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Rick Ross sues LMFAO over song lyrics
Listen to Rick Ross on iHeartRadio | Listen to LMFAO on iHeartRadio
Rick Ross is taking aim at LMFAO artists Redfoo and Skyblu over their 2010 song "Party Rock Anthem."
According to legal documents obtained by "The Hollywood Reporter," the Maybach Music Group "Boss" is accusing the duo of copyright infringement because the song contains the phrase "Everyday I'm shufflin'," which Ross believes is similar to his lyrics on his 2006 song "Hustlin'." On the track, "Rozay" repeatedly proclaims "Everyday I'm hustlin'." In the lawsuit, Ross says LMFAO's use of the phrase is "an obvious attempt to capitalize on the fame and success of 'Hustlin'.'"
*Warning: Explicit language
Meantime, Rick Ross recently picked up a victory in a lawsuit filed by former drug kingpin "Freeway" Ricky Ross over the rapper's stage name and persona. Last week a California appeals court upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss the suit.
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The Saguaros didn't qualify for this year's Arizona Fall League Championship Game after finishing second place in the AFL's West Valley Division.
The following Rangers prospects saw action for Surprise this fall––RHP Ben Henry, LHP Jimmy Reyes, RHP Ryan Rodebaugh, RHP Ben Rowen, RHP Joe Van Meter, C Kellin Deglan, C/1B Brett Nicholas, INF Hanser Alberto, 1B Chris McGuiness, and INF Luis Sardinas.
Luis Martinez's Colombia club dropped to 1-1 in the qualifying round after falling 7-1 to Brazil on Saturday. Martinez got the start behind the plate, batting sixth, and went 1-for-4 with a walk. He also struck out once.
Despite all their talent, the Tigres del Licey currently sit at the bottom of the Dominican Winter League standings with an 8-16 record. The club lost a 6-4 decision to the Toros on Saturday.
Licey leadoff man and centerfielder Leonys Martin went 0-for-3, striking out twice, but he also drew two walks. First baseman Mike Olt singled once and walked once in five trips, striking out twice as well. Left fielder Engel Beltre came in as a defensive replacement in the sixth inning and lined out to shortstop in his only plate appearance.
No Rangers appeared in Venezuela on Saturday.
There were no Liga Paralela games on Saturday.
Mazatlan fell to a disappointing 9-22 on the season after Saturday's 8-6 loss in 10 innings. Right fielder Joey Butler walked once in five hitless trips, dropping his batting average to .207.
Jose Felix got the start behind the dish for Guasave and went 1-for-4.
Ponce first baseman Mike Bianucci provided both of his club's runs with a two-run homer in the first inning. Overall, the slugger went 3-for-4 with his first round-tripper and two RBI.
Catcher Jorge Alfaro whiffed once in four hitless at-bats. He also committed his third passed ball of the campaign.
Puerto Rico native Alex de la Cruz gave up a run in 2.2 innings of long relief for Ponce. He yielded four hits and struck out one without walking a batter.
No Rangers appeared in Australia.
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It has also been amongst other things a Barbers shop and a Grocery shop owned by Alfred Woolley..
I'm happy to say it is still in use as a house !
Grahams Barbers circa 1959
circa 2010
On the Tithe map of 1836-51 the following details are shown about the building.
It was owned and occupied by Daniel Wood and was used as a homestead. It comprised of a house,outbuilding and garden.


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Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale: Coffee-Loving Couple
Taking care of some parental duties, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took their son Kingston to school in Los Angeles on Monday (December 17).
The "Hella Good" chick and her handsome rock star hubby made a quick pit stop at a nearby Starbucks for some freshly-roasted goodness before heading off for their day's affairs.
And Gwen didn't seem to mind being noticed by fans and shutterbugs, given her bright pink sunglasses and colorful scarf.
Meanwhile, Ms. Stefani recently confessed that while she loves being one of the world's hottest singers, it definitely takes time away from being a mom.
"Getting to the studio and not being able to make it happen, but missing out on being at home, missing out on putting the kids down. What's more important? I felt so guilty. 'I am letting everyone down in the studio right now; I'm letting down my kids; I'm letting down myself.' Because time was so precious."


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text: I just recently got into fishing. And I have to say I'm hooked LOL. I've caught quite a few fish in the little time I've been fishing. Mostly catfish and striper. I'm wanting to know what most of you who do fish use? When I'm fishing with lure I've gone with a minnow or a shade lure. And when I fishing with bait its usually anchovie. I hear stripers love blood worms tho. Any suggestions that will help me are appreciated.


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Getting a BCC Campus Card
To obtain your card, you will need a driver's license or other form of valid photo ID.
Fall River: The Campus Card office is located in G221 (Second Floor) of the Commonwealth College Center. You can also obtain an ID by going to room K130 in the Business Technology Building.
New Bedford Star Store Campus: visit the Library room NS168
Attleboro Campus: visit the main office.


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The guy who did go had me LOL because that was a stupid move that no one fell for
I read somewhere that Lisa's marriage of 24 years ended (divorce was final) early in March of this year, and that she had to show up for Survivor about 2 weeks later. I think she is just going through a really tough time emotionally while this is being filmed. No wonder up to this point she has been an outsider. I can't imagine carrying all of that and trying to play the game at the same time.


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I was at MacDowell three days after the miscarriage and tried to write that piece.
I was reminded of the MacDowell Colony, where we first met.
Now, by all the laws of arithmetic and logic Captain MacDowell ought to have been taken prisoner or killed.
No one is a more earnest student of these effects than MacDowell.
But music was in the very bones of MacDowell, and a purely virtuoso career had no attraction for him.
The pair settled in Wiesbaden, and it was the happiest period of MacDowell's career.
MacDowell and I had been for five hours inside the Delhi gate, hunting about, before a guard was sent to take charge of it.
Why should an artist like MacDowell have been forced into the shafts of dull routine?
MacDowell found in Boston a considerable field for his activity as pianist and teacher.
MacDowell is very happy and his wife is braver than Nietzsche's sister.


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LONG BEACH — Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach, an important metric of the region's economy, was up slightly over last year, officials said Monday.
Last month imports were up 3.5 percent, and exports were up 5.6 percent over June 2011, port officials said.
Overall, the port moved 555,359 container units last month, up 0.2 percent last month over June 2011. The total was offset by a decline in empty containers by 9.8 percent over last June.
So far this year, traffic at the Port of Long Beach is down 5 percent over last year, due to the elimination of several niche shipping companies that used the port last year, officials said.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles, meanwhile, was up 6.5 percent during the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year, according to data released Monday.
The increase was bolstered by an 8.8 percent jump in container volume at the port as of June 2012, compared to the prior-year period.
Imports were up by about 20,000 containers over June 2011, and exports rose by about 11,300 containers, or 6.9 percent.
International trade is considered a major economic engine in Southern California. There were 157,200 export-oriented trade jobs in Los Angeles County in 2010, according to a May report on international trade by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.
"We're cautious about the next six months," Port of Los Angeles Media Relations Director Phillip Sanfield said. "Consumer spending has been off the last couple of months, just as we're going into peak shipping season."
