposal, undergraduates could borrow at an expected rate of 3.86 percent for the 2013-14 academic year. Graduate students could borrow at 5.4 percent and parents at 6.4 percent.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was encouraged by the proposal. "(The Senate bill) follows the structure of the House bill: market-based reform, market-based rates, similar what the president called for and what the House has already passed," Boehner said, "So when we see the details, I'm hopeful that we'll be able to put this issue behind us."

(Assuming the proposal becomes law, rates would retroactive to July 1, benefiting consumers who have already taken out federal loans for the coming school year, said Joseph Hurley, a certified public accountant and chief executive of Savingforcollege.com.)

Student loan rates would reset every year on July 1. Undergraduate rates would be capped at 8.25 percent, graduate rates at 9.25 percent and parents' rates at 10.5 percent.

The lower rate provides a little relief for students like Blake Crist, 21, who has relied on a mix of sources, including subsidized and unsubsidized loans, work study and scholarships, to finance his degree in integrated marketing communications from Ithaca College in New York.

"Just the thought of finding a job when you graduate is scary enough," said Crist, who hopes to work in marketing. "It becomes terrifying when you have to worry about paying off loans." He expects the proposed deal will keep his payments a bit lower than they might be, otherwise.

Later students may not see the same benefit. "It's still going to be, effectively, an interest rate increase masquerading as a decrease," said Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Edvisors Network. Students currently enrolled will benefit from the low interest rates, but as the economy recovers and rates rise, today's high school students could end up paying more than 6.8 percent. "It's far from a permanent solution," he said.

That said, government-subsidized loans are still the cheapest option for student borrowing. Private loans often have higher rates that fluctuate, and may charge students interest while in school or during periods of deferment.

Under the proposed deal, that wouldn't change. "It may not be as cheap down the road, but then, comparable rates will be up too," Hurley said.

But the rate deal doesn't alleviate what experts say is the real problem with student loans: The amount of debt, rather than its cost.

Federal student loan debt has topped $1 trillion, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced Wednesday. All outstanding student loan debt, including private loans as well as federal, tallies $1.2 trillion.

On an individual basis, the average college senior in 2011 had student loan debts of $26,600, according to The Project on Student Debt, up from $25,250 in 2010.

"There's no cheap way to do undergrad right now," said Jonathan Meier, 18, of Manchester, Conn. An incoming freshman heading to Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey to study quantitative science, Meier plans to take on $5,500 in unsubsidized loans each year.

Kantrowitz said the cost of college, up about 4 percent in just the last year, has outpaced available grant money. The cost to attend a private college in 2012-13 totaled $39,518, according to the College Board, while in-state public colleges ran $17,136.

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Higher costs force families to take on more loans or choose alternatives like a lower-cost college, which may affect students' ability to graduate on time, he said, and some families are priced out of attending college entirely.

With growing loan debt and higher rates on the horizon, it's more important for families to take steps to prepare financially for college by saving and hunting for scholarships. "Every dollar you save is a dollar you don't have to borrow," Kantrowitz said. For students in school, installment plans for tuition can help spread out the cost, potentially enabling families to pay more out of current income instead of taking out loans.

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Three Football Razorbacks Voted Preseason All-SEC


FAYETTEVILLE, AR (News Release) - The University of Arkansas football team had three student-athletes voted to the 2013 SEC Media Days Preseason All-SEC Team, which was announced Thursday.

Center Travis Swanson and defensive end Chris Smith were voted to the first team, while kicker Zach Hocker earned third-team recognition. Arkansas is the only school with a first-team representative on both the offensive and defensive line. The 243 voters, most in SEC Media Days history, also predicted Arkansas to finish seventh in the SEC Western Division.

