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Hogmanay Watchnight Service 2013
Posted by Webmaster | Jan 2, 2014 | Advent and Christmas, Ecumenical, Glasgow events | 0 |
The welcoming interior of Glasgow Cathderal
If you want an alternative way to see out the old year and bring in the New Year, the annual Hogmanay Watchnight service in Glasgow Cathedral provides a warm and prayerful ecumenical experience.
This year,the Cathedral Strings welcomed the congregation as it gathered with a selection of well-known carols and hymns. Their leader got the people humming the music of Silent Night, a way to get them involved (and perhaps subtly to ensure the appropriate use of vocal chords!). Then the service started with a welcome from Roger Sturrock to the evening and an invitation to join in the first carol, the rousing "Joy to the World".
A more reflective mood was set by the next hymn "Be Still and Know that I am God". Mary Welsh of the Archdiocese of Glasgow's Ecumenical Commission then led the congregation in the first prayer in which, reflecting on the work of the churches together in Glasgow, she asked that the Lord support the continuation of that work with people in need. She finished by quoting the prayer of St. Francis (Make me a channel of your peace) and the prayer which forms the full motto of the City of Glasgow. The congregation responded with the singing of a contemporary hymn which has become very popular "In Christ alone my hope is found".
Ugandan baritone Terence Ayebare returned as soloist for the service, and his first piece was a beautiful rendition of the Lord's Prayer. This was followed by the SoundBite interview which gives an opportunity for a charity or church group in the city to publicise its work. This year Jim McNair interviewed Grant Campbell of the Glasgow City Mission.
Grant spoke of their work at this time of the year providing a Winter Night Shelter. It is currently operating in the Blythswood Hall of Renfield St.Stephens Church, thanks to the kindness of the congregation. It offers support to the most vulnerable people who are homeless as a result of addictions, violence etc. and who have no network of supporting relationships at times of difficulty.
The aim is to give them one night's accommodation while efforts are made to get alternative temporary or permanent housing, but at this season often all the alternatives are full – there is no room at the inn – and many become "permanent" residents. For the rest of the year, the City Mission receives between 150-200 people each day , accepting them as they are and trying to help them to move on in their lives and to improve their skills.
Some of the congregation after the service
Elspeth Glasgow of Glasgow Churches Together read the scripture passage for the evening from the Book of Joshua, before the offering was taken up for the work of the City Mission. Terence Ayebare then sang "Look at his Glorious Cross", a meditation in song.
The reflection for the service was given by former Moderator of the General Assembly, the Very Rev. Albert Bogle, and it was both enjoyable and challenging. After an opening prayer, he asked "how has the year been for you?" Most people, he suggested, would respond that there were times where they struggled. This led to further questions – are these problems random and is life a sea of random events? If we join all these events up, is there a purpose to them? How can we see a purpose in things such as the recent helicopter crash?
So often we feel helpless but we believe that there must be hope, and he offered a Bible text to accompany us throughout the coming year, that which had just been read from the Book of Joshua "Only be strong and of good courage. I the Lord your God am with you." This same confidence in the accompanying presence of God is repeated throughout the Old Testament e.g. in Psalm 22(23). It is reflected in the life of Christ. Therefore we have to be strong. Fear seeks to control us but perfect love casts out fear. Mr. Bogle is an enthusiastic musician and writer of hymns, and he finished with an amusing reference to a hymn which has been many years in the writing and yet to be finished. In it he visualises God as a lion by his side, offering protection, and he invited everyone to put out their hand "and feel the lion's mane" each time they were anxious or in fear.
It seemed very appropriate after that reflection to stand and sing "To be a Pilgrim" before the final part of the service. Dr Laurence Whitley, minister of the Cathedral, led the congregation towards the coming of the New Year. He remarked that Mr. Bogle's reflection reminded him of an African tale of a mouse and an elephant walking over a bridge. The mouse exclaimed "we really gave that bridge a shake" – so too we can do great things, working in partnership and walking in the company of a source of enormous power. We should not think small, because of the One who walks with us. God calls us to do, not what we can do, but what He can do. We should thank God that we are part of his great and wonderful purpose.
Out into the New Year
As the bells rang in the New Year, the congregation wished each other peace and joy, and then it was time to go out into that new Year, singing "Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided, urged and inspired us, cheered us on our way".
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A friend asked the other days what was up with all the fractals on my site and it reminded me that I've neither mentioned them in my blog or even sat down and created any for a while, so I thought I'd remedy that, especially since I now have the personal section so I don't have to bother planet readers with this stuff.
Fractals fascinate me for a couple of reasons. The first is obvious, they are in general strikingly beautiful. Even the most basic fractals with simple colouring choices look stunning and because of how they are created can be generated at any size with no loss of detail.
That's it. Well that and understanding how to apply the formula, using complex numbers and using a suitable colour palette. But still, such a simple looking formula generating something that looks beautiful and repeats infinitely at many zoom levels seems awesome to me.
The final reason is because I can actually generate my own images. I'm not what you'd call much of an artist. I like to think I can generally recognise what looks good, but creating something from scratch is beyond me. Fractals let me do this because really I'm not creating anything from scratch. I'm starting with some formula that is known to work well, choosing colouring methods, choosing colour palettes and tweaking parameters until I am happy with the results. Obviously that means I'm still no artist, but I like to think that many of my creations look good. All of the fractals in my media gallery were created by me, using a few different fractal generating programs.
That's probably enough talking so here is my latest creation. I'm going to try to blog about my fractals when I make a new one from now on, if there is anything particularly interesting to say at least. This one took a long time to create. It is fairly easy to create good looking fractals at random, but trying to design one around a particular goal is much harder.
I did a course on chaos theory at uni which finally ended up with generating fractals and the importance of them. I was surprised at the simplicity in which they were generated, it was funny to see the set of 'equations which behave nicely' was so small compared to the chaos side of things.
I am constantly amazed at what math can produce!


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Our View: Tests, shots fail to keep up with surging virus
It is a failure that is helping fuel the historic number of cases — and it will do the same to the next surge if something doesn't change.
By The Editorial Board
Any health official worth a damn says that beating back the COVID surge requires universal masking, widespread vaccination and frequent testing.
Yet in the midst of a record-breaking surge more than 18 months since the virus first appeared, it remains difficult to get even the people who want one either a shot or a timely test. It is a failure that is helping fuel the surge — and it will do the same to the next one if something doesn't change.
COVID cases were already rising in Maine prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. But Mainers hoping to get a booster shot or a test before meeting family and friends for dinner were often out of luck.
High demand, coupled in some cases with staffing shortages at pharmacies, meant vaccine and testing slots filled up quick. If you were lucky enough to get an appointment for a test, similar bottlenecks meant meant you might not get a result for a while, cutting down on its effectiveness. Meanwhile, home tests, which are not as accurate as the lab tests but can tell a person if they are infectious, were hard to track down as well.
That's inexcusable. If people can't get vaccinated or tested when they want, they'll be more likely to get the virus and to spread it.
State officials recognize the problem. Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the state is working to secure more tests and get them where they are needed; go to maine.gov/covid19/testing for a list of testing sites. The state is also trying to increase vaccination capacity, including through a new walk-in clinic at the Augusta Armory.
Maine is doing better than most, ranked 14th among all states in COVID testing rates. Vaccinations continue to tick upward.
But it's not enough. Nearly 14% of lab-based COVID tests are coming back positive, meaning Maine is not testing nearly enough. As a result, it is missing a lot of cases, and unable to control the spread. And with pharmacies struggling to deliver shots, who knows how many people will be kept from a booster shot before Christmas.
For that, you can blame the delta variant. With cases falling earlier this year, manufacturers stopped making tests in high numbers, and vaccination and testing sites were shut down.
But then delta hit and it has taken a while for production to ramp back up. What's more, the fast-spreading virus has affected the workforce everywhere, making it harder for pharmacies to be the focus of vaccine and testing efforts, as they are meant to be. Relying so heavily on the private sector to stop this surge simply isn't working.
President Joe Biden has initiated a plan to dramatically increase production of rapid tests while providing them at no cost through health insurance, though only through cumbersome reimbursements.
But that will still leave the U.S. behind most of Europe, where rapid tests are cheap and widely available. In fact, the U.K. simply sends tests directly to residents who request them, as did Germany until recently. A pilot project did the same recently in New Hampshire; there's no reason it can't be done nationwide.
We need more tests, and we need them in the hands of people who will use them to stop the spread of COVID, and put their own mind at ease.
We need unfettered access to vaccines throughout Maine, and the nation.
And because in all likelihood this isn't the last surge we'll experience, we need a system that can ramp up just as quickly as the infections do, with pop-up testing and vaccination clinics ready to go when demand spikes.
This surge will slow at some point, and there will be pressure to say that it's over for COVID.
But experience tells us it's not, and whether that surge is from delta, omicron or some other variant, we have to be better prepared for it.
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I didn't really realize how many eggs I have in this one, big basket. On my way to take my MAT - the final requirement for my Regent University Application.
Calm it down, calm it down.
I'm in the Media Arts and Design video editing lab. Sort of with a "fish out of water" or "fish on a bicycle" feeling. I'm not really a video editor. I was going to try to post my first video package for you all to see - but it looks like it's having a hard time processing on YouTube. We'll try again later.


