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In the back of the room, a crowd mingles quietly, talking softly and sipping tea in paper cups.
A volunteer checks the time, and the sound of a bell resonates through the murmur. Conversations taper as people make their way to seats and meditation cushions.
The focal point in the front of the room is Dana Marsh, who sits quietly beneath an image of Prajnaparamita, an embodiment of transcendent wisdom. Danas eyes are closed, her hands settled in her lap. Bringing her palms together, she recites a prayer in Tibetan, under her breath and mostly to herself. Its the only sound in the silence.
She says: Its a prayer, I pray that I teach the truth and that I benefit beings. That I let myself go, my ego go, and just be here to give people the dharma, the teaching of the Buddha. ...
Its my system to let go of myself, to be aware.
Dana is an ordained Buddhist teacher, and in the Buddhist tradition, that makes her part of a teaching lineage extending back to and from the Buddha.
They say without a teacher, you cant wake up. I dont know if this is true or not, but this is what is said. Because, you know, the mind is really tricky and the ego is really tricky. You need somebody to point out the path and help you when the path is unfamiliar. ...
Like, you know, a guide in Africa is important.
Her teachings resonate. Simple, clear, direct, she teaches ancient wisdom to a contemporary culture.
Compassion and love. Thats who we are. If we stop and sit for a while and let everything go, thats really what remains.
That will be our experience, this openness to life. If youre open to life, then youre compassionate and loving.
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We just cry. Because you recognize it within yourself. Its not because theyre so awesome, its because they are allowing you to recognize (the compassion and love) within yourself. ...
You cant see things if they arent in you. But sometimes theres a lot that obscures us from seeing this. A lot but with practice, with good fortune, we can see it.
Dana has had a variety of careers over her lifetime (running the tubing rental shop at Barber Park, managing a Middle Fork rafting company, being a flight attendant), but teaching runs through her soul. She taught criminal justice and sociology at Boise State and the College of Western Idaho (Ive always had a care of some kind for the underdog, people who are challenged by life, she says.), and then became a special education teacher, first at Boises alternative high school and, currently, at Capital High.
Kids have a lot to teach us if we are just open to hearing it in the first place. Generally, if we hang around kids for a little bit, well learn something about ourselves. But wow, sometimes they can be very challenging.
In my classroom, I try to give kids some tools for life. Sometimes well stop and spend some time breathing just give them some instruction on how to pay attention to their breath just stop. Sometimes well just check in with ourselves. How are we doing here? What do we feel like?
Those are lessons for everyone, Buddhist or not. When Dana was ordained in 2008, she founded Heart of the Dharma, where she is the teacher.
People misunderstand (what it is to be a Buddhist) all the time. Its about being nobody, which means to let go of ones ego. Were not trying to become something special, like be a Buddhist, because to be a true Buddhist is to be nobody.
We dont need another belief system, in my book, so we can say, Oh look, I am this, and then we behave atrociously. Its much better if we just take the teachings into our heart, try to put them into action in our everyday lives and thats good enough. We dont have to call ourselves anything.
Its hard to imagine that this self-assured teacher was not always this way, but her childhood was difficult and lonely. I wanted a cow to be a horse, she says, describing the relationship albeit loving with her father when she was growing up.
Since then, Ive realized my dad was my greatest teacher. If it wasnt for my father, I wouldnt be a dharma teacher. I dont think I would have met with this path; I dont know, who knows? But now I feel like, wow, he was really a blessing to me. He gave me just what I needed.
Although it didnt feel like it at the time he was gruff; she was sensitive. He loved her, but not in the way she craved.
I kept looking for something, seeking for something, wanting freedom from my own suffering this mental state of Im not good enough, I dont have what I need. I felt like I had this hole inside of me that couldnt be filled.
Shes now 55, but in her 40s and searching, she took a weekend retreat with Tibetan lama Anam Thubten Rinpoche, who remains her teacher. (His Dharmata Foundation is in San Franciscos Bay Area.) I practiced, practiced, she says, and eventually, as he suggested, turned her meditative attention to that hole. (Her father was fighting leukemia at the time.)
As soon as I placed my attention on it, it left. I discovered this insight: I never had this problem, there never was a hole. There was never anything that needed to be filled. Id been complete all along; I just had to realize that for myself. All I had to do was stop identifying with this sense of lack.
Im sitting, doing nothing, watching my breath and life is transforming.
Laughter comes easily to her, and she smiles. This (was) really quite amazing. So I kept at it.
Dana sits in meditation every day for 20 minutes in the morning before school and 20 minutes in the evening. She goes on retreats two or three times a year and, during the day, tries to pay attention to her thoughts.