Swanson continues his preseason run of recognition after being named to watch lists for the Rimington Trophy, Outland Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award as well as multiple All-American and All-SEC teams. The Kingwood, Texas, native was a team captain and earned second-team All-SEC honors in 2012 after leading an offensive line that allowed just 1.58 sacks per game to rank third in the conference and blocked as 24 school or SEC records were broken. Swanson has started all 38 games of his collegiate career, which is tied for the fourth-longest active consecutive games started streak in the country. He has blocked for a 3,000-yard passer in each season, including the first season in school history with a 3,000-yard passer and 1,000-yard rusher and the first time in school history the Razorbacks produced a 1,000-yard receiver in consecutive seasons.

Smith, who was included on watch lists for the Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award, has been a near-consensus first-team preseason All-SEC selection after earning honorable mention All-SEC acclaim in 2012. The Mount Ulla, N.C., native started all 12 games last season, recording 52 tackles, 13.0 for loss with 9.5 sacks, 12 quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and one fumble. He and Jadeveon Clowney are the only two returners in the SEC with at least 9.0 sacks last season. Smith's sacks total ranked seventh on Arkansas' single-season list, and his average of 0.79 sacks per game ranked fourth in the SEC and 25th in the NCAA. His average of 1.08 tackles for loss per game tied for fifth in the conference with teammate Trey Flowers. Smith enters 2013 tied for 12th on UA's career sacks list with 13.0.

Hocker enters the 2013 season as the SEC's active career leader in total points scored, points per game and PATs made and holds school career records for points by a kicker, made PATs and PAT attempts. In his first three seasons, the Russellville, Ark., native has scored 287 points by connecting on 143-of-145 PATs and 48-of-64 field goals. In addition to his school records, he ranks in the top five on Arkansas' career lists for total points scored, field goal percentage, made field goals and field goal attempts. Last season, he led the NCAA with an average kickoff of 64.7 yards, ranked second in the SEC and sixth in the nation with a touchback percentage of 67.27 and ranked third in the conference and tied for 11th in the country with 39 touchbacks.

The Razorbacks report for preseason camp Aug. 4 and open the 2013 season Aug. 31 by hosting Louisiana inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville at 3 p.m. on FSN.

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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee?s top lawmakers on Wednesday continued their war over the Internal Revenue Service?s targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status. On the eve of another hearing on the matter, Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released a transcript in which an IRS employee says the agency?s chief counsel?s office, headed by a President Obama political appointee, helped develop its problematic guidelines for reviewing ?tea party? cases. Read full article >> ? ? ? ? ...

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Arts Council criticises local council's Chinese porcelain sell-off

One of the pieces to be sold by Croydon council

One of the pieces to be sold by Croydon council

Arts Council England has criticised a local council's planned sale of historic Chinese porcelain, a collection now worth millions of pounds half a century after being acquired for the nation.

About 24 vases, bowls and bottles from the collection, which dates from 2500BC to the 19th century, are now threatened with dispersal.

The funding body warns that such a move falls short of national museum standards. It could strip Croydon Museum of its official accreditation, a coveted status symbol in the sector.

The Tory-run Croydon council estimates that the sale could raise ?13m, which it would put towards the planned ?27m refurbishment of the Fairfield Halls, an 1960s arts complex in the town.

There is huge demand from the growing ranks of Chinese millionaires ? one estimate in 2009 said their numbers had reached 450,000 ? who are buying antiques from UK auction houses at an unprecedented rate.

In 2011, Bainbridges, a firm of auctioneers in West Ruislip, Middlesex, made international headlines for the ?53m sale of an imperial Qianlong vase to an anonymous Chinese buyer, although it later struggled to recover the full purchase price.

The porcelain at Croydon Museum comes from a collection of about 200 pieces that includes vessels and figures of the highest quality, some of which dates from Neolithic times. The collection is kept in the museum's Riesco gallery, named after the local businessman and collector Raymond Riesco, who bequeathed the collection to Croydon in 1959.

In a letter to the council, the Arts Council expressed dismay over the disposal of museum objects which, it said, was being "driven primarily by financial considerations".

