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Budget showdown is on between Marion County Commission and Sheriff Blair
Published: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 1:35 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 1:35 p.m.
Citing Sheriff Chris Blair's $8 million spike in spending, the County Commission on Thursday grudgingly raised property tax rates for all taxpayers across Marion County as well as all those who live outside the city limits and are covered by a second, separate levy.
Sheriff Chris Blair's response
The board has questioned leadership at the sheriff's office. What should be questioned is leadership among the board, especially those that have tenure. What questions did they ask or fail to ask to ensure public safety?
Our deputies rank fifth from the bottom of 67 counties for officers per 1,000 residents. They rank 10th from the bottom of 67 counties for starting salaries. Our jail is understaffed. Eighty-six percent of our vehicle fleet is 2008 or older. Sixty-eight percent of our marked vehicles have more than 100,000 miles while 88 of those marked patrol cars have more than 150,000 miles. As an agency we have $29 million in asset value with $24 million in depreciation. We are underfunded in our contingency fund when compared to other public safety entities.
My decisions are based on a need to ensure safety among our deputies and corrections officers while providing exemplary service to the community. What value would you place on a lost human life? I have not asked for a frivolous increase but rather one that will begin to address identified shortcomings at the offic
But the board said the proposed rates were only a formality, and emphasized its unity on a key point: It will reject tax rate increases when the county budget is officially adopted in September.
Commissioners did not mince words in expressing their discontent about Blair forcing them to jack up tax rates, even at this stage.
"I'm disappointed that we even have to consider raising our millage rate, or even setting the millage rate this high. ... I'm disappointed at the lack of leadership from the sheriff's department, that we've been put in the position of having to consider a higher millage rate," Commissioner Stan McClain told his colleagues.
McClain, the senior commissioner, added that he was unhappy about landing in such a position for the first time in his nine-year tenure.
"There's been a lack of respect, in my opinion, to the taxpayers of Marion County. There's been a disrespect to the voters of Marion County who actually voted for someone to be in office who ran on a platform of not putting the burden of the department on their backs," McClain continued.
"This commissioner, come Sept. 26, will not vote for a tax increase. Period," he added. "We will be here until Sept. 30 at 11:59 (p.m.), if we have to be, to ensure that. I will not support a tax increase."
The new fiscal year starts Oct. 1.
The board met Thursday because it was legally required to set the maximum property tax rate, known as the millage, for several of its tax districts before Aug. 4.
Once established, those millages can only be decreased when the budget is voted on during two public hearings in September.
Those sessions are slated for Sept. 12 and Sept. 26.
As adopted Thursday, the proposed rate for all property owners across Marion now stands at $4.55 per $1,000 of taxable value.
That's up 66 cents from the current $3.89 per $1,000, a jump of 17 percent.
The countywide rate has not been that high since it was set at $4.57 per $1,000 for fiscal year 2007.
The second increase applies to the special tax district that funds the Sheriff's Office's patrol and investigative units.
The tax is paid by all property owners outside the boundaries of Marion's five municipalities.
That levy will go from $2.81 per $1,000 of taxable value to $3.67, a boost of 86 cents, or 31 percent.
That's the highest rate for the district since it peaked at $3.79 per $1,000 in fiscal year 1998.
For taxing purposes, the average value of a single-family home in Marion County for the coming tax year is $66,827, according to an analysis presented by county Budget Director Michael Tomich.
That homeowner, for instance, would see his or her taxes go up by $99.
If that homeowner claims the state's homestead exemption, the increase would dip to $88.
At the request of Commissioner Carl Zalak, Tomich also offered a second report about how the increase might affect commercial properties.
The owner of a one-story store, for example, will see taxes jump $576 next year; a warehouse owner, $616; a financial institution, $1,103; and a hotel, $3,057.
The rates would have been much higher had the board not pushed back against Blair's initial budget.
The sheriff first sought a $17.4 million increase above current spending.
That was up 26 percent and contrasted sharply with the average 3 percent increases requested by other county-level elected officials.
The other constitutional officers wanted a bump solely to meet a state mandate for higher pension and insurance contributions.
Commissioners rejected Blair's first request, to which the sheriff responded by challenging the board to find the reductions in his spending plan.
The board subsequently formed an in-house committee, led by McClain and Court Clerk David Ellspermann, to do just that.
Blair later retreated from that stance and halved his budget increase to about $8.2 million.
Yet commissioners were undeterred.
McClain recently told his colleagues that the line-item review of the Sheriff's Office's proposed budget will take a few more weeks.
Under state law, the County Commission cannot amend Blair's budget until the September hearings.
Commissioners indicated that was coming, as each followed McClain's lead in vowing to not vote for higher taxes.
"We will provide leadership," said Zalak, after calling the situation "quite a disappointment."
Commissioner David Moore said, "Basically, we don't have a choice on what we're doing today. But we do have a choice in September. And I agree with Commissioner McClain 100 percent. I will not support a tax increase either."
"The fact is we can't, as a group of commissioners, put an additional burden on the citizens of Marion County," Commissioner Earl Arnett added.
"We will stand united on this issue," Chairwoman Kathy Bryant said.
"We needed to come forward again with another year of flat budgets. And our constitutional officers, with the exception of one, they did that for the most part.
"To take $8.5 million out of our economy would just set us back," she added. "Although we are seeing signs of recovery, it hasn't happened yet."
To underscore the commitment to holding spending steady, Ellspermann told the board he would enact one layoff in order to absorb the state's requirement for additional funding for employees' retirement and insurance programs.
Ellspermann also suggested that the others — Tax Collector George Albright, Property Appraiser Villie Smith and Elections Supervisor Wesley Wilcox — do likewise.
By law, Blair can appeal any budget cuts to Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet.
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Time to start getting ready!
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Time to start getting ready!
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
This game is sold out now, this better be a rockin crowd.
Yes!! This crowd needs to be ready!
i get to watch in iraq!!!! hahaha this is going to be sweeeeeet
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
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i get to watch in iraq!!!! hahaha this is going to be sweeeeeet
That is soo cool. Is too nerdy to want a picture of that?
I took one of CycloneErik in Jamaica reading CF
Off to the game!!
