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Comments Posted By anandadasi
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Re: Cheaters if not teaching all 8 limbs?
Different people come to yoga for different things and Yoga practice has many different boons to offer (prabhupada said it was in t he category of fruitive activities), on the physical, mental and spiritual level, then on the soul level comes Bhakti Yoga. Familiarisation with the Yoga practice in most modern forms (even) tend to really breed respect for the Vedic Culture and familiarity with some of its spiritual practices. It does this in a notable percentage of Yoga practitioners, as we can see by the increase in OM chanting, and deity T-shirts and greetings of Namaste and the popularity of Krishna das and other kirtan leaders etc.
The Vedic literatures are divided to help different kinds of people elevate. Even in Western form, something is happening here.
Srila Prabhupada said this Krishna Consciousness was the post graduate study of spiritual life. It seems to me that going to preschool, then elementary school, high school and then college actually helps people for post graduate training.
For instance, my yogasana teacher is mentioned in that Vanity Fair article Suresh brought up earlier in the discussion. He is a real yogi, whose life reflects his long study and he is teaching all eight limbs, he has taught many of the now famous teachers or their teachers who were listed int hat article. Under his guidance we also study the Yoga Sutras and Gita (who happens to be an initiated Prabhupada disciple) in our trainings. This has been going on for some years.
Here in New York (where many of the Vanity Fair teachers mentioned have centers) there is a good number of students who are studying these earlier mentioned books, as well as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika in depth and taking the instructions seriously, also several of the prominent teachers of these books at the studios are devotees.
In my particular school, there is a picture of Prabhupada in the studio beside other well known Yogis and there is an alter with Radha Krishna and also one with Lord Shiva.
Painted on the wall as a focus of meditation is a picture of Hanuman and Ram embracing. The teacher always plays the Maha Mantra in class (because it is recommended by sastra) and in every class he says to make every movement an offering to the lord, take to a vegetarian diet, cultivate gentleness and honesty, study the Gita daily etc. He has been teaching here in the City since the early 70's I believe and practicing longer than that.
Hare Krishna
» Posted By anandadasi On Jun 11, 2007 @ 5:55 pm
3 points, with respect:
I think that if every maturing ISKCON Devotee strained their brain to find a way to very personally, cleanly, sincerely and with love- connect even just ONE person a year who is receptive- to real KC, the world would change faster towards the Golden Age Lord Caitanya talked about and we would be pleasing Srila Prabhupada. For innovators that take a few steps 1) looking at the world and seeing who is becoming ready for KC 2) introspecting to see who you can connect to and have an exchange of genuine care and trust with out there 3) making a plan on how to help them touch their soul and cultivate Bhakti for Lord Krishna.
If that means teaching a 1000 students Yogasana, pranayama, meditation and chanting or the Basic Gita or Vegetarian Cooking or whatever as an honest Vaisnava then that seems to me that is great success,especially if people are truly touched. Even bringing one soul to the Lords lotus feet is a huge offering.
More Japa Retreats, loving relationships trainings, parenting skills classes and sweet loving and safe preschools, curriculum for Vaisnavas to help aspiring Vaisnavas handle the challenges of the material world, with grace, goodness and Krishna Consciousness, for real. This is something very attractive and draws ripe souls on its own. It does not water down the milk Prabhupada gave us, it churns the milk. Lets take the cream and then make some ghee.
Whether conservative or liberal in approach there are people we are uniquely able to reach, I would like to just see one of the main points being made here in this whole
discussion is that is important for us to reach out and help grow devotees somehow or other.
3. With respect, but to be accurate, Classical Ashtanga (Ashta-8 anga-limbed) Yoga is not what is popularly taught as Ashtanga Yoga, modern Ashtanga Yoga comes from Pattabhis Jois in the line of Krishnamacharya who mixed western physical fitness training and Ashtanga Yoga practice and in the early years (as far as I have been told by Gary Kraftsow, who was his direct student) adjusted it to teach young Brahman Boys. Apparently, real Ashtanga Yoga is taught in phases according to age and temperament and in youth the focus is asana and discipline, later the focus moves towards Pranayama and later in life towards much more Meditation. Hare Krishna. Jaya Shree Radhe!
» Posted By anandadasi On Jun 10, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Two students of Atmananda asked for people to address Atmananda personally when discussing the Atma couples yoga question. I didn't make it personal because Kundalini/white tantric Yoga was not invented by Atma it was simply adjusted for the devotee community by Atma Prabhu. While he did say it was a totally new technology in his early literature, he studied under Yogi Bhajans senior students and learned from them. This may have been to make it more palatable to the devotee community, in hope the benefit could be given without weakening the link to Srila Prabhupada, this is something we talked about many years back in LA before the teachers training for devotees really started. He wanted to make it a form that was unquestionably Vaisnava.
Also, I believe lengthy discussions have already happened between him and many of our leaders.
And of course, he is welcome like all of us, to post.
As far as my possibly being made a devotee by Richard Freeman, he did not bring me to KC. I am sorry if I implied that. I can say I was struck that there was something special about him and curious what that was, and in addition that, I guess the relevant point is that my attraction to Yoga was indicative of a serious spiritual calling that eventually led me to be introduced to active devotees and to be brought to the temple, and to take to the practices very quickly because I had already been practicing similar things for some time. It sure seems there are lots of other people out there who might be walking a similar road right around now and I think that is the main point.