A Croydon council spokesman defended the sale, saying the proceeds would be invested in Fairfield Halls arts centre, where the facilities were not "up to scratch for modern touring performances".

The spokesman added: "There is already a commitment to spend about ?27m on that project over the next five years ? by selling a small number of pieces from the Riesco collection we can offset the borrowing requirement that would have existed to spend that ?27m ? it's purely a prudent way of taking one capital cultural asset and putting it into another. The overall saving to local taxpayers as a result of that, based on the offset of interest payment on the money we would have to borrow to redo the halls, is between ?750,000 and ?1m a year."

Maurice Davies, policy head of the Museums Association, which represents the nation's museums and galleries, said stripping Croydon Museum of its accreditation could affect its status.

"Symbolically, and in terms of the museum's position in the sector, [losing accreditation] is really serious. It's ostracising the museum. The public have a lot of trust in museums and part of that trust is that museums will keep important collections for the long-term ? this won't only damage the reputation of Croydon Museum, it threatens to damage the reputation of museums more widely."

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jul/18/arts-council-criticises-chinese-porcelain-sell-off

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Still riding their horse

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The Vikings start the 2013 season smack in the middle of the pack. ?They likely won?t finish there.

The unlikely 2012 wild-card team will get either a lot better with the development of a strong passing game, or a lot worse without it.

And so the focal point of the entire franchise becomes the man who is the most important player on every NFL team: ?the quarterback.

The Vikings will go as far as Christian Ponder will take them. ?And before we go much farther with that point, let?s defer to the various categories we use for every team.

Strengths.

The Vikings? biggest strength comes from an offense built around Adrian Peterson, the reigning league MVP. ?If Peterson, who came within nine yards of the single-season rushing record despite tearing an ACL on Christmas Eve of 2011, runs in 2013 like he ran during the second half of 2012, he could put up 2,500 yards or more.

Helping him try again to topple Eric Dickerson?s record is an offensive line that returns all five starters, even though questions swirl around John Sullivan?s knee, which required microfracture surgery to simulate cartilage growth. ?They stepped up to pay right tackle Phil Loadholt, and Matt Kalil had a solid rookie season at left tackle.

Elsewhere on offense, the tight end position features tight end Kyle Rudolph and fullback Jerome Felton. ?Both made it to the Pro Bowl; Rudolph was the game?s MVP.

The defensive line continues to be a strong suit for the Vikings, but the winds of change are blowing like that big horn that blares whenever a touchdown is scored. ?Defensive end Jared Allen and defensive tackle Kevin Williams enter contract years. ?The Vikings need rookie Sharrif Floyd to make a quick impact, and they need guys like Brian Robison and Everson Griffen to show that they can get it done if/when Allen is elsewhere in 2014.

The safety position went quickly from perennial weakness to strength with the arrival in 2012 of Harrison Smith. ?If he can continue to develop, the Vikings could soon have one of the strongest last lines of defense in the league.

The Vikings have one of the best kickers in the league in 2012 rookie Blair Walsh, and they could have one of the best punters in 2013 rookie Jeff Locke, who was deemed to be good enough after one minicamp to justify jettisoning veteran Chris Kluwe.

Weaknesses.

The Vikings? biggest weakness, like their biggest strength, comes from an offense built around Adrian Peterson, the reigning league MVP. ?Similar to the pre-Favre years, the Vikings have been unable to take advantage of the attention paid to Peterson with a passing game that stretches the field, in turn making it easier for Peterson to pile up even more yards.

Despite all the bouquets being thrown to third-year quarterback Christian Ponder, he enters a distinct ?prove it or lose it? campaign in Minnesota. ?And the verdict could come even before the end of the coming season. ?If Ponder, the 12th overall pick in 2011, stinks it up badly enough, Matt Cassel could get a chance to resurrect his own once-promising career.