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Tim Lollar
American baseball player
Born: (1956-03-17) March 17, 1956 (age 64)
Poplar Bluff, Missouri
Batted: Left Threw: Left
June 28, 1980, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
October 5, 1986, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
Earned run average
New York Yankees (1980)
San Diego Padres (1981–1984)
Chicago White Sox (1985)
Boston Red Sox (1985–1986)
William Timothy Lollar (born March 17, 1956) is a former professional baseball pitcher. He was born in Missouri to Homer and Betty Jean (nee McHenry) Lollar. Tim was a graduate of Farmington High School in Farmington, Missouri, and Mineral Area College in Flat River, Missouri. Lollar played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1986 for the New York Yankees(1980), San Diego Padres (1981–84), Chicago White Sox (1985) and Boston Red Sox (1985–86), primarily as a starting pitcher.
1 Early career
2 Major league career
2.1 New York Yankees
2.2 San Diego Padres
2.3 Later career
2.4 As a hitter
4 Notes
Lollar played collegiately for the University of Arkansas. He was drafted by the Yankees in the fourth round of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft and was immediately assigned to the Double-A West Haven Yankees, two steps below the majors. Lollar played 28 games as an infielder in 1978 and 65 games as an infielder in 1979 for the West Haven Yankees both years.[1] He made his major league debut in 1980 as a pitcher.
Major league career
Lollar debuted for the Yankees on June 26, 1980. He made 14 appearances for New York, including one start. He went 1–0 with 2 saves and a 3.34 earned run average. Lollar was traded to the Padres near the end of spring training 1981, along with three other players, for outfielder Jerry Mumphrey and pitcher John Pacella.
Lollar spent the strike-shortened 1981 season splitting time between the starting rotation and the bullpen for the Padres. He had a record of 2–8 in 24 games, including 11 starts, and an ERA of 6.10.
In 1982, Lollar was installed in the starting rotation permanently. He rewarded the Padres with a career-high 16 wins while lowering his ERA to 3.13. He was in turn rewarded by being made the Padres' Opening Day starter in 1983, but he slumped badly, posting a record of 7–12 with an ERA of 4.61.
The Padres made the postseason for the first time as a franchise in 1984, with Lollar going 11–13 with a 3.91 ERA. He made two postseason starts—one each in the NLCS and the World Series—but did not make it out of the fifth inning in either one. In the third game of the World Series, against the Detroit Tigers, Lollar pitched just 1.2 innings, giving up four runs, including a home run to Marty Castillo. After the season, he was traded to the White Sox, along with Ozzie Guillén, Bill Long and Luis Salazar, primarily in exchange for LaMarr Hoyt.
Lollar stayed with the White Sox for just a few months before being traded to the Red Sox for outfielder Reid Nichols. In 1986, the Red Sox converted Lollar into a relief pitcher, but Lollar posted a 6.91 ERA while giving up nearly two baserunners per inning. He was released during spring training in 1987. Lollar played that season in the minors, posting a record of 3–4 with an ERA of 5.87 while splitting the year between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals organizations. He retired after the season.
As a hitter
Lollar was considered a particularly good hitter for a pitcher, being asked to occasionally pinch-hit, and hitting eight career home runs in four seasons in the National League. He posted a .234 batting average (54-for-231) with 27 runs, 38 RBI and 18 bases on balls. He was even called upon to pinch-hit for position players twice while with the American League Red Sox. The first was on August 13, 1985, when he pinch hit for shortstop Jackie Gutiérrez, popping out to third base.[2] The second was on August 12, 1986. Lollar pinch-hit for shortstop Rey Quiñones with two out in the 9th and the tying run on first base. Despite not having batted in a major league game in nearly a year, Lollar singled off Kansas City Royals closer Dan Quisenberry. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, the next batter, Wade Boggs, grounded out to end the game.[3]
After baseball, Lollar became a PGA golf pro and instructor at Lakewood, Colorado. He is the father of two sons and one daughter.
^ Norman MacLean, ed. (1986). 1986 Who's Who in Baseball. New York: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Company, Inc.
^ August 13, 1985 box score
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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1978 College Baseball All-America Team selections
P Bill Bordley
P Greg Norris
C Chris Bando
1B Ron Johnson
2B Bob Horner
3B John Marquardt
SS Hubie Brooks
SS Greg Cypret
O Kirk Gibson
O Mark Johnston
O Mike Stenhouse
DH Tim Lollar
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Andy Benes
Kevin Brown
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Jhoulys Chacín
John Curtis
Pat Dobson
Juan Eichelberger
Jon Garland
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Sterling Hitchcock
LaMarr Hoyt
Bruce Hurst
Kevin Jarvis
Randy Jones
Clay Kirby
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Tim Lollar
Chris Paddack
Jake Peavy
Gaylord Perry
Tom Phoebus
Clayton Richard
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Premier League Restart: Five Top Bets to Back
The Premier League is back. After a lengthy layoff due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the English soccer league is set to restart this week and there are a number of superb games on the horizon and as such you should prepare for some great potential bets.
There are still a great many games to look forward to, with most teams having nine matches left to complete the 2019-20 season and some having ten, and as such a great deal is still to play for.
Yes, Liverpool should indeed walk away with their first domestic title in 30 years but there are still relegation battles and top four races to be competed for. Here's a look at some interesting bets to consider in the first set of games to take place in the restart.
Intertops Premier League Betting Odds:
Arsenal to win at Man City +700
Marcus Rashford to score first vs Tottenham +450
Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace to end in a tie +215
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to finish topscorer +375
Wolves to finish in the top four +600
Manchester City have very little to play for. They won't catch Liverpool in the Premier League title race and may well be rusty after the layoff. Arsenal on the other hand harbor hopes of a top four finish and before the break Mikel Arteta's side were on a good run of form, so a win away (especially in front of an empty stadium) isn't that unthinkable.
Marcus Rashford is getting a lot of good publicity in recent weeks due to his charitable work in the local community during the coronavirus outbreak, he is also having a great season and we can well see the England international popping up with the first goal as Man United take on Tottenham.
Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace is a game that has 'tie' written all of it, hence the odds are quite short, the plus side is that placing the bet will make the game infinitely more interesting to watch.
Currently Jamie Vardy leads the goalscoring charts, two ahead of the pack, but we'd put money on Arsenal hot-shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to make up the gap. First off the Gunners have one game more than Leicester City and the Gabon forward is also looking to get a new improved deal with his club and that can certainly put more fire in his game.
Wolves are just five points off a top four finish and we think a bet on the underdog, especially at the Premier League betting online odds provided, is a nice futures bet to back as the club restart their season with very winnable games against West Ham, Bournemouth and Aston Villa.
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Q: tinyproxy: How to manually install the most recent version 1.11.0 on Ubuntu? I would like to install the most recent tinyproxy version 1.11.0 on Ubuntu. How can I do that?
Unfortunetly does  sudo apt update; sudo apt install tinyproxy -y; not work for me and only gives me the most recent stable version 1.10.0 from 2018.
So I tried to download and unzip the most recent version on GitHub
https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/releases
But I couldn't get it to work properly installed yet.
What I tried so far:
sudo apt update;
... [loading the unzipped tinyproxy 1.11.0 folder via own GitHub repo]
cd OwnGitHubRepo/tinyproxy-1.11.0
sudo apt-get install build-essential -y
sudo apt install autoconf -y
autoconf
./configure
make
sudo make install

The installation seems to have been working somehow as tinyproxy -v  returns: tinyproxy 1.11.0
But I now can not run following command which I would usually do:
sudo /etc/init.d/tinyproxy restart;

As there is no tinyproxy folder inside /etc/ listed yet. :/

(Also sudo lsof -i:8888 doesn't show any listing server yet)

Documentations:
http://tinyproxy.github.io/

Tried under AWS EC2 Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type

A: *

*Make sure you update the system with the latest packages

ubuntu@ip-172-30-2-209:~$ sudo su -
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~#

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# apt-get update
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# apt-get dist-upgrade

You can reboot the server if a new kernel is available
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# reboot

*Install the build tools:

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# apt-get install build-essential
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# apt-get install autoconf

*Download the source code and build the software

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# wget https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/releases/download/1.11.0/tinyproxy-1.11.0.tar.bz2
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# tar -jxvf tinyproxy-1.11.0.tar.bz2
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# cd tinyproxy-1.11.0/
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# ./configure
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# make
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# make install

