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Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout - Great Divide Brewing Company
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gford217Georgia 4.3/5 rDev +0.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 22oz bomber poured into a tulip. Pours an oily black with a massive dark tan head that leaves sheets of lacing on the way down to a small cap which lingers for the duration. The aroma is actually fairly similar to the non-espresso version, dominated by a malted milk ball aroma - tons of dark roasted malts and dark chocolate. I don't really get much in the way of coffee in the aroma, maybe a hint as it warms. The taste follows the aroma but definitely has more of the espresso. The initial flavors are semi-sweet dark chocolate and the dark malt backbone. The finish brings on a bit of the espresso with a lingering bitterness through the finish and a nice burn down the throat from the booze. The mouthfeel is spectacular - full bodied but very, very smooth. Completely decadent mouthfeel, like drinking a dessert. This is another great version of the yeti and one that I enjoyed. I honestly could have used more coffee in this one, but it's still a great beer. Serving type: bottle 04-02-2009 02:56:38 | More by gford217 DrDogbeerMassachusetts 4.03/5 rDev -5.4% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Poured into a tulip at cellar temp. Pours a jet blac body with a good sized cola colored head. Beautiful beer. Smell is of chocolate at first, then I get the coffee, some vanilla and some alcohol. Taste is very complex. I get a ton of different flavors as I drink it. At first a ton of chocolate. Almost Kate-like. That stops as I continue to drink and I get a bunch of oak, bitter, bitter coffee and some alcohol burn. The bitterness dominates as I continue to drink, but I don't mind this. Mouthfeel is slick as can be with that much bitterness. Fairly full bodied, but not creamy. Good stout, one that I would try again. Serving type: bottle 04-01-2009 22:46:51 | More by DrDogbeer sinstaineddemonConnecticut 3.6/5 rDev -15.5% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5 A - pours ver dark, inky, black hole black, with two full fingers of chocolate milk froth type head S - be sure not to drink this too cold, as it kills the aroma, as i let it warm, coffee aromas expound, a previous reviewer mentioned its like walking into a starbucks or some other gourment coffee shop and i agree with that sentiment, i also detect an alcohol bite, rich roasted coffee associated malts, hops are barely discernible, i cant pick out the vanilla/oak characteristics mentioned on the bottle T - as one would expect, the coffee/espresso flavors do demand your attention in the entire taste experience, so does a background laced with alcohol sting, almost a whiskeyish alcohol note, there is a noticeable oaky/resiny/woody element to the finish, but to me it lacks the vanilla-esque sweetness associated with some oak aging, overall just too much of a alcohol element, it overwhelms M&D - other than the alcohol overwhelming, some interesting notes, an intense flavors, just wish i could taste them Serving type: bottle 04-01-2009 20:58:03 | More by sinstaineddemon angelmonsterColorado 4.47/5 rDev +4.9% look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Ordered a snifter at the Great Divide Brewery Tap Room. Pours a big 2 finger dark chocolate colored head. Body is pitch black and opaque. Head retention and lacing are good through out Smell is very big on espresso and chocolate malt. The only way i could describe it to someone would be like walking into starbucks or the ground coffee aisle in a grocery store. Never have smelled anything like it. Hops are present but pretty low. Taste is very similar to a frappuccino but with alcohol added. Lots of roasted, burnt malts that give it the thickness of a milkshake. Aftertaste is of some hops and a bit of alcohol Head is nice and creamy. Body is rich, almost like a desert. Theres not a lot of carbonation but thats probably a good thing Over all has lots of flavor, nice thick consistency but still highly drinkable. From where i sit i can see the fermenters making this brew, i kind of want to jump right in there and bathe in this delicious beer but the burns would prolly be pretty severe. So glad i live so close to the supply, could drink this everyday Serving type: on-tap 04-01-2009 18:35:34 | More by angelmonster YonderWandererColorado 4.43/5 rDev +4% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 A: Black with brown overtones. A thin layer of dark tan foam. Medium lacing on the glass. S: Coffee. Espresso. Hints of oak, chocolate, and vanilla. T: This is fantastic. Coffee leads the way with a nice hit of espresso without being overpowering. Hints of chocolate and oak line the edges, with a nice roasted flavor coming through. Alcohol is incredibly well hidden. M: Smooth and almost creamy. A hint of warming from the alcohol. D: This is a fantastic stout. Great Divide has upped the Yeti even one further from the original oak aged version. Adding coffee has turned this into one incredible stout. Serving type: bottle 04-01-2009 00:29:50 | More by YonderWanderer HopDerekPennsylvania 4.3/5 rDev +0.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Bottled on 2/13/09, picked up at Capone's, poured into my Great Divide snifter. Pours a thick lightless dark, dark brownish black color with nice 2 fingers of foamy mocha and burnt tan head. Great lasting retention and some pretty impressive lacing, with a huge creamy ring at the very top. Smells of roasted malt, espresso, baker's chocolate, floral hops, oak, molasses, coffee, and slightly burnt brownies. Tastes of espresso right off the bat with some citrusy hops following close behind along with a touch of dark fruits like raisins and plum. Roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, and light vanilla notes make an appearance as does some nuttiness, anise, and wet oak before a finish of charred coffee grounds and bitter hops. Full to medium full in body with moderate carbonation. Thick, smooth, and creamy but with a chewy finish, hides a majority of its ABV well. Not overly coffee'd out, just a nice extra push from regular Oak Aged Yeti to incorporate more balance into it. A nice Imperial stout, but a little on the bitter side. Easy to drink but not frequently, maybe with age it will mellow out a bit. Serving type: bottle 03-30-2009 20:47:32 | More by HopDerek cjgator3Florida 3.93/5 rDev -7.7% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3 22oz bottle Bottled Feb 13 2009 A- Poured into a snifter. Pours a dark black color with a light tan head. S- The aroma is very dark and roasty with a lot of fresh roasted coffee in the nose. There is also some hops and a good dose of alcohol but the coffee is definitely the dominant smell in the aroma. Very nice! Can't wait for my first sip! T- The taste starts out pretty smooth with some roasted malts and a hint of sweetness. It quickly to bitterness with a lot of bitter coffee and hop flavors in the finish. There is definitely a lot of hops in the finish, definitely one of the hoppier Imperial Stouts. M- The mouthfeel is a little on the thick side with a good amount of carbonation. D- Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout is some great stuff. Not exactly the most drinkable beer in the world, it is definitely a sipper. Overall, this