It?s hard to label the receiver position as a strength or a weakness in isolation, but it doesn?t matter. ?Together with Ponder, the unit will be viewed as a weakness until they prove otherwise, with Ponder reaching his potential, free-agent Greg Jennings staying healthy and playing effectively, raw rookie Cordarrelle Patterson making an impact more like Randy Moss and less like Troy Williamson, and veteran Jerome Simpson living up to the hype that made him a free-agent arrival in 2012.

On defense, middle linebacker isn?t a weakness as much as it?s unsettled, with Erin Henderson sliding in from the outside and newcomer Desmond Bishop hoping to get healthy and reacquainted with the 4-3 defense.

The cornerback position also has question marks with the departure of Antoine Winfield, but first-round rookie Xavier Rhodes bolsters a group that features quietly improving former second-rounder Chris Cook.

Changes.

The release of veteran cornerback Antoine Winfield could be the first gust that will impact the defense in the coming years, with standouts like Jared Allen and Kevin Williams likely making way for cheaper, younger players. ?Two of those guys came via round one, with defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd and cornerback Xavier Rhodes joining a gradually improving defense.

With Jasper Brinkley gone for Arizona, the middle linebacker spot is wide open. ?Former Packers linebacker Desmond Bishop joins Erin Henderson as the primary candidates to fill the void.

On offense, two new receivers ? veteran Greg Jennings and first-rounder Cordarrelle Patterson ? make it harder for Christian Ponder to cite a lack of weapons if the passing game doesn?t improve. ?They replace Percy Harvin, who was shipped to Seattle for more than the Vikings, who made their playoff push without him in 2012, should have gotten.

Finally, one of the most intriguing players on the roster isn?t a new arrival, but he has a new position. ?Three years after switching Joe Webb from receiver to quarterback after his rookie minicamp, Webb has returned to the receiver position, where he?ll have to win a roster spot any way he can.

Position battles.

On offense, many of the jobs are set. ?Christian Ponder enters the season as the unquestioned starter; questions will arise only if he stinks it up.

The depth chart at receiver starts with Greg Jennings and continues with a cluster of guys who?ll earn their playing time during training camp and the preseason. ?Jerome Simpson, Cordarrelle Patterson, and Jarius Wright will battle for playing time.

The biggest question comes at the bottom of the depth chart, where converted quarterback Joe Webb will have to earn his roster spot. ?If he can contribute on special teams (he could be returning punts), it?ll help his cause.

First-round rookie Sharrif Floyd will have a chance to take reps from last year?s starters at defensive tackle, Kevin Williams and Letroy Guion, even if Floyd doesn?t get a starting job himself. ?Generally speaking, the rotation on the defensive line needs to be determined, with the Vikings hoping to get defensive end Everson Griffen on the field.

At linebacker, Erin Henderson and Desmond Bishop will battle both in the middle and elsewhere, since the guy who loses out on the chance to replace Jasper Brinkley could end up starting on the strong side, across from Chad Greenway. ?Don?t rule out Gerald Hodges for some playing time, since he had a very strong offseason.

In the secondary, Xavier Rhodes and Josh Robinson will fight for a starting spot across from Chris Cook. ?A.J. Jefferson could have a chance, too. Robinson also will battle Jacob Lacey for the nickel position.

At safety, Jamarca Sanford, Mistral Raymond, and Robert Blanton will compete to start alongside Harrison Smith.

Prospects.

The Vikings won three games in 2011 before rebounding in unexpected fashion with a playoff berth in 2012. ?The team currently lands somewhere in the middle, and it will skew toward good or bad based on Christian Ponder?s ability to develop into a consistent starting quarterback.