As far as the comment about Ananda (me) being a follower of our line 'presumably', I can only say I took to KC in the very strict old school traditional, braminical way for some time, living and serving in the temple for 4 years, totally surrendering so to speak, and graduating from Bhakti Sastri before leaving under GBC guidance to do innovative preaching, to study and eventually marry etc. These days I am not so old school or surrendered according to the old definition and I don't know exactly what that makes me. I know our family in many ways is very strict and traditional (mostly because my husband is very strict and traditional in a good way), but that some of old structures don't fit me personally, and to be honest I feel too tired and worn out in that way to try to keep squeeze myself or my students into them artificially anymore. It has become a kind of allergy. That might be indicative of my lack of advancement, I don't know. But I do know that the more contemplative wing that is growing in ISKCON (japa retreats, solid study of our basic sastras, yoga asana practice, focused morning programs that are more meditative) capture my heart, give me hope and help me find my growing edge. These events are places that I feel comfortable bringing outside people to, whereas, there are other events that we are used to as the norm now that seem too far from western peoples comfort zone, or too mechanical for me to feel comfortable sharing with most outside yogis, co workers etc. And I have heard similar things from other practicing devotees, some of them are very senior devotees.
Pls feel free to write me directly if you feel I have made some offense so I can rectify, email@example.com
» Posted By anandadasi On Jun 10, 2007 @ 3:37 am
Hari bol Prabhus, I think point number 37 is really good in many ways.
But I think there is a need to separate classical raja/ashtanga yoga from Kundalini/tantra (re atma couples Yoga), which is clearly a really different practice than what Srila Prabhupada gave us.
These are separate practices raja/ashtanga and kundalini/tantra.
I was trained in ashtanga yoga by Parivrajacacharya prabhu in the early 90's and since then have been trained in very classical and quite devotional and regulated hatha/raja/ashtanga since by a master of the process with the focus on calming the mind and senses,classical yogic principles according the the sastra, atma nivedanam and the Lord on the heart. I was initiated in our ISKCON sampradaya in march 1997 and have had yoga students of mine also intitiated and are in good standing.
I agree, we don't know for sure what Prabhupada would say about the growing trend of Yogis coming to KC. And time , place and circumstance do change. We know Prabhupada wanted us to preach boldly where there was the most impact without compromising any principles. This is being done with Yoga preaching, by many, without compromising our principles (but being patient with others place on the path and helping them along). I am a certified elementary school teacher also, I consider this being an elementary school teacher in spiritual life… no big deal if you are 4th grade, thats ok, you know… And for many of us, it is as Akruranath Prabhu says, this is part of our work as grhastas, that is attempting to be in the mode of goodness.
your servant,
Ananda dd
» Posted By anandadasi On Jun 7, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
I just couldnt let this comment hang any more.
This is a response to post #15 which instills fear of watering down Srila Prabhupadas mercy , or worse and questions the GBC for not stopping the growing community of Vaisnavas from being involved with Yoga.
With respects, 1st of all I don't think it is an accurate analogy, or comparison. Mechanical television and the associated technology are not a Vedic process designed for the gradual upliftment of humanity and they are not mentioned in the Gita. Ashtanga Yoga is mentioned by specifically and many times by Lord Krishna in the Gita.
But if we were to accept the analogy enough for a (short) discussion then we could easily say television is a neutral medium, that in the hands of the lowest common denominator, a sales driven lower passions driven society then, it is clear that TV has in fact increased the enjoying spirit and widened the range of sinful life significantly on this planet.
Of course, as TV or the internet, or any technology, it is up to the individual how we use it. Devotees watch Vaisnava classes, conference on important topics, blog about Krishna consciousness, create Vaisnava cartoons etc. Prabhupada is also on DVD and devotees are able to show new people videos of our founder Acarya through this technology. And this positive use of technology also has a very strong and wide ranging influence.
Also, many of us either by parenting or in the ashram or through Yoga practice learned to control our senses and focus on what lifts us up, and so many of choose to use media in the service of our service…same with Yoga.. which (Yoga) is in itself designed to prepare people to discern in this way and to make better choices in this increasingly intense society.
your servant,
Ananda dd
» Posted By anandadasi On Jun 4, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
Woohoo! More Yoga teachers who have a real attraction to Lord Krishna is a very very good thing! (sounds like a call to action…). As a side point about the Vanity Fair article (thanks for the heads up!), there aren't any ISKCON devotees on the list, I wish there were, but there ARE people who like to serve Krishna through parampara and are attracted to deepening that relationship who are assisting and studying with many of the teachers pictured on that list (which is natural right?). And many of the students of these teachers listed in the Vanity Fair article are making verifiable/quantifiable advancement too, with and without our help. It is not all bogus body stuff. Through chanting and study of sastra and the communities they are forming as well as devotees being involved (in particular several vaisnava scholars who write books and teach to the Yoga Community) big things ARE happening, though there is so much room for so much more growth. Sureshs last post had a real supportive element, a call to action, this is in the same mood…Lets support each other to be sincere and inspire others, those who like Yoga asana and want to share about Krishna from a heartfelt but patient and respectful place, pls pls join us, ok?Jaya Shree Krishna. I think I have to stop posting now. But I hope more people share and I will read them. Hari OMMMM tat sat, your servant, Ananda dd
» Posted By anandadasi On May 29, 2007 @ 12:16 am
Maybe I am getting too into this discussion, but it is something dear to my heart, so I am meditating on this as I prepare lunch, change the diapers, and prepare for my Yoga class tonight etc.
A Prabhupada disciple taught me Ashtanga Yoga in the early 90's before I came to ISKCON and also I have been bridge preaching using classical Yoga methods and KC philosophy and intention since 2000 with very, very good results, sometimes producing strict devotees and for others increasing their connection to God and appreciation of the devotees. I also know a lot of Prabhupada dsiciples have been bridge preaching using Ashtanga/Raja/Hatha Yoga a lot longer than that, especially in the LA area, most notably mother Krodhasamani. And Tamala Krishna Swamis disciples have been bridge preaching using Yoga in China for decades.
