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Several weeks ago, more than 100 residents of downtown Durham got a notice in the mail, and they weren't too happy about it.
The notice told them they would have to start paying to park their cars at home.
"Everyone was flabbergasted," said Marcia McNally, who lives in a Kress Building condominium.
Not many of the now-fashionable downtown apartments and condominiums come with parking lots. And as long as Durham folks have been living downtown – some for 30 years – they've been parking a vehicle or two for free in a public garage.
But in early August, the city's parking contractor, Lanier Parking Services, informed them that, as of Oct. 1, there would be a charge as much as $90 a month.
"I understand this creates a lot of angst," said City Councilman Don Moffitt, when McNally and other displeased downtown residents, some of whom pioneered downtown living decades ago, brought their complaints to the City Council Sept. 5.
After a flood of irate calls and emails, city authorities put off enforcing the new rates – $10 a month for evenings and weekends only, $45 to $65 a month for non-reserved spaces weekdays and weekends parking, $90 for reserved garage space 24/7 – until January, at the earliest. And City Council members expressed surprise at the turn of events as well.
"Are we talking about an increase over free?" asked Councilman Eugene Brown.
"Yes," said condo owner Jamie Hahn.
The rate increases were a recommendation in a draft downtown parking survey circulated for comment last spring. The downtown Partners Against Crime held a meeting about it in April, where members expressed opinions, expecting to be informed of revisions and further hearings.
The next thing they heard, McNally and others said, was Lanier's letter.
"We expected a chance to see the final report and comment," said Scott Harmon, facilitator for the downtown PAC. What we did not expect was ... the city went forward implementing charging the residents downtown who up until now have been able to get a complimentary pass or two."
The final parking study has yet to be finished, according to city Transportation Director Mark Ahrendsen It should be ready for council review this month.
Nevertheless, council members discussed the draft's proposed parking fee increases at their May 23 work session and the residents' pending charges were reported in The Durham News before they were adopted on June 3.
"To say I am shocked, angry and disappointed in the council would be an understatement," downtown resident Coke Ariail wrote in a letter to council members. Ariail bought the building where he and his wife, Kate, live in 1983.
Once residential development began downtown, around 1990, he said, it became clear that free or very inexpensive parking was vital to attracting residents. On Nov. 2, 1992, the council voted to allow residents non-reserved parking for free.
In 1999, the council voted to impose a $10 monthly fee for residents, but the charge was enforced only sporadically. Rather, about 125 residents hold free passes issued to them through Lanier.
"Sounds like what we have was an unwritten policy that turned into a practice," said Mayor Bill Bell.
Since the September work session, Marcia McNally said, there have been multiple meetings of residents and city officials. The downtown PAC and Downtown Durham Inc. are engaged as well, and everyone is waiting for the council to act on the final parking study.
"This all has to play out," she said.
For the time being, McNally said, the $10 monthly fee is supposed be enforced "until this all gets sorted out." What happens then remains to be seen, and residents have parking issues beyond what it costs, she said: such as the "horse trading" between City Hall and developers about dedicated parking spaces.
The main thing for those who call downtown home is to be included in decisions that affect them, she said.
"There is a neighborhood downtown now and we want to participate," McNally said. "We are not a 'NIMBY' group, we are just people who want to create a neighborhood and participate in good faith."
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By Dave Ruthenberg, Sports Editor
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ENID, Okla. —
Seth Handley rushed for 336 yards, Chance Pryor rushed for four touchdowns and Raeshaan Finley added a career-high 104 yards as the Enid Plainsmen used a punishing ground attack in taking out the frustration of a six-game losing streak on Stillwater 49-21 Friday night at D. Bruce Selby Stadium on Senior Night.
"This was an exciting win," said Handley, whose 336 yards rushing Friday night rank second all-time for rushing yards in a single game, behind only his record-setting 377-yard performance last season against Bixby. He also now ranks fourth in all-time career rushing yards.
Handley deflected most of the credit toward his teammates: "My wide receivers blocked and my linemen opened up the holes. This (the win) feels so good, I'm so happy. All of the guys did a good job tonight."
Enid (3-6, 1-5) rushed for a season-high 469 yards, averaging an impressive 8.2 yards per attempt in swarming the Stillwater (3-6, 1-5) defense in picking up its first district win of the season.
"It's been a long time coming," said Enid head coach Steve Chard. "We've had a rough few weeks. I would have given almost anything to get this win. This was a great night. Sure, we're frustrated we're not in the playoff hunt, but the players and coaches never quit working."
Like Handley, Chard also acknowledged the play of Enid's offensive line in the victory.
"The O-Line was great tonight," Chard said. "All five of those guys were tremendous, and Colton Herrell blocked their big lineman (Jonah Motley) a bunch and stalemated him."
The Plainsmen also played nearly error-free with no turnovers, while coming up with three takeaways, including an interception and fumble recovery by Aaron Beagle, as well as a forced fumble and fumble recovery from linebacker Isiah Singleton.
"We just worked together," said Singleton.
The Plainsmen got on the scoreboard first, driving 95 yards on their second possession, all on the ground. Handley accounted for all but 11 yards on the drive, reeling off big gainers of 14 and 17 yards from a full-house formation and finished off the drive with a 35-yard touchdown run that put Enid up 6-0. The only negative on the drive was a missed extra point, Enid's first missed PAT after converting on 11 straight coming into the game.
Stillwater, after going three and out on its first two possessions, resorted to a bit of deception to get on the scoreboard for its only touchdown of the first half. Sophomore quarterback Taggart Brown pitched the ball to Chuck Neil, who then pitched to King Williams, who pulled up and found Spencer Parsons for a seven-yard touchdown pass. The extra point capped a 63-yard drive that put Stillwater up 7-6 late in the first quarter.
The Plainsmen would respond with a pair of scoring drives on their next two possessions, driving 94 yards immediately following the Pioneers' score, doing most of their damage on the ground until Pryor connected with f Finley for a 14-yard reception to the Pioneers' 22-yard line, catching Stillwater on a blitz. An 11-yard Pryor scramble followed with Handley then carrying 10 yards to the one-yard line, where Pryor finished off the drive on a keeper. Enid added two points when Steven Hocker caught a pass from Pryor, putting Enid up 14-7.
Stillwater drove into Enid territory on its next possession, but Ty Smith fumbled and the ball was recovered by Singleton at the Enid 23-yard line. Again, Handley did most of the damage, taking advantage of solid blocking with Jake Scott acting as lead blocker from a full house backfield. After driving to the 1-yard line, Pryor recorded his second rushing touchdown as Enid went up 21-7 late in the second quarter.
The Plainsmen recorded their second takeaway of the first half after a 70-yard kickoff return by Brandon Prater to the Enid 20. Aaron Beagle picked off Brown as the half drew to a close with Enid up 21-7.
Enid went up 28-7, needing only one play from scrimmage on its opening possession of the second half as Handley raced 80 yards into the end zone.
