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Scientists at the University of Delaware have come up with a new hydrogen storage solution: chicken feathers. Well, carbonized chicken feather fibers to be exact. What's more, their discovery meets the ambitious hydrogen storage targets set by the DOE for 2010 and 2015, which call for great storage capacity at a low cost.
Chicken feather fibers are made of keratin, a protein that forms strong, hollow tubes. The scientists heated the www.strattonpublishing.com chicken feathers until hollow carbon microtubes formed with nanoporous walls and ojalafilms.com the fibers' surface area increased. The resulting carbonized chicken feather fibers allow the storage of as much, or more, hydrogen than carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides, other materials that have been found to store hydrogen well.
The big success here is that making carbonized chicken feather storage tanks is far less costly than producing storage tanks made of the other materials. A 20-gallon carbon nanotube tank would cost $5.5 million to produce, while the same size tank made with metal hydrides would cost $30,000. Comparitively, a carbonized chicken feather tank would run about $200.
The scientists estimate that a car would require a 75-gallon tank using this material in order to have a range of 300 miles. They are working now to increase that range.
written by looselycoupled, June 26, 2009
But I wonder if anything like this is actually being commercialized. I understand the long time from lab to feasible product, and how many things are never able to scale up to industrial scale, but It always seems like we have all of this technology for replacing oil with renewable energy, but nothing ever comes to fruition on the prescription levitra market.
Where is the hydrogen deployment? Plug-in hybrids? etc.
written by Matthew McDonough, June 26, 2009
And to the point of looselycoupled, this is so primitive it can hardly be considered technology. It should be able to jump market quickly (keyword on should).
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Of course it makes no sense to use electricity from dirty coal burning plants to make hydrogen. We just move the pollution from the vehicle to the power plant. Cheap clean electricity production is needed to make hydrogen a viable fuel. Solar, Wind and Geothermal get cheaper every day. In particular, thin film solar cells, large wind turbines, and low temperature geothermal are all close to reaching the cost of power from coal plants today. Many conservative projections show these power sources being economical without subsidies as early as 2011. We may even be able to make clean coal economical in that timeframe, but I don't know the costs associated with clean coal technology, just that it is technically possible with carbon sequestration and look here cialis soft tabs coal to liquids.
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MASON COUNTY (WKZO) -- 19-year-old suspected cop killer Eric Knysz made his first appearance in a Mason County Courtroom Friday, but only on a video monitor.
He was formally charged with the murder of State Police trooper Paul Butterfield, two gun felonies and a count of car theft. He will also be tried as an habitual offender.
He answered the questions with yes and no answers, was denied bond and told not to communicate with his pregnant wife, Sarah, in any way because she is a co-defendant.
His preliminary hearing is set for September 25th.
\The funeral for Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield will be held today in Manistee.
An estimated one-thousand police officers, and another 13-hundred family, friends and interested parties are expected to attend.
Chris Luty, President of the Michigan State Troopers Association says the ceremony will include a procession of officers, music, and Governor Rick Snyder, MSP Director, Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue and family members will give eulogies. Luty says it will conclude with the Presentation of the flag to Butterfield's family.
It will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Manistee High School, after a three hour visitation period at 10 a.m.

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By Bertram de Souza (Contact)
Youngstown's soon-to-be mayor, John A. McNally IV, has chosen not to have a committee (of outstanding community leaders) screen the applicants for top level jobs in city government, which prompts an important question: Can someone who has not served as a chief executive officer be trusted to make the right decisions about staffing?
The answer: It doesn't really matter. McNally won the November general election and will be in office for the next four years — unless something drastic occurs that would cause him to resign.
Meanwhile, the former Mahoning County commissioner and city law director has the authority to appoint department heads and to fill other positions that are not covered by civil service.
About 75 people have submitted applications for Cabinet positions, many of them already serving in Mayor Charles Sammarone's administration. Sammarone, who chose not to seek a full four-year term, was elected city council president last month. He had held that position until August 2011 when he replaced Mayor Jay Williams, who resigned to join the Obama White House.
With no incumbent in last year's race for mayor, McNally, the Democratic Party's endorsed candidate, barely won the May primary over council President Jamael Tito Brown.
Weak challenger
He had an easier time in the general election against DeMaine Kitchen, the former chief of staff to Sammarone who was accused of sexual harassment by a city employee and had an IRS claim against him for nonpayment of taxes.
McNally takes office in January and is expected to announce his appointments beginning this week.
It is not surprising that so many department heads want to keep their jobs. The public pension system is based on the age of the employee, the number of years of service and the average of the three highest annual salaries.
While it might seem that the city of Youngstown would certainly benefit from the experience of the top managers, McNally would be doing the taxpayers a disservice by not conducting an in-depth job-performance evaluation.
His decision not to have a screening committee assist him in selecting the best and the brightest — of those who have applied, of course — places the onus on him to conduct a thorough vetting of each applicant.
The mayor-elect should not assume that just because an individual has been on the public payroll for a length of time he or she deserves to be retained.
Indeed, of all the positions McNally should be closely evaluating, two require special attention: law director and finance director. They, along with the mayor, make up the board of control.
Under the charter form of government, the board negotiates and enters into all contracts.
The three city officials are responsible for spending millions of taxpayer dollars for goods and services.
City government is a $100 million-plus business, with the residents as the shareholders. Trust is the key.
Invisible hand?
Given that the mayor-elect is keeping his own counsel — there's no indication of an invisible hand — with regard to his appointments, the public has a right to know the criteria, such as qualifications and experience, he's using in filling the positions.
Youngstown residents also should be told whether McNally believes that those in the upper echelon of government should live in the city. Although the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that residency cannot be a condition of employment, those who work at the will of the mayor should be required to demonstrate their commitment to the city that's providing them with decent salaries and benefits.
They need to remember that the median income of a family of four in Youngstown is $24,000. As for retirement, public employees' pensions are much more lucrative than what the average private sector retiree earns.
In other words, working for the city of Youngstown is a gift that keeps on giving — compliments of the taxpayers. Historically, education and qualifications have taken a back seat to political connections and family ties.
But times, they must change — or else Youngstown could easily become another Detroit.
Once again, the community can count on the Vindicator to state (and re-state and re-state and re-state) the obvious.
I am willing to give any new duly elected
office holder duly such as Mr. McNally the benefit of the doubt, and the opportunity to show that his administration will truly operate in the best interests of the public. If this turns out not to be the case, then the voters must be prepared to vote him out at the next election.
I, too, like kittens, puppies, blue skies and rainbows but these are elected (and appointed) persons who are responsible for the control of our hard earned tax dollars. We should be looking over the shoulder of every single one of them if we wish to maximize the effect of those dollars in our community.
What difference does it make where the officials live , so long as they are adding value for the City ? The old policy simply resulted in ineffective officials mostly living on the west side as the rest of the City crumbled .