Important directories/files to track:
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/bin'
  /usr/bin/install -c tinyproxy '/usr/local/bin'

 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/tinyproxy'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 debug.html default.html stats.html '/usr/local/share/tinyproxy'

 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/etc/tinyproxy'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 tinyproxy.conf '/usr/local/etc/tinyproxy'

 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/man/man5'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 tinyproxy.conf.5 '/usr/local/share/man/man5'

 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/man/man8'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 tinyproxy.8 '/usr/local/share/man/man8'

 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/doc/tinyproxy'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 AUTHORS NEWS README README.md '/usr/local/share/doc/tinyproxy'

*Configure the software

Symlink the configuration folder
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# ln -s /usr/local/etc/tinyproxy /etc/
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# ls -la /etc/ | grep tinyproxy
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root         24 Apr  3 09:53 tinyproxy -> /usr/local/etc/tinyproxy

Check the nobody user group
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# cat /etc/passwd | grep nobody
nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# cat /etc/group | grep 65534
nogroup:x:65534:

Since nobody is assigned to the nogroup group, change the Group element in tinyproxy config from nobody group to nogroup
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# sed -i s/'Group nobody'/'Group nogroup'/g /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf

Configure the rest of tinyproxy to your expectations (here is the minimal setup)
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# cat /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf | grep -v "^#\|^$"
User nobody
Group nogroup
Port 8888
Timeout 600
DefaultErrorFile "/usr/local/share/tinyproxy/default.html"
StatFile "/usr/local/share/tinyproxy/stats.html"
LogLevel Info
MaxClients 100
Allow 127.0.0.1
Allow ::1
ViaProxyName "tinyproxy"

Test the connection
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# tinyproxy -d -c /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
NOTICE    Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Initializing tinyproxy ...
NOTICE    Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Reloading config file
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Setting "Via" header to 'tinyproxy'
NOTICE    Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Reloading config file finished
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: listen_sock called with addr = '(NULL)'
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: trying to listen on host[0.0.0.0], family[2], socktype[1], proto[6]
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: listening on fd [3]
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: trying to listen on host[::], family[10], socktype[1], proto[6]
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: listening on fd [4]
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Now running as group "nogroup".
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Now running as user "nobody".
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Setting the various signals.
INFO      Apr 03 09:56:13.294 [8179]: Starting main loop. Accepting connections.

CTRL+C

*Create a service to run tinyproxy

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# nano /lib/systemd/system/tinyproxy.service

[Unit]
Description=tinyproxy service
After=network.target
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
User=nobody
Group=nogroup
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/tinyproxy -d -c /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

*Start the service and check if everything is working fine

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# systemctl enable tinyproxy.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/tinyproxy.service → /lib/systemd/system/tinyproxy.service.

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# systemctl status tinyproxy.service
● tinyproxy.service - tinyproxy service
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tinyproxy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2022-04-03 10:00:20 UTC; 5s ago
   Main PID: 8236 (tinyproxy)
      Tasks: 1 (limit: 1145)
     Memory: 1.0M
     CGroup: /system.slice/tinyproxy.service
             └─8236 /usr/local/bin/tinyproxy -d -c /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf

Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: Setting "Via" header to 'tinyproxy'
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: NOTICE    Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: Reloading config file finished
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: listen_sock called with addr = '(NULL)'
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: trying to listen on host[0.0.0.0], family[2], socktype[1], proto[6]
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: listening on fd [3]
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: trying to listen on host[::], family[10], socktype[1], proto[6]
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: listening on fd [4]
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: Not running as root, so not changing UID/GID.
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: Setting the various signals.
Apr 03 10:00:20 ip-172-30-2-209 tinyproxy[8236]: INFO      Apr 03 10:00:20.980 [8236]: Starting main loop. Accepting connections.

Install net-tools to check the listening ports
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# apt-get install net-tools

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# netstat -napt | grep LISTEN | grep tinyproxy
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:8888            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      8236/tinyproxy
tcp6       0      0 :::8888                 :::*                    LISTEN      8236/tinyproxy

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# lsof -i:8888
COMMAND    PID   USER   FD   TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
tinyproxy 8236 nobody    3u  IPv4  34119      0t0  TCP *:8888 (LISTEN)
tinyproxy 8236 nobody    4u  IPv6  34120      0t0  TCP *:8888 (LISTEN)

*Extras

a) Logging and Pid file
Prepare pid and log directories
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# mkdir /var/run/tinyproxy/
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# mkdir /var/log/tinyproxy/
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/run/tinyproxy/
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# chown -R nobody:nogroup /var/log/tinyproxy/

Add pid and log parameters into tinyproxy config
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0#
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# cat /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf | grep ^LogFile
LogFile "/var/log/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.log"
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# cat /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf | grep ^PidFile
PidFile "/var/run/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.pid"

Restart service
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~/tinyproxy-1.11.0# systemctl restart tinyproxy.service

b) Process limits
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# ps aux | grep tinyproxy
nobody     64427  9.8  0.5 789836 10232 ?        Ssl  12:11   0:00 /usr/local/bin/tinyproxy -d -c /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
root       65436  0.0  0.0   7696   644 pts/0    S+   12:11   0:00 grep --color=auto tinyproxy

root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# cat /proc/64427/limits | grep "Max processes\|Max open files"
Max processes             7151                 7151                 processes
Max open files            1024                 524288               files

To bump up those, edit the /lib/systemd/system/tinyproxy.service file and add the following lines in the [Service] section
[Service]
...
LimitNOFILE=700000
LimitNPROC=700000
...

Then reload systemd and restart the service
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# systemctl daemon-reload
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# systemctl restart tinyproxy.service

Check the results
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# ps axu | grep tinyproxy
nobody     68439  0.6  0.1 533092  3068 ?        Ssl  12:13   0:00 /usr/local/bin/tinyproxy -d -c /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
root       68490  0.0  0.0   7696   656 pts/0    S+   12:13   0:00 grep --color=auto tinyproxy
root@ip-172-30-2-209:~# cat /proc/68439/limits | grep "Max processes\|Max open files"
Max processes             700000               700000               processes
Max open files            700000               700000               files

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Why Older People Should Chill When It's Hot Out
Photo: James McCormick, University of Ottawa.
Taking a break from extreme heat, by visiting a cooling center for example, could help our cells protect themselves from damage, according to preliminary findings from a new study. The research, which focused on older people, suggests temporarily cooling down on a hot day helps cells maintain autophagy, a process cells use to rid themselves of dangerous protein buildups caused by stressors like extreme heat.
"By lessening the time spent in a state of elevated internal body temperature, cooling centers may help to preserve autophagy in older adults, which may translate to greater cellular protection and improved health outcomes during an extreme heat event," said James J. McCormick, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the Human and Environmental Physiology Research Unit of the University of Ottawa in Canada, and the study's first author.
McCormick will present the research at the American Physiological Society annual meeting during the Experimental Biology (EB) 2021 meeting, held virtually April 27-30.
Sustained elevations in internal body temperature can lead to heatstroke, cardiovascular events, and kidney failure. Older people are particularly vulnerable since the body's systems for regulating temperature degrade as we age.
During periods of extreme heat, health agencies recommend that people without home air conditioning spend a few hours in a cooled location, such as a cooling center or heat-relief shelter. However, there has been little research into how visiting a cooling center actually affects the physiological processes associated with heat exposure.
"With climate change, the global population is increasingly exposed to protracted periods of extreme heat," said Robert D. Meade, a doctoral candidate who is part of the research team. "Prolonged exposure to hot temperatures can overwhelm the body's ability to cool itself, particularly in older adults. Thus, there is a crucial need to develop evidence-based guidance for protecting older adults from extreme heat."
The researchers analyzed how older people responded to a simulated heat wave with and without a cooling break. A total of 17 volunteers spent nine hours in a room heated to 40° C (104° F). In the middle of the day, seven of the volunteers had a two-hour break in a room that was a comfortable 23° C (73° F).
While the cooling break did not result in lasting reductions in participants' core body temperature, these participants did show improved markers of autophagic function compared to the group that endured high heat for the full nine hours. The findings suggest that visiting a cooling center could help older people avoid some of the cellular damage that may contribute to serious health impacts of heat exposure, according to researchers.
The researchers plan to conduct further studies to determine whether other cooling strategies, such as using a fan, could also help to preserve autophagic function in older adults.