Where are they leading me? And do I really want to go there? Because Ive discovered I have a choice about where I want my mind to go.
I dont always make the best choice. (Theres that laughter again.)
I get hooked by a thought This is too much or Life is falling apart or whatever and then I remember, I can just let that go. I can just come back to the present moment and be with whats happening right now. Thats so transformative. ...
When you can make a choice about something theres opportunity there for freedom.
On Sunday mornings and Tuesday evenings, the sangha, the community, meets for meditation and teaching. Danas talks are sprinkled with the humor of someone who knows human foibles, balanced with the earnestness of her experiences.
The goal is not to get rid of thought we are thinkers; this is what we do. But there is a different way to view thoughts in a rest area, in the gap between our thoughts.
As we sit in meditation, our mind will think wild thoughts. Just come back to the path, to the breath. Thinking back to the breath; thinking come back to awareness. Over and over and over. Were training our mind to come back to awareness again and again and again.
She refers to great people from all traditions who have embodied human goodness: Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., Anam Thubten, St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Theresa, Thomas Merton.
We are amazing human beings, just a little confused. But its possible to cut through the confusion thats why we meditate.
Its a two-way street, this practice. It takes both of us. I can only share and then, as the Buddha said, you have to take the medicine. He can write the prescription but then youve got to go out there and fill it.
So heres (the) prescription: Sit in the morning. Sit in the evening. Pause throughout the day. You have to take it into your heart for it to be fulfilled.
She laughs again and bows to the community gathered before her.
Thank you for your practice.
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As the world marks the 101st International Women's Day, more and more American women are finding their own health under rhetorical and legislative attack in the halls of Congress, on radio airwaves, and in state after state. From attempts to defund organizations providing women with basic health services, to placing intrusive and often humiliating obstacles before women exercising the right to choose, to restricting access to contraception, the past few weeks have seen a range of attacks on women in the states – and a growing movement of progressive state lawmakers standing up and fighting back.
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In other states, attacks on reproductive rights continued at the same blistering rate seen across the nation since conservatives took control of many state chambers two years ago. Oklahoma's state senate passed a bill to place more barriers in front of women seeking abortions. Mississippi lawmakers continue to advance bills that would place limits on the morning-after pill and make access to abortions even more restrictive. And in Texas, the ideological effort by the state legislature to defund Planned Parenthood may lead to the shutdown next week of clinics that provide health services to 130,000 women.
Despite clear majorities of the public favoring access to contraception – used by 98% of American women at some point in their lives – conservatives in the states are also continuing to push legislation to restrict access to birth control. In New Hampshire, one of the 27 states who currently have laws on the books requiring insurers to cover contraception, the state House passed a bill this week that would allow some employers to opt out. The 196-150 vote, however, fell well short of the margin needed to override a veto. Legislation to deny access to contraception has also been introduced in other states recently, including Missouri, Idaho, and Arizona.
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Thirty-two women state lawmakers in Maine sent a letter recently to state Attorney General William Schneider, pressing him to remove his name from a letter that opposes a national requirement that health insurance plans cover contraception.
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I know that this might be a dumb question but here goes. Does anyone know if you can tow more with a fifth wheel. The reason i ask is i have a friend that lives on a farm and he insists that you can tow more with a fifth wheel then with a standard hitch. I told him that i thought it was the same whether it is a fifth wheel or a travel trailer.
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seems right because then all of your weight is centralized over the axle and will for sure pull 100x better being a fifth wheel. The bumper pull with a lot of weight is a terrible ride. So I would say yea you could pull a lot more with a fifth wheel. Even though at work we have pulled 32,000 on a receiver hitch.....sure that's not recommended but it's possible2000 Chevy Silverado 4WD Classic
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your buddy is right, 5th wheel trailers are almost always used for heavy duty work, and for good reason, mroe capacity, (semis use em for a reason) better weight distribution, better tow quality, and so on. the same load on close to the same trailers (one bumper, one 5th wheel) the 5th wheel will ride nicer, pull easier, and be more stable.
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Ok so maybe the truck can pull more but is it legal. If my truck is rated to pull 9500lbs doesn't that mean that legally no matter which hitch i use i can only pull no more then 9500lbs on the highway.
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5th wheel with no only allow you to tow a little larger load it will help with sharp turns,I try in rarely tow with my truck, wish I was living in ga so I could drive the dually more often2009 chevy 1500 z71 4x4
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03-21-2012, 09:19 AM #6The reason i ask is i have a friend that lives on a farm and he insists that you can tow more with a fifth wheel then with a standard hitch. I told him that i thought it was the same whether it is a fifth wheel or a travel trailer.If my truck is rated to pull 9500lbs doesn't that mean that legally no matter which hitch i use i can only pull no more then 9500lbs on the highway.