Stillwater would answer when King Williams, operating out of the Wildcat, raced 31 yards into the end zone to make it 28-14. But a pair of Pryor 1-yard touchdown runs that capped drives of 55 and 56 yards would extend Enid's lead to 42-14.
"This is a great feeling," said Pryor. "I didn't get my first goal of making the playoffs (this season) but this was a great win. The O-line really stepped up tonight."
Pryor, who finished the game 8-of-11 for 64 yards passing, connected with Beagle on 26-yard pass play out of a full house backfield that led to Enid's fifth touchdown that also featured Handley rushing for 28 yards on the drive. The Plainsmen's sixth touchdown came after Beagle recovered a fumble by Stillwater's Smith at Enid's 44-yard line caused by Singleton.
"He (Smith) turned back into me after Jake Scott forced him in my direction," Singleton said.
"I just saw it laying on the ground and picked it up," Beagle said.
"You know, it was great that it was Beagle (who came up with two turnovers)," Chard said. "He does so many things for us. His (first half) interception kept a 14-point cushion for us going into halftime."
Stillwater's Williams would add another touchdown to make it 42-21 on an 18-yard run. Enid would close out the scoring with an impressive 80-yard drive in which Finley accounted for all 80 yards, including a 2-yard rushing touchdown, in securing his first career 100-yard game.
"The line just blocked really good," said Finley. "I just stepped up. I just went out there and did my thing. I knew I could score, I just had to show everybody else I could score."
The game had a scary moment early in the second half when Stillwater's Will Fowler left the game on a stretcher. His condition was unknown after the game.
But the night belonged to the Plainsmen on this Senior Night.
"I'm real happy for the kids," Chard said. "The coaches and players stayed the course, and for once we got a break or two and we did what good teams do and took advantage of it."
Enid travels to Sand Springs Nov. 2 to close out the season.

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It has a RTC, the power connector has a screw on fitting. it guides beautifully.
I have not heard of the Star Sense device but my guess is that it will require a NexStar+ HC and an Aux port on the mount. The challenge with existing mounts will be fitting it, I guess it could fit in place of the finder.
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A surge in trespassing and littering inside a county park has county officials asking for the public's help in tackling the problems.
County Administrator Steve Willis brought the issue of Bear Creek Park to Lancaster County Council's attention during its June 23 meeting.
Located off Potter Road and along Bear Creek, the park has been attracting unwelcome attention from trespassers after hours, Willis said.
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Children attending Vacation Bible School at Covenant Baptist Church from June 16 to 20 learned about biblical superheroes and then performed their own acts of justice and mercy.
Scripture for the week was Micah 6:8 – "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To Act Justly and to Love Mercy and to Walk Humbly With Your God."
Prosecutors are gearing up for a hearing later this month for a Lancaster man facing multiple charges related to more than a half-million dollars in misappropriated funds from three area agencies.
Sixth Circuit Solicitor Doug Barfield said Wednesday, July 2, that a hearing will be held July 14 for Ezra Brown Crenshaw Jr., 42, 2176 Country Club Drive, though he declined to give specifics about what type of hearing it is or what it will entail.
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The Lancaster Dixie Baseball AAA all-stars capped an unbeaten run to capture the Dixie Youth Baseball District 2 tournament at the Timken Sports Complex in Union on Wednesday, July 2.
The Lancaster AAA all-stars, who went 5-0 in the field and outscored their foes, 56-4, wrapped up the crown with a 14-3 win over Clover, which fell twice to Lancaster.
Buford High School has gone within its hoops ranks for new leadership in the Yellow Jackets' varsity basketball program.
Garrett Hammond, who has coached in the Buford High hoops feeder program, is the new Jackets' boys basketball coach.
Hammond, 30, will take the BHS hoops reigns after former Jackets' coach Neil Couch left Buford for a position with an area business.
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An Andrew Jackson High School basketball player is spending his summer, honing his hoops skills and earning hardwood honors.
Michael Slayton, an AJHS junior, is a member of the Fort Mill Knicks who have earned a bid to the 16U AAU national tournament in Orlando, Fla., July 16-20.
The team qualified for the nationals after winning the state tournament in Columbia.
The FM Knicks will also play in the USBA Nationals in Myrtle Beach, July 8-12.
The Lancaster Post 31 junior team, which finished regular-season play as the League V runner, will open the 2014 S.C. American Legion playoffs with a home game against Greenwood.
The series, a best-of-three first-round series, moves to Greenwood Post 20 for game two on Tuesday, July 8.
The series is expected to close Wednesday, July 9. All games will be played a 7 p.m.
The winner moves on to second-round play which opens Monday, July 14.
Lancaster County Swim Team Sharks will host the annual Aquatics swim meet Tuesday, July 8 and Wednesday, July 9 at 4 p.m.
The Aquatics meet is the season-ending meet for the area summer recreation swim teams.
The 10-under swimmers will compete Tuesday, July 8, with the 11-up swimmers to compete July 9 at the LCP.
The Aquatics meet will include teams from Kershaw, Chester, Camden and Lancaster.
With healthy corn stalks towering feet above his head, 8-year-old Ryker "RJ" Robinson has an impressive vegetable garden in the Jones Crossroads area.
Four years ago, he began planting the garden and up until now has used money from the produce to buy gifts for himself, but this year he plans to give all his profits to the American Cancer Society.
An Andrew Jackson High School basketball player is spending his summer, honing his hoops skills and earning hardwood honors.
Michael Slayton, an AJHS junior, is a member of the Fort Mill Knicks who have earned a bid to the 16U AAU national tournament in Orlando, Fla., July 16-20.
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On May 6, the Governor announced The State of Health: Colorado's Commitment to Become the Healthiest State. To learn more click here.
Please note: The event that was scheduled for April 23, 2013 has been rescheduled for May 6, 2013. For more information click here.
Gov. John Hickenlooper invites you to learn about Coloado's health agenda. For more information click here.
On January 25, 2013 the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange announced it's new name - Connect for Health Colorado! The Exchange will begin using its new name this spring in advance of opening for business in October 2013. Read more details here.
On January 3, Governor Hickenlooper announced a plan to achieve $280 million in Medicaid savings and expand Medicaid eligibility beginning in 2014. Read the Governor's full press release , and find additional information here.
On December 26, 2012, the Governor's Office, Division of Insurance, and Colorado Health Benefit Exchange submitted joint comments in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Proposed Rule regarding Essential Health Benefits. You can find our comment here.
The Colorado Division of Insurance has released two documents explaining the rationale behind its decision not to conduct its own reinsurance and risk adjustment programs in 2014. These documents are available here (reinsurance) and here (risk adjustment).
On September 28, Colorado submitted its recommendation for an Essential Health Benefits (EHB) Benchmark plan. The selection process was facilitated jointly by the Governor's Office, the Division of Insurance, and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange, and the benefits in the benchmark plan will be used as a template for Colorado insurance carriers to use when designing EHB-compliant benefit plans in 2014 and 2015. Additional information available here.
