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Nutrition and Wellness Programs
This page is designed to provide school food authorities (SFAs) with information regarding the proper procedures to be used in the procurement of contracts for foods and goods (not meal services contracts) in the School-Based Child Nutrition Programs. Numerous references and resources are also provided.
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
- 2 CFR Part 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
- 7 CFR Part 210 National School Lunch Program
For further information, refer to the following questions and answers.
General Procurement Requirements
All procurement transactions must be conducted in a manner that provides maximum open and free competition. Procurement procedures must ensure they do not foster noncompetitive practices between firms, do not create organizational conflicts of interest, and do not restrict or eliminate competition. Procurement must not place unreasonable requirements on firms, require unnecessary experience, or establish unrealistic bonding requirements. Cost plus a percentage of purchase is not an allowable system. There must be descriptions of all products purchased and identical instructions provided to all potential vendors.
Formal standards of conduct should govern the performance of officers, employees, and agents in the award and administration of contracts. These standards should provide that officers, employees, or agents should not solicit nor accept gratuities, favors, or anything of monetary value from contractors, potential contractors, or parties of sub-agreements.
Competitive Sealed Bid Requirements
Federal regulations require SFAs receiving federal assistance to competitively purchase food, supplies, equipment and services. When the aggregate amount to be purchased is in excess of $150,000, a formal procurement process must be conducted.
NOTE: For public schools only, the Illinois School Code states that all purchases, except perishable food and beverages in excess of $25,000 (or a lower amount as required by district board policy), must be competitively bid and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The $25,000 level refers to aggregate purchases on an annual basis.
The chart below details when formal competitive bidding must be conducted.
|Milk or fresh dairy products
|In excess of $150,000
|Fresh bread
|In excess of $150,000
|Fresh produce
|In excess of $150,000
|General groceries
|In excess of $150,000
|Vended meals
|In excess of $150,000
|In excess of $25,000
|In excess of $25,000
The $150,000 amount is determined by examining the manner in which food has been purchased in the past. If using vendors that supply only one particular type of product, such as bread, milk, or meat, the competitive bid process must be implemented when the annual amount of purchases is in excess of $150,000 per type of product.
When multiple vendors, such as full-line vendors, supply various items such as canned, frozen, and dry goods, the total annual purchase amount for all the vendors must be added together. If this amount is in excess of $150,000 annually, the food must be competitively bid. However, if supplies, equipment, or any non-perishable food/beverage items are purchased from the full-line vendor in addition to the food/beverage items, the $25,000 threshold becomes applicable. In other words, if paper goods and/or cleaning supplies are purchased from the same vendor that supplies canned, frozen, and/or dry goods, a formal competitive sealed bid must be used if the total annual amount for all foods and items purchased is over $25,000 (instead of $150,000).
Competitive Sealed Bid Procedures
The following procurement procedures must be implemented to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations and statutes. The SFA should also seek the advice of their legal counsel regarding local regulations and policies.
- The invitation for bid, including the specifications and attachments, must define the items or services needed in order for the bidders to properly respond.
- Bids must be solicited from an adequate number of known suppliers. Bid documents must be distributed (mailed, faxed, or delivered) to a minimum of three prospective bidders.
- The procurement must be publicly advertised in at least one public notice at least ten (10) days before the bid open date in a newspaper of general circulation.
- Sealed bids are accepted.
- Bids are opened at a public bid opening and the bid contents are announced.
- The contract must be awarded to the responsible and responsive bidder whose bid, conforming to all the material terms, specifications, and conditions of the invitation for bid, is lowest in price.
- Documentation of the entire process is maintained.
Informal Bid Procedures
If the purchases do not exceed $150,000 (or $25,000) as described above, informal bid procedures may be used. The following steps should be part of the informal bid process:
- Develop a written purchase description of the services/items being solicited;
- Solicit quotes/bids from three or more potential vendors based on the purchase description; document vendor names along with the date and method of contact—be sure to maintain free and open competition;
- Record all quotes/bids received and any notification received from vendors declining to bid;
- Evaluate the quotes for conformance to the purchase description;
- Award the purchase/contract (record the justification for the award); and
- Maintain all documents on file for potential audit purposes.
Geographic Preferences
Federal regulations require procurements to be conducted in a manner that allows for free and open competition. Therefore, a school food authority (SFA) cannot impose geographic restrictions on potential bidders, with one exception. Geographic preference may only be applied to the procurement of unprocessed agricultural products which are locally grown and locally raised, and that have not been cooked, seasoned, canned, or combined with any other products. De minimis handling and preparation are allowable in order to present an agricultural product to an SFA in a useable form as long as the product retains its inherent character. Handling and preservation techniques that are permissible include: cooling; refrigerating; freezing; washing; packaging (such as putting eggs in a carton); vacuum packing and bagging (such as placing vegetables in a bag); drying/dehydration; applying high water pressure or "cold pasteurization"; butchering livestock, fish and poultry; pasteurizing milk; and adjusting the size through size reduction made by peeling, chopping, cutting, slicing, dicing, grinding, and shucking.
