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Bob Socci named Patriots radio voice
Bob Socci is the choice as the new play-by-play voice for Patriots broadcasts on 98.5 The Sports Hub, the team's CBS Radio-owned flagship station.
Socci, a Milton resident, has called Navy football games on the radio for the past 16 years, commuting from this area for the past five.
He also is the lead voice for Patriot League college basketball broadcasts on the CBS Sports Network and is in his first season as one of the two radio voices of the Pawtucket Red Sox.
Socci will be paired with analyst Scott Zolak, who will be entering his third season as part of the Patriots broadcast team.
Socci replaces Gil Santos, who retired following the 2012 season after 36 years as the radio voice of the Patriots.
"It's a dream come true. It really is, on every level,'' said Socci, 45. "I've been dreaming about something like this for a long time. Now that it's come to fruition, it's remarkable. It's humbling above all things because I have such tremendous admiration and respect for Gil.''
Socci, who moved to Milton from Maryland in 2008 when his wife landed a job as a primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, solicited guidance from Santos upon arriving in the area.
"In October 2008, I wrote Gil an e-mail and asked him to listen to my [play-by-play] CD,'' Socci said. "He did and gave me his critique.''
Santos provided contact information to Socci when The Sports Hub launched in August 2009.
"I've been up for major league jobs in the past, and any time I've been considered seriously, in my opinion, somebody knew about me before,'' he said.
"When we moved to Boston, I knocked on some doors. Thankfully, Mike Thomas [CBS Radio Boston's vice president of programming] listened, and they let me come in and we sat down and talked in the fall of 2009.''
He was on their radar. And when it was announced that the 2012 season would be Santos's last, Howie Sylvester, producer of Patriots game broadcasts, reached out to Socci.
He interviewed at the station Feb. 15 but did not have a formal audition with Zolak.
"I had a great feeling that day,'' said Socci. "I had gone through the interview process before and never come out of it as confident as I did that day. For lack of a better description, it had a good vibe.''
He learned he won the job recently, he said. He will leave the PawSox job July 1.


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As the son of Greek immigrants who instilled in him at an early age the value of free enterprise and hard work, Gus Stavros took those life lessons and built them into a successful career that spanned 30 years. Since retiring in 1989, he has done anything but rest on his laurels. In fact, he has influenced generations of others, both young and old, through his support of initiatives that instill the same values he learned growing up.
His influence at the University of South Florida has a physical presence at the Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise & Economic Education. Stavros helped create the Center guided by a mission to connect educators, business leaders, and entrepreneurs in order to advance the effective teaching and integration of free enterprise and economic education into the preK-20 curricula.
As the former Chair of the Florida Council for Economic Education, Stavros has dedicated himself to build some of the greatest economic centers in the nation. He supports similar centers at Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University. Stavros also founded the Pinellas Education Foundation and initiated Enterprise Village and Finance Park at the Stavros Institute, a nationally acclaimed facility in the teaching of free enterprise and a market economy to fifth graders and fiscal responsibility to eighth graders.
Since establishing the USF Stavros Center in 1999, support from the private and public sectors have created a setting where educators seek professional growth and renewal in an environment worthy of their high calling - teaching students about opportunity and fulfillment through the global economic system.
"This center shows teachers that we respect what they do." said Stavros. "They learn how to take this knowledge back into the classroom setting to influence young learners about free enterprise and the entrepreneurial spirit."
The Stavros Center has the distinction of having the first fully funded endowed chair in the USF College of Education. The Stavros Chair for Free Enterprise and Economic Education was the result of a $600,000 gift from Stavros and his wife Frances and a match of $420,000 from state funds.
While Stavros admits that it's difficult to quantify the benefits of the center, he knows it is recognized as a model for excellence in teaching free enterprise on a global scale. "I have people from all over the world share with me that want to take the Center's approach to education back to their own countries to teach economic responsibility."
"I've dedicated myself to instill in others the value of free enterprise, and what is compelling is to know that future generations will know more about free enterprise than those before them," he said. "The trickle-down impact of the Center shows us that!"


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I suppose I should offer some sort of explanation for this accidental post. The challenge was to create a board showing your most awkward style. Mine was the disaster that is fifth grade. This particular outfit was one of my favorites. Bear in mind, at this point in my life I was about 4'10 and maybe 50 pounds. Small is an understatement. So while all the other girls were wearing bras and size 2 jeans, I was shopping in the little girls section trying in vain to make a size 10 slim stay on my bony frame. Everything was too big, making me look like, alternately, a hobo, or a starving welfare child, of which I was neither. This outfit is now immortalized at my parent's house on an unfortunate homemade Christmas tree ornament. It is affectionately referred to as my "preacher outfit", no doubt due to the drab khaki pants offset by the over sized khaki striped button down shirt I wore as God intended, buttoned all the way to my pencil thin throat. This was then "accessorized" with a multitude of long beaded necklaces I had somehow come into ownership of that year. My footwear of choice was either black velvet platform sneakers or heavy brown leather imitation Doc Martens. Sensible for the playground, obviously. No, I didn't go out to recess if I could manage it. Between the round coke bottle glasses and height challenges, I was an easy target for anyone with insecurities of their own, and hid in the library or my teacher's classroom as much as possible. Fifth grade certainly was a challenge. And thankfully, I grew a foot over the next five years.
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At 7 years old, Brian Starling is sly, escaping his Natick home at times by working the three front door locks meant to contain him. But if he wanders from his house, or gets separated from family members at an amusement park, he probably won't realize he's lost. His severe autism means he's also unlikely to respond to anyone searching for him, even if he becomes dehydrated or hypothermic.
At 7 years old, Brian Starling is sly, escaping his Natick home at times by working the three front door locks meant to contain him.
But if he wanders from his house, or gets separated from family members at an amusement park, he probably won't realize he's lost. His severe autism means he's also unlikely to respond to anyone searching for him, even if he becomes dehydrated or hypothermic.
That's why a watch-size device is strapped to Starling's right ankle, where it will remain as long as he doesn't get his hands on scissors. It emits an FM radio signal, trackable for up to a mile by ground and up to seven miles by air.
"I know I'm going to find him, because he has the bracelet," his mother, Shannon Starling, said this past week. "That's brought so much comfort."
The device is called Safety-Net and is made by the Canton firm LoJack, best known for devices to track stolen cars. Increasingly, though, local police and fire departments are also turning to the company to provide peace of mind for families worried about loved ones with autism, dementia and other cognitive impairments.
Those fears are only expected to grow as the number of elderly surges in coming decades.
"If it's used early, it's another tool we can use to find somebody," said Deputy Fire Chief Stephen Slaman of Hopkinton, which is set to debut the system this fall.
When it comes to finding the vulnerable, every minute counts, Slaman said.