Last week, the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) received a second Level One grant in the amount of $43.4 million. The grant will fund technology and staffing for COHBE through June 2013. For more information, see COHBE's press release or visit www.getcoveredco.org.
Here is a draft recommendation for Colorado's EHB Benchmark plan that will be required as the basis for individual and small group health plans in and out of the Exchange. Comments on this draft should be sent to the EHB email, email@example.com, through September 10. After consideration of the comments from stakeholders, we will release a final recommendation.
State Innovation Models (SIM) Grant: materials now posted from the August 14 webinar hosted by the Governor's Office and HCPF
The Governor's Office is hosting an informational webinar regarding Colorado's progress and process on the CMMI State Innovation Models (SIM) funding opportunity today, Tuesday, August 14 at 3:00pm. The webinar will provide an overview of the funding opportunity, cover our progress to-date, and ask for feedback and input from interested stakeholders. Register here.
HHS has announced the date, time, and location of the Affordable Care Act implementation forum it will hold in Denver next month:
August 22, 2012
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Davis Auditorium in Sturm Hall
University of Denver
2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Denver, CO 80208
Please register to attend.
The Department of Health & Human Services has revised its schedule of forums to foster community conversations about the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The forum in Denver will now be held on August 22, 2012 (not August 10, 2012 as announced last week). HHS will also hold a forum specifically to focus on needs of tribal populations in the Exchange; that forum will take place in Denver on August 9, 2012. HHS states that location and registration information for both meetings will be forthcoming. Learn more here.
Updated: The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is holding forums across the country to bring together HHS leadership with community leaders to discuss the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. One of the meetings will be in Denver on August 22, 2012. More information will be posted as HHS releases it.
The Governor's Office, the Colorado Division of Insurance, and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange recently hosted a webinar to introduce Colorado's options for an Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan. Today, we posted additional information to help stakeholders evaluate benchmark plan options, including webinar materials, plan summaries, and detailed policy forms for each of Colorado's nine options. These are available at the DOI website and the COHBE website. Please continue to send any comments or questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Governor's Office, Division of Insurance (DOI), and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) formally began a stakeholder process today to facilitate the selection of an Essential Health Benefits benchmark plan for Colorado. A webinar recording and other materials are posted on the DOI and COHBE websites. In addition to the webinar, there will be two public meetings, one July 18 from 10am-12pm at National Jewish Health, and the other July 31 from 1-3pm at the HistoryColorado Center. Additional details will be announced soon. Questions and public comments regarding Colorado's Essential Health Benefits can be emailed to email@example.com.
Gov. John Hickenlooper today released this statement about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act:
"The court's decision simply keeps Colorado on the path toward reform we've been on since the Affordable Care Act became law. We must also remember that controlling costs across the entire health system is a critical component of expanding coverage. We remain committed to doing everything we can to improve the health and health care of all Coloradans."
The state of Colorado and the Colorado General Assembly began working in 2006 on a framework for improving health care outcomes for Coloradans. The Affordable Care Act helped build on the work of the state's Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform and provided increased funding to make comprehensive reform possible.
A number of important aspects of the law are already improving the lives of many Coloradans based on implementation of the Affordable Care Act in Colorado:
• 1,331 people with pre-existing conditions have received coverage through a new high risk pool, GettingUsCovered.
• 43,997 young adults in Colorado have gained insurance coverage.
• More than 380,000 seniors have taken advantage of preventative services – such as mammograms and colonoscopies – or a free annual wellness visit with their doctor.
• Nearly 1 million individuals in Colorado with private health insurance have gained preventive service coverage.
• Almost 2 million residents, including 696,000 women and 521,000 children, are free from worrying about lifetime limits on coverage – freeing cancer patients and individuals suffering from other chronic diseases from having to worry about going without treatment.
• 40,000 people with Medicare in Colorado have received a $250 rebate and discounts to help cover the cost of their prescription drugs when they hit the Medicare coverage gap.
Last year, the Colorado legislature passed Senate Bill 200 with bi-partisan support, creating the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange. The legislation reflects the unique needs of Colorado, seeks Colorado-specific solutions and explores the maximum number of options available to the state in meeting the goals of quality access and affordability.
"More Coloradans will benefit when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented in 2014," Hickenlooper said. "We will continue to operate within the law's framework and with the General Assembly while making state-level decisions that work for everybody."
The Governor's Office, the Division of Insurance, the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange will convene a public webinar on Friday, June 29, 10 am to 11 am, to discuss the process of selecting an Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan for Colorado. Colorado will choose an EHB benchmark plan in the coming months, which will establish minimum health benefits required for many health insurance plans beginning in 2014. In addition to answering common questions about the process, the webinar will provide an introductory overview of a chart that details Colorado's options for an EHB benchmark plan. Please register for the webinar in advance using this registration link. The webinar will offer internet-based audio, video, and question submission, as well as phone-based audio. Links to the webinar slides and the EHB Options Chart will be posted on the following websites just before the webinar: http://www.dora.state.co.us/insurance/, www.colorado.gov/healthreform, and www.getcoveredco.org. The webinar will be followed by two public meetings and a public comment period in July.
Colorado is receiving $2.96 million to expand our community health centers, the Department of Health & Human Services announced today. This investment will help Coloradans, especially those least advantaged, get the health care they need when they need it. Read more.
Addressing health reform efforts, Governor Hickenlooper champions Colorado-specific solutions, bipartisanship, and achievements improving the lives of Coloradans in this Denver Post editorial.
For the past few months, the Governor's Office, Division of Insurance, and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange have been diligently working to collect data and develop a comparison chart for Colorado's EHB benchmark plan options. Based on an HHS bulletin issued in December 2011, these options must include the three largest small group plans in Colorado, the largest HMO, both state employee benefit plans, and three largest Federal employee benefit plans.
We are currently finalizing the consumer-friendly chart with specific information on benefits offered by each of the benchmark options listed above, which will be finalized by mid-June. Once complete, we will conduct a statewide public webinar to walk through the chart and each of the benchmark options, hold a series of public meetings to listen to stakeholder feedback, and have a period of open public comment. Our aim is to come to a shared agreement on which benchmark plan is best for Colorado.
As soon as specific dates for the webinar, public meetings, and comment period are set, they will be posted to www.colorado.gov/healthreform, http://www.dora.state.co.us/insurance/, and www.getcoveredco.org.
Recent reports by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Goldman Sachs Group estimate Coloradans could be in line for millions of dollars in rebates from health insurance issuers for comprehensive major medical health insurance premiums, required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Beginning in 2011, the law required health insurance issuers in the small group and individual markets to spend 80 percent of premiums on health care costs; those in the large group market are required to spend 85 percent on health care costs. This is known as the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rule. Health insurance issuers that fail to reach that threshold are required to pay rebates. The Colorado Division of Insurance wants consumers to know that the information in the reports is an estimate, based on data submitted in annual financial filings to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), and the final calculations in the reports include a number of assumptions. Data upon which the actual rebates will be based will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by June 1, 2012. HHS will then make the final determination regarding rebates, and issuers will pay out those rebates on August 1, 2012.