Use my Explorer as an example, because I can remember what it's rating are and I can't remember off the top of my head what the Suburban can do. Ford says that, properly equipped with the towing package, the Explorer can tow 9000 lbs. Ford also says that the bumper is rated as a class II hitch, so the bumper can pull 3500 lbs. Actual towing capacity is decided by whatever is the "weakest" link. I don't have a hitch on the Explorer, so my actual tow rating is whatever the bumper rating is, 3500 lbs.
If I decide I want to increase my towing capacity, I would need a stronger hitch put on. Let's say I decide to put a class IV hitch on (rated to 10,000 lbs). The hitch can now handle 10k lbs, but the truck is still only rated for 9k lbs, so now something else on the truck (be it drivetrain or brakes or suspension or frame or other) has become the weakest link.
So I'd say you are both right in the right context. If the hitch is the limiting factor, then upgrading the hitch will increase your towing capacity as your friend suggests. However, if the hitch is already rated for more than the truck is rated for, then further upgrading the hitch is not going to increase your towing capacity. As others have noted, it might improve handling while towing, but it won't increase towing capacity.'98 K1500 Suburban LS 5.7 L 4L60E NV246 ARB
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Thank You the hitch that i have is supposed to be rated for 10,500 so no matter if i try to tow with a fifth wheel or standard hitch i can not tow more then 9500lbs because something else is the limiting factor. like the engine i have the 5.3 i think for me to reach 10,500 i need the 6.
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There's definitely some confusion going on here. First and foremost: your truck have a maximum trailer weight, GVWR, and GCVWR. These ratings do not change regardless of whether you use a frame mount or a 5th wheel, or even a gooseneck. Period. Now, a 5th wheel or gooseneck will provide a smoother ride to the driver. Also, in general, 5th wheels and goosneck hitches for trucks are typically built to be able to carry 15,000 pounds or more with no problem, but this still does not override the capacity of the truck it's in. I have seen frame mount hitches built to haul 18,000 pounds, but again I stress that this does not increase the weight capacity of the truck. There is also the bumper-mounted ball hitch. A ball that is mounted on a bumper has usually less than 3000 pounds of capacity, do not overload a bumper-mounted ball.Christopher
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Ok now I am confused again. I got out the book for my 2011 Silverado which has the 5.3l with 3.42 axle ratio and 6 speed auto transmission. The book says maximum trailer weight is 9500lbs butit also says GCWR is 15000lbs. So if i'm correct the combined weight can not be any more then 15,000lbs.
Total rig package should not exceed the GCWR, or 15,000 pounds in this case...the trailer itself should not exceed 9,500 pounds. For example, say the truck weighs 4,500 pounds, the trailer cannot exceed 9,500 pounds; that's a total of 14,000 pounds which provides about 1,000 pounds of "wiggle room" for passengers and load in the truck (not the trailer, its already max'd out).
I was looking at my 2012 OM, and I believe it actually indicates a greater 5th wheel weight rating than a bumper pull for the same truck...must take into account the hitch/weight carrying point?
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Members of the UNC-Chapel Hill Protesters Defense Committee also filed a formal complaint against the public safety department, claiming police action during and after the protest was "unnecessary and politically motivated with the intent of spreading a chill across campus."
"I shouldn't be concerned about my safety for going there and chanting," said student Anthony Magglione, who said he sought medical treatment from an EMT on the scene and from a campus health clinic the next day. "I was blinded, and I couldn't see anything."
Campus Police Chief Jeff McCracken said the complaint would initiate a more thorough investigation than had been planned previously.
"I never received a formal complaint until today, which is interesting timing," said McCracken, referring to the accreditation committee's visit this week. "Now that we've received a formal complaint, there'll be a full-blown investigation because of the formal complaint, not because of the circumstances."
Police spokesman Randy Young and Chancellor Holden Thorp have been saying for weeks that the department would investigate officers' handling of the protest. McCracken declined to explain how a full-blown investigation would differ from what was already promised except to say that more people would be interviewed.
"There were no injuries, and there was no complainant," said McCracken, explaining why a more thorough investigation did not begin immediately upon the officers' use of force. "Anonymous complaints that are launched through the media are not considered complaints."
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies will not investigate specific incidents, but will make sure DPS has a process in place to handle citizen complaints, according to a commission spokesman.
The protesters defense committee continues to call for an independent investigation, a permanent civilian review board and the dropping of all criminal charges related to recent political protests.
The formal complaint claims that on the evening of the Tancredo protest, Lt. Lawrence Twiddy threw 22-year-old Haley Koch onto the floor, across the Bingham Hall corridor and into the opposite wall.