Srila Prabhupada himself authorised one of his disciples to teach Hatha Yoga to the Shah of Iran's daughter. The difference now is the mainstream acceptance of Yoga Asana Practice in the west, as well as the building spiritual and somewhat devotional community around it. When handled properly this adds acceptance and authority to our movement as is, within quite a mainstream community. Also, it is only natural for Devotees in good standing to be properly trained to help sincere souls travel across the bridge from Ashtanga Yoga to Bhakti Yoga, as Suresh prabhu mentioned, and it is even in the Gita this is actually a natural progression. I did it in 96, and no one owns that bridge by the way…and it is real. There is no wonder why so many devotees are called into this work now.
I guess the biggest concerns are that Yoga Asana teaching, curriculum design and practice by devotees should absolutely and unequivicably be something that increases our service and attachment to pleasing Srila PRabhupada, following the methods and standards he set out for us (coming in the line of disciplic succession). If this so, then how can anyone object?
om shanti?
» Posted By anandadasi On May 28, 2007 @ 7:24 pm
I think there are 2 main areas of discussion so far:
1) Traditional Hatha Yoga as part of a bonafide spiritual path progressively described in the Gita. Also included in this is the practice and teaching of it for mind/body health as well as Bridge Preaching and the need to keep it fully within the boundaries of Srila Prabhupadas guidance. Many people mentioned that this is being done.
2) The kind of Yoga that was written about in the source article, which has been clarified that it is for married couples. The subpoints here that were mentioned include 1) the need for some more workshops needed for married couples within ISKCON to strengthen the grhasta ashram, purify the interaction between butter and fire in marriage and prepare people for married relationships that come more to the spiritual platform, as well as to get devotee couples chanting together more, for obvious reasons like to prepare for Garbhadhana Samskara.. (in that area, I think more japa retreats will help, and I believe that is a totally uncontroversial option (??))
Ananda dd
» Posted By anandadasi On May 27, 2007 @ 9:49 pm
Dear Akruranath Prabhu,
Dandavats :), there is some really beautiful, successful preaching in the Yoga community happening just the way you propose here in NYC. It is inspiring and enthusing to hear the global devotee community thinking this all through in such a beautiful way.
your servant,
Ananda dd
» Posted By anandadasi On May 27, 2007 @ 2:06 am
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Dear Maharaj,
Pls accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
As far as the physical closeness even among committed couples chanting together in a public setting, I understand the objection I have not seen any Vaisnava Shastra recommend this. However, I want to share another view, coming from a person who has grown up alongside the Kundalini Yoga community as taught by Yogi Bhajan (these pictures, I assume are from Atma Yoga promotional material, and this particular practice photographed is, as far as a I know, a synthesis of the meditations YB gave for Kundalini Yoga retreats for couples, just with traditional Vaisnava mantras and a little more contact acrobatics added.)
I can say with confidence that Yogi Bhajan gave these techniques for two reasons 1)to take people from where they were (in passion and ignorance and too attached to sex desire) – through the chanting of the holy names with a partner, keep them enthused to elevate their consciousness and the quality of their relationships to the spiritual platform, through chanting and the power of a committed couple bond and 2) (which was I believe, his primary goal) to train people how to attract high souls, to have spiritually advanced children. He focused on the grhasta ashram and especially the children. I know it is a different line, but just knowing so many of these wonderful children (cousins, cousin nephews etc.) I can say I am impressed with the results.
Also, sometimes, perhaps often, practitioners of various schools of Yoga Asana, Pranayama and Meditation come to a place in their lives where their heart cries out for more intimate knowledge of Krishna, and come to become strict followers of Srila Prabhupada also. So then there is the point that devotees who represent our Vaisnava line with integrity and purity, have to power to bring seekers closer to Krishna.
I have never taken Atma Yoga's course but spent a lot of time speaking with the founder when it was just being born and so I am basing this analysis of the roots of the practice that is shockingly pictured on those conversations . Maybe other people can say if Atma Yoga is focusing in this sattvic way or not, (increasing spiritual intimacy among committed couples to reduce sex desire, spiritualize the relationship, prepare for Garbhadana Samskara etc., increase the committment level between couples etc) That I don't know, but maybe someone else can say.
But I do know that whatever the form of practice, there is clearly a need for some kind of focus and assistance in these areas, in a way that is carefully conceived and in a way that is pleasing to Srila Prabhupada, the Vaisnavas and our lineage. Many grhasta devotees are still in need of clear, step by step, transformation and guidance in these area and that is why I am writing this letter. I am not trying to defend one approach or other, just to highlight the need that is there in our movement, that leads to some reasons why this becomes so attractive to some devotees. Hare Krishna.
In attempted service and with respect,
Ananda dd
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On Corbusier: Gained a good amount of experience in his first year of competition and returns for 2014-15 with a chance to continue developing ... Talented distance runner who will have a chance to contribute to the team during both cross country season and in the distance events on the track.
2014 Outdoor: Competed in the 10000 meters at the BIG EAST Championships and came in seventh with a time of 31:10.12 to contribute team points for Villanova ... Registered a personal best time of 3:57.74 in the 1500 meters at the Danny Curran Invitational and came in sixth overall ... Finished 14th in the 1500 meters at the Widener Invitational (3:58.06) ... Recorded a personal best time of 14:39.44 in the 5000 meters at the Penn Relays and came in 13th out of 35 runners in the Championship section of the event ... Came in 20th in the 5000 meters at the Colonial Relays (14:50.03).
2014 Indoor: Did not compete at any meets.
2013 Cross Country: Ran in three scored meets during the season, including the BIG EAST Championships ... Came in 21st at the conference meet with a time of 25:02 ... Top time of the season on an 8,000 meter course was 24:30 at the Princeton Invitational, where he came in 25th overall as Villanova won the team title ... Placed 34th at the Chile Pepper Festival in Arkansas (25:29.4) ... Opened the season with a 34th place finish at the Friend Big Five Invitational, where he logged a 6,000 meters time of 19:28.71 ... Finished in 12th place at the Main Line Invitational with a four-mile time of 19:43.70.