Last year, without LoJack, it took public safety crews 45 minutes to spot a resident with Alzheimer's who had walked away from the Golden Pond assisted living center.
A town search for a boy with autism took just 15 minutes — but only because the youngster had wandered back out of the woods on his own, Slaman said.
"They were both very close and (had) a potential for a worse outcome," he said.
In addition to Hopkinton, LoJack is used in Ashland, Framingham, Marlborough, Natick, Milford and Franklin, with Sudbury looking into it. Bellingham and Medway have secured similar equipment through the nonprofit Project Lifesaver.
The Norfolk County sheriff's office also uses LoJack, with the company talking to Middlesex and Worcester about signing up. State police recently joined and can connect the equipment to its helicopters.
Here's how it works: families pay $99 to enroll, then $30 a month to rent the water- and tamperproof bracelet. Public safety departments can get antennas and handheld receivers for free from LoJack if they undergo training.
LoJack does not release data on the number of users or rescues, but police say 10 residents are signed up in Framingham and a dozen in Natick. In Franklin, officers used their receivers two years ago to find a missing 86-year-old man with Alzheimer's walking along a busy highway.
But departments must also keep up with annual training and meet once a month with users to swap batteries.
"Many towns may not be able to make that commitment," Natick Lt. Brian Lauzon said.
For towns without service, county sheriffs may step in, then state police — though response times could take longer.
Other technologies do exist. Global position system devices can allow families to track wearers online and to set electronic perimeters around their homes, getting notices through email, calls and text messages when breaches occur.
But GPS can get blocked by buildings, trees and steep terrain, and some of the larger devices must be carried, not worn. Cell tower-based locators, meanwhile, are susceptible to "dead" zones, while radio signals are detectable in a host of conditions but with lower ranges in some weather and terrain.
The Alzheimer's Association of Massachusetts and New Hampshire urges caregivers to first address reasons for wandering. It does not endorse a particular device and says no technology comes with a 100 percent guarantee.
But Gerald Flaherty, an association vice president, said he does expect devices to both shrink and improve, possibly combining different signals. He called wandering the most dangerous behavior for Alzheimer's patients and "the most gut-wrenching experience for caregivers."
In Sudbury, Rita Soini's husband, Dick, a former Polaroid research engineer, has early-onset Alzheimer's and occasionally wanders from home, sometimes as far as Rte. 20. The 69-year-old can't communicate and, as Soini says, "has no notion of what's important and what's not important."
Soini's husband has worn a cell-based device for a year, but the company is ending its service and she's looking for a replacement, with Sudbury not yet on board with LoJack.
"There's no self-preservation," she said of Dick, who might not strike passersby as lost unless he's acting funny or dressed oddly. "If he gets a notion he wants to go, he goes."
Some patients with Alzheimer's patients are prone to wander, but still have enough cognition and pride to refuse to wear locators, Lauzon said. He knows of one man, outside MetroWest, who resisted and then died of exposure.
The dynamic is different between parent and child. Starling said her son recently woke up early, pushed down the safety gate at his bedroom door and opened the locks to get outside.
He was found several agonizing minutes later playing with his iPad in his grandfather's van, but he could have ventured anywhere, she said.
She said the LoJack bracelet "never comes off."
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Beating the Chargers seems unlikely, given on response of the oddsmakers who have made the some 16-point favorites last time I looked (they're pretty good at their job) and the Raiders' own play of late.
But it seemed unlikely the Raiders would beat Kansas City two years ago, given their nine-game losing streak to the Chiefs and a staggering 19 game run of defeats in the AFC West. Both of those streaks came to an end when the Raiders prevailed 20-17.
In Week 4 of that season, on Sept. 30, Oakland beat up the Miami Dolphins 35-17, rushing for 299 yards, ending a 12-game losing streak on the road.
For what it's worth, Justin Fargas helped put away both of those games with big second halves, gaining 139 yards on 22 carries against the Chiefs and 179 yards on 22 carries against the Dolphins.
A big by game Fargas (or Michael Bush, or both) would seem mandatory if the Raiders are to end their one remaining streak. The San Diego Chargers own a 12-game winning streak over the Raiders, with Oakland last winning 34-31 on Sept. 28, 2003.
A few other facts regarding the series and the streak before I had off for a the better part of the day to a fall baseball tournament:
— The Chargers have scored at least 21 points in all 12 games. The Raiders have never scored more than 20. They lost 24-20 in Week 1 this season.
— The Chargers have won by an average of 15.0 points (they are plus-180 in the 12 games). The average score is 28.25-13.25.
— The Chargers won by more than seven points nine of 12 times.
— The Raiders held a 54-31-2 advantage in the first 87 games of the series.
— San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson is 39 yards shy of gaining 2,000 career yards against the Raiders going into his 18th game. The Raiders won four of the first five against San Diego when Tomlinson arrived.


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Berkeley's "S" Conflicting Findings
The Daily Californian reported Monday that a U.C. Berkeley School of Law student study had concluded, last month, that key yes on "S" (sitting-ban) claims were false.
The study contradicted pro-"S" claims that sitting on business district sidewalks had hurt Berkeley businesses, and that a sitting-ban would encourage homeless youth to seek Berkeley support services.
The law-student study is a possible set-back for such pro-"S" advocates as Craig Becker (president) and Roland Peterson (executive officer), of the Telegraph Avenue Business Improvement District, who drafted the measure.
The report concludes that "S" is a poorly written law with no provisions for providing social services in return for compliance with the sitting-ban. The study was conducted by three Berkeley law students for the Berkeley Law Policy Advocacy Clinic.
According to the report's "executive summary:"
"A coalition of community groups and individuals opposed to Measure S asked the Policy Advocacy Clinic to research and analyze the economic, and social service impacts of Sit-Lie laws in other jurisdictions and the potential for such an ordinance to deliver on its promises in Berkeley.
"To prepare this report, we reviewed data on economic activity and homeless services in other Sit-Lie jurisdictions nationally, statewide and locally.
"We surveyed community organizations, municipal human services and economic development agencies, business groups and police departments in more than a dozen Sit-Lie jurisdictions, including seven in California.
"Finally, we consulted local stakeholders about implementation challenges and opportunities.
"Although there are limits to the data gathered – and more research needs to be done to answer these questions with more precision – we find no meaningful evidence to support the arguments that Sit-Lie laws increase economic activity or improve services to homeless people," the study acknowledges.
Becker told us Monday, that a U.C. Berkeley graduate student survey, two years ago, "was a better study." This is the survey the TBID often cites, to make its case for "S.".
The student shopping survey, nearly two years old, concluded that students might dine downtown more frequently, if panhandlers would leave them alone.
The law student study admitted its general flaws: "there are limits to the data gathered, and more research needs to be done to answer these questions with more precision".
