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Senate Bill No. 52
(By Senators Plymale, Jenkins and Stollings)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the Committee on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to repeal §18B-16-7, §18B-16-8 and §18B-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend and reenact §18B-16-1, §18B-16-2, §18B-16-3, §18B-16-4, §18B-16-5 and §18B-16-6 of said code, all relating to continuing the Rural Health Initiative; setting forth legislative findings, purpose and definitions; discontinuing the Rural Health Advisory Committee and assigning certain of its duties to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; deleting the requirement for creation of primary health care education sites; clarifying certain funding mechanisms and audit and reporting requirements; strengthening accountability measures; updating names; making technical corrections; and deleting obsolete language.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18B-16-7, §18B-16-8 and §18B-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; and that §18B-16-1, §18B-16-2, §18B-16-3, §18B-16-4, §18B-16-5 and §18B-16-6 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
§18B-16-1. Short title; legislative findings and purpose.
(a) This article is known and may be cited as the Rural Health Initiative Act.
(b) The Legislature makes the following findings related to rural health education and provision of health care services:
(1) The health of West Virginia citizens is of paramount importance and educating and training health care professionals are essential elements in providing appropriate medical care. The state needs a greater number of primary care physicians and allied health care professionals as well as improved access to adequate health care, especially in rural areas. The state's schools of health science find it increasingly difficult to satisfy the demand for qualified persons to deliver these health care services.
(2) Both national and state predictors indicate that health care shortages will continue; therefore, there remains a great need to focus on recruiting and retaining health care professionals in West Virginia.
(3) Schools of health science and rural health care facilities are a major resource for educating and training students in these health care fields and for providing health care to underserved areas of West Virginia. The education process must incorporate clinical experience in rural areas in order to make health care services more readily available statewide and especially in underserved rural areas.
(4) The Legislature further finds that in order to provide adequate health care in rural communities there must be cooperation and collaboration among educators, physicians, mid-level providers, allied health care providers and the rural communities themselves.
(c) The purpose of this article is to continue the Rural Health Initiative and to encourage the schools of health science to strive for improvements in the delivery of health care services in rural areas while recognizing that the state investment in health science education and services must be contained within affordable limits.
§18B-16-2. Definitions.
For purposes of this article, terms have the meanings ascribed to them in section two, article one of this chapter or as ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
"Allied health care" means health care other than that provided by physicians, nurses, dentists and mid-level providers and includes, but is not limited to, care provided by clinical laboratory personnel, physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, medical records personnel, dietetic personnel, radiologic personnel, speech-language-hearing personnel and dental hygienists.
"Mid-level provider" means an advanced nurse practitioner, a nurse-midwife and a physician assistant; however, the term also may include practitioners not listed.
"Office of community health systems and health promotion" means that agency, staff or office within the Department of Health and Human Resources which has as its primary focus the delivery of rural health care.
"Primary care" means basic or general health care which is focused on the point when the patient first seeks assistance from the medical care system and on the care of the simpler and more common illnesses. This type of care is generally rendered by family practice physicians, general practice physicians, general internists, obstetricians, pediatricians, psychiatrists and mid-level providers.
"Rural health care facility", whether the term is used in the singular or plural, means either of the following:
(1) A nonprofit, free-standing primary care clinic in a medically underserved or health professional shortage area; or
(2) A nonprofit rural hospital with one hundred or fewer licensed acute care beds located in a nonstandard metropolitan statistical area.
"Schools of health science" means the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center, the Marshall University School of Medicine and the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
"Vice chancellor" means the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences appointed in accordance with section five, article one-b of this chapter.
§18B-16-3. Rural Health Initiative continued; goals.
The Rural Health Initiative is continued under the authority of the commission and under the supervision of the vice chancellor. The goals of the Rural Health Initiative include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Placing mid-level providers in rural communities and providing support to the mid-level providers;
(2) Developing innovative programs which enhance student interest in rural health care opportunities;
(3) Increasing the number of placements of primary care physicians in underserved areas;
(4) Retaining obstetrical providers and increasing accessibility to prenatal care;
(5) Increasing involvement of underserved areas of the state in the health education process;
(6) Increasing the number of support services provided to rural practitioners; and
(7) Increasing the number of graduates from West Virginia schools of health science, nursing schools and allied health care education programs who remain to practice in the state.
§18B-16-4. Powers and duties of the vice chancellor.
The following powers and duties are in addition to those assigned to the vice chancellor by the commission and by law:
(1) Providing an integral link among the schools of health science and the governing boards to assure collaboration and coordination of efforts to achieve the goals set forth in this article;
(2) Soliciting input from state citizens living in rural communities;
(3) Coordinating the Rural Health Initiative with the allied health care education programs within the state systems of higher education;
(4) Reviewing new proposals and annual updates submitted in accordance with section five of this article, preparing the budget for the Rural Health Initiative and submitting the budget to the commission for approval;
(5) Distributing funds appropriated by the Legislature for the Rural Health Initiative in accordance with section five of this article; and
(6) Performing other duties as prescribed or as necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
§18B-16-5. Allocation of appropriations.
(a) The Rural Health Initiative is supported financially, in part, from appropriations to the commission's control accounts, which shall be made by line item, with at least one line item designated for rural health outreach and at least one line item designated for the Rural Health Initiative - Medical Schools Support.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twelve, article three, chapter twelve of this code, any funds appropriated to the commission in accordance with this section that remain unallocated or unexpended at the end of a fiscal year do not expire, but remain in the line item to which they were originally appropriated and are available in the next fiscal year to be used for the purposes of this article.
(c) Additional financial support may come from gifts, grants, contributions, bequests, endowments or other money made available to achieve the purposes of this article.
§18B-16-6. Accountability; reports and audits required.
(a) The vice chancellor serves as the principal accountability point for the commission and state policymakers on the implementation of this article and the status of rural health education in the state. Under the supervision of the chancellor and the commission, the vice chancellor shall develop outcomes-based indicators including an analysis of the health care needs of the targeted areas and an assessment of the extent to which the goals of this article are being met.
(b) Each school of health science shall submit a detailed proposal and annual updates to the vice chancellor.
(1) The proposal shall state, with specificity, how the school will work to further the goals and meet the criteria set forth in this article and shall show the amount of appropriation which the school would need to implement the proposal.
(2) The vice chancellor shall determine the cycle for all schools of health science to submit new proposals for Rural Health Initiative funding and shall provide a model for each school to follow in submitting a comprehensive update each of the years when a new proposal is not required. The vice chancellor shall require a new proposal from each school at least once within each three-year period.
(c) The vice chancellor shall provide data on the outcomes-based indicators and other appropriate information to the commission for inclusion in the health sciences report card established by section eight, article one-d of this chapter.
(d) The vice chancellor shall report annually, or more often if requested, to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability created by section eleven, article three-a, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code and to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance regarding the status of the Rural Health Initiative, placing particular emphasis on the outcomes-based indicators and the success of the schools of health science in meeting the goals and objectives of this article.
(e) The Legislative Auditor, upon his or her own initiative or at the direction of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance, shall perform regular fiscal audits of the schools of health science and the Rural Health Initiative and shall make these audits available periodically for review by the Legislature and the public.
(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the Rural Health Initiative; discontinue the rural health advisory committee and assign certain of its duties to Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; delete the requirement for creation of primary health care education sites; clarify funding mechanisms and auditing and reporting requirements; strengthen accountability and delete obsolete language.
§18B-16-1, §18B-16-2, §18B-16-3, §18B-16-4, §18B-16-5 and §18B-16-6 have been completely rewritten; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)


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Laurie Tedcastle
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Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2013, 17:42
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Does Puppy do Mount All on initial boot?
