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'Just as an example, many people (a great number of whom don't single-hand) will tell you to rig lines back to the cockpit. I sail single-handed more often than not and I strongly differ. On my 40' center cockpit, all main sail halyards and reefing gear and spinnaker halyards are at the mast. I really like it that way. I would not begin to suggest that my solution is right for everyone, but I do think you should develop enough experience to come to your own conclusion.'
I agree. I sailed solo around the world and could have never done so with all lines rigged to the cockpit. Many times I had to physically pull the main down. In some cases, during shrieking squalls, I bent slides. On the open ocean it is near impossible to head into the wind and seas to reef or drop the main....especially solo.
So... Maddie123... continue doing what you are doing...ask questions...I still do after more than 30 years of sailing.
|I am on the Potomac river towards the chesapeake bay. I dont normally haul out. Depends on what needs to be done. I will wait till spring this year. It does not normaly freeze where I am.
Please recognize that opinions on this subject are rampant. Not everyone agrees. I strongly suggest you spend enough time sailing to learn what is truly important to you before buying your own boat. Racing is the fastest and easiest way (in my opinion
Just as an example, many people (a great number of whom don't single-hand) will tell you to rig lines back to the cockpit. I sail single-handed more often than not and I strongly differ. On my 40' center cockpit, all main sail halyards and reefing gear and spinnaker halyards are at the mast. I really like it that way. I would not begin to suggest that my solution is right for everyone, but I do think you should develop enough experience to come to your own conclusion.
That said, here are my thoughts based on 30 years of sailing, both cruising and racing. I sail a LOT, mostly single-handed, sometimes with a friend, and once in a while with a bigger crew.
1. Sleeping is important. Be sure your berth is comfortable. I include in this area being able to make the bed easily (if that is important to you). This led me to a center cockpit boat with a center island queen aft.
2. Cooking is important. This led me to a boat with a large galley, near-centerline sink, and relatively large amount of counter space.
3. Sailing is important. This led me to a conventional main with full battens, relatively narrow beam, lots of sail control, adjustable backstay, and space for a big sail locker.
4. Entertainment is important. I have a stereo with iPod input, good Internet connectivity, and a couple of TVs.
5. Ground tackle is critical. Get (opinion) a new generation anchor (Rocna, Spade, Raya) and solid ground tackle (HT chain and appropriate windlass).
6. You can't have too much electrical capacity. Fit as many batteries as you can. Make your charging arrangements based on your planned sailing grounds: options include more than one of shore power, generator, solar, and wind.
7. Sanitation is a big deal. Consider a Raritan Electroscan -- learn more than you care to about the associated issues.
8. Laundry is a major issue. Have a plan. Washing in salt water should NOT be part of that plan. It takes more fresh water to rinse the salt out than you save by using salt water in the first place.
9. The patterns you have developed living ashore are likely to be exhibited living afloat. Accommodate. You have to find ways to live with yourself and be happy.
10. Get rid of stuff. Go for a drive or a walk or have a chat with friends. Figure out what stuff is really important to you and get rid of everything else. I spent something like $15k storing stuff I ultimately sold for $3k.
11. Find community. Even if you are a loner it is good to know and stay in touch with the liveaboard/cruising community. Information is power, and these folks (the community, not necessarily Sailnet) have it and mostly are willing to share it. You'll get information about moorings, anchorages, water, fuel, transportation, services, and other very important things.
12. Maintain your standards. Living aboard doesn't have to be camping. Develop a lifestyle that makes you comfortable with who you are and how you live.
If you get to the Annapolis area you are welcome to come sailing with my girlfriend and me. I have lots of facts and opinions to share and I think I'm pretty good at labeling them accordingly.
sail fast, dave
S/V Auspicious
lying City Dock, Annapolis, MD
|Badsanta, no need to apologize. I was just kidding. Where in Va are you? Do you have to haul your boat out in winter?
|I know, sorry. Hey, I was just trying to be friendly and help out a fellow health care worker. I know how hard it is time wise to travel around looking at boats. You must be having bad thoughts. LOL
Generally, prices on boats go down as you go south. One reason for this is that a twenty year old boat in New England or the Great Lakes may see only half the wear, tear and abuse of a boat further south, since most are hauled out for the winter. The more intense UV also does a number on the gelcoat, paint, sails and other materials used on a boat. Twenty year old sails in New England may still be usable, not great but usable... ten year old sails in Florida are usually shot due to the greater UV exposure.
If your total budget is $50,000, I would recommend you look at boats priced from $35,000-45,000 and leave yourself at least $10,000 for re-fitting, modifying, upgrading and repairing whatever boat you get. Just remember, in most cases, the asking price and the real selling price aren't exactly the same thing, with a 15-20% difference between the two in most cases...
BTW, lots of good boats in that price range. I'd highly recommend you look at James Baldwin's Boat List as well, at least if you're interested in eventually going further away than a week long cruise. LINK
|I think in my earlier post I had said $30000 when I meant $50,000. In Yachtworld search seems like boats posted in Florida are usually cheaper. Is that generally true?
|Really didn't want to spend more than about $50,000 which I know limits me to an older boat. But I'm not afraid of a little hard work and/or learning to fix things myself when possible by research and using this website for tips and suggestions.
Did you have a rough budget in mind???
Nautical FishWife,
I know all about getting my nails dirty! Helped put in a hot water heater on my friend's boat, mainly since he wasn't small enough to fit down in the cockpit storage to get it fastened in! Have also had my share of calamities, such as no gears coming in to anchor, engine overheating, storms on the ocean, and the list goes on. Thanks for the tips though. I'll keep on looking!
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|Well today it's much better. I decided not to care about the mud and let Batman, Robyn, and Brennan run until they asked to come in. They ran outside and played for about three hours. They came in covered in mud but happy and now they are all passed out. I guess I will just have to clean more until it's not muddy anymore. Once I get the dog door the area will be covered so they can come and go as they please and that is going to be great for them. Brennan starts a class today and I'm talking to the teacher. I can't find a husky group but I'm going to look for maybe a greyhound group. The only command Batman knows is the recall and he does well with it. He is quick to come when his name is called. I worked on that heavily before he went to my dads. He is not interested in kongs or anything in his crate to keep busy. He does have the thunder shirt and a calming collar on.
|They know he needed training and it was my dad that adopted him. They also know that I was taking him back if this happened, they were fine with that because they know he is in good hands. They are way overloaded to My dad loves the dog and once he gets some training and calms down some my dad is taking him back. My dad has no patience whatsoever. My dad is paying for his training to. He has shown some signs of improvement once I got him the plastic kennel. He laid down next to me for a bit last night. My worst fear is that Brennan will backslide, but he does his own thing and doesn't follow Batman, a huge plus
I would like to piggy back on Jean's post and ask what the rescue's policy is on returns. Was there a contract? And if so, did it mention anything about what the adopter needed to do if the match wasn't a good one?
I would hate for you, OP, to get in trouble for doing what you thought was right, only to find out you didn't follow the rescue/shelters procedure for returns.
Since this wasn't a dog you wanted for yourself, but rather a foster dog, will you relist him with the originating rescue? Do they have any training resources you could use to work with him and make him more adoptable while you have him?
|This was a foster wasn't it? So can you re-list him?
|Before I can get him into agility(which I think he will be great in) I have to get him at least some obedience training. The only thing he knows his his name and he comes when called, which is a start. I've contacted an all breed training club to see what their schedule is because I can't fit anything else in at the GSD club. To many dogs and they don't offer enough stuff I thought I had it all figured out...agility on Monday, rally on Wednesday, and two obedience classes on Sunday. Thanks Dad for throwing this one at me
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Set up a lure course for him.
You said he has grey hound in him right?
Between grey hound and husky I bet he has a good prey drive.
