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On Nov. 18, 2011, the painter Will Cotton presented Cockaigne, a brief ballet in two acts, the first featuring the burlesque queen Ruby Valentine, and the second a trio of dancers (Savannah Lowery, Georgina Pazcoguin and Ana Sofia Scheller), at the Prince George Ballroom on East 28th Street in Manhattan. Act I was accompanied by a violin duet, and Act II by a composition by John Zorn. The show involved a special fragrance as well, sprayed into the air before the performance and handed out as samples to the audience, dubbed "whipped cream" but smelling to some of chocolate. The event was part of Performa 11.

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The Marine Corps Air Station New River is under new command.
At a change of command ceremony at Wednesday on the installation, Col. Mitchell E. Cassell passed the colors to Col. Timothy M. Salmon under the direction of MCI East CG Brig. Gen. Thomas Gorry, who will leave his post as MCI East commanding general later this week to take a post in
A change of command at MCAS New River usually takes place every two to three years; however, this ceremony came only a year after Cassell took his post as commanding officer in July of 2012.
He has been called to the Pentagon, and his future assignment will be on the Joint Staff where he will serve as deputy director for Politico-Military Affairs for Central, Southern and
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He believes Salmon's biggest challenge ahead will also be Cassell's largest challenge during his tenure as commanding officer: the budget.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Below are select incidents from the Truckee Police Department's press log for April 10-23, along with previously unreported incidents.
DUIs: 10
Drunk in public: 3
Accidents: 9
March 29
• Officers responded to a report that an unknown suspect forced entry in a victim's resident once Skislope Way and took property without permission or consent.
• Officers responded to a report that an unknown person removed and took the victim's rear license plate of a care on West River Street.
April 10
• At 2:44 a.m. on Donner Pass Road, a vehicle was searched and the passenger was found to be in possession of methamphetamine pipe and several used needles. Passenger was cited.
• At noon at a home on Northwoods Boulevard, officers responded to a report that unknown suspect(s) entered an unclosed garage and opened cabinets; nothing was reported missing.
April 11
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• At an undisclosed location and time, a person reported a pair of skis were missing.
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AppZero, a fast, flexible way to move enterprise applications to the cloud, has announced that AppZero Cloud Edition is available to try on Amazon Web Services (AWS) free of charge, as an AWS Test Drive. AppZero's award-winning application migration tool enables users to move server applications onto physical, virtual or cloud servers, simply, fast, and with no code changes -- at the push of a button.
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The 4th International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 17th International Cloud Expo - to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA - announces that its Call for Papers is open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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There's no doubt that the Internet of Things is driving the next wave of innovation. Google has spent billions over the past few months vacuuming up companies that specialize in smart appliances and machine learning. Already, Philips light bulbs, Audi automobiles, and Samsung washers and dryers can communicate with and be controlled from mobile devices. To take advantage of the opportunities the Internet of Things brings to your business, you'll want to start preparing now.
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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The 17th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. 17th International Cloud Expo, to be held November 3-5, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, APM, APIs, Microservices, Security, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportunity. Submit your speaking proposal today!
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo, June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be
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The worldwide cellular network will be the backbone of the future IoT, and the telecom industry is clamoring to get on board as more than just a data pipe. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Evan McGee, CTO of Ring Plus, Inc., discussed what service operators can offer that would benefit IoT entrepreneurs, inventors, and consumers. Evan McGee is the CTO of RingPlus, a leading innovative U.S. MVNO and wireless enabler. His focus is on combining web technologies with traditional telecom to create a new breed of unified communication that is easily accessible to the general consumer. With over a de...
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Disruptive macro trends in technology are impacting and dramatically changing the "art of the possible" relative to supply chain management practices through the innovative use of IoT, cloud, machine learning and Big Data to enable connected ecosystems of engagement. Enterprise informatics can now move beyond point solutions that merely monitor the past and implement integrated enterprise fabrics that enable end-to-end supply chain visibility to improve customer service delivery and optimize supplier management. Learn about enterprise architecture strategies for designing connected systems tha...
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Up until end of March 2012, the Maldives tourism has achieved a positive growth figure of 3.3 percent compared to the same period of 2011. This is a big accomplishment despite the challenges faced by the destination due to the recent incidents.