Running Precise 5.4.3
I have the following line in my /etc/fstab
/dev/sda11 /mnt/data ext3 auto,rw 0 0
When the desktop is displayed the mount icon briefly flashes for sda11, but the partition is not mounted.
If I use ROX to walk down the filesystem it seems to do an auto mount and passes through /mnt/data into the directories below, however other applications run immediately after an initial boot stall at /data and won't walk down the directory tree as they don't seem to manage to get an auto mount.
Is this a bug or is there some other syntax to get sda11 mounted on boot? As a fix, I'm considering putting 'mount /dev/sdall' in somewhere like rc.local to get sda11 mounted.
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Posted: Wed 13 Feb 2013, 17:54
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hi Laurie Tedcastle
this might help
Tahrpup, built with trusty tahr packages
Xenialpup64, built with xenial xerus packages
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Laurie Tedcastle
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Posted: Thu 14 Feb 2013, 18:10
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Thanks for the information. I'm still puzzled as to why Puppy should behave differently to other distros, at least according to my Linux books.
I solved the immediate problem by putting a mount command in rc.local
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Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2013, 09:07
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Some people like to automount all partitions at startup.
Some people, like me, don't. I operate in a dual boot environment with Windows. When I boot Puppy I do not want to mount Windows partitions. It is an added level of security to NOT mount. Malware has an extra hurdle to overcome if it wants to write to my PC.
I'm still puzzled as to why Puppy should behave differently to other distros, at least according to my Linux books.
I'm puzzled why you think Puppy should behave like those distros. Puppy is different in lots of ways, by design. That's what makes it Puppy.
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Laurie Tedcastle
Joined: 30 Dec 2012
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Location: Yelvertoft, UK
Posted: Fri 15 Feb 2013, 19:24
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Thanks for your input. I have 11 partitions on this disk, some with other operating systems - others for data. I choose not to put any data on the same partitions as operating systems. Hence I wanted to automatically load a specific data partition each time I boot Puppy and so explicitly attempted to do that by putting an entry in /etc/fstab , but it seems that Puppy doesn't process that entry properly - why?
I understand that each Linux distro is going to have differences to others, else there would be no point in there being more than one. I do think it reasonable to have behavior, that is significantly different to the norm, to spelled out somewhere otherwise everyone would have to go through a long cycle of obtaining many distros, loading and testing to find one with the required features.
I was hoping to get an answer in this forum as why an entry in /etc/fstab is not processed - so far no-one has a reason.
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Posted: Mon 18 Feb 2013, 15:36
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Ah - you don't really want to mount all your partitions. You want to mount a specific one automatically at start up. That makes sense.
I think you have your own answer and the one provided by 666philb to do that job.
I would suggest a new post about the new query of why an entry in /etc/fstab is not processed. This may draw the right people to answer - they need to know the innards of the Puppy start sequence!
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Laurie Tedcastle
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Posted: Wed 20 Feb 2013, 17:08
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Thanks for your suggestion. I've looked at several of the log files but couldn't identify any entries that related to the processing of /etc/fstab. Perhaps I wasn't looking in the right place!
Just wondering now, where is the best place to post the question?
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Posted: Fri 22 Feb 2013, 14:40
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I think here is probably the right forum but the post needs a better title to reflect the real query.
How about:
Problem processing /etc/fstab entries
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Posted: Sat 23 Feb 2013, 03:03
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Laurie Tedcastle, probably your best bet is an entry in rc.local. The idea that Puppy would do something that all other distros do is a no-go -even when that makes the most sense. We certainly wouldn't want anything like that.... simply makes too much good sense for Puppy.
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Karl Godt
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Posted: Mon 25 Feb 2013, 16:32
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automounting is implemented at some Puppy derivates like Lighthousepup 4.43 ..
A small snipplet with
mount -a
in /root/Startup should do if the entries in /etc/fstab are done properly .
Besides that there are normally the icons for the partitions on the desktop to mount them .
I prefer not to automount since every single mount increases the mount count and thus the warnings that there are some fsck (filesystemchecks) needed in the /tmp/bootkernel.log file .
Puppy is lightweight using /bin/busybox for example and thus missing the runlevel features as the big linux distros have that are using /etc/rc.[S0-6] folders .
I see Puppy Linux as a motor cycle while the big distros might be lorries .
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Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 13:09
Post subject: Re: Does Puppy do Mount All on initial boot?
So answers to that question are:
, if you append
mount -a
to /etc/rc.d/rc.local (I have tested this successfully)
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Poor Blake Joyal. The Palace Hotel chef wasn't in the kitchen on my third and final visit, during which the staff apparently figured out my reason for being there. When he learned about it, he took the news hard: The next day, he dispatched a messenger to The Post and Courier newsroom with a helping of short rib rendang tucked into a gift basket. Then he tried to arrange a private meal for me.
I don't accept free food, so I didn't taste the short rib. And submitting to a meal meant to impress, especially when a chef under review is doing the cooking, is ethically all kinds of wrong. But, boy, it wasn't easy saying no. I was floored by the quality of Joyal's work on previous visits, and would have loved to have sampled his A-game. Even if I was a rule bender, though, another eating session wasn't necessary. I was already sold.
Still, Joyal's energetic efforts weren't entirely in vain. His attempts to spark a repeat rendezvous provides a pretty good example of the kind of urgency and resolve you should apply toward getting yourself to the Palace Hotel. The food is great.
As for everything else, that probably requires a little more explanation. The Palace Hotel, which is neither a hotel nor palatial, comes with a wagonload of caveats. Despite the superlative plates, the venue's owners keep emphasizing its inbred divey nature. Listen closely when they speak. If you're the least bit put off by un-polished surroundings or the notion of canned beer and snacks for supper, you might find The Palace Hotel problematic.
To start, the Palace Hotel is located on Hanover Street. It's a residential area, as I was reminded when I encountered small clusters of churchgoers walking home from a Greater Beard Chapel social with slices of cake. But Hanover also has an entrepreneurial streak: Of the 22 arrests recorded on the street in May, nearly one-quarter of them were associated with drug dealing. I always felt safe, but a surprising number of people I invited to the Palace Hotel, including a man twice my size, expressed wariness about the neighborhood when I mentioned it.
Also in the worth-knowing column: The Palace Hotel is intentionally scruffy. The mismatched decor has an Austin-style charm, but the plastic chairs, peeling paint and clashing patterns would probably drive a certain kind of diner nuts. Let's just say that folks who don't feel the stirrings of nostalgia upon passing the Ms. Pac-Man machine on their way to the back deck might not love it.
The stark contrast between the casual atmosphere and serious food reminds me of Asheville's The Admiral in its first year or two, before it became another trophy for restaurant experience hunters to capture. On a Saturday afternoon in June, two men who'd spent the day drinking (and had the wristbands to prove it) ambled up to the bar for booze and juice. The bartender quietly made their drinks with freshly squeezed OJ and cheerfully welcomed a pair of sun-beaten, halfway-sloshed patrons who didn't come hungry. Plenty of folks show up solely for the Miller High Life ponies.
Really, those guys should have eaten. The hot dogs that formed the core of The Palace Hotel's menu before Joyal was recruited to run the kitchen are still around, and they're a fine choice. While I wouldn't stand between anybody and the Get-Low Country Dog, a whopping bundle of rich beef chili and tangy pimiento cheese, scattered with broken-up potato sticks, my heart's with the modestly named Chicago-Style Dog.
Here, the snappy-cased hot dog somehow seems smaller, its fattiness veiled by a kinetic patchwork of diced hot peppers and sliced young pickles, crisp and clean as laundered sheets. But what makes the dog is a torrent of vinegar-soaked mustard seeds. Although the crunchy, swollen seeds aren't a traditional condiment, Chicago's aldermen may want to see what they can do about updating the standard recipe before the James Beard Awards ceremony rides into town next year.