"She was bruised for several days as a result of the excessive force," states the complaint. It also states that an officer arrested Koch the following week outside a class and led her across campus in handcuffs.
"She was visibly and publicly humiliated to set an example that is designed to chill the speech and political activity of other students," the complaint reads.
The complaint also says an officer grabbed one woman by the hair, that eight to 10 protesters were sprayed directly in the face with pepper spray and that a student-activist who was not at the protest was repeatedly "harassed" by investigators.
The protesters also questioned why recent political protests have led to seven arrests while more disruptive, damaging and dangerous events such at the basketball championship celebration on Franklin Street and a 3,000-student "flash rave" in Davis Library were not as harshly punished.
"It is clear that the campus police are selectively targeting student activists," the complaint says.
Shirish and Teema Devastali, whose daughter Rakhee participated in the Tancredo protest, blasted the police response.
"The campus police are here to protect our students," said Teema Devastali. "I feel very scared as a mother. I don't want to lose my child. I certainly don't want my child to be disabled either."


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Graduate Diploma in Public Health
The information on this page applies to future students. Current students should refer to their faculty handbooks for course information.
Public health aims to improve the health of populations through knowledge (collecting data to develop and test explanations and hypotheses), values (combining ethics with knowledge to assist in decision-making), action (making decisions to translate research into policy and practice and advocate for change) and outcomes (understanding research and practice to systematically evaluate public health programs). Students will be exposed to public health values, decision-making, practice and policy throughout their studies.
Completion of this Graduate Diploma program can be used as credit towards a Masters degree.
Units of study
For full information on Units of Study available in this course, please visit the Sydney Courses website
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Full units of study list
- BETH5203 - Ethics and Public Health
- BETH5206 - Introduction to Public Health Ethics
- BETH5207 - Arts in Health
- BETH5208 - Introduction to Human Research Ethics
- CEPI5200 - Quality and Safety in Health Care
- CEPI5214 - Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers
- CEPI5310 - Advanced Statistical Modelling
- CHSC6906 - Health in China
- DENT5013 - Preventative Dentistry
- DENT5014 - Dental Health Services
- DENT5015 - Population Oral Health
- HPOL5000 - Introduction to Health Policy
- HPOL5001 - Economics and Finance for Health Policy
- HPOL5003 - Analysing Health Policy
- HPOL5007 - Global Health Policy
- LAWS6252 - Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System
- LAWS6839 - Critical Issues in Public Health Law
- LAWS6848 - Law and Healthy Lifestyles
- MECO6919 - Health Communication
- MIPH5008 - Travel and Tropical Medicine
- MIPH5112 - Global Communicable Disease Control
- MIPH5115 - Women's and Children's Health
- MIPH5116 - Culture,Health,Illness and Medicine
- MIPH5117 - Global Non-Communicable Disease Control
- MIPH5118 - Global Perspectives of HIV/AIDS
- MIPH5124 - Health Issues & Humanitarian Emergencies
- MIPH5127 - Mental Disorders in Global Context
- MIPH5134 - Primary Care in Low Resource Settings
- MIPH5135 - Health Systems in Developing Countries
- MIPH5136 - Nutrition in International Settings
- MIPH5219 - International Health Project Management
- PSYC5011 - Applying Models of Health Behaviour
- PUBH5010 - Epidemiology Methods and Uses
- PUBH5018 - Introductory Biostatistics
- PUBH5019 - Cancer Prevention and Control
- PUBH5020 - Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
- PUBH5024 - Obesity and Health Promotion
- PUBH5025 - Physical Activity and Public Health
- PUBH5026 - Mass Media Campaigns & Social Marketing
- PUBH5027 - Intro - Public Health Program Evaluation
- PUBH5030 - Public Health: Achievements & Challenges
- PUBH5031 - Introductory Qualitative Methods
- PUBH5032 - Making Decisions in Public Health
- PUBH5033 - Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- PUBH5040 - Practice Placement in Public Health
- PUBH5041 - Practice Placement in Public Health 1
- PUBH5042 - Practice Placement in Public Health 2
- PUBH5101 - Special Project in Public Health
- PUBH5102 - Special Project in Public Health
- PUBH5111 - Environmental Health
- PUBH5114 - Alcohol,Drug Use and Health
- PUBH5115 - Alcohol,Drug Use and Health
- PUBH5116 - Genetics and Public Health
- PUBH5117 - Communicable Disease Control
- PUBH5118 - Indigenous Health Promotion
- PUBH5205 - Decision Analysis
- PUBH5206 - Controlled Trials
- PUBH5208 - Screening and Diagnostic Test Evaluation
- PUBH5211 - Multiple Regression and Stats Computing
- PUBH5212 - Categorical Data Analysis
- PUBH5213 - Survival Analysis
- PUBH5215 - Introductory Analysis of Linked Data
- PUBH5224 - Advanced Epidemiology
- PUBH5302 - Health Economic Evaluation
- PUBH5308 - Health Workforce Policy Analysis
- PUBH5415 - Injury Prevention
- PUBH5416 - Vaccines in Public Health
- PUBH5417 - Injury Epidemiology Prevention & Control
- PUBH5418 - Tobacco Control in the 21st Century
- PUBH5419 - Falls Prevention in Older People
- PUBH5420 - Public Health Advocacy Strategies
- PUBH5421 - Infection Prevention in Healthcare
- PUBH5422 - Health and Risk Communication
- PUBH5500 - Advanced Qualitative Health Research
