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Getting Started
The training and implementation of PBIS follows the research of the National Implementation Research Network for the scaling up of evidence based practices. Dean Fixsen and Karen Blasé have identified stages of implementation for implementing and sustaining initiatives.
To begin, review implementation information on systems change:
Stage 1: Purpose Building
The goal of the purpose building or exploration stage is to select the right evidence-based program. In this stage, your school or district will strive to identify the best program fit, which is the match between needs and resources and characteristics of the program.
As your district/school is considering PBIS, the following actions should be taken.
(Throughout this process, your Wisconsin PBIS Network Regional Technical Assistance Coordinator is available to provide information about PBIS, purpose building activities, infrastructure activities, and to answer questions about other implementation related questions. Here is a link to find the PBIS Coordinator in your region).
- Watch the This Is PBIS Module explaining the PBIS framework and giving general information about PBIS. Other videos that may be helpful:
- Review research regarding the evidence base of PBIS
- Talk to and/or visit other schools that are implementing PBIS (Schools at Fidelity)
- Attend an administrative overview through the Wisconsin PBIS Network (events calendar)
- Review your current school and district data to determine if PBIS fits the needs and goals of your school
- Assess your district/school's capacity and commitment to PBIS.
- Discuss the availability of resources for PBIS at district and building leadership team meetings. Information regarding time and finanacial commitments can be found here:
- Determine the funding source for training, personnel time, and other expected expenses for a minimum of 3-5 years.
- Present PBIS to your school staff and get feedback to assess buy-in to determine your ability to implement PBIS in your school. A sample PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes can be downloaded. Your Wisconsin PBIS Network regional technical assistance coordinator can assist with selecting strategies to assess staff buy in.
Stage 2: Infrastructure
The infrastructure or installation stage refers to making the structural and instrumental changes necessary to implement the program within an organization. As your school prepares to build the infrastructure to support the implementation of PBIS, the following steps should be completed:
- A PBIS leadership team (generally 6-8 members) is formed and has broad representation, including a building administrator, general education teachers, special education teachers, social worker and/or school psychologist, specials teachers, paraprofessionals, and family members
- The school PBIS team commits to meet monthly, at minimum, to analyze school-wide behavioral and academic data and use this data in the problem-solving process
- Identify internal and external coaches to support the implementation process. Information about coaches can be found here.
- The school identifies who the district's PBIS Assessment local coordinator is and how to contact them. If the district does not have a local coordinator, a district-level local coordinator is identified and submit the name and email address to Melissa Marks at the Wisconsin PBIS Network.
- The school staff complete the Self-Assessment Survey on the PBIS Assessment website
- The school identifies a data system that will allow for office discipline referral (ODR) data to be graphed in, at minimum, the following ways and disaggregated by disability and race:
- ODRs per day per month
- ODRs by location
- ODRs by behavior
- ODRs by time
- ODRs by student
- The school contacts a Wisconsin PBIS Network regional technical assistance coordinator for additional assistance with installation stage activities and to schedule or register for training. School readiness documents are completed and submitted to the regional technical assistance coordinator.
- The school leadership team, including school administrator, attends training.
Stage 3: Initial Implementation
(SAMHSA Initial Implementation Stage)
During the initial implementation stage, individuals begin to put into practice all that has been planned for during exploration and installation. Practitioners and staff will be changing their behavior, using new skills for the first time, and incorporating new practices into their everyday routine. This stage is often awkward because people are now expected to perform new skills and engage in new processes, which may lead them to perform in an uncoordinated or hesitant fashion. Practicing and implementing new skills with fidelity will take time.
Stage 4: Full Implementation
(SAMHSA Full Implementation Stage)
Full implementation occurs when the program is integrated into the school and district systems. The processes and procedures to provide PBIS are now in place. For example, staffing is complete, caseloads are full, services are being more skillfully provided by staff, and funding streams are in place. It now becomes important to maintain and improve the program through excellent monitoring and purposeful improvement to avoid entering program drift (that is edging toward a lack of fidelity). PBIS is ready to be evaluated, with a focus on assessing program fidelity. Fidelity measures, such as the Team Implementation Checklist, Self-Assessment Survey, and Benchmarks of Quality are used at this point to determine if the program is being delivered as intended. Additional information on these fidelity tools can be found here.
After PBIS has been implemented with fidelity, modifications may be considered to help produce better outcomes. For example, if fidelity is high but outcomes are not as expected, this may require program adaptation, an adjustment to PBIS to fit the local school environment and needs. All adaptations should be carried out carefully and systematically and with attention to both implementation and outcome evaluations. Implementation evaluations determine if PBIS has been implemented as intended. The same fidelity measures mentioned above can be used for implementation evaluations. Outcome evaluation refers to reviewing the results to determine if the program is working. Implementing PBIS with fidelity is likely to impact school climate, office discipline referrals, suspensions and expulsions, and ultimately academic performance.