2013 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2013 Indoor: Redshirted.
2012 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Competed as an unattached runner at the Paul Short Invitational and came in 23rd in the Open race with a time of 25:48 on the 8,000 meter course.
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The award will be presented to three firefighters for a call they answered on March 7. The three found 63-year-old Hughe Agan in his truck, in cardiac arrest. The firefighters responded quickly, started CPR, revived him and got a pulse back.
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Video report here. Basically, she planned her own fake abduction, was in fact the one who suggested it to her boyfriend, and wouldn't consider a divorce due to her 'spiritual beliefs'. In short, she had no excuse at all. Yet there are no immediate plans to charge her with something like perpetuating a public fraud, etc. Again, the female discount is at play. There is actually the suggestion that SHE might divorce HIM and seek custody of their daughter!
And yet her husband stays with her. I wonder what if anything have other people said to this guy about such things as self-respect and boundaries.
Hopefully that mangina will take a hint before things get too real!


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The Yorkton Yankees streak of consecutive SESBL titles was halted at two on Tuesday, August 12 in Willowbrook, as the host Royals took Game Four of the 2014 SESBL Final 2-1 to win the best-of-five series three games to one and clinch their first league championship in nearly 40 years.
Willowbrook's Tyson Nesbitt tossed his second gem of the series, this time in a winning effort, while his brother Tanner scored the Royals' second run of the game. The run, which also happened to be the winning tally, was generated when Tanner stole second after being hit by the pitch, before being sac-bunted over to third.
The younger Nesbitt crossed home plate on an Ambrose Allin walk off single to right-centre field in the bottom of the seventh inning to send the Royals bench into hysterics and the Yankees into disbelief.
But while the Allin single was key to the Royals first championship win in 39 years, after all it did win the game, it was actually the defence, according to Tyson, that really led Willowbrook to victory. "My defence really had my back," suggested the winning pitcher of Game Four, who tossed a complete game for the victory. "As long as I just hit my spots and changed my speed I could really just rely on my defence and let them pull me through in a tight game."
Yankees player/manager Mark Jacobs agreed with Tyson Nesbitt, admitting that the Royals defence played a big role in Willowbrook's Game Four win. However Jacobs also felt that Nesbitt himself was the main reason the Royals walked away with the SESBL title. "He (Tyson) is a quality pitcher and he pitched college ball for a reason and tonight he showed it," offered Jacobs, continuing, "He didn't have the strikeouts he had last game (13 in Game One) but we didn't hit him too hard tonight and he definitely helped them (win), that's for sure."
Jacobs then turned his attention to his own team's season, saying, "Nobody likes to lose but it was a fun year, I had a lot of fun playing with the guys again and unfortunately we can't win the league every year."
For Yorkton the series loss was their first SESBL playoff series defeat in over three years, last falling victim to an SESBL opponent in a 2011 first round series against the Melville Bison two games to one. That same year many of the current Yankees won the SESBL Championship as members of the Yorkton Jr. Cardinals in a series sweep over Willowbrook.
The loss also comes on the heels of a Provincial final loss to Carlyle and, while the experience of losing back-to-back championship games is a painful one, all it does according to Jacobs, is fuel the team for next season. "It sucks right now losing two (championship games) in a row in back-to-back finals, Provincial and League," mentioned the Yankees player/manager, adding, "but we've got to regroup and get ready for next year.
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Ryan Howard's walk-off, two-run homer sealed the deal as the Phillies snatched victory from the jaws of defeat 4-2 at Citizens Bank Park.
Summary: After Tom Glavine held the Phillies scoreless through seven innings, Jimmy Rollins greeted reliever Pedro Feliciano with a solo homer, making it 2-1 Mets. Feliciano would eventually walk Pat Burrell, who was lifted for pinch runner Shane Victorino. Vic would soon deliver a sequence straight from the Pinch Run Community College promotional video. One out later, Feliciano was replaced by Aaron Heilman to set up right-right with Aaron Rowand. Victorino immediately stole second and moved to third when Paul Lo Duca's throw went into center. Rowand then tapped the ball 30 feet down the left-field line. David Wright waited for it to roll foul. It didn't. By then, Victorino had already scooted past Wright and scored the tying run.
Howard stood tall in the game's final act, but the much-maligned Phillies' bullpen was named Chevrolet Players of the Game. Geoff Geary, J.C. Romero and Brett Myers (W, 3-5) combined for 4 1-3 shutout frames. Myers pitched perfect 9th and 10th innings. Romero struck out the side in the 8th.
The Mets blew a strong outing by Glavine. Adam Eaton allowed two runs on five hits and two walks over 5 2-3 innings. The Mets scored their only runs on a second-deck, two-run shot by Carlos Delgado. Howard's game-winner came off Guillermo Mota (L, 1-1, 6.36), who kept feeding the big man change-ups, got ahead in the count 1-2, then left one out over the plate for Howard's 35th of the season.
Beerleaguer take: They showed lots of fight tonight. The Phils have not rescued many low-scoring games like these by outlasting the opposing bullpen. I did not see the middle frames, but it looked as though the Phillies were striking the ball pretty well off Glavine but had nothing to show for it. Howard is killing the ball so far this series, drilling another topspin shot to right that missed by only a few feet, the second time that's happened in as many nights.
Let's talk about Rollins now. He's at 23 homers, 73 RBIs, 113 runs and 27 stolen bases. Wrap your head around that for a second. He's talked the talk and walked the walk, especially against the Mets. Guys like Rollins and Howard weren't built to spend Octobers at home.
Tonight's attendance: 761 comments, a new single-entry record, breaking the old mark of 602 set Sept. 27, 2006 (Phils avoid choke in 14th and win 6-4 in Washington).