- QUAL5005 - Introducing Qualitative Health Research
- SEXH5008 - Sex and Society
- SEXH5101 - Public Health Aspects of STIs
- SEXH5102 - Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS
- SEXH5205 - Advanced Adolescent Sexual Health
- SEXH5405 - Contraception and Reproductive Health
- SEXH5407 - Sex Gender and Sexuality
- SEXH5408 - HIV/STI Program Delivery
- SEXH5410 - Sexual Health Promotion 1
- SEXH5412 - Sexual Health & Relationships Education
- SEXH5413 - Sexual Health Promotion 2
Further course information
Study plan
The Graduate Diploma in Public Health consists of 36 credit points (cp), including 24cp of core units, and 12cp of elective units. All core units of study are scheduled in Semester 1. The core units provide basic health knowledge and skills in epidemiology, biostatistics, qualitative research methods, health promotion, and public health. Most electives are in Semester 2 of each year. You will undertake a minimum of 6cp of PUBH elective units and a maximum of 6 cp of non-PUBH elective units.
Most units of study are also available in distance mode.
Graduate opportunities
The Graduate Diploma in Public Health leads to hands on careers in public health, such as working with people in the field, as well as research-oriented jobs which involve conducting studies and examining overall health trends. Careers in public health include working as a public health officer in government health departments; health education/promotion officer; clinical research manager; health information manager or health project manager.
Admission requirements
A successful applicant for admission to the Graduate Diploma in Public Health will hold a degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification. In exceptional circumstances the dean may admit applicants without these qualifications who, in the opinion of the School, have qualifications and evidence of experience and achievement sufficient to successfully undertake the award.
How to apply
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Postgraduate Domestic Tuition Fee
This 2014, tuition fee for a domestic postgraduate student represents the fee that is payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2013 for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load is more or less than the 1.0 EFTSL your fee will differ.
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Importantly, tuition fees are subject to annual review by the University, and are likely to increase each year of your period of study, effective at the start of each calendar year.
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For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the student contribution and/or course fee. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing and equipment. For further information about these additional incidental fees, please visit the University's Future Students' website.
Potential for inaccuracy
Whilst every reasonable effort has been made to include correct and up to date information in this prospectus, you are also advised to consult directly with the Student Centre for domestic students or the International Office for international students so that they can provide you with specific and up to date information about those fees.
The academic requirements that are displayed are applicable to currently available courses only, and are updated annually in October and may be changed without notice. The Faculty Handbook and the University of Sydney Calendar are the official legal source of information relating to study at the University of Sydney, and you are referred to those documents
Please note that if you are classified by the University as a Research Training Scheme student in accordance with the Other Grants Guidelines (Research) 2010, you will be exempt from the payment of any SCA or tuition fees for courses undertaken as part of a Research Masters degree and Research Doctoral degree. More information about your eligibility for this Scheme is available here.
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This 2014, tuition fee for international postgraduate students represents the fees that are payable by you in the calendar year you commence your course, commencing in 2014, for a standard annual full time load of 48 credit points (1.0 EFTSL). If your study load is more or less than the 1.0 EFTSL your fee will differ.
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For some courses there are incidental fees additional to the tuition fees. Some of those fees are significant, for example, faculty-specific materials, tools, protected clothing, and equipment. The University's Future Students' webpage has further information about these additional incidental fees for postgraduate coursework students and postgraduate research students.
In addition to the fees indicated here for the course of study, International Students studying on an Australian Student Visa must have appropriate health insurance for the duration of their studies on a Student Visa through an approved provider of the Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) scheme. This is a requirement of the Australian Government, unless otherwise exempted by the Government.
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By Matt Parrino
The Tonawanda News
Tonawanda News — Professional mixed martial arts, one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S., is illegal in New York state and has been since 1997. The UFC and its parent company, Zuffa, have been fighting for the past four years to legalize the sport, but to no avail. There was hope in June 2012 when a bill to overturn the state's ban made it to the State Senate and was passed, but it never reached a vote in the Assembly.