Colorado selected as one of seven markets nationwide to participate in a federal Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative. Under this program, select primary care practices will receive enhanced payments to provide additional services to patients, including: care coordination; increasing patients' access to care; delivering preventive care; engaging patients and caregivers in managing their own care; and providing individualized, enhanced care for patients living with multiple chronic diseases and higher needs.
Colorado received $3.7M grant to improve the health and development of children and provide early childhood supports and home visits to families who volunteer to receive these services. This award is part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and will give Colorado a significant boost in our efforts to keep children safe and healthy.
Since 2010, 29 Colorado companies have received almost $44.3 million to help reduce health insurance costs and ensure continued coverage for early retirees not yet eligible for Medicare. Nationwide, 13 million Americans aged 55-64 benefitted from $4.73 billion in assistance through the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP), a federal program established by PPACA. Read more about ERRP's success here.
The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) wants your ideas on implementing health care reform in Colorado. HCPF is identifying changes to Medicaid and CHP+ eligibility systems, training, communication, and practices, and every Friday they will post specific topics on which feedback may be provided for 7 days. Your ideas will help HCPF formulate a plan that will be submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to request enhanced federal funding to implement these changes. To see HCPF's official letter requesting stakeholder feedback, please click here. To share your ideas, click here.
This Kaiser Family Foundation tool shows people what proportion of their community will benefit from PPACA's coverage expansions. Check out your zip code here.
Understanding the Individual Mandate: Kaiser Family Foundation has developed a simple flowchart to help people understand health reform's requirement for many to purchase health insurance coverage starting in 2014.
Family Voices Colorado recently announced the launch of the Colorado Resource Directory, an online resource guide for families and professionals working with children or adults with special health care needs.
On Wednesday, January 18, the Colorado Division of Insurance and the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange will co-host a stakeholder meeting to address the recent HHS bulletin regarding Essential Health Benefits. Additional information available here.
Denver-based Physician Health Partners was selected as one of only 32 participants nationwide in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Payment Reform Project, which will test the impact of innovative payment arrangements to achieve better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Additionally, 4 Coloradans were selected from over 900 applicants to participate in HHS's Innovation Advisors Program. They include Ms. Erin Denholm, Centura Health; Dr. Daniel Johnson, Kaiser Permanente; Dr. Candice Lagasse, United States Air Force (Buckley AFB); and Dr. Jay Want, Center for Improving Value in Health Care.
Colorado Health Benefit Exchange's Level One Establishment Grant
HHS announced Friday that states will decide what essential benefits must be covered by insurance starting in 2014. Each state will choose from several existing plan structures, including plans offered to state and federal employees, HMO plans, and small group plans. The ACA requires every plan to cover, at a minimum, preventive care, emergency services, pediatric care (including oral and vision), maternity care, hospital and physician services, and prescription drugs. The Essential Health Benefits Bulletin can be found at http://cciio.cms.gov/resources/files/Files2/12162011/essential_health_benefits_bulletin.pdf
The Legislative Implementation Review Committee voted 9-1 to approve the submission of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange's Level One Establishment Grant application by Dec. 31 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If approved, the nearly $18 million grant will fund the next phase of establishing the new state health insurance marketplace, which is scheduled to open for business in late 2013.
The new 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS) has been released. It is a statewide survey that focuses on Coloradans' access to care, usage of health care services, and affordability.
The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange has launched their new website, www.getcoveredco.org.
- Join Colorado Commissioner of Insurance, Jim Riesberg, to learn the latest information about changes in your health insurance
- http://bit.ly/vTesnc
- Upcoming 2011 Meetings
Exchange Board Meetings
September 16, 26 9:30am - 1:30pm
Mile High Room of COPIC
7351 E. Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO, 80230
Beginning October 10, 2011, the Board will meet the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 8:30 am - 12:00 pm in the Mile High Room of COPIC. This schedule will remain through the end of 2012. Holiday and other conflicts may change the schedule periodically.
- June 10, 2011
Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board of Directors Inaugural Meeting
July 11, 2011 10:30 - 1:30
(Lunch will be provided for board members at 12:30)
225 16th Avenue, Denver, CO
1st Floor Conference Room
- May 19, 2011
The state is seeking volunteers to help design evidence-based outreach and education materials for the uninsured. The committee will be co-chaired by the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing and the exchange planning grant staff. We will hold our first meeting mid-June to discuss current efforts, what we will need going forward, and ways to coordinate with other organizations and existing initiatives. If you are interested in being part of the workgroup that will meet monthly starting in June, please email henneberryj@coloradohealthinstitute with your contact information.
- March 18, 2011
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Although the concept -- and some of the products and services -- of cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) is still nascent, some companies, especially smaller organizations, are discovering and starting to leverage cloud services for DR. It can be an attractive alternative for companies that may be strapped for IT resources because the usage-based cost of cloud services is well suited for DR where the secondary infrastructure is parked and idling most of the time. Having DR sites in the cloud reduces the need for data center space, IT infrastructure and IT resources, which leads to significant cost reductions, enabling smaller companies to deploy disaster recovery options that were previously only found in larger enterprises. "Cloud-based DR moves the discussion from data center space and hardware to one about cloud capacity planning," said Lauren Whitehouse, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) in Milford, Mass.
But cloud-based disaster recovery isn't a perfect solution, and its shortcomings and challenges need to be clearly understood before a firm ventures into it. Security usually tops the list of concerns:
- Is data securely transferred
- and stored in the cloud?
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- Are passwords the only option or does the cloud provider offer some type of two-factor authentication?
- Does the cloud provider meet regulatory requirements?
And because clouds are accessed via the Internet, bandwidth requirements also need to be clearly understood. There's a risk of only planning for bandwidth requirements to move data into the cloud without sufficient analysis of how to make the data accessible when a disaster strikes:
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- If you plan to restore from the cloud to on-premises infrastructure, how long will that restore take?
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No decision was made in the hearing to determine if the state's voice experts will testify at George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial because of a defense witness being unavailable to testify at Saturday's hearing.
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Judge Debra Nelson said she will discuss the matter sometime next week and jury selection will go on as planned on Monday. Court is in recess until jury selection at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nelson said.
The third witness was slated to testify via video conference but was stuck inside a delayed plane.
Zimmerman was in court, which began promptly at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, wearing a dress shirt, gray sport coat and tie. The hearing was focused on the audio experts testifying about the screams heard in the background of neighbors' 911 calls.
The defense first called forensic speech/audio expert Dr. John Peter French from the United Kingdom, via video conference. When questioned about his experience, French said he's handled 5,000 cases and appeared in court 200 times, mostly for prosecution.