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How was your dad running him on the treadmill? I know for Delgado if he's going at a moderate pace he could run for hours and it wouldn't even wind him, I warm him up and then run him at a good pace until he starts to droop a bit and then run him even harder for another few minutes before giving him a good cool down. The treadmill is the only thing I've seen come close to getting his energy out, he's got a great off switch but he rarely gets actually tired from exercise both mental and physical.
Fetch, flirt pole, obedience walks - when I'm watching TV Delgado will bring me a toy and we'll play catch while I'm sitting, it works his mind and keeps him happy and requires very little effort from me when I need a break.
The other thing to remember if he probably has energy stored up, once you consistently start draining it each day you should hopefully see a good improvement.
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Set up a lure course for him.
You said he has grey hound in him right?
Between grey hound and husky I bet he has a good prey drive.
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|Having another dog to play with will make things easier, that was what helped our high energy dog turn the corner. I'm in WI so I can commiserate about the weather. It seems to be turning into Spring a little.
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Is there another high energy dog he can play with?
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When award winning actor and advocate for clear science communication, Alan Alda, talks to young scientists about ways to effectively describe their work to a nonscientist, Alda advises them to make their research personal: How does it relate to their lives and the lives of others? Why should the listener care? For Gerardo Moreno, M.D., M.S.H.S., answering these questions is easy. In fact, personal experience may be the most important driving force for his research.
Growing up in California's Central Valley, Moreno witnessed the health challenges facing migrant farm workers, including his own parents. In college at San Jose State University, he was struck by the disparities between the largely poor, medically underserved people living in the agricultural valley and the wealth of the people in Silicon Valley. It was around that time that Moreno started thinking maybe there was something he could do to support the medical needs of his community.
"Becoming a doctor seemed almost out of the realm of possibility. My brother and I were the first of our family to ever attend college. But during a summer enrichment program, I had an opportunity to shadow a Latino doctor in my home town. It made me realize that with hard work I could achieve anything," Moreno recalls.
Moreno received his medical degree from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), did his residency at the University of California-San Francisco, and returned to UCLA for a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars postdoctoral research fellowship. Today, Moreno is an assistant professor of family medicine at UCLA and a research scientist with the UCLA/Charles R. Drew University Resource Center for Minority Aging Research, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
In a recent publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Moreno and colleague, Leo Morales, M.D., Ph.D., present their findings about how Spanish-language interpreters affect patient satisfaction with their care. "In this study we focused on a national demonstration project to improve doctor-patient communication by increasing access to and quality of interpreter services called Hablamos Juntos – Together We Speak," explains Moreno. "We surveyed Latinos at clinical sites in eight states to determine if people who used interpreters reported better experience with care than those for whom an interpreter was unavailable."
As Moreno and Morales suspected, Spanish-speaking Latinos who needed and used an interpreter expressed higher satisfaction with doctor communication than those who did not have an interpreter. They also regarded the office staff as more helpful. People who needed an interpreter but did not have access to one had a much more negative perspective of their health care. The researchers evaluated doctor-patient communication in four areas: listening carefully to patients, explaining things in ways patients understand, showing respect for what patients say, and spending enough time with patients. Office staff communication was analyzed in two areas: (1) being courteous/respectful and (2) being helpful.
The researchers note that their study provides further incentives to comply with laws that require healthcare providers who receive federal funds to offer language interpreting services when needed. "Latinos represent one-half of the population growth in the U.S.," says Morales, associate investigator at Seattle-based Group Health Research Institute. "In light of this trend, hospitals and clinics should strongly consider investing in a professional interpreter service. It will better position them to provide high quality care to linguistically diverse audiences and may result in happier, healthier patients."
Moreno's personal experiences continue to inform his research directions and clinical choices. Research that supports better health care for traditionally medically underserved populations remains at the heart of his professional interests, "My hope is that we can identify ways of removing barriers to positive health outcomes and minimize -- or, even better, eliminate -- the health disparities facing our rapidly growing Latino communities."
Moreno, G. & Morales, L.S. Hablamos Juntos (Together We Speak): Interpreters, provider communication, and satisfaction with care. J Gen Intern Med. 2010. 25(12):1282-8.
You are on the seemingly paved road to a tenure track research position at a university. You excelled in your science courses and earned your Ph.D. You even landed a postdoc research fellowship. Fast forward 3 years and now what? Update your curriculum vitae and send out applications to every research position you can find? Try to extend your fellowship?
Each year a group of research fellows at the NIA Intramural Research Program (IRP) must ask themselves these questions. NIA's annual FARE (Fellows Award for Research Excellence) Day & Career Symposium is a program developed by the Office of the Scientific Director to help fellows better understand their options.
The day includes a:
For many people, a career is a journey rather than a destination. If you ask your colleagues, teachers, and friends how they arrived at their current position, you may be surprised by what they say. Whether by choice or necessity, many people who planned on life as a university researcher have often found it necessary to pursue another path. So, to encourage its research fellows to start thinking more broadly about career options, NIA, in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), invited former NIH fellows to participate in a panel discussion sharing how their career goals evolved during and after their fellowship.
Panelists included:
Each panelist provided advice on how to make the most of the NIH fellowship and how to cultivate the skills necessary to succeed as a research scientist. There were a few common recommendations: get a well-rounded experience -- the fellowship is a time to do research and to learn how to manage a laboratory. Also, network in and out of the laboratory -- look for role models working outside the traditional tenure-track university position; they might have a unique perspective that can help you broaden your job search.
Panelists also had advice about when fellows should start their job search and tips for finding a position. The takeaway message: start looking early and keep an open mind. Finally, panelists warned fellows to be aware of application cycles and be patient, as it can take 2 years to land a job.
Luigi Ferrucci, M.D., Ph.D., an internationally known geriatrician and gerontologist, has been named NIA's Scientific Director, effective May 8, 2011. Ferrucci has served in NIA's Intramural Research Program as chief of the Longitudinal Studies Section in the Clinical Research Branch since 2002, where he also has directed the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA).
Under his leadership, the BLSA has been reconceptualized and revitalized, based on new paradigms about how we age. Findings from this research could one day be used to develop ways to reduce the burden of disease and disability on older people.
"I look forward to Dr. Ferrucci bringing the same compassion, dedication, and innovation that has characterized his career to this new position of leadership in aging research," stated NIA Director Richard J. Hodes, M.D. in an announcement to NIA staff.
As a physician-researcher with a doctorate in the biology and pathophysiology of aging, Ferrucci has mentored dozens of scientists and been a resource to gerontologists across the Institute and beyond. His teaching extends to adjunct professorships at both University of Maryland School of Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. Ferrucci has served as Editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences since 2005 and is Associate Editor of the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, on the editorial board of Geriatría y Gerontología (Barcelona, Spain), and a reviewer for The Wellcome Trust (London, England). He is a member of American Geriatrics Society and the Gerontological Society of America.
Before joining NIA, Ferrucci was Assistant Director and Coordinator of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology at the National Institute for Research and Care on Aging in Italy.
Effective health communications is not just about clearly expressing your health message. You must deliver the message using language that literally and figuratively speaks to your audience. To improve communications about Alzheimer's disease and research, NIA- supported scientists asked participants – 60 Latino Puerto Rican and 60 non-Latino White – living in the Philadelphia area how they would characterize Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's-related clinical trials using their own words.
Participants, depending on their ethnicity, met individually with a Latina or non-Latina research assistant, in a location of their choice. Along with a brief interview, research assistants collected data through a series of free-listing exercises – the research assistant introduced a concept and the participant wrote down all the words he/she associated with that concept.
"For example, the interviewer would ask about 'the words that come to mind with you think of Alzheimer's disease' and participants would make a list," explains Jason Karlawish, M.D., 1997 Summer Institute on Aging Research attendee and lead author on the paper in Alzheimer's & Dementia.