So in November, Zuffa filed a lawsuit against the state citing that the ban is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment right to freedom of expression.
Victory MMA promoter and Tonawanda native Don Lilly recently joined the fight against New York state. He's a plaintiff in the lawsuit, joining UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Gina Carano, Frankie Edgar, Matt Hammill and Dana White.
"I want the state athletic commission to basically govern MMA," Lilly said. "Govern MMA just like boxing and pro wrestling to try to give the athletes some kind of guidance. Since Eric (Herbert) and I did the first T-NT show, there have been like eight other promotions which have popped up around New York state."
The T-NT fight series, put on by Victory MMA, is an amateur promotion, which has been legal since 2010 when, Lilly said, the state came out and said so. The series continues this Saturday night when its third show goes live at 7:30 p.m. at Rainbow Rink in North Tonawanda.
But Lilly thinks that professional MMA should be legal and that's why he's advocating for the change, and that's why he spent an entire weekend in Manhattan in early February. One route that may be the key into New York state is through an outside commission.
In early February at a hearing of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, the state attorney general's office noted that the MMA ban didn't pertain to a pre-approved third-party sanctioning body like the World Kickboxing Association. So if there are no other options, Lilly said promotions can start using different commisions to saction a professional show in New York state, but he'd prefer the state just legalize the sport.
Herbert, also from Tonawanda, is 4-2 as a professional, but since the Raging Wolf promotion went out of business — it was considered legal because it's overseen by a tribal commission — he hasn't been able to fight in front of friends and family.
"I manage seven professional fighters in Western New York and in Buffalo — MMA fighters — and trips to Pennsylvania, Ohio get stagnant for them and their fans," Lilly said. When Eric and Eddie Weizer fought in the (Seneca Niagara) Casino, they sold 100 tickets themselves to the fight. Friends and family wanted to see them fight."
The other side of the argument that mma advocates have pushed is the economic benefits to legalizing the sport in New York state. Lilly said that projections show that a UFC event at Madison Square Garden would generate about $15 million for the city. A UFC event in Buffalo at the First Niagara Center is estimated to bring in about $8 million to the Western New York economy. Lilly said these are dollars that this community just can't afford to turn away.
"Everyone sees the numbers and they are like, 'We can make money,' and they are right — we can," Lilly said. "But that bill has been there for two years. The state is crying about everything, (about) making cuts, taking stuff away from education. Wouldn't the state love to put $15 million in on a weekend? And that's just one weekend. Or $8 million to the region of Buffalo? That's the economics of it."
Lilly wrestled at Tonawanda from 1990-96 and earned a varsity letter all six seasons. He joined the Navy after graduation and when he returned to Buffalo in 2006 he made up his mind that he wanted to be involved with MMA. It's been his passion ever since.
"We are going on almost our fourth year in july at Victory, training with world champs and bringing in different guys, being the first to bring MMA to New York," Lilly said. "Our record is 42-8 and we haven't lost an amateur fight in almost two and a half years."
Lilly said that Victory MMA is one of the top gyms in the state and the success of its fighters speaks volumes.
"(Eric and I) are just two knuckleheads from Tonawanda who basically had a goal and are still building it," he said. "We are not done yet, I'll tell you that. We got a pretty good product here."Contact sports editor Matt Parrino at 693-1000 ext. 4117 and find Tonawanda News sports on Twitter @tonanewssports.


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By Bera Dunau Staff Writer
The Daily Star
---- — A new program kicked off at the West Oneonta Baptist Church on Tuesday that seeks to help men communicate messages of love and encouragement to their loved ones through letter writing.
West Oneonta Baptist Church Pastor Tim Thurber said that he and his parishioners decided to host a "Letters from Dad" program at their church after attending a men's retreat in Albany this spring and hearing its creator, Greg Vaughn, speak.
Thurber described the program as, "An opportunity for men ... to connect with their children, their spouses, their parents, if they're still living."
The "Letters from Dad" program was created by Vaughn, an Emmy Award-winning television producer, nine years ago, after his father died.
Said Vaughn: "I know my father loved me; he just had one little problem, he couldn't say it."
Vaughn also said that he regretted not having his father's signature, and that he wished his father had left him a letter.
This inspired Vaughn to gather together 12 of his friends. They met four times over the next four months and wrote four groups of letters of love and blessing: one to their wives, one to their children, one to their parents and one to be read after they die.
On the letter to be read after a man's passing, Vaughn said: "On the darkest night of our kids, our family's life, there would be a letter from us to them."
Vaughn said that the response to the first session of the program was very positive.
