tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47847182431297055092024-03-09T18:48:16.939-08:00Portland Metal MomUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-51117310978072547222023-07-12T18:47:00.003-07:002023-07-12T18:47:47.028-07:00Oregon Expands Healthcare to All Regardless of Citizenship Status, Sets New State Standard<p class="article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin: 1.125rem 0px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2023/07/10/oregon-expands-health-coverage-low-income-residents-immigrants/">From Oregon Public Broadcasting, 7/10/23 </a></p><p class="article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin: 1.125rem 0px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"><i>Oregon has expanded free health insurance that mirrors Medicaid to all residents who qualify, regardless of their immigration status.</i></p><p><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem;">The move took effect July 1. It marks an expansion of a Medicaid-type program for immigrants last year for residents who don’t qualify for the Oregon Health Plan because of their immigration status. The program,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem;"> </span><a href="https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le-110196.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00749b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem;">Healthier Oregon</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem;">, covered those 19-24 and 55 and older who met low-income and other qualifications and was funded by a $100 million allocation by the Legislature in 2021.</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem;">“When it comes to health, we’re all connected,” Dave Baden, interim director of Oregon Health Authority, said in a statement. “Expanded health coverage through the full implementation of Healthier Oregon will keep more people and families healthy, which will reduce health costs and risks for every community.”</span></i></p><div class="article-body--padding article-body-ad" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"></div><p class="article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin: 1.125rem 0px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"><i>Baden said the expansion sets a new standard for other states. It comes amid a debate this spring in some states, including Connecticut, Minnesota and Nevada, about expanding Medicaid to undocumented immigrants, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/09/medicaid-for-undocumented-immigrants-democrats-00095949" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #00749b;">Politico reported</a>. Similar efforts in New York and Maryland failed, however, with Democrats balking about the price tag. </i></p><p class="article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #36362b; font-family: plantin; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.5625rem; margin: 1.125rem 0px; padding: 0px 1.5rem;"><i><br /></i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-55969368699370448042011-08-16T18:41:00.000-07:002011-08-16T18:47:20.661-07:00Summer Mini Tour - World of HateHere are the guys from Sisyphean Conscience loaded on the bus, heading to Bend, Richland, WA, Brush Prairie, WA and Medford. They're playing backup on the Northwest portion of World of Hate tour with Bay Area band Defiler and Chicago's Demolisher. Blaine, Taylor, Dustin and Garrett ended up recruiting Austin to play bass.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-55420008025797975352011-03-22T20:55:00.000-07:002011-03-22T20:55:38.453-07:00The Hawthorne, with PeripheryThe kids finally played to a decent sized audience, which loved them. /sniff.<br />
Live at The Hawthorne Theater, Portland, Oregon, March 15, 2011<br />
Second song is better.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmEwkvuDKLA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmEwkvuDKLA</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-41401747527030375652011-02-06T20:01:00.000-08:002011-02-06T21:21:47.037-08:00University of Oregon SymphonyElder son played double bass in today's University of Oregon Symphony concert.<br />
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Link to the final movement:<br />
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Before going into the concert, I took some quintessential Eugene/UO campus shots.<br />
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Outside the Knight (Phil) Library:<br />
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On the lawn outside the Erb Memorial Union. Prior getting started, someone shouted, "Okay, Vampires in the Belfry!"<br />
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The Wasteland is a small, all ages venue in the warehouse district, along the railroad tracks by the Willamette River in downtown Salem, Oregon. Very small crowd this evening, but they were clearly blown away by Sisyphean Conscience.<br />
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Loved the sign they have posted by the front door:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the last tune they played tonight: S.U.B.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH-7r31hiM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH-7r31hiM</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-85572405764060491932011-01-31T20:42:00.000-08:002011-01-31T20:42:10.822-08:00Saga of the Bass PlayerSadly, the first bass player didn't work out. Really nice kid, but he really should be back on guitar playing classic rock. The bass player in our family is at UO music school, and at this point is not interested in playing progressive metal (though he supports little bro all the way). They have a new guy to play bass, but again, he is not primarily a "bass player" so we'll see how this goes. Tomorrow night they'll play at The Waste Land in Salem, Oregon, sans bass while this guy learns the songs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-66116920618822604712011-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:002011-01-26T13:05:11.823-08:00Dallas, Oregon Grange Hall<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Here are videos I took of the Sisyphean Conscience performance on Saturday, January 22, 2011, Dallas Oregon Grange Hall. I love old Grange halls, don't you? Most small towns across Oregon still have usable Grange halls equipped with kitchens and they are inexpensive to rent. The young man putting on this concert provided food for the bands, which was cool because the venue was a bit out of town. I love how these all-ages shows start at 5:00 PM. We were back in Portland well before midnight.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Knowillusions#p/u/1/kjtHZ2NPVa8">http://www.youtube.com/user/Knowillusions#p/u/1/kjtHZ2NPVa8</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784718243129705509.post-91167393275850342272011-01-25T21:00:00.000-08:002011-01-25T21:00:36.408-08:00And Away We Go<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">There appears to be no escaping the fact that my son, 18 and a high school senior, is bound and determined to be a successful professional drummer. He also has some related businesses he is exploring...more on that later. His grade point is very good, and he intends to go to college - hopefully these goals will work together!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br />
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