Headed by Mr. Mohamed Maleeh Jamal, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts & Culture, a panel comprising of the MMPRC Marketing Team provided an analysis of the most important markets to the destination, as well as the strategies in place as the destination gears up to achieve the important milestone of 1 millionth tourist by the end of 2012. Senior members of the tourism industry; Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) and Maldives Association of Yacht Agents (MAYA) participated in the press briefing held today at MMPRC.
As highlighted by Deputy Minister Maleeh Jamaal, each and every person in the country are positively affected by the dollar attained via tourism receipts, hence, all industry stakeholders need to work hand in hand to further develop the tourism industry of the Maldives. Moreover, he also highlighted the importance of joint marketing campaigns with key stakeholders. In this regard, road shows in major markets are to be organised in collaboration with resorts, travel agents and liveaboards.
2011 ended with a positive note with a record number of arrivals to the destination. Maldives registered 931,000 visitor arrivals, a 17.6 percent year-on-year increase. According to the latest projections of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), international tourism will continue to flourish in 2012, with Asia leading the growth at four to six per cent.
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For students seeking flexible opportunities to earn a childhood education teaching certification, a computer and technology degree, or an accounting education in Kansas City, Missouri, or one of our numerous other degree offerings, Park's campus center in Downtown Kansas City and Independence provides face-to-face classes that are available days, evenings and weekends. Courses can be completed in 8-week sessions rather than a traditional 16-week semester and are taught by faculty committed to the success of each student. Sessions start five times a year, giving you multiple entry points – two in the fall, two in the spring, and one in summer.
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ELON — Early portions of Thursday night's Mid-State 3-A Conference Tournament semifinal were going well for Eastern Guilford freshman twins Andrew Robinson and Luke Robinson.
As it turned out, there was no stopping them.
Andrew Robinson threw a complete game and Luke Robinson laced five hits. Those factors were enough to propel the fourth-seeded Wildcats to a 10-2 upset of top-seeded Western Alamance.
"Might as well keep going," said Luke Robinson, the catcher.
That's the theme these days with the Wildcats.
Eastern Guilford (14-10) will play in a conference tournament title game in baseball for the first time since 1999 — when coach Jay White was a freshman on the school's junior varsity team. The Wildcats go to third-seeded Eastern Alamance at 7 tonight for the final.
They reached this point by following Wednesday night's nine-inning nipping of Williams High School with a more dominant performance. Eastern Guilford won for the second time at Western Alamance, though it came six nights after Western Alamance won on the Wildcats' field to clinch the regular-season title.
There were few signs of that in the latest meeting.
"It's not what I was hoping for," Western Alamance coach Lance Huff said. "Now I'm hoping we'll use this as a learning experience going into the (state) playoffs."
The Warriors (20-5) will start the Class 3-A states next week with a home game. Eastern Guilford could earn a home game if it wins tonight.
Luke Robinson drove in five runs with his 5-for-5 outing against Western Alamance. His brother called it a slump-breaking effort.
"About time he finally hit the ball," Andrew Robinson said. "He finally came hot."
Caleb Robinson, an older brother, drove in the game's first run with a first-inning double. Luke Robinson followed with a run-scoring single.
"It wasn't a shock," Luke Robinson said of the outcome. "We came in with confidence."
And that seemed to grow.
Caleb Robinson finished with three RBI and two hits, Marque Johnson supplied three hits, Ryan Hackett notched two hits and scored three runs, and Jacob Finerty and Andrew Robinson each contributed two hits.
"They hit the ball extremely well and it didn't matter who we put up there (on the mound)," Huff said. "We found out how the other half lives because we've done that to teams a bunch of times."
Andrew Robinson was on target on the mound after the Warriors broke through against him last Friday night.
"Andrew had an out pitch (this time)," White said. "He had a few off-speed pitches that he was locating better. … He stays pretty poised and we made plays behind him."
Yet it didn't look all that encouraging when Brock Deatherage led off the bottom of the first inning with an opposite-field home run to left-center field and then the next two Warriors reached base.
The threat ended when Hackett, the center fielder, made a diving catch of Kevin Burns' soft liner to leave two Western Alamance runners on board.
Eastern Guilford was relentless, registering 19 hits. Losing pitcher Blake Deatherage was off the mound after the first batter of the third inning. The Wildcats scored four runs with two outs in the sixth to increase what had been a 4-1 edge.
"We definitely put more pressure on them," White said.
Western Alamance stranded 11 runners, including eight across the first five innings. The Warriors had the lead-off batter on base in six of the innings, though they wasted lead-off doubles from Burns in the fourth and Blake Deatherage in the seventh.