At a time when parity has allowed any team to get to the playoffs, only teams with franchise quarterbacks win Super Bowls. ?Still, the Vikings have the ability if Ponder is merely competent to become an elite team, thanks to the skills and abilities of Adrian Peterson, an underrated defense, and a young kicker and punter who can contribute three-pointers and field position.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/17/preseason-power-rankings-no-16-vikings/related/

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Probiotic bacterium lessens severity of Salmonella infections by hoarding iron

Probiotic bacterium lessens severity of Salmonella infections by hoarding iron [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 17-Jul-2013
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Results of UCI-led study point to new approach for treating foodborne illnesses

Irvine, Calif., July 17, 2013 UC Irvine microbiologists have learned how a probiotic bacterium used to treat irritable bowel syndrome can soothe gut bacterial infections caused by Salmonella, paving the way for potential relief from foodborne illnesses that affect millions of people annually.

Manuela Raffatellu, assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, and colleagues at UC Irvine and the University of Washington identified how a probiotic strain of E. coli reduces Salmonella colonization by competing with this pathogen for iron, an essential nutrient that Salmonella acquires in the gut in order to replicate at high levels.

In fact, the researchers discovered that the E. coli strain called Nissle 1917 acquires iron more efficiently than does Salmonella. As a result, Salmonella counts in the gut decrease when Nissle is administered during infection. Study results appear in today's issue of Cell Host & Microbe.

"Although we focused on Salmonella, our findings suggest that this approach can be effective against other gut bacterial pathogens that need iron to grow," said Raffatellu, who's also a member of UC Irvine's Institute for Immunology. "By understanding how these 'bad bugs' get nutrients, we can further study methods to eradicate them."

Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 24 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and the majority of affected individuals recover without treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, about 42,000 cases of salmonellosis are reported annually in the U.S. Because many milder cases are not diagnosed or reported, the actual number of infections is estimated to be between 1 million and 4 million per year.

For nearly a century, the E. coli Nissle 1917 strain has been administered to patients with a variety of bowel disorders, but little has been known about how this probiotic bacterium works. Nissle 1917 is a key ingredient in a German probiotic product currently unavailable in the U.S. market.

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Elisa Deriu, Janet Liu, Milad Pezeshki, Robert Edwards, Roxanna Ochoa and Heidi Contreras of UC Irvine; and Stephen J. Libby and Ferric Fang of the University of Washington contributed to the study, which was funded by Public Health Service grants AI083663 and AI77629 and an Astellas Young Investigator Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Education & Research Foundation/National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Work in the Raffatellu lab is also supported by UC Irvine's Pacific Southwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases (via award No. U54AI065359 from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases).

About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Led by Chancellor Michael Drake since 2005, UC Irvine is among the most dynamic campuses in the University of California system, with more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 1,100 faculty and 9,400 staff. Orange County's second-largest employer, UC Irvine contributes an annual economic impact of $4.3 billion. For more UC Irvine news, visit news.uci.edu.

News Radio: UC Irvine maintains on campus an ISDN line for conducting interviews with its faculty and experts. Use of this line is available for a fee to radio news programs/stations that wish to interview UC Irvine faculty and experts. Use of the ISDN line is subject to availability and approval by the university.

UCI maintains an online directory of faculty available as experts to the media. To access, visit http://www.today.uci.edu/experts.

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Contact: Tom Vasich
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University of California - Irvine

Results of UCI-led study point to new approach for treating foodborne illnesses

Irvine, Calif., July 17, 2013 UC Irvine microbiologists have learned how a probiotic bacterium used to treat irritable bowel syndrome can soothe gut bacterial infections caused by Salmonella, paving the way for potential relief from foodborne illnesses that affect millions of people annually.

Manuela Raffatellu, assistant professor of microbiology & molecular genetics, and colleagues at UC Irvine and the University of Washington identified how a probiotic strain of E. coli reduces Salmonella colonization by competing with this pathogen for iron, an essential nutrient that Salmonella acquires in the gut in order to replicate at high levels.

In fact, the researchers discovered that the E. coli strain called Nissle 1917 acquires iron more efficiently than does Salmonella. As a result, Salmonella counts in the gut decrease when Nissle is administered during infection. Study results appear in today's issue of Cell Host & Microbe.