Late summer and early fall is traditionally when most goods come into the L.A. port complex, which includes the Port of Long Beach, for the holiday season.
"Those are the goods that are on the retailers' shelves in December. We're looking at modest year-over-year increases over the next six months," Sanfield said.
Both ports are vigorously upgrading and expanding their facilities in an effort to compete with ports on the East Coast after a widening of the Panama Canal is finished in 2014, allowing easier passage of bigger ships from Asia to the East Coast.
The Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex ranked eighth in the world in 2011, down two spots from 2010. It was the only port in the top 10 to see a decline in cargo traffic that year, according to the LAEDC report.
Shanghai, China, the world's top port, did nearly twice the traffic of Los Angeles-Long Beach in 2011.


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I returned my Sprint 4S the day after launch because it was insanely slow. Call quality and reception was fine, but data made dialup speeds seem like a luxury. I'm back with AT&T now, and my data is back to normal (and improved in the office - which is always a good thing).
I love sprint but I have to admit their network has been going south lately. I've patiently waited for the iphone for years and now that it's available on sprint i'm like the happiest kid on the block but the network has really been killing the user experience. My friend has a AT&T iPhone 4 (no S) and I keep checking in with him to see if the network is down or the app store is down etc. We both accomplish the same tasks and while my phone loads things up twice as fast it's stuck pulling data from the net 10 times slower.
It took me 20 seconds just to see what new updates I had available and it took his phone about 3 seconds.
We both downloaded the same app and he was done downloading before my phone even attempted to start the download.
*sigh* I'll just have to accept "Sprint speed". I'm not complaining since i'm getting what I pay for. 50$ a month for a iphone ain't too shabby.
I know I could pay 100$ a month like my friends on AT&T and get 10 times the speed but i'm getting what I pay for so no complaints.
I returned my on day 14 (Today) thank god I kept my unlimited plan from AT&T... Im just going to wait for the iPhone 5.. the 4 I have isn't much different from the 4s.. I can live without Siri till then.. Plus the inability to not surf and talk was a killer... I couldnt give it up.. I waited almost 2 hours in a sprint corporate store to cancel.. it was lame.. I give sprint less then 2 years before merger or buy out.smh
Epic fail... I'm lucky I stuck with AT&T... I still have unlimited data and damn would I be paying a fortune if I didn't have it...
But even if you fake out AT&T by using the above method to get unlimited data, won't they notice after a couple days/weeks of usage with the new phone and automatically change you over to the capped plan?
I have 5 lines on AT&T all 3 iPhone 4 and 2 iPhone 4Ss. Only I was grandfathered on my unlimited but 2 people were currently on my line and I just switched their lines over to an old regular motorola razor with no data then used iPhone 2G to get their unlimited plans after you just either cut your sim to fit iPhone 4 or 4S or buy a new sim and have them activate it and switch IMEI # to new phone an bam their unlimited. As for the other two lines I just went to AT&T and had add a line to my account and once I had the sim I went home plugged iPhone 2G up to iTunes an there is where I activated and got unlimited data plans for them as well. So needless to say my Dad enjoyed his father's day gift and he doesn't blow my pocket up tethering his phone with MyWi. So Basically it is possible to get your unlimited data plan back even if you don't have it. I only had to deal with them on one line as I had trouble activating but found out AT&T actually have a dedicated team that handle iPhone 2G activations so if there is any issue when you call ask to speak with them or call apple and they will get them on the phone. That's how I found out about this special department.
Hope this helps and if you have any questions ask me or if you need help getting your unlimited plan as i Have a iPhone 2G and have had numerous success at obtaining unlimited plans. ))
Why is the pic of an iPhone 4 when the story is about the 4S?


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ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. (AP) - The last surviving member of the original Vermont State Police has died.
Harold "Ace" Ackerman died Monday at his home in St. Johnsbury. He was 92.
The state police was formed after a 1946 search for a missing Bennington College student proved too complex for local authorities.
Ackerman was one of the original troopers when the Vermont State Police was formed from the Department of Motor Vehicles' highway patrol.
Ackerman retired from the state police in 1981 after 25 years assigned to the St. Johnsbury barracks.
The Caledonian Record reports Ackerman was given the nickname "Ace" by his supervisor after he solved a lumber theft the same day it was reported.
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description: Squirrels come in many colors. But the white squirrels of Marionville, Missouri, are a puzzler. How did they get that way?

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NATS town, wind
The 2000 residents of Marionville are proud of their 300 white squirrels.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"Well, it kind of takes your mind away from what's going on in the world. It's good news."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop, Marionville Resident
But, no one knows for sure how... or why these furry critters first came here.
One hitched a ride with a traveling circus, so one story goes.
Some here even say it was the result of an experiment by a mad scientist.
Ask a few experts and they'll tell you white squirrels are really common eastern grey squirrels in disguise.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"But we still enjoy them and just to watch them play. They're kind of entertaining."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop, Marionville Resident
It seems that the only thing people here can agree upon is that the white squirrel first appeared sometime before the Civil War.
SOUNDUP (English)
"Well as far as I know, when the area was settled they found them here."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop, Marionville Resident
Sure they make good tourist attractions but... it's that color-thing that's most puzzling for biologists.
Simply put: white attracts predators.
So much so, you'd think... that natural selection would have done the white squirrel in long ago.
Instead these guys are thriving... thriving in part because the good people of Marionville take special care of these famous residents.
In fact, on the streets and highways of Marionville, the white squirrel has the right of way.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"I was coming down the street one day and here was a squirrel eating an ear of corn right in the middle of the street. He sat there! I had to get out of the car, move his ear of corn before he left so I could come on down."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop, Marionville Resident
So are they albinos?
Biologists say no.
You see, albinos' have pink eyes.
Not the Marionville white squirrel… they have black eyes like most squirrels.
So why is the white squirrel white?
Well, that's just the way it is.
SOUNDBITE (English)
"They're just squirrels. They just happen to be white."
SUPER CAPTION: Vox Pop, Marionville Resident
And that suits the people of Marionville just fine.


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To untimely rip and paraphrase a line from Macbeth: Our eyes are made the fools of the other senses, or else worth all the rest. A multitude of searing sights crowd the spectator's gaze at the bedazzling and uncanny theater installation Sleep No More. Your sense of space and depth---already compromised by the half mask that audience members must don---is further blurred as you wend through more than 90 discrete spaces, ranging from a cloistral chapel to a vast ballroom floor. Directors Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle, of the U.K. troupe Punchdrunk, have orchestrated a true astonishment, turning six warehouse floors and approximately 100,000 square feet into a purgatorial maze that blends images from the Scottish play with ones derived from Hitchcock movies—all liberally doused in a distinctly Stanley Kubrick eau de dislocated menace.
An experiential, Choose Your Own Adventure project such as this depends on the pluck and instincts of the spectator. You can follow the mute dancers from one floor to the next, or wander aimlessly through empty spaces. I chose the latter, discovering a room lined with empty hospital beds; a leafless wood in which a nurse inside a thatched cottage nervously checks her pocket watch; an office full of apothecary vials and powders; and the ballroom, forested with pine trees screwed to rolling platforms (that would be Birnam Wood). A Shakespearean can walk about checking off visual allusions to the classic tragedy; the less lettered can just revel in the freaky haunted-house vibe.