is one that I would definitely pick up again. Highly Recommended! Serving type: bottle 03-30-2009 02:47:57 | More by cjgator3 schinebdMassachusetts 3.85/5 rDev -9.6% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 A - Pours blackish with a dark brown head. Good lacing. No surprises, good or bad. S - Vanilla, chocolate and a surprisingly muted coffee smell. T - The first second of this two of this beer are fantastic. A great blend of vanilla, chocolate, coffee and bourbon punch the tongue. But then, before I can begin to contemplate the intense and complex flavors, they completely fade to strong coffee and very hoppy finish. A little out of balance. I do have to say that as the beer gets warmer the initial taste lingers longer. M - Probably the weakest feature of this beer...Maybe its because I'm having this after a week of drinking of KBS, but it seems a little watery - only a little, but still... D - The ABV coupled with the unbalanced bitter finish make one enough. Serving type: bottle 03-30-2009 01:05:33 | More by schinebd dukew456Oregon 4.2/5 rDev -1.4% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5 Poured from a 22 oz bomber into my Duvel tulip A - Pours a viscous black, with an incredible coffee ice cream-colored head that sticks around. As this head recedes it leaves substantial lacing down the glass. Great stuff. S - Roasted malts and coffee come through initially, with an alcoholic whiff that helps one to know that this is an imp stout. The acidity of the roastiness and coffee combined with the alcohol is very pleasant. T - The rich, vanilla oakiness of the decaffeinated version of this beer takes a back seat to the acidic bitterness of the coffee and malts, but are still there nonetheless. The chocolate qualities of the roasted malts blend well with the acidic coffee tastes as well. Hops come through just a bit to lend a dirt-like quality to the "coffeeness" which works well. M&D- Creamy and viscous, about what an oak-aged imperial stout should be. The ABV on this is well hidden, so I could see putting a few of these back in a night before calling it quits. Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 21:43:40 | More by dukew456 gonzo46and2Florida 3.43/5 rDev -19.5% look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 Pours very dark black with a huge head that's almost just as black. Very dark head indeed. The head left lacing all over the glass and stuck around until the beer was gone. Aroma of hops was overpowering. After warming up a bit more the malt and coffee came out to play. There really could have been a lot more malt and coffee tones for my personal preference. Taste was very hoppy and bitter but not just from the hops but also the roasted malt and coffee. There wasn't as much balance as I'd hope for but this was still a tasty brew. Mouthfeel was very slick and viscous. Very dry and bittter. Could be a bit sweeter in my opinion. Good imperial stout but nothing I'd rush to pay $12.00 to $20 a bomber for again. I really enjoyed the regular oak aged yeti more than this beer and that really suprises me since I've loved every coffee beer I've had. Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 19:48:28 | More by gonzo46and2 cvstricklandNorth Carolina 4.3/5 rDev +0.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 "It's official: You can now have Yeti with breakfast."-- Espresso Oak Aged Yeti label "Hell Yeah!"-- cvstrickland Presented lightly chilled and served in a large tulip glass, Great Divide's latest edition to the Yeti herd is inky blackness incarnate and is capped with a magnificent lid of fine-bubbled, creamy, fudgy-brown foam. The chocolate ice cream-colored head hangs around, going nowhere fast, and deposits quite a few fat, drippy, interconnected rings of lacing onto the interior wall of my glass. The aroma is rich and roasty, with loads of acrid dark-roasted coffee, Devil's Food cake, tangy molasses, bakers' chocolate, and a cooling note of vanilla. Warm caramel, homemade brownies, and woody char round out an olfactory profile that is big, black, and bold. The taste is rich and creamy with silky caramel and chocolatey toffee right up front. Midway the swig, a dark-roasted, near-burnt blast of charred grain and mild black coffee slams the door on the mellow sweetness, balancing the finish between a bit of ashy and bitter against notes of savory-sweet. As the drink progresses, I am seized with thoughts that favorably compare the brew to Storck's Chocolate Riesen candies, as this Yeti is replete with dark chocolate-covered vanilla caramels and plenty of creamy sweetness that emerges in spite of the bolder bitter elements that star the show. As the drink warms further, coffee flavor and bitterness creep back to center stage, which is just fine with me-- the beer DOES have "Espresso" right there in the titular nomenclature, doesn't it? If you don't dig strong black coffee, don't buy this beer and then feel compelled whine, bitch, and cry about the pungency of the java; please leave this grownups-only drink on the shelf for someone who truly appreciates such concoctions-- like ME! The sturdy 9% ABV is quite well-hidden in the flavor profile, but EOA Yeti makes itself a warming presence as it languishes in my belly. The drink is full-bodied, creamy, and perfectly carbonated, making it quite quaffable in spite of its potency. An outstanding addition to the Yeti family tree!! Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 10:48:44 | More by cvstrickland WetpaperbagWashington 4.22/5 rDev -0.9% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 A- Nice dark black beer with a very dark brown foamy head. S- The smell is coffee and chocolate, with a good hit of oak wood. T- This is sweet, and not overly coffee flavored. The coffee is very much there, but subtle and not over powering. The oak flavor is there and tasty. A nice complexity that is smooth and easy going. M- Easy on the mouth, nice semi thick, not too thick and yet great carbination. D- Easy to drink for sure. Serving type: on-tap 03-29-2009 04:36:52 | More by Wetpaperbag Beaver13Colorado 2.88/5 rDev -32.4% look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5 22 oz bottle, bottle 2/13/09. Pours a dark black with a thick creamy dark brown head that retains well and laces the glass. The aroma is sweet chocolate, cream, and coffee. Some roasted and charred malts and black licorice come out as it sits and then take over. The flavor is sweet lactic chocolate at first with a big charred roasted bitter finish that dominates. It's very acidic and just sits on the tongue. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and a little watery. Overall, it started off so promising, but the charred tarry finish is just too unpleasant. And where are the coffee flavors? This reminds me a lot of the oak aged Yeti (with all of its faults). The regular Yeti is far superior to both in my opinion. Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 04:27:50 | More by Beaver13 Jwale73Rhode Island 3.48/5 rDev -18.3% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3 22oz. bottle served in my DFH snifter. Bottled on 2/13/2009 indicated on the label. Poured one shade shy of black with a dense, mocha-colored cap embedded with ringlets. Head dissipates within seconds into a cluster of bubbles and a frothy band around the edges of the glass. Some spots of lacing appear as the brew recedes. Nose suggests espresso roast and bittersweet chocolate. More espresso roast in the mouth, but taste is somewhat charred and bitter rather than roasty. Some woody characteristics, but missing the vanilla. Bitterness lingers between quaffs. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied. Some carbonation burn on the front of the tongue, but as it dissipates it leaves behind a residual milky slickness. Alcohol is well-hidden on this one, but balance is off - way too bitter. May improve with cellaring. Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 01:42:01 | More by Jwale73 OnslowTexas 4.9/5 rDev +15% look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5 "lots of semi dark chocolate, empty espresso cup, chocolate and coco powder Aromas .. . quite a bit of unique flavours, the espresso is most upfront, light dark chocolate and used coffee grounds follow .. . on the extreme side of smoothness for such a big brew! the aftertaste is outta this world, clean yet assertive! I think this really is the finest Imperial Stout to touch my lips!! world class!! ..god! why did i only buy one bottle!?!?!?" Serving type: bottle 03-29-2009 00:19:55 | More by Onslow BeerSoxVirginia 4.9/5 rDev +15% look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5 On-tap into ~8oz snifter @ Birreria Paradiso in Georgetown. Presented in a snifter, with a pitch black hue and a thick two finger brown head that never really settled. Very heavy espresso aromas, along with a bit of mocha. It's like this is brewed in a Starbucks in Seattle rather than a brewery in Colorado. Roasted malts are in the front, along with more syrupy espresso and more bitter chocolate. The alcohol is well hidden, but can be detected as the beer warms a little. Full bodied, extremely thick. Definitely a coffee stout, through and through. Somewhat drinkable for its richness, especially with the amount of alcohol. Highly recommended. Serving type: on-tap 03-28-2009 23:32:32 | More by BeerSox Reagan1984Massachusetts 4.47/5 rDev +4.9% look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Enjoyed this on tap in DC. Small snifter glass serving. Nice thin cap of creamy tan head sits atop the brew. Deep dark black color. Aroma was unreal. I love dark French dark roast coffee and espresso... This smells just like those. Wonderful. Total coffee flavor with a Smokey background to it. The oak aging adds and amazing depth. Alcohol is very well hidden. Mouth feel is thick, rich and creamy. Great drinkability. Nice coffee stout. Serving type: on-tap 03-28-2009 20:06:36 | More by Reagan1984 thekannaMaryland 4.35/5 rDev +2.1% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Had this on-tap at Birreria Paradiso in Georgetown, DC. The following review is compiled from the notes taken there: A: Served in a small snifter: pitch black with about 1 finger of tan head. S: Extremely dark chocolate, fresh-made espresso, some slight spicy notes, and a general smokiness. T: Strong taste of dark, dark chocolate, espresso, mahogany, tanned leather, and good cigar tobacco. As my friend described to me: "this is a manly drink." It's like the liquid equivalent of Haggis. M: Nice, dark, thick, creamy, and smooth. D: Extremely delicious when sipped and treated like a wine. Serving type: on-tap 03-28-2009 06:29:41 | More by thekanna stonequarrywestOhio 3.68/5 rDev -13.6% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Black Pour with a nice mocha colored 1 finger head that really looks gooood. Smell espresso and chocolate..some oak a bit of vanilla. Taste Espresso, chocolate, burnt malt...as the beer warms I get more chocolate and less Coffee. Has a creamy full bodied mouthfeel..with low carbonation.... Nice beer..I think I like The straight Oak aged Yeti a little more Serving type: bottle 03-28-2009 01:23:19 | More by stonequarrywest bluejacket74Ohio 4.18/5 rDev -1.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 22 ounce bottle, 9.5% ABV bottled on February 13, 2009. Served in a snifter, the beer pours black with about an inch frothy brown head. Head retention and lacing are both pretty good. The aroma is very nice, it smells like espresso, roasted malt, milk and dark chocolate, oak, vanilla, and some dark fruit. It tastes like espresso, oak, dark chocolate, roasted malt, piney hops, and vanilla. There's also a lingering bitter hoppy and coffee finish. Mouthfeel/body is full, it's thick, chewy and a bit slick with low/moderate carbonation. Drinkability is good, considering how big the beer is. The alcohol does catch up to you after a while! Overall I think this is a good brew that I'd definitely have again in the future. Serving type: bottle 03-27-2009 23:06:45 | More by bluejacket74 mcallisterOhio 4.28/5 rDev +0.5% look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Just a fantastic looking IS after the pour. Black in color with one of the best looking heads I've seen. Thick chunky deep mocha coloed leaving sticky large molten lace down the glass. Retention just lingers and lingers. Nose if vivid with dark fruits and coffee. An underlying of dark chocolate and fudge. A hint of roastiness and wood but mainly dominated with the coffee and dark fruits. What a find beer. Espresso dominates from beginning to the finish leaving a big coffee tannin on the tongue upon the finish. The middle shows dark bitter chocolates, black fruits and again only a slight hint of oak. This stout is just thick and viscous with a good amount of hop bitterness. Good job GD Serving type: bottle 03-27-2009 19:20:31 | More by mcallister NEhopheadMassachusetts 4.3/5 rDev +0.9% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 22 fl oz brown bomber, wrapped in gold foil. Served in a snifter. Bottled on 02/13/09. Pours a silky, near opaque chocolate-maple in color. Dense, coffe-colored foam that sits up a full two inches receding outside-in with tremendous strength. Walls of ringed lacing with remarkable strength. Bright, earthen floral hops with phenolic aromas. Rich, bitter espresso with a moderately peat-smoked addition. Light toffe, milk and dark chocolate with licorice and saffron spices. Rich milk chocolate and caramel with only a moderate amount of sweetness. Peanut brittle and almond add a cutting dryness that compliment and ease the rich malt character. Faint hints of dried fruit: grape, cherry, fig, and raisin. An underlying warmth alcohol presence that is very subtle for the listed 9% abv. The finish is velvety smooth, aided by a mild layer of vanilla and cut by a modest espresso that really shines in the aftertaste. Full in body; the richness, dryness, sweetness, and earthen characters are all remarkably balanced. Exactly what you would expect and want in an Imperial coffe stout. I can't really identify many (if any) flaws in this brew. Obviously, it's heavy given the different flavor components, but I would be happy with this offering anytime that I'm in the mood for an Imperial Stout. Once again, the Yeti does not disappoint. Serving type: bottle 03-27-2009 02:22:24 | More by NEhophead MeandmymonkeyColorado 4.72/5 rDev +10.8% look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Pours pitch black with a moderately thick, dark tan head that left good lacing. First smell comes off very sweet with lots of vanilla and caramel or toffee. The oak is definitely there too but I did expect a bigger espresso presence but was instead very subtle. First taste was all oak aged bourbon and deep roasted coffee. Thick and syrupy that coats your mouth