Andrew Robinson was unfazed by it.
"It's just (being) calm," he said. "You can't get let it get to you."
The Warriors became stale this time against the right-hander.
"That's the difference a day makes with this game," Huff said.
Blake Deatherage's two hits made him the only Western Alamance player with more than one hit. He reached base four times.


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Samoa centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu has responded to the outcome of his disciplinary hearing by saying that he doesn't want to play rugby any longer.
The Sunday Star Times reported that Sapolu was sanctioned for criticising the International Rugby Board. Following the outcome of Saturday's hearing, Sapolu tweeted: 'I do not want to play rugby anymore. One thing is for sure, my children definitely wont be.'
The IRB agreed to suspend Sapolu's six-month ban providing that he kept his emotions and opinions in check over the next two years. Rugby's ruling body also demanded that he attend a refereeing course, do 100 hours of community service and apologise to referee Nigel Owens who he accused of being racist and biased following the Pool D clash between Samoa and South Africa.
Given Sapolu's most recent tweet about quitting rugby, it's unlikely that he will meet these demands.
On Saturday, independent Judicial Officer Judge Jeff Blackett (England) heard detailed evidence from the player and his representatives regarding alleged breaches of the Rugby World Cup 2011 Tournament Disciplinary Programme and the RWC/IRB Code of Conduct relating to comments made about Owens via the public social media network Twitter.
Having considered all the evidence the Judicial Officer determined that the charges laid by Rugby World Cup Limited (RWCL) in respect of misconduct by the player for adverse comments against Owens were upheld. All of the charges relating to breaches of the RWC/IRB Code of Conduct arising from such comments were also all upheld.
The Judicial Officer determined that the comments about Owens made by Sapolu impugn his integrity and reputation both as a referee and as a man. The Judicial Officer recognised that the player might have been angry or emotional when making his initial comments via Twitter, however it did not justify his offensive behaviour towards the referee.
Contrary to the player's submissions, the Judicial Officer determined that there was 'absolutely no evidence that the referee was biased in the sense that he deliberately favoured one side or the other. To suggest that Nigel Owens is racist against Samoans is also completely inappropriate.'


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The San Jose Earthquakes downed the New York Red Bulls in MLS action on Sunday, while Chivas USA also won.At Buck Shaw Stadium in California, Eric Alexander gave the Red Bulls the lead in the 17th minute and the score remained 1-0 to the visitors deep into the second half.
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|´Chelsea target´ Muto makes Mainz move
|Sherwood eager to change ´losing mentality´
|Borussia Dortmund 1 Wolfsburg 3: No triumphant send-off for Klopp
|Allegri admits lack of focus
|Cup success proves Arsenal´s big-game mentality - Wenger
|Turkish Super Lig Review: Istanbul Basaksehir clinch European football for the first time
|Arsenal 4 Aston Villa 0: Wenger´s men make history in one-sided final
|Verona 2 Juventus 2: Juanito dents Champions League preparations
|Solanke leads Chelsea to All-Stars victory
|Indonesian Football Association suspended by FIFA
|Randolph agrees West Ham switch
|Mancini vows to rebuild Inter
|Russian Premier League Review: Torpedo Moscow and Arsenal Tula suffer relegation
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|Rio Ferdinand retires from football
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|Di Santo in demand, claims agent
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|Qatar organisers insist World Cup bid met ´highest ethical standards´
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|FA charges Demetriou over betting breaches
|Atalanta v Milan: Inzaghi faces last chance to prove worth
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|Plymouth part ways with Sheridan
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|Auxerre v Paris Saint-Germain: History beckons for Ligue 1 champions
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|South Africa deny wrongdoing in World Cup bid
|Benitez confirms Napoli exit
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|West Ham expect Collins to return for pre-season
|Real deny Pogba bid
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New album: The Next Day
Artist: David Bowie
Label: Columbia/RCA
Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5
It's got to be tough for David Bowie to put his heart into new music. If he blazes a completely new trail, old fans will complain that it doesn't remind them of "The Man Who Sold the World." Conversely, if Bowie crafts an album of prime 1970s Ziggy rock or re-channels the classic Berlin sound that yielded "Heroes," he'll be accused of recycling his own muse.
On "The Next Day," Bowie dips his brush into most every color of his musical past to create a pleasant yet insignificant group of songs. Since the man hasn't released an album of new material in 10 years, many found it odd that the record company didn't start pushing it to the public months in advance.