Stage 5: Sustainability
(SAMHSA Program Sustainability Stage)
Sustainability is only possible when full implementation has been achieved. Sustaining change can be difficult. PBIS is not frozen in time and must adapt continually to changes in the community, funding streams, and organizational priorities. Organizational culture, leadership, and staff need to be nurtured and maintained. The involvement of high-level administrators in a continuous feedback loop with the PBIS team, staff, families, communities, and students is critical. At this stage, schools should continue to utilize fidelity tools and review outcome data to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of PBIS implementation. This will facilitate assessing the effectiveness and quality of PBIS in the school.
Most importantly, sustainability can and should be planned for early in the implementation process and examined at each stage.


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My name is Amna Syed and I am currently in my penultimate year at school. I am originally from Pakistan, but have lived in England before moving to the Netherlands. This year, I travelled to Jamaica as a volunteer to take part in the Medicine programme.
My first impressions of Jamaica
As soon as we stepped out of the airport, we were met by the heat and humidity of Jamaica's tropical climate. We didn't have to stand in the heat for long as we were quickly welcomed by Projects Abroad staff who took us on a three hour car journey, from the airport in Montego Bay, to the parish of Mandeville.
It's fair to say that the car journey was a memorable one; it was the first time that most of us were exposed to roads with so many potholes and sharp turns! On the other hand, it was a great chance for volunteers to get to know each other whilst admiring Jamaica's beautiful, green and hilly landscape.
At my Medicine project
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During the day we would assist the nurses, help care for and interact with the patients, as well as observe and learn from the doctors during their ward rounds. I made endless gauze pads with the nurses, but also learnt about different conditions and treatments from the doctors.
Due to the fact that Jamaica is a developing country, I expected the government run hospitals to be much different to the ones we have back home in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, it was incredibly interesting to see how well the nurses cared for the patients, despite the lack of monitoring machinery.
After spending just five hours at the hospital, we received first aid training from the Jamaican Red Cross. Although I had previously received first aid training, I found it very useful to refresh my knowledge, discover new techniques and learn about different life-threatening diseases.
One of my most memorable parts of my two weeks in Jamaica was our medical outreach. After going through a workshop about common medical checks, we were able to perform them on members of the public. We set up our booths in a church in Mandeville; we offerred free fitness and dietary advice as well as carrying out blood pressure and blood glucose tests.
I carried out blood glucose checks on over thirty people, ranging from thirteen to ninety-one years old. Despite being nervous about getting blood samples in the beginning, I soon got the hang of it. I felt that it was a great experience, as I learnt how to deal with different kinds of patients, especially those who ran away from needles!
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I had the privilege of staying with the Stewart family whilst in Jamaica. Both Mr and Mrs Stewart were incredibly friendly and hospitable from the minute we arrived. They introduced myself and a few other volunteers to traditional Jamaican cuisine and delicacies including plantain, which we first mistook for a huge banana.
I became very close to the other volunteers whilst sitting on the balcony looking out onto the scenic views of the mountain. Our host family went out of their way to show us around Jamaica; ranging from night drives to the mountain-top, to supermarket visits. With the help of our host family, we were even able to host a fourth of July barbeque night with the other fourteen volunteers in Jamaica!
Activities on the weekend
Every day after working at the hospital and receiving first aid training, we would meet up with the other volunteers from the other programmes and spent the evening together. The staff in Jamaica had organised some great evening activities for us. These included a patois course, culture class, food tasting, reggae dancing, and everyone's favourite, karaoke night. These activities helped us all build stronger friendships and we got to know each other much better.
On the weekend we travelled to one of Jamaica's most famous beaches, Ocho Rios, and the breath-taking YS Waterfalls. The beach was so picturesque with crystal clear blue water and white sand; despite all this most of us spent the first five minutes taking advantage of Wi-Fi we hadn't experienced in over five whole days.
Thanks to the great weather and the activities the beach had to offer, we weren't on our phones for long. We went out into the sea in a glass-bottomed boat and had the opportunity to snorkel amongst the fish. The weekend excursion gave us all a chance to interact and relax whilst enjoying Jamaica's beauty.
My final thoughts
Despite only being in Jamaica for two weeks, I had an amazing and unforgettable experience. I feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel across the world and learn about Medicine in a totally new environment and culture.
Although, before I left home, I was nervous about embarking on my journey. When the two weeks were over, I did not want to leave Jamaica. Not only did I learn a lot, I also made many great friendships with people from across the globe – meaning no matter what time of day it is there's always someone to talk to!
I would definitely recommend this experience to anyone hoping to gain experience in Medicine whilst travelling and meeting new people.
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Posted: Thu 20 Mar 2014, 19:09
Post subject: Blue Pup V1 & V2 (Released 13th March 2014)
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I installed icewm + icewm themes from PPM, exited to the prompt and
did xwin icewm, then rebooted after making a couple of changes to icewm preferences.
Some key assignments have changed but it's working pretty well I think.
Exiting to the prompt and doing xwin jwm puts it back the way it was.
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Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2014, 04:32
Post subject: Blue Pup (V2 Released 13th March 2014)
@ Tony,
Hi ETP,
i've finally got a bootable system on a usb stick after a few more failures.
I used a 16 Gb stick and after a failure with it, I looked at the formatting in detail with gparted. I found it had a few K bits unformated at the front and use gparted to move the formated section to fill the space on the stick.