Additional interviewing exercises were about symptoms of Alzheimer's and causes of the disease. Participants listened to a vignette about a wife who cares for her husband with Alzheimer's disease and then were asked to describe the wife. Participants who were caregivers were also asked to list words about Alzheimer's clinical trials, including risks/benefits of research and reasons to participate or not in research studies. Responses were grouped according to the participants' ethnicity and caregiver status.
The Puerto Rican Latino participants were mostly female. Non-Latinos were typically male with more years of education than the Latino cohort.
"We found certain words to describe Alzheimer's were common among all the participants suggesting they are pervasive in messages about the disease," says Karlawish. "For instance 'memory loss' was a universal expression to describe Alzheimer's disease as well as symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. 'Sadness' was also a common word used to describe Alzheimer's among all groups except Latinos who weren't caregivers."
Ethnicity played a role in the responses, as well. Latinos, especially those who were caregivers, used words related to behavioral and emotional problems to describe symptoms of Alzheimer's more frequently than people who were not Latino. Also, only Latino participants identified psychological and psychosocial stressors (specifically "loneliness" and "stress") as causes of Alzheimer's. On the other hand, caregivers who were not Latino, listed biomedical causes of Alzheimer's such as "build up of plaque" and "lack of brain activity," indicating they might have a understanding of the disease pathology.
During data analysis, investigators determined that gender, age, and years of education were not as salient as ethnicity and caregiver status.
Overall, Latinos who were not caregivers had the least knowledge about Alzheimer's disease. In fact, some could not come up with any words to describe Alzheimer's. Researchers suggest that providing general information about Alzheimer's disease could be an important health education message for the Latino community.
In the study, researchers defined a caregiver as someone who had a friend or family member with Alzheimer's disease and who either assisted the patient with activities of daily living or decision-making or provided information to health care professionals. They found that the Puerto Rican Latino caregivers were mostly adult children and non-Latino caregivers were generally the spouse of the patient.
While Latino and non-Latino caregivers shared some common views of Alzheimer's, the researchers also found ethnicity did shape the caregiving experience. For example, Latinos never used the term "caregiver" to describe the wife of the Alzheimer's patient in the vignette.
"Interestingly, no participants used the word 'burden' to describe the caregiver's role, so this word might be best avoided in materials targeted to caregivers," says Karlawish.
Researchers identified differences between how Latino and non-Latino caregivers characterized the risks and benefits of clinical trials for the Alzheimer's patient and caregiver. Most caregivers listed "time" or "side effects" as reasons to not participate in a clinical trial. But non-Latino participants also mentioned travel, concerns about receiving a placebo, and creating false hopes as deterrents, while some of the Latino caregivers did not list any downside.
In listing the benefits of participating in a clinical trial, both Latino and non-Latinos included patient improvement and improved memory. But, there were also differences. Some Latino caregivers said that learning more about the disease would be a benefit. Only non-Latinos identified helping others and helping research as benefits to participation.
Findings from this study support the notion that when it comes to Alzheimer's messaging, one size does not fit all. "To be most effective, communications materials should account for differences in how Latinos and non-Latinos view the disease, the caregiver's role, and clinical trials," recommends Karlawish.
For example, the research suggests that the difference in how Latino and non-Latino respondents viewed clinical trials could be important to developing culturally appropriate
recruitment materials. Materials aimed at recruiting Latinos, for instance, might be more effective if they describe the clinical trial as an educational opportunity for the caregiver, and materials for non-Latinos could portray participation as an altruistic opportunity. The researchers encourage additional research to determine if their findings apply to other Latino and non-Latino groups and have a wider application to Alzheimer's communications.
Karlawish, J., Barg, F.K., Augsburger, D., et al. What Latino Puerto Ricans and non-Latinos say when they talk about Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia. 2011. 7(2):161-170.
NIA intramural research fellows represent the best and brightest students from across the United States and world-wide. The NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) is an annual competition that provides recognition for outstanding scientific research among these and other Institutes' intramural fellows. The winners each receive a travel stipend to attend a scientific meeting where they present their abstract, either as a poster or a seminar. In addition, they present their work at one of the FARE poster sessions at NIH and judge the next year's FARE competition.
2010 NIA FARE Winners
Suhasini Avvaru, Ph.D., Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology
One of the biggest decisions high school students in the U.S. make is where they might want to go to college. Growing up in India, Chandrika Canugovi, Ph.D., had to decide her future.
After the U.S. equivalent of 10th grade, students in India must select whether they want to go into science or commerce. Their education, career, and future are based on that decision.
"Fortunately, my choice was not too difficult. I had a teacher who could make the most impractical science experiment interesting and showed us how the concepts behind the experiment could be useful in real life. I loved it. I knew that was the best path for me," recalls Canugovi. Canugovi continued her studies in India, earning a Master's degree in marine biotechnology. While in school, she met a student who had recently returned from a university in the U.S.
"I was intrigued by the opportunity to study abroad. In my program in India, we had state-of-the-art technology at our fingertips, but few people knew how to use it to its full potential. It was somewhat limiting. I thought studying in America might give me a boost," explains Canugovi.
The only problem was that both Canugovi and her husband (then fiancé), also a scientist, needed to find a program of interest in the U.S. or neither could go. Fortunately, Canugovi got into a Master's program at University of Texas in San Antonio, and her husband was accepted at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. After a semester apart, Canugovi was accepted into a Biochemistry doctoral program at Wayne State. Her research was focused on the effect of transcription on AID mutagenesis, a protein that is essential for antibody development. Her thesis work described how genes can be modified to make the "evolutionary leap" necessary to counter infection.
After finishing their studies, Canugovi and her husband found themselves in a familiar predicament. They each needed to find a postdoc opportunity that met their interests and career goals and were in proximate locations. Baltimore, Maryland, lived up to its nickname -- the charm city. Canugovi's husband found a position at Johns Hopkins University, and she got a placement at NIA.
"I was really drawn to NIA's Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology. I didn't have a background in gerontology, but I saw a natural connection between my study of DNA damage-repair with aging. Both are a consequence of oxidative damage. I could continue basic research on DNA repair and apply it to aging and aging-related syndromes," says Canugovi.
Under the mentorship of NIA researcher Vilhelm Bohr, M.D., Ph.D., Canugovi studies DNA repair in mitochondria. She is specifically looking at a protein called mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM). She received a 2010 FARE for this work. During the FARE day poster session, Canugovi presented findings that indicate TFAM helps in modulating a mechanism to fix DNA damage called base excision repair (BER). TFAM protects the DNA from damage as well as unnecessary repairs by binding normal and damaged DNA, inhibiting BER.
Canugovi credits some of her success to good mentorship. "I've been lucky to be mentored by people like Dr. Deborah Croteau and Lab Chief Dr. Vilhelm Bohr. I'm learning new techniques as well as how to manage a lab. Dr. Bohr gives postdocs the freedom to come up with their own research ideas and asks thought provoking questions to help us decide if those projects are reasonable. Also, because it's a pretty big lab, I have the chance to get a lot of helpful input from colleagues who have expertise in different areas. I always knew collaboration was the key to success, but here I've learned first-hand that it not only saves time but also helps you to think outside the box."
It's been about two-and-a-half years since Canugovi came to NIA. It's time to once again think about the next step in her career. Meanwhile, she's been practicing grant writing for NIH funding to continue her work.
"I've learned that being a scientist requires 110% effort and drive. I'm hoping that my passion pays off and in about 3 to 5 years from now I'm an independent researcher here or in India."
When not at the bench, Canugovi enjoys watching movies and traveling around DC and beyond. "My favorite place is the Mayflower festival in Holland -- Michigan, that is. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, acres and acres of tulip flowers."
Luca Caracciolo, Ph.D., received his doctoral degree in Molecular Genetics Applied to Medical Sciences from the University of Brescia in his home country Italy. But for Caracciolo, there was never a question of what would come next.
"I wanted to come to America for a postdoctoral fellowship. It is very hard for scientists in Italy. The Federal government supports much more research here. You can get more done and publish more papers. Also, here scientists are able to interact with leaders in the field and develop collaborations, whereas in Italy you have very limited access to senior scientists," says Caracciolo.