Cyclone alley almost full in gold down low. Watch for a gorilla, a giant banana, and chewbacca. I am not any of these people, but just letting ya know. Roof blows of hilton today
why all the red vs blue on ESPN today?
Maryland (red)
Duke (blue)
Kansas (blue)
IState (red)
Wisconsin (red)
Illinois (blue)
Looks like IState will be the only red team to win today!!
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huntt26 is a winner!
A-town is right. Watch for the banana and the gorilla (making his triumphant return since being banned from the Nebraska game) in CA on the band aids. Especially watch during the 8-minute tikeiut in the second half!
I meant 'band side', not 'band aids'. Mobile site doesn't allow edits...
We definitely don't have to worry about the duke game taking too long and cutting into our TV time.. holy crap. 79-38 duke
We gotta win this. Cyclone Fanatic will be too depressing if we don't. :)
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I need someone to rep Linden for me from another thread, he's a boss.
Originally Posted by CycloneRulzzz
Nice close in the troll thread Linden. You are the Mariano Rivera of CF. We just hit Enter Sandman and Linden comes in takes care of business.
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The name Johnny Orr has become synonymous with collegiate basketball success. During his tenure at
To put Orr's accomplishments in perspective, one must turn the page back to his arrival. In Orr's first season, attendance increased nearly 3,000 fans per game. In his fourth season (1983-84), ISU finished 16-13 and earned a bid to the NIT, the first time in 40 years that
His 1985-86 squad shattered several records, including most wins in a season, and reached the NCAA "Sweet 16". The Cyclones played in the Big Eight Tournament's championship game following an undefeated home season in which ISU averaged a capacity 14,020 fans per game. Orr was treated to one of the highlights of his coaching career when his underdog Cyclones beat Big Ten Conference champ
The 1987-88 Cyclones raced to a 16-2 start and were ranked as high as 10th nationally. ISU again earned a berth in the NCAA tournament and won 20 games for the third time in four seasons. Standout Jeff Grayer finished his career with 2,502 points and was a second team All-America choice by the Associated Press. The team set 11 school marks, including averaging a record 14,238 fans per game. Orr's teams went on to NCAA Tournament berths in 1989, 1992 and 1993.


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What's the easiest way to take a screenshot of my Mac?
I've used
Grab.app, but it's a bit annoying just to get a quick screenshot. Is there a faster way?
What's the easiest way to take a screenshot of my Mac?
I've used
cmd + shift + 3 take screenshot of full screen.
cmd + shift + 4 take screenshot of selective screen.
cmd + shift + 4 then space (you must press space after use cmd + shift + 4) to take a screen shot of each windows
Add control to the shortcuts above to place the screen shot on the clipboard instead of saving it to the desktop.
Also you may define a shortcut key for copying the selected area to clipboard as I did.
Here is how:
And done! From now on, when press that key, the area selection pointer appears and after you select the region on the screen, it copies the picture to the clipboard and you may paste anywhere.
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Amtrak backwards. Very fitting to those that work there. It is the opposite of Karma or at the very least feast or famine mentality. One day Kartma is setting the world on fire with rumors of new equipment and high speed rail and the next day a freighter pulls in another GE P42 and we are told to go take parts off of a dead unit to fix the other dead unit that just came in....One step forward....Three Steps Back!!!!
Kartma tries to move forward.....But still moves Backwards!!!
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Cosmic credit gained by putting your or others' shopping carts into the shopping cart return, or lost by leaving your shopping cart in a parking space or, worse, in the way of drivers.
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I know I would not be a fan of Ford if I spent $50,000+ on a truck, only to have to pony up several thousand more dollars to replace poorly engineered parts.
It would save them a serious beating on their reputation as well as more money down the road fixing them.
You mentioned them having the body off, they have to do that to get to the turbos and everything else because they packed it so tight. Removal of the heads to replace the head bolts, which are apparently a commonly failing component, requires removing the body.
As far as the problems with the engines, most of them come down to physics - they're trying to make more power with a smaller engine.
The loss of displacement means they have to run higher compression, more boost and higher RPMs, which in turn means higher pressures and temperatures.
Combine that with the absolute minimum amount of metal necessary to hold the engine together under normal conditions to save money (bean counters) and weight (fuel economy) and you end up with a bomb waiting to go off.
The emissions equipment just adds another, separate dimension to the complexity and potential problems.
What I've read is that they supposedly couldn't economically redesign the 7.3 to meet the new emissions requirements.
My guess is that they probably could have redesigned the top end of the 7.3 (which is what is most effect by the emissions requirements) for as much or less than what they've probably spent on the 6.0, 6.4 and now the 6.7 and all of their various problems.
But, we all know that newer is ALWAYS better...
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It was 101400 miles when the intercooler blew up and that was the second time it had stranded me on a camping trip. I was really tired of it, and figured it was a matter of time before I was really into some money. It had run flawless for 99999 miles. I figured my good fortune had run out. I bought an 08 duramax in Boise on a saturday at 8:00PM with my 30' toy hauler sitting in the parking lot. funny story was the saleman talking about the 500 mile break in on the ceramic bearings on the rearend before you tow with it. I asked if the warranty was void if i didn't wait 500 miles. he said no. I said it sounded like his problem, and took off towing 23K pounds out of the parking lot.
I long for the days when a guy could go put combine parts on a cummins 5.9 and get 23-26 MPG and nobody wanted to stick a sniff sensor up his exhaust pipe. Same goes for the old 7.3. I am so done with the new stuff.
I am taking some advise that UH keeps throwing at us younger members. I have unloaded all of my toys and i am also unloading the 08 duramax. It only has 34K on it and is worth a quite a bit of $$. We can work toward being debt free instead of working for the man. I have a chev 1500 4x4 company truck that I can use for whatever I want. If I need to use a big truck, I just need to borrow another company truck for a weekend. Getting too old to be working this hard. It helps that we will be empty nesters in 2014. awsome!!
For a while it was cool to buy & sell every cpl years with the $25k tax credit for HOV work vehicles...that needs to go back into effect before my wife needs another vehicle.
I love Toyotas - IMHO, consistently the most reliable, least repaired vehicles out there. My best buddy drives a Tundra and never puts any repair money into it, just routine maintenance.