For the new mayor - use commonsense and think of the taxpayers first (not too many left) who on average make 24K, before handing out raises and maintaining low healthcare contribution premiums. When new business looks to come into this area, welcome and do your best to offer any assistance you can to attract jobs. Don't use mafia tactics like paying for extra protection, under the table campaign contributions and JEDDS.
This is only the beginning of McNally's agenda. He, along with his ties with VIBRANT NEO 2040 will be catering to HUD, DOT and elite developers under the UN Agenda 21. As is happening in Colombiana now, making life around 'Open Land' more expensive is one of the next steps in NE Ohio to advance the agenda of "VIBRANT NEO 2040". Mahoning county voters just voted in one of the directors of this (Agenda 21) move to create one zoning board to limit and define use of open land. Mayor McNally has his 'pick list' of those under him to move this agenda forward WITHOUT input from his constitutants.
Like the previous mayor changing the rules to get his 'diverse' fire fighters hired instead of those who scored highest, McNally will be calling the shots without respect for community growth and outlying land owned by citizens.
I told Bertram BEFORE the election (on his little online talk show) VIBRANT NEO was moving against open lands in NEO, but he made a joke about its insignificance and hung up on me..... Those who still think it's a 'conspiracy theory', look it up. VIBRANT NEO 2040.
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Of course our new Mayor is playing his cards "close to the vest" where his appointments are concerned. Why wouldn't he in his position- who is he accountable to?
The voters? That's a joke- if McNally nosedives the Betras/Cafaro Machine will simply churn out somebody else just like him or much worse.
Did you ever hear of Tammany Hall and "Boss Tweed"- the corrupt Democrat Machine that ran NYC in the late 1800's?
If you read about them, it's like visiting a prototype of the city of Youngstown and, Bertram, you mention Detroit- flat out broke; Well, Detroit 10-15 years ago is- Youngstown, Ohio now. Except it may not take us that long to go belly up- we're moving along at a pretty good clip
It's getting late and I've pushed the air out of my 8 oz wine glass 3 or 4 times now, but I'm still- without any success- trying to understand Comment No: 5- What's it about?
Maybe if the writer would post again in normal English, it would help.
About the residency requirement for City Workers- there's a certain amount of logic in that: it's ironic that city employment should be so lucrative and desirable, when a high percentage of the taxpayers who fund those salaries, are destitute.
Why shouldn't City Workers share the pain and actually live in the city they pilfer?
Knightcap, Are you serious?
Your advice to the "new" (same as the old) Mayor: "use commonsense and think of the taxpayers first (what a joke!)... don't use Mafia tactics, etc., etc. ( cmon, that's all they ever do). How naive can you possibly be?
Asking a politician like McNally, a product of Machine Politics, to behave that way is like asking a Crocodile to refrain from pulling people under water and swallowing them- it's not in their nature.
McNally will do exactly what his Handlers tell him to do- he's already been bought and paid for by the Betras/Cafaro political machine. The Voters Don't Count.
It's not so much being naive as I'm willing to give the man a chance before I throw him under the WRTA. He hasn't done anything illegal. I'm sure their are a lot of business people in this area who give campaign contributions to all politicians. It's the politician who when accepts that contribution has his other hand out for that brown bag I've heard about.
McNally can begin by to show some character by going to Penn National and say" I'm not that same as my predecessors. Welcome to the Valley and how can I help". Not some shakedown for the use of water. This whole area will benefit in some way from that racino not just Austintown. Also, I was not in favor of Oakhill. Building a new ground up would have been a better choice. And hey @kurtw, I do have a pitchfork just in case he f's up.
I bet he has his screening committee--Dave, Anthony and JJ.
I know what you're saying, Knightcap, I want to be fair minded too and say: "THIS ONE is different- give him a fair chance, etc. But, they never are different, are they? 15 or so years ago the Feds came in and, supposedly, cleaned out all the corruption in this area with the indictments and imprisonments of Traficant, Chance, Philomena, Kerrigan, Saadey, Strollo, etc.- too many to remember- but, today, we still have the same problems- with the corruption and incompetence of our public officials, as we're seeing now, with the Sciortino mess, and the disaster in City Hall with Demaine Kitchen and our wonderful Mayor.
The point is: all these people are cloned out by the same corrupt political machine and until we replace that machine with a good two party system- with Independents in the middle- NOTHING WILL CHANGE. You might as well ask a dog to walk on it's hind legs and recite the "Declaration of Independence".
Again KURTW agreed. We have been absolutely destroyed by the Democratic Party and the voter's unwillingness to see the damage. What I don't understand is that this area is extremely conservative in most ways, hard-working, hate taxes, strongly pro-choice, ardently strong on defense issues, extremely hard on crime -if you read this board, not very liberal in most areas. However the dimwitted union mentality which has laid waste to manufacturing and therefore collapsed our local economy motivates many still. We deserve what we get because we expect different results despite continuing to support the same officials and their brand who are responsible for making us a joke nationally.
And, that is part of the issue, this myopic focus on what you think unions did to this country. You need look no further than Democratic and Republican politicians, alike, who voted to ratify international trade agreement, and continue to do so, with countries that are not at parity with our economy. Thus, we get junk steel from China, junk parts from South Korea, and yet, you want to blame the unions for what happened here?! Go take your beer goggles off.


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A main break sent water rushing in an area along Hurricane Road Saturday night.
A man convicted in a street race in Jackson County that involved two deaths will spend two weeks in jail.
He was originally charged with manslaughter but convicted of reckless driving, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum six month sentence - and he still has that hanging over his head.
Franklin Delano Mullens, 30, was ordered to serve six months in the county jail but instead the judge gave him probation, provided he serve 14 days.
On Thursday, Mullens apologized for his role in the July 2011 wreck.
Mullens was convicted in February of reckless driving in the racing incident.
Mullens and 40-year-old Dewayne Pittman were racing their Ford Mustangs along Highway 79 south of Scottsboro when Pittman lost control and crashed into 53-year-old Thomas Glenn Frazier of Pinson, killing both of them.
Mullens' vehicle never made contact with either of the two other vehicles.
Mullens said as a result of what happened he hopes to talk to young kids about the dangers of street racing.
The judge agreed and also ordered him also to do 60 days of community service.
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A mesmerizing mix of the exotic and the familiar, Turkey is much more than its clichéd image of a "bridge between East and West". Invaded and settled from every direction since the start of recorded history, it combines influences from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the Balkans and Central Asia. Mosques coexist with churches, Roman theatres and temples crumble near ancient Hittite cities, and dervish ceremonies and gypsy festivals are as much a part of the social landscape as classical music concerts or football matches.
The friendliness of the Turkish people makes visiting a pleasure; indeed you risk causing offence by declining invitations, and find yourself making friends through the simplest of transactions. At the big resorts and tourist spots, of course, this can merely be an excuse to sell you something, but elsewhere, despite a history in which outsiders have so often brought trouble, the warmth and generosity are genuine.