The only caveat I would offer is to attend Sleep No More fully rested: You need your wits about you. All the same, stumbling groggily up and down staircases and around darkened hallways gives the night the sludgy, abstracted aura of a nightmare. But is it your bad dream, or have you slipped inside Macbeth's?
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Totally hyped and not worth the cost
Sleep No More was a very mysterious show and drew me in with its mischievous allure. Held at the McKittrick hotel, the show starts dark and confusing almost immediately. You walk into the elevator, are given masks, and told not to speak from that point forward. I had a question, but the actor looked at me and just shook his head. I loved the idea of not knowing who anyone was because of the mask. You're also given a playing card which plays a role in the event. You're allowed to roam the entire space (which is huge). I went into various rooms, looked around, and occasionally ran into an actor or a scene that was happening. There was also a lot of running to try and figure out the storyline by keeping up with the actors. It's a very unique experience, and won't reveal much more so as not to spoil the show.
I finally got to experience this show after wanting to see it for years. Spoiler alert: The McKittrick is NOT an actual hotel. It's a huge venue with multiple floors where they throw this show and other incredible themed parties. My friends and I all dressed up, but we found Sleep No More has become so popular the audience was largely made up of tourists in Abercrombie sweaters and Velcro shoes. Get there a bit early to enjoy some time sipping absinthe drinks at the bar, and don't hold on to whoever you came with once you enter the show. Explore everything, don't run after the characters like a lot of people were doing—take your time, stick with what piques your interests and eat the candy in the candy shop! I did enjoy my time and haven't experienced anything like this, but I also felt the show went on a bit too long.
Let me say that if you aren't into artsy or experimental stuff you aren't going to like this. The theater company did a great job of making this a once in a lifetime, surreal experience though. Creepy and beautiful at the same time. If you're expecting a story/narrative you can follow, don't. If you try your best to follow the main group of actors around you'll get a whole different experience, which is what my friend chose to do. I spent more time looking at the sets and peeking in drawers, getting pulled into back rooms and following minor characters around. Supposed to be loosely based of Macbeth though I don't really know how. If you're looking for a unique experience definitely go but I don't think it's what most people are expecting.
Cool and unusual for sure, and I thought all the characters/actors were wonderful. As a whole though, it didn't live up to the hype for me, and I got a bit bored. I also went to this for a group work outing, not so much by choice, (if you're in a group, you WILL get split up). I expected a bit more, and don't think that the cost of the ticket price would be worth it again for me.
Disappointing on so many levels.
I have really mixed feelings about this place. It's like how sometimes you hear a song with some friends and say "Oh I love this song! Turn it up!" and then it starts playing and you remember you kind of hate this song but are conflicted about saying "Oh, never mind" after being so pumped about it 2 seconds ago. I say that because if a friend were to come to town I'd recommend SNM for sure. But I'm not sure I'd go with them... It's partly great because it's SO different from anything else in NYC. But in the end, I felt like I spent $100+ for my mind to be toyed with. It's a really intense psychological experience (even if you DON'T get pulled into a room and kissed by one of the actresses). I'd say, read up on what it is and decide if it's even interesting to you, but then prepare to have an experience you can never really prepare for, and perhaps to even feel manipulated. It also helps not to care about the ticket price... [5 stars for uniqueness and quality of set/attention to detail. -1 star for price/hype and super creepy, manipulated feeling I was left with afterward]
I love this experience, but hate how popular it has become. When going, please be respectful to the actors and the other people around. Pushing and shoving is very unbecoming.
Don't want to give any spoilers, just following the man covered in blood!!!
Worth every penny
Sleep No More had me in tingles and looking around in wonder the whole time. I've never been to a production like it. I went with a friend, and we split up and had two totally different experiences. Another friend has been 6 times and says it's been different every time. The production is mysterious, sexy and exciting. The talent of the dancers and actors and getting to be so close to them is intoxicating, and the atmosphere of the darkly decorated building completely transports you. Made me wish I was wearing a 1920s dress while there. If it wasn't so expensive, I would have been back many times by now.
A very unique experience where you are immersed into and a part of the story all the way through... Definitely go!
Hands down the coolest thing I have ever been to! From the moment you "check-in" to the McKittrick Hotel, you are thrust into a different time. The 40's vibe you get from the speak easy and the singer that croons up on stage is amazing. Absinthe shots and all sorts of other drinks are available for purchase. My friend did not want to split up at first but since our cards that were given to us were different numbers we decided to meet up later. Obviously, meeting up later happened on accident. If you want to bump into a friend after going in separately there are some opportunities where you will get to do so but make sure you remember what they are wearing because otherwise you'll never find them with the creepy white masks that everyone wears. Do not take your mask off; they (quietly) yell at you! I wandered off in hopes to get a one on one and I did with the taxidermist. I won't go into any details because what is the fun in that! If you love the thrill of running through six floors and chasing people anonymously; this is the place for you! Wear comfortable shoes and do your best to attend the latest show you can. The ending at 2 am is unbelievable!


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Horsforth and Aireborough MP calls on debate over UK child mortality rate
12:49pm Friday 30th May 2014
12:49pm Friday 30th May 2014
An MP has called for a debate in parliament after the UK was named as one of the worst countries in the EU for child mortality.
Pudsey, Horsforth and Aireborough MP, Stuart Andrew (Cons), highlighted the issue during business of the house questions in the Commons.
He said: "The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the National Children's Bureau published a report analysing the UK's poor record on child mortality compared with the rest of Europe.
"The Department of Health's children and young people's health outcomes forum also acknowledged that the UK has a historically poor child mortality record. May we have an urgent debate to consider how we can ensure that the UK is the best place not only to end life, but to begin life?"
In response the Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley said he had initiated work to improve health outcomes for children and young people, which led to the work of the children and young people's health outcomes forum.
He said: "It forms part of the NHS England mandate that my right honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Health has put in place and is a key part of Public Health England's work.
"However, outcomes for children and young people depend on things far wider than what the health service does, such as being ready for school and avoiding periods when young people not in education, employment or training. Such measures are critical, which is why the Government are focused on them."
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Please note that the part when Tsunade heals Rock Lee is part of the Search For Tsunade arc. Following that in the anime is the Land of Tea arc, which is not in the manga. Either way, next is the Sasuke Retrieval arc. Madara uchiha99 13:25, 3 December 2007 (UTC)Madara uchiha99
Under one of the part 2 parts, it says that he has sex with tenten when they get back to the village...I tried to edit it, but it didn't even show up on the coding...
Green Beast...
I keep seeing Blue beast in a lot of places. Is this a translating error or what? DemonFoxsCloak (talk) 21:37, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- Where are you seeing this? If it's on the wiki it's vandalism.
¥Super Novice ↔ Talk 2 Me ¥21:45, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
- The word aoi (碧い) can refer to both green and blue shades of colour. In Guy's case, however, it is clearly meant to be what would be called green in English. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 22:57, February 28, 2010 (UTC)
Mostly the video games. But I think I saw it once in the manga..... not sure.. DemonFoxsCloak (talk) 19:06, March 18, 2010 (UTC)
might guy young ?
why don't you add a picture of might guy ?—This unsigned comment was made by Petar93 (talk • contribs) .