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The North Central College Mock Trial team received several individual awards during its 2013-2014 season, October to February.
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If your computer has a CD or DVD burner, you can copy files to a writable disc. This process is called burning a disc. Windows burns discs in the Live File System format or in the Mastered format, depending on which disc format you choose. For more information about deciding which format you should choose when burning a disc, see Which CD or DVD format should I use?
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Choose the Live File System format when you want to burn a data disc that will play in a computer running Windows XP or later.
Insert a writable disc, such as a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW disc, into your computer's CD, DVD, or Blu‑ray Disc burner.
In the AutoPlay dialog box that appears, click Burn files to disc using Windows Explorer.
In the Burn a Disc dialog box, type a name for this disc in the Disc title box, click Like a USB flash drive, and then click Next.
This is the option for burning a disc that uses the Live File System disc format. It might take several minutes for the disc to be formatted. When the formatting is complete, an empty disc folder opens.
Open the folder that contains the files you want to burn, and then drag the files into the empty disc folder.
To select more than one item, press and hold the Ctrl key, and then click the files you want to burn.
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After copying the files and folders, you might need to close the disc session. For more information, see Close or finalize a CD or DVD.
Instead of dragging and dropping files as described in the procedure above, you can select the files you want to burn in Windows Explorer, right-click one of the selected files, point to Send to, and then click your disc burner drive.
Choose the Mastered format when you need a disc that will play on any computer or in some different consumer electronic devices, such as CD, DVD, and Blu‑ray Disc players, that can play digital music files, pictures, or video files.
Insert a writable disc, such as a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or DVD+RW disc, into your computer's CD, DVD, or Blu‑ray Disc burner.
In the Burn a Disc dialog box, type a name for this disc in the Disc title box, click With a CD/DVD player, and then click Next.
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My brother and I are big fans of two individuals named Alex and Maia Shibutani. They're Japanese American, exactly three years apart (ages 22 and 19, respectively) and they're siblings. In all three instances, the Shibutanis and my brother and I are the same. The big difference between us? My brother and I are not figure skaters competing in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
The Michigan-based siblings have just finished their first Olympic experience by placing in the top 10 for ice dancing, despite a wardrobe malfunction during their Michael Jackson medley routine in which Maia's tights caught onto Alex's costume during a difficult lift.
But the brother-sister team couldn't be happier. "Everything went the way it should," said Alex in an interview with the Greenwich-Post. "We've been taking everything in since we've gotten here so to finally have our Olympic moment it totally blew our expectations."
Ice skating isn't the only thing they're good at. Alex and Maia, also known as the "ShibSibs" on their personal YouTube account, are also funny, light-hearted social media personas. Their YouTube account, which since its founding in 2012 has already gained 9,000 subscribers and over 1 million views, is compiled of silly vlogs and bloopers captured amidst the seriousness of their training.
"[Alex] is one of the funniest people I've ever met," said Tara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic champion and NBC Olympic figure skating commentator. "He has a [really] dry sense of humor."
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3PL News: Kerry Logistics expands presence in Vietnam
September 08, 2011
Global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider Kerry Logistics has expanded its presence in Vietnam with the opening of a new 10,000 square-meter (30,000 square-feet), Hanoi-based facility.
Entitled the Kerry (Hung Yen) Logistics Center, company officials said this facility, which is located between Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong and provide direct ocean access to international markets, will begin operations in November. This new facility will serve shippers in the electronics, hi-tech, fashion, garments, food and beverage, and industrial sectors.
"We have invested in developing a national logistics network in Vietnam during the last few years and the new Hanoi facility completes our coverage of the key industrial areas in North, South and Central Vietnam," said Robert Tan, Managing Director, South Asia.
A major driver for this new facility, according to Kerry, was increased demand from customers in Vietnam in recent years, adding that this new facility completes the company's coverage of key industrial areas in North, South, and Central Vietnam. And it also has direct highway access to Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport and close to Hai Duong Inland Container Depot.
A company spokesperson told LM that Kerry had planned for this facility since last year, with construction expected to be completed during the third quarter.
"Our target is to serve as many customers as possible and to achieve economy of scales," said the spokesperson. "We will arrange about 30 staff to station at the facility. More manpower is expected if the cargo volume increases and more VAS are requested by customers."
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This lift is a bit slow
Saturday 29th November
I woke up at 5.45am. Unable to sleep any further I jumped in the shower and used as many of the free toiletries as was feasible in the circumstances and was back in bed at 6am when the TV came on; you can set the TV to come on as your alarm call. Adrian woke up but was obviously confused to be in such a strange place and lost control of the TV volume and probably ended up waking everyone along our corridor except Steven who didnt stir. Adrian then got out of bed to boil the kettle and promptly blew the bulb on the standard lamp in the corner.
A quick flick through the TV channels found Scooby Doo over-dubbed in German. Not as good as the Star Trek in German we found on our last visit but hey, it will do. Did all the packing up of bits and pieces and got ready to go. Except Steven, who still hadnt stirred. Eventually we had to do something weve never had to do before. We had to wake him up. He was obviously bewildered by the experience but soon calmed down after hed had his morning milk. Rinsed last bottle and shoved it into a space somewhere and marched through to the reception areas. Adrian checked us out (of the room) and we found nice comfy chairs to sit on. A couple of minutes later the others came through. Ellie came running straight up to us to show us her latest Powerpuff Girls thing. I dont remember what it was though as I was too busy watching Harry teeter over towards us. Lisa followed him over and explained that his backpack was a little heavy for him and he had already toppled over twice so was taking it steady. The poor boy is only little and well if he wants to take that many toys hes going to have to carry them himself because no one else has room.
Harry got some respite shortly after as he was strapped into his buggy for the trip to the terminal. Lisa and myself had a buggy race down the walkway out of the hotel which made the men roll their eyes and mutter such things as two weeks of this. Once in the terminal we all piled into a lift to go up to the shopping village for breakfast. We were all chattering away excitedly and after about 10 minutes Big Steve suddenly noticed that the view through the glass walls of the lift had not changed. OK so we were all so busy talking that we had forgotten to press the UP button in the lift and had gone exactly nowhere. Either that or both levels at Gatwick south terminal are identical. We managed to get up to the top level eventually and looked for somewhere to have breakfast. For the life of me I dont know how we did this but we ended up in McDonalds. I despise fast food of any kind. And I consented to eat in a McDonalds; something I have not done for many years. Oh well, Im in here now, get me one of those revolting big breakfast things and some coffee. That must have been it caffeine deprivation. How else would I have ended up in that place?