While a geographic preference may be used to encourage the purchase of locally grown and locally raised products by enabling SFAs to grant an advantage to local growers, this provision does not eliminate the requirement for procurements to be conducted in a manner that allows for free and open competition as noted previously. In addition, while SFAs are permitted to apply a geographic preference for the procurement of locally grown and locally raised unprocessed agricultural products, SFAs are not required to do so. The SFA has the discretion to determine whether and how a geographic preference meets its needs, but must keep in mind that for all procurements, whether formal or informal, bids/quotes must be obtained from a minimum of three prospective vendors.
- USDA Fact Sheet on Geographic Preference
- USDA Procurement Geographic Preference Questions and Answers
Buy American
School food authorities are required to adhere to the Buy American provisions found in federal regulations (7 CFR Part 250.23). Actions an SFA should take to comply with these requirements are as follows:
- Include a Buy American clause in all food product procurement documents (product specifications, bid solicitations, purchase orders, etc.);
- Monitor contractor performance;
- Require suppliers to certify the origin of the product;
- Examine product packaging for identification of the country of origin; and
- Ask the supplier for specific information about the percentage of U.S. content in the food product.
For further information, view questions and answers.
Contract Certification Forms
- Bid-Rigging Certification
- Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered Transactions (if contract is over $25,000)
- Certificate Regarding Lobbying—Contracts, Grants, Loans and Cooperative Agreement (if contract is over $100,000)
- Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if contract is over $100,000 and if applicable)
Bid Protests
Any action which diminishes open and free competition seriously undermines the integrity of the procurement process and may subject an SFA to bid protests. SFAs are responsible for properly responding to protests and concerns raised by potential contractors. Pursuant to §3016.36(b) (12), SFAs must have protest procedures in place to handle and resolve disputes relating to their procurements and must in all instances disclose information regarding a protest to the Illinois State Board of Education Nutrition Programs Division.
FFVP Procurement Information
When purchasing fresh fruits and vegetables or other allowable items, you may use your current vendor as long as proper procurement methods were already followed AND the items being purchased were included in the procurement specifications. This includes terms by which a "new" item may be purchased. If the item being purchased was NOT included in the original procurement specifications, terms were not included for "new" item purchases*, and the purchase will not total more than $100,000, informal purchase procedures must be followed and quotes MUST be obtained from a minimum of three prospective vendors (which may include your current vendor). If the purchase will exceed $100,000 annually, you must use formal competitive procurement methods. Refer to the School-Based Child Nutrition Programs Administrative Handbook for details on determining the proper method of procurement.
*Since you cannot always foresee every single item that you may need during the course of a year or predict new items that may come on the market, you may include a method for handling new and other products in your original procurement specifications. For example, you may choose to use "vendor's cost + fee/case": $0.00–$10.00 + $1.00, $10.01–$20.00 + $2.00, and so forth. It is recommended that you research the marketplace to determine the best method for handling these types of purchases in your area.
Please contact ISBE staff at 800-545-7892 with any questions regarding procurement for the FFVP.
If schools have chosen to use the Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, ISBE has conducted procurement for them. Schools using DoD can order using the FFAVORS system, but will need to set-up an account. Contact DoD FFAVORS representative, Jane Boyles at 215-737-5573 or email@example.com.
References and Resources
- Choice
Plus: A Reference Guide for Foods and Ingredients
USDA Team Nutrition reference guide on foods and ingredients to assist purchasers in developing food specifications consistent with nutritional goals and knowledge. Provides information to help program operators make informed decisions when purchasing products for use in school lunch and breakfast programs. (Published 1996, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Choice
Plus Food Safety Supplement
Provides information on how to apply food safety to the food purchasing process. Discusses onsite visits to distributors, food recalls, safety language, food dating, manufacturer HACCP qualification standards, manufacturer audit survey, and estimated storage life of products. (Published 2003, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Cooperative
Purchasing for Child Nutrition Programs
105-minute satellite teleconference video addresses cooperative purchasing. Includes forming a cooperative purchasing system, managing purchasing cooperatives, and maintaining communications. (Published 1999, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Equipment Purchasing and Facility Design for School Nutrition Programs
This manual provides information, background, and processes for designing, renovating, and equipping school nutrition facilities.
- Equipping School Kitchens to Prepare Healthful Meals
Examines production equipment issues and provides equipment guidelines for the type and amount of food preparation necessary for producing menus planned in accordance with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. (Published 1996, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Excluded Parties List
Use this site to search for parties or companies that are debarred or suspended from conducting business.