One Oliver Stone-esque theory? The quality of the album doesn't really warrant any hyperbole.
First single "Where Are We Now?" seems heartfelt, but it's better suited for a Leonard Cohen album. Bowie's droll delivery gives off a cool detective voice-over effect at the beginning, but that great emotional crescendo you're expecting to barrel through never appears.
Equally plodding are "Valentine's Day," "I'd Rather Be High" and "You Feel So Lonely You Could Die." There are signs of life on the dance track "If You Can See Me" and the ambient doom rock of "Heat," both of which are examples of moderately interesting songs propelled by Bowie's charisma and intact vocal prowess.
"Love Is Lost" recalls the brilliant, metallic melodicism of Bowie's "Scary Monsters" era. Guitarist Gary Leonard rips through "Love Is Lost" in the tradition of Bowie guitar foils Robert Fripp and Reeves Gabrels, yet the song still possesses the quirky Bowie feeling of both eyes not blinking at the same time.
The lyrics aren't Bowie's most profound, but he still sounds great singing them. The "Fame"-meets-Tom Waits-stomp of "Dirty Boys" offers further hope that Bowie still has the means to create great new music.
"The Next Day" isn't a bad album, but it's not great — it's just OK. Bowie has created too much splendid music over the years, which has spoiled his fans. It's a nice problem to have, and it'll be interesting to see where the great chameleon of rock goes from here.
Classic album: The Raw and The Cooked
Artist: Fine Young Cannibals
Label: I.R.S.
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
The year 1988 doesn't shuttle to the front of the line when great years in pop music are discussed, but it was a watershed year for Fine Young Cannibals.
Two thirds of the band (bassist Dave Steele and guitarist David Cox) were refugees from the recently imploded British ska band the Beat. Vocalist Roland Gift's musical pedigree wasn't nearly as decorated, but his high-strung vocals made Fine Young Cannibals records impossible to ignore.
The reconstructed Motown/Tamla vibe of "Good Thing" resulted in a hit that people from the age of 5 to 500 couldn't resist. The song is propelled by Steele's simple yet insistent bass, vibrant piano and Gift's Al Green-on-helium falsetto. In a year that was dominated by hair metal and synthetic pop goo, the neo-soul of "Good Thing" was a breath of fresh air.
One world-wide hit would have been enough, but "The Raw and The Cooked" also boasted another in "She Drives Me Crazy." More modern in its execution than "Good Thing," "Crazy" was still a seemingly simple song propelled this time by an infectious Cox guitar riff and a vocal hook that landed many amateur copy cats in intensive care.
The remainder of the album isn't as strong as the two big singles, but it comes close. "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" was a moderate hit in the U.S. and achieved even more success overseas. Why the brilliant pop of "Tell Me What" was never released in the states as a single is a musical mystery of Jimmy Hoffa proportions.
A few tracks ("Don't Let It Get You Down" especially) are overrun with early techno touches that haven't aged well, but that's a minor quibble. Albums such as "The Raw and The Cooked" are proof that the 1980s weren't totally void of musical quality.
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West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
|West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture
|General information
|Office Type:
|Office website:
|Official Link
|2013 FY Budget:
|Term limits:
|Length of term:
|4 years
|West Virginia Constitution, Article VII, Section 1
|Selection Method:
|Current Officeholder
|Walt Helmick
|Officeholder Party:
|Assumed office:
|January 2013
|Next election:
|November 8, 2016
|Last election:
|November 6, 2012
|Other West Virginia Executive Offices
|Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Superintendent of Education• Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner• Natural Resources Commissioner • Secretary of Commerce • Commissioner of Labor • Public Service Commission
- 1 Current officeholder
- 2 Authority
- 3 Qualifications
- 4 Elections
- 5 Vacancies
- 6 Duties
- 7 Divisions
- 8 State budget
- 9 Compensation
- 10 Historical officeholders
- 11 Recent news
- 12 Contact information
- 13 See also
- 14 External links
- 15 References
Current officeholder
The current officeholder is Walt Helmick (D). He was elected in the November 6, 2012 general election.
Previous officeholder Gus Douglass (D) announced during his 11th term in office that he would not seek re-election in 2012.[1]
The Agriculture Commissioner's powers, term of office, qualifications, and installation are established by Article VII of the West Virginia Constitution.
Article VII, Section 1:
|The executive department shall consist of a governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and attorney general...