Anyway breakfast was consumed by all except Harry, who decided that pancakes are made to throw and not eat. Mind you considering they were McDonalds pancakes he probably made the right choice. Harry and myself then practised our roaring for some inexplicable reason, but it had to stop when Harry roared too loud and Steven burst into tears. Following this a little shopping was done in the Warner Brothers store where we managed to convince Ellie that a two feet tall Powerpuff Girls plush toy is not a practical item to take on a plane with you. She did manage to get £3 out of Uncle Adrian for a small one to hook on her backpack though.
We depart the shopping area and head back downstairs and through Passport Control and join the long lines to have our carry-on belongings checked. We all make it through the magic arch without any beeps and our bags are given the thumbs up by the scanning machine. Except Ellies pink backpack. She is pulled aside with Big Steve and the contents are removed one by one. I look over at the exact moment that the security officer pulls out the small pair of scissors and starts to examine them. I gasp in horror and turn to Lisa and say, Ellie has scissors in her backpack. Lisa replies, yeah I know, I packed them. I pick myself up off the floor and start on about the 15 page document listing what you cannot put in your hand luggage come on, you get the picture by now. Anyway the security guard lady was very nice and told Ellie she could keep the scissors but she must promise not to get them out on the plane. Im not sure that should be allowed: surely the scissors must be confiscated and Ellie hung by her feet in irons for an indeterminate amount of time, but anyway allowed to keep the scissors she was and with her backpack repacked we are off to duty free.
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+ FRIDAY NETCORDS: Fed, Juan, Momma Murray speaks...Rafisca stalked and more
Peter Bodo thinks he has Fed figured out [ESPN]
Fed to carry Swiss flag in Beijing [Eurosport]
What's up with Momma Murray? [TENNIS]
Del Potro delves into his recent succes [tennis week]
John McCain as tennis prodigy [Craig Hickman's Tennis Blog]
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- AnonymousAugust 1, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Rafa bites not only trophies, but Xisca's cheeks as well!ReplyDelete
Cute, both of them.
No wonder the guy keeps winning - he's happy and content.
He's really friends with Ana. And he's helping her to find place to train at (possibly even a house to buy) on Mallorca, as well as people to train with - e.g. his friend Tomeu Salva-Vidal.
Aw, Rafa and Xisca seem so much in love... Still, it's tearing my heart apart to see that LOL.ReplyDelete
But those Ana + Rafa rumours creep me out. Ew. Xisca is so much better!
those rumors are weird - just friends. but rafa has it going on for sure. not a bad choice if there was one!ReplyDelete
True! I know I would be falling for him if I were Ana (or if I were me LOL).ReplyDelete
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Our second presentation this week is another flavorful Thai salad "Plah Goong" on cucumber. This traditional Thai salad use chili jam to be part of dressing and add more fragrant aroma with herbs used in Thai cuisine are kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass and mint. Simple preparation, a key is fresh herb ingredients and I […]Continue reading →


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The legislative session is barely a few weeks old, but what promised to be the dominant issue is already on its way to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.
The House of Representatives on Friday gave final passage to Deal's compromise plan that lets the state avoid losing $450 million in federal health care support without legislators having to vote explicitly on whether to extend an existing tax on the hospital industry.
Under Senate Bill 24, which Deal may sign in the coming weeks, a board of the governor's appointees will decide what assessment hospitals will pay to help fund Medicaid rather than pay a tax set explicitly by the General Assembly.
Capitol players and citizens alike could be forgiven if they think the new the new plan is just a "tax" by another name.
The issue is the so-called "bed tax," which is actually a 1.45 percent tax on Georgia hospitals' net patient revenue. Created in 2010 to shore up the Medicaid insurance program, the tax yields about $230 million that is used as state match money to grab another $450 million or so in federal money. All of it is routed back into payments to providers who treat Medicaid recipients.
But that tax expires at the end of the current fiscal year, threatening to blow an even bigger hole than already exists in the $8 billion-plus Medicaid program.
Lawmakers didn't want to inflict that kind of pain on Georgia hospitals, physicians and patients. However, many legislators — particularly Republicans — also didn't want to hand potential opponents any leverage. The fear was all the more acute since anti-government activists and national GOP powerbroker Grover Norquist urged Georgia's elected officials to abandon the tax.
So, Deal came to the rescue with his compromise and lawmakers say they didn't pass any sort of tax. It's a "provider fee." And — they note — it's the same kind of arrangement that Georgia nursing homes have used for years, ponying up a little of their own money and parlaying that into a federal bounty that's plowed back into nursing home coffers.
Whatever you call it, the quick vote is a victory for Deal.
— House Speaker David Ralston unveiled his proposed overhaul of lobbying rules this week. And to some surprise, the immediate flashpoint had nothing to do with whether to set a cap on lobbyist spending on elected officials or impose an outright ban. The question was how widely to define lobbyist.
Many unpaid activists, including several tea party organizers, bristled at Ralston's initial draft, which would have included such individuals on the list of lobbyists who have to register, pay a fee and disclose their spending. Ralston and legislative leaders say they have no intention of putting a financial barrier in front of people who describe themselves as "citizen lobbyists."
— A shooting at an Atlanta middle school prompted several Democrats from the metro area to ratchet up their calls for tighter background checks and new limits on military-style weapons and high-capacity clips. But Republican majority leaders say the incident, in which one teenager injured another, will not make the General Assembly willing to tighten rules for gun access and possession.
"We are your landlords. How dare you put a sign that says 'closed' on the people's house." -- Atlanta tea party activist Debbie Dooley on the idea of requiring lobbyists, including unpaid citizens, to pay a fee.
The House and Senate will resume their floor sessions next week. With the biggest piece of the Medicaid financing puzzle solved, the focus will now shift to the rest of the state spending plan, which still includes a Medicaid shortfall of several hundred million dollars.