Attorney Don West then questioned French on how he analyzes a recording audio sample. As far as analyzing screaming, the features French said he looks for to identify the voice are accent, rate of speech, vowel sounds, and more.
French said it is difficult to do a voice comparison when someone is shouting and that you can't determine from someone's normal voice what they sound like when under severe attack.
"I've never come across a case in the 30 years of my career where anybody has attempted to compare screaming with normal voices," French said, adding that voice comparison with screams is "uncharted territory."
French said the 911 call in question is not suitable for comparison, saying it "wouldn't have gotten to first base."
The state has started to question French, who said he only needs a new syllables to exclude a voice source, depending on quality.
The state also asked French on how puberty could affect the voice quality and pitch.
"People who haven't undergone the voice change, generally speaking, they'll have a higher pitch voice," French said.
The second witness the defense has called on Saturday is George Doddington, voice recognition exert and electrical engineer who is being questioned by defense attorney Mark O'Mara. Doddington worked for Texas Instruments on voice recognition for tech-like door entry.
Doddington said speech is not like fingerprints, iris scans or DNA--it is an energy signal or "performance."
He also said that recognition systems are error-prone.
O'Mara also focused on having Doddington discuss the difference between speech recognition technology-- meaning what's said-- and speaker recognition-- meaning who says it.
Doddington said doing speaker recognition on one second of good speech is "absurd" and that speech over the phone degrades the performance, implying the short, isolated screams on the 911 call are too brief and degraded quality for proper evaluation.
The technique of looping a one second scream for 10 seconds, Doddington says, is a "violation of common sense." In addition, he called trying to identify the screams as a "fool's mission," saying in order to test screams, you would have to subject people to "unethical amounts of stress."
The state quickly questioned Doddington, who says he likes disagreements in his field and calls them "the sign of progress."
When asked why Doddington listened to the tapes when he doesn't evaluate forensic samples, he replied, "what got me to listen to the tapes is Dr. Reich's findings. It sounded absurd and it was."
Doddington then told O'Mara that it was "not possible" to identify the audio.
The experts the defense is questioning are Tom Owen, the expert who excluded Zimmerman as the source of the screams in the 911 calls, and Dr. Alan Reich, the expert who said he hears Trayvon Martin saying "I'm begging you" in the background of the 911 calls.
"The words at the screaming level were almost entirely those of Trayvon Martin," Reich said on Friday when asked about his analysis of the 911 call from a witness the night of the shooting.
French said that he was "disturbed" by Reich's methodologies he testified to.


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Mike Johnson is the perfect choice for the Distinguished Tomcat Award that will be presented Friday night before Ashland plays Lewis County in the opening game of the Ashland Invitational Tournament.
Few embody the Tomcat spirit more than Johnson, whose legacy with Ashland sports stretches back 50 years.
He always considered it to a privilege and honor to wear Ashland's maroon and white, starting with being on the 1963 and 1964 Ashland American Little League state championship All-Star teams.
As a young Africa-American boy living in Ashland, he learned of the ugliness of prejudice while traveling with the Little League teams. But he also learned about the importance of teammates who wanted to play with him no matter his color.
Johnson was a starter as a junior on Ashland's 1967 state football championship team as a cornerback on a rugged, hard-hitting defense that rattled opponents.
He was also a senior catcher on Ashland's 1969 state runner-up baseball team that lost 1-0 to Owensboro in the finals.
But it didn't stop there. His three children — Mike, Charlie and Angie — were stars in the Tomcat/Kitten family, too.
Mike and son Charlie, the wrecking ball of a fullback on Ashland's powerful 1990 state championship football team, hold the rare distinction of father-son state titles with the Tomcats. The only other one that immediately comes to mind is Ellis Johnson (1928 basketball) and Kenn Johnson (1961 basketball) to hold that record.
Mike's oldest son was at one time Ashland's all-time rushing king and one of the best running backs in school history. He ran for more than 3,000 yards in a brilliant career.
Angie Johnson starred for the Kittens, playing on some great Ashland teams in the late 1980s, then going on to a college career at the University of Louisville. She parlayed that into more success on the court as an assistant coach at several women's programs including Florida State and Georgia.
So sports and the Johnson family rank high in the annals of Tomcat history.
But when it comes to the pride that comes along with playing at Ashland, few anywhere have more than Mike Johnson. He coached youth league baseball for at least a decade and always shared his passion for the Tomcats with those players, too.
Mike was a competitor who played to win and he was a coach who coached to win. Anybody who played with or coached with Mike Johnson and his coaching buddy Jim Johnson listened to what they had to say.
I had the privilege of coaching with Mike on some Babe Ruth All-Star teams and have never come across anyone more fair or anyone who wanted to win more than he did. Even more importantly was how Mike respected and liked every player on the team, regardless of their standing in the starting lineup. Everyone was treated equally and given equal opportunities. The best players played. End of story.
He would tell the players about what it felt like when the firetrucks led you into town after winning a state championship because he knows, first hand, what that feels like.
Not many can say that.
He made them understand the importance, not to mention the responsibility, of holding Ashland's sports banner high.
His loyalty to all things Tomcats has been there since the first time he put on a uniform.
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bought a pair of Polk 7c speakers today on CL for $60 and they are about brand new looking!
sound is quite good.
wondering about the crossover upgrade.
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hello out there.
bought a pair of Polk 7c speakers today on CL for $60 and they are about brand new looking!
sound is quite good.
wondering about the crossover upgrade.
Congratulations. That is a great price on some very nice sounding speakers. I have a pair of the Monitor 7Bs and like them a lot. I do not know about the crossover upgrade but there are lots of wonderful and knowledgeable people on this site who will be able to help you with your crossover upgrade question. Welcome to Club Polk and enjoy your 7C speakers!
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Welcome and do a search.
There are 100's of threads on 7c's upgrade.
Check schematics of 7's in this thread for crossover values:
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Welcome! Awesome speakers, and considered by many the most well rounded of all the Monitor Series.
Plenty of help here, whether doing it yourself, or having others do it for you.
The schematics are here: http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/show...ELS-except-SDA
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Welcome and enjoy the ride.
thanks a lot for the prompt responses. they really do sound good! the thing that really gets me is that they look brand new really. the corners aren't rounded; they are square! it looks like they are just right out of the boxes!
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You got a hell of a deal on those buddy
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nice find
been listening to these 'small' speakers for a couple of weeks now and am still 'wowed' by them!
Welcome. What are they hooked to ? thats a great deal too for a nice pair of speakers :)
Congratulations, jestwaitn! The Polk 7s are wonderful speakers. And you got them at an unbelievable price! I have a pair of 7Bs (which I had been trying to sell with no luck so I will keep them) and really love them. The only reason I was thinking of getting rid of my 7Bs was due to having too many speakers (Monitor 10s, SDA 2Bs, PSB speakers etc). The Monitor 7s have a great soundstage, very clear and transparent, with excellent imaging. I really love the original Monitor series - the Monitor 5, Monitor 7, Monitor 10. They are all great!