Politically, modern Turkey was a grand experiment, largely the creation of one man – Kemal Atatürk. With superhuman energy, he salvaged the Turkish state from the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire and defined it as a modern, secular nation. Following 2011's record-breaking third successive election victory by the AKP (Justice and Development Party), largely supported by conservative Muslims, some secular Turks fear an Iranian-style Islamic theocracy. This seems most unlikely, however, in a country that has been a multi-party democracy for over sixty years, and successfully blended secularism, parliamentary democracy and global capitalism with Islam.
Despite official efforts to enforce a uniform Turkish identity, the population is remarkably heterogeneous. When the Ottoman Empire imploded, refugees streamed into Anatolia, including Muslim Slavs, Greeks, Albanians, Crimean Tatars, Daghestanlis, Abkhazians and Circassians. There they joined an already mixed population that included a very sizeable minority of Kurds. Thanks to recent arrivals from former Soviet or Eastern Bloc territories, that diversity endures. Another surprise may be Turkey's sheer youthfulness: more than half the population is under thirty, with legions of young people working in coastal resorts, and shoals of schoolkids surging through the city streets.
A huge part of Turkey's appeal lies in its archeological sites, a legacy of the bewildering succession of states – Hittite, Urartian, Phrygian, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Armeno-Georgian – that held sway here before the twelfth century. From grand Classical cities to hilltop fortresses and remote churches, some still produce exciting new finds today. In addition, Turkey holds a vast number of graceful Islamic monuments, as well as intriguing city bazaars, still hanging on amid the chain stores and shopping malls. Sadly, ugly modern architecture spoils most coastal resorts, where it's often hard to find a beach that matches the tourist-board hype. Inland Turkey, with its Asiatic expanses of mountain, steppe, lake, and even cloud-forest, may leave a more vivid memory, especially when accented by some crumbling kervansaray, mosque or castle.Read More
Most camels in Turkey are simply tourist attractions, used for pleasure rides or as photo props in places like Pamukkale and Side. It wasn't always so, however. Camel caravans once crisscrossed Anatolia, transporting gemstones, spices and woven finery. Before the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, they extended northwest as far as Bosnia, beyond which the beasts fell ill due to the damp central European climate.
In Muslim folklore the perceived haughty demeanour of the animals is attributed to their knowledge of the hundredth, mystical epithet of Allah – humans only know the conventional ninety-nine.
The sport of camel wrestling is a quintessentially Turkish spectacle. The bizarre sight of male camels in rut, butting and leaning on each other (their mouths are bound to prevent biting) draws vast crowds across the western Aegean region; there's even a camel wrestling league.
Who are the Turks?
Who are the Turks?
Today's Turks are descended from nomadic pastoralist Turkic tribal groups that originated in Siberia, China and Central Asia, went on to conquer the Anatolian landmass, and have subsequently intermarried on a large scale with the region's already extremely heterogeneous population. Although historical records can trace them as a readily identifiable people as far back as the sixth century BC, only during the sixth century AD were they first recorded (by the Chinese) as "Tu-keh" or, to the west, Turks.
From around 1000 AD onwards, the Turks gradually migrated southwards and westwards. By the time they reached Anatolia, which would eventually become the heartland of the mighty Ottoman Turkish empire, most had converted to Islam. Turks still maintain ethnic, linguistic and cultural links with Turkic peoples in Central Asia, the Caucasus, northwest Iran, northern Iraq, southern Russia, and Xinjiang in western China.
Turkish, the official language of the modern Republic of Turkey, is neither Indo-European nor Semitic in origin, but Altaic, a language group that includes Japanese, Korean and Mongolian as well as the Turkic languages. Turkish Turks can still communicate with their ethnic and linguistic cousins in places like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, even if centuries of isolation from them, and the language reforms instituted by Atatürk in the early years of the Turkish Republic, make the task difficult. Nonetheless, Turks today still feel an affinity with their Turkic kin, and the Turkish government is the first to kick up a fuss at, for example, Chinese mistreatment of its Uigur Turkish minority.
Between April and September, storks are a common sight across Turkey, which forms a stopover between the birds' winter quarters in Africa and their summer habitat in the Balkans and central Europe. The clattering of their beaks is an equally common sound. Storks mate for life, and around thirty thousand breeding pairs are believed to visit Turkey, often returning to the same nest year after year to raise new chicks.
Considered lucky in both Christian and Islamic belief, and dubbed "pilgrim birds" in Turkish, they are rarely harmed. Some municipalities even build special platforms to augment the storks' favourite nesting perches, which range from chimneys and minarets to utility poles.


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WALKER COUNTY, GA (WRCB) -- In a press release on Friday, Walker County Commissioner Bebe Heiskell shared how "overwhelmed" she was at being named 2013 Person of the Year by readers of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
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Each year the newspaper has an annual competition recognizing the Best of the Best in North Georgia. Nominees are voted on by the paper's readers.
The press release claimed that an unnamed official with the newspaper said the 2013 contest received three times as many votes as last year's contest, which was a record setting year for the paper.
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European Ramsar Meeting: change of date! The 5th European Regional Meeting on the implementation and effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention will be held in the Armenian capital Yerevan in early December, at the invitation of Armenia's Environment Minister Mr Ayvazyan, sent to more than 200 Ramsar focal points throughout Europe's 44 Contracting Parties. Up to the initial deadline for registration (15 July), 53 delegates have done so. However, we know that many more European delegates have the intention to participate. In order to assure the best possible organization of the meeting, we ask you to register now, by sending the attached registration form to the Ramsar Secretariat at: email@example.com. Registered participants will receive more details of the meeting over the coming weeks.
Please note that the meeting will start and end one day earlier than originally announced: starting Saturday 4 December 2004, closing on Wednesday 8 December. This is for purely practical reasons: though there are daily flights from Moscow to Yerevan, from Vienna, London, Paris, Prague, Athens and other European cities flights only operate on specific days of the week, many of them arriving in Yerevan on 3 December and departing on the 9th. [28/07/04]
Japan relies on Ramsar to conserve its wetlands. According to the Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun, the Environment Ministry of Japan is moving towards the designation of 9 new Ramsar sites in Japan before Ramsar's COP9, in November 2005 in Uganda. In its edition of July 24th, the newspaper informed readers that the Environment Ministry wants to use international measures, such as the Ramsar Convention, "to keep the fauna and flora of at least 9 of the nation's wetlands just the way they are". A panel of experts has been set up to select candidate sites for designation. A list of 50 to 60 sites that meet Ramsar's requirements will first be compiled and the panel will then whittle down the list by this fall. Among the sites being considered are Lake Nakaumi, straddling Shimane and Tottori prefectures, Lake Shinjiko in Shimane and the Wajiro tidal flats in Fukuoka Prefecture. As reported by The Asahi Shimbun, "the Government will first gain the consent of local communities and related groups", following a participatory process, before applying to register the selected site.