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It's the oldest joke in the book:
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Doctor: "Then don't do that."
If only it were that simple.
Doctors routinely advise overweight and obese patients about the dangers of their condition. But obesity is a complicated situation. The prescription - eating healthy and exercising vigorously - is obvious, but the condition results from a web of personal choices, peer and family behaviors and attitudes.
"There really is no cure of obesity," explains Dr. Tamara Sheffield, director of the Intermountain Health Care's LiVe program. "It's not like someone drops the weight and it's over. It's not like smoking. If you can quit smoking for good, you've won. But we all have to eat every day. It's a battle of making the right choices of what you put into your body. This requires an intensive focus on lifelong behavior modification."
Six years ago, Sheffield (a veteran of other public health campaigns) helped develop the LiVe program. On the front end, the program is a social media and traditional marketing campaign targeted at middle school kids, who are at the age where they are making their own choices about food. (Remember all the junk you put in your belly when yo were in middle school?) Clever commercials, tweets, Facebook yuks, a hip website, even and iPhone app, are all designed to engage surly teens about how the choices they make can affect them not only later in life but right now.
"Weight in itself isn't the health problem," Sheffield says. "It's what it leads to later in life - cardiovascular problems, diabetes, increased rates of cancer. It's a hard thing to sell to kids. So we focus on how weight affects kids now. It affects energy levels, performance in school and social interactions."
Eight to Live By
The guiding principles of the LiVe initiative
1. Always eat breakfast - and make it healthy
2. Eat more fruits and vegetables
3. Limit - or eliminate - sweetened drinks
4. Limit screen time
5. Increase time doing physical activities
6. Eat meals together as a family
7. Be positive about food
8. Don't criticize about weight
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Congratulations to the Western Slope Stompers for receiving first place in both of their jazz dances at the Richfield, Utah Panoramaland Dance Spectacular competition.
They are a clogging, jazz, and ballet dance group, composed of girls and boys ages three to adult, based out of New Castle and has been in existence since April 2003.
The Colorado State Veterans Home in Rifle has earned the Eden Alternative Registry certification, which recognizes long term care homes for their commitment to improving the quality of life and care for the people they serve.
On Friday, March 29, the home's Eden Tree will be unveiled in a public celebration with dignitaries from the Colorado Department of Human Services in Denver at the open house event.
The Eden Alternative advocates for a shift from institutional models of care to person-directed values and practices that put the person first. Values include choice, dignity, respect, self-determination and purposeful living.
The event will be at the home, 851 E. 5th St. The Eden Tree presentation will begin at 9 a.m. and the open house will continue until 11 a.m. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
The only state veterans home on Colorado's Western Slope, the Rifle home is one of four operated as self-funded enterprises by the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Eddie Kreimier of Rifle will serve his medical residency program in general surgery at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Kreimier was one of six graduating students at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Upper Peninsula Region to be placed in the program. Medical students complete their education in residency programs.
The annual community clean-up at Hubbard Mesa, north of Rifle, will be held Saturday, April 6, and volunteers are needed.
High Country 4 Wheelers, White River Trail Runners, the Bureau of Land Management and local businesses and off-highway vehicle groups are sponsoring the clean-up of the popular off-highway vehicle area.
Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Hubbard Mesa Trailhead. To reach the trailhead, travel north from Rifle on Fravert Reservoir Road for 1.5 miles. Keep right on County Road 290 for another mile to the parking lot.
Volunteers should dress in long pants, sturdy work shoes and leather gloves and bring rakes and shovels, if possible. Lunch will be provided by High Country 4 Wheelers. The clean-up should be completed by 3 p.m.
This year, the event features the grand opening of the trailhead for the Hubbard Mesa OHV Area. The trailhead includes three open shade structures with picnic tables, a double vault style restroom, and informational kiosks. In addition, a 12-foot-wide, fenced motocross track has been constructed adjacent to the parking area.
For more information, call Greg Noss, (970) 366-2237 or Dan Alvis, (970) 309-5368.
The Rifle Ranger District of the White River National Forest is reviewing four recreation event permit proposals and seeks public comments.
The Colorado Traditional Archers Society wants to hold their annual 3-D and novelty archery shoot June 21-23 off Forest Road 860. This event anticipates approximately 250
participants and 100 spectators.
The Roundup Riders of the Rockies wants to hold an organized horseback recreation event on the Rifle and Blanco Ranger Districts. This five-day event consists of approximately 145 riders traveling up to 100 miles from Coulter Mesa to Blair Mountain. Contact the Rifle Ranger District for information on the proposed route.
The Rifle Parks and Recreation Department plans to host its annual Cheatin' Woodchuck Chase, a five-mile road race that includes two miles of Forest Service Road 832, on Aug. 3. Up to 60 people would participate.
Garfield County Search and Rescue hopes to hold their annual motorized poker run on July 27 in the Meadow Lake vicinity on the Flattop Mountains.
Comments are welcome on any of these events through April 25. Send written comments to: Rifle Ranger District, ATTN: Special Use Permit Administrator, 0094 County Road 244, Rifle, CO 81650.
The Advocate Safehouse Project is hosting its spring volunteer advocacy training.
Help support survivors of domestic violence and/or sexual assault by serving on a 24-hour helpline. Training starts April 1 and will be held two nights a week during April.
For more information, call 945-2632.
The Second (Indianhead) Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the U.S Army's 2nd Infantry Division at any time.
For information about the association and the annual reunion in Columbus, Ga. from Sept. 17-21, contact secretary-treasurer Bob Haynes at firstname.lastname@example.com or (224) 225-1202.
Grand River Health recently hosted nationally recognized physicians who conducted a "difficult airway" course for physicians and firefighters from across the state.
"Airway management is a critical skill, and this course was designed to provide physicians with state-of-the-art information and hands-on experience to ensure effective and appropriate manage of difficult and failed airways," explained Anesthesiology Director Dr. Brian Bernhardt.
National faculty teaching the course included Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia; Gerald Dubowitz, anesthesia and perioperative medicine, University of California at San Francisco; Dr. George Mychaski II, DO, from Nemours Children's Hospital in Florida and Dr. Kelly Michele Malloy from the University of Michigan.