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Chapter 9, Title 11 of the United States Code is a chapter of the United States Bankruptcy Code, available exclusively to municipalities and assists them in the restructuring of debts. The two largest municipal bankruptcies under Chapter 9 have been Jefferson County, Alabama in 2011 and Orange County, California in 1994. ("Municipality" under the Bankruptcy Code includes many types of governmental units besides cities.[1])
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From 1937 to 2008 there were fewer than 600 municipal bankruptcies.[2] As of June 2012 the total is now around 640.[3]
Previous to the creation of Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the only remedy when a municipality was unable to pay its creditors was for the creditors to pursue an action of mandamus, and compel the municipality to raise taxes.[citation needed] During the Great Depression, this approach proved impossible, so in 1934, the Bankruptcy Act was amended to extend to municipalities.[4][5] The 1934 Amendment was declared unconstitutional in Ashton v. Cameron County Water District.[6] However, a revised act remedying the constitutional deficiencies was passed again by Congress in 1937 and codified as Chapter X of the Bankruptcy Act (later redesignated as Chapter IX).[7] This revised act was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in United States v. Bekins.[8] Chapter IX was largely unchanged until it was amended in 1976 in response to New York City's financial crisis.[9] The changes made in 1976 were adopted nearly identically in the modern 1978 Bankruptcy Code as Chapter 9. In 1988, Chapter 9 was amended by Congress to provide statutory protection from § 552(a) lien stripping provisions to revenue bonds issued by municipalities. This was addressed with the classification of these bonds as "special revenues" under the newly minted § 928(a) and § 922(d) exemption of special revenues from the automatic stay provisions of § 362.[10]
To prevent overlap with Chapter 11, 11 USC § 101(41) of the US Bankruptcy code defines the term "person" to exclude many so called "governmental units" as defined in 11 USC § 101(27), and "Municipality" as defined in § 101(40).
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While in many[clarification needed] ways similar to other forms of bankruptcy reorganization (Chapters 11, 12, and 13), Chapter 9 has a number of unique characteristics. Because municipalities are entities of State governments, the power of Congress to adjust their debts through bankruptcy is limited considerably by the 10th and 11th Amendments.
Municipalities' ability to re-write collective bargaining agreements is much greater than in a corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy[11] and can trump state labor protections,[12] allowing cities to renegotiate unsustainable pension or other benefits packages negotiated in flush times.[13]
"Congress did not extend the same projection [sic] to public employees that it did to those working in the private sector under Chapter 11 bankruptcy rules."[14][clarification needed]
Municipalities in 26 states must seek enactment of a specific statute particular to it authorizing the filing.[15]
New Jersey, Connecticut, and Kentucky simply give a state appointed official or body the power to approve a filing.[16]
The city of Central Falls, Rhode Island petitioned to be put into receivership in 2010, as Rhode Island does not generally permit Chapter 9 filings. The state appointed receiver or overseer assumed all financial responsibilities from the mayor. Rhode Island's receivership law was rewritten to allow the receiver the ability to file a petition for Chapter 9 federal bankruptcy and Central Falls has done that.[35]
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To see a model scenario for what is to come you just have to take to look at what's happening right now in the Middle East and Africa, and the root cause will be you lefties of the EUSSR and your insane policies on immigration, human rights and equality.
that have existed in the mddle east & africa
then you'd have a point
but the fact that us clever europeans have help CAUSE a lot of the worst that goes on in these places, for decades if not centuries
kinda means that your analogy is way off imo.
if you help create dangerous sheetholes
then of course people will want to escape from them.
Never debate or argue with an Idiot........they will bring you down to their level
then beat you on experience....


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Illinois Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Buffalo Grove, speaks to reporters on pension legislation while Illinois House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, left, looks on during a news conference outside the House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Springfield Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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There is no momentum in Springfield to push pension reform over the finish line.
Today, years after the town criers began screaming about the state's $98 billion pension debt, the prospects for a major cost-cutting bill remain dim.
Today, despite Illinois' worst-of-all-states credit rating, little is happening.
And today, despite mounting evidence that funding for schools, social services and health care are suffering mightily due to the state's inaction, legislators do nothing.
Excuse our French, but what the hell are they waiting for?
The answer, legislators, lies in rallying around a single plan to cut the state's pension costs.
And we've found it: A pension bill introduced last week by Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a Democrat, and House Minority Leader Tom Cross, a Republican. It has 32 co-sponsors, including 21 Republicans. That is exactly the kind of bipartisan support the House speaker has said he must have to pass a bill.
The Nekritz/Cross bill is by far the most carefully crafted pension-cutting plan we've seen and, more important, promises to reduce costs by enough to be considered a real solution. Other plans may be kinder to public workers, but they don't generate enough savings to save the state and its five public retirement systems.
This plan calls for raising retirement ages, eliminating cost-of-living increases after the first $25,000 of a pension and raising contribution amounts. But it's done in a targeted and fair way.
Preserving the current COLAs on the first $25,000 of a pension, for example, means the lowest income retirees are protected. Likewise, a phased-in retirement spares anyone 45 years or older. And in exchange for some pain, the retirement systems can sue the state if it doesn't pay its share, an age-old failure that has helped put the state in this deplorable state.
The bill includes a modified plan to shift the cost of paying for teacher pensions from the state to school districts, where it belongs. The shift would be phased in for pensions for new hires only, which should quiet some critics.
We have hesitated to endorse this plan, first proposed late last year. We worry it may violate a clause in the state Constitution that protects pension benefits. One possible way around that is giving employees a choice, a concept embraced by Senate President John Cullerton. His bill asks employees to accept a lesser benefit in exchange for retiree health care.
Facing resistance, Cullerton now proposes to pair his bill with Nekritz's and essentially let the courts decide which is constitutional.
Truth be told, Cullerton's bill, because it gives employees a choice, has a better chance of surviving the inevitable court challenge. We respect the strength of his argument, as well as his willingness to be flexible.