As promised last week, today's Cam Lang Sci post brings you a report on 'Language Detectives', a public engagement event some folks here in Cambridge's linguistics department put on on Saturday as part of the University's Festival of Ideas.
I'm happy to say that 4 talks, 14 activities, 40 volunteers, and in the realm of 200 visitors or so later (we lost count), we can call it a success. Many people – local and not so local, young and not so young – came and participated, trying their hand at something new or learning something interesting from linguistics research. We haven't had the time to crunch the numbers from all the feedback forms yet, but the overall impression is that most people found it "enjoyable, interactive and fun", as one guest put it.
Particular highlights seem to have been: finding out about neural networks in a series of challenges that pitted the human mind against neural nets; cracking some patterns in Inuktitut orthography – and then writing your name in Inuktitut; puzzling over the stroop effect or how we recognise words in some classic psycholinguistic experiments; and discovering in lingquiztics that English is in fact not the language with the most native speakers (do you know which is?). The phonetics lab had panpipes made of straws to demonstrate how pitch varies, spectograms to 'see' you voice and an artificial larynx that lets you talk without making a sound. The maps of Cambridge showing visitors' first and second languages soon filled up, showing a wealth of linguistic knowledge across the city: French, Greek, Mandarin, Polish, Afrikaans, Farsi, Vietnamese, Spanish, Serbian, Catalan, Cantonese, Czech, Filipino, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Italian, and Dutch. And that's just first languages! One person's takeaway was "multilingual is good"!
All in all an exciting – if exhausting – day, which opened up the breadth of linguistics research to a varied audience and, who knows, may have inspired some language detectives of tomorrow.