However, methodological problems in the student shopping survey were not discussed. Sixty-five percent of the respondents to its shopping questionnaire were women--a major bias. Moreover, many of these respondents were already opposed to shopping in Berkeley
Their responses to some questions are tainted with contempt for the Berkeley shopping scene. Becker and Peterson concluded that these students and some faculty would shop on Telegraph, if only panhandlers would go away, but the study presents no specific evidence for this conclusion. The disdainful students were asked what would get them to dine downtown, not under what conditions they'd frequent Telegraph Avenue.


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How To Program a Philips Pronto Using USB on Mac OS X
This article explains how I got my Philips Pronto Universal Remote editing working under Mac OSX using a USB-to-RS232 Adapter.
Philips Pronto Remote Control
No universal remotes made today are as versatile as the original Philips Pronto line. My two TS-1000′s are still going strong, although they are wearing out. These remotes have been discontinued for a few years now, and earlier this year Philips Home Entertainment division was sold off so there's little hope they'll make a come back. We're still waiting for someone to produce a reliable touch-screen remote with programable button designs and IR commands. The closest match on the consumer market today I can find is the L5 Remote, which adds an IR dongle to an iPad or iPhone, however its macro ability is limited and it freezes frequently if you press buttons too quickly (due to a hardware limitation of the dongle and iOS interface). I have the L5 and I'll post an article when I get it working satisfactorily.
Connecting a Philips Pronto to a computer requires rs-232 serial communications, using a special cable that converts the minimal 4 pins of a 9-pin connector to a male 4 "ring" 1/4″ phone plug. This cable comes with the Pronto, so if you don't have one you'll either need to make one or find one on the Internet.
USB to RS232 Adapters
RS-232 and USB are both serial interfaces using different hardware technologies and speeds. Conversion between the two requires more electronics than wiring for different pinouts. There are several "rs232 to usb" adapters on the market, ranging between $15 and $30. They are based on either the Prolific PL-2303 chipset, FTDI chipset, or custom chipsets, and the reality is that most of these work better on Windows and Linux than on the Mac. The reasons for this are that the Linux kernel has always had good drivers for the popular serial technologies, and manufacturers usually focus on writing Windows drivers, so the Macs are a bit of a half-hearted effort. It also doesn't help the situation that the switch from Snow Leopard to Lion or Mountain Lion was also a major change from 32-bit drivers to 64-bit.
I own three of the most popular USB rs232 adapters:
- Plugable USB to RS-232 DB9 Serial Adapter (Prolific PL2303 Chipset, has an OpenSource Mac driver)
- Belkin USB SERIAL PORT ADAPTER F5U409 (MCT/Philips P87C52X2BA Chipset)
- Keyspan by Tripp Lite USA-19HS Hi-Speed USB Serial Adapter (Custom TI Chipset)
For Linux the PL2303 Chipset is probably the best choice. For Windows all three are suppose to work but your milage will vary depending on the OS version and the device you are connecting. However for the Mac OS X, despite the fact the PL2303 chipset has an OpenSource driver for the Mac to play with, the only one I recommend and could get working with the Pronto Remote was the Keyspan USA-19HS:
The Keyspan USA-19HS adapter is also hackable and programable, although I did not need to do anything special like that to get it working. It also appears that this Keyspan adapter is the most multi-os compatible adapter and should meet most needs in general.
ProntoEdit and Tonto
ProntoEdit is the computer application provided by Philips that allows you to download, edit, and upload the detailed configurations for the Pronto Remote. There are versions called "ProntoEdit" and "ProntoEdit Professional", which are tied to specific devices and which version of the software you need will depend on the remote you have. ProntoEdit only runs on Windows (and only older versions of Windows). The only way to use this software on a Mac or Linux is in a Virtual Machine and is beyond the scope of this article. If you are looking for this software it's getting hard to find because Philips closed down the web site, so your best course is to start HERE. The manual for using this software (and it applies to Tonto as well) can be found HERE.
This article is going to use Tonto as the editor.
Tonto is an OpenSource project to replace ProntoEdit and the software works enough like ProntoEdit that if you are familiar with one you can use the other. The Tonto project itself is no longer active and replaced on SourceForge by another project with the same name, but the real project can be found HERE. The releases available for download there do not work for me however, and I've provided the one I use HERE. The important thing to know here is that all versions of Tonto, whether binary app or Java, only work as a "32-bit" mode application. This makes it more difficult to get them working on OS releases later than Snow Leopard.
Snow Leopard, Lion, and Mountain Lion. Although the Keyspan USB adapter will work on all MAC OS X releases, because it's a 32-bit only application I have not been able to get the Tonto software working on Lion or Mountain Lion. It's working only on Snow Leopard for me. You could run it in a Snow Leopard Virtual Machine under Lion or Mountain Lion but I didn't do this. There is a Java jnlp webstart version of Tonto on the project site that I cold not get working at all (kept getting communication library failures), but you might get that working on the later OS releases if you force your system to use "Java J2SE 5.0 32-bit" and/or grab the Snow Leopard libraries.
For the purposes of this article I'm going to focus directly on Snow Leopard.
Steps For Getting Tonto Working With Philips Pronto On Mac Snow Leopard
This section describes the steps I took to get the Keyspan USB Serial adapter, Mac OSX Snow Leopard, and the Philips Pronto Remote all working together.
If you've ever tried any serial adapters on your system, make sure you have no conflicting USB RS-232 Serial Drivers installed. Using a Terminal Window, type the following:
sudo -s
cd /System/Library/Extensions
ls | grep -e KeyspanUSA -e Prolific -e BelkinF5U -e 2303 -e USBSerial
This should produce a list of possible kext directories for serial USB adapters. You need to be careful about this step because if you have used other specialized USB devices with this computer those drivers may also appear in this list and removing them may cause that device to no longer work when you plug it in. I highly recommend that you perform a "cp -r " command and copy any kext directory listed to another safe location in case you have to put it back later.
For each of the drivers you plan to remove, perform the following steps (in all cases replace the string "drivername" with the name of the kext driver listed from the above ls command):
kextunload drivername
cp -r drivername ~/Downloads/USBdrivers/drivername
rm -r drivername
Reboot your computer.
Making sure first that the Keyspan adapter is NOT PLUGGED IN, install the "Driver for USA-19HS (Mac OS X 10.6.x to 10.8.x)" from the Tripp Lite website. Then as a precaution, perform the following actions using the Terminal program:
sudo -s
cd /System/Library/Extensions
kextload KeyspanUSAdriver.kext
You may or may not get an error on the "kextload" command, depending on whether the driver was already loaded or not.
Reboot your computer.