Caracciolo started looking online for positions in the United States. As part of his search, he contacted several investigators at NIH, including Italian researcher Francesca Bosetti, Pharm.D., Ph.D., at the NIA. Bosetti and her laboratory in the Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section seemed to be a perfect match for Caracciolo. For one, they both did research related to his work on the glutamate receptor, a system that has been found to have a role in multiple neurological and psychiatric disease models, including schizophrenia and depression. And, two, working with an Italian investigator would help Caracciolo with the initial language barrier. The University of Brescia invited Bosetti to come to Italy to talk about her research. As Caracciolo hoped, Bosetti and he were a good match.
"During her visit, we initiated a research collaboration which began at the University of Brescia and finished at NIA in Maryland," he recalls.
Caracciolo came to the NIA in November 2009. Building on his graduate work, Caracciolo continue to study the glutamate receptor. His FARE research focused on the glutamate receptor in a strain of genetically altered mice that lack the COX-2 gene. Cyclooxygenase, or COX, has been implicated in neurological function and neurodegenerative disease and now, based in part on Caracciolo's studies, is thought to have a role in the glutamate receptor activity. He believes this research could have important future clinical implications for diseases with an inflammatory component, including Alzheimer's disease.
Completing his work at NIA over the coming months allows Caracciolo to open a new door in his career. He is now interested in studying stroke and stroke recovery as a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA. This research has a personal meaning to him, "My father had a stroke, and this fellowship will be an opportunity to learn more about something that has touched my family's life."
While he looks forward to this new research opportunity, he will miss working with Bosetti, "She is a great teacher. She taught me new experimental techniques and would give me papers to study. She wants people in her laboratory to grow as researchers and have freedom to develop their own studies. She is always available to answer questions, and during meetings she can be counted on to ask critical questions that help direct our work."
Caracciolo hopes that his new fellowship position at UCLA may lead into something more permanent at a university, "I'd love to teach and do research."
He says that when he's not running around in the lab, he enjoys running outside. And in his limited free time, he unwinds by socializing with friends, cooking, traveling, and learning about different people's traditions.
For Annemarie Koster, Ph.D., the decision to come to NIA for a fellowship was as easy as "ABC." NIA's Health, Aging and Body Composition, or Health ABC Study, had been the foundation for Koster's doctoral work.
Koster's research career began in her native Netherlands. "My first research project was a master thesis focusing on the relationship between nutrition and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). I conducted the research while earning a Master of Science in Nutrition and Health at Wageningen University and a Master of Science in Epidemiology through the Netherlands Epidemiological Society. I really enjoyed epidemiological research and knew I needed a Ph.D. if I wanted to continue down that path," says Koster.
The Ph.D. application process is particularly challenging in the Netherlands. Students apply to a 4-year research position rather than an academic program. Her Ph.D. project looked at the influences of socioeconomic status on health in old age and identified possible explanations for these differences. As part of her background research, Koster spent 6 months at Wake Forest University's Sticht Center on Aging working with NIA's Health ABC data. That's when she first got in touch with Tamara Harris, M.D., M.S., from NIA's Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry. Harris later became Koster's mentor.
"I had the chance to work with top researchers in the field and became even more interested in the epidemiology of aging. I also had a chance to attend the Gerontological Society of America conference where I learned about the breadth of the work in the field of aging. All these factors helped me realize my research calling," explains Koster.
It has been 5 years since Koster received her Ph.D. in Health Sciences from the Maastricht University, Department of Health Care Studies, section of Medical Sociology, and came to NIA for a postdoc fellowship in Harris's lab. During her time at NIA, Koster has published 25 papers and mentored many students. In 2010, she received a FARE for her work using the Health ABC data to identify what separates people who are obese and healthy (good cholesterol levels, healthy blood pressure, normal glucose levels, etc.) from those who are obese and unhealthy. She found that even though the healthy and unhealthy groups have approximately the same body mass index (BMI), the healthy group has lower visceral (belly) fat and more thigh fat compared to the unhealthy group. According to Koster, the work could have clinical relevance, "My findings provide evidence to suggest that doctors should also look at where fat is located, not just the BMI."
Even though Koster's fellowship is coming to an end and she already has plans to start her academic career in the Netherlands, her work with NIA will continue. She is currently setting up a sub-study of NIA's Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility (AGES)-Reykjavik Study in Iceland using an accelerometer to objectively measure intensity of physical activity. Most current measures of physical activity are subjective -- based on questionnaires that ask participants, for example, how active they were last week. In Koster's protocol, researchers will examine 80-year olds to determine how specific activity levels and daily activity pattern relate to their health.
"I've been lucky with Dr. Harris as my supervisor. She gave me freedom to find my own research direction and let me lead the set up of an ancillary study within the AGES-Reykjavik Study. I'm leaving my fellowship not just knowing how to use data, but with experience setting up protocols and establishing working relationships with collaborators."
When not working in the office, Koster enjoys working out. She goes to the gym several times a week and loves bicycling, she jokes, "I'm from the Netherlands, we're born on a bike."
Read more about NIA's fellowship program, and learn more about other NIA fellows in the spring 2010 issue of Links, www.nia.nih.gov/about/features/links-minority-research-training-spring-2010. [1]
How can I keep my heart healthy as I get older? Is my mother's pain normal? I've been smoking for 30 years—can I stop at my age?
These are just a few questions that people may ask themselves. NIA's three new Vivir Mejor la Tercera Edad fact sheets (Spanish language AgePages) on heart health, pain, and smoking cessation have answers to these questions and more. Each fact sheet includes a basic overview of the subject and a list of organizations to contact for more information.
NIA also recently updated its Spanish-language AgePages on stroke, aging eyes, foot care, and hyperthermia. They're part of 38 topics of interest to older adults, families, and caregivers.
Visit NIA's website to read, download, or order:
On November 17-18, 2011, NIA will hold its two-day interactive forum, the Grants Technical Assistance Workshop for Minority and Emerging Scientists and Students. During the workshop, NIA staff and associated faculty members will present information and provide technical assistance on applying for NIA grants. Participants in the workshop, depending on career stage, will have an opportunity to make podium presentations of current or planned research projects and receive feedback from peers and NIA staff. The workshop will be held immediately before the 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, in Boston, MA. Participation is by competitive application. NIA encourages applications from members of groups underrepresented in aging research and investigators committed to research careers related to minority aging issues. Applicants should be pre- and post-doctoral students or recent recipients of Ph.D., M.D., or related doctoral degrees; new to the NIH application process and/or embarking on an independent program of research; investigators with less than 5 years of research experience; and U.S. citizens, non-citizen nationals, or permanent residents.
Applications are due by Friday, July 22. For information and application forms, please contact Andrea Griffin-Mann at 301-496-0765 or firstname.lastname@example.com [6].
We asked for updates and you responded. Former Summer Institute on Aging attendee Chih-Hung Chang, Ph.D. reports:
I have just accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the Nursing and Related Clinical Sciences Study Section for a four-year term. I feel privileged to have this opportunity after serving as an ad-hoc reviewer on many review panels since 2005. I value very much of what I learned from the 2003 Summer Institute on Aging Research and NIA's advice and guidance when I began my career on aging research.
Chang is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the Methodology and Infometrics Section in the Buehler Center on Aging, Health & Society at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. He is also an adjunct professor at the Graduate Institute of Biostatistics of China Medical University in Taiwan.
We are always interested in hearing from all our program faculty, alumni, and students. Please send us your update and let us know if it can be shared with our readers. We also welcome any feedback about the Links newsletter.