After this it worked. I use a netbook and the windows are too big for it, but had no trouble getting on to the internet. Found the metro screen a bit strange especially as it was too big for the computer but at least it's a start.
thanks a lot. Tony
Thanks for filling in another piece of the puzzle. With a netbook you may need to reduce the global font size to 78. Restart X then in the browser, use ctrl in combination with the plus and minus keys to adjust to taste. Further options include slightly reducing the JWM & GTK themes font point sizes but adjusting the global font size will probably suffice.
The Metro interface is best run at 3 or 4 rows as in Billtoo's last shot. The intention is that you pan left and right by moving your mouse scroll wheel back and forth or use two fingered swipes on the touch pad.
@ rufwoof,
Whilst BluePup looks really impressive, does it actually improve efficiency and interaction (typing a document, sending a email etc.).
Not surprisingly, I believe that it does given the combination of panel and global key combinations. ALT+E to launch email is a good example but I find launching the panel followed by the down arrow key then enter even more convenient. I must say I enjoyed your video and admire what you have done with Slacko
@ gcmartin,
let just tell users that they need a 16GB or larger USB drive and that the process will destroy all existing information that exist on the USB in producing a BLUE/Quirky6+ system.
My current thinking is to add a "known problem" section to the second post in this thread should anyone hit a problem with an 8GB stick. It would include preparation of the target stick(s) and the possibility of using a bigger stick.
Finally I would welcome some more feedback on speed and usability
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Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2014, 04:41
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I've attached a couple of images of vnc running on both a phone and a tablet (both are running Windows).
Its amusing how some who are concerned about security and the potential for the likes of the NSA to have a backdoor entry via the Windows operating system - often fail to appreciate that there are potential backdoors inbuilt into the CPU
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Technicians no longer need rely on a functioning operating system and network drivers to take control of a computer. VNC Viewer Plus can connect to a supported computer with Intel® Core™ vPro™ technology out-of-band, so that more complex issues, such as OS failures and boot problems, can be diagnosed remotely.
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Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2014, 19:37
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I just tried using the linux method to install BluePup v2 on an 8gig PNY flash drive with 7.6gigs shown as free on the fat32 partition.
There were no unallocated space at the beginning of the partition either.
The install failed to boot.
But I did the install using Slacko 5.5 frugal install with a 1.2gig slackosave file that had a fair amount of space left on it.
After doing the xz --decompress.......
with sync, which I made into a script so I was sure to get it right before taking the plunge, I noticed that the free space in my slacko save file had all but disappeared as well as the processor usage had maxed out according to the taskbar icon.
Being a glutton for punishment, I am going to repartition the flaswh drive and try it again.
I have a backup of my pupsave file, so I can fall back on it if I for some reason need to.
I do not know what tricks the xz command does in that it creates a f2fs partition along with the fat 32 partition.
I do not have the means of checking the contents of the f2fs partition as I do not have the tools installed to do so.
Anyway, I will check back when I get it working.
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Posted: Sat 22 Mar 2014, 00:04
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I wouldn't install Adobe Flash or Thunderbird. Chrome comes with its own Pepper Flash distribution which is far, far more secure than any Adobe build. Thunderbird/Seamonkey/Firefox are just not at all secure according to a few dozen security studies in the last 5 years.
If you want to make a Chromebook-like build, you should just go full Google.
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Posted: Sat 22 Mar 2014, 05:37
Post subject: Blue Pup (V2 Released 13th March 2014)
Hi jeff-nelson,
This Pup only attempts to emulate a Chromebook in terms of speed.
With regard to security, I work on the basis that there is no such thing as a secure O/S, keeping nothing on my PC that I would not mind being in the public domain. There is utterly no reason to blindly believe that the systems behind the internet sites of banks, shops or any financial institutions are anything but wide open and as such are susceptible to both internal fraud and external attack. IMHO telephone banking is preferable to on-line banking as if something goes wrong the bank cannot blame your lack of security or make out that your PC must have been breached. If shopping on line the best that can be hoped for is to limit the risk by using a dedicated prepayment card with a limited amount on it rather than a credit or debit card.
Interesting quote from a discussion on actual stick capacity versus advertised capacity.
Memory sticks and hard drives for that matter are sold like broadband. We give you up to 20MB bandwidth actually means that 99.9% of customers are lucky to get close to 8MB. The only people that get the full bandwidth are those that live in a tent no more than 4 inches from the exchange and are fed by a platinum cable immersed in a bath of liquid nitrogen that's wrapped in the finest yak wool hand stitch by Tibetan monks. Never met one myself but they must exist.
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Posted: Sat 22 Mar 2014, 16:43
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What do I need to install in Slacko 5.5 to be able to view the contents of the f2fs partition? When I try to mount it, I get a message of the file system type as being unsupported as to a needed add-on.
Also, it just does not seem right that one would have to use Windows to install a linux OS.
And why was the jump made to using f2fs? Why not use e3fs or e4fs as most Puppy OSes already have the means to read and check those types of file systems?