Plug in the Keystone RS232 adapter into a USB port. If the system prompts you to go into System Network preferences, do so. If it doesn't, then go to System Preferences and select Networking. If there is already a "Keyspan USA-19H" service listed then highlight it and click "Advanced…". If there isn't one, click the "+" sign in the lower left corner, select the "Keyspan USA-19H" interface, click "Create", then click "Advanced…"
Once in the "Advanced…" settings, set the Vendor to "Null Modem" and click "OK", then "Apply". If you see more than one Keystone network device make this change for all of them. You can now exit preferences.
Lastly, verify that the OS has actual serial devices by running the Terminal program and performing an "ls /dev/*erial*" command. You should see pairs of "KeySerial" device files, one called "cu" and another called "tty".
Note that the Network Preferences "Connect" button will never produce a successful test, but it will make the LED on the adapter flash while it's being attempted.
Plus the Pronto cable into the Adapter. You DO NOT NEED A NULL MODEM adapter, just plug them together. Then plug the Pronto cable into the Pronto.
Download the Tonto application on this site and unzip it. This is an older app version than the jnlp one on the Tonto Project Web Site but that one seems to have a communications library issue. Right-click on the app and perform a "Get Info". If there is an option to "run in 32-bit mode" make sure it is checked.
Run the resulting Tonto.app. It will ask you where to save the new "Tonto.app" file, select a destination where you always want this app to reside. You may also get an error that no Pronto was located; just ignore that for now. Go into preferences and perform the following steps:
- On the SETUP tab select your Pronto model
- On the Debug tab set all 4 categories to "3″
- On the Comm tab, set the Port to "/dev/cu.KeySerial1″. Check all 3 boxes under it.
- Click OK at the bottom of the screen
- Exit the program by clicking "Exit" until the File menu.
Run the Tonto app you specified as "saved" when you first ran the program. It will still ask you each time you run it where you want to "save Tonto.app", but just cancel that. The editor screen should come up without any errors concerning missing communication libraries or that the Pronto cannot be located. You should be able to go into the Tonto File menu and select "Upload From Remote". If this works you'll get a copy of the configuration already loaded in the remote and be able to edit it.
If you get a message that the Pronto could not be located, it may mean one of the following:
- The Keystone driver in network preferences is not set up as a type null modem. If you have more than one showing in network preferences they should all be configured that way.
- You plugged your keystone adapter in a different USB port and the drivers being used have different names in /dev or in network preferences. The fix for this is to figure out which ones you are now using and configure network preferences and Tonto to use them.
- Your Pronto is not working right. Try re-plugging it in, going to home screen first, etc.
- Your Pronto cable is bad
After changing any of these you should be able to perform a "Locate Remote" from the Tonto remote menu and succeed.
When you run Tonto, it also brings up a console window with options to see the log files, clear caches, etc. You may want to try some of those commands and see if they influence your situation.
If you still have issues, you may have better luck with the Java Webstart "jnlp" version of the software on the project web site. I constantly got communication library failures with this version, but using Google search produces a lot of attempts by people to resolve that issue. If you do try that version instead of the one on my site, you need to make sure that:
- The jnlp file is flagged as "32-bit only" using the OSX "Get Info" option. It will not work otherwise
- You may have to run the "Java Preferences" app in the Utilities directory and check the status of the J2SE 32-bit library. Changing the order of these files and making sure it's checked may solve your issue
- You may need to actually grab the 5.0 32-bit J2SE libraries off of a Snow Leopard disc, copy them to your system, and change the active library symlinks to use them instead of the libraries that come with Lion or Mountain Lion
How To Program a Philips Pronto Using USB on Mac OS X originally appeared on Keith Barrett Online on March 3, 2013.
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Wallace started at third base Tuesday in the Astros' 9-4 exhibition victory over the Detroit Tigers, then moved over to first base for three innings after hitting a home run and a couple of singles.
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ER #2... my daughter went inside to explain our situation and the attending vet came out to the parking lot to speak to me. I went through the whole scenario again while Mick was semi-"passed out" in the back seat and didn't even attempt to act like a fool. The vet suggested, and administered, an injection of Depo-Medrol to keep him as stable as possible (w/his breathing) and told us that he was pretty certain that Mick was NOT having an allergic reaction to anything (no welts, no hives, etc.), and he also felt that he wouldn't be able to have any conclusive results before our regular vet is open in the morning. He didn't want to put the dog through sedation and blood tests just to have our vet do the same again later on today and thought that Mickey would be okay 'til then. The ER vet definitely thinks something major is going on (he mentioned abcess, infection or possibly Lymphoma) but he also said that I would probably pay double for every test he'd run tonight - and we'd have to see our vet for a follow-up visit in the morning anyway.
He didn't charge us for the "visit" or the shot.
So we went back home and I'm just sick to my stomach now... between the weight gain and the other crap... Mick is just happy to be back home and found a warm spot under my blanket on my bed. Bless his heart - he was very well behaved, considering.
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Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald reported Monday that owner Stephen Ross will speak with the media later this week, but that the departure of General Manager Jeff Ireland will not be part of the chat. Ireland's job was under fire at the end of last season and he entered this year on what many thought was shaky ground after an offseason that didn't live up to many expectations, but things are more settled this time around.
The Dolphins weren't great at 7-9 and a 3-6 finish sank any playoff hopes they may have harbored, neither of which takes away from the fact that the team is better situated now than they were at this time last year. Ryan Tannehill was solid for much of his rookie season, Joe Philbin handled himself well in his first year as the team's head coach and they have a ton of cap space to use to make more improvements this offseason.
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[align=center]THE SET-UP
First things first. If you're one of the people who is in a rush to get under the bar and finish the lift, slow the f*ck down. Rushing the set-up is the biggest problem a lot of people make. They will duck under the bar and lift it on their back within a second, which is when the grotesque chest dropping and upper back rounding occurs most frequently. Slowing things down and taking time to make sure you are very tight at the start will ensure that you stay protected and solid throughout the entire movement and look a little less like the hunchback of Notre Dame.
A lot of people don't know how to set their hand width properly. They're either way too wide, or not wide enough. I say that if you are not a very large person or don't have a particularly muscular upper back, keep your grip width more narrow to create a shelf with your traps for the bar to rest on. If you are a much larger person, you can afford to have your arms a little wider. Unless you're a 300 lb. super-heavyweight with a very muscular back (in which case you wouldn't really be reading this tutorial), there is no reason to have your hands all the way at the end of the bar. It's just silly and won't help tighten your upper back if your back is not big enough for it. The best thing to do here is to play around with different hand widths before squatting your regular weights to see what distance makes your back the tightest.
A trick I learned recently from a fellow powerlifter is to set your hand width on the bar BEFORE getting under, so that when you dip down to get the bar on your upper back, everything is much tighter. I used to dip under the bar and set my hands after, but I found that doing it beforehand and not changing the position of your hands kept my back a lot tighter and made it easier to keep my chest up. Ladies, if you have long hair I suggest putting it in a bun or a braid kept to the side to make sure this is easier for you.