Article IV, Section 4 of the West Virginia Constitution establishes the qualifications of office as such:
No person, except citizens entitled to vote, shall be elected or appointed to any state, county or municipal office; but the governor and judges must have attained the age of thirty, and the attorney general and senators the age of twenty-five years, at the beginning of their respective terms of service; and must have been citizens of the state for five years next preceding their election or appointment, or be citizens at the time this constitution goes into operation.
- a citizen entitled to vote
- a resident of West Virginia for at least the preceding 5 years
Chapter 19, Article 1 of West Virginia Code further details the qualifications of the commissioner of agriculture:[2]
The commissioner shall be a practical farmer, learned in the science of agriculture, and shall have made agriculture his chief business for a period of ten years immediately preceding his election.
- a practical farmer
- learned in the science of agriculture
- has made agriculture his chief business for at least the 10 years preceding his election
West Virginia elects agriculture commissioners in Presidential election years. For West Virginia, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 are all agriculture commissioner election years.
According to state law, the inauguration always takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday of January following their election.
Incumbent Gus Douglass (D) did not seek re-election. Walt Helmick (D) defeated Kent Leonhardt (R) and write-in candidates Betty Quintana and Carl Waggoner in the November 6, 2012 general election.
|West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture General Election, 2012
|Vote %
|Walt Helmick
|Kent Leonhardt
|Total Votes
|Election Results West Virginia Secretary of State Election Results Center.
Term limits
West Virginia does not have term limits for the office of agriculture commissioner.
Details of vacancy appointments are addressed under Article VII, Section 17 of the state constitution.
If the office of Agriculture Commissioner becomes vacant, it is the duty of the governor to fill the position by appointment. The appointee serves until a new commissioner is elected.
The commissioner of agriculture is responsible for protecting the health of West Virginia's citizens, plants, and animals. The office oversees a number of scientific, regulatory, and consumer protection programs, with the aim of improving the state's agriculture industry and ensuring the safety of agricultural products sold in the state. The primary duties of the office include:[3]
- prevent, control, and eradicate animal and poultry diseases
- inspect commercial slaughterhouses
- regulate pesticides
- detect and control plant diseases
- distribute agricultural information
- enforce laws to protect the public food supply
- support rural development initiatives.
More detailed duties are specifically outlined in Chapter 19, Article 1, Section 4 of the West Virginia Code.[4]
The Department of Agriculture is made up of seven divisions.
Administrative Services Division
- The Administrative Services Division is "responsible for all day-to-day accounting functions including payroll and benefits processing, travel reimbursement, receivables, procurement, vendor payments and preparation and maintenance of the annual operating budget. Administration and financial management of federal and state grants is also handled by this unit."[5]
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Animal Health Division
- The mission of the Animal Health Division is "to prevent, suppress, control, and eradicate any communicable diseases of animals or poultry."[5]
|Contact Animal Health
Communications Division
- The Communications Division "coordinates the distribution of agriculturally related information to the general public and provides printing and informational support to all other WVDA divisions and the State Conservation Agency, Forestry Division and West Virginia Agricultural Statistics Service."[5]
|Contact Communications
Marketing and Development Division
- The Marketing and Development Division "is a multi-disciplinary division within the West Virginia Department of Agriculture which is responsible for the promotion of West Virginia agricultural products and commodities, economic development and the operation of state-owned farms and farmers' markets."[5]
|Contact Marketing and Development
Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
- The Meat and Poultry Inspection Division is responsible for "daily inspection of all commercial slaughterhouses and processing establishments to guarantee that only fully inspected, wholesome and truthfully labeled meat and poultry products are offered for sale."[5]
|Contact Meat and Poultry
Plant Industries Division
- The Plant Industries Division "protects the State's agricultural interests and forest lands from destructive insects, plant diseases, noxious weeds, and other pest organisms through pest detection, survey, identification, and control efforts and by enforcing regulations that have been promulgated to protect our crops and forests (both urban and rural)."[5]
|Contact Plant Industries
Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Division Division
- The Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Division "acts as a consumer protection / consumer service organization, enforcing laws, rules and regulations to protect the public food supply."[5]
State budget
The budget for the Department of Agriculture in Fiscal Year 2013 was $12,218,989.[6]
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
Article 7, Section 19 of the state constitution defines the method by which the commissioner of agriculture's compensation is set:
|The officers named in this article shall receive for their services a salary to be established by law, which shall not be increased or diminished during their official terms, and they shall not, after they shall not, after the expirations of the terms of those in office at the adoption of this amendment, receive to their own use any fees, costs, perquisites of office or other compensation, and all fees that may hereafter be payable by law, for any service performed by any officer provided for in this article of the Constitution, shall be paid in advance into the state treasury.