Back when I installed Quirky, I did a work around in that I redid the f2fs partition to an ext4 partition and then uncompressed the image file to that partition. And that worked for me at the time.
I mean is an f2fs partition required? Or is it just jumping on a new type of file system? It is also my understanding that the f2fs file system is still in the alpha stage of development.
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After a second attempt at creating a bootable USB stick with blue, and seeing the drive icons change from sdd1 to sdd1 and sdd2 with the popup info window on sdd2 show it as an f2fs file system, I installed f2fs-tools and did a check of that partition.
The report ended up with a fail and I am attaching it as a text file.
Also, even though the boot flag was set for sdd1, it never showed up in my computers boot selection menu.
I could get that usb stick to show be instead, setting the boot flag to sdd2.
But naturally, without the kernel being loaded, the boot failed.
The report is for your consideration.
The zip extension is fake! Read the file as a text file.
Done with fsck.f2fs /dev/sdd2
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Hi 8-Bit:
Unfortunately, I'm certainly not the one who can answer your questions. However, the f2fs file system was initiated by BarryK as he advised this file system is less abrasive to USB drives. You may wish to check out Barry's blog on the matter. I tried to search it but I couldn't locate it again.
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I've been using upup3.9.9,2 for my f2fs formating, you need a late kernel to see it.
Blue Pup has a tiny fat 16 partition up front for booting.
When I succeeded getting Blue Pup onto a 16Gb stick I had 8Gb unused at the back.
My solution was to move everything out of the second partition to backup. Delete second partition using Gparted, then putting in a new f2fs partition to fill stick, Then moving the backed up folders and symlinks back in.
Seems to work but couldn't download Firefox. I need "Nosquint" and it doesn't work in Seamonkey.
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Posted: Sun 23 Mar 2014, 16:44
Post subject: Blue Pup (V2 Released 13th March 2014)
@ 8-bit
BarryK was the first to see the potential of f2fs which is designed specifically for solid state memory and quicker than ext3 or ext4. Please see the thread I started back in February 2013:
01Micko went on to script some of my early efforts then in July 2013 took it even further. (Well worth studying)
At this point in time f2fs is quite mature although some of the tools lag behind. The report you posted is an example, as the error is spurious. In QT Barry used f2fs developing upon the work by 01Micko & JAMESBOND.
I am convinced that f2fs is not to blame here. If it were there would have been no bootable sticks produced with the 8GB image.
One of the reasons for using the 8GB image approach and Windows rather than a revised *usfs.xz file was so that Blue Pup "might" appeal to Window's users with no knowledge of Linux. I failed to anticipate the "stick" problems and am actively seeking a solution.
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As I earlier stated, when I start my computer and am given the option to press function key 12 for a boot menu, The flash drive/stick does not show up at all in the selection under the drives option. If I fool with the f2fs partition as to setting the boot flag on it, I them get it listed in the boot menu.
But I know that will not work to boot it. So with the fat32 partition boot flag set, (I checked), I get no listing for it in the boot menu.
And this PC will boot from a flash drive as I have did it before.
So at this point, I am assuming that one has to use windows to install linux to the flash drive and to me, this just does not seem right.
It is like saying "Windows is needed for an install of this linux derivative."
And that sucks as some of us do not even have windows on our PCs and have went to a linux only system.
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 05:04
Post subject: Blue Pup (V2 Released 13th March 2014)
@ 8-bit,
Please see this post which explains why I offered both Windows & Linux methods but prefer the Windows method.
If there is an issue with an 8GB or larger target stick it will fail to boot regardless of the method used.
In the face of a failure it is best to attempt to return the target stick to its virgin state and then try your preferred method again.
In Linux use Gparted to do that: (Use a 16GB stick if available)
1. Start by clicking on "device" then select "Create Partition Table"
2. Create a single fat32 partition spanning the whole stick accepting all other defaults.
(Do not set any flags or change anything else)
If you decide to have another try before issuing the commands, can I ask that you launch HTOP and use it to monitor the whole creation process? It may provide a clue as to what is going wrong.
# xz --decompress --stdout blue_pup_v2_8gb.img.xz > /dev/sdx
# sync
(replace x with your drive letter)
The xz part merely decompresses the image it does not create anything. Stdout writes the decompressed data to the target stick and sync flushes the buffers to ensure that all the data in memory is written to the stick.
If the stick fails to boot can you please detail the nature of the failure?
1. Did you see syslinux run?
2. Did vmlinuz load?
3. Did you then see an error message, flashing cursor, the word "Boot" or something else?
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 07:08
Post subject: F2FS
Smart guys, Samsung....
There used to be a time where flash memory was reliable (NOR flash).
To achieve a lower cost (less silicon area) NAND flash was used for the larger flash devices.
But NAND was less reliable. Therefore special controllers where developped that could manage the unreliable NAND flash, and make it more reliable.
These controllers are inside the USB stick, so from the outside the USB stick appears to be reliable...until the moment that the controller can't repair the NAND memory anymore.
But NAND keeps getting less and less reliable with the shrinking geometry. So the simple controllers inside the USB stick can't keep up.....
Let's call the OS to the rescue....