"Although we focused on Salmonella, our findings suggest that this approach can be effective against other gut bacterial pathogens that need iron to grow," said Raffatellu, who's also a member of UC Irvine's Institute for Immunology. "By understanding how these 'bad bugs' get nutrients, we can further study methods to eradicate them."

Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 24 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, and the majority of affected individuals recover without treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, about 42,000 cases of salmonellosis are reported annually in the U.S. Because many milder cases are not diagnosed or reported, the actual number of infections is estimated to be between 1 million and 4 million per year.

For nearly a century, the E. coli Nissle 1917 strain has been administered to patients with a variety of bowel disorders, but little has been known about how this probiotic bacterium works. Nissle 1917 is a key ingredient in a German probiotic product currently unavailable in the U.S. market.

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Elisa Deriu, Janet Liu, Milad Pezeshki, Robert Edwards, Roxanna Ochoa and Heidi Contreras of UC Irvine; and Stephen J. Libby and Ferric Fang of the University of Washington contributed to the study, which was funded by Public Health Service grants AI083663 and AI77629 and an Astellas Young Investigator Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Education & Research Foundation/National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Work in the Raffatellu lab is also supported by UC Irvine's Pacific Southwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense & Emerging Infectious Diseases (via award No. U54AI065359 from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases).

About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Led by Chancellor Michael Drake since 2005, UC Irvine is among the most dynamic campuses in the University of California system, with more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 1,100 faculty and 9,400 staff. Orange County's second-largest employer, UC Irvine contributes an annual economic impact of $4.3 billion. For more UC Irvine news, visit news.uci.edu.

News Radio: UC Irvine maintains on campus an ISDN line for conducting interviews with its faculty and experts. Use of this line is available for a fee to radio news programs/stations that wish to interview UC Irvine faculty and experts. Use of the ISDN line is subject to availability and approval by the university.

UCI maintains an online directory of faculty available as experts to the media. To access, visit http://www.today.uci.edu/experts.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo and image available at http://news.uci.edu/press-releases/probiotic-bacterium-lessens-severity-of-Salmonella-infections-by-hoarding-iron/


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Gay rights activist killed in Africa

DAKAR, Senegal ? A prominent gay rights activist in Cameroon was tortured and killed just weeks after issuing a public warning about the threat posed by ?anti-gay thugs,? Human Rights Watch said.

Friends discovered the body of Eric Ohena Lembembe at his home in the capital, Yaounde, on Monday evening after he had been unreachable for two days, the rights group said in a statement Tuesday.

Lembembe was among the most prominent activists in one of Africa?s most hostile countries for sexual minorities.

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Michelle Collins cools off with a drink of water as she shoots wedding scenes for Coronation Street

By Sarah Fitzmaurice

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It was a lovely day for a wedding although perhaps a little to hot to be wearing a wedding dress, as Michelle Collins found out on Wednesday.

The 51-year-old actress was seen sipping from a bottle of fizzy water as she shot scenes for Coronation Street.

Michelle was playing blushing bride Stella Price who wed Karl Munroe, in the scenes for the Weatherfield-based soap.

Thirst quenching: Michelle Collins was seen having a drink as she filmed a wedding scene for Coronation Street on a scorching hot day

Thirst quenching: Michelle Collins was seen having a drink as she filmed a wedding scene for Coronation Street on a scorching hot day

The star wore an ivory strapless midi dress, with a bow tied around her waist.

Michelle had her hair piled up on top of her head and had a pair of drop earrings dangling from each lobe.

From the looks of things Stella and Karl's nuptials go off without a hitch and the pair emerge from the wedding with huge grins across their faces.

Congratulations! As Stella and her new husband Karl emerge from the church her daughter Eva is on hand to shower her with confetti

Congratulations! As Stella and her new husband Karl emerge from the church her daughter Eva is on hand to shower her with confetti

Nice day for it! Michelle was seen kissing her co-star John Michie as the pair played the newlyweds of Weatherfield

Nice day for it! Michelle was seen kissing her co-star John Michie as the pair played the newlyweds of Weatherfield

The Rovers Return landlady and her man emerge to be covered in confetti by her daughters Eva and Leanne and her mother is also on hand to share in the happy day.