Chapter 6, Article 7-2 of the West Virginia Code lays out the exact compensation for certain state officers. According to this section of the state code, the salary of the commissioner of agriculture, beginning in 2009 and for each calendar year thereafter, shall be $95,000.[7]
In 2012, the agriculture commissioner was paid an estimated $95,000. This figure comes from the Council of State Governments.
In 2010, the West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner was paid an estimated $95,000 according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
Historical officeholders
Note: Ballotpedia's state executive officials project researches state official websites for chronological lists of historical officeholders. That information for the West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture has not yet been added because the information was unavailable on the relevant state official websites, or we are currently in the process of formatting the list for this office. If you have any additional information about this office for inclusion on this section and/or page, please email us.
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Contact information
1900 Kanawha Blvd., E.
Charleston, WV 25305
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Phone: (304) 558-3200
Fax: (304) 558-2203
See also
External links
- ↑ West Virginia Department of Agriculture, "Longtime agriculture commissioner Gus Douglass announces he will not seek re-election," May 17, 2011
- ↑ '"West Virginia Code, Retrieved June 20, 2011
- ↑ West Virginia Encyclopedia.org, "Department of agriculture," June 7, 2011
- ↑ West Virginia Code, " Retrieved June 20, 2011
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 West Virginia Department of Agriculture, "Divisions," accessed April 17, 2011
- ↑ West Virginia State Budget Office, "Legislature's Enrolled FY 2013 Budget Bill," accessed April 3, 2013
- ↑ West Virginia Code, " Retrieved June 20, 2011
- ↑ The Council of State Governments,"The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," retrieved April 23, 2011
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Physical Characteristics
Breed Group:
There are 3 breed groups which Poodles fall under: Standard, Miniature, Toy Standards
Depending on the variety of poodle, their weight can vary quite drastically. A toy would weigh in the 2-5 kg range whereas a standard in the 10-15 kg range.
Again, depending on the variety of poodle, the height will range from that of a small toy to that of a larger dog.
While white and black are the most common colors of poodles, you will also find other colors. Poodles can be parti-colored and have large patches of colors. There are also Phantom Poodles which are patterned and solid-colored poodles are exactly that – solid in color.
Poodle coats have a similar texture as sheep's wool and is usually clipped in a number of different ways, depending on the preference of the owner.
Poodles love human interaction and aim to please their owners. They make good watchdogs and can be excellent with children. They are athletic and love to run and play.
Country of Origin:
France and Germany
The history of the poodle is a long one. Originally bred as a water dog to retrieve game fowl, they have been linked to ancestors as far back as the Egyptian and Roman eras. Unfortunately, the history of the poodle is otherwise unclear. There is some evidence to suggest they are descendents of Asian herding dogs who traveled west with Germanic nomads and eventually became German water dogs. Another theory suggests that poodles were brought to Europe by North African Berbers and eventually found their way into Portugal with the Moors.
In addition, unlike other breeds bred to different sizes, the 3 sizes of poodle (miniature, toy, and standard) have always been around.
As poodles were originally bred as water dogs, their name comes from the German word "pudeln" which means "to splash in water."
Despite their reputation as being arrogant, prissy dogs, the poodle is often considered among the most intelligent of dog breeds. They are very energetic, alert and active and without ample exercise they will exhibit problem behavior. Poodles are agile and athletic, they are usually good with children, and make good family pets.
Poodles are intelligent, highly adaptable, and therefore easy to train.
As they are originally hunting dogs, poodles thrive when they get a lot of exercise. They make excellent running or walking companions, and would ideally need at least 2 longer walks a day. They are also agile and athletic so are usually successful competitors. Without adequate exercise, poodles get bored, frustrated, and destructive.
Poodles are excellent pets. They are intelligent and affectionate dogs that will bond with a whole family. For the most part, they are good with children and other dogs but may show some apprehension around unfamiliar animals. They have a rather strong hunting instinct so supervision, especially around birds and small pets, is important. There are a number of health problems to which poodles are prone, including Addison's disease, cataracts, congenital heart disease, chronic active hepatitis, and epilepsy.