in delicious flavor. They really did one-up the original yeti which was already one of my favorite beers. As always, I would love to age this to see where it goes but it's much harder to put such awesome brews away in storage than it is to just pop the top off and drink them. This is an excellent beer. Serving type: bottle 03-26-2009 22:48:19 | More by Meandmymonkey alcstradamusWashington 4.55/5 rDev +6.8% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5 I love the Oak Aged Yeti and I love coffee stouts so my hopes are high for this one.... A--Pours a pitch black, I couldn't find any highlights even when holding up to the light. Very thick pour, the head was about 1 1/2 fingers tall and a very creamy, light brown froth. I actually expected an even darker head. Thin but clingy lace down the glass S--Mostly oak and chocolate with the espresso surprisingly taking a backseat....wait a minute, a few more smells yield even more espresso, having a tough time picking out the wood that was present upon first pour but the chocolate is still there. This one is playing games with me. T--Whoa, coffee bomb right away. I actually didn't expect it since the smell of it was more balanced. Second sip, whoa...the oak comes rushing at my taste buds. Where is the overwhelming coffee taste from just 30 seconds ago? Third sip...ok, now I'm getting more of a balance. This beer doesn't make sense to me so far (in a good way). Not getting as much roasted malt flavor as I do with the original Yeti, although it is definitely present. The hops are huge in this one though. Warming up a bit I'm getting traces of bourbon, but not too much. 9% is hidden but does make its presence known. I'm actually thought the coffee would persist throughout the whole thing, but as this beer warms it begins to taste nearly identical to the Oak Aged Yeti. I would have to try them side by side to spot the difference, I've only had that beer once so my memory isn't perfect. M--As creamy as whole milk, coats the mouth with every sip. D--With a beer this thick and high in ABV you are never going to want more than one, but I'm having trouble letting this beer sit in front of me without taking another sip. Very drinkable for its style. Overall I am definitely NOT let down by this beer. Yeti is good, Oak Aged Yeti is great, and now Espresso Oak Aged Yeti is amazing. I will be seeking it out again for next years release. Serving type: bottle 03-25-2009 16:35:04 | More by alcstradamus FtownThrowDownOhio 2.63/5 rDev -38.3% look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5 When will I learn. Tried a bottle of this being intrigued by the espresso and oak aspect of it. Pours almost black in color. There's a very nice dark brown colored head that sits atop the beer. So far so good. Smell is over the top piney hops. Not even espresso and oak aged can tame this beast. What's the point in even attempting it or putting it on the label. This is just your typical overly hopped stout. So overhopped in fact that you have to hunt during the entire duration of drinking this beast just to find a hint of coffee or espresso buried under this avalanche of piney hops. There are some hints of the oak aging. The mouthfeel is somewhat more creamy than the nose and flavor would lead on. Unfortunately I will never know what this beer would taste like being espresso/oak aged. Oh well, you live and you learn. Serving type: bottle 03-25-2009 13:12:24 | More by FtownThrowDown |
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But Bauer is anything but ordinary. He was born with a type of muscular dystrophy called Myotubular Myopathy (MTM), which affects muscle development.
"That's why I have the strength of an infant, if that," he explained. His younger brother Levi also has MTM, making them the only two living brothers in the world with the condition.
Bauer's room in Knutson Hall is part college dorm, part medical supplies stockroom. His Avengers poster brings color and animation to an otherwise clinical environment, with 24/7 medical care. The imagery of the poster is fitting for Bauer, whose perseverance and positivity is akin to a super hero feat.
To survive, Bauer uses a feeding tube to eat and requires a ventilator to breathe, due to a surgical error. During scoliosis surgery four years ago, his right lung was damaged and he had a tracheal diversion, which means he has no larynx (voice box) and "absolutely no connection" between his mouth, nose and airway.
To communicate, he primarily uses sign language and for the last three years, a tool that allows him to use a mouse and type out his words one letter at a time on a screen. "It may look cool, but it is slower than a snail on a bicycle," Bauer quipped, through typing.
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While his physical body is confined to a power wheelchair to get around, his imagination and intellect are boundless. Bauer is an articulate communicator who also wrote for his high school newspaper.
Professor of Bible Daryl Aaron, who has Bauer in his Old Testament class, admires Bauer's "determination to deal with his life circumstances in dependence upon God. His challenges are significant, but he perseveres with an amazing attitude."
Bauer's faith gives him perspective. "Even though I'm not physically capable of doing some stuff," he said, "if I didn't have my disability I wouldn't have my faith I have now. In my mind, that's more important," he concluded.
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10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
June 20, 2012, 08:20:21 am »
I have installed 10.04 in a Levono T61, using the laptops internal ethernet RJ45 plug connect to my ADSL router, using an USB RJ45 ethernet to my internal network and have tried both to connect this into my Netgear WGR614v6 wireless access point, both using the WAN and the LAN rj45 plug. I have disabled the WGR614v6 DHCP server, and set a static LAN ip adress - Think this should be allright, but the WGR614v6 just wont connect to my LinuxMCE at all, I can se my SSID on my WGR614v6 (Have tried both with wpa and with a no security) but neither my other laptop nor my phone can connect via the wifi
Can somone point out what I should search for/do to make my AP connect to my LinuxMCE?
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 20, 2012, 08:26:12 am »
If you set up the AP to use a static IP, I guess you need to configure a default gateway too. Alternatively, you can set up the AP to receive a DHCP address from LMCE.
Also check the MAC addresses of your cards (it is often printed on the back of the device or laptop) and compare that to what the web admin says, so you are sure that the correct one is used as external by LMCE.
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 20, 2012, 11:45:00 am »
Hi thanks for quick reply,
I think connections are all right. My ADSL plugs into "External network card eth0". My "Internal network card eth1" plugs into my Access Point (MAC addr for eth1 is checked).
To bypass my AP I instead connected the eth1 from LinuxMCE stright into a laptop (client), so my connection is now like this: ADSL -> LinuxMCE eth0 and LinuxMCE eth1 -> Client laptop eth0 (right laptop on picture), LinuxMCE laptop is on the left on the picture.
I would assume I should have a DHCP lease, to be shown in LinuxMCE, but nothing shows up and my client laptop does NOT get an IP address ?!?, look at my pics - I still don't get it?