Leanne(Jane Dawson) is accompanied by her boyfriend Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) too.

As the happy couple emerge from the wedding venue Dev Alahan is on hand to drive them to the reception.

Blissfully happy: Michelle's character has no idea that her new husband is a killer

Blissfully happy: Michelle's character has no idea that her new husband is a killer

Mr and Mrs murderer: Karl has failed to tell his wife that it was him who burnt down the pub and killed Sunita

Mr and Mrs murderer: Karl has failed to tell his wife that it was him who burnt down the pub and killed Sunita

Will their happiness last? With Karl's dark secret the newlyweds bliss isn't likely to last

Will their happiness last? With Karl's dark secret the newlyweds bliss isn't likely to last

While the day is clearly one of joy, the fact remains that Stella's new man burnt down the Rovers Return and murdered his ex-girlfriend Sunita.

Dev, who was trying to patch things up with Sunita at the time of her death may well have worked out that Karl is to blame and subsequent scenes could show their day turning very sour indeed.

Does he know something? Karl seemed annoyed as Dev was talking to him

Does he know something? Karl seemed annoyed as Dev was talking to him

Throwing the bouquet: As Stella climbed into the car she tossed her flowers to Eva

Throwing the bouquet: As Stella climbed into the car she tossed her flowers to Eva

While Michelle looked lovely in her white wedding dress, she wasn't the only one to cut a trim figure.

Eva (Catherine Tyldesley) looked stunning as a bridesmaid in a pale blue satin dress and matching shoes.

Looking for love: Catherine was seen leaning in to catch the bouquet

Looking for love: Catherine was seen leaning in to catch the bouquet

Beautiful in blue: Catherine wore a pale blue satin dress to shoot the wedding scenes

Beautiful in blue: Catherine wore a pale blue satin dress to shoot the wedding scenes

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Zach Johnson shakes off defeat, leads at Muirfield

Zach Johnson of the United States prepares to play off the 12th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Zach Johnson of the United States prepares to play off the 12th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Tiger Woods of the United States plays out of the rough on the first fairway during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays a shot onto the first green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts after playing a shot off the 6th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

Zach Johnson of the United States looks at his ball on the 13th green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield, Scotland, Thursday July 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

(AP) ? Zach Johnson has sure figured out how to play the first round of the British Open.

Rory McIlroy can't seem to figure out anything.

Bouncing back from a tough loss last weekend, Johnson seized the lead with a 6-under 66 on a sunny Thursday at Muirfield ? another brilliant opening after a 65 at Lytham last year.

"I don't know what the secret is," Johnson said. "I hit some nice shots and obviously I putted really, really well."

Now, he needs to finish the job.

A year ago, the 2007 Masters champion followed up with a 74 in the second round on the way to a ninth-place finish.

"This game demands resilience," Johnson said. "That just comes with experience. That certainly comes with embracing what's happened and then also throwing it behind you and plodding along to the future."

The immediate future looks pretty bleak for McIlroy, who only last August won his second major title with a runaway victory at the PGA Championship. He showed no signs of snapping out of his baffling slump this season, struggling mightily to a 79 that marked the second-worst round of his Open career.

The only time McIlroy shot worse was an 80 at St. Andrews in 2010, but that was more a product of a brutal wind than poor shots.

This time, he could blame only himself. Heck, he didn't even beat birthday boy Nick Faldo, who stirred up a bit of a tempest this week when he advised McIlroy to spend more time focused on golf rather than off-the-course pursuits.

Faldo, who turned 56 on Thursday, matched McIlroy's score even though he's barely played at all the last three years.