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|Teach her that strange places/people are good. If she is comfortable enough to take treats in a strange place, start there. Reward her for approaching. Give strangers treats to give her. If she does well with that, give her simple commands.
|Have u looked into ur local trainers? The investment is worth it! Also maybe go to a pet smart to walk around but be careful there can be so!e crazies in there.. I also would suggest not to use their training classes
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To keep the story short here;
Purchased a female GSD at 7 months old from a breeder and she doesn't seem to have been socialized to much when they had her. She had never seen a leash or a collar. We have slowly been introducing new things to her thanks to a friends shepherd mix dog who behaves amazingly.
She is very skiddish around new people and will often hide in corners or pace around or will sit closest to me. We visit our inlaws often so I do understand the part about bringing her to a new enviroment that will keep her worked up.
She was crate trained originally I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt because I figured she was doing so well and let her have some freedom on the main floor in our house as there was no accidents etc.
Now she is going on 13 months old and refuses to listen to me..Its "Come.." and nothing.. so I repeat command "Molly Come.." and she will just look at me. If i stand up she knows I mean business and usually comes at that point.
We used clicker/mark training in the beginning for basic commands (Sit/Shake/Lay Down) and she knows them by heart.
I've watched lot of videos recently by Ed Frawley from Leerburg and like most of his information. I guess I'm looking for some help to get her to socialize better in a general sense.
I take her to the local coffee shop in the neighbourhood with my wife and I stay outside with her but we cannot get near the door or she will begin to literally throw herself into the air doing barrell rolls. I respect her distance when she tells me "This is too close and it's scaring me..." So we move back to the grass area.
I'm impressed with her recall as there is a hiking trail nearby that we let her go down, I let her and our friends dog go up about 100 feet ahead of us within range and we call them back and they instantly come. Molly has a tendency to go that far our and just look back at me as if she was wanting more instructions.
I guess I'm wondering what to do as I feel I'm at my wit's end and this is eroding my confidence in myself as a owner/handler and losing faith in a dog that I thought would be a quick learner.
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UTEP Soccer Posts 1-0 Win At Houston Baptist
Sept. 13, 2013
HOUSTON, Texas – Senior Gina Soto scored her first goal of the season (36:46), and the defense did the rest in UTEP's 1-0 win at Houston Baptist Friday evening. The Miners (4-2-1) controlled play and possession from the opening whistle, with the Huskies (1-5-0) never finding any sort of rhythm.
UTEP outshot the home side, 14-4, including 5-2 in shots on goal, and held a 6-1 cushion on corner kicks. Junior GK Sarah Dilling was sharp despite the lack of action, recording a pair of saves on the way to turning in her second clean sheet of the season.
Soto received a nice centering feed from sophomore Angela Cutaia, and she bested HBU netminder Stephanie Castellon. It was the lone blemish on the night for Castellon, who robbed Jade Babcock in the 30th minute while also coming up with an impressive stop on Azia Nicholson at 64:02.
Making the Orange and Blue's display of dominance even more impressive is the fact that they were short-handed the final 20 minutes of the match. Senior Kenah Liner was sent off at 70:55 but UTEP compensated by staggering substitutions and playing smart soccer to seemingly shorten the contest.
HBU managed only one shot in the stretch, a try by Holly Missimer that sailed high at 73:15, and the one-person advantage was rendered moot.
"I am super proud of the team," UTEP head coach Kevin Cross said. "We grew a lot today. We played great soccer in the first half. In the second half we had to defend a 1-0 lead with 10 players, which required a great team effort. We have a tough test on Sunday versus a strong Texas State squad."
The Miners took it right at HBU early on, peppering it with six shots in the first 12 minutes. The Huskies' defense did well to block a pair of the tries, while three others whistled wide and an attempt by senior Tori Martyn was snagged. UTEP continued to play deep in the HBU portion of the pitch as the half wore on, and it paid dividends with less than 10 minutes remaining in the stanza.
Cutaia delivered a quality pass to Soto, who bested Castellon with a fancy finish.
HBU managed its initial shot on goal of the game five minutes into the second half, with Dilling denying Allison Abendschein at 50:56. The Miners were then back on the offensive, but this time Castellon was up to the task against Soto at 57:38.
Dilling was called upon for the second and final time of the match two minutes later, smothering the shot by Natalie Hager at 59:14.
Tayler O'Hayre played a quality ball off a corner in the 64th minute where Nicholson settled it in the box. She struck it well only to have Castellon come up with the stop.
The possible insurance tally seemingly took on more importance in the 70th minute when Linger was given an early exit. As it turns out, there was no cause for concern. The Miners played with poise and certainly gained some more mental toughness by yielding only one shot in the sequence.
UTEP will continue its four-game roadswing when it plays at Texas State at 12 p.m. MT Sunday.
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Most analysts expected a smaller crop, but estimates came in higher than expected.
USDA projected a larger-than-expected U.S. corn and soybean crop in their year-end "Crop Production 2011 Summary" released early Thursday. Most market analysts had anticipated that final 2011 corn estimates would be reduced when compared to the December report. However, USDA raised its corn production estimates slightly to 12.358 billion bushels of corn compared to last month's 12.31 billion-bushel projection.
The same held true for soybeans. But, the shift was not as dramatic. The year-end soybean crop yielded 3.056 billion bushels compared to December's 3.046 forecast.
The market reacted in trading by sending March and May corn futures down the daily limit of 40 cents on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Contracts settled between $6.11-1/2 and $6.18-1/2 for March and May. Meanwhile, soybeans were down about 18 to 20 cents a bushel, settling between $11.84 and $11.94 for March and May contracts on the CME.
These price reductions should be welcomed news to dairy producers who have seen margins pinched due to higher commodity prices. Additionally, two ethanol subsidies expired at year's end. The 45-cent-per-gallon ethanol blenders' tax credit led to a $6 billion annual incentive to blend ethanol into gasoline, while a 54-cent-per-gallon tariff stifled imports. Still on the books is the 15.2 billion gallon Renewable Fuel Standard. It requires that oil and gas companies blend a minimum amount of renewable fuel. Ethanol will consume about 40 percent of the nation's corn crop this year.
Overall, 2011 final corn stocks are 4 percent lower than last year, while soybeans are up 4 percent.


text: I somewhat concur here. You think him starting with the vets would improve his game somewhat, but although the defense is there, his shot has been a little short. Maybe he is playing to many minutes and he is worned out Also I apreciate Stuckey attacking the rim, but he still is not getting enough calls to warrant 3-4 attacks in a row. . If he his going to do this somebody needs to hovering around the baseline and be prepared to receive the quick pass for the handoff and ez baseline layup. I guess it is probably to late to add this to Flip's playbook for this season


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I am looking at buying my first handgun, and should be going to the range tomorrow to hold a bunch of guns and shoot whatever ones feel good in my hands.
I watched a video on youtube someone posted here about grip, and figured id bust out my C02 pistol and see how I grab it naturally. and lets just say it wasnt quite the right way. I had these targets my girlfriend got me a while back and propped a couple up and fired off 11 rounds at each from only 15 yards, first one I fired all 11 as fast as I could. second one I took my time to line up each shot, and I noticed that I pull a little at the end instead of just squeezing the trigger.
I dont think theres any direct comparison to shooting a .177 C02 vs a 9mm or .40, but I already found two flaws in my form.
anyways, heres the targets, theres 12 holes in each, because in each one, a bb hit something and came back through, in the first target you can see the bb still stuck in it, in the 2nd its the hest outside hole(looks like its one of the 11 shots, but right to the lower right of the bullseye, thats 3 shots, not 2) and no I didnt shoot them inside.


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Canisius College men's basketball player Billy Baron received a pair of national postseason honors today, as the junior guard was named to the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Division I All-District Team and the 2013 Lou Henson All-America Team. A First-Team All-MAAC selection this season, Baron is the first player since 2003 to earn recognition from the NABC and he is the first player in program history to be selected as a Lou Henson All-American.