Thirteen sites in Japan, including the Kushiro-shitsugen marsh in Hokkaido and Lake Biwa-ko in Shiga Prefecture, are currently designated under the Ramsar Convention. The newspaper finally highlights the shift in the focus of the Convention, "originally focused on protecting the environment for waterfowl, but at the 1999 conference, a pact was made to also stress preservation of biodiversity and water resources". Reported by Sebastià SemeneGuitart. [26/07/04]
MedWet Initiative begins assessment of the status of Mediterranean Wetlands. Thirteen years after the Mediterranean wetlands syposium in Grado, Italy, which let to the establishment of the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet), the MedWet Coordination Unit has launched a new assessment of the status of Mediterranean wetlands. The Coordination Unit is now calling upon all those involved with the conservation and wise use of Mediterranean wetlands to contribute to this important assessment, by filling in a short and simple questionnaire about the current status of wetlands in the Mediterranean about which they have knowledge. The work is being led by Michèle Stark based in the Ramsar Secretariat in Gland, Switzerland. [14/07/04]
Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine working with MAB and Ramsar. On 17-18 June 2004, the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MaB) of UNESCO invited national experts for a working meeting concerning the establishment of a Polesie transboundary Biosphere Reserve (BR) and regional ecological network in the Polesie region shared between Belarus, Poland and Ukraine. Ramsar's Tobias Salathé reports on the meeting itself, next steps for the future, the extraordinary wetland riches of the transboundary area, and the role for Ramsar in future collaboration. [05/07/04]
Peru releases the Management Plan of the Reserva Nacional de Paracas, Ramsar site no. 545. This excellent management plan, prepared by INRENA using a participatory approach, includes detailed zoning of the site and a set of specific programmes required to be implemented to guarantee the sustainable use of the area. Paracas is also a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve, an area of vital importance for the productivity of its marine environment due to the Humboldt Current and for being a resting habitat of migratory birds. More than 300 species of fish and various species of seaweed can be found in the site, and more than 20 species of Nearctic's-breeding shorebirds stage and winter here. Other notable fauna include two species of marine turtles. The area is archaeologically important. Human activities include traditional fishing and shellfish harvesting. [30/06/04]
Perú publica el Plan de Manejo del Sitio Ramsar Reserva Nacional de Paracas, no. 545. Este excelente Plan Maestro o de Gestión fue preparado por el INRENA, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales, y su formulación se hizo por medio de un amplio proceso participativo. El plan incluye una zonificación detallada del sitio y un conjunto de programas requeridos para lograr el uso sustentable del área. Paracas también es una Reserva de Aves Acuáticas del Hemisferio Occidental. La Reserva es un área natural de vital importancia tanto por la productividad de su ambiente marino debido a la corriente de Humboldt, como por ser un punto clave de parada para aves acuáticas migratorias. En el área se encuentran más de 300 especies de peces y varias especies de algas marinas. Más de 20 especies de aves playeras del Neárctico descansan y pasan el invierno allí. Otra fauna importante del sitio incluye dos especies de tortugas marinas. El área es arqueológicamente importante, y las actividades humanas incluyen pesca tradicional y colecta de mariscos.


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Alex Rodriguez and 12 other players will be suspended for their involvement with Biogenesis, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. Earlier today, we learned Rodriguez is to be suspended through the 2014 season and Heyman names Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz, Mariners catcher Jesus Montero, Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera, and Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli among the Major League players also expected to be suspended, as well as minor leaguers Fernando Martinez, Jordan Norberto, Fautino de los Santos, and Cesar Puello. Heyman adds there are also three players on the suspension list whose names have yet to become public.
Heyman writes Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera, A's right-hander Bartolo Colon, and Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal will not be suspended in connection with Biogenesis, as they have served 50-game penalties already.
All or almost all of the other 12 players are expected to accept 50-game suspensions, though there could be an additional holdout or two for appeal beyond Rodriguez, reports Heyman. All the players have the option to appeal, but it is believed close to all of them have made agreements for 50-game bans with MLB, Heyman adds. Players who appeal are eligible to keep playing until their case is heard.
Cruz told reporters, including MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan, "I haven't decided what I'm going to do about anything. It's not just about myself, it's also about the team." Today is the 112th game played by the Rangers, so Cruz would be eligible to return for the playoffs (assuming Texas reaches the post-season), if he serves a 50-game suspension beginning Monday. Sullivan surmises the Rangers will recall an outfielder from the minors adding Manny Ramirez is not an option and manager Ron Washington is reluctant to use Jurickson Profar in the outfield. Regardless of what the Rangers end up doing, assistant GM Thad Levine acknowledges, "At this stage of the season, that's a difficult bat to replace."
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MLB Preparing 50-Game Suspensions In Biogenesis Case
12:33am: Cruz has not decided whether he will serve his suspension or appeal it, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (on Twitter).
7:17pm: Major League Baseball is preparing 50-game suspensions for Biogenesis-linked players who have not been disciplined in the past, writes Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
Players such as Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta, Everth Cabrera, Jesus Montero and Francisco Cervelli are among those facing these 50-game suspensions, as are minor leaguers Fernando Martinez, Cesar Puello and Fautino de los Santos. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports writes that the vast majority of players connected to these 50-game suspensions — including playoff contenders Cruz and Peralta — are believed to be willing to accept the punishment rather than file appeals. Doing so will allow suspended players to play toward the end of September and into the playoffs, though their teams would be at a significant disadvantage down the stretch
Passan also tweets that MLB has threatened to double the penalty for players who do not cooperate with the suspensions, making cooperation a much more appealing option. Additionally, he adds that players who lied during the investigation could receive an additional 15 games on their suspensions, similar to Ryan Braun's case (Twitter link).
Bartolo Colon, Melky Cabrera and Yasmani Grandal are not likely to receive additional suspensions, having already served 50-game bans, according to Heyman. Both Heyman and Passan agree that Alex Rodriguez remains firm in his refusal to cooperate with a deal, as was reported earlier today. MLB would like Rodriguez to serve a suspension through the 2014 season but could pursue a lifetime ban if he does not cooperate.
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Blue Jays Could Trade Bonifacio, Melky
Utility man Emilio Bonifacio is the most likely player to be traded by the Blue Jays, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. The Jays are also shopping outfielder Melky Cabrera, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.
Bonifacio, 28, came over from the Marlins in the November blockbuster. He's limped to a .214/.254/.314 line on the season. Cabrera, 28, inked a two-year, $16MM deal that was seen as a potential bargain after he served a PED suspension. He could face another suspension by way of the forthcoming Biogenesis announcement, but the general feeling is that he already served his time. His lack of offensive production may be the bigger concern in moving him.
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MLB Preparing To Suspend At Least 20 Players In Biogenesis Scandal
9:46pm: Besides Braun and Rodriguez, "other major, major names" are also involved in the Biogenesis case, a source tells Bob Klapsich of the Bergen Record (Twitter link).
6:56pm: Major League Baseball is planning to suspend at least 20 players connected to Biogenesis, the Miami clinic under investigation for supplying performance-enhancing drugs, reports T.J. Quinn, Pedro Gomez and Mike Fish of ESPN's Outside The Lines. Biogenesis founder Tony Bosch has agreed to cooperate with the investigation and begin naming players, with suspensions possibly following within two weeks.