You're going to want your upper back VERY tight. So tight in fact, that you could hold a pencil between your shoulder blades. You want your back to remain this tight throughout the entire set. As you tighten your back and get under the bar, raise your chest and make sure it is out and high. This is a huge priority, because it's what will prevent you from doing a good-morning on the way out of the hole.
[size=x-small]That's a tight back.[/size][/align]
Don't flare your elbows up behind you. Try to keep your elbows tucked under the bar as much as possible, and avoid bending your wrists. Remember, your hands are there to keep the bar in place, not to support the weight. Too much wrist bending can result in injury or tendinitis. If you have a problem keeping your wrists straight, wear wrist wraps to increase the pressure and keep them in line. I have to do this as well, and a lot of squatters also do this especially if they squat low-bar.
Bar placement depends on personal preference. I find that low bar squatting (bar on the rear delts) causes more forward lean,and involves more of the lower back, as well as putting a lot more emphasis on the glutes and hamstrings. It is harder to get very low in a squat with a low bar placement (though this is remedied by maintaining great hamstring/hip/glute flexibility). For a lot of people it helps them lift more weight, and it's popular amongst powerlifters. A high bar placement is set at the top of the traps right below the neck, and is also referred to as an "Olympic style squat". It helps you stay more upright and get lower, but a lot of people find that they squat less weight with an Olympic style than with a low bar style.
Then of course, there is always the in-between, where it isn't quite low bar and not quite high bar. All in all, it's really down to preference, and the only real WRONG bar placement that you can have is putting the bar too high up so that it's resting on your neck and spine rather than your traps, which is just begging for injury. Find what suits you and your leverages and stick with it. Try not to go back and forth between low bar and high bar squats.
Moving on…
Get completely under the bar when you are setting up. Do not unrack it with one leg back and one leg forward (common error). Your neck and traps should be pushed back into the bar when you are setting up. You want to really keep it back in there and tight. Arch your back slightly, take a breath, and un-rack the bar. Let the weight settle COMPLETELY on your back before you walk back. Do not just unrack the bar and start walking back, or you will begin to come loose. Again, slow down.
After you have waited a second or two, you want to step back with as few steps as possible to make sure you remain tight and to conserve energy. The rule is 3 steps. Some beginners until they find a groove for their foot width will need a few more steps and some shifting to find their proper position, but this should be minimized as much as possible. Remember, use as few steps as you possibly can.
Foot width, like with the deadlift, is determined primarily by preference. While some people will choose to have a wider stance, some people will also prefer a much closer stance. What I don't suggest for a raw lifter is to squat in a sumo stance. There is no real reason for this, and it will take too much of a toll on the hip flexors. It's also much harder to get lower, and this is mainly a squat stance used by equipped powerlifters.
A general rule of thumb is to have your feet shoulder-width apart, with your toes pointed out slightly. The toes pointed will help take stress off the knees, and will also help you engage your hamstrings and glutes more so that you can get your hips through at the lock-out. The more narrow your stance, the more emphasis is placed on the quadriceps. Which is why I personally prefer something in between narrow and wider, so that I get a good balance of quad, hamstring, and adductor involvement. Stance takes experimenting to see what works best for you. Choose the stance that works best for your leverages and level of comfort (to a certain degree).
[align=center]THE START
So now that you are in position with the weight on your back, it's time to start the breathing. A lot of people neglect this part and will simply start dropping down into the squat. They don't realize how important taking deep breaths and holding them before the descent is when it comes to staying tight throughout the rep.
The breath should always be taken deep into your stomach. Don't breathe through the chest. Not only will the breath be shallow but it will be harder to hold, and your core will not be very tight. If you use a belt when squatting, you will want to take a deep breath and push out as hard as you can on the belt.
I prefer to take two quick breaths before finally taking in a really deep one and pushing against the belt. Remember that the entire time I am standing there, I am just as tight as I was when I first un-racked the bar. Never let your muscles relax while you are breathing.
[align=center]THE DESCENT
After you have taken your breath in, hold it, push your abs into your belt very hard (or if you are not wearing a belt, just tighten your stomach). Push your neck and traps into the bar, arch your back, sit back, and go down.
You should set your point of focus the same as a deadlift. NEVER look completely down or in the mirror. Set your focus straight ahead and slightly down, or slightly up. Keep your head and neck in a neutral position and focus on one spot.
When you're squatting, you have to push your knees out to the side as much as you can. As Dave Tate said, think of trying to spread the floor with your feet. Push against the side of your feet and open up. This is very important for proper hamstring and glute activation through out the movement.
You don't want the squat to be a 2-3 part movement. As in, one part of your body goes down, and then the other, then the other, etc. Like the deadlift, it should be a fluid movement…down and up. Your knees and hips should be moving at pretty much the same rate.
Do not worry about knee travel unless your weight is coming onto your toes. If your knees are the first thing to come forward and you feel the weight shifting to the front of your body, it is because you are not sitting back enough, and you are transferring the load to your upper back and quadriceps, rather than your glutes and hamstrings.
Remember that the body will ALWAYS compensate for a weak muscle by supporting the weight with the stronger muscles. The body does not know what good form is, it only knows that there is a heavy ass weight resting on it, and it needs to lift it somehow. The key is training yourself to use certain muscles primarily. Your glutes and hamstrings can support a lot of weight if you train them to, and those are the muscles that most of the lifting should be done with.
Always break with your hips first, not your knees.
[align=center]THE ASCENT
Just like on the way down, you will want to keep your knees out. This will help you lock-out the weight better and will prevent that common sticking point mid-squat when you just can't seem to get your hips through. Many times if I failed a squat mid-way, it was because I was not utilizing my hamstrings as much as I could have, and my knees were pointed forward which made it hard for me to get my hips through. So it's important that you stay focused and remember to keep your knees out so that your hamstrings can be worked to their fullest capacity.
You will rise with your chest and head first. Imagine a string being attached from your chest to the ceiling, pulling it up. If you let your chest drop, that is when the bar rolls and the weight gets shifted to the front of your body rather than the back. If your chest is up, everything will stay tight, and will prevent forward lean.
Don't raise your hips too fast, because this can also cause you to do a good-morning on the way up. Just like you descend in a uniform motion, you should come up in the same way. Drive your hips up to lock out the weight. You really have to squeeze your glutes very hard and force your hips forward. The lock out needs to be done with your hips, not your knees.
If you're making a squat max attempt or near max attempt, I think it's important to let out some air once/if you reach a sticking point on the squat, since your goal is not to pass out during the squat from holding your breath too long. Let out some air in a hiss when you hit that spot.