Baron finished his first season with Canisius as the Golden Griffins' leading scorer with his 17.2 points per game. The East Greenwich, R.I., native scored 30-or more points three times during the 2012-13 campaign and his 584 total points are the most for a Canisius player since the 1984-85 season. A two-time MAAC Player of the Week and a nominee for the 2013 Lou Henson Award, Baron led the MAAC with his 5.0 assists per game, and his 171 total assists is fifth-best on the school's single-season assist chart. Baron played in all 34 games for the Blue and Gold and ended the season ranked fifth in the MAAC in free-throw percentage at 82.4 percent, which is the best single-season free-throw percentage for a Canisius player since 2002-03 (among players with 50 or more makes from the line).
The NABC All-District teams recognize the nation's best men's college basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, selected student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across America. The 242 student-athletes, from 24 districts, are now eligible for the NABC Coaches' Division I All-America teams. Baron is one of seven student-athletes from the MAAC to be honored as an all-district selection by the NABC this year.
The 2013 Lou Henson All-America Team is selected by CollegeInsider.com. Rather than assemble a first team, a second team, a third team and a honorable mention group, the Lou Henson All-America Team is one squad consisting of 25 players. The Lou Henson Award is presented annually to the top mid-major Division I college basketball player. Baron is one of three MAAC players to receive this honor, joining with Iona's Lamont Jones and Niagara's Juan'ya Green.Canisius ended the 2012-13 season with an overall record of 20-14 and a MAAC record of 11-7. The Griffs saw their season end in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, which marked the program's first postseason appearance since 1996. The 20 wins this year is Canisius' seventh 20-win campaign and its first since 2000-01. Canisius' plus-15 win differential is the best in school history and it ranks third at the Division I level this year. The 11 MAAC wins are the most for the Blue and Gold since 1998-99 and the team posted a 12-4 mark at home in the Koessler Athletic Center, setting a program record for home victories on campus in a single year. Canisius will return six letterwinners and three starters to next year's team.


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Close My Eyes
And then one day, everything changes. A strange woman shows up on Gen's doorstep, saying the very thing she longs to hear: that Beth is alive. That she is out there somewhere, waiting for Gen to find her . . .
It's insane. Unthinkable. But why would someone make up such a story? Ignoring the warnings of her husband and friends, Gen begins to hope - hope that quickly turns into fear and paranoia.
With questions swirling around her head, Gen is determined to uncover the truth. But who can she trust? Why is Art so reluctant to get involved? To save his wife from further hurt? Or something much more sinister? Is Beth even really out there? And, if so, who is responsible for taking her?
What is the truth about Beth Loxley?
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An embattled bill establishing a medical review panel system for use in civil litigation against long term care facilities dominated Senate floor action on Wednesday.
Supporters claim the measure will reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits against nursing homes, while opponents maintain the plan will make it harder for nursing home residents and their families to get their day in court for a facility's neglect or abuse.
Senate Bill 9, which was fast-tracked to the Senate floor last week, resurfaced back in the Senate Health and Welfare committee where it began yesterday. The bill's atypical odyssey traces back to a schism between Democrat and lawyer Sen. Ray Jones from Pikeville who accused committee chair Julie Denton of rushing action on the bill without hearing opposing views in committee last week.
Senator Jones commandeered the Senate floor Wednesday to air a lengthy argument against Senate Bill 9, which he deems as an unfair indictment of trial lawyers and an injustice to mistreated patients in nursing homes. The sponsor of SB 9, Senator Denton, presented a second iteration of the bill in committee where it was advanced to the Senate floor late yesterday afternoon. That's where she gives the following explanation:
The debate's intensity reached its zenith when Pikeville Democrat Ray Jones offered a stern defense of trial attorneys and literally illustrated with dramatically shocking photos showing evidence of neglect of some nursing home patients.
After lengthy debate, Senate Bill 9 cleared the State Senate on a vote of 23 to 12, along party lines. It now heads to the state House of Representatives for consideration there.
A bill that supporters say will not only solve crimes but also exonerate the innocent and save taxpayer money was before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday afternoon. House Bill 89 would add Kentucky to the 25 other states (and the federal government) that allow DNA collection (by mouth swab) at the point of felony arrest. A New Mexico woman who lost her daughter, Katie, to violent crime in 2003 is an ambassador for the law that bears her daughter's name. The proposal in Kentucky embodied in HB 89 would allow DNA collection from persons arrested for homicide, kidnapping, sexual assault, and burglary. Jayann Sepich testified that in the three-year time span it took to catch and convict her daughter's killer, he had murdered eleven other women in the meantime.
Later this month, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of collecting DNA at the point of arrest and is expected to render a decision in June. In January, President Obama signed into law a Congressional measure to help states pay for arrestee DNA collection for the first year that states participate in the program. This would translate into a $30 million dollar grant for Kentucky.
Ernie Lewis, with the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, voiced his opposition to the bill. He said even though the power of DNA to convict the guilty and free the innocent is widely known, he believes the proposed statute blurs the line.
Despite objections, Representative Mary Lou Marzian's House Bill 89 cleared the House Judiciary panel and now heads to the House for consideration by the full chamber.
The House Judiciary panel also approved a familiar human trafficking bill by Representatives Sannie Overly, a Democrat, and Addia Wuchner, a Republican. House Bill 3 enhances current human trafficking laws to create a fund from fines and assets seized for the offense; allows victims of forced labor to sue their traffickers for unpaid wages and punitive damages; ensures that child victims of trafficking are not charged with prostitution and give them services through the Health cabinet rather than committed to the juvenile justice department. The measure now advances to the House floor for consideration by the entire body.
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Robson: A maximum sentence is necessary
November 10, 2012
On Nov. 15 there will be a sentencing for the murder of my friend Karl Kohler. It was a particularly brutal crime, a beating that finally resulted it a death blow. It was not a fight, that in the moment, a mistake made and a life lost. This was a continual, prolonged beating. It's purpose, to end the life of Karl.
It is imperative that the people of Summit County not let this death go unpunished. The deal that was made for the confession left some leeway for the judge. The maximum sentence that can be given, must be given, to the murderer, Gregory Scott Gavin.
I miss Karl: The rose bush he planted for me by the back door. The amethysts he collected for me on his gem hunts when he realized it was my birthstone. The flamboyant scarf in reds and purples and black that he knit for me. The crystal and wire trees he made me. He didn't have a lot, but he still gave a lot. But it is not just the things that remind me of him, it is that I miss his friendship because I knew he would always be there for me and I for him.
"And we all had one hope
There was someone lookin' down
When we return our bodies to each other
And the ground"
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COACH McCAFFERY
Q. Coach, 0-17 from three, but over 50% for the game?
COACH McCAFFERY: Yeah, you know, 20 turnovers, 0-17. You don't expect to win by 30. But I thought our defensive effort and concentration early set the tone. We really got after them with our press. We did some stuff aggressively at half court.
We did a good job of attacking the zone. They mixed defense. They played man; they played zone; they pressed. Fang does a good job of that.
But I thought we shared the ball, 21 assists. Different kind of team to prepare for the way they play, small and quick, and we handled it.
Q. Eric had a nice dunk. It's kind of nice to see him smile on the floor again, isn't it?
COACH McCAFFERY: He's been that way from the beginning. He's been a terrific captain. Our work ethic and preparation, you know, you go back it's been a long journey since August -- summer for that matter. We started practicing with this team which was legal for the first time.
So the young guys are going to tend to watch and see how the older guys do it. So I'm proud of him. He's having fun, he's playing with a great deal of confidence. He is playing mistake-free basketball and giving us energy level, and giving us someone who can play more than two or three fours and playing all three of those positions. He's a guy that you feel like he has to be on the floor when the game is really in the balance. I'm happy for him.
Q. The ankle, is it just precautionary for Melsahn?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, he told me it was his third time doing it. I only remember two, but he's a pretty tough kid. He probably played through the first one, didn't say anything. Went down in practice, shut him down for a couple of days. Didn't think he could play against UNI.