- First
Choice: A Purchasing Systems Manual for School Food Service,
2nd Edition
A resource to guide child nutrition professionals in their procurement procedures. This edition provides procurement information and integrates food safety information to assist the purchaser in establishing procedures to assure the receipt of a safe product as specified. (Revised 2002, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Food
Buying Guide For Child Nutrition Programs
This is a link to the USDA website where the document can be downloaded. The handbook provides information to help serve meals that meet USDA requirements for any of the Child Nutrition Programs and assist food service personnel and purchasing agents in the purchase of the proper amount of food. (Published March 2002, U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service)
- Procurement
Education and Training
90-minute satellite teleconference video provides basic information about the purchasing process and the importance of training. A key message is the importance of administrative decision-making based on assessment of individual program and training needs. Expert panelists identified the steps of the procurement process for Child Nutrition Programs, described successful methods used in procurement training, compared similarities and differences of training needs, and more. (Published 2004, National Food Service Management Institute)
- Purchasing
Decisions for Cost Effective Implementation of the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans
Addresses how achievement of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans places special considerations on the purchasing process. Resources developed to help you become a more skillful purchaser also are mentioned. (Published 1995, National Food Service Management Institute)
- USDA Guide to Procuring Local Foods for Child Nutrition Programs
- USDA Policy Memo (SP 02-2010) Procurement Questions – Oct. 9, 2009


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The USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montgomery County, Alabama, will hold a signup for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the 2014 Fiscal Year. This signup will be held on a continuous basis.
Any eligible landuser that has a resource concern or problem on pastureland, cropland, hayland, or forestland may apply for assistance through this program.
Applications may be made at:
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4121 Carmichael Road, Suite 201
Montgomery, Alabama 36106
Hours: Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00p.m.
Phone: 334-279-3579
Contact: District Conservationist
The USDA work group has prioritized the resource concerns in Montgomery County as:
All applications will be ranked using an environmental benefits worksheet and approvals will be given to those applications that will provide the greatest environmental benefits, i.e. those receiving the most environmental points.
Contracts will be developed for approved applications in order of descending environmental points, until all funds are obligated. Any applications filed later than October 18, 2013, will be considered in the next pool of funding (if additional funds become available).
Eligible practices, payment rates, and restrictions are the same as the Alabama NRCS state approved EQIP Practice and Payment Schedule.
Limited Resource Farmers, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and New & Beginning Farmers will be paid at an increased payment rate.
Additional information is available on the National NRCS EQIP website.
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Governor's Institutes Winter and summer, special learning takes place here
Photo by Ben Albury Governor's Institute of Vermont site director, Marcel Freda, thanks parents and students for taking part in the institute's winter weekend during the event's closing ceremony at Goddard College in Plainfield on Sunday.
Sixteen-year-old Steven Hepp spent his sun-filled February weekend completely immersed in a video game.
Typical teenager?
Not really.
Hepp, who lives in East Montpelier, wasnt playing the video game the sophomore at U-32 High School was helping to create it from scratch under the watchful eye of a college professor as part of a weekend that was tailor-made for students with special interests from around the state.
All 64 of them arrived at Goddard College on Friday evening and by the time they left the Plainfield campus Sunday afternoon theyd put in 10 hours of class time, did a little socializing, compared notes, competed and learned.
Learning is what the Governors Institutes Winter Weekends are all about, and a sampling of students from 35 Vermont high schools, from Brattleboro and Burlington to Williamstown and Woodstock, said the first of two that will be held this month didnt disappoint.
Just ask Dakota Brosky and Erika Petterssen, two freshmen at nearby Twinfield Union School. Though both Plainfield girls had hoped to enroll in an astrophotography course, which will be offered during the upcoming Winter Weekend that is scheduled to start on Feb. 21, they settled for advanced math for girls.
Over the weekend Brosky and Petterssen said they learned more than they ever thought they would know about icosahedrons, and the protein patterns of tongue-twisting viruses that they researched and modeled.
Ive learned a lot, said Brosky, who has always been interested in math and didnt think twice about signing up for the course after learning that astrophotography was fully enrolled.
Same goes for Petterssen, who hopes the astrophotography course will be offered again, but said the weekend of science and math lived up to her expectations.
I thought it would be a cool opportunity to meet new people who are interested in the same stuff that I am and to explore new things, said Petterssen.
I was right, she added.
While Brosky and Petterssen were putting the finishing touches on their 20-sided models of rare viruses that both struggled to spell and pronounce, Hepp was busy designing a new video game and experimenting with augmented reality under the tutelage of Champlain College professor Coberlin Brownell.
Its called: Operation Dr. Blood, said Hepp, who teamed up on the project with Andrew Getz, a New York native who calls North Carolina home but goes to school in Putney, and Max Hurley, a sophomore at Middlebury Union High School.
Its based on the game Operation, but with a dark twist, he explained.
Unless, of course, you hit the toggle button that takes you to a blood-free, animated, childrens version of the game: Operation Dr. Fun.
Thats the idea, said Hepp, who was working with Getz and Hurley on graphic elements of a game they agreed would be appealing to players of all ages.
The weekends offerings also included engineering, silk-screening, and improvisational theater all miniature versions of the summer Governors Institutes that are offered each year, according to Executive Director Karen Taylor Mitchell. She said the Winter Weekends give students a taste of GIVs accelerated learning communities and delve into academic and artistic topics they care about.