Clinics in Texas' Lower Rio Grande Valley, one of the poorest regions in the country, are ill-equipped to handle the health threat presented by the Zika virus, and they aren't alone — Texas is short on doctors.
Clinics in Texas' Lower Rio Grande Valley, one of the poorest regions in the country, are ill-equipped to handle the health threat presented by the Zika virus, and they aren't alone — Texas is short on doctors. According to one study, Texas needs 12,000 more physicians to meet our per-capita national average. And about half the state has no OB-GYNs.
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Home → Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions → Rule Making → Weekly Notices → August 31, 2011
WEEKLY NOTICES OF STATE RULE-MAKING
Public Input for Proposed and Adopted Rules
Notices are published each Wednesday to alert the public regarding state agency rule-making. You may obtain a copy of any rule by notifying the agency contact person. You may also comment on the rule, and/or attend the public hearing. If no hearing is scheduled, you may request one -- the agency may then schedule a hearing, and must do so if 5 or more persons request it. If you are disabled or need special services to attend a hearing, please notify the agency contact person at least 7 days prior to it. Petitions: you can petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule; the agency must provide you with petition forms, and must respond to your petition within 60 days. The agency must enter rule-making if the petition is signed by 150 or more registered voters, and may begin rule-making if there are fewer. You can also petition the Legislature to review a rule; the Executive Director of the Legislative Council (115 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, phone 207/287-1615) will provide you with the necessary petition forms. The appropriate legislative committee will review a rule upon receipt of a petition from 100 or more registered voters, or from "...any person who may be directly, substantially and adversely affected by the application of a rule..." (Title 5 Section 11112). World-Wide Web: Copies of the weekly notices and the full texts of adopted rule chapters may be found on the internet at: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/rules. There is also a list of rule-making liaisons, who are single points of contact for each agency.
AGENCY: 90-590 - Maine Health Data Organization (MHDO)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 10, Determination of Assessments
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2011-P116 (withdrawn)
CANCELLATION: The portion of the public hearing dealing with Ch. 10, scheduled for September 1, 2011 in Augusta, has been cancelled.
CONTACT PERSON: Debra Dodge, Maine Health Data Organization, 151 Capitol Street, 102 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone (207) 287-6724. Fax: (207) 287-6732. E-mail: Debra.J.Dodge@Maine.gov .
MHDO WEBSITE: http://mhdo.maine.gov/imhdo/ .
AGENCY: 99-346 - Maine State Housing Authority (MSHA)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 19, Homeless Programs Rule
PROPOSED RULE NUMBER: 2011-P138
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Linda Uhl, Chief Counsel and Rule-making Liaison, Maine State Housing Authority, State House Station #89, 353 Water Street, Augusta, Maine 04330-4633. Telephone: (207) 626-4600. TTY: (800) 452-4603. (TTY). E-mail: luhl@mainehousing.org .Upon sufficient notice, this notice and the proposed rule will be made available in alternative formats for persons with disabilities and in alternative languages for persons with limited English proficiency.
PUBLIC HEARING: A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at Maine State Housing Authority, State House Station #89, 353 Water Street, Augusta, Maine, 04330-4633. Maine State Housing Authority's office and the hearing room are accessible to persons with disabilities and, upon sufficient notice, appropriate communication auxiliary aids and services will be provided to persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency.
COMMENT DEADLINE: Friday, September 30, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
BRIEF SUMMARY: The current Homeless Programs Rule provides for funding emergency shelters consistent with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act before it was amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (the "HEARTH Act"). The replacement rule expands the use of funds to comply with the HEARTH Act.
DETAILED BASIS STATEMENT / SUMMARY: The current Homeless Programs Rule provides for funding emergency shelters consistent with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act before it was amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (the "HEARTH Act"). The replacement rule expands the use of funds to comply with the HEARTH Act. The proposed replacement rule allows MaineHousing to create new programs to support entities that offer an integrated array of services to meet the health, housing, employment, and other basic needs of people who are or are at risk of becoming homeless consistent with the HEARTH Act. In addition, the proposed replacement rule provides a method for new shelter beds to be included in the emergency shelter funding allocation and elaborates upon data collection requirements.
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES. None
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 30-A MRSA §§ 4741.1, 4741.18, 4852 et seq.
SUBSTANTIVE STATE OR FEDERAL LAW BEING IMPLEMENTED: The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as amended by S. 896 the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act (HEARTH) of 2009.
WEBSITE: http://www.mainehousing.org/ .
AGENCY: 05-071 - Department of Education (DOE)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 13, Qualifying Examinations of Teachers, Educational Specialists and Administrators
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Mark A. Cyr, Department of Education, Certification Office, 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023. Telephone: (207) 624-6603. Fax: (207) 624-6604. TTY: 1 (888) 577-6690. E-mail: Mark.Cyr@Maine.gov .
PUBLIC HEARING: N/A
COMMENT DEADLINE: September 30, 2011, 5:00 p.m.
BRIEF SUMMARY: Proposed changes in Ch. 13 include new test codes, recommended cut off scores, and language to allow old tests no longer being administered to be used for up to five years after which time only the new tests will be accepted.
DETAILED BASIS STATEMENT / SUMMARY: The proposed changes to Ch. 13 stem from the regular regeneration (revision) process employed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Each Praxis exam undergoes regeneration every five years. ETS conducts a multi-state standard setting study designed to assemble two separate groups of current practitioners who work for two to three days to review the validity and reliability of the test being regenerated. The end result is a recommended cut off score that is deemed appropriate for the just qualified candidate (JQC). Several of the tests required by the Maine Department of Education were recently regenerated, so our current Ch. 13 must be updated to reflect these changes.
Proposed changes in Ch. 13 include new test codes, recommended cut off scores, and language to allow old tests no longer being administered to be used for up to five years after which time only the new tests will be accepted.
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES (if any):
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 20-A MRSA §§ 13031-13038 and 13035-A
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/education .
DOE RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Greg.Scott@Maine.gov .
AGENCY: 10-144 - Maine Well Drillers Commission
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 232, Well Drillers and Pump Installers Rules
CONCISE SUMMARY: Rule changes are in response to legislation (2009) requiring drillers and pump installers of geothermal wells be licensed by the Well Drillers Commission and that standards for the location and construction of geothermal heat exchange wells be adopted. These changes address the location and construction of geothermal; heat exchange wells. Since most geothermal drillers are also water well drillers, day to day operations for both drillers and the Commission should not change significantly upon the adoption of these rules. Protection for consumers and groundwater water quality should increase significantly.
THIS RULE WILL NOT HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 32 MRSA c. 69-C
PUBLIC HEARING: September 23, 2011, 9:00 a.m., 286 Water Street, Key Bank Building, 3rd Floor, Augusta
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: 15 days after public hearing
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: David Braley, Maine Well Drillers Commission, State House Station #11, Augusta, Maine 04333. Telephone: (207) 441-5324. E-mail: David.Braley@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mecdc/environmental-health/dwp/professionals/wellDrillers.shtml
AGENCY: 01-015 - Maine Milk Commission
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #10-11
CONCISE SUMMARY: The principal reason for this rule is the need to respond to Federal Order changes and to certain other conditions affecting prevailing Class I, II and III milk prices in Southern New England in accordance with 7 MRSA §2954.
SEE INFORMATION AT OUR WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
THIS RULE WILL NOT XX HAVE A FISCAL IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 5 MRSA §8054 and 7 MRSA §2954
PUBLIC HEARING: September 23, 2011, Friday, starting at 1:30 p.m., Room 233, Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources, Deering Building, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: September 23, 2011
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. E-mail: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/index.shtml .
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 26, Producer Margins
CONCISE SUMMARY: The principal reason for this rulemaking is to update producer margins.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 MRSA §2954
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: October 7, 2011
AGENCY: 90-351 - Workers' Compensation Board
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 5, Medical Fees; Reimbursement Level; Reporting Requirements
CONCISE SUMMARY: The proposed rule repeals and replaces the existing rule and updates the professional services fee rule by updating to 2010 CPT and RBRVS codes/weights. The Board is still in the process of comparing the conversion factor to private 3rd-party payors. The proposed rule also enacts schedules of maximum reimbursement for inpatient, outpatient and surgical center facility fees.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 39-A MRSA §§ 152(2), 209
PUBLIC HEARING: Monday, September 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m., Workers' Compensation Board, Central Office, AMHI Complex, Deering Building, First Floor, Room 170, Hospital Street, Augusta, Maine
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 5:00 p.m.
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: John Rohde, General Counsel, Workers' Compensation Board, 27 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333-0027. Telephone: (207) 287-7086. E-mail: John.Rohde@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/wcb/ .
AGENCY: 29-250 - Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles
RULE TITLE OR SUBJECT: Ch. 168, The Administration and Issuance of USDOT Numbers for Certain Intrastate Motor Carriers
CONCISE SUMMARY: This chapter outlines the procedures and standards for the issuance of United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) numbers to those intrastate motor carriers subject to 29-A MRSA §555-A.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 29-A MRSA §555-A
PUBLIC HEARING: October 6, 2011 at 9:00 a.m., Bureau of Motor Vehicles – Executive Conference Room, 101 Hospital Street, Augusta, ME
DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS: October 17, 2011
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Garry Hinkley, Bureau of Motor Vehicles – Vehicle Services, 29 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0029. Telephone: (207) 624-9055. E-mail: Garry.Hinkley@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/sos/bmv/ .
AGENCY: 65-407 - Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 815, Consumer Protection Standards for Electric and Gas Transmission and Distribution Utilities
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Paulina Collins, Legislative Liaison, PUC, 18 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-1566. E-mail: Paulina.Collins@Maine.gov .
PUBLIC HEARING: September 23, 2011, 10:00 a.m., Public Utilities Commission, 101 Second Street, Hallowell, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: Written comments on the proposed rule may be filed with the Administrative Director until October 4, 2011. However, the Commission request that comments be filed by September 16, 2011, to allow for follow-up inquiries during the hearing; supplemental comments may be filed after the hearing. Written documents should refer to the docket number of this proceeding, Docket No. 2011-282 and be sent to the Administrative Director, Public Utilities Commission, 18 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0018.