But if Cullerton's bill prevails, it will not amount to a lasting solution. Nekritz's bill would save $167 billion over 30 years, while Cullerton's is estimated to save $66 to $88 billion. Also, there are no legal certainties. Nekritz's bill could prevail in court.
The risk, then, that Nekritz's bill will be shot down — and somewhat delay Illinois' reckoning with this problem — is worth it to give Illinois the very best shot at solving this monstrous, all-consuming problem.
Half measures, even three-quarters measures, are not good enough.
Once legislators approve the Nekritz/Cross bill, the toughest vote will be behind them. If the courts later toss the law aside, it should be relatively easy for the Legislature to pass an alternative, invariably less painful, plan.
Today is the day to rally around the Nekritz/Cross plan. Today is the day to go for it.
If the courts say yes, Illinois has solved its most vexing financial problem once and for all.


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It's September 11, and the harshest restriction in Texas' new abortion law, its requirement that all abortions take place at an ambulatory surgical center, has yet to go into effect. HB2 was supposed to become the law of Texas on September 1, and the ACS rule would have immediately shuttered all bu ... More >>
It's a nice clinic, it really is. With more space and amenities, it's a credit to the private donors who payed for it and continue to fuel Planned Parenthood's response to the Texas Legislature's crackdown on abortion. It's just unnecessary. The large janitor's closet, the backup generator, the loc ... More >>
The number of abortions being performed in Texas has dropped moderately, clinics offering abortions are vanishing rapidly and women seeking abortions must travel much farther to get an abortion, according to almost 18 months of data compiled by researchers looking at the effects of Texas' passage of ... More >>
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The stakes in the two-day trial over Planned Parenthood's challenge to Texas' new abortion restrictions, which kicked off yesterday in Austin, are rather low. Whatever decision U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel hands down will be appealed to the 5th Circuit, then the Supreme Court, leaving the law in c ... More >>
Unless Planned Parenthood's lawsuit gets in the way, Texas' new abortion restrictions will require all abortion providers to become ambulatory surgical centers by September 1, 2014 or close their doors. But state regulators seem to be even tougher on abortion clinics than for your typical ASC. Unti ... More >>
Any old state controlled by aging Republicans can pass laws to dramatically restrict access to abortion. It's what you do when your state faces poverty, drought and a ton of other pressing issues that you'd rather not deal with. But making the anti-abortion laws stick is the real challenge. Texas is ... More >>
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Life Dynamics, the Denton-based pro-life group that long ago earned a permanent spot on Planned Parenthood's anti-choice hall of fame, has always prided itself on being a bit different from its allies in the abortion fight. It's less about standing outside of abortion clinics with photos of bloody f ... More >>
It hasn't even been 24 hours since Governor Rick Perry signed House Bill 2, the infamous abortion clinic-killing bill, into law, and three Planned Parenthood clinics are already making plans to shut their doors. The Huffington Post reports that Planned Parenthood clinics in Bryan, Huntsville and Lu ... More >>
The Texas House just passed sweeping abortion restrictions. Once they pass the senate, the procedure will be banned 20 weeks post-fertilization, and all but five abortion providers in the state will be forced to close thanks to a medically unnecessary requirement that they meet the standards of ambu ... More >>
Dallas wants to close the book on abstinence-only education. Texas keeps getting in the way.
Maybe you're not a Yiddish speaker, but you need a handy illustration of the concept of "chutzpah." In Spanish: cojones. Or in English, if you insist: king-sized brass balls. If you need a real-world demonstration of this cross-cultural concept, you have only to look at how your state-level bureaucr ... More >>
Texas parents beware: your children are being "imperiled" by "abortion peddlers" who want to teach them "sex education." No. No, they're not. Although at some point someone might want to teach them to put a condom on a banana, and conservative lawmakers, predictably, want to make damn sure that per ... More >>
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On New Year's Eve, a state judge ruled that Texas can keep Planned Parenthood out of its new, state-run Women's Health Program. On January 1, that program began; it'll continue to be Planned Parenthood-less until at least January 11, when the next hearing in the case will be held, and possibly forev ... More >>
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In the last legislative session, Texas lawmakers cut the state's family planning budget by two-thirds, a loss of around $73.6 million over the next two years. The reason behind this, naturally, was that "family planning" is clearly a secret code word for "abortion." "Of course this is a war on bir ... More >>
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but it's true: the argument between the state of Texas and Planned Parenthood over the Women's Health Program looks like it's never, ever going to end. This case has dragged itself through state courts, federal courts, and back down to the state level again, ... More >>
That faint popping sound you heard last night was Governor Rick Perry uncorking a nice bottle of bubbly, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday refused a request by Planned Parenthood to rehear the case over its ban from the new Texas Women's Health Program (TWHP). Texas, it appears ... More >>
It's been nearly a year since Texas legislators slashed the state's family planning funding, diverting $73 million to a variety of other programs. That was about two-thirds of the total family planning budget, and the conservative lawmakers who orchestrated the cuts were vocal about why they'd done ... More >>
Governor Rick Perry, it may shock you to learn, is not such a big fan of abortion. Perry vowed some time ago to create a new, Texas-run version of the Women's Health Program, one that would ban doctors from discussing or "promoting" abortion with their patients. It would also explicitly bar Planned ... More >>
Texas' game of women's health pingpong continues. A panel of judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a preliminary injunction yesterday that had allowed Planned Parenthood to remain in the Medicaid Women's Health Program. In other words, PP is out. Again. The nonprofit was boote ... More >>
Karen Handel is back, and she's bringing 304 pages with her. Susan G. Komen For The Cure's ex-vice president of public policy, who resigned in February after an enormous flap over Komen's attempt to pull its funding from Planned Parenthood, is writing a tell-all, to be published in September by Howa ... More >>