Late at night, hot dogs and tacos are the only menu items available. The cauliflower taco, bedded on a griddled corn tortilla, is a plucky blend of spicy salsa borracha and smooth tahini edged with malt vinegar. The salsa borracha (which could well be the excuse for the fresh orange juice) is just terrific. It has an old-time, fruity flavor, with a murmur of bitterness; the latter, not-unattractive quality probably comes from the alcohol needed for "drunken" salsa.
For the full range of the kitchen's capabilities, it's best to show up earlier, when you can order the garlicky, brittle-skinned potatoes, tossed with smoky chorizo and seated in a fragrant salsa verde. Or the overwhelmingly excellent rice cakes, dressed in an umami bonanza of soy sauce and oyster sauce. (These are rice cakes in the Asian sense, meaning chewy discs of glutinous rice flour, not the Styrofoam-like American diet staple.) One of my dining companions was so taken with the cakes that when her colleagues recently repaired to a bar to wash away a stressful meeting, she headed straight to The Palace Hotel for another serving.
With so many distinctly Asian and Mexican flavors at play, Joyal's cooking has a West Coast feel. But his resume is dominated by New York City, where he served as executive chef of Country and sous chef at Craft, among other gigs. He was most recently chef de cuisine of Wong, which explains the rice cakes and the brilliant-sounding dishes that have lately been popping up on the specials menu, including a Malaysian fried chicken and the rendang I missed.
The menu is still mostly a small-plate scene, though. The one outlier - ribs smoked on a Big Green Egg - was the only dish that failed to thrill, perhaps because the contraption did more work than the chef.
Joyal's talent is key. On the night he was away, the dishes lacked their usual presence and verve. A grilled watermelon salad sort of sagged in his absence. Yet when Joyal's in charge, the most basic ingredients are transmogrified. That salad, featuring slightly gelled watermelon segments, shredded ricotta salata and a huge dose of pepper, was spectacular. So was a pile of wrinkly shishito peppers, blistered and brushed with oil warmed by cayenne pepper. The peppers are intermittently hot, so Joyal doesn't stint on the crumbled queso fresco.
I believe I will be going back.
Reach Hanna Raskin at 937-5560.


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Although they do not always align politically, billionaires Sheldon Adelson, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett teamed up this past Friday in an effort to pressure Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, stating "Americans deserve better" than the current bickering that has stopped a bill from reaching the desk of Pres. Obama.
"The three of us vary in our politics and would differ also in our preferences about the details of an immigration reform bill. But we could without doubt come together to draft a bill acceptable to each of us," they wrote in a New York Times op-ed piece. "We hope that fact holds a lesson: you don't have to agree on everything in order to cooperate on matters about which you are reasonably close to agreement. It's time that this brand of thinking finds its way to Washington."
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are considered more progressive – and Buffett even supported the president's reelection in 2012. Both of these men have previously advocated for comprehensive immigration reform in the past. But the decision by Adelson to join his voice with the chorus might seem surprising – he's a longtime financier of causes that are conservative. Not only that, but he was also the single largest spender on behalf of Republican candidates during the elections in 2012.
Adelson's overall support, though, puts him typically in line with the entirety of the business community, which has broken a few of the elements of the Republican coalition in order to push immigration reform.
In particular, the business lobby is looking to increase the amount of highly skilled immigrants that come into America. They hope to make it easier for foreign young adults to attend college here as well as stay in order to apply their newly cultivated talents. Adelson, Gates and Buffett were in agreement at the latter proposal in their New York Times piece.
"We believe it borders on insanity to train intelligent and motivated people in our universities – often subsidizing their education – and then deport them when they graduate," wrote the group. "Many of these people, of course, want to return to their home country – and that's fine. But for those who wish to stay and work in computer science or technology, fields badly in need of their services, let's roll out the welcome mat."
They asked for an expansion and reform of the "investor visa" program in order to provide residency, and it could also bring potential citizenship, to those immigrants committed to spending a certain amount of money in order to help the US economy grow.
"People willing to invest in America and create jobs deserve the opportunity to do so," wrote the group. "New citizens like these would make hefty deposits in our economy, not withdrawals."
They even endorsed the part of immigration reform that has been the toughest sell for their opponents: creating a path to citizenship for the undocumented immigrants that are currently living in the United States.
In June 2013, the immigration bill that passed by the Senate "included a sensible plan that would have allowed illegal residents to obtain citizenship, though only after they had earned the right to do so," they wrote. "Americans are a forgiving and generous people, and who among us is not happy that their forebears – whatever their motivation or means of entry – made it to our soil?"
But no matter what the scope and shape of the final bill happens to be, they wrote, "it's time for the House to draft and pass a bill that reflects our country's humanity and its self-interest."
"Differences with the Senate should be hammered out by members of a conference committee, committed to a deal," wrote the group. "The current stalemate – in which greater pride is attached to thwarting the opposition than to advancing the nation's interests – is depressing to most Americans and virtually all of its business managers. The impasse certainly depresses the three of us."
The House of Representatives has refused to go to conference with the comprehensive bill of the Senate, and the Republicans are saying they'd rather take on the problem in a step-by-step way. But even these piecemeal proposals have proven to be too heavy a lift for the GOP conference: several have passed through the House Judiciary Committee, but nothing has reached the floor of the House.
There is very little hope that the House of Representatives will act this year because the issue has already receded further by an announcement Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., which the GOP leaders of the House said they are not going to move on immigration reform during 2014.
"Despite our best efforts, today I was informed by Republican leadership that they have no intention to bring [a comprehensive bill] to the floor this year," said Diaz-Balart in a press conference. "It is disappointing and highly unfortunate, because we have a unique opportunity to secure the borders, fix our broken immigration system, and strengthen our economy."
There could potentially be at least one small action about immigration this year, though: to address the recent large amount of unaccompanied children from Central America at the US-Mexican border. The President of the United States has requested $3.7 billion from Congress for emergency spending in order to expedite the process and return these children to their home as well as strengthen border security. At this time, Senate leaders and members of the House of Representatives are mulling over the proposal's specifics.


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|2003-12-09, 00:29
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Peacemaker Kurogane FAN CLUB
Sorry, I really like Peacemaker Kurogane, and after seeing all the negative crap people put out about it, it really just seems depressing because the series seems so awesome to me.
I'm putting this thread up 1. so fans can discuss PMK without every other post being really negative
and 2. so that people who haven't watched it can see why people who like it like it. There are enough negative posts up elsewhere for them to see why people don't like it.
So for this thread, if you don't like PMK and you just want to dis it, PLEASE don't post.
|2003-12-09, 00:42
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Historical Fiction, YAY!
While I love Kenshin, I think I prefer PMK because of it's greater historical accuracy. I mean...to know that most of the people there are really people? And that a lot of REAL historical points are covered in the storyline? How cool is that?
While I can't vouch for accuracy since of course, I'm just websurfing, but
several sites seem to indicate that real characters include:
Kondo, Hijikata, Saitoh, Shinpachi, Harada, the Ichimura brothers including Tetsu, Ryouma, Yoshida, Sannan, Okita...
That's probably over half the cast shown already.
Here's one of the better links...one of the sublinks on top will lead you to some of the info... it's good stuff...really interesting. Plus a picture of Hijikata!