Speaking of the wives of the first 12 men, Vaughn said: "They would say, 'I don't know what you did to my husband, but please keep doing it.'"
Vaughn said that the next time the program was run it attracted 130 people, the time after that 350, and the time after that 700. Vaughn then wrote a book, "Letters From Dad," and created a formal program to be run out of churches.
Today, over 3,000 churches have launched "Letters from Dad" programs.
Said Vaughn: "(I) never intended it to become a movement."
The West Oneonta Baptist Church began the program Tuesday with food and introductory videos, as well as explanations from the program's leadership team, which includes Thurber.
The letter writing sessions will start Oct. 1 and continue over three more meetings.
The first meeting will focus on participants writing letters to their children, the second will focus on writing letters to wives, the third will focus on writing letters to parents and the last will focus on writing a letter to be read after a participant's death.
Those without wives or living parents will be asked to write letters to other significant people.
On the driving force behind the program, Thurber said that men stereotypically have a harder time writing and expressing their feelings to their families.
"This is an opportunity for men to take the time to learn how to do it," he said.
He also talked about being able to leave something of value to one's family.
"This is being intentional about leaving a legacy for your family," he said. "Children want that from their fathers."
Religious faith is also a foundation of the program.
"It is a biblically based program," said Vaughn, who described the bible as a love letter from God. "If God felt it important enough to write a love letter to me ... I think I should follow his example."
Vaughn said the program focused on the power of the written and spoken word, and helped men speak and write words of love and encouragement to their loved ones.
"We really help the men to focus on what they say," he said.
In terms of the content of the letters, Vaughn described them as conveying the essence of a person, as well as the hopes and dreams they have for their family.
"It's passing on everything about you that you want to pass on," Thurber said.
Thurber said that they'd signed up 36 men for the program before the kick off, and were preparing for 40.
The "Letters from Dad" program is distributed through Vaughn's company, Texas-based Grace Products Corporation. Because of a gift from a wealthy past participant in the program, a grant is available for churches with men's groups of a certain size to receive the program for free. The West Oneonta Baptist Church qualified for and received this grant.
Participants in the program, however, must pay for materials from the program, which include a DVD series on letter writing, letterhead stationary and a leather binder. Vaughn said these materials typically cost around $59. Scholarships are also available for those who can't afford the materials.
Thurber himself is a participant in the program, and said the reception so far has been good.
"We have a very good response," said Thurber. "It's an exciting opportunity to continue what we're doing with the men in our church."
Those interested in the program can contact Thurber at email@example.com or by calling 267-1130. Sign ups are being accepted until Oct. 1.


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Medicare Managed Care Eligibility and Enrollment
This page contains information for current and future contracting Medicare Advantage (MA) Organizations, other health plans and other parties interested in the operational and regulatory aspects of Medicare health plan enrollment and disenrollment.
CMS Notice to Individuals Enrolled in Plans with Fewer Than Three Stars for Three or More Consecutive Years
CMS will further the goals of facilitating beneficiary enrollment into higher quality plans by issuing notices to individuals enrolled in plans with fewer than three stars for three consecutive years. The notices inform enrollees of an opportunity to contact CMS to request a special enrollment period (SEP) to move into a higher quality plan. Plans are not able to effectuate enrollments for this one-time SEP; all requests must come into CMS via 1-800-MEDICARE by the beneficiary and will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Spanish and English notices are mailed to current members in October and notices are sent to new members in February. Copies of the notices are available below.
Revisions to the MA and §1876 Cost Plan Enrollment and Disenrollment Guidance for CY 2014
On August 30, 2013, CMS released a memo in our Health Plan Management System (HPMS) that revised the 2012 MA Enrollment and Disenrollment Guidance (updated for CY 2013 on August 7, 2012) and the 2013 Cost Plan Enrollment and Disenrollment Guidance (updated on November 21, 2012) for CY 2014. The CY 2014 guidance is now available below with the file names: CY 2014 MA Enrollment and Disenrollment Guidance and CY 2014 Cost Plan Enrollment and Disenrollment Guidance. The HPMS memo summarizing all the clarifications is also available below.
All enrollments with an effective date on or after January 1, 2014, must be processed in accordance with the revised guidance requirements, including revised model notices provided.
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Keith David, January LaVoy, Lillias White Star in LA Production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Opening May 8
By Andrew Gans
August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone officially opens May 8 following previews that began April 24 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum at the Los Angeles Music Center.
Directed by Tony winner Phylicia Rashad, performances will continue through June 9.