Dark Guy
Shouldn't a sub tex be added under his personality called Dark Guy, like in Naruto's article? I know Naruto's dark side played a more prominent role than Guy's, but isn't it worth mentioning? Sparxs77 (talk) 17:44, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
I think so, even though Dark Guy wasn't seen, he did have some lines before Kisame charged through the waterfall.--NinjaSheik 17:47, August 5, 2010 (UTC)
new jutsu
Leaf Boulder Buster needs to be added to his list of jutsus Cerez365 (talk) 17:23, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
- It is there. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:49, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
In episodes 170-171, with the time-skip back, they say that the giant spider is summoned. As Guy is the one who set the course, does that make him able to summon spiders too? DemonFoxsCloak (talk) 11:17, August 9, 2010 (UTC)
- Unlikely, since the only two cases of people summoning more than one species have reasonable explanations (Sasuke and Nagato), so even though it was never said people can't have more than one contract (at least I don't think they have), it's pretty much given people can only summon one species. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:44, August 10, 2010 (UTC)
I don't know much about japanese stories, but I quite remember something about 4 beasts that are considered guardians: Black Tortoise, White Tiger, Red Phoenix and Blue(?) Dragon. (correct me if I'm wrong) I think some of Guy's moves are based on this 4 guardians: - Guy's summoning is a tortoise; - Aftertoon Tiger cames from the white tiger; - Morning Peacock is a technique that creates flames that resemble a peacock, but since a phoenix is a firebird it can be connected to Guy's jutsu
I wanted to ask you if this could be part of Guy's trivia. I think I'm not the first to make this connection since I've seen some people betting that Guy will still show a Evening Dragon jutsu. So what do you think? Should we put it?126.96.36.199 (talk) 18:04, September 22, 2010 (UTC)
Third Division
The article says that Guy seems to be still suffering the after effects of opening seven gates when he was in the Third Divison, but didn't he pass out because he learned that his rival, Kakashi, was the commander of the division? --184.108.40.206 (talk) 00:16, November 7, 2010 (UTC)
- Why would that bother him? He's never had a problem taking orders from Kakashi before. ~SnapperTo 00:25, November 7, 2010 (UTC)
- It's not because Guy would take order from him, but the fact that Kakashi is his commander in such a large event could be a big surprise for him. Guy didn't expected it. But it's better to wait for the next chapters to know for sure. --22.214.171.124 (talk) 00:43, November 7, 2010 (UTC)
- First of all, it should not surprise him, as Kakashi was even nominated as Hokage before. Second of all, if it was mere surprise, he would probably not be receiving medical attention. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 01:45, November 7, 2010 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure as well that the reason he passed out was due to Kakashi's position, specifically over the Short-to-Mid-Range Division. Guy specializes in Short-to-Mid-Range combat, and his ultimate rival has been named Commander of that Division, basically saying that Kakash is overall the best in that field of battle out of all the ninja in the Allied Shinobi Forces. Guy was dealt the ultimate blow by his rival, as Kakashi has "beaten him at his own game", hands down. Considering this is the enthusiastic and emotional Guy we're talking about, the comical reaction of Guy passing out and needing medical attention makes sense. More sense than feeling the after-effects of opening seven of the Eight Gates anyway, due to the fact that he was sure to have gotten medical attention upon meeting with the Allied Shinobi Forces, or even having healed naturally before then.--Kagimizu-Seeya 'round 04:21, December 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Passing out because of the aftereffects of the Eight Gates still makes more sense, for reasons already stated above. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:04, December 11, 2010 (UTC)
- @ShounenSuki And what if he did faint because Kakashi was named his commander, yet no one knew that was the reason and he received medical attention because they thought he was ill, ever thought of that? I still think it's a possibility and we shouldn't just discard it.KenjiNitari (talk) 20:35, January 1, 2012 (UTC)
- Please keep comments ordered chronologically, talk pages don't work like nested article comments. We don't use those. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 20:43, January 1, 2012 (UTC)
why does he have a 3 in ninjutsu...when he uses no ninjutsu at all..—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
- He chooses to not use ninjutsu, that doesn't mean that he doesn't know anything about them. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 13:05, November 19, 2010 (UTC)
Extremely zealous jonin leader?????
The 1st starting line says Guy is an extremely zealous jonin leader. I mean common, everyone has their own characteristics. But shouldn't we be more respectful to him? I mean he has already shown what he is capable of and there is no doubt that he is a great ninja. So at least we should avoid calling him an extreme zealous ninja at the very first line.
Do you even know what the word "zealous" mean?--NinjaSheik 23:12, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
Sorry, I mistook it as something with similar meaning of "jealous". My bad. I'm not that good in English. but again, there is no adjective used in Asuma or Kurenai's page in the first line. so why should it be in Guy's case?
Because Guy is...Well, Guy.--NinjaSheik 23:26, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
A picture is needed
Of his 10 year old self from Shippuden Movie 4. ItachiWasAHero (talk) 21:14, May 2, 2011 (UTC)
can he only do taijutsu?
i've never seen him do anything but taijutsu.—This unsigned comment was made by Rildey (talk • contribs) .
- He has used the Summoning Technique, so he can at least use ninjutsu. He just chooses to use only taijutsu. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 05:19, September 23, 2011 (UTC)
It's not properly linked in his ability section of his infobox.Umishiru (talk) 18:09, November 20, 2011 (UTC)
- Most, if not all summons aren't being linked correctly in infoboxes. Simant says there must have been a code change. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:17, November 20, 2011 (UTC)
Guy's rival streak
shouldn't guy's win loss streak with kakashi be 50-51 win-loss. It said so on the anime.--184.108.40.206 (talk) 04:19, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
- That only happened in the anime. As long as it's clearly indicated this happened only in the anime, there's no problem. I thought this was there already. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 04:25, January 7, 2012 (UTC)
Leaf Rock-Destroying Rise.png
Which image is of better quality this one? or this one??. akz! 12:48, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
- There's no obvious quality differences, just more foot in the first one. The first image also shows Guy doing even less of the technique...--Cerez365™ 12:53, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
- Check this image in full resolution, check the haziness of the image. akz! 12:55, February 16, 2012 (UTC)
What's going on with his jutsu list?
he has way more than that. the morning peacock isn't even listed there. or violent leaf adamantine whirlwind —This unsigned comment was made by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs) .
Just wondering...
Does anybody else think that the leaf rising wind should be added to Guy's list too since he is most likely the one that taught it to Lee along with the rest of his moves?--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:09, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Nope. If he's not mentioned as having taught it to Lee, seen using it himself, or a statement by any credible source that he is capable of performing, no. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:34, August 14, 2012 (UTC)
But the dancing leaf shadow & leaf gale are listed there and i don't remember ever seeing him use them either. Not that it's a big deal, just for my own clarification.--Mikesec256 (talk) 03:13, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
Those come from databooks if I'm not mistaken. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 03:40, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
OK didn't know that. Off topic, would anybody know where i may read them online by any chance?--Mikesec256 (talk) 12:19, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
last line on trivia messed up, i think his missions and a quote got mixed
Guy's new team..
sorry, but how do we call the team that includes guy, genma, and ebisu at naruto 599? or is it not a genin team? virgo dandela --220.127.116.11 (talk) 14:45, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
100% sure it's a genin team--Elveonora (talk) 14:52, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Don't have to call it anything because one is not necessary. I'm assuming you're on about creating an article?--Cerez365™(talk) 14:54, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Pretty sure he's talking about listing it in the infobox... --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 14:56, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
ok then. thanks for all replies.. virgo dandela --220.127.116.11 (talk) 06:02, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
new weapons?