Personally, I find the movement of the graphics beautiful and the bizarre mixture between the bloody realistic violence of the times, and the more peaceful interludes in between from the perspective of innocent tetsunosuke really refreshing. (Besides, the characters do have to be mundane sometimes...I'm sure it wasn't battles every day) The interludes have been complained about by others, but it is really what sets this series apart from a blood bath. It takes time for character development and subtleness in developing plot. Things that happen are not blatantly obvious, little clues are dropped for us to let our imaginations burn wild =)
Not to mention little ironies that just happen....
|2003-12-09, 00:48
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One other thing...
Apparently the manga author really paid attention to what details were known about the real people she put in her story. She does embellish of course, but I really appreciate the little nuiances that are historically thought to be true like Okita liking and being very good with children, the ranks of the people within the Shinsengumi and what troops they controlled, the manly roughness of Harada Sanosuke....
|2003-12-09, 01:16
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May I graciously point out to all the glorious members of the PMK Fanclub that there exist a magical button called edit. By clicking that magical button, prevents the necessity of double or even triple posting.
As for PMK, it is evident the animators are really into detail since they have strecthed 2 line worth of story into a 9 episode series. And the question is still being asked, to give Tetsu a sword or not to give Tetsu a sword. Sorry Ainana, I seem to have violated the first rule by posting here (my apparent negative view toward PMK so far) but I have not yet gave up on PMK. I agree with you in most of the things you say about the attention paid in the detail of the characters' development although I dont know if they are historically accurate (more of a figment of imagination by our cursed animators), the possibility of the animators setting up a better story. So far with the mundane routine that possibility still remains a possibility. As for those subtle clues, they are vague to say the least and how are those clues going to advance the story is out of my grasp of understanding. So I will just stop here before I make a fool out of myself or is it too late?
|2003-12-09, 05:03
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Well I learned two interesting things about PMK from your post.
1) PMK borrows from real history more than I would have guessed.
2) I did'nt know it was written by a girl.
My opinion is that I do really like the show even though I don't like the main character half the time. I was frustrated at first at how slow the story is developing but now that I know that's how it's gonna be I can enjoy it's pace more now. I don't know how many episodes it's going to be, but at this pace I hope it's 100 or more, otherwise there will probably be a lot of unresolved issues at the end.
BTW the next episode looks like it could turn out to be pretty sweet!
|2003-12-09, 10:26
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|2003-12-09, 11:34
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Yeah, Peace Maker Kurogane is like... my favorite new show at the moment, having read the manga, i liked how there were certain similarities and deviations between the anime and manga, by the way, that Saizo pig thing?.... isn't it getting too much attention these days, aren't those raised to be food instead of pets?...hahaha, anyways, it did has a really angry expression every time i see it.
|2003-12-09, 17:47
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|2003-12-09, 18:26
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I do like PMK as well. I have to admit it's pretty slow though. This is the first time instead of seeing 10% filler I see about 90% filler and about 10% plot. Alright maybe the main reason why I keep watching is because of Hijikata and Okita. There you have it.
|2003-12-09, 19:13
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I think I read somewhere that it was written by a woman, but please don't hold me to it, I've websurfed about the stuff like crazy and I just think they said it was a her when they were talking about PMK as some sort of sequel to Imon Peacemaker...however, its weird, but I think the story covered in our PMK might actually be Imon Peacemaker?
|2003-12-09, 21:01
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I wish I knew what the name of that guy with pistol and cowboy hat was, though.
|2003-12-09, 21:47
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argh, even if the pace is slow, i think it's for the better, they're probably trying to stretch out the story from the manga, cuz i know the first part of the manga is only 6 volumes, and when the second part starts, Tetsu is already all grown up. if this season of Peace Maker Kurogane ends up being the last season, i'd rather they put in some fillers, but not so much, otherwise the quality of the show's gonna be compromised, plus it may drive away potential audiences. me, being the hardcore PMK fan, loved every ep so far, plus, i think there was character development in each ep, esp. Tetsu.
|2003-12-09, 22:51
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Age: 35
Action cool sweet!! I am loving the show, although the story is kind of draggin on when Tetsu will get a sword or not. But I love the action that it brings to the table. The little piggy is funny as heck and so cute! ^_^
|2003-12-09, 22:56
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|2003-12-09, 23:04
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I'm not sure, but I think he's this guy:
Also, not really related, but kinda cool when I stumbled upon it:
look at Tomoe Gozen for a really cool real female warrior
|2003-12-09, 23:07
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While Scholars disagree whether or not this was one of his names (since some of the Shinsengumi have a ton of names), a possible other name for Hijikata Toshi was Saizo....
which as you know, the author named the pig which is Okita Souji's cute, fat, tempersome, hilarous little pet.
=) Heehee!
|2003-12-09, 23:35
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I guess im the only one who hates the pig... It would'nt be so bad if it was'nt a persons doing its voice, which doesnt really sound even close to a pig, just annoying.
|2003-12-10, 00:59
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Rather they uphold peace and justice by working for the govt and get rid of radical groups such as choshu. There aint bad or good in those times.
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The Port of Cascade Locks has launched a new advertising campaign to fill the decks of its paddlewheel — a move that is intended to benefit other businesses as well.
"We are not just marketing the sternwheeler, we are marketing the Gorge," said Chuck Daughtry, port director.
The new media blitz for the Sternwheeler "Columbia Gorge" includes commercials at five Portland/Vancouver theaters, posting of a billboard at the western entrance to the Gorge and signs atop the Bridge of the Gods and the Bradford Island Dock at Bonneville Lock and Dam. In addition, the port acquired prime kiosk space at Multnomah Falls that is being used to display a large poster and offer brochures to some of the two million tourists each year.
Daughtry said the port's new advertising philosophy is "simple," very similar to throwing a rock into a pool of water and starting a ripple effect that fans outward. The first step, he said, is to "saturate" the local marketplace to catch the eye of visitors, who will then ride the boat and share their experience with others.
"The emphasis on marketing and selling the sternwheeler needs to be focused on the Gorge," said Daughtry, the former director of finance at the Port of Vancouver.
After he was hired in July of 2001, Daughtry immediately undertook a cost and use analysis for keeping the sternwheeler in its homeport. Once he had reviewed all available data, Daughtry agreed with the port commission that the cost of operating and staffing a metro sales office was eating away the ship's profit margin. So the decision was made to operate the vessel from Cascade Locks 11 months out of the year and only take it to Portland during the Christmas season. However, Daughtry also envisions even that short holiday stay being eliminated if the port can convince the Cascade Locks community to participate in a special lighting display that will allow visitors to enjoy the winter splendor of the Gorge.
Once the Portland office was closed and operations were moved to Cascade Locks last August, Daughtry said Roeder was hired to utilize her 10 years of hospitality expertise, most recently with the Skamania Lodge destination resort. She immediately helped redesign the sternwheeler brochures to replace the inside view of downtown Portland with text and photos centered on Gorge landmarks.
The port commission also then authorized more than $8,000 in employee training that focused exclusively on customer service. A local wine expert has also given instruction on presentation and sales techniques.
Once things began to settle down on the homefront, Daughtry and Roeder teamed up to visit business owners in Cascade Locks, Hood River and, on the Washington shoreline, in Stevenson and Bingen/White Salmon. Their request has been simple; put up one of colorful sternwheeler posters and take a free ride on the ship so that employees can answer visitor questions.
In return, the port has agreed to post information about available Gorge services on the kiosk in the Cascade Locks visitor's center — and to buy as many local products for the dinner cruises as possible. Already, the new wine list highlights Mid-Columbia vineyards and the bar serves two local microbrews. The band "Djangoes Cadillac" from The Dalles has been hired to perform during dinner dance cruises.
Daughtry said the sternwheeler chefs are now working to develop a specialty dessert using Hood River pears as part of their buffet menu.
"The purpose of the port is to provide economic benefits for local communities," said Daughtry. "We believe that by operating primarily in the Gorge the sternwheeler can be more profitable, more efficient and that we can have a better, more consistent experience for our passengers."