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 20, 2012, 04:18:24 pm »
The first things to check are the simplest. And forgive me if I,ve made incorrect assumptions on how your setup is configured... Try switching which Ethernet device accesses the modem, and which accesses the internal network. I would assume the laptop's built in Ethernet port should be a better choice for the internal network (LinuxMCE to the MD's etc.), the USB Ethernet adapter better for external internet (USB may be a bottleneck for internal communication; video streaming, etc., but less of a barrier for internet, the bottleneck being DSL). I would also assume that the built in port would be ID'd as eth0, and the adapter as eth1 (but with udev,... who knows)
Also, I'm unclear which port you used on the wireless AP to connect to the LinuxMCE core. You should probably be using one of the (4, I'm assuming) local network ports, not the upstream port used for internet (That is the port most routers use when doing DHCP server duty). Turn off the AP's DHCP server, but allow it to USE the DHCP to connect (if that's confusing, sorry)... Also,... Just to be sure that the core is working the way you think, confirm that your core has DHCP server active,
connecting the router (use the Advanced menu option from the main menu). It is possible you set it up in the Web admin panel, but some how didn't commit those changes (in other words, restarting all the services).
See my User page on the LinuxMCE Wiki for a description of my system configuration (click the little globe under my profile pic).
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 20, 2012, 05:01:51 pm »
I am not sure how this device is connected, but I can say with a Linksys WRT54G, I have disabled the dhcp server on the router. Connected port 1 of the integrated router switch to a port on my "Internal" 16 port gigabit switch. Any device accessing the wireless ESSID ( echo1 ) is automatically assigned an IP address from the core.
I required no further configuration. I access the internet through the core, via the "Internal" network on any wireless device connected to the WRT54G.
I use it for android tablets and phones, my laptop and netbook, the wife's laptop, as well as my Wii.
Hope that helps.
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 20, 2012, 11:06:30 pm »
My setup is similar to Seth's excepting I have a second Linksys router (DHCP server turned off also) connected to the first, for an extra Wireless AP in a hard to reach area of the home.
See my User page on the LinuxMCE Wiki for a description of my system configuration (click the little globe under my profile pic).
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 AP wont connect
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June 21, 2012, 11:23:31 am »
Thanks guys for your replies - I will later today try to switch between my ethernet cards, so I use build in Ethernet card for internal, and check how it's behaving. And glad for the responses that the AP are working in your setup's. I tried both the WAN and the LAN rj45 ethernet plug on my AP. But I will for now continue to use my client laptop connected via wire, so I avoid use wrong rj45 plug and also the wireless connection for now.
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June 21, 2012, 03:38:12 pm »
Might need a crossover cable for that setup just looking at the picture. If neither of those nics does autoswitching, it will never pick up an ip lease.
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Re: 10.04, troubles using Level One USB-0401
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June 21, 2012, 04:46:54 pm »
Oki I got it now :-) well almost... It's my Level one USB-0401 usb ethernet adapter that isn't working in 10.04. I did try it yesterday in my client laptop (Kubuntu 12.04) and it was working perfect, so I didn't think that it might not fully work in 10.04, because it seemed to load correct and read the mac address from it..
I tried to swap NIC interfaces, and as soon my laptop used the build-in Ethernet rj45 plug and I connected my client laptop, I could see ig got an IP from LinuxMCE :-)
So thanks for your support and help.
Now I will check if I can get the Level One USB-0401 to be working in 10.04, I have already digged out some help ;-)
And have downloaded the new driver from here:
I keep you updated...
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Re: 10.04, my WGR614v6 is online and fully functionally
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June 21, 2012, 05:27:04 pm »
Yes now everything is working according to plan
So I did as the link I previously posted..
Downloaded new driver from Asix.
modprobe -r asix
untar the archive
sudo make install
modprobe asix
plug in the device. and then I just rebooted to be sure it's all ok.
Now I have my setup like this:
Laptop internal Ethernet plug connected to my ADSL.
Laptop USB-0401 Level One connected to my WGR614v6 router in LAN port and disabled DHCP in AP, and set LAN to a static IP (As you guys have described)
And now my client laptop can connect via wifi, and also my phone (Nokia N9) is connected via wifi and they both get DHCP IP from my LinuxMCE.
I wanted my Level One to be serving my internal network, due to it's a gigabit ethernet, so it wont be the bottleneck ( I will keep an eye if it instead will use all USB bandwith in the future, and then swap those NIC interfaces).
Thank you all for your positive and helpful comments :-)
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For most of my admittedly short life, I have considered myself a major baseball nerd. I am obsessed with the sport -- talking about it, thinking about it, writing about it, watching it, reading about it -- and I know more little things about meaningless players and teams and stats than anyone I know here in Minnesota.
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Before I knew it, I was chatting it up with Joe Dimino and Vinay Kumar from The Hardball Times, Sean Forman of Baseball-Reference.com, Dan Szymborski from Baseball Think Factory, and Scott Lange and Dennis Goodman from The Northside Lounge. And those were just the guys I ran into within 10 minutes of getting there. Later I met and hung out with Chris Dial, Chris Jaffe, Jon "GGC" Daly, Sam "Sam M." Marcosson, Anthony Giacalone, Justin Kubatko, Greg Spira, Mike Webber, Matt Rauseo, Mark Stallard, F.X. Flinn, Dan Levine, Neal Traven, and Rod Nelson.
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I think the best way I can describe the SABR convention experience is to say that it was like having a high school or college reunion with a bunch of guys you've never actually met. Which is to say that, while we all shook hands, introduced ourselves and said "nice to meet you," within five minutes we were telling stories about each other, talking about people who couldn't make it, and, perhaps most of all, wondering, "Where can we get some drinks?"
At most reunions, a major topic is how different or how similar people look compared to when you last saw them. This was a major topic at the SABR convention, but with the added bonus that most of us had never seen each other before. It was amazing to me just how different most of the guys looked from how I had them pictured in my head, a picture that was formed from absolutely nothing but their name, their online "personality" and whatever physical traits they had let slip while talking with me over the past couple years.
For instance, I would have bet and lost my entire life savings on "Anthony Giacalone will not look exactly the same as Kiefer Sutherland." Had I made that bet, I'd be out about $53.27 while standing next to Jack Bauer. And I'm sure I didn't look like what people had me pictured as. Within about five minutes of meeting Chris Dial, he turned to me and said, "You know, you don't look half as dorky as I thought you'd look."
That was the first of no less than 10,000 great lines Chris Dial had during the convention. My other favorite Dialisms (at least the ones that are printable here), in no particular order:
- "Glub glub."
- "Squat like a catcher."
- "Why? Because he's not supposed to be there!"
- "Is it drinkin' time?"
- "Where we drinkin'?"
- "No, but I'm breathing hard."
- "It's not a ride!"
- "When the pictures come back ..."
- "... plastic bag and a rubber band ..."
The SABR convention had a lot of big names from the baseball community, from Rob Neyer and Alan Schwarz to Tom Tippett, John Thorn and Pete Palmer, but the star of the show, in my opinion, was definitely Chris Dial. There is no one I've met in 21 years on this earth who I would rather go drinking with than Chris Dial. And he's not only insane, hilarious, loud, and a hell of a drinker, he's also incredibly obsessed with and knowledgeable about baseball.