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thanks much book. you got quite a nice collection. i'm working on getting a larger pair of the polks - 2B. but the 7C is just fine! i am quite contented.
nice price
Great buy at that price!
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Congratulations on a great set of speakers.A pair of 7Bs is what got me started down the rabbit hole.There's no turning back now!
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CARY — For six months last year, there were 250 miles between NASA Commander Chris Cassidy and the students at Davis Drive Middle School.
Monday, Cassidy found common ground with about 400 of them in the school's auditorium.
"Being an astronaut really reminds me of being a student," the man in the blue NASA jumpsuit said as he paced the stage.
Cassidy returned from the International Space Station in September after rocketing there to perform maintenance and research experiments. Even for a former Navy SEAL with a master's degree from MIT, Cassidy said preparing for the voyage made him feel like a student again.
He learned to speak Russian to communicate with Russian cosmonauts. He also trained to work on the station, which involved an emphasis on engineering.
"Math is a huge part of our life up there," he said.
Principal Karen Summers didn't hesitate to book Cassidy when she got an email from his cousin, Robert Taylor, who lives in Cary. She wanted to elevate her students' excitement for math and science – and Cassidy's presentation seemed to do the trick.
Dozens of students raised their hand every time Cassidy said "Next question." Many asked about basic daily chores in space, such as eating, cleaning himself and moving around in zero gravity.
Eighth-grader Guna Yorromoreddy said he couldn't believe the astronauts have only wipes to clean themselves.
"I thought for sure they'd have some way to take a shower," he said.
Afterward, Guna said Cassidy's talk elevated his interest in astrophysics. Summers said it was clear the students related to Cassidy.
"At least one of these kids is gonna say, 'I want to be him. I want to be an astronaut. I'll buckle down and do what it takes,'" she said.
Then again, Cassidy endeared himself to students by addressing one subject fairly early in his talk: peeing in space.
"Whenever I talk to middle schoolers, I know I gotta be ready to talk about pee and boogers," he told them.
One student asked him how they use the bathroom while in a space suit. "We wear diapers," Cassidy said.
Perhaps even more gross, he pointed out, is the fact that all urine collected in the space station goes to a filtration system that turns it into drinking water.
Cassidy connected with students in other ways, too.
He talked about training in a "big swimming pool the size of a gym" to prepare for a world without gravity. One student asked how the astronauts knew when to sleep. Cassidy said the crew operated on Greenwich Mean Time – the time in Britain this time of year. They woke at 6 a.m. and went to bed at 10 p.m.
If you fall asleep in space, your arms will float around, he said.
"I had to zip them up," Cassidy said.
He described re-entering the Earth's atmosphere while traveling faster than the speed of sound: "Imagine going five miles per second." He said they were traveling so fast that he couldn't even guess an approximate speed, but he could see plasma melting off the shuttle.
Then he described landing back to Earth: "Imagine driving your parents' car into a brick wall at about 25 mph."
Back on Earth, he said he couldn't "walk without wobbling" for three weeks because he lost so much bone density.
And he recalled the Earth's beauty from space.
"My favorite thing to do was look out the window," Cassidy said. "Amazing, amazing views."
The space station is closer to Earth than some might expect, close enough that you can't see the entire planet at once, Cassidy said. He could see Florida and the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, but California would be out of view.
At night, lights from cities along the Nile would light up the river.
"It was captivating," he said.
Students said they thought it was cool that Cassidy had no idea what he wanted to do with his life as a middle schooler in Maine.
That made his accomplishments seem "in-reach," eighth-grader Cole Ammerman said.
"You can be an astronaut or whatever as long as you focus yourself on going down that path," Cole said.
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Brittany D. McClure
The Valdosta Daily Times
On the horizon of retirement, Highland Christian Academy Principal Jackie Noble seems irreplaceable. Unlike any other school principal, Noble does not just lead her school, she helped found and build it. The school, over time, has become so much more than just her job. It has become an entity, like a child, which she nurtured and cared for as it grew and progressed.
"This is my heart," said Noble.
It all started in 1999 when the pastor of Southland Church, Lee Barnes, announced that the church intended to start a Christian school. During a meeting with the Lowndes County school system, Noble learned about the job that immediately sparked her interest.
At the time, Noble was the academic dean for Georgia Military College.
"I was at GMC for several years," said Noble.
Noble met with the board of Southland Church and expressed her interest in the job.
"They graciously hired me," Noble said.
Noble was a prime candidate. She had 12 years of educational experience that aside from her time at GMC included jobs at Valdosta State College building programs for Moody Air Force Base, a bachelor's in vocational education and a master's in educational leadership.
Education is "something that's always been in my heart," said Noble. "I had some great teachers when I was younger that really motivated me in that direction."
In 1999, Noble immediately started the foundation work to open Highland Christian.
"There was a lot of background research to be done," she said.
Noble helped establish the school with the state and as a non-profit.
"We opened in August of 2000 and had 46 students," said Noble.
Highland Christian started with grades kindergarten through fourth and had only four teachers.
"We added one grade every year until we completed the 12th grade," said Noble.
After a few years, the school was accredited with Georgia Accrediting Commission. Now, Noble has helped grow the school to about 170 students and 20 teachers and staff members.
"The biggest asset that any school has is the quality of their teachers," said Noble. "The best thing that I did was get some great teachers."
Incredibly humble, Noble is quick to note the work of those around her. It is her humility that has made her an exceptional leader and outstanding Christian. Just as in Philippians 2:3, Noble does nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility, considers others better than herself.
When asked about how she helped grow the school over the years, Noble noted the school's mission statement that strives to get students involved in the community and bragged on teacher Connie Wells who built a program for the school that allows students to do internships with various leaders and businesses in the community.
"The internship program has been great," said Noble.
It was apparent that Noble's work with Highland Christian during the past decade was so much more than just providing exceptional educational opportunities.
"We want to get (students) involved in changing the world," said Noble. "The students are accomplishing that."
With a heavy heart and a complete confidence in her staff, teachers and God, Noble plans to soon retire.
"I began to really pray about it last summer," said Noble.
Noble just reached 65 years of age and has ambitions of traveling with her husband of more than 40 years, David.
"I was supposed to retire at the end of the year," said Noble.
The search for a new principal continues and it is something that Noble treads carefully with because the school needs someone who can build upon her work.
"We are looking for someone that can take the school to the next level," said Noble.
While the search for Noble's replacement continues, she has found peace with leaving all of her children.
"I really am comfortable with that because we have such great teachers, faculty and staff," said Noble. "I really do have trust that God and this faculty are taking it to the next level."
Noble thinks of Highland Christian as a family rather than a school; she plans to remain in constant contact and stay involved.
"It's been a real life-long dream fulfilled to be able to work in a place where you can see the lives of children change," said Noble. "A lot of principals have not been able to see that whole picture fulfilled."