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Wow! I won the "strange quark" (2nd place) award in a science writing contest, hosted by Three Quarks Daily, for blogging about the Mississippi River, floods, levees, and the illusion of control.
As I wrote in the comments at 3QD:
Wow! I never thought I'd actually win something for writing about stuff for fun. Thank you to Dr. Lisa Randall for selecting me, the folks at Three Quarks Daily for hosting this contest and boosting me into the finals. I am deeply honored to be a winner of the 3 Quarks Daily contest, and incredibly impressed by the company I'm in.
The 1993 Mississippi River floods were the event that made me become the scientist I am today, so I really wanted to do a creditable job explaining the perspectives and nuances of flood management. Based on the response to the piece, I must have done OK! But now I've set myself the goal of bringing that same quality of writing to more blog posts and my scientific papers, so I may be in trouble if they don't live up to the high praise that this post has gotten.
Thanks to my readers for supporting me in the contest and in blogging generally. Special thanks to my co-blogger Chris for giving me a place to write and for encouraging and supporting me every day.


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10 Cord Control Solutions for the Bathroom
The TV room? That's a cinch. The office? Easy as pie. You want to know where we're really struggling to wrangle our wires? It's the bathroom. There's no TV stand to hide them behind. No under-desk clips to install. Your hair dryer, curling iron or beard razor—and their wires—either have to be out in full cord-spaghetti display or banished to the depths of your drawer to meet their tangled fate. Right? Wrong. Here's a bunch of other ways to keep bathroom cords tidy.
Bathroom appliances are a necessary evil for most of us. But it's impossible to keep your bathroom looking tidy when your electric razor storage solution is "leave it draped across the counter."
Instead, go for one of these storage and cord control solutions. Ranging in price from $40 all-in-one units to DIY projects that are nearly free, you'll find something to suit your bathroom tech style.
- The Styling Station (Price TBD, HSN.com), winner of "Homemade Millionaire"
- Taymor Round Hair Dryer Holder ($9.99, Amazon.com)
- A DIY solution from ThatWifeBlog.com using an AppleCore ($1.99-$4.99) and an IKEA vase
- Curling iron and hair dryer stowaway ($39.95, Amazon.com), installed behind your bathroom cabinet's false front around the base of your sink basin.
- A DIY solution from FamilyHandyman.com featuring cabinet-door-mounted lengths of PVC pipe
- Hair dryer holder with suction cups and plug grip ($17.49, Amazon.com)
- Over cabinet curling iron/hair dryer caddy with built-in wire management ($14.99, HSN.com)
- Kayline Dryer & 3-irons Pedestal With Electric Outlet ($36.99, Amazon.com)
- A DIY using toilet paper tubes to wrangle tangle-prone cords
- A DIY using two BAREN wall pegs ($3.99 for two, Ikea.com) to wall-mount an electric razor.


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White Wizzard
Formed: 2007
From: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Last Known Status: Active
White Wizzard Interviews and Features
Below are our features and interviews with White Wizzard.
Free Metal Music Recap For March Is Metal
Over the past couple of weeks, we've reported on numerous free label samplers and compilations, not realizing that most have been in appreciation of March Is Metal Month.
EMI Music's Label Services is bringing metal to the masses with their "March is Metal" campaign with retailers across the US. The retail campaign includes promotions from such legendary labels as Century Media, Nuclear Blast, Earache and Candlelight along with Season of Mist, Willow Tip, Crash Music, Prospect Park and Capitol.
Along with the sampler, which includes tracks from Lacuna Coil, Five Finger Death Punch, Fear Factory, White Wizzard, Ihsahn, Gama Bomb, The Atlas Moth, Queensryche, Exodus and Arsis along with hotly anticipated pre-release tracks from Triptykon and Defeated Sanity, ELS and Caroline will also offer a limited edition T-shirt designed by Rich Hall and the MMM logo will appear on the Testament/ Exodus tour poster as a sponsor for the tour. They also sponsored "Full Metal Texas" at this year's SXSW.
"EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution have the privilege of working with the best labels in the Metal genre. The annual 'March is Metal Month' campaign is a platform for us to expose the great repertoire from these partners to both the trade and consumer alike," stated Dominic Pandiscia SVP / GM of EMI Label Services and Caroline Distribution.
During the month of March, Amazon.com has a nice metal sale in their MP3 store with loads of great albums for download for $6.99 each, including most of Megadeth's Capitol-era releases, the latest albums by Pelican, Orphaned Land, Devin Townsend, Lacuna Coil, and many more.
And while we're at it, let's recap the many samplers made available for free download this month. Here are several from Amazon.com, which unfortunately are only available to those in the United States:
Here are a couple more freebies from Amazon.com as a bonus: More...


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Newly appointed members and alternate members are: Wayne E. (Wes) Shannon of Tifton, Ga., member; John C. Harrell of Whigham, Ga., alternate; Roger G. Neitsch of Seminole, Texas, member; John F. Shackelford of Mer Rouge, La., member; and Francis V. Jordan III of Rayville, La., alternate.
Also reappointed as an alternate member: Louis G. Grissom of Seminole, Texas.
All new and reappointed members' terms began Jan. 1 and will end on Dec. 31, 2006.
The 10-member board is composed of eligible peanut producers. The nominees were appointed from nominations submitted by certified peanut producer organizations.
The National Peanut Board administers an industryfunded national research, promotion, and consumer information program to increase peanut consumption in the United States and abroad.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service provides oversight of the National Peanut Board in accordance with the act and order. Under the order, domestic producers pay an assessment at the rate of 1 percent of the total value of all farmers' stock peanuts sold, which funds the board's activities on behalf of the industry.
More information about the program can be found at http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/rppeanut.html


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LONDON — The relationship between Christianity and capitalism is complicated, the archbishop of Canterbury said Friday, admitting he was embarrassed by revelations that the Church of England indirectly invested in a payday loan firm he had pledged to put out of business.
Archbishop Justin Welby, leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans, told the BBC he would urgently review the church's investment after a report by the Financial Times that the church's pension fund had invested in Accel Partners, an American venture capital firm that led the 2009 fundraising for payday lender Wonga.
"I was irritated," he said of learning about the investment. "But these things happen."
The amount of church money indirectly invested in Wonga was 75,000 pounds ($115,000), out of investments totaling 5.2 billion pounds. But the revelation is still awkward for Welby, who told Total Politics magazine earlier this week that he was ready to compete with payday lenders in hopes of putting them out of business.
He claims the firms, which offer small, short-term loans at sky-high interest rates, prey on the most vulnerable in society.
He said that even his own staff had fallen for the promises of such lenders in deprived areas.
"I've seen it," Welby told the BBC. "I've lived in these areas and worked in them. I've had staff who have got caught up in it and have had to be helped and had their lives destroyed by it. This is something that really matters to me."
Wonga — whose name is a slang term for money — has used aggressive advertising and sports sponsorships to become one of Britain's best-known payday lenders, and one of the most controversial.
Earlier this month Senegalese soccer player Papiss Cisse, who plays for Premier League club Newcastle United, said he would not wear a team jersey bearing the logo of sponsor Wonga, because it went against his Muslim faith and personal beliefs. He later backed down and agreed to wear the shirt.
But Bolton Wanderers, a team in northwestern England, was last month forced to scrap a deal for lender Quick Quid to appear on its jerseys, saying it "underestimated the adverse reaction."
London team Millwall pre-empted a public outcry by backing out of talks for a similar sponsorship.
Chief executive Andy Ambler said the team put "morals before commerciality."
"This is a dilemma for football because the backlash against payday loan companies is mounting," Ambler told a legal seminar on Thursday. "It's becoming political."