Every student has something that he or she is passionate about, Taylor Mitchell said. Governors Institutes are where those passions turn into real-world skills and exciting career pathways.
Ben Demars, 17, a senior at Peoples Academy in Morrisville and veteran of three winter weekends and two summer institutes was among those who spent the weekend making their own wearable art with the help of print artist Molly Greene.
Demars said it wasnt his first attempt at silk-screening, but he did learn how to make his own stencils and was pretty pleased with the result.
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Isaacs amazing, Huntsman said of Eddy, who taught an improvisational dance class she took as part of one of the summer institutes.
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CALAIS State Police believe three men were involved in a car-stealing spree early Friday morning in Calais.
The group was allegedly responsible for numerous thefts from unlocked vehicles and multiple stolen vehicles being crashed off-road.
Police said the perpetrators stole items from unlocked vehicles at area residences, apparently drove away with a vehicle if the keys had been left inside, then crashed the stolen vehicles.
It looks like they were just going through vehicles, trying to loot whatever they could find, then just take whatever car they could find to continue their little rant, State Police Trooper Alex Comtois said.
The first vehicle that was ditched was a Jeep registered to an address in Colchester. It had slid off a snow-covered Luce Road, Comtois said.
A little farther north, the group stole a van before sliding off the same road, he said.
Also, a Honda CR-V on Max Gray Road about two miles away was stolen from a garage, police said.
In each case, Comtois said he didnt believe the vehicles had been hot-wired.
The thieves rifled through at least six vehicles altogether, according to officials, stealing cell phones, GPS devices, and purses.
Police received the call for assistance shortly after 2 a.m. and because of the slippery road conditions, it took them about 45 minutes to arrive.
State Police ask anyone with information to call the Middlesex barracks at 229-9191 or Vermont Crime Stoppers at 1-800-529-9998.
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- Undergarments not included.
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12–24 months
- Chest: 26" girth
- Arm Opening: 4.75" wide
- Length: 18"
- Bottom Opening: 18" girth
- Headpiece: 10" wide x 11.5" long
- Chest: 28" girth
- Arm Opening: 5" wide
- Length: 19"
- Bottom Opening: 19" girth
- Headpiece: 11" wide x 9.75" long
4–6 years
- Chest: 32" girth
- Arm Opening: 6" wide
- Length: 23.5"
- Bottom Opening: 22" girth
- Headpiece: 12" wide x 13" long
7–8 years
- Chest: 35" girth
- Arm Opening: 7" wide
- Length: 23.5"
- Bottom Opening: 26" girth
- Headpiece: 12" wide x 13" long
- Spot clean with a damp white cloth.
- Blot to remove excess water.
- Air dry.
- Dry-clean if needed.
- Chest: 26" girth
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Our signature breakfast buffet is included with your stay and features a sumptuous hot entrée prepared by our innkeepers. Blueberry pancakes, artichoke quiche or cinnamon French toast are just a sampling of what you can expect to find at breakfast each morning. We also prepare a fresh baked good such as our delicious honey-buttermilk muffins, blueberry sour cream scones or pumpkin muffins. Breakfast also always includes cereals, breads, fresh fruit, juices, tea and coffee. Most of the dishes we prepare each morning can be found in our new 7th edition The Kitchen Cookbook.
Breakfast in Bed is available for $10 per day. Simply ask the innkeeper for the Breakfast in Bed form at check-in and be sure to return it to the front desk by 7:00 pm the night before you would like to receive Breakfast in Bed. This service may not be available at all inns.
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Guests on special diets generally find many items in our buffet that are suitable to their needs. However, due to the small size of our inn and kitchen, we cannot accommodate all dietary requests (such as gluten-free, vegan, no nuts, etc.). If you are on a restricted diet, you are welcome to store a small bag of your own foods in our refrigerator.
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Shale gas exports will strengthen U.S. economy
In an effort to block exports of natural gas, an assorted mix of politicians, pundits and anti-oil and gas groups is pulling out all the stops. If they succeed, they will prevent realization of the great market potential of domestically-produced natural gas, and our nation's economy will suffer.
Rep. Edward Markey of Massachusetts says large-scale gas exports would lead to a "massive wealth transfer from working Americans to oil and gas companies." Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who is the incoming chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, says we may be "trading away the enormous economic advantage of having a large, low-cost domestic natural gas supply." And Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, says that a push to export natural gas ignores environmental problems associated with increased gas production.
All of their arguments are unsound. The United States has made astounding economic and environmental progress due to the shale-gas revolution, and more progress can be expected. Today we have large and growing reserves of cheap natural gas thanks to a combination of hydrofracing and horizontal drilling, processes that are safe and efficient and well-regulated by individual states, which have opened up enormous shale-gas reserves in more than a dozen states and turned this country from an importer of natural gas to a potential exporter.
By converting their product to liquefied natural gas, or LNG – a condensed and pressured form of the fuel – natural gas companies can ship to markets overseas in Europe and Asia, where the price of natural gas is as much as 15 times higher than it is in the United States.