As I was sitting next to Chris at the Saturday luncheon preceding Marvin Miller's keynote speech, he said he'd rather be at the Reds game, which was going on simultaneously. Someone (maybe me, I don't remember) asked, "You want to go to the game?!" Chris paused, looked at whoever asked that with his "boy, this guy's an idiot" look that I saw for four days, and then said, "I always want to go to the game." I can't think of a better, more succinct way of describing most of the people in the SABR crowd than that statement from Chris Dial.
Along with going drinking and watching The Chris Dial Show, I also saw some very interesting research presentations during the convention. Scott Lange has a bunch of good recaps of them over at The Northside Lounge, so I'm not going to go into too much detail here.
Sean Forman's presentation on "Monte Carlo" simulations was interesting, as you might expect from the man behind the single best website ever invented. Chris Jaffe's presentation on his "Run Support Index" stat was outstanding, and included a ton of great lists with the offensive support starting pitchers got throughout baseball history.
Tom Tippett's presentation on how Coors Field impacts different types of hitters was fantastic and, more than any other presentation during the first two days, got me thinking about all kinds of different stuff (mostly related to building my Diamond-Mind teams). Peter Morris' presentation on the "emery ball," an illegal pitch from the early 20th Century that turned around the careers of several pitchers, was fascinating. I learned a ton about something I had never heard about before, which happened a lot during the convention.
Mark Pankin's presentation on the "Relative Value of On-Base Percentage and Slugging Average" was fairly interesting, but it covered a topic I have actually learned a lot about in the last year. As Chris Dial said to me immediately after the presentation, "Didn't he just talk about GPA?" David Smith of Retrosheet.org did a great presentation on the scoring patterns of teams, and Kenneth Heard and David Faust's "Beyond Moneyball" presentation was both incredibly good and totally unlike what I expected.
Some other random notes on the convention ...
The group of guys I hung around with the whole time (a couple dozen of the 600+ total convention attendees) took over the tables outside of the Fifth and Vine bar on several occasions, including one night in which about 25 guys were out there, drinking and just basically shooting the breeze.
Kiefer Giacalone brought out his laptop and people started playing Diamond-Mind games against each other. I remember thinking "this is about as dorky as dorky gets," and then Giacalone said, "Hey Gleeman, you wanna play?" My all-time Minnesota Twins team demolished Mark Stallard's all-time Kansas City Royals squad, with Bert Blyleven getting the win. After the victory, I stood up from my chair, picked up my vodka and Sprite, and informed everyone that, "I just got Blyleven another win closer to 300." The SABR convention is, of course, the only place at which you can say that with complete sincerity and be laughed with, as opposed to laughed at.
Fifth and Vine closed at midnight, so we then went, en masse, to find another bar. We stumbled across "O'Malley's" which was, in fact, in an alley. We drank there until about 2:30 a.m. I chatted about the future of SABR with F.X. Flinn, SABR's treasurer and the Internet Committee chairman, and Neal Traven, SABR's secretary and the man behind the Internet Hall of Fame.
All while Chris Dial tried to out-loud the extraordinarily loud sound system at the bar. He was successful. I also witnessed Dial and Matt Rauseo wrestling outside of the men's room, and I heard Dial utter the phrase "What kind of s*** are you shoveling?!" to each person at my table.
The Westin set up a special room for the SABR attendees to hang out and drink in at night. Our gang of guys decided we wanted to have a poker tournament there Saturday night, so we set up a bunch of tables and started playing. It was just like a real tournament, because we had an audience throughout, and they even had to stand behind a "rail."
I, of course, stunk, but luckily not as badly as the Chrises -- Jaffe and Dial -- and Dan Szymborski. I spent the first few rotations losing my blinds while not getting anything playable and then Joe Dimino knocked me out of the tourney after I went all-in with a short stack and pocket eights. Joe had ace-six offsuit and ended up hitting not only another ace, but another six.
The very next hand, Jon Daly had those same eights in the hole that I had and was knocked out by Dimino. Daly, who actually hit a third eight which didn't end up helping him, stole and modified a Billy Beane line and said, "I guess my s*** doesn't work at the final table." I don't know of another place on earth where that line would have been truly appreciated.
Later on, Matt Rauseo had pocket kings and when three 10s came up, he made a great play to trap Dimino, who had ace-high in the hole. Joe bet out, Rauseo slammed down his raise, and when he turned over the kings, I thought Joe was going to throw up. Then Joe hit an ace on the river and I was sure Rauseo was going to throw up. Either that or he was going to kill Joe.
We all hypothetically paid $20 to enter the tournament (which Joe Dimino won), but neither the SABR organizers or the people running the Westin hotel need to know that. Although, later on that night, a couple of the SABR organizers hypothetically also coughed up $20 to play with us.
Joe, Vinay, Scott, Dennis and I took a tour of the Great American Ballpark together on Thursday. It was good, but the funniest part was watching as the tour guide told a group of the biggest baseball fans in the world these random anecdotes about Reds history. He'd start a sentence with, "I'm not sure if any of you have heard of a pitcher named Johnny Vander Meer before ..." Meanwhile, everyone had heard of Vander Meer before.
I went to two Reds/Cardinals games. One on Friday night with the entire SABR crowd and one on Sunday afternoon, with Joe Dimino, Vinay Kumar, Greg Spira, Dennis Goodman, Scott Lange and Trent McBride.
The Reds were winning Friday's game and I turned to Vinay, who was sitting next to me, and said, "I'd love to see Danny Graves blow a save tonight." And whaddya know, he did blow the save, his eighth of the year. I was shocked when the Cincinnati fans booed Graves after he finally managed to get out of the eighth inning. I mean, I know Danny Graves isn't that great and I know saves are overrated, but I figured the crowd would give the NL saves leader a break. I was glad they didn't.
All of my asides to Vinay during the game weren't good ones, however. For instance, when Marlon Anderson pinch hit for Yadier Molina in the 8th inning, I said, "This is who they bring off their bench here? Marlon Anderson?!" Anderson promptly launched a game-winning, three-run home run.
At some point during the late innings on Friday, this young guy from one section over came into the SABR section and tried to start the wave. "Okay everyone ... on the count of three! One ... two ..." At that point, everyone started chanting, "No wave! No wave! No wave!" Poor guy must have been wondering what the heck was going on, but he definitely picked the wrong section to start a wave in.
Overall, I was impressed with the ballpark, especially since I hadn't really heard any nice things about it. The biggest thing in its favor, of course, is that it's outside. I thought it had good sight lines and was nice looking both inside and out. It had some neat features, although nothing particularly special. I'd probably give it an eight out of 10.