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There are moments of shame that linger in history. Images, for example, of white crowds booing at African- American children as they were escorted into school after federal authorities enforced racial integration. Fallin's public announcement of opting out of Medicaid expansion is a similar moment of shame. Refusing to broaden access to health insurance for Oklahoma's poor is comparable to historic displays of local and state resistance to earlier benchmarks of progress during the civil rights movement.
I urge Fallin and other state officials to rethink the decision to deprive thousands of Oklahomans of health insurance. It is a historic opportunity. It can be a leap forward through facilitating Medicaid expansion. Or it can be another historically shameful display of state leadership being puny, immoral, and indifferent to the people they are supposed to serve.
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This unprecedented edition contains the commentaries Srila Radha-ramana dasa Gosvami, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Translated from the Hindi edition of Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, Sri Upadesamrta gives instructions indispensable for practitioners of the devotional path. Without following these instructions, entering the realm of pure devotion and especially following the intricate and elevated path of spontaneous devotion (raganuga-bhakti) is not only difficult, but impossible.
The purpose of this booklet is to introduce the reader to the beauty and wonder of his or her own natural being. Sages say that our souls are each more brilliant and powerful than thousands of suns, and that we come to experience this by hearing from those who are self-realized. Secrets of the Undiscovered Self was kindly presented in the form of a discourse by such a selfrealized personality, Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, a pre-eminent saint and one of the foremost teachers of divine wisdom in the present day. This discourse was given in March 2002, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Early one morning, Vrajendra-nandana Sri Syamasundara, the unrestricted carefree enjoyer of rasa, disguised Himself as a young woman of heart-stealing beauty and went to the courtyard of Srimati Radhika. Covering His lotus-like face with a crimson veil, He appeared before Her, His eyes bashfully lowered. Within His heart, He yearned to hear of the excellence of Her love for Him and the inferiority of His love for Her.
After taking shelter of this desire tree of aspirations presnted by Srila Visvanath Cakravati Thakura, that is to say, in order to attain the desire for the seva described in this compilations, one should sincerely, and without duplicity, with body, mind and words, remain under the guidance of the devoted persons who are completely immersed in this seva. These topmost, incomparable and transcendental aspirations can then quickly be fulfilled. Thus, the name of this book, Sri Sankalpa-kalpadrumah, is appropriate, because it makes one's desires bear fruit. The sadhaka's life attains success only when the impetus to obtain these trancendental aspirations appear in the heart by the causeless mercy of the guru and Vaisnavas.
The futility of material enjoyment. "Everyone wants to be happy, but generally we can find only a little happiness and affection in this world."
The true nature of devotion: This book describes Krsna's sweet childhood pastimes, in which He plays with Mother Yasoda as an ordinary child.
This exceptional book, a compilation of five essays, is glorified by all those in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya for fearlessly glorifying and protecting its philosophical principles. The five topics are (1) The Śrī Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya and Sannyāsa, (2) Pāñcarātrika and Bhāgavata Guru-paramparā, (3) The Gauḍīya Sampradāya is in the Line of Madhvācārya, (4) Babājī- veṣa and Siddha-praṇālī and (5) Eligibility to Hear Rāsa-līlā Kathā. Each refutation is elaborately and conclusively proven with evidence from śāstra.
"With folded hands, it is our earnest prayer that, after deeply and seriously studying this Prabandha-pañcakam, the camaraderie within the pure sampradāya may be protected and preserved." [Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja]
In this book Sri Sriman Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja, describes the numerous sacred places of Sri Navadvipa-dhama and introduces many of the holy places in the surrounding area of Sri Gauda-mandala (which includes Bangladesh).The enclosed map of Sri Gauda-mandala offers another dimension of involvement to the reader of this and other books about Sriman Mahaprabhu and His followers. The locations of many places were verifiable, but over time, some places have been forgotten or obscured by changes in landscape, and therefore are not easily located or available for darsana.
What are the beautiful yet highly disciplined internal attitudes that are to be deeply embedded in the heart of one who sincerely aspires to be follower of Srila Rupa Gosvami? In this book, the foremost rupanuga, Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami, reveals the firmness of mind required to attain that topmost goal. These eleven nectarean and startling instructions to his "brother mind" are truly for the serious practitioner and sincere aspirant.
"O wicked mind, although you adopt the path of sadhana, you imagine yourself purified by bathing in the trickling urine of the great donkey of full-blown deceit and hypocrisy." [Verse 6]
Out of the seven hundred verses of the Bhagavad-gītā, Verse 18.65 captures the essence of the entire Gītā: "Absorb your mind and heart in Me, become My devotee, worship Me, offer your praṇāma to Me, and then certainly you will come to Me. I make this promise to you because you are very dear to Me." The first three chapters of Nectar of Govinda-līlā explain the three elements of this verse in relation to our aim to enter Goloka Vṛndāvana. Other chapters contain a colourful description, infused with pure Gauḍīya siddhānta, of Vasanta-pañcami, the first day of Spring, and other such nectar.
Issuing from the divine mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the eight verses comprising this Śrī Śikṣāṣṭaka shine as the supremely radiant jewel of transcendental literature. They are the very essence of all the Vedas and a necklace for all Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas. This definitive edition, with the translation and commentary of Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja, features the soul-stirring commentaries of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura and Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.
Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja compiled this booklet to educate the public at large about the mahā-mantra, using quotes from the Vedic scriptures to show that the holy name is authentic, beyond worldly sound vibration, specific in sequence, possessing unlimited glory and that chanting it awards the highest spiritual fruit. "To make spiritual progress in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, there is no other way, no other way, no other way... ."
Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa Hare Hare, Hare Rāma Hare Rāma Rāma Rāma Hare Hare.
The purpose of this sloka book is to help the devotees study, remember and meditate on slokas. Slokas are pathways to the spiritual world. Memorizing and meditating on slokas is an integral part of our sadhana-bhajana. Hearing and reciting them create spiritual impressions which help one to make progress in bhakti. (Please note the chapters are not in order in enclosed PDF file, however, you can search for page numbers.)
These translated lectures comprise the immaculate commentary of Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja on Srila Sanatana Gosvamipada's Sri Brhad-bhagavatamrta. Descriptions given tell how, having recently arrived in Sri Vaikuntha-dhama, the most desirable of places and which entrance into is sought after by unlimited saintly persons, Gopa-kumar is feeling despondent and cannot even ascertain the cause of his own dissatisfaction. At that time he is approached by Sri Narada Rsi, who becomes his siksa-guru (instructing spiritual master) and enlightens him with the tattva necessary to complete his spiritual journey and thereby attain the fulfilment of all his long cherished internal desires in the transcendental land of spontaneous loving devotion to Sri Sri Radha-Govinda, Sri Goloka-Vraja.