America's gas bounty is so great that the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates there is enough of the clean-burning fuel to last more than 100 years at the current rate of consumption. What's more, the supply is likely to surge because of the existence of huge, unexploited shale gas deposits like the Monterey shale in California and the potential for more new discoveries in the future. That means there will continue to be plenty of natural gas for households, electricity production, industrial use, transportation, and exports.
As a result of dramatically increased oil and gas production from unconventional sources like shale, more than 1.7 million new American jobs have been created so far, a number that could rise to as many as 3 million by the end of this decade, according to a study by Cambridge Energy Research Associates. The majority of those jobs are in a wide variety of manufacturing and other sectors like steelmaking that support oil and gas drilling.
But the benefits of shale gas production are not only economic they are environmental as well. Greater use of natural gas instead of coal in the United States has led to a significant drop in greenhouse-gas emissions. This is due to the fact that gas produces up to 60 percent less carbon dioxide than coal when used for electricity generation. And gas emits no soot, mercury, lead or other toxic pollutants. The recent smog crisis in China due to its heavy reliance on coal and oil for power generation is a clear example of why natural gas needs to become the global bridge fuel between the heavier carbon fuels and renewable energy sources.
America's bright energy prospects are far from guaranteed, however. While the massive shale deposits like the Utica here in Ohio and the Marcellus in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York could, if fully developed, profoundly change our energy future, demand for gas has not kept pace with supply. That's indicated by the extremely low price of gas. It will take time for demand to grow. In the meantime, many drillers are shutting in their wells and moving their drilling rigs to areas where the production of natural gas liquids and oil is more prolific.
Growing exports of LNG may push up prices somewhat, adding 3 percent to 9 percent to consumer gas bills and between 1 percent and 3 percent to electricity bills between 2015 and 2035, according to a study by the Energy Information Administration. But that's precisely what the market needs. Higher prices are necessary if the shale-gas revolution is to continue, with all the economic benefits that it brings to our state and our nation. LNG exports will help increase economic growth, reduce the nation's trade deficit, and create jobs.
In addition, just one LNG export terminal could create nearly $11 million in new tax revenue every year for federal, state and local governments, according to the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas. At a time when states and local communities are being forced to cut public services, total government revenue from a single export facility could exceed $25 billion over 30 years.
The shale-gas revolution has truly arrived, and its effects are being felt all over the world. Let's not let opponents of gas exports prevent the realization of the full economic potential of shale-gas production.
Dr. Robert W. Chase is chair and professor of the Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geology at Marietta College, 215 Fifth St., Marietta.


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There's nothing like a good infomercial to grab your attention! "Get ready to punch your way to the perfect body." Consumer Reports tested three - Jay Glazer's Perfect Punch … Rhythm Rocker by Kymaro … and for women - the CoreBody Reformer. "We rounded up staffers to try out each product. We called on a fitness industry expert to evaluate each one. We even had our nutrition expert take a look at the diets that came with two of the products." "Just glove up, strap in, and start punching!" The 30-dollar Perfect Punch uses mixed martial arts techniques to get you in shape. But Consumer Reports found you can burn roughly the same amount of calories jogging four-and-a-half miles per hour for 16 minutes. And it was far from perfect. Eugene Chin "It kept rubbing against my shoulder." Erin Gudeux "One more time those bands come snapping up and hit me in the ears, I was going to rip it in half." Next up - the 99-dollar Rhythm Rocker by Kymaro. "The rockin, crunchin', rollin' workout system." The Rhythm Rocker comes with several different workouts and a nutrition guide. Consumer Reports' panelists tried out the eleven-and-a-half-minute dance blast video. Turns out you burn the equivalent of walking only two miles per hour on a treadmill. Kim Kleman "As for the seven-day diet, it's pretty strict so you could probably lose weight, but our nutrition expert said it offered limited food options and no maintenance program." And finally the 250-dollar Nautilus CoreBody Reformer for women. It combines yoga, Pilates, and dance in one workout. Panelists found some of the balance exercises tricky, but overall this machine did well in Consumer Reports tests. Kim Kleman "The workouts are well-rounded, and if you're somewhat fit and are looking to improve your strength and flexibility, it might be one to consider." ."
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WASHINGTON, DC (December 16, 2013) – Patient Privacy Rights' (PPR) founder and chair, Deborah C. Peel, MD, submitted written testimony to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) at today's Patient Matching Stakeholder Meeting. The meeting discussed the initial findings from the ONC's dedicated initiative to assess which aspects of patient identification matching are working well, where there are gaps, and where improvements are needed.
In her prepared testimony, Dr. Peel said that "the Initial Findings address the problems caused by current institutional health information technology (health IT) systems and data exchanges." However, she also stated that the findings may not adequately address future needs, nor do they foresee how the meaningful use requirements for the Health Information Technology for Clinical Health (HITECH) Act can resolve many of the current problems with patient identity and patient matching.