Welby seemed more conciliatory toward Wonga on Friday, though he insisted he wasn't backtracking on his criticism. He said the firm was well-managed and that its chief executive, Errol Damelin, was a clever man who "runs it extremely well."
Wonga has an annual interest rate of 5,853 percent, according to its website — but Welby said loan sharks that operate outside the law are an even greater problem.
However, the former oil company executive said he remains committed to having the church develop plans to help expand credit unions — member-owned financial cooperatives — as an alternative to the lenders.
The church's investment guidelines say it should not invest in firms that make more than 25 percent of their income from industries such as gambling, alcohol or high-interest-rate loans, more than 10 percent from the military or more than 3 percent from pornography.
Welby said he was not embarrassed by the church engaging in capitalist activities, though he acknowledged that it raised complex ethical issues.
"We can't say that we tolerate bad things, but we have got to live in the real world, and living in the real world means that life is often very complicated and you can't escape the complexity," he said.
Welby conceded that it was almost impossible for the church to make an investment that was not somehow tainted because of the complexity of investment funds and the multiple activities of some companies. He asked, for example, what should be done about an investment into a sock maker who might make products for soldiers going into combat.
"If you exclude any contact with anything that directly or indirectly gets in any way bad, you can't do anything at all," he told the BBC.
Welby suggested all of the church's finances might be examined and said he couldn't promise all the rules had been followed.
"I don't know the answer to that, because I don't know how the detail processes work in the Church Commissioner's investment management arm," he said. "What's clear is that ... this is an embarrassment."
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USDA Highlights the Launch of Let's Move! in Indian Country
Release No. 0219.11
Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today applauded The Office of the First Lady's Let's Move! initiative and the launch of Let's Move! in Indian Country (LMIC). LMIC is an effort designed to support and advance the work that tribal leaders and community members are already doing to improve the health of American Indian and Alaska Native children. As a part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, LMIC brings together federal agencies, communities, nonprofits, corporate partners, and tribes to end the epidemic of childhood obesity in Indian Country within a generation by everyone playing a role. The launch was held at the Menominee Nation in Keshena, Wisconsin.
"This is a special day for the Tribes and for USDA. Let's Move! in Indian Country, will help promote healthy eating and physical activity among Native Americans and is an important part of the effort to reduce teen and childhood obesity rates," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. "USDA is committed to working with native communities to create a healthy start for children, and providing the nutrition assistance that will lead to healthy lives."
The Let's Move! in Indian Country initiative seeks to support and advance the work that Tribal leaders and community members are already doing to improve the health of Native American children. As a part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative, LMIC brings together federal agencies, communities, nonprofits, corporate partners, and tribes to mitigate childhood obesity in Indian Country within a generation.
USDA continues to work with tribal governments to expand their access to the full range of USDA programs by supporting and establishing local and regional food systems. USDA is helping build strong and resilient American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian farming and ranching enterprises that will create jobs and strong economies in Native communities across the country. Additionally, the department is collaborating to increase the number of food policy councils in Indian Country to improve food production opportunities and the availability of locally grown foods.
"We are committed to working with Tribal nations to improving access to healthy, affordable foods on Indian Reservations and tribal lands," said Janie Hipp, Director of USDA's Office of Tribal Relations, "Let's Move! in Indian Country will help support and expand efforts on the ground that will make great strides in improving the nutrition and health of tribal members."
USDA has a long history of supporting the goals of LMIC by working with Tribal nations through a variety of rural development and nutrition assistance programs including the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). LMIC will build on the success of these widely used programs and focus on expanding participation in other federal nutrition programs including the School Breakfast Program, the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Program which provides healthy snacks to school children, the Child and Adult Care Food Program which can now reimburse schools and afterschool programs providing an evening meal, and the Summer Food Service Program which feeds children and teens when school is out. Additionally, our Rural Development Programs have financed numerous projects in Indian Country, ranging from teacher housing to small businesses such as restaurants and grocery stores.
The goals of LMIC are complemented by USDA's efforts including:
Creating a healthy FDPIR food package
- To improve the FDPIR food package, USDA has taken a number of actions to increase the nutritional quality of FDPIR food offerings, including a 1995 partnership with the Department of Defense to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for the distribution on almost 100 reservations. This past year alone, USDA worked with DOD to expand the number of fresh fruit and vegetable offerings in the food package from 23 to 35. New items offered include avocados, seedless grapes, cherries, kiwi, honey dew melon, nectarines, and plums. The FDPIR Food Package serves over, 70,000 people each month in Indian Country.
- A recent nutritional analysis concluded that individuals consuming FDPIR foods would achieve a Healthy Eating Index score of 81 out of 100, well above the average American diet. (58 out of 100). This underscores the program's success in providing a benefit to FDPIR clients that is not only cost-effective but nutritionally effective.
Grants to develop creative, self-initiated nutrition projects
- In April, USDA announced that 15 Indian Tribal Organizations were selected to receive approximately $1 million in grants this year. The grants will help develop creative, self-initiated projects designed to enhance the nutrition knowledge and to foster positive lifestyle changes of low-income households living on Indian reservations and to American Indian households residing in approved areas near reservations or in Oklahoma.
- Projects chosen this year for the grants include a recipe toolkit containing menus, shopping lists, and snack ideas featuring more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; summer camp programs for youth to teach healthy cooking techniques; nutrition education sessions held during scheduled food deliveries for participants in remote reservation areas; and community gardens to promote fruit and vegetable consumption. Among the recipients is the Menominee Indian Tribe of Keshena, Wisc., where the launch of LMIC is being held. The Menominee Indian Tribe will use their grant to offer cooking and canning classes to FDPIR eligible participants and assist 30 families in developing home vegetable gardens.
Passage of Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act
- The passage of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act signed by President Obama in December 2010 allows USDA, for the first time in over 30 years, the chance to make real reforms to the school lunch and breakfast programs by improving the critical nutrition and hunger safety net for millions of children. This will help native communities win the future by having healthier lives. The bill also expanded the afterschool supper program to youth in low-income areas in all 50 states, including reservations. It will improve the food environment at schools participating in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, including tribal schools, by providing USDA with the authority to set nutritional standards for all foods sold in schools, including in vending machines, the "a la carte" lunch lines, and school stores. It also enhances universal meal access for eligible children in high poverty communities by eliminating paper applications and using census data to determine school wide income eligibility.
Let's Move! is a comprehensive initiative, launched by the First Lady, dedicated to solving the problem of obesity within a generation, so that children born today will grow up healthier and able to pursue their dreams. Combining comprehensive strategies with common sense, Let's Move! and USDA are working to put native families on the path to a healthy future.
FDPIR and the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs are among 15 nutrition assistance programs overseen by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. Many households participate in the FDPIR as an alternative to the Special Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps, because they do not have easy access to SNAP offices or authorized food stores. These programs touch the lives of one in four Americans each year and work together to form a national safety net against hunger.


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We need Feather River Recreation and Park District board members with business backgrounds. Do not vote for the Gymnastics Center's previous owner, Marcia Carter, who was nearly $2 million in debt for delinquent taxes and business loans held by the city of Oroville and local banks. Don't even consider voting for the one board member who purchased the indebted facility, netted Clark a profit and left the taxpayers with a $3.5 million loan. This same board member was using lines of credit for payroll and operation expenses at FRRPD.
Vote for the fully qualified candidates T.J. Jensen, Chris Poblano, John Allen and Karen Whitlow — board members who have negotiated contracts, understand profit-and-loss statements and make sound financial decisions that will lead this center to become a well run and profitable endeavor. The recent financial statements show a substantial increase in income due to the changes in staffing and programs.