BRIEF SUMMARY: The PUC initiates a rulemaking proceeding to consider amendments to Ch. 815 – Consumer Protection Standards for Electric and Gas Transmission and Distribution Utilities rule. The primary purpose of this proceeding is to update the rule based on legislation enacted during the 2011 session. The PUC also proposes to make a few other changes based on experience in administering the rule.
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: Minimal
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: Title 35-A §§ 104, 111, 704 and 1308, Resolves 2011, Ch. 32 and Resolves 2011, Ch. 38
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/mpuc/ .
PUC RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Paula.Cyr@Maine.gov .
AGENCY: 02-643 - Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (P&FR), Office of Licensing and Registration (OLR), Board of Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology and Hearing Aid Dealing and Fitting
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 1, Definitions; Ch. 2, Advisory Rulings; Ch. 3, Pathways to Licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Audiologist or Hearing Aid Dealer and Fitter; Ch. 4, Licensure of Temporary Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; Ch. 5, Permitting and Licensure of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters; Ch. 6, Application for Licensure; Ch. 7, License Renewal; Inactive Status; Ch. 8, Continuing Professional Education; Ch. 9, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants; Ch. 10, Practice of Hearing Aid Dealing and Fitting; Ch. 11, Code of Ethics; Ch. 12, Professional Misconduct.
Upon adoption of the chapters listed above, the rules of the former Board of Examiners on Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters are automatically repealed pursuant to PL 2007, c. 369, §C-4.
PROPOSED RULE NUMBERS: 2011-P146 thru P157
CONTACT PERSON FOR THIS FILING: Torrey L. Gray, Office of Licensing and Registration, 35 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 624-8420. E-mail: Torrey.J.Gray@Maine.gov .
PUBLIC HEARING: September 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m., Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, 76 Northern Avenue, Gardiner, Maine
COMMENT DEADLINE: September 29, 2011
BRIEF SUMMARY: The new rules repeal and replace the rules of the former Board of Examiners on Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the former Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters. Major changes are proposed in the areas of supervision and continuing education. The proposed rules change the license term of speech-language pathologists and audiologists and substantially revise the model agreement for the purchase and sale of hearing aids. The proposed rules and a detailed list of changes may be downloaded from www.maine.gov/professionallicensing .
DETAILED BASIS STATEMENT / SUMMARY: The new rules repeal and replace the rules of the former Board of Examiners on Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and the former Board of Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitters. The new rules: (a) standardize the definition of direct supervision for speech-language pathology assistants and trainee hearing aid dealers and fitters, (b) require applicants for licensure as a hearing aid dealer and fitter to complete the traineeship before sitting for the licensing examination, (c) specify qualifications for supervisors of temporary speech-language pathologists and audiologists, trainee hearing aid dealers and fitters and speech-language pathology assistants, (d) institute a change of supervisor protocol, (e) limit the overall supervision responsibilities of individual speech-language pathologists and audiologists, (f) provide for inactive status licensure, (g) change the license term of speech-language pathologists and audiologists from 2 years to 1 year; (h) discontinue the preapproval requirement for speech-language pathology and audiology continuing education programs; (i) specifically describe content requirements for permissible continuing education activities, (j) require speech-language pathologists and audiologists and hearing aid dealers and fitters to complete 10 hours of continuing education annually, (k) revise the application process for speech-language pathology assistants, (l) discontinue former rule provisions concerning speech-language pathology aides, (m) require supervisors of speech-language pathology assistants to maintain a supervision log; (n) require trainee hearing aid dealers and fitters to maintain a training log, (o) discontinue provisions dealing with medical evaluation requirements in connection with the dispensing of hearing aids, (p) incorporate by reference into the rules the current ANSI standard for calibration of audiometers, (q) revise the sample agreement for the purchase of hearing aids and incorporate the agreement into the rules, (r) compile a common code of ethics for speech-language pathologists and audiologists and hearing aid dealers and fitters, (s) discontinue the requirement that hearing aid dealers and fitters display a copy of their license in the fitting room or office, (t) prohibit sexual misconduct by licensees, and (u) provide for the issuance of advisory rulings.
The statement of impact on small business required by 5 MRSA §8052(5A) may be obtained from the agency contact person.
IMPACT ON MUNICIPALITIES OR COUNTIES: none
STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THIS RULE: 5 MRSA §§ 8051, 9001(4); 32 MRSA §§ 17203(2), 17301(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6); 17302(1),(2); 17305(5),(6); 17307(1); PL 2007, c. 369, sec. C-4.
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/pfr/professionallicensing/professions/speech_audiology_hearing_aid/index.htm .
OLR RULE-MAKING LIAISON: Jeffrey.M.Frankel@Maine.gov .
AGENCY: 09-137 – Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 4.02, Migratory Bird Hunting
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2011-290
CONCISE SUMMARY: The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has adopted rules establishing season dates, daily limits and possession limits on sea ducks, ducks, geese and other migratory game birds for the 2011 Migratory Bird Hunting season. These rules are adopted in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Migratory Bird Treat Act. Detailed rules may be obtained from the Agency Contact Person and will also be available at License Agent locations throughout the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 18, 2011
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Becky Orff, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 284 State Street, 41 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-5202. E-mail: Becky.Orff@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/ifw/
AGENCY: 14-118 - Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Substance Abuse
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 11, Rules Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2011-291 (final adoption, major substantive)
CONCISE SUMMARY: The Office of Substance Abuse is proposing to change the rules governing the controlled substances Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The current rules will be modified to establish procedures for the review of prescription monitoring information by the Office; allowing non-licensed individuals as "sub-account" data requesters; and other non-substantive changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 18, 2011
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Patricia Lapera, Office of Substance Abuse/DHHS, 11 State House Station, 41 Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04333-0011. Telephone: (207) 287-3363. E-mail: Patricia.Lapera@Maine.gov .
WEBSITE: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/osa/
AGENCY: 65-407 - Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 660, Consumer Protection Standards for Water Utilities
CONCISE SUMMARY: This rulemaking amends an existing rule that was adopted on September 30, 2010 and corrects errors, omissions, and inconsistencies found necessary after the rule was adopted and also makes minor, non-substantive modifications.
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Paula J. Cyr, Public Utilities Commission, 18 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0018. Telephone: (207) 287-3831. E-mail: Paula.Cyr@Maine.gov .
CHAPTER NUMBER AND TITLE: Ch. 3, Schedule of Minimum Prices, Order #09-11
ADOPTED RULE NUMBER: 2011-293 (Emergency)
CONCISE SUMMARY: Minimum September 2011 Class I price is $25.03/cwt. plus $1.25/cwt. for Producer Margins, an over-order premium of $1.53/cwt. as being prevailing in Southern New England and $0.47/cwt. handling fee for a total of $28.48/cwt. that includes a $0.20/cwt. Federal promotion fee.
Minimum prices can be found at: http://www.maine.gov/dacf/milkcommission/minimum.shtml .
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 4, 2011
AGENCY CONTACT PERSON: Tim Drake, Maine Milk Commission, 28 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. Telephone: (207) 287-7521. E-mail: Tim.Drake@Maine.gov .
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Men's, Women's, and Co-Rec Slow Pitch Softball Rules
Current TPT slow pitch rules will be enforced unless exceptions are noted:
A. Forfeit time has been established as game time. Teams should report to the Intramural Sports Staff Assistant a minimum of 15 minutes before the scheduled starting time of the game to fill out the score sheet; to sign the disclaimer form with each individual team member signing their name, signature, and student I.D. number; and to conduct the coin toss. The score sheet must list first and last names. Please print the names legibly. A current TPT photo I.D. must be presented to the umpire by each player prior to every game before participation will be permitted. If a team fails to appear at the appointed time, the Intramural Staff Assistant will declare the contest a forfeit. The team captain for the team who is ready to play may choose to give the opponent ten (10) minutes to obtain the necessary number of players. If the team is not able to play at the end of ten (10) minutes a forfeit will be declared. The game time is reduced by whatever portion of the ten (10) minutes was used to avoid a forfeit. B. Campus Recreation will furnish one or two umpires per game as available. He/she will call balls/strikes, safe/out, and arc/height of pitches.
C. Each team must furnish a scorekeeper. Protests based upon the score will not be allowed. Questions should be directed to the umpire(s) or Intramural Sports Staff Assistant on duty.
D. The fitness of the ground will be decided by the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports or his/her designated representative, and such decisions will be made at 3:00 p.m. on the day of the scheduled game (by 12:00 noon on Sundays). Call INFO-REC, 472-2692 for information regarding cancellations due to poor weather or playing field conditions. When games are canceled, please do not use the fields. Damaged fields may cause additional cancellations.
2. THE PLAYING FIELD A. Bases will be 65 feet apart in the men's, women's, and co-rec competition. B. Umpires will establish ground rules prior to the game regarding out of play areas, permanent obstacles in the field of play, etc.
A. Bats, gloves, and balls may be checked out from the equipment checkout area in Room 34 of the Campus Recreation Center or 32 East Campus Activities Building. A current UNL photo I.D. must be presented when checking out equipment. A limited supply of bats and balls are available from the Staff Assistant at the playing site. A current UNL photo I.D. must be given to the Staff Assistant and an equipment form filled out with name, signature, and student I.D. number before checking out equipment on site.
B. Shoes are required. Gym or running shoes are recommended. Rubber training shoes and single molded plastic/rubber soccer-type cleats are permitted. Metal cleats or spikes of any type are not allowed.
C. In order for a bat to be deemed legal it must be an official A.S.A. approved softball bat. It must have a safety grip (no smooth tape) and must be free of rough or sharp edges. Baseball bats and fungo bats are illegal. D. Game softballs will be provided by Campus Recreation. Teams must use the ball provided.
4. PLAYERS AND SUBSTITUTES
A. A team may have no more than 2 UNL Baseball Club Members in the lineup at any given time . Both UNL Baseball and Softball players are ineligible to play intramural softball. Teams are responsible for checking the eligibility of their players and should consult the Intramural Sports Articles of Eligibility for the requirements.
B. A team must have 6 players present to start the game. Teams playing shorthanded will not be assessed outs for those spots in the batting order. Players arriving late may have their name added to the bottom of the order; but you may not add an Extra Hitter after the game has started. All substitutes must report to the plate umpire before batting.
C. Blood Rule. A player who is bleeding, has an open wound, or has blood on the uniform shall be considered an injured player. Such players may not return to the game until the bleeding has stopped and the wound properly covered, and soiled clothing has been treated with a bleach disinfectant. The umpire and/or staff assistant on duty shall determine a reasonable amount of time to get the wound covered and the bleeding stopped so that the player does not have to substitute out of the game.