The cast features Skye Barrett, Gabriel Brown, Keith David, January LaVoy, Vivian Nixon, Nathaniel James Potvin, Raynor Scheine, Erica Tazel, John Douglas Thompson, Glynn Turman and Tony winner Lillias White.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone has set design by John Iacovelli, costume design by Karen Perry, lighting design by Allen Lee Hughes and sound design by Cricket S. Myers. The production also features musical composition by Kathryn Bostic, and the production stage manager is David Blackwell.
The play, according to press notes, "is set in 1911 in a Pittsburgh boarding house, where tenants come and go, forming a community that is altered time and time again. The daily routine of meals, conversation, gossip, arrivals and departures, and the changes that occur within this fluid grouping of people, is set against a great tide of Americans of African descent, only 50 years out of bondage, who are moving toward the industrial cities of the North in search of economic opportunity, lost family members and new beginnings."
Tickets are available at CenterTheatreGroup.org, the CTG box office located at the Ahmanson Theatre, or by calling (213) 628-2772.
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John Michael Connor
LA QUINTA, Calif. — John Michael Connor of La Quinta, Calif., formerly of Cooperstown, passed away following a brief illness on Sunday, June 9, 2013.
John was born March 14, 1941, in Nyack, son of Sara M. Connor and Thomas J. Connor of Pomona, both deceased.
John is survived by Darby Connor and their four children and spouses: Leigh Connor and Frank Leo of Cooperstown; Marc Connor and Betty Villarreal of Long Island City; Dan Connor and Kristina Beauchamp of Jackson Heights; and Kathryn (Kasey) Connor of Mount Vision. John is also survived by his brothers, Dr. Thomas M. Connor and Timothy G. Connor and their families, along with numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.
John graduated from Dominican College in Blauvelt, with a degree in history and attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. to pursue a master's degree in education. He worked many years in human resources before retiring from the field as an executive vice president. John started a second career as a successful retailer with The Christmas Barn in Fly Creek and Tin Bin Alley in Cooperstown. John loved interacting with people from all walks of life and enjoyed bringing the magic of his favorite holiday to the patrons of The Christmas Barn.
John was a kind and gentle man, a loving and proud husband and father, with a passion for children, education and the arts. In his later years, John focused on his hobby of folk art painting and enjoyed listening to jazz and gardening.
A private graveside service for the family will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, at Christ Church in Cooperstown, followed by a reception at his daughter's residence in Mount Vision.
A memorial fund has been set up in his name with the No Kid Hungry Foundation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the foundation at http://join.strength.org/goto/JMCMemorialFund.
Any further condolences for the family may be mailed to 2472 County Highway 11, Mount Vision, NY 13810, in care of Kathryn (Kasey) Connor and will be shared with the family on July 14.


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August 1, 2014
UPDATED Wednesday, May 15, 2013 --- 10:43 a.m.
Madison Police say they have arrested 17-year-old Maurice Neal on a tentative charge of attempted armed robbery.
He allegedly put a gun to a 40-year-old Mt. Horeb woman's head in a bathroom stall last week at the West Towne Mall.
UPDATED Thursday, May 9, 2013 --- 12:01 p.m.
Madison Police believe this crime was random.
The suspect did not get anything in the attempted robbery, but it has left the victim shaken.
Police describe the suspect as: M/B 20's black jacket with hood pulled up, black jeans, shoes with white on them, 5'8" medium build, black fabric covering the lower half of his face.
Posted Thursday, May 9, 2013 --- 11:44 a.m.
A man robbed a woman at gunpoint Wednesday night in a bathroom stall at West Towne Mall.
Police say the victim was in the stall at 7:48, when a man entered an adjoining stall. He crawled under the divider into the woman's stall, and pressed a handgun to her head.
He demanded money, then told her to turn around as he left. Police are still investigation.


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A camel toe is the hoof of a camel. It is sometimes used to describe when a girls' pants are sucked into her crotch, most likely due to the striking similarities of a camels' toe and the vagina.
"A camel toe must be pretty buffed figuring all the sand it has to travel over in the desert."
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When a woman's thong gets stuck in her tweeter.
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When a woman shaves off her pussy hair cause it's summer time and wants to fit into her bikini but unfortunately she's a big girl with a gynormous pussy and because she shaved the jungle down there, her pussy lips protrude thru the tightly fitted bikini bottom, exposing what looks like...a camel toe.
Goddamn Bret, look at that camel toe at 4 o'clock. That thing could pick up a bowling ball up off the floor!
di Jefferson Ardshark 12 settembre 2006
Also known as "Beef Curtains" b/c the "Camel Toe" looks like Roast Beef and hangs like curtains on either side of the pants seam.
Hey Billy, I didn't know what was for dinner until your mom walked in with those Beef Curtains!! MMMMM...They sure were tasty!!
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