Arguing that the findings present a tremendous opportunity to create and leverage genuine patient engagement, Dr. Peel said that "patients have more interest and stake in data integrity and safety than any other stakeholder." Describing PPR's vision of the future, Dr. Peel outlined how meaningful patient engagement will eliminate many of the complex problems caused by current patient identity systems, matching technologies, and algorithms. She also said that meaningful patient engagement means that patients can access, control, or delegate how their personal information is used and disclosed, as well as monitor all exchanges of their health data in real time.
Additionally, Dr. Peel discussed key elements for meaningful patient engagement based on Fair Information Practices (FIPs) and federal law. She said that all data holders and all health data aggregators should operate as HIPAA covered entities and should be known to patients. In order to provide accountability and transparency, she said that each data aggregator should provide Notice of Privacy Practices (NPPs), voluntary patient-controlled IDs, patient and physician portals, Direct Secure email between patients and physicians Blue Button Plus (BB+), and real time accounting of disclosures.
In her concluding remarks, Dr. Peel stated that polices and best practices should consider how future health IT systems and data exchanges will operate, and should "anticipate meaningful patient and physician engagement, lowering costs, improving data quality, integrity and patient safety." She urged the ONC to require, promote, and incentivize the rapid adoption of technologies that meaningfully engage patients as described in her testimony.
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Police identify the victims as 35-year-old Michael Bobak and 25-year-old Tracey Small. Officers found their bodies in the house Monday after a man reported two unresponsive people.
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Have you developed an EJB? Have you been frustrated at having to create and manipulate the XML deployment descriptors, as well as the interfaces? I certainly have. I was recently working on an EJB for the Xbeans open source project and I decided to use another open source tool -- XDoclet -- to generate the XML descriptors and interfaces for me.
Using XDoclet will enable you to work more efficiently within the J2EE framework. You will have a simpler view of your beans and the relationships between them, and many of the annoyances will be taken out of your development.
This article will discuss the XDoclet tool, how to use it, and how to extend it. In this article, we will create a session bean that uses the Javadoc tags, and run XDoclet on the bean.
XDoclet is a tool that has evolved from the original EJBDoclet tool that Rickard Oberg created. The idea was simple: Instead of managing multiple files for each EJB, view the entire component through the Bean class itself. How can this be done? Java doesn't have the "attributes" that .NET is touting, but it does have Javadoc tags. We can place special
@ tags into Javadoc comments, and have a Doclet tool that looks for these tags. The tool then generates the appropriate XML descriptors and interfaces for the given set of beans. XDoclet built on the EJBDoclet idea by extending the framework beyond the realm of EJBs. Now you can generate Web Services, Web Application descriptors, and even extend the system to fulfill your individual needs.
@ tags have a standard format, containing a "namespace" and a "tagname" that belongs to that namespace. Then properties of the tag are passed in via
name="value" arguments to the tag. Here is a generic example:
* @namespace:tag name="value" name2="value2" ...
The current namespaces used are:
struts-config.xml from Form and Action.
web.xml configuration for Web Applications.
As you can see, there is substantial support for many frameworks beyond the EJB world (hence the change of name from EJBDoclet to XDoclet).
Now that we have talked about the tool, let's get into the real example. We will start with a Session EJB. This EJB is part of the Xbeans framework, but for this example, it doesn't matter what the bean does. All we care about is how we take a bean class, "mark it up" with Javadoc tags, and then use XDoclet to generate the meta files for us.
The file
ReceiverBean.java will hold the following method:
documentReady(Document doc). This method takes a DOM document and passes it to the next Xbean in the chain.
At the class level, we need to define:
The only required attribute for this tag is to tell XDoclet the name of the bean. We will also define the type of bean, the JNDI name to bind the home stub, and the display name:
* This is the EJB Receiver Xbean
* @ejb:bean type="Stateless"
* name="ejbReceiver"
* jndi-name="org.xbeans.ejb.receiver.Receiver"
* display-name="EJB Receiver Xbean"
* ... other javadoc tags ...
public class ReceiverBean implements SessionBean, DOMSource {
The most common attributes for the
ejb:bean tag are:
Stateful or
Stateless. For Entities, it is
CMP or
jndi-name, but used for the Local interface.
remote or
local, or
As for all of the tags, check out the documentation to see the full list of options.
This tag defines an environment entry that will be configured in JNDI via the special
java:comp/env context. We will define an environment entry that the bean will use to look up the next Xbean in the chain:
* This is the EJB Receiver Xbean
* ... other javadoc tags ...
* @ejb:env-entry name="channelBean" type="java.lang.String"
* value="com.your.ChannelBean"
* ... other javadoc tags ...
public class ReceiverBean implements SessionBean, DOMSource {
Now we will configure the vendor-specific pooling characteristics, using WebLogic for the sake of argument. To denote that we are in a vendor-specific world, we have the
weblogic namespace:
* This is the EJB Receiver Xbean
* ... other javadoc tags ...
* @weblogic:pool max-beans-in-free-pool="1000"
* initial-beans-in-free-pool="10"
* ... other javadoc tags ...
public class ReceiverBean implements SessionBean, DOMSource {
This tag will configure the pooling parameters in the WebLogic-specific deployment descriptor (
Related Reading
Java and XML, 2nd Ed.