The list of possible suspensions includes Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera, Nelson Cruz, Bartolo Colon, Yasmani Grandal, Francisco Cervelli, Jesus Montero, Jhonny Peralta, Cesar Puello, Fernando Martinez, Everth Cabrera, Fautino de los Santos and Jordan Norberto, plus others who are named in documents that the ESPN team haven't had access to, or are known under code names.
MLB officials have also investigated a possible connection between Biogenesis and Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, as the spokeswoman for Cano's foundation (Sonia Cruz) has had her name appear in some clinic documents. Nationals southpaw Gio Gonzalez isn't expected to face suspension for his connection to Biogenesis since the products he obtained from the clinic weren't banned.
The league could look for a 100-game suspension (the penalty for second-time PED offenders) for Rodriguez, Braun and other first-time offenders since both the connection to Biogenesis and previous denials to MLB officials would serve as seperate offenses. It is unknown how MLB would deal with players like Cabrera or Colon who already have PED suspensions on their record, though these players probably wouldn't face a lifetime ban as three-time offenders — their prior suspensions would likely count as their so-called "first strike," with this next violation putting them in line for 100-game suspensions as well.
Quinn/Gomez/Fish report that, as expected, the accused players will challenge any possible suspensions and it could be difficult for the league to obtain corroborating evidence in the appeals process beyond Bosch's testimony.
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Quick Hits: Profar, Rodriguez, Kawasaki, Cubs
The Rangers should seriously consider trading Jurickson Profar, Randy Galloway of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram writes. Galloway argues that, despite Davis' strong 2012 and brilliant start in 2013, he won't criticize Jon Daniels' 2011 trade of Chris Davis (and Tommy Hunter) for Koji Uehara, because the trade was intended to position Texas for a World Series run, and the Rangers did in fact make it to the World Series. If the Rangers can arrange a Profar trade that sets them up for another run at a title, Galloway argues that they should make the deal and live with the results. Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine, however, tells ESPN's Jim Bowden that, while the Rangers will likely be active at this year's trade deadline, they plan to keep Profar, Elvis Andrus and Ian Kinsler, rather than dealing one of them (both links via Twitter).
As a side note, Galloway calls the Davis/Uehara deal "the worst MLB trade of this decade," even though he refrains from criticizing Daniels for it. Uehara was excellent for the Rangers, particularly in 2012, but he's since moved on, and Davis is currently hitting .357/.440/.754 with 20 home runs for the Orioles. Here are more notes from around baseball.
- Yankees GM Brian Cashman discusses Alex Rodriguez's ten-year, $275MM contract in an interview with ESPN's Buster Olney. Rodriguez and the Yankees are currently in the sixth year of the deal, and Rodriguez will make $86MM from 2014 through 2017. Rodriguez has not yet played in 2013. "Alex would even tell you he couldn't live up to [the contract]," Cashman says. "Hopefully he can return to being, at the very least, an above-average player at that position."
- When Jose Reyes returns, the Blue Jays will have to decide what to do with Munenori Kawasaki, Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star writes. Due to the Jays' contractual obligations to Maicer Izturis and the presence of Emilio Bonifacio and Mark DeRosa, there would appear to be no space for Kawasaki once Reyes returns. Griffin suggests that the trade market for Izturis could be better than that of Kawasaki, though the Jays might have to pay some of the approximately $9MM remaining on Izturis' contract.
- Cubs manager Dale Sveum is hoping for an infusion of arms in this week's draft, Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune reports. "Obviously pitching is what you want to get in the organization as much as you possibly can," says Sveum. When the Cubs make the No. 2 overall selection, either Oklahoma's Jonathan Gray or Stanford's Mark Appel, or perhaps both, will still be on the board.
- Twins GM Terry Ryan discusses the role of general managers in the draft in an interview with 1500ESPN's Phil Mackey. GMs generally get credit or blame for their draft picks, but other front office personnel may be more responsible for those picks. "My role would be to take the blame when we don't do well, but I also get the praise when we do well. That's not fair," says Ryan. For example, Ryan discusses his role in the selection of Ben Revere, the No. 28 overall pick in the 2007 Draft. "That's a pick that I got praise for I think at the time. I didn't have anything to do with Ben Revere. (Our scouts) did. They all had seen him a lot. I get the praise. 'Good pick, there you go Terry.' Hell, I never even saw (Revere)."
- Quintin Berry, who was recently designated for assignment by the Tigers, could make it through waivers and wind up back with Triple-A Toledo, MLB.com's Jason Beck tweets. Given that Berry is 28 and has hit just .168/.278/.234 so far for Toledo this season, that seems to be a fairly likely scenario.
- When the Blue Jays begin a series in San Francisco Tuesday night, Melky Cabrera will face Giants fans for the first time since being suspended last August for failing a PED test, MLB.com's Gregor Chisholm reports. Cabrera vanished after receiving word of the suspension, not talking to the San Francisco media. He then signed a two-year, $16MM contract with the Jays in the offseason. Cabrera says he isn't concerned with how the fans will react to his return. "I don't worry about that, it's up to the fans. It's nothing I have control of," Cabrera explains. "I'm just going to play the game. If they decide to boo, that's fine. If they decide to cheer, that's fine with me, too. But, I'm not going to worry about that."
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East Notes: Braves, Brignac, Cabrera
After the team's loss of Eric O'Flaherty to injury, the Braves appear likely to trade for a lefty reliever before the trade deadline, writes David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via Twitter). A trade is unlikely to occur anytime soon, however, since the deadline is more than two months away. Here are more notes from the East divisions.
- Reid Brignac has mixed feelings about recently being traded to the Yankees, Anthony McCarron of the New York Daily news reports. The Rockies designated Brignac for assignment in favor of DJ LeMahieu. "It's one of those business type things in baseball that happens. I understand some of it, so that's fine," says Brignac. "But to be traded for by the Yankees is a great experience and I'm very excited to get started and help this team continue winning, because that's what this team does." The Yankees believe Brignac is better suited to an infield bench job than Alberto Gonzalez, who they designated for assignment to clear space for him.
- The Giants' recent series against Blue Jays was the first time many of Melky Cabrera's former teammates had seen him since the previous August, when he was suspended for performance-enhancing drugs, Richard Griffin of The Star writes. At that point, Cabrera left without addressing his teammates. But Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt sounded neither particularly excited nor upset to see Cabrera again. "For me, it didn't bother me. When you see him . . . I gave him a hug in the weight room. I said, 'Is it good.' He said, 'It's great, man.' Then we walked away," said Affeldt. "It might have been more awkward for him than it was for us. The reality is that we were out there trying to win a game." Cabrera is hitting .283/.319/.376 after signing a two-year, $16MM contract with the Jays in the offseason.
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Quick Hits: Giants, Cabrera, Rangers, Rondon, Tigers
Despite reports to the contrary, the Giants never discussed nor offered a deal to Melky Cabrera in the range of $75-85MM prior to the outfielder's 50 game suspension for performance enhancing drugs, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter). Cabrera was expected to be in line for a major pay day up until that point but a softened market led him to take a two-year, $16MM deal with the Blue Jays over the winter. Here's more from around baseball..