Since when does Guy know the Kusarigama or bow & arrow? was this in a movie or something? if so which one?--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:04, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Shippuden episode 241. Guy and Kakashi used them in one of their contests when they were kids. --The Goblin 15:07, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
ok 241 got it thanks.--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:13, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
about his summons
Can anyone tell me when he tries to have tenten sign the tortoise contract & when he used a messenger turtle? I just don't ever remember seeing that.--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:28, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
they are shippuden episodes 237 (for tenten signing the tortiose contract) and episode 241 (for guy's messenger tortoise). they are part of the aventures at sea filler arc.22.214.171.124 (talk) 15:40, August 29, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
thanks have to check that out--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:42, August 29, 2012 (UTC)
Bow & arrow gone from his tools
I would fix it myself rather than go to a talk page but I'm still new here and not sure how.—This unsigned comment was made by Mikesec256 (talk • contribs) .
- I see him listed. Remember to sign your posts using four tildes (~~~~) or the signature button.--Cerez365™(talk) 14:48, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that. It;s not listed on his page though.--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:03, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
Scratch that. I just checked and it's back.--Mikesec256 (talk) 15:04, August 30, 2012 (UTC)
green or blue officially?
Anime aside, what color aura does the seventh gate really cause and what is the explanation for the aura that is there from gates 3-6? What color is that one in the manga?--Mikesec256 (talk) 11:54, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
Has Masashi Kishimoto ever been asked about this, dare I say, controversial matter by any chance?--Mikesec256 (talk) 12:06, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think it'll be a controversial one unless the manga showed the aura colour. ~IndxcvNovelist (talk | contribs | PR | RLS) 12:23, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
But so many people still seem to believe that it was intended to be green and that the anime changed it. Personally I don't know.--Mikesec256 (talk) 12:26, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
- Not too sure. Sweat if anything, would show up a clear colour rather than green which would make his moniker a pun on both colours. But until Kishimoto actually colours the aura or says something otherwise, what the anime gives us is "correct".--Cerez365™(talk) 12:31, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
Guess its blue for now than. I know there are so many bigger questions to ask him then that but I really wish someone would find out for sure. oh well.--Mikesec256 (talk) 12:46, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
What I recall from what ShounenSuki explained back when that chapter came along was the following: the sweat was described as Ao, the colour in Japanese which traditionally refers to both blue and green. While most commonly used for blue today due to the introduction of the word "midori" for green, in this case it would refer to green, because Ao is associated with youth, a constant theme with Guy. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:59, August 31, 2012 (UTC)
With fewer gates it's green, with 7 and presumably 8 it's blue let's say.--Elveonora (talk) 01:01, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
Just in the anime. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 01:08, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
Checked all the volume cover just in case, nothing :( --Elveonora (talk) 01:28, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
Maito Gai
Fansubs have often dubbed his name as Maito Gai, a direct and unaltered transliteration of the character's name, but the second Naruto data book states his name as Might Guy. The English version of the anime and manga both use Might Guy as well.
I dunno what Fansubs the person who made this pays attention to but I don't think I have ever encountered one that dubs a name. In the case of this series attacks and names are generally kept purely in the Japanese style but in romaji (roman characters).—This unsigned comment was made by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs) .
Guy's Sensei?
Am I right in saying Guy, Genma, and Ebisu are yet to have a confirmed sensei? Just wanting to make certain because I tend to overlook many things. 220.127.116.11 (talk) 13:30, October 25, 2012 (UTC)
Do you see any mention of him/her anywhere?--Elveonora (talk) 18:32, October 25, 2012 (UTC)
No. However; I rarely read the manga and I wanted to make doubly sure. Kishimoto must have plans for Guy's sensei! It only makes sense! 22.214.171.124 (talk) 12:01, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
- -- No Speculations -- — UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 12:07 UTC, Friday, 26 October 2012
Sorry for making it sound speculative. My post should just be deleted. It's pointless anyways. 220.127.116.11 (talk) 12:10, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
Injured Before War Starts?
The article claims that Guy was still ill from the effects of opening the Seven Gates, but I do not think this was the case. He seemed to be fine beforehand. What I'm pretty sure was the real reason was that he fainted when he realized that Kakashi was a captain. That's how I saw it because they showed the scene right after Kakashi was introduced as a captain. Not only that, but it wouldn't make sense to have him suddenly ill because of the Seven Gates, which by that point he already recovered from. We know this because Sakura said something along the lines of 'are you injured already?', implying that he was fine immediately beforehand. Any thoughts on this? Diamonddeath (talk) 11:03, November 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Guy is not that petty. He got exhausted after using the Gate and couldnt even move when he was caught in Kisame's trap. Naruto and B were even poking him to see him flinch even though Yamato told them to stop it. Sakura isn't also that stupid to be healing someone that passed out from shock. What she meant was that he was carried to the assembly area already injured. Read chapters 508 p 16, 512 9 2-5.--Cerez365™(talk) 11:48, November 20, 2012 (UTC)
Guy's first name and last name and it's order.
Ok, why is it that...EVERY single source calls him by his LAST name first? Look at the URL, even that has his last name before his first name.
Now go back to our main cheerful baka of a main character, people call him both Uzumaki Naruto and Naruto Uzumaki. Heck, the URL puts his first name before his last name like you would expect it to since this wiki is in english.
So why is no one calling Guy....Guy Might/Maito?
I tried to get my point across even though every cell in my body is urging to call him Maito Guy instead since this is quite an oddity
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On the other hand, Denmark, an industrialized Western European country, shows the highest rate of cancer at 326 per 100,000, closely followed by Ireland (317), with the United States seventh (300.2) and Israel 11th (288.3). Do these high rates suggest more cancer or a more efficient system of reporting cancer?
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Finally, consider that cancer rates cover a wide range of malignancies. For example, in "Global Cancer Facts and Figures (2nd edition)," the American Cancer Society reports that "in 2008, the most common cancer site among males in most economically developed countries was prostate, with the exception of Japan where stomach cancer was the most common. Lung cancer predominated as the top cancer site in most of Eastern Europe and Asia."
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On the February 1 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly brushed aside criticism of Fox News' propensity to air images of scantily clad women, saying of fellow Fox News anchor and vice president of business Neil Cavuto's frequent airing of racy images: "I don't have anything to do with Cavuto. I think he is a demented guy."