There are many other class-level tags allowing you to tweak anything that you can in the deployment descriptors. Here is a high-level glimpse at some of the "standard" tags that you may want to use in your development:
both), the package the interfaces should be placed into, and more.
home tag, but configures information related to the component interface (
remote and/or
role-name to call all methods in remote and home interfaces of this bean.
We want to tag at the method level. If we want a given method to be part of the remote interface, we simply tell XDoclet via a method level tag:
* The method that the sender uses to pass the Document
* @ejb:interface-method view-type="remote"
public void documentReady(Document incomingDocument) {
You will always use this tag. You will go through the methods in your bean class, and if you wish a client to access it, you place this tag above the method signature. If you wanted the access to be via a local interface, you simply change the
view-type value to
Here are some of the other EJB method-level tags:
ejbHome* method.
getX/setX methods. For BMP, it will generate
getX/setX methods that keep track of a dirty flag (so that
ejbStore is only called when necessary).
NotSupported | Supports | Required | RequiresNew | Mandatory | Never.
Now we have one Java source file,
ReceiverBean.java, which has been tagged for XDoclet. We need to run XDoclet, telling it to generate all of the fluff for us.
The preferred way to run the tool is through the Jakarta-Ant build system. Ant is the ubiquitous Java build system that everyone seems to be using now. If you haven't worked with Ant, check out the Jakarta website, or "Open Source Java: Ant".
The XDoclet folk have developed Ant tasks that we simply place into our build file (
build.xml) to invoke the doclet engine. There are two main tasks:
<ejbdoclet/> and
<webdoclet/>. Since we are working with an EJB, let's peruse the
ejbdoclet target in our build file:
<target name="ejbdoclet" depends="prepare">
<taskdef name="ejbdoclet"
classname="xdoclet.ejb.EjbDocletTask" classpath="${java.class.path};${xdoclet.jar.path};
<fileset dir="${java.dir}">
<include name="**/ReceiverBean.java" />
<deploymentdescriptor destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"/>
<jboss destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"
version="2.4" xmlencoding="UTF-8" />
<weblogic destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"
<webSphere destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF" />
<orion destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF" />
There is a lot of information in this file, so we should break it up and discuss the pieces:
First things first; we need to tell the Ant build system about the <ejbdoclet/> tag. We define the name of the tag, the class that implements the tag, and pass in the classpath that it can use. In this case, we use properties that have been set up at the top of the
build.xml file that point to the various libraries that we need:
<taskdef name="ejbdoclet" classname="xdoclet.ejb.EjbDocletTask"
The outermost tag tells Ant to run the EJBDoclet task. We pass in the location of our code, where to generate the XML descriptors and Java source, and the version of the EJB spec we are referring to (again, using properties):
We tell the
<ejbdoclet> tag where to find our beans, using the
<fileset> directive. Our example will find all code named
ReceiverBean.java located in any subdirectory of the
<fileset dir="${java.dir}">
<include name="**/ReceiverBean.java" />
The next set of tags will make sure that the remote interface, home interface, and standard XML deployment descriptor (
ejb-jar.xml) will be generated:
<deploymentdescriptor destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"/>
The final set of tags allow for the generation of vendor-specific deployment descriptors. If you are only deploying your EJBs on one server, you would just have one entry. Since I want my Xbean EJB to be able to be deployed on as many vendor application servers as possible, I placed all of the vendors' tags. It's great that I can generate these vendor-specific files without really knowing anything about the particulars of these app servers!
<jboss destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"
version="2.4" xmlencoding="UTF-8" />
<weblogic destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF"
<webSphere destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF" />
<orion destdir="${build.dir}/ejb/META-INF" />
Now, to build everything for the Xbean EJB, I simply run Ant in the same directory as my build file. I have to make sure that the Ant libraries (
jaxp.jar, an XML parser), and the
xdoclet.jar file, are in my
CLASSPATH. For example, assuming a Windows environment:
% set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;c:/lib/ant.jar;c:/lib/jaxp.jar;c:/lib/xerces.jar;
% ant ejbdoclet
[runs ant on the ejbdoclet task]
% ant
[runs ant on the default task. In this case it will generate the source, xml descriptors, then compile them, and package everything as an ejb-jar file]
Note: Please check out the full
build.xml that is part of the examples file accompanying this article/
XDoclet is highly extensible. It has been architected in such a way that you can edit the output of descriptors and interfaces, and create your own through the use of its simple templating mechanism. Each output file has a corresponding template file, with an extension of
.j. Open up the
xdoclet.jar archive to see a bunch of them. You will see that there are sets of XML tags that have simple logic for knowing what to output from the templates. Here is a simple example taken from the existing EJB template, which will output the display name for the given bean taken from the
@ejb:bean display-name property:
<XDtClass:classTagValue tagName="ejb:bean"
classTagValue XML tag gives a simple interface for displaying a property of a tag. There are a slew of tags that allow for loops, checking if a tag or property exists, and much more. If you ever need to tweak the output or create your own templates, you have support. When would you want to create your own template? How about if you wanted to add support for another application server, or a special O/R database? If you do create your own templates, please submit them to the open source project!