- Rangers GM Jon Daniels told reporters, including Ron Matejko of ESPNDallas.com, not to expect any additions between now and Opening Day. "I would expect the 25 will come out of [the Rangers clubhouse]," said Daniels. "I won't 100 percent rule out an outside acquisition, and we do our due diligence and make our calls, things can come about, but you have to be prepared to go in house."
- Tigers manager Jim Leyland says that it is "possible" that rookie Bruce Rondon will open the season as part of a bullpen by committee, writes MLB.com's Jason Beck. The Tigers have reportedly been looking to acquire a proven closer via trade in recent weeks but using Rondon with other relievers already in-house would be a less-costly middle ground.
- The Pirates released former first-round pick Aaron Poreda, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America (on Twitter). Pittsburgh picked up the left-hander in last winter's Rule 5 draft but he made just three Double-A starts for the organization in 2012.
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NL West Notes: Dodgers, Giants, Capuano, Cabrera
The Dodgers have an embarrassment of riches on the mound and it stands to reason that, at some point, they will move at least one of their extra starters for other assets. Earlier today, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reported that Ted Lilly is drawing more interest than Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang at this stage, despite missing most of last season. Here's more out of Los Angeles and other notes from the NL West..
- Rival officials believe that other clubs will wait for the Dodgers to be backed into a corner by the calendar before making a deal for Harang and/or Capuano, writes Buster Olney of ESPN.com (Insider sub. req'd). The idea behind that is to push the Dodgers to eat most of the money owed to the pitchers. Harang will make $7MM for this season and has a $2MM buyout on a 2014 option. Capuano, meanwhile, will make $6MM, with a $1MM buyout.
- Yesterday, Olney wrote that the Giants were in talks on a deal worth roughly $80MM with Melky Cabrera before his suspension, but a source with deep knowledge of the club's thinking says that no deal was close. The slugger ultimately landed in Toronto this winter, signing a two-year, $16MM deal.
- Woody Paige of the Denver Post writes that the Rockies need to upgrade their rotation with Capuano and J.A. Happ of the Blue Jays. Toronto can afford to part with the former National League rookie of the year as he isn't slated to be part of the rotation in 2013.
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West Notes: Rangers, Ryan, Giants, Cabrera
Here's a look at some items out of the AL and NL West..
- Rangers co-chairman Bob Simpson met with CEO Nolan Ryan in an attempt to smooth things out and sounded upbeat about the talk, writes Randy Galloway of the Star-Telegram. "Its been positive. We are working through it, and so far the results are positive. I wouldn't say it's been resolved, but hopefully we can get there," said Simpson. One member of the team's ownership group told Galloway that prior to this, Ryan had had no contact with either Simpson or co-owner Ray Davis in almost a week, despite attempts by both to reach him.
- The Giants were involved in talks with Melky Cabrera about a lucrative contract extension just prior to his suspension for PEDs last season, tweets Buster Olney of ESPN.com. General Manager Brian Sabean and Cabrera's reps at ACES were discussing an extension worth something in range of $75-$85MM.
- A veteran of 24 MLB seasons, Omar Vizquel is now serving as a spring training coach with the Angels and the 45-year-old has his eye on eventually landing a managerial job, writes Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com.
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Gio, Cruz, Rodriguez, Cabrera Linked To PED Clinic
Gio Gonzalez and Nelson Cruz are among the MLB stars who have been linked to a supplier of performance enhancing drugs in a report from Tim Elfrink of the Miami New Times. A Miami-based clinic sold PEDs to athletes from various sports, according to the report. The names of Cruz, Gonzalez, Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon were found in the records at Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic located near the University of Miami.
Gonzalez's name appears five times in the notebooks of Anthony Bosch, the clinic's chief. Cruz purchased $4,000 of product, according to the report. Rodriguez's name appears throughout the clinic's files, while Cabrera's name appears 14 times and Colon's name also comes up.
Gonzalez has considerable security after agreeing to a five-year, $42MM contract with the Nationals last offseason. He'll earn $6.25MM in 2013 and remains under contract through 2016. Cruz will earn $10.5MM this year then hit free agency following the 2013 season. Cabrera, 28, signed a two-year, $16MM contract with the Blue Jays after serving a PED-related suspension at the end of the 2012 season. Colon, who has also served a PED-related suspension, signed a one-year, $3MM deal with the Athletics this offseason.
Rodriguez could face a suspension, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports. However, don't expect the Yankees to be able to void the third baseman's contract. As Yahoo's Jeff Passan reports, the Yankees weren't able to void the deal after he admitted to using performance enhancing drugs for the first time (Twitter link). Rodriguez, who will miss much of the 2013 season recovering from a hip operation, has $114MM remaining on his contract with the Yankees.
Rodriguez and Gonzalez have both issued statements denying the allegations.