You should attend a board meeting and listen to the pitiful questions and accusations a handful of unemployed or retired local residents make. At several recent board meetings, Gymnastics Center employees have expressed their full support of the present leadership. The students who attend the center's classes along with their parents are so encouraged and pleased with the new programs. The only voiced complaints are from the same eight to 10 unhappy gripers, of which four feel they should be on the board as well. Support the Gymnastics Center and vote for those who can continue to make a difference.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Starting Feb. 1, current Florida First Coast YMCA members in Jacksonville, FL, will have another Y where they can work out. Earlier this month, Brooks Rehabilitation, a provider of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care in northeast Florida and southeast Georgia, donated its 60,000-square-foot Brooks Health and Fitness Center to the Y. The donation is estimated to be worth more than $16 million and is the largest donation ever made to the First Coast Y.
The donated facility is now wholly owned by the Y and has been named the Brooks Family YMCA. The facility includes a 25-yard junior Olympic pool, a warm-water therapy pool, a basketball gymnasium, a KidZone, personal training and wellness, physical therapy, adaptive sports, standard sports, group exercise and cycling classes, locker rooms, towel service, and wireless Internet.
Brooks and the Y have a goal to serve more than 10,000 Jacksonville, FL, residents within three years by building a coalition of local partners and health care providers and providing clinically proven and outcome-based programs, weight-reduction and wellness programs.
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Team Opens Spring Season With a Win for Fourth Consecutive Year
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Bulldogs love Florida. For the fourth year in a row, Yale sailors have finished first at the opening event of the season, the Mendelblatt Team Race. The Bulldogs cruised to victory Sunday with a 7-0 record at the regatta hosted by the University of South Florida.
After a long offseason, the team racing team quickly found its form at the team racing event. Representing the Bulldogs were seniors Thomas Barrows, Mike Hession and Sarah Lihan, juniors Blair Belling and Liz Brim and sophomore Joe Morris. To help work away the winter rust, the team flew down Thursday night in order to squeeze in a practice day on Friday. A cold front blew through St. Petersburg on Friday morning, providing the sailors with windy and rainy conditions. Undeterred, the team practiced boathandling until lightning on the horizon forced everyone back to shore for the remainder of the day.
Saturday featured cold, sunny and windy conditions. Half of the teams, including the Bulldogs, reported to USF for racing while the other half sailed out of Eckerd College. The Bulldogs powered their way through the first round robin and won each of the gold-fleet races against the competitors that were already at USF. However, the team would have to wait until Sunday to meet their gold-fleet competition from the Eckerd venue.
Sunday opened with similar conditions to Saturday, but the forecast called for the breeze to die throughout the day. Like clockwork, the wind died before the gold-fleet races could be finished. After a 45-minute delay, the last races were sailed and the Bulldogs emerged as the victors, with a perfect 7-0 record. College of Charleston took second place with a 6-1 record.
The regatta was a success for team-race squad rookie Sarah Lihan.
"The whole team stayed really calm the entire weekend and worked together," she said.
Yale sailing now sets its sights on the northeast racing circuit, with a practice weekend at the McNay Family Sailing Center scheduled for Feb. 20-21 and the Tom Noble Team Race hosted by Washington College on Feb. 27-28.
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As you may or may not know, I've started a thing on the Queen of Wands page called "Keenspace Comics You Should Be Reading, But Aren't."
Why is this relevant?
Because, of course, Odd Jobs is going to be the next one, this Monday, and is actually one of the comics that prompted me to start it. You see, ever since I found Odd Jobs on the main Keenspace list (and was BLOWN AWAY), I thought, "Hey, how many other amazing Keenspace comics are there out there going unrecognized?" So, in my little way, I've chosen to recognize them.
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Born in Singapore in 1954, Mr Khoo has more than 30 years of police experience as well as recognized expertise in organizational management.
He began his career in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 1977 and served as Commissioner of the Singapore Police from 1997 to 2010. Under his leadership, the SPF helped Singapore consistently maintain low crime rates and earn a reputation as one of the safest cities in the world. Mr Khoo's previous positions at the SPF include Deputy Commissioner of Police, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department and Police Chief of Staff. On 1 Feb 2010, he was appointed the Senior Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In 2006, Mr Khoo was elected to the INTERPOL Executive Committee as Vice-President for Asia. During his two years in the post, he actively worked to strengthen ties between INTERPOL and Southeast Asian police forces, culminating in the signing of a Declaration of Cooperation between ASEANAPOL and INTERPOL in June 2007. In October 2008, he was elected President of INTERPOL.
Mr Khoo holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Engineering Science and Economics from the University of Oxford. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 and has received numerous international honours and local awards.
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Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager as a Security Enabler
Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a technology that allows a Cisco IOS device to detect an event and perform an action. EEM links events and actions using EEM policies, which are manifested as either configuration-based EEM applets, or EEM scripts that exist as Tcl scripts on the Cisco IOS device.EEM has been successful in many ways; it is recognized as a powerful troubleshooting tool and as a great aid in detecting those hard-to-catch intermittent network issues. Perhaps less well known, however, is that the reactive capabilities of EEM lend themselves very well to the identification of security issues on Cisco IOS devices.Within the realm of security, EEM can be used to instrument the "un-instrumented".For example, Cisco IOS XR Software contains a security feature known has Local Packet Transport Services (LPTS). Although widely heralded as a fantastic security feature, LPTS does not contain robust reporting capabilities. So while LPTS can be used to protect Cisco IOS XR devices from several types of denial of service attacks, it is impossible for an LPTS-enabled device to alert an administrator that an attack may be occurring. Enter EEM…Every EEM policy identifies an event to detect. The event may be one of over 15 predefined event types, such as the expiration of a timer or the matching of an executed CLI command against a regular expression. Should the desired event take place, the EEM policy will perform the actions specified in the respective policy. In the case of EEM applets, these actions will likely be a sequential series of commands or the generation of a syslog message. In the case of the significantly more powerful EEM scripts, a Tcl script will be executed. The Tcl script can perform nearly limitless tasks on the Cisco IOS device.By using EEM to instrument LPTS, or more correctly using a Tcl-based EEM policy, it is possible for an administrator to set thresholds, automatically examine local LPTS data using show commands, and perform the math required for trending over time. If, or when, a security event occurs against the network device, the EEM policy can alert security staff using an intelligently formed and detailed syslog message. The following is an example of what that message may look like:
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A script has been built specifically for this purpose. The video below demonstrates this script in action.This script is available on Cisco Beyond; a user community built by Cisco specifically for collaboration around EEM scripts. Cisco Beyond even has a Security category. It is important to note that the above example using EEM with LPTS is exactly that, an example. There are numerous ways in which EEM, coupled with a little creativity, can aid the security of a network. Other interesting EEM scripts that exist today include Cisco IOS Queue Wedge Detection and Control Plane Policing Baseline Creation.For more general information about EEM, you can refer to the EEM documentation or the configuration guides specific to applets and scripts.
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Posted: March 30 2013 at 13:24
Soundcloud teaser: https://soundcloud.com/nosound/afterthoughts-album-teaser
Youtube teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7htQGx_eaXk
Nosound return in May 2013 with their new studio album, Afterthoughts. For the album Giancarlo Erra and the band have been joined by the former Porcupine Tree and Blackfield drummer, Chris Maitland.
Afterthoughts is the Nosound's fourth studio album, their first since 2009's A Sense Of Loss.
Giancarlo has been writing material for Afterthoughts over the past two years but a series line up changes in late 2012 have shaped the way in which the record has evolved. Firstly Chris agreed to join the band and shortly after this Marianne De Chastelaine came on board to add cello parts to the album. Following this Marco Berni (keyboards) and Giulio Caneponi (drums) were also welcomed as full time members of the band joining Paolo Vigliarolo (guitars) and Alessandro Luci (bass).