The USS Nitro AE-2 (1919-1945) and the USS Nitro AE-23 (1959-1995) Association will hold their annual reunion June 20-23 in Denver. For information contact the Nitro's website at ussnitro.org and click on reunion.
Colorado State University Extension in Garfield County will hold a fruit tree trimming and pruning workshop on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This will be a hands-on session looking at several types of trees south of Silt. Lunch will be provided and the cost is $10 per person, but space is limited.
Preregistration deadline is April 10. For more information and to sign up, call Extension Agent Pat McCarty at (970) 210-6093.
Colorado Mountain College's geology field course to the Grand Staircase and Grand Canyon begins with a pre-trip class at the college's campus in Rifle May 6.
Professor Emeritus Garry Zabel leads this popular 12-day, for-credit field course from the Glenwood Canyon to Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion and the Grand Canyon.
This course includes a five-day Grand Canyon rim-to-rim backpack trek. Field trip is May 13-24. For more information, call Zabel at 948-5194.
Read a book. Rate a book. Redeem your reward. This opportunity is for teens at the Rifle Branch Library.
Not only do they get to read new books and receive prizes for doing so, but participants will be helping others learn about great reads, as all reviews will be posted on our website and on the book itself.
The World Heritage Student Exchange Program is now looking for American families to host high school students from Eurasia for an academic year in the U.S. All students have received scholarships through the U.S. State Department-sponsored Future Leaders Exchange Program, which seeks to foster democracy and values inherent in a free market economy.
Students are from Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. By living with local host families and attending local high schools, these students acquire an understanding of American values and build on leadership skills. After returning home, students will share what they have learned while in America.
For more information, contact Courtney Wade at (866) 939-4111, or 1-800-888-9040, via email at email@example.com or visit whhosts.com.
Dr. Peter Zonakis has recently joined the Grand River Hospital District medical team. Zonakis is an otolaryngologist, specializing in ear, nose, and throat care and surgery.
Zonakis received his medical degree in 1975 from Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Ind. He later completed his otolaryngology residency at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich. in 1980. Most recently, Zonakis practiced at Payson Regional Medical Center in Payson, Ariz., where he also served as the chairman of the surgery department and was the consulting physician for the Arizona Medical Board for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
"An ear, nose and throat specialist came up as one of the most requested needed services from both the community and our medical providers," said Lois Kame, Grand River's Director of clinic services.
Zonakis and his wife, Barb, have relocated to the Rifle area. In their free time, they enjoy cross country skiing and golf, plus hiking with their two border collies, Cody and Zorro.
Zonakis will begin seeing patients at Grand River Hospital and Medical Center this month. To make an appointment, call 625-1100.


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February 13th, 2013 by Rob Hart
November 1st, 2012 by Rob Hart
Its that time of year again… Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast is once again offering the Enchanted Getaway Package. Located high a top Lookout Mountain and 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga, The Chanticleer Inn is located directy across the street from Rock City Gardens. The Package includes: Tickets for 2 to Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights – Holiday/Winter Floral Arrangment – Our Signature Chanticleer Inn ornament – Assorted Milk & Dark chocolate truffles – Dinner for 2 for either The Canyon Grill, Cafe on the Corner or The Public House restaurant ($40 value) Enchanted Garden of Lights is open daily from 11/16/2012 – 01/05/2013 6pm-9pm (closed Christmas Eve). For more information visit our web site: www.stayatchanticleer.com
October 21st, 2012 by Rob Hart
The leaves colors have just started to change on Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga area. Reports are expecting peak to be around the last week of October or the first week of November. The fall foliage colors are beautiful this year and are getting better everyday. Don't miss everything that Rock City Gardens has to offer (rocktoberfest festivities). We still have some limited availability at the Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast, high a top Lookout Mountain and 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga. www.stayatchanticleer.com
January 6th, 2012 by Rob Hart
Sweetheart Getaway Package
The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast again this year is offering our popular Sweetheart Getaway Package, just in time for Valentines Day. The Chanticleer is located high atop Lookout Mountain and just 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga, TN.
This package can be added to any reservation for an additional $126 plus tax.
Our romantic package includes…..
· Assortment of handmade white and milk chocolate truffles
· Pair of Chanticleer engraved Champagne glasses
· Heart shaped Glycerin soap
· Sweetheart floral arrangement
(roses available for an additional fee)
· Your choice of champagne, wine or sparkling grape juice
· Dinner for 2 to either Cafe on the Corner, Canyon Grill or The Public House restaurant ($40)
Rooms are already filling up for both weekends, so don't delay. You can call us direct at (706)820-2002 or visit our website at www.stayatchanticleer.com for more information, we look forward to seeing you at The Chanticleer.
October 5th, 2011 by Rob Hart
November 12, 2011 – 7:30 am start time
Start/Finish: 6th Cavalry Museum in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. (directions)
The marathon has sold out, but several charity slots are available through www.RunForMiracles.org (select "Miracle Team").
The marathon has reached its limit of 700 participants. Regular registration is now closed and there is no wait list. Only charity slots remain.
In 2007, the race introduced a series of commemorative marathon finisher's medals. Each year the marathon finisher's medal features a different state monument located in the battlefield. This year's commemorative marathon finisher's medal will feature Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry was recognized as one of the most respected in the Civil War. In September, 1863, the Seventh Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry is credited with opening and closing the Battle of Chickamauga. The command is noted for its unusual bravery and received praise from the commander of the army and from the commanders of division and brigade.
During the Chickamauga campaign during the late summer of 1863, the Ninth Calvary regiment fought in several skirmishes and captured part of the advance guard of Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's corps. During the Battle of Chickamauga, it guarded the right flank of the Union arm.
Previous marathon medals featured monuments from the following states:
The marathon, which starts and finishes at the 6th Cavalry museum located near the park's visitor's center, features two loops in the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park.
The mostly paved course is challenging but not extraordinarily difficult. Numerous runners have qualified for the Boston Marathon on this course. Results will be provided to the Boston Athletic Assoc. Approximately 23 miles of the double loop portion of the course winds through the historic military park. Traffic is usually light in the park. Sentries will be posted at each major turn and all turns will be marked. Each mile and the half marathon point will be marked.