During the discussion, nationally syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham noted Fox News' "constant" use of video depicting scantily clad women as part of its news reports, and stated: "I don't know if there's a rampant midlife crisis going on on this network among the male anchors, but I can tell you that my female listeners are saying ... what is the purpose? ... You can talk about cultural issues and cultural debates without running the constant loop of this video." Ingraham further asked O'Reilly: "[W]hy did you do the story about the naked parties at Yale. Do you think that's really a cultural phenomenon that a T-warrior needs to fight against?" After correcting Ingraham that the "naked parties" had taken place at Brown University, O'Reilly explained that he aired the report because "student activity fees were being used to fuel an orgy," and that he aired the video of the party "[t]o show people what happened at Brown." Ingraham countered: "You don't think people know what a nude party would look like? You had to see it?" O'Reilly responded: "I had to. I didn't know." The segment concluded with O'Reilly vowing, "No more bikinis! They're over," and promising to "[n]ever again" air images of, in Ingraham's words, women with "hands over the boobs."
As Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted (here, here, here, and here), Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto has frequently aired photos and videos of scantily clad women and has featured segments and interviews with Hooters girls, strippers, Playboy models, Playboy founder and CEO Hugh Hefner, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, and many others.
From the February 1 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
O'REILLY: They say, look, nature screwed up. It should be, you know, everybody in a free-fire zone. Now, I understand -- I did not hear this, so correct me if I'm wrong -- on your program, you had people giving Fox News jazz because we used --
INGRAHAM: Intervention time, Bill. Here we go again.
O'REILLY: -- cheesecake video, right?
INGRAHAM: What is the purpose of your running the continuous loop -- are we going to run the B roll of this? This is what I am talking about. What is --
O'REILLY: We ran it last night for cosmetic surgery.
INGRAHAM: Here is what I'm saying.
O'REILLY: Cosmetic surgery.
INGRAHAM: I don't know if there's a rampant mid-life crisis going on on this network among the male anchors. But I can tell you that my female listeners are basically saying you can make these debates -- have these debates. Are we having more? This is what I mean! What is the purpose? We don't care about the coffee shop babes with their bikinis. OK?
You can talk about cultural issues and cultural debates without running the constant loop of this video.
O'REILLY: I'm putting you in charge now.
INGRAHAM: It's ridiculous.
O'REILLY: You're in charge of the Fox News Channel.
INGRAHAM: Yeah right. You'd get better demos with me, Bill.
O'REILLY: We do a story like we did last night on cosmetic surgery. OK? Women enhancing themselves. You say no video of that. Correct?
INGRAHAM: No, you are trying to make --
O'REILLY: No, I'm saying this is the truth. That's why we used it.
INGRAHAM: Bill, why did you do the story about the naked parties at Yale. Do you think that's really a cultural phenomenon that a T-warrior needs to fight against?
O'REILLY: It was at Brown.
INGRAHAM: Wherever.
O'REILLY: Student activity fees were being used to fuel an orgy.
INGRAHAM: Why did you run the video? Why?
O'REILLY: To show people what happened at Brown.
INGRAHAM: You don't think people know what a nude party would look like? You had to see it?
O'REILLY: I don't think so. I had to. I didn't know.
INGRAHAM: Why did your pal Cavuto, who I like very much --
O'REILLY: And nobody was naked, by the way.
INGRAHAM: Why did you run the video, during Cavuto, of, you know, the guy who came up with the Girls Gone Wild franchise?
O'REILLY: I don't have anything to do with Cavuto. I think he is a demented guy.
INGRAHAM: I like Neil Cavuto. But the point is, it's really started to creep into the Fox programming.
O'REILLY: I just want to get this clear. You, Laura Ingraham, no video of cosmetic surgery or anything. None.
INGRAHAM: No. You can talk about an issue without training the camera on a particular --
O'REILLY: I didn't shoot those shots.
INGRAHAM: You know what also I find interesting? All the women also wanted to know this. Where did all the segments about the Playgirl, you know, issues out there? Where are all the men? Where are all the male enhancements?
O'REILLY: I don't know anything about those stories. I don't know. I'm confused.
INGRAHAM: Why are those photos all of women? You say is you are a T-warrior, right? You're a T-warrior.
O'REILLY: I am.
INGRAHAM: Then act like one and stop playing this video.
O'REILLY: No more bikinis! They're over.
INGRAHAM: How about the hands over the boobs.
O'REILLY: No hands! No anything!
INGRAHAM: You don't want to hear me, Bill, but you should hear me, because people are tired of it.
O'REILLY: Never again. We'll be right back with Dick Morris.
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- Description of the Institute and its Mission
- Overview of the NIAMS Health Partnership Program
- Local Health Partnership Program Plan - Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Area
- Purpose - Local Health Partnership Program
- Goals and Objectives - Local Health Partnership Program
- Public Health Education
- Patient Care
- Access to Clinical Investigations
- Recruitment to Research Careers
- Community Focus
- Feedback from Community Leaders and Representatives
- Understanding the Community
- Gathering Community Input for Health Education/Promotion and Medical Research
- Community-Level Resources
- Partnering with Community-Based Organizations
- Community Resource Needs
- Resource Needs for Public Health Education (including patient education)
- Resource Needs for Patient Care
- Resource Needs for Access to Clinical Investigations
- Resource Needs for Recruitment to Research Careers
- Distribution of Resources
- Evaluation
- Appendix - Community Partners
Description of the Institute and its Mission
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NIAMS leads the Federal effort on research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress to improve public health. The NIAMS supports and conducts basic, clinical, and epidemiologic research and research training at universities and medical centers throughout the Nation, as well as through the Intramural Research Program at the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, which is focused on diseases affecting millions of Americans.
Overview of the NIAMS Health Partnership Program
As part of its efforts to address the health disparities
that exist among minority groups for rheumatic, musculoskeletal, and
skin diseases, the NIAMS is establishing the Health Partnership Program - A
NIAMS Diversity Outreach Initiative (HPP). The HPP is aimed at reducing
the morbidity and mortality associated with these diseases and their
complications, which disproportionately affect African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos,
American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders.
Many questions remain about the reasons for health disparities, the nature
of health disparities and the effects of health disparities among minority
communities. Through the development of the health promotion plan and
associated activities, the NIAMS will be poised to contribute to the
effort to find the answers to these questions to the ultimate benefit
of the community, a goal consistent with our mission. The HPP concentrates
on four key areas:
(1) public health education,
(2) patient care,
(3) access to clinical investigations, and
(4) recruitment to research careers.
The underlying theme of the HPP is collaboration with community leaders and representatives as well as organizations serving communities that are disproportionately affected by diseases of the joints, muscles, bones, and skin. Initially, the focus will be on rheumatic diseases such as arthritis and lupus in the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. In the next stages, the local HPP will address health disparities among the Institute's other disease areas and additional multicultural communities. We will plan national efforts as well. This document outlines the purpose, goals, and objectives for the initial local efforts of the HPP. It includes suggestions for effective outreach to the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Community Partners, that is, community-based organizations, health organizations, community leaders, faith-based groups, and other representatives of multicultural communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, have been integral to the development, implementation, and evaluation of this document [see the Appendix for a list of the HPP's Community Partners].
Local Health Partnership Program Plan — Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Area
The initial local HPP focuses on the collaborative development, dissemination, and delivery of resources (i.e., materials and services) on rheumatic diseases for the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
Purpose — Local Health Partnership Program
The purpose of the initial local HPP is to work with community leaders and organizations representing the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area to develop a model community-based program that will begin to address the disparities in rheumatic diseases in these communities. The HPP will provide access to current scientifically based health information and quality health care by offering preventive and treatment services.