Our session bean used the
@ejb:env-entry tag to configure an environment variable
channelBean with the value
com.your.ChannelBean. Do we really want to hard-code this kind of thing in the bean class itself? Maybe not. We have a couple of choices here; one solution is to define the value in the Ant build script. Then, if the value needs to be changed at deploy time we could change the property, and rerun Ant. To make this change we first tweak the
build.xml file:
<property name="env-channelBean" value="com.my.ChannelBean" />
and then change the bean class itself:
* @ejb:env-entry name="channelBean" type="java.lang.String"
* value="${env-channelBean}"
Another solution is to use merge points. EJB environment entries have a merge point to allow us the ability to add in our own entries (kind of like a C
#include). If we created a file named
ejb-entries-<ejbName.xml, it would be sucked into the template mechanism, and will be output in the final
We have shown how to develop EJBs using XDoclet. This free open source solution can simplify your EJB development, allowing you to work just with a bean class and have the interfaces and descriptors generated for you. This framework is growing, and isn't just for EJBs. Being able to flag methods that you wish to become available via SOAP, configuring your Web applications (even for using Struts) is great. Over time, there will be more and more additions. Some other tools even generate XDoclet tags for you, such as the Middlegen code generation tool for EJB 2.0 Entity Beans.
Dion Almaer is a Principal Technologist for The Middleware Company, and Chief Architect of TheServerSide.Com J2EE Community.
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Minneapolis police say two officers who were shot after a traffic stop are in stable condition.
Police gave the news via the department Twitter account Friday afternoon about an hour after the incident on the city's south side.
Spokeswoman Cyndi Barrington told The Associated Press that a suspect was also shot. She didn't know his condition or age.
Barrington says the officers stopped the vehicle about 3:30 p.m. and the suspect fled and broke into a house. The homeowner called police, and a shootout ensued.
Minneapolis police also say a squad car on its way to the police shooting collided with a motorcycle, killing one person on the motorcycle and injuring another.
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After 5 1/2 mos. of successful BFing on-demand, and after having started solids for my son about a month ago, my milk supply seems to have decreased dramatically even with pumping. I pump after nursings and between feedings (and he only eats solids twice daily).
He doesn't seem to want to wean (which is good) because he nurses well for his first a.m. feeding; but his other BFs he seems distracted (regardless of our environment). He suckles but lets go and looks around, then latches back on doing this several times in a BF session even with switching sides and burping. While BFing he kicks his legs. He's been a great nurser until now. The only other time that he's not distracted is for those nights when he needs a feeding in the middle of the night.
I don't feel myself letting down when BFing or pumping now. My pumping production is down from what was more than an additional 6 oz per day on a given day to 3 oz if I'm lucky. (I've emptied my froz. EBM supply.)
I'm committed to providing DS with BM for the entire first year and I'm really feeling like I'm failing him right now. I've even cut back on the amt of solids at his 2 solids feedings hoping to stimulate more desire/need to BF.
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Chalet Rosanna has proven to be a popular addition to our programme due to its excellent central location in St Anton just 3 minutes from the centre. The Rosanna is steeped in history and is furnished in a very attractive traditional Austrian style.
The bedrooms are charming with pretty painted bedsteads and wardrobes adding to the character and warmth; all are en suite, either with bath or shower and most have a balcony.
The split level living and dining areas have an appealing ambience with a cosy corner fireplace, an inviting spot in which to relax at the end of your ski day.
Access to the skiing is quick and easy as guests can choose to walk to either the Nasserein or Galzig lifts, each only 5 minutes away. Approximate Transfer time to resort: 1 hour 15 minutes
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BENNINGTON Ralph G. Quackenbush III, 63, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Bennington Health & Rehabilitation, following a brief illness.
He was born in Bennington on April 13, 1950, the son of Ralph G. Quackenbush II and Leota (Carmichael) Quackenbush Amundsen.
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In earlier years, Mr. Quackenbush was employed at Globe Union Corp. and Johnson Controls. In Florida, he later owned and operated White Line Trucking until retiring in 2000.
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He enjoyed hunting, fishing, NASCAR, ATV rides on the mountain and his Camp Needabuck.
Survivors include three children, Ralph Quackenbush IV of Hoosick Falls, Kristy Walker of Waupun, Wis., and James Quackenbush of Bennington; six grandchildren; three siblings, Patricia Vitenberg of Saratoga, N.Y., Marie DeCoff of Bennington and Michael Quackenbush of Jacksonville, Fla.; two half-sisters, Joan LeBlanc of Wildwood, Fla., and Susan Quackenbush of North Adams, Mass.; three step-siblings, Linda Pierce, Danny Wirasnik, both of Bennington, and Joe Wirasnik of Hartland; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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