Now we have F2FS, so we can have totally unreliable flash memory behave like it is reliable. Layer upon layer of error correction....
That brings me back to my original question:
Why can't we make a 7 Gbyte image ? Just "throw away" one Gbyte, at the benefit of 99% succesfull installs ? Or does the tooling for creating this image only work in multiples of 4 Gbyte ?
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Posted: Mon 24 Mar 2014, 08:34
Post subject: Blue Pup (V2 Released 13th March 2014)
Hi Volhout,
That brings me back to my original question:
Why can't we make a 7 Gbyte image ? Just "throw away" one Gbyte, at the benefit of 99% succesfull installs ? Or does the tooling for creating this image only work in multiples of 4 Gbyte ?
The amount of data inside the image is only about 1.6 GB but a practical minimum partition size would be about 6GB the closest thing being an 8GB stick. If you image an 8GB stick the image returns to its original size regardless of the quantity of data within it. Just putting the image on a 16GB stick has worked for some but not all people. That is the equivalent of your 7GB suggestion. The excess 8GB can later be formatted and utilised.
There are other methods of install but none as user friendly as flashing an image onto a stick provided it works. The stick size dictates the image size.
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Families and individuals are invited to attend and try out the sport of archery, Utah DWR officials said. Bows, arrows and targets will be provided free of charge for anyone who would like to participate, according to the news release.
"If you or your children have ever wanted to try out a bow and arrow, this is a golden opportunity to do so without buying equipment or making special arrangements," said Brent Stettler, conservation outreach manager for the Price DWR office.
The same weekend, La Sal Mountain Outfitters is also hosting a professional archery tournament with experts coming to Moab from across the western U.S. Tournament events will be held throughout the day on both Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 5-6. He noted that families and individuals who are interested in trying out a bow and arrow may watch the professional archers shoot either before or after the two-hour family event.
Training, supervision and all necessary equipment will be provided for participants to the free event and pre-registration is not required.
For more information, contact Stettler by phone at 435-613-3707 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA) have released a joint letter to Senate leadership urging the chamber to retroactively extend the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and alternative fuels tax credits through 2011 before adjourning for the upcoming midterm elections.
"The lapse of the biodiesel tax incentive and the Senate's subsequent inability to address this issue has killed thousands of jobs and has made America more dependent on foreign oil," said Manning Feraci, NBB's Vice President of Federal Affairs. "Before the Senate goes home to campaign, it should do the right thing and seamlessly reinstate the biodiesel tax incentive."
Michael McAdams, ABFA President, noted, "If Washington doesn't step in before lawmakers leave for the campaign trail, then they are essentially putting a virtual hold on our nation's energy and economic security. It is critical that policies already put in place will continue to incentivize and reward continued innovation in superior performance technologies and products so that we can reach renewable fuel goals much higher than current standards. Industry cannot be expected to continue to build and develop fuels of the future if the government does not hold up its end of the bargain. "
The Internal Revenue Code provides a one dollar per gallon tax incentive for biodiesel and renewable diesel. Both biodiesel and renewable diesel are required by statute to meet specific fuel quality standards to qualify for their respective tax incentives. In addition, the code provides a fifty cents per gallon tax credit for alternative fuels that displace petroleum in various applications but do not meet the quality specifications required by statute to claim either the biodiesel or renewable diesel tax incentive.
The biodiesel, renewable diesel, and alternative fuels tax credits help achieve the public policy objective of displacing petroleum by making these renewable fuels price competitive with conventional petroleum fuels in the marketplace. The lapse of these tax incentives on December 31, 2009, and Congress' inability to enact legislation extending these incentives has significantly harmed biofuels producers and has caused instability in the marketplace. The joint request from NBB and ABFA to retroactively extend these tax incentives through 2011 would allow entrepreneurs to access the capital necessary to produce renewable fuel and create good paying jobs.


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Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won't have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore — but a federal judge isn't happy about it.
U. S. Magistrate Judge Robert B. Collings says in his decision that the case is an example of how sometimes "small cases raise issues of fundamental importance in our system of justice."
While marijuana possession may have been decriminalized, Sullivan, who owns a home in Provincetown, made the mistake of being caught by a park ranger with a controlled substance on National Park Service lands, a federal misdemeanor.
The ranger issued Sullivan a citation, which required him either to appear in U.S. District Court or, in essence, pay a $125 fine.
But the U.S. Attorney's Office sought to dismiss the case. Both the federal prosecutor and Sullivan's attorney said it would have resulted in an "adverse effect" on an unspecified "immigration status" that Sullivan, a British citizen, is applying for.
At the hearing, Collings observed that Sullivan would still have to state on his application that he had been charged with a crime, and he asked both the prosecutor and Sullivan's attorney, Robert Delahunt Jr. (cousin of U. S. Rep. William D. Delahunt), for more information about why paying the $125 would have "any additional adverse effect."
When no attorney could fully answer the question beyond citing advice from immigration lawyers, Collings requested that Delahunt submit a brief on the issue. But before Delahunt could reply, Assistant U. S. Attorney James F. Lang jumped in and said that Collings had no power to inquire why the U.S. Attorney had decided to have the charge dismissed.