Giancarlo has talked about the sense of enthusiasm these changes brought and the effect it had on the album; 'when we met for the second phase of the writing process, when we selected and arranged the material, it involved a total and immediate agreement within all of us, we immediately felt we were doing the right thing'.
Maitland also appeared on At The Pier and his powerful and inventive drumming has added a new dimension to the Nosound dynamic which is sure to impress fans, new and old. Giancarlo has stated that, 'in some way I feel this album is more 'direct' and powerful, and this is naturally reflected in both music and lyrics.'
Afterthoughts is available to pre-order from the Kscope store as a double LP and as a 2disc set featuring the stereo mix of the album on CD plus a DVD-A / DVD-V with 5.1 surround high resolution 24bit / 96kHz mixes.
The first 500 pre-orders of the vinyl edition will be numbered and signed and shall also come with a free cloth Nosound bag and a bonus CD featuring instrumental versions of the tracks from the album.
The first 500 pre-orders of the CD / DVD-AV set shall also receive the bonus instrumental CD, but these are likely to quickly sell out so hurry up!
More info on the album, pre-order links, gallery, wallpapers along with a free MP3 of the track 'I Miss The Ground', can be found at the Afterthoughts mini-site which is now online at http://www.kscopemusic.com/nosound
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Behind six individual event victories, MIT powered past Bates, Colby and Southern Maine en route to a first-place team finish at the MIT Invitational on Saturday at Shobrys and Aronson Indoor Track. Sophomore Amy Magnuson secured a provisional cut for the NCAA Division III National Championships in the 55-meter hurdles while senior Andrea Bradshaw established a new indoor record with a first-place finish in the 800-meter run.
The Engineers performed at or above seed all afternoon and the results yielded a commanding victory for the Cardinal and Gray. MIT totaled 178.5 points to close ahead of second-place Bates by 27.5 points. Colby finished third with a total of 127 points and Southern Maine was fourth with 120. The Engineers benefited from their depth, which was best displayed during a third-through-sixth sweep in the 3000-meter run paced by rookie Anna Holt-Gosselin.
Magnuson cruised through the preliminaries before winning the 55-meter hurdles in 8.44. The second-year standout picked up another win in the triple jump and finished second in the long jump. Magnuson's leap of 32'6.25" clinched victory in the triple while senior Karen Davie jumped 31'10.25" to grab second place for the Engineers. In addition to a strong effort in the jumps, junior Emily Hwang and freshman Karin Fisher dueled to a 1-2 finish in the pole vault. Both competitors cleared 10 feet, although Hwang scored the win after clearing the height in fewer attempts.
MIT was just as dominant on the track, especially in the middle distances. Junior Adrienne Bolger was virtually untested as she cruised to 3:09.47 in the 1000-meter run for another first-place finish for the Engineers. In the open 800m, Bradshaw set a new Institute mark with a time of 2:23.90. Sophomore Jacqui Wentz closed just behind Bradshaw with a clip of 2:24.86. In the 600-meter run, senior Leanne Veldhuis ran 1:43.02 to secure second.
The Engineers didn't showcase much depth in the sprints, but Margaret Leibovic provided all the scoring MIT would need. The sophomore speedster posted the fastest time during prelims before following with a meet-best time of 7.60 in the 55-meter dash finals. Leibovic ran to seed in the 200m, finishing fourth overall with a time of 28.29.
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I think the purposes of all those sharingans he collected is to be fuel for Izanagi.
Maybe if he still had EMS and its inextinguishable light he could use Izanagi as much as he wants, but that doesn't seem to be the case right now. He hasn't shown even the MS yet.
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I still don't think that we should translate Tobi's statement literally. Being Madara and Hashirama in oneself doesn't mean he is Madara or Hashirama. I'm more into an assumption that he is someone with both Madara and Hashirama's power combined. Madara is dead, so is Hashirama...so who is Tobi.. Madara's pupil most possibly..
if he is indeed Madara so all the masked guy thing and kabuto's fifth coffin will be meaningless... why do we have to guess all the time who is the person behind the mask if in the end he just what he is... pointless....
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Bleach still wins, for now. I'm actually not enthused by this whole unlimited Izanagi. The ability strikes me as something in the range of Kyoka Suigetsu kind of power. I'll hold my judgment till I read the chapter.
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now we know the reason why Tobi said..... "The True Power of the sharingan... my power... Uchiha Madara's Power....
which means that he really did gained Madara's power...
it could be that he is inside Hashirama's body though
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That being said, it's a great image, and I applaud whomever came up with it.
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I enjoy how kishimato pulls the same crap on us every week.
-Akatsuki dude appears.
-Aktsuki dude looks weak.
-Akatsuki dude makes secret technique, he is now like godlike.
-Akatsuki guys uber tech fails
-Akatsuki guy now goes into emotional flashback trauma to achieve a bunch of sympathy from readers.
-Akatsuki guy dies.
Shi/+.We still got that Zetsu guy.Which means at least 4-5 weeks more of this Bleach-like stuff.
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what if he's actually his younger brother and all the stuff he made up about him taking his brothers eyes for no reason pissed him off when it was actually his younger brother who just wants power etc etc.... or maybe he stole his brothers body >_>
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i have always wanted (sinse nagato death)naruto to get rinnegan;part 2 was a great let down because-how many time has it been said?-of the 2 and1/2 of "training" with jiraya were naruto learn... nothing(kb other advantage?kakashi?elemental chakra?never heard of it:so kakashi again.ying/yang?the same;even doing one hand rasegen was too much for him-let's no speak of the two r. jirayaya could use with his two hand )
last but no least kishi want to make us believe jiraya didn't know about uzumaki skill for fuinjutsu and you guy want to complain about our hero gaining rinnegan with all the justsu that come with it?
i don't understand you;given a choice i'd also rather have naruto showing us a whole bunch of new justsu+his own improvement like sasuke did with kakashi chidori he mastered on his own but as stated above thing didn't go that way(i know what those who don't want one of the two chosen of the profecy inheriting the other eye's power-i deliberatly choose this phrasing to show how logic it should be to everyone-will object to this:he did improve his perverted ninjutsu!but you won't become the greatest hokage/shinobi ever and change the world with just that).
So as of now the only thing that can save naruto as a character and a manga is him getting the rinegan(speculation:"madara open nagato eye to see at less one(she said it was her village treasure so she could have kept at less one for herself)or the two rinnegan missing -and ideally( but i know it would be too good to happen)then with see yugito with 2 or 3 other resurected former jinch.-by nagato like all those konoha shinobi- going after naruto to bring him at konan request(:those who wonder why she didn't burn his body will have their answear)
one of the two rinnegan will be enough for madara to no stay a one-man jutsu like naruto &especially now after sasuke last power up &to become the super badass and final villain this story need.
that way all loose end and flaw are completed/corrected_like jinc.dying too fast-what a wast of chrac.-power!
i kow my english suck-i'm frenchie-but aren't my reasoning perfect?
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Something that hasn't been mentioned yet, but this chapter greatly lends credence to the speculation that Madara was behind the Uzumaki/Whirlpool's destruction. Additionally, I am waiting for word that the Senjuu have been exterminated as well, and then we can say that Madara killed off all of the Rikudou's heirs, trying to create exact situations that in turn create the pawns he needs to fulfill his plans.
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Just read the chapter and it seems like Kishi is still teasing the Madara = Obito fans because of the way that Madara's mask broke this chapter, his left eye closes and his mask has a scratch on the right hand side underneath where the eye hole should be.
How strong would Madara be in his prime then because this seems ridiculous
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