Goals and Objectives — Local Health Partnership Program
Following is an overview of the goals and objectives for the initial local HPP in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. All of the goals and objectives involve working with organizations that have direct access to or a part of the targeted communities. Timelines and specific measures for outcomes have been omitted from this document, but are key to the success of any health promotion program. We are preparing the operational outline of the plan, which includes such measures.
Public Health Education
Increase awareness and understanding of rheumatic diseases.
Develop and disseminate scientifically based public health and patient education information tailored to the needs of the community.
Patient Care
- Increase awareness of the importance of early detection and treatment of rheumatic diseases in preventing complications and chronic disabilities associated with these diseases.
- Evaluate the impact of providing access to medical care for patients who have or suspect they have a rheumatic disease.
- Evaluate the impact of providing medical care to patients who have a rheumatic disease.
- Develop and disseminate scientifically based public health and patient education information on the treatment and prevention of complications and chronic disabilities associated with rheumatic diseases.
- Develop a model community-based rheumatology clinic that provides quality health care services.
Access to Clinical Investigations
Increase awareness of and access to clinical investigations designed to understand, treat, and prevent complications and chronic disabilities associated with rheumatic diseases.
- Develop and disseminate public health education information on the process of clinical trials and their impact on medical advances.
- Develop and disseminate education material about current clinical investigations that are seeking participation by members of the community.
- Develop a model community-based rheumatology clinic to provide increased access to clinical investigations designed to understand, treat, and prevent complications and chronic disabilities associated with rheumatic diseases.
Recruitment to Research Careers
Increase the number of underrepresented minority investigators at the NIAMS and in the biomedical research fields related to rheumatic diseases.
- Develop and provide science education focused on the NIAMS disease areas to students and teachers at all grade levels.
- Provide research training and mentoring opportunities for students and teachers.
- Provide research employment opportunities to underrepresented minority investigators.
- Develop a model community-based rheumatology clinic to provide research and patient care training opportunities for underrepresented minority investigators.
Community Focus
The initial phase of the HPP focuses on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos who reside in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. Each goal of the HPP refers to a specific group within the geographical region encompassed by the program.
- Public Health Education - The focus is on the general African American and Hispanic/Latino communities from childhood through adulthood.
- Patient Care - The primary focus is on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos who suspect they have or who have been diagnosed with a rheumatic disease. The secondary focus includes family members, friends, and the general public.
- Access to Clinical Investigations - The primary focus is on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos who have been diagnosed with a rheumatic disease. The secondary focus includes family members, friends, and the general public, as well as health care providers who can refer patients for treatment.
- Recruitment to Research Careers - The focus includes students and teachers, as well as investigators within the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities.
Feedback from Community Leaders and Representatives
Understanding the Community
This document was developed through a continuous process of revision; it continues to be a work in progress as we respond to community needs and operationalize the NIAMS Community Health Center and other components of the program. Three key meetings brought together representatives from the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities on February 29 and November 9, 2000, and June 6, 2001. The following section summarizes the HPP community partners' recommendations and suggestions. In addition, it reflects ongoing feedback gathered from partners at individual meetings and community forums.
Throughout our conversations with community partners, participants have stated that it is important for organizations that wish to work with the community to understand and be involved with the community at the local level. Organizations should:
- Become familiar with where community members live and work, including the health care relationships between Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
- Recognize that there are formal and informal leaders and identify who they are.
- Understand the culture and the diversity of the community (i.e., knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs).
- Identify what does and does not work in specific communities and why.
- Know the history of the community and its members.
It is also important to assess potential obstacles to the effectiveness of health education and promotion programs designed for specific communities. One obstacle in particular identified for both the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities is the limited availability of financial and human resources. The list below includes additional critical success factors for reaching the community.
- Trust. The people and organizations involved in the program should have established relationships with the community. The person delivering the health message should be familiar to and respected by the community.
- Ownership. Community members must be included in planning, implementing, and evaluating the program that is designed to address their needs.
- Culture. It is important to be aware of the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and values of the community.
- Message (language and comprehension). The health message must be appropriate for the community. Health messages should be culturally sensitive, and the community should be able to understand all terms used.
- Access. Services should be accessible by the community. They should be available on the days and during the times that are convenient for the community. If necessary, daycare and transportation should be provided.
- Resources. Ample staff, materials, and other resources should be provided to ensure continuous responsive service to and within the community.
Gathering Community Input for Health Education/Promotion and Medical Research
Partners have stated the importance of obtaining input directly from members of the community on topics such as health education and promotion programs and medical research. Input from the community establishes ownership and ensures that the program is responsive to the community's needs. In addition, partners have recognized the importance of having gatekeepers like themselves come together for an initial assessment of the community, but strongly suggested working at the "grassroots" level to gauge the interest of the people who will be affected by the program.
Listed below are examples of methods for gathering input from the community.
- Conduct focus groups at the grassroots level to formulate questions pertaining to the program. Consider questions such as What public health and patient education services are needed? What is already available?
- Design and conduct a survey at the grassroots level using questions formulated from focus groups. The whole community (i.e., community leaders and patients and their friends and families) must provide input to the program.
- Contact the patients and their caregivers.
- Make sure community members feel a part of the program.
Community-Level Resources
A number of services currently exist for public health and patient education, as well as patient care for people with rheumatic diseases in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. In addition, mechanisms to enhance recruitment to research careers are also in place. There remains, however, a need for additional resources to provide education and care, as well as research training, mentoring, and employment opportunities to the community. Because many resources (i.e., programs, materials, and services) are currently available, partners stated that it is important to know what resources are already in place in order to prevent duplication of efforts.
Following are examples of ways to facilitate collaborative efforts between the NIAMS and the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
- Expand current programs in health promotion by partnering with existing programs and clinics. Provide resources (human, financial, technical) to help expand these existing programs (don't replicate efforts).
- Conduct a needs assessment on the products and services available to the community.
- Train community partners to help deliver programs. A successful example is Senior Works by the D.C. Office on Aging.
- Hire and provide qualified health professionals who represent the community in their respective neighborhoods whenever possible (consider age, race, ethnicity, gender, etc.).
- Share existing information and resources that have been researched and published by NIH/NIAMS (e.g., research linking frequency and severity of lupus with African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos and genetic research linking lupus to West Africans).
- Highlight the accomplishments of minority institutions (e.g., Howard University's involvement with groundbreaking research on vitiligo and Howard's listing as one of the country's best schools in U.S. News and World Report).
Partnering with Community-Based Organizations
Community-based organizations have direct access to community members and can provide links to the community for needs assessments, delivery of materials and services, and program evaluations. Community partners suggested that the HPP include partnerships with various types of organizations and businesses to deliver program resources. Underlying this recommendation is the recognition that there are particular organizations for different communities and that targeted efforts must occur for African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos. Examples of these include:
- Faith-based organizations (e.g., African Americans [Methodist, Baptist traditions] vs. Hispanics/Latinos [Spanish Catholic Centers and evangelical congregations in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia])
- Health care organizations (e.g., hospitals, doctor's offices, HMOs, medical clinics, Mary's Center, La Clinica del Pueblo)
- Social service and mental health agencies (including Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous)
- Civic clubs.