D. "Shorthanded Rule". If a player must leave the game and there is no substitute available, when it is that player's turn to bat an out is declared. If a runner must leave the game and there is no substitute available, the runner will be declared out.
E. The A.S.A. re-entry rule will apply. A starter may be withdrawn from the game and re-entered in the same spot in the batting order once. Players may not re-enter a second time, and the starter and the substitute may not be in the game at the same time. To bat an Extra Hitter (EH), a team must have 11 players present at the start of the game.
5. THE GAME
A. The game will consist of 7 innings. In the event of rain or darkness, 5 innings or 4 1/2 if the home team is ahead, will constitute a game. A 15-run rule will be in effect after 3 innings and a 10-run rule after 5 innings.
B. No new inning may be started, unless the score is tied, after 55 minutes have elapsed from when the game began. The umpire and/or Staff Assistant will keep the official game time.
C. The choice of first or last bat in the inning shall be decided by a coin toss (home/ visitors) prior to the game.
D. Base stealing is not allowed. Runners can leave their bases when a pitched ball has reached home plate or is hit. If the batter does not hit the pitch, base runners must return to their bases immediately.
E. Bunting or chopping down on the ball is not allowed, and will result in a dead ball with the batter being called out. F. Players start with a one strike count when at bat. G. A foul third strike is an out.
H. Infield practice is not allowed after the first inning.
I. The ball is dead and not in play: 1. When no pitch is declared. 2. When a foul ball is not caught. 3. When a runner is called out for leaving a base too soon. 4. When offensive interference occurs. 5. When a defensive player carries the ball out of play (intentionally or
unintentionally). J. The ball is in play: 1. When the infield fly rule is enforced. 2. When a thrown ball remains in playable territory. 3. When a base is dislodged while base runners are progressing around the bases. 4. When a thrown ball strikes an offensive player. 5. When a thrown ball or fair batted ball strikes an umpire. 6. When a thrown ball strikes a coach.
K. The ball remains alive until the umpire declares time. Time will be called when the ball is held by a player on the infield area and, in the opinion of the umpire, all play has ceased. L. A foul ball must reach a height of six feet or more to be legally caught for an out, except third strike in which case any foul is an out.
6. PITCHING
A. At the beginning of each half-inning or when a pitcher relieves another, not more than one minute may be used to deliver not more than one warm up pitch to the catcher or other teammate. One ball will be called on the batter for each pitch thrown over the maximum. No infield or outfield ball is allowed after the first inning.
B. The pitch must have a minimum arc of 6 ft. from the ground. The maximum allowable arc is 12 ft. from the ground. If the pitch does not meet these requirements, an illegal pitch shall be called. The batter has the option of taking the pitch for an automatic ball or swinging at the pitch. If the pitch is swung at, the illegal pitch is ignored.
C. The pitcher must pause with at least one foot contacting the rubber prior to pitching the ball. The pitcher's foot must remain in contact with the rubber throughout the delivery. D. The pitcher must deliver the ball in a continuous, underhand motion on the first forward swing of the pitching arm past the hip.
E. If a step is taken it may be forward, backward, or to the side provided the foot stays in contact with the rubber and the step is taken simultaneously with the pitch.
7. BATTING
The batter is out when: 1. A batter appears in the batter's box with, or is discovered using an altered or illegal bat. Baseball and fungo bats are illegal. 2. A batter receives his/her third strike. This can be a called strike or from a swing. A foul ball, whether caught or dropped on strike three is also an out. 3. The umpire declares a fair infield fly with base runners on first and second or on first, second, and third with less than two outs. This is called the infield fly rule. The ball remains alive and runners may advance at their own risk. 4. A fielder intentionally drops a fair fly ball that can be caught by an infielder, with ordinary effort, with first and second or first, second, and third bases occupied with less than 2 outs. The ball is dead and all runners return to the base they occupied at the time the ball was pitched. 5. The batter bunts or chops the ball downward. The ball is dead and all runners return to the base they occupied when the ball was pitched. 6. When any foot touches the ground completely outside the batter's box or if any part of the foot touches the plate and the ball is hit fair or foul.
8. RUNNER AND BATTER-RUNNER
A. When a base runner must return while the ball is in play, he/she must touch the bases in reverse order.
B. No runner may return to touch a missed base or one he/she had left illegally after a following runner has scored. The defense must appeal for the out to be granted.
C. When a defensive player is in possession of the ball a runner may not remain upright and crash into the defender. When sliding, runners must always slide for the base. If considered flagrant in either above case, the runner may be ejected.
D. Base runners are entitled to advance but accept the liability to be put out under the following circumstances:
1. When the ball is overthrown into fair or foul territory and remains in play. 2. When the ball is batted into fair territory. 3. When a legally caught fly ball is first touched. E. Base runners are entitled to advance without liability to be put out under the following circumstances: 1. When a fielder obstructs the base runner from making a base, unless the fielder is trying to field the batted ball or has the ball ready to touch the base runner. 2. When the ball is in play and is overthrown and goes out of play, all runners advance two bases from where they were when the ball left the thrower's hand.
F. Obstruction is the act of: 1. A defensive player or team member which hinders or prevents a batter from striking or hitting a pitched ball. 2. A fielder, while not in possession of the ball, in the act of fielding a batted ball, or about to receive a thrown ball, which impedes the progress of a base runner who is legally running the bases.
G. Interference is the act of an offensive player or team member, umpire, or spectator that impedes, hinders, or confuses a defensive player attempting to execute a play. Contact is not necessary for interference to be called. H. Base Stealing: Base stealing is not allowed. Each base runner may leave his/her base when a pitched ball is batted or reaches home plate, but must return to that base immediately after each pitch not hit by the batter.
I. The base runner is out when: 1. In running to any base he/she runs more than three feet from a direct line between a base and the next base when a defensive player is attempting to tag the runner. 2. The base runner passes a preceding base runner before that runner has been put out. 3. The base runner legally overruns first base and makes an attempt to advance to second base and is legally touched while off base. 4. The base runner interferes with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball or intentionally interferes with a thrown ball. If this interference, in the umpire's judgment, is an obvious attempt to prevent a double play (including shouting or waving the arms to distract the defense), the immediate succeeding runner shall also be called out.
5. The base runner is struck with a fair batted ball while off base and before it passes an infielder who could have otherwise made a play. 6. With a base runner on third, the batter or any offensive player interferes with a play being made at home base. 7. In the umpire's judgment, the base coach at first or third base touches or holds the runner physically to assist a runner in returning to or advancing from the base when a play is
being made on him/her. 8. A runner, after being declared out or after scoring, interferes with a defensive player's opportunity to make a play on another runner, the runner closest to home plate at the time of the interference shall be declared out.
J. Base runners are not out under the following circumstances: 1. When a base runner runs around the fielder and outside the baseline in order to avoid interfering with a fielder attempting to field the ball in the base path. 2. When a base runner is hit with a fair batted ball that has passed through an infielder, excluding the pitcher, and in the umpire's judgment no other infielder had a chance to play the ball. The ball remains "alive" under this condition. 3. When a base runner is hit by a fair batted ball after it is touched or touches any fielder. 4. When a base runner is hit by a fair batted ball while in contact with a base.
K. Injured Runner: If an accident to a batter-runner or base runner prevents him/her from proceeding in the game, a substitute runner will be permitted. If no substitutes are available, the runner will be declared out.
9. PROTESTS
A. Allowable protests should be first lodged by the team captain to the game umpire prior to the next pitch, legal or illegal. If unsatisfied with the ruling, the captain must then lodge his/her protest to the Intramural Sports Staff Assistant on duty. This should be done during the same stoppage of the game that the initial complaint was made. The Staff Assistant will then rule on the protest. A protest of the Staff Assistant's ruling must be made verbally before the next pitch, legal or illegal. Failure to follow this procedure will invalidate the protest. Eligibility protests may be lodged until 1:00 P.M. the day following the game at 56 Campus Recreation Center.
B. See the Intramural Sports Web Page for additional protest procedures.
10. EJECTION POLICY
A. As in all intramural sports contests, if a participant is ejected from a contest, he/she is immediately ineligible for further access or competition in any Campus Recreation program until cleared by the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports or his/her designate. It is the participant's responsibility to schedule an appointment with the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports to review his/her behavior and subsequent eligibility to continue in the Intramural Sports Program. Any unsportsmanlike conduct by players or fans may cause a team to be disqualified from further competition. In addition, players, coaches, and spectators may not harass the officials (verbally or physically) after the contest has ended. Offender(s) are subject to the same penalties and procedures as players being ejected from the contest.
11. INJURY AND HEALTH DISCLAIMER A. Participants should be aware that there is a risk of injury in participation in due to the inherent nature of the activity. Individuals are encouraged to have a physical examination and to obtain adequate health and accident insurance prior to participation. Individuals participate in intramural activities at their own risk!
CO-REC SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL MODIFICATIONS
Current Men's and Women's Intramural Slow Pitch Softball Rules will be in effect for all games with the following emphases and modifications:
1. A female may only substitute for a female, a male for a male.
2. Teams must alternate positions in the batting order by sex.
3. A team consists of 10 defensive players. In addition, a team may play legally with 8 players, provided they have at least four male players and four female players. A team may play with as many as 12 players (6 men, 6 women; 10 on defense and 2 Extra Hitters). If a team plays with 6,8,10, or 12 players, they will not be assessed automatic out. Teams playing with 7, 9, or 11 players will be assessed an automatic out because two batters of the same sex may not bat consecutively without penalty. Players arriving late may have their name added to the bottom of the order; but an Extra Hitter(s) may not be added after the game has started. All substitutes must report to the plate umpire before batting.
4. If a team is playing with more than 50 percent of one sex, a player of the majority sex must bat first. Example: If a team has 5 females and 4 males and wishes to play all 9 players, females must be listed in the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th batting order slots. The males must be listed in the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th slots. An out will be recorded in the 10th slot. If a male shows up after the start of the game he may be added to the 10th slot. Extra Hitters, the 11th and 12 slots, cannot be added after the game starts.
5. On a walk to a male batter (intentional or not) the male batter will advance to second base and the following female will bat for herself. All base runners will advance to the next base forced to, on a walk to a male batter. If a male batter is walked and there are two outs, the female may be given the option of hitting or receiving an automatic walk.
6. Males and females do not have to alternate defensively on the bases or in the outfield. The catcher and pitcher do not have to be of opposite sexes and are considered infielders. Teams are not regulated as far as the number of infielders or outfielders or gender of each.