Collings says he expressed his concern that "a dismissal would result in persons in similar situations being treated unequally before the law. … persons charged with the same offense on the Cape Cod National Seashore were routinely given violation notices, and if they did not agree to [pay the fine] were prosecuted by the United States Attorney … there was no apparent reason for treating Mr. Sullivan differently from other persons charged with the same offense."
In fact, noted Collings, there were several other defendants appearing in court the same day who were charged with the same offense.
In his opinion, Collings wrote that the U.S. Attorney is "is not being faithful to a cardinal principle of our legal system, i.e., that all persons stand equal before the law and are to be treated equally in a court of justice once judicial processes are invoked. It is quite apparent that Mr. Sullivan is being treated differently from others who have been charged with the same crime in similar circumstances."
Ultimately, Collings acknowledged that he had no choice other than to allow the case to be dismissed, but "that the Court must so act does not require the Court to believe that the end result is a just one."
Calls to The Atlantic and Delahunt have not yet been returned.
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* Wednesday's hitting star: Sliders center fielder Nick Riotto smacked the team's fifth home run of the season with a solo homer with one out in the fourth inning for Springfield's first run. He then doubled in the third run in the eighth inning and scored the final run on a RBI single to center field by Zach Schira.
* Pitching star: Illinois State University sophomore-to-be Tyler Feece went 7 2/3 innings to pick up his second win without a loss, becoming the team's only pitcher with more than one win. It was the Sldiers' second shutout of the season as they blanked Danville 2-0 in the second game of a doubleheader June 18. Feece allowed six hits, walked two and struck out four.
* Turning point: Riotto delivered a one-out homer in the fourth inning, and one out later, Taylor Carlson doubled and scored on Dominick Bregar's single to right field to provide the Sliders a 2-0 lead.
* Streaks and stats: Like this season's first half, the Sliders open the second half with a victory — only their sixth overall against 25 losses. Springfield has won two of their last three games.
* Next game: At 6:35 p.m. Thursday at Robin Roberts Stadium against Terre Haute, which is 3-0 in the second half after going 19-13 in the first half to finish a half-game ahead of the Danville Dans in the Prospect League West Division. Fireworks are scheduled for after the game.


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Hours after America stepped back from the edge of the fiscal cliff, the phrase has been named as one of the worst cases of language abuse of the last year.
The annual list of "Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness" is compiled each year by Lake Superior State University in Michigan from nominations received from readers throughout the year. "Fiscal cliff" easily topped this year's lineup, with Barry Cochran from Oregon concerned that we've "lost sight of the metaphor and started to think it's a real place", and the aptly named Barbara Cliff from Pennsylvania pointing out that the phrase "tends to be used however the speaker wishes to use it, as in falling off the fiscal cliff, climbing the fiscal cliff, challenged by the fiscal cliff". "Just once," she said, "I would like to hear it referred to as a financial crisis."
Other words and phrases from 2012 coming under fire were "kick the can down the road" – "I would definitely like to kick some cans of the human variety every time I hear politicians use this phrase to describe a circumstance that hasn't gone their way," wrote Christine Tomassini from Michigan – and the over-used "double down".
The increasing use of "passion" and "passionate" to refer to enthusiasms meant the words also found their way into the list. "Seared tuna will taste like dust swept from a station platform – until it's cooked passionately. Apparently, it's insufficient to do it ably, with skill, commitment or finesse. Passionate, begone!" said Andrew Foyle from Bristol. "Please, let's hope you mean 'enthusiasm'," added Oregon's Michael Smith. "'Passion' connotes 'unbridled', unmediated by reason and sound judgment. Passion is the stuff of Ahab, Hitler and chauvinists of every stripe, and terrorists."
The Twitter acronym YOLO (you only live once) is also set for culling – "Who lives more than once?" enquired one bemused nominator – as are "bucket list", "superfood" and "trending".
The list has been running since 1975, when former Lake Superior State University public relations director Bill Rabe and his colleagues came up with the idea of choosing overused words they would banish from the English language. These days, nominations are sent in by readers, with a committee picking the final selection – and crossing their fingers that the world will take note of their choices, which last year included "baby bump", "man cave" and "amazing".


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By Andrew Luberda
San Manuel Miner
The Miners girls' basketball team is ranked fifth according to the most recent rankings at AIA365.com. Senior Angelica Zuniga is the second-leading scorer and rebounder in Division IV, according to the website.
The Miners won seven straight games heading into the holiday break. Zuniga, who plays center for the Miners, is averaging a double-double per game – 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Zuniga is not the only Miners' player among the state's leaderboard. Senior Analisa Robles and junior Kadi Monfred are ranked 13th and 16th, respectively, in assists. Robles is 15th in rebounds as well.
The Miners are holding opposing teams to an average of 29 points per game while scoring an average of 41 points per game. Their record is 9 – 3 on the season.
They'll return to action with two games on January 3, 2014. Their first game is against Coolidge at 8:00 a.m. before traveling to Hayden for a 6:00 p.m. tipoff.