[align=center]COMMON PROBLEMS AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM[/align]
Butt "winking" This is when you reach a certain point in the squat where your lower back rounds and "winks" at the bottom. This can be dangerous, and you can injure yourself badly if you're not careful. It's caused by a number of things, including (but not limited to) inflexibility, lower back weakness, loss of your arch during the movement, and loosening of the lower back during the movement. My suggestion to correct this problem is to incorporate more PC work such as good-mornings, SLDL's, hyperextensions, rack pulls (below the knee), and lots of hip flexor/hamstring/glute stretching.
Losing the arch Pretty difficult one to overcome, and takes a lot of practice and concentration. You have to really be focused and know how it feels to keep the arch throughout the entire squat. Once you lose that arch, your back can get quite loose, which can cause the winking mentioned above, back rounding, and good-mornings out of the hole. You will need to strengthen your mid-back and lower-back muscles and also practice holding your arch for longer periods of time. Build your back with the assistance exercises mentioned above, as well as practicing your arch with lighter weights until you can build up to holding it completely when the weights get heavier.
Bar rolling on back This is caused by your upper back not being tight enough. If the bar is securely on your back, there would be no reason for the rolling.
Knees caving in This comes from mainly from a lack of hamstring and glute strength, and can be corrected with the proper assistance exercises. I recommend SLDL's, good-mornings, GHR's, hip thrusts, and wide-stance box squats. You also must concentrate on pushing your knees out throughout the whole movement, like I mentioned earlier. Mobility work and glute activation work is also important before beginning your squats.
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Think of "bending the bar" over your back. This will cause immediate tightness and help you keep the bar in place on your upper back.
Do whatever it takes to help you get that weight up when it feels tough. Some people like to breathe out air with a hiss, while others let out a loud grunt. If it helps you lift it, then go for it. I don't care, and most other people don't care either. If they complain just throw them over your back and squat them for a clean set of 10.
Start out with mental cues. Think, "Head up, chest up, arch back, hips back, knees out..etc" if it helps you to remember. If you can't think of all that at once, get someone to yell at you "hips back!" or "knees out!" to help you.
WEAR FLAT SHOES I cannot stress this enough. Barefoot, even. Unless you have squatting shoes, which is just as good. Stop squatting in goddamn sneakers. Invest in a cheap pair of high-top Chuck Taylors/converse and squat in those.
Have fun, and remember to be patient with yourself. It takes time to master the technicalities of the movement. Always keep a learning attitude about you though, and remember that it is a work in progress. Don't try to rush things or they get sloppy. Go at your own pace, and practice with lighter weight if you need to.
Also keep in mind that when performing a 1-rep max effort attempt on a squat, there are going to be more technical flaws than a weight you could do, say, for 3-5 repetitions. In the case of a competition, sometimes there are more errors in form simply due to the fact that the athlete is doing whatever he or she can to get the weight back up.
However in training, you should strive to keep your technique as clean as possible to prevent injury and ensure that you have a long life filled with many more days of squatting pain-free.
In training, 95% of the time it will be form over weight. You're training your body, not your ego.
nrg500 wrote:ano po ba ang ratio ng front squat to back squat ?
nahihirapan kasi ako sa back squat, can't do it properly
front squat lang ginagawa ko
sa back squat kasi, attainable daw ang 1.6x of body weight within 2 years (1RM)
nag-search na ako sa Google, ang search results ay foreign forums on bodybuilding. ang range na nakita ko ay is Front Squat = 70 to 90% of Back Squat
kailangan ko lang ng inputs ng fellow PBB members
150 lbs ako ngayon. may front squat last monday is 130 lbs x 4 reps
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Our special "Ouch Room," in which all treatments are provided, helps children associate their hospital room with rest and relaxation, rather than with medical procedures.
The Kids Cove's bright and colorful setting features an ocean theme with tropical fish décor, floor tile patterns resembling ocean waves, and even fish and star ceiling tiles.
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Bilforumet necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 71 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
This is gonna be the coolest car community ever made. Maybe even the coolest community of any genre. And we need your help redesigning it.
Male age 16-50 who likes to modify cars
We got our current design a couple of years ago but we feel that web design have stepped into a new cleaner direction. We dont like all the boxes and gfx details in our current design. We are looking for something new that is super clean and very web 2.0.
What you cannot do:
Change sizes of the two columns more than 10% +/- in width. They need to be the same size.
You cannot leave out any of the content
Use alot of colors in your design.
Use some sort of GFX as page background
What you can do:
All changes that can be done with CSS and gfx in CSS can be done.
You can make a new menus
You can change ALL colors
You can change all fonts and font sizes
You can change the logo if you want. But we already like the one we have.
Menu MUST be to rows. Check current design. The menu in the PSD example we made is lacking the second row. You design needs to have two rows.
Alll boxes surrounding the content.
Make the design light and not full of fancy gfx. Do not use cars etc for backgrounds.
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We run multiple websites and need lots of design work done all the time. If we are happy about the design we will consider hiring you on a permanent basis.
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Metropolitan Movers GTA is a professional Markham moving company in Great Toronto Area, Canada, having been working in the industry for several decades. Specializing in both residential and commercial moving, Metropolitan Markham Movers GTA provides local, office and international moving services, which come in complete packages that consist of packing, pickup, transportation, delivery and unpacking. This will simplify the moving process substantially, requiring very little or no effort from customers.
Regardless of the distance, reasons, or amount of help you have, it is never an easy process. Likely, you recently made some big and stress-packed decisions, such as buying/selling a house or relocating your office, changing the school for your children, or even accepting a new job opportunity.


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Spicy Stir-Fried Tofu With Kale and Red Pepper Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
Adapted from New York Times.
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- Yield:makes 4 servings
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:20 minutes
- 1 bunch kale (about 10 ounces), stemmed, washed, roughly torn, and blanched for 1 minute
- 1 14-ounce package firm tofu, sliced into about 1/4 inch thick rectangles
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Shao Hsing rice wine or dry sherry
- 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil or canola oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 1 serrano pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 red bell pepper, cut in 2-inch julienne
- 2 teaspoons dark sesame oil
Lay the slices of tofu on paper towels to dry.
In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, rice wine, stock, and cornstarch. In a second bowl, combine the salt, pepper, and sugar.
Preheat a wok or large (12-inch) skillet that's not nonstick until a drop of water evaporates within a second or two when added to the pan. Add the oil and swirl to coat the inside of the pan, then add the tofu. Stir-fry until it begins to color, 1-2 minutes, then add the garlic, ginger, and chile. Continue cooking until fragrant, about 15 seconds more.
Add the red pepper and stir-fry for an additional minute, then add the kale, salt, pepper, and sugar. Toss everything together well, then add the soy sauce mixture and the sesame oil. Cook for an additional 30 seconds, until the sauce just thickens and coats the ingredients. Remove from the heat and serve with rice, noodles, or another kind of grain.