Under brilliant blue skies, the temperature climbed into the 70s and the wind off the Firth of Forth wasn't too much of a hindrance for the morning starters. But the greens were slick as ice, having baked in the unseasonably dry Scottish weather over the past few weeks, and several golfers ? Phil Mickelson and Ian Poulter among them ? complained about everything from the pin placements to the speed of the putting surfaces.

"The eighth hole is a joke," Poulter said. "The 18th needs a windmill and a clown face."

But McIlroy had plenty of problems just getting to the green.

Time and again, he found himself whacking at the ball out of the rough or trying to escape the treacherous bunkers. His most telling sequence came at the 15th, where he drove it into the tall grass, chopped it out just short of the green, then sent a putt screaming past the flag ? right into a bunker on the other side. He let out a sigh that said everything ? a once-dominant player who, as Paul Azinger said earlier in the week, looked "adrift."

"I wish I could stand here and tell you guys what's wrong and how to make it right," McIlroy said. "I don't know what you can do. You just have to try and play your way out. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking out there and I'm unconscious."

Johnson, on the other hand, quickly shook off his playoff defeat in the John Deere Classic. He didn't arrive at Muirfield until Monday morning after making bogey on the 72nd hole and losing to Jordan Spieth, who became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1931.

The 2007 Masters champion got on a roll with an eagle at the par-5 fifth, then birdied the next two holes to claim the top spot on the board.

He was still there when he walked off the green at No. 18.

"If anything from last week, what I've embraced is the fact that I'm playing great and I can put that into play, and I'm certainly somewhat confident in what I'm doing, confident in my routines, confident in my walk out there, confident in my lines," he said. "There's certainly more positives from last week than negatives."

Mark O'Meara ripped through the front nine as though he was in his prime ? not a 56-year-old who has combined to shoot 76 over par in the past decade at golf's oldest major. The Open champion from 1998 at Birkdale made the turn with a 5-under 31 before stumbling a bit with three bogeys on the back side.

But O'Meara rolled in a long, curling putt for eagle at the 17th and finished with a 67, tied with Spain's Rafael Cabrera-Bello at just one stroke off the lead.

Not that it's unusual for an old-timer to play well in the Open. Four years ago, Tom Watson nearly won at age 59. Greg Norman led after 54 holes well into his 50s.

Faldo, a three-time Open champion, hoped to find the fountain of youth when he decided to play at a course where he twice claimed the claret jug. But he has barely played at all over the last three years, and Muirfield was simply too tough this time.

"I haven't got the touch anymore," Faldo said.

Miguel Angel Jimenez, Brandt Snedeker and Dustin Johnson were right in the mix after posting 68s. Another shot back were major champions Mickelson, Angel Cabrera and Todd Hamilton.

Mickelson and Cabrera expect to contend in events of this magnitude. Mickelson challenged for the win at the U.S. Open last month before losing to Justin Rose, while Cabrera lost in a Masters playoff to Adam Scott back in April.

Not so much for Hamilton, who won the Open in 2004. The 69 was his lowest round in the tournament since that improbable victory nine years ago.

"This game is a lot about confidence," said Hamilton, who now plays on a minor-league tour in the U.S. "I didn't really know what to expect. I hit a couple of drives early with the driver and made a few putts and that kind of settled me down, and I didn't try to do a lot of stuff that I didn't feel comfortable doing."

For the early starters, at least, it was a day for going low.

"If the wind stays like it is, it's really not too difficult," Hamilton said. "If you can take advantage of the par-5s and throw some other birdies in, and stay away from the high numbers, I think somebody is going to shoot a good score."

Perennial favorite Tiger Woods was among those playing in the afternoon, when the greens figured to firm up even more in sunshine so bright it prompted some fans to break out umbrellas to ward off rays rather than rain.

Looking to snap the longest stretch of his pro career without a major title, the world's top-ranked player yanked his opening tee shot off a lone tree far left of the fairway. Woods was forced to take an unplayable lie and settle for a bogey.

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