He got up Saturday morning, and said I'm ready to go. I didn't think he could do it in that game. We made the decision at halftime to ice him down and not play him anymore and get him ready for Indiana.
Q. Coach, I know it is what it is schedulewise. Do you wish you had a couple of tougher opponents going into Indiana and not the big break?
COACH McCAFFERY: No, we scheduled these exactly the way I wanted to.
Q. Did you think Mike got back on track?
COACH McCAFFERY: Yeah, what was good for him is he was really good in the press. That kind of gets him going sometimes. I know he'll make the steal. Gets an easy one, the dunk, just really gets him going. The other thing was he was locked in Murray is one of the leaders in the country in double-doubles. That's what we matched up with. Doing a good job on him.
Q. Do you like that you were able to work stuff today and have some fun doing it?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, I like the fact that we're getting some of that stuff down. I don't particularly want to be dunking the ball when we're up by 28 with less than a minute to go. That's not my style.
With that said, we have Chris Rickert in the game. He works extremely hard. He's got to go out there and make a play, he gets a chance to play all the time. The best alley-oop pass we've had all season was thrown by Chris. Good for him. Good for Gabe. The crowd loved it. But I would have preferred that we not make that play in that situation.
Q. Is your team ready for the likes of Indiana now?
COACH McCAFFERY: We'll find out pretty quick. I think we are. We have some work to do between now and then. But we have great character, great camaraderie on the team, and our guys will be ready.
Q. A lot of dimensions, too?
COACH McCAFFERY: Lot of dimensions. Lot of ways we can go. That will continue to change game by game.
Q. Conference season getting ready to start up. Basically, are you just focusing on basketball? Any particular areas that you want to see improved?
COACH McCAFFERY: I don't think that there's one area that we've got to get this cleared up. We have clearly gotten better defensively. We've got to continue to work on that. Our offensive execution is pretty good. Could be better. But we're going to have to run some more sets as we get into league play than we have maybe that would be an area.
But our motion game is pretty good. Our transition game is pretty good. That improved dramatically in the last ten days. So a little bit of everything, I think.
Q. Did your team progress the way you wanted it to throughout the course of the non-conference?
COACH McCAFFERY: It has. We've put a lot of challenges in front of us. We've had six games in nine days. We had a trip to Mexico. A lot of schools played rivalry games. We've played two of them in a week. You get up and you have to do it again. Nobody else does that. We had to do it three times, and that is a challenge to the team. We've got the ACC-Big Ten Challenge in there.
So we've had some home games. We can have some mistakes, play through them, develop these young kids, and get ready for what's coming.
Q. So with Josh back?
COACH McCAFFERY: His shot was a little off. We worked him out yesterday. He did not practice. He worked out. We wanted to see in he was able to move the way he was able to move. And his shot was just a little bit off.
Q. And the pass?
COACH McCAFFERY: Well, he makes good decisions. I was on him. There was one time I thought he should have shot it, and he threw it terrific from the wing, sort of an alley-oop pass across to the inside part of the zone. Terrific play by him.
I say that about him all the time. We keep waiting for him to shoot, go ahead and shoot. But he's got great vision, and he's a much better defender than people give him credit for.
Q. Are you concerned with the three point shooting or was today an anomaly?
COACH McCAFFERY: A little surprised. I mean, it seemed like we took good shots. We had good shooters. They were in and out. I'm not worried about it.
Q. Has your view of the conference changed?
COACH McCAFFERY: No, no. It's pretty much what I expected it would be. I think everybody in the preseason knew what this league was going to be, and that's what it's been.


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I thank you, and I also have used different media for years but I need to know why you need to buy different fittings and such to use the Baking Soda? I understand about the need for larger nozzles, more or less pressure, well not perfect but somewhat :-{
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Not so sure I can answer your question ? But I have been looking around for a few months now for a blaster. The things with me is I want something that will work well with rust, paint removal, but not harm trim, glass, etc. And in a perfect world because my blasting space is limited I would like clean up to be fairly easy. Heres what I found out. There is no one machine that will do it all.
Mainly because of the material preferred/needed to do certain jobs. It seems the material itself controls what nozzle you need as well as air pressure. If you look hard enuff you'll find that they are actually blasting with dry ice now a days....LOL Heck you can use different grades of sand, walnuts, plastic pebbles, dry ice, black ice, different grades of glass beads, soda, etc, etc, etc. Problem like I mentioned is they all take different nozzles, air pressure, sometime different feed lines, guns, and even different styles of feed methods, etc. And for the better stuff none of it is cheap. Most of it is EXTREMELY messy and really should only be used in an abonded field somewhere. I have learned that it seems to be cheaper all around to find a small shop that powder coats. Pay them to blast whatever you have and be done with it. I also learned from the guy that has been painting all my cars and motorcycles for the past 20 yrs. that there seems to be problems with some of this blasting stuff and todays paints. And if you are not aware, the whole automotive paint world is changing again I think it's by the end of the year. Everything is going to water base paint. EVERYTHING ! So if your proposed blasted items need to be painted you may want to check around B4 you blast anything by any particular method. Hope this helps in some way !! Good luck !
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Malia Obama is in for a long, hot summer. So are the rest of us. The president's daughter, who according to her father has an abiding concern about the BP oil leak, has probably already learned the latest prognosis, offered yesterday by a top official of BP: The leak may go unplugged until August. As if that news weren't sobering enough, hurricane season begins this coming Tuesday. There is no telling what kind of havoc that might wreak on the Louisiana coast or what kind of damper it might impose on efforts to staunch the flow of oil.
The disaster, now in its forty-second day, has already dwarfed the previous worst oil spill in U.S. history, that of the Exxon Valdez, which dumped 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound in Alaska. The Gulf spill is now also being called the nation's biggest-ever environmental catastrophe.
"There's no doubt that the ultimate solution lies on the relief well, which is in August," BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward told reporters yesterday. He added that in the meantime BP needs "to be in the mind set of containment in the sub-sea, containment on the surface and defending the shoreline, in a very aggressive way."
White House energy czar Carol Browner estimates that before the leak is finally contained, the oil flow spewing from the ruptured well may increase by as much as 20 percent.
In addition to the environmental implications, the leak threatens to destroy much of the $6.5 billion seafood industry that is the economic lifeblood of the Louisiana coast. Louisianians, for whom the botched Bush administration response to Hurricane Katrina remains an open wound, now feel similar rage toward the Obama White House, which they feel was late to respond and whose response they still view as inadequate.
As to whether the anger is rational, the government, as noted here, can do little at this point beyond supervising the containment efforts. It is a simple fact that BP has expertise in this area that government scientists don't. At the same time, the desire to hold accountable a man so full of himself that he promised to stop the rise of the oceans doesn't seem terribly unreasonable.
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The first results of the Unbridled Learning accountability model, the newest form of statewide school assessment, were unveiled and educators are happy to have the new baseline on which to build.
The superintendents of Elizabethtown Independent Schools and Hardin County Schools found highs and lows in the results, which include many more new sets of data than the previous model, the Kentucky Core Content Testing system.
Schools and districts receive one overall score, on a scale of 1 to 100, that is created using the data from five areas — achievement in various subject areas, student growth in reading and math, college and career readiness among high school students, graduation rates and the proficiency of at-risk student populations. Schools and districts also receive specific data in each of the five categories.
The tests also are based on the new, more rigorous Kentucky Core Academic Standards in English and math, which have been in place for a little more than a year.
Schools in the top 30 percent of scores are labeled "proficient," while the other 70 percent are labeled "needs improvement." This is recalculated every year based on how the scores fall with only the top 30 percent of schools ever being considered "proficient." The top 10 percent of schools earned a "distinguished" mark.
Elizabethtown High School and LaRue County Middle School were rated as distinguished. Six Hardin County Schools were considered proficient — Central Hardin High School, East Hardin Middle School, G.C. Burkhead Elementary School, Heartland Elementary School, John Hardin High School, Lincoln Trail Elementary School and West Point School. LaRue County High School also was rated as proficient.