The whole group went to "Champs" in the Hilton for dinner on Saturday, just before the poker tournament, and had the worst service I've ever had at a restaurant. The place was packed because the Reds/Cardinals game had just let out, and Edgar Renteria and another player (Roger Cedeno?) were actually sitting in the bar when we got there.
We all kept taking turns walking over there to get a good look at Renteria. When I went over with Kiefer Giacalone and Dimino (who looks not totally unlike the guy who played Vinny on Doogie Howser and Benny on the Sopranos), the bartender said, "What are you guys, stalking?" To which I replied, "Yes ... we have to do something while we wait for our food."
Now, this place was a sports bar. I ordered pizza, some guys ordered hamburgers or pasta, and Giacalone (not to be confused with the "real" Anthony Giacalone) ordered a turkey sandwich. Nothing too tough to make. We also all ordered drinks.
The drinks were all late (and never replenished) and everything but the hamburgers came out late. The waiter apologized a minimum of 50 times, which is even more annoying than if he'd just shut up and get us the food we ordered. I think it was decided that the waiter simply forget to put in the orders for everything else, because by the time the food for the majority of the people at the table arrived, Dan, Dennis, Scott and Chris Jaffe had already been done eating for 20 minutes.
So we complained to the manager, but not before Chris Dial canceled his quesadillas and just left. We then got a "free round of drinks" which would have been fine if the waiter would have a) managed to get the drinks there within 20 minutes and b) managed to get us the correct drinks.
I ordered a vodka and Sprite, the exact same drink I ordered the first time, and was given a double shot of vodka, with no ice and no Sprite. Matt Rauseo ordered a jack and ginger (I think) and was given something that looked like a drink for 6-year-olds. Rauseo, showing a flexibility to drink anything in a glass that he showed throughout the convention, said, "That's not what I ordered, but I'll drink it." I, of course, did the same.
Giacalone orderered a vodka and sour the first time, right when we got there, and was given a vodka and seven. Giacalone explained the error to the waiter but said it was no big deal, and just took the drink. Then, for the second drink, he again ordered a vodka and sour. The waiter said, "Gotcha, a vodka and seven." I thought at first the waiter was just joking around, but he wasn't. Giacalone said, "No, vodka and sour. SOUR!"
Joe Dimino wore flip-flop sandals for the entire convention and ripped half his toe nail off when hopped up onto a stool at Fifth and Vine on Thursday afternoon and the nail caught on something. As Joe later said, it was definitely a "stathead injury."
The first night featured the preliminaries of the SABR trivia contest. My four-man team, consisting of me, Vinay Kumar, Jon Daly and Matt Rauseo did horribly, finishing in what I think was second-to-last place. The good news? We beat the Chris Dial/Anthony Giacalone/Dan Szymborski led team by exactly one point.
The event was being video-taped and the camera was about three feet from where I was sitting, which I didn't realize until after I yelled "Eat it Dial!" at the top of my lungs, several times, after the final scores were announced.
My personal best and worst moment of the convention came at the same time. I was standing up following David Smith's presentation and Rob Neyer came over, introduced himself, and shook my hand. I said, "Hey Rob, nice to meet you."
And that was it. That was all I could come up with. Now, it wasn't one of those things where Rob and I just stood there while I totally blanked out, because he basically just shook my hand and then started talking to someone else, but I still would have liked to have said more than just "Uh ... hey" to a guy I've wanted to meet for years. As I've said before, I think Neyer did more to get me into sabermetrics than any other writer, and that includes Bill James.
I saw Rob walking around the convention about a dozen times and even saw him in my hotel, but I didn't want to stalk him (whereas I am perfectly fine with stalking Edgar Renteria). Thankfully for me, Vinay Kumar similarly choked when faced with actually conversing with Neyer.
Tom Tippett, whose Diamond-Mind game has taken up about 20% of my life since I discovered it a few years ago, also came up to me and introduced himself, which was great. Tom was a great guy. Joe Dimino had an issue with an aspect of the game that he told Tom about and Tippett said he'd look into it when he got home. At one point, Tippett was pretty much surrounded by our little gang on the second floor of the Westin, as we all started talking about all the different Diamond-Mind leagues we were in. He laughed and smiled as he slowly backpedalled away from us.
Next year's convention is in Toronto, and I am already looking forward to it. After the experience of my first SABR convention, I can't imagine ever not going.
Where else can you rub elbows with Rob Neyer, Alan Schwarz, Pete Palmer, Tom Tippett and John Thorn, go to research presentations done by Sean Forman and David Smith, go out drinking every night (and every afternoon) with all the guys you've been talking baseball with online, and catch a couple ballgames too.
I've never felt as though I belonged somewhere as much as I belonged at the SABR convention. Just a bunch of great guys who love baseball. If you aren't already, I can't recommend becoming a SABR member enough. Join now and I'll buy you a drink in Toronto next year.
Aaron Gleeman is a freelance writer whose work can also be found regularly at AaronGleeman.com, Fox Sports, Rotoworld, and Insider Baseball. He welcomes comments, questions, and suggestions via e-mail.


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The House appropriations committee has released a summary (PDF) of the proposed $850 billion stimulus package. Some relevant highlight from the science section:
National Science Foundation: $3 billion, including $2 billion for expanding employment opportunities in fundamental science and engineering to meet environmental challenges and to improve global economic competitiveness, $400 million to build major research facilities that perform cutting edge science, $300 million for major research equipment shared by institutions of higher education and other scientists, $200 million to repair and modernize science and engineering research facilities at the nation's institutions of higher education and other science labs, and $100 million is also included to improve instruction in science, math and engineering.
Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
- NASA: $600 million, including $400 million to put more scientists to work doing climate change research, including Earth science research recommended by the National Academies, satellite sensors that measure solar radiation critical to understanding climate change, and a thermal infrared sensor to the Landsat Continuing Mapper necessary for water management, particularly in the western states; $150 million for research, development, and demonstration to improve aviation safety and Next Generation air traffic control (NextGen); and $50 million to repair NASA centers damaged by hurricanes and floods last year.
There's more detail available as the bill text and the bill conference report (PDFs both) are now both linked to at the House Appropriations committee page
Some excerpts from the conference report (easier to read than the bill language, which often refers to sections of other public laws and it's not clear to the layman what that money is actually for.)
Science Recovery funding: $400 million
Investments in the areas of Earth science, planetary science, heliophysics and astrophysics seek to answer fundamental questions concerning the ways the Earth's climate is changing; the comparison of the Earth with other planets in the solar system and around other stars; and the connections among the Sun, Earth and heliosphere. These investments are critically important to understanding climate change and mitigation.