- Fraternities and sororities (particularly important in the African American communities)
- Voluntary groups (including the Arthritis Foundation and Lupus Foundation of America)
- Chambers of Commerce (including the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
- Community centers (e.g., recreation centers, day care centers, senior centers, homeless shelters)
- Senior networks (e.g., Aging Network, Senior Resident Housing, Educational Organization for United Latin Americans (EOFULA), Maryland's Support Center)
- National Black Nurses Association and the National Hispanic Nurses Association
- National Medical Association and the National Hispanic Medical Association
- American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)
- Parent and Teacher Associations (PTA)
- Public and private primary and secondary schools
- Universities and academic centers (Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, community colleges, medical schools)
- Local government organizations (District of Columbia's Office on Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Latino Affairs, Motor Vehicle Administration, Department of Public Works, and Department of Transportation [metro stations, bus stops, cabs]; Montgomery County's DHHS Latino Health Initiative; public libraries across Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia)
- Private businesses (e.g., restaurants; health clubs; department stores; drug, grocery, and health supply stores; pharmacies; movie theaters; beauty and barber shops)
Community Resource Needs
Partners have identified types of resources needed to provide public health education and patient care, and to enhance recruitment efforts to research careers. In general, they have suggested that the NIAMS hire and train people from the community to deliver resources. It is important that the community identify with the people who are delivering health care and health messages, so race, age, gender, language (English, Spanish, bilingual, Vietnamese, etc.) and communication skills must be considered. Additional examples are listed based on the four key areas of the HPP.
Resource Needs for Public Health Education (including patient education)
- Basic health education information for patients and caregivers. Arthritis and lupus are important topics to both the African American and Hispanic/Latino communities.
- Community health information sessions and seminars led by people who reflect the community and/or people affected by the disease (consider language, age, race, ethnicity, gender, etc.).
- Specific health materials that educate the community on "good science" versus myths. Health beliefs will differ between African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos, so messages must be specific and culturally appropriate. Of particular importance is the use of folk remedies and other forms of alternative and complementary medicine.
- Services with flexible, convenient hours and locations (e.g., hold programs in drug, grocery, shop'n go, and video stores; schools). Provide childcare and refreshments if necessary.
- Health information in easy-to-use formats such as brochures, refrigerator magnets, and checklists.
- Training for community members to teach in the community (e.g., Senior Works program by the D.C. Office on Aging).
- NIH staff to provide outreach.
Resource Needs for Patient Care
- List of referrals and services.
- Training material for health care professionals.
- NIH staff to provide outreach.
Resource Needs for Access to Clinical Investigations
- Clinical studies recruitment brochure with information on how participation in a study can benefit the patient. In the brochure, address questions such as How does this benefit me? How will I be taken care of? How will I be involved? Consider issues of primary language spoken at home, bilingual materials, and limited literacy.
- Media ads for radio and TV (English and Spanish language venues) on health information and clinical studies recruitment.
- Community-level staff hired by the NIAMS to promote studies. Grassroots efforts are labor intensive, so staff should be compensated.
- Collaborations with investigators at minority colleges and universities to increase minority participation in research.
- NIH staff to provide outreach.
Resource Needs for Recruitment to Research Careers
K-12 School Levels
- Science education material (consider appropriate language, knowledge, and reading comprehension levels).
- Tutorials and field trips for science teachers and their students.
- Mentoring partnerships with professional NIAMS staff and educators/administrators.
- Educational development programs for new and young researchers.
- NIH staff to provide outreach.
College/University and Professional Level.
- Sessions at professional meetings that focus on the needs of African American and Hispanic/Latino clinical investigators and physicians.
- Internships and cooperative education opportunities in laboratory and science-related positions.
- Training for potential researchers at the NIH/NIAMS to enhance skills or facilitate a career change.
- Training for health professionals on mentoring and coaching.
- Mentoring partnerships with professional NIAMS staff and educators/administrators at the pre- and post-graduate levels.
- Educational programs to teach investigators and physicians about career development.
- Diversity and sensitivity workshops for physicians and health care providers.
- Continuing education credits (e.g., CEU, CME) provided by NIH/NIAMS to Historically Black Universities (Morgan State University, Howard Univrsity, Morehouse University, Meharry University, etc.) and Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
- Collaborations with organizations such as the National Medical Association, National Black Nurses Association, National Hispanic Nurses Association, and the National Hispanic Medical Association for professional training opportunities.
- Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions (including large research grants, as well as career development and training grants).
- Programs for people changing careers.
- NIH staff to provide outreach.
Distribution of Resources
For the HPP to reach African American and Hispanic/Latino communities effectively, the resources developed must respond to the needs of the particular community and be distributed through specific channels familiar to the community. Partners have identified organizations and channels that should be used to provide resources to the community. Organizations include those listed in the Appendix. Below are examples of channels that have been suggested for distributing resources.
- Local media (African American and Hispanic/Latino newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, TV, radio)
- Brochures
- School year books (place ad for training opportunities [high school & college levels])
- Barber shops and beauty salons
- Health fairs
- Health forums
- Health seminars
- Web sites
- Sports events
- Movie theaters
- Restaurants
- Hotels
- Metro and bus stations
- Libraries
Assessing the process, impact, and, when appropriate, the outcome is key to the success of any program. To accomplish this, we will need to develop strategies for evaluation and explore feedback mechanisms. Community partners stressed the importance of conducting focus groups at the grassroots level to assess the community's needs. We are requesting additional suggestions for evaluating the program from partners and other community representatives and members.
Appendix — Community Partners
Health Partnership Program Partners
Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis Foundation, Metropolitan Washington Chapter
Barney Neighborhood House
City of Baltimore, Hispanic Community Liaison
Congress of National Black Churches, Inc.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health Resource Center
D.C. Baptist Convention
D.C. Department of Health
D.C. Family and Child Services
D.C. Office on Aging
Friendship House Association
Greater Washington Urban League
Howard University
IQ Solutions
La Clinica del Pueblo
Latino/a Gay and Lesbian Organization
Life Skills Center Lupus Foundation of America
Lupus Foundation of Greater Washington
Marshal Heights Community Development Organization
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Michaux Senior Center
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Latino Initiative
National Association of Hispanic Nurses
National Hispanic Council on Aging
NIH Hispanic Communications Initiative
NIH Office of Equal Opportunity
National Office of Concerned Black Men
Self Reliance Foundation
Tenants and Workers' Support Committee
United Planning Organization
Unity Health Care
University of the District of Columbia
Walter Reed Hospital


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National health services company American Specialty Health Incorporated (ASH) announced it is teaming up with Innovista at the University of South Carolina to create a health technology innovation center that will bring new jobs to Columbia.
"As technology plays an increasingly larger role in our service capabilities and in the day-to-day lives of people, ASH must deliver innovative and robust capabilities that will allow us to keep up with demand and also grow our services in new ways," said ASH Chairman and CEO George DeVries. "Our new office site tied to the university campus and our affiliation with USC and Innovista puts us at the center of technology innovation, and will facilitate access to a valuable pool of prospective employees as we develop new web and mobile technology applications."
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