HCS Superintendent Nannette Johnston said the district wasn't too concerned about the labels, as they're dependent on the performance of other schools. HCS officials are more interested in taking baseline numbers and improving.
"I cannot emphasize that enough," Johnston said.
She said this first release of data allows everyone to move on.
"I kind of feel like everyone's been holding their breath," she said.
Elizabethtown High had the highest overall score of area high schools with 65.6 and North Hardin High School had the lowest at 52.9. LaRue County Middle had the highest overall score in the middle grades with 65.7 and North Middle School was at the opposite end of the scale at 52.5. Among 16 area elementary schools, scores ranged from G.C. Burkhead's 67.4 to Radcliff Elementary School at 50.0. West Point's elementary students scored a 66.2 overall and its middle school tally was 60.7.
The five sets of data allow the districts to be "data-rich," Johnston said.
"You can look at more of a holistic approach," she said.
Elizabethtown Superintendent Gary French said he and his staff were pleased with achievement scores in core subject areas, but there's much more information to consider this year.
"It's not all about achievement anymore," French said.
French said information concerning proficiency of at-risk students needs improvement, but he knows it will be addressed.
French said if the district focuses on strong teachers and instruction, the "test scores will take care of themselves," he said.
Mark Kopp, HCS associate superintendent for instructional services, agreed, saying the scores now allow educators to plan for the future. The tests that students take changed significantly, he said, but preparing students for May's assessment takes a day-to-day approach.
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my stock fuel pump was putting out 10psi, edelbrocks like around 5-6psi. I installed a regulator and limited the fuel pressure to 5.5psi, really helped the idle.
Thumpr cams suck (i have the small one).
I limited my vac can to 10* with a small drill bit and installed the 375/41 weights in the distributor
Best be limiting the vacuum advance + mechanical, keep the total with the 3 amigo's all in to below approx 48 btdc no matter how you mix them up.
Most stock vacuum adv cans will add 16-20 deg advance, remember this shifts up with the initial everytime, it does not care where you limit the mechanical advance. If you have a initial @ 20 then your are going to get up to 56 btdc total when you add in stock 16-20 deg vacuum adv. (20initial+16mech+20vac)
You need to limit mech and vacuum advance
It would not surprise me if this cam liked 36 degrees at idle with 24 initial, so vacuum advance at 12 deg max + 12 deg max mechanical.
PS IMO If the compression ratio of the motor is not at least 10:1+ it wont matter how much you monkey with the timing, its going to load itself silly until its at WOT, thumpa thumpa thumpa
Going of on a hunch.
With the cam change you need more initial timing.
I estimate you need 18-22 initial. The thumper cams have a low center line with a lot of overlap, this gives the thumper sound. ( I call them whipper cams)
You need a curve kit in dist.
You reduce the amount of mechanical advance to increase your initial based on setting the total timing.
The vacuum advance advances the timing based on vacuum, vacuum is controlled b engine load. The vacuum advance needs to be disconnected during these setting, once the setting are archived, hook the advance back up.
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On the left is 25° degrees mechanical advance, the right is 16°
by reducing the mechanical advance, you raise the initial timing.
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|I hope your not running a distributor with no advance. If so your headed for a heart break. Right now you don`t have enough timing at idle and the butterflies are off the idle slots on the carb, if it idles at a 1000 RPM then shine a light in the carbs throat at idle and you`ll see fuel coming out of the boosters which means lack of enough base timing and idle set too high. This is why the idle and off idle doesn`t function correctly. Thumper cams are fad cams and they need alot of timing to run decent. You`ll need a adjustable vacuum advance. Set the base timing to 12 degrees before top dead center with vacuum advance disconnected and plugged. Reconnect it to a full time manifold vacuum source, one that pulls vacuum at idle. Recheck timing, it should be 18 to 24 degrees advanced, now lower the idle speed down to spec of around 700, use a vacuum gauge to set the idle mixture. Test drive, if ping is detected this is where the adjustable advance comes in. I figure you`ll need this with the small chamber 305 heads. Mechanical advance should be 36 degrees all the way in by 3000 RPM.
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Hello, first post here. I am having off-idle load up problems and nasty smelling exhaust and I am hoping to get some help. Here are my truck specs:
Vehicle: 1985 Chevy C10
Engine: 355 SBC
Cam: Big Muther Thumper #12-602-8
Pistons: Flat Top
Heads: 305 port and polished
Crank: Scat
Rods: Scat
Intake: Edel E-Performer 750 w/ Edel dual plane manifold
Exhaust: Hooker headers w/ 3inch pipes to Flowmaster 40's
Dizzy: Stock vac. advance non-functioning. Mech advance rusted solid.
Timing: Uncertain at this point as timing mark on balancer is off. Points to 10 O'clock on passenger side.
First off, I did not build this engine. It was already setup nearly like this when I bought it a few months ago. It initially came with a half-assed E-Performer 600. I bought the 750 due to a deal Jegs had on them.
Since having the 750, I replaced the step-up springs with the weaker blue ones. That has helped off idle load up after the truck has warmed up. If the motor is still cold, it'll load up then blast off. I have not changed anything else with the carb. Also, the accel pump is set to top hole.
I have idle set to 1000 RPM and it holds that just fine. I have tuned the IMS to get near 10" of vacuum. Outside of idle, the truck runs fine. I can put my foot in it and spin the tires while cruising in most cases. It is this off idle issue that I need resolved.
Another thing the truck is doing is spitting a lot of either moisture or gas out the exhuast pipes and it smells pretty knarly. Almost as bad as nitro r/c fuel.
First start of the day is a chore at times. I have to pump the gas at least 5 times to hold idle. Anything less than that, I am fighting to keep the motor running. Manual choke does work. Otherwise, it'll start right up after warm-up.
Thank you in advance!
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Hand grenade question
3-8.1 Escort gas powered and AGH-01 (or subsequent versions) BB hand grenades are approved for OPNW - V use (only).
Should this be construed to mean that these are the only grenade types authorized for use, or that grenades in general are authorized only in this particular Lionclaws event?
I'm asking because I personally use the VFC "James Boom" grenades, and have been fairly happy with their performance. Others in my squad may also be carrying, if permitted, other commercially produced hand grenades of different brands than listed in the rules.
Link to the James Boom grenade:
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Manchester woman joins effort to raise awareness about Congo
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Ramazani will take part in a healing ceremony on the pilot boat while CongoSwim founder Keris Dahlkamp attempts to swim 22 miles across Lake Tahoe, which is expected to take him 12 to 14 hours.
CongoSwim 2013 will take place worldwide on Aug. 25, as swimmers at all levels swim to raise awareness of the disaster in eastern Congo.
Nunu Kidane, the director of Priority Africa Network, who was recognized as a "Champion of Change" by the White House, will be swimming in the San Francisco Bay Area.
There is no registration fee, but participants are encouraged to raise funds for the Congolese groups receiving grants from Global Fund for Women and Friends of the Congo. A portion of the funds raised will also benefit the USA Swimming Foundation's "Make a Splash" initiative to prevent children from drowning in the U.S.
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'It's been a whirlwind week for the Brennan clan. The family – his father, mother, younger brother and three older sisters – had planned to join him in Rochester for Thanksgiving. Instead, when the Sabres summoned the 22-year-old Monday after Tyler Myers broke his wrist, they moved the meal to Buffalo. "It's been a pretty high week, I guess I would say," Brennan said. "It's exciting."'
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Kristen Stewart: Black and Snow White
Acclaimed film writer and producer Nora Ephron unfortunately passed from cancer last night. She is the mastermind behind Hollywood's romantic comedies, including When Harry Met Sally
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Her career makes her an inspiration to women all over the world. Check out this tribute, feature her top hits.
Ephron's role: Writer
Cast: Meryl Streep, Cher, and Kurt Russell
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