A few months back, the Susan G. Komen For the Cure, the Dallas-based, Nancy Brinker-founded organization that has single-handedly made breast cancer a cause celeb, thrust itself squarely in the middle of the abortion debate when it announced plans to cut funding from Planned Parenthood. Brinker walk ... More >>
Americans United For Life, one of the nation's largest anti-abortion advocacy groups, has released its annual report, Defending Life 2012, complete with an enthusiastic blurb from Governor Rick Perry. On the whole, they seem very pleased with Texas and its "aggressive legislative action" to restrict ... More >>
Earlier this week, Judge Jerry Smith of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a preliminary injunction that kept Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of the Women's Health Program. It looked as though that was the first step toward a decision allowing Texas to keep Planned Parenthood out ... More >>
When we said yesterday Planned Parenthood could remain part of the Texas's Medicaid Women's Health Program "for now," we didn't know "now" would last less than 24 hours. A Fifth Circuit appeals judge has overturned yesterday's preliminary injunction blocking Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood o ... More >>
The scuffle between Texas and the feds over women's healthcare was supposed to get real tomorrow, when Planned Parenthood was scheduled to be barred from being a provider for the state's Medicaid Women's Health Program. But earlier today, Federal District Judge Lee Yeakel granted the non-profit its ... More >>
For the past few days, several corners of the Internet have been all a-flutter over a recent piece on Forbes.com by a man named Ryan Holiday, who describes himself as a "strategist for big authors and big brands." Holiday apparently had tried to arrange a donation of $500,000 from one of his clien ... More >>
We keep hammering away at this same general point, but really: It's been a terrible year for family planning providers in Texas. First the Legislature moved $73.6 million out of the state family-planning budget for the next two years . At the same time, they changed to a tiered funding structure tha ... More >>
On Tuesday night, state Senator Wendy Davis' staff announced that someone had set a small fire outside the door of her Fort Worth office using bottles filled with lighter fluid. The senator wasn't there at the time, and no one else was hurt during the incident, which badly scorched the door of the o ... More >>
As long as we're on the general theme of "unpleasant events that are somehow related to the Medicaid Women's Health Program," let's throw this one in there too: Abby Johnson, who was until a couple of years ago the director of a clinic that was part of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast, is now su ... More >>
Pro-life groups in Texas are in an awkward position these days, as the Medicaid Women's Health Program fights for its life. On one hand, they celebrate anything that they perceive as a blow to Planned Parenthood (which Catholic Pro-Life Committee of North Texas Executive Director Karen Garnett once ... More >>
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, who worked as a nurse before heading to Washington, dropped by Martin Bashir's show on MSNBC to denounce Governor Rick Perry's stance toward Planned Parenthood (and to call Rush Limbaugh "un-American".) "I don't even know this governor anymore," the congresswoman says in ... More >>
The Medicaid Women's Health Program provides some 130,000 Texas women with vital medical care: family planning, birth control, cancer screenings and annual exams. And for that, of course, it must die. That, at least, has long been the case as far as Republican lawmakers are concerned. And after last ... More >>
We still have to read between the lines to glimpse the bottom line on the Komen Foundation's attack on Planned Parenthood, but the slowly emerging truth of the matter doesn't bode well. Karen Handel, the Komen executive who resigned yesterday, has a weird talent for letting the cat out of the bag e ... More >>
It probably hasn't escaped the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation's notice that an awful lot of people are very, very unhappy with the organization lately. Just to drive the point home a little further, reps from MoveOn.org, CREDO Action and UltraViolet announced they'd be hand-delivering a Move ... More >>
Wait, wait. We haven't finished the conversation yet about whether Rick Perry has embarrassed Texas so badly we can never again show our faces outside the state. Are you telling me now we've got to have the same conversation already about Nancy Brinker? What if people start connecting the do ... More >>
As you know by now, locally based Susan G. Komen for the Cure has cut off its funding to Planned Parenthood, meaning it'll no longer help pay for mammograms for women who can't afford them; why, there's Nancy Brinker herself above, attempting to explain Komen's "new granting strategies" concerning i ... More >>
Perhaps you've heard by now: The Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation (don't bother clicking the link; the site's not loading) will no longer be giving grant money to Planned Parenthood, a move Planned Parenthood of North Texas says comes after "anti-women's health groups have repeate ... More >>
Just four days after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Rick Perry's favorite law -- the one requiring women to get a sonogram, listen to a fetal heartbeat and hear a verbal description from a doctor of the sonogram image before they can get an abortion -- is street legal, the court issue ... More >>
ViaYou, sir, must not be a Texas legislator.It's been a good 14 minutes since the state twisted its rusty knife into the already-wounded gut of women's healthcare. But fear not: There's a huge, ugly storm brewing between the state and federal governments over the Medicaid Women's Health Progr ... More >>
They say they defunded Planned Parenthood. But lawmakers' attack on family planning will cost Texas money, reduce access to healthcare and result in even more abortions.
Starting September 1, if you're a woman in Texas seeking an abortion, a few new things are going to happen at the doctor's office. You're going to be given a sonogram, have the image of the fetus described to you "in detail," and possibly be asked to listen to a fetal heart monitor (although you ... More >>
Rep. Bill Zedler just has a few questions about your legal medical procedure.In the latest piece of depressing women's health news from the Texas Legislature, The Dallas Morning News reported today that the House has voted to deny state funding to public hospitals that either perform "elective a ... More >>


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Gather printed materials at the school district office. Inquire about district organization, schools, programs, demographics and student achievement. Visit the public library to get information the district does not offer.
How to Interview for a Teaching Job
Thorough research and preparation will give you the confidence to shine in a teaching job interview. Even if your first interviews don't land you a job, you'll gain valuable experience for the future.