Within the funds provided, not less than $250 million will be used to accelerate the development of the Tier 1 set of Earth science/climate research missions recommended by the National Academies decadal survey as being critically important for answering key Earth science/climate research questions. Funds are also provided to restore the Total Solar Irradiance Sensor to an NPOESS satellite, which measures solar radiation and is critical to understanding climate change; and to add a thermal infrared sensor to the Landsat Continuing Mapper necessary for water management (e.g., soil moisture and water use) particularly in the western states. It is estimated by NASA that these investments will support in excess of 2,600 jobs.
Disaster Assistance Recovery funding: $50 million
To date, insufficient funding has been provided for reconstruction at affected NASA centers precipitated by hurricanes and floods during the last calendar year. NASA has identified over $85 million in reconstruction projects. NASA estimates that over 440 jobs will be created.
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Research and Related Activities Recovery funding: $2.500 billion
Sustained, targeted investment by NSF in basic research in fundamental science and engineering advances discovery and spurs innovation. Such transformational work holds promise for meeting the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing the Nation, and for competing in an increasingly intense global economy. To meet these challenges, the America COMPETES Act proposed to double funding for the NSF in seven years. The funding provided in the recovery will return and exceed appropriated levels to the levels assumed in the COMPETES Act. The $2.5 billion proposed for research and related activities (R&RA) is estimated to support an additional 3,000 highly-rated, new awards and would immediately engage 12,750 senior personnel, post doc-, graduate and undergraduates. In addition, the funds provided are expected to restore the funding rate for NSF awards to pre-2000 levels. Since fiscal year 2000, NSF's funding rate has declined from over 30 percent to 25 percent. This investment would restore the funding rate to 32 percent.
Within the R&RA appropriation, $300 million is provided for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program. The MRI program, in an effort to increase research and training in institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and non-profit organizations, assists with the acquisition and development of shared research instrumentation that is, in general, too costly and/or not appropriate for support through other NSF programs. When awards are made, instruments are expected to be operational for regular research use by the end of the award period. The funding provided in the recovery bill will address a key recommendation of a 2006 National Academies report on "Advanced Research Instrumentation and Facilities" (ARIF) to expand the MRI program so that it includes "mid-scale" instrumentation whose capital costs are greater than $2 million.
The National Science Foundation estimates that academic institutions have about $3.6 billion in deferred projects to repair and renovate science and engineering research space (fiscal year 2005 Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities). About half of these deferred projects are in the biological and medical sciences, and about half are in other sciences and engineering. These projects are included in institutional capital plans. The recovery package includes $200 million to restart its facilities program covering physical and other sciences and engineering at the Nation's institutions of higher education, museums and science centers, and non-profit organizations.
Education and Human Resources Recovery funding: $100 million
$100 million is provided for Education and Human Resources at the NSF. Within this amount, $60 million is provided for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program and $40 million for Math and Science Partnerships. These two programs are significant components of the America COMPETES Act, and underpin the Nation's achievements in research, development and technology.
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program encourages talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides funds to institutions of higher education to support scholarships, stipends, and academic programs for undergraduate STEM majors and post-baccalaureate students holding STEM degrees who commit to teaching in high-need K-12 school districts. A new component of the program supports STEM professionals who enroll as NSF Teaching Fellows in master's degree programs leading to teacher certification by providing academic courses, professional development, and salary supplements while they are fulfilling a four-year teaching commitment in a high need school district. This new component also supports the development of NSF Master Teaching Fellows by providing professional development and salary supplements for exemplary math and science teachers to become Master Teachers in high need school districts. The $60 million included in the recovery package, together with other appropriations, provides the full authorized level in the America COMPETES Act. This program has been cited as a key factor in ensuring US long-term competitiveness. Funds can be awarded very quickly using existing competitive grant applications and will support new scholarships and stipends.
The Math and Science Partnership (MSP) program is a major research and development effort that supports innovative partnerships to improve K-12 student achievement in mathematics and science. MSP projects are expected to raise the achievement levels of all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps in the mathematics and science performance of diverse student populations. In order to improve the mathematics and science achievement of the Nation's students, MSP projects contribute to what is known in mathematics and science education and serve as models that have a sufficiently strong evidence/research base to improve the mathematics and science education outcomes for all students. NSF's MSP program coordinates its effort with the Mathematics and Science Partnerships program of the U.S. Department of Education in the expectation that effective innovations in mathematics and science education will be disseminated into wider practice. This program has been cited as a key factor in ensuring US long-term competitiveness. Funds can be awarded very quickly using existing competitive grant applications.
Construction and Development of Major Research Equipment and Facilities Recovery funding: $400 million
Funds will be used to accelerate the construction and development of major research facilities that provide unique capabilities at the cutting edge of science. Funds will be used for previously approved investments and those nearing their completed design reviews.
DOE – Office of Science (There's more in the rest of the agency.)
Science Recovery funding: $2.000 billion
The Office of Science at the Department of Energy is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, providing more than 40 percent of total funding for this vital area of national importance. It oversees – and is the principal federal funding agency of – the Nation's research programs in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences. Independent scientific research provides the foundation for innovation and future technologies. But U.S. federal funding for research and development has declined steadily over the last decade. This funding will support improvements to DOE laboratories and scientific facilities to provide the foundation for research and development efforts. Within this amount, $400 million is included for the Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff research to accelerate the innovation cycle for both traditional and alternative energy sources and energy efficiency. The Department of Energy estimates that this amount of funding will support 50,000 jobs through research and construction of laboratory facilities.


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I now have another conundrum. Something is eating my Christmas cactuses. I keep them outside during warm weather and bring them inside in the fall.
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I did not find a worm on the others, but I may have missed it or them. My question is, what insecticide can I use to safely treat all the plants before I bring them inside?- Barbara
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Imagine snow falling, peaceful walks in the woods, great meals... details
01 - 02
Mackinac Island Winter Festival
Mackinac Island Winter Festival features family fun in the great... details -
Great Turtle Chili Cookoff
This year the 20th annual Mackinac Island Chili Cookoff will... details
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Grand Hotel Early Opening
Enjoy Grand Hotel before the official opening of their 126th... details
Zoo de Mack Bike Bash
Join a few thousand folks as they make their way... details -
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Michigan State Council Knights of Columbus Convention at Grand Hotel
The Michigan Knights of Columbus host their annual meeting at... details -
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Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Mackinac Policy Conference
The 2013 Mackinac Policy Conference, held Wednesday, May 29 -... details
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