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Even with an outstanding album Kaleidoscope Dream, currently out on iTunes, some people can't seem to focus on anything else besides Miguel's sexuality. Is he gay or is he straight? The boy has golden lungs, who cares? Though it seems to plague his career, he isn't sweating it. During an interview with "The Breakfast Club," he made it very clear that the rumors affected him when he first came onto the scene. But, he understood where the accusations stemmed from–his "suspect" wardrobe which he attributes to the "powers that be." "At the end of the day as a grown a** man, I don't care about the sexuality of another man," said the young entertainer.
"This whole album is a collection on my perspective on life," he says. "R&B at one time, it used to be very creative," he continued. "I think in general, R&B has gotten really lazy in the more contemporary sense of the world."
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Common wisdom holds that orcs are better levels 1-5 or so, while humans are better afterwards. I was curious to see the exact numbers, so did a bit of math. The results were surprising!
Assuming level 10, with no items in inventory, 400 CP (five conversions for the orc) gets the orc 10 damage, while it gets the human 20 (four 10% attack boosts, times 50 damage base). Factoring in attack boosters, the Orc gets 13, while the human stays at the same 20. Extrapolating, the orc equals the human with 100% attack, and from any point after that is going to do more damage. 100% attack isn't even that hard to do - extra attack prep gets you 50%, Rogue and Barbarian get 40% for free, and the Warlord gets a whopping 60%. Throw on Dwarven Gauntlets (nearly an auto-prep for me) and the perseverance badge, and you're easily in the 120-130% range. And remember, this is at level 10. Going lower level is only better for the orc.
In conclusion, for high %damage classes like Warlord, Berserker, and Rogue, orc is always better - even in the super lategame.


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It was in the West that Samuel Clemens became Mark Twain, and although the landscape and characters of frontier life play only a small part in his writings, one can always detect a tang of the region where he found his literary voice and identity in his distinctively colloquial style.
Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and grew up in nearby Hannibal, on the Mississippi River. His father died in 1847, leaving the family with little financial support, and Clemens became a printer's apprentice, eventually working for his brother, Orion, who had set himself up in Hannibal as a newspaper publisher. After a year spent setting type for newspapers on the east coast, Clemens returned in 1854 to rejoin Orion, who by this time had moved on to start a paper in Keokuk, Iowa.
Through all his years in the printshop, Clemens tried his hand at composing humorous pieces, using the heavy-handed techniques of local colorists who were popular at the time. By 1856, he was accomplished enough to receive a commission from the Keokuk Saturday Post for a series of comical letters reporting on his planned travels to South America. But on his way down the Mississippi, Clemens temporarily abandoned his literary ambitions to take up a trade he had dreamed about as a boy. He apprenticed himself to become a riverboat pilot, and after 18 months of training, spent the next three years navigating the Mississippi's ever-changing waters.
When the Civil War closed traffic on the river in the spring of 1861,
Clemens spent a few inglorious weeks as a volunteer in the Confederate
army, then deserted to join Orion again, whose abolitionist views had
won him appointment as territorial secretary in Nevada. By mid-August,
the brothers were in Carson City, where Clemens tried his luck with timber,
then mining, then finally found a measure of success in 1862 as a feature
writer for the Virginia
City Territorial Enterprise. It was as this paper's reporter
at the Nevada constitutional convention that Clemens began to sign his
work "Mark Twain."
The experience of filing daily reports on the picturesque doings in a
Nevada mining town helped Clemens sharpen and broaden his abilities as
a writer. After two years, he carried those talents to San
Francisco, where he wrote for a variety of newspapers and periodicals,
among them The Californian, edited by Bret Harte. Though they were
to quarrel later, at this time Clemens and Harte shared a common ambition,
and the more experienced Harte proved a valuable guide as Clemens tried
to work the comic artifice out of his humor and develop a more natural,
conversational style. With "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County," published in 1865
by The Saturday Press of New York, and reprinted by newspapers
across the country, this style made its first appearance, a style readers
would soon come to recognize as the voice of Mark Twain.
Clemens left San Francisco in 1866, reporting first on his travels to Hawaii for the Sacramento Union, then heading back east with an open assignment for humorous travel writing from the San Francisco Alta California. After a brief return to Missouri, he took up the literary life in New York, where he polished his lucrative talent as an entertaining lecturer, then set sail in 1867 on a grand tour of Europe and the Mideast. The reports of this journey which he sent back to San Francisco and New York later became his first best-seller, Innocents Abroad (1869).
On his return to the United States, Clemens married Olivia Langdon of Elmira, New York, in 1870 -- after a courtship hundreds of love letters long. The couple settled briefly in Buffalo, New York, then permanently in Harford, Connecticut, where Clemens finally turned from journalism to produce the books and novels that are the basis of his fame. One of the first in this string was Roughing It (1872), an autobiographical account of his years in the West told in the humorous style of his travel writing, which pits a self-confident observer against a setting which he both comically misinterprets and ironically understands only too well. This element of self-conscious irony, rooted here in memory, would become the hallmark of Clemens' best work, especially evident in the novels set in his boyhood world beside the Mississippi River, Tom Sawyer (1876) and his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Like his father and brother before him, Clemens was unlucky in business and much of his writing and lecturing was spurred by the need to pay off debts stemming from bad investments. Toward the end of his life, Clemens passed through a period of deep depression, which began in 1896 when he received word on a lecture tour in England that his favorite daughter, Susy, had died of meningitis. His wife's death in 1904, and the loss of a second daughter in 1909, deepened his gloom. Clemens had once humorously predicted that, since his birth had coincided with the appearance of Halley's comet, his own death would come when the comet next returned. This prophecy was fulfilled when he died at his home in Redding, Connecticut, in 1910.


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Research institutions prepare and submit information about agricultural and forestry research projects to be documented in CRIS (the Current Research Information System). CRIS is a unit of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within USDA.
All research sponsored or conducted by the USDA is required to be documented in CRIS. The database currently includes information covering over 95% of all publicly supported agricultural and forestry research. Anyone can search CRISTEL the online searchable database, to obtain information for all USDA funded research documented in the CRIS system.
The CRIS database is built directly from data submitted by cooperating institutions. The Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station submits all data to CRIS electronically.
VT. Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Vermont is a participating site using the CRIS Web forms to submit data to CRIS. The following forms are available through the CRIS Web forms:
Hatch Projects
· AD-416/417/2008 forms must be submitted to CRIS at a project's inception or revision.
AD-416 Research Resume Web forms instructions
AD-417 Classification of Research Web forms instructions
If the project needs IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Approval). Please click on the link for procedures and forms; http://www.uvm.edu/iacuc
If the project needs IRB (Institutional Review Board Approval). Please click on the link for procedures and forms; http://www.uvm.edu/irb
· An annual AD-421 Annual Accomplishment/Termination report is required for all active projects in the CRIS system. NIFA requires submission of an annual accomplishment/termination report to CRIS within 90 days of the anniversary of the start date. Please be specific and provide required detailed information when completing the output section of these reports.