The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast still has rooms available. Please visit our website at: www.stayatchanticleer.com or call us direct at
(706) 820-2002. We are located 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga, 20 minutes from the Chickakauga Battlefield and a mountain top away.
September 15th, 2011 by Rob Hart
July 24th, 2011 by Rob Hart
It's coming…..
August 4-7, 2011
The World's Longest Yard Sale Details:
Yard Sale Date: August 4-7, 2011
Place: The Lookout Mountain Parkway and the U.S. 127 Corridor
From: Gadsden, Alabama to Hudson, Michigan
**Note – The World's Longest Yard Sale (also known as The 127 Sale) is a 4-day event.
**Please drive with caution and be alert of the others around you. The month of August is usually very warm in the deep South so pack plenty of water and don't forget the sunscreen. We can't wait to see you!!
Travel more than 675-miles of scenic beauty and see tons of yard sales. Get started on your journey by traveling the 93- mile Lookout Mountain Parkway route from Gadsden, Alabama to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the most "scenic rural America" in the United States. Alabama has more than 1,000 yard sale vendors alone! You will find everything from antiques, collectibles, furniture, dishwares, fresh garden produce, homemade jams and jellies, food vendors, live entertainment and so much more. Continue with the yard sale, following the U.S. 127 Corridor from Chattanooga, TN to Hudson, MI for another 575 miles of yard sale bargains. When combined, the Lookout Mountain Parkway and the 127 Corridor have had as many as 5,000 vendors lined along the scenic yard sale route in past years and this year promises to be even bigger.
Spend the night at The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast Lookout Mountain, GA, 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga and within minutes of the yard sale route. View scenic vistas and majestic waterfalls, see deer and cattle grazing side by side in rolling hills and farmland. Come travel the Lookout Mountain Parkway.
"America's most Scenic Shopping Mall!!"
We currently still have a few rooms available for these dates, please contact us for further information (706)820-2002 or visit ou web site at www.stayatchanticleer.com, we look forward to seeing you, HAPPY SHOPPING.
July 7th, 2011 by Rob Hart
Throughout the weekend, living history volunteers representing the 59th Ohio Infantry will conduct Infantry demonstrations at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center. Living Historians will present talks about the life of the soldier throughout the weekend on Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., and on Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. They will also conduct rifle firing demonstrations at 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, and on Sunday at 10:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.. Visitors are encouraged to visit the camp throughout the weekend to learn what life was like on a daily basis for the Civil War soldier.
Organized at Ripley, Ohio in October 1861, the 59thOhio Infantry served with the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland during their service in the Civil War. The regiment participated in the 1862 Battles of Shiloh and Stones River and the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga where it sustained a twenty-seven percent casualty rate. The regiment participated in the Army of the Cumberland's charge up Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863. They also fought in the 1864 Atlanta campaign.
For more information about programs at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, contact the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center at (706) 866-9241, the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center at (423) 821-7786, or visit the park's website atwww.nps.gov/chch.
June 4th, 2011 by Rob Hart
Riverbend Festival in Chattanooga runs from June 10-18 with many performers. Since 1982, this event has brought in some of the best performers and continues to this year including: Huey Lewis, Beach Boys, Miranda Lambert, Alan Jackson, Kellie Pickler…
The Riverbend Festival is an internationally award winning 9 day music festival! Located in the heart of Chattanooga, Tennessee there is no better way to enjoy your summer. Riverbend takes place on the 21st Century Waterfront along the Tennessee River about 10 minutes from the Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast. It Boasts five stages with over 100 bands featuring world class entertainment ranging from classic rock, jam bands, country, urban and bluegrass! Riverbend draws over 650,000 patrons annually. It offers countless activities to participate in during Riverbend. Only 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga, The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast currently still has some availability contact us direct at (706)820-2002 or visit our web site at www.stayatchanticleer.com.
For more info on Riverbend please visit: www.riverbendfestival.com
May 1st, 2011 by Rob Hart
The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast introduces it's newest Package:
Lookout Zip Line Package: Two nights accommodations for two in one of our charming queen guest rooms. Tickets for two to Zipstream Aerial Adventures at Ruby Falls (challenge yourself on a suspended obstacle course built in the trees that include, ladders, nets, walkways, bridges, tunnels and zip lines). This package also includes; two boxed gourmet lunches & two Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast aluminum water bottles, yours to take home.
Price for 2 people: Sun-Thur $399 + tax; Fri-Sat $449 + tax.
Rates based on queen Room 7 & 8. Upgrade to a king room, whirlpool tub and/or fireplace room (rate based on upgrade). Additional nights are available.
The Chanticleer Inn Bed & Breakfast, Zipstream Aerial Adventures at Ruby Falls are all located within 10 minutes from downtown Chattanooga and a mountain top away.


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Divya Yog Mandir (Trust), started "Brahamkalp Chikitsalaya" at Kripalu Bagh Ashram, Kankhal in 1995 where patients suffering from various diseases were cured using Ayurvedic medicines and practices of Yoga. Need was felt to provide quality Ayurvedic medicines to the patients to seek optimum results as results of Ayurvedic treatment are directly proportional to the quality of prepared medicines. Hence a small scale manufacturing unit of Ayurvedic medicines was established in the campus of Kripalu Bagh Ashram, Kankhal. This was the beginning of Divya Aushadhi Nirmanshala (Divya Pharmacy), which was totally based on traditional methods.
Divya Pharmacy has had the exalted vision to bring Ayurveda to society in a contemporary form and to unravel the mystery behind this haloed and revered, Indian system of medicine by exploring and selecting indigenous herbs, ancient Ayurvedic literatures and subjecting the formulations to modern pharmacological, toxicological safety tests and clinical trials to create new drugs and therapies.
Divya Pharmacy tries that medicines should possibly be available to common man at the minimum cost price. In the year 2002-03, modernization of the pharmacy has been done. A new expanded unit of the pharmacy has been established well equipped with machines based on modern techniques.
PLC controlled herbal extraction plant commissioned in the pharmacy is used for extracting from the various parts of the medicinal plant like the leaves, The salient feature of this plant is the production of medicine using latest SCADA technology under controlled environmental conditions of temperature and pressure. The extract concentration is achieved under vacuum drying preserving the maximum valued contents of the herbs.