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Donation boxes are on the WSU main campus and around the community. For more information about Americorps or Make a Difference Day, contact Cindy Johnson in the Community Involvement Center at 626-7737 or e-mail her at cindyjohnsonweber. edu. Ewaeratsesi plan tested First test since the Emergency Operation Plan was introduced By Molly Bennett editor in chief I The Signpost . At 11:14 a.m. Tuesday, all was quiet in the Engineering Technology Building. Students were studying in the halls and printing out their assignments in the computer labs. At 11:15 a.m., the halls were ringing with a piercing alarm as people filed out of the building. Fire Marshal Dennis Montgomery had pulled the fire alarm, but it was no prank. Roger Anderson, the maintenance technician for the Engineering Building had planned the whole thing. "No one knew it would be happening," Anderson said. "That's what I thought would be the best way to do it. We want it as real as it could get without starting a fire." Anderson is the Building Safety Coordinator (BSC) for the Engineering Technology Building. He is the first to exercise an evacuation plan on Weber State University campus since the assignments were given in the summer. "It's a big responsibility," said WSU Police Chief Dane LeBlanc. As part of the Emergency Operations Plan introduced by the WSU Police, each BSC has to create an evacuation plan for their assigned building and exercise it by this time next year. "We can anticipate people not wanting to do it," LeBlanc said. "We are trying to make it the least cumbersome for these people." Anderson said he had to coordinate with 60 people, including both faculty and staff, to plan the evacuation process. He had put maps up in the classrooms and hallways and sent out an e-mail asking faculty and staff when would be the most convenient time to test the evacuation. "This is supposed to be a job that takes a few minutes," Anderson said. "They said it won't take a lot of time." Anderson said he understood the importance of the evacuation plan. "It's necessary," Anderson said. "It's pretty disruptive." Police Lt. Mike Davies was waiting outside the building on Tuesday. "Without being exercised," Davies said, "it's just a stack of papers." A few minutes after the alarm sounded on Tuesday, students, faculty and staff trickled out of the building and met at the respective evacuation points outside the building. Some'people took advantage of the break to talk on See EOP page 5 In ttihi New facility offers a place of relaxation, solace for stressed-out students By Seth Durfee sr. news reporter I The Signpost The new stress . management lab in the Swenson gym, which opened on the first of this month, aims to help people cope with stress, and promote wellness. "It seems like people's idea of wellness seems to lack the stress component," said Dr. .Michael Olpin, a professor in the Health Promotion and Human Performance department at Weber State University. Olpin founded the lab and is in charge of its operation. "I've just always wanted a place where people could go to kind of hang out and turn off their stress," Olpin said. The stress lab is designed to help people find ways to deal with stress in a healthy and productive manner. Any student or faculty member of Weber State University can use the stress lab for free. People can either go online to the stress management Web site at programs.weber.edurelax, and make an appointment or stop by any time the lab is open; the hours are also listed on the site. The lab has several pieces of equipment along with other stress assessment tools that not only help people relax when they are stressed, but teaches ways to deal with stress in the future. Some of the effects of stress are very physiological, explained Olpin. One piece of equipment the lab has is the biofeedback machine. The machine detects the patterns of heartbeat variability and displays them on a computer screen. "It shows you your coherence level, or how your body is reacting to stress," Olpin said. "The Biofeedback Machine shows you how your thoughts and emotions effect you specifically," said Michelle Rogerson, an intern at the lab. "It can help you control your thoughts and emotions now, while you're here and can see the effects, then it can carry on afterwards too. You can use , - " o ' PHOTO BY CATHERINE MORTIMER llll SK.NI'OSI Weber State University freshman Patricia Hotchkiss, pre-med, relaxes in one of two large recliner chairs while listening to an iPod that is provided. The recently-opened Stress Management Lab offers different stress-relief techniques free of charge to students, staff and faculty in the Swenson Gym Room 60. that later on in your life." Along with the biofeedback machine, the lab has various tools to reduce the negative effects of stress. One tool is the inversion table. "You hang upside down on it," Olpin said. "All day long we kind of slump. Our spine is compressed because of gravity and the table realigns your back and removes pressure from your spine." Some other stress-relieving tools are the leather recliners and sound-canceling headphones, the chi machine, and the light and sound stations. "Turning off the stress response is something people don't know how to do," Olpin said. "That's what we try to do here for people, so they can get back to regular activities, to be more alert and more alive. Everything in here is designed to recharge your batteries." The field of stress management is gaining momentum due to the increasing need. Stress affects all people, and negative stress has gotten to the point where it has been reported that 60-85 percent of the reasons people visit physicians have a stress component. This has inspired businesses to cash in on the growing market. Companies like Vyro-Games and HeartMath have recently released hand-held products designed to help people learn to reduce and control their stress. HeartMath's product, the emWave Personal Stress Reliever, reads the heartbeat of an individual and displays their stress levels to them. It's designed to teach people how their body reacts to stress and how to control it. Vyro-Games created a Bluetooth-enabled device that reads things like heartbeats and perspiration levels in the hand to create a composite stress image. The device communicates that information to other Bluetooth-enabled devices such as cell phones and computers. The user plays games on his phone or computer and the performance of the characters in the game is linked directly to the stress level of the person playing. With advances in technology, along with services like the stress lab, people are having an easier time finding ways to cope with stress. "The world isn't stressful,". Olpin said, "it's how we interpret the world that is stressful." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Are Republican-dominated states now the ticking time-bomb undermining the President's health-care overhaul?
It's now become pretty obvious Congressional Republicans intent on gutting the President's health-care overhaul will come up short.
But, perhaps it won't matter. Perhaps Republican governors and legislatures - and clumsy moves by the Obama Administration itself -- have put the Affordable Care Act on a threatened trajectory.
Take the traffic snarls on the massive Federal insurance exchange: When nearly all G.O.P. governors bailed on creating state exchanges of their own, that set the stage for incredibly heavy volume on the Federal exchange. Perhaps further contributing to the on-line traffic jam: The way the Obama Administration set up the exchange, directing consumers to figure out their eligibility for subsides before they can compare various insurance option. Companies not particularly known for being at the technological cutting-edge winning lucrative contracts to set up the on-line network.
Jill Lawrence at NATIONAL JOURNAL captures the essence of this ticking time-bomb threatening to undermine the Affordable Care Act:
"Some of the states that left exchanges to the Federal government have not put any or many resources toward signing people up. Since the law depends on high enrollments to broaden the risk pool and keep coverage costs relatively low, these governors may have helped create conditions ripe for higher rates and consumer backlash against the law..."
Later in Jill's analysis:
"The upshot has been a beleaguered business community up in arms about the burdens of the law, a one-year delay in the employer mandate, and endless fodder for anecdotes about jobs cut, expansions nixed, and health benefits dropped. That's just one example of how implacable G.O.P. hostility toward Obamacare, and ironclad resistance to making it work better, is producing political dividends for Republicans. And there's more where that came from, if they can manage to shift the focus from their own dysfunction to the health care launch from hell."
You can read Jill Lawrence's entire piece, "Relax, G.O.P.! You've Already Wounded Obamacare" ---
Posted at 8:51am on October 16, 2013 by Allan Loudell
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Wed, Oct 16, 2013 9:40am
Just sifting through yesterday's news and found that Cruz met with House Republicans at a Tortilla restaurant in the a.m. and that, yesterday, is what spooked Boehner into his rapidly concocted House Bill. Obviously he was threatened and wanted to hold on to his leadership role. McConnell let him play it out, for they really don't want him to get kicked out. Remember Boehner agreed in '11 to the 4-trillion-dollar deal, a deal that would have saved us these past two years from all this posturing. That deal back then was killed by Cantor, Ryan, and the Tea Party. The same group more or less that has stalled the government now.
It appears that this whole episode was to stab Boehner in the back, for Cruz knew well there would be no deal from the Democrats.
It was successful. Boehner has promised to pass with Democratic votes whatever the Senate passes.
The Senate Bill seems to have all the demands from the Republicans pulled, and will come our pretty much like the clean bill Obama and the Democrats wanted. The medical device tax is in. The re-insurance tax is in. The only Republican demand that seems possible, is the $5,000 pay cut Federal employees would have to pay for their own insurance...
Into the 3rd week over a $5,000 pay cut for Federal Employees...
So, it is over, just have to see how much of the Democratic demands McConnell will accept before he signs...
And we will be right back to where we were in August...
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 10:50am
OK, let me understand this. The G.O.P. governors are the problem with the Federal exchange program because they didn't utilize their own resources to implement a Federally mandated law, and now, because the Federal program was nowhere near being ready to handle the crush of traffic, the G.O.P. governors are to blame? Yet, Markell isn't fingered in this even though he elected to utilize the Federal exchange? I can understand the blame in Congress going to the G.O.P., but this is a bit overreaching.
Allan Loudell
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 11:04am
Because of its small size, Delaware opted for a Federal--state partnership.