Things You'll Need
- Personal Organizers
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- Answering Machines
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Make an appointment to visit a school to familiarize yourself with the curriculum and textbooks, and to observe the overall work environment. Take note of the way teachers are dressed; your choice of interview clothing should show that you'll fit into this group.
Brainstorm and rehearse answers to questions about your area of expertise, educational methodology and philosophy, and familiarity with - and respect for - school district policies. Prepare several specific questions of your own and study the district organization chart to learn important names.
Make a trial run to the district office the day before your interview and organize any documents you may have been asked to bring along, including extra copies of your resume and application.
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Expect the district's personnel department to call for an initial screening interview to review your application file for completeness and to make sure you meet minimum hiring requirements.
Save your thorough interview preparation for the second interview with a hiring committee composed of at least one principal, curriculum specialist, and personnel department representative.
Treat the interview as a classroom situation; project your sincere enthusiasm for teaching and pleasure in communicating with others.
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Thank the committee before you leave, and write a follow-up letter expressing your continued interest in the position.
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- Delegate and share research tasks and materials with a partner or group of people interviewing in some of the same districts. Partners or groups can also be useful for brainstorming questions and rehearsing answers.
- Tape (video or audio) your responses to practice questions.
- Watch the time: most teaching interviews last about 30 minutes.
- Don't ask about salary - it's determined by degrees earned and years of service, per the district pay schedule.
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A similar question perplexes me on a regular basis. Every morning I drive from Weston Creek to Barton via Cotter Road. It's usually about the same time: 8.45am-ish.
There's always a bit of a sh!tfight around at the bottom of Cotter Road, due to the roadworks around the RSPCA. But the rest of the trip is really variable. Some mornings the line of cars waiting to turn off the Parkway and up Cotter Road is several hundred metres long – other mornings there's hardly any one. Some mornings the line of cars waiting to turn off Lady Denman Drive is really long – other mornings not. Sometimes it takes ages to get onto Adelaide Ave from the Dudley Street (after Dunrossil Drive) lights – other times, there's no traffic at all.
There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. I've come to the conclusion that it's just the naturally chaotic and unpredictable state of traffic flows, but I'm happy to be corrected on that.
Noticed something similar on a cruise around this morning. Can't think of an obvious reason, but there may be contributions from the sudden spike in petrol prices (155.9 per litre for E10 at my local), critical mass having been attained in relation to parking availability and cost, a measure of gloom engendered by the budget and the sudden warm weather that may have caused folk to run off for a while. These tend to suggest it will be temporary.
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but I find traffic is lighter (well to be precise more spread out time-wise) on Friday mornings. Anyone else find this?
Yep, around 8:45am on a Friday traffic is very slim.
I always believed that it was to do with APS's single-mindedness to get to the office early so that they can knock-off early.
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NFI in relation to the OP's question as I dont use Monaro, but I find traffic is lighter (well to be precise more spread out time-wise) on Friday mornings. Anyone else find this?
I noticed the same thing and came to the conclusion that it's a cobmination of rostered days off, part time workers and people just generally being more relaxed about getting to work on time on a Friday.
Often its due to a traffic blockage miles from where you are. I remember one day the traffic was banked up going into Civic right across Commonwealth Bridge, all around London Circuit and so forth. The cause was the construction of the new ANU residence on Marcus Clarke St had blocked off a lane on Barry drive, and the merging was too hard for most people and slowed everything down. Which banked up Barry Drive, then Northbourne, then London Cct, then Capital Hill, then Commonwealth Avenue, into Barton etc etc.
As you will know from driving into a 60km/h zone after driving along a highway (looking at you, Braidwood), even a slight slowing down of traffic flow has a significant consequential effect and gets worse the more traffic involved. A 10 second delay at the start of traffic can lead to 5 minute delay a couple of km down the road. (this is why, by the way, if there are two areas of road works along a highway, it is actually quicker to block the entire lane for the whole distance, rather than block, allow 2 lanes, then merge into one lane again – 1 lane all the way is quicker than requiring a merger).
This article explains some of it http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071219103102.htm
We have gridlock from Qbn into Canberra every morning, so I notice when it suddenly doesn't lock up and is actually crawling. School holidays are marvellous in this respect, do the mothers driving their kids to school really make such a difference? Mondays and Fridays are usually less awful too, especially Fridays. Around Xmas is bliss. Wednesdays are the worst, horrible.
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We have gridlock from Qbn into Canberra every morning, so I notice when it suddenly doesn't lock up and is actually crawling. School holidays are marvellous in this respect, do the mothers driving their kids to school really make such a difference? Mondays and Fridays are usually less awful too, especially Fridays. Around Xmas is bliss. Wednesdays are the worst, horrible.
My theory about Wednesdays is that quite a few people work part time, like Mon-Wed or Wed-Fri. So on Wednesday everybody is going to work, which results in a traffic clusterf*ck. The GDE and Parkes Way are generally parking lots on Wednesdays so I try to travel very early or very late.
Otherwise, as dtc pointed out, it's generally the butterfly effect, ie a small event at one point has major consequences a long way away. I recall sometime last year I think there was a walkathon which used the traffic lights on the northside of the Commonwealth avenue bridge at peak hour. This wedged the bridge, which eventually wedged everywhere else. I spent nearly an hour travelling along Parkes that day, when it usually takes me a few minutes.
Or it could be that the Reptoids have finally started their program of major abductions for food, anal probing etc.
It's something I have often wondered myself. Why on one morning – say a Tuesday – traffic would crawl along William Hovell drive between Coulter Drive and Bindubi St, whereas on Wednesday it'd flow quite nicely. Mondays and Fridays I can understand – they're the likely days when someone's going to decide to take a long weekend – but the midweek stuff has always had me confused.
The link in dtc's post does make a lot of sense though. God knows how many times I've been held up, expecting to come up to some flashing red and blue lights…only to somehow seem to cross some imaginary line where traffic goes back to normal. It's always baffled me.


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