Quality of the medicines so produced is of the highest level. This unit has the capacity of extracting from 10,000 kgs. of raw herbs. The desired fluid component is added to this extract in the process of making the medicines.
For the manufacturing processes in Divya Pharmacy automatic high speed spray drier unit, for quick liquification a fluid wed processor, tablet compressing device with the capacity for preparing one lac tablet per hour, high speed auto-coater for coating the tablets, high speed mixer-grinder, fluid wed driers and cleaning, crossing & pulverizing units have been established.
In the modern packing section of Divya Pharmacy PLC controlled packing equipment having the capacity of 300 volts per minute with automatic blister packing equipment have been installed. A utility center has been set up in this production unit which has two 500 KVA generators, softners & cooling towers including boilers & air compressors having the capacity to produce 300 ton steam.
As a result of this Divya Pharmacy has become the first medicine manufacturing unit of Uttarakhand to get ISO-9001 and WHO-GMP certifications. In the Pharmacy the international standards like Good Manufacturing Practices(GMP), Good Packaging Practices(GPP), Good Agricultural Practices(GAP) and Good Harvesting Practices(GHP) are being strictly followed.
Quality Control Research & Development
Divya Pharmacy's R & D department is dedicated to product development, quality control and standardization. Divya Pharmacy has started a demanding work full of responsibility and initiated a revolutionary change by making three stage standardization & clinical testing as the basis in the field of the manufacturing of ayurvedic medicines:
Quality Control & Quality Assessment.
Toxicological Study-Animal Trial.
Clinical Trial.
For Quality Control and Quality Testing the following three steps are followed :
For Raw Material
For extracts/ Bhasmas at different stages
For final product
Quality Control and Quality Testing For Raw Material: The raw material to be used in production of medicines are used only after they have been tested for their purity. Quality control of the raw material to be used for preparation of the medicines is a difficulty task as there are varieties of the herbs, a lot depends on their place of procurement, it also depends on the season in which they have been collected. To carry out this work appropriately & in an effective manner, a herb research department has been established in which efficient, trained scientists and research personnel from the fields of Botany, Pharmacy, plants, microbes, chemistry, microbiology & ayurveda have been employed.
In this Department standards relating Botanical & Mineral Identification, Adulteration,the knowledge about the mixture of the representative ingredients and appropriate amountof the ingredients for the manufacturing of the medicines is being adopted, so that the quality of medicines in every batch remains same.
Determination of foreign matter or adulterants
Morphological Study
Solubility in different solvents like water, alcohol, ether etc.
Ash value
Moisture content
Oil contents
Bulk density of raw material
Comparative Chromatographic Study by TLC & HPTLC
ORD-Optical Rotary Diahroism-Polarography
X-Ray Photo Electron Spectroscopy
U.V. Photo Electron Spectroscopy
To carry out these tasks a laboratory (QA & QC Laboratory) has been constructed which has the most modern equipments like Oven, Microwave Oven, Moisture Balance, Bulk Density Apparatus, Microscope, Computerised Microscope, Polarimeter, Extraction, Apparatus, TLC, High Profile Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC). At present Botany, Chemistry and Microbiology departments are working under this.
Quality Control and Quality testing for Extracts/ Bhasmas at different stages: For extraction of extracts in the medicine production unit the most modern SCADA controlled extraction unit has been set up. For properly maintaining quality control of the various extracts at different stages of extraction, the following standards are absolutely taken care of :
Measurement of the Solid Content
Measurement of Ph value
Study of the comparative TLC and HPTLC tests
Chemical analysis
Study of the science of metal formation, etc.
Quality Control and Quality testing for final products: Various processes are followed for quality control and standardisation of the final products like Choorna, Vati, Bhasm etc.
1. Identity Test
2. Measurement of set Physical parameters
3. Assay
4. Microbiological Test
In this way, by giving a new form to the ayurvedic medicines, a new step has beeninitiated in the direction of quality control and standardization, by which ayurveda isclearly bound to affect globally and make a mark. This will not be an effort only for thebenefit of India but for whole world and in the time to come it will make the medicaltreatment available for everyone. As the ancient sages were well versed with theknowledge of ayurveda and there has been refinement of the knowledge from time totime by the learned in the field, in the same way Divya Pharmacy is trying to bringrefinement to the knowledge of ayurveda.At Divya Pharmacy the formulations of rasrasayan vati, gugullu, choorna, avaleha, ghansatva, kwath, ghrita, taila, mandoor, lauh, parpati, pishti, aasav, arishta etc. are pure, of high quality and are prepared strictly according to the classical treatise. Divya Pharmacy puts in all the efforts to make the medicines pure and rich in quality.
How to purchase:-
You can purchase Medicines/ Food Supplements of your choice by visiting our Patanjali Chikitsalayas & Patanjali Arogya Kendras (List available on this website).
To purchase Medicines/ Food Supplements from Patanjali Yogpeeth, Hardwar directly, kindly send D.D. of Medicines/ Food Supplements' price and Dispatch charges @120/-per kg. for India & 1000/- per kg. for overseas countries, favouring "Divya Yog Mandir (Trust)" payable at any bank branch in Hardwar along with your Letter of Intent and neatly written address with phone no., on our address.
You can also deposit requisite amount (Medicines/ Food Supplements' price and Dispatch charges @120/-per kg. in India & 1000/- per 500 gms and 300/- per additional 300 gms . for overseas countries) in our below mentioned "Divya Yog Mandir (Trust)" account and send Pay-In-Slip stamped by bank with your Letter of Intent and neatly written address with phone no., on our address:
Note : Medicines and Herbal Products mentioned above are tested in the laboratory of Divya Pharmacy and Patanjali Ayurved. The dose and the mode of administration of particular medicine can be changed according to the nature of disease and the patient. If after the intake of medicine any patient suffers from heating sensation and diarrhoea then the dose should be reduced to half or one-fourth. In the cases of acute, chronic and incurable diseases, it is necessary to consult the physician before starting the medicine. For the attainment of full benefit, regular practice of Yoga & Pranayam (breathing exercise) taught by his holiness Swami Ramdevji is adviced with the intake of medicine.
Online purchase facility is available at http://healthservices.divyayoga.com
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