AD-421 Progress/Termination Report Web forms instructions
Multi-State Projects
To become a member of an existing multistate project a faculty member must complete the following forms:
· AD-416/417/2008 forms must be submitted to CRIS at a project's inception or revision.
AD-416 Research Resume Web forms instructions
AD-417 Classification of Research Web forms instructions
· Appendix E form found at www.nimss.umd.edu
• If you forgot your password, please use the "Track ID" function on the logon page. All you need to enter is your e-mail address and the system will send you your password.
• Go to participants/draft/edit participant info/draft new/use dropdown to select "region"/select project
• Use dropdown to select the scientist (note the scientist needs to be registered in NIMSS first)
• Check box if the scientist is the main rep. from Vermont
• Fill in the SY, PY or TY
• Fill in the KA, SOI, FOS. Click on KA, SOI or FOS if you want the list where you can select from
• Then submit. This will be sent directly to the Advisor for approval and then USDA-CSREES. The advisor will need to approve.
NOTE: All VT-AES CRIS forms information is collected using the CRIS Web forms. You must contact Sue Lang to submit the VT. data to CRIS and USDA funded granting agencies.
Sue Lang if you are affiliated with the University of Vermont, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences and need assistance with any of these forms.
email: slang@.uvm.edu
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With the end of December almost here, it doesn't look like I'm going to get to that big Repeal Day wrap-up I had planned. Luckily Tom Pearson's all over it with Repeal Day and post-Repeal Day entries, so check over at his site for the links. See also Jeffrey Morgenthaler's adventures in DC and "libertarian kind of guy" Lance Mayhew's thoughtful reflections about Prohibition and the growth of government.
I was in DC too, kicking off the day at Cato's Free to Booze event. I wasn't able to watch the forum, being too busy setting up the bar in the lobby and teaching the interns some practical skills like how to juice citrus for 200 people. Thanks to their help, spirit donations from DISCUS, and a very last minute purchase of sweet vermouth, Jeff and I were able to mix up some tasty vintage cocktails for the thirsty mob. Here's what we served:
Manhattan: Bulleit Bourbon, Sweet Vermouth, and Angostura Bitters
One of the first uses of vermouth in a cocktail and a true classic to this day
Martinez: Beefeater or Tanqueray Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Maraschino Liqueur, and Orange Bitters
Forgotten cousin of the Dry Martini, also born of America's love affair with vermouth
Sidecar: Hennessy VS Cognac, Cointreau, and Lemon
An early mix of spirit, orange liqueur, and citrus, a versatile combination enjoyed today in the Margarita and Cosmopolitan
Aviation: Beefeater or Tanqueray Gin, Lemon, Maraschino, and Crème de Violette
A beautiful classic regaining popularity thanks to new imports of violet liqueur
Stone Fence: Maker's Mark Bourbon, Cider, Angostura Bitters
Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys drank a rustic version of this drink before storming Fort Ticonderoga. What are you gonna do?
Sazerac: Hennessy VS Cognac, Pernod aux extraits de plantes d'absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, Angostura Bitters, and Sugar
Vintage New Orleans cocktail; though originally made with cognac, rye whiskey became standard in the 1870s
Pegu Club: Beefeater or Tanqueray Gin, Cointreau, Lime, Orange Bitters, and Angostura Bitters
A refreshing gin drink published in Harry Craddock's Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) and credited to the Pegu Club in Burma
Jeff and I had a great time making the drinks. I hadn't worked a busy bar shift since leaving Open City in March, so getting back into the groove and working through a long line of orders felt great. One of my favorite moments of the night was informing a person who ordered a vodka tonic that we had neither vodka nor tonic. Working with a limited bar and a small menu let us put the focus on introducing people to new experiences and I think we opened a few eyes to well-crafted cocktails.
If you missed the Cato event, it's too late to make you a drink but you can catch video of the policy forum online. Organizer Brandon Arnold also recorded a podcast for the occasion.
Following a nice dinner with friends, I went off to DC Craft Bartenders Guild's fantastic Repeal Day celebration, featuring drinks from some of the DC's best mixologists. Then we took the afterparty to Gibson, the new speakeasy off U St. As Jeff notes, some of these speakeasy themed bars stand on ceremony to the point of inconvenience. At one I watched the host make a woman search her Blackberry for her forgotten codeword before granting entrance, despite the fact that every table but my own was unoccupied. There's none of that nonsense at Gibson. There the focus is entirely on serving wonderful drinks in a comfortable, relaxed environment. And the drinks really are excellent. If you're in DC, it's absolutely worth visiting. I just wish it had opened before I moved across the country.
This Repeal Day will be hard to top, but the 100th anniversary is just 25 years away. It's hard to predict what will happen then. Perhaps there will be blowback against the nanny state's current excesses. Maybe we'll finally overturn some of our outdated alcohol distribution laws. Given all the momentum in the craft movement right now, I'm hopeful we'll see even broader interest in mixology and be closer to overcoming Prohibition's legacy of crap cocktails. Whatever happens, we're going to have one hell of a party.


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In 2012 the evolution began by Piper Aircraft, upgrading its Mirage, Matrix and Seneca models to Concorde batteries. The transition is now complete and Concorde batteries are now the Original Equipment battery on all new production aircraft.
RG24-20 (Piper P/N 601-923) is Concorde's 19 Ah Sealed Lead Acid RG (recombinant gas) battery and the new Original Equipment starting battery on the Piper Seneca. The Seneca has also been upgraded with emergency battery RG-132 (Piper P/N 601-924).
The Piper Seminole's new Original Equipment batteries are the RG24-15M (Piper P/N 601-926) 13.6 Ah main starting battery and the 6 Ah RG-132 emergency battery.
Piper's Archer is now running with Concorde's RG24-11M 11 Ah RG Series main battery and the RG-132 emergency battery.
Concorde's 16 Ah RG24-17 (Piper P/N 601-919) is Original Equipment on the Mirage and the Matrix aircraft.
Piper also released Piper Service Letter 1128 approving upgrades to the increased capacity battery on Piper models PA-46-350P and PA-46-350T with Piper Kit 88495. This kit provides the necessities to transition from all previously certified battery types to Concorde's sealed Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA) maintenance free battery, Concorde officials noted.
Piper's Meridian was certified with Concorde's RG-41 (Piper P/N 601-910) high performance RG Battery.
The RG (recombinant gas) Series of sealed lead acid batteries are maintenance free; no water replenishment is ever required, according to Concorde officials. The sealed batteries ensure no acid spray and no battery box cleanup, officials add.
Concorde designs and manufactures more than 90 models of Original Equipment and direct replacement batteries for fixed wing and rotary aircraft.
For more information: 626-813-1234 or ConcordeBattery.com.