Allan Loudell
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 11:14am
"Delaware will retain plan management and consumer assistance functions, and defer other exchange management functionality to the federal government." Meaning they will do their work AFTER the insurance is in force
Mike from Delaware
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 1:19pm
In defense of Markell, with Delaware being so small population-wise, it probably is more cost-effective [saving Delawareans tax dollars and getting a far larger pool of folks in this exchange, thus keeping the premiums also lower] to use the Fed Exchange rather than create Delaware's own exchange. Sounds like good thinking on the Governor's part.
Wed, Oct 16, 2013 7:53pm
Not only is this big piece of insurance fraud wounded, it's going down. "We the people" SHALL PREVAIL!
Mike from Delaware
Thu, Oct 17, 2013 1:41pm
Mrpizza: Please explain how will Obamacare go down. Granted, many don't like it today [mostly those who already have insurance via their employers], but as more and more folks who don't have insurance start getting the benefits of it, it will become more difficult to convince folks that it is "bad and evil".
This same problem existed in the 1930's with Social Security, as the G.O.P./A.L.L. [American Liberty League - the forerunner of today's TEA party] said all this same stuff then; note they lost that battle as the G.O.P./TEA folks are losing today]. The reason they lost then, and the TEA folks will lose today, is your group has the attitude of 'I've got mine, too bad for you'. Prior to Social Security, millions of elderly folks who worked their entire lives were living in poverty in their retirement years. Without Social Security, millions today would be in that same boat.
Yes I know, if they sewed seeds and would have enough faith, that magic check would arrive in the mailbox. So any person who's struggling to make ends meet hasn't worked hard enough and must be some sort of heathen, because if he/she had, that person would be as rich as a Rockerfeller, or a Forbes. So why are you delivering pizzas as a second job? I certainly could find a more interesting hobby to spend my non-work hours doing.
I noticed in your reply to me yesterday, you blew off my suggestion that IF you truly believe these government social safety-net programs are evil, then you should lead the way by refusing to receive YOUR benefits. So you can insult those of us all you want who don't see the Bible or their walk with Christ in the same way as you, etc., but it appears that you can be bought off, sir. You'll bash the source of those benefits and somehow not give God the credit for maybe inspiring folks years ago to make such programs to help the lesser than thee, but you aren't THAT convicted to your beliefs that you'll not accept those benefits when your time comes to get your share. So as long as you get yours, too bad for the other guy??? Not a very Christ-like attitude.
Helping the lesser than thee is very Biblical as the Old Testament tells how the farmer was required to not harvest in the corners or his fields and to not pick up any he dropped while harvesting [so you didn't want to hire clumsy laborers], so that the poor had food they could come and get on their own. Gee, a Biblical version of a Food Stamp/Food Distribution program for the lesser than thee.
I agree that Jesus would tell the poor to not sit around and be idle, but to go and try to find work, [but they still had that way of providing free food for these folks as even if they found some work, they still might have needed a helping hand to feed their families].
In case you haven't noticed, many people have full-time jobs in America today [working 35-40 hours a week] and make $9.00/hr. These folks can not afford to rent a cheap apartment which in this area goes for around $650---$700 month, much less afford food, utilities, and health insurance, etc.
Many of these folks have college degrees too. They can't find work in their chosen field that would pay better, so rather than be on Welfare and have you and I support them, they're working crap jobs making next-to-nothing in salary for their efforts [These folks now have a student loan to repay on top of all that]. Then you post here with your smug arrogant attitude that these folks are takers and Jesus would tell them to sew and be prosperous. I think you might want to re-read the red letter parts of your Bible again, sir, because no matter how hard I try to see it your way, my spirit, my knowledge, my heart, and my understanding of what God's word says, you're incorrect and have misinterpreted Jesus' words. He was all about love, grace, forgiveness, and helping the lesser than thee.
But I too see through smoke-colored glass and I am sure I'm not getting it totally correct either, so we both need to be in prayer and further study of God's holy word.
I'll not bother you again on this topic as we totally disagree and it's not my desire to argue with you; I'm simply trying to challenge you to re-study Jesus' words. I respect your right to understand God's word as you do, I just don't see it your way. Be at peace.
Thu, Oct 17, 2013 2:55pm
"I noticed in your reply to me yesterday, you blew off my suggestion that IF you truly believe these government social safety-net programs are evil, then you should lead the way by refusing to receive YOUR benefits."
Sorry Mike, but these "benefits" have already been paid for from our paychecks into the system...IF the government would like to refund my "contributions" I would gladly take care of the rest of my retirement myself. I already know that as a Gen-Xer I am not going to get very much "return" on my "investment" into Social Security.
So, why should those who have already had this money taken from them let the government keep it?
Same with ACA...most would be better off shopping around for the health insurance that works best for them/their families...but why force everyone (even those who don't want/need insurance) to have it or be punished for not having it? Doesn't sound like a very free society that mandates we purchase a product we don't want!
I agree that many people need health coverage help...why not allow special breaks for doctors/hospitals who help out those in need rather than forcing everyone into this government controlled system.
But all this is old news anyway, ACA is in and common sense is out...let's see how well ACA performs between now and 2014 and the elections will tell everyone how popular ObamaCare is.
Mike from Delaware
Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:52pm
EarlGrey: I agree and totally understand why you'd want your Social Security benefits, just as I have been paying through the nose for 43 years of full time employment, will be [Lord willing] 46 years of full time employment when I hope to retire at age 66.
No I don't want them to just give me my money back unless its with some great interest that's compounded, etc, for those 46 years they've had use of my money. Social Security is the one insurance plan that you don't have to die to get to collect, you just have to get old enough. That's why I was so incensed at Romney for lumping retirees into that 47% of takers during the election. Those of us who've paid for our Social Security insurance premiums as we both have don't want to hear any non-sense about them NOT paying the benefit.
Social Security is NOT an entitlement, we've paid for the benefit unlike many of the folks on Welfare. They ARE takers. Now granted there are some of those folks who truly can not work due to physical or serious mental issues, so those folks we should be helping. The others we should be helping to find work so they can support themselves and their families. Unfortunately neither GOP or DEMS seem to be very motivated to do that. You just can't kick folks off Welfare if there's no work for them to do. Somehow, we've got to do more to create jobs for the lesser educated. Problem is, those jobs other than McDonald's, etc, have moved over seas. This isn't the 1950's where America was king of factory production type jobs, where a high school diploma would land you a good paying job at a factory. Those days are gone. THAT's part of the problem.
I was just Hyperbolting Mrpizza a bit on him taking his benefits, since he's been so over the top on this issue and seems to have no compassion at all for the lesser than thee. His responses sound more like Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens than Jesus in the New Testament [at least on how I read and my pastor's read Jesus' words in both United Methodist, ELCA Lutheran, and LCMS Lutheran Churches]. So yes, I'd expect Mrpizza to also take his benefits when he crosses the milestone as he too has paid for them just as we have.
Mike from Delaware
Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:54pm
Typos, should be 44 years of full time and when I retire 47 years of full time.
Sat, Oct 19, 2013 1:03pm
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." - Proverbs 14:12
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