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Altuve has always said he believes the Astros are headed in the right direction, but the offseason additions of Pat Neshek and Luke Gregerson to the bullpen and Jed Lowrie, Colby Rasmus, Luis Valbuena and Evan Gattis to the lineup have him feeling especially optimistic for 2015.

"I think we have the team to go to the playoffs this year," Altuve said. "We have to keep working hard and get ready and start the season with a good feel."

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Jose Altuve hit for a league-leading .341 average to go with 56 stolen bases in 2014 and is expected to put up similar numbers in '15

Altuve joined teammate Alex Presley and former Astros pitcher Brandon Backe during Friday's final day of the annual winter caravan for stops on the island, including a trip to meet a penguin and other wildlife at Moody Gardens. The players also signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans.

"This is a good chance to spend the time with the fans away from the field and try to show people how we are on normal days," Altuve said.

Altuve is coming off a magical year in which he won the American League batting title, leading the Majors with a .341 batting average and a club-record 225 hits, smashing Craig Biggio's previous club record of 210 set in 1998. Altuve had the most hits by a second baseman since Charlie Gehringer had 227 for the Tigers in 1936, and he set the single-season hits record by a Venezuelan-born player. He also posted franchise records for multihit games (69), three-hit games (24) and singles (168), all of which led the Majors.

All that's in the past, though. Altuve is ready to turn his attention to 2015.

"I'm not thinking about numbers," he said. "I think about winning. I think about getting ready and getting to know my teammates, getting together and being on the same page and working hard and playing defense and swinging the bat. And win."

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The Trinidad neighborhood in Northeast Washington, roughly bordered by West Virginia Avenue NE, Mount Olivet Road NE, Bladensburg Road NE and Florida Avenue NE, lies adjacent to the hip H Street corridor and not far from Union Market, a destination for D.C. foodies.

The quiet neighborhood of rowhouses and single-family homes reminds Andrew Rubin, a principal with the Rubin Group, of Glover Park in Northwest, particularly because most of the solid brick homes have front porches.

The Rubin Group recently converted an end-unit rowhouse at 1123 Staples St. NE into a condominium with three distinctive homes. Two of the units are already under contract. The Rubin Group has converted dwellings in Dupont Circle and Petworth into condos and built additions to expand those buildings to create additional living space.

This is our first project in Trinidad, Rubin said. Were very interested in this neighborhood because its changing so rapidly along with the adjacent H Street corridor. The coming of the streetcar should make this neighborhood even more appealing and will make it more accessible to the Union Station Metro station, too.

The first buyer at the Staples Street building plans to commute between home and a job at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., a journey that is expected to be simplified when the streetcar starts running.

We were careful to make sure that the home continues to complement the neighborhood, so we restored the front porch and the awning above the porch and even added some decorative elements that match one of the homes across the street, Rubin said.

The company restored the bay window along the side of the house and added a three-story box bay window. In the back is parking for three cars.

Ample storage: The conversion of this rowhouse resulted in three condos, each with 1,100 to 1,350 square feet and an individual layout. Two of the homes are two-level units, while the upper level is a one-level home with an expansive private roof deck.

All the units have two bedrooms, two full bathrooms, an open floor plan in the living area, high ceilings and maximized lighting from windows. Designer Mimi Tygier, a principal with the Rubin Group, was careful to add storage space and closets in every possible place in each unit along with a closet with a full-size stacked washer and dryer.

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The WESTEST 2 no longer will be administered to West Virginia school students beginning this school year, but the West Virginia Department of Education has yet to announced what standardized testing assessment will replace it.

According to Ohio County School officials, the announcement of the new format is to be announced in early March, while the tests are scheduled to go before students shortly after in mid-April.

During a special meeting of the Board of Education on Thursday, Superintendent Dianna Vargo said the district's teachers are teaching content standards in line with West Virginia's new core standards, and it is assumed the new test will assess those standards.

Photo by Joselyn King Ohio County Schools administrators and staff are among those attending a special meeting of the Ohio County Board of Education convened Thursday night to discuss WESTEST 2 scores.

Educators across the state typically begin preparing students for standardized testing when school starts in the fall, though this year there were no standards available to which they could refer.

They do know it will be a computerized test, and technology coordinators are concerned because new testing and software will have to be installed in their school district's computers.

Educators also know their schools will receive a letter grade of "A" through "E" based on their overall performance on the new test.

Gone will be the more arbitrary designations rating the schools a "success," "focus" or "transition" school not easily understood by the general public - or even those in education.

Members of the Ohio County Board of Education admitted last month their own confusion regarding the word designations when the 2014 WESTEST 2 scores bumped down three of the schools in the district.

Thursday's meeting was intended to help board members understand the drop.

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Asked whether Salah and Schurrle will definitely be Chelsea players when the transfer window shuts, Mourinho replied: I cannot say that. The window is open, but what I can say is I like them, I need them and I trust them. I cannot select the same 18 players every game, I only can play 11. Salah is not playing a lot, Schurrle more than him.

I don't know if a deal is to happen. If my club tells me we have a certain offer for a certain player we think is a good movement for us, because we work in the rules of Financial Fair Play.sometimes we have needs, like we had in the past transfer windows where we sold some players.

The club doesn't move. We don't move. Our desire is to keep the same squad, which reflects that we are happy with the players, that we are happy with the work we did in the summer to prepare the season and reflects the trust we have in the group. If possible, we don't want to be involved in the transfer window. If we have to be, it's because somebody pushed us with some offer for our player.

The question is to have a phenomenal offer and a player to be super keen of accept a new challenge in his career. We don't want to sell our players.

Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado has emerged as Chelseas top target to replace either Salah or Schurrle, with Shakhtar Donetsk star Douglas Costa another option.

If one player moves, then we will bring somebody in, yes, said Mourinho. Cuadrado is a player from Fiorentina. I shouldn't make any comments about players from other clubs. You speak about Cuadrado, you can speak about 10, 20, 30 players. I am in trouble if I dont know the player because my son does. It's my job to know them all.

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DES MOINES | A bill that would keep convicted kidnappers in prison longer made it through a House subcommittee Thursday.

Similar to a bill the House and Senate couldnt agree on last year, House Study Bill 31 adds where the victim is 15 years of age or younger to the states definition of second-degree kidnapping and makes those convicted of such an offense ineligible for sentence reductions. Its in response to a 2013 abduction and slaying of 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard and her companion, Dezirea Hughes, who escaped. Their alleged kidnapper, Michael Klunder, apparently committed suicide.

Republican Reps. Chip Baltimore of Boone and Darrel Branhagen of Decorah signed the bill sending it to the full Judiciary Committee.

A bill making it an aggravated misdemeanor to install counterfeit air bags in a vehicle is headed to the House Judiciary Committee.

Chairman Ken Rizer, R-Marion, said the use and sale of Chinese-made counterfeit air bags by web-based retailers has become a problem, according to representatives of auto dealers associations that spoke at the subcommittee hearing.

A Senate bill banning the sale of alcohol in powdered or crystalline form moved, to the full Commerce Committee.

Powdered alcohol is not available for sale in Iowa and the Alcoholic Beverages Division is asking the Legislature to ban its sale.

Despite objections from attorneys groups, a House Judiciary subcommittee signed off on House Study Bill 35 to limit cities liability for damages incurred when sledding.

David Adelman, representing the Metropolitan Coalition of Iowa's 10 largest cities, said the risks cities face is too high based on previous lawsuits.

Iowa corrections director John Baldwin said he is hopeful a new state penitentiary in Fort Madison that has been plagued by construction delays will be able to open sometime this summer.

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