In Purī, India, more than fifty-thousand people yearly attend the ancient ratha-yātrā festival to take darśana of Lord Jagannātha on His chariot, and ten times that view it from other places in India and around the world. Still, the deep significance of ratha-yātrā, being most confidential, is not widely known. The Origin of Ratha-yātrā is rich with this significance, giving Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas an invaluable perspective of this festival. The book contains three separate ancient histories of ratha-yātrā as well as associated pastimes that are abundant with philosophical truths.
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The Pennsylvania State Police have issued a report stating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in western Montgomery County between July 6 and July 9. Though the exact location was not released, the report did indicate that the location is "considered a high-risk area."
"Sobriety checkpoints are held to reduce alcohol related crashes resulting in injuries, death and property damage," the report states. "The State Police encourage all motorists to make the right decision and not attempt to operate a motor vehicle after consuming alcoholic beverages or controlled substances."
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January 18, 2013
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Kristin (nee Sparks) Leslie, age 50, of Lewiston, NY, passed away on January 17, 2013 in the Niagara Hospice House in Lockport, following a long and brave battle with cancer. For many years, Kristin was a well-known and respected real-estate agent for Caldwell Banker Talarico. In addition, she was licensed to practice real estate in Toronto and Florida.
Beloved wife of Harry Leslie; dear daughter of Claire Sparks, Toronto, and Brian and Myra Sparks, Ormond Beach, FL; loving sister of Kathryn Macfarlane of Newmarket, Ontario and brothers, Noah and Lance Sparks of Orlando, FL; Auntie to Laura and Spencer Macfarlane. Also survived by an aunt, Marilyn; uncle Don, uncle Dick and Anne; and cousins, Jeffrey, Anne and Alexandria.
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Woodward, Okla. —
Displays to raise awareness of domestic violence are coming to the High Plains Technology Center.
These "Silent Witness" displays will be exhibited at the technology Monday through Thursday.
Sponsored by Verizon Wireless, the Silent Witness displays are in recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month across the nation. The company is assisting the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (OCADVSA) in the effort.
Virginia Daril, public relations manager for Verizon Wireless-South Central Region, said the Silent Witness displays consist of life-sized cardboard cutouts of persons who died as the result of an domestic violence attack.
"The displays include a story about who the person was and how they died," Daril said. "They range from ages 3 to 77."
The displays will also offer information about what can be done to help stop domestic violence, including how abuse may be reported confidentially, she said.
"We're hoping for a good response because of the growing problem of domestic violence in Oklahoma, as well as across the nation," said Daril. "There's also information provided about giving support to victims that will be provided at the displays."
To learn more about domestic violence issues in Oklahoma, visit Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence website at www.ocadvsa.org.
Daril also spotlighted 2 programs the wireless company is involved with year-round to assist abuse victims. One is HopeLine, through which donated and then refurbished phones are distributed to shelters and support organizations for use by persons who don't have a phone, in large measure as a way to report an attack.
"Since 2001, we've accepted phones from all manufacturers to upgrade and supply to the support organizations," Daril said.
There will be a drop box for phones at the silent witness displays, or phones may be turned in at Verizon retail stores.
Since the nearest Verizon stores to Woodward are located over an hour away in Alva or Guymon, Daril said that local residents also have the option of mailing in their old phones.
Verizon's other program, which began in 2002, is geared toward assisting Verizon customers. Wherever they are across the nation, Verizon customers can dial #HOPE and be connected to professional support confidentially. "This number is routed to the National Domestic Violence Hotline," Daril said. "For those who don't have a Verizon phone, it's (800) 799-7233."


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STILLWATER, Okla. —
When it comes to the Pioneer Soccer Academy, Stillwater High School coach Seth Condley is always trying to find ways to keep things fresh and exciting while helping kids hone their skills.
Thursday, Condley added a new twist to the four-day camp with the Pioneer Team Challenge — a series of six events designed for players of all skills.
"It was really fun," Clair Thomas said. "I learned some new stuff, so it was a great experience."
"I thought it went pretty good," Condley said. "There's always stuff we can improve on. It went a little longer than I had anticipated because some of the stations ran long, but overall I was pleased with how everything turned out, especially since it was our first year. The instructors did a good job of adjusting and it was a different thing for the kids."
It took some adjustment on everybody's part as the fast-paced drills from the last two days turned into a more mellow — yet tough — competition that featured such events as the crossbar challenge and cone passing.
"The third day is always the toughest day," Condley said. "The first two days you can get through, but that third day your legs begin to bark at you and saying, 'Man, I don't want to run. I don't want to move.' ... When we did the team challenge there wasn't a lot of physical exertion going on, so it kind of got the kids' legs back underneath them a little bit."
From the speed dribbling to the soccer golf, there may not have been as much physical exertion being done but there is a reason Condley called the competition a challenge. It wasn't exactly easy for anybody.
Even the coaches running the drills had a hard time with the trash can chipping contest, proving the old adage of easier said than done.
"It's pretty challenging," Condley said. "That's kind of why it's a team challenge. It's fun to see those guys test their skills. That's what we want. We want them getting out there and mixing in with the kids and having a good time with it."
They may not have had as much success — with several Pioneer players missing high and wide on the rapid-fire challenge — but just getting to take the field beside the current Stillwater players was special for Thomas.
"It's really cool to see really good players and have them help teach us," Thomas said.
Even for those campers that didn't necessarily get the chance to interact as much with the current Stillwater players, having the experience of some eighth-graders on each team in the combined camp provided plenty of opportunities for learning a new skill or two.
"That's kind of why we put this together," Condley said. "They younger kids can kind of see their effort and their technique. Then the older kids can kind of make an impression on them and develop into more of a leadership role. You hope it works, but you just never know. That was our goal, though — to have the older kids set an example for the younger kids."
As for the future of the Pioneer Team Challenge, Condley said that there's little doubt that it will be back next year — hinting at the possibility of different events to keep things interesting.
"I think we'll do it," Condley said. "Even though it ran a little long, we can tweak some things for next year. I see it being a part of the academy for a while."
And with that in mind, Thomas said she's already thinking about next year's challenge — hoping to give her team even more of a boost than this year.
"I hope to be better," Thomas said. "This camp really helps improve your skill level and that's what I'm trying to do."


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The Sachem School District has relaunched an online version of its dormant print newsletter "The Scene." Now in digital-only format, the newletter is back, with some added adjustments and a new look, according to Sachem's PR Director Chris Vaccaro.
"It's completely digital now as opposed to being printed each month in the past," stated Vaccaro in an email. "I took it over, made it into more of a magazine feel than a newsletter and will be expanding it each month with fresh and original content and updates for the community," he added. Vaccaro will ostensibly be the Editor-In-Chief of "The Scene."
The newsletter's print version folded last March, according to Vaccaro, but the new PDF version will feature the same up-to-date information, news, event awareness, and highlights as the old version. Anyone interested in sending potential news, events or updates can email Vaccaro directly at email@example.com.
If you prefer to have a printed version with your morning coffee, you can print the PDF at home: just remember to set your printer settings to "landscape."


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