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Sequester kills S.A. air show
The budget sequester has claimed another casualty — this year's San Antonio air show.
Joint Base San Antonio cited the Air Force's decision to cancel the Thunderbirds' 2013 season, which starts April 1, in making the announcement Tuesday. It noted the Air Force's participation in such public events as air shows and flyovers at military funerals already had been dropped.
"We knew that, we knew it was coming," said Richard Perez, president and CEO of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, which has spearheaded Celebrate America's Military Week for 43 years. "It was disappointing. It was such a fantastic event for families in particular, but we will move on."
The Air Force Thunderbirds or Navy Blue Angels often are the highlight of the annual show, which usually takes place in the fall and draws more than 100,000 spectators.
Previous budget cuts grounded last year's air show, and officials here had planned to hold the event every other year starting in 2013. But the Air Force training command doesn't know if there will be a local air show in 2015.
The show had been in limbo since $46 billion in across-the-board cuts mandated by the budget sequester took effect Friday. Those cuts will affect services ranging from border protection to air traffic control, and will trigger 22 furlough days for civilian Defense Department employees.
The furloughs begin next month and will affect 20,127 civilian employees at Joint Base San Antonio. The first furlough letters go out March 21, and employees will start four-day work weeks April 25.
With the air show gone, U.S. Army North and other commands were reviewing options on how they'd support San Antonio's annual Fiesta, now six weeks out.
Joint Base San Antonio spokesman Brent Boller said he'd heard no official word about the matter. Army North's Col. Wayne Shanks said the services were talking about what they could and couldn't do this year.
"Those that don't cost a lot of resources we'll try to support as best we can," he said. "It doesn't cost much for a band to march in a parade."
An April 22 pilgrimage to the Alamo still is on, as is an April 19 ceremony in which Fiesta royalty converge on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for a recruit graduation ceremony, said Janie Santos, chief of outreach for the Air Education and Training Command, which helps coordinate Fiesta.
Fiesta royalty sit with top Air Force leaders as hundreds of newly minted airmen march past the reviewing stand.
"We try to do this in a way that made mission sense and still be active with our community in Fiesta," said Collen McGee, a spokeswoman for Lackland's 37th Training Wing.
A Pentagon directive instructs commanders to scratch events like open houses if they cost money to put on. As a result, officials are deciding whether to hold a reception at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph hosted by Gen. Edward Rice Jr., head of AETC.
Civilians typically help troops participating in Fiesta, particularly parades. Boller said uniformed personnel, military spouses and civilian volunteers could pick up the slack for civil service workers.
He pointed to the Alamo pilgrimage as an example of how furloughs likely will complicate the military's planning for this year's Fiesta — at least where civilian workers are concerned.
"Military public affairs officers will be able to provide escort duties and advance arrangements," Boller explained.
With more than 100 local civic and business leaders on this week's annual S.A. to D.C. trip, Perez said the sequester will be a big discussion topic.
The San Antonio delegation is in Washington for three days, meeting with administration and Pentagon officials, as well as numerous agencies and members of Congress.
Perez, a former San Antonio councilman, said S.A. to D.C. members have at least one big question on their minds.
"What is the problem with our leaders' ability to figure this out?" he said.
In San Antonio, County Judge Nelson Wolff said a lack of compromise has become Washington's trademark.
"It's been that way now for quite some time, the last several years, and it's a sad commentary on the fact that we can't come to any nonpartisan decisions," he said.


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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
My Snackpicks' No-Bake Macaroni & Cheese with Crunchy Cheez-It Gratin
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You're becoming the next julia child with these snackpick ads. EXCELLENT!
- April 26, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Chef John, I wish you all of the success possible...every now and then you got cheeZey...today you took the cheeZe. oy vey... still luv you tho...
- April 26, 2011 at 8:42 PM
- Darren said...
Great job Chef john! Hope we get to see you on even more venues :)
- April 27, 2011 at 2:34 AM
- cdcphoenix said...
That was especially wonderful because we were able to see you while you cook. You have a very friendly smile, and usually all we get to see are your hands.
I love that you made sure a shot of melting butter was in the video. I think that's become your signature clip!
Congratulations on being picked up for their video series.
- April 27, 2011 at 11:29 AM
- Rita said...
i see you have a new gig. FANTASTIC!!! wishing you all the best.
- April 27, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- dave said...
Very cool idea, glad you are getting paid for this (I assume), you are the same over there with just a minimal of brand tagging as required of course. Great idea, I love the internet and the variety of ways you can get your talents out there. Great recipe too.
- April 27, 2011 at 10:36 PM
- Shreela said...
I'm weird that I never loved cheese crackers like just about everyone else I know, but as crunchy topping for casserole-style dishes, YUM!!
- April 30, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Please post the ingredients if you can. I always come back to make it, and forget the details
- June 4, 2011 at 10:16 PM
- Unknown said...