7. An arc will be placed at 180 feet from home plate. The arc will extend from the left field foul line to the right field foul line. ALL outfielders will be required to remain behind this line when a female is batting until the ball reaches the plate or is swung at by the batter. If the ball is hit while an outfielder is in an illegal position the batting team will be given the option of taking the result of the play or replaying the pitch. If the pitch is not hit there is no penalty.
8. Game balls will be provided by Campus Recreation.
A.S.A. Rulebook
RULE 1 – DEFINITIONS
1. Blocked ball *batted or thrown ball that is touched, stopped or handled by someone not engaged in the game *ball is dead *runners return to last base legally touched *if offensive equipment, runner being played upon is out
2. Catch/illegally caught ball *not legal until the ball is in the grasp of the fielder's hand or glove *not a catch if fielder drops the ball as the result of a collision *the release must be voluntary and intentional
3. Ejection *An ejected player must leave the Vine Fields for the remainder of the game
4. Fly ball/line drive *a fly ball is any ball batted into the air *a line drive is any ball batted sharply and directly into the field of play
5. In flight *a batted or thrown ball which has not yet touched the ground
6. In jeopardy *a term indicating that the ball is in play and any offensive player may be put out
7. Legal touch *occurs when a runner who is not touching a base is touched by the ball securely held by a fielder
RULE 2 – THE PLAYING FIELD
1. Base distance – 65′
2. Pitching distance – 50′
3. Fair territory *includes the lines, the bases, and the plate
4. Foul territory *extends from the foul line to the dead ball line and fence
5. Dead ball territory *indicates out of play area *both feet must be in playable territory for a catch to be legal
RULE 3 – EQUIPMENT
1. Legal bat *may be metal, plastic, graphite, wood, or ceramic *bat must be stamped "OFFICIAL SOFTBALL" *may be angular, round, or three-sided *not longer than 34″, not heavier than 38 oz. *not more than 2.25″ in maximum diameter
2. Illegal bat *exposed rivets, pins, rough or sharp edges, dents *baseball bats *more than two layers of tape on the grip *electrician's tape or other slippery tape on the grip
3. Illegally batted ball *ball hit with an illegal bat *batter's entire foot is completely outside the lines of the batter's box *any part of the batter's foot touches the plate *the ball is dead and the batter is out
4. Altered bat *legal bat whose physical structure has in some way been changed *includes inserting any kind of material inside the bat; painting; sand papering *if the batter enters the box with an altered bat, the batter is out and ejected
5. Balls *ball must have "UNL CRec" written on the outside cover *11″ for women; 12″ for men; 12″ for co-rec
6. Other equipment *only the catcher and first baseman may use a mitt *if a player makes a play using an illegal glove, the offensive manager has the option of having the batter assume the previous count and bat over or take the result of the play *no steel cleats *handkerchiefs may not be worn *no plastic visors *no jewelry
7. Equipment on the playing field *must be kept in dead ball territory-(i.e. the bench area) *equipment on the field causing a blocked ball: if by the offensive team, if a runner is being played on, that runner is out; if by the defense, the ball becomes dead and runners advance one base
RULE 4 – PLAYERS AND SUBSTITUTES
1. Teams *men's or women's may play with 10 or 11 (only 10 will field) *must have 8 to start *players arriving late may have their name added to the bottom of the order; but you may not add an EP or EH
2. Extra player (EP) *must have 11 players to start the game *11 bat and any 10 will play defense
3. Batter, batter-runner, and runner *the batter is the player who has not yet finished his/her turn at bat *the batter-runner is the player who has finished his/her turn at bat but has not yet been put out or touched first base *the runner is the player who has finished his/her turn at bat, has reached first base, but has not yet been put out
4. Batting order *order in which team must bat 5. "Shorthanded" rule *if a player must leave the game and there is not a substitute available, when it's that player's turn to bat an out is declared
6. Substitutes *must report to the plate umpire
7. Illegal substitute *player who has entered the game without reporting 8. Re-entry *any starter may be withdrawn and re-enter once, provided he/she occupies the same batting position
9. Blood Rule *A player, coach or umpire who is bleeding or who has blood on his uniform can not participate until properly treated *if care is provided in a reasonable amount of time the individual will not have to leave the game *enforce the rules regarding substitutes, re-entry and shorthanded play if necessary
RULE 5 – THE GAME
1. Coin toss *determines home and visitors 2. Regulation game *consists of seven innings *no new inning shall start after 55 minutes has elapsed *run rule; 15 after 3, and 10 after 5 *tie games shall be completed, daylight permitting
3. Scoring *a run shall not be scored if the third out is a result of a batter or runner being forced out *a run shall not be scored if a preceding runner is called out on an appeal play *a run shall be scored if it crosses the plate prior to the third out of the inning provided that it is not a force out; failing to tag up is not a force out
RULE 6 – PITCHING REGULATIONS
1. Pitching preliminaries *one or both feet on the pitching rubber *must come to a full and complete stop on the pitching rubber *pitcher has 10 seconds to deliver the ball
2. Legal delivery *pivot foot must remain in contact with the plate *a step is not necessary, but if taken, it may be forward, backward, or to the side *arc limit — 6′ and 12′ *illegal wind-ups include: a stop of the continuous motion; a reversal of the forward motion; more than one pass past the hip (windmill); continuing the wind-up after the release; pitches behind the back or between the legs
3. No pitch *if pitch is delivered before the umpire is ready *if catcher is not in catching position *if the runner leaves the base too soon on a pitch *if the ball slips from the pitcher's hand during the wind-up
4. Illegal pitch *one that does not meet arc limits *one delivered illegally *a quick pitch *if the batter swings at the pitch, the illegal pitch is ignored; otherwise a ball is awarded to the batter
5. Defensive charged conference *one per pitcher per inning *must remove pitcher from pitching position if more than one is taken
RULE 7 – BATTING
1. Batter's box *the lines are considered part of the box *prior to the pitch, the batter may touch the lines, but may not touch outside the lines *the batter must take a position in the box within 10 seconds after the umpire has declared "Playball;" failure to do so will result in a strike on the batter, no pitch has to be thrown; a new 10 seconds begins; repeat the process if necessary *a batted ball that touches a batter in the batter's box is a foul ball
2. Batting out of order appeal *if discovered while the incorrect batter is at the plate, the proper batter assumes the count; otherwise: *appeal must be made before the next pitch (legal or illegal) *the batter who should have batted is out; the next batter in order comes to the plate
3. Strike zone *batter's front knee and back shoulder (Have a generous strike zone) *to be judged as if the batter is standing even with the plate 4. Base on balls/intentional walk *the pitcher may intentionally walk a batter without pitching by informing the umpire of his/he desire
5. Batted ball *any ball that hits or is hit by the bat; no intention to hit the ball is necessary
6. Fair ball *ball that settles or is touched on or over fair territory *bounds over first or third
*touches first or third *hits a foul pole *leaves the playing field while over fair territory
7. Foul ball/foul tip *ball that settles or is touched on or over foul territory *a foul tip is a batted ball that goes directly from the bat, not higher than the batter's head and is caught by the catcher; considered a strike not an out
8. Third strike foul *the batter is out if s/he hits a foul after s/he has two strikes
9. Bunt/chop *a bunt is a ball that is intentionally tapped with the bat *a chop is a ball that is struck with a downward, chopping motion *bunts and chops are not legal and the batter is out
10. Infield Fly *a fair fly ball which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort when first and second, or first, second, and third bases are occupied and there are less than two out *ball is alive and runner may advance at their own risk
11. Offensive charged conference *one per inning
RULE 8 – BASERUNNING
1. Base path *the imaginary line three feet on either side of a line between the bases
2. Force out *occurs only when a runner loses the right to a base because the batter becomes a batter/runner
3. Dislodged base/over slide *runners are not compelled to follow a base unreasonably out of position *if the runner over slides any base other than first, s/he is in jeopardy to be tagged out
4. Tag-ups *runners may advance on a fly ball once the ball is touched by the fielder *a tag up is not a force because the batter is put out
5. Appeal plays *live ball appeals: umpire gives an immediate decision; the ball remains alive and runners may advance *dead ball appeals: the decision is rendered upon request; any infielder may make the request; the ball remains dead and runners may not advance *may appeal failure to touch a base, leaving a base too soon on the catch of a fly ball, and overrunning first base
6. Interference/deliberate crash *act by an offensive player which impedes or confuses a defensive player while attempting to execute a play *three things ALWAYS occur when interference is called: 1) the ball is dead;
2) someone is called out; 3) other runners must return to the base they occupied prior to the interference *if a runner, in the umpire's judgment, intentionally attempts to prevent a double play, that runner and the immediate succeeding runner are both called out *if a runner interferes after s/he has been put out, the runner closest to home is also out *when a runner is struck while off base by a fair batted ball that could have been played by an infielder, s/he is called out *when anyone other than another baserunner physically assists a runner, that runner is called out *when a defensive player has the ball and is waiting for the runner, if the runner remains on his/her feet and deliberately crashes into the defensive player, the runner is out and may be ejected
7. Obstruction *an act by a fielder, while not in possession of the ball, which impedes the progress of a runner *any act by a catcher which hinders or prevents a batter from hitting the ball *when obstruction occurs, the umpire shall give the delayed dead ball signal *if a play is being made on an obstructed runner, or if the batter is obstructed before s/he reaches first, the ball is dead and the runner is awarded the base s/he would have reached, in the umpire's judgment, had there been no obstruction *if no play is made on an obstructed runner, play continues *if, in the umpire's judgment, the obstructed runner would not have reached the next base, regardless of the obstruction, and s/he is put out prior to reaching the next base, s/he shall be returned to the last base touched prior to the obstruction *if the runner advances beyond the base s/he would have reached had there been no obstruction, s/he runs at his/her own risk and may be put out *a runner cannot be called out at either of the bases between which s/he is obstructed *a runner obstructed in a run down shall be protected to the base s/he would have achieved had there been no obstruction *for catcher's obstruction, the batter is awarded first base; runners advance if forced *for catcher's obstruction, the offensive manager has the option of taking the result of the play or taking the award for the obstruction *if the batter hits the ball and reaches first base safely, the catcher's obstruction is canceled; all action stands, no option given
8. Fake tag *a form of obstruction *when it occurs, warn both teams *subsequent offenses result in an ejection
9. Overthrow/base awards *award two bases *awarded bases determined by the position of the runner at the time of the throw
10. Stealing *stealing is not allowed in slow pitch
RULE 9 DEAD BALL – BALL IN PLAY
1. Calling time *time is called when the ball is in the infield and it is apparent there will be no subsequent play
2. Dead ball territory *call "Dead ball" as soon as the ball or a player with the ball enters dead ball territory *if a ball is carried unintentionally into dead ball territory, award runners one base from the last base legally touched
3. Foul balls *ball remains alive if a foul fly ball is caught *ball becomes dead if a foul fly ball is not caught
4. Falling over the fence *ball becomes dead *the batter is out *runners awarded one base
5. Other dead ball situations *when the ball is batted illegally *when interference occurs *when the batter bunts or chops the ball *when a base coach runs toward home in an attempt to draw a throw to the plate *when the ball is blocked *when a fly ball is intentionally dropped
6. Delayed dead ball situations *illegal pitches *obstruction *catcher's obstruction *runner at third is assisted by a coach on a tag up *detached equipment hits a thrown or batted ball
7. Ball remains alive *when a fair ball strikes an umpire after passing an infielder *when a runner is called out for passing a preceding runner *when a thrown ball strikes an offensive player, a coach, or an umpire
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