Looks like this recipe is missing...good excuse to do a new mac & cheese video :)
- July 3, 2018 at 9:50 PM


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Miranda Lambert, Natasha Bedingfield, Ron White and eight-time world champion cowboy Trevor Brazile among stars scheduled to appear
Voting continues for Artist of the Year until Friday, Dec. 7, atwww.theacas.com
Rascal Flatts, Kip Moore and Jake Owen are set to perform at the American Country Awards, airing live from Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Monday, Dec. 10 (8 until 10 p.m.), on FOX. Owen, Moore and Rascal Flatts join previously announced performers Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan and Little Big Town.
The star-studded special also will feature appearances by Miranda Lambert, Natasha Bedingfield, Ron White and champion cowboy Trevor Brazile. Previously announced participants include Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Casey James, LeAnn Rimes, Lee Brice, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch and Chris Young. Additional performers and presenters to be announced soon.
The two-hour live music spectacular offers country music fans the opportunity to vote for their favorite artists not only in traditional categories, but also in a previously unrecognized area - touring - encompassing the entire spectrum of country music.
Voting for Artist of the Year continues until Friday, Dec. 7, atwww.theacas.com.
In addition to the previously announced nominations, the nominees and Top Five fan vote recipients for the inaugural Song of the Year category are:
Song of the Year:
"A Woman Like You," performed by Lee Brice (Phil Barton, Johnny Bulford, Jon Stone)
"Fly Over States," performed by Jason Aldean (Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher)
"Red Solo Cup," performed by Toby Keith (Brett Beavers, Jim Beavers, Brad Warren, Brett Warren)
"Springsteen," performed by Eric Church (Eric Church, Jeff Hyde, Ryan Tyndell)
"Tattoos On This Town," performed by Jason Aldean (Michael Dulaney, Wendell Mobley, Neil Thrasher)


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Both neighborhood health center and primary care campus location earn designation
Mount St. Mary's Hospital has acknowledged that both its neighborhood health center and on-campus primary care medical services have earned the prestigious designation as Patient-Centered Medical Homes by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. Both facilities earned Level 3 designation, the highest level that can be achieved.
The announcement was made by Mount St. Mary's President and CEO Judith A. Maness, FACHE, who credited the achievement to the work of the staff of the facilities for meeting the stringent requirements. She specifically cited John Sauret, M.D., medical director; Bernadette Franjoine, senior director - operations; and center Director Patricia Villani for the neighborhood health center; and Philip Sauvageau, M.D., Laurie Merletti, senior director of clinical excellence; and Donna Moore, office manager.
The designation comes after a more than yearlong initiative to evaluate and re-design all activities related to providing care to patients and recognizes the initiative of providing patients with enhanced access to care.
"The concept behind being a medical home is based on teamwork involving the medical providers, staff and patients," Villani said. "We have found that communication is the key and we keep in constant touch with our patients to help ensure their care is progressing. Testing such as lab work and X-rays as well as referrals to specialists are being tracked to make sure patients can comply with the providers' orders. We have already shown marked improvement in our quality measures and patient outcomes since this project began."
"One of the enhancements initiated as the result of the process is the addition of care coordinators at the sites," Moore said. "These individuals monitor the care a patient is receiving and track progress and the records of patients are also now part of the Mount St. Mary's electronic medical records system, which helps ensure that physicians and other care providers are fully aware of the medical issues facing each patient." The system includes ePrescribing, which sends prescriptions directly to a pharmacy, improving timeliness and safety.
Individual patients also have the ability to log onto a computer and access their information from a secure website. Patients can see test results and other information about their care and can stay involved in the care they are receiving, which improves the overall quality of the outcomes of their care.
The NCQA describes its Patient-Centered Medical Home designation as recognizing excellence in primary care by providing care in a setting that facilitates partnerships between individual patients, their personal physicians and, when appropriate, the patient's family.
Patients play an important role in their care. Through PCMH, patients are educated to better understand their condition. The care team works with the patient to set achievable goals, discusses medications and treatment plans, and makes sure the patient leaves the office with a clear understanding of what is expected of them. A written summary of the visit is also provided.
In 1992, Mount St. Mary's opened its original health center in the Highland Avenue neighborhood in space rented at the Doris Jones Resource Building of the Niagara Falls Housing Authority. In 2009, construction was completed on a new, $1.7 million facility at 3101 Ninth St., at the corner of Profit Lane, which doubled the size of the facility. It serves more than 14,000 patients annually. Services provided include primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, and case management.
The on-campus primary care medical services opened in 2010 and includes Sauvageau, Sami Raphael, M.D., and Sandra Sauvageau, N.P., as providers. It provided service to 9,000 patients last year.


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Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, Deer Tick have a new album on the way in October called Divine Providence, and they will be here to start out the Labor Day Weekend right, with a Free At Noon concert on September 2, 2011!
Complete with strings, drums, guitars, and bass, Deer Tick is a self-described rock-rock-rock outfit with a little something more--a twist of alt-country and gritty blues, as demonstrated on their 2010 studio album, The Black Dirt Sessions. With their serious music and humorous on-stage banter, these five young musicians have one goal: to rock across the continent.
Website: http://www.deertickmusic.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/deertick
Upcoming Release: Divine Providence
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Label: Partisan Records